The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-01
NEW YORK.
Workingmen's Meeting.
Pointed Resolutions and State
mentS.

NEW YORK. Aug. 30.-At meeting of the
workingmen last night, long series of resolu
lions was adopted condemning politicians for
not enforcing the eight hour law. and for MAX
ing contracts for labor They condemn con-
tractors as antagonists to orking men, protest
against the general movement giving labor to
contractors demand laws for the protection of
the lives of workingmen, demand the abolition
OF the contract system in prisons, and the pur-
chase of gas works by the city, and the follow
ing:
Resolved That inasmuch as the Emigration
Bureau at Castle Garden is conducted in the
interest of the contract system, through a ring
of pol tcians trucking to to capital and, there
fore, the real intent of our government in es-
tablishing and maintaining at great expense
to the people this institution, is clandestinely
abused and thwarted both by a system of vic
timizing the immigrant by false promises and
by inducing HIM to compete with American
labor in the hope of breaking mp our organza-
tons; and we feel this to be direct blow at
our rights and liberties, therefore we demand
that measures be taken for the creation of a
labor bureau wherein our organizations may
be thoroughly represented by our own elected
officers, who shall present acurate monthly re-
ports to us of its transactions.
Mr.. Ralph, one of the speakers, said that
ten thousand feet of the park wall is to be
built by contract, and this contract is given to a
man in Ohio. though New Workers. bid was
thirty per cent. lower The same is or will be
true of the Museum and other public works.
He urged cooperation.
Mr.. McMakn, another speaker, saidthe Po-
lice Commissioners hired Italians to sweep the
streets at forty-seven cents per day, pocketing
the difference between that and two dollars
per day.
The IL Brooklyn City Treasury Defalcation.
City Treasurer Sprague of Brooklyn, has put
a stop, for the present. to all further investiga-
ton of his accounts, by dispensing with the
services of Expert Warren, who, it is intimated
nav nffa Inv pnaIripn ,,uhlio ba rpSu1ts nf
the investigation in advance of their submission
to Sprague
Warren, in addition to his former statement,
and from memoranda made in the course of
examination of the books, says, when the
present comptroller entered the Office, January
LIST, 1872, there was existing defacaton in
the accounts of the City Treasurer of over
$4,000 and in the sinking fund of $6O, 000 all
of which has since been made good except
5000 in the general fund According to the
official report of Warren, there is now an ap-
parent deficiency in the City Treasurer's ac-
count of $4,000
The New York Central Bond Forgeries.
The principal operator in the New York Cen
trail bond forgeries is one Chas. III. Williams,
who is believed to be identical with the motto,
rious Ross and Wright. He appears to have
been dealing through various brokers to no very
great extent, principally in New York Central
per cents. of 1876, New York Central SIS of
1So7a nd 1888 and Buffalo, New York & Erie,
hiSo AhoitSdSe ponuS IL was rum0red that
other stocks had been counterfeited and that
business Will be partly suspended in Wall
street Tomorrow till the truth is known
Various Matters,
NJ. l.. hodman being unable to obtain the
bail demanded, S5O,000 was last evening lode.
ed in Raymond street jail io"s
The funeral OF Col Raymond, private secre-
tary of Gen. Mcclellan during the Pen;nSnior
campaign, took place yesterday and was attend-
ed by a large number of we'll known citizens
Policeman Shea, after having several drinks
from Thomas Ryan, dubbed him severely for
refusing to give him paper of tobacco. Shea
was locked up.