Agreements for Trades Civic Federation closes after Hanna summary
Senator Hanna sums the three day Civic Federation session as leaders from manufacturing labor and economics clash over contracts and eight hour days. Gompers defends labor rights while discussion covers arbitration and the need for investigation into industry agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Federation
Hanna
Ralph M. Easley
Ireland
Easley
Frederick Underwood
Erie Railroad
Underwood
Mr. Easley
Marcus M. Marks
Clothing Manufacturing Association
Mr. Marks
Marks
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Mosely
Rainsford
Labor Union
Mr. Gompers
England
Charles Francis Adams
Mr. Mosely
America
Barber
Detroit
Labor
Treland
y C/ Barbour
Diamond Match Company
Frederick Driscoll
Vpproatien
City rail car tax plan may raise revenues for New York
Controller Grout proposed taxing every car owned by rail and surface railroad companies. Corpora tion Counsel Rives notes current method relies on annual averages with April to November usage. under the plan every car operated year round would pay. Existing rates per car and totals for major lines are listed, with anticipated revenue increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grout
New York
Rives
Revenue Bureau
Department of Finance
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Sixth Avenue Railroad
Central Park
North and
East River
East Broadway and Battery Railroad
Eighth Avenue Railroad
Forty-second and
Grand Street Ferry
Bleecker Street and
Fulton Ferry Railroad
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Ninth Avenue Railroad
Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
Coney Island and
Brooklyn Railroad
van Brunt Street and
Erie Basin Railroad
Habl
Oil Strike in Kentucky Sparks Fresh Oil Boom
Special to The New York Times Jamestown Tennessee December 10 Well No 5 in the Bobs Bar Field reached Kentucky over the state line and is hailed as the greatest strike in years industry experts expect it to produce about 1006 barrels daily The find revitalizes the Wayne and Clinton fields with Well No 1 already the oldest producer in the state and the new well on the pipeline ready for immediate sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Jamestown
Tenn
Bobs Bar
Kentucky
Wayne
Clinton
Chicago Bank Stock Jump Tied to Equitable Tie
First National Bank stock rose fourteen points after a new link with the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York. President K B Forgan joined Equitable's Board, with speculation of representation for the insurance firm. New York financiers including Harriman Morgan Stillman Baker Schiff and Blair are said invested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
First National Bank
Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York
K. B. Forgan
The
Equitable
Insurance Society
First National
Bank
New York
E. H. Harriman
Aee Morgan
James Stillman
George F. Baker
Jacob Schiff
James A. Blair
Bribe Attempt to Split Miners Surfaces in Coal Strike Case
Testimony at the Coal Strike Commission details an alleged plan by former mine foreman Michael Grimes to pay two local union presidents to pressure their men to vote for a work resolution. Early and O’Hara reported offers of 2500 dollars to each president and 100 to 200 dollars to each participating miner, with promises of foreman positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Penn
Coal Strike Commission
John Early
Gypsy Grove
Erie Company
Early
Michael Grimes
Lackawanna Valley
O'Hara
Grimes
William Connell
Congress
Nichols
Miners’ Union
Coe
Carrie
P. F. O'Hara
David Wilcox
The
Delaware and Hudson
Co Xe
Markle
Gray
Delaware and Hudson Company
Commission
Mitchell
Pp. F. O'Hara
John
Bishop Potter Urges Labor Organization and Liberty Lessons
Bishop Potter addressed a large Grace Chapel gathering on the coal strike lessons. He praised organized labor’s value yet warned against overreach, stressing personal liberty and justice. He cited England’s wage rights and urged arbitration over personal gain, noting Mitchell’s restraint and calling for cooperative dispute settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Potter
Grace Chapel
East Thirteenth Street
Potter
England
House of Lords
John Mitchell
Book firms seek injunction to halt price fixing network
Isidor and Nathan Straus of Macy & Co sued to block the American Publishers’ and American Booksellers’ associations from enforcing an agreement to curb book prices. They seek to prevent a blacklisting campaign and argue the Donnelly anti trust law forbids price fixing. Col. Olin defends that a 26 percent discount was lawful. Justice Leventritt reserved judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isidor
Nathan Straus
R. H. Macy & Co
Stephen H. Olin
Booksellers’ Association
New York State
Court of Appeals
Col. Olin
Congress
Leveniitt
Northern Central declares 4 percent dividend for 1902
The Northern Central Railway Board met at the Pennsylvania Railroad offices in Philadelphia and declared a semi annual dividend of 4 per cent payable January 15 1903 to stockholders of record December 31. The annual dividend remains 8 per cent. George W Massey is named General Counsel and Francis I Gowen General Solicitor after reorganizing its legal department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Northern Central Railway Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Theennsylvania Railroad
George W. Massey
Francis I. Gowen
New York Central Tunnel Plan Protested by Street Owners
Ashbel P. Fitch for F. and M. Schaefer Brewing and Schaefer Company protests the New York Central Railroad plan for terminal and tunnel improvements. He argues against added city taxation for the railroad and requests no privileges unless the city can force electrification and abolish combustion within three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Estimate
Ashbel P. Fitch
F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company
Schaefer Company
New York Central Railroad Company
Fitch
City of
New York
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Park Avenue
Forty-sixth Street
New_York Central and
Tunnel Franchise May Pass At City Hall Meeting
City Hall discussions over the Pennsylvania tunnel franchise show growing support. Alderman Sullivan backers claim 45 votes for next Tuesday’s final vote with some undecided members leaning in. Cantor and Haffen positions remain uncertain as leaders anticipate a crucial roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy P. Sullivan
McInnes
New York
Board of Aldermen
Meyers
Gaffney
Cantor
Borough of
Manhattan
City Hall
Pennsylvania
Nce
Haffen
Board of
Aldermen
Sullivan
Tammany Hall
Cigar Man’s Bond Forfeited In Indictment
In the United States Circuit Court an indictment was returned against Morgan Marshall for refilling imported cigar boxes and failing to cancel revenue stamps. Marshall, once at Broadway and Chambers Street, did business in cigars. his $2,500 surety by J H Heiman was forfeited and a bench warrant issued. Internal Revenue Agent Thompson led to Marshall’s arrest. seized loft boxes alleged to have held high priced cigars but later filled with inferior goods. The retail shop was sold to Waldorf-Astoria Segar Company last week. the fate of the wholesale business remained unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Morgan Marshall
Marshall
Broadway
Chambers Street
J. H. Heiman
West Fifty-second Street
Internal Revenue
Thompson
Mr. Marshall
Printing firm’s claim for riot damage rejected by city
R. Hoe & Co. had sought 870 for damage to its Grand Street building during July rioting at the Chief Rabbi funeral. The claim passed the Controller’s office but was halted by Auditor William J. Tyon and sent to Grout for adjudication. The Controller ruled against compensation, and the firm plans court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Hoe & Co
Grant
Grand Street
Joseph
William J. T.yon
Grout
Whitestone Hollow Spar and Boat Company Formed
The Whitestone Hollow Spar and Boat Company is incorporated with 200000 capital split equally between preferred and common stock. It will pay 6 percent on preferred stock and starts business with 1000 dollars to build hollow spars yachts launches row boats canoes and dories at Whitestone Queens Borough. Directors for year one are John G. Fraser George B. Bidwell John M. Dolan George Bullock and George S. Clay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitestone Hollow Spar and Boat Company
Whitestone
Queens
John G. Fraser
Broadway
Manhattan
George B. Bidwell
John M. Dolan
Far Hills
N. J
George Bullock
Cincinnati
George S. Clay
Plainfield
Russell Sage's Railroad Crippled in Coal Shortage
In Poughkeepsie New York the Russell Sage Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railroad will cut two trains starting tomorrow due to coal scarcity. Superintendent Hicks warned that further suspension could follow if coal cannot be procured soon. Dealers report very little coal and the poor suffer accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Russell Sage
Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railroad
Hicks
Gay
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Samuel Mather
Pick and Mather Company
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Daniel J. Keefe
International Longshoremen’s Association
M. M. Garland
Amalgamated Steel and Iron Workers’ __ Association
A. Beverly Smith
National Lithographers’ Association
Jenks
Cornell University
John Graham Brooks
Harvard University
Henry White
Garment Workers’ Association
National Civic Federation
Law of Trades’ Unions
Bobs Bar Field
Chicago Bank
Stock Advance
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Coal Roads
Duce Data
Sohmer
Bohmer
Forester New St
Avec
Cor
Ual Liberty
Lemaire
Paris
Saks & Company
34Th Street
Booksellers’ Associations
Northern Central Meeting
NEW York Central
Mr. Cantor
MACYS
6Th Ave
35Th St
West Ninety-first Street
Whitestone Hollow Spar and Boat Concern Incorporated
14Th Street
6Th Avenue
Gebhard
Germany
34Th St. Central
33D Street
London
Welch, Margetson & Co
Haberdasher
Madras
David and
John Anderson
Raye Madras
Haberdashers
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