Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1894 — PULLMAN IS PITILESS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PULLMAN IS PITILESS.

Re fa* e* to Aid Starving Residents of Bia “Model Town’’—Altgeld'* Appeal. Sixteen hundred families without food. Sixteen hundred families without income. Sixteen hundred families

without resources of any kind. Sixteen hundred families well-nigh without hope. That is what Gov. Altgeld says he found in aid about the model town of Pull-, man when he j aid it an official visit 1 at the request of a committee of the lockel-jut Pullman workmen. The Governor has is-

sued a pioclamation addressed “To the People of the State of Illinois, and especially those of Chicago,” appealing for aid for the destitute of rullman, whom he claims are in a terrible condition. Governor Altgeld also sentout a quite lengthy telegram to Pullman calling attention to the situation, and asking him to do something to help the sufferers. Pullman replied, at length making reference to Gov. Altge ds declination of es ort of Vice President Wickes, which fact Pullman regretted. Pullman then continues: x uavo tue bast reason lor believing unit the husband ot the woman, whois published as representing her family to you yesterday as In need of help, drew more than $1,300 ot his savings from the bank on July 2, for the purpose, as he said, of buyln : lota While Ir. has not been represented to the officers of this company that there is any such extended distress at Pullman as represented tor the first time by the extraordinary method of the published telegram to you, I do not doubt there Are many cases of need caused by the refusal ot employes tor more than two and a half months to earn wages to the amount ot more than $300,010. and such caies are Increased and made more severe by the persistence of some six hundred and fifty of our employes, of whom about three hundred and fifty live in Pullman, refusingto apply for their old places. As to those who are not at work, canceling their rent* Is not a question to which attention should be given at the present juncture. It their pressing needs are as you suppose them ir> be. Regnrdlng your suggestion that the work be divided in order to give at leas* half time for all.the policy of the company is io employ only as many men as it is possible to fnrnlsh work for on full time.” To this the Governor replied: “I sea yoar company ref uses to do anythingtoward telieving the situation at Pullman. If yon will make the round I made, meet these people face to face and talk to them vou will he convinced that none of them had s],:o ),or any other sum,a few weeks ago. As you have refused to do a ij thing to relieve the suffering in the case I am compelled to apperl to the humanity of the people of Illinois to do so. ”

GOV. ALTGELD.