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a HAMLET Russell, Emotional bermaid Fame. Cast Included Show-Girt mulo Rotteno, styles In Shakespeare were at Wallack's yesterday after- ‘There was a ‘Hamlet’ opening, ¥ith ® Russell Brothers Hamlet, a “Sil- ) ae Blipper” Ophelia, a Weber & Fields j ‘@ basso profindo Ghost, and a : of Ox" Player Queen. en the audience were other strange . inéluding a couple of white- Hindoos, a venerable lady who hed upon‘a ribbon-decked staff, other Bilies no longer young who bravely sat ‘and two or three weird gentle- nd @ good deal like tie lustre- star acted. Few Choice Spirits, there were some rational spirits mt for a good time. They had it, gaw the funniest show that has on Broadway this son. ‘Russell was delightful, He new meaning out of lines countless times, but never as ‘Were spoken on this eventful af- He aid more proved that st” is 0 comedy, not a tragedy. ‘Hamlet did everything but emoo:h behind his ears and tell Maggie it the cow in the kitchen. Russell's hair was one of the features of his Hamlet. It pbadly meant to be in “artistic 4" Dut in plain English it looked It needed combing. Banged across | classic’ ‘brow it gave him ‘the ap- ‘of @ football player in mourn- paver a lost game. Por, though he would &% hailed as the ble Bernhardt, Mr. Russell te not mder. In fact, he's chunky, not to ar ai ‘Chany, Dampy Hamlet. in his black tights, and it wasn't & rip showed higher up. @larming rent was repaired first opportunity, but later tri that his strenuous physical b either ptain or fancy sewing. and action, however, Mr. was usually mild. He was the ‘Dolite Hamlet we ever saw, At he acted like a perfect lady, “he didn't seem to be well. He G bilious. He was blue under the iBiand was subject to sinking spells. out d from shortness of ‘These attacks came without He would suddenly gasp, air, and then, wita eyes rolled @ couple of unhealthy fried il Into the arms of the faithful © or collapse in @ chair. ‘moments like theac it was im- 4o tell whether he was giving ‘Bxakeopeare or Dr. Munyon. wome reasons Hamlet seemed to dt in for the furniture, When ho “taking on’ about his “too, too fisah,"" be nearly wrenched the chair, and in another fit of he threatened to reduce a setter to kindling wood. Af. h maucy vior, however, Ham- : 4 to de ashamed of himself he'd be real good for quite a while. Overcome by Laurel Wreath, the close of one “scene some one evidently had a personal interest » Russell threw him a jaurel tled with a lovely bow of red Pressing the symbol of great- Ba to his Zee A Wags in the audience raised Of “Speech!” Finally Mr. Rus- panting to the footlights and | sep emotion turned the tables on ing to take my Hamlet @ of doing that a number of took their leave. ft to Hamlet, the basso profundo was most unique. Willlam Sazel- #éng the role with tremulu rotteno Hons. The first time the Ghost te ® fuse blew out fn his honor. Bext time he had to be A) Mr. Haseltine endeared himself « Ham- syllable. 6 his stage > hl mirabdle Polonius (by Of Mr. 6. HM. Bothern), but Was not taken seri the bel: dispored Rumors meaning to ed reference to t , Hy Hamil th ery speech other Chir ‘Bilver Blip. a gauzy Ophelia roo walk. she suminoned jp the mad scene ax thougs ng & b, Mitchel the Qucen. Inte of Weber & ids, daugling ‘6 in front, reachedsto of the Beven Sutherland wid not huve made a prouder ll, recently @ fairy queen Of Oz," added to the it x, making a very er Queen: mance {8 annovaced for | j Don’t mi AL, a of ite Kind taal the FOR MOROSINI. ont im tHaly, Warlt.) HB. X, Apel) Giovan! & letter uM, won of | COWIC CHAP. mp and Exoessively Polite, ited the Russell of Irish TS COULDN’T HOLD HIM. iia and Queens and Basso “Profundo Ghost Who Sang In alvee bulged until a hole ap-| “ whistled | A, VRIBILE ¢ HORIOLE ' HORIBLEL” EDMUND RUSSELL IN SOME POSES. eas THE | | FAT HAMLET, WHO TOOK THE MELANCHOLY TINGE . OUT OF SHAKESPEARE’S FAMOUS TRAGEDY. ‘WORLD: Wilt ane r A TUNNEL ROT. One of the Strikers, Who Re- ‘fused to Toil Under the North River, Is Shot in Jersey City Fight. Through the shooting of n “striker” yesterday In Jersey City the patient “commuter” became aware that some- thing is being done for him by the rushing of work iiside the tunnel of the New York and New Jersey Rall- road Company. A small riot followed the shooting. Nine men were arrested, but with a single evception all were discharged in the Gregory Street Court, Jersey City, i \ This tunnel is what has been known for years as the Morton street tunnel. Willlam Sw the victim, was shot William hog Union refused to toll ten day Seventy laborers are now on strik thelr Jobs gape for men with sound lungs and norma! pulses, able to contend with the ravages of th ends, resiiting from contact with Good Sound Men. it men with sound physical sy: * declared Manager George B. Fry to an Evening World reporter to-day. Dr, A. J. Loomis will examine any applicant. Despite all that has been sald in the way of discouraging men from taking up tunnel work, I emphasise that the evil of such labora has yn grossly exaggerated, and L say that any man with ordinary lungs and normal heart can undertake the work and make $3.25 per day for six hours’ work. For men who seem to be adapted to the work I will add a bonus of from % ¢o 60 cents per day.” Manager Fry refused to admit that he wus experiencing any diMeculty ineget- ting men to fill the places of the strikers, yet it is nevertheless a fact that the ordinary jaborer will not ta the underground problem, The company refuses to dispense with the services of the objectionable foreman, and conse- quently the tunnel work ts ted up. The Jersey City station of the trolley terminal yards in Fourteenth street, nd the tunnel itself, after emerging trom the station, takes its course under- neath the ratiroad yards, entering tne the foot of Fifteenth a! One Bore Nearly Upon reaching the New York side it cuts under the plers at the foot of Morton street, runs up that street to Greenwich street, and then turns nortla- ward under the Ninth avenue “L."" Af ter following Greenwich street for one block, to Barrow street, it curves slightly eastward, and the rest of ite length 1s up to the terminal ac ‘enta @nd Greenwich streets. Just how near done ts the tunnel? Tals question of the is answered by Prest 15 Wall nxlous commuter ot W. G. Mo- 0 bund remain to be red, ald Newt of the two steel tudes thar form fhe tunnel it completed from 4 polnt on the land ena Jot mie Jersey piel }ine docks at the jthia city. dn a 10 }algo compleied 4 shor the V sireet intermediary shaft and the ; ving the only” unfinished atrete this side of the river, ¢ weil-known sileld construction, matic pressure, ts the method the work under the river e, and with a full force wo the tunnel would be comp'eted in a Many Crippled for Life, When’ the soll is® excavated brouwnt back to the bulkhead % ie 4 machine strengthened od divided int When the nature the #ol! the } an work upon the of the youd the bulk Hydraulic jacks of enormous 1. the shield forward, leld goes rard cast-lron ms are erected’ to the lining or of the tunnel, In ine damp, foul-smelling cavern made by this huge drill human beings toll for $1950 per Week. Many” ate japines with the "bends and ‘e erip- ph sin the joints for the live: cary er tt f is the ot ments. perauits dof the projectors fo find men who will places and perform take the work BULLETS FLY IN ‘LABORERS W tupnel is just west of the Lackawanna | ¢ - | Gen, Gill between | “Sh thelr | STRIKE SUBWAY Would Affect All Excavating and Embrace Fifty Thousand Men, Besides Delaying Completion of the Rapid Transit Tunnel. Unless the subway contractors en- gaged {n buflding the underground rapid tranmlt radfroad agree to terms manded by the severa! thousand $b. ers employed on the blg job or eff. & compromise, there will be declared on Friday the greatest strike in the his- tory of the subway work. Whthtn the past forty-elght hours conferences have been held between the sub-contractors and the representat!ves of the laborers, but without result. ach side went away determined not tw yleld, The borers insist upon an increase in wages and shorter hours. But this situation may be changed be- fore noon to-morrow, whea, according ww instructions from the office of Con- tractor McDonald to-day, there will be a meeting of all the sub-contractors in Mr. McDonald's office, after which representatives of the daborers will be admitted and a joint conference held. Tt wer learned to-day on authority that the sub-comtractors will offer this com- vromige; They wil agree to pay the laborers uniformly $ @ day for a ten- hour day, but will resolutely oppose shorter hours, “To agree to an elght-hour day Is out of the question.” said a representa- tive of Degnon & Mclean to-day, “We are already t = hind In oUF work. and tt the sik noey system is to prevail # will throw us behind many month in addition, Jt Will be Impossib.e to increase our force of men ino} time, becwuse the event of the me. throwing down thelr picks and shovels not only will the strike extend throuZhout whe unfinished portions of the subway but to all butld- ing excavations where usskilied labor Is emimdoyel, This wii mean that nearly 000 men will voluntarily quit gmpley- r cent. of th®se 10 under the padrone system und are recent arrivals tm the countr At prosent thoy receive from $1.25 to $2.5 day for ten and eeven hours’ w rka in the offices of the iuctors Were busy to-<lay issuing 4 structions over t ent, . Ninety-five us ne telephone regarding the impending strike. Or were given for the employment of thousands of men tu pe kept in readitiess In the event of a strike. RAILROADS WANT CLOSED BRIDGES. Ask the Government for Right of Way in Rush Hours Acrose Newark Bay, Col. Peter C. Haines, Col, Amos Btick- ney and Major William 1, Marshall, a special board to pjass on the question of closing the draw bridges in Newark Bay over the Hackensack and Passaic Rivers for two hours In the morning and two and half hours In the afternoon for the nodation of railroad (raf- ely first meeting to-day in Building, ‘The Board was appointed by Brig- gineer Cor) nts’ Association of New York, through John D. Eames, ‘and Judge Vreedenburgh and William 1H. Corbin, of Jersey City, representing the roalroad 1 #, presented arguments in fave losing of the bridges Opposition to the plan was presented Geo Reeve and James M Ny, c) pan and secretary of the Fs and Transportation Committee of ewark Board of Trade. the New Spring Butler, th —No finer can be o! are conveniently located Bronx, Yonkers, ¢tc. has WT er ties dao" AY STRIKERS THE - [have reurned to work under the pro- ie and its members are offi : | BUTTER | he sei ined anywhere at any price, sale gt this price in all the Andrew Davey Stores, which rew Da. pon a TOTHE HLL, Twenty Italian Laborers Make an Attempt on Muscoota Dam and Fears Are Felt for Dyna- mite Magazine. Armed men are guarding the new Mus- coota dam on the Croton River, the workmen engaged on it and-the powder house and dynamite cave of the con- tractors,,in the expectation that twenty Itallan strikers who are now hiding out’in the Westchester hills will tempt to rala the contractors’ camp and blow up the magazines. Especial fear is felt for the powder house, in which some of the strikers have shown |a special interest and the deputy sher- if_s who are on guard maintain a con- stant patrol there. ‘The trouble started when Williams % Gerstle, the contractors, discharged three assistant foremen who were be- Neved to be delafing ihe work, ‘The fore- man known as Frank objected, and tu emphasize his posttion got fifty of the seventy men employed on the dam and quarries to strike. ‘Twenty men re- mained and the next day, Saturday, these were driven from their work by the strikers, many of whom threatened the workers with revolvers. ‘Chen the contractors called for protection and Deputy Sherif€ Doyle, ,of Westchester | County, placed ten armed men on guard about the camp, The str attempt- ed another raid after the deputies ar- riven off by a deter- mined show of force, Since then about twenty of them have remained In the hills nearby, occas{on- ally threatening the workmen. The twenty who were loyal originally and 4 score or more of the strikers who tection of the deputies are constantly menaced by the men Jn the hills. NEW STRIKE AT AMERICAN FIELD. Itallan Laborers Quit Work and Po- lice Reserves Have to Be Ordered Out at Ball Grounds, There is another strike on the new American League Baseball Grounds. ‘To-day 126 Italian laborers were or- dered out by thelr delegates, and there ) Was trouble in sight for some time un- }tl the reserves from the One Hundred and Fifty-second street station was called out. The Italians threatened to mob Seoretany MoAvo: ‘There has been disagreement about the payment of the laborers, and after @n exchiing conference, which wi led by 200 or $00 men waving # ®esticulating and shouting, the Italian labor bosses ordered thelr men out. They made a demons against Becretary McAvoy because he attempted to stop them. 1 For a while & looked Avoy had gotten Bur 1 sistants telephoned nd they arrived in time 4 pecial to The Evening World.) ‘ON, N. J., April 29.—Chancellor Muxee ‘na: two orders to Gov) Voorhees, r of the Republic 4 #0) vel Savings aud Asnoolation alow: ing him to sell two properties In New- ark, One of the properties is alt jon ‘Bank street, &nd is to Lowls N. Feldman for $9,600, is situated on Bouth O: © ave! is to be wold to Jacob Cantor for ted to > ¢ finest Elgin Creamery in all parts of Manhatten, DIED FROM BITE The Pet Snapped at Him Twice EXPIRED be br made of fancy woven white Madras, neatly tucked, mew Henry Roeber, twenty-one years. of | Sita need Rectan Sache Bese collar and cuffe, value $1.50......6...:c0cceeececevsce cece 591.00 No. 379 Bergen avenue, Jersey City, | sary’ to him diet to-day In St, Francis Hospital| He mana, to abil atenabdarerah es sae! ends bhelath meee from the effects of a dog dite whieh | hurled at the doctors, | thet and puerperal Os i Grebe Oa aI TIC | he recelyed six months ago, His last |" : x by gir y ‘lace, front, back and sleeves, ° moments were marked by periods of ralue $B.50........00040 ess doctors to kill him and relieve He was playing with the pet in his tise the dog with a cuff he was bitten ——— I __ _ S S Demtetatloremade Sutts—hest quality Lymansetlle Black and Blue For Women—28-inch best quality Tan Covert Cloth—lined with taffeta For Women—Cheviot, Melton and Mixiures—tandsomely {r:mmed and For Women—In light-weight enlined taffeta siik— Le Boutiltier Brothers again in the hand. Hearing Reeber ery out John Bennett, hin stepfather, ran to him and, concluding that the dog was mad he brained him with a hammer, Later it was fearned that the bull pup had bean bitten by a stray, cur which had run through the atreet auV KNING, APRIL 29, OF HIS BULL PUP H.O Neill & Co, The special features of Thursday's offering are Women’s Waists and Wrappers. (Second Floor.) ~ In addition, however, we offer several Suits, Silk and loth Coats at much less than regular prices—every garment ivertised is up to standard and all are perfectly tailored. WOMEN'S WASH WAISTS—(an undoubted strong value) Six Months Ago, but He Had Practically Forgotten All About the Incident. tly physician, sald as the dis- the pasteur in realised that sald to his rela- than take m: e something tha t IN DIRE AGONY. |™ {nto convalsions | Hi “Iwill try to ‘ j ational thought, when he begged the ASAE tS ay < WOMEN'S WRAPPERS—oft dark percalcs, fitted linings, m {wll deep flounce, styles out of the ordinary, value $1.50... Aaa RES did Niece vat tinen with lace, high or low neck, in a choice range of patterns, deep fl ARiItS, Vallt 62.75...0c00ccccecee sereremee navigates WOMEN’S TURKISH BATH ROBES—with cord and tassel, and deep hoods of imported materials, various col- OFings, VALUE §5.00+e00ee- seers eeerene eecestiuves se seeee Also special offerings in WOMEN’S ETAMINE SUITS WOMEN'S SILK COATS WOMEN'S JACKETS. ose (Special to The Evening World.) JERSEY CITY, April 2%.—Heajth La- oN pe Dante! Benjamin, of Jersey City, led to- at his home oO. 319 Haw- thorne avenue, from the effect of a stroke of paralyms received last Gun- day, He was over seventy years of age teran of the civil war. He is by a widow and family, } 98c {$1.98 {$3.98 rom thé agony he was suffering. Young Reeber bought a bull pup. @ when the dog snapped at hia ley n Reeder reached down to el! a survived from $11.75 up from $10.00 up «from $7.95 up WOMEN’S GARMENTS Splendid Values in 7 Women’s and Children’s Undermuslins Cheviot—handsomely trimmed—surerlor (Second Floor.) sait lined with best quality taffeta silk— "19.19 ‘workmanship — entire Dainty, crisp, fresh, well-made garments for Children and grown-up folks at unusually attractive prices. WOMEN’S GOWNS, of Muslin, Cambric and Nainsook, trimmed with double rows of lace, circular and square effects, sleeves and neck also trimmed, long and short sleeves... 75c nicely also space and cluster tucking, sizes . + 88 and $1.25 WOMEN’S DRAWERS, trimmed with deep flounce of chesney or rin; Point de Paris laces, hemstitched and tucking, yoke band: strings, open and closed WOMEN’S CORSET COVERS, lace down the front, also squar to 44, CHILDREN’S MASONVILLE MUSLIN DRAWERS, cluster of tucks, continuous facing, six button holes, all sizess+..+ evee «+0. 15. CHILDREN'S PETTICOA’ a large assortment, h and tucks, sizes 2 to 6 years i mm aif ee ote ‘ LEGHORN HATS for Small Children, with if flowers, large variety to select from. . ate sacl cian ae TAM O° SHANTERS, GRET- sresseee 25 to $3.98, value $30.00 CLOTH COATS WOMEN'S WALKING PETTICOATS, a beautiful trimmed with lace and embroidery, also sp perind clawer teks 10 4Aseeesese. stlh— £5.00 WALKING SKIRTS 45c prettily trimmed with five rows of . round and circular eff value $25.00 tatlored— *5.00 were $7.00 to $10.00 SILK COATS : INFANTS’ BONNETS, CAPS and CHEN and TUSCAN HATS, from ae Fo) 6.75 values $8.00 and $10.00 Special Sale of Spring and Summer Weight ; Bed Clothing We offer very complete assortments of every desirable size and make of White Bed Spreads—Silkoline Covered Comfortables (in dainty and exclusive patterns)--Summer weight White Blankets—Hemmed and Hemstitched Sheets and Pillow Cases, etc., etc, ‘We contracted for these goods before the advance in prices,and in this offering we give our customers the benefit. WHITE DIMITY QUILTS, (very desirable lightweight)... 0e00......+eoeeel.00, $1.48, $1.88 WHITE CROCHET QUILTS, (cut-out corners). ssseeeeee ell. 38, $1.68, $1.98, $2.25 WHITE CROCHET QUILTS, »West Twenty-third Street, HONeill & Co. (ready fOr Use)+eseee...s-,aeeesscsseseese seers BOCs, $1.25, $1.58 WHITE MARSEILLES QUILTS, ig 3 will offer Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (summerweight). . s+eees$1.98, $2.75, $3.50 WHITE CALIFORNIA WOOL BLANKETS, (sumuterwelght), per palr........2+....ss00re0089e25, $4.25, $5.25 WHITE FLEECE BLANKETS, (summerweight), per pair.. 68c, 88c, $1.10, $1.29 SILKOLINE COVERED BED COMFORTABLES, 3,000 Dozen Men’s Negligee Shirts t Fifty Cents on the a sd = eT special ateernsernessscrsecressersvereseesnsZIC, IBC, $1.25, $1.08 THE FAMOUS “LAMINATED” (Cotton Down) COMFORTA- BLES, spectal at...........,eeeneedeee...,65C, 98C, $1.10, $2.25 OUR STANDARD No. 20 HEMSTITCHED SHEETS & CASES, Gheets, full 244 yds longes.. +++:39¢, 45¢, 49c, 54 Caves, size 45256 +.e10e, 12}4¢, l4c Estimates for Hotels, Summer Cottages and Boarding Houses Receive Special and Prompt Attention. Sees Sixth Avenue, 20th to 21st Street. <-iteees ial Tables—First Floor On Gees Front. ” ho full re; made, / p They ‘iich d seams, leunfered en yah and 7 pr dras and Pércales, ~Men's 14 to 16 inches. oe Boy 12 to 14 inches, Specials For Men-—econd Floor) MEN'S BATH ROBES—O1 Terry and Eiderdown; 0} $3.48 Se tatty OC 2 Gaerne } MEN'S MACKINTOSHES Made. of Tricot Ww l W. Se rit ek bBo, a | 9.98 orla Wants. Regular price, 99. ’ XOUNG MEN'S LONG PANTS SUITS—In all thenew | 66 755 Light ain colors), sizes 15 to 20 years. . br atehiadanas chiar Pood gered chy Sanday World Wents Work st Sixth Avenue, 20th to 21st Street.