New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-06
HONORs TO THE FIRST sHAD.

II was as good a. gcng to the circus 10 watcn .no
playfnness Of the fisn dealers in Fulton Market yes
the morning later than I usual ad for the ths
been a gala day among them they had seen the old
market out and the new one IN, and u nad taken
400 bottles of champagne to celebrate the event
properly The consequence was that thcre were many
laie arrivals in the morning and many large heads.
The fsii-dealers unusually quiet MT hrst iney
sold shad-roe for smells and HOLSTERS for goldfish.
They seemed to be generally mixed up. But as
noon approached they had recovered little, were
getting 20 be and more clipper ana some 81 then
quite chirky. 1t had been runored that the NORM
River shad might come into the market dullng the
day The rumor spread like the measles. and every
fs-dcaler anxious to possess the first shad, skipped
in aud out of the market went I'D on the roof with
a spy-glass. worked the telephone, ana soDered up
with long drauahis Of Apoinaris water. -
Doron & schaffer had inst sold their 317tb
plate of raw oysters when a man in rubber boots
basket on his arm He stopped at the door 70 BUY
a fig, aud then strosd along until he came
furtive glance at the trout .smoothed the
da Dart into f. G. Biackiords Office. With bated
marked to Mr. Biackford that he had III his posses
sion the first two North River shad of the season.
Mr. Blackford strokcd his beard incoherenty ana
he bade the proprietor of the shad sit
down and prepare TO take affidavit that his were
the only real genuine first shad OF the season. ror
a small consideration the Shad-proprietor com ON
piled, and having been otherwise remnnerateu
he left his shad and went away to
catch more first shad. Mr.. Blackford Iieu =
hung them up-not to DRY but to be seen, All tne
afternoon crowds of people beamed ana snlirsed
at them and seemed proud TO ta as s Imey
A few hours later four more first shad werc
brought in to NJ BlackfoLd's market. and were ex-
hibited with the Others. Al 5 o'clock in the after
noon every Gsh-healer in the mar ket had the hrst
shad. and was celebrating it's arrival with pomp
and champagne ~c.. 49,,
while on their way probably, to Hunters Point.
They were said TO have been first seen Dv Tue ohccr
in charge of the Signal service station III tiS nIu,
table Building while taking his morning o6serva-
tlons That was denied, however, az hiton narket.
The man who caught the first shad refused TO give
his name, but said that he was a wei-knowh hsner-
man.
EXCITEMENT AMONG NEWARK HATTERS.
Gardner Il Dudley, hat manufacturers at orange,
" J. recently discharged all their makers who
belonged to the iIat-Makers Union. anu introduced
machinery New hands were engaged who are not
connected with the Union, AM a man named kel-
logg Nichols VINO has worked on contracts III a
prison and has incurred the enemity OF journeymen
matters. was employed a. FOREMAN. lie union nat
ters turned out Yesterday with band OF music 10
hold an indignation meeting IN Military fark ana
threats were maze that Nichols would NC dtsVch
ont of town. EX-Alderman Fell ana DINERS al,
dressed the meeting, aud resolutions were anopled
denouncing men who instruct conVlcts ana calilhg
on the Poop. to support matters IN their heh
Tie hattcrs say that under their rules
they may work with former convlGts,
Int not with men who teach convlcts to do skilled
labor They understand that Nichols has gwen m
structIOn in prisons in this state ami III Massachu
sets; and that he was therefor driven out OF two
or three towns where he tried 10 live. They Ill
tend 10 have mm boycotted in Orange. In two or
three shous IN Newark and Orange work IL done on
Gardner 81 Dudcy's goods. and steps have already
been taken +, have union men quit work Ill these
factories. - -,
Mr. Nichols SAYS that no worked for John T. War
ing a contractor. in the PRISON n Concord, Mass.
hut did not instruct tho cOnvicts. Aticrward nc
tried To get WORK IN Darbury, but the union men
were aganft him and ne hal To GO back 10 Concord
He saws no has entered into contract
with Gardner x Dudley, who intend to "stick.
H. is an intelligent man about fifty years DID, ana
was himself I, rmerly manufacturer Yesterday
ho had nearly 20 men at work.
al. NnpOnNtg RTTSTNESS -