The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-22

perish of hunger The local overseer of
the poor has been appealed To. hut there
~ limit to what he can 10, | cannot
help them very much NJ present. SO UNI
less relief comes from some other source
] shall either have to cali an extra
special appropriation or clSe issue an
appeal to- the humane people Of the
state To give bread To your recent en-
plONcos.
1T sr"ms To- me YOU would prefer to
relieve IT." situation yourself, especially
as 10 hhs iust cost the state upward Of
SHw" to protect Nour property, and as
no,h the state aud ,hr public hay" SUI
lrl"t enormous loss and expense IN ac-
count VI disturbances that grew ont ~
the trouhi" between your company and
its Norkuun.
- am going tn Chicag, Tonight to
make pcrS nai Investigation before taxi
ing any otliciu. action. | will he in my
morrow, ana saall be glad TO hear from
you, II you car" To make any reply.
JOHN Z. NLTGfLD, Governor"
The Governor was At ms ulncc here at
the hour Indicated, but Mr.. huilmdn cNi-
IDENTIFY did not care to make amy reply.
ne tiuNcy nuG WAS NOT deferred irnm mas
iny~ugtuou ot ruinan. lie was az mis-
me rontvIuntc ON the s"nleCt oI the con-
htlon OF the untnrtunatCs IN the
model city, hut no on" from the l'ull-
IN IN building suugut him out, lie then
sent by messenger the iOnoWing letter;
ChicaSo. Aug. Il. 1871.
George NJ. Pullman, i'rCsitrnt Pullman
Palace Car Comp2ny Chicasoo
Pullman Yesterday; visited even the
Kitchens amt bedrooms ot many OF the
people. TWO representatives of your
company were with me and We found
the distress ~ great a. II was reg
resented. The men are hungry and the
women nnd children are actually suf-
Tcring. they nave been living on char
"A ia Is a. nli tod
Men who have worked FOR your com
panN fnr more than ten years had Ia
Apply to the relief society in two weeks
after the WORK stopped.
II learn from your manager that last
spring there We're 900 people ON the
payroll. Yesterday there were 2220 at
work. but over dUO of these nre new men,
80 that only about l,GoO of the Old en-
ployecs have been taken back. thus leav-
ing over Loo Of the old employees who
have not been taken back. A few hun.
drcd have LEFT. the remainder have
nearly All applied Tor work, hat wore
told that they We're not needed. These
are utterly destitute.
"rhc Relief Committee last Saturday
gave out two pounds of oat meal am
two pounds of corn meal to each family
but even the Relief Committee has ex.
haustcd its resources.
Something must he done, and ut once
The case diners from instances of hcsil
tuition found elseW here, for generally
there Is somebody IN the neishnorhooo
at Pullman. Even those who have gon'
to work are 80 exhausted that they
cannot help their neighbors. If they
would.
81 repent now that it seems to me tina
Your company cannot afford to have m.
appeal to the charity and humanity %
the State to save the lives of your 81,
employees. four-1ifths of those peopl,
are women and children. No matter
what caused this distress, II must h,
met.
IF you will allow mo, | will make thi,
Suggestion: II you had shut down YOU
works last fall when, you say, business
was poorer, YOU would not have eX
pected to get any rent from your ten
ants Now. while a dollar is a large
sum to exact OF these people, all th'
rent now due YOU Is a comparatively
small matter to you. If you will can
eel all rem, to Oct. !, you would be IA
Wen OF as If you had shut down. Thi
would enable those who are at work I,
meet their most pressing wants. Then
If you cannot give work To all. worl
some half time, so all can at least ge
something to eat for their families.
This viii give immediate rrnet 10 thu
whole situation, and then, by degrees
ASSIST as many to go elsewhere as de
sire to do 80 ana all 20 whom you can
not give work.
I'm this way something like norma
condition could he re-established at Pull
man before winter. and you would no
he out any more than you would hav
been had YOU shut down a year ago.
J eral hours and will be glad to see you