New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
DISAGREE AS TO POOR
CITY SEES NO TROUBLE.
Missions Sag Situation Is Appoihns
-Sleep in Boscery Saloons.

.,-,., .-,,. c,5en+s Of missions and others VINO
bare tbe care of the army of unernT'loyeo =" -
ritv were unanimous in saying that aio 49,
ss an,alllnr il was said yesterday by one OF De
So. % the rifv's aid institutions that no appre
,,anson was felt present condtlohs'
O., first they presented q hard pconielh- a. =.
Tinted Charity Organization Society II ""7
,bat the situation did not warrant any speoi0i
ac.iv.+v although it admitted that ule "a
number of unemployed had for a time causeu 'ie'
anxiety 49,, ,.-- ,a5
II s-ec. contrast TO statements that the CITY ndo
No further trouble in taking care OF the hOhei'
a score OF attendants were making ever .,,s,ob
feed and give sleeping space to tle crow" 49, =.
gathered around the Municipal Lodging HOUSE a
First avenue and 23d street, when the doois
opened at O'Clock last night. More thail t"o -
srea homeless were gathered around the plhoe VIZ WIZ
.ba attendants began taking the names OF those
-. -,,.r.e5 .o stsv there An hour later
onIv q few Of the beds were vacant, anu uS
O'Clock arrangements already being mace 70
take the overflow TO the offces OF Nhe
Department on the East 26th street pier.
Tho additional fifty beds which have been pid0oo
a. tp. ,r,nf-lraI Lodging House were hardly no
,.reahle On Saturday night when 1SS men were
sent to Commissioner Hebberds ofhces- i"HiS
eielt Of the lodging house frequenteTs were en-
70 the West Side police court yesteEoas hio
V,S,er- tverty-one Of their number were ssh.el
90 pIaclvreIls Island hv Magistrate Cornell lhese
men occupjed the city's beds or shel'er ioI i
shan three days and under the law can be ciasseo
.s vsxranfs while those who patronize the ms
s,ons and serni-charitable places are usually "a
e,rpt from any police interference
ono of the largest assesublages of homeless was
~ The HsdIev Rescue Mission. No w t'o"eiS'
where every available chair was occupied iaS' hIe
The mission is in charge Of Superln'ehueit ~
callahan who has been connected with relle1 NoN
for seventeen years Three thousand seven NUM-,
rs saventv-two men have been sent to lodelhs
Souses by the officers of the mission since DeceIi
her ! Tickets for a bed and breakfast were @ sIHh
70 them ss the mission has no oorhlluoIteS'
the first prayer meeting had been held ana 'ne
.renderers applied for lodgings Superintendent 1di-
lshsn said: -.
This is one o. the worst situations L nave M
with since / first began work among the p'V
Lest wear was nothing in comparison. sHo Io. :.
Sc sir,,rlv appalling On Saturday night We ieo "a.
ynen. and were unable TO provide shelter Tor hall
chat number Through arrangement WIN se'
sral lodging houses We can take care OF d ii
,-,r,te- or rnenrployed but these places are also
a,vyerflled and we cannot get sufficient funoS u
se,a she men to the more expensive houses
Similar statements made by superln'eno-
en+s of other missions and rescue homes. winch
have been overtaxed since the influx OF the uIi-
f,,,,,o,ras teran Several 1o-cent lodging houses
ssrere SO crowded, il said. that the Ia" "ouiu
mot elIow of any more men TO be TAKEN ""ii7
Fsbese places are crowded, there Is a greater PEI
i.,.,-epe of men who are unable 10 the fee ana
t-ather than 20 TO the municipal lodging mouse
where they now fear arrest, they stay III the paOh
's-oorns of Bowery saloons In many cases theE
.ye driven from place TO place in the night, but
zsnsJI manage 70 get enough sleep until daynreak'
rrbgn the vigilance in the parks is lessened by
sbe police.
one man 10 whom shelter was given in the
.n;lnjcipal lodging house said that he had been
without a place to sleep for three nights He
declared that he came from 81. Louis. where he
had been employed as clerk. but refused 10 con-
4inue work when his salary reduced He de-
rded that he could find work in New York, and
reached here last week with few dollars in his
pockets After these spent he was helpless,
and being unfamiliar win 1.-The charity organisa-
lions visited several missions in The Bowery. A
ticket was given him. but the lodging house was
crowded AT one place and another they were
forced TO refuse aid, until he finally called at the
municipal lodging house, where he will be taken
Of for the next few days.
Although there many of these Instances. the
tramps longer inclined take advantage
OF the municipal lodging house. they do
! 10 be sent 10 the workhouse. According to
II one Of the mission superintendents. the profes
sional tramp either patTonizes the missions
collects money the streets.
The situation OF the employed, il was said yee-
ferday. does not apply 10 the women. who are
years. At the Glyndon Shelter of the Salvation
Army. in the Bowery. the figures showed that the
percentage Of who had applied for relief
This month was far below that OF any other month
The same records showed a decrease at the Flor
ence Home and the offices of the Salvation
Army 14th street