New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-20
THE WORK OF CHA RITY.
TIMELY RELIEF SENT TO WORTHY FAM
lilies BY THE TRIBUNE FUND.
rEoPLD WHO HAVE HERETOFORE EARNED
GOOD WAGES ARE NOW REDUCED
TO DEPENDENCE


TO DEPENDENCE.
Two hundred and eighty-one poor families went
to bed last night happier and more comfortable
than when they arose In the morning through the
charity of The Tribune Coal and Food Fund. Two
hundred families received groceries enough to last
them for several days and give them new strength
struggle on against poverty, and elgnty-one
homes made cheerful and warm by the gilt
of a haif-ton Of coal to each.
Tie food was given out AZ two places. AZ the
Bohemian Presbyterian Church. No. Si' East Sew
enty-fourh-st.. 100 families received aid They were
not all Dohemans. but belonged TO various classes
and races. Most of them had applied for WORK TO
the Rev. Vincent Plsek. pastor of the church lie
investigated their cases. found them worthy, and
gave them charity. which is less difficult to get
than work just row. The present famine Is dis
tlnctlvely a famine of work. The most suggestive
aal resourceful missionary can secure even tenn
porary employment for only small fraction CT
the idle hands that uplifted on every side.
The people women mostly. went 70 the church
with large baskets. and carried to their homes the
food which was given out. Each family received the
following the cost Of which to TIE Tribune Fund
was Il:
one pacsage OF Observation-Disclosures. pounds
9 9ns p SeF Sf OF Pi rsc roan5s
one package of pork a;.,.........'...'''. pou"'S
one can or condenser MIX
Memorial Church, No 2s) Rivngton-st, was Oil
ferent The Rev. w r. Elsing. who has charge OF
the work there, gave employment TO some Oh ne
abe-bodlel men who had applied to MN Ior wp' q.
getting them carry the groceries 10 the HOTTIES VI
the recipients. , ..o,o
The missionaries who visited the homes OF these
poor people reported the EXTREMIST want ana sur
ferine Il found woman sobbiny san one
There was nothing 10 eat In the house ana no
fro or fuel Three children. crying were at her
knee She said that her husband had gone a"n Iy
about an hour before. voYng never TO return lie
had kept up his courage through iotg, i, S,
cessful search for work. even when ne dalV siW
his small stock of furniture going. ana Know III
his family getting nearer each day 70 the p9!!
OF starva ton. He had arisen that morning wItn-
ont q resource left IN the house. ne was utterly
poverlcss TO lessen the hunger OF MS wire anu
chill lran. and to keep them from suffering from the
cold. 4 can do nothing Tor You, he SAID 70 uhem
ana cannot bear to see yOu starY" snn!l nor
come bach. The wife at that moment az not
know but that she was Il widow she couii n oiI
leave her children TO search for her husband ai1
restrain him in MS desperate resolve. Shs 'ou'u
only sit and weep. , IL
received a ticket to work AZ cleaning the streets
lie Will begin work in n day or two; iae iufncIl-
ate need Of his family was supplied by gilt from
The Tribune Fund. , ..,o
distress is increasing. The people VINO nave re- re-
ceivcl food to-day belong TO the better class. we
have never been called on TO AID them beIor".
Scarcely any asked for charity. They appllcd mere
for work We could not ger work for most OF m NJ
hut we glaGdened them by securing groceries from
the Tribune Coal and Food Fund"