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y V ot - LXV • -N°- 21,576. RUSSIA'S PERIL GRAVER. THE CZAR USING FORCE. Repressive Policy Chosen A Great Outbreak Predicted. Dispatches dated at St. Petersburg last evening expressed belief that the strike of telegraphers had ended, and added that the government had apparently decided to adopt a policy of repression. Later communication again ceased. Word was received at Warsaw that a general railroad strike was expected to be^in at midnight by order of the central committee at Moscow. Anarchy prevail: in the Baltic prov ince?. A massacre of railway emploA-es is reported from Riga, r-.nd encounters be tween troops and Socialists occurred in Poland. THE WIRES AGAIN CUT. Temporary Suspension of Strike — Peasants Organizing. ?•. Petersburg, Dec 11, 7:30 p. m.— The gov ernment seems to have decided to adopt a policy of general coercion. Tte evening papers to-day say that the peas ants in many provinces have organized under leaders. The telegraph lines with Moscow, RevaJ. Kieff, Kazan. Novgorod, Archangel and Narva are g to-day. Many of the employes have re sumed work, and it is believed that the strike is ooHapElitg. The mails have not arrived from the South owing to the railway strike. Intelligence fr«m the provinces is impatiently awaited, espe cially details of the mutinies. It is said that the membership of the Council of th° Empire will be reduced by thirty-seven members and that the Council of War will be reduced by twenty-three members for the pur pose of economy. Advices received in this city by the Commer cial Cable Company last night said that com- Bonlcatlon with St. Petersburg was again tem porarily Interrupted. Traffic will be forwarded • from Kystad In the morning if connec tion by that time is nrt restored. CALLING OUT COSSACKS. Entire Force Ma if Be Mobilized — Capital a Camp. St. Petersburg. Dec. 10, evening.— The ■situation li exceedingly ominous. Public opinion is prac ticallj unanimous that the government has en tered upon the fatal path of reaction, and that Ktte*s Ministry must fall. Reaction and revo- Jntion confront each other in a death struggle. - Both G«nera'. Trepoff and General Count Igr.a ti c ff. according to the popular impression, are be ing held in reserve t" execute the programme of repression. It is again said that the entire Cos sack strength of 400.000 will be mobilized, in a. supreme effort to crush the revolutionary forces. General Par.=ensoff Bald to-day: I think we are coming to rivers of blood. in v hlch the revolutionary party will lose their game and Russia h*"-r liberty. The appearance of St. Petersburg and the happenings to-day seem to justify this black ji'-ture of the future. The capital resembles a pr°3t military camp. The patrols everywhere are doubled, and cannon rumble through the S!re€!S. What happened smacked strangely of the old order. A large workmen's meeting was dis ssised by Cossacks. The building in which the executive committee of the league of Leagues meets -.-.as surrounded by troops and no one was permitted to enter it. the colonel in command re plying to all Inquiries, "I have my orders." At the same time a vast meeting of Loyalists was freely permitted, at which speeches were made extolling the Emperor and the government. To cap the climax the funeral of Lieutenant General SakhXTOff, former Minister of War, who was assassin&ted at Saratoff on December 5, with an imposing array of military, representing all arms of the service — artillery, horse guards and foot soldiers — passed up the Nevsky Pros pect between suiien crowds. Tl.r remnants of the workmen's council, with delegate* from the railroad men's union and other organizations, are holding a meeting to night to decide the question of a general strike. If the government deliberately plans a chal lenge now it has chosen its time well, as the funds of the organizations are low and many «t>rkme:i are tired of the strike and of starva tion. It is understood that when If. Krustaleff was arrested yesterday a cash box containing M.OOC was captured. Nevertheless, some of the leaders Dave lashed themselves into fury, and are crging that ihe governments challenge must iK- lUi-ijcdiateiy accepted. Rica ;.- completely cut off from St. Peters burg. Even the railway telegraph is not working. Th" scanty news reaching St. Petersburg Is ail to The last ad.vic.-s received from rovincea reported the desecration of es, the murder of land owners and the pillage of property. itlonary bands are growing In au- In <.ne case they attacked a detach ' Iroops snd seized wagons, which they invasion of estates in the vicinity. ped on a narrow gauge railway, after ■rain. A meeting held in the Nemetti Theatre cere, was attended by representatives of a!'. ations advocating: a constituent as the basis of universal suffrage, was j.y the police, who drove the audience I theatre. The xii. me newspapers of St. Petersburg are openly defying the government by publishing resolutions favoring armed uprisings. The torpedo boat Philander is anchored at St. Nicholas Bridge. The manage r of the RJabushevekl factory waa i killed for refusing to permit the • hold a meeting. It is said on high authority that the govern ment baa anally decided against universal suf frage and practically in favor of the old project of twenty-..-,.- workmen's representatives and the extension of the ballot to the small rent pay ers, merchants and the educated classes. The law most Still pass the Council of the Empire and receive Imperial approval. If the decision is upheld it it apt to end all question of the sup port of the zemstvo leaders. The railroad men say that they have been in formed that several sections of the southwest- Continued on «**■'*** par* 1 - DEWEY'S PURE GRAPE JUICE. i- T. Dewe,** 6on^ .^sl New York. To-day, partly cloudy. To-morrow, partly cloudy, south westerly winds. WILL APPOINT YON SKAL McClellan to Name Editor as Bronx Park Commissioner. It is practically settled that CJeorpe yon Skal, managing editor of "The Staats Zoitunsr." is to be appointed Park Commissioner of The Bronx, to succeed Harry Sohrader. The announcement cf his selection for the post doubtless would have been made before this if it had not been for the uncertainty surrounding the result of the recount of ballots for the city ticket, now being fought out In the courts. Mr. yon Skal makes the change in occupation on account of his health. His work as managing editor for several years has told upon his strength, and his physicians have advised day work. Herman Ridder. of "The Staats Zeitunp," has written to Mayor McClollan a letter strongly recommending Mr. yon Skal. When Mr. Ridder was asked about the matter yesterday he said: I do not know that Mr. yon Pkal is to be ap pointed. All that I know about It In that he is a candidate for the place. I wrote the Mayor a letter after Mr. yon Skal announced his can didacy, saying that he was in every way worthy of the honor. We should be sorry to lose Mr. yon Skal. as he is a highly intellgent. educated gentleman. We have supported Mayor Mc- Clellan because we believe he has siven the city a pood administration, and we shall keep on supporting him, no matter whether Mr. yon Skal is appointed or not. Neither Commissioner Schmltt nor Commis sioner Schrader succeeded in making- a record as Commissioner of Parks in The Bronx that suited the Mayor. Commissioner Schmitt was removed on account of disregard of the Civil Service rules, and his successor, Henry C. Schrader, has failed to measure up to the standard. It is understood that Mayor Mc- Clellan selected Mr. yon Skal v. ithout consulta tion with President Haffen of The Bronx. Mr. Haffen as yet his mad" no protest aeainst the appointment of the editor. A MASSACRE IN RIGA. Streets Said to Flow with 8100d — Genera] Strike Urged. St. Petersburg, Dec. 10 (morning). — The situa tion in Livonia is frightful. Anarchy prevails. A messenger who arrived here this morning paid the streets of Riga were flowing with blood. After a meeting the railroad men of Riga were mowed down by the fire of machine guns and artillery- The railroad men of St. Petersburg at a meet ing yesterday evening resolved that, inasmuch "as the reaction is gaining force and the gov ernment is seeking to retract what was won by the first Pan-Russian strike."' the railroad men stand ready to obey the signal for a general strike, but .advise their fellow workers to await the word from the central committee a' Moscow. ns a failure must not beJ"'sked. Simultaneously with the arrests here. If. Dronshilny and all the members of the union <~>f the employes of the post? and telegraphs of Moscow, with M. Kokhanowski at their head, were arrested. "The, reaction has come." were the words on every Hp this morning, and !n the Liberal Ex tremist camp ■ there was only one opinion — namely, that repression must be resisted to the bitter end. At all the meetings last night, some of which lasted until morning, the opinion was unanimous that the government had forced the hands of the proletariat and that the supreme weapon, a general strike, must be Invoked. The newspaper editors at yesterday evening's meeting decided that the temporary press law forbidding the discussion of vital questions af fecting the welfare of the nation violated the principles of freedom of speech and of the press guaranteed by the imperial manifesto, and that it must be defied. The result was that the edi tions of the "Russ" and half a dozen more radical papers were confiscated. The employes of the Riga -Orel Railroad have declared a strike on account of fhe declaration of martial law in Livonia, and have sent an appeal to the other roads to join them. Last night the railroad men of the Baltic ijnes de cided to follow the example of the Riga-Ore! men. M. Durnovo this morning issued an official proclamation not only warning all the post and telegraph employes that their failure to return to work to-morrow will be equivalent to their discharge, but that all those who work for a continuance of the strike or are guilty of cut ting or otherwise destroying wires and ap paratus will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Emperor Nicholas has issued an order of the day thanking- all the Cossack troops for their "self-sacrificing, untiring and loyal services to the throne and fatherland, both at the. seat of war and in the preservation of order within the empire" The municipal board of arbitration has ap pealed to Premier Witte to release M. Krusta leff. president of the executive committee of the workmen's council, owing to the threats of a general strike. A telegram from Kieff says the postal a»id telegraph strike there has ended. VOLLEYS IN WARSAW. Troops Disperse Procession — Elec tric Light Works Shut. Warsaw, Dec. 11.— A patrol of infantry to night dispersed a socialist procession in Ciepla st. The soldiers fired volleys, killing r 'ne man and mortally wounding three. Bands of socialists are invading the hotels and forcing the servants to strike. The police are powerless as well as indifferent. } Owing to a strike in the general electric sta tion, all places using electricity are closed, i At Pabianice the populace organized a patriot ic procession, which two hundred mounted peas ants from a neighboring village wanted to join, but a company of dragoons charged the crowd and severely wounded twenty-nine. The local" committee of the railroad men's union has received a notification from the com tni toe at St Petersburg that the central com mittee of the union of railroad men now in session a< Moscow would probably order a gen eral railroad strike, to begin at midnight, in consequence of the arrest of M. Krustalcff. presi dent of the executive committee of the Work men's Council at St. Petersburg. » SAYS HE HAS CURED TWO LEPERS. [By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1 New-Orleans. Dec. 11.— Dr. Isadore Dyer, who has made a lifelong study of leprosy, has an nounced that the second leper whom he has completely cured has l*>en discharged from the i ompi i home The patient discharged to-day w^ i womVn "hose name is withheld. The other patient was a boy. In whom the disease h-id just developed. Other patients undergoing Dr Dyer's treatment are said to be improving. DOG COSTS J. O. ARMOUR $2 FINE. [By Tel^ftraph to Th* Tribune.] ,-.-;,-, Dec. O. •'■ "-''• " Armour was one of aearty a score of well known South Side- residents „."*« ri-rre in <ht- police court to-day charged with charge and 'paid a fine of $2 and costs. MANUSCRIPT STOLEN FROM VATICAN. Rome Doc. 11. "The Gionwle dl Italia' prints a report to the effect that a precious manuscript of Pius VII has been stolen from the eecret !', .. i.i-rs of the Vatican library. Th* manuscript jndudes ««e record of the Pope 1 Imprisonment at Inebleaa __- •=-*• train* io Detroit, Chicago and 3t. Louis by WelT Shore "llailroad. Ask a West Shore ticket i*eat lor parttoularfl.-AdvU NEW- YORK. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1905. -SIXTEEN PA(}ES.- yT «r A S. tto.! o. THE NAYTUCKET SHOALS RELIEF LIGHTSHIP. Which It is feared has sunk with thirteen men. SIX LOSE LIVES IN FIRE. MOTHER AND CHILDREN. Seven Families Rescued by Two Policemen. In a fire that raged through the big five story flathouse at the southeast corner of Columbus ave. and lOOth-st. last night six persons, a mother and her five children, were burned to death; two were injured, including an ambu lance surgeon who was trying to rescue a fam ily penned in by the flames, and hundreds were thrown into a wild panic. The dead are: Mrs. John Thompson, forty-two years old; John and Anna Thomason, twins, three years old; Will lam J. Thornason, nine years old; Thomas Thomason. seven years old, and Sam/iel Thom ason. seven months old. The injured are Am bulance Surgeon Klbert Norton, of the J. Hood Wright Hospital, burned about the hands, and Fred Nagel, twenty-three years old. burned about the head and shoulders. The seven other families, which included about thirty people, were rescued by two policemen of the West lOOth-st. station, Andrew McLaughlin and Charles Fisher, both of whom got to the roof of a one story cobbler shop adjoining the flathouse on the east and managed to get the panic stricken tenants down the fire escape. Scenes of the wildest excitement prevailed, as soon as the fire broke out. and when the pol/je men arrived they had no end of difficulty in pacifying the children as they were being car ried down the escapes. Except for the courage of the two policemen several of the families would have been hemmed in by the flames, which shot through the build ing with such rapidity that all escape through the halls was cut off. McLaughlin and Fisher knew that the flames were raging through the interior of the building, sweeping up through the stairways from the first floor, and their only hope in* getting the tenants to safety was by means of the fire escapes on the rear of the house. McLaughlin climbed th" iron ladders to the. top floor and with flame enveloping him he directed the descent of the women and children. Fisher remained below and caught them, one by one, as they jumped from the bottom rung to the roof of the cobbler shop. MANY SCENES OF PATHOS. The scenes atending the fire, which did $40,000 damage to the building, were pathetic. j Mrs. Thomason, who lost her life in a frantic | endeavor to save her children, was found in her rooms, her little ones, their bodies charred by the flames, lying around her lifeless form. She had heard the cry of "Fire!" that rang through the building as soon as the blaze was discovered, and immediately sought to get her little ones to safety. In some manner that cannot be explained the latch of the door lead ing to the hall from the kitchen would not work, and she and the children were penned in, i with no means or escape except by jumping from the fifth floor to th« street. The woman evidently didn't have the heart to throw the children from the window, mid even when the flanks burst through the door she resigned her self to her fate. Eight families occupied the. house, two on a floor. The ground floor is a saloon, kept by John Bogan, and there are entrances both on Colum bus-aye. and l(H>th St. Mrs. Mar/ Redham. who occupied apartments on the fir*;" floor on the north side, was prepar ing supper in the kitchen. She left a lighted lamp in thi parlor, which exploded, and when I the woman rushod into the room she saw flames spreading rapidly along the walls and the ceil- ! ing. One of her sons, shrieking "Fire!" at the ; top of his voice, fled from the apartments, ' dashed down the stairs to the street and started for an alarm box He met Patrolman Mc- Laughlin, who turned In an alarm, and then dashed into the building. When he got to the first floor he found that the flames had spread to the hallway, and that all escape was cut off for the tenants on the upper floors. Mrs. Rad- ; ham was hysterical, and the policeman quickly i got her and her younger son to the street. Patrolman Fisher, who joined McLaughlin, quickly went to the loof of the cobbler shop, lifted his partner up, and the work of rescue began. On all the upper floors the tenants were so stricken with fear that they did not know which way to turn. The flames had swept up ] clean through the centre of the big flathouse, i spreading rapidly to both the north and south j apartments on all the floors. At the end of each hallway, separating the I north and south apartments, is a tire escape, ; which leads to the roof of the cobbler shop. The j hallway was narrow. :is was the window, and j the work of getting all the tenants through the I small aperture nearly resulted in Others of the , tenants losing their lives. By the time Me- j Laughlln got them on the escapes the flames had ; reached the hallway, and with showers of sparks and sheets of flame, which shot through the , windows, the policeman dragged the children j out first, and then the women. While Dr. Norton, of the J. Hood right Hos pital was dressing the burns of a man, the latter said: "Say. doctor, I'm afraid the Thomason? didn't get out." There's a mother and five children on the top floor." RESCUER'S CLOTHES BURNED. Dropping his surgical case, he dashed into th» blazing house. He groped his way to the second floor, only to find that the staircase had been burned away. The surgeon was undaunted, however, and plunging through the smoke he got to the entrance to the fire escape. He climbed to the top floor and got into the ha 11 wav then burst open the door and found the b-dles His white duck suit and his overcoat caught fire, and except for the presence of the firemen who -uickly smothered the flames, he might have been fatally burned. John Thomason. the husband and father, had left the house a few minutes before the fire broke out. When he learned of the fire he rushed to the police Station. Thomason's brother broke the news to the man and with several friends walked him around Central Park until late at night, doing their best to get his mind off the sorrow that had befallen him. Coroner Scholar ordered t hut he should not be allowed to see any of the bodies last night. LIGHTSHIP CREW SAVED. GUNBOAT WASP MISSING. j Four Score Men on War Vessel — No Word from Her. New Bedford, Mass.. Dec. 11— The lighthouse tender Azalea arrived here at 2:15 o'clock this morning with the crew of the Nantucket South Shoal I/.ghtship. The lightship foundered at 4 a. m., Monday, eighteen miles, west of her sta tion, while in tmv of the tender. Newport. R. f., Dec 11 -Shipping and naval men here believe that there are grave reasons to fear for the safety of the light gunboat Wasp, which left here a few hours before the storm broke Sunday morning to succor the disabled New-Bedford Brig Harry Smith, only twenty five miles away. The absence of news has made, the day at the naval training and torpedo-sta tions one of much anxiety. The 'Wasp is- the converted yacht Columbia, which was purchased by the government at the outbreak of the Spanish war. She is a trifle larger than the Hist, and was comparatively new when purchased by the government. The Wasp left harbor about dark Saturday ,>Uhr Io aid the New-Bedford brig Harry Smith from the Azores, which was reported -to be in a bad position at the entrance of Vineyard Sound. The "Wasp carried a crew, of eighty men, •was commanded by Chief Boatswain Hugh Sweeney, and was provisioned for three days. It Is a run of about two hours to the entrance of Vineyard Sound, but scarcely had the Wasp left the harbor than the storm which had been threatening all day broke. Within a few hours the wind had increased to a gale from the northeast. It was not surprising to the naval officials that the Wasp missed the brig under the conditions which prevailed late Saturday night and Sunday. The storm was far more severe off shore, and il is believed by the naval officials that the Wasp experienced something bordering on hur ricane, and may have been driven far out to sea. COREY KEEPS MUM. Supposed To Be in Pittsburg—Car negie to Name Successor. [By Telppraph to Tli«- Tribune.] Pittsburg. Dec 11.— William Ellis Corey, who is supposed to have arrived In Pittsburg to-day, is said to be keeping under cover. Officials at the Carnegie Steel Company offices gave out this stataement: Mr Corey is not coming to Pittsburg to talk to newspapers. He is coming on Important business matters. A conference is scheduled here to-morrow at Whicb the Corey affairs will be discussed. The general offices of the rnited States Steel Cor poration may be removed from New-York to Pittsburg. The Frick Kuilding and Carnegie. Building will be annexed, it Is said, for that purpose. There is talk that Andrew Carnegie will ar rive in Pittsburg soon. If Corey is to have a successor. Mr. Carnegie will probably name the man for the position. TO ATTAIN TRIPLE EXPRESS SPEED. Philadelphia Inventor Plans Car with Four Wheels on Single Rail. IBy Telejrrap+i tn The Tribunal Syracuse. Dec. 11.— James N. Vandergrift. of Philadelphia, w'no has financed and built several electric railroads, in an address before rhe Syra cuse Technology Club to-night explained his In vention of a train which, he says, could so from Syracuse to New-York in one and a half hours. Kxperiments conducted in private, h" says, bear out his statement?. His invention is a "motor cycle train, " having fnur wheels <>n a «r, placed one ahead of the other, and running on a thir.l rail between two rails now usec The car is pointed at the ends to lessen air resistance nnd the danger of collision. The car is kepi In iin upright position by rollers running on the outside r;ifls. WRONG OFFICIALS GOT PAYMENTS. [ By T'lfgraiih to Th» Trihunf.l Indianapolis, Dec. 11 -The Investigation into the affairs of the office of the- Auditor of State ordered by Governor Manly :ts a result of the Sherrick shortage has developed ibe fact that the law re quired all payments h> insurance companies t<> be made t'> the Treasurer of the State instead of the Auditor. I'nder the old law the Auditor of State collected the fees and this has eonttaoed since USE when the new law went into effect. It is not known how much money has been collected try these offices, but the Investigation now in progress is expected to result In placing the information in the Governor's posse salon; and he will demand that Ux- fees thus collected be returned to the State. ONE OF THE BOSSED— M'CARREN. gtaje Senator Patrick H. sfcCarrsn. at a dinner for Control!er-«iect Herman A. Metz at the King's County Democrat!* Club last evening, said he was not a boss but one of the bossed, and made an appeal r<>r the amelioration uf the circumstances if fh>- ioilins OH Rev. Dr. Oadssan, who preceded him, had sttftcked bosslsm, and Mr. McCarren repllej in» promptu. Knrlipr in th.- ni«lit. so it waa said, he had Wn snubbed by Mayor McClellan. who rs- Xu*ed to notice him. fi. F. CLTTING RESIGNS. f. r TRIES TO KEEP HIM. Chairman Says He's Tired of Being C 'ailed a Boss. There was a lively meeting of the CTti*M»" Union at hf^dquarters last night. R. Full n Cutting. leader of the organisation, offerrd his resignation as head of the organisation. The resignation k.i» presented in a letter. Mr. Cutting Indicated that his cause for retiring was that be had been branded as a "boss" ami that he <i ! d not care to re main in the position where any such rootrce, how ever wrong it was. would be imputed to him. Hi* resignation precipitated ■ lively debate, and at Its end the committee unanimously rejected bis resignation. Then Mr. Cutttng apreed to take the matter under advisement and give an answer in a few days. The subject of legislation at Albany this winter was discussed and the following memorandum was unanimously adopted : The committee on legislation has, for two years, carefully studied legislation affecting New- Tort City, and has aided in preventing the passage of many undesirable bills. At the end of the last legislative year the committee issued a report s'.immarizinK the work of the legislature and giving a record of the attitude of New-York City mem bers on bills beneficial or detrimental to the city, with the recommendation as to whether such mem bers should be elected. This report pointed out that of 170 bills propos ing amendments to the charter of the City of New- York. 164 were introduced by New-York City men, and of 642 other bills affecting the city, but with out amending the charter, only 6S were Intro duced by up-State members. Of the total 812 bills affecting the city, the committee was of the opin ion that a: very large majority were vicious or un necessary, because of power in the city to deal, of its own motion, with such subjects. In other words, the constant legislative tinkering to which the city is subjected annually. la due primarily to members of the legislature elected from the city itself. It ought, as a matter of fact, to be a consideration of city pride and honor with every Senator and Assemblyman from the greater city to see that bills of the following classes are not introduced or passed at Albany: Bills allowing claims against the city which have been refused by the courts Bills imposing man datory and unsought provisions or» expenditures up. n the city. Special or private bill** as to rehear ing* or reappointments for members dismissed or dropped from the uniformed forces. Bills -cutting down the present discretionary powers of the city charter. Bills affecting the franchise wealth of the city in ways not consistent with the principles of the present city charter. Bills amending general laws in such broad terms as to render Tvell nigh impossible an identification of the particular special interest or public service corporation that is seeking to gain special privileges without full discussion as to its rights to such privileges. These classes cover those bills which snculd be fought by representatives of the city regardless of party consideration ami which should not be intro duced and urged by them. In order to assist in bringing home to the cit izens of the city the importance of opposition to such bills, the city committee of the Citizens Union hereby directs its committee or. legislation in its work "for the coining year, as follows: That th* committee make a. careful study of all proposed bills and oppose such as are included within the foregoing classifications. That the committee preserve careful records as to all New York City members of the legislature, with particular reference to the number and char acter of the bills introduced by them, their atti tude and vote upon bills which the committee is Of the opinion Should be defeated and all other data that will be of use in forming at the end of the session a just and Impartial judgment as to the efficiency and usefulness of the representatives from the city. That the committee from time to time confer with the local organisations of the Citizens Union as to their representatives at Albany and that the committee before making its final report as to the records of the legislators consult with such local organizations. The city committee is particularly desirous that the committee on legislation keep careful records of the New- York City members for the reason that it believes that the Citizens Vnion should next year use every means possibie under its constitu tion to obtain the re-election of worthy and the defeat of unworthy and undesirable member*. Mr. Cutting presided part of Hie tim-\ and when he left the chair his place was taken by E. R. I/. Gould. Henry W. Hardon. chairman of the com mittee on nominations, reported the following for re-election: Vice-chairmen. John E. Eustis. of The Bronx; Horace A. Davis, of Richmond: R. B. Lawrence, of Queens, *ml A. P. Haight. of Brook lyn: treasurer, Isaac N. Bailsman, and secretary, J. .1. Murphy. This report was unanimously adopt ed, and when that was done the following minute was entered on the record: Resolved That in view of the situation created by Mr cuttings refusal to s-rve again as chairman of the union, and the imaortance of the problem presented by his refusal, tho committee of eleven. ■i-'fr mature deliberation, makes no rf-nmnienu.v tion to the city committee of a candidate for this office, believing that Hie choice of a new chairman should be loft to the untrammelled judgment ot tno ii»*v city committee. [t was after this r^nort from the nominating committee that Mr. Cutting's declination to serve was received, and li was understood last nighr that tremendous pressure will be brought to bear on him t" serve another year. It was learned that a3 lung ago as December t last he informed, the nom inating committee that it must not consider his name for chairman for another t»rm. His letter to the nominating committee is as follows: When your committee of eleven proposes for the consideration for the new city committee the names of men who would make an efficient Chair men of that body. I must beX thai my name be omitted from the number, rdo this, not because 1 have lost one particle of Interest in the organiza tion but on the contrary, because my solicitude for its welfare is such that i cannot under the circumstances serve again as chairman. Enemies of the union have <=o persistently re iterated the statement that 1 am boss of the or ganization that many people have actually come to belive it. and it is lime the union demolished that hollow fabrication by choosing another leader. 1 can render just as good service in the traces as in the lead, and I will give the new chairman as loyal support as I have myself always enjoyed from my associates in the city committee. i hope my retirement will help the public to ap preciate the difference between leadership and bosslstn. In the Cttiienfl Union we have no public patronage, no private plums from corporations, no fund for the payment of district workers and no army of privileged lawbreakers to make our lead er a boss. The only way he can control his as sociates ii by logic and their personal loyalty to him. Of the latter the city committee has always given me such generous measure that I should hare been ashamed to have abused their confidence even if I had the power. I am sun- the committee will give the same loyalty to the new chairman, and thnt it will tend to ke-p him the servant rather thr.n th • master of the organization. MERCHANTS IN FIGHT WITH P. R. R. Cars Seized Because They Refused to Pay Storage. IP;.- Telegnpti to The Tribune. 1 Pittsburgh Dec. 11.— Tho Pennsylvania Hail road last week warned commission merchants that S." a day storag.- would be charged in ad dition to demurrages if freight cars were left unloaded In the produce yards after a certain period. Yesterday collectors from the railroad attempted to make coltectiona according to the new ruling. The commission merchants have a strong organization hero, and resolved rot to pay storage. All the commission men refused to pay Uw ntlls. The railroad to-day seized cars containing produce belonging to merchants refusing to pay the storage bills, locked the cars and placed seals on them. Several conflicts resulted be tween railroad men and commission men. ARMY POST PUNISHED FOR INSULT. [By Telegraph to The Tribune.] Cincinnati. Dec. ll.— For twenty-four noun eight companies of the 4th United States Infantry, at Fort Thomas, were prisoners within th- reservation owing to the insult a private offered the daughter .if Major TlHson last Saturday afternoon. Miss TOISOB was waiting with tier mother for a car A private under the influence of liquor passed. •Hello, sweetheart, let's s<> and have a dr'nk." paid he. Mrs. and Miss Ttllson reported the Incident t-» Major Tills-. n and Colonel Ray Immediately placed sentries around the reservation. DIES FROM FOOTBALL INJURIES. IBS T>!»itTa;>h t'. Tho TrlbWW.] Pittsburg. Dec. n-Ho'ert J. Wallace died to dnv from injuries received while playtaK football „„" Think«2ivlnK Day- "'■ *' a; -" twenty year* old. : he coron.r in tructcd the jury to r^m.nend mod ♦ration aid less rougtne*s in the gam* PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW YELLOW hCG TRAIL HAMILTON GOT $JS4fiOO. E. W. Scott Denies McCalls Tcsti momj in Tax Suit. Edward \V. Scott, preskleni c& the Provident Savings Lite Assurance, sup plied a striking contradiction t;> the testi mony given by John A McCall in ex plaining the payment of $134,000 by the New-York Life to "Jndj rew liatn ilton in a suit for recovery of taxes. Mr. Scoti declared thai his company employe*! Hamilton t^» rij^ht this suit ami paid him President McCall had testified thai an agreement had been made with the I'rovi rient Life to use r'neir suit as a test case. President Scott denied this, and insisted there was no agreement or understanding. President McCall will be recalled to ex plain the case. District Attorney Jerome decided that the insurance committee's questions to Thomas F. Ryan were "proper and ma terial." and he must answer or be prose cuted, and Mr. Ryan, through his counsel, signified to the committee his readiness to appear at their convenience and tell about his interviews with Harriman, thus closing the incident. He is expected to testify to-day John C. McCall had an interview with "Judge" Andrew Hamilton in Paris and found him "undecided" about returning in response to the demand of President John A. McCall of the New- York Life, and explaining the "yellow dog"' funds. English holders of policies in American insurance companies moved to protect their interests. "SUIT NOT FOR N. Y. LIFE." Scott Saifs Hamilton Was Paid by Provident Savings. The legislative insurance investigating com mittee hit another "yellow dog" trail mingled with that of "Judge" Andrew Hamilton ju?t before it adjourned yesterday. Following this trail Mr. Hughes revealed a remarkable appar ent lack of harmony between the testimony of John A. McCall, president of the New-York 1-ife. and Edward F. Scott, president of th<» Provident Savings I^ife Assurance Soctetv. which will result in the recall of President Mr- Call and may shed a new light on the noto rious Hamilton transaction?. So surprised ion Mr. Hughes at the extent of the discovery h<» had made that he requested the committee to postpone its adjournment and for twenty min utes fairly revelled in disclosures. These disclosures affected the payment? t*> "Judge" Hamilton in a case before the Court of Appeals in 19'"'4 for which he received $154. 000. Mr. McCall had testified in October tli*i this case affected the constitutionality of a tax law passed by the legislature in 1902, "Judge" Hamilton had undertaken th*» ease. 31 - cording to his testimony. an.J t;-i» . ornpany had agreed to give him one-third of the taxes. pai<l under the law if he should recover the wholfl amount by establishing the unconstitutional y of the law. He explained that the New-York I^ife was anxious not to appear in the rase. .«•• th» Provident Savings was made, by agree ment, to bring a test case. This case wan won and as a result th«» New- York Life re covered over $400,000 and '".Judge" Hamilton re ceived as his share $134,000, of which _$90.t)f>i> was paid to him directly by arrangement with the State Controller, and the remaining '544. 000 stood as a part offset to the $23-1.000 "yellow dog" fund then disclosed. Although skeptical about the wisdom of this performance^ at tbe time Mr. McCall explained it, Mr. Hughe* passed It by. Yesterday, however, when President Scott of the Provident Savings Life was on the stand Mr. Hughes recalled the incident and carefully scanned th» legal expenses of this company for some reference to It. He found it. To hi* sur prise, Mr. Scott testified, first of all. that rher<» never had been any agreement that the Provi dent Savings 1-ife should fight a test case; sec ondly, that, ikhough the company had employed "Judge" Hamilton, it had employed him as Its own counsel, and paid him a fee as such, and finally that the company had acted absolutely independently, never had any agreement with President Met 'all or any one else, and had sup posed that Mr. Hamilton was acting for It ex clusively. Of course the apparent meaning of this was evident to the committee at once. It seemed to Indicate that •Judge" Hamilton, appearing aa counsel for a minor company and winning A suit for which he got $3,000. received |134.WM» of the money belonging to the policyholders of the New-York Life for the same case. More over, it was also shown that Judge y, K. MeCsJl; President John A. McOalls brother and "Judge" Hamilton's predecessor as counsel of the Kn - York Life, had received $1,000 for preliminary work in this case. He went on the bench and abandoned the case before it came to trial, thus losing the returns which ultimately came to Hamilton. On the point of any agreement be tween the officers of the two companies Mr. Hughes made the most searching examination, but Mr. Scott stuck TO his original statement and insisted that he had always supposed Mr. Hamilton represented them In an ordinary legal manner, and them alone. When he was on the stand in October Presi dent McCall testified to this affair In some >>- tail. His explanation of the arrangement with Mr. Hamilton was as follows: "We cade an agreement with him that iit» should take "hold of the case. The New-York Life did not agree to act as the party in the suit, and so the Provident Savings, in this city, was made the complaining party." This did not satisfy Mr. Hughes. •■ ho seemed astonished at the amount of the sum paid Mr. Hamilton, and inquired as to why the r>^gutnr counsel of the New-York Life was not placed in charge of the < a?e. thus eliminating any ne cessity for giving away one-third of the re covery. Mr. Mc<'all explained that the" Nevr- York Life did not wish to appear in the case. This did not satisfy Mr. Hughes either, and lie pressed the point concerning the contingent ROYAL BLUE TOURS TO WASHINGTON only $1- from New-fork, all expenses, including >. til and hotel, for ?. days. Dec. 27, Jan 11 anl -. R.-h. 10, March 1 and 15. April 10 and 26 May *»" Baltimore & Ohio Ticket Offices. 434 and* UOO