New-York tribune., 1884-10-03
TpOI-EI rs or 4 FRENCH JOURNAL.

There has been some misapprehension to the
state OF affairs existing IN the once oi Le MeTsagcr
Franco fpcrcda The rcp1r; that the printers have
struck for h-hcr wages - incorrect since sep
,ember 3, when W. de Mare the proprietor OF the
raper left for the West. cuy the smallest remit
ianccs have been received from hln Tor The run
ming expenses of the paper and the payment oi
salaries. For over four weeks every ore connected
with the paper editors, reporters ana PRIMERS, ms
been working without compensation, and only
the most strenuous efforts on the part
og Alfred Cote the managing editor have
kent thc paper alive. Mr. Cote stated yesterday,
10 TRIBUNE reporter. that there had been much
surprise expressed that in case IKE In" present,
The editorial stan should be lonnd on lne
zane side as the printers. " nc eNpahitlon OF
this said lie, " is very simple On September -,
the chief composer came TO my once ana stateu
that il would lie ImpOssibl" for his men TO continue
work unless all the employees of the paper, III what
ever dep rtmont, should sen an aaitcment binding
Themselves 20 carry Lc bcySag0 a. long as pos
sible but also 10 stand together against Nj. de Mar
ell. should he on his return attempt 10 ol,chaiee
any of the editors or printers who hai made com
plants of nOn-payment l was very unWuIing
10 sim any such agreement, and did
not do 50 until September %. when IT became
absolutely impossible 10 induce the men TO con-
tinue work without giving them the assurance
which tlay demanded. Lass Tuesday We had
letter from NJ dc Marcel. which put an end 10 all
hopes of assistance from Inn, and since that date
The rape Las not been published. The agreement
binds s to support our printers a. they have sup
ported us. NJ. de Marcel will retnrn to-morfow,
SId We hope that some settlement VIII DC MADE"
BRONZE STATUE OF JOIN HARVARD.
So,nnel j. Bridge of Boston, has presented TO llar
card University Il statue in bronze of John liar-
ward in whose honor the University was named.
The comm s.Ion was entrusted to Dame. chester
trench Of Concord. Mass, who considers II worthy
OF a place among his best works, HE casting was
done Sy the Henry Bcnnard Bronze Company, OF
Mercer-st The statue is of heroic size. IL ~. OF
necessitg ideal as the subject vas bnt year III
America wheE lac died. II represents Young man
of tall stature and rather slender build lhe head
ls noble one The features are clear-cut and midi
caIc refinement as well az strength Of intellect
large open book rests upon tie right knee: The
right hand is placed on the open page while the
man seems deep IN meditation. he garb Is that or
n scholar of the seventeenth century and harmo-
MICS well with face and figure
he statue was cast in three pieces, which, though
very large. came from the mould il perfect cond-
lion. The statue will be unveiled with appropriate
ceremonies on October -. IL will beplaeed IN
front of Memorial Hail. Cambridge Mass, and viii
rest on pedestal of granite SIX feet high On the
sides Of the base will be represented the seals OF
Harvard and OF Emmanuel College. Oxfori. VI
The latter John Harvard was fellow, though ne
was graduated from Cambridge University. ne
was q non-conformist minister who left England ID
1887 and settled in Charlestown, Mass. Dying a
year iater::he wiled bis library Of three-hundred
Volumes and half of his property. amounting to
81. .OOO to seat of learning for which small pro-
vision had been made by the colony of Massachu-
setts Bay. His bequest enabled those in authority
10 open the University which has since been called
Harvard