The San Francisco call., 1897-02-27
FINDING JOBS
FOR UNEMPLOYED
Supplies Being Issued to
Many Destitute Fam
lilies.
Deserving Cases Cared For by
Men That Have Nothing
Themselves.
Soliciting Cash Subscriptions to the
Boulevard Werk Now to Begin
in Earnest.

AS the days drag by without any i'm
mediate prospect OF work for the great
majority of the unem ployed the men
themselves are gradually developing an
organization that is one more than in
name alone. They have established an
employment bureau at their headquarters
and they have begun to issue from their
meager larder small supplies to different
destitute families represented on the rolls
OF the organization.
The citizens relief committee met yes
terday in the Chamber OF Commerce only
to report progress and to receive little
books to be issued to the different district
collectors that will go about in earnest
raising funds for the boulevard work
So far there is little over $110o sub
scribed. The amount received yes erday
by Treasurer Daniel Never was 500, made
up as follows: Cash $40. Daniel Meyer $50,
Sam D., $40, Mrs. NJ. Langley $40. On
THURSDAY Mrs. Phelan subscribed 500 and
Mayor Phelan $3.50 In addition to the
cash in hand there are said to be promises
as good as cash from A. B. Spreckels for
$500 and from the Ingleside Racetrack for
$780, There are also possibilities that
several hundred dollars promised to the
boulevard association some time since
1t was suggested yesterday at the citi-
Zens' relief committee meeting that a
practical test be made of the members of
a committee of fifty that declined to serve
after being appointed by the Mayor on
the India famine relief cause on account
OF the suffering among the unem ployed
in this City.
The employmen Office established at
the hea iquarters for the unemployed in
Howard street consists simply In notices
of employment offered posted on the
wall, the applicants for the Job being con-
sldered in the order of theIr appearance
before the executive officers. So far
twelve men have been found work in
vineyards and orchards, one has been
given employment at upbolstering one
elderly man hSs been sent to q place in
the country, and another elderly man has
gone to a city house 10 accept general
work. Four other men have also been
sent out to steady positions. To-day a
man and wife will go into the country to
accept positions offered through this new
employmen bureau. To-day also thirty
of the men will be given work for the one
day only at handling furniture here in
the City.
President LeffingweII, speaking yester-
day of the benefits to be derived from the
employment bureau system, asserted that
If the proposed mining project is found
feasible he can send from $50 to SEQ men
into the mines next week. He is waiting
now to hear from a man who is making
inquiries in the mining regions.
In the afternoon the wagon was taken
out, according to daily custom, and drawn
by over 100 men through several streets in
guest of collections OF supplies. few
sacks OF potatoes and a few sacks of beans
were about all that was collected. There
was enough, however, III the commissary
with this added to maintain the hungry
hundreds until tonight. Beyond that
and aside from to-day's contributions
there is nothing in sight for tomorrow.
And so it is day by day.
Significantly enough about the time the
wagon IS ready to start there seems to be
very few men about headquarters; but
there are always hundreds OF them loiter-
ing expectantly about TO welcome the
wagon on its return and the men who
have tramped several miles in draw
ing il.
In addition to the voluntary workers
who perform the comparatively light task
OF drawing the wagon, there are about
nifty other men employed about the build
ing. They are giving their services freely
and their evident industrious spirit, were
1t manifested by more of the others might
be the means of creating a very muc
more favorable impression upon casual
visitors 10 the headquarters. The corps
the others without any muneration or
favor is made up rs follows:
Executive department (twenty-six men)-A
president, vice-president, recording seere-
tary, a financial secretary an executive COM
mittee of twelve, a relief and investigating
committee of five an auditing committee o}
three, and a grievance committee of two.
CommiSsary department -four men)-A COM
missary, an assistant commissary and two
clerks.
Cooking department (twenty-one men)-
Four cooks, four diShwashers. three pantry
men, steward and nine walters.
Official department (four nen)-A sergeant
alarms, two night watchmen and house
orderly.
OF the 14O cases in destitute families
requesting relief from the headquarters of
the unemployed ninety of them had UP to
last night been served with supplies from
the meager commissary of the unem-
ployed after the relief committee reported
each particular case worthy of immediate
attention and in actual distress.
This is what was doled ont to an aver
age family OF five, two grown persons and
three children: Five pounds OF potatoes
pounds of onions, pounds of meat, IL
pounds OF sugar, pounds of -four, l pound
OF coffee, loaves IF bread, u OF q pound
of tea and 8 pounds of beans.
The relief com mittees report shows
that on Thursday it distributed the fol-
lowing supplies 10 families IN dIstress:
Fifty-one pounds of POTATOES, 90 pounds of
onions. % pounds of meat, "a pounds of sugar,
% pounds OF flour, Ia pounds of coffee, 81
loaves oi bread, pounds of tea, SO pounds of
Leans, 80 pounds of fsh, 2 pounds of beans, IL
pounds of rolled oat., pounds of dried fruit,
pound OF. rice, 4 of a pound of butter, 5
cans of tomatoes, can of baking powder L
bottle of ammonia, pound of tobacco, 6 coats.
vests, pairs of trousers, IL under hirts
cioaks, 8 pairs of shoes and hat
Large Mortgage Placed on Record.