The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-22
4 Hard Winter.

II will be kbown in sections ~ the ,
west Tor many years tD come rs the "hard /
winter" Of IS 1. Ten. Alger's Michigan !,
committee is finding d,. !
piorable state Of affairs in the Gcsehic |
IRON range lying in tbs upper peninsula !
and Wisconsin. In the towL OF Iron
Sood, which eight years ago had no ex
stence, there are reported 10 be 500
persons suffering from want Of food anG
clothing. Along the whole range Gen.
Alger's committee finds that some 1906
people will have TO be supported by pub
lac charity throughout the winter
Governor Rich figures that Si50.000
must be raised from some quarter for
this purpose. lie will call specia. ses-
sion oi ia. Legislature, if necessary. Il
;irmly believe" he says, "it is the duty
of the mine owEers to give the 'lnen eu,-
ployment at some .pr,ce, but III they
won't then means should be devised 10
bond the counties wherein the mines
are located and the mine owners will
then Ee compelled to pay AT least four
iifths OF the tax
This Raises Interesting questions "a to
the obligations Of employers in such
emergencies. But the fact that should
not be .ost sight Of by any one that the
committee finds that the Gogeblc iron
miners we're well paid anu lived in good
circumstances while work lasted. They
did not, how ever, look out for the rainy
day. In the small city Of Iron Mountain.
Mich, there are G1 liquor saloons WHICH
pad the past year $4,000 for licenses
and 10000 for rent-all OF which, be-
sides the Get profits, came out Of the
miners 1hp, in the hour OF good work
and wages, threw their money into drink
and deliberately took the terrible risk 10
themselves aad their families which was
involved. Th.s sS0,OU0 would be JUS,
about enough now to keep the deetiiu' Q
workmen Of the place in food and cloth
i * through the winter. Ii thrift ii, d
ioiSSiShs oic oH.y " bo ihuSht " buCu
conditions of adversely. tho dreadful ex
p,rience will not be without its value.
Thousands Of wurkmeI IN these and
other places, as soon as the miners and
III lis began to shut down, set out on Il
tramp for work. They naturally IN great
numbers dritted;to the large cites. ard
h..garn I,, 4
amount Of idlencss and want to look af
ter incident to the closing of the World
fair, i5 row almost overwhelmed by the
problem Of the unemployed. Every night
the police stations are crowded with
men seeking shelter, and over l,01o be
sides are often housed nightly in the
city hall. They are practically all suffer
ing for want OF food as we'll as shelter.
In this emergency many OF the churches
are coming nobly to the work which
should be regarded peculiarly &c their
rwD.
The north side Protest ant crganiza
tions recently decided to open their
"hurch buildings for sheltering the poor,
ut this plan has been abandoned in
issor Of securing oatside quarters better
suited to the work. Here cots will be
fixed up in large number and sandwiches
and coffee will be distributed free night
and morning to all who are not known
TO have Iefused work. St. Jarlith Roman
Catholic church, besides looking after
its own poor. has opened its auditorium
and lecture rooms to the outside , ocr
Hammocks are hung up all about and
soup aud rolls are distributed at cost
OF one cent a person. The way:arers are
further to be entertained during the
evening with music. Thus are the Chi
cago churches responding to the oppor
tunity to prove their loyalty to the
divine master.-St. Joseph Herald.