The evening world., 1907-12-28
Dispossess Notices Their An
sWer to Anti-High Rent
Crusade on East Side.
MEETING is FORBIDDEN
But Lawyers and Womel
Leaders Declare that 1t
VIII Be Held.

The Eas. sfd. Landlords Association
to-day retal.ated on the striking ten
ants. Dispossess notices were served
by city marshais upon tho heads o.
three families. which had join.i in the
tenants. movement at Nos. ZIG and .s
Cherry street.
John Basin. OF tho fourth noor rear.
John Schneider of the fourth noor mid
die, and John Meis-,. OF the third floor
rear. haye. been summoned to arpea- in
the Thirteenth District Municipa. cour,
m Moniay 10 show cause why they
should not vacate their rooms on Tues
day. Dec. %. 10 which timo their rent
Is paid David Jacobwitx is the Jealous
member OF the landlords organization
who has led on in this planned attscx
on the striking tenants
New Tenants Ready. He Says.
y have tenants ready to step in and
take r,e vacated apartments said sir.
JAoobow.tz- The fact that Bassin.
Schneider and Me!sel have placed their
kicks on nIs al the Auti-Ren, Agitation
Bureau. No. NJ Grand street, Is sum
cisnt cause FOR me to hale them to court
preliminary to eviction
Lawyer Norris HIlau.s,. prominent
Socialist. who ran for Governor on that
party's ulket. has advised the Conm!t-
tee OF Ten representing the tenants that
tho law supports tho planned mass
meeting for tonight in Rutgers Square
Mr.. sHiqulst has told the tenants togo
ahead and hold their meeting. He claims
that the committees visit TO Police
Commissioner Bingham is sufieient no.
ttce to the public authorities
The MAS meeting will be held to-
night said Miss Florence MarEolies.
of No. lis Clinton street. to an Evening
World reporter. Miss Marsolies Is
tall. handsome young woman. who Is
the new Joan OF Are OF the cas-, side
in the tenants uprising. She Is menu
Der OF the Committee OF Ten and a
member Of the Executive Committee OF
the Socialist party ina,the Eighth AS
scmbly District.
Policemen With Them, She Says.
..we do not fear the police" she said.
The honest policemen are with US In
thi. nght. They know ths sorrows OF
poverty on the cast Side and the cruel
exactions OF the landlord trust"
Miss MarEoiies and charlN Lane.
who Is also a Socialist. have been se-
lccted as spokesmen for the striking
tenants.
The yousg woman told OF the visit
OF committee 10 Commissioner Bing-
ham ax follows:
:" II the rent Is due move out o, the
or the country said Mr..
Bingham. He gets a fine salary and ne
knows not the panE OF hunger. But Mr.
Bingham Is not the police. HIS subor-
dinateS are more kindly"
Health inspectors Busy
The appearance OF Health and Tene-
mcnt House Inspectors on the. enst side
Inspired the opponents OF nigh rent with
fresh courage to-day Many reealc3trant
landlords, IT lx argued By the agitators.
will be ready to- come to terms when
they hnd that viyla;.ons OF the law are
beinK reported to the authorities.
The inspectors received many tips
through .he rent strikera. In num-
Der OF tenenreots they have inspected
plumbing. measured airshas;s. lnvesu-
gated nre-esel pes and counted the fam
HES. Many violation orders nre e1-
pected to be issued to-day. Tho '.vio-'
iation notices from the Tenement
House Department. posted on building
constitute lien which prevents the
being Transferred free and
clear until the matters enjoined are
attended 20. Usually IL costs money To
attend 10 them.
HEncr-ts.s dlsGaicting news that city
departments. while neutral In the rent
fight have taken a hand on the east
sido has not served TO increase the
confidence OF isessts and landlords, 1t 4
has resulted In more joining the ren,
for many. II Is said. know
that landlords In some way all violate
the Sanitary Code or Tenement, House
law somewhat. and are reajy TO avail
themselves Of tf-e knowledg. now tha,
the war Is on