Telegram-herald., 1889-06-23
OUT OF FOOD.
Famine Stares the Eraad~ood
Mlnsrs IL tie Faos
wROLE FAMILIES ARE DgSIIIlTE
SlsSsasag AHa ths Nsos ssitiss ef Life Esa-
u sa-Aech Soldering KsssEtss
--xks ssiasf Measures Axs
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~ bT4la~ ooe ls oas - cal fsrth Sas oaln-
1n.sssIGtlo2 s1d the iE.,Eaealsls practical
help oi LIE Peopis II lie Eltee StAses 1As
Dorsa1 population ~ uEs iowa - 4oost
5.0s. a. directly dependent upon
Tie eos-nIniag indast1y foI tAsiI a@il,
bread Al lhls time not oae ounce II coAl
is being Eained. and the Inhabitants aJs 81
the posEt ef starvation Mes, ~oInsn and
children alike share Ia Tie tBgEt
which has overcast thls section Ihs
causes of ths stsgnation SIs t~o-ths
continued depression IL tie coal IN
dgssTy here aud the eliminating sITIke
oT lockout which kss placed 7. auo bread
winners beyo oRd tlse possibility ~ Utanssng
their labor, and these t~U ooas tInod have
reduced a whole community 10 something
more than indulgence ii is not possible -
oyoTsIzLs the condition of tie PeOpie
~ this city aud neighboIh hood Two
months EgO tie miners VI BRAID ooo
went ON sIrike, the occasion being pro
posed reduction IN the prioe paid for gel
ting coal They had made little IrepsIa-
tiOn Tor a prolonged siege. and thoy are TO
day starving The actual facts Is 10 the
condition " these men and thciI families
have been investigated
An extended trap through the city aud
sus aTbs showed that the stories Is 10 tho
neeos of tho people had by no means been
oyerdTAwn- The downtown stores are de
serted and many are vacant On every cor
aer can be seen empty houses, and the only
thriving Industry IA The place IN that OF the
sxpross-wsgon men. who are Dusliy en-
ragged In conveying 10 the depot the bag
gage OF those Of the younger men who
aaye enough lett u get away. The
married men, especially those who
have acquired homes here. are rooted
% tbs soil They must stay and starve
During the spring they made little
money, and what little they did make has
been used for immediate necessities Scores
Of tho houses, AND particularly the bust
ness buildings. are being moved away 10
Coal City and other points- The town zone
of the pretuest In the entire coal dlstIiotJ
seems as II stricken with blight
Three weeks ago a committee, consisting
of two representatives OF each nationality,
was appointed TO take care OF the disire ssed
This committee has had It's hands
more than full ever since its appoint
ment The population Of Brsidwood is
q heterogeneous one. comprising persons
Of ali natiOnalitieS Qt the ], 142 heads Of
families employed In the mines there are
some 100 Ing lish Scotch, Irish and Aneri-
cans the lsst-nsmed being few IN proper
tiO1. There are about 100 colored men 800
Italians, 80 Bone mians and Poles As IL the
case ia most industrial communities the
families are large OF thirty applicants for
aid Friday the average number in the
family was six The single men have
pulled up stakes and quit, and the town is
face 10 face with an economic problem far
beyond is power u grcpple with.
In one house there was family OF ten
absolutely without food OF any kind The
was the home of Scotchman. steady.
hard-wo-king man. There va not in the
little cottage a scrap of stuff upon which
dollar could be realized
At another home Of the name be not a
satirej was found "a German woman with
seven children Her husband left two
weeks ago 10 find work and che has not
heard from him since. She had not NOR
sci Of food of any kind ia the house and the
barefooted children were crying with
hunger.
The saddest episode was witnessed at
cottage near the Eureka mines There
resides an Engishman named Case.
who has three children, and
sumption. Possibly before this is printed
her decease is but q question OF DAYS OF
hours The husband is a steady. hard-work-
ing man, and frst-clnss miner he said
that his average earnings from January 10
May had not been more than az per month
He bought his little home for $50, on pay
ments OF five dollars per month. and he
still owes s9S on this account Desides that
he owes sl4 for medicine and he las not .
bite of food in the house.
The measures for the relief Of these dis
tressed people which have been taken mp 70
date are miserably Inadequate Local tIades-
men have sent in -four anG a few groceries
Some money has been obtained from Jo Jet
and 500 from trades organizations IN Chi
cago. Friday forty sacks OF flour arrived.
and this was distributed in lots 81 twelve
pounds each 10 those who could live no
longer without II But twelve pounds of
flour for a family Of ten hungry children
counts for little
There is pressing and immediate neces-
sitv Tor relief for these poor people. Not
less than 300 women and children are in
absolute want of food and relief can not
be too quickly sent them A. 10 the
causes which have led Up 10 this de-
plorsbie result II IL unnecessary 70
saw any thing The fact exists that q
wide field for the display Of timely benov-
olence is opened Clothing. and especial
ly boots and shoes. are needed particularly
for the children but above all The call is
for the necessary food 10 sustain life II 10
the cry OF the children tat is going w to
day-the CRY Of the innocent sufferer
n htrth ran upf no ignored