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Cortland Evening Standard, Friday,
November 15, 1895.
CABBIES ON
STRIKE.
Many New
York Jehus Lay Down the Reins.
FIGHT
AGAINST NONUNIONISM.
The
Grievance Confined to One Firm, but the Organizations Have Taken
Hold of
It and a Serious Strike Is Now Likely.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—The cab drivers employed
by the stable of Seaich & Son all went on a strike Monday, and yesterday
all the Liberty Dawn association cabmen and the stable men of the Rising Sun
association were ordered to stop work and inaugurate a sympathetic strike to
support the demands of their fellows.
Until afternoon the strike had not assumed
serious proportions, although the Seaich stables had been besieged by cabmen,
and police protection had been necessary for the men who took the strikers'
places.
Today the cab business of the city is nearly
at a standstill. The number of cabmen who have left their seats in response to
the organization's order is estimated at from 500 to 1,000, and several hundred
stable hands are off duty. The cab service of most of the hotels and theaters
has been cut off.
Twenty cabs were sent out by Seaich & Son
with a policeman on each cab to protect the driver.
In the course of the day the strikers
induced half of the recruited drivers to desert.
A committee called on Police Commissioner [Theodore] Roosevelt to say that the presence of uniformed policemen on the cabs would tend
to provoke violence rather than prevent it.
Mr. Roosevelt and Chief Conlin agreed that
so long as there was no disorder the manning of cabs with officers was
unnecessary.
The committee also complained that the new
men employed in place of the strikers did not have the licenses required by
law.
The original cause of the strike was the employment
of nonunion men at the stables where the trouble started.
William Seaich said he could not and would
not take the strikers back in a body and he proposed to attempt to fill his
orders with nonunion drivers under police protection. He said he was not
opposed to the union, but he did propose to employ any man whom he desired,
whether union or nonunion.
The strikers said that they did not insist upon
Mr. Seaich employing union men only, but they desired all nonunion men employed
by him to join the union, and if they refused that they be discharged.
Seven drivers who were supplied to private families,
including one employed by William C. Whitney, joined the strikers.
The manager of the New York Cab company said
that that concern was not supplying carriages nor cabs to the hotels served by
Seaich & Son, and although the company had the privilege of furnishing carriages
for the members of the Knickerbocker club before Seaich & Son were
employed, the company had declined to answer calls to the club.
Garment Workers
In Session.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 15.—The big Rochester strike
and its indorsement was the question that took up the greater part of the
session of the annual national convention of the garment workers. The
convention unanimously indorsed the boycott on Rochester made goods, as ordered
by the general executive board of the association. All unions have been
instructed to hold entertainments or balls in order to raise money for those
strikers who are still out of work in Rochester. There are now 280 men locked
out there. The balance of the 1,200 were sent to other cities, where they have
secured work. Later the delegates will take up the question of immediate relief
for those unable to leave or get work. It will mean the expenditure of from
$20,000 to $30,000.
Latest
From the Land of the Unspeakable Turk.
CALMLY
BLAMES THE ARMENIAN.
Official
Reports of Recent Violence Place the Blame Entirely Upon the Christian Race and
Tell of the Murder of Mussulmans.
Foreign
News.
LONDON, Nov. 15.—A dispatch from
Constantinople says that a report is current of a conflict Wednesday evening
between the Albanian members of the palace guard and the negro subjects of the
sublime porte in Africa, also members of the personal guard of the sultan.
The correspondent adds that the details seem
unworthy of belief, however.
The dispatch also contains the statements
that the Dardenelles garrison has been doubled and that a lookout and
searchlights have been established on the summit of Mount Elias on the island
of Tenedos, off the western coast of Asia Minor.
A careful estimate makes the total number of
persons killed outright in the massacres 15,000, and it is probable that 30,000
will die of starvation during the coming semester. It cannot be realized in
Europe how awful is the situation.
"A member of the diplomatic
corps," the correspondent continues, "remarked to me today that
wherever foreign ambassadors had established consuls the allegation that the
Armenians had commenced the disorders had been disproved. Much can be done to
stop the massacres, and it is believed that the sultan now recognizes that he
must do something."
The Chronicle says this morning: "We
are inclined to believe in the imminence of the intervention of the six powers
and America in Turkish affairs. The nearly simultaneous movement of all of the
squadrons of the different countries can have no other meaning. Probably Smyrna
and Salonica will be occupied first."
Blame
Laid on Armenians.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 15.—Official dispatch published
here from the disturbed districts say that the Armenians, in every case have
been the aggressors and attacked the Mussulmans who were obliged to defend
themselves against the ferocity of the Armenians.
At Arabkir, on Oct. 20 and 27, the official reports
add, the Armenians set fire to a mosque, school and bazaar with bombs and
massacred a number of Mohammedans. The authorities, it is claimed, afterward discovered
40 bombs which the Armenians intended to explode in the local barracks and government
offices.
On Nov. 2, still, according to the official announcements,
the Armenians of Erzinghian
attacked the government offices, barracks and other buildings, but were
dispersed by the military.
Over 5,000 revolutionists are said to be assembled
at Tchoukmerzen and Adana, prepared to fight the Turkish troops.
TWO
RESOLUTIONS
That
Seem Likely to Come Before the Fifty-fourth Congress.
WASHINGTON, NOV. 15.—From hints thrown out
by the leaders of both political parties, strong probabilities seem to exist
that two important joint resolutions will be offered immediately after the
assembling of fifty-fourth congress.
The first will be an affirmation of the
principles embodied in the Monroe Doctrine, expressing in plain and vigorous
language the sympathy of the American people with the government of Venezuela
in its boundary dispute with Great Britain.
The second joint resolution, which is being
prepared with much care, provides for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to
the United States under a territorial form of government. The case of Texas is
referred to as furnishing a precedent for Hawaii. The Hawaiian people want
protection against the aggressions of other countries and that sense of
security and personal satisfaction which would result from becoming a part of
the great North American republic. Annexation would also, it is claimed, add
greatly to their material prosperity, and aid largely in the development of the
islands.
That
Unjust Representation.
To the
Editor of the Standard:
SIR: The organization of the Republican
party in Cortland County is undoubtedly excellent. This was fairly proven in
the recent election in which the Republican plurality was larger than in a
great many years. There is, however, one very serious evil which must be
corrected before absolute harmony and freedom from ring rule will ever be
attained and that is the question of representation in Republican county
conventions. This question has been agitated for years, and I believe a large
majority of the Republican voters are aware of the injustice of the present
system.
The scheme proposed by the STANDARD of an apportionment
of delegates to the towns on the basis of their Republican vote is a good one,
but, as is well known, this plan has repeatedly failed of adoption.
A system similar to the one which has been
used with great success in this city for the past few years is, I believe, a
solution of the problem, as it may be used without changing the present apportionment
of delegates.
The principal feature of the Kings county
plan consists of counting as the vote of the convention the total Republican
vote of the county at the preceding state election, and the vote of each district
in the convention is the corresponding Republican vote of that district. This
system as applied to Cortland county would give the next convention a total
vote of 3,740, and Cortlandville would be represented in the convention with a
vote of 1,715, Homer 510 and Solon 63, each with six delegates. The result of
this would obviously be to give each Republican voter of the county a fair
representation, and at the same time would not increase the size of the
convention to unwieldy proportions.
The advantage which I see in this system over
the one proposed by the STANDARD is that even by simply giving one delegate to
each district, the districts having less than 70 Republican voters would be
getting more than twice the representation of those with 140 and over.
In Kings county each district is represented
by one delegate, but in our county this would deprive a great many party workers
in the smaller towns of the privilege of participating personally in
conventions, and might lessen the party feeling in those towns; whereas and as in
the schemes I have proposed, the larger towns would receive a fair
representation, it might seem like a concession which they could well afford to
make, to allow each town its old quota of six delegates.
In the cases of Cortland and Homer it might
be arranged to apportion the delegates among the districts without interfering
with the general plan.
No system could be more pernicious than the
one now used, and although the matter may go along for a number of years
together without attracting attention, there must surely come times when its
injustice is too glaring to be overlooked. Such a time came in the convention
of 1894. The ticket nominated was an excellent one and entirely satisfactory to
the Republican voters of the county, so far as the future of the candidates was
concerned, but it was not representative, as it was nominated by the votes of
delegates representing little over one fourth of the Republican vote of the
county and against the wishes of the delegates representing the other
three-fourths.
Yours Respectfully,
LESTER PRATT BENNETT,
Brooklyn, Nov. 8, 1895.
We take pleasure in giving space to the
communication of Mr. Lester Pratt Bennett proposing a plan to remedy the evils
of the present unjust and unequal representation in our Republican county
conventions. Mr. Bennett's scheme gives the only absolutely fair and just
representation possible and we would rejoice to see it adopted. But it does not
do away with Cortland's mob caucuses, which are even a greater menace to party
growth and harmony than unfair representation. If delegates could be chosen
from election districts and also represent in the conventions the Republican
vote in their respective districts, we would then have the ideal convention.
Mr. Bennett's plan, however, would really
give the larger towns more power in the convention than any other plan which
has been proposed, and would therefore stand little chance of adoption by the
smaller towns, notwithstanding it is absolutely fair and just.
The Next
Attraction.
The next attraction at the Opera House will
be Aiden Benedict's "Fabio Romani" which will appear here on Tuesday
evening, Nov. 19. The Boston Herald says:
Aiden Benedict's "Fabio Romani" is
a fine creation. It surpasses Monte Cristo in its intensity of action, in its
subtlety of plot, in its cause and effect. There are no chasms of sequence that
must be bridged by the imagination. It steps immediately upon a high, artistic
level of intense, active interest and keeps that level up to the terrific,
emotional climax which is the submerging of the expiring bodies of the
principal characters in the rolling waters of the Bay of Naples, amid the
crashing thunder of an earthquake, in the weird light of an awful eruption of
Mt. Vesuvius.
People
vs. Frank Bates.
The re-trial of the case of The People vs.
Frank Bates is in progress in police court to-day. The defendant is charged
with the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor. The case was tried October 31 and
the jury disagreed. The case was called at 10 o'clock this morning and not
until 2:55 o'clock was a jury secured. Three panels of six members were
summoned and thirteen men were examined, seven being excused or rejected. The
following jury was finally accepted: E. A. McGraw, E. Robbins, F. M. Quick, M.
H. Foley, Nathan L. Pierce, Ernest Medes.
I. H. Palmer and Nathan L, Miller appeared
for the prosecution, and W. C. Crombie for the defence.
SURPRISE
PARTY
At the
Home of Mrs. J. M. Seamans on Monroe Heights Last Night.
The home of Mrs. J. M. Seaman on Monroe
Heights was last night the scene of a very pleasant party of friends and
neighbors who gathered there for a surprise upon Mrs. Seaman.
A delightful evening was passed at euchre
and elaborate refreshments were served. It was a late hour when the company
dispersed all having had a good time.
The guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. Lewis, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Coram, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Strowbridge, Mr. and Mrs. B. Hamilton,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Strowbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Griffith, Mr. and Mrs.
George Loucks, Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Meager, Mrs. Daniel Geer, Misses Maud Loucks,
Nellie Hyde, Miss Sperry of Hamilton, Mr. Sperry of Hamilton and Messrs. S. H.
Strowbridge, Scott Hyde, George Hyde, Earl Maas and Will Hollister.
THE
WRONG MAN.
Louis
Percival Hine the Victim of Mistaken Identity.
The Troy papers last Friday announced the
arrest that afternoon in Cohoes of Mr. Louis Percival Hine, a representative of
the Dolgeville Herald. He was charged with pawing worthless checks, upon which
appeared the forged signatures of Schenectady and Amsterdam business men. Mr.
Hine protested his innocence, declared that he had not been in those cities at
the times stated and that he could prove his whereabouts for two weeks past,
but to no avail. He was taken to Schenectady, where the parties all appeared
before him upon whom the worthless checks had been worked off. Without a
particle of hesitation all of them immediately declared that he was not the man
who presented the checks, and he was at once fully exonerated and honorably discharged
with an apology, and his expenses were paid back to Cohoes.
When the news of Mr. Hine's arrest without
the further explanation reached The STANDARD office, it seemed absolutely
incredible. We telegraphed to Schenectady, but could get no further information.
Mr. Hine was for nearly three years a reporter and collector for The STANDARD,
and during that time, though considerable sums of money at intervals passed
through his hands, nothing ever occurred to cause his employers or associates
for a moment to doubt his entire honesty and integrity. He is now employed as a
special representative of the Dolgeville Herald and is engaged in traveling
over four states interviewing manufacturers and writing tariff articles for his
paper. He is held in high esteem by his employers.
He is to be married next Wednesday at
Constableville to Miss Helen E. Scoville, who is a graduate of the Cortland Normal
school and a most attractive young lady. The wedding will undoubtedly be a very
joyful occasion, not only on account of the circumstance itself, but by reason
of the happy outcome of this recent unfortunate incident. The STANDARD wishes
to Mr. Hine and his bride all of the happiness which an honorable and useful
life with a congenial companion can give.
Give Him
an Order.
Mr. John Page, Room No. 6, Standard
building, advertises to clean and press a suit of clothes for 50 cents. He is
one of the most experienced and skillful tailors in Cortland, and guarantees satisfaction.
He also does all kinds of repairing promptly and neatly. A trial of his work
will cost you very little, and he may not only give you satisfaction but save
you some money. Give him a trial.
BREVITIES.
—W T. Nix and James Meehan were each
arrested this morning on the charge of selling liquor without a license.
—New advertisements to-day are—A. S.
Burgess, page 8; Bingham Bros. & Miller, page 4; Warner Rood, page 5.
—A STANDARD subscriber is inquiring why the
electric light on Sand-st. has remained unlighted for the past two months.
—One drunk was gathered in by Sheriff Hilsinger
last night and when brought before Police Justice Bull was sentenced to three
dollars or three days.
—The courts have decided that street car
passengers who ride on the running boards or steps of the cars are guilty of negligence
and, it injured, cannot recover damages.—Ithaca Democrat.
—A force of fifteen workmen are engaged in
erecting the new block on Port Watson-st.,
where the Cortland Cart & Carriage
company's works formerly stood which is being built by Frank Haberle of
Syracuse for bottling works.
—The last number of the Elmira Journal, an
educational publication, contains a number of fine half tone cuts of Coglate
university, its instructors, and of the village of Hamilton, and also views of
the Cottage seminary at Clinton, N. Y.
—Superintendent R. E. Dunston of the
electric railroad this morning invited the board of supervisors to take a ride upon
the electric road. The invitation was accepted and the board expect to go to
McGrawville on the 4 o'clock car and will take supper over there.
—The Gardner brothers, who have bought the
Muncy farm on Cuyler Hill, planted 40 acres of potatoes and harvested about
6,000 bushels. They sold 2,400 bushels, put 1,400 bushels in the cellar, and
buried over 2,000 bushels in the field, covering them with alternate layers of
straw and earth.—DeRuyter Gleaner. The parties referred to are Messrs. Burns
and D. D. Cardner, cousins of Supervisor Wells G. Cardner of Cuyler.
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