New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-29
WINDING A COIL ABOUT HIM.
POLICE SAY HIGGINS IS THE MURDERER.

THE STRIKING MouLDERs MEET AND DENouNcE
THE CRIME.
The Long Island City police yesterday arrested 'onn
CoNberry a stove.moulder's apprentice, WIFI "o'".N
IN tho s,monds factory AS witness in the case OF the
murder OF b. c. Arnold. who was killed ri ocio0N vi
saturday night while going to bis work ms "aho'
ton witnesses who are said 10 have seen Heory ing
Gina OF No. 430 Tenth-ave, this city, stao anu NIL
Arnold while a man named Cougtain ana c"o o'''e'
accomplices held the tall Waterman at tle mu'ue'er
mercy Higgins denies that he stabbed ASnou. ho
has been married twice and has seven cmloreu h'i"e
uo says he Is forty years old. Coroner Meiners anu
c.oar. pnshman tpok Higgins TO the morgue yester
day where the dead mans body les The prisoner
tremb)ed when he entered the door and turpeh pa'o
The dead mans fnce was uncovered ana WHICH, Fssn'
saw the gaping wound he said
ats bad Job for the men, hno" tne nan W
sight, that Is ALL" .,,,,,.,. =,
lie declared to the cooner that ne WAS gun'ie'' VI
tho murder The police, however say nat uie oeh
..,eees. p-cr IN custody saw Higgins Murder Arnold
s. n, +em have confessed but the police reiuse 10
toll their names It appears that Higgins and Cough
lin who Is now a fugitive from justice hah oeeh u'"N
ing all day Saturday and were In an ugly moon oo"a
evening Higgins IL is alleged, frequently REMARKED
that he would do up Arnold and the strikers sppe
80, ,or,e troubIe as II was supposed the murdered
~ Corded a revolver When Arnold was seen %
.nnroorh the factory It rs said that Higgins orandisnea
a large pocket knife and Threatened 10 tx 'ne 'a''
-, As Arnold was nearing the strikers pickets
C6Nchlln Jumped ont the road and caught MN o'
te legs others threw him 10 the ground "iho iiss
cnt his throat Coughlin lives In Iwehtnst' anu n''
a uite and child The police fear that he Will leave
the country. ,.,.,a
Charles McAloon Of No 1913 Eigith'st, Long lsland
CITY, the police say, is the most important "'uoSe
rho lot. All tho men arrested thus far are s'rinns
omn,oves az the simonds Stove Foundry. All d the
detained witnesses as we'll the alleged murue'er'
were committed yesterday BY coroner '"eAs'' '" N'
county Jail pending the inquest
CsA 20 q late hour last night no one "au 1910 Nv
co,wav,s mornle 20 claim the body OF Arnold Coroner
Nelhcrs sent telegram to Arnoid's mo'her' ms
Socks az North CIOversdnle, Conn, ASKING VIM u''
e,,on be should make OF the BODY, but received no
reply Sergeant Bushnell said Yesterday '"a' 'e 'A"'
| ample evidence TO convict higgins
Charles W Richards superintendent OF the WORKS
-, a.. c,mmons Manufacturing Company. Issued
t.,.m.nt Yesterday In regard to the MURDER vi
| .r,o,d lie said that the company had always IN
landed TO treat its employees fairly ana pay 40 en
vns,s as any other firm engaged IN he s'''ne o"S'
moss He denied that arbitrary and nhfe~so''hoi'
r,,es were enforced IN the factory. Cohtihuhe' NO
| said 1880. On ,s % ,.v n, :.
and "a oeuts for q married nan was suincieh1 pay
arc utterly mise II IL absolutely Ase 1as NV o'e
( n..n ,,uerintenddnt Of the state ffson !" t.'
| NJ I'm any connected with 1em WIN NV ~
| 70 repeat the experience haa "nn0 '~' VI WV
stone works In Sing Sing prison -
we had al agreement with an agency 70 pace M our
.,ts . Certain number Of Personally, Had no
.o,,roversy with the imported rouders vs. mas pee"
,o,nd vhsp they arrived upon our WORKS nom oos'oh
. ,hsv ware not yet Of The companys charge Ahc9 ns
navc been IN the once OF the works I'VE minutes anu ''
- ,,.,r own yoltion. On Friday night, as the ten or
,.xsv. man 70 whom able 70 give Work Win
r.aer or less regularity passed out they were nonea oy
49, ,,,a-s that they must not return. Not~,thsoandhs
,ot,,o and needs the strikers showed their deter
,.,r 70 prevent their resuming work. On Saturday
r,ng los. al except tho engineer assstano supefn'eh
10, ard once clerks denied Ambulance. One poor
,srov received bad pounding for persissns 70 entef'
Mr. R,ohards's statement is accompanied ey us an
4, 81, and The afdavis OF John Hocke. OF bhssVlne
+ I and John d. Quinn, of this city, N WHICH the
hs and Iawess actious OF The strikers are set forth
rh. aida Wits are accompanied by demand for ponce
protection. ~. ~.
A meetIng OF about 700 strikers and members VI the
Mopdc,s Union WIS held near the works o. tlo COIL
n,ny last evening The union repudated the muir
dor Of Arnold In unmeasund terms and denied
min, Hank Superintendent Rchards's statements that
,h s,rI,ter Ind threatened 70 kill Iiocke, Quinn
and other men who went to work for the company
aprno the strike. Alfred Williams. striker ana
member OF the union, VINO mas ocel eip.ussu ~ ,h,
Simmons Manufacturing Company nine ytNtn Su thht
DO relations between the company ana the uouiuers
were perfcctly harmonious until The arr1vh oi Supei
,end,nt Richards few months ago Inc oneete ~
~ 'nion snid that positive orders had been gwen 10
t.nn from, violence and threats OF Violence nun
drnds ~ moulders came from New YORK, brookiiyn "a,
Vonkers and other cities and towns near-py po uuu .nV
nr,dess TO that OF the union against ali ,
poi.nc. All however were lOud In their denuhcla
lions OF Mr. Richards, who they said WIS re'p'h"oe
for the trouble