The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-04
CUT THE UNION RATE
Row Among the Members
of the Undertakers'
Association.
TUMILTY ACCUSES M'NuITY.
Says He Let Out a Coach For Four
Dollars-Others In the
Fight.

An efrort is being made by certain pro-
minent undertakers to revive the Under
takers Association. For the past year the
association has been allowed to go to pieces.
owning to internal dissensions. The clashes
with the Union Coach Drivers is what pre-
cipitated the troubles, and led to the mern-
bers remaining away from the meetings.
The object in reviving the association at this
time is to settle the liveliest kind of a row
amongst dozen or more prominent UNDER
takers, some of whom are accused of cut
ting the rates The accused men are I'm
dertakers Phillip Tumilty, Kilroy and
Elliott
The Humility mentioned is not "Phip
Tumilty, the Street Superintendent, as en-
excitable lndividu al in his own peculiar way
attempted last night to impress upon my
mind.
Undertaken Tumilty believes and says that
the accusation, SO far as he is concerned,
einanates from Undertaken McNulty. Under
takers Kilroy and Elliot have been accused
by others. Both gentlemen deny it and
defy any man IN tho business to prove it.
N'HVLRT ACCUSED.
Undertakef EoNQIty is accused of the
same ofense by Mr. funilty, who says be
has positive proof that he oilt the rate on one
occasion at lsast. Mr. Tu1nilty cites as an
instance that be lost customer because Nc
Nulty let coach for S., while he, TuInilty,
insisted upon the regular rate, 3d.
Mr.. Tumilty knows he has Men ulty on
tho hip, because the person who hired the
coach off McNulty is relative of his
cTumilty's).
Undertaken Elliott has sign placed in a
conspicuous corner of his Office bearing the
warming not to let a coach to McNulty.
| 1t is customary with the undertakers to
hire each others coaches. They are allowed
10 per cent; off McNulty, it IS alleged,
| does not and probably cannot hire coaches
| of many undertakers, and he depends, as a
result, upon Lewis and Tremble.
An effort was made to call q meeting OF
| the Undertakers' Association last w ednes-
| day So few of the members put in an ap-
| pearance that the meeting was abandoned.
| EFPECF OF A BLACKLIST.
| Another effort is to be made next week.
| If it proves successful there are several un-
dertakers who will undoubtedly be black
! listed for cutting the rates. If this course
| is pursued, the undertakers SO 'blacklisted'
| will be deprived Of the privilege Of using the
| coaches Of undertakers in good standing,
| who never, under any circumstances, let a
| coach for less than S5
| Undertaken Coyls is now regarded as the
| head of the undertakers He is opposed to
| all mon who cut the rates, and stands ready
| to make hard fight to freeze them out or
| the coaeh-hiring business unless the regular
rates are lived DIP to.
1 Unless the troubles are settled in a short
time there may be a cat rate war which will
benefit every one compelled to hire coaches.
| 1t may also result in repetition OF some OF
| the disgraceful scenes at funerals, which
| were frequent year ago when the organized
cOachmen refused to drive at funerals with
'scab" coach drivers.