Evening star., 1895-04-27
THEREFORM SCHOOL REVOLT
All Quiet Today and No Further Outbreak
Expected.
An Inspection Made by the Supe1in.
tendent of Charities -
Criminal Charge.

Mr.. John Tracey, the superintendent Of
charities, and Mr.. Mills Dean, one of the
trustees Of the reform school for girls,
both made visits Of inspection to the
school yesterday to examine into the con-
dition Of affairs growing out of the revolt
Of Thursday evening. Mr.. Tracey is in
constant communication with the school
today, but all the reports received are to
the effect that things are quiet and that no
further outbreak is expected. One reason
for this state Of affairs Is the fact that
the girls are still confined to their rooms,
and their opportunities for kicking up q
disturbance are limited.
May Bs Indicted for Arson.
AS stated In The Star yesterday. the trou-
BILE Thursday evening broke out during the
absence Of Mrs. Aldr1ch, who was in the
city to lodge complaints with the authori-
ties against two of the girls in the insti-
tuition for offenses more serious than mere
insubordination. The fact Is that the Of
tense with which the two girls were charg-
ed was nothing less than arson. Several
nights ago these two. who are about the
toughest specimens of humanity the school
contains. were discovered in the act of set
ting fire to the building. They had piled
up their bedding and such other articles
as they could get their hands on, and had
what they were doing the destruction of
the school would probably have resulted.
The matter was laid before the chairman
Ct the trustees of the school. Mr.. W. C.
Endicott. Complaint has since been lodged
with the district attorney, and the chances
are that the grand jury will shortly bring
in an indictment against the girls which
may take them out of the school and send
them to the penitentiary.
Mr.. Tracey's Opinions.
In conversation with Star reporter this
morning, Mr.. Tracey said that he was sat
isfied that all trouble at the school is over
for the time being, at least. OF course,
there Is likely to be trouble at any time
at an institution like this one. but the
trustees have the highest opinion of Mrs.
Aldrich's abilities and qualifications for
the place. and they think that she is per-
fectly competent to maintain order under
anything like ordinary circumstances The
girls do not seem to stand in SO much awe
of Mrs. Marshall. and they took the first
opportunities they had to show their feel
ings. Mr.. Tracey said that he was unwill-
ing to be interviewed with reference to the
management Of the school, inasmuch as it
is In the hands of trustees who were
ness, but he was willing to say that, in his
opinion, the authorities at the school had
acted with the greatest wisdom and dis
cretion, In handling the revolt and that
doEe.
The Punishment of the Girls:
The reform school naturally receives the
very worst class of the female population
of the city, and at times the work Of re-
forming s-&hsmraod Infringing them to a real
izing sense of their moral delinquencies is
a discouraging one. Moral suasion does not.
in the opinion of the officers of the school.
always seem the simplest and most salu-
tary method Of dealing with the sort of
girls that are sent from the Police Court
to the reform school, but that is the only
sort of influence the matrons and teachers
are allowed to use Solitary confinement
has but little terrors for the girls, for they
are confined in their pleasant bed rooms
and are absolved from their share Of work
in the sewing room and elsewhere about
the school.
At a late hour this afternoon a report
from the school. statedathat all was quiet
today and that there were no further signs
of a disturbance ~'- ~~-