The herald., 1894-03-22
STILL AN UNSOLVED PROBLEM
The Industrial Army Waiting
for Employment.
Chief Glass Inclined to Use Repress-
i've Measures.
No Work on First street for the Mon
-OommAnder ct vinettc
Registering His
Men.

All day long yesterday some 200 mem
bers of the army OF the unemployed
stood around on the crest Of the First
street hill like modern coteris of
Micawb bers, waiting for something to-
turn up"
The brow OF the hill was decorated
with dozen American flags, and when
the msn arrived on the scene yesterday
morning they found the chain gang at
work In the First-street cut tossing the
adobe soil into the wagon. The unem-
ployed strAightway hunted up Street
Superintendent Watson and asked him
to draw off the chain gang, as they
wanted to work one day for two days
rations. as was suggested by ex-Mayor
Hazard on Saturday last. The men
were told that this arrangement was
only q temporary one, and that no work
had been provided for them. They were
told, however, that the Associated
Charities would not allow any deserving
man or his family to want.
A. Vinette, who is the leader OF the
new army, was doing some recruiting on
the bill when Sergeant Morton told him
to 90 to the chief OF police. Vinette
did so, and the chief told him that he
would have to stop agitating the army
proposition here as 1t was attracting too
many hobos and professional tramps
from the outside country. While the
delegation from Texas had been shipped
away on Friday he had aacertained that
q large number OF them had jumped the
train in the suburbs of the city and had
Il hal m Infu ~
and that it bad been decided to give
walking papers to all tramps and he bos,
and il the order was not obeyed they
would be given an opportunity OF working
for the city in the chaingaDR.
Leader Vinette was rather reticent
while at the chiefs Office az to his future
actions, but when he returned to the
First street cut he stated that he knew
the law and proposed to obey 1t. but
that he would not stop enlisting Ameri-
can citizens in the army and that they
had perfect right to organize them
selves as body of workingmen. He
was instructed by Chief Of Police Glass
to at once prepare q list of the names
and residences of all OF the members Of
the army thus far recruited and turn in
the aame to him at ance. This Vinetts
spent the afternoon in doing and was
surrounded by group Of men turning
in their names all day. Sergeant Nor
ton and nquad OF policemen came up
on the hill early in the morning and re-
manned there all day, keeping general
supervision Of the crowd and to prevent
any possible disorderly conduct.
During the entire day the crowd OF
unemployed lounged around on the hill
side. some OF them sleeping on the sunny
slopes while others sat along the edge
OF the First street cut with their feet
dangling, watching with absorbed in
tentneae the efforts OF the members OF
the chain gang to chop down the hill.
Some were restless and uneasy and
looked like men who really would work
II they had an opportunity to do 90, but
many in the crowd seemed to take de-
licious delight in being able to sit down
and see some one else do the work.
There was vicious element spfinkled
throughout the crowd who were evil
IDENTIFY foreigners. They were likewise
recent arrivals and mem bers of the police
force present heard some talk OF using
dynamite from these worthless, and the
officers intend to keep an eagle eye on
them for future reference and action.
The chief says that he intends
10 move the foreign tramp and
hobo element out OF the CITY
this week and that then q concerted eff
forted can be made to help the needy
unemployed who belong in Los Angeles
Members of the city council discAim
any connection with the work that has
been done on the First-street cut for
food, and say they will be glad to handle
any subscriptions to the employment
fund, nov being raised by Mayor
Rowan, l.. N. Breed and Henry Wilson,
who have already raised several hun
dred dollars.
They are in favor of putting the men
at work for small wages. If the citizens
are sufficiently generous in their dona-
tions to the employment fund.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DILLoN's VIEWS.
Shortly after Vinetts appeared before
Chief Glass. District Attorney Dillon
was consulted about the legal aspects of
the case. He did not think there was
any chance to make a case under the
existing circumstances, although he be-
lieved that il it could be proved that
sny overt act had been committed, as
contemplated in the constitution or the
laws, Mr.. Vinette could be brought up
with round turn.
M. Dillon stated afterwards to
HERALD reporter that he did not see
why there should be any trouble at