Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-09
SEEKING WORK.

The Horde of Hungry Place Hunters In Fort
Worth-Everybody Aftera Soft Job.
A few days ago there appeared in the
GAZETTE an advertisement from a
well known business house of this city
wanting young man for an easy
place. The requirements were that he
must be neat looking, gentlemanly and
a good pennan. To the unemployed
and to others who want Il soft job, the
"adn presented a vision which made
their hearts beat with joy. A GAZETTE
reporter happened to pass the above
named business house at an early hour.
on the morning the lad" appeared and
seeing large crowd of young men,
middle-aged men, old men and boys.
standing on the sidewalk near by,
stopped to find out the cause of the
assembling of SO many people at such
an hour.
whats the matter here? Rob-
berry last night9" asked the reporter of
an old man who had his coat buttoned
close around his neck to hide "a soiled
shirt front.
mo, there has been no robbng that
/ know of. This firm wants to hire a
clerk. / saw the advertisement in the
GAZETTE this morning and thinking
the place would suit me, thought | d
try to get it. am very competent tor
such a position. | used to he chief
clerk in Stewards, and was afterwards
head clerk in Sanger Bros. at Dallas -
am the best
Excuse me, my friend, you can
tell the proprietor all this, but l assure
you | have nothing to do with hiring
their clerks"
A newsboy passed by, and
The reporter bought GAZETTE to see
what the advertisement was. After
reading it lie concluded to watch the
movements OF the crowd and see how
the great army of the unemployed
worked the scheme to get job. The
force was increased by new arriva,
o casionally until about hal.past seven
O'Clock when the doors of the store
We're opened ami the reporter glided in
and took "a seat on shoe box near the
proprietor's private desk to watch the
proceedings. They came one at a time
until twciity-cigh lit had come and gone,
and the firm was still in want of !,
clerk. Their different manellvers to
impress the proprietor must have been
painful 10 him and eXcruiiat-
Ing, to 1.-THE men wanting
the situation. One was tall young
fellow aud strong as an OK, who
would have made I. splendid wood
hauler. He had donned his best suit,
but the poor fellow neglectsd to change
his linen. Perhaps he had no change.
for he looked rs hungry as a tramp.
He answered a few questions as if he
were afraid to speak and was finally
told to stand aside. Another came in
who was sadly in need of shave and
clean linen too. a single glance ut
him Was sufficient t. show that he
could have made Il better appearance
If he visited the saloons less frequent
ly. The third man took OFT his hat on
the sidewalk ana walked on tip-toe to
the rear of the house and bowed nearly
to the floor when spoken to. He had
had years and Years of experience,
but his manner and conduct told
THAT his most recent experience had
been protracted spree and he was
told to retire. The next man who
come had staggering air and hand
rs big as II ham.
why YOU can't write with that
hand, {" said the proprietor.
II ann first-class scribe, sir, and I
know | would suit YOU He said he
had never had any experience but had
been raised on a farm and could do
more work than anybody, The pro-
prefer gave him some sound advice
and begged him to go back to the farm
where hard work and IN honest living
so hand in hand and not try to apply
MS talents TO pursuit where failure |
was certain. Another came in and
said he would work for
4
would work for $50 month
One proposed to work for nothing
but none oil that crowd of thirty-eipht |
able bodied. men sw.re competent TO
NIL the position of bill clerk in a
wholesale house and none were en-
ployed.
What will you do for manou
asked the reporter.
II viii be compelled to wait until n
competent enc applies. There are
plenty of first class men here and nh
over the country but such men are
always employed and are never seek
ing work. Work always seeks them.
III SOME OF these who are now loa,inu
around this city would go out on the
rancn or farm and to such
work as they are fitted for
lhere would be less crime
ana drunkenness here. Competent
an1 capable young business men are
loiu that the city Is crowded with men
see, employment and consequently
VIII not come here. The men who
e ! ~ me city seeking employment
msrning.n ~ Ae'e '"i'
verr ooine OF them proposed to work for
porter. 'ne re-
nv we DO not want that class of men.
We pay none of our men less than SlOO
niphtn and competent business