The evening times., 1898-09-13
APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC
The Committee on Relief OF
Volunteers Calls for Aid.
AN EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
The Citizens of Washington Are
Urged to Join in the Work of
Making the District Volunteers
Who Are Unemployed Self-sustain-
inE-AppIications for Help.

A central employment bureau was to-
day established in the Atlantic Building
on f Street, by the committee which has
charge of the work of securing work Tor
the unemployed District volunteers.
Messrs. Simon Wolf and J. Nota Nc
GIN, who are respectively chairmen and
vice chairman of the employment com
mittee visited the Atlantic Building and
selected room 81, on the fifth floor. Tor
the purpose. The necessary office furnl-
sure was installed this afternoon and at
8 o'clock tomorrow morning the bureau
viii be ready to assist those volunteers
who are already recorded or who may
hereafter apply for assistance
The bureau thus established will be
open every week day from o'clock in
the morning until o'clock in the even
ing and will be under the charge OF a
clerk, who viii keep a register OF the un-
employed members of the regiment OF the
regiment The work is being systematic
ed and will be conducted under the dlrec-
tion OF Mr.. Wolf and the members OF the
committee on employment in thorough
ly business-like manner.
Mr. Wolf this afternoon, on behaif OF
fhe subcommittee of five on employm; nt
ISSUED the following appeal to the public:
ITO the Citizens of Washington;
''The reception TO our brave boys WAS
great success.
seeking and needing employm NJ must be
eouaIly successful. We have Promised L
40 So and our words must grow INTO acts
LAS YOUR rapre eseEtatiYes We lave open
ed an employment bureau at rom 81, AL
lentic Building The same VIII be open
from 3 a. m. to !. IN. daily.
"a complete roster will be I una IN Re
of the names. character, recymmenda-
tions, and kind of work sought py e4ch
soldier
1--WE seek your cooperation and ear
nestly appeal to you to aid as IN every
way possible so that the enas seusht Can
be promptly and practically reached
Those who can give employment are
earnestly requested to send IN theis
names at once.
let us show the brave men that we
will not spare time or money In the en-
deayor TO make them comfortable and
self-sustaining.
IS. WOLF, Chairman.
IL. NOTA McGILL. vice Chm
u. f. MCCORMICK, Sec -etary.
"A L. RANDLE.
IS. H. BOWMAN.
subcommittee"
Mr. Wolf received many applications iol
employnent this morning. Prior TO th'
oneniug OF the bureau many OF the sol
dters visited his office and asked Tor as
sistance. The men are all exceedlngi!
anxious to secure work and thereby De
come seIf-sustaininG- They VIII Oe alos
as quickly as the subcommittee can oo
tain openings for them in the differen
trades and in offices and mercantile es
Establishments.
A meeting of the employment commit
tee was held at the Ebbitt House las
evening. under the craftsmanship Of MI
Simon Wolf Among those present wer
Messrs ]. Nota McGill Arthur r. Randlt
president of the Capital Railway Com
many: Samuel II. Bowman. Of the Unite
States Express Company; William L. Ga
liner. A. Lisner j. f. Mccormick, of tn
Central Labor Union; Rabbi Stern an
Rev. 5. Domer.
The chairman announced that he had
through letters which had been referre
to him by the Board of Districl Commits
sioners. and by voluntary Offers made d
rectly by the business men of the citl
offers to employ forty members Of tn
regiment who are competent TO NIL pos
tions in their establishments. These oi
fers are distributed as follows: George 4
Myers ] volunteer; Capt. A. +. Randi
4; W. b. Moses & Sons, 4; s. Kahn, Son
q Co. ~. Byron >. ADAMS l. Lllllelle4'
Afyord & Co. 6; A. GUIDE Bro, 3; SAX
g. Co. & and A. Lisner, of the Palai
Royal. 3.
Mr. McGilI. on behalf of the Atlanti
Building Company, offered an unoccupie
room IN the Atlantic building on f Stree
between Ninth and Tenth Streets north
west for use as a central employmer
bureau. The offer was accepted, wit
thanks.
Upon the motion of Mr.. McGill seleC
subcommittee OF five. consisting
Messrs Wolf McGil, Mccormick an
RandIe and DR. Domer was appointe
to take charge Of the work of immed
ate relief in the way of securing employ
ment upon the plans mapped out by tn
committee. Each member Of this con
mittee viii make il his personal object
obtain and forward to the central burea
in the Atlantic building the names of a
District Volunteers out of work.
The greater portion of the time of tn
meeting of the Central Labor Union las
evening was devoted to the consideration
of suggestions having i'm view the pro
viding of relief and employment for tn
District volunteers.
The committee appointed to cO-operat
with the general relief committee organ
lied by Major Sylvester requests the del