Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30
MILWAUKEE AID IS RECEIVED
distribution Ct Supplies Sent to Unsm.
pOyed Miners on the Gogeblc Range.


county have been relieved; where yes
terday fell the shadow of gaunt starva-
tlon IS to-day plenty that temporarily
Nils the larders of the families of the
IDLE miners and insures warm but plain
clothing as protection against the deep
SHOWS and the col | winds that sweep up
the valley of the Montreal River from
Lake Superior and the ice 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 fer distribution, and to-
day the local relief committee has been
busy in preparing orders for supplies
and arranging for the distribution. The
supplies came from Milwaukee and were
accompanied by Gov. Peck, Adjt Gen.
}. 3. Doe, Quaatermaster Gen. Otto B.
Falk, Col. w. J. Boyle, Col. Thomas J.
Dever and Col. George w. Peck, Jr., Of
the Governors staff The object of
Gov. Pecl's visit was to make a per-
sonal investigation into the condition of
the idle miners and their families and
to give personal assurance to the citi-
zens OF Hurley that the people of Wis
consin will assist with liberal contribu-
tons Of money, provisions and clothing
in caring for the sufferers.
Gov. Peck and party arrived here at
Hurley at 500 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. ShumWav, Of the relief
dc
ly transferred to him. The Governor
then proceeded to the city hall, teams
were procured and the boxes and bar
rels and bundles were transferred to the
city building. The fire bell was rung
and in less than ten minutes an army Of
willing men were unloading the pack
ages and arranging the goods for dis
tribution. The supplies included flour,
crackers, tea, coffee, sugar and other
provisions, and a vast quantity of plain
but warm clothing The distri ton of
the supplies is in the hands y. w. j.
ShumWay, chairman; J. A. Bodden, sec
H. Webb, of the Windsor mine;
Supt. c. II. Munger, of the Cary
mines; G.. II. Abeel, superintend-
ent of the Montreal River Min
ing Company, and Max Wetzler.
The system adooted by the committee
in distributing scpplies makes imposi-
ton by undeserVing persons or others
not entitled to assistance an impossible
ty Each member of the committee
has a section of the range which he
looks after. Each committeeman makes
a personal investigation of the cOndl-
ton of the families in his district;
learning the number Of members OF
each family and what is needed imme-
,l;o al nj w NO will no rarI1ira1 from
time to time during the month. Orders
are then issued for 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 Bodden, of
the relief committee, show that there
are $50 families here who require assist
ance. These families average four per-
sons each, indicating that at Hurley
alone there are over 800 persons who
must be supported by the public. Only
one mine of the score or more that line
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.
The men and their families have no
work, no money, no food, 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 l 800 persons who must
receive every necessary of life from the
generous people of the state through
the long winter. The supplies brought
Sunday relieves the suffering Temporal
rilv, but subscriptions must continue I'M
til work is resumed in the mines, or
these people will die. Business IS pros
trated here; the merchants have given
credit until the very last cent has been
placed on the books that they can at
ford; the county treasury Is empty, an
attempt to issue $50 0C0 of bonds for re-
lief purposes was defeated by property
owners after they had been voted; and,
in fact, every means of rellet had been
exhausted by the plucky people OF
Hurley before the public was permitted
to receive a hint OF the condition OF the
unemployed miners.
AS bad as the situation is here it is
worse in Michigan. At Ironwood ere
400 families dependent on public as
sistance 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 is 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 Ironwood have received
the county orders issued for food and
clothing at 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.
It is estimated by DR.. Z. A. Mcleod,
who is assisting in the relief work, that
100000 is needed to support the Iron
wood unemployed and their families des
until spring. Hurley will have $4,000
available January l, the poor fund from
the taxes, and will require but 5000 to
S, 900 in contributions. Coy. Rich has
called on the people of the state
to contribute to the assistance of
Ironwood. To-day a carload of
flour was received from Grand