The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-03
|. ". ". MOB GROWLS
ATCHURCH HELPERS


the rear, where they entered the parish
house. Hats Of" yelled Tannenbaun.
''and 10 In one by one"
In the men marched. There was an old
man with . bald head. his shoes wrapped
In canvas bags. . gray haired man with
no collar or overcoat. boys Of 10 with
ruddy compilations but dirty faces. men.
rleanly dressed and honest looking. One
man limped on . rough stick. A. they
sought seats at tables tall fellow with
coat collar upturned. hat on back Of
urged him TO take of his hat the stranger
turned on him:
Am I harmins your am going to
keep my hat on" He sought corner
and sat down.
The Rev William Miller Gamble. who
occupies the Socialist pulpit in the church.
welcomed tho men and then introduced
who jumped to the platform.
and running his right hand over his soiled
collar, said.
Il am no leader" he said. as he WAS
greeted with cheers. IT am 4 man out OF
work. Let the city know what We want
We are members Of the working society,
We build the houses In this city. Our
brothers and sisters did the work. They
baked the bread. We have a right In
every house In this city and we have q
share In every loaf OF bread. Now. we
want work. or We will proceed to take
It. tCheersl We have no scruples as to
the law. II II 10 unlawful to take bread
out OF window then I refuse to be q
nothing about the law.
Don't Take Charity, Demand Work.
I'VE do not beg" h. continued. I'VE
DO not accept charity and what We get here
tonight We do not regard rs charity. but
as what Is our right. We do not give
thanks for II. We demand work We
demand bread. and II We do not get II
ne will take II and We will be getting
back what belongs to US as our share
"Sow We want work. continued Tan
nenbaum. throwing out his chest. But
we VIII not work for so cents a day.
We want 50 day for no more than
eight hours ork day. tCheersl. Any
man who works more scaps i on Us when
We are out 81 work. and ne Is not ono OF
us. We want labor under union conditions
and unless We got IL W. won't WORK, but
We will demand bread. We must eat. even
II we do not work. The bread belongs TO us
and We will get II by hook or crook
More applausel
After Tannenbaum had repeated his de-
mand for work. bread. shelter and proper
treatment he continued: I'VE wort 70
To the Municipal Lodging House t'you bot
We won't a voice yelled beca,t'e II Ii
not At for dog. We can't get TO bed
there until l In the morning and We
have 70 re. up Mt 4 and then do five hours
work for three hours steep. II We go
there three times We are sent TO she Island
AS a vagrant. Let Ningsbury go and
sleep th.se Let him sse how he likes II.
I'VE will boycott the missions" shouted
the leader. and there was more applause.
I'VE are not going to be mission stfYs who
sell our souls for mess Of pottaGe who
become hypocrites and he converted Just
for a contemplate bed. We are not going
to kneel down and profess Christ Just
for something TO eat.
There shall be no moro bread limos for
US either" he continued. mo more stand
ing In line with a cop hitting you on the
head with a club. No more standing In
line for crusty piece Of bread and
coffee"
Hot water. you mean" shouted q gray
haired man.
mo. sir. we are going into the churches
and the temples and the synagoEues II
we are put out OF them We will 20 20
the public buildings and then to the
restaurants and hotels. and II necessary
we will go TO Jail. II Is much better to
be In jail than q starving free slave In
the streets. We want to sleep on the
soft pews OF the churches and we want
our share OF tho bread. We will spend
the night there and tomorrow we VIII go
to another church.
Now. II the city wants to save U.S. we
will tell them what they can do. First,
let them see that men do not work sixteen
hours day while we are out OF work
Second. II taey won't give US work they
have got to give us bread. We want two
subst antial meals day and q decent place
TO sleep"
Growl at the Service.
Maanttma tho cnfyee was not heios
served quickly enough and the men were
growing: "Hurry that coffee up. won,
yuh we're mighty thirsty"
Presently DIR. Gamble discovered the
presence Of the detectives and he ordered
them out OF the building About 10 O'Clock
room upstairs where they stretched OUT
on the Moor and went to sleep. About a
hundred men were conducted to tho chapel
| at Tenth street ana Avenue A. where
they found sleeping places. The speak
ing went ON until nearly midnight when
tho remainder lay down on the floor OF
on chairs and fell asleep.
The municipal employment bureau
found employment for about 2,600 men
The b. II. T. took 1900 TO shovel snow
Bridge Commissioner Kracke found work
for 800 more. The Third Avenue Railway
sought about forty. Various other cor
porations took small complemehts of men
| The Charnies department yesterday ne
gan to tabulate the men who sought lodG
Ing at the lodging houses under Its care
with the aim Of finding work for them
Representatives Of the labor unions. so
cialist and fratsrnsl bodies made arrange
ments yesterday for . conference at Flora
Garden Hall. ~ East Fourth street, to
morrow evening. with the aim Of hndini
work for the unemployed.
Sixty men were fed yesterday In tn
iMov6o~av MiaaiOu NJ fslvvy1ns,tn (,h,sr<nh
at johnson and Lawrence streets. Brook
Ign. DIR. Newell Dwight Hills pastor o
the church. 10 prepared 70 0ivs food 4
Imauy more men to-day.