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A SCHOOLHOUSE MEETING.
Lawyers Kow Discussing the Ques
tion of Appealing.
SOME OF THE PECULIAR CASES
The Thirteenth ward is up in arms. A
portion of the-papulation of that elevated
ward demands saloons, and a movement to
appeal to Judges Ewing and Magee to re
consider their judgment has been started.
This movement took shape, to a certain ex
tent, in a meeting held last evening in the
schoolhouse on Center avenue.
There were six applicants for retail
licenses in the Thirteenth ward, and ten ap
plicants for wholesale. All were refused
except one bottler, "William G. Pohl. who
will sell quart bottles of beer at Ho. 313
Thirty-third street. Judge "White, a year
ago, gave the ward no saloons, and granted
a bottling license only, to Spielman, on
Soho street. It was shown that Spielman
had allowed beer to be drunk on his prem
ises, and had sold to confirmed drunkards,
and he was supplanted by Pohl, who is at
the further corner of the ward.
Last night the clear-toned bell on tbe
Center avenue schoolhouse rang out
cheerily on the balmy night air, calling the
indignant citizens to meet It seemed to
ring out, "Ho. all ye that thirst" But
those who thirsted had business elsewhere,
as a rule. It was Saturday evening, and
they were either crowded into the dingy
rooms of the Soho street speak-easies or
were down town, where licenses were openly
bung upon the walls.
THOSE WHO "WEKK THEBE.
About 40 men found their way down the
rough gully to the schoolhouse and gathered
in tbe small, low-ceilinged basement room.
The men were mostly rough looking labor
ers, wearing their working clothes, and
seemed, as a rule, to be Germans.
It was about 6 o'clock when John Elmer
moved that "Mr. Stewart" be chosen chair
man. Mr. Stewart, who is well known
about the Court House, begged to be ex
cused, and the meeting cast abont for an
other victim. No other could be fonnd, one
suggested man averring that he lived in
the Eleventh ward, and Mr. Stewart was
pressed into service. "When be had taken
the chair Mr. Elmer moved that a commit
tee of three members from each voting dis
trict be appointed to canvass the ward for
signatures to a petition asking the Judges
to reopen the Thirteenth ward license ap
plications. Mr. Elmer said that he thonght
three saloons would about rill the bill, but
he would be satisfied with one, or, if the
Judges should open the gates of their hearts
until tbe hinges cracked and grant five
licenses, he would try to bear up under it
Murmers of assent came from all parts of
the room, but the discordant element was
present Kobert McEldowney.who was lean
ing against tbe wall, mildly asked if the com
mittee would take tbe names of those who
were opposed to saloons. Mr. Elmer said
he supposed so, and Mr. Stewart said, "Cer
tainly." TnE JUDGES urHEID.
ThenMr.McEldowney waded in,and gave
bis restless listeners a sound temperance
lecture. He for one applauded the Judges
for their decision. He wanted no saloon
beside his house. He did not know what good
a saloon ever done anybody. He believed
that a majority of the citizens of the ward
oppesed saloons.
One old gentleman inquired, "Wouldn t
you rather have one saloon than a dozen
speak-easies?"
"You'll have jnst as many speak-easies."
replied Mr. McEldowney. "IfyouhadSO
saloons you'd have 50 speak-easies. There
are always men ready to break the law. I
don't know whether there is a speak-easy in
tbe ward."
"I know manr," interjected Mr. Elmer.
"Then," said Mr. McEldowney, "it is
four duty as a good citizen to return
them."
"No," said Mr. Elmer, "we have a con
stable whose business it is to do that I will
trive you tbe names if you will report them.
"When we had eight licensed saloons in the
ward under the old law Idid not know one
speak-easy. Now I know. 35 in the ward.
Inspector McAleese knows where they are.
There wasn't one then on Soho street, and
now there are eight"
TIEED OF THE SrEAK-EAST".
Mr. McEldowney insisted that there ought
not to be a licensed house, and was pro
ceeding to declare his fidelity to the princi
ples of good citizenship, when an old gen
tleman on a iront seat growled ont: "I
used to have a licensed saloon eitber side of
me, and it's more peace and quiet I had
than now with the one speak-easy. Now
it's fighting and rowing and smashing win
dows "they are all the night long."
After the Chairman had grown tired rap
pine for order after this sally a young gen
tleman near the door, whom his companions
called Mike, moved to postpone action until
.Monday evening, when another meeting
should be held in the school house. He
said that the affair had not been Droperly
advertised, and he was sure that 500 people
would turn out This motion was carried
with unanimity, and the meeting broke up.
Oneot the curious things connected with
the movement is that "W. C. McEldownev.
son of the gentleman who turned the cold
water hose on the meeting, is expected to
act as attorney for the petitioners in favor
ot more license, if the matter is presented
again to the Court of Quarter Sessions.
Z. Mr. Stewart explained that his presence
at the meeting was accidental, and he de
sired it to be understood that his attendance
did not commit bim to either one side or the
other of the momentous question at issue.
A QUESTION OF APPEAL.
Will there be an appeal by refused whole
salers, or will there not? That was the
question which was on the lips of many
lawyers who hare had business with the
LicenseCourt during the past week. Of
course, in the retail cases there can be no
appeal.
-Almost every attorney who had canse to
appear before Judges Ewing and Magee
have had one or two or three clients either
positively refused or omitted Jrom the list
of those to whom licenses have been granted.
AJarge nnmber ot these attorneys were in
terviewed yesterday, and their views sought
on the chances for an appeal. The chances
seem to be very slim.
Many of the lawyers say frankly that
tbe Judges did a good wort, that all the
wholesale licenses were granted which were
needed. One attorney said: "Had the
court issued licenses to all who applied,
either half of the licenses would not have
been taken out, or many of the licensees
would be in jail before three months. I
know, from my own experience with
clients and with the hearings in. court, that
many of the applicants had no intention of
doing a legitimateiwholesale business. They
wanieu oniy a cover to a saloon.
BREWERS AS BOTTLERS.
Ont thing seems to be pretty well as
sured, and that is that, if the Court finally
decides not to issue license to bottle to any
brewers, a nnmber of appeals will be taken
on that issue. Nearly all the brewers now
hold bottling licenses, under which they
bottle only their own product A very
large part of the business of some of the
brewers is in the sale of their beer or ale in
bottled lorm. If tbey cannot bottle during
tbe coming year the result will be either
that the 12 men licensed to bottle will be
overcrowded with work, and will be unable..
to count their profits, by reason of their
enormity, or that the brewers will be com
pelled to establish bottHng work ia-Ohio
or West Virginia, taking money out of the
city and Commonwealth.
Without exception, lawyers hold that a
wholesale license carries with it the right to
bottle. One of the most prominent lawyers
said yesterday: "A bottler, pure and
simple, pays only $200 a year for license,
but he can handle only malt or brewed
liquors, such as beer, ale and porter. A
wholesale dealer must, however, pay $500,
and for tbe payment of that extra sum he
can deal in both spirituous and malt
liquors.
CAN SELIi IN ANr SHArE.
"It seems to me to be a plain proposition
that the holder of a wholesale license can
sell his goods in any shape, as long as he
does not sell less than the statutory limit, a
quart. He can sell either in wood, stone or
glass. If be can sell whisky in bottles he
can sell beer, and without question all the
wnolesale dealers exercise the right, whicn
they undoubtedly possess, to. compound, rec
tify and change liquors from casks to jugs
and bottles. -This carries with it a bottler's
privilege."
W.tinwright & Co., Spencer & LIddell,
Pier & Dannals, the Iron City Brewing
Company, Herman Straub & Co. and the
Keystone Brewing Company all applied tor
both brewing and bottling licenses, and so
far have been refused the latter. This re
fusal is not, however, absolute. Attorneys
believe that the Court will wait until all
the applications, retail .and wholesale, are
heard, and will then set a day for the hear
ing of arguments on the question of issuing
bottling licenses to brewers. II the Court
decides that such licenses cannot issue, there
will be an appeal to the Supreme Court.
The Allegheny brewers are nearly all appli
cants for both licenses.
CANDID OPINIONS OF LAWYERS.
Yesterday the law offices were besieged by
applicants for wholesale licenses whose
names did not appear on the favored list
As a rule the attorneys were compelled to
tell their clients that their chances are slim.
Nearly all the refused applicants, the law
yers freely say, fall under the statutory
terms of proscription. A majority of them
kept saloons under the old law which ruled
prior to September, 1887, and almost with
out exception admitted before the Court
that they had been guilty of violations of
the law under the old regime. This brings
them under the statutory disqualification,
in the law of 1872. that they are not ot good
mocal character.
The grounds for a 'bill of exceptions, in
Stated form, were laid in one case only.
This was the case of Thomas Mulvihill, who
applied ,for No. 7304 Tioga street, in the
Twenty-first ward. In that case Attorney
L. K. "Porter asked the witness merely if he
were a citizen of the United States, if he
were of temperate habits and of good moral
character. Those three are the sole require
ments of law, in wholesale cases, according
to the decision of the Snpreme Court last
July. To any other questions Mr. Porter
objected, and his objection being overruled,
he gave notice of exception. Yesterday
afternoon Mr. Porter was unable to say
whether that case would be appealed or not.
He said that he had not yet had time to
confer with Mr. Mulvihill.
ONE ISSUE TAKEN.
AH attorneys agree, in private- conversa
tion, that the court has no authority to re
fuse license to any wholesale applicant be
cause his place might not be considered
necessary in the locality. Some seem to
have been refused on that ground, and
they are likely to appeal. At any rate, no
cases can be carried to the Supreme Court
until after May L Before that time the
attorneys interested expect to confer and
decide upon their course.
Judge Magee was busy yesterday review
ing and approving bonds presented by re
tailers. Many have been rejected, and
must be replaced by better. AH the
license papers for the 310 Pittsburg re
tailers, granted one week ago, are ready at
the office of the Clerk of Courts, except in
the cases where new bonds have been re
quired. Not over one-third have been
taken out
Judge Magee said vesterday afternoon
that the fact that a wholesale applicant did
not appear on either the grauted or re
fused list yesterday morning, did not mean
that tbe man would be ultimately refused.
Those cases will be considered later, and
the licenses, as Judge Magee said, "may be
granted or they may not be granted."
NOT THROUGH WITH TROUBLE.
Joseph Hulnagle is not.yet through with
the License Coujt trouble. He applied for
a retail license' at the corner of Butler and
Fortv-sixth streets. He had a hearing on
March 25. There was a strong remonstrance
against him, it being charged, anions other
things, that he kept-a speak-easy. He was
refused license.
On April 11, Colonel W. D. Moore at
tempted to secure a rehearing for Mr.
Hufnagle, but Judge Ewing would not
allow it Colonel Moore insisted that the
allegations of the remonstrance, that Mr.
Hufnagle was an unfit person and had
violated the law, were utterly ialse, and
that it was unfair to allow a man to be
traduced and mined in secret, without giv
ing him an opportunity fo meet his accusers
face to face. "Why," said Judge Ewing,
"Mr. Hulnagle's own admissions in court
were enough to warrant a refusal of a
license." Colonel Moore insisted, with
some show of temper, that Mr. Hnfnagle
was one of the most decent citizens of the
Seventeenth ward, but he could not secure
a rehearing.
Mr. Hufnagle would not rest Yesterday
he went betore Alderman McMastcrs and
complained against William Mushenheim
a cigar manufacturer at 4519 Butler street,
accusing him of criminal libel. Mushen
heiin is charged with being the author of the
remonstrance presented to court, the state
ments in xhich, the complainant alleges,
are untrue. Tbe defendant was arrested by
Constable Heiner, and gave bail for his ap
pearance to-morrow.
ft THEY DENY IT IS DRY.
Henry Berg and Daniel Bitter, appli
cants lor retail liquor license, from Veron3,
filed their answers vesterday to the motion
of John It. Cribbs and others, to dismiss
the applicants on theground of the borough
being a prohibitory district They deny
that the act of April, 1870, now or at any
time has been in effect in Verona or in any
part of what is now Verona.
Judge Ewing yesterday refused to approve
the bond of Adam Hohman, constable of
the Eighth ward, Allegheny. The name of
George Schad, who had been granted a
liquor license, appeared as surety and Judge
Ewing would not accept him. He said he
thought the constable bold to present such a
bond, and he considered it very suspicious
for Mr. Schad to go on it He should not
have been asked to do so. Hohman left to
get another bondsman. Later several other
bonds twere refused. because saloon keepers
were on them.
When the constable of the Thirty-second
ward appeared he was told that he had a
good field to work in, and the Court expected
good returns lrom him of all violators of
tbe Brooks law.
STEDCK ASUTHEK SNAG.
An Incline Company That Had to Chance
It l'lan.Sonievrlmt.
The Pittsburg Incline Company has met
with another barrier that will necessitate a
change in its plans. The Pittsburg,
Virginia and Charleston Bailroad
has filed an objection in court
to the former's crossing the railroad
according to the existing plans. A confer
ence was held yesterday, and tbe incline
company agreed to change its plans so that
the trestle will not be as near the track as
proposed at first.
The bridge compauy's men are in the city,
and will finish their -contract next week.
A Cbineie Laundry Robbed.
The laundry of Yee Hi on Carson street,
near South Twenty-second street, was
rohbed Friday night Some 50 shirts, other
small goods, and a small amount of money
were taken. Indignant owners ot the wash
ing carried the case to Inspector McKelvey.
No arrests have been made.
De. B. M. Hann'a. Eye, ear, nose and
throat diseases exclusively. Office. 720 Penn
street, Pittsburg, Pa. ' s&sa
THE
THE STORM ' RECOILS.
Dismissed Conductors Will 5ne for
$50,000' Damages Apiece.
SH07ING THE DUPLEX KECEIPTS.
An Army of Men Will Pledge Themselves
to Fash the Test Cases..
ASSESSED TO PAI SPOTTERS' WAGES
The seance among tbe passenger conduc
tors of the Pennsylvania Company has just
gotten in shape. While the company sent
ont a cyclone which blew many of the men
ont of positions, the men themselves are en
gaged in scattering black paint over a
thundercloud which will be turned loose
to-morrow. Preparatory to this the Federa
tion of Railroad Employes will hold a meet
ing in K. of Xt. hall, Fifth avenue, this
evening, to add tbe thunder to the cloud.
The coining storm will be in the shape of
a suit for detamatiou of character ana crim
inal libel against the officials of the Penn
sylvania company, for 550,000 damages in
each case. The suit will be brought by
John Day and John Bacon, two of the old
est and most respected and competent men
in railroad service anywhere. The men say
the officials have claimed the discharges
were either for incompetency or dishonesty.
These two men are admitted to be most
thorough railroad men, and the charge of
incompetency cannot be brought, it is said,
for their official records, they assert, are
pure as a maiden's prayer, and their asso
ciates are all firm in this belief.
MAKING A TEST OF IT.
D. T. Watson, Esq., has been retained in
the case, and the meeting to-night will be to
officially place the case in his bands; and
vote money to pay the expenses. These
cases will be made test ones, and on the de
cision rendered on them will rest the fate of
a score of others.
Another feature which will ocenpy much
of their time will be a decision as to whether
the Union Guarantee Company will also
have to be included in the charge. This is
a company scarcely known, outside of rail
road circles, to exist In fact, it is one of
the inner circles of the great Pennsylvania
Company. AH conductors are required to
give a bond through this company, no ont-
siae parties being allowed to go on a con
ductor's bond. This bond has to be renewed
every year and each conductor is charged
57 50 lor this service. The conductors claim
to have proof that the money thus raised is
used in keeping np the corps of spotters.
That is, the wages of the spotters, which,
like shadows, ever watch their movements,
are paid by the conductors themselves.
What the men fear is that should their
case prove a good one against the Pennsyl
vania Company, that corporation could at
once crawl behind the Union Guarantee
Company by the statement that the latter
concern made the allegations of crooked
ness. If the suit was made against the
guarantee company it might also pursue the
course of shielding itself with the larger
concern. It is, therefore, probable that a
joint suit will be made againstboth corpora
tions. The men claim that all the evidence the
railroad company has against them is the
unsupported statements of paid spotters.wbo
must either find crookedness or lose their
jobs. For themselves, they have hundreds of
witnesses to prove their honesty.
DISCHARGED MEN BLACKLISTED.
The men also claim that to be discharged
under the present circumstances means that
they are blacklisted on every road in the
country, and will have to go ontside of the
railroad business to hunt a position.
How far-reaching will be the results of
this decided action can only be imagined
when it is learned what vast reserve force
lies in the Federation of Bailroad Em
ployes. It is a national organization, em
bracing every railroad employe in
the country,, from the train dis
patcher down to laborers and mechan
ics employed along the line and in the
round-houses. These cases will interest jnst
as much the California conductor as ihey do
the ticket puncher in the East. Money to
push the cases through courts will, if
necessary be raised from every one ot the
thousands of employes in the country.
Quietly the work of reorganizing the men
has been going on ever since the unfortunate
strike on the Missouri Pacific road, until it
has assumed its present enormous propor
tions. Comprised within the Federation of Bail
road Employes are the following organiza
tions: The Brotherhood of Brakemen, the
Brotherhood of Firemen, 'the Brotherhood
of Railway Conductors, the Switchmen's
Mutual Benefit Association and the Yard
masters' Mutual Benefit Association. These
organizations are national that is to say,
they embrace a large proportion of the men
employed at the branch of work indicated
by the title, throughout Ihc United States.
The engineers also have their organization,
but have held aloof from the Federation
until recently.
With this power at their backs the con
ductors say they will make a desperate
fight Besides this, as soon as the meeting
is over to-night -the other main offices of
the Federation will be notified and asked to
lend their assistance. These offices are at
Chicago, San Francisco, Cincinnati, St
Louis, Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
SCHEMES OF A SPOTTER.
The conductors are especially angry over
the use of spotters by the company. One of
these spotters, who is a woman, has, it
is claimed, been responsible for a
number of the discharges. She worked
on through trains mainly, and gave
special attention to the division between
Pittsburg and Crestline, O. A short time
ago she got on Conductor John Bacon's
train, at Crestline. She said she was trav
eling for a Lrush manufactory in New York,
and was "dead broke." She said her uncle
was dying in Pittsburg, and she wanted to
see him. The conductor refused to carry
her, and she finally paid her fare to a
station near Bochester, and with tears in
her eyes, begged to be carried into the city.
The conductor refused, and she'was put off
at the station. With the other conductors
she was more successful, and John Day and
several others fell a victim to her teari
On the other hand, the officials of the
company sav the men were discharged for
"knocking down" and for "shoving the du
plex."' Their only proof of this is'the spot
ters' reports. As described by the spotter,
the method of "shoving the duplex" is as
follows: It is well known that when a cash
fare is taken the conductor gives the pas
senger a receipt for 10 cents. It is punched
in the name of the station at which the pas
senger boards the train, and also at the
point of the passenger's destination. This
receipt is double and must be punched in
the presence ot the passenger. One
receipt is torn off and 'given to the
passenger, and the other is retained
bv the conductor, and turned into the main
office at the end of his run. The spotters
claim that tbe punch through the name of
the station where the passenger got on, is
made through both receipts, but when the
punch at the destination point is made, the
conductor deltly shoves his thumb between
the two receipts, enabling him to punch
only the receipt which is handed to the pas
senger. This leaves tbe other one blank,
and at the first opportunity'the conductor
will punch his receipt at a 'station 20 to 100
miles less distant than the proper one. This
will, of course, leave him 3 cents for each'
mile he has been able to cover hj means of
the crooked receipt
The officials also let it be- understood ihat
four more heads would fall on the Fort
Wavne road to-day. They are men on
local trains.
A Corporal Dladetilenicnanr. v
Corporal Thomas Letzkus was elected Sec
ond Lieutenant of Company F, Eighteenth
Regiment, last evening, vice C. J. Snyder,
resigned. Lieutenant John Bust, Company
G-, assisted by Sergeants Bailey and Ed
mnnsop, conducted the election. ,
PITTSBURG- DISPATCH,
TAKING A TUMBLH.
A Hnlf-Ton Stone Fall From a Smllbflelil
Church Almost n Panic Among Bj-
landen Building Inipecior to Atccr-
tnln at Ones lftbe Structure I Safe.
About 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon a
piece of the stone cornice on the United
Evangelical Protestant Church fell from
tbe Smithfield street front about 30 feet to
the pavement, rebounding and landing at
the curbstone. Officer Oliver Peoples, who
had just passed the building, heard the
crash and an agonized scream, and turned
in time to catch a woman with a
child in her arms who had jnst
barely escaped being crushed by the
falling mass, which weighed over half a ton.
A crowd ot some 500 people collected in a
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the general topic of conversation for a long
time was the dangerous condition of the
building which has been canvassed by
people passing for fullv ten years. The
cracks in the building, heretofore mentioned
in reports on the subject, were pointed out
aud the possibility of immediate danger to
pedestrians made the subject of inquiry.
Captain J. A. A. Brown, Assistant Build
ing Inspector, last night examined the
structure, and found another stone in a
rather precarious position. He had serious
intentions of roping off the sidewalk last
night, but decided to make a superficial ex
amination of the church building to-day,
and a thorough one to-morrow, to decide
whether the edifice is safe or not
It will be remembered that some ten years
ago a scare existed with regard to the sta
bility oPthe building, which is borne out
now by yesterday's occurrence, to some ex
tent. Ex-Building Inspector Martin G. Frank
said last night: "I remember well when
that church was being built. The exterior
was faced with stone, tool dressed, and
looked very prettv, but the stone was laid
in rather peculiar shape. It showed upon
tne inside stope eight inches deep, resting
upon another 16 inches, and that in turn
laying upon a 10-inch stone. It looked
very pretty in front, but when
it was filled in with loose rubble
at the back, how could you expect anything
else thau a settling which might result in a
different kind of settling by the insurance
companies;, You can remember when this
oubject was brought up some ten or more
years ago, and the tower was never com
pleted on that account, in accordance with
the original plans. If the backing had
been of brick and mortar, which would
have settled and solidified the building, no
such accidents as that ot' to-day would have
occurred. I am in accordance with the
present building inspectors in regarding the
building as unsafe."
A SEMES OP MISHAPS.
Little John Grill Probablr Fatally Crushed
by n nenvy Wagon Burn and Bruise
Deceived in the Mill Those Who Now
Are Suffering Pain.
Yesterday evening John Grill, a 7-year-old
boy, whose parents live at No. 1818
Larkin's alley, was run over by a wagon at
tbe corner of South Eighteenth and Sarah
streets and probably fatally injnred. The
wagon was driven by John Harvey, of
Ward street, Oakland. Neither Harvey
or the injured boy know precisely how the
mishap occurred, though it is agreed among
persons who witnessed the affair that the
driver was not to blame.
John Shutz, emploved at Shoenberger's
mill, had bis foot severely burned last night
by some hot metal.
John Snggan, a small boy while chop
ping wood in the West End, cut two of his
toes off.
G. T. Miller, employed at Shoen
berger's mill, had his wrist cut severely
yesterday by some machinery. The main
artery was severed and Miller became un
conscious from the loss of blood before Dr.
Heiber arrived.
Hugh Carr, an employe at Shoenberger's
mill, had his face severely cut'and one eye
nearly put out by some metal clippings fall
ing on him yesterday.
A man named Patrick Higgin, living in
the rear of BOG Fifth avenue, fell on the
curbstone on Van Braam street last night
and cut a deep hole in his head, rendering
him unconscious.
William Brady, a brakeman on the Balti
more and Ohio Bailroad, had his left foot
badly crushed by a car passing over it yes
terday morning.
Michael McKnight, a helper at the Edgar
Thomson Steel Works, was brought to the
Mercy Hospital yesterday suffering from a
badly burnt right foot.
STRUCK HIS MTTLE CHILD.
A IiawrencBville Fntber Convicted of Hit
ting HI Daughter la tbe Moatb.
Thomas Daly, of Twenty-third street, had
a hearing yesterday before Alderman War
ner for cruelly beating his 14-year-old daugh
ter, Mary Daly. M. J. Dean was the prose
cutor. Mr. Daly was found guilty and
sentenced to pay a fine' of $10 and costs. The
main witness in the case was Mrs. John
ston, who lived next door to the Daly fam
ily, and the other evidence was all corrobo
rative. Mrs. Johnson said she had heard
the child cry murder and call for help. She
heard her say, "Pap, don't kill me!" She
also testified to seeing the child wash the
blood off her face after the fi?ht was over.
The child was also put on vthe stand, and
said her father had hit her twice over the
mouth. No evidence concerning the at
tempt to force the child into a marriage was
produced. .
C0UXCILMANIC FIGHTS.
Wire Fulling; a Fnrorlte Pastime in the
Firm and Second Wards, Allegheny.
The several candidates for Councils in the
First and Second wards, Allegheny, are do
ing some heavy work in the interim pend
ing the election. The interest seems to cen
ter in the contest in the First ward, where
S. D. Hubley and Bobert Knox, Jr., are
pulling opposition strings. Mr. Bobert
Baxter, who has been a candidate since
Thursday, was said by his friends last
night, to have pulled out of the fight in
favor of Mr. Hubley.
The contestants in the Second ward are
not making such an active canvass, but are
working with every available and telling
string.
WANT A NEW NAME.
Why Cbnrlier Borough People Are Trying
to Select Another Cognomen.
Chartiers borough people want the name
of their town changed, as they do not like
the frequent mistakes that occur by the con
lounding of it with the incorporated village
on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Bailroad at
the mouth of Chartiers creek.
As Chartiers borough has a population of
4,000, the burgers think they ought to be
better known. Dr. C. A: Willes, the Burg
ess, is in receipt of many names suggestive
for selection.
COVERED WITH IITTIjB BUGS.
A Lot of Allegheny Market Lettuce That
Had to be Coademaed.
Meat and Milk Inspector Lippert, of
Allegheny, condemned 42 dozen heads of
lettuce and five dozen bananas in the market
yesterday.
The lettuce was covered with a peculiar
little bug that could not bechakenor washed
off.
Where Pare Butter nnd Fresh Egg Can
Bo Procured.
Mr. J. J. Weldoq.who has furnished pure
Washington county butter to many resi
dents of tbe two cities for years past, has es
tablished a first-class grocery store at 201
Market street, corner Second avenue, and is
prepared to furnish table delicacies and
pure butter at lowest possible prices. Goods
delivered to any part of the cities. Tele
phone 1884.
SUNDAY.- APETL 13.
STOftY OF A SQUEEZE
That Sharpsburg -Labor People Say
Was Worked in-an Iron Hill.
A WAY TO MAKE BOTH ENDS MEET.
That Knmpns in the Musical Union Con
tinues to Grow Warmer.
COKE WOEKEKS 0RDEKED TO STRIKE
The borough of Sharpsburg was in a state
of excitement yesterday over the exposure
of methods alleged to have been adopted by
the labor boss in Moorhead Bros. & Co. 'a
Vesuvius Iron and Nail Works, to extort
money from the Hungarian and Italian em
Dloyes of the establishment. Yesterday's
issue of the Sharpsburg Herald contains a
lengthy communication from Nick Dale, a
citizen of the borough, which gives the re
sult of an investigation made by him in
regard to the matter, and some startlingly
sensational statements are made.
According to Mr. Dale, John Cook,
who has been the labor boss in the mill for
the past two years, has in that time em
ployed none but Italians aud Hungarians,
who can speak neither English nor Ger
man, and on pay days he received from the
men money in sums ranging from 50 cents
to $3, as a compensation for retaining their
jobs. The matter is said to have gained
circulation in a quiet way, and Mr. Dale
claims to have been requested repeatedly to
make an exposure of Mr. Cook's imposition
on the foreign laborers.
SOME OP THE 'WITNESSES.
Skilled workmen are reported to have
seen the men hand money to Cook on pay
day, and a tour was made among some of
the workmen. Michael Schimanitz, who is
1 of 13 men who boards at the house of John
Lieblitzer, on Ninth street, stated positively
that he had given Cook money on different
occasions, and could name others who had
done the same thing. He never gave the
boss less than 50 cents, and some others gave
him as mnch as 5. Josepp Schunake said :
"I gave Cook money, which I saw I had to
do if I wanted to hold the job."
Altogether there are from 30 to 50 labor
ers in Sharpsburg who are said to have paid
toll to Cook, and Mr. Dale estimates that
52,000 a year will hardly cover the amount
Cook has been getting lrom these men for
the last two years.
Alter gleaning the above Mr. Dale held a
con'erence with Mr. John Moorhead. The
latter gentleman disclaimed any knowledge
of any such methods being practiced in the
mill, and be requested Mr. Dale to furnish
him tbe names of persons from whom Cook
had received money. Mr. Dale has not had
an opportunity to do this and it is not likely
that he will"be'required to do so.
A Dispatch reporter visited Sharpsburg
yesterday afternoon. The matter was the
universal subject of conversation. Every
body seemed to know something about the
affair, and many were the expressions of
pleasure that the expose had been made.
Everything was quiet about the mill. The
only person seen at the office was John
Donaldson, who did not seem to be in a
position to know anything about the matter.
A call was made upon Mr. Dale, at his place
of business on North Canal street. He re
peated the story of his investigation, which
was in substance the same as stated above.
Mr. Dale said he was on the track of some
thing that would lead to a similar exposure
in another mill, but be is not ready to make
public tbe facts he has gathered.
MBS. COOK THINKS HIM GUILTY.
The Dispatch man called at Mr. Cook's
home on Middle, near Fifteenth street.
Mrs. Cook said her husbaud was out of
town. He had left on Friday evening, tell
ing her that he was to go to Kittanning
with Mr. James Lewis, a brother of George
Lewis, manager of the mill, to buy a horse.
Cook said he was to meet Mr. Lewis at the
West Penn Junction, on the Valley road,
and to go from there with him to Kittan
ning. Mrs. Cook said that she had fre
quently found money about her husband's
clothes, and had on one or two occasions
asked him where he got so much, but he
always evaded answering. During the past
week she noticed something very strange in
her husband's actions, and since the expos
ure has been made she believes he is guilty.
She stated that she thought his story about
going to Armstrong county to buy a horse
was intended to mislead her, and that he
has gone away with no intention of return
ing.
Mrs. Cook admitted that her hus
band received as a salary at the mill $2
per day. During the two years he was em
ployed in the mill he has purchased three
iots and two honses, valued at between
$4,000 and $5,000. Mrs. Cook said that one
of the houses was still unpaid for, and she
did not think her husband bad used any
money outside of his salary to pay for his
property. His son also works in the mill,
and draws $13 75 every pay, and that was
paid into a building and loan association,
from which Mr. Cook had borrowed the
money to buy his second house.
An effort was made to learn from the firm
what is to he done in tbe matter. Mr. John
Moorhead is out of the city. Mr. Frank T.
Moorhead said the matter rested entirely
with the manager, George Lewis. Mr.
Moorhead had heard of Mr. Cook's actions,
but he was unable to say what action the
firm would take. Mr. Lewis could not be
found.
TWO tEIiEGATES ELECTED.
The Pittsburg Lodge of Machinists Select
Men to Keprcsent It nt St. Louis.
Lodge 52 of the National Association of
Machinists has elected M. Blundon and G.
W. Kirk as delegates to the second annual
convention, to be held in Louisville on May
4. This organization has lodges in every
part of the Union. Among its objects are
to build up and refine the educational and
social qualities of machinists; to thoroughly
instruct them in the increasing improve
ments of the business; to assist men in se
curing positions, and to establish a bene
ficiary fund.
It advocates a system of apprenticeship by
which tbe apprentice will be bound for a
term of four years, and his master also
bound to give bim proper instructions. The
organization is opposed to strikes.
AN IE0N-CUD AGREEMENT.
Miner Protest Against n Rule of tbe Cory
Gam Conl Company.
The miners employed by the Cory Gas
Coal Company are protesting against an
agreement formulated by the company.
The agreement provides that the miner
signing it must work year for 2 cents for
all coal passing over an inch and a half
screen if coal is selling at the tipple at 3
cents. The K. of L. miners have branded
the contract as offensive and inconsistent.
Insist There' No Wire Trust.
Mr. George T. Oliver, Superintendent of
Census, for the Pittsburg district, is borne
from the East He says the work of enum
erating the people of the country will be
commenced June 1. In regard to the wire
industry, he says there is no trusty among
the manufacturers.
According to Agreeinenr.
There is no change in the situation in the
structural mill of Carnegie, Phipps & Co.,
at Homestead. A member of the firm stated
yesterday that so'Tar as the wages are con
cerned the men are' working under the scale
agreement.
Everybody Asked to Attend.
Ten thousand circulars have been sent
out inviting business men, bankers, builders
and contra'ctors to attend the meeting to be
held at Imperial Hall next Thursday even
ing to hear Samuel Gompers talk on the
eight-hour movement
1S90.
THAT MUSICAIi UNION MUSS.
Dlitricl Dinner Workman Bo Submit a
New Proposition.
Tbe fight between Master Workman Ross,
ot D. A. 3, K. of L., and the M. M. P. Tj
is not over yet. Mr. Boss met Gus Kreil,
according to agreement, in Secretary Scan
drett's office yesterday afternoon, where it
was intended to have a board ot five arbi
trators appointed to settle the matter.
Mr. Scandrett said, he was anxious to
have the trouble arranged, and that if the
League club was doing an injustice to the
labor organizations he wanted to know so
as to be able to judge what his
duty is in the matter. Mr. Kreil
wanted Mr. Boss to sign an agreement to
the effect that in case the Musical Union
conld prove that the Great Western Band
had members in it whp are expelled mem
bers of the Musical Union, he (Mr. Ross)
was to sec that they be expelled irom Local
Assemuiy loss.
Mr. Boss admitted that there are six ex
pelled members ol the Musical Union in the
Great Western Band, but thev are in the
Knights of Labor anyway. Mr. Boss sub
mitted the following, and asked for a com
mittee of arbitration:
"We will agree that a committee of arbi
tration shall sit and determine as to
whether the Pittsburg League club have
done wrong toward labor organizations by
employing the Great Western Band for
April 19."
Mr. Kreil said he could not agree to the
appointment of such it committee without
consulting the officials of the M. M. P. U.,
and asked for an adjournment of the
con erence until to-morrow evening. Thev
will meet at 136 Fifth avenue. Mr.
Boss stated last night that the Musieal
Union is trying to have the men who were
expelled from their organization thrown out
ol'L. A. 1583. He says that if the Musical
Union will expell from their union all per
sons who are expelled from la1or assemblies
he will begin at once to weed out 1583.
A BTEIKE AT SC0TTDALE.
Coke Worker Called Out Beennie tbo Scale
l Not Signed. .
It was decided at the K. of L. convention
at Scottdale yesterday that the employes of
Kainey's coke works should be called out
on strike immediately. At least 000 men
are employed at the Fort Hill, Paul and
Moyer plants of Eainey. Tbe employes of
Jimtown coal works near Dawson will also
be called to striki because the operators
will not sign the scale.
All the difficulties regarding the equal
distribution of work were adjusted at the
conference with Superintendent Lynch of
the Frick Coke Companv.
A PRECAUTIONARY M0YB.
An Assistant Mine Inspector Appointed for
tfao Frlck Company.
J. J. Davis has been appointed mine in
spector by the H. H. Frick Coke Company.
He will work with tbe mine inspector ap
pointed by the State.
It is to insure proper ventilation of all the
mines,and is considered an important move,
which may be followed by other coke com
panies. Another Strike Expected.
A strike is daily expected among the boys
emploved in Wightman's Glasshouse inhe
West End.
VISITING US ONCE MORE.
The Class In Mechanics Wilt Inspect Pitts
b org's Mills.
Prof. M. E. Cooley, of Ann Arbor Uni
versity, reappeared in Pittsburg last even
ing with nine students, part of the class in
engineering. They will spend some time in
visiting the mills in the city in search of
information.
The professor never misses an opportunity
to bring his boys to Pittsburg. He thinks
this one of the greatest industrial centers in
the world, and there is much that can be
gathered here in the mechanical line. They
are stopping at the Seventh Avenue Hotel.
A PORTRAIT IN HO TIME.
An Allegheny Man Paint a Picture In Less
Thnn Two Hours.
Yesterday morning a strange contest took
place in J. M. Rowan & Co.'s office, on
Third avenue. W. P. Smith, the artist,
made a bet of $100 with H. G. Daulap that
W. H. Artzberger, photographer, of Alle
ghany, could not paint a picture from a
photograph in two hours.
Mr. Artzberger undertook the task, and
succeeded in painting a picture of Wash
ington from a cabinet photograph in 1 hoar
and 48 minutes.
GREAT
BARGAINS IN
ORGANS
PIANOS AND"
At Henrlck's Temple of Music.
In order to close out at once a large stock
of new and second hand instruments, iif
cluding Chickering, Wheelock, Hallet &
Davis, Steinway and Marshall & Wendel
pianos, and Kimbal, Estey, Mason & Ham
lin and Wilcox & White organs, prices
have been reduced away down. Pianos for
$75 upward. Organs from $25 to $150. A
large stock of specially selected new in
struments arriving daily, and stock on hand
must be closed out to make room, and great
bargains offered in consequence. Easy pay
ments taken. Come earlv and get choice at
Henrick's Temple of Music, 79 Fifth ave
nue. Geeat collar and cuffs sale, commencing
Monday. Don't fail and come.
Hannach's Shirt House,
30 Sixth st, opposite Bijou Theater.
TJrllng.
We save yon from 15 to 20 per cent.
Ur.LiNG & Son-,
Lewis block. Leading Cash Tailors.
TTStt 47 Sixth ave.
Men's Underwear.
Spring weights in merino underwear,
white, tans and natural. Special values at
95c, worth $1 15; $1, worth $125, and
$1 15, worth $1 50.
A. G. Campbell & Sons, 27 Fifth ave.
We will offer on Friday and Saturday of
this week 300 doz. pure linen Huck towels,
worth regularly 15c, at 10c a piece.
TTSSU HUGTJS & HACKE.
Fine Trouserings..
The largest stock of stylish suitings and
trouserings at Pitcairn's, 434 Wood st
All styles of Coon & Co. collars and
cutis. Special sale, commencing Monday
morning, at Hannach's Shirt House, 30
Sixth street, opposite Bijou Theater.
Urllng.
We save you from 15 to 20 per cent.
Urlinc- & Fox,"
Lewis block. Leading Cash Tailors,
Tisn 47 Sixth ave.
s
Men's Bnlbriggnn Underwear.
French and English. Special values at
50c, 75c and $1.
A. G. Campbell & Sons, 27 Fifth ave.
We will offer on Friday and Saturday of
this week 300 doz. pure linen Huck towels,
worth regularly 15c, at 10c a piece.-
Tissn Hugus & Hacke.
Parlob suits re-upholstered.
Haugh & Keejtan, 33 and 34 Water st.
Angostura Bitters is known all over
the world as tbe great regulator of the di
gestive organs.
New Dnnclnc Clnsses.
Prof. J. S. Christy is forming new dancing
classes on Monday night for the last turn,
April 14, 1890. Academy 1012 Penn, cltr. J
TKIED. A FLIMLAM.
Clarence Bnrdelt, of Wheeling, Fails
-to Passi Forged Check.
PRESIDENT WILLIAMS TOO SHARP.
The Swindle Frustrated by a Timely Use of
the Telephone.
HOW A BAGGAGE -CHECK HELPED 0BT
A bold attempt to flim-flam President J.
Clark Williams, of Curry Univeisity, was
madeby a snappy young man hailing from
Wheeling, W. Va., day before yesterday,
but the wary educator did not nibble at the
bait A bogus check was tbe means which
was hit upon by the Wheeling young man
to enrich himself. The check is awaiting
the return of the forger, but no one expects
that event under the circumstances.
On the day named President Williams
was sitting in his office on the third floor of
Curry University when a young man en
tered briskly and walked up to the desk.
He was evidently about 17 years old, was
dark and short, with a broad face in wbich
were set a pair of dark eyes. He intro
duced himself as "Clarence Burdett," of
Wheeling, and said that his father, Andrew
Burdett. a real estate dealer, had been cor
responding with Mr. Williams with refer
ence to a course in shorthand for the -son.
Mr. Williams conld not recall any such
correspondence and so remarked, but the
young man glibly stated that whether Curry
University was the one his father had in
mind or not he was desirous ot enrolling
himself. Prof. Williams proffered a pen,
and the school register, upon which the
young man inscribed his name, "Clarence
Burdett" He then asked easily how much
the first quarter's tuition would cost, and
was informed that $28 was the correct figure.
THE I-ATAL CHECK.
Then Mr. "Btirdett" fished a check ont of
his pocket and tendered it to Mr. Williams.
Tbe check was drawn on the National Bank
of West Virginia to "Clarence Burdett" or
order, and was signed "A. Burdett," in all
the writing being free and vigorous. A
picture of the bank building on Main street',
Wheeling, adorned the left side of the
check. Beneath the cut were the figures
$70, and tie second dotted line in the body
ot the check was occupied by tbe word
"seventy," preceded and followed by a dash.
Where the numberof the check should have
been, some pen scratches were filled in in a
very business-like manner. The check
looked all right but as Mr. AVilliams
glanced at the "Clarence Burdett" in the
register he saw that the writing was exactly
alike in each instance. Having duly scented
a mouse Mr. Williams remarked that he
never cashed checks.
"That's all right," said "Burdett," "you
needn't cash-it You can deposit it in some
bank for collection. I don't know anyone
here, and cannot be identified. It's all
right" Mr. Williams revolved a plan in
his mind, and finally summoned his teacher
in shorthand. Mr.- "Burdeit" was told to
follow the teacher to another room. Mr.
Williams then rang up Wheeling and
asked for the "National Bank or West Vir
ginia." Tbe cashier responded, and in an
swer to the questions of Mr. Williams stated
that no such name as "A. Burdett" was
upon the bank books, and that the check
was unquestionably bogus.
BURDETT WAS CAUGHT.
Congratulating himself upon his cantion,
Mr. Williams asked the cashier to hold the
telephone a moment He sent for Mr.
"Burdett," and told him that a bank had
been called up, and wanted to ask a few
questions about the check.
"Now you tell me what they say," said
Mr. Williams.
"All right Hello! He wants to know
where I live in Wheeling. Hello! No, 2
Lafayette avenue." There wa silence a
momentand "Burdett's" face got verv red.
"What did he say?" asked Mr. Williams.
"Burdett" stammered that he couldn't
catch the words. "Perhaps I can," said
Mr. Williams taking the receiver awav
from "Burdett." "Hello! What did you
say, Mr. Cashier?" The answer came
clearly that there was no such street in
Wheeling.
"Didn't you make a mistake about the
street?" asked Mr. Williams.
"Who are you telephoning to?" he asked.
"The National Bank of West Virginia,
at Wheeling," said Mr. Williams. "
"Oh," said Burdett, "there must be some
mistake. I think I'll take the check and
go and cash it at some bank."
"No," said Mr. Williams. "I guess I'd
better keep the check."
Mr. Williams was puzzled what to do,
but he wasn't snre whether he could hold
him or not.
Meanwhile the marvelous assurance of
"Burdett" had returned. Taking a brass
trunk check out ot his pocket "Burdett"
said: "Here is the check for my trunk at
Union depot I'll just leave it here while I
MARS HELL,
THE CASH GROCER,
WILL SAVE YOU MONEY.
CORN!
STRICTLY FIRST.ULASS CORN FIVE
CANS 25c.
New cans, new labels, new corn. The empty
cans cost 50c per dozen; the freight is 3c per
dozen; this leaves 7c per dozen for tbe man
who packed the corn, soldered tbe cans, pasted
on the labels, and nailed it up In the cases. As
for the man who raised the corn, he Is clear out
of sight Probably he is one of the fellows w; J
is runningaronnd organizing farmers' alliances.
MARSHELIS COMFORT FLOUR,
51 20 PER SACK.
Every sack hat a packaee of
CUMSHAW TEA
Note oar special offer.
ON ORDERS OF foO AND UPWARD A
DISCOUNT .OF
5 PER CENT
IS ALLOWED, ,
Except on sugar and meat These
are sold at cost, and, of course, we
can make no further reduction on
them.
GET UP CLUBS JVSD SAVE MONEY.
It does not matter how many of
jon send, jnst so all your orders put
togethor' amount to SoQ. Each per
son's order will be packed separately
and bis .name-put on his box, but
they will all be shipped to the one
address. '
Send for my large weekly price
list and order by mall. Orders
amounting to $10, without counting
sugar, packed and shipped free of
charge to any point within 200 miles.
MARSHELL,
79, 81, 83 and 95 OHIO 8T, Cor. SANDUSKY,
ALLEGHENY.
apU
go to hunt up a boarding-house." When
he reached the stair3 be was in the street in
an instant
Tne trunk cheek bears the following device:
C. H V.4T.E.R
and
LB.W.
tn
Joint Local.
A FIXE KEW OEGAff
To Delight tbe Attendants of St Man's
Church, orSbnrpsburtT-
The congregation of St Mary's Church,
Sbarpsburg.is in great jubilation over itsnew
organ. The instrument was built by thn
Wirshing Organ Company and purchased
by Father Schwab for St. Mary's Church at
a cost of $4,500. The bellows are operated
by water motor, and the instrument con
tains 3 keyboards and 40 stops. AH the
lateset improvements in organ building
have been introduced and the tone is re
markably fine.
The instrument's ontward appearance is
handsome. The front pipes are artistically
decorated, and there is a lC-foot fronting of
fine oak. It is 32 feet high and 20 deep.
Mr. C. S. Beck, organist of St Mary's, said
that the Wirshing Company had suffered
much of late from aspersions thrown on the
powers of their organs. His experience,
however, in this case was that the Wrish
ing organ is the very best Dr. Graf, Pro
fessor of Music in the new Catholic Uni
versity at Washington, has tried the St
Mary's instrument and pronounced it ex
cellent Mr. Newell Coming Home.
President John Newell, of the Lake Erie
road, has started from Europe. He is ex
pected to arrive in Pittsburg in another
week, and then will refill the places in the
road made vacant by the resignations of
Superintendent Holbrook and Auditor
Kendrick. The local officials do not even
venture a guess as to their probable
successors.
BIBER I EASTDN.
DRAPERY NETS.
We offer a very laree and choice assortment
of Black Drapery Nets at 1, Jl 25, 51 50 up to
finest grade.
Colored Nets in evening and street shades, 45
inches wide, at S5e.
LACE FLOUNCINGS.
. Black Chantilly Flonncings in entirely new
patterns at SI 25, 81 50. $1 75, J2 up to $4 2a.
Black Spanish Guimpure Flonncings, 90c to
S2 per yard.
TRIMMINGS.
Rich and Elegant Novelties in Applique and
Crocbet Dress Trimmings. Vandyke Points,
etc Metal and Crocbet Buttons in low, medium
and finest grades to match all the new shades
of Dress Goods.
CORSETS, CORSETS.
We handle almost all tbe standard makes,
snch as Dr. Warner's Health. Thompson's GIoto
Fitting. R. and Q.. Common bense. Ball's
Kabo. Jerris' Corset Waist for women and
children. We call special attention taa corset
in Ecru and White which we oiler at 40c.
SCISSORS AND POCKETKNIVES.
We offer a special Cutlery Bargain in Scis
sors, from dainty buttonhole sizes to Urea
shears, and in two and foar-bladed Pocket
knives in Pearl and Horn Handles. Your
choice for 25c.
BIBER & EASTON,
505 and 507 MARKET STREET.
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children In very great variety.
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