, 1873-12-31
THE UNEMPLOYED.
Scenes at Headquarters Yes
terday.
Distribution OF Tickets Furnished by
the Relief Society.
Tho Committee Declines to Allow Ro.
portors ut Their Meeting.

Tho scenes which a reporter Witnessed during
yesterday forenoon ut t39 Wost Polk street, tho
headquarters Of tho woringmen, gayo evidence
that tho latc conference l>etween tho city n,l-
thoritios, tic Workingmo,'s Committee, antl
tho offlcora of thu notiof Society is, rs yet de-
void OF any beneficial rcas,lta. The first export
mcnt Of the Relief Society, IN inviting oil
tho needy members Of tho working class
to apply III porpon at thoir n!lico
OIL 1,asallo street, has demonstrated tito unwis-
dom of person in authority making haaty prom
iscs in times Of oxotomont, with tho viaw Of
a1nylng angry passions for tic tino being. with
out frat inquiring iuto the practcabilty Of such
promiueH and tho results growing out Of thon
Tho Relief Society. as the worsingmen undor-
stood 1t during tho Into conference, substantial
ly Issued an invitation 10 oil tho needy n,o1nbera
of tho Workngmen's Association to call
at tho society'a office for , roliof where
their wants would bo attended to-. Ono
in,practicalility Of TINT invitation, for tho needy
ce,ne III much crowds TINT tho police Ind to 10
called upon In order to cloar the premisos,-an
unfortunate circumstance, calculated to increase
tho bitter feelings OIL tho llnrt of the working
mon against tho Roliof Society.
THE ISSUE OF T1OKETH.
1u order to rcctify tlliB error,--ono Of the hend
and not OF tho henrt,--the Society invoked tho
ad Of eono Of tho leading spirits Of tue working
' tie back "Do Of ~Iich IS" H{s tiey s wsre fo to
note down tho natno occupation, residence,
an! wants OF each married applicant. Ihcae
tickets arc to DO returned to tho Superintond~
ont of tho Relief socioty, who IN turn aen1s, .as
natcd in order to look iuto tho special merits of
the case.
RUSH FOR THEM
The news Of this new progrnmmn sprcad like
a.A 1.x8A
tho noliof Society had made their appearance,
the headquarters OF lao West Folk ntreot were
crowded to suffocatio with exrectant
receivers. Tho crowd. consisting. mostly
Of Dohen.inns ind Low Dutch. with FUR
asprinEling Of ,aer,nans, Sweden, and Irish, be-
Joyous countenanco thar for many days past.
The ticlsotR which they expected to receive wore
looked upon aa tho panacoa for nil their past
troubles aud proscnt nlllpgs. Those intrustcd
with the writing down OF tho narneH Oil thu
tickets lud, however. the greateat difficulty in
inducing the crowd to give them enough Of
elbow room to begin their lalors. The owner Of
tho building, fearing that the !y-gnpported floor
weight Of such vast crowd, xpostulated III vain.
His tAroats TINT ho would have tho building
cleurcd by main force remained unlcotef, for
tue very simple roaHon that tho majority OF tho
crowd did not understand what llo was saying to
them in English. Aftor considerable parloYlng,
pushing. aud swearing, the ticket ngnnts sue
cceded in obtaining room enough fur their tnble.
and they commenced Mt onco taking down the
1latneH Of tho applicants.
GENERAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Tho reBlllt of tho days work WIS that over 500
applicanta for .nid had their names reported
and given in to the Relief Society.
cy.. Of tho case demanded Immediate
relief the visitors Of tlle noef Society cnlled ut
once aud afforded it. There is no doubt that
there ia much suffering among the workin8<1
clBaSes, but not hnlf Of those loungng nbout tho
workingmen'a headquarters hive the appear-
ance Of half-etaryed Individuals. Or even OF por-
SONS il. distress. One Stout 1iishnlau with d
pipe in his mouth, when asked by one Of tho
tickot agents to male room for the table where
ho could writo his name down. answered with I'll
oath, telling him that lie was Us bad as that
Hoffman WHO wanted to rilo to tho Legislature
VIC will clean this mceting out" Another
case Of great distress was that
Of German whose appearance did not betray
immediate starvation, or oson indigenco. who
gcntocl appearance, asked him whether ho was
In want, oh, no.. taya he, !" bat 7 must
make show Of being in want, ~ these fellows"
pointing to the crowd, twill not follow my lead
If they notice that ! am better OF than them
solves" Saying this, ho turned to the crowd
adysiug them to baye their names inscribed,
aa it would amount to nothing anyhow, and tin:
the only remedy would ba to set
fire to the whole pack (sippschaft).
e u How ipsw'ss oaw aro oa out hs of work
were of sisch unturo as to convoy tho ide;s Tint
work iu Chicago must haye bceu yory scarce for
Tue last .yoar,. and the printed question ou tile
ticket Of s'What do you need laost 2" was.
strange to say, invariably answered with
money"
AcoNMITTER MEETING
was to havo taken place. in tho evening at 139
Polk street, hut when The reporter visited that
place oaly few atragglers from tho immediate
neiglborhool were found outside aiscnaning tho
Of Chicago. Tie Committee, for some ranson or
othor, had changed their base Of operation by
going to No, 68 West Lake Htreet, there to con
4 little aftor o'clock tho me,nbors Of the Com
mitteo, with MeAulih(, Killings, etc.. M leaders.
went into sort OF atar-chanlber meeting, polIlo
" excluding tho representatives. Of tho press.
giving them to understand TINT after the shame
saas-z zsitang, thoy could not consent it,, to HAVING
newspaper men present at their meetings.
They wonld not oven allow thom to remain with
iu the building, aud said that, it they could not
get them to leave by fur mcaus, they would haye
to resort to their fists.
uE HTn1KEa THE KEYNOTE.
a BURLINGTON. W!0., Dec. 20. 1878.
70 The Editor ef I'he CAteayo Tribune:
SIN: Thin uprising OF the worhiugmen Of
means whereby to cure Tie owl state Of affatrs.
When ono reilects that all Kinds Of work Is
better paid here than In Europe, tlat provisions
are cleaper lloro than there md tllat even ss,eh
clothing III is needed by tho working oass Gun
DO had here as reasonably as in the old country
the question ErcsentH itsclf to the reaocting
mind, How cala tho worilngu,au Of tho Old
World maintain limsolf?
From o late statement Of Louis Sclade, Of
Washington, 1t appears that tho Government
rbYeDuo Oh malt 1[ui1ors nmO1ntH to $3.50 131 H71
aud 1854 ,037 on fermented liquors. It also
places the total production Of beer Ill the United
Statcs at ,9G0, ,90s barrels. It u pntont to every
ono who IL more Or less familiar with beer
drinking TINT tho price of glass Of beer IL s
centH. Now, II we tako theHo Mlllious OF bar
re!s and subdiyido them into ha'f-pintH, multi
sum sum Of sa2e, ,55o,ooo. Th's imu,cnso % H',m i'm
IL all additional tax upon tho Germau-A American
pol ton Of our people. We should not besrul3e
the working nun Ills beer. We must, however,
during these extraordinary times tloyise some
,ncana to remedy this OWL. Now 1t tho prico OF