Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-19
BR0OKLYN'S BIG BALL
Brilliant Social Function in the City
of Churches.
COATMAKERS' STRIKE IMMINENT
Elaborate Plans for Reception to
the Astor Battery.
AGAINST CROKER

ANkAlN . ShOh
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, January IS, 1899.
The big social function of the greater city
| for the week occurred on Tuesday night in
! the borough of Brooklyn. Manhattan Dor
| ough has many pretentious balls, but the
| Ihpetonga bali, the subscription dance of
| the Brooklyn 400, is pronounced by many
| to be the most delightful of them all. This
year il was dainter. prettier and more TAX
| ing than ever in it's decorations. The Art
Association rooms had undergone trans
forming process which changed a homely
| hall into a palace of beauty. Shaded in
candescent lights cast harmonZing hues
clusters of roses, violetS and rare plants,
| that We'd in beauty with the Brooklyn girls,
| who rested beneath them after Strauss
| waltzes by the stringed orchestra. 1t was
| IL o'clock before the ball was fairly under
| way, midnight before it was at it's height.
After the supper, somewhat protracted
affair, cotillon danced. 1t is tradi-
| tional in Brooklyn that the handsomest
evening gowns of the year shall be brought
| forward for the Ihpetonga, and this years
ball showed no exception to the custom
The daintness of the ball room-a mass of
pink and white and gold-was emphasized
| by the daintiness of the dresses.
A good many things are happening across
the big bridge these days. The latest thing
| is the report that a syndicate, headed by
eX-GoV Roswell z. Flower and his asso-
ciates in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany, has been formed for the purpose of
bringing about the consolidation of the
local transportation companies in Brooklyn
borough. The syndicate now controls most
OF the transportation companies through
its control of the transit system and its re-
Gently acquired control of the Nassau rail-
road. In addition to the more than $50
miles of double tracks controlled by the
Rapid Transit and Nassau systems it is
said the other companies to be taken into
the consolidation the Coney Island
Brooklyn (Which in turn owns the Brook
lyn city and Newtown), the Brooklyn Ele-
waited and the Kings County Elevated. 1t
is stated that new company will be form
ed to purchase all these properties and pay
for them partly in bonds and partly in
stock of the new corporation.
Strike imminent
The 10000 coat makers on the East Side
have effected a reorganization of the United
Brotherhood Of Tailors and are said to be
getting ready for a big strike against the
manufacturers and contractors, and a big
mass meeting will be held next Saturday,
with this object in view. The United Broth
erhood of Taiors has affiliated with the
United Garment Workers. and counts upon
the moral and financial assistance of that
organization in any move it may undertake.
The East Side garment workers have been
very quiet for many months, but nothing
but recent expressions and impostions
practlced upon them. they say. would cause
them to now organize and threaten trouble. |
Seventy-five per cent of their number they
claim. are working from IN. to 930 p m.
six days a week for three and four days
pay, and often running the risk of not get
ting paid for their labor. The employers, |
they say, have been taking advantage of
their quiet and disorganized condition and
To- nCnd fhDit h.,rIr ~ 1gIAf
duced wages ard reinstated their cruel
task system, which they thought they had
abolished for good at their last big strike. |
The tailors now intend to combine their eff |
forts with that of legislation from the state
in order to improve their condition. They |
will ask Gov. Roosevelt and the legislature |
to provide that all premises used exclu- !
sively for the manufacture of clothing shall
be compelled to close after having been |
open ten hours a day. and that the manu- |
facturers be held liable for the wages due |
men employed by their contractors
Reception to Aston battery.
When the Aston Battery arrives here it
will receive rouslng reception. It is in !
tended that view of the battery and re- |
ception which will follow shall be on a |
grand and fitting scale. 1t is quite possible |
in view of the fact that the 69th Regiment |
of Infantry will return to New York at |
about the same time as the battery. that |
both organizations will march and be re- |
viewed together. This has already been |
suggested. This would not at all interfere |
with provisions for the separate receptions |
to follow. 1t would insure a grander spec |
tacle, and make task of it for the re- |
ceiving officers and officials. |
A question Of intense interest to the Ma
tional Guard arises with the return of the |
Astor Battery. movement has been on |
foot for the last three months to organize |
sufficient artillery batteries to form a regi- |
ment. The artillerymen most active in |
the organization of the batteries desire |
that Brigadier General Howard Carroll, |
late chief of the state artillery, shall have |
command of the regiment when formed. |
1t is argued that the Aston Battery will I'M |
doubtedly form some sort of organization |
after muster out; it would be mutual adj |
vantage to them and to the state guard to |
enroll them therein.
There is a constantly increasing demand |
in this city for good saddle horses. On |
pleasant afternoons Central Park is full |
of enthusiastic riders and well known men |
and women continually being added TO |
the list of persons who delight in riding. |
Talks with dealers in saddle horses and |
persons interested in the riding academies |
indicate that horseback riding will be more |
the fashion this year than ever before. |
For several years institutions of this char |
acter have suffered because of the popu- /
larity of the bicycles. Nowadays while the |
fashionable world retains the wheel, many
are dividing their time between the bicycle |
saddle and the horse saddle. The increas ed |
demand for good horses has naturally |
not regarded now as an eXorbitant sum
to pay for a good saddle horse. The prices |
may be said to range from $500 to 81 800 for
good, well-broken animals from five to
six years old. On a fine day many promi-
nent people may be seen riding in the park |
or on the avenues, among them Bishop |
Potter. He rarely permits the weather to
prevent him from taking his daily ride,
and cold wet, rain or shine, he is gen.
orally out for his airing. Perry Belmont |
is consistent admirer of the thorough
bred. Miss Paulding, the niece of Senator
elect DeIew, is becoming an accomplished |
horsewoman and she is now taking leap
ing lessons, to be able to follow the
hounds at far off date. Miss Emily
Sloane is also of the beginners. Miss
Boldt, daughter of George C. Boldt the
proprietor of the Waldorff-Astoria, is an
accomplished rider. and among the other
well-known people who often seen upon
their steeds in the park is JOSEPH II.
Choate.
Sheehan Opposes Croker.
1t looks though Tammany Hall was
not unanimously backing up its CHEERS
views regarding expansion and Is to l. The
first public utterance is that of John G. |