New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-25
WHERE Is II. S. BEATTIE ?
ALL TIE MEN IN IT'S DEPARTMENT GO on
STRIKE.
CALLERS AT HIS HOUSE, HIS OFFICE AND THE
sTREETCLEANING STABLES UNABLE TO
FIND HIM-THE MEN RETURN
TO WORK At NIGHT.

There are a great many people in this city
who are becoming anxious 70 know where Hans
5 Beattc. Commissioner Of Street Cleaning, is.
Commissioner Beattc hes not been seen at his
Office for two days and scores OF people have
been looking for him. At Lis Office in the Stew
art Building Miss WcStervelt. his private sccrc-
tary, is unable to give any information about
him, and says he has not been there Miss
Wc,tcrvclt has had 20 repeat this information
many times within the last torty-cight hours to
people who were looking for him with an eye
20 business Commissioner Beattic. if he is
still in this city, has studioIsly avoid
cd the stable and headquarters Of his
Department at tie foot of East Scvcntcenth-st,
and the only word received from him there was a
notice which he sent on Wednesday through
Deputy Commissioner Dalton, saying that the De-
parimcnt VIII employ such a force of drivers as
the cXtem of the appropriation will permit. At
his home. 80. 335 West Thirtv-llrs'-st, no one
could be found. the house being tightly closed
md the blinds down. None Of TIE ncighbors
seen could give n Tribune reporter any hint as TO
where be- is. TIE question now being asked IS,
Where is Commissioner Hans = Behtic?'
This is not tie first time that a STRENGTHENING
Commissioner has kept out Of town when people
were anxious to see him. Commissioner LoomiS
departed lIOl MS OllVP on idN anu vas Il'N i'''iA
from mtil Ac turned up in Baltimore. Where
Will Mr. Iicattc turn mp?
while the eats away the mice will play
and yesterday nearly 900 employees of the street
Cleaning Department went on strike for the set
ten.cut OF a long list Of alleged grievances pub
lishcd in Tic Tribune yesterday Tie grievances
could not be scttlcd because Commissioner Beat
tie could not be- found.
The strikers were orderly, and the squad OF
police at the stables had an easy time of II keep
in themselves in order. During the day several
Of the strikers returned 30 work. and a few carts
and .priaklcYs were sent ont and few ash bar
rcls were cmpti.d 4 little dust was Laid, but
like ghost fl arose again.
Meanwhile tie condition Of tic streets became
more filthy than ever. especially in the tenement
house REGIONS on tie East Side. where overflow
inq ash and garbage barrel, relieved Their album
dancy Us distributing the refuse along tie side
walks and in the streets, where great piles OF
dit rapidly accumulated untouched, bat mucn
noticed.
The strikers crowded Scallan's Hall, No 1856
LAST 1wcut, -ir-t-,t, Yesterday afternoon az"
NJ "a meet .ue appointed "a committee I" see OoH-
n,.s.i. ,e. Bate or Superintendent Whaicn. The
I.f.u..,-iu.cr could uoi h' i01ud. So t"e com
mi,tcc cllcI on tie superintendent and pres. A'''
ti" follow. .ug demands
Tina, -x day. vo.d should hc given water e'F-' NI.1
.,,.,t...- a.. -l,re-. n,,l.r lr4i.itl.ne.
Ia, al. drivers uc r~atd.
r. ,. .,u 10 > alt iog D. & G.. ond h.9.l carts ~
% 30 a cas- Boz o.c day. work
u... III tov hoa- Do. r,Iil ID ut dumps.
,u5eriutendcnt Whnlsn .efsc- '" consider
,Ir.c dsirauds and told the committee that the
aupr.priatIor would not allow him 10 hire over
ltty-,N machines for siN days. or allow hTeI
.,rf. 10 WORK more than ten hours Hc Ntid
.l... carts ulu.1 make ten loads and u any were
rl--.,, r.ry would bc Gocecd pro rata. Ihe
comm. Tee then asked for ~ incWose oi thirteen
,.rr. ADD each district. but were lnci WIN " llo''
orpI1fic "No.~ Nr. WhaIen said That II he
,,.+e a., cmplov al hands at full time t.'e appTo-
pr.t.,u would run out in two months. lie
&C.,. .fI clfIrr give iiitt-siX D1cilnes SIX ddl
u.-l ar llo machines tiurp daNs W0rk a Week
Vicu fb, committee reported ~ me meet
ir- a disagreement occurred between u'
I,rrl and regular cJrtmcn. ana hH"'
rr,ri,. resulted The chairman. - stop
in. ,..1rrrl Iumpc1 up ana asked ~ VINO "ls"r'
l., % arm 80 work Ia lea" iHc lHt atd " A''"'-
rc1c MO tie result. before the $ mpcsc TcNo.u-
iiou, were p1,ecd condcmuug Mayo: Grant i'f
not better attending 20 BIS dutles - mem .'.
r, tie D.am Oi Estimate, ana tor h''
.r..r5 mat proper appropriations were
,,.i, fer ilc various ,cpfrtu"ntS "'
ri're body Of strikers then constituted themselves
d. committee ot ilc whole and UG Gln called Oh
81, dent Whalcu oud si~nird their Wiling
rr. "a return 20 work under the arrangement th'
III lnacLiucs Pee employed three days w''N ~
- "a dlv Tie men br an the t''h ol c'h''I
,l. street. last night. This WumrPa siINe i
.4.'t '.l. hut whore - Commissioner l""l''' -
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