New-York tribune., 1895-02-12
AZ IPPE5L From BUSINESS MEN,
THE RELIEF COMMITTEE ASKS FOR FUNDS TO
ENABLE 1T TO CONTINUE IT'S GREAT
WOFK AMONG THE IOOR.

THE RELIEF COMMITTEE ASKS FOX f' MS ~
ENABLE 1T TO CONTINUE ITS GREAT
WORK AMONG THE rooR.
The Business Mems Relief Committee Of the
Industrial Christian Alliance held an executive
meeting Yesterday afternoon in the Offices Of Yer
milye a. Co. No. l6 Nassau-st The substance OF
the business transacted is given in the official re-
port of the secretary, a part Of whch Is pilh'eu
below Among the members OF the Executive COM
mittee present were George ID Aackay, cEaTmdh'
John Seely Ward jr.. Henry II. PIKE, George w
Tay.or. ogden Mills. William Justus Boies. w.
an Washington. Louis Windmuller and Arthur
" Milbury The officers Of the Business Men
Relief Committee are: Donald Mackay' preN-
dent; W. l.. Strong. j. Pierpont Morgan W mite
law Reid Roswell T. Flower, +. l.. Godkn,
yice-presidents: John y. Townsend. treasurer
Henry H. Pike. secretary: Executive Committee
George d. Mackay, chairman; James g. Beeiner'
David H. King jr.. John Seely Ward, jr j. HOOKER
Hamersley, W s Kellogg Henry H. Pike George
W Taylor. Charles S. Foote. secretary 'gueh
Mills John S. Huyler. William Justus Boies' W.
an Washington, Alfred l.. White. Louis Wind
muller and Arthur W Mibury; Committee on
Audits Louis Wndmuer and Alfred L. Whe;
general superintendent. John Lloyd Thomas.
In his report the secretary says;
The committee is urgently in need Of funds .nG 10
Groceries. and to provide the poor with coal and
wood al wholesale cost prices For TINS purpose
scribed during the past year. Contributions may
he sent TO John =. Townsend. treasurer AZ the
or to the Bowery Savings Bank This committee
was organized in December year ago ana estab-
The most needy districts from the Battery to iiar-
lem. one million five hundred ana elenty eu 'nou.
sand meals were given at total expense oi ony ny
CSC s This work M also gave wonI nPI
have been homeless wanderers upon the streets
Peoples Five-cent Restaurants ana Grocerlcs nave nave
been opened at No. l59 Beecker-st: No East
No liz Rivington-st No. 81 Avenue c. and at the
corner of Riyington ana "od and sroceres
sold in d e-cent parcels. TO be eaten upon the
premises an abundant meal or excellent ,quany
cents: while to be taken home for family con-
sumption a quart OF meat-stew, quart OF coHec
and half loaf OF bread are gwen & lor & mye ems M
object is to provide facilities WHEREBY the charta
BILE may most quickly. economlcaly and ssIey
by the unemployed or partially employed may
make their diminished wages or scanty saN,ings
go Two or three times as faI M as as 1haep mo pb na
the rent and the cost of fitting up ana conducuhg
the depots The committee issues iive-cent tickets
dresses Of all the restaurants and redeemable at
any These tickets may be bought either person.
aiiy or by letter at the central office, No llo
a. hungry man square meal OF nutritious food
az AZ cost OF only five cents. and with certainty
A sharp demand is now made that depots be
eestapshed e In the Central West Side in the Cen
ns, srai East cast Side and In Harlem East Side and that
depots 1t is well known to ali Charitable work.
ene ers 'naa nothing more acutely pnches the very
f9r fuel Without storage facilities in their con. p%y
| tracted tenements, they are compelled 10 buv nv
sne pail or & peck at from sl2 $50 ton tn.
open new stations nor add coal and wood unlass
generous Hs response Is made to this appeal John
! No. l8 Bowery. " ~D'~o"aS' OF