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New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
IRON WORKERS AT THEIR TASKS.
President Buchanan Informs American
Bridge Company of End Of Strike.

The representatives of the Anne r1can Bridge Corn-
pany were officially informed yesterday by FRANK
Buchanan, president of the International Associa-
ton of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers that
the strike against the company has been declared
off This leaves the way clear for the negotiations
ON the May Day demands of the structural iron
workers throughout the country These VIII De
discussed between local committees OF the union
and-of the National Association of Structural iron
Manufacturers and Erectors in the various cities
Two conferences have already taken place IN thls
city between the local committee of the House
smiths BridgeInan and Structural Iron Workers
Union and the employers organization. and an
other conference will take place next week, at
which it is expected the May Day demands will be
settled.
A representative of the American Bridge Com
pany said:
The settlement of the demands for May Day VIII
mean the settlement OF all questions In dispute
The main question is not that of wages There Is
no manufacturer in the country who CONSIDERS
the wage question at the present time vital one.
The principal difficulties with other deIlano5
of the union, which the manufacturers consider
arbitrary There is every reason 10 Delfeve. now
ever that everything will be settled next week
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
ARRIVALS OF BUYERS.

E-1nt e Ken. Buffalo: C. Conklin, cIoaAs and SUITS
Waldorf. No. 43 Lconard-st. -. ,,s-. E-.---ra- N
Josln Dry Goods Company. Denver; MISS Fe-s--'' 10
As Leona rd-st. ,- ~ s.4z-,.,
drygoods No. 43 LeOnard-st- -.,.. r-4;-. z-----t-
t;chrfst Company Boston; William Jar1ine aISs7'-'
No s. White-st- -..- c--,-,--- vK-.-a-s.-v
Conn p William FfamIson. furniture. FuTnita1s HE-
Change No 42S LexingtOn-ave
The Rowland Dry Goods 2oI'pahy' pIltsrl,.'' ~A
: C;reenfnx furniture. Furniture Excnatse -.
SchuldenAer Atlantic City. y J.; furniture Furai-
p M Aiiewelt. Syracuse: furniture. Furniture EE-
change. - r-.---. y -
u7ooi furniture. Furniture ExchaEge ,
Fred Konow StapletOn. staten lsland tcrntufe UNI
ture Exchange. - s-....-. -,---f
Gus Meyers Hartford. furniture Furniture ET-
change .s---. --.,-,5---. -
3 T Grady. New-Haven. Conn: furniture. FuFnitur'
Exchange. ..- ,--s..-- =.
FRESHMAN & Partners Philadelphia; William ? Ri'h-
C;jicbrst CSnpany Boston Hartford esfh,rs
Albert, No. So White-st ~.
Brown Thompson & Co. Hartford conn W. L
oven. Moore Co. Portland. Ne 4 c. Fo-ins
q 4 Waldorf & Son. HorneIIsvfHe. y Z: NJ ".
Waldorf. jsveIry Albert ., =.
2 Ifzhtner. c JeTsiTy. caSe 1i-
Kowarsky Nc. SCI Madison ave
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
MUST NOT PERSUADE MEN AT WORK.
Justice Marean Says That Strikers May
Argue, but Makes Important Limitation

That strikers may lawfully try to persuade men
to leave work. but have right to go on tho prem
ises where the men are employed and DO SO "hHe
they are at work, the statement maue SeS'9I
day by Justice Marean. In the supreme O'u
Brooklyn An application was made TO hlili yes
terday by William II. Switzer and otners Ior a!
injunction restraining the United Brotherhood y,
Carpenters and Joiners of America and the iocai
union at New Rochelle from interfering Win inc
construction of buildings in that town by ordering
strike of the workmen and from interfering with
the workmen by trying to induce them 10 quit
work Other defendants named were Patrick Nc
Cough of the Building Trades Council; Patrick
Murray Henry Drossler, Theodore Sahlin and
Thomas Malore-
Counsel for the defence said that none OF the
men named in the complaint or connected wlh
the unions interfered by word or deed with the
employees Of the plaintiff. He maintained tnat M tne
defendants did not go to the buildings Win ddy
design Of inducing the workmen 10 quit, anu tila'
thew did not intend do anything. ..
''Ihen what harm would injunction 90 IL you
intend to do nothing?" asked the justice - ,
'These men are strike. your honor counseI
replied land they do not want to return 10 Iner
homes under the charge Of having done an uhla"-
Justice Marean did not announce a decision
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
1pLENEss DRIVES HIM TO SUICIDE.
Aged and Prosperous Retired Merchant Dies
in Works He Sold.

Despondent because he had sold out his business
and had nothing TO do, John Bernard, prosperous
retired merchant seventy-eght years old. killed
himself in a little office in the works OF Stazen-
hagen G. Ackerman metal cutters and electro
paters at No 6O3 607 West Thirty-sixth-st.. yes
terday The factory formerly known as the
works of the John Bernard Company The sale
made with the provision that a little office in
the factory should aside for Mr.. Bernard and
every business day the old man would go to the
works early in the morning and stay there until
the whistle blew at night
For the last three days the old man had not ven-
tured outside the office often About p; m the
employees on the first floor heard pistol shot from
the little office. Several of them rushed to it. On
the floor lay the old man, unconscious and with
blood streaming from bullet wound in his head
He was taken to Roosevelt Hospital. where he died.
Mr. Bernard lived In West Hoboken. a widow and
sol survive him.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
KILL NAN WITH BRICkS.
Trco Brothers 4rrested an Harlem,
CHARGED zcith attacking Janitor.

Thomas J. and Edward Dorgan. brothers' aseu
twenty-four and twenty-one years DID, were yes
terday arraigned in the Harlem court charged
with having deliberately attempted to XIII f'iciai
Supplies the janitor of the apartment house at NO
224 East Onehundred and -seventh-st. on 1huFsuay
night Magistrate Flammer held the brothers with
out bail for examination Sunday.
Later Supplies died in the Harlem hospitdi I'm I'M
a fractured skull. having been hit on the head pS
several bricks alleged to have been thrown oy 'ne
prisoners from the roof of the apartment mouse
Coroner GoldenkraDz was called to the hospiOdi W
take Supples's ante-mortem statement, put tie III
iured man remained unconscious until ne deo-
Patrolman Pierce. of the East One-hunoIeu-an
fourth-st. station heard groans coming from t''o
stoop of the apartment house early lhuSuaS
night When he went there he found Supplies lviis
on the sidewalk bleeding from wound In ms neao'
while all around him lay bricks The policeman
saws he glanced upward and saw two men on tiie
roof Of the house. looking over the copine' ne
questioned the injured man. who said that the men
the roof had thrown bricks at MN IT, a1,Eav
earlier in the evening he had ordered theth ~
from the stoop of the house. Pierce went 10 h,n ci
roof and arrested the Dorgans They tilre" oiiNnS
at him, he says. until he drew revolver
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
COLUMBIA CLUB TO OPEN HOUSE.

The Columbia Club will dedicate its new club
house. at ne-hundred-and-t twenty -seventn-st. and
FIfth-ave., this evening. The programme OF the
exercises is as follows Overture by the Roberts Or
chestra, proyer by the Rev DR.. G. Grossman.
dedication address by Benno Lewinson, chairman
of the building committee response by Simon
Hahn. the president of the club: the performance
OF Columbia Club March," under the direction
of its composer, Solomon Wolersten, the chairman
Of the entertainment committee. These exercises
will be followed by dinner, at which Mayor Low
will address the club, and the following toasts will
be given: The Occasion Charles Brand THE
Community Borough President Cantor; THE
Club" L. Samuels. president Of the Progress Club:
THE Home" Samuel We'll: The Neighbor'' the
a,, Ry w tns ns ns9T Fand Of the CHURCH sd
Davis, and The Ladies" Harry E. Bloomberg.
Tomorrow the club viii throw open its house to
its members and their friends. and give public
reception from TO Il p. m. at which there Will
promenade music.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
ARRESTS H. VAN r. KENNEDY.
Policeman Who Magistrate Said Could Not
Estimate Speed Gets Stop Watch.

H Van Rensselaer, Kennedy, who gave his age as
forty-one years. his address as No. 80 Fffth-ave
and his occupation a gentleman, was arraigned IN
the Harlem court yesterday charged with speeding
his automobile.
hundred and -ffty-second-st station, said he had
chased Kennedy his automobile for a quarter OF
a mile on Thursday. finally catching him at One
ed-and-seventieth-st- and the Boulevard La
fayette. The policeman said the automobile was
going at the rate of twenty miles hour. He
added that he knew this was as he had timed
the automobile with stop watch. Kenneson ar
raigned a prisoner on similar charge in the Har-
lem court last Sunday, but the prisoner dis
charged because Magistrate Hogan held the police
man could not tell the rate of speed that the
machine was going without stop watch. Kenneson
therefore bought one
Kennedy admitted that he might have been X
ceeding the speed limit and held in $500 bail for
trial by Magistrate Flanlmer.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
ATTACHMENT AGAINST P. J. S0RG.
1t Is Alleged That Ex-Congressman Refused
to Accent Coach He Had Purchased

An attachment was issued yesterday by Judge
McCarty. in the City Court, against ex-Con-
gresham Paul J. Sorg. of Middfetown, Ohio, in
a suit brought by Walter D. Grand for Sl,S2o,
the price of q coach that ii is alleged, ldr.
Sorg purchased on Wednesday and refused to
accept Thursday.
Hearing that Mr.. sorg was to sail for Europe
yesterday, J. Campbell Thompson of Thompson
& Maioney counsel for Mr.. Grand, had the at
tachment served while Mr.. Sorg was giving a
farewell lunCHeOn at the Holland House yester-
day noon John NJ Martin, Of the firm of Mar
tin & Martin, harness importers signed an
agreement that he would be responsible for the
amount of the attachment, and it was then re
Iea ed
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
WHO WANTS SHARK FINS?

Washington. April "a (SpeciaD.-Consul Gott-
schalk at San Juan del Norte, has proposed to the
State Department the more extensive use Of shark
products for industrial purposes in the United
States. He says:
Sharks exist in large numbers on this coast The
Nicarasuan fishery laws to permit of their be
caught vermin. and there appears to be nc
export duty any industrial product derived from
them. A number of persons here believe that they
could deal with the United States in shark FMS or
in shark backbones and skins. The former are
used extensively in some countries In the making
of walking canes: the latter are made into
leather employed for sword grips and fancy articles
Large quantities of these products could be sent to
the United States were there market for them.
The Consul adds that he will be glad 10 COM
municate with persons who could make q market
such articles.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
OBJECT TO WORKING WITH NEGROES
Nearly One Hundred Stevedores Strike at
Maine Steamship Co.'S Pier-Reserves Out.

Nearly one hundred stevedores quit work last
night at Pier No. 80 East River. where they had
been loading a vessel owned by the Maine Steam
ship Company. because they objected. they told
Superintendent Roner. to working with colored
men. After quitting work the stayed in the
neighborhood of the dock. and the reserves OF the
Madison-st. station were sent down to the pier to
prevent any trouble.
Last Saturday the men struck for more pay.
They were getting % cents an hour. and demanded
30 cents. There was some trouble at the pier. and
the reserves of the Madson-st station were called
out superintendent Roner of the company gave
his promise to pay 90 cents an hour
Colored had been employed before with the
whites but since last Saturday the number has
been increased, until last night there ninety
five of them at work. The white grumbled
considerably in the early part of the evening. and
finally about O'Clock they quit work. No trouble
resulted from the strike, but Superintendent Roner
fears that there may be.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
NEW DIRECTORY OF DIRECTORS.

The 1908 edition Of The Directory Of Directors in
the City of New-York.' which is Just out, contains
many additions and improvements though vari
alton has been made in the general plan OF the
book. The first part consisting OF alphabetical
arrangement OF names of directors and trustees.
followed by the names of the companies with which
each IS concerned. has been increased 1877 pages
over last years edition The Audit Company of
New-York, OF No. IS Cedar-st., is the publisher.
This is the fifth annual edition OF the book. The
company has made out three tables this year
list of the new names and the number OF
companies with which they connected; the
second shows the increase in the number of compa-
MES under certain directors names; and the third
gives the names of the companies which appear for
the first time
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
CELTIC IN AHEAD OF TIME.
Three Largest Steamships Sailing the Seas
at Their Piers

The Celtic. of the White Star Line. arrived here
yesterday from Liverpool. after Unexpectedly
trip. She sailed from Liverpool day late
because Of a collision in the Mersey with the
steamer Heathmore, and not expected here
until to-day. The length of the passage seven
days. thirteen hours and six minutes. For few
hours yesterday the three largest steamships in
commission in the world were lying at their piers
in sight OF another-the Celtic, the Cedric and
the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Among the passengers on the Celtic the Mar
quis and Marchioness OF Hertford. the parents OF
the Earl of Yarmouth, and Lady Jane Seymour and
Lord Edward Seymour, and brother
They came to this country to attend the wedding
OF the Earl of Yarmouth and Miss ThaW.
Others were party of railroad men, officials OF
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, who are
TO make five weeks trip here and examine the
railroad systems OF the country.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY.

The following petitions in bankruptcy we're hlsf
yesterday with the clerk Of the United states Dis
trict Court:
IsIDORE sECKIEF. restaurant keeper. No +o2 Grand
liabilities 2f2: SEQ The principal c-e1
tor Is Solomc- Levy ST Csnal-st. who has claim
FOR SA by chatte mortgage on the fixtures n
restaurant
rrtietb-e and 81 West Thirty dfthst. residing
a. No 926 West Fffteth-st Liabilities. slOd3I assets.
s3OO The principal creditors J. B Ellison Sons
So 100 Broadway secured assigned accounts
Of Security $50,
secured bv chatteI fixtures; John WansInaker
81 f3sc Reed & Reed. $50 Broadway. for legal ser
vces sfT6; r G. Perry. No. 2J5 Broadway. for legal
services $500 The petitioner has twelve creditors n
PATS chiefly for small The petitioner also scne1-
res claim OF Minnie Gsser. whose address - IT csI-
~ George W White. a lawyer. % No = Wsl-st- tor
O0 f0r malicious and false imprisonment
the action Of which is still pending
CHARLES H ELLIOTT. plumber t0FrSat- Ors1s11
County Liabilities 81 1872 S6sJ The principal
creditors are G c Crawford. Florida y T.. 500:
George : Claim Chester. y. Y $50 The STOCK -
S1sS; horse and wagon S'v- anu aee'--i7
$500 really worth 500
two creditors fled an involuntary petition as9.ass
rTESRY BITRSTEIN. cloaks and suits No 30 East
Ninth-st The petitioninS creditors are lawn ~'"'
S4Ss. and D. Hober & Co. Ss@ ,o-r,- ,
An involuntary petition vas fled against JJEiN =
SFT-STER OF Yonkers by the John SinnnonS CohlpaIs
which has a amounting 70 Se32 me usual
OF permitting creditors to obtain preference Is MADE
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
CHURCH FACTIONS VAR.
Pastor Heads One, Deposed Officers
the Other.
CHARGES AND COUNTER CHARGES.

In the Forsythe Street Methodist Episcopal
Church there is lack of harmony. and pastor and
flock at odds. Says the pastor in an official
statement
rid our church Of a faction of the most persistent
mischief makers and trouble breeders that L have
ministry. faction which held Control Of the affairs
of our church and managed them for persona @ a5 S
did not, hesitate to any means to sweep OUT OF
pathize path 1 With P their 1nRoly methods even to at
tacking the good name and smirching the ,ti rePta
people They have been put our ot neo, oiheo anu anu
Young Mems Rand and this with the approval
of my superior ecclesiastical officers
William P. McGIoin the ex-disbursing treasurer.
who with James Moran, superintendent of the
Sunday school; Henry Tate, president of the Ep-
worth League. and James Hayes, Mrs Huloa
Schatter. Mrs. William McGlon, James Hayes, Jr"
and James Moran. stewards. has been forced out
says. also in statement, regarding the meeting
which he and his associates were deposed;
-Four months ago Hughes removed Mrs. Clark,
class reader and steward, from her class; which
took away her vote the official board. and placed
entered ld the conference With his back
brethren. After him came the sexton with a.on Fo
active part in church matters After MIN came
Hgghes s t r0 TBa wfe two
sisters-in-law, his brother-in-Iaw young woman
church E without letter without probation: the
and three four others then came in, each with
a roll of paper carefully displayed.
When they were all seated the pastor arose , ana
reported by the class leader suitable persons
for exhorters, and each has his or her license:
These licenses gave these people the power to
vote. They proceeded at once TO elect new board
of stewards.
The Rev. Mr.. Hughes said last night that the
whole trouble started three months ago. when he
removed the organist. Miss McGloin for incom-
potency. and Mrs. Clark. the missionary and class
reader for not conforming TO Methodist discipline
appointed
bursting treasurer because the office vacant.
Mr. McGoin had failed of reelection The statement
that he had raised his salary from $l.SO0 to
500 he called lie. He president of the Ep-
worth League because the quarterly conference
had declined to elect Henry w TAFT, who had
friends belonging TO the league. The pastor said
he intended taking steps to recover them.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
RUNS DOWN FIFTH-AvE. SIDEWALK.
Horse Attached to Bus Injuries Itself and
Policeman-Passengers Walk to Hotel

One of the horses attached to a theatre bus.
which was moving down Fifth-ave. last night, be-
came frightened at a passing automobile. broke
loose from the bus, and ran down the sidewalk
f. I'M Thirty-sixth to Thrty-third St, where it
was caught by Patrolman Strauss. of the West
Thirtieth-st. station
Three women and three men who were in the
,b1s in evening dress, walked six blocks to the
Holland House. where they were to dine
When the horse became frightened 1t kicked
franticalIy and became entargled in the harness
This increased its fright. and it broke away from
the bus and ran down the crowded avenue. When
Strauss seized the horse 1T ran against building
severely.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
COLONEL HENRY ~. FINLEY DEAD

Colonel Henry Fl. Finley. the lawyer. az No %
broadway and who lived at No S25 West Fifty
seventh-st. died yesterday from snock after an
oneratjon In Roosevelt Hospital Colonel Finley
,vaz seventv-one wears old. He was born IN Gene
see where his father judge. and vas grad1-
ated from the University Of Michigan IN lsoL lie
was in the Army OF the Potomac. and four months
before the close Of the Civil war vas mace heu-
+Anant colonel. Afterward he became full colonel
1-,a u-a- ovor Colonel Finley went 70 St Paul.
Mimi and practised law; then he moved % WASH
jngton and several years ago cane 20 tnis clty:
rs leaves a widow and daughter Ihe burial VIII
be in NeW-HaVen-
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
INCREASE OF EXPORTS.
Proportionate Growth of Trade in Agricult'
ural and Manufactured Products

Washington, April "a (speciaD.-According to fig
ures just issued by the Bureau Of Statistics, the
agricultural production Of the United States has
doubled since 1870 and the expectation of agrcult
ural products has little more than doubled. The
increase in the production of manufactured goods
in the same period has trebled however, ard the
expectation of manufactured products is six times
as great. To be explicit. it may be said that,
comparing conditions in 1900 with those of 1870,
ricultural production has increased 90 per cent,
agricultural expectation 1872 per cent production of
manufactures 209 Per cent, and expectation of man.
ufactures 538 per cent.
Tabulated, the percentage of increase in produc
ton and expectation of agricultural products and
manufactures, from 1876 TO 1900, follows:
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
J. H. COLLINS REARREsTEp; FREED.

As John II. Collins, who for the last six months
has been in the Raymond Street JAIL Brooklyn, for
contempt in connection with the administration or
the estate of his brother, Daniel NJ Collins the
Fultonst JeweIler left the prison yesterday he
rearrested and taken before Magistrate ORely.
in the Adarns-st- court to answer to charge of
grand larceny. The complaint made by T.
Abertson. OF No. 23S Jay-st, who says that he
never recovered his diamond pin which he took
into the jewelry store when John H. Collins
running IL administrator. Albertson could not
ewear that Collins had appropriated the pin and
the prisoner therefore discharged.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
HELD FOR BREAKING couRsEYs JAW.

John j. Fleming, big. muscular man. OF No 462
Seyenth-ave. was held in l.00 bail for examina-
ton at the Jefferson Market court yesterday
the charge of assaultng William 5. Coursey. Gen
eral Greene's private secretary. recent
sion when Mr.. Coursey was investigating vice in
The TenderIoin Mr.. Coursey struck IN the
law and the blow broke his jaw in two places and
knocked ont three teeth.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
DINNER FOR HAMILTON FISH.

A quiet dinner given for Hamilton Fish last
night nv several of his friends at the Union League
Club TO celebrate his return TO political life.
marked by his recent appointment as Assistant
United States Treasurer. Those who gave the din
ner were Justices Chester B. Mclaughlin and John
Woodward Superntendent kilburn. OF the Bank
ing Department. Collector Stranahan, Nj Linn
Bruce and George c. Austin
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
THINK DEAN ROBBINS WILL ACCEPT.

TBr TELEGRAPH TRIBUNE.I
Albany, April PA report came here from New
York tonight that Dean Robbins, of All Saints
Cathedral had declined the office OF president of
the General Theological Seminary in New-York.
When inquiry made at Dean Robbins's house
regarding the report, the statement made that
he had not declined the office This statement did
not come from Dean Robbins personally.
The impression here is that he will accept the
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
sEABoARD AIR LINE AND CHATTANOOGA.

Gadsden. Ala, April 24.-The Seahoard Air Line
has corps OF engineers at work surveying for
extension of that system from Lock Three to Gads-
den 1t is said here that the Seaboard Air Line is
anxious 20 gain an entrance into Chattanooga. and
that It has In view the OF the Chattanooga
Southern Railroad for that purpose. This line ex-
tends from here to Gadsden, ninety miles. and by
building from that point to Lock Three. the Sea-
board would gain direct entrance into the Ten
nessee city.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
UNCLE TOMS CABIN" BARRED
Superintendent of Public School Libraries
Considers It Without Permanent Value.

In revisine, the catalogue for the public school
libraries for the coming year. the Board OF Super
iutendents has voted 20 drop Uncle Toms Cabin
from the list Claude e. Leland supe-intendeut =
libraries who supervised the preparation * ~
new catalogue. suggested that this be ont liz
argued that it was not classic and had no per-
u1anent or universal value. Apparently his argu-
nent was convincing for the book VIII be barred
from circulation 50 far the Board Of Eiucaton
lie rnd
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
BULGARIA.,

where the Albanian Christians are being
cruelty persecuted by the Turk DescrfP-
tion, with graphic photos. In to-morrsw's
Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
JUDGM ENTS.

The following judgments for sums OF more thsa
500 were flied yesterday the first name being tnaF
of the debtor:
New-York tribune., 1903-04-25

In the Forsythe Street Methodist Episcopal
Church there is lack of harmony. and pastor and
flock at odds. Says the pastor in an official
statement: