Evening journal., 1894-09-11
WOMEN WON THE DAY.
Lively Fight Over the Name OF
a Long Island Village Street.
FAIR sHo7ELERs ARE VICTORIOUS
Mr.. Hand wanted TO Name the.street HAND
Avenue Instead Of Bayview. but his sign
boards Were Not Allowed to stay Up.
and the End Is Not Yet.

Avenue Instead Of Bayview, but His sign
boards Were Not Allowed to STAY Up
and tho End Is Not Yet.
PoRr JEFFERSON, n. Y. sent. IL
Tho women Of Sctauket. a village near
Port Jefferson, went forth to battle armed
with implacable determination and som,
shovols and before long they had dug {
grave and buried in IL the aspirations Of
o wealthy sctauket shipbuilder, Mr.. n.
Hand
Ihc highway commissioners are to visit
the village today, it is true, but the wom.
en- regard their victory rs decisive, and
say that in caso Mr.. Hand IS still flying
~ tho face Of public sentiment when the
sun rises tomorrow thoy will be on hand
and will drive his forces into the oconn
All the row is over little bit Of thor.
oughiGre that runs from the main street
Of tho yillage to the bay. Residents there
wished to have 1t named Bayview avenue.
Mr. Hand on the contrary, desires to per.
petuate his name and has attempted Ia
settle tho matter once for all by putting
up signs giving notice that its nano l.
Hand avenue
There was nothing worse than talk as
long as Mr. Hand was satisfied with re-
ferring to tho thorouphfare as Hand ave.
nue. for the perBons who live in it out.
numbered him, and thoy could and did
call 1t Bayvlcw avenue 10 times while ho
was saying Hand once
Pulled Down the signs.
But when he attempted to nut m sign.
boards for tho guidance and instruction
OF strangers the quarrel became open and
tho women who have boon foremost in
the DISCUSSION all along, declared that
this must not b..
Mr.. Hand on several occasions caused
the erection Of signboards which bore his
NAME and they were always pulled down
by indignant residents. A short tjme
ago I'm iron post was set up in the street.
a very irm post it was too The letters
OF tho persistent Mr.. Hands name wore
printed upon an iron crosspieco at the top.
In che morning the post was gone. and
the earth about the polo was so trampled
that it told Of ye0man's q work done in the
night. some one had fallon upon that
post with sledge and had beaten it into
old iron. Thon the wreck was carried
away and hidden
: That is the history Of the feud up to
Monday, when a number Of iron signs.
each Weighing half a ton and having
'fHand painted upon the crosspieces.
We're carted TO tho spot. The news that
Hand had ordered them had spread
through tho village, ana tho women had
met and decided that tho time for opon
warfare had arrived.
Tho workmen dug number Of holes
and were lifting the signs into position
whom band Of women, with sleeves roll.
ed up and shovels in hand, marched into
the avenue, advanced promptly to one Of
the holes and began to fiji it up with earth
The men wero nonplused. They were
not disposed TO resort to force. and vet
they were paid to put up the signs. Each
cf the new aDd offensive guide pogts was
SO heavy that it required six men to mt
IL in position. While they were busy At
one Of the excavations the women took ub
positions at all tho others and worked AZ
II they were digging for hidden treasure.
Tho Women Victorious.
The men tried persuasion, but the wopn-
en- shoveled away without saying word.
Then tho men interfered, but as soon az
one of the amazons was driven from her
position three or four more came to her
aid, and tho remainder went TO work in
another spot
The workmen resisted but it was only
In half hearted way, and after half an
hour, during which there was general un-
happiness, the men threw down their
spades and left the invaders in possession
of tho field
Tho advocates OF "Bayview, thus
freed from interruption, piled their show.
els vigorously until every hole was filled
with earth that had bean stamped and
pounded into tho opening until 1t was
packed as solidly as before the ground was
hrokon.
When the work was finished, the WON
en- shouldcrod their shovcls, waved their
aprons In triumph and marched from the
field. They loudly dehed Mr. Hand to nut
up the signs and say that their action Is
compared to the measures they
are prepared to adopt in future should the
again attempt to carry out
his plans.
Mr. Hand is determined to carry his
point, and he said that the signs win be
placed in position regardless Of cost and
trouble. The highway commissioners arc
to visit the sceno today, but those who
saw the women at work shake their hends
and say that it will require moro than the
dictate OF the borough officials to have apv
effect upon the Erigado OF shovelers. The
husbands and broShers of tho women who
burned out are proud Of their performance
and will back them up in future should
there be farther trouble
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