The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-06
MANY MAN STARVING.
Grim Want Stalks Abroad in City
OF Havana.
HANY ARE TOO PROUD TOBEG.

in Every strect-Twcnty-ilvc Thou.
sand Persons Suffering GrT Ncccssi.
tIcs Of Life.
KS Havana correspondence OF the New
ffork Press: The coming OF the Ameri-
isfns to Havana as result OF the peace
'sbet%cen the United States and Spain
has done little for the suffering poor OF
she city. In fact, the situation is worse
NOV than 1t WIS the day after the sign
8tnS OF the protocol.
Evidences OF dire distress and power
~ are conspicuous In every street, and
lsat night the sidewalks Of, the thorough
sfarcs are crowded by the unhappy NOR
sStals who are compelled TO find a nights
slodging on the stones OF the doorways.
10 some extent this was the case i'm
smedlately after the blockade. but for
spme reason Il has increased ever since.
Then only the poor Of Havana proper
9twerc to, be secn., Now the poor from
the surrounding country and the ad-
tEccnt cities. who have heard OF the in
Ffux ofAmcricans, have made their way
here in order TO beg subsistence which
they were unable 10 find where they
.ssgere.
sSThc result is disappointing to them.
For the first month after the war Amer
stsans gave freely 10 the beggars OF the
stHtrcet, but It soon became an old story;
the same besgar was compelled to beg
IRON the same niau the second, the
sthird time. and so on indefinitely. Soon
Sthc man who had given aid 4 dozen
atimcs became, tired of the never-ending
astream OF beggars that approached him,
.tand he made up his mind TO refuse. and
Che has refused ever since. Such is the
3sstory of the street beggar.
a ;ss But the suffering in Havana, the
worst suffering. is never known to any
3 zone save he who investigates. In the
Rhomcs where the blinds are closed and
1.-The doors seldom opened: where there
snre exterior signs OF peace ana comfort,
1.-the worst suffering Is to be found. The
Of these homes in many in
atanccs are widows with children who
shave not tasted bread for. days and to
I5whosc palate meat Is almost an I'M
isknown substance. These persons, with
Sgood blood in their veins. nrefer to die
rather than to bcg.
55;5An example worthy OF Illustration
tbsearinS directly on this subject was
5presented yesterday in front OF the Ho-
Iftel Pasjc. 4 woman. miGtlle-aged.
Hdfessed in black,,u dress that had seen
sstmany better days and which originally
SSwas of fine texture, appealed to sew
aerrl persons in front OF the hotel. She
ssspokc broken English: She explained
that she had lived In the United States
Sfm number of years; her husband was
AN American: he had died. and she had
iisrsturned 10 her own people In Havana.
She was living IN n fiat wherein had
Sldlcd that very morning two children,
,s$the cause Of whose death was atarva-
Stlon. She took the writer to the room
land showed the two little corpses upon
ii pallet OH. the loor. The mother, who
fSfas:also Il widow. lay on n bed nearby
4dyins from the same troublc-starva-
sStt6n. No other words were necessary to
ssstell'thc story. There was the evidence:
therc were two dead children and their
smother almost dead. The guide gave
Z the writer u dozen addresses where SIM
Stlnr scenes were being enacted, and
these all within a small radius.
No,hing is being done to relieve the
,sterriblc suffering In Havana. The
6SUnitcd States government has given
unemployment TO several thousand men,
3 but all these men represent only small
of the suffering population.
SThcrc are almost 100000 Inhabitants In
3lthe city. or these $4,000 are suffering.
EITAey have no food. no clothing, no
\ home. The men OF the family cannot
obtain work, There are few industries
Gin Havana that give employment.
A Many OF the sufferers are Spaniards,
esand 1t Is n fact, while sad one, that
s&sthis class IS being Disseminated against
TIN favor OF the Cubnn3. The Spaniard
srealizcs when he applies with Cuban
Shto an American for work that the Gu
HEban will get the preference. He be-
lleves this. and perhaps has experienced
chat such is Il fact, and therefore ap-
plies with little or no spirit
s8 The road from Havana to the ceme-
.sg8sterles. distance. of two miles. has for
1ffrc months seen n continuous process
sBion OF funerals. In the summer the
S4dcnihs were attributed 10 the fever.
Eater In the season other diseases were
Sgsaid to be the cause, but now the fever
sshas vanished. Not case OF smallpox
cyclists, so that the truth has at last
sSmadc itself evident.
ss5s People are dying from starvation:
fEchlldren, men and women.
HI Sometimes two and three out OF one
familyGdic, the same day, yet The Amer