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New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
CLEVELAND STRIKE TO BEGIN.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST CRESCENT MILLS EN-
PLOYES PREDICTED.
EBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBrSE.I


Cleveland Aug 11-Within the next few
DAYS an effort will be made in Cleveland 10
break the other end of the great steel strike
Six mills of the Crescent Tin Plate Company
OF this city and four mills of the American
Steel and Wire Company are closed An un-
successful attempt made to open the hoop
mill at Newburg. and since then the mill has
been dismanted and the machinery shipped out
of the city. During the last week carpenters
have been at work erecting big hotel near the
mills Of the Crescent company. This building
will he used TO house the non-union men VINO
will be imported take the place of the strikers.
In speaking of the strike situation through
his district Vice President Ward. of the Sixth
District Amalgamated Association to-day said:
Including the men employed at the mills in
Pomeroy and Irondale should estimate the total
number Of men in Ohio who are idle on account
of the strike to be between 6.o}o and Suu" II Is
almost impossible 10 give an absolutely correct
estimate. but l sure the number is over o.o'o
Everything is quiet. There has been no act OF
lawlessness at any Of the cities or towns in my
jurisdiction as the result Of the strike. nor VIII
there he. The men, I am sure, Will not counte.
nance any act of laWlessness. During the next
week we devote attention to the EFFORTS or
the Crescent company to open its mills In TINS
city. We purpose to meet the imported men ana
talk to them peaceably and quietly. we Will use
all honorable means to induce them not 10 go
preserve peace and order through the strike we
don't want to win. go
II the strike is not soon settled. we VIII prom
ahIv turn our attention TO the men in the other
mills of the American Steel and Wire Company
in this city We will try 70 induce them to JOIN
tbA Analgamated Association. If they do 50. it
VIII result in closing the many mills or the
American company that are now running IN
Cleveland To close all Of them here would he
10 throw about six thousand men out or en-
ployment. , r..-
At Youngstown ten mills OF the Cnited STATES
steel CORPORATION are closed two large puddle
mills three guide mills. one bar mill ana four
hoop mills At Girard. Ohio one puddle mill
one S-inch mill and one lO-inch mill are closed,
and about three hundred men have been thrown
out of employment. At Niles, ohio, -FOUR sheet
mills two puddle mills and one skelp mlil are
cIoeed Three mills at Warren. Ohio. closed,
one puddle mill. one 10-inch mill ana one large
skelp mill At Dover and New Phiadelphla sew
eral sheet and tin mills are closed, ana ABOUT
seven hundred men are out Of work.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
LITTLE WORK IN WEST VIRGINIA.
TEN THOUSAND MEN IDLE IN THE DIS
TRICT-oFFERs OF HIGHER WAGES.

TRICT-OFFERS OF HIGHER WAGES
IBY TELEGRAPH TIE TRIBrNEl
Wheeling. W Va. aug. 11.-After two days
Of unprecedented activity among the several
hundred organizers and missionaries OF the
Araleauated Association IN the Wheeling dis
trict whose efforts have been directed exclu-
sivelv TO organizing enough men in the RIVER
side plant OF the National Tube Company ana
the Re,Isire plant Of the National Steel Com
many TO prevent the mills from resumr6 opera
t,ons tonight they have been only partially
successful The work of organizing has been
going on for weeks but it was only prelimi-
nary ,iu Friday night when the Anal call was
issued For forty-eight hours no worker has
s,ent His time has all been devoted 10 urging
his fellows 10 give aid. Tonight the result is
arparent The Bellaire Steel Works which
has four converters. put one Of them to work
II is not fully manned and is not making us
normal output Twelve hundred ot the l''"'
n,en are out and Of these perhaps 800 have
shown their sympathy by joining the Amalsa-
mated Association
The MANAGEMENT feel the weight OF the dow
but they have a nucleus about which to hui'd
~ . new force which is highly important
The, are Offering from % 10 20 per cent advance
,n wages 70 the classes Of men most needed
and are willing 10 sign yearly contracts Al
the Riverside plant the blast furnace and steel
works Will go on again in the morning but the
plant mill will not resume work. and the tune
mill IS doubtful. The steel workers have n
yearly contract and have in If clause % give
thirty days notice OF any desired change. Ihey
will work at least thirty days longer The tube
workers are divided. About half belong 10 the
Amalgamated, and want to quit, while the others
are as anxious 10 coatinue There will be no
strike order in this department till after an
Ial6 n6aNy nil
In the other mills there is no change over
ten thousand men idle in the district Presi-
dent Shaffer will be here Wednesday and will
speak to the members in the district on the fair
grounds. The usual pickets are out, and the
day has brought forth the usual crop of un-
| founded rumors of coming strike breakers and
the attendant excitement.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
DALTON NEEDS WATCHING, THEY SAY.
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION WARNS TAXPAYER
TO KEEP AN EYE on WATER COMMISSIONER.

MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION WARNS TAXPAYERS
TO KEEP AN EYE ON WATER COMMISSIONER.
The Merchants Association urges that the move
ment the part Of the Water Supply Department
TO obtain new and independent source of water
for this city be encouraged In every way but that
the methods OF carrying out the project be ca re-
fully scrutiniZed by all taxpayers The assistant
secretary S. Christy Mead, OF the Merchants As
sociation, said yesterday that the investigation
which the city is now making in the Catskil re-
gion should have been begun long ago. adding:
Instead Of starting on such an Investigation
several years ago, the OFFICIALS of the Water De-
partment tried to foist the Ramapo contract upon
the city. The Merchants Association defeated
that scheme. II made an elaborate examina tion
Of all the sources OF future supply The result OF
nearly seven hundred pages. which cost about
$4,000 to prepare.
When il announced early In the summer
that $4,000 had been allowed TO the Water De-
partment conduct survey of sources of future
supply the Merchants Association wrote TO
Mayor Van Wyck, saying that II was willing to
supply 10 the city all the data upon the subject
which IL had collected. Receiving no acknowledg-
ment OF this offer 10 the city a considerab BILE
amount OF money. President Dresser of the as
socaton, wrote second letter TO Mayor Van
Wyck offering the cooperation of our engineers
with those OF the Department OF Water Supply.
Several days later the receipt of the letter ac
knowledGed. but no action was taken on the offer.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
GLENNON IN SARATOGA.
DEVERY UNWILLING To TELL THE
WARDMANS ADDRESS - TAM
MANY NERVOUS.
fpr TELEGRAPH TO THE rpIBrxE.l

Saratoga y. Y. Aug. 11.-Deputy Commis-
sioner Devery still maintains reticence in re-
gard 10 the accusations against him. and re-
fuses 10 make any statement one way or the
other in relation them Interrogated as 20
whether Glennon was in Saratoga, Devery is said
20 have replied that he Devery) had enough
business of his 10 look after without at
tending to that of Giennon. To some people
Devery is said to have answered that Glennon
Is not in town. Notwithstanding the former
chiefs elusive utterances. il is believed that
Glennon is in Saratoga and is at some private
house or small boarding house. He has not been
seen in the company OF Devery. who is at the
United States Hotel
Detective Armstrong Of New-York. is here
but the object Of his mission is not as yet dt-
vulced pevery this afternoon took a drive 70
Moons Lake House. at Saratoga Lake. and also
visited other roadhouses in that section Early
n the evening after returning 10 town, DeVery
passed almost hour in IL long distance tele-
Union telegraph lines
Tammany politicians are much worked up
over the disclosures duplicating DeVery ana
others Of the NeW-Tork Police Department
What appears 10 irritate and agitate them most
is the telegEaphic statement credited 10 Thomas
C. Platt that the New-York Police Department
should be under State control. and that the next
Legislature may take radical action in that ditec-
tion. The Tammany people fear. should the
state assume control Of the Police Department,
that Tammany Hall would lose the great divi-
dend that lubricates us political machinery
Whispered conferences and long faces we'll Illus
the distracted state Of their feelings at the
present time.
The Devery matter seems TO have oIsorbed
the entire attention Of the Democratic Tollt.
to-day. Some of them had been discussing
the feasibility of renominatng Mayor Van
Wyck when the Devery disclosure was made
but for the time being the Deve:y sensation
appears to have the call in all of their p.a1za
conferences
New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
GLENNON IS IMPLICATED.
Continued from first page.

which shows that I've got friends This was
given me by Washington Masonic Lodge, OF TINS
city of which once was Master.
The watch is engraved with the date or pres
entaton.
Are you afraid of being assaulted by friends
of the police or the poolroom men after you get
out?"
No: they wouldn't dare do that. never tes-
tilted against any divekeepers or any one else
for crooked work but what afterward they SAID
10 me: 'you could have given it TO us good
deal worse if you had wanted to- quit ths
Parkhurst society with clean record IL l had
wanted TO make money out OF my POSITION
could have made $4,000 at the time OF the
Lexow investigation. when l was employed oy
the State to work up testimony. If any one
knows the workings of the poolrooms OF the city
1 ought TO. for I've been with them enough
SAME SYSTEM IN BROOKLYN.
Are the poolrooms in Brooklyn and Long
Island City operated under the same general
plan they are here?"
Yes just the same. There is the same sys-
tenn of protection in force there. I've been
working on the gamblers end of this protection
business for FIVE or six months now, ana III dc-
duainted with how they run things. 80
Burgdorf said that his only connection Win
the case was on account of having answered the
teIephone call when Dillon asked for w hltney
He sai last night: Mr.. Whitney was retlcent
about his business connection with the poolroom
people, and knew nothing about it. 1t was
side issue which he had worked up on his own
account If there is any justice In the iand
ought to be discharged Tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
PLATT FOR HIS OLD CURE
SAYS STATE POLICE MEASURE WORM
HAVE QUICKLY REMEDIED
ABUSES

The leaders Of the Republican organization n,
tend to hold a conference some time this ~,
TO decide on a line Of action to be pursued r.,.
tive to the exposure Of Tammany's alliance vt,.
the poolrooms and gambling houses AT tns
Oriental Hotel. at Manhattan Beach yesters.1
Senator Platt talked in a reserved way abor.
the exposure.
Il don't care to discuss IT," said the Senato-
1T seems to be true BILL and would conv,ro.
any one that the Police Department is auiad
with the criminal elements OF this city advo-
Gated the passage of police bill to rectify these
abuses. and 1 have never changed my mind
about the advisa bility of such a bill. 1t did nor
pass and shall never reopen the subject Wha,
the Governor may do I cannot foreteH have
not heard from him, and do not know whether
l shall. He was TO have been here the fore part
of last week, but he decided to stay at Lake
Mohonk He may come this week. but have no
assurance that he will"
What do you think will be the political effect
of the exposure OF police corruption and aIIi-
ance with the vicious elements Of the city?'
Il do not know" replied the Senator. TT ia
a clear case. and if precedent is to be relied
upon. the Lexow revelations might be reverted
to. AS I said before. 1 advocated a police bill
to rectify these abuses. Had it become effective
it would have taken but three or four weeks a,
have been held then, and the operation would
have been brief and painless. but effective"
"Will this revelation lead to police legislation
this winter TO oust Devery and his associates?"
Il cannot tell said the Senator. 1T NAV
1t will be for others to take the initiative 7
do not intend to do anything. I have made my
position plain"
DO you think the Governor will under the
law. remove Commissioner Murphy, or the
Mayor, or both?" was asked.
Il don't know" replied the Senator. IF he
should remove Commissioner Murphy il would
only start an endless chain Tammany could
appoint now Commissioners as fast as the Cow
ernor could remove them TO carry out the plans
OF the powers now in control of the Police De-
partment- 1t is something cannot talk about"
Senator Platt was asked about the COMING
municipal campaign He has declared himself
IN favor OF an independent Democrat as the head
of the fusion ticket Asked il he had heard Of
the presence Of Seth Low in the city and the
rumor that he a candidate for lIaycr
against Tammany. Senator Platt said:
Il have not either directly or indirectly heard
from Mr. Low. / do not know what his plans
are. May be he is the mysterious candidate Mr.
Dady has up his sleeve. I don't know anything
about it, 1t is too early TO discuss candidates"
If an independent Democrat is nominated
what offices on the municipal ticket will the Re-
publicans demand?" the Senator was asked.
Il don't know" he replied and then. with a
twinkle in his eye. whatever We can get"
Senator Platt would not discuss the situation
any further He appeared 70 be keenly interest
ed in IT, but was uncertain 20 what action
would be taken. He said that much depended
upon conferences TO be held later.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
BLAMES TAMMANY FOR DISSIPATION.
THE REV F. r. MORSE sCATHINGLY DE
NoUNCEs CROKER AND HIS LEGIoNs

NO language can characterize sufficiently this
city a sink Of iniquty"
II was IN those words that the Rev F r Morse
assistant pastor OF Calvary Baptist Church. in
West Fffty-seventh-st., spoke of the share OF
"Tammany governed New-York' in the ruin Of the
young OF to-day. The subject OF Mr.. Morse's
sermon last night The Fast Young Man
After putting the responsibility for dssipated
young Tammany Hall. he said in part:
It is bad enough when this organization by un-
sCrupuoUs methods seeks rob our people OF
millions OF dollars by political obbery; bad enough
when IL draws fat dividends from the crime IL IL
CenseS and fosters; bad enough when its imperious
chieftain sits in his castle in England and dictates
the policy which is govern and shape the Co
lossal affairs of the second municipality on the
globe bad enough when the second city Of the
world is deprived of schools because Tammany
Han wants the money for its work. but ~ is
FAR worse when, by the open door of every form
of immortality. II exposes the young temp
tation that leads 10 his ruin.
One OF the biggest of farces enacting In our
civ is an attempt by Tammany Hall officials to
punish crime II is like the thief trying catch
the thief the criminal trying 10 punish the crimi-
nal Tammany Han hates knowledge and loves
ignorance II does not seek 10 promote Tirtue, for
II 1t did II would annihilate itself
Tammany Hall desires to keep New-Gork as II
is, and language can cheracterlze sufhciently
this city sink Of iniquity
New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
GLENNON MAY FACE JEROME.
REPORT THAT WARDMAN WILL APPEAR
VOLUNTARILY AT JUSTICES
CHAMBERS TO-DAY.

1t was said at the West Thirtieth-st police
station last night that Wardman Glennon. for
whom il is said warrant has been issued by
Justice Jerome. would call at the Justices cham
bers to-day between II o'clock and noon and
ask what wanted of him.
1t was further said that Glennon presumably
had a conference with Devery at Saratoga yes
terday and this step had been decided upon.
Glennon is off on vacation. 1t began on Satur-
day One of his collea CUES says that every
Saturday Glennon visits his family in the coun-
try, and is seldom seen about the station either
on Saturdays or Sundays.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
TAMMANY HARD HIT.
ITS LEADERS TREMBLE WHEN THEY
THINK OF THE RESULTS OF THE
MOSS EXPOSURE.

Tammany Hall has received distinct shock.
The district leaders are not so sure now that
next falls battle at the polls will be a walk
over Uncoverng the connection between the
gamblers and the ruling powers OF the Police
Department has set people to thinking much as
they did in the summer of 1894, when the Lexow
Committee laid bare a portion of Tammany's
rottenness and criminality.
The Tammanyized Police Department costs
the taxpayers more than $12 100000 year. To
faithfully enforce municipal and State laws and
to prevent the spread of vice as far as possible
the taxpayers uniform and equip an army OF
1914 men. The property of the department is
roughly estimated to he worth $20.00O.OO0. That
is side of the proposition The exposures of
last week show that the men in practical con-
troll of this vast department skilfully aiding
the lawbreakers. abetting felony and promoting
the spread of vice. That is the other side.
1t has been one thing hitherto to say that the
police were standing in with the gamblers 1t
is now matter of record
TOO STRONG FOR CROKER.
Deputy Chief Devery. not many years ago
West Side bartender, the man really in control
of the force. just az present busy at the Sara
toga racetrack. So. also is Wardman Glennon.
Both of these men are wanted" by the District
Attorneys office. Their hands are upheld by
powerful clique in Tammany Hall. This clique
has been too powerful for Croker TO manage
Mr. Croker is busy at the English racetracks.
Last fall he appointed Committee OF Five 10
suppress the wicked gamblers. AS soon as ne
safe in England the Sullivan-Carr COM
b!ne in Tammany turned the committee into
sort of monkey show.
There many men holding high official posi-
tionS in Tammany Hall who are ashamed or
the revelations made last week. They repre-
sent the respectable element in the organization.
The trapping Of the police gamblers has filled
them with satisfaction and dismay at one and
the same time
NEW CAMPAIGN ISSUE.
They want to see Carroll. Van Wyck Sullivan.
Devery and Sexton driven out of the Organiza-
ton. They are certain. however, that Tam
many will go down to defeat if the gambling
element in the organization is disciplined
Croker expected to return to happy fam
iy.' He will find things at skies and sevens-
The Ice Trust combine made trouble last sum-
mer for the sO-called respectable element in the
organization. The Ice Trust combine is like
wise responsible for the commanding position
Of the gambling combine in Tammany. The
anti-Tammany people We're waiting and longing
for a clean cut fighting issue for the fall cam
paign. They feel now that they have il.
The breach in Tammany between the Whalen-
Nixon DelmOur- Martin and the Carroll-Sulvan-
Devery wings is great deal wider than it was
six months ago The close guessers in politics
now predict the rout Of Tammany in November
New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
EXAGGERATED. oPINEs sCANNELL.

John J. Scannell Fire Commissioner. who was
named OF Tammanys purity Committee of
Five but declined 10 serve. at the Brighton
Beach Hotel yesterday. Mr.. Scannell has >coun-
try home Saratoga but he is here to witness the
race between The Abbot his famous trotter, and
Cresceus, the worlds trotting champion. He said
that he had not yet heard from Mr. Gear trainer
OF The Abbot, but believed his horse an excel
lent chance. When asked about the exposure of
the alliance between the police and the gambling
houses he much annoyed. II haven't heard a
word about that he said, 'and don't know any
thing about IL. | haven't read the pa pers, and un-
Ill | am familiar with IL could not discuss II.
guess that IL is a good BIT exaggerated"
New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
JEROME BELLEVES WHITNEY.
JUSTICE SAYS THE GAMBLERS AGENT
Is CERTAINLY TELLING THE TRUTH


II may say I was deeply impressed with the
apparent rruthfulness OF Whitney in his state
ment made in the presence OF 3Iess-s. GOh
Schurman, Garv;n. Sanford and myself" said
Justice Jerome yesterday afternoo2 at the
Union Club in answer TO a question by Tri5-
Uue reporter. Continuing in the same strain.
Justice Jerome said:
Whitney in his confession went into the sub
ject in such detail and circumstantiality that he
convinced US all I think. Of his veraciJy in this
case He told Of many things he had done
which would tend 70 make any one believe that
he was not, or is not. a man possessed OF the
highest moral attributes. but his narrative was
convincing. In its fuIness it is something Ike
the statement of Lena Schmidt. II is so broad
that to follow its ramihcations viii take vast
amount of time and work"
How many copies OF the confession are
there" the Justice was asked
Two said he Mr. Moss has one and As
sistant District Attorney Schurman the other"
Whttney's remark that he corroborated Ar.
Jerome's statement in saying that GIennon was
implicated in his CWhitney's) confession xAs
quoted 10 Justice Jerome. who said.
4 never said that Glennon was implicated
am not saying anything about Whitney's state.
ment. All the comment have made on it up
till now was a brief formal statement made yes
terday after finished taking down the testi-
mony.'
What about whitney's assertion that he DID
not say in his statement that he personally
called on Devery and made arrangements for
the use for the gamblers of the Police Depart
ment telephone wires?' Justice Jerome was
asked
The justice mused over the question and tneh.
looking meaningly at the reporter. said:
Whitney is literally correct when he says ne
did not state that he personally called on DeV-
cry. Apparently he did not have direct per-
Sonal contact with him. do you and neis
facing each other" Then the justice srnlleu
blandly again.
As stated elsewhere. il was learned last nlght
that Whitney states in his confession tnat nc
called up Devery on the telephone.
VIII there be arrests tomorrow as -
suit of Whitney's cOnfesson?' Justice JeromS
was asked
AS to that or anything else in connectonn
with Whitneys statement 1 can say nothhs'
he replied. -
Justice Jerome said that even il il were oGerea
he would not accept bail for Whitney and BurS-
dOrf before to-day