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NG STRIKE ‘Gfe not granted by the contractors ) The present rate of pay is $3.10 9 day & forty-cight-nour week. They de § o'clock % East Fourth street at evening ‘The men are employed wholly In con- 5 structive work by twenty-four bis con Several fn anticipation of the trouble. ‘months’ notice was given in July ELECTRICAL UNION. 500 Will Go Out To-|Three Incendiary Morrow Morning--New Buildings Affected. te United Brotherhood of Hlectrical , of We. 3 having a membership of |} came work was 1,489 and 1,500 men, will declare) |, strike to-night if their final demands oa day and a forty-four-hour which gives them a half-holiday ‘The meeting which will decide whether the strike will be omiered wit be held of the contractors | taken no contracts for two months | corer aay lj There has been more excitement with: ent twelve hours at 2 West One H fecide aes SYR meen dred and Twenty-first street t ha ari eo time was + May 1. but] OV? Bappened in the history of . the men have hasten ers for some | Mat-houses reason. The taat one-] During that time there were three third of the Bi erhood ts compored of fires in the bullding, supposed to be the | excellent workers and these they are will . i work of firebugs, and a young womer Jing te demanded, but not if | the o-thirds, which, it is con-| Was set upon in the hallwa | tended, are amply paid nge man, who attempted to strangle The strike wili affect tae work on All| jer [the buildings, an unusual number of] Detectives and the Fire Marshal's tn | which are now under way wean bee ustkine ol rh It may cause sympatietic F1 Paks grad eave folaglbe (ae f all the elec be é ath dee cel Ath floor, smelt smoke at 9 k ; ; night and traced it to a vacant flat | would be 1 Fgh n ! ie ' 1) Worl ne second 0) ; a by On the floor ndove lives Hobe | and she summoned him. Te to the vacant flat Whitney IY 7TH 8 HOME AGAIN. New York Regiment Re- turns from Croton Dam. | Phe first section of the train contain | tog the members of the Seventh Resi who have been dotng duty at the Dam reached the Grand Centrai at 3556 o'clock this afternoon, gecond section five minutes Jater. Col. Appleton was with them. They ® line tm Vanderbilt avenue fo station was crowded with friends ‘end ‘relatives of the soldiers, who ‘eheered them. Some aMicted with rheu “Watiom were tenderly helped out of the ears. ‘The boys were heartily received all along the route to the armory, at Sixty- sixth street and Park avenue ‘The regiment left Cornell Dam at @olock this afternoon and ima Groton Landing, where they how ) epnelal train at 3 o'clock bound for this A to led 8 ‘The Doys were in excellent mood and wrung along in route step, singing soni Most popular being Hot Time “Merrliy We'll Roil Along.” Thei 1% through the Bowe: Watched with sile ullen int Crowds of Italian laborers. No demon- Piration Was mate there. But when the “troops arrived at the landing a greater part of the town cheered them. Gen; foe said he would return to the dam to look after the remaining two | troops of cavalry on Tuesday next, if Bot Summoned before then. He he Neves the trouble ts practically over but some of the men at the camp even dear thai itere may be t sh Major-Gen. Roe and his staff left this afternoon with the Seventh. The General made public to-day a lett @ongratulation from Gov. Rooseve = |eether they returned A couple of rolls of wall © smouldering per left by When the closed door was opened they vroke into a blage ‘There was x small panic among (he rest of the tenants, for the hallways quickly filled with smoke. The fire was put out and without calling out the . engines Mre. Fielding then started upstairs to ko to her flat. When she reached the fourth floor she saw that the stairway arpet before her was ablage Mer ecreams brought Mr. Whitney to yer assistance, and he smothered the fire. Then the tenants and the janitor, Will am Weeme, searched the house from ‘© bottom, but could find no more ire or the trace of any syanger Mr, Whitney reported the matter to he police of the One Hundred and Vwenty-fifth street station There was early rising in the flat Twenty-five Young Wo- men Rise Up Against Foreman’s Order. Twenty-five girl employees of H. and J. Baumann, at M& Broadway and © and §2 Crosby street, w on strike to-day because of orders given by new foreman. The girle range from twenty years in age and from 4 to Boa week. day on ladies’ wrappers Yestertay Contractor Margvles, the ew bows told the girls that hereafter they must leave 81 deposit for repairs © thelr sewing thachines, and must clean un the machines and fix up im. fourteen nave earned working by the mt up he found the covered When outaide matches. At 7 o'clock Mrs, Fielding was ty inthe kitchen, She sniffed. There was the smell of smoke in the air again A thin spray of It curled from between the cracks of the dumb-watter door, She looked into the shaft and tt was the Janitor vest {bule berfect work on their own time after 6PM. They were aiso ordered ty be| Mlled with smoke, She could dimly 2| Silent at ihetr work discern the dumb-waiter between the The chunge meant an tional hai] second and third floors. A fire wan hour's work each day feter | burning merrily on tt mined to strike when Margo to moderate his new rules Ten male employees also joined the airl strikers. Anule Jacobs and Sadie Greenberg were chosen by the strikers to arrange for A mass meeting of al! wrapper. Mrs. Fielding poured several buckets of water down the shaft, meanwhile cry- ing down for the janitor, Her prompt action almost extinguished the fire, and pulled the dumb walter lar he had no trouble found that the car had been fil used makers at 73 Lidlow street t ight nd he declared he pstpetiny The girls organized a branch union rosene. last week in a pation of trauule it attending this inet: when the cont © changed dent had hardly subsided when Miss Four of the att re are pitke tne titeste air Be Wi) Mary Lang, who lives on the fourth floor, concluded to go out. As she was descending the last fight of stairs «a man was coming toward her. The ileht was in her eves and all she can recall is that the stranger war ‘MRS. KING SUBS HUSBAND, unde it Cote Weehenge | sack, of medium height and were dar aperin mt Transfer Vala- clothes and a derby hat able Property to Her. He bowed as he was about to Low The trial of the sult of Mrs, Belie| Her and she thought he was one of thi F King againat William V. King, her| tenants, She had just passed him wen husband, compel him to convey to is dated from the Executive Chamber in Albany and reads. Gen. Charies F. Roc, Broadway, New J York City: My Dear Goneral—Let me congratulate eR on the admirable manner in which Fou have handied the strike. I suppose that in due course I will receive the Feport of the inquiry into the lamentanie @eath of Douglass. Very sincerely yours THEODORE ROS T. Troop © men were up and about before ‘Me remainder of the camp was awake | this morning. The bugle call “to saddle” @t 59, and the half troop. light, started down th Dy the cheers of those jert ‘WH arrive in Brooklyn uy Squadron A's two troops after 7 o'clock before the march hattan. started. The course id aqueduct to Sing Bing took within sight of Little Italy and its trou. biesome inhabitants, many of whom to the Page of the settlement and wat @4 the troopers as they disappeared Bind & cloud of dust. FIRE ALARMS 18 MATS . Boxes Put ta, Fre Commissioner John 3. Seannell sounded me ca} 1 ke hours after the Brooklyn it veal ny ow pt houses of any considerable ise must be equipped with fre- Commissioner Scannell has been by the recent heavy increase in Of fires and fire \owses in this he believes that the enforce- apartment-houses of the rule Prevails in regard to hotels houses will have a salutary S NOT PBAZED. fire at the Hotel Vendome, and /Forty-first street, | ble excitement on the! this afternoon. The fire on the easiern ex- WRAP decided to lesue an order that att! f Md was fire: seen by «bunch actors near the Metro-! ferved in andthe are pwha 221 to 2.38; June, her rtaln property waa berun before Andrews In the Supreme Court this afternoon. King {* superintendent of .he Cotton Exchange. He and his wife disagreed some (ime ago, and a divorce sult in the Supreme Court brought thelr troubles before the pubite. While the divorce case Was on trial during the absence of Mrs. King their daughter created a feene by rushing Into the court-room and demandi At her mother pe even an y to defend the suit Mra fh alleges ‘hat she ie | righ ed to Valuable real ea , isht Mr, King dentes his wifes claim STAMPS BETRAYED HIM. | Marked Contents of Decoy Letter Found on Letter-Care rler Addi. Sensational Values. Camel’s Hair and Natural Shirts and Drawers, medinm weight, strongly made, well finished; on Wednesday. . :25¢ John M. Addi, Ubirty-fiw 2 old. of 1 One Hundred pe a saxty ninth’ COLLARS AND CUFFS. tercoarrier, of ‘ Anassorted lot of high-grade Col- lars and Cuffk, good styles, although tites are somewhat broken; Collars, 3¢.; Cuffy, Je. A most excellent lot of 2-inch well-made Umbrellas, with beat natu- ne Hur Third charged with stealing ft ‘The arrest was made by Post-Cffice In- " and Sands walle Adm ired and Fiftieth ave. + the night Pb gebas ral handles trimmed with sterling . ag patches; rice on Weanesday 50c om in reg Rapes PONAAI RISERS, letters sume mentioned in| { good form is plea | the letters aggregate s uot | Corsets. steged or cat th the Yee In- hs ing to the eye. SOUR Tad aniston advice wack 1c] About 600 pairs WB, & HS decoy letter addressed to Mrs M Corsets; also eome of other makes; 3. Halstead, Freehold Monmouth | these brands need no encomlums; County, N. J. Five one-dotlar stiver raver ade t true Corset bar- " 59, certificates, one (wo-dollar silver cer-| gain c tificate and three marked —two-cent postage stamps were placed in the daa oy We are full of beter ‘NOTIONS. “Sections The marked stamps were found Fancy Dress Belting, yd a Addi when he was arrested wa+| Dress Shields, good grade, Pr ‘é@ arraigned bet« United & om | Trimming Braid, je. only . 6 missioner Alexander this morning andi paney Colored Garters ft is held in $1,49 ball for examination Friday | buckles, pr 8 afternoon. In default of ball he was} . ey | lo:Ked up tn Lud@iow Street Jail Addis counsel, Avram J. Rose, en-| Mi@gy’s Later Blocks. tered a plea of not gull Deroy Hats, new Spring : ahapes, black, brown, The Cotton | Hats. maple; regular $1.47 ‘The closing prices in the cotton mar.| hat; on Wednesday. a» OTe het to-day were: April, 938 to 9.38; May . OH to S88; July, 9.93 gust. 9. fee HE A REIGN OF TERROR INA ARLE — and a Strangler Amuck in T welve Hours. this morning because no one slept well. | with | TUESDAY Y_ EVENING, APRIL 24, 1900, HA l2 rned Jhet CRUSHED A BABY ‘BOY. Driver tet Jn ured that surgical has bs for free trial of the only sure cure for ~_known RSTAWLASHED 1845. | hanna NRW YORK STORE, | BROADWAY Bie COR, 318T #T Fulton 8t. @ Pisthush The “down and out" price on sev= eral broken lines of $5.50 to $7.50} Boys’ Golf Suits. | Any size from 7 to 18 in some good pattern. New York Store Only. | If it’s a correct style or} fabric tor Men, more than! \likely it's here. | Suits and overcoats, $14 to} $35. | Warla Advertise ‘Fe ewe ear AC cent PARTY SG 109, 19 } OC AND 159 EAST 28D ST., ? Doors West of 3d Ave. New York. Furniture, Carpetings, Draperies, 8c. Observe our Specials this week. Don’t they convince you as to the best place to buy if you wish to save money ? Golden Oak or Mahogany Large, Heavy Solid Oak Ex- ‘ocker, tension T able, tively polished, elegantly pol- ished, with iliuminated cobbler leather or saddle seats, really worth 97.00, sale price, $3.99 White Enamelled tenda to 6 feet, fully worth #15, special price this WOOK. ceeeee $8. 998 \* selon to. thiserreerrold (May Swell Foot} Handsome Solid Oak Side- eg th pte tN em End Iron Ryan has | the cnita's » and | Q Bedstead, has heavy posts, solid serpentine one f » that | Feast brass vases and brass caps, actus se top very to be impos. | ally worth $12.00, drawers, | on sale this week, hand- somely | CURE FOR PILES =e ay i fine French bevel-plate Dr. Rice's Wonderful Home Treatment bey That Cures and Avoids All Operation, ' may He Sends a Free Trial to Every Sufferer, stan “ and it Will Cure Worst Cases, WS Rice, OP Main «t Open Satur- days until oP, B. Altman & €o. 23,000 YARDS Hemstitched Taffeta Ribbon, — SS EEE (FOUR INCHES WIDE) BLACK, WHITE AND COLORS, S7e. YARD, Regular Price 24. 4 Daniels. Wednesday’s Opportunity Trade Marks, Clearing Sale Thrifty seinetonee Linens of some additional lots of 4 lay,each.... as aDrics Each customer limited to one Wash Fabrics |, tach cone At Less Than Half Price At “The Linen Store." Scotch Madras andChev ot Shirtings, reduced trom ) 25c, and 35€.+ee0e. Printed French reve 2 and India Dimities, we) shirt waists or gowns, | 25 Feo Troe) 3 ewe: J No 75 All Linen pure white satin finished Damask T able Cloths, 2x 25-2, were grand value at 1 59 ° C $2.35 each; Wednesday... Pillow Cases. 450 dozen fine quality Muslin Pillow Cases, heavy weight, will wear like linen, sizes 45x36, 50x 36, 54236; are actually worth 17c., 18c. and 19, each; any size 10c Wednesday, each..... 000 Each customer limited to 2dozen. duced from 25 Seotch Madras stings) | and Fancy Zephyrs, re. | duced from 40¢, and Ae { Fancy Zephyr Git A range of tineat beat tiful goods, suitable for |Our regular stock of coors cluding Mad Pigues, Swisses, [imities, Pute Lin ns, is well worthy of your inspection. ‘James McCutcheon & Co |2 14 We Cs abbaasha 175 Remnants, from {1-2 te 3-4 soe lengths, of hasdeome dered White Skirung Flare = ie ani scalloped edges; the actual prices on these goods vanged from 69c. to $1.45 yards we will sell them while they last Wi * | Wednesiay from Abe 19 85c Bed Coverings. 10 dozen full size, splendid qu: . | ity. hzavy weight, White Crochet Bed Spr-ads, handsome Marseilles "pay yout come designs, were exceptional value at $1.35 cach, To-morrow 89c, each. Established Trees tive Years. IN. S. BRANN MANUPACTURING JEWELLER, 231 EIGHTH AVE., °*'3'ss"" $100,000.00 Worth of Jewelry at 50 Cents on the Dollar, ‘1 auear wis| Lining Specialties, singe$2-75 UF | 25 pieces Nubian fast black Per- caline, full beetled and Moite, our 20c. quality. Wednesday, 1 5c per yard... Best grade 16 in, French Hair- cloth, in black bie gray, guaran- histéins {teed shrunk, value 25¢ per sa aie 'g 1,90 yard, Wednesday .... aeaie tse 10c | Main Orders Promptly Filled. Linen Section, Mola Floor—Rear. BDroodwor, __ Eighth and Ninth Sts. seteeee eens me Ladies’ Handsome. wed Le Kt. “Ya bough! elsewhere for #20, $e =e a ndsemely Eagraced Bolld adifer Semeresing Wetcree Salt orsere promptly attended to, “Getting in poaition” is of vital im- portance to troops in battle, It is No place like home! No piace to ket one like the Sunday World's | House and Home Wants. it For Sales" in The EDW. RIDLEY & SO! equally important in the battle of | life, World Want columns are full |* of strategical points. Occupy one of the: COMPELLED TO FRLL-M: almost JS. WEDNESDAY IS OUR BARGAIN DAY. Muslin Underwear. The ladies’ particular pride Handsome Cambric Chemises and Drawers; they » showily trimmed with Honiton lace and in- j Bertions; they retailed at ante $1.49; Wednesday Sale 98 yar.. Five MUSLIN GOWNS. ly made, have pliin tucked and Cambric Rut. 29 fle A Necossity ! SKIRTS fycot biaia skirts bound and finished in good atyle, high cost materials, they rold formerly At $6.9; reduced Wednesday * 3, 49 WO ciccruveevecccerers HOSIERY If your foot is pretty, show it! 100 dozen Ladies’ fancy top Black Boot Hose; an excellent and desirable 8: Wednesday bargain, pair.. 3C Linen Department. When we say linen, it's linen, wae eee Damask, 58 in. 25c 10c Large size white fringed Towels, each Bleached crepe fringed Towels, with fancy red borders, 23 in. wide, 45 in. long, each 15¢ Handkerchiefs. There is refinement in Handker- chiefs, Men's white hemmed, with small red embroidered initials, splendid value ‘ Ladi white scalloped embroid- ee jot has eo ‘rnere ections; worth Ic. t 12¢ yo H. taney li 3H, 3h, to 321 DRESS GOODS. Wonders Will Never Cease, Three thonsand yards satin finish and granite wear Dress Fabrics; al new and desirab! mer Dress Goods, newest eflee colorings ; repay a journey ; SILK Wednesday, yard..... marked down (ro: Wednesday to. Straw Alpines, Walking, Hate and Turtens.ol! shades and ready to wear; regniar $1 of them; on Bargain Day.. Trimming. det and Spangled Trimaiag, veo 2h. 28 a specia! Wednesday Bar- pain, As... (oaesantem eee 15¢ Lining. Finish Dress L eon Do not forget the children! assorted lot of fine Reefers for ages 4 to 12 years; excellent material in every garment and neatly trimmed; on Wednesday. . » high cut, black or tan 5 with cloth tops, weited soies; true value, $4.00 pair; Wednes- 2.75 shades; remark- vale \, ay, 9c GED OAAE, cscdiccrecsnns Jewelry and Clockes- Rare Values. cases beautiful Pongee Sum- 397 Solid jd Finger with fancy Meas they are from 2 to 5 dollars each; a golden vie 139 37.00 and thes lot will tuily yard. | Oic A rare lot of Colored Tatietaline for Waists ats. baits Se FIRST Latter Rough aod Shapes, ali shades, mae on "75 chance on bi rie Fray -1 have been on Wednesday Str Do write, and fear ot! lot of good quality Foolscap and A large letter paper, full size and weight; bargain price, dozen Remnants. Where's the Remnant Hunter? An excellent jot of extra quality Tapestry Bruceels Carpet Remnants, Hate every one "77¢ All the go at chron Black and 50c. yard. We offer this lot A “a pesday offering 2 Silke 12: REEFERS. An 1.97 Wednesday's Special Bargain Sale, Men’s& Boys’ Clothing Is ist Lot—Boys’ Suits, 4 to 10, large sailor collar, white drill shield, splendid OUR BASEMENT the synonym for House- furnishing Bargains. One lot of Reed and Rattan Baby + elegant designs, Rubber ie, U in ta Bore cca AF ari atta oe 2d Lot Doyr Heavy Linen Ruin a lot of handsome reclining Cloth Suits, 4 to 10, will wash Ji "3, Rubber tire muelins will wear & bg 9c wheels with sateen 7 29 wer si: Cr ° a; for Ma Walser, 99C Red painted folding Garden Double Bheasted Sehobl Set Shea 16 Few peficmn dh fey Ulgeae 14-inch mesh, per square foot.. 1¢ 1-inch mesh, per square foot. . % In 36, 42, 48, 60-inch widths; 10 cent. discount if full rolis are Rot ear $3.00; rine vcdnestay, only. 1.79 4-quart Galvanized Tron 196° ia ei 19¢ on at wien ge ate