Show STATISTICS STATISTICS-OF L LABOR BOR IN NEW Y YORK RK STATE Fifty Thousand Union Members Gain GainS S Advance in Wages ALBANY ABANY N. N Y March 31 The 31 The quarterly quarterly tedY terly bulletin of ot the the- theNe New Nev York State department de tie- of labor shows that for the thelast thelast last q quarter arter ending ending January 1 1 1902 1902 the d decreased creased idleness in bui building ding clothing and baking trades was noticeable A t tabie b e shows that In 1901 members members mem mem- bers bars of l labor bor unions gained a weekly week addition to their wages of which is equivalent to an advance of each per Week The first large scale system of pensions pensions pen pen- for superannuate d Inthe in inthe inthe the State has been established by the Metropolitan Street railway raHway of New York At the age of 70 the will be retired on pensions those who have been in the service of the com corn p pany pany ny for fol twenty five years receiving 25 per cent of their wages and for thirty thirty- five live years' years service a pension amounting to to 40 per per cent cen t of wages Immigration at the port of New York has been spreading ading rapidly The number number num num- ber berof of arrivals in the fourth quarter of 1901 was as compared with one ona year ago |