People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1893 — THOUSANDS ARE IDLE. [ARTICLE]

THOUSANDS ARE IDLE.

Hundreds of Unemployed Miners and. Railroad Men Arrive at St. Paul Daily. St. Paul, Minn., July 24.—1 tis estimated that 3,000 to 4,000 idle, men are here and hundreds more are arriving daily. Many are from railroads and mining regions. Many are well educated persons. The few Michigan mines still running intend lowering wages greatly. The men say they will then q.uit. This will add from <5,000 to 6,000 more unemployed to the 4,000 in Michigan who have already quit.