The evening world. Newspaper, September 5, 1904, Page 3

“THEN NTIS BELMONT WER Unanimous in Fide: of a! of a Strike If the $3.50 Wage Rate for Subway Motor-, ,men Is Not Granted—800 Strike-, Breakers Engaged. c of the “L” and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company regarding the ‘wages to be paid to motormen in the Subway. Another ultimatum was | sent to President Belmont, of the Interborough, yesterday, and up to @ late hour this afternoon there had been no formal reply to It, Earlier in the day some of the labor leaders were told that the company was preparing a compromise which would be submitted formally. While the question of strike is hanging fire the officers of the company are working night and day in preparation for trouble. James Farley, the noted strike breaker, who has beaten unions in numerous street car strikes, is in town and men who make a business of taking the places of strikers are) hurrying to New York from all ovor the country and reporting to him. is reported that he has summoned 800 motormen, who can assemble in New York within twenty-four hours, Many of them reported to Farley, at No.’ 16 Dey street, to-day. They were turned over to General Supt. Hedley, w! 4g (n charge of the hiring of men for the subway. Applications from railroad engineers who are not members of the Bro- therhood for jobs as motormen {n the Subway are flooding into the offices of the Interborough. Many of the members of the unions represented on | the “L” are impatient at the delay. They say that it is foolish, if they are) going to strike. to wait until the company has enough men on hand to take their places, CONFERRED WITH ALFRED SKITT, Mr. Belmont, General Manager Bryan, and General Superintendent Hedley heid a long conference this afternoon with Alfred Skitt, formerly | vice-president and manager. of the “L” system when it was controlled by the Manhattan company. What business they transacted could not be learned, The labor Jeaders assembled early to-day at the Broadway Central Hotel and remained there waiting for the reply to their comunication to the Interborough company. Grand Chief Stone, of the Brotherhood of Engi- neers; Mr. Wilson, of the Firemen; W. D. Mahon, President of the Amal- gamated Association of Street Railway Employees, and members of the local committees held several meetings. At one time Chief Jencks, of the local engineers’ brotherhood; Chief | Pinney, of the local firemen's brotherhood, and George Pepper, President of | the local lodge of the Amalgamated Association, called on Mr. Bryan. | They were told that the company was not ready to send a formal state | ment of its position to the labor leaders. After seeing Mr. Bryan the commitee went down to Dey street and looked over the long lines of men | struggling with each other for a chance to work in the Subway. A careful canvass of the employees of the “L,” conducted by men asso- elated with the American Federation of Labor, shows that the sentiment for | & strike unless the company complies with every demand made by the Bro- | therhood of Locomotive Engineers is unanimous. The only factor for peace now is Mahon, and his control over the local branch, which embraces all the “L” employees outside the motormen, is feeble. Warren 8. Stone, Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers, is the dominating figure In the situation. He was first on the ground, and through him the local officers of the Amalgamated Association were persuaded to sign a sympathetic strike agreement. The men are standing | by this agreement, and the struggle now has resolved itself Into a contest between the supreme leaders of rival labor organizations, Mi. Stone has not receded from his position that the time has come to make a fight for a standard of pay for motormen. Although there is strife between his organization and the Amalgamated Association at various points through the country, he succeeded {n getting the local branch of the Amalgamated to come to his way of looking at the Subway situation, + The question now seems to hingo on the ability of Mr. Mahon, as head of the Amalgamated Association, to hold his men in New York in line. SMALL SUBWAY FORCE. ‘The work of training men on the Subway is progressing night and day, but the force of competent men is small. Trains were run through the tunnel all last night by crews recruited from men who have applied for work within the last month, These men, when not on duty in the Subway, are riding on “L’ trains, familiarizing themselves with the signals and the | Bi stations, in readiness for duty if called upon, Concessions made by the “L” management on Saturday and promised by Mr. Mahon were passed by at a meeting of the various unions held yes- terday. It was decided that the only jmsue is the pay of the subway motor. men. A communication was sent to the Interborough officials stating that the men would stand ilrm on the demand that the subway motormen be paid $3.60 for a day of nine hours and (hat nothing else would be discusned or considered. A reply to that communication !s awaited to-day. An un- conditional refusal to act upon the demand wil! result in a strike if the peaceful efforts of Mr. Mahon do not prevail, He has been busy since Saturtay getting In toweh with the looal situa- tion, Should the members of the Amalgamated employed on the “L” strike against the wishes of Mr. Mahon they would forfelt their membership in his organization, But he would, in recognition of the part he has played thus far for a compromise, undoubtedly be given permission to organize the sub- way employees. This is a point he is said to be playing for. SLAYER OF RUSSIAN (SHOT DEAD BY MIRISTER NOT FREE} WATCHING FARMER St. Petersburg Officials Deny|Bothered by Thieves New Jer- that Sassoneff, Who Murder-| sey Man Waited at Night and &, 4 ed Von Plehve, Had Escaped] Fired at Man He Said Entered from Prison by a Ruse, His Garden. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 5.There is | There was no change to-day in tho dispute between the employees no truth in the statement, printed im London. that Sassoneff, the murderer of Interior Minister von Plehve, has @acceeded ip escaping from prison coording to the Jorgen report, two cers of high rank, accompanied by an army surgeon and two gendarmes, Saturday morning called at the prison and presented an removal of Bassoneff to poy =e Minister of Jus wider for & ce Murnyi oft | VINELAND, N. J, Sept. 6—Philtip Andre, a farmer of this place, shot and Instantly killed Joseph Fantice, an Italian, at an early hour to-dey, near- ly blowing the man's head off with @ charge of shot. Andre te & prosperous farmer here and has a large vineyard. Recently he had been troubled considerably by thieves, and for a week he bad been watehing for the robbers. He sat in a secluded spot with his "the prison officials thereupon, It was | Shotwun handy night after night. While alles: handed over the assassin, who! was driven away in the most deliberate manner, ——_— DEAD IN A HALLWAY, A man not yet identified was found dead to-day in the hallway of the resi- dence of Charles GriMths, pf Richmond avenue, Port Richmond, §. I. He lay oa an_lee-box, the door of which was man had the apearance of sim. He was about sixty-five years ot pe and weighed w9a Rotiied, vo witching last night Andre heard a noise as though some one wan walking cinse isapy AND THE POOR MOTHER, WHO WISHES TO GIVE 1T AWAY FOREVER, KAISER'S SON A ‘APIO LOVE-MAKER It ho crown Prince Wooed the Duchess Cecilia on Automo- bile Ride Proposed Over a Cup of Tea and Was Accepted. ALTONA, Russia, Bept. 5.—Details of the annoncement of the engagement of the Crown Prince Frederick William to the Duchess Cecilia, sister of the reiga- ing Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Sch- werin, show that the Emperor while dining with the notable people of Schieswig-Holetein last night received @ telegram from the Crown Prince, who was at Gelbensande. the home of the Duchess Cecilia and her mother. ‘The Emperor thereupon arose, raised nis giass, and stated that the engage- ment of the Crown Prince and the Duchess had just talten place and called for a three-fold hurrah for the couple. The banqueters greeted the announce- ment witn tremendous cheers, The Crown Prince had, as it trans- pired, visited the Duchess and her mother at their lodge at Muerits, on the Baltic, and while resting there, over a cup of tea, he asked ther to marry him, Upon recelving the consent of the Duchess the Crown Prince called for telegraph blanks and immediately wired 'to the Emperor and Empress. BERLIN, Sept. 4-The Duchess Ce- cella, of Mechlenburg-Schwerin, whose detrothal to the Crown Prince Freder- ick William, of Germany, was &n- mounced last night at a dinner given by Emperor William and the Empress Augusta Victoria at the Kalserhof, at Altona, to the leading officials of ScPeswig-Holstein, is a tall, sligtt girl, Nght haired brown eyed. Al though could cely be called pretty, has a vivid complexion and ts of sprightly demeanor, Duchess Cecilia was brought up sim- ply by her parents and was taught the duties of housekeeping as the daughter | any country gentleman. She is fond { riding and driving and speaks ios Vian and Hench perfectly. and Russian 1th fe has lived sever [Mats abroad the Duchess remains & trl, my omy fine’ she and the Crown Prince had been seen togeth: uiblic er in was a few evenings ago. The rown Prince had called on her and her reotner at the Kalserhof Hotel just before they was elite Greed Duke of Mecklenburs- Ph who is at the Bristol Hotel here, set any doubt of the betrothal at rest this morning by tolegrapning an official announcement to his ca to his cabinet. CAOWD CATCHES PURSE SNATCHER|s hcinioaeaie Negro Grabs Poor Woman's Savings in Sixth Avenue Shop- ping District and Runs in Vain —Admits Thoft. avenue was the scene of an exciting thiet chase to-day, in which a dosen men jotned in capturing the fusttive. ‘Mrs. Mary Nugent, of No. «1 Weat Twenty-sixth street, wae walking slong Bixth evenue at Twentieth street. when 4 colored man ran up from bebind and fiatched a purse containing 2 Mrs. Nugent carried in her hund. The women soreamed. and a half dosen men went after the negro, who waa rimning west through Twentieth street Policeman Merritt, af the West Twen- tieth street station, joined in the chase and soon had his hand on the fugttive’s to him, He grabbed his gun and watched collar, Just before he was captured the the movements of the intruder. the purse, man, who proved to he Faulice, passed | Wea temiinss thie. Jefferson Mar- close to him and, Andre saya, proceeded | ket Court the prisoner to loot the wneyard, Andre raised his gun and fired, the | Muncy entire charge striking the Italian in the] bh head and kiling him inetantly. After the shooting Andre intermes Coroner Potter and the police of 4 ; fave bie name as Peter Richardson, and sald he lived t Twenty-seventh street. He ad- ed snatching the purse and war for trial. in, ally A are auger id she le the sole sup- Ter cuseand who is blind, and iy. ‘The $82 ti | gould be drawn with any other und ‘The showing istrict of lower Sixth | the ale ELECTRICAL MEM SEE THE SUBWAY Six Hundred Foreign Engineers, Some Accompanied by Wives, Ride on First Regular Train of Rapid Transit Road, A complimentary trip of inspection of the Subway and the electrical power houses was made to-day by the foreign electrical engineers who are in New York on their way to the International Electrical Congress at St. Louis. L. B, @tiltwell, electrical director of the Subway Construction Company and consulting engineer to the Manhattan “Li system, wan in aharge of the func- ton. Among the guests were some of the greatest engineers and pioneers in electricity In the railroad world of to- day. They included Robert Kaye Gray, President of the Insitution of Electri- eal Engineers of Great Britain; John Perry, Col. R, E. Crompton, C. B. past Bresitents, and Robert Hammond, Treasurer gf the same organization; Prot. Ascoli, President, and Prof, Lom- bardi, Beoretary of the Italian Institute; Prof. Elihu Thomson, Frank J Sprague, inventor of the unit multiple system under which the Subway Is op- erated, and his associate, B. J. Arnold, of the New York Central's Hoard of Consulting Engineers, Other Foreiguers There, There were engineers from France Germany and Russia, as well as trom England and the United £ ates. All appeared delighted = with trip through the subway, but none of the big men would discuss ita merits or de fects when the end of the journey waa Teached at the Columbus Circle station Mr. Hammond sald no comparivon the @round road that he has seen, “The most attractive paint about the yatem,” he said, “is the purity of the ir and the lack of any of the dark- ‘ness and damp one naturally expects in & subway. The construction work ex- 6) cele anything { have seen. 1 am a little disappointed at the all-steel cars, It seems to me that the seats should also “| have been of some fireproof material. ‘The cara are of steel, but the seats are of bamboo—about as inflammable a ma- terial as there le, They could just as well have been made of steel or steel wire. Don't put me down as an alarm- ist. J do not believe there is the alieht- est danger of fire, but It was so widely nnguneed that the new cars were ab- the | solutely Areproof that I am a little dis- ~ | appointed.” Many Had to Stand, The trip through the subway was without incident, and was noteworthy only because it was tne first trainful of pAasengera to be taken through the sub- way on a regularly made-up train with @ regular crew. The train was oight Pre long—five composite and three all- cars, The m@tive power was the third rall, with a current equal to 2,0 orse-power, of greater than the power of any steam engine on the Central's ae ot to tee realty of the r more of the ngers could find no ort tht ats and hung on to straps “te minutes of the City Hall station to 8 Circle. ‘Aivnanter MoKenale, who has served 4€n apprenti ip 48 & Motorman on the Hee naiep led the motor, and fowpre ‘adwell, as conductor, was the “7 . of the train. The others of in crew were John F. Murphy. Adam Holts, Henry “Brupe and Joseph Bywead. gue! All of them are union ‘Saw Big Power Houses. aiteied, at the Columbus Circle station 0° perry they, were about #ix hundred nt them, including the vain iS a dozen women: er an Inspection + os started power of the itty-elp nth and” itty. ninth streets and Heventh avenue, The power house, the largest in the world, occupied the attention of the visitors for an hour. the Interborough power-house two steamers took hosts and gursts to e power-house of the Metropolitan m at Kingsbridge, An informal heon was served there and the ity went through the Harlem ship ennal to the omer Rovee: house of the Ni Metropolitan at Ninet “treat From that point the ney wee made to the Seventy sireet power plant of the Munhattan A large majority of the party perts as they were, had seen enough | by the time all the wonders of the “L" power system had been submitted to their inspection and balked at the trip to East Thirty-eighth street to look at present and proposed lants of the Edison Company. The Ealeon's new plant will exceed in pow. | er-producing capacity the plant of the! [eterborone® system. A couple of hun- however, went through the the and admired wnat they saw en- to satiety thelr ¢-President ny. and W. BR. Pott bios Re j|miaht care to send will . | Whittemore, MOTHER WANTS TO GIVE BABY AWAY Unable to Support Both Herself! and Child, Is Willing to Part With It—Infant Prevents Her Getting Work. Mrs. Harry Sterling, with no address, has a big, smiling, eight-months-old boy which she would | like to give to some kindly disposed | person. The child and herself are more than she can look after, Mrs. Sterling is willing to part with the boy and never see it aguin “T would rather have my boy happy umd pleasant sueroundings than lead a lite of suffering and misery,” saya. “That ts the only present out- look, take It and rear It.” Mra, Sterling, laden with a ble hundle of clothes, a satchel containing the odds and ends of her small posses sions, the baby nestling in her arms, asked The Evening World to help her find some one for her child. She has not lived in the same place more than 4) week at a time for the past two years. | she has! Hattered from pillar to post, eaten food when she was lucky enough to find it. Many a day ahe has gone . hungry. Went Hungry tor Baby's Sake. During those times the child suffered, too, What little the mother had went | first to the offspring. Then her own hunger was satisfied. “Indeed I know what hunger and all kinds of privation mean.” continued the mother, who & still a young woman, In her face are the lines of want and misery, Her eyes have Inet thelr color and she has te tell-tale stoop and crook in the back that means hard ghysical work and much suffer ing. “I have wandered about the streets at night. I have beaned for work. As vou see my child now, eo has he always heen, plavful and happy. Thank God, he cannot realise conditions as they are.” The child was certainly unconscious of tte fate. As tte mother told of the days of trudaing upstairs with coal or bundles, of serubbing floors, of waeh- ing windows from dissy heights, of Sweeping streets, the little one play- fully patted ite mother's neck and amiiea on. Hesband No Help to Her. “People don't want to alive work t a woman with « child she must carry with her,” continued the mother, Many 4 the I could get odd fobs, but when they saw that I must have the child nearby I was refused them. That is why I want to part with the boy. “My husband, with whom I have lived off and on for the past two vears, bas not done arything for me or the boy, and I wit! not ive with bim again. If some kind person will give the child « home T know I can support myself.” Mrs. Sterling has two other children, * boy of thirteen and a girl of nine They are in a public home at White Plains. The mother has not seen them for a long time Any letters that Interested parties be called for at The Evening World. ‘TH Gryo in Tuesday.” said the mother. ‘Mavoe by that time Ill have an address. Akin Rromised |B to give me some work "tort to-night —=—_— SAYS BOY STOLE HORSE. Owner Asserts Y. Teek Rig Without Authority, Charged with having stolen a horse and wagon valued at $85, Edward seventeen years old, of No, 47 Willis avenue, was held to-day in $560 bail for examination to-morrow by Magistrate Hogan in the Morrisania Court. The rie belongs to Rubin Nik- lad, thirty-three years old, of No. 21 Willis avenue, a Niklad Is a horse at Ne ‘Thirty-third street. At 1 o'clock yea- terday afternoon young Whittemore went to the stables ahd got the horse omt wagon. Nikiad mid de was Hot suthoriaed to do so. Whittemore sald ainter and stables his Bast One Hundred and * was given instructions on ged vight by Both Niklad and his wile to wiibe wagon and horea pleasant-faced | she) unless I find @ person who will) rao —<—$on NOEL Coroner Holds Repor Report in Loulee Dubois’s Case Until He Fol-| lows Up New Lines Brought Out at Autopsy. “ANeee! tate Peparationtoe As similating the Food and R ling the S Stowmachs and Bowels of “INE ANTS “CHILDREN NOW LOOKING FOR POISON IN STOMACH OF SLAIN GIRL.| Promotes Digestion Cheerful- } ness and Rest.Contains neither lorphine nor Mineral, Sweetheart of Victim Expected fj NoT NARCOTIC. to Give Testimony Before the| Authorities To-Night — Body, j Taken to Mother’s Home. NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 6—The report of Dr. Charles T. Bartlett, of the Yale Medical School, and Dr, John BE perfect Remedy Barnett, medical examiner of West Fr Sour Stomach Diotien Haven, who pertormed the autopsy on| fi] Worms Convulsions Feverish- ness and LOSs OF SLEEP. Vac Simile Signature of the body of Louise Dubois, of Meriden, yeaterlay, was delivered to Coroner Mix to-day. ‘The Coroner declined to give it out ttl! he had looked up several clues exposed by tt He admits that the foul play possibil- ity has boon strengthened by some find- ings of the report, and he said that this evening he expected to make Its oon- tents public Dr, Bartlett, aa an expert bacteriolo- fist, this morning examined the con- tents of the girl's stomach to detoct whether poisoning caused her death, Ernest La Pointe, the girl's sweet- heart, is expected to testify before Cor- oner Mix this evening, The girl's body was shipped home this Hoon, the funeral being held a South Meriden. ‘$3 FINES FOR FIVE WINDOW CLIMDERS Magistrate Pool Reverses For- mer Attitude Toward Offend- ers Who Refused to Board Street Cars via the Platforms NEW YORK. Write for Our New Booklet, which gives a complete list of all the artl- cles in our various outfits, Mailed Free Upon Application. 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They said in court they never had seen the famous resort and were eager and in a hurry to catch the first train, in extenuation of their offense they said they did not know | the rules, although they admitted they would not have don same thing if they were in Poughkeepsie, “I supposg you have read in the news- | Papers a good deal of the bridge crush |asked the Court. The prisonérs said they “And I suppose," continu@l the Mag- fatrate, “you fek thet the instant you @ot into the ohty you must aot like the barbarians the newspapers describe rushers in the bridge crowds to be. The two men were silent, and after paying their fines walked dejectediy out of court. ‘The other three prisoners live in New York and were bailed out soon after Deing arrested. They gave fictitious names and addresses, —a FELL OFF CAR, BROKE SKULL. Man on Broadway Car Trieé te Cateh Hie Hat. James MoMahon, thirty-nine years old, of No. 14 Greenwich street, was a Passenger on a north-bound Columbus avenue car this afternoon, when in front of No, SM Broadway his hat was blown from hie head. In trying to grab for & McMahon fell from the oar, his head striking the pavement. He was removed to &. Vincent's Hospita) sur. fering from a fracture of the skull. It ie believed he will die. OPENS AN ACCOUNT, OUR LIBERAL CREDIT TERMS senly also to Long Island, New Jersey and We Pay Freight and Carfare. necticut. rurteh ad. DON'T TALK ABOUT — THE RUSSIAN Wi Unless You Are Familiar with the Subject... As Mr. Dooley Says: “Most people don't knoe whether Liaoyang is canned goods or west of Ho-. boken.” The New Cannpeign and War Edition THE WORLD ALMANAC Just off the presses, will tell you all you want to jf know about the Warring Powers and their ony a simple change of diet) k health and happiness the story is briefly told. 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