The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-01-06
Lazy LoArERs
Chicago to Rid Itself of Its Dishonest Beg.
gars--lionest' Men VIII Soon he Given .
Chance to Labor for Food.

Chance tO Labor for Food.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2s--Chicago will soon
be rid of its dishonest beggars and
thieving tramps. The last OF the FREQ
souphcuses which hourished so numer-
ously for a while was closed Wednesday
against them. Honest men will soon
be given an opportunity to labor for
food and clothing, but the loafcr who
says he is hungry and will not work Is
TO be summarily dealt with. Chief Of
Police Brennan has decided to take care
of him, and he will either work volun.
tarily or break stone for the city with.
out pay.
This is the programme mapped out
by the relief committee, which has
been taking care OF the unemployed,
and Chief Brennan. The money spent
unwisely on the lazy, the relief com.
mittee hopes, will be diverted to tho
proper channels for relieving poor fam
lilies and deserving men. 1t is not un
likely when the cleaning out begins,
that the clipper ''give-mc-a-few-pen.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." lad, whose
pockets are stuffed with cigarettes, will
be properly cared for.
The relief committee, which has been
so active in caring for the unfortunates,
has reached the conclusion that 1t is
time to call a halt on proiniscuous Civ
ing. The committee will Wednesday
render it impossible for idlers longer to
secure food for nothing. A short time
ago Chief Brennan was conferred with
by the committee, and he readily fell
in with their plans for Kidding the city
of professional beggars in the guise Of
men out of employment.
A stone pile in connection with the
Bridewell will be put in operation just
as soon as the relief committee, which
is now thoroughly organized, has sifted
the deserving from the undeserving.
The lazy vagrants will be arrested and
put to work on the stone pile, and their
only method to escape this treatment
will be to leave the city.
Every day of the relief work has
demonstrated that the we'll advertised
plans of Chicago to take care Of its
homeless brought throngs of tramps
here from other cities. The free soup
business was a great card. AS soon,
however, us 1t came more directly un-
der the management of men experi-
enced in dealing with the distribution
of aims it was discovered how the good
people of Chicago were being imposed
upon. Mr.. Harvey estimates that only
rs per cent. out of the thousands orig
inally fed at these houses were worthy
of charity; the other Is per cent were
merely free lunch seekers who would
rather beg than work.
AS IN indication how the lines are
being drawn on the free-soup enter
tainment, most of the places where it
was given have changed their policy.
The Lakeside Kitchen, at the foot Of
Randolph street, which used to feed
1000 persons daily without imposing
any condition, have reduced the num-
Der of those who were won't to eat
there to 45O daily. This was brought
about by the labor test The appli-
cants are given one meal and told to
apply for work to the labor committee.
Three hours work a day entities them
to two meals and lodging, which are
punched on the ticket
The same test applied to the place at
No. 107 Desplaines street reduced the
number of daily boarders from 300 to
1so. These 1sO are willing to work,
and are taken care Of The free soup
house at No. 957 North Halstead street
and the one at No. 77s South Halstead
street have each been changed to work
places.
The free soup house at No. &C Pacific
avenue, which fed without cost fifteen
hundred men, will have the working
test applied. This leaves Harry Mum
roe's Pacific Garden mission at No. 100
Van Buren, street, where a bowl of
soup ald chair to sleep in are fur
nished for penny. This is regarded as
being SO cheap that MI. Munroe will
soon find his place overrun with. .tramps
pure and simple.
An additional feature in favor of the
man who wants to work will be added
by the relief committee to-day. For
every hour q man works over three he
will be given check good for 10 cents
to be applied to clothing. Many of tho
men who begin earning their meals are
without stockings, and the shoes Of
some are worn to the uppers. The
1O-cent cards will enable them to secure
both shoes and stockings and, in time,
clean clothes SO that they will be able
to present themselves for respectable
positions.
AGED WOMAN MURDERED.