The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-12-28
EvIOTI0Ns IN NEW YORUs TENE.
MENT HOUSES,
BY WILLIAM P. M'LoUaH1.iN.

By WILLIAM p M MLOUGHLlN.
Published by. special arrangement with the
Arena company
With every winter comes the sadden-
ing appeal for assistance from the evicted
Irish tenants that has now come to be
regarded as inevitable owing to the con-
ditions existing in that sorely tried coun-
try. Regularly the cable flashes to US
the intelligence that the landlords are
determined to have their pound Of flesh,
and that IT money is not immediately
contributed from the United States, the
poor, homeless tenants must starve. In
q recent editorial in the New York Sun
on this subject these facts are stated:
The gravity of the financial problem
presented by the case OF the evicted ten
ants is scarcely appreciated on this side
Of the Atlantic. The number Of tenants
who have been actually elected from their
holdings and who are now dependent
upon charity for their support, is 4,5OO,
and it must be remembered that each Of
these 10 the head of considerable house
hold. We understate the truth when we
say that as Q result Of evictions already
carried out, $4,000 human beings are in
want Of bread and Of O roof over their
heads. Yet the suffering represented by
theee figures Is insignificant compared
with that which will be witnessed il the
tory landlords carry out their threat Of
making trouble for the liberal govern
ment by the rigorous exaction OF their
legal rents. It is said that the number
of eviction notices which have been
served does not fall far short Of 10000.
4 Meanwhile, 1T ia evident that
the relief applicable to the present and
prospective victims Of eviction must de-
pend mainly, If not wholly, upon private
contributions, and it ig on this account
that the Irish Federation, in their lately
published manifesto, appealed to Ameri-
cans for sympathy and aid.
While all this sympathy is being
stirred up for the unfortunate victims Of
landlord rspaCity in Ireland, the cease
less grind Of the mill Of the evictor goes
right along in free, prosperous America.
1t is q saddening fact that in the great
city Of New York alone more than twice
the number Of evictions took place in
1891 in three Of the judicial districts into
which the city is divided, than occurred
in all Ireland during the same year. In
1890 the figures for New York were 1885
evictions, while the grand total for Ire
land was only little in excess Of 5000!
The total Of 10000 eviction notices which
have been served upon the Irish tenants
this year viii probably never be executed,
as this "pernicious activity on the part
Of the landlords is but the fulfillment OF
O scheme to hsrass the victorious liberal
party in the course Of legislation. But
with us the evictol has no scheme OF pO-
litical import on foot; there is no plot TO
confuse or entangle any party or leader
OF men; eVictions in New York city sim
ply mean that there is in the heart OF
Americas money center a poverty az
appalling, as hopeless, as degrading, as
exists in any civilized community on
earth. Il means that the landlord in
Ireland and his twin brother in the
poorer districts Of New York city are
equally imDued with the rapaoity in the
pursuit Of wealth that knows no grsti6.
cation but the soothing sound created by
the jingle Of the gold.
In the page adjoining the one from
which l have quoted in the New York
Sun, rather peculiar coincidence wae
noted. An illustrated article was printed
treating Of the eviction, in East Thirty.
sixth street, of poor old woman who
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