The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01

tee, .THE NOBLE" will banquet on
the fat of the land tonight with the
relief funds, which belong to us, at the
st. Francis Hotel Tuesday night, July
81, 1905.
Meet, one and all, at Jefferson Square
ut p. m. and march to the st. Francis
Hotel, bearing the old clothes and soup
as an emblem of their generosity to
us.
we are starving they are feasting. Such
infamy wHs never known.
COME ONE! COME ALL!
GOOD SPEAKERS PRESENT.
COMMITTEE OF FRIENDS OF
REFUGEES.
The procession was headed by bear
ers of transparencies which bore in
scriptions:
'Devine Says Paupers. Why?"
And
.'Rations While Others Feast"
DIR. Devine. escorted by ex-Mayor
Phelan, Mayor Schmitz, Garret McEner-
ney and other prominent citizens. had
not long entered the dining-room when
a bowling. yelling and hooting broke
the quiet which had prevailed on the
arrival at Union square. William G.
Love. who said he was formerly an at
torney, together with Mrs Mary Kelly,
w
hand. mounted an improvised rostrum
and addressed the crowd. During Loves
speech the crowd yelled, cheered and
Jeered In turn, according to the senti-
ments expressed, and the more the de-
nunciation of DIR. Devine and all con-
cerned with the relief committee the
more boisterous was the hooting and
the jeering.
Love went into the reasons for the
gathering across from the hotel where
repast was being relished. They met,
he said, to make their voices heard
against the II leatment which had been
meted out to them as refugees He said:
In three months the kind hearted
people of the United States have sent
millions. Three months the money has
been in the hands of certain people to
use for the benefit of the sufferers of
the great calamity, but has 1t been
properly used?"
The question was answered with loud
cries and screams of NO, mol" and
'Graftr
Not house has been built" he CON
tinued' in that three months and the
people who have been compelled to
take refuge are half starved; yes, while
others feast.
Money has gone to graft and the
food has not been fit for hogs.
DR.. Devine has called you paupers.
yes, and he enjoys a festival now az
champagne, while we have the real
pain.
The bread line has been degrading
It is the duty of all citizens of San
Francisco to stand behind the refugees
and back them up in this fight for rec
ognition.
The reputation of San Francisco in
view OF the treatment of the refugees
has been blackened forever.
mo citizen can get on to that COM
mittee OF relief, into that corporation
unless by the will Of those on it. What
is to become of the people in the an
preaching winter? There will be SUI
fering, there will be epidemic"
MRS. Mary Kelly, a Jefferson SQUARE
refugee, spoke of starvation in the
camps, Of sickness OF children, of sIeen-
Ing on bare floors and of even blood
running from the shoeless feet of LITTLE
ones She declared it an outrage on
san francisco. She denied that they
there to urge for liberty and fright. &"
L. M. Gillette, Mike Dougherty, M
Tolton and Joseph Elton having added
their protests against the conditions
which they declared prevail among the
refugees, Love moved the following:
BE IT resolved, That we, the united
refugees and citiEens of San Francisco.
asseMDAcu AoEe, 40 protest against the
banquetfng OF DIR. Devine as a testi-
moniaI to his services In connection
with the handling of the relief fund of
San Francisco, for the reason that we
do not approve Of same or consider his
services as worthy of confidence or re-
upect.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
After the adoption of the resolution
several speakers, whose remarks sa-
eored of socialistic sentiments, attempt
I'd to interest the audience, but politi-
cal utterances were evidently not de-
sired by the majority present and the
,rowd dispersed.
Police Captain Duke and a body of
police were in attendance during the
hat it was appropriate to introduce as