St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-27

wood-Three Hundred Deaths.
HURLEY, Wis, Nov. 26.-Gov. George
w. Peck and his military staff spent to-
day OH the Gogebic range, furnishing
relief to the idle and suffering miners,
several thousand of whom have been
out of work for many months, and are
almost in q starving condition. Gov.
Peck and party came on special that
brought two full carloads of provisions
and clothing, and have organized III
connection with a citizens committee a
bureau on relief and distribution. The
governor answered an appeal from the
helpless worklngmen and their families
in most practical way, and this dark
and gloomy Sunday has been converted
into a day of glad thanksgiving. There
| is two feet OF snow on the ground. and
| with the mercury hoveriug about the
zero mark. ana 5000 men on the range
idle, the seriousness of the situation
can we'll be imagined. Ten days ago
Gov. Peck issued an appeal for state
| aid, and there was quick response of
| both money and supplies. The special
today brought 200 barrels of flour, 5000
! pounds of dressed meats. and all man
her of canned goods and
HOUSEHOLD NECESsARIES. (.
A large amount of clothing tor men,
women and children completed the
equipment, all of the supplies being do
nations of people in and near Milwau-
kee. The money contributed will be
saved and used as reserve fund to
| purchase supplies when the donations
are exhausted. Upon the arrival of the
relief party it was met by a citizens
| committee, who supervised the distribu-
ton of supplies. A furious snow storm
was raging. but the cars were quickly
unloaded and their contents placed In
the city hall for safety. During the day
an additional carload of 200 barrels of
flour, gift from the city of Medford,
Wis, was received and added to the
general stores. A picturesque incident
| of the morning was the ringing of the
riot alarm, which brought ont hun
dreds of men, who assisted in carrying
the supplies from the cars to the city
hall. The governor and his party Wis
tied scores of houses. questioning the
people and looking into their wants.
MANY PITIABLE CASES
of destitution were discovered. VIII ole
families of Cornish, Finnish and Swe-
dish miners were found huddled in
single rooms. without a mOrsel of food
and with barely enough clothes to cover
them. The mines began shutting down
last June, and at present there is not a
single mine in operation on the entire
range, region that mined something
like 100000 tons of ore last year.
There are altogether about Is, 600 people
in a helpless con dition, but they are
not nearly so bad off as the miners
across the line in Michigan, the total
number named above including all on
the range. which runs through Northern
Wisconsin and the upper Michigan
peninsula. In the city of Ironwood,
which is just across the border and
plainly in sight, there are in the corpo-
rate limits 1,5O0 people entirely destl-
tute. The city and county have ex-
hausted every means at hand, and are
now waiting for outside aid. Gov. Rich,
of Michigan, yesterday issued an ap-
peal for aid for the unemployed of the
upper peninsula, and one carload of
provisions started today from Lansing.
An official of Ironwood stated that the
men were
GETTING DESPERATE,
and unless aid came within two days
there would lie an outbreak and bread
riots. Thus far the unemployed have
been very orderly, but they are now
desperate from continued destitution.
To add to the horror of the situation in
Ironwood, there has been typhoid
fever epidemic. The intensely cold
weather has. however. frozen out the
pestilence, and only sixty cases are
now known. The disease has ranged
all summer, and there have been up tc
date about 300 deaths. The indications
are that about 10,O00 or $4,000 of these
people will have to be fed and clothed
until spring. Under the most favorable
conditions none of the mines can star
with any number of men to speak ot
before March or April. Many of the
single men are leaving the country
seeking means of livelihood elsewhere
the railroads furnishing free transpor
tation. Gov. Peck will'continue to for
ward supplies from the centers where
collected until further orders.