New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-21
THOUSANDS CRY FOR BREAD
WIDESPREAD DESTTTUTIOY IN THIS CITY.
1T Is ESTIMATED THAT 100 COO PERSONS ARE our
OF wORK-RELTEF MEASURES OF THE
CHARITY ORG AVIATION AND
OTHER SOCIETIES.

4 cry OF distress Is at this moment heard In this
rich and popuous city. It Is In nowise exaggerated
In this city 100 600 personsthis Is the estimate OF
the superintendent OF the Charity Organization
Society are out Of work People do not parade
tholr distress here as they do in Europe. They
are too proud to 10 that. You must find it out
ON the East Side or the far West Side you
can come across people who are actually In
want OF food. The streets are fun or men who
can lind no work at any wages
\ Tribune reporter went to the United Charities
building. Twent -second-st. and Fourth-ave. where
numbers OF people passing in and out all
~ them seeking assistance. Charles u. Kellogg
the secretary OF the Charity Organization Society
referred the reporter Robert W lletterd. super
intcndcnt OF the organlzation. and Mr.. Hebberd
was only too willing TO ak.
..Is this talk about distress exaggerated?" he was
asked
.Not a BIT Of t." was the prompt reply; Il think
ra her that II is understated There is a great deal
of real distress In this city at present and espe-
c,ally among those who are engaged In the manu-
facture OF clothing. The state Of affairs Is worst
IN what Is known as the Hebrew District on the
East side. II extends 10 doubt all over the city
as well. and to people engaged in all kinds OF work
"What increase do you notice as impaired with
pre- vous yeara?"
"Our applications for assistance this year sald
Mr. Hchberd. "arc from 90 10 81" per cent more
than they were this time last year and thlnk
there has. been larger ntsiHf IMAM l'i "H's
years pas, OF cases whore the heads of families
have been out of work, ..n, j., o.orso c,or ,ba
"DO you expect uat IL Will ne worse "'cH '"c
bad weather begins
SOME WORTHY PLANS.
Most assuredly do When the snow begins to
fly In earnest there are "A great many whose custom
II always Is 10 flock to the various charitable IN
sttutions for shelter and relief. mean by those
the people who Tight as long as they possibly can
against poverty. These invariably deserving
no have exhausted every effort To
raise money. even 10 parting with their clothes
and household furniture. before coming here. Then
there are those st more deserving who won't
come To us at all They are ashamed There are
auxiliary organizations which DO great deal Of
good Take for example. the East side Employ
mont Committee which has started street sweep
ing as one Of the branches Of its work. ami which
pays "A dollar day to heads Of families who are
out Of employment The association has put to
work something like 600 men "A week. Then there
are others who are put TO work for the benefit OF
the sufferers from the cyclone In South CAROLINA
yard In West Twenty-eighth-st.. where honest men
out OF work get a clean bed for night ana a
quantity of wood and presented ticket from "A
church or society which buys them at ten for a
How are your patrons helping you to meet the
our patrons are very generous. but they Will
have TO open their purses wider and go own into
them deeper than they ever did before The demand
upon our resources now Is unprecedented Such
organizations as this prevent the ds9rgnnlzat0h
when fOOWS lneVitibly IN the wake OF lillSCTlHi-
mate almsgving. That manner OF dealing with the
distress puts premium on fakrs.
"You are In good way. Mr.. Hc5berd. OF estii-
mating the actual number Of unemployed In this
city at the present moment. suggested the writer.
Il am said he Il think IL would not be wide
OF the mark TO estimate the number at 100000 per-
sons
Two young Hungarians who had tramped from
Chicago looking for work went to Ellis Island yes
tcrday and asked to be sent back to Europe. They
said they convinced they could do better IN
their own country than here Altogether there
fifteen families at Ellis Island yesterday ask
ing to be sent back. So far this month there nave
been 1877 applications from immigrants desiring
to be sent back. Only eight had ticr passages
paid by the Government. and the steamship COM
panes sent back AT their own expense only such
the law required them to send
HEALTH BOARD CENSUS.
BY the direction Of President Wilson OF the
Health Board the policemen Of the Sanitary Squad
iateiy made housc-to-house canvas in few OF the
tenement-house Districts learn how many unem-
p.oyed persons lived in the houses Reports regard
inC l.250 houses were made the Health Board yes
terlay. They showed that the inmates Of age to
perform work had been classified thus:
TfnemllOved