The New York Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1874, Page 4

4 SYMPATHY. The Real Condition of | the Poor. \A PORTRAYAL BY LADIES. ‘How Life Was Sustained on | Six Cents a Day. THE BOSTON POOR. Another Exhibit of the Chari- ties of New York. It will be seen in the narratives given below that the HERALD is still pursuing its self-imposed task of describing the condition of the destitute of New ‘York and other cities. The recital of the agonies of starvation, given below, are as painful to write as they are to read. But it will be seem by the ‘umerous responses that we have published that this ts the most effectual way yet discovered of Promptly reaching out the helping hand to the (poor and aMicted. \A STORY OF POVERTY AS SEEN BY TWO LADIES. On Friday, February 13, and Saturday, February 14, two ladies of means and social position, being alike of a charitable disposition and of an enter- prising turn of mind, desirous of tnvestigating for ‘themselves the real condition of tne poor of New sYork and of taking the proper steps to ameliorate ‘their condition, visited in person several of the poorer wards and soon convinced themselves that, Yar from the misery and destitution of the poor be! fing exaggerated, it had really been underrated and “toned down”? in its printed descriptions. Hearing of these visits—this self-imposed ‘‘tour lof inspection’—a representative of the HERALD ‘called upon these ladies after they had completed heir observations, and obtained from their own Dips she story of their adventures and investiga- mons, whicb story is herein given, and as far as possible in their own language, as though the ladies ere amateur reporters for the HERALD, thus pre- ting the destitution of the poor, looked at from ‘@ womanly point of view—a point of view of as much interest as novelty. The two lauies first ‘visited some of tue tenement houses in East Elev, enth street. “Here,” said the elder of the ladies tothe SHERALD representative, “in No. 432, in the rear building, ground floor, we came across a family consisting of a German named Gustay Hohn- necker, his wife and five children. The father of ‘this family is by trade a tinsmith, an industrious, good workman, but who has been out of work for @our months and more. The mother does what she can—which is nothing—and the children have been wick with hunger and cold and exhaustion, He is Qn debt to his landlord, but though he picks up an ‘odd fifty cents occasionally, he keeps this windfall ‘to buy bread for his children; whereat the land- Jord complains and says that all the flity cents ought to come to him. Gustav’s greatest wish, yafter food and fire, is to be able to move from his present room, which is horribly fithy and damp g@nd unhealthy. In the same house are a number of other cases of poverty aud misery; but as they are also cases of dirt,” said the ladies, “we did mot—we could not—ieei particularly interested in xhem. THE AGONIES OF SELF-RESYECTING PAUPERS. “But the saddest sight we saw on Friday morn- ing,” continued the ladies, ‘was that presented in wo rooms on the front of the top, or filth, story of the tenement house No, 432 East Eleventh street, Occupied vy a Mrs. Susan McAuley, who is by trade an embroideress, and who lives with her son, & Doy of eightcen years, and a daughter of sixteen. All three are at present ‘out of work,’ as, in fact, they have been, notwithstanding all their efforts to procure employment, for the last seven months. ‘The first thing that impressed us,” said tne lady visitors, “was thatwe must have come to the wrong place—that there could be but little poverty there, as everything was so carefully and tidily clean and so neatly arranged. On a little table lay ‘@ scrupulously white shirt, partly troned; the room, at that particular moment, was quite warm. Over the mantelpiece were some family Pictures which had once been likenesses of the in- mates. In one corner were a few shelves and fewer disnes. The floor waa, of course, carpetiess, ‘but deliciously clean; you could Lave eaten of it. On a couple of old chairs in a corner was placed a washtub, which she removed for our ac- commodation, wiping a8 she did so the chairs (her only ones, by the by) with a clotb, the white- ness of which would have done credit to a blan- chisseusse. She evidently believed that cleanliness ‘was next to godliness, and had not yet ceased to respect herself in ner surroundings. She was mone of your squalid, foul and filthy poor. “We found the chief occupant of this paradise of cleanliness, Mrs. McAuley, engaged in an attempt to iron the shirt already alluded to, This gave us our clew, and we thereupon opened the conversa- tion by asking her, ‘Do you take in washing?’ « ‘No,’ she replied, tn a tone of subdued sadness, ‘Jam not able to doany washing. I was only try- ing to do up @ shirt that my son, who has been Very sick, may look clean to go to the doctor.’ “One of us then abruptly asked, ‘Have you felt the hard times? ‘Indeed I have,’ was her in- stant reply. “I nave beeu a widow for eleven years, and in that time have struggled hard to raise andeducate my twochildren. I have been an embroideress; I worked for years for four good ladies, ali of whom are now dead. I would have done washing, perhaps, but my right arm, as you see, is deformed, and has never grown any since 1 had a fall when I was a child, w hile my Jeft arm and shoulder is drawn up with rheumatism.’ “She was indeed a pitabie object. She then con- tinued the recital of her history, which is one of the most wonderful stories of real iife which we have ever heard. On two occasions she has been turned out of her lodgings by Jandlords tor non-payment of rent—literally into the street. Un these occastons for several days and nights she and her chitdren had nothing but THE PARK BENCHES POR BEDS AND THE SKIES FOR COVERING. The mother, leaving her two little ones in the public squares, would go round seeking work or begging bread all day, apd then when the dark came the hen and her chickens would sicep as best they could—that is, sleep by turns; generally the mother standing guard In the open air ail night over her fatherless children. “Finally Mrs. McAuley reached ber present quar- ters, where, ior a while, she struggled on, but dar- ing the last three weeks hag been reduced to the utmost misery. She finally lost her reserve as she ‘talked with us, and toid us with illustrations more @log uent than words of her unutterable wreiched- ness, “We lad noticed that the room was comparatively warm. Mrs. McAuiey now explained this fact. Some one in the house bad given her a half pail of coal, the only fuel she had had for a week, and the first use she had made of this unexpected fire ‘Was to try to Wash and iron her son’s onl: that he mignt see the doctor. But the fuel nad not lasted, the fire had gone out and the siirt was @till but half ironed. Seif-respecting poor woman that she was, she did not im to iuagine that tt ‘Was possibie for her som to Visita puysician in @ dirty shirt. “We noticed that neither in the front room nor tn the back were there any signs of beds or bed covering, there veing one thin comforter and a straw mattress on a low iron cot. Mrs, McAuley Dad sacrificed her BBDCOVERING FOR THE RENT. @he had pawned the pillowcases, two hedsteads, ‘three biankets and two sheets to keep & wretched Fool over ber teac—had for the same purpose with almost ail her own clothing, and now Senne her daughter at night lie in their clothing, | euch as it is, On the buards in the front room, shirt, | WEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1874.~TRIPLE SHxEst. while her Mesin the room, coughing and groaning inks cold and eas all night long. “Phe on is a terrible object to look upon—a grow- ing youth with & natural tate, bus not! to gratily it with; sick, but witn no chance to get well; emaciated, thm, pale, more dead than alive. But the conail of the daughter was even more pitiable than that of the sou, At the time of our Visit she lay STRETOBED IN STARVATION | on the little iron cot in the back room, which her brother ied At night. She was a ravher prety | blue-eyed girl, with fue hair, but the palest, Sith nest, inost pinched Jace in the world, and 80 wear from want of food that she was unable to Speal above a whisper. She was titcrally starving. “She Was lying in her petticoat, ti, but clean. with a towel ‘wrapped round her neck. Se had no dress to wear—her only other possessions, & par- | tally Durnea balmorai petticoat and a faded aulk skirt (given to her by some benevolent ladies), ‘on the wall beside her. Nor had she any | shoes to wear. There were but three shoes to this family of three. “Phey had no food im the house, saving & small bone o/ cbid roast beef, which had been given to them; but although Mrs. McAuley confessed that this piece Of meat was very nice, yet she said that it could do them no good, a8, said she, ‘we are all T00 STARVED TO Kat,’ their stomachs being so enieebled by long fasting | as tobe unabie to retain food. ‘My son,’ she con- tinued, 45 not able to swallow anything but a crumb of sweet cake yesterday, while my daughter has had nothing pass her mouth but a piece of bread and @ cup of tea since Wednesday night | (it was now Friday noon),’ But what struck us most of all,” said the ladies, ‘was that, although the daughter had avery sore finger—a finger whose soreness was produced by 1oul, weak 01004, arising iyom ab enfeedied state of the system—it was not poulticed, Asking why it was not, we received the simple answer—which under the circumstances the contributions of the State and private indl- viduals :— HOUSE OF COOP suBRH ‘otal receipts, ‘aid tor suppltes, To Rev, Ee HRD, IN ROOKLAND COUNTY, FOR 1873, . i L249 42 KE, Guy, ex- Cap ac. Total expenditures: Less salaries Loft tor food, clothing, &¢ 0. FOUNDLING ASYLUM, LEXIN ‘ow AND SUErY- EIGHTH STREET, FOW YRAR KNOING OCTOBER, I Per capita allowed bygitate.......... mM glo. ide 2 Donations from friends and entertaiaments: 34,399 73. ‘alue of articles contributed, about... Total receipts. Paid for salari for ser Excess of expenditures over income. ........ $9,045 41 It seems from the report of the Sisters that $109,000 of the amount expended were paid out- side nurses at $10 per month for infants and $8 per month for children over eighteen months old, thus supplying about 600 families with support this winter; 125 homeless and needy mothers were received and provided for, and 2,193 children, with- out regard to nation, creed or color, were clothed, sheltered and nourished, With auch a showing all must admit that the Sisters of Charity are doing | a noble work. HOME FOR INCURABLES, FOR TEAR ENDING JUNE, IFS. was wore eloquent than volames—‘We did not bare bread enough in the house to make a poultice.” “Among the other cases we visited on Friday,’’ said one of the ladies, “were several which strongly enlisted our sympathies; but it was during our tour on Saturday that we met the saddest and strongest cases. “Among these latter were a Mr. Leopold Unger, wile and four little cntidren, of No. 436 Sixth street, rear basement—a deep down, dark, damp den of a basement, He once kept a restaurant, but now is humself in want of food. His iife lately has been | a senes of misiortunes, He has cut his head padiy, broken his leg three times, then broke mis arm, | while his wile is going bund. His cup of misery has been brimful, and now cold and starvation have been added to his own personal and family distress, His wife yearns for meat, meat, meat, which she only tastes once @ week or so, and then only im the smallest quantities. ‘The little girl, seven years ola, does the washing, and the girl, Your years old, does the nursing, and they all do the suffering,” said the lady, parenthetically. “The neXt Jamily We visited was that o! Mrs. Lourg, No. 122 East Fourth street, in the rear. There are five littie children, and their mother is @ widow. She canes seats for @ living, but, alas! of late she has had no seats tocane, For two years this interesting family have been on the very verge Of starvation. | To use tne mother’s words, her cuildren have been “HUNGRY FOR TWO YEARS." “Then we saw a Mrs, Maker, 327 East Eleventh | Street, down in the front basmeent—a wet, cold, deep, front basement—the walls all cracked and the door letting in all the wind. She has a husband and six children—the latter all | young and helpless, and the former out of work for six months, and afilicted | with an incurable disease, Which totally in- | capacitates him for any heavy work. The man and the eldest child go out begging when they can, and from the proceeds of this spasmodic alms- asking the whole of the wretched family manage to live—as no decent man or woman would have | lus or her pet dog or cat live for the world—a liv- ing death, @ misery indescribable. And yet tnis miserable mother has @ pursing babs. “Then there 13 @ Mrs. Mack, No, 333 East Eleventh street, second story, frout room, rear house, first house in the alley. She basa busband (crippled jor two years with rheumatism) and six children, “The Dusband tries occasionally sell newspapers on Fourth street and Broadway: but things have gone wrong of late, and now the whole family are cold and sick and faint irom the want of.food. God help them! And she, too, has a nursing baby. ‘God knows I have only one thing | to wish for, and that’s a coffin,’ said poor Mrs. Mack as we left her. “Then we visited Helen Handlon, No. 331 East Eleventh street, front room, first foor. She has five children, one a babe only ten weeks old, yet she was scrubbing the floor when we entered, Her | husband is a tailor, who has been out of work since three weeks before Curistmas. Since that time she | has lived on a barre! 0! flour; ‘But now we have NO FLOUR, NO COAL, NO BED, NO CLOTHES,’ said Mrs. Handlon. “Then we saw Catherine Hoy, a widow, at No. 263 East Tenth street, rear house, second door; five children; lormerly a tasse) maker: now out of work altogether, One of her children, ber boy, had the hip disease, She pawned all her clothes to buy | him mediciue to keep him out of the hospital; but when work failed and clothes were exhausted she was forced to send him to the hospital. Some of her children were in svores, but they had all lost their places. She 1s now trying to learn to Work a sewing machine ; and oh! if anybody can but give her work to do, it will be such a God’s mercy! Yesterday they had half a pound of beef- Steak, Which Was divided among the four children, the mother herself eating ‘a bite of bread’ anda half cup of tea. “At No, sul East Eleventh street, second story, back room, lives a Mrs. O’Brien, with SIX CHILDREN IN RAGS, | and who sits up ull night to keep their rags to- | gether, Her husband isa tailor, and during the dust month has pad one day and @ hall’s work, at | $laday. She is three months oehind in the rent, | but her landiord, a Mr. Logan, a liquor dealer, has | ‘forgiven her the rent’ so iar; but they have no food and no fire. How are a tamlly of eight to live tnrough February and March Without them #” Among other terrible cases of poverty and mis- ery seen by those ladies may be mentioned Cathe- rine Keenan, No. 333 East Eleventh street, third house in the alley way, first foor, with two chil- dren, but no work and no clothes, and a Mrs. Tetry, next door, who has three children, but no clotles and no work. | WHAT A LADY FOUND IN MOTT STREET. A third lady, residing in Ninth street, took a tour of observation, for purposes of charity, among the poor of New York, near the Bowery, along Mott street and Elizabeth street, &c., near Grand street, &c, She reported the result of her tour to @ HERALD representative, as follows: — “One of tne saddest cases I have ever heard of, and one of the most pecuilar in its misery, | came across yesterday, avout noon, in a room in the house No, 132 Mott street. in this room there live, or rather breathe, an old Ulind man, infirm and useless, Who Sat biting his old fingers (for want of hing else to bite), and his three daughters, ungest twelve years, the oldest seventeen, ing ‘out of work.’ What struck me most forcibly was that there Was bot a bit of furniture in the room, save a chair on which the old man sat. lnquirtog, 1 ound that the three children had, piece by piece, burned up their furniture to , make a fire With to keep themselves warm. Hav- ing exhausted all their means, and having in vain struggled to obtain work, they had, rather than betray their unfortunate condition or solicit charity, made kindling wood of their furniture, Meanwhile they bad lived on garbage for some weeks, and Unally, despite their grief and their | honest pride, were compelled to ask charity. By this time their pitiiul condition had become known to their neighbors, who raised a small subscription for them; but they are still terribly in want of the commonest necessaries of life. “In No, 138 Mott street, ‘in the rear,’ there are a | number of very deserving and horribly destitute poor; among others an oid man named William Dunn. Inthe basement ofthis building isa very pitiiul case, @ Mrs. Kahoe, who is bare-footed and almost naked, sore-eyed, starving and with four children. | “A Mrs, Julia Reilly, in No, 128 Mott street, rear house, first floor, is a widow, with three small chil- dren, and without acent. A Mrs, Hewitt and a Mrs. Anderson, with three children, are partners . 128 Mott street, in the rear. 136 Mott street, rear, has tramped the cities of New York and Brooklyn, day by day, lor work in vain, and is now on the verge of starvation; and Mrs. Matilda Moran, who ‘boards’ with her four children (one of them a bright-eyed, smart, good little girl) with another ‘tamily,’ who aiso take in ‘other’ boarders, inthe basement of No, 189 Mott street, says that she has but two Wishes in the worla—one, to get enough to feed her children; the second, to get a jew dollars , together so that she can move into ‘a room of her own.’ In Hester street, near the Bowery, are five frame houses, bardly ft for pigs to live in, which are inhabited by several very wretched iamilies. On the top floor of No, 116 Elizabeth street live two widows who are in every sense of the word ‘des- titate ;’ and many other cases could be cited; all that neighborhood abounds in misery and children, Speaking of ciildren,” said the lady, ‘‘Mary Don- nelly, of No, 138 Mott street, has tour, whose joint earnings have not averaged ten cents a day for the last ten months, the mother herself having earned | about ten dollars in that time, making a ‘grand total’ of about $1 85 to pay all the expenses o1 & family of Ove people for one week, being au allow- | ance of about SIX CENTS A DAY PER HUMAN BRING. “A Mrs. Commens, of No. 139 Mott street, has for some weeks eaten never more than one meal a day, and has often been unable to eat even one, She has two sons, both of whom are ‘out of work.’ A Mrs. Primrose and a Mrs. Barnes, of No. 134 Movt reet, are wretchediy poor, and a littie fellow, ‘Ned’ Duffin, who ‘boards’ in the candy store No, 134 Mott street, says that he ‘don’t know what it is to get a square meal.’ ” The note books and the memories of the ladi are not yet exhausted, but enough has br 5 tracted from them to serve as “hints ior the char- itabie.’” THE CHARITY EXHIBIT. jipnaaennintlsitamieasente, Below will be found further statements of the amounts received by various institutions reported since Saturday last, together with the amounts es disbursed in relief and the amounts paid for sal- | aries, teachers, servants, missionaries and others | to disburse the receipts. It will be seen that some of the charities are at no expenae for disbursing, while others consume a very large percentage in \ the distribution. The figures given below will well repay careful examination by persons inter- | ested im learning how much 1t costs to dishurae | while outside poor are also relieved. | Paid for other purposes, | Received during the y | the development of its werk the house has come under Received trom city a » Nothing | Received from other soures » $2i,001 LE | Value of articles received "400 00 Total receipts. os cove 62.001 Expended in relic “)IQ397 32 Expended in salari SL nso 92 Total expenditures. se 19,488 26 | ST. VINCKNT'S HOSPITAL, FOR YEAR ENDING SECTKMBER, 1573. | Received from city.... ~ $6,000 00 Received from other sources. Total receipta ..... Paid for wages (no salat Paid for support of hospi ) ital . Total expended... ... There were treated during (he yea: Troated tree Treated partially for pay. Pay patients, r Received from city..... Received from other sources Total receipts Paidtor phy us’ salaries 96 Paid for other expenses v. 3910 ‘otal expenditures. ..... ‘ + $7,310 38 ST, VINCENT (B, C.) HOME FOR BOYS, NO, 53 WARREN stRERT, | For 1873, Received from city. Nothin Received irom other sou $5,133 Value of articles donated. 100 09 Total receipts. Paid for salaries, te: Actual amount expended. SL. 5,589 00 Spare are 178 boys in the Home, paying five cents each for beds and meals when they have money, HOUSE AND SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY, NO. 120 WxsT SIXTKENTH STREKT, FOR YRAR 1873, Received from city Subsertptions and ot sours Total receipts... oe Paid for salaries and Louse cook Total disbursements......... é Among the donations received was $' the Children’s Aid Society, BOMK FOR OLD MEN AND AGED coUPLES, NO, 487 nODSON stare, FOR 1373. Received from State...... .» Received trom other’ source: Paid salaries es 3 Expense of Home.. There are eleven inmates in the Home. THR WOMAN'S 41D soctRTY,, NO. Al SRVENTIE AVENUK, FOR 790 03 from | Received from city ¢ d {rom subscriptions and donations. Received for work and board. . Received from other sources. Total receipts... Paid tor salaries House expenses Rent, Total expenses. Less salaries... Expended in relies 713 Women sent to situations. Keimaining in Home 16) | NEW YORK ASYLUM FOR LYING-IN WOMEN, NO. 55 MARION STREET, FOR 1873. Received from city...... Received from otlier sources Value of articles contributed... Total receipts..... tees Prerreeees Paid salaries of matron, nurse and servants... $823 Expended in rel : 3,053 47 Articles distribute 30.00 | Total disbursed. - sce S80 AT There are about twenty wmmates and over 200 women were attended free of charge at their houses, KW YORK SOCIETY FOR RELIEF OF RUPTURED AND criP- PLED, FORTY-3ECOND STREXT AND LEXINGTON AVENUK, | FOR YEAR 1873. Received trom city $14,191 52 29175 48 Received trom other source: $43,367 00 Total receipts... *Paid for physicia Amount actually €. Total disbursed...... .... *Dr, Knight, physician of the hospital, reports that in this item is $2,920 paid to mechanics and seamstresses in manufacturing department, Making the actual amount for salaries and wages $12,439 46. The salaries are paid to four teachers, five physicians, twelve nurses and nine instrument makers, here are 4,407 outdoor patients and 308 | indoor patients treated during the year, as well aa | in some cases clothed and educated. The rate re-, | ceived from the city is $150 per annum for each’) in-patient treated, and the society rely upon do- nations for the treatment of the 4,807 outdoor | patients. The average expense per capita for all | patients was $8 43. RECAPITULATION. | t 3 : & Soctety. 2 by | if = 3 ‘ .§ iF as House of Good Shepherd...... $502 04 $581 62 Roman Catholic Founaling Asylum. 150,489 35 700 0% Hotne tor acurables. : 13,387 32 6,150 92 St. Vincent's Hosptial 480 2.585 8. Northern Dispensary 0 388,309 96 St. Vincent's Home fo’ 900 "764 00 House and School of industry, 036 | 6,795 00 | Aged Men and Couples 88516 Nothing. | 7 13 0 | 3,087 47 828 0 lum t Kuptured and RIED IN Yorkville Disp Roman Cathol Shepherd Working women’s Prot Ladies’ Five Points Mi New York Juvenile As; Roman Catholic Prote A Home for Aged and Infirm Hi s ety for Reliet of Women and to 10,374 53 1,274 50 CHUAPON , 600... secre sees cereeeeses Nothing Women’s Hospital... — | Female Christian Home 1,196 57 | New York Opthalmic Hospital. (2.200 64 | New York Colored Home. 2,775 5) . John's Guild... Nothing | Shelter tor Respectable G Nothing | Home tor Aged Wome | paek mmunion . Nothing | Female City Mission & a Chopin Home for Aged. Ms 254 00 House of Rest for Uonsumptives. |. 1,860 00 Hebrew Benevolent Society. New York Institute for Blin Rhode Blan 00 29,805 12 39,238 12 | New York ission, tor mi: aries... caesar ish 3.622 99 = New York German Society... 9,400 00 2.456 00 St. Elizabeth's Hospital... 5,000 00 Nothing | West side German Hospital $935,521 44 $209,915 15 | A BREAD AND BEEF HOUSE. | We are desired to call the attention of the benev- olent to the following practical charity, which nas | the merit of not belonging to the class which ab- | sorbs two-thirds of its receipts in salaries. The undermentioned is an extract from a smalt | pamphlet setting forth the details of the work and constitution of the society :— The Bread and Beef House has been in existence for three or four years. It is jocated in the tar western part of the city, and has done @ quietly beneficent work in | seeking out and relieving the needy, under the fostering | care of some earnest Christian ladies, With a view to Totals the care of an association connected with the Anthon Memorial church, Yorty eighth sweet, between Sixth | and seventh avenu t is parochial as to its present as to its workers and its work, ed at No. 265 West Fifty-second st of Eighth avenue. A trained visitor on having many years’ experience | in the difficult work ot (discriminating between coanter- | feit and genuine poverty, lives there. The office 1s opt from eight ten, M.. to receive applications f relief, the Superintendent herselt s fale Ce ccenennars reelt or some of the visitors Tn the storeroom is kept constantly on hand such staple articles as crackers, flour, potatoes, hominy, oat meal, beans, tea, coffee, sugar, Ae. is Orders for bread and meat and milk and coal are | ready to be filled up and issued upon neighboring stores. | Nourishing soup is kept constantly on the fire for im- mediate use. WHAT IT OFPiRS IN nRIRF. Relief of all anxtety about w meal at once to the hungry fore further aid is given ersonal investigation be- Sifting out of impostors. Im mealate relief of need. Relter in food, clothing, fuel, &c., rather than in money. Continued Wwatchfulness over gasgeof need. Kmployment in preterente to gts, With- ho of cl y from the wi us. Keonomy ot charity. ico digmeirt Whar 18 WANTED, Money.—A\l contributions acknowledged through the daily papers. Contributions of Clothing, Provisions and Goods.— Which may be sent at any time to the house, Orders for Work.—Ladies in need of sewing will ald us by giving us their orders, or purchasing from our supply, atcost price. Porsons needing workmen or women will aid us by communicating by note or in person. ‘Bxamination of Our House and its Work.—Cali and 60@ for | poor people under their charge, ; eight to nine P. M. | near Grand street, New Yor! | ever. A CASE OF DESTITUTION. A (ew days since @ stage driver fell from hia seat while driving up Broadway, near the Fifth Avenue Hotel. When taken into the nearest drug store tt was found that he was suffering from disease of the heart, from whioh he tad long been ailing. He died shortly after. Hia wife, Mra. Kenney, with three or‘ ig five, three and one years, live at No, 139 Twenty-filth street, room ‘They are in the direst destitution, ne ticles. which are used by housekeepers. clothes and food are wanting, the smal wages of an honest stage driver having proved too little to support the family while the héad livea. Will the charitable take the widow and orphans in charge? if MRS. KNOX’S CONCERT. To THR EpITOR OF THE HERALD :— “One Doliar" writes to know what became of the money which was realized from the concert of Mrs. E. Knox, given in Steinway Hall, for the benefit of tne poor of New York. In justice to Mrs, Knox, who on this occasion 60 kindly gave her own adr- vices and procured the services of other distin- guished artists, 4 desire to state that the tickets tor this concert were distributea among the vart- | ous non-salaried charitable socicties of the city, some sixteen in number, These societies sold the tickets and applied the money in relieving the St. John’s Guild Teceived 300, and will acknowledge the amount received for the same as soon as itis known how many were sold. Thus it will be seen that Mrs. Knox never received any money from the concert except for a lew tickets which she reserved in order to pay the necessary expenses of the enter- tainment, She will be prepared to make a full statement of the affair as eoon as she hears from various societies. Very truly yours, z ALY. WISWALL, POPULAR SYMPATHY. The Destitute Musical Family. In order that the tamily of the musician men- tioned in yesterday’s HERALD may be speedily as- sisted without any unnecessary publicity of their names, it has been arranged that assistance shall ; be extended to them through a committee of | three, composed of a representative of the HERALD, U. E. Horsley (an old friend of the mu- sician’s family) and Gouverneur K. Lansing, of Earie’s Hotel, who is a member of the St. Johu’s » | Guild, All contributions forwarded on benaif of | this family will be handed over to this committee. House of the Good Shepherd. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— We received this day’s HERALD, and find in the article “The Charitable Exhibit’ a considerable mistake, which we beg you will have corrected. The amount of the annual expenditure marked in the report sent you was $114,308 26, while the re- turn given in your paper is only $14,308 36, Beg- ging you will kindly excuse us troubling you again, meanwhile believe us, yours taithtul in our Lord, THE SISTERS UF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. NINETIRTH STREET, Yorkville, OFFERS AND SUGGESTIONS. Medical Advice Free. FEBRUARY 12, 1874, | To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— Please insert the following announcement :— Dr. George Newell’s professional advice ts free to all families in distress. Hours, nine to twelve A. M., OMice No. 85 Eldridge street, K. RGE NEWELL, M. v. Shoes for Barefooted Children. Some country philanthropist last weck trans- Iitved to Colonel Thomas L, James, Postmaster GEO!) 90 | of this city, $1 50, with the wish that he should purchase a pair of shoes for the first child he should meet barefooted. It is neediess to say that Mr. James had not to go far toaccompligh this object. He soon found a family of several persons who suffered trom cold feet, and expended the $1 50 sent to him, with $8 50 more, thus making the family happy. | THE POOR IN WESTCHESTER. Considering the gloomy auspices under which | the winter commenced in Westchester county, owing to a partial suspension of almost every branch of manual industry, the number of indigent poor has been remarkably small, while, excepting isolated cases, instances of absolute destitution | have thus far been almost altogether unknown. In the city of Yonkers and also in some of the thickly populated towrls this gratifying stave of affairs among the class who, in the best times only live “from hand to mouth’ is, in a great measure, due to the timely action of benevolent persons, mostly connected with the churches, who organized relief societies and other means of assisting the poor in their miast. In all of the towns there is, of course, the usual aid extended by the local authorities to those in need of assist- ance. It is doubtless true that there are families in various portions of the county which are at this moment the victims of ‘chill penury,” while being too sensitive to incur the humiliation which is | popularly supposed to clothe, as with a garment, the recipients of charity. These latter conse- quently suffer in silence, carefully keeping the | secret of their “outrageous fortune’ to themselves. The only place in the country where several fam- ilies were at one time threatened with destitution was at North Tarrytown, in the town of Mount Pleasant, a neighborhood chiefly inhabited by poor artisans, factory operatives and day laborers. Here it was said that several cases of suffering for the necessaries of life were brought to the notice of the district Poormaster, M. J. Sinnott, who, after partially relieving their wants, was seconded by the efforts of the Young Men’s Christian Association at Tarrytown, the members of which are making personal visits to the indigent with a view to assisting these who are really in need, The neighborhood indicated would seem to offer a wide field for the exercise of charity, as a prominent [ere of the village above named informed a ERALD representative yesterday of two or three instances of poverty which had come under his ob- servation on the preceding day. In one case, where he made a gratuitous visit to the miserable abode of a man and wile, who are both invalids, he found the parties mentioned endeavoring wo boil a quantity of potato parings, turnip peelings and other garbage, these being the only food they could find wherewith to appease their hunger. It is not im- probable that some of the destitute may be over- | looked by those inclined to be benevolent, as thus | far no organized system of relicf has been matured, bind @ conversation with Poormaster Alfred tained that in his district there are some Jamilies who are believed to be 1n want, but who are too proud to acknowledge their poverty or to receive assistance from those who would be willing to help them. This official states that he has, up to the present, relieved the wants of all who have ap- jee to him ror aid, and adds that no persons in is town need sufler if they will only apply for assistance. THE POOR IN JERSEY. Condition of the Laboring Class in Jer. sey City. Ivis cheering to be able to state that, amid all the distress and lack of employment among the poorer classes during the past few months, the generous and charitable people of Jersey City arose to the height of the occasion and warded off actual destitution. Not a single case of starvation has his informants who are engaged in the good work of relieving the needy. But why? The reports of the relief committees will furnish the answer. Take these committees away, and Jersey City, like other cities, would quickly become the abode of wretchedness and misery. First of all comes the soup house opened by the Young Men’s Christian Association at Kepler Hall in Warren street, on the 10th of December. The average number of persons relieved at this place 13 850 @ Week, while seventy-five families are supplied daily with soup or cotfee and bread sent to their houses, The applicant for relief either pays five cents lor each meal or produces a ticket furnished by the Union Relief Association or by charitable citizens. No one is ever sent away hungry, how- If @ man is not known to be a “bummer” he will be oe neat gratis. Many cases have been known in which tickets have been sold by the re. cipients of mal! and the money 80 obtained spentin a ginmill, The following is the formm of the ticket QeivecerecrsoneceoreeonssressocsovonoctonteretenTeey » M. ©. A, DINING ROOMS, Kepler Hall, No. 139 Warren stree| +e +» 5 to 6:30 P, OUP FURNISHED BY THE QUART. POLLOALE ROLE DELEDELEEELE DOLE RELEDEDE DELETE EOE HOS) On the obverse side are such religioug passages “Come to me all ye that labor and are heay, laden and I will give you rest,” and “Him that cometh unto me {will tn no wise cast out.” The noblest feature in this work is that the expense of yourselves what is Deing done, sod Rows maintaining their soup house and distributing food must id Out of the funds of the society. x external wd has been readered trom any quar- . Lawrence, of the towa of Greenburg, it was ascer- | come under the notice of the HERALD reporter or | y all in ali times are not so ver: BOSTON’S POOR. Ten Per Cent of the Mechanics Out of Employment. The Good Work of the Overseers—A Hint to Our City Government—Better Prospects for Spring. Bostow, Feb. 14, 1874 Clothing, bread and groceries are much needed in this city, and the resources of the various char- itable imatitutions have been deeply drained dur- ing the past two months by innumerable demands coming in from all sources, Bostonians in general laugh at the idea of poverty in this city. I casually mentioned to one well-known citizen of the Hub that Lintended writing @ letter to the HeRaLD upon “the “destitution in Boston, and he actually laugned in my face, saying, “There are not ten real cases of poverty within our city limits, as all the poor are taken care of by the Overseers of the Poor.” There ig no doubt that the last-named institution does accomplish an immense deal of govd; but during the present time the suifering in Boston would be very great if it were not for the aid lent by such private charities as the Boston Provident Association and others, CHARITABLE EXPENDITURES LAST YEAR. Last year the Overseers of the Poor published their report, showing the total amount of expendi- tures as follows :— From city appropriations... income from various trust funds, . Total. ae Out of the above sum $24,387 was paid back to the city treasury from funds remitted to the Over- seers by oMiciais from diferent parts of the State whose poor had been relieved in the city, The above report was made up to May 1, 1873, and did not include the months of December, 1873, and January, 1874, I paid a visit yesterday to the Charity Building, and had quite a pleasant conversation with one of the Overseers of the Poor, This gentleman in- formed me that during the past two months the demand on their aid had been nearly trebled, and that other benevolent societies felt the pressure of the times. He also said that the larger portion of those applying for reliof were the ordinary laborers or men without any trade, The Overseers have regular visitors, whose duty it is to examine into all cases applying tor help before any assistance is granted. The books of the institution show as follows:— Increase Over November. Date. Persone Assisted, November, 1873 a 652, December, 1873, January 1874. It will be seen by the above that pauperism is on the increase, and from the present aspect of affairs the number of persons assisted in February will ex- ceed that of last month, The Temporary Home, also under the supervision of the Overseers of the Poor. is iz a house adjoining the Charity Building, and provides lodgings for destitute females. By its rules no male, excepting the janitor, 1s allowea to nave lodgings within its walls. For men meals are provided, and if respectable in appearance and character arrangements are made for their lodging outside of the institution at expense. Last year 1,623 were admitted to the Home, and 12,644 meals jurnished, THE DEMAND FOR MEALS. The demand for meals, however, has been nearly quadrupled within the past two months, as may be seen by the following statement :— 870 ou Increase. Average meals in last year. 1,050 et Average meals December, 18) a 1,703 Average meals January, 187 2,798 It will be seen by the above that the demand for meals in January is over sixty per cent greater than that of December. At present the Overseers are hardly able to feed all the hungry, and, in order to make men exert themselves to obtain work, will not feed the same person regularly, only giv- ing occasional meals, TUR BOSTON PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION | hasan office in the same building, and ina con- | versation held with the lady in charge I discovered that the distress in Boston was nearly, if not fully, a8 bad as that at present existing ip New York. Thig society is modelled after the New York Association for the Relief of the Poor, and as [happened to visit their office before my departure for the East, 1 can place the figures furnished by both side by side, and they will speak for themselves. The New York society has 371 visitors—all voluntary—and the Boston off- shoot some 71, a few of which are paid sums varying from $150 to $200 per annum for their ser- vices. The following table will show their monthly expenses :— Monthly average, ‘73. Dee., 173. Jan., ‘74. New York,...... $5,00 $10,349 gii,760 Boston .... 2,200 3,040 8,10 The above figures show plainly that in New York, where 371 Visitora are watching over the condition of the poor, the expenses have been | alittle more than doubled, while in Boston the | 71 visitors have found sufficient deserving cases to necessitate their nearly quadrupling their regular outlay. | THE GERMAN EMIGRANT AID SOCIETY have also their office in the same building, and, | although hardly a year old, have done a great deal of good in a small way in assisting their destitute | countrymen. They fee! the disastrous condition of the times in a like manner, as their expenditure during the last two months has trebled that of any preceding one. Other charitable societies, such as the Children’s Mission to. she Children of the Destivute, the Massa- chusetts Infant Asylum, the Home for Aged Men, the Temporary Home for the Destitute, the Bald- win Place Home for Little Wanderers, the Chil- were pat sewrepeere on half ime. tle- maa ia me that if the latter part 0! ear business was rather dull, and he called bis bands together and reduced their wages ten per gent. They the ition without & murmur, and ho has since it them back to the old standing. “If [ had dared to do such a thing in New York,” he said, “I au they would have all struck and we should have both eon the losers; but here the mechan to have suMcient good sense to appreciate condition of business and grade nis wages accordingly.” The ota hei however, appear to be tm- rospe re, proving, and in another couple of months em- ployers think that there will Oe work jor all. THE COURTS. TOMBS POLICE COURT. Robbery in South Street. Before Judge Bixby. . A man named Charles Gallagher was arraigned atthe Tombs yesterday on a charge of highway robbery on the 24th of January. St is alleged that Thomas Grant, of No. 108 Adelphi street, Brooklyn, was walking through South street, and on the south- weat corner of South and Oliver streets two mem came behind him, tripped him up and threw him to the ground, He was then robbed of a watch and chain valued at $300, OMcer Musgrave, of the Fourth precinct, arrested Charles Gallagher on suspicion. He was fully identified by Mr. Grant as the man who had placed his hand in his vest pocket and abstracted the watch and chain. Gallagher was held in $2,000 bail to answer by Judge Bixby. The other two persons, whose names are unknown, are still at large. Banco Again. On Saturday afternoon H. W. Jones, of St. Louis, was walking through Broadway and met a maa who introduced himself as William Sandford, Mr. Jones, of St. Louls, took a sudden fancy to Mr. Sandford and had several drinks With bim. Mr. Jones’ friend said he nad drawn a prize in aloe tery and wished Mr. Jones to accompany him te the place. Mr. Jones went there and lost his,gold watch and Chain and four sovereigns at a game called banco. Mr. Jones was very indignant, and at last imagined tnat he had been swindled. He went to Police Headquarters, and Detectives Elder and McDougal proceeded with nim to No, 417 Broome street, where he fost his property. They arrested one Richard March and another, March was arraigned yesterday before Judge Bixby, but Mr. Jones failed to identify him as the party who had received his watch and money. March was therefore discharged, and the coropiainant swore that he would never again be- come intimate with men whom be met casually im the public streets. SEFFERSON MARKET PCLICE COURT. A Whiskey Thief Caught. Before Justice Kilbreth, Charles F, Shore, who gave his address as No. 89 Wooster street, was fully committed for atoal- ing @ barrel of whiskey, worth $70, from John B. Saltzsetder, of No. 142 Spring street. He was try- ing to sell the liquor to Henry Leefers, of No. 518 Broome street, who, suspecting something, had him arrested, A Bigamist in Trouble. Sarah Segrino appeared in court yesterday and charged her nusbaud, Ferdinand Segrino, with bigamy. She says she waS married to him on the 13th of last November, and soon after found out that he was already married to another woman. He was held for examination. A Lunatic in Court. Prosper Evans, who is charged with attempting to murder his wile and child on tbe 9th tnst., the particulars of which were fully published at the time, was arraigned in court yesterday and com- mitted for examination, It is thought he was in- sane when he attempted the murder, and he looked very little better m court yesterday. ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURT. Another Highwayman Caught, Before Justice Fiammer. John Finnegan, of No. 330 East Eleventh street, was committed, in default of $1,000 bail, yesterday ona charge of robbery. The complainant, William F. Burton, of No. 41 Garden place, Brooklyn, stated that about three o’clock, on Sunday morning, he met the prisoner on the corner of Broadway and Ninth street and asked him which car be should take to reach South ferry. The prisoner repited, “Come along, I will show you the way.” They then went down Ninth street to First avenue, where the prisoner said the car he wanted would pass. Witness then, asked Finnegan in to have a cigar, and he complied. In paying for the cigars ne pulled out his pocketbook, which contained some $15. They then left the cigar store and walked down First avenue afew yards. Suddenly the prisoner (els him by the throat and dealé him a fearful biow in the face, completely stun- ning him for the moment. Finnegan then snatched the pocketbook and ran off. He was pursued, and caught by Oficer Kennedy, of the Seventeenth precinct, and arrested. The pocketbook was found some short distance away from the place of cap- ture. Burton fully identified Finnegan as the per- son who struck and robbed him. He emphatically denies the charge and Says that Burton was bund drunk, COURT CALENDARS, Supreme Covrt—Srxcrat TERM—Held by Judge Van Brunt—Court opens at hatf-past teh A, M.— Demurrers— 19, Issues of law and fact—Nos. B11, 326, 303, 312, 313, 316, 325, 328, 329, 331, 341, 342; 346, 351, 352, 355, 357, 359, 365, 1, 12, 20, 3754, 63, 65, 43, 56, 67. SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT—PART 1 AND COURT OF OYER AND TERNMINER.—NoO circuit calendar. Criminal business. SUPREME CouRT—CrRcvUIT—Part 2—Held by Judge Lawrence—Court opens at haif-past ten A. M.— | Nos. 7763, 896, 1210, 54, 1245, 1642, 762, 148, dren’s Friends’ Socieiy, the Washingtonian Home, | the Home tor Aged Women, Industrial Aid Society, Ladies’ City. Reltel Agency, Boston and Ladies’ Sewing Circle, are also experiencing constant de- mands for assistance, and make no secret of the Number of families requiring food and clothing. THE DEMAND FOR LABOR, In the face of the above rather alarming facts in reference to the condition of the poor in Boston there does not appear to be a corresponding lack ofemployment. for the past two or three days { bave driven around the different sections and sub- urbs of the city, and, from the statistics given be- low, the demand for labor appears to be on the increase rather than decline; that ia to say, the demand for skilled labor, such a8 machinists, boiler makers, iron casters, wheelwrights, joiners and other mechanics. The common laborer ap- pears to be the sufferer, and that impression was corroborated wien I saw the class of men who were waiting for their meals at the Temporary | Home, | IN SOUTH AND EAST BOSTON I made some personal inquiries from policemen and workingmen that I met, and they all agreed in saying that there were more tamulies out of work than they had known for some time betore. One man told me of a case in East Boston of a man and | wife and seven children who had suffered severely during the past two or three weeks. The man had been employed in the Navy Yard, but was finally discharged, and, not being able to obtain work, was completely destitute, He had since obtained a few meals at the Temporary Home, and_ his wife had received some groceries and coal from the Provident Association. There were numbers in the same district in @ like condition, and although the charitable institutions did a great deal to alleviate this suffering there was still afield for much work for the benevo- lent. The recent discharges in the Navy Yard have been the occasion of considerable suffer- Ing, a8 several hundred families were suddenly thrown out of their means of support, and serve now to swell the list of those existing on the charitable institutions, The following 1s alist of some of the machine shops and manufactories I visited, with the figures showing the decrease and increase of laboi Name. Business. | 1873. 1874. sa} Dee Boston Machine Co...|Machinery..{ 213] 226 = Harris & Loring. Castin: 2} wi] —| 6 Atlantic orks: Bs 188} 61) — Dion & Glrney | —| 43 G. W. Walker: 7) 3) = Sargent & Ham 3a) i) = American Sate tes. lw} =| 70 rass-plates 1} -| 4 Pumps. st] —| 3h Magee... <iPurnaces. .. 20} {lo Totals... tesseveeee 1,202/1 07) WORK FOR ALL. Looking over the above list it will be seen that 1,202 men were employed by ten firms in January, 1873, and that last month they had decreased that force to 1,077, This, on a rough estimate, will give ten per cent. of the mechanics out of work. ‘That 2968, 1734, 1378, 778, 1486, 388, 944, 1108, 1666, 1670, saa, 1548, Patt 3-Hela by’ Judge Van Vorst—Cour opens at halt-past ten A. M.—Nos, 1495, 1496, 1497, 285, 835, 2549, 1227, 1521, 717, 2117, 829, 1157, 1185, 1427, 1389, 637, 427, 1473, 1223, 75, 68934, 2967, 275, 27945, 765, 2081. Surerion CourT—TRIAL TeERM—Part 1.—Held by Judge Speir—Court opens at eleven A, M.—Nos, 621, 691, 763, 605, 749, 879, 237, 849, 807, 899, 731, 459, 845, 653, 533, $51. Part 2.—Held by Judge Curtis— Court opens at eleven A, M.—Nos. 796, 280, 826, 664, 784, 838, 1588, 388, 620, 216, $40, 862, 802, 896, 898. Court or ComMON PLEAS—TRIAL TERM—Part 1— remore—Court opens at eleven 348, 2486, 2373, 1038, 2265, 2231, 8, 3952, 1737, 2509, 2273. Part 2— Daly—Court opens at cleven , 2566, 2667, 2570, 2571, 2572, 2597, 2598, 2645, 2605, 1601, 2666. RIAL TERM—Part 1—Held by Judge Shea—Court opens at ten A. M,—Nos. 3258, 3982, 3045, 2169, 3006, 3264, 3381, 3382, 4310, 2858, B10, 3244, 3268, 4261, 4445, 4368, 1400, Part 2—Held by Judge Alker—Court opens at ten A, M.—Nos, 4408, 3751, 3259, 3261, 3167, 3168, 3965, 4323, 4347, 3275, 3277, 3279, 8281, 3285, 3287. Part 3—Held by Judge McAdam—Court opens at ten A. M.—Nos. 3872, 1629, 1687, 3177, 3263, 3815, 3867, 3959, 3048, | 4171, 4210, 4300, 4344, 4362, 4363, 439: alone isan appalling number when one comes to | consider the amount of skilled labor employed in Boston alone. Again, the figu the above firms can hardly ‘be taken a8 a fair estimate. For mstance, the boiler works have an increase Of sixty-one men at present, and they have only been put on in order to complete & government order tor some boilers for revenue cutters and sloops-of-war. When that order is completed those fifty or sixty men will probably have to seek employment elsewhere. Again, on the other side, the furnace shop will probably in- crease their numbers another hundred within the | next three months, and the bere | factory ex- | pect also to make additions to their help. Taking bad for machinists, and employers invariably told me that the really | Hoe, stem y workmen have had regular work all the | time, and that when @ reduction of the force had | to be made the drunkards and good-for-nothings | Were the ones to suffer. W are the same a6 last year, and there have yen some few dn- @tancea of lata when @ portion of the hands es given by many of | 5, 4344, COURT OF GENERAL Sgsstons—Held by Recorder Hackett.—The People vs. Wiliam Conklin, grand larceny; Same vs. Jolin Moore, burglary ; Same vs. Hervy Jester, burglary ; Same vs. Frederick Schmid and Herman Brun, burglary; Same vs. Joho L. Keirnan, felonious assault and battery (two cases); Same vs. Patrick Slattery, felontous as- sault and battery; Same vs. Alder W. Wales, lar- ceny; Same vs. James McDermott, felonious as- sault and battery; Same vs. Aaron Woodruff, lar- ceny; Same vs. William Bannon, larceny; Same vs. Willtam Moffat. larceny; Same vs. Thomas H. Grant, petit larceny. “STABBING AFFRAY. John Schroeder, aged fourteen, of 198 Second street, was stabbed yesterday aiternoon by Mengel Bredo, aged thirteen, of 133 Elizabeth street, and se- | verely wounded. Bredo was arrested by Rounds. man Newton, of the Fifteenth precinct police, and locked up in the station house. Schroeder was conveyed to his home by friends, The stabbing was caused by a discussion between Bredo and a boy named Klich, Schroeder and the latter were walking down Fourth avenue, when Bredo ac. costed them, asking them if they wanted a “shine. He thrust ‘his bootblack box before them, but both boys insisted that they were not in need of his refreshing services. Breda continued to importune them to be “shined,” and Klick kicked the box out ol his way as it was flung into close proximity with his foot. Bredo then at tacked him and the boys fought. Schroeder stepped in to separate them, when Bredo pulied out ajackknife and plunged it into the left breast of Schroeder. Acry of “Police!” was raised, and the young Itallan was conveyed to the lockup. Schroeder’s wound, though serious, is not con. sidered dangerous. His assailant will be conveyed to Jefferson Market Police Court this morning. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A BROOKLYN WOMAN, A young woman, named Nettie Gray, twenty-four yeais of age, attempted to commit suicide by jamp- ing into the river from a Fulton street ferry boat between two and three o'clock yesterday morning. She was prevented from carrying out her rash uuirpose by adeck hand, and was taken to 4 york street station house. She stated that she lived at No, 66 Sixth avenue, New York. FIRE IN WILLIAMSBUBG. About four o'clock on Saturday afternoon & fire broke out in the cellar of the hardware store of Jeremiah Brown, No, 267 Grand street, Williams. burg, caused oy stepping On a parlor match. \ ta estimated at $2,500; tn- aited tor 5,000 in tae <atizens! Vira imenrance Company.