The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-01-04
LAZY LoAFHRs.
Chicago to Rid Itself of IT. Dahoness Peg
Sars-Hon-st Men viii Soon Re Given q
Chance TO Labor fc- good.

Chicago to Rid Itself OF ITS Diahocess Peg
-ars-IIon.st Men Will Soon Re Given .
| Chance to Labor fo- good.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2s.-Chicago will soon
be rid of its dishonest beggars and
thieving tramps The last OF the free
souphouses which fourished so numor-
ously for while was closed Wednesday
against them Honest men will soon
! be givon an opportunity to labor for
! food and clothing, but the loafer who
says he is hungry and will not work is
to be sumlnarily dealt with Chief OF
Police Brennan has decided to take care
of him, and he will either work volun-
tarilv or break stone for the city with
out pay.
| This is the programme mapped out
by the relief committee, which has
been taking caro- of the unemployed,
and Chief Brennan The money spent
unwisely on the lazy, the relief COM
mittee hopes, will be diverted to the
proper channels for relieving poor fam
flies and deserving men, It is not un-
likely when the cleaning out begins,
that the clipper 'give-me-a-few-pen-
MISUNDERSTANDING" 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 halt on promiscuous Civ
ing. The committee will Wednesday
render it impossible for oilers 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
rs soon as the relief committee, which
is now thoroughly organized, has sifted
the deserving from the undeserving.
The lazy Migrants 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 well advertised
plans of Chicago to take care OF its
homeless brought throngs of tramps
here from other cities The free soup
business was great card. AS soon,
however, AS it came more directly un-
der the management of men expert
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
25 per cent. out of the thousands orig
inally fed at these houses were worthy
of charity; the other Is per cent wero
merely free lunch seekers who would
rather beg than work.
AS an indication how the lines arc
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 $50 daily. This was brought
about by the labor test. The .appli-
cants arc given one meal and told to
apply for work to the labor com mittee.
Three hours work day entities them
to two meals and lodging. which are
punched on the ticket
The same test applied to the place at
No. 107 Dcsplnines street reduced tho
number of daily boardcrs from 300 10
$50. These 1870 arc willing to work,
and are taken care Of The free soup
house at No. o57 North Halstead street
and the one at No 17s 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 n bowl OF
soup and q chair to sleep in are fur
nished for penny. This is regarded as
being so cheap that Mr.. 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 man works over three he
will be given check good for 10 cents
to be applied to clothing. Many of the
men who begin earning their meals are
without stockings, and the shoes Of
some are worn to the uppers. The
Decent cards will enable them to secure
both shoes and stockings, and, in time,
clean clothes, so that they will be able
to present thelaselvesefor respectable
positions,