Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-03-11
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 I6is literally true that thB vor8 poor of Londen and osher English cities have been compelled to make deliberato choice between food and fuel, and itRa9 been q bitter dilemma for many tlfod- sands of destitute English, Irish and Scotch families in. the last few weeks.
 Reports oF the.suff6fing i'll northern cities are even worse, for tho cold there has been much moro severe. Thus in Glasgow alono 10. coo men arc 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 partial supply is obtainable. The starving multitudos in Liverpool are even greater, and pitifut scenes occur daily at the places where most Inadequate attempts arc made to disti bnte small supplies of food. The socialists hago opened 2 soup kitchen there, and . Correspondent sends an ao- count of a typical scene yesterday after- noon. 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 s#ept across the local bay Of Biseays as # coming from tho re- gion of ioobe9qs Women clad in unw0- manly rags shivored and covered before the blast, tlIeir feet numb, their faces liYid with cold and want, while they stroye to find protection from the wind by gathering their thin ragged garments closer. A largo number Of spectators as on tho outskirts of the square, the crowd including magistrates, sship= owners and =othor prominent citizens. The sights were narrowing. The soranls ble for bread by the furnishing crowd was pi5iful
 The socialists soup kitchen began operations at the usual hour and doled soup and bread continuously for oyor an hour The food was wolfshly dev6ared by the hunger stricken people, who could not be fed faet enough. Several vans loaded with bread eaIHa up while the soup distribution was proceeding. There vas such Q rush for the bread that the socialists found it impossiblet8 carry out their benevolent intentions in al orderly manner. In shoor despair they pitched the bread into the ranks of the starving mass. Then ensaed terrible scramble Women and children were knocked aboQt, the strong bearing down the weak, some going of with three or four loaves.2 others left without any thing. Tho second oaftzcame while tho scramble round tHe first was going on The crowd surQedfound the new arrival so that anything like fair distribution was ont of the question. Those in tho van were pitchforkiHs bread on the heads of the people when the police eame Up and took charge The crowd Was formed into liHo, and a more effect iFa system was inaugurated. Through out the afternoon the esplanade vas tine scene of hawildering aXcitolnent l poor widow. with a child in her arms, after considerable waiting, got to the soup kitchen Overcome by hunger. s4o sank down on the pavement holding fast to the soup bowl, fearful lest q drop should be spilled Ultimately sho revived somewhat aud began to feed tho child, which ate thasoup prayenously.
 -London Cor. New York Sun