Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1901.
GAINS ALL ON ONE SIDE.
Manufacturers Increase Working Force and Production.
STRIKERS CALL IT A BLUFF.
Claim That the Companies Haven't Near the Number of Men They Claim. Mayor Black of McKeesport Issues a Proclamation. Another Effort at Duquesne.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 4.—Developments in the steel strike show decided gains for the manufacturers. The accession of 32 skilled men to the Star plant, the increased production at the Painter and Lindsay and McCutcheon mills, the defection from the strikers' ranks of 75 machinists and pipe cutters at the Continental Tube works and 50 at the Monessen Steel Hoop mill and the installation of three mills on night turn at the Clark mill, all point to an early resumption all along the line as viewed by the steel officials.
The Amalgamated officials, however, make the claim that everything is progressing satisfactorily and say that much of the supposed advantage of the manufacturers is bluff and cannot be made good. As an instance they cite that at the Lindsay and McCutcheon plant, where the company claims to have as many men at work as they can accommodate and turning out merchantable product, the Amalgamated people claim that J. S. Hurley, vice president of the district, visited the Lindsay and McCutcheon yesterday in the guise of a roller seeking work. He made an inspection of the mill and, according to his report, there are 30 men at work, six of whom are skilled.
The strikers also claim that at the Monessen plant the product turned out last week amounted to 250,000 pounds, whereas before the strike the daily output was 100,000 pounds.
Matters at McKeesport are quiet and to all appearances unchanged. Strikers point to the fact that the machinists who were persuaded Monday to leave the National Tube works did not go in yesterday, as a victory for them.
The much-talked-of start of the Demmler plant is still being discussed and the attempt to start is now scheduled for the latter part of the week. The management claims that the only thing holding them back is adequate protection for the workers, a full complement of whom they say are ready to go in. Mayor Black is still holding back his final answer to the request for police protection.
It was reported yesterday that the strikers at Duquesne intend to make another effort to close that plant by getting the open hearth men out, but nothing definite on the subject can be learned.
At Wheeling the strikers are holding their own and there is no indication of an attempt to start any of the shutdown plants. Wellsville reports no change.
A Wellsville dispatch says: Harry Phillips, non-union man, was brutally assaulted on the streets of Wellsville yesterday by John Elliott, a striker from Irondale. Phillips is badly injured and was unconscious for some time. Elliott has so far eluded arrest. Five new men from Scottdale arrived in Wellsville last evening to work in the mill.
A movement which may be of considerable moment in the strike came to light last night. Letters from tin plate workers of Joliet have been received by leading tin plate strikers at Demmler and Star plants urging the breaking away from the Amalgamated association and allying themselves with the Tin Plate Workers' International association, which now includes practically all the men who work in tin houses, or finishing departments of tin plate plants.
It is argued that this would put the tin plate workers in position to ask for a scale next year, whereas if they remain with the Amalgamated association and the strike should be lost they would be compelled to go to work individually.
A canvass of the Demmler men has been made and it is said 90 per cent of them are in favor of returning to work at once.
Mayor Black last night issued a proclamation to "The Workingmen of McKeesport." He says:
"The eyes of the country are on McKeesport. I have maintained all along that there would be no disorder and still have confidence in the workingmen. Use no undue zeal in keeping men out of the Demmler mill, for I have heard it will be started this week. The venal eastern press has exaggerated and distorted every trifling occurrence here into riot, and injured the town. Any violence would be the signal for application of the infamous principle of government by injunction and would divorce the support of loyal laboring men outside of the Amalgamated association. Violence never won a strike. No right can be gained by law breaking. I feel no uneasiness, but issue this proclamation to keep you cool-headed. Use all caution possible to preserve order that the hotheaded element, if there be one, may be easily controlled."
CHINESE CROWD THE JAILS.
Clinton, Franklin and St. Lawrence County Institutions Filled to Overflowing.
ALBANY, Sept. 4.—Secretary McLaughlin of the state prison commission reports to that body that the jails in Clinton, Franklin and St. Lawrence counties are overcrowded on account of recent commitments of a large number of Chinese to these jails charged with violation of the Chinese exclusion act by thy United States authorities. On the days of inspection there were in Clinton county jail 140, 131 in St. Lawrence and 30 in Franklin.
The report states that, if the practice of confining many of these Chinese in the jails of these counties is to be continued, these jails will have to be enlarged. The confinement of so many Chinese in these jails necessarily crowds the New York state prisoners into inadequate quarters making the proper separation and classification of the state prisoners impossible.
He reported the Essex county jail as old and dilapidated and the board adopted a resolution recommending that a new jail be constructed. The board condemned the practice of sending truants to Oswego jail. Plans for a new prison for women in Suffolk county were approved.
The board recommends that a department for juveniles be provided in the Lewis county jail.
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PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Sons and Daughters of the Sultan.
Thirteen is said to be an unlucky number with Mohammedans as well as Christians, yet the famed Sick Man of Turkey, Sultan Abdul Hamid, owns up to six sons and seven daughters as the product of his harem up to date. While it is generally understood that the male Turk has the best of it as compared with the female, inasmuch as he has more freedom as well as more conjugal partners, it is also admitted that the sultan's daughters have an advantage over his sons. It must be an intrepid spirit indeed that would aspire to be son-in-law of the sultan, for not only does he brave the possible ire of his dread father-in-law, but he is likely to be nagged to death by his wife, as she has the privilege of tyrannizing over him to any extent she desires.
The sons, on the contrary, have no prerogatives. They are destined either for the throne or the prison house, being practically kept in the latter until release by a call to power or by death. Even the sultan's brother, as has frequently been known, has been kept a prisoner as a possible successor to the throne so long that he has become decrepit and almost an imbecile. So it would seem that Turkey prefers to be governed by some nonentity without a will of his own to being ruled by a sovereign who has kept pace with the progress of the times.
DEATH OF HARLEM G. JOY.
HE COMMITS SUICIDE BY TAKING POISON ON BOARD SHIP.
Had Sailed in the Steamer Buffalo for Hull, England—He Leaves a Note Saying That He Had Taken Passage on the Vessel for the Purpose of Ending His Life.
The following dispatches were received shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon. They will be a surprise and a shock, as well as a cause of the sincerest sorrow to every one who knew the modest, quiet and kindly man to whom they refer.
LONDON, ENG., Sept. 4.—Steamship Buffalo arrived at Falmouth from New York today. While off the Scilly Islands her shaft snapped and for three days she lay practically helpless. A dummy crankshaft was rigged. While the vessel was in mid-ocean a man named Joy, who had registered as a New York newspaper man, committed suicide by taking poison. Before ending his life the suicide wrote a note saying that he had sailed for the purpose of killing himself on board ship, and he directed that certain of his belongings be sent to Josephine Joy in New York and that others be presented to the ship's steward and stewardesses. The body was buried at sea.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—The officials of the steamship company say that a man named H. G. Joy sailed on the Buffalo.
Mr. Joy left Cortland just three weeks ago today, saying that he was going to New York city and thence for a few days sail down the coast for his summer vacation. There were some things about the manner of his departure which seemed strange and unaccountable and very unlike his usual self. On the following Saturday a telegram came stating that he was going on a long voyage and would write. Monday following came a letter saying that he had sailed for Hull. The dispatchers given above tell the rest of the story.
Serious apprehensions of some such ending have been entertained both by members of his family and by all in the STANDARD office who knew about the circumstances. Mr. A. B. Corwin, who took Mr. Joy's place as foreman during his absence, soon discovered matters in the records of job work which seemed to indicate unsoundness or failure of mental powers, and he communicated these facts to the business office without delay and expressed his fears as to Mr. Joy's condition and as to what might be the outcome.
Suicide, however, even as a result of mental disease, seemed so utterly at variance with Mr. Joy's nature and character, that no one would believe it possible without positive proof. But this proof has now been furnished.
Mr. Joy was about 56 years of age, and had been in the employ of The STANDARD as foreman for more than twenty years. He leaves, besides his wife, one son, Harlem G. Joy, who has also been employed in The STANDARD office for several years. The son is happily married, and with his wife and little girl—of whom the grandfather seemed very proud and fond—has been living with his parents. Mr. Joy has paid for and owned the very comfortable house in which he lived at No. 62 Prospect-st., and by his economy and thrift, aided by the efforts of his wife, had accumulated something besides. There seemed no reason why life should not be pleasant and satisfactory to him, unless it were that his health was not of the best. Never very robust, he had a severe attack of grip while on his trip to the equator last year, which no one who knew him believes that he fully recovered from, and he seemed to grow gradually weaker instead of stronger. Whatever mental unbalancing led him to take his life was doubtless the result of this.
Twenty years is a long time for an employee to be connected with the same concern. As Mr. Joy put it, it is almost a third of a life time. And during all that period never to have had a difference or an unpleasant word with ones employers, and to have commanded at all times their confidence, respect and affection is still more unusual. This is what Harlem G. Joy always did. He was master of his business, had excellent taste and judgment, was loyal and faithful, trustworthy and industrious, truthful and honest, kind and respectful to those under him as well as over him, and as competent a foreman and one as deeply interested in its welfare as any printing office could wish to have. The place which has known him for so many years will look strangely lonely and desolate now that it will know him no m ore. The news of his death has moistened many eyes. He has left a memory which will be most tenderly and affectionately cherished.
President's Day.
Pan-American exposition, Sept. 5. Imposing ceremonies, including an address by the president. A splendid military pageant, including the United States Marine band of seventy-two pieces. Low fares via the Lehigh Valley railroad. [Paid ad.]
COMMON COUNCIL.
CORTLAND HOSPITAL ASKS FOR AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE CITY.
Wants at Least $1,000—Petition to this Effect Presented—Polling Places Designated—The Fire Alarm System—Bills Audited.
A regular meeting of the common council of the city of Cortland was held at the office of the clerk of said city on the 3rd day of September, 1901 at 7:30 o'clock P. M. There were present Mayor Chas. F. Brown, and Aldermen E. M. Yager, George H. Richards, T. C. Scudder, R. S. Pettigrew and Vern W. Skeele.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
The official reports of Geo. J. Maycumber, city chamberlain, and F. E. Price, commissioner of charities, for the month of August, 1901, were presented and read, and on motion the same were approved and placed on file.
Mr. Maycumber reported that during the month of August twenty-two dog tags had been sold by him. The report of Mr. Price showed that only $56.25 had been paid out for the poor during the month.
Mr. G. J. Maycumber, city chamberlain, presented a list of erroneous city assessments which were placed on file, and on motion of Mr. Yager seconded by Mr. Richards, and declared carried,
Resolved, That the same be stricken from the roll of 1900 in total amount of $126.81, as follows: J. T. Davern & Co., $17.54; D. G. Corwin, Exec., $35.08; Mary A. Dillenbeck, $17.54; Daniel Griswold, $15.79; William Nash, $5.26; Syracuse Loan association, $8.77; Mrs. M. H. Yale, $17.54; Mrs. S. B. Richardson, $9.39.
On motion of Mr. Skeele seconded by Mr. Yager and declared carried,
Resolved, That the following polling places be and hereby are fixed and provided for the next general city election in November, 1901, and for the coming year. First ward, barn of E. M. Yager, 68 Maple-ave.; Second ward, Fireman's hall, Main-st.; Third ward, barn of William Scharf, 15 Park-st.; Fourth ward, Cortland Steam laundry, Clinton-ave.; Fifth ward, Hitchcock Hose Co's. house, Elm-st.; Sixth ward, Emerald Hose Co's. house, corner Church and Railroad-sts.
A petition of the Cortland Hospital association and 200 citizens of the city of Cortland, N. Y., was presorted, asking an appropriation to be inserted in the annual tax budget for the Cortland hospital in the sum of $1,000, which was placed on file. Following is the petition in full:
To the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Cortland, N. Y.:
The undersigned, residents and taxpayers of the city of Cortland, N. Y., do hereby represent to your honorable body that, in our opinion, the Cortland hospital, now owned and conducted by the Cortland Hospital association in this city, has become, and is, a necessity to this community; that many of our citizens, worthy but poor, are receiving constantly, care, attention and treatment at this hospital, free of charge, which owing to their unfortunate circumstances, they could not obtain, and would not receive elsewhere; that the cure of these persons is a public benefit, by restoring them to health and usefulness, and thereby enabling them to care for and maintain themselves, whereas, otherwise, each of these would become and be a public charge and expense to this city.
That the cost and expense of such care, attention and treatment of these persons involve and necessitate great expense on the part of said Cortland Hospital association, which, of right, should be borne by this city.
Therefore, we, as residents and taxpayers of said city, as aforesaid, do hereby respectfully petition and ask your honorable body to make an appropriation to be levied and paid by general tax in this city, of at least $1,000, to be used for the benefit of said Cortland hospital under the direction of said Cortland Hospital association, and to be paid to, and expended by them for the uses and purposes aforesaid.
The petition had affixed to it the names of the advisory board, consisting of Messrs. W. W. Kelsey, A. A. Carley, H. B. Hubbard, C. F. Thompson, E. E. Ellis, O. A. Kinney, F. E. Whitmore, B. T. Wright and N. H. Waters. Following these were the names of the medical and surgical staff as follows: Henry T. Dana, F. W. Higgins, W. J. Moore, J. H. Spaulding, E. A. Didama, H. P. Johnson, F. D. Reese, P. M Neary, E. B. Nash, A. G. Henry, L. A. Strowbridge, C. D. Ver Nooy and E. M. Santee. Following this was a long list of 200 influential business men and residents of the city.
Mr. F. A. Whitmore presented the matter to the council, setting forth the work of the hospital and its needs. Hon. H. A. Dickinson, who was present on other business, was asked and consented to speak upon the legal right of the appropriation under the charter, and it was his opinion that the appropriation could be made. Dr. Higgins also spoke of the work of the institution. The board of lady managers was represented by Mrs. Julia E.Hyatt, Mrs. N. J. Peck, Mrs. A. E. Buck and Mrs. F. J. Doubleday.
The council gave the representatives of the hospital assurance that it would act on the petition as soon as it had advised with the city attorney in the matter. Today City Attorney N. L. Miller states that he has not looked into the matter sufficiently to state whether or not the appropriation can be made by the common council.
Mayor Brown reported that one of the fire commissioners had reported to him that immediate action must be taken in regard to the fire alarm system. This brought up a discussion in regard to the alleged promise of the Home Telephone Co. to allow the city to place the alarm wires on top of its poles. Now, the aldermen claim, the company wishes and demands a franchise before it will allow the alarm wires to be strung on its poles. Extreme measures were suggested by some of the aldermen to compel the company to allow the privileges, and these were in favor of requiring the Telephone Co. to place their wires underground if the privileges were not given. A joint meeting of the common council and the fire board will probably be held this week to see what can be done in the matter.
The following bills were allowed and ordered paid:
The minutes of present meeting were read and approved.
On motion meeting adjourned.
Approved Sept. 3, 1901, CHAS. F. BROWN, Mayor.
THREE ARTISTS.
Paul, the Barber, Adds Another Chair In His Shaving Parlor.
Paul Drexler, the Orchard-st. barber, has added the third chair in his shaving parlor in the Moore block. Mr. Ira G. Diamond, who for more than a year past has been with Mr. Hiram Banks, is the artist who presides at the additional chair. Mr. Diamond's qualifications as an expert barber are well known, and his former patrons will be pleased to know that he has decided to remain in Cortland.
A MUSICAL CLUB.
Steps to be Taken Toward Forming Such an Organization.
There will be a meeting at the Y. M. C. A. parlors at 8 o'clock Friday evening to which all the musicians of Cortland are invited, for the purpose of forming a musical club with the idea of bringing together all the musical talent of the city. No one will be barred, however, from the meeting or the club because he is not musical, for it is proposed to accept all who are in any way interested in music as members of the organization. The plan was suggested by Prof. W. E. Chamberlain and will undoubtedly meet with success. The membership is free to all, ladies as well as gentlemen, young, old or middle aged, artist or artisan, professional or amateur.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisement today are—W. J. Perkins, Spices, page 7.
—Between 300 and 400 round trip tickets from Marathon to Cortland were sold at the Marathon station during the fair last week.
—The suit of clothes that was offered by F. Daehler for the best plate of apples shown at the fair was won by Mr. H. H. Gillette of Summerhill.
—Bicyclers should bear in mind their duty to keep on the right side of the streets. Several severe collisions have resulted on dark evenings from failure to observe this rule.
—Floyd L. Wood, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Wood, 54 North Main-st., died last night, aged 4 months and 15 days. The funeral will be held from the house tomorrow at 1 P. M., burial in Virgil.
—The Rev. W. H. Latimer, pastor of the Watkins Methodist church, formerly of Cortland, is enjoying prosperity. In recognition of this the last quarterly conference unanimously invited him to return for another year.
—A 16-year-old lad of a neighboring town wishes to secure a place in Cortland to work for his board and attend school. He is well recommended as being studious, of good habits and a good hand with horses.
—Several members of the family of A. Waite, at Central Chapel, in the town of Caroline, were poisoned last week by eating toadstools, supposing them to be mushrooms. One child lay unconscious for several hours, but finally recovered as did the rest of the family.
—The state superintendent of public instruction decides that a district contracting for the education of its scholars is not obliged to furnish free transportation for the pupils, but may do so if a majority of the voters so elect. The district can divide its children, sending them to two or more districts if they desire.
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