The evening world. Newspaper, December 12, 1902, Page 2

AT OR THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1902. OWDS OF NEW YORK’S POOR IN SEARCH OF COAL TURNED AWAY FROM YARDS, AND FORCED TO RETURN E M PTY HANDED TO FIRELESS HOMES: STAONG PROOF OF PLOT a te Alfred Barber, One of the Leading Re- i tailers in This City, Shows that the Operators Are Holding Back the Sup- “ An Intolerable condition prevails in the city of New York as a rosult of © @he conspiracy of the operators and speculators to make the public pay the ~ Bost of the coal strike. | Erow Riverside Drive to Cherry Hill women and children are shivering Fm cold aparfments bezause they cannot buy coal. Thousands and thousands | ef tons oft are stored along the Ines of the coal railways In New Jersey send on batges along the river fronts, but It cannet be bought in New York, although ‘pneumonix prevails throughout the city. _ In asserting that the Christian gentlemen in whose hands God has osses in the Strike. placed thevanthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania, according to President & ~ Baer, are in a conspiracy to force up and keep up the price of coal, ‘The y Evening World makes no unfounded statement. The existing condition proves it; retali dealers confirm tt. q The bare denials of the operators are empty words, In view of the in- ¥ Geowsne fact that coal cannot be bought, that people are freezing, that ) lives of babies and invalids are being sacrificed. BLOOD MONEY FOR OPERATORS. _ The operators are mak!ng money—plles of jt. They are getting back th ) mokey thoy lost during the coal strike, but jt is blood money. © 2. Af there is ene man in Now York who knows the coal situation from top B to Pottom and ar the sides that man Is Alfred Barber, head of the firm © Of Alfred Barber & Sous, ‘This firm is one of the oldest in the city and in ) wolume of business ranks with the largest. It was the firin chosen by the Coal Trust to sell stove coal to the poor at 15 cenis a pall when coal was selling at $28 a ton, Mr. Barber has been _ in the 1 business for sixty years and he ~ that. there 12 a conspiracy. © “They are trying.” said Mr. F arber to-day, to make the publie defray They tell us that they have no coal but all day long our telephone is al at $i! a tom in any quantities, busy oy men anxior dideciese men get the col? MMBKOR THE Pi.OPLE TO ACT, S#Phéltime has come,” Mr, Barber, “for the people to take the coal itioniin their own hands. Jprnscni the sitnation is a tong way from the hands of ee people. ey have the money to pay fer coal; they clamor for coal at the yards of retail deriers, but they ca 3 not high enough “yet to guit the rapacity of the Christian geutlemen whe are cornering the supply. * vat Bhy doudter questions this let him go out and try to purchase coal. veg What the strike cost the operators and w It Is going to cost them when the xoosevelt comission puts up the wages of the miners is a matter 7m on on the part of the general pubil hat they are going to get pdhow they are going to meke the public pay Increased proiits be- } public sympathized with the miners be estimated. Mr, Astimated that between November, 1902, and November, 1903, the r nless stopped by the power of public sentiment aroused by death ‘and suffering —wiil have cleared $100,000,000 more thaa {f the strike Thad not taken place And it Is In their power, if thoy want to, to put on the screwy to clear $200,000,000, RHE KEY TO THE CONSPIRACY, ft Phecwttitude of the operetors was well exposed yesterday at Scranton @n the man Crawford was put on the stand to testify before the Strike uiseibn. He is an independent operator—one of the men who came fork and forced the cual roads to stop the plan to compromise the profit he made on his coal. Ho admitted that during Une strike | at $20 a ton. It Is not likely thet men who have been getting for coal will willingly sel) it for $5 9 ton. es ecialy when they they can force consumers to pay any price they choose to there was a pitiful and o: pexieta to-day, Thousands of homes in New York are ce govered with ice. What Itttle conl thero i the greatcet diMoulty, The look ument eteps in and compols the | gery of the city to move the immense iv eculative purposes along the tracks of thelr railroads in New Sylvania, les who are il) in cold rocms are not in a cheerful state Husbrad with wives who are il! in cold rooms are vindie- Mutterings of discontent on every side. /aré not the only eufferers from the coal scarcity is shown ask rating economic condition, t |.» Tke for delivery is dis- tely hopelegs, un- kers who are trading as tn 4 the city, ofte FORGE UP GOR Phice. ly, in Order to Recoup Themselves, coal, and they were nnable to secure ft in quantities worth while. But at last a great quantity wes found—not in New York, but {n a barge tied up to the FR of thelr homes for fuel In the meantime there fs plenty of coal on the sidetracks of the coal rallroods in New Jersey and Pennsylvanin—coal covered with snow and slect, miles and miles of it, awaiting the Umit of the avarice of the men who own it enacicd mained. POOR WOMEN IN CITY HALL PARK PICK OVER REFUSE ASHES FOR FUEL, ee D99994H9OO OH OOOTE EEZING WOMEN PICK rr _ ; Kerseys, Meltons, Friezés and Qxford| steds, blue and black Cheviuts and bank of the Hudson River at a remote station, where there is no demand for ASH ES TO KE E P TH E Mi ALIVE Gheviots, handsomely hand tailored;| Cassimeres, — nubby effects and| coal at all. bl] equal to. thorough! rich subdued mix- he poor*afe storming the gates of the con) yards all over the elty, — |] good Gas wou $ 715 Se aeemely 65 ying thelr palis and bags, kut few of them can be accommodated. By | 5 , = +|f[ none worth less than fe faly sito aa0. ak r ! 2 13 to $20, do-nigut ie da balloved| thal there’ willl baad conl forisais in thereity, ‘the| Pathetic Scene in City Hall Park, Where Well- J 516, most $20, at aly’) $20, at rospect of an absolute famine cannot be overlooked. Peopie with money Dressed Housewives Rummage in Coal Men's Overcorts of fret Vicunas, Hen sults of richest custom an ¥ ‘o diecaver av es of ci I -of-the-way places - rh , Kers he f °s, handsomely hand tail e uot fo ae to Si over at Ana s ir mt In ube! pie way pip Cans After Fuel for Their Families. Mab lei pee ie Ox Ghat enstont syle; Pert in be able to have heat In their homes over Sunday. The poor must do por is hs s orth by swell custom jess than $20, most worth the best they can. tailors, beautifully yet having Pctice guards are necessary around the coal-yards, ‘Three arrests wers| Before Mayor Low came down to the City Hall this morning, when! made,’ value $28 all the appear 0 m vesterday of persons rendered frantic by tholr Inability to buy, Land-| business mer and women were hurrying to their work in the early hours, a and equal to $40 C} oe of cue e lords ure complaining that tenants are beginning to wreck the woodwork | scone that could not have otherwise than moved a heart of stone was being § custom garments Let iG in the City Hall Park. Women who had bedn to the coal-yards in a vain effort to get fuel were digging in the ash cans and pails that the janitors of the municipal build-; ings had placed on the sidewalks for the unburned bits of coal that re: DIRE NECESSITY DROVE THEM TO IT. A look at the faces of these women and at their neat dresses told very plainly thgt they were not of the type that in former years have picked from ash cans. keep their families from cold and privation. They shielded their faces froin the curlous gaze of the men and women They were respectable women, driven to that dire extremity to rees with Tho Evening World % nly of coal they have ¢ » Gold) At her country place up the Hudson a! who live in comfortable homes and know nothing of the misery and suffer- ‘Jing and struggles endured by the residents of the east side. They felt the tive, and that was to endure the cold. 6 Some brought baskets, but the greater number wrapped the halt- g charred bits of coal in strong aprons and carried them away hidden under 5 4 their shawls) There was none there who did not wish to hide the fact that 54 she was forced to bring herself to such a method to secure fuel. 4 The example of Mary Barbarra, of No. 14 Baxter strect, will serve as $ typical of tho many others. She was neatly dressed In a blue serge dress ® and black hat. Around her shoulders was wrapped a worn shaw] and her % black hair was tinged with gray by the dust of the coal that the wind had g blown up as ber hands dug after bits of coal. 2 IT MEANT GET FUEL OR FREEZE. Sho hasitatingly told that she lived with her husband and two small ¢ 3 children, 3 In the summer her husband has plenty of work as a bricklayer Se and makes good wages. But for several weeks he has been out of employ- ment and gets only an occasional joh doing odd bits of work, Mrs, Barbara works as a sweeper and duster in one of the big office buildings on Broadway end earns $15 a month, which does not go far toward supporting the family, She -made an effort to buy coal and failed, Tho men at the yards In most cases told her that they had no coal for her. © In some places she could get coal, but.the price was eo high that nothing © would have remained out of her meagre wages to buy food. g The oldest child, a boy, is In school, and the mother is making every > effort to keep im there. She hed possibly half a bushel of coal wrapped in her apron this morning and hurried home that she might get him ready to 3 send to school. FOUND DEAD IN BED. © JOHN BARRETT DECLINES, Will Not Accept the Japanese Min- sion, WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Secretary Hay has redeived a cablegram from John Barret, dated at Calcutta, India, to-day stating that ho regarded it as his duty to continue his connection with the 8t. Louls Exposition, ge therefore Raises Doubts as to Cause. Frank Gotta, sixty-five years old, was found dead in bed in the house where } ne has boarded three years, at No, 2061 Pitkins avenue, East New York, this morning, and the death was firet re- ported aa belng due to natural causes. dostining the Japanese fon, which ‘The Coroner, however, found an empty | had been tendered to him. It Is understood that Lloyd Griscom, bottle in the bed and It was then sald | 41° 1 Milt eo Dorsia, will be the \that he may have committed suicide, Getta nad been sick and complaining several years and his death was ex- » | pected. the Brooklyn County Court of grand lar- CUBAN TREATY IS SIGNED. | ceny tn the second degree for swindling @ — Otto Ranswelller out of, $500 by, selling Ci jorrison, own, was 3 pleted, the jury made a recommendation for HAVANA, Deo, 18.—The protocol of 8 SN mercy t ro raade fo eeniaee) an terminate one of nol lesa jan one the commercial treaty between Cuba and | dete the United States was signed last night, Sudcessor to the late Minister Buck. oo Receives Indeterminate Sentenee, David Morrison, who was convicted in $OFDOOO > Ile WII Hinve to Re! for Several Days. Maurice Grau, rice Grau Opera Company and musical} drawing a heavy ice wagon from run- Qirector of the Metropolitan Op ning In front of q Now Haven train at| Hovse, ts at his home to-day cont Woodlawn crossing Plagman Roberts, plating with no great amount posure the possibtilty of remain to the nouse for several the result of an dent tn was severely bru n. x hurt he leave the house covered from the shocic. | Sars a as eT A Caprtal secking safe inv! | MAURICE GRAU HURT. In at Home President of the Man- wht. unt he has fuuy re: | Injar Robe! us days as} ne horse won Was th Hand be w The dleeting bh pilot bride over-the F of 200 fee of the haree ¢ the New Hoven engine to the vil | Ril not) Henent F estment kau, nues. AY TRAIN HIT RUNAWAY HORSE. ' Kody of Animal Carried on Pilot of Engine and Fingman Hart. While trying to stop a runaway horse od man, Js suffering from serious & und pusaes J, Was Nato weatcher, howey and killed It, while the toe wh oon the brave nned to the ground, ‘as catried on the ‘onx River, a dlatance here {i fall off. The driver waion escaped unhurt. at tm for Exwle Employees. | A-beneft enjeortainmont for the em-| 3 of the Jub. printing department Brooklyn Eagto will be given on! danger because she could not get finds it’ through Sunday Worle Haul”. kon A G.H.Mumm & Extra Ge) Dry CHAMPAGNE Importations for Five Years TO NOVEMBER 1, 1908 3,665,988 BOTTLES . C flag- => more orn 303,499 caszs BRAND, © | degradation ot the act they were pertorming, but they had only one alterna- | SN WOOD s ©. Clothing Sale. - The most important, from the buyer’s standpoint, that has ever been held in New York. Clothing made with more care than is given to any other clothing made or sold in America—BAR NONE. It is a strong state- ment. We make it in good faith, we make it with full ap- precatos of the excellent clothing that two or three time-- jonored firms produce—BUT WE MAKE iT UPON EXACT KNOWLED_E, That sort of clothing is rarey reduced— hence the opportunity to get it now and here At Half Prices in most cases and in all cases at very great reductions should be and will be quickly taken advantage of by every man to whom STYLE and QUALITY signify something as well as price. Thousands have been fitted and pleased here at regular prices, NOW you get the same high grade perfect fitting clotaing and save money besides. OVERCOATS. SUIT SALE. Men's Suits, of sp'e-did il’ woot Men's Overcoats in Friezes, Kerseys, Meltons, Oxford Cheviots, all colors,| Gheviots and Cassimeres, this season's all styles, swell make, hand-padded| most popular patterns; also plain shoulders, loose back, so that the coat| colors; well made and finished; hangs from collar and all sizes; 40. styles; shoulders, none wo. th 65 Tione worth | less $ 75 Jess than $12.50; most than $12.50, most worth ei§ and $16, worth $16; at eove © Mens Suits, of Wore Men's Stylish Overcoats, high grate veh Fancy |] $3.00 FANCY VESTS, $1.85. Open Saturday Evenings Tlil 9 o'Clock, SNYWCODs M. (40-(42. Broadway, Just South of Astor Piace, Care should always be exercised in the selection of candies. At this Bong of the year, when so much of it is bought for the little folks, it 1s well to be extremely cautious and buy “where it Is made.” Many unscrupulous dealers will try to get rid of old etock, thinking that in the hurry and bustle of holiday making quality will be overlooked. This is wrong. We have been. here for twoscore years and have always made QUALITY predominant. qt | matters not how low we price our goods, the quality ts never snerificed. SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY ONLY. CHOCOLATE, VANILLA AND WALNUT BUTTERSCOTCH WAFERS. «1b, toe SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY ONLY. VANILLA CREAM ALMONDS... +00 s.e005 veeeeeeeecceesesceeees ed 100 SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. \pUTTER PEANUT BRITTLE.........++++ -1. 100 - ASSORTED FRUIT AND NUT CHOCOLATES. Ib 180 CREAMED GRENORLE WALNUTS....... .. " tim dee HIGH-GRADE BONBONS & CHOCOLATES on 4 I8..1n, Ode ‘Wo will deliver a ‘of the above spec! the following rate 4 54 BARCLAY ST 2 COR wesr away ' Bro ° rs 2.2 a ‘ “a S.CORTIANDT SE Supplied at Spevial Prives inate Sunday-Schools, Fairs & Institatt $25 SUITS GJ That's a string we like to harp on. By $25 sack suits let ‘‘ Semi- ready” stand or fall. { Cloths shown by no clothiers, and by few custom-tailors in New York, Some cloths controlled by “Semi-ready ” exclusively, Kinds “* Semi-ready ” took the ‘run on,” from famous West of England Mills. Kinds made at home to ‘ Semi- ready’s” order. Kinds you careful dressers pay a tailor $20 to $25 too much for, just because you like ex- clusive things, st is ‘hteen retail RP esate perigee. i of one goes cloth gets into each. {Expect us ‘‘to fit to measure” any Jisw grotand. one—tall, short, lean, portly, and all the variations, {[ Always make a note of this—You need not buy because you look, or keep because you buy. ; J Sold at the final fitting stage. Finished to your order by expert tallors, Delivered any time you say. “ SEMI-READY" WARDROBB * Broadway and Eleventh Street A. J. Kuuuey Comrpame, | S@OKLET FREE GOLE CONTROLLERS FOR NEW YORK _ The Road to Success Is Through the Want Columns of © An achievement unparalleled in the History of the Champagne Trade. ‘The famous 1898 vitttage now arriving is destined to make a stilt > |