New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-22
SCORES OF HUNGRY PEOPLE.
THE SOUPHOUSES CROWDED EVERY
DAY.
LONG LINES THAT FLOCK TO THE PLACES OF
RELIEF MORNING AND NIGHT-MANY APP
pEAI.s FOR MONEY AND SUPPLE

PEAIs FOR MONEY AND SUPPLIES
Six men were taken in yesterday at the home Of
the Industrial Christian Alliance In Bleecker-st.,
and will be fed and clothed and put upon their
feet so as to be In proper condition to look FOR
work This makes 100 men who are now In
the Home and who have been rescued In the same
manner They each help to do the work OF this ex-
ceent charity and are eager to continue doing SO
until the extreme distress Is over. when they hope
TO be provided with permanent situations else
where All this Is separate from the serving or
hot meals to the people at five cents each, many
hundreds OF whom treated In this way every
day.
The Relief Association In the Annexed District,
OF which Assemblyman Arthur {. Butts Is chair
man and the Rev. ". 7. McElveen secretary. has
been doing good work since it was organized a
few weeks ago 1t has provided relief for more
than $50 families. thus carrying ont the idea that
everything possible should be done TO give Keller In
such a way that the family would not be broken
up.
The top floor OF the handsome building known as
the Holy Cross Lyceum In West Forty -third-st.
Is where the gymnasium Is. but 1t Is made to serve
a widely different purpose in these days Second
hand clothing Is piled up In bundles all around ana
on the grodnl floor groceries and provisions done
NJ In parcels ready 10 be taken home. may De seen.
The Rev. Richard j. Keeffe. who Is at the head
OF this work In that part OF the city. asks FOR as
S.Stance, DOtn IN money anu h"pPhe'' ""A '>-'
tina, the committee will send to any address Tor
food and clothing.
The Sisters OF the Good Shepherd have added 10
their work a storeroom for secondhand clothng
and ask that things OF that Kind be sent 10 mem,
which they will dispose OF atterward AT noimhaI
,rices Clothing may be sent TO No Az west
Nlneteenth-st - ..o ~
At the nve-cent restaurants No. 81 Avenue Z,
No 81 Market-st.. and No. 2.2S Second-ave. long
lines OF men waited for their turn 10 be served
early I'm the morning and again In the evening yes.
teriay. Many Of those who visited the Avenue =
place were women. and they took away large
Quantities OF knocked food 10 their homes.
There was no Sign Of dimnuton IN the nunoer
Of thos- who ockcl at O'Clock in the morning 70
something free TO eat after having tramped me
streets all night. The Rev stephen Merritt, WHO
saws a couple Of charitable men give him cer,ain
sum each month 20 help keep the place gong mas
get there I'm the morning they are allowed 20. 20 lie
on the noor and while waiting for breakfast.
st Joseph's Day Nursery, No 4I3 West FIFTY
nrst-si vans help The mothers who leave their
dav 10 heea their families together ana sacrincre
a good deal to keep their little ones out OF puo1lc
Institutions. An entertainment Tor the dement, Oh
the Horne will be held this evening IN COLUMBUS
Hall in West Sxtieth-st =,
The members Of the Sewing Circle OF the So
dalitv OF the Children OF Mary. In connection win
81 Stephens Church In East Twsn,y-eighth-st
arc making up new clothes and repairing old ones
Rev Charles II. Cotton. pastor of the church. re-
quests that goods be forwarded so mat me mem,
hers OF the circle may be able TO enlarge Inc Bood
work which they are doing.
THAT branch os the East Side RELIEF work Com,
rri,ies which has charge OF hiring unemployed
men 10 clean the streets Will add 30 more to the
iiat Tomorrow making IN all 40 heads or families
who Will then be engaged al ths Work III 81 u Gay