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New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
They Charge the United States Government
with Mishandling Funds.

Walter :. Logan. the counsel for the Delaware
Indians in the suit recently begun in the Court
Of Claims in Washington. and in other controver-
sizes between the Delawares and the United States
Government and the Cherokee Nation, was seen
yesterday by Tribune reporter at his office No q
Wiam-st. Asked regarding the history Of the
Itgatons, he said:
4 treaty made with the Delaware Indians
end with the Cherokee Nation, by which The
Cherokees sold TO the Delawares 1880 acres of
the Cherokee lands in the Indian Territory and
trlpes the possession or the lands they owned The
Delawares moved into the Cherokee Nation. and
De became a part OF H. and gradually selected their
when The United States Government bought the
up and sell them to white men, it acted both as
purchaser and seller. As purchaser it took the
s sJardian for the Delawares. II took the money
when Il ltset paid Tor the lands. so that the
Delaware tribe has always had deposit in the
many n3iIiog 81 dollars % sun STn q
One time. when distribution was to be made
among the individual Delawares. they sold bonds
FOR the purpose. receiving their paw in gold Ths
distribution TO the Delawares made in green
backs, which were at - 10 - per cent discount
The government received something like $3 10000
in gold and paid TO the Indians the same amount
IN greenbacks, worth about 100000 in gold. The
other million dollars the Deawares are now asking
Other complaints the Delawares make about the
conduct of their guardian When the United States
dog securities which u could not use in any other
way IL purchased them for the Delawares and
suit was that the funds OF the Delawares in the
hands OF their guardian. the United states, We're
have pending now I'm the Court Of Claims and in
The supreme Court Of the United States fifteen diff
the others against the United states.
through tie true friend Of the Indians He has re-
peatedly asserted iu no uncertain words that the
against one another but as against the United
States itself and if the Initcd States had done
guardian or trustee would have to-
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
IN MARKETS SUPPORT.
B4NKERS TO THE RESCUE.
Stocks Strong an Latter Part Of Day
-LO7c Record for Steel.

Timely support saved the stock market from
another serious slump yesterday. it looked at the
opening Of the Stock Exchange il the day were
be disastrous for the bulls. and there were evil
dences Of tremendous excitement on the floor when
the tine fer opening arrived In the London mar
ket there had been almost refusal to touch Amer
lean securities at reasonable figures. The first
transactions at the Exchange seemed to reflect the
sentiment I'm London. Particularly keen tho
excitement IN the crowds Of brokers trading in the
common and preferred stocks Of the United States
Steel Corporation when the first sale OF the COM
mon stock was announced at 147s. new low record
and point below the lowest quotation Of Monday.
Steel preferred also forced down
1t looked Cor few minutes as II everything was
going down. and then the tide suddenly turned, and
for the rest OF the day the market strong and
steady. Prices rose surely if slowly. Steel COM
mon going to 1875 and the preferred to 6ls4 There
was plain evidence Of support by the banks and
leading financiers the day on and it was
said that understanding TO give the support
had been reached at a conference on Monday
night uptown. This denied late IN the day by
some prominent interests mentioned in the gossip
OF the Street but il believed that the support
the market by the banks and the men Of large
means had been the result Of previous agreement
George J. Gould arrived in his Office in the West
Union Building after an absence from the city
Of several weeks. and the Gould brokers were &C
tive In buying during the day, aiding 20 advance
prices. Mr. Gould busy 10 tax with news
paper men about his Western trip but his way
home he had said he much impressed by evi-
dences OF prosperity in the West that he held no
the great decline in the stock. J. p Morgan gave
short, but positive. denial OF a report that the
IN and retire large blocks or the common sIoCh-
The following table shows for some or the prom
inent stocks the low prices made In Mondays mar
ket. yesterdays closing and the net gains from
lrfprGa
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30

HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS

CAMBRIDGE-A. Priestly. Of England and Com
mauder Stevens, I. s. y. EARLINGTON-Major
John c. Soley, L. s. A (retired). FIFTH AVENUE
DR.: II. J. Dadzsett; Of Bombay. India; GRAND
{. Hamilton Burnside. OF Nassau. y P; Tenant
Lee of Boston. and Captain c. w. Truitt. L. $ A.
GREGORIAN-WIliam Fisk. Of St. AIbans. Eng
land. HOFFMAN-D. l. Mohett. Of Baltimore
Virgil p Kline, Of Cleveland; Congressman George
y. Southwick, Of Albany. and 5 Tegoiua and y
kanzaki, of Toxic, Japan HOLLAND-LOuis r.
Payn. Of Chatham, y. y. IAlPERIAL-Captain +. II
Roberts. L. ;. y. and W J. SNYDER. Of Brazil
MAJESTIC-A. +. Jennings. of Chicago; Russell
Howell. Of ST. Louis and w. a. Ross. Of San Fran
Scotland Felipe Pomar. Of Lima, Peru. Albert
JaCuet. OF Paris; Ex-Governor p &. LOuuSbuTy Of
Connecticut, and I. Cameron Brooks Cf London
MURRAY ffILL-General Amasa J. Parker, Of Al
hauy; W. r Woolley. Of Saratoga. W Grimes, Of
London, and Justice J. Rider Cady. Of Hudson
y Y. NEW-AMSTERDAM-Joh Livingston. Of
Montreal NORMANDIE-E. Reenaud OF Paris.
NICTORIA-A J. Escalante. of Yucatan. WAL
DORF- F-ASTORIA-Thomas II. Watkins OF Scran-
ton. Penn; William Dupont. Of West Virginia: s +.
Parrott OF Atlanta, T. NJ. Emerson. OF Wilmington.
y c. general passenger agent Of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway, and W. =. Palmer. Of Cleveland.
president OF the American Steel and Wire Ass0cia-
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
pEPuoREs CORNER IN COTTON.
President walmsley, of New-Bedford, Says
Conditions Have Been Demoralizing

T,euoy Mass sept. "A three days convention
sr tho New. England Cotton Manufacturers Asso-
-.s-iorI decs1 here to-day. with moro than hun
,red md Hftv rernIsrs present. Herbert +. Nalms-
le,- af Nav- Be ford president of the association,
called the 0elegsfss 20 order. and introduced Will
Sam p T|vlkett ~ Adams Mass. who welcomed
rho convention.
Az rfo business session President Nalnsley re-
fcrre5 to tne unsatisfactory condition Of the cotton
lrade af she present time. and said the past few
Trouths had been the most difficult periods ever
ezuorierneG. Continuing, he said
n b. "a deplorahle circumstance that the perni-
CiOus practice Of cOrnerinE such necessary staple
cotton should be possible. demoralzing and
uaralTzIuE for The time being industry OF such
IS that of cotton maGufacturing, throwing out O.
employment ana reducing 10 the verge Or StafHa-
fiou the thousands of families whose very exist
sucn is dependent upon the continued and steady
oreration OF she factories where they mo employ
rrenr. The hauefui influence 81 this speculative
-uauiuulatson Of cotton rs "A matter Tor serious
cen and Tor which there can he no justification
VhatEoeNe~-
he sufficient Justify somo concerted and united
action toward putting stop 20 the gambling UU-
tiorS which infiict such widespread Slfferinl
and injury upon many and such important u-
fercs
Tn referring 20 cotton manufacturing in Tho
South President walmsley said.
We warmly congratulate the South on the grea.
development ~ Ite natural and industrial resources
The supremacy of cotton manufacturing iu New.
Ingland. In my opinion. VIII continue 70 be un
Hsssilable.
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
BIG LOSS THREATENS SWIFT E. CO.
Squeeze in September Lard May Cost the
Firm Millions.
IBT TEI1GRArH 10 THE rR1pUNr.1

Chicago. Sept 29.-FluctuatIons in the provision
market to-day gave currency TO a. report that the
packing interests are preparing TO engage in a
fight in which the firm Of Swift q Co stands 20
lose S20oooo September lard dropped 20 cents a
hundred pounds below the figures prevailing at
yesterdays close. The slump stopped at SO %,
while the closing price yesterday was SO So To-
day October lard closed at s. So after rise from
s. =. The quick change in prices attributed 10
the big financial hands of Swift & Co The firm is
said 10 he eNer,inE every influence to control the
October market and thus recoup the threatened
loss. Rival packers viii night them hard, how
ever. The Svifts have on hand $4,000 tierces Of
cash lard. and VIII have 10 manipulate the market
strongly 10 prevent the possible heavy loss.
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30

wsIiersre O5eu Kos1. NrW York t.r CherS1urE
and Hamburg anf proceeded
London. SEPT 29-Arrise1. steamer Nn-ef0aEa fPr'.
1avlauI. New York
H0Iyheat Sept trrfvsd steamer rresI.s O7r.
Elarr. Nevy-Y1-t. Or Narrresfer
Queenstown. sept -. 1Iu T-ArriVH1. steamer Or--
aulc tBrl. Cameron, NlH York Or Liverpool. and
proceeded
PraRe F0iut SET 2g-Passef st-snsr Te1asaraa CBr.
Brown. New YORK. f1r HUI
Chrls-aufa S-pt 2SA-ryet steamer k@rt4-fv Dan.
Thietsr1au-. Neu-Asr.r
Bremen. sept - Arrived steamer Eairsr Winell
tCerI. Hogsnaun. SeV York VIA rfvurur1 tnd
therroIrE
Rotterdam. Sept 2T-ArriteI. steamer Ch.-tfIs lBr
Sauderson. Nsew-Y1r't Wauhuru
Antweru. Sept Ted. steamer American r1lfrnf
MarkschIaeEer. SeE York
Havre sept >. nidnl lght-Arriv-f st-ar~r@ "a Gss
cogna tFrl F1Irnisr New-Yart
Bortsaux sept 5'-Nrlivsd. steamer serpaos oS~ri.
schultz NeE- rE
L~ghorn. sept zs-Arrivef steamer Caf7-nia NI.
Nev-Nrrk va Nlpies and Mars ~
23--a.af steamers fartarfn .frnfI.
z1ueri Ney- YORK. Manuel CaIvo span Oliver Nss-
York 2Sta arrived. steamer NarrIfar Prince t.trt.
EAgiot1E Nev fIrL
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New-York, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1903
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED.
m seP; %F @ 2 ns @ iiF PaYsst. RI ssB5's sB %. 10 A 70
rived at the Bar at s:25 a m
steamer sndatf city T ARd[s' s Bristol Bril- ,S ssPts 2tss
Arrived al Bar at a m , .
Oerchs Co with passengers and mdse Anchored out
steamer Friedrich Der Crosse Bremen and South
arnpt0n New-YOTk- on Nantucket IAghtshp AZ 4lO
Steamer Rotterdam Dutch, stsng.r. Rotterdam and
with 24O cabin steeraSe passengers and mdss Ar
steamer ca SIessina ItaD. Demeo. Messina August
IS Girgenti o. Palermo p Gendia September Amsra
Steamer Verona tor) Czhom Bay. Port Maria
and St AIMS Bay SEPTEMBER @ ~ 'nIss2 BSg b II ana
kigsLon -, 70 JG ne ys5s Eys NJ % ,5a Esr AZ m A '
se9ges ana pa i3se 1r Iy5tzsp W. p Porf 6sSsi Sep-su
Jeremis To- savaniIa Il. Kingston Il. and Port-au-
Prince % to the Hamburg American Line. with one
cabin passenger and mdse Arrived at the Bar at 40
steamer AIene Ger, PerIe savanira September II.
Carthagena Is and Port LRGn L ~. 70 Ine 5@in1Irs &
s,teaner Saint Ge6rse ,Br Push. s9urabaya July
q. Kraksaan -. Passwaroean 80 Co9moo august u.
Perrin . Bort Saa n, ,ba f1tsriesr sugar Re-
timing Company. Vessel 20 G.. Sumer and Company.
Steamer Moro castle Downs Havana september 2
mase M sen'sa ArriveG at t6e Bar at n.
steamer Taisman Cor: psrg. Barbados septeHssr
one on a Passenger and mdse Arrived the Bar at $50
Steamer Nayah2s Johnson Geogs,'avTn ,,a G & 81 -
1eIi4Sl it+S -sssarIs-s - 80 and -ldse
Hamilton. Boaz. Newport News anf N9rtoiNs
~ he old Dominion steamship Company. with passeil-
gers and mdse-
steamer Colonel 2 L Drake Rubei. Port Arthur. Tex
10 davs with barge Co No 90, % the standard OIL
Steamer Davii warnecke Fernandina September =
with railroad william Z Cooke & CO. vessel to
the Donald IS Co - -, ,.-.t-.
September & the e. Seager Co. with conee Arri'ed
ct Bar al ; 3~th -, .--.---s.
Steamer Ethiopia jBrl Luus1ane. Glasgow september
y - Henderson Bros. with 1Sc cabin and 2t stseraGs
passengers and mdse Arrived az tire Bar a. so m
steamer La Champagne tFr), Nerlynde. Eavre Sept'
har NJ 10 the C1upaEnie Generate with
7 bin passengers and mdse Arrived
~ Bar AT $50 a
Kew West % TO 9 Mallory < Co. with passengers and
Sandy Hook. r Sept %. $50 H-wiaa west
moderate breeze. clear
SAILED.
Steamers Patra DAM. for Savannah. Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse Bremen via Plymouth and Cherbourg.
Carpathia tRrl Liverpool. Sardegna Utah. Naples and
Genoa. Benefact1r. Philadelphia. city % Washington
Colon: Ulrken tNorl. Havana via philadelphia. Jefferson
Norfolk Newport News. Chicago city tBr. Bristol
Wkommen Ger Philadelphia. CITY - AUGUSTA Savan-
nah: Galveston; Iroquois Charleston and Jack
sonvle: Cheltenhau tBrl Savannah.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN PORTS
Plymouth. sept %. 10 m-Arrivet. steamer Graf
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY.

The following petitions I'm bankruptcy were fled
yesterday by the clerk Of the United States Dis
friCt Court
ABBAIIAM RANAFsKY agent, No. liz Aren-st.: la
fies S'a2~ SD The principal creditors are
rhe estate ~ Joseph Friedman 40 Caual-st $50:
Prucs Schulma0 No. 30 East one hundred and-t rl-
S56s
schesules fled tv JAMES I.ANI.Ess. tailor No
! Ga SNth-are. showing liabilities S5s32. assets
81 935. The principal creditors r = Hawkins &
Philadelphia S7:5. T. 4. Mclean. 40 Broadway
Sf1s The lakrfts stock estimated $500 machfn-
orL. So. ac-lunts. 81
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30

much from drouth. but ss whole tne cOp -
practically housed. g.
IN the States % the central valleys the rsPo..s -.
eicate a.t apple crop but more favora ole TepoIss
are received rrom the Middle Auanue sul,cs o.,
Much fruit was blown from the trees py the Ieoe.N
high winds IN New England. The Reports fesPeSS
ine potntoes continue very unfavoranle
Ploughing FOR fall seeding hos maze IsNg.eyt. % 80
progress IN the Atlantic Coast cistTlcls ono "a
States OF the upper Mississippi and Misso.I. rs
Jews bur IN the Ohio VALLEY southern S.ales -.
the western uartions OF Kansas and NeoEsSA@
The soil has been too dry for this WoTk.
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
NEW-YORK CITY.

The demurrer TO the Indictment against Richard
A. Garfield viii be argued Friday before Judge
Sewell. I'm Binghamton. John b Stanchneld will
represent Garfield and Assistant District Attorney
Cans will oppose the motion
The Charity Organization Society renews its ap-
peal Tor X month for Polish with four
children ana an insane husband. Any money for
this case sent to the Charity Organization Society
No. Jos East Twenty -second-st.. will be publicly
acknowledged
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
DRESSER DEBTS NEARLY A MILLION

was called yesterday at No. Il Broadway. was put
over 10 october y at the request of r 3. Whitney
the newly appointed trustee. who wanted time in
which 10 examine the accounts of the failed frn
i was said az the place of ting that the abii-
ties 81 The Ern would amount % neaTLy sl.oylol1
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
NEW ICE COMPANY INCORPORATED.

Trenton. y. &c.. Sept. 29-The Woodcock Plate
Ice Company. with capital of 100000. in
cOrporated here to-day 10 manufacture plate ice
and machinery Tor its manufacture The corpor-
ators are John ?. Manning, A. 3. Van LEW and
Warren A Jacrbus. all Of Newark. y. J.
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
WHAT is GOING ON TO-DAY.

Episcopal Convention for the Diocese New York
Church OF the Heavenly Rest reception clergy
by Bishop Potter. Shetry's. evening
Meeting of the Municipal Engineers city
York. No l. West Thirty -hTst-st.. S.l5 3. m
Republican Convention The Bronx Union Republican
ALu.
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC
suuris. 553l lSunset sos Noon Moons age
HIGH WATER.
AM-Sandv Hook 22S Gov. Island f:4e Hell Gate
PM.-Sandy Hook 2:45 Gov Island 2-16 Hell Gate
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
SAYS ROCKEFELLER STOPPED SUIT.
According to Cincinnati, He Settled Keene-
Hartman Trouble to Tone Up Stock Market.

Cincinnati Sept 29-The case Of Talbot J. Tay-
lo- and others restrain the voting OF stock held
by the Union Pacific Railway at the annual cleo
ton Of the Southern Pacific Company was formally
dismissed to-day in the United States Circuit Court
Of Appeals on telegraphic adyices from counsel IN
New-York The annual election Of the Southern
Pacific on a decree Of Judge Burton, had been
postponed pending the appeal and it is understood
now that the election viii take place week after
next at Beechmont. Ky, the legal headquarters OF
the company.
The Times-Star' says:
II is learned authoritatvey in legal circles that
John D. Rockefeller. operating through his brother
William and Others. settled the controversy De-
tween the Hsrrimat md the keene interests III the
Union and Southern ~. inc companies ana thaL the
ending OF the Itigari0n is only part OF A general
movement for the improvement OF the stock m :
ket. While nothing can b. learned in Cincinnati or
the terms of settlement between the COEtending in
terCsts il generally believed that there has been
such an agreement 10 secure in harmonious ar
rangement the control of the transcontuenral trade
OF the entire country.
The withdrawal Of the Taylor suit 10 prevent
the Union Pacific from voting its holdings Of
Southern Pacific stock has aroused some curiosity
in Wall Street. which not Eratlfied by an
explanation yesterday. The people most interested
would not talk about IT, Other people guessed
between T. H. Hartman and the Taylors by which
the latter had stopped the contest 1t was said
that there were several reasons why Talbot J.
Taylor and his brother desired peace - this time
one being the settlement of their difficulties and
their return to the Stock Exchange.
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30

Yes. all the standard Fall Derbies
are out.
Each good halter has his own block
at S..
While we have all the good blocks
at 81.
Some styles of our own besides,
and we know that no better material
or work goes into any Derby at any
price. -,
Indeed. our So Derby is every whit
as good as many S. hat.
ROGERS, PEET & COMPANY.
2Ss Broadway. opposite city Hall.
GO ra-o.S1-sv cor Istb We fII orders
~ snS / 40 20 las 4th Av. by mail
1890 Broadway. %2d,
and ~ West $50 st
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
JUDGMENTS.

The following judgments FOR sums of mon than
500 were fled yesterday. the hrst name being that
of the debtor.
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
Announcements

Perker's Hair Balsam keeps the hair soft and
plentiful and restores the color when gray.
Hndercorns. the best for IS cts
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30
THE SUITS OF THE DELAwAREs.

.From Mondays close.
New-York tribune., 1903-09-30

Plymouth. sept % 10 m-Arrivea. steamer Graf
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-01
LAckAWANNA PLANT.

With the equipment of its new car
shops at Scranton, the Lackawanna
Railroad will have a plant, covering
l5S, 400 square feet, equipped with every
modern appliance for repairing its rolling
stock. The location of the new shops,
while not at the geographical centre of
the road, is very close to the trafic
centre, as great portion of the trafic
OF the road originates in the anthracite
coal regions in the vicinity of Scranton.
In additino to two freight car repair
shops, covering 10000 square feet, there
are numerous other buildings, including
power house, affording every facility
for rapid repair of equipment. A
complete system of tracks connects and
enters all bildings.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-01
tsale No. SIs..

MASTERS SALEM CHANCERY OF NEW
jersey
Between Anthony Koopman Complainant,
arf Js-etaaa We'll ct al, Defendants.
On bill for partition
A. Go4auii, collector of lConlplt
By virtue of decree of the Court of Cham
Gerry of New Jersey, made in tha above stased
and bearing date on. the fifth day OF Sep
tember nineIeen hunured sla liirtr. a...-ll
expose to sale at public vendue, on
FRIDAY, the Sixth day of November, A. D.,
1908, F
at two o'clock in the afternoon. at Chancery
Chambers, number 10 Exchange place, in Jer-
sey City, all the lands and premises described
in the said decree, as follows to witt
All those two certain lots. pieces or parcels
of land and premises situate, lying anu being
in Jersey City in the ~cs-afr- Z - =
State of New Jersey, which, on a map entitled
Map of property ve4ongsl,s tstes AZ : u
Village Land Association, situate near Hobo
ken, on the Palisade avenue near The Newark
road" duly filed of record in the office of the
Clerk Oow Regster} OF Hudson County are
designated. known and distinguished as lots
numbered Two hundred and twenty-one (22D
and two hundred and twenty-five (222l, lying
and fronting on the easteriy side of Washing
ton (now Webster) avenue, between Hutton
street and West Hoboken (now Griffith street
together with the buildings thereon erected
and including the inchoate right of dover. of
the defendants, Margaretha Tohla and Amelia
Tohla, and together with all and singular the
hereditaments ad appurtenances to the said
premises belonging or in anywise appertaining.
ISAAC S. TAYLOR
Special Master in Chancery Of New Jersey.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-01
Big Democratic Demonstra-
ton Expected Tonight
Down Town.
MEETING TO FOLLOW In WOODS HALL
Eloquent Speakers Will Elk
plain the Stag to
Wind Up.

Tonight's parade and meeting under
the auspices of the Bernard ]. Foley
Association promises to be an event of
AS has been stated before Mr.. Foley,
good Democrat, is acting the role of
among the 'Treacyites" especially in the
Third Ward and he is making noble
efforts to smotth down ruffled feathers
and salye wounds and in this manner
swing the Treacy element into the line
in which the NATURALLY belong. They APP
pear to be willing to meet Mr.. Foley,
their friend, at least half way, if not
omre The Dinley Association will be
accorded the right of line. Novelty
Rangers will ocupy conspicuous place
in the parade. The route includes that
portion of Morgan street in which the
Novelty Rangers headquarters are To-
Gated and it is said that their headquar-
ters viii be brilliantly Illuminated.
The Third Ward Democratic Club will
turn out strong and participate in the
Foley Association parade. Many other
downtown political and social organiza-
tions will be in line.
The parade will come down Warren
street about the time the jackson Demo-
cratic Club.is holding its Murphy banner
raising at Newark avenue and Warren
street, and while the meeting is at its
height. 1t will move through the prin-
cipal streets down town, and then up
Newark avenue to Barrow street and to
Woods Hail. where there will be big
meeting, followed by a stag. Mayoralty
candidate Murphy and corps of leading
local orators will address the meeting.
As to the stag, the services of we'll
known entertainers, including Tom Val
entine, Joseph Fry, and John McGart-
land hay. .s,a srca W
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-01
SITUATION IN NEWARK.
President McCarter Attends a
la.TroIley Meeting and
Delays the Strike.

Ncpecldi 10 the Jersey lily NEWS.
NEWARK, Oct. 1, 1903.-All the car
barns and power plant of the Public Ser
vice Corporation were guarded by police
last night. All the police stations had ex7
ira reserves Orders were issued in every
precinct for all the policemen to report
for duty at FIVE o'clock this morning.
The motormen and conductors held a
meeting in Lyceum Hall last night. Af-
ter three hours heated session, the polls
were opened at 1890 p. m. for the ballot
ing on the question to strike or not to
strike"
During the meeting when the prevail
ing sentiment seemed to be strongly in
favor of strike, President Conway of
the mems union, and a delegation of the
Executive Committee hastened to the of
fees of the company. and requested Pres
ident McCarter to hurry to the hall an
ddNhCSS lilc lucA.
Mr.. McCarter. with Walton Clark, and
one of the directors, complied
President McCarter after telling the
men that they knew how he stood in re-
gard to their demands, said it made no
difference to him whether they We're
Cafbolios or Dro+acfoptc ur;or, or pau-
union men, they would be safe in their
positions so long as they did their duty.
He added that the Swing trip" griev-
ance had been remedied in Paterson, and
would be taken up in Newark today.
He apologized for the preparation that
had been taken by the company to pro-
tect its interests in the event of strike.