The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-26
POVERTY, OTTER POVERTY.
oufferinGs of ''.hc other Hair In Ores
britain Durin0 the Cold Weather..

Dufrsrings of .','c other Half" In Greas
Britain During the Cold Weather.
II is literally true that tho very poor
Of London and other English cities have
been compelled to make q deliberate
choice between food and fuel. and it has
been a bitter dilemma for many thou
sands Of destitute English, Irish and
Scotch families in the last few weeks.
Reports Of the suffering in northern
cities are eve worse, for the cold there
has been much more severe. Thus in
Glasgow alone 40. 600 men are idle and
destitute. The police are almost unable
to cope with the great throngs Of fam
ishing women and children who clam
or for food at the soup Kitchens and
other places where a partial supply is
o~btainable. The starving multitudes in
Liverpool are ven greater. and pitiful
e occur daily at the places where
most inadequate attempts are made to
distribute small supplies of food. The
socialists have opened q soup kitchen
there, and a correspondent sends an &C.
count Of a typical scene yesterday after
moor About 5 o'clock the large open
space vas crowded with men, women
and children, whose sufferings from
hunger were intensified by the piercing
cold wind which swept across the local
bay Of Biscay as il coming from the re-
gion Of icebergs. Women clad in unwo-
manly rags shivered and covered before
the blast, their feet numb, their faces
livid with cold and want, while they
strove to find protection from the wind
by gathering their thin ragged garments
closer. A large number Of spectators as
sembled on the outskirts of the square,
the crowd including magistrates, ship
n and other prominent citizens.
The sights were narrowing. The scram-
BILE for bread by the furnishing crowd
was pitiful.
The socialists soup kitchen began
operations at the usual hour and doled
soup and bread continuously for over IN
hour. The food was wolfishly devoured
by the hunger stricken people, who
could not be fed fast enough. Several
vans loaded with bread came up while
the soup distribution vas proceeding.
There was such q rush for the bread
that the socialists found it impossible to
carry out their benevolent intentions in
an orderly n In sheer despair they
pitched the bread into the ranks of the
starving mass. Then ensued a terrible
scramble. Women and children were
knocked about, the strong bearing down
the weak, some going of with three or
four loaves, others left without any
thing. The second cart came while the
scramble round the first was going on.
The crowd surged round the new arrival
SO that anything like q fair distribution
was out Of the question. Those in the
van were pitchforking bread on the
heads Of the people when the police
came up and took charge. The crowd
was formed into line, and a more effect
i've system was inaugurated. Through
out the afternoon the esplanade was the
scene of bewildering excitement. A
poor widow. with a child in her arms,
after considerable waiting, got to the
soup kitchen. Overcome by hunger. she
sank down IN the pavement, holding
fast to the soup bowl, fearful lest o
drop should be spilled. Ultimately she
revived somewhat and began to feed
the child, which ate the soup ravenously.
London Cor. New York Sun.