New-York tribune., 1899-02-14
IT BEGINS TO PINCH TIE EA0I SILL
WORK SCARCE IL THE GHrTTo-scHEMlNd ~
KEEP ALIVE.
KEEP ALIVE.

Poverty Is n most serious proposition IN sucn
tf,,ee nc these rs the people Of the East side nave
learned to their sorrow. In tho tmcKy popus'eu
tenement districts the buying ana soih"s ~
mostly hv small tradesmen, who lay i'll INV" Nf
niles from day TO day, and have no reserve SUN ''
bond for emergencies. They arc far removed from
the base Of supplies and with traihc OF al K''uS
,iooled {, is practically Impossible Tor them 10
count ,non q renewal Of their wares. AS result
nr,crr Of necessities of lie had risen iniF o0 per
cont Yesterday. Small buckets OF COAL ""ch al
ordinarily obtalnable for 10 cents. had gone 10 ~
cents and many dealers were unable 10 supply any
coal at all - 49,. .ho
,,orn rores.ont patrons were assured that ue
man uptown has promised me ton ny III u'e
morning sure" In the mean time those persons
whose slipples had all given out huddied III thc
dark tenemonts. trying best to be cheeriul ueSp"o
the fact that they lacked fires. No little suffering
was relieved by the generosity OF somo uis''lc'
rureoe who mndo their rounds through the tene-
,,or,-houscs Notwithstanding tho difficulties ana
suffering which the journey entaled. Where they
found families without coal they Immediately III
s,sted that the needy ones should help themselves
from the supply which they had on hahH' Al 'ii''
wa, considerable misery was averted
Few women were the streets OF the Last
eido Yesterday except IN the early morning hours
when not few seen on their way 10 tne
nawnshops In some instances carrying the IaS'
inflow or some article of household furniture "h'h
had TO be sacrificed 90 buy coal 1t hAs become "
practice with some uptown folk TO make pIsrln-
ages TO the East sdo in the hunt for antique brass
Gods Al such times as these the little merchants
are able to lay in "A plentiful stock at small COST
NJ sucb articles as are priced by connolsseurs ana
collectors. The seven-branched candlestick
BROUGHT from Russia. and before when the
Jewish mother blesses her children on FI'o"y
evening is the last sacrifice to tho needs OF hunger
and cold. ..
The princ,pal articles Of sustenance on tho East
Side at present are tea and bread Meat mas
doubled in price and the ordinary suppeh,tt.Sggm t
has gone from 10 TO n cents pouniu, ,be nresent
prico il Is not TO be thought o. 49, an esS ~ IS b
r ris , boc,Iise thcy DO not like it. but simply
becafse eggs to-day cost four cents ,,
In so,nn ~ the sweatshops. ordinarily hives OF
,4,-s,u" no work was going on yesterday. Sew
cral ~ inc manufacturers tried TO keep busy pNi
tbe needles Of the workers became briule ana
IroI,a off I'm the cloth and the cost of heating me
rooms moro than thc smal aihCg'I s 81, "a $40
hovs we're idle yesterday because the I'.'oItSs -,
where they work had been smut Gown 10 sdsr t,ie
exrouse Of coal. The spirit ~ hepiunc-s was "l,
rSrt,t everywhere and no few instances were
learned II where poor families helped DINERS VINO
were poorer. one man with seven mouths 10 ie,u
,rsra5ea To- snare something for widow neiGh-
b"r whose child was sick and who had no means TO
Guy nourlshmort Such instances are common ln
fhS toncments and the people themselves take 1t as
IN mn not ' Of ,be narrow East side streets the snow
lay high on tho sidewalks. and llttle nag Decn 1
done toward the removal An OcCaslolhI uoF VI
,,iri va seen with broom trying 10 make e pas
sage-way Although Cra4dst Is 0fdgaT5y s5aJs Oe eaS
bolidoyr n showed fcw signs OF life yestcrday.
The stores were all closed and even ,ro 'e ne e1y sIVe
vac consDiclous by his absence. The diminuiNe
ADMIRAL Dewcys and Admiral Schcys Tro nave nave
Ion,harlod ua@scrs- by for many days WIN sh1"
and ice proiecttes had evidently lost all ZHst Tor
warfare. ana pedestrians enjoyed welcome iruce
Tho Uttle bOhtailed crOsstCUH cars dld Epou @"'-
vice on The whole. and carried many pa7senEers
To be sure the drivers seldom succeeded ~ STOP
ni,c AT the crossings. and many maedicuons
vwtre bcancd upon their heads By passengers VINO
had 10 founder through the drifts to me sac,
y,aiks Mon and women helped each other, ana
tHe picture frequently suggested chains Of Alpine
travellers But, the whole. people were 8ooq.
which characterized truck driver who in re- e.
s-oreo "a repeated warnings from a car-gong 10
ff tho rack sent back the good-humored
renlv: IT'S no use to hurry trOo life anyhow and
the poor dumb beasts amt having no picnic
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