The evening world. Newspaper, March 21, 1903, Page 4

ate vic Clubs, Merchants’ Association, City. Officials and State Legislators Form a Strong Combination in the War Against Greed and Extortion. ‘Remarkable Results Follow the Protests of the Public Through the Columns of The Evening World and the Power of the Trust Will Soon Be Broken. Remarkably good results have followed the first outcry by readers of The Evening World against the overcharges of the Ges Combine. In one month the entire city haa been aroused against the extortioners, gett Officials have been stirred into action, a movement has been started enable the municipality to establish {ts own lighting plant, end the F is about to pass lawe that will curb the greed of the trust. ~ The crusade started when, on Feb. 19, The Evening World drew atten- tion to the outragoous increase in January gas bills, The case of Mr, Wéldener, @ barber, on Hast Houston street, was elted. On Feb, 21 this Dapet showed how the Gas Trust forced its product through the mains at three times the normal pressure, Following these two publications came ‘hubéreds of letters trom outraged consumers, who told stories of wholesale robbery that were scarcely believable. INSOLENCE IS REVEALED. ‘They told of the insolence of the Gas Trust's employees end the high- hanged msthods of the trust in relation to complaints, Inspector Alexander, "the Btato gas meter examiner, was next discovered and he promived his _ Gi toward some effective reform. _ Becretary Robert Carter, of the Consolidated Company, denied that a “Brenig World gavo absolute proof of the existence of the tfust. It 0 that the companies read each other's meters and tapped each @ mains indiscriminately. _ +/Phe methods of cheapening gas by air was next shown, and further Proof, ‘of the existence of the Gas Trust was made public, The influence ef the Standard Oil Company was next shown. It was proved that the Rockefeller interests controlied not only the gas compantes, but gjeo the electric heating and lighting concerns in Greater New York. © On March 3 the facts were laid before the Attorney-General at Albany, atid On the following day the worthlessnesa of the present laws was trast existed or that there were complaints of overcharging, but The | f ‘THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 91, 1903, OES OF THE GAS TRUST ARE UNITED FOR THE FIGHT. PROGRESS OF THE WONDERFULLY SUCCESSFUL CRUSADE AGAINST THE GAS TRUST'S EXTORTIONS. Feb. 19—First instance of outrageous bills cited. Feb. 2i—Hundreds of complaints received. trust shown, Feb. 24—Inspector Alexander, the ised ald. Feb. %--Company made genera) denial of extortion. Feb. 26—Proof of the existence of Gas Trust shown. Feb, 27—Senator Fitzgerald announces his 75-Cent Gas bill. March 2—Rookefeller interests traced by Evening World. Standard O!) control shown. March 8—Facts laid before Attorney-General at Albany. March 6—Civic clubs join fight. March 7—Trust stope the use of carbonated air and reduces pressure. March 10—President Fornes, of the Board of Aldermen, offers assiat- ance to The Evening World. March 11—President Fornes orders his secretary to make inveatiga- tion, Mardh 18—Corporation Counsel Rives called upon to make inquiry and outline needed legislation. March 14—Robert Grier Monroe asks for $50,000 in order to do his Mayor Low and Comptroller Grout advocate a work properly. municipal lighting plant. March 15—Oommissioner Monroe (proper site. March 17—Monroe goes to Albany to push legislation. March 19—Merchants’ Association takes up the fight. his methods, leav- faethe the cepelr” thor to the cate of & ‘Now. ‘the results begin to ore A meter when built by ohanio with Al mate as a chronometer. It will remain under normal conditions about six year No two meters tha ae fect! sie may come In labelled by Tine Blake spector 10 per cent, fast. The work- zen knows immediately how he can ir it so that it will pass the super- lal inspection given it by the Deputy LOW WAITES TO ‘UOR DENLER 3 ~ shown. Civic clubs and committees next offered The Bvening World thelr gid, and steps were taken toward analyzing gas and inspecting gas meters. THE TRUST IS FRIGHTENED. + The trust was thoroughly frightened by the activity at Albany, as was ghown by the Vice-President of the Consolidated Company, who said he og been told not to talk to The Evening World's representatives. Bills for Bebruary showed a decrease of from 80 to 60 per cent. Mhen: President Fornes, of the Board of Aldermen, became interested Mi directed his secretary to make a thorough investigation of the situa- along the lines suggested by The Hvening World. Following this in- sm Corporation Counsel Rives was called upon by the Board of Aldermen to make an investigation and outline needed reforms. ‘Thoroughly aroused at last, Robert Grier Monroe, in letter to the Board of Estimate, asked for more money to perform his duties more fully and for further powers. He announced that the city was in the hands of octopus. liters Low Aces cael that he was in favor of a municipal lighting plant to free the city from the grasp of the trust, and he was indorsed by the Comptroller. Commissioner Monroe next suggested Blackwell's Island as a proper site for such a plant, and this was followed by the Introduction of the mecessary M1] at Albany. ‘The ‘anti Association, an organization representing millions of @oliars, finally announced its purpose to enter the fight, and probably be- fore the Legislature adjourns for the session {t will pass laws that will free the public from the oppressions of the combine, OVERCHARGES STILL BEING . MADE BY THE GAS COMBINE. bills for the Inet two winters, ehowing the difference in the amount for the same quanuty used. You can readily see how unreasonable unjust this ‘is. 1 have written to e this rectified, but without any aat- etion, ‘That the gas combine !s continuing overcharges 18 shown by the follow: F, complaints: Bills That Can Climb, Editor of The Evening World: Aerewith send my complaint against @es Trust. Just look at this record | , how they jump up every month: 48 to April 4, 1902, 30 conts; April 4|> May 5, 1902, 6 cents; May 5 to June ; June 6 fo Jun x90, | 1902, $1.90; 2 to Aug, 16, 1902, $180; Aug. 18 to 16 to Nov. 19, 1908, Here 13 @ comparison of my gas bills: 1902—-January, $22.87; February, $26.10; 136.80: February. 831.40; C, M. SCHAEFFER, Cheap Work om Meter. To the EA.tor of The Bveaing World: Every consumer of gas in this town would note, if he compared his bills to-day with those of, say, flye years ago, v. 19 to Dec. 19; 1an increase of 75 per cent. An examina- 29) 1908, $1.80, tlon of the records of the trust, if such I told the company to come and!» thing were possible, would show a like the meter, which they did, and @oon after they sent me a bill for ite for one day when (he meter t in the house, I know positively "t use more than about 0 or 60 worth of gas a month, et A VICTIM, | Laws Do No Govd, increa excessively high bills, for this, among wh quality of the gas and the imperfect re- pairs made to the meters, When the gas companies had the meters repaired at the vhops of the meter-makers there were comparatively few complaints of extore in the number of complaints of i York There are reagons| ch are the poor Closeted at Home with Stenog- rapher Dictating a Letter Replying to the Criticisms of the Association. Terrific pressure used by State Gas Meter Examiner, prom- Proof of selects Blackwell's Island as a State Inspector. This meter is again sent out, and {n less than three months 1 ie 10 per cent. fant, and will et worse until some one's bills ro-a0/ eh that he complains to the State Inspector and the meter again goes through a sinilar doctoring. In the mean time the company fs a double gainer In the reduced cost of re: poling ‘and the increased speed. of the meter, Of course some one must be robbed to accomplish thi chances are that he has nor @ luwyer's fee. D. BUTLER, Decne barns L INITIALS ONLY IN ODD FORGERY. Justice Mayer Hands Down a Mysterious Decision, Refusing a Warrant in John Doe Pro- STRIKE MAY BE Now Indications Are that the CAROLINE HETTESHEIMER. SOON AVERTED. New Haven Railroad Com- THE STABBED ASSEMBLYMAN AND GIRL FOR WHOM HE SUFFERED. HIS. CHIVALRY DROVE ASHORE WAY COST LE! WN DENSE FO Young, Lady in Whose Behalf!Captain and Crew of the Assemblyman Ulrich Inter- fered Confirms His Version of the Cause of the Trouble. GUARDED HER FROM INSULT. Was a Victim of Street-Car Ruffian- lam When Mr, Ulrich Inter fered and Wae Stabbed In Fight that Followed. ‘Mics Careline Pfettesnetmer, of No. 9 Et rest, Brookiyn, whote de- fense j wt ear ruMlaniem gay cost Pronk virich Bris life, « The latter's «fMte- ment on him by Warill- jam @ lerk, and anions’ ton av Keouck, of No. 246 iets. “was entirely unwarra: Oline | Hettasbslnee new Assembly- man Ulrich, as she had called on moin- bers of his family. She aays she and @ irl companion entered a car at Bed- ford avenue and Sroadway. Assem- blyman Ulrich and Gustavus Weber boarded the car at the Broadway Ferry. !& few blocks from where the young ‘women got on, Getteys end com- panions entered and took two seats bi side the girls, Getteye sat on Keuck's u “Re annoyed the young, women by making unproper ‘remarks, lurching over against them when the car stoppea or marted, and stepped on Miss Hettes- helmer's feet, She endured it for a ove am then looked appealing at he ‘What followed 1s told by Assemblyman Ulrich his ante-mortem statement, which Hettesheimer confirms. “You dress as gentlemen; way, not act as such?" Mr. Ulrich claims he said to the trio, “ “Back to GArmagy: Bote a! if) oie Getteys. I said, pane an nue have yourselves. until the young indica vhllgnteds 4 when pee Co] to the corner of gene 1 Reid avenue Mr. Weber Schooner Kranz, Wreoked at Mantaloking, Reach fhe Shore in Safety. SEAMEN WERE EXHAUSTED. Escaped In Thelr Own Boat, Leaw Ing the Captain Aboard, but He Was Saved by Breech juoy. (Special to The Evening World.) ATLANTIC CITY, Maroh 21.—The schooner John F. Kranz, Capt. Hard- ing, en route from Black River, Ja- maica, to New York, with logwood, went a¢hore about ten miles below As- bury Park at 3.30 o'clock this morning. The of nine men were all Sved Ser a long strugele by the men of the Mantalokizg Life-Saving Station, ‘The veesel has several feet of water in her hold and is ley’) endly. Den “snd sea ear- ing crew, were. boat, but theysthre echooner’s bow. In Wl erew of the Kranzz I lowering one of their ow’s was still uninjured, and crew managed to embark. ~\ Capt. Hamling was to have pa last man to leave the ship, but be he could enter the boat it was swt, from the vessel by the heavy seas and’ the exhausted crew were unable to go back. By this time the life-savers' line had reached the vessel and Capt. Hant- ing, after hauling out the breeches buoy, was brought safely to shore. The rescued sailors are being cared for at Mantaloking and Chadwick stations, and most of them haye recovered suf- flotently to atd the ife-savers in efforts ny a d It E | M: i et ihe tho followed. un Cet: to save the enip | pas i ne and apie walls wall- * 1 excl we ots” person pany and Its Employees May at aitvenptea fo ovnirike me, T iGefended my- st 1. aid to vean, Engtien ba Dalle crate, ran e Make Up Their Differences. that {haa ‘ven’ stabbed. ar. Weoer | trade foc several year. grabbed, the fellow's “two companions and held them for the polite.” Ulrich was stabbed in the chin, face and neck. There was a gash across May Restrain the Trustees, ASSEMBLYMAN ULRICH. (Spectal to The Evening World.) WAGES MAY BE INCREASED. ea naa, oot his.chin. Wis lower lip was cut through | TRENTON, N. J., March 2.—The _/ refused to pay more than 2 cents, the|and there was @ gash over, his ‘ Amount of his personal vheck. A fight | eye. ‘There was, @ deep ‘wound | Court of Chancery has granted an order 4 - . faliowed, and O'Connor wes shot in the | cnier Bis Fight farm. Tt took fort yativo | ahow chitke why an Injunction shoulgy NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 2.—Sen-|ieft lei it Is alleged, by Goldstein, siltches to ¢lose his various wou! not fesue against the International 8° “ment among the discontented em-| A. po iceman. Was, stmmoned, and a Getters clelins ne used Ry 4 nk yer oom ny, (to restrain the ws Fe uy 9 Connor's woun va no ir ni e oul on In} trustees from acting contrary to ° ployees of the New York, New Haven!) .in men were locked Up. 0, 2 policy. . and Hartford to-day is general that ceeding Over an Altered Lease GERMANS ARE AROUSED. Mayor Low ts at home writing a letter to the IAquor Dealers’ Association. He gent to the City Hall early to-day for hia official stenograp! saying he would dictate the letter, but adding that it might be late in the day before he decided to give it out for publication, Gov, Odell la not poming to New Yorn to-day, When he left Albany It was an- nounced that he would stop off at New- burg and then proceed to New York elther Friday night or this morning. The Gubernatorial mind, however, has undergone a change. He will remain in Newburg and return to Albany Monday. And further, it is sald, the Governor's pet Increase Iiquor ‘Tax bill will be passed with all possible haste. It is sald to be the determination of the Goy- regardless of the wishes of New York- era or the liquor or brewing {ntereats of the metropolis. It appears that the Goy- ernor's bil han revelved the indorsement of the Republican Committee and that Senator Platt has even agreed to It. ‘The German-American Citizens’ League of Brooklyn, comprising upward of eight thousand members, who claim to have had a large part in the election of Mayor Low, held a meoting last night In Schwaben Hall, Brooklyn, and draft- eda letter to the Mayor demanding that he publicly declare his attituds on the proposed excise legislation, ‘Che letter adds: “We would also cali attention to the fact that before and after your elec- lon you repeaiealy promised that you would inaugurate a liberal construction of the Excise law, “During the first year of your admin- ernor to rush the tax measure through | ; SEEKS TO CONCEAL NAMES. Justice Mayer, of Special Sessions, ts the author of a mysterious decision in @ o’se where District-Attorney Jerome charges forgery, and in whioh the Jus- tice ways that, while he has no doubt that @ forgery has been committed, he cannot ¢ell which of two pereons did tt, and therefore no gvod would result trom the jewuance of @ warrant for the arrest of vither, The Justice refers to the accused as “Ss. & Teh forgery consisted in the erasure of the word “boarding” from @ lease, it being part of a stipula- tlon that "Misa C.,"" lessee of the house No, 15 Bast Worty-ffth street, trom “the 8. Company,” real-estate brokers, through "W. 11, H.," attorney for the estate, would not use the premises as a “business, boaniing or lodging touse."’ -, one of the executors, had in- n this stipulation, Mayer's pen slipped twice, re- that the Jessee, “Miss C.,"" is Britton ts venting Miss Crichton, and that’ Mr written ag of ‘the firm of "'S pon the testimony,” ai ye Justice ‘there can be No doubt that the word ‘boanting was in exhibit B (the lease) when ddlivered by Mr. F, to Messrs 8, & B., and that the word ‘boarding’ was not In exhibit B when It reached Miss C."" “Miss ©." never got possession, and her checks for the Tent were returned. She ‘sued the eatate and the forgery charges followed against ‘3 with a John Doe inquiry to astermiae whether a crime had been committed. ‘Nhe defense put in by Frederxx B. House was that the word ‘ boarding” was unnecessary, the other words re- stricting the use Of the premises to that of u private residence. Justice Mayer's decision continues: intration your promise has been toler- ably well kopt by those under your con- trol, but of late the strict enforcement of the Ixciee law has been In violation of promixes made to the German-Amer- joan Cizens’ League of Brooklyn, which was Instrumental in securing your election, The League hereby takes oc- casion to disapprove of the many re- cent attempts to interfere with the sonal liberty of the citizena of New OPEN HOSTILITIES ~ OVER ATINY CHECK | Pe the BAltor of Tue Evening World: jton, as the clase of work done was Heérewith you will find the bills for) much supestor to the work done to-day ) two years, by which you can sree that! But the companies were forced to pay More the Legislature reduces the! frst-class prices for firs work of gas the higher the bill of the! phere was @ chance to « 925.00 2 ess Consumer, year. A hop was pul up and about ‘The people give them the streets andl yrty Arst-c! money, but will they are not sat-| paling met e@, In return we get hot alr and Pomplain, studied impertinence. f Ps a8 men were employed re- at standard wages. Thus if Wan the middieman's profit saved and long experience) put an economlaer a man who open'y states thar, r should bring mor an a $1.50! Some Amendm Hakor of The Kvening World Fegard to gas extortion, let me per day, He Introduced among these B Practica) suggestion. In addl- Nfty mechanics twentyefive boys as Bithie amendmeiitn to thir charier belpers, In # year's tImo these boys b | ame so-called mecha and siowly by o the #kt! men were Y at last requested that not discharged withour be Koonomiszer temporised and the men return to work, Also to put in a quarter! meter in which u quarter Whe slot Ferves as a key 10 supply) if the purchaser | Have had one of thew @ great reduction in tio HAS TRIED. Mr. asked that promiring an early answer, During this) armistice every available meter {n the open market Was bought up, and the answer to the wien was thelr pay en- velope. To-day all meters w Dich are repaired the companies—ani mber Eee " pala | Ps sere w | jabift of minor offcials (of tried value} 'As a Result Two Men Are Locked Up and One Has Bul- let in Leg. Open hoatilit'es resulted from a qua:re! | over the payment of a vheck in a re ‘aurant at No. 68 ‘Third avenue early | |torday, and asa r hor and Charles Jstoin are look: {ip the Hast Thirty-Ofth sireet stat |the former with a bullet in the ca’t of bie left log and (ne latter, woo is man- oft fa, Wit Francis O'Uon- rd ler PConnor after midnight {Goldson says he requested that one heck be made out for all. ‘The other four men went oul. and when O'Connor restaurant, witha badly bat. went Hows, follo: manage? pages att street" dt Goldet brea the pow his revolver and fred ‘the door at Cty aes relephon sri men ,/ 8nd his wife have been summoned from | “It is Impossible from the testimony to determine whether 8. or B. alterec exhibit B. One may have done it and the otner have been entirely ignorant of the) commission of the act, { cannot say upon the evidence !which one was gullty or whether both were guilty. ‘The Peo- plo have\produced ail of the witnesses and all the testimony at their command. re the manifest duty of the to decline to issue a war- MRS, DUER SO IL THAT FEAR IS FELT, | Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Mackay, as a Result, Have Been Sum- moned to Her Bedside. Grave alarm is felt for Mrs. Willlam Duer, who has been iil for some tame at the Waldorf-Astoria and whose con- | citton son-in-law, Clarence H, Mackay,) thelr country home, {t was announced | forday that Mrs. Duer's Ife was in the e and thal her Hittie hope f a at the sick wom for the worst, ————_- Dramatic Readings from Bible, | Rey, James Townsend Russell, of St, Thomas's Church, Brooklyn, will give a saris of three dramatic Hible readings at Carnegie 1 on afters a strike will be averted. The note from the Board of Directors asking the Grievance Committee to postpone ac- ; % “ion until next Wednesday, when a d counter proposition would be submitted by the railroad, ts taken to indicate that the Directors are milling to treat with the men and that while the schedules prepared by them may not be adopted, others which will ameliorate the con- dition of the men will be acceptable to the company, The energy of the conductors and trainmen will probably secure for the other classes of employees an increase in wages and a reduction of hours. ‘These various classes, employed in the freight houses, the shops and yards, have all sent petitions to the officials for more advantageous sched- id President Hall, of the com- jays it ts a desire on the part of the Board of Directors to see what can be done for all of these men, as Well as the conductors and trainmen, which impelled them to ask for @ post- ponement of action until Wednesday. 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