New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-07
PUSHING THE WORK OF RELIEF.

RESPONSES FROM MANY CITIEs-GovERNoH rAi
TIsON's PROCLAMATION.
OIL CITY, June 6.-The Relief Committee has IN n',''
over al2. 900, and the answers 10 thc ihd"iiis
cevcd to-day will tomorrow swell the suoscrip"'n =.
double this sum. Already there nave Dcch iof 49,,
for aid from 300 families and this number is ip','
,ncrcos,pp Among the cities which have sent SUD
scrinons or have made inquiries relative thereto arc
Pittsburg New-York Toronto. Buffalo, fhiaae,p"'''
pocbaster jamestown. syracuse. Albany, HarrlsD"rs'
Altoona Erie Cleveland. Columbus. sandusky, I'M
cago Cincinnati Indianapolis Minneapolis o. ho'''
St Paul san Francisco, Denver Baltimore ana WISH
ihgton. .
TitnsvIllc June CIT IS reported here on gooo
authority that John d. Rockefeller president of inc
Standard on Company. has Instructed Joseph seep Ac
buyer for the standard here 10 draw OH iii" io
s,oO 600 for the relief OF this suffering district
Harrisburg June Ex-Governor Patuson was ABOUT
q, ,ole the cars with his wife this morning FOR Gehcoc'
Md 10 be present at the graduating exercises oi inc
seminary which his daughter atterds, when he learned
OF the disaster In the oil region. He at once canceid
oil creocemen,s and went to the Executive Depart
mont whore he opened mp communication with Colonel
conroIlv OF his staff. on receipt Of confirmation OF
,be news he at once issued his proclamation ealing
on the people OF the State for aid
Ton,rht he received q dispatch from Titusvie
which said: Our misery IA greater than we can ma
words TO express. The dispatches are not exaggerated
I'm the least. Inuecu HOt nun tIo "h'o'y Univ ~
can BIZ told
PHILADELPHIA June 6.-Mayor Stmrt this mon'lhg
called a meeting OF the Citizens Permanent heiieI
Committee 10 take action upon the calamity al VII
CITY and Titusvillc, Penn. 1t WIS decided 10 sehd
Rudolph Banketburg and Robert VI. McWade as CON-
missnn.rs 10 the burned and flooded oil district Ill
view OF the Governors proclamation tho commissioners
were authorized to advance financial aid not eSceee
10000 Immediately. The commissioners started lor
oil City tonight.
Pttsbnrq June Cat n citizens meeting held nero
This afternoon IL was decided to send IA commit'ee
10 the oil regions 10 administer relief to the ",
hnbItants Of the stricken district AT the hean 1'
the committee are Mayor Gouriey ana james ID
At a meeting this evening Mayor kennedy cslsa
on the council and citizens OF Alfghehy 10 'iho
steps toward lending assistance To the people Va
Titusville and OIL City. ready response was hl'ue
10 this appeal.
Mnvor Grant said Yesterday afternoon that ho
appllcaton had been mnde 10 him for assistance ro
tho flood stricken districts OF Pennsylvania ana thac
he had as yet no reason TO believe that the people
II New York would be called upon for AID rs NJ the
,lme Of the Jolnstown ncoi. The generosity OF the
people OF New York the Mayor said. was world
renowned and II there real suffering In NORTH
western PENNSYLVANIA resulting from the calamity
reported yesterday. which was too great 10 be re-
ncved by those living near the scene OF the as
os,er he did not doubt that NewlOrk would re
spond MS literally the necessities OF the case de-
manded. ,, u, from, .y. Tor ,ba
sutfeNrs Mt OIL City,