New-York tribune., 1902-07-30
DEYERY BUYS FOOD BY TONS.
LAVISH PROVISION FOR THE BIG EX-
CURSION-ARTISTIC ENTER
TAINMENT TOO.

''Bflr" Devery spent the entire day yesterday
in the Ixth Assembly District making prepara-
tions for his big excursion for women and chill
dren, which is to leave the Atlas pier. West
Twenty-fifth-st at o'clock this morning. Two
steamers and four barges have been chartered.
They are the Crystal Stream. the COLCHESTER, the
Susquehanna, the Charles Speer, the Columbia
and the Walter Sands. Their aggregate capac-
ity is 1,500. and Mr.. Devery has two other
barges in readiness, so that nobody will be left
behind. Provisions for the excursion were pur-
chased yesterday in the district. Every shop
keeper was patronized, and at 5 o'clock Michael
]. O'Neill. who has charge of the work. bought
out every grocery store in the district. The sup
plies. which were sent TO vacant store at No.
2S7 Tenth-ave., included 5000 pounds of roast
beef. 1000 pounds corned beef 200 homeless
hams, barrels of granulated sugar, 1 tubs Of
butter, 80 crates Of tomatoes, 500 large heads
of cabbage, 250 pounds of coffee, 5000 loaves of
bread. barrels of onions ID gallons of catsup,
$50 baskets of large CLANS 1900 gallons of ice
cream. 30 barrels of chowder crackers 200 cans
of milk, 1000 pounds of fancy cake, 1900 boxes
of soft stuff 80 tons of ice, 5000 large pies.
5000 pounds of mixed candy. 1900 popcorn
cakes and ten barrels OF birch beer.
Two thousand gallons Of chowder and %, 900
sandwiches VIII be made to feed the hungry
guests. If the chief runs short of supplies he
says he will run in at some small town and
clean il out Of provisions. Four nurses from st.
Vincents Hospital. corps of doctors and six
policemen will be in attendance. A brass band
of forty EIGHT pieces has been engaged All day
yesterday eighteen and eight women were
busy peeling potatoes. The chief walked in on
them late in the afternoon. and. being unable to
resist the impulse 10 give away money. pulled
out his roll of bills and handed So to each of the
women. Thirty women in the district were en-
and new boiler for her trouble Five moving
vans will be used to cart the food to the dock
this morning
The committee has contracted TO feed five
thousand people an hour. While in Tenth-ave.
yesterday afternoon DeVery gave an order 10 a
shoemaker TO catch every barefooted boy in the
district and shoe him. The chief was in the
-Four Corners Club last night giving directions
10 his workers.
Il hope all the people that has tickets will
come TO this picnic" he said Nobody will be
left behind. We are in touch with two more
barges if the crowd is too big. 1t will start at
- o'clock sharp, rain or shine. There will be a
vaudeville show aboard the boat the way UP
and back and an opera at Raritan Beach Grove
To-day received telegram from the striking
miners down in Pennsylvany sayin' they had
notyfied their glee club here in town to go along
with US. Darned II the glee club didn't come up
an serrynade me tonight. They have got a bully
campaign song. It's all to the good. They were
here for an hour singin' various songs There
are ten in the club. They gimme their names
which is Gwillym Amos. Reese T. Jones' w X.
Williams. Dan A. Thomas. John Davies, John
Williams, Bob Jones. Evans Jeffries Joe
Thomas an John Butler. an they're a merry
bunch. Besides them goin' to have an
Irish piper be the name o. Flynn, the champeen
accordion player Of the IXth District be the
name o. Smith. an Christmas, the blind colored
harmonica player He's in Atlantic City now
but we've telegraphed on for him. He can play
any Of the operas. you wouldn't believe that
Give you every note, too He can give YOU
the Anvil Chorus Ell Trovitor' or anything
else Then We have a lot of young men that
have volunteered to sing campaign songs Don't
forgit TO come early an avoid the rush"