The sun., 1898-02-01
FUND FOR SUFFERERS
Charitable People Willing to Join
1t to Help New Castles Poor.
MANY WILL CONTRIBUTE
So Many Families in New Castle Need
Food That II General Fund is
Absolutely Necessary to
Prevent Starvation.

, Prevent Starvation.
The facts uf the condition Of the poo
families of New Castle which apprarc
in this paper yesterday caused widt
spread comment in the little town.
The indsputub.c Information which
put before the authorities and claritabI
societies Of tine town caused no snla
amount Of surprise to these dignitaries
These people now realize that there ar
others who know the exact status q
affairs in the toWn and ar willing to z
in among the sufferers and find out tII
extent ol their needs.
Several members OF the Associate,
/ Charities after reading the facts yester
day morning openly confirmed the state
mcnt tn rein made by several Of the Sli
iering families to the effect that the. A.
s)catcd Charities has done somethn,
f,r them but it is manc to supply thci
needs regularly. Indeed said one OF t h,
members of the Charity Association yes
terday afternoon, ''it is true that we are
II 1t able to respond prompt Iy to all re
quests made to us
'lIave You friends enough on hand o.
in ss Int to look after the needs Of all the
famiI cs, in the event Of a winter appea
0: all the sufferer5?' this member was
sked.
'Inde d W. have not,' was the reply
Our funds are limited and we can take
care Of only few Of those whose eondi.
| tion is hope ess, and then it is impossi
bic for us to send food to these few ever,
day. .,..
The present allowance made by the
associate d charities to- these few families
as testified to by the suffering families
which receive them and also by members
# the society, is very, very small, and is
not made regularly every day nor
regularly every week.
There are about two dozen families in
New Castle who are receiving assistance
from the associated charities. A dozen
and more OF these have been supplied
by the willing and generous association
for several weeks. Each Of the families
is thankful to the association for its as
sistance, but each nevertheless is not
getting the amount Of food it actually
needs to sustain vitality.
IbI tIlC uSlldI ullONHIlCt
made by the associated charities to the
suffering families is :
Cne pound of sugar, one pound of
coffee, quart of pcas,a quart Of hominy,
a cake OF soap, some wood.
Occasionally family gets a sack of
flour and some few articles Of clothing
These provisions are not sent every
day. No; they are sent once in two
weeks or three weeks. There are more
than dozen families in New Castle, con
slstng of five persons, which have lived
on the small amount of ratiOns named
above, and aided there are some which
claim that they are unable to secure
more from the associations Trustee of
the Poor Toman's assistance to the fam
lilies is likewise Is limited as the asspcia-
ted charities.
The Associated Charities and the
women are Of course doing their best to
relieve the situation This fact is adj
mittcd by everybody in the town. bj
the situlti N is getting beyond their
control. The concenslls OF opinion
among the sufferers is in form of IL gen
crai fund inaSnnuch as it will be abso-
Iut"ly imp '>'-ibIc for the charitable per
sons and societies tD supply the nce,ls
OF the fifteen hundred and more needy
persons for the indefinite period before
the resumption OF work at the iron
mills.
Several prominent residents spoke
yesterday on the subject OF the startilg
of genera fund, said that they favor it
and would add their note to help the
They said with marked
emphasis that the sooner the fund is
raised the better, or, while those who
are engaged in the work of fecdin, the
families are doing noble work,
they cannot possibly take care of all
those who are actually in want and 60
to bed hungry five night in week. .
These residents also declared that for
families Of five and Fix the small sup
plies sent them by the charity societies
IS too ncagre and only acccntuates their
lpprtilcS.
The sn,wst,rm Yesterday added t, Tie
scenes Of dcsolation and destitrtion in
many Of the Ne v Castle homes. In scv-
,raI homes visited yesterday the snow
blew through crAvices in the window
'ranrS on to the floor of the carpctIcs,
md iirclrss diniBgroonS, making tie
ccne anything bu, one Of happiness and
Dro>p rnv.
Three i;miIics moved ont of New Ca,-
'e in the snuWStorIn yesterday.
A canvass Of ali the shops in New
art'c yesterday developed the conf'lcn-
ial information that the situation j.
omct hing awful, and rothing to be cast
side by truthful newspapers in II few
words.
The IIorncr family, of New Castle yes
rreAy received u little food from Mrs.
iurnc,'S mother, in Elkton, Md, Mrs
lornrr said yesterday that she dislikrd
o tell her mother the true condition of ..
fairs but was compelled to by sheer
necessity.
One storckccpcr seen yesterday has
'rcn in business in the town for twenty
i've years. "iuu can say for me- he
aid, '1Iat things arc worse than the I
snp|e of Wilmington think they are, t
IN as bad off as any of the poor fam 5
lies and ii these mills don't open up ,
onn will be worse off than them" t
This storpkccper expressed the opinion |
hat the only way the situation can be
properly relieved is by popular fund.
This hand to mouth business" he said, G.
can't keep up forever s
About one hundred and twenty-five 2
+ the iron works men have secured EN- G