Beaten Again!

New York, 1895

Boss Youngs has been forced to withdraw as a candidate for counsel to the Tax Arrears Commission. He found that but one of the four commissioners would vote for him. The Boss should convene his county committee and censure the three Republican commissioners.


Italian Laborers Swindled

Two hundred angry Italians were unloaded in Long Island City about 6 o'clock Friday evening. They came from Port Jefferson, where they had been employed on the extension of the Long Island railroad from that place to Wading River. The extension is building under contract, and the Italians assert that they were swindled out of from $10 to $12 each by an absconding contractor. As the railroad made payments direct to the contractor, they have nothing to do with the paying off of the laborers.


Union College Taxes

Mayor Sanford said Saturday that he would oppose the Union college tax bill passed by both branches of the legislature and forwarded to him for his consideration. The college trustees owe the city for back taxes and penalties $240,000. The trustees to evade the payment have been defeated in all courts, and now through the measure just passed the legislature hope to settle up by the payment of $5,000. The bill provides that the difference less the accrued interest and penalties shall be paid by the state.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 10, 1895, p. 1.