Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25
ODD THINGS IN GOTHAM.
What q Woman Would Do.
rNrY YORK puREAu sPFcIALs.I

NEW YORK, October A-Mrs. Emma Beck
with. the woman's rights candidate for Mayor
of Brooklyn, was asked to-day what she pro
posed to do ITO help women" she replied.
IF am elected Mayor Of Brooklyn will see
that there are women on the School Board, In
every police court, police station and prison In
the city. will have women on the Board Of
Health and In the Board of Public Works.
Don't you think there are women in this city
who would sweep our streets quicker and
cleaner than the men now employed and who
pretend to do that work? could rallya srah Of
500 in Is minutes They'd be glad to get the
job, and they'd be worthy Of the hire, too.
They must have bread. not only for themselves
but their children, and not seldom for
their husbands. It might shock the sensi-
bilities of our ladies to see their
less fortunate sisters sweeping on the
cobblesrones, but they would recover
from it. The sweepers would scorn the prof
tered tear. More, they would sing. smile and
be merry over it. for there was never street
30 hard to clean as q tubful of clothes" viii
you have a platformT' mo. 1t is not as
though were candidate for President. Little
Is expected in a municipal campaign. shall
make few promises. and pledge myself to do
only three things-clean the city and keep 1t
clean; get the educational system out Of the
hands Of the wire-pulling politicians. and use
the sweet, wholesome influence Of woman 70
fight down the viciousness that is propagated
and nurturedsn and about our police courts and
prisons. "Will you take the stumpT Guess
shall have to-" what kind Of ballots will
you haveT yellow, dandelion color-the ma
tional flower, you KNOW" "But men don't like
yellow" Then TIL not have it. How would
primrose pink dot Yes9 Then I'll print them
on primrose pink"
An Electrical Freak.
The electrical apparatus in Macy's workshops
in Sixth avenue cut q caper, the other after
noon, which quite shattered the nerves OF the
300 girls employed in the building. At 4 o'clock
in the afternoon the electric current which
supplies light and motive power became balky.
The machine in the underwear shops ran with
a slow, grinding motion; then there was
series of crashes and thumps, and suddenly the
air was filed with green and blue lightning.
About Is girls. who were working at the sewing
machines received shocks which sent them
screaming and tumbling over each other down
stairs. The 100 or more girls on the third floor
caught the alarm at once and Joined the rush
down the stairways to the street. The fore
women made vain efforts to stop the panic
Every girl in the establishment apparently lost
QeI Qedu anu bEAcu W hsub uch Woy snAON6A
crowds Of her terror-stricken companions to
the ground floor. A dozen Of them tainted and
several became hystericaL Eventually all the
girls were pushed or carried out to the street.
Three or four of the worst frightened girls were
sent home in carriages. No one was seriously
injured. Work was not resumed for two days.
Just what got into the electrical apparatus
neither the engineer nor any one else seems TO
know, and it was only this afternoon that the
story of the accident reached the newspapers,
such efforts had been made to keep it quiet.
Stole Everything In = Store.
Meyer White had . ready-made clothing
store at Gil Myrtle avenue. Brooklyn. He did
not carry big stock; somewhere about $500
worth. When he opened his store the other
morning he found that his whole stock of
goods had disappeared. Burglars had been at
work during the night, and they didn't leave
him as much as . pants button. The police
have been on still hunt for the robbers, and
to-day Captain McKelvey nabbed the whole
gang. The clothing was found packed in dry.
goods boxes and hidden beneath tons Of hay in
an adjacent stable.