Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, July 19, 1901.
MORE WANT TO STRIKE.
Duncansville Steelworkers Ask to Be Organized.
WOULD TIE UP STEEL HOOP WORK.
Duncansville Plant Is the Only One of This Industry at Work—Mineworkers Will Not Strike in Sympathy With Stationary Engineers.
PITTSBURG, July 19.—Most Important of all news regarding the steelworkers strike that reached Pittsburg yesterday was the action of the men employed in the Duncansville plant of the American Steel Hoop company. A telegram was received by President Shaffer from the men in the morning asking if they should strike. The message was a surprise for the amalgamated people, as they were not looking for this news so soon. President Shaffer answered telling the men not to come out unless they were organized. If organized they should strike, for they were needed. In the afternoon another telegram was received from Duncansville asking that an organizer be sent to them at once. In compliance with this request Vice President John Pierce started for Duncansville last evening to complete the negotiation.
The Duncansville plant is the last of the hoop plants to remain at work and the Amalgamated association officials say if they are successful in closing this plant they will be masters of the situation as far as the steel hoop company is concerned at least.
No report has been received as yet from the organizers who went to Vandergrift to do missionary work at the big plant at that point. It may be several days before definite reports will follow.
The action of the Ohio board of arbitration in offering to bring about a settlement of the strike created some talk in steel circles. M. M. Garland, former president of the Amalgamated association, and at present collector of the port, said:
"I cannot see what there is in this question to arbitrate. The question cannot be settled except by the complete backdown of one side or the other on a matter of principle."
The situation throughout this district remains practically the same. In the immediate vicinity of Pittsburg the evident intention of the company to attempt the reopening of the Dewees Wood plant at McKeesport is the only incident so far calculated to cause uneasiness. The men claim to be confident that enough men cannot be secured to operate the mill, and say no opposition will be made to any who may wish to go in. The police authorities have taken, however, every precaution, and feel prepared to cope with any trouble that may arise.
The present center of the trouble seems to be at Wellsville, O., where a public mass-meeting was held yesterday for the purpose of presenting both sides of the controversy to the men and citizens generally. The entire district contributed attendants at the meeting, and a number of speeches were made, the principal one being that of President Shaffer of the Amalgamated association.
A dispatch from Monessen says:
"In spite of all efforts to the contrary, the tin mill here is still running at full and as far as present appearances indicate it promises not to be affected in the slightest by the strike. The 800 employes are satisfied with the voluntary advance made by the combine and will continue to work along non-union lines. There are reports of a special meeting to be held with some of the officials of the Amalgamated association and of an effort to be made-to have the plant closed down next Monday, but it cannot be verified. Of the 500 striking steel hoop men many have left for their homes as they are of the opinion the contest is to be long and bitter. The hoop mill is closed down with the exception of about 20 men who are making some needed repairs."
PORTO RICO DAY AT PAN-AM.
Governor Allen and Others Prominent in Island's History Will Speak.
BUFFALO, July 19.—Next Thursday, July 25, will be Porto Rico day at the Pan-American exposition. It is announced that the speakers for the occasion will be Governor Charles A. Allen of Porto Rico, Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, who framed the Porto Rican bill; Assistant Secretary of State David J. Hill, representing President McKinley; Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota; the resident commissioner to the United States Senator Felderoco Degetan; Hon. John G. Milburn, president of the exposition, and Director General W. I. Buchanan.
July 25 is the anniversary of the landing of General Miles in Porto Rico in 1898. It is on this date also that the Porto Ricans asked to have the present tariff restrictions abolished. President McKinley will be requested by Governor Allen to make proclamation to this effect. A resolution recently passed by the Porto Rican legislature declared Porto Rico to be self-supporting and no longer in need of the revenue for government expense raised by the duty imposed by the Foraker act.
It is planned to make Porto Rican day one of the most interesting in the Pan-American calendar of special days.
Suicide on the Midway.
BUFFALO, July 19.—General Gomez, said to be a grandson of General Maximo Gomez, and scion of a noble Spanish family, made an ineffective attempt to kill Concessionaire Frank McGarvie of the Streets of Mexico concession on the Pan-American midway last night and then committed suicide in plain view of many persons who were visiting the Streets of Mexico at that time.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Shirt Waist on the Bench.
Masculine shirt waists have scored another victory. They have had an uphill fight against prejudice, but they are steadily gaining. The world in general is possessed of common sense, and the shirt waist means comfort on a hot day and is therefore sensible. As a result, it is bound to win. A few weeks ago it made its entrance into the White House, and its presence was acknowledged by the executive head of the government. Then it appeared in church in New Jersey and was welcomed by the minister. Yesterday it was all the fashion at a multi-millionaire wedding at Belvidere, N. J. A few weeks ago it was received with horror in a court room in Minnesota, and now it has ascended to the bench in the Bay state and the legal light who occupies that exalted position has commended it.
Judge Erastus M. Reed, who for twenty-four years has been judge of the First Bristol District court at Attleboro, Mass., is of the opinion that the dignity of the court does not suffer in the least if a man appears in court in a shirt waist on hot days, says a dispatch from that city. To further illustrate his ideas about court dignity and comfort his Honor held court Tuesday without wearing a coat. One day during the heated spell of a fortnight ago he appeared in court coatless, wearing a pink colored shirt and belt. When questioned regarding the action of Judge Almy in having a coatless man who appeared in court removed from the room, the Judge said:
"That's nonsense. Why should a man sit and suffer when he can be cool? Any man who wants to sit in my court in his shirt sleeves or wear a shirt waist can do so, if he can look neat and respectable. The cooler a man can be these days the more sense he shows. Why should I make a man feel uncomfortable? I do not feel that the dignity of the First District court has suffered in the least and so far as I am concerned I know one man who was comfortable. There is such a thing as being too dignified."
◘ While Americans can boast that in Arizona the official thermometer has been known to rise to 119 degrees, yet the French weather stations on the edge of the Sahara desert have recorded 127 degrees, and the British stations in India have shown 125. So it seems that there are some things in which we do not lead the world. For this exception to our general rule we have reason to be thankful.
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| Railroad Street after snowstorm. Bell on Fireman's Hall in background on Main Street, Cortland. |
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| Judge S. S. Knox. |
RAILROAD-ST. PAVING.
SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION BEFORE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Attempt to Effect a Compromise With the Jamestown Construction Co.—Matter Held Over for a Week—Culverts Under the Lackawanna Railroad—Sidewalk Grades.
The board of public works held a special meeting last night at the office of the city clerk to meet with the Johnstown Construction company and try to come to terms satisfactory to both the city and the company in regard to the repairs on the Railroad-st. paving. There was no settlement effected at the meeting, and the board and the company seem as far apart now as they ever were. An amount was agreed upon in an executive session of the board as a sum for which the city would settle with the company, but this amount was not given out for publication. An adjournment of one week was taken by the board, for the purpose of giving Mr. John Mahoney, who represented the Jamestown Construction company at the meeting, a chance to see the other partners of the firm and the firm's attorney.
President of the Board Judge S. S. Knox at the outset reviewed the matters of the Railroad-st. paving, and stated that the time had come when something must be done. The situation was such that the board must act upon it at once, and the action of the board must be along the line of one of three propositions: First, to release the company from all obligations in the matter; second, to make a compromise with the company, and third, to begin at once to advertise for bids for the repairs on the streets and then litigate with the company.
Of these the second proposition, he thought, would be the best all around, and it was for the purpose of considering this proposition that the board had invited a representative of the company to meet with it.
Mr. Mahoney asked if his company had not done all that the contract called for. It had put the pavement down under the supervision of the Cortland engineer, according to the specifications, but under protest, as it knew that the pavement would not stand on account of the use of cement filler, which would not allow for the expansion and contraction of the brick. Had the pavement been filled with tar, as the company wished, there would not have been any trouble from upheavals and consequent cracks in the pavement.
The board contended in reply to Mr. Mahoney that the company took the contract to build the pavement fully aware of what the specifications were, and that it gave its guaranty of the work under the specifications, according to which the pavement was built. Mr. Mahoney stated that he had not consulted the other members of the firm nor the firm's attorney in regard to the matter of a settlement. He was told by the board that the repairs on the pavement would cost $1,500 according to the engineer's specifications.
An executive session was then held and an amount fixed upon by the board as a compromise. An adjournment of one week was then taken to give Mr. Mahoney time to consult with his associates in the business.
Before the matter of the Railroad-st paving was taken up by the board, Mayor Brown stated that he had been asked by Superintendent A. H. Schwarz of the S. & B. division of the D., L. & W. R. R. to come before the board and ask that the railroad company be allowed to run the water on Railroad-st. under its tracks by means of culverts. Mr. Schwarz, through the mayor, gave assurance that splendid buildings were very soon to be built by the company on the street, and he wished the matter of disposing of the water settled.
The board is willing to have the water taken down the street by the culvert, and the superintendent of public works was instructed to confer with the railroad company's engineer in relation to the matter.
Mr. Delos Bugbee, 58 Groton-ave., came before the board and asked that the matter of placing the sidewalks near his residence at a certain distance from the curbing might be considered. Mr. Bugbee's claim was that a better line of walks could be maintained by building 4 feet from the curb instead of placing it 6 feet away, as fixed. No action was taken.
Mr. L. V. Smith came before the board with a grievance in regard to the sidewalk grade on East Court-st., in front of his premises. The grade is now made to take out a depression at that point, and Mr. Smith explained that his walk would have to be raised about two feet, his lawn filled in as much as that and his house elevated eight inches or more. He thought the street should be drained by sewers, instead of trying to fill it in and run the water the whole length of the street. The matter was held over.
The bonds of F. J. Peck in the penal sum of $10,000, as security for the removal of the Hyde house on Tompkins-st. to a point further out on the same street, were accepted, as were also the bonds of James Grant, as security in the erection of sewers on Stevenson-st. and Harrington-ave.
WILL MAKE NAIL KEGS.
Desk Factory Plant Rented to H. M. Watson of Malloryville.
The old factory of the Cortland Desk Co. on Squires-st. which has stood in idleness for some time has been rented to H. M. Watson of Malloryville, who will take possession on Sept. 1, and who will put in machinery for making nail kegs. Mr. Watson has a contract to furnish nail kegs for Wickwire Brothers and will need to get out a thousand of them each day. This will call for the employment of quite a number of men. Between now and Sept. 1 the owners of the factory will put a new roof upon it and otherwise put it in a good state of repair.
He Is a Good Climber.
The Home Telephone company has been setting poles and stringing wires in town. DeRuyter is to be the eastern terminus of the line for the present. William Hartnett, one of their men, climbed the flagpole at the school building and adjusted a new rope. It seemed a daring feat as the pole is high and quite slender at the top. He was heartily cheered by the small crowd that witnessed the act.—DeRuyter Gleaner.
PRISONERS REACH CORTLAND.
Officer Goldsmith Came Back Too—Mileage Book Lost.
Deputy Sheriff John Miller returned from Auburn last evening at 6:23 with the two prisoners, Frank Curtis and Frederick Dykeman, whom Officer Goldsmith failed to bring to Cortland the day before. The two men gave Officer Miller no trouble on the trip, and they informed Sheriff Overton upon arriving at the jail that he need not expect any trouble from them.
Officer Goldsmith came in from Auburn on the same train and looked much the worse for wear after his experience with the men and his trip to the prison city. The nearly new Lehigh Valley mileage book that had been loaned him by the sheriff was lost and his money was gone. It is stated that some bills for his expenses were sent to the sheriff, while there are others in Auburn yet unpaid. The Cayuga county sheriff has made no charge for his part of the work in Auburn that was made by Goldsmith, but he thinks that the other men who went out and hunted up the two prisoners should be paid for their work. It is claimed too that a bill of $10 was run up at the hotel where the officer stopped and that another of like proportion is held by the physician who treated him.
OLD DAYS IN SOLON, N. Y.
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FAMOUS EMERSON FAMILY.
Settled in the Old Town Early in the Century—The Father Was a Hustler—Who the Children Were, Who They Married and What Became of Them.
To the Editor of The Standard:
SIR—In writing of the family of Colonel Wheeler, I overlooked one member through the long years which have passed since this writer was a resident. Harriet Wheeler married Truman Warren, for many years a kind neighbor of my father's family. Mrs. Warren is remembered by her associates as a gentle motherly woman. She died a few years ago. Mr. Warren is still a resident of Cortland, living with his son C. H. Warren, formerly proprietor of the Dexter House. His other children are Mrs. J. C. Seager of Cortland and Mrs. R. D. Buckingham of Chicago.
There is one family who were early residents of Solon, of whom I wish to make mention. That was Samuel Emerson's family. He is said to have been a relative of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the distinguished author and poet. Mr. Emerson settled in Solon in 1808, married Elizabeth Maybury, daughter of Richard Maybury, in 1810, and died March 14, 1868. Mrs. Emerson died May 8, 1875. This couple were the parents of a large and interesting family of children. Harlow L. was for many years the Solon merchant, and with Mr. Wilcox was in trade in Texas, Cortland Co. Sally was the wife of John Wheeler, mine host of the Solon tavern or hotel for a long term of years. Nancy married Arlo V. P. Wilcox who passed away ten years ago. Mrs. Wilcox is still living at the advanced age of nearly 85 in Corry, Pa., where her husband died. Her daughter and children are residing with her in her closing years. Samuel R. has been a resident of California for about forty-four years and is now living at a good old age at Upper Lake, Lake county, Cal. The two last named are the only survivors of the once large and interesting family.
Harriet married William S. Copeland in August, 1847. He took her to Tully where he and his father were the proprietors of a hotel. Mr. Copeland came to Cortland in 1853 and refitted and opened the Cortland House. Cortland citizens are well informed of Mr. Copeland's later history and his long years as owner and landlord of the Messenger House, and of his being one of your most exemplary citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Copeland recently died.
Perry N. became possessed of a great desire in the year 1851 to see for himself the new and much talked of Eldorado of the Pacific coast, California, and left his old native town for that then far off country. It was then only reached by a long and tedious, if not to say perilous, journey overland or by way of the Isthmus of Panama, or around Cape Horn. He remained there until the winter of 1856-7, when he came home, and in the spring of '57 returned, accompanied by his older brother, Samuel R. He later married Mrs. E. A. Chessenger of Sonoma county, Cal., who survives him. This proved to be a most happy union. For a number of years he kept a hotel in Petaluma, Healdsburg and other places. Perry and his brother became known as two of the most popular landlords in the state. In 1877 he removed to Lake county and settled on a fine stock ranch and built a very cozy cottage, preparatory to a life of greater comfort and ease, when he suddenly sickened and died. About two years before his decease he came East with Mrs. Emerson and spent a few weeks visiting among relatives and old friends, which they both seemed to enjoy most heartily.
Catharine married John Parker of Hyde Park-on-the-Hudson Sept. 28, 1848, where they resided until 1853, when Mr. Parker removed to Tully, and kept the same hotel which Mr. Copeland vacated in the spring. He kept the hotel for a number of years and then returned to the old home in Hyde Park. Mr. Parker died a few years since and Mrs. Parker died about three years ago. The union seemed a most happy one during all their married life.
Adaline married Frank Griffin of Norwich, N. Y. They lived together for a few years in Norwich, but the marriage did not prove a happy one and they lived apart thereafter. Mrs. Griffin died in Washington. D. C, where she held a clerkship, I think, in the treasury department.
Jereusha, the youngest of the family, a most lovable young lady, sickened and died in the spring of 1851, aged about 20 years. Her death was deeply lamented by a large circle of relatives, neighbors and friends.
Samuel Emerson, the father, was a stirring man of business. He was up early and late and every one in his employ must attend to his work if he was around. He conducted a large farm and the store after his son Harlow left Solon. In connection with the store an ashery was operated employing a couple of teams gathering up ashes. He was also an experienced manufacturer of potash. But Mr. Emerson's principal business aside from his farming operations was the buying of cattle and sheep and driving them east to Catskill, Poughkeepsie, and the New York markets. This business he followed for a long period of years and during some of the latter years that he followed this business, John Maybury, a brother of Mrs. Emerson, was his partner. Mr. Emerson had a large acquaintance in the central and eastern counties of the state, where he was continually buying and selling stock, which business he carried on both winter and summer.
The writer as a lad with F. Maybury, now of Cortland, lived in the family doing chores for our board and attending district school during the winters. He would send a messenger to our room at 5 o'clock cold winter mornings telling us it was time to get out. Our breakfast was eaten by candle light or a sperm oil lamp, for there were no kerosene lamps in those days and no electric lights, and as soon as we could hitch up a team, we were off driving over into Truxton, Freetown or other surrounding towns where we would arrive about ordinary breakfast time and proceed to gather up the cattle which had been purchased several days before by Mr. Emerson. The entire day was required to make one of these trips. On arrival home we would have quite a respectable drove. This gathering in of the animals required some weeks and when several hundred were brought together a day was set for starting east with the drove. It required a number of men to go along as helpers. Usually young men were hired for such service. We boys at home always rejoiced to see "the Boss" depart with the drove, for while they were on the home farm the daily chores were immense, feeding and caring for such a multitude of cattle. We always looked forward to an easy time during the four or five weeks Uncle Sam was away. We had more time to attend school and during the long winter evenings we would hitch up a team to the big sleigh and take the girls out for a sleighride.
The Emerson home always supported a most free and unbegrudged hospitality. It ever seemed to be the rule that no one was sent from that house hungry, if they were there at the time of serving meals. Mrs. Emerson never seemed happier than when she had plenty of company. They came from Cortland, Homer, Elmira, Norwich, Cincinnatus and other towns, and all who came once enjoyed themselves so well that they wished to come again.
Mr. Emerson had some enemies, as every resolute business man may have, but I think it can be said by those living today who knew him thoroughly as a neighbor and in a business way that his intentions were honest, even if he could not at all times meet his obligations promptly—a circumstance many a business man has often experienced before. In his later years he met with reverses which in the earlier years he would have overcome by his supreme will power and resolution.
C. G. M., Winona, Minn., July 15, 1901.
CHANGE AT PALMER & CO.'S
E. C. Palmer to Withdraw from Firm—Walter V. Palmer to Continue.
The firm of Palmer & Co., the well known grocers in the Churchill block, is about to be dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. E. C. Palmer, who has been at the head of the firm since its organization will withdraw and the business will be conducted by Walter V. Palmer. An inventory will be taken, beginning next Monday and as soon as this is completed the change in the firm will take place and Walter V. Palmer will become the head of the firm.
Mr. E. C. Palmer has accepted a position as traveling salesman with Bentley & Settle, the wholesale grocery firm of Syracuse, and will enter upon his new duties as soon as his present business is closed up. He will succeed Mr. W. J. Hollenbeck who has filled the position very successfully for many years and who has now tendered his resignation to take a much needed rest.
The firm of Palmer & Co. started in business in Cortland in the latter part of the year 1896 in the store how occupied by Pearson Bros. Mr. E. C. Palmer was then county clerk and gave but little personal attention to the business. At the expiration of his term of office he devoted his entire time to the business and since moving to their present location has been instrumental in building up a large and extensive trade. Early last spring the drygoods department was closed out and since that time special attention has been given to the grocery trade and wheel business.
Mr. Palmer's friends will be glad to know that he is to retain his residence in Cortland.
THE HARNESS FOUND.
The Marvin Boy Left It at Johnson's Junk Shop.
A telephone call at the sheriff's office this morning gave the information that the sack containing the harness, which was seen in the possession of George and Henry Marvin when they got off the milk train at the junction last Monday, as reported by the train men, was at Johnson's junk shop. Elmer Wood, an employee was seen by an officer and he stated that Henry Marvin had left the sack with the harness in it at the shop on Monday afternoon of this week, stating that he would call for it the next day. He stated that the Marvin boys had frequently been at the shop and that he knew them. He went to the jail and identified Henry Marvin as the one who left the harness at the shop. The Marvin boys, it will be remembered, are held to await the action of the grand jury on the charge of stealing a horse from the pasture of William Jones last Saturday night.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements today are—M. A. Case, Drygoods, page 6.
—The drop in temperature today is a very agreeable change. The air is positively refreshing.
—Next Tuesday, July 23, will be C. M. B. A. day at the Pan-American exposition. Wednesday, July 24, will be Knights of Columbus day and Y. M. C. A. day.
—Ten tramps were today hustled out of Cortland by Chief of Police Barnes, who is right in the opinion that Cortland taxpayers should not be burdened by caring for hoboes from all parts of the state.
—Deaf and dumb parties are the latest. A lot of talkative women ride to Renwick Park and the one who speaks first pays for the ride and ice cream.— Ithaca Journal. This form of social entertainment hasn't reached Cortland yet.
—The Cortland board of health is a distracted body. They are called to keep the chickens out of neighboring gardens, to stop the crowing of roosters at an unseasonable hour and in one case to restrain a noisy neighbor who disturbs a morning nap by doing his chores at 5 o'clock in the morning. It is needless to say that they disclaim jurisdiction over such matters.—DeRuyter Gleaner.
--Another effort is being made to secure the right to build a trolley road from Moravia to Syracuse and thus provide an entrance to that city for Lehigh Valley freight cars without unloading. It is also proposed to run a sleeping car from Syracuse over this road. The matter is now for a second time before the state railroad commission after being turned down once. This time it looks as though it might succeed.
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