New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18
CITIZENS WORKING TOGETHER
PLANS TO RAISE HALF A MILLION Dull
LARS FOR THE POOR.
THE NAMES OF MANY WELLKNOWN NI'
ADDED TO THE RELIEF CoMMIrTEE-sSo""
ALREADY SUBSCRIBED BY THESE
MEN-A MEETING IN THE

MAYORS OFFICE
Tho Citizens Relief Committee appointed by the
Mayor on Friday a week ago held mee'ns az
the MAYORS office yesterday. Mayor Hilroy pie
sided and w Bayard Cutting was secretary
present were Cornelius Vanderbilt Henry VI
ouand, Eugene Kelly. Seth Low, Samuei ~ ~
cock Jacob Rupert. Perry Belmont 'onn "a r,,
art william T.. Dodge and Nathan ouaus -
IS the committee which at its first meeting ra'seu
$50 90 within itself of the 100000 il fixed as the sum
needed 10 tide over the present distress In TINS CITY
Before 1t adjourned yesterday S-o'VVv au''' ,.
was contributed. making $4,000 In the tuhi Az,
an interchange OF views this resolution was auoP'
"Resol, cd. That 1t is the judgment OF this .o,'
mlttee that none of the money raised shouiu pe
oxnartod imam adminis,ra ton; and that the exist
ing charitable organizations entirely ADEQUATE
70 the work OF distributing any money ra'eu i
the relief of the present distress
The following resolution was ohered py W. D"'
ard Cutting and unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That Samuel d. Babcock. J. Plerpont
uorgan Eugene Kelly Oswald Ottendorfer. Jesse
Scligman Seth Low Nathan Straus, George Ehret
Jacob Rupert Cornelius Vanderbilt. WiliaIh -
whitney Morris X. Jesup, ID. Willis James Henry
G. Marauand Perry Belmont w. Bayard Cut'ihs
William f.. Dodge. John y. Stewart Elorldse j.
Gerry ard Mayor Gllroy be appointed committee
with fnll power to distribute all funds received anu
tina, regular meetings OF this Distributing Com
mIt,ee be held on each Monday at l. m, at the
Office OF the treasurer"
II was decided that all requests for a snare IN
the allotment of the fund be referred to the DIS
tribung Committee with power On rres'u rya
added to those Of The General Committee ana II
was resolved that meetings OF the tha en
OF the chairman: Benjamin Altman. constant ~
Andrews. Daniel r. Appleton John a. S ArcnI Rei
mont Edward J. Berwind Davld Wolfe . bisnEp
Heber r. Bishop. Brdseye Brakeman. Frederlch
- y bliss Clarence w. BOWtil'
BENJAMIN Brewster. Isaac v Brokaw' fr9uel!on
John c0Sy E Ma VsGHGn
A. Burden. Richard Butler. Hugh \; camp, h fahy
claim. Thomas B. Clarke Henry clews' william
p clyde. William F. Cochran, James u; Ho's Cor
bin Jonathan H. Crane John d. Crmmins. E ea1
A Croker, " CTuger, X Sam psvo r Henry
r. "'O pnsoc * William Dowd David D9ws;
John b butcher Ferdinand r. Earle Fab rranS
Charles FairebiId sigourney " Fay. Cortlandt
De T. Field Louis Fitzgerald, Henry NJ fissIvir
G%lIaway. James A. Garland Robert Goelet. Wi-
lam r. Grace. Malcolm Graham Bryce gray t Lux
Arson W. Hard oliver Hartman. Henry o Have
meyer. william F. Havemeyer Henry Henry Z; b1am
Hewitt, Eugene Higgins Hiram Hitchcock Ge9rse
r, Hodgman. Robert Hoe W da H. Huntington,
Henry b. Hyde John II. Imam Adrian lselin: Jr:
Bray59n Ives William H. Jackson JSns JONI WlaE r
King Sheppard Knapp Lee Ko fnaSrv l hape'
KountZc Henry X. kunhardt j. lisnrS i."t ~
Woodbury. LangdOn Charles l.,nler, rdhT's al
Lincoln Leander y. Lowell Joseph T. Low Charie;s
H. I.udington. Edwin A. McApin. John a. Mo a t
James McCreery. Richard y. McCurdy. h0D*1'
Macay. John Il. Manning, Seth NJ Mlllikeh' l.. ~
Mills George Montague. Jordan l.. Mott losdu, -
Murray, r. hamburg. Joseph J. ODonohue: her
mann Oelr!chs stephen H. DIN. Alexander r. orr
Francis \. Palmer Joseph Park. Edwin r. fer,
klns IT, James W Plnchot. Horace Porter; EDWARD
A. Price. George Hagen Putnam George w, Yum,
lard John Harsen -Rhoades John J.. Rlker, j..
Hampton Robb George \. Robbins Ellis H. Rod
crts Georsc H. Robinson Iohn d. R3 pdHdt r
Land Thomas Rutter. Russell Sage, Rob
crt Schell Jacob II. Schin, William X Schlef-
feln Gustav Ii. Schwab. christopher G Shayne'
clair, samuel sloane. William u. sloane, Alfred II.
Smith. Charles :. Smith. George W; Smith. Waiter
stanton John II. Starin Theodore b. Starr. James
IL Stcbbins Henry Steers William Steinway.
isaac stern Francis l.. Stetson. John \ Stewart.
Arson Phelps Stokes. oscar s. Straus william H..
James Talcott. James ". Tappn. Frederic Tay-
lor John T. Terry. Seth T. Thomas. Charles l..
Tiffany J. Kennedy Tod. John T.. Townsend.
Hamilton Mex TwOmbly Warner Van Norden.
Alfred Van SantvoOrd. William H. Webb. Jacob
Wendell. Richard -. Wilson. Louis Windmuller.
lor Richard NJ Hunt Henry Hilton. w. T. Ward
we'll James NJ. Narnum Lucian &. warner
IL was agreed that the Distributing Committee
should be authorized to add to their number when
ever IL seems to them desirable.
on Mr. Nanderbilt's motion II was determined
the Governors Room in the city Hall on Tuesday
afternoon February ~. at o'clock. for the pur-
pose OF taking such action as might be necessary
10 carry out the purpose OF this organization.