New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-02
ANSWERING CALLS FOR AID.
THE TRIBUNE FUND RELIEVES MANY
POOR FAMILIES.
DEsPAIEING PARENTS AND SUFFERING Chill
DEEN FOUND EVERY DAY-NEED OF


CHARITY FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
The number Of families who received timely aid
from The Tribune Coal and Food Fund yesterday
was 28. Each supplied with baske;fu Of
groceries worth 81. containing enough food to last
for several days. The calls for assistance come
from every part Of the city, and they met as
promptly as possible.
The Home Industrial School. at Flrst-ave. and
Thrty-second-si.. where OF the distributions
took Place. has average attendance Of l&j chill
iren every schooday. All Of them come from poor
homes and a large proportion have frequently
known what 1t meant to to bed supperless and
To 20 to school in the morning faint with hunger.
In addition to the luncheon OF bread which is
always given to the little ones. it has been found
necessary this winter to provide bread for break
fast in order keep the pathot tic spectacle of suf
ferng children outside the schoohouse doors. \
milkman in the ncGhborhocd of the school il
giving milk each day to the children. and most of
the pupils have bread and milk luncheon every
day. Besides this. about twenty loaves Of bread
are carried home to the most needy families every
day by the children. These additional charitable
measures have been found to be absolutely neces-
sary in some cases to prevent starvation Yet
even these measures have not been sufficient
prevent great distress and the of the school
welcomed chance to provide temporarily for
hfty-sevcn worthy families through The Tribune
Fund The homes Of all these people visited
by the teachers. Some of the poor families have
been known To them and visited for years.
SHE CAME FROM KEY WEST WITH 81
one woman who is in the severest straits
was known to the principal Of the school when
both were little Cir She married, and left this
city Her husband died. and she left last
summer, az Key West Fla. with seven small
children ana no money Kind-hcarted people raised
money enough to pay the passage Of the woman
and her children to this city. where they had
latives. They arrived here with just 81 and the
clothes they wore. The relatives 10 whom they
looked for help were in distress themselves. and
scruhlins ana odd jobs of al kinds to pick up
enough money 10 keep f~~ family together The
cally ceased altogether now. The family has no
resource. and is forced to depend upon charity.
ION. THE OUTLOOK Is 80 DARK"
Another woman has worked silk weaver for
many years. The factory closed this winter and she
became i'll { .ough priyation and worry. When the
visitor called she said "Oh. the outlook is SO dark.
I owe two months rent now ana should have been
turned the STREE II had not had an unusually
kind American landlord. It IS hopelcssncss that
makes me III. feel that could soon become well
ana work hard if / could see even a ray Of hope.
Perhaps il Will make mo feel better to see some
very grateful Or the groceries Tho want and
suffering in thif household had not been suspected
10y the teachers. T.e children To- school neatly
dressed and apparently well cared for The poor
mother had sacrificed herself for the children and
Among those who carried large basketful OF
groceries away from the school a icW.lcr. He
used To- make fair wages and To- support in com
frt his wife and two children He had been forced
:, pawn all the clothes ~ the family which were
not in actual use lie had not been able to get
work even At sweeping fhe streets.
The winter has been hard on tn" families OF many
brlcklayrfs Th'S. men earn good wages IN u"
summer and plan % lay hy enough To- carry them
through trc winte~. when there is always little
work The hard times began So soon as To- deprive
them Of their accustomed summers work laS year
and III. winter came upon them without IN" usual
provision FOR Tho snowy lays on" of n" teachers
AT the school said that fully half the families
scented there had procured all the coal which they
had burned this winter from the streets. As soon
as school out The children would get basins ana
baskets and follow the coal carts about picking up
the pieces OF coal which were jolted OF.
LARGE BAsKETsrUL or GROCERIES, GIVEN.
The children brought large baskets to school with
them Yesterday which were packed bv the teachers
before the hour OF the distribution. y. m. The
mothers or fathers came Tor the loaded baskets.
The children could not carry them. Each basket
contained the following.
One sack Of pohi
one package Of homlny Observation-Disclosures. POUNDS
Of p'uHlH
of p'"il'
packag" Of = l''Ni
\ distribution among Italian families took place
in the hail Of the Italian Republican cub SO @Z-l
Flrsi-avc at > T. IN. Their" Is large colony "t
thcsr people in Harlem who ar" IN great distress
this winter. The nurlDc OF laIlll4l'S WIZ i'N''''H
aid there l.h. -.
Twcuiv-six familie~ received groceries AT =
clement church. West Third and Macdougal SITS
az which tho Roy \. i. Thompson IL rector As IN
the other districts careful Investigations preceded
the GstrbuilOn