The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-20
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
The Brooklyn Strikers Seem to Be
Losing Ground.
OALYS THEATRE TO Be SOLD.
Executors Afraid To Undcrsakc Its
Management--A Decision Which
Will Affect Westinghouse Air
Brake Company.
OALYS THEATRE TO BE SOLD.

During Yesterday the figures showed
considerable improvement as TO the num-
her Of cars running. From four until
ten o'clock at night about seventy-hye
per cent. OF the original number crossed
the bridge. During the night there was
a repetition Of the disorderly scenes OF
the previous night owing 10 the EFFORTS
Of the company TO run cars over ,ns
roads which have been the scenes oil the
strikers most determined efforts
BEAT THE CREW.
The squads of police who guarded the
cars dubbed persons back ON the SIDE
walk A Fifth avenue car was stopper
the rnotorman and conductor were ter
riblv beaten and the police guardians
were maltreated. Nothing daunted, an
other car was started out and this time
Il contained ten policemen under the
command Of a captain. and was escorIeu
by a mounted squad. who repeatedly
charged the crowds that gathered 10 I'M
pede the progress Of the car.
There was also great disorder attend
ing the running OF cars In Seventh aF-
enue and Flatbush avenue at night.
President Rossiter claimd that as he
had the strike broken II was necessary
TO run cars AZ night with snow OF
force i'm order to suhdue the disappointed
strikers. ,,..
General Master Workman John \. Par
sons. of the Knights OF Labor, made the
positive statement last night That theIs
will be a strike of the employees OF the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
The date on which the men will be or
dered out Will be decided upon later.
Mr. Parsons denied that the men would
strike to-day. although the Brooklyn
strikers are urging them to do so.
ONE EXCEPTION.
Should they 20 out it is said that an
the men I'm Brooklyn now az work ana
an the men on the elevated railroads In
toth boroughs as well as the street rail
way employees of Long Island cry. will
leave their posts. Il is said, however,
that the gripmen on the Broadway and
Lexington avenue cable roads cannot be
led 10 strike. and that Mr.. Parsons con-
troll IS only over the mOtOrmen on the
Second. Fourth, Sixth Eighth. LenoX
ana Amsterdam avenue. and the Tween
ty-third. Fifty-ninth and 10th street
lines.
The trouble between the engine drivers
on the elevated railroads I'm Manhattan
and Brooklyn is still pending. and 81 is
understood Chief Arthur. OF the Brother
hood OF locomotive Engineers. leit
Scranton yesterday and is coming TO
New York 90 adjust that difficulty.
no LONGER A MONOPOLY.
The United states Circuit Court OF Ap-
Deais rendered a decision which takes
the monopoly of quick action brakes ior
railroad trains from the Westinghouse
Air Brake Company.
The decision permits the New YORK
Air Brake Company 10 continue IN com
petition for the equipment with air
brakes ~ the railroads OF This and other
countries.
n Is declared 20 he the end IN q iitisa-
tion that has dragged through the FED
cral courts for five years. and one on
which many men have speculated IN
wall street. for while the decision that
was given yesterday has been aWalied
men nave made and lost fortunes IN buy
ing and selling New York Air Brake
stock There was an element or uncer-
taintv about the real value OF the stock
because the patents under which i was
manufacturing air brakes We're alleged
90 be heterogeneous of those of the
Westinghouse Company
SALARIES HELD UP
The Civil Service Reform Association
mas servcd notice on Controller Coler
maj they win protest against payment
OF salaries 10 city employees appointed
since the White Civil Service law went
into effect.
{n consequence of this action. the Con-
troller has held MP The pay of more than
five hundred employees. whose only Oh
portunlfv for redress IS TO be- found IN
the courts Mr. McAneny ALLEGES that
9ppointments made after April 2lst were
made Illegally.
Edward Croker the new chief OF the
Fire Department comes under the head Of
the "Hlegaliies." and his pay will be
withheld. 10 Is said that he will make
reeuisition FOR the money about August
tst II the civil Service Commission re-
fuses to certify his warrant he will prob
ably sue 10 recover. and the matter once
being brought to the courts. Will be used
as a means 10 test the validity Of his pro-
motion. -
TO SELL. DAYS THEATRE.
At meeting Of the executors of the
late Augustin DAILY yesterday, II was
decided 90 sell Days Theatre. Under
the provisions Of the will, the executors
we're empowered to either continue the
management Of the theatre or sell u as
they thought best. The latter course
was decided on, as the executors were IN
experienced I'm theatrical matters.
The property to be disposed Of includes
not only the lease Of the playhouse, which
has eight years yet to run with privi-
ege Of renewal, but also all the stage
furniture. scenery and properties con-
tanned I'm the store-rooms OF the theatre
and i'm several warehouses scattered over
the city. az well as the contracts made
by Mr.. DAILY for next season, including
the American rights for 1.-THE Greek
Slave" and the option on the new Drury
Lane melodrama. Mr. DAYS extensive H.
hrary. Of course. will not he included IN
the SALE nor will some OF his personal be-
longings In his private office.
The rights for THE Runaway Girl
until January lst next and for "The Great
Ruby" for all OF next season will also
be comprised in the sale
The price named by the executors is
$4,000. No retrictions Of any kind will
be placed upon the purchaser and while
OF course. he will be required to furnish
good security. the terms Of sale will be
| arranged practically 10 suit his conyen-
fence.
Rear-Admiral ]. W. Philip. commandant
OF the Brooklyn Navy Yard, has presented
the Montauk club, of Brooklyn with a
steel plate from the port vide OF the
battleship Texas, through which a Spanish
shell from a land gun at Santiago harbor
was fired on June q. 1885 Ths plate Is
| hve-eighths OF an inch thick and two
| feet square. and IS handsomely framed
A nlne-year-old girl was arraigned IN
the Court OF Special Sessions at Mount
Vernon. this morning, on the charge Of
being a bicycle thief She was arrested
last night by Detective Lynch. who found
two tricycles and woman's bicycle
stored away at the home OF her PARENTS
in South Fifth avenue. The girl confess
ed 10 stealing the wheels. She said that
| che bad taken five within a mouth. and