The Irish standard., 1908-04-11
Chicago jOBLESS
ARE PUT TO R0UT
FOUR HUNDRED MARCH UPON
CITY HALL, BUT ARE FL
NALLY DISPERSED.
FOREIGNERS ARE DRIVEN
FROM BUSINESS SECTION
Committee Is Sent to Officials Office,
But Is Refused dmission-Jargon
Of Talk Amounts to a Roar-Un.
employed Sent to County Agent.


demonstration of the unemployed de-
veloped around the county building
and the city hall Wednesday. So hos
tile did their demeanor become, In the
opinion of Assistant Chief Schuettler.
that he sent out a hurryup call for
reinforcements and shortly mounted
police began to gather from all direc-
.tions. In addition to this. policemen
from neighboring stations We're
massed in the surrounding streets and
preparations were made to force a
rout on the crowd.
The idle men finally were dispersed
by order of the police without vio-
lence. They started for tho county
agents office, but the crowd thinned
out and most of them returned to the
west side district and scattered. A
labor agent is said to have directed
them to the loop.
Out Of Work; Starving.
The crowd OF the unemployed was
composed chiefly Of about 400 Bulgar.
ians who had gathered around Green
and Peoria and West Madison streets
and led by Steven Cloas marched into
the downtown district. They an
nounced they were In search Of work
and declared they were starving. AS
they walked along the streets many
recruits dropped in and Joined the
march on the public buildings.
The men were refused admission to
President Busse's office, and we're d.
rected to the Chicago Bureau of Chart
ties. 70 Dearborn street. by Policeman
Edward Smith.
Policeman Smith said that the men
entered the county building in IA body
by the Washington street entrance
and the iargon of their talk amounted
almost to roar.
Story in Broken English.
Finally Cloas, who appeared to be
the leader and the only member or the
company who spoke English, pushed
his way to the front and in broken
English told the mission Of himself
and his companions.
The policeman assured the men tha
1t would l,e useless to go to the Office.
OF President Busse and finally sue
ceedcd in persuading them to leave
the building.
Once again in the street the mer
tramped over to the city hall, where
they sent a committee TO Mayor BUS
SEES office. and were told that they
would have to wait awhile The men
became restless and sent committed
to Capt. O'Brien's office. They were
orowding the corridors Of the city
hall and many of the inmates AS vel
as street pedestrians became alarmed
1t was then that preparations were
hurriedly taken to drive the foreign
ers out OF the downtown district.
Asks Lolterers to Disperse.
Assistant Chief Schuettler sent word
to the men, in a vain effort to get
them to disnerse, that they should &c
to the county agent for aid. The mes
sage only aroused grumbles and mur
murs of discontent. the loiterers still
refusing to leave the vicinity OF the
building.
The police finally induced the mer
to 20 to the county agents Office and
for this place they started in column
formation, with the police close al
hand, but the crowd separated before
reaching it's destination. Advance
messages were gent to the Desplaines
street police station and large force
OF bluecoats was ready TO meet the
men when they we're expected to ar
rive at the county agents Office, which
rs at 1855 Clinton street. Cloas, who
acted as the official Interpreter, in
formed the police that the Bulgarians
had been induced TO go to the county
building and later to the city hall b,
an employment agent, whose name
came into the hands Of the police. II
was said that the agent promised
them work and finding none sent
them to tho downtown district to re.
rid OF the men.