The evening world. Newspaper, December 8, 1902, Page 4

KILL WINS. ‘Alfred Moseley, of England, Tells the Civic Federa- tion Some Reasons} for Our Industrial Su- premac: “MACHINERY IS BETTER. Then Our Workmen Are More In- dependent and Have an In- centive to Go Ahead That Is Lacking in English Centres. The most important meeting of the National Civic Federation of Labor si ite organization is In progr the oMces of the Board of Tra W9 Broadway, with Senator M iia in the chal (On his left sat Nathan Straus and on WWevright Mayor Low. In the audience ‘are capitalists and jabor leaders sitting #ide by side. Bishop Potter arrived too Yate for the morning session | The. most important spea' morning session was Alfred Bagiieh philanthr: w over twenty workingmen to this country to study the condition of the A. iean Maboritig man. He said that he will re: tiirn to report that the American work brought shan his English brother, that he works edad and that his advancement is Hy due to perfect machinery and a Treeiom!' that the Englishman does not ‘enjoy. ys Low and P. Walls, another hman, also addressed the meeting, | ‘Mr, Walls represents the a | ts’ Union of England. He suid that the striking feature of his investiga: | was American machinery. | The Great Yankee Machines. “There is machinery and machinery, | he gatd, “The American michines run Ives, while the English machines @ome one to run them,” Geme of those who were at the meet- | Cornelius N. Bilas, Oscur 8. | Charles Francis Adams, of Bishop Henry Potte: Ireland, Charles W. in MacVeagh, James H. J, “McCook, ‘John G. jes J. Bonaparte and joyers are pioyers a P. Riph Baward. tt, HH Vreeland, Lewis Ni ¢ is M. Marks, Ju Wfittem HH. Prob p Mert Well Represented. AVage-earners are re jompers, Join M “i heodore J Danjel J. K tn Fox, ‘Jam: EClnrk and He 1 Buenz, Germany's Consul- city, Was present, He had quite t with Archbishop Ireland : i@ in the hall quite a number of in men Were gathered. Mr, Han- Shook them all by the hand and sald heartily: “{ remember you, boys.” Wa, women eFeated ie Hekics, Milburn, | Ralph M. repre oF It Calloway, C ex A. | in ca ame into the Hoard ral curiosity, ‘Thy stating that Spectators lock when om r thi Senator Miners organiza gas tardy ones to arrive teeopalsed him “Hello, John,’ Senator Hane Tedved the wan of labor. es he continued {0 see You, Senator, Ohad to ses ie Tet hast Every one Mitsh vlattorm, | hit Sendt Ha Mth id Mr, Mitchell had a ir. Mitchell Jeft the platforr f " ES Luw moments later 3: tor Han Hig pening speech. He sald: fenator Hannn's 5 piii-patenving we.com: @xtend congraculatios Bole gy aay spat our ext ne last year have pr of the Ameri, with the mi to you we also | | La | is in ay: | In the great % ' BEER pi “Mo om \ mente! prob! ol 3 in ‘a ul { bie opinion df mar t closer to poodle and w feel that we have tie fe penple and that tuey ha Hiteites® dn Sntroducing Alfred Mosely in AV | Senator orga of ui d the world. Ke attr the oth rom the old coun has att tent hos o tion of those men have come fearn of our ey ly came here six mo ity delezates fons here and the rel: pital and labor. Alas! Poor England, Moseley con t bit rusty because of Hty, Ho found cha to this country. “He P Bre furnlwhed with « mass of lito tia walsh we Will Luke home and which Aiinot fall to be productive of much Tam a free lance, being neither eemplover nor e eritteal mn of ple 7 undoubtedly to co: in khe old ay fan all you can, . -more work the man rform: he carne apd tie ore fh Mearns. In England the that a workman shoud ¢ Omuch a day. in this way out of the men” ary of the Blast Fur fm England, the next speake the visitors had been im; eriean machinery. Ho wa “Are machines and th s Your machines can. min: While our machines require Parad ter: up the work of the to be an impression that 6 aon kind of an organiza ‘ae Organizations and our organigations, sitting on | table to settle our little t it ema Civie Fed- inhog Arplaed’s Speech. | Oa ‘began at 290 ape oe am fale + vgiana | much | the | We! ‘Ae empl und. therste |The the striy |to fo spoke for "Lath | suta, eneral | © minutes, wn gol calling roumstanc nisl bbl opportunt and 1 now cal 0 t what to the Ju the Clyle eater 4 of the int upon whd ention {0 instan Let mv has ge sof the Cly that t nic ged hat of a great i to bri canite ne would and rights pf the ther, that th * ye would Se willin to perform its own duty toward and that in this miunner ind should be made to reign o untry M of Dayk ah Regist Bureaus in 1 rpenter, ed with th Jugtrial Conters 1 hardly “true it he distingulshe op Treland, this afternoon Imstances, it d that this Kee as ANY . 4 will prob- t to the Hikes Al side 0 Addams lee - Hnitary anid limit of Ireland mand th conelifation. Hd of the successfu xperte of the Board of Ratlroad mmiamioners of Mogisachusetts in ad ng the labor trouBlesx in that State. eseribing its system of operation he sald " public puna ta tribunal t# pro- ex oflclal cogni- and when business of the prejud or is nder it vided; that tr wane of What 12 notorious, ther the peace pr the community sustains gravely Jeopardized it becomes its duty to Intervene. IC intervenes only pur aining the to enable It pinion, 1 umm ation it t sto; on olthe on of the Cond Strike, a aeary Hohl let us apply this propose | NOTED MEN WHO WILL SESSIONS OF THE CIVIC FEDERATION. {the & x SPEAK AT THE | Ex-President, Cleveland. POE EDO O ME POINTS THAT SHOW HOW TO REACH INDUSTRIAL PEACE. Alfred Moseley, English capitalist and philan- thropist, said: The thing thatimilitates most against the English workman as compared with the American workman !s the fear of the foreman. In England the workingman never gets near the master. The foreman would not permit it. Machinery 1s the workingman’s best friend. I am in favor of labor unions, but not in favor of all that labor unions advocate. 023-00419399306.80.0 3-9-24$99999H00 Senator Mark Hanna said: Our object is to create industrial peace. problem is the most important before the people. The industrial 22OLOO P. Walls, representing the Furnace-Makers, said: American machines operate themselves, English machines have some one to operate them, American factory plants are new. English factory plants are old and run down. An English foreman would not permit a workman to euggest new Ideas. DPPC ®DODIDOEDIOOR-OG tem to the conditiona which for the last xht months have existed in the anthra- elite coal region, Let us assume that provision by law existed under which ecutive, elther National or Btat was empowered and directed to appoint such a board, calling it Into exlatence to. vot a sudden emergency, The chan 1 submit, are at least nine out of ten that, If such a machinery had existed and had been judiciously elther the Governor of T By nla tT ident of the United States, a ieal solution of the ditiiculty which the last eight months has © GPBDHEELDHOI-DG-0-9 j as a Oonfession of weakneas, look at It askance | solution Both will of the trouble, su would naturally command { self to the judgment of an unprejudiced tribunal, would be pointed out. A solu- tlon of “that sort always exists, This report. would be transmitted to the ap- pointing power, whether President or Governor He would then, jn his turn, make such disposition of ‘it as he saw fit, either mnmunicating it to the par- tes, or submitting to Congress or the Legislature for action, always with puch enforcing or qualifying recommendations ountry would ha been rt + as might commend themselves to his ity nt? a uatitin | Suagment. arly stage ¢ te report so made would carry with ‘The resulting Injury be-|the public and. with the. partien. cons and more flagrant ag the| cerned exactly that degree of weight passed by. ‘The continuance of |itw Judicial character “and reasoning conditions not only was injurtous | might impart to it—that. and nothing private Inter 5 mi Tt could ni e enforced by any the publi kovernmental proc ‘There would be Under # neithor sheriff, nor posse comitatus, nor perlonee shows that nim it, But, if well- for obyloux reasons, voluntarily call | reasoned ani it would carry with upon @ board, or commission, to In-/It the moral weight of an enlightened for such action is looked upon | public optnton.” pra tor she Ti grave th I troubles more to x was in= circumstances, ¢ neither party will STRIKE BOARD IS AFTER HARD FACTS. “Figures Are What We Want,” Says Judge Gray, “and We Must Have Them at Once.” Dee (Hpectal ta T SCRANTON, .Pa. Commission res. effort w ikke this morning s made to jet the the Commission de was time these should be in ten days in order ret the figures and we have not re- We de to work the tween figures wh > now And ot If there 1s any want adjourned for Those real as 8 ther fur- renation we we'll ask for tey the for uke t Ina nts, eal It wo: up the figure paid euch man, £ es would be sult thought five average would not be. “If £ $10,000,000 and you Ings and yours we'd OO, Dut that aver ir showing of our you had « averaged my ear worth $5,00 ad not by positions each | axe w thy | At | satisfied with any figures of a coal com- pany showing hiishest and lowest wager Gray told him that as soon as the tables were submitted the mine-workers could examine them. James Gallagher, a miner B, Markle & Co,, at Jodd Haturday gave forceful Against the company, was put on the etand again, He said that many miners were killed owing to thelr own Sgnor- ance and that one-half of the minors with certificates do not know enough about mining to have them. He told how some foreigners after working in the mines only six months or a year, victed by . Who on testimony n the operators, | y Darrow sald he would not be | § FAMILY OVERCOME NOVEL PLEA IN BY COAL STOVE GAS) =» MURPHY CASE Stone-Cutters’ Associatio’ Only Condition, but Father, Mother a Copartnership, Therefore and Sister Are Out of Danger.; No Crime Was Committed. The family of Walter M, Braman, wealthy real-estate dealer, of Joh tveet, Port Richmond, Staten Island, isting of himeelf, his wife and two Justice Fitzgerald heard argument to- and reserved decision on James ugent’s application for a writ of habcas corpus for Lawrence Murphy, "s, had a narrow escape from] treasurer of the Journeymen Stone: coal gas last night. His] Cutters’ Association. Murphy ts held on ar-old daughter Maocl Is) @ charge of stealing $10,000 of the funds s condition and all the]o¢ (he association, mbers of the family are JIN) Nugent's contention ie that the Stone- and may not recover for a week. |Cutter's Assoclation is not Incorporated Braman was awakened early to-land ts therefore only a copartnership; day by hearing his daughter Helen call | that Murphy. a member, is simply uit: “Father come quick, Mabel is un-lone of the 2000 partners, and, as a conscious! partner cannot steal from his firm, Mr, Braman got out of bed, but he had | Murphy te not guilty of any orime. hardly taken a step when he found that] “go you claim that ff the Officer of an he was half stupefied and that the alr} unincorporated association takes the Was full of @ nauseating gas, When he | money intrusted to him and ¢nisappro- finally reached his daughters’ room he] priates it he Is not lable to erlminal found Mabvel 4 (lead and hor | prosecution?” asked Justice Fitzgerald, r fighting ely against stu-| "That {s exactly the proposition,” re- Me threw the windows of the | piled Mr. Nugent. Jroom and shouted for help, § “It is a perfectly clear proposition, at |nelghbors responded, and Dr. J. Walter | least,” sald the Court | Wood Port Richmond, was sum- eat: Ny asked leave te resent a |moned, He had to work over the young | Sef ane piatric Ktorcey drag agreed |uiel several hours before she was re-|not to. present the case to the |stored to conselousnexs, The doctor | Jury inti the motion ts decided. |also had to administer to all the other a A detective or the, family, SALARY STILL THE SAME. caused the house to fll with the Xo duughte th nineteen-y ina du her m bed Mr from everal rand members Ne Material Difference —— | WANTS $40,000 AS BALM. | Secethieh WASHID ‘Loudy, said Repr thinking ease Representative Loudenslager, with a reduced masoricy vith a re What of it?" eked) Lou ‘The salary remains the Bam a 1 Cntet! Daughter De- She Wan Jilted and Suen, cial to Tre Evening World.) WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Dec, §—One of the interesting cases on the Supreme Court calendar at White Piatns to-day 7 Is an action for $40,000 damages, brought ‘Two Bie eeikes Filed, by Miss Nellie J. Werner, of Rye,| SARATOGA, N. i against James F, Cushion, of the same | been filed for ook te renee yilage for, as she alleges, reaking of /County Clerk's office a first mortage & promise to -murry her. "Mr, Cushion, [or deed Who le the owner of & large blacksmith [o% deed of trae bia Ser 1, W904, exe- x Board ana shop at Rye, through his de-| cuted by the ny to the Morton ‘Trum' Instead of two years, a the law re- uires, went before the Mine Exam! jog wd and by, ANE @& COU it a Boned nna by gavin, 8 Counie of dallas |B rman y ly the and assets ae a Mi api nies the allegation end 6: Tever | Paper Com, jeed ‘to marry ie wie jew York, for the. sum 0 4 » THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, DEOE > |home, No. 11 Enst Sixty-fifth street. |No. 90 Kovelusko street, BUTLER 00 WILONARES, Belmonts and Whitneys Repre- sented in Court When Victor Bloom Was Arraigned on Grand Laroeny Charge. HAD JEWELRY AND SILVER. Man Had Served In Several Houses of Wealth and Had a Forged Check Purporting to Be Signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt. Several men of aoctety, Including Oliver H. 2. Belmont and Payne Whit- ney, appeared, some in person and some by prox. in the Yorkville Police Court this morning against Victor Bloom, charged with grand larceny, As valet and butler in several rich famitles Bloom for the last two years, tho police eay, has been stealing clotA- ing, stat) welry and costly odds and ends while winning the favor and con‘- dence of each employer in turn. When the accomplished Bloom changed masters it always at his own voll- thon. He was second butler in the servce of Oliver H. P. Belmont throughout last jaummer and up to O¢t. 1, when he :passed to Mr. Payne Whitney as butler- in-chief of the young millionaire's Several days a~o Bloom, according to the police, pocketéd a aplit-recond watoh, the property of his employer. He was discharged, loudly protesting his innocence. When Bloom was suspected, accord- ing to thé police, O. H, P. Belmont'’s head butler found in his agalstant’s room a check on the Fifth: Avenue Bank for $2,800, signed “Cornollus Vai derbilt.”" Bloom, so the police say, has admitted that the check was forged. Many Articles Missing. After Bloom left Mr. Whitney clothing was found to be missin so also were many expensive knacks, Mr. Waltney reported the matter to Pollce Captain Lantry at the Bast Fif- ty-first ‘Street Station. Detectives Mc- Mullen and Heaney were detailed to make an investigation. It was learned that Mr, Belmont, 11ke | Mr. Whitney, had lost*much clothing and some plate, including an antique cream pitcher valued as an heitloom, Pressing their inquiries further, the detectives learned that Bloom had once served In the family of Charies Blair Macdonald, at No. 7 West Forty-seventh street, and that a valuable pearl pin had disappeared. Bloom had left his trunk—a large, new one—at Mr, Whitney's residence, prom- ising to call oF send for Kk. He gent an expressnian, with a written! onter. Followed by the detectives the oxpress- man took the trunk to @ atorage ware- house at No, 616 Third aveiwe, where Bloom had made arrangements for Its reception. Nothing was heard from the butler until Saturday, when the storage people revelved word to send the trank to No. 44 Fourth avenue. ‘There Bloom was arrested. In the prisoner's pocket, the searchers say, they found Mr. Whitney's watch, and in his scarf gilttered the pin that had vanished from Mr. Macdonald's home, Several pléces of silverware bearing tte Belmont coat of arms were found in Bloom's room, the police say. “I came to this country to seck my fortune, id Bloom, “three years ago. I failed In the search and was too proud to ask my father for help. So I sought work as a valet and my iirst place was with Mr. Macdonald.” —-_—— CLERK JOSEPH SHORT DEAD. For Forty Years ite Held OMce in arious Clty Departments, — | Joseph Short, who for forty years had held office In the Brooklyn Department of Charities, died to-day at his home, Brooklyn. He was born in Dansville, N. ¥., seventy years ago, and ‘had been Ill for three weoks, Forty years ago Mr, Short came to this city and after joining the Kings County Democracy became Chief Clerk in the Department of Charities, He held that office and a similar ono In the City Worky Department under all kinds of administrations up to the time of the consolidation, when he was made Wellef clerk of the Charities Depart- | COAL IS SCARCE Mercury Slides Down Rapidly as First Breath of Approaching Cold Wave Makes Itself Felt in New York. FUEL DELIVERED ON SUNDA Despite Distribution of 6,000 Tons of Anthracite, Shortage is Fett in Every Part of City and Poor Are Suffering. ‘The mercury went down as the sun came up to-day, giving early assurance that' the weather man’s prediction of an approaching cold wave would be reai- ized, From midnight to 6 A. M. the temperature fell six degrees, or from 34 to 28, ‘A genuine blast of winter Is headed this way out of the Northwest. Below yero temperatures have marked its ¢ast- ward progress, and in spots {ts approach been accompanied by high winds and now. The Weather Bureau schedules its arrival here by nightfall, with its full force due to-morrow. Whether snow and wind will accompany It and precipl- tate a bliagard along the Atlantic coast 1s aomethine which will depend entirely on local conditions at the time of its ar- rival. i < From the present outlook, the weather will lkely remain clear, and Sey blasts will alone proclaim the arrival of the first real sllee of winter. ‘The arrival of the cold wave will Bring the coal situation to a crisis. So far the clty has been able to escape privation by a hand-to-mouth fight for fuel, Hard- ly more than a day's supply ts on hand, and a bilzzard that would impede tramMfo would bring about a distressing altua- tion, Bix thousand tons of coal were re- cetved and distribuced yesterday as though It were an ordinary week @ay. On the east side the poor took advantage of the fine weather to lay In their week's supply by carrying the coal to thelr homes from the wharves where it was dumped from the coal barges. Patrolman George Eckhoff distin- guished himself by arresting William E. Weber, of the firm of Weber & Bunke, because he found his driver de- fivering coal In Columbus avenue, near One Hundredth street. Mr. Weber ex- plained to Magistrate Mayo that he was sending coal to poor families who would mutter if they were not supplied, and the Mugistrate gave the policeman a look that prevented him from making 4 complaint. Local cot] dealers said that 50,000 tons of coal would be delivered at Jersey Clty up to noon to-day. ‘This will be suMclent to supply. the elty for forty- elaht hours, Bitter Cold in Boston. | BOBTON, Dec. &.—Rarély, If ever, has Boston experienced such a day of suf- fering as yesterday proved to be, With a snowstorm raging, with the tempera- ture far below the freezing point, and with thousands of coal bins empty, the situation fo a large section of Boston's population was fearful. With hundreds it was a case of beg or burrow coal or wood. Coal offices were besteged. Coal teams worked all day, but they could not do one-tenth of the work required. On this account hun- dreds of men and women carried home the 6 or 100 pounds of conl which they ‘were fortunate enough to get. In the poorer quarters of the city many people had to remain in bed all day to keep warm, a AN IRISH MEMORIAL. Representative Hibernti in Carnegic Hall. Carnegie Hall was filled to the doors Jest night by an enthusiastic crowd of Irishmen, gathered to listen to the noted speakers who talked in ald of the pro- Jeet for an immense Hibernian Instl- tute In New York. The usual eloquence marked the dem- onstration and the speak told with yenewad color the story of Irish valor that never grows old to the Irish heart. ‘Thy oppression was almost forgot in the glowing tributes to the avhieve- ments of the race. For the first. tine éthee his appotnt- ment the Beat Rey, Archbishop Far- ies" appeared’m publie outside of function, lis appearance adde dignity to che vccasion and he waa re- cefved with @reat, enthusiasm. tn addkess” ho. Introduced. t ar shea its ih who spoke at | 3 Hen. eo bullae an Tika email in New York that would last for all 5 Meet ment, which post ‘he held when he died, The funeral wih be held Wednesday night from Dr, Carson's Presbyierian Church. Phe buflal will be in Green= styles suitable to be worn B.Altmand@o. DRESS WAISTS of white crepe de Chine, Chitfon, Tallela and Louisine Slik, plain and lace trimmed also Hiand-made and Exibtoltered Welsts, all appropriate for Afternoon, Tea and Theatre, wear. WAISTS made enttitely of Irish, Antique and Venise lace, WAISTS of Sh, Fancy Velvet, Flannel and Bedford Cord, in time, (thors wh apoke, were Vicar-Genere! 0 . ‘Thomhs J. Gargan, of Bos. ion; Séoreiacy” af’ ‘State MDonough, and former Qongressman T. A.B. ‘eadouck, of Michigan. PREFERS SUICIDE | TOCONSUMPTION Hartford) Manufacturer Dying of Carbolic Acid Poisoging After Being Told His Disease Was a Fatal One. SENT PATHETIC TELEGRAM. _ Brother Alarmed Over the Ii! Man's Silence, Came to New York to Seek Him and Found Him in Bellevue Hospital, Rather thah endure the lingering death of & consumptive, Wittiam Myerson, a Well-to-do manufacturer, of Hartford, Conn., tried to end his Ife with car- bolic acid, His brother, Myer Myerson, found him in Bellevue Hospital, tn a dying condition, yesterday, When told in Hartford that his dis- eave was fatal, Myerson left home, tell- ing his relatives he was going to New York to fin@ out for certain what his ailment was, and when no word was re- ceived from him his brother came to New, York and asked aid in finding him at Police Headquarters. He was told that a man answering the description of his brother hed attempted suicide b; aking carbolic acid ayn place ani Fourteenth street on Friday. The unfortun man did not decid pon self-destruction until he had yi iclan here. Then he was told at he «i consumption, and a_tele- sary bidding a pathetic good-by to his rother was despatched. At Bellevue jt Is said Myerson has only @ short white longer to live. — After Beating Supposed Homse- feaker, He In Tied to a Tree. BRIDGEPORT, Conn,, Dee, 3.-Mr Theodore Linder, of Black Rock, heard & nolse at tho door. A man was there. Mz. Linder pinioned ‘ys arms benind m. ‘Mr, Linder and a friend took the pris- oner to an apple tree and tiled him with ropes to it so that he was powerless. The prisoner fought hard before he succumbed. When he gave up his head was cut and bli ing from the beating he re- ceived. le was left unconsciou: when over an hour Jater Mr, Snes Aye eee iad to convey the isoner to police headquart ag, atirr with cold. piers en the burglar was taken Into Nice station under ihe bright ight Me infer looked at him In amazement and exclaimed, “Why, it Is ‘Willlam Donohue, * dive burglar was immedi , e burglar was ately rol and @ sorer man, both ph: pit and mentally, never. iived in’ Black "Rock, The euale was that Mr. Donohue had become confused on going home and had tried Mr. Linder's door instead of tia own, READS BIBLE. es — bdeed $2. Embessier Passes His Firet Sune @ay in Prison at Trenton, TRENTON, N, J, Dec. §,—Clando L. Stiliman, for many years private secre- tary of Gov. Murphy, passed his firet day In State prison in a deeply religious frame of mind. On Saturday be began a ten years’ term for embezzlement from. the Governor. 7 He attended religious service in the morning and afternoon and spent the rest of the day reading the Bible. He professed conversion in Newark jail, A letter has teen received from Os wego, N. Y., asking about Stillman. The Jetter said the writer once saved a three-year-old iad by the name. of (sj L, Stillman from drowning. ‘The letter Js In the possession of tl cutor of Essex County, nothing could be learned of the matter. A Special Bargain Sale of Lndia and Turkish Rugs as follows: Turkish Rugs. 6 aver. size 8,6x11.6, $59.00. 5 average size 9x12, $65.00, IZ aver. size 9.6x12.6, $75.00, 7 average size 10x13, $80.00, Saverage size 10x13.6,$85.00. India Rugs. 4 average size 9x12, $100.00, 5 average gize 9x12, $105.00, 6 aver, size 9.6x12.6, $115.00, 7 average size 10x14, $135.00, 4 average size 10x15, $145.00, 6 average size 12x15, $175.00, Commencing Tuesday, Dec. oth. Lovd & Taylor, Broadway & 20th St. B. Altman & €o. direct Holiday Gifts. with Tailor-made Gowns For Tuesday, December 9th: Walsts of Persian Striped Flannel, Waists of White Velveteen with Black effects, Watsts of Velveteen, Gun metal color, $2.85 3.00 attention to their choice collection of decorative articles, which tepresents some of the best productions, affording an ex- cellent opportunity for the selection of desirable Bronze and Marble Groups, Busts and Statuettes are shown, also Onyx and Marble Pedestals. Jardinieres with Vienna decorations, aad Lamps with Sevres and Vienna decorations, Hall Clocks, Curio and Music Cabinets, Standard, Banquet and Library Lamps, Etc. (Departafent on Third Floot.) ROOMS AND APARTMENTS BY USING THE WORLD'S THREE-TIME RATE,