New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
ORGANIZING RELIEF MEASURES.

MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF MERCANTILE
BODIES AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
A meeting was held at the Chamber of Commerce
at p. m. yesterday to provide means for raising
funds for the sufferers from the floods IN the West
The following bodies were represented Chamber OF
Commerce, George w. Lane; New-fork Produce
Exchange L. f. Holman; New-York Cotton E1-
change, n. b. Fielding Maritime Association, u
f. Elwell New-York Mercantile Exchange, wash
ington Wlnsor; New-York Petroleum Exchange, Il.
H. smith; National Petroleum Exchange, Charles
d. Wilson; Coffee Exchange, b. G. Arnold; New
York Iron and Metal Exchange, Z. p. White;
Hardware Board of Trade, John c. Cook George
w. Lane presided and f. P. White was
made secretary. letter from w A. Camp presi-
dent of the Clearing House, was read stating that
poor health prevented his being present The Sec
retary of the Stock Exchange sent letter stating
that President Lawrence had not appeared at the
Exchange I'D TO that time. Charles l.. Rickerson,
president of the Manhattan Hay and Produce E1-
change wrote that previous engagements made 1t
impossible for him TO be present tie was In hearty
sympathy with the movement and would JON
in any plans thought advisable. The chairman
read a copy of Mayor Edson's telegram from
Mayor Warden, Of Jacksonville, Ind, and then
President Fielding OF the Cotton Exchange stated
that at IL a. IN. the members OF the Exchange ap-
pointed committee to raise funds. The committee
had gone PROMPTLY to work and had already raised
So 900 Jacksonville. Mr.. Fielding thought,
needed help especially inst now, but the collection
had been made without reference TO any one place
Mr. Wilson said that the National Retro
lcum Exchange had RENTED 500 to the pres
ident of the First National Bank Of Jacksonville
Mr. Winsor said that the following committee had
beeu appointed by the Mercantile Exchange: b. F.
Van Valkenburg Louis Mendel, ID. K. Mention and
C. II. Ableman A considerable sum of money had
already been raised President Holman reported
that the Produce Exchange had raised 50, 800. L..
II Smith sad that the New-York Petroleum Ex-
change had raised 800, aud that $500 of this had
been sent 70 Jacksonville.
On the motion of Mr. Fielding, the chairmen of the
committees ppointed by the various Exchanges
were made a general committee 70 take charge or
IN. intuition of the funds with the advice OF the
Mayor Theodore /. Hustled, chairman OF the Pro-
duce Exchal gc committee. was selected AS chalT-
man OF the General Relief Committee; WIN
the understanding tnat he should call
the commit together az once IN
order to hasten measures OF relei' heIhdrko
were made by many of those present all urging tnlt
prom ptness the first essential IN the WORK: MT
uolnnn read the telegram received from Cincinnati
Yesterday, and published then, and also one from
Louisville. as follows:
The distress here very great The citizens have re-
amended very literally That outside ala Is not yet re-
CURED
The charmen of the varlons committees are these:
Produces Exchange L. !. busted; Cotton Exchange
Never Lehman: Maritime Association, W. Il. Well
hanny; Mercantile Exchange IS. +. van Salh Ken
i"r ga ionai Petroleum Exchanges; ;. S9nneborn;
Coffee Exchange, j. K. McNuitv; New ork iron iron
and Metal Exchange f.. p. White Hardware Board
az Trade J. C. Cook. The cOmmtte app tinted ny
the Cotton Exchange yesterd Y was Is To- lows:
Never Lehman, Henry Hentz, William Wo92dEwari'
r.. George f. Moore william Y. King, John T.
black and W. b. Fielding, ex-otiicio. ,-t
The fol owing amounts were subscribed through
thc \ev-York Coffee Exchange yesterday: