The evening world. Newspaper, May 26, 1906, Page 4

a (for the hearing on the Sting under THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1906. VICTORY IN COURT ADDS STRENGTH TO FIGHT OF GAS USERS LEAGUE LAWYERS WHO ARE PLEDGED TO HELP GAS CONSUMERS’ BEOCCE FIGHT THE TRUST. ave enrolled in the Gas Consumers’ League and will look after the inte ef ie Sos 6 Injunction Restraining the Trust from Cutting Off Supply of Albert L. Washburn Will Establish the Status of Slot Meters. How dotyou likelthe Gas\Cons| as it has gone? Five days oid,, with the biggest membershi: acter ever had,\ the Gas'Trust:can go in ev g the provisions of a law pli ed upon the te-books by the Legislature of the State of New York! The!injunction secured by the Gas Cosnumers’ League yesterd etr ‘Albert Ie Washburn, will eventually establish the status of the users of At the present time, in defiance of the law, the Gas Trust consumers using the quarter-in-the-slot meters at the rate of slot meters. is charging $1 per thousand cubic feet. Consumers using ot cents, €iscontinue the supply his bill figured at the S0-cent-rate. ig, of counsel for the | for the people ta entitled to tt wi in support af the % for the’ interest he tins taken in thegay. Bend fn” your @ case, He has gone into st neart andj} 4nd get on the honor of protest, | poul and is now preparing an ersument Organized by District anjumowion)| Twenty-four of the next Tuesday that will bring to the at~| sembly districts in Mo ( ny points of iaw'| Bronx have been tention @ great many Do Gas Consumers’ League. Concerning the duties owed to the PUD-| Ohta are among th lends | io by @ quasl-publio corporttion, oper * ihe movente: franchises granted by the ipeerapesre Democrats and Re people. pate Gas Consumers’ League—as has njured. en remarked before in these columns be ere Sd a ma not boosting the political ambitions n the y individual. it grew in a few gority of the consumers of gus are lke ct erpianr aC egel fat hyd }im—the cutting off of his supply of hand for it. Siiscne the gentlemen who volunteered gas would deprive hinr of an absolute | nen legal services und aid in various | necessity of life. He ts a poor MA82.|Agsambly districts yesterday were tn a small flat. ‘There ts nO D. Edelson, James P. McGov- nd the building was not con- Pee with the {dea that coal or Leopola me wood stoves would be used in it, He Eucer E. Gaudy. 1508 for light-| League are ekiapea = etn encousgmient, Here ere a {ow cooks {ng purposes and—in the winter—teat- He has a wife who is well and a little baby. i If his gax should be cut off he wou y 3 ‘ise oil for lighting and cook- | 18 doing any Pa nan te go to the expense of DUYtNK | umes. nd an off stove. Of cour se have to buy his oll from the ON Trust, which co: are tho right stuff; ke ites R, J, Hamill, N r) to ! ckeman Brot erdonk avenues, Broakl nard Frank, of N t a sf $1 per thousand be done that mn Of the 1aw, HARBURGER PRAISES EVENING WORLD FIGHT Known as the “Father of Cheap Gas Bills in the Legislature, Where He Fought as Minority Leader, JULIUS HARBURGER, A Horse of a F Diff ‘erent Color. rites mn are a Users’ and ‘Readers.’ imyiie, weaivntute anil” the "spe 1 to preven ugh the Leg: Organize before ation of the char- nd in the c ourts with the purpose ¢ of finding out how far Ing the Consolidated Gas Company from cutting off the supply of| her meters are not required to pay more than 80 unless they want to, for the Gas Trust has decided that it will NOT of any one who makes legal tender of the amount of Iam tn hearty sympathy wih ¢ action is destred. If 1 can be of any ald 4 very glad to be of service, ot and Vagne ssqventh street. street, ents. No, 363 Mred and Hourteenth street Retn, No, 835-40 Stanton | H, No. 20 Exe 10 Wes: One at undred Jo Michael, No undred and Twelfth street kaman Brow FATHER OF CHEAP GAS LAW, Here are expressions from aggressive, of such gas consumers living !n their Ass count on try ©O-operation tn every way ation of our Gov: tizen should take advantage t the Gas Trust from overriding t ture, Let us get together June 4 If possible, JOSEPH MAXIMILIAN LE It {s most fortunate that some public expreaci smers' League can be given to the juet ind It is to be hoped tha soenothing effective miy be done for the enforcement ate corporations can usurp the privileges generously « by the people and turn them to inetruments of oppression, republic 1s a thing of the past. can evade every inconvenient statute by_some tech consyuction which, when quartered, is one part sharpness and three parts greed, GEORGE V, SMITH. Twenty-third Distret. The Evening World is taking the right stand and deserves to be commended he noble course it ts pursing. Consumers’ League in my Assembly distri LEOPOLD w. It fs my great pleasure to render any service that I may be called upon to 4o in my district in the fight of the «ax consumers against the gus to uphold the s0-cent gas law, consistent. Count on me to do all in my power to ald Th for the S0-cent gas law. Never yet have I refused fo help those mho needed my assistance so f: May 1 you can refuse to J Y made out at the legal rate. Banded to Resist Robbery. ioral wert ES ee coms to me that the Less! So cents ‘« thousand. fe: Just One Thing to De. To the Editor of The Evening Worl orm me What to do er the gas plants a as a captain for the +3 the liberty of t private corpo ality of construction, But it shall not be th World beran the fight for chean gus. ; and shall do everyth 1g the attempt to sa fas when I retuse ening World, y be too happy capacity for the Gas Consim HARBURGER, Tenth District. ato with you Cera) whatever legal sary an advisory ca; I will be glad © movement, wer 1 will do to assist the Ga cent gas law. SAMMON, Old Eleventh TF howover, with my private affairs STYLE 9 CAN BE PUR- CHASED ON PAYMENT OF TEN DOLLARS h the legal staf of the yeen publish oa dita tts Mgnt PETER 3CHMUCK, Tuirteor DanteL O'Reilly, _ STILL Th THEY COME! MORE GAS LEAGUE MEMBERS ENROLL THE GAS CONSUMERS’ LEAGUE. If you want to join the Gas Consumers’ fill out the blank below and mail it to THE GAS CONSUMERS Room 201, Pulitzer Building, New ——— To the Editor of The Evening World: 1 desire to enroll myself as a member of the Gas Con- sumers’ League for the purpose of fighting the attempt of the Gas Trust to force me to pay $1 per tiousand feet when the law makes the price 80 cents. ‘The Gas Consumers’ League ts oy gTOY Bach mai] brings the ap gations of mors new members ,al testing against the greed rust ana praying for the er Mancereae of the Si-cent waa law are some of the latest to get on the ruil of honor: the a Morris, No, 160 West One 4 and Twenty-seventh street ne, No, 10 Carmine street. fRenjamin, No. 177 Bast One Hundred and Second street. weer piairet be No. 68 Amsterdam av 16 West One Hun- | nd Thirty-thind street. are No, 22 East Broac- way. Ben Store, No, M3 Fifth etreet. Pusquale, No, 181 Bleecker “seventh street. 6 Eas One Hundred Vest One Hun- . No._§% Tremont avenue. G., No, 320 Fast Oni ighteonth street. Hun- No. 1803 Seventh ave- hh avenue No, si7 East Fitty- ©, 2; East Sishty-ninth C5 W., No. S15 Second 716 Hast One Huntred fitth street. 44 Suffolk street Grand street 0. Bl West Twen- One 1¢ Mor‘on No, 1288 First ave- 212 West Sixty- 3 Avenue A, 4 West Elghty- trick, No. 66 E. One Hun- hirtyneven h ntreet, om East One second etrert Efghth avenue. 67 Etghth avenue. thers, No. 5% Dighth avenue. No. 62 East Houston 0.18 Clinton street. street G. Gates and Onderdonk klyn 43 Hudson # sot ay 10 », 097 Kosciusko 5 Broome & Rutgers 7 West One Hun- West Fourteent No, 92 Third avenue. o, 149 Fifth avenue. DOWN AND SIX DOLLARS MONTHLY. LETTERS WRITTEN BY GAS TRUST VICTIMS HAZELTON PIANOS. HARDMAN UPRIGHT.. $130 GILPOIL. Avin & Lan stor STEINWAY HARDMAN KRANICH & BACH «, 5 SQUARE FIANOS, $20 EACH. "31 Wast One Hun- | 15 East Seventy-| Can Refuse to Pay Bill 370 FULTON ST. HAZELTON and™ ANDERSON PIANOS BROOKL yy 4S West 81x eighth street | 1 West Ons DB. 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