New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17
REPLY OF RELIEF BOARD.
Report Shoes That Practically
Every Request Has Been Granted.

The charges made by OF the, General slocum
sufferers that their applications for relief had been
practically ignored by the General Slocum Relief
Fund were met yesterday by Il report Of the work
done by the committee made by the chairman
H B. Scharmann. The report is in part as follows:
The citizens relief committee appointed by the
Mayor for the General SlocUm disaster has had
applications for assistance from 4Ss families many
OF These have not applied in person. but were re-
feTTed to nc committee by irengs or o gt VINO
plying referred 10 the committee has been
soms required constant and attention. their
needs developed slowly; others needed nursing and
sone idea OF the amount OF work necessary NAV
be gained from the fact that lSzs visits nave DeeI
lRGse. number o: those E5o lost thesr lives lived
n. J.. and Middle Village. Long Island LeEtiulate
Fs91es f2s AID h a3G people living IN
The coT.nittee gave financial aid to all those
which they found themselves. Up 10 date this
amounts 70 & ss s.. However, b. fh- the largest
funeral bills. flle committee has authorized the
Psyn9eRt OF 3 6 e on I1nera! expenses er .. @ea
number Of applications on which decision has
were late in applying for aid n fling their bills
The committee is pass upon these this Week
At its last meeting the executive committee
Ndop:ed the following resolution:
Whereas on July q a period of five weeks will
Esys elapsed since the slocum disaster; ana
have beea received ana visits have been paid TO
az Survivors in New;YoFk city known to the e
Is believed that al legitimate applications arc now
Resolved That no new applications for aid VIII
DC received or considered by this committee latter
Aside from expenditures for funeral and tempo
s[g AID amounting ta as MI De s SooR from n, Ine
bar OF orphans tor whom more permanent 51
fted number of families for whom, account OF
exceptional circumstances, further relief will be
on July 70 committee from the survivors or;
SANITATION called and presented about one hundred
he a.
the committee had already allowed full payment,
as these families had never applied for aid before
Mr. Hil stated that every complaint on the partial
as possible after being fled.
Mr.. Hin has given his entire time without any
compensation. in the beginning working day and
night, including Sundays. 10 bring order and sys-
Sos A. has been paid. as he could not go home but
had TO remain night and day near the church for
The charge OF political influence deserves no
attention, as II is senseless and ridiculous, well
as the charge that any not politely
ceived. The statement that the work Of the com
Inlttee mas been extrayagantY managed may be
met by the fact that the total operating expenses
indefinite for consideration.
The report also explains the cases in which
charges Of neglect Were made and which cited
in some OF the morning papers yesterday.
Thomas Gibbons. OF No 225 East Fifth-st..
reported the committee and visted the Same
day. no evidence OF need of immediate relief being
FOUND Mrs. Gibbons said later that she needed
assistance. showing a bill for slO6 90 TO which
credited $50. The committee paid the balance.
Louis Haas. Of No. 2l0 East Fourteenth-st. has
asked the committee undertakers' bills
amounting 10 Sis. No decision in his case has
been made the insurance of those killed amounts
10 s24S 90.
In the case Of Edmund Goetz OF No 50 First
ave, the committee allowed him $780, although the
rndertake-'s biz vas only s6s 30 for one member OF
his family, ana the amount for another was not
1le6
Ten other cases are also cited. They are those Of
Paul Kastner, No. 10 First-age.; Paul Liebenow
No lSS East Twenty lfth-st; Joseph Justh No.
100 East Eighth-st.; Fritz Reiss. y. 20 First-ave.;
Charles Khnck no. sS6 East Sixth-st.; Charles
Kregler, No. 90 Avenue p; Philip May and Mrs.
Annie Rust, No. 275 Avenue y: Alfons Ebeling No.
SO East Ftfth-sJ.: Walter Peters. No. l2S East
One-hundr -andslXth-st-, and August Schuessler.
No. 1886 East SiKth-st. In each case the report
makes detailed statement OF the assistance asked
for, showing that in each relief has been
granted and that in only a cases did the COM
mittee feel. after serious consideration In each
case, that il was unnecessary TO grant the full
amount requested. Several cases yet be
passed on.
The committee has already paid the entire
funeral expenses Of l6l families. representing IN
many cases two three and even five deaths.