The New York Herald Newspaper, June 15, 1872, Page 6

: | : 6 THE REFUGE HORROR. Fourth and Last Day of the Trial of Justus Dunn for the Killing of Keeper Calvert. ioe “Popo”? Jones Weighed in the Bal- ance and Found Wanting. ileal “THE DEATH OF A TORMENTOR.” ie? vudge Bedford’s Charge to the Jury. | ee Bait: } The Prisoner Sentenced to One Year's Hard | Labor at the State Prison. | A GREAT PRINCIPLE VINDICATED. At ten o'clock yesterday morning the people be- | Ran to fill the stairways and passages leading to the ®ourt of General Sessions, in the brown stone | Duliding fronting on Chambers street. Every man | and woman there in that immense gathering was eager to Jearn whether the boy Duun, who had been ebarged with the kiling of Calvert, the keeper of the Honse of Refage, was to be sentenced to death or ‘@o be allowed to go free. For twenty yeare the | ‘trials in the Court of Sessions have been doll in | their way, and the interest that was yesterday S.anifested has never before been known jn any | eriminal cause. | The jurymen, who had been instructed by Howe | and by Stewart as to the course they should take, peemed troubled. The question of religious belief kad been raised for three days, and the jurymen, ‘who were eleven for one idea, and ope for an idea | Dearing upot | ished. | second dexre NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNH 15, broom and become a member of Captain Thorne’s rigade. . Howe closed with a fervent appeal in bet of youthful client, who acted in nelf-de- nce w! lie used the knife to repel the brutal ‘assault of his inhuman keeper. “TWELVE HONEST MEN.” Assistant District Attorney Stewart summed up for the peopic, aud in his opening remarks said that the trial had er: Se gg ES Penn 4 i did not anticipate ¢ ce Wenity (he ction of issues whieh he be- to the issue to be det mined by the jury. fle reviewed the evidence the’ killing of Calvert, and read the testimony . Jones, enlogizing that gentleman by saying that the Hoard of Managers, whoin the connsel Ko warmly commended, kept him in the position of Superintendent of the institution. “HE WAS NEVER PUNISHED (1)? The defendant Dunn had been in the House of Refuge seventeen months, the first time he waa sent there, during whieh period he was never pul- Mr. Slewart afirmed that the witnesses for the defence were young desperadoes sent to the House of Refuge for pickirg poekets and burglary, having led tothe justices that sent them there in reierence to thelr age; for if they had not told false- hoods, the boys wonid have been sent to the Pent- te the ‘would have been watched 1s. The prosecuting ofiicer that the counsel songht upon the jury that this was @ m8 persecution, stating that the slayer (Dunn), ifhe was anything, was a Protestant and Calvert a Catholic. He claimed that the evidence warranted the rendition of a verdict of man- slaughter in the third degree. Mr. Stewart pro- ecveded at length to speak of the religious ques- tions involved in the case, asserting that the re- ligious teaching inculcated in the House of Ret was that which did not conflict with the tenets of any of the churches. SJUSTICE AT LAST.) He further s:id that tis own judgment was that the Board of Managers ought to provide suitable spiritual instruction for the inmates. If a boy be- lieved that the mivistrations of a Catholic priest would be of nore benefit to Dim than those of a Protestant minister he ought to have them, At the conclusion of the remarks by the learned istrict Attorney the audience, who had been pa- tiently listening until the afternoon of the fourth day, look breath and waited with eagerness for the chavge of Judge Bedford to the jury. ‘The otilcers of the Court told the people to sit down, and the order was obeyed. “LET THE LAW TAKE ITS COURSE.” Judge Bedford delivered his charge to the Jory in aclear, solemn and sententious voice, The pris- oner, While the charge was being delivered, wept, and many persons were visibly moved. Geyruenes ov sux Jony—The prisoner at the bar has veon indieted for the crime of manslaughter. This offence consists of four degrees; but considering the testimony in this case [charge you as mattor of law that the first and + must be laid aside, and should you find jot agains! the prisoner it cad only bo third or fourth ory «letinition of the third degree is ANOTHEE IN THE HEAT OF PABSION, effect death, by a dangerous weajon, any case except such wherelh the killing of another {3 Laved to be justifiable or excusable.” The defnition of the fourth degree is killing of another ri ‘unusual, ‘over by arme ridievied to enfore religi Atamnetrically opposite, still nesitated, Tt was | | pation, in) any Senses otter an not really a difference in religious belief; ure declared noite Bsa able Baneelaae Dut the -cruelty and true villany which had and objectof every criminal prosecution Been displayed toward the boys in the House of Kefage made every grown man in the Court | mad. The recital of the dastardly acts that had Veen done to the boys was unequalled in the his- tory of criminal jurisprudence in New York city. | ‘The lawyer who had been sitting by the District Attorney for three days, and who had been a | leacher in the House of Refage, and who had been Proven to have inflicted cruel punishment on two | boys, ieft bis place out of sheer disgust, He was | no longer wanted in that seat. The seat burned | ‘wnder him. three days Judge Bedford, amid the clamor of v8 and political partisans, had ruled ina man- ps roligi ner which’should always hereafter he a precedent | {i to magistrates, Rvery witness was allowed to speak bis mind without fear or reproach. To bring out the Intense scoundrelism of the officers of the House of Refuge in open court it was necessary to make some allowance for the heat manifésted by the District Attorney and the counsel for the defence of | the boy Dunn. During the arguments of these two | gentlemen individuals In the jury box yawned. Three or four days is a long time for a man taken | from his business or from his daily labor to sit ina | elone, confiued room; but they were patient and ‘Waited to hear the evidence. When the Court opened, and after the counsel sat @own, there was a great stillness, and every man and woman seemed to ‘feel that a great principle | | setedetence. . he carried ou in behialt of the people Is simply. to arrive at the mere naked trath, and upon that truth to stand or fall as rezards the accusation against the prisoner on, The considerations of this case under the line of ely interests the enti ity. por may Kk, what question raises f of the peo- pleca possiily, he so important ax, w Ce per be inexeusably sia inmate without ample bof made? An testion upon the side of the defence more important than whether a Jury will condemm a prison inmate for 18 TORMENTOR, ver while the latter Is wetually en- ards the accused? Necessarily com- prehended under, both these questions is the great query Whether a penal insti tthon¢ in the joint r ed in violence tow by public grants ys, shall degen- agement into such kind of prison torments Reade) fing described in the early Capers of iis “Never Too Late to Mend.” Gentlemen, shall not comment upon the evidence in this case. It ling been exhaustively summed up Dy both counsel and ts at his moment periectly fresh fo Your minds. Testimony bas been given by the defence with a view of showing either mitigation as regards the degree of manslaughter or excalpation. eos reduces the crade of homic r coupled with prop HW of self-defence, oF itis sudden. cation Ly cither of growt row into malice and murder. I It may hiay be resisted in the mind, but yet_ become. so.strong in its influene Nn Volition as to Induce sudden attack. In the investigation of this cave I deemed it but Just and proper toullow the widest latitude, and:have endeavored strip this trial of all legal techniealities, In order that the naked truth might stuud prominently and alone be- fore you twelve gentlemen, Judges have been but too often reprcheuded tor excluding testimony and allowing new trials for error. To my mind it 14 best to err dt error it. be) ou the side of latitude, and this consideration Induced me to rule so that all the testimony offered on Doth sides was permitted. And now that it is all in T well perceive that it was competent for the purpose of show: ng the system of Ife surrounding the prisoner, and from which stirroundings provocation could be engendered, 80 ‘wae about to be decided. ‘The lad Dunn, in his gray homespun j; Srousers, was alone among all those people. There | ‘was no father or mother to speak a word to him; | Bis eletera had deserted him. He was alone '—his | counsel only to stand by him in (hat moment when \ Ife ana dcath hung in the balanve. and Judge Bedford took lis seat and the conrt be- | the other hi came very still. Briefly his Honor spoke and @irected the counsel for the defence, Mr. Howe, to | address the jury, who waited in suspense, “| WILL WASH MINE HANDS,” { Mr. William F. Howe rose, amid breathless si- tence, and proceded in an eloquent strain to say that the question wo be decided by the jury was not whether the boy at the was guilty of | homicide or not, but it involved the eternal principles of liberty and protection to the human | It involved the consideration as to whether hildren of poor parents hecoming the ofpriug | me shall, in addition to the punishment which | law has wisely provided, be subject to the tor- | tures, barbarities, flondish and devilish devices, re- nating in bistory the orrors and the Iniquitics of | sitiol BEPORE THE Law.”* He rejoiced an opportunity was afforded to | the jury to send fort an edict against crnelty and | to hoist the banner of | and proclaim — to the universe that an = American jury will Protect the rights and the liberties of | eltivens, Rev, Dr. Pierce, no doubt, was an esti- {| snabie gentleman; but Catholica and Jews were | compelled to lsten to his Methodistic teaching, which was seed sown upon stony ground. The | House of Refuge was an excellent institution tn it- self, and presided over by gentlemen of great intel- barharity, Feligious Jectual and moral Wortl—humanitarian and toier- | ant citizens—who now having had these cruel | tics brought to their knowledge will take immediate | teps to remove that despot of tyranny, that ing of eruelties, that emperor of barbari- | Lies the falsilying liypocrite Jones. If that | end should be brought about by this trial the investigation will not be in vain. Youthful minds wiil be spared «egredations, tortures and | People will know that when the law | rhild to @ place of so-called reformation, | that when it is divested of its Jones, its Sprouls, ity Gildorsieeves and its Brushes that young crim: | nais will be treated in such a manner as to give thei wchance to reform, “STARVATION AND TORTURE’ | Mr. Howe referred to the evidence, showing how | the boys were tortured and almost starved. He | Velieved that but for the devilish barbarities in- | fi upon the boy Dunn, Calvert, who was killed | by accident, would ‘not be in his grave, Had uot | “alvert gone into the ceil and pulled the boy out by the car aud struck aud kicked him ‘with | his heavy foot the unprotected = boy never Would have used the knife wi Happened | ch he to have in lis hand cutting tobacco. demonst sign to Kill the Vital part; so » 4 nt to be Jus ought to be juati- Babie homicide, » House of Ketuge the seer | Jewish boy Was compelled to work on his Sabbath and to eat food which lis religion forbade him. “JONES 18 NOT APRAID. ‘The Catholte boy must not axk fo swhen in extrenés, Ww a priest, even | ss the threat of punishment | oes Out. So that, said Mr. Howe, we have a pest. | eon whieb bodies are nd | souls destroyed to suit” the por. | yes of the cunning fend, the sermonizing jones, Who would have y Boud and boly was ¢ counsel asked the eved that Jones | was sincere when Twas his conduct that of # studied canting, Uriah Heep of a hype. | enite . There Was a striking contrast between mony avd that or the eight boys who wy toriures. ‘The youtiiful Victims we: hy the production of te cord and by the cross. sleeve, hypocrite No. 2, w wor boys tied up by th For the sake of appa sieeve Wanted to take tat w uriosity’ hack, He could no more with draw tat expression than he comld take back the | torture and agony imposed upon the witnesses. Hie regretted that’ Brush did not favor them with his presence, unt Jones and Gildersieeve were two | torturing villains whore names would go down to desccration and everlasting contempt, 1 WILL NOT Stl WITH THE WICKED. } If Jone wanted mmortality le bas achteved it now, | but it will be the immortality of loathing and con. | tempt. Mr. Howe hoped that the jury would teach | the Joneses, the Sprou's and the Gildersieeves that | this i» tree America, and not the dungeon of the | Bpanivb Inquisition. ‘The only witness against Duna | Was the little boy Burns, who was a protégé of Jones, who was promised by the king of lanutics ; and pror of demons, Jones, a free pardon for | coming Igo Court to testify. He pthe counsel) be- heved that Jones was the ian from whom Dickens | took the original Syueeis in Dotheboys Hall. | Whe Squeers was asked one day about a poor boy Whe died in bis establishment he said, 8 ICKENS CALLED FROM TH GRAVE, Yes, oor boy (as Jones did here), I felt very | sorry for Mrs. Squeers was a mother to the Jad. She gave him warm tea aud toast every night when he could not drink or eat it, and the night before he died we sent up the best dictionary to lay under bis head for a pillow.’ Thatis Jones all over: and (conu...ed Mr. Howe), had} been that man, | sooner (hap have come inks a court of justice ind | avowed myself the originator of hat mstrument of | torture J wou)d bave sesimue 1 believe all that was | The ' | leval definition of th Whi | moment the 2 | quietly and in a “| prisoner at the bar guilty or not guilty? that ‘THE suRY might see whether or uot the system had, as it were, ger. minated provocation in the mind of the prisoner, and to what extent. » Although the testimony was some of it was not very relevant. Upc District, Attorney has spokeu fully Judge decides whether testimony Jury, gives to it its proper welaht, noth tthe school was well conducted, ompetent, yet this head’ the ut remember, the competent, and the K More uor leas, . jen certainly the | school bad nothing to tear from the testimony; while on Amproverly conducted, then the tes produced towards q f the inmate and prisot The jeveus nt of the n, Whatever it was. e , Iu summing n said, pro stem, and it is unintetakab! The’ retormatery school influence np about this of great pub- lie iinport Tn ‘4 question is hattach to acts of public rivate governors. Yet looked at. Certainly the mana; gain or of # sordid. cha- racter. Tuey. no doubt, serve freely and conscientiously. But thelr agents are paid and are subject to all the law re- Jating to master and servant. eryant, while being un- undue bi 18 1 servant, nig ROVOCATION TO ATTACK fofefead himself ayainst the oficial and master is in vi ry sense of the word. a inost proper t for you, gentlemen, id is evidence. Because 2 prisoner } i no ex hority for & prisoner or mueh as it docs for a private eltizen nota der restraint. ‘The Jaw relative to the testimony in this case ie vety brief, And T charge you that it the defend: oft in| authority is ant, at low which he cave, was vio- lading they were good rules or im- politic er of inquiry), and the deceased was p thority over the prisoner, then there the fatal blow, and the prisoner Js to be conv! XITHEN THIRD OR FOURTH PKGREY OF MANSLAUGHTER, according as in your Jndgments the facts fall within the the othor ha authority as master ay judge from the facts an¢ ue violence to the prisoner and the latter st fatal blow. believing his Iite in danger or tn imminent bodily harm. then the prison cused and is to be acquitted, Unless, however, at this fatal cumstances were, in your jndgment, suff- T Was ex. cient to just Jay them aside. Rut you indy take on as an element th beliet the aceused Ke y any aystem of undue severity which was usual tor the eased to pnrsue and which he was likely to pursue, And now in conclusion, gentlemen, I tell you, ft, on the one hand, the killing was unlawful, a conviction ‘will set an example to prisoners. While, on'the other hand, if the killing was excusable, acquittal will set a very wholesome exauple to wardens, ‘jailers and keepers to be 1" NI J to protect the rights of even the unfortunate, the icions, the depraved or the hardened criminal, The charge was given to the jury of twelve men. During its delivery ail were intent and when it was done # dead silence fell on the court. The jury retired at fifteen minutes past one and were absent eight minutes, They came back at the expiration of that time and took their seats solemn manner, LEY OR NOY GUILTY.” u say, gentlemen of the jury; is the Thus “What do spoke the Clerk. Foreman of the jury (a gentleman with a black moustache) —"Guilty of manslaughter in the third degree.” ‘The boy prisoner looked at his counsel and looked round for his family, who were not present in that our to him so momentous, The tears were in his eyes as he fistened to the sentence. “Prisoner, come to the Bar.? He Jooked around to see if any one could save him. There was not one. “GOING TO THE BAR.” As he walked up to the bar the manhood and jus- tice and honor of a great State walked side by side with him, and it seemed wretched and unprotected, ad as he was, that the verdict which was to de- | elde his fate must be a verdict that would justify the wailing expectations of a million of people who have been looking for six days to hear and hearken to the tweive men in the jury box of the Court of General Sessions, “What have you to say why judgment should not be pronounced upon cording to law?” asked the clerk, Mr. Sparks, ’ prisoner (sixteen years of age)—‘‘l have nothing to swy; nothing to'say, sir,” and he trein- pled. The Judge tos ent. k his seat and pronounced judg- UDGME “Dunn, I shall sentence yi prescribed by the law, wh State Prison, at hard labor. The lad was taken away, placed in the box, and in a few iuinutes caine out, his wrists fastened with steel handcufis, to be taken to the Tombs, en route for Sing Sing State Prison, And 80 has ended a trial which shall give food for thought many days to come to the people of New York. “for the lowest term ich if one year in the IMPORTANT INSUBANCE VERDICT. BaLTimone, Md., June 14, 1872. In the Superior Court of this city yesterday, in the action against the Germania Life Insurance Company to recover $2,000, the amouat of a policy issued by the company on the life of Lewls Faliman, who committed suicide in 1871, the jury rendered a verdict for the plaintit in the fall amount, Judge | | Dob! in having ruled that the company was Ne if the jury found from the evidence that the deceased (Valloan) had killed himself ina ft of in- ANItY Wiel syerpowe his copsviouspess and WY yorMon, aken w | repeone HEAT AND HURRICANE. —— From Hot to Cold---Quiet to Alarm. _— The Storm of Yesterday end What It Accom- plished—Loss of Life and Damage to Buildings and Shipping. The heat yesterday was simply intense. The weather has been 80 cool during the spring that those who are accustomed to parade the streets were not prepared for the sudden change that com- menced two days ago. Yesterday was a last year. The sun, unobstructed by a single clond of Jess impenetrable texture than fileecy gauze, beat down upon stone and iron pavements and white sidewalks with an intensity of heat quite Saharan. ‘The refected beams irritated the eyes of the pass- erby, the heated surface of the fagstones warmed the soles of his feet through the leather of bis boots, and the general heat parched all the foun- tains of the milk of human kindness in his soul. Greetings were short, undemonstrative and unkindly, Usually they amounted to about this:—“How, Jones—hot, ain’t it?’ a mopping of streaming foreheads with silk handkerchiefs and then, without more ado, @ languid continuance on their way “each as his separate basiness did in- cline him.” As the day advanced pedestrians lost all control of their tempers and were driven from cars and stages; and none who possessed a five-cent nickel and were near a street car line, failed to seek the shade for the nonce, Later in the day, as Old Sol played his tricks upon the trav- ellers, few were to be found bold enough to venture on the snnny side of the thoroughfares, where the marble and iron pavements reflected back his rays and caused every unfortunate wight at large upon the streets to curse the ill luck that called him from his desk or bench. The animals attached to cars and stages suffered severely during the day, and several were taken out of the harness ex- hausted, In the afternoon a storm blew up, and. clearing the atmosphere, rendered travel much more imviting, notwithstanding the raivu, that for several hours came down in copious supply. Compared with the cor- Reaponding day of last year yesterday was unusually i hot. The thermometer at Hudnnt’s, in the HERALD building, marked the following figures :— 1871. 1872. Degrees. Degrees. . 65 72 . 64 4 : 69 9 18 #0 80 87 ri 62 hat occurred im the evening somewhat cleared the atmosphere, and late in the night the thermometer indicated a cooler period. ‘The damage — caused by the hurricane—for such it proved to be—cannot be calculated at this i ifirg 1d but reports from this city and environs will be found below. IN GREENPOINT. Buildings Unroofed—Killing and Maim- ing of Occupants—Marine Pisasters on the River, The terrific gale which swept over the city be- tween three and four o’clock yesterday afternoon was appalling in ita effects wherever it was felt. Greenpoint, the Seventeenth ward of the city of Brookiyn, was severely visited, Win- dows were smashed, houses unroofed, and trees torn up by the roots in every direction. At a late hour last night the following items of a serious natare had been reported at the station house :— The roof of the New York Dye Works, at the cor- ner or Freeman and West streets, blew off, causing damage to the amount of $3,000. A little boy named Christopher Rosser, aged six years, regain at No. 46 Freeman street, was struck by a jece of timber and Instantly killed. ‘One of the rafters of the building, three and a half inches thick, six inches wide and thirty feet long was blown two hundred and fitty feet, passing through a shed in the yard ofthe premises owned by Frank Smith, and sinking deep into the ground within afew feet of where Mr. Smith was standing. His escape was very narrow. The brig G. E. Jewitt was torn from Der moorings in East River, and was driven to the draw of the bridge which spans Newtown Creek, and which was open at the time, jamming herself in 80 tightly that neither the brig nor the bridge could be moved, thereby cutting off communication between Greenpoint and Long Island City. It is feared that both are a total loss, A man rowing ina small boat of the ferry slip at the foot or Greenpoint avenue was capsized, but swam ashore at Pottery Point. It is reported that @ man was blown overboard from Lorillard’s yacht Wanderer, now lying at the foot of Kent avenue. and that in consequence of the violence of the storm it was found impossible to rescue him, The roof of a house occupied by John Gillis, cor- ner of Freeman and West streets, was blown off. Damage $600. ‘The roofs of houses Nos, 172 and 174 West street, ocenpied by Robert Kirk and Mr. McGuinness, were blown off, Damages not ascertained, IN WILLIAMSBURG, Buildings Unroofed—Loss of Life—Several Persons Maimed. During the prevalence of the storm that swept over the Eastern District of Brooklyn yesterday afternoon a three story frame building in course of erection at the corner of Broadway and Lynch street was blown down, while many workmen were engaged upon it. George Beers, a gasiitter, twenty-one years of age, wes killed, He resided in North Sixth street, near Ninth. William Bayer, a mason, residing at 239 Humboldt street, sustained @ fracture of the right leg. John Dissler, a mason, residing at No. 180 Meserole street, sustained ile oe injury. Gregory Gotz, a laborer, Tesiding at No, 204 Johnson avenue, sustained se- rious internal injuries, R. McMulien, a gas fitter, residing at No. 49 Taylor street, was also seriously injured. Captain Mullen, of the Sixth precinct, injured men, Docks Swept Away, Trees Uprooted, and Other Damage. Although the damage to property in Hoboken and vicinity was not s0 great ax on former occasions, numerous accidents occurred at the sudden ap- proach of the gust. Part of the dock fence at the foot of Second street was swept away, massive trees were uprooted in Hudson and Washington streets, and a man standing under a tree in the sian Fields waa severely injured by the trunk, which was torn up and fell upon him. Houses in course of erection were more or less demolished, and the roofs of many dwellings were rid of much loose material. It is probable that in West Hobo- ken and the surrounding districts considerable losses have been sustained, as the storm broke out there with unusual fur: TRENTON, ¥. J. A Tornado of Dust—Signs Blown Down and Other Freaks of the Weather, A fearful hurricane passed over Trenton yester- day afternoon, There was wind, dust, and afte wards rain, For nearly haifan hour the streets were filled with dust that’ nearly blinded street passen- ers, Doors were blown open, signs were biow down, the thander rolled and lighining flash | when'the rain began to fall rele? was exp “FOUND DROWNED.” from pier 45 Rast River, the body of an wnknown map, age about twenty-five years, height five feet | five inches, light mustache, dark hair, Had on linen coat, black pants and white shirt. Also the body ofan unknown woman, from foot of Sixteenth street, North River, age about twenty- five years, five feet four i Had on black alpaca di | stockings, hoop skirt and gait Also the of an unknown woman. twenty-six years of age, dressed in bul dregs, plaid shaw), white and biue hood, Fourth precinct station house, by OMlcer Latton, Also the body of an unknown man, about five feet seven inc’ Kast River. Had on blue pilot coat, dark ribbed pants, green plaid shirt and Wellington boots. | placed in the Morgue. STABBING AFPRAY. William Harting, twenty-seven years of age, of No. 116 Ridge etreet, was stabbed in the rignt arm last evening by Robert Rowan, during an alterca- tion In a lounge factory, at No. 399 Kast Bighth street. Rowan was also badly cnt on the head, and was taken home to Suffolk street by some friends. | He was subsequently visited by Dr. fMarrington, of Bellevue Hospital, who found his wounds of such a dangerous character thay he ordered him to be | kent t© thr bospitae foretaste of the days of July and August of | the sidewalks to the poor protection of the street, | and the oMcers of his command took care of the | ‘There was brought to the Morgue last evening, | high, from fool of Seventh sireet, | All the above were too much decomposed to be | 1872—W1' AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB. enema Pool Selling Last Ni, ‘The spring racing meeting at Jerome Park will wind up brilliantly to-day with three handicap added ; the second horse to receive $150 out of the | stakes; one mile and five furlongs, Entered for | this are Thomas W. Doswell’a bay mare Midday, 113 | 1os., and bay mare Wine Sap, 104 lbs.; Bacon & Hol- | lana’s brown horse Frank Hampton, 113 Ibs. ; Comu & Lawrence’s gray gelding Allagog, 104 1ba.; J. H. | Harbeck, Jr.’s, chestnut horse Edwin, 103 Ibs., and John O*Ponnell’s gray mare Mary Louie, 98 Ibs. The second event is the sweepstakes of $25, if not | declared out, with $600 added; the second horse to | receive $125 out of the stakes; one mile und an eighth. | In this there will probably be Bacon & Holland's brown horse Frank Hampton, 114 Ibs.; CoMn & Lawrence’s bay horse Lochiel, 107 lbs.; W. W. | Glenn’s bay horse Quintard, 104 Ibs. ; Jos, Donahue’s | bay horse Lord Byron, 101 ibs.; H. C, Dawson's bay | mare Albuera, 981bs., and Monson 4& Gray’s bay colt | Vim, 83 Ibs. | The third race is the sweepstakes of $40 each, | if not declared out, with $800 added; the second | horse to recelve $200 out of the stakes; two miles , andaneighth. For this the acceptances include | Jos. Donahue’s chestnut horse Alroy, 115 lbe.; Bacon Holland's brown horse Frank Hampton, 113 Ibs. ; J. W. Hant Reynolds’ chestnut mare Metella, 106 1 nd J. H. Harbeck, Jr.'s, cheatnnt horse Edwin, 108 bs. ‘The fourth and last event will be the steeple chase, purse $800, of which $200 goes to the second | horse; about two miles and a half. The accept- ances for this event comprise William Jennings’ | brown horse Blind Tom, 166 lbs, ; Joseph Donahue’s | chestnut gelding ‘Tammany, 156 lbs. ; Comin & Law- | rence's bay gelding Jim Tisdale, 154 Ibs., and bay | horse Lochiel, 153 Ibs.; James '‘Thompson’s brown | mare Lobella, 148 Ibs. ; Richard Shea’s brown horse | Astronomer, 147 lbs.; J. H. Tully’s bay gelding Ve- | snvius, 147 Ibs.; W. Jay's brown gelding Mackin- | tosh, 145 Ibs., and Hugh Gaffney’s bay mare Mary | Hennessey, 140 Ibs. Pools were sold on these events last night at the Tooke Club rooms, Madison avenue and Twenty- | seventh street, by Underwood & McGowan, and at | Broadway and Twenty-elghth street, by Marshall | & Johnson. The betting was quite spirited by the turimen at the respective places, the average | pools of each race sold up to half past nine o'clock ing as follows :— BY UNDERWOOD & M'GOWAN. i} One Mile and Five Furiongs. | Doswell’s stable....$65 160 165, 200 Edwin ........ - 2 ¥rank Hampton. | Mary Lonise Allagog. Frank Hampton Quintard. Lochiel. . 16 Albuera. Tico Miles and an Kighth. Alroy....+. a $35 Edwin. | Frank Hampton. :.//.°18 Metella. | Steeple Chase. Blind Tom. $35 Astronomer. Donahue’s entry. 30 Lobelia... see Jim Tisdale.......... 20 Mackintosh.......... 4 Vesuvius. . 20 HALT, & JOHNSON. One Mile and Five Furlonga. Doswell’s stable. --$70 85 90 80 | 40 40 | 2 36 ! 15 20 | 2a 9 $50 35 45 33 3h 30 Lord Byron, 20 6 Albuera....... 10 | 10 Vim... 10 Pwo Miles and an Eighth, . 05, 50 20 Lb n THOROUGHBRED HORSES AT AUCTION. Bins DR Sane ee Sale at Jerome Park—The Prices and Purchasers. The sale of blood horses at Jerome Park, first an- Nounced for the 6th inst., took place yesterday. The attendance of buyers was very limited and the bidding spiritiess. Dr. Underwood was the auctioneer. The following list comprises she horses offered and their disposition :— General York, ch. h., 8 years, by Planet; dam Albine; owner, C. Livingston; $200 offered; with- drawn, Comet, ch, h,, aged, by imp. Trustee, dam Orna- ment; owner, James Bathgate ; withdrawn. Bay colt, 3 years, by Kentucky, dam Blue Ribbon ; owner, James Bathgate; withdrawn. Vespucius, ch. b., 6 years, by Planet, dam Colum bia: owner, D. D. Withers; withdrawn. Brown filly (imp.), 2 years, by Saunterer, dam Moula; owner, D. D, Withers; $350; Mr. Hunter. Blue Ribbon, ch. m., foaled 1859, by Revenue, dam L, LoriMard; no bid. Zaldee, m., foaled 1856, by Belshazzar, dam Victoire; owner, L. Lorillard; withdrawn. Bay filly (untried), 2 years, by Kentucky, dam Satinstone; owner, L. Lorillard: $125; Mr. Purdy, Ray filly, foaled in 1871, by Kentucky, dam Blue Ribbon; owner, L. Lorillard; $160; Mr. Doswell. Athlone, ch. h., 6 years, by Lexington, dam Ala- bama ; owner, James Thompson ; $50; Slasher, b.'h., 17 years, by Childe Harold, dam Sarah Washington; owner, F. Morris; $250; Wil- | Nam brown. Cavalier, br. c., 5 years, by Eclipse, dam Eti- Morris; no bid. rs, by Seythian, by Little Peggy; aot es $310; J. K. Lawrence. Salute, ch. years, by Lexington, dam Sally 3 sanford; $1753 James Irving. 4. 3 years, by King Lear, dam Earring; own H, Sanford; $175; Robert Cen- ter. Jerseyman, ch. h., 5 years, by Vandal, dam Emma Wright; owner, M. H. Sanford; $260; Mr. McKee. Keep Dark, Has years, by. Troon; owner, A. Belmont; $140; Mr. Chestunt Colt, yearling, by ‘Censor, dam Jenny Rose; owners, Hunter & Traver: 100; Mr. Rogers. Chestnut colt, yearting, by Eclipse, dam Fann Fern; owners, Hunter & Travers; $75; Eph. Sned- iker. Chestnut colt, yearling, by Censor, dam Intrigue; owners, Hunter & Travers; $150; bid in. | Brown filly, yearling, by dam Nemesis; | owners, Hunter & Travers; id in. | Chestnut filly, yearling, by Censor, dam Genista; | owners, Hunter & Trave: $500. Bay colt, yearling, by entucl owner, L. Lorillard; $205; Mr. Holland, Rosetta, b. £3 years, by Censor, dam Spiletta; owner, A. Belmont; $250; bid in. | . Bay gelding, by Prophet, dam Jennie Dickson; no bid. Mr. J. Carter Brown's Thunderbolt, black colt, 2 years old, and Miss Arnica, brown filly, yearling, were not offered, in. y, dam Zatiee; TROTTING AT FLEETWOOD. FLEETWOOD Pa Morrisania, N. Y., June 14, 1872.—Match, $500; mile heats, best three in five, to wagons. F Pownds named b, m. Butcher Girl...1 2 21 1 | Benj. Mace named b. m. Lady Lovell. 1122 | ‘TIME. | Harp. Mite, | First heat.. 1:25 Second heat. 1:35, | Third heat. 1:34 Fourth heat Fifth heat . ‘ 46% 1:30 068 Between the first ana second heats a terrific thunder storm came up and deluged the tr: | making it look like a river in some places. second race, sweepstakes of $460, between Mace’s bay mare . BE. Weeks’ black gel | ing Eight Bells and Colonel Diekey’s dun gelding The Races To-Day at Jerome Park— | sweepstakes and a grand steeple chase, The | first om the card is the sweepstakes of | $30 each, ff not declared out, with $600 4 | 1. Fox, Was postponed mntil amore favorable day, | MUSIO IN THE PARK. The Department of Public Parks announce that, | Ifthe weather be fine, there will be music by the | Central Park Band on the Mall, at the Central Park, | on Saturday (to-day), 15th instant, commencing at :30 P.M. ‘The following is the programme :— | ‘ PART 1, “Park March.” Othello” Rossini 1 Sorno,” as sung by Mme. Pauline ie r > ooo F. Abt cornet and euphonium, trom “Oborte: 18, Bonitacis evyeeev eve + Verdi PART IE rand March—"Maid of Orleans” . Cowen Aria—" of Vear”...... Schubert | 6. Cornet obliga sxceisior Polka” Lev Selection="Genevieve de Brabant” Oflenbach PART OL | & March—“Parade™ ieee eoy UR Mazurka~"Take Holyday”..........Wallerste wert quadrille—"Gems from German ”, as Dodworth Stranss | STABBING IN STANTON STREET. | Louis:Gluek, of Forty-sixth street ana Second ave- nue, and August Scheer, of Williamsburg, had an altercation in the lager beer saloon No. 80 Stanton | street, during which Gluck stabbed Scheer in the | lefthand with a shoemaker’s knife. In defence Scheer cut Glock in the face with a tumbier, The police entered the saloon during the row and ar restud Gluck. Scheer was sent to his home with a number of Mens | 'H SUPPLEMENT, “ON STRIKE.’ The Men All Quiet and the Reported Rioting a Canard. Se aaEaeEe ey EMPLOYERS VS. EMPLOYES. New Unions Continue To Take the Field as the Old Ones Move Out, Meetings of the Carpenters, Coach Painters, Sew- ing Machine Makers, Machinists, Black- smiths and Housesmiths. Ap the strike proceeds there threatens to be a warfare, of words at least, inaugurated in regard to what has been done, as well as what remains to be done. The Eight-Hour League claiins to be in posses- sion of the signatures of some of the leading firms of the city, and show what they allege to be these attached to their printed form of contract, gaaran- teeing the adoption of the eight-hour system, The firms in question stontly deny the statement, and, of course, the authenticity of thelr signatures, Some of the pianoforte makers are again at work, ‘and a certain bitterness is felt by those who remain in the attitude of striking. A canard was cireu- lated about the street early yesterday that an at- tack in force would be made on the factory of the Messrs, Steinway, but so far as could be learned there was little or no foundation for the report. Trouble was apprehended in the Nineteenth pre- cinct yesterday from the employ¢s of the Hudson River and Harlem and New Haven Railroad machine shops. Superintendent Kelso instructed Captain Gunner to protect the peace at all hazards, and if reinforcements were needed to telegraph to Police Headquarters and they would be sent. No demon- stration was made, and at a late hour last night all was Sole and orderly in the city. Undue importance was sought to be attached to a street row, from the fact that two of the parties engaged in it were members of the Cabinet Makers’ Union. It, however, failed to excite much atten- tion, save from Justice Shandley, who committed the asrailants, at Jeiferson Market Polic@ Court, for trial at tne Special Sessions. An important secret, meeting of the American Carpenters and Joiners’ Union was held during the evening at Masonic Hall. The subject under dis- cussion was the devising of means for the preven- tion of what is technically called “lumping,” by which many of the non-unionists seck to evade the Siehehour system established by the carpenters’ strike, The Coach Painters. About one hundred and thirty coach painters met at Military Hall, in the Bowery, yesterday afternoon, and adopted a constitution and bylaws, William Long, of the Executive Committee, acted ag Chairman during the reading and dtscussion. ‘This is the second week of the strike for this union, and twenty-flve of the firms employing them have acceded to their demands. Some two hundred and thirty of these men are now at work under the eight-hour rule, leaving about one hundred and seventy still out of employment. Singer Company’s Employes. The Singer Sewing Machine Company's employ¢s met last night. The Willeox and Gibh’s Company were reported as having acceded to the demands of their men early in the evening. It having been announced that Howe’s establishment would be reopened on Monday, & committee reported a notice posted up on the door of the factory, stating that it would not be reopened, It was announced that the needleworkers of the city were all on strike. A committee was sent to the rooms of the pack- ers at work in Delancey street to endeavor to get the men to strike. A despatch was received from the employés of the company in Glasgow, Scotland, stating 1) they were working only eight and a half hours day. It was at the same time stated that Mr. Kenzie, of the company, had telegraphed to the Managers in Glasgow to run the factory there double hours, Considerable excitement was created by the re- rted conversation of one of the men with a con- ractor, wherein the latter, it 1s alleged, stated that the Singer Company had compelled albits employés to vote for the re-election of Abraham Lincoln in 1864, under penalty of dismissal, and that they intended in like manner to force them to vote for the re-election of President Grant, should they re- main in their employ the coming autumn. The Howe Machine Company. The men of this company resolved yesterday that they would “support no newspaper hereafter that they had reason to believe was working in the interests of capitalists,” and that a copy of the resolution be prin in every daily paper in the city. A delegation trom the Manhattan Sewing Machine Company announced that they are to strike to-day. A committee was appointed to so to Boston to confer with the sewing machine men there, Mi Meeting of Machinists and Black- amiths. A mass meeting of the machinists and black- smiths, now ona strike, was held at the Germania Assembly Rooms last evening. The meeting was called to order by Mr. M.'T. Kane, and Mr. ©. B. Mulligan presided. After a few remarks from Mr. Kane the meet ng was addressed by Mr, John Feh- renbatch, President of the International Union of Machinists and Blacksmiths of North America, Mr. Fehrenbatch entered Into a lengthy discussion of the labor question, and analyzed the many causes which contributed to keep down the wages of his own trade. He did not believe that the usual rule laid down for the government of labor and capital was entirely correct. The boss and the em- ployé were not on equal terms, lor theemployé was compelled to work for what he could get, Whereas the call for labor might be made when there was no need of labor. More than any other cause the want of an apprentice system operated to keep down the wages of their trade, and a result of this was the extraordinary amount of thrned out in shops all over the country, A prentices, without learning one half of the trade, left their first} employer and moving to some other town got engaged ag Journeymen, with journeymen’s wages, and the rate of wages for the trade was fixed in accord- ance with the competency of this classof men. An- other cause for the low rate of wages was the in- troduction of convict labor. He believed that the labor of convicts ought to go to the supporting of all the asylums in the State, and should not be used to interfere with the livelihood of honest mechanics. Suppose the convicts were to be taught medicine and law, would not every member of these professions consider that there was disgrace thrown upon them? The speakerjcon- | tinued to discuss the eight honr question very for- cibly, and evidently made a acep impression on the meeting. He was followed by Mr. Theodore Haas, President of Union No. 23, who spoke in the German language and advocated organization to secure the benefits of the eight hour system, for which the trade had struck. Resolutions adopted at Albany last evening were road, and these were to the effect that the machin- ists and blacksmiths along the line of the Hudson | River Railroad were to strike to-day for the eight hour system, oe The Housesmiths, This association, represented by its executive committee, is still in session every day and evening to receive reports from the several shops in the city. A report was read last night to the | effect that Jackson Brothers had posted a notice on their gate, stating that all men | in thetr. employ must resume work on the n hours @ day, The men, on reading is notice, retused to a man to go to Work on Fri- day morning, wud proceeded immediately to the meeting rooms of the Executive Committee, corner of Twenty-sixth street and Seventh avenue, whe they stated their case, and received the assurance of the society that it would support them while they stood out. All those who had not joines association previously did so by paying their ini- tiation fees and ducs. The men declared they would never resume work on the ten hour systeni. system of t th ‘The housesmiths’ “helpers,” who are now idle | in consequence of the strike, formed an assoctation yesterday and will hoid a meeting in the house- smiths’ rooms on Monday evening for the enroil- | ment of members, 'The Movement in Jersey. ‘The employés of the sugar refinery of Matthiessen & Wiechers, in Jersey City, evening in Cooper Hall and formed an organiza- tion, These men do not ask for tue eight-hour but they intend to strike for an advance of wages from $1 75 to $2°50 a day. hundred of these employés in Jersey City and they hiefy German. ry CRIES Seine held tn St, John’s Hall, A very large meeting ; under the auspices of the Iron and Metal Workers! was called Association, Bx-Alderman Ue Chay, apd aneerbas were y botchwork that was | the | held a meeting last | le, | There are about five | the eight-hour . The con! a cere aa point of numbers. BROOKLYN MACHINISTs’ STRIKE, Se Fifteen Hundred Iron Moulders, Bolles Makers and Machinists Out of Km- ployment. ‘The iron workers, the boiler makers, moulders and machinists have jotned the army of trades unionists now advancing upon the citadel of capi+ tal under the eight-hour banner. They threw down their implements and cast aside their working clothes on Thursday last, and went out to enfoy themselves and live upon the money which they, have saved until such time as the Brooklyn bosses shall agree to their demands. They argne that pri~ vath shops can as well afford to pay full day’s pay for eight hours of labor as Uncle Bam, whose workmen do not pretend to perform the labor that they do. Foremost in the movement are the mem of the Atlantic Steam Engine Works, Hubbard 4 ‘Whitaker's Pioneer Iron Works, Bliss & Williame’, Allen Works, Smith Brothers’, William Reed’s, Charles Hardeck’s, William Taylor & Son’s, Allen Agricultural Works, Columbia Works. Robert Kent’s, Bruton’s Mad Manufactory and every macnn: a a fhe econd and Fifth wards, ‘This: resen' sald by the employers, upward of fifteen hundred men ris There 1s at present no prospect of anything akin: to an agreement being made between tle employ- ers and employés, as will be seen from the sui { joined preamble and resolutions i jour Movement adopted by the mas ers of New York and Brooklyn a few days ago: Whereas we undersiand New York State top Stale in the Union that hts by law made ig legal day's w rons the tron New York and viel! diametrically op] Inuovation of this propovedt new system upe honored custom of ten hours’ work per da, 7 Resolved, That the iroufounders here assembled" wilk Not, as a body, aceede to the demands of our ein ioyes re quiting the sine wages for cight hours work 43 heretofore paid for ten bh solved, That we will, on and after the 17th inat. posted up in each of our" places of business, 4 | spicnous place, the toll otice, to’ wit ie pr he opened tor busine loseal at skx o’elock P.M.” hereafter employ all workmen: establishment will here seven o'clock A. M., and Resolved, That we will by the hour oF by the piece. Resolved, That all establisinuents now having conts to Mifil are priv! to make the best termy they can for their own interesi#, until they are relieved from their rasent difficultie i 1 will not hereafter take anv works oF Resorved, That make any contracts, until the question of eight hours per day is settled, except the ACCOMIPaD ied WIth ae proviso for the present I onmittee. port that the strike will k out The master founders have the effect of drving a great deal of of Brooklyn, as several founders will Keep their shops closed for months belore they will ede tor the demands of the strikers, Parties who have: work under way in that city will take it elsewhere to be finishe: Several of the strikers state that they would be ling to work under the old regu- lation, but they w alraid of violence at the hands of their fellow craftsmen should they con- tinue to work. ‘The men, for the greater portion, however, are quite sanguine of success in the movement and ridicule the dea of their employers: shuiting up their shops for any extended period, THE SEASON AT LONG BRANCH. The Opening Day To-Day—Rush Among: the Hotels—The Cottages and Their Owners, LONG BRANCH, Jane 14, 1872. Long Branch is just beginning to awake from her long lethargic sleep of the winter. The coming of the President has done much to rouse her from her torpor and to give the final wrench to her fey fet- ters, and the landlords already look as emiling as the flowers of May. By to-morrow the Branch will bloom in all the magnificence and happiness of a “big sunfiower.” Her drives, now deserted, will teem asin the palmy days of midsummer with fast horses, stylish equipages and gay parties; her bath- ing places will swarm with the wretched groups that trust themselves in bathing dresses, and her hotels and cottage lawns will grow beautiful and brilliant with close cropped grass, merry croqueters and inspiring bands. The West End and Continental, the two bess hotelsin the place, by far, will open to-morrow (Saturday) greatly improved, refitted’ and re~ painted, and, as far as the Continental Js concerned, supplied with a new management. The Howland House, the United States, Janch’s, and the smaller hotels which so lavishly dotted the bluff last sum- mer will reopen also to-morrow or eariy next week. Some of them have been overhauled and others have not. The Howland has been ornamented anew by the erection of towers and rustic look-onts on its roof and repainted, but no material addition has been made to its lodging capacity, nor have any new conveniences been added to its arrangements of last summer, ‘The cottages will nearly all be occupied oy to- morrow, The President “vaunts” in the fleld among the very earliest. Ex-Collector Murphy has sent his servants, or at least one relay.of them, to his cottage opposite the President's, Mr. Gerard's avant-couriers have been at work at his cosy resi- dence just below the executive mansion, where the beautiful statuary adorn the yard, and Mr. O’Sulli- van, Mr. Wright, Mr. Binsee, Mr. Sawtrey, and Mias Rhodes will occupy thetr respective cottages to-morrow or early next week, and some of them have already taken possession. The twin cottages, erected only last summer, with their stylish blac and white ornamentation, have already been occn- ied in part by the Curtis family. The Paliings and eforest cottages are not yet in readiness. Edwin Booth has sold his cottage and will reside at the ‘ker cottage opposite, when he has finished his starring engagement. John Hay’s cottage is rented to Mr. Crawford for the summer. e0- dore Moss, Lester Wallack, Maggie Mitchel, Edwin Adams, and a host of theatrical lights have their cottages almost ready, but have not yet occupied them. Abacasis has already taken possession, and brought his stables with hi John Chambertin's | cottage of cards loo ‘ed, but will open with orge W, Childs’ family and the Drexel# to take possession early next week. DISASTROUS RAILROAD ACOIDENT, A Train of Cars, Heavily Laden, Break Away atthe Top of a Steep Declivity: and Rush Back with Great Rapidity— Collision with and Explosion of a Loco= motive—$30,000 Worth of Property De= stroyed, Peorta, ML, June 14, 1872. A regular freight train on the Peoria and Rock Island Railroad left this city at eight o'clock this morning, and was runniug up the grade to Kellar’s station, assisted by pony engine No. 6, After the latter left a heavily-loaded part of the train broke coupling in starting forward, thus | leaving eleven cars on the track, which started down the grade with terrible velocity, no one being: | aboard except one passenger, Harry Thompson, of the Theatre Comique in this city, who, it seems, made no attempt to stop the train, ‘The detached cars neared the city, still travelling ata frightful speed, and barely missed colitaing with apicnic party on crossing the Adams street railroad. Further on, at the corner of Caroline and Spring streets, it ran against the pony engine, driving it 100 feet forward against some freight cars on the track. ‘The engine tarned completely over, and | minus tender and smoke stack was thrust througte the train, when the boiler exploded with terrific report, Seven cars mounted above the engine, making a pile of rubbish fifteen or twenty feet high. The tender was thrown forty fect away. | The man Thomps vas covered with rubbish aud had an arm ken and was otherwise badly bruised and rendered iusensivle, bug. it is thought he will recover, This is the most n serious railroad accident yet | chronicled in this vicinity; though, fortunately, there were no lives lost. fc is the sensation of the day, and the spot has been visited by vast crowds of people, continuing till alate hour in the evening, MhePloss to the railroad is about thirty thousand dollars, SHOOTING ON SHIPBOARD. John MeGreer was carried to the Park Hospttat last night in a dangerous condition, He stated to the officials at that institution that he had been shot by the captain of his vessel, but what thet name of the ship or the vessel was he could not remember. Every attention was paid him at the | hospital. ROW IN A HALLWAY, Peter B.Wells, aged thirty-seven, of 11 Resex street, and Israel Isaacs, of the same prace, had an alter- cation Just night in the hallway of the above num- r, during which Isaaes bit Wells severely. Both were locked up by the police of the Tenth py CHOKED TO DEATH. Wille Gioken, seventeen months old, while play. ing with « jeans yesterday afternoon swal- lowed them that choked him, The 1 instantly 1 was taken to the inet station house, from w e