New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-23
CHARITY FOR MANY HOMES
WORK OF THE TRIBUNE FUND AMONG
THE POOR.
THE DISTRESS GROWING oREATER-RELIEF FUR.

NISIED TO 2I5 FAMILIES
low and plenty were In 275 households last night
where there had been sorrow and want IN inc
morning Two hundred and seventy-fve dollars
contributed by The Tribune Coal and Food Fund
md expended for groceries made the difference
The food was distributed from four different places
on the East Side. It reached homes which had
been personally visited and supplied people VINO
were found to be worthy Of charity.
The first distribution took place at a. m nj the
PRESBYTERIAN Church OF the Sea and Land, at
Henry and Market SITS. Of which the Rev. Alex
ander +. Irvine is pastor. The Rev. Mr.. Irvine has
had q large experience with the poor people or
the East Side. He had charge Of mems lodging
house for a long time. and says that he knows
10000 faces in the Bowery. The charitable work
Of the district about his church Is largely carried
| on by a non-sectarian organization, OF which Fa-
| Their Kean is president Mr. Irvine secretary, and
| Rabbi I.lllentha member OF the Executive Com
mittee
In speaking Of the prevailing distress Mr. Irvine
said: II have known the suffering among
| the poor to be so great. never work 50 scarce
One member OF my church. who Is now destitute, has
not been out Of work before for twenty-five years
Yet worse times to come. j know OF many
families who have not yet reached the end Of their
| rope who will be resourceless soon Tne distress
| Is undoubtedly extending"
HE DIED BEFORE AID CAME.
Mr. Irvine told about several Of the families who
| had received groceries. "a eghty-four years
! Old sent for me the other day." he said. He was
dead when reached the houae. Neither food nor
| coal was in the wretchcd apartment. / made IN
qulries and found that the old man had died from
| starvation, although the family was loath 10 ad-
nit It. wife and hunchback son completed the
| family there. When left the house l asked one
| of the neighbors whom l met the stairs about
the members OF the family. There was nothing
| the matter with them, he answered in matter-of-
fact way, II II was an everyday occurrence eN-
cept that they had been starving for two or three
weeks. daughter and her husband are now car
| ing for the mother and crippled SON"
A young woman who has been useful worker
| in the church was found destitute. She had had
! no coal for ten days and no food for two Gays An
old man, sixty-hve years old, WHO Is struggling
TO support three little grandchildren In Cherryst,
! found the groceries a great help. A crippled woman
who has not been out of her room for 1--WE years,
o room into which CLEAN Of sunshine never pene-
tratos was made cheerful and hopeful by gift OF
food salesman, who has lived for five years in
! one place. who had sold all his valuable household
goods to keep his children from starving. wept with
! ioy when his wife brought home big basketful Of
| groceries
THE sADDEsT CASES OF ALL
"One of the saddest things which 1 have come
across" said Mr. Irvine. ITS the exposure to vice
TO which many OF the women are put referred
Z, this I'm my sermon Yesterday My eyes were first
onened to Il by the remark Of agent OF a house
owner y man may have to say that ne cannot
pay the rent. but woman need never say So
| he said. ] pressed him for an explanation and
came knocking him down when he told. with
brutal frankness, how many agents took advantage
of the defenceless condition Of widows with small
! children and gave hem their rent the wages
of sin I Immediately began an investigation and
! found five women my church who had fallen
recently in this way. They were driven to 1t by
unprincpled agents. They could not bear to see
their children turned into the streets I am making
strenuous efforts to keep tn use women out of the
power Of these agents. a basket OF groceries was
! taken to one Of them this morning.
One OF the active workers OF this church Is an old
| tinker named Bowling. He has fitted up two rooms
in tenement house He lives in one and has mis-
sion in the other which he calls '"rhe Upper Room
| lie is supported by the American Tract Society.
| He carried a basket OF groceries yesterday to a
family in his house who had absolutely refused to
apply anywhere for charity. although 1t was starry
HOW FAR DOLLAR GOES.
| Each family ut the Presbyterian Church Of the
Sea and Land received the following, the cost OF
which was 81 to The Tribune Fund;
one package OF homtny POUNDS
Gre package of rice. ...................,5p pounds
One package OF Goldfish. ..................4 pounds
one package OF pounds
one package Of pouhd
| Two cans OF condensed milk
| The Rev Herman p. Faust superntended another
distribution at the Hebrew Christian Mission, No.
1876 Forsyth-st.. yesterday afternoon. One hundred
families received aid there. nearly all of whom were
| Hebrews pleasing thing occurred while the dis
tcRet and " said i received this oday received
Fund at the East Baptist Church and got basket .
% ss mGrns to hn%s some
family receive the food which you have onered 10
She had been visited by workers from both mis-
sions and had received tickets almost ~ the same
discovered at The Tribune office, for every name
and address are duly entered the books: but her
are surely worthy of charity.
FIrTY-EIGHr DIsPossEss WARRANTS
Mr. Faust added his testimony TO that Of the
! many workers who want increasing every day.
Last Thursday" he said II had iftyeight people
come to me with dspossess warrants. / could not
their rent but have ssn 20 Ssp a sro ne
sns Of the FAMILIES ac'u''y 0''p0''e''e' O"'D ''
The following was given to each family there:
one package OF hominy ................... pounds
one package Of rice .'...'...'.''''.' pou und
| Two cans OF condensed milk.
slxty-one families. nearly all Hebrews, re received
groceries at the East Baptls, Church. No S2l Mad
'ST The Hcw-Yori City Mission aided in dstrIOu
On 10 % f%s sn fG as 9s other
families received aid through the same channel yes
|
groceries were carried TO the homes of the people
| bv ren who had applied for work.
A. the time Of the first distribution there Mrs. l..
! s Rainbridge told story about two old women
| Who were on the list bnt could not be found. as
thov had been dspossessed between the time OF the
| MISSIONARIES visit and OF the distribution OF the
| food The story was published IN The Tribune II
was briefly. that these women mad lived together
ror over twenty years, caring and working for each
| oher suffering great privGtions but always con-
slant and devoted to each other A search was
made for them and they we're found yeSter d
lee ST one OF them The other had died the dav be.
/ fore The dead woman was buried In the Potters
! Field The survivor turned her face again to
douby dark and cherries world Her need Tor
| food was supplied by a gift OF groceries.
! Many orders for coal were also Sent 10 deserving
people Some of those who received groceries could
| not have cooked them II gift ~ coal had not
| been made also A half ton was the amount gen.
orally given to each family.
AN ENTERTAINMENT FOR CHARITY.
An entertainment will be given by the Oswegatehie
Dramatic Club on Saturday evening Mt $50 o'clock,
,o- the benefit Of destitute family. IL VIII take
| nlace at Dare's Academy. No. 1,7% Broadway, near
| M includes