The New York Herald Newspaper, August 10, 1875, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET, THE FALL RIVER STRIKERS. Fifteen Thousand Operatives Taking a Summer Vacation. THE GROCERS REFUSE CREDIT. 4 Midnight Raid on a Potato Field---Will Bread Riots Follow? Fant River, Mass., August 9, 1875. ‘The manufacturing operatives of Fall River find them- Welves to-day in a sad and deplorable condition, and, what is still worse, the misfortune which has come upon them threatens to become more painful in all its aspects before amicable relations are restored between them- welves and the manufacturing corporations. Indeed, it js doubtful if ever, in any of the manufacturing districts of England, the conflict between employers and employee has been more mutually disastrous than is promised by the troubles now existing in this city. It is a fact, whatever the cause, that there have always been more flistarbances of this kind here than in all the rest of the Massachusetts and New England manufacturing districts tombined. Whenever thero are striking troubles in Fall River everything is serene and prosperous among the mannofacturers and their operatives in other sections of New England. Even the exam- ple and importunities of the Fall River work- ingmen and workingwomen fail to excite either the co-operation or sympathy of the mill oporatives in Bueh cities as Lowell, Lawrence and Manchester. For- merly when strikes have occurred here they have been at times when the manufacturers could not well afford to suspend, and naturally the operatives gained their point. Their method of carrying on the strike was usually shrewd, for instead of a genoral turnout in all the mills the strike would be confined to only a few, and the operatives in tho mills where there was no strike would contribute to the support of the strikers, By this means tho mills which had to suspend were helping competing mills, in consequence of failing to keep the market supplied, and therefore it was ruinous for them to do otherwise than to submit to the demands Of the operatives, This was the case here last spring, @5 well as on tho occasion of former strikes. BUT NOW THINGS ARE DIFFERENT. Tho manufacturers themselves have formed a combi- nation, and in the present state of business they aro about as willing to remain idle as to continue the work of production, The operatives did not count on a move- ment of this character on the part of the corporations whon they resisted the ten per cent reduction, but prob- ably thought they could bring them to terms as for- merly. Unfortunately for the employés, however, they will Mnd that the mannfacturers ar@determined to en- force the ten per cent reduction, and there are a number of them who do not care to resume at present, even on that basis, There are many FEATURES OF THE STRIKE which are not generally understood by the public. In fact, it may be said that many of the published accounts concerning it have been colored either in the interest of the manufacturers or the strikers. I have conversed freely with numerous representative men of both in- terests, and it is painful to make a record of the con- clusion arrived at. Whatever of justice there may have been in former demands of the operatives, it is clear that in this case they have been as unreasonable as they have been unwise. This, I may add, is the current opinion of the general community, and not a few of the Irresponsible and moro intelligent employés concur in the same views, 1t is well known that in times of busi- ness depression no branch of industry is more sensitive than the manufacture of fabrics which enter into the making of clothing. Wearing: apparel is generally the first item booked for economy on the approach of hard times, That the times have been very hard for many months is a fact not necessary to dwell upon, and, therefore, it is not strange that cotton and woollen goods have accumulated in the coun- try manufactories and warehonses, as well as in the city jobbing houses. It was on account of this state of affairs ‘and consequent reduction in the price of goods that the directors of the various mills decided upon a ten per cent reduction, At the time of this reduction, it was also ordered that the rents in the bate mn tenements be reduced ten per cent, and, of ci similar reduction will follow on the part of outside owne of tenements. This fact, it may be added, is generally overlooked and ignored by the operatives when discussi their grievances. When a reduction: of wages was ordered mass meetings were called to decide what action should be taken. It should be explained hero that these meetings and the action taken do not reflect the sentiments or feelings of the majority of the Fall River operatives. They were simply the work of A PEW LOAFERS AND DEMAGOGUES, as will be shown presently, They resulted, however, in arousing a spirit of resistance among the unfortunate operatives, just sufficient to bring about this pending evil and threatened ruin. It is well known that any tlass of people are likely to be momentarily carried away under the influence of men who profess to sympathize with them in a real or imaginary wrong, and thus it was that these unfortunate mill operatives became the dupes of a few superannuated loafers and labor reform agita- tors—men who have rarely earned a living by honest work, but subsist upon the contributions of the legit mate workingmen and workingwomen, and who would gtarve to death if it were not for these feuds which they stir up periodically between employers and employ Tt was a few such characters as these, and not the oper: tives themselves, who called and managed the meetings which have resulted in throwing FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE OUT OF EMPLOYMENT. This, too, in a city of only 43,000 inhabitants. A little feflection will demonstrate that the situation is, indeed, a very grave one, and in view of the fact that the mill owners will not relent, it is reasonable to anticipate sut- fering and trouble in the immediate future, The: champion vagrants counselled the operatives to resist the reduction, and defined the strike which they urged as a vacation. “Take a recreation of thirty days,” they roclaimed, ‘and you can bring these grinding capi ists to your terms. It will reduce the quantity of print cloths in the market, and, as a natural consequence, | This was the basis of all the argu’ | enhance the price.” ments used at the meetings by the unprincipled leaders, and while a majority of — the —_ operat dissent from them they found suflicient followers to inaugurate a war with the manufacturers, When the day of a general reduction arrived many of the corporations had an abundance of help to continue operations, but the non-appearance of operatives at some of the other mills forced a closing of doors in accordance with the compact entered into by * the manufacturers. Thus, it will be seen, the few op. eratives who were influenced by the ‘demagognes and labor agitators have brought idle and want upon thousands of others who were willing to submit to the proposed reduction, The actic of the mill ownery in making the innocent suffer for the foilty may" ve questioned; but they answer that they have been governed by the operatives too long, and | der of the faneleipal government, I learned that it is not the policy to allow actual starvation, but charity will be dispensed very sparingly. The feeling of the community is so decidedly against the operatives that they will resist all measures for relief that are not abso- lutely called for in the light of humanity. The action of the grocery and provision dealers, in refusing credit, will be speedily felt, for the available funds of most of the employés must be nearly exhausted. The expendi- tures per week for groceries and provisions by the ap. eratives have averaged about $100,000, and the absence of this usual flow of currency is being seriously felt in all branches of trade, RAID ON A POTATO ¥IRLD. One night last week a party of about thirty of the male operatives raided a potato field in the suburbs, and cach one carried away a well filled bag of the vegetables, A multiplic y of affairs of this kind are feared, and con- sequently the farmers in the vicinity are not in a very enviable frame of mind. This is the only instance of. lawlessness yet; but an outbreak is reasonably feared unless the situation 1s changed,’ AN INCENDIARY. BULLETIN, “The Catechism of the Work People of Fall River’ is the heading of adoenment which has been cireulated privately during the last fow Tt begins : Q. What is thy name? A. Slave of of Th its list of ten commandments the se shalt not labor for thine own welfare, nor suppor thon art no iny power, for [ will wateh thee with a jealous eye and will visit: thy sins by turning thee away from the mill and out of the tenement,” STATIBTICS OF THE MANUFACTURING INTERESTS OF FALL RIVER. The following Inte and authoritative statistics of Fall River will give somo. idea of the extent of the cotton Manufacturing interests :— rds of| ‘ Cloth” | No. Corporation. manufac'd| hands per annum |emp'd!| PRN aaa SSS phe Ne ail | American Linen Company. ..| 21,000,000} 1,100; an Manufactory... 2)150,000] "140) rd Manufacturing C 9,000,000 y Mills. 20,000,000) Mills... 12,000,000) 2 Crescent Mills. 5,000, 000} Davol Mills Durfee Mills. Fall River Manufetory Fall River Print Works. Flint Mills. Granite Mills King Philip } susoit Mills hanies? Mills... Merchants? Manufactur'g Metaeomet Mill Montaup Mills. 8,000, 000} Mount Hope Mills. 1,225,000 Narragansett Mill 8/250, 000] Osborn Mills... x set Manufacturing Co hard Borden M'f'g Co,. 15,000 . and W, Manufacto 14,500 Union Mill Company 16,000 Wampanoag. Mills, 10,000 Weetamoe Mills. .. 10,500 Total 461,000 Tho total of capital employed in (he thirty-three mills named is $14,745,000, , THE CRISPINS’ STRIKE. THE BOSSES FIRM AND THE MEN DETERMINED— THE EXISTENCE OF THE TRADE SOCIETY THE CAUSE OF CONTENTION. The strike among the Crispins is daily spreading, and | it is feared that in a few days the whole number will be on strike, The consolidation of the “cutters” and “bottomers”? will be effected speedily, and then a gen- eral strike will ensue, The “cutters” formerly be- longed to the general St. Crispin organi- zation; but a slight difference in opinion betwoen them and the “bottomers’? occurred, and since then the ‘cutters’? have had an organization of their own, It is very well known that the “cutters” are a small sect, and therefore they desire to consolidate with the “bottoms” and shoemakers gen- The result will be that all the men belonging Crispin’s will be called from work and The question among the men at pre much a question of wages as it is the recognition of ization. Many of the men are y have been offered $30 per week dually to their old work. the staffs of two or three shoo annfacturers lo yest Messrs. Weil Brothers, of 80 Warren strvet, discharged their “outters,”? and, in fact, nearly everybody employed in their shops. The firm claims that the shoe business has -y dull for some time. It has still in its employ about fifty girls, who will be discharged to-morrow or as soon as the stock is finished and in sal- jon, J. Kaliske & Co.'s establishment at No, 52 Warren street was found yesterday in a dormant condition, Mr. Kalisk at thirty men had left him on Saturday af- ter they had been paid off. The only trouble he had with the men was that he had one man Who veorked she Mocay stitching machine. This man wanted his wages raised; the firm would not consent to raise them and discharged. him. The other men inthe shop asked for his rein- statement, which was refused, and thereupon every man left work andthe shop is entirely deserted, Mr. Kaliske is willing to take his old men back, if they ‘ work, but he will not re-engage the man who is the author of all the trouble. He says that the high prices Cy nded by the men will drive the entire trade from this city, A visit was next paid to J. Parsons & Son, of No. 49 Warren street. This is another shop in which work ceased yesterday on account of the strike, Mr. Parsons said that he employed from twenty to thirty men, and recently a committee waited upon him, asking for an increase of one and a half cents per pair. He was will- ing to accede to this, but the men said that THEIR COUNCIL WOULD SETTLE THE MATTER, Mr. Parsons refused to receive the council, as he wished to settle his affairs with own men, Then the strike was ordered and the men left, leaving all their work in an unfinished condition. AT HANAN & REDDISH’S, at the corner of Church and Warren streets, the work was going on as usual. There was, however, a slight difference between the firm and the men regarding the r boys’ and youths’ shoes, and misses’ and ‘An ainicable arrangement will be or s0, THE MEN ON STR now number over 100, and daily accessions are made to | their ranks. They claim that all their employers aro | pledged together to break up their society, so that now the question is not so much that of labor as it is of the existence of the St, Crispin Society. ‘A mecting will be held this evenmg. at 100 Chat- ham strect, at which a number of the employers or their representatives will be present, If the consolidation of the “entters” and “bottomers”’ should be effected, then, is fully expected, all the Crispins in this city will be | placed on strike. prices paid f children’s ¢| effected ina THE BROWN STONE RUBBERS’ STRIKE, A largely attended special meeting of Branch No. 2, Brown Stone Rubbers’ Association, was held last even- they now propose to manage their own business in their | own way, They claim that the market is surfeited with is, and that they can better afford to suspend than | run their mills during the next few months; and this argument is supported by the tact that since the stop. page there has been no increase in the price of their products. : AN INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE DEMAGOGUES. It was more with the view of fully realizing the base- ness of one of these vagrants than for the purpose of obtaining information that L allowed myself to conver: with him, He was, of course, very fluent in languag d maintained that the manutacturers would have succumb. He could furnish no reasons for this stat ment except that heretofore the strikers had been. st cessful. The local press, Le said, had been very untair, and he hoped that the operatives would receive justi through the Hxkaty, and, to guide your corresponden he handed hinva copy of a labor paper, which is pub: lished hore in the apparent intere: really in the interest of such chronie vagrants and loafers as the one with whom IT was at the moient conversing. The leading editorial in the publication to the balance of the paper was largely Med ap with t incendiary speeches which had been made at the meet ings held a few days before, Altogether the the journal showed that its sic existence {s projonged by occasional disturbar like th hate one in this. city, dd more than one of the proni- nent citizens of Fall River attribute this whole trou. ble—this calamity, it’ may be called—to the pernicious influence exerted by it and its followers over a few of the misguided operatives. WHAT THE MANUPACTURERS SAY, Tealled npon several manufacturers and found that the story of one was the story of al. They are dete mined to maintain their post anil settle forever the principle that their business is not to be at the merey of the help. One strong argument of the strikers is that in the manufacturing towns in Rhod |, only a few mniles away, 0 reduction for same Kind of labor The mill owners angwer this by explaini riment of a ten hour lak in Massachusetts, whereas in Rhode Island the operatives work twelve and thirteen hours, or as long as they please. THE PXFORTUNATE OPERATIVES, {algo talked with many of the operati all of them deprecate and disela the strike, They say that the were opposed to it, and the fact that on the day the reduction was to most of them were realy to go to work, They are very bitter in their denunciations of the base instigators of , and nearly Yy connection with Wority of theit number story is) sustain the movement heretofore described, and some of theia | OR Ferry street, near Fro even hint at possible demonstrations of reyeng ACTION OF TOK GROCKKY AND PROVISION DEALERS, A combination entered into by the grocery and provi- sion dealers, to refuse credit to the operatives, will re. sult in much sufloring unless the city authorities come the rescue, In conversation with & prominont mem. of the operatives, but | | was abusive of the corporations, and an appeal to the | operatives to hold out until they were triumphant, and | the sum. of $10,810 90, | Bergen strec | ing at Central Hall, Fast Forty-seventh street. Tho meeting was stated the object of — wages © decit cently. The rate was $2 50 a day, whieh was agreed to last April by the “bosses.” Since then so: n shops have redueed it fifty cents, and ts, To remedy this evil the meet- ing determined on a strike in such shops as would not roturn to the standard. A committee was appointed to visit. the delinquent shops this morning and order a genoral strike in such as would not consent to return to the old wages. | et, but after adjournment the chairman was to take Ml jon on a decrease employ re- | “BENEVOLENCE, THE AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTIONS IN AID OF THE SUFFERERS FROM FLOODS IN FRANCE. The subscriptions of the French residents, under the auspices of the Société Frangaise de Bienfaisance of this | city, in aid of the victims of the inundations in France, are steadily inereasing, M.° Brossard, | rer, yesterday made a new transfer of the amount received during the past three . This makes, with the previous remittances, a | total of $14,096 50, The Comitéxes Meridianaux, composed of natives of | the innodated district, has made an additional remit. | tance to Toulouse, amounting to 2,000 A despatch from San Francisco states that the subseriptions thero in aid of the sufferers on the Rhone has reached In Chicago collections directed | by the Freneh Vieo-Consul yielded the sum of $1,433, an additional sim of 10008. mittee of French residents Ma A despateh from ) t ns in Louisiana in aid of the sufferers will 2 = + 2 EXPLOSION IN BROOKLYN. A number of percussion caps exploded yesterday after- noon in the ammunition manufactory No, 444 Carroll street, Brooklyn, which shattered several windows and caused considerable alarm in the neighborhood. M: garet Farrell, aged twenty-three years, who was on gaged in filling the caps, was severely burned about the fee andarms. She was taken to her home at Third enne and Sackett street by Roundsman Carney, of the alice, IZURE. At alate hour on Saturday night an officer of Long Island City discovered three men conveying a quantity of whiskey, in demijohoy, into the saloon of John Slavin, t. The oflicer concenied himself and waited until operations were concluded, descent was made upon the plac the police and the whiskey taken possession « asserts that he was unaware that it was contraband Whiskey, and that he bought it from. parties whe claimed to be agonts of a New York house, | and hi THE BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT. MAYOR WICKHAM INTRODUCES RESOLUTIONS AND ATTRIBUTES THEM TO THE COMPTROLLER. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment met in the Mayor's office yesterday afternoon, Mayor Wickham presiding. After the reading and approval of the minutes of the previous meeting the Mayor asked the Comptroller if he had any resolutions to offer or business to suggest. The Comptroller said he had a formal resolution in regard to the issue of assessment bonds, but as he was opposed to the issue of these bonds he did not wish to be placed on record as offering the resolution. ‘The Mayor—On the statement of the Comptroller that it is necessary to issue these bonds, I offer the resolu- tion. Mr. Wheeler, Secretary, then read the resolution, bat the amount of the bonds to be issued was left out. The Mayor asked the Comptroller how much he Wanted to pay these claims, The Comptroller replied that they were now about $100,000. ‘The Mayor—Then the Secretary will put in that sum. The Comptroller—But before this work is through it may cost $250,000. The Mayor—Then the Secretary will make this amount a quarter of a million, and make a note that this was done on information received from the head of the Finance Department, The resolution was adopted. The Comptroller then presented a resolution for the issue of judgment bonds, which was also blank as far as the amount was concerned. The Mayor moved to insert the amount of $10,000, but the Comptroller said $75,000 was needed, and the Mayor directed the Secretary to insert that amount and make a minute that the amount was increased on information received from the Comptroller. The resolution was then adopted. A communication from the Police Department for the transfer of $15,000 from the unexpended balance for 1874 for the Police Department to the appropriation for this year was laid over. A resolution was adopted transferring $75,000 from the unexpended balances of the appropriation for the Board of Education for 1874 to that of this year to rebuild Grammar School No. 36, recently destroyed by fire. “A resolution was offered by Mr. Lewis for the issue of $150,000 Croton water main stock, but was referred to the Corporation Counsel. A resolution was adopted authorizing the issue of $100,000 City Park improvement fund stock. Several communications from the departments asking for small transters were received and laid over. As also the following communication from the Comptrolier :-— Crry or New York, Derartwent or Finance, ComrtRoLLer's Orrice, August 9, 1875, To THE BoaRD oF Estimate AND APPORTIONMENT :— Herewith I present a statement of taxed costs, under street openiny roceedings, remaining unpgid July 1, 1875, amounting: to STAT 233 74. These street opening cases date back to 1870, and the taxed costs have remained unpaid on account of the exorbitant amount and unlawful character of y of the charges. These charges, though taxed by the , have been taxed contrary to law, as the Court in sub- sequent cases holds. This amount of $747, 74 is in_addi- 689 82 for similar purposes, pai not by @ present Comptroller, makin, $2,062,903 56; not, it will be seen, for land mere costs of the proceedings to take them. a en, but for the Thave rspeatedly and urgently applied’ to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for » very stnall appropriation, which would enable mo to employ counsel to protect the rights and interests of the city acainst these monstrous and unjust claims, under the provisions of an act entitled, “An ni fraud in the opening and laying out of streets ies in the city of New York,” pussed April 24, 1862. w fixes the compensation of the Commissioners in ening proceedings, and otherwise provides for the culation of the charges or expenses to be allowed by the Supreme ‘The provisions of the law have been, in my Judument, violated in the taxation of these costs. Section 9 of the agt above cited authorizes the Comptroller to employ counsel to protect the rights and interests of the city, “Tt is us follows — “whenever in_ any proceeding to take lands for extending, altering or opening any street, avenue, public place, square or park in suid city, the rights or interests of the Mayor, ‘Aldermen and Commoualty of the said city, shall, in thé judgment of the Comptroller thereof, be injuriously affected, he may, in his discretion, employ “counsel to proteet the rights or interests of the’ said Mayor, Aldermen and Com- monalty of the city of New York in said proceeding, against any commissioners or other authority prosecuting the same, if said rights and interests, in. hig Judgment, cannot be fully protected by the Counsel to the Corporation.” These exorbitant and illegal claims for taxed costs in streot opening proceedings, amounting in some eases to over $50,000 per mile, should be resisted by every lawful means, whether in conformity with the purpose and provisions of this law of otherwise. Had this been done at the proper time hundreds of thousands of dollars might have been saved to the city treasury and at very small cost, For these reasons [now agnin request, a6 I have hereto- fore repentedly requested, that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment make a transfer from some ttnexpended bal- ‘ance of appropriation to enable the Comptroller to defend the city agninst there claims. If the Board of Apportionment fuil to make this transfer, and the city is-called upon to pay. these unjust claims, the responsibility will rest upon three of members, who thus place themselves in an attitude of porting unjust and illegal claims against the city. n order that there may be no pretext for evading this duty, T present herewith the consent of the Fire, Department to transfer $3,000 of an appropriation entitled “Fire Depart- ment Fund,” 1874, tho same being in excess of the amount requred for the purposes and objects thereof, to an appropria- tion for “contesting street opening cases,” under chapter 483, Jnws of 1863, for which the same is required, ANDREW H. GREEN, Comptroller, ‘The Board then adjourned sine die. CITY AND COUNTY FINANCES. The following is the report of the City Chamberlain for the week ending on Saturday :— Balance, July 31. Receipts... Payments....... Balance, August 7, = $2,065,185 2,062,204 1,025,112 8,102,368 THE FIREMEN’S PAY. At last the firemen aro to be paid their salaries for the month of July, the Mayor having yesterday signed the | requisite warrants, although he protests against the un- necessary labor entailed upon him by the Comptroller, | as will be seen by the appended letter :— Exncorirs Daranraent, ew YoRK, August prew I. Gueex, Comptroller, & Sin—I herewith return to you the several warrants for the individual firemen forthe pny due them for the month of July, There are now no warrants for the Fire Department remaining before me for counter-signature. The firemen should be paid as they heretofore have been since I came in office, and as the law provides and intends that they shall be—Uy company warrants drawn upon company pay rolls— not ‘by the cumbersome and unnecessary method of individual wa its, which ma ha recently adopted after having once abandoned it. I have counter: | signed these ts, notwithstanding the objections to such a course which I have heretofore expressed and still: entertain, and I have done so simply because, as matters now are, [am unwilling longer to leave any- thing undone which T can do to relievo the distress which your course with regard to such matters has already brought upon the firemen themselves and upon their dependent families, and which, if continued, must demornlize the men and impair the efficiency of the forco and 0 endanger the safety of the city. Very. respect: fully, M. H. WICKHAM, Mayor. Tho Board of Fire Commissioners held a special meet-, ing yesterday afternoon relative to submitting to the Corporation Counsel certain legal points. Whether the Commissioners anticipated a change in the Board or not could not be ascertained, but they were evidently startled when they wero informed that Mr. E. Delafield Smith had been removed by the Governor. They re- fused all information to reporters. THE OLD KINGSBRIDGE ROAD, To tae Engor or tar Heranp:— I understand that there 18 an effort being mado at the sent time to have the Kingsbridge road macadam- ized in the same way as the Grand Boulevard and the St. Nicholas avenue, But from the repeated interviews Ihave had with the property owners on the line of the Kingsbridge road I know that they are utterly opposed to any plan other than, or that differs materially from, that of the Tenth avenue, the centre roadway of which is a soft surface, the sides being macadamized for heavy travel. : A road like the Tenth avenue can be built for one-half the money it costs to build a road like the St. Nicholas avenue. I may also state that there is a strong desire on the part of the property owners to have the work done by contract and with ail possible despatch, Most citizens are familiar with the history of the old Kingsbridge road, and every traveller admits that it has beauties of scenery seklom if ever enjoyed within Fo easy reach of a great city, White Mountains or to any other well known resort in eeking for scenery while here, in our very suburbs, it vn be found in all its wild and ‘ragged grandeur. The and ii is only proper that its associations should gnarded and watched over, and to do this I would sn gest the best way is to make it, as it naturally is, the grand drive of the metropolis, a road running direct from the Battery to Yonkers, Were it completed, as it ought to bo, the people would have an avenue for pleasure of which they might be justly prond, H. B. PERKINS, CRUSHED BY A TREE. A FATAL LEAP BY A SON TO SAVE HIS FATHER'S LIFE. Pont Jenvis, August 9, 1875, Tra Wood, a prominent lumberman of Delaware county, Jont his life on Friday while saving that of his aged father, Mr. Wood had gone into the woods near his resi- dence in Harvard to cut down some trees, His father, seventy years of age, accompanied him. Mr. Wood bad hopped into a tree until it was ready to fall, when he | saw that his father was standing directly where it would strike him. Mr, Wood shonted at the old gentleman, Init he being deaf did not hear the ery. Another second would have been erushed beneath the falling tree; but the son leaped toward the father, and quickly pushed him to one side, himself receiving the death- biow from the tree, He was about forty years old, and lonyes a large family, i One need not go to the | | dence, and he conten ry of this road is dear to every old citizen, | | TRAGEDY IN BROOKLYN. CREEDMOOR, TENEMENT— WE MORORR ON 4 KUTT OTRRET THE SECOND BRIGADE, NATIONAL GUARD, AT THE LATEST SACRIFICE TO RUM, The sixth wife murder that has occurred in Brooklyn during the past year was brought to the notice of the Tenth precinct police yesterday afternoon, and the per- petrator of the crime was arrested soon after the death of his victim, Both husband and wifg were slaves to strong drink. THR SCENE OF TH TRAGEDY was the rear room on the third floor of the frame tene- ment house, No, 299 Nevins street, where, ina state of squalid misery, lived James B. Maxwell, a Scotchman, thirty-six years of age, his wife Catharine, also a native of Scotland, aged thirty-five years, and their two chil- dren, one a boy of seven years and the other a little girl of twenty-one months. For several months Max- well has gained a scanty livelihood by peddling tea, He has, however, seen better days, Ho lived in Scot- land in 1865, and was a successfal tradesman. UIti- mately he became the possessor of £4,000, with which he went to Liverpool and established himself in the dry goods business, The sudden fall in values consequent upon the close of our civil war left him stranded on the shoals of bankruptcy; and, despondent and almost pen- niless, he emigrated to this country, He found the out- look here very unpromising, His wife and little ones were often on the verge of starvation, notwithstanding his efforts to support them by often working as a day laborer. Discourgged by a long series of misfortunes the husband and wife entered on the career of dissipa- tion which has culminated in traged: They drank early and often; their children were neglected, and their home became more than ever the abode of Wretcliedness and poverty. in violent quarrels, ‘bors iy. the Nevins xwells have resided but used the vilest language were under the intluenc or, but were quiet and respectable in manner when sober, For the past week Maxwell has been on a spree, On Sunday ight he entered his apartinent and shortly afterward the residents of the house heard an altereation in the room, followed by the notse of a s fle. Knowing the character of the parties none the tenants interfered, andthe disturbance continued about ten minutes, Early yesterday morn- ing Maxwell left the room and the house. About noon James MeDonnell, a son of the landlord, passed the door of the apartment ‘and saw Mrs, Maxwell sitting on a chair, moaning faintly, He returned at three o'clock in the afternoon, and found THE WOMAN'S BODY BRUISED AND LIFELESS: on the floor. From the nature of her wounds, the erime must have been perpetrated in a brutal and atrocious manner. Her face was so bruised and swollen as to. be almost unrecognizable. Her right arm was. broken, doubled up and bound with arnde bandage. Tt is be" lieved that some of hor ribs were broken, though this conld not be determined by a casual examination of her often coming to bl street house, whi y. The wretched abode presented a disgusting picture of filth and squalor. A tattered rag carpet, worn and torn, partly covered the floor; broken chairs’ and stools were strown gbout, and the stove, with one of its legs broken off, was overturned, the soot and ashes being scattered about the room, The murdered woman lay near one of the windows. Her children stood near her, making the place resound with outeries, ‘The remains were placed on the bed and afterward removed to the Morgue. The children were cared for by the neighbors, They are to be removed to an orphan asylum. THE ARREST OF TITE MURDERER, followed closely upon the finding of the body of his vie~ tim. MeDonnell, who first became cognizant of the murder, notified officer Owens, who was on post in the vicinity of the occurrence. As the oflicer approached the house he saw Maxwell staggering past the corner of Union and Nevins streets. He immediately took him into custody, Maxwell offering no resistance. He was taken to the Bergen Street police station. When Cap- tain Campbell informed him of the deatit of his wife, he expressed, ina maudlin manner, his sorrow and aston- ishmont. ’ He stoutly denied having killed her, saying that she was a drunkard, and that if she was dead she must have dled from natural cause INTERVIEW WITH THE PRISONER, The writer saw Maxwell at the station house and asked him if he had recently quarrelled with his wife. “Yes,” replied the accused, “I quarrelled with her last Monday. We were both drunk. She made mo an- fry and then T knocked her over the. stove, broke the leg off it and upset it on the floor. She wasn't much hurt, for she was able to walk about after that, been on a spree for a week,” “Do you remember all that @ mrred during that time?”? asked the reporter. “No, sir,” was the reply. “I might have killed her, but I don’t believe I did. “ But it was all on account of that cursed drink. I would talk to Mer about it; I would point to the children in their wretchedness ; Tiwould speak of the state of the house, but it had no efiect. She would get me no food and no clean shirt, 80 I would go and get a glass of poisonous whiskey and lay down drunk. If she hadn't drank we would’ have got along all right, for she was perfect when she was sober. I struck her on Monday, but never since.” The wretched man hero burst into tears and went back into his coll, Coroner Simms will empanel a jury to-day and hold tho inquest to-morrow. Thave FAMILY TROUBLES. THE CONTESt BETWEEN CHARLES K. LANDIS AND HIS WIFE FOR THE POSSESSION OF THEIR CHILDREN. Yesterday having been set down for the hearing of the controversy between Charles K. Landis and his wife, who have been recently separated, in regard to tho proper custody of their two children, in tho Supremo Court of New Jexecy at Trenton, before Judgo Reed, the principals, their lawyers and a fow friends of each party were in attendance. Tho caso had been adjourned = from the.— 22d of July last, when a petition was presented by the coun- sel of Mrs. Landis praying that a writ of habeas corpus might issue compelling Charles K. Landis to produce the children before the Court in order that their legal custody might be determined. Yesterday a return to the writ was made by the respondent. It was not read in open court, consequently the details were not di- vulged. Immediately after the writ was presented counsel for Mrs, Landis retired and held along conference, Subsequently Mr. Landis and two of his friends held a burried and private conversation with his counsel, which resulted in Landis and bis two friends suddenly leaving the court room. The import of this proceeding was understood to be the AVOIDANCE OF A PERSONAL CONPLICT | between them and Mrs. Landis’ friends, among whom was her brother, Captain Robert I. ‘Meade, of tho United States Navy. This conflict would have decurred, it was surmised, had the Landis party remained in the court room or its neighborhood. | Mr. peared to be laboring under much excitement yesterday, and, judging from his ___eccen- trie behavior while in the strects, the im- pression was conveyed that ho meant fight. He ap- | proached a reporter and excitedly asked him, ‘Well, where are yon going to now’? Tho reporter did not venture to make any reply to this query, but hastily withdrew, Mr. Landis’ two friends were burly, musen- Jar looking men, and, jndging from their determined ap- pearance, they were 'ready.at any cost.to defend their friend. Mr. Landis was also aecompanied by his sister. After the conference had ended between Mrs. Landis’ counsel, Mr. Courtland Parker appeared and addressed the Court substantially as follows ;— The return has been read by me and it denies that the parties are living inw state of separation: that the sep- aration spoken of by the statute, imder whigh the writ was brought, does not exist; that the statute itself ix repented; that it enters upon a recital of troubles in married life. Alle: gations of violence, ungovernableness of temper and dis- Aareement are m It describes the respondent as bear- ng A CHARACTER MADE UP OF PRTTISI VIOLENCE, but makes no charges of anything further, nor, does lt speak ofcharacter. It alleges one instance of enrelossness of the welfare of the children—about Mrs. Landis going out riding in aphaeton with the children and dropping one of them off and sending him home. This is the general scope of the answer. Under the circumstances these things are true. But, said Mr. Parker, we stand on the statute, If tho stathe is not repealed, then we, having set forth in our plending that there is'n state of separation, should insist that we ure entitled to the custody of the children, therefore we should continue to traverse the return. rotnrn does not specify the exception to the act. Tt does not make the | character or habits of the mother to be improper for the cus- tody of the children, Therefore, we submit that under the stainte we are entitied to the enstody of the children daring the investigation. The case as made does not produce the state of things described in the exception. Mr. Williamson addressed the Court in reply in almost | inaudible tones, He was ‘stood to say that Mra. Landis was nota proper person to have enstody of the children, She had left them to the mercy of Provt- that the father was the proper person to care for them, The Court then suggested that the proper course for Mrs, Landis’ counsel to take was to traverse the return. After a brief consultation Mr. Parker then said that they would require TIME TO TAKE EXCEPTIONS and prepare the traverse, There should be an arrange. ment made for the taking of testimony before the Court. Ho suggested an adjournment of ten days, The Court said that it had no time to devote to the taking of testimony, Mr. Parker said he preferred that testimony should be taken before the Court, If it was taken before a com. missioner there would be no restraint, and all sorts of things would get in which would ase the acrimony of the dispute. Ultimately the 20th of the present month was fixed for the presentation of the traverse, Afterward the imony will be taken before a commissioner and ar- rangements made so that the case will be finally dis- posed of on the 20th of September. Mrs. Landis was present during the proceedings. She was neatly attired and wore a downeast, troubled look, Her brother, Captain Meade, did not lea moment. BROOKLYN BUILDING STATISTICS, The Sceretary of the Brooklyn Board of Assessors has Prepared a report of the number of buildings erected in that city during the past year, The report shows that the number of new buildings is 1,740, the total value of which j Sus at 48 «$91617,200, On cach house the Landis ap- | her side for a | BIFLE PRACTICE, The following detachments from the Second brigade, National Guard, reported at Creedmoor yesterday for practice: Fifth regiment, 148 men, from companies B, H, I and K, Captain Kloeber in command and Captain Brouer acting as Inspector. Of these, forty-two were qualified at the second class target, Sixth regiment, twenty-two men from companies I and C, CaptainJ. W. Hermes in command. Fifteen of tho men were sent back to the second class butts. Fighty-fourth regiment, sixty-three men form com- panies E and F, Captain Head in command; only thirty men quaBified at the second class targets. Ninety-sixth sregiment, forty-four men from com- panies B and C,»Captain Rodenburg in command; nine teén men qualified at the second class ranges, WHAT WAS DONE. The troops were in undress uniform, and had one day’s_—srations, with ' twenty-eight rounds of —ball_—scartridge. = The _—_ several detachments arrtved on the ranges about half an hour behind time, so that practice did not begin nntil after eleven o'clock. Firing was finished at the 100 and 150 yards ranges (third class targets) by two o'clock, when the troops were dismissed for dinner. Practice was re- sumed at the 300 yards butts soon after three o'clock; and the shooting ftnished on tho 400 yards ranges by a quarter to six o’olark, Colonel Stauf, of the Ninety-sixth regiment, dis- charged the duties fleld officer of the day; Captain C. FE. Orvis, brigade inspector of rifle practice, superin- tended the firings, and Surgeon Schutt, of the Ninety- sixth regiment, wax on the field as medical staff officer. SCORKES*O¥ THE FIFTH REGIMENT. Yard Captain Hermes... Lieutenant Eckerman. Names, First Sergeant F, Bayer.. {39 Private Schuler.an. sess {ino ; 2 Frivate 0} Meyetsi...0ce0 tam). “ao oe Private Kahri,.—........ {49 Ppa Captain: Klocber..c+.... 4am GAG Ses 43004 Sergeant Lade..... et cen Sergeant Erb, ey pales Corporal Beta....n+s..--. 139) 930 8 Sth on Private Heer....0--seo+ee+ 1409 htt say dee 300 204-8 Private Ambrunn.....+.++ } 499 30 4— 9-17 Private Kronenvorth...... {00 : i Lay iee Private Spekman..... i et el ee 300 2000-7 Private Lohmann + {500 BOO Le ste Pfivate Kempf........4... {300 AOE ont SCORES OF THE SIXTIT REGIMENT. Colonel Van Wyck....++.. {309 1; Sergeant Richman. {300 Wey 300 25 Private F, Martine,....-.. {9p a2 Privato Werthimer........ {09 ie Vientenant W. H. King.... {3 re 300 5 400 {ico ‘400 {3 400 300 Major Muller... : Surgeon Amabile........ {3 i Lieutenant Goodhart...... {0 ‘ Corporal Mergenthimer.... {7 Sergeant Gans........004+ Fe Q M. Sergeant Brand, = Corporal Ernst, Se PrivatoShru.....++e-+++ {490 SCORES OF THE FIGHTY-rOURTH Captain Fullerton, . {00 Sergeant Osborn «te 300 400 BeBe e wooHoNe ee : Captain Ackerman........ { CHI OROOHORROH CON ONOO OH OUN EH OHM NOM OW OHONOMMROUN EN ERE ORETREEEDE OnomnomomnS Sergeant Sitenbrandt...... {499 pepe one A Sergeant Douglas.......+ {ty SH 2p i Sergeant Gerehty........= {33 He once EN Private Butterfield. ae ee ra ay ae Private Kirkwood. {foo eee tat Private Ernst....esss+0 {409 ae om eal Private A. Ernst...see+se. {inp ee a a Private Gillen. ..+.+e0++++ {ty hci bit Aes Privato Driscoll.....e.+++. {300 ‘ah sage te 300 8003-6 or porel: Daiaot 400 $04 0—11aT Sergeant Callings...+.+.++ {499 Oe a 300 2433-16 Privato Farrell.....++.++++ {199 9000. 0-16 SCORES OF THE NINETY-SIXTH REGIMENT. Heutenant Hansteitier.... {799 33 $5 onto Captain Rodonderg........ {39 $449 $c1e—95 TiQUbEAAE Lataee cess Samy | Cee ee as Private Schwegzgrith...... {1 6360316 9. 300«10204-6 Sergeant Gaepfert......... {G00 eee e at ae Drummer Heqnang... {$00 joss soy-a7 300 00305—8 Sergeant Heber. {oo o1 00d 546 f 0 5—16 Private Renter.....++--+++ {499 0.00002 0-16 300 «4043 0-11 Private Apting....-.-++++- {199 $0004. 4-15 . SORES OF THF STAFF. f 300 84.4.4 520 Captain Koch......eeeeee+ fm $3342 1h os i 3242-15 CAthin, Obvesssvs.sses-o Me. : Sab aac eath General Vilmar...... a AS or a The men who had failed to qualify for the last two ranges were formed up under the orders of Colonel o'clock in wing drill. Two mon were arrested for beeaking ont of the prac- lager beer broughi. on the ranges, An attempt to march back in order from range to Fifth regiments did not succeed very well. A lack of discipline was noticed during the day. Stauf, field officer of the day, and exercised after four tice ground, and another for having a bucket of range was tried by the detachments, but the Sixth and THE NATIONAL GAME. PROFESSIONAL CONTESTS. The Philadelpbias surprised everybody yesterday by treating the St. Louis Club to nine ciphers and scoring sixteen for themselves. The game was played in Phila." delphia, and here are the rans made in each inning:— INNINGS. * Clubs. Ast, 2d. 3d, Ath, 5th, Oth, Tth, Sth. 9th. Philadelphia. 832200 4 2 8 0-16 St. Louis. 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 OO The Mutuals seem to’ have had their hands full in their game with the New Havens in New Haven yesterday, as the following score shows INNINGS, Clubs. Ist, Qd. Bd. 4th. 5th. 6th, THh. 8th. 9th, Mutual AN ae Aa New Hi 1-2 BASE BALL NOTES. There will be no professional games in this vicinity this week. Tho Mutuals play the Hartfords, in Hartford, to-day. The Chelseas, of Brooklyn, play the Olympics, of Manhattanville, on the Capitoline Grounds this after- noon, and the Reliance and Tuttle & Baileys play on the same grounds at the same time. Thero will be a meoting of the Judiciary Committee of the Amateur Association to-morrow afternoon, at four o'clock, at the rooms of the Nameless Association, No, 40 Court street, Brooklyn. CRICKET The deciding match between the Staten Ietand and Manhattan Cricket clubs, postponed last week on ac- count of the rain, will probably be played on Monday next, The St. George and Staten Island clubs play on uirsday. Tie stenbattan Club have had no practice ground this year, but are in good playing condition. The Staten Island Club, under the direction of Profes- sional William Brewster, have picked up very much this year and are now in a very strong conditic ‘On Thursday next the first clevens of the and Staten Island clubs will play. their ret Hoboken, and on the same day the Paterson Club will visit Brooklyn and play the Prospect Park Club at Pros- pect Park. BOAT RACING AT ROCKAWAY. The sports at Rockaway were inaugurated yesterday NOTES. under very favorable auspices. The weather was calm, | York, and Conklin Dawson, of Far Roel | the § | the Second precinct station he broke away from 20,000 people were present. The principal contest was between Biglin and Ten Eyck. The betting was all im favor of Biglin, and it was generally considered that Ten Eyck had no chance at all. Biglin, however, did not come up to the expectations formed of him, as Ten Eyck led all through the race, and won by half a dozen lengths. The event next in importance was between five boats—the Americus, with Charles Thatford and L, Thorey as crew, being the winning boat. NEW YORK CITY. ‘A mad dog was killed at No. 318 Spring street yester. day, Michael Calahan, aged three years, fell from a third story window at 336 West Thirty-sixth street yester: day afternoon and was killed. Louis Ness, a child seven years of age, was killed yes- jay by a wooden horse, which fell upon him in the it No, 108 East Fifty-tirst street, The inquest held by Coroner Woltman in the case of Robert 8. Reid, who shot himself last Sunday in the Oo cidental Hotel, failed to develop anything new in regard to the unfortunate affair. A servant girl employed in the family of Colonel R. M. Hoe, of Brightside, West Farms, was very badly burned by the explosion of a can of alcohol last Saturday, Sh¢ j.died in St. Luke’s Hospital yesterday morning, BROOKLYN. A middle-aged woman, Mrs, Minott, died very unex- pectedly yesterday on the ship Mary Stuart, lying at the Atlantic Dock. David J. Hughes, fifty-seven years of aga, died sud- denly, without medical attendance, early yesterday morm ing, at No, 65 Hamilton avenue. The trial of John 8. Folk, Superintendent of Police, for alleged né&lect of duty, will be resumed to-day be: fore the Board of Commissioners. Smallpox is on the increase in the Eastern District, notably in the Sixteenth ward, There are five children suffering from the contagion in one house on McKibben street, A young man named Amos De Mott was arrested on Sunday night, and held by Justice Walsh yesterday, for embezzling $40 from his employer, Mr. George Oakley, of No, 78 Sands street. Bernard McGrath, who robbed Mrs. Knoll of hor watch on Sunday, at her. residence, No. 240 Ralph ave- nne, was arraigned before Justice Semler yesterday and committed for examination, His accomplices have thus far eluded the police, Yesterday Coroner Simms held an tnquest as to the decease of the young daughter of Mr. Calhoun, whe died on Sunday at No. 26 Clinton street, from the effects of a quantity of solution of caustic soda, which she drank, mistaking it for water, A verdict in accord- anco with the facts was rendered, Mrs. Harriet Mott has begun an action in the Suprema Court against the South Side Railroad Company for the sum of $5,000 for the loss she has sustained by the death of her husband, who was killed at the Rockaway dis- aster on July '5, Several other vietims of the disaster intend to institute suits against the road. At an early hour yesterday morning the saloon of Timothy Desmond, No. 170 Hamilton avenue, was en- tered by burglars, who carried away a large quantity of liquor and several boxes of cigars. C. H. Schilling's grocery store, at Myrtle avemie and Division street, was also broken into and some of the stock was stolen, The police have no trace of the thieves, LONG ISLAND, During the progress of a pienic at Breslau, on Friday last, C. Folker betame drunk and grossly insulted a number of ladies. Mr. Glesti, the proprietor of the grounds, and a Mr. Knollis attempted to put Folker out of the grounds and the scoundrel bit Knollis’ left ear off. Justice Cassin committed him to await the actién of the Grand Jury. Great excitement was occasioned on Sunday at Rock- away among passengers awaiting the arrival of the late train by Thomas Gunn, of Forty-seventh street, Now into a fight, While Gunn was down Dawson bit a piece from Gunn's right cheek. Before they could be sepa rated Dawson also bit the top of Gunn's thumb off. Henry Soper and Luke Birmingham, of Cold Spring, have been enemies for some time. To vent his spite upon Birmingham, Soper, meeting a four-year-old child of the latter, who was playing on the roadside, kicked it in the side and knocked it senseless by a blow on the head. threw the body in acorn field, where it w: found two hours afterward. Judge Montfort fined him $25 and committed him to jail for thirty days. NEW. JERSEY. The Sarsfleld Association, of Hoboken, comprising many vigorous politicians, went on an oxcursion over the Hudson yesterday. The assemblage was so numer- ‘ons that an extra barge had to be procured. A young Titan, named McDowell, and Martin Fury, the “Hudson City Giant,” celebrated the expiration of Sabbath by a pugilistic encounter in Hudson streot, Hoboken, They paid $20 damages to the Recorder. Some startling developments in reference to the award of certain contracts by the Board of Public Works im Jersey City, have just come to light, Affidavits in the case are being prepared for presentation to the Grand Jury. Mr. James Price, the owner of a large tract of prop- | perty in Bergen, but lately a resident of Secaucus, went out on the Hackensack in a small row boat on Saturday and has not been seen since. The boat containing his clothing floated ashore. Yesterday morning a boy named Frazer, residing in North Bergen, was going to Penhorn Creek, when he was attacked by a rabid dog, which bit him in several parts of the body. The boy was seized with afit and was lying on the ground at the merey of the infuriated animal when several farmers of the neighborhood came to the resene. The boy's injuries are of a serious char. | acter. The prompt action of Mayor Traphagen, of Jorsey City, in reference to the establishment of sinecure posi- tions in connection with the Board of Education, has saved the city a considerable sum. The Mayor has notified the members of the Board who called on him that if the Board does not change its tactics and practice economy it will be necessary to close some of the schools before the end of the year. A fire broke out in the ,house at the rear of the Otta Cottage Garden, Hoboken, last evening. A large quan. tity of oil was stored there, and the flames rose rapidly. Immense crowds of people thronged to the place. The fire department, in an incredibly short time, arrested the progress of the flames. The fire is believed to have been caused by men lighting their pipes and flinging the matches carelessly near the oil vessels. Three men were impounded in the Hoboken Police | station, yesterday, for having in their possession sev- eral huge coils of leaden gaspipe, plunder, probably, from some store on the Heights The prisoners gave their names as John McCarthy, Francis Smith and Thomas Ryan, ‘The two latter gave thetr residences, respectively as No. 67 First street, and No. 410 East Elev- enth street, New York. They were all caught while at- tempting to reach New York. Among the prisoners brought before Police Justice Davis, at Jersey City yesterday, was Peter Fox, whe committed an atrocious assault and battery on George Seymour. While the prisoner was being conveyed te the oMcer, who sent a bullet whizzing past his head. Fox then submitted, Sey r has suffered so much from loss of blood that he isin avery critical condition, Justice Davis refused to admit Fox to bail, AN ELOPEMENT. DEPARTURE OF A WEALTHY FARMER'S WIFE WITH A HIRED MAN—ADVENTURES OF A GOOD LOOK« ING GREENHORN. The gossipping community of Huntington have bees furnished with a chore morsel of scandal by the elope ment of the wife of one its wealthiest farmers, Mr. J. H. Floteher, with a greenhorn employed by her husband. Thomas Leahy entered the service of Mr, Fletcher is the carly part of May, having arrived from Ireland but afew months previously. Ho is a fine-looking, intelli. gont sort of a man, with a wealth of raven curls about hie head, and a complexion that would exeite the envy of ¢ city belle, He was not long in gaining the entire com fidence of his employer throngh his industry and ac tivity, and he was frequently left in charge of the farm during Fleteber's temporary absences from the town, some of which lasted for a week. Mrs, Fletcher, from the time of the greenhorn’s advent to the domicile, seemed always very solicitous for him; but her interest in Leahy was mistaken by her husband for a just ap- preciation of the man’s sterling qualities aga laborer, ‘On Saturday week Mr. Fletcher lett home to be gone foe a few days, and, as was his custom, TOLD LEAHY TO “LOOK TO THINGS" until his return, Returning unexpectedly the following night, at a Inte hour, he was surprised to. find Leahy oceupying his in Mrs, Fletcher's boudoir, — A seene ensued, dar- ing which Leahy made his eseape from the enraged husa- band and fled from the house, Mrs, Fletcher went, on the following day, to her sister's, where she remained unul last Friday,’ The following’ morning she left for Chicago in company with her illicit lover, begin begewerd her threo children and an irate husband, and tak me ie her $3,000, together with all that was at all valuable tm the house.’ Leahy is only twenty-four years of while his companion has passed upward of Torty-ave the sky clear and the water perfectly tranguil, About | summers,