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tlcr.s — th? interest rats of city bonds
also. The 54,900.000 city bond loan of
T*lttaburg bears S s i per cent, and the rat->
Ii the same on the world's fair bond of
3002. issued by St. Louis. Philadelphia
lias two small bond issues, one of which
bears 33 S4S 4 per cent and the other i\.
«nd Cincinnati lias .several minor Issues
bearing interest at 3.65 per cent.
There was general satisfaction at th?
clear and able financial statement of the
city published by Controller Prcnder&a3t
yesterday.
Mayor Commends Controller.
Th? Mayor wrote a letter of com
tnendatien to the Controller, in which he
expressed bis belief that the bonds of
the city would rise in value and occupy
the place they should in the list of mu
nicipal securities. He said he hoped
that the small investor would bid at the
forthcoming sale, as under the law such
a bid may receive the preference if !t in
larger than that of a bidder for a" large
■umber of bond?.
The Mayor wrote
Allow the Mayor to thank you heartily
for your clear and able statement of the
eity'e financial condition, published to-day.
There' is no safer security In th« world
than a bond of this city, as you show. The
more* than loc-t-e talk about the city's credit
during toe last few years i* much to be
regretted. The constitution of the state
provides that the debt of the city can
iKvcr <?vee<Hi 10 per i e;it of the real es
tat* valuation on the city tax rolls. in
that way, and In that respect alone, the
bonds of the city (or corporate stock, as
ihe accurate phrase is: are as safe as real
estate, llrst mortgages on 10 per cent of
th* value of the real estate- covered by
them.
In addition to that, they have back of
them the taxuiK power of the suite for the
payment of interest and principal.
In addition to that, the city owns in fee.
simple, real eM&te assets of the value of
ever C<W.O<W.«WO. whereas its net deM is
only about one-third of that Bum— namely.
. I' « than I6SO.OQb.WQ-
And finally, as you also point out, our
iiet city debt does" not exceed th© total of
the city's revenue* for four year?.
withstanding ail of this, our 4 per
rent bonds sold last summer for 1 00.14,
when t!ir bond* of Baltimore, for instance,
fold for 105.17 and the bonds of other cities
fold equally well. This was caused by loose
and baseless talk concerning our financial
credit, no ttmid is capital.
i feel certain that our bonds will now
continue to ■■■•'- until they sell as they for
merly did- namely, as Mail as those of
any city. I hope that even persons who
want to Invest only a small amount will
bid at the forthcoming sale, since the law
BOW Is that the small bidder is entitled to
have his bid complied With if he. is the
highest bidder. Instead of a bid for the
whole issue being given a preference.
Borough President McAneny, speaking
of the financial statement of the Con
troller. 6.i!d:
"The appearance of this clear state
ment at a time before the Board of Es
timate and Apportionment la committed
to any parti* line of expenditure in
detail ip especially opportune. it is In
line with the policy of the board an
nounced at the first of the year. *
"The frank declaration of the plan for
ridding ourselves of the incubus of paper
assets cf uncollectible taxes Is moot ad
mirable. We will not be burdened from
year to year in the future by this in
creasing debt, as an allowance will be
made each year for such taxes as we
may have reason to expect cannot be
collected.
McAneny on the Budget.
"Thi? statement of the Controller is
one of the first steps in the general pol
icy of the administration in clearing the
decks, so we may know just where we
Ftand and may go forward with im
provements with a* clear understanding
of how far we may safely carry them.
"The next step in shaking things into
workable shape will be the preparation
cf uur corporate stock budget. I under
stand that the various departments have
put in their requests for the budget and
ail that remains is to collate and relate
them: Then the Board of Estimate will
be able to lake Into consideration the re
quests of all the departments and square
them with what we consider the most
pressing needs of the city. We ought to
be able to provide for almost all the ex
penditures of the year in this way, al
; though, of course, some allowance will
have to be made for emergencies.
•'1 hope that in the future the board
will be able to apportion pro rata. in
advance with more or less precision
our resources among the various im
provements, such as subways, schools,
docks, parks, etc. The corporate stock
budget we are about to issue will be an
example for those that will follow."
CA PITOL S EXTEXC ES.
Confirmed by Supreme Court
-State Sues for $5j000,000.
March «.— The conviction
r: v\ Hham P Snyder and James M- Shu
maker, chained with conspiracy 1 • defraud
nectlon w:th the furnishing
of i . state Capitol, was affirmed by the
-•. •* Supreme Court here to-day. Snyder
„ . . former Auditor General md Shu
n,«ker a former Superintendent of Public
and Groun
Snyder and Binimaker were convicted In
the Dauphin County court at Jlairisburg
" on ember 18, 1908. and sentenced to
«erve two years each and to pay 'i fine of
$:,<>« each and the cost of prosecution. John
H. Henderson, of Philadelphia, who had the
furniture contract for the capltol, and
■William L. Mathuea, of Media, former
.'FUite Treasurer, who paid «he alleged
fraudulent furniture bills, were convicted
.aid received ■ similar sentence at the same
time. Sanderson and Mathues have since
"died.
At the Ime time the Supreme Court
decision was handed down here 1!j<? Mate
was instituting proceedings at i larrisburg
to recover 55,00d,000 from all t -one the
state charged with bein;? in the conspiracy
to A> Fraud the commonwealth^
The commonwealth charges that Sander
pon, who was the principal contractor, re
eafrad over 15,003.000 for furniture and
equipment which was not worth more than
J1.r40.00d, and that the Pennsylvania Con
ettuction Company received over $2,000,000
for metallic filing crises, wardrobes, etc.,
wjiichwcre not worth more than y 'j>,in>>.
William P. Snyder, speaking of the Su
preme Court decision to-day, «aid:
"1 am coirjp<-!ied to suffer an .•!.:■:..-..■:
iiifiit that vi me is worse than death Itself
without having «lo:ie jny fellow men or my
state an Intentional wrong or ever hav
ing knowingly committed a criminal act. I
li.v.c the fullest confidence in our courts,
?«!vl from my youth ;:p v.as taught to fe-
Fptct our judges, ond feeling's remain
unchan^cJ. Although in my own case J
ti.ov .l;<*r<> iiiis been an awful miscarriage
• of Jjstlce."
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CONSTIPATION
WILL HKLPTHE CITY
SATS CONTROLLER OF
STATEMENT.
Praises The Tribune for lU
Work ■-- Approval of Pren-
dergast's Plans.
•Speaking of the publication of his finan
cial statement in The Tribune yesterday.
Controller Prendergast said: "I appreciate
the way In which The Tribune pave public
ity to niy statement. I also wish to com
mend the able way in which you analyzed
it. I am pure that the wide publicity given
to the entire report will be of great advan
tage to the city as well as to investors In
city securities."
controller Prendergast's statement aroused
attention and much interest among busi
ness men and other interests In the finan
cial condltlo'- of the city yesterday.
Allan Robinson, president of the Allied
R"a! Estate Interests said: '"Controller
Prenderjrast i* to be congratulated on the
frank and clear statement he ha? made on
the city's finance.", and The Tribune is to
be congratulated in that it was able .nontho
ago to point out the defects in the city's
financial transactions which require cor
rection
•The question that immediately arises in
one's mind is: "Who has been benefiting
from concealing the true facts as to the
city's finances'* Certainly not the taxpay
ers, for they are now called upon to pay
taxes on a fifteen point rise this year. \Ya«
It tbe late administration, which desired
to be retained In power, or was it financial
Interests who preferred a high rate of in
terest on temporary certificates to a low
rate of interest on corporate stock? It Is no
wonder that the city's credit has been
damaged and that 4 per cent bonds are
selling to-day between 9$ mid 99 and below
the price which bonds of other cities in
the Tnlted States are selling in the open
market
"A huge- floating d^bt. the exact propor
tions of which no one, hut the late Con
troller and bis confidants knew, has been
hanging over this city for years. J believe
that now the matter has been clearly set
forth and the size and character of this
temporary debt hay.< been disclosed, the
cff>r? will be favorable on the market for
New York City securities.
Duty to Uphold Administration.
•It Is now incumbent upon every citi
7en having: the interest of New York at
heart to uphold the Mayor and ths Con
troller In their efforts to improve the
credit of the city. If the Controller's plan
for specifying the purposes for which the.
proceed? for corporate stock arc to be used
is carried out It will form a precedent
Which would make it impossible for city
officials in the future to divert public fund?
from th« particular purposes to which they
should be applied, as has been done in the
past. Private corporations, if they are
properly conducted, do not raise money on
thp pale of securities and then appropriate
th© proceeds for some other purpose than
was announced in the advertisement of
sale. Public officials ehould maintain the
«am© high standard, and if they will not
do so i>f their own volition, then they
should be compelled to do so by law.
"I doubt if the Controller has the legal
right to wipe out any portion of the deficit
due to uncollectible taxes of former years
by appropriations authorized in future
budgets. As I understand the law. It spe
ciflcally states that this deficit must be
wiped out by an issue of corporate stock.
If I am ri^ht In this regard it simply
means that the taxpayers will have to
bear the additional burden in the shape
of an increase in the interest charges upon
the funded debt, Instead of being com
pelled to make up the shortage out of the
tax revenues through appropriations in the
annual budgets."
Edgar 1. Levey, president of the Title
Insurance Company and former Deputy
Controller, said:
"Controller Prendergast h«s faced a diffi
cult situation frankly and honestly, and
deserves to be congratulated. The fact
lhat this situation was not BO fa. Ed by
the preceding administration is the best
evidence that H was no easy task.
Should Fund Debt Quickly.
"While I fully appreciate the difficulties
of the ControlleVs position. I must confess
thai 1 was a little disappointed at the
length of time it is proposed to take to
extinguish that part of the city's temporary
d<-M which it is now officially admitted is
outstanding against taxes that cannot re
collected. This debt should be funded at
the tarliest possible moment, end I hope
that conditions will be such that it will
be i>ossii le to get rid of it at a much great
.•> rate than $",'XN>,OOO a year.
"The statement that the Controller Is
seriously considering a plan to <!■> away
with the selling of corporate stock under
the blanket designation of 'various mu
ni' ipal purposes' is a move In the right
direction. That custom should never ha\e
been introduced, ;inj the quicker it Is done
away with the better foi the credit of the
city."
"The Controller la to be eongrsi
for the full and fmnk statement he i..
glv. n the public regarding ;!;•• city a flnan
1 Lai position," said Andrew Mills, president
of the Dry Pock Savings Bank, "It was
the right thins to do from ev< i\ btandpoint
.Vot only will It give the taxpayers confl
denoe i:i the good intentions of ihe Con
troller, but It will certainly strengthen the
■ red It 01 the city.
"Personally, I was glad to read Lliat the
Controller Is seriously considering a plan
to do away with the custom of skiing the
city's corporate stock under the blanket
designation of 'various municipal pur
poses.' Such a change, making more spe
cific the purposes for which th-"* money is
borrowed before the sale of the bonds,
would be welcomed by those who invest
their money In city securities, md would
also be a guarantee that the proceeds would
not be used in the future, as they have in
tho past, for purposes other than the pur
poses for which the bonds were sold.
"In fact, I consider the whole attitude of
the present administration « distinct credit
to the city. It jdvts pood promise of a
Kreat chance for the better in the adminifl
nation of the city's affairs, a change which
1% bound to do a very groat deal of f,00d."
Henry Bruere, director ><( the Bureau
of Municipal Research, praised Controller
Prendergast for Issuing his statement «m
tho funds in the city treasury and Ji> under
taking to provide for the deficit which has
accumulated throual] uncollcctlblo taxes.
"Both moves of the Controller," Mr.
Briidre raid, "are .-' pa in the right direc
tion. 'I i.e. Issuing of corporate stock to
provide for '..«- deficit from uncollectible
taxes was a development which had to
come as a part of any movement to put
the city on a sound business basis. I wish
the Controller could nave Rone a :■•,;, fur
ther and treated the deficit as a liability,
but ills plan i.s a great Improvement <>n
the former eystenf."
SCOLDED, C
Teachers Reprimand Too Mnch for
Fourteen-Year-Old Boy.
Maple Hill, Kan., March 7.-A aiding by
a young woman school teacher was moie
i than Gay Mosea, fourteen fears „-.;, could
jf-ndurc: fo h» killed himtelf. Hie parents
] foan.l his body to-day when they vent to
I arcut c him ?o that ho rnisijt so to school,
j The boy left a note, v hrh read: ."I don't
[care to live, because teacher fcuoided me."
ADVANCE TAXI BILL.
On Order of Final Passage in
Assembly.
lEy Teicsrraph to Tile Tribune.!
Albany, March 7.— Because of the lack of
what lie termed' "lobster palaces" In Co
lumbia County and the fact that .the peo
ple there go early to bed. Assemblyman
Callan declared to-night that Columbia
was not so much In need of his taxlcab
meter bill as certain other counties In the
state. The. argument aro.?& when his bill
providing for the inspection of the sealing
of taxlcab meters throughout the state,
with the exception of New York City, was
reached on the ECcond reading calendar.
In quick succession Assemblymen Walters,
of Onondaga County; Goodwin, of West
chester, and Wilkle. of Erie, offered amend
ments to exclude their respective counties
from the provisions of the bill.
"From these amendments," said Mr. Cal
lan, "somebody might Just as well amend
the bill so as to exclude New York State
from its enactment."
After telling the reasons why he was not
so solicitous about his own county, he said
that he excluded New York because the
city already has a bureau regulating taxi
cab meters.
"Then why are you solicitous about Erie
County and the rest of the state?" asked
Assemblyman MacGrrgor, of Erie.
"Because I've ridden in one of Erie's
metered taxicabs," replied Callan.
The amendments were finally withdrawn
and the bill advanced to the order of final
passage.
AMENDS TRANSIT ACT.
P. S. Measure Relates to Oper
tion of Subways.
[By TclPßraph toTh*> Tribune. l
Albany. March 7— Senator Brough and
Assemblyman J^ce to-night introduced a
bill, prepared by the Public Service Com
mission of the Ist. District, amending the
i;:pid transit act of New York City, par
ticularly In regard to the operation of sub
ways. It permits moving platforms In
subways and operators of rapid transit
routes to secure their motive power by pur
chase instead of by building power houses,
provided the contract for the purchase of
the power is approved by the Public Service
Commission. The commission is to be al
lowed to lease property acquired for rapid
transit purposes, and receive rent for it
between the time of acquisition and the
time it is required for the construction or
operation of a rapid transit route.
This amendment is for the purpose of
clearing an ambiguous situation which
exists between the ■commission and the
Controller's office,'"and Is acceptable to
both. It also provides that an easement ac
quired by the city under the rapid transit
act shall not be deemed an encumbrance
under the law relating to Investments in
real property mortgages. Provision is also
made that where commissioners of ap
praisal are appointed pursuant to the rapid
transit act the Corporation Counsel, instead
of designating assistants to act as clerks
to the commissioners, without compensa
tion other than their salaries, shall appoint
clerks. This means that th» clerks shall
not be taken from the assistants In the
Corporation Counsel's office.
FOR IIARUIMAS GIFT.
Bayne Introduces Bills to Se
cure Land.
Albany, March 7.— To make possible th»
acceptance by the state of the j;ift of a
10.000-acre tract of forest land offered by
Mrs. Edward H. Harriman for park pur
poses, Senator Bayne. of Staten Island, in
troduced three bills to-night, which, if en
acted, will make possible the establishment
of a park from tha border line of New Jer
sey alonj; the n^t bank of the Hudson
River '.<> Newburg.
"ne pf the bills authorizes the abandon
ment of the Bear -Mountain prison site in
Rockland and Orange counties, which the
state purchased In HM! for prison purposes,
and places the tract under the jurisdiction
of the Palisades Interstate Park Commis
sion. The second 1>>!1 repeals the law en
acted last year creating the highlands of
tho Hudson forest reservation, and the
third measure authorizes the Palisades In
terstate Park Commission to acquire addi
tional lands in Orange or Rockland coun
ties and other lands west extending into
the Ramapo Mountains.
The acceptance by the state nf Mrs.
Harrlrnan'a f-ift was recommended by Übv
emor Hushes in his annual message.
In the Assembly Mr. Merritt, majority
leader, and Mr. Frisbie, minority leader.
joined In advocating a .ioint resolution in
troduced by Mr. Merritt instructing New
York State's representatives in ('ongress
to promote the passage of the hill to re.
tire Major Geneial I>aniel E. Sickles with
the rank of lieutenant general. The reso
lution w.ik adapted without dissent.
A bill by Assemblyman Walker would
prohibit marriages between negroes and
whites.
P. S. AMENDMENT IN.
Francis Bill Extends Power to
Include Wire Companies.
[By Telegraph to Th« Trihun-- I
Albany, March 7. To before the As
sembly the proposition of putting the tele
phone and telegraph companies under the
jurisdiction of the Public Service Commis
sions, Assemblyman Bennett to-night in
troduced the bill making that provision
which w;is- introduced last year by Assem
blyman Francis.
■As the rules of the Assembly." said Mr.
Bennett, "provide that, all committees shall
make their final report by April 5, J intro
duced this bill to give the House a chance
to consider the proposition before that time.
The Assembly, in adopting the resolution
creating an investigating committee last
year, practically pledged itself to favor the
i-ia<-inK of telephone and telegraph com
panies under the Public Beryl c commis
sions.
•Senator Davis, tbe chairman of the in
vefctigatlng committee, has been delayed
he-cause uf the Alld* investigation, and I
have l>ee:i unable to ilnd out whether the
committee or the Governor will iia-.e a bill
ready be.for« April 5 or no». i ahall with
draw my bill if such a measure is intro
duced.
CANT TAP
Assembly Kills Bill Enabling Mount
Vernon to Do So.
[Ey Telegraph to The Tribune I
Albany, March 7.— Assemblyman Coffey,
of Westchester County, to-night was un
able to get enough votes to pass his bill
to enable the city of Mount Vcrnon to
tap the New York City water supply from
the Croton Reservoir. The vote was 88
for and 4.1 against. The Introducer moved
to reconsider the vote and the motion was
laid "i, tli? table. During the argument
on the measure Mayor Edward \V. Flak
of Mount Vernon and Senator Wain
wright, of Westchester, were Interested
spectators in ths Assembly chamber.
A. K. Smith, In. speaking against ths
measure, declared that New York would
not have enough water if Mount Vernon
lapped the Croton Reservoir pipes, and the
Broil x members of i, ,ii parties followed
him in opposing Hie position,
Assemblymen Mndon, Bates, Bennett and
• 'onkliii. neptihHcaii member* from • Mew
York. »pok« in favor of the bill, saying
thai New Yoik's intereMf. Mould I" safe
guarded, us th* PiHt*» Water Supply Com
mlaslon v.Ms the final arbiter and ap th*
amount of rater Hounl Vrrnon could 1 take
and tl- prfes to be paid for it were tub.
Jcct to ■ cuntiscf to which the 'city of
New York would be a party
'MMITS SUICIDE.
XEW-YORK DAILY TRIRTTNE, TT'FSDAY, MARCTT 8, 1010
IW YORK MAINS.
COBli MEN ALAItMED
CAUL I'Oli MEETING.
Possibililji of Hinman'i Choice
Causes Act hit jt.
[P.- Telegraph in Tiie Tribunal
Albany. Marcli 7.— Alarmed at the Hkeli
hood of Senator Hinman's beta! v^ r^ in
the field Si a candidate for temporary
President of the Senate, with the backing
of eminent Washington Republicans. Sup
porters of Senator George 11. Cobb tn-night
circulated a call for another conference of
Republican Senators for to-morrow evening.
At midnight they still lacked the necessary
number of signers, but f«lt confident they
would pet them to-morrcw morning.
Senator Cbbb's friends say they have the
necessary seventeen votes to name th»ir
candidate if the conference is called. The
supporters of Senator G'.otga A. Davis, ol
Buffalo, the only other candidate hi the
field at present, fay the Davit cohort* are
standing fast, and that a deadlock must
result if the Cobb men now force another
conference.
When the last conference adjourned with
out electing a successor to Jotham P. Allda
several Senators took. the ground that ac
tion before the Allds bribery Charges were
disposed of would be manifestly Improper.
Some of them have changed their position
on that question now. They believe that
the factional fight which seems in prospect
over tiifs place will do more harm than the
election of a Senator, even if such action
seems to prejudge the Allds case.
Some of Senator Alids's friends have
urged him to write to the chairman of the
conference recommending that, in view of
this situation, a temporary president be
elected without reference to hi« trial. Sen
ator Allds seemed to fall in with this
suggestion, bui it could not be learned
whether lie had written such a letter.
The Cobb supporters seemed to realize
that if their candidate is not elected very
soon it will he impossible ever to ele< t him,
because of the effect of the support of his
candidacy by State Chairman Woodruff and
William Barn«s, jr.
"Cobb Is as pood a Hushes man as Pavls
in every respect," said a Cobb Senator to
night. "All this trouble has arisen because
•Tim" Woodruff persists in butting into a
Senate situation where lie has no business.
He did enough damage when he forced
Allds on us. Now you'd think he'd know
enough to keep his hands off, but not Tim
othy—oh, no! And 'Bill* Baltics saw this
tiling was shaping up nicely for Cobb, and
that wo had the votes to elect him. Ro
they jump aboard, thinking, I suppose, to
Ket some credit out of- it and td make the
rest of the state believe that they control
the- Senate, as they do the Assembly
through "Jim" Wadsworth.
"Naturally, these rabid Hu^t'^s people
Ry off the handle and yell that Woodruff
is hutting in and trying to kill the Hughes
legislation. There's our Cobb programme
knocked to sn»sh. and Woodruff has pre
cipitated a fine factional tipht here."'
With the Qobb and Davis surportei-9
feeling; so strongly as they do over this
contest, the result to the majority in the
Senate will be distinctly unhappy. It is
on this proposition the Senators wiio be
lieve Senator Hinman to be the logical
n.an to elect at this time are working.
They say the selection "f Senator Hinman
would do violence to the feelings of neither
faction. Jt would s»rv» notice to the state
at large that the Republicans in the Sen*
at° had determined to back up Governor
Hughes at this critical time.
Much interest is being displayed h e re
r^K.irding the likelihood of some word
coming from Washington regarding the
situation. Many Republicans are looking
to Lloyd c. Griscom to pive an Indication,
if nothing more direct, of the way Senator
Koot and the Xew York delegation in Con
gress feel as to Alids's successor.
"It oughtn't to lie necessary to have any
sucb word," declared one Senator to-night.
"I ti.ink we all know pretty well the Presi
dent and Senator Root approve Governor
Hughes's Ideas on this general situation
which confronts uf. and some of us have a
not ion that Washington would smile if
Hinman were elected president pro tem
por<\ But a lot of our colleagues can't
lnakf up their minds and are waiting for
a si^ti from Washington "before reaching
any decision."
If the Cobb Senal irs cannot pet enough
signers to then call for a new conference
to-morrow morning they will let it go over
until, next week unless the Senators
chosen to attend the piatt funeral should
be all Davis men. In any case it is hard
ly llk»!y that the conference will be hfid
this week if it dops not tnkf- place to-mor
row.
CONGER SPEAKS OF WEAK SPOTS
Says "Osborne Has Got Something for
Allds, I Gxalss."
•:;■ Telegraph x>> Th* Tribute.]
Auburn. N. V, March 7.— Expecting an
interesting week at Albany, Senator Benn
Conger passed through here to-night.
When asked whether his Groton visit had
turned up anything in the way of evidence
to rebutt statements made by Senator
Allds. he answered with a significant smiie
«nd the words: "Osborne has pot some
thing for Aiids, 1 guess. He certainly left
a lot of "t.-ik spots for us. ' Continuing,
he said In reply to queries:
"I do not think that Senator Platt'fl
death will affect the Investigation in t he
Slightest iiepree. All of the Piatt evidence
they were to produce has been put In, and
the only effect that I can see by his death
will be a day's delay, for 1 assume the]
will adjourn «'v Wednesday for the
funeral."
"What do you think of Senator Alids's
clerk's t« stimony?"
"lie showed a verj queer memory for
he remembered distinctly the events of the
day of the bribery, hut he could n<ii re
member occurrences of only last Thursdaj
osborne *nade his testimony look ridicu
lous."
in answer to another query concerning
the propriety of the Insurgents voting on
Aiids s guilt, Mr Conger said that by
Bgreemeni when they took the stand their
right to pit in judgment w.is conceded.
HUDSON ICE GORGE BROKEN UP.
Albany, March 7. The ie.- gorge In the
Hudson River, near Coeymans, below Al
bany, was broken up 10-duy, and the two
powerful bouts which have been battling
with the l-i; for several days succeeded in
opening v channel and reached Albany
about C o'clock to-night. The river foil
two feet soon after the Ice began to move.
"JIM" HOGAN OUT OF DANGER.
I By Teli graph to Tb« Tribune 1
Winsted, conn., March 7.— James J.
Hogun. Yale's former football giant, now
Deputy Street Cleaning Commissioner of
New York, who his been dangerously ill
from at) Jleuto kidney trouble, at his
father's home, in Torrington, Is thought to
be out of d:niKer to-nif?ht by his physician,
Dr. w. J. Hogan. l><. Mogaa said the
affection was brought On by overwork and
mental strain.
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STRIKE A FAILURE?
< ..nlinuofl from flr«t I«»»K'-
strike movement was a parnde of a SSaaß
band of men In Allegheny avenue, which
"fis broken up by the police— without
Just cause, the men assert. An American
nag was carried nt the head of the strag
gling: procession, nnd as the marchers
Passed a hosiery mill on the avenue, near
Front street, onlookers said they made
an attempt to persuade the workers at
that factory- to join the sympathetic
strike.
Their effort was unsuccessful, and the
Police say thai the marchers became dis
orderly and their ranks had to be broken
up. Clubs were used freely, and the
marchers were dispersed. Two arrests
were made.
The master builders met late to-day at
the Builders' Exchange, adopted resolu
tions condemning the sympathy strike
and discussed tentatively action asainst
spin" of the bodies of men who Joined
the genera] strike movement. It is as
serted that agreements made by the em
ployers with more than one of the bodies
in the building trades have been delib
erately violated by the men walking out
in the sympathetic strike! The resolu
tions call upon th« lead'-rs of the labor
organizations which ordered the general
strike to reconsider their action at once.
Many at Mass Meeting.
Four thousand men and women to-day
attended a mass meeting of the strikers
In Labor Lyceum, at 6th and Brown
streets. An overflow meeting was held
in another hall nearby, and hundreds
who were unable to gain an entrance to
either gathered on the sidewalks outside.
Pratt, Mahori, Murphy. Tracey and oth
ers of the strike leaders addressed the
crowds. The city administration was
bitterly denounced for its attitude In the
present crisis and the speakers were es
pecially vehement In criticisms of the
employment of negro policemen. One of
them declared: "Our rulers have put a
club into the black man's hand with
which to club out the white man's
brains.
Every reference to Mayor Reyburn or
the City Hall "ring" was greeted with
groans and hoots by the audience. The
assertion by several speakers that the
present fight was one for organized la
bor's very existence in Philadelphia
evoked a noisy demonstration.
Lueiia M. Twining, a woman organizer
of the Western Federation of Miners,
was one of the speakers. Her praise of
Eugene V. Debs and the socialist move
ment aroused enthusiasm.
John M. Wall, an official of the Massa
chusetts Centra] Labor Union, assured
the Philadelphia strikers that they would
receive financial support from his state.
Resolutions calling upon every man,
woman and child in Philadelphia to quit
work were adopted with cheers.
There was a slight disturbance outside
the Lyceum before the meeting, when a
few stones were thrown at passing cars,
but the police quickly cleared the streets
without making any arrests. As the
crowds were leaving the hall, however,
there was a graver outbreak of disorder.
Several cars were stoned in Gth street,
in front of the strikers' meeting plac*.
The police, of v.horn there were at least
fifty within the radius of a square,
charged the crowd, which was, however,
so dense that it dispersed slowly. The
blue,. cits swung their clubs, felling sev
eral persons to the ground, three of
whom were so badly beaten that they
were taken to a hospital. When the po
licemen fired their revolvers several
times in the air the people scattered in
all directions. Six arrests were made.
After considering the strike situation
for more than three hours this after
noon the board of directors of the United
Business Men's Association appointed a
committee of seven to call a convention
of the nankin*, commercial and trade
bodies, business associations and re
ligious and fraternal organizations to
take all just and honorable means to
effect a settlement of the streetcar
strike. In the proposed convention each
organization will be represented by three
delegates.
Reports that the city administration
contemplated the arrest of strike leaders
on a charge of conspiracy were denied
by Director day to-day. The strike
leaders did not tak* the reports seri
ously, but at the same time they took
the precaution of looking up bail.
Eighty persons charged with rioting
yesterday were arraigned to-day. Boise
were held fT bail, others were fined and
many were sentenced from sixty to
ninety days" imprisonment.
\Y. TV Mahon. president of the Amal
gamated Association of Carmen, denied
this afternoon that .1 streetcar strike
was contemplated in other cities. "Such
a report is entirely without foundation."
he declared. "I understand there is a
rumor that a strike is contemplated In
every city where the Wldenera are said
to have railway interests. This is un
true."
STATE-WIDE STRIKE.
May Result from Meeting To
day- Political ( 'am paign.
Newcastle, Penn., March 1. — Rumors that
. neral strike in Philadelphia Is likely
in become state-wlds were put up t» presi
dent Klmer K. Greenawalt of t':e Pennsyl
vania State Federation <>f Labor to-night
for confirmation. President Greenawalt
came here to-day from his home in Lancas
ter to arrange for the annual aseetteflj of
the State Federation, which opens to-mor
row.
"The convention here will ha\ ; > complete
authority to call a state-wide strike if it
sees iit," said President Greenawalt, "but
as to the likelihood of such action. I can
::ot commit myself.
"The convention which meets to-morrow
will represent three hundred thousand nr
ganized worklagmen of this state, a major
ity of whom are employed in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh There ar.> about one hua
dred !hr,u ? .-u).l in Ptttsburg, The situation
iv Philadelphia hi extremely critical. Om
great American revolution was started
there, and it might be no strange, thing if
another one was- but one of ballots? Instead
of bullets.
"The Stats Federation of i.ni>.. r will K o
Into politlca with a vim. Candidates an te
be put forward In every ConKresa district
and In scats Assembly ami S-natorial dl«
triota, a.-.l campaigns »re to b« wactd with
extraordinary visor. Th« nomination* will
appeal not only to organized workers, but
to all wage camera alike."
rittsbur*. March 7.— President William
Kelly, of the Iron City Trades Council,
composed of some thirty thousand affl!iated
union men. declares he 1» In favor of a
general sympathetic strike over the entire
state, to aid the Philadelphia car men.
•'The Iron City Trades Council Is ready
to aid the Philadelphia strikers in any way
ncctssary." said Mr. Kelly to-day. "The
annual convention of the Pennsylvania
State Federation of I-ibor meets Tuesday
in New Castle, and no doui>t action will
be taken ref?ardln?r the Philadelphia strike.
Whether it will be toward a state-wide
general walkout I am not la a position to
say. Personally I am In favor of a general
strike, and I feel sure if a general vote la
taken it will be unanimous for the walk
out."
Business Agent Thorpe, of the Amal
gamated Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employes of America, said to-day:
"Union men will not Stand idly i.v. They
Will flßht for the preservation of the labor
movement and if necessary a general strike
throughout the state will be the result."
NO FEDERAL TBOOPS.
Situation Must Be More Se
rious — Order Cancelled.
Wilmington. Del.. Hard) 7. -Trooi
not be sent from Fort Dopant, Dataware,
to Philadelphia to guard goremasaat pr -p
srty daring the strike unless conditions
shall become more seriou?.
The order from the War Department to
th« Pennsylvania Railroad to have a spe
cial train in readiness at Delaware City,
adjacent to Fort Dupont. to convey the 4oth
Company, coast artillery corps. tr> the
scens of action, was cancelled this after
noon. The train lay near the army res
ervation for twenty-four hours With steam
up and a crew on board.
If the troops are called out later they
will take no part In suppressing the rioting
unless government property is attacked.
They will be used for protection to th
mint or oth?r federal property.
FEAR PAPER STRIKE.
Pulp Sulphite Workers Plan to
Go Out Soon.
Glens Falls, N. V.. Mar. ".—The Inter
national Paper Company is threatened with
another general strike. At Corinth. N. V .
six hundred men are already out because
a back tender wag discharged, and It was
learned to-day that the pulp sulphite work
era had previously matured plena for a
General strike, to take effect March 20.
The men at Corinth were ordered out by
James 11. Malm. president of th" Pulp Sul
phite Workers', in the absence of J. T.
Carey, president of the Paper Makers*
Union, who is In New York conferring with
the Printing Trades Council on what ac
tion Bhall be taken looking toward a de
mend that the union label be affixed to all
paper. He is expected at. Corinth to
morrow.
The Pulp Sulphite Workers will demand
a 10 per cent increase in wages and no
Sunday work. When the International
Paper Company made a 5 per cent cut in
wages, following th«» panic of tS&t, the Sul
phite Workers accepted the cut. but the
paper makers' union struck. They fought
their battle alone and lost. It is thought
possible that Carey, on reaching Corinth,
may order the paper makers hack to work,
thus leaving the sulphite workers to fight
it out alone again.
NO STRIKE HERE.
Union Men and Employers Set
Fears at Rest.
Persistent reports that labor unions here
were considering the question of striking
In sympathy with the Philadelphia carmen
were set at rest yesterday by both employ
ers and union leaders.
Ross F. Tucker, chairman of the board
of governors of the Building Trades Em
ployers' Association, said last evening that
he had not the slightest Idea that the New
York unions would be drawn into the sym
rathetic strike. "We still have confidence
in the good sense of the rank and fi!e of
the union men." he said. "The conditions
in Philadelphia and this city are entirely
different."
A representative of th" George A. Fuller
Construction Company said that I
had one large contract in Pbiladelphi
lie- had heard of no strike on the building.
He ridiculed the idea of a sympathetic
strike bere.
Roswell D. Tompkins, secretary o? UM
Consolidated Board oi Bosum
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SEEK PEACE AT EETHLEfIi^
Strikers Not Downcast at lev.* k
President Schwab.
Bethlehem. Perm.. March 7.— The « x »
t!ve committee of the strikers at Uv» g^J"
lehem steel plant to-day announced tfc^ v**
IHiliilihsiil of a committee eompr:; - '"
member from each organized craft for «*
purpose of conferring with th*» eftcJaS '
the steel company In reference to a —»«,
ment of the etr!ke.
Two hundred machinist* of the "»l*sa*
have been encaged by th* "«*r»)11.2
Company. of Philllpsburjr, N. J.
The state police received warrants t'z«
the steel company to-day for th* an^2
five men. charged with intim'datwa »aj
ronsp!ra<-v in attempting to k^p employ
from coing to work. The Information itu
l» lRe,1 by four employes of tho iteel eaav
pany who remain*.! at work. About c
thousand men returned to work t't-^j
BRIBER VT CASE NOT MSNTIOSE},
Demand for Broad Investigation },\*
Pressed in Legislature.
Albany, March 7.— Neither Senator jq±
nor his accuser. Senator Corner. attagta
the session of tho Senate to-r.lzht. an»» ti»
business of both lf^sis'atlv© ho^ea .^
(■►(.j".| without reference to the brii^TjTfj.
vestigatlon. This failure of the ••tor*.
ers" to take advantage of another Jlar.*!
risht session to press the demand f» .
broader Investication confirms th« £
pression that they will bid* th#'r t*m
until tha Senate has paaseri on th* ABej
charge*.
AlMs's direct examination will r » p^
tin ii- when the Investigation ■ re*ujaei«
11 o'clock to-morrow morning, bat Ctnmef*
attorneys expect to Ret their chano» at t5»
defendant before the end of the day. The*
was a report to-nisht that the dili;»t«
search carried on sine* th» investiijatfo;
adjourned on Friday to discover resourcn
AlMi failed to report on his direct exaicj.
nation has been successful. A'Ms and fc 3
attorneys made » strong point of his a*.
se-rtion that he was a comparatively pot;
man.
ANT! ->::; •.• v WET.
Orleans County Elected Delegates •-,
State Convention.
[By Tf I<"srach to T^* TrßoßiJ
Albion. N. V . March ".—Orleans C'«iatf
Democrats elected th<»ir dPtesafes to-<isy (g
this year's state convention, and altso^i
this county Is only forty mlle3 from B«V
falo the delega ft elected are strong ass-
Con ners men. Conners'a friends m tls
county started a brisk neht for *satn,
but th*> opposition defeated »«n In a lar^
majority of tie districts, th* Conners flji;
badly peterins out in the end. ResofcitJoa
were pas.-eel in which Mayor Gaycor'j
ministration was commended.
W. B. Murphy, of Medina; Daniel Hazier,
of Albion, and Jay Burns, of .'.bern«,
were elected delegates to the state cost&
tlon.
COMSTOCK MINE MEF "
New Yorkers Interested in a Flat to
Work the Properties.
[By Tei^sraph t» The Tribna-.J .
San Francisco. March T.— som'» pre*
nent Xcw York bankers and capitalin
to-day announced plans for a merger «
the principal Comstock mine;, which wtf
go into effect on Jun* 1. They have »•
cured a majority of the stock of the Buta
and those stockholders who do. rut care ■
accept merger stock may <«ell th»ir boldip.
Those behind th 3 merger are FrapKh
Leonard, jr.. treasurer Comstock T'JJEtI
Company; Adolph Lexrisohn, Erneii Thal
mann, of I.ad^nburc. Thalmann & Co.; J.
L Scheuer, of Probst. WitzVr & Co.; I
Parker Charming, of New York; CbarlM
A. Kllis, of Boston, and B. F. Sh.iT. W. C
Ralston and Janrf MX of Saa Pa»
Cisco, are alsi associated.
Theao men will furnish money ti tar*
on thf deep workings of the- Comst<>!i mire.
In Ophir and Mexicasi million? I rakv
out between the I*.2*>»> ami 2.J'>'> toet i«e»
Below the :*.3o'> foot, level the ground b no
touched, and for twenty years it ha 3 bea
covered with water.
KiTCHIN BETTER; SHERIFF WES
Scotland Neck. N. C, March -Depwj
Sheriff c W. Dunn died to-day from to
effects of the bullet wound received at tb»
hands of E. E. Powell on Friday, when *
latter also shot Stat? Senator Travis arJ
tAssebmsymant Assebmsyman A. Paul Kitchin, brotßffjf
'Governor Kitchi-.i. Travi.t and Kitchia'coi-
Unas to Improve.