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The sun., 1903-07-06
JERSEY CITY PIER ON FIRE.
UNBLRNED AND PARTLY BURNED
FLOUR FILLS THE AYR.


Jersey City had another spectacular
pier fire yesterday afternoon when 500
foot long flour she'd forming a part Of
the Iehigh Valley freight yards and situ-
ated between the Communipaw ferry house
and the Morris Canal basin, went up in
flames. The damage amounted to $780,
600 at least As a reuslt of the fire 1t showed
Hour in Jersey City. Every street within
a couple OF miles to the north of the burn
ing shed was covered with thin white
layer. 1t was hard to breathe, too, as the
flour filed the air like dust.
The shed was the middle one Of three,
with narrow gaps of water between them,
on the south edge OF the Morris Canal basin.
right opposite the foot of Henderson street.
1t was built Of corrugated iron and had two
stories 1t contained yesterday fourteen
cars loaded with -four and about 10000
barrels of unloaded -four. The shed itself
cost Sl5OOOO.
Tho fire was discovered AT s o. clock in a
-four blender at the outer end Of the pier.
Yard Superintendent Lamb ut once put all
the available yard crews and a number of
men from the I.ehigh Valley tugs tied up in
tit "pih pullHls, VIZ i'eiS'i, Ndi =
out of the shed. Ten of these we're saved.
The other four had to be abandoned. About
seventy other cars. most of them loaded,
were in the yards adjoining the sheds.
All were pulled out OF harms reach. but
not unit! number of them had been badly
blistercd. BY that time the shed was on
fire from end To end, and the flames were
shooting high up in the air The peunant
N~l.N NlAN / l., t,,t, 81
80 much loose. unburnt -four that its color
became a sulphurous yellow.
A big lighter tied up on the north side
Of the burning pier caught fire, but was
towed out and saved The northornmost
of the three sheds, which also contained a
large quantity Of -four in sacks. was in
great danger, and n dozen streams we're
kept playing on the roof and sides OF it,
About $50 o'clock the fireboat New Yorker
steamed across from the Manhattan shore
and turned two powerful streams on the
flames. The effect was apparent imme-
diately, and after that the fire could be re-
garded as under control, although the
closely packed -four in the destroyed shed
continued to burn all night.
The shed to the south of the one burned
was destroyed in similar fashion year
ago. 1t was rebuilt recently. In the cove
to the north Of the Lehigh Valley yards
lay about twenty-five canal honts. They
were in hot place, but suffered no dam
age Most of their owners went out in
small skiffs and fished up flour barrels that
had fallen into the water when part of
the burning shed collapsed. The salt
water soaked only one or two inches into
the -four and the core Of the barrels was
undamaged.
Seen from the Battery the fire presented
a picturesque spectacle, which at one time
was viewed by more than 10000 people.
Other thousands lined West street. Judg
ing by the volume Of the smoke cloud and
the height 10 which the flames leapcd,
acres of property seemed to be on fire.
The sun., 1903-07-06
MASS on STEAMER DECK.
Others Besides summer school Pilgrims
Attended IL at Albany.

Several hundred persons witnessed a
mass being celebrated on the upper deck
of the steamboat Dean Richmond yester-
day morning when she tied up at Albany.
The larger part Of the congregation was
composed of The facultyan students Of the
Catholic Summer School of America, who
were on the way to Cliff Haven N. Y, where
the opening service of the school was held
in the evening.
An altar was improvised at one end Of the
deck. the Rev. DR.. Michael j. Iavelle, rec
tor Of the Cathedral and president Of the
summer school taking with him the conse-
Grated altar stone for the ceremony The
mass was celebrated by Father Lavelle,
assisted by the Rev, j. NJ. Winters of Dun
woodie and several acolytes. The crew
Of the steamer and large number of loung-
ers around the pier knelt on the deck during
the service.
There was no sermon, but Father Lavelle
spoke few words of encouragement TO
the summer school members and addressed
some remarks to the seamen and workmen
attending He wore the rich white and gold
vestments which are to be used at the SER
vices in the chapel at the summer school.
The literary course there will begin
this morning with the first of a series of
lectures by Dr. Conde b. Pallen. These
will be followed by course in Principles
and ethods Of Teaching" by Joseph S.
TAYLOR. Phi. D.. district superintendent
of New York schools.
Father Thomas Mcmillan of the Paulists
will leave here to-day with another party
for the school He announced Yesterday
that Mgr Falconio, the Apostolic Delegate.
will accompany Archbishop Farley TO the
summer school In August.
The sun., 1903-07-06
PIPER BACK IN BROOKLYN.
Takes Charge or Brooklyn Police To-day
More "Relgn OF Terror" Say Cops.


Now for another four weeks Of strenu-
Gus police lifc," said Brooklyn police
captain last evening The "reign Of terror"
as the police put it, will begin this MORN
ing, when, owing to the fact that Com
missioner Greene is on his vacation and
Deputy Commissioner Ebstein is in charge
Of the department, Deputy Commissioner
Piper will be in charge of Brooklyn and
Queens He was at the head Of the two
boroughs during the absence OF Deputy
Commissioner Ebstein in Germany He
made the inspectors and captains work
day and night and for FIVE weeks they knew
no rest.
In one of the station houses on Saturday
when the men were going on duty at mid
be compelled to make charges against
any Of my men for neglect Of duty, but it
Ia up to you. If you do neglect your duty,
| will have to prefer charges against you.
You want to be careful and keep vigilant
watch on your posts Remember that
watching you. l mean by others, men
that even l do not know. The only way
to avoid any conflict ia to do your duty
l will hold you personally responsible"
1t is believed that the reference made 70
Others in the precinct meant "shooty
cops" who are employed under Deputy Com
missioner Piper and who we're in evidence
during his five weeks stay in Brooklyn
recently
From midnight Saturday the strictest
enforcement of the Excise law was the re-
suit in parts of Brooklyn. Many of the old
time places that formerly remained open
during the prohibited hours, were closed,
and many persons went dry At the Smith
street headquarters last night fifteen ar
rests for violation of the Excise law were
repOrted
The sun., 1903-07-06
OBITUARY..

News was received in this city Yesterday
of the deaf h in Larchmont of Mrs. Anna
Fitch Rogers. wife Of Capt. Belden Rogers
a prominent officer of the Old Guard Her
de ath was caused by blood poisoning after
an illness Of only two days. Besides being
ell known among the society people Of Larch-
mont. Mrs Rogers was prominently identified
she and her husband led the grand march
al the Old Guard ball in the Metropolitan
Opera House. and she was engaged re-
Gently in arranging fair TO be held af Madi-
son SQuare Garden in October To raise money
for an armory for the regiment, Mrs Rogers
was 80 years old and was born in Westchester
,ounty.
James r.. DonnelIy died at his home in
He was one of the best t-known railroad men
Ravins IN Ens'sre Sren With the the shsh Taf
Railroad from its inception and having,
under Asa Packer, assisted in building the
Easton and Amboy extension, ION, OF thf t;nh,a arhiSa
Air Line from South Plninheld. y. J.,. TO New
York He began as conhHcaor H otirod OIL f0n, twn
train Owing to nad hromnent hra1h me rsp%b %o
in his Easton and was well knoTn among ,!n aS
Jersey politicians of all parties. lie was 8o
years old.
John Z. Toulmin, president of the National
Bank of Redemption in Boston, died at his
ing. hTs'F aged rec a. He returned from Euro pssan
landing he was taken i'll with typhoid fever.
lie became n clerk in the old Shoe and Leather
Rank at the age Of 10 Nine years later he
wns made vice-presdent Of the, institution
and at the age of 30 was elected president
When VIII the Shoe and Leather Bank was merged
with the Bank of Redemption no was elected
head of the latter Institution. He is sur
viyed by a widow and three children,
Francis Hagadorn died saturday night in
his eight Fourth year at his home. 1870 Ross
street Williamsburg. He was born in the
old seventh ward of New York. and in early
Iife he went into the insurance business. III
witch he continued until within few days
Of his death. In the days Of the volunteer 'G
Fire department he was tho foreman OF 10
Hose. and for forty-ninc years ne was the
ananciai secretary of the Exempt Firemen
Association OF New Work. He is survived by
one daughter
Joseph B. Weed died Yesterday afternoon
nj his home 400 Manhattan avenue, after an
illness Of 1--WE weeks, He was born in Bridge
ION \ j., in 1850. being n son OF the we'll
Known Know Methodist minister. the Rev. Bartholo-
new Weed He was connected with various
large Wholesale hardware houses IN this CITY
and PHILADELPHIA and ut the time OF his death
was with the Atha Tool Company Of Newark.
+ He was thirty second degree Mason
and n member Of st. Johns Commandery OF
Philadelphia. One son survives him.
The sun., 1903-07-06
PIPE CALkERS STRIKE OFF.
None In Subway ard Only little Trouble
Out slde-.The Union Backs Out.

The strike Of the pipe calkers in the sub
way hasn't begun on schedule time. One
little pin-feathered strike Of pipe calkers
against one contractor outside Of the sub
way, lasting three hours, took place on
Saturday The strikers soon said that
they had enough of il and went bNck.
Quinlan. the calkers' delegate, did not
appear at yesterdays meeting of the Cen
tral Federated Union, but il was stated
there that his union has gone back 10 its
original plan Of waiting until July 10 before
taking any action.
John j. Pallas. chairman Of the Rapid
Transit Committee of the c. F, U, told that
body that his committee would meet on Sat-
urday and asked that the pipe calkers,
house shorers and terra Gotta workers
notify the committee before Saturday
what wages they demand. He also asked
them to send the names of any outside
contractors, il any, who have agreed to
grant these wages. The unions were di-
rected to do as Pallas asked.
The sun., 1903-07-06
GRIST OF PISTOLS FOR Police.
One Court AIOn, Yields 0S-- Woman Wounds
Woman.

There will be an unusually large lot of
firearms at the annual police sale this year.
Therewe ninet weight revolvers of various
calibres confscated in the Yorkville police
court alone yesterday, and each of the
other courts contributed nearly as many.
Magistrate Pool in Yorkvile fined each Of
the ninety-eight owners from 81 to SIS.
Policemen from the various precincts
reported that this Fourth OF July was the
quietest within their recollection, % far
as fireworks were concerned.
THE strikes which have been going on
for several months have had much 10 do
with that one policeman said. "Lots
of men did not have any spare cash TO give
their children to blow in on fireworks
Every ten-cent piece was needed at home"
One of the fifty revolver shooters in the
West Side police court was Iottie Scott
of 227 West SSixty-fourth street. who was
charged with shooting Mary Comisky
Of 147 Amst erdam avenue IN the leg. The
Scott woman admitted that she had been
handling a revolver ana that it went OF
Unexpectedly.
Magistrate Ommen held her in $1,000
bail for trial.
The sun., 1903-07-06
CORINTH POLICE ON STRIKE.
Gave UP Their Badges Because They Didn't
Get Pay for Overtime ON Fourth.

CoRINTH, N Y, July S. The town Of Corinth,
with its population Of some 1000, is without
police protection, the entire police force
OF four having gone on strike and no new
men having been sworn in to take the
strikers jobs
Corinth prides itself on being the up-to-
date town in the Delaware and Hudson
district, and the latest strike is offered as
evidence of the Justice OF her claims. About
year and a half ago Corinth became a
labor town. The big mill of the Inter-
national Paper Company is here and the
force there was "unionized." Organizers
have been busy here ever since, and some
time ago the police got it into their heads
that they'd better organize, too, and they
did.
The police made demands from time to
time, Sometimes they were granted and
sometimes not Then came the Fourth
Of July. The Corinth cops have always
liked the Fourth Of July, because it has
given them a chance to do extra duty,
or overtime, as the union cops call it now
In doing the extra work Of stopping the
Corinth bad boy from ringing the Corinth
church bells and making bonfires Of resi-
dences, tire police earned something like
81 cents over and above their regular per
diem allowance.
This year the Town Board Of Trustees,
which was supposed to he for the unions,
for some reason neglected to assign the
police force to extra duty.
When the full force Of this omission
struck upon Chief Galusha he at once smeled
another plutocratic rat and called meeting
of the Corinth Police Union No. l. 1t was
at once decided to strike, and forthwith
the entire police force of four marched
to the Village Attorney and handed over
their badges. handouts and clubs
Were through said Chief Galusha
when you're ready to talk business, you'll
find us. guess. That's all We're ready
to protect this town, but we aren't going
to do it for scab wages"
The sun., 1903-07-06
EXPECT TO WORK THIS WEEK.
BUILDING TRADES UNIONS
LIKELY TO ACCEPT ARBgTR fTEON
And That VIII Mean the End Of the Shut
down Walking Delegates Say They
Don't Care II the Plan Does Curtail
Their Powers, as II VIII, Considerably.

By 10 o'clock to-day, so il was stated
Yesterday, copies of the amended plan Of
arbitration between the Building Employ
ers' Association and the unions will be in
the hands of the latter. BY Thursday
evening it is expected that nearly all the
unions will have passed favorably on the
plan, and it is thought that work will he
resumed in a great many trades before
next Monday and that two or three days
later the shutdown in the building trades,
the most extensive this city has ever seen
will be over.
The plan will he discussed at the regular
meeting of the Board Of Building Trades
to-day. The walking delegates who COM
pose the board say they do not care whether
they are represented in any arbitration
proceedings or not, but they looked very
serious yesterday The adoption Of the
plan will curtail their powers considerably.
With the arbitra plan in force the walk
ing delegate will be mere fg'irehead In
future compared with what he was.
The members of the unions which at
tended the conference on Friday night at
which the plan was adopted were confident
Yesterday that the plan will be generally
accepted. James P Archibald, president
of the Paper Hangers' Union and delegate
of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decor
ators said he believed the district counsel
of the Brotherhood Of Painters will adopt
the plan,
And have not the slightest doubt that
all the unions will eventually adopt the
plan." he added at will make strikes
or lockouts on large scale exceedingly
unlikely and will lead to more business
like transactions between the employers
and the unions.
If it were for no other reason than that
the walking delegate ia eliminated from
all arbitration proceedings. and will be
placed in a position where there will be no
temptation for corrupt delegates, would
favor the plan.
Asked how the walking delegates would
be likely 10 look on this arrangeme nj u,
Archibald said that all honest walking
delegates who wanted to keep their skirts
clean would favor the agreement.
One or two Of the delegates Of the I'M
skilled trades said they were not at all
satisfied, but they would wait for devel-
opments before committing themselves
TO any opinion; Most of the repro.
sentatives of unions indirectly connected
with the building trades, but rot repre-
sented at the conference, were inclined to
favor the plan.
Philip Kelly, delegate of the stage car
penters. said:
at will clear the atmosphere as it has not
been cleared in the building industry for
ten years, though, of course, there will
be no absolute way Of stopping al! strikes. "
The sun., 1903-07-06
4 BOOk AGENTS UNION.
How "Izzy" BrOnncr Gets Back At eN
MayOr NCasuIre.

SYRACUSE, July 5.-A book agents union
is TO be formed in this city on July l3. A
call is being prepared by the organizers
and it will be mailed to all those who are
eligible to Join such union When the
organization is perfected application to
BECOME affiliated with the Trades Assembly
will be made. The union will number
about fifty members, mostly men.
"IzZy' Bronner, who has been a book
agent for twelve years, started the plan OF
forming a labor union for the benefit OF
all book agents. He has sold books for
twelve years, has walked about 5000 miles
in that time, has been subjected to all
kinds Of rebuffs and insults and he says
that now is the time for all good book agents
to take bold stand and form a union,
like the plastererS, Stevedores and the
hodcarrers, and strike a blow at all those
who display any hostility to book pur-
veyors As Bronner has had considerable
experience in the line of walking he will
he elected walking delegate Of the new
union.
The formation of the new union would
have been postponed until fall had not the
veteran book agents OF the town been stirred
up this week by ey-Mayor James X
McGuire, who is editing History Of the
Democratic Party of the State of New York
The ex-mayor did not consult the veteran
book agents Of Syracuse when he selected
agents FOR his history. but picked out men
who had never sold books before and who
were well acquainted with the politicians
The mayors failure to consult with "Izzy'
Bronner and the other well-known local
book agents brought matters To a climax.
II leaked out to-day that that the rules
of the new union will be pretty severe.
Some of them are:
No member Of Syracuse Book Agents
Union No shall be eligible to a working card
until he or she has lived in the city for more
than five years
ANY member who has been subjected to an
insult by business or professional man must
Immediately report tho same to the secretary,
The sun., 1903-07-06

and n special meeting Of the union will be
called and the offending person will be waited
upon by a committee from the union In the
event OF an apology not being offered the
person who nsuled the agent shall be pla ced
under boycott, notice Of the same being
made public on the telegraph and telephone
poles and on the billboards of the city
Any business or professional man who
patronizes book agent who is not n menu
ber of the union shall be subjected to boy
cott.
Any member Of the union who purchases
supplies Of any kind from business man
who has been boycottcd by this union will
be fined S.
Moral suasion. then physical force. will bs
used TO keep from the city all book agents
from other cities who come here to sell their
wares
No member must handle book that sells
for less than So 50 or more than S25.
Business men on whose Offices are displayed
conspiCuously signs reading Book Agents
Not Allowed Here" will either remove such
signs or else stand to be boycotted
Union book agents must patroniZe only
union merchants Violations of this rule
will mean fine of 81 for each offense.
The sun., 1903-07-06
HAVEN'T INDORSED DEVERY.
Bart endcrs Anxious to Have That known.
Though the Big Bug Did Tend Rar Once.

Delegate Paul Reichenbacher Of the Bar
tenders Union took occasion at yesterdays 8
meeting of the Central Federated Union
to deny a report that his union had in
dorsed the candidacy Of Big Bug Devery
for Mayor Reichenbacher was very serious
about IT,
II want it to be distinctly understood, "
he said, that my union never dreamed of
indorsing Mr. Devery In fact, we won't
have anything to do with politics. whether
Mr. Devory or any one else is candidate.
want this TO be thoroughly understood"
This body will take note that the Bar
tenders Union has not indorsed Mr..
Devery," said The chairman.
Mr. Devery was bartender himself
once on the Bowery, as he tells sometimes.
The sun., 1903-07-06
SIS TO TEXTILE STRIKERS.
c. r. u. Generosity Moves Philadelphia
VISITOR TO Sarcasm.

Edward McNulty, an organizer OF the
American Federation of Labor. came here
yesterday to speak on behalf Of the textile
workers who are on strike In Philadelphia.
and received the privilege of The floor at
the meeting of the Central Federated Union.
McNulty made a strong speech about the
strike and the G. F. Us reputation for
generosity, and wound up with an appeal
for financial assistance.
According to the rules Of the c. F. u, il
can only contribute sl5 to an outside union.
A resolution to send this amount was car
ried with great flourish and it was also
resolved that McNuty could have cre-
dentials to go before the affiliated unions
and ask for subscriptions. McNulty looked
crestfallen Az he went ont he said
Il am much obliged. indeed, to the Cen
tral Federated Union for its very great
generosity"
The sarcasm was lost, however, as the
G. F. U was engaged in a spirited discuss
sion Of the troubles of the "necllwear cut
ters."
The sun., 1903-07-06
MISS HIIYER MISSING.
Actress Daughter Of Vaudeville Manager
Disappeared on Friday Night.

Mrs Clark Hilyer of Bay Twenty y-fifth
street. Bensonhurst whose husband ia
the manager of vaudeville show on pier
at Bath Beach, asked the police last night to
find her nineteen -year-old daughter Maude,
who, she said had been missing since FRI
day night. The Hilyers come from an old
Bath Beach family and Clark Hilyer smother
has always objected to her people being
in the theatrical business.
sThis season, however, Miss Hilyer has been
appearing with her mother in vaudeville
sketch at the Captains Pier, Her mother
says the girl borrowed money from several
of her fathers friends recently.
The sun., 1903-07-06
NIGHT OF RIOT IN MIDDLEBORO.
Young Men BOmbard the House OF Police
Court Judge with stones.

MrDDLEBoRo, Mass, July 5.--A mob Of
young men, angered by the arrest of one
OF their number early yesterday morning
wounded Deputy Sheriff Lincoln by shoot
ing him in the face with blank cartridge,
assaulted a policeman. bombarded the
house of a police court Judge with stones
and stormed the town hall in vain at
tempt to release the prisoner. They had
previously set several fires. and when
Judge Nathan Washburn. whose house
was stoned, found that the local authori-
ties were helpless to control the riotous
crowd he telephoned to nearby places FOR
police assistance.
Aid arrived, but the mob had dispersed
The visiting officers, however, were placed
in charge Of the town for the time being.
The real rioting began at 3 o'clock in the
morning and from that time till daybreak
the officers Of the town of Middleboro never
had such a time.
The sun., 1903-07-06
DINNER TO CONT CASSINI.
He Sails on Tuesday. but Expects to Return
in the Fall

WASHINGTON, July 5.--Count Cassini. the
Russian Ambassador, attended dinner
given in his honor by the Embassy staff at
the Willard tonight He will leave Wash
ington tomorrow morning for New York,
whence he will salon Tuesday on the kron-
prinz Wilhelm.
Count Cassini, despite surmises to the
contrary, expects TO return to the United
States in the early fall to resume his duties
as the Cars envoy
The sun., 1903-07-06
WENT HOME TO KILL HIMSELF.
H""land. Who Had Deserted His Wlfe.
Took Acid IN Her Presence.

BLOOMFIELD, ", j., July 5.-Frederick
No"Iand, who had served time for forgery
anu VINO deserted his wife four months
ago. broke into her home at 600 Bloomfield
"V"n'i" early this morning and committed
suicide in her presence by taking carboIic
aAa Mrs. Rowland. shortly after she
'ea1ed' was startled by a man striking
matches in her room and recognized the
t,,'rnd"r as her husband. He had n bottle
+, @rbollc acid in his hand and Mrs. Row
"al 0a,Iu I"arcd that he meant to kill her. She
pe,eS'n'd pen and her nephew, Henry Dierck,
ran Tor policemen
,,Ln i"w minutes afterward Rowland
b"rG down the poison and then chased
P'' Tll' downstairs. She ehlded him and
ttSS,NLand returned to her room, where
Wv, w,e pohc" found him dead. Mrs. Rowland
sniS iI preparing to sue for divorce, 1t Ia
bai Iba'ti mat Rowland killed himself because
"' 'edftd arrest on n new charge of forgery