Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-30
RsLIEF WORK.
Only a HalE Day Secured by the Men.
The Afternoon Meeting.

The Afternoon Meeting.
The seventy men selected to work
yesterday were given employment for
only hall day. Their checks were not
taken up and they will work again to-
day. Hereafter, in case OF rain, the
men will be paid for only the portion OF
the day they are at work The list Of
men who registered at relief quarters
was increased yesterday. One donation
was received-eight sacks Of Monarch
-four, from o. T. Rhodes, Of Bridgeport.
About 100 bushels OF coal were distrib-
uted. The com mittee is still in need Of
carts. Shoes are also in such demand
that the committee was forced to make
purchases Of these articles.
The relief store will be open to-day
from 1880 o'clock, and it is probable
that there will be great many demands
upan the supply OF food and clothing.
There is still a considerable amount on
hand. The register has been taken to
the store at No. 1923 Market street,
where it will remain. The Fourth
Ward Committee decided yesterday to
meet on Mondays, Wednesdays add Fri
days at the Atlantic engine house, 10
receive applications for that ward.
About three hundred men assembled
in the Police Court room at 4:30 o'clock.
Previous to that hour, most OF them had
stood about the public square, the post
Office, and Sixteenth street, waiting for
the appearance Of the clerks from the
relief headquarters. Mr.. Brooks came
up Sixteenth street promptly on time,
and the men crowded into the Court
room. Mr.. c. 3. Hart, Chairman Of the
Committee, was sent for by the Mayor,
and came down in a few minutes.
He briefly explained 10 the men the
objects of the Committee. He spoke Of
the urgent necessity, of which the Com
mittee and the community was
fully aware, and referred TO the fact
that i. has arisen suddenly, and
there was but an imperfect machinery
TO deal with it. lie told in detail the
objects and methods 10 be followed by
the Committee in furnishing work for
the unemployed, and expressed the
hope that there would not be feeling
that the Committee had exercised any
unjust discrimination. There must
necessarily be a DETERMINATIONS dis
elimination in favor Of the most de-
serving cases The Committee was
working n connection with the Board
Of Public Works, which body had
placed in its hands the privilege OF Sc
ecting the men TO whom employ
would be given from day to day.
When the funds in possession
of the Board were exhausted, the COM
mittee still hoped to be able to provide
work upon this basis: 10 furnish employ
ment to the most deserving men at such
remuneration as will make it possible to
accomplish the greatest good. 1t was
an undeniable fact that many persons
were now in need who had never asked
the bread of charity. The committee
did not propose to offer the bread of
charity, but would endeavor, so far as
possible, TO furnish employment for
those who are willing to work and can
work, and to provide for those who are
willing to work and cannot work.
Mr.. Hart stated that the men to
whom tickets were issued Thursday
afternoon, worked only half day yes
terday owing to the rain in the morning.
and the snperintendents therefore did
not take up the tickets. These men
will be given employment tomorrow,
but this contingency Influenced the
Committee in making other provisions
to guard against it in the future. The
plan adopted by the Committee was
thiS-to issue tickets at a meeting TO be
held at the Police Court room
every afternoon at four o'clock,
the tickets to be used on the
following day. In case of rain, and the
men securing in consequence only half
days work, the rule would still apply,
and the men would be paid for half q
day. The tickets given out yesterday
would be for Monday morning. That
was legal holiday, but he presumed
there would be no objection, on the part
of the Board, to the men working on
New Years.
The tickets were then distributed,
the clerks calling the names, and the
men passing up TO the desk, and out Of
the room. About seventY.fve men
were given the slips Of paper which en-
title them to the privilege Of working
on Monday.
The Sixth Ward Relief Committee
held a meeting last evening in the
ward. The Committee finds great
amount OF work on its hands. So great
has the work become that it was neces-
sary to add another member TO the
Committee, William Latousch being
selected. The members report that they
could devote nearly their whole time to
the relief work. There are a great
many families in the Sixth ward in
actual need, ard they are being aided
by the city and county.
The Gas Board will probably meet
next Tuesday, and will make provision
for giving employment TO a great many
persons. Several cars OF pipe have
arrived, and the Board will provide for
It's distribution and laying.