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I' !hbbbbbbbb1 fT""""" m naai a -. VBBBBBBBBBb! LAST l BMk &f9&AJb- LAST ; Xli JJ.L X IVJlN . yJP OW wlV ill JLJ1 JL 1UJN . M PRICE ONE CENT. EVENING EDITION NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1887. EVENING EDITION. PRICE ONE CENT; 'tH PERPLEXED EMPLOYEES. ; .I Threats of Another Strike on the ' Beading System, Convention of the Employees to Decide the Matter. An Offer tar.et the Joint Committee or miner Act na Mediators Everything De pend, on the Outcome of To-Nlghi'a Deliberation at Reading Chairman Lee Believes All Employees', Including; the Passenger Meu, Will be Ordered Out At Dlr. Corbln'a Offlce It I Bald that the Paaaenger Employee Hare Given Up Their Knlcbta of Labor Charter. farzcuL to thi wobld.1 Philadelphia, Dec, 39. The Roading situation is no loss complex to-day than yes. tcrdny. Everything hinges on the outcome of the negotiations between President Austin Corbin and Chairman Leo and tho result of the convention of employees which will be held at Beading to-night. Early this morning, when asked what the convention would probably do, Chairman Lee said: " I think it will order a general strike of ovorybody in the employ of the Beading corporations freight men, brake men and conductors, switchmen, telegraph operators, signal-tower men, passenger crews, engineers and firemen, miners, laborers, call boys in short, every rank and degree of labor on the railway system and in the Schuylkill mining region. That will mean ) sixty thousand men at least. If tho Lehigh Valley and the Beading Bailroad companies hove a conspiracy, we are ready to fight it out with them' It is understood that tho men have offered to let tho joint committee of miners act as mediators botwecn tho company and its em ployees. Bepbrts along tho lino show that trains are running, and thcro does not appear to be any unusual interruption in the moving of freight. Chairman Lee came down from Pottsvillo this morning, and in company with another member of tho committee, Henry Bennett, called on General Bupt. Sweigard in order to talk over tho situation, and, if possiblo, to arrange a trice. Mr. Sweigard was willing to meet Leo but refused to receive him and Bennett togethor, whereupon Lee, who wished to have a wit ness to tho Interview, declined to hold any conversation with the Superintendent, Mr. Sweigard's position is that he cannot and will not recognizo a committeo of tho Knights of Labor. "After tho visit." Mr. Lee said; "Mr. Sweigard sent for me to call on him and I come, bringing Mr. Bennett with me. " lie rofused to receive us both, though ho was willing to talk to me. That was not satis factory, and I am now going back to Beading, where a convention will he held to-night of representatives for all tho assemblies of Beading Bailroad and Coal and Iron Com pany employees, and I believe the result of that convention will be a general striko, in which the miners will join." The impression was that this was tho last i opportunity tho company will have to settle with the men, and it failed to avail itself of it. Supt. Sweigard said this morning that there are moro applicants for places than cauld be given work. Everything is working smoothly. At the offlce of Austin Corbin this morning the announcement was mado that the Bead 1 ing Company was having no trouble at all in working all its lines. The places of the few men who struck in Philadelphia yesterday were- filled easily, and the striko had dwindled to proportions which mado it unworthy the dignity of being called a strike. Three weeks ago when the mon refused to handle the coal of Parish it Co., at Philadel phia, Mr. Corbin issued a statement saying that tho Beading, being a common carrier, could not discriminate between customers, and that all employees refusing to obey or ders must be dismissed. The men imme diately returned to work and the coal was de livered according to contract. "That order," Mr. Maxwell, Presidont Corbin's associate, said to a World reporter to-day, " has been and will be enforced. The men know it, and when some ot them disobeyed orders at Port Richmond the other day and others at Philadelphia yesterday they virtually resigned. The story that Mr. Corbin has been guilty of bad faith is bosh. "Mr. Corbin has said and repeated that that there is no room for arbitration in this matter. Ho never agreed to arbitrate. The leaders probably told tho men that an agree ment to arbitrate had been mado, in order to get them to return, hoping that arbitration would follow tho resumption of work. " Some of tho leaders of tho striko have been dismissed from service, and they would like to continuo the strike. They say that their committee was given to understand by Mr. Corbin and Supt. Sweigard that all the strikers would be taken back. That is bosh, as the men quit in the face of Mr. Corbin's order in regard to insubordination. " Then the charge that the telegraph an thoritios refused to send their despatches ordering a renewal of the strike and that this is why the men have not struck on all the lines, is sheerest nonsense. The telegraph people would surely lose their charter if that were true. They cannot discriminate be tween thoir customers any more than the Beading road can. " The amount of it is that tho mon gener ally do not want to striko and have ignored the order. Assembly 10,232, which is the largest organization In the Beading system, has surrendered its charter, rather than obey the orders of the leaders of the Knights of Labor to strike. " This assembly is composed oi? passenger employees and has over ono thousand mem bers. It insists that tho position of the Knights on the Port Bichmond matter is wrong. Everything is moving along smoothly and tho Beading is having no trouble" No news from the troubled centre has been received at the Coal Exchange and tho oper ators in coal in this city seem to know nothing and care less about tho strike. They say that the city is comfortably prepared for ooal famine On tho other hand it is asserted that thero Is less thau 100,000 tons of coal at the supply points. '1 here was C00.000 tons at the begin ning of the striko lost winter, and as coal grew scarce tho prices went up till $8 and $'J u ton was demanded. Prices rango about 76 pouts highor than last year before tho Btrike began. At the offlce of tho Coal Trade Journal it was not belioved that tho Beading would bo troubled by a strike of miners, as tho latter too well knew that tho operators could afford i w shut down all work at the mines for ten f x Ray or two weeks at thU time, ana utilixo I tho opportunity for clearing up preparatory to another season's work. No business was transacted at tho meeting of tho coal barons this morning at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Aftor a session of a few minutes an adjournment was taken for n month. This afternoon President Austin Corbin sent tho following ordor to General Manager A. A. McLeod at Philadelphia: To such of oar old employee as have stood man. tally and faithfully bj na we feel obliged and thankful and shall not forget them. Bat the time has now arrived when all ot our employees will te required to decide whether the; expect to retain their places by reason ot honest and faithful ser vice and prompt obedience to the order of the comoanj tnat employs them and pays them, or bj bllud obedience to tho dlnctiou of tho Knlshtaof Labor, through which organization the leaden hope to coerce ua Into the employment ot men who consider their Brat obedience due to that order. The men that stand by na will have employment with reasonable hours, and good pay, aa much aa la paid by any other corporation of a almllar char acter. Men who do not will never be allowed on the road again under any clrcumstanoes. We have never objected to labor organizations and do not now. Every man shall be free to be long to one or not, aa he pteaaea. But the heada ot auoh order cannot and snail not dictate to this company aa to whom It shall employ or how operate Its property, l'laoea that are leltln obedience to the orders uf the Knights of Labor shall be rilled by new men, and auch new men will be retained and under no clrcumatancca re dis charged to make room for men who have left their places. Hereafter we ahall operate this property with employeea who consider their first dnty la to the company and expect to obey reasonable ordeta made In the transaction of Its business. There ht never been a moment when, under any circumstance, we would arDitrate any ques tion growing out of this strike. There has been nothing to arbitrate. It is only a question a to whether the company ahall be permuted to operate Ua own property a property In which there la In vested over $800,000,000 or whether that property shall be controlled by the Knights of Lanor. It may a well be understood now, and from this time on, that any wheel that Is turned on the Head ing ayatem will be tnrned under the orders of the management of the company, and under the orderi ot nobody else. A despatch to Mr. Corbin from tho Phila delphia offlce says : The men have come back so fast that no more new men are wanted at Port Richmond. Knightsof Labor and trades unionists are discussing the strike earnestly. A member of the Executivo Board of District Assembly No. 19 said, when asked his opinionjregarding the effect of a general strike onWho order and whether or not tho defeat of tho men would be disastrous to tho order " If the Beading men go out and appeal to the General Executive Board that body will take charge of tho strike and, if necessary, call on every national and district assembly to aid them. " Thero are 500,000 members in good stand ing in tho order, and thero is not ono who will not contribute his or her mite to aid their brothers of tho Beading Bailroad. " Falluro would not break up the order any more than tho Southwestern Railway striko did. I hear some wiseacres going about and saying 'the Knights nro on the wane, that they Iiavo another black eye, and all such talk. ' ' Those persons don't know anything about us nor anything about our strength and power. "Wo aro growing all tho time, so fast at times that wo mnst call a halt. " It is not our policy to striko except as a last resort, and when we do wo all under stand the why and tho whereforo, and act ac cordingly. " The alleged withdrawal of a thousand membors at Philadelphia is nothing serious. AVe have had 6,000 withdraw and it has not injured us. We expect wuch things, but when men leave us I observe that they would like to get back again." C1GAB-MAKKR3 TO STRIKE. The Reduced Prices and the Tenement House System the Causes of It. International Union cigar-makers expect that notices soon will bo posted in all the factories announcing a reduction of prices for work on all grades of cigars. This rednction and tho effort to resume work in the tenement-houses tho union men proposo to resist, and a general strike is sure to ensuo unless an early compromiso is mado. It will take soveral days to hear from the Exocutivo Board on the subject, but all the union men here believe that a strike will be authorized. The fifty eigar-makors employed by Kim ball & Crouse will strike as soon as ttioy are authorized to do so by tho International Union's Executive Board. Officers of the local unions to which the employees of Kimball it Grouso aro attached say that the firm has never maintained a fair shop, as far as work and wages are concerned, and yet they propose a reduction of from 60 cents to $2 a thousand. News About Working-men. The fair of the Socialistic Labor party and the United German Trades will be In lull operation In Clarendon Hull this evening. The bricklayers In this city bave had a very buay aeaaon and an entire abaenoe of strikes. The ar rangement made each year with the bouses has op crated successfully. There are T.ooo members In the United Order of American Caipenters and Joiners, and all of them are employed at preaent. Delegate John Jones reports that the Frogresilve Union painter are not very bnay just now, but they look for plenty of work In a short time. General MaBter Workman Powderly writes to the Journal of UniteA Labor that ho Is slowly Improv ing in health, but will be compelled to take a vaca tion. The Heart of Oak Association, which Is com posed of shoo salesmen and saleswomen ot this city, announces It annual reception on Monday evening, Jan. 9, In the Lexington Avenue Opera i loose. Cappa has been engaged to furnish the music. Delegates ot the Building Trades Unions are talk ing of entering Into an agreement with employers tortheensnlngyear. A conference Is likely to be called to discuss the subject. The new National District Assembly No. 12fl, ot street railway employees, la not confined to iht city and Brooklyn, a aome suppose, bat Include the organized men on all the line In the United States. James IL Masee, a conductor on the Eighth avenue line, is tho Master Workman of the new organization, lie 1 one of the brightest and shrewdest men In the ranks of the Knights of Labor. Itlust Not rtuy Drinks as Evidence. rollceman IL Ilihn, of the Thirty-ruth street station, was tried before President French yesterday on a charge of having poshed and abused Alex ander O. Sherman, proprietor of the Sherman House at ISO East Forty-second street, after he nad arretted him for a violation of the Excise law. Sherman had refused to sell liquor to lUiin, but the policeman testified that be had seen persons in the barroom drinking. Does your captain Instruct yon to assist In i vio lations of the excise law In order to obtain evi dence 1" sated Mr. French. "Yn, sir," wa the reply. ........ Well, obey your superior officer, but I ahall aee that the police force la not used to break the law In order to enforce It. " Crime Hteadllv Increasing-. When Col, John IL Fellows slips Into District Attorney Martlne's big chair next week he will be confronted by 4.IBI untried cases. Daring the year ot 1S67 the Dlsirict-Aitorney'a offlce had 8, S3, cases, aa an alnat 6,41.7 caa In 118. During tho East three years Mr. Marline ha had 1 J, few cases. luring lesi the Granu Jury acted upon 4,ot cue, aa agalnat S.41B cases In tS!A The convictions In 188T were ,I80, aa analnst 1.SU9 In 1988. During the part few years the number ot criminal cases has been steaJlly Increasing. irVou Tell a Hecret to three person. Un know it. ThU U why PAW PAIirr is soirelftuaow lor o manner el pains. DraiaUU, V aVlanfMsf fat j&ftlfkK'tf 1 f il lli'la 'I'lisi JT ONE BOY SHOT BY ANOTHER. TAUL GKOSCII GETS A BULLET INTENDED FOR A RAT. Serious Result of a Dlt of Play This Morn. In In n fllurrav Street Office Joeph Turner .Tnt llrew Up a Tarcet Utile and the First Thins lie Knenr It Went Off Little Hope of Hecovery. Paul Grosch and Joseph Turner aro offlce boys on tho first floor of tho building G Mur ray street. This morning Turner shot and probably mortally wounded Grosch. Grosch, who is fifteen years of age, resides in Verona, N. J., but has been boarding with a relativo named Hollerbach, in Third stroet. Turner is one year oldor and lives at 22G Mad ison street. This morning, at 8.30 o'clock, GroBch dis covered a largo rat in a trap in the offlco of tho American Bronzo Powder Company, whore ho was omployod, and brought tho animal out into tho hallway to show to his friend Turner, who is employed by Bcckor Bros., dealers in scales and weights. Turner bethought him of n 2'2-callbro rifle in his offlco and running to get it asked to bo allowed a " whack " at the prize. Ho drew up tho rifle, and Bays that the first thing ho knew it went off. Grosch called out "Joe," and fell to tho floor, whilo young Turner ran to tho Cham bers Street Hospital for an ambulance Grosch was Bhot in his right sido, and little hope was expressed of his recovery by tho hospital physicians. Young Turner was found by a Wohld re portor at 9.45 o'clock dusting tho furniture in Becker Bros.' offlce. Ho was much distressed and did not hesitate to give his version of tho story, which was as follows t 1 ' Grosch came out into the hall with n rat in a trap and showed it to me. I said. ' Hold on. Gimme n whack at him,' and ran in and got this rifle," indicating a heavy targot gun of 22.calibrn. " I rushed back with tho gun and hauled it up to shoot at tho rat when it went off before I knew it. " I didn't know I'd done any harm till Grosch throw up his arras and yelled ' Joo 1 and then fell on tho floor of tho hall. Then I ran just as fast as I could to Chambers Street Hospital for tho ambulance. When I got back Grosch was still lying on tho floor with tho clerk in tho back offlco attending to him. " I hope ho ain't hurt very bad," was tho trembling conclusion ot tho lad. MONUMENTS THAT WILL ENDURE. Dedicating the 8lon.no Maternity Hospital and the Tnnderbllt Cllnlo This Afternoon. Tho Sloane Maternity Hospital and the Vanderbilt Clinic, which adjoin tho College of Physicians and Snrgeons at Fifty-ninth street and Tenth avenue, wcro formally opened and dedicated this afternoon. The exercises, which were simple but impressive, were attended by nearly all of the most prominent physicians and surgeons of tho city, as well as by many of tho well-known society neonlo of wealth and those interested in chantablo enterprises in New York. The two buildings, which aro magnifi cently equipped in every department, aro tho gifts of the children of tho lato William H. vanderbilt. for tho benefit of the poor of this city. Tho hospital is named after Mrs. Will iam D. Sloane, tho daughtor of tho lato Mr. Vanderbilt, and tho chnio in honor of tho four sons. The Board of Managers of tho Maternity Hospital consists of Dr. J. W. MoLane, Pro. fessor of Obstetrics in the college. President ; William D. Sloane, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John O. Daiton, M.D., and Francis Delafleld, M. D. Dr. T. Gaillard Thomas will be at tho head of the hospital staff. Miss Harriet E. Dutcher, the Principal of the Training School, wili control tho corps of nurses and Miss Peck will bo Matron. Tho staff of chivical professors includes : Dr. O. B. Agnew, lecturer on tho oyo ; Dr. F. N. Otis, jgenito-urinary diseases; Dr. G. M. Tuttlo, diseases of women ; Dr. Francis Dola fiold, medical diseases; Dr. H. B. Sands, surgical diseases; Dr. George H. Fox, skin diseases ; Dr. Albert H. Buck, diseases of the ear ; Dr. Abraham Jacobi, diseasos of chil dren ; Dr. M. Allen Starr, diseases of the nervous system ; Dr. George M. Lefferts. dis eases of the throat, and Dr. Bobert F. Weir, Lecturer on Surgery. m Homing Pigeons on 8 how. Newauk, Dec 29. There was a largo attend ance last night at the annual show of the American Uomlng Pigeon Fanclera' Association at Isaac' Hall, In Market atreet, Newark. The principal club represented in the exhibition are the Stuart, of rmladelpbia, theOermautonn and the Newark Five Only birds that have made more than B10 miles a day are exhibited. The neat record birds on ex hibition ate those that have made coo miles or more In a day. Mr. Uennert exhibits "Sergeant Dunn" that has the beat reoordln the world, and 11. li. Mcuulre exhibits "Gov. Hill," the only bird having a record ot 600 mile In New York State. Grave Charges Dismissed. Red Bank, N. J., Dec. 29. The School Trustees have dlarolased the chargea made against Principal Wallace W. Douglata. of the Leedivllle SobooL The County Superintendent voted to sustain the charges. Some time ago Principal Wallace was asked to resign, charges being mado against him of Immor ality; that he had no certificate to teach; that he was not a proper person to prealde over the school, inasmuch aa he had been In the Mercer County Jail for bigamy and that he had been guilty of other Improper acts. Houtb Carolina Interstate Cocking Main. tlrlCUt. CABLE TO TUS WORLD. I Columbia, S. C, Dec 23. The second day's fighting in tto Interstate cocking main waa com menced yesterday morning. Betting was free and heavy. Norib Carolina being the favorite. South Carolina won four of the aeven bouts, leav ing North Carolina but one tight ahead In the two days' fighting. Eight battles to-morrow will close the main. Women Use Their Htaoes as Clubs. Llute Taylor, Catharine Howard and Annie Lane got fighting In the lodging-room of the Eldrldge atrctt police station last night over a bottle of whiskey, 1 hey took bold of each other by the hair and beat one another In the face with their shoe. It required six polftemen to separate them. At the Easex Market Court tnlf morning they were com mitted for three monne. Fall of a Nauabtr Orphan. Thomas corbett, twenty-three years old, an to mato of Leake and Watts Asylum, at Tenth sre nne and One Hundred and Tenth street, fell from the second story of the asylum while Intoxicated this morning ana was severely lojnred. He waa under treatment for the alcohollo habit. He re ceived a severe lacerated wound of the bead. m m Cuatow-IIouae Appointments. The following appointments In the Cuitom-Houie were announced to-day by Collector Magonet OeorgeF. Saundcra, night Inspector, at IS aday; Frank Pleraon. uitaseuger, at ts0 a year) Elmer E.l'ot, clerk. clastA, st II, 000 a year; John WDU ney, ltlcbard J. Kearney and John Fagan, watch men, at s0 a year each. MORE LIFE IN WALL STREET. Halls Khanr Courage In Advancing Heading Tho Vanderbilt Dividends. Thero was comparatively littlo business in stocks during tho morning, but such as thcro was indicated an improved feeling. Tho bulls showod a good deal of nerve in advancing tho list hi tho fuco of (ho renewal of tho Bonding troubles, but they say they fool confident of thoir position, and promiso still better things to cuuio now that it has been demonstrated that Btocks aro hold in strong hands. It is probably intended to ntirro tho mar ket along in the hopo of bringing to the stock market somo or tlm millions to bo dis. littrsed for interest nud dividends next month. The fact that investors aro taking a livelier intorcst in bonds encourages tho belief among commission houses that the movement to stinmlato intorcst in tho stock inarkot will be successful. Thus fur, however, the professionals havo had tho gnmo nil to thenm'lveH. Tho latest story about the Vanderbilt dlvi. dends Ih that tho Now York C ntral rate will bo raised to 1 per cent, and that tho Lake Shore and Michigan Central will pay 1 per cent, extra. The interest in stocks centred largely in the coalers, tho Vanderbilts, tho Grangers, Union Pacific and Norfolk A Webtorn pre ferred. The last named advanced about 2 percont., and was bought by insiders on tho strength of tho heavy net gain in earnings for Novem ber. Aftor midday thero was u reaction all around. Monoy has lent at fi a 0 por cent. Sub Treasury debtor at tho Clearing llouso thiB morning in tho sum of $749,021. Foreign oxchango firm at 4.82W a 4.83 for bankers' long starling and 4.BS)4 n4.85Jffor sight drafts. The General Government will to-morrow begin the payment of tho interest duo Jim. 1 on tho public debt. Tho amount to bo dis bursed is $0,203,000. The only salo of State bonds was of North Carolina 4s, whiohroso H, to9G5. Bailroid bunds worefirm and higher. Northwest Consol. gold coupon 7s ad. vanced 1, to 128; Oregon Imp. lsts 1. to 05; Nickel Plato 4s ,1, to m(; N. Y., Bus. & Western 6s ltf, to 92f ; West Shore 4s , to 102: Hocking Valley 6s )(, to COW ; Kansas & Toxas 6s 1, to 72)i, and Lake Bhoro coupon 2ds J, to 122JJ. Kentucky Central 4s fell off 1, to 70. and Fort Worth lBtsJi', to 79. governments are weaker, with sales of $40, 000 4tfs nt 108 a 108, $10,000 reg. 4s at 120, and $25,000 coupon 4s at 12c;. LONDON MARKET. Consols in London aro highor. at 101 11-10 for money and 101 10-10 for tho account. Americans are nleo K to bettor. Bank of England discount rato unchaugod at 4 por cent. Tho proportion of tho bink's reservo to liabilities is 43.11 against 44.92 por cent, last weok. In Paris rentes roso from 80f. 90o. to 81f. 16c. QUOTATIONS. Opin. JViaA. m, Canada Benthsra &!.' rIK MJ( Canadian VscUlo 0IW Cl SlU Central PaolBo 8JJi 3JJJ 3j;j Ohio., Bar. Qalnor 1.10 li ISO Chicago NorthwMt I07M 1071 107X Chic. Mil. 4 St. Paul 735 70'J 75', Ohio., Rock la. a raoldo lhli UV,l llX'i Ool. i Hocking Valley H 3 111 Colorado Coall Iron 311 KD :W Oonaolldatad ()" 74 75M 74 Del., Lack, h Western U'JM 1.10'i Vt'SH Delaware Hudson lOi'i 10.1 V lUJ!i DenTerAHIoUrandeDtd 64M lnQ MH Kort Worth a Denier City 4o. 4VJ 4V; Illinois Central 114 118 11H Lonlarllle a NaahrUl 61!( CH 0V, Lake boors tl.V, WH," US', Manhattan Ileaou In 10 10 Manhattan con.nl W51 W! Ud'i Hlchlf.n Central.,..., b', bJ'2 tut Mlnneapolla a tit. Louis 62 oV SX Minn. St. I., ptd lo l&H Ilk Mlaaonri Paclflo.. R'J!.' H'J, SJ Naah.Chatta. 48U Luma 77 77 77 New Jaraey Central 7BV 7S' 7'ila New York Central. I'D 103 1UJ N. Y. New Kn land 37J Ti 37V N. Y., IjikeKri- i Western 'Jj 'M1 XI W N. Y., Sueq. a Weat.ntd !i -jju HUH Norfolk i Weatern pnf. J 41V 43 Northern PaclBo pfd 46M 40' 4X Ortion Transcontinental 'J1W VI',' Vlu Philadelphia a Heading Cbit Gil'. CV. Men. a Weat Point Ter VIX, VII ViX ltlch. a W. P. Ter. pfd 61 63 6J Ht. Paul a Omaha 40 toll 40 Ht. Paul a Omaha pref 110 110 110 Ht. Loola A Ban Fran , 3V 3.11 31U Ht. Louie a Han Fran ptd 71.'! 71?, 71;, Texas faclflo. MU mi 2IW Tenn. Ooal A Iron TJ Vi'l "JJU Union PeolBo ,.,..., 67!j 6S)J 674i Wabash, Ht. Lnnll i Paolflo pref US? '.), 'JHS Western UnlonTslearapli 77'J 7"'. 77; Wheeluur Lake Kris.". 43$ lj)i Uli 1 na BROKER SIDMAK FAILS. Once a Member of ilio Firm Wuoeo Hooks Were Said to Do l'onnd In ilie Hirer. Tho falluro of A. Kidman was announced from tho rostrum of tho Stock Lxchaugo shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Bidman was formerly of tho firm of Timpson & Co. , and has been a member of the Exchange a little over a year. The sus pension caused no excitement. The announcement revived intorcst in the story of tho finding of certain account books in tho Hackensack Hiver, near tho Marion bridge. Tho bookH wero Baid to havo bclougod to the firm of Dator. Timpson & Co., of winch the firm of Timpson t Co. is tho successor. A member of tho firm said, in tho evening edition of Tnr. Wonm yesterday, that ho knew nothing about tho books. Tips From " Tlio World' ' Ticker. The sales ot stocks to noon lo-day wero only 73,700 ahartu. The Pennsylvania road's earnings are ihoning big Increases for December so far. Itoom traders aro now banking on a stlfT cloie to-tnorrorr. but many aro Inclined to ' copper " the lip. Later In the forenoon the market became some what more acute, and prices showed au upward tendency. The report la that Caramaob. and While aro pat ting out a lino of ahoria In Heading, while the Wornuers are the principal buyers. llnalneas Men In Trouble. Messrs. Biumeastlel and Wrson, a connael for Arthur Kennej have obtained from Judge Lawrence of the Hupremn Court, aa attachment aialnst the property ot Nicholas A. Luudatrom, who waa a dealer In shoes at 390 Fifth avenue, Drooklyn, In a auli to recover 1918. 07 for eooda. It Is alleged that the defendant has abaoonded. He collected aome money and departed. Ills wife received a cablegram from utm dated Leedi, Eng land. William II. l'ayoe and Frederick D. Steer, of the arm of Payne, Stecc A Co., Jewellers, 177 Ilroadway, aaalgned to-day to Arthur IL binltn, without preferences. flearcblna; far Her Lost Hon. An aged Arab woman, who gave her name as Marlon, and who said she bad been but two days In the country, was at Police Headquarters this mornlns searching for her son, who had itrayed away trom her home. Ibe woman had aa a atock In trade some collar bottom, which she had been engaged In trying to selL 8no was seut to the Commiialonera of Emigration. The Tlilrd Man Cauclit. Charles Evaua, aged nineteen, or 163 East One Hundred and Fifteenth street, alleged to be the third of the trio of yooog burglars who had been operating In Cneiter, Orange County, waa captured yesterday at IllvDllrldge ny Deleo lei Doyle and Dorau, of the Tweniy-ievemh Precinct. In the Harlem rollce Court this momma he was re manded to await tho arrival of tut Canter offlcar. THE WIFE AND THE WIDOW. ANOTHER WARRANT GROWING OUT OP THE JEKSKY CITY SCANDAL. Mrs. rioyil Arrnaei Tier Aliened THrnl's Mother of Throning the Red Pepper Mrs. Ilnmlltnn Hnld to Hnva Curried at Club The Wife's Mtorlrs or Her Searohra of Her Iluabnnd's Pocket Ilenlale) oa Iloth Hides. Jersey City pcoplo nro talking to-day of the scandnl stirred up by Mrs. Mary Jane Boyd yoBterday aftoruoon. Mrs. Doyd vlsitod Mrs. Nollio Hamilton, a pretty widow, in search ot her husband. Mrs. Hamilton and her aged mothor, Mrs. Tolston. encountered tholrato Mrs. Doyd and in fivo minutes enough red pepper, brick bats, old shoes, blows and remarks had been cnHt about to mnko tho services of tho polico necessary. Jolnr Doyd is ono of tho best-known politi cians in Hudson County. Ho is olerk of the Board of Freeholders, has boon a member of tho Hoard of Education, and ran for tho Po llen Hoard without success. At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mrs. Boyd went to Mrs. Hamilton's houso. at 168 Grand street, with her son and rang tho boll. Mrs. Hamilton opened tho door. According to tho widow, tho wifo began by throwing red tioppor in Mrs. Tolston's face and then went into tho streot and flung brick bats through tho window. An hour later warrants for Mrs. Boyd's ar rest worn procured from Justice Weed. Mrs. John Doyd gavo a different story of tho scrimmago this morning. She said that Mrs. Hamilton opened tho door, and when slio saw her fnco run upstairs. Bho followod Mrs. Hamilton half way upstairs and was met by Mrs. Folsotn coming down. Mrs. Hamilton eaid to-day that John Boyd is tho trustee of (3,o00 left her by hor hus band, and that his calls wcro on business. Mrs. Tolston carried a largo bottlo of rod pepper, and Mrs. Hamilton followed her with a club. Tho old lady throw the peppor. It bliudod Mrs. Doyd, and was also blown into tho eyes of tho others. Mrs. Doyd admitted smashing the windows. This morning she wont before Justice Item ed nud swore out a warrant for the nrrest of Mrs. Tolson on a charge of throwing tho peppor. Mrs. Doyd told tho reporter a long story of her huBbnud's life. Bho showed letters from Nellln Hamilton to hor husband which sho found iu his pockets. Ono dated from Sara toga July 25, 1BS0, bogan ' ' My own dear Jack," nnd ended with tho postscript! You must bo gnod and be able to repeat your vow If I wlah It- You anow how Jealous I am ol my Jack. Your loving Nexus. Mrs, Doyd wrotn to her husband asking about tho vow. He answered that it waa a' promiso to drink no moro champagne. The wife has several receipts for a piano and such things, found in Boyd's pockets. She thinks that Nellie Hamilton received the goods. On the night of Deo. IS her youngest baby died. On that night Doyd was at a ball with Nollio Hamilton. An anonymous letter told hor of this, and added that ho had bought the diamonds tho woman woro. Mrs. Boyd says that in last May sho said to her husband, ' ' You must chooso between this woman and mo. Yon cannot live with hotli of us. " Tho next morning ho choso and left her. Mrs. Boyd is very short nnd stout and thirty-two years of ago. Mrs. Hamilton is a pretty branetto of thirty. Iloyd declares that he left his wifo for good reason, and that ho knew tho Hamilton woman only in a business way. It is expected that tho various arrests will bo mado this afternoon. COLE HAS MSTAN0LD THE BALD EAGLE, Belief That Iluated Will Withdraw from the Hpenkerablp Conteal. srr.cuL to tbx wduld.1 Avnkirr, Dee. 29. Tho Speakership con test looks like no contest at all. Fremont Colo all morning has been warming his back at tho parlorgrato of 450 and talking weather with Senator Hendricks, his manager, who reached hero at 2 o'clock this morning. Messrs. Crosby and Hamilton aro expected in tho afternoon, and Haxton. or Wayno, and Youngmnn, of Albany, will also drop in this oveuing to givo Colo what assistance ho may Tho Bald Eagle is to reach horo this after noon, and will mako a "front" for twenty four or forty-oight hours and then get out of tho rnco. Thero is nothing to indicate that ho'hos any subbtintial strength anywhoro. Colo says ho wants a short session. The Slnelclnne' Grievances. The old and the new Board of Directors of the Mualcal Mutual Paotecllre Union met this forenoon at 01 East Fourth street, when the busloeas ot the union was formally placed In tho bands of the new directors. 'Ibe encroachments of military and naval bands upon the civil muxlclans and the meat-re orcheatras In the tneatrea and the amall wages paid by theatri cal muiiiijjcra were discussed. Preparations were made to correct the abuses. The Coming Hlx-Dajr Ilnce. Frank Hall, tho manager of tho six days go-as-you-please, which Is to take place In Madison Hquare Garden Feb. S to 12, has received word Irom " Frozen Bill " Corney that Charley Howell and n. Cariwrtght will both enter. Cartwrigbt la Ibe man wno recently made the wooderluf record of 409 miles In a seventy-two hours' race. The pedestrlana will sail next week and a tug-load of sports will go down the bay to meet them on their nrtlval. a a. Hire. Robinson's Next Trial. tarscuL to toe woeld.i Boston, Dec M. The trial of Mrs. Sarah J. Itobtnton on the Indictment charging hor with the murder of her brother-in-law. 1'iinco Arthur Free man, will take place tho Brat or second week In January, tho exact dale to be flxrd at a conference of the attornera In the cue with Chief Juatlce Morion, ot the bupreme court, to be held next week. Greedy Western Railroads. A meeting of the ( Freight Committee or the Trunk-Line Association ts being held to-day at Commissioner Fink's office for the purpose of settling the question or the division or percent ages In throuiih rateatobe allowed to the roads west of Cbloago. The claims made by the Western roads are regarded as exorbitant, and unless aome roncetslons are made, it U feared that no agree ment can be arrived at. Telescoped by an Unglar. UrrcuL cinLE to the woeid.1 Dis Moines, la,, Dec. w. An express train on the Aluert Lea line was telescoped near Ely Wedneiday morning by a heavy freight engine. Tnrco pasaenitera were badly hurt. One of tho cars was set sure, but the names were put out. 'loo paaaengera suffered greatly from cold. w Jack DeniBsejr nnd "Toff" Wall. fSrZCUL TO TBI WOLD.) New IUvin, Conn., Deo. W.Jack Dempsey, fie pugilist, said he was averse to going abroad to meet "Toff" Wall, as proposed, but that It the stakes were made high enough, say tt.000 or 10,000, ho would consent to flght him. xnn rAsnr.imii.T bpiuniczhui. Many Good l'lantt Flourithtng Beneath It Oenrroui tthoxrere. MOVING A RIG HOTEL. Tho Drlahton to bo Moved Hack on Itnllirny Tracks OOO I'eet. Contractor A. F. Weed and a gang of 100 mon aro working liko beavers to-day getting ready to movo tho Brighton Deach Hotol baok to terra Anna. Tho high seas of tho past fow days havo caused fears to bo entertained that the big hotel would bo broken up by tho waves be fore tho work of moving was half finished, but the contractors aro now certain of suc cess. At 4.30 r. M. yostcrday tho wind changed suddenly from southeast to northwest nnd averted the imminent danger which had threatened for the preceding twenty-four hours. Contractor Weed's mon worked all the evening and throughout tho night in spite of tho bitter cold andtbo keen wind, and by 11 o'clock this morning had driven in 1C0 eigh. toon-inch piles to protect tho foundations of the hotel on tho sido noxt to tho sea. The plan is to erect a railroad of fifty tracks on a piano about twenty feet under the present foundations of tho hotel, knock tho existing supports from under the strno tnro and than move tho hotel on trucks by tho aid of a number of powerful engines to tho old meadow, about COO foot to landward of tho presont site. Judging from tho progress already mado the schemo looks entiroly practicable Mr. Miller says that it will bo accomplished by tho middle of next month. Tho Brighton Beach Bailroad Company, which owns tho hotel, is carrying on tho work. Tha cost is estimated at $100,000. Tho hotol is worth six times that amount. TAMMANY PRIMARIES T0-NIGRT. The tlenernl Committee for 1R88 Expected to be tho Htrongeat Ever Elected. Tammany Hall holds primaries this even ing to elect members of tho Oenoral Commit too for 1883. Thero has been a great rush of applicants for membership of tho now committeo and the result will bo tho infusion of now blood into tho organization. Tho now committee will consist of nearly two thousand members, but thoro will bo no change in tho district leadership. Many hitherto ltopublicans have joined tho Wig. warn and tho brown-stone districts will show a good sprinkling of th.o silk-stocking ele ment. Iho Tammany Hall chiefs say that tho or ganization for 1888 will be tho strongest and most representative it has oyer had. The Clifton Entries. The programme and probable starters at Clifton, N. J., to-morrow (Friday) srs as follows: FIRST IUCK. Fnrse tsoo, nr which iv to tho second; for two- year-olus; stlllna allowances; horses entered to be sold for $1,000 to carry full weight; five lurloncs. Lb. ih. Sprlnl Kaale. 10H Olan Queen Vrt St. Uare 100 Hisht.Uo.Mn US Flatter selams 16 Spnlna till Ua SKCOND Race. Purse tW. of which tW to the second; for three yesr-nlda: selling allowances; boraes entered to be sold for $800 tu carry run weight; nro furlongs. Lh.) Li. Falashood llHMarsner(U... lis Count Luna HSlKlu Koaallnd in J, J, Ilea! ll!lruan 109 SKCOND KICK. Purse 2M, or which (JO to the second, for all ages; selling allowances; horses entered to bo sold for 4oo to carry full weight; three-quarters ot a mile. th. ts. niendon 100 Amber US llUhop 1 O Nellie Van IH TopSawier li 0, King Arthur IIS I'ainperu. to Tuny Pastor 05 l'eiaaua MSu.'u.r 9J rOUHTlt RACE. Purse f0, ol which fso to tho second, for all ages; three-quarters ot a mile. 7. IK Lsncaater... llSltlnb May lm James A. II llSlKdltor, 115 Vanlter 1181 Richelieu 11.1 Frana 118 Courtier 87 riKTH RACE. Purse two, of which tso to the second; for horses that bave run and not won at Clifton during the autumn meeting ot I3S7; horses beaten onto al lowed 61b. ; twice, 10 lb. ; three times, 151b.; four Umes, to lb, ; one mile. u, U. PUyfalr...., 105 Vlndsi V) Lute Arnold UM t'astlllan 05 Caroline 100 Zampa UA llermltete. 1IX Auditor 13 Itaclng begins at I r. u. Tialns will leave on arrival of cuambera Street Ferry boats at Erie depot at 11.30 a. u.i 13 ., 11. 90 audi r. of. Mr. I.ovecrofl Tor Judge Alonaon'a Place. The resignation ot Judge A, C llonoon as Sec retary and Treasurer ot the American Jockey Club was accepted I the directors ot the club last even Ing. F. A. Lovecrott was chosen to fill the vacancy. Charles Whuatly was eltcted to act ai Presiding Judge at the raco-courie. Mr. Lovecrott la connected tu an executive capacity with several organizations. Itecluse Harlow's Ilody. The body ol Mot ey Halo Bartow, the literary re close, km shipped this morning from the Church 01 the Strangers, to Loganaport, Ind. It will be re ceived there by his aged mother and burled. The body was forwarded in acco. dance with her tele. grapMo rcijueau DID A LOG SINK HER? ' ' iH A Startling Theory of tho Loss of ' ''J9H tho Newcastle City. IB 'jHsllilH Lost in the Neighborhood Where ' ijHj tho Big Raft Was Abandoned. lHi Sighted Only n Hliort Time lie fore Sho Wis "'ianoaaH Wrecked nnd Then Apparently All Rfffatt -'LH The Only- Information a Ilrlef Report 'H Ilroualit by k Hrhoounr No pSsscncerai . f'9K Cnrrled Her Crew Safe on Nantucket ''''2saaaH Lightship When I.nst Heen. -VlnBiaB ? LaaanaaaBO iJeaBaBaBBav The nows of tho loss of tho largo iron naaV strnuiBhip Newcastle City off Nantucket VLB last Thursday, rocoived by Sanderson & Son, JflK hor New York agents, this morning, suggests sBB tho idoa to old tars that tho vessel may havo ''rBB como In contact with somo of Mr. Lcary's) ffBs floating logs. ''B Tho big raft was sot adrift by tho Miranda iB in tho somo neighborhood whore tho Now- V)1bB costlo City is supposod to havo beon lost. 'ieexaaaaB Many shipping mon say that if ono of tha . wfl loose logs strtiok the stcamor she would.with- '''jJaBBBBBaal out doubt, bo sent to tho bottom. They be- tB lievo that great damage to commerco by tha bbbbbB raft is yet to bo recorded. ' H Tho raft theory, though only based on con elB lecture, has many ardent believers. 'LbbbbbbI Tho Nowcastlo Oitv sailed from Newcastle. . .aBaaaaaal England, on Nov. 2'J. Bho was in command vjaBBaaaaal of Capt. Thornton, an old and experienced " Baaaaaii akippor, and carried a crow all told of thirty- ilaaD threo men. Teaaaaflal After Bho sailed nothing was heard of her saaaaaB for somo time. Heavy head winds and high Baaafl seas provniled on tho ocean, and as tho .-bbbI Btcamor enrriod no passengors her agontri '1bbbbb1 thought tbnt tho captain was plodding tho vWH deou in a nuiet and easy way. VVciBBBBBal Aftor boing on tho ocean for nearly throo iKaaaBBaBal wookn tho fitennior was sighted by a pilot-boat VIbbbbbW la.t Thursday. She was then in the vicinity iUlflB of Nantuckot, and wns apparently nil right. 7f3BanBaaal From that timo no word wns received of tha IBbbbbbbbt whorenbouts of tho Nowcastlo City until her .flaBBBaV loss was reported this morning. (VBbbB Tho schooner Agnos J. Graco, which or. IkbbbbB rivod at Ilallimoro yesterday from Uoston, sbbbbbI reported that on Dec. U sho was boarded by 'iIbbbbbbbI tho crow of tho Nantucket South Shoal -IbbbbbI Lightship, who said that Cant. Thornton and rlBBBB hiB crow wero on tho lightship, their vessel eBBBBBai having been lost. j 'sbbbbbbbI Tho crew of tho lightship said that tho ; 'bbbbB mon wore anxiousio bo taken off, as tho rap- VJbbbbbbbT ply of provisions was getting short. . .ft This Is tho only information tho agonta "rAeBBBBBaf hero havo received so far. Yesterday Sander. 'LobbbI son & Hons telegraphed to tho captain of tho 3 VtH steamship Buffalo, which wns to havo sailed Lbbobi from Boston that day to search in the neigh- bbbbbH borhood whero tho seamer was sighted last :LbbbbH Thursday. Tho agents thought that proba. iMUbbbbbbI bl v tho Nowcastlo City wns in distress, "bbbbH Tho Buffalo is expected to arrive in port -IbbbbBi this evoning. If tho weather was clear when bbHI she passed the South Shoal Lightship it is IbbbbbI probablo that sho was signalled and tho Now. 'isaosBBBBBi castle City's crew wero taken off. -JbbbbbbV Tho Nowcastlo City was built in Hnrtle K pool, England, in 1882, nnd was owned by C. ' 'H Furnass, of tho eamo place Sho registered ,'eaBBBBBai 1,031 tons, was a donblo-docker and built of (Vbbbbbbb! iron. Her dimensions wero: Length, 285 'ybbbbbbI foet; breadth, SS feet, and depth of hold, 21 'IIbbbbbbbbI She carried a goncral cargo of merchandise), I .- 'jlH consigned to different houses in this city. HbbbbbbI Among tho cargo wore 25,000 fire bricks and JbbbbbbbV a large consignment of drugs and cemonte! ' H Bho carried in all about 2,000 tons of cargo! '. jHB Tho estimated value was 12,000. bbbbbbbW Both steamer and cargo aro insured. IIbbbB eee tBMBBBBBBV Early Mornlnc Fires. IbbbbbB The firemen had a lively time this morning. "jH Three special englno calls came at S A. it. to-day rYJOBaBs! from box 253. The Are proved a slight blaze In tha iti-B engine-room of IL W. Ehrlok's cigar factory, &19 BbbbbB East Eleventh atreet- There was a slight loas. Jbbbbbbbb! An hour later Are was discovered lnthoflrs;1 bobbbbbbI floor of tho tenement-house 83 Pitt street, occupied i -bbbbbV by JI. LobcL The tenanta took alarm and bsatenect, AbbbbbbV to the hallways and stairways. They were advised! SbbbbbbbI by the firemen and policemen to return to their V hBbbbbI rooms under penalty or being frozen, and moat ot 1IpHbbbbbbbV tbem obeyed cheerfully. The Ore was extinguished,. '.'MbbbbbI with a loas of leas than J100. A kcroseno lamp ftartBBBBW cauaod the trouble. .'sdbbbbbbbI 9bbbbbbI Florins Tool Tor a Swindler. 'ySLbbbbbbbV Detective Sergeants Titus and Creed, of Inrpeo- JBB tor Byrnes's staff, yeaterday arrested Joseph , lifH Mayer, age eighteen years, of 10oa Parle avenue,! UB an 1 arralened him before Justice Smith at the . '''4bbbBbbV aex Market Police Court tliii mornlnic Mayer WM LVbbbbbbbbI charged with obtaining money from merchants by ' .V bbbbbH falacly representing that he waa authorized to so- ' ' 'SbbbbbV licit advertising on behalf ot the Brotherhood ot .mobbbbbbbbI Locomotive Engineers. He was held In $1,000 ball .-'IsbbbbbbbI for trial. He said that he was only the tool of iSbbbbb? swindler, whose name he refuted to give. J9bbbbbbI Chnrsro Aanlnst Firemen. ?$JbbbbB Since the Are In St. Aloyslus Academy, Yonkert,1 HbbbbB on Sunday morning. It has been said thit some ol .fl,B the firemen were drunk and quarreled among, ''a'bbbB themselves, neglecting to give the fire proper au bbbbbB tent Ion; also that noao was cat. bbbbbbv Had it not been for this more property might AImbbbbB have been saved. The firemen Indignantly deny ..'cbbbbbbbI the report. The Fire Counuiasionera will probably JSrBBBBB? Investigate. -HbbbbbbT ' BeBBBB Cnt 111 Thront With a Itazor. fflBBBB Tiienton, Deo. . David Scbeffer, aixty-sevea thIbbbbB jeiraokt, an inmate of tho Almshouse for the part '"jgaBaaiB five years, attempted to commit suicide Tuesday 'B aftcruoon by cutting his throat with a razor. The) "bbbbbbbt w mnd was a terrible one, but the physicians thins) )jPbIbbbb1 tiiat he may pos.lmy live. Six years ago Boheffer ' sfaK waa an Inmate of the lunatic asylum. He comes ot, vbbbbbV a respectable family. ''QbobbbbbI i a. SbbbbbbbI A Myaterloui Prisoner Urmanded. 'ISbbbB Central omoo Detectives Ituland and Bogertf .obbbbbbV visited Jefferson Harket Police Court this morning LbIB with a mysterious prisoner, a small man with biff,, 4HbbbbB flowing whiskers. It Is understood that he ts ao- .bbbbbbI cuso I ot grand larceny. He was described on tha -sIbbbbbbbbV records as J lines A. Nichols, age forty-two years,' 'SbbbbbbbI of 13 West Uouaion street, lie was remanded. 'sbbbbbbbI 'XLbbbbbi Plenty of Fonndllnao ThU Year. WIbbbbb! Matron Webb sent the K9th foundling itnce last iM U January to SupL Blake, or the Charities and Cow iH.bbbB rectlon Department, thla morning. The babe was IbbbbB a two months' old girl and was found last night In . idKaBBBBal tho hallway of 150 Vorsyth street. ' ' , 9HHa Anotber Day of the Cold Blast. ! Bl mWASniNOTOH, Dec. . -) 'tIbbbbbbbbI Jndtoattons tor fne rtrrnj mRBB tv-foitr hour, comments zBbbbbB iutj at S P. U. to-day: bbbbbbB Fur Connecticut an 'h9B Eastern -Veto l'ork, JUU 'bbbbbbB treatler, preceded in thi ' -aH northern portion dp Ugti ' fflB mow; loestrrlu tctnOt, NNbsbbbbb! high along (As coatt, ak bbbbbbbB minttMiig tnjbrc; ooiatt 'mObB Priaavrnorniny,cl!oicellVttov!lvrUin3tefAler . JBH ,atwt, iBsjB