The evening world., 1888-01-14
LADIES ROUT THE COLONEL.
A ROW BETWEEN WOMAN %sUFFRAGIsTs
AND LONG.nAlRED SOCIALISTS.

II. J. Hinton's Friends Baked In an Attempt
to Dust Miss johnson aud Mrs. Cynthia
Leonard from the WorkinGmen's Free
Library-Thc Stove Taken Away and the
shelves Pulled Down.
Some stray embers of the controversy be-
tween Henry George and his former Social
istic allies. which had smouldered in secret
ever since last autumn's campaign. burst into
a fierce flame in the Civil Justices Court at
Jefferson Market this morning.
II was a faction fight between the George
and the anti George elements of the Social
istic Labor party, American section. and the
long-haired and wild-eyed element forsook
their daily struggle for bread and rowde
into Justice Deane' court. room.
Anonymous postal cards. attributed to Col.
Richard j. Hinton and inviting the Socialists
to - attend the circus and see the George
people and woman suffragists laid out" were
widely distributed and pretty generally re-
sponded to.
The cause Of this ~rallying of the factions
was an insignificant little dispossess suit
brought by Fenelon & McManus, landlords
Of IS Clinton place, against Mrs. Cynthia
two years have had charge of the Working
mems Free Library and Reading-Room at that
address.
Miss johnson looks intelligent, self-reliant
and perhaps thirty years old. Mrs. Leonard
is the mother of Lillian Russell and Is a promi-
nent freethinker and woman suffragist.
The ladies founded the library themselves,
and being enthusiastic in the Socialist cause
placed the library at the disposal OF the Amer
lean Section and allowed the latter to meet in
the roolns hired by them. Mrs. Leonard,
Miss Johnson and Henry Nichols, the Nassau
street broker, constituted the Library Com
mittee.
Everything went Quietly until the Social
lists were forced out OF the Labor party. The
ladies syInpathized with Mr.. George, while
Col. Hinton. Charles, Sotherdn, Julius
Bardollo, Louis Weise and others abused him
and his lieutenant at every meeting.
Two months ago Col. Hinton raised the
cry that the Library Committee was. com.
posed of woman suffragists and enemies of
the Socialists cause, and wanted the mem
bers to resign. Failing to get them to resign,
I" raw boys and strangers from the West y
as Miss johnson put it-and elected q new
committee, consisting of Mrs. Hinton, Julius
Bardollo and Louis Weise.
Then the committee notified the landlords
that the library would move on Jan. ], and
tried to force the ladies to quit by taking
away the stove and pulling down the library
shelves.
Miss johnson offered to pay the rent for
January. but the landlords, being over
persuaded by Col. Hinton and his colleagues,
refused the money.
Both sides were ready when Justice Deane
took his seat IN the bench, the ladies being
represented by Edward w. Soaring and the
landlords and the new committee by Francis
q. Young. There was every prospect that
the circus" would occur according to
promise, but Lawyer Young. suddenly dis
covered that the lease for the library room
johnson and hat they had the right to stay
till May / if they paid the rent regularly.
The suit was therefore discontinued, Miss
Johnson paying the months rent.
Miss johnson said she would bring suit
against Col: Hinton for sending q crowd of
Socialists into the library to destroy the
shelves and take away the stove.
1T was an outrage said the lady, vehe;
mently. II sat in that dismantled room till
my bones ached, and | was nearly bent
double with cold, and I'll make them suffer
for it.
They have no right to the books anyway.
They were put in charge of Mrs. Leonard
and myself by the Manhattan Liberal Club
and others. Five hundred of the volumes
were the Thimme and Scott loan collections.
/ have letters from the Trustees of the Man.
haitian Liberal Club asking me not to let Col.
Hinton or his crowd get possession Of them.
ming expenses Of this library. We got con-
tributions from Edward Seligman, Mr.. Thur
Der. Elizabeth Thompson and other promi-
nent people. Once Miss Lillian Russell sang
for us and we. got people to lecture for the
benefit of the library.
Col. Hinton, julius Bardollo and other
Socialists like them, were only there on suf-
~ferance. They packed q meeting and hoped
to get hold of the library to wreck it and
divert the proceeds to the Socialistic Labor
party"
After the court proceedings Lawyer Young
offered 10 give the ladies $22 and pay the gas
bill if they would move out, but Miss john
son firmly declined.
I'VE will make your clients nav for wreck
ing our place." she SAID.