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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
THE PARK BoA'RD MEETING.
PLANS FOR THE NEW WING TO THE MUSEUM
OF ART.

PLANS FOR THE NEW WING TO THE MUSEUM
OF ART.
The Park Board met yesterday morning at the
Arsenal All the Commissioners were present
Henry c. Marquand, president of the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art presented plans for a new wing
TO the Museum Of Art Building. II is to be east
Of the main building and fronting on Ffth-aVe.
The main new wing Is 20 be 300 feet by 100 III IS
to be connected with the main building by an eX-
tension building OF 100 feet by 90 There Will De
an entrance on Fifth-ave. between Eighty-fourth
and Eighty-nfth SITS. change Of the plan was
advised by MIR. Vaux. the landscape artist ana
Superintendent Parsons, OF the Park Department.
nv which the entrance ground was enlarged. there
by enabling two or three carriages to pass AZ the
same time The architecture Of the new wing Is
10 conform with that of the building and the IN
terror structure is also 20 be similar TO the older
building. -, . .o.. Tho
Board Of Estimate for an appropriation OF ~
1 "a Mich the Legislature voted to the city Tor me
benefit of the Metropolitan Museum OF Art TOT edch
of five years ,, 49,. 80
4 resolution was laier passed making the IT,
cues, OF 100000 as asked for.
A communication from the Board OF Estimate
and Apportonmeni allowing the PARK Board SZoVV
for A survey OF the site of the Botanical Garden
in Bronx Park was ordered fled The Park Board
had requested the appropria tion OF s5W,Vp toward
tho erection of the new garden
The Board adjourned till next Wednesday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
CONDITION or THE IRON TRADE

Cleveland Nov. THE Iron Trade Review says
to-day: Further decline In Bessemer pig and steel
billets have taken pace In the week although the
volume OF business Is small that prices are less
significant than the fact that the walt Is drawing
itself out toward a time OF year always marked by
quetness Blast furnace and steel companies show
no disposition to follow the market to the level to
which speculative transactions have brought II.
The cutting OF prices by producers Is In nearly all
asses traced furnaces or mills that got into OPP
Grafton after the boom had reached It's height The
policy Of the leading interests that have been
pushed with orders for SIX months seems be TO
let smaller producers who are disposed shade
prices fll up with business The problem that then
remains Is whether there will come up orders
enough to stiffen prices again for those who have
held of. Bessemer pig mas ranged from 81 IS in
the valley down - $4. Speculative steel still
dominating the billet market, and with little buying
the price has gone below so at Pittsburg. and
Transactions In the Wheeling districts have shaded
So 80. Car-buyng has he.ped bar mills and FORCES,
and axe-makers have not been busy In two
years. ore producers cannot name prices for 1896
although IL Is agreed that the basis will be above
that OF early 95 The price OF Conneilsvlle coke Is
generally expected TO be higher by January With
labor-cost closely approximang the level OF 1892.
with coke higher. and iron ore certain to go above
the opening price OF 1893. there substantial
sons for expecting d continuance OF to-days prices
IN hI.shsd material
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
DESOLATE And DESERTED.
PLACES WHERE But RECENTLY THERE WE'RE
SCENES OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY AhH Nv"
EMPTY AN D FORLORN

-, .cvs v.r7rpr But RECENTLY THERE WE'RE
SCENES OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY ARE NOW
EMPTY AN D FoRLoRN.
>-ou ,bs, the election is over. some or the hedn-
quarters of the smaller political organizations die
diya,naar.rc The notice store to lei was PoS'e'
~ ,he front windows Of the State Democrac! nea"-
o,.,,ers At No IS East Twenty-third-st.' Hes'e'-
do There were still some chairs ana ldpes W.
,orynr n the political organization IN the Pia'e'
ard a LOT Of useless political circulars anu "'io
granhs hI, the ianitor said they were 10 oe moNeu
out soon although the State democracy "'u '-ds
~ the first floor Of the building untll NoNsi'o' To-
-ra Executive Committee Of the Good Govern
r1ent clubs had departed from the secono "oo' VI
Tho buiIding No llso Broadway leaving on the
large blackboard list Of the sup-coHihl''ecs anu
..Hnrrah ,or the Goo Coos" in white chalk. The
roorns ERE formerly occupied by Mr.. Duffy as a
bucks,sbop and &C he was burned out by the fire
,,ch aestroved the Empire State Bank Building.
- broadway and B.eecker-st.. on the evening OF
T-,o,,or Dav ne IS expected to so back and occupy
lis former quarters
T.na Garoos and Gazoos were getting ready TO
oui, their headquarters IN Lexington-ave and in
c,nvvesant-st and the Steckers had no further
"a FOR their roor, in the Coleman House, while the
Advisory Committee of the Committee OF Fhty
rad wound up It's affairs at the Gilsey House
The Republican Court Committee VIII continue
- occupy rs headquarters on the fifth floor OF the
mid ms No r3 West Thirty-eignth-st the moor
,hare Icing leased by the year. ana 1amlnahN, OF
course has it's permanent nome IN the "is"a" III
reoort Of what the Committee OF Fifty did in
the campaign will be prepared Dy .hafics
St 's,,th sid Yesterday that he expected to nave
he report ready By the latter part OF next week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
POSSIBLE BUILDING FADE STRIKE
THE HousEsM1THs AND BRIpGEMENs UNION Tc
HOLD AN IMPORTANT MEETING

THE HoUsEsM1THs AND BRIpGEMENs UNION TO
HOLD AN IMPORTANT MEETING
The United Housesmths and Bridgemens Cnion
will hold an important meeting at Clarendon han
next Sunday TO decide whether or not its members
shall go on strike There 800 men In the union
ga 1, &c irving to bring about uniform scale OF
wages ranging from 80 % to 81 50 a day.
The union is composed of those mechanics VINO
nut I'D the iron and steel frames OF large buildings
and bridges. 1t has been reorganized WITHIN ie"
months The old union broken by a strike in
1892 The contractors at that time organized the
Iron League. with J. NJ Cornell as president Last
spr.ng the league voluntarily reduced the working
hours of the men to eight hours day. There mas
heen no regular scale of wages tablished how
ever and the men endeavOring 10 compel the
"hosses' 10 adopt one. Their union il represented
in the BOARD Of Walking Delegates. and should A
strike of the iron men De ordered IL is feared tna
the men of the other building trades to tne nuinner
Of 20 C0n NAV also be called out. A general strike
among the building trades would be very unfortu-
nate at this tine as the building business IS ac'Ne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
CAR HORSES RUN AWhY.

AN OLD MAN KNOCKED DOWN AND HIS SKULL
FRACTURED.
While a Ninth-ave. surface car was moving north
Wednesday night the horses took fright at some I'M
known object Christopher and Greenwich SIS,
and started to away. They broke the coupling
pin OF their harness. and when the driver. John
Marten. twenty-five years old OF No S25 West
Forty-ninth-st.. tried to hold them with the lines
they pulled him over the dashboard bruisng him
badly and breaking his hold on the lines
Having secured their freedom. the horses ran up
Green wich-st. until they reached Eieventh-st.
where they knocked down Felix Kirke. seventy
five years old. OF No. 3Ss West Eleven,h-st. who
was on his way home. The horses were soon al
terward stopped
Kirke declared that he was not hurt, and was
taken homo in a cab Yesterday morning. how
ever, It was found that his skull had been frac-
tured and Martell was arrested by policeman
Kelly OF the Chares-st. police station
In jefferson Market Court Magistrate Mott held
Martell TO await the result OF kirke's injuries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
SILK GOODS TO BE HIGHEf.
A LARGE ADVANCE IN THE COST OF RAW
MATERIAL.
ACTION OF THE SILK ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
SOME STATISTICS or \ GREAT AND
GROWING INDUSTRY.


Raw silk has advanced in price about 30 per Gem
thus far this year said Britton Richardson s
retarv OF the silk Association OF America, 20 i..
reporter at the offices Of the organization ~
70 Grand-st Yesterday. 80 that raw mater!a "ii''
previously cost the manufacturers " now COSTS ao'
"a. This advance compelled the manufacturers o'
silk twist sewing silk etc. TO increase their prices
10 per cent at a meeting Of the association neIu vi
October 2 and at special meeting held on oc,ooei
30 il was decided that meeting should be hein DIT
II a m. on Wednesday. November 20 to consider .ne
question OF further advance. Since 1851 the price
OF machine silk twist mas run down to 81 30 a pound
which shows a decline OF about 80 per cent. 1t IS
probable that advs nee will be made at the meet
ing on November 20 because SILK has become so
fashionable for apparel etc, within the last II"
years that the demand has enormously increased
and account of The recent hard times. excessive
competition and increased cost Of raw material
the manufacturers have run their factories without
profit. many doing even at an actual loss. Inc
advance on machine twist. ETC. will naturally anect
the prices Of dress goods, and ribbons especiaIy
should further advance be made on November :"
Several prominent silk manufacturers In corrob-
Grating the foregoing said that while the manu-
facturers OF dress goods and ribbons we're con-
templating advance OF from "a 10 1914 per cent
there had ye; been any formal concerted action
but that If further advance in raw material
twist etc. should be made. they would he com
PEELED to advance the price Of their goods proper
tonatey.
Mr.. Richardson furnished the reporter "ith some
interesting statistics concerning the insignificant
origin Of the silk industry In this country ana us
remarkable growth The industry started in
1910 In a small one-story wooden structure al Mahs-
field, Conn. Its annual product. watch "a' al
first merely nominal steadily increased. ami the ~
dustry grew with especial rapidy during me 'NH
War. The following comparative tabi- OF -"
principal statistics of manufacture sho" the mar
n.lt,cfr IuripR hs
ado extending from 1880 to 1890 according to TIE
United States census for those years:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
RHINELANDER Pupils PATRIOTIC.
THEY VOTE TO SALUTE THE FLAG EACH DAY AT
THE MORNING EXERCISES.

THEY VOTE TO SALUTE THE FLAG EACH DAY AT
THE MORNING EXERCISES
There was an intensely interesting scene yeser-
dav afternoon in the big room of the Rhineander
school of the Childrens Aid Society at No. so
East Eighty-eighth-st On the second floor OF the
building I'm a CHEEKY room with big windows ana
an abundance OF fresh ar and sunlight. were as
sembled 1856 children ranging in age from five TO
fourteen wears The little folks seated at
ordinary school desks Facing them and seated on
a platform were half a dozen visitors. four of whom
were men, and every man was trembling In MS
boots for fear he would be called upon to make a
speech Scattered about the were the teach
ers and in front OF the long OF seats stood
Miss " p Pascal. the principal of the school
Now this school, I'm IT'S ordinary daily routine IS
not materially different from any other school IN
Education and It's pupils are graduated INTO the
higher grades of the public schools in due time.
But il has some accessories that the public Schools
do not enjoy IL Is a technical school to all IN
tents and purposes. Its boys learn carpentry ana
work and cooking. But the Rhine lander IS school
Of patriotism. Its pupils are taught the duties ana
can lisp until they leave the school shouting with
lusty voices for odd Cory" They know the mean
ing of the bars the field and the stars Ihey
know VINO the President IS and they know the
difference between an Alderman and an Assembly
man. They can tell you as gliby as any politician
about the two great parties Of the country. They
also know that There are others" They know the
difference between patriot and 'stay-a home.
aration of Independence and the Constitution than
many man who votes. They showed this yester-
day afternoon in their answers to questions
The little folks had election yesterday. They
voted unan mousy 10 salute the flag daily. al the
morning opening exercises of the school The SEN
timent of the school was unit and there were just
many votes cast there were registered voters.
The entertainment yesterday was simply the
this Is the election season The afternoon was
filled in with patriotic songs and Rotations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
HIS FAMILY SAW TIE Fun

MR. sCHEFTEL wHIRLED AROUND AND OFT OF
THE STOCK EXCHANGE IN APPROVED STYLE.
w VI. Schefte had his family and relatives
present in the gallery of the Stock Exchange yes,
terday 10 celebrate his advent member
OF the Exchange. He stepped boldly into the arena.
looked aloft and cried out: Day day
Then swiftly. suddenly If struck by cyclone.
off and away went his hat; then he found him
self seized. caromed. caroused and made subject
to seismic powers until he landed all in heap In
Broad-st his coat torn his trousers bagging at
the knee his necktie departed, his entity In doubt
II is contrary 10 the rules OF the Exchange 10 put
man through an initiation of this kind The
rules were out OF working order.
7. Dwight Porter. arother new man. being mod
est and retiring took the seat of George L. Brouwer
without accident Mr.. Scheftel trying TO NIL
the chair of the late A. +. Putnam.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
.JrSTICE HOLBROOK TO CYCLISTS.
HE ADMINISTERS SEVERE LECTt RE ON
..scORCHING" AND IMPOSES TWO
HEAVY FINES.

He ADMINISTERS SEVERE LECTURE on
"scoRcHrNG." AND IMPOSES TWO
HEAVY FINES.
There were two cases before the Judges in the
Court OF Special Sessions yesterday which affected
bicvclIsts VINO "scorch" Rudolph Bergman. of No.
32I East Eighty-third-st.. while riding on Eighth
ave on the evening Of September 80. when near
Forty-ffth-st ran down Mrs Eliza Mcintyre. OF
No 35l West Forty-ffth-st., and so seriously In
tured her that she In bed for several weeks.
Bergman when he took the stand. said that he
was riding along Eghtfr-ave. when he first noticed
Mrs Mcintyre crossing the. street. she havin :
come through Forty-hfth-st He attempted to
STOP but the asphalt pavement had been so freely
watered that he unable either TO stop or turn
aside without endangering his own life.
Justice Ho.brook. who ia presiding. asked: Gould
YOU not have Jumped OFF your Wheel" The wit
ness said he could not, and then Justice HoDrook
told him TO be more careful In me future, ana
imposed on him as the sentence of the Court a
fine OF SIS or twenty days In the city Prison
The second case was that of Peter Mulvey who
the night OF August 49, MAS run down by VIII
lam Abraha msoB. Of No 1e0 Henry-si. Mulvey
aliehtcd from a Second-ave car at FIth-st, when
Abraha mson. who only few feet away and
into the complainant Mulvey was rendered I'M
conscious \ policeman who saw the occurrence
gave chase 10 Abrahamson and caught him after
A of two blocks.
imposs bic for him TO stop, whereat Justice Hol-
brook said: This habit of screening through the
streets without regard 10 life and limb or pedes-
trians il pcrnicious and dangerous, and this Court
will put stop to 1t II II Hes In lts power ne
then imposed a fine OF s25 or Imprisonment for five
ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08

The increase of the net product from 1880 to l"o
was 100 80 per cent. Notwithstanding that values
had meanwhile declined about p per cent. Mt.
Richardson estimates that the general increase Vi
the silk Industry has been from 20 to 50 per cent
since 1890 desnte the great business depression dur
ing the early years of the present decade me
American silk manufacturers. he says. are strongly
competing with their foreign rivals in every brdnGh
Of the business and domestic silk goods are steadily
growing in the favor OF the public
The ra " silk used by the domestc mthu,
facturers comes mainly from Italy Japan an
china. that from the last-named country being the
least used on account Of its inferorty 10 ma
from the two other countries. The American man
ufacturers during the year ending June 30 Ia,
used 96l4.0e pounds Of raw SILK, which COST s-o'-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
PART ii.
PAGES II TO IA.
IN FAVOR OF ARBITRATION
ACTION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
rur NEED OF A NEW WAREHOUSE FOR THE APP
PRAIsER's DEPARTMENT - GIFT OF
pIcTI.RES TO THE CHANNEL

THE NEED OF A NEW WAREHOUSE FOR THE AP-
PRAIsER's DEPARTMENT GIFT OF
PICTURES TO THE CHAMBER.
The Chamber Of Commerce. at its monthly meet
,re Yesterday. unanimously approved report from
rs Committee Foreign Commerce and the
psvenuc Laws directing attention to an article
In a late number Of The University Law Review. -
because Of recent warlike u,terances by men
nroninent In public life. and the tendency Of inter
national questions affecting commerce. This
article gives an account of the growth of inter
national arbitration. and says What 1t is pro-
nosed do is 10 crystalline into law what is the
General practice OF the United States to-day. and.
70 a considerable extent the practice of other a
,ions" The article also refers TO the proposed
establishment or great international tribunal of
arbitration. which shall be TO the nations of the
world what the United States Supreme Court is to
the states OF this Union" The report was signed
nv B. Thurber. James McCreery and Gustav II.
Schwah.
The same committee made report. which was
unanimously adopted. upon the necessity for a new
warehouse for the appraisers department Of the
custom House The report closed with the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved. That committee Of FIVE. to be named
committee he shall be an ex-oficio member. be
appointed. whose duty 1t shall be to wait upon the
Secretary of the Treasury and respectfully urge
that contract or contracts be speedily entered into
for the completion OF said warehouse ana tnas
~ The same on or before the LIST day of September,
isas unGer penalties sufficient 10 secure the due
performance OF said contract: that such action -
deeed bv us essential in the interes, Of the Gov
eminent and of this great commercial cornmnnity,
and as furnishing the most efficient medium through
which to secure administrative reform in the
customs service this port.
Presiden, orr appointed the following as the com
rri,tee provided for by the resolution Johh
sloane r. q rhgrber;, James Mccreery' Hicks
Arnold and John W Aiken -oa In
4 letter from Frederick Sturges Was reaq -, IN
which the offer was made. in behalf OF Mrs Viii.
am Il Osborn and Frederick. Edward and Henry
Sturras children of the late Johra than Sturges.
=, present 10 the Chamber the portrait OF the late
Lyman Reed painted by b. Dq naf%re 'o of the the
Ga stores owned by Mr. Reed as they appeareo IN
ISL The offer was accepted. Mr.. heed was d
nember of the Chamber some sxty-hve years ago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
COMMISSIONER WARING'S APPEAL.
,,m,..,onsr Warning is distributing the followi

circular:
The Commissioner OF Street Cleaning presents his
COMPLIMENTS and begs to ask your cordial coopera-
ton in his efforts TO secure a cessation or the
habit OF iitterng the streets with all manner or
rubbish. ,.., . A. - A..
habit OF the drivers OF delivery wagons
who throw their refuse paper. straw. etc. and their
worn out baskets. into the streets such acts are
Violations OF law and are punishable by severe pen
aities There 10. however no doubt that this VIOLA
ton is almost universally the result OF careless
ness and not OF malice. and Il Is believed that
the most sffectual way OF preventing ~ contnuapce
will be to ask that employers kindly and fire.
ouent,y caution their delivery men N the matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
PICTURES 60 AT NOMINAL PRICES

Edward Schenck auctioneer, at No. s. Liberty
vt yesterday sold twenty-five paintings in oil and
water color that part of the assets OF the de-
funct Harlem River Bank. The works were mostly
commonplace. and. though they represented So
900 10 the stockholders OF the bank. all the auc-
tioneer could could get for them si06. What
purported be genuine Davieux. entitled The
Grand Canal Venice brought the top price s35
Two landscapes signed "Daubigny." sold for ST.
and ST. and a Lotox water color entitled The
Scout" was knocked down at SIS. The other works
brought only nominal prices
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
THE VALUE OF ANDIRovs IN QUESTION.

The question OF the value Of Commodore Gerry
imported androns proved weighty yesterday
that Collector Kibreth adjourned the hearing until
to-day Cyrus A. Stevens. formerly assistant APP
praiser ard Eugene Honeywell. former examiner
OF antiquities In the Custom House. testified that
the valuable parts OF the iire-dogs including the
richly ornam, nta castings. dated back at least 200
years. Mr.. Gerry willing to rest on this 'testi-
mony. but the Collector desired TO hear more evil
dence to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
rrsnk Clark, superintendent OF the Horse sh
SCr-TT TR4 CTTRED BY IA III.

,nes Shannon died at the Presby terian Hospital
yesterday from fracture Of the base of the
skuu He was taken 10 the hospital Wednesday
nigh, unconscious from tae Hell Gate Republican
,i,h In East Eighty -fourth-st He was injured by
Ealing down the clubhouse steps. Shannon HVed
az No / 4G7 Thrd-ave.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08

member Of the Constitutional Convention of 1894
and the one before H.
Sir Julian Paunccfote after seeing the great in
ternational marriage Wednesday. departed tor
Washington Sir Julian is frequent visitor 10 New
Work. While here recently he losi valuable
overcoa, II. was stopping at the Brunswick and
wen. for q ride He either dropped his coat some
where or else left II in the carriage IS a result
u. was compelled 10 take a hurried flight TO Can
ada without an overcoat. lie had nothing but
words OF praise yesterday for the way in which
tho great wedding mad been managed. He said
that he knew the young Duke so well tha' he felt
tho interest in him that he would In son. ana
was happy TO see him get such an excellent WIFE.
A man whose name less than year ago on
everybody's lips was at the Windsor Hotel yesier-
dav Joseph G Sibley. ex-member of Congress
from PENNSYLVANIA. and the possible nominee Of
tho silver,tes upon National ticket for the Pres-
dency should they an Independent ticket, gave
President Cleveland one Of the most severe scor-
,ngs that the Nations Executive ever received in
the halls Of Congress. II was Mr.. hey who 20 ned
the two phrases during that remarkable speech
las, winter that have since become known from
ore end Of the country the other. Mr.. Sbley
was elected 10 Congress a Democrat but in
that speech he rcpudiated Democracy. He said
,b., he had climbed into the wagon OF the Demo-
snd when he found ont that under the veneer and
1olish was rotten frame he was going to jump
out and he didn't care much where he LANDED; lie
ref rcd to President Cleveland as "a combina-
lion OF brains, belly and brass and later In his
u nnscb accused him Of dealing out offices 20 In
Grnence votes. In referring 10 the President 5
PROMISES he said tina, there were some men-the
cIass-who placed more faith in bobtail fnsh
esihiav has had little 10 say. He OF the
main organizers OF the bmetall.c party in Denver;
,',hich seems 10 have died an early death. He had
,,tie 70 saw Yesterday except that the silver sont
ment was only latent, and not dead Mr.. Siboy
GUNS one Of the largest stock farms ana dairy es-
,oblishnents in Pennsylvania
., ,.r,, s,rerintendent Of the Horse Show
aa,,,ion is a busy man these days. He has
tko, charge Of the amphitheatre Of Madison Square
| Garden and he has army OF men at work. He
was enthusiastic about the show yesierdty. hc
d5 '.Evervthing will be IN shape when the doors
So ,nened next Monday, and We expect 10 have the
most successful season in the history or the as
ncas,,on Several unique features ana iais are
Soing nrepared for Introduction ana. taken alto
octher his show will be one to remember