The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM.
Winter Descended in Earnest Upon
New York City.
THE COAL FAMINE is FELT.
Mayor Van wyck and Controller coler
Accuse Boart; Of Education OF
MISUNDERSTANDING Heldin
Opposition TO Tammany.
THE COAL FAMINE is FELT.

E,+..yayonce-M Heldin
Opposition to Tammany-
NEW YORK. Dec, 12.-Winter de-
sce.nded in earnest upon -,9m as,te-s1a, :.
shorTlv after 2 o'c.ock Yesterday
,rternonn with the first snoWtaii GU the
SEASON To all appearances the metropolis
Was ,,nnrepared for the appearance OF uiie
cto,,d of SNOWY flakes. Carriage anu esuch
horses siiped and fell on Inc siiioo'i
asphalt roadwa1rs. Cfflidrei' Sst' SEN e4i ~.
in many schoulhouses, ps2cslu.'e i''suIn-
Client preparations had oeei iiie'se ioi
! heating the buildings.
,,I,,it enad tba sidewalks there was a heavy
! ,ar.T,1I Dr;ver7s whose horses were not
| ,I.,rnshci had 10y this time abandoned
| the asulralt streets. SAND cars nis''ie
their ,nnesrauce on the horse car li'fes'
and in me shopping districts a proiusEoll
Of muffs, fur wraps and muii1efs <Aiiu Luz
| lined coats was in evidence.
About one inch of Snow zen III .ne
| of tl,a storm. which came from the upper
lalsc reo.ion and moved eastward actos9
the Hudson Valley At no po1rt IN IFS
II, n, was there a heavy snowfall. af1lious'i
the white fakes extended as tar uo"ii s's
the Potomac Valley. Fair weather - pr
dicted for to-day 7..t
/ Fifth avenue stages Tor tiiiie
| their accustomed tlroroughtare ana sousl.,
| an easier, route beneath the eleVtreeo
structure i'm Sixth Avenue. III heia iu
SQUARE, shortly after three O'CLOCK seven
horses alta ched to as many CABS anu ue
livery wagons. lost their footing ut Nearly
the same time and fell spraWiins OH .ii.
asrhstt. Ono cab horse slid a distance OF
ABOUT fifteen feet Before 1T letl.
Asphalt streets having been Pe'i''elea
Practically inEzls'saois TOT a1oises s. ..'..
ces of every description t'l,leo ~. ~
str4ats ,s.vcid with granite blocSs- lhess
| thgrouchfares were soon in Il congestcd
condition. owing to the increased tralilc-
| Long lines of trolley cars We're stalled at
frequent intervals in Sixth avenue durins
.he afternoon, and for fifteen minutes ;tt
a time traffic was at q s'tandstlh.
OPPOSITION TO T-NsTMANI.
What might be termed the first public
demonstration in opposition to Tanmany
Hall was a meeting held at cooper Union
last night under the auspices OF the CITY
Vigance League. Then the present ao-
mnistration was attacked. Charles Stew
art Smith, of the Committee Of Fifteen,
pronno,lncing it ..rotten to the core.
Two thousand persons were present the
majority of whom were men. The speak
ers were vociferously appauded Wheh
Tammany and Richard Croker were ar
| raisned fer the prevalence OF vice and
| crime
Charles Stewart Smith, permanent
! chairman of the meeting, held Iammany
and Croker accountable for the present
condition of the city, and asserted that
the police did not do their duty. Among
other things MIR. Smith Said-"An emf
nent clergyman of this city described
I rhree vice conditions at present existing
in our city as AN underground rapid
transit to He'll. -
eve must hunt out the the promoters
of this road to hell and rescue the vic
tins. while we brand those who fatter
| upon the revenues of vice and crime WITH
the (touble brand of Cain and Judas. anc
give them clearly to understand that the
vengeance OF an aroused and outraged
community stalks behind them.
| Word has been received from The Hague
of the serious illness o. Clarence Lyman
Collins, who for many years has been :
prominent figure in the clubs, business ant
Socie.y in this city
| MI. Collins recently vert to Europe tt
visit his daughter. Countess Czaykowskl
He was far from being a we'll man wher
he left New York, and his health was con
| staltly failing. Dilataton of the hear
has caused him great suffering, and hi:
! condition is now so serious that his ply
porary relief. His death is momentaril!
| expected.
For a YEAR Mr.. Collins has known tina
his nalady is incurable. He was so ser
iously i'll last spring that his recovery Wal
doubtful His first act after somewhat re
gaining his strength was to direct his at
torneys TO bring proceedings for divorce
from his wife, Rosa1ba Beecher Collins.
When Mrs. Collins not only asserted he
intention of contesting, but employed
counsel 10 enter q counter suit for abso
lutte divorce, there was a halt in the pro
ceedings and a series OF conferences re
suited in a compromise. Mrs. Collins wen
TO her old home in Pennsylvania, wler
she obtained a. divorce on the ground o
desertion. RelinQuishing all interest il
l her HUSBANDS estate, she accepted 5000
instead OF the alimony which she de
. naanded.
COAL FAMINE.
t Coal dealers report that a famine in an
thracitf coal now exists in this city, an
a that there is no prospect of its ben
broken, at least-for several weeks. As
result OF The scarcity OF coal and OF Gh
arbitrary advance of fifty cents ton i
prices. which was made by the produc
ers Immediately after the coal strike, tn
cost of coal to the consumer has jumpe
ceventy!tive cents a ton, as compare
u with the cost at this time last year.
While fifteen per cent. is the minimum
advance, prices for certain grades an
under certain circumstances are oste
higher than this. They are governed i
: individual cases by the necessity of tn
e consumer and the ability of the dealer I
!, satisfv his demand. Fancy" grade:
e which are always higher than ordinar
0 stove ccal, are higher now than ever.
V This great increase in prices betrays tn
: absolute command which the combine
ton of coal operators have of the situa
ton To compensate themselves for ha.
ing to increase the wages of the miner
;, ten per cent. in order 20 settle the stril,
rl,ev added fifty cents q ton to the pric
a of coal, thus forcing the public NOT onl
to pay the increase in the conpensa ito