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WAKERS OF PANO GOON STRKE AND TELPNNESHS Demand a Fifteen Pits Per Cent. Increase in Wages in the Metropolitan District. j One thousand nlano makers strock | feday tn nine of the principal factaries of Te metropolitan district, ant many gmatier places, There ar Workers in the Industry. of which ory ‘1,800 are organize! into the Mano, oreer enéd Musical Instrument Worker ‘Union. ‘The men are asking for « i per cent forease in pay. They assert thet the Gate of wages has decreased atnce te) Asst otrike twenty years age, withost | taking into account the tncrrmsed cost | @f Hiving, Skilled men—poleners. tuners nd adjusters of the interior workings | |, @f the plano—seliom get more than &5_ @ Week, and laborers get ae lite as s & week. Many iris are employed in the Fegular polishing work and some me- | @hanical labor. | Charles Dold, President of the Inter- ational union, is in charge of the pres- ent strike. He said the manufacturers, ‘Were well able pay the tnareases de- | manded. COST OF BIVING UP, BUT WAGES ARE NOT. “The cost of making a piano,” he nald, | \ “varies from $5 vo $100. Put on the market and advertised, the cost runs from M6 to $200. These pianos sell from $180 to $460. There are 900,000 of them turned out of the 17 factories in wieinity every year. We are diff from other unions in one respect: We @@ mot demand recognition. We only @pk for fair wages. We believe the ‘Workers outside of the unton will co- operate with us, There will be no vio- fence. Both the ral Federated ‘Union and the American Federation of Labor have promised their support.” ‘The strike, If it became «eneral, would ake the manufacturers very uncom- fortable. The inst atrike in the industry cured a distarbance which made a far- Teaching change in the industry. Hun- dreds of skilled workers loaving the big factories, formed little factories of thelr omn, and the etrike resulted in an in- Crease of from six to eight trade marks % more than a hundred, & committee of one hundred has been @tganised to carry forward the strike, @Bd je meeting dally at No. 1561 Second avenue. MANUFACTURERS ARE NOT YET READY TO ACT. At the factory of the Auto-Piano Company, of which Richard Lawrence, the head of the Piano Manufacturers’ Apecciation, te president, It was suid Mr. Lawrence would not himaeif diecuss the strike, but it was known that the Manufacturers’ body would ignore the Wioverent until there wae @ concerted aboct $0) | Bort to foren recognition of the uniom. Acconiing io the workers there, the Present egitation was caused by agents of the 1. W. W., who found the piano- Makers’ union falling to pieces. The German-born artisans who formerly Miied the trade have been replaced by furdgnera, who Particularly amen- able to I. W. W. taction, Payrolls showed to an Evening World reporter faicate’ that the akilled workers re- OGved from 8% to HS aA week, The Manufacturers say that only throo factories are seriously affected by the @wike. Only nine of the Auto com- pany's men failed to report to-day, it ‘Wee raid. —s_—SX—S—s__ Locomotive Engineer Has Remarkable Experience, Thave been thinking that word from me would benefit those who may be suf- fering as 1 was before I began taking ourbwamp Hou hegre kidney, liver aaa bladder remedy. lam a locomotive ipeer, employed the Tyrone & id neh of the Pennsylvania Railroad. ‘Three years 1 was afflict- ed with kidney ad bladder trouble so bad that 1 was compelled to lay off duty from my engine and was in the care of two doctors. However, their medicine did Ly benefit me. One ay I noticed your advertisement, to send name and address for » sample boitle of Swamp- Root. AL Ut ta may trouble bad ach 8 serio Trent for the sample bottle and in Oe: days received a small bottle of Swamp-Root, which I took s ace grin to directions, and by the ken the contents I could p: pag more freely. I was so pleased my experiment that i$ vat my Sie ts he drug store of W. H. Milick, Phillipsburg, Pu,, and aad & one. dollar bottle, 1 continued taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root until 1 was en Now, whenever I feel oe or sorencss after being ex- SHOT AS HE LAY IN BED; NO TRACE OF MAN WITH GUN. William Tolan of Inwood Thinks Poot Marksman Fired From a Distance, ' Lying fn his bed in his home at St. 1, enrly this am Tolan was shot four wes pines, Inwood, L. ine v bu te entering one thig The other. "3 ) & 32 calibre revolver, He w in St. Jogeph's Horpttal at Par paway who Is forty-two years old, mid he was awakened by firing. In all The bullets came n throwgh the window close to which five shots were fred. he was igting Tolan ty not badly hurt. It ts te were fred at some ntent! an t the shots were fired btm. He is @ laborer, shots, —>——— FERDINAND HERMANN DIES. Basking ™ of Speyer & Co., Mace 1886, Fertinand Hermann, a member of the banking firm of Speyer and Company, No. 4 Pine streot, aince 18%, died to- day at his Tarrytown home, “The Red Mouse." Mr. Hermann, who was aixty- «ht years old, had not been active in business for several years because of failing health, but he had been confingl to hie bed only since last Wednesday The banking eareer of Mr, Hermann wan abroad, In 171, when he was con- ed with the Frankfort house Speyer & Co, he was brought to New York €o aot for the firm under power of Fitteen years later he be- partner, One of his daughters, atrice Hermann, wae married & month ago. In May whe had been robbed of jowels valued at nearly $10,000, which had been left at the town house ot the family, No, % Bast Bightieth | street. Mr. Hermann is murvived by @ widow and four married children, > Hf ished; bevelled sulte. Bi pan’ d weather or hard work, | en "eae or two of & ap Roo! 1 Sn apoed recommend this high apecially to brother engineers, who 3 more or less troubled with ‘thelr kid. Rays (more than any other class of men Yours truly, T. J. VAN SCOYOC, 1806 Lincoln Av: Tyrone, Pa, Bate al Fenssyivanis ms tere Sie ecearsd bel "ersoni appeared before me, a} Public, bdVan Scoyoc, wha’ be iy sworn, doth depose and say that rs feet statement is true. Sworn aad subscri Send te Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham | ton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. It convince anyone, You will also @ booklet of valuable information, telling all about the kidneys and bladder, W) ben sure and mention the il Fort Bent World. Roguta: cad sonsialine . drag stores, " sige bottles for sale at “ 4 d to before me this Voth | Prove What Swamp-Root Will De for You. i | | large dinner, much ror Harlem Store & nae bulletn their entering the window was al k or #0 ago « one morning | ood and that at that) He saya he has dot @ foe in the world who woukl shoot No trace has been found of the man Who fired the 50c_ Weekly on $30 Worth uy Monthly on $100 Worth Weekly on $500 Worth Quartered oak, eee peautitully fin: Ae MW wide, and the mirror is 12x 3- “Piece Parlor Suite, $34 75 De arving and loose-cughion weats of dost Parlor suites to eult everybody, Bingle pieces, too, P= Range, $11.50 pipe, elvow, damper 1 y Ktoven of every at every price 3rd Ave. 121st Street <I CowpeRTHWAIT &' ) must GIVE $13,000 BOND If TO BE CHILDREN’S GUARDIAN. | Court Demands Heavy Surety | When Mr. Strauss Wishes to | Mortgage Their Property. | | : THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, Serene 23, 1912. 5/0 Don't! Don't!! Buy Your New Fall Suit, t! Don’t!! Buy Your New Fall Suit, Coat or Dress Without First Seeing These New $25 to $35 Garments MARKED AT $17.50 The burden of riohe: ‘arc BE. Strauss of N nue, the Bronx. Mr, st | that you have to keop te heavy on ia. Prospect aves es has learned from you. Mis tr petition for leave to inherited by this Ficrenws, from their mother, Mr Biraunss, who dé ed inal ‘operty dren, Matthe w and! Netita | | ¢cmts and interes Prraus asked vardian # he could morigage the 1 rty and raise money to remove the Kon uetice Dugro granted his petition, tipulated thet he must give @ bond for | child tn the eum of 1,60, or twice ¢ child’e tterest in the property, ———a Morse Geta Postponement. | ‘The examination of Charles W. Morse! in gupplementary proceedings which was| to have taken place to-day waa Boats | poned for two weeks, The examination | had been ordered on an unsatisfied judg-| | ment of $8525 obtained by Montrose W. Houck in 108 and will be held In the fice of Mollins & Mollins at No. @ N pau street. ‘The Pure Product of Nature’s Sprin: You will . Foalbetterand do! forusing Janos Water WATURAL LAXATIVE i; Glass on Arising for CONSTIPATION Payable the Week or Month on any Amount Joie! Stana 95c ures of every Kind and Solid oak, sub- stantial and roon The bevelled tables, cane seat Very neatly ‘an, 15-inch. Plat- cinisned. Cac ohete« 4 ft plate Sideboar dr, poe * "49 fhina isd Closets, 8 ; ig, heavy mahogany wite paneisvand pest R Carpet, yd Olicloths, from’ sq. yd. enough to cook a big yet not take up Smyrna Rugs, 6x9 ft 9 vom. 4 Prive includes {ngrain Rugs, 7 105 years, a vi. un Atlantic & Pacific: | 400 Stores in the U.S. These prices for Loni tes District ae CARPET BY- COMPRESSED AIR IN Lesh, 48.25 Fine mahogany fin- ish and very well excellent tine Strongly made, white made throughout. keeper, In brass, enamel finiah, Includes Del nickel or @une bowl, pitoher and #oap elicately shaped rh wait hisde a on but strong los. nda of Totlot Bota Bathroom | Fix: Desks tor every pur- pose-—office, Ubrary, by Bd bedroom and parlor. Gas Fortable Fine Gas Radiator Spanish Leather $3.25 $2. 98 fia Rocker, $12.50 ep Pe ete, hiavy y Built for solid Yampa of every aigael "tetnaninee comfort, of solid kind” at every jored Jewel lights, oak. Rich brown, price, Stands fe Inches sf foal, upenen high, Mad le to Combination Bookcase- Chiffonier of every $8.95 Library Table, $7.75 Very sub- atantial. Kood o early English finish, 24x: $1.65 Golden Oak Diners. Strong RUGS -£’ CARPETS Our Floor Garey partment is Complete Unton Thgrain Carpet, yd Tapestry Carpet, from, yd. Velvet Carpet, from, yd.. Linoleums, from, sq. yd Smyrna Rugs, 30x60 in H Every kind of covering for every floor in every house, No charge for measuring, sewing, laying or lining, Nothing succeeds like Fair Prices and Right Treatment. the bicgest September in our history of ATOES 20° Large ata monly °o FRESH White We Beans ..., '7¢|Raspberries, 2°» 25¢ | Pearl Tapioca ;. 5¢| PRUNES (43':.) 10¢ the Ib. Layer Raisins °. 10¢ ah Beef .:,15¢ 0°? Ite al Stamps ean lean With Lib. El-Ryad Coffee. 35¢ = 2 OLD DUTCH CLEANSER, 1 Oc FIRE-PROOF STORAGE FOR HOUSEHOLD GOODS FIRE-PROOF BUILDING TM STEWART 438, 440, 442 WEST Dist ST., BOUVET TELEPHONE 8867 COLUMBUS FOUNDED IN 1863 Prices Marked in Plain Figures on — 10% Discount if you Prefer to Pay Cash. Clock anaCaseS9C 3 inches high; ° alt tm and pantry, Sliding Coach, $4.55 Makes a couch and a@ single or double bed. Spring of the new “Lincoln” link fabric, guaranteed for 10 years, Mattress and bolster In plain denim or figured cre- tonne. Very substantially made. +450 Cut Glass Fern Dish, Mirror and Fern $2.98 All complete, The fern is natural, but treated by an import- ed preparation. Will last @ year, Downtown Store Park Row & Chatham Sq. ONS] 4 So far this is dignified Club Plan, venient Payment Terms, possible for nearly every woman in New derful $25.00 to $35.00 garments at the extraordinary price of.. Dresses, $17.50 Thirty different styles, cach one new, becoming and fashionable. j] would take a page to detail the scores and scores of superb effects included {] in. this assemblage. bis | rus sleeves, Beuutiful new Crepe Meteor Reg. value.. size beds; a did designs, reg. value $2.50 per set; special Sixth Avenue, <0th, Started to-day, with a response unprecedented in volume innovation of the year in the retail world; a sale that gives every woman the opportunity to buy her new Fall Outfit at wholesaler's prices, with the privilege, on this occasion, of arranging Convenient Terms to Those Who Desire Them We have furnished thousa: thousands of homes with Fis of homes with Furniture and Furnishings bought on our Now starts a new era—first-class Clothing for men and wowen on Con- oto step in American eae! makes it ‘or! This notable to secure one or All New $25 to $35 Values. All at One Sale Price 6351 New Fall Suits, Coats Sizes for large women, small and slender wommen—for all w all w ah n. $25.00 to $35.00 $25.00 to $35.00 Coats, $17.50 There wre more than forty brand new effects, many of them the work of high-priced Parisian de- signers. Belt-back Chinchillas and English Tweeds, all the way It TRICE Ron BROADCLOTH .trim- through the range of Plain Tailored svery wood, ft ‘finish, thoes tap med with satis, fancy braid and nove | Broadcloth Costs and Fancy Braid Tatoo uy tt of Grawor. ant 9 elty buttons! ' Charmeuse Dresses, | Trimmed Black Broadcloth Coats Pe ag ‘beds ne and 3) in pr ” with lace yokes and lace-trimmed | to the newest Small Plaid Backed m furniture. Effects, there is xbsolutely nothing S Dresses. All- Babes ay Wass forgotten, an Lott la and spans soe Men's Wear Serge (black Housecleaning Bosker Weave Dresson, neatly tras | (Hinckaus White,” Bischorsiins | Ghevioc: Bec onee wide Wale Outfit, 59c med—and a great many others. and Black bron .ece bare) Shade. 3 Broom, dust " . = 11-Plece S#, 690° Tl ots Special Prices Will Be Quoted on Immediate Orders for ai 4 brush and gal- Cy cy 2 } sal Punt Cocbeee cadens Tanita Making Draperiesand Portieresto Order i Merete coe Also Reuphoistering and Refinishing Furniture | Having one of the most modern workrooms in New York City, and one of the best corps of workmen, we are in a position to execute your work quickly and to your entire satisfaction, A postal or phone call, 5,700 Chelsea, and we will send our representative to make estimates, No obligation is implied. Curtains, Portieres, Ftc. Remarkable Offerings for the All-Rope Portieres © Made in two shades of green, one shade of red and one of brown, Reg. value @1.75 each; Wetlebesskeckecerssons and are much used in dining rooms, mission style prevails, $2.25 Curtains, Positively the most complete York City, in either white or Aral than our regular price, They are all made valance and bolster roll cover to match, $4.00 94.50 87.50 $19.00 per set Special ‘alue, $1.00 to $1,50 $2.00 te $2.50 $2.75 to 83, 25 per pr. Hate ial 87%c Nottingham Lace Bed Sets 200 of these popular bed sets; they are for full ood assortment of ‘omplete with two sl 91.50 92.00 Reg. value. Special ONeill Mele Méere—Feurth Fleer, — O'Neill-Adame Co., 6th Ave., 20th to 23d St., N. ¥. City ant NEILL-ADAMS Co. omWe Give and Redeem Surety Stamp Couponsso——— 21st and 22d Streets ONEILL-ADAMS Ca | $17.50 Eepectally interesting to those who are refurnishing homes for the Winter. Rope and Band Portieres green, two tone brown, $1.25) ine, ‘aes tos sen and Res, vane $5.00 each; Arabian Dentelle 1 Tacs Curtains They are all that dark, rich Arabian color; beautifully corded, halls, library and dens, particularly wi at, pair....... $1. 75 Pe af tains, $2. 75 [ence ; Lace Bed Sets sortment of Lace Bed Sets shown in New ian color, and to-morrow at about 1-8 less 92.75 Nottingham Lace Curtains 2,000 pairs this season's newest and best designs in Irish Point, Renaissance and Novelty Eff Arabian color, all with lockstiteh edge, 40 to 40 inches wide, 8 fair event Pawan to $44 yards long, according to their several grades, 5,000 yards curtain nets; a profusion of the newest designs producedthis season;in whiteandArabianecler, and enthusiasm, this event is the more of these won- *17.50 & Dresses wel AEE $25.00 to $35.00 Suits, $17.50 Fancy trimmed and plain tailored styles, many of which are copies of high class imported models. The newest fabrics, every thread guaran- teed to be all-wool, and coats lined with guaranteed Peau de ne a Skinner Satin! Serica Newest Two-Toned Cheviots, black, blue, brown and taupe Home- Present Week Made in two tone wo tone red, green and newest designe, on good serviceable net, with extra full 93.50 95.00 97.50 per set per pr. Curtain Nets 80c 40c 50¢ 65 per yard We 2Sc 3$c 45c per yard -