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THE NEW YORK TIDIES, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1S99. I -licoti. trA was present throughout the I "Uivi 'f th committee, sit no-j-Ij did i I a i ui-tK-i raft In th. I t-ior. Aits-l-l -whs onVr-l the proxy of C'i'niiHtwmi(n Wr.He i.f asfiinictin, but l.

an-l Wil'I J. Abbot of Nw Yk mc; 1 for trtit ritate. Mayor Harrison fir proV f'r AlR.it, but did not Bt-t-'-l tlihr session th, 1 follow ng- mml)ri of the National Cuif.i, itr, or proxies) wcr present at today's meetlnir: AIo.nia. Henry D. Clayton; Arkansas, Tl.r.m,, o.

MrfUo; California, W. K. our, proxy for J. J. Uwyr; Colorado, T.

rfjonn1l, privy tT AJalr Wilson; Atrtan'-r Troun; Delaware, IM-herd" ft. K-in-y; f'Jorl-la. 111-Itm- J. Mtimr prexy Mr Ram'jr Taci; Clark llowol): Idaho, Oorife iil tiola. Thomas Gahan: Indiana, J.

O. tuar.M.n, Iowa, C. A. Walah; Kansas, jHina O. "Johnson: Kentucky, L'rey Woodson; Louisiana, Newton C.

Wm-hard: Jilne. c. Gord.n; Maryland, Col. L. Victor Huihmin, proxy for Arthur I.

Oor-r-ian: Ma.rhutts, Oeorge Fred Williams; -hlrsn, William J. liryan, proxy for Minnesota. T. D. tTlJrleii: MisMss rrf.

Henator W. V. Kulilvan; ills-j-urK Vtl.iram J. Montana. K.

D. Malts, prosy for J. J. Mcllitton; Nebraska. W.

H. Thompson; Neva.la, Wyilam J. Atone. Pl'tr LnJ llknp; New Hampshire, Tfue L. Norrls; Ne- Jersey, l.

n. 1-sul. proxy for I'. I. Iiaker; york.

frank Campbell; North Carolina. Josephua Ianlele; North Dakota, not represented; Ohio, Lonremin James A. Norton, proxy f.r John H. McLean; Oregon, not repre- M- Oufrrey; Island. George W.

Oreen, proxy for It. H. Cojnstork; Carolina Senator lionjamln It. Tillman; Bout Dakota. Will-lam J.

liryan. proxy for James it. Woods: Tennessee Jaroes it. Ilaadt Texas, not repl r-senled; ltah, not represented; Virginia, i.fuT. J-.

yjVarmiit, not represented wiUwi J. Aboot. proxy for Wlillam i It Wh4te; West Virginia, not rep-rnted; WUoonsIn, Edward C. Wall yominr F. W.

Fleming proxy for W. I loll day; ArUona, not reprawnud; District Columbia. Refton. proxy for Lawrence Gardner; Oklahoma. W.

I. Grant-Indian Territory. W. J. tone.

proxy for Thomaa Maxcum, and New Mexico. P. m. Jarruaon. THH DATS PROCEEblNOS.

Aa aoon aa Vice Chalrmajj Stone had called the Fern-on of New Mexico waa elected to All the vacancy from that Btate catued by the resignation of T. A. Manaanarea. The Chair then announced that It would be In order to consider the aueatlon of admlttlnr the new Corcoran, a Oold Imocrat of that State having- proteated against hie removal tS make room for George Fred WllllaW The fW thargea made by th Harriaon facUon of Illlnola agaln.t P. j.

Devlin, editor of th TISaUOn1 Co-m'tteT i'-l? rPort-. Tha committee flndina: ju.tamd the cUrgea, and WrDevlla wm from further duty. wa motion waa Dromtiil m. mat tn report of the enm. tnrea dissenting volceaDonnell of ZuZ of MaWhuaetti.1 2nd Abl i'l'r neKatUreT did not vote, notwlthatajndlnr the fact that be held two proxies? The matter of rules waa then tVn nd Senator Tillman of South Carolufi om.m"tee were provided with copies of the rulea.

and he objected ta fir. ther proeeedlnga until they were aupDlled 2 ha meeting then adjourned nntlTOw clock, a receia of one and When the meeting reconvened I Mayor tee. Inviting the members m.w- n.1wMr- Co. the head of the delegation which Is endeavoring to cure the next Democrat! City, made a chort speech setting forth the advantases of that city a. a con? ventlon city.

No action waa taken, as it had been determined before the meetlni i waa called to order that the committed should not at the present meeting consldc? anything relating to the JocatlJn of thai next convention. Mr. Tarvln and the Bimetallic iague were then admitted and the reaolutlSna passed at the early meeting; were read. ALTO ELD MAT BE DROPPED. Thompson of Nebraaka moved that tha: consideration of the plan of organisation the committee la expected to carry out be taken up.

Vice Chairman Stone then took the floor and made a lengthy address) outlining1 tha work tha committee should pursue, lie made no cnotlou and no action waa taken. Mr. Williams of Massachusetts! moved that the matter of the Preaa Committee be referred to the Eecutlve Committee ot the National Committee with power to ct. referred to the committee appointed to assume charge of the press bureau. Mr, Blahchard moved an amendment to i the Chairman to appoint a committee of flye to have charge of the preaa work, three ot the members to constitute a working quorum.

The amendment waa adopted. Mr. Johntton of Kansas Introduced a resolution grouping the States for the purpose of facllirattng campaign work. He made no epectneationa or suggestions in his resolution snd It was referred to the -Executive -Committee with power to act. Committeeman Woodson of Kentucky de- aaaresa on the methods used for collecting money in Kentucky for the and Means Committee.

Mr. Clayton then moved an adjournment alne tile, which was carried, tha aesslon coming to an end at o'clock. Committeeman Gahan invited tha mem-Jra of the National Committee and their friends to make an excursion down tha drainage canal to-morrow, which waa ac- wrpiea. generally ru-rnored that there would be aeveral changes fH. ln.

the aubordlnate committees, the Vi. fTicn ejectment of exSov. AllcelJ from tha v- tee. but Vice Chairman Stone announced tli wuld Poft'vely appoint no untllafter tha re-tarn of Chairman Jonea from abroad. tvi1 decided that the management of eoranUtee which had Invest I-SUk Clnst Mr.

Devlin until hi appSSul wnmittea should AUGELD'S CHICAGO MEETING. rryan, Tarvia, ienta, and Finley Talk for SUtw and Denounce the Praa. ident't Policj and Truita, CHICAGO, July 20. Four thousand people crowded Into the Auditorium to-night despite the sweltering heat to attend the AlrtTlH political meeting. It was from flrat ti Ust illver tneetinc an AltgeM meet ing, -mu -anu-trusl.

and antl-expanslon meeting-. ail of the apeakera, eave ex-Gor. Stone of Missouri, wha waa UU and talked for leaa thaa two minutes, declared In fa- jr of sixteen to one and against the war the Phlllppln lalanda. Mr. liryan waa present and made a speech, but It waa late In the day before he decided that ha would have anything to do r'wlth the meeting.

Aa soon as he reached iu vny mis morning ne was beset by men Ot tjOLh tha IacaI nmiMiia eotina Altgeld faction asking him to he at the mccOc- without fall, and the HarrUon faction aakina ihat ha remain awav from the Auditorium -altogether. Mr. Bryan ws In for a long time woulJ rot centre himself. Me Jd he had accepted tte invitation for the nesting, and there was do apparent reason why he should decline at the laat moment, at the demanl of a political facUon hostile to that which he.) invited hint to the city. eame time be expressed himself aa being anxioua to avoid anything that would create further friction, and as a renieuy proposed that tie Altgeld people turn over the control of the meeting to the itlonaf Committee.

Mr. AltgeM waa per-, iUy willing that this should be done, but ia majority of hta adherents, who are bit-X'r against the Harrison men, refused to are tt anything pf the kind. Aa soon aa the Harrison men heard that there was opposition to the-plan In the Alt- rld camp they openly championed the placing of the tneoliog under the control of the j. 1 1 tiil I rnmmlllM TV. Uih aulee were hot and fierce for several hvura, and there seauned be no chance of a settlement.

The Urge majority of the members of the National Committee declared themselves aa being opposed to hav-lig anything to do with the taeeUng in any 1 h.V IKiI.llliMi SV-ft mi mi hbjbc Jiire the eonsinutee at that moment, born the outraced feelings of the Harrison faction, becauee It bejieved that the National Committees had taken part ln a local matter without good reason, and they were tinoed to keep their kanda out of the present fight. Kinaily -Mt-AUgUl-mt'-word to -Mr. I'r tnthut if he coiurtdcred that his attend-aivee at the meeting- would embarrass him. he- eould feel at perfect liberty to remain away. The meeting could get along -without him.

This message was declared by the Altreld people to be one of simple courtesy to Mr. l.ran, but the Harriaon men declared that waa a message of aarcaaxa. which meant that If Mr. Bryan was afraid to kep Ms word to address the meeting it would be a success without hisjpresence. Late tn the afternoon Mr- liryan made ur his mind to attend the the Harrison people, who were ln gool humor rr the defeat of Ievlln before the fom-mlitee, announcing that he might attend the meeting without incurring uny host.il-ty In the llarrlion caaip.

Th message, however, had nothing to do With the Intention reached by Mr. Bryan regarding the meeting, for he had decided to attend before it reached him. i Mr. Brysn's speech evoked great enthuai. asm.

In the course of his address he said: "In speaking In Chicago. ,1 am embarrassed by the fact that the advocates of the Chicago platform are divided into two earpps. It Is not my business to establish a eecrrt service In order to ascertain what lx-mocrats are most devoted to tha principles set forth In the last party creed, i All Chicago platform Iemocrats look alike to me. and instead of trying to drive any professed believer In that platform out of the Party, my aim la to so impress upon all Democrats the Importance of the triumph of Democratis principles that all local differences' will be lost sight of in the determination to restore the Government to the foundationa laid by the "In the brief time that I shall speak to you, I desire to condense what I have to say upon three subjects Into a few brief propositions. Vlrst President McKlnley, toy sending a commission to Europe to secure international bimetallism, confessed tha gol4 stands ard to be unsatisfactory.

i Second The failure of the commission to secure international bimetallism proves that bimetallism can be restored oply through Independent action. 1 i Third The gold standard la maintained to-day, not because the American people desire it. but because a few English financiers, by controlling the policy of England, control, through the Republican Party, i the financial pulley of the United States. I 'i Fourth If the Increased produatlon of gold in the Klondike and the Importation of gold from Europe have increased i the volume of money and Improved times. It Is evident that more money make better times, and times eould be still further improved, and the Improvement- made -per manent, by the restoration of bimetallism.

netalllsm. 1 as fold td main- which would make silver as reu aval iat lor coinage. Fifth If it waa mora difficult tain the parity between gold and silver when tne supply or sliver waa increasing. It must now be easier to maintain the parity since the supply of gold Is increasing. i On tha trust question I suggest the following propositions for your consideration: First The trust Is a menace to the welfare of the people of the United States, because It creates a monopoly and gives to the few In control of the monopoly almost unlimited power over the lives and hpplneea of consumers, employes, and producers of raw material.

i Second The President appoints tha Attorney General and can if he desires secure an Attorney General who Will enforce the anti-trust laws. I Third The Attorney General can recommend sufficient laws if present laws' are In-aomdent. i -J- Fourth The Attorney General can recommend an amendment to the Constitution If the present Constitution makes I it Impossible to extinguish the trusts. I Fifth The Republican Party Is powerless to extinguish the trusts so long iaa the trusts furnish the money to continue the Republican Party In power. I Sj in the Philippine question certain fundamental principles are Involved.

SFlrst There are but two sources of government force and consent monarchies belna founded upon force, republics upon consent. Second The Declaration of Independence asserts that all Governments; derive their just powers from -the consent ot the governed. i ts 1 "Third If the Declaration of Independence Is sound, we cannot rightfully Acquire title to the Philippine Islands by conquest or by purchase from an alien monarch- to whoae rebellious subjects we ourselves furnished arms. Fourth It the Filipinos are and of right ought to be free, they should be Immediately assured of our Nation's intention to give them independence as aoon aa a atable government can be "Fifth The Filipinos having fallen Into our hands by accident of war should he dealt with according to American principles, and not only be given independence, but protected from outside Interference while they work out their own destiny." i James F. Brown of New York, one of the speakers who followed Mr.

Bryan, said: I am not here to make a speech! but as Chairman of the Chicago platform Deraoc-racy I desire to assure the Democrat of Chicago that the Democratic masses the State of New York are true to the Chicago platform and to William Jennings sBryan. We also desire to warn each other; of the dangers that lie before us between now and the next National Convention, ii "Our exhortation Is to be firm, I to be leanesa. 10 oe orave. to be outspoken, and If you do you will win. Men who tremble on the eve of battle and would kin lay down their arms deserve defeat.

We Democrats of the East sum our Democracy mp in words that have been hanrid Anam father to son for generations Equal right. ii uui aecii rianis 10 pone we want no compromisers, we want no time-servers. A cause that has righteousness nfeds them not. We are stronger without them." 1 Senator Tillman of South Carolina) In the course of his speech Said: I 1 it We will fleht thla battle In 1900. and' In 1004 and In lis and along in the future, simply because we sre now Industrial slaves, living here year In and year out with nothing more than a bare competence, nothing more than a bare living, and we have sworn by the Almighty God thst we will fight along that line until the men of the West are aroused to their Interests and keep the goldbugs of the West and of the Eaatlat their backa.

I ii' I "We cannot afford to gtvei up the Chics ro platform If was right ln 1 it Is right In 1809. It will be right next yoar, and right is right, and right means right in the language of Abraham Lincoln." i Alexander Troup, the National Committeeman from Connecticut, cald: i "Connecticut Democracy; sends to the Democracy of Illinois and the Democracy of the United States, i The Democ-rcy 'f New Haven salutes the Democracy of Chicago, and Chicago should feel proud of the distinction of the new declaration of Independence adopted In tha platform of the National Democratic Party in ltaaVt "I find that the Republican papers in Chicago are apt to magnify a small quarrel Ii' mong our member? in the City Of Chicago, and are imlmn thai tfe meeting of the National Comtnlttea in your euuum iu one eiae or tne otner in Internal differences In the City of Chicago. I ssy to these men thsl I have troubles of my own in my own home, and I have not come l.noo miles to Chicago to look up other people's troubles and attempt to solve them. What I have got to say to you, fellow Democrats, Is that we are engaged In a fight against the common 'enemy, and all classes of Democrats should sink their personal and factional dlfferencea and unite for the great fight of 1900." I Jamea P. Tarvln In his speech Insisted that the Democracy must stand by the Chicago platform.

The mention! of the name or Altgeld by Mr. Tarvln. produced a great demonstration, men standing upon their chairs and cheering wildly. 7 John L. Lents devoted his address to an attack on the Philippine policy of the Administration.

i ii I i Gen. E. B. Finley spoke in similar rein but gave up a good part of his time to aa sttsck on President McKlnley' relations wl'h Hsnna and Kohlsaat and others who he alleged had bought the right to use the President by furnishing the Other addresses were made by Fred Williams and ex-Gor. Altgeld.

George BOOMIXG YAIC WYCK I3f CHICAGO. Ha Is Hot a Candidate, hut to Ready a Hie rarty. 5cioi le Tk Ktw York Timut. CHICAGO. July 20.

American District Telegraph boys distributed several hundred copies of Augustus Van Wyck's an; U-trust speech among the politicians at the Sherman House and other hotels to-day. Harry W. Walk. sr. Secretary of tha Aqueduct Commission of New York 8taie, who bad charge of Van WyckVcampaJgn for Governor, is at the Auditorium Annex.

Regarding the Van Wyck boom he said: "Judge Van Wyck. ts very busy practicing law. He is building up a large practice and has recently wen several important cases. He haa no time to give to politics. Still he haa-always been: ready to serve hla party in any emergency.

The commercial travelers are circulating hia anti-trust speech all over the country and especially tn tha South. i Van wyck is a Southerner and 'he haa thousands of friends In the Bout tt who want him to run for President. He la not a member of Tammany. He lives In Brooklyn and la-the idol of Mr. McLaughlin knd the iij auifi jjemocracy.

AXOTHER BIMETALLIC LEA UK. Deaa aerate at Ckteaiaro Start Haw Ewgta Aaeaetatla. CHICAGO. July 20. A large meeting of representatlTes from the JJw tng land States was held this morning at 9 o'clock la the rooms of the Ways and Meaas Com mittee in the Unity Building for the purpose ot organising the New England Bimetallic League.

An organisation was affected- wtth the following offlcerst Oeora wi Greens of Woonsot ktt, President; Homer 8. of Stamford, Secretary, and William J. IL Bohanaon of Stamford, Conn, Treasurer. The President was empowered tc appoint an Executive Committee com pcx ed of representatives from each of the Nea England States. Arrangeti enU were made to hold a mass meeting at some convenient place (n New England, ajt which the following; speakers bays conse ited to make addresses: Willi Am J.

Bryan. George; Fred Williams, i dge Tarvln of Kentucky, ex-Sen. ator Black urn of Kentucky. Senator Tillman of South Carolina. Congressman John J.

Lenta ol Oho. ex-Gor. William J. Stone of Mlssour Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia, en.

A. J. Warner of Ohio, ex-Congressmi Charles A. Towns of I' Mm-nrsota. W.

H. "Coin" Harvey. ex-Senator Allen of Nebraska, and Senator Henry M. Teller of Cblorado. A commute, on transportation, consisting of Alexander Troup of New Haven.

True iB. Nfrrii of Portsmouth. N. and W. S.

McNary. of. Boston. was also appointed. I Among tqose present at the meeting were George Fred Williams of Massachusetts, Alexander Troup of-New Haven, True Korrla of Portsmouth.

N. Charles DJ Lewis of Sooth Framlngham. Homer 8. Cummin aa of Stamford. Judge Joseph Sheldon of New Ha ven, ueorgK w.

ureene or Woonsocket, R. and William J. Bohannon of Stamford. Conn. The meet ng adjourned, subject to the call r.

The first meetinar thm IT-. of the Chair. ecutlve Committee will probably be held at Worcester. Masa A KIE TEAB TN KANSAS. 1 A Cltlsen ays That Means Goad Craps aad Prosperity.

SffAal Tkt Arm Yfrk Timet. I CHICAGO, July 2a William Allen White, editor of The. Emporia (Kan.) Gazette, was ln town to-Uay and said: "Tbis is afnlne year ln Ki nsas, snd by tradition and pre- cedent It sjhould be a year of wonderful crops. In 1889 the bis; corn crop and the. low price for It had much to do with the 'over- turning in am of the 82.000 Republican ma- Jority chat 1883, and the defeat of Ingalls was due mors to felicitous atmospheric con- ditlons.

tha sees in the one. would like (0 admit, who all of Ingalls the rebuke of pes- simhnn ln riolitlca 1 "The corn crop of 1809. which seems to be looming ln threatening proportion upon may make much history and the horizon! settle or Still, th nbettle principalities and powers. there re is no serious reason why one agloomy view of the situation Should tak4 it Kansas. They have now Invest! me people are prosperous, paid all their debts, and are lg their money.

The prevalent est in Kansas for farm loans is rate of Intel 6tt and 6 cent. 2 per cent, lower than it McKlnley was elected, -s Tha was before) banks are mill of money the money of the farmer, the) mecnanic, me mercnant, the man. professional Kansas Is the home of the monev nower The great Sed dragon of plutocracy which ad to fisrht Is now transformed Kansaa useld into an which we oiled and curled Assyrian pamper to his heart's desire. Kansss Mikes McKlnley and believes (earnest and honeat and trust. that he Is worthy.

Kinsas has had outward and tile signs to justify her inward and spiritual faith, and give It up. is naraiy iiaeiy tnat sue will SOLDIER SHOT AS A SPY. 5 Gravnt Cilkm'i Mysterlons Abiesee at Last Aeeosated For. SpeAal to Th Ntw York' Timet. 8TOCKTC July 20.

AU efforts to discover th whereabouta of Grant. Cullom of this city, who was win the Tenth Pennsylvania at Manila, have been unavailing, and word iaa Just reached here from a comrade th it Cullom was shot- as a spy in sight of American outposts near Calo-can. He was se it by Gen. Otis with a message. It Is said that a rainstorm destroyed his disguise, an I he was captured by the rebels and put to desth.

He Is member of Charity Lo ge of the Odd Fellows of this city, and It Is through the efforts of tha lodge to fl id htm that his fate became known. Ca Bierce of Cullom's writes stating mat uuuom nas per- unu nroDrir-on me lsiuniis. NEWSBOYS GO OK STRIKE. They EtcbIi the Old Price of Kewapaners Restored All abou de newsboys' strike! was the cry that -eeted pedestrians along Park Row yester ay as the small vendors pushed toward thei it bunches of afternoon sheets. We sell all eept World Journal," they shoute 1.

ij The strik i of the newsboys was due ta the fact that The Evening World and Evening Journa would not reduce their -price from 60 to I 0 cents per hundred. The price was raised to 60 cents at the outbreak of the war wh papers were in greet demand, and the newsboya thought it time It waa lowered. ord waa circulated Wednesday night that here waa to be a general strike the'next irning, and before noon the fun had begun in earnest. Cries of Scab! scab!" fol owed the few wto dared to handle the forbidden papers, and before long few ol them were to be found on the streets. Si vera! affrays of minor importance resul ed from the affair.

In the Wi 11 Street district the strike was voted a nu sance by many because of the noisy demc itst rations for which the most Important mslness points were selected. During the morning many boys attempted to sell Ev nlng Worlda and Journals ail over the financial quarter, and a dozen scrimmages) at one moment were features of Wall, Broad, and lower Nassau Streets. The striken won ln every Instance, and many of th papera at which the strike waa aimed were torn up and littered the pavements. The pollci appeared to have been called ey to tr lley strike duty, aa there waa little lnterf. rence with the boys except at the places shere the wagons made deliveries.

Her tha crowds of striking I boys wera scatte ed. They claimed that only a few papers were gold. It was, however, possible to obtain copies of the boycotted newspapers in many places, but the vendors of them tre as a rule stalwart youths able to cope with any mob of small boys. At. the Ci stom House the boys were encouraged further endeavor to secure financial cognition of the cause by a looker-on tl rowing among them a handful of small ch inge to be scrambled for.

The seal of the roungsters to secure the money was so riot us that pennies, nickels, dimes, and even ojuarters were showered on the demonstrators from sidewalks and windows. In this way the strikers pocketed a gain far a average daily earnings. H. H. Kurhn, a striking newsboy, fifteen years old.

Was arrested last night for tearing up somn newspapers belonging to another boy a Thirty-fourth Street and Sixth Avenue. A tha Wast Thirtieth Street Station House he refused to give his address. Before the Gerry Society agent arrived a number of I he prisoner's comrades went to the station house with large quantities of fruit and caindy for When Kuehn waa wry aocieiy neaaquartero a Urge numbe of the boys followed him. When theffersey City newsboys were tff'r brethren this city had atrurk thev the foot ofl nem meeting at tne terry, at not to sell cuaun riace, anq aeclded wournaia ana worlda Tha wholeaaia iUiUm trimA a a to abandon I their resolution, but the boys waaicu jour nals and Srlds could find them at some of the news a tan da. but no boy had them for Pr vtagj the Bible Trwe, 1 Tom The London MalL Lecturing at the British Muaeum on Saturday to ti members of the Hempstead Antiquarian Society, tha Rev.

Dr. Kinna said that lera were 100,000 Assyrian Inscriptions 1: i the museum, 20.0UO ot which had been ciphered, and the work of deciphering tl others was constantly i going on. So far the had got confirmatory evidence of the Bible story of the Deluge, of the history of Sennacherib, and ot the narrative of Daniel. The Egyptian inscriptions had confirmed ie story of Joseph aad of tha Exanlua. In moving a vote of thanks to the lecturer, the Archbishop of Jamaica said that every fresh! discovery, tended to establish the substantial truth of the Bible narratives, and It was most satisfactory to find the Bible sol truthful on things about which II did not pfrofoaa to be aa authority.

FuU-eae fcrtrait of ex-Cbngreasmaa Joffn K. Cewcn, Pi-Mitiant Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. aixtidUSvi tmau mmxnu STRIKERS BETORHTO WORK Movement. Asainjt the Metropoli- tan Lines Collapses. All CARS BUfj ON SCHEDULE SUtemento of the Labor Leaders Deny Themselres -4 Mr.

Ope Away Few Minor Disturbances. i-f-. The strike among the employes ot the MeiropoUUn Street! Railway Company showed every sign yesterday of a most complete collapse. a few trifling exceptions, there wee no delays to trafSi, and no disturbances of any consequence took place. At the offices; and far barns of the company it was announced that the regular day: and night schedules on all lines were being followed.

and jthat inatead of men quitting work, a number of those who deserted their employment on Wednesday had applied, for reinstatement. President Vree-land was so confident that no further trouble would ensue that he went to hia Summer home In Bre waters, N. early In the afternoon. General Master Workman Parsons and other leaders the 'strike reiterated their previous declaration that the men were deserting the compaay, but most of these statements weref so extravagant as. to deny themselves.

in the evening Mr. Parson sent out a call for a mass meeting of laboring men to be held In the Grand Central Palace to-night for the purpose of devising plans ta aid Ithe strikers In their fight. Another pnove tnade by the men (wai the application jto Stkte Factory Inspector Williams for an Investigation by him of the company's alleged violation of the. ten-hour A1J day and all night the police maintained a vigilant watch over the car bama, and; kept up a jconstknt patrol ot the section! in which trouble occurred on the previous day. A number of arrests were the pffenders being mostly boys who were in search of adventure.

Deputy Chief Cort-righi at an early hour this morning said that the city was normally quiet. LITTLE TROUBLE AT NIGHT. The disturbances which the police expected ifter nightfall Were neither numerous nor fof great vlolenc, and, except for the extra force patrolling the streets and the guards on the cars on Second and Eighth Avenues, It would have been almost impossible, for a stranger have noticed that an unusual condltlpn ex sted. Second Avenue, which was the 'scene of much disorder on Wednesday night, Waa particularly quiet, but occasionally a Sympathiser with the strikers would manifest his or her feelings by burling insulting jremarks at the crecrs on the cars or throwing stones. Only one.

Incident partook in the slightest degree of the semblance of a riot, and the principal actor in it was locked up on the charge of i committing a felony. The trouble occurred early ln the evening, while the street was thronged, and for a while it created considerable excitement. Charles Heckler haa some large placards, on one side of which was printed. ''Kill the scabs!" and on! the other side, "Damn the cops" He tied a wire from one elevated railroad pillar to another at Thirty-fourth Street, and hung his placard on high so every passing i mitofman and conductor could read what the mob would like to do to him. The first placard was a success, and Jleckler's popularity for the time being weo grat that hei concluded to make's second He; had written the' words "Kill the and was about to repeat it.

or something equally inflammatory, on the obverse side, when Roundsman Tyler of the East Thirty-fifth Street Police Station grabbed him. A crowd; of 200 persons thronged about the policeman in a minute, and there were-, angry mutterlngs. as if tne mob Intended to rescue- young Heckler, hut a dozen policemen soon went to Tyler's aid. and the crowd was dispersed. Heckler was dragged off to the station.

He was searched there, snd a loaded revolver and a box -of cartridges werei found on him. The Gerry society refused It take' the prisoner, on the ground that bet mo than fifteen years old. A POLICEMAN AVENGED. At Second Avenue and Forty-eighth Street some mischief maker hung an old policeman's helmet on an electric light Under It was pinned the legend: This Is the helmet worn by Policeman Conoysn of the East jFifty-first Street Police Station, who was struck by a stone on the night of Jujy 20, 1800, in a riot near by. To hell with the police! A policeman tore down vthe offending placard and used hia stick to avenge Cohovan, who was nursing bruised head at home.

When trolley-' car No. S19 of the Madleon Avenue line reached) One Hundred and Fifth Street omits north-bound trip at 10:30 o'clock it wan boarded by a muscular striker, who bounded to the front platform and attempted to force the motorman from the platform. 'Tre latter waa a heavily-built man, and' for a few moments a tierce struggle ensued between the two. The motorman had (been almost pulled from the oar when his Veils for assistance brought policemen to the scene. The striker men reieaea -11 in iiwu, nuu rtui sway.

There was great excitement among the paa-sengers on thei car during the struggle. At One Hundred and Sixth Street a large crowd of strikers -and their sympathisers had congregated, nnl had stopped the car preceding No. hid and taken from the motorman the coritrallerior lever by which the electric motor mechanism Is operated. The motorman of car No. 8) gavu his controller to the tmotorrtian of the preceding car, which went on its way.

The car following No: We came; up and shunted the disabled car on its JoUrnjy. At 1 o'clock! this morning a number of strikers boarded thei cara going up and down: town at EXghty-slxth Street and tried to Induce the motoimen and conductors to quit work. One of the company's inspectors reported the matter to the police, who made a raid and arrested six of the strikers. A meeting of the Madison Avenue strikers waa held at Park Avenue and E'ghty-seventh Street! but lti was poorly attended. Patrick Devlin, the leader of the strike on the division, tried toi get up some enthusiasm; by promising that the entire force on Madison Avenue would quit wrk to-day, but he failed dlamallyj ATTEMPT TO WRECK A CAR.

A crowd of striking motormen of the Eighth Avenu Line late In the afternoon attempted to Sreck a car at One Hundred and Thirtieth and Eighth Avenue, after Idrivlng the motorman rem the The strikers smashed the switch box above the; platform with the controller handle, and a man with a crowbar battered tha controller to pieces. An Immense crowd gathered, and Roundsman Schuesalef, who was on his way to his post, Iran to ithe motorman's assistance. Other policeman arrived at about the same time.1 They broke through the crowd and attacked the strikers; Schuessler catching two ot them. The men fought with Schuessler, and one got away; but the Roundsman turned. hla prisoner over to another officer and chased the escaping man tyi he caught him.

i I I About 8 o'clock north-bound Eighth Avenue car was brought to a sudden stop near -Abingdon Square by a piece of iron Jammed ln the slot. (The shock was sufficient to throw several of the passengers from fthelr seats, but none was seriously hurt. I The obstruction was so firmly lodged that the repair wagon had to be called to clear ithe line. The cara were delayed for fifteen mlnutei. In View of fact that many of the strikers who were arrested on Wednesday were Sightly fined or discharged In the police courts in the morning.

Chief of Police Devery issued the following order to precinct fommanders last night; Paragraph 6, 'Bectloa 633, of the Penal Code makes it a falony for iany persoa to willfully dlsptaee, remov cut. Injurs, or OMroy any wlra. Insulator, dynamo. c. appertaining to or eonneatad with aay railroad operated by or to willfully Interrupt any motive power vd is running such roads, or to willfully place any obstruction on th, tracks of such roada.

So Instruct the members of your command. KO DELATS IS pHE MORNING. Arosnd the 'car barns and power houses of the: company early i In the morning there was Ivery evidence that the oft-repeated assertions of the strike leaders that a tie-up would take; place were absolutely with- at sounttatlon, Without exception tha crews who were ta take' out the first cars appeared on time, and there waa no delay or confusion In starting In the day's work. In some cases small erowds gathered about the starting points, and in a few instances there were disturbances, but these were quickly quelled by tha police. In view of the occurreneeis of Wednesday the police gave most ot their attention to the Second Avenue line.

Long before the first car was started from the barn at Ninety-sixth Street the police detail was Instructed to clear the neighborhood of all loiterers, and by the time the first motor man turned his lever not a person other than loyal employes and policemen was) within a stone's throw of the barn. On corners some squares away the strikers had posted pickets to intercept men on their way to work, but no recruits were obtained, and within a few hour the field was left clear. I Cars were run out rapidly, two policemen on each, and they were kept going on the avenue all day, rarely more than three blocks apart, on either the up or. down tracks. Policemen' were distributed along the avenue on every block from Tenth Street to pne Hundred and Twenty-eighth, and they kept the people moving.

When a roan iqoked respectable he waa told to move on, and if ho refused to heed the end of a baton was inserted at the small of his back ln the dextrous way the police know, and he was pushed. If he looked like a hoodlum or was aggressive a hard push with the officer's left hand and a drawing back of the baton with tha right was his portion, with sometimes a whack across the shoulder blades by way of emphasis. CHILDREN ARE ACTIVE, i The hostile demonstrations agalnat the men on the cars were reduced to petty annoyances, such as shouts of Scabl from the sidewalks and occasional pelting with pebbles or showers of sand from boys. The girls amused themselves by standing- In the middle of the track with folded arms, looking full in the face of the oncoming spitting the word "acab!" at him. and jumping out of- the way Just aa hia nerve failed and he began to Jam his brake down to prevent i At Thirty-eighth Street, one slip of a girl, about ten yea ra old.

stopped a dozen cans with one brick. She would wait until the poltceman'a back was turned and no car wss near, and would then stroll innocently across the street with the brick under her apron, stoop with a quick bend of her knee over the track, leave tha brick Just where it would do most harm, and go on her Innocent and unhurried way. The next car on that side would stop, while the conductor got down and tossed aside the Drick, which she would quickly recover and use again. People lined up along tha sidewalk to watch and cheer the performance, and it was stopped only when 'a policeman planted himaelf and remained there. The most serious assault of the day was a rock thrown from the second or third window of a tenement at Seventy-ninth Street.

It struck the front of a downtown car with much force and broke, one ec; striking the policeman who was on the platform, and the other a reporter Bitting near. The car was stopped and the officer wfctit through the building, but could find uuuuuy wnj locaea guilty. A LITTLE "BOMB" SCARE. There was. some excitement th- st 2:30 ln the afternoon when Roundsman Schryber of the Madison Street Station appeared walking tiptoe and avoiding contact with hla fellow men wlthj elaborate and unusual coutesy.

He carried in hia hands a round, black, direful looking steel object the size of a cocoanut with protruding tentacles like fusei. He had found It at Sevi Street on a car track and submitted It to Inspector Cross aa a bomb. He had unfastened two wires which attached it to the rail. Inspector Cross looked at the Implement, but showed little curiosity. He detailed three policemen to go with Schryber and the "bomb" to headquarters.

The men de- EarteU perspiring and unhappy, and hurt feelings by evident reluctance to associate with him. A report received from Headquarters later said the thing was a brake weight, belonging to an electric car, and the supposed fuses were merely bits of insulated wire. Soon after the interest in tha "bomb" had subsided a thick-set, middle-aged German, writh bristling beard, and an aggressive case of Intoxication, placed himself on the sidewalk in front of the barn and began to blink solemnly at the building. Peopia passing begui ti gather around him. Inspector Cross ordered him to go away and he took no notice.

The Inspector motioned to- a policeman, who walked up to the man snd said sharply: Move on, now!" I will not," answered the German stolidly. "Move now! said he policeman, with a tone of warning. i My frlendt." said the German In an ar! gurnentative way, 1st dere In der gonsti-i tldutlon aufder Unlded Stades any causa Vy 8llol.Il Ja a I he began to trot reluctantly like an overloaded horse going down hllL The po-i liceman had given him a push which sent blm half i dozen steps toward the middle; of the street. He turned as If to renew his remarks and another policeman gave him another shove and added a stroke with a night stick. A third policeman repeated the operation and In this way the bewll-i aered philosopher made progress across the' dwuic uiaiance up jNineiy-nrtn Street, where he disappeared: ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN.

Daniel O'Keefe, a waiter In Lewis's restaurant, opposite the barn, had viewed these proceedings with strong disapproval, i Old lolke Bay a dlrthy slob av a p' Iceman do me so, Ol wud." he remarked In a general wav. Policeman Carney of the Fifty-first Precinct, of Brooklyn, who was passing. OT II not." said O'Keefe. Carney prodded him with his club. CKeefa walked back to a table, picked up a heavy china plate, and let fly.

It struck the policeman on the head, cutting a bad gash. In a moment half a dozen other policemen were crowding- Into the little place, and before K-eefe could get his breath he had- been clubbed and hustled across the street to a patrol wagon and thrown ln. He continued to.flht Inspector Cross said: i Jfvhe trouble on the way. let hint have ll." Then O'Keefe subsided. At 8 clock Superintendent Delaney began to run cars Into the barn, saying he had more out than the traffic warranted.

It ht he had 144 cars on the tracks thtS t.lme- Tbe3r wer running bout three blocks apart on each track. At the same a dosen men. two or three in uniform, sat smoking and talking at the strike headquarters. Ninety-first Street and First Avenue. One of them said the company Bhould have out 275 cars, and did not have one-fifth of them.

The strike is going well," he said. Thirty-seven Second Avenue crews Joined us to-day, and even some of their new men have come with us Last evening the police force on the avenue waa lncreaaed. From Fifty-third Street to Ninety-fifth, and from Ninety-sixth to One Hundred and Twenty-eighth, there were four men to each block. There were strong reserve forces at One Hundred and Sixteenth Street and the car barna A heavy detail of mounted officers waa distributed along the avenue ten blocks each side of the barn, and two patrol wagons were kept at the barn, the horses hitched and men to nil them readyto Jump ln at a second's notice. Below Fifty-third Street there were two men to the block, except st Twenty-third Street and Tenth Street, where there were extra forces, QUIET ON THE WEST SIDE.

On tha Eighth Avenue line' cars began running on schedule time at the usual hour, and this condition prevailed throughout the day. though James Lyon, a member of the Strike Committee. Solemnly declared that 120 of the 145 "regular" men of the line had quit work. This statement was disproved at the car barn by the Superintendent, and by the large number of trippers who were awaiting their turns to tako out cars. One of the strikers oa this line.

Patrick McNally by name, applied for. work at the barn early In the morning. His contrition waa apparently benuine, and he waa reinstated and assigned to a car Inspector Grant, who was in charge of the car barn of the Sixth Avenue Una at Sixth Avenue and Fiftieth Street, found i-othing for his men to do all, day. No disturbances occurred, and the cars ran at the usual in-tervels. John Flynn.

the strike leader for the Use. declared that 1.200 out of the 1 400 men employed on the route were out. "No such, number of men have ever been at work. The few men who had quit, it was aaid, had not affected the schedule to any extent. a JhitSTr 1 of a strik on the IMadison Avenue division at any time during ths day.

All the cars ran. anj there were enough men on hand at laU times to take out a dosen extra ears if they had been needed. One case of attempted Intimidation was reported during the day. but tha motorman against whom the threats were made was loysl to th cor, and the effort of the pickets were frustrated. The cases ot strikers and their sympathisers, who had run afoul of the police on Wednesday occupied a part of: the time of the various, police courts during the day.

Moat these eases were heard in the Tork-vili Court, in which Magistrate i Zeller. who was recently appointed, is sitting. The majority of the disturbers and stone-throwers were either discharged or lightly fined by him. Magistrate Hogan. another I recent appointee, however, waa mora saver, aa a former employe of the railway company, when be waa arraigned for spiking th slot at Madison Avenue and On Hundred and Fourth Street, was held tn ball for trial.

Magistrate Cornell, in the Centre Street Court, was also severe. Twn men eharred with obstructing the tracks and assaulting' policemen were held for trial la Uuuubait GOES AWAT. Widely divergent views of the situation war expressed by 'the afllcials of th company and General Master Workman Par-sona President Vreeland did not appear at his office, ln the Cable Building, at th customary hour In the morning, and later in the day it was announced by his secretary that he had gone to his Summer home, at Brrwsters. N. on the 1 o'clock train.

The other officials of the company were extremely reticent about th labor disturbances on their system, but they reiterated Mr. Vreeland's declaration that there haa been no strike, and tidd-jd that the cara on ail line were running on schedule time, and that th desertion of several of their employes had not affected th receipts of the company. Mr. Parsons devoted most of his time to making statement. Every hour that he was In his office at 110 East One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street.

Mr. Parsons issued a bulletin announcing that more and more conductors and motormen hsd quit work. Late in the afternoon he announced that not 10 per cent, ot the Second Avenue cars were running, and that only SO per cent, of the cars on the Madison Avenue dlivslon were in use. In addition his arithmetical demonstrations of the success of the strike Mr. Parsons utilised a part of his time tn denouncing Mayor Van Wyok.

William C. Whitney, an Hugh J. Grant. I consider Mayor Van Wyck alone responsible for the continuance of the strike in the two boroughs," he said, for If he dared to displease William C. Whitney, owner of the Metropolitan line, and Hugh J.

Grant, owner of the Brooklyn line, he could settle the strike, and th consequent disorders in an hour. I The men directly affected by the strike Vf surface railroad employes of both lines, together with thousands of their friends among th wage workers -who have given their support for years to Tammany Hall and the Brooklyn Democracy. -What a spectacle now for them to find In their present trouble not one man with any standing In public life In either borough daring to risk his chance of displeasing either Mr. Whitney or Mr. Grant by standing with the men." APPEAL TO STATE AUTHORITIES- -The strikers yesterday begin steps to Invoke the intervention of the State authorities and secure through them the enforcement of the ten-hour law by the company.

Michael Kelly, Secretary of District Assembly No. 49 of the Knights of Labor, addressed the following letter to State Factory Inspector John Williams at his office in this cltyr I hereby make complaint that the law knowa aa the ten-hour law for the enforcement pf a tan-hour limit for day's work on street railroads in cities of th, first class Is being violatad on the Matropotltan system In this city. I am preparad to provide you with specific evidence to bear out this complaint If you find that the matter comes under the Jurisdiction of the Factory Department of this State. Please let me know at onoe whether yoar department will Inquire Into thla violation of law se that I will be in the position to place the evidence before you. Mr.

Williams Is In Albany at present, and his assistants, P. J. O'Brien and H. H. Reynolda, considered the letter, to which the following response was sent: In reply to vour letter Just received late this afternoon tn regard to the enforcement of ten-hour law on street railroads in cities of th, first Ciass.

which you state la being violated en the Metropolitan system la this city, I would raquaat that- In order to expadlt, matters aa much aa possible, you writ, us by return mall stating fully all th, information that you may poaser In rea-ard to th, violation complained of; also stating upon what particular lines or divisions ot the Metropolitan system you hav, discovered such violation. Inclosed yon will find a marked copy of th factory law. and will notlo in reading Section that enforcement of th, hours of labor on atreat surface and elevated railroads comes under tha jurisdiction of this department. Section 5 of the labor law reads: HOURS OF LABOR ON STREET SURFACE AND ELEVATED RAILROADd. Ten consecj! tlve hours' labor, including one-half hour for dinner, shall constitute a day, labor in th, operation of ail street, surface, and alevated railroads, of whatever motiv, power, owned or operated by corporations in this State, whose main line of travel or whose routes ii, principally within the corporal, limits ot cities of mora than 100.000 In-N ePloye of any such corporation shall be permitted or allowed to work mora than ten consecutive hours, including one-balf hour for dinner, in any on, day of twenty-four hours.

In ess, of accident or unavoidable delay extra labor may be perform toi extra compansaUon. Staten Isla'asl Mrs Will Sot Strike. Walking delegates from the Lo rough of Manhattan visited Staten Island yesterday and made effort to have the motor-men on the trolley lines In Richmond Borough quit work out of sympathy with th Metropolitan strikers. As the trolley men on Staten Island do not belong to any labor organization, and as they say they have nothing to gain by going out. they refused to listen to th representatives from Manhattan.

LABOR CHARGES INVESTIGATED Factory Inspector to Hake a Beport on Alleged Violations of-Law by City Contractors. A thorough Investigation Into the charges of violations of the labor law by firms which secured the city contracts for work on the Kings County Hospital, the new East River Bridge anchorages, and the new City- Prison, has Just been concluded by Deputy Factory Inspectors Charles B. Ash and James Oernon, under the supervision of Stat Factory Inspector John Williams. Mr. William returned to his headquarters ln Albany on Wednesday, and is preparing his report, which will embody the reports of the Deputy Inspectors.

Copies will be filed with the city authorities, and steps to enforce the law. It is understood, will be begun immediately. The power of enforcing it was Invested in the State Factory Inspector's department in May last, when the eight-hour law was added to the amended labor law. In consequence of this, the number of Deputy Inspectors is to be increased by fourteen, but the additlona. deputies hav not yet been appointed, although some have passed the requisite civil service examination.

Tha contemplated action will be taken under Sections 8, 13, and 14 of Article of the labor law. Section provides: Eight hours shall constitute a legal aaya work for all claaaaa of employes ln thla Stat, except those nsasd In farm and domestic aervics. Each contract to which th. State or a municipal corporation la a party, which may Involve the of laborers, workmen, or mechanics? shall contain a stipulation that no laborer workman, or machanle ln th, employ of th, contract-or. snb-contraetor.

or other parson doing or contracting to do th, whole or a part of th, work contemplated by the contract. ahaJl be permitted or required to work mora than eight hours In on, calendar day except In eases of extraordlnarr emergency, caused by Are. flood, or dancer to llf, or property. The wages to paid for a legal day-a work as hereinbefore denned to ail claaaaa of such laborer, workmen, or mechanics apoa all such public, work or npon anynatirial or.tn connection therewith, shall notbe leas than the prevailing rate for a days work ta th, same trad, or occupation in ths lo- Sl" wb" eu'h public work on, about or In connection with which such Pir'ormed In Ita final or completed form is to be situated, erected, or used. Section 13 provides that In the construction of public works by th Stat or a municipality, or by persons contracting- with ltlsn" ot the United States shall be employed, and preference shall given to citTxens of this State, lection 14 stipulates that all stone used in State and municipal works, except paving blocks and crushed stone, shall be worked, dreised and called within this State.

IneVoTotth law nullifies th contract and debara th eon. wJrkdon0 rcelTn- compensation tor conditions THEIB, OPHsTOS' OF THIS ETBIXE. t-l Refers CI a Mesabers Reaert at th Meat's Grievance. Th committee of the Social Reform Club appointed to Investigate the cause of complaint on th part of the employe of the Metropolitan Street "Railway Company yesterday made a report The commute Is composed of James K. Paulding.

Franklin Brash. Charles B. Spahr. K. Ordway and Ernest H- Crosby.

The report Is In part as follows: The mala eaaae of th trouble appears ta it, i-ths ellessd Mte-otassrrance by theTcoSnsnv til ror street railway employes la cities of ioh and over. Statrmenu of Individual aLjtormen recently Interviewed by the comtnltteea th, effe-t that this Us Is haMtaaUs th, company. Th, saea asyThVt v. -d thi? ttrJLT! rt fc-tweea each trip tiS5 either fail ts aooftaulia their work la the tun onto can vt an uis TcIcpIiono'Scrvico they need In Manhattan "O.q yoar All Station have Standard Equipment, the rate varying only with the use of the service. 32,000 stations Jrw YORK TELEPHOirw COMrAW ISOerUaaat Bw.sazB'eas.U Day Suit W.sjt contemplated by the law or else are eoauMil! -to endanger public safety by th, speed at elur? naSBS SSas I ha eam.

a-ea la addition, th, men eomplala thaL th, method or payment by th, trip. vry often unabV to ears a full atC? The nominal rat, of payment ta S2 -Jl JI but It la only under the most favorable eondiuTi that thla amount can be earned he eTLI tain In th, face of heavy traffic or tvirr jl! mlJ ywtlr blathal B-reet easlre te work eaaaoi ruTlol'wase? WUal ,,1 commltt-, motormen, each man at our request stated what hla earning, had been for several werka. end In per week, or 1125 par day. Th, trip Vs. to seductlora tending to reduce materially their earnings, ft, men are at paid when th, cara are iist til part of a run "dark or vlttow' wnn Bw ruaniaa fall, switched Into shorter runs.

For the abort trip a smaller amount Is paid. Th employes also complain that they are held damas, eon, to' thecals whll. In their possession, and thst th, compear evidencs tendia, lo ahow that the Injury waa unavoidable en the part of the employe, or without fault of th, employe. Another grievance of th, dissatisfied employe, 11,, in th, reception, or more property aua-re- CSDtlon. Of thalr HimtnlMM I tA 1.

tk. of their complaint before th. President of th, ooia. paay. Although fort toed by a petition contain-Ina th, names of 750 of his employes who wcr, willing to run the risk of discharge by asserting their grievance, over their own signatures.

Mr Vreeland declined to rsrelv them as represent. ln anybody except themselves, and tbia despu, the fact that he had Just received a commute, of their fellows who cam, avowedly to represent ether employes who had a document ex-pressing; complete aatisf action with th terms of their employment. This document was signed by" J. 700 names, some of which are aaid to hav, appeared aa well apoa the other petition. It Is well understood with what ease slcnaturea to such a petition, -under- stood to he desired by the company, can be col-lected.

and the President's discrimination between th, two seta of petitioners does not seem to ua to havo tx-en of a nature to Impresa ths man with his impartiality In dealing with hia mploys. Th, above charges contained what seemed to us of most serious consequence In th, statements gathered from the man, and therefore to ouastu tut, th, principal eausea of ths present strike. resret (hat lack of Urn, haa prevented ut from obtalnlna lndenendent verl Scat inn nt tKa charges and we deeply regret that our efforts to obtain from th, officers of th, company some statement In reference to them haa not bA attended with euccsea. Th, charge aa they stand eon si der sf sufficient Importance ta merit Investigation by the Stat, Board of Arbitration, or sum, other bode of equal competence, and In the absence oa such investigation would invite th, public at least to suspend Ita Judgment aa to the rsaponslbllltv for th, strike. Qns thlna we can act but rexard as dieajipolntlnc, namely, that th.

Metropolitan Street Railway Ctompany In dealing with this first serious disturbance among Its employes, should hav, failed to avail Itself of those methods of settling labor dispute, which are being more -and more adopted by fair-minded man. SYMPATHIZES WITH STBJKEBS. To the Editor of This Xt York Timet: I am the proprietor of two. stores en Grand Street, and have held consultations with the other proprietor on the street, including all branches of regarding the loss of trade since the strike began on the Metropolitan Railway. think the Mayor of the City of JJew York should have this strike settled by arbitration and see that the poor men who have worked hard secure their places and are riot ousted by men from other States and citlea Aa far as we see.

the motormen aad conductors are asking for their rights, and don see why they should not be paid what- -t: eS.a,2 "that a law, has ben passed In this State that no-man-shall be mad to work more than "ten hours per day. As the street car companies ar, not obeying the law, why don't the head officials of this State and city see mat the law is obeyed. It they would do this, we think the strike would com to speedy- settlement. Th people, In Brooklyn and Manhattan do not go shopping, as they are afraid the might be molested while on the cara are losing considerable money on account of the affair. We wculd be pleased by th loss of ths iimn If th.

i. UIVU WUV striking were winning, ss they are striking for a decent salary and proper wot king hours, and we think their 'demands should be granted. The pollc of the City of New York ar not taking car of the merchants and business men's Interests, but' are pro tectlng the company's cars. vt 1 KRAUSHAAR. New York, July jrO, 18U0.

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