New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-19
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
suor nv RIVER PIRATES.


,r,roo nstol shots fired from boats on the North
p,vsr near the foot Of springsh were heard by
h;nomen Murray of the Eighth Precinct at l22O
p yesterday, seSe sna RECONSIDERATION Company
We're moorcd to the piers at that point; Mur 5sg
soon discovered that one of the shots had been as
sIorcS3 from the deck of one OF these ngEters .h9
"" a. Taphan. lie went on board the lighter anu t
mnni William f. Dalton, the captain OF the p !,'
bleeding from a serious shot wound IN tne .nik n
Dalton said he had been shot by river teNeS yes, wHe s
bad ESCAPED. He was suffering so much from E,S
wound that the officer fastened TO SEM MIN " gu
Vincents Hospital, wv n Ion,om
abeut midnight. Captain Dalton was asleep IN han
cabin, his only companion being small opy stems
the pirates climbed on board the me he Sabn batchway
TO order them away. AS his head rose apose ,ho
deck he was confronted by two OF the ToDDels' ne
of the pirates was very tall He presented Pistol a
nj DatOn's head and told mn 10 go nnI,o, VS.
other thief held an uplifted iron par Ra.o T
nnarmed, and he Immediately sought reIuge al Ills
cabin . 49,. 90 Load tbeir boats with
;,nn from the deck of the lighter. They worked
ieisnrely. and il took them fully quarter Oh an
hour to complete their task Their motions were
noti.ed by men the other lighters close a. uauu
bnt no attempt was made to interfere WIN theI
When they had secured about ton OF iron, .mo
pirates lowered themselves INTO lneI ooa'S ~, pbo
fighter He emerged from his CABIN at once an9
sprang on board Sn adjoining vessel, conlmahueo
by Captain Albert Carlson. he askeu & Patnrn
Inc 70 his boat he discharged shot at the retreat
ing thieves who we're not far on. Inc la [uh h
who had threatened Dalton previously, hreu paTk
twice and one of the bullets struck the captain. III
was supposed that the captains shot had not Iaken
effect for the pirates rowed away In the fog When
they disappeared they were gong up the Iveis anu t
the tall man. who seemed TO be the Leader Oh 'he
band, was standing up in his boat -,
The police were told that Dalton had Deen
wounded dangerously, and strenuous Dut VAN
efforts were made to capture the plrates IL was
SAID the hospital late in the afternoon tnaI Dai
lo,,, oil nd
CONTROLLING THE PRICE OF RUBBER;
For several months there has been considerable
anxiety felt by the manufacturers OF rubber g0ous
at the steady rise in the price OF raw rubber One
wear ago Para rubber was worth 90 GEMS " P nn
pound; two weeks ago 1t had advanced 70 % Ply ~
,,or poupd aud to-day 81 20 Is sdemandeu tne
advance in prices is not due 10 deficiency III tne
crop for the returns from South America see n 10
indicate that the yield this SEASON will u The hs new
crop has just begun to come IN 4 ne @ "
Para. alone will be about !, 0OO tons per month vi.
reason for the high prices demanded The rise is
generally attributed TO the efforts of well known
DTOier anu raW %n rnIBe both in Europe and in this
country early IN the season. have made conner III
the market BY holding back the supply, they
have succeeded in raising the prices IT, iRher tnan
they have been in twenty-five years. The cher I'M
porters of raw rubber in this country. are William
GTacS * Co. In VIEW Of the unsettled state
of the market, a call fol a meeting OF the manu-
factureIs of rubber goods "for the discussion OF
matters OF Importance to the trade" was issued two
weeks ago over the signatures OF j. II. Cheever,
of the New-York Belt and Packing Company b. +.
Goodrich, OF the b. I. Goodrich Rubber Company.
of AKRON Ohio aud leading representatives OF the
Woonsocket and Boston Rubber Shoe Companies.
In answer to the call representatives from sixty OF
the leading manufacturing companies assembled Ill
the directors room of the Home Life insurance
Co. No l19 Broadway, at ~ o'clock yesterday.
Among those present were Joseph Banlgan Moon-
socket r. l.; William II. Furber, of the Boston
Rubber Betting Co. Thomas Sawyer OF the East
hampton Rubber Thread Co., Mass; l.. h.
McClymonds of the Cleveland Rubber Co.
Augustus OBourne, of the National Rubber Co, OF
bristol r. l.; Charles l.. johnson, of the II. l..
Candee Co., New Hampshire; John d. Xermeule
of the GOODYEAR India Rubber Glove Co. 4. ). Con.
verse of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.. Jonathan |
Stewart of the Star Rubber CO., and Joseph White
head, of the Hamilton Rubber Works, Cleveland |
Ohio Augustus O'Bourne was chosen chairman. |
ana Charles l.. johnson secretary. The object OF |
the meeting as explained. TO take measures to
prevent INSCRIPTIONS spectators forcing up prices
10 an unreasonable figure. The sentiment of the |
speakers seemed to be in favor OF closing the |
factories AS the only effective method OF meeting
the exigencies of the present time. A. Spadone
William II. Furber, JOSEPH Bangan, Henry L.
Hotchkiss and Il. L. Goodrich we're appointed
committee to report to-day upon the feasibility OF
shutting down the factories