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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-24
TEXTILE WORKERS DEMANDS.
Permission Given by National Body to
Enforce Them.

Enforce Them.
Fall River Mass, March 23.-The ex-
ecutive council of the United Textile
Workers of America at special ses-
sion in this city to-day gave its un-
qualified endorsement to the request of
the operatives in the cotton mills in
Lowell to enforce their demand for an
increase of ten per cent. in wages. A
similar endorsement was given the op-
eratives in the mills of the New Eng
land Cotton Yarn company in New
Bedford, Taunton and this city. while
the strike of the mule spinners now in
progress at Manville and Woonsocket.
R. l., was approved. In order to sup
port the strike in the latter places, and
in anticipation of those which mao take
place at Lowell and in the mills of the
New England Cotton Yarn company,
the executive committee voted to levy
an assessment on the 10000 members of
the Textile union to. cover immediate
needs and also as a defense fund.
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DANGER OF "Ln STRIKE.
RIanI,aetam's Men Decline go Accept
Ecnha

Mamhattan's Ncm Decline 80 Accept
Compamy's Scale"
New York, March 23.-By practical
ly unanimous vote the newly organized
Manhattan Elevated railway employees
tonight refused to accept a proposition
made by the officials Of the road look
ing to settlement of the grievances Of
the men. The scale Of the company on
which the men voted Is:
Motormen, to remain at So. so per day;
conductors, from $3.50 to $3.50 per day;
turnstilemen. $3.50 to 81 per day; ticket
choppers, or gatemen, $1,25 to $1.40 per
day for the first year and $1.50 thereaf-
ter; telegraph operators, to remain at
$2.25 per day; switchmen, $2.10 to $22O
per day; guards, $1.S5 per day, the same
as now; agents, 81 per day; tower
switchmen, s2.47 per day.
The meeting began at o'clock in the
morning and continued all day so as to
give chance for all the men to vote.
The feeling against the proposed
schedule manifested itself from the
very first, because there was no pro-
vision for reduction of hours. One of
the principal, if not the principal,
grievances of the men is that their
hours are altogether too long. They
want a 1ine-hour day, or as near a
nine-hour day as the schedule of the
trains run will permit.
While not altogether satisfied with
the rate of wages paid, there is not so
much feeling on that phase of the ques-
ton as about the hours. In one case,
however-the pay Of guards-the men
demand So a day instead of the $1.S5
proposed by the company.
One Of the officials Of the mems Or
ganization said tonight:
I'VE will insist on our demands Of
course, in considering the advisa bility
of strike we will not lose sight of the
inconvenience the public will be caused,
and we will go as far as possible to
have the matter settled by arbitration.
But we must have the nine-hour day
and the wage scale we have asked for
Its all nonsense for the road to
think it can get men from other roads.
We know that not an electric railroad
in the state has got its full complement
of men. They are all working short
handed.
up to this meeting we have confined
ourselves to what might be called a
flank movement, but now we are pre-
pared for frontal attack. We must
get our demands, or we will put the
road out of business.
President Skitt, of the road, will be
officially notified tomorrow of the ac-
tion of the men. Wi.
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BRISTOL BURGLARS CAUGHT.
Buliet wound Leads 10 Apprehension
Of the Gang.

Of the Gang.
Bristol, March 23.--The local police
have succeeded in apprehending the
burglars who entered the clothing
store Of Meder e. Co. early Sunday
morning. AS expected one Of the men
is injured and he is now under the care
of a physician.
The men were arrested in Terry
|ville. At $3.50 Sunday morning two men
appeared at the house of DR.. yelling
ton and requested the physician to
dress a bullet wound. The doctor did
SO and told the injured man to come
to his office again this afternoon. When
he heard of the burglary he notified
Chief Arms, who Immediately went to
Bristol with two officers. When the
two men appeared at the Office Of DR..
Wellington they were placed under ar
rest. They gave their names as Frank
Durskioski and John Gusoki. Durskio-
ski has a bullet in his right leg and
was suffering consid derable pain. From
the two men Chief Arms extracted a
confession. They implicated Frank
Kelley and said that he was the leader
Of the expedition. The officers went to
Kelley's baording house and waited
until he returned from the Eagle Lock
company, where he Is employed. The
three men were tehn taken to the Bris-
toi police station.
A physician made an examination Of
Durskioski's wound snd found 1t to be
H.. NJ. -
right thigh and is embedded in the
muscles Of the leg. Owing to its posi-
tion it has been found impossible to re-
move the bullet ard blood poisoning
may set in. The men will be given a
hearing in the town court tomorrow
morning.
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SHAKING ENTIRE ISLAND
TERRIFIC ERUPTIONS OF La
SoUFRTERE RENEWED.
The country People Terrified Moving
Southwark in Great Excite cment-
window Panes Broken I'm George
town by Falling stones Great Aseas
of Land Spoiled for Cultivation.

JAMESTOWN, Island of st. Vincent, Sum
day, March 22.-6:S0 p. m.-The eruption
of the Soufriere continues. The volca-
no has been cannonading all day and
the quantity of ejecta is apparently
greater than at the time of those of the
previous eruptfons, but stormy winds
are driving the clouds northward.
There has been heavy fall of stones
and black sand in the northern districts,
which caused a few casualties. The in
habitants are merging southwards in
great excitement.
Barbados reports that darkness
spread over that island at IL o'clock i'll
the morning. The obscurityFwas accom-
panied by a fall of red dust.
Kingstown, st. Vincent, March 2S.-
10 a. m.-The activity of the Soufriere
during last night was less formidable
than during Saturday night, but the
volcano is now again in violent erup-
ton, throwing a black cloud over the
entire colony. The country people are
terrified The lands beyond Georgetown
and Chateau Belair, where the erosion
of the former deposits has been rapid
since last October are again over
whelmed, causing serious hindrance to
if not the complete abandonment of fu-
ture cultivation. The manufactured ar
row root exposed on the drying wires
has been spoiled by volcanic dust and
the landowners and growers are in a
state of dependency. At Georgetown
the window panes were freely smashed
by falling stones and the streets are
| covered with three or four inches of
sand. Earth tremors are felt every
where.
Bridgetown, Island of Barbados,
Sunday, March 22.-Sudden darkness
spread over this island to-day from 8
to 1f:15 a. m. Dust fell and the lamps
were lighted in the churches and other
buildings.
Roseau, Island of Dominica, March 23
frequent muff1ed detonations were
heard during the afternoon of Saturday
and on Sunday morning from the south
east and the clouds travelling westward
were laden with dust.
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COMING YACHT RACES.
Morgan, vtdener and Others Hold a
Conferences, :

Conference. :
Philadelphia, March 23.-A conference
was held to-day at the summer home
of P. A. B. Widener, at Elkins, sub
urb, in which J. P. Morgan was the
chief figure. The subject under Discus
sion was the International yacht race
between Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock
III and the Americas cup defender Re-
lance. None of the parties to the con-
ference could be induced to say what
transpired. 1t was stated, however,
that business was not discussed and
that yachting affairs alone occupied the
attention of the conferees. 49,.
In addition to Mr.. Morgan, and P. A..
B. Widener, there were present Clement
A. Griscom Of this city, Secretary Car
mack Of the New York Yacht club,
Commodore Bourne, Vice Commodore
E. Fl. Gary, Former Commodore Nieho-
las Kane, C. K. Robinson, Charles F..
Lanier, William Thorn, all Of New
York, and George .. Widener and Jo-
seph Widener Of this city.
The visitors left Elkins at F10:05 to-
night for New York.
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A MOTHERS SHOCKING ACT.
KTLLSHER FOUR CHILDREN AND
THEN HERSELF.

Cuts or Every Means OF Escape
Crushed In Their Heads with an Axe
Covered the Little Bodies and Her
own with OIL and Fina,iy Set Fire to
she House. ~
southbridge. Mass. March ga
frenzied mother in the little hamlet of
FishdaIe, after cutting off every, means
sof escape by fastening windows and
doors, crushed in the heads Of her four
little children to-day, threw their bod
les into closet, scattered oil over them
and herself and then setting all on fire
closed her awful work and her own
life by cutting her throat.
1t was Mrs. Peter Burke, the wife of
a machinist in an augur factory. who
committed tine deed. and her victims
were Lila, six years; William, five
years; Louise, one and one-half years,
and May Rose, five months old, respec-
lively.
That the woman had previously show
ed signs of mental arrangement seems
to be admitted, but that it should have
taken such violent form was not even
thought Of by her husband, now COM
pletely Frustrated, or by her own rela-
tives. The family had lived in Fiskdale
about a year and a half, coming there
from Worcester, while Mrs. Burke Is a
native of New Hampshire, with rela-
t1ves In Somersworth.
But for the accidental discovery of
the fire, the deed of the mother might
have been hidden forever from the
world by the destruction of the house.
Two boys, Edward Parrio and Gus
Williams, happened to be passing the
house when they saw smoke coming
from a window. They burst in the doors
and tried first to put the fire out with
buckets of water, but 1t gained on them
SO fast that they were obliged to run
for help. The neighbors prevented the
flames from reaching above the first
floor. Up to that time no one knew OF
the tragedy. But some one noticed that
a closet door which seemed to be
more charred than the rest of the wood
work was open, and glancing inside, a
blackened mass was seen. In this hear
were the bodies of Mrs. Burke and her
four children. The fact that she had
killed them was not disclosed until one
fCap4{r,n,3 o,, C;,ytL "
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JUDGE ARRAlGNS JURY.

Weak aud Sentimental for Not Con-
victing Woman
Cleveland, March 2S.--"A weak and
sentimental jury has made the public
proclamation that murder committed by
a. woman is no crime in this county"
With these words Judge Neff to-day,
in criminal court assailed the jury that
Saturday night acquitted Mrs. Wuir-
kowski of completely in the murder of
her husband and made her free wo-
man. The Judge used the forcible Ian
guage in sentencing Charles Janowski
to the penitentiary for life for the mur-
der.
A feature of the testimony introduced
by the defense was the attempt to
show that Janowski had been hypnotic
ed by the woman.
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Son of Local Manager of the 9. N. IL. II.
Company Loses Ills Lite.

Stamford, March 23.-Ames Mix,
eleven years old, son of L. p Mix, To-
cal manager Of the Southern New Eng
land Telephone company, was drowned
this afternoon in pond near his home
at Glenbrook while sailing in canoe
which he and several companions had
built during the winter.
The boy was out in the middle of
the pond when the canoe capsized. An
older brother waded out into the pond
until the water reached his neck and
endeavored to reach his brother by
means of paddle but the little, fellow
went down. The body was recovered
half an hour later.
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LARGE THEFT OF JEWELRY,
New York Buaiei Steals $25, 900 worsl
Belonging to His Mistress.

~ AAhb HabstEeSS.
New York, March 23.-The butler in
the residence of Alfred Nathan, living
on East Seventy-second street, has dis
appeared and jewelry belonging to Mr..
and Mrs. Nathan, and valued at $25, 900,
is missing. The butler's name is George
Bossut. He left a note in drawer ad-
dressed to Mrs. Nathan and reading:
"Madame-I have taken your jewels,
so you need suspect no one else. You
always treated me well, I'll admit, but
couldn't resist the temptation. Now,
I'll tell you what Ill do. If you keep
them there police quiet and don't make
any fuss, I'll send you the pawn tickets
maybe. But if you set the police on
my heels I'll stay in cover and get
away-to Europe, possibly. Regards to
the little boy.
(Signed) George"
Mrs. Nathan. at the time of the theft,
was in the country and had carelessly
left unlocked a safe in which she kept
her jewels.
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whitaker xvright's Case.

New York March 23.--After a hear
ing in the United States circuit court
on the application for writ of habeas
corpus in the case of Whitaker Wright,
whose extradition is asked for by the
British government, Judge Lacombe in
formed the lawyers who had appeared
for and against the application that he
would give a decision tomorrow.
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New York, March 23.-Invitations to
the dinner of the Brooklyn Democratic
club on April 27 have been sent to For
mer President Cleveland, William J.
Bryan, Senator A. P. German, ex-sen-
ator David b. Hill, ex-Attorney General
Richard Olney, Mayor Carter H. Har-
rison of Chicago, Mayor Tom l.. john
son of Cleveland and other democrats
of national prominence. 1t is said that
the suggestion of the dinner came from
Mr.. Cleveland.
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POPULACE RISES.
Serious Outbreak Against Government
atPort Of Spain, Trinidad.

HtP Port OF Spain, Trinidad.
Kingstown. st. Vincent, March 23).-A
serious riot was In progress at 2:SO this
afternoon in Port of Spain. Trinidad.
according to a despatch just received
from that city. A mob attempted to
burn the government buildings there
and the police had to fire on the riot
ers, killing or wounding several among
them. The British cruiser Pallas. at the
time the despatch left, was landing
bluejackets.
The rioting was due to the refusal on
the part of the government to withdraw
an ordinance concerning the new water
works, to protest against which several
public meetings had been held. A DEM
Onstration was made during to-day's
meeting of the legislative council and
finally the mob stoned the government
building and set fire to it. The riot act
was read and the police fired on the
mob. The city is in a state of great ex-
element.
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VISION OF THE HEREAFTER.
Dying Words of Woman Who Had
Been tu France.

Morristown, N. j., March 23.-Mrs. ].
NJ. Reeve of Succasunna, who had been
in a trance for five days, died to-day.
A few minutes before she died and
while the family were at the bedside,
she opened her eyes and said in clear
but faint voice:
TOO long has my spirit been held in
this temple of clay. Friends, loved
ones, in the great beyond, there is peace
and happiness; I am of it, and see
you all, know you all and tell you that
we shall meet over there"
Mrs. Reeve closed her eyes, breathed
softly for few minutes, the respira-
tions becoming fainter and fainter un-
til they ceased altogether.
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the Men Belong TO ths Union-some
Danger of "a Striks-SeweII Says alen
Can Sec Him Tomorrow or Thurs-
day.
Bridgeport, March pa delegation
of the conductors and motormen en-
ployed on the Bridgeport division Of the
Connecticut Railway and Lighting COM
pany's trolley lines has filed formal
request with Superintendent Raymond
II. Smith for conference with General
Manager John F. Sewell concerning the
regulations under which the men in this
city are now employed.
The strictest secrecy is being main
tanned by the conductors and motormen
regarding their plans. Many of the
men profess entire ignorance of what
their committee is doing or proposes to
do while others will admit that there is
something in the wind, but will not dis
cuss it further. The committee it is
said, has full power to. act respecting
the object of the conference.
The fact that conference is sought
has led those who are aware of 1t to the
conclusion that the men employed here
are to make demands for improved reg
ulations. As this supposition has not
been denied it remains to be determined
by future developments what is to be
done. If the committee does intend to
make demands on behalf of the conduc-
tors and motormen it may bring about
complications that might cause strike
here.
For several months the local branch
of the Amalgamated Association of
Street Railway Employees of America,
and commonly known as the Trolley
mems union, has been growing in point
of membership. and it is said that 1t
now includes all but a few of the men
employed upon the so-called Bridgeport
| lines, which include the Fairfield, South
port and Westport divisions, the Shell
| ton division, and the Woodmont divi-
sion. However, 1t is said that the men,
bers of the committee which has inter-
viewed Superintendent Smith acted as
individuals.
1t is understood that the request has
been forwarded to General Manager
Sewell and that he has agreed to meet
| the committee.
An important meeting of the union
| will be held on next Thursday morning.
| According to report Manager Sewell
will be called upon to reply to several
questions, and that his answers will be
reported to the union at it's meeting
| Thursday morning and action taken up
| on them. The men look upon the meet
| ing next Thursday as more important
than any held&by the union.
Waterbury, March 23.-The strike sit
uation remained unchanged tonight.
General Manager Sewell of the Connec-
ticut Railway & Lighting company was
asked tonight about the situation
among the employees In Bridgeport who
are reported to have demanded con-
ference with him. Mr.. Sewell said that
such request had not reached him.
He was reminded of the action taken
by the men in requesting a conference
with him through R. H. Smith, the
Bridgeport superintendent and he re-
piled that if the men wished to confer
with him he would be in Bridgeport
either on Wednesday or Thursday and
they could see him at that time.
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Now serloasJy iii.

London, March 24.-JThe correspondent
of the Daily Chronicle at Geneva learns
upon reliable authority that the former
crown princess Of saxony Is lying seri-
ously i'll in her mothers chateau at
Lindau, on an island In Lake Con-
stance, from the effects Of an attempt
to comunit suicide by taking poison.
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No strike on the Erie.

New York, March 23.--It is stated on
authority to-day. says the Evening
Post, that the demands Of the Erie road
engineers for increased pay, which have
been under consideration by Vice Pres
ident Willard, will not be allowed to
cause strike. ,.
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PRES. HADLEY IN LOUISVILLE.
Guest of Honor at Bauquet of KEN
tuoky AIumnt af Yale.

Guest of Honor at banquet OF mem
tucky Alumnt of Yale.
Louisville, KY, March 23.-President
Arthur Twining Hadley of Yale was the
guest of honor at banquet given by
the Kentucky Alumni of Yale at the
Pendennis club here tonight. The BAN
quet was presided over by Charles T.
Ballard of this city, one of the oldest
graduates of Yale in This state, and an
address of welcome was delivered by ].
S. Bockee. President Hadley responded
to the toast yale" and the other
speakers were Charles T. Ballard, DR..
w. C. Robert, Lee McClung, R. w.
Knott, and A. E. Wilson, all Of this city.
Mr.. Wilson, who is a Harvard graduate,
spoke on "Harvard's hard luck story"
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NnuyntucH sch"oIs Renpencd.

Naugatuck Conn, March 23.-The
schools of this town, which have been
closed for five weeks on account of
scarlet fever were reopened to-day.
There are only eight cases of the dis
ease in town at present.
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HARVARD DEBATERS win
YALE ORATORS BEATEN IN THE
ANNUAL CONTEST.

Decision OF the Judges Unanimous
Crimson Men show Better Form and
Excel In Logical Development of Their
Case-Questton Discussed Concerned
Seizure OF Territory tm south America
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THE CARRINGToN PUBLISHING O0
THE HOWE s STETSON STORES
The Annual Trade
Sale of Innings.

Started this morning with rush It's seldom that you
find the quality of material offered here far underprced
The color assortment somewhat broken, but those
naming all desirable.
BAgaHTdke Opposite Hon
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DROWNING IN STANFORD,

Continued on Sixth Page.)
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DEMAND ON MGR. SEWELL
THE BRIDGEPORT TROLLRYMEN
WANT A CONFERENCE.

To DIscnss the Regulations Under
whica They Fork-AM but n Few of
the Men Belong 10 ths Unton-some
Danger of "a strike-seweII Says nlen
tan SEQ Him Tomorrow or Thurs-
day.
Arizona republican., 1903-12-04
A GREAT SCHEME.

me Florida ship canal scheme which was much discussed quarter century ago. has been hoisted out of daseutude by the Atlanta Constitution. and somas forth without having suffered any lnl- pairment of strength or cOmeliness from it's long sleep. The Constitution gives to the New Orleans Chamber of Com merce the credit of having agita ted in the long ago the building of snip can21 across the northern part of Flor- idI and southeastern Georgia. That az itation produced an appropriation bv Congress in 1878 of $75,0 900 fer ai prelim- mary survey. Our contemporary recalls the fact that Gen. Q. A. Gilmore. Of the engineer corps of the army. was given charge of the work. and says that hs report, even from the limited data. that the appropriation made available was 10 the effect that the ship canal from St. Marks, in Florida. to St. Mary's. In Georgia. is not only perfectly feasible proposition. but one that can be built for sum insignificant compared with the advantages it would confer upon European and American coastwise con- mercc
 Among the other benefits that would accrue from the construction of t%c canal would be saving Of 497 miles of travel between New Orleans and New York. and twelve hours in the tiIre oc delivery of freights at either port. It would avert the dangers of wreckage In the Florida straits. said to be lrort than S50N.000 year. The Constitution urges that :. would effect an immense sa.virg in rates of insurance. interest on time drafts against cargoes and the cost of operating the ships between ports, ,averagin about $500 from port tt, port: and that it would abolish the ele- ment of loss from the heating of car oSes of bulk grain between Gulf, At