The Washington times., 1895-02-12
HUNDREDS IRE WILLING
Men Out of Work will Shovel Snow
for One Dollar a Day.
THE APPROPRIATION
Preference to be Given to Residents of the
District-Special Session of the Central
Beseiged and acknowledgements Are
Running Dangerously Short of Supplies.


The $4,000 appropriation by Congress to
give work to the unemployed 10 looked upon
| by hundreds OF men as means OF temporary
! salvation.
Five hundred men were yesterday enrolled at
the Office of the distributing committee. their
names and addresses being noted. Mr.. Don
nelly, the clerk in charge. said that on the
roll are some department clerks who have
lost their jobs. mechanics engineers, plaster
ers. and others of the skilled classes. This is a
practical demonstration of the reports here
tofore printed in THE TIMES on this subject.
Every one of these men is willing TO work
for 81 day shoveling snow. Some of the
government clerks have been out OF work
/ since the reorganization of the departments
in the summer and the practical abolition of
/ the Census ofice.
SELECTION AND PREFERENCE.
There was a report yesterday that these en-
rolled men had been given tickets emitting
them to work. Mr.. Donnelly says that this
! is not fact. selection is to be made from
the enrolled, the preference to he given to
| residents OF the District.
The central reliefFcommittee will meet this
afternoon at $3.50 in the Office of Judge Cole
! in special session, this matter Of work tor
| the applicants to be considered. The money
! will probably be available to-day.
The course to be followed will probably be
| TO select the men and send their names TO
/ Major Mckenzie. superintendent Of the street
and alley cleaning department.
Besides this usiness the central relief COM
mittee will take up the expenses of the Asso-
/ ciated Charities and of the Central Union
! Mission. Both of these agencies yesterday,
! ia default of supplies OF provisions from the
/ distributing committee issued orders on gro
GERS and other establishments TO fill applica-
/ tions.
BLocKADED THE HEADQUARTERS.
The headquarters of the organized charity
| of Washington were fairly crowded and
/ I'll late in the afternoon.
/ The dependent classes marched up GOO
strong to the Central Union Mission. where,
| but for the splendid system there, it would
I have been a day of unutterabe confusion.
1 The officers of the mission estimate that
these coo represented fully 1000 people who
were longing all through the cherries Sun
day for the dawn of one more day of distri-
| button.
The on look for the relief of this great
distress was not particularly bright at the
( Office OF the distribution committee. Until
late in the afternoon they had nothing TO dis
tribute except as follows:
To police precinct No. 6, $50 loaves OF
! bread; the same to precincts Nos. and 4;
zoo bushels Of coke to the Associated Chari-
ties. aud some bread and clothing TO the Cen
trail Union Mission.
SUPPLIES AWAITING THE WAGONS.
AT o'clock P. N. there were seven large
loads OF supplies at the Office OF the distribut
ing committee, which will not be sent out
| until s O'Clock this morning. In the mean
while there is a large quantity of supplies
awaiting the wagons in all parts OF the city
The wagons at the command of the com
mittee yesterday were three double teams of
the Hygienic Ice Company. one IRON II. d.
( RYAN, ard two from the Palais Royal Mr.
Boyd, of Capitol Hill, gave the use of his
wagon and the services of himself and son to
the committee. Mr.. Boyd is not a rich man
and complimentary comment was made on
his sacrifice yesterday By Mr.. F. J. DonnelIy,
the clerk in charge at the distributing head
| quarters, and by others at that station.
There was also an attack ali along the line
at the Associated Charities. The record
showed applications from 175 persons. mostly
white women The whole number was 226
tions. The combined applications there and
at the Central Union Mission were 826 indi-
yiduals.
ACTIVE WORKERS ~ THE CAUSE.
The Ladies' Aid Society, OF Northeast
Washington, headquarters No 305 Ninth
street northeast, has reported to Mr.. Emery.
secretary of the Associated Charities, that $50
families have been furnished with provisions,
clothing and fuel during the past week The
president OF the society, Mrs. DR.. George III.
Richardson, says that seyenty-eigbt families
were relieved last Saturday the officers and
members serving voluntarily at headquarters,
receiving and dispensing donations for the
! poor Donations from the public will be
thankfully received AT the headquarters
which is kept open daily.
La Fayette Post. No. 20, Department OF the
/ Potomac, G. A. r gave on Wednesday even
ing last pound party. at which there was
about 500 pounds of groceries aud provisions
received and divided into twentv-six lots and
delivered TO the many families that were in
need of it.
.. s. Grant Circle. ladies of the c. A. r.,
will give a valentine social for the benefit of
their poor fund at Typographical TEMPLE,
No. 425 q street northwest, tonight. The
| comrades OF the different posts and all who
are interested in aiding the needy soldier and
his family are invited to be present. There
Will be a short musical and literary pro-
gramme, after which refreshments viii be
served
An earnest effort is being made by the men,
bers OF the Golden Circle. the recently organ
lied eoored charity organization. to help the
poor of this city, Golden Leaf Chapter. No.
!, OF The above association, has announced a
grand valentine entertainment with free re-
freshments to be held next Friday evening at
the residence of Mrs. A. A. Smith. No. l41S
Eighth street northwest, for the benefit o. the
needy. The admission fee will be 10 cents.
A novel feature OF the entertainment will be
a "charity lottery Each person upon en-
tering will receive valentine with a num-
her attached to it, the person holding the
lucky numter to receive handsome prlz..
The members OF tie chapter in charge of the
affair are: Miss Jennie Allen, president; Mrs.
| A. A. Smith. vice president; Miss Geneva
Anderson, secretary: Mrs. Ida Lewis, assist
ant secretary. and Mrs. Judith Dixon, treas
urer. Committee-Mrs. Ann L. Allen. chair
man: Mrs. George Hodges, Mrs Dodson. and
Miss Kate Gibbons.
Two Murderers Indie e6-THo indictments
| for murder were presented by the grand Jury
| yesterday. One was against Joseph A.
Beam, who killed his siepdanghter. Annie L..
Leahy, at his wife's homo, on Maryland ave-
Iofva