New-York tribune., 1894-01-17
sTJJL EXTENDING RELIEF.
ACTIVE MEASURES TAKEN BY THE
"6-lj-99 CLUB"

.opu or OTHER ORGANIzATIoNS-MANY Az
u,c,Nrs FOR HELP-PEoPLE FED AT
THE FIvEcENT RESTAURANTS
Charles Broadway Rouss yesterday sent c"'oH
,or slCO to william OH Washington presipen' vi
~ ~. .e - 40 ,Yuh" and commended warmly the pur-
se NJ the club and the unique plan by which !"
!. proposed 10 reach large numbers o' o".' !
disposed people of slender means VINO o," ~
would not have the opportunity eve" - NY
inclined to subscribe small sums 'ow"' w
OF the poor and the unemployed. NAT waSn'''t'o
,, received a letter from julius Stein q Co.. hahhed
~ him by Charles J. Canda. the treasurer Vi III.
organizations ndors!ng his WORK i"e aN"'e vi
This firm is at No 5l5-5lI Broadway ana i" '"c 'e'-
cav :, n,os nromised that all those who are en-
,.love, there would soon be organiZe4 i"'" c'''o
- a.ra1 for 4 charter ard enrolment Hsi. III is
our onirion'' Mr. stein wrote. "tha' every pus!-
ness house should follow our example an" we leei
..ssrred will give You stream or S'"auF ahu co"-
,inuons contributions toward helping inc uhcnl-
loved" Mr. Washington says that forty c."ps
-, ,ro,d,. hoe, started and canvassers were
,,, ~, Yesterday 10 visit the hotels ana factories
o,d exchanges 50 az to extend the good WORK 10
an ;a.ts Of the city. "Our plan Sn'u ne mas
already been Initiated in Brooklyn. Boston anc bai,-
more which shows that it is one Of the most teasioie
and pract.cal that have ever been adp.teu
rbs charter and enrolment list con;ains this
nloace 10 which ali who Join cab must SUBSCRIBE
'We the undersigned. hereby agree to organic ana
constitute ourselves branch OK the o-'o-" Niho
and TO pay weekly until April !, 1884. TO the Cen
,l Committee the sums opposite our respective
names 10 be used TO alleviate the suHcrhg anu
needs of the poor ana unemployed of New-forN' by
giving them work. as an emergency innd 10 anu
the organized charities. From wase-earners l ceh'
y dav from clerks and salaiiei persons re cents
d,v. and business men and employers lG'e cents
dav-G-lJ-99 a week" The present temporary head
orarters Is m Mr. Washingon's Office. n; No. li1
proalwav bat n more commodious place VIII be
onenel on the second hoor Of that building by the
cnd Of the week Mrs T. II. Reilly will have charge
W mav Wv ,,k" - their homes. She will receive the
money purchcse The materials. pu, me h pc, rhaen
onencd viii no. be made known for the present, be-
cause the rush would be oveTwneImlng
YORK OF THE BUSINESS MEMS COMMITTEE
iobn y. Townsend treasurer OF the Business
Mems Relief Committee. was seen yesterday at MS
Office. In the ltnickcrbocker Trust Company, OF
which he ia president. and informed the reporter
that they had collected up to date sa,s2t and had
four "y Se ea"ESsa % arsponseS ana a to
Archbishop Corrigan's suggestion. said he and
have established nyecen place in
This afternoon in the Office of Nermiye Co.. 70
make arrangements for further ex'ehdihg '"e
Nathan Straus has appointed the Fey charles res
Yatman go 9a 'he m s psrIsh school
building connected with what was once tne S'o.Sr, %
tickets are required at this place. bat on payment
Of cents the applicant can have clean bed and as
much bread and coffee the next morning as ,h 'e
evening and then there Is a great ruSh 10 eet IN
There are not enough Of beds for all VINO cali' ana
those who the last TO arrive have the alternative
OF resting their weary limbs on an easy cane
bottomed chair all night. o
The good work Of the Travellers Club. No. 2lS
Eghjh-ave.. where the HeV. stephen Merritt leeuS
whom have been obliged TO walk the streets al
night marked yesterday as when 1t began
two months ago. As the day advanced many fam,
isked women. young and Old came ana had
warm meal, which cost them nothing.
r, PLACES WHERE CHEAP FOOD MAY BE HAD.
The soup kitchen established by the Rev Madison
C. Peters. pastor of the Boomngdale Reformed
Church. at No. 5s7 Seventh-ave. had also its regular
share Of patrons yesterday Almost all of the food
that was consumed taken by the people 10 their
homes and for a five-cent ticket enough coffee and
soup, and stew and bread. to do family OF four
given away.
The Peoples Five-Cent Restaurant, at No. 81
Avenue G. relieved hundreds of tired and hungry
people during the day. The Provisional Committee
ia aid OF the hungry mentions these places
which food supplies for free distribution should
he sent in addition those already published:
?hc Tide-Over Home. No. 229 West Forty-sixth-st;
St. and the Yorkvilie Diet Kitchen, No 429 East
Eghty-third-st.
The men in charge of the Industrial Christian
Alliance No. 10 Bieecker-st., were kept busy from
early hour in the morning dishng out soup and
Stew and coffee to COO fairly wel.-dressed but idle
and hungry
Tho Womels Emergency Relief Association. No.
az Fast FOurteenth-st. Is doing gOoi work. and
has already given food and clothing 20 hundreds
OF families who live in that section. Mrs Henry l.
Newton IS president.
musical entertainment for the benefit Of the
poor Of IN" parish OF st. Lawrence's Chapel will be
given tomorrow evening by the Young Ladies'
Sodali;y of the church, under the auspices OF the
Society Of st. Vincent de Paul. at Renwck Hall,
Eghty-sixlh-st. and Third-ave.