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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SATURDAY. 31 ARCH 20. 1909.

liu CIVIC BODIES lift HOT TEN SPuTS well-known men are to be invited. among whom will be Samuel Gompers. John Mitchell, Frank the jRev. Dr. J.

H. Mellah, the Rev. Charles Steele. Father While. Raymond Robins end President Moflltt of the United Hat- OPEN C.

I. CREEK FROM Ti BAY: pruinm inu DrniRjirut I NDUSTRIAL NOTES AND NEWS IN WORLD. Company cf Mechanics Formed Contract for and Conduct Building Operations. to ITHIN the past rk there has been perfected In this borough A GE. t-t uvi; i vi iiuaiiiune i v.

t. a ti. ment cannot be reached To avert a strike, however, it is believed that the miners will stand ready to rescind all demands except the two demanding recog: ion of the union and the check-off syB.cm whereby the individual dues of members are dcdueied from their wAgcs by the operators and handed over to the union's treasury. President Lewis is reported as saying on Thursday: "1 do not want a strike. I it nnt helipve the IliS 000 miner, nf the nm mnt tion.

There must be recognition man can say what will be the action of antnracito convention on March lu 1 1.. Thnr rrtn.t. in. nmm uh.n i. sued.

But. speaking as tin individual i and on'y ns I want no i agreement at nil if cannot have one I ebodying recognition of our organiza- 0I1' y0 nu ui ganizauou or Dunning," anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania: I tera Inlon. Treasurer Matthews reported lhal re- ceipis are corning in fairiy weil for lick- lets. Ii was stated tha' a number of TZ 1 fl I HI mi I ft tl Tl Tti it I Vf fl Inform all unions that plenty more tick ets bp obtained. Thp ramraUtee will meet apain on next Tuesday evening at the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum 8 o'clock.

Labor Club Completes Organization. A meeiing to complete fhe organlza- tion of the Progressive Labor Club was held last night at Beethoven Hall, 210 East Fifth street. Manhaitan. The or- commute iniuiniiu conslsts of Mor ris Brown. George Stein.

J. p. Doyle. William Mnilly. Krnest Poole and Al lien reenian.

Mr. rrenian, who is tne secretary, can be romniunu alcd with at lul Munn avenue. East Orange. X. J.

Brooklyn Course by Ethical-Social League The Et'nical-Soc'al League will here-vs of after add another course to the series of industrial i strcpt. this borough. The course will be t'rm. lpnlly devoted to labor nuestlons. Ih 1...

KA1. k.l.l 7 noons at 4:30 clock. Herman Robinson. organizer of the American Federation of Labor, and financial secretary of the Cen- I trnl Federated Union (Manhattan), will spcak to-morrow afternoon on "Labor Dispuics." No admission will bo charged, and all worklngmcn are cordially invited to aitend. I 1 I I questions.

This course is to be given at Heavy Verdict Against Union forthc Eastern District Branch of the Damages. Young Men's Christian Association, cor- I The Manitoba Court of Anneal, am.me.l Mnrcy avenue and Souih Ninth of rade bjects t0 Stop" ping at West Eleventh Street KICK ABOUT LIGHT COMPANIES Some Showmen Pay Less Than Others Salt Water Main Extension Scon. The Thirty-first Ward Board of Trade at a meeting held last night at Stnuch's, Coney Island, opposed any plan to open Coney Island Creek as fnr as West Eleventh street only, and the committee having the matter In hand we a instructed to demand that ihe opened from Oravesend Bay to Shccpshrad Bny. President Owen F. Finneriy was In the chair.

He said it was up to every member of the association and every rcldent in the ward to do all in his power to further the improvement, and he h.inc I 1,10 Property owners along ere, would not balk at the assessment that will naturally follow. Chairman Kln- ner(y Faid the assessment would probably be small, because the contractors who will do the dredging will have an opportunity to dispose of the material taken main fystem 011 Coney Island said ihe cloctrie light company was charulnc 12 Lithographers Interested in Tariff, out at a good price. There will be ron-1 Bill. Flderable filling In to do on either bniik The Lithographic Apprentices and Press of be creek, and the material could be Feeders Union Is much interested in tho I "1 ht way. schedule of the Payne tariff measure af- I thl Rns and electric light com-fectlng tho lithographic art.

The union i Ponies are charging various prices was held a meting the other night at Mllitnry 'he opinion of several members. It waa Hall. Manhattan to discuss the provi- said one of the big amusement parks was sions of the bill. purchasing ele- tric light at cents per kilowatt, another large pleasure Bricklayers and Masons Opposed to i resort was paying 7 cents. Thomas P.

"itriVe. Murphy, a contractor, who. with his I Sympathetic Strikes. brother. John W.

Murphy, has the con- The executive committee of the Inter- fn. th. nvr.n.in ...1. cents In private Ikiuscr. He said the are spots in.

th" inmil'-fpal gnvcrn-company ousht 10 be looked after, as 1 ment of our own eMy, is insunctd IILIILVI mil IILOIIVIUIt Generals Isaac S. Catlin and Robert Avery Also Tell of Its Fine Record. REBELLION REMINISCENCES. Miles O'Reilly, Senor Cavlo of TJ. S.

of Colombia, Interested Spectators. Other Militia News. Two veteran generals of the Civil War reviewed the Fourteenth Regiment last Bight. They were Brevet Major Generate Isaac S. Catlin and Robert Avery.

The former was the principal reviewing officer, and the latter acted as his chief of staff. The staff was composed of Cap- tain A. C. Read and Lieutenant F. H.

Adams of the Twelfth Infantry, U. S. and Major John V. Tumbridge, engineer officer of the Second Brigade. N.

G. N. Y. Almost twenty years ago to a day Generals Catlin and Avery reviewed the Fourteenth, under the late Colonel Michell, who was the commanding officer, and General Catlin last night, in an address he delivered to the officers of the regiment and their friends in the new second floor hall, where the collation was served, tendered his servieces and those of General Avery for another review to be held twenty years hence. In speaking of the Fourteenth Regiment, General Catlin said: "No regiment has ever been organized in this country that has the record of the Fourteenth.

As the red-legged devils of the Civil War, her members brought a lusting I fame to her name that shall remain un-' dimmed so long as the country lasts. The colors of this old regiment were carried into twenty-two battles of the War of the Rebellion. Her men have been called out to quell riot and other disorders bIx or seven times, and for six months they served their country in the Spanish-American War. "On March 24 I expect to leave this fair City of Brooklyn, to go to Fort onemng. wnere my son, who Is a captain In the army, is now stationed, and I desire now to commend you to the safe-Keeping of God, and colonel, when a younger man has succeeded you upon your promotion to the grade of a brigadier or major general.

I wish that he would accord my son the honor which you have accorded me to-night the honor of reviewing your noble regiment General Avery is a veteran of the Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers. Ho said that his acquaintance with the' Fourteenth Regiment commenced at the battle of cedar Mountain, which was fought on August 9, 1S62. and has continued ever nee.

It was largely through his Instrumentality, said the general, that the statue of Colonel Fowler now stands In Fort Greene Park. "As General Catlin has told you," he continued, he and I reviewed this regiment twenty years ago, and we hope to review it again twenty years hence. I am afraid if you continue to Improve at tne rate you have in the past that vou will So far excell my own regiment that I'll he to visit its armory at nil. During the-past throe years, under the administration of the present board of officers, the regiment has Improved wonderfully, and will continue to do so I no doubt." The regiment was marshaled upon the floor sharply at 8:30, and the two generals, who have but two legs between them, their staff escorted by Col-t-onel Foote and his staff marched around the three battalions on tour of inspection. The men of the organization stood still as statues and were mgnly commended by the reviewing officer.

After the passage In review before the aged generals, the command was put through a stiff regimental drill which concluded with a movement In line of battalions column of companies at full distance. Lieutenant Colonel Garcia took the evening parade. Anions: the visiting guardsmen present were: Major Jackson and Captain Squire of the Forty-seventh; Captain E. J. Olden, formerly of the Forty-seventh; Captain Fahnestock.

formerly of the Fourteenth; Lieutenant Col onel Norton. Lieutenant Dusenbury and Lieutenant Ward of the Twenty-third. Two other interested spectators were Borough Inspector Miles O'Reilly and Senor Pedro P. Cavlo of the United States of Colombia. Senor Cavlo is a friend of General Avery's and the review last night was the first he had ever witnessed in Brooklyn.

He said he was greatly Impressed with the military pageant, and expressed the belief that the United States was the great guarantor of human liberty in the Western Hemisphere. "Were it not for the moral support of the United States in the, cause of freedom," said Senor Cavlo, "I fear that many a tyrant ere this would have reduced the South American republics to abject slavery. I "I am extremely gratified to be here to-night to wimess the honor that has been extended to two conservators of liberty in this country Generals Catlin and Avery. I am a great admirer of Lincoln, whose greatness was taught to mo by my father when I was yet a child, and any one who fought with Lincoln in the cause of human liberty has my undying affection and esteem." i The Red Cross dance of Company tTwenty-third Regiment, Captain Matthew p. Addison, was one of the most enjoy- jhble affairs that has been held in the Bedford avenue armory this season.

Fully three hundred persons attended. The "dance was held In the squad drill room on the second floor. The room was handsomely decorated with the national colors and patriotic decorations, the gift of the veteran association to the active company. The men present at. last night affair wore olive drab blouses and white duck trousers, and the women were attired the costume of Red Cross nurses.

Refreshments were served during the evening. The committee that had charge uf the arrangements was composed of Wal ter B. Harris, chairman: Paul G. Roentgen and Frederick E. Prave.

The annual spring athletic games of the Fourteenth Regiment Athletic Association was tne gas company in Manhaitan. Mr. Murphy said there is no jusi reason why a concern supplying electricity should charge th ce rales. One of the proprietors of a arge amusement concern said the company paid 12 cents per kilowatt early last season, hut the members complained and declared they would not U6-it any more at lhal price. The com I l'lly un.tiij' ouiitiiicu me fnmi' ainouoi pany finally obtained Ihe same amount company for ti and 7 rents, and also decided to lake action.

Regarding the salt water main extension, Mr. Murphy said Ihe contract wai awarded some time last November, but the work of getting out blue prints and other work caused Ihe delay, hut. that he hoped to be ready to commence the work 1 during the last week In the present monln iIn lms nfcMlmTy t0 nnve (h(, Rn(18 manu(ncturPd oapor'al'ly for the work (hfi fop )h(, and contract Is not to be found in stork 1onndry Mr Murhy sa, material would be hero on Tuesday, and h(, a work shortly alter that day. The section south of Surf avenue will be looked nfter first, and in all probability would bo nearly completed June 1. Another pang 01 men win start at Hurt avenue and WeBt Fifth street and work north.

Tho bonrd Is opposed to ihe new-charter. It voted to indorse the SO cent gas bill introduced in ihe Legislature by Assemblyman Robert II. Clarke. The elimination or revenue bearing bonds national Union of Bricklayers and Masons uas pui us loot aown upon sympainy strikes. Heretofore some of the local unions have been a law unto themselves I when It came to strlkos.

sympathetic or otherwise. Now the International officers 1 announce that they must herenficr bo consulted before a strike Is ordered. The Bricklayers and Masons International Union is not affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, nor are its locals represented In many state and city central bodies. Several referendum voles have been taken during the past selves the membership has defeated tne proposal each time. Hatters Strike Affects Tip Printers, The International Brotherhood of Tip i Printers claims that owing to Ihe strike of tho United Hatters of North America I against ihe Associated Hat Manufacturers 1 large numbers of its members who had i Been engaged in printing 1 ne iraiic-miii or name plales of retailers In hats wefe idle.

The officials say Ilia: three years ago Ihe direct employers of the tip print- declared the open shop and had bee fighting the union "7 the hatters coming on the lop of tn.s work. Krs. Robins Re-elected President. Mrs. Raymond Robins hs been reelected president-of the National Women's Trade Union League, with headquarters In Chicago.

Mrs. Robins is a sinter of Mis Mary E. Dreicr of Montague Terrace, this borough, president of the New York City Branch of the Women's Trado Union League. Woodworkers and Carpenters May Amalgamate. There was begun a conference between representatives of the Amalgamated Association of Woodworkers and the Unlle-1 Brotherhood of Cnrpenlers and Joiners in Chicago on Monday In response to a spo cial request of the executive council the American Federation of Labor.

The object of the couferenre was to devise a method of permanently settling the qunr been on between the two organizations lor years, is u-Jiuo will ne tne mergtiig "i the twn organizations although no defl nite information has yet come to hand that would guarantee lhal result. MR. BROTHERS EXPLAINS. Tr end Lcli'J i Was Saucy to Court, To the Ldltor of ho Brooklyn Lagie. luL Your account of the Heinao Dro.hers I trouble, as given in your issue of to-day (while not at all flattering to me.

when compared with the report through th I hmv the Irs endeavor 10 get at tho truth of public matters. The report of your Brooklyn at Winnipeg on Tuesday ihe decision of i the low''- rourt oascpsiim S25.0,o against Ihe plumbers union ami inrgf Charles H. Shaw, One of the T'i "meters ef the Mechanics 10-Opemtlve Rull'lInK (V.mptiny. sums against Individual members. The suit was brought by the master plumb.

ers at the close of a big strike about a year ago. In addition to the heavy dnm- ages assessed, a permanent Injunction against picketing was grunted. The vor- diet may be the mode! for similar cults B-rnwine nut of atrikej In nil nrnvinces of the Dominion, and therefore Ihe union will carry the case on appeal to the Privy Council. Indirectly the effee' of the decision will be felt in this country. ns an inDor organizations in unnana are affiliated with those throughout the United States.

Under Canadian laws tho head officials who reside in this country are equally liable. The court held that for a number of persons to combine together to procure others to break contracts "is unlawful. and if such others are induced to break and do brenk their contracts this consti tutes an actionable wrong. It is no Justification for the defendants to show that they were not artmted by malice or Ill-will againEt the pi rsons injured by their acts, and that they only sought to further their own interests. The picket.

Ing or besetting of the plaintiffs) shops with the object of Inducing the men to cease working in also unlawful. The trial judge was right in holding that, tho Individual defendants were liable to the plaintiffs in damages for the wrongful acts complained of. Tile strike was tho act of the union as a body, and not. that of individual members. Members of the union were forced to quit, work by reason of the strike having been declared by a vote of the union." Ex-Public Printer Leech After Donnelly's ScalpP Dinner to Ee Given Latter.

The press dispatches the other day brought word from Washington 1 hat John S. Leech, appointed Public Printer by former President Roosevelt and re- moved bv the same authority, was seek ing a reinstatement by the new admin- istratlon, thereby displacing Samuel B. Donnelly, whom Mr. Roosevelt named to succeed Mr. Leech.

It now develops that the basis for this bit of Washington' news lies In the gossip furnished bv the, rumor mill of the Government Printing i Office. According to the story. Mr. Leech was willing that his friends should go to the front for Mr. Donnelly as As-j sistant aecretary oi commerce ana i.noor.

i A vacancy in the office of Public Primer eosv. At. thla wrltinc ihe storv has not worked-out as outlined, nor is there any guarantee that it will. -Mr. Leech is member of Columbia Typographical I Union No.

101. while Mr. Donnelly is a well-known member of No. t. The testimonial dinner lo be given to the Public Printer at the Broadway Cen- trnl Hotel, Manhattan, on Sunday, March jg not bp ftlnotlon auspices of Big Six Typographical Union as erroneously believed in certain quar ters.

While Mr. Donnelly is a former president of Big Six and of I ho International Typographical Union, nevertheless the dinner will not in any sense-bo a union' affair, except that, of course, many union men will ba ther. Its projectors intend it to be a gathering lim- lte.1 to son of the ncrsnmil friends at Mr. nonnellv headed bv former Mavor Seth Low. some members of the Bonrd of Education, building trades employers, newspaper publishers.

Printers League employers, buiiding trades unionists and allied printing trades unionists. a Knrtin Witter in Politics. Martin U. II. Witter, international nf ll.

I I'tiinn .11 ni.i,tia the rtounMieai I I 1 iiu nDonciKP puiimtd ill UIIUUIIIU UNnlllUI Conference at Brooklyn League Headquarters Brings Out Good Representation. TO ASK FOR HEARING HERE. i Committee Named to Act Views of Well-Known Men on the Subject. A meeting of representatives of the various civic organizations of Brooklyn was held yesterday afternoon at the Brooklyn League headquarters for the purpose of discussing the proposed new city cnarter and taking some action upon it. The meeting was called to order by Dr George W.

Brush, president of the Brooklyn League. Dr. Brush was elected temporary chairman and X. B. Klllmer, secretary.

Those present were: Elwln S. Piper, president of the Allied Boards of Trade; Paul A. Ajas, president of the Rldgewood Board of Trade; Jared Chambers, president of the Twenty-eighth Ward Taxpayers Association; George Dressier, president of the Wallabout Market Board of Trade; Frank F. Schultz, president of the Williamsburg and Greenpolnt Board of Trade; Robert F. Craig of the Twenty-sixth Ward Board of Trade; Judge Hylan, J.

3. Snyder, of the Flatbush Taxpayers Association; X. B. Killmcr of the Central and Smith Street Board of Trade; E. E.

of the Ocean Hill Board of Trade, and Nathaniel H. Levi, president of the Broadway Board of Trade. Dr. Brush, in his introductory remarks, stated that the proposed charter meant the centralization of power in Manhattan, and that it would be the most disastrous thing that could happen to New York. He thought each borough should have a mayor or vice mayor, with power to appoint the heads of departments.

"The purpose of this meeting," he said, "is to oppose those features of the charter that we regard as objectionable, but we should have a constructive piece of work to offer as a substitute." Then a general discussion of the charter followed. Jared Chambers was especially strong in denouncing that part of the charter referring to the Board of Education. He said If Mr. Ivins plan of only having fifteen men on the board Instead of forty-six were adopted, it would make the city a laughing stock. Such a thing would bo suicidal, he said.

He suggested that the best thing to do would bo to appoint a committee to take up the various parts of tho charter. Judge Hylan made a brief talk along similar lines and Robert F. Craig said the spirit of the charter was unfair and that It gave too much power to the mayor. President Piper of the Allied Boards of Trade made a talk, in which he reviewed the situation at some length. "Tho new charter takes away the powers of tho local government." he said.

I "when we should really have more power to govern ourselves. We haven't enough home rule now and it would be far worse under this proposed charter. The mayor already has more duties to perform than he can attend to. and we should not add to his responsibilities. He nolnted out that the Board of Est! mate and apportionment should be enlarged enough to have men who fairly represent the different boroughs.

He believes that 39 aldermen could do the work of 73 If thoy were given sufficient compensation. He thought if they were paid $5,000 per annum they could devote their entire time to the work, but to decrease the number of men on the Board of Education would be a decided detriment, as the school system could not be improved. When the deputy police commissioner was removed on account of the Inconven ience," saj.d President Piper, "we had a taste of this centralization of power in Manhattan, and if this new ehaHer is adopted it will be the same way In all branches of government. "Suppose the Mayor appointed a borough commissioner, the appointee would. In all probability, be a Manhattan man and he would favor his borough over all others.

If he were not a Manhattan man then tho situation would bo worse. In any event, if he belonged to any one of the five boroughs he would naturally give more attention to his home borough. This would not be fair. Why in the last presidential election Brooklyn polled Just. 50,000 less votes than Manhattan and I venture to predict that in the next election we will poll more votes than Manhattan.

And we are entitled to equal rights with Manhattan and should not be discriminated against." N. H. Levi said the charier had some good points but. they were greatly outweighed by the bad ones. He spoke of the way Brooklyn has been discriminated against in police affairs and health affairs.

"If this charter is adopted." he said, earnestly, "it will mean that Manhattan will be in control 'of everything. That borough will have the power of the Czar of Russia." Others present expressed similar views and then President Piper moved that a committee of five be appointed by the chair. President. Brush to Borve also, to request tho legislative con mittee that has the new charter in charge, to come to Rrnnl.lvn anA hnvn henrinp- thim irlvlnp Brooklynites a chance to present their side of the ease, and that this committee later select a larger committee to go over the objectionable parts of the charter and suggest revisions. The following were appointed by President Brush to serve on the committee: Elwin S.

Piper. Judge Hylan. E. E. Pabst.

N. H. Le'-i and J. J. Snyder.

This committee is to meet at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, at the Brooklyn League headquarters. Before the meeting adjourned. President Brush made a Utile talk in which he strongly advocated the four-track on Fourth avenue and Lafayette avenue. TO DEEPEN MILL RIVER. Freeport Citizens Hope for Success of Miller Bill, Carrying an Appropriation for That Work.

(Special to the Eagle.) Freeport, L. March 20 Residents of this village are considerably interested in a bill which Assemblyman Miller has introduced at Albany to secure an appropriation of $5,000 to widen and deepen by dredging Mill River, otherwiso known as Freeport Creek, from Scott's dock, north to what Is known as Hors-fall's mill dam, and from the dock south to Long Channel. The width desired is twenty feet, and the depth, four feet at mean low water. A portion of the river or creek was dredged some years ago by New York city funds. The action of tides fills up the waterway at intervals.

Oyster planters and fishermen use tha waterway the greater part of the year, and vessels of more than a small draught are unable to navigate It. GCT WORD TOO LATE. (Special to the Eagle.) Freeport, L. March 20 Mrs. John Ehrman of this village, while attending a social function Wednesday night, received word her husband was seriously ill in a city hospital.

She wasted no time in starting for the city, but when she reached Ihe hospital found her band dead. Funer.il services were held yesterday. from the dobl limit was favored, as was: none here who has eve" touched ths the proposed subway route to Coney greatest evil cf all the forms of gam-Island. The committee appointed to ar- Mine- pollr-. Ormnrv.

in 1805, closed range for the nnnunl dinner of the board up nil the public gambling houses in tho reported, and the dinner will probably empire, and Paris, supposed to be tho be served nt Stauch's on a date In April, most eliy on the map, closed up its gambling houses in 1832 and wnged i Scores the atlls for Not Enforcing Excise Lav. the WASTE OF CITVS MONEY. Graft Snow Eemcvr.l Dr. Eoch Also Women Gamblers. The Rev.

Dr. Spen-er S. Roche, rector I of St. Mark's P. E.

Church, on Adelphl street, to ik a fling .11 th" city officials tor their Kixness in cnler -liig the and oilier and severely condi mned' the wast of the city's money, in an interest ins sermon at Ihe weekly L'-utcn service last evening. The tltlo of h.s was "Rotten Spois in Administration," and Dr. Rocha declare. 1 that iti" people themselves were mostly fur them, because they fail, as a rule, 10 exercise their prerogatives as cit zens ami voters The text of th" sermon va3 taken from which tells of Iho prior wise who delivered the city which was allocked nail who, with his great work, was soon "The of the communities de. pen is not the fi rich men." s.vd Tt.

Roche, "bu: on ilv larger number of undistinguished eilizeiiv 1 time! of great poliiir.il -he ri 1 1 Interests ot he trail shoci.l be r- i emu and replaced with the fulflll'iient of the first duty the interest of the and the city. "There is a lot 'it ia'k about Die great. of this counc-y. They say this country is ureal In its ndustries, great in lis education culture. Hut the is 4 manner 11 wnicn UM cmes nre Koviriie.i.

1 n'-ro by the shameful liquor Ira flic. The alliance between the and the liquor interests has so strengthened that any laws which are on the rtotute Inioln for t'i'' purpose of prohibiting the of wines and hoc A and liquors arc laughing matters. We nave nere a it -for have here a verv strict excire law, but reed. There has been only one man who said be would close all the saloons on a Sunday they were forbidden by l.iw to keep open and who did close them every roliinry one and tbai man was Theodore Roosevelt. And he is the nun the peiplc wanted for President.

If we h.id a liberal enforce-nit nt of the excise law. it would do with tho police bl.uknvill and the payment of corrupt io-i money which opens too well-oiled pide door in face of the law's problbit'en. "There is loo much encouragement given to gambling In this city because of the non-application of the inws on the statute books against it. Gambling Is a terrible evil, particularly when women will i-ii liown for hours and play bridge for money And women mav think that there is no barm in It. and that Ihey are committing only a small, i-ingle sin.

I believe It is possible to have an innocent game of cards, but vie sin usually anoiber sin. There nre people before me In ibis audi- I ence who nnmble hut nerhans ihere warfare np'iinst them. And I nm sorr? to ray tha: lb" city of New York ha permitted gambling In the policy system to go on right before its official eyes. The evil is far reaching. It does not the rich, bill it hits she poor who ecu least nffnrrl in enmhic less to be robbed.

When ibc one time 'policy king' was surprised in his office the rald- ers discovered deeds lo properties worth uoo.OiiO. and the money which he had taken in during two weeks -thousands of dollars In dimes. trckcls and pennies. -rfce game game is flourishing right under Ihe eyes of Ihe police end robbing the newsboys ami the maidservants and the poor man who earns his money a little at a time. Isn't it a rotten snot that permit ruch Mi'rtrs to go on.

even for a "Another rotien spot in ihe government here is the absolute waste of tho city's money. Perhaps you may soy it doesn't concern you because you are not a taxpayer. Put ii should interest you. and you should deliver your city from the colossal and shameful sicaling of ihe public funds. "Vou know we have not bud a very snowy winter this season.

There have been only a few inches of And yet the city ha been robbed of lens of thousands of dollars under the pretext of cleaning away the snow. And they try to tell us II is prnciically impossible lo stop the stealing: The city paid Ihe contractors fo much per inch lo remove the enow. Then the contractors pocket ed the city's money and waked for tin sun to melt the snow. After thai tho city thought to pay by Ihe load. Then the contractors collected for thousand of loads which were never hauled.

The enrtmen were paid directly, and the. too. colluded wnh the insp-etors and tallymen and made clnlni3 for thousands of loads never hauled. Then the cliy started In pay by the day. The contractors work -d just as Utile as possi-b! hen and stretched the removal over as many days n.i ihey could.

"That son of thing is going on in so many of our city departments. They do snv 'but cenain men iietu-illy lie awak-j nights figuring out schemes by which they can rob me municipal treasury. "And ii is you who are responsible for these conditions. You are supposed to sco that unworthy are no! elected to city offices, anil when men you elec: prove unworthy of the confidence you have reposed in them, you should tea- t'tem mi, of rffi I want to urK upon the yotng man who lias jet to cast his first ballot and those ot you who aro already directors in uie municipal gov e'-nmeot. iPnt it is your duty to an e' nmr-lM eminent, and that it is the duty of everybody to be true to his political ob- And to the ladies 1 want to selves with ihe various national, state and municipal movements and lo find out what is going on in Congress and In the stale LcgiMatnrc aim in ine t.oaru ni Aldermen, and speak to your husbands, and brothers in behalf of virtue nnd the Integrity of the city, the state and the nation." GOD IN THE The scriei of great meetings for men jn the auditorium of the Bedford Branch.

Y. M. C. is increasing In attendance, each Sunday. To-morrow afiernoon Ihe special musical attraction will be tho Pnrliind-N'ewhall Company, handbell ringers.

In addition to being first-class handbell ringers, ihey are also proficient brass quartet and a vocal quartet. Till mvtsical hour will begin ai 3 o'clock, and the special selections by ihe handbell ringers will alternate with me singing ot Bos worth. COrneltlSt. Dr. Cadman will speak at o'clock, the subject being "God in the Home.

He will also answer GUCSt OnS at tllC ClOEO OI U1C AH men are Invite! The French steamsoip siane sr- r.ved in port yesterday from Havre. Sho brought n.500 bags of enffee as part of her cargo. This makes about 5S.000 hags that! have arrived here Irom that port. mecnanics, under tne 11. le.

Mechanics Co-operative Building Company of Brooklyn," with the purpose of rarrvin, -i onerattnn ecitt IIUIIUIUK reconstruction and repair structures and to contract for all classes i worn coming under the head of con- struction. Under the plan i. th. laws the t.k.ii stnek stock except-to members of the building trades unions, and each purchaser there ot Is likewise pledged to not transfer stock except to a union mechanic after approval by the company. In case of death or for other good reason, the com pany will redeem the stock of the shareholder at par, a reserve fund equal to one-tenth of the paid-up capital being held on deposit In bank to provide against such emergency.

None of the officers is permitted to receive commissions on any of the transactions of the company, and all accounts are to be audited every three months. The shareholders in the company, whilo receiving the regular wage schedule of their respective trades, will credit a certain proportion of their earnings to stock, which is redeemable at par from the reserve fund; or In the case of those not members of the company tho difference may bo applied to the purchase of stock certificates. It is also contemplated to open a general co-operative store at which certificates showing the difference between the wage scale and the amount of cash actually received may be redeemed in merchandise if the holder does not care to Invest in stock. Tho Idea of this co-operative enterprise among unionists was discussed with more or less freedom in 1907, and In Manhaitan tentative steps were taken to bring It to fruition, but it ha3 remained for somo of the Brooklyn Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners to put the project into execution. For upward of a year Charles H.

Shaw Of 1728 East Fourteenth street, a member of Local Union No. 451, U. B. of C. and has been active in making converts to the plan.

That ho has succeeded so well is not surprising in view of his well known qualifications ai an organizer. Mr. Shaw-has been prominently identified with the Brotherhood for a number of years and has been an official of various degrees of activity In Local No. 431. The headquarters of the company are for tho present at Boerum place and Atlantic avenue, and the officers selected to give the project tho right sort of start are: President, Edward P.

Masslcn; Vice president, George Hellcn; secretary, D. AVatklns; assistant secretary and acting treasurer, P. Mailer, and attorney, Hartley J. Wright. A board of seven directors is yet to be elected.

It Is stated that as soon as the enterprise Is Incorporated and the prospects for business appear fair, a sympathizer with the movement stands ready to invest $50,000 in stock. Hatters Secretary Before Central Federated Union. At tho la.st meeting of the Manhattan Central Federated Union National Secretary Martin Lawlor of the United Hatters of Amarlca said that tha fight for the hatters' label would be won If the other unions continued their support. The strike was stronger now, he said, than it had been at any time since it began. The efforts ot the Associated Hnt Manufacturers to establish open shops in the trade had failed, and only three out of the sixty-seven plants represented in tho association were trying to operate, he asserted, and those three were not working anywhere near up to their normal output.

In referring to the application for an injunction against the ofilclals of the union which had been made in the. District Federal Court at Trenton, N. the papers in which aro returnable on March 29, the secretary expressed the belief that the court would deny the application. He said that as the application was for an order restraining the officials of the union from enforcing the constitutional provision for lining or ex-polling members who violate obligations and return to work while the strike is still on, he did not see how the ....1.1 i. tt.

.1... ,1,. I union had the right, to require compll- ance with its constitution, to which all members had pledged allegiance. Mr. Lawlor asserted that the manufacturers did not go into court with clean hands, inasmuch as there is pro- vision in the association's law for fining a meniDer jid.ueu wno acts contrary to the constitution.

The secretary claimed that support in a financial way was coming to the Hauers Union from other unions, and that the treasury was in good condition. The expenses of carrying on the strike, he said, were less than a few weeks ago, because some of the strikers had obtained employment In Independent union shops. Ho said, however, that the strike could not be won unless the other unions continued liberal donations, as the expenses for strike benefits are still burdensome. On Thursday, at Hackettstown, N. the Hackettstown Hat Works, an independent union concern, was sold to an East affiliated with the As- suciaieu nai.

ana upon the consummation of the deal the union forthwith withdrew the label from the former independent factory. No Hatters Label, No Seat Among These Delegates. The Brooklyn Central Labor Union will not take an appointee to that body into full fellowship if his hat is minus the United Hatters' label. A case in point Is that of a newly appointed delegate from a very prominent union, who lacked that necessary qualification. Miners Convention Next Tuesday.

Tho United Mine Workers employed in the anthracite fields will hold a convention at Scranton next Tuesday to discuss the outcome of the recent Philadelphia conference wherein the demands of the miners, to be incorporated in the new agreement to take effect. April 1, were peremptorily refused by the operators. The demands presented to the conference were indorsed by the recent Indanapolis national convention of the United Mine Workers, but as tho president and his cabinet have pU lary power in such matters. It Is believed that they will recommend to the Scranton gathering that such demands be modified in several respects. Meanwhile, the union and the operators aro repairing fences, the former gather ing In new members nd align ng ihe old and the latter piling up the reserve od i a contemporaries, for instance, is one Tupg(lay Qf npxt garbled mo3S and written waliou.

regard 0f iP0turC3 in course a number continue, for truth or the families of ihosc referred' some close and three begin. Bliss Pcrr co. It states that 1 was locked up. when, M.A., L.H.D., of Harvard University edi-on Ihe contrarv the court was willing 1 tor of the Atlantic Monthly, opens one of Vnvjila" INSTITUTE NOTES. Illustrated travel lectures In double course will be changed from Wednesday i to Saturday In the coming week, and a new series of four begun, with Mis3 Annie S.

Peck, M.A.; Frederick Monsen and 0:1 ver Balnbridge lecturers. The named Is the American explorer first i who Drone tne worlds record by reaching ic uuumiu ui iniascnrnii, rcru, on Sep- tcmber 2, 15)S. This Is thought to he the highest peak on this hemisphere 21, 0'l'l feet. Miss Peck tried the ascent six separate times in two years and made It finally with the aid of Swiss guides. She will describe this climb.

Miss Peck Is from Providence, R. bsgan her mountaineering in Greece nnd the first woman to nscend Matterhorn. Burton Holmes finished his course on "Travelogues" Inst Wednesday, bin the Burton Holmes lectures wiil be continued. Ui. will be given under Institute auspices by "rignt ivramer ot t.n.cago.

at aie iieilfoi-i M- hnl' on Tuesday evenings, with ii.ui,.-, i.n on Monday evening. In a study of Rich-, arelson's "Clarissa." A Tuesday evening course of lecture recitals on "The Song, i the Anthem and the Aria." by Dr. John C. Griggs of Vassor College, is noticed more fullv under music for the wek. Ernest Flagg Henderson.

Ph.D.. L.H.D.. of Cam- will speak on "The Old Ke on Thursday afternoon, as first of an illustrated course on "The French Rev- olution." Ur. Henderson comes nere as a lecturer, out tne course is one wnicn has commanded a large attendance else where. George Otis Smith.

Ph.D.. director of the United Slates Geological Survey. Is to nk." 3' Progress of the Orologi- ral Survey of the United Slates" on Wednesday evening. Mr. Smith is a Maine man who entered the geological purvey field Immediately afier graduating assistant geolog.st.

having taken Ihe first tion. He succeeded Director WalcoM in, May IHOi. Our geological surv Our itmoIoi. In he ts the largest organization of its ii the i 1 1 i rreiirn TTlrt rr.i VI With A hOntlS- man, and had demanded no bond when 1, of my own volition, last Monday, pro-sen'fed myself in response to a nolle; that a warrant had been issued for me. I thing Magistrate Voorhees thinks he erre.l In his decision, which was duo to excitement and temper, caused by my I conduct loword him Jiy excuse tor suc-i conduct Is explained in a few words: I cVil.1 ainL'ltl.

tln ttV et 1 1 mr in npr m.ifi nnn nnn "'V explained our case on Monday and we had with us a bondsman for me. were assured the wrong man had bee.i i erreMcu. aim Noi wishing to cause my friends undue trouble, and seeing no possible way a judge could entertain the complaint mo nntv mv wife and maid. 'who both t-stW that the win ue iieiu oaiuruay evening, April lu, at -vr not and di-U'rom Colby College in 183u; too a post ijf o'clock sharp, at the armory. Fourteenth iij street and Eighth avenue.

Already a candidate for citv register of St. Louis, not state his business, and did force his graduate course in geology at Johns Hop-Mr. Witter was foreman of the Globe- 1 way into the house and through the k'ns. an 1 on his graduation Joined 3 lhe 1 n'tcd States Geological Siirvev as large number of entries has been ceived, and the most successful set. of Democrat oince wnen eiecieu inter- games in me nisiory oi me regiment is or the r.

-ii itiaLminnnt Ve- York Citv lawvcrs. In tlioicivil nervlce examination for that posi Entries close April 3. wilh U'J Corporal J. E. Poley, Fourteenth ment Armory, and with Dieges Clust.

in affaire. KOV Interest in the of ih" i1 25 John street, Manhattan, for the closed L' events. The S. S. A.

L. entries close on the 1st of next month, with W. S. Hanau, IVB02 Fulton street, and for the P. S.

A. witn ur. v. vvara croni; 500 Park ave-rinp Miinhnffan i Commencing Monday evening. March 22, JL the armory will be open for training from '17 to 8:15 o'clock each evening.

j( ronowing uie. ieau oi me coast I Artillery District and of the Fourteenth iRcglment of Infantry, the Seventy-flrst nf a 1 1 a Viae worm Wil Tuthill of Manhattan will Tt, lul. I 7 Thurs-1 dav evening, and Ileniamin C. itjrav, of Manhattan, who is identified with the "congestion" exhibit, on "City Planning-and Brooklyn's Development," on Friday evening. A conference on "Eotomogenous on Thursday evening, will be conducted by John J.

Schoonhoven. M.A. The seventh annual conference of Mothers Clubs and Parents Associations of Brooklyn will be held on Thursday after-! noon at Association Hall, under auspiens of the kindergarten section of the department of pedagogy. In "The Mammoth and Mastodon." to be given on Saturday at the Central Museum, the present course of free lectures there will close. It Is by Frederic Lucas, Sc.D., curator-in-chief of the museums.

Lectures close for the season at the Jamaica Branch on Tuesday evening, when nouse. taiM. cnnsisfiniT of threo vlftiair.fr empiuy ui int; i.vjiiiia, i. ot uie judge i I tn me that which very much re- sembled a lemon about the rlze and color i the numiiklns exhibited at the coun- 'r. i lKIU 8" W.

F. BROTHERS. 1.15 William street, Manhattan, March 1909. MEN'S BEOTHEEHOOD ACTIVE. Indorses Work of Sunday Observance Societies.

The Fenimore Brotherhood of the Feni-more M. E. Church, Rogers avenue and Fenimore street, held a meeting at the church Wednesday night. There was a large attendance and the members entered freely Into a discussion of Sunday Th niit wo eonrin.iod wjth an lllu8lrntd lecture on Robert thp bard by the 0smu T(, inHr. r.rnn.

sition of the Central Flatbush Taxpayer.) Association reduce the size of the W'inthrop street gas tank to the size of thP oIrt tank. If this is done there will be no further objection to the tank Th. ihn grocery clerks in their agitation for a free from labor, nnd praised the Soc'ety for the Prevention of Crime for cnauces lor eiecuun are sniu to ue gouti, I as bt. L.OUIS is usually a nepuoucan city, i Council of Longshoremen Organized. r.

i Hl3iric council ui ljuugsnort-iuii lor lorK anu vicinity, repre- nd vicinity, repre- senting about 5.000 longshore workers and twelve local unions, ganized with headquarters at Dwyer's Hall. 425 West street, Manhattan. It will I apply for a charter shortly from the Amer-1 Iran Federation of Labor. The. council takes in longshorementidewater boatmen doekworkers.

laborers and others employed along the river fronts. It Is the first council of the kind to be formed In this city. Brewery Engineers Sign Agreement. The lockout of the members of the Brewery Engineers Union was brought to close last Sunday by the engineers signing up a Ihree-year agreement with the Brewers Association. The engineers stood out for an agreement which would terminate on the date set for the ex- plrat.on of the other brewery employes' contract, but upon reflection It was deemed best to waive the contention for the present Label Fair Committee Meeting.

At the Central Labor Union Label Fair Committee meeting held last Tuesday evening. Representative Samuel Thompson reported that Typographical I'nion No. 6 has selected 'he eveu'ne ot Monday Mny 'IT. as printers eight whn II hoped M. Lvv-h of t' International Uni will attend and the visitors.

Oihcr I i 'adopted the appointive system of select ing omeers. in tnose organizations, wnicn have tried the appointive system, only words of commendation of it can be heard. In the Fourteenth, especially, have affairs improved wonderfully since the appointive system was adopted. JNEW OFFICE FOB, J. B.

FISHEB. fi Janies B. Fisher, who has been engaged fia tne eal estate Dusiness at nroau-way, b' the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza, for a umber of years, has opened a fbranca office at 834 Flatbush avenue, F.latbush. He will continue his Broadway i office as heretofore, and, in addition to an efficient office force flt the Flatbusil office, he will have associated with him Frederick E. Emrich, who has made a specially of Flatbush real estate for several years.

Mr. Fisher thinks no part of Brooklyn has better prospects than Flat-bush, and with the opening of headquarters in Flatbush, he will be in a better yl position to tare for that part of the feftuslness. GarrMt P. Servlss M.A.. will speak on weii-Known nymns unuer.un- "The Nebular Theorv of the Origin ofOf Harper G.

Smyth, preceiilor. and F. V. TVn-lHi anil nt tho Fluahinir flranrli on I Fridnv 'afternoon when Louis 1'. Wilkin- I aon finishes a course on "Social Condi- i ,1...

I. rn.l..,l l.nn Vincent M.A.. lectures on "Bcnlamin Franklin" at ihe Hunt'nfffon B-nnch on Frldov evening, violin and piano will given nt Ihe Hempstead Dranch at th sntre t'ree. Unleis otheriVse nl the above are at the Academy of Music, land it's work agalnrt immoral shows. The i lecture by ihe naslor was in commemn- raf'nn of ihe on hundred and- fiftieth.

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