New-York tribune., 1908-01-31
POOR SILVER In NOOkS-
Thousands of Ragged Unemployed
Seek Warm Spots to Sleep.

Thousands of unemployed yesterday sought refuge
from the cold in the backrooms of East Side and
Bowery saloons. while the applicants at the Munlc-
pal Lodging House were so numerous fhat eisnty
men had TO be sent TO Commissioner Hebberds Oh
fees the East 18th street pier. where extra plan
kets and beds were provided for the first time
since the winter began. The suffering IN fafnihes
was reported as bad as last Writer, although
the Stun settlement of the Salvation Army, III
Cherry street., filled with women and children
many of whom were kept from trying TO sleep IN
cold rooms overnight. To accommodate the nome
less ever mission and available shelter was Kept
open last night
Tho street was n place to be avoided by the
poorly clad At no time, however, was the "iho
above eighteen miles an hour. Dur the shsseiape'
resistance caused it to swirl around corners WIN
.-alelike violence and the heaviest wraps were not
proof against the penetrating blasts AT 10 CLOCK
the temreratrre rose TO degrees, degrees hgher
than two hours before. but the humidlty also
went up and with it at 52 there seemed no mooi-
fcation, nor did there seem any dlfferehce uhIi
after midday when the humidity began 10 creep
down.
The humidity at o'clock only 81, and the
temperature was Is degrees above zero, hsheSt
of the day, and while there was stiii a searching
wind for those who we.e well clad there was
exhilaration In the air. and thence onward uhui 'he
hornoYard rush hours and afterward there was
TO appreclable suffering among those with more OF
less strenuous occupations
Fire bvdrants were frozen early. and hremen
were busy throughout the day tna"ihS 'iie"A "-'
feverish haste.
From the weather bureau report was sent out
that the temperature to-day would be milder ana
that the sky would be clear. followed by sho" To-
morrow afternoon Up the state and IN Hortaefh
PENNSYLVANIA and also in the New Engiaho 0ta'es
the mercury dropped well below zero
The suffering here began well before dawn out
il was daylight before the sufferers were eduIeIeo
in by the police. Two deaths were reporteu' Ai1y
Yere John J Harrington, No. A7s Nyse avenue
Tho Fronx frozen 10 death, and an unknown man,
who was killed by falling on ice at the ooth suee'
subway station. He might have recovered puI ioi
the intense cold
A. several lodging houses where overcrowded
conditions vera reported orders not TO accept more
mem than were allowed in the licenses were gwen
bv officers of the Health Department VINO nave
haen examining all applicants to prevent dlsease
The fact that a large proportion OF the aPp"-
.,tr ,,aiected for enlistment in the United States
army were made unfit for military work by SICK.
ness resulted in more stringent eAailiia'oi, .,
those seeking beds at the city logging mousse ias'
night and Superintendent Iorhe ordered every
- 60 ba xsceinated and all the clothing to be
dsinfected$ ,o IN for
applied to the municipal lodging house tile IN
crease Yesterday was so Sbticeable that the rune
of NOT allowing to enter the SiiIiiEI HiiA'A
6 oclack ia the evening suspended ana fe-
lief was given to scores of women Win thei ~
dren until they be taken care OIL py ciai ail''
institutions Several persons VINO went 10 'Ae
fadci hons
,l,e,, ad not had food shelter for two or three
6ax-s In almost every instance the applicant st''o
that her husband had deserted her when she Was
unable TO find work
At tbe nine army recruiting stations nearly t"'
.,o,saYd men were rejected yesterday for enlist-
r-,t Tie number Of men sent TO Fort olocuii'
for final examination estimated at one nun
dred While il said that the uhehlpioSeu
Si,uatian is somewhat relieved the NUMBER OF aP-
nIicants for the army is steadily lneIeaslhs' anu
II is expected that this week Will prove recofo
ono for all the recruiting stations in TINS city.
The investigate of the Charity OrgahlzaIoh
Society which showed that with the exception Oh
one man the unemployed whe applied to the cals
for shelter were wanderers. was EXTENDED TO 'he
tEesIth Department where the RECORDS sho"eo
thar ten less applications from children ASKING
,a,,niesion TO be allowed TO work were receiver
-tis month than for the period last year.
This WAS taken to show that the SITUATION Is
,,os+fv- confined to single men.
The unusual distribution of clothes among the
ncor nv the New York Association for Improving
,l,a Condition of the Poor has almost exhausted
tta s,1rply at the receiving room, in the Uhlted
Charities Building. Three overeoais which were
sart in Yesterday snapped up instantly pE
men who were exposed to the cold. MFS Heleii
;perar7 sunerintendent of relief, is in charge OIL
a. distributing room where gifts of clothing are