The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

City Intelligence.
DISTRESS AMONG THE WORKING CLASSIFICATION
OF wAGBs-wHAr Is DOING Foh THEIR RELIEF
We announced some weeks ago that the owners Of tn
large foundries and shpyars In the upper part Of Ia
city had discharged great numbers Of their workmeu
consequence OF the hard times they are now exps
rsencipg. We have since learned that their exampI
has been followed by nearly all the large establishment
in the city. The Novelty Works, the Morgan Iroi
Works, the Bible and Tract houses the Methodist Boo
Concern, besides great number OF shops and smalIe
establishments have dispensed with, an average
half their workmen.
1t has been estimated that in the Eleventh ward alon(
there are over ADe thousand mechanics ont Of EN-
ployment, and that in the whole city there cannot
less than seventeen thousand abourng men who hav(
no work, nor any prospect Of work.
To aggravate the distress, employers have come to
very general determination reduce the
for abour and thereby render 1T still more dicult fol
those who have work to help those who have not. Id
the meanwhile rents have not diminished, though thu
capacity to pay them has. Provisions are still high
last weeks market report viii show nor there
any prospect Of their becoming much cheaper
In view of these facts and unless something
there every probability that before the winter over
the most intense suffering will prevail among the poor
The pressure has already commenced as the the
savings banks proves and the calls public and private
charity urgent at present. To alleviate
in some measure the prevalent Distress q number Of
gentlemen in the Seventeenth ward have associated
themselves together for the purpose of establishing soup
kitchens and provision depos for the poor and their ap
peal will be made public, calling the wealthy
charitable to give Of their abundance to commenabl
enterprise. similar movement lie on foot the
Eleventh ward, and it is to be hoped that before this
opens an organization tor the purpose of supplying
food to the poor will be established in every ward the
city. This is rendered the Decessary by the fact
that the city aims house does not give food to the poor
They, however supplied with coal from that
but this relief viii not before January. In addition
to what have already noticed understand that
the India rubber works in Brooklyn have discharged
thirteen hundred men, that the dock yards OF Brook
lyn, Williamsburg and Greenpoint present very diff
ierent appearance from what they did last summer -
,yer two-thirds Of the men have been discharged.
ERIE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF WAGEs-D Disbursement
r THE MU.-The Board of Directors OF the New York
and Erie Railroad have decided to reduce the pay
Of their employees An order to this effect was sent up
the road and Lac. night the aborers at Permon refused
work at the reduced prcesso cents per day 1t isl
supposed that their example will find plenty of imators
up the road and il the majority of the strike, or
loss and to the company they
with freight and working shorter handed than they
have ever done before. It Is ruored that the mocha
mics in the companys shops to be included in the
duction. 1t urged by of the poor fellows that
wiser would be to the Presidents So 900
year little, and some of the other high officers
laries They say it would be more manly to commence
retrencbment and reform themselves first than
wage against their hard workers. bread and butter
If necessary to reduce.
HOTEL THIEr.-At six O'Clock last evening" while most
Of the boarders at tea very smart looking young
man-genteely clad and smoothly shaven-walked into
the Howard Hotel of Broadway and Maiden lane
and detected stealing overcoat in the gen.
tlemens parlor belonging to Mr. Burchard of the
boarders Of the house On being questioned by the
well kxo own having been employed there bar keeper
in one of the saloons Upon searching his person. FIVE
received So SO coat and others Of various amounts
for different articles He told the old story Of being
Of the house-thinks he has seen him often before and
laid the trap to take him this time.
TARGET ExcuRsIoN-The Tontine Guards, Capt. Egan,
accompanied by Robertson's Band passed the HERAfD
Office yesterday con their way to David Pollocks at Ho
boken On arriving at their Destination they proceeded
to shoot for thirteen przes after which they parook Of
bountiful dinner. Whatever question there might be
to the skill of the Tonne Guards in shooting there
can be no doubt of their ability to attack good dinner
with fearful effect Chickens turkeys, &C., literal
s%s 70 oy inner repa Hno wen rss nre
for speech and he responded in neat and appropriate
address. MI Bowen also spoke, and passed high COM
he proud to be humble devotee. The Guards
who are all printerswarmly applau led the eloquent
the city much pleased with their excursion, and satisfied
that thou Oh New Jersey out Of the United States
it was good enough place for ia days shooting"
F1REN THIRD AvEsux.-Last evening between six and
O'Clock, fire occurred in the dwelling apartment
Of Mr.. Keyser situated in third story in the
brick building sos Third of rysixth
street. suppo to have originated from the stove No
on the premises when the Ere discovered.
Mr. Keyser Is insured for 500 on his furniture and
clothing; loss about $500 The building is damaged to-
the amount of about $25.
FIRE IN THETEEyTH STREEr.-M six O'Clock yesterday
morning fire broke out in the grocery store Of Philip
Fitzpatrick, 80 West Thirteenth street. The family
cupyng the back of the discovered ire
The alarm was given, and the iremen the
srot and extinguished II with but riAng damage The
building is insured in the Merchants Insurance Com
pany.
MIeouyc pprerrra rror The r,archora NJ Tafayatta
Lodge No Ca Of FrSe and Accepted Masons presented
Friday night elegant watch to their Worshipful
Master, Captain James NJ Turner. The watch is the
work Of members Of the LODGE and 6ne specimen of
American handicraft.