The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-02
MORE RELIEF E d
While Applications for Work De-
crease DeStitutiOn Increases.
Example of Fraud-Benevolent Society's
Meeting-The Charity Ball and
Its Receipts.

The number of applicants for work at the
Commercial Clubs bureau of labor grows
perceptibly smaller, as the calls for mmedi-
ate help from distressed families continue
to increase. The majority of those persons
who throw themselves with pitiful appeal
upon the mercy of the charity organizations
would infinitely prefer TO earn the bread
they are given by their own. hands. The
Commercial Club committee on relief de-
sires to impress the citizens of Indianapolis
with the fact that any sort of labor for
the unemployed will be gratefully received.
On Monday the excavations for the School
Of Manual Training will be begun. A linn
tied number of men can secure employment
there. Prospects for a continuation OF the
East Washington-street sewer work are ia
forable, and it is hoped that by next week
a considerable numebr of unemployed men
can be given an opportunity Of earning; a
few dollars, which, in many instances, will
be the first earnings in months. AT the Ia
Dor bureau many women and girls have be-
gun to apply for something to do. On the
iistS there are at present the names OF sew
era1 young girls between the ages of twelve
and eighteen, who bring high recommends
lions as to their ability to take care of
children and perform ordinary house du-
ties.
Every day there are pathetic stories re-
lated to the clerk on duty at the bureau
dLu " TIE CODlHlIleo IrOUl the uIltlupiOycO
which has headquarters at the Carpenters
Union. In one instance a widow with three
children and an aged mother to support
is about to be elected from the house she
occupies because she is unable to meet the
rent. She stated that she did not ask for
charity, but thought that If she could secure
assistance in renting a house on the South
Side of the city she could earn a livelihood
by keeping boarders. The woman now lives
on North Pine street.
Yesterday the committee. at the Carpen-
ters' Union found a case which appealed to
their sympathies, but which later was found
to be a glaring attempt at fraud, by Colonel
Lilly. a man and his wife called on Chair
man Tuttle with what at first appeared a
genuine grievance. They were in strait
ened circumstance and desired transporta-
ton to Evansville, where the husband had
secured employment. The latter stated that
he hadn't a dollar, and that his appeal to
the township trustee had availed him moth
ing. He was taken over 10 Colonel Lilly,
to whom he related an account of rebuffs
received at the hands of Trustee Gold. Col.
Lilly stepped TO the telephone, and in q con-
veraation with the trustee ascertained that
the wife OF the applicant owns in her own
name a valuable property in Evansville.
The couple were endeavoring to secure free
passage TO that city, where they expected
to embark in the restaurant business In a
room owned by the woman. Colonel Lilly
lost no time in delivering a piece Of his mind
to the impostor and dismissed him with
emphatic instructions to stay away. Eleven
cases of restitution were reported yester-
day, some Of them Of a particularly dis
treSsing nature.