The evening world. Newspaper, March 20, 1903, Page 5

{ \ . sentiments are voiced by hundreds of TENEMENT RENTS | UP ON EAST SIDE.' Thousands of Dwellers in That Dense Section of the City Suddenly Get No- tice That They Must Pay More Be- cause of Higher Taxes. Five dollars is the amount increased on the store, Isadore Seigmeister, of No. 48 Broome street, a married bro- ther of the druggist, has had his rent raised $2, and volces the protests of ali the tenants in the building, Complaints All Arow: “T hear complaints every hour," said Wm. Seigmetster. ‘People come in here telling their troubles. The hard- ships among the poor esem in no way on the decrease. A few dollars @ month means a lot to a man who makes $10 @ week, and who has to sup- port a large family. The tenanta in the house where I live are up in arms, but they oan do nothing. The rent on the store has been raised from $110 to $115 a month," Meyer Chiruinick. who lives at No. | 20 Broome street, and works in = ewent | shop, has a pitiful story to tell. Hi rent has been raised $1 a month, and this means bread to his four children. He says that suffering {6 imminent, for what money has to go for rent Murt_be deducted from the necessities of life. “We have had our rent raised from $18 to $% a month.” sald Ruben Guine- berg, who Hyves in the tenement at All over tho East Side an indignant ery is being raised against the increase in the rents of tenement.houses, The Social Democratic Education Club ts leading the protest, and two of its members aroused considerable feeling oncthe subject. Josaph Pankin, a prominent member of the olub, sald to-day to an Evening World reporter that he had talked with a large number of tenement dwell- ers who were ready to rise in revolt against the landlords if the oppreaston continued, Mr, Pankin, who was the Sociatlet candidate from the Highth Dis- trict dast fall, is highly indignant over what be says is the arbitrary action on the part of the house owners. His renters on the Fast Side. At No, 115 Henry street is a tenement house occupied by about twenty familtes, and here the rent for each has been raised fifty cents a month. This ts the smallest increase reported at the places yielted by an Evening World reporter. Mrs. Louis Sussman, who lives there, laugh They These plaints which were reporter on the Hast Side. that district where the poor working classes ve the fear of what is coming and the knowledge of the present 1s appalling them. What will we do when it gets warm- ked Mra. H. 8, Lupowl Ni dreadful. I don't know what we will do, It fs hard enough at best to make both ends meet.” Landlord £xplanation. “Taxes are higher, and we have to protect ourselves,!’ said the representa- tive of Katz & Co. “All landlords naturally want to look out for their Rooms are scarce. We éxpressed the feelings of a number of ri women gathered on the front steps, ail and Eldridge streets. of whom were loudly bewalling the ac}. )5y, rere ee a pee tion of the landlord. Miss Knight—who owns the buliding “The only reason given." she said,|don't give us any satisfaction. Bhe ‘4s that the taxes are higher this year, | JUS seve ee Pied ee par ecie ana that in ofder to protect themecives | Pie or, Bet Sur, SCA one. can they have to raise the rent. The land-| raise the rent and get what she wants. lord for this tenement $s Morris Green.” | People. (eer ecg Rent Up a Dollar a Month, tng, Js indignant Because tre as had h " i $16 a month to $17. “It is a perfect outrage,” said Mrs. Brown, “and it seems ike a scheme to take advantage of poor working peo- ple who cannot protect themselves. The excuse given for raising the rent in this building ts that the taxes are 60 much higher that the landlords have to protect themselves. They also say that the rate of Insurance has increased, and that they can't afford to be losers. 1 think It Is ail a bluff, as I have heard agents say that the landiord’s story 16 only a blind to fool us poor people. My husband 1s @ tailor, and we can’t stand thin raise. “It'a no wonder that disease spreads here in the East Side. If you want to trace the cause of % you can easily|jook at the matter from a business bring It to the landlords. The reason| standpoint. We as as fs that people who rent apartments and |Can. All, winter the landlords have money, and now is @ to get even. All over the East Bide tenements and torn down, amd, ‘noma have to take in boarders and tsomers in order to pay the high rent. how can people be healthy when are all huddled together? There seem to be anything to do but “it They- know we-ere tn thetr in’rents Is higher taxation, but I wid ", and they take advantage of it.|aamit that the great demand for rooms <n't a tenant in this butlding|has prompted the raising of rents to {oom the first floor up who isn't com-/9Me JeREee goo oe co 6 and 62 Past Hleventh street. who contro! a lange number of Beat Side tenements, ae “Rents have to be raised to protect oinining, but what can we poor people io” We have no power. No one cares how we are oppressed.” ‘his tenement is in the hands of Katsz|e¢ng Inndiord. Higher taxation is the & Co. cause. On some buildings the landlord At No. 20 Broome street lives Wm. dete ars | $150 more taxee this pes. than Seikmetster with his father and mother. The rent on his rooms has been raised R a month. Mr. Selgmelster keeps a@ rug store at No. 9 Orchard street, @nd here, too, his rent has been raised. af the tenants. it. Then, during the winter, when coal was high, the tenements were run at a. loss. Ewerythi is higher fn run- ning tenements, ai course the land- lords have to protect. themssives.” SOUGHT A BABY, FOUND A KITTEN. So Fireman Lindshaw Rescues That and Engine Co. 30 Formally Adopts It a8 a Mascot. Engine Company No. 9 has formally adopted a pretty Maltese cat as the official mascot of the station. She was saved from the burning structure at Nos, 622-524 West Broadway early to- day by Fireman Lindshaw. Capt. O'Connell and several of his men were on the fourth floor of the ‘Durning house when they heard a cry from the floor above, They stopped In thelr work and Mstened, y baby up there!" yelled the “Lindshaw, go up and bring TO SPITTING ON A FERRY-BOAT, $1, Young Man Arrested by Health Officer for Ejecting Tobacco and Fined in Court. frank Fullam, twenty years old, of No, 989 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn, was @ passenger on the ferryboat America to-day. On the same boat was Police- man Martin Joyce, of the Health Squad. In-coming over from Brooklyn to this clty Fullem stood on the front deck pulling @way at a cigarette, FYnalty ome tobacco got tangled up with his tongiie and he spit i out, Quilck as a flash Health OMficer Joyce nabbed him. “"You're my peisoner,” he said. “It's Dad enough to smoke clgarettes, without spitting on the ferryboat.”* “Excuse me," gaid Fullam, who ts a plunged through the smoke to the stairway and groped his Way to the fi ibove. The smoke was #0 dense ‘he could hardly see, but, guided by the sound, he made his way across vailing piteously near the an to pure with gratl- ade sha gathersa her op and. Dusting Lindshaw gathered her up ani ng her under his coat dashed back down- PE Pee Lene, ee vertooke te, thie | Mate *) Ww, ‘Can't you ovel is tine?” "I! never épit again, but honest eee at APOE of the burned pune injun it wasn't my fault. Sy ener Bpctory, by, fe twisted around my tongue and I to spit or choke.’ Joyce would nt relent. When the boat landed at the foot of Grand street Full- am was taken off a prisoner. He was go ned before Magistrate Zeller, in he Essex Market Police Court, re Gharge of disorderly con®uct was le, againat nim. “Again Pullam repeated his excuse that tobacco that sled up his it ad the cause of tor- jen with you,'" nd fine you $1. HIS HASTE COST ‘HIM A CUT HEAD. Maher Was Hurrying to Work and Sxtad te Board a Moving “L” Iatett¢ Au! other treatments have proved. tallui “Train in Brooklyn, "1 Frank Maher, sixteen years old, of| for siving ie eweet “treatment for Con No. 639 Baltic avenue, Brooklyn, wag in . @uch a hurry to get to his work’ in Manhattan y that he grated at the rear platform of a Fifth avenue "L" traln At the Bt. Mark's avenue sta Solomon Bed The Koch Treatment Consumption ‘and Asthma indorsed by Doctors. Fad ti Ri, meet, rhe returned tal Cor of Tandon, ingress TOU; latest cure, and the on); mad itett BROADWAY, Bgures. lgh Neck Dresses and Sailor Suits of 4 wtriped fg Barcertsen ots et; Meek sha al ate aiclans tn charge at | ‘White New Spring Suits and Top Coats for Men. As a rule, men rarely bother with the styles or fabrics of the season's garments until they actu- With a vague idea of what is in favor they visit a tailor to help them. Very often his knowledge of the new weaves and designs is confined to the limited variety which he spon- That is where we have the advantage. There is not a new fabric or model which our Then there are many We have clever designers and tailors to fashion the garments, to invest them with an individuality and distinctiveness rarely found in apparel ready-for-service. prices are modest---very modest. Spring Top Coats, of good grade Black Thibet Cloth or Gray Mixtures, silk lined throughout; a garment good enough for the service of any man, the usual value of whichis$17. At $12.50 Top Coats, 40-inch model, of an excellent Oxford Mixed Vie cuna, silk lined throughout, silk faced lapels, conservative in ally need them. sors. stock does not include. which are exclusive. design. Tourist Spring Coats of exclusive Scotch fabrics, generous] Ar $18.00 fashioned skirt, belted back. Surtout Spring Coats of high grade Twill Fabrics, in two shades of tan, as well as gray, tailored as though to measure. Spring Overcoats of high grade imported soft Vicunas, in shades of black or Oxford gray, lined throughout with the finest of silk merveilleux or satin duchesse, lapels silk lined or silk to fac- ing; a dres s garment in every sense of the word. Suits, single or double breasted models, of fabrics in ex- clusive designs, which are copies of the highest grade Scotch Tweeds, well lined. Suits, single or double breasted models, of Thibet in the new blue shades or Worsteds in the latest mixtures; tailored and lined in a fashion suggesting those made to measure. At $20.00 Suits, single or double breasted, of the highest grade Imported Unshorn Worsteds or Scotch Yarn Tweed Mixtures, lined with the finest Mohair Sicilian Cloth or stitch hand tailored to perfection. Value $3.50. DresS Shoes for Men. a: $2.25 Think of the best three-fifty shoe of which you That gives you an idea of the grade in which those offered here deserve a place---even though the price does not suggest it. know. have them of patent leather, velour calf; straight lasts in medium weights, designed for Spring service. widths C, D and E. Sale of Apparel for Boys, Including Furnishings and Caps. If we could but organize a and take them through this department we would never need say another word relative to our ap- Instead, we offer mighty good values from time to time for the sake of intro- ducing the high standard of our apparel. This is Every garment presented here was fashioned this season for this season’s service. The prices are infinitely lower than we have yet seen quoted for apparel of its class. Top Coats of Covert Cloth in tan or olive shades, with velvet parel for boys. an instance. or self collars, well tailored, strong, to 16 years. Value $6.50. Top Coats of Covert Cloth, lined throughout with good qualit Value $8.50. Double-Breasted Suits of Cheviots or Cassimeres in neat mix~ tures, checks or overplaids, also blue serge; sizes 8 to ate satin; sizes 6 to 16 years, Value $5.00. Norfolk Suits of fancy Cheviots, trousers, with strap and buckle at knee; sizes 8 to 16 years. Value $6.50. Boy's Laundered Shirts, excellent quality Percale, with sepa- rate cuffs or cuffs attached; neckband 12 to 14, Values $1.00 and $1.25. Boys! Laundered Shirt Waists, neat stripes or figures: Byron collar attached, some with extra collars; sizes 7 to 13 years. Value 75c. Boys’ Pajamas of white or colored Madras; sizes 4 to 16 years. Value $1.00 Boys’ Night Robes of fine Muslin, fancy stitching; sizes 4 to 14 years. Values 75c. and $1.00. from 4 to 14 years; each. 5 ‘ ‘and ae enc! Phree-quarter Box Coals in Ladivw Lawn Guimpes, with hematitched {Cloth and Covert Cloth, with Moite | trimmed’ with insertion, Carlo Collar, in Tan, Blue | 48c, 09¢ & 7! 2 ft each PROMPT EXECUTION OF ORDERS AND INQUIRIES BY [AIL. } Neat ig doar abe The new Tan Golf Caps of navy blue Serge or Cloth in.plaids, checks or Scotch mixtures; also Yacht and University Caps in plain navy or black cloth. Vaiues 75c. and 95c. Special at 50¢ JohnDarisl Sons Sons. are now offering an entire new collection of MISSES’ & CHILDREN’S GARMENTS, “in all the fashionable materials and latest designs. | Percale Guimpe Dresses in dainty Rc Brown shades, at, each....., Peau de Sole and Taffeta Silk Coats, | 8 AND 9 STS, Entrances on Three Thoroughfares. j The At $15.00 our At $22.50 At $25.00 At $16.50 entirely with silk; ever. At $28.01 You may Vici kid, coltskin or Sizes 62 to 103; congress of mothers serviceable linings; sizes 4 Special at $5.00 Special at $6.5) 3.75 bloomer Special at Scotch effects, Special at $5.00 Special at 65c¢ Special at 50c Special at 75¢ trimmed with red or blue Specia! at 48c and 75c ‘« Reefers, in cloths and cheyi colors, 19 1.03 to 10,00 «na §,75 | ™ 6.75 to 15,00 | Children’s $5 to $8 Coats (sizes 5 to morrow between 10 A.M. and 14 2.98 P, M, only, What We Mean hy Custom-Made Clothing Ready to Wear. If you are an observer of men and clothes you can readily detect the difference between the man whose clothes are always just so, every” line of which denotes good tailoring, and the man whose clothes are of goad material, but always pull away from the neck or break at the shoulders, and always look as though they needed pressing. While Gentleman No. 2 may have paid enough for them (generally as much, often more, t Gentleman No. 1), he always carries the stamp of the ready-made with The clothing of the first or well-dressed man is custom-made—th is, the collar is properly shrunk and shaped and then put on by hand; the? buttonholes are hand-made; the padding inside the coat is properly shaped, 5 and the canvas shrunk, and the coat interlined in front with haircloth, gives ing it a permanently lasting shape. Critical men who want Style as well as quality at reasonable price: should inspect our line of cheviot, tweed, home- spun, pure worsted, black clay and unfinished worsted suits, all custom made, ready-to-don, at the special price of a For Nine Dollars and Seventy-five Cents Men's elegant Spring Overcoats, lined throughout with pure sil cut and made in the latest style; equal to the best $15 coats elsewhere; to-morrow only Shoes of Worth Specially Priced! We are especially careful in the shoes we select—were we not, the prices we mean as much as they do—every shoe we select we i “A new pair for one that fails.” The following items indicate quote would not mé : under our broad all-inclusive guarantee— {2 years), to- guard is what makes our shoe bargains so remarkable. the littleness of price—but from the s their thorough good quality. For Women. Al 98c.—Worth $1.50— Shoes and Oxford ties; fine Don- new Style toe and heels; gola kid; all sizes. At $159—Wéorth $2.50— Women's shoes and Oxford ties; of fine Dongola kidskin; every new style; soles of light and medium weight; welts; all styles. kid and patent tips. Al $1.98—Worth $3— Women's shoes; made by one of Lynn's best factories; shoes; For Children. Al 98¢.—Worth $1.50— Boys’ satin calf and box calf lace Girls’ Dongola kid and box calf shoes; sizes for boys, 12 to 5%; hand-sewed | to 5%. girls, 11% to 2. Al $119—Worth $2— Girls’ extra good shoes, lace and button; kid and patent tips; sizes 11% to 2. At $149—Worth $2.50— Boys’ box calf lace shoes; oak soles; latest styles; sizes 2% Beoond Floor, B@th Bt. Beotion. Men’s New Spring Hats, $1.90. ~~ Boys’ Suits, $2.95 Time to doff the Winter hat and get a new, smart, Spring shape. This is your opportunity. We bought the entire stock of a leading manu- facturer at a price which enables us to quote this splendid value. Every new and correct shape is here—and the hats are up to the minute in ia to-morrow tyle—pick your size Main Floor, O0th 8t. Section, 75c. and $1 Negligee Shirts, 39c. More than 8,000 smart, fresh Spring Shirts for 1903 will be to-morrow at this really remarkable price. They are h, but owing to the quantity placed on sale the sort usually sold for 75c, and $1 eac i involved in the purchase we got a marked price concession, of which ‘ou get the entire benefit, right at the threshold of wear time, too, which makes the bargain doubly attractive. y' There are Men's Percale. Negligees, with two separate collars; Men's Percale collar and cuffs attached; Men's and Boys’ Corded Madras Negligees, with two separate cuffs; Men's Woven Madras Negligees, with Negligees, separate cuffs. It's abo of its utility All elegantly made and this season's woe wenn eee e nee renner Dress Svit Case Specials. ut time for little excursions into the country, when the dress-suit case plays a most important part in one’s travels on account Aré you fitted out with one? yead of the following bargains special for to-morrow :— and handy size. best and choicl&t patterns. Main Floor, 6th Gt. Seotion. If not, 24-inch, olive color, well made, | $2.95, The “Traveller,” leather coy- 65c. with lock and key, canvas line 82 ered; steel frames; stitched ing | all around; English handles; fine *} 7 English canvas lining. 24-inch, alligator patterns; Mi $1.48, teel frames; sold by many | $425, The “Leader,” of sole leather: dealers at $2.50. Stitched all around; steel frames; fine lock and key; lined $1.95, +} inches, $3.95. canvas lining. Russet leather; good lock and key; canvas lining; size Leather covered, with straps | and bolts; fine lock and keys] BLOOMINGDALE BROS,, | 3d Avenue, spth and Goth Streets, $5.50. with English canvas, Of best quality sole leather; 24 inches; good lock and key; Straps, bolts and English han- die; also at $6.50 and $5.95. iain Fioar, 6th Bt fection, BLOOMINGDALE BROS,, 3d Avenue, 59th and Goth Streets, 3d Avenue, 59th and Goth Streets, + ; hoes themselves you must glean your idea of At $2.40—Worth $3.50— Styles; all sizes 6 to 11. At $L90—Worth $3& 3,50— 800d | ana stitched; correct styles; all sizes 6 to tt. $1.90 on the main) floor, Goth: street corner. | ¢ + sap ty $14.40 50c. NecKwear, _ Three different widths, Fours; in-Hands, Shield Tecks, \ hi perials, Shield and Band Bo A more beautiful selection of d signs and patterns would be to find. There are plent Popular grays, light, medium dark colorings >| eee Regular 50c. grades —to-morrow, to place his safe- For, Men. Al $2.90—Worth $4— Men's patent leather and enamel shoes; proper styles; all sizes. Collars, 55c. % Do The regular 15c. sorts; heavy 4-ply collars; 40 styles for choice; all the n and most up-to-date high wings, pokes and straight: ing shapes. Bain Floor, Gdth St. Patent coltskin and box calf; right Patent leather and vici kid; welted Main Floor, 60th €t. Section. With Extra Pair of Pants. i Ten styles for choice, hand ome. all-wool materials for boys from 7 to 46%) years of age. Some are made double-breasted jackets; others Norfolk jackets, plaited front _ =) back. ‘ ‘ Smart, nobby suits that the boy be proud to wear—a suit $2. wat an extra pair of pants or Sailor Suits from 3 to Years, $2.95. Some trimmed with silk soute @ braid; others with embroidery, mothers are made plain. Elegant qualil serge Spring Overcoats, in’ all sizes from 4 to 14 years, in all the bes your. choice to-morrow of suit $2. io shades of tan; or overcoat at Dainty and becoming Waists of black peau de soie, partic adapted for Spring wear. They are made with tucked fronts, backs and sleeves—very charming and effective ip. style, fit and finish—to-morrow’s excep- tional price, Handso: w styles of peau 34.98. de papaid ba sitet ot a | trimmed with lace and medallions; | four clusters of grape medallions and finely, $4.98. Heavy cotton waists, made: mercerized and figured ings, white or colors; splendid’ toe present wear, Second Fioer, O&K Bt some in white, others in all the de- All sizes. sirable spring shades. Another HandKerchiel Barga Here's another lot of those embroidered and lace-trimmed kerchiefs that were so eagerly sought after last week, ‘They're unusual values, quick to be appreciated—so if in you'd better come early for these women’s embroidered and trimmed Handkerchiefs at ‘ 8c. Each. Main Floor, Heh BLOOMINGDALE BROS,,