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down by tlic great magistrate who presided
over the court lor more than a third of a
I'- century (Chief Justice Marshall) that the
point 01 lime wucn me pramwiuuu cfa
and the power of the State begins is not the
instant when the article enters the country,
but when the importer has so acted upon it
that it has become incorporated and mixed
up -with the mass of propertv in the country,
which happens when the original package
is no longer such in his hands; that none of
the evils 'which proceeded from the feeble
ness of the Federal Government contributed
more to the great revolution which intro
duced the present system than the deep and
general conviction that commerce ought to
be regulated by Congress; that the right to
sell any article imported was an inseparable
incident to the right to import it and that
the principles expounded in the case applied
equally to importations irom a sister aa
lrom a foreign country
Although the precise question before the
court was not ruled upon in tbat case, the
Court says it thinks it was virtually i nvolved
in the Brown case and nlso the Bowman
case, in which an act of the State of Iowa,
forbidding common carriers to bring intoxi
cating liquors into the State without first be
ing furnished with a certificate as prescribed
in the act, was declared invalid because es
sentially a regulation of commerce among
the States.
EESEBVED ET ITS TEEJIS.
The opinion of the Court, delivered by
Justice Matthews, and the dissenting opin
ion, delivered by Justice Harlan, discussed
the question in all its phages, and while the
determination of whether the right of trans
portation of an article of commcice from one
btate to another Includes by necessary Implica
tion the right or the consignee to sell It tn un
broken packages at the place where the trans
portation terminates, was in terms reserved,
j ct the argument of the majority conducts Irre
sistibly to that conclusion. This decision Is
quoted at length.
The court then takes up the case of Peirce,
agent. New Hampshire, which has beon one of
the chief authorities of those advocating the
validity of the Iowa statute. The defendant in
this case was fined for selling a barrel of gin
which he had Imported from Massachusetts
and sold contrary to the laws of New Hamp
shire. In this case Chief Justice Taney held
that the State bad the right to make such a
law for the protection of its inhabitants, and
that the mere grant of power over inter-State
commerce to the general Government cannot
lie construed to be an absolute prohibition to
the exercise of any power over the same sub
ject by the States.
"But." says the Court, "conceding the weight
properly to be ascribed to the judicial utter
ances of this eminent jurist, wc are constrained
to say that the distinction between subjects In
respect of which there can be of necessity only
one system or plan of regulation for the whole
country and subjects local in their nature, and,
o far as relating to commerce, mere aids rather
than regulation, does not appear to us to have
been sufficiently recognized by him in arriving
at the conclusions announced. Tbat distinction
has been settled by repeated decisions of this
court and cannot longer be regarded as open to
Te-examination. The authority of Peirce agent.
X7ew Hampshire, in so far as it rests on the
new that the law of Ne nr Hampshire was valid
because Congress had made no regulation on
the subject, must be regarded as having been
distinctly overthrown by numerous cases.'
The court qnotes from a large number of these.
WHEN IT IS VOID.
"Whenever." says the opinion of the Chief
Justice, "a law of a State amounts essentially
to a regulation of commerce, as itdoes when it
inhibits, directly or indirectly, the receipt of
an imported commodity, or its disposition be
fore it has ceased to become an article of trade
"between one State and another, it comes in
conflict with a power which, in this particular,
has been exclusively in the general Govern
ment, and is. therefore void. Undoubtedly it
Is for the legislative branch of the State gov
ernments to determine whether the inanmac
ture of particular articles of traffic will injuri
ously affect the public, and it is not for Con
gress to determine what measures a State may
properly adopt as appropriate or needful for
the protection of the public morals life or
safety, but notwithstanding it is not vested
with supervisory power over matters of local
administration, the responsibility is upon Con
gress, so far as the regulation of inter-Stato
commerce is concerned, to remove the restric
tion upon the State in dealing with imported
articles which have not been mingled with the
common mas of property therein.
"Whatever our individual views may may be
as to the deleterious qualities of particular ar
ticles, we cannot bold tbat any articles which
Congress recognizes as subjects of inter-State
commerce are not such, or that whatever are
thus recognized can be controlled by State laws
amounting to regulations while tbey retain
tbat character; although at the same time, if
directly dangerous to themselves, the State
may take appropriate measures to guard
against injury before it obtains complete juris
diction over them.
WHAT IT WOULD CONCEDE.
To concedo to a State the power to exclude,
directly or indirectly, articles so situated, with
out Congressional permission, is to concede to
a majority of the people of a State, represented
in the State Legislature the power to regulate
commercial intercourse between the States by
determining what shall be its subjects. When
that power was distinctly Granted to be exer
cised by the people of the United States, rep
resented in Congress its possession by the lat
ter was considered essential to tbat more per
fect union which the constitution was adopted
to create. Undoubtedly there is difficulty In
drawing the line between the principal powers
of the one government and the commercial
powers of the other, butwhen thatline is deter
mined, accommodation to it without serious
Inconvenience may readily be found in a frank
and candid co-operation for the general good.
'They (the importers) had the right to im
port this beer into that; State, and in the view
which we have expressed, they had the right to
cell it, by which act alone it would become
mingled in the common mass of property with
in the State. Up to that point, then, we hold
that in the absence of Congressional permis
sion to do so, the State had no power to inter
fere by seizure or any other action in prohibi
tion of Importation and sale by the foreign or
non-resident importer. The decision of the
Supreme Court of Iowa is revorseu."
the siixoniir OPINION.
The dissenting opinion of Justices Gray,
arlan and Brewer, in giving reasons for
"ent, states the effect of the decision as fol-
the statutes of a State, restricting or pro
ing the sale of Intoxicating liquors within
irritory, are to be held inoperative and void
ppllcd to liquors sent or brought from
her State and sold by the importer in what
called original packages, the consequence
.ist be that an inhabitant of any State may.
fender the pretext of inter-State commerce and
u lthout license or supervision of any public au
thority, carry or send into and sell in any or all
of the other States of the Union intoxicating
llauors of whatever description, in cases or
kegs, or even in single bottles or flasks, despite
any legislation of those States on the subject;
and although his own State should be the only
one which bad not enacted similar laws."
MADE THE BRIDGE STEOHGEB.
nstneers Pronounce tho Ninth Street
Structure Kufe at Present.
' Tbo Ninth street bridge was closed to
traffic yesterday morning, and the Pleasant
Valley cars only ran to tho junction of Robin
son and Sandusky streets, and from there the
passengers were transferred across the Seventh
street bridge in tho old horse cars,. The closing
of the bridge was only tempJ.ary, however.
During the day the bridge was strengthened,
and engineers pronounced it perfectly safe,
i and at 6 o'clock last evening tho electric cars
were started over it again.
Whether tbe cars will bo run continually un
til the bridge is rebuilt cannot be stated. It is
understood that tho feeling between the
Pleasant Valley Company and the Seventh
Street Bridge Company is not the most pleas
ant. Mr. Henry said last night tnat the com
pany would take no risks with tbe bridge, and
whenever.tbey are satisfied the structure is un
safe they will abandon It
Tho directors of tbo Pleasant Valley Com
pany did not meet yesterday, owing to Mr.
Henry's time being entirely taken up with tbe
road. Tbe meeting will probably be held to
day or to-morrow, when the difficulty between
the company and tho Knights of Labor is ex
pected to be sottled.
MArTx" HAILS BEING MADE.
Alonzo Loring Doesn't Think tho Present
Depression Will Last Lona;.
Alonzo Loring, the Wheeling nail manufac
turer, was seen in tbe lo'jby of the Anderson
last evening. He says many nails are being
made, but the business Is unremuneratlve. Ho
.doesn't think the present depression in the
iron business can continue much longer. He
cava it the sliver bill is passed it may produco
inflation, ana for awhile it might help matters.
Mr. Loring is not one who believes that tariff
talk hurts trade. . ,
One of tbe causes of depression he thinks is
overproduction. At present prices prevailing
across the ocean no foreign iron or steel is im
ported. The Americans have their own mar
ket, and it is glutted.
Wnnted to Cnt Her flrnrt Out.
Sarah Bmlth. who lives on Frances street,
nudo an information before Alderman Rich
ards yesterday charging Lewis Hill with surety
of the peace. Mrs. Smith alleges that Hill
threatened to "cut her heart out" with a razor.
ft SHADEJF WORRY
On the Faces of a Number of
City Officials, Nowadays.
SOME CORDIAL RELATIONS
Severed, and a More Serious Condi
tion Anticipated
THE CAUSES OP THE COOLNESS
There is a shade of worry on the faces of
tho chief city officers during these joyous
May days. The pretty shade trees that
throw their sweet branches, luxuriant with
leaves, against the windows of City, Hall,
are gaily green, but within the building the
prevailing color is blue. The cordial rela
tions which, a few weeks ago, existed be
tween the Mayor of Pittsburg and the heads
of the several city departments have been
broken off, and there are monitions of a
more serious condition of affairs. Indeed,
appearances in City Hall indicate that,
while there is at this time no direct clash
between the Mayor and the chiefs, a serious
disagreement is imminent.
'When the recent municipal campaign was
on, the advocates of the election ot Judge
Bailey asserted that if he were elected he
would be a Mayor in fact as well as in name,
and would exercise tbat power of directing
the chiefs of departments conlerred upon the
head of the city government by the charter
of June 14, 1S87. They opposed the election
of Mr, Gourley because they feared, or
claimed that they feared, that he would sit
in the Mayor's chair rather as an ornament
than as a dynamic power. What they de
sired Judge Bailey to do Mr. Gourley, much
to their surprise as well as to the bewilder
ment of the men who elected him, is proceed
ing to do.
OTJTCBOPPINGS OF HIS POLICY.
For several weeks there have been out
croppingB of the new Mayor's policy, what
the boys out in Colorado used to call face
tiously "pyrites of indications." He has
discovered a radical intention to act up to
the full extent of the charter's language.
The trouble now beginning grows out of the
various interpretations put upon the twenty
first section of the new charter, which sec
tion reads: "The Mayor shall have general
supervision of all the departments, with
power to direct their officers within their
duties, under the law and ordinances."
Tbe specter of this awful twenty-first sec
tion stalks in the corridors of City Hall and
shakes its bony finger, with fateful "power
to direct," at every official, great and small.
The Mayor indicated his determination to
investigate, oversee and direct, daring the
Monday meeting of the Board of Awards.
The personal disagreement at that meeting
between him and Chief Elliot brought the
whole situation under inquiry, and investi
gation showed a very uneasy state of things.
Last Thursday Mayor Gourley addressed
a note to each city officer and each head of
a city department, asking for a statement of
the number of employes, their duties, sala
ries and hours of labor.
WHAT "WAS EXPECTED.
From words spoken by the Mayor, it was
soon said around the Hall that His Honor
intended to use the reports as bases for the
dismissal of certain employes. He ex
pressed to several people, but not to a re
porter for this paper, the opinion that both
Chief Brown and Chief Bigelow had men
on the pay-rolls of their departments who
were not earning their salt.
A reporter for The Dispatch was sent
to see the Mayor yesterday, but that gentle
man refused "to see him. The general re
ports as to his utterances were, however,
carried to the chiefs of departments, and
were calculated to make them feel any
thing else than friendly to Mr. Gourley.
Recently the Mayor removed from
spacious quarters on the first floor into two
small rooms in a corner of the second floor.
It is said that he agreed reluctantly to this
change. It seemed to carry with it a pecu
liarly distasteful significance. After being In
stalled upstairs the work of furnishing tbe new
rooms was begun, but a few days since it was
suddenly stopped. It appears now that Mr.
Bigelow had entered into a contract to have
the rooms renalnted. He received on Monday
a note from the Mayor informing him that the
work could not be done without advertisement
and regular disposition of tbe matter by the
Board of Awards. Sir. Bltrelow thorennon
drepped tbe painter with whom he had con
tracted and advertised .for sealed proposals for
painting the rooms to be received at tho Con
troller's office until 2 o'clock next Monday
afternoon.
ALSO AX ADVERTISER.
Down on the first floor Chief Brown occupied
the Mayor's roomy and pleasant quarters, and
prepared to St them up. He received a similar
warning, and has advertised for sealed pro
posals for fitting np tbe offices, to be received
at the Controller's office until Baturday,
May 21.
Chiefs Brown,Bigelow and Elliot, on receiving
tho requests from tbe Mayor last Thursday,
prepared at once to furnish the information re
quired. Similar requests for lists and details
w ere sent to the City Controller, Treasurer.
Clerk, Assessor, etc. One of those officers said
yesterday that tbe charter gave the Mayor no
authority over them, but, in the language ot
tbe twenty-first section, only over "tbe depart
ments." Chief Brown, ot the Department of Public
Safety, handed his reply in to tho Mayor's office
yesterday. The Chief said of it: "It contains
nothing tbat is not in my last annual report,
but gives all tbe information asked for by the
Major; the number of employes of tbe Depart
ment, their duties, salaries and hours, the num
ber of horses and buggies in the department,
and by whom used. I suppose tho Mayor
wanted the figures for his report to Councils.
My annnal report containing them is in the
bands of tbe printers, so that be could not
have access to it. I am perfectly ready to give
the Mayor all the information he asks, ft is
my plain duty to do so. We are running this
department on open business principles."
ONE PEACH CE STOPPED.
On Monday Mr. Gourley wrote to Chief
Brown, asking if it were true that persons ar
rested by polico officers and taken to the sta
tions were released without trial by order of
chief, superintendent or inspectors. Tbe Chief
admitted that such discretion was at rare in
tervals exercised by tbe officials of tbe Police
Bureau, but said tbat it would be discontinued.
Yesterday Chief Brown instructed tbs in
spectors that no more prisoners should be re
leased except on furnishing ball or by due
course of hearing and discharge by a police
magistrate.
Chief Bigelow, of the Department of Public
Works, said yesterday, when questioned con
cerning the alleged disagreements: "I bavo a
great deal of work to do, and am doing moro
work in the department, and in a better way,
than was ever done in the history ot tbe city.
I am glad that the Mayor is taking an interest
in tbo matter, and am glad to give him infor
mation on all subiccts. 1 have received a com
munication from him, asking for a list of the
employes of my department, their salaries,
thetr work and number of hours of service,
and the number of horses and buggies, and by
whom used. My answer will probably be fin
ished to-morrow.
ALWAYS OPES TO INSPECTION.
"1 will give him all the information I have on
tbe subject, and on any subject connected
with the Department of Public Works, even
going beyond the limit of law. That js my
position. As far as the public Is concerned, this
office is open to Inspection, everything con
nected with It, at any time, without notice."
Chief Elliot, of the Department of Public
Charities, said tbat be and tbe Mayor had had
a personal disagreement, but tbat there was no
disagreement between them concerning his de
partment. He has answered the Mayor's in
quiry. Tbe elective city officials, after consultation,
decided to furnish tbe information asked for.
This will do nobody any harm, they say, and is
only an act of courtesy to tbe Mayor.
What tbe heads of the departments fear Is
that the Mayor will order the dismissal of a
number of employes. This will resnlt in a di
rect contest of authority. Tbe tinber is dry.
Don't trust to lnck for a good room when
yon go to New Yore, bnt telegraph or write to
the Sturtevant House, the most centrally
located in the city. Twenty-ninth BU andBroad-way.
THE
NOT ENTIRELY PLEASED.
Members of the W. C. T. V. Argue In Savor
of a -Change Hla School Commence
ment on June 26 Central Bonrd Meet
ins. The regular meeting of the Central Board
of Education was held last night. Mrs.
"Worth, of the W. C. T. V., was accorded
the privilege of addressing the board. Mrs.
"Worth stated tbat they were present in the
interest of the books on physiology and
hygiene which the W. C. T. U. had recom
mended for use in the public schools. The
books in question were Mrs. Hunt's Union
series. The Committee on Text Books and
Course of Instruction had retained on its
list for the ward schools Smith's'Primer of
Physiology and Hygiene and Smith's Ele
ments of the same, and had added the Ho.
1 book nf the Union Series. Mrs. Bmlth wanted
the Union Beries substituted for Smith's
Primer. She read numerous extracts from the
different books on physiology. .......
Mrs. Hughes, of the W. C. T. U.. added tho
suggestion that the board should provide for a
system of furnishing free text books for the
pupils, for the reason that the parents of
many were too poor to buy books.
The report of the committee on tbe books
recommended for the ensuing year was then
taken up. As tho committee had retained
both of Smith's books, and added the No.1 book
of Mrs. Hunt's, leaving it optional with tho
teachers and local boards to UBe either Smith's
Primer or Mrs. Hunt's No. 1 book, the report
of the committee was adopted. Sheriff Mc
Candless remarked that the matter ot corporal
punishment was a matter for tbo local boards
themselves to pass on. The resolution was re
ferred to them.
Tho report of City Superintendent Luckey,
for the month of April, showed the enrollment
of pupils to have been 28.428 and tho average,
attendance 22.778. Tho report of Principal
Wood of tho High School, recommended the
admission to the High Bchoolof two pupils
who had passed for the Commercial Depart
ment, and two who passed for the Academical
Department. Secretary Beisfar reported the
amount of tbe warrants drawn since the last
meeting to have been JS7.S45 35.
The report of the High School Committee
recommending that the commencement
exercises take placo on June 26, and the ex
amination for admission to the High School,
on June 23, 24 and 25, was approved.
TRYING TO SAVE SMITH.
The Colored Wife Murderer Will bo Ex
amined This Evening No Assistance
Wnnted From White People Colored
Citizens May Go to Hnrrltbnrg.
Wife Murderer Smith, who is now in the
county jail awaiting execution, will be ex
amined this evening and a report made as to
his sanity.
Testerday afternoon Attorney Mcllroy,
counsel for the condemned man, called upon
the murderer in his cell, and had a talk
with him. Bmith acted so queerly that the
attorney thought there was something
wrong with him. When asked if Mr. Mc
llroy could do anything for him, Smith
only stared. After looking at his visitor
for quite awhile Smith slowly said he did
not want any assistance from tbe white people.
He said a number of colored men in tbe city
were interested in his case, and tbey would
make a move in a few days. It was inferred
from what he said tbat a committee of colored
cititens would go to Harrisburg and see if
something could not bs done for him. There
was also some talk of a public meeting of col
ored people.
Tbe attorney then waited upon Sheriff Mc
Candless and questioned him in regard to
Smith. The Sheriff thought the colored man's
actions were strange, and for some time past
he had acted as if be was out of his mind. The
abstraction of thought only came at intervals,
although between times tbe man was all right.
The attorney then asked if it would not be a
good idea to have a commission on lunacy ap
pointed to examine Smith, and the Sheriff
thought there would be no objections.
The attorney then hunted up Drs. Wylie and
Ayres, both well-known mind specialists. Dr.
Wylie was one of the staff at Dixmont Asylum
for a number of years, and had considerable
experience with lunatics. Dr. Ayres also has
had manv years of experience with crazy peo
ple, and Smith's case, it Is said, will be handled
by men of ability. The two physicians will
meet at the jail at 8 o'clock this evening and
will examine into Smith's condition.
A WORSHIPER LOCKED UP.
Patrick Lynch Raises a Disturbance In n
Parish Residence.
Yesterday evening. Patrick Lynch one of tho
worshipers at St. John's Church, on South
Fourteenth, street was arrested and placed in
the Twenty-eighth ward station, but so violent
was bis conduct that the sergeants found it
necessary to restrain him by the use of tbe
"muffler." and it took several officers to ac
complish that.
Lynch ;was atteding the mission service in
tbe church, bnt retired during the ceremonies
and want to tbe honse of Rev. Fatber Gal
lagher, which is adjoining the church. Thero
his language became so boisterous, and all bis
actions were so violent that the assistance of
tho police was called to take him away.
ABLE TO BESTOIE WOBK.
The Daquesne Company's Wllklnsbarg
Branch Being Pusbed Again.
Work has been resumed on the Dnquesno
traction road on Peno avenue, Wlikinsburg.
It was stopped for lack of ties last week, but a
large consignment arrived from the West early
yesterday morning, and was at once utilized.
A force of 150 men were set to work, 50 more
than were employed before, t A steam crusher
will be put to work to-day, and tbe men who
have been slowly breaking stones with a ham
mer by band will be given more profitable occu
pation. This line will be finished before any otber of
the Daquesne Company's in the city, by the 1st
ot July, according to contract.
THE HOSPITALS REFUSED HIM.
Officer Latvia so Violent Tbat He Had to
be Confined In Jail.
James Lawlus. tbe police officer who becamo
Insane yesterday morning, is now confined in
thejaiL Lawlus was taken from bis borne on
Kirkwood street, where he had suddenly lost
his mind shortly after going off duly, to the
Nineteenth ward station. From there he was
taken to tbe Mercy Hospital, but they refused
to take him on account of him being too vio
lent. They also refused to receive him at the
West Penn Hospital and he was taken to jail.
Lawlus had been on the police force since
March. He has been a sufferer from a chronic
disease for some time.
MOVING HIS QUARTERS.
Captain Wlsbart Arrests Twenty Beaver
Falls Residents.
Captain Wlsbart has gone to Beaver Falls and
opened fire against illogal dealers. Yesterday
he raised quite a sensation there by having
Constable Burls, of Beaver, arrest 20 merchants
for selling cigars, confectionery, drygoodi,
notions, etc, on Sunday.
The information was made beforo Jnstice
Moore, of Beaver, by Wlshart. The accused
gave bail for a hearing next Baturday.
CANNOT GET THE BOOKS.
The Depositors of the Lawrence Bank
Afraid to Give Tbcm Up.
The depositors' committee of the defnnct
Lawrence Bank, which has in charge the col
lecting of the outstanding deposit books, find
the self-Imposed duty a hard one.
I When the list was banded over to the com
mittee by the Fidelity Company, there were
about 400 names on it Tbe members of the
committee have thus far collected 50 of the
books, but even these were difficult to secure.
THEY BATDJTED THE LEASE,
Stockholders of the La Norla Mining Com
pany Hold a Meeting.
A special meeting of tho stockholders of the
La H oria Mining Company was held In the hall
of tbe Citizens' Insurance Company, Fourth
avenue, yesterday afternoon. There was a good
representation ot the stockholders present.
The meeting was called to ratify tbe lease of
the company's property to tbe Motolina Con
solidated Mining Company, which was done.
The meeting was only in session a short time.
Trying to Come Together.
There was a joint meeting of the Wlikinsburg
Athletic Club and the Young Men's Christian
Association Gymnasium Association last even
ing. Tbe object was to consolidate the two
societies. There was a great deal or discussion,
but no definite understanding was reached.
Tbe members of tbo two associations have
divergent views on many minor points. There is
no reasonable doubt, however, that the two
lochtlet till eventually become one.
PlTTSEtrKO?
S DISPATCH.
WILL BE PAID TO-DAY.
The National Tube Works' Strikers
Evidently Out to Stay.
MACHINISTS HATE NO GRIEVANCE.
Colonel W. P. Bend Is Kot Importing
Southern Colored Workmen.
BOILEKJiAKEES TO MEET IN BEW T0EE
The strike of the National Tube Works
at McKeesport remains the same. Nothing
of importance has developed, any more than
that 3,600 men who went out are idle. The
company had a 'lap welding, a bending, a
nut weld furnace in operation last night,
and operated them yesterday by the assur
ance of the welders who are under three and
five year contracts, and have doubled up in
operating these furnaces. General Manager
E. O. Converse says the works are open for
any of the employes who desire to resume
work, and tbat the company is paying as
high rates as it can, and will positively not
pay any more. lie says also the works are
in operation and will so continue.
The following letter was received at The
Dispatch office last night relative to the
position occupied by the machinists at Mc
Keesport: We, the undersigned committee of McKees-
Sort Lodge No. 60, National Association of
achlnlsts, wish to make the following state
ment ot the position we have taken in the pres
ent dispute at the National Tube Works Com
pany of McKeesport: At a meeting held by
the machinists employed at the above works it
was unanimously
Resolved, To continue at work and take no
part whatever in the present agitation, for the
following reasonsa First, we are controlled by
tho National Association of Machinists of
America. Secondly, wo have made no demands,
ad at present have no grievances to cause us
to suspend work. Thirdly, we are receiving
tbe standard wages and working the same
nnmber of hours as machinists in onr district.
The letter is signed by William G. Davis,
Fielding Scott, Enoch Barclay, John M. Kin
calde, Harry Rider and George Zook.
The finishing department or the National
Mills stopped work at noon simply because tbe
place is stackel with iron and the output
which would be used at the National Tube
Works were it not for tbe idleness tbere, cannot
be stacked up as there is no place to pnt it.
An official of the company speaking of tbe
situation, said it was out of the question to ask
for more wages, as no tube works in tbe coun
try were paying more than the National, and
thero were too many paying less. During the
day the men met in groups at different points
along the streets and discussed the situation.
Some of the departments are arranging to hold
meetings, and It is thought tbat something will
be developed very soon.
To-day at 10 o'clock is the time set for the
men to meet on the Diamond and march to the
tube works office to receive their wages. A
brass band has been engaged to escort the
parade. There Is no excitement and the best
of order is maintained.
MINEES ABE SCARCE.
Colonel Bend Denies That He Is Importing
Southern Colored Men.
Colonel W. P. Rend, the Chicago coal opera
tor, was at the Anderson Hotel last evening.
He denied most emphatically that he was
bringing colored men from the South to work
in his mines. He said miners are so scarce in
this section that they are hiring every man tbat
came along, and he had put a few colored men
at work. The river operators have been em
ploying a large force of men, and when tbe
rivers get low the Colonel thinks there will be
more men wanting employment.
He verified tbe statements publisbed In The
Dispatch a few days ago tbat Pittsburg coal
had been driven out of tbe Chicago markets.
He says tho trouble is not with the freight
rates or inter-State law; they are reasonable
enough, but the Indiana and Illinois operators
have so cheapened tbe production of their coal
tbat tbey can put it in Chicago at a very low
price. In addition, the river operators, when
the market is glutted In Cincinnati, ship their
coal to the Windy City from tbat place at a
cost of S3 75 per ton, while it costs Pittsburg,
operators S3 and more. But this competition
only lasts about three months in tbe year. The
Colonel says there is no immediate remedy at
present,
D, A 3, & OF L, GE0WING.
Corkworkera Increase Their 'Membership
. to Over S0O.
A meeting of L. A.9S63.K. of L-, composed
of corkworkers, met last night and initiated
102 new members. This makes 285 tho assem
bly has taken in since Armstrong Bros, it Co.
decided that their factory should be a union
shop.
In this connection it may be said the mem
bership of D. A 8 is rapidly increasing. At the
last district meeting the reports showed a total
membership of about 1,500. If the district in
creases at the present rate tbe next reports
will nearly double that number.
The corkworkers are considering the matter
of forming a national organization of their
own. A representative has oeen sent to
otber cities to visit tbe unions for the
purpose of working up the matter. If a na
tional union is formed tbe men will withdraw
from the K. of L. and Federation, to which
the various unions are now attached.
ALL UNION BBEWEBLES NOW.
Pier fc Dannals and Herman Stranb Grant
Their Employes' Demands.
Pier & Dannals, the brewers, have declared
their establishment a anion brewery, and tbeir
men have made application to join the union.
Herman Straub has also granted bis employes
their demands for ten hours a day and off Sun
day. The men are jubilant over this result. Last
fall wben a committee, representing the union,
called on the brewers, the latter argued that a
reduction in hours uould ruin tbeir business.
Now all the brewers begin worn at 7 o'clock in
tbe morning, instead of 6, and admit the sys
tem is a success.
TINNERS AND PLUMBEES.
Very Little Change In tbo Strike With Both
Sides Firm.
There was no change in the situation regard
ing the plumbers' or tinners' strike. The tin
ners beld a meeting yesterday, but nothing of
importance was done. It is understood a con
ference between the men and manufacturers
will be beld to-day, and it is said tbe prospects
are good for an early settlement.
Tho plumbers are still firm aud argue that in
a few dajs more tbe condition of the trade will
win the strike for them, whetber they work or
not
No Fears of Strike.
John Costello, a member of tbe General Ex
ecutive Board of tbe Knights of Labor, said
yesterday he did not think there will be a
strike of the miners, but said it they should
ask for a reduction ot hours he thinks they
can get it with but little trouble.
Mr. Gillespie Gets a Contract.
Thomas A. Gillespie, formerly manager of
tbe Philadelphia Gas Company, has bean
awarded the contract for laying tbe new pipe
line from Hays' station, on the Pittsburg, Vir
ginia and Charleston Railway, to Bcllerernon.
Tbo Pressed Ware Scale.
Tbere was a conference yesterday between
committees representing the Amerloan Flint
Glass Workers' Union and the manufacturers
on a difficulty which has arisen over the pressed
ware scale. The matter was amicably settled.
Amalgamated Association Foods.
Tho financial statement of the Amalgamated
Association is being sentout in printed form to
tbe various delegates who will attend tbe June
convention. Tbe document shows a large in
crease over tbe funds on hand last year.
New Locomotive Works.
Lieutenant Fitch, of Braddock, has been in
strumental in organizing a company that in
tends building a factory at Rankin's station for
the manufacture of locomotives and special
machinery. It will be an Immense plant.
Tilelayers to Meet.
The Marble, Slate Workers' and Tilelayers
Union will meet to-night, and it Is said impor
tant business is to be discussed.
Chimney Shop Resumes Work.
Tbe Fort Pitt Glass Company started up their
chimney house yesterday. It had been idle for
several weeks.
Uendy tn the Middle of Jane.
Furnace "I," at the Edgar Thomson Steel
WEDNESDAY, MAT .14,,
Works, will be ready for a blast by the middle
of June.
BOUERMAKERS' COHVEN-TION.
Tbe American Association Will Meet In
New York. July 1 Colon Boilers to be
Stamped Wages May be Reduced.
Secretary A. T. Douthett, of I Allegheny,
Secretary of the American Boilermakers'
Association, has received and announced
the result of a peculiar ballot taken to de
termine the time and place of the next
meeting, which was adjourned indefinitely
from the meeting held in this city at the
Hotel Anderson, on October IB, 16 and 17.
So great a diversity of opinion, existed as
to the time and place of the next meeting
that it was finally determined to leave the
matter to a ballot by letter, in which each
member of the association should express
preference as to location and time. An Im
mense amount of mail has been received by
Mr. Douthett in connection with the ballot,
and after all had been heard from and tabu
lated, it Vas found that New York City as the
place and July 1 as tbe date, had a clear
majority ot tbe votes cast. The President of
tbe association is Mr. James Lappan, of Pitts
burg. Some very Important matters will come up
at tbo forthcoming meeting. The placing of an
invariable stamp upon all boilers made by
members of the association was the most im
portant measure adopted at the Pittsburg
meeting last October, and an exbaustive re
port of the first workings of the plan is to be
presented at tbe meeting. It is claimed tbat
inferior boilers will be driven out of the mar
ket eventually by the use of the stamp upon
association manufactures, the public always
manifesting a decided preference for well-authenticated
goods.
A special committee will present an elabo
rate report upon tbe best brands of iron and
steel for boiler manufacturing, following out
tbe instructions of tbe association which were
to make exhaustive examination and tests of
all boiler plate manufactured with a view to
deciding upon tbe best, and tbe adoption of
some brands to the exclusion of others is said
to be an embryo seiisation. All concerned are
reticent, but it Is hinted that Pittsburg iron
and steel boiler plate has beld its own, and
more too in the tests prescribed.
A committee is also charged with dnty of re
porting upon the best methods of caulking and
rlvetting. in line with the very positive declara
tions of the association upon tbe necessity of
adopting every possible precaution to insure
safety and a minimum of the accidents so un
fortunately prevalent in timesp-ist, All classes
of boilers are included in the demand for
greater safety to life and limb, so far as tbe
goods manufactured by the association are con
cerned. Not the least interesting report is tbat
expected from the Committee on "Topical
Subjects," which is expected to present matters
for general debate.
The question of boilermakers' wages will
come up, audit is whispered that reductions
are to be made in almost all lines ot employ
ment Joined with tbe wagn question is the
matter of labor-saving machinery. The meet
ing will he the most important and most
numerously attended of any in the history of
the organization.
Harmony Oat of Discord.
The Executive Board of tbe Central Trades
Council will meet to-night to consider the diffi
culty existing between the Musical Mutual
Protective Union and the Knights of Labor.
It is tbonght matters will be arranged so that
no troubles will arise in tbo future over the
engagement of bands from either organization.
A FEW MTN0B ACCIDENTS.
The Mishaps and Casualties Reported In
This Vicinity Yesterday.
The unknown man who was taken to the
Homeopathic Hospital at midnight Monday,
remained unconscious all day yesterday and np
to midnight of last night Wben found lying
on the Pittsburg, McKeesport and Yough
logheny tracks on South Nineteenth Btreet, he
was bleeding from several bad wounds about
the head, and when taken to the hospital
others were found about his arms and body.
As he was being moved from the ambulance to
the hospital, a man on the sidewalk was heard
to say, "That's Jim Richards, of Homestead,"
but nothing more is known of him.
A horse attached to a peddler's wagon, owned
by an Italian named Victoria, took fright and
ran oft on Pennsylvania avenue, Allegheny. A
boy who was on tho wagon was thrown out and
bis leg fractured.
James Fox, who lives in Bhanghal Row,
Wood's Run. fell down a flight of stairs, and
fractnred his left leg.
An accident occurred at the Ohio connecting
bridge yesterday morning, by which three men
were injured. While a nnmber of workmen
were hauling a large timber to the top of the
trestle work a guy rope broke and the load
came down where six men were standing. Fivo
Jumped off tbe trestli into tbe nver. Gus
ansen was canght before he could jump and
badly crushed. Two others who happened to
get in the way were struck and knocked sense
less. Had they fallen into the river they
would undoubtedly have been drowned. John
Mullen and John Dunlevy were the men
injured.
John Merteue, an Italian boy who lives on
Sobo street. Thirteenth ward, fell from a dirt
cart at Oakland. The wheel passed over his
right leg, breaking it at the knee.
John Verfy, a Hungarian employed in the
Edgar Thomson Steel Works at Braddock.
was brought into the Homeopathic Hospital
with a burned foot, produced by a flash of
metal.
THE CREDITORS GOT SCARED.
Sir. Orlady Says the Huntingdon Car Works
Will Pay Its Debts.
George B. Orlady, one of the attorneys for
tbe Huntingdon Car Works, arrived here last
evening. Mr. Orlady held a conference with
Sol. Scboyer and S, B. Schoyer at the Ander
son about the affairs of tbe company.
Mr. Orlady said tbat the attachments would
be fought and a motion for their dissolution
had already been made and would soon be ar
gued. The company is all right financially
and will be able to pay its debts. He says some
of the creditors were frightened and descended
on the company. The works will be operated
as usual. Tho Iron Car Company, of which the
Huntingdon plant Is a feeder, has 8,000 cars on
railroads and is a weelthy concern.
Mr. Orlady blames Sir. Sully for trying
to wreck the company. He says tbe
man Hayworth, to whom J100.000 worth of
stock was transferred, is either a drayman or a
barkeeper in Now York. He thinks tbe affairs
of tbe company will soon be straightened out
Mr. Orlady Is a red hot Bastings man, and be
says tbe General will be nominated.
BTEUCK A SPARER.
An 800-Pound Gns Well Comes to the Front
la Cbnrlerol.
The Bellevernon gas field came to the front
yesterday afternoon with the biggest well yet
developed, Charleroi No. L located In the heart
of the new plate glass town, Charleroi, Tho
promoters of tbe town and tbe residents were
jubilating numerously last night and a bushel
of telegrams were received by Pittsburg and
Philadelphia partios interested in the town.
M. J. Alexander, manager of tbe Charleroi
Land Company, telegraphed to Mr.W. D.Hart
upee last night that tho well was an 800-pound
roarer, and was oven ahead of the Daly No. 2
which caused a sensation In the field about two
months ago. The statement was lator con
firmed by H. S. Stewart, who bored the well,
and who said that it was four feot in the sand
and behaving beautifully,
Tbe well is locatod between the railroad and
tbe river, on a level plateau about SO feet abovo
tho water level, and Is opposite Third street as
laid out in the town plan. The well Is not over
600 feet from tbe huge buildings of tbe glass
works, and the fact that It belongs to tbe com
pany is conceded to bo a great thing for the
town. Tbe Local Light and Heat Company
will immediately commenco piping the streets.
CAPTAIN JTCLELLAKD HONORED.
He Will Represent This City on the World's
Fair Commission.
Captain William McClelland, the well-known
attorney, was yesterday appointed one of the
commissioners for Pennsylvania on the World's
Fair Committee. Some time ago it was stated
in The Dispatch, the Captain had been se
lected as one of tbe members of the commis
sion. The following telegram from Harrisburg
"yesterday confirms tbe statement:
"Commissioners to represent Pennsylvania
at tbe World's Fair in Chicago were appointed
to-day by Governor Beaver as follows: John W.
Woodslde, of Philadelphia; William McClel
land, of Pittsburg; John H. Hallock, of Erie,
and R. Bruce Hicketts, of Wilkesbarre, alter
nate. Alonzo Shotwell, of Philadelphia, Is
commissioner at Urge."
Tbey Object to Their Assessment.
Joseph Horno & Co. yesterday filed an appeal
with the Board of Assessors on the assessment
made for their wholesale business for this year.
They were assessed at $1,500,000 last year, but
claim they only did business to the extent of
SI 321,300 and they object to an assessment of
$5,000,000 this year. The board will probably
reduce the assessment, which was only an esti
mate, tbe firm having failed to tend in its statement
1S90.
WALLACE MEN TALK.
Chairman Watson Gives His Ideas on
tbe Democratic Outlook.
A SHREWD PAETI LEADER HEEDED
A Bimon-Pnre Democrat Wants to Bee the
True Blues Stand Up,
THE BT0BI OP BLACK AHD PATTISON
It was reported yesterday that a meeting
oi the Democratic County Committee had
been called for Saturday afternoon, but in
quiry of Attorney H. T. Watson, Chairman
of the committee, showed the report to be
false. Mr. Watson said he had not decided
when to call the committee, but would prob
ably call it for Saturday, May 24. On that
point he will consult other members of the
committee. Mr. "Watson favors a late con
vention, that is, only a short time before the
State Convention, believing that a better
expression ot publio opinion is thereby ob
tained. He was asked how he stood as be
tween ex-Senator Wallace and ex-Governor
Pattison. He replied:
"I am divided in my ideas. I feel that
Wallace would make the better Governor,
but Pattiion the better candidate. Our
party in this State needs a thorough politi
cian at its head, a shrewd organizer to com
pete with Quay. Wallace is not only a
pollticlan,but a statesman. Pattison is a busi
nessman rather than a politician. He made
an honest, good Governor, and would do so
again, but he would not see through the
machinations of the wily Republican rlng
sters, who would throw their tentacles
around every department of the State gov
ernment. Wallace would allow nothing of
that kind. I have no idea what the action
of this county will be. I favor the election
of representative men as delegates who shall
go unimtrueted."
AN OEOAKIZEB HEEDED.
A Democrat well-known as a Wallace
man, said last evening: "The Democratic
party in this State needs an organizer. We
want a shrewd politician to watch that man
Quay. A fellow can't run a Bible class and be
a successful politician. Wallace 'Is the man
needed. Fattlson is all right, but be Is not onr
sort. When be got in tbere was a big revolt
against the Republican ring and tbere
was a Wolfe in tbe field. Any decent
Democratic candidate could have been
elected. He went out with a majority
'of 80,000 Republican. That's what he did for
the party, after the opportunity 'he had. He
fired very few Ropnhllcans out, and tbat's why
the Republicans spoke well of blm. Why, he
gave bis administration away when he got off
the train and walked up town to be Inaugurated,
carrying his gripsack in bis hand. Thatcaugbt
some of the grangers, but It won't do in these
days. A man, in these times, has no right to
walk unless he can't help it. He wants to hire
a double team, drive them to a fall-down and
then hire another. Time is the essence of the
contract nowadays. "i
IX MAKES Hill TIEED.
"This talk about Pattison makes me tired.
I would like to see the real Democrats In tbls
State stand np once and be counted. Look at
the splendid organization that Quay has.
These outside fellows can raise all the howl
they please, butwhen they get right down to
tbe State convention they'll look like an albino
side-show outside of Barnum's big circus. We
want to get down to such an organization.
"I don't believe that Cbanncey F. Black went
to Washington and talked nice about Pattison.
When Pattison was Governor and tbat West
Penn business was up, he sent for Black to go
to Harrisburg and write a veto for bim. Old
Jerry wrote tho veto but It was never used, and
from tbat day Black and Pattison never spoke
nntil the old Judge's death. I don't believe
tbat Black would forget his father's treat
ment." ME. DALZEIJVS CONTENTION.
,Tbe Eloquent Congressman Will Speak la
the Opera Honse.
Assessor Frank Case Said yesterday tbat all
of tbe 170 delegates who will compose the Re
publican convention for tbe Twenty-second
Congressional district had been selected, and
tbere will be a full convention. Mr. Case has
engaged the Opera House for 10 o'clock Tues
day forenoon, June 3. A large number of ladies
will be present, and the house will be tastefully
decorated.
Congressman Dalzell will be present this
time, aud will deliver a ringing Republican
speech. Two vears ago he was not able to be
in the city on the occasion of his nomination.
Arrested for Beating His Wife.
Joseph Theis was arrested and lodged in the
Seventeenth ward police station, last night, to
await a hearing this morning on a charge of
assault and battery. Tbe information was
made by his wife before Magistrate Leslie.
BEWARE OF STENCIL PIANOS.
What Are Stenciled Pianos f
' There are pianos sold in Pittsburg and
Allegheny especially in Allegheny, for
which the high price of $350 is exacted and
which are nothing more nor less than ordi
nary "stencil" instruments which means
that the name of the maker printed on the
name board is a fictitious,trumped up name,
no such person being in existence; and that
therefore such stencil pianos cannot possi
bly be relied upon, as no actual responsible
maker by that name exists to fall back upon
in case the macbine goes wrong or the local
agent should die without visible means to
make good his guarantee.
Why not rather go to H. Kleher & Bro.'s,
COG Wood street, who will sell you a splendid
full-sized "Cabinet Grand Opera piano,"
with three pedals and warranted for eight
years, and all for the low price of $350, pay
able in easy, small, weekly payments. The
wonderful Opera pianos are made by Peek
& Son, New York; their name appears in
full upon the name board of each instru
ment. Tbat firm has been making pianos
for over SO years, and their warrantee, as
well as tbat of the Klebers, is as good as a
United States bond. Those who desire to
invest a little more money will find at
Klebers', BOG Wood street, the peerless
Steinwayaud the splendid Conover pianos
that are not equaled by any other make in
this world; also, the popular Burdettand
the phenomenal Yocalion church organ all
at prices which defy competition, and on the
easiest possible payments. Kleber & Bro.'s
is the best and most reliable music house.
Announcement.
We have this day sold our business and
stock to J. K. Weldin & Co., and will at
once have a clearance sale. Pictures, pot
tery, leather goods, inkstands, fancy goods
and miscellaneous books will be sold at
prices that are seldom offered, and this sale
will be a rare opportunity for those who
wish to pick up a choice article, or good
book, or set of books.
H. Watts & Co., 431 Wood st.
Mat 12, 1890. iwr
A Mighty Salt Sale
At $10 will keep everyone interested for
the next lew days. Imported cassimeres,
diagonals, widewales and fancy worsteds
cut in sacks and cutaways, making the
most desirable suits for men, at $10. Many
light colorsjdawn, grays, fast blacks in the
selection. We can guarantee you a saving
of $7 to $9 on a suit.
P. C. O. C, corner Grant and Diamond sts.,
opposite the Court House.
New parasols in Immense choice, for
ladies, misses and small children, cheapest
at Rosenbaum & Co's. wthssu
Summer Weights In Olonrntng Dress Goods.
Largest assortment in both all-wool and
in silk aud wool fabrics at closest prices.
Jos. HoHjf e & Co.'a
Penn Avenue Stores.
Infants' Furnishings.
Handsome line of our own make long
and short dresses for infants at $2, $2 25,
$2 50, $3 50 to $7 50. These goods are not
shown elsewhere.
A. G. Campbell & Sons, 2T Fifth ave.
Electuic Portrait Copying' Company, 10
and 12 Sixth st, copy and enlarge photos
in crayon, water colors, etc; best work;
lowest prices. ' ynv
UBS. SOMEN LET SATISFIED.
A.M. Marshall Says the Offer of Land Has
Not Been Withdrawn.
A call was made last evening by a Dispatch
reporter on A. If. Marshall, President of tbe
Western Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind,
and the gentleman asked in reference to the
withdrawal of Mrs. Bchenley's offer of the
Center avenue site. He said: "While we have
receiyed no communloatlon from Mrs. Schen
ley tbat she bad withdrawn her offer of tbe
Center avenue property, Mr. Torrens, who rep
resents the estate, informs us that Mrs. Schen
ley will donate tbe Forbes avenue property.
The committee favored the Center avenue
ground, and we had every reason to believe that
this would be the place where the institnte
would be erected until Mr. Torrens acquainted
tbe board as to Mrs. Scbenley's withdrawal of
her first offer.
"We had the necessary documents drawn np
for the trensfer of tbe property, and sent tbenV
to Mrs. Schenley for ber approval. As yetwe
have heard nothing furtherirom England. The
last communication we received was to the
effect that she assented to the transfer of tho
Center avenue site. W. A. Herron sent the
lady a plan of she grounds. She returned this
also with her approval. As we are beggers, we
cannot of course be choosers, and we have no
other recourse bnt to accept whatever is of
fered to us."
A GOOD THEATBICAL TOWN,
Bat Manager Henderson Says That Plttibnrg
Has Been Neglected.
David Henderson, of Chicago, was in the city
for a short time yesterday. The Duqnesne
Theater wilt be opened Thursday. October 2.
with a play in which 160 people will take part.
Mr. Henderson said he bad tbe entire season
booked with first-class attractions. He thinks
tbat Pittsburg la one of the greatest theatrical
towns In the country, but one tbat has been
neglected. Tbere has been a monopoly In tbe
business, and not enough competition.
He proposes to have fine dressing rooms for
bis people and the stage lights will be a marvel
In their way. There will be more than used in
other theaters, and all the latest colored lights
will be introduced.
There are some details yet to be worked out.
Tbe present front of the bulldlngis tine enough,
and will be retained, outside of the two
openings now in use, another one will be added
and the doors will be raised by a few marble
steps above the streets. The stage will be
arranged in tbe most modern style. Mr.
Henderson left for New York last evening, to
have a further conference with his architect.
TTTE DTJ0.UESNE CLUB ELECTION.
Its Resnlt Aiccrtnlncd by the Tellers Yes
terday Afternoon.
The annual meeting and election of tbe Du
qnesne Club was beld at the club on Monday
evening, and tbe result was announced yester
day at 4 o'clock. The voting was heavy, and
the tired tellers had several hours' work In
footing np the ballots cast. There were two
tickets in the. field, differing but slightly, but
the difference caused animated voting in a
good-natnred sort of way.
Tbe following ticket was successful: Presi
dent, John W. Chalfant; Vice Presidents, Wm.
Metcalf and John Walker; Directors, C. L.
Fltzhugh, J. J. O'Donnell, C. L. Cole. W. J.
Lewis, Geo. T. Oliver, E- M. Ferguson. Robert
Pltcaim and A. W. Mellon. Membership Com
mittee, John B. Jackson, P. C. Knox, John H.
Hampton and H. P. A. Stewart.
A Complete Dress Goods Department,
Including, as it does, all the best makes
of summer wear dress fabrics all the new
est weaves in the colorings most in vogue;
grays, wood browns, tans; in our celebrated
standard French cashmeres; all the im
ported novelties in stuffs adapted for sea
shore and mountain costumes, new effects in
the popular silk and wool gloria cloth, a
perfect fabric for traveling dresses; a new
assortment of 50 and 52 inch summer weight
suitings in modish stripes and check pat
terns; high novelties from French looms
in figured grenadines, in single patterns,
imported exclusively for this department;
the largest assortment of fine all-wool
French challies, in newest designs, in dark
and light colorings; some very attractive
novelties in plain and fancy twilled striped
woolens for tennis and outing wear; the best
values ever offered in fine French
robes, at $8 00, $12 00 and $15 00, really
worth twice as much, if bought elsewhere;
gennine Scotch cheviots, tweeds and home
spun suitings, for steamer and yachting
costumes; our own importation and much
below the usual prices; thin woolen stuffs,
in cream white and delicate shades, in
most fashionable weaves, in wool and in
silk, and wool mixtures. Mohairs, in plain
colors and in fancy stripes, in a very large
assortment of qualities, including some
special values not to he had elsewhere;
broadcloths, in the widest range of colorings,
in medium weights, habit cloths, extra
wide and fine English serges, mountain
flannels, in plain and fancy stripes in fact,
the variety of choice offered here is un
equaled in this city, and prices most rea
sonable. Send for samples if you live out
of town. Jos. Hobse & Co.'s ,
Penn Avenue Stores.
On the JEoIlan
Yon can play the grandest overtures and
symphonies, all kinds of operatic music, the
most beautiful ballads and waltzes in per
fect imitation of an orchestra.
No musical education necessary.
A week's practice makes you competent to
rival the greatest performer in the world.
Accept onr cordial invitation and come
and see this wonderful instrument. On ex
hibition at Mellor & Hoene's, 77 Fifth
avenue.
A Mighty Salt Sale
At $10 will keep everyone interested for
the next few days, Imported cassimeres,
diagonals, widewales and fancy worsteds
cut in sacks and cutaways, making the
most desirable suits for men, at $10. Many
light colors, dawn, grays, fast blacks, in the
selection. We can guarantee you a saving
of$7to$9onasuit.
P. C. C.C., corner Grant and Diamond sts.,
opposite the Court House.
EVIL AIR
From bad sewerage or undralned
swamps deranges tho liver and un
dermines the system, creates blood
diseases and eruptions, preceded by
headache, biliousness and constipa
tion, which can most effectually be
cured by tbe use of the genuine
Dr.O.McLane's celebrated
Liver Pills.
Price, 23c. Sold by all druggists, and pre-
Sared only t7 Fleming Brothers, Pitts
urg. Pa. Get tbe genuine; counterfeits
are made In St, Louis.
JjS-irwr
TEA SETS.
(SILVER PLATE.)
At no time in our history have wo bad
so largo an assortment of Tea Sets as
now. So many new shapes and orna
mentation. We sell you any number of
pieces from complete set, with urn or
swing kettle, or flve-plece set, and.
if you prefer, only sugar, cream and
spoon holder. Prices are moderate.
Quality tbe best. Special display in sil
ver department. No trouble to show
you.
E. P. ROBERTS & SONS,
FD7TH AVE. AND MARKET 8T.
myll-itwy
pIGARS-
J. A. B. 4 CO.'S AMIGA8.
Clear Havana 57 00 per hundred. I
JOHN A. RENSHAW 4 CO,
Fancy Grocers, cor. Liberty and Ninth sts.
mh8-TV8
CIGARS J. AS, 4C0'8.
CUBAN HAND MADE.
Tbe best cigar for the money.
84 60 per hundred.
JOHN A. RENSHAW4CO.
Fancy Grocers, cor, Liberty and Ninth rat
TEE OLDEST ODD FELLOW HEBE.
Dr. Arters. of MenlTille, and His Recollec
tions or Early Plttsbnrg.
Dr. Hugh Alters, of Meadville, the oldest
Odd Fellow in Pennsylvania, Is at the Seventh
Avenue. Hotel with his son, John, the well
known oil man. The old gentleman came down
the valley yesterday to make his first visit to
Pittsburg after a long time. He is 82 years old '
and has been an Odd Fellow for 60 years. Mr.
Arters is hale and handsome in his old age, and
loves to talk of the "wayback" days when be
came to Pittsburg at the age of 8. His remem
brance of those days of his childhood and youth
Is keen. At the hotel last evening, slttingin
an arm chair in the lobby, with his ronnd chin
nestled down between the points ot his high
linen collar, and his broad-brimmed hat pusbed
back from bis kindly countenance, he enter
tained a circle of friends with -stories of the
old times, when Pittsburg was a little town and
only ferries crossed the rivers.
He dilated on what he called the Battle of
the Plains ot Allegheny, when the Daquesne
Greys, of which Dr. Arters was ensign, and a
militia company- commanded by Constable
Mackey, raoio into rivalry and bayonet conflict
on the Haymarket Square in "Allegheny
Town."
TIME TO WEED THEM OUT.
Booth tfc Fllnn's New Pellcy Heartily In
dorsed In Wllttlnsbnrg.
In view of tbe expressed determination of
Messrs. Booth & Flinn to discharge all their
Italian laboreis and employ colored men in
stead, a little incident at their work on Penn
avenue. Wlikinsburg, yesterday, is. significant.
A lS-year-oId boy is employed to carry drinking
.water to the men. He did not respond Im
mediately! to tbe demand of an Italian, named
Pletro SavianI, and thereby provoked the ire of
the foreigner, who aimed a blow at the boy's
head with his pick. Fortunately, a fellow
laborer seized the Implement in mid-air, and
tore it away. Fietro then fell upon the boy
and hammered him furiously with his fists until
be was dragged off. The foreman discharged
the Italian at once.
The boy, after having his face bathed and
being allowed to lie down tor an hour or two,
was able to resume work. A gentleman who
saw the assault, remarked to a Dispatch
reporter: "It was just about time Booth
Flinn found otber laborers than Italians."
Quarreled While at Work.
Pasquali Richie, an Italian laborer employed
by Booth & Flinn, was arrested yesterday on a
charge of assault and battery preferred by
Petro Benedito, a companion workman. The
salt was the result of a quarrel while at work.
Richie was held in 3300 bail for a bearing be
fore Alderman Richards.
JDS. HDRNE 1 EEL'S
PENN AVE. STORES.
PlTTSBORO, Wednesday. May If, 1S30.
Onr Grand Opening
SUMMER MILLINERS
Continues a grand' success, a triumph
of the modistes over the feminine
affections of these cities.
To-day 60 Paris Models that came too
late for yesterday's exhibit.
Children's Day
SATURDAY.
Remember Children's Day.
Good India Silks at very low prices
probably more styles and colorings than
were ever shown In any one Silk De
partment in this country, without a
single exception.
The wonderfully large demand for
fancy Painted Silks last season caused
manufacturers to flood tbe market with
India Silks, good, bad and indifferent,
largely tbe latter two qualities cheap,
of course. In dollars and cents, other
wise the dearest goods anyone ever
bought.
Bnt wa haven't any of these goods,
though we have the largest stock of
printed and plain India Silks tbat can bs
found.
We have some very excellent Printed
Japanese Silks, 27 inches wide, at75c,
and the assortment we offer at SI a
yard Includes the newest designs and
latest colorings, on a fine quality of
cloth, that never fails to give satis
factory service.
Extreme high novelties In Printed
Satioes, Printed Surahs, Printed Indlas
and Printed Crepe do Chenes all shown
here In styles and colorings exclusive to
this Silk Department.
These very elegant Silks are especially
adapted for effective and elegant Sum
mer Costumes, having all the charm
that belongs to a gown made of an ultra
fashionable fabric
Our advance sales of all varieties of
Summer Silks have been very large, and
now tbat the season for these goods
has opened we aro better prepared than
at any former season to give the best
values and tbe advantage of the largest
choice for selection to our silk custom
ers. We still have a few lots of Printed
India Bilks at 40c and 60c that at tbe
price are great bargains. Hundreds of
styles In tbe best quality of fancy Ha
butal Wash Bilks at 75c a yard, well
worth 81.
Also a large assortment of Cheviot
Stripe Wash Twilled Bilks, fast colors,
best quality only, at Jl a yard.
In Stripe and Check Surahs we have
some special values, new colorings, at
15c a yard.
Glace Check and Plaid Silks, new
styles and fresh goods, at 70c, in color
and black and white.
Plain colors In India Pongeo Silks, In
a large variety of shades, from 60c to H
a yard.
Best quality of Cream White Japanese
Bilks, of finest finish.
Canton Crepes, In delicate tints and
cream white, for graduating dresses and
evening wear In fact, everything in de
sirable Silks, of tbe good to finest quali
ties for tbe present season's use, is hero
and In largest variety.
JDS. HDRNE i CO..
609-621 PENN AVENUE. ',
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