New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-20
FOOD FOR THE WORTHY POOR
CONTINUED WORK OF THE TRIBUNE
FUND.
,.,t,r,rAN AND ITALIAN FAMILIES RECEIVE
TIMELY AD-THEY CAN GET 80 WORK.

,r ~ this city who unable. account OF
~, barl times to get work. continued yester-
lov among the Italians and Bohemians.
Tho cases Of fifty Italian families who received
orocori.s AT 80. b Muberry-st. brought to
~, attention Of the agents Of the Tribune Coal
o,d FOOD Furl by Carlo Barsotti. eCStor and pro-
nr,.,or OF I'll Progresso Italo-Americano" and
~, distrlbution made To them with the aid
~ workers connected with that paper. Twenty Of
tho families were known personally to Mr. Bar
eo,,f .ixty-fve were selected 10y the Italian Home
No l7o Second-ave- and fifteen were vouched for
nc worthy by the Italian Benevolent Society No
% v,rick Place Each family received the follow
ing:
one package Of rice...................... pounds.
One bag Of beans........................ quarts.
Canned tomatoes were also ordered. but they did
not arrive in time for the distribution.
No district Of this city. perhaps, is 50 well-known
as the abode If poverty and wretchedness as
that between Broadway and the Bowery. beginning
q few blocks above the City Hall and extending
considerable distance uptown. The mere mention
Of Ravter-sf Mott-st and Mulberry-st. calls up
visions If foul tenement houses densely populated,
and streets ana alleys swarning with men. women
and children The lower part Of hottest near
Chatham Square - almost exclusively occupied by
Chinese That is the centre of the Chinatown of
this city Chinatown. however. does not extend far
above tho bend in hottest, and from that point
extending uptown for many blocks is the Italian
portion Of Mott and Muberry-sts. which Is com
monty called Italy" 1t is in this district that
most OF the worst cases Of destituton are to be
found among The Italians, and these cases are
simply appalling both in the intensity and the
extent Of the suffering.
THE HOUSES IL ITALY"
The buildings there are tenement houses Of the
worst kind. They were built with the one idea Of
housing as many families as possible. The apart
mcnts seldom have more than two rooms. Even
the Easements and attiDs are divided into rooms
and let to the poorest people. Nearly every tene-
meni house has narrow passage-way leading
through IT, This affords insrcss and egress to those
who live in the rear. In some places there are
brick tenement houses in the rear which are fun
~ human beings from attic 20 cellar In other
places there are only the remains OF old wooden
frame houses. which have been patched up by the
owners and made t. yield revenue from their
miserable occupants II was from homes in such
places that the women came to 40. - Mu'"er'!-
So o. receive "a" groceries.
one Of the mon connected with the Italian paper
said - a Tribune reporter: There WAS never sue"
distress among the Italians in this city rs exists
now The Italians arr thrifty. Nhen 'h'S '"'n
money thev save some Of IT, When they get ont OF
,y,rt ,t.v almost an have something to live upon
f,r d, fi,l, The many calls for aid when are now
coming thick ana flst show that the I'Qpr NY"
done c'eT5 tant 10 apIlsanc" any oneer
Nearly I'll The families relieved today cone rom
M N"r'h o. li'it 49, ,,herr th1re was widow
idmlN~- IN h''t t.'7,, " H. ...h., I'm
with ch''d''" '' N'''''''' anu '.'',' 80. op,
oNE-IAfT oF 1UE UoIiI.MiANS OF '' WYNN
The evening distribution took place at The Be-
haruiar PRESBYTERIAN Church. No. ~ i.AS' SeN'|E
., - .,, 3D.. N-irc.n, lisek ~ been pastor
I'"'H'-S-' -" ~ .t Ia l..,.,t.l
~ this church !of '''N'N !f''-' '''' '''
himself to work among the bohemian poiu-
lailon u this city There are about WN" Bone
Iv diem ul. no .. n-l.ho,raooI OF Ffih-st and
ih,f" T. -''' .-' 'o'''' I" hye the smallest
AMI fo,si miserable. homes There is another colony
the E,s, Sr IN Tnrty-eghth ana M .yil n,Il
sts and the alleys adjoining. ana thete Is sun an
other a-ffem"nf nf H0htmdnS near thr 'huIVn, III
East $ yenfy -fDurth-st. IN" prhclpdl p'cuPh,.ivl
~ the Rohsnilns u this city II ciGaimlklhk ~ -
.fi,ai.- 81 by the w1ra,rs counrctr VIII the KEY.
'tr Pis.Ks charcn that fully one-Sdr Of the mon
\. our of employment. Many ~ the cigar factories
\ So. closed ami machines have been introduced
No other, which dr the work hitherto done ny
UlnI. thus taking tnr pace oi MANY men
e. d., ''.. t.,,.. nm, - a. 81, 4 week Tn.lr
....t.r., ,f-, work factories ana
.-, MIN, ,.,,,rI tra euru1rt of m, family
l,h.. t.,rJ Times fntIuI many ID
" ".I DOL e. III 49,, ,.hict ,b., havr
t,,I ~ r,"r,b. ,hus thny have been Qua Of work
urra s %. typical ease. The man came 10 the