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Show WERE ONCE RICH, NOW SEEKING WORK Men and Women of San Francisco Waste No Time In Repining, But Will Seek Employment. Oakland, Cal. Crowded by hundredj of refugees in search of aid, tho rellel stations that wcro hurriedly establish ed in this city aro now (ho scenes ol great nctlvlty. Prominent among the-departments the-departments of tho stations nro env ploymcnt bureaus where men and wo men clnmor to bo put to work. Th( survlvom aro seeking work not onl for tho monoy that it will hrlng but af a relief for minds thnt havo been soro ly tried for tho past four days. Gathered among those who nrt icarchlng for work aro men who were In prosperous circumstances. Formct rich and poor allko aro willing to take iny kind of employment that Is of lorcd. Women who wcro a few dnyt tgo tho possessors of snug fortune! tro temporarily taking plnccs ns do nestles that they may secure hornet while order Is being restored in Sar franclsco. Tho heads of tho employment bu reaus announced Sunday that the would havo work enough for nearly at applicants. Hundreds aro being pro Vldcd with transportation and sont tc Utah, Nevada nnd portions of Cnllfor nla to work on tho proposed routo ol the Western Pacific railway. |