The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-13
UNIONS LOSS
Assemblyman Coyne Passed
Away Yesterday After
Long Illness.
Special to The Jersey city News


ELIZABETH, July 13, 1905. Ed
ward Samuel Coyne, chairman of the
Union County Republican executive com
nittee, and one of the most popular
young men that ever lived here. died at
Z o'clock yesterday morning, at his hcene
at 259 West jersey street. after an III
ness of several weeks The immediate
cause Of death was brain fever.
Mr.. Coyne was born at. Mariners Har
Dor, Staten Island, October II, 1862, and
was a SON of Jacob J. Coyne. His par
ents removed to Elizabeth when he was
a year old He was educated IN the
Morrell Street Pubic School, ana wien
15 years of age entered the employ CT
Eugene Munsell & Cd, stove lnanufac-
turers in New York city, the firm bam.
known then as the Manhattan sstve
works.
Mr.. Coyne at the ainle Of his dela d was
manager of the plant, which position hs
held for many wears HeSs served two
years as alderman of Elizabeah's Tsrlth
Ward, and two terms in the assembly,
1903 and 1905. He was defeated in
1901 when the Plainield Republicans
raycltea against the Elizabeth machine,
and beat the entire county ticket. Last
January, when Hamilton Fish Kean le-
signed from the county Craftsmanship of
the Republican party, Assemblynltn
Coyne was unanimously choen TO fill tha
Vacancy.
Mr.. Coyne was a member Of Washing
tom Masonic Lodge No. 33, of this city,
the Elizabeth club Sons of ST. Patrick
the Mattano club. the Mystic Shrine, the
EllSs, Elizabeth's board Of trade and THE
Royal Arcanum. For several years lle
managed the baseball and football teanAs
of the Elizabeth Athletic club. of which
organization he was secretary for five
years.
He was for seven years secretary iof
Elizabeth Council No. 10, Royal Ar
eanum. He was member of the Cen
trail Baptist Church and bachelor. Two
of his younger brothers. George and
Vaughn Coyne, served with Squadron *,
of New York. in the Spanish-American
war; Mr.. Coyne for several years rep
resented his firm in the National Ass,-
citation of Stove Manufacturers.
This is the second lawmaker that
Union County has lost within year,
George H. Embree having died shortly
after his election.
Mr.. Coyne's health troubles practically
dated back to last fall. when he was
stricken with appendicitis. An operation
had been performed on him at the Eliza
bet General Hospital, not a day too
soon to save his. life. At the very mo-
ment that he was nominated by accla-
nation in the Republican County Con
yention he lay lowering between life and
death at the hospital from the effects Of
the operation. It was several hours be-
| fore the crisis was over.
He rapidly improved and some weeks
later was able to leave the institution
Several weeks ago he was attacked with
a severe form Of .diphtheria. Antitoxirl
was successfully administered and the
disease was conquered, Rheumatism ii
a very painful form, however. then atI
tackled the patient and also partial paraI
| ysis of the throat and tongue set in, to-
gether with lung fever. The latter had
been overcome, together with the paraI
ysis. but the assemblyman was attacked
with the brain trouble, which proved
fatal.