Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
POOR MEMS PAY DAY
The Street Gangs to Be Paid Off This
Afternoon.
Effect of Hiring Deserving Men is
Shown In n Falling OFF in
Requests for Aid.

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laid off when investigation shows they have
| no right to charity from the people of the
District The committee meet this after.
| noon to make the usual appropriations for
| the poor and to consider the street work
| scheme Of helping the poor. At O'Clock
today the men who have been at work will
be paid for two days work. They will be
| brought up by the overseers in charge of
| them in gangs of fifty. One days wages
will be held back against each man as Sc
| curity for the tools intrusted to him. This
Will be paid to him on the last pay day.
Outsiders Tried to Get Work.
Five hundred men are doing charity work
| today shoveling the slush and snow out of
! the streets. The doors of the central relief
committees headquarters on Louisiana
| avenue yesterday were besiegcd by four or
five hundred applicants for this work. All
could not be taken, but as rapidly as the
|. clerks could go through the labor Of is
| suing tickets they added three hundred to
those already hired. The men who applied
were glad of a chance to get a dollar a
day. There were men from all over the
District and there were scores who were
not from any part of the District. Mary
land and Virginia contributed not a few,
and some betrayed in their garb the fact
Of recent residence as far away as the
| fishing shores of the Chesapeake. These
1T Is needless to say, did not get job
None but our own poor workingmen were
to get work. These will all get dollar
for their day. The authorities say they
could get thousands of men IN half days
time at fifty cents if they were wanted
but dollar q day will be paid until fur
Their notice.
To BE Paid Tonight.
The men will be paid tonight at the COM
mittee headquarters, on Louisiana avenue.
Every man must sign receipt for his
pay. The relief committee will meet this
afternoon at Judge Coles rooms in the city
hall to make the necessary appropriation
of funds and arrange for further relief
work 1t is not unlikely that the force Of
charity laborers will be considerably IN
creased next week. Those who have been
at work this week still have three days
service to perform in the coming week te-
fore they will be laid off and others given
a chance for their slice Of the charity
funds.
Applications for Help Decreasing.
One gratifying result of this employment
of deserving poor laborers Is the almost
complete cessation of calls for help in
certain parts of the city, where the most
distressing restitution prevailed. The po-
lice report from nearly all the precincts
surprising falling off today In the number
of applications for relief. In the northeast,
where there was a goat deal of poverty
and perhaps a larger proportion of cases
needing aid the police say the pressure Is
almost entirely removed by the employment
of idle men who had families to support.
The thorough acquaintance which the po-
lice have with the laboring men of the
city makes this statement interesting and
reaSSurlng.
The Collections Nearly Done.
The collection of gifts by citizens Of
clothing, boots and shoes. groceries and
other articles Of charity will be complete
,i1ht for hn
of the city goes. Unavoidably many places
have been passed by and not few in
uuiries reach the committee every day
from people who have bundles that nave
been waiting a fortnight to be delivered
Some of these undoubtedly occur where,
from oversight, those who gave failed to
put their address upon the blanks.
AS a signal instance of this way or doing
things Mr.. Gardner showed blank today
where some coal dealer offered to sell in
Quarter-ton lots stove coal at SLoo per
quarter ton, instead of SLIGO. the regular
price, and to give with each such lot
gratuitous contribution of 20 cents worth
CT pine kindling This was undoubtedly
genuine gift, kindly intended, and If it can
be traced to its author will result in doing
great good but no name was signed to 1t,
and the committee at a loss where to
look for the donor. The committee wagons
are carrying out large supplies of goods to-
day. as usual, to the police and Associated
Charities.
Charity Entertainment.
An entertainment for the poor, arranged
by Miss Edna Nalley. was given last night
by the Rays of Light, a club composed Of
the following boys and girls. from eight to
ten years of age: Eugene Merillat, presi-
dent; Edna Nalley, treasurer; Minnie bier
kin, secretary; Florence Stevens, vice pres
ident; Helen Murray, Lily Heller Eddie
Carroll, Walter Sacs, Jennie Dierkin, at the
residence of the vice president. Miss Flor
program consisted of musical and literary
exercises, which We're very interesting.
There will be pound party at the Four
teenth street branch of the Central Union
Mission, No. 1904 18th street northwest,
Monday evening, for the poor. The young
people Of the Gunton Temple Memorial
Church will conduct a gospel service after
the pound party. Those who cannot come
are requested to send donations to the
branch or notify the superintendent John
E. NJ. CAN'T, 1917 T street northwest, and
they will be called for. Meetings will be
held Wednesday and Friday at the same
hour. The Wednesday evening service will
be in charge of the young people of the
Fourth Presbyterian Church.
Miscellaneous Notes.
Thursday the relief committee furnished
the ladies Of the Loyal Legion 1000 yards
of canton flannel, to be made up by their
force Of sewing women. The Loyal Legion
has employed a number Of women in this
way all winter, and has done much to as
sist people who would have been loath to
accept downright charity
The force of men employed by the Asso-
ciated Charities cleaning snow in the coun-
ty has been increased to 100 Twenty were
put on yesterday in the northern part of
the District. One force was set to clean
out Whitney avenue leading from 18th to
18th streets, and another to digging out
drifts on 18th street
There were 100 calls for aid at Central
Union Mission yesterday against 1875 the
day before.
Mr.. John B. Wight was highly gratif,ed
yesterday when there came in from the
government printing office the magnificent
gift of sT73S5 for the poor. This is he
largest contribution of money from any
one government bureau. and reflects great
credit on the craft.
The Stars Fund.
The Stars general relief fund now stands |
as follows:
Heretofore acknowledged. ...... 81 pa .g |
Children at Soldiers Home school. LEO |
Is Observation-Disclosures. 2.oO |
j. J............ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. LOO
A. M. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 200 |
HELEN and Adds. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 200 |
PrnnaaIc IF ont -foi ry hall