Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-19
THE SINGER FACTORY CLOSED.
ever Three Thousand Men Thrown
 Out Of Work.

over Three Thousand Men Ihf0Wn
 Out Of Work.
 safJ7nfeah 'fsfita- beth, N J., this afternoon by the publica- ton of an order from the executive officers shutting down the works of the Singer Sew ing Machine company at Elizabethport. At this time of the year these works employ be- tween $500 and $500 men and disburse 1000 to $40,O00 per week in wages alone to the laboring people residing there. The shutting down was because of a levy upon the property of the company to satisfy judgments for taxes amounting to about S45, 900 which the com pany refused to pay the ground of eoun- terclaim against the city for about $750,000 for money loaned the city authorities at va rious times since 1876 to help them in their municipal difficulties. The loans were se- cured by deposits with the company of over S1 000, 900 of Elizabeth city bonds, on which the interest has not been paid since 1879. The company thinks the claim for taxes is more than offset by the claim for interest on the bonds. There is very bitter feeling over the closing of the factory and for a while after the posting of the notice it was feared that the unpopular city officers would be mobbed. The notice says the works will be closed until further notice and it is under stood that the company has threatened to de- sert Elizabeth altogether. The latter claim that the levy did not necessitate the closing of the works and that the company is put ting it's employees to needless hardship from mere spite.
 LoNDoN,s LATEST SENSATION.
 Young Woman and Her Husband
 Placed Under Arrest for an Att
 tempt to BIaeknaiI The Prince of
 Wales.
 LONDON, Dee. 19.-The persons who were arrested to-day for attempting to blackmail the Prince of Wales are John Magee and young woman who calls herself his wife, saying her name is Mrs. Sarah Magee. They wrote two letters to the Prince of Wales, but they were intercepted by one of the Princes equerries The Prince did not re- csive or read either of the letters. They were in female hand and demanded that the Prince should send e750 to the writer, who named time and place for receiving the money. The equerry turned the letters over to the police, who wrote to the addr ess given by the writer accepting the appoint ment. Two detectives went to the appoint ment place and found the woman waiting for the money They told her they had been authorized to satisfy her demand and they handed her heavy parcel filled with farthings Then they arrest ed her. In her fright she disclosed her identity and that of her accomplice and putative husband. John Magee was speedily arrested and both the prisoners were arraigned before magistrate and remanded for examination.
 There is great curiosity tonight as to the contents of the threatening letters. A core spondent of the United Press called this evening at Marlborough house and saw the eouerry who intercepted the letters. The correspondent asked to be allowed to copy the letters, but the equerTy said that 1t was now out of his power to grant that request. On being asked to describe the contents of the letter he answered with ap- parent frankness that the letter said the writer was an enissary of secret society | and had been ordered to kill the Prince of Wales; that she did not want to obey the order, but was wholly in the power of the society and would be compelled to commit l the murder unless she could get away from | England and that she wanted 975O to enable 1 her to emigrate to America and quit all conspiracies forever. If there is nothing in | the mysterious letters that IS more compro-
 missing than the equerry's answer indicates they will probably be made public at the po l lice court to morrow. Mrs. Magee was after | ward seen by the correspondent, but she res olutely refused to answer any questions | as to the contents of the letters l or to say whether the version l given above was or was not correct. | She denied that she wrote the letters and de- clared that her confession that she had done
 so was forced from her by the detectives.
 The detectives, who reputable inspectors
 of police, deny that they offered the woman any indignities, as she strongly charges, and | say that her confession was voluntary