Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-12-03
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STARVATION IN PATERSON,

Some OF the citizens Of Paterson ex.
pressed surprise last Friday on reading
The Sun that there was actual starva-
ton in that city. Mass meetings have
been held nearly every evening for two
weeks, and the Paterson newspapers
have publish d details OF tho measures
for relief. The city has ordered twenty
five thousand dollars to he expended for
laborers, and special committees have
been appointed to see whether the man.
ufacturers can be persuaded to resume
operations.
On Monday morning groups OF men
gathered on street corners, and later
they marched through the streets shout.
ing, Bread or blood |" They went to
the City Hall and were addressed by the
mayor. One man mounted a wagon and
made inAammatory speeches to his COM
panions, and the multitude shouted,
Work or bread !" Some proposed to
sack the provision stores, saying that il
would be better to be in Jail with plenty
Of food and fuel After the mayor as.
sured them that they should be set to
work as soon as tools could be provided,
they dispersed.
Eighty special policemen have been
added to the force. The officials at the
City hall are busy taking the names of
men to be set to work. Each man is re-
quired to tell his story under oath.
Squads of policemen are necessary to
regulate the crowd who besiege the
doors.
Rev Mr.. Woodward, pastor Of the
Methodist church, says that contribu.
tons have begun to DO received from
New York. One letter contained $40.
He is feeding more people than ever.
His list for the last four days is as fol-
lows Friday, lob persons were fed ;
on Saturday, 1,400 on Monday,
LOO on Tuesday, 1880. He pur-
pose to place his work under charge of
the Ladies' Benevolent Society, which
is doing noble work. They began
supplying the suffering yesterday, Civ
ing families provisions for week. But
his church will be open rs heretofore.
This generous pastor has made his
meeting house a reading room and res
taurant for the unemployed poor.
Mr.. Woodward says that two French
ladies who have been in good circum
stances ate nothing from Friday night
until Monday morning. Owners of
real estate are exchanging their ward
robe for food. Others are selling their
watches. Many children who have been
boarding in families are begging to keep
these families from starving. Able
bodied mechanics are selling their fur
niture, and one family burned most OF
theirs for Hrewood. Some families are
renting suites OF rooms and giving up
their houses, unable to pay rent or to
buy fuel. Mr.. Woodward found q
family of three adults and Eve children
the children sisk--hving in a small
unexpected room, and supported en-
tirely by contributions. Father Nc
Nulty offers to sacrifice all his property
if necessary to save his neighbors from
starvation.
1t is expected that $3.50 appro-
prlateo Dy the CITY Will keep oUO men
at work ten weeks. The number OF
adults out of employment is 5000.
The forty eight establishments in Pat.
erson employed moro than 10000
hands. The pay rolls show reduo-
ton of 5,75S workmen, and the forty
locomotives in the shops are nearly
finished, leaving little or nothing to be
done. Hamil & Booth talk of starting
their silk mills, and promise to provide
means for all their late workmen through
the winter. The Ph@nix company also
purposes to care for its employers. The
city still offers to sell one hundred thou
sand dollars worth OF bonds, the pro-
ceeds to be used as q relief fund.