New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-02
WORK STOPPED AT THE PRISON.
WARDEN SAGE TO BEGIN THE CUTTING OF
sToNE-oTHER SING SING NOTES.

WARDEN SAGE TO BEGIN THE CUTTING OF
sroNE-oTHER SING SING NOTES.
The contract system of employing the wards Of the
State In Sing Sing Prison at remuneratve labor
passed Of existence yesterday. and Warden Sage
has the problem to solve Of what he Will do with the
who his hands with nothing 10 do
For time he has been using the men. steadily
Increasing in numbers in the stonecuttng industry,
and the present time has nearly all he can prohi-
ably employ that. The employment OF the convicts
Is question which the State al large has an inter-
est. The objections 20 the competition OF CONVICT
labor contract work against outside capital and
labor have resulted in the abolition Of all contract
labor in New-York State prisons. The prisoners are
now only TO he employed materials 10 be used IN
State institutions. Warden Sage mas been trying
hard to get for his prison the clothing and snoe IN
ausiries and these. with his stone cutting would
keep the men in his charge pretty fully employed
The stoncutiers are preparing the stone 10 DE
lsed in the building of the clerks new office ground
for which was broken some weeks ago. That donc'
they will cut stone for addition TO the warren
home. Then the Warden is going TO build Fnge
high wall for the village the secor Road ana 'ha'
will require a large amount OF stone
The entertainment of the Sunday -scnooi Oh INC
Highland Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church al
Olive Opera House New Years evening was
The interior of St Paul's Episcopal Church has
been adorned with handsome GIT ooron5 a. nptpc
OF the chancel arch The lamp cost Sioo ana i 'ne
Gift of the Sunday school @. >uo,,s,
The Rev John r.. Creeden, pastor OF ~ Ausust.
ines Church. is slowly recovering from MS feoe"'
attack of Illness. - >,,. and nfiss
The engagement Of Edwin d; Murray ana az niis
Phoebe II. Lounsberry, Of South Highiaho-a'e' Z"
announced. . -. c..,or~ Grand
Next Monday evening G: f. W Stivers. gram 1,nd
high priest of the State of New YORK accoinpafieu
hy his staff will visit Buckingham Chapte. NJ, 10
III; r. A. NJ and the oficers-elect VIII De
after which repast will he served IN the h1 "a. "a
tached TO the chapter room in Masonic nan D""'
ing. = -. r1trh,ard Avenue
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evening Thomas G. Webb. Abram v Wasnnurn anu, anu
George F. Secor were reelected Tor the e"su's '''>
years. . x,,.,. .ho ,arants
Mr. and Mrs William G. Valentine, the parents
of Irving ~ Valentine who mysierlousiy oisap-
peared from this village last June and VINO was sup
posed 20 have gone TO Cuba 10 JOIN the ihsursth.
army. received letter from him recently; ~ Ws
ia led Washington u. c.. December 70 In lhe ist.el
fhe voung man said that he had gone away from
home 10 seek his fortune, and would not return u.i
he had accomplished mis- object. lie gave no Pai
ticulars concerning himself other tnan that ne wa
we'll Mr.. Valentine has communicated VIII ie
Washington authorities with view OF nIulne az
son and inducing him TO return nome QUIZ, ,h,ah
entine is about eighteen years old. ana IL Is thoue
that oversiudy has made him somewhat eccehuc'