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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
OUR WATERS WON'T STRIKE.
Not While Tips Arc Running ~ the Present
Rate.

Organizer Frederick Bauman is now in
this city trying TO get all the New York
walters and bartenders into a local OF the
Hotel and Restaurant Employees Inter-
national Alliance and Bartenders' League OF
America He comes from Omaha. where
they use long names, and says that the
organization has gained $4,000 members in
a year.
Because the walters struck in Chicago
restaurants and hotels there was some talk
Yesterday OF a strike here, but the walters
laughed at it.
-1'm not surprised that the walters struck
in Chicago" said hotel waiter yesterday.
because they get small tips there. The
tips in New York are larger than in any other
city, and the walters know It,"
Others said that If they joined the union
there would be fixed wages and tendency
to small tips. The last time the hotel and
restaurant walters struck here 1t was against
an edict that they must be clean shaven.
The rallying cry was "Mustaches and
liberty" The walters won their strike
and kept their mustaches.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
Japan and Brazil to he Represent ed At
81. Louis Exposition.

WASHINGTON. June 5.-Huntington Will
son. Secretary Of the United States Legation
at Toxic, has informed the State Depart
ment that the Japanese Die, has appropri-
ated 10000 yen for the Japan exhibit at
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
David f. Thompson, United States Minis
ter al Rio de Janeiro. telegraphed the
Department that the President OF Brazil
had yesterday asked Congress for 6OO,ooO
American dollars for Brazil exhibit at
ST. Louis Mr.. Thompson added that in
all probability Congress would comply
with this request
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
HECLA WORKS WILL GO AWAY
UNLESS WORkWEN ARE PRO.
TECTED FROM STRIKERS.
Directors Decide to Remove Their PlsaA
which Employs 500 Men. n
Rioters Are Not Punished and Their
Men shielded While Going to Work.

Because of acts of violence on the part
of strikers from the Hecla Iron Works in
Williamsburg the directors of the company
decided yesterday that unless better police
protection is afforded to the men who
have returned to work the plant would
be removed from the city. The works
are among the largest in the country and
occupy nearly two square blocks at Berry
and North Eleventh streets. On May
q number of workmen struck for Saturday
half holiday and an increase in wages rang.
ing from 10 to 40 per cent. A few days after
that the company closed the works, They
were rcopened on Monday, after notices
had leen posted to the employees that
unless they returned to work within speci-
fed time their places would be filled.
All the men who were locked out returned
to work and on Wednesday a number Of
the strikers came back The company
that with the employment of new men to
take the places OF the strikers the acts Of
violence Logan and brought about the
meeting OF the directors yesterday. After
the meeting Francis jackson secretary
told Sun reporter that it had been decided
to remove from Brooklyn unless the en-
ployees received better. protection.
During the last forty-eight hours.
said Mr. jackson our employees have been
subjected to murderous attacks BY. strikers
and walking delegates have Aided and
allotted their attack. We have no fault
to find with the protection Capt. Dooley
gives to us at the works. Our men are
attacked while going to and coming from
their homes.
THE company will spare no expense to
have the offenders punished to the full
extent of the law. We know who the
assailants are and have applied for warrants
decided to call on District Attorney Clarke
to prosecute the men respons BILE for these
outrages and to demand letter police
protection for our men. Unless this ia
granted the company will lock out all its
and establish the plant in another section
of the country"
The removal OF the plant elsewhere
would affect more than 1900 men
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
W. U. FIGHTS FOR RIGHT or WAY
Along Pennsyivania RaiirOad-Petstion fer
Condemnation F1lesi.


BALTIMORE, Md, June 6.-Isador Rayner.
counsel for the Western Union Telegraph
Company, filed on the law side Of the United
States Circuit Court to-day a petition for
condemnation OF right Of way for Its poles
and wires along the line OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad between Philadelphia and WASH
ington.
The petition claims the right to condemn,
under an act of Congress passed on July
"a, 1905, which provides for the right OF
telegraph companies to construct their
systems along the post roads OF the United
States, 1t being contended that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Is such road.
The petition asks the court to appoint
commissioners or to empanel jury or issue
u writ Of ad quod ddmnu,n to make inquiry
and assessment of the compensation to he
paid by the telegraph company to the rail-
road company for the Use Of it's right OF
way.
It bears the affidavit OF Robert c. Clowry,
president OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company -,
PHILADELPHIA June 5.-The Pennsyl-
vania Railroad and the United New Jersey
Railroad and Canal Company filed reply
to-day in the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals to the motion of the Western
Union Telegraph Company that the COM
panies named be enjoined from removing
the appellee's poles and wires pending
final determination Of the merits OF the
dispute between the companies named
by the Supreme Court OF the United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
UNION OFFICIAL WAN7ED
On CharEe Of Conspiracy and Boycottin,
In New Haven.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. June S.-W. I. KnoufY
Of Detroit, Mich. vice-president Of the
Teamsters' National Union, is wanted by
the New Haven police on a charge Of con-
spiracy and hoycotting in connection with
the arrest last night OF the twenty mem
berr Of the local teamsters' union on the
same charge, the complainant being the
Smedley Trucking Company.
knouh was here for week consulting
with the striking teamsters. He was un-
SUCCESSFUL In trying to have the employers
arbitrate the strike. He left town two
days before the warrants were issued.
The cases az the twenty arrested last
night were continued in the Police Court
N day for a veek
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
The Weather.

The low pressure area on The GlI' cnGt; he'd
moved slightly cas-, -northcastward yesterday. The
rain area preceding lis movement extended north
to Virginia and Maryland. Threatening conditions
reached New York and southern New England.
Rain fell heavily In Georgia. Alabama Ohio. Ken
lucky. Florida Texas and parts Of she CarolInas.
There were showers In the central Mississippi
States and In Illinois and Indiana.
The rain area was spreading into This section
and rain is likely to fail within the nrX' forty eigb,
hours. The temperature was from TO Ia degrees
lower In the middle Atlantic state: In the other
districts II was slightly warmer
In this city the day was cloudy and threatening r.
with dense smoke: wind FRESH northeast: average
humidity 7? per cent: barometer corrected 10 read
TO sra level. "a, NJ. aO37 Sp, NJ. $3.50
The temperature yesterday. as recorded by the
facla her In he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
FINED 500 FOR GOING TO WORK.
West chester Mills That Resume Operations
VIII Run Nine Hours . nay.

MOUNT VERNON. n. y. June 6.-Because
six carpenters deserted the striking West
chester county mechanics and returned to
work to-day at the Hartman Bros planning
mill, the union to which they belonged
voted 10 fine them 500 each. Steps are
also to be taken to impose fine OF 500
against each striker who shall return to
work without the sanction of the union.
and they will also be deprived OF their sick
benefits and burial expenses.
The strikers at the Hartman mill return
to work with no increase in wages, and the
mills will run nine hours after next mont h
instead Of ell ht' About twenty, other mills
in West chester county are to adopt longer
hours. The mill owners say they do not wish
to punish the labor unions. but that the
strike has caused them to investigate and
they have learned that the other mills up
the S. ate which compete with them for
bushes. are running on the nine-hour
achedule.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
a LABOR UNION INCORPORATED.
The ExcavatOrs. Rockmen and Dirt Dirty ers'
Union OF BROOKLYN.

The Excavators, Rockmen and Dirt
Drivers Union Of Brooklyn has been in
corporated. The men belonging TO this
union went on strike a few weeks ago,
but returned TO work when they discovered
that the striking subway workers in Man.
haitian were going over to Brooklyn to
take their places,
This union is the first labor organization
in Brooklyn to be incorporated. The
officers are: President Edison Lawrence:
vice.president, j. B. Mcpherson: secretary.
Anselo Cardil 10. treasurer, Geroge Haga-
dorm. The incorporators are Giuseppe
Grandinetti, Baldasaro Moreate. Giuseppe
Scata, Felice Stonino and Tomaso di Carlo
There are over 1000 members Of the
organization.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
SUICIDE IN, A RESTAURANT.
Henry Blair, VINO Had Worked for tn
METROPOLITAN, Kills Himself.

A man who was identified later as
Henry Blair committed suicide early yes
terday morning at the Royal restaurant,
1885 Broadway, by drinking carbolio acid.
The man had four letters, three OF which
we're addressed to Henry Blair. care OF
Bostwick. Morrell d Bates. 81 Pine street.
The other letter was addressed to Henry
Blair, 23s West Forty-eighth street.
room house at 2ss West Forty-eighth street.
said that Blair had rooms with her up
to month ago, but that she had not
seen or heard from him since. She
said Blair told her he was from the
West, that he was a relative OF Blanche
Walsh and personal friend Of Magistrate
Flammer.
Blair had been employed as spotter
by the Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany. Blair was identified by member
Of the law firm Of Bostwick, Morrell d
Bates, for whom he had done some work.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
.ANTI-STRIKE FIGHT IN UTICA.
lockout by Dealers in Building Material
to Re Followed by Gore Radical Moves.

LOCKOUT Uy DC2lCTS III MutCTISi
to BE Followed by More Radical Moves.
UTICA, June 5.-The local labor situation
ia rapidly reaching an acute stage since
the lockout on the part of dealers who
furnish building materials went into effect
This retaliatory measure, designed to break
the strike of carpenters, who have been
out since April /, promises to be followed
by other and more radical moves on the
part OF dealers. There is a movement
on foot to induce dealers in household
supplies TO refuse credit to the strikers on
the ground that they could have work at
remunerative wages II they wished
The carpenters, who are now unable to
buy building materials from any dealer
in the city, threaten to institute legal pro-
ceedings. They maintain that the dealers
in refusing to sell goods are violating the
conspiracy laws in general and subdivision
six Of Section 1913 Of the Penal Code in
particular.
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DRIVEN TO TAKE POISON.
Kate Beehn Lost Her Place and Couldn't
Hear to Tell Her Mother.

Twenty-one-year- Kate Beehn Of 1877
Meserole street, Williamsburg. who was
employed in a Notwithstanding establish
ment in Manhattan, ended her life with
clrbolc acid carly yesterday morning In
front room Of her home.> She was laid OF
for an indefinite time week ago and being
the chief support Of the family she was
afraid to tell her mother.
Every morning she left her home az usual
and vainly sought employment Her sweet
heart called to see her Wednesday night
and after quarrel he went away. The
cir. became depressed and her depres-
sion was further increased Friday night.
when she heard her mother say that she
(Eate) would fetch home her weekly wages
that night Until a late hour Friday night
she sat on the front stoop OF her home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06

WARRINGTON FORECAST voR TO DAY AND TO .MoRnow
For eastern Nen YORK. panty doudp 10 day. ua,nry
In ihe interior: Hoht e1a utnds tar 10 -rorrou.
For New England. fair TO day. warmer except
in eastern Maine fair TO morrow: slight TO fresh
winds. mostly south,
For the District OF Columbia. Maryland, n-la
ware and New Jersey, cloudy to-day Ugh, east
winds: fair to morrow.
For eastern Pennsylvania. partly cloudy and
warmer TO day: Light east winds fair 10 nouow.
For western Pennsylvania and western New
York. partly cloudy to day. fair orrnp variable
~1nds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
site NJ Babcock Memorial Church.

The now Christ Church which the Bric!;
Presbyterian Church intended 10 build MS
memorial to i.s late pastor. DR., Maltbie D.
Babcock. will he located Al 334 to 34i West
Thirty-sixth street, between Eighth and
Ninth avenues. on the sit reported sold for
Presbyterian church. The site has 'front.'
age q. 1873 feet. and The building ia ex-
peeted to be ready by the fall Of next year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
I5.Year.Old hoy. Crazed by ReadinE Dime
Novels Hangs Himself.

WAsHIN0ToN. June 5.--Crazed by read
ing dime novels and chronicles OF crime
Herman Kaufman, IL years old, the son Of
we-to-do Washington printer. COM
mitted suicide in the cellar Of his home
last night. He threw a noosed rope over o
beam, tied his feet toget her with piece of
rag, looped another piece around his waist 4,
stood on an inverted bucket and adjusted
black cap over his head. Then he thrust
his hands through the rope around his
waist and kicked the bucket from under
him He was stranded to death.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
Arm! and Navy Orders.

WARRINGTON June 5.--These army orders were
Issued TO day:
Major William p. Duvall Artillery. 10 Fort VII.
llamS. Maine,
First Lieu, Winston Pitcher. Ninth Cavalry
Troop TO Troop ~ and FRS, Lieut.. Hamlton
Bowie, Troop N to Troop ],
Capt. Frank Dew Ramsay. Ninth Infantry and
Capt. William G. Ham. Artillery, TO Governors
Island
Previous orders relating to Second Lieut.. j.
Alfred Moss. Twenty third Infantry. revoked.
second Lieut.. asa L. Singleton. Thirtieth In.
fantry transferred 10 the Finn Infantry, Com.
pany l..
Leaves Of absence granted: First Lieut.. Harold
Coburn. Eighth Infantry. and Capt. George Bell,
Jr.. First Infantry. cxtrndedone month FRS, Lieut.
Henry Is. Clark, Artillery, twenty days
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
Carnegie Gives S2S.OO More for the
WashinEt on Public Library.

WASHINGTON. June 5-Andrew Carnegie
has added $4,000 to the sa50.OoO given
for the Washington Public Library. Mr..
Carnegie when here at the library dedica-
ton said he would give any additional
sum required to complete the work, The
trustees found that they needed $25, 900,
and, writing from Ski DO Castle, Mr.. Carnegie
told them to go ahead and spend that
lmCrrt
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Temporary Repairs 10 He Made SO That
She Can Take Part In the War Games.

WASHINGTON. June s.-Owing to the
insistence of the Naval General Board
that another battleshp is necessary to
the success OF the war games to be played
CT the Maine coast the coming summer.
the Navy Department has decided to patch
up the Iowa for temporary service, post
poning the extensive repairs urgently
estimated that it would cost $500, 900 to put
the Iowa in frst-class condition. The
temporary repairs will require a months
work and will cost 10000. II was con-
tended that without the Iowa the war;
games squadron could not be made into
a tactical unit
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
Movements or Naval Vessels.

WASHINGTON. June 5-The monitor
Monterey and the collier Pompey have
arrived at Shanghai; the gunboat Nashville.
at Caimanera, Cuba, and the golfers Han
nibal, Cesar and Lebanon, at Lamberts
Point,N The gunboat Nillalobos has sailed
from Kow Kang for Han Chang, China;
the tug Samoset, from League Island to
destroy wreck; the training ship Alert,
from San Diego for Santa Barbara, and
the destroyer Whipple from Norfolk for
hor speed trial
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
A Comprom,se In Philadelphia strike.

PHILADELPHIA, June 5.-The strike OF the
textile workers will probably he settled by
a compromise. many Of the mill owners
having dec Jared in favor of the 5s-hour-a-
week schedule, as proposed by the textile
workers union. without an increase Of
wages
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
.iOTTJNGS .ABOUT TOWN.

Justice Leyentrtu has granted an absolute
div orce TO William l., Messerve from Julia A. Mes.
serve. Justice Gieeerch has granted to Samuel
Ludwig an absolute divorce from Minnie Ludwig.
Mayor Low announced yesterday that he had
IN the West
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06

ELIZABETH. n. j., June 5.-An eight.
hour day has been granted the employees
in the power house Of the United Electric
Company, which supplies power TO the
trolley lines Of the Public Service Corpora
ton this side of Waverly.
The company thus anticipated a demand
for shorter hours by the men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
MARRIED

FlELD--vOORHEES. June T. 1905 at F'r'
Presbyterian Church OF Morristown, y d.
by the Rev. W Russell Bennett OF AorHs'oWn'
n. j.. and the Rev. jeremiah Sea!ies % New
burgh. y, V, Cormea T.. voorhees,, daush'ef
OF George T.. Voorhees, OF Morr,stown " d.
to First Lieut. p. Conover Field. I. s Army
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These naval orders were issued:

Lieut., II. y. Jenson, TO Naval Academy.
LIEUT.. 81. f. Reed, 10 Bureau OF Steam Engineer.
ing, Washington.
Mldshipman r. H. Frctz to the brooklyn
pr. William ", Berner Of Allegheny Pa. DR.
Rossiter of Baltimore, Md: Or. Wesley h. Rennle
Of Chester. Pa: Dr. Walter $. Hoen q Richmond,
Or. c. c, Greve OF Ionia Mich appointed ANristant
Surgeons In the Navy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
Iron Worker. Say Their Strike VAS M,mak.

Sixty iron workers, who went on strike
on the new North German Lloyd piers in
Hoboken Thursday because a contractor
had employed two non union men. returned
TO work Yesterday. The strikers aad they
had made mistake and were sorry for il
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
REWARD FOR GOOD EMPLOYEES.
Traction Company Will Pay Them 4 Per
Cent. Besides Their Wages.

NEW BRUNSWICK. June 5.-There has
been some little unrest among the en-
ployeee of the Middlese1 and Somerset
Traction Company lately on the question
Of wages. To-day very significant notice
was posted in the George street Office Of
the traction company.
The notice informs the men that all de-
serving employees are to receive at the end
Of the year a sum equal to Q per cent, OF
their entire wages for the year, and more
when the companys returns on its own
investment equals that percentage.
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Tenderloin gambler said last night:
Some of the people who are in right are
advise you to play. my boy. When things
are wide open in New York gambling is
on the square to q certain extent. When
it's on the sneak the house can't afford
to lose, and the double percentage is work.
, mssb a ,ne heard hc " story of the
who was warned that a faro game was
crooked The friend who told him saw
him coming out OF it few hours later.
dead broke.
Yes, you told me-. said the sucker,
But what could do? II was the only house
in town
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inc temperature yesterday ~ recoroed py IN
oficial thermometer shown IN the annex led table:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
INCREASE or POSTAL RECEIPTS.
Figures From the Fifty Largest On1ces
for the Month OF August.

WAsHINdToN. Sept. PA statement Of
the gross post al receipts of the fifty largest
post offices Of the country for August OF this
year shows net increase Of $4O8 ,s42 over
the receipts Of the same month last year
The total receipts of these offices amounted
to s4,32l 1888 in August, 1902, and A,72s. POS
! In the month Just past
New York city leads the post offices Of
the United States in gross receipts. but the
post Office having the largest net increase.
compared with last year, is Hartford, Conn,
with an increase of PAS per cent. Los
Angeles, Cal, comes next with an increase
of 237, and Kansas City third with an in
crease of cal per cent. The receipts Of
New York city last month were $948,2
an increase of rs per cent and soc, 1872 over
August of last year,
The receipts of other cities last month
are as follows; Chicago, s7s4 ,2s2, increase
l54; Philadelphia, S3O6,l55, increase q;
Boston, s277O92, increase 49, St. Louis,
1892, l9l. increase IS; Brooklyn, STAG, ols
Increase 1911; San Francisco, lls,O8s, in
crease lO4; Buffalo, s74,52O, increase as
Four offices show a decrease: Peoria, H.
$3.50; Dayton, Ohio, $40 Toledo. Ohio, 81, sl2
and Jersey City, s1,s32
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
.RR,T. REPORTS A GOOD YEAR
CAN ~ NET EARNINGS MORE
THAN 4 MILLION.
Surface systems Earned %. 7sA.ISs and
Elevated and Bridge Roads a3.SO1..
Us3-GrOwth Of Suburban Business.

The annual report Of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company for the year ended June
M wa, issued Yesterday 1t shows that
gross earnings OF the system for the year
were si3 $50 32l, the greatest in it's history,
And that net earnings from operation were
Eaa?4? The total income of the system
MAS IS 828.735 the net income. Sg64. 1878.
md surplus for the year, $788, 1888 The
rain in gross earnings over 1902 was 3760, 600.
lhe gain in net earnings. 81, 022 SIT. and the
balance for the year. was n gain Il S737, 500.
the balance in 1902 having been $ls,s93.
The figures in detail will be- found else
WHERE
The earning capacity Of the road is not
rlllv shown by it's net income Of 1894 t7s.
IN spite of the economical operation which
resulted in curtailing of unnecessary ex-
,enses in many direct ions, operating ex-
lenses were swollen by several unusual
Items The cost of operation of power
plants. which increased Over Hls,OOD, in
rludes slDa 1877 paid for power rented, which
item could hardly occur again in view
OF tn completion Of the company's new
power plant. The coal strike was also
responsible for s2s3,979. These two items
added to the income would give total
be more than per cent Of the outstanding
capital stock of the company. E oaomy
was introduced in many ways. equipment
being fully maintained, although ex-
penditures in that line were reduced nearly
t35OOM Damages and legal expenses
one of the heaviest items In the roads
rost, were 1856. 100. a decrease OF $l3sOOO
rs compared with 1902.
In his report President Edward W. Winter
saws that substantial additions and improve
ments to the property were made, rclud-
ing the purchase OF about two hundred
cars, the construction Of the new central
power station. the replacing Of tracks and
structures. the construction OF inclines to
the surface and the practical completion of
elect rifcation.
A new clubhouse for the employees was
rrActed. the Brighton Beach Hotel was
renovated and ground was purchased for
further addition to the Kent avenue power
plant plans for which are under way and
for use as II reserve coal storage yard.
Property was also purchased at the corner
Of Remsen and Clinton streets, adjoining
The present Offices Of the company fer
their enlargement,
President Winter shows that the pas
songer earnings were divided into s9,2sI
l57 earned by the surface systems, ar
"a, 500 ,8s3 earned by the elevated and Birds e
roads These are increases, respectively
Of SPA, 500 and $3.50 ,s47. The completion of
the new East River Bridge is expected to
relieve the con question on the present bridge.
which will lessen the cost of operation Of
The elevated systems. The growth Of
suburban business for the year was ex-
ceedingly large and promises to provide
nm important proportion OF the SYSTEMS
future earnings,