The advocate., 1894-08-29
REWARD OF MERIT!
Continued from page I.

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to come from.
And tales Of woe similar TO the above
were told at nearly every house. The
governor continued his research till
evening, visiting the brick yards and
then walking back to the depot. He
returned to the city very much de-
pressed in mind. He issued the follow
ing proclamation:
To the People Of the state of Illinois, and Espe
ciaILy Those Of the City Of Chicago:
Thera ia great distress growing out Of the
want of food in and around the town of
Pullman. More than 1000 families, or in
the neighborhood of 5000 people, are ut
terly destitute four. ffths of them
are women and children. The men have
endesvored TO get work, but were unable to
do 30. AS q rule the men are superior
GLASS Of aborers--industriou and steady,
and some Of them have worked for the
Pullman company more than ten years.
Those who have been given work can get
food, but are still in such an impoverished
condition that they cannot help their neigh
bors il they would. The relief society is
unable to get more supplies. On last Sat-
urday it gave TO each family two pounds OF
Oat meal and two pounds of corn meal, and
having nothing left ii suspended opera
Gons, leaving the people in an absolutely
helpless condition. The county commits
sioners Of Cook county, as oyerseers Of the
poor, have rendered some assistance, but
owing to the limited appropriation they
can furnish relief but for short time.
We cannot now stop to inquire the cause
Of this distress. The good people Of this
state cannot allow women and children by
the hundred to perish of hunger. l, there
fore, call upon all humane and ohsritably
disposed citizens to contribute what they
oan toward giving relief Of these people.
The governor has also called on the COM
missiOners of Cook county to do all in their
power In the matter.
Governor Altgsld also bad some cor
respOndenoe with George M. Pullman
regarding the matter. He told him Of
the condition OF the people Of Pullman
and made some suggestions as to plans
for relief, one Of which was that the
company divide the employment be-
tween the men so that sll might earn
something. The governor said: at
seems to me that you would prefer to
relieve the situstion yourself, especially
90 il has just cost the state upward Of
$4,000 to protect your property, and as
both tie state and the public have suf-
fered enormous loss and expense on Rc-
count Of the disturbances that grew out
Of the trouble between your company
and its workmen." To this Pullman re.
piled in q selfish manner saying he could
zee no reason why he should be held re-
Bponsible and no way to relieve the dis
tress. He cited an instance of one man
who had $1,000 in the bank asking for
aid. On investigation the governor
found this to be untrue. His last COM
municRtion TO Pullman was substan-
TALLY as follows:
see that your company refuses to do
anything towards relieving the situation at
Pullman. II you will make the round /
made, go into the houses Of these people,
meet them face to face and talk with them,
you will be convinced that none Of them
had $1,000 or any other sum Of money, q
few weeks ago.
It is not my business to fix the moral re-
Rponaibilitv in khis oase. There ara naaPlv