New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-04

Continued storm conditions yester-
day increased the suffering of the un-
employed and homeless in the city. Re
ports from TIE Bowery Mission, Hotel
Knickerbocker. Flcischmann and other
bread lines indicated that the recipl-
ents Of charity had tripled within the
last week.
Unless the figures supplied BY or
fsnized charity workers and the man
ayers Of public bureaus are at fault
10000 destitute men and women were
fed yesterday at the expense Of pri-
vate and public philanthropy.
at is useless TO say that the Euro
pean war has not vitality affected this
country" observed Dr.. d. c. Potter, OF
the Associates Of Charity, yesterday.
"As matter of fact, thousands Of
freight handlers. 'longshoremen, rail-
road brakemen, truckmen, clerks, mark
ers and dockhands are to-day out OF
employment in New York City. There
fore il is the ignorant student OF eN-
listing conditions who remarks that the
applicants for charity are either unde-
serving or aliens
Veteran. Eighty-two. in Bread Line
DR.. Potter's remark was substantial
ed in pathetic fashion al the bread Inc
of the Hotel knickerbocker. IN West
4lst St. where John Cummings, Civil
War veteran. cighty-twO years old.
fr a q
TO receive his allotted portion Of a
roll. hot frankfurter and a cup Of
coffee.
II am not q beggar." said the aged
man, "but | am certainly entitled TO
the consideration of my fellow citizens.
To-day | am too old TO work, but ! was
not too young to fight in '63. We have
a new generation to-day the one that
/ ] belonged to has passed away. Per
/ haps il is too much for an old soldier
! of the Union 10 ask for help in his
last years. II is the fad to-day to aid
! the soldiers who are dying in foreign
1 trenches in another continent
More than 400 persons were fed
| yesterday afternoon in the knicker-
( booker bread line. A little less than
! three hundred Of the total number
we're women. Several Of these were
| offered positions as scrub-women in
/ neighboring Office buildings and theG-
/ tres by fur-coated individuals, who
watched them pass in the sad pro-
/ cession.
/ Work Fails Eager Men.
For the fifth time this winter the
/ storm of yesterday proved a disap-
/ pontment to the force Of 10000 regis
/ tered snow shovellers. Only $4,000
men were called out by the Street
4 Cleaning Department TO cope with the
storm. This force concluded it's work
at an early hour. and the results con-
sisted in sewering about 30 per cent
of the street area designated for snow
removal purposes by the snow lighting
force.
Commissioner Fctherston said yes
,erday afternoon: "Thc work accom-
/ rlished last night and to-day repre-
sented the additional force which the
I snow fighting organization places At
the disposal Of the city. In OTTER
words. the contractors started upon
their task of snow removal to-day.
when conditions arc beginning 20 GEAR
and before the three inches fail Of
snow which usually has characterized
theif activity has accumulated"
He pointed out that scores OF depart
ment snow ploughs had been mounted
upon trucks and motor buses.
! "The automobile snow ploughs have
developed weaknesses which resulted
IN iaIee Hu' i, - 10 dor,ared
No Toilcr Wins Bonus.
As somewhat cynical comment
r,or tho need o. the seasonal Gnem-
Moved force registered as snow shovel
iers the remark Of minor Official IN
rho street Cleaning Department IS
,,'a,thy Of note. This gentleman said
|"'Trbc 5000 men at work during the
nrocress Of the storm we're recruited
from the force registered las, AoE V IN.
ne. A. the rate Of 30 cents an hour
n n gang Of men or an individual
shovelier sccomplishes a given STINT OF ;,
work. such a man receives oohus OF
| 10 cents an hour -. l..
at is rcher illustrative OF inc 's