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1GJC2. KEWARK HAS A SHORT STRIKE ON TROLLEYS Wen Leave Their Cars, but Are Ordered Back to Work; MAY OVERRULE OFFICERS Car Hands Indignant Over Agreement Made at Midnight Conference with Corporation's Officers, SftM to Tkt New York Times. NEWARK, Sept 24. A strike directed against the Public Service Corporation of yew Jersey which practically controls trolley transportation throughout the northern fart of, this State, began late this after and ended. at midnight.

Toe men, after a conference had by their President. William E. the officials of the corporation, in which all demands of lh union were Ignored, were ordered to return to work. Conway's unsuccessful negotiations with the corporation and his yielding when considerable portion of the lines had been tied up aroused the men to a state of great indignation. Immediately upon their being officially notified that the strike had been called off many of them held an Informal meeting and voted to reconvene to-morrow 'morning and consider measures for carrying on the fight that had been started.

The question of deposing Conway and substituting for him a leader more la accord with the sentiment of the. motorran, conductors, ana others for a general strike will than come up. ihe strike to-day was on thetlines radiating from this city, and a foretaste of the couaequencts of a tie-up was given litre snJ ia adjacent towns. Street-car trawl -was practically suspended for several tours, and men doing business here had dir.iculty in reaching home. Intercourse between suburban piaces was suspended ai1 has not yet been resumed.

-Should the men to-morrow determine on a plan of effective action against the corporation It would affect these cities and towns besides outlying villages: Jersey City. Hoboken. Newark. Peterson, Elisabeth Mjntclalr. the Oranges, Passaic.

Bloom field. Glen Ridge, Irvlngton. Arlington. Kearny, BellevUie, Nutley. Harrison.

a-1 CaldwHl The orders were Issued to-dav by the of-cials of the local union that the men on cctnpleting their regular trips should tarn in badges and other company property at the bams and quit work. This had the effect of making the tie-up gradual. Few t'i uie men ho expected' uie strike werfe on the cars when the order was issued to ff-r-mf wnrk. The men of the nnton were confident that they would be able to force redress" of their grievances, and had expected tomorrow to be doing missionary work among the other unions of the various town centres of the Public Service Cor-po ration. b- issues Involved were clearly defined.

Tht-v involved, first of all. the recognition of the union; then a demand for a flat wage rate of Zi cents an hour, to replace a sltdinr scale of from 19 to 22 cents, again, the readjustment of hours so as to do away wlth "swings." which are said to keep men at the barns nineteen hours a. djy in order that they may work ten hours, and. finally, the stopping of wholesale dls- barge of union men. which the men say have been going on for many weeks.

Dozens of trolley lines leaving Newark like the ribs of a fan carry thousands of business people and factory employes to their homes, and at 6 o'clock this evening great, throngs were gathered at the usual transfer points, unable to get tcoara few cars then runninr. Near the Market Street Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad is where the greatest numbers take the trolley cars, and from shortly after 5 o'clock until nearly 8, the crowds there were so great that traffic was diverted to other streets. Those who lived wUbin four miles or so started to walk home, and those who lived st greater distances strolled aimlessly about the streets, not knowing where to go or when tbey would be abie to get home. Restaurants and lunch rooms were crowded. Those who were able to get any nearer homes by taking the railroad trains d-d so.

and the Delaware. Lackawanna and Vetern. to aid In handling the travelers, sen out a special train of fourteen cars from Hoboken. These were added to reg-u trains out of Newark. The trouble grew worse late In the evening as the men gradually abandoned their cars upon reaching the barns.

Theatre-going folk emerged from the playhouses and were confronted with the necessity of walking horn-, or hiring cabs or remaining In hotels during the night. GROWTH OF The grievances which led to the present conflict started not long after the formation of the Public Service Corporation last ttrit.g. Virtually at the beginning, under the consolidation, the company and the took each other on sufferance umi! some permanent agreement on wages and arrangement of pours could be reached. The Public Service Corporation, so the Jren say wa-i proline with promises, while at Ihe same time Instituting a scheme of wages not at all satisfactory anl a time schedule system, which. In so far as it pr t-vldcd for thi swing" runs.

alt--aether unbearable. At first the men, un-iTanlz-ti. cculd tike anion in the conditions. The n.tural howev r. was not long in coming, and local unions having tclwe wUtlon to each other In all the cmea of the I ubtic fc'crvlce Corxrs tion.

sprang up apart-, taking Into their' meto-- w-rr-hlp a largr nd Ir rger proportion of th- inotormen ard conductors employed on the different lines. i When the unions, now allied with the Amalgamated Association of Street and i-leetrlc Railway Employe, had gathered sufficient strength, an audience was sought with the Public Service Corporation. The result was an answer that while the officers of the corporation would be most pleased to ennaider anv rriivanrp that their men mlrht have mn Individuals, no organization would for a moment be rec-ognixryj. Representatives of the employes as a whole, or of any group of employes. w-hM it stated he received, but no representative of a union.

It is th altitude of the Public Service Comcratioa. persisted In from the outset, to the present moment, that Is taken as confirming- the belief, that the struggle, once fairly Joined, will be bitter and protracted, for the men realize clearly 1 that, failing now to establish there right to organize and tti demand recognition through their organization, they would be unable strongly to enforce any collective demands. rPJECTCI TO SWING SYSTEM. Their specific grievances, aside from the one involving the recognition of the union, quickly shaped themselves. The swing system, making It necessary, as the men sty.

for thoee having the swing trips stay around the car barns nineteen howrs a day In order to do ten hours' work, forn-d th bfrwl for frtf substantial com-plaint at the very outset; then came the u.i.r,g sHle of from to cents an lijr. which had ben received with giad- r-n ii aoopiea. pon pom oi these propositions, say the employes, I Promises have been made at different times by the company, but without tangible re- suit. of the union, there came a new cause of complaint. Frequent discharges agitated tbe union ranks, and no explanation considered adequate could be obtained from General Superintendent W.

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lesierday-s Fires, fage 2- himself an official of onlv a few months' standing in the Public Service Corporation. From the union comes the opinion that these dischargee are simply because the victims are union members, and in the same breath It is said that new men supplanting those who are let go are being put to work on the various lines as fast as circumstances allow. It was a matter of current report to-day that a school of Instruction was being conducted by the different Superintendents, as the result of orders received from headquarters, Tuesday last a committee representing all the locals Involved in the Public Service Corporation situation, reinforced by Treasurer Oresion Orr of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes, met President McCarter in a conference, after which both sides felt sure that there would be no strike. President McCartor. so it was said, was dimmed in accede to the demand for a flat rate of 22 rents an hour, promised to arrange the swing schedules In more satisfactory shape, and to have the cases of all discharged men taken up on their merits.

About the same time a delegation from the Newark local, headed by President Conway, saw Mr. McCarter with results equally satisfactory. But Tuesday conference, despite these favorable indications, did not lead to definite conclusions. It was necessary for President McCarter to see the Directors erf road. At this morning's meeting of President and Directors the decision was reached that lined up the Public Service Corporation and Its employes.

In open antagonism. CASEY WOULD NOT DROWN. So When He Was Falling from Big Bridge He Clutched a Girder and Stopped. Michael Casey, a bridge worker of 14 Weat Twenty-eighth Street, has been in this country twenty-two years, and declares with a bit of pride that he's an American citizen. The twenty-two years' rubbing up against New World Ideas has served to burnish wit in his very Celtic nature.

Casey had been riveting some steel work when he lost his balance yesterday afternoon, fell from an upper girder of the new East River bridge, and onlv saved himself from a watery grave by his rare presence of He tumbled a-distance of over thirty feet, was thrown against a steel and snatched the last girder when within ten feet of failing Into the river, 1M fe-t below. Sure, and 'twas not Casey was born to be drowned." was his reply, when asked how he came to save himself. To the physician at the Bellevue Hospital Casey said: "Twti or mighty little use for-me to lose my head before I got it wet, so when I felt myself falling I made up my mind to hold to the first article that came la right. I had In mind the girdle at the bottom, and says I to myself, when I was going down. 4 i'U hold on to yon.

my boy, for you are the last plank between me and the And so 1 did. and sure 'twas well with me, for I was not born to be drowned Casey was on the highest point of the bridge when he fell, being over 150 feet out from the Manhattan tower. The men working with him gasped when they heard his body falling against -a steel frame. Not one of them would look down, but fully 200 people on the shore saw Casey fall, and groaned. He clutched the last girdle, then turned with a smile on his face, bis leys stUl dangling over the river.

When he had breathed he drew lumself up to a space on the girdle Just wide enougu for him to place one foot on It. Glory be to God. boys, but I'm all right now," Casey gasped when be planted his foot on the steel. After a few moments more he climbed up twenty feet to a ladder, then slid down to the ground. His fellow-workers and hundreds of spectators gathered about him.

His companions Insisted on his going to the Bellevue Hospital. He was taken there, but after examination was found to have only a slight scalp wound, though he wa( faint from the excitement. He was taken home later, and was said to be resting easily. A TELEPHONE COMBINATION. Maryland and United Companies Enter Into a Traffic Agreement, Extend ing Their Scape.

4 Special A Tkt Nrur York Times. BALTIMORE. Sept. 24. General Manager Webb of the Maryland Telephone and Telegraph Company, la announcing the conclusion of a traffic agreement with the United Telephone and Telegraph Company of Penn- I sylvanla.

says: Under the agreement the Maryland Company gets a connection with Hagerstown, Winchester, Cham- tersburg. Carlisle, and Harrlsburg. and many other places th Sough a large I territory. The Pittsourg and Allegheny Telephone Companv, in which the Maryland Company Is largely Interested, and the Johnstown I Telephone Company have nearly completed a line between Johnstown and Pittsburg, while the United Company is building a fourteen-mile line into Johnstown. When 1 this work finished the Maryland's serv ice will be extended to jonnstown ana Pittsburg, and will open up the western territory In Pennsylvania and into Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan, where the Pittsburg and Allegheny Company has lines In operation.

The United States Long Distance Telephone Company has Just built a line nto Cincinnati, and the Maryland will connect with it through the Pittsburg and Allegheny. BAD MINNESOTA POTATO CEOP. Special to Tkt New York Times. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept 24. The wet weather of the past few weeks has seriously dam- aged the Minnesota potato crop and, ac-i cording to reports from various parts of the State, there will be no potatoes for shipping out Minnesota.

In fact. It Is rather doubtful If there will be enough potatoes i raised in the State to supply the borne de mand. For many years the Minnesota potato crop has been an Important factor In the bushels of potatoes grown in this State I have been shipped to otner parts, ana mo quality of the tubers has always been such nmn trim ia considered the best potato raised. The cold, wet weather came on just at a time when it was especially hard on the crop. The tubers were fully developed and were Just beginning to ripen.

The weather started them rotting, and many fields had to be dug up to save the crop. This has resulted In running the crop upon the market earlier than usual. The potatoes are of an Inferior quality this year, and those that are in the ground ars continuing to rot. The result of the shortage will be that potatoes wUl be high. A CORNER IN-TRADE MARKS.

Sfttial 14 Tkt Kern York Timts. TACOMA. Sept. 24. The local Chamber of Commerce has received a letter from Japan stating that American bicycle who have not registered their trade marks In that country are menaced by a serious state of affairs owing to the action of a certain bicycle dearer in Osaka.

This man. it is said, has lately been registering a number of the most famous trade marks as his own property, with the result that business In bicycle goods at the present time is practically at a standstill. After registering the trade marks the dealer notllies the trade throughout Japan that he will prosecute any one selling goods with the trade marks excepting those that Import goods through him. In a majority of cases the man has no agency for the goods, and in many cases be is now unable to obtain them at all. as proper agents refuse to supply him.

Although as far as known the man has the agency of but two American bicycle manufacturers, he rla.ms to represent more than a doxea leailng companies. Japanese dealers are In a quandary as to what is to be done. Those having stock are afraid to sell, and those who have no stock are afraid to buy. It appears that the dealer's object is to sell these trade marks to Brotherhood of St. A ad rew.

Denver. 4 Sfl. via Lhlrh Valley, Oct. S-8. Four fast trains.

ae4 1214 Urtxtd way. As r. NEW Friday: LOST IPE OYER A NICKEL Elevated Road Passenger Killed Aften Dispute with Chopper. Employe 3aya Man Tried to Avoid Pay Ing Faie Jumped or Wat Thrown to St-eet, and Arrest la Made. i Althougi he 'had I2.4T in his a nan lost Us lltj yesterday afternoon because.

It asserted, he waa unwilling to pay cem for a ride on the elevated railroad. Aft an altercation with the ticket chopper i the down-town platform of the Third Avenue line's Fourteenth Street station, the i ian feU. or was pushed, over the railing to the sidewalk. This was at 8:15 o'clock. I ess than two hours later, a policeman 1 avlng found him lying unconscious wii a a fractured skull, he died Bellevue 1 lospltaL Prom ia writing on a railway pass found In is victim's possession, it was assumed by the police that he was F.

E. Bailey, fc rty years old, a levelman employed on the New Rochelle-Mount Vernon Division the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, -but up to a 'late hour last night no one had appeared to verify the lUentl: 1 cation. In the i leantlme Detective Kahn of the Fifth Str et Police Station arrested John King, the ticket chopper on the station where the man is said to have tried to dodge bis fare. FClng. who lives at SIT East Fifty-sixth Stre i-t, waa charged with homicide, though he made a statement to the effect that the Ictlm jumped from the platform voluntaxil Bailey, 1 that was his Was seen to fall from station by a crowd of wl surrounded his prostrate form and attra ted the attention of Policeman Junker.

ambulance waa called, which carried ti man to the hospital. Then Junker mi Je his report to Sergt.McNaught at the sta Hon, and the latter sent out Detective Ki an to Investigate. The detective found that King, the ticket chopper, had left his pc st at Fourteenth Btreet, but from a descrtpt Ion given by Junker he was located fin; lly at the Thirty-fourth Street staVion. King sai 1 he waa standing beside his box when the stranger slipped into one ot the exit gate and thence Into the waiting room. Jib was informed of the man's presence by a passenger who had paid his fare.

In a mlnu a train pulled in. The stranger left the i siting room and started to get aboard. I log abouted for the ticket, but be got some alk Instead. While they were arguing the train left, and then, according to the chopp the man pushed him from the platform the tracks, so that be barely escaped hi itlng the third rail. King Im nediataly scrambled ua He saw the strani er trying to open a door in the i.

siting i Dom, apparently thinking that waa a wa to leave the station. The chopper, accor ding to his statement, ran down the north flight of stairs to find a No finding one. he crossed Fourteenth St reet and began to ascend the ruth stai rway. As be did so he saw the stranger ump from the station as though to get out of his (King's) way. Policemi Junker finally managed to get the name i of three witnesses.

They were Peter Baj rbom of 2ui East Seventy-see enth Stret 8. B. Brown of S2 Wall Street, and the 1 ev. John Alexander Gray of 212 East Twt fLh Street Mr. Gray, when seen at his home last night, toll a' reporter that he was standing rhl' tat'ior TV, aiLmi tor I dent of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Kine 2nd the'niS consulted him In regard to Us provis-kUledngaDoura Wj, ou the piatiorm or tne a train- vioen he sa who was afterward killed arguing ticket.

Tl next thing Mr. Gray saw was King lyln on the tracks. He said he saw King spring to his feet Just In time to avoid an approaching train, jump to the platform, and dart down the steps to the street, wl ile the man with whom he had been srgi ing rushed down on the other side. Mr. liray aald he did not see the man fail or Jui ip from the platform.

REP( RTS ABOUT GREEN. Senator's Friends Say He Will Tell Full Stor of Postal Scandal If He Is Tried. Sf cial'to Tkt New York Timts. WASHi: Sept. 24, It was stated at the Po Office Department to-day that District idge Ray and the department at Washingt a had decided that Senator George E.

Green waa entitled to a further hearing fore the case Is transferred to Washingtc compelling the Government to show it hi a criminal case against Elm. It is un erstood that United States District Atto ney Curtis has notified the Government bring on Its witnesses from Washingtt for the hearing of the case Monday. It is reported that sensational developme nts that will implicate Washington officii is not now under suspicion may b9 XPCtt la. Personal friends of Senator Green declare that the latter is being made a cat's-paw to ah leid higher officials in Washing ton, and hat it ne goes on tne witness stand, wh ch he will do If the case eomes to trial, I will make full and free disclosures will clear himself and place the blame on the shoulders of Washington officials. The lettir which It was said United States Lh trict Attorney, Curtis uent to the Departxnei it ot Justice, asking to be relieved ol the prosecution of Senator Green, ha; not been received there.

GRE EN IN' AZTEC MINES. SPRINGFIELD. Ohio, Sept 24. Charles Adkl'nslof Blnghamton. N.

representing the Taqul Copper Company, of the State of ionora, Mexico, Is In Ohio. Mr. Adklns Isi the personal representative of State Senktor George E. Green of Blng hamton. who Is Secretary of this company, The copter company which Mr.

Adklns represent Is capitalised at $5,000,000. Mr. Adkinr isl talking over the affairs of the company with three or four Cleveland cap italists lrxeresiea taia mining propost tlnn. I The mines of the company are situated In the State iof Sonora, Mexico, on the Taqul River. Tttese mines were operated by the Aztecs, aed when the Spanish conquered that country the shafts were closed, and the locati jn of the mines was unknown until a rospector accidentally ran onto the shaft An Investigation showed thst the mlnen had not been worked out and It Is said that there is still an immense amount ol ore to te taaen out.

A oartylof New York and Boston canftai, lsts with pxpert mining engineers made a trip throt gh the country last Spring, and the report of the experts were most favorable to tli property. Another trip will be taaen cy ine men interesiea in tne company, and It Is part of the business of Mr, Adklns td arrange with the Cleveland i. nancters Interested tor the trip later this sau. -Soonerd" on Unopened Reservation. Sltcial to Tkt New York Times.

SALT LUKE, Utah. Sept. 24. Prominent and wealthy mining men are among the surveying! gangs now at work In the Uintah Indian re vrvatton. They are driving stakes and haulikg chains for the sole purpose of prospecting on the side that they may locate claims before tne reservation is opened, inere are ten surveying gangs In the field.

I rtate ana national uiurd offi cials are Implicated, and protests are to be made to wis interior ueparimcnt ftpeelal rralsia Aeeonat Treatss Fate via nm lvanla Railroad Seronilwr SO and October 1: leave W.at 23d St. biatloa and 8:26 A. Additional train October 1 at 10 13 A. U. I- 25 round trip.

Including admWon. Tickets on Mle September SH, 2Si, -40, October 1 and 2, te return until October a Adv. September 25. 1903. WARSHIPS PREVENTED A MASSACRE AT BEIRUT.

Letter from Thre Says That Only the Pretence of the American Squadron Saved the Christiana. London Times New York Times Special Cablegram. LONDON, Sept, 23. The Tlmea publishes a letter from Beirut saying that only the presence of the United States squadron there prevented a general massacre of the Christiana, The writer that Valiyy Reshld (who waa disrrdBBed aa tlje result ot American representations) always sided with the lawleus elements. He blackmailed foreign enterprises, shared profits with smugglers, and received bribes for the condonation of Moslems offenses against Christians.

MRS. JEFFERSQff DAVIS ILL. Arrived in Buffalo from Canada Monday Her Sickness Serious, but Not V'l Necessarily Fatal. BUFFALO, 24 Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the President of the Southern Confederacy, is seriously 111 at Castle lnn In this city.

Dr. Charles. O. Stockton was summoned at noon, when Mrs. Davis's condition alarmed those In attendance upon her.

He remained, at Castle Inn throughout the afternoon. Late thia afternoon another physician was catted In for a consultation. Dr. Stockton left the hotel shortly before 6 o'clock. When asked regarding Mrs.

Davis's condition, he said: Mrs. Davis Is in a serious condftlon. but her Illness ia not of a nature that necessary must prove fataL I must be excused from discussing her case further to-night. To-morrow morning, perhaps, we wiil be able to make a statement." Mrs. Davis came to Castle Inn on Monday from Port Colborne, Ontario, where she has been spending the Summer.

Quite a party of friendn accompanied her. twenty In alL one of whom is her granddaughter, Mlsa Lucy W. Hayes, of Colorado Springs. It has been Mrs. Davis's custom to spend her Summers In Canada or at a Northern resort, living in New York City during the Winter months.

i Her first visit to Canada was msde shortly after the close of the civil war, when she and her husband spent some time in Toronto. Since then the sojourn in Canada has been a frequent occurrence. THE MARYLAND RAILROAD WAR. i Qeru Hood Swears That Baltimore and Ohio Knew in Advance of Alten-wald Cut-Off. SpecM I Tkt Ntw Ytrk Timts.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 24. John M. Hood. former President of the Western Maryland Railroad, now the Gould's tidewater line, gave Important evidence to-day in the Circuit Court In connection with the application of the Western Maryland, for an injunction restraining the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from diverting freight from the plaintiff at Cherry Run.

West Va. Gen. Hood, as a witness for the Western Mary lan 3. ahowed that the contention of the Baltimore end Ohio Railroad that the contract for building the Altenwald cutoff between the Western Maryland and the Philadelphia and Reading was kept a secret from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad until 1892 was tin true, aa ie had shown the con tract to oscar u. Murray, Vice Presl- made lead'ng up to the building of the cutoff, and showed that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company shared In making the mprove merits at Cherry Run and the other improvements made there down to 1901.

In connection with the cut-off counsel for the Western Maryland produced letters from General Superintendent Fitzgerald of the Baltimore and Ohio to Gen. Hood, and from the latter to Mr. Fitxgerald, giving the latter Information as to the progress of the cut-off. The old arrangement between the Western Maryland and the Baltimore and Ohio for the handling by the former of traffic Interchanged by the latter with the Reading had become a profitable feature of the Western Maryland's business, but when that property passed into the hands of the Goulds It soon developed. It Is alleged, that the traffic was to be taken away, and, ac cording to tne western Maryland wit? nesses.

It has since been transferred to the i Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valiey Rail- road, at a loss of several hundred thou- sand dollars to the Western Maryland. ST. PAUL FARE GOES UP. On Oct. 8 It Will Be $11.50 from Chicago Rock Island Road Still Holds Out.

Special lo Tkt New York Times. CHICAGO, Sept 24. The Chlcago-St. Paul fare, which has been 93 for the last three months owing to dissensions among the roads, will go back Oct 8 to the standard rate of $11.50. All lines between the two points Jiave agreed upon the ad vance except the Rock Island.

The latter takes the position that there were difficulties among the Western roads needing adjustment as much as the Chlcago-St- Paul passenger rate question. Among the difficulties the road desires to see settled simultaneously with the rate trouble are the row over the division of the immigrant business, the dispute over the changeable mileage ticket forms, and the party rate questions. The Rock Island was not responsible for the reduction In the Chicago-St Paul rate, but takes the position now that an advance in the rate, without at the same time settling the other troubles, would aggravate the situation by prolonging the disputes which have been disturbing passenger rates in the West for the last two or three years. The Rock Island has the long route between Chicago and St. Paul and has been getting little Of the through business between those points.

For this reason the other roads decided to make the change regardless of the Rock Island's attitude. IBIEST ESTDTtED BY A TEADT. teaBBBBSSSBSMSMBM Special to Tkt New York Times. MADISON, Sept 24. Father Let-terhouse, a Roman Catholic priest of New Tork City, was thrown beneath a moving train here last night, and received injuries which will probably cause his death.

The priest was delayed, and was traveling In the caboose of 'a freight At thia station he left the car for a few tnln utes, walking around the- station in the meantime. When the train started. Father Letterhouse was some distance away, and ran for the train, which was well under wsy when he grasped the handles of the ttm Me was thrown'beneath the wheels. and received internal Injuries. In addition to these injuries, one aim was broken in two nlaces.

Local physicians who attended him say the Injuries will probably prove -fatal, Actress Disabled by a Fall. Special to Tkt New York Times. PITTSBURG. Sept 24. Miss Eva Taylor, the lead'Jng stock woman of the Grand Opera House, is laid up as a result of a fall through tie stage trap door.

While helping an expressman carry her trunks to hor room she fiill through the oDim tran with the trunk. She may not be able to take her place with the company on the opening nignt. Best time to see ths Hudson. Day Lino E-bt-atona, Sl.oO and LbU. Concerts Ktoraiug A alter- aaun.

ahv, -fourteen pages. BATTERY TO BRIDGES i UOYING PLATFORU Rapid Transit Committee Approves New. Tunnel Company Backed by Vanderbtlt Pledges Two-Cent Pares from Williamsburg End, of New Structure. By a unanimous vote the Extensions Committee of the Rapid Transit Commission decided late yesterday afternoon to recommend the Immediate adoption of the plan to build a tunnel for moving platforms from the Brooklyn end of the WlUUimsburg Bridge to th. Battery, this borough.

The outlay will be about $5,000,000. Tie committee, which met In secret session. Is composed of Commissioners Orr. Starin. Grout, and Smith.

As they form a majority of the commission, their vote may he regarded as final for that body, and the only elements of uncertainty in the scheme are now the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. The decision of the committee waa reached after the receipt of a report from Chief Engineer William Barclay Parsons on the proposition made many months ago by Messrs. Schmidt and Gallatin, representing a syndicate Interested In moving platforms. Though the committee did not accept directly the proposal ot the syndicate. It practically adopted the plan.

The bidding for the contract will be open; Just as In the ease ot other tunnels, and the. vote waa to the effect that the subway should be used eventually for an electrio railway In case by any chance the platform scheme should be found Impracticable or inadequate. An Important part of the committee's resolution was the provision that the bidder must put up a bond equal to the amount of the, bid. or aggregating about $8,000,000. It was stated by a rapid transit official last night that Schmidt Gallatin were expected to secure the contract, in view of their superior equipment for doing the work.

Among those behind these two are known to be Cornelius Yanderbllt and Stuy-vesant Fish. Mr. Vanderbtlt is also a director of the Subway Construction Company, builder of the Manhattan-Bronx tunnel and the Brooklyn extension. Details of the plans recommended by Mr. Parsons were not made public, but It is known that "be substituted for the route proposed by Schmidt Gallatin the following: From the Brooklyn end of the Williamsburg Bridge to Delancey Street and the Bowery, and thence down Park Row.

Nassau Street, Broad Street, and South Street to the The original plan of the syndicate was to run the line only down to Wall Street, and later there was a suggestion of following Broadway to the Battery, but this last, of course, waa Impossible In view of the Brooklyn extension of the subway system. if the Aldermen and the Board of Estimate approve, the as the committee expects them to do without delay, it is planned to start the tunnel -work early next Spring. Provided Messrs. Schmidt At Gallatin do get the contract for their company under the terms they suggested they will have to carry- passengers tor 2 cents. At first they said they would rent a eity-butlt tunnel and charge a one-cent fare, but their last I propoaai waa for themselves to build the subway for the city and then to charge 2 cents a ticket, uney added that tftey would iectude platforms for the Brooklyn unagv tvr a two-cent tare.

1 A Ih. ttmA In charge the 'succesiful exhibits of moving I r. olfnrtnl Ih. P.M. anri CYitnavn I bitlons, appeared before the committee and explained the workings of the invention.

With stereoptlcon views he showed the members some time ago now tne Chicago platforms had been managed. In answer to questions ho declared that an accident to any or tne revolving nee is under tne platforms could be ret aired in twelve seconds. while the breakage of one- of the great axles bearing the wheels could be minded in less than fifteen minutes. "The system of Inspection would be so thorough' he said, ''that due notice of such an accident would be given in a few seconds, and the whole system could be stopped on the instant remaining Inactive until tne damage couia do repairea. Bridge Commissioner Lindenthal was an other who appeared to favor the saying that he had investigated it and found It both expeditious and safe.

At first Chief Enaineer arsons said that -the adoption of the suggestion would not be In accord with the board's determination to build a harmonious system of rapid transit tunnels for electric trains, but later he came to agree, It is said, wun tne commissioners and made a report that set forth both their and his views. FRIEND OF LINCOLN DEAD. Emancipator Boarded Four Years at Daniel Green Burner's Home and Bunked with Him. Special to Tkt New York Times. GALESBURG.

111.. Sept 24. Daniel Green Burner, a boyhood friend of Abraham Lin coln, died to-day In his ninetieth year. Burner's father came from Kentucky to New Saiem In 1828 and lived there 1834. when the family came to Knox Coun ty.

Mr. Burners relations wlta Unco in were Intimate. For four years Lincoln boarded at -the Burner home, and part of that time Burner and Lincoln bunked together He was fond of reealllng Lincoln's studious habits and his reading by the light of a tallow candle, and was familiar with the various Incidents tnr-nln'n Ufa In New Salem. In tne inter ui jn in the Lincoln-Berry store. For some time vturner left New Salem the two kept ftnmMtnonrienca.

and on the occasion of the Lincoln-Douglas debate here Burner wsa one ox tne men ior waom uncum in quired. NOME CHILLY FOR FUNSTON. Residents of Arctic City Feel His Criticism of Eskimos Waa Unkind and Unjust. Special to TU New York Timts. TACOMA, Washington, Sept 24.

Nome mall advices assert that Gen. Funston was treated very coldly at Nome during his visit In August Published statements that Funston-had censured the natives In his report to the War Department bad aroused considerable Indignation at Nome, and his visit created scarcely a ripple or interest Numbers et citlsens. especially old-timers, ih. runaral'a recent harsh criti cisms of the Eskimos were exceedingly un-ust. The naUves about Nome have always teen good Samaritans, invariably kind and hospitable, and many prospectors owe their lives to the valuable services rendered by them.

Tbeysre, moreover, very with the excentlon of a few rare cases of drunkenness, are law-abiding and gentle. THE PRESIDENTS RETURN. Mr. Roosevelt Going to Washlnaton 'Next Monday After Thirteen Weeks' Absence. OT3TER BAT.

N. Sept ments have been completed for the return of President Roosevelt and his family and the executivo force to Washington. The nartv will leave Oyster Bay next Monday morning at 9 o'clock on a special Long T.i.r.,1 Ttnilrosd train. At 11 o'clock the party will board a special train on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Jersey City, i to arrive In ashing- ton at P. M.

The President then wiil WTH KjW LJ (JjbIN 1 liavfj been absent from the capital thirteen weens ana two days. It Is expected that Miss Alice Roosevelt, who Is the guest of friends in Northern New York, will arrive In Washington about Ihe same time as the President and Mrs. Koosevelt. Site may join the party In New York, however, and accompany them home. Theodore, and Kerruit, the President's eldest sons, have returned to their sclool ut Uroton.

Mass. Ethel will resume her ittudies at the Cathedral School In Washington; Archie, on account ot delicate health will not return to school this year, but will study under the direction ot a tutor; while Quentln, the youngest. wlli enter the Washington public schools as a pupil or rorce bchool As guests at luncheon to-day President Roosevelt had Collector Stranahan, Assistant Treasurer Hamilton Fish, Or. Lyman Abbott, and J. C.

fc ha tier, proprietor The Chicago Post RESTRICTING COAL OUTPUT. Curtailment Measures Will Cause Week iy Loss pf $115,000 in Wages to Anthracite Miners. -1 Special TU New York Timts. W1LKESBARRE. Sept.

24. The suspension of work ordered by the Delaware and Hudson, the Lehigh Valley, and the Susquehanna coal companies in the anthracite region will place 27.000 mine-workers Idle for one-half or one-third time each week, and cause them a weekly loss in wages of about $115,000. This will mean a considerable loss to the business of merchants of the coal region, and they are hoping that the cold weather will set In so that the market which is now overstocked, will be relieved and full time resumed. PROMISE OF CHEAPER COAL, Curtailment of Output to Relieve Dull Market Not Satisfactory to tha Coal-Carrying Railroads. 'There are promises of cheaper coal for the coming Winter In the almost daily re ports from the mining regions of the shut ting down; of mines.

In whole or In psrt. for the purpose of limiting tha production. Inquiries made among the representatives of the coal operators and coal carrying roads yesterday developed the fact that while they are loath to admit that lower price will prevail their opinion is that top prices have been reached and that there may soon be a drop. The curtailment of output at the mines Is general. The Delaware and Hudson Com pany Is working its mines on a five-hour day basis Instead of a nine-hour basis, i ne Pennsylvania Company has closed down some ot Its properties entirely for a wees: at a time.

President Wilcox of the Dela ware and Hudson said yesterday that this shut down was to bring about readjustment of the distribution of cars. Further lnautrles made It clear that the real reason for limiting the output is found In the great quantity of mined coal that is now ready for market. The demand is far less thau usual at thia time of the year, especially for domestic sixes. Consumers very generally, having in mind the hara-nhips of the last great strike, laid in their supplies for the coming Winter In the early and Summer. It la admitted by the representatives of the coal operators that the market Is overstocked with the least desirable sixes or coal, such as pea com, ana raa iny holding back the domestic sixes In order to force the pea and other small sises upon 4Via MAnftimsirw fthJ not The President of one of the wa VA coal roads yesterday expressed tms opinion, and said thst he was sure the market supply of coal of aU sixes would be ample for all the demands of tnls inter, ar.d that nnr would not go-higher and might go down considerably keeping back the supply is not one that Is me aaminea iahkj vi in the FDSl CarTTUlg rOSUS.

such as the Reading, tne trie. iuo ware and Hudson, and the Delaware, Lack- a wanna ana wwnu. hem and f.t0nPeAC.' bakfnghof the i lie maivcr vw M. do- agreement unur tng business. GEORGE GOULD'S OPINION.

1 1 Money Stringency Is Only In New York, He Says, and Here Only Becauee ot Recent Great EnterprUe- Special to Tk New York Tmts. nuLLAB. Texas. Sept 24. George Gould and party reached DaUas at o'clock this afternoon, remained fifteen minutes, went on to Fort Worth, got back about o'clock, and visited the 8tate Fair Grounds.

Which are to open for the eighteenth annual exhi bition on Saturday next They wui stay in Dallas over night and expect to start eastward to-morrow morning. Gould said: "Texas is aolng to a'eood cotton crop not a bumper crop, but a large one. I am satisfied of that from what I've seen and learned since coming Into the State. Money Is not scarce among country merchants or in country banks. It is scarce in x-x-v mtv because of the tremendous enterprises the' large railway and indus-.

i ne ih. muntr have been tak ing on. They have, cleaned cut all the ready money in ne xcw rrk- nonnsvivanla Railroad alone re cently used in a lump. You can easily estimate ior would need. Our own system ha; used a Urge sum.

and nearly aU the other lines have followed tne same course. Bm tnings wiu in iucmwcit'c-. -trlnaencv a natural one, and there is no cause for alarm. DIES PERpORMINQ OPERATION. Kansas i Doctor Fails r.

Dead Patient Nearly Bleeds to Death Before Help Arrives. Shtid New York Timts. -EMPORIA, Sept 24. -Dr. CWles Gardiner, one of the best-known and most successful physicians in the West dropped dead from heart disease to-day while per forming an operation for tonsmtia at the home of a patient He had Just performed the Operation ana was In the act of applying medicines to top the flow of blood which followed, when he was seen to turn pale and stagger from the room to an adjoining one.

In which he fell to the floor dead. In tne meantime me pucoi wa uni hieedina-. Other medical assistance was summoned. tiaruiner nan iw uiie wim iiu of the light character ot the operation, n.tisnt hi nearlv dead when a Dbv- aician arrived, and waa with, hard work r- vlved. Dr.

Gardiner was a graauaie oi nusoi Medical College. Chicago; Jefferson Medi cal College, niiaaeipuia. e.uu ut vue Fnnivlvanift. xne aeaa pnBitia w. luvmujcm scientific social, and Crand Army of th Reoublic circles, and was well known la this part ot the West for his intellectual at tainuents.

BIG PRICES FOR SALMON. Special to Tkt New York Timet. TACOMA. Washington. Sept 24.

Prices on this year's pack of red salmon have opened at $1.50 per doaen, S3 cents higher than the first quotation last year. This year's opening quotation is made by the Alaska Packers Association, ana is use highest price ever named on Alaska reds, It indicates similar high prices for all ethtr rradfi of Alaska salmon. Including pinks. ol wnicn were naa witsw euipiua lust year. Final figures regarding the pack of Alaakan salmon show a total pack cf cusea, a shortage of JO.Ow castn as oomparett with laet year.

All concerned are -well satisfied wtth the Aiaskaxk Had the run been half as fod on Puet Had tue run oec-n rail as oa ou g-upei Sound and the Columbia River such high prices as are UOW quoted could not be cb- tained. Greater TeTerV Jersar City a4 Sewask 1 1 t. UUBPHY: mVJTES FIGHT ID G0OIEO TlfT' Accepts Brooklyn Deffcn co in City Committee KINGS HAD NO CANDIDATE McLzugliUn Men More Over Borough ini County Than the Mayoralty. Defying the members of the Demc-cratli organisation la Kings Ctresty to continue their to the candidacy ct Congressman. George BV McClelUn to? Mayor, Tammany Hall Leader Charles F.

lisrphr, at the meeting of the City Committee last night at the Democratic Club, told the representatives -of Hugh McLaughlin tb-at they could go into the City Convention acd there stand up and be counted. This wis the alternative which he gave them if they are unwilling to accept the caadiU of Manhattan- Borough, 4 which. concedeOly must uraish the votes to elect tUe candidate. i In the language of the Tammany men who took part la the conference, II r. Murphy called the bluff of Mr.

KcL.ugh-lln and Informed his lieutenants what they might expect. If they continued their policy of opposition and continued laiue manifestos from the WlUoughby Street headquarters in the sister borough. Altogether th City- Committee meeting waa one of the most eventful giLhertagu since the counties were united In the greater city. Its outcome showed the absolute control which Charles F. Murphy has oti the organisation and showed that' his confidence In the outcome is based oa the knowledge that he has the votes back of him in the convention la the event thai tixe Kings County members make good their threat, reiterated last night, of actually carrying the fight Into the convention.

After the meeting had concluded its executive session Mr. Murphy, smiling plainly confident Of his ground, declared that there was no change in the situation, from last week, and said that another meeting of the City Committee would be held on Tuesday night next, two Bights before the City Convention. The Broooklyn members. on the other hand, were sllei.t and glum at the outset, and when they did consent finally to talk all save Senator Patrick K. McCarr i had lost their customary good nature declined to go into details, plainly eui-wing the-r annoyonoe at what had lead tut.

STICKING FOR McCLJOLIJCC. Strengthened In his determination ta nominate Congressman McClellan. and backed by the assurances of the Tammany district leaders and by the representatives ef the Bronx and Queens Boroughs Mr. Murphy made a quick answer to the Kings County member and to the statement Issued by Hurh McLaughlin the night before, -wUii practically dared the young Tain many lead, er to nominate McCleliaa aa the candidate of the Mr. Murphy promptly took up the gauntlet and allowed the Brooklyiiitfs what was In store for, them if their opposition continued.

There was no mention of candidates far any other office, nor in fact waa- triors mention, by name, of any candidate for Ih.Mayor.lty.Wrdir to the statement. maae aiterwara oy tne men wno alienor bv the meeting. The statements, however that were made to one another behind closed doors were of such a character that no one had any possible doubt as to who and what waa meant Before the City Committee met In the evening, Mr. Murphy had gone over U. situation with the various leade-rs and had ascertained their views on the McLaughlin statement and on his reply.

Pol- -lowing this and a conference with Mr. Mc-Clelian, the Tammany leader did not arrive a it he Democratic Club until 8:30 o'clock. The Brooklyn, representatives, Senator McCarren, James bneviln, John L. br.ru. and Bernard J.

York, had come over Manhattan earlier In the evening and dined at the Democratic Club with Dr. Crosby, the close personal friend or Richard Croker. Prior to the meeting the Brooklyn wen said the situation was absolutely unchanged and that they stood by the position tatfea. by Mr. McLaughlin for the strongest possible Democrat to bead the ticket, in cro-f that the independent votes could be broug I to the support of the ticket, especially Kings.

Borough President Cassldy of Queens wa one of the first of the othr borough to arrive, and he confirmed the report that at the meeting of the City Commi-. tee last Friday night he hsd stood by M. Murphy and had told the L'roofciyn wrno. crata that they had no right to come Inte every meeting of the City Committee and demand everything in the line nomina-tions. as though there were no other boroughs In the greater city to be cor.fsldf rA-l.

His associates rrorn yueens amvea ft only after, as did Edward Mulier. Judge Ken- ney. and tne otner representatives troni Richmond. Borough President HafTen ana Cuger.e J. McGuire of the Bronx reached the ciyh-house shortly before Mr.

Murphy, and it was nearly 9 o'clock when the membei went updairs to the committee room and the meeting was called to order by Chair man James J. Martin, who with Mr. Murphy and Daniel 1-. McMSJion represented tfee Borough of Manhattan. Senator McCarren, Chairman of the Subcommittee having in charge the suirgestion of names for the officers of the City Convention to be held in Carnegie Hall.

Oct 5, -reported that the committee had decided to pres-mt tne name or nomas t. crain-Deputy Attorney General and candidate the Democrats ior tne tjontroiieranip lit 1901. to be the temporary Chairman- cf th- convention. This recommendation waa adopted by the City Committee, and wiu presmted to ths convention. Al Air.

wrain is a siaocs aiurpny man wha can be depended upon to carry cut the will of the organisation as well as Congressman Mccieuan nimseir in-ii- i. when an attempt waa made to stamre-the convention for Coler. his selection a Chairman is regarded as an absolute indication ot the strength of Murphy. Also the fact that Senator McCarren. a McLaughlin representative, suggested the name of Mr.

Craln. is taken aa a further indication that the Brooklyn leader threatened with defection in his own rank If he continues the fight against Mr. Murphy. The other officers recocnmenJed were Thomas F. Smith.

Secretary for Manhattan; Surrogate Daniel Noble of tjueer-, Franklin C. Vltt of Richmond. James V. Qulgley of Kings, and Arthur C. Butt, cf the Bronx as Secretaries for the vartou boroughs.

AH were adopted by the committee, and the temporary orranlratioa ci the convention probably will be made the permanent organisation by the convento: WOULD FORESTALL DEFECTION'. After this move Senator McCarren arcs and moved that a committee of three bi appointed by the Chair to prepare and Issue an address to the voters In advance cf tt holding of the City Cotvention. This was adopted, and Messrs. McCarrvn. Murphy, and Cassldy were named as the It Is the intention, br this most move, to forestall any of independent-voters to the cau.se of Fusion.

Several pi-ominent Docrats already ha cum out for Fusion, and it Is i 1- this address, which be put out three days, to appeal to these cif'a ar. or ers ef their ciuss not to form snv u-cixtorji as to their wurw In thj can-n until the tickets are In tho fielj. prvn i them that tfie tirj will appeal to all. After this had them that tne ticket wia be such a osi i hiATl Ann m-rtA I tine work ompleted without r.y oaa Us.v-.