Young Brooke Seeks a Job; William Brooke fired by father Homer Brooke

YOUNG BROOKE SEEKS A JOB.

His Father's Reason for Not Giving Work

to the Son.

William Brooke, a modest looking young man, dressed neatly and plainly, applied to the office of THE NEW YORK TIMES yesterday for work. He said he was a machinist and had been out of work for some time. His wife was ill and he had a little child who had been born only a few weeks ago. Brooke was asked where he had been employed before. He said he had been working for his father.

When asked why he had left his father, the young fellow hesitated; pressed for an answer, his eyes filled up and he said quietly that his father had dismissed him in order to make room for some one else. An offer of money was made to the young fellow, but he refused to take it, saying, "I don't want that; I want work."

A reporter for THE NEW YORK TIMES inquired about the young man. His father, Homer Brooke of 44 Barclay Street, said that his son was honest, sober, and industrious, but that he would probably work better for others than for his own father.

A. P. Brooke, the uncle of the young man, who has a little factory at 86 Fulton Street, where he makes glass molds, said that his nephew had been employed by him for a season, but he had been compelled to discharge him because work was very dull, and he could find no more for his nephew to do. "He is industrious, does not drink at all, and the whole time he was with me he was a hard-working, manly young fellow. He is a good machinist, and will do excellent work for any one."

Young Brooke appeared to be a modest, straightforward young man, anxious to get something to do. He will do anything. He said he could drive a team, work as machinist, or in fact do anything. His father is said to be a man of means.