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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23
PACKERS SEEK AN INJUNCTION.

Chicago Aug. 22-Chicago meat packers to-day
asked for Injunction preventing the city OF
Chicago from interfering with the housing OF en-
ployes in stockyards' plants during the continu-
of the butchers strike,
The injunction asked for in the name OF
the Hammond Packing Company, and it insisted
that the companies violating no law. and
were acting entirely within their rights Attorneys
for the city charged in their reply that the build
ing of the Hammond company did not contain
the requisite number of fire escapes, stairs or
windows called for By the ordinance. that the
second floor with only flight of stairs leading
from 1t. contained $50 cots. and that the danger
from fire was constant and immediate. Arguments
Were heard by judge BTentano Ioa three hours anu
The packers have issued an Official statement De
ming their position IN the st9ckyardS
and declaring that they VIII not enter INTO ANY auSS
IN reviewing the causes le14hs " 10 ne ,ir1Ji
the packers point out mat me oIerto 10 suT ht
After the strike was called. they state. they
again took up negotiations with the butcher work
men. and at the end of a week an asreeinent was
reached which was considered fair 10 both parties.
Before there was a chance TO pat this agreement
into effect the cattle butchers held meeting ana
decided 10 ignore the contract, and the second
Practically every striker at the stochyIds w9nr
on duty as a picket to-day AZ working uhaer
thoroughly organized plans. Each squad has a
ton of a division A largely Increased number of
policemen was assigned TO the packing house as
son arrested was Thomas Stroker business agent
for the Meat Cutters Union. who was endeavoring
O prevent non-Union men from entering the yards.
He was charged with disordery conduct
The railway trains into the stockyards. usually
crowded. were only partly filed to-day, showing a
great falling of In the number Of strike breakers
This is considered largely the shooting last
Saturday night when one man was Killed ana
others badly wounded. 1t is estimated that fuiF
one thousand strike breakers who went out Satur-
dav failed to return 10 work to-day, but there
were few new employed
ColOred ministers and officers Of colored orgalza
tions are said be making an investigation or
conditions in the packing plants. with a view 10
urging members of the race TO quit work snou!9
allegations concerning conditions there be f0unh
tr1,s ..-These coInred preachers said John
FIoersch one of tho strike leaders ARE following
tbe lead of the Greeks, whose priests are urging
all Greeks to quit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23

Other Beef Strikers Upset Wagon
and Scatter It's Meat.

mon Of thirty or more beef strikers attacked
ahd overturned a delivery wagon owned nv the
echWarzschild & Sulsberger Company at FIFTY
nrst-st and Second-aye., yesterday 4 mounted
patroiFnan was guarding the wagon which, v,as
carrying beef uptown. lie was nowerle1e teforo
the rush or the strikers, although he rode his
on mem 10 drive them of. The onslaught was 60
sudden that they quickly upset the horse and y,,a
on and scattered the beef over the pavement Tho
driver Max Plaster. Of No. 45l East Houstor-st
leaped of his seat. He unintured h., the FAN
ne was not naltreated by the mob
Two men were taken 10 the York,ijIe noIia
court charged with melting riot. They said tbev
were Michael Gilhooley. OF No so East Fortv-
sXh'st' and Patrick Shechan. Of No SIS Jriret
ave Magistrate Whitman neld both in 81 %, f,siI
for further examination
Earlier In the afternoon negro etr;ka brasl,o,
whose name was not learned had been pounce5 ~,
Yy oozen strikers and sympathizers at First-a,.e
ano Foaty-eghth-st He was thraShed tboroupbl,
Oeiore ne got away He was crossing the avenue in
his working clothes when the strikers saw hin,
an moment he was knocked down and srrrounda1
~ heaVy booted assailants who had no nit,, Co.
.ti,In even when PROSTATE Policemen on nos, .
oioch Delow saw the assault md racn,,Ils a
negro, whose assallants fed. The nepro tbo.,ttri,
20 escape Win his life fed inside the vsrd ~ ~
oCh"aTLschilq SUlZ5erger companr u,bara H.
Has employed The strikers disapDeared So I,,,,l
~ ""at no arrests could be made 9
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23
WHEAT RISES AND FALLS.
Optimism as to Crop Prospects Begins to
Govern Chicago Market.

Chicago, Aug 22.-Wheat values cavorted over
a range Of &c. to-day result OF opposing
infuences-low temperatures in the Northwest and
strong claims that the Canadian crop Is safe
September sold 81 u and broke to 81 OsA De-
cembe- bounded TO 81 II after the opening and
sold at 81 0924 during the session. Since Saturday
there have been light frosts in the western por-
ton OF South Dakota, which while not touching
the wheat sections, appeared to show the trade
how precarious was the situation of the growing
spring crop. Saturdays storm in Minnesota and
low temperatures in that State were also a source
OF apprehension regarding damage. The opening
was wild and for u time threatened to STAMPEDE
me trade again, but the highest prices were oh
thiiIeo III the nrst burst Of enthusiasm Later
news was modifying while g. lack OF blIvinc orders
Decdine pronounced feature Of the market
AuHiceS from Winnipeg that the crop damage
seemed to find heed. Primary receipts we're enor
NOUS, and whether from bad wires or other causes
tHetS VIE EauClty OF domestic rust damage re
poil1 ne absorbing power Of the market was not
hoiulnssa ana sharp declines IN all deliveries ra
suited, September selling down 10 81 O8X and ne
cember 10 81 osf. The close showed Partial re-
'oNery oi the loss the cause OF the action hoioo
was wax; September closed at 81 097S and DeceHo
pet al $A,t-, me quantity of flour and Whear ON
P si ss@sc curing the week Increased $4,000 bushels
',eafAEces were equal to 16l 600 bushels
I-lsht iroSts reported in Nebraska served IN kaan
uadeIs IN favor Of the long side OF the market for
t SoIn ana values were we'll supported. On the
ne sen ~ some hq9idation occurred. carry
52A4c. but the close firm. September netted "a
SAN o. 7se E az ef1sc December closed with &c
J; Ogden Armour IS said to have cleared 81 oro ooo
ana "orw.n II spencer The ST Iouis-G hi ~"
puhser %='Vlo'o'' by ne bun campaign IN wheat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23

porting TO have been written by the Tucker Elec-
trical Construction Company. and sent by II 20
the Russei Electrical Company The letter refers
to two typewriter sheets OF paper containing the
names of hfty-two men. members OF the Electrical
Workers Union. who had gone strike the
Tucker Company's job in the subway The men
say that this list is blacklist.
Later Mr.. Rand said that when the Prince law
goes into effect September close watch
will be kept on employers who can be prosecuted
for giving bribes or extortton money to business
agents or other representatives, OF unions.
Said Lewis Harding. chairman Of the press
committee OF the Building Trades Employers As
sociation:
legislative committee which attends TO lot OF
business each year and l am chairman OF that
Albany last session which mis- association oppose;
IL and the Assemblyman introduced IT at his
request. We talked the bill over with Mr. Jerome,
and made the original draft even stronger.
Der OF the employers association who Is brihins
Dist..c, Attorney, and Wen welcome the day when
they do.
prominent member Of the employers assocla-
tion declared.
There's a good deal o. difference between ert6eery
such as the Prince biIl deals with and extor'ion
under the statute. under which some OF inc labor
leaders have been convicted. It's all very well for
MI. jerome to talk about employers paying money
fore they report such cases 20 his office. It's
almost impossible to prov" extortiou. The money
pass Then the man who has paid tho money.
rather than have his business ruined. Is r0tt-. =
loath TO lose the advantage he has paid for tie
knows that he can't get the money back. and FOR
that reason he does not want 70 com" forward
IL Is only In q such a recent one. where
the delegate demands NOR" money or does not live
UP his part % the contrast or acts dirty IN some
other way. may succeed In getting one OF these
fellows To To- the front But there's a big
difference between bribery and eNtOrtlOn The
employer is not trying TO hrhe any Of those men.
They come around and tell him there will De some
thing doing. and when n" refuses 10 give up he
wakes up some morning tn find his men on the
II a fellow gets me- into dark corner in Twenty
seveuth-st. and it's my life or my roll and my
watch 7 don't stop to veil Police That's the
way with the employer he Is held up in Just this
fashion. and hc may well give up out Of
business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23

The following petitions In bankruptcy among those
filed yesterday.
Jacob Herman Muth partners under the INN
name o.. FRICK & MUTH No. 37l st liabilities
S5.4S4. assets 81 l62 The PRINCIPAL creditor
Stevenson Brewing COMPANY SASS. by chatte
claim Of S2,IOU, The of twenty
notes amounting To $li60
The schedules Of the JOHN KRESS BREWING
PANY fled yesterday, show liabilities Of SI9T. 74G and
$50. The claims 1851
addition State and amounting So GA
WAGES principal secured creditors are
No. 800 East Tenth Ge3i1ania
Bank. $4,000. secured ~ gold mortgage bonds
97l Lexington $4,000. by mortgage
No 293 East TeHth-st. the Philadelphia Savings
FUND Society Philadelphia $1,000 by mortgage
plant. Augustus Schcig No. al LenoX ave SIS 600
5000 secured holders Of John Brew
ing Company cent gold mortgage bonds h
mortgage To Central Trust Company. unknown
sll2oOO The prlncal uLrccur"d creditors Forste-
Hotang Keuke No. 80 Wail-st. th. 6'olurf,i,
Mailing Company Chicago S4.GS2; the Hirsh
Company. $3505: W. Schwcnker. No 9lS last
Prague Austria. "a 4s3 Adam Weber. No 2O3 second
ave. 5000 " II. kienke No. 80 Wall ST. 81. la
Forster, Yonkers 81 0G. William Forster Nonlers
Sil.7OJ. and NJ. H. Hartman No ~ East
Sl7.S33. The asssts consist in E,at
-fourth-st.. East Eghtct-st. IIrty-tfth
East Tenth-s and ~ rookl>n. subject nortrarea
SITS I4 stock in trade. Si92OS. y,9.,4
SO 900 machinery S45hg5 accounts 500 GS7. stocks ana
bonds $500, and unii4uiiatcd claims sd9s.
The schedules uf The ANDEtS PUSH BUTTON TEL r.
PHONE COMPANY show debts $40 2s2 and assets ~
S1l.53l. Tho principal creditors Thomas Il. trarv
Dirghamton, n y $1,000 secured assignment II pro
Murdoch & Co. Chelsea. Mass. Sf2n9o.
ter, No %G3 fifth- 5000; l. CrandalI 81 700
The consist Of cash stock 500 machinery
bank ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23
DECISION FOR TRUST COMPANY.

Trenton, y. j.. AUG. q CSpccan.-jutee William
NJ LanRng today filed In the United States Circuit
Court opinion ordering decree to forocIn-s ths
mortgage Of 5000 600 held by tho GUARANTY Trust
Company Of New-York against the Atlantic Coast
Electric Company. lie says the case should Doe r,-
ferrcd a master for the determination ~ The
validity Of he bonds In dispute. Judge I.auuiuGs
opinion holds that certain caschod properties ~
the defendant subject 10 a mortgage N,u.
among tterl loaschold interests IN the West Emo
and Long Branch Railroad IN the Scashore I.Iec-
trio Railroad and the capital stock and loasehold-
ing interest IN the Asbury Park and Sea Grt Rail-
road IN the line OF railway extending through Boil
The decision makes exception Of the
leaSehnld interest in hotel property Pleasure
Bay. The Atlantic Coast Electric Company is now
in the hands % "A receiver.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23
FOREIGN PORTS

Liverpool. Aug 2e-ArrNed. steamer Terence
Byrne. New York for Manchester r,-,,r-
Lizard. Aug 2l--PaSsed, steamer iceland 't1tf' 90
head New-YOrk for Dover and AntWetP- r-aser
Wilhelm der Crosse tGerl. Cuppers.
for CherhOurE and Bremen tdnc proceTvrH' .csrl
Shields. Aug ls-Sailed. steamer Fl'eouN
Schierhcrst from CuXhaVenl, New torA,. Carl
Magin tfrOm Hamburg. New-Nork ,,. fsr,
London, Aug 22-Arrtved. steamer Mnneap''"
Gates. New-YOrk, -, ming
Hull. Aug 2e-Arrlvcd. steamer Marteno tBF'' ''-'
ham. New-YOrk- ,,.,,,IIsr
Glasgow Aug iS-Saied steamer Clan Mac"i'N
(Brl CoWie. New-Yorl. ,r,,-srr.t
Bremen. Aug 2I-ArFived. steamer Crosse - t-her-
tGerl. Munat New York VIA Plymouth anu
Cherbours 81 m-Arriyed steamer ,,o,ts Tor
Bremen land proceededl. - Eaissr
CherbourE Aug ~. .. m-Arrived Ss esHTSe
Plymouth for Cherbourz land proceedeif ,-,st-gui
barcelona Aug 1@-Arrtved- steamer z de S~
Naples Aug I9-ATrived. steamer NapeiitHrn
tBrl E.agleton NeW-YOrK via 81 MicndyT.s t;ur.
Port Said, Aug Arrived. steamer Nvala 'u'''
New York via .siers for Hong A SRs ,rsams
Orniev tErl Olsen. New York via ST. N'hS''~
sues Aug Arrived steamer Richmond castle Hong
Mcdowell Yokohama, fIiosa. shanghai anu
.R' Main. New York Tor liverpool a95 S' TI%sddis
New-York mot as before' ,,,,, Ma
Malaga AHg. fT-SailCd. steamer AthGhe '->u''
sen tfrOm Barcelona. New-York ,,,v,,n CBrt
pcrnaTnbuco. Aug l9-Arrivctl steamer Aeu"S'0
Ohls. New York for Rio JanelrO, - ~, u.,hi
BAHIA AUG. t9-Saed. steamer rtntoretu 'Sr''
son from santos. etc. New -l9rS.sr Apssn..
Remington NeS-YOrk: sailed. steamer O"s'''
Rich. New-Xor--
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New-York, Monday, Aug. %, 1904.
ARRIVED

steamer Mnnetonka d}r>, Layland London August 10.
to he Transport with 1870 cabin
seugers merchandise Arrived the Bar T1O a.
Potsdam Dutch Rotterdam
Roulngne August 10 Holland America Line. with
passengers merchandise. East Of Fire Island q
Janetro August a. Bahia August = Pernnmbuco August
h barbados August t5 Busk Jevons with
passengers. mails and merchandise. Arrived the
q 10 .lst
steamer syracuse tGer'. without Santos July and
Barbados III. EdYe e 90. witt
merchandise. Arrived Bar O n. m
steamer ZuIia Bennett. Maracaiho August nd Gu
10 % Roulton. & wit
passengers and merchandise Arrived the Bar at
y.
steamer Tyr oNop. Nicholson. Pilleys Island. y F.
August 10, 10 J. y. Horsev Sons. with copper ore
Arrived AT the Bar at 5ao August Is. ST pierre
Steamer Frutere tNor, sorensen, Masia August
It, TO J. F. Kerr 4
and fruit. Arrived the n 1920 M
steamer MatanzaS tCubsnl, Miller. August -
and Havana August Is. r. a com
pany, with one cabin passenger and merchandise Ar
rived at the Rar 3:23 IN -
Steamer Trinidad tiri Frazer. Bermuda August 70 To
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23
MOVEMENT OF NEATS.
Effects Of Packing House Strikes an
July on Trade.
TrRoM TIE TRIBUNE B1-REAU.I

Washington, Aug. 22.-The great extent 10 which
domestic commerce in livestock has been affected
by the packing house strikes is shown by the COM
parative receipts of animals in July at five Western
markets. reported to the Department Of Com
merce and Labor. There has been decrease OF
a million head of livestock comparing July
This year with July last year. the aggregate Sures
for me month Chicago Kansas City. Omaha. 81
Louis and St Joseph having been 2S20O46 for 1903
against 54 A. in 1894 Cattle receipts fell on Il
per cent: calves. u per cent hogs. SO PEI cent;
sheep, 20 per cent, and horses and mules. per
cent in the number of Of stock handled the
months record shows decrease in traffic OF rail-
roads from 81 To- in July 1903 oil cars IN
July 1914. loss Of 4 per cent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23
THE COTTON CRISIS.
Discussed by British ASSOCIATIONS for
advancement of Science.

Cambridge England Aug. 22.-The most interest
ing matter before the British Association to-day
was a discussion of the cotton crisis Premier
Balfour president the association, participated
He said he feared gambling in futures could not
be stopped. but extension Of cotton cultivation
would remedy the difficulties the cotton mills were
experiencing
The principal per OF the day by ]. a.
Hutton. vice-chairman of the British Cotton Grow
ing Association. in which he detailed the efforts
Of the association to relieve Great Britain from
dependence upon the United States for raw cotton
He said that the short time which the English
factories running was not entirely due to the
shortage of cotton. but was largely owing TO the
serious aggravaticn or the difficulty by numerous
spectators. Mr. Hutton pointed out that prob
ably It not generally realized how costly il
TO remedy this state of affairs. apart from the
danger of English mills playing into the hands of
foreign competitors He estimated that no less
than lO0Gloo6 persons in this country We're more or
less dependent the cotton trade. The employers
alone losing $4,000 a wecl. through short
time. and the total capital and labor in the
cotton and other allied trades throughout the coun-
try not less than Sl.5oOOoO a week s75OooOoO
year MIR. Hutton said there was no hope Of
any immediate relief.
In connection with the efforts to increase the sup
ply. he mentioned the cordial cooperation of the
British Continental movements. for it was fully
another.
tracts from the report of Wyndham Rowland
Dunstan, director Of the Imperial Institute. the
~ w tIHtplr Apart from the West indies Mr
hutton pinned his faith to West Africa saying that
produce 100000 bales annually BUT things must
60 Slowly anq II five year h"nre they got 100000
bales from tha- part % the world they would
nave zone more thaE welt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23
WESTERN BANKS HAVE ENOUGH MONEY

The Southern and Western banks are abundant
~ supplied with money. ana in many localities the
rate of interest Is per cent lower than last year
The banks Of New-York usual at this season
have been making inquiries regarding the needs
Of the Western and Southern banks and I'm re-
Spouse to their inquiries have been advised that
they will require much smaller loans than IN former
years. In many cases the banks have reported
that they viii need loans at all Many believe
that the day of high rate Interest IS past.
The queries 10y the New York banls
We're also regarding the crop prospects and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23

The factory which makes all our
Derbies and many of our soft hats
ruthlessly puts aside every hat that
shows the slightest flaw or blemish-
in most cases the imperfections are so
slight that it takes an expert to find
them,
For the last two years we've taken
all these seconds of our SD and s.
Derbies. marked them at a price, told
just what they were, and our friends
have jumped for them to the tune of
a thousand a day.
SO we concluded that since the stiff
hat seconds" were so warmly well
coined we would take all the sec
onds" of $3.50 soft hats which the
same careful factory has on hand.
They're here, 1900 of EN-, and like
the Derbies, we find that in most cases
it's difficult for even our statesmen to
tell Just why they are not $3.50 hats.
With them are 81 dozen of the ia
nous ''Vimenet" soft hats-perfect
hats which are 81 regularly.
Various Alpine shapes, the Fall
shades.
Sl.85.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23
EXPECT MILLS TO RESUME SEPT.

Representatives Of tho Fan River cotton mills
who have been in coustau, communication with
headquarters since the beginning o. the recent
strik" express the opinion that the mills Will re-
sumo operations by september II The new crap
cotton VIII he arriving IN considerable quantities
by that time. and this VIII be an Incentive to
resume The sentiment among tho operatives so
tho agents here are advised, Is already more ami
cable
c. 4. Never representative OF tho Textile Cot
ton Mills. f. among thos" who look for a general
resumption about the dat" mentioned. NJ r.
Jacobs. who reurcseuts several Fan River mills
also believes that operations viii he resumed lu
the carly part ~ S'DtcmH,r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23

merchandise Arrived at Bar i2:3p , m ,s-
Adirondack Jarka Port de YAK -
Port Prince August tiOnaiVes august > Is
August KINGSTON IL santa Marta ANsuSS',
and Inagua August II, % the Hanlours N5net''A" ~
with three passengers mails and merchandise - .,
steamer tomus. K-mble. New Orleans AuSlS- Is ar
the Southern Pacific Company. with passengers ""- -
chandise Left Quarantine at a. m -. 70
steamer city OF Memphis. Burg. savannah tIsS an
merchandise. Left Quarantine at 80 a m ,,s, q
BIrStoVg- Newport News
20 Z II Mallory & Co. IN ballast WitH ITO 80
senxers Left Quarantine az 9;S n II
steamer Mama Iists. Charles. Baltimore. 70 y
Fcster With merchandise. Left Quarantine a. - ,,
SANDY Hook y J.. AUG - $50 ? ul-NinG S'-
west. light hreeze. rnir!ng.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23
REDUCTION IN WORKING TIME

Altoona. Penn. Aug. 22.-The PENNSYLVANIA RAN
'''qN> oo'pany today made the most svyec,,ino re
o1cuoE ID the time OF the men employed thai mas
:, rl4ee s.nce The panic OF 1888 The employees
-, - iH-'hine shops to-day were Informed that
ssi'h'hs with tomorrow morning they vyopld te
ECO mo shifts each shift to work every other
o1s, eisht hours 10 constitute a days work Ona
ofbe- tn @ork Moncays ana Wednesdays and the
he 80 I's5Lua!s ana Thursdays The renainder ~
Is NJ, L one SHOPS VIII be closed down entirely T.
ofre"I AH""h new IorS the order vii. confin1c IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23
MRS. EoTKlN SENT TO PRISON FOB ,e

oaa FFancisco. Aug. 22-Mrs cordeli, ,,,,,.,.
Stf sentenced to-day by Superior Judge Cared,
c. o", % me imprisonment in the State prison AZ
n nfI quentin for the murder Of Mrs lem p M,
iaai.et from this city u POISONED candy
81. tI'Shs sentence Judge Cook expressed regret
80 ne eouio not Impose the death penalty as the
$500 az lH verdict mad fixed tho 1,nistroe,, ~
osih receiTed the sentence without a~iia;N ts
49,. An appeal 10 the Supreme t.our, nr,u =,
'eAe" ~ Sirs. Botkn's attorneys WIN DC
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23
TRAMPs KILLED; CARS WRECKED

Western freight trains came into collision TODAY
at the henoVa entrance TO the Ohio River bridge
TWENTY-FIVE cars wrecked and one engine
Two traHlIS were killed and buried under tho
wrecSafr Engineer Staten fatally and Con-
ductor Henley seriously hurt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-23

Fall River. Mass. Aug The BarSaby siug-
nam mills started to-day aC:cr three weeks shut
down, due 10 staEn1tion in trade. This mill is not
in tn" wage agreement No attempt made to-
day 70 start any Of tho mills which have been
closed In consequence of tho strike