, 1876-12-18

how gc''erully the 1wole arc afflicted In pocket,
i"r 70 Scw 1"r!; 'l4tlally rcslnnis 'nfat Itrral'y
lMrcave.I By liz Eros,.lyn tlisastrr failc,I to
elicit tlihe !rn'npt reslH'isa far a.tl Which II
usually 6llUwn. After II week Ut drumming,
t!H .l,tr'isutions nRgrcVatc Ices than slfi,00 to
the Relief Fuml:: Ordinarily ilvc time. tic
emergency III less tfme But the Relief Com.
tnittccst III
LOOMING AFTER THE DESTITUTE
whose brcnsl-wfnners fell yctnla tn tho theatre
disaster, hare untDyerc.! NIL amount al want and
q beforc. Hundreds Of .rereDns have been
titrhvered iiyEHC III the tntst B1n1lti poverty,
without employment OF any kind, t!lt1r l,otac-
hold Eools md tlothing rluttly disposed Of,
md tlIcy lavfng owl!erc to look for t1ie ,,lcana
q sEs!alnine l,fc. 1low they lIyc fro1n day to
dry It 's inr98ssihlc 4, tmncinr. Wlat they gain
anse Of tlc streets. constttuscs the subsistence
81 many faulty that lsas never known what 1t
Commissioners Of Charity .for K!n9a County
tErooklyl, Just 1naac, shows that s, lis petsots
received pntl!r nil al rost of 4f77.2.1t. This
~ LOCO mure ttIal wera assisted during ihc pre-
r;',Is yea7: But the 'ictsftut!on Of lust winter
Whs slfglt 'urnparel to tliat nf the present
tine. AtAynr scllr'altr. Of Brohklyn, yestcrlay
re1Mrtctl to tlW Relief Committee, 1T wt,Irh it
s Chairman, tssat IFS searr for ll,c bcrcaycd Ut
the theatre fire Ind brought him IN contuct viii!
never believed existed. Hc declared that il
w.nltd rr,uirs lrom satW,00O 10 100000 this
winter ta relieve the s,lftcrIngs Of tlle poor In
tint tint city aio"c' a'l to nrcycnt, positive deaths
rr,n trn f1' 70 n,,vh ni ',u'sSr cx II ths I. the
must It be IL this city, where the percentage OF
the unemployed b lnurI, greater, anG wnerc
s4unlid poverty at MI times rredotHiliatcs to
much Ereatcr extent. And tllis, too. at a lime
when tinc fountain Of beileyolente recms to
hare atm,rt dried nr, Mr. Kel!oclt supcrin-
tcsnlcnt Ut the Poor in New York, snys tint
never
y1xCE THE rAnlt or 1871,
has l!o seen 80 lnuell poverty md distress as
prevails this winter. And It III anonn the fam
tiles of worklnEn'e1,, rnea vim are industrious
aud lard-wor!slMg when they can find work to
10. The men walk the streets from ,l.ornlng
TIL night acching odd lnbs TINT will brs,l:. them
a few sh!llinEs. while their wives atrl children
a1s ,,, whiting patiently for thc'. to return oma
crs gE htu! to sc1ul their clidrei, to Randal1's
1slant TIL ttluy raj, tl..l something to tin for
their support. Tue Charity Commissioners
i, iasc . h'1t s!nal! sum y their disposal for
i not Que applicant In ten t.,at tic
Superintendent can airorl relief. Not unfrc-
aucnt'y able-sx,dtcl nlci, present themselves to
tito police tnaEfstrutes mil request 10 be locked
up, as, In their desperate circumstances. they
have uo other rcsuntrc. Thcre are ss,.ltc
THREATS OF dread RIOTS
and other disturbances and It would not be
surprising II troubles of this nnturc cntnc upu1,
sinnc. t,f what M tntelrcnt rorncnt"r u srI,t,
Inns had no enIploy,ncnt fop 1}yn nt,fItis sof IN
me recently: ~ know that there is an un.1cr-
current Ut feeling aslong tho mechanics that
the workinge,i of tl.ia city will not staryc this
winter. They have suffered al| TINT human
~, fj,n vrrf,. nj stnyvntw IL viii In % s,e.,.
lay for New York when tic worEmrn do ris;.
and dcnantl that tEcir w5res and ittijs oncs hs
,,rrvi1riI for Kut What arc th". ~ Io7 Hs;trS
!ng hos uac trm csncratc ., nnd - NAV ,Sox r.
wrjl uiu liuhli,,p fnr fDoti fnr ihcir
fami1Ics M tm stnrvc In i1na,,,
tut1 show you hundreds of fuutl,tcs
living in teuo,rient bouscs. Tint ro to lSI hut,.
try n mifrht. mt knnwin{r wir's t1,Sv nr. n cnt
inou,htnl 1,ext day. Ti'cy hive s.i,l or rawn. IN.
ri cvcrvtimg iii thnw orn scnscoi, ~ Ism1. sn.s
enough 10 coyrr tj,cn. nt;,l tl,erc scs,ns ,tiGt,
jeft t;,r thcln b,t t.r,,1s nj sntne snrt II n,aS
as wei be risns asa'ast the capitalist. aud tle
Think nf It: t1crt ar nj icnst 1Gn6i bun,o,, in.
inrs f., thia ,tv m In ri,,l: ~ st"rr"tin,' H.
not bc SURPRISED If tl,c men who hays families
rnf,,ss tn SO tle,n ,iie wfhont. ttctr 1nntinn a
llEht for thclr jiycr" do not write ~ a ala1,.
from the wori,iuernen. lit as eus WHO, sy,,,tm,.
this"a EARNESTLY md rrniv vti, that nrtf ~
nnl With lie i1mt flone flat sumn wnr,, of min"
may tend to alleviate the troubles Of the work.
nEtH IN ntttGr communities ty leading tHOSt.
lcss afflicted to look lnto thetr homes md b.
stow upon then, some ray Of comfort.
wu.r sTn ur 1,oxr
wttl, the hundreds Of titmsatis ti,rorlopt ,,,c
co,lI,try in a nmretrn thr snittinn NJ shiri, H..
cn,,,es r.,,rr nrrssin,r rv"rv vra, II IL nov.
nearly four venrs sii1ce thc pTcat nanir swent
aver thn lnnli. rlosintr IT., sn ,na,,x n n tkr
avenues wi.enre tIe iaburiur ,nrn ,lrc,r thr;p up
Subsistence. Wjcn nrt. .,,lr fur,trics anI nti"r
munufnrt,trinr intlustrics tn is" ravve,;1 VIM
nre nl,s sktlfcl artlaans to arai,, fIni ,,se fnr
Their hnn{iirraiti When IL t}cr1: r., h. n revival
Of rnIlroatl hu!tltnr. Tint sn,,r.c whcncn ~
n,env tkn,sa,,.js Of e}nborin, MN t,orc ho"m ~
wnni tn tIrrIy,. their st,nnnrf5 II nj, these or"
Ia rtntnuo t,ra;l for NJ, inticAnitc 1r,,rt1, ri
linn ,wlat ia ~ hrrnn'" RI III" t;,ors",'Is ~
iar1,fstrd workinpmrn who have ,,rrn frn,nt ci ="
t1 o,r shores l,v t'r,,n,iscs nf notv ~ wor "n
.,norI wn"rs1 'fh" nnnInrjtv ~ lin ,lrstltmta
I'oor H in New York CIty. to-day Is co,nnoscd Of
n. nerso,,s Win nniy nj. ynrS. and whr wnIi,i
rflcerf,I]v rive tie best tllcy tnye In fhr,n II
tt,cy could but lind tho opportupty, or
Hbi1mMcrsn anl impostprs tEerr arp com
narutlyely few, far our cllarttablc associations
tlayc so systcmustzel their work tLat
tI,ts class finds but poor encouragement amonr
ue, il Is tho honest and deserving moor TINT
urc suffering, and whose calls Iur helm arc brinr
81, Iorcibiy pressed hons to ls at present. Go1
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