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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-10
z. R. R. PAY GOING UP
The Trainmen and Perhaps
Others to Receive Ten
Per Cent Increase.

A rumor is in circulation to the effect
that all the employees Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company are to have their sal
aries raised ten per cent, beginning with
this months pay. which will be drawn
July 10.
The rumor may or may not provo to be
correct. With the obstinate reticence
which characterizes railroad officials in
general those who know decline to be in
terviewed in reference TO the matter; but
the information CLEANED by a JERSEY
CITY NEWS reporter this morning, Whiie
tending TO somewhat modify the rnmor,
proves that it is not altogether ground
less.
FORMER REDUCTIONS.
just after the panic OF 70 the salaries
of all the employees were cut down ten per
cent. Another reduction of ten per cent.
all around was made after the dull reac-
tion of the centennial traffic set in, but
the men were promised that as soon as
the earnings OF the company would war
rant il their salaries would go up 10 tic
original figures. In 1884, or Whereabouts,
a ten per cent. increase was voluntarily
granted the men. Since then the men
have waited patiently for the other ten
per cent, which they consider due them
according to promise
General Manager Pugh's annual report
for 1889 shows the road to be in splendid
financial condition, the net earnings show
an increase of S357, 7,316 over the earnings
of the previous fiscal year.
This magnificent showing, according to
one story, led the men to ask for the other
promised ten per cent. This, however,
was denied this morning by one in a po-
sition to know whereof he speaks.
ssThe company he said, Il am in
formed will voluntarily allow some de-
partments the promised increase. be-
lieve the conductors and brakemen will
come in for It. But there has been no
request or demand on the part of the
men,"
THE TRAINMEN ANYWAY.
Train master HeadIey and his assistant,
Mr.. Mandras, both declined TO give any
definite information. was talking with
Mr.. Mandras when Mr.. Headley came
up .sHe wants to know about this in
crease in the trainmen's salary" re-
marked Mr.. Mandras. II was telling him
he would have to go to Superintendent
Crawford
"Yes,n replied the trainmaster. 1--WE
have no right to enlighten you concern
ing this matter. You must see the super
inIendent or his assistant.
superintendent Crawford was not in
his office. His assistant said he knew
nothing about it,
Mr.. Mandras' allusion to the increase
of the trAinmen's salaries" sounded as
though the subject was familiar one in
the trainmaster's office, ana it implied, If
there is anything in the rumor, all train
men will get the increase.
In conversation with others about the
yard I was told it would not do for the
company to discriminate in favor of one
or even twodepartments. The reductions
had been made all around, and all looked
forward to the fulfillment of the COM
,tc sba nr1r
got their promised increase by threaten
ing to strike. The company, was told,
i'm riediately after settling the difficulty
at Pittsburg announced tnat all It's train
men this side of Philadelphia would be
given the same increase.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-10
Joseph smlth's Hlgamy Punished.

Joseph Smith in his domestic life has
had curious experience. His first mis-
fortune was to leave this delightful city,
where the purity of the ballot is guaran-
teed to all, and going to Hoboken where
the chief industry is in secluding beer.
His next misfortune was when he got
married the first time. which was two
years ago. His wife. he learned, had
served term in State Prison before she
was his bride, and she has been in the
same institution pretty much all the
time since. His third unhappy lot was
when he won the fair Eva Carey, who, he
says, induced him to marry her while he
was too drunk to know what he was
doing. She now resides in the County
Jail The next mar to his happiness was
his arrest for biganly commitIed at Ho-
boken, to which he pleaded today "Not
guilty to Hoboken. but guilty to bigamy."
The last blot on his domestic felicity was
given MIN by Judge Lippincott, who sent
him to State Prison for eighteen months.
The sun., 1890-10-08
MISS MURPHY REcEITEs.
Not a General AT Home." bat just n Cup
OF Tea with n Particular Friend.

Not q General AT Home." bat just n Cup
OF Tea with n Particular Friend
Miss Murphy. tho female hippopotamus. Ia
gradually getting used to her baby and is also
recovering her temper. She has ceased to
mako violent demonstrations OF rage whom
ever any one comes near the cage in which she
and the child are. Yesterday Keeper Downey
took THE Sun reporter into the carnivora
house. and told him he might look at the heir
Of the hippopotami II he would advance eau
tiously.
The front Of the enclosure where the mother
and child are was covered with largo piece
Of canvas. The reporter and the keeper ad-
vanced as quietly as possible, and the keeper
raised the edge OF the canvas. Miss Murphy
was on the alert and gave several low Rrunts
OF alarm and dissatisfaction. She was stand
ing 30 that her great body was between her
visitors and her baby. But as she saw no
cause for alarm she gradually fell back Then
the reporter saw In the straw near Miss Muir
phys broad nose small, brown, and shiny bit
1t stood up for second and then lay down
again after warning shove from its mother.
Pretty soon both of them closed their eyes, and
Miss Murphy'e breath came in long. deep, and
Keeper Downey has been in tho enclosure
several times. but has not yet touched the
baby, He thinks there can be no doubt that il
will live. 1t nurses long and frequently, and is
as risky as hippopotamus ever is, 1t Is
VIII become gentle enough to allow the public
The sun., 1890-10-08

The Bismarck monument fund amounted 10 SIeo 900
At the end OF September.
The Rev Shuttle eworth vicar Of the English church ut
EEloShAylS Cornwall, has married Miss Cudmors. .
wsllknOWn actress on the London stage herself the
daughter Of Cornish clergyman
In Berlin SchoomiStrsSS receives $500 annually
during the nrst years OF her service; aSter
f4Oo After fonytUo years Of unbroksn service the
sehoOmiSuSSSS maximum salary Is $780, the school,
masters GsJ0
The Social Democrats In Berlin had all sorts Of curl.
Gus badges aud unksn prepared for Oct D. the date
OF the expiration OF the rsDTsssVs laws such neck.
ties bearing minlAIuTo portraits Of LAASAlo MARI
red hAndksTohiSfB Lisbkbsobt sleeve buttona and ali
Sorts 6f scarlet kBiek .kpEokh usmsnd0us trade In
busS and plaster bEuTss OF LASSAlls and Mars the
fathers Of social dsmocTEry SlIo spTApR up night
sBd the few factories willing and prepared ~ mAnu,
fActuTs thsm we're kept IN operation day and nlEhL
The smiHTGuOn from China IN the ten ysArA IssOsS
BHs 3sT persona Of ULom Oy7 sbJ have TstaTnsd
home LI6LOOJ smiETSBu SsDt % the Straits settle
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The sun., 1890-10-08

viii be settled by the Queens County Grand
Jury. But Independently Of any action by
that tribunal, a criminal accusation Of this
sort coming from such source would seem
70 demand immediate attention and investi-
cation by tho Board Of Directors OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company. II they
caro- to preserve a good name In the COM
munity, or to maintain fair reputation for
the corporation Of which they constitute
the governing body, they will zee to 1t not
only that their subordinates shall be inno-
cent OF crime, but that they shall avoid any
course OF conduct while in the service Of the
corporation which may reasonably cause
them to be suspected Of criminal conduct.
1t is difficult to believe that q great cor
poration like tho Western Union Telegraph
Company could, for the sake Of pecuniary
gain, debase itself to the extent Of assisting
in a violation OF the laws Of the State OF New
York against gambling; but II It shall be
found to have offended in this respect, It's
guilty agents should receive the severest
punishment,
The sun., 1890-10-08
THE JAP MUST DIE.

30 SsyS tho Court of APpenls. but Lawyer
Heinzleman has Resources In Reserve.
An Albany despatch Of yesterday announced
that the Court Of Appeals had affirmed the
conviction Of Shibuyo Jugiro for numbering
Muro Commo last November in Charley Eymo-
tos sailors boarding house. at "a James street.
Both men wore Japanese sailors. and had had
an alteration about shipping with certain
vessel Jugiro's lawyer. John R. Heinzelman
OF 23 Chambers street. had received no news
yesterday beyond the published despatch.
This is in entire accordance with my ex-
pectations;" said he. but had to go through
the form Of an appeal to bring the matter be-
fore the Governor. / shall 60 to Albany in
ency signed Ivy twenty-h five prominent people.
Then. whom Jugiro is brought here to he re-
sentenced. shall introduce habeas corpus
proceedings, ,',, to bring up the question as to
The case is an assigned one, and contains. OF
course, no remuneration for me. II the county
will pay their expenses / propose to subpoena
the physicians and witnesses OF Kemmler's
death and make them tell Just what took place
Rt the time. I shall then offer several points
against the propriety and efficacy OF the cleo
trio method OF execution"
The sun., 1890-10-08
Tho Cause of tho Peregrinations Of
Roger.

Roger.
The cause Of the recent peregrinations and
declamations Of the Hon. ROGER QUARnEs
MILLS OF Corsicana at the expense OF the
United States or $500 defamation, or both,
appears in this despatch printed by the Gal
weston Netps::
WASHINGTON. Oct 2-RocER @ MUS 10 q candidate
for Speaker OF the next House II Democratic. This 10
the meaning of the spsoohmakng rounds which the
Texas Statesman has been making since midsummer.
The declaration of Mr. MLLss Intentions from one Of
his closest friends and 10 authoritative Texas 10 relied
upon to solidly the speakership a. matter Of
state pride Mr. BRrcKiSRpeE Ia expected to get the
Kentucky Democrats in the next Congress to vote for
Mills and MoMLLS will try TO pull overtho Tennessee
vooA Arkansas is to Join Texas in support Of MILLss
nucioua The spsAksrship candidacy means good
deal Mr. MILLS II will put him in the way Of suo-
ceediug Senator REAGAN two years hence"
1t Is unnecessary to enlarge upon tho
cheerful and characteristic effrontery OF Mr..
MILLS in conducting his canvass for the
Speakership or for Senator in Congress from
Texas at the charge Of the United States
Treasury, and in receiving, II he does re-
ceive, $500 a night for booming himself 1t
is necessary to say that II Mr.. MILLS is not
called off from his Speakership campaign
the chances of electing Democratic Con-
gress will be considerably diminished. His
talk In 1890 has reached pitch and breadth
Of craziness far surprising that Of 1885, His
capacity for making speeches that the Re-
publican Campaign Committee will gleefully
send out, is unsurpassed.
The sun., 1890-10-08
From the Philadelphia ledger.

As soon as Mr., Vaux finished this reply to the
committee notifying him Of his nomination
for reelection to Congress by o citizens meet
ingl William L, sw9pe of the Sixteenth ward
with heavy cane. said This stick was cut
from hickory tree on Cen Jackson's farm in
1928. 1t was cut by o member Of the commit
toe that notified tho General Of his nomination
for the Presidency. 1t was given to me and
has been In my possession for years. The
person who gave 1t To me told me never TO part
with 1t except TO good Democrat. now pre-
sent it TO one who may be said to bo good
Mr.. Vaux appeared delighted. Il believe In
symbos." he said. beiisye tho eternal
from Jackson. That settles, III" he added
striking his desk With the stick, This is q
regular nomination" Until this time tho cane
had been carefully wrapped In paper. but
when II was uncovered II was found 60 be,a
ea aeaaTy p Ele"et OF asEory large ron handle
Is rugged like Jackson wa" remarked Mr..
sons pineipns II Ras suored eaT VIII H. ase
regard this stick as u message from Jackson"
The sun., 1890-10-08

sumer IN whose behalf he has 90 often
raised spirited protest3 Shall he Join the
ranks Of the insolent plutocracy and fatten
under the protection afforded to him by an
iniaultous tariff Shall he put himself In
such position that he can never look upon
his wellhlled poc1etbook without thinking
Of what he owes to Major MCKINLEY Of the
Chinese-sounding town Of Canton, Ohio
such is the temptation and such is the
dilemma; and the grim humor Of destiny
has so arranged matters that the temptation
comes to Major SIEGERLT's tortured soul In
the awful shape OF wool. OF all products,
animal, vegetable, or mineral. that are en-
braced in the teeminR schedules OF the new
Tariff act, why should the intimate concern
OF the mill which Major SINdERIY has bought
at bargain, and which he can now operate
at a handsome profit, be with woollens
and worsteds, OF which he has spoken so fire.
quently and strenuously in his discussions
OF tho tariff question? II fate was forced to
decree that Major SINGERLY Of the Phild-
delphid Record should become the bone
ficiary Of Major MCKINLEY's wicked policy,
why should It stuff wool, Of all things, Into
his reluctant bank account
The one and only course open to Major
SNaERLY which stern principle can approve
is to start up the Conshohocken mill and
sell It's manufactured products to the con-
sumer at just such prices as would obtain II
there we're no MCKINLEY tariff, but on the
contrary free trade in woollens and wor-
steds and an open market to his foreign
competitors. viii that be the Majors de-
cision when his decision comes3 The coun-
try xvatts
The sun., 1890-10-08
THE CHICAGO FAIR.
Its Present status.


Just In the hour whom tho first words Of ma
tional sympathy are spoken for Chicago in the
apparently successful end Of her quest for Fair
site, when the prospects of that great undertake
ing began to seem genial and promising. fac
tioniRts in the local directory have precipitatei
what will scarcely escape becoming q national
scandal. Instead Of Loyalty accepting the law
their part OF its prescriptions and provisions
some OF the directors have inaugurated cam.
paiEn Of abuse and censure upon the National
Commission.
1t is time word OF plain and patriotic warn
ing should be addressed to- these factionists.
They are scandalizing the Fair. They arc in
viting upon Chicago ontempt and distTust that
likely still further to depress it's already
dusky prospects in Europe. In response to
the suggestion by tho. Herald that tho
President issue the proclamation by which
the life of the Fair Is to be officially breathed
Into 1t. The Sun Of New York frankly objects.
and asserts that conditions prerequisite to the
Proclamation have not been complied with.
murrer by the admission that, even with the
LOCO acres acquired nominally in jackson and
Washington Parks, the architects are encoun-
tertng serious difficulty In finding room for the
buildings, the directors having accepted from
the Park Commissioners terms that are too
OF money needed s not In hand.
The directors should also recollect that the
people have yet to vote upon the question OF a
city gift OF 5000, 900. which is indispensable
for the success Of the Fair. II the scandalizing
OF the enterprise is to 20 on. q negative verdict
may be the result. In the name OF the honor
Of Chicago and Of the welfare Of the Columbian
Exposition, let the chickering's cease and the
work proceed along lines laid down by the act
OF Congress-
The sun., 1890-10-08
MORE srEAMsH1ps COME IN ArznA
Tho Alamo with Cotton SnouIdering and
tho Ciudad Condal with Hemp.

Tho Alamo with Cotton SnouId ering and
tho Ciudad Condal With Hemp.
Two steamships came into port yesterda1
with their cargoes on fire. Tho first was the
Alamo Of the Mallory line from Galveston. and
the second was the Ciudad Condal OF the Span,
ish line from Havana. The fire on the Alamo
broke out in the cotton while she was Off the
Jersey coast on Monday. Her matches were
battened down and steam was sent through
where the cotton was smoulderinR. She got
into Quarantine in hurry. and Capt: Lewis
telegraphed for tugs. She came up to tho city,
landed her passengers at BurlinR slip, and then
steamed down to the Erie Basin and came to
anchor Three tugs went alongside and filed
her hold with water, drowning out the blaze In
sfsSt she S9tton. Ihs steamship is probably only
The fire on the Ciudad Condal was discovered
on Monday night in the forward compartments
among a lot OF hemp. The matches were sealed
and innumerable Jets Of steam were let loose
antine yesterday morning, and several tugs,
including the Dalzell and Adelaide, were sent
out by the insurance underwriters TO help save
her. She is insured for about $3.50, 900. Her
fleet Of tugs squirted part of the bay Into her
and subdued the blaze. She was brought up
opposite Ellis Island in shoal .wster and AM
ohored for tho night. Her agents say that they
cannot estimate tho damage to the cargo. 1t
sists partly Of l78 bales Of hemp, l51 bales Of
leaf tobacco, II bales OF smoking tobacco,
5000 bags OF sugar and q large quantity Of
hides The importers OF the tobacco expected
tS get i here S before the new tariff went Int
more duty than they would have had to hand
over II she had got in on Saturday.
The sun., 1890-10-08
Tho Mckinley Bill Abroad.

We have repeatedly directed attention to the
dangers that threaten the pearl button indus
try in Vienna The Mckinley bill will accom-
plish the loss Of our best market. The fall Of
port to other markets. and It Is therefore In
prospect that this branch of industry that In
Vienna supports 80 many thousands Of work
men will be pushed pretty close to the wall.
terday tSept l6j 10000 persons who have long
made lirinRs from the pearl button industry
have become breadless and almost penniless.
We have for some time apprehended the danger
dustry. but the blow was swifter than We had
calculated 1t has Justly aroused the gravest
fears Altogether thore are 10000 machines Of
this industry in Austro- Hungary, with great
number of women assistants and children.
The working mon besides are dependent on
their operation for wages. and since yesterday
agreater part OF the 80 900 have cease ed running
IN consequence of the report that the Nc
hinley Bill would become law on Oct l.
Most shops ceased entirely Others are run
ming on half time and with the understanding
that in fourteen days they will shut down
In word If no different action prevails on the
other side. the Vienna pearl button industry,
been killed, and the same fate Is about to
oyertake it in all other districts OF the empire.
me ne american eA port amounts to one-half
o. the entire en-, yenpa pEoduSton and it Is un-
since the Mckinley bill raises the tariff only on
the cheaper varieties of buttons. which are
least able TO bear such an exorbitant tax. 1t
T. expected that shortly great number Of
in the United States. This same process took
place some fifteen years ago. when our meer-
schaum and amber were excluded from the
American market; Hundreds OF workingmen
industry. which had become impossible here,
and the great Vienna meerschaum and amber
industry shrank to its present dimensions.
The sun., 1890-10-08
WE TACCINATE ON THE LEG.
The Health Board Doctors. Though, DOn't
Often Get Jobs OF That Kind.

Tho Health Board Doctors. Though, Don't
Often Got Jobs OF That Kind
Speak ing Of the edict against women being
vaocinated on the leg issued by Health Com-
missioner Wickersham OF Chicago. DR.. Edison
said yesterday that the Vaccination Bureau Of
this city didn't do much business In: that
style. New York women who don't want their
arms disfgured usually go to a private ply.
sician. Scarcely one woman in O year comes
to the Board and asks to be vaccinatcd on the
leg. About eight years ago, however. o small
pox panic broke opt among actresses, and
many of them not being able to pay conven-
iently the $5 usually charged by o practising
physician for vaccination. applied to the Health
Department. One and all had objection for
practical. professional as well as aesthetic
reasons to having their arms marked up. and
they were vaccinated on their legs The calf
OF the leg was the part chosen for the insertion
of the vaccine. The patients were in walk.
ing dress, and tho proceedings disturbed
the peace OF mind Of the young doctors who
did the tattooing. One actress complained to
Dr. Edison that she had not been yaocinated
properly, because the PHYSICIANS hands had
trem bled.
Another Health Board physician said that Of
late years physicians In private practice had
vaccnated, as a rule. only on the legs. Women
who wear the present style of evening dresa
consider themselves obliged to be vacclnated
on the leg. because the marks would be SO
conspicuous on the bare arm. Tho physician
laid 1t down as n rule that vaccinations among
New York women were nowadays made on
the leg,