New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06
A HOME FIT FOR IA NAWAB.
RICHARD CRoKERs NEW MANSION Lux
URIOUS ONE.
STORIES WHICH LABOR MEN TELL OF ITS MA'
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AT THE sfbA-

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. At THE sYBA-
RITIC TASTES OF THE LEADER
The strike of the men Of nine trades on IN.
new mansion OF Richard Croker. at NO. H"
Seventy -fourth-st., almost the sole top%
conversation among labor men yesterday. E'...
representative OF organized labor was vi
opinion that the Board OF walking Deies". a..
the Building Trades should remain hr'n ~"
stand against the OF non-union wooo-oa, no
in Mr. Croker's mansion. The strike was SUN VA
yesterday ..
The contractors. Baumgarten g. Co.. agains.
whom the strike is technically directed. said .na'
they were not particularly anxious about the '"
They didn't care much. they added, whetner ''e
Board of Walking Delegates remained hrm "
not These hard times. anyway anu ~
firm was not anxious to pay out money to woou.
carvers lust now Money was scarce. III IL
really became necessary to carve some more DAINTY
little cherubs for Mr.. Croker's mansion t"e'.
were plenty of non-union men who couid DE iou'u
to do the work in perfectly satisfactory manner
1t was considered best therefore, to let the sr'se
progress The members Of the hrm would 90
nothing to stem the tide OF organized labor that
was setting in against them. There were hungry
wood carvers many of them, who would Jump
at a chance to carve out OF beautiful rare al"
costly woods figures OF creatures and Things de-
signed to delight the aesthetic side OF MI. |ro-
ker's nature.
that Richard Croker the man of alleged demo-
cratic habits Of life. having constructed for
himself abode Of striking beauty, which "ou'u
make the expenditure of great sums OF money
necessary The men who were astonshed py this
news were OF the rank and file of the traces
unions. The leaders were not surprised Inc walk
Ing delegates who had been in the new croker
mansion and who had inspected the wood-carving
and other decorations. told stories OF the spenuor
of the interior OF this home. The questions
which led TO the strike seemed to be iost sisht vi
in the talk about the lavish use Of money when
must have been necessary to construct nome Oh
such magnlfcence for a supposed simple leader OF
simple men who vote Some OF the labor leaders
described mantes which enriched by carvings
symbolical of wealth and plenty. over these man
tells and in other parts of the mansion
they said there were cherubs manipulating
horns Of plenty from which they rolled the best
treasures of the land-rare fruits. gold, game ana
other things that would satisfy sybarite. over
all these there appeared great rainfall, the drops
OF which close inspection proved to be votes
There nothing In the carvings TO show tnas IN, h
votes coming from workngmen some OF the
delegates who examined the carvings SAID that eeI
would DO what they could to spoil the dreams OF
Other delegates are comparing notes about tne
richness Of the interior OF this new mansion. !ney
meeting OF the Board n Walking Delegates ~
read at the weekly meetings OF the Central Labor
Union and the Central Labor Federation on sun
The following description Of the mansion
appeared in THE Evening Post:
The house. which +, No Fast straightforward.
l. brand-ncw AMI. whin IL Is not q palace, ANY
inorinatoly luxurious might well be satisfied
with 1t. II dc-Igcd by James +. Ware ana gives
the pleasant consciousness OF living In Ee
nai,sance modified BY artistic touches borrowed
from the Spanish. only twenty-five feet wide the
hou, hi, high basement and above that four WELL
pitched stories It extend. Lack n'y.eigh' feet at
continuous WIDTH on feet and beyond TIL, 1t
has thlrtYhrs 70 long and twenty fect WIDE
house Is built Of brownstone from the
quarrIcs II 1, called brovnston". but II
=, very light shade OF brown. AMI almost pink'sa
The front steps ascend. first. parallel with the wall OF
house. then turn toward THE front door-an ar
rancemcnt permitting greater hitectura effect and Mr.
Ware ha. improved the opportunity The doorway has
and above that tn" treatment Is such as 10
give the cnr. doorway a square casclated apoorance.
Yields rich effect both IRON outline aud penfeous
carving The architect IA, again tried him'c on the
story rich decorative scheme Is carried
from bottom ~ the Windows 10 the roof
But 1t is the OF Mr.. Croker house which Is
10 crafty desire for luxury For the decorations and
furnishing. Mr.. Croker has employed FIfth-ave Arm
which makes q specially u thigh art IN ts line and
who's, services command such that only the wealthy
can engage them The schemes OF decoration IN
Mr. Cookers have just after repeated conferences
between nru and ~ rich patron been finally decided
nuo1 Mr.. Croker proved fisdious. and the firm
put upon IT, ncttlc to pe'se him The wood earvinr
the frcsconr the painting. and all that ba'ine been
settled the firm T. trying % please Mr. croker IN the
matter Of furniture. Its arsts AT work making
special designs which to be submitted TO MI CrokeF
lie will not final decision from descriptions merely
he insists uuon ,ccin. a graphic representation Of the
article furniture before concluding that II VIII DO III
IL does .ut artist make other designs The
fuuur, hous" Therefore + all 10 be especially
manufactured from pedal dc.igns Electric light de-
liver In many artistic shape be the illumination
q Mr. Crokcrs house and lnaSmnrh the very large
extension before mentioned the dining. ROOM
where LIGHTS tc specially numerous turtle?
nnrmaon afforded Of the belief that Mr. Croker In
tends being generous enter amer.
That Mr. Croker has meant that all these preparations
sho along quietly aud unseen possible is GER
alny testified by the cosencss with when
hi. house is guarded. While the wotkmer IN the
house doors KEEP. closed and barred and watch
nan family have taken w residence day and night
basement and inform all persons who AK TO zee the
ueror that they have strict orders from Mr. Croker ~
admit without permit