Allegheny has long been known as a mecca for tramps. In the lockup a separate room was fitted up as a tramp department, and here the knights of the road were allowed to lounge and protect themselves from the wintry blasts. Chief Murphy, on gazing over the reports of last month, discovered that 300 of these homeless beings had been furnished shelter by the city. The Chief concluded that this was rather pressing a good thing, so he issued orders that all tramps loafing about the city in mills and other places should be arrested and sent to the workhouse. This proclamation evidently reached the ears of the tramp fraternity, for in the last two nights there has not been an appeal for lodgings.
Pittsburg Dispatch, Pittsburg, PA, February 2, 1892
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