| Show J OI 01 A cm interrogated lately in bc houie of sir balcony thal ho had vil n ff show luit waa any amount of s in london or alio llio 0 him ol 01 lias error keir hardic rays the anaconda standard tha labor member wrote to the times and gave some figures thiet arc not pleasant reading to hundred and twenty three trades unions in london with an aggregate membership of reported at the end ot october members out of stork or 5 per cent aa compared with 37 per cant a year ago these figures refer to men in receipt of out pay and hac nothing to do with men on strikes and lockouts lock outs and furthermore refer only to skilled workmen mr that out of the waye earners hi great britain arc engaged in occupations which will yield at prewit an average of 5 per cent workers without employment ire gives some specific examples of the way forces have becu cut ill the abt year A year ago the aion works of west llam employed some men in ship build iii the number employed at present is less than 1000 thousands have been dismissed from alie works of the great eastern railway and from the woolwich arsenal in the same district in bouc in the south half of the borough of ham which have lately been inen were found to be out of work of whom mere head ot families and had children dependent on them twenty five per cent of the people of this district are without means of sustenance and tats borough lias just appropriated for public works in alio dock dai tracts it is estimated that men arc now continuously out of work and alio returns for pauperism in the metropolitan ro area for november chow that more were in receipt of relief on 20 than on the corresponding day of 1001 it is estimated eliat iiren ire idle in the newcastle district and a like number in birmingham and in the west |
