The evening world. Newspaper, January 14, 1904, Page 2

~ (GIRL SHOT DOWN ~ BY ANGRY CHEF Ys Reply Is a Bs veand « on, Lizzie Drunke, a Waitress, Fa- a for Ht Rights Claimed). tally Wounded by Vachon Be- cause She Told of His Boiling Suspenders with Cabbage. CROWDS IN STREET SAW AND ‘WASHINGTON; HIM FIRE THREE BULLETS. © GET. OMINOUS NEWS Viotim, Who Had Rejected the Cook’s Suit, Was Hurried to _ Bellevue Hospital—There Is Little Chance to Save Her Life. jssia Will Delay War as Long 48° Suits “Her -Plans, and ‘Wewspapers Are Talking of _Peaoe. His love turned to hate through the scornful rejection of his advances, and his, pride stung to the quick through the charge that he had spiced a pot of corned beef and cabbage with a pair of suspenders, Alexander Vachon, a French Canadian chef, of No. 89 Bow- ery, to-day shot and fatally wounded Lissie Drunke, a pretty young Hun- garian girl, 9 waitress In the restaurant where he presided over the kitchen. The shooting took place in Twenty- second street, near Third avenue, In full view! of scores of men and young girls gol to work. Vachon was ar- rested and'held in the Yorkville Court to await the result of the young woman's injuri She is dying in the Bellevue Hospital. The blighted romance that ended in tragedy had {ts beginning in the res- taurant at No. %5 Third avenue when Vachon went there chef six months ago. He had been alled but a few weeks when the pretty little Hungarian girl was ¢engnged waitress, Vachon had been making a record for himselt and found high favor in the eyes of his employer. But the shadow of the little waiting maid lind no sooner passed tho threshold of his scuilery when his heart went unt to her. Leve An Min Sid It was love at first sight with the chef, and his sighs were soon heard above the bubblings In the pots and thal hinsinga fn the spiders, ‘The wool however, was all on his side, as Li had a lover among her own people. Jan, 4.—The British For- “officials sald to-night after Japanese reply to the last in fiote that 1c only takes th a ster further in a Jess hopeful tion. The advices received by the ‘OMice meade them fear that iwobid hot accept Japan's te- inchs. hi received the text of ese reply early to-day. It does {tain air ultimatum, but reiterates in’s original demands, with what Hayashi terms ‘a modification i @ minor point. qi s of Chinese sovercignty uria and Japan's sphere of in- ence In Corea are again insisted upon. er Hayash! said of the rept: ‘far as.I can veo, the relations of oe wers regarding the dispute fre’ unchanged. ‘I have no ~ fndleation “ot the reception this note is | Ukely to meet at the.hands of the Rus: Government, but I expect the Ee ‘will “gontinae ‘for several “in regatd to the reportn’ from Paris the possible intervention of Great yand France, the Foreign Omce eps are gn foot, so far tain is concerned. Np re- “has © recelved from ; either or Japan fro such action, and ign Office says it fears the Paswed ‘for: any: Intervention ST. PEYRRSBURG, Jan. 14.—The itemyn,,reforting “to the Far Sityatton, declares Ryasia will syrcatley Jafiani’s éhallenge Wil all peace pi expedients' are exbauypted, , jurope should wid of tle Frenchman. She tore up *ha verses he wrote 10 her and even turned her Uttle nose up at the wonderful 3 dishes he prepared for her. hg. corners As time went cn and his advances tw i eae t were still snubbed and laugied at the SPOOKS MIXED UP rogate Thomas sustaining the will of of Henry P. Townsend, a once famous lawyer, Jane Allen, Mary Sharp Toll and John ©. nephews and nieces, from California and Indiana, have sued to set aside the will on the ground of undue Influence and Incapacity. fore Justice Barrett and a jury in the Supreme Cofirt, Henry L. Scheuerman appearing for the nephews, and Dis- triet- ‘Attorney John F. Clarke, of Brook- old when she made her will last Feb- ruary. She died at her home, No. 206 Madison avenue, a few weeks afterward, few bequests Mrs. a nd members of his family. At first she laughed at the ndvances | 31. afuhari Nad teen forcoaversaara in the law office of Henry P. Townsend, and when the veteran lawyer died, Mahan was his partner. Mrs, Townend treated him like a son. send way deeply, Interested in spiritual- dell ia i wath LT RTT TRENT we catitucaninaancat eae THE WORLD: fHURSDAY EVEYING, JANUARY 14, LIZZIE DRUNKE AND ALEX. VOCHAN, WHO SHOT HER * FOR SAVING HE LOILED SUSPENDERS WITH CABBAGE. IN WILL CONTEST Relatives Who Are Trying to Break the Testament of Mrs Adaline Darrow Townsend Tell of Queer Seances. Appealing from the decision of Sur- $10,000 FOR HUGS AND KISSES Jury Awards that Amount to Peter Kubert, Who Sued His Former Employer for Alienating Wife’s Affections. Mrs, Adaline Darrow Townsend, widow H, P. and Oriza P, Sharp. ‘The case ts on trial be- lyn, and Robert Goeller for the will. Mrs. Townsend was eighty-six years te of $000,000. After a Townsend left the larger part of her eatate to Joseph leaving an es day in Justice Truax's part of the Su- preme Court, where a jury awarded that figure of damages to Peter Kubert, hostler, who sued his former employer, Charles Lighte, a wealthy manufacturer of mineral waters, for allenating the af- fections of his wife, Marguerita. Mr. Lighte lives at ‘No. 886 Bushwick avenue. He owns a fine country place up in ‘Sullivan County and empio; ' | Wives are quoted at $10,060 each’ to- WON'T PAY FOR SUIT THAT FIT 100 WELL Both Mr, and ‘The trial devcloped“that Mri Town- hegurt jane open lémic | ardent cook became sullen and morose, Hubert to look after his horses. At the a pet His gloom soon fell upon his shinng| ism, and there were seances in her sick end of the season of 1899 he induced ain the As In the faces of tne patrons vf tie rew-| trance medium, a 2 * 0 * tegic frontier taurant, Potter, another medium, sometimes Now Lew Dockstader Is Sued by One ay, a 08 pay acanUnS {9 nar, sigu provsstion ct At last Vachon became desperate and held the seances. Tailor, Who Had No {dea that i bag to. him, tolling him tt wan tones ae appeal stg. ue pretty Uttie] One 'slate message from Hotritand to Burl Affair Was Want ii of arip cay Pe ati Mg wiatitress, She stam er foot, an | Mrs, Townsend was from her son url % be told him she hated Alm, After that all | $4 BIR UNCP SITLOI ACY OR NY AITCS| ae sens one URL Cae eoeitren co was black to the chef, and as Lizsie looked into the kitchen one evening a few weeks ago she saw him making frantic passes at an imaginary adver- sary ‘with a huge carving knife. On that same evening the patrons of th little restaurant noticed a pecullar Mayor to the cornedbeet and cabbag A general complaint went up. The rej taurateur inqwred of Vachon and he spread out his hands and shrugged his Selactatcte, 14.—Seeretary “Hay: and: Mr, Takabira, the Japanese ies Held. long conference to-gay, eonclugion of which It was stated at)the Japanese reply to Russia’ Rote had béin ‘completed and wi Fis learned that the a "es while y= Harry, and another from her decd husband, who told- her that the pet parrot, with them tn the other world Townsend tested the spirit by telling Harry to.go and get his ball—which When he opened it, Kubert says, he found thirty-seven silver quarters In it; no. more. When he returned from Europe, Ku- bert says, his wife had gone to live with her folks. ed. Lew Dockatad: misfit dress sult used on the stage is well known to 2 which had recently died, was At another seance, when the lights were turned up, it was found that the/targe portion of the population of the| Kubert ified that Mr. LA re- spirits had braided a lat of ribbons t0-| United States, for the minstrel has|elited @ gold watch to Mrs. cept gether. worn it almost from the time he made |tmeecht he told of coming home to dl On one occasion when the svlrtt) of Se aret appearance as a black-face |ner once and finding "the bo . it. ol] hy is wits the von, Harry, was in her room Mrs. | ari In enrly days Mr. Dockstader, | Ing Nie, Wife. pines of No, 1m in response to the roar with which his Bushwick avenue, Brooklyn, found) Mr bagey clothing was «rected, would say: hte with Mrs. Kubert on sev Paouiabre the apirit did, placing the ball in the| ‘You, ain't it a shame? ‘This fs the| Visits to her flat, usually in his shirts er re] but that some! “priced F h avenue | Mrs, ube an squeese er,’’ Bit in ture Rosia Hg But the ittle waitress peeked into the| 1 owever, that Mr fond-| tailor. Since those times Mr. Dock. | Mrs. Relber. “When 1 said ‘You ough big corned beef pot and noticed a pajr v hy 7 to be ashamed; you haye lived long and, the British |o¢ » ders floating interwo 4 ness for her husband's clerk had con-|stader has transferred his custom to spoush to know better,’ he replied: Ise a a conference to- [or ayers, jerwoven with | tinued from his boyhood up and that | another tailor, who, so far, has mage} ‘No, T nave only just commenced to the shreds of cabbagi to her employer and the chef was per- emptorily discharged. With tears in his eyes he denied the suspenders and Hay on the Far sAdvices on the sub- ritish Embassy with acon rece se nt the Fe of a gloomy auture. Bats: se Saal RUSSIAN TROOPSHIPS [fet the rentuurant black with rage and 4 wit z Ss ENTER: BOSPHORUS. UE thas oes pote to work early to- day she saw Vachon waiting for her in front of the Lehmair & Schwartz fac- tory in Twenty-second street, near ‘Thira avenue, She started to hurry past him, but he ran out and caught her arm, She gavo a little ory as he selzed her, and many of the passersby turned ana looked at the couple. Several who wero near heard the Frenchman hiss as ne wrenches the girl's arm “You have ruined me! You have spurned my love! I revenge me With that he drew a revolver and fired three times at the girl. As the chef ran down the street the girl reeled toward a railing and fell to the pavement. A cry was Immediately raised by those who witnessed the shooting, and a9 the Frenchman ran CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 14.—Two vessels belonging to the Russian Volunteer Fleet, carrying troops, through the Bosphorus to-day for the Far East. rae announced In a despateh from Paris, Jan; 7, that a news) per of that tity pad 5 yooelred.s a despatch from Con- stantinople saying that Rusala was ne- ating with Furkey to permit her fleet to pass t rough the The atanouicempnt alarmed the Japan: , Government, and the eee instructed the Jaj in London td make inquiries on 1 ties Sper. The British Foreign had not heard that Lig hag asked ‘Turkey's permission the British officials were not in- ) to think Russi: ‘ould raise such tion in Europe at the present not only in view of the Far East- ‘isis, but because of the unsettled 4 of the Balkans. ; ——— a RUSHING BILL FOR CONSULS IN CHINA. —_——— WASHINGTON, Jan, 14—The Senate 5 ey on Foreign Relations to-day a favorable report on an irebamert to the ‘Diplomatic and Con- “(malar Appropriation bill providing for {the appolutinent of a Consul-General ¢ Mukden and a Consul at Antung at and a Consul at Da at Sw ented the report he aecompanted tary of State patrol station near the corner of Second avenue rushed out and intercepted him, Girl Wounded Twice, An ambulance was summoned from Bellevue, After a brief examination, Ambulance Surgeon Whitbeck said that two bullets had entered the young girl's body, one inflicting 4 fatal wound. she was taken, dying, to the hosp! On the way with Policeman Hay to the Yorkville Court, Vachon sald: “1 have no care for life now, My love, my. reputation is ruined. I dl tn content. 0 Before the Magistrate he refused tule and was held to await the reauit of his victim's Injuries, ——<— JAPAN ARMY NOT IN TRIM FOR BATTLE. fon on thin disturbed “genator ed favorabl m. the same. committee ohn pro- © the appolntinent of fiticen fle cit.'4 without rnnke to feces adjunct to the vonsular service. ———— WILL SUE HOMER FoLks, » Blair, Chief of the Bureau of mt Adults in the Charities Des Bi, punounced to-day that he had pounsel, Asa Bird Gord- ® sult for $10,000 dam: ‘against Momer ¥ loner of Cliirts ux Moved by 5 LONDON, Jan. 1.+A private des- patch from Tokio, reccived at one of the Hmbessies here from 9 source consid- cred quite rellable, says that in spite of all feporis to the contrary the Japan- ese troops will not be thoroughly pre- pared to start for Corea, on the scale desired in the event of such a step be- ing sonelaere aoe ry, before t Mrst week tn This 1s coualdered significant tn con- | junction with Baron Hayaahl's estimate | riot the negotiations are ikely to ex-| tend for three weeks longer, and as sup- plying & an addition reason for Japan an- in lassi terms, but on the buals ay wikteh 1a had previously ex- “ie apreantent aside a will.’ GUNS, HATPINS AND WILD YOUNG WOMEN down the street the reserves In the]. only real clothes for him. The tallor, J. P. Wessman, of No. 15 West, Twenty-seventh att was as- not long ago to t order from Mr. Bsa Kata rene ey come “Kindly make me an a the following dimensions: ‘ening ault of she was carrying out the cara Senile of her husband and herself in leaving ae property to Mahan—and He Slsmlaned the contest, pr he will to nd feclared that HinvCatlgatioh’ of of ai tualism, hi Mr. Lighte denied everything. but the jury awarded Peter Kubert ali he had asked for. On, a former trial of the case one of the jurors apes in a state of gohereney, and Justice Amend discon- tinued the trial eee DIED AS RESULT OF OLD GOULD FIRE Fireman Drenched Year Ago by Bursting Hose at Blaze Millionaire’s House Fell Vic- tim of Tuberculosis. ror netting Trousers, walet . ‘Trous +1) ‘i Sareea 3 me t as porlble. 1 wil be aes ue ee soem LEW. bOCKSTADE When Mr. Dockstader recelved tho sult he found it had been. made to. At him and was not the burlesque aftalr he had ordered, He at once refused to "for They Quarrelied in a Flat and creed roiela tie Each Accused the Other of] so wiaf ati, 7 Various Offenses, Including Attempted Murder. victim of a d' the tatlor, for paymen‘ rocured a dummons in the ‘Highth District Mu. nicipal Court for the minstrel. Yaluo of the sult named in the papers 1s oo 900 APPLICANTS; 22 JOBS. Want to Be Collectors and Gate- men on New Bridse, More than nine hundred applicants for the positions of collectors and gatemon on the new Willlamsburg Bridge were at the Grand Central Palace to-day to take the examination as prepared by the Munfetpal Civil Service Commission for those positions, There ave twenty-two vacancies, most of them at the Willlamsburg Bridge. ‘The number of applicants was said to be unusually large. Successful candidates are required to furnish 2 bond of each, The pay of toll collector {s 871-2 cents per hours that of gatemen ts 81 1-4 cents per hour. SHIPWRECK SAILORS BACK, The bursting of a hose at a fire In the home of George Gould, Sixty-sev- enth streot and Fifth avenue, last Fe ruary deliged many firemen with w qmong them Arthur Lott. Directly as a result of the drenching he received on that oceasion Lott dled to-day at his home, No, 2879 Eighth avenue, of tu- berontonis. Lott’ was a member of Hook and Lad- der Company No. 16, which was one of the first to reach the fire in the Gould residence, After the hose had burat Lott continued to work in his frozen garments the whole night. When he got to the house of No, 16 he was chill- ed through and was compelled to ask for leave of absence. His lungs were weak and the cold brought on by exposure found him an victim. The department, surgeon declared him incurable and he was re- tired, according to the rules, on vert) Bergt. Hosea, of the West Forty»sev- enth street station, was roused this af ternoon by the frantic ringing of hts telephone. Upon taking up the receiver he hoard In a trembling soprano: “For heaven's sake send help to me. Tam being murdered at No, 210 West Forty-third street.” Sorgt, Hosen immediately despatched Policeman McGlinchy to the address. When the bluccoat atrived at the house ho found a pretty young woman @ gaged In telephoning to the Morgit the Coroner's office and other city bu- reaus for assistance. In the next room MoeGlinchy found another young woman, pacing up und down, her brow wrinkied and her eyes binging: with a savage glitter. Immediately the two young owmen agcised each other of attempted mur- OMfcers and Crew Rescued from Jer, The one at the telephone, Miss Beasin Sexton, twenty-one years old, the Steamer Snys. nho gald was, declared that her| The fruit steamer Belita, which ar- nett was extremely popular in the| Department and general regret rived to-day from West Indian port brought six sallors and the mate, Hans Christiansen, of the Norwegian steamer Snyg, which waa wrecked on Ruatan land, off the mainland of Honduras, The Sny« lett Now York on Dec, #7 In banast to load fruit at Ceiba, Honduras, for the Cuneo Trading Company. On the night of Jan. 3. the weather bein Very Uilok and the ben, heavy, she went amoung on Ruaton ror a day Hee une ae. the mish endeavored get Ashore in boats, ‘They’ were then res- cued by natives, total loss, but look eae expre d at his death. LIVERYMEN AGAIN STRIKE, corpantot, Mik Bessie Brown, twonty- Uree years old, was golng to shoot her with an “awful bie gun.” M) Solel Mh recrmination charged that Mies Sax: ton had attempted to murder ber with an “awfully long hatpin. The policeman conducted the two ex- cited young women before Magistrate Mayo, in the West Side Court, where they ‘both talked so fast the Court stopped up bis ears, He said finail: home and compose yourselves, anil when You are cpoler vou will prob: ably fall in each ‘pther’s arms.” ce CHICAGO, Jan. livery drivers begun unow to-day. After truce of ‘ffteon days, following the Troquois Theatre fire, © per cent. of t Lent drivers of carriages and ate uy and. once mare the black under- eh he a. takers' wagons were put into pervice th The Ready-Money Ladicn Capt. has remained Ler 0. i to Out also that in three weake gapan's cruisera will’ be acting out of A danger, ‘erelof the diploi tr) here do not the Bridsh fit 7M cen coms ite pessimism, bell {mat the last wil Bunday's World, . Hou of hearsea ut funerals, while mourn: after theReerewts ot hoe swnere brn were Obliged to resort again to tit Ss et street cars In journeying to ti ha ooute To Cure a Cold im One Day Peace, aay ze e Talia ts gnohey if Ie fatle tin 9 cu start a dime museum mutiny, One of the funniest of George McManus's serie: the Funny Side of next Mr. — |wrote that he had made his 1904. "ATE AND CHILD IFAT MAN DRAGGED T) ARBITRATE COP INTO RIVER) SUBWAY STRIKE HAVE ONE FUNERAL George Saget and His Daughter Mary Are to Have, a Double Burial To-Morrow at East Orange. } { A double funeral service will be held to-morrow~'at the residence of Mrs, George Gaifugher, No, 113 North Clin- ton street, East Orange, when her hus- band and her daughter, Miss Mary Gal- lagher, will be laid to rest. Both died of pneumonia, the father on Tuesday And the daughter last night. She did not know her father had passed away. Mr, Gallagher was janitor of the East Orange High School since it was built and his daughter was an expert stenog- rapher. She wan twenty-one years old and Mr, Gallagber -was fifty-two years. ‘The two Will be buried side by side in the same grave in Rosedale Cematery. Half day sessions will be held in the East Orange schools to-morrow, and members of the Board of Education, school officials and countless school | children will be present at church and { graveside. ‘The flags on the schools ‘have all been placed at half mast in honor of Mr. Gallagher, and notices are posted about the church apprising the congregation of the sad event While all this woes on another little daughter of the sorrowing mother les | upstairs in another bed suffering trom #® painful affection of the ears. Sixteen years ago Mr. and Mrs. Gallagher lost three children within ag many days, Two of them were buried together and the third a day or two later. Scarlet fever catuned, their death. SEARCH FOR GARTH WILL 1S FUTILE AURIS if It is Not Found Within the| Next Few Days the Widow Will Ask to Be Named as Ad- ministratrix. Unless the will of Granville W. Garth {s found within the next few days Law- yer HarWson, the attorney for Mrs. Garth, will go into court and ask that Mrs. Garth be named as administratrix, The missing banker, who 1s supposed to have committed suicide by Jumping from the steamship Denver, near Gi veston, seyeral weeks ago, is known to haye made a will, but thus far every effort to find it has proved fruitless. It wag thought he hud placed the will among his private papers in his box in the yault of the Mechanics’ National Bank, Mr. Larkin, who was Mr, Garth's at- torney, has assisted in the search, knowing that a will existed and where it was supposed to have been placed. ‘The belief now is that Mr. Garth de- stroyed the will a few days -before he sailed for Galveston. ‘The estate 1s valued at about $3,000,000, exclusive of property he held jointly with his wife, who was Miss McComb, It Is said that in the will was a be- uest for Miss Hartigan, the sister of | the manager of his place at Morristown. With no will, Mrs. aGrth will come tn for her rights under the law, regardless of any restrictions, She Js sill confined to her_apartments in the Grenada, in West Fifty-ninth street, unable to’ see any but her most intimate friends. rr PHILIPPINES BANDIT FREE. ' Herm: Who Shot Four Men on Piratical Cruise, Breaks Jatl. MANILA, Jan. 14,—Geo. Herman, one time Chief Inspector of Constabulary, who in company with C. J. Johnson, constabulary officer robbed the Govern- ment and then started upon a piratical cruise on the vessel they stole, has jus} inement at Cebu an van by one of the him Johnson was found in thelr aban, doned fe had been shot the di Before by the constables in a fight, dur: ing which Herman shot and killed four men and escaped for the time being. a CARNEGIE’S TRIBUTE TO HOAR Given $100,000 to Univeralty Library Honor of the Senator. (Special to The Evening World.) WORCESTER, Mass., Jan, 14,—At the dedication of the new library building of Clark University to-day President G. Stanley Hall, of the university, an- nounced that the trustees had recelyed from Androw Carnegie a gift of $100,000, to be devoted to the support of the li- "ar PE, Carnegie was nol | present, but gift in honor of Senator George F. Hoar, whom he described as “the greatest character in our public life to-day.” ——— The Secret Out. (rom the Chicago ‘Tribune,) “Why do you always have raw for- 1s your helpers?’ inquired on elgnors of the tenants of the bullding. “Becaus answered the janitor, ina burst of confidence, "no matter how hard you fellows want to Kick about anythi y can't understand a word you say, —aee SHIPPING NEWS. ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY. Sun rises, 7,23/8un sets, 4,56/Moon rises. 4.41 THE TH High Wi Tow Wy rn Randy Hook f iis | Governors island: : | Heh" Gate Ferry PORT OF NEW YORK, Menominee 14.—The strike of |X! INCOMING } STRAMSHIPS, DUE TO-DAY. Sere etoale ee Fone nen. OUTGOING BTE BTEAMSHIPS. A SAILED TO-DAY, B oa Le city of =| 200-Pounder He Was Trying; ; Muldoon egg Tight Grip on ‘Tile- ee Go Back to Work Pending ‘a Conference Be- to Save ‘and Each Got an Icy; tween a Joint Committee of Bath. AFTER HARD STRUGGLE BOTH WERE RESCUED. Men Were Exhausted When Finally Fished Out by Watch- “man, but the Plucky Police- man Returned to His Beat. ‘The most surprising experience in the life of Policeman Andrew Muldoon, of the East Twenty-second Street Station, came to him to-day, when he was sud- denly yanked head first into the Icy waters of the Easc River from the the Union and Contractors. THEY WILL QUIT NOW ONLY AS LAST RESORT. Only Grievance of the Men Is that Instructors and Superin- tendents of Work Do Not Be- long to the Union. Another general strike gn the subway Was temporarily averted to-day when the Hoard of Business Agonts referred the complaint of. the Tile Layers’ Union to the joint arbitration co:mumittee of, the Central: Federated Union and the end of a dock at the foot of Fast} Association of Subway Coutractors. Twenty-fourth street. Muldoon was attempting a rescue, He had been on post half a block away when he heard cries for help coming | will be gone over. from the river front. He ran speed to the end of the dock, enaLsarpi struggling feebly in the Icy waters, he saw a man who subsequently turned out to be Michael Ragle, ld. of No. 605 Second avenue. Muldoon at once called to fhe man to keep up his courage, and, lying at full length on the dock, ver, “Get hold of my wrist,” be cried to| tile work in all #1 Ragle. ‘The Arbitration Committee will mest this evening and uccordiag to agree- ment the complaints of the Tile Layers ‘Then, if an agree- ment cannot be reached, the Central Federated Union will have the fight to call 4 general strike on the subway without violating its arbitration agrec- forty years | ment with the contractors, Only Union Workmen, The Manhattan Tile and. Giess Com- he reached} pany, F. B. Dewsnap, President, has the contract for the great amount of tions along the sub- way and in the power-houses. ‘This com- Ragle did as hé~ was bid, and he pany has employed strictly union men took a death grip. Then the = man trled to haul him up on the dosk. Ragle weighs about 200 pounds, Muldoon soo found this out. He Be- gan to slide from the dock. slowly but in in the water did its work, The police- man clutched at the dock with his free hand and into the wood, bi inch by inch he slid toward the end of the dock, until final- istibly the weight of the man] dents should be union men, led to dig his toes | meeting of the to do the work, but has also employed ‘& number of tile experts to instruct and) the tayers and superintend the work. The Tile-Layers’ Union has insisted that these instructors and guperinten- and iast Monday a strike was called. The last of the tle-layers quit, last ity cs Board ness Agents. to take action on ache [oles jas called in Pepper's Hall, 3 ve oath street and Third rep tari! ly he plunged Into the water on top grievance of the tile-layers was, peard a of Ragle. ‘The tide at this point is ‘strong, the river was full of floating cakes of ice, Ragle was exhausted, but he still kept that death grip on Muldoon’s wrist. It was a serious situation for both men. Around at one side of the dock Mul- and | issued and by unanimous consent was for a meeting it arbi- tration committee Tate tht afternoon. Must Accept Decision, ‘The wle-layers will present Srievance, uid by, the verms of reemenc the Tie-Luyers’ wich Is affiliated with the Cent coals into Peds doon remembered there was a small] erated Union, must accept the decision + tt} Of the commit! float, - He struck out vigorously in eee agen ae jupporting the half-consclou: Ragle. He gained the float, but had not the strength to climb on to it, Nor could he have done so If he had had the strength, for Ragle still clung to him. Muldoon munuged to get one arm up on the float, and there he bung. — Cried for help again and again. fey waters were slowiy freezing bo WEN, MAU MLULUYUE .vueie OF Ke uuu lig QCOWsiuEss VY RIvOINy Yawurvuass. AU was tully bitten minutes belore two watchmen, numea Daniel Slattery and yonn "Naylor, came running down tne OCK. helpless and it was no them out of the water, finally rolled on the float and an_um- valance summoned from Bellevue, Hos- Pititidoon was given stimulants and then ran to his station, his —piothems and went uae as the. SO tek to get ‘ WAS an every- ny ‘part of nia life, Rawle could not exmiain how he got into the water. easy tusk They Were | Committee late this 1 where he ps anged | in ed | us. experience he , agreed that the file contractor will ag tings, je an adres: reached, then the las resort is a strike. ‘As goon as this action was taken @ the Board of Business Agents to-day the strikers hurried back to their work. All work in the power-houses been ha file layers had where suspended as oor nds ‘th PD eatat litions: une work under the pri they were called outy respective walking delegate: ‘Tile-Lay: Business Ageht rurreu, of the Tile Muldoon and Ragle were practically Layers Union, said to-aay: “At the meeting of the Arbitratioh afternoon: or this evening, we will demand that ail tne éxpert non-union tile men be withdrawn. If they are not then we will insist on riking and all otter unions will’ fol have not the le charge_ or withdraw these non-un! bry In that event the work will go men, lly to completion.” along peacet The Importations for the Year 1903 of (¢. H MUMM & Co's Champagne were 1215: CASES GREATER by nearly 20,000 cases than the importations of any other-brand. BycK BROS: Twenty-Second Semi- Y early Clearance Sale ‘ A Money-Saving. Opportunity tor the men of Greater New York to provide themselves ‘With Byck Bros.’ Smart Clothes, Haberdashery and Hats at a saving of 30% to 50% off. 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