, 1874-01-01
THE UNEMPLOYED.
The Committee Still Working on
q Platform.
Distribution Of Bread at Noodman's Daktry'-~Ihe
Eelief SWietJ.

THE COMMITTEE o.. PLATFORM
The nowly-appoiutcd Committee of the work
inemen, which met night before last in secret
couclaye, have not yet colne to any definite con-
clusion in regard to the organization OF the
yor1iingnen OF Illinois. Thus FAR, tho dis
cussioa has turned upon the several articles OF
the new Constitution which ls to hereafter gov
cru the various organizations OF the workInSIuen
It is proposed, among other changes. to nave
the latter organize into societies according to
their pationalltiea.-thosos spe&ilng English, ny
themselves the Germans and Plattdeut6ch, to
form 4 separate organization, and go on, but all
to I've under the general direction OF committee
to be appointed by the several sections. LEG
Committee which is now at work strictly ieilo"s
the social democratic rule Of electng ne" chair
paau ut each aud every meeting. 4 reporter IN
tery;eweJ scme of tie members of the committee,
aud. although each one very retlcent On the
subject Of their secret meetings, they were all
| eager to assure him That neither the oSertnEo"
| Of the National, State, or City Government nor
The sacE,ne Of t!le cty come within the scope Of
their present deliberations. All they "ished
was 10 organize uuder the lead OF real Working
| men. and not shams nud dea'ayogues. who, rs
| they now see, Lave only hurt theiE cause.
l39 POLK STREET DESERTED.
| T1,a reDorter found tho aloye locality desert
| ed with the exception Of Il few worh4ngmen
| standing in trout Of tho headquarters. VINO At
| tcmpted to decipher tie Eoilce OF the ulst13ou-
ton Of the 10. GOO loaves OF bread. On gong up
stairs. the reporter founa tAa' sne seeouu s'y ~,
] Committee, sign painter by trade, but VINO las
| been out OF employment foE some tla'o- Not
| withwaudiug his own misfortune. this
t,uo Samaritan picked up IN !he
condition, and took him to his house, where ho
Las now kop: him for rearly two weeks, aud
| where his wife took care Ct ht1n during Ut 0!
| s;,kuess induced by starvation. The case had
been reported to tue Relief Society, but as : Se.
Ic lad 10 relief 'sI nm out of work myself, -
said the poor but charitable painter, and cant
| Iel low | aud my fa1nlly may faro in another
| weea. but if tho Relief Society don't come coon
to take this young man off my hands, saall not
turn him out anyhow, come what may
/ DISTRIBUTION OF BREAD.
l. At noon Yesterday G. L. Woodnan Il Co. dis
tributcd 11.CO0 loases Of bread to the poor IRON,
| their bakery, At the corner OF Adams aud Canal
streets The Northwestern, National Bank pald
I for 10000 luaves, aud the flremens fnna jnsu1-
ance Company Of California for 1,000. Woodman
| t. Co. charging no profit at oil. Tie hungry
people begun to corgregato ut the bakery aoons
| o'cclcck, aud by noun there we're between l,5oo
and 1tDU IN tue street. The crowd constantly
| received accessons, and By 2 O'Clock numbered
orar . 600. Tho b1ead-four loayes being given
to Zach alplicant-was distributed from ,s,
one OF the doors by the clerks. Tie
multitude WIS like all latce gatherings
unruIy. aud almost uncont-ollatle. IEefe
wero several policemen present, ana
! BY much cursing and pushing, they succeeded
in making laue through tho crowd. through
| which the men, women, and children escaped
after receiving their loayes. The majority Of
| the crowd were women and children, and manE
| of the latter we're so jammed and crushed thas
tne:e wns constant wail of distress. Cons,d-
erins the g1eediness OF the crowd, aud the ap-
! rareut indifference a5 70 Que anOtneia wants,
the progress made in tie distribution was sat
| isfactorv. If more policemen had been IN at
| tendance better order would nave oeeh pre-,
! served, and the women and children would nG1
| have been pulled and pushed so much while
eudeayoring to reach the clerks who were hand
| ing out the bTead.
| THE RELIEF AND AID soc1ErT.
| The 171st, at the relief and Aid Society q roomf
! was very we'll kept up during tue day yesterday
several hundred applicants succeeding IN forcinf
their tales of voc into the ea.s Of Messrs. TTus
dell and Hawkes., and their assistants Ihe
crowd was, comparatively sreaking:, m orderly
| one. Tie managers complain that the granting
OF tickets to applicants by the different working
mems societies added consldcrubly to the work
of the Society, many Of the applicants thlnAree
that the rasteboa1d injured them immed4ate re-
lief The managers report that, While there II
considerable poverty in the city, not one out OF ter
| of the applications for relief is cnse Of rca
Nant, The amount Of work dong by the Socle
| tv may be Judged By the number Of their EN-
pIoyes, which Is ut present not less than l25, o.
! whom 83 are yisitors.. To-day being New Years
no cases will BE- attended to-, and the leisure VII
be taken advantage Of by 31r. TruEdell and assist
auts in getting up back work, OF which they
have Large amount on hand at present
| cAED.
In consideration of the fact that the Rehe
| and Aid Society assert their ability and willing
ness to meet all the demands existing. o. tha
NAV ariAe frum the present emergency, IS 1t no
lust to allow them to rely UPON their own Re
sources to conduct the business of their specin
! mis-. ion: Corporations and societies need III
q. ais.uuce when able to meet their nccessltls
any more than individuals.
it is respectfully suggested TINT the Generou:
public. aud merchants LII particular. SHOULD
when possible. endeayor to exchange for labor
coal, groceries, money, ETC.. that they may Zee
| kindly disposed to give to the needy. For IN
stance, coal merchant, owing to the prescn
str4ugeucy OF the money maFl;et, Is,,4u can n
not donate money to the needy o
pay money for labor. He exchanges Goa
for painting his building, Office. fence, etc
The painter can exchange Fart OF the coat 10
Eainllnc MATERIAL and hus the remainder for NJ
labor Tic came rule may apply to oil branche
Of labor and business. THUS the eviis resulting
from it1lencss will, to o mar4ed e1tent, be avoid
ed. and the morals and self-dependence OF III
workers be encouraged The demand upon tn
Keller and Aid Society will be less, and, II tue
fail to meet the requirements OF the OCCASION
the censure should lie greater. McAu11FFE.
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PERSONAL.