The New York Herald Newspaper, February 14, 1874, Page 9

, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1874.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. 9 “4 " nue, sends the HekaLp $163 from Fourteenth strect, for the completion of arrange- | proper information or counsel. If med! or pines of Distt ntmen Of children, resid how, TE SIMMONS-DURYEA TRAGEDY avenue storekee for St. John’ ments for the dramatic entertainment which is to pe Such assistance will be | long in the city, how long in the United eaten ' a |. E Holley, of the Globe Fire be given on the 21st inst. tor the relief of the Ninth ~ provided gratuitously by Applying vo husband's. oceu when last at work, em- Company, No. 176 Broadway, offers ‘ward poor. you Cy ‘vant, HANS PO! wes name, ‘he inspector then reporta as ——-———_ ©. Sweet, No. 143 Liberty street, offers Communications were received from a number Su a eral Grand Army of the Republic, jhe worthiness or otherwise of the person seek- CONTINUED FROM BIGHTH PAGE, ascribed hike preceding witnesses, He saw Sim- mons assisted into Sutherland’s restaurant by Striker; at Sutherland’s, in the presence of the id said there were two men walking down the street, and some one had tried to knock them down and rob them, or something to that effect. ‘TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM HAYDEN, William Hayden, another eyewitness, described how the prisoner heid the other man down with his leit hand and struck him on the head with bis right hand; the man down cried, “Damn you, let me up!” the prisoner raised his right hand again, and this time it held something glittering, and @truck the other man again. z TESTIMONY OF JOHN KERNS. gohn Kerns testified to finding the knife in the cellar, TESTIMONY OF PETER DURYEA. Peter Duryea, nephew of the ceceased, examined and testified as tollows:—I reside on Staten island; I have no business now, but was in the lottery business at tlie time of the occurrence ; the deceased was my uncle; about five weeks before the occurrence Mr. Simmons spoke to me in Liverty street: he said, is pretty rough; Nick ts taking away all the business trom me,” I Said I didn’t think my uncle was in the business; We went to Sutherland’s and hada drink; he said, “Iwill iit the roof of the head from that son of a b—h;” I said 1 didn’t think @ man that could talk that way would do anything; he said i he didn’t he had a gang that would, Cross-examined—I Was standing outside Mr. Simmons’ office, No. 67 Liberty street; 1 was watt- ing for the lotteries to come in to his office; I was notin bisemploymeut; I told my uncle of the threat; they had formerly been in partnership, andlhad been in their employment; | can’t sa, that Simmons knew Mr. Duryea was my uncle; ‘was in their employment at the time the sale in the office was robbed; I knew a man named Lock- ‘Wood, who was sent to State Prison; I don’t know What became of the $140 1n pennies carted off by the burglars; Simmons appeared under*the in- fluence of liquor; the bartender was present; 1 can’t say for certain that he heard the threat; I don’t know who he is; I tried to find him and couldn’t; the threat was, “I’ll lift the roof off that ‘son of a )—’s head; he shall never live to enjoy the money; my uncle was in the lottery business a week or so beiore the homicide. Q. Have you been out of the country? A. Ex- plain what you mean, Q. Do you know what your country is? A. America, Q. Have you been out of the city and country ? A. L was in New Jersey. (Roars of laughter.) Colonel Fellows here asked a question relative to the business of the deceased, and the witness declined to answer. » Judge Brady told the witness he should answer all the questions the Court allowed, or he would be punished, ‘yne detence here offered to prove, through the witness, that the widow of Duryea drew an inter- est on her deceased husband’s business immedi- ately after his death, which covered several months, but the Court ruled it out. In reply to further questions by Colonel Fellows, the witness said he did not think there was any danger the threat would be carried out, as he knew Simmons to be a very quiet man. Colonel Fellows went on to ask witness had he ‘been anywhere else out of the city besides Jersey? Answer—I was in White Piains, Colonel Fellows—Iit is quite evident you don’t want to tell, and I don’t care to know. Witness—I don’t want to tell every one my busi- mess for you, TESTIMONY OF FRANK LEROY SATERLEE. Frank Leroy Sateriee, police surgeon, testified thas ne examined the prisoner and iound he had dislocated his left ankle and one of the bones was broken. He said he thought it was done by a blow of a club, Witness remarked that coulan’t be, as there was no external mark. Then the prisoner said ne didn’t know how it happened. The injury ought to be entirely healed inside of four months, | TESTIMONY OF MATHEW CLARKE, Officer Mathew Clarke testified that on arrivin, at the restaurant aud seeing the prisoner a bloody he asked, Who did that? The prisoner an- Bwered that it Was Some man who wanted to rob him, and he begged not to be asked any more questions as he was tou weak and nervous to -angwer. This closed the evidence for the prosecution, and She Conrt then adjourned, THE STRIKES. an Seni ‘The Situation Still Unchanged and the Battle Between Labor and Capital Progressing Slowly. THE CIGARMAKERS, Yesterday afternoon our reporter called at the manufactory of Messrs. Kerbs & Speiss, in the Btill guarded by a brace of policemen, who said { that everything was quiet and no appearance of | any diMculty between the strikers anda their fellow- tradesmen who have gone to work again. Mr. Kerbs, one of the firm, conducted cur repor- | ter ali over the four extensive floors of the great | house, and showed him a number of interesting | sdetails of the labors connected with this vast cigar | machine. On two of the floors whole lines of | benches, lately occupied by busy operatives, were | found empty and deserted, The other floors were -occupied by about elghty or one hundred work people of both sexes and different ages. Of these | bout one-fourth were males. Some were pack- ing, sorting, boxing, counting, labelling, twisting, smoking cigars. They were all engaged one | way or another in fixing up the fragrant narcotic weed for market. Our reporter cast his eyes around the busy hands about him and noted many a face beaming with intelligence and good nature, especially, of course, among those of | the gentler sex. There was one young girl in par ‘ticular, who possessed a singular beauty and fine- ness of expression that might do honor to a duchess, “You see,” said Mr. Kerbs, “I was once acigar- | Maker myself, and can sympathize with my work- people. When I began business it was with only one workman, and affairs have so prospered with me that now our house employs 800 hands con- stantly. The panic made no difference with us, When running our full strength the house uses $500 worth of revenue stamps every day. That is bleed 1,000 boxes, or 100,000 cigars, turned out daily.’ “es suppose,” sald our reporter, “that your trade must extend even to the Pacific slope ?” “We have only one or two customers in Califor- nia. The Chinese whom the manuiacturers employ there can make up stock perhaps cheaper than ‘we do here. You see we have no Cuban operators mong our people. They, like the Chinamen, do all their work by hand. ‘e doit differently; we use this Kind of a mould (showing one), in which | twenty cigarsare formed at atime, and after being pressed, are ready for tne wrapper. The wrapper is generally of Connecticut leaf, and the filling, or heart of the cigar, of Cuban tobacco, ‘which we import directly from Havana,” “How do you anticipate this strike will end?” “I cannot say, but regret its existence exceed- ingly. Those who have gone off are ail old hands, opie who have been in the house from three to iteen years. You see this man (going up and speaks to him), he has been here over fifteen The reporter tried to get the man’s opinion ‘upon the strike, and asked how much he could earn et but found that, although he had | been over iifteen years in the same jactory, he | spoke English so badly as to be nearly uninteill- | He was, however, understood to say that pathy for the Poor. HOW THE UNEMPLOYED LIVE. Yesterday’s Work of the St. John’s Guild. Relief for the Brooklyn Deatitute,. In the stories of relieved want and in the sug- gestions as to modes for the diminution of suffering given below it is apparent that the sym- pathy of the people has been fully awakened to the pressing need of the hour, coal to a soup house in the First ward. for the down town poor, ai , Of Broadway, one case of extract sO & stove and range and provisions lor the No, 14 Dey street soup house, A volunteer of the civil war suggests the use of Sunday schools for reiuges, The H&RALD received $88 not othe wise acknowledged. The Howard Relief Associa- tion reported receipts of $1,192, and St, John's Guild $564, The Visiting Committee of the Twenty- first ward, for the Assvciation for tmproving the Condition of the Poor, report the expenditure of $3,000, and request those in distress to apply at ae 222 Kast Twenty-eighth street to Mr, Jom Puliman, Janes H. Bird, of Knickerbocker Market, No. 231 Seventh avenue, offers fiiteen pounds of meat daily for a soup house in the Sixteenth ward, John R, Dillon, of the Twenty-first ward, is re- ported as iorming @ committee for reliel. In addition to these, $128 50, in sums ranging from $1 to $25, were received by the Henacp for the poor, Friday’s issue chronicled the proceedings of a large meeting of the produce merchants of the city, which was addressed by several prominent clergymen and others, and @ committee of fifteen waS Appointed to solicit contributions for relief. Mrs. Ford, the poor widow, acknowledged the re- ceipt of $53, besides rent for three months, coal and other supplies in generous quan- tity. A soldier suggested the use of armories for at the house of ex-Commissioner Lewis, of West It is imperative, however, that the good work | renporeny lodging sah soup houses. neoting should go on, and that there should be no delay in forwarding all that can alleviate the starving thousands of the city. THE WORK OF Si. JOHN'S GUILD. — St. Jonn’s Guild, situated in the school buildings attached to St. Joun’s chapel, Varick street, be- tween Laight and Beach, was visited by the repre- sentatives of upwards of 200 poor families yester- Fourteenth street, appointed a committee of 250 citizens tor relief in the Ninth ward and made ar- rangements for @ charity entertainment at the Academy of Music on the 2ist inst, by the Murray Hill Dramatic Association. Rev. . . Goss, of No. 97 Varick street, re- ports several buildings placed at his dispo- sition for refuges. KE. L, sends to the HERALD $2 for Giovanni Tophaggi, a starving organ sennes, and $1 for his emaciated monkey. Ohar- ity, a widow, sends $1, and asks why the wives of the wealthy citizens do not contribute. Three litule boys of Throgg’s Neck send $1 50 from their bank for Mrs. McCarty, of No. 5 Vandewater day. As soon as the doors were opened, at eight o’clock in the morning, a steady line of suffering humanity, comprising mothers with their ema- ciated infants, half clad, looking blue and cadav- erous for lack of proper nourishment; men and women, tottering with age or crippled by rheuma- tism, brought about by sleeping in damp and mouldy basements or in attics through which the rain trickled, entered the office of the Guild, seek- ing that relief which they were sure to obtain, pro- vided their stories were found to be true upon in- vestigation, A large corps of volunteer visitora were early on hand, and immediately set about the examination ofthe cases, The number of the visitors at the present moment engaged in the work is about 163, so that little time is lost before each and every case has been fully investigated. The visitors are provided with tickets for distribution for groce- ries, coal, clothing and medicines, which are avail- able at once. To such @ system has the relief of poverty been brought by the Guild that in most cases the sufferers are eating the provisions which they have obtained upon their tickets within an hour from the time that they first applied at the office. No questions of creed, color or nationality are ever asked; the only passport necessary is that of being in want. * The Guild about a week ago exhausted its funds and appealed to the public, through the columns of the HERALD and other pavers of this city, tor aid, ‘The appeal was promptly responded to and over $8,000 have been received in the week, to- gether with large aeene he of clothing, provi- sions, &c. Ten barrels of oatmeal were received trom Mr, H. K. Thurber yesterday. Another large contribution was received irom the Helping Hand Society, in the Sixteenth ward, through Mrs, Oscar ‘Tibballs, consisting of children’s clothing, which had been made by the fifty lady members compris- ing this society, who have passed their evenings this winter in preparing clothes for the destitut little ones of our great city. Thisis worthy of imi- tation by ladies of leisure, ‘The St. John’s Guild hopes to be able soon to co- operate with other non-salaried charitable socte- ties in the various Wards in extending their sphere of usefulness. The Rey. Alvan Wiswall stated last night to a HERALD reporter that many more vis- itors could be of use, and hopes that volunteers will come forward atonce. All such are requested to send their names, or call at the Guild office be- tween the hours of eight A. M, and five P. M, INTERESTING CASES. Among the interesting cases which presented themselves yesterday the following may be cited :— Mr. K., of Vandam street, a truckman, residing in @ rear building, ts in very delicate heaith. Tne room | In which he lives is damp and unsuitable for | human habitation. Bowery. The street entrance vo the Jactory was | Has a wile and three children of his own, anda niece who is “simple through having been beaten by a drunken father. Since her mother died her uncle has endeavored to keep her from the poorhouse, although In destitute cir- cumstances humself. | He says as long as he has a crust in the house she shall share it. The visitor reports that he desired his name might be with- held trom the public, but that any person taking an interest in him and his family can obtain bis address at the Guild. James McClan, a respectable Scotchman, of No, 49 Monroe sircet, in the Seventh ward, has a wife and four children. He has been out of work for the ast three months and is entirely destitute. Has een relieved. Mrs. S., of 419 Canal street, a delicate looking woman, has three children, aged respectively five yen two years and seven months, Husband hag een Out of employment for over three months. They have now been clothed and ted, and their wants will be attended to. muel Glynn, No. 194 avenue OC; very poor and destitute. Has been relieved. Mrs. Vanderwater. Husband has been sick and out of employment for some time, The visitor found them at dinner, which consisted of only a few stewed beans. Were fed and clothed. Mr. K. No work for four months. Three chil- dren. Wife bas been able to keep starvation irom the door by work, but now that has tailed her. Landlord going to put them out. Very sor- rowfal case, Mr. W., wife and three chilaren, Elm street, | Have to pick up cinders in the street to keep from freezing. Had some codfish heads for dinner that they had picked up at the market, At No, 23 Oak street the visitor found a vile den, in which men, women and children were wallow- ing im ath, Relief was promised, rs. Ledder, at No. 20 Leonard street, was found in an attic, the roof of which was like # steve, through which the rain poured all day. She was relieved, and will be placed in @ better room. Is elderly and out of work. BOGUS TRAVELLERS FOR VIRGINIA. Among the impostors discovered by the Guild yesterday was @ man who stated that he nad $6 and wanted to go with his wife and children to Norfolk. Mr. Wiswall offered to pay the balance and proposed to buy tickets for him. He was asked to call again to go to the ticket agent’s, but failed to put in an appearance, and will doubtless be engaged for months to come in soliciting funds for this purpose throughout the city. CHARITY’S RESPONSE. Startling as are the details of suffering which have been witnessed by the HERALD’s reporters and recorded in our pages, no less surprising is the response of our generous Citizens for their relief. On Monday morning there appeared, under the general heading of “Destitution,’ the stories of several sad cases of want and suffering. Before noon of that same day they were severally re- lieved and placed beyond further present need. ible. from $21 to $26 was the genera) run of his weekly oot and that the strike “ish von great tam | jumbug. Mr. Kerbs says that any of the strikers who re- | turn to work will be taken back, but that if things | don't take @ favorable turn before Monday the house will advertise for green hands, of which, it is thought, plenty can be had, and teach them the business, j THE CAPMAKERS, | The Capmakers’ Central Union still hold crowded meetings in Covenant Hall, Orchard street. o- day, at ten o'clock, a special meeting will be held in No, 79 Easex street. Only afew are to be present, | as its object is that of completing the formation | Of a workinan’s co-operative society, The movers in this important step do not wish to see their names in print until the company is ready to com- mence work. In the afternoon, at four o’clock, the usual mass meeting will be called together. Mr. Ober, the President of the Capmakers’ Society, wishes to state that on Thursday their meeting ‘was as crowded as at any other time. The strikers say, in reply to the manufacturers’ vard, that if the latter are willing fo raise prices from twenty-five to thirty-three per cent above vid rates, it proves that they have been robbing the women for a couple of years back of just that Much, according to their adinission. The trades people who went to work for Messrs. Roll & Meiring—this firm having signed the work- men’s schedule—have just sent in a contribution of $12 to the treasurer of the Central Union. Upon our reporter expressing some surprise that $he capmakers should go on strike in such dull times as these, an intelligent operative satd:— “There are no dull times for us. The work must be done. The operators, finishers and blockers are necessary to and support one another, If the | manutacturers could do without us they would; but they cannot, At the beginning of this strike the employers advertised ior new hans to | Supply out places, but they found that the work | was spoiled, and they had to abandon that pin, | v6 already | fortnight of the sprin to Keep us locked ou! 5,000 dozens of caps | 8 oF Ge being | manut jus ped ready by a certain time to place in the hands of the jobbers; these sre compelled to procure them so that the country dealers ye supplied, and the dealers must ob- sain them to place on the heads oi their customers ps the Very dawn of spring. On Tuesday Messrs. Ferguson & Lott, of No. 122 | West street, offered to furnish weekly for a soup | house, near Washington Market, thirteen barrels of vegetables. On the same day it was announcea that tickets for food and clothing were to be given away at St. John’s Guild, Varick street, near Laight. A citizen suggests the use of empty houses im the city to shelter the homeless, Messrs. Ken- nard announce Sunday exhibitions at the Col- osseum for charity. On Wednesday St. John’s Guild acknowledged the receipt of $793, A modest Philadelphian, call- ing himself Jones, sent the HERALD $20 for the } poor. A bookkeeper sent $5, Norab suggested the opening of acharity box at the Liederkranz ball, and sent $5 <A Fourth avenue storekceper asks storekeepers to give @ weekly sum, and sends $1 as his donation. Messrs. Heyman & Mack, Hudsen street, corner of Houston, offered 100 loaves of bread ’ daily, for | thirty days, toa soup house in the Ninth ward. | ‘The Same Morning there Was announced a contri- | bution of $500 at the Cotton Exchange. The Prod- | Bed resolved to hold a charity mass | me . j On Thursday the Howard Relief Association re- ported having turnished the day vefore 1,185 meals at the old’ Leongrd street station house, and 380 lodgings and ‘the receipt of $1,054. St. John’s Guild reporved receipt of $812, G. H, sent the | HERALD $5, and suggested that the Bureau of Charities Should send Wagons through the city to collect clothes, food, &c, Taylor & o., of No. 163 Bowery, sent the HeRaip $100, of which $50 was for the Juvenile Guardian Society for warm dinners, A Britisher sends $5, and saysit is more than he has spent for pleasure in twelve years, naving nine to feed and clothe, Michael Coburn sends $5, and suggests that other liquor dealers do likewise. Mrs. Ford, of No. 116 Centre street, @ widow, with nine children, whose case was stated im Wednesday's HERALD, Gating the day by several charitable | and hungry looking individuals. Rev. D. street; P. A. Mayor, of No, 42 Mott street, orders for 1,500 loaves of bread; Thomas Kelley, of No. 17 Barclay street, offers 150 loaves, VALENTINES KETTLEDRUM, 8T. —_—+ Benefit of the Samaritan Home for the Aged. An entertainment, under the name of St. Valen- tine’s Kettiedrum, in aid of the Samaritan Home for the Aged, was opened last evening at the Armory of the Seventy-first regiment, ana bids fair to be very successful. The attractions consist of a promenade concert and dancing, the music by the Seventy-tirst Regiment Band, under the direction of Bandmaster Eben, Punch and Judy and similar amusements. There are, in addition, stalls for the sale of bouquets and valen- tines and refreshments in abundance. The Kettle- drum will continue to-day and close this evening. DESTITUTE SEAMEN’S CHILDREN, The Home of the vestitute Children of Seamenis gn old institution situated on Staten Island. The many recent disasters at sea and the hard times have brought many applicants for the care of the institution, The managers have, therefore, founa | it dificult to feed and clothe the helpless little ones 1 how at the Home, and any contributions to this ebject will be gratelully received by Mrs. Le Roy, if sent to her care, at Mrs. Spencer’s, No. 85 Fifth avenue, corner Sixteenth street. A STORY OF STARVATION, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Having been thrown out of employment by re- vérses caused by the financial crash, | determined upon coming to this city in search of employment, and I arrived here one day last week, hungry and with a single copper on my person, with the ex- pectation of finding a triend. After an imeifectual search of hours I learned that he was not in the city. Soon after this {found myself in the great stream of humanity on Broadway. An hour later I turned from it into a side street, invested my last cent in bread, and began to search for work, At stables, butcher shops, coal yards, freight de- pots, everywhere | received the same answer— “NO ONE WANTED,” Night came on at last, and, although surrounded by a million of persons, I felt as if 1 was in mid- ocean, alone on a wreck. Slowly I wandered along the streets, sufleriug severely irom pinch- ing hunger and piercing cold, untill found thatI could no longer stand, Then I applied toan officer and he told me to go to a station house, which I did ,and which proved to be the one in Oak street. ‘There I found two officers, and, upon making my wishes known, I was consigned without ceremony to the lodgers’ apartment, and there and then, for the first time in my lite, | found myself within the walls of a vagabonds’ home, At first my sensa- tions were painiul, then they became sickening. As [stood velore the brilliant jets uf gas my eyes rested on scores of human wrecks stretched on (Bet platforms, reminding one of a field hospital, ut it was only & MORGUE FOR THE LIVING, The sight was enough to make one ask if such life is worth living for. As weary asl was, the scene iniused new life into me, and, by bathing m; face and repeating the act every thirty minutes, made out to stand on my feet until morning, for to le down in such a place was to be only clothed in vermin. At daylight the starving occupants were turned into the streets to starve and freeze, until night should once more come, when they would return again to this den, In the morning, when once out of this earthly hell, [turned my mind again IN SEARCH OF EMPLOYMENT, but weakness had overtaken me and I could scarcely stand. Hunger, however, drove me trom place to place in search of the necessities of life, of labor. Still, everywhere I got the same response—‘‘No one wanted.” The day wore on; night again set in; darkness ana dreary winter hovered over the city. Hunger, with the very jaws of death itself, had been | gnawing for hours at vitals, but now I no longer suffered from starvation, only from weakness. Ltelt that it 1 only stopped for a moment | would fail asieep on my feet, therefore I Moved slowly about to prevent sinking down in the snow that everywhere obstructed the side- walks. My eyes were becoming more dim, my throat was parched to a crisp and swollen. fingers had become quite tremutous, and, while in this condition, I found myself in Leonard street and was admitted, when | obtained lodgings on the floor and the tollowing morning was furnished with @ cup of coffee and two or three ounces of | good bread, this being my only NOURISHMENT FOR SEVENTY-TWO HOURS, except the one cent’s worth of bread eaten the forty-eight hours previous, Such a life as this [ lived for five days, varying it the following night by loitering on Broadway, irom the Battery to fourteenth street, enduring the treezing cold and suffering all one could from hunger rather than lodge in the human dens known as lodgers’ rooms at the police stations. RF. M. New York, Feb, 13, 1874. THIRD WARD. Opening of a Soup House. The soup house under the auspices of the New York Juvenile Guardian Society was opened yester- day at No. 14 Dey street. The door of the soup house was besieged by hungry and destitute men long before the hour appointed for the opening (one P. M.), and a continuous stream of applicants fora good, warm dinner kept pouring in during the afternoon, The men were given each a bowl of warm soup of excellent quality and a bounteous plate of meat and bread, id went away happier, perhaps, than for many a day preceding. ‘The ab- sence of the “loafer” or bummer element among the callers was very noticeable, almost all the ap- piicants being orderly, although poorly dressed '. Robert- son was on hand, supervising the distribution of the food. Help for Those Who Do Not Beg. Rev. C. U, Goss and the committee organized by him have resoived to devote all the funds intrusted to them among such deserving families as never voluntarily make known their wants, and have to be sought out in order to be known. Hundreds of such have come to the notice of Mr. Goss. Those who do not beg are pawning their effects for a mere trifie to keep soul and body together, and many of them are kept moving from place to place because they cannot meet their rent. All the en- ergy of this committee will be exerted among such for the next two months, and it is promised Qs salaries, Contributions may be sent to Rev. ©. C. Goss, No. 97 Varick street; John A. Terry, hatter, Union McKillop, Sp ©0., ho. 109’ Worth street; Lucius Hart & Co., No. 10 Burling slip, and H. GriMao & Sons, No. 56 Duane street. NINTH WARD POOR. y, Uy ret who aid her rent aud provided fuel, 100d and clothing jor the family, making them happy. A note states that the New York Association for Improving t! Condition of the Poor, 01 No, 59 Bible Hor bY 871 volunteer visitors and expends $60, ns Dually tor the poor, “Love,” of No. 313 SIXth ave- Large Sale of Tickets fer the Charity Entertainment. An adjourned meeting of the pal citizens ofthe Ninth ward was held last evening at the that none of the money contributed will be used |. esidence of Mr. Samuel A. Lewis. No. 314 Weat of persons announcing their willingness to co- operate in the measures of the committee. A large number of tickets have been already sold, and the benefit promises to be a success, | ELEVENTH WARD, ya ATE EY One Day’s Work for Charity at the Morgan Iron Works. To Tag Eprror OF THE HERALD: The subjoined paper, which ts posted through the different shops at the Morgan Iron Works, | speaks for itself. We hope you will earnestly rec- | ommend that other establishments “go aud do likewise,”” LN. It is evident tha it of suffering is entailed apon the working classes and their families through the | very great depression im the labor market, and, in view of the fact that the employes of this establishme: been kept steadily at work without any red hours or of pay, I consider it oniy right and | we should do something to aid. our fellow \ their we of need. Toward this object I propose to sub- serive hberally myself, and ask that each person in my employ shall give al leust one day's pay. | p amount to be distributed by a committee appointed the donors. JOUN Kk 2 jouGan Inon Works, Feb. 12, 1874. FOURTEENTH WARD. Relief at No. 134 Bowery on Tickets at Ten Cents per Meal. New York, Feb. 12, 1874. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— Ihave noticed with interest your effort to pring to the notice of the charitable the deserving poor. The Young Men’s Christian Association, at their branch, No. 134 Bowery, have a plan which meets with much favor, especially as it prevents the waste of money on impostors and those who would use the money for ovher purposes than for food, They sell tickets, and on presentation redeem them by giving the applicant as hearty a meal as any one Could desire, Having visited their kitchen, I can speak from experience of their excellent order and system and their good work. Many, no doubt, would like to avail themselves of such a plan Mf they only knew of it. I know of one person who took a large number of tickets, and has found it to work well; $10 wall buy 100 meal tickets, A HERALD READER, FIFTEENTH WARD. pee A Private Free Kitchen. New York, Feb. 12, 1874, To THB Eprror OF THE HERALD :— We, as residents of the Filteenth ward, are de- sirous of informing you that we do not intend to be surpassed by any sister ward in acts of charity, as we bave set apart @ portion of our shop as a kitchen for the purpose of feeding any who may be hungry, more especially the lodgers, who often- times are compelled to retire without any meals 1n the station house, which is next door to us. Al who may come wiil be made to go away rejoicing that the Fitteenth ward is not belund, J. M. HEATHERTON & CO., HN KUACH, No, 219 Mercer street, TWENTY-FIRST WARD. —+——_- A Soup House To Be Opened Next Tucs= day. ‘The poor and destitute in the Twenty-first ward will rejoice to know that a soup house will be opened there in few days, where the hungry poor, without regard to race, religion or nation- ality, can be fed daily during the winter months. An association is also being tormed in this wara which will employ reliable persons to seek out and visit the aged and infirm poor and others in dis- tressed circumstances, to whom will be supplied food, medicine and clothing as their various neces- | sities require. The originator of this charitable work desires to return his grateiul thanks to those who have given aid to this noble object, and especially to Mr. J. L. Mott, corner Clif and Beek- man streets; to Louderback, Gilbert & Co., No. 53 Champers street, and Mr. Charles Parker, No. 85 Duane street. ‘Those who desire to help the poor of this dis- tressed locality will please send their donations of | provisions and clothing to the Association Build- ing, No, 323 East Thirty-third street, which will be opened on Tuesday, the 17th inst. Donations of money may be sent to the Treasurer, Dr. M. N. Baker, No, 303 East Eighteenth street, ST. JOHNS GUILD AND THE DOWNTOWN PooR. The following additional contributions were re- ceived yesterday by Rev. Alvah Wiswall, for the poor of the Fifth and Eighth wards, and handed to the Almoner of the Guild, Henry C. De Witt:— (Those desiring to visit the office of the Guild will remember that it is in the school buildings attached to St. John’s chapel, Varick street, be- tween Leight and Beach.) THROUGH MAYOR HAVEMEYER, William Cooper + 500 00 as. 20 00 THROUGH THE REV. 8. Hl. WESTO! Mrs. M. 'T. Thomas. . $10 00 Mrs. N. P. Bailey. 20 00 A friend of the poor. 200 Anonymous, for the poor. 10 00 A Widow’s mite. 100 THROUGH ©. V. B. OSTRANDER. CaM... ssesccesteees 5 00 For St. John’s Guild, cash. 20 00 H, Clark......-.-+ 15 00 | William Hustace. 5 00 D. Clark.. 5 00 | A. J. Winterton. . 25 00 THROUGH G. J. N, ZABRISKIE, T. D. Tompkins.... sseeeeee sesso 2000 THROUGH DK. WILKS. J, D. Ogden....... teeeeeees or sees 25:00 Yhe following was sent to the Rev. Alvah Wiswall, office of St. John’s Guild W. E. D..... . - 50 00 Wilson @. Hunt. 50 00 Mrs. F. P, Earle 10 00 Robert Lynd..... 5 00 For the New York poor. 5 00 | HO. W.. 5 00 Mrs. L. W. W. 10 00 le 5 00 For St. Jonn’s Guild, cash 20 00 Charles S. Stone. 10 00 | J.C. A. 2 00 | rs. Le. eens ae LOO] 339 West Thirty-eighth screet, towards Mrs, Thompson’s rent........ 100 Mrs. Chambers, for the poor 5 00 J. W., jor the poor 10 00 John W. Weed... 10 00 From Louie and Daisie. 100 E. Ry Wen. eeceeeeeeee 10 00 Total.......... eesseeee $893 00 Previously acknowledged, 170 55 Grand total ........... sane $3,163 55, Contributions may be sent to the HgRALD oftice, or to Mayor Havemeyer, ay Hall; GV. B. Ostrander, President of the Merchants’ Fire In- surance Company, No, 149 Broadway; Andrew W. Leggat, collector of assessments, New Court House; G. K. Lansing, Eari’s Hotel; G. J. N. Zabriskie, cashier of People’s Bank, corner of Canal and Thompson streets; J. L. Davis, Sheldon & Co., No, 677 Broadway, and Kev. S. H. Weston, D. D., No.3 East Forty-mfth street, or to the Rev. Alvah Wiswall, Master of St. John’s Guild, St. John’s chapel, Varick street. Paekages Ol clothing, groceries, &c., should be sent to St. John’s chapel, Varick street, between Laight and Beach streets, or if an order is sent | @ messenger will call for any package. THE RELIEF FUND. | turns to be published in your paper. | giving out the orders Donations regeived by the Heraup for the suffer- ing poor not previously acknowledged :— George Uhman’s brown dog, Scarsdale... Mrs, L., for Annie Stewart. k., New Bedford....... ee Baacas for Mrs. Connors, No. 61 Muiberry BITCCL. ses eeeereree No signature, for Mrs. Co: A soldier, irom Fort — , weeees Card player, proceeds of a social game. Pp. C. R., Merwinsville, Litchfield county, Conn H. T. K., Yonkers, 4 Archey Phillips, No. C. Bosneman. nd Wiilte and Florence, Harlem, for a poor little Pro Bono, for St. Jotin's Guiid. Grace, for St, John’s Guild.. TOtAL...ssseeeseeeee eS Sew aadSsanam a 283 ssssesess ese = | s ree erreerreereet Ls POPULAR RELIEF. Relief for Soldiers and Sailors. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— I would respectfully state that the organization known as the Grand Army of the Republic 1s de- signed expressly to relieve sick and distressed soldiers and sailors, particularly those who have been wounded or disabled during the late civil war, Any one knowing of such persons is urged to assist such by Spplyiny to any of the oMcers of the numerous posts in this city, when, if found wortas, they are always advised, relieved or as- alsted, and all are requegted to avuly to them Lor No. 184 East BROaDWay, New Youk © tant Crry, Feb, The Seventh Regiment Donation, New YORK ASSOCIATION FOR LMPROVING a CONDITION OF THE PooR, NEW YorK, Feb, 12, 1874, Colonel Emmons CLARK, Commanding Seventh Regiment, N. G. 8S. N. Y.:— DEAR Sin—At a meeting of the Managers of the Agsociation for Improving the Condition of the Poor your letter to the Treasurer, conveying to this association the entire net receipts (amount- ing to $4,261 96) trom the Seventh Regiment Char- ity Bali, on the 6th day of January, was presented, whereupon the following minute was unanimously adopted and a copy thereof ordered to be sent to your aadress :— The undersigned officers, in behalf of this asso- ciation, respectfully tender their grateful acknowl- edgments to Colonel Emmons Clark and brother omicers of the Seventh regiment, alike distin- guished for honor and professional discipline, for their valued favor, so well timed to meet the present widespread distress, and also jor the courteous manner of its presentation, They re- spectiuily beg to assure you, in advance, of the comfort it will give to the deserving poor, in quar- ters where relie! is most needed, and also of its grateful appreciation by the recipients of your committee have very properly given to the public the reason for making this association the aimoner of your oun “In this disposition of the fund (you remark) the regiment is influenced by the fuct that the association 1s neither local nor sectarian in its character, but extends its Operations to all parts of the city, and to the suf- fering poor of of every party, race and creed. And the lact also that it has a complete and ex- perienced organization for that purpose {s an ad- dittonal reason tor entrusting to your care the Jund raised by this regiment tor the immediate relief of the poor during the present winter.’ Jn View Of these reasons the public will doubt- less Justify the wisdom and recognize the necessity olyour preference. Be assured, sir, that in the disbursement of the sum placed at the disposal of this charity your expressed wishes shall be liter- ally and promptly fulfitled, with all the caretul discrimination and economy wanich the systematic operations of this association effectually secure. With great respect m behalf of the association, JAMES BROWN, President. Robert M. Hartvey, Secretary. The Suffering Workingwomen, To THE EpirorR OF THE HERALD:— Your noble effort to establish soup houses for the homeless poor during this terrible season of sul- fering reflects honor upon your head and your heart, and deserves the earnest gratitude of every lover of humanity, Will you pardon me for making @ Suggestion before all the details of your plan of benevolence are completed? ‘There are thousands of delicate sewing and trades women in New York who are suffering with their brethren and sisters for the want of food, and who could not be induced to anply for it at places where there are promis- cuous weathering. I ask, as one who sees, per- haps, more of the misery of this class of women than any one else, that among the places estab- lished for the distribution of your bounty there shail be one at least which shall be used exclusively for the better class of workipgwomen, most of ‘whom are now for the first time brought to want, 4 MARTHA W. FERRE! Superintendent Workingwomen’s Protective Union, 38 Bleecker street, Where Dia the Moncey Got—An Account Wanted. New York, Feb, 13, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Will you, as the champion of the poor of New York, please have the kindpess to inform me what has become of the money taken a¢ the concert of Mrs. E. Knox, given for the benefit of the poor of New York? I have contributed $1 towards the same and have been anxiously bade | the re- teimway Hall was well Milled, and the receipts are said to have been large. Please investigate and oblige, ONE DOLLAR, A Widow's Gratitude for Charity. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— “A Voice from Mrs, Ford, the Widow with Nine Children.” I called on her this morning and found her and her children comfortable and as happy as | it 1s possible for any one to be under the circum- stances, for which she exclaimed to ame, ‘od bless the New YORK HERALD? to which the donor begs to add a hearty amen! New Youk, Feb, 13, 1874, J, J. D., a donor. A Large Vacant Armory for a Charity House. New York, Feb. 13, 1874. ‘To THR EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Having noticed in to-day’s issue of the HERALD the recommendation of James Moran.for the using of the armories of the first division of the National Guard for soup houses and sleeping quarters, 1 wish to call your attention to a very large armory, situated between Twenty-seventh and Twenty- eighth streets, inthe Ninth avenue, that is not in ‘use at present, but has to be paid for by the city, that could be taken [amet of immediately, ani ig well adapted for the purpose, as it would accom- modate so many. [f you will inquire into this mat- mat you may find just what is needed. Respect- vy yours,” ONS OF THE FIRST DIVISION N. G. 8. N. Y. An Alleged Abuse in City Out Door Relief. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Now that you are on the subject of the adminis- tration of the public charities of this city I would ask you in the name of humanity to send up one of your reporters to see how the Commissioners of Charities dole out their assistance to the poor of this ward (Nineteenth). They are kept hours standing in the snow and bitter wind, waiting their turn for admittance to the office, Sixty-first street, between First and Second avenues. Most of | them, miserably clad, are put off from day to-day, with this excuse and that; sent home with empty | baskets on one pretext or another, and meantime what becomes of the poor, starving chilaren, for | whose sake the poor mothers have braved the bitter | weather and still bitterer treatment by the officials ? They are admitted by batches, and wnen enough are in the door is abruptly shut in the faces Of the others, so that many are thrown down, and to-day @ poor boy was seriously hurt in this way. Very iikeiy he was the only one of the family apie to go for the relier; and now what will become of them? If poor Dr. Livingstone had been in this iree, enlightened country I think he would not have | had occasion to go back to Africa to mourn over “Man’s inhumanity to man.” Kespecttull: ‘RESIDENT, P.S.—The office mentioned above is only tor for relie!, 80 what further trouples the poor creatures go through before they | obtain the required food I do not know. New YORK, Feb. 7, 1874. BROOKLYN MUNICIPAL CHARITY. “Here you see the people who are awaiting their turn to receive reltet,” said Commissioner of Char. | ities Mr. John Cunningham, as he led the HERALD | representative into an apartment in the basement of the Kings Vounty Court House, on the Livings- | ton street side, aud pointed out an assemblage of about 100 people, nine-tenths of whom were women. ‘The poor people were seated on benches ranged in ing relief, The name ts placed on the ‘index” an@ all the information obtained 18 entered upon the record for relerence. It sometimes happens that we are imposed on, but not often. We have never, heretofore, had to heip so many men as at present. But this will not last very long, perhaps for w month or so only, There is very little drunke hess and more real want than ever before. We frequently are called upon to help people whose sensibiities are too great to admit of their com- ing forward with the general poor, and in such Cases assist them at their homes,’? in conversation with Mr. Hagh Corboy, the Chief Cierk of the First distrigt Ofice, the writer was in- formed that the district, which embraces the First, Third, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth, Twelfth and Twency- Second wards, and includes in its relief about one half Of the poor of Brooklyn, was assisting between 14,000 and 15,000 people. Last year the number of recipents of temporary relief in the district was 11,000, The ratio of inerease in the poor in the other four districts ts about in proportion to this division. The Second District Relief office 18 a6 No. 37 Willoughby street; Third, at the corner of Graham avenue and Broadway; Fourth, Atlantic avenue, near the Howard House, East New York; Filth, Fort Hamilton, New Utrecht. The total appropriation tor the poor this year was $400,000, It Was made in August, 1873, by the Board of Supervisors, and there was n@ allowance for contingencies. The unprecedented increase of applicants for relief will, of course, R= cessitate the granting of @ further ‘appropriation to meet the extraordinary demand upon the Com- missioners for assistance, nor 1s {t at all probable that any objection will be made by the people te the extra appropriation in View of the present ext- gencies ofthe poor. Of the appropriation, $460, Out of which all the county insututions—aimstouse Narsery, Hospital, Lunatic Asylum, &o.—are to bo supplied, about $100,000 will be expended upon the “outdoor relie!” this year, being $30,000 more than was required for the same purpose in 1873, ‘The cost of the aistribution of this relief this year will be about $20,000, it has been customary to discontinue temporary assistance on March 1, bat the indications are that the exigencies of the times will require an extension of grace for one month longer this year. Many of the applicants, Mr. Cor. boy assured the writer, were men whose general appearance gave evidence of the truth of their statements concerning their necessities, many of them asserting that they had not tasted a morsel of food for twenty-four or thirty-six hours at a ume. INVESTIGATION OF BROOKLYN CHARITY CONTRACTS. Yesterday the Aldermanic Committee on Ac- counts of the Commissioners of Charities, to whom has been delegated une examination of the man- agement of the Department of Charities, repaired to the Kings County Almshouse for the purpose of commencing their labors, The officials presen’ were Aldermen Ropes, Radman, Dwyer and Brown, and Commissioner Cunningham, of the Board of Oharities. The contracts for the year ending July 31, 1873, were looked over, and surprise was expressed by Alderman Ropes at the extremely low prices of some Of the goods, especially when he came” to the ivem of sirloin steak at nine cents a pound. Boys’ shoes at seven cents a pair and women’s avnine cents were also regarded a6 remarkably low in the scale of prices, It was shown that the original samples are preserved, se that when the supplies come in they can be compared with them, In this way, it is believed, the contractors are com- pelled to observe their contracts. The contract price for condensed milk is thirty-eight cents per juart, though it i8 now selling for twenty cents fhe investigation will be continued, THE POOR OF NEWARK. —— “what is the real condition of affairs in Newark, Mr. Rodwell?” asked a HERALD representative yesterday afternoon, addressing the Suaperinten- dent of the City Poor Relief Bureau, who was found at headquarters, corner of Mechanic and Mulberry streets. The answer was that there was more real Want, suffering and destituiion in Newark now than three-fourths of the people had any idea of; more, indeed, than had ever been known in New- ark before. From Mr. Rodwell and others were obtained a number of facts and statistics no leas sad than interesting. The great majority of applicants for assistance are of a class heretofore entirely unknown to dispensers of charity; respectable mechanics, seamstresses and persons who would only seek such assistance when actually driven by poverty and starvation, Men and women wearing good and sometimes costly clothing appear daily seeking assistance. The females frequently are so bowed with shame and humiliation that they strive to hide their features by wearing three or four veils. Thereare now on the books of the bureau the names of 3,400 families, recipients of public charity, The average number of persons in each family is four, making about 13,600 persons, or one-ninth part of the ey has been run entirely on voluntary contribu’ Up wo yesterday there had been distributed food to the value of apout $13,500, A similar organization did good serfice in 1868, but since has not beem needed. The number of families applying for tp has increasea twenty-five over the number of week, and the increase continues. Of the whele number of persons who have made application for ate only about ifty have been discovered e FRAUDS OR One of these was caught for rum the food he nad obtained. He was sent to jail for three was 407 families, and the small ry is made —_ she ward Wras not do their lence many deserv: Tsons are neglected, while others receive Raalstance that, perhaps, eta not need. Sometime ago colored families living in a house on Broad street played sharp on the bureau for @ time, but were nally caught. Eight persons app! from the same house, declaring themselves to repre sent So many families. The result was they were allcut of Agreat many persons are out of em- ployment who keep away from the bureau for shame’s sake and eke out the scantiest living on the charity of friends. Some factories recently started’ work again, but, finding by experience that there Was no demand for le, closed up again, or nearly so, Among the long list of SAD AND DISTRESSING CAS related to the HERALD man yesterday are the fol- lowing:—A colored woman in Calumet street owned a little property, but in vain tried to raise Money on it. She bad an infant in her keeping, an orphan leit by a colored friend, deceased. She Was jound on the verge of starvation, having, with the child, been without food tor two days and two nignts. ‘Another case is that of a respectable me- chanic. He got out of work, as did two men 1ng with him. He kept them and himself as long as he had acpnt or could raise one in the pawn | shop, and was finally driven vo seek the aid of the Relief Bureau. Work was sent him by express, but he could not Jaise funds to pay the ex- ressman. A mah Was employed in jureau at $3 per week an jactory started and he went there to work, but soon had to come back. The factory was able only to pay seventy-five cents per day and no food. im several instances persons have been eben hunger to steal, Others, through the watch negs of visitors have been saved from committing crime, though on the verge of it. THE OVERSKER OF THE POOR, @ city oficial, tells much the same story. He serves 350 persons per day. The greatest draw on him is for coal, of which 1,200 tons have aire: been given out to the poor. thousan tickets for bread are given out per month. His office, too, witnesses @ great many very sad and distressing cases. BAPID TRANSIT. regular order, and were conversing in subdued | tones, sympathizing, doubtiess, in one another’: misery, which is so oft quoted as loving company. | Conversation in audible tones ta prohibited, as it seriously interferes with the transaction of business | in the distribution oMce adjoining. The women were, for the greater portion, of Irish birth, and all were cleanly in appearance. There were a few | | respectable looking people, who sat quietly apart | from the throng of regular customers, and de- ported themselves as though “the situation” was | novel and necessitous with them, Passing from the waiting room to the ofice and within the railed enclosure, where three clerks were busily engaged in examining applications and issuing | relief tickets to the needy without, the Commis- | sioner said:—‘We have here a regular system of bookkeeping, and exercise all possible circum. | spection to protect the interest of the county and distribute the relief where it will do the most good. This is the chief of the three district distributing ; offices for the outdoor relief. A commissioner is present daily at each office. There are six- tween stores in. this district to which orders [oF | groceries to the amount of $1 (or more if we find | it necessary) are addressed. These orders are given to various grocers, to suit the te al ] of the applicants, Having sixteen beg | stores in this district we are enabled to wecom, | modate the poor without compellin; them to go | far from their place of habitation. The orders are ‘all signed by a commissioner, and on their pre- sentation to us the grocers are paid. We also | issue half tons of coal to the nah ey have a con- tract for supplying it at $6 75, lief tickets are issued every day except Wednesdays and Sun- days. Persons who make application for relief bring @ note of recommendation from some re- spectable person, upon which their address ig taken and an inspector visits them and obtains information as to whether the appli- qant 18 married or sinlo. the name. agg and The Committee of Arrangements of the mase meeting which 13 to be held at Cooper Institute om Monday evening, February 23, in favor or Mr. N. G, Eastman’s Rapid Transit bill, held s meeting last evening at No.2 Astor House. Messrs. M. C. Turner, Jonn Foley, Lewts Ballard, H. F. Averill, —— Le —— others ae np ‘The committee are Srrange- ments as will bad “inv one of the largest meet ings ever held in this city. Gayor Havemeyer or Charles Many i will pres side, Ex-Judge Pierre] * Joa &. Devi Fastman lin, Sen- , JobD ee oberon ‘And others will address the meet . The Committee of Arrangements will meet: sonia this afternoon at the Astor when @& formal invisation, vam oe eae to all Kerwine = ssto ere a8 8000 as posable that which is most Deeded—rapid transit from the City Hall to Harlem. COMMITTEE OF SAFETY, The Committee of Safety met last evening a8 Masonic Hall, Thirteenth street, They held what | they called a secret session, from which reporters were entirely excluded, The meeting did not com vene before nine o’clock, when Mr. Burke was proposed and elected chairman. Theodore Tomlin~ son, attorney for the association, made a speech to the meeting on the bgt tp square riot. He stated that he eo dusch: accused men yesterday velore and expected that all of them would be discha: in ashort time, There were present ing Theodore Ban! procured of sixof the Recorder Hackett tthe meee Monsieur es Senil, James connetly and several others, num- bering twenty in all, Committees were ap ted to confer with the different one @ Nuc! of oo ‘and take measures to form tinct wort n’s party. if any, real business was ‘at the Convention for the benetit of the working people, Shey did Ot adiguen Wil ® Very late Bows