New-York tribune., 1906-08-04
STANDARD IN FRISCO
Work of Big Oil Company IN Giving
Relief after Disasters.

The statement telegraphed 20 a morning paper
fFom San Francisco setting forth tho desire OK
James D. Phelan, chairman OF the relief committee.
70 receive $4,000 more OF Standard OIL funds out
OF subscribed total OF 100000 was submitted 10
a representative OF the Standard Oil Company yes
eerday at No. 2s Broadway. He sad
II was not the intention OF the Standard oil COM
francisco m relief fund matter. but the dispatch in
me the paper seems 20 make il necessary The only
relief funds is that the general relief comnittee of
the STANDARD Oil representative in San Francisco.
T. T. may be recalled that the STANDARD Oil ,relief
e eefelIser. s. seooo9 by the Standard Oil comIany So
ana also $4,000 worth of provisions sent on hurry
order by an official Of the company from Butte,
therefore. to $4,000 The cash subscribed was
hsnSs m available M ana was placed IN @ the
stricken city to dispose OF according TO their best
fund a like amount from the Standard oil fund
and 5000 from the individual fund. in all $40 600.
!lef com1ittse AT that time the general commit
plies and had been notified Of large subscriptions.
vas as short OF casn and the money was doIby wei
$1,000 W s to saHta 4 ood Rosa $500 20 . San Rafael oo
goo TO Fruitvale, $1,000 Martinez. $500 to Palo
Alto and $500 to Richmond. OF donation Of S000
returned & with many thanks: the great army OF ref
Quake having moved away almost ' Immediately
=. A reliei camp; known as Camp Rockefeller. was
near Richmond. ana there from a few days after
the earthquake until July Is, when the camp was
closed, from one hundred to thousand ndi-
viduals and families were daily fed and taken
at the camp work was found. when they departed
giving giving place to others The four carloads Of PRO
food supply at this camp
The remainder Of the funds it was thought. best
20 eNpend In individual relief of substantial kind
special workers hired TO seek and verify
placed at the disposal Of the ladies' guilds % and $50
cetles etI TOT relief work that owing to its nature
oGmmt1ee tee. Agsd % and infirm and WIDOWS and or
who had been self-supporting. were once more put
into condition 70 earn again. Women employees
and had to be taken care Of. The relief was ex-
ue1 M d "eGt any any reg regard 70 ereeg race or naS AZ
needs Of the victims Of the catastrophe were al
who could live by sewing were, for instance, given
sewing machines 96 One woman a writer; wganted
synpnyme's " e. A girl needed a pyrographic outfit,
was nea5eT m % Nv, e. ~ Tnis % TIoitai csI az e eIe e
mand was met. A Scotch tailor wanted a tailor $
Ss Nucleus Of heoosea 0qi library as We as
& soog ioT nis 5aI1y a EveTy & case was snaied @ ad
future self-support Grafters were, of course, un-
s IN the we pGe SeG back Sf S
destitute from seeking help though hopeless as 70
cases rent had 70 be paid as Well as other help
At the end of July some $4,000 OF the cash funds
OF $4,000 remained ma uasgent sSpendii5Sq@pe iS IRE heever
al expenditures strict nccount has been kept.
Il Is not clear Why Why Mr. Phean should be ignorant ant
general disposition Of the relief funds. The oak
land Tribune had this TO say land hope in jus
tice 70 the San Francisco administrators OF the
Standard Oil funds, IL will be given prominence in
the papers OF the East:
,Far beyond anything. that the big relief COM
mittee OF San Francisco has attempted, that the
Red Cross has done, has been the splendid work of
the Standard on Company. II was the very first
s25O.ooO arrived our people took heart Of hope.
Hardly dollar of it has been expended foolishly.
feet and given chance TO earn livelihood. Tools
for have replaced those burned up: machines
for sewing girls have given them a chance once
more to earn living. A little cooking stove and
a few articles OF furniture have equipped little
home for some needy mother and her children The
Standard OIL Company has placed hundreds Of
families on their feet--it has done a great work.
the real value OF which will be more fully appre-
ciated In the days TO come IT has done IL with a
rare Judgment, with discretion, with much re-
fnement. tact and heart, that the whole work
shines out a splendid success"