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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1902
Page
13
A sale listing from Le Boutflier Brothers offers women’s white lawn shirt waists in striped and plain styles with embroidery hemstitched and trimmed options. Prices range from 1.25 to 2.75 with long or short sleeves and lace inserts. A fine assortment of colored waists in Madras Grass Linen Black Lawn and Ginghams is offered at greatly reduced prices.
Hudson County silk mills prepared to reopen Monday after a meeting of mill owners in New York decided to resume operations. Police guard and protective measures were boosted as workers planned meetings, while Paterson strikers were feared to influence the turnout.
In Paterson New Jersey on June 21 soldiers protected mills amid strike tensions by silk weavers associations including United Silk Weavers of America. About 5 000 workers declined to work under military protection while a meeting discussed arbitration. Patrols and camps were set around Auger Simon Weidmanns Crele's and Bamford plants with hundreds on duty. Several Italians were arrested during the unrest.
The article notes sermons planned for tomorrow at Embury Methodist Episcopal Church and Park Avenue Baptist Church. Rev W W Vanderhoff will address The City's Trouble and Our Duty 7, Rev Alonzo Laame speaks on Wednesdays Riot and Who Was Responsible, and Rev Dr John W Lessenden will discuss The Church and Her Relation to the Present Industrial Situation. Otto Sayre, a striking dyer, was arrested at Weidmann's mill after assaulting foreman Charles Zimmer who refused to join the strike.
Justice Kehoe heard Mary Whitacre Feelye seek custody of her seven year old son Thomas in a civil action against her husband Thomas P. Feelye. The case, argued at length, concerns the boy taken from Tarrytown two months earlier. Justice Kehoe reserved decision for next week and ruled the mother the lawful custodian.
Elizabeth Jennison and her four year old daughter Alice remain missing in New York after the Greenwich kidnapping. The father Frank E. Jennison, a Wall Street broker, is sought by police and the couple’s lawyers refuse comment. A divorce suit cites cruelty and remains ongoing with October court terms.
Agamemnon Schliemann and Nadine de Bornemann, aged 24 and 16, eloped from France to marry in New York. Intercepted briefly on the La Savoie at quarantine, they obtained a civil marriage blank through Coudert Brothers and were then released to proceed with plans, possibly church rites later.
A five story building at 423 West Fifty second Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues was struck by a rain of furniture causing a panic as residents fled. Fire broke out in Daniel Londrigan’s second floor flat with total damage estimated at 3000 dollars. Londrigan blamed lapse in insurance for possible lack of reimbursement.
W P Hanlon and James Donnelly faced arraignment before Magistrate Crane on extortion and suspicious person charges. Detective reports say Hanlon demanded union labor on a Westchester Avenue building and offered to “fix” issues after Jungman paid money. Both men were held for examination.
A split begins within the Board of Building Trades of New York and vicinity as the Manhattan District Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners resigns along with about 3,000 other members. Mosaic Workers and Helator Constructors Unions also depart. The exodus sets up a new National Board of Building Trades to be formed and meet early next week for organization.
Thomas P. Williams and twelve fellow anthracite miners forming the Anthracite Glee Club of Wilkesbarre arrived in the city and will seek to arrange concerts across town to aid the striking miners. The club recently won a prize at a national singing festival in Scranton with Walter Damrosch as judge.
Saoul Grossard a pastry cook, aged unknown, committed death by own action in his top floor rooms at 246 West Sixteenth Street yesterday afternoon. He had been out of work about two years and was despondent. His wife, who works at the Brevoort House, supported the couple. Before leaving for work she says Grossard claimed he would soon start a country position and end his troubles. He prepared for his death in the afternoon, bringing a canary into the parlor before releasing his Scotch terrier.
Le Boutillier Brothers trap gas to kill self and family after setting a house ablaze. Wife and daughter suffer severe burns as bystanders and Patrolman Higgins fight the blaze. House damage reported at $500.
A brewery wagon from Bernheimer & Schmid driven by John Boss and a northbound Columbus Avenue car collided near Manhattan Avenue and 112th Street. Boss and motorman Rubenstein suffered severe injuries and were rushed to Jd. Hood Wright Hospital. passenger Barney Cavote was cut and all riders were shaken.
John Machemer a bookkeeper and Daniel S. Bixby salesman for David A. Poucher wholesale merchant in West Washington Market were arrested yesterday by Detectives Cash and Kelly on grand larceny charges. Bixby allegedly took 133 dollars and Machemer 100 dollars. Investigators review the books to determine total losses. Both men had long service with the firm and await arraignment at Market Police Court.
Yale University awarded the Lucien F. Robinson first prize in Latin to Harry B. Vandeventer of Elizabeth Nova Scotia. Second prize recipients include Clarence Whittlesey Mendel of Boston and Francis E. Howland of Asheville North Carolina. Third prize goes to Brainard E. Smith of Salem Depot New Hampshire.
Investigations into the Kensington grounding on March 19 near Pier 1 North River found a rock formation not on charts. The rock, small in area, pushed plates up and caused a ballast leak, leading to a contract for removal by Engineer Mansfield of New York Harbor authority.
The Appellate Division finds total loss of use and occupancy for John Chatfield's Hotel Jefferson after fire damage. Insurer liable for daily use and occupancy at $27.38, since business could not be carried on until repairs completed, despite some uninjured rooms.
The United States General Appraisers Board ruled that a furniture van imported by F. H. Shallus must pay 35 percent ad valorem under the Tariff Act. The van contained household effects used abroad by an American resident for over a year and could not be treated as a usual covering exempt from duty.
Special to The New York Times Albany June 21 a batch of New York and New Jersey companies were incorporated with diverse capitals. Notable entries include John R. Corbin Company Brooklyn plumbing supplier John Hutter Company New York ornament work and The New Fire Island Hotel Company New York among others supported by diverse local directors.
In Trenton New Jersey on June 21 Mrs William Higgins and her eighteen year old daughter Annie were badly burned when a gasoline stove exploded. The mother tried to save her dress igniting the daughter as both ran into the street seeking help. They were hospitalized with little hope of recovery.
Twenty years ago silk was scarce in the United States yet today American weaving meets high standards and earns praise. The text cites 3000 yards of black satin foulards at 69 cents and better-than-French taffetas from 0.59 to 0.79, plus 45 inch black grenadines and 4 inch foulards, claiming strong, cool, durable fabrics and large export appeal to Lyons.
A promotional listing touts value in American goods including 39 and 43 inch black wool poplins, all wool fabrics, Mohair, Albatross, Wiltons, Smyrna rugs, Summer Art Squares, and towels. It promotes American rugs and textiles as durable, stylish, and cost effective compared with imported items, with assorted reductions and sale prices.
Wash Dress Fabrics promotes American made fabrics with low prices claiming their goods imitate imported quality. They tout Emb'd Dot Silk Mulls Corded Shirting Madras Fancy Foulard Lateens Fancy Dimities and Betsy Ross Dress Lawns in various colors and patterns at 12 to 19 cents and similar American Sale prices.
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