The sun., 1897-09-23
MAYOR MADE 'EM GIVE UP.
COLLECTED $50 FROM HIS CALLERS
FOR AN UNFORTUNATE WOM1N.


FOR AN UNFORTUNATE ToMAN.
Everybody in HIs Omco Had TO Cover His
Ante or sa-President 0uiEE Forgot TO set
tie ana Col strong sent - scout out AFTER
Him, who Camo hack with tho 80 HILL
In Mayor Strong's mail on Saturday morning
was n letter written by n woman of education
on robin 's.cgg.bluc note paper. The letter read
ns follows:
" To Mayor Strong.
"DEAR SlR: win you please excuse tho un-
pnrdonablc liberty l have takon in writing to
you. Nothing but dire need and distress, nc.
companied 10y starvation. have made me bold
enough to dare to address you. Oh, for Gods
sake. do something for mo md my starving
baby! DO, for humRnitys sakel am stranger
in this city. My husband left me some time
ago to fight for Cuba have not heard n word
from him since June of this year. Isuppose
he Is dead
IL would not daro seek aid from you, but
cannot get work. do not know anybody hero,
and, for my chld's sake. must do something.
l cannot sec 1t dio of starvation and want be-
fore my eyes. Ihave heard of you and read OF
your sympathy for such unfOrtunates as myself.
Help me to secure n position. For PHYS sake,
snvo usl For myself, would as lief end my
existence. But when l think of my poor, un-
fortunate child. my beautiful boy, want to live
for him.
Just think: Only n crust OF bread we wero
subsisting on. and, to cap the climax. In q few
months become mother again. am willing
to work at anything so can help my little ones.
You. Mr.. Mayor arc strong and powerful. Do
holp mo. Just think! If no ono comes to my
aid, shall die. i cannot hold out much longer
have been starving for nearly n week. All
have | feed TO my baby. Oh, for Gods sake,
help mo to get work of any sorti Don't ignore
thi, appeal. 1t is usi it wero from almost tho
grave. Remember. that it iB from u mother for
All MI. want :. % ,ot ror, ., 0rr sor, - ,oo,
u.s. VIII you do something for usi For Gods
sake helm and nd yiso mo what tn doi Rut don,t
10 ,,,, -, - ,,,,.,I,- .,,'' sk,s - -.
be the means OF having my child taken from
me. could not 1.-Two away from it. Please. II
cnso Io M, Io, INV on, ir ~ i,o,,a'n,a',.s =,
my poverty. 1t would kill me to have it laid
Oarp ,r,' ~ ,.o pup''. -,,
writer was given. The Mayor says tho letter
affected him us nothing has since he moved into
professional beSCars can write soul.moving let
..'s' no oeC..'I " tn'es'tSute s, INC ease lio
thsrSioro sem roiGe'lSn an MSnar, attached 10
lind out what the womnn's condition wos Tho
nn,ico'non toot. some ~ ,hs 49, ;,h
P'''N'"'" ''N'N SN'N VI NV -h"s'' q Ah"ieJ WIN
him to give TO the woman should he find that
h.r condition ,vns such nc doscribo, l., ,holot
M,Gnr f,,trI thnt M, ,ynInnn S,,a 80 inIceI III "a
"a nitinhie ui;,,hr She ana hnr bah~ Who "a .pii IL
vears nid nyc in bal hedroam ~ . Tnrnisb ad
room house Kent by a most resnectabie Cuban
nCG his S1fo In EnsIyar 70 Mhar'a npast t;nns
The woman said thai she was horn an an qs1onI in
The Ensi Indies and ihnt her husband "a ci.ynr
e,ta I"sker Xyas horn IN S,nha Tbo1 H.ra ~
ried 1--WE ycnrs nro in philnIelnbin ,yhnre bnr
hnshnnd yyorLeI M his trada ,,,ntI 'ha onIis,a5
nn5 ,yent tn Cnhs She said ihat hefnra ber
Snnrriayn sbs Ind hccn iaI "a ,ai1 ap hTr i
,hnt "SSua'itv bnd scrvcd NJ EIna VIII
Homer before the iatter's marriage. for several
yenrs N.hnr ,nund that The ,Xnm.n had haen
yrtualy IiVinH ON wafer FOR nrnrIv nav N Wei
She eynects 10 6ernnc n mother again in No.
y"mber Mahnr left The Msyor's Sift ard rc.
nnrtcd what hn h,1 round ont e ~ -
fSestrrdnr moruint, nm nnnsuallr Isrge Num-
her Cf urrsGus sailed ;o SOC the II, ror Thnrc
vrrc s,ntrsmcn aud ordinary noijfiTi.ns and
rity nttrinIs NM uiain ov"ry.ia AZ citiysns Tba
Nayor keut iii Gis rnilcrs' daS;giinE, mni II ihc
otiCe wss iniriv we'll nIIed Thar Ia s.ii. ~
:Now ,rniiiman i"i's atom all hnsin"ss for n
| fe,y ,niniIt.s I'yr s,n,,.i linz tn sav 70 ynn
Ever sinH, r., been Naynr snmeboIy has 6ccn
i,x.ya ,,,,. ~, d. j. in, - t',,nyr ~ Srr,i
"t yGn fcIInws her, bnyr had avTs 70 yri,G
Nnty I'm poin,y tn ipI,, th tnhlas yS.,t , vn,i
+" do MINI, ror ,n, w. mora yt,I,Da
rot In do Il, 'TH.rr'. mo- r.,,,rn for nnr owl, - W
Thrn ma M,ynr iriI he story nF IN" ie,ter
and .n,ird i,y saving. N