The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-12
BURSTING ANOTHER BUBBLE
Indisnation German Mass Meeting In the
New York Cnsino-An Orator SCORING the
Hildise \ rsocin lion How Mr.. Kaufman
ts said TO have Helped Himself.


The rather gloomy building In East Houston
street known as the Sew York Casino was crowded
TO excess last evonin by iniurls,ed Germans, mem.
bers apparently Of benevolent organization known
% the IIdise Association. This word is a oontrae-
ton Of three German words meaning help thysslf
aud the Society Ia one which numbers It's members
by the ten thousand. II vas started some eight
months bgo, lts object being to enable the working
classes to receive the benefits OF life Insurance
without paying down q large preliminary premium,
payments being made In small weekly sums Mem
bers who became sick were also to receive scven
dollars q week, which sum was to come rom an ex-
ira initiation fee Of dollar, weekly payment Of
Ave cents, and tho commission allowed by the in.
surance once where the policies cf the Association
were to be taken out These facts were cleaned by
the reporter OF The sus previous to the proceed
inrs.
Ats o'clock order was called, and was obtained
with much diBculty, as the audience was in an In
tense state OF excitement. Mr.. J. P. Solomon WAS
called to the chair and on assuming the position he
addressed the multitude at great length. lie said
that ho nad been requested by many residents o. his
ward to join one Of the sections Into which the Hill
disc was divided that he hid done 80, and being
well known TO the member, was at once surround
ed by many who told him that they thought things
were not right. since memberA were not able
to get their sickness allowance. but that
now he was come into II, things no doubt
would be explained or sitaiEhtened up. This
aroused his suspicions. He went to work and dis
covered that the Central Bnerper, or headquarters
of the Society. were entirely In the hands OF Mr..
Kaufman, the German Superintendent OF tne New
York Metropolitan Insurance Company Each OF
these orncias had TO procure bond OF 1000 a.d
on eleven honds out OF tie thirteen was the name
o. this Mr. Kaufman. Iiese omelai,' continued
Mr.. Solomon, were not men kno~n TO the German
residents but nobodes giving neiiher weight TO the
Association nor confidence % ils members. They
were lie sdded the tools Of The Metropolitan Super
intendent, and were elected without notice Deing
given tie majority OF the gentlemen whose names
were on the charter. Mr.. Rosentha. now President
OF tho Hidisc. Of these, and he had threat
ened them with = law Proceeding, whereupon they
sttemDted to mofy him BY eleciing him President,
but lie was here brought TO witness against their
corrupt practices. Otle-s who had kicked against
KuuGman q, continued Mr.. Solomon had been bon ht
smother In lngcr beer saloon In fact Kaufman had
corrupted tne entire working members OF the central
once oi the organization.
Mr. Solomon continued:
A. the sick ruud that was be raised principally
out Of the commissions rad on the polci.s ,sued by
STARED, have Snoasird to tSeooo Al ths, ras ,6e
stated 70 TIC Hildse mcrberr va. paving per cent
he had written up 10 Albany 70 the state officer, and
cent Under such cIcam.taaes !, wa. 6oS q Se Won
a,sSo @ ~ ihsi ne< memoeLs G,nii % mOI &c. tsGir
st s,a the Sf' The
esr Fad bon an house. ps and a he
n nsa INVESTED various G anS nc w ,pend, nd
Hndi,c. He paying the oon,e, OF the central
IN favor OF the Association, and paying agents sis
week to geI policies.
MIR solomon saw clearly that thourh the Hi Use
might enable koufrn nm 10 help himself, 1t was not
90 good tor the members. so he left II and estab
lished an Independent Benevolent Association on
the same principles tu. having In the direction
such men Judge Cardozo. Juage kiyiin. and other
men OF like weight and respec:ability. The New
York Life Insurance hal consented 10 issue pol
ioics to niem for weekly payments, and their
sick nand vas slrcsdy In most favorable G
condition. Men who had been deirauded by the
| md a 4 IN N kan
be arrested for obtaining money under false pre-.
fences and he believed he could attany rate the
attempt would be made.
This address, yhieh was r. psatedly interrupted by
tcud app,SuTr, wss fsfow 3dn - sprcchr- from Or.
Iowesfkai. tk,sszrs. RossntDal.- Lew. AID othsys
Tie meetinS closed amid traat excitement Ind
other TO be called TO o5nsider what the bes
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