Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-24
TRAMps WITH SAWS.

IsHmors of the Charity wood Nard that
Fias Hecn stRrted IN Philadelphia. Va
Ffunts We Have Gonr to Get saw
tFcasc aHd Newer Cotar Back.
Rudely carved on one of the support
ing pillars OF an old-iashiunod wooden
arch over the entrance 60 No. 1922
Lombard street are two simple gcomet-
ricai characters. circle and cross, the
latter being within the former, which
IN the hOmely but expressive sign-Ian-
guagC pt professional tramps indicate
that IL Is q place the laly members Of
this nomadio fraternity should fcar rs
much rs they do cleanliness sud honest
employment. Just below the cross aud
riug signs is lop~idcd diamond cncir-
cling very crooked arrow, which to
the initiated prosclytes OF this ROYAL
order oi unwaslled humanity means that
some kind member OF the guild has in
yostigated the place aud, not being
pleased with his reception, carved the
blerogiyphics described, and los them
his fellows are advised To "moye on ~
The woodward il one OF the best and
most successful of the new charitable
movements Of the year IN his city. The
difficulty OF separating men who really
deserve help and are anxious 10 find
employment from the horde OF lazy
tramps who apply for assistance was,
until lately. problem the charitable
!",oP'c OF Philadelphia were unable to
solve. About two months agu the man
ngers Of the charity organizations OF
the seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth
wards held meeting aud resolved to
open "A kindling wood yard, like those
IA Boston aud Providence, where men
WHO apply for help are sent and given
work until they proved whether they
deserved further assistance or not.
House No. i722 aud large yard in the
rear were leased, and six weeks ago the
hrst kindling wood was cut IN the place.
ne yald has been in operation six
weeks, AMI has proved more successful
~ every way than the most sanguine Of
ITS managers dared hope for when the
scheme was first broached. Not only
has the yard been self-supporting from
tho first week, but the money
borrowed to begin operations with was
pnld back some time ago. and the man
ayers are now contemplating numerous
improvements. DIR. Jeileris, the super
litendent, has Tins far managed this
new departure in charity with great
success, and as he takes q warm interest
"a work Of tllis kind the future OF the
immps' woodward. as people in the
neghborhoOd OF Seventeenth and Lom-
brd streets call il. is tery bright. Dur
ing the six weeks OF It's existence no
less Than siXty-sevcn men who applied
Tor help were sent to the yard. Of that
number twenty-five did not put IN an
appearance at the wood-pile, twenty
Two others refused 10 60 to work after
they visited the place, aud eight who
ulu begin work were dismissed for
drunkenness. The fact that only fifteen
out OF siXty-seven applicants for en-
pioyment were willing to 90 to work
when lt WAS given them convinced the
managers that the tramp element was
even greater among the applicants for
help than is generally supposed.
Each man is allowed TO saw quarter
OF cord OF wood day, and for that
amount OF work he receives fifty cents
IN cash or, il the laborer wishes Il, an
order for food and lodging at the Indus
trial home, on Catherine street, but this
institution Is not connected with the
wood yard in any way. DR. Jeluris /
says the managers do not intend 10 fur |
nish steady work at the yard for the /.
men who are sent there. Tho object is
toselect the deserving from the unde- /
serving cases, and allow the former TO
make enough to live until the emanagors
md them permanent situations, Good |
situations have already been found for
iVe Of the fifteen men who went to [
work earnesdy, aud efforts are now be-
ing made to place the other ten In regu- |
lar positions. The wood. after being |
sawed aud split, ispaeked In boxes hold |