Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-04
NASHVILLE. TENN, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1874.
NEW YORK.
More Strikes-Women Joining In
the Fray.
Boss Tweed to be Treated Like
Other Felcns.
I.5Oo weavers Leave their Looms.

1900 weavers Leave Their Looms.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-One hundred
women employed in a factory OF the New
Brunswick Rubber Company struck yes
terday against reduction of wages. They
have been employed in stamping rubber
shoes by hand. The company recently IN
troduced machines for this work and re-
duced the rates on piece work. AS tne
women could only earn two-thirds OF their
former wages, they struck.
1t is reported that the weavers in Hig-
gins & Cos carpet factory, on Forty-third
street and Eleventh avenue, struck to the
number of 1900 against reduction OF
wages. The factory was closed and the
operatives informed that work would be
resumed when the terms offered them are
accepted.
Rapid Transit.
At the meeting of the American Society
of Civil Engineers yesterday, over fifty
plans for rapid transit and rapid freight
handling were presented, embracing sur
face, elevated and underground plans, and
covering large number of routes.
Negro "Masons ns"-Havemeyer's Fun
eraI.
The United Grand Lodge of Colored
MasOns met in semi-annual conference yes
terday. Sixteen subordinate lodges were
represented.
The funeral of Mayor Havemeyer will
take place Saturday, at II o'clock, from St.
Paul's Methodist Church, Fourth avenue
and Twenty-second street. The Old Guard
will form the escort to the hearse. Among
the pail bearers will be Gov. Tilden, Peter
Cooper, ex-Goy. Morgan and Thurlow
Weed.
A shaky Bank.
The paid up capital of the suspended
Citizens Bank of Philadelphia was only
100000, and the cause of its suspension is
said to be loan of SOC, 900 to Philadelphia
firm on their own paper and that Of st.
Louis firm, which is said to be in shaky
condition. The Presidents action came To
the knowledge of the directors and resulted
in their resolution to suspend.
Miss Proctor.
The only proceeding in the Edna Dean
Proctor case against Tilton, to-day, was
the subpoena of a large number of witnesses.
Sale of Booths Theatre.
Booths theatre was sold to-day by order
of the Supreme Court in a foreclosure of
the property bought by Oliver Ames, Of
Boston, for $685., 900, subject to mortgages
of S2T6,OO
Presbyterian Federation.
A meeting of Conference Committees of
the various Presbyterian bodies in the
United States and Canada was held this
forenoon to bring into representation a
federation Of all churches in the world
which adhere to Presbyterian tenets.
The Insurance Tax.
The Jefferson Fire Insurance Company
and twelve Others have commenced suit in
the United States Circuit Court to recover
from the Government the amount collected
from them as a revenue tax upon divi-
dends declared upon their accrued earn
ings. The point taken is that the law i'm
posing the tax is unconstitutional.
Havemeyer's Legacy TO Tweed.
The following was the last official COM
munication sent by the late Mayor, and was
drafted by him on Saturday last:
"MAYOR's OFFICE, Nov. q, 1S7i.-TO
james Bowen, President Commissioners of
Charities and Corrections: l am informed
from reliable authority that Vim. NJ.
Tweed, who supposed was employed in
the hospital on Blackwell's Island,
on account of his health, or because
his services were needed, has a room
furnished with all the conveniences and
comforts Of life; that he is allowed
10 wear his ordinary dress; that he has the
liberty of the penitentiary grounds, often
without the presence of a keeper; that be
is permitted to receive visitors at pleasure
that, in short, while this malefactor. who
with his confederates has plundered the
city of millions. is thus shielded from the
cTastisement of the law, hundreds of his
fellow prisoners, undergoing sentences for
stealing property of a trifiing value, are sub
iect to the restraints of the prison disci-
pline. This distinction between a man
who, has become rich by public
plunder, and man who per-
haps to relieve pressing physical
wants, has appropriated to his own use
an inconsIderable sum of money, is a
criminal violation of duty by those who
have granted such indulgence in utter con-
tempt of the law and the determinations
of iuries and courts, and cannot fail to
bring lasting disgrace on all by whose Of
fetal interpOsition it is permitted. The
abuse may be corrected. l would thank
YOU, therefore, at yOu- earliest convenience,
to report to me the facts in this case.
Yours truly,
WI. HAvEMEYER
Acting Mayor Samuel B. II. Vance, in
consequence of the death of Mr.. Have
meyer, has taken the matter in hand
and addressed q communication, SINH
lar in character to the above, to the
Commissioner of Charities and Correction,
in the case of Tweed. Mr.. Vance, how
ever, adds: "You are hereby afforded an
opportunity of being heard as to the mat
tiers which, in my judgment, if true, are
cause sufficient for your removal from Of
fee. Whatever you have to say as to this |
matter, l will thank you to communicate
on or before Monday, the 7th inst"
Commissioner Laimber, of the Depart |
ment of Charities and4CoTectiOns, sent |
letter to-day to Mayer Vance, resigning his !
office as Commissioner. In his letter he |
quotes numerous instances from the |
minutes of the executive meetings of the |
Board, showing that he had expressed him. |
self adverse to the laXity of discipline in |
the case of Tweed, and had introduced a |
TO cause the prison rules to be |
enforced upon him.
Presbyterian Consolidation.
A large public meeting was held last |
evening in the Refo med Church, Fifth |
avenue and Twenty-ninth street, for the |
purpose of hearing the report of the pro-
ceedings of the conference of committees of |
the various Presbyterian churches in the |
United States and Canada, with regard to
the movement in progress to bring into
confederation all the churches in the /
world holding to the Presbyterian
form of church government. Rev.
DR.. John Hall presided and opened the
meeting with a few PREDATORY remarks.
He then introduced Rev. James Mckosh,
of Princeton, who made brief address,
and said: 'The decision come to by the
General Council shall be laid before the
several churches for their consideration. II
will labor to promote the unity and har-
mOny of the churches, aud rejoice in sup
porting the weak and struggling.
Condensed kilograms.
The first anniversary of the Reformed
Episcopal Church was duly celebrated in
New York Wednesday night.
Wheeling boasts of sending to st. Louis
yesterday $4,000 kegs Of nails.
The King Of Hawaii visited the San
Francisco brokers yesterday.
The Methodist church at Medina, y. u,
was burned Yesterday, with some adjOin-