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CONTRACT SIGNED
Representatives of Water Co.
and Financial Syndicate
Hold Conference.
READY TO PUSH THE WORK
Large Force Will Be Put on
the Dam for Which the
Stone Is Now Cut.
This morning, the modified contract of
the Jersey City Water Supply Company
with the city to supply 50,000,000 gallons
of water daily' was signed and executed
and had Mayor Hoos been in town it
would have been complete w'ith his signa
ture. That will be done, however, on
Monday'.
There w*as prespent at the conference the
representatives of the water company,
Messrs. M. J. Kennedy and W. D. Ed
wards, and representatives of the syn
dicate which will have charge of the
financial end of the undertaking. The
amended contract as agreed to by the
Street and Water Board, concurred in by
the Board of Finance and approved by
the Mayor, has been in the hands of
lawyers representing the syndicate, who,
after having carefully' examined the docu
ment, gave it their sanction. All that re
mained to do was to sign and execute
and that is done.
The terms of the contract as modified
have been repeatedly' published, but in
brief are that the city will retain $500,00)
without interest, and the contractor will
undertake to straighten out the kink
caused by the insertion of the two -words,
“whole flow” of the Rockaway River in
the original contract. Now the road is
clear toward the resumption of work ana
completion of the contract.
One of the officers of the Jersey City
Water Supply Company', this morning,
speaking of the work at Boonton, said
that positively by the first of August a
large force of men would be put at work
on the construction of the dam.
There was an abundance of stone ready
at the quarries to be shipped immediately
to the dam. and as the distance is short
from the quarries to that place and there
is a railroad all the way', no time would
be lost in transporting the stone.
Other work, such as removing houses
on the land, soon to be covered by' a vast
sheet of water, will be begun immedi
ately.
WATER ray LOW.
Officials Do Not Know Just
When Main Will Be
Repaired.
The work of repairing the break of the
•water main under the Hackensack River
is progressing favorably, it is eaid. The
Chief Engineer has been constantly upon
the scene of the accident for several day6.
It is reported that .both ends of th^
sleeve that has been fitted over the
broken ends of the main have been leaded
up and it is believed that the work will
be completed in a day or two. There is
barely enough water to hold out and in
the event of a big fire the city might be
subjected to a water famine.
Those in possession of knowledge as to
the real situation emphasize the fact that
extreme caution should he exercised in
preventing an unnecessary waste of
• water. The big main that burst, which
is now being repaired, emptied ten mil
lions of gallons daily into the reservoirs
at High Service. Less than half that
amount is being furnished from the West
Hoboken and Bayonne reservoirs, in ad
dition to the IS,000,(500 gallons from Belle
ville.
The city officials in charge of the mat
ter themselves can get r.o really satis
factory answers from the Merrit-Chap
man Wrecking Company or the divers in
its employ, who are working under thirty
eight feet of water, as to just when the
job wil! be completed and water allowed '
to be turned on through the repaired
main. __
THREE YEARS FOR FLAT THIEF
Frederick O. Moran, alias Miller, a well
known flat bouse thief, got three years in
State Prison at the hands of Judge Blair
yesterday. After conviction Moran made
an attempt to strike Captain Cox as he
was led off to jail.
•‘You will be carried out if you do,” said
Cox, as Moran lifted his fist. The atten
tion of Judge Blair was called to the in
cident and the heavy penalty was the re
sult
Moran's capture was due to the efforts
of Miss Ethel Biilington, daughter of
Freeholder Biilington, and Miss Helen
Tumulty. , They saw him work at the
house of Harris Eispern, No. 118 Highland
avenue, on July 3. They followed him
and informed Roundsman Moran, who ar
tested him. A picture in the Rogue's gal
lery in New York helped to identify him.
CRIMINALS GET JUSTICE.
Judge Blair imposed sentence on three
prisoners in the General Sessions Court
yesterday, besides Herbert Clark. John
Deavey and Fred Dressel, two young men
who had a fight with Police Officer O’Don
nell at Baldwin Park, were fined J25 and
costs. They wpre placed in the custody
of Probation Officer Frank Higgins until
they pay their fines.
^tejdward 'MeCourt, who pleaded guilty
to Tn8 grand larceny of a number of
braes Journals from the West Shore Rail
road was sentenced to Snake Kill for sis
months and to pay costs.
5 □
Contracts for Its Erection
Awarded By the Board
of Education.
The Board of Education yesterday held
a meeting at which contracts were award
ed for the erection of the proposed new
Public School No. 29. In all they amount
to $55,868.
The contract for furnishing all labor
and materials necessary to the comple
tion of the mason work was awarded to
Charles Knederly, whose bid was $23,992.
Barron Donaldson was awarded the con
tract for the carpenter work. His bid was
$13,G68.
The contract for painting went to John
Baur at $1,075, and that for plumbing to
Fergus T. Kelaher at $4,695. The Baldwin
Engineering Company secured the con
tract for heating and ventilating. Its b,d
was $12,438.
Resignations of teachers were received
as follows: Louise E. Mac Kay, of School
No. 6, to take effect September 1; Mary
S. Anderson, of School No. 20, to take
effect on September 1.
VAN VORST PARK CONCERT
At the open air concert this evening in
Van Vorst Park Mr. William Redmond,
tenor, will sing Paul Dresser’s latest song,
“Mr. Volunteer.” He will also render
“Sweet Annie Moore” and “Good-bye,
Dolly Gray.” The rest of the programme
is:—
PART I.
1. March. “The Troopers”.Brandt
2. Overture, “Pique Dance”.Suppe
3. Waltz. “Health, Wealth and Hap
piness” ..Witmark
4. Caprice, “Jubilee”.....Blume
5. Pond Echoes, “Frog Puddles”.
.Whitney
PART II.
1. Overture. “Donnybrook”.Votti
2. Songs. “Mr. Volunteer”.Dresser
“Sweet Annie Moore”..John T. Flynn
(Sung by Mr. Wm. Redmond.)
3. Selection. “Poor Jonathan”..Millocker
4. Cornet Solo, “Amaranth”....J. Berger
5. March, “Our Heroes’ Return” —
. Silverberg
BALDWIN GETS MONEY
Judge Blair Allows Him to Use It
for McPherson Business.
Judge Blair, in the Orphans’ Court, yes
terday afternoon, granted the application
of Aaron S. Baldwin, executor of the es
tate of the late Edla J. McPherson
to have $15,000 transferred or paid
over to him from the funds of the es
tate, to be used in the business of Mc
Pherson, as directed in Mrs. McPherson’s
will, which is being contested by her
daughter, Mrs. Edla J. McPherson Muir.
This decision was in the face of the re
fusal of the Controller of the State of
New York to permit Executor Baldwin
and Judge Crouse, administrator, to re
move any of the estate's securities from
that State until a final inventory had
been filed, as provided by the latvs of
that State and the collateral inheritance
tax paid. The order of Judge Blair
was made on representation that Mr.
Baldwin had in his hands securities
which could be transferred from the ac
count of the estate to that of the Mc
Pherson Company, so that it would not
be necessary to take any out of New
York. Counsellor Albert Wall, for Mrs.
Muir, did not oppose the application.
LOOKING FOR CLIFF MURDERERS.
Detective Edward McCormick, of Prose
cutor Erwin's office, at the direction of
the Prosecutor, yesterday sent to Prose
cutor Koester, of^Bergen county, the re
sult of his investigations in the death of
Peter Pisano, who was found at the foot
of a cliff near the Hudson county line
with a fractured skull on Sunday.
Pisano died at St. Mary’s Hospital in
Hoboken, Monday. At least two arrests
will be made and the trial will take place
in Bergen county.
The result of Detective McCormick’s in
vestigations is the following story of the
circumstances surrounding Pisano’s death.
Pisano was returning home from his work
on Saturday night with his brother-in
law when they were attacked by several
unknown men. The brother-in-law was
slashed with a razor and he ran away.
Pisano was robbed and thrown over a
cliff. He fell 500 feet. Two of the assail
ants are known and the police are now
searching for them. Pisano’s body will bo
sent to Bergen county today and a coron
er’s inquest held.
MRS. EVENSON SECURES A DECREE
Chancellor 'McGill has granted a decree
of divorce for Mrs. Charles Evenson, of
(Bayonne, who sued her husband on the
ground of desertion.
A curious feature of the caee was that
Evenson disappeared, leaving not a trace
behind him. (For two years not a word
was received from him by his wife and
the only clue she had was that he told
a friend that he was going to fight against
the Filipinos. Army records were
searched, but nothing could be found
about him. It is believed he w’as killed.
BABY STRUCK BY FENDER
Four-year-old Bernard Smith, of No.
164 Pavonia avenue, was struck by the
fender of motor car No. 54 of the North
Hudson Traction Company, Summit ave
nue line, on Pavonia avenue, near Grove
street, shortly after six o’clock last even
ing. He was severely bruised about the
head. __
M'CABE’S BODY UNCLAIMED
The body of John McCabe, who was
drowned In the Gap Wednesday morning
has not been claimed by his relatives.
Word was sent to them hut none have
put in an appearance. The body will be
taken to Snake Hill tomorrow unless it
is claimed. _
FIRE IN DYEING HOUSE
Fire broke out on the first floor of the
three story frame house, No. 538 Newark
avenue, occupied by S. Sintherd as a
cleaning and dyeing establishment. The
cause of the fire, which did considerable
damage, is unknown.
An Old and Well Tried Remedy.
ilrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething should always be used for children
while teething. It softens the gums, allays the
pain cures wind colic and is the best remedy
tor diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents per battle.
FOUND!!!
A “News” Reporter Dis
covers the Strangely
Missing Mrs. Peter
sen.
POLICE HAD NO CLUE
The Story of Her Return to
Her Home Given Here
Exclusively.
The mystery of the strange disappear
ance of Mrs. William Petersen of Little
Ferry has been solved by a “News” re
porter. The police of four cities-^New
York, Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey
City—have been searching for her ever
since Sunday afternoon, when her hus
band. told of her strange disappearance.
In all that1 time they have been unable to
find the slightest clue to her whereabouts.
Mr. Petersen has been on the verge of
insanity, distracted, fearful that he would
never see his wife again. He was con
vinced that she filled a watery grave at
the bottom of the Hudson River and ;+'he
police had given up all hope of ever get
ting a trace of her. Friends of the family
feared for Mr. Petersen's reason. Mes
sages of sympathy and encouragement
were being daily sent to him and the ter
rible situation was consuming the nervous
tissues of his friends.
Telephonic communication with Little
Ferry is to be had only through the gen
eral store of John Kaufman. Daily in
quiries there elicited the unvarying reply
that Mrs. Petersen had not been heard
of since last Saturday, when she disap
peared from a Cortlandt street ferryboat.
Her husband left her on the boat to have
his shoes polished. When the polish was
on, after the boat had been docked, he
couldn’t find her. He searched many
hours around Jersey City and New York
and returned home disconsolate and des
perate. On Sunday afternoon he notified
the police. They are still searching.
The mystery caused widespread inter
est. Because of its strange features a
“•News” reporter went to Little Ferry
yesterday to. interview Mr. Petersen and
see if he could find some clue to the miss
ing wife.
The reporter called at the Petersen
house, armed with the description of
Mrs. Petersen given the police by her
husband. It was:—
Weight, 175 pounds; light complex
ion; light hair; she was dressed when
last seen in a black waist, blue skirt,
and black hat.
A comely young woman opened the
door. She weighed 175 pounds, had light
hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion.
But she wore a house wrapper. The Sher
lock Holmes interest wras aroused in the
reporter and he at once set to work to
reconcile the wrapper. He was convinced
that what Mr. Petersen and the police
had failed to do he had accomplished—he
had found the missing wife! Mrs. Peter
sen stood at her own door!!
When dramatically told by the re
porter that she had been discovered Mrs.
Petersen at once admitted that fact.
Just as unhesitatingly she admitted that
she had been lost. She said:—
“Last Saturday my husband and I
called on Some friends in New York. We
were returning home on the seven
o’clock boat from Cortlandt street. My
husband left me on the upper deck and
he went downstairs to have his shoes
polished. Wrhen the boat was fastened
to* the pier he had not yet returned to
me and I went ashore. I did not see him,
and thinking he had remained on the
boat I went aboard again and was taken
back to New York. Then I again search
ed the boat but could not find him. Then
I went to a friend at No. 8 Greenwich
street, New York City. As I had no
money and no ticket home, I got the fare
from Mrs. Wilson, my friend, upon whom
I Called, and came home last Sunday
night. Wrhen I arrived here I found my
husband had returned to look for me
and he was greatly worried about my
absence. But it’s all right, now. You
have found me happy and contented.”
Mrs. Casper Simon, an aunt by mar
riage of Mrs. Petersen, was seen at her
home, at No. 212y2 Seventh street, this
morning. She said she had heard of Mrs.
Petersen’s return home but had not
thought it necessary to notify the au
thorities.
In every police station hereabouts
there is a description of Mrs. Petersen.
Policemen have been closely scrutinizing
all the women they met or heard of be
ing injured or found dead.
To save them from further trouble,
“The News” today makes the exclusive
announcement that Mrs. Petersen is now
safe at her home in Little Ferry.
MATTERS OF FA CT.
Pavonia Brand of Fine Early June Canned
Peas, for sale at nearly all good grocery
, stores, and wholesale at the D. E. Cleary Co.’s
stores.
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NO NEW HOSPITAL
Again Lack of Money Causes
Disappointment to
Health Board.
M'GILL WANTED MORE
Street and Water Board, Too,
Feels the Need of a Larger
Appropriation.
m
While the tax budget for the next fiscal
year has given general satisfaction there
are several departments inclined some
what to grumble. This is more or less,
proverbial. Nearly all the departments^
in by-gone years have submitted esti
mates that would allow of shrinkage.^
Each department naturally aims to get'
as much money as possible for running
expenses. The more they get the better
the showing made. Most of them have
become used to having their estimates
cut, and some of them claim that for
this reason they made careful estimates
for next year and left out many not ab
solutely necessary items through fear of
being cut down in important ones.
The Street and Water Board are nol
over pleased at the cuts made in their es
timates of appropriations needed by the
department for the next fiscal year. They
had anticipated the reconstruction of. a
number of sewers that are oid and de
crepit, and ' the construction of several
new sewers, including one in Bay street,
and the extension of the Grand street
sewer to relieve the vicinity of Harrison",
Monticello and Crescent avenues. The Fi
nance Commissioners could not see their
way to grant the money requested for
these purposes.
Commissioners Hauck and Nolan say
the reconstruction of some of the sewers
is absolutely needed and that money will
have to come from the liquor license -
fund.
The amount appropriated for street"
lighting, etc., is another disappointment.;
The Commissioners asked for $170,000 and
got $115,000, or $25,000 less than their esti
mate of what was needed. They were
allowed an advance of $5,000. They say
that new streets are constantly being
opened or extended and that the city can
not be lighted as it should be with the
appropriation allowed. They say that a
careful estimate was made for every item,
and that some were left out through fear
that the estimates absolutely necessary
would be cut down.
Superintendent Snyder of the Publio
Schools expressed some satisfaction at
the manner in which the Board of Edu
cation had been treated. "I speak only
for myself,” he said, “and not for the
Board. The .'Board made a careful -es
timate of what was required. It is not
for me to say that the Board is satisfied,
inasmuch as It did not get all it asked
for.”
President John J. Mulvaney of the
Board said he had no comments to make.
Dr. John D. McGill, President of tho
Board of Police Commissioners, when
seen regarding the appropriation for the
police department said that he was not
satisfied with the amount.
“I am like Oliver Twist in the matter.
I cannot get enough. But I shall go on
with the department as economically as
possible and do the best I can with what
I have. I believe in cutting my suit ac
cording to my cloth. I had hoped that
the appropriation would be bigger so that
the pay of the sergeants could be increas
ed at least. But this cannot be done very
well now as it would be rather hard to
increase the sergeants' pay find not use
the money we have for increasing the
strength of the force. It was hoped that
a number of new men could be appointed
and the members of the different classes
of chancemen promoted. These moves
cannot now be made.
“We might increase the force by ap
pointing a number of patrolmen and forc
ing them to sue for their salaries, which
they wofild recover because the city
would have to pay under the law cover
ing the point, but it would be a hardship
to make the men sue, so we have decided
to wait.”
Once again the Police Board has failed
to secure funds with which to erect a new
hospital. The request for a $200,000 ap
propriation has been made esveral times
but there is no money to be had for that
purpose at present. Warden Osborne of
the City Hospital has repeatedly called
the attention of the officials to the
wretched condition of the male ward. It
is no use to keep on repairing the
cracks and leaks, for the structure is too
old and it is money thrown away. It be
gins to look as if the new hospital would
not be built for many years.
Dr. McGill this morning spoke on the
question of erecting a new City Hospital
in the near future in a hopeful strain. He
said he was not disappointed that the
Board of Finance had not made an appro
priation for a new building because he
had not expected that it would.
I shall try to have a bill passed at the
next session of the Legislature making it
mandatory on the Board of Finance to is
sue bonds for the erection of a new City
Hospital. I have plans for a structure
to be built of iron, glass, cement and
brick without any wood whatever. The
building will cost about $210,000 or $250,000.
“We have a fine Library Building, a fine
City Hall and a wretched hospital. This
should not be. In the bill which I shall
urge next winter I shall make it plain
that the management of the hospital
should be taken from the Board of Police
Commissioners and place in control of a
board of directors composed of physic
ians who can not be influenced by poli
ticians. I hope the new building will be
under way next summer.”
WHY HER HOME WAS BURNED.
(Special to “The Jersey City News.”)
FREEHOI.D. July 26, 1901.—Charles Her
bert is on trial here on the charge' of in
cendiarism. He is accused of setting fire
to his mother’s home in Mattawan last
winter.
There are two indictments against
Herbert. Public sentiment was so strong
against him when he was arrested that
there was talk of lynching, but he now
has many friends and funds have been
subscribed to secure and attorney for
him.
Charles Van Brunt testified that three
weeks before the fire Herbert toid hnn
his mother was working too hard and
that he wanted her to come and live
with him. He guessed the only wav to
get out was to bum her out.
VENDER’S HARD LUCK
Vegetables Cost Too Much
to Pay Them to Sell.
The past hot spell has evidently told
on the various crops amd venders are
not earning their salt these days. One
huckster said this morning that it was al
most useless to go to New York for loads
as tho markets contained practically noth
ing.
“Whatever is in the market is so high
that we cannot touch it,” said he. “The
people won’t pay the prices we would be
forced to ask in order to pay us for our
trouble. Potatoes have taken a big jump
and tomatoes and corn are very poor and
very high in price. Berries this year were
the poorest I have seen in my ten years’
experience in the business. Jersey ber
ries, usually ihe best the market affords,
were not even good. They wer hard and
sour.
“liuring.. tftq oast two weeks we have
been goingvback and forth endeavoring
yto secure loads to peddle, but we cannot
get anything fit to sell at a reasonable
price. People now get most of their
things from grocers, who are forced to
handle them for their customers. People
will pay a big price to grocers but not to
peddlers.”
What the vendor says is only too true.
Vegetables are scarce and poor in quality.
It is hard to buy really good vegetables
at a reasonable price. Potatoes have ad
vanced from ten to fifteen cents on a
peck. Corn has not been seen in a ven
dor's wagon this summer. They fear to
handle it at the big price they will have
to ask for it. Even grocers are shy of
selling it.
A hard winter is anticipated in the
vegetable line and people begin to think
that prices will be so high that those
luxuries will have to be dispensed with.
DIED AFTERflENTENCE
Henry Miller, sixty-three years old, who
was Sentenced to thirty days in the
County Jail on a charge ot disorderly
conduct yesterday, died at . four o’clock
this morning. To all appearances he was
well when he was brought to the jail
from Bayonne. Dr. Converse had not
viewed the body at the morgue this morn
ing. It is believed that heart disease
killed Miller. His home is said to be in
Brooklyn.
FOURTH’S HOMECOMING.
The Fourth Regiment will break camp
tomorrow and come home after a week
of hard, earnest work at Sea Girt. The
boys went away last Saturday and since
then they have learned many things at
the camp which will make far better bet
ter soldiers of them. The week has been
a successful one and every member of
-regiment feels proud that he is iden
tified with the work of the Fourth. 'No
other regiment has made a better show
ing in drill or appearance.
The regiment will reach the armory late
in the afternoon. The march will be
from the train shed of the Pennsylvania
road over the route covered on the day
they left town. There will be -no officials
at the City Hall to review the men as it
will be too late m the day. •
GHOST SCARES TRAIN CREWS
Flits Down Tracks of Reading Road
Ahead of Trains.
(Special to “The Jersey City News.”)
TRENTON, July 2G, 1901.—The appear
ance of a white robed figure flitting
nightly on the tracks of the Reading
Railroad at Trenton Junction has
brought terror to the hearts of the night
freight crews, who believe that it is the
wraith of some person violently killed
there.
The apparition wanders from the sta
tion up and down the tracks with flow
ing white raiment, and moveg with
swiftness of the wind, till It at last dis
appears at the hill crest below Trenton
Junction.
William Barber, baggage master on the
Reading Railroad, says he saw the object
at Hill Crest a few jiights ago, and when
he walked away from it he was surprised
to find that the faster he walked away
the less ground he seemed to gain, and it
finally passed him within a few feet.
John Donnelly, an engineer, saw the ob
ject running along the tracks one night
recently keeping pace with the train and
finally passing it.
COACHMAN BURNED BY ACID
(Special to “The Jersey City News.’’)
ENGLEWOOD, July 26, 1901.—The police
have found no trace of Thomas Fitzpat
rick, who is wanted for throwing acid on
Patrick Garvan and disfiguring him for
life. The fugitive is believed to have gone
to New York.
Garvin is a coachman employed by Dr.
C. C. Brace, of Woodland street. He
was sitting Wednesday night in the git
elien of Halicon Hall, a faslKonablc
boarding school, talking to the several
maids, when Fitzpatrick entered the room
pulled a bottle of carbolic acid from his
pocket and dashed the contents in Gar
van’s face. f
Garvan will be marked for life, both
cheeks being badly scarred, and even his
eyebrows being burned off.
Queen Victoria's Hose.
A certain Englishman is the happy pos
sessof three pairs of fine white gauze
stoekings worn by the late Queen Vic
toria about sixty years ago. One is finely
embroidered with roses and lilies of the
valley, in flax and not silk, as in the pres
ent. day, while another has an interwo
ven iace vandyked pattern carried down
the instep between stripes in two patterns
of very fine embroidery, while the third
pair display an embroidery of the acorn,
the rose and the thistle. Few stockings of
modern days can rival these for fineness.
PERSONAL
There is a small Jersey City colony
stopping at the Avon Inn, Avon, and one
of its members, Mr. Andrew J. Corcoran,
the well known manufacturer of this city,
came to town today and had all sorts of
pleasant things to say about it. Mrs. Cor
coran and her daughter. Miss Bessie
Corcoran. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Will
iams and family of Bergen avenue. Judge
and Mrs. Otto Crouse and family, Mr.
anil Mrs. Thomas Milburn Gopsili of this
city and Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Reichhelia
and ramily of \ Bayonne, are all there
reveUft* in dips and ocean breezes.
PEACEFUL^ STRIKE
Dock Builders Refuse to Con
tinue Work on Bremen
Piers.
CONTRACTORS ARE PLEASED
They Say They Have Been
Saved the Trouble of
Laying Off Men.
There was no especial trouble at the
new piers of the Hamburg- and Bremen
docks in Hoboken, this morning, where
a strike of the dock builders has been
in progress since last Monday. No men
have, taken the union men’s places and
everything seems to be going along quiet
ly in the neighborhood. There is not the
slightest sign of the trouble which a Ho
boken paper yesterday tried to make out.
There are about four hundred and fifty
men out on.strike. It is sa^id on good
authority that the work of building the
three new piers will not be resumed for
at least two months as the work done is
that far ahead of schedule time. One
reason why concessions will not be made
to the men is that the contractors have
not the material to go on with the build
ing of the piers. They are 'handicapped
for material, especially in the iron work,
and they are glad to have the men on
strike until they can get the material.
The Deck Builders’ Protective Associa
tion of New York is the union to which
three-quarters of the men on strike be
long, there being no union in Hoboken,
and the remaining strikers are Joining
daily. James Daly, a delegate of the as
sociation, said this morning: “It is im
possible for the contractors of the build
ing of the piers to get men to take the
strikers’ places. They are striking for
their rights. They are members of the
New York union and should receive the
same scale and hours as their fellow
union men.”
When asked what that was he replied,
“Well, the men in New York, after a
three weeks’ strike for $3 a day and eight
hours for a days’ work won, and these
men want tlie same, but they are will
ing to make some concessions to the con
tractors. We are ready to meet them in a
spirit of faifness, and concede to them
many things. We had an unsuccessful
conference yesterday with the Staats
Brothers, the contractors of the three
piers* but we stand prepared to meet
them again to arbitrate the matter.
“Now, the main principle upon which
the men went out on strike is that Mr.
Staats is substituting ordinary labor for
mechanical labor and classing all as me
chanics, which means that he is taking
three men to do one ordinary dock build
er’s work. This evil is the result of the
percentage system, as Mr. Staats gets
percentage on total.
“Pier No. 3, I believe, on this system,
cost the sum of $750,000. Three ordinary
docks of the same dimensions in New
York can be built for this sum at the
union scale of wages, as the estimate of
Pier A in that city will show.
“The strikers are behaving themselves
in an orderly manner and they will not
make any trouble, as some of the papers
have said they would. They will keep
away from the docks until a settlement
is reached.”
Mr. Harry Moorehouse, superintendent
for the Staats Brothers, said that the firm
would not concede anything to the men
just now as the work on the piers was
so far ahead and the material was being
delayed. “It is just as well for the firm,”
he said, “as it was their intention to lay
a number of the hands off on this ac
count.”
Chief of Police Donovan when inter
viewed this morning said that the men
were a very quiet lot of strikers and that
he feared no trouble at all from them.
It is said now ^at the contractors will
let the strike continue until Ociober 1,
when it is expected that they will receive
the necessary material to complete the
dock and then concede the strikers’ de -
mands.
The strikers’ quarters at present are
located at Kempen’s Hotel, River strecc
and Hudson Park. The men were work
ing ten hours a day and receiving $2, al
though they should have been receiving,
they claim, $2.50. They now demand from
$2.75 to $3, and nine hours to constitute a
day’s work.__
SCRATCHED JUSTICE’S FACE
(Special to "The Jersey City News.")
CAMDEN, July 26, 1901.—When Augus
tus Myers was arraigned before Justice
Stackhouse in the City Hall on a charge
of larceny, a tall, muscular woman arose
and said: “Judge, I’ll give you a licking
if you send the old man to jail. He's me
dad.”
After hearing the evidence, the justice
held Myers without bail for trial.
In another instant the woman melied up
and caught the justice by the hair. Mayor
IHatch rushed to the magistrate’s assist
ance. The woman was kicking and yell
ing. Justice Stackhouse was not injured
seriously 'by hie tusslj, but he sent out
for court plaster to put over the places
where his face had been scratched.
COW PINES FOR ROGERS
[Special to "The Jersey City News."]
PATERSON, July 26, 1901.—A sick cow
belonging to the estate of the late Jacob
S. Rogers and lying under a tent con
structed for its benefit is attracting much
attention from people who pass the
Rogers place. It has been sick for about
two weeks, and the neighbors say that
it went into a decline when Mr. Rogers
died. Theodore B. Rogers, to whom all
the goods and chattels, cattle, etc., of the
estate were willed, has instructed a veter
inary to spare no expense in saving the
cow’s life.
Pope Leo's Artistic Jolre.
His Holiness is much sought after as a
sitter by painters, whose powers are no:
equal to their ambition. It is seldom,
however, that qjp artist meets with a re
lusal. Quite recently one of these paint
ers, having finished his portrait, begged
tne Pope to honor him by inscribing upon
it some scriptural text, with his auto
graph. The Pope looked dubiously at lh.
picture. It was mediocre enough and lit
tle like himself; but, unwilling to disap
point the artist, he reflected a moment,
and then, adapting the familiar line in St.
Matthew to tne peculiar circumstances, h,
wrote as follows: "Be not afraid. It Is I.
-Leo XIII.”
who are the sensible women of Hudson County. Every
sensible woman has a GAS RANGE in her kitchen.
Wrinkles are much oftener produced by hard labor
than by age. Labor is so materially lightened by a GAS
RANGE that few women who possess one need worry
about wrinkles.
RANCES: $10.50 AND $12.00.
WATER HEATERS: $8.00, $8.50 AND $8.75
HUDSON GOUNTY~GAS COMPANY
- = - OFFICES = = -
109 Montgomery St., Jersey City. 201 Avenue D, Bayonne*
751 Montgomery St., Jersey City. 539 Washington St., Hoboken,
263 Central Aye,, Jersey City.99 Bergeniine Ave., Town of Union.
CAN’T FACE CREDITORS
Victim of N. P. Teaves His Homo
Before Crash.
(Special to “The Jersey City News.”)
HUNTINGTON, July 26, 1901.—Samuel S.
Cramer, for many years one of the most
prominent and wealthy residents of Hun
terdon County, has been away from home
for a wreek and he has written to his
wife that his fortune is hopelessly wreck
ed and that he will never return to face
his creditors. He is supposed to have
been caught In the recent sensational
movements of Northern Pacific and to
have lost heavily.
Mr. Cramer was supposed to be worth
$250,000. He run a large flour mill and
farmers accepted his demand notes at 4
per cent, as being better than deposits
in savings banks. These unsecured credi
tors will probably lose every cent they
had entrusted to Cramer, and his moth
er's fortune, which he managed, has also
been lost.
On Monday a large batch of his paper
came due, and was protested. Since then
ail his personal property has been attach
ed and mortgages given years ago on his
real estate have been filed with the
County Clerk. He owes the First Na
tional Bank of Clinton, of which he was
a director, $10,000, and has between $10,000
and $50,000 of small notes outstanding.
He is also heavily indebted to his uncle,
P. W. Skinner, head of a New York com
mission firm._
MANGLED BY HAY FORK
Young Man Caught hy the Hand and
Dragged in the Air*
(Special to “The Jersey City News.”)
PLAINFIELD, July 26, 1901.—Albert
Hoffmann, eldest son of Gilbert Hoff
mann, a farmer of South Somerville, a
few miles from here, was assisting his
father*to operate a power hay fork Wed
nesday afternoon, when, in attempting to
«r"'us>t the hay, the fingers of hie left
hand were caught in the tines of the fork.
Before the machine could be stopped
•Hoffmann had been drawn up in the air
fully twenty-five feet, the tines of the
fork holding him fast. His fingers were
fearfully lacerated, the ends being torn
and the nails wrenched off three fingers.
The young man had a narrow escape
from being killed, being rescued only a
moment before the forks would have
dropped him into the hay chopping ma
chine, which would have ground him to
pieces. _
GIRL BATHERS LOST CLOTHES
(Special to “The Jersey City News.’’)
ASBUKY PARK. July 26, 1901.—A lit or
economy on the part of three young wom
ey who are guests at the Yorkshire Hotel
was responsible for placing them in a pre
dicament. They donned their bathing
suits, put shirt waists and skirts over
them, and strolled out on the board wa.k.
When they thought both the bluecoated
guaruians and the other beach employes
were riot looking they discarded their out
ward apparel and plunged into the surf,
leaving their skirts and shirtwaists under
the walk. A policeman saw them and
hardly had the girls reached the water
before their clothing was on the way to
the town hall.
The ycung women were panic stricken
and ran all the way from the beach to
the hotel. Charles Hunt, the proprietor,
went to the police station later and re
deemed the clothing.
Geromo on J»pnn*»so Art.
Gerome, the famous French painter,
has very decided views about Japanese
art. It is one of his favorite sayings that
all the art students of the world ought
to make Paris their headquarters, ex
cept the Japanese. “Two Japanese are
spoiling themselves under my tuition at
this moment,” he said, recently. "They
have talent now; when they have ab
sorbed all we have to teach them they
will be lost. Europe has committed high
treason to art in Japan. The rare and
admirable art they had our cursed in
fluence has kflled. Their old view of
nature was admirable, individual, pales
apart from ours; a compromise Is im
possible—it means death to their vision
and method and absolute failure for them
in ours. The Japanese offer the most [
striking proof of the stern duty of every ]
artist to stand by his own conception.” |
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WEATHER INDICATIONS
NEW YORK, July 26, 1901.—Forecast for
the thirty-six hours ending at eignt c. „i.
Saturday: — Showers tonight; partiy
cloudy tomorrow; east winds.
Hartnett’s Thermometrieal Report
July 25. Deg.
3 P. M. 72
6 P. M.70
9 P. M.69
12 midnight.69|
July 26. Deg.
6 A. M.611
9 A. M. TO
12 noon .TO
DIED.
■HAUGHEY.—On Wednesday, July 24, 1901,
Cormick Haughey, beloved husband of
Catherine Haughey.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral from his late residence,
;No. 620 Newark avenue, on Saturday,
July 27, at 9 A. M.
RYAN.—On Tuesday, July 23, 1901, at his
residence, No. 46S Monmouth street,
corner Seventh street, Patrick Ryan,
beloved husband of Hannah C. Ryan.
Services Saturday at 10 A. M., at St.
Michael's R. C. Church.
Please omit flowers.
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He Was Hurt in Going to Hex
Assistance.
(Special to “The Jersey City News.”)
ATLANTIC CITY, July 26, 1901.—Captain
Clark, the veteran life-saver, the hero of
dozens of thrilling rescues, owes his life
to a woman. The woman is Miss Elsie
Bernard, the young and beautiful sister
of Sam Bernard, the w’ell-known come
I dian. There is a strange circumstance*
| attending the rescue of Captain Clark, for
i at the very time he came so near losing
| his own life he was endeavoring to rescue
Mists Bernard, who was swimming near
| Young’s pier. He supposed that ©he was
[ in distress, and thereby hangs the whole
story.
Miss Bernard, W*ho is an expert swim
mer, while bathing yesterday ©warn out
and around the pier. Captain Clark had
been watching and, seeing her hands go
up, supposed that ©he was signalling for
assistance.
He grabbed a life buoy and hurled it
to the swimmer. He threw it with such
force he lost his balance and tumbled into
the sea. Before reaching the water he
©truck his head and was rendered help
less. 'Miss Bernard, seeing the captain’s
peril, without a moment's * hesitation,
swam to hi© rescue and began diving for
the life-saver. Twice she went beneath
the ©urface and came up without him.
For the third time she went down and
after several moment came to the surface
again, dragging with her Clark’s insen
sible body $ind struck out boldly for the
beach. In the meantime Life Guards
Wray and Davis hastily launched a boat,
rowed to her assistance, and brought them
safely ashore.__
GIRL RESCUES LIFE SAVER