Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-23

m~srnt. To illustrate Hanton's tispc.
sitiou, two detectives were present
while the gang were talking about a
1yuslness man who was struck In the |
back Of the head In Hanton's saloon,
and. while senseless ON the floor was |
beaten by four men. lIanton spoke up |
and said: Il am sorry didn't have |
kick ut him myself" Nice man to have |
n saloon license!
business men are unanimously Of the
opinion that the Mayor should revoke
the license of joints where men are
knocked down by blows in the back Of
the head. and where they are kicked
while they are down.
r. Il. Ryan. of ~, Washington street.
Is a new bidder for asphalt paving con-
tracts of the city. The Barber Asphalt
Company. the Western Paving Com
pany. and other large asphalt concerns.
who have done the bulk of this work In
the city for years. are greatly exercised
over the appearance Of the competitor.
S'oinssd..; commissioner McGann
opened bids for paving Wells street ana
several other thorouglfares with as
phalt. Ryan put In biu for every
street and his figures In each instance
were far below the prices submitted by
the old companies. The old companies
bids varied between S2.23 and S2.3o u
square yard for laying the pavement.
while Ryan made uniform price OF
$2.O4 for the work. Commissioner Me-
Gam says II he can be convinced or
Ryans ability to do the work according
TO the specifications lie will give him
the contract.
Edward Morris. acting for the box
making department of Nelson Morris
4 Co. on Monday gave his ultimntum
to the Executive Committee of the Chi
cagO Federation OF Labor. and II II In
effect that he will make no distinction
In the employment of union ana non
union boxmakers. President Payne.
OF the Boxmakers' Union. who repre-
scented the Federation of Labor at Il
conference with Mr.. Morris. said after
the conference that there would he no
more attempts to end the strike by con.
ferenccs, and that the Executive Com.
mittee Of the Federation would now
make an effort to reach Mr.. Morris
through some Of the other businesses
with which he Is connected.
Julius Enders. u non.union man cm.
ployed In Morris \ Co.'S box factory.
was attacked by strikers at 34th and
Climun streets Wednesday night. BE.
fore the police could interfere Endcrs
was beaten into insensibility and was
bleeding from number Of wounds.
The non union men were on their way
home from the factory and were under
police guard. Endcrs. however. fell
behind and the strikers attacked him.
Humphrey MOnahan was arrested.
Enders was removed to Mercy Hos.
pitnl.
The immense signboards which stare
out on city parks ana boulevar,ls from
many vacant lots along the sides OF
pleasure drives are attacked by an Orli.
nance introduced by Aid. Hirsch ut the
last meeting Of the city Council and
passed almost unanimously. 1t IL re.
ported that the Mayor intends to veto
the ordinance.
There are many doubts ns to the le.
Rnlity Of such measure. However,
thousands who have suffered annoy.
ancc from huge walls Of wood thrust
between them and n beautiful view Of
the lake or Of well.kept lawns cannot
fall to wish that some proper regulation
Of these eXcrescences could he adopted
md enforced.
Aid. Hirsch's ordinance merits care.
ful consideration from the Mayor ana
the Corporation Counsel.
On the mind Of cx.City Prosecuting
Attorney W. G. Asay Wednesday
morning were sundry weighty legal
problems ana In his vest pocket $40.
He had Just drawn the money from n
hank and had stepped into an elevator
In the Unity Building, where his Of
ice IL. lie continued lost In thought
until the elevator had reached the tlf'
tecnth floor. or one flight above his
Office. lie stepped of mechanically
He instinctively jammed finger into
the pocket where he had put his roll OF
bills. But the money had vanished.
4 dim recollection of having expert
enced 'rhc significant jostle" from Il
fellow passenger In the elevator then
took possession Of Mr.. Assays faculties
He summoned the elevator In haste
but when he reached the ground ilooi
II was too late.
Hon. Rivers Mcneil and bride are
spending their honeymoon In the sunny
South.
Mr.. Samuel l.. Darby would have
been n strong candidate for Congress
Mr.. Darby will he heard from In til,
future In the Cook County political
arena.
Philip -. Armour says: "The Pull
man shares in Biscuit and Match are
the property of the Pullman Company
and not of the Pullman estate and will
he managed by the Pullman Company
directors
The last annual statement or the
Pullman Company for the year ending
July 81, 1897, was recently made pub
lie. Neither in statement of assets noi