The evening world. Newspaper, January 18, 1895, Page 1

PRICK ONE CEN! NIGHT EDITION WILL RUW ALL HIS CARS President Norton Says He Will Start Up To-Morrow at All Hazards. DEMANDS PROPER PROTECTION. He Asks Police Commissioner th Welles to Augment His Force with Militia. VIOLENCE IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. In Some Cases Shots Were Fired from the Crowd, but Nobody Was Hit--- New Men Desert. It te possible that Mayor Schieren may Bake steps to have the militia called out fo guard the various trolley lines, if he (ings there will not be sufficient police fe protect that section. President Norton, of the Atlantic ave- morning and bombarded it with stones, A squad of mounted police charged, and were met with a volley of missil several of which struck officers The lants were scattered and one man was arrested. At the Court street depot a crowd of \ 1 ' Schlieren Hears the Citizens’ Committee—and Runs, i Bue line. sent a letter to Po-| strikers and toughs assembled carly and | i lice Commissioner Welles, saying | Surrounded the first car sent out. his company was in a position to run) rhay ee myers) sons But the car the Bergen street cars to-day, and he | succeeded In getting as fa at | wanted to know if there would be suf-| Place, where the conductor and motor- cient police to protect the line. If not,| man ran away in fear of thelr lives, | he desired to have the militia called) More stones were thrown and the po- | out. jMleé charged. During the melee two The Commissioner went to the City |Shots were fired by some one tn the) Hall and held a consultation with Mayr! crowd, Nobody was hit, but one bullet Gchleren and the Corporation Counsel, | Passed through two windows of the or, vi ette v A lively tight tool place on Fift and an answer to the letter was sent.| 4 yp fant teak piace an Fie \ Commissioner Welles asked President | avenue, near First street, shortly after Norton for all the details it was possible /noon to-day, A crowd # urrounded # to give him, how many men he wanted, car which they blockaded by driving a and at what time he wanted to run the | Wagon acrows the track, cars. The motorman was attacked and he President Norton replied by saying he joined the strikers. ‘The conductor, Proposed to start all his cars to-morrow | \noxe name ts Bennett, refused to leave | morning at 7 o'clock, and said he would y). cas, hold the city responsible for any dam- "ye crowd, after vainly trying to drag age done. He renewed ‘his request for him from the platform, started to over- protection, but said he would start, iirn the car. Bennett tried to turn on} mnethon Re got it oF net; the current, but the feeder was discon- Later in the day Mayor Schieren sald | nected. that he and his associates were still con- | At that juncture the poli sidering the advisability of adopting Mr. arrived and rescued the c Norton's suggestion to call upon the | pointed out the rinsiead State militia to ald the police in protect= | the police ty arrest him sag the cars of the selicoat br ‘vig, The mun ran up First street and took! He sald that this woul ony ot eva (refuge ina house. The police searched ‘at the last ee ienane the sirike to an | fer him for half an hour, but did not RRC ENO AE AE ADE find him, Later tt was learned he had ce reserves duetor, He , and asked starting the cars had failed. . i Te ray been decided to take no further 4 a smidgen under a pile of ashes in \ fteps in the matter until the Board of ‘He cellar, Arbitration had finished Its exam | The usly disposition of the strikers | of President Lewis, Pres.dent on the Halsey street and Putnam ave- nue line was shown again this after- noon, When a crowd attacked @ car on and General Manager Wicker, all of whom he had been informed had subpoenaed to appear before the Bi Halsey street between Saratoga and | { this afternoon. Howard avenues, and some one in the “Theso gentlemen had signified their mob fired a shot from @ pistol at Mo- to obey this summons and | torman Higgs. \ intention | + wouid be on hand, and there was @ pos- | sibility that some amicable and satis-|senger Who was seated in the front factory agreement might be arrived at, | part of the car. There were several There were several jcenes of disorder | other pasesngers aboard. They became along the lines of the trolley strike in panic-stricken, and rushed for the door, Brooklyn this morning, but the police {imagining that the car would be bom- had little dimculty in quelling the dis-|barded by the strikers. “W turbences. ‘The policemen in charge of the car ‘At the Halsey street depot a crowd | jumped off and charged the crowd. No @urrounded the Srat car taken out this |one could tell who fred the shot, The bullet grazed the head of a pas- Cp (« Circulation Books Open to All. The mass-meeting held at the Brook- lyn Athenaeum last evening, in which the Mayor was scored by the speakers for not compelling the trolley cotnpantes to fulfil the provisions of their franctiises or demanding the surrender of their charters had evidently nettled the ex ecutive, This morning when a delegation of cit- zens, appointed at that meeting, headed by Charles F, Adams, who acted a: spokesman, called upon him, he mant- fested a most irritable tempor. In the few minutes’ conversation which he had with the committee he virtually admitted to them that he was powerless, at present, to do what the citizens de manded, and that the city was at the mercy of the railroad companies. He said he had done everything In his power to end the strike, but if the man- agers of the companies refused to con- sider any proposition to arbitrate, or agree upon a compromise, he had no authority to compel them to do so. The Committee went away very much dimatisfied. ‘The other members pres- ent were Albert J. Wolf, (. 8, Roberts, George White, F. C, Morrin, Frederick Jobelmann and Robert Stewart. one NORTON ASKS FOR SOLDIERS. Ne W a More Protection to Ope: ia Bergen Street Linc, ‘This letter was sent by President Nor- Poiice Commissioner Welles ad' treet, and have at present means {o het lines to-morrow morning if we oan get gen 8 r t objective We have # large number of men on hand under pay and willing to work at a moment's notice, and {t {s| tt may be! Your time you proper pro- longer than three days wheel turning wi aud T to have co-operation from your department commensurate with our denire. Yon't you kindly the first thing tn t peot? A determined effort will hav with bringing the entire matter to anything 1 know of and above al should ‘not be required ny Very respectfully yours, BENJAMIN NORTON, President. Commissioner Welles went to Mayor's office with the letter, and after a long conference with the executive a messenger was despatched for (‘orpora- tion Counsel McDonald. The conference of the three officials lasted a coupie of hourt Shortly before noon, Commissioner Welles dictated the following reply to President Norton: pubits to walk longer. | | j Depai 1395. Benjamin Norton b Atlantic Ave nue’ Railroad Compa: Dear Sirs 1 have given a very careful con- Hideration to your letter of the A7th inat.. and have conferred on the subject matters with His Honor, the Mayor ly restored to jon | tte ordinary ' st possible time. WIM you please iaform me whether the liner which you have king api me average number of trips 414, ordinary condition le service for the publ mot complete protection for the part js who une | he cara, rather than that a few cara should be stared on a number of diferent lines Will you | also Anform me the numb that you are ready (o start on any Ii ich you | | not his Inte SOME GREEN NEW YORK, m Mayor Schieren declined to discuss the subject. He referred all inquiries to Police Commissnoner Welles, Commissioner Welles said he thought his letter to President Norton covered the ground. “Ag to calling out the militla, that & question to be decided in the future, sald he. “I cannot answer it now ‘The publication of the correapondence started the report that the militia might be called upon at once to assist the po- lice in enabling the Company to start w its line, Commissioner Welles set this rumor at rest, however, by declaring that It was jon to advise the carrying out of President Norton's suge “It would only invite trouble, “and if the companies act judiciously {s my oplnion that the police can af- ford all the protection that Is needed. “My position Is, and I have maintained it all along, that the Atlantic Avenue Company, apd the others us well, should get those lines that are now receiving police protection in complete running order before they try to start up uny new lin “My information fs that on none of the jines which are now running under | police protection Ix any adequate accom: Modation given to the public. “1 do not think these amali outbreaks are to be attribute! to the strikers, In fact, it is evident that most of the dis- turbance {8 caused by Idlers who have nothing to do but watch for an uj portunity to commit some act of vio- jence."* Commissioner Welles this a revelved the following reply from Pr: dent Norton We are the Atlan’ have Rot ore ant are ‘The public d (Continued on Second Page.) Doneyes in bis chemical analysis of ares G, H. Mowa's Exrea Dry f Its inporta: ehainpagnes de the purest and Hong durkig: 18M 44, 761 cases more U mst Wholesoni: egate 50, or han any other | PROM PHILADELPHIA FRIDAY, JANUARY E, 0. QUIGLEY IS A FORGER, _ eo He Confesses to Defranding the Mercantile National Bank of $144,000. A BROKER AT 6 WALL STREET, Indicted, Pleaded Guilty and Was Remanded for Sentenoa EXONERATES PARTNER TUTTLE. The Fraud Brought to Light by the | Hypothecation of Forged City Bonds. Edwin 0. Quigley, a broker of 6 Wall street, Was arrested ut 12 o'clock to-day by Detective-Se1 Reilly and Von Gerichten, on a bench warrant from the Court pf General Sessions for forgery. Quigley was taken to the District-At- torney's office at once, where he made & full confession that he had committed forgeries to the extent of over $100,000 upon the Mercantile National (ank, of 191 Broadway. He made this confession to F. B. Schenck, cashier of that bank, and to Silas 1}, Brownell, the bank's attorney, of 71 Wall atreet ‘These two gentlemen were notifled as soon as Quigley was arrested, and went at unce to the District-Attorney's office and persuaded bigs to make the confes- sion, MERCANTILE NATIONAL BANK. The fraud was unearthed as a result of the exclusive story in "The Work this exposing the fraudulent bonds through the Mer- morning f city floating for Sentence. | jock this afternoon Quigley | [was Indicted by the Grand Jury. At] 1.) he confessed to forgery before Re- fr, manded until next Wednesday for sen- | rder G und was immediately re tence, without bail The maximum alty fixed hy law for Quigley's erime—forgery in the first ae in the State prison. | ‘The news 1 a | nly years sed the exchanges in few minutes und tere Was a rush to get the details of the robbery. HANDS ON BROOKLYN TROLLEY CARS. FRUM Citicauy. (“Carculation Bocks Open to Ail. F. O. Quigley, Broker, (sketched by an “Evening Wor lation on the street be incrim- ‘There ts much sp as to whether others will inated, Quigley confessed to having received $144,000 which had been advanced to him by the Mercantile National Bank on forged bonds ef the city of Harrisburg, Pa., Cleveland, ©. and other cities The bonds were left by Quigley for security with the bank, He deposited in this way $160,000 worth of bonds, and the bank lent $144,000 on them. These forged bonds have been deposited at the bank for the last three or four months, and it was only yester- day that the bank discovered their worthless character, WILLIAM P. 8T. JOHN, (President cf the Mercantiie Nati al Bank.) The forgery was discovered when the bank tried to collect the money on one of the coupons of one of the Cleveland bonds. President St. John's Statement. At the Mercantile National Bank, President William P, St, John was seen and made the following statement “Here im everything we know about the case or can say: “The discovery of the forgeries came about through our questions about » loan for some customers. “We hold 857,00 city of Cleveland (0.), $68,000 city of Springfield (O.), $35,000 elty of Harrisburg (Pa.) and $6,000 city of Zanesville (O.), a total of $168,000 of forged bonds against the bank's ed- vances of about $144,000, which will reduced by some successful levies un- der attachments already made in New York and other cities, The Mercantile National Bank's recent report on condi- tion shows @ capital of $1,000,000, with surplus and profits of §1,103,00) adui- tional. Exonerates His Partner. “Quigley himself admits the forgeries, saying that his partner, Tuttle, resident ‘ew Haven, is Ignorant of them. The firm of Quigley & Tuttle, dealers in county and municipal bonds and other investment securities, wa ized in 18%, Quigley having been con- nected with a firm of elder customers of the bank, The firm was organized un- der the advice of Tuttle's father, one of in organ- FROM ASUUAY PARK seg Society Man and Forger. "* ariist in Court tis afterncon the most substantial and well-posted citizens of New Haven, himself a long time friend of the bank. “Quigley's family also deemed among the ‘best, nee was considerabl associations were and business exper “The account has been an active one, }toans and repayments belug large and frequent. Evidence of a widespread con- filence in the firm on the part of mon- jeyed Institutions and others throughout New Kngland, and the businesslike con- |duct of the account, left no room for susplcion of Quigley at any point. “The bonds forged were of cities whose credit is high and they were hypothe- cated to the bank in parcels from time |to time under exchanges of collateral among the different loans, Quigley at- tributes his downfall to speculations, of which he kept no book record, depend- ing on memoranda in order to blind his employees.” It in understood that a number of out- of-town banks have some of the forged bonds, on which they have made ad- Did Not Try to Rum Away. John said that Quigtey had Mr. 8t. not tried to run away, und as soon as he was found, he admitted the forgeries; that Is, he sald that though he had no hand in making the bonds he knew they were not good. It is said that anc street brokers 1s mixe ter, but at both the » American Exchange National Banks the officials posltively refused to make Known the name uf this other firm, The cashier of the bank sald this af- ternvon that the bank had issued at tachments on a gogd deal of Quigley’ property, and that they expected to re cover & large proportion of the money. Quigley in ois confession says Uat he was all atone in thie matter, and had no acocmplices whatsoever, He had the bonds pr.nted himself, forged the signatures himself, and at- tended personally to all the details of the matter, He took hie urrest very coolly, and did not seem in the leas agitated while making his confession, He is a large, fleshy, well-groomed man and looked like a high liver, He ts married and lives in Orange, N, J Consternation In Banking Ciretes, ‘This robbery, coming so closely after the discovery of Seely’s embezzlement of over $364,000 from the Shoe and Leather Bank, and uw sequence of other bank robberies, has renewed the suspicion with regard to present banking methods, and many financiers expressed the opinion that there should be legislation regulating banking methods, Atong Quigley’s friends the surpris: caused by the announ yent amounted ssternation Following this the announcement that firm of Wall up In the mat- reantile and the to ed Quigley had confessed robbing the bank dused additional surpilie, because it followed the sensation caused by the Wisvovery that forged bonds of the city ft sand had been untoaded on the Mercante uonal ant probably on b institutions tion of @ coupon from a forged bond to the American Nationsi Exchange | Bank, of this city, Which Is the financial it of the Cleveland corporation Yhe cashier wae suspicious, and made | au investgation, which resulted in the | | discovery that the bond had been forged. When the American Exchange Nation- | Jal Hank was asked for particulars, its} J officials would give no information ex- | cept that at least one of the forged bonds was held by Mercantile | tonal Bank, Suspictons First Arous | The fact that only one coupon was | presented by Mercautiie B ant | inquiry,” would Indteate | ome Way the suspicions of the viticials had been aroused. The was for $1.0", and the ni-annual one, called for $22. that the stm involved 1s] not jent St. John admitted {that the bond from which the coupon | had been detached was in the posses- | sion of the bank, which would indicate that the coupon or coupons had not | been sent to the Mereantile Bank by a depositor for collection, ‘There would be (Continued on Sixth Page. tries and © pages 3 IVEN AWAY UNTIL FEB. 1 A beautiful plaque for the retura of 36 box covers of 1 ame"” Cigarette t@ Comsali- dated Cigareite Co, New York. % ther ™ racing, NIGHT ~ EDITION ARBITRATORS HEAR LEWIS, President of the Brooklyn City Road Tells His Side of the Strike, UNWILLING TO MAKE TERMS He Says the Agreement Proposed by the Men Was Too Expen- sive for His Company. NORTON WAS REPRESENTED His Purchasing Agent Says the Men Gave No Notice of Their intention to Quit. ‘The Board of Mediation and Arbitra- tion began its pubJe inquiry as to the causes of the trolley strike In Brooklyn shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon, ‘The session was held in the Councit Chamber. William M. Tobias, purchasing agent of the Atlantic Avenue Rallway Com- pany, was the first witness. He said he came as the representative of Presi- dent Norton. In reply to questions as to the cause of the present strike sald the em- ployees submitted a proposition or agree- ment as to terms for the coming year, which the managers did not see fit to and the men abruptly left them out warnin. The Company, he said, employs about 1,000 men, including conductors, metor- men, &c. He understood the cause of the strike was the men wanted an ine crease of 25 cents in their pay, and also demanded that the trippers be limited, ‘These were tne main potnts of the dis- agreement between (he management and employees. Mr, Tobias said he did not know of any complaints prior to presenting the agreement, ‘The men gave no notice that they intended to quit work, The Company ran twenty-six cars yesterday and started with the same mumber to- day. ‘They have sufficient men now to run 125 cars if they have proper protec. / ton. The witness could not say if the Cora-4 pany would treat with a committee of , the strikers, He did not think they would. Violence has been offered several instances, he sai It was the intention of the officials to Pr road as best they could with they ha They hew men, whom they would not ci e for the purpose of reinstating the olf hand rhey. have contracts with the new’ men, many of Ww! have come several hundred miles, John Hall, General Foreman of pe ‘alse: Btreet Putnam Avenue and pot of the Brooklyn Heights Company, wi th Was the next withess. tloned concerning instru 8 frot Comyany to the men Sunday. He knew about it, and James G, Thorpe, foremen of the eiectrical force, wes » testified that he recelved instruc tions from the Company Sunday. after- hoon to lay off the men in his depart. ment that hight, which order he obeyed, After he Thorpe,the Boat lock When it was an- have en- har nt. reconvened, Daniel jent of the Brooklyn appeared, WHe was put id he could not anawer ause of the 5 asked of the persons 1 ‘This became known by the presenta: | \t used 3 it, said, He would answer questions. but not general ones. ‘The form of agreement that the subscribed to was presented to him in the latter part of December. It vided for an Increase of pay en A He, and also the directors, felt that the Company could not afford’ to grant the increase, ‘The ten-hour law’ the @m- ployees wanted change meant the taking off of « trip In every ten rum by Company witness said he only had ference With strikers, which w Sarunday o presence of Ci sioner F the Was precipitat off men the Su ‘ommis~ atement tant the strike py the Company Ia} Ay before the strike bee n, Tie Witness sald it Was not true. The en were notified that they woul be required that night, and the officials asked no electrical Worker to act as yorman, oft stood there was to t they it that they electrical workers, 1 to protect the the electrical hands off. ad nade no effort to settle the e said, further than that made 4gh the Board of Arbitration, Mr. Lewis sald th. i ning to-day. or about twen' of the total number. enough to run cars on ey coull get proper protection, were advised by the local authoritles to do so. The Company the old em- ployees to return to werk as individn- als, but it did not care to treat with them as a body, The Company has ob- likatel itvelf to many of thelr new men J not take back all of the old men, t oh, men applied promptly, about one-half of them could obtain. pe that the of the trolley system had been ine He evaded a direct answer to @ quest as to whether the Company ha ai ri ring creased the rate of speed. He think the subject had any bea the strike. State Arbitratt ir jals uni destred admitted