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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-30
WY YAY 10 SUg LUNION.
PROPERTY OF IT'S MEMBERS
ATTACHED FOR DAMAGES.

Case q . Bsyestted Company IN Rutland.
w.. Aealsse Q Labor Organixasien-n
II ,oe4s . verdict IL WIN Levy on
Inssavsdual striker for the Meney.
RUTLAND, w., March 2o.-fhe legal
battle now on In the Rutland County Court
between the principal employers Of labor
In this city and the labor unions viii last
another week.
The case Is entered on the docket a. the
r. r. Patch Manufacturing Company Of
Rutland versus Protection Lodge. No. 215,
International Association Of Machinists,
and the company brings suit for $4,000
for damages alleged to have been caused
BY the striking machinists who are mem
Beers Of the Protection Lodge.
The strike began on May II last, and
In still on The company secured enough
non-union mon to do the work Of the 200
or 20 men who struck and has continued
to al orders. There have been no nego-
tiations whatever for nearly nine months.
Tho strikers and their sympsthizes
have done everything In their power. accord
ing 70 their own testimony, to hinder, and
embsrrass the Patch company. They have
induced workmen TO leave the employ OF
the company and have boycotted the COM
panys products H
When the suit was brought over one hun
dred writs were served on the members
Of the union. Every piece Of available
property belonging to any member was
attached. and the lawyers say that II the
It's money from this property.
It has been bard to get hold Of the officers
Of any Of the local unions, nearly all OF
them having skipped out Of the State
The records OF every union in the city
covering the past year have disappeared
although they have been demanded by
the court.
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NEE HAYENElGRC CONFERENCE
HOW THE MEN REJECTED THE
PROPOSED SCHEDULE.

President Han Censcoted 70 neceeve
Fitzpatrick After They Had Voted
on the Terms re offered Them-Other
Employees After More Money Now
NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 2o.-The par
ticulars OF what led up to the break yester"
day between President Hall OF the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
and the trainmen's grievance committee.
when the latter left the conference and
called upon their national officer. Valentine
Fitzpatrick. to get ready for a strike came
out tonight from some OF the grievance
committee.
At o'clock yesterday morning the sub
committee Of the grievance COMMITTEES
went to the general Office building and re-
ceived from President Hall the schedule
which the road had agreed upon for the
trainmen after the conferences OF the week.
They took this to the grievance COMMITTEES,
sitting in the insurance building and 1t was
read.
The schedule was vo. cd on and reject ed /.
paragraph by paragraph. In the first place
II refused the ten-hour day.. which the
trainmen insisted upon. Secondly, while
II increased the pay Of the yardmen, II did
not bring the pay OF the brakemen up to
a wage rate Of two cents mile for mini
mum of 100 miles. which is said 10 be paid
on many roads In this country.
In the third place, the concessions that
the men asked for concerning the rules gov
erning them while al work were unea, is
factory. There were points covering such
matters as how soon men returning from
runs should be called 10 go out again; how
much pay should be allowed men riding
-deadhead.' who are being sent out TO
bring back trains. and the like.
After the men voted to reject the schedule,
they decided to ask President Hall to hold
another conference with them. beginning
tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock and also
for him to invite Mr.. Fitzpatrick to APP
pear with them as their counsel. The
grievance committee Of thirty-eight there
upon fled back to President Halls Office.
When the subcommittee waited on
President Hall and told Of the rejections
Of the proposed schedule and presented
the Fitzpatrick request, President Hall
said that he would take the matter under
consideration. At . o'clock he told the
sub-committee that he would receive Mr..
Fit zpat rick. ~ .
President Hall was asked tonight IL
he thought all parts Of the schedule would
be taken up. He said that he did not know,
but whatever points the men wished to
talk upon would be considered.
President Brigham Of the CONDUCTOR
committee said tonight that the con-
ductors grievances would be taken up
right after the trainmen's matter had
been disposed Of. The hremen's case will
come up later.
The 500 clerks in the general ONCE build
ing are agitating a move to increase their
pay. The checkers and tallymen on the
local wharves OF the company will also
put in request for an increase Of wages.
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CHICAGO FACES A TIE.UP.
strike On April May stop All Work o.
BIG Buildings.


BIG Buildings.
CHICAGO. March 2e.-Strikes inv diving
over 1900 workmen and affecting seven
different branches Of industry are threat :
ened on Wednesi lay morning. unless en-
ployers make concessions Of shorter hours
Of labor and higher wages before that time.
The unions demanding better terms ere
those OF ths bridge and structural, iron
workers, the steamfiiters. bakers. tanners
and curriers', beer wagon drivers. uphol-
., erers and furni, ure workers.
At q special meeting Of the structural
iron workers this afternoon ii was decided
to present an ultimatum to the contractors
tomorrow. demanding an increase In
wages from 50 TO 90 cents an hour with the
alternative OF Q general strike on the ex-
piration Of the present agreement on Tues
day night. Contracts involving millions
Of dollars will be tied up should the iron
workers walk out as they have control Of the
steel constru ction industry in Chicago.
For the last three months meetings have
been held between committees represent
ing the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Union and the Iron League-the contractors
association-but no agreement could be
reached.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-30
CROWDS GREET MISS ROOSEVELT
Banquet and Reception in Her Honor 81
Mayaguez.
special Caas Dsspateh TO The sun.

special Caas Dsspateh 10 THE Sun.
MAYAdUEz, P. R.. March 2s.--Miss Alice
Roosevelt and the party accompanying her
on her tour Of the island rode on horseback
to-day from Yauco to San German and
Sabana la Grande. At San German q re-
ccption was rendered In Miss Roosevelt 8
honor, and the school children performed
a drill in the plaza. Gov. Hunt addressed
the citizens. There was also a reception
and speechmaking at Ssbans Ia Grande.
Prom the latter town the party proceeded
by train to this city, where almost the
entire population turned out to welcome the
Presidents daughter. The Mayor gave
banquet in her honor, and there was q
reception at the Casino tonight.
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LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

The term walking delegate has almost
disappeared from the official nomenclature
OF the unions said q business man who
has dealings with many labor organiza-
tons. In fact find that about the worst
insult you can offer to any one Of the agents
OF the unions is to call him walking dele
gate A number Of names have taken its
place. but business agent is far and away
And it isn't bad job. either The men
get from - q day UP and their expenses.
That's q good bit more than the union wages
for the trades they represent. And some
Of them have ways OF helping out that SO
a day
A man whose necx permits him to wear
what he considers only . moderately high
collar was buying some the other day and
said to the clerk:
4 suppose you think wear pretty high
collar
-Oh, you wear only q three-inch collar.
said the clerk. There are lots Of collars
built taller than that. But never saw one
more than four inches high. We got In q
small stock Of that kind a while ago and we
had to give most Of them away. ! never
saw more than one man who could com
fortably wear four-inch collar and he had
q mighty long neck. But even IL he did
have q long neck he had TO turn the corners
Oh TIC CotAr oNoI Just ut'io.
Few persons besides hotel mon know that
a woman runs one Of the most important
hotels In this city and another In Phila-
delphia. Mrs. Jennie Stafford knew little
about the hotel business when her husband
Robert Stafford. died SIX years ago. but she
started right in to learn all there was to
know, and she has managed the Imperial
ever since. The Goelet estate. which owns
the property, have 90 much conhdence in
her business ability that they are erecting
a nineteen-story addition 70 the hotel and
Completed this addition viii make the hotel
the third largest In the city.
Mrs. Stafford hires Q manager for her
hotel. 70 she does not come In direct contact
with Der patrons. but she Y .ctivsly en-
Not only does she manage the Imperial.
but the Walton OF Philsdelphia 10 also under
her direction.
A familiar figure In the Tspdsrloin u
Jerry the Lug the blind man who sits
outside the Haymarket dance hall ceiling
lead pencils. Selling penciisis only . cloak
for begging In his case. Jerry doss not
ask for aims outright. but 10 you were 10
take Q pencil In exchange for . nickel YOU
wouid De roundly sworn At. and tbs bsssar' .
how OF profanity 10 large;
Though jerry can I sss, b knows by their
voices nearly all the women who frequent
the HsymArkst He u . sort OF lettef boz
for them. On his oampetool outside the
dance hall door be takes and reosiyss mes
cages for hs soqusintAnnss and seldom
makes . mistake Ia delivering them.
alone When be V drunk hs u . terror
j usually takss too poliosmsn 70 Set him
10 the polios station. lie beosus blind
By having |. 4shtsd ass' jsbssd In his
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MELBA AND MANAsER QUARREL.
she wouldn't Appear 1t Farewell Csocert
Announced st Meibewae.

Special CODE Despaieh to THE SuH.
sYpNEY, NJ S.W.. March 3o.-Mme. Melba,
the well-known signer. who has been Waiting
Australia, her birthplace. for some time.
was billed to appear at 4 farewell concert
In Melbourne last night prior to starting for
Europe. but to the intense disappointment
Of the public the concert was abandoned
owing to q disagreement between Nine.
Melba and the manager. Mr.. Musgrove.
The latter, explaining the matter in an inter-
view, said:
Il. being responsible to thepublic. wished
to conduct the concert In my own way.
Nine. Melba wanted her way, and therefore.
the concert was impossible.
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Graneyto Referee Corbett. McGoyern Fight.

SAN Francisco. March 2p.-At meeting
tonight ut Harry Corbett's. representatives
OF both Terry Nc iovern and Young Corbett
met and selected Eddie iraney Of San Fran
cisco to referee next TUESDAY, nights eight.
'Sraney - very well known to all sports and
IL considered Trustworthy and com petent.
His selection puts an end to all reports Of
the tight being fixed.
was rainy and disaFreesble. lie has cut out
sparrinG. as he is afraid OF hurting his hands
He 10 In the pink Of condition and told his
traintr that he felt stronger and quicker
than Ct any time since he fought Pedlar
Palmer. Terry's trainer says that Terry
weighs i2lH pounds and that he could reduce
TO 100 pounds II IL was demanded From
appearances he viii be one pound or so under
Corbett's trainers ere confident that they
will have the Denver boy down 70 weight by
Monday night. but many good judges do not
share their confidence, a. Corbett to-day
viii have TO sweat Oh q couple Of pounds on
tes Lat Day an. .S.nt mes Of H. tine on
road, RUNNING IN heavy rain His failure to
this keeps him from losing weight. Yester-
day ne Was cut on from'water and none viii
be allowed him except ut meals until the night
IL over
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DEATH OF 4 NOTED EDITOR.
". v. Mexican 81 the Philadelphia "Pubiic
Ledger" Passes Away.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2o.-William Vim
can't Mexican. chief editorial writer Of the
Inquirer during the Civil War. for more
than twenty years editor-in chief Of the
Public Ledger and for half century promi-
nently identified With newspaper work and
public affairs In this city and Washington.
dIed this morning a, his home, 200 West
BriEht's disease caused his death.
Mr. Mexican was born IN PhilAdelphia
on Dec. s, 1910. He was editor OF the
National Almanac Record for 1874, pub
H. S.! me aSsSof os the n rspo sn fayorns
Q money order system for the United Btstss
In 1853, Of -whAt the Navy Did During the
War; and OF Den. McCiellan's Campaign.
Mr. hcKaan w4s prominently, idsn,ihed
disrs' Fsmilies during the Civil War, with
tie Sanitary Fair, the Chicago Fire Relief
COMMITTEES and the Centennial Exhibition.
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COLUMBIA BOY ~ BELLEVUE.
Taken Ihere st q O'Clock IN tne Morning
in insasye Pavilion.

Samuel ATnstein. q young Columbia
student, who is the son Of Sigmund Arm
stein. diamond merchant Of II East Sew
enty-seventh street. was taken to Belle
vue at o'clock yesterday morning and put
n the insane pavilion.
Mr.. Arnstein said last night that the boy
had become highly nervous as the result
Of overwork In his studies and had at last
become ILL., He took his son TO DR.. Cor
netus Hirsch Of 50 East Sixty-fourth street
at 80 A. NJ. yesterday and DR. Hirsch ad-
vised that the boy be sent to the hospital
Policeman J. B. O'Connell was called in.
On the way out the boy ran away, shouting:
I'm not go into Canfield's. They tried
to kill me twice and l won't go in
Or. Hirsch said the boy would be re-
moved to a sanitarium to-day.
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ORDERS STRIKES IN BREwERIEs
Then the c. =. U. Appoints Cemmittee 70
Help Striking Horseshoers.

Then the c. =. U. Appoints Q Cemmittce 70
Help striking Herseshoers.
Tho strike OF the Journeymen Horse-
shoers' Union for recognition Of the union
label caused action to be taken at yester-
days meeting Of the Central Federated
Union. which. II carried out, will mean
strikes Of nearly all the trades in twenty.
three union breweries or suspension Of all
unions which fail to order strikes
There Is no question OF wages or hourv
Of labor In the strike OF the horseshoers.
An advance Of wages was granted to them
recently by the Master Horseshoers. The
strike Is to enforce recognition Of q union
label which the Master Horseshoers refuse
to recognize because . label Of their own
has been used for years.
Delegate Kelly reported TO the c. r. U.
yesterday for . committee sent to enlist
the influence Of the owners OF the union
breweries on the side OF tho strikers, that
the brewers would not interfere In Q hSht
which they had nothing TO do with. The
delegate Of the horseshoers asked that
immediate action he taken. and q resolution
that the affiliated unions In the c. p. u. be
ordered TO withdraw their men from the
twenty three union brewertes was carried
amid applause.
The delegate OF the Horseshosp Union
remarked that this would end the trouble
In two hours. A damper was thrown on
the project. however, by DELEGATE Holland
OF the Ecosntric Fremen's Union. who aid /:
night unanimously voted to keep the present
contract for its membsp employsd In the
brewerias. The contfact will not he broken
by any sympathetic strike
There was long discussion and 0 oom-
mittse was finally appointed to wait on tn.
cooperating with the strikers before them
again. Action TO bring about the symps-
thetic strike u 10 he deferred until eli other
means Of . settlemsnt In the horsashosrs
favor ere exhausted,
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TYRONE HAS DARED TO APPEAL.
G. =. U. Committee Sent to Ask Him What
He Means by Opposing Union.

The delegate OF the Ladies' Waist Makers
Union had a sort OF long-distance CON-
plant to make against District Attorney
Jerome at yesterdays meeting Of the Cen
trail Federated Union. He said that a
strike picket OF his union had been arrested
for disorderly conduct and had been com
mitted to jail by Police Magistrate for
six months.
-. The Supreme Court had since overruied
this decision.
And now, said the delegate, -Mr. jerome
= taking the case to the Appellate Court.
to give labor fair show?'
= Recording Secretary Archibald remarked
u would be a good thing il the case were
taken TO the Court Of Appeals. as the status
81 strike picket would then be permanently
defined. Other delegates urged that the
case should be allowed TO 60 on, but il was
decided to-send a committee TO Mr. Jerome
and AJAX what he meant by taking the case
to the Appellate Court.
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A. q. sPALDING A THEOsOPHIsT
epor ting Goods Manufactures joins Mrs.
TinGley's Institution. g.

Tingiey's lnstitution.
SAN FRANCISCO, March "a. G. Spald-
ing, former baseball magnats. has Joined
Mrs. Katharine Tingley's Theosophical
School at Point Iona, according to advices
from San Diego. Mr.. Spalding married
Mrs. Elizabeth Churchill Maier. who has
charge Of Isis Conservatory of Music and
Ii an ardent theosophist. She induced him
to lease ground inside Of the community
boundaries and build q pretty house over
looking the OCEAN. Then she induced him to
attend the meetings Of the community
and he became greatly interested In the
work done by Mrs. Iingley: He said when
asked II he was theosophist:
Il am, In the sense that am in sympathy
with the work done by this society, at
whose head is Katharine Tngley. ] am
especially Interested in the educational
work they are doing for children. find
here at Point Iona many educated, cul-
tured people. the equals Of. aud perhaps
superiors to, any I ever met anywhere.
II all these things and more make me q
theosophist. am perfectly willing to stand
for II
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MAD NULLAH ESCAPES.

SAID - Have Evaded British Expedition
and ReacheA French Territory.
special caHs Despatch 10 TGt SrS.
ApEN, March 2s.-It 10 reported that the
Mad Mullah. against whom the British
are operating in Somaliland, has ed to
French territory. II this s true 1t may
be regarded a. equivalent to the failure
OF the British expedition.
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IlIlnsis Car Repairers STRIKE.

DAsyII4LR, III March 2s.-fiye hundred
,sr rspsirers and roundhouse workers at
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois shops
quit work yesterday because of the re-
hlnAJ Of the officers Ia take hack eighty
ave man who had been discharged. Ths
car repsiTers on the entire system may lie
nAllod out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-30
PLOT TO DYNAMITE A NINE.
Explosive Was 70 he Set on when Non
Union Men We're at werk.


Union Men We're at Werk.
CHARLBsToN, W. Va, March 2o.-Deputy
United States Marshals Dan Cunningham
and Walter Summers returned this MORN
Ing from Raleigh county. where they
arrested four members OF the band of strik-
ers who took part in the AdkinsviIle and
Stamford riots. They tell Of a remarkable
plot alleged TO have been made by the
strikers In the Arbuckle Creek. Fayette
county. field. .... -.
At meetings OF the strikers and the
miners union on March and II, they say,
tho drift mines Of W. p. Rend, one Of the
largest operators IN the field. at q time
when the largest number OF miners were
at work. -t.
James Young. Q miner in the employ Of
the Rend company. makes affidavit to the
Truth OF the story that not only was a plan
arranged to dynamite the mines, but an
attack upon the mine guards was TO be made
by a large force OF strikers fully armed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-30
EXCUSES DEWEY.
Lendsn Paper Dscsa't Think HIS Inter.
view sn Our Navy Impestant.

Special Cools DespoieA 10 TIE SUN.
LONDON, March So.-The STANDARD In an
editorial this morning excuses Admiral
Dewey for the statement made by him In
his recent interview, and says 1t does not
see the importance which some Germans
attach to his remarks.
But. 1t adds. II President Roosevelt
decides to make an unofficial statement to
Baron Speck Won Sternburg, the German
representative at Washington, he will be
performing IN act Of international polite
ness which all educated Germans will not
fail to appreciate.
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Hove q Ssssss.s, Cssvs lassAs.

Reginald y, DuTsnt, who MAS Tor thirty
years . clerk IN ths Law ofsios u Howe
q Hummal was committed 10 Bellevue
for examination ~ 70 bis sanity by Mssls-
Isie Pool IN the Tonbs pollos court yes-
tsrday he osllad ~ Police headquarters
on Saturday night and announced that
he UAs French nollsmsn end that As had
married sn heirsas worth ssOoo,0oO
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GORDON'S WIFE COMING HERE,
Lady Granville. VINO Shocked England. 10
Leave France.
Special Cable Dsspafsn to TUE son.

Special Cable Despafrh TO TUE SrN.
, PARIS, March 2s-It is reported that
Lady Granville Gordon. wife Of Lord Gran
vile Gordon. whose recent confessions on
the witness stand in London in . suit brought
by her former husband. Eric Gordon. to
recover the custody Of his child caused
sensation and led 10 the cancellation Of her
presentation at court, after which she fed
to France With the child, Is en- route to the
United States or 10 about TO sail
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-30
E.,rses for Desrs,ts n. and n. Stake.

DETROIT. Marc. ,e-1he entries for the
Grand Circuit trotting meeting here have
been announced Those for the ?:2i. n and
NJ stake OF $4,000 are;
7. W. Price. i<kinsiea Ky, b. m, woodtells;
Capital oty stshlea. Concord Mn, bm.. Alie Jay;
Edgar Proak. Nee york. blk. m, Princess Derby;
scott Hudson. LsIinr,ea. Ny, br, 9. Tresante'
is..ss:. 'SSs ss.s si 81. Dl sA.f H ss1i
::;s:s j.ss Il; rsas Ss"lse J 81 ~
MO- ysH 1 wssas iaS. bis :. kigs s'%s asss
s.l ss aa io YAK; M I sssas K hss
sss ss. e: si ss.s Rso f Ten st F;sa2
c w., sssss Ti f.;a h sss v e. S 'E ''a' h'''
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-30
BOYCOTTERS ARRESTED.
Aecused Of Posttng Piacards Against q
. 80 D.. Bakery In Hoboken.

PlAoards surmounted by a skull and cross
bones requesting residents Of Hoboken to
boycott the bakery firm Of John schaltz Il
Sons were posted on more than thousand
street letter-boxes and front doors in that
city yesterday. A SCORE Of complaints OF
the nuisance were received by Chief OF
Polios Hayes, who instructed his men TO
be on the lookout for the persons posting
the plaoards. The order resulted In the
u,smbsrs of the Hoboken Bakers Union.
Both admitted that they had been in
ptructed by the union to post the placards
and were held on the double charge OF
violating the New Jersey statutes, which
srsl property.
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WARNING 10 SAN 0ONPERA.
No Hss Neglected 70 Bsply - nsss,sslsa
kept 20 b1im ~ the q. "a.

'sesi 20 bsim ~ tbs q. ~.
Dslsgsis Wolf Of ClGsrmsksrs' Union (
asked 81 yesisrdsy's nesting of ths Geo.
tral Federated Union 10 reply had bssl
reoeived TO resolutions ssat 10 President
Gompers Of tbs American Fsdsrsiion ol
Labor last week calling for msss mas,ings
20 dsnounns Judges for issuing injuDcsions
asainsi strikers When Wolf MAS Informed
that no answer had bsel reaeiyed, hs aid
What are We Ia expect whom our leaders
nay 40 attention 10 tilaxs thingsf sup
poe Mr. 6ompsrs pat ths letter In the waste
basket
II was ds0dad 10 sriis 70 Compass Ask.
ins him 10 tell ~ ONE vhsa h. rs S0inS
~ do In tbs matter.
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statue. or GLADSTONE
Pfaced IN westminaer Abbey. Between
Peel and BeaseusAesd.

Peel and BeaseosAesd.
Special Cable DespsseAfo THE SUE.
LONDON. March 2e-The statue Of Mr..
Glsdstons, which Parliament authorized
to be placed in Westminster Abbey. has
Just teen erected in the north transept.
It occupies . prominent position between
the statues Of Robert Peel and Lord Bea-
consfield. and hlls the last remaining space
available for standing statue In the tran
sept.
II 10 OF white marble and 10 . very good
work. The sculptor was Thomas Brock,
r. A.