St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-19
the UNEMPLOYED hFoRCE.
7cALL OF MAYOR WRIGHT Ar THE
chr HALL.
HE EXPLAINS THE SITUATION,

TELLING Them That Ali Possible
S'na Work Is Being Supplied and
sGio the Men Alternated in Employ
-e1s fhent-TheM Mayor Will Care for
40 Those Suffering for Food
Forty Such List Their Names
80. Induced to Leave the Building
ss,aJ With Difficulty.
unemployed laboring men to the
number of 800 gathered at the city hall
yesterday shortly after O'Clock. Short
, SPEECHES were made by number of the
gathering and then the crowd filed up
: to the mayors office. Private Secretary
Handy met the front rank Of the crowd
at the door and politely informed them
that his honor was not in the Office. This
was doubted by the men in the imme-
date vicinity of the door to the office
and cries of Bring him ont.' I'VE
want work." were waited to the ears of
the HANDY" man of tile mayor. Again
the secretary informed the crowd that
the mayor was not at present in the Of
fee. but he would be there at $3.50
O'Clock.
The men drifted down stairs again,
leaving ii delegation Of about twenty to
watch the Office door, with Instructions
to send down WORT when Mayor Wright
should put in an appearance.
Shortly before the hour mentioned by
the private secretary Mayor Wright
stepped off the elevator on the second
floor of the coult house. The cry was
( at once started that he had arrived. and
in a minute the hall leading to the office
: was packed with struggling crowd of
men VIII, demanded work.
The mayor forced his way through
the crowd, and, standing in the door,
made short speech to the msr. There
is no work, lie said. other than that
offered by the city engineer on the
streets. The money appropriated by
the city and the citizens relief commit
tee for the benefit of the unemployed
has been all expended, and the only
thing left is such employment as can be
given in cleaning and and repairing the
streets. This is the plan now adopted,
and as large force as can be used were
employed each week. The force Is
changed each week, he said. in order to
give all chance.
Some one. in the crowd said that this
was not SO. as certain men had been
given work each week during the win
ter to the exclusion of others.
This statement, the mayor said, was
untrue. He was interrupted by cries of
Tive us work, some OF US are starry
ing"
70 these remarks the mayor respond
ed by saying that if any of tile men who
are starving would give their names, he
would see to it that they were furnished
with food. Tile mayor then advised the
crowd to clear the hail, as nothing
coald be done for them further than is
doing at the present time.
the crowd did not move and several
OF the spokesman seemed DESTROYS of
arguing the question with the mayor.
The telephone was called into requiSi-
tien and few moments later Chief of
Detectives McGinn, Capt. Schweitzer
and a detail of six patrolmen arrived on
the scene. With Some difficulty the
crowd was for ced from the hall and out
oaothe street. About forty of the men
took advantage of: the mayors state
ment that ifany of them were suffering
for food he would furnish it. ana gave
The mayors private secretary their
names and address. ,.-. 81 /, ...e.-
last night the mayors secretary said
that the names Of the men who claimed
| they were in want of food were given to
Relief Agent Hutchins. who would i'll
vestigate- and attend to their wants.
The secretary further said Mr. Hutchlns
| had informed him that a number OF the
men who gave their names were those
| who had been furnished fuel aud sup
plies by the board of control and The
| relief societies all winter. ssigs q
Inquiry at the g city. engineers office
brought out the statement that at pres
ent there were 1S9 men and "a teams
| employed OIL the street force and d.
men and teams on ; the sewer. force.
These employees were paid from the
street and sewer fund. from which this
year about 10000 had been, expended
La addition to this number ninety mel
were at work on the streets; this week
/ who were paid from the citizens, relief
/ fund. there being in that fund in thu
neignbOrhood of 81. 100 balance. -
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