The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-28

they were not compelled % act until Au-
gust n. when the pcrempt0ry writ is re-
turnable Mr.. Kellogg I'm preparing ms
papers yesterday. called attention 10 the
fact that the Court ordered the Assembly
10 authorize the Hall of Records bond
issue forthwith. that the Assembly met
and that f. deliberately do0od the Court
These city legislators" SAID Afr. kcl-
Ioeg. edo not seem % realize that BE is
the Supreme Court they are dofyinG
There is not the slightest doubt that they
are in contempt. and We shall prosecute
them.
ROSSgTERS TROUBLES
Clinton T. Rossitor. president Of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, mas q
new situation with which 90 deal a
committee OF ton employees of the Brook
lvn Elevated road. engine drivers ana
fromen visited him yesterday and lana
their grievances before him. At The head
OF the committee was @. r. Quincy chiel
OF Division NO. 299 of the brotherhood
Of Locomotive Engineers.
Mr.. Rossiter said after the meeting that
he told the men that they would bee iair-
IS treated. and added that ON The surface
roads he was getting an the motormen
he wanted for s. a day Tho men went
away satisfied De said.
nearer a settlement than &c Was yester-
day.
One Of the hoyc0tted papers. T. was re-
ported made am offer to compromise with
the ncwsb0ys yesterday. suggesting thar
they agree ON ffty-dve cents hundred
as the price OF The papers ar wholesale.
This IS five cents q hundred less than is
now charged and five cents more than
the boys are willing to pay. The strikers
assert that they viii not accept 30 reout-
tion of half "a mill ON each paper uut
must have a cut OF one mill
The strike oXteued yesterday 20 White
Plains Saratoga. Bayonne and Ash1ry
Park. and became more vigorous than
ever in other places. The striking boys
in Trenton made big demonstration,
and The men who attempted to handle
the offending publications in New Jersey
State capitol soon wearied of their task
Owing 20 their inability 20 obtain pcr-
init from CHIEF of Police DeFerV Che
strikers did not hold the monster parade
they had planned for last night They
found Mayor Van Wyck friendly how
ever. and hope 10 get the permit from
Chief Ueyery to-day. The boys gaLnefcl
in small numbers and marched through
many city streets. and more than hum
drel strikers jed by 20 policeman who
rode in "a covered wagon. marched from
tine Grand Central Station 90 Broadway
and thence through the Tenderloin Sew
eral of the boys had been supplied with
silk hats and they made ln enthusiastic
demonstration. There was another pa
rade in Second avenue early boz the eyen-
ing.
According 90 tho companies. the strike
of the District Messenger boys collapsed
yesterday morning. and many of the boys
who have been out asked to Dee taken
back. I'm most Instances this was done.
as the managers of the various offices
believed "the boys had learned lesson.
Some of the BOYS who did not return To-
work were stu shouting "Strke.' 100 the
Wall street district. but apparently their
words fell fat and the offices were not
crippled
THE LONG WAY ROUND.
Their is o. family party OF Peruvians at
the Hotel America which Is attracting
considerable attention.
The family consists Of Senior Noises
NasQuez Ponce. his wife and their four
chiiGren-Carl0s. M8niula, Julio and En-
ma Senior Ponce owns a large rubber
plantation on the Ucayala River. a. stream
which flows through the northeastern
part of Peru and cmDtie5 into the Am
AEON
TruyiUo. "a seaport 81 Peru. which they
wished to visit is about four hundred
miles distant from the town OF Iquitos.
near which tho plantation is located. But
the route 10 ms east lies over mountain
range. and. not wishing 10 essay the hard
ships OF q horseback journey over the
mountain trails and through n district
that Us now disturbed. Senior Ponce con-
cmdcd 20 travel across the continent,
embark az Para. Brazil for New York.
then go by steamer 10 Colon, cross the
isthmus OF Panama and take a steamer
down the coast 90 TruXillO.
The family accordingly embarked on a
little river steamer. which brought them
- the Amazon, where they transferred
70 a larger vessel. and steaming down
the Amazon. reached Para, where they
took passage on the steamship Maran-
hense for this port.
MIR. SAGE DENIES.
Russell Sage denies that De Is az the
back of a movement 20 appeal % courts
10 compel directors of various gas com
panies 10 restore the price OF gas 90 a
paying basis. but says that be is heartily
IN favor of such proceeding. He said yes
terday that the plan had his hearty sup
port and that he would extend 90 10 all
the help In his power He resented the
suggestion that he was seeking revenge
upon other companies than his own, the
standard. by giving support 10 the stock
holders suit and expressed the opinion
that stockholders generally We're tired Of
seeing their business ruined. He declined
r,tr r,-n.f ,a~e.pa mere ~ tho hneE Df