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Show CLOTHES FOR SOLDIERS. i New York lUrroenl Worker Orer-vrli-lin-.l Willi "lto.li.-' War haa brought a rush ot employment employ-ment at good wages to at least 1,000 kllkl New Yorkers who would naturally natur-ally bo wholly or partially Idlo at thl season of the year. These aro tailors, and their work Is tho making ot uniforms uni-forms for the brave men who aro to fight ln Cuba, There are about 200.000 ot theso uniforms uni-forms altogether, 100,000 being made for United Blates troops and 100,000 for the Cuban forces. Only about half the uniforms uni-forms will be made In the small cast sldo or "sweat-shop" establishments, bonover, and this Is pleasing to tho local United Garment vorkora, who are further elated by tho fact that every stitch will bo sewn, every buttonhole worked and every button fastened by regular union workpeople. , According to tho terms ot the con tracts the 100,000 uniforms already under un-der way must bo done within thirty days. It la expected that further contracts con-tracts will be given out. When tho establishment at No. Hi Ilroadway Is In full running order about ISO hands will bo rmplojed, nnd the dally capacity will bo 2.C00 uniforms coats or blouics, vests nnd trousers complete. In order to put the work through at this rata power machines fastened to long tables, each running tho whole length ot tho building, havo been put In, and all four stories abovo tho strwt floor are crowded with operators. oper-ators. Tho uto of steam In placo of foot power to operate tbo mncblnes, which hitherto have been adopted to a surprisingly small degrco In tho garment gar-ment making business hero adds n large pcrccntngo to the effectiveness ot each operator, and, of course, hastens tho completion ot tho contracts by Just so much. Other devices for the saving ot time, labor and strength have nlso been Introduced, In-troduced, among them bolng an apparatus appa-ratus for the rapid pressing ot tho completed com-pleted garments by hollow, gos-hcated Irons located on tho top floor, and producing pro-ducing much less beat than' tho ordinary or-dinary method of pressing with common com-mon flatlrona warmed over stoves. This Improved method Is not an entirely new thing, of course; but llko tbo application applica-tion of steam power to tho running ot tho machines, has been mado uso ot by a small proportion only ot tho New York shops. |