The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-24
NOT ALWAYS EASY WORK.
OBsT4CLFs Nv THE var or me
CENSLs-T4RINE POLICEMEN.

May who Are IL Need Indignantly Re
pulse The sueEestiou of ChHrItS aud Co"-
nrard Isisrs show aa AnhoSinE Zeal
so Get rh-ir Names the Books.
The police census Of the unemployed began
yesterday. Nearly fourteen hundred blue
coated guardians Of the reace started out at
noon. and by o'clock had gath cred hundreds
o. names OF men aad women out Of employ
ment. Every one Of the officers Was night
man. and in order to be M on time they had
slept In the station houses after finishing their
regular work. Zach man covered bis own
beat one policeman said to a reporter In the
afternoon:
Il thought it was going TO be hard Job TO
get the unemployed TO consent TO let their
names be placed on the list But. great Scotti
II you'd see the rush in some places you'd DO
amazed. We we're expected and all the loafers
were awaiting us The first house I visited
was big tenement in Washington street
There they grabbed me and gave me nearly
twenty names In i've minutes | knew the
house. and knew OF most Of the men whose
names we're given to me. Three-quhrters OF
them wouldn't work II they had chance. and
refused to put their names on my book. That
was one OF my experiences.
At the second house went to found an ex-
actly opposite condition OF affairs. It's little
frame house. one Of the few left down town.
and three families live in it, know all the
people in Il. and know them to be honest and
Industrious. one Of the men IL q mechanic
and makes fair wages The other two are
bricklsyerS The latter knew 20 be steadily
employed. The former l know was thrown
out OF work by the closing down OF the shop In
which he was employed. He has wife and
two children, and feel confident they need
thai that man would never let his name e SHt
down on the list. Knocked at his door and
explained why had come, Well he said
lust kip my name, please. ,
On Cherry Hill, where most people work for
living. some OF the, policemen met warm
the man TO be willing to have his name on the
charity list. There are. OF course. hundreds OF
aims 4 policeman who started along the
tenement houses in Roosevelt street GAYS that
he got more roasting fer Asking questions than
a door on the fourth floor and a stout, red
faced woman responded. Madam. said the
unemployed for the charity societies"
GhHri,y !" yelled the woman; and DID roy
fsRG nd sR RSA Slammed S tRS door with
On the floor below. a woman acknowledged
guessed ne could get Job without the aid OF
the Police Department.
what. man Sia to t" DO Hi;sP these two eSpsf:
ences went to the next house expecting to
stead thsy Just seized me ~ and gave me the
names OF all OF their relatives and friends who
were out OF work. one woman said: Como
In thogght you might want ny ny, hhnsSand 70
work ten hours day and his pay is only SIS q
week. Have yon got anything easier on that
list OF yoursr Then she gave me the names OF
two sons OF her sister who live In southamp-
ton. l. l. Say. IL took me about two minutes
to get over my astonishment and then got
of OF that hoor as quick as ! could"
while others talked so much that the police
men retired in confusion. some received them
grAciously until they explained that their
object was one OF charity. and then iroze over
who lives In a fiat in Madison street said to
policeman: don't see why Superintendent
Byrnes should insult me by sending you here
Ny husband is a hard working man. and when
he needs assistance he'll ask for II. AZ for
your impertinent questions / refuse to answer
any OF them. Good day. sir.
In the Hebrew districts the policemen had a
hard time. In the Eleventh and Twelfth pre-
cincts the Russian and Polish jews live dozens
on moor and subsist on ALMOST nothing. lew
Of them can enrn more than so or - cents a
day. The policemen had great difficulty in
keeping those who ore not out OF employment.
and whose condition is as good as 1t ever was.
Said one OF Capt CortriEhts officers: so
Superintendent Byrnes Is going, 10 allow US
five DAYS 20 get this census! Well. it'll take
three hours day for the work Why. / spent
an hour and a half in one tenem ent house in
Essex street In the three hours allowed IN.
/ only finished two and half houses"
In most OF the precincts the officers will not
need more than one more gay 10 complete
their work, Superintendent .Byrnes was very
well satisfied with the first days work. IT'S
than We, expected in some of the PRECINCTS, but
Wen nnish in a week a2y way The lists viii
and tabulated by them"