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THE BKOOKLYK DAILY EAGrLE THURSDAY. AUGUST 12, 1897. 2 A BOY ATTEMPTS' SUICIDE. PRINCE HENRY'S DUEL. GREATER CITY'S BOUNDARY, INJUNCTION TO BE TESTED.

BARREN ISLAND NUISANCE PARK ROADS IK A BAD WAY. BOWLES IS EXONERATED. Aoting Secretary Eoosevelt Indorses Commander Davis' Eeport. HIS ADMINISTRATION PRAISED. The Naval Constructor's Friends Jubilant Over the Result of the Second Investigation Mr.

Roosevelt Says That the Standard of Work in the Navy Yard Has Been Raised Preference Given to Veterans. 'Acting Secretary Roosevelt's indorsement of the report of Commander C. II. Davis completely exonerating Naval Constructor Francis Bowles, chief of the Construction Department of the Navy Vara, of the charges of favoritism and unjust discrimination for political reasons and also unfair treatment of veterans, was received by the constructor's friends at this station with considerable pleasure. Mr.

Bowles has had many adherents among the officers at the yard and there is hardly a man in his own department, which is the largest and most important in the yard, who does not swear by his chief. These men were all jubilant to day over the victory won by tho constructor and say that the result of the investigation leaves that officer stronger than ever. Mr. Bowles is not at the yard at present, having been ordered to Halifax to superintend the docking of the battleship Indiana, ami as soon as that is accomplished he will go oq a thirty days' leave of absence. Before leaving the yard Mr.

Bowles did not hesitate to express the opinion, that he would be completely vindicated by the investigation and his confidence has been fully "warranted by tho outcome. Since Mr. Bowles assumed charge of the construction department at the yard his methods of administration have been the subject of frequent criticism and numerous complaints have been filed with the department at Washington. As a result of these one of the first things undertaken by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, after he assumed office, was an investigation of Constructor Bowles' administration hero. Mr.

Hoosevelt spent three days overhauling the records of the construction department. In his report at that time Air. Roosevelt said: "No case whatever was shown in which there could be legitimate reason to believe in discrimination for political reasons." Roosevelt went on to say many things in indorsement of Constructor Bowles' administration, which, he stated, was conducted in the best interest of the government. The opponents of Mr. Bowles were not satisfied win the report of Mr.

Roosevelt and through a number of political as well as Grand Army and labor associations four Brooklyn congressmen were won over to their side and influences were thus brought to bear on Secretary Long, which resulted in the ordering of another investigation, conducted by Commander C. H. Davis. This officer spent about a week at the navy yard and several hundred Individual cases were examined by him. The men were all discharged workmen and many of them were represented by counsel.

They invaribably expressed great bitterness of feeling against Mr. Bowles and prophesied that the result of the investigation would surely result in the sending of Mr. Bowles to another naval station if it did not result in his court martial. In passing upon the report of Commander Davis, as to the result of his investigation Mr. Roosevelt says: "The department fully sustains the conclusions of Commander Davis as to the charges against Mr.

Bowles. In so far as they relate to alleged political discrimination, or the appointment of outsiders and the retention of unworthy in preference to worthy men, these charges are not only disproved, but are shown to rest upon nothing more substantial tha.ii malicious or frivolous gossip, or else upon the belief of the less competent workmen that they, and not tbeir snrt rior uific p' s. yre te proper judges of their efficiency. The attention of Constructor iJuwius will bu especially called to that part of Commander Davis's report warning him as to being sometimes over harsh, and following too implicitly the recommendations of leading men and Quarter men: but it is evident that the real reason for tho attacks upon Mr. Bowles is to be found not in the fact that he has done badly, but that he has done well.

He has shown great energy and capacity in handling men; he has paid heed solely to the needs of the government work, and has sought to establish a high standard of efficiency among the laborers in the yard; he has absolutely disregarded all political considerations in appointing and employing men, and the opposition to him evidently arises mainly from the fact that under him for the first time it has been impossible to procure the reinstatement or retention of men guilty of misconduct who possessed political influence. The evil of occasional harshness in discipline is trivial compared with the evil of allowing men to shirk or be guilty of other misconduct, provided they have political influence, and It is because of his refusal to permit this that Mr. Bowles is attacked." "The standard of work in the Brooklyn navy yard has been very appreciably raised under Constructor Bowles. The complaints against him have now twico been investigated, once by me personally, and once at great length by Commander Davis. The widest latitude has been given to every one who had any accusation whatsoever to make, and it is evident that there is no foundation whatever for these charges.

There can be no possible excuse for any further investigation and the case will not again be opened. As regards the charges made by the veterans, it appears that there is no ground whatsoever for complaint against Mr. Bowies, and the testimony of the witnesses produced tells very strongly in his favor anil incidentally shows that under the Labor Board scrupulous heed is paid to the rights of veterans." "In appointments from the lists the veterans are given t.n absolute preference, and when discharged, if they have behaved well even though less well than tho others they are still given preference. In consequence, tho department at times has serious difficulty in getting its work done, for some of the divisions are so crowded with veterans, now for the most part elderly men past their prlmo of life, that the work is in constant danger of deterioration. "All that saves the work from deterioration is strict obedience on the part of the head of the division or bureau to the department's orders that in making discharges the men who do inefficient work shall invariably be discharged first.

The sole test Is the efficiency of the man's work. To introduce any other test to make, for instance, an allowance on behalf of a veteran for inefficient work would speedily produce the most damaging effect upon the department, and would mean tho liability of causing at any time some great structural weakness or delect in the ships of war to which the nation's honor is entrusted. Such a course is not to be contemplated for a moment, and will not bo urged by any patriotic man. In giving preference to veterans in employment so completely as we now give It, we have gone to the very verge ot what the conditions of good administration will permit. In making discharges it Is absolutely necessary that they be made strictly in accordance with the degree of efficiency of the workmen.

Wnore men aro of equal efllclency the veteran will be retained. Where there is a difference in efficiency, the most efficient man will he retained, and the efficiency must be determined, not by statements ot Interested parties, but by the deliberato judgment of the officers who are responsible for the work done, and whose interest guarantees that, though they may occasionally mako errors, on tie whole they will undoubtedly retain the men most capable of doing that work." COMPANY INCORPORATED. Albany, N. August 12 Tho S. W.

Bowno Company of Brooklyn has been incorporated to carry on a commission and jobhing business in erain. hay, feed and straw. Capital 80,000. Cuts His Throat Because His Employer Rebuked Him for Stealing. Charles Chappo, 14 years old, of 632 East Eighty eighth street, New York, was rebuked by his employer this morning lor stealing 5 cents.

Ha had collected 70 cents and spent 6. He was so despondent that he went home and cut his throat. He was taken to the Presbyterian Hospital. The boy lives around the corner from where he works. He runs errands for his employer and has always been regarded by his employer as a faithful boy.

It was a little after 7 o'clock this morning that he was sent to collect a small debt ot 70 cents. But when he returned to his employer he gave the latter 65 cents and said that that was all he had been able to collect. His employer knew that there was something wrong and he told the boy so. The boy denied for several minutes that he had collected the full amount of the debt. But after a while sense of shame came over him and he confessed that he had taken the money.

His employer gave him a scolding, the first. It was said, that he had ever given the boy, and the youngster felt it very keenly. He left the store about an hour later and went home without telling his employer anything about going away. He used a dull knife in his attempt at suicide and was discovered as he lay bleeding on his bed, by his mother. An ambulance was summoned.

He will probably recover. TEN EYCK MAY NOT ROW. The Henley Champion Undecided Abou Starting in the National Regatta at Philadelphia Latest Arrivals. Philadelphia, August 12 'With the exception of Dr. McDowell of Chicago and the St.

Paul, senior eight oared crew all the crack oarsmen of the United States and Canada who are entered for the regatta, which will be held on the Schuylkill River to morrow and Saturday, are now here. The senior double of the Catlin Club, Chicago, and the Staten Island Club's senior four arrived late last night, while the senior four of the Columbia Athletic Club, Washington, D. got In at 3 o'clock this morning. Most of the New York oarsmen arrived at noon. Among them were H.

Voight of the Atalanta Club, the Intermediate doubles of the Nassau and Nonpareil clubs, the intermediate fours of the Lone Star and Seawanhaka clubs, and the Dauntless senior eight. The New York Athletic Club's entry for intermediate single, B. G. Wilson, and their intermediate eight arrived this afternoon. The question of Ten Eyck's starting in the races to morrow is still an open one.

To day the young champion said It was hardly likely that he would start, but he will decide finally after this evening's row, or to morrow morning's spin. Ten Eyck was out again this morning and rowed over the course. Upon his thereturn to the boat house he complained about hlns hands, which are badly blistered, especially the left one. All the visiting and many of the local oarsmen took advantage of the fine weather and good condition of the water this morning and were out putting on the finishing touches. The hardest work done, however, was by the University of Pennsyvania eight.

Ellis Ward had the crew out early and sent it over the course at a fast clip against the watch. What the time of the crew was for a mile and a half Is as usual secret, but Ward appeared satisfied with the trial. At noon to day, in accordance with the rules of the National Association, a public drawing was made for positions in the trial and final heats at the committees headquarters in the Colonnade Hotel. Two Walkovers at Brighton Beach. Brighton Beach Race Track, August 12 The track is in magnificent condition this af ternoon, and if records are not broken, it will not be the fault of the course.

The card, while smaller than those of the past two days, is excellent, with very little likelihood of any scratches. The "Vestal stakes of Is the main feature on the programme. It L'A'louette and The probable winners of the last five races are as follows: Third race Dye, Endeavor, George Rom. Fourth race Thompson's best (L'Alonette or Sasaclty). Abundant, Miss Tenny.

Fifth race Damlen. Souffle, Sun Up. Sixth race Marshall, W. Mabel Harkness. Seventh race "Tom Cromwell, Rey del Tlerra, Tlnce.

First race A walkover for Belmar. Second race A walkover for Ortoland. All the horses were scratched away from Belmar In the first race, leaving a walkover for him. The same condition of affairs exist ed in the second race, when Attainment, Mich ael III and Nosey were scratched, leaving only Ortoland to go over the course. In the third race only Endeavor was scratched, leaving nine starters.

George Rose Scherrer up, was made favorite at 3 to 5. The mounts and odds were as follows: Trayant, O'Leary up, second choice, at 3 to Purse Proud, Clawson.up, 4 to island King, A. Barrett up, and Squan, Forbes up, 20 to 1 each; Dve. Coylie up. 6 to 1: Anson Connelly up, 40 to Mahoney, Hothersall up, 12 to 1, and Contractor, Hlrsch up, 10 to 1.

Futurity Candidates on the Saratoga Track. Saratoga, N. August 12 The track here has dried out considerably since yesterday, but It is by no means fast, and slow time Is probable. The chief event of fo day's rac Ing is the G. H.

Mumm handicap for 2 year olds at 6 furlongs, in which some of the Fu turity candidates will have a trial. August Belmont's erratic colt Firearm, will try to give weight to such as Murillo, of which much Is expected at Sheepshead Bay, Blueaway, Central Trust, Swango ana otners. First ra Seven eights mile: Hanlon, first, 6 to 6 and 1 to James Monroe, second, place 2 to Liaweview jr aiace, inira. i jmu, ijauts Second race Five and a half furloncs: Kilt, first, 7 to 2 and even; Navlculino, second, place, to Earacan, tmra. rime, i Boston and New York Fighting It Out at the Polo Grounds.

Polo Grounds, New York, Augst 12 Bos ton and New York are scheduled to meet In two games here this afternoon and Joyce's men will endeavor to retrieve the losses of yesterday and Tuesday. In the first game the batteries are: Boston, Sullivan and Lake New York, Meekin and Wilson. Score by innings: A Boston 0 0 0 0 New York ....0 0 0 0 Umpires Messrs. Lynoh and Carpenter. TO ANNUL FERRY CONTRACT.

"Washington, D. August 12 The attorney general has rendered an opinion to the effect that the Secretary of the Treasury may annul. contract with General Daniel Bnt terffelcl OI JNew ion, uoiug uubiucbb as j.ne Brooklvn Annex," for the performance of ferry service between the Ellis Island immi grant station ana tne Darge omoe, jxow lorK harbor, because tho necessity for ferry sorvice was terminated by the recent fire at Ellis Island, in which the immigration buildings at that station were aeairoyau. DELINQUENTS AT ROCKAWAY. United States Internal Revenue Colieo tor Moore on Monday detailed three division deputies to inspect tho liquor dealers at Rook away Beach and Far Rockaway.

ThiB morning these deputies reported seventeen liquor dealerB at those places who were selling with out government licenses. They will be summoned before the collector, who in addition to the full amount of tho fee will impose a penalty of 50 per cent. Collector Mooro Baid: 'I will try to collect all the revenue belonging to the government. GROUSE SEASON IN ENGLAND. London, August 12 Grouse shooting opened to day under favorable auupicos.

The High lands report good bags. In Southern Scotland there is some disease In Derbyshire the birds are healthy and strong, but too wild to yield good bags. Tho Yorkshire moors are yielding well. The firBt grouse at Sheffield sold at 81.50 per brace. DISASTROUS CLOUDBURST.

Schenectady, N. August 12 There was a cloudburBt in the Normanskill valley, in the western end of Soheneetady yesterday. About ten bridges were waBhed away and unhar vested crops were ruined. The damage was very neavy. WilNot Abandon It at Duke of Aosta's Request.

Taris, August 12 Prince Henry of Orleans, replying to the Duke of Aosta, eldest nephew of the King of Italy, who was sent to France by his majesty with instructions to make an attempt to prevent a duel being fought between Prince Henry and General Albertone, as a result of the prince's reflections upon the conduct of the ItaKan soldiers in Abyssinia, has informed the duke that it is impossible for him to retreat. It is now thought that others will intervene In the matter. Paris, August 12 The following semi official eornmumcation has been issued: "It is learned from a trustworthy source that the unexpeoted intervention ot a very high Italian personage, claiming for himself the honor of encountering Prince Henry of Orleans, will very probably modify the situa tioa. Under these circumstances it is probable that General Albertone will have to give place to the exalted personage in question. A telegram which was received by Prince Henry while traveling last night apprised him ot the new intervention." MRS.

PARR'S HUSBAND. She Says He Was a reenpoint Butcher Instead of an Indian Scout. Mary J. Parr has begun a suit in the Supreme Court against her husband to set aside a deed made by her to her husband of land at Ozone Park, L. and it contains some curious features.

She has obtained a temporary injunction to restrain her husband from interfering with the property. A motion was before Justice Walter Lloyd Smith this afternoon to continue the injunction and the decision was reserved. In tho papers it is alleged that Mrs. Parr was involved in litigation over the assets of her sister's estate, of which she was administratrix, at the time of her marriage to the defendant. A part of the estate was claimed by Elizabeth Alsop under an alleged gift.

Mrs. Parr says that her husband before marriage pretended that he was an Indian scout on the Western frontier, but she afterward learned that at the time he said he was Indian killing ho was a butcher in Greenpoint and was married. His wife, however, had then left him and gone to Kansas. Mrs. Parr says she conveyed the property involved in the suit in trust to her husband, because she feared an attack from a man named Fischer, who claimed that he was her lawful husband.

Parr, she says, became estranged from her and paid attention to another woman. Now, she says, he refuses to give up the property. A letter written by Parr was produced. It was addressed to the plaintiff. It had at the head, "Rocky Mountain Dick Amusement Company, New York." On It was a picture of a man with long clustering curls and wearing a soubrero.

For the plaintiff Lawyer Roger M. Sherman said that when Parr came to his office he did not at first recognize him. Before that time he had seen Parr with short hair and a derby hat. When Mr. Sherman expressed his surprise at the change Parr, he said, laughed and took off Ms soubrero.

The curls came off with tho head covering. That surprised counsel still more. Henry Montfort appeared in opposition. TOSTAL CONSOLIDATION. Postmaster Sullivan Says Brooklyn Should Not Be Humiliated by Reduction to a Sub Station.

Postmaster Sullivan in speaking of the proposed consolidation of the Brooklyn and New York post offices, in which the proposition appears to be before the department at WaBh Ington to make the general office of Brooklyn a sub station of the New York office, said to an Eagle reporter this morning: "The question at present presents no new phase from what has been under consideration by the Post Office Department at Washington for several months, unless it is the proposition to reduce the Brooklyn general office to the grade of a sub station. That Brooklyn should be so humiliated is out of the question, in my opinion, and will not be allowed or accepted by the citizens of this commonwealth. Brooklyn is entitled to a higher distinction than would be given in opening a small office at a railroad station on Long Island, for instance. I am of the opinion that the postal administration of the large metropolitan city which will soon come into existence should all run from a central office. But Brooklyn should always retain its identity and the office here should be made a responsible branch of tho New York office with a responsible man at the head of it.

"That an office ot the equipment and facilities of the Brooklyn Post Office, with the high standing it has in the country in postal affairs, should be relegated to the condition of a substation is moro than I can comprehend or believe will be done. When the Post Office Department officials at Washington come to Brooklyn to look over the conditions and see just what a thoroughly first class office we have, with the finest facilities to serve the million and more people of this city, I am of' the opinion that some measure will be recommended for adoption that will insure to this city its distinctive name as a post office center. It is a well known fact however, that there is no power invested in the government, without a special act of Congress, to change the character of the Brooklyn Post Office, or even to consolidate it with the New York office. To make any change in the Brooklyn office a bill will have to be passed by Congress. Congress may pass such a bill, but I don't see how any change can be made for a long time yt t.

"To show in what favor the Brooklyn post office is held by the Washington authorities I will say that the first assistant postmaster general has detailed from the list ot substitute letter carriers ot Brooklyn Michael F. Kearns and Edward L. Martin to the post office at Atlantic City for the balance ot the summer season. This is a very unusual action on the part of the Washington officials, for they have passed nearby cities to come to Brooklyn for men to fill out vacancies in tho service in other places." Postmaster Sullivan has made the following additional appointments of substitute letter carriers from the civil service eligible list: Henry Mundscahu, 4C3 Bergen street; John G. Leger, 203 Thirty second street, and John Finnan, 272 Wyckoff avenue.

GREEK GEORGE'S RETURN. He Is Taken to Ludlow Street Jail, From Which He Made His Escape. George Polycramis, known as Greek George, the alleged counterfeiter, who, with Michael Egan and William H. Post, made his escape from Ludlow Street Jail, New York on January and was arrested in Chicago on Tuesday last, by Inspector George w. Hazen, of the Secret Service Bureau, arrived In New York this morning in ihe cus tody of that officer.

The prisoner was turned over to tho custody of U. S. Marshal McCarty and was taken at once to Ludlow Street Polycramis, who at first denied hla identity. said he would plead guilty and take his sen tence. Ho savs he is sorry ho ran away.

He told Inspector Hazen that he knew nothing ot the plot to escape until Just before he and the others left the Jail. His story was that he found Post and Egan at work, and they captured him and holding a knife over him threatened to kill him if he did not go with them. Ho said that they Jumped across the air shaft and had no difficulty In scaling the iron fence on top of the Jail wail, la the street tbey separated. He has since his escape visited New Orleans. Galveston, St.

Louis and one or two other Western cities. A PECULIAR SUICIDE. London, August 12 At tho inquest just held over the remains of an American who committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver, at Handeworth, after a card party, it developed that the deceased left a number of extraordinary letters, including the following: "This is to certify that I. Charles Jackson, an American citizen living in Birmingham, have of my own free will and desire committed suicide, as I have I lived quite long enough." The jury rendered a verdict to the effect that the deceased com i initted suicide whilo laboring under insanity. Continued From Fags 1.

accord with a line of survey he had made for P. B. Lord. At an adjourned meeting held on July 12 theb oard reconsidered its previous action In the boundary matter, after being addressed by Counsellors F. B.

Lord, Fred Graham and Judge Heller, and passed a resolution to adopt the new boundary line as prepared by Surveyor Smith and established the election districts in accordance therewith. Judge Weller stated that if the election districts were formed in accord with the new line of survey it would save to the town the larger and better portion of the land involved in the Newbold T. Lawrence suit now pending in the Court of Appeals, while if the election districts were allowed to re IS THIS TRIANGLE IN OR COT OF GREATER NEW YORK? Mayor Gleason says that it is, and has broueht suit to prove It. xn town Down oi. ncmi'sicau has decided that it is not.

The two boundary lines are due to the shifting of a channel between Rockaway Beach and Shelter Island. main as they were fixed on July 1 last the town board would be virtually giving to the Greater New York land for which it had so long contended and on account of which it had spent large sums ot money. rru iT.a oHrwa vntoyre rl rn hv iilO ija wjviw Welier votliprlstj th.roo fo ax t.fus an acre of Far Rockaway Deacn lying oeiweeu rar Rockaway Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and said by competent judges of Teal estate to be worth at least two millions of dollars. The board of town officers of Hempstead nrtnnfA fr, Hi thla nvfr in TCftW UUDD liUk A1 vw. York If can he helped, hence their adoption of tho new boundary line.

Some of the other opponents. the old boundary line and nJ trrt Jia rtf trift T1AW IlTlft flTfi thfl fOllOWlniff prominent property owners living within the triangle OI disputed Dernwry; judcu v) a 'wu" the Arm of Lord, Day Lord; John Good, the i.f.Qrt.fiiT Tma TV ft prominent lumber importer; Peter B. Olney, ex corporation counsel of New York; A. H. Stevens, president 01 xue ua.Lut'i.'iu ttuwuai DCULlt.

J. iui firm of Hard Rand; Kussell Sage, the bank er; r. o. Jfinaers oi jhuw; oc jriuK.ei, Tilford5f Park, Tllford and Samuel P. Hinckley.

The old inlet mentioned in tne law oi isa as defining the southern portion of the easterly boundary of the city was opposite the mouth of Bannister Creek. The contention il a I.lt n.n a mmrtr tlirno flll.tllB of fl LUia miCl HttD iuu.vu mile to the westward Is denied by the old resi dents ol tne locality, who ciaim uun. utn tihe new inlet conneoting Far Rockaway Bay with the ocean broke through opposite Far Rockaway village tne old inlet was etlll open and it was the opening ot the new inlet that caused ohe closing of the old one. The old inlet shifted about 150 feet to the west of its former location when a sand bar was formed at its mouth and It was soon thereafter closed. The determination of the line afreets Che geographical status of a portion ot Far Rockaway, Lawrence and Cedarhurst and several hundred farms and residences and millions of dollars' worth of property.

BROKE SCHOOL WINDOWS. Public School No. 87 Damaged With Stones by Bad Boys. In the Ewen street police court this morning Acting Detective Sergeant Decker of the Twentieth Precinct, after a brie! consultation with Justice Lemon, obtained four summonses which will be returnable on August 17, for the appearance of boys living in the neighborhood of Public School No. 87, at Co street and Evergreen avenue.

Last week the police of the precinct discovered that no less than 61 panes In different windows aJl over the school have been broken since the beginning of the vacation by bad boys w5io ave been throwing stones at the building. When the matter was reported to Captain Early he sot Acting Detective Sergeant Decker to watch the building. It proved a difficult matter to detect any boys in the act but from Information from the neighbors the officer found sufficient grounds for the application for four summonses for boys whose names he has in his possession. Justice Lemon remarked that he would make an example of a few of the beys i it could be proven that they had taken part in the work mutilating the WANTS TO FIND THE THIEVES. A.

Brooklyn Woman. Hurrying Up the New York Police. Mrs. Catharine Maggs ot 122 Dikeman street, this city, is making every effort to find out through the New York police tho thieves who robbed her of $1,100 worth of property whilt she was living at 415 west Fltty second street, New York, on July 1 last. She has complained to Captain Schmittbur ger, made a report to Acting Inspector Allaire and has also sent a letter to.

the Police Commissioners about her case, asking them to hurry the police along, so that the thieves should be apprehended, and to have her prop erty restored. ITALIANS DRIVEN AWAY. Denver, August 12 Complaint wae made to day to Dr. Cuneo, the Italian con sul in tiis city, by Joseph Phillips, an Italian labor boss, that he and twenty five Italians whom be hired to work on the grading of tho electric railroad now under construction in the Cripple Creek mining district were driven from the camp by fifty men who aroused them at midnight and compelled them to tako tho road immediately. The men are straggling homeward, most of tnem being obliged to walk the entire uistlnce, over 120 miles.

OIL COMBINE COLLAPSES, Glasgow, Auguss 12 The Scotch 5il trade combine has collapsed, owing to the deoision of the various companies not to fix the prloes Strikers Will Continue to March Despite Court's Order. TROUBLE AT DE ARMITT'S MINES Miners Going to Work at 4 o'clock This Morning Followed by a Hooting Mot Deputy Sheriffs Prepare foi Action and De Armitt Hastens to the Scene Coal Shipped From the West in Refrigerator Cars. Pittsburg, August 12 The striking miners at Canonsburg have determined to force the injunction issue by continuing the daily marches and meetings in the neigh borhood of the McGovern and Canonsburg mines, in spite of the order of Judge Mc Ilwalne of Washington, forbidding inarches on the public roads leading to the mines. The purpose is to have the men arrested, in order to test the legality of the injunction. Patrick Dolan stated that it had been de termined to keep up the marches, and as fast as one group is arrested another will take its place, until there will be so many of them in jail that the public opinion of the community and country will be aroused on th question of the alleged new form of in junction.

In this movement the support ol all the leading trades unions of the country is said to have been pledged as a result ot a secret meeting at Columbus during tha last three days, which was presided over by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. Information has been received by the Pltts purg operators that the miners of Bell, Lewli Yates Company, have struck In the Rejr noldsvllle district, and that all the mines ol the comnanv are idle. Tha coniDanv Is on of the heaviest tonnage producers In th Northern field, and shipped extensively to to BuHalo ana New York State markets, as wen as to the Eastern seaboard coaling docks. About 8,000 men are employed. No informal tion has been received from the Punxsutawney and Clearfield districts, but, at Bast Brady 11 was reported that the miners at several pita in those districts are out.

grievances being ol a local nature, and independent of the national strike. The usual march of the miners was made ait Turtle Creek at 4 o'clock this morning, but there was little to encourage the strikers, ai more men went into the pit to day than yes terday. The strikers say they are not dis heartened, however, and with plenty of pro visions they will stick to their work on hand. The run of coal at the Turtle Creek mine yesterday was five cars of lump coal, one of nut and one of slack. Trouble Threatened at Unity Mine.

Serious trouble was threatened at Unity at i o'clock this morning. Deputy Sheriff Richardj was In charge of some men going to work ana the strikers ran ahead of the men, hooting and jeering them. Sheriff Richards ordered tb strikers to move, but they refused. He then called on his other deputies to assist him and the strikers, seeing that he meant what said, moved off, still hooting. When the report of the trouble was made at camp there was great excitement and many threats, but the excitement quieted down on the arrival of the leaders.

There are now 121 deputies at Plum Creek, an increase of 52. When T. B. De Armitt heard the threatened trouble he drove over from Turtle Creek and spent all the morning going from houea to house to induce the men to go to work. At noon there were 203 men in the mine, a decrease of 13.

This decrease is due to the new tactics of the strikers in guarding the miners' houses. A new move is to be made by the company. A number of the miners who are working will file a bill in pant.tir ooUler atoifire be restrained from marching past their houses. They say that the continued noise and exciter ment is endangering their own health, as well as jeopardizing the lives of members of theii families who are sick. At Sandy Creek there are 117 diggers, eighl boys and 22 day men at work.

This is an increase of eleven. Four of the men are new and came from the Panhandle district. Assistance for the Strikers. Firms from all sections of the Union are coming to the rescue of ttie strikers. A cereal company of Akron, sent a dispatch offering to donate two tons of corn meal, agreeing to ship It whenever directed.

The offer was thankfully accepted and the corn meal will be distributed among the homes of the miners In need. The Fishermen's Protective Association of Astoria, offered to send East 100 cases of canned salmon to the miners, which was also accepted. The salmon was started East by fast freight. There is no change in the price of coal from the figures of the last two days. Tha supply is said to have increased and As West Virginians are selling down to prices which approach those in effect before tha strike began.

Many of the operators find It profitable to load the slack which has in previous years been stacked outside ot the tipples because it could not be sold. This la now saleable at a price wfrich yields as muoh as screened coal before the strike. Bill for an Injunction Against Mine Workers. The muchtalked of bill for aa injunction against the United Mine Workers that wai to have been filed in the United States courts, was filed in the county courts about noon by counsel for the New York and Cleveland Coal Company. The defendants named are th United Mine Workers of America Patrick Dolan, president; Edward McKay, vice president William Warner, secretary and treasurer, ano others.

The plaintiff company sets forth that it ii aorporation under the laws of Pennsylvania, with a capital of a million dollars invested lit coal lands of Pennsylvania. Three of th mines, employing 1,200 men, are at Plum Creek, Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek. Th bill then recites the conditions prevailing at their mines since the strike began, and allege that the strikers have paid no attenion to th sheriff's proclamation and that the lives of tha miners and the property of the company art in danger. Ohio Minors March Into West Virginia, Wheeling, W. August 12 This morning another invasion of Ohio side miners wai made upon a local mine.

Three hundred miners from Wheeling Creek and Barton passed through the city, and they reported that one hundred more from Maynard were i4 follow. It was expected their presenc would have some effect on the Riverside, but Secretary Lewis stated last night thai the march would not come off to day, as na answer had yet been received from President Ratchford. It develops that the marcn across the river to Wheeling was without tin indorsement of the miners' officials. Non of the Riverside men reported for work, buj the management announces that the mint will be operated after the Ohio men leave The visitors may make a demonstration against Elm Grove, where a small body oi miners are now working. Shipping Coal in Refrigerator Cars.

Denver, August 12 Railroad men ar greatly interested in the discovery which Is alleged to have been made at La Junta, that the Santa Fe Railroad Company is shipping coal to Eastern points In refrlgeratoi cars. According to report four refrlgeratoi cars were side tracked at La Junta for repairs. The cars were marked and sealed and the contents were billed as perishable fruit, which hai right of way over all other class of traffic except mail and fast passenger service. It wa necessary for the workmen to enter the can in order to make the repairs. The seals wer broken and the cars were.

round to be filled with coal from mines of Colorado and Ne Mexico. Refrigerator cars are said to hav been going out ot the state on a very extenslra scale for two or three weeks past. THE COURT CALENDAR. Snpreme Court, snecial term for motions, Walter Llovd Smith. J.

Ex parte bnslnoss at 10 o'clock, Motion calendar called at 30:30. Saturday Is Fraternal Society Say In the Brooklyn Dily Eaclo. All the leading; ordera represented on the Fraternal Society page. If you're a. member and want to keep posted about other members, and other oreanizatlons thanyoun well, be or to get the Saturday Eagle.

To Be Investigated by the State Board of Health. MANY COMPLAINTS MADE. Deputy Commissioner Wyokofl of the Local Health Department Says the Odors From the Garbage Crematory Are Unbearable Colonel Waring of New York Calls All Such Talk NonsenseSimply Imagination, Ho Says. (Special to the Eagle). Albany, N.

August 12 Secretary Smel I zer of the State Board of Health informed the Eagle correspondent to day that substantial progress is now being made in connection with the inquiry inot the pending Barren Island complaints. T. J. Bradley, the board's acting chemist, is at present making an investigation into the alleged nuisances, in conjunction with Dr. George B.

Fowler of the New York City Health Commission. Tho board's representatives have also lately conducted an investigation in the Glen Cove Starch Works. The reports on the results of these inquiries will be submitted to the State Health Board, at Its next meeting, on August 19, in Buffalo. Local Board of Health May Do Something Some Day. The fact that the residents of the outlying districts are complaining bitterly ol the offensive odors that emanate from the garbage factory at Barren Island and that the accention of the State Board of Health had been called to the matter, in view of the Inactivity of the local health authorities, was the subject of an interview between a reporter of the Eagle and Deputy Health Commissioner Wyckoff this morning.

Dr. Emery, the Health Commissioner, is at present out of town on a vacation. "We have been looking into that matter," said Dr. Wyckoff, "but I do not know what has been done by the counsel. He is at present away.

There has been but one complaint against the place within a month, but I understand that the proprietors of Bergea Beach have been making records of the times when the annoyance is greatest and are preparing to place the facts in the case before the State Board of Health. It is a matter that we have been looking into. I have been down there myself and Mr. Locke, our chief sanitary engineer, has been down there a great deal. You had better see him about the trouble.

He has made a special exudy of it." Mr. Locke was found in his offioe primed with facts about the nuisance. He declared that the offensive odors came from the garbage rendering factory. "The fact of the matter is that these people," he said, "are not working under a permit from this department. The New York company which is running the business never secured a permit from us.

I do not know that we can stop them, but I will say that the business is very offensive. You see they don't pretend to cremate the garbage which is collected from this city and New York. They boil it all up and extract the oils for the market. After the stuff comes from the as they call the vat where they boil it, the vat is opened in a room of the factory. The Bmell is something awful and one that you cannot mistake once you have experienced it.

It travels a long, long distance on the wind and occassions a great deal of discomfort to those who live within its reach. No effort Is made apparently to keep the odors within the building, for the workmen have all the windows open to let the smells escape. It is very warm in the factory and they claim they cannot work without all the windows being open. I have been there on several occasions and the temperature Is like that of a Turkish bath. In the summer time, when the wind is generally from the south, the odor is carried directly to thio city.

I van wneeuns eastern parkway the other day and I smelled It very distinctly. It is a smell that you cannot mistake." "What Is the Health Department going to do about it?" asked the reporter. "I really do not know," was the reply. "It should be remedied In some way, and when the commissioner gets back I think something will be done to give the people relief. Now they are building a garbage crematory for the Brooklyn company, of which Mr.

Cranford is the president. When the present factory, which is used for the Brooklyn garbage for the present, was built I submitted plans by which there would be no odor. But my Ideas, If carried out, would have cost some more money than they wanted to spend. My plans provided for carrying off the odora to a flue, where by means of a blower they would be forced through a furnace and destroyed. But they paid no attention to my suggestions and I see that in the new building they have also rejected my plan.

There are some improvements in the new building, hut these are changes that have been suggested by experience." "There is no question," added Mr. Locke, reflectively, "of the annoyance which this odor causes to residents of the outlaying districts, and even in Brooklyn. Something should be done to give the people relief, and I am very sure that some action will be taken. The odors do not come from the horse rendering factory, but unquestionably from the garbage crematory. The odor is pun gent, penetrating and sickening." Colonel Waring, commissioner ot street cleaning ot New York, is sadly at odds with Dr.

Wyckoff as to the alleged nuisance at Barren Island. He has been at pains to make fun of the people who complain of the smells, and says, virtually, that they are, in the main, victims of lively imaginations. Colonel Waring bases this opinion on what he declares to have been an entirely unprejudiced inspection of tho island, made by recently by him. He scouts the Idea that people living, for example, as far away aa Richmond Hill and Par Rockaway can be affected by the odors. COLONEL SMITH AS JUDGE.

His First Trial Day at Police Headquarters, New York. Colonel Smith tried delinquent policemen at headquarters, New York, to day. It was his first trial day and Complaint Clerk Peterson had 157 cases on the calendar. They were mostly charges for small infractions of the rules. Colonel Smith took his seat on the bench promptly at 10 o'clock.

President Moss sat with the new commissioner and coached him from time to time. Colonel Smith became familiar with the mode of conducting trials in short order and disposed of the cases very rapidly for a new man. The colonel took testimony in the case of Patrolman William Baskerville of the Old Slip station, who had been absent without leave July 30. Baskerville reBignvl on that day and, it is said, he left the city to go to the Klon dyke gold fields. Just prior to his resignation a serious charge was lodged with the police board against him.

Central Office Roundsman man Londrlgan charged Franklin Cornell of Church street with, staying on his post in a hotel. "That Is true," said Cornell, "I went for a glass of milk." "You were in asked Colonel Smith. "All right; that is all." These were samples of some of the cases tried. TEXAS TO JOIN THE FLEET. The United States battleship Texan sailed this afternoon from the Navy Yard to join the North Atlantic squadron off the New England coast.

The Texas, which haB been delayed nt the yard by some repairs will now remain with the fleet during tho coming (summer maneuvers, and will participate the drill of battleships contemplated by Commodore Montgomery Sicard, commander in chief of the fleot. KLENGER FINED FOR ASSAULT. In the Lee avenue police court this morning Gus Klenger, a liquor dealer of 50 Broadway, was fined by Judge Kramer for assaulting a carpenter named James Mohr of 499 Wythe avenue. Mohr, Is was shown, tad been hired to do some work by Klenger and they quarreled over its performance. ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO DEAD Madrid, August 12 The archbishop of To ledo, Mgr.

Monescilloy Viso, is dead. He was born in Spain in 1811 and was created a car dinal in 1884. Wheelmen and Drivers Loud in Their Complaints. DETTMER SAYS RAINS DID IT. The Park Commissioner Replies to Some of His Critics, Declaring That They Know Nothing About Roads or Road Making Trying to Please the Public A Letter With Novel Suggestions for Improving the Pleasure Ground.

Many letters of complaint with regard to the condition of the driveways In Prospect Park have reached the Eagle offjee in the last few days. The following is presented as a sample: To the Editcr of the Brooklyn Eagle: I read with a great degree of satisfaction in your Sunday edition that Commissioner Dettmer has discovered the condition of Ihe driveways in Prospect Park. Of course, as commissioner, it is expected that the park roads shall receive some of his attention. There Is, however, no need for any official statement that the drives are in a disgraceful condition; the people knew that some months ago. The first thing that horsemen knew was that the East drive was shut off, ostensibly, for repairs.

This, of course, had to be done when. people most desired to enjoy the park. While that drive was shut off a lot of small stones were placed on the West drive, which in themselves could do more damage to a horse than a season's hard driving. I agree with the commissioner when he says that "more work has been done on the park driveways this year than ever before." Certainly It must have been work to cart all those loose etones and nut them so nicely where horses can pick them up in their hoofs! I think, however, that the rains have something to do with the condition of the roads; perhaps those are hailstanes! Verily, with the absence of policemen, with the carelessness of cyclists and the condition of park and parkway drives, horsemen might as weu sen out. perhaps some more money might be taken from the appropriation for night schools and used to build a cycle path through the park, then the wild eyed, hump backed fools could kill as many people as the trolleys are allowed to kill.

Or perhaps we might tear down the Memorial Arch and put up an electric organ or monster penny in the slot machine. Bill boards might be planted on the mounds in Plaza place on which could be emblazoned the virtues of Hucker's 15D or His Highness' Corset. If there is some more money left, why not put up a statue to some famous politician or carriage maker? And we elect our own officers to govern our fair city. MISERERE NOBIS. Brooklyn, August 11, 1897.

Park Commissioner Dettmer was seen by a reporter for the Eagle this morning. When the fact was made known to him that there were many complaints about the driveways in the Park he said: "Yes, I am free to say the roads are unmistakably bad. When it is taken into consideration that there were nineteen days of continuous rain, not showers but downpours, anyone can tell why the roads are bad. This is true not only of Prospect Park but of the whole country. These rains have naturally washed gullies in tho roads, which are of course Worse at the edges, where the bicyclers ride.

We have been over the roads three times this year and are now getting ready to go over them again. It will cost about $13,000 to put them in perfect repair. Usually It is only necessary to go over the roads once a year, but I think there are very few people who remember when we had nineteen such days of continuous rain before. "Yes, the East Drive was shut off," continued Mr. Dettmer, "not ostensibly, but really, for repairs.

No road Is a very nice place on which to drlvo when steam rollers are in use, as it might not be pleasant for a horse or a driver to run up against one. Beside, if a horse were Injured by a steam roller or ohould oue run atrttj from fright at una and damage result, the Park Department would be held responsible under the law. "We receive bushels of letters almost every day containing complaints of one kind or another. Complaints were made of loose stones on the West Drive. This shows that the people who write tbem are Ignorant of road making.

The park roads are made of Roa Hook gravel, which is the best in the world for the purpose, the small stones almost cementing themselves together under the heavy roller. The Eastern parkway and Twenty second ave nue roads are made of Roa Hook gravel. It is the only thing in the world with which to make a good road. The gravel is boated here, reloaded and brought to the park. In an article I saw the other day someone complained that we were using 'prehistoric another evidence of the worth of ignorant criticism, in view of what I have said, and what all roadmakers know of Roa Hook gravel.

Because of the great travel on Saturdays and Sundays It was thought better to open the driveway before is was rolled than to deprive the public of the privilege of riding and driving over it. Why, after the roads were rolled people were given the impression that the stones bad been picked up, and wrote to thank the department for taking them away. "Complaints at the expense involved in the erection of the electric fountain have been made, but that fountain gives pleasure to thousands upon thousands. We have moved the music stand from the old place to the now and back again in the endeavor to please everybody, and we have received a see saw of complaints. We will try to see what the public want and give it to them, bicyelers, drivers and pedestrians Included." MET AT CONEY ISLAND.

Now Benjamin Applegate Is Under Ball on a Charge Made by Young Miss Reeber. Court Officer Jackson of the Ewen street police court late last night arrested Benjamin Applegate, married, who described himself as a boatman, and who lives in a brown stone front house at 239 President street, on the complaint of Miss Annie Reeber, 16 years old, who says her home is at 172 Meeker avenue. The warrant for Applegate was obtained by Miss Reeber from Justice Lemon in the Ewen street police court on June 12 last. Officer Jackson had some difficulty in finding Applegate, having made repeated visits to Ozone Park and Clarenceville in quest of him. Miss Reeber, who was present in court this morning with her child, told a pitiful story.

She had met Applegate, she said, on the sands at Coney Island in the month of October last. Her father, she said, was a German and her mother a French woman. When tbey learned of her trouble they drove her from home. Then she went to live with a married sister. Mrs.

Annie Schlafer, at 167 Avenue New York City. As Mrs. Schlafer was In poor circumstances Miss Reeber said, she had to go to the Maternity Hospital in New York. Applegate has a grown up son and daughter, both married. He was held in $500 bail for examination until August 17.

NAVY YARD PILOT. A New Position Created for Frank W. Bell. Friends of Frank W. Boll, who for the past six years has held the position of master pilot at the navy yard, are congratulating him on the fact that he Is shortly to be given the more important place, at an increase of $500 per annum, of yard pilot, a new office about to be created by Secretary Long.

Mr. Bell has heretofore had charge of tho navy yard tug Nina, and possesses the enviable record of never having had an accident and ot never having cost the government one cent for damges. Mr. Bell will remain in charge of the Nina until December, when he will bo relieved and will assume his new duties, which will consist of piloting the warships In and out of, the navy He is a resident of this city, living in St. Felix street, with his family.

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KILLED BY HIS SON. Houston, August 12 At Lavinia Tuos day night Gus Tiner went homo drunk and began abusing his wife, finally picking up a butcher knifo and assaulting her. His 18 year old son came to his mother's rescue and shot and killed his father, A lor mo coming vriniur..