Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1903 — MANY ARE IDLE IN GOTHAM. [ARTICLE]

MANY ARE IDLE IN GOTHAM.

Labor Troubles Cause 105,000 Men to Lose $3,960,000 WeeklyThere are 165,000 idle men in New York City, notwithstanding the fact that every line of business is booming. The-.'e men, only for strikes, lockouts and dissensions among rival labor unions, would be earning a totnl of $660,000 a day or $3,960,000 ff "Week. Not only is every penny of this stupendous sum lost to them, but industries and firms representing a total capitalization of $550,000,000 are at a standstill, with a consequent loss of profits. Trade paralysis there has reached a stage more extensive than any heretofore known, even during periods of great industrial depression. Most of the workmen are idle not for any act of their individual unions but for the afctK ftTttffcer unions or because of the recent decision of the employers to ctand together and fight the deulivnds of one-union by throwing the workmen of many uuions into idleness.