The sun., 1903-06-20
sHERiFF HOLDS CHATTAAOOGt a..
II Doesn't interfere WIN Work on Her
- --tpbIcct Of seizure.

FJIzANETHporT, " j.. June l9.-Pacing
anv deck whicl, the weather permitted
10 be comfortable. Deputy Sheriff Henry }
Schoppe. the barber constable Of Union
county ,ruptinued to-day in legal possession
of the United Sta,cs cruiser Chattanooga,
living AT the Crescent shipyard, holding
the shy,urder the warrant Of seizure granted
bv he supreme Court of New Jersey at the
sui, Of The Bahcock and Wilcox Company,
who have moi been able to collect a balance
of $la. 500 pf n bill for 500 COO Tor SIX boilers
supplied for Ne vessel
Barber Srhoppe. being n landsnan, has
not asserted At any time a presumption right
to the quarter deck notwithstanding his
position as commanding officer Of the ship.
and When a sudden shower came up this
afternoon he scudded for the companion
way leading to the shelter of lower deck
with an alacrity which would do credit to
an able seaman
The barker and his corepresentatve of
the majesty IF tnion county, \. j., the
night aboard The ship together, TO keep
ea,h h ot h-, : courage up. 1t had been
Schoppe's intention 70 60 home at : O'Clock
in the morning and he had provided him
self with the back door key to his home to
II.
but the responsible duty - guarding
United States warship led him to STAY
aboard the cruiser al night. This morning
SherjG CorieIl sent Deputy Weaver down
TO relieve them:
Nothing could have been more cheer
fully bucolic than the process of seizure
itself Sheriff Coriell who lives in Plain
field had on hand the important function
Of the gradual ion Of his daughter and he
delegated Mr. Schoppe. who has worn the
4 fg>r
and Teipe, whose whole service is now
given to the county, to the exclusion of
pedding to execute the writ for him.
The deputies effected capture of the
cruiser at the very point, according to Gen.
Drake. who Grated 10 the Veteran Zouaves
erty Bell here couple nf days ago. where
the forefather> Of the Xonaves sank Brit
isb cruiser which was so bold as to try to
land a, this port IN 177f.
The ChattanooRas capture was reported
early to-day 10 the Navy Department by
I.ielt. Stuart Farrar Smith. assistant naval
constructor. superintendng the construc-
iion Of the Government vessels here, who
didn't know what moment he might have
on his hands such stua'ion as that con-
fronting his former roommate at Annapo--
lis. Lieut. Groesbeck. who is In charge of
the construct ion of the Chattanooga sister
ship, the Galve ston. at the Triggs plant at
Richmond
But there seems to he little likelihood
Of clash OF Stete and Federal authority at
Eliza bethrort for the reason that under
tie Union county seizure there ffs been
rs attempt to stop work on the cruiser
Work is going OF as usual aboard the Chat
tenooga, ard all that the Government de-
sires IL to have the ship completed as soon
as possible. The seizure is regarded here
as having been made solely for the purpose
of protecting the claim of the Babcoci 4
Wilcox Company, or giving that company
n ,F
Jersey courts turning the United states
Shipbuildng Company into receivers
hsrds reNt Morday. at the suit Of the
clierts of Samuel Untermyer of New York.
So long rs work on the ship progresses,
the Govern mont. it is said. he . little interest
in the mutations of the Crescent plant as
part Of the shipyards trust
But a condition analogous to that at
Richmond would arise should there he anv
effort to interfere with the progress OF work
on the Chattanooga, For, under the terms
Of the contrac. for the construction OF the
cruiser. should work upon her cease. the
Government is privileged to declare The
contract forfeit forthwith, then to appoint
a hoard OF appraisement, which shall ap-
praise the value OF the work already done
IN the ship and Of the materials delivered
for her. and then to finish the work OF con-
strlCt ION either at Government yard or
by contract with another concern.
The Chattanooga is now only I3 per cent.
rompletod II is estimated that at least
len months more will be required to finish
hcr
George NJ Keashey Of A. 2. Keashey &
Sons OF Newark. the New Jersey lawyers
for the Ba,cock & Wilcox Company. said
to-day that the seizure was made under
an act of 1851. authorizing lien for debt
contracted by he owner. master or agent
or consigncc Of vessel for work done or
material furnished toward the building or
eauipping vessel Such lien was a
prior lien TO all except mariners wages