Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-15
POOR ARE WITH US.
GREAT NUMBERS ARE SUFFERING
FOR FOOD AND FUEL.
AN APPEAL TO The PUBLIC.
Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Valentine Plead
With Citizens 10 Send Carts ana
Wagons-COunty Poor BEGGING,
TOO--Uard on Tramps.

The Citizens Relief Association the Ia
dies Of the City Mission, and Superintend-
ent Davis, Of the Almshouse. together
did a vast deal of work yesterday in pre-
venting and relieving suffering from cold
and hunger among Richmonds poor.
! There are now in round numbers 40
! families who are being largely helped by
/ the Relief Association and the city Mis-
/ sion. and hundreds upon hundreds OF per
/ sons. white and colored-men, women,
/ and children-came TO the Lower gas
works yesterday all through the day and
/ carried away bags, baskets, and buckets
/ Of gas coke President Valentine ana
/ Superintendent Davis had also borrowed
twenty carts from the Health and Street
departments of the city, and these were
RAINING continuously all oay conveying
/ coke to families i'm need who had re-
ceiyed tickets lrom the Relief Associa-
/ ton or the City Mission.
ALL WERE GIVEN FOOD
Mr. Henry lee Valentine, president OF
the Relief Association. said last night
/ that not q person had applied 10 either
/ his organization or the city Mission FOR
food who had not been aided. This can
not be said, however, or those who
wanted fuel
MIR. Davis said when his days work
had been done that while the carts had
been running ced2eiessly, ana numbers
had gotten coke in bags, &c, more than
two hundred had applied who had tickets
but who could not be supplied owing TO
the fact that carts were 50 few.
/ The situation IS "a peculiar one. The
/ city has plenty of coke. is willing TO
come TO the rescue Of her poor. and only
needs the conveyauces to get # TO them.
| Now. the authorities, who, for the love
Of their kind, are working day and night,
come TO the people of Richmond who
! have carts and wagons and plead with
! them TO lend them for this work. Every
| person in Richmond who has a cart or
wagon not in actual use IS earnestly and
| urgently requested, on the ground of SYM
| pathy for those who are shvering with
| cold: for women and children. whose
poorly-clad forms are crouched all tho
/ day long before checrless and fireless
hearts. TO send it to the Lower Cas-
Works this morning at o'clock, or as
soon after that hour as possible, 10 take
coke to the poor. Superintendent Davis
and Mr. Valentine agree that this appeal
TO the generous and charitable people of
Richmond shall be made as urgent as
possible.
MR.. DAvIss APPEAL.
Mr.. Davis has addressed the following
letter to the Dispatch:
To the Editor Of the Dispatch
Please appeal to the public in your
valuable paper for wagons or carts of
any kind to haul coke from Gas-Works
TO the poor who are suffering. The health
carts are doing what they can, but they
are not sufficient TO meet the demand
will be at the Gas-Works and will fur
nish tickets for coal 10 all In need, If
can find carts TO haul IL away.
GEORGE b. DAVIS,
Superintendent Public Charities
Mr.. Valentine has secured from Mr.
Julian Bryant trustee for 5. p. Clay q
carts TO be used to-day, with the vehicles
the citizens shall send.
The citizens of Richmond, small and
great, have responded nobly to the cries
of the poor I'm the terrible days through
which they are passing. Grocerymen
have given a reduction of half their prohi
on all purchases for the poor Money
has been sent IN large and small quanu-
ties. and so have provisions. The Taylor
& Boiling Company on yesterday sent
Mr.. Valentine twenty-seven bags or noui
to be distributed. .. No.
COUNTY PEOPLE SUFFERING, TOO.
A new problem has just presented Itself
and new mouths have opened 10 be fed.
I'm the past two days persons living in
Uenrico county near Richmond have APP
nIied 10 Mr.. Valentine for help. The per-
sons said that they had nothing what
ever at home TO eat. and asked for any
thing that could be given them. Mr..
Valentine gave them provisions for seye-
raj DAYS. The question arises: Shall this
be done habitually? If a few Of the coun-
TVS poor are helped great many others
will come, and Richmonds people may
suffer on account of il.
HARD OK THE TRAMPS
There are a number Of tramps who have
been driven into the city by the storm
They were without exception thinly clao
and nearly frozen and when they applied
Saturday Sunday, and Monday nights az
the statiOn-houses for shelter from the
storm and almost certain freezing IRON
the cold the officers had 10 turn lhen
away, because OF the tramp ordlna nee
Two tramps came to the First StdtloN
Monday. but they were not given sheiiei
the officers. however. telling them VINE.
they could get lodgings. one appheu a.
the Second station. but he, too was tul u
ed away. Six or seven came To the MAI
chester police-statiOn last night anu l"e
other nights Of the storm ana WEI 49, $50,
a uloce 10 sleep by the fire and mace CON-
Portable Manchester has a chain- 50 ~
ardinarre older than Richmond s. ana W,
Ntavor does not hesitate 10 SEND Ndsran1a
80 Soin 81 hut when a homeless man asks
for q roof on such a night as 'u''''''