The sun., 1910-01-07
MRS. BELMONT GIBES BARLOW
HE HASN'T RESIGNED, BUT
SHE'S SORRY HE HASN'T.

She COrrects a Mlsstatement and Adds
Few Opinions OF Her own 40 20 His
rOngdOIngs-ResuIt OF q Misunder-
standlng or Carnegie Hall speech
Peter T. Barlow has not resigned from
the bench and admitted last night that
he was perfectly willing to be quoted
as saying that he hadn't any intention
OF doing 90. He was somewhat annoyed
to learn that q number OF persons believed
that he had quit. and did not deny that
he had written to Mrs. Oliver H. p. Bel
mont requesting her to give her contra
diction Of the vicious fabrication as much
publicity as possible"
Mrs Belmont told reporters that she
thought Magistrate Barlow had really
resigned from the bench. because a state
ment to that effect was made publicly
from the platform Sunday night last at
Carnegie Hall.
The Magistrate picked out Mrs. Bel
mont 70 announce 70 the public that he
is still on the, job because the rumor OF
his resignation was brought to him by
some one who had been Mrs. Belmonts
guest at luncheon on January and who
had presumably got her news from Mrs.
Belmont.
Mrs. Belmont replied at once to the
letter which requested a denial OF the
resi- gnation" story and kept copies OF
her missive TO send to the newspapers
After referring to the Carnegie Hall
meeting she says:
Two ladies lunched with me yesterday.
During our conversation this fact was
mentioned. One OF these ladies. your
| informant, took extraordinary interest
in wishing me to state why you had re-
signed. and what forces ! thought had
caused you to resign. To all such aues-
. tons l answered repeatedly. i do not
know" IL would have been impossible
for me 10 have made any other statement.
as knew nothing OF your resignation except
what had heard at Carnegie Hall. ana no
cause for said resignation was given there.
| think IL wise for you to settle the matter oil
| the cause for your resignation with the lady
from whom must infer you received II.
As TO contradicting the notice given out
az Carnegie Hall OF your resignation from
the bench, l was only one OF a large audience
of several thousand to whom this piece OF
news was given. ! think l am right In
saying the audience received IL with pleasure
and will now regret TO hear that they have
been misinformed.
You request me in your letter ito give
my contradiction Of the vicious fabrication
as much publicity as possible" Although
| hardly deem IL my place to do so. or see the
necessity OF defending you against a public
statement. yet my deep interest in the shirt
waist makers prompts me to make this
letter public. BY 90 doing the sad news
may reach them that they are still to come
under your Jurisdiction. and it may help
them to prepare 10 bravely arm themselves
with the necessary courage to again per-
kNfEw. face fhe workhouse or Blackweh's
Island Yours very truly,
ALvA E. BELMONT.
The cause Of all the misunderstanding
was an allusion made by one Of the speak
ers at the Carnegie Hall meeting to the
fact that Magistrate Barlow's term at
the Jefferson Market police court closed
on December 81. This remark was con-
strued by Mrs. Belmont as a declaration
that his term OF office as a Magistrate was
over.
Reports were circulated among the
striking wsistmakers yesterday that the
strike was ordered again in the shops
which had settled with the union on the
ground that they werc doing work for
manufacturers who are not settled.
| The strike leaders denied that there was
any danger Of the strike being declared
over again, but said that as in all big
strikes Of the kind there were cases where
those who had settled did work for those
who had not settled, but that they were
dealt with individually.