New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-09

LIEF TO MANY EAST SIDE FAMITIES-
TENEMENT-HoUsEs VISITED.
,c,o clio, ..To-day's HEADQUARTERS for The Trib
,e Coal and Food Fund WIS posted In the vastry
~ the Mariners Tempe lI'ny ana ohVeT So
Yesterday and the distribution o! groceries among
~, needy families in the neishborhCoa OF inc it'-
No went on during the forenoon. one huhdreu
fm,,ies each received food to the value Of one
dollar and forty-four families VINO were without
e,el each received one-quartcr of ton Of coal 70
enable them 10 cook the groceries when were given
IN them and to warm their homes. Inc h''s Ill
ivory case reached families who for SIX months
nave scarcely known what !; was to be well FED
N,nv Of them were enabled TO break a iast whcA
had lastid from to three days j ~ iac'
Itch cannot be too often repeated just now That
.,er. are thousands OF human beings starving IN
MI civ There have been few deaths from ex-
rosurc and starvation reported ye,. hnt ai''T
,o,tbs of idlen-ss during which savings nave dis
anpeared helpful! friends have become Impoverished
and the supply for daily needs has become less ana
,oos. ra,n, and hoilow-eyod men and weary and
homeless women surrounded by famished ana crying
children are standing al The threshoi OF despiH'
without a resource left except tn" cnar!ty o. Inc
nnb,jc. They cannot get work. although many Of
them are willing to labor with their remaining
strength for the morest pttance
The Mariners Tempe Is Of the downtown,
Eas, Side missions whose workers are in cose touch
with the poorest classes. The lis; Of needy families
10 whom food and fuel were given yesterday was
prepared by the Rev. !. c. Thoms. pastor OF the
mission The list comprised jewish italian ana
few Irish families whose cases had been carefully
investigated hy the missionaries. "rhe restitution
wrote the Rev Mr. Tnom>. is indeed appalling.
These cases the missionaries tell me- are the worst
that they know OF. and cannot he described IN
some Of them all the things have been already
nawned and in others the furniture is going piece
hv piece" To the wre,ched quarters occupied by
these people tho cards emitting the holders to
small supply Of groceries came as messengers OF
hope and Joy At the Tempe many hands were
busy until 10 A. IN putting up in small parcels the
contents OF the harres boxes and c0saS OF groceries
which had been sent there In wholesale quantities.
When the time came u open the doors, the front
par: of the ves;ry and the snteroon. adjoining 1t
looked much like d retail grocery store. high
were piled the bags cans and packages.
DISTRIBUTING THE SUPPLIES.
There was no need Of gar!ands floral decora-
tons to make that interior attractive 10 the hum
dred or more weak and shiverlng people who came
with tickets and baskets 20 the Temple. The piles
of food were the mos, beautiful objects they could
have looked upon: and as they sat the wooden
benches waiting their names to be called their
ewes scarcely wandered except from pile TO pile
There was nothing picturesque in the appearance
Of the applicants Thei threadbare AMI dngy cloth
ing fitting accompaniment to their INN nm
gers and hollow cheeks. Even the Italians failed
TO look gaudy in their faded green skirts and so!lei
red shawls Nearly all were women whose cloth
ing could not have been pawned for twenty-five
cents Pity and compassion the feelings they
excited. There eager look of expectancy In
their eyes, and the hard lines their faces became
noticeably softened they and awaited their
turns.
As the name Of each ticketholder was called she
came forward with her basket. and passing down