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New-York tribune., 1899-07-17
AGITATION IN MANHATTAN.
SUCCESS IN BROOKLYN MAY MEAN BIG
sTRIKE IN THIS BOROUGH.


STRIKE IN THIS BOROUGH
While there seems TO be no immediate pros
pect Of the strike extending to this city, it is
recognized that should the men in Brooklyn
succeed In forcing concessions, their example
may be followed by the railroad men in this
:ity But 4 Is admitted by John y. Parsons
and by the men who active in the Surface
Railroad Employees Association, that there
could be no strike in this city unless the men
show more disposition to organize than they
have hitherto done. The great proportion Of the
men in the employ Of the Metropolitan and
Third Avenue companies have absolutely re-
fused TO affiliate themselves with the Knights
Of Labor. The officers Of the new railroad mems
association. however declare they will keep up
the agitation against the Metropolitan company
until their demands have been granted. They
expect also 10 enlist the sympathy Of the pub
lie by the mass meeting TO be held tomorrow
night in Cooper Union for the purpose Of ven-
tating the grievances complained of. The final
arrangements for the meeting Will be held to-
day, when the committee hopes 10 be able TO
announce that Bishop Potter the Rev. Drs.
Rainsford and John P. Peters will make ad-
dresses. in addition TO Senator John Ford
Father Ducey. Victor J. Bowling and John S.
Crosby. who have already promised to speak
The Grievance Committee which waited on
President Vreeland a few days ago has issued
Q circular from the headquarters OF the Surface
Railroad Employees Association, describing the
rebun they met at the hands OF Mr.. Vreeand.
The circular suggests that a committee of two
should be appointed from each division 10 work
among the employees, and 10 collect contributions
OF 81 to meet the expenses OF the efforts OF
securing betterrnent Of our conditions" The
circular closes by saying: The committee de-
sires TO inform its associates that this is the
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LEADERS EXPRESS CONFIDENCE.
Mr.. PARSONS SURE THE RAILROAD OFF
GALS WILL SEE THE ERROR
OF THEIR WAYS.

General Master Workman John y. Parsons
and Master Workman Pines met the strike
committee Of nine at the City Hall early In the
morning They assembled again in the after
aoon in the Clarendon Hotel. Mr.. Parsons said
that the strikers would be paid by the knights
Of Labor during the time they were out.
Now, what do you think Of it?" said Mr Par
sons. "The road puts out 100 men at lick, and
on last Friday they engaged crews Of 16O men,
Why? Because the road has agencies in all or
the great trolley car cities. and those agencies
pay the new men O. X. TO take the place OF the
strikers The Rapid Transit Company Is max
Ing a great spurge on the main thorouenfares
of passenger traffic, but ii realizes that the In
evitable is near and that It's lines VIII be tied
up in few days. The men Will not bulge an
inch / believe that when the public becomes
acquainted with the facts II will support ana
sympathze with the men. They have been
treated in a most offensive manner by President
Rossiter and the other officials of the road
Don't you worry The people Of Brooklyn VIII
not tolerate the present service. II we had a
District Attorney in Kings County who was IN
sympathy with labor and wOrkmen we should
soon see a settlement OF the trouble between
the employers and employees OF the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company"
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SEEKING MANHATTAN HELP.
eTRIKERs WANT THE METROPOLITAN EN-
PLOYEs CALLED OUT.

committee of five striking employees Of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. headed by
Chairman P ]. Callan. called TO see General
Master Workman Parsons at his office in East
One hundred and twenty last evening
It II 80 o'clock, to solicit him to order sympa-
.hetic strike among the men Of the Metropoh-
an company in this city. Up TO midnight they
aad not been able to find the Master Workman.
Mr. Callan said that there was not car
running in Brooklyn except those manned by
Treen hands and inspectors He'said that. after
they have found Mr.. Parsons, no matter what
the time of night might be- they would call on
Mayor Van Wyck and protest against three
thousand policemen being sent TO Brooklyn.
He declared that the strikers had absolutely re-
Trained from the commission Of acts of violence
and that the presence of the police was an In
yult to the men.
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SMALL BOYS LEARN A LESSON.

LITTLE Johnnie Nolan twelve years old, of No. 80
Bergen-st and little Petey Swank. il years oid'
OF No 56s vanderbit-ave. will be careful hereafter
how they stone Mr. Rossiters trolley cars
Here comes dat 'scab car, Petey.' said johnnie
to his mate az the Ampere rolled through Third
nye Lets soak all de winder lights out
Then The two little highwaymen skulked I'LL the
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no STATE AID REQUESTED.

Albany July 16 (SpeciaD-Wliliam D. Aouns'
private secretary Of the Governor sara 'o-i'e III
that no official information had yet come "
him about the great street railway sUihe III
Brooklyn, and IL the authorities OF New orN
needed any assistance from the state au'hori''es
he was unaware OF 1t.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-17
STRIKE RUMoR NOT CONFIRMED

rumor came from Brooklyn yesterday that a
strike had been or was about TO be ordered on the
Manhattan Elevated Railway. None Of the execu-
tive officials OF the Manhattan Elevated Railway
Company could be found in the offices OF the COM
pany In the Western Union Building. to verify or
deny the report.
A subordinate official OF the company was much
surprised when told OF the report. and said he
placed no reliance whatever in n. In his opinion
the backbone OF the strike In Brooklyn had already
been broken.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-17
ELECTRICIANS GUARDING WIRES.
NIGHT OF SUSPENSE AND ANXIETY AT
THE THIRD-AVE. POWER HOUSE.

4 NIGHT OF SUSPENSE AND ANXIETY AT
THE THIRD-AvE POWER HOUSE.
It was reported last night that the electricians
At the Third-ave power house Of the Nassau
system worked all day yesterday preparing
against loss If the strikers or their sympathiz-
ers should cut the feed wires OF the trolley
company at any point This is one OF the meth
DDS OF attack by striking trolley employees, and
Il is sure TO prove expensive II not guarded
against The heavy electric current. interrupt
I'd by the wire being severed, accumuates In
The switchboard. and in few minutes Is hKeIy
10 burn II out switchboard Is one OF the ex-
,ensive features of an electric railroad. costing
anywhere from So, 700 up. With 1t burned out,
there is an immense amount of delay before
another one can be installed.
The electricians at the Thirdave. power house
have planted in a water tank a coil of copper
wire and bars weighing upward Of FIVE TONS
and this acts as resistance coil. The return
ing current in case Of feed wire cutting, enters
his mass of copper and its accumulation there
s quickly noted and the power Is smut OH De-
fore the switchboard Is burned out.
Last night was a most anxious one for the
Engineers and electricians Of the Transit Com
oany. Ii is not a hard matter IN the outlying
districts of the city for malicious person 10
.linnb a tree through whose branches run the
feed wires Of the company. to apply the shears
and cut off the power. The full force of engi-
neers was on duty, and every revolution OF the
oonderous engines watched. This same
.ome. as the hate of a trolley striker is a thing
10 he reckOned with.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-17
KNIGHTS OF LABOR NOT ACTING.
THE MANHATTAN LEADERS APPARENTLY
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE TRoU-
BILE IN BROOKLYN.

No action ives taken by organized labor In
Manhattan yesterday in relation 10 the Brook
lyn trolley strike. The Central Federated Union
did not meet as IL was the date OF It's annual
excursion. and all the delegates. their families
and friends. went to Idlewild Grove. and did not
return until late. District Assembly No. 40 of
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force nearly three times as great as was avaiiao'e
then" IT,, -. L.. ,ho militia
Is needed" ,, H.. ~ eaid he
fore I do not think It will be at all necessary 10
call on them
New-York tribune., 1899-07-17
MEMORIES OF 1895.
THE RECORD OF THE BIG STRIKE THEN
CAUSES APPREHENSION AT THE
PRESENT TINE.

Small wonder that Brooklyn breads a street
railway strike, for the bloody features or the
great trolley strike Of 1895 are still fresh in the
memory Of almost every citizen. That deplora-
bic affair began on January IA. 1t grew out
Of a demand for higher wages. Between six
thousand and seven thousand men stopped work
and tied up nearly three hundred miles OF ROAD
and about fifteen hundred cars. Violent as
saults on men hired to take the strikers places
began on the second day. but the police of that
city were able to cope with them at first. on
the third day cars were stoned and on the
fourth rioting began around the car depots. On
the fifth Mayor schieren admitted that the
police unable TO cope with the situation
and the militia were called out.
The full quota Of the 18th. 14th. 23d and Attn
regiments. the Sd Battery. the 18th Separate
Company, Troop c, and the Signal Corps were
called into requisition They patrolled the
streets guarded the depOts. and rode on the
cars. Their appearance seemed only to enrage
the rioters the more. and the soldiers were
stoned so badly that on the sixth day the militia
were ordered TO charge the mob with fixed bayo-
nets. In East NewYork Several OF the strikers
were prodded with cold Steel and the sight or
the blood cowed the others.
Rioting was resumed in other parts OF the
city however, and on January u. the First
Brigade of the State was ordered TO Brooklyn.
On the 22d the 9TH Regiment fired the first shots
from the soldiers. They were aimed over the
heads of the crowd. which answered with sew
eral pistol shots on the next Gay oie man
was shot by a soldier.
on the 24th. from windows and housetops
stones were showered on the troops, who replied
with their rifles, and another man was shot'
This broke the backbone OF the strike and in a
few days more quiet was restored after Brook
lvn had been almost in state Of siege for about
two weeks and great damage had been caused
TO business.
In the New-York streetcar strike OF August.
1896 some rioting. stone throwing ana pistol
shooting were INDUCED in by the men. but the
polce of this city proved equal to the occasion
and ouelled all violence without the aid OF the
militia.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-17
HARD CLTBBING FROM 4 POLICEMAN.
PATRICK CANNON's FRIENDS FEEL BITTER
AGAINST THE MAN WHO STRUCK HIM.

AGAINST The MAN WIN SihoNH iii-"'
The friends Of Patrick Cannon were bitter las'
night in their denunciatlon OF Manhattan foIice
man No lCOS who yesterday afternoon, al fa'k
place and Rerg.n-st clubbed Mr.. Cannon 80 hard
for alleged disordery conduct that he had 70 go 10
bed Last night he moaned and tossed ana 'r'eo
TO forget where the policemans club had raised
great wels on him. Cannon is fifty years o'o'
and lives at No. 1880 Park Place.
When n Bergen-st. car. bound for hus| NJ"
York drew up at the corner at o'clock yes,er-
dav forenoon big squad of strikers and ther
friends hooted at the motorman and conductor ana
the four officers the car. Suddenly Dis ston ne
was thrown into the car and struck the back seat
behind the policeman. He didn't walt lor ekp,aIIa- pe
tlons but pcking out the man ne tnougnt Ihrew w
the stone he chased him around the corner ana
into his house IN Park Place. ,,AD.
Cannon showed fight. but the policeman rn"n cauppru
The friends OF the latter said last night tnat AN,
non was entirely innocent he had simply yeI11u nn1
.'Snahsi" at the motorman, but that was the only
offence Of which he was guilty
New-York tribune., 1899-07-17
No APPEAL TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT

II was rumored yesterday that It was the IN
tention OF the local authorities TO appeal to GOV
ernor Roosevelt for aid in Quelling the Brooklyn
Dapid Transit strikers. and that II had been de-
termined 10 call out the 7th Regiment hrst
u visit OF Tribune reporter TO the dh regiment
Arnory yesterday afternoon showed II 10 be In us
usual Sabbath state. All the outside gates were
closed and there was no sign OF NE about the
building The story is undoubtedly wholly untrue,
"a the local authorities. under the law, are first
supposed to exhaust all means at their command
7ea for aid to the State government.
should the strike attain great magnitude and be
attended by the destruction OF property, including
the motive power OF the roads II would tie up the
postal cars as well and. this would. constitute
q DELAY OF the mails It would give TO the Federal
Goyernrent the right to interfere Independently OF
either the municipal State governments
New-York tribune., 1899-07-17
MAYOR VAN WICK KEEPS SILENT.

Freeport Long Island, July l6.-Mayor Van Wyck
OF New-York last night refused to discuss the then
proposed Brooklyn transit strike. and this morn
Ing when 1t was a reality he again refused to say
A word about It,
New-York tribune., 1899-07-17

best opportunity ever offered TO them TO secmre
from, the company n little justice better nours
OF labor. fair wages and decent treatment
New-York tribune., 1899-07-17
. pEvERY WORKING. NOT TALKING.

At Headquarters Devery continued TO direct
and refused TO say anything. except 10 tell Of
the bulletins which he received from Brooklyn
from time TO time. He heard in the carly hours
OF the morning that general strike had been
ordered lie sent Captain Alare to Brooklyn
and Acting Inspector Kane 10 the Oak.st. sta
New-York tribune., 1899-07-17

TOM L. JOHNSON WOULD NOT TALK.
When Tribune reporter called at the Waldorf
Astoria last evening TO see Tom l.. Johnson Mr.
johnson sent down word that ne wished TO be ex-
cused
New-York tribune., 1899-07-17
FULL PROTECTION ASSURED.

Chief Devery during the day had manifested
a dlsincnation to deal in any way with fig
ures. and to speak of the number of men he
had detailed to do this or that duty. just ne
fore starting for Brooklyn last evening at s
o'clock he broke his silence in a measure. at
the same time reiterating the statement that
Manhattan The Bronx and Brooklyn were am
ply protected from the lawess. He said that he
had detailed 30 patrolmen in plain clothes to
guard property In Manhattan and The Bronx
and the lives Of the citizens in those boroughs.
or as he expressed IT, Ito gridiron the city"
He said. also that included in the 1.4OO men
whom he had sent to Brooklyn were 80 de-
tectives TO look after the property interests In
that borough I'm short" said he, the whole
city is looked after, perhaps, better than It was
before"
The confusion OF Saturday night. he ad led
was due 10 the movement Of policemen toward
Police Headquarters and Brooklyn.
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The Blacksmith and the King.

Some time ago, while holding court
in the royal palace, overlooking the
Danube, Francis Joseph received a
Hungarian blacksmith, who desired to
thank the king for the decoration con-
ferred on him in recognition of his hav-
ing invented an agricultural machine.
During the audience the blacksmith
drew from his pocket two photographs
representing the king and queen, and
said, handing them to his majesty:
May l ask your majesty, and also the
queen, for your signatures?" "And
why?" demanded the king, smilingly.
We'll, when / die the cross of merit
which your majesty has given me will
have to be returned and my children
will at least have your majesties' por-
traits and signatures in remembrance
of this audience" "rhe queen is alb
sent from Hungary" said the king,
and L cannot give you my signature at
the present moment, for have neither
pen nor pencil within reach" II have
brought a pencil with me-" said the
smith, handing it to the monarch. The
king thcreupon attached his signature
to the photograph, and dismissed the
smith with a smile. The smith did not
retire. however, but stood his ground
us there anything else / can do for
you?" asked Francis Joseph Yes,
your majesty, am waiting for my pen
Gil" The king had mechanically pock-
eted it, and he returned it with a hearty
laugh.-San Francisco Argonaut.
Daily camera., 1899-07-14
WILL THEU UNIvERSITYCLOSE?
Continued from first page.

by solvent citizens OF Boulder to the
regents. The citizens committee has
selected some 24o names of the most
substantial men of the town. These
have been distributed among the men,
bers Of the committee and each will be
asked to subscribe as much as he can TO
the warrants of the university, to bear
SIX per cent interest. payable annually,
and to be taken up when the university
can realize on the $4,000 by action of a
special session or when other means.
which can be devoted to that purpose,
come into the hands of the regents
These warrants are not legal obligations.
They do not pretend to be. The holder
of them cannot sue the regents on them,
and sell the campus or the library. They
are really loan of credit, and accom-
mediation Endorsement. We are advised
that the banks will take them as collat.
eral for the notes OF the subscribe rs.
The committee has already begun its
rounds, and several subscriptions OF
$1,000 each and many smaller ones have
been received. It's confidently antici-
pated that $4,000 or $4,000 will be rais-
ed in this way available for immediate
use. as well as a considerable sum in
Denver.
IF THIS is ACCOMPLISHED THE UNI
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO WILL RE-
BER. AND WE ARE TOLD THAT THE
PROSPECT FOR A LARGE ATTENDANCE
WAS NEVER BETTER.
Daily camera., 1899-07-14
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers Of the Mogul Drainage and Trans.
portation Tunnel and Mining and Mill.
ing company will be held at the office of
the company in the city OF Boulder. state
OF Colorado. on Saturday, the 2zd day OF
July. at 10 o'clock a. m, for the purpose
of selecting board of directors for the
ensuing year and the transaction of such
other business as may properly come be.
fore the meeting.
In compliance with the bylaws. the
transfer books Of the company will be
closed for period of ten days prior to
the date fxed for the holding OF this
meeting and will remain closed until five
days after said meeting. During that
time no transfers OF stock will be entered
therein. w. B. HAYES,
Secretary.
Dated at Boulder. Colorado. the nth
day of July, A. ID. 1899. It'd
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FOREIGN SERVANTS
DVSs1 Country Under the San H sprs.
sented In American
HOmes.

We are getting so cosmopolitan that
we almost lose sight of our own nation
Atty in some things. We very seldom
hear of anything which is distinctly
American. The things which seem to
appeal to us are distinctly foreign We
are always looking for something i'm
ported, something unusual, something
odd. We certainly have an opportunity
to indulge ourselves in this curious pro-
pensity nowadays in the matter of do
nestle servants as well as in house
furnishings and clothing.
l do not refer to Irish, English, Ger
man, French or Italian, but to still more
distant countries. When we advertise
for cook we are offered oriental cooks
Chinese or japanese. The former
have long-established reputation on
the western coast of this country and
are now invading the eastern. Those
who have lived in California know from
experience the fine cooking of the
Chinese as well as their economy They
are now trying to compete with our
favorite French cooks in New York.
We are also offered japanese Wallets
and buffers. These little people are ex-
tremely neat, dexterous and quiet about
the house, as also the East Indians
They all know their business to the mi
nutest detail, and attend to it strictly.
They also know their places as servants,
and have no aspirations which inter
fere with their duties. Consequently
they are a real comfort.
And so we have the greatest variety
IF nationalities in some of the most ex-
elusive homes of the city. We are
driven by English coachmen, accom-
panied by English footmen; the door is
opened by a Japanese butler; we are
attended by an Alsatian valet, take
Russian tea in Turkish corner served
by an East Indian, smoke an Egyptian
cigarette and wonder who we are and
where we are at!"-St. Louis Repub-
lic
Daily camera., 1899-07-14
p.hu Trick. the G,aou...

Peas are proverbially alike, but not
more so than "nigger" law students.
And when each wears astrachan hair,
gold spectacles and n Stewart tartan
necktie, DE Manik Lal is as like Dad
abhoy Jamshedji as any two men in
iron masks. This fact is not lost on
willy Hindoo law student. This bright
young mind has, it is said, taken several
scholarships at Lincoln's Inn under his
own name. He, now, for a considera-
ton, is willing to temporarily adopt
name OF any gentleman with similar
color scheme, and in his improper per-
son goes up for and successfully passes
the examinations OF the council of the
bar-Phoenix,
Daily camera., 1899-07-14

BY Monday next the Colorado volun-
teers will be homeward bound. They
will make the trip via Yokohoma, arriv
ing in Colorado the first part of Septem
Der. after a year and half absence
About $50 men OF the original number
will return, 200 OF the balance beng in
cluded in the list of killed and wounded
and those sent home on account of phys
ical disability. Colorado will gladly wei
come their return.
Daily camera., 1899-07-14

Seekner. Louise B TAFT, Fort Collins,
Colo; Jessie Stewart. George Stewart,
Pueblo, Colo; M Bolterehef, Rico,
Texas; H w Hurst and wife, Tarkio,
Texas; Henry S Bishop. Washburn,
Texas; Mrs ] H Doyle. Mrs AV Gear.
hart. Geanbury, Texas; Myrtle Hurley,
Carrie Stittsworth, Elsie Hurley, Annie
Click, Jessie E Tozier. Jennie B Heidel,
Mrs George Heidel. Anna Stockton,
Junction City. Kansas; A H Thayer,
Harry M Wood. Colorado Springs, Colo;
Mrs Fred A Baker, MISS May J Baker.
Detroit. Mich; MISS Eugenia Mason,
Miss Eroelia Mason, Mrs L c Mason,
B Daniel. Mrs w b Daniel, Texas; w
G Connoss, Loveland. Colo, Miss Kate
Friend. Waco. Texas; Miss Belle Nc.
Crea, Austin, Ill; A ] Thomas. University
Park; Lotta A Meacham, Washington
Iowa; G w Cox, Xenia, Ill; G L Laws,
Lincoln. Neb; Alice Royce, Delta, Colo;
Mrs w Waratz, Sargents Bluffs. Iowa
Mrs Mamie Ferguson. Fort Worth
Texas; F Connor. Rock Springs, Wyo
Mrs L M Stalker, Boulder; Josephine
Goodman, North Platte, Neb; George E
Strayer, Central City. Colo; G f Hosmer,
J R Hosmer, Trinidad, Colo; M A
Matthews, San Marcos. Texas; Mamie H
Wilson. Austin. Texas; Rev Oliver.
Loveland, Colo; Mrs H S Carnes, Miss
A r Merryman. Trenton, Miss
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Daily camera., 1899-07-14

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room stone and pressed brick residence
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from the new electric street Car line.
THOMAS KKSTLE.
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