New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-20
PROVIDING WORK FOR THE POOR.
An APPEAL FOR HELP FROM THE EMERGENCY
FUND COMMITTEE-A REPORT FROM
CHARLES STEWART SMITH

AN APPEAL FOR HELP FROM THE EMERGENCY
FUND coMMTrTEE-A REPORT FROM
CHARLES STEWART SMITH.
The Finance Committee of the Emergency Fund
organized give relief by OF work 10 the
poor, reports that an organization has been per-
fected which at present is expanding In the aggre-
gate 5000 a week through the agency of the East
side relief work and other local committees for
relief in paying FOR labor upon the streets in the
tenement house districts and in other ways Inc
work is under the general charge OF the Following
committee: Henry r. Beekman, Thomas H. James
NJ c. ID. Borden. John ID. Crmmins. Seth Low
Horace Porter. John y. Stearns. Cornelius VAN
derblt and William c. Whitney.
The system of relief adopted by this committee
is subject to the following conditions;
J. The work is to be temporary in character, ana
2 The work must be Of nature, as far as
practicable, not to compete with the einp.oyeed'
and the rate Of wages must be such as not 70 m
ducc men to leave employment for emergency
work nor TO stay at this emergency work wheh
3 The work will be open primarily to men with with
families known to be Swe he ynr IN families nn or not
will b" eligible; but preference VIII De gwen "
men with families.
Provided the necessary funds promptly forth
coming preparations have been made and can at
once be carried into effect greatly to enlarge THIS
work At least $1,000 to $4,000 week can De
advantageously spent in this way, thus bringing
relief to 1880 families through the employment o OF
mittee will not create any dept ana II entribnts
Ppeas to the peope OF FnSd o 5 order 1 hat the
work OF the committee nay not be handlcappt ~, d
that the preparations which nave Deen auJ ~ rssf
Of the distress existing among the enormous nuIn
Der Of unemployed in this city may not become
subscriptions to this Emergency Fund may be
Tifth Avenue Bank The report Is signed by \. S,
iFrisseii chairman: Charles Stewart smith treas
Rrovn John D. Crlmmins William f.. Dodge,
Abram s Hewitt. Seth Low, Jacob II. Schih' Johh
@bares stewart smith. treasurer of the Finance
Committee reports that 81 ,3S5 96 was received up
to January Il from the foo%ng s 9 G peter
Marie. So: T. NJ j.. s2j; Mary r. Prime. s25; John
" M HiEgo's so6 SO employes Of A. Moebus 81 6;
william a. Slater. $1,000 John T.. Mum. s2o lielen
Sub H4na T. Ho US " H. p s So lewis $ Wo
so; Miss Leila r. Martin $40; James Loeb; so $50:
V. a. Brown. 500; John L. Parsons, $40; II. G. f.
500 F. So' member cot Of Ok the io valnabe
lot Of woollen clothes from Matthew Rock NO.
3lj Ffth-aye.
FOR CONCERT IN AID OF THE POOR.
popular concert in aid Of the unemployed and
poor Of the city will be given at Music Hall on
Saturday evening. February 3, under the auspices
Of the Ia Kaa Society Of the Church Of the Divine
Paternity. The symphony Orchestra. Walter Dam
rosch conductor and well-known soloists. will fur
nish thu entertainment Among the patronesses
B. F. Romane. Mrs Frank Curtss, Mrs. j. f.
Andrews. Mrs. Charles Noyes. Mrs George
Leg. Mrs Arthur Plat Howard and Mrs. e. H.
Faulkner
col. MCOOK ON DRINK AND PAUPERlSM'
At the weekly meeting OK the Charity Organiza-
ton Society last night at Assembly Hail. nos. lV0
and lo7 East Twenty-second-st. Colonel John }.
NcCook. IactureI on Drink and Paupersm The
large han was we'll filled. Colonel McCook held that
drink was the most potent cause Of poverty In this
world. 49,, -.
The last year" said Colonel McCook; has been
an extremely hard one on the poor but IL ~
great question in my mind If 1t v uld have been
50 had II not been that many poor man many
man who had a family Of starving httle ones az
home went out when he got his small wages AZ
the end Of the week and spent half or them IN
drink Workmen who otherwise would be honest,
elf-respectnC men have been driven TO inert by
lis awful curse. our almshOuses ar crowded WIN
men and women. who. were II not for liquor, would
today be earning homes, living and n night, In
stead Of sitting down 10 meal bought Tor them
Inv the CITY would be surrounded by happy fam
lies and enjoying the fruits OF their own labors