New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-30
WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
YONKERS.

Owing TO the dull times and the difficulty expert
enced in dsposng of goods the Alexander smith q
Sons Carpet Company has found necessary 10 smut
down a portion Of the works In this city, ana II Is
said that other departments Will also have 10 NC
closed The large worsed spinning mill IN the saw
mill River Road closed on Friday night ana yes
,erday 100 employees out OF employment "hen
a Tribune reporter saw Harold Brown treasurer OF
the company Yesterday and asked him about the CLOS
ing and the reasons for It, he said that safes "au
diminished and that business was duh everywhere
Merchants can not get accommodation AT 'he oa"nS
and consequently they can't buy merchandise. Al
present the banks holding fast 10 their money
and no merchant can buy without credit that Is I'M
Improbable. and. You know, few have that. our
field is largely the West and the outlook IN that
section is bad. Large retail stores are dsposng OF
little goods" Mr. Brown further stated that the hrm
had been cutting down expenses for the last three
weeks cutting wherever 1t saw that 1t could before
dischareing any OF the employees. Three weeks ago
everything running full time. but now mere are
about $50 persons formerly empoyee IN ,nr i NIL
looms in the other factories have been gfauuay smu.
down. In the moquete mil theIe are saA go Nv
Brown said that the mill would he started again VIII
v nen S to mind the of 1888 when all the
mills closed FOR hve months speaking OF oS St rs
five months during the panic In January. 1872 every
factory was running full time and they nave been
IoweIl have been running only three days week
for long time We have kept going longer than any any
Of the others" The closing OF the spinning NIL, mas
made the operatives In the other mills uneasy " m
ter Is coming on 6 6he and G anxey felt in
many homes. OF the 200 persons employed IN tlle
women and girls MIR Brown would not tell the
amount Of the weekly payroll Of the mill Just smut
averaged from 81 to 81 80 day. 49,.
Joseph Embrine, seventeen years old, OF Mount
Vernon who was arrested Friday on Il charge OF
placing stones the tracks OF the Yonkers Electric
cd hf
lam Riley. Edward Dedrick the conductor VINO
hid in the bushes said he was POSITIVE s Una, I'm On
S1ins rack 'fs ns heG in bail
a ss s gave his Gf ssf as Sovero ImPfono
humber OF the pastors of the city churches are
fo-day by supplies The Rev Charles y. Gate will
conduct the services at the First Reiormed SnHIGn
win preach at the First Presbyterian Church The
Rev Dr. RSbeT. Fo,heS OF D Ensnopa chursh
The Rev Dr. John A Murri. of San Francisco; at
the Westminster Presbyterian phHrch ana ,o med
church The Rev. Mr. White, Of WASHINGTON vii
he at the Messiah baptist Church in the morning
and the Rev a. Coolc-3n the evening.
special musical service will be given th See, ereh
The quartet. composed Of Miss Houston. Mrs. You,
mans and Messrs Chamberain ana Greene; WIN
has returned from his vacation and Will preach al
'os" movement s on foot to organize in. this city
bowling club composed exclusively Of Gsrman IS,
NJ Mfy r maH"sf the S e InG sprt in the
jzation Sufficient interest was manifested az tIe
last meeting TO warrant meeting being 'aiieu lo'
next Thursday night .,. 49,,
Tho last Of the series of Saturday afternoon out
ings of the Woman's Institute club was held yes
ierdav The members spentihe AFTERNOON III '"e
MUSEUM of Natural History in Central PARK
Tn. tea given yesterday afternoon from 10
o'clock al the YOnkers Lawn Tennis CiuO mouse ~
The Palisade-aVe. extension, closed the series ol
pleasant affairs that have been given during the
summer months In the .ariic- part Of the summer
,nssos The last three teas. including the one OF
YESTERDAY were conducted by the club
4 large number Of women awaited themselves OF
tho offer made by the Rivcrdalcave. branch or the
Warbur;on Avenue Baptist Church SuEday-schooi
Yesterday 10 spend a few hours on the river WIN
their children The GOAT left the pier al CLOCK
ana (. veral hours were spent on the river Inc
mothers and their infants were taken free OF
Miss Lizzie Kennedy. Miss Mamie Herdzer ana
Miss Clara Armtage held a sale yesterday aileI-
noon at No. . Palisadc-ave for 81. John RIVER
side Uosuital. and neat sum was reabz'u
George Komatz. "A Hungarian, called at the rec
tory OF Holy Trinity Church yesterday WIN
woman and asked that they be married Al lhe
same lm, he exhibited what he supposed was
marriage license The priest discovered that II was
neiler's license. II seems that last SATURDAY
matt and a number of women about the bullGIhs
in earrest conversation. and finally komatz asked
for q license O'Bren thought of course, ne wah'cn
a license 10 peddlc. marriage licenses are Is
sued there and gave TO him. chal glng wv. ne
money was paid after a consultation win me
wCmen These circumstances We're explained 10
the clerk and the 80 promptly refunded