New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-01-23
The IntcrnatiOnaiiSis ana tEc Ec.
cent Fires.

There was large meeting of the Federal
Council OF the International Yesterday at the
International Hall, 100 II rim" street. Giti-
zen MCGrcgOr, one of the committee an
pointed to see to the finding of the victims of
the Center street fire, reported hayIng called
on the authorities to obtain Permission 10 do
50. Seeing that the committee was de-
termlned to carry out the request Of the Fed
eral Council, Judge Downing was appraised.
and arrangement were then madr rrrcipi,
lately TO commence the work IN order that
the Council might not get the credit OF doing
1t. The President said the act was Good ON
the part OF one or two prOmucu, men in
handing over Il few hundred dollars % Grliay
the expenses Of the undertaking %othja-
was done, however, until the actlon Cf the
International aroused some of the authori-
ties. Citizen Oliver said that in very few
houses occupied by twcIty itui!i,5 there
were no Microscopes, and had there Lccu
proper ones in the buildings, there would not
have been the great los of life that occur
red ut the Fifth Avenue Hotel and Center
street. The President said with Li- expo
rlcncc rs 4 workman lac was aware that All
work done ROW in the city was by contract.
The cheapest bidder does the WORK, and, Of
course, the work done i, The lowest scale
possible, and the worst class al CONTRACTOR.
arc mOnOpOliZng al! trHcmcut-hOu-' work
For the past three or !gUr years there had
not been house put up f.. rich 9r poor Of
this city, that was safe from L.o, on IA which
the flucs were not dangerous; a;!d ia this re-
spcct the houses in Fifth a.cuar are urarl.
as bad as in any other part Of The city. Tho
law tOrbld3 the erection Of wooden bu..Ging
in the city over y feet high above the curb,
or the employment Of inspector Of a"g person
directly Interested IN the erection 81 hI.la.Hg.
III violation Of said law. IL was sc. known
that some Of those engaged ia the -upcrin-
tendents department were engaged - con-
tractors, and actually worked as h.iDs.aycr,
themselves. One Of them in Particular bad
in direct violation of the law erected wooden
houses p feet above the pavement 20 some
Of the avenues, and in other Ca-rs oil frame
houses were raised three stories MI,h. IT,
Third avenue, near E.ity-Liuth street, a ueg,
German theatre was bull: entirely u! wood
except the front, and this s;yuc;urc occupied
the whole block. There were other Mgtsasl
buildings in Fourth avenue and Astg. Place.
In the Fifth Avenue Hotel tie beams oC tLc
building run into The fines and chimney, and
this was noticed in The building. and Is now
under the consideration D! the Er.ck.aycE.'
/ Union. At any moment . cJg:llSr1i4Iu may
i take place.
! Citlzcn Hubert said come Of tie io.r!aa
/ Of the city blamed the international for the
/ late disasters. They were also blamed for
/ the Chicago and Boston fires, but then such
a matter should not be- noticed.
/ Citizen Frey--Thcy are charged with MANY
a thing in France and Denmark they ar
7 followed about by the authorities, who look
on them rs boOd-thirsty wretchcs. The IN
/ tentlOu OF the society was misunderstood :
/ they did net mean 10 TcyolUtiou.zc society,
but 10 settle the social question.
The President said before . change could
| be effected sacrifice would have - be made.
In Europe revolution. took place, the bal.o.
and the bullet were brought into !eQu.-iiiyn,
and they succeeded, and the democracy put
down the tories. That would have % Pc u
lowed here, but by the great power q '.'i
working classes success would be S'.Hl" bf
the ballot. The working classes HA1 .'y rltA
a platform which the cOsIn2po'.'4h. h@i az
n,oysd Of and If only carried through 3. would
remedy ali the evil; complained Of. }.
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