The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-14
THE CITIZENS RELIEF FUND.
Committee Collects Nearly o1,7O0 :.
Grand Total OYer 81. loo.

Committee Collects Nearly 81, TOO -
Grand Total Over 81, 100.
The citizens' relief committee continued its
work yesterday and added considerably to the
fund collected The days work began With a
meeting at the office Of DIR. G. II. Randeli in the
Bailey building. at which all the members re-
ported progress. Mayor Ronald announced that
he had received a telegraphic subscription OF
500 from II. II. Shufeidt, of Chicago. The fol-
lowing telegram from T. ~ Fleming and Robert
Bridges, the committeeman who have gone to
Roslyn, was read by Mayor Ronald:
Company relieved immediate distress. Thirty
two widows, eighty-four orphans. Extreme
poverty in a great number of cases. We are
visiting the homes of afflicted families
1t was decided to await a call Tor funds from
these two gentlemen before sending any of the
funds to Roslyn. The members then renewed
the work of soliciting contributions, and up to
last evening had collected the following
amounts:
II. H. shufeldt, Chicago, $780, Webb g. Co,
$50; J. BERGMAN, 81; Moran Durie Supply Com
w. j. Hammond, $3.50; L. Gardner. 81; John
Parkinson, s.; Ralph simon, s.; Encyclopedia
Britannica, s.; Wiley, Scott Bostwick, $40;
Mrs. Henrietta NJ. Haller, $40; Rees r. Daniels.
SO; owen Thomas, 81; steele Il Gephart. s.;
g. a. Hill, s.: c. J.. Denny, $40; p. d. NJ. Miller,
$40; q. b. Chaplin. 81. 30; John Y. Ostrander, $40;
Jones, $40; o. p. Anderson & Co., $50; T. P.
Dyer. $50; T.. 7. Iittell. $780, en-
pioyes Western Union telegraph Company.
James West, 50; +. A. Buck & Co., s.; George w.
Bragdon s5; the Godstein Hat Company, So; d.
r. Ward, 81; /. W. Entz. $40; West & Field $50;
DIR. C. A. smith, $50; Joseph Shippen, 81;
Warehouse Beach, 50; Wright & Jardbrum,
3; w. Z. Boyd, $40: s. Rosenberg, $40; Delegates
4. FL Caligan, j. 5 Brace. T Ryan, y NJ Lyon;
Alderman Leander Miller, $40 each; cash, $50;
total for the day, s49i.7o; previously reported,
Sl,425; total in the citizens relief fund, 1869.
graphed subscription of $50 direct to w. Wurtz,
its special agert at Roslyn, on Wednesday
morning when the news of the disaster was first
published.
Thus the amount SO far subscribed in Seattle
is rs follows:
Posr INTELLtGENcER fund. ,2s7 -
Independent subscriptions direct TO Ros-
iyh'.....-. '.''''''-'''-''''' A'o W
IOral.... lOo %
While the house of delegates was in session
R. II. Cailigan took up n collection for the
citizens fund and received $50, as stated above.
When F. Toklas called at the Queen City busi-
ness college he found that the students, at tho
suggestion OF Professor McLaren, were already
circulating subscription paper among them
selves They responded literally, though many
Of them supportieg themselves at school,
and when the canvass is completed neat sum
will be handed TO Mr. TOklas.
In some cases the Hberalty of the poor
those in only moderate circumstances shone out
ia contrast to the conduct Of the more well-to-
do. At one store, where the employer refused
to give anything, one OF his clerks volunteered
a donation OF s.. At another place, where an
employer refused even nickel, a workman
gave ST.
The conductors and gripmsn OF tho Madison
street cable road will give n bali az the Madison
street pavilion on Wednesday evening for the
benefit OF the fund, which will receive the en-
tire proceeds. The price of tickets will be 80
cents.