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MANYBUILDINGS "BURN
Fire In, Jersey City Renders Seventy
Families Homeless.
ESTIMATED LOSS, $175000.
The Greater Portion of .Two Blocks De-
stroyed—Many Tenants Escaped With
Great Diflicnlty—Prdmpt Action
of the Fire Department.
New York, May 20.—-Fire such as has
not visited Jersey City for several years
started early today and was not got
under control for several hours. It
swept away a. block and a. half of build-
ings and did damage that was esti—
mated at $175,000. The buildings burned
were mostly of frame, and in many in-
stances the occupants, who were asleep,
idly did the fire spread.
The fire was in one of the most dense-
ly populated districts of the city, and
the whole fire department of the place
and all the police reserves were called
out to'fight it. The flames and sparks
lighted up the entire city for several
hours. Enormous crowds gathered, and
occupants of houses for many blocks
aroundwere'obllged to fight the sparks
that fell in..great.showers on the roofs.
A policeman attached to the Gregory
.‘Street station of Jersey City, passing
and 247 Newark avenue, noticed smoke
coming from the windows. The build-
ing was occupied by F. W. Payne as a
general department store, and extended
back through the block to First street.
The policeman at once turned in an
alarm, but almost before the first fire
company arrived the flames had spread
to a. five story brick building at 241 and
243 Newark avenue, which consisted of
double flats. , ‘
The fire had already assumed'such
proportions when the firemen arrived
that a second alarm was sent in. But
the firemen did not appear to be able
to control the flames even then, and a
general alarm followed the second, call-
ing out all of the seventeen engine com-
panies in the city. By the time they
arrived the fire had spread to the rear
of the Newark avenue buildings and
had ignited a number of frame houses
in First street. '
Tenants fn Danger.
These frame buildings were four and
five story tenement houses, each con—
taining five or six families. The ten-
ants were all asleep at the time the fire
started, and even the clanging of the
fire engines and the other noises of
the conflict with the fire in the next
street had not aroused them when the
flames had reached the rear of their
houses. So quickly did the fire spread
that many of these tenants had to be
taken from the windows by the firemen,
and there was no time for even dress-
ing, much less the saving of clothes or
household goods.
When Chief Conway, of the fire de-
partment tilrned in a general alarm.
the police. reserves in: all the precincts
scene of the fire.
firemen in arousing and rescuing the
tenants of the burning frame buildings.
Not only did the police arouse the
tenants in the buildings which were al-
ready ablaze, but, realizing the danger
because of the inflammable nature of
the structures on both sides of First
street, they alarmed the occupants of
all the houses in the street. So rapidly
did the flames spread that once they
had fairly got under way the tenants
had no time to save anything.
Many of the occupants of the tene-
ments woke up to find their places
filled with smoke and retreat by the
Stairways below cut off by flames. Wo-
men and men, many of them carrying
children, rushed to the windows and
called for help. In most cases they
were scantily clothed and were taken
down over the ladders by the firemen
just as they had left their beds. Resi—
dents in neighboring streets cared for
some of these, while others were wrap—
ped in blankets and taken to the police
stations in patrol wagons. There they
were cared for.
There was a wake in the frame house
at 317 First street over the body of Ar-
thur Donnelly. The body was in apart-
ments on the second floor, _and some of
the former friends of Donnelly were
gathered there when the building took
fire. By the time they had'decided that
there was no hope that the fire would
be put out the flames had gained such
headway that they barely had time to
get the body out of the building by a
rear entrance to Railroad avenue. As
it was, the body was somewhat burned.
The Fire Spreads. .
The flames and sparks, reaching
across the street, attacked the larger
row of frame buildings on the opposite
side, and before the,fire was under con-
trol ,either completely destroyed or
wrecked the frame buildings from 307
to 323. Buildings on both sides of the
street were burning at the same time.
and the intense heat made it impossible
for the firemen to check the flames un-
til th"ey had burned out to those build-
ings which had previously been drench-
ed with water as a preventive.
There were six families in the frame
house at 311 First street. The tenants
were the families of Martin McDon-
ough, John Mills, Lester Brady, Arthur
Galligher, Mrs. VVoerz and Mrs. Creig.
These families lost everything, even
their clothing. The. house was com-
filetely destroyed. The five story flat-
houses at 241 and 243 Newark avenue,
which were occupied by six and seven
families, respectively, were completely
destroyed and the tenants lost every-
thing. ‘ . '
The double four story brick building
owned by F. W. Payen, in which the
lit}: started, was totally destroyed with
the stock. The loss on stock alone is
said to be $30,000; insured. The houses
were completely destroyed. On the
ground floor of the building at 322 was
a saloon kept by A. Garfinkel. He had
been insured for 25 years until April 1
last, when he allowed his insurance to
lapse. The building at 224 First street
is the house of Chemical Engine com-
pany, No. 4.
ing and was saved. from the fire.
_Across thestreet the houses from 31]
to 319, all frame, were completely de-
stroyed. ' _
The houses from 307 to 309 were
wrecked. Onthe other side of 319 the
, houses to 323 were badly damaged. Tht
burned block is . between Cole anc
Brunswick streets.
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barely escaped with their lives, so rap-a
the big four story brick building at 245,
of the city were at once sent to the.)
They assisted the'
numbered from 308 to 322 on First street?
It is a. small brick builds.
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A Line of Hotwalk Evidence is
Worth a Column of Foreign
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This is a purely local event,
It took place in Norwalk, Ct.
, Not in Norwalk, Ohio.
You are asked to investigate it;
Asked to believe a citizen’s word,
To confirm a. citizen’s statement.
Any article that is endorsed at home,
That obtains resident advocates,
Is more worthy of confidence
Than a far-off foreign article,
Testified by foreign people.
Mr. A. C. White, hatter, of 47 River
street says: “Mrs. White has been so
bad with headache that she could not
attend to the most trivial household
duties, and has, on more than one occa-
sion been confined to bed. Doan’s Kid-
ney Pills came to our notice through
reading the papers and thinking they
might help her, she went to Hale’s
drug store and got a. box. Although
pretty bad at the time, the pills took
right hold and she pulled through the
attack without giving completely up,
something she could not do before
using the remedy. We can both rec
ommend Doan’s KidneyPills; she from
experience, I fr0m observation.”
Doan’s Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers, price 500. By mail on receipt
of price by Foster-Vlilburn Co. ,-Bulfalo,
N. Y., sole agents for the U. S.
Remember the name, Doan’s, and
take no other.
The condition of Stephen Comstock
was reported this morning as not being
as favorable as wished for. He is a
very sick man. '
IF EVERY MOTHER KNEW, HER
.LI'I TLE ONE WOULD BE SAVED.
Bridgeport, May 3d, ’96—Dr. Hand
—~Dear Sir—“I have used Dr. Hand’s
Teething Lotion and found it all it is
represented. I have had no trouble at
all with baby during his teething; it
has helped him so much, he teases to
have it on his gums. If every mother
would use it they would save the little
ones a great deal of suffering. Yours
respectfully, Mrs. Harry Browne, 614
State street.” Dr. Hand’s Teething Lo—
tion sold by all druggists, 25c. '
' A dressing of stone to conform with
the grade of the new covering is being
placed on Wall street. '
BABY’S BEST FRIEND—MOTHER—
NEXT, DR. HAND’S COLIC CURE!
Hartford, Oct. 26, ’96—T'he Hand
Medicine Co.—“By request of my wife
the undersigned writes you that ‘baby’s
best friend is her mother,’ and next
best is Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure. Used
same for past months. It is impossi-
ble to write our appreciation of your
preparation and do. most cheerfully
request all mothers to use same for-
their little ones. Our baby ,is now
teething. W. Lincoln Barnard,” Sold
by all druggists, 25c.
Why do women insist upon kissing
each other on the street ‘? It is exces-
sively bad form, and hasn’t even the
semblance of sincerity about it.
GLAD TIDINGS.
The grand specific for dyspepsia,
live-r complaint, rheumatism, costive-
ness, general debility, etc., is BACON’S
CELERY KING, for the nerves. This
great herbal tonic stimulates the di—
gestive organs, regulates the liver and
restores the system to vigorous health
and energies. .Sample free. Large
packages 500 and 250. Sold only by
Edward P. Weed. Norwalk, and Geo.
C. Stillson, South Norwalk.
The locking devices for bicycles act
beautifully putting the wheels in, but
they are a source of much growling
when thewheels are to be taken out,
especially if the wheels belong to
women riding without' masculine es-
corts.
GREAT TRIUMPH.
Instant relief and a permanent cure
by the great remedy, OTTO’S CURE
for Throat and Lung. diseases. Why
will you irritate your throat and lungs
with a. terrible hacking cough when
Edward'P. Weed, Norwalk, or George
C. Stillson South Norwalk, sole agents,
will furnish you with a free sample
bottle of this guaranteed remedy? Its
success is simply wonderful, as your
druggist will tell you. Sample free.
Large bottles 50c and 25c.
When a girl’s corns hurt her so she
limps, she always says she must have
twisted her foot somehow when she
didn't know it.
SAVE YOUR LIFE.‘
By using “THE NEW GREAT SQUTH
AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE.” This
new remedy is a. great surprise on ac-
count of_its exceeding promptness in
relieving pain in the Kidneys, Bladder
and Back in male or female. It re-
lieves retention of-water, and pain in
passing it almost immediately. Save
yourself by using this marvelous cure.
Its use will prevent fatal consequences
in almost allf cases by its great altera-
tive and healing powers. Sold by E. P.
Weed, Druggist, Norwalk, Conn.
The worse behaved a woman’s chil-
dren are, the more she always thinks
she knows about. bringing up other
people’s.
TRY GRAIN—O! TRY GRAIN-0!
Ask your grocer to-day to show you
a package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without in-
jury as well as‘the adult. All‘who try
it like it. GRAIN—0 has the rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made
from pure grains, and the most deli-
cate stomach receives it without dis-
15c. and
tress. 1,4 the price of cofiee.
25cts. per package. Sold by all gro~
cers. .
Sympathy is the fender on life’s trol-
ley car. It’s all right as far as _1t goes,
but it isn’t meant to take free r1des on.
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, ~Adveruse-in THE GAZETTE: '
THE STRIKE summit"
The New York Army of Unemployed
Gets Large Accessi’cns.
SCHOENFBLD AT THE .HELM.
Although Ho Considered Strike Inexpe-
dient, He Has Consented to Lead Again.
Danger That It May Extend
to Many Other Cities.
New York, May 19.—The strike of the
tailors continued to spread today. Be-
tween 600.and 700 members of the Unit—
ed Brotherhood of Tailors who were
permitted to remain at work yesterday
to finish the piece work which they had
begun went out today. .
Among the shops from which they
were ordered out were those of Wolff S:
Levy, at Grand and Orchard streets;
the shop at 155 Suffolk street and the
shops at 49 Sheriff street and 125 East
Broadway. Nearly threeéfourths of the
entire number of men who stopped
work today were,employed in those-
four shops. Others will be called out
wherever the strike committee, which
is making a tour of the shops, finds
them at work, and-it is expected that
another thousand will have been added
to the total number of those who have
gone into voluntary idleness at a time
when thousands of persons are seeking
employment.
The union will hold another meeting,
however, and the strikers are confident
that its members will vote to join them
in their fight. There are about 3,000
men in that union. The pantsmakers,
the sailor jacket makers, the vestmak-
ers, the b’dycl'e suit’makers and 'the
knee pants makers have also promised
to hold special meetings before the end
of the week. The majority of tthc
unions will undoubtedly vote to strike.
The strikers, however, found a fall
greater encouragement today than could
be derived from the number of shops
closed down or from the promises of
sympathetic strikes. A man who has
led them to many victories in the past
once more resumed his place at their
head. He is Meyer Schoenfeld, and the
news that he had taken up the manag -~
ment of the strike caused the tailors to
become demonstrative in the streets
and imbued them with more confidence
than would had the news that every
garment worker in the city had struck.
Schoenfeld’s Position.
Schoenfeld was opposed to the order--
ing of the present strike. He did not.
think itzan opportune time for the men
to go out, and at first he refused to
have anything to do with the fight. Bu:
delegations from the strikers waited
upon him, one after another, all day
yesterday, and when he saw how eager:
ly the men desired his leadership and
vhow little confidence they had in the
ability of the men who were then at
the head to conduct the strike to a suc-
cessful end he relented. He accordingly
went down to the headquarters at 10:
Orchard street early today and at once
assumed control. .
“‘I have consented to conduct this
strike,” Schoenfeld said, “because now
that the men are out I want them to
win. ,
“The fight is not so much against the
contractors as against the reduction of
prices on the part of the clothing man-
ufacturers. The contractors are not to
blame for failing to live up to their con-
tracts, for the cut of from 25 to 30 per
cent which the manufacturers have
made in the prices which they pay to
the contractors for their goods has
made it impossible for the contractors
to pay their employees any more than
they have been doing. We hope by
closing the contractors’ shops and thus
cutting off their source of supply to
.cause the manufacturers to raise their
prices again.” .
It turns out that there is a tacit un-
derstanding between the strikers and
the contractors that they shall both
combine against the manufacturers.
The contractors cannot: aid the strik-
ers directly, but they will make no at-
tempt to fill the places left vacant by
the strike, and they are as anxious as
the men to see the prices raised again.
There were signs today that the
strike would grow to proportions hith—
erto unknown in a. garment workers‘_
strike. The condition of the tailors in‘
other large eastern cities is, it was said,
no better than here. They have been
complaining for som_e time, and it ap-
peared that they might all go out in
Boston“, Baltimore, Buffalo, Rochester,
Syracuse and Utica. They are already
out in Philadelphia.
Would Involve Eighty Thousand Persons.
Such a strike would involve at least
80,000 men and women and would crip-
ple the manufacturers, who are entire—
ly dependent upon the contractors for
their goods. The strike leaders in this
city were working industriously today
to bring about such a condition of af-
fairs.
As has invariably been the case in
the past, the present strike has thrown
the east side into a state of ferment.
All through the?» streets in the sweat—
shop districts groups of the strikers
and their sympathizers were to be
folind. .
Some of them gathered at W'alhalla
hall, their headquarters, and, breaking
up into parties of a dozen or more, dis-
cussed the situation.
the street corners, moving only at the.
threat of a policeman's club; others
made a tour of "the shops to be sure
that none had returned to work, while
others collected around the tables in
the Orchard street saloons. Few staid
at home.
A peculiar feature of the present
strike is that every one concerned ap-
pears glad that it is on. The strikers,
having forced the strike themselves,
are of course pleased with the situation.
The contractors for whom the strikers
worked are, if their word is to be taken,
also joyful. They declare that they,
too, have been barely able tohmake a
living and that for the next three or
four weeks they will be only too glad to
close their shops. Finally, the manu—
facturers, who buy the finished“ prod-
pots of this sweatshops, are apparently
delighted. '
They say that, now that the samples
are out, they will have no use for any
goods until August or September, and
they seem pleased at the prospect of
not beinglobliged to increase their stock
in the present dull season.
Of course both the contractors and
manufacturers believe that the strike
will be a thing of the past long before
the busy season begins.‘
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