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THE HfTSBtrKa DISPATCH, SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1890.
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A LABTEINTH SCHEME
Proposed as an Additional Attraction
for the City's Kew Park.
CHIEF BIGELOW LIKES THE PLAN.
Winding Walks Amonc Box Troes to Puzzle
Pleasure Seekers.
IWO CELEBElTiD OSES IS OLD EUBQPE
The latest suggestion made to Chief
Bigilow on the park attraction question was
somewhat in the nature of a novelty in this
latitude at least. It was" the establishment
of & maze or labyrinth, a place where, like
the License Court, it is very easy to enter,
but exceedingly hard to get ont of without
assistance. The plan shown below was sub
mitted to Chief Bigelow yesterday, and he
appeared to be highly e ratified with, the
idea. He raid: "1 hare been looking up
that subject, and only a day or two ago I
searched encyclopedias and other works
of reference for a plan of this
kind, bat failed to find one. It
wonld be a creat source of amusement
as well as exercise for the children as well
as jrrown people to try their skill in finding
their way ont of a place where they volunta
rily put themselves. It would" convey a
good moral lecture, also cautioning people
what a tangle they may get themselves into
when they have not got the key of the
situation. I have seen a labyrinth down at
New Orleans, and lost myself so hopelessly
in it that I was glad of the guidance of a
watchman to get me ont of the maze in
which I had placed myself by the payment
of a trifle. Ton can wander for hours in such
a place, and have no idea of where yon are,
and the more yon try to extricate yourself
the more hopelessly yon are involved."
ULBTEDTTHS THAT PAY.
Tbe plan submitted to Chief Bigelow was
based on tbe two large mazes in Hampton
Court, England, and the Jardin d'Accl imi
tation, Paris, which are well patronized,
and pay largely to the revenues of both in
stitutions. In the English labyrinth it costs
1 penny to enter the puzzle, but very rarely
can any visitor get out without help. The
walks are four feet wide, -and the walls are
are'of box trees, clipped and trimmed in
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The labyrinth.
splendid form, and grown so close as to be
impenetrable. The subjoined plan will give
on idea of tbe form adopted, and enable
readers of The Dispatch to retain a cine
to the way of getting in or out should they
be tempted to get out of the straight and into
tbe narrow and devious ways.
The dimensions of this labyrinth will
probably be 1,000 ieet on the longest side,
and 500 Ieet each on each of those sides
making an acute angle with the longest ex
tension. The front is an arc in the center of
which is the entrance A. The object sought
isto gain the center B where a nice arbor
with shade trees and possibly a spring, or
any other source of refreshment than the
Monongahela "Water Company's supply
awaits the weary traveler
TBACING THE WINDINGS.
The Dispatch reader can take a pencil
finely pointed or a pin and follow the roads
between the lines and see where he lands,
and appreciate his difficulty in winding
through narrow lanes ot green without a
landmark to relieve the monotony, except
here and there a rosebush or some similar
ornamentation, which will however be the
lame in every instance, and be very unrelia
ble as guidesl The distance to be traveled
to gain the center can readily be., computed
from tbe dimensions given, even could the
seeker after tbe center make his way in the
shortest possible time to the desired goal
without, as nine out of ten will do, retrac
ing his .steps to the imminent destruction of
sboe leather and patience
The advantages of such an addition to the
park are so manifest that they scarcely need
review. The politicians who wish to discuss
affairs of State can quietly step within the
umbrageous retreat and get lost in the
labyrinthine arguments of the prospects of a
Conneijnianic nomination for the Sixth
ward, as well as the Daths of the mm nntil
a disagreement or a put-up j6b completes
the matter, and then the watchman will
help them out of one difficulty by his guid
ance or the other by his vote.
Another advantage such a. park institu
tion wonld possess, would be to act as a sort
of interminable lovers' lane, where the
veally couples who wish the pale-faced
moon alone as a competent witness
to their interchange of vows of endur
ing constancy, could perpetrate such folly
by broad daylight without fear of interrup
tion save by some "wayfarer too anxious to
get in or out to notice them, or some child
which, with that temerity characteristic of
the age of fearlessness, steps in where aneels
fear a to tread and bitterly laments having
lost its way. The general public would be.
thus relieved of the sight of blubbering
babies or babbling sweethearts, alike dis
tasteful to the people who go to parks for
fresh air and freedom.
ended by a eope.
In order to facilitate liberation from the
entanglement of the labyrinth not of the
courtship process, a strong whipcord could
be laid concealed from the entrance to the
center, and the keepers by placing this in
the hands of the lost ones and heading them
in the right direction, could free them from
the loss ot direction if not from a breach of
promise suit.
One objection Chief Bigelow saw to the
construction ox such an arrangement
was that it would take four years to com
plete at least The walls would have to be
of box tree or osage orange, and if too old
when transplanted the trees wonld die out,
while if planted at the proper age they would
seed fully that time to mature and grow
close enough to act as walls, -when properly
trimmed and cultivated. To the suggestion
that trellis work, with some climbing plants
such as roses or others, might be used while
the box was maturing, he said that roses
would be bad for the young ones, as they
generally earned thorns, and as for other
climbers people would get impatient and
break through them to make a short cut It
would be impossible to watch them so well
asto prevent such vandalism, but neverthe
less, he thought the idea n tmnA n. -nA
when added to the pony track, elephant' ride
and mother proposed attractions would no
donbt be a drawing as well as a self-sup-I
BONDING THE DEBT.
LaNorIaStockboldersNeed$150.000-Hor
Ore W Worked t a Loss of S3 Per
Ten Evidences of Bnd Management on
" Everr Band.
A committee of three consisting Of Hessrs.
H. S. Paul, John I. Patterson and Dr. G.
T. Jacoby, all stockholders-in the La Ho
rn Gold Mine Company met yesterday pur
suant to appointment by the Board of Di
rectors to discus! the affairs of the company
and devise the best means of raising the
necessary funds to liquidate the debts ot the
concern, now aggregating 82,000 and a suf
ficient surplus amount to resume work at
the mines. In an interview with Mr. Paul,
he said:
"Our committee discussed matters gener
ally, and several ideas were suggested as to
the most forcible mode of procedure, but as
yet no place has been formulated for presen
tation to the Board of Directors. The re
port of the work so far accomplished has
not been of a very qualifying or re
assuring character as is evidenced
in the fact that 60,000 tons of ore "have been
worked at a loss of $3 per ton, the vield be
ing 513 ner ton and the cost $16. Our plan
will probably be to bond the stock, raising
say $150,000. Thia would pay off the debt
and leave us a working capital of about
"$50,000. This plan I heartily approve, and
would most cheerfully respond to for any
reasonable amonnt, and I believe that the
same spirit of confidenc eexists probably as a
rule."
A call upon another gentleman prominent
in the management of the company's affairs
revealed further confidence in the ultimate
success of the mines. He said "The 'stuff'
is in the ore, but as yet we haven't been
able to get it ont in paying quantities.
"Whether the fault lies in our manner of
treatment or in the ore remains yet to be de
cided. The mine must have been worked
first a great many years ago, probably by
the Spaniards. The oldest woman in
Lenora, now 90 years of age, says she can
remember as a child that her mother
used to whip her for playing
near the mouth of the shaft, and
stated when she did so that she had been
whipped for tbe same offense when she was
a child, and the mine was then as it is now.
All effort to trace the history of its early
working has proved futile.
"The old work extended at an angle of 23
265 feet into the earth, with an opening 60
feet wide. Then a perpendicular shaft Was
sunk, intersecting the.line of the other at a
distance of 300 feet from the surface. This1
shaft has been filled up to a great extent by
the wash of debris from a neighboring
mountain, and the first work will be de
voted to cleaning it out, and perhaps deep
ening it It is estimated that at least $2,
000,000 were expended by the first workers,
but even tradition does not have an estimate
of tbe gains. The present company has ex
pended so far $380,000. The machinery and
all the appliances are of the most approved
order, and everything is in readiness to push
the work rapidly when the aforesaid ques
tion of finance is satisfactorily solved. From
the general tenor there is little danger of any
protracted delay in the matter."
THE OFFICIAL BLAST.
A Son-Partisan W, C. T. . To Be Or
ganized On the Crasade Basis.
WOMEN OF ALL UNIONS INVITED.
Two Grand Bailies Expected in Phllaael
" . phia and Cleveland.
POLITICAL CHAEGE8 DEKOBKCED
K0TH1SG NEW SOB S0LB.
Tills Winter so far Only a Duplicate of Thnt
or 1826. 27.
Mr. Samuel B. "Wilson, an officer of the
Common Pleas court, states that he can rec
ollect an entire winter as soft as the present
It was that of 1826-27. Mr. "Wilson's fam
ily lived 12 miles from Pittsburg, up Char
tiers creek. The roads became so bad that
some people did not attempt to drive to the
city for three months, finding walking the
entire distance less laborious. During the
.entire winter the mud never froze sufficient
ly to carry a horse, and cattle and horses
mired in barnyards, and it was neces sary to
keep watch over them to save the strong
from killing the weak. Business in the
country was at a standstill, except so far as
the transportation of absolute necessaries was
concerned. The country suffered particu
larly either by reason of poor crops or from
epidemic subsequently.
History seems to repeat itself meteorologi
cally as In other respects, and as that soft
winter 63 years ago was followed by the
grand "star-shower"and the cholera five years
later, we may thank our stars if we escape
with no more infliction than influenza. It
would at least be good sense to recollect and
act on the advice of Lord Palmerston to the
Scotch Kirk, viz: That in praying and
working to avert a scourge, lav primary
emphasis on the latter. It wouldn't be a
bad idea to begin fumigating sewers and
washing streets and alleys even in January.
The strangest thing in the light ot Mr.
"Wilson's experience, is that the farmers in
the section of which he speaks have not
learned wisdom in 63 years. Their roads
this winter are worse than they were in the
winter of 1826-27, for then there were no
coarse stones thrown on the roads and if they
wore down to the stratified rocks- solid bot
tom was obtained; but now they are not
safely navigable for either floating or
wheeled craft on account of the loose rocks
in the channel. In this respect art lias not
improved on nature, though 50,000,000
have been expended on alleged Allegheny
highways since then.
Some people affect to wonder at crime,and
yet object to putting workhouse, jail and
penitentiary tonghs to work on these roads.
Organized labor has no room to kick, for the
work would benefit all alike, not even ex
cepting the prisoners.
A FEW BAD COLDS
Bnt no Genuine Cases of La, Grippe at the
Poor Farm,
Superintendent Linderman, of the Poor
Parm, was in the city yesterday, and said
when asked as to whether the prevailing in
fluenza had got hold of the institution, iljat
some four or five of the inmates had very
bad colds, but there was nothing more
serious that be knew of.'
Death From Ia Grippe.
The first "fatal case of influenza, or la
grippe, which has come to the notice of the
Bureau of Health was reported yesterday
afternoon. Dr. "W. V. Marquis, of the
Seventeenth ward, sent in the certificate of
tbe death of Mrs. Catharine Halbuck, 70
years of age, who died January 8, atijb.
4111 Poster street, from the effect of asthma
and, secondarily, la grippe.
HiCEBABUD APPEOPBlATIOlf.
The Finance Committee Set Aside 8309,.
BOS Tor tbe Schools.
The Finance Committee of the Central
Board of Education met yesterday after
noon. The most important feature or the
meeting was the annual appropriation for
educational purposes. The amount certified
was $399,565, which is considerably in ex
cess of the appropriation of (384,000 of the
last year.
A Teachers' Institute will be opened Feb
ruary 1 at the Balston school hoagR. A
large number of teachers from, all over: the
county will likely be present
John Grlne Remembered.
At a special meeting of the Knapp'i Vet
eran Association last night a series of reso
lutions were passed in honor of Comrade
John Grine, who died recently.
Great Inducements Until April.
Bring the little ones to Aufrecht's ".Elite"
Jtallery.516 Market st, Pittsbnrc. Pine
tablneU ?1 per doz. Call early for sitting. I
Lair and Order Cases.
Alderman Carlisle had 12 Law and Order
cases yesterday. Only one wan for selling
liquor without a license. Tbe balance were
for disposing of cigars. Eleven otVthe de-!
fendants were fined 525 and costs, and one
$50 and costs. The names of the defendants
could hot be ascertained.
Western Fesmrlranlan Inventors.
Higdon & Higdon, patent lawyers, 95
Tilth ave., Pittsburg, and St Cloud "build
ing, opp. Patent Office, "Washington, D. C,
report the following patents granted this
week: Pittsburg, J. & P. Brunwasser, fly
trap; K. P. McPeely, valve gear; "William
Borers, sealing joints of gas pipes. Alle
gheny, B. Munroe and "W. M. Hamilton,
Ranging machine. Altoona, Isenberg &
Alloway, car brake. Erie, J. A. Hurley,
flue clearer.
Horses and JUnles.
The Arnbeim Live Stock Co., Limited, C2
Second ave., have just received a car of
Norman draught horses; also one bay car
nage team, several fine .driving and speedy
roadsters. This is the finest lot of horses we.
have had inourstablefor sometime. "Wehave
also JB head of extra draught and pit mules.
This stock will be sold cheap.
AsifHErsi Live Stock Co., Lul.
62 Second ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
THE best Portrait Mini bun Jn ma,.
in this city for years have been from photo
graphs made by Dabbs, and the reason is
tnat the photographer shows such good
judgment in taking the most striking and
characteristic points. . "' v
The official call for the national conven
tion f non-partisan "W. C. T. V. women, to
be held in Cleveland, January 22f was re
ceived in this city yesterday. A circular
bad been sent out some time ago containing
a declaration of principles for approval by
the Provisional Committee. It was mista
ken for the call. The following is the offi
cial document which has been sent to all
persons known to be in sympathy with the
non-partisan movement It was not given
out for publication in Cleveland:
Cleveland, O-, January 10, 1890.
The reasons set forth by the Provisional Com
mittee of tbe non-partisan W. C. T. IT. for a
new national organization, bavlngreceived such
general and hearty commendation on the part
of thoughtful men and women from Maine to
California, we undertake tbe next duty dele
gated to us at tbe meeting of non-partisan tem
perance workers held in the Palmer House.
Chicago. November 13, 18S9, in strong confi
dence that the enlightened moral sentiment ot
this nation is with us; that God is directing this
general uprising, leading on and bidding us to
iouow; ana we, tnerexore, can upon women
everywhere who sympathize with the object
herein set forth, to assemble in Music Hall,
Cleveland, January 22. 1890, at 10 A. 11., to con
sider plans ior effecting a national 'organiza
tion devoted to the prosecution of temperance
work by such methods as wisdom and experi
ence havo clearly proven give the only sure
promise of success. To this meeting we invite.
not only tne members oi our non-partisan
Women's Christian Temperance Union!, but
the women of other unions who believe in
NOH-PABTI8AN METHODS
of .temperance work, and are opposed to the
partisan alliance of tbe National W. C. T. U.,
and all women of the independent unions or
leagues who have withdrawn from the State
and National Unions on account of their parti
san allegiance, and all women outside of these
organizations who are In harmony with our
principles and methods.
The reasons which'have led to the necessity
for this call have been set forth in our state
ment to the public In the solemn conviction
that duty to the' best interests of tbe temper
ance cause demands tbe rallying of the women
who refuse to work longer in an organization
pledged to tbe support of a political party;
with a firm reliance upon God, who has led us
through many trying experiences to the con
elusions just reached; with unfaltering faith
in tbe justice of the cause, we plead undying
devotion to it "We call upon hosts of women
in sympathy with the movement wa represent
to attend the meeting at Cleveland. Fifteen
years ago the women of the crusade came from
different parts of tbe Union and organized tbe
National W. C. T. U. Hoy fitting that all who
hold fast the profession of their (crusade)
faith should reassemble in the same city.that
cave birth to the once non-partisan National
Union, to rekindle the old altar fires and oledtre
themselves anew to singleness of purpose In
seeking to overthrow the worst enemy of our
homes by methods not circumscribed by party
Or sect
Let there be a grand rally, of the -women ot
like faith from north, south, east and west, to
reorganize on the old basis for Christian tern
perance work.
pectlng to attend the convention will send her
name as soon as possible to Miss Mary IS.
Ingersoll, 89 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, O., that
we may know bow many are likely to attend,
and that each may be assigned to a place of
entertainment before leaving ber home.
The call is signed by the Provisional
Committee, composed of women from the
States of Maine, New York, Pennsylvania,
Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, California
and North Carolina. The statement made
a few days ago by an adherent of the parent
society that the people calling tbe State and
national conventions are all Republicans
and all Northern women is denied. All Of
the parties are represented on the Provis
ional Committee, and the North and South
will be represented at the national conven
tion. SECEDEBS EKCOtTEAGED.
The details for the State convention are
all about completed. The local seceders are
more encouraged than ever that tbe meeting
will be a large one, and that it will be a big
success. "Word was received-yesterday that
Mrs. Harry "White, theProvisinal Chair
man of the Pennsylvania Committee, and
who was expected to preside over the Phila
delphia convention, has sickness in her
family, and may be prevented from attend
ing the meeting. In this event Mrs. H. C.
Campbell, of Allegheny, will probably be
selected to fill the chair.
Letters of encouragement are being re
ceived every day from all oyer the State,
and new additions are being made daily to
the ranks of the non-partisans. Considerable
agitation has been created by the statement
of Mr. J. A. McConnell, of Allegheny, made
in last Monday's Dispatch that the whole
movement was a child of the Republican
party. A leading Republican in the city
said yesterday: "Whenever anything goes
wrong in the ranks of the "Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union or prohibition
organizations they saddle it on to the Re
publican party. JL was in .Philadelphia a
week ago, and talked to the leaders of the
party there. I beard nothing of the matter,
and I am sure there is nothing in Mr. Mc
Connell's statement,"
When one of the prominent seceders was
asked if she Knew if the Republican party
was taking a band in the matter or not, she
said; "If the Republicans have anything to
do with this, you can count me out It
would be a pretty idea to be claiming the
title of being non-partisan, and allow the
Republicans to dictate our policy, princi
ples and plan of organization. The women
who have gone into this movement will do
their work uninfluenced by any party or
ganization." The local delegates to the Philadelphia
convention, promineat among whom are
Mrs. Ellen M. Watson, Mrs. H. C. Camp
bell. Mrs. Joseph D. Weeks and Mrs. A.
F. Bryce, will leave the city Wednesday.
5M STANDARD EIYAL.
fl MeeBerttfal Whether the Octeps
WlH Ever Havo a Competitor No Stock
Taken In the Story.
' Two or 'three times a year reports have
been sent out from New York stating thai a
combination was about to be formed of
elther.home or foreign capitalists who wonld
enter into competition with the Standard
j3il company by building pipe lines to the
sea board from the oil region in "Western
Pennsylvania. A report was sent out from
New" York yesterday to the effect that
.foreign capitalists had purchased a large
pumber of oil wells in Western Pennsyl
vania and would immediately commence
putting ddwn pipe lines and pumping oil to
the coast
A number of oil men were asked yester
day to give their opinions of the scheme.
By the majority the idea was ridiculed, but
there were others who believed that such a
scheme was possible, and it was intimated
that Jpe Craig who recently sold his inter
est in the Globe Refining Company to the
Standard was in with the deal, and was ins
trumental in having the foreigners Invest
their money in pipe lines.
A prominent broker on Wood street said:
"I don't doubt that foreigners are looking
for an investment of their money in this
country. I know I was approached some
time ago by a gentleman in this city who
said that if I could direct him to any -concern
which was paying 8 per cent on the
money invested, he would secure tbe capital
to purchase it, provided that it did not cost
more than 510,000,000. It they could make
that profit in, oil I do not see why they
should not invest"
Other claimed that there is not enough
oil to supply two companies, and that a
second company is not needed. The oil
element, however, as a whole look upon the
story with doubtful eyes, and until they see
the new line laid will hardly credit it
INTHELABOK.WOELD.
The Industrial Events of the Last
"Week Carefully Eeviewed.
C0KERS SCALE ON A 1 50 BASIS.
Traction and Electric Strikes Hating Tery
Little Progress.
GOOD PBOSPECTS FOE WINDOW GLASS
MB. WOOG'S HOTEL EIFFEL.
The Pemtr Property on Smlthfleld Street
Leased for Hlsb-Class Hotel Pnrposes
What Mr. Wooer Intends to Have S25,
000 to bo Expended In Improvements.
The first extensive move in downtown
localities looking to the receiving of a
license as a portion of an additional hotel
was made yesterday by Mr. Prank Woog,
late co-lessee of the Monongahela- House,
Through Mr. E. D. Wmgenroth,' the
Fourth avenue real estate dealer, Mr. Woog
yesterday secured a number of leases which
gave him control of the Penny property,
opposite City Hall on Smithlield street,
Nos. 504 and 06. The lessee of the tailor
shop was bought out for 52,500, and the
lease, running for two years at $3,600 a year,
was extended two years more at an in
creased rental. Mr. Miller, the proprietor
ot the cigar store in the other half of the
building, will remain in possession. The
upper three stories of the building will be
controlled by Mr. Woog.
That gentleman, in speaking of bis inten
tion's, said last night: ''The ground floor now
occupied by the tailor shop will be taken up
bv the -hotel office and a fine bar. The entire
second story will be devoted to a first-class
restaurant dining room with several private
dining rooms for parties. The main room
will seat at least 100 people. A kitchen and
pantry will be built at the back of the
building. The third and fourth stories will
be devoted to bedrooms. I am not able to say
how many -of them there will beuntil after
examining the property more in detail. I
expect to exoend at least $25,000 in fitting
up the establishment, and am going to make
iv a tiauusuino mmuj restaurant,
Kothing can be done until April 1,
when the work will be immediatelv betrun.
I shall apply for & license. I have hit upon a
name that will be considered new in this
city. It will be called the "Hotel Eiffel."
The most important industrial happening
of the week has been the presentation of a
new scale to the coke operators. The scale
was submitted on Thursday to a committee
consisting of Superintendent Lynch, of the
Prick Company; Brennan, of the McClure
Company, and Morris Bamsey. of the South
west Coke Company, but -no comment was.
made upon it, and the conference adjourned
to meet next Thursday.
The scale ia voluminous and covers every
branch of labor employed in coke produc
ing. The scale is of a sliding nature, with
$1 CO taken as the basis. When the selling
price advances above $1 SO at the ovens, the
wages and prices of the operatives shall ad
vance in proportion. Thus when coke sells
at $2 per ton the miner, who, under the new
scale, would be paid $1 05 for dry mining
in rooms, would receive an increase of 35
cents, or about 8 cents per ion, and so on
through the various grades. The superin
tendents have been figuring on the increases
in the proposed scale over the old, and find
that they run from 50 per cent to 125 per
cent
By next Thursday they will hive prepared
schedules showing comparative statements
of the old and the new wages, and they will
use them as arguments for a modification of
the proposed scale. The existing scale is
held by the workers to cease on the 9th Feb
ruary, on 30 days' notice given the opera
tors prior to the 9th of the present month.
DETEEMINED WOBKEBS.
This notice has been given. While the
workers are determined to carry the pro
posed scale, feeling confident in their organ
ized strength to do so, it is to be hoped that,
when the conference opens, the scale will be
considered by both sides in such a spirit as
to lead to an amicable arrangement
The Traction and Electric strikes seem cot
to have had the startling results at one time
predicted for them. And, neither does it
seem that organized labor is paying very
much attention to either. The Fifth avenue
strike has resulted in some 40 or 50 men los
ing their work, without any hope of carrying
tneir point, ior tbe road is now being oper
ated by non-union men, and may be said to
be lost
A circular issued during the week from
the Knights of Labor headquarters and
calling upon union men and their friends
to use some other road, will only have the
effect of reducing the company's receipts
without providing any possibility of the
men being reinstated. These men are now
receiving strike benefits, and are organizing
a ball to provide supplementary funds.
They look forward to the opening of the
Centraliroad to obtain employment
The American Federation of Labor offi
cially sanctioned the strike of the electri
cians, but the result does not seem to be
what was expected. The dynamo men and
engineers ignored the call to go out, and
remained at their posts, while the places of
those who struck were quickly filled. Yes
terday it was said that a number of the
strikers-are contemplating returning. It is
expected, in certain quarters, that aggres
sive action regarding the strike will yet be
taken. .
fore the Eiecotive Board that thePederatioa
of Labor should iuform itself very folly re
garding the circumstances of the strike be
ion indorsing it He would not say what
might be the outcome.
Regarding the eight-hour movement, Mr.
Martin said that the Executive Board would
soon take active steps with respect to the
trades to be selected to make the demand.
Certain cities wonld be selected in which to
hold demonstrations on Washington's Birth
day. A corps of speakers are on hand, and
any city which wishes to demonstrate on
that day shonld acquaint the Executive
Board. He did not know whether there
would be a demonstration in Pittsburg.
Nobody had charge of it, but he supposed
that a demonstration would be made. The
A. A. of I. and S. Workers could sot take
any part in the eight-hour movement owing
to the pecnliar nature of the work.
THAT FORBES C0KTBACT.
BTATT0-T TYILLBB UNOPPOSED. '
He Obtained a Solid Delegation at tbe Alle
gbeny Primaries.
The Democratic primaries for tbe election
of delegates to nominate a candidate for
Mayor of Allegheny were held last evening.
The convention will assemble on- next Tues
day evening. Postmaster Swan's friends a
d,ay or two ago claimed that he had preten
tions to a nomination, but when seen last
"night he disclaimed any intention of making
a contest for the nomination. He said:
''I am always prepared to serve the in
terests Ot the Democratic party, and if called
upon I should have rnn for the nomination.
But as it is I have not any intention of
making a contest for tbe nomination. Mr.
Stayton, I understand, is putting up dele
gates, and I believe has a good following."
Mr. Isaao R. Stayton was in the center of
a group ot politicians when seen by The
Dispatch reporter. Said he:
"I have a solid delegation to the conten
tion, and I know of no opposition. I have
just heard that a fight was put up from some
quarter in the Eighth and Fifth wards, but
I don't know from what source."
Mr. Stayton will go unopposed to the convention..
BADLI CEDSHED.
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
the market; imported exclusively for his
trade. su
Blair's PIIXS Great EnElish cout and
rheumatic remedy. Bore, prompt and effect
ive. At druggists'.
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Two Men Ban Down by a Car In the B. Sc
O. Tarda.
Shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon an accident of a very serious nature
occurred in the freight sheds in the Balti
more and Ohio yards at the foot of Boss
street It seems that a gang of track hands
were at work repairing the tracks just
where they enter the sheds. A shifting en
gine backed down a box car on the track
where Michael Chesire, 35years old, and
Michael Pasquell, an Italian 27 years old,
were at work. The two men did not hear
the cars approach, and before they could be
warned of their danger, the car backed
down, crushing both men beneath the
wheels. Ambulances were immediately
summoned and the injured men taken to
hospitals, Pasquell to the Homeopathic and
Chesire to the West Penn, for treatment.
Both men were horribly crnshed, and their
deaths is only a question of time. Pasquell
is married and lived at 208 Grant street
Chesire was single and lived in Soho.
Great Inducements Until April.
Bring the little ones to Aufrecht's "Elite"
gallery516 Market st, Pittsburg. Pine
cabinets $1 per doz. Call early for sitting.
The Iron City Brewing Co. (formerly P.
& Y.), are experiencing a constant increase
in the demand for their ale- and porter.
Kept by all dealers.
New outing flannels open this week,
choice design's and colorings, 40o a yard.
jttssu Hugus & Hacks.
Odds and ends of black lace skirtings, to
go at half price.
Enable & Shusteb, 35 Fifth ave.
Vrnsu
Highest prices paid for ladies' or
gents' cast-off clothing t De Haan's Big
6, Wylie ave. Call or send by maiL wsr
The old established firm of Z. Wain
wright & Co. are maintaining their high po
sition in public favor as brewers of the best
and purest ale and porter. All best dealers
keep them. wsu
GENEKAL WILEI'S BEP0ET.
Railway Officials Kebnked and tbe Four
teenth Regiment Praised.
General John A. Wiley, commander of
the Second Brigade, has sent bis annual re
port to Adjutant General Hastings. He
recommended a dress uniform for the guard,
and criticised the manner in which tne
troops were treated at Washington last
March by the railway officials, but Is gen
erousan his praise of the railway officials
who had the transportation of the troops at 1
tne .new xoric Centennial. He also lav
ishes praise upon the Fourteenth Regiment
for the work it did at Johnstown.
Aaetlua Sale Jnpaneie Goods.
Balance of annual holiday display. Large
selection. Goods delivered. No. 10 Sixth
street, near Suspension bridge.
Wm. Hslaoe Sc Son.
AiAiosr Gmar A.wat Girls cloak's.
dresses, ladies' newmarkets, wrappers, eta.,
BringlnB the Body Home.
The remains of B. W. Vandergrift are
expected to arrive in the city early this
morning. The funeral will take place
from Captain J. J. Yandergrift's home on
Monday afternoon. Services will be con
ducted by Rev. Dr. Holland.
GOOD OUTLOOK FOB GLASS.
The outlook for the window trade is re
norted as good. Stocks are said ta hnvn
been considerably reduced within a short
period, ana indications are for higber prices
in the immediate future. The rise in the
foreign article and the advance of 10 per
cent initiated oy tne .eastern men, cannot
but have effect here. The fact that Mr.
James Chambers has declared his intention of
co-operating with his associates in maintain-
' ing prices, is regarded in the trade as a good
omen, ana nceiy to pave the way for a more
harmonious understanding than existed last
year. The Pittsburg Consolidated Glass
Company is, it is understood, bringing over
a good many of it) competitors to its way of
thinking regarding the advisability of com
bining for economic and price maintaining
reasons. Any day may see a number of the
men now standing aloof, enter the combina
tion, and it is believed that the ultimate ob
ject of the company that of combining tbe
entire local trade will be shortlv effected.
Then will follow an understanding between
the three or four combinations, which will
then embrace tbe trade, as to prices.
"Le roi est mort; vive le roi." James
Campbell has retired from tbe Presidency
of tbe Window Glass Workers' Association,
to enter fresh fields and pastures new, and
on Friday, President Granville W.
Morenus was installed in that position of
responsibility. By those who know him,
Mr. Morenus is reputed as a courteous and
gentlemanly man, of a strong personality,
and while he leans to the side of conserva
tism, he is known to be possessed of firmness.
He is said to be a man who will take a de
cided stand in maintaining the principles of
the association to the letter, and to be fear.
lets regarding his actions.
AMONG COEK WOBKEBS.
The 500 or 600 workers employed in the
cork cutting establishment of Armstrong
Bros, were engaged during the week.in con
cluding the terms upon which they would
resume wore alter tne Holiday recess.
Heretofore, under the system In vogue, the
female workers were unable to ascertain for
themselves the amount of work performed
for certain remuneration, bnt in future this
will be remedied by the employment by tbe
firm of checkmen. The emploves are to
work one hour and a half longer time in the
week. The scale agreed upon will remain
in effect lor five months.
Both sldes are bracing up their loins for
the eight-hour struggle in May. It is very
likely that Pittsburg will be the theater of
the earliest skirmishes in the campaign,
and how the result goes here will be watched
with interest throughout the country. The
building trades are those most concerned in
this movement, and considerable interest
attaches to the trade which will strike the
first blow for tbe short day.
The master builders are orenarinp for the
fight, and at the international convention at
St Paul will take decided steps looking to
a united stand against the innovation.
The conference on the table ware and
pressed ware branches' scale was concluded
during the week, or at least, so far as the
main work is concerned. The manufac
turers are sow considering certain changes
proposed by the "flints," and when pre
pared to meet the workers again, will make
due notification. It is understood that some
of the changes proposed in the scale are of a
radical tendency, and it is yet a moot point
whether some considerable discussion will
not be necessary before the new year's prices
are agreed upon.
Tbe Money May be Absorbed for Olber Par
posea Pending- the Dispute.
There is at present a very pretty chance
for the sinking fund of the city to get a con
siderable lift Tbe appropriation of 80,000
for paving Forbes street, is still to the credit
of the Department of Publio Works, and
nothing as yet has been determined upon as
to how it shall be done. Chief Bigelow was
asked if work would be commenced on the
street before the conclusion of the fiscal
year, as otherwise tbe appropriation might
be carried into the sinking fund. He re
plied that it was difficult to say; there were
yet 20 days in which work might be com
menced, but no contracts had been made,
nor could they be, as he had said before,
without the action of the Department of
Awards. When that would be taken or
whether it would or not be he was unable
to say. I
Controller Morrow, when asked the status
of the paving project in connection with the
appropriation said: "Yes there is such an
appropriation, and probably the sooner it is
used the better. It is customarry to carry
such unexpended appropriations over into
the sinking, fund. I shall not at present
say what I shall do in the premises. I have
carried over appropriations for 'special pur
poses once or twice without placing them in
tbe sinking fund but "
And here the Controller stopped, leaving
the inference to be drawn fnore from his
tone and manner tban his words that this
appropriation stood in imminent danger of
being absorbed unless the Department of
Awards came to a conclusion as to how the
work should be done, and when it shonld be
commenced.
An Old Army Surgeon's Experience.
A prominent physician and old army
surgeon in Eastern Iowa was called away
from home for a few days; during his absence
one of his children contracted a severe cold,
and his wife bought a bottle of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy for it They were so
much pleased with the remedy that they
afterward used several bottles at various
times. He said, from his experience with
it, he regarded it as the most reliable prepara
tion in use for colds, and that it came the
nearest being a specific of any medicine he
had evereen. For sale bv E. G. Stuckey,
Seventeenth and Twenty-fourth sts., Penn
ave. and cor. Wylie and Fulton sts.; by
Markell Bros., cor. Penn and Frankstown
aves.; by Theo. E. Ihrig, 3610 Fifth ave.,
and by Carl Hartwig, Bntler st, Pittsburg,
and in Allegheny City by E. E. Heck, 72
and 191 Federal st, and Thos. B. Morris,
cor. Hanover and Preble aves.; Fred H.
Eggers, 172 Ohio street, and F. H. Eggers &
Son, Ohio and Chestnut streets. ttsu
JTJSp WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOB.
Bargains at tbe New York Grocery.
Impounds granulated sugar $1 00
16 pounds clear white sugar 1 00
18 pounds yellow sugar 1 00
4 cans tomatoes 25
4 cans sugar corn 25
4,cans choice peas. 25
i cans string beans t 25'
5 cans California apricots., 50
9 pounds Butler county buckwheat 25
1 gallon new crop Orleans molasses. 40
1 gallon golden drip syrup 35
7 pounds rolled oats 25
8 pounds large lump starch 25
12 boxes bag blue. 25
Sugar cured hams per pound 10
Sugarcured shoulders per pound... .r- 6J
6 quarts dried peas 25
7 quarts hand-picked beans 50
1 sack clloice Amber flour 1 15
1 sack Thompson's Amber flour... . 1 25
1 sack Thompson's "White Swan". 1 30
1 sack Thompson's fancy patent.... 1 45
California peaches per pound 10
California apricots per pound 10
30-pound pails apple butter 1 35
6 pounds 20-cent tea 1 00
5 pounds 25-cent tea 100
4 pounds 30-cent tea. 1 00
3 pounds 40-centtea.. (....'. 1 00
Goods delivered free to all parts of both
cities. To those living out of the city will
prepay freight on all orders of 510 and up
ward. Send for catalogue.
M. R. Thompson,
301 Market st, corner Third aye.
Wholesale and retail.
Cloak Bargains!
60 beaver and cheviot newmarkets, $5, re
duceda from $10 and $12; 120 striped and
plain imported beaver newmarkets, $7 50,
reduced from $15 and $16 50; 160 extra fine
seal plush sacques, $17 75, -reduced from
$30; 85 fine seal plush jackets, $9 75 and
$11 75, reduced from $15 and $18; 150
three-quarter lengths beaver jackets, $5 00,
$5 50, $6, $7, reduced from $10, $12, $15, at
Rosenbaum & Co'e.
Cabinet photos $1 per dozen, prompt de
livery. Crayons, etc., at low prices.
Lies' Gallebt,
TTSn io and 12 Sixth st
Make no mistake.
Come to Hendricks & Co.. 68 Federal st..
Allegheny, this week. Bring the children,
Gallery upstairs. Good cabinets, $1 a
dozen.
Auction Bale Japanese Goods.
Balance of annual holiday display. Large
selection. Goods delivered. No. 10 Sixth"
street, near Suspension bridge.
Wir. Haslage & Son.
4-button
pair.
gloves
Iionvre
reduced
from $2 to 75o a
24 Sixth St.
A Plum WJorth Havlnc
The.cdntract awarded to Stewart & Co.,
(photographers, 90 and 92 Federal st, Alle
gheny, for making one thousand dozen cabi
net photographs and crayons for the club
composed of the employes of the Westing
house Airbrake Co.
Will be Bnrled To-Day.
Mrs. 'Susannah Daniels, of the Southside,
will be burfed At 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Mrs. Daniels was a most estimable lady.
SECEETAEI MARTIif HOME.
He Stopped Over at Washington to See Cot
Bayne About 8 Hours.
Secretary William Martin, of the A. A.
of L and S. Workers, returned yesterday
morning from New York. He stopped off
at Washington to see Colonel Bayne with
reference to supplying evidence to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means in regard to the
iron and steel industries. He does not
think his association will, be called upon to
send a delegation to the. Capital for the pur
pose. He expressed thelopinion that tbe
committee was . doing most; excellent work,
and was not apprehensive of changes being
effected which would affect the iron indus
tries of this section.
Mr. Martin was averse to expressing any
opinion on tne electrical striKe, pleading
tnat ne.was unimormea ot tne lacts. Jde
Be Wise, Mothebs Buy infants'
cloaks, slips, etc., this week at reduced
prices, at, Bee Hive, Sixth and Libertv.
CHANGE IN MAKE-UP.
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That heretofore appeared on
this page of THE DISPATCH
will be found on the Eleventh
Page, in the Second Part of
this issue.
The Wants, For Sales, Ti
Lets, Business Chances, Auc
tion' Sales, eta, are placed
under their usual headings en
the Eleventh Page. Adver
tisements handed in too lata
for ClassifcatiM will to
KXW ADTEKTISEXEXTS,
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YOU CAN PURCHASE
THIS WEEK
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ELEGANT OVERCOAT
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NICE SUIT
FOR A MERE SONG,
This is a literal fact Ten dollars is all that
will be asked by us this week for either Suit or
Overcoat, which requires no stretch of imagi
nation to suppose cannot be duplicated outside
our store under from $2 to 5 more money all
the "Discount Sales," "Sacrifice Sales," "Bar
gain Sales," with which this city is at the present
time flooded, notwithstanding. Is notio a mere
song for a Suit ot Overcoat such rfs any man
can feel a pride in wearing?
We offer for the small price of $10 Suits
and Overcoats which will please the
eye; which will fit the body; which are
in the latest fashion; which possess
good wearing qualities.
Suits and Overcoats which have more style,
more character and more sterling worth than
you'll obtain in any Suits or Overcoats sold in
any other clothing store in town for from 20 to
50 per cent more money.
MEN'S OVERCOATS, $1 0 ONLY
In light weight, medium weight or heavy weight
In Corkscrews, Broad Wale Worsteds, Meltons,
Kerseys silk mixed Cassimeres; silk striped
sleeve linings; heavy weight Meltons, Kerseys,
Chinchillas, Elysians, blue, black or brown Bea
vers, all the new shades of olive and dark green
Kerseys and the latest diagopal weaves of Fur
Beavers, etc. In styles: single breasted fly-front,
English box; single breasted fly -front, winter;
double breated, cape or ulster. No matter who
you are or what size yoa are we can fit you; no
matter how particular you are We can please you.
It is easy for you to imagine what a variety we
have when we say we offer you choice from over
5,000 Overcoats at $10 only. Large as this stock
is, it would need to be ten times larger if people
but knew of what extraordinary value at ?io
every Overcoat in thd whole stock is.
WE DON'T WANT TO POX IT
TOO FORCIBLY, .
(In advertising now-a-days that is synonymous
with weakness and sensationalism"),
But we desire to fasten your attention
on the fact that the
MEN'S SUITS WE 0FFERAT$10
ARE FAR AND AWATt THE
BEST EVER OFFERED IN THIS
. CITY AT THE PRICE.
The two-fold charms of choice and cheapness
are the attractive features of these Suits. Fancy
Suits, in every way suitable for dress or business,
for $10 only. In styles: one-button cutaway
sack, four-button straight cut sack, four-button
cutaway sack, double breasted, sack, one-button
cutaway, three or four-button cutaway, etc., etc
In Cheviots, Diagonals, Corkscrews, Tricots.
Wide Wale Worsteds, Fancy Checks and Striped
Cassimeres, Plain and Fancy Worsteds, Meltons
and Beavers. Any material you want, any style
you desire you can get at $10 only. You can
have choice from over 5,000 Suits at this price
and no matter whether you be tall or short, stout
or slim, we guarantee to fit you.
Do we expect this 10 sale to be a great suc
cess? Why ceitainly. And we'll tell you why.
It is abona fide sale. The price is marvel
ously low, it is true, but low as it is it is high
enough to be the means of securing a Suit which
can be depended on for adaptability and dura
bility. Put these Suits side by side with the Suits
sold elsewhere at 15 and we'Jl neither flinch nor
fall back from our statement that our 10 Suits
are superior in every way.
These $10 Suits and .Overcoats
CAN BE ORDERED BY MAIL
You've only got to send us a description of
the style and material you want, accompanying
such description with sizes of! garments. We
will send C. O. D. to any address. '
The January number of 'our "Illustrated
Monthly" is now ready. We'll send it post free
to any address. Be sure you write for it (on a
postal card will do).
Parents, School Teachers and Scholars are
reminded that the last day for, sending in draw
ings for our Drawing Book Prizes is February i.
Those intending to compete should finish their
drawings and let us have them early.
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