New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-11
FIVE WEEKSOF RELtEFWORK
WHAT THE TRIBUNE FUND HAS ACCOM-
P11sHEp IN THAT TIME
NoURIsHING FOOD HAS BEEN OWEN TO a%7t
FAMILIES AND 2.e32 HAVE RECEIVED Co!N.

NouRIsHING FOOD HAS BEEN GIVEN TO a+7.
FAMILIES AND 2ea2 HAVE RECEIVED COAL
THE GREAT NEED WHICH CONTINUED
INVESTIGATION DIscLosEs.
Another week OF work toward aleviating the
sufferings OF the cold and hungry has been Done
through The Tribune Fund hundreds OF famihes
have been reached whose distress became KNOW"
through The Trlbune's agents and many have re-
ceived food who I'll not ask for IT, ana
who reluctantly accepted 1t. even In their
dire want. The distributions have been mace
IN all parts of the city, and all natlona"-
ties ahev been served The Italians came
to the Second Avenue Mission for groceries, at NJ
l Henry-st.. the Mariners Temple. worthy Hebrews
were fed; the Colored Mission. In West Thiruet"-
St. distributed supplies poor and worthy negroes
and English speaking families were taken care OF
at several places daily.
No family has received groceries more than once
ana In no instance were people supplied WHOSE
worthiness not vouched for By persons VINO
made their report after personal examination anu
inquiry. The and women connected with the
various missions. who have volunteered to render
this service to The Tribune Fund. will deserve the
thanks not only OF the recipients Of the bounty
but Of those who contribute to its maintenance
CONTINUED LETTERS OF APPEAL
Far-reachng as has been the work of The IT'D
Fund, only n comparatively small number OF
deserving poor has been benefited. and letters de-
scrlbng Distress Illness and misery In consequence
Of enforced illeness still come 10 The Tribune IN
great numbers There is another class Of letters
which are written because of The Tribunes reiiet
measures, which few except the workers connected
with the established charitable organizations see
They letters expressive Of the gratitude OF the
benefcares. and though at times defective In con-
struction and not models for photography the
heartiness and evident sincerity OF the missives are
boa hn
in the cause. md a tangible rebuke 10 'hose WIZ
think there is gratitude.
Yesterday ended the fifth week OF the distribution
A. the mission. 80 20 Sccond-St. the Rev. o.
Adele distributed groceries TO wentyone families.
slxtv-five families were supplied with groceries nj
the New York Deaconesses' Home ana Training
School No 2n West Fourteenth-st.; at the Catherine
Mission No eol South-st ten families were sup
piled; The Rev ". T. Elsing sen; Tribune Fund
groceries to lC0 deserving poor families, ana SIX
families were supplied through the Bible and Fruit
Mission No 40 East Twenty-sxth-st. As here
tofore the groceries distributed by The Tribune
Fund were In 81 lots. each family receiving:
pounds pork.
pounds oatmeal.
6i2 pounds cornWeal,
pounds rice,
y pound tea and
condensed milk
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
five weeks ago. G.a7i families have been supplied
The workers distributed week also S65is tons Of
coal TO 7C7 families This makes the total number OF
families which have received coal from the fund. TO
date 2692 lls5A. tons being the quantity distribute
OF the 26S2 families who received COAL all except
60 received groceries also -,
Miss l. a. Reeves. the superintendent OF the ,ea-
conesses' Home. told OF the want that has come 10
but in the respectable strata-cases that come to
her not sm9ne hS n iT~ com to
the surface only after all means for hiding want
have been exhausted when everythlng inov gnne
to the pawnshOp. and when. finally. the choice Hes
ily consists Of man AMI four children: the ED,
est child. eight years oi the yGunr,s, Ssny .e %
years and for the last six years has occupied the
same apartments. With the loss Of work and In
little by little the household furniture ana the NIUE
ornaments grew less rent day came. but there was
the pawnbrokers. and finally such pieces OF cloth
ing as could be spared were converted into money
When seen by the mission worker the father had To
remain indoors because he had nothing To wear IN
children were hungry and the relief from ne IT'D
une Fund accepted with tears Of gratitude.
SAD CASES COME TO LIGHT.
Another case was that Of n refined English
woman who has four children n woman described
by the superintendent az "a lady" She did not
come for relief would she tell her story. but
investigation disclosed the fact that they were
needy. and they received we-leserved AID
At two places In Delancey-st. stood stacks OF
water-soakeI and broken furniture yesterday II
was poor enough when 1t stood In the apartments
OF tn. Russian families o which IL belonged. but
after having absorbed the rain for two days, after
being kicked AMI tossed about 10y the boys It was
simply two great piles OF wreckage. good Tor
nothing but fuel. THIS furniture was put IN the
street during a hard rain by landlords agents. and
the two families. consisting Of an OLD man ana
n We're ieft in The street The old man and wofnin
| were taken care OF by neghbors. but the other
family went to pieccs-chIldren separated from the
mother and the father a tramp. With an order
for Tribune Fund groceries the father started yes
and family. ''Ill ma place 10
have tho things cooked" he said ana we VIII
Imagine we have a home once more.