Labor unions denounce Tammany on eight hour law
At a Central Federated Union meeting labor leaders attack Tammany Hall for backing contractors and blocking eight hour protections. They report on the Eugene Lentilh on city contract case and labor’s plan to aid Controller Coler in appeals while approving the tunnel workers strike agreement and endorsing the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Federated Union
Tammany
Tammany Hall
William J. O’brien
Law and Legislation Committee
Eugene Lentilhon
Bryant Park
Forty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
O’brier
Coler
O’brien
Supreme Court
Molineux
District Attorney’s Office
David B. Hill
Green
The
Rock Drillers and Tool Sharpeners’ Union
Lentilhon
Rapid Transit
John J. Pallas
James P. Archibald
Foley Replies to Divver Over 1894 Inspectors Fines
Patrick Divver’s reply provokes a retort from Thomas Foley as he defends his role in 1894. Foley claims he paid 250 to lawyer Frederick House and about 3000 in expenses for his district and notes the Divver Association funds paid fines, while Divver himself fled to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Divver
Thomas F. Foley
Tammany
Second Assembly
Foley
Driver
Frederick House
Justice Barrett
Alderman Brown
Driver Club
Divver
Divver Association
California
English mariner in trouble for library theft
A young Englishman James Moore, confined in Yorkville Police Court, is charged with attempting to steal two library books from Lenox Library. He lost his sailor job after Hamburg-American absorption, then sought quick cash from book theft, was caught leaving with the volumes, and held on $300 bond for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkville
Lenox
Washington
Goldwin Smith
James Moore
Atlas Line
Alps
Hamburg-American Company
Moore
Great Britain
Mayo
Moodre
Mass Meeting of New York Alliance Israelite Universelle
A New York branch mass meeting will be held at the Educational Alliance auditorium East Broadway and Jefferson Street on Wednesday evening Speakers include Edward Lauterbach the Rev M Radin the Rev H Masliansky and D Blaustein
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
L'Alliance Israelite Universelle
The
Educational Alliance
East Broadway
Jefferson Street
Edward Lauterbach
M. Radin
H. Masliansky
D. Blaustein
Army Prisoners Escape From Castle Williams Deserters Rescued
Two US Army prisoners from Castle Williams on Governors Island escaped between 2 PM and 7 PM, improvised a raft in Buttermilk Channel, and were picked up by a tugboat off Pier 22 Brooklyn. They later claimed to be laborers from Elizabethport New Jersey. Police searched Manhattan and the island for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Castle Williams
Governors Island
Buttermilk
New York
Harry McGuire
John Winship
Nebraska
Manhattan
Reno
Buttermilk Channel
Pier 22
Brooklyn
Elizabethport
N. J
Bey
Pier 3
East River
Silk Weaver Stranded after Hotelless Trip Gone Awry
Charles Davenport of Bridgeport arrives at West Hoboken Police Station almost naked after his companion Charles Harris allegedly steals his satchel with $127 and his clothes while they searched for work. Davenport recalls starting with $243, a satchel, and a near new suit before the night in Homestead. Police secured shelter for Davenport as onlookers witnessed a naked man in police attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Davenport
Seventh Street
Bridgeport
Conn
West Hoboken
North Hudson
Paterson
Homestead
Union Hill
Charles C. Harris
Davenport
Fillmore-Of- West Hoboken
Defenders of the Boers Denounce British Cruelty in Refugee Appeals
Pretoria pastor Rev. Dr H D Von Brockhuizen and his brother Dr H J Von Brockhuizen, banished after Pretoria fell, travel to raise funds for Boer women and children in British camps. He accuses press and officials of mischaracterizing the Boers while detailing conditions in refugee camps and Boer resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. von Brockhuizen
Pretoria
South Africa
Volksraad
Kruger
West Twenty-first Street
H. J. von Brockhuizen
Orange Free State
Maxwell
Ronald P. McKenzie
McKenzie
von Brockhuizen
Lord Roberts
Transvaal
von. Brockhuizen
Free State
Kritzenger
Jamestown
Cape
de Wet
Boy Under Trolley Car Escapes Injury in Amazing Street Run
Four year old John Cafferty of 155 East Fifty-second Street narrowly escaped serious harm after being struck by a Lexington Avenue trolley and rolled under its front trucks. He told Dr Broeser he was not hurt and refused hospital care, then went home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cafferty
East Fifty-second Street
Lexington Avenue
Johnnie
Flower Hospital
Broeser
Sweetheart Saved Spitter At Yorkville Court
Nine men were arraigned in the Yorkville Police Court on public nuisance charges for spitting. B A Hollenberge, a piano tuner, was released after explaining he was due to meet his fiancée and would be late for the Long Island Ferry. The magistrate allowed him to go on his sweetheart's account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo
Yorkville
B.A. Hollenberge
Lexington Avenue
Gilligan
Fifty-ninth Street
Third Avenue
Hollenberge
Long Island
Harlem Court Spars with Police Over Spitting Arrests
Six individuals were arraigned before Magistrate Cornell in Harlem Court. All six were discharged as the magistrate criticized the police for arresting spitters after only one spit. He urged officers to post the law in their hats and warned that citizens deserve warning before arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Harlem
Arson Charge Leads to Jersey City Arrest
John Menzing aged 48 of 489 Tonnele Avenue Jersey City was arrested yesterday on arson charges filed by Samuel Silverstein of 113 Eldridge Street New York. Silverstein owned the adjoining property where a fire destroyed a building at 4 o clock A M. He alleges Menzing threatened to “clean out the place” over a fence dispute. Menzing denies the threat and the arson claim and is held for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Menzing
Tonnele Avenue
Jersey City
Samuel Silverstein
Eldridge Street
New York
Silverstein
Menzing
4 O'Club
A. M
Hay son of Secretary of State visits Holland House
Adelbert Hay United States Consul at Pretoria and son of the secretary of state spent last night at the Holland House. He declined to speak for publication on South Africa matters and said he will not return to Pretoria in an official capacity but hopes to visit again when peace returns. He departed for Boston last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert Hay
United States
Pretoria
Holland House
Times
South Africa
Mr. Hay
Boston
Man Dies After Daughter's Funeral in New Jersey
James Kiernan of Springfield, Massachusetts, aged sixty nine, visiting Mrs. B Rose on Jaques Avenue Rahway, died after accidentally turning on illuminating gas. He had attended the funeral of his daughter Mrs. George Kerr of Vineland and stopped to rest a few days before the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rahway
N. J
James Kiernan
Springfield
Mass
B. Rose
Jaques Avenue
Kiernan
Vineland
George Kerr
New Haven Real Estate Agent Die by Own Action
The body of William H. Moore, a New Haven real estate agent, was found near the Power Canal in Ansonia. A two-ounce bottle with carbolic acid suggested death by his own action. He left a widow and one child. Moore had worked for Farrell Foundry and Machine Co and later run his own business in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Ansonia
Conn
William H. Moore
Moore
Farrell Foundry and Machine Company
Two Women Sue for Divorce in Same Kansas Court
TOPEKA Kan June 9 J D Conlon of Atchison is sued by two women for divorce in the same court Zoe Conlon of St Louis files abandonment of a common law marriage claim Harriet Smith of Atchison other wife joined after learning of the suit She had married Conlon last fall and is with a theatrical company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Atchison
Zoe Conlon
St. Louis
Conlon
Harriet Smith
Man with Axe Defies Police In Harlem Slashing Case
Joseph Waldo of 221 East 107th Street allegedly attacked Frank Cullen at 183 East 109th Street with a razor as Cullen passed a coal and ice cellar. Waldo resisted arrest with a heavy axe, was disarmed after a scuffle, and taken to Harlem Station awaiting arraignment. Cullen received stitches and went home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Waldo
East One Hundred and Seventh Street
Seventh Street
Third Avenue
Frank Cullen
One Hundred and Ninth Street
Cullen
East One Hundred and Fourth Street
Hallahan
Dixon
Harlem
Bizings
Waldo
Harlem Court
Disorderly House Raid Ends With Discharges in Essex Market
In Essex Market Court Charles Gabberman of 103 Broome Street was discharged after Capt. Albertson said evidence did not sustain a disorderly house charge. The raid found a candy store rear room with cards and a pinochle slate. six boys and ten men were present but no gambling proof. Isaac Semachowitsky at 50 Bay Street was also discharged for lack of evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex Market Court
Charles Gabberman
Broome Street
Thompson
Albertson
Olmsted
Capt
Walsh
Bay Street
Isaac Semachowitsky
Policy raid prisoners arraigned in West Side court
Four men arrested in a policy shop raid at 211 East Twenty-eighth Street appeared before Magistrate Meade at the West Side Police Court. They were remanded to Justice Jerome and promised to be brought before him again. Names given: William Francis, John Beeswax, James Henry, and Es Grant. Police Commissioner Murphy declined to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Twenty-eighth Street
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Meade
West Side
Justice Jerome
William Francis
West Twenty-ninth Street
John Beeswax
West Twenty-fourth Street
James Henry
Second Avenue
Es Grant
West Twenty-seventh Treet
Murphy
Boy Falls From Barge and Drowned Near City Moor
A ten year old boy fell from a lumber barge Samuel Brown moored between Third and Fourth Streets last night and drowned. The body was not recovered. Witnesses Jacob Ebert ten and Isidor Gell eleven gave their names to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Brown
Third
Jacob Ebert
Mangin Street
Isidor Gell
Stanton Street
Damaged Street Map Fragments Reported In City Notes
Fragments list damages at multiple streets. Entries reference Henry Zeiten on Columbia and 10 9:30 192 Henry Street, Nath Neraeh at Third Street, Eldridge Street and Satis Klein with $100 damage, Samuel Siecarmicn age 35, and an owner unknown at the foot of Canal Street with 20 P. M. timestamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Streets
Henry Zeiten
Henry Street
Jacob Karmmaainage
Aeker
Nath Neraeh
Third Street
Ree Tooke
Eldridge Street
Satis Klein
Eighty. Strest
Samuel Siecarmicn
Canal
Sion Fe
VIPs Absent from Hotels List on Transatlantic Tour
A roster of notable travelers and officials staying at major hotels includes T. M. Emerson Coast Line general passenger agent Savannah Col Julian S Carr Durham N C Cambridge A de Chateauneuf Paris Holland Sir C Rivers Wilson Lady Rivers Wilson London George Abercrombie London Grand Gen J F Weston Capt E F Wilcox New York Victoria Baroness B Tasitha Transylvania Countess V de Bethlen Budapest Gilsey Senator P Gibson Montana Fifth Avenue L G Fisher Chicago Count and Countess de Navailles Paris Rev Charles H Browne Eastbourne Netherland Commanders Adolphus Andrews Sidney M Henry Manhattan Dr Edward R Crane Paris Gen Rufus Saxton Dr George C Feigel Syracuse Astor Rev Silliman Blagden Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldorf
T. M. Emerson
Coast Line
Savannah
Julian S. Carr
Durham
N. C
Cambridge
A. de Chateauneuf
Paris
Holland
C. Rivers Wilson
Lady Rivers Wilson
London
George Abercrombie
J. F. Weston
United States Army
E. F. Wilcox
Victoria
B. Tasitha
Transylvania
V. de Bethlen
Budapest
Gilsey
P. Gibson
Montana
Fifth Avenue
L. G. Fisher
Chicago
Countess de Navailles
E. M.crowe
Charles H. Browne
Eastbourne
England
Netherland
Adolphus Andrews
Sidney M. Henry
United States Navy
Manhattan
Edward R. Crane
Rufus Saxton
George C. Feigel
Syracuse
Astor
Silliman Blagden
Washington
Trade houses and clerks listed across cities in a catalog
A dense catalog of merchants and agents from multiple cities including Norwich Springfield Chicago New Orleans Harrisburg Cincinnati Washington and more. It names firms such as Porteous & Mitchell Smith & Murray Mather Co Spear Brothers Hawley Lisger Brandeis Rothschild Brothers Gage Brothers Beadle & Sherburne and Epstein among others with individual contacts and shop addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porteous & Mitchell
Norwich
Leonard Street
Victoria Hotel
Rothschild Brothers
Chicago
Ill
B. Rothschild
Woolens
Manhattan
Gage Brothers & Co
A. A. Adams
Broadway
Hotel Netherland
Epstein, Jacob
Baltimore
H. Kaufman
St. Denis
Weather forecast and temperatures across regions
Fair at many coasts with warmer conditions inland. Unsettled and rainy in the Midwest and South with a 100 degree high at Dodge, Kansas. New York Times and Weather Bureau records show max 71 and min 54 degrees with humidity around 49 to 35 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Lake
Middle Atlantic
New England
Pacific Coast
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Middle Western
Dodge
Kan
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
New York
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
South Carolina
West Virginia
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
NEW Yorkk Times
Weather Bureau
Times
Icc
the Times
Tineae West
At & P
Also Mentioned on This Page
LABOR
L’alliance Israelite Universelle
H. D. Brockhuizen
Inci
Sweetheart
Spitter
B. Altman & Co
Africa
New York Times
East 43d Street
Helen Armstrong
Everyboay
Moss
Jerome
J Bone
Egmer
China Department
Carlsbad
China
Limoges
59Th St
Japan
60Th St
Nassau
Hill & Co., Custom Tailors
John
E. O. Thompson, JR
N. Y
E. O
E. O. Thompson
E O. Thompson
Nassau ST
Pine St
Mattings
Reed Rockers
Fisher Bros
Columbus Avenue
103D
104Th Streets
104Th ST
New York Central
Little Falls
Herkimer
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