The Battle with the SlumRiis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
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The Battle with the Slum
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
Poor; Poor -- New York (State) -- New York; Tenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York
Slums--
Bacillus of the slum, 62.
Beginning of the battle, 1-4.
Chicago outlook, 17.
Clubs, _see that title_.
Crime, _see that title_.
Democratic government imperilled by, 6.
"Druv into decency," 113-114.
Funeral show, 109.
Inquiry by United States government, 61, 97, 175.
Italians, _see that title_.
Jews, _see that title_.
Making of the slum, 1.
Military band, 252, 255.
Parks, _see that title_.
Population, _see that title_.
Rome, 9-11.
Schools, _see that title_.
Sensations and shows, 109.
Stroll through tenement-house neighborhood, 86-108.
Sweating, _see that title_.
Tammany, _see that title_.
Tenements, _see that title_.
Tuberculosis, 194-196, 300.
Small parks law, 287.
Advisory committee action, 287-291.
Lost appropriation, 40.
Origin of, 274.
Smallpox epidemics, 29, 34, 64, 67.
Snyder, builder of schools, 353.
Soap factories prohibited below Grand Street, 107.
Social halls scheme, 420.
Social movement, use of the public school, 398-410.
Soup--end of free soup, 47.
Stanton Street--
Polish capmaker, home of, 76-80.
Pro-Cathedral, 72, 182.
Stroll through neighborhood, 86.
Staten Island, summer excursions for boys, Mr. Schwab's proposal,
405-406.
Stewart, A. T., hotel, failure of, 29, 165-166.
Street cleaning, Colonel Waring's work, 45-46, 268-272, 415.
Stryker's Lane, truck farming, 366.
Sullivan Street, condition before demolition, 119-120.
Sunlight in tenements, assessment on, 94.
Summer, 1896, power of resistance of heat, 125-126.
Sunday opening of schools proposal, 399-403.
Sweating--
Consumers' League, work of, 196-201.
Fight against, 196.
Growth of, 31.
Home work in tenements, 183-184, 194-196.
Italian underbidding Jews, 183.
Jews, complaint against, 194.
United Garment Workers of America, compact, 1892, 198.
Swine and the cholera panic, 1866, 4, 29.
Tagging lost children proposed, 92.
Tailors--
Jewish quarrel, 183.
Sweating, _see that title_.
Tammany--
Boss, character of, 420-429.
Campaign of 1901 against, 63-75.
Croker, R., _see that title_.
Election, 1897, 425-426.
Election night, slum scenes, 58.
Good Government Clubs condemned by, 126.
Hamilton Fish Park, use of people's baths, 149-152.
History of corruption and peculation, 5, 60, 64-74.
Immigrants claimed by slum politics, 186-191, 211.
Italian immigrant vote, 187-191.
Mooney, William, character of, 64.
Parkhurst and Lexow disclosures, 5, 41, 66.
Playgrounds policy, 309.
Prostitution organization, 69-74.
Reform failures, 65.
Smallpox epidemics during government, 64, 67.
Tramp vote, 48.
Teachers, school reform attitude, 369-371.
Tenants of the slums, _see_ Population.
Tenement House Commission--
Appointment, 1900, 147.
Gilder, _see that title_.
"Infant slaughter houses," 37.
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