Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-17
NATION WIDE EFFORT
 IS UNDERWAY FOR
 AID OF UNEMPLOYED
Fully 100000 Men Are Out of Work in This Country and Eco-
 nomists Are Striving to Se-
 cure a Remedy for Conditions.

NEW YORK. Dec 16.-A nation wide campaign to aid the unemploy- led in American cities and towns has begun. Never before has such a com. Drehensive champaign of brotherly love been devised. That America has her own fields of starvation, her own afflicted, to aid. has been brought home by the great movement to res cue the starving and freezing Bel. gians. In the great process of gath ering funds, food and clothing for the afflicted Europeans, there has arisen a closer view of our own problem. it has suddenly been discovered that fully 20OOOO0 Americans are facing the rigors of winter and empty lard CTS, through unemployment.
 The causes of this condition form a special study in themselves. Wheth- CT strikes, industrial depression, or lshiftlessness are to be blamed, the haman problem of relief stands forth. The committee of prominent men who are studying the problem for the City of New York headed by Judge E H. Gary, are making every effort to get at the causes and to formulate a campaign of relief A municipal em- lployment bureau has been opened, to bring the employers and the iobless together Two hundred women. wives of employers, have pledged themselves to aid the iobless during the winter.
 In Philadelphia every city ward is organized for relief work. and con- certed effort is being successfully made to help all needy and unem- ployed. The city has gathered fund to employ extra help on public works
 In Chicago the problem has been well handled, so far as unemployed women is concerned. The campaign to aid jobless men is now underway
 In Boston, the State Free Employ ment Bureau shows a falling off in labor demands. Mayor Curley is head ing a committee that is mapping out work to secure employment and re- lieve the distress.
 In Seattle, an appropriation of s2.- 400 has been made to care for m. employed men and women.
 St Louis reports an unusual num- Der of unemployed and soup kitch- ems have been opened for those who cannot provide for themselves.
 In Detroit Henry Ford has opened up his new hospital for the relief of the needy, and has provided beds and food for the jobless.
 In Ontario, the government has al lowed an extension of the season for cutting wood on crown lands hacarse lof lack of employment in kertain parts of the province.
 In Ohio, conditions are exceedingly bad, on account of the strike of the miners. It is estimated that Al 900 are affected. The strike funds are low. and the families of the strikers are facing a cheerless Christmas. The state is giving 2,OOO discarded militia uniforms. and many local organiza- tions are aiding in the relief The issue is the wage scale, the miners standing out for three cents a ton more than the operators will offer.
 In Camden. N J the street com missioner has been flooded with ap. plications for work. since the city undertook to employ all idle citizens. An emergency appropriation of $5.OOO has been raised.
 In Milwaukee. the county and city relief funds have been found made Quate to meet the situation this fall. A committee is holding regular meet ings to devise a method of getting work for the unemployed.
 In Newport, Ky public funds are being used to employ idle citizens. An appeal to aid the unemployed of Coyington, Ky, has come about