The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-02-22
ALWAYS WITH YOU"

The case Of James A. Taylor, of No. 500 West Ffty-
sixth street. may fifty attract public sympathy He
was once man Of some mark and much usefulness
house bladder by trade. gifted with great facility OF
speed. and full Of sound views. lie became leader OF
the workingmen and was elected president of the
Stairbuilders Union. Being required to frame new
constitution and bylaws for this organization he in
vented code which initiated by many other
trade unions. He was sent az delegate to the
workingmen's Union. and became its financial secre
tary. He contributed articles on the labor question
to the newspapers He set up in business on his own
account. took contracts and had fifteen working
under him He Is now DID, deaf and afflicted with
chronic rheumatism and internal disorder lie
has TO support vito and four children from the
stray contributions that his friends collect for him.
"The boys in tho trade unions. he said. would so
through fro and water to help me. but they poor
end to workingmen half dollar looks like o house
and lot" so he appeals to the public.
Charity will find worthier place to exercise It.
self than the east side Of the Bowery At No. lS5
Rivington street lives Abraham Levy. his wife and
two children He is q young German Jew. and is by
trade butcher. Working In December at small
meat stand in Washington Market he caught chill
in the ice house, found his lungs affected and has
since been unable to work Formerly he could carry
with load Of 500 pounds; he cannot now lit
ffty pounds. He had few savings. and kept his
little family out OF debt living the brink of star
vation His neagre store Is gone; his youngest
child in the cradle has fever; his wife is sick and
worn, and the man himself sleeps neithor by day nor
night. The case il strongly recommended to the
charitable.
Further down the same street. in garnet the
top door. lives ourneyman tailor. with wife and
six little children the oldest aged ten, the youngest
. baby. They are very poor. The father has lately
found few odd jobs. but earns the scantes wages.
They have straw bed. and this family OF eight is
huddlcd together within one small ROOM The wife
is very courageous. and hopes that better times are
hourly coming. She points with pride to her hus-
bands papers of naturalization which adorn her bare
walls. Her spirit keeps life in tho household which
Is sorely III need of it,
ST. Johns Guild. whose Office is a. No. Great
Jones street, takes lively interest in the case of
woman who has been struggling for months to sup
port husband and two children. The husband
cessful business He lost heart dropped out of work
and cannot regain bis footing. The wife determined
thrifty, Clearly tidy housewife; has never let her
poverty fall into sQualor Her room Is still as clean
AZ in better days The sewing room OF the Guild gave
her such work it could furnish but the remunera-
ton necessarily very slight. The woman sturdy
courage won her the Guilds admiration and her
decency OF life excited its sympathy. Her family
stands in need OF immediate help.
prominent clergyman and well known lawyer
are interesting themselves i'll behalf of a who
has unsuccessfully sought work everywhere through
out the city and is now very anxious to make his
way into the country with his three children rather
than stay here and see them starve. His respecta-
bility and honesty of purpose are guaranteed. He
feels of finding in the rural districts. where
LABOR Is In demand, Work IIlut ne cauuOt III
o crowded city. 1t is thought that small fund might
be raised to put him in position to support himself
and his family.
In tumble down cottage Allen street live aSwiss,
his wife and five little children in extreme poverty
The father was once an importer OF French fashions
and well to do. He had an abundance Of lady pa
irons. spoke many languages. and noted for his
choice OF costumes. The French war broke out and
ruined him. Sickness attacked the children, then
the father and he is vending cigars on commits
son struggling for bare livelihood and often earn
ing nothing. His wife is an American and a woman
OF spirit. Their plight is u hard one
An aged widow, whose husband fought in the late
war and wounded. lives with her daughter at
No. 15S West Thirty first street. The girl worked in
a factory which was burned down. The mother was
and is wholly dependent on the daughters earnings.
Michael Burns. of No. 239 East Twenty fourth
street. employed clerk in q mercantile agency
which failed six months ago. Since then, though he
has excellent Recommendations. he has been unable
to find employment to support his wife and child.
His family is in great distress.
At No. ABS East Eighteenth street lives aged
lady in q very destitute condition. with Q small
family depending her and her daughter for sup.
port. Her daughter is unable to find employment OF
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