New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-21

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ones in the cradle, one OF them, Anna, girl ,hrcs
xears and seven months old, horribly burned all over
i.r hodv and in the last agoues Of death. She del
shortly af,rward. The other child 10 the cradle for
,urs.cIv had escaped The fire altogether. notwith.
standing one side Of the cradle and the bedding in tho
bo,,on, of Il were almost in blaze The hire was put
M, immediately Coroner Connery yesterday held an
pou.st on the body, and the yury RENDERED verdict
of d,ath from burns accidentally received Mrs.
Wesb is unable TO account for the lanentable occur
romeo on any other ground than that the youngest
child who was le on the floor, procured some bits
If cotton then in the room, and lighting the same az
The Stove went TO the cradle and set the clothes Of tho
deceased en- fire.
Oppprss1>. THE PooR--A striking instance al tho
WAY in which poor sewing women are robbed and mar
tassed by their employers came 10 our knowledge
within the present week Mrs. Ross, residing at No.
10 Dounick street fifth story, having an infant oaoe
and an invalid husband to support, applied 20 "'ssrs'
McCord & Williams, No. 43 Murray street LOT so"F'
Main sewing in answer 10 an advertisement. she was
offered dszen shirts to make at g. on condition VI
depostng 81 Glad TO get even such work IN tneS'
times she raised the money by pawning some nous.
hold articles and took the work, together WITH ao'P.
for the deposit. On Monday morning last she retained
with the work completed The person receiving
told her the proprietor was out and ne coud no' p"y
her. but would give her another dozen 10 MAKE. ac'
corlngly she took the other dozen, and on reaching
home discovered that they lacked wristbands, collars
and pocket.laps She returned to the store and made
known the fact Instead of an apology she was nso-
leptly told to 20 home and get the articles. The next
morning. Tuesday, she brought them back aud de-
manded her pay for making the first Dozen saying hae
Tho did NOT want TO make any more She was told that
they had no money for her. and could not pay her.
She went out and brought police officer. The police
man a,ked the man if the work well done, ana no
answered that it was but still he persisted 10 putting
her off saving he would pay her the next day. In 'ne
mean time he had told Mrs. Ross that he would not pay
more than seven shings for the work, as some s'cn
ing had pre- yously been done the machne and inc
poor woman expressed her willingness 10 take even
that sum. Yesterday according to promise, enc re-
turned to the store again with policeman, demanding
her money but was again refused. She then went 20
the Tombs to make complaint, but her compliant was
too INSIGNIFICANT TO be entertained and she dsected
70 II ferson Market ToJefferson Market che weat and
was there referred to the Mayor. Having gone through
these two branches of the crcumocution Office,
about noon she arrived at the Mayors Office, hsv~
ing spent the entire morning in her travels,
in search Of some means of making her employer pay
her back two dollars deposited and recepted for, and
seven shilngs for weeks work. Here, az last, she
is successful. The worthy Mayor having listened to
her complaint sent an officer with her to the store IN
Murray street. AT first the man in attendance SAIL,
What come back so coon And this, suppose, Is
friend of yours Z" The officer said nothing until he
heard what the had to say, when finding that no
still refused to refund the money, and treated tho
woman with insoence, he spoke out and said, DO
AL hrfhn
Mayor to make you pay this woman her money, or
to take your body" The then apologized, say
ing that he was not the proprietor. The officer replied
that he had assumed to be such, and must be treated
accordingly Presently he went below, and Immediately
UP came an old man with many smooth apologies, say
ing that il was too bad that the poor woman who, no
understood had sick husband and child to support,
should be put TO the necessity of going to the Mayors
Office that this was not the way they did business IN
hat store, and she should have her money. The
money was then procured from below, and the woman
went home rejoicing that she had obtained her e. 81.
| ALLEGED TICKET SwINDLISG-AN Ex-PoLIcE Or
FIcER IN TRouBLE.-Messrs Stiles, Sylvester and
Chase Of West Newbury Essex County, Mass, arrived
in town Tuesday for the purpose of taking passage
for California in the Star of the West. They pro-
ceeded at TO the office Of Mr. Roberts corner of
Warren and West streets to procure their tickets but
stopped at the door by who told them that
they had made mistake, as the place TO purchase
tickets was on the next corner. They thanked tho
stranger for his information, and then accompa-
MED by him to the ticket office of Francis Fowler on
the Of Chambers and West streets. There they
were politely received. They stated their desire to
purchase steerage passages for San Francisco and
told they could be accommodated the price of the
tickets being $3.50 each. But they were advised TO
pay go additional on each ticket then they would
be entitled tothe privileges Of the cabin, and would
not be compelled to with the crew. To this they
finally agreed each paying $50. In return they each
received sealed package, which they were cautioned
not to show to any Strangers and not TO open until they
had reached Sandy Hook on their voyage. They then
left fer their lodgings, but Of them with less faith
than his conpanions, broke open his package yester
day morning, when he found it to contain nothing more
than steerage ticket, without any guaranty for
"cabnp privileges" The others soon learned that they
had been similarly served, and all three then repaired
to Eowlers Office, but being unable to obtain q return
Of their money, proceeded to the Mayors office and
made an affidavit in substance as above. warrant
for Fowlers arrest was issued and thereafter that
individual appeared and promised 10 return $50 Of the
money obtained from the complsinants who said they
could not wait TO prosecute the affair. Fowler prom
sed to refund the amount at his Office whittier he went
in company with one of the compainants. Meantime
the steamer was about to SAIL and the passengers bag
gage was all aboard. Fowler then deferred payment
until he got on board the steamer. On board the
steamer he found to his SURPRISE that he had nothing
but bills about him, and went ashore to get gold bat
did not again return.