The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-12-02
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/ HURLEY, Wis, Nov. 27.-The suffer
7 ings of the 400 hungry families of Iron
( County have been relieved; where yes
terday fell the shadow of gaunt starva
ton is to-day plenty that temporarily
fills the larders of the families of the
idle miners and insures warm but plain
clothing as a protection against the deep
SHOWS and the col winds that sweep up
the valley of the Montreal River from
Lake Superior and the bound regions
OF the British possessions. Yesterday
twenty sleigh loads of clothing and
PROVISIONS brought to Hurley by fast
train, were hauled to the city hall and
unpacked ready for distribution, and to-
dav the local relief committee has been
busy in preparing orders for supplies
and arranging for the distribution. The
supplies came from Milwaukee anC were
accompanied by GOV. Peck, Adjt.-Gen.
J. T. Zoe, Quaatermaster Gen. Quo b.
FAX, Col. ". J. Boyle, Col. Thomas }.
Deycr and Col. George W. Peek, Jr., Of
the Governors staff. The object of
GOV Peck's visit was to make per-
the idle miners and their families and
to give a personal assurance to the citi
Zens of Hurley that the people OF Wis
conrin will assist with liberal contribu-
tons OF money, provisions and clothing
in caring tor the sufferers.
GOV Peck and party arrived here at
Hurley at so SUNDAY morning. Ac-
companying the special car occupied by
the party was a car loaded with stores.
another car also filled to the doors hay
ing arrived by another route. At the
depot was W. J. Subway, of the relief
committee, and the goods were formal
" transferred to him. The Governor
lhen proceeded to the city hail. teams
were procured and the boxes and bar
rcls and bundles were transferred to the
city building. The fire bell was rung
and in less than ten minutes an army of
willing men We're unloading the pack
ages and arranging the goods Tor dis
tribution. The supplies Included -four,
crackers, tea, coffee, sugar and other
provisions, and a vast quantity Of plain
but warm clothing. The diStr ION of
the supplies is in the bands w. j.
Shumway, chairman; J. 4. Bodden. sec
Rotary; i. L. Raglan, treasurer; Capt. :.
H. Webb, OF the Windsor mine;
Supt. {. II. Munger, Of the Cary
mines; c. II. Abeel, superintcnd-
ent of the Montreal River Min
ing Company, and Max Wetzlpr.
The system adopted by the committee
in distributing supplies makes imposi-
ton by uude@ervlng persons or others
not entitled To assistance an Impossible
". Each member of the committee
has section of the range which he
looks after. Each committeeman makes
q personal investigation OF the Condi-
tion of the families in his district;
learning the number of members OF
each family and what Is needed imme-
diatclv ard what will be required from
time to time during the month. Orders
are then issued tor the supplies; when
the committee has the supplies they
are issued from the general stock, and
the local stores supply the other articles
on the order.
The books of Secretary Boddcn, of
the relief committee. show that there
are $50 families here who require assist
ance. These families average four per-
sons each, indicating that al Hurley
alone there are over | 300 persons who
must be supported blythe public. Only
one mine of the score or more that line
the range at iiurley-the Iron Belts
in operation; and at one Of the Cary
mines 100 men have been employed for
the past week. Many Of the miners
have been idle since June and others
since the latter part of the summer.
he men ana their families have 10
work. no money, no fool, no clothing,
no credit. The mines Will not resume
operations until late in the spring or
early in the summer, If then. Thus
there are 800 persons who must
receive every necessary Of lie from the
generous people of the state through
The long winter. The supplies brought
t. Hurley by Gov. Peck and staff on
Sunday relieves the suffering Temporal
riiy, but subscriptions must continue I'M
til work Is resumed in the mines, or
these people will die. business is pros
tratcd here; the merchants have given
credit until the very last cent has been
placed on the books that they can dt-
ford; the county treasury IL empty, an
attempt to issue $50 600 Of bonds for re
lief purposes was defeated by property
owners after they had been voted; and,
in fact. every means of relief had been
exhausted 10y the piUckv people OF
Hurley before the public WIS permitted
to receive q hint of the condition OF the
unemployed miners.
- bad as the situation is here it is
worse in Michigan. j; .ronwood are
400 families dependent on public as
eistance for food and clothing The
county is temporarily without funds. and
under the Michigan law the county can
not issue bonds for the purpose for
which money Il needed; the people in
position To assist the sufferers have
contributed all they can afford To give,
and the situation has become desperate.
Two firms at lronWoOd have received
the county orders issued for food and
clothing ii the rate of $500 a day; but
they have been forced TO refuse to
accept further orders as they
have reached the limit of their
ability to carry the orders. Now
the people Of the state must
support the miners and their families.
1t Is estimated by Dr. {. \. Mcleod,
who is assisting in the relief work. that
SIH,U0o Is needed to support the Iron
wood UNEMPLOYED and their families
until spring. Hurley will have $1,000
available January /, the poor fund from
the taxes, and will require but 5000 to
5000 in contributions. COY. Rich has
called on the people of the state
To contribute to the assistance of
lronWoud. To-day carload Of
flour was received from Grand
Rapids and three carloads are
coming from Detroit and Lansing
The attempts to impress the public
tiou outside of Hurley and Ironwood il
unfortunate. L. say the least. There Is
no reason why the situation should be
better ON the Nenoniuer range or the
Marquette range than II is on the Goge-
bic. Nearly all the mines are closed,
the miners are idle and their families
are without money or provisions. The
reports sent to Gov Rich state that 300
! families at Negaunee will require as
sistance before the winter is far adj
yanced: that 25O to 500 at CRYSTAL
Falls Will be in need of help;
~ to 100 at Wakefield; - at
Ecssemer; and that there are a total Of
l'J to 700 taUjlie. At the small mining
settlements ~cattcrcdth oughuut North
ern Michigan. This would Indicate
U.at ~ the Very lowest estimate there
are $3.50 a. 10000 }rl, HIS on the Wis
cum~in AMI v .a irYn ra,,.-,s who
must be supported by 1 public until
II" mines resume, which will not he