New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-07

| day, with tomorrow fair and not
| much change in temperature.
New York was confronted yesterday
with one Of the biggest problems in re-
lief for its poor that 1t has ever had 10
tackle. due to the cold wave. With the
temperature dropping at times as low as
) degrees above zero yesterday, twelve
deaths were attributed directly or indi-
rectly to the weather, and every public
hospital was called upon TO treat numer-
Gus cases Of persons overcome with the
cold or suffering from frostbite.
The relief facilities Of all charitable
organizations were taxed beyond their
limits in their effort n temper condt-
tions for the city's sufferers. Many
churches are TO he used for temporary
shelter. Unsettled industrial conditions.
IT was said by men Of experience In re-
lief work. had combined with the bitter
c6td to promise one of the hardest
winters on record for the poor should
present weather conditions continue.
Already records Of several years
standing for the amount Of help given
destitute families, IT was announced
Yesterday at the Offices Of the Associs-
ton for Improving the Condition Of the
Poor. had been broken during the last
two days.
"The recent report of the state Labor
Department showed that the labor
market during the past year has oeen
worse than any time since 1905, said
w P. Capes, assistant general agent OF
the association. "and our work mas re-
Nected this condition. Since the cold
wave. our average Of sixty or eighty
calls a day at this time OF the year Tor
relief from the destitute has jumped 10
double. Yesterday for the first time
this winter. the call has been for coal
III Won can't let us have food, at least
send us coal is the cry"
Expects More Suffering.
yves our relief work has been grad
ualIv getting heavier this winter than
for several years" said Edward T.
Devine. secretary Of the Charity Or-
ganization Society. and this cold speh
has brought il to a crisis IL is un-
douhtedlv true that unsettled Industrial
conditions. due to the uncertainty Oh
Supreme Court decisions and an APP
nroaching Presidential year nave
thrown many people out Of employment
ond left them unprepared 10 meet tne
,,.intor We expect even more calls TOT
aid as an aftermath Of this spell u
cats ND savings to pay for extra 'ue..
God and clothing during this WeatneI'
,,,,o,e tho crowd Of mon waiting TOT
49,, doors NJ the Municipal Lodging House
=, ooo, last night il was said that ths
ipabiIty to get work during the last -"
was the cause of their oe'ns
driven 10 accept public charity A'r
first time in their lives.
"ya are willing 10 work, many ''
,bor, said. but every one seems to be
cutting down working forces more tnan
ovor this winter; we have been on snort
limo or ont Of work for weeks ana We
have no money to help us through tnis
spell" .,.
rho fold forces Of the ORGANIZATIONS
..,,.o =, relieving the sufferings Of the
moor were put on an emergency oas's
,.,s,erday. II was said at the Nurses
so,tIsmont whose chief work Is carrying
-, attendance to the destitute SICK
A., ,be chief service OF their workers
,. ,.as belng directed in defending
,boir patients against the frigid atrnos-
,,ore blankets. clothing and coal we're
,oirq carried to the homes on thelr N's-
.,t,o list and each nurse got $40 hetore
,,,n,,,g ont To- oxpend as her discretion
,,aa,,ad for immediate relief, instead OF
,.aitine for relief iu the routine ana TIME
way of the charity orGanlza-
ions There were seventy nurses IL was
,,id engaged in this work In all parts
If the city. n,
similar method Of immediate relief
,,s adopted yesterday by the Asso'id-
.,o,, yor the Improvement Of the Cohui-
,io, ~ the Poor Each of it's forty WIS.,
tors WAS supplied with a sum OF money
for immediate relief, while quantities OF
clothing and coal were being
b,,rricd our from the central Office
Relief for immigrants.
oro ~ the busiest centres Of the relief
,.or,, WAS AZ the Hebrew Sheltering and
Immigrant Aid Society's quarters at
No 225 East Broadway. Perhaps among
the immigrant class, still unadjusted to
climate and living conditions. the lack
Of labor which they expected TO ma
when coming to this country caused the
mos, acute suffering, Whereas usually
q maximum Of four hundred persons are
fed there on Saturday, yesterday more
than 800 were taken care Of. 80 of them
being women.
All records for relief were broken At
the Municipal Lodging House, at No. 4S2
East 25th street. last night. Long before