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PERTH mm EVENING NEWS. ^
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VOL. II NO. 212 PBKTH . MBOY, N. J.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1903. SECOND EDITION
TROLLEY TO GIVE
FIVE CENT FARES.
Ordinance Granting Franchise To Eliiabethport, Amboy And Long
& Branch Railway Company In Woodbridge Township Provides
A Ride Anywhere In The Township For That Amount.
The hearing in the application of
the Elizabethport, Ambov & Long
Branch Railway Company for a fran
chise to bnild a trolley through Wood
bridge Township, came np before the
Township Committee in the Town
Hall last night and owing to the ordi
nance being incomplete, only an in
formal reading of that part already
finished took plaoe. After this there
was an informal discussion and the
date for the next hearing was fixed
for the twenty-first of this month.
Every thing seems to be cnt and
dried now that the Raritan Traction
Company is ont of the race. The
oompany was represented by Mr.
Weigel, of New Brunswick, and Mr.
Qnin, of Carteret. The hall was filled
with citizens. None of them had a
word to say, however, when part of
I the ordinance was read and agreed
' to.
I The ordinance, as far as it went,
oalled for the regular overhead trolley
system with a 60 pound T rail for
traok requiring the most modern ves
tibule cars to be nsed. They also
agreed to a five cent fare anywhere in
Woodbridge and wherever a transfer
was necessary it shall be issued with
out additional oost.
Another olause inserted in the ordi
nance requires the oompany, wherever
they have to build over a macadam
road, to widen the road twelve feet
on either side of the rails. This part
will greatly improve a number of
streets in Woodbridge and is consider
ed a stiff proposition for the company
when it is already known the heavy
expense they will be under to build
. certain parts of the road.
' The citizens seemed satisfied as far
aa the proceedings went and some Baid
they did not oare to say anything
until they had heard the entire ordi
nanoe. At the next hearing the or- 1
dinanoe is expected to pass on its first '
I reading.
JOLLY CIRCLE CLUB.
Will Hold Entertainment And Bali At
Pulaski Park April 15.
The members of the Jolly Circle
olnb, who are well known for their
looal entertainments and receptions,
have decided to hold their ninth
fcnnual reception and ball in Pulaski
PaTk on Wednesdy evening, April 15.
A handsome prize is to be awarded
to the oouple who do the best waltz
ing, while the club appearing with
the most members wearing badges,
will be presented with a very fine
silver cup.
Muoh of the suooess of the Jolly
CircleClub is due to the present officers
who have worked hard to place it
among the first class clnbs. The
officers are: President, A. Anthony;
vice president, J. Dillard ; secretary,
Q. M. Anthony; assistant secretary,
T. Brown, and treasurer, William
Jackson.
WAS MYSTIFIED.
Man Arrested Far Being Drunk ? Came
From Brooklyn.
{
Andrew Kolfort, of 58 Cole street,
Brooklyn, was fined 82.51 on a charge
of being drunk and disorderly this
morning. Officer Tunnyson arrested
him at 2 a. m. after giving every
ohance to get out.
The man had $3. 73, an empty whis
key bottle and a return ticket over
the Staten Island rcfed. He did not
know where he was nor oould he tell
how he got here. Recorder Pickers
igll imposed the fine which Kolfort
thought was an imposition and an
offioer was sent to direct him safely
to the boat.
COPPER WORKS STRIKE
IS QUICKLY ENDED.
Plant In Full Operation And The
Men At The Gates After
Work.
All signs of the strike at the Rari
tan Copper Works Beems to have dis
appeared. Last night there was not a
striker to be seen near the gate house.
Many had returned to work, while
others were around looking for jobs
in other factories. This morning a
few of the men were at the gate
house, but were quickly pnt to work
by the bosses. No more trouble is
now expected, and the strike ip appar
ently over.
EPWORTHIANSHAD
ENJOYABLE TIME.
Held Regular Business Meeting and
Social at Home of Mrs. Hilsdorf
In Rector Street.
About seventy-five members of the
Epworth League met at the home of
Mr. Hilsdorf on Rector street, last
night, where their regular monthly
business meeting and sooial was held.
During the evening a musioal story
of The Pilgrims Progress was read by
Mrs. F. L. Herrington, while solos
were sung by Miss Eatherine Noe,
Miss Adele Williams, Miss Stella
Rankin, Miss Jessie Cornell, Mrs.
Pemberton, Bert Eipp, Arthur Colyer,
James Noe, David Noe, Ernest Hils
dorf, James Skidmore, Mr. Orother
mil and Samuel G. Garretson,
the entire gathering joining in
the choruses. Mr. David Noe, who
sang tbe solo "On Jordan's Stormy
Banks I Stand, ' ' was very heartily
applauded.
One of the latest games was played
by the members. A noun was placed
on the back of the members and from
that had to be guessed the name which
it represented. At a seasonable hour
refreshments of ice-oream and oake
were served.
INVITATIONS WITHDRAWN.
Wedding of Miss Inness And Mr. Howard
Greenley To Be Performed QuietK
According to a story published in
the New York Herald, this morning,
the invitations for the wedding of
Miss Elizabeth Inness to Mr. Howard
Greenley have been withdrawn. Miss
Inness' grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Inness, died at her home at Montclair
late Monday night. The wedding
was to have taken place at the Marble
Collegiate Church, New York, next^
Tuesday. The marriage, however,
will take place on the date set, and
will be very quietly solemnized at the
bride's home, No. 145 West Fifty
eighth street, in the presence of im
mediate relatives. There will be no
reception, though a general one had
been planned.
F.J. LARKIN, 857 STATE Street,
will do plumbing, steam, hot water |
and hot air heating on monthly pay
ments.
MILLINERY HELPER and appren
tices wanted. Good pay. The Paris,
104 Smith street. 2896-4-8-1
WANTED ? BOYS from 16 to 18 years
of age. Good wages and steady
work to all who prove themselves
efficent. Apply at Cable Works.
2898-4-8-1
ERRAND BOY wanted. Apply Re- 1
publican Office.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANE
PERTH AMHOY, IV. J.
HAHSLTOH V. KBAN. Pr?*t"?nt HAHRY CONABD, Cahbiib
Capital
#%ofita
jr Stockholders Liability
and Deposils
$1,003,407.41
Pays interest 011 Check Accounts
* *d ower at 3% #SOO and over at 24
* toilets^ Account# Lar?o and smali
A
GIFT TO
THE CITY
Mayor Seaman Presents Site At
New Brunswick Ave. And
Fayette St.
a valuablTproperty.
(
Had Been Announced That The Land Will
Will Become City Property But The
Owner's Name Has Been Kept Secret
Excellent Location For Monument Or
Fountain.
Mayor Seaman has presented to the
city the triangnlar piece of land at
the junction of New Brnnswicb'avenne
and Fayette street. Mr. Seaman
bought the tract expressly for the
purpose of presenting it to the city
and the title has now been transferred.
The triangular lot is all flagged and
curbed and is an excellent site for a
monument, fountain or some ornament
the city may wish to place at a future
time. In speaking about the lot, the
Mayor said he thought the site was
too small for any building that would
be a credit to the city, and he thought
the city ought to own it. He accord
ingly opened negotiations.
In his annual message to the oity
the Mayor said that the lot would be
presented to the citv by its present
owner, but the owner's name was not
given. Since the transfer has taken
plaoe the Mayor admits that he is the
man.
The value of this gift to the oity
cannot be fully estimated at present.
Mayor Seaman's generosity has given
the public a strip of land which is
destined to be one of the principal
corners in the city, if not the leading
one. Fayette street is to be a business
thoroughfare and the site the Mayor
has presented to the oity is in a com
manding position.
KANAWHA SAILS.
Goes To Governor's Island After Undergo
ing Repairs at Local Yard.
The beautiful steam yaoht Kanawha,
which has just completed a thorough
overhauling at the Perth Amboy .Ship
building Company's yard, sailed under
orders for Governors Island today. A
wrong impression has been created
about town that she was Seoretary
Root's private yacht but instead she
is direotly under the U. S. Transport
Servioe and she is used solely as a
despatch boat and acts as a transport
for all officers of the army of the De
partment of the East.
She may also be used by Secretary
Root at any time, in fact a berth is
kept in reserve for his exclusive use
at all times. The vessel is modern in
every respect and is a sea going pleas
ure craft. She is commanded bv
Captain Rand who was commissioned
officer in the Spanish War, and she
carries a crew of nineteen men, some
of whom shipped from this city. The
vessel was used as a despatch boat by
General Wood when that general was
in command of Cuba and she will
now come under the direct orders of
General Chaffee, the new Commander
of the Department of the East.
ASSAULTED BY RIVALS.
Sigmund Spitzer, the Smith street,
wholesale liquor dealer, says he was
attacked and brutally assaulted at 9
o'olock this morning while he was
delivering some whiskey on Hall ave
nue. Soitzer exhibited a number of
bruises on his wrist and about his
head and faoe and says that Charles
Obuck and his wife, who keep a
saloon on Hall avenue, made the
attack upon him because he was de
livering liquor in their section.
Special Meeting Salvation Army.
There will be a special meeting of
the Salvation army in their barracks
on Smith street tomorrow night. The
meeting will be led by Captain Em
mons and Mrs. Keller. On Saturday
and Sunday evenings the meetings
will be led by Ensign Bone.
j A. K JENSEN
Successor to J. K. JENSEN,
^MASONand CONTRACTOR
|^250 Washington St. Cor. Johnstone
PLANT HAS
SHUT DOWN.
Boys At Cable Works Persuade
Those In Other Departments
To Go Out.
MEETINC THIS MOBNINC
Manager at the Plant Telle Boys If They
Will Finish The Work They Are Now
on He Will Talk With Them? A Com
alttee Has Been Appointed To Visit
Office.
The boys in the five departments at
the Standard Underground Cable
Works, who went ont on a strike yes
terday morning, have now succeeded
in getting the employees of the Fin
ishing, Braiding and Rubber rooms to
go out with them, making eight de
partments in all that are tied up,
about 165 boys and men being out.
The boys held a meeting in Qerba's
Hall, Mechanic street, this morning,
and appointed the following commit
tee to wait on Mr. Oonnor with their
demands : James Dunham, Harry
White, William Wilhelm, Harry Gib
son, John O'Brien and John Fenlon.
The committee will call on Mr. Oon
nor this afternoon and if an unsatis
factory answer is given them the boys
declare that they will not return to
work.
The several Hungarian laborers in
the Hot room, who went out with the
boys yesterday, returned to work again
this morning.
The boys have acted orderly, claim
ing that they oan win their strike
much easier and quicker this way
than by starting a riot.
The Cable Works people have asked
that police protection be given them
and Chief of Police Burke has detail
ed Polioemen William McDermott and
John Wood to watch the place. The
boys sav that they will try to per
suade the rest of the employees not to
return to work tomorrow. The boys
claim that they have asked for a raise
of 16 cents a day with half holidays
on every Satnrday from Mav 1st.
Mr. Connor, manager at the works,
would not see a reporter when he call
ed this morning.
TbiB morning the girls at the Cable
Works, probably in sympathy with
the boys and men already on strike,
sent a delegation to see Mr. Conner
in an effort to get an increase in wages
and it is understood that he stated
they would be taken care of, but until
the difficulty between the men and
company was settled their department
would have to be shut down.
When a reporter called upon Mr.
Conner this morning he gave out the
following typewritten statement re
garding the strike:
"On Monday morning all the boys
in Rubber and Braiding Departments
refused to work, much to the surprise
of Manager Conner, who had heard
of no dissatisfaction among the help
whatever. They were told that they
could not be treated with out in the
street, but that if they would return
to work the matter would be carefully
condsidered. They were wise enough
to return to work at noon. On Tues
dav afternoon an arrangement for a
new wage scale that represented a
substantial increase was presented to
them and the committee expressed
themselves as being entirely satisfied
with it, as did most of the boys, but
a few hot. heads among them would
have what they demanded or nothing
and succeeded in forcing the others to
leave their work again.
"On Tuesday morning all of the
help in Stranding, Paper Covering,
and Lead Departments, without hav
ing previously expressed any dissatis
faction or made any demand, left I
their work, and it was late in the
afternoon before Manager Conner suc
ceeded in learning what their demands
were. Thev proved to be the same as
those of Rubber Department. These
men were told to return to work and
they would be treated fairly and an
inorease in wages granted, but they
refused to listen to anything but the
granting of their original demands,
which would mean, if acceded to. a
raise in wages of from 10 to 26 per
cent (manifestly unfair to a great
many) and a reduction of the faotory
output of 8 per cent on account of
Saturday half holiday.
"The Lead Room men returned to
work this morning and the other de
partments will be started with new
help as rapidly as possible.
"The Cable Company has always
paid higher wages than other concerns
in the vicinity. The common labor
ers never having been paid less than
$1.40 per day, while other were pay
ing <5nly 11.25."
MISS KOHLER ENTERTAINS
Held Reception In Honor of Miss Violei
Straub, of Bethlehem Pa.
Miss Mattie Kohler entertained a
n amber of friends at her home on
High street last evening. The ((nests
entered into the spirit of the occasion.
The event was given in honor of Miss
Violet Straub, of Bethlehem, Pa.
The guests spent the evening in
dancing, playing ping pong, and cards.
The affair broke up in the ' ' wee sma' ' '
hours of the morning. Those preseDt
were: Misses Kitchel, Gompton.
Greenley, Emma Eraser, Deitche, Mc
Olenahan, Ella Ramsay, Straub,
Wight, Ohaus. Messrs. Andrew
Wight, Crowell. Nedham, Qrowney,
Edward McOormick, Stiff, Ham
Runyon, Garretson, Molkehausen and
Dr. Kitchel.
ELK'S OFFICERS
ARE INSTALLED.
District Deputy Zahn,of New Bruns
wick Was In Charge? Had a
Grand Time.
i
The Elks held a meeting in their
rooms last night for the installation
of officers. A grand time was had,
and a fine supper served after the in
stallation had taken place. The fol
lowing are the officers installed : Ex- i
alted Ruler, Dr. F. Crowther; Es
teemed Leading Knight, T. J. Clark ;
Esteemed Loyal Knight, E. J. Mc
Oormick ; Esteemed Lecturing Knight,
R. F. White; Secretary. Wm. Crowell;
Treasurer, W. H. Pfeiffer; Tyler,
Thomas Waters; Appointed officers,
Esquire, J. H. Johnson ; Inner Guard,
J. E. Strieker ; Organist, O. O. Weber.
They were installed by District
Deputy Zahn, ably assisted by P. E.
R. Jackson, and E. R. Everson, of
New Brunswick, performed the oere
mony. The local lodge of Elks will
go to Stapleton, S. I., on April 14,
with a brass band, to attend the in
stallation of a lodge at that plaoe in
I Masonic Hall.
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
Hungarian Known As Die* Forge Arrested
While Applying For Work.
A Hungarian, known as "Dick
Forge, " was Held in default of $500
bail at $> o'clock this morning on a
charge of assanlt and battery preferred
by John Hulsart, a boss mason at the
Raritan Copper Works.
The warrant was sworn oat for hiB
arrest Saturday, the alleged assanlt
having oocurred on Friday, the day
before the riot. Gity Marshal Walters
arrested the man this morning when
he applied for a job at the Copper
Works. He was taken to New Brans
wick and his case will probably be
taken up in a few days by the present
grand jury.
MAN OVERBOARD.
Sailor Belonging To The Schooner Paul
Sevey Fell Into The Water.
A sailor of the schooner Paul Sevey,
whioh is moored at the Perth Amboy
j Dry Dock, had a narrow escape from
I drowning Monday night. He was go
ing aboard when he made a misstep
and fell into the water with a splash.
He began calling for help and the
noise attracted the attention of watch
man Gannon. Gannon, however,
fearing there would be two drowned
men if he attempted to rescue the
sailor alone, kept close watch and did
what he could for the fellow until
another watchman arrived. The sailor
was then safelv landed, feeling better
for his ducking.
Will Hold Cake Sale.
The ladies auxiliary of the Perth
1 Ambov Hospital will hold a oake sale
Saturday the 11th inst. , in the Palmer
. building, 106 Smith street.
Easter Lillies
Hans N. Vepsen's. Woodbfidge Road. Tel. 8Sm.
CODE FOR
PLUMBING.
Board Of Health Discussed Mat
ter At Their Meeting
Last Night.
A SANATORY ENGINEER.
The Witche'l Case Was Discussed As T?
Whether Lawyer Wight Should Be Re
tained To Assist Lawyer Hominann?
Health Inspector Ramsay Reports Con
tagious Diseases.
At the meeting of the Board of
Health last night the proposed,plumb
iiier oode was discussed. Dr. Ramsay,
Health Inspector, said the city should
have one, but that it should not be
elaborate. The doctor declared, how
ever, that it should be a oode strong
enough for the citv to base aii reprose
cution.
The question which received the
greatest consideration was whether or
not the plumbing committee wonld
Deed the services of a sanatory engi
neer to help them draw up the oode.
Afterjsome discussion the matter was
left until the committee should re
quest the aid of suoh an engineer.
The oase, which has come to be
known as the Mitchell case, was up
for discussion as to who should repre
sent the local Board of Health. The
case grows out of a smallpox patient
who was taken from a boat here and,
at the request of Dr. Mitchell, of the
State Board of Health, the man was
oared for by the local board. Some
expenses were incurred and now, it is
said, the State board refuses to pay.
Lawyer Wight, who was the former
oc tinsel for* the Board r/f Health, had
taken up the case and too w the ques
tion arises-, beVbi ',>^d in
natter together with Mr/W .rfflf
This qnestion was dismissed at length
at the close of the meeting and was
finally left until Mr. Hommann could
be heard from.
Health Inspector Ramsay reported
9 oases of measles, 7 cases of scailet
fever, 2 cases of typhoid, 4 cases of
diphtheria. Nineteen nuisances were
reported, fourteen of which have been
abated.
During the meeting not a word was
said about the appropriation for the
board being but $700 and I860 being
already devoted to salaries of the
offioials.
ICE CREAM
SODA WATER
6 tickets fob 25c
Each Ticket Good for a Glass ?f
Ice Cream Soda at
RAYMOND'S l3s6,r
We have just
received oar assort
ment of Raster
perfumes.
As the custom of
giving perfumes and
flowers at Eastertide is
a growing one, we have
secured some of the
choicest of Rieger's
California Perfumes,
including the delight
ful new odor *' Sunset
Violets."
SouTenirs in the
form of perfumed vio
let bouttonieres to be
given to purchasers of
this new odor. We
should like to have
SATURDAY
f"* mmm?mmmmmmmmmmm
for them.
Of
PARISEN'S Prescription Pharmacy
TO-DAY! gg?s;
ICE CREAM BY THE PUTE.
3'CD-^'S srf^H
?
Sextons Fountain
SOUVENIR WITH EVER* PURCHASE.
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