New-York tribune., 1895-02-13
A SUBSTANTIAL GIFT OF l5o TONS OF COAL TO
THE TRIBUNE FUND-O1HER WORTHY IN
sTRUMENTs OF RELIEF WORK.

SUBSTANTIAL. GIFT OF $50 TONS OF COAL TO
THE TRIBUNE FUND-oTHER WORTHY IN
sTRUMENTs OF RELIEF WORK.
The generous response which always follows any
extra call upon the purses and sympathes OF the
New-York public is proverbial The usual iule In
this regard has not been departed from In the case
OF the present and past distress resulting from
last weeks cold weather. The contributions to The
Tribune Free Coal Fund. above acknowedged, af-
ford shining example OF this truth. One o.
the useful OF the contributions Is the cargo Of
l5O tens Of coal given by Dickson d Eddy, OF NO -
Broadway. This firm wrote the manager OF The
Trbure Coal Fund follows:
We shall be pleased to contribute a cargo OF our
own coal to The Tribune Free Coal Fund. and de-
hNer the same alongside any dock you may name
sire of coal reqnired We can ;osd more Than one
size a boat.
For the benefit OF any other coal dealers who
might wish to contribute In this manner. 1t may be
said that the quality found useful IS white ash
nut coal But almost any kind be used, and
would be refused for the reason that the coal
blockade has rendered It nearly impossible TO buy
coal OF the firms with whom The Tribune has dealt
heretofore II IT had not been for the generous
tion Of Messrs. Dickson G. Eddy the work Of this
charity would now be at standstill. with a consd-
erab.e surplus OF money hand, simply because
coal could not be bought
The condition Of things In the city has created a
dimcuty In distributing the coal thus obtained.
Colonel Waring having monopolized all Of the avail
able carts for snow removal. 1t has been difficult
to obtain enough TO cart this coal from the wharf
Eight or ten carts are now at work. but these
slowly on account OF the heavy wheeling resulting
from the large amount OF snow In the East Side
streets.
Inc Tribune would like to hear from experienced
enarity workers who can give the names Of fam
mes wnom they know to be deserving and In actual
".ea OF the halfton Of coal which be furnished
unlir III
I,e once IS not desired. for the that
tnere IL no machinery for Investigation The de-
Oh. 70 :" "orK through established organizations
""." nave the means Of knowing the condition
vi ."e idih'ies whose names they send in. Fol-
lowing are some Of those who have already AZ
sisted In this way: Mrs Kirnher n, ,ha Cn,ornd
Mission. at No. 1876 West Thr,le.bst ,oo nam.s
OF colored families; the Rev. Y c. Thoms Of tho
Mariners Temple. Oliver and Henry sts ,oo rome.
OF families; the Rev. II. p. Faust OF the prasbv
terian Hebrew Christian Mission. No. ls Forsyth
st., 80 families; the Association for Improving tho
Condition Of the Poor, a list Of Is worthy annli.
cants daily: Miss f. Haight. principal Of the Weyt
Side School OF the Childrens Aid Society 2,
samilies; the Rev. W T Elsng. Of the Dewitt
1t Is % particularly desired to reach those in.
dustrious and ordinarily self-supporting people
by the continued lack OF work. resulting from the
hard times, and who will neither ask for nor
One Of the most useful forms Of assistance to
the would-be self-supporting poor is the cheap
restaurant where good food Is sold at cost price
or less the deficit being supplied by charitable
oIsanization. The Business Mems Relief Com
mttee Of the Industrial Christian Alliance IL doing
u noble work in this way. Their fve.cent res
TrSuiants and groceries are overrun with business.
ihesc have been esta blished at No. l53 BIeecker-
,.Not East Broadway Chatham Square,, No
.nrrKet-st. r No. il2 Rivington-st.. No 81 Avenue
ano AZ Rvington and Goerck SITS. At all OF
snn nsss aePots both cooked food and groceries are
sssS ss GS be ipsn as o
wSs,e coffee and bread is given for five cents:
ouars 20 20 oe taken home for family consumption a
IcrS ~ meatstew, a quart OF coffee aud half a
Of this Sresd are given for five cents The funds
NAV x. .cvmmttee are running low. Contributions
- tt~y oe sent to the treasurer John r. Townsend
Inc nowefy Savings Bank.
n ShsD tuo!omews Mission, under the direction
aiso - supefintendent, Colonel H. H. Hadley, has
ss"s 'nto this line. and has established finely