1
I
•Hrleed workman's representatives of thirty-two
fit the l«rc»«t industrial establishments in St.
.i/etei^burg. Inclufttaff the Baltic and Franco-
D shipyards, tha Putiloff Iron Works and
fee Kubso- American Rubber Works. The Min
iflc- of Finance. M. Kokovsoeff, and Governor
tjjeaerfcl Tr*poK, accompanied the delegation to
Vaarakoe Sele.
The Emperor entered the hall accompanied by
•jrund Duke George Mikhallovitch, General
Vfesse, the Minister of the Imperial Court, and
ftie UMimsailsiil of the palace. ,The workmen
tiowed deeply to his •sty. who said:
"Good day. my c'.aldren."
The workmen replied:
"We wish your majesty food health."
Ifhe Emperor then eai'2:
1 have summoned j*ou In order that you nay
Year my ".varC.s ttoza jnyse.' and communicate
Jjliesi to your coTrp.-uilor.s. The recent lamen
1,-ible fonts, with sutii tad but Inevitable re
<-;Us, have occurred because you allowed your
/.-ives to be led astray by traitors and enemies
«o our country. When they induced you to ad
♦Jress a petition to me on your needs they desired
to see you revolt' against me and my govern
laent. They forced you to leave your honest work
<t a. period when all Russian workmen should bo
laboring unceasingly in order that we might
Vanquish our obstinate enemy. Strikes and dis
graceful demonstrations led the crowds to disor
ders which obliged, and always will oblige, tho
authorities to call out troopp. As a result In
nocent people were victims.
1 know that the lot of the workman Is not
easy. Many things require improvement, but
have patience. You will understand that it Is
Jieccssary to be just toward your employers
and to consider the condition of our industries.
But to come to me as a rebellious mob in order
to declare your wants is a crime.
In my solicitude for the working classes I will
take measures which will assure that every
thing possible will be done to improve their lot
•nd obtain an investigation of their demands
through legal channels. I am convinced of the
honesty of the workmen and their devotion to
myself, and I pardon their transgression. Re
turn to your work with your comrades and
carry out the tasks allotted to you. May God
assist you.
.After leaving the palace the workmen pro
ceeded to a neighboring church, where they
prayed, and. after kissing ikons, placed lighted
candles oefore the shrines. Subsequently they
■were entertained at dinner in a building which
formerly was the high school of Tsarskoe Selo.
One of the members of the deputation pro
posed the health of the Emporor. which was
drunk with cheers.
The ass.. elation of St. Petersburg manu
facturers has adopted the following resolutions:
FirFt— All points of the men's demands con
cerning the eight hour day. participation of the
men in tiling pay for piecework and regulation
of thr internal workings of factories, etc., shall
rot be discussed, but submitted to the Minister
of Finance, with a view to their 4 settlement by
legislation.
Second— Regarding special demands advanced
£i the different works discussion Is inadvisable
tiii the m»»n ha\o returned to work.
Thirr'— Recognizing that the men were drawn
into the movement by other than economic
causefi. the association unanimously voted that
Tso mutual Diuerness exists, and has therefore
decided to meet the workmen, not to apply the
penalties f<r wasted time, not to endeavor to
discover the instigators and leaders of the
ftrikf, or to empjoy special measures against
taMOB. and to collect fui^ds for the support of
the families of the victims, and in this respect
to make no differences between voluntary and
coerced strikers.
Fourth— The nssorinti.->n. ;n order not to cre
ate a precedent by paying workmen for the
time they have been engaged in the strike, will
grant assistance to the needy, which need not
be repaid.
CHIEF OF POLICE SHOT.
Attempt to Murder M. Galovine in
Centre of Odessa.
Odessa, Feb. 1. — The Chief of Police, M. Galo
vine, was shot near the police station in the
ceritr** of the city this morning, ar.d was wound
ed in the right shoulder. The wound is not
dangerous.
Chief Galovine -was in a carriage, when an
unknown man, dressed as a workman, attempt
ed to assassinate him. The assailant fled, but
•wap captured. The bullet has not yet been ex
tracted from Galovines shoulder.
CENSORSHIP IN MOSCOW OPPOSED.
Douma Demands Publication of Proceedings
—Nobles to Meet To-day.
Moscow, Feb. ].— Forty-two members of the
Hoy a. which was in session tn-day, submitted
a rt.olution demanding that the government
permit the publication in tho newspapers of
full reports of the proceedings of the Douma,
which hitherto have been censored.
In view of the opening of the Assembly of tho
Provincial Xobiiliy to-morrow, two drafts of
resolutions ara in circulation, one insisting on
the absolute mainienan^e of the autocracy, and
the other asking political freedom for Russia,
urging- the government to make necessary
changes In the lavs to enable a representative
assembly to be convoked, and appealing to lha
throne to issue a manifesto assuring the country
of Its intention to take steps to this end, with
out which it will be impossible to restore tran
quillity to the country.
BUSSIA GETS SUBMARINE PLANT.
Machinery Sent to Cronstadt to Assemble'
There American Boats.
IBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TniBUXE.J
Bridgeport, Conn., Ffcl). I.— That the Lake Tor
pedo Boat Company is furnishing Russia with sub
marines was further verified to-day, when it was
admitted at the office of the company that a part
of the company's plant in this city had been
shipped to Cronstadt, Russia, where it will be
i«ed in assembling the submarines built at New
port News, Va., and shipped to Russia In the last
few month*. The Protector, which was the first
e-übrr.a.riue sold to Russia, was built with the plant
that has been shipped -to Russia.-
The annual meeting of the Lake company will
be held to-morrow at Elizabeth, X: J.
TORPEDO BOATS AT ANTWERP.
Ten Vessels, Said To Be from American
Firm, on Way to Russia,
London, Feb. 2. — dispatch from Brussels to
"The Times" says:
There is rurios'.Ty In shipping circle* at Ant
werp over the arrival in a steamer from New-
York of ten torpedo boats, which were shipped
in sections by an American ilrm for trans
shipment to Bebastopel, The Japanese Consul
hap auk' <i his government for Instructions.
CYCLONE DAMAGES BISERTA.
Bi*»rta. Tunis, Feb. L— cyclone here has caused
6f.tr.Ae*- to the amount of **00.000. No one was in
jured.
ALL THE ALBAS CREW RESCUED.
Amsterfliua F<?b. L—Tba remaining twenty-are
■ssassjaps of the crew of the British ateaner Albs,
trfclsh Is aattote at r— e*>o»it. were under! to-day.
PURE WATER
is as necessary to life as good food.
r Mt 9f» all t.it attributes of purity, flavor, ;md sparkk
that go to make a perfect table wafer. Still and sparkling.
Sold Everywhere
THE BATTLE on THE IllN.
ARMIES IX OLD LINES.
Fighting Ceases — CM Brings In
tense Suffering to Wounded.
Russian Headquarters. Huan Mountain. Feb. 1.
—The flvo days 1 battle on the Hun River has
yielded no palpable r. suit, both sides practically
maintaining; their former positions, though it Is
true that nt heavy cost the Russians succeeded
In driving the Japanese out of their advanced
positions j;nd repelling their flanking column.
The Russian cavalry proved extremely efficient.
There is again a lull In the campaign, and it is
possible that military operations will be sus
pended until tlie end of February.
The engagement, which will probably bo
known as the battle of Hun River, was fought
on a seemingly unending plain, which is bs^ken
only by southern amethyst mountains around
Tentai. The bright glare of the sun, reflected
from a dazzling expanse of snow, was painful to
the eyes, and it was with difficulty that one
could follow here and thc-re black streaks mark-
Ing the Russian columns, or wavering skirmish
lines dashing against what resembled dull gray
rocks, but which in reality were the villages of
Lidiatoun and Tanlepu and tho extensive ham
let of Sandepas. bastloned by Chinese defences
and converted by the Japanese into veritable
fortresses, surrounded with wire entanglements
and earthworks. Exposed to the intense cold of
a Manchurian winter, the mounds of earth had
become like granite and as impenetrable as the
eteel sides of a modern battleship.
For five days Russian soldiers hurled them
selves against the defences, and Held artillery
pounded them until the frosty air reverberated
with the thunder of cannon, the din of burst
ing shells and the rattle of musketry, but neither
steel pointed shell nor nickel bullet availed
against the frozen earthworks. The gunners
actually wept with despair at the impotence of
the attack. Mortar batteries came un In the
hopo of demolishing the fortifications. Night and
day a Btieam of shells was poured against tlie
earthworks, but it had very little effect.
The men seemed indifferent to hunger or cold
of arctic intensity. Their fingers, hands and feet
were benumbed, while stinging snow and dust
blinded them. The slightest wound caused ex
cruciating pain. War blood no sooner exuded
from lacerated flesb than !t began to freeze.
The wounded could not be left exposed, and !f
they did not receive attention within an hour
they died.
The surgeons, their assistants and nurses were
almost powerless in the bandaging of wounds,
for they were obliged to wear leather gloves or
mittens in order to resist the cold. The men
seemed to be living again the horrors of th«
winter campaign of lSlli against tho Turks.
Everything that could be done was done, but
man was powerless in the face of nature, which
heaped tortures upon the troops and defeated
the well thought out plan of the commander.
SHELLING SANDEPAS.
Kuropatkin Reports Village on Fire
— Oyama's Dispatches.
Ft. Petersburg, Feb. I.— General Kuropatkin,
telegraphing under date of January 3, says San
depae waa that day set on fire by the Russian
artillery.
In a telegram dated January 31 tbe com
mander in chief reports a continuance- of the
successful bombardment of Sandepaa. and says
that Russian balloon officers noticed that a part
of the Japanese garrison had been withdrawn
in the day.
The generaJ aiso mentions a nu.nber of minor
attacks and counter attacks.
Tokio. Feb. 1. — Field Marshal Oyama, report
ing yesterday, says that the Russians bom
barded his centre and right wings on January
30, and sent small bodies of infantry to attack
the Japanese outposts, where they were re
puised. On the same day heavy Russian guns
fiercely shelled Pi-Yental and Chen-Chieh-Pao.
On Januaiy 31 the Russians bombarded Chen-
Chieh-Pao, Lapatt and Lita-Jen-Tan, and two
companies of infantry attacked Chen-Chieh-
Pao, advancing from the south end near Pel-
Tai-Tsu. The Japanese repulsod them.
On January 30 two companies of Russian in
fantry unsuccessfully attacked Yatzu-Pao, two
miles northwest of Chen-Chieh-Pao, and two
battalions of Russian infantry and a regiment
of cavalry failed in an attack on Tu-Tal-Tsu.
Field Marshal Oyama, in reporting the wound
ing- of General Mistchenko, which he had learned
from Russian prisoners, characterizes the gen
eral's attacks upon the Japanese flank as brave.
FIRES INTO TWO CROWDS.
Boy's Cheek Hit — Man's Pursuers
Flee — Four Shots in All.
Walking up to a crowd of boys who were
playing last night at 44th-st. and 9th-ave.. a
young man exclaimed :
"Here, you boys! See whether you are good
pickpockets or not!"
Holding his hands on hie hips, the young man
shewed a $2 bill sticking from an upper waist
coat pocket and a $1 bill from a lower waist
coat pocket. As the boys approached he re
moved his hands from his hits and revealed a
belt holding two revolvers.
The boys ran when the stranger took aim with
one of the weapons and fired. The bullet caused
no injury. Again he fired. This time the bullet
grazed the cheek of John Fredericks, of No. 403
West 44th-st., who was running. Fredericks is
fifteen years old.
Dodging diagonally across to the east side of
9th-ave., the man ran north, with a crowd at his
heels. At 48th-et. he turned west, and into a
crowd of girls playing la front of No. 400.
There he stopped and faced about, levelling both
revolvers at the crowd. He stood still a mo
ment and then fired with deliberate aim. The
bullet hit nobody, but the pursuers turned and
fled, as did the girls. Pointing one of his
weapons at the ground, the man fired into the
pavement. Then he bolted into No. 401).
The police came, but could find no trace of the
man. They thought delirium treinens oaused
his acte»
TURKISH VICTORY IN YEMEN.
Constantinople, Feb. I. — It la officially announced
that the Turkish forces have routed the rebels in
vesting Sanaa and H xieUla, Yemen Province. Ara
bia, and have relieved th«» besieged garrison of
Sanaa, the capital of Yemen.
4TEW-YORK DAILY TKITtt-XE. THURSDAY. FBBBUAEY 2. 11)05.
M KOKOVZOFF.
Who ftccompanleJ
■ tli<» workman.
LOSSES OF OKU'S ARMY.
Only Forty Deaths from Sickness
Since Campaign Began.
Genera! Oku's Headquarters, Jan. i! 9. — Japa
nese field surgeons and field hospitals have ac
complished a triumph, according to statistics
obtained from the chief surgeon of General
Oku's army. There have been In the entire
army, since the landing on May 8, only forty
deaths from disease.
The figrureß show that up to December 1 there
were treated 24,642 cases of disease. Of these
forty resulted fatally, 18,578 patients recovered,
5,600 were- sent to Japan, and the remainder
were undergoing treatment when the figures
were compiled. It Is believed that these fig
ures are unequalled in the history of -warfare.
There were only 103 cases of typhoid and 342
of dysentery, while of beri berl there were 5,070.
The other cases of disease were not serious.
The casualties In General Oku's army from
May 6 to December 19 were as follows:
Killed, officers, 210; men, 4,917; wounded, of
ficers, 743; men, 20,337; missing, officers, 4; men,
402. Sixteen per cent of the wounded died. 19
per cent recovered in the field and ()"> per cent
were sent to Japan. Eighty-five per cent of the
wounds wore inflicted by rifle phots, S per cent
by artillery and 7 per cent by cold steel. The
largest percentage of recoveries was in thu
cases of chest wounds. Most of the recoveries
were due to the small calibre of the rif.e bul
lets.
The percentages of the other Japanese armies
are believed to be about the same.
CLADO TESTIFIES.
Russian Officers Insist on Presence
of Torpedo Beats.
Paris. Feb. 1. — The international commission in
quiring into the Bog-g-r Bank affair continued its
sessions to-day. Lieutenant KHis, of the Russian
battleship Alexander 111. testified to seeing a tor
pedo boat among the British trawlers in the North
Fen. He said ho first saw a torpedo boat two
miles off, steamln? swiftly toward the squadron
on a course to intercept the flagship. As the tor
pedo boat advanced searchlights made her plainly
visible and a heavy cannonade was opened on her.
The torpedo boat, the witness continued, way .-vi
dently damaged, drew oTT to starboard and disap
peared.
Lieutenant Behremtchenke. torpedo oflicf-r of the
Russian battleship Borodino, gave similar testi
mony to seeing two torpedo boats. He paid:
One was on the port side and was fifteen cable
lengths away, l could not nave been mistaken,
being a torpedo officer. 1 distinguished Us long,
raking form. My long familiarity with torpedo
boats made nn» take ;l careful luck at the. attack
ing craft. It was painted a dark color, had two
smokestacks and was of the general type of tor
pedo boats usually attached to squadrons.
The lieutenant also described the torpedo boat
which he said he had seen to starboard. Sin- was
about the fame sizn and general appearance as
the boat first seen. Both torpedo boats withdrew
under a terrific fire.
Counsel for Great Britain severely cross-ex
amined the Russian officers, who stuck to their
testimony.
Captain Clado explained why the Russians saw
the torpedo boats and the fishermen on the trawl
ers did not see them, saying that the decks of
the trawlers were seven feet above water, and
those of the warships forty-two. The captain
caused amusement when a British agent asked him
if ordinary boats were not sometimes mistaken
for torpedo boats. Captain Clado replied:
An English admiral once said, "When yon flee
torpedo boats advancing, fire first and inquire
about their nationality afterward."
Captain Clado later testified that he did not see
the torpedo boats sink. He thought the torpedo
boat on the starboard side Bank. The othT, the
captain added, was less damaged. He was ip
norant as tv the ultimate fate of tho torpedo
boats.
Captain ciado sai«i the version of the North Se.i
Inclili-nt given by a Russian navy chaplain to the
"Kovoe \ rtmya." was erroneous.
AUSTRIAN COLLIER SEIZED.
Tokio, Feb. 1, — The Austrian steajßer Biam,
bound for Vladivostok from Cardiff with coal,
was seized off Hokkaido yesterday.
Tiio steamer Slam is of 1,931 tons. net. Sho was
built in 1893 and is owned at Flume.
PAROLED PRISONERS LEAVE JAPAN.
Nagasaki, Fob. 1. — Five hundred and twen
ty-four paroled Russian prisoners of war left
here to-day on the French mail Hteam«r for iti.p
sia. Eleven Russian officers who recently sailed
from lure havo returned from BhangheJ on
the steamer Siberia and are going to Sun Fran
cisco.
TOQO BOON TO JOIN FLF.ET.
T.'itio, Feb. I.— Admiral Togo returns to his
ftairship en February 6. Naval plans nre not
disclosed.
The Emperor has Issued •••. rescript to Field
Marshal Oyama's army, thanking the troops
for defeating a superior Russian force In tho
recent battle. Oyama, responding, says th.;
men fought desperately day and night in in
tensely cold weather.
TISZA CABINET EESIGNS.
Premier Received by Emperor aft Vienna —
Hesult of Recent Election.
Budapest. Feb. I.— Bmperor Francis Joseph this
morning received Premier Tisza at Vienna. The
Premier handed his majesty the resignation of the
Hungarian Cabinet.
The Emperor hao summoned Count Julius An
flraesy, one of the foremost of the Opposition lend
ers, to Vlerna.
Complete returns from the recent ofectlona chow
that the Kossuth party heads the poll, with 159
members of the new Parliament. The Liberal party
La* ISI members. th* l)lobld*nt, l^oitO A, Peopla'a
THE CZAR OP RUSSIA.
Who received a deputation of workmen at Tzarskoe-Selo yesterday. ,
GRAND PUICE
GEORGIS MICHAEL/ 'VITdi.
Who oci-om?«nl«-1
the Czar.
party 24. Banffy party 13. Independent 10 and Na
tionalist 9. Second ballots will be necessary In four
teen constituencies.
FBINCE MIRSKV RESIGNS.
M. Bouiigan, a Reactionary, Ex
pecteu to Succeed Him.
St. Petersburg, Feb. I.— The retirement of th»
Minister of the Interior. Prince Sviatopolk-Mlr
sky. was officially announced this morning. 11l
health being assigned as the reason. M. Dur
rovo, former Minister of Posts and Telegraphs,
becomes acting Minister of the Interior. M.
Boullgan, former Governor General of Moscow,
seems mest likely to be the Prince's successor.
There is alto a rumor that Emperor Nicholas
has offered the portfolio to M. "Wltte, President
of the Council of Ministers.
Prince SviatepaUt-Mlnky'a desire to retire had
been known for weeks, but the manner in which
it wju announced was unusual, the retirement
of a Minister l>Hng generally accompanied by an
Imperial rescript. For this reason the form of
the announcement is popularly accepted as a
reprimand. Among the extreme reactionaries,
and even among some of the more moderate
conservatives. Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky ha*
been blamed for having from, the outset of his
term encouraged the liberal aspirations which
brought the present storm about the head of
the government.
An official proclamation conveys the heartfelt
sympathies of the Emperor, the Empress and
the Empress Dowager to the families of those
killed in the street fighting of January 22. They
have placed $25,000 at the disposal of Gov
ernor General Trepoff for the aid of the families
of tlie sufferers.
preliminary official rfjport of the attack
made on the British Consul General, Mr. Mur
ray, and Pro-Consul Mucukaln at Warsaw, says
that the consuls were in a crowd in a street
while it waa beingr cleared, the pro-consul re
ceiving a cut on th© forehead, but whether
from a Cossack sabre or a club In the hands
of ono of the riotera has not yet been definitely
established. The consuls were not attacked,
shire the oction of the Cossacka was not espe
cially directed against them.
PARIS EOMBS FOUND HARMLESS.
Another Practical Joke — Anarchists Post
Inflammatory Placards.
Paris, Feb. I.— An analysis made at the Mu
nicipal Laboratory has shown that the bomb
found last night in front of the Hotel dcs Deux
Mondea, on the Avenue de I Opera, was not
dangerous, It contained chiefly coal dust.
Another supposed bomb was found here this
morning. It turned out to be harmless.
Placards were posted f>-ilay in front of the
Worklngmen'a Exchange, appealing to anarch
ists to avenge the victims of the shooting at
St. Petersburg on January 22.
PALMA JOINS MODERATE PARTY.
His Re-election Expected — Cabinet Com
mutes Congressman's Sentence.
Havana. Feb. I.— President Pnlma tht3 evening
formaiiy declared his allesianie to the Moderate
party to a committee of prominent members of the
party which called at the palace. This act means
President Palma'a candidacy for a second term
and hin probable hi election.
The Cabinet this afternoon commuted the sen
tenc< el Congressman Corona, whe a jreax ago shot
and kiiie.i EUcardo Mirando, Bditer of the "Insula,"
of Santiago, for which Corona was sentenced to
fourteen years imnrisunnient.
SUGAR CONVENTION ACCEPTED.
Russia, in Treaty with Germany, Also Makes
Concessions to Jews.
Berlin. Feb. I.— Chancellor yon Bulow In
the Reichstag to-day announced that Russia,
in renewing tho treaty with Germany, accepted
the Brussels sugar convention, and also agreed
to treat German-Jewish commercial travellers
In the same way as other Germans.
The Chancellor announced that the treaties
would so into effect on February 12. 190(5.
The Brussels conference completed its sessions in
1902, and agreed that all export bounties on sugar
should be abolished. The United States took no
part in the conference.
REPUBLIC OF MEXICO LOSES POINT.
Justice Leventritt yesterday denied th« applica
tion of counsel for the Republic of Mexico In iv
suit against Lewis Nixon and the United States
Fidelity and Guaranty Company to recover $44,730
in connection with, the construction of the gunboats
Hunplco and Vera Cruz, thai the case should be
■Mat to a referee. A reference was a.«kod. on the
glwfcnd Ifcat there were nine hundred dl tinct Items
to be tasjairea Into.
NEW-tOEKEE'S WINTER HOilE ROBBED
Gemfl V*stts4 at $1,500 Stolen from D. A.
Ktedgett at St. Augustine.
[irr"TßL»c.nAni to the tsgassjaj ]
St. .M*u»iM. rU Feb. 1. -The winter home la
Daytona of 1> A. Bledgett, of New-York, was
robbed li*t alght. sems valued at about ti.:«io'b«ing
stolen. a*tajrai rooms were ransacked and Mr
BlodgeVVtojrtvate papers rone through thoroußh.lv'
Mr. l-ilad|H»> shirt containing solid gold studs J,.;
with jtaeßSllß was one ihlng carried off ° luuil Set
TO cunt a ooLt» in ONE dat
Tak« L«ja4ye Broroo Qulnln. Tabl.tm. All <Jru««lit»
refimjjdw Ittoney U It fail* to eui*. E. \V. Qruv".
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ALFONSO XIII
OELUSE AT THE SPANISH ROYAL
COURT
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Weber Piano abroad — notably the appointment to the
Court of Spain and the designation of the Weber as
the official piano for use in the Apostolic Palaces by His
Holiness Pius X.
European standards in all matters pertaining to art are ex
acting. That a piano of American make should have been given
the preference in the very art centers of the world, is interesting;
that the American piano thus selected over all others, European
or American, should be the Weber, is not only gratifying to the
manufacturers, but instructive to all persons who may now be
contemplating the purchase of a piano and who wish their selec- I
tion to be in conformity with the judgment of the world's critics
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Discontinued Designs in bookcases and library
and lounging chairs are reduced one-third in price
during this Clearance Sale.
Examples R^fc*.
Mahogany Bookcase $150.00 to $100.00
" 63.00 " 42.00
" 48.00 - 32.00
" Sofa and Ann Chair Suite . . 112.00 " 74.00
M " " Side " " . . 50.00 ■ 33.00
M Arm Chair and Sofa 75.00 " 50.00
■ " " 75.00 ■ 50.00
M " " 63.00 " 42 00
" Rocker" 41.00 ■ 27.00
Mahogany Finished Bookshelves .. . 27.50 " 19.00
Mahogany Corner Chair 21.00 " 14.00
Leather Upholstered Arm Chair .. . 80.00 - 53.00
Fumed Oak Arm Chair 44.00 " 20.00
Weathered Oak Arm Chair 18.00 " 12.00
Golden Oak Morris Chair 9.50 " 6.25
Golden Oak Bookcase . 72.00 M 48.00
43.00 " 21.00
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Fumed M " 50.00 «■ 33.00
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Furniture purchased during this Clearance Sale,
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DEMANDS OR A STRIKE.
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clared it was meant to "freeze out" the old men,
who possibly couldn't pass a rigid examination, but
could do their work. The testa related to color
blindness and the ability to see objects at a dis
tance.
Th« men voted to strike, and la preparation for
a strike the Interborough management began to
drill Its conductors as motormen. Conferences be
tween Vice-President Bryan. Mr. Hedley. August
Belinont and representatives of the national and
local Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers finally
brought about an agreement by which the manage
ment bound itself not to require a new examina
tion for two years and six months from those men
who had passed one satisfactorily within a year.
unless It was manifest that they were becoming
unfit to perform their duty.
Last summer the conductors and guards of the
elevated threatened a strike because they did not
receive places as motormen in seniority. Their de
mands were granted. Then the motorraen voted to
strike to enforce a demand for $3 50 for nine hours
In the subway, then not completed. They held also
that an agreement giving the men on the elevated a
preference for places In the subway service was
r.elnjf disregarded, In the conferences which fol
lowed their demands strong pressure was brought
to bear on August Betaaom. then in the thick of a
political campaign. Demands ami counter demands
were made and rejected. The Interberough man
agemert hired Farley the strike breaker, and got
ready for a strike. On September 2 the motor
men and llremen's unions voted to strike, and
were backed up by the Amalgamated Asso
ciation of Street and Electrical Railway Em
ploye* Including switchmen, guards and various
other railway employes. The next day the manage
ment made some concessions. noi.iMy a promioe of
desirable trips and "swings" which BhouM nmko
a day ■ work really leas than ten hours. On Sep
tember 9, after many more conferences an agree
ment was tlgned by which the men gained practi
cally all they asked. Th.« company maintained its
right to a physical examination and the ten-hoar
day for the subway men, but guaranteed a sliding
wage scale, by which the subway men were to
start at 13. be raised to $3:;. In six months, and
get S3 50 a day after one year. The elevated em
ployes were to have preference for subway place*.
On«> teatur.' of the agreement was that the men
were not ti> declare a strike over the wages or
hours question in the next three years. This agree
ment was to apply to suhwav employe* »iso
Some pasaenirera on the elevated road and In th*
subway yesterday remarked that it seemed strange
that the Interborough should concede the demands
of the men -■.- often hm It has when surface, car
motormen could be trained in n short time to fill
the places of the subway motormen.
THE GROUND HOG DUE TO STAY IN.
To-day Is Candlemas Day, and persons In the j
country districts will follow the. old custom of
watching for the appearance of the ground hoc- If i
MM forecast for to-day proves true, there will b«
WSiat's In a name ?
A groat deal
when it is
on the selvedge of
Black Dress Goods
It means durability, style
> and a guarantee
that the color is a perma
nent black. m
no ground hogs seen In the section of lo«*» **•
York. The forecast for that district is "W* **,
colder." and if this weather prevails, ttee 0^".
hog wall stay In his den. indicating thereby •■£
more storms ana heavy snows In to con» - 1
slight snowfall began yesterday at 3 o' cl3C
increased at midnight. The highest temp*™'
recorded here yesterday was 2? degrees at • F- "•
the lowest. 16 degrees, at 3 a. m.
NEW-YOEK CLUB TO DECIDE ON **
Opposition to Forty-fifth-st. Parcel U*& {a
Withdrawal of Option Of
A meeting of the -York Club will be ! *JJ^S
evening to decide on a site for a new I*** 9 *!
organization. A few days after the club 1*
present home, at the southwest corner **~Z?tim
and ihave.. to Boehro ft Coon, for It *'*^ D j|
City Real Estate Company bought >**»• /%»f»ti
Weat 45th-st.. a parcel having a frontage °* 'rjrtfci
and v depth of 100 feet. The site Is no* on J »• **\l
easy reach of Sherry*. Delmonlco'* and «j»* ** suJ
known h>iels. and the tnratre section. ou ; h ' c tty.
rounded by many of the. leading duos or ,|, eW*
A provisional option to purchase It K>. »«- •**
wan obtained, but on account of th« 'f^^BS ••
satisfaction of «orae members of th« cl "°, j«ol#pl
parcrl the City Real Estate Company ft" nU! f
not to offer the property to th» club, a • lw #
of the members of the organisation £»»* • , u «*l
ith-iive.. between 31th and 42d»t* cr -3 » V.
near the Waldorf,