New-York tribune., 1900-09-13
NEW. YORK RESPONDS NOBLY
MORE THAN $4,000 RAISED FOR SUI
FEREns IN TWO DAYS.
F1yNp FOR THE RELIEF or THE TEXAS
VICTIMS WILL SPEEDILY PASS THE
100000 MARK.

Now-Yorkers have already raised between $4,000
and $50 900 fo- the Galveston sufferers. and have
only got started. This Is the work of just two
days. and the subscriptions have been forwarded
In nearly all cases without even a personal re-
quest being made for them. When the systematic
work OF solicitation and collection gets fairly under
way. a system which the Merchants Association
has organized, the 100000 mark will quickly be
pa ssed, and New-York will uphold her record as
a giver I'm time OF calamity whose generosity Is in
proportion TO her wealth. So many different funds
have been started for tho victims Of the Texas
hurricane and subscriptions kept coming in so
late last night, that absolutely accurate figures OF
the grand total were impossible 20 obtain. The
Relief Committee of the Merchants Association re-
oeived additional subscriptions sufficient to bring
Its fund up to s24.761: the Mayors fund swollen
to So 1872 the Cotton Exchange fund reached $47OO:
the Mercantile Exchange fund s2o0O the Produce
Exchange fund $500; 1.-The Newark IN j. Evening
News fund $4,000, and THE New-York journal
fund t6.l76 90. The Board of Directors of the
Southern Pacific Railway gave $500 direct; the
American Steel Hoop Company. the American Tin
Plate Company. the National Steel Company and
the American Sheet Steel Company 10000 together;
the Royal Baking Powder Company, 1000, and the
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society. 81 coo.
THE Christian Herald" received $500 from the Rev.
DR.. Talmage and his wife, which forwarded.
Moore q Schley, bankers sent $500 direct. The
Tribune received and forwarded to the Governor
OF Texas so from Moses Lyman SIS from H. G..
Bell, $40 from r. .. IttleJohn, S25 from j. i. VIII
kinson and s25 from James NJ. Spears. The Trib-
une also received So from William S. Ryan and 81
from "E z. r. and c." which has been turned
over to the Merchants Association. These sums.
together with the previously reported subscriptions
such $1,000 from the Standard OIL and several
others of $1,000 each easily exceed in the aggre-
gate $4,000
MERCHANTS TO SEND SUPPLIES.
The Relief Committee Of the Merchants Associa-
faI
'erday. In the name of John D. Crimmlns treas
of the committee. si2 AL received up to that
time The secretary thereupon telegraphed that
fact to Governor Sayers OF Texas. saying; Kind
~ advise without delay through which bank you
will draw for this amount subject to your order"
The committee will make another deposit of funds
this morning. The committee met In the after
and appointed William f. King. chairman OF
the Purchasing Committee. with power to add to
the number OF that committee from time 10 time,
to buy such things needed Mr.. King an
nounced on this committee John c. Eames. j..
Howard Sweetser. George c. Clarke, Charles H.
Webb John c. Juhring, T. w Ormiston and Sam
ue w. Fairchild. This committee at once got to
work. purchasing dlsinfectants Of all kinds. drugs,
600 cases of canned goods, soups. etc; LOCO cases
OF assorted food products; clothing for men,
women and children. and other necessities to feed
those sick and i'll in Galveston.
The shipments will be made to-day by the Nor
gan Line steamer leaving Pier No. 25. North
River at North Moore-st.. at o'clock sharp. Ed
win Hawley. on behalf OF the Southern Pacihc
Company, which controls that line OF steamers
saws taat goods marked Relief Committee, Gal
weston Tex" will be carried free and rushed
through from New-Orlesns by the quickest and
most available route. Persons desiring to ship In
this way should send their goods to the Morgan
Line pier as early in the day possible. and in
form William r. Corwine, secretary OF the COM
mittee OF the Merchants Association NO. 3%
Broadway. of their shipments.
Charles X Adams. president of the Lumber AS
sociation informed the committee that he would
solicit subscriptions among the trade which he
represents The New-York Condensed Milk Com
pany have contributed 200 OF fortyeight tins
each Of condensed milk.
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION FUND,
Here are the subscriptions received by the Mer-