New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-10
INCREASING RELIEF WChK
ORGANIZING THE "6-15-99" SOCIETY.


MEASURES TAKEN TOWARD OBTAINING LARGE
INCREASE IN coNTRIBUTIoNs-wHAT OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING
Another relief agency which set In motion
Yesterday afternoon promises to be OF substantial
benefit In the field OF charitable work meeting
was held at the office OF the Hydraulic Construc-
ton Company, No. las Broadway. In answer 10
call signed by General Daniel Butterfeld. Locke
w. winchester. Charles j. Canda, l. A. Bell. DAVID
Lapsiey Harmon j. Hart. Colonel William l..
Brown and Frederick Goodwin. The proposal that
q society be established to be known as the t-lo-
90 was unique, and at the same time appropri-
ate IL the idea be carried out The repre-
scented cents regularly contributed by working
men in employment; the Is, Is cents by clerks who
have not lost their places, and the w. W cents py
employers of labor W. ID. H. Washington who
first thought Of organising RELIEF bureau Oh thls
nature said that he had received assurances OF
support and encouragement from many wealthy
men among them Walter Stanton OF the Dry
! Goods Democratic Club; Clermont II. Wilcox. NJ W.
Carr ex-Mayor Edson f. d. Neustadt' OF Ihe
Produce Exchange; Robert w. Gwathney' Oswao
Ottendorfer William Foster. Locke W. winchester.
President Of the National Express Company; Jor-
dan L, Mott. Harry Miner Frank B. Murtha, David
NcCIurey AUGUSTUS W. Peters, chairman OF the
| Consolidated Exchange; Henry ID. McCord. General
Ferdinand p Earle Frederick r. Coudert l. a.
Bel. assistant superintendent OF the Produce Tx
change, and Isidor Straus
| The Mutual Life. the Equitable and the German
American insurance companies nad also p'oii'eu
| to help the matter along
| I'VE PROPOSE" said Mr.. Washington 10 nave
| printed cards containing the ooJects Oh the vuo'
posted in all the downtown exchanges ana III All 'he
principal stores factories and dry-goods estaphsh
ments in the city. To further this WORK we nave
employed men who will act as canvassers 10 inouce
the superintendents Of all those classes OF places
which have mentioned to get those uhder .nen
TO ioin and contribute In the ratio stated. III our
funds will admit, the purpose Is 10 hire Iac'o'e'
| which are vacant and set women and children at
work in them making garments. am sure 'hat
| thousands OF people can be induced 10 contriou'e
| in this way a cent a day, which they will never
| miss
| Another meeting will be held at the same place
| on Saturday afternoon Samuel u. Coburn, super
intendent Of the Wayfarers' Lodge In west twenty
eighth-st said that they putting In more BEDS
as well as food at the Lodge. The wood which hnn,
West West Virginia and is obtained by the Charity
Organization Society through the we,i-knownu dea
ers in kindng wood Me. Messrs' clark """'"'
VI" at the Mission. in connection
IS at No 1as Forsyth-st the Rev Herman s v Paul
Faust was engaged YESTERDAY IN consong sie 70
he could 9ul mot not relieve the huhdreoS WIZ app'e
MN new lew branch of the East Side Relief Work Com,
mittee where respectable unemployed women who who
cs'an sewing " 70 dp o at hoe Ths
Rev John b. Devlns said that large number came
| FOR work and went away accommodated ~ .,,.
ag ahH crowded crowd with hungry multitude Th9 on
payment Of the usual orss seq qber hard o
%h Say f t DOORS Of house at
nS Tsnc Seen whs al e
was found that the facilities for cooking we're un
S the de M TsS ece e. Peters Oee OF the
| B,oom!ngdaie Reformed Church. .. mn
rs Ths s Every day ut the Travellers
fighth-ave bought large numoo r, OF nm horse and
and baskets osst any surplus food that might be
left after everybody had been fed in the raoes of
this kind but in not enc did he get H'orse' Oh
fo Si weber's Packing House. one-hundred-and,
twentiethst between Second and Third AYES two
large hOgsheads of soup a HSen an away
The place which Nathan s;raus IS h,,ing up n IN
CID sfS0 SgSqsr
tsenths is stu in the hands OF the Mor Toykmeh
Ge eo PsscE acRay president Of the Business Mems
Relief Committee has found It nscessaTy %
Strong to act as chairman of the Finance Commit;
and GHSne So srS aT IS o. The RV John
! y. Devns sent $50 as the proceeds OF the sale Oh
tickets 49,, 49,
womcn's Conference Of the Society for Ethical Cul-
rs he5 sf of had
made and given away Mrs OIlesheiner regrets the
| more.
AIDING THE DESTITUTE IN MANY PLACES
Albany JAM 9-Mrs. Erastus Corning. aided by
many prominent people of Albany, has arranged an
| entertainment to be given next week In aid OF the
destitute OF the city. The money realized VIII be
used to purchase coal and food for the poor TWO
| performances OF Mrs. Jarleys Wax Works" will
be seen next week Thirty-ive young women . and
men have volunteered their services and Will pose
as celebrities and curostes. - -,
| Providence Jan. 9.-Ceneral Olney Arnold OF
Pawtucket marks his seventy-second birthday and
the fftieth anniversary OF his marriage by GIT
Of 81 ,0O to the poor OF that city. The money mas
been placed at the disposal Of the Associated Chari-
ties.
| Boston Jan. 9LThe Citizens Relief Fund has
reached a total OF s40,525 but nearly all OF this
| sum has been expended, and the Relief Commit
! tee issues an appeal that the fund be swelled to
| not less than 100000. The payrolls now amount
| to about 81 go a day
Hartford Jan. s-The Common Council last night
appropriated $4,000 to the Board OF Street Commits
| sioners for the purpose Of giving employment to
| INDECENT on the streets and at the stone quar-
RES.
SUICIDE OF TWO DESPONDENT MEN.
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