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VISION OF THE DARK DAYS OF 1893
-1896
Extracts from The Omaha Bee Recalling that Period of Business
Stagnation Industrial Paralysis and Financial Distress
DO YOU WANT TO BRING BACK THOSE CONDITIONS
Facts Presented Relate Largely to the Gloom which Pervaded this SectionrvTo Cover a
Wider Scope would Require VolumesGenuine Calamity
Lost ve toilet Turn Imok to tho
files of nny lUwspiipur for tlu years
1813 to ISm nntl you will ilnd clironl
clert day by day the intlollhle record of
miffcrlnir Immunity during tin- hard
times At this tlnip wlieii the people
of the I lilted States are enjoying un
precedented prosperity and when they
are called upon to express at the polls
their satisfaction or dissatisfaction
with present conditions it may he well
to give publicity again to the news of
3SKM On this page Is reproduced
news matter from the columns of the
Omaha llee for the months of Decem
ber lSPI and January IS I It suf
fices to recall to mind the general busi
ness depression of the four years Im
mediately jtreceiling the inauguration
of President McKinlcy and it is unnec
essary to repiint Items from the tiles of
KiibsLMpieut months The news of tho
winter of lSPIS l as reproduced here
brings In1 fore the people a clear vision
of the soup house and the destitute
home of the worldngnian at that time
Wltli thousands of willing men out of
employment with the charitable insti
tutions public olllcials and labor or
ganizations straining every nerve to
afford relief to the hungry and home
less with weak women and little chil
dren on the verge of starvation and
freezing with able bodied men appeal
ing to charity and begging plteously
for work and with idle factories and
workshops throughout the land tho
picture Is not a pleasing one to look
upon Hut the veil is drawn for a mo
ment lest we forget
ALAK1I OF POVKKTV SOUNDKD
Citizens Mooting to Proiido Heller for
TliiitmaiiiM nf Unemployed nud
Destitute In Oiiinliii
Oumhu lice Jan -3 lni
Omnlm Jan 24 To the Hdltnr of the
llee Ilensc ilo nil in your power In lot cit
izens know thut lliem Is mi immediate iiml
Imperative duly Iiefoie them to sine some
from perishing I know what 1 bay when I
put it so strongly I was out In the storm
yesterday nud wnv the peril with my own
ryes You may save lives now In danger
while this cold lasts There Is no time for
debate for the matter It Is tue moment
for action and nothing else Joseph T Dur
yea
Mayor Iletnls and Dr Duryoa yesterday
Issued the following call for a mass incut
lug ut the council chamber last night
All the visitors In the homes of unem
ployed men mid women report that n largo
number of persons are destitute of the nec
essaries ot life and that during the next
thirty days the number will btrudlly In
crease and with It the amount and degree
of privation mid suffering Had It not been
for the nctlvity of the visitors during the
past two days there would have been ex
posure of death from hunger and cold
There Is Immediate and Imperative neces
sity that all of our citizens who arc able
to aid In providing temporary relief unite In
devising mid conducting meauuies which
Khali commend themselves to the common
judgment as systematical economical mid
bcuetlclul alike to the persons to he relieved
nnd the community as n whole Kvery cit
izen who has due regard for the honor of
the city n heart of compassion for tho
multitude of men women and children who
lire keenly suffering nud n disposition to do
lib equitable part ns a member of society
should respond to the call for a public meet
lug In the city council chamber this evening
at 8 oclock Yours respectfully Jeorge I
Ilemls J D Duryeii
Iu response to these appeals a large num
ber of citizens assembled In tho city council
chamber last evening Mayor Ilemls called
the meeting to order nnd stuted that It was
one for action nnd not for Idle words Tho
object of the meeting he said wus to pro
vide for the poor people of Omahn many of
whom were without food nnd fuel n con
dition of hitter poverty which confronted
every metropolitan center of tho United
States Omaha was better off than most
cities but nevertheless there wuh n vast
amount of destitution in tho community
which needed prompt relief Ho advocated
prompt charity followed by tho adoption
of some plan for the relief of the unem
ployed during the winter months to keep
tho wolves of famine from the doors of the
deserving poor If the people did not come
to the rescue when the lives of impover
ished citizens were Imperiled he was willing
to place bis autograph on any city council
measure passed for relief even if It was
necessary to strain a point or two He
hoped however that the people of Omaha
who were blessed with homes and means
would corao to the front aud adopt a sys
tematic plan to sustain the destitute during
tho winter mouths If necessary he would
favor throwing open the churches city hall
and county building for tho shelterless at
night
Dr Duryoa then recited experiences en
countered In a personal Investigation of
cases of poverty which exist in this city
Ho drew several pathetic pictures from life
aud cited cases of gray haired women and
little children shivering without food or
fuel with the thermometer 21 degrees be
low zero He said that there were too
inany theoretical philanthropists In Omaht
who were ever eager to sit upon n bench
ot Judgment during this freezing weather
end challenge tho worthiness ot unfortu
nate wage earners who were out of work
Women overcome with the cries of tbeli
Aiming children left their bonis of per-
erty and breasted the blasts of tho storm
last Tuesday to gather con I and wood In
baskets Deserving wnrkliigtnen who had
nlwnys piovlded for their families In for
mer veins wet out of employment and lliclr
families weie on the verge of stntiatlon aud
freezing
Mr IMwnrd Itnsewator followed with n
brief appeal for Immediate aclloti mid loss
talk He said an emergencj confronted the
people ami thcie was no lime for led lap1
oi frivolous formality of any Mud Some
people were without fuel and Ihev should
be taken care of at once A condition and
not n theory confioiitcd the people of
Omaha anil In lew of the otlsls lie be
lieved that the county ooinmlsslouois should
older 1000 Ions of coal it once ami have
It distributed among poor people who wore
freezing and needed Immediate assistance
lie furl hoi mine holloed that the cllv coun
cil should follow suit The gi cutest law
was the law of self piesorvallon
HAitn mens roit iTNiMriovii
Hundred of lliinicli o nnd llungrv Men
Unable to find Work Sock Mid
ler nnd Food
Onaha Dee Doc Ill lsr
Stretched without bedding on Hie battle
fields of lite seeking to benumb the tnlscilos
ol dot II II Inn with snatches of sleep 200
Idle men passed last night ill llcscue hall In
this city
Ilungii homeless without woik money
or fi lends In fact without anyliiing ex
cept appetites these unfoi liinales appealed
foi shelter III the hall The lciiiesl was
granted and the men seemed to feel grate
ful for the piiillego of sleeping on the hard
lloor or in chairs iu pioslmlty to two huge
sto es
The wolf of poorly with a double low of
teeth Is also at the door of Hie Institution
which infolds these starving sleepless un
employed I heir only testing place Unless
lellcf comes quickly the Chi Istiiins carols
of these men will lie ciles for broad and
they will bo tu lied upon the stioets with
no place to lay their heads nt night
Iasl evening a Itoe reporter visited Ues
cue ball It was a pitiable picture of pov
erty In Its worst stages The helping hand
of Ke A V Chirk had 1 1 Hod OO penniless
men fioin stii to shelter
Iu the rear of the hall behind n thin par
tlon 12S men were icclliiliig on the lloor
while 0 or -10 more woio sitting iiround In
cramped posLoiis In chairs All were en
deavoring lo sleep regatdloss of personal
dlscoinfoi t One young man sticlched upon
a plain pine tabic without bedillug was buf
fering with skKiicss while another un
fortunate lay on the lloor near the stoic
gioaulug with an attack of la grippe An
old whlte halied man occupied u chair and
lilllily wooed the god of sleep Ills chin
sank on Ills hieast Tears won- In Ills eyes
Tills was only one of tho many living pic
tares of despair that greet od the visitors
Not a pillow was visible in the loom
Illnnkots and bedding were an unknown
quantity Newspapers spread upon the lluo
were substitutes for mattiesses All nutli
i es Including an Afto Amoi loan wore
huddled together In close quarters Very
few of the men enjoyed tho luxiiiy of an
oveuoat They possibly bad pawned them
for bread Those who wore left with over
coats utilized them for pillows while others
rested their bones upon these Improvised
springs The windows In tho room wore
nil tightly closed In older to keep out the
spray of the cold wave This gave the dis
agreeable odor full possession mid the
nroma was burdened with steerage fru
granco when tho men discharged their
boots for the evening Many wore sockless
In the main portion of the hall around
tho other stove another largo bunch of
sleepers reclined In vnrlnus positions on tho
floor Similar scenes existed here On the
stage a number of bunks had boon lixed up
They were double decked cots with scanty
bedding These beds uro sold for 12 cents
per night to men who are fortunate enough
to earn a pittance ut odd Jobs during tho
dny Soup nnd bread are given to all twice
a day but this is barely bulllclcnt to stay
tho pangs of hunger
A register Is kept nt Rescue hall nnd it
contains the name age nativity occupation
address and religion of nil applicants for
relief A perusal of this record disclosed
the fact that 4TS men had applied for food
and shelter within tho past few weeks The
bulk of tho applicants are deserving men
who are out of employment It Includes
machinists railroad men carpenters labor
ers rooks clerks and In fact nil branches
of mechanic life Tramps are scarce Tho
unemployed come mostly from tihengo nnd
the east while luuny consist of railroad
laborers from the west Colorado miners
and wage earners are largely represented
Among tho penniless men bowed with old
age whoso names Join the record of hard
ship Is William Stout of Topeku Kan age
m years Iatrlck Flaherty of Omahn who
has seen C3 inters nnd n hard one this
year Is on tho list II K Wllke of Dos
Moines In a painter by trade has passed
his 01st birthday The youngest on tho
list Is W K Fellows of Clinton la who
gives his ngo ns 17 yenrs One of the sad
dest caseB was that of John Moore of Wll
sonvllle Neb bo Is a deaf mute Home of
the stories of suffering and want told by tho
men are plteos They would till a book
PITEOUS PIKA9 TOR WOKIt
Hungry Men nt llescue Hall Go on Their
Knees to Plead for Beggarly Job
Omnlla Hee Dec 20 1893
Idle men continue to appeal for shelter at
llcscue hall every night Yesterday the coal
supply of the Institution was exhausted
nud bad It not been for the rustling abilities
of Superintendent Clark his pauper guests
would have shivered with cold on a bard
floor last night Tending definite arrange
ments for relief the superintendent has
rented the hall on his own responsibility for
fifteen days He has held a conference with
tho city und county officials but finds that
no funds are available for the consumma
tion of his plan to erect temporary sheds
and start a work house where the labor
test wduld noondemonstrate that tho men
who are now on the verge of starvation
nd whose head uare uot retted on pillows
for weeks are willing to woilt at mtythlii
that will cam htcad anil bed
Tho appeals fi shelter are not coutlnod
to I he masculine gender Wot i Iu rags
with little lillili en erilng plteously for
food often nh foi a bowl of soup and a
lied Iu iiimsI cases thei ale desei lug oases
of destitute widows nud deseited wiles
who sell the scant riiinltuic of their hov
els piece bj piece lo Inn blend until ho
last chair oi bod Is palled with and the un
fortunate woman is thrust Into the street
to buttle with the cold woilil If delllillo
mriiiigcinciits for lellef me pel feet cd cots
for homeless w onion and chlldicii will he
ci cried at the hall
An Illustration of the willingness of tin
men lo woil was drliinnsl inlcd esleidiiy
Mr Clink announced Iu the pieseui f I lie
men at the hill that he had a Job for some
one to shoicl unit It meant 7 cents to the
one who secured It No sooner had Hie
words left his lips oie lie was siinoiiniled
bj no or im linpoieilsheil men with out
sti eli lied hands The pllcouslv pleaded
for Hie woik One old man was knocked
down In I In- lid scramble for employment
Another got n his knees n till grasped Mr
In I U fiulilhiilly Milium the legs Ilo
shouted In despair for tho nb It meant
enough iiioucv for a bed and a meal of sutll
clenl magnitude to smooth the ui Inkles of
hisiger on his stomach Cor Cuds sake
glle It to me sir fecblv gispeil the old
man fimii Sioux City who had snuggled to
his feet and hold his pinched bunds high in
tho air with an Imjiloilng clutch Hi- gol
the Job ami slept that night on a unit I less
Ills giay hali icsicil on a pillow for the
111 st lino iu i ulglits
Most of Hie men walked the entire dis
tance to Cut on lake jestciilay in hopes of
getting wmi mi the Ice but leliiined In
despair Willi wonry feet they scrambled
Into In- hall anil lecciicd llieli second dully
liiMullincnt of soup with an unexpected
suipilse party for their stomachs In me
shape of hotel scraps
DKAWS lICTIJIti ofdkspaik
Deplorable Condition nt the Unemployed
iWorkmguiHii the Subject of it ti
lloiiii nt Surinoii
Omaha Hoc Dec 10 lSii
Rector Mnekny of All Saints chinch
spoke jcslenlay for ho worklugiiicn in ie
ply to What have vou to be thankful
for lie said
Tlic dally papers on Thanksglilng day
which dcscilbed the geneial festival also
contained In ohscuic coiners of Inside pages
dispatches telling of the fiuihoi ssitloii
of ImlilstilcM In dillerciit puts of the ioiiii
tty Tin co small paragraphs told us that
11 1 JO niuie workliigmcn aie to be lidded to
the I auks of I lie unemployed and will have
to face a struggle lor existence tills w Intel
that will lie almost beyond human endur
ance In the midst of your praises to Cod
for the bounty you have enjoyed did jou
slop lo think that Is to deliberately con
shier what this day of Thanksglilng has
been to the millions of woiklugiueii iu tills
land Leave your own personality
behind mid imagine yourself In tin- position
that the wnrkliigmau in yonder cottage N
In See him sitting In his scantily furnished
homo his head hurled In Ills hands Hie
lory picture of abject despair Ills little
children their faces pinched with cold ami
scanty fine lie huddled at his feet tlieli
misery Intensified by recollections of tho
happy Thanksgiving of a year ago while
tho bravo patient wife and motner stands
silently by almost heartbroken Ills ardent
search for work In thin broad city from
duwn lo dusk for three long weary months
has brought no success with It und there
lie sits utterly crushed with the thought
that through no fault of his own he Is de
prived not orily of the means to piovldo the
little extra comfoits that would make his
little family Joyous In their praises to Hod
on this bright Thanksgiving morning but
even of tho power to supply his dear ones
with tho smallest necessaries of existence
We prldo ourselves on our progressive city
of Omahn und yet this city has no work for
that unfortunate man notwithstanding the
fact that ho Is n sober respectable mid
diligent cltzcn beseeching for tho opportu
nity of earning his living by the sweat of
his brow My friends there are thousands
of men In his position today Think of It
Nineteen centuries of Christianity mid yet
millions of men In this country hove noth
ing more to bo thankful for thon the bare
fact that they are nllve Our Almighty
Tather lias blessed this nation with bounti
ful crops far beyond tho needs of tho popu
lation It contains with entire linmuiily
from plague mid warfare and with a wealth
of natural resources Inexhaustible tho de
velopment of which Increase each year and
yet one half of us are denied tho right to
tho necessities of existence I tell you my
friends the present aspect of tho business
affairs of this coutury Is a most distressing
one
DEPICT IIItti DEPRESSION
Congress Being Flooded by Petition from
Worklngnieu Against Passage of
Wilson Dill
Washington Correspondence In Omaha Flee
Jan 10 1801
There Is no doubt that a most profound
Impression Is being made upon even the
rabid free trade Democrats In congress by
the flood ot petitions coming In from tin
farmers nnd wuge earners In the country
ngalust the passage of the Wilson tariff bill
It Is true that u man In congress bus im
mense reverence for the politician the mer
chant or banker or other person with capital
and labor at commaud but when it come
right down to the tine point of Influence
there is no person iu this wide world who
can In an tumble way wield ns much intlu
once as tho farmer or the laboring man
Homo of tho petitions which arc urrhlng
In opposition to the Wilson bill are pitiful
In simplicity of statement aud sentiment
They uro written In the most simple lan
guage by hands unfamiliar with the pen
upon postal card or little slips of paper
taken from the flyleaves of books They
tell ot how tho writers supported the Dem
ocratic ticket last year under the impres
sion that better times would come and
how Instead their einolojraient has left
them and Ihev are without work and with
out blond They beg lliclr fi lends hi con
gloss to hasten notion If action Is lo be
taken on the Wilson bill bill lo into
agnttist It on lis llunl passage aud lo sno
tile luiliMllcs of the eoiinlty Other plo
tests against Hie Wilson bill come In the
fui iu of Imig petitions signed in tho plain
biiiiilw tiling of ho haul working mini
Maui of the signatures halo been nt tested
b Hie cioss which slgullles that the mail
homing the name although unable lo wilte
Is Intelligent enough lo know wiiv ho Is out
of eiuploi nicnl why his Limllv Is HiifTeilng
for blend and that he deslics the defeat of
a bill which pioposcs to tiausfcr his em
plot i ii en t to mulsh hands
Some of the Int i oiluctoiy remmks upon
petitions mo enough to melt the lieml of
the iiHist Insane fiee 1 1 tider who has any
patilollsiu iiboiil him Tlic depict the do
plumbic commiiclal conditions tell of the
hngi mini out of employment ami of the
surieilng whiili abounds All of Hits In laid
ill the thiol of the policy which has been
adopted by the pally In power
uuiik imiii i in Disiitiss
Spoiloi s Think t ho llioui geoci lllen
Conine ol Action Out o tint
I Mini Inler
Oiiinliii lice Jim S ISH
Half a bundled wot kluglucn m those
wini would be Wulklnglllen II Hie Iiml I lie
oppoilunll met at Knights of Labor hall
ycstciilnv nfleiniiiili to Ileal the piohlclu of
pioiidlug labor for the tinciiiploicil ills
cussed Mr II Cohen called the meeting
to oiilcr ami Inttodiici d Itei John Will
lams wlio spoke hi Icily He tefciteil to the
iiiilun of tlic county commlssloiieis In 10
fusing to exp I the li00 mini fund this
w lot ci on Hie gioitnd Hint the woik could
be done mill by contiacl and expiesscil
the opinion that If cier llu ie was an einei
gclici Hint Jlislilled a cotiise of Mellon that
was out of the tisiiul older It exlbled at
the piesent 1 11111-
Mayor Ilemls said thai ho was ready lo
assist In any feasible plan that could be do
iseil to piovldo woik for those who were
In need of It 10 mentioned Hiu fiicL Hull
In Cincinnati 0HJ Inn been nppiopi luted
to beautify the pmks mnl I litis furnish
woik foi ii large number of Hie utiomployeil
This he thought mlglil be done u Omaha
whole tho boaid of park commissioners Iiml
a cousliicialile amount of money on lianil
Ho also endorsed Hie opinion of tile pie
ilous speaker Hint Hie present emergency
was enough to Justify tin county commls
slouels In ilcpaiting Irom Hie letter of Hie
law fm enough lo begin the woik on I he
county toads ut once If It could possibly be
done
Tho speaker nlso took occasion to call at
tention to the Indlffei eiiei which many pen
pie wcie displaying In tiis time of wide
sptcad illstioss Such a meeting as he one
In progress should have been hold In the
largest hall In Hie city and he cliurches
nud cily nnd county ollhinls us well as th
millionaires who mot In secret conclave it
the Iaxtnn hotel to devise means to slo
Imptovements should till have been rep
scnteil A chinch composed of weallhv
members should bo able to assist to a huge
extent In tills work Its members If Hi
wore not willing to give nni thing mlg
raise n few thousand dollats and loan It out
lo deceiving people to he repaid when
better times come
Famine Pliiln nnd Simple
Omnlm Ileo Jan 2S ISII
It Is cildeiit from tho lesults of Investi
gations that Hie pi lino cause of many cases
of destitution In this cily is the same Hint
hns nlllbied oiery metropolitan center of
tho United Stilton namely the aftermath
of the tluiiwity of capital caused by Hie na
tional depression last summer The hard
times bale been couched Iu polltft vernacu
lar as Unauiiil depression commeielil
prostration aud monetary ileciepltude
but the poor of Oiiinliii this winter are ab
breviating it and culling It famine plain
mid simple without any embellishment
Threo fouiths of the present destitute well
found to ho men whoso names huvo adorned
tho payrolls of honest labor Tue size of
their families with n dash of sickness In
many Instances precluded many of them
from mi lug money for the omoigency
which now stares them In tho face Some
how ever managed to put aside u tfw dol
lars but continued idleness and drain for
rent coal und bread soon absorbed the sur
plus And ucrt was a struggle between prl
vntlon and pride In many cases tho hitler
conquered mid their condition was dlscov
ered by a house to house cnuvass An In
vestigation disclosed the fact that tho suf
ferlug was not coutlnod to hovels There
are many poor women cryln with poverty
behind lace curtains and actually stinting
themselves In food In order to meet their
rout It was found thut notwithstanding
tho fact that wages hud boon reduced In
many Industrial plants the price of fuel and
commodities except Hour has not decreased
to meet ho cut Tho cost of 111 log Is prac
tically the same as usual for a wuge earner
on a retrenched Income
Ilrlcklayers and Mason Feel Depression
Omaha Ileo Jan 7 1811
John Ileartz of Denier president of the
IlrloUnyors and Masons International
union who wus In tho city to attend tlni
annual convention of that organization suld
yesterday
The building trades In Denver are In
proty bad conauloii owing to tho depressed
condition of all business but they uro hold
ing their unions together all right nnd wait
Ing patiently fir the coming of better times
wheu no doibt they will be In as good
condition as heretofore and retain for Den
ver the name of being one of the best or
gunlzed cities tn the country
As to tho Ilrlcklayers und Masons In
teruatloual union I may say that tho de
pression has been felt to a great extent
still very few of our subordinate unions
havo had to succumb and I may say that
w o have lost less unions by abandonment
than wo nutlclpited from the trade dopre
lon through the country Usually ire
have from IU to 2i0 delegates In the con
veuttou kiit owluc to the depression
tliroiiptnut Hie inuiitiv no do tint expert
liiiic lliiir so iii catci at lhl inciting
re- woiling p pie fnri lo it glial ox
tent hlaiuo tliein i h - for the eotiilltloii In
which diet ate nun placed The lime the
pullet Ihiiiiigh the loitlol to mollify ol lo
iimiI it gioat until of Hie Inns Hull hate
been denied to lliclr del I liueiil Hut ll
long lis Hiei eonl lime lo nlloii lealomlet
ami pleuilees lo Inleifeic ullh lite casting
of lliclr ballots In fnior of their own i hiss
nt people ho long IllllSt Ihev tetUilll op
picsscd
Koiimi iiloinnoil People Dixllliite
I ll ll till lice lil II 7 ISH I
When Dt Dun en after a peiMoiial lino
tlgiillUi of matii cmsim teiciitlt Issued an
appeal In the illDeiis of Oliinha lo icscite
men women mnl liilldictt ulm niie without
fooil mnl fuel mid In dnfigii of Ml in t til Imi
nud fleering his tittel am cs weie somewhat
III tho mil in of a hiu pi he ami weie re
Riirdod by tn n ti x wtlh a ciulcnl smile In
Older to set all dollhl at lost a llee te
potior has been making n homo
10 house caiiiiiBS aci otiipaiileil by
Hoy C W Saillgr Itei A 1 Tilt
Lie nnd Alfieit Ticticiir of the Assmialeil
Chmlllcs The icsull disclosed a pitiful
condition of iilTalis DImciihc had In some
Itislnuccs linked arms with destitution mnl
ho hideous skeleton of Despair nan perched
upon euipti coal scuttles nud pointing bis
bony Index tliiKer at crumhlcss cupboards In
inaiiT ehoetlesH collages An Investigation
proved Hint out of n population of IMiinpii
people fully 7 OoO weie In initial willil tic
cording lo statistics obtained ill ho mi
rlotts chat liable Institutions aud Hie county
supply toom
Following Hits Introduction Is a two
eolutnn utorr desotlhlng Iho pmetly
sltlckcn condition of a number of working
itienH homes llslled by Hie lepoilor Am
the stntv related the names of Iho unfotlii
llllli HlllTelels It Is not deemed ptopct to 10
ptoduce It at this t lino
County Aid In lillp Men
Omalia Itee Jan 10 ism
After loiolilug Iho mutter Iu their iiilmli
for some tittle Hiei iillllly eoliiliilsHlolielH haul
about ioiii hided lo make a now ilcpaitinc
ami fiitnlsh i mploj tnctit lo Homo of he
needy men who linic been dialling supplies
finlli the county waichoiise A catiMlsw of
Iho hI I nut Imi lias been made by the mem
hots of tho eillilllll lee on i hailty mill those
gentlemen lime ascot tallied Unit til the
ptcHClit lime Ibele ale KM able bodied lllen
who ate being assisted lo fuel and food liv
the county In talking with those men Hie
mcmbcis of the loitnty coiiiinlllcc are of
the opinion thai Ihev would lalhci emu
t Inlt lliltig than o lie objects of chmllv
lll lieu oT this I nt Hie cotiimlsslotict s luile
n In ml coin hnleil to sil aside a sum of
mono fiitn the county toad ami btldge
fund ami expi ml If In pining wages to the
men w Im me willing to wmi The Idea Is
to go outside of tin- cllv limits mnl put a
foi co of men at wot I grading loads ami
cutting ibu n ciiibmilmeuts along Hie pub
lie highways pin lug the men In the bout
Iiml at the tale of cents pet hour foi Hie
1 1 tue Hi ci an- in I mill v cuiploieil
For Itellnt of llotnnless mnl Hungry
I imnllil Itee Dec JO lWfl
Tho sitlloilngs of the In endless n ml bed
less men at Keselle hall ami Hie thnillcncd
iilinudonmeiit of thai Institution on ac
count of limited funds as published In the
Ileo yesteiilay moused public sinipilhy
It is pioliiible Hull ploinpt action for the
lellcf of Iho homeless and hiingri will now
be taken At a mooting of the cxciiitlie
committee of the Coltlliiei cbil club hi Id cs
tcnlay the sulicct us published In the llee
was tliomugii discussed Tile i tub Is Hot
u ohm liable orgiinlalloii but fiom a bust
ness standpoint concluded not to let Idle
woiklngiueu slario to death In n city of His
sire Supeilntoudenl Clink ami Irof ill
lesple iiililtesscil Hie meeting In behiill of le
llef for I lie distressed ns u salcgiiaid
M gainst mi Ineiease In cilmc ns the lies
potation of hunger might dtlic I In- uiieiii
ployed to commit unlawful acts Ittvcstlga
Hon proi oil that most of the applicants for
food and shiilct weie ilcsoiiiug wage enni
ets out or employment After discussion ll
was decided to call a cUIens modlug at
the club looms tills cioulug ut H oclock for
the put pose of couslilct lug plans for relief
Iliilf n Union Out r Work
Omaha lice Dec 2J IMKI
Knights of Labor assembly No 171 com
posed of upholsleleis ami limitless innleis
held ii tegular meeting last night It ill
yclopcil at Hie meeting Unit about one half
of the membership Is at ptescut without
anything lo do anil unable to Unit work lit
llielr lino In iiuiii a One of the memboiu
In speaking of the situation said thai their
einployeis would only he to glad to glic
them work if Ihev could git onlcrs to till
bill on account of being unable to make
sales they had boon forced to reduce he
nuiiihi r of employes It bud been the prac
tice of tradesmen Iu this line of work to go
to Chlcngo when woik was slack In Omaha
hut their follow workcts In Chicago Inform
them that It Is eicii worse theic so there is
nothing for lliem lo do but do the best they
can nt homo
Iiihor Men Talk About Charity
Omahn Itee Dec 11 1IW
At the mooting of tho Kulglitn of lnbor
Inst night the unemployed weie talked of
more linn unj thing else One of too mem
bers thought i ml Hie council should be
asked to appropriate n few thousand dot
lars tn prm Ide work for tho unemployed
hut said be could uot suggest what kind if
work conhl be done Mr A A Icrry the
past master workman ndiocateil the lilen
of trying to nl tract the attention of tho
public more generally to charitable oigiinl
ziitlons and opined that the charity nignti
latlotis wore not being suppolled tills
year like they bad been In the past One of
Hie reasons bo thought was the Inability
of the fut iner generous givers to give ut this
time
To Aid Suffering Poor
Omaha lice Dec in Ki3
Mayor Law i nee of Council Muffs has
Issued the following call Upon the request
of the worthy pastors of our churches nnd
maiij of our prominent citizens I would
earnestly recommend that our people should
assemble In mass convention ut Dohenys
Operu house Thursday evening the 21st
Inst at 7110 p in for the purpose of per
fecting mi organization and to devise ways
and means to aid the suffering poor of our
community Winter approaches with un
usual vigor business Is dull mid labor Is
obtained with dllllculty Organized united
and vigorous effort Is required to avert or
oven largely alleviate the suffering of the
poor In our mlilst
Forty flvn Stuto Dunks Suspended
Lincoln Correspondence In Omaha llee
Jan 17 1U0I
The past ycr has been n particularly try
ing one upon tho state and private banks of
Nebraska Tho causes which affected so
many of them were not however local
The snme causes operated In every state In
tho Union aud Nebraska wna no worse off
nud perhaps it great deal better than many
nf her slater states During the year the
bank suspensions numbered 45 Of this
number but 15 were placed In tho hunds of
receivers the rest either being bold or con
solidated with other banks or they went
Into voluntary liquidation
Eight to Ttrelvo Dollars a Month
Omaha Hee Dec 22 IStil
One of the conductors of the Omaha
fit reel lUltwiy company said today Tho
public does not know what many of the
employes of our company have to contend
with There uro enough extra men on the
list to man Cic entire running force ud
bo hardship these extra men have are
taough to drive u man crazy I know c
icveral ot the extra men who baug around
lienibpntlcts eicri dm week tn nnd nfitt
out Ii intili ii urn wliouiiet llioi on ii
i hoi win nuiiigo fiom about to JU per
month on the coin list
Itlllel lone I niiilcif initr
Omahn Ileo Dec 22 ISlit
Jllsl lion some of Iho best people of
Omahn us well ns our public nflli Inls nru
pil7rlltig their In uliin its lo bow the 21 XM
Idle mid iIchIIIiiIo people Iu out tnlilsl nui
he till on lino of iliiiltig lite iioit throe
fnoiilhs Pillule Iiiulli ami iho inrloim
chin liable societies will do a great ileal
loitmil meeting he Immcdlnlo wanln of it
Im go niiinbot of iloseiiliig poor Hot l til 4
Mini eo of tellef Is Inadequate when
no cninV lo pi oi hie food and laltneiil dur
ing a long mnl seiote wlnloi foi seierul
thoiisniMl poisons
Appl In Coiinli foi A bl
i in lice Jnti 21 ISU l
TV hi iii iicnlhcr of Hie past few day
hi dilii n nil inimhoi of now applli auln tn
Ho ioiii Ii - ne for clothes auitpioi InIiuii
llioi s ri nil ol those who could pass tho
applli albiii lime I u unlisted Tuesday 111
new mimes m r hied lo he mils All of
the new put l le who applied Tttesilny worn
llieli who Hole lesldentM of he oily bondl
of rumlllcN mnl willing to work Appllca
lions fm woik on Hie roads continue to Im
tiled vvltli tin unly agent mid nl tliM
dale then are Im men ulm lime signed In
go out nud labor
I lioiisnuils or Idle Wot lililcn
Omaha llee Jan 27 IHI
II tin- Cohen of Iho Knights of Labor In
cbnli mil ii of a coiuinlltce which has com
pbleil a i am ass of the uiieiuploved work
men of Iho cllv Ilo tcports ihiH
plm od nag ineiM at otiinhn nl present
reptcsenlliig all trades Matty of Ihciu urn
tun n liil men nnd Hie saloon element Is n
Hoineltv muting Iheiti Of this number Mr
Cohen tepoils the fullnulng In n I of Im
luedlale lellcf Then follow Iho names mid
nihil cHKCH of scicml bundled woikltigmoii
intiiiv of whom ate today among Iho host
tillcos of Omaha I
Would Uien round Itock
Oiuiillii Itee lice Isil
A voting mini who has been keeping n sot
of honks foi the pitNl two i ears but wuh
let mil In Mi tohcr said I halo tiled to
gel woil of any hlinl tint hnie not earned
OUT since the middle of OelobeC I had
iibutil JMi snicil up when lost my position
but It Is now iii iii lv all gone mnl in v board
Is iinlv paid up lo lauiiail Ins let them
olTei tin a ob at poimillng nick or anything
else uml see how quick I will Inke ll I
have got lo live minion iiv ami I wont hog
oltliet If I know invcir
Need N lilies ol Life
niiuiiiui iioe in c I- isit
A nintciuciil Is on foul to otgaiilze mi ni
soilnlluii of i Inn Hill le people of Council
Ilillls foi the puipiiso of supplying tint
iiiulhi pool ol I lit- illy wllh such help itH
thei uini need Tin ii mo hcoios of fain
llles In I lie city fliit mo In i d of Hill
Collimoll noi essnl les of life
IIVItK IN TIIK IAIIOIt UNIONS
A Ieu Ileum Imiii lie Itee liles for lo
ciiol IHtlll noil 1 iiy I Hit I
Tlic Oiuuhii Ccnltnl lalioi union held n
meeting last nlclil nni f t0
South iiinaha delegates anouiiecil dial men
In Hint town who hail hetclorote been re
coil Ing 17 a day weie now null leeelvlug
ITi pel day lie also lopoiioil thai a largo
number of poisons who hail cotno lo Hoitlli
Omahn expelling to got it oik won- Idle and
imiiii of I Iti iii without money or cn dll
At n meeting Monday night of the Itrlck
hliets ami rhislciets Tendcis it was found
Hint a large piopmlloit of their membership
Is nl piesent Idle wllii u ry poor prospects
of woik
Members of iho Tin Sheet lion ami Cor
nice Woikeis complain Hint then is very
III lb woil going on In their tnnle
Woik at iho building Italics In Otnnhn l
Indeed very sou ice cotishloi Ing the number
of men tool Ing for work A member of Iho
Iliillilltig Trades council sled up he situa
tion Huts Little ot no new woik Is being
done and all we can got lo do Is repair
woik ami Ilio sennit of money pievcnls
many fiom making mpnlis that need to ho
maile A yeat ago al this lime it man could
easily Ilnd something to do In our lino but
now ll seems that tiolliliig of Importance
will be oiiuiniein od tills winter I do not
know what many of us will do until
spring
Cm pouters union No CS moots tonight
In Wolfs hall coiner of Twenty second und
Cuming si reels Many of the members of
this union tire unable to Ilnd employment
mid the principal business of Hie meeting
tonight will be Hie discussion of methods to
provide work of sunn kind to enable tho
members to Keep fiom asking charity
Inlntcis mid Docoralots union No 10l
will hold it tegular meeting tonight In Ar
lington hall Ifill Dodge street One of tho
members said today Hint unless something
happened to put new life Into business ho
did not know what some of their membcra
would do lo get through the winter us ho
many of them me now Idle llirctoforo
when work In their trade was dull In
Omaha those without work could alwnyu
go lo other cities and secure employment
but Ibis winter the unions In other cities
report work fully as dull ns In Omaha
The mombeis of the Carriage and Wagon
Wotkors union complain that work Is get
ting very scarce In their trade One of tb
members said today that after the first of
January he thought several more would Im
let out of work us the principal orders for
now work would nil be completed by that
time
There will be n meet Ing nf tho unem
ployed today at Knights of Labor hall The
object of the meeting Is to try to arrango
some method whereby worthy persons can
bo given employment mid uot be forced to
beg steal or starve
KTAONATION OF INIHTSTUIES
Items Iroin Oiiinliii Ileo Piles for Winter
or 1K1KI 4 Show Thoiunud Out
or Work
There are 1000 Idle worklngtnen In Ak
ron O
The poor of Cleveland 0 nre being fed
on beans and bono soup
Tim weavers at Lawrence Mass have ac
cepted n cut In wages
A largo knitting mill nt Troy N Y
closed down Indetluitely last week
The unemployed ut Minneapolis arc being
fed soup at the police station
The boys working In tho Homestead Glass
Works struck before they would ueeept 43
cents a day
The woolen workers at North Oxford
Mass have uccopted a temporary cut of 10
per cent In vvuges
Positions that formerly paid 10 per week
In the Pittsburg bolt und nut factory aro
now paying only from SJ5 to 8 per week
Wages have been reduced from 7 to 30 per
cent at the Ford City Pa plate glass
works
The directors of tho Central Street Rail
way company of Peoria III have Just an
nounced that after Friday the employes
will bo expected to work 15 hours a day In
stead ot 12 hours as at present without an
lucritaso of pay Tbo company claims to be
besieged with applications for employment
The Central Labor union of Boston has
called a mass meeting for the purpose ot
discussing the situation of the unemployed
The proprietors of the large plate glasa
factory at Challervl Pa have closed down
Indennltcly and assign as a reason their
fear ot tariff legislation aud lack of orders
Their action throws several hundred men
out of employment
It Is eald that thousands of tho unem
ployed of New York gather at the Brooklyn
bridge every woruluf to read the ftnt