New-York tribune., 1909-01-08
min AFFLICTS POOR
n,,s Crosrded, and Unemployed
Appeal for Charity.

81, or the cold wave. which the weather
Ths reai 0.ionad four lays ago heading this
sro3hels .be West was on hand yesterday II
ssy from - 80 normal weather and welcomed by
sss sc'sp'e - t-st week Of January last year was
~say. lux not :lshered in by warm rains, but
-S6sr snu 20. 5ov-n 10 l9 degrees above zero yes
re BeTcu' zag-ees lower than the lowest tenn
sSsy' .be corresponding day of 1908.
Ps-stJre ei himself scarce Yesterday, but at
The SUI ~ e.,,7t beam managed 10 make
rgon- -. ,H7ciaI mercury moved M three de-
SIS 20 . lode from, the northeast are
- and strong "l''"S ''''''
So for to-day
TrsnE -fgbr the corners under the arches
fs1ea- =. bridges and the park benches. and
& tns -bel7ar Of charitable institutions The
tsash utich began on Wednesday night Is
UA - felt by thousands Of homeless men.
psns 50, -,a,erv was continuously thronged with
so ~. - humanity. out of hope and pocket
sS n Eehberd Commissioner of Public
ho' xs,6 the demands taxed to the outmost
s.--vn.ut's capacity to aid the destitute
" - three hundred men taken care Of at
,..r,r,nsl Lodging House, in First avenue, near
y street .0,, .,, .,,,,-
,-l5nrn there were many. ali babies being
T...s Te- nv Dr. L5evey. the attending physician
szslhin =. ,.sfore being taken to the wards.
o. ~ Di' ,ocsroa necessary 10 send inquirers 10 the
-.-,.nt Of Charities dock, IN East 2Sth street.
ps.1-.s-sy as Q o'clock two hundred homeless men
sna .soon,r,odated IN the prison pens and other
s hou+ the dock Many OF these men were
- ,.ll dressed and looked respectable These
s.. ~ had been caught by hard times ano were
a. ~ mt in consequence Breakfast tickets
- r.ven 20 all dodgers, both at the lodging mouse
.,,- The holders were entitled 10 oatmeal
.-s6 sid coffee
~~. -. WAS the influx Of emergency patients 10
80. gosuitai during the evening that II looked,
- -sssuisht as though the great building with
temptations for twelve hundred would be
- % refuse applicants for relief before morn
an ~ the wards were practically filled. lSo
-. being brought IN during the evening Many
- .--ausferss from other hospitals
-. 7 G Hallirnond superintendent OF the
r.-.-v Mission. said conditions were getting con-
-. ans +rat he did not see how any i'm
.-~.,snt could be looked for unless there were
<-,. changes IN the industrial system. He said
snrx vers as bad as they had ever been during
=. -us1fv.r.ns wears that the mission has been
srr.ng. ,
w>,scA--,n-'s Vienna Bakery, on the other hand.
e-urtes that on Wednesday night they were caiied
i "a feed codee and rolls TO between iour nun
A. snd i've hundred men. against twelve hunored
Erng the worst times last winter Ihey expected
q equal number issL night
AZ the BoEery Mission arrangements have oeeh
,e-tsctsd to give coffee and bread to two thousand
nsu sud boys fye hundred mora than has hereto
s,-. besu the maximum number. The superin-
iendent ssid:
.ssveu-eighths OF the men who crowd our han
,ve-y night are eager 10 work at anything, at any
r-ce They are hungry and homeless through no
fault Of their own In the majority Of cases. The
needs Of these men now standing in the bread line
are not covered al present by any state or city in
ttitution"
n Frank Persons superintendent Of the Charity
Organization Society. said the present cold weather
had not yet made any appreciable difference in the
amount Of The organizations work. which is heav
ier he said than az any preceding time since the
summer OF 1907.
IT seems certain nOF,' he added. that our
work viii be heavier this winter than last