, 1876-12-18

nn'lced,el. Tits of itself is an in1lraston Of
how generally the 1mople nrc afflicted in pocket.
IL M H.. NV ,si St r .'a rss'i, t'' ir''y
'.reasssl by t!e Bronalyn disaster fsfc,l to
ELICIT Tint Iro'nlt rcxlu'use fur atl wlIirll is
ut''al'y G!ltMn After week u drumming,
he M"ipi F"". "Rtrf oi"ari'y ' i've @ ti'ncs H tic
amount would have bccn pafd IN suc[, an
emergency In lcas time. But tile l!clicf Com
LOOKING AFTER TIE DESTITUTE
whose lsnad-wlnners fell victims to the theatre
isastcr, llayc uncovered MI amount Of want and
tlcst!ttltson ~ 1srt>nklyn that were i,nt1rcanlct1
nf heforc. Hun'Iresls Ut ,persbns hare bccn
'lis,pvcrss living III the 'iost eg,!alil jnycrty,
without ,!, employment of any ki1a' tc1r house
En1 they having nDwllcrc to lnok for Tic tleans
of k.:stuiniEg lifc How they live frnrn day to
lay II Is t;ntH*s!hlc 70 isnac1nr. What they gain
l'y lcEEng " what they rcroyer froln the gar
of muny fnt"a'y that l,ns hescr known what Il
WIS tu want for iool. Tl,t annual report Ut thc
Commissioners Of Clla!ity for KINGS County
lbroosly9, 3Is. made, 3 sl'ows tl,at ~ pcrsyn,s
H. 1000 lnUru Than wevn assisted during the pre-
y:o,is ycu7 But thu lrsttnton Of lust winter
was slight 't'tnpareIl 10 that IT the present
tine. Ataynr schralcr. Of 1lroaklyn, yesterday
ts Chairman. that his search for the hcrcayc1 u
t'.e theatre ,lrc had brought him IN contact With
a'lcsrtc u poverty md suffering Which c hal
iryer lellrsel sxl,sc x, Ms Us, aeesrct M tl,at T.
winter io relieve the suiTer!ngs Of sc poor III
from :.i'I a.l hu,'.er, II thls Is tic
easG IN N.n';lyi, how tnuclI worse
must 1t be III this city, where tic percentage OF
tic unemployed Il. muc, greater, atnl whcsc
stl,lnlltl l,nvesty ut nit times rrc,lonuntes to q
much grenfcr extent. IND this, tho. at lime
when ~ fountain Of lency"lsnee seems 10
te1ulcnt of the i'oor In New York, says tllat
never
sIScE THE PANIC or 1851,
hns lc secn ~ 1nuelt poverty and distress a.
prevails this winter. AMI II IL among thu fun
iIIus of worktugn,en. men who are nduatrious
do. The men wink the streets from morning
TIL night eee]sing odd j0bs that will bring them
fen shila,ga. while tllt!r wives md children
5g VIII ~nt1T ia ir n@tIiy NTH tier 10, sI t t2 rtnf @ 9ms
crs beg him to HGsl tlcir children to liurlail's
lslantI TIL they ca,l find something to do for
their suptort. The Charity ,Co,ninissl9ners
IL not one applicant IN ten tllut the
Superintendent eau asrnrd relief. Not untrc-
qlcnt1y ablc.l0dlcd fnctl present themselves to
the police magistrates ntl request To be- locked
up, as, in their desperate circumstances. they
have no otl,er rcsourrc. There are sonc
TunEArs Of nREAn RIOTS
and other disturbances, and It wuuld not be
surprising Il troubles Of this nature came upon
It's before the winter ,cnds: Here is the sub.
l,as lnd no employment for five mouths sai.! to
mc recently: IL know thut there Is m iu,ier-
current ut feeling ar,ong the mechanics that
thc workingmen of this citY will not asaryc this
nature can b. expected to endure, and now are
on tlic verge ni staryattun. 1t will br r. sorry
day for New York wl!e. the workmien do rise
and dcmaud that their wives and little ores tr
provided for. But what are theY to tIo3 Suffer-
we'll dc fighting for food for, thcir
families as tn starvc to death.
v1ln Al,ow YOU hundreds Of families,
living IN tenement l,o,,srs. that 20 TO he'd hun
q lnuuth1ul next dny. They have kotal or pawn
cd everything, till they hive scarcely rags
enough tu cover them, aud thcrc seems nothing
left for tllcln b,'t crime Of tnnc SUIT. i may
as well bc rising against the capitalists and tic
merchants rs the stealing OF a lont Ut bread.
Think uf IT.: there at lcast lU0, ,030 human hc-
1nga In this city OIL the brink VI starvation; do
not bu surprised II the ,npn who havu families
refuse to sec tl!em die without their 1naking Il
fight for their lives" do not write as al, narnl-
ist, for tlo not anticipate any scrinls trouble
from thu worldngmcn. Int as one who symln'-
tl'lees earnestly anu deeply with their laTl fate,
mnY tend to alleviate tho troubles Ut the work
ingIngn In other communities, by lending those
less alrtcd to look into their homes mud b.
stow upon them tu'c ray Of comfort.
WHAT ts 70 pE DONE
witt, the hundreds of thousands throughout the
country ts questiull the solution Of Which b.
comes Is.urc pressing every year. It IL now
t nearly four ycurs sinca the grcut panic swept
over the land. closing VI, 81 many Of tht:
nyrl,,les whence the lahufing men drew their
Subsistence. When are our fuctsrlrs at,tl ntl,cr
manufacturing Industries to be reylsedl When
Arc Our skilled artisans to again find use for
their las,aieratti When is there to bu revival
Of railroad b9lldi1E| that so.,ree . whence ESQ SO
wont 10 derive their supporti II ull these arc
| to continue dead ior m indefinite length ct
time, whit Is to bccoEne Of the thousands of
| har'l-nsted workingnlcn who tnve bccM tempted
to otlr shores nv promises of plenty Of work aud
good wages1 Tic majority of The destitute
| poor In New York City to-day fs composed of
| persons who only as!s work, asld vito waulI
| s1ecriully give tho best they taye in them L
"bilmmcrs =" and iu,postors there nrc com-
| paratYrly few, for our charitable assocations
| have SO systcinatizel their work tlIat
this class finds but poor encouragement anlonE
are suffering, md whose calls Tor help are being
| 81 torc1bly pressed hnme to lis Mt present. God
| helu tleni i their uccd for man kccIna little
| iuclined 10. solne Of tlIer leaders,
IuuuEp WITH cnMMuSlaTlC IDEAS,
| 70 about atnang them seeking to fonent trouble,
I "
| in precipitntng conflict with the authorities.
These fnnaticai cntlers elaim tllat 1t Is the duty
Of the Government, Federal, statc, md Munich
lnl. 10 furnish employment for ali who need IT.
f rotlssc tlisis absurd, at least In tlis cn,l'ry,
but nevertheless there are political denaGog!;es
WHO cv'o this cry, an! loudly dc'io4ncc tug
authorities fnr not complying with tue demand.
They tlcsru tint tue city, now hlrlcileA na'so:t
| to the polat Ut bankruptcy With debt whirll
it will takc century to pay, the interest ui
which Is MI oppressive tux upon prop.
| trty-holdcrs sinll entcr upon liIneclrl
public work IN orsler Tint tho lahorcrs may bu
Employed. These do mt seen, tn stop to con.
fitler that the money tn pny them las rot T. he
drawn fran tho pockets uf tic people. They
| sinlply kslttw that there IL Il puhltc treasury,
usually we'll supplied Will, funtls, a'l1 thrir de'
sire IL to srr It distributed to anpptY the needs
uf The moment, without any thought for the
future With
rItU "Noss" or TAMMANr nALk
| nt tho lead OF our Department of Finance,
| with u Democratic Mayor mil Il l)clnerrattv
l}ear.l of Aldermen. there H. M telling how faf
this demand may bs complied with. Dy this
means, prgyIdinl, easy work ftfr talH'rinG
men, the nc,rmrutte party has nblatnctl consr,'l
of the City Government, and now that the party
sees trouble III IFS political future, IL may secl;