F.T . i 'VJ 42 V t6 "TTfBi PITTSBURGf DISPATCH." STJlTDATr -DECEMBER' 43T. 'T 15, -1889.- -,-V . - 1 - ; t Some' Changes' Eecommended in the Contract Statute. JABOB MEN DISCUSS IT. The Popular Concert Idea Meets Willi General Approval. BP1CY CHATS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS Ihe House committee having in consid eration the President's message reported a few days ago that some additional legisla ition wes necessary to perfect trie contract labor law. An attempt was made yester day to ascertain the views of manufacturers on the subject, bnt it must be said that so far as appearances go they seem to be su premely indifferent, probably because the Supply of common labor is already excessive In this conntry, where, it is said, a boy has bo chance to learn a trade except in the penitentiary. As much might be inferred from the re ply gotten at Painter & Son's, where a gen tleman stated that they dealt with the Amalgamated Association without reference to laws on the subject. If the supply of common labor is to be permanently in ex cess of demand of course it may be expected to be cheap, and to furnish little or no trouble Mr. Chess, of Ches Coot & Co., said he hadn't given the subject any thought, and wasn't prepared to cive an opinion. J. W. Friend said he thought it well to build a wall and shut out all foreign labor, as there were plentv of people in the country now to do all the work needed. Mr. Friend said he would rather see common laborers paid 52 a day than less, as when labor is well paid manufacturers made the most money. GOOD STAGES PAY. He said he had found it hard work to make expenses when men were paid 62J cents a day out of the store, and had made money when they were paid much higher wages in cash. He said working people spent their money freely, and when they got good pay they kept currency circulating. A. M. Byers said he hadn't given the subject any thought, and wasn't prepared to give anv opinion. Master Workman L IT. Boss said: "I think the present law is good enough if it were pnt into operation. A more stringent law should be passed, or rather a modifica tion or alteration iu the existing law should be made in the direction of putting its operations more quickly iu force." SLOW IK OPERATION. "William Smith, President of the Ameri can Flint Glass "Workers' Union I have no fault to find with tbe law, excepting that its - operations are too slow. Some alteration should be made by which more rapid action in carrying out its spirit would be entailed. At present more than one of its provisions , are inoperative by reason of their amoiguity. John .unman, editor ot tne Jsuagell think that the present law should be made to act more quickly. Take lor example the case of the Jeannette glass blowers. Al though tbe District Attorney gave an opin ion, which in 99 cases out ot 100 would have been sufficient to send back the men without anything more to do in the matter, nothing more can be done in this case until May. By that time the men will have been more than 12 months in thfecountryand the point occurs to me whether, underthe clause which limits tbe time in which action Bhould be taken against imported laborers to one year, the prosecu tion in this case will end in a successful re cult or not. It is just possible that some sort of a defense on this point maybe set np. lam certainly in favor of a modification of the law which would result in quicker methods for dealing with imported contract labor than exists under its present form. POPULAR CONCERTS FAVORED. Blanacer Johnston bay. Thuy Can be Given or Popular Price The Publlo Would Welcome Them. The suggestion made by The Dispatch to hold popular concerts in the Exposition building meets with the general approbation of the music-loving public Only those who have no music in themselves are in different, and the musicians, in particular, as well as the Exposition managers, are heartily in favor of the plan. Mr. Johnston states that lie had been revolvingsuch a scheme iu his mind, and was cboutro close a contract with a New York orchestra. He thinks tbe time is ripe for a series ofcon certs, and he says the' main ball could easily be adapted for early spring and summer entertainments. He also agrees with The Dispatch that the concerts could be given at popular prices. The general impression that actors and singers, as well as musicians, unless they are phenomenons.receive enormous salaries is not borne out by the facts. Some interviews on this subject were obtained yesterdav. Mr. M. Ii. Malone said that he approved the idea ot holding entertainments in the Exposition building. Tne giving of pop ular concerts would please many people, and would be nn advance step in the music al interests of Pittsburg. Mr. L 2T. Bunton said he would be pleased to see a series of popular concerts in the winter season, provided they were of a high order. Captain James A. Henderson heartily in dorsed the suggestion of The Dispatch, and said he would be glad to patronize them. He thought the people of the two cities would give such a season their hearty support. Councilman B. A, Duncan was asked what he thought of the subject of regular concerts being given through the fall and winter season as well as the spring, cither inthe Exposition building or another, con structed with probably better acoustic prop erties. He said he thought they could not be placed on a paying basis, as the public would, he thought, ire of a surfeit of musi cal entertainments. The park concerts are free to all. The May Festival, if it becomes an established iustitution, will gratify the more cultured musical tastes, and in the other seasons the social whirl and dramatic attractions would pre vent the success ot such a project CAPTAIN DAK'S BOY. Tha Sharp Remark Be Blade to HI Father on a River Excursion. "Ton would be surprised sometimes," jskid Captain Dan Sylvus yesterday, "at the sharp things said unconsciously by young sters as well as children of a larger growth. I remember -an instance of a little boy of mine, since dead, who made a rather sharp remark to me one day while we were going up river on an excursion. '"We had got into Ko. 1 lock, and I was afraid the little fellow, who was only 8 years qf age, might meet with an accident, and I" told him ii be did not stay away from the sides of the boat I would lock him up) meaning thatj would put him in the state- '"room. He looked fcp at me, and looking around the rtone sides of the lock through which we were passing, said: 'Pap, I guess we are locked up now, ain't we?' ' Captain Dun tnrned away and hid his emotion over the recollection of the -little fellow who had helped to brighten his liie. Belrn BHII tire. Mrs. Belrsr Lockwood passed through the city yesterday on her way to Clarion, where she will address the Clarion County Insti- Ctatcllhis week. She talked freely at the fUuio'n station about various matters. The late female candidate forHational President sald she does not think tbe breach in the W. C. T. TJ. will ever be healed.X She favors the education of girls in pblitical economy and the introduction of industrial training iu tbe schools. She still favors prohibition, but not as a distinctively political issue. THE AMEEICUS CLUB HOUSE. The Proposal to Bur tbe Ilotcl Hamilton to be Pat to Tote on Jnnaarr 8. Captain John A. Reed said last evening that an option for 60 days had been secured upon the Hotel Hamilton by a duly ap pointed committee ot the Americas Repub lican Club, and that the question of the purchase of the property would be sub mitted to a vote at the regular meeting of the club on the evening of January 8. The price mentioned in the option is understood to be $103,000. Captain Heed has steadily championed the idea of a club bouse for the Americns Club, and is something of an enthusiast on tho subject. He said: "The membership of the club is now over 600. and If the annual dues were placed at say $100 per annum the revenue would be in excess of the actnal running expenses of the club. There would be many cash gifts toward such an end also, and the club would have no difficulty in meeting its obligations. In tbeplan sub mitted by me it was also proposed to raise the initiation fee JromflO to $50. This plan has been fonnd expedient by nearly every leading club in the country." E00HIXG MR. OLIVER. Postmaster Larkln Would Like to See Htm la Charge of tbe Census. Postmaster Larkin said yesterday: "I see that Mr. George T. Oliver has been sug gested for Superintendent of the Census of the Ninth Pennsylvania district, which includes Allegheny, Beaver, "Washington and Greene counties. Pittsbnrg ought to have that position, and I think no better man than Mr. Oliver could be suggested. If he were appointed it would be a graceful tribute to the importance of Pittsburg's manufacturing interests. Mr. Oliver well understands sueh-'matters. and his accept ance, which I suppose is doubtful, would be a guarantee that our special industries would be given a just prominence." L0XG, UNBROKEN EEC0ED. Ex-Coroner Clniraon Hni Adhered to Mur phy for 13 Venr. Ex-Coroner Clawson, who is to be found nightly at his post in the City Hall guard ing the rights and the property of the city, and keeping both eyes and one hand upon each, said last night that he had now been an adherent of Francis Murphy for nearly 13 year", during which time be had been a total abstainer, without one lapse from his obligation. This is one of the longest un broken records in the city. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING. Some Who Travel, bom Who Do Not, and Oihera Who Talk. Superintendent Luckey and Secretary Beisfar favor tbe selection ot Deputy State Superintendent of Public Instrnction Henry 2d. HoucK to succeed tbe late Br. Higbee. United States District Attorney Lyon went to Scranton yesterda to attend a bearing before a United States Commissioner there. GRIPAlEJi DATE TO SKIFFLE. An Order on the Plttsburc Traction Road Which Cause Trouble. Gripmen have a pretty hard time of it, all things considered The exertion of oper ating the levers for the brake and the grip calls for the putting forth of a vast amount of energy and considerable strength as well. If a man is not a Samson the expenditure of effort keeps him in a profuse perspiration. The space in front of the gripman used to be open in summer time, but" since cold weather was promised the company has had a little paneled glass arrangement put in, which is so shaped that the only opportunity to sbont warnings at predatory dogs, re fractory teamsters and foolish children is through a door in the panel about six inches wide and a foot high. The door can be shut or opened at will and is exactly in front of and on a level with the gripman's face and throat. The company has recently issned an order that the little door must remain open, rain or shine, and the gripmen complain of it as a great hardship. A prominent physician of Fifth avenue says that he has several patients among the cripmen. who have contracted severe cases of pnlmonary trouble due to the exposure to a strong current of air. The rapid motion of the cars generates a movement of air which affects som- of the men so seriously that they cannot speak above a whisper. Protests have been made to tbe company with a view to securing the withdrawal of the order. WJ5UAET WAS ABOUT. Hi Outrider Had a GrUt of Case Before Alderman Carlisle. Alderman J. D. Carlisle sat in judgment yesterday, with his Prosecuting Attorney, Wishart, and a large number of speak-easy proprietors-came to grief. There were sev eral victims whose cases were not reported. Among those that were was Mrs. Marshall Moss, of Second avenue. Three people de posed that they had bought and paid for beer in her house She was fined $50. This is the fourth time Mrs. Moss has been fined, and her husband is awaiting trial at court. One of the witnesses was a "Wishart agent. Charles Scholther, who has been fined re peatedly for selling liquor withoutlicense at his residence on Madison avenue, Alle gheny was held in $1,000 bail for court. Mrs. Dailv, of Wea Carson street, was not present. ""Detective Linden said he and two friends paid for whisky in her honse on last Sunday night. Mrs. Daily was assessed a fine ol $50. William Shaffer, of 308 West Carson street, was also one of Linden's victims, he swearing that he bought a bottle of beer from Shaffer for 25c on last Snnday. A BAD SUBUKBaX BLAZE. A Reserve Township Residence and Barn Entirely Destroyed by Flnme. A fire broke out about 5 o'clock last night in tbe residence of Lewis Schafer, situated on East street extension, in Beserve town ship, beyond the Allegheny line. It burned for nearly ah hour, spreading the flames to a large burn situated near the house, and both buildings were entirely consumed. There was but a weak effort made to save the premises, as the flames spread very rapt idly, and no help from Allegheny City was asked for. The house was a two-story and attic frame structure, and was valued at 83.000. The barn? was a larce one. and" stocked with a large quantity ot hav, which. iit tuiicKrcrijic lusa wy x,wv. X2U. Very little furniture was saved. Tbe Last Cargo. Superintendent M. L. Malone, of the Federal building, has received advices from Washington that the schooner Grace K. Green has been chartered to carry from the quarry in Maine to the port of Baltimore the lust cargo of granite for the building. Thus the beginnings of the end are already in sight. The stone is ready lor shipment, hut us the season is growing very late, and the sea is rough and dangerous, it is some what doubtful whether "the schooner will make the voyage until after the winter. Thre is plenty of granite oh haud for all the stone laying possible during the icclem eut season now at hand. Da. B. M. Haxwa. Eye,-ear, nose and throatdiseasesexclusively. Office, 78 Penn irtci., fjiuuurg, ! fc ' BCvSU If THE COAL' TRADE. Captain Bunion Denies That His Firm Will Pay Thr.ee Cents. AN 80,000 STEEL PLATE COKTfiACT J. 1L Kelly Expelled aud L. A. 300 sured by Trades ConnciL Cen- ll'GAW AJfD PHILLIPS WERE INDORSED So far from the river operators preparing to reopen their mines, as was suggested by a rumor which reached the city yesterday, owners are overhauling their craft and mak ing everything shipshape for the winter months. They display no more inclination to concede the asked-for half cent per bushel than at any time since the strike. A gentleman who represents large coal In terests at Cincinnati said yesterday that the trade in his district was very quiet. Fourth pool coal was selling at H)i cents and 90 days, and third and lower pools at 6 cents. Pittsburg coal bad to contend against a daily increasing competition with the Kanawha and Chesapeake and Ohio article, and CO miles west of Cincinnati the Indiana coal, though inferior in quality, was able to beat the Pittsburg product in the. market. The Chesapeake' and Ohio operators were now engaged in erecting trestling and building yards in the heart of the city, and were going to retail their coal. KANAWHA HAS THE BULGE. A contract for the delivery at Chicago of 40,000 tons of Kanawha coal has lately been placed at $2 86. Pittsburg coal cannot be pnt in there at $3. The shipments of the Kanawha nd C. & O. regions to these points were increasing everv year by six or seven million bushels, and there was a cor responding gain in the volume of railroad shipments? These facts were mentioned in connection with the present condition ot the local trade and in support of the often re iterated statements of the operators that they cannot afford to pay more than 2) cents for mining and do business. Regarding the proposed purchase of the largest of the river mines by an Eastern syndicate, represented by Mr. W. P. Shinn and Mr. McConneli, nothing was done yes terday. The 15th of this month had been set as the date when an extension ol the option, on pavment of a consideration, would be required by the syndicate agents, provided they wished to carry on the nego tiations beyond the first of the year. That they have given no indication of desiring a longer period for consideration would indi cate that tbev have made up their minds to be either on or off. They still have until 1 the first of the year to close the negotiations. There have been, during thepast week, divers rumors that Joseph "Walton & Co. were preparing to accede to the demand of their miners for 3 cents a bushel and resume work in a few dayj. It has been said that the bustle of preparation at their mines in dicated plainly that work was to be re sumed. Similar reports were out, not long ago. iu regard to W. W. O'Neil & Co . and were vigorously deuied bv Captain O'Neil. MB. BUNTON DENIES IT. A reporter for The Dispatch yesterday called upon Mr. I. N. Bunton, a member of the firm of Walton & Co. That gentleman said: "You can deny these reports for us in the strongest possible manner. We feel that we cannot afford to pay 3 cents a bushel, and will not payit unless everybody else pays it. We can afford to stay out all year, if necessary, or it the miners will not work for VA cents. The marcets will not justify the advance rate. Three cents tor digging means the development of the Kanawha region. We cannot afford to sell coal at a loss. It the price of digging goes up we must raise our selling price. That would shut us out of the market. The Kanawha operators would undersell us, and we wonld be forced to shut down. The educated miners know this. "The two or three firms who are paying 3 centsclaim that they can sell their coal at a profitable figure. But that is just because nearly all the mines are closed, tbe market is not crowded and the demand brisk." During the past two days tbe big opera tors have been trying to induce-the rebel lious operators to close their mines, and it was announced yesterday along Water street that Marshall McDonald and S. Hays had promised to quit. J. M. KELLY EXPELLED. Tbe Trade Council Take Decided Action In ibe Ziabor Imbroelio I A. 300 Cen nred fjr Phillip Expulsion. A lively meeting of the Trades Council was held last night. A large number were present and Joseph L. Evans presided. The new delegates admitted were Barnard McCahe, glassworker, L. A., 1653; Fritz Maurer, Brewers' Union, No. 22; Daniel McWilliams, Salesmen's Assembly, Ko. 4947. The report of the Executive Board in the charges preferred before it against John M. Kelly was read. The board reported that they found the charges against Mr. Kelly well sustained and recommended his expul sion from the Trades Council. The report was concurred in thus expelling Mr. Kelly. A resolntion was adopted sustaining Phillips in his actions and deploring his expulsion from L. A. 300, also censuring L. A. 00 for its action in the case. A reso lution was also passed censoring the Gen eral Assembly K. of L. for approving the expulsion of Homer L. McGaw. The president and secretary were author ized to draw up and send out circulars to all labor organizations, requesting them to send delegates to the Trades ConnciL The amendment to the constitution providing that each and every delegate to the Trades Council shall be a workingman and shall be working at the trade of which his associa tion is a representative, next came up. A tie vote of 13 to 13, resnlted on a motion to Jay the amendment on the table. President Evans decided it by voting for the motion to lay nn the ta'ble, and the amendment failed. The meeting was very lively, much discussion ensuing, nnd kept up until 1120. The present council will adjourn sine die in two weeks. AN $80,000 0BDEL CarnedCi Pblpp Si Co. Get a. Contract to Slake fetrel Plate. Carnegie, Phipps & Co. are working upon a large Government order. They obtained a contract from the Government to supply them with $80,000 worth of steel plates. The plate will be used in the construction of two new navy boats. - There is a rumor afloat that Pittsburg will receive another order from the Govern ment, which will boom the steel trade. The Government contemplates building two more heavy tonnage frigates, and the steel used in the construction ot these boats would give the varions steel mills enough works to do for several months. TO ISSTITUTE A LODGE. Tbe Pltobarg MnctilnUt' Union Will Orcanlxe tbe RlcHeporter. Pittsburg Lodge No. 62, of the National Association of Machinists, 'met last night and took'fn nearlv a dozen'members. The Jocal branch is growing xih great-rapidity. A communication was-received -from the UniuU Master of the order arC'0,in,ting a committee fo organize and institute alodge stMiKeesnort next Saturday nlghLflAbout 150 members will be taken in. ' 'J 1 S'-U i$ A Cosily Wnter Tower. A new water-tower, costing' "between $28, 000 nnd $3.0,000, has been boilt at Shoenber-' ger's-m-.lls.5 It is inteh'dedofnmish the 'hySraulie power for operating the various cranes about the works, and is expected to do.the work of a number of men. It will nteo operate the cranes much lt than they could be worked by haud. NEW FLINT GLASS SCALE. Manufacturer nnd Worker Havo Ex changed Notice of Chance. The proposed changes in the new scale were yesterday exchanged between the com mittee of the Associated Pressedware Manu facturers nnd the A. F. G. W. Union. As before stated, the changes do not embody any poiut of a nature to lead to serious dis agreement. There will,'ol course, be more or less discussion on the sole, but it is an ticipated that no serious hitch will occur. LOCKED IN THE SAFE. - A Clerk la n Joke Clo.e the door on HI Companions A Wild Attempt to He len the Men. The Hamilton building narrowly escaped turning out a fatality last evening. About 6 o'clock Frank Speer, of the Speer-White Sand Company, and another young man employed in the office, on the sixth floor of the building, were putting their books and office equipments in the vault previous to closing up the office for the night. The work was nearly done when a clerk closed tbe door ol the vault. He did it for a joke, and had no intention of locking the door, but accidentally tbe combination slipped around, and voung Speer and his friend were fastened inside. An alarm was given, and in a few min utes the report reached all parts of the building that the two men were locked up. There was no one in the office who knew how to open the safe. The members of the .firm had gone home. Everybody was ex cited. It was Known that tnat mere was no opportunity for the imprisoned men to get much Iresh air, and it would only be a mat ter of a short time until they would suffo cate unless they could be rescued. It was known that Prof. William B. Mc Comsey, with S. Hamilton, had formerly known the combination for the safe and he was called. He hastened upstairs and tried to open the door, but failed. The people in the office began to grow desperate. Up until this time the voices of the men inside could be beard very plainly, but they began to be indistinct A telephone message was sent to the residences of the members of the firm, but the latter could not be reached. An en deavor was made to get some of the Barnes safe men, but their place was closed. It be gan to look as if there was no hope for the men, but another effort was made. Prof. McCorasev knew Frank Speer had the combination lor the safe, and called to J him to give him tbe figures and he (Mo Comsey) would open the door, but Soeer did not answer. He either did not hear McComsey, or was afraid to give away the combination. In the meantime men had been sent in all directions to find some of the Barnes' safe men, with the intention of blowing open- the safe. The office was deserted for a few minutes, and about 7 o'clock three of Barnes' men arrived with all of the paraphernalia of safe crackers. Several attempts were made to get an answer from Soeer and bis companion, but no sound conld be heard within. It was supposed that the men were dead, and work was about to be begun with a drill, when tbe door of a closet opened in another corner of the office and the two prisoners jumped out. While the Barnes' men were being hunted up, Speer managed to work tbe combina tion from the inside, and rescued himself and his partner, aud once out, he thought it would be a good joke on the others to hide. When they got out, Speer locked the safe again, and then secreted himself until the arrival of the safe people. A NEW CHDECH WANTED. West End Eplscopnllnns Bloving far a Set tled Place of Worship. After considerable "hard work among the West End Episcopalians, it begins to look; as it a church for that sect will be erected. A large number of communicants of the Episcopal Church live in that section of the city, who had neither church nor pastor until the recent movement secured a hall iu which to worship and the services of the various clergymen of tbe city at various intervals. A congregation of nearly 250 persons are now giving their attention to having a regu lar pastor, and either the renting of a hall or the construction of a small chnrch for Sabbath meetings. It Is likely that a com mittee meeting will be calbd iu a few weeks for the purpose of adopting measures to at tain this end. A .DEDICATION NEXT EDXDAT. St. James It. C. Chnrch nt Wllkloabarg to bo Appropriately Received. At the dedication of the new St. James' Church and school building at Wilkins burg next Sunday the solemn ceremonies will be'performed by Very Bev. S. Wall, D. D., Vicar General. Very Bev. Joo Strub, Pr6vincial of the Order of the Holy Ghost, will sing the mass, assisted by deacons and sub-deacons. Bev. C. V. Neeson, pastor of St. John the Baptist Church, will deliver the sermon, a careful programme of music under the di rection of Prof. J. J. Lageman, the organist ot the church, will be rendered. Bev. A. A. Lambing is the pastor of the church. A train leaves union station at 8:40, anda lunch will be provided for those who de sire it. VISIT OF THE GOLDEN EOD. The United State Lteblbouie Boat la Pltlibnrr. The United States steamboat Golden Bod arrived in the harbor yesterday abont noon, from down the river. It is the Government lighthonse boat. Its work is to supply oil and other supplies to the many beacomlights of the Western water way, and to pay tbe wages of the men who attend to the lights. It arrives in this port at irregular intervals, varying from two to lour months. The vessel is a pretty one, as clean and trim as a new pin. The crew have comparatively an easy time, and their occupation is to keep thejboat in good con dition. The Golden Bod will remain here until to-morrow, when ii will depart clown the river. EEPOETEES TO BE INTITED. All Arrangement Made for the lawyer' Banqnet. Arrangements are' being made for the annnal dinner' of the Allegheny County Bar Association, which will take place at the Hotel Schlosser on Monday, January 6, 1890. Ot course everything is being done to make tbe dinner as big a success as possi ble. There will be a bountiful feast of good things. i One thing1 for which newspaper men will be more or less thankful, is the fact that they will not be compelled to lay on the floor in the second story of the. hotel, with their ears at the end of a gas pipe for three hours and a half as they have had to do heretoIOre, to get the toasts. It is announced that the reporters are to be invited to the dinner. A Home Saddened. Mr. and Mrs. James F. McMorris are mourning the loss of Charles Gabriel Mc Morris, an infant and youngest son. Mr. McMorris is of the firm of Joseph Einstein &Co. An EoEasjeiaent Broken, A young lady, high in social circles in 3b is city has just brokeA her engagement, because ber intended, hor -promised to boy her a musical box, refused,to go to Gill in ger's, 1200Jeennve., to-buyit. The young lady claims that, their stock, consisting of orastcAl boxes, guitars, mandolins, violins, Bccoruiousf coacvitiiiur, uunjos, etc., IS tne largest and finest in the city; al their liae pi nu junta oi stnofi, r .. MW , BIGEAIBR0AD3I0TES. Tha Fort Tftayne to ,Lay Another Double rrack. .)h - -- A$300,0aO'LqOKTEACriS TO BE LET. 0s j ! , The Lake Erie Eailroad.Ia JExpending an Oodle of Money. A HEW FEEIQHT. DEPOT AT BfiAYEfi It has been definitely fixed by the Fort Wayne Bailroad to lay another double track between Allegheny and Conway. A number of contractors have sent in figures bidding on tbe job. The contract will be let to the successful bidder on Tuesday. It is expected that the work will cqst be lore completed upward of $300,000, as there are bo many obstacles to overcome before the lines can be laid. The distance between the two points is 23 miles. The firm which seaures the contract will be obliged to commence on the work imme diately. The Fort Wayne has long been conlemnlatintr this doable track, because its freight traffic has increased largely uurilif; fciic paab Tc( buu vv vu u v-.,u as to render it difficult to keep tbe tracks clear for passenger travel. This new track will obviate in the luture any blockade on the main track, and cive the railroad ample tacilities to carry on its immense freight traffic with the utmost dispatch. A EOCKT COKIBACI. It is said-thatthe most difficult part of the work on this job will be between Emsworth and Dixmont. Here there is 36,000 yards of rock, standing 80 feet nigh, to remove. The rock will be blasted by electricity and taken away to some marshy? round owned by the Fort Wayne road, west of Dixmont, and near the Ohio river bank. Further along tbe road there is another piece of rock to remove. At several points the company intends to lay a number of side tracks for freight car" accommodations. So pushed is the company for yard facilities that it finds it absolutely necessary to undertake this large piece of work. Hitherto the yard room all along the road has been insufficient, and a good deal of in convenience has been felt owing to this cause. Much of the rock that will be excavated will be broken into small pieces, and it will be used for a foundation for some bad ground, which they iutend to utilize for yard purposes. A SIX MONTHS' JOB. The work on tbe Fort Wayne will take at least six mouths be'ore it is finished, and it will give employment to S00 men. The men will be mainly used to do tbe heavy wore of blasting and removing rock at the points named. The Lake Erie Bailroad is in the same box that the Fort Wayne is in an insuffi ciency of yard facilities. This company let out its contract to Werneberg & Jolly a week ago. The Lake Erie is going to mbve all its tracks at Beaver from their present Sosition aud relavthem nearer the Ohio river 'here will be 20 miles of track to change near Beaver. It will take over nine months to accomplish the work, and tbe contract lor the work will run into several hundred thousand dollars. A BIO FBEIOHX DEPOT. The Lake Erie authorities will build a large freight depot at Beaver, as soon as they complete the tracks. Lately Beaver has be come a great center for freight, and business is constantly developing. During the progress of the work at Beaver the contractors encroached upon some prop erty belonging to Metzer, a paper, manu facturer. The railroad authorities had not nn.n1 taA tlia miMli.e. nf Wat r land and'when tbe contractor was asked totoD work he refused. An injunction was ob tained' agaiust the Lake Erie, and the anerm arrestea jur. narry w erneoerg, wno was placed under a $10,000 indemnity bond. THE CilUBCIl WILL COMPLY. It Will Take Two Year to Keraore tbe Troy Hill Bodie. Father Werner, rector of St. Philomena's Church, was seen yesterday to ascertain what action the church authorities would take about the ordinance passed by the Allegheny Council, compelling them to re move all bodies from the Troy Hill Ceme tery. Father Werner said: "It is tbe intention of tbe church to com ply with the ordinance. All we ask from the city is ample time to find the friends of J the dead buried in the cemetery. It will take two years before we can clear the graves. Many of the bodies which are now lying in the old cemetery will never be claimed, because there are no living rela tives. In all cases where no owner of a body can be found, the church will defray the cost ofremoving it to our new cemetery, on the Perrysvilleroad. There will also be a numbtrot bodies interred in the Troy Hill ground, whose friends are too poor to pay the necessary cost of transferring. "The church would like all the congrega tion who bave bodies in Troy Hill, to re move them as quickly as posib!e,so that the cemetery may be emptied iu the time speci fiedjn the ordinance." Tbe Benry F. Olll'er Grand PInnoi Have held the If ad and shared the honors with the distinguished pianists who played them at the Music Teachers' National As sociation meetings for the past nine consecu tive years, being the only "grand" used at all tbe meetings. "At the national meeting in Philadelphia in '89 it was the general verdict of the musicians that the Miller crand surpassed all the others. At the Ntw York State meeting the distinguished American pianist, Mr. Wm. H. Sherwood, who made a phe nomenal success, publicly stated it would have been impossible for him to have pro duced such magnificent results on any other erand piano in the country." Philadelphia Musical Journal. An elegant assortment of these famous pianos can be seen at W. C. Whitehill's music parlor. Also some second-hand in struments. Small grand Krauich & Bnch, $325. Mason & Hamlin upright, largest size, $300. Marshall & Mittauer square, $125. Bent organ, $75. Shonlnger organ. $50. At W. C. Whitehill's Music Parlor, 152 Third avenue, opposite Government building. Are Yon n Lover of 3InIct If you are, this will interest you. There is being sold in this oity, to-day, an instru menttpon which you can play an opera or symphony, a waltz or a simple ballad, with all the 'grand and beautiful effects of an orchestra, end to perform upon this re markable Instrument yon need know posi tively nothing about music This wonderful instrument is called the JEoMan organ, and is almost an entirely new thing, which accounts for your never having heard of It before. We don't expect you to take onr word for all this; it is too remarkable a statement; but we will guarantee to conviuce you of the actual truth of it, if you will call at our warerooms anu see and hear tor yourself.. Melloe & HOSNE, 77 Filth avenue, Pittsburg. Fob a finely cut, neat-fitting suit leave your order with Walter Anderson, 700 Smithfield street, whose stock of English suitings and Scotch tweeds is the finest in tbe market; imported exclusively for his trade. Bu If Yob Will Leave Year Order .For a crayon or pastel portrait at Aufrechtj Elite gallery, 616 Market at, Pittsbnrg, on or-before tbe 20th inst, you can hare ft for Xmas without fail. Prices lowest In two cities. Bring the children, i BLAIR'S Ptixs Great BglIh goat and rheumatic remedy. Hoc, woact 4 eSeet- Ive. Atrutt', & r Srm, - J ABE1STS 0FTHB INCEEASI. 'Chief Brown Will Mnke a Showing- of IS, eOB at the End of the Year. The arrests of the year show such an in crease ou the arrests of all previ ous years . fls demonstrates either a a large advance in the population, an in crease in the criminality or a watchfulness on the part of Chief Brown's "finest" which has let no gnllty man escape. The figures show that the criminal classes, like other yellow dogs.have a predilection for injuring their neighbors during the dog days, and the hot months are the most prolific of prisoners. The following are the official figures of arrests for each month up to and including November: January, 724; February, 706; March, 1,088; April, 1,157; Mav. 830; Juue, 1.204; July. 1,429; Aneust.1,429; Septem ber, 1.4C6; October, 1,338; November, 1,366, a total of 12,737 arrests for thevearup to December 1, which will bring the whole ar rests of the year up to nearly 15,000, if not fully that amount, as predicted some weeks ago by Chief Brown, of the Department of Public Salety, and published in The Dispatch. Eelative to the largely increased number of arrests Superintendent Gamble Weir, of the Bureau of Police, said yesterday that the fact should not be taken for granted that the city had become more depraved, an it must;be borne in mind that the arrests made in Pittsburg come from not alone the city itself, but for a radius of 20 miles around, including McKeesport, Sharpsburg and other large boroughs and towns. Ar rests have been made of people from as far away as Connellsville, and probably it -would be found that from 30 to 40 per cent of the arrests are made or people who come from outside of Pittsburg. On the whole, tbe results seem to show rather the in creased efficiency of the police lorce than an increase in crime. Phenomenal Sale or Piano at B. O. Hay & Co.'c, 75 Filth Avi-nne. It is not the policy of this house to adver tise large sales going on at all seasons of the year when the public know ittobe unreason able, nor do tbev ask the public to believe that their house is the only place a good piano can be had, but they do say that if you want an honest piano at an honest price they will give you a bargain, Dnring the past week they have sold a great number of thewonderlulMathushek, celebrated Hazelton Bros, and Lindeman & Son's pianos; also, tbe sweet-toned Wilcox & White organs. This house has the agency for tbe wonderful sel.'-playing'organs, which have created such a sensation this sea son. Call at their warerooms and bo con vinced that their manner of doing business is in every way the most satisfactory. They have on hand a specially selected stock of rosewood, mahogany, French walnut and antique oak cases for the Christmas trade. E. Or. Hays & Co., 76 Fifth ave. We Won't Tell Ton a Long Tnle or Woe About what you already know the back ward, unseasonable weather and its feariul depression on tbe sale of winter goods but will begin with the end by informing you of onr peerless mark-down of men's and" boys' overcoats. Just read: Men's overcoats reduced from $26 to $20. Men's overcoats reduced from $24 to $18. Men's overcoats reduced from $20 to $15. Men's overcoats reduced from $16 to $12. Men's overcoats red need from $13 to $10. Boys' overcoats reduced from $3 50 to $2 50. Boys' overcoats reduced from $4 75 to $3 50. Boys overcoats reduced from $7 0 to $5 00. Boys' overcoats reduced from $10 to $7 00. These reductlonu exist, not on paper merely, but ou reality, as you can convince yourself by a simple examination of our goods and prices. Kaufmanns,' Filth avenue and Smithfield street. Nothing In tbe World Will equal our great holiday week sale. Grand' and complete closing out of heavy weight overcoats and heavy-weight suits in our store. Make the best of it and call during the week. It's a paying investment for you. What makes a better Christmas present than a nice overcoat or a suit of clothes? Men's all-wool overcoats this week onfy $5, worth $15; men's suit", in cutaways ami sacks, at $7 50, worth $18; men's chi'n- Lchilla overcoats at $8, worth $18; men's ele gant dress suits $10, worth $25. Don't miss this chance. Holiday week is a hummer at our store. Clothing will be bundled out at a double qnick pace. Bemember Christmas week at our big stores. " P. C. C. C, Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the new Court House. Open until 9 o'clock evenings, starting Wednesday, December 18. MOQUETTE CAKPETH AT 81 23. Tbe Same That Have Been Selling at 81 SO All Seaaoa. Our $1 50 grade of moquette carpet has been mar Red down to $1 25. We want to sell the entire line before in voicing time, which is near at hand. Also bic cut in bod v and tapestrv brnssels carpets, and in curtain department, for the same reason. ESYTABD GROETZINQEB, C27 and 629 Penn avenue. And Why Not? Gusky's expect a wonderfully large busi ness this week in their boys and children's depattment. They intend presenting free a large and elegant express wasnn with every purchase in their boys or children's depart ment amounting to $5 or upward. ITnve Yon Seen Odr Holiday Bazaar It is the grandest thing of the kind ever seen west ot tbe Allegheny mountains. The glfster and glitter of thousands of toilet sets, manicure sets, shaving sets, workboxes (fin ished in ivory, born, pearl and silver), is a sight that fairly dazzles the eye. The at tractions, however, that loomsover and above everything are the very low prices named tor these Dcauuiui goods, uorne to-morrow. Katjpmanns' Grand Depot. Largest in lbs City. Our line of silk mnfHers from 25c to $5; hemstitched Japanete silk handkerchie's at 25c, 37c 50c, 75c and $1 and up; thousands of handkerchiefs from 5c to any price de sired; largest line and at prices one-half less than elsewhere. Thobkion Bros., Allegheny. Parents cannot do better than remem ber that any day this week Gusky's give away free a large and elegant "express wagon with every purchase amounting to $5 or more in their boys' or children's clothing department The fast week and the last chance is of fered during the coming week, commencing Monday, December 16, to buy fine drygood, carpets and rugs at auction at 723 and 725 Liberty st, corner Eighth. The Ooly Douse In Boih CItle That gives a magnificent Christmas hand herchlef box free of charge to every pur chaser of a half dozen of handkerchiefs is Kaufmanns' Grand Depot. French and American clocks in great variety. Henry Tebhetden, No. 530 Smithfield st Piano. 9150. Piano. 7 octaves, finished all around, splendid tone and handsome appearance, for f 150, J. M. HOFFMANN & CO., 537 Smithfield street. Ko Christmas and New Year's table should be without a bottle of Angostura Bitters, the world renowned appetizer, of exquisite flavor. Beware of counterfeits. Toe holiday goods at lowestprices, visit Gusky's great, unloading sale, which 'com mences to-Borrow morning. Ladies take OTmADTicii Attend tbe 10 day.' tergala sale of ladies'. jeketa, new markets, girls' cloaks sad ihmm, at Sw 1831. ' ISM. Established kerlt0 ykaks. Mellor fc Hoene' Holiday Display of Piano and Organ. It is a truly magnificent sight to see the vast array of pianos and organs at Mellor & Hoeue's. 77 Futh avenue. There are assem bled such pianos as have world-wide reputa tions, and whose names have become house hold words in eyery family. Such pianos are the Hardman and Krakauer makes, which are known to everyone as instruments of absolutely the highest grade manufac tured; and the best of it is they are sold by Mellor & Hoene at the lowest possible prices, and also ou easy payments to those who do not desire to pay cash. Mellor & Hoene have also the popular Kimball and Harrington pianos, which are fast becoming known throughout the -country as the best for the money. The celebrated Chase organs, which can only be obtained from Mellor & Hoene, are supeHor to any other reed organ manu factured, in regard to anperior quality, swgetness and power of tone. Mellor & Hoene have a most elegant lot of organs on hand, rich and beautiful in design, and with handsome cut glass mirrors, really the finest lot ever seen in the city of Pittsburg. The fact is at Mellor &Hoene's, you can get just what , you want in the organ line, for chnrch, chapel, lecture room, and for lodge and borne use, anything from the very smallest to the very largest and on easy payments of from 15 to flO per month. Can you really get together a finer collection of reed organs than the Chase, Palace, Chicago-Cottage and Kimball makes? We answer, nol Most assuredly not! Christmas is nearly here and now is the time to visit Mellor & Hoene's and make your wife, daughter or sister a gift of a piano or organ, a present that is lasting and that will make joy in the household for many years to come. Call on Messrs. Mellor & Hoene nnd see their wonderful stock of pianos and organs, or if you cannot, then write for catalogues, which will promptly be mailed you with a description of theireasy payment plan. Their address is 77 Filth avenue, and is known to every one as the center of Pittsburg's music trade. BE SURE AND ATTEND, . For We Are Golnc to Slake Things hum this week at our popular stores. We've had the biggest season's business since we are established and we are going to dispose of the balance of our heavy weight suits and overcoats. Store is open until 9 o'clock evenings, starting on Wednesday, Dec. 18. Prices on men's overcoats and suits will be cut in 3 parts. Men's suits, all wool, $7 CO, worth 16. Men's overcoats at 16, worth J15. Genuine chinchilla overcoats, $8, worth $18. Men's cutaway and sack suits in ioreign diagonals and broad wales at $10, usually sold at $23 and $25. Eemera ber Christmas week. at the P. C. C. C., cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the new Court House. Jones Is a name you have probably heard before, but are you acquainted with the beautiful china manufactured by the firm of that ilk, aud which is now so popular? Drinking Dejeuner sets, fruit plates with rich floral decoration, cups, cracker jars, etc., etc Where cau they be had? The usual answer. At French, Ke'ndrick & Co.'s, opposite the City Hall. La Splrltr, The beautiful suspension act showineyoung lady susoended in midair, with no visible means of support; the present mystery of the age. To be seen this week Jrom 10 A. M. until 6 P. H., at Gusky's corner show win dow. Everybody should see this. Tho Crash, tbe Smib, the CInb Of our prices of ladies' newmarkets, wraps and jackets has not yet stopped. Some more, nnd bigger reductions than ever are on the list for to-morrow. With a few dol lars in vour pockets you can now buy one of the finest garments in" the land at Kauf man ns' Cloak Department. Chriit. Hanch, No. 541 SmUbSeld Street, Pittsburg-, Dealer in fine watches, clocks, diamonds, etc. Cheapest store in the city. Have no connection with any other establishment. Don't Forset to Bring- tbe Boy. Gusky's will this week with every pur chase in their boys' or children's department amounting to $5 or upward, give away free a large and elegant express wagon. D. &B. 1,000 fur muffs 50o to $20 each: French seal muffs, $1 50; compare with $3 50 muff elsewhere. Boqqs & Bvta, Allegheny, Every Sboestoro Advertlie Christmas slippers. Kaufmanns' alone can trutniuiiy claim, nowever, the largest as sortment, the handsomest styles, the lowest prices. , Ylollns, Bnrjo, Guitars and mandolins. A large and care fully selected stock of these popular instru ments can be found at the musical estab lishment of Geo. Kappel, 77 Fifth ave. 15,21 To-Morrow, Yon Can(buy an all-wool overcoat, a cassimere suit and a pair of suspenders for $12 at the P. C. C C, cor. Grant' and Diamond sts., opp. the new Court House Great unloading sale of goods suitable for the holidays, commences to-morrow morning. Presents for everybody, the young and the old. Prices at feast 25 per cent under all other dealers. GnsKx'3. Fnrnltorr. The largest variety at M. Seibert & Co.'s, Allegheny City. Ale and porter are the correct drinks for December, January and February. Fraucn heim & Vilsack's brews are the favorites with connoisseurs. And Why fiolf Gusky's expect a wonderfully large busi ness this week in their boys and children's department They intend presenting free a large and elegant express wagon with every purchase in their botrg or children's depart ment amounting to $5 or upward. Silks, .silk. , Great bargains in silks. . Enable & Shustes, 35 Fifth are. 2TWSU 'Don't fail to eet "Christmas Morning" panel, with vour tea, from The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. Pabents cannot do better than remem ber that any day this week Gusky's give away free a large and elegant express wagon with every purchase amounting to $5 or more in their boys' or children's clothing department, Strllsb TronserlnKi. The largest stock st popular prices. Pitcaien's, 431 Wood street. Special bargains offering throughout all departments daring our clearing .sale, XTu Haows & Hacks. Tbe Latest Band ainsle For 24:instruments, complete, only 25 cts, at K. Qi Hys &CCo.'s. 75 Fifth ve warsu 1 )g' J r 1, j Cask paid for old gold and silver, at Haach's, Ko. 295 Fifth avenue. WPsn. . . - TitSKCH and' American clocks itj great Trarietyv - HenetTeshetden, ; -Noi-Wfr Smithfield st ML JwKdy good fr tare ioMrMt ktkjr(fffttttele4if k. wki ott IT sMHUMCY. ?.- MUSICAL BEE-UIVE ATILEBEE .BR0.'3 Their Piano nnd Orirani Preferred. Among the nnmerous pianos sold for hoi any pianos oy the old, popular nrm oi i Kleber & Bro.. 506 Wood sireet.there a no les than eight pijnns and several. organ bought by citizens of Johnstown. .Thejall are of first-class cradp. nifi m KieinwaV Conover, Upera and otlvrs, and were chosei after the purchasers had scoured tne who 1 city, tried every instrument, and finall concluded that the Kleber Bros, kept thi best instruments o! tbem all and sold oi more accommodating tern.s. The bnsines excitement at Klebers' music store Is a fever heat five large floors being filled witi piaiios and organs ana customers and sales men. Telegrams for more instruments are daily dispatched to the manufacturers, ir, order to enable that popular house to kesf pace with the extraordinary demand for! their superior goods. Don't fail to call at! Kleber'. and your dealings there will be S source of pleasure and a saving of your money. DECEMBER, 1889. NOTABLE REDUCTIONS!8 is EVERY DEPARTMENT' A FEW SPEC1AC BABGAlSSr Kxtra gTade White Conntry Blanket, $4. 1W White Conntry Blanket, extra value. S3. Good, f nil-size Bed CmforK. JI, $1 2i Special low prices ou Eiderdown Quilts. Two extra fine grades: English Saltings, in All-Wool Checks and Stripes. 50 inch wide, reduced to Jl and $1 &. 30-lnch Sill: and Wool Plaid and Stripe Suit ings at S7Jc. worth que 60-inch Wool Stripe Snl'Ines atSOc, worth 73c GO-lcca Wool Plaid Huttings at 75c, worth It Special value In Black Henrietta: Jet Black and B! ue Black Shades 40 inch Silk: Warp Henrietta. In extra fine grade, reduced to SI, worth SI 37. FOBS' FURSI FTJBS! Ladles' and Children's Fnrs In Mink, At tracban, Persian, Beaver and Seal at very closa Sgures. FINE SILK UMBBELLAS, With durable cover and novel handle. See onr Bolid Silver Mountings on Natural Bulb Stick. Just the umbrella to please a gentleman ox Udy for Xmas. JACKETS AND WBAPS. An immense display o Newest Fabrics, Newest Shapes, and, of 'great Importance to yon. Newest prices. The season Is somewhat advanced, and we are enabled to close put lots at great reduction, We give you the benefit. BIBER & EASTOM, 505 and S07 MARKET STREET. de7-TTSStt MARBHELL, . THE CASH GROCER, WILLSAYEYOUMOHEYr HAVE YOUGOT CORNS? If you have, I am not the man you want. 1 am not a Corn Doctor. I am only a Grocer. , , DO YOU EAT CORN ? Ahl there, my size. Now you havo me. Corn did you sayT BET CORN YOU EVER'ATB, 5 CANS, 25c Where did I get itr That Is none of your business. I bare two carloads of It , and it is paid for. That is all you need to know. It you want It come and get it or send f cr my lanre weekly price list and order by mall. This Is not dried corn, soaked and canned. Nor second grade corn. But it Is straight goods and you never ate better corn. Try it. Orders amounting to HO, without counting sugar, packed and shipped ' free ol charge to any point within 200 miles. MARSHELL, 79, 81 AND 93 OHIO ST., Cor. Sandusky, Allegheny. dels FURNITIIHE R.J.HORHER&C0, O, 63 AND S3 WEST TWENTY-THIRD SZ, NEW TOBK, LARGEST EXHIBIT OP ARTISTIC FURNITURE IN AMERICA Ten Snow Rooms filled with tbe latest pro ductions of the Furniture and Upholstery Art from the recognized manufaeturin: cen ters of tba world. Grand Exhibition of IMPORTED NOVEL TIES suitable for HOUDAYand WEDDINO PRESENTS, and for Drawing Room use and ornamentation, at specially attractive prices. Visitors td New York are cordially Invited to call and examine onr stock anaVpriceC Th central location of onr establishment (adjoin ing Eden Musee) makes it easy of aceess from all parts of tbe city. se22-10$-sa STORAGE. storage: THE PENNSYLVANIA STORAGE COLA) Z3, 40 and 41 WATEBST, Beg to call attention to their superior j. --... r , -.. ifi3 iaciuuea tor nonnganu canajiorau - -Jfi - cusses 01 mercnanaise. Beparate Apartments, rented for. .abtaiSodaLte7-K- sit. . ATihmfcna Ua. - ira 'inW- 1 i, LJ '""" i f.,j .. St. "' XSJPlb ""WiaL. . .AK8 rjfr Tv-, Si te " -WVi.-. -C