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JEW TO GOOLIS
Is tho Cleanliness That Pittsburg
Workingmen Would Like to
flare a Chance to Secure.
A CALL
FOR SOAP AND TOWELS,
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-. iieu as jiresslnp; Booms, Where aney
Can Make Themselves Presentable
When Thej Quit Work.
TEEI DOST TTAXT TO SPOIL DRESSES,
' as Th'j ire Tired Enonjh When Tbtj Bile Hone U
Wish for Beits la Cars.
, A question as to cleanliness was yester
day raised by a molder in a Twelfth ward
foundry, who, ia conversation with a Dis
patch reporter, asked: "Why isn't the
subject of washrooms and dressing or toilet
rooms for the workers in our industrial es
tablishments given mare attention than it
'it? If all factories were supplied with
these necessaryadjuncts we workmen might
clean up and change our clothes at quit
ting timo instead of being obliged
to parade the streets or ride
on?tbe cars, on our way to and from work,
with hands, faces and clothing covered with
grease and dirt For my part, I am a
colder by trade, and am sot ashamed,
either of my bnsiness or of the dirt that be
longs to it; bat I am not so much in love
with the dirt but that I am glad to shed my
working clothes and clean myself up as
soon as possible, after my day's labor is
over. No one knows better than I that
clothes that are fit for the ionndry are not
lit for the streets and the cars; and it is a
wonder to me that public complaint has not
been made before now against men
being forced to ride in the cars in
their working clothes. Only the other day
one of my own daughters had a good dress
ruined by having a grease-covered machinist
acat himself beside her in the car, and I
think, for my part, that it is about time to
try to remedy the matter. I am not an
overly-polite man, but I often ride standing
all the way home, sooner than sit down by
well-dressed people and run the risk of spoil
ing their clothes for them.
DOESN'T 'WANT TO BE A NUISANCE.
"I don't care to make a common nuisance of
myself, and there is not a decent man ia 10,000
that does. I don't believe there is a workman
about Pittsburg, but would be glad to leave
the dirt and grime behind him at the mill
when he quits work, If means were pro
vided to enable htm to do it I am told
that in Eastern cities many of the big shops
and works hare washrooms in connection
with them, for this very purpose, and that
each workman is provided with a box or
closet, with a lock to it, to keep his cloth's
in. Now, what I want to know is, why our
employers do not provide snch things here?
We are no fonder of appearing in
public covered with dirt than our
fellow-workmen of other cities, or
than our employers themselves, for that
matter; and it is an outrage, both upon the
public and upon us, that we are obliged to
do so. I hope The Dispatch will agitate
the subject, as by doing so it will no doubt
bring about an improvement and win the
thanks of thousands of people. It certainly
seems very unjust that washing accom
modations should be provided for office
employes, and not for workmen."
A LITTLE INVESTIGATION.
A young fellow, muscular and with arms
like iron bars, was hammering the rough
edges off a cast iron molding in the foundry
or Mcintosh, Hemphill & Co., on Etna
street, when a Dispatch reporter dropped
in there yesterday afternoon. Several
scores of men were working around him,
their bare arms and faces begrimed with
the fine black dnst that filled the atmos
phere of the foundry. Seating himself on
the iron moulding, the reporter opened a
conversation with the hammer-and-chisel
manipulator by inquiring if there was any
drinking water to be found there. ''In the
barrel in that corner, near the engine," re
plied the workman, nointiug his brawny
right arm toward the northwest
There were two hogsheads of river water
there, which were kept filled by an iron
pipe. That was all. There was no sink, no
towels, no soap, no cup, no cupboard. Noth
ing but two barrels ot water.
"Where do the men wash themselves
when they are through work?" queried the
reporter, once more sitting down on the iron
moulding, with the chipped-ofF filings flying
all around him and nice, black, powdery
dust sifting down under his collar. The
workman stopped hammering, poised his
hammer aloft and looked in astonishment at
the inquirer.
"Don't the men ever wash?"
"Yes, in the barrel."
"Do you have soap and towels?"
"Do you. have closets to change
clothes in before you co home?"
your
The hammer fell from above, and the iron
filings began to fly around the investigator
thicker than ever. "We don't have any of
those things," spoke the workman, bending
his bead over his chisel.
Across the street was the foundry office,
and the reporter there inquired lor Mr.
Hemphill. He was not there. Nobody
knew wherq be was.
TJNDEn THE EKD BUST.
Further up on Etna street are tbe im
mense foundry works of Schoenberger,
Specr & Co. There was dust everywhere,
only this time it was red dust. Several
workman were there spoken to before one
was found who understood the language of
the country sufficiently well to comprehend
what was 'wanted. Finally two men were
reached who were lowering a derrick.
"What facilities have the men for wash
ing and cleaning themselves after work?"
was put to one of them.
"Oh, we go down to the 'run. "
"Do you have towels and soap, and any
closets to hang up your clothes and make a
change-when you get through work?"
The two men looked at each other, and
then, one inquired: "Who are you? Do you
want to sell some toarels."
Any such errand was disclaimed, and
then the men denied all the points contained
in the last question put to then, repeating,
"Ob, we go down to the 'ran,' "
What was the "run?" After dodging
around several huge boilers, and picking
his way cautiously among great moving
iron bars, at the imminent point of sustain
ing serious Injuries, the reporter found the
"run." It was a dirty little stream that
canio from somewhere under the foundry
and went toward the river.
Above Shoeabcrger & Spcer's is the
foundry of Howe, Brown & Co, There were
louod two small troughs which were origin
ally put there to get water for cooling tbe
aches taken out of the furnaces. No towels,
no map, no closets. The mea used the
troughs to wash in, whenever they felt dis
posed to do so.
EE?CHEED TO THE FOREMAN.
At Marshall's foundry, on Diamond
street, two blacksmiths were hammering
oat a piece of red-hot iron.
"Huve the men any place to wash when
work it iore?"
"No," replied the biggest smithy.
"Don't the men want somewhere to clean
Up before going homo at night?"
"Ask the foreman; he's upstaire."
On tea second floor tho foreman was
found. When he learned what was sought,
he led the inquirer to a corner in the front
part of the shop, from which could be had
an excellent "view of the Central police
station.
"Here is a bucket," he said, "and here is
a towel, and there is some soap, and over
there is some water. If the men want to
wash themselves they can doit Now, come
over here," leading the way to an opposite
corner. "Here is a barrel and lots of water,
and there is another barrel. If the men
want to take a bath here they can have it"
"Bet haven't Ton any closets for the men
to change their clothes before they go home,
and where they can bang their working suits
until the next morning?"
".No, wc have no cloeetsl"
SNUBBED BY THE LADIES.
WCHX1NGMEN WHO FEEL OUT OF PLACE
IN A STREET CAR.
Tired Tollers Stand limber Tlinn Soil the
Clothca of Fair Miopprra Sasseatlons
for Employers Rooms Needed for tbe
Workmen to Wash and Chance Their
Garment.
The Westinghouse Air Brake Company,
Robinson street, Allegheny, is one of the
firms that have thus far failed to provide
rooms wherein the workingmen could
change their attire. They have a wash
room, which consists of a large trough. At
this the men are supposed to remove the
dirt and grime from their laces at the end of
a day. Several workmen were talked to
and when asked if the company provided
them with rooms in which to change their
working clothes to ones that would make
them presentable on the street, so as
to not have people edge away from them,
to prevent their clothing being ruined by
coming in contact, they said they had
had no place adapted for this purpose, but
all heartily wished they had such a place.
One of them said: "I have stood up in the
street cars very often, just because I feared
my clothing "would ruin the dresses of
ladies who might be compelled to sit along
side me. Then I saw several times where
ladies entered the cars and refused to sit
down just becanse three or four workmen
occupied scats, and as there was always
enough room the workingmen did not feel
like relinquishing the whole side of the car
just to accommodate one lady.
IT COULD BE AVOIDED.
"They probably need rest alter finishing
their day's labors, much more so than tbe
ladies, who had been on a shopping tour
and bad many opportunities attorded them
to get rested. This could be averted, I have
not the. least doubt," continued the work
man, "if the company would provide us
with a place in which we could change our
working clothes ior street dress.
"There is no question in my mind," the
man went on to say, "that all the employes
of this establishment, with the exception of
a few laborers, would avail themselves of
the opportunity to change their clothing if
the means were afforded them. Work
ingmen, I know, are not types of Chester
field, but they have some regard for public
opinion. They do notJiketo be the cause for
ladies riding in the street cars to
turn up their noses and look at them
with a very significant air that can mean
nothing else but .'keep away from me, you
will dirty mv dress. I am snre workmen
do not wish to make their presence obnox
ious to any person, and if the means for
changing onr greasy and dirty clothing
were given us, I think they would not be
the cause for all this, but as it stands now it
is inevitable, and will continue to go on
this way until something is done."
A PLEASANT ABBANGEMEKT.
At the Pittsburg Locomotive Works, the
workingmen are provided with a room in
which to change their working clothes.
Each man is given a locker in which to keep
his clothing lor the street Nearly all the
men employed at this establishment change
their clothing at the conclusion ot the day's
work, and the ladies need not fear having
their dresses spoiled by the Pittsburg Loco
motive Works employes.
At De Haven & Co.'s Stove Works one
of the officials stated that the men would not
nse such a place if it was put at their dispo
sal. "We tried it several years ago," he
said, "but found that our workmen did not
wish to nse the apartment for this purpose,
and we discontinued it I suppose this is
because a majority of tbe 200 or so workmen
in our employ live near at hand, and the
other few who live at a distance appear to
think it is not worth while to change the
clothing they work in for street apparel."
SOUTHSIDE OPINIONS.
THE PROPOSITION VERY FAVORABLY
COMMENTED ON BY ALU
Manufacturers Who Are Interested In the
Move A Complaint That Some Do Not
Appreciate Sncb Advantaces Proposition
to Supply Separate Cloaeta for tbe Mrc.
The proposition to have wash and toilet
rooms lor the workingmen added to each
factory was very favorably commented on,
both by the manufacturers and working
men on tbe Southside. Several of the
manufatucrers have already given the subject
considerable attention and havo taken
initiatory measures to give the workingmen
the boon asked for. This is not only true
of workingmen, but girls, who are employed
in glass factories and at light work in some
of the mills, such as Oliver Bros.' wire
worts.
Mr. Harry Oliver, of tbe Oliver Iron and
Steel Company, is one of the men who have
been considering the question and is fully in
sympathy with tbe move. When he was asked
yesterday what he thought of the proposition
and the claims of the men that, as things
now are, they cannot make a presentable
appearance after work, he seemed inter
ested. Then, picking up a pencil, he wrote
on a paper: "I think, all large factories
should have clean and well arranged wash
and toilet rooms for their workingmen."
This statement waB "short and sweet" as
the saying goes, but to tbe workingmen it
means more than would appear at first
glance. Oliver Bros, are lullyin sympathy
with theideaof giving their employes all
the opportunity possible to make their work
pleasant However, it was learned from
several sources that they have bad consid
erable difficulty in their first attempts at
supplying toilet rooms.
In the wire factory a number of girls are
employed at work that, though sot heavy,
soiled their clothes. A toilet room was fitted
up with looking glasses and other conven
iences, but the girls, for a time, at
least, did not appreciate the favors
shown them. Clothes were left around pro
miscuously, looking-glasses broken, etc. It
is said that at one time a watchman was on
duty and the girls, who lagged behind, were
only given a stated time to finish their
toilet
It is thought that to bring about the
reform, the workingmen must act in con
junction with the employers. Many work
ingmen appear reckless and da not appre
ciate favors shown them in this way. There
is a willingness on the part of manufacturers
as a rnle to give their men such ad
vantages, if it were thought that
the privileges would not be abused.
A member of the firm of George A. Mac
beth & Co., was one to take the above view
of the subject He said that his firm had
had any amount of trouble keeping in con
dition tbe most common necessities about
the factory. He said that some of the meu
go on the priuciple that "Ob, well, ,tbe
firm is rich, what's the difference,
give it a kick. He thought that tbe meo
should appear on the street in a presentable
appearance, and as an illustration showed
the sleeve of his coat, that had been soiled
from contact with a workingman's clothes
while in a street car.
A gathering of working men, composed of
glass workers and mill-men, was approached
on the subject and all welcomed the propo
sition as one that would lead to a much
needed reform. It was suggested that the
factories supply a regular dressing room
with small closets for those who wished to
wear one suit to work and another while in
the mill or factory.
NOT ENOUGH MONEY.
Major Gourley Thinks the Offers for
the City Farm Are Too Low.
TAB HIGHEST BID OKLT $432,547.
Pittsburg Sees Her Tision of a Half Million
Fads Away and Die.
FAEM LANDS OFFERED AT SKI FSICES
The bids for -tbe sale of the city Poor
Farm were opened yesterday. M. J. Baird,
of Black & Baird, was the highest bidder,
he having offered ?2,903 an acre for the
farm, which contains 149 acres, or $132,547
for the entire property.
The bids were opened in Common Council
chamber. In accordance with the ordinance
authorizing the sale they were opened by
Chief Elliot, of the Department of Charities,
while Mayor Gourley, Chief Bigelow and
Controller Morrow were simply present as
witnesses, for they have scarcely any power
in the matter. Under the old charter the
Board of Poor Guardians had almost un
limited power in disposing of property con
nected with the charities of the city. Under
the new charter all their powers were con
ferred upon the Chief of the Department of
Charities. For this reason the other beads
of departments present were only interested
spectators.
The first matter taken up was the opening
of the bids for the sale of the farm. The first
envelope was from Carnegie, Phipps & Co.
"Wfreu it was opened a check for $50,000
fluttered down to the floor. Chief Elliot
picked it up and laid it to one side, as if
checks for $50,000 were everyday acquaint
ances of his.
HAD TO SHOW THEIB MONET.
The presence of the check is explained by
the fact that the above amount had to be
paid down as purchase money. The other
envelopes contained similar checks. Car
negie's bid was for $2,805 an acre, or $417,
945 for the entire tract Next was a bid
from Joshua Rhodes, ot tbe Pennsylvania
Tube Works. He effered S2.715 an acre.
The different persons present here began to
express surprise over the small amounts of
fered.
Mr. J. Baird's bid was then read. It was
$2,903 an acre. This being the highest bid,
Chief Elliot ordered the bid accepted, sub
ject to the approval ol the Mayor and Coun
cils. Chief Elliot heaved a sigh as his visions
of at least half a million for the City Farm
faded away, and he took up the proposition
for a new site, in hopes of finding a bargain
which would make up for the lost expecta
tions on the old property. But even here
he was disappointed.
H. & A. Stewart offered a plat of 267
acres, located on the Allegheny river, 19
miles irom the city, lor $186,000, or $700
per acre Black & Baird offered 400 acres
of land known as the Wiley farm, at Wiley
station, P., V. & C. Railroad, at $700 per
acre, or 300 acres for $600 per acre; John M.
Eobols, Esq., representing the Stewart
estate, offered 295 acres on the line of the
WestPenn Bailroad, opposite Twelve-Mile
Island, for $88,500; John T. Hoey offered
from 250 to 400 acres fronting on the Yongh
iogheny river, within 25 miles of the city, for
$600 per acre; John W. Eenlow offered the
Ramsey larm, fronting ou the Monongahela
river, on the line of the P., V. & C. R. R.,
12 miles from the city, for $800 per acre.
THEY MUST BB LOOKED AT.
As the ordinance provides that all places
offered must be first visited before a pur
chase could be made, no action was taken
on the proposals. Chief Elliot, with the
Other members o! the Board of Awards, will
visit the places offered during the week.
The City Farm, the property over the sale
and removal of which the meeting was
held, contains 149 acres. It lies right in
Homestead, with tbe town pressing
it on one side and the great Car
negie mills roaring on the other.
Two railroads cross it, and the Baltimore
and Ohio lines are just across the river. It
is one of the most beautiful spots in the
State. The farm has a frontage of half a
mile on the Monongahela river, and stretches
baek, at an easy slope, to the top of the
ridge baek of Homestead. It is -about tri
angular in shape, and there is scarcely a
foot of it that is not available for manu
facturing or building purposes. Next to tbe
mills is the magnificent orchard of 10 acres,
together with a lawn handsomely laid out
with walks which are shaded by giant trees,
Back of this rises the imposing building
known as the poor house, but which looks
more like the country place of a retired mer
chant The farm is divided by neat white
fences, and every acre ot it is in the highest
state of cultivation. The only reason for sell
ing it is because it is crowded, both by the
town and the mills. The noises disturb the
sick, end the constant streams ot people over
the grounds create such a longing for liberty
among the inmates that the officers can
hardly hold them in check.
'WHAT WAS EXPECTED.
This grand farm was expected to sell any
where from a half to three-quarters ot a
million of dollars, and it is not to be won
dered that there was grumbling when the
bids were opened. No one expected it
would sell for a cent less than $500,000.
As soon as the meeting adjourned, Chiefs
Elliot and Bigelow vanished before they
could be interviewed, but Mayor Gourley
was cornered in his office, and gave the fol
lowing as his views m the proposed sale
and purchase:
"In view of the ridiculously low prices
offered for the City Farm property and the
gilt-edged fleures asked for scrubby land
25 miles from the city, I do not think the
sale should be confirmed. If Mr. Baird
gets the form at his bid the city will be
making him a present or $250,000. The
very lowest estimate I would put on the City
Farm property would be $500,000, and if I
had my way it would not go lor less. I am
emphatically opposed to selling the farm for
$432,000,
"The matter, though, Is almost altogether
in the hands ot Chief Elliot The new
charter gives him all the rights formerly
vested in the Board of Poor Guardians.
Sis power ia almost absolute over the prop
erty In his department. The approval of
the Councils and the Mayor is more of a
form than anything else.
"It is the old story," he continued.
"When the city sells anything it has to
accepts low figure, and when it wants to
purchase, everyone plays it for a sucker.
The idea ot asking $GQ0 and $800 an acre
for farm lands, some of them away up on
the Monongahela riverl It's ridiculous.
Farm lauds are cheap, and we ought to buy
a tract for at least $200 an acre."
A MIHT FOB. THE BUTEB.
Controller Morrow thought the prices
offered nonsensical. He said the Farm was
worth $600,000 at the lowest figure. He de
clared it would be a mint for the people
who purchased it for auything less than
$500,000.
It was reported that Mr. Baird was pur
chasing the property far a syndioate, but
Mr, Baird denied this. He said he was
buying it for himself as a pure speculation
and proposed to lay it out in lots.
When John S. Lambie heard of the offers
ha laughed and said the Poor Farm would
be cheap at (5,000 an acre. He said he was
not in (avor ot seeing it sold for any less.
Before the meeting, a party of gentlemen
was seated in Controller Morrow's office
talking of the sale. Among them was
James Beed, attorney lor Carnegie, Pbipps
& Co. In speaking of a new site he said:
"The new City Farm should be located
somewhere either up the Allegheny river or
down the Ohio. To place it anywhere in
the Monongahela or Youghiogheny vallevs
would be but a repetition ol tbe present diffi
culties, Inside of 20 years the whole
Monongahela river frout to Browns.
viHe Kill be but a 4lne. of ciariu.
'actdrlcs. There's the doal' and gas,
with competing lines of railways every in
ducement that manufacturers want If the
Farm Is again placed in that section, it Is
only a question of time until tbe city is
again driven out. Down tbe Ohio would
do, but up the Allegheny there would be
better water. There is less there to attract
manufacturers. The railroads are owned by
one company and there is lets gas. I do not
believe a better locality could be found."
CURE FOR CONSUMPTIVES.
A NEW PHILADELPHIA MODE TO TREAT
THE DREAD DISEASE.
Tbe Rash Hospital Method Dlsctiised by
Flttabartr Phjalolnna A Succeaa In For
elm Countries Mortality From Con
umpiion Reduced,
Vital interest is attached to the establish
ment of the Bush Consumptive Hospital, in
Philadelphia, and Pittsburg physicians ex
pressed their opinions yesterday on the im
portance ot tbe new institution.
Dr. C. C. Wylie observed: "It is a great
advantagetohaveaspeci.il hospital where
consumptives can receive the proper medi
cal attention, and be cured. The plan fol
lowed by Germany and England is to give
the patients as much rest as possible, to re
duce tbe fever and to nourish the body. In
those foreign hospitals patients are kept in
bed or in a room, or are carried out iu the
open air on cots, and, protected by clothing
from draughts, are left to inhale the
fresh air. I understand tbe Busn Hospital
will be conducted on the same plan. After
the ftyer is reduced, I think there is co bet
ter way to treat the patient than to intro
duce him into an air tight cabinet room,
which is filled with oxygen, and effect a
cure by bis inhalation ot the vaporous medi
cine. Nutritious provender, consisting of
beef, eggs and milk, will be an excellent
nourishment for the body. The German and
English claim a large percentage of cures
by this method in six months' time. When
we consider the enormous number who die
annuallv from the dreadful disease of con
sumption, a hospital for consumptives is of
invaluable benefit."
The same opinion was echoed by a num
ber of prominent physicians. They regard
the method of treatment as an important
addition to the healing institutions in the
medical profession.
Dr. J. C Burgher said: "If the theory
that tuberculosis is a contagious disease is
correct, countries in'which special hospitals
for the treatment of tuberculosis have ex
isted should show a decrease in the mortality
from the disease, because each easethatis re
moved to a hospital takes away from the com
munity a center of infeotion. Now, has any
country given consumption hospitals a long
enough and extensive enough trial to justify
the testing of this hypothesis? England
undoubtedly has, and it is probably the
only country that has. In England special
hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis
have flourished ior upward of 40
years, and as a result there has been
a great reduction in the mortality from con
sumption. In regard to the mode of treat
ment, I believe Nature has designed just so
much oxygen lor each human being, and if
tbe quantity is increased or diminished to
an abnormal extent it ib liable to defeat the
objects of the healing process, but with
proper care and handling, cases of consump
tion may be cured by the proposed methods."
SOLDIER BOYS HOME.
The Fourteenth Regiment Given a Cousins
Reception at Jobnatowu.
The Fourteenth and Eighteenth Regi
ments and Battery B returned home yester
day from camp at Mt Gretna. The battery
arrived iu the morning, having broken
camp about 10 o'clock Friday night, and
the members looked sore and weary.
The Fourteenth folded its tents
about 6 o'clock yesterday morning,
but did not leave the camp grounds
until 8:30. The boys arrived in Pittsburg
at 9:05, having been over 12 hours on tbe
road. The delay was caused by the heavy
train which required three engines to haul
it The Eighteenth left about an hour after
tbe Fourteenth, and arrived about 10
o'clock. Tho last organization to get away
was the Third Brigade Band, which did not
leave until 5:30 last evening.
The Fourteenth was to, have had a. dress
parade at Johnstown, but owing to the rail
road people refusing to hold the train, the
idea had to be abandoned. Company H, of
the Fifth Begimint stationed at Johnstown,
was ou hand to welcome the Fourteenth,
and thousands of citizens crowded around
the station to give them a rousing cheer.
Ex-Quartermaster Patterson, of the Four
teenth, is still after blood in his fight
against Colonel Perchmont He brought
the matter up before Governor Beaver, who
ignored it
THE CABLE PASTED.
It Stopped All Travel an the Central Trac
tion Iilne Lnat Evening,
A broken cable stopped business on the
Central Traction road last evening. About
5:20 o'clock the cable parted near Kirk
patrick street It caused an immediate
stoppage of the line, and one that could not
be repaired that night Work was at once
commenced to draw tbe broken ends of the
cable together to make a temporary splice
and get the broken portion into tbe power
house for permanent repairs. It is expected
to have the road running by this morning.
The cars were left all along tbe line.
Tbe cable that broke had but recently
been repaired, the most worn portions
having besn replaced by about 1,000 feet
taken from the old cable taken out of the
lower end of the line, 'A new cable to re
place tbe one that is broken was ordered
some time ago, but has not arrived, and it
is supposed to be somewhere near Altoona.
It is expected to arrive on Monday.
COLONEL BAYKE IK PICTSB TOG.
Some Remarks on Local, State and Na
tional Pollticp.
The Washington train that left Pittsburg
last night had on board Colonel Thomas M.
Bavae. He stopped in the citv yesterday.
"I am here on private business," he said.
"Can't say anything about politics except
that Colonel Stone will be nominated in
the Twenty-third Congressional district, by
a walkover. Delamater is not opposed by
the Republicans, as, according to the state
ment of Democrats, Don, Cameron was op
posed when Pattison was elected. I think
Mr. Magee and his friends will support
Delamater.
"Ho, there is no prospect of any recip
rocal treatv being negotiated at present
There is nothing in the talk of a coolness
between the President, the Speaker and
Secretary Blaine. They may differ ou ap
pointments, but those are small matters. I
don't think Mr. Blaine will be a candidate
iu 1893." ,
TTJENED OK THE POLICE,
Officer While Has n Llveli TlipeWUh a Ponn
Avenpe Pugilist.
A lively fight occurred on Penn avenue
at Twelfth street, about 10:30 o'clock last
night, between two large men. Several
cable cars were stopped owing to the num
ber of people who had gathered in the street.
Officer White arrived at an interesting junc
ture of the disturbance and attempted to
place the combatants under arrest. One of
them broke away and escaped, but the other
was held until patrol wagon No. 8 was
called.
He then showed his capacity as a pugilist
by endeavoring to defeat the officer and tbe
patrolmen at one time. Another fight was
tbe result and it was only alter a desperate
struggle that the man was hand cuffed and
placed in the patrol wagon. At the Twelfth
ward police station tbe arrested man gave
his name as Oscar Yolkner.
1200-Galllns-er's-UOg rfnq Ayr.
Guns, guns, guns, guns, guns, guns, at
Gallinger'c, 1200 and 1108 Penn ave. -WSU
WORTHYTHEWOKKER
' ' '
Labor Day This Year to be Celebrated
by a Big Demonstration.
THE M'GAW BOM NOT EXPLODED.
William Mullen, the Coke Region leader,
to Have a Monument,
A TiiEI 1KDIGNANT MASTER WORKMAN
The committee of the Building Trades
Council appointed to arrange for a repre
sentative parade on Labor Day, September
1, is getting right down to business. Tbe
members met last night, at 537 Smithfield
street, and discussed the best means of ar
ranging the details so that tbe demon
stration should be one befitting the city and
the mass of organized labor whereof it is
the center.
It was decidedv to issue invitations to
every organized body in Allegheny county
to participate in the parade. In this
demonstration there will be no cause for
confliction ou the score of rival organiza
tions, and it is expected and hoped by tbe
leaders of both the Knights of Labor and
the American Federation of Labor that each
body will do its utmost to make the day a
success.
A CHABACTEBISTIO DISPLAY.
It is the intention of those having the
matter in hand to make a characteristic
trade display on the day. Organizations
will be asked to arrange for an exhibition
of their craft, as has been the custom in
other cities. It will he sought to have
handsomely decorated floats on which such
trades as can conveniently show the pecu
liarities of their work shall operate during
the period of the parade. Iu other cities a
very interesting display is made by such
trades as the tailors, cigarmakers, printers.
etc., and an attempt will be made to have a
similar popular feature in Pittsburg's Labor
Day parade.
"Some people fear," said a labor leader
last night, "that the time is too short, but
if the organizations go to work and arrange
preliminaries at once there will be time to
have a turn-out worthy of the occasion and
the place". It is a reproach to Pittsburg,
the center of industries and cradle of organ
ized labor, that other cities should make fit
ter demonstrations ou this day than she
does. With no parade last year, we should
doubly exert ourselves this tini. Every labor
union should turn out Master Workman
Evans, in Trades Council last night, said
that the Knights of Labor would turn out
if they had the Great Western Band.
SO OBJECTION TO IT.
"There is no objection to this band turn
ing out Brother Carriok said -at the Trades
meeting to-night that all organized bodies
were invited to participate, and since Mr.
Evans said that the Knights would parade
if they had this band there is a prospect for
a big demonstration. All that is needed is
the immediate and hearty co-operation of
every union body iu the county."
The railroads will be asked to make
special excursion rates for the day, and
special invitations to out-ot-towu bodies to
attend will be issued. The rumors set on
foot to the effect that there was a confliction
between the Central Trades Council and
the Building Trades Council on the ques
tion of a parade are groundless. Both
bodies will act in harmony for a successful
issue to the project
STILL HANGING ITRB.
The Central Trades Connoll Nat Yet to Ex
plode the McGaw Bomb.
At the meeting of the Central Trades
Council last night the McGaw case and the
Musical Union affair came up for discussion.
President Stuart occupied the chair, and
the first bnsiness transacted was the admis
sion of John Beck, delegate from Brewers'
Union Ho. 27. The committee on the case
of Homer L. McGaw reported progress. The
Chairman of the committee stated that the
delay in making the committee's report was
due to causes which could not
be avoided by the committee. Be
fore the report can be completed
it will be necessary to take the statements of
several people, some of whom are now in
Europe. One gentleman whom the com
mittee has endeavored to see has acted very
peculiarly. He has agreed to meet the com
mittee several times but on each oc
casion found an excuse for not
doing so. On one occasion he appointed a
date and place of meeting, but when the
committee went to his office he suddenly
discovered he Could not then make a state
ment. Tbe committee will probably never
report at all.
Mr. McGaw sent a letter to the Secretary
of the Council, in which he stated that he
objected to the way in which the committee
was acting, as it was unfair to him. Sev
eral members of the committee are his ene
mies, he says, and while they have snubbed
him they have been using the Central
Trades Council as a. cat's-paw. Mr. Mc
Gaw says he has received no notice of the
meetings of the committee, when he had a
right to be notified, and has been ignored
generally.
A communication from the Secretary of
Mnslcal Union, No. 1,533, caused some dis
cussion. The communication suggested
that the trouble between Musical Union
1583 and the M. M. P. U., be
settled by a board of arbitration, to consist
of five member, two of these arbitrators to
be appointed by the Central Trades Council
and two by tbe M, M. P, U., and these four
to select a fifth. The communication was
finally placed on the table and no action
was taken on it.
MB. EVANS VERY INDIGNANT,
He Brnnda as Falae tbe Story That He's
Antagonistic to Powderlr.
A very indignant man sat in the office of
this district of tbe Knights of Labor yester
day alternoon. He had been perusing a pa
per in which he was reported as being antag
onistic to Terrence Powderly's re-election to
the chief office. The indignant man was the
District Master Workman, and he expressed
himself as follows:
"In the whole term of my acquaintance
ship with Pittsburg reporters I never saw
any more malicious ana wllllnl misrepre
sentation of facts than is found here. So
far from this District being antagonists to
Powderly I say that I shall vote for him if
he is a candidate, and in doing so I shall act
in accordance with the wishes of the mem
bers. That article was inspired from some
source which is ipdeavcring to introduce
discord into the District"
WILL DO IT THEMSELVES.
Messrs, Northrop'a Men Seeking to Form a
Co-OperntW fhop.
Messrs. Northrop, the Southside tinners,
are still trying to get men to fill the places
of those who joined No. 12. The men em
ployed by them were celling workers, and
It Is claimed not regular "tinners" as de
fined by the Tinners' Union, and wholly
employed on such work.
The firm, it is said, can easily break in
boys to do the work, and this is what the
men who went out are trying to prevent.
The work of the firm consists almost wholly
of ceiling work, and the men, who have
joined the union, are talking about forming
a co-operative shop and do the work them
selves. Tim Homestead Beneficial Society,
Mr. Hugh O'Donnell, ol Homestead, is
desirous that those gentlemen who were
identified with the organization or the ben
eficial society should solely receive credit
for the work. His name was mentioned as
oao of tbe organizers, bat it teems that,
nhilo in other ways assisting ia its forma-
tion, he was not one of the promoters of the
society. '
H0K0RHTG A DEAD LEADER
A Monument to be Erected to William
Mullen, nt cottdale.
A monument will be unveiled at Scott
dale on Labor Day, September 1, to tbe
memory of the late William Mullen, the
popular and noted labor leader, who died
here oyer a year ago. He was tbe principal
figure in the great coke strike of 1886. The
unveiling will take place iu the Catholio
cemetery at Scottdale, where the remains
are interred.
The committee of erection is composed of
Messrs. Wise, Kerfoot, Keegan and Parker.
A big demonstration will take place there
on that day.
ITALIANS FILL STRIKERS' PLACES.
Thirty Men Turn In at Sraltlilon In Place of
Tboaa Wfao Left.
The Wnverly Coke Company, Smithton,
have succeeded In getting 30 Italians to
take the place of their countrymen whore
turned to the Jefferson fields after working
a few days.
The strike has now lasted three months
and a half. The meu are still confident of
winning.
INDUSTRIAL IIEHS.
Note of Interest to Mill nod Mine Men of
TUIa Vicinity.
Jones fe Lauo bun's will add a wire mill
plant to their works.
The Window Glass Workers' Association
are talking of building a business block: on tbe
Sonthside in connection with enlarged official
quarters.
No. 72, Southside Painters' Union, had de
cided to hold a plcnio on Labor Day, but an
effort will be made to induce the members to
take another day, so as to allow the men to
swell the ranks of the parade.
A committee consisting of Miss Laura
Powell, L N. Ross and H. F. Dempsey. of D.
A. 3, K. of L., has been appointed to consider
tbe advisability of giving a picnic and reunion
under the auspices of the district on Labor
Day.
AMBULANCE ECHOES.
The Cable Car Does Bnsiness Again on Fenn
Avenue Painters and Roofers Have n
Day of Accidents Many Minor IHIaunpi.
Thomas Morgan, who lives at No. 1715
Penn avenue, was struok by a cable car on
the Citizens' Traction line about 6 o'clock
last night, while attempting to eross Fenn
avenue, near Sixteenth street He was
knocked down and was considerablybruised
and cut about tbe head. ,
John Miesinger, a resident of Nixon
street, Allegheny, fell from a scaffold yes
terday, and besides fracturing a leg, was
badly injured about the head.
Thomas Collev, who lives at No. 633
Second avenue, fell from the roof of a stable
on Moultrie street last evening, breaking
his left arm at the elbow.
Edward Moeney, a painter, fell from a
roof in the Sixteenth ward yesterday. His
right shoulder blade was broken and he re
ceived some internal injuries. His home is
on Jane avenue".
Jacob Getr, an employe at the SHgo mill,
Southside, fell from a wagon yesterday af
ternoon while loading it with bar iron, He
was injured internally, although not severe
ly, and sustained a broken arm.
Henry Voerroann, employed at Singer,
Nimlck & Co.'s mill. West End, had his
hand crushed yesterday by a rail.
Albert Fraizer, a brakeman on the Balti
more and Ohio Bailroad, was brought to
the Mercy Hospital yesterday suffering
from a badly crushed right hand, which he
received while coupling cars near Glen
wood. Yesterday afternoon after the fiiiish of tbe
races at Homewood Park, Edward Woods,
a liveryman ot uasland, commenced to
ride around the track on a mustang. He
was thrown when bait way around, and
although stunned and severely shaken up
he appeared to have suffered no injury.
GOVERNOR PATTISON TO BE HEBE.
The Randall Clnb to Have Soma
Dluln.
galshed Gaests -ot lis Fete.
The Randall Club received a telegram last
night stating that Governor Pattison would
surely be here on next Wednesday. He
will leave Philadelphia on Tuesday n'ght
in a special car attached to the ordinary
train, and will be escorted by a party of
friends. He will hold a public reception on
Wednesday, between 10 o'clock A. m., and
1 f. si., at tbe club house, 432 Duquesne
way.
Er.Lientenant-Governor Black and Gov
ernor Campbell, of Ohio, will also be here.
The exeoutive of the club last night issued
over 2,000 invitations to prominent citizens
to be present ou tbe occasion. The ex-Governor
will afterward be escorted in carriages,
by the club, to its fete at Silver Lake Grove.
A mSIATTJBB BEEB GAEDEN
On the Saothslde Raided by tbe Police
Lnat Nlghl.
For some time past a crowd of young fel
lows has been in the habit of making a tort
of beer garden out of a lumber pile at the
foot of South Third street The neighbors
have complained that the concerts given
nightly were not up to the standard, and in
other ways that the place was a pqisance.
Last night Lieutenant Booker concluded
that the resort was hardly fairtotbesaloons,
and in company with several officers nuda a
raid on the crowd, John A. Fenton,
Edward Abel and James Gibson were cap
tured, and are now meditating on tbe vicissi
tudes of life in the Twenty-eighth ward sta
tion. CAK BO N0IHIKQ WUH HTW.
An Iacorrislble Allestienr Boy Placed In tho
Lack-Up.
Last night Mrs. Caroline Boss, or Vinial
street, Allegheny, and her little boy,
Christian Boss, 8 years old, were arrested
and sent to the lockup op a charge of dis
orderly conduct by officer Sbotta. She
stated that her offense consisted in chastis
ing her son. who is a wayward yontb.
Tbe mother was released when Chief
Murphy heard under what circumstances
she was arrested, but tbe boy was locked
up, at the mother's .solicitation. She re
quested that he be sent to Horganza, as he
was incorrigible.
THE CABLE CAE BROOM.
A Rattan Guard to be Tested by tbo Clllzena'
Traction Company.
"Widespread interest was manifested in
the city since the recent suggestion of a
brnsh guard for cable cars, published in
The Dispatch, and last night some new
developments were disclosed in the matter
by tbe inventor, Patrick F. Dnpdon, who
was seen at the Central Hotel. He said:
"A sample of the rattan pilot ot wbicb I
spoke tbe pther day is about U be tested by
the Citizens' Traction Company. Mr, Eugg
has decided to have a sample of the new
guard put on one fl the cars as soon a the
pilot can be constructed. I intend to have
one made at once."
Not lbs Kaat End BIcLangfalia.
Friends of Special Officer James Mc
Laughlin, of the Second police district, in
cluding Lawreoceville and the East End,
desire to have it published that he is not
the Officer James McLaughlin, of the First
or downtown district, who got into trouble
in arresting two girls on Logan street
"Wednesday last.
DB. B. M. Haitha, Evi
ear, nose and
throat diseases exclusively.
street, Pittsburg, Pa,
ce, zu jrenn
s&sa
DERELICT, NOT DEAD.
Interest in the South Fenn Revived
by Tbe Dispatcb Articles.
A PROMINENT RAILROADER TALKS.
Superintendent Pitcalrn Thinks the Line
ia Hot Wanted
AND WOULDN'T BENEFIT THE DISTRICT
The supposed conneotion of tbe Pennsyl
vania Bailroad Company with the reopen
ing of the abandoned South Penn line, an
account of which appeared in yesterday's
Dispatch, was widely commented upon in
.business circles. The story was re
ceived with great plausibility and
generally regarded as very probable.
Owing to the fact that it was
Saturday, many people who would have
had something of interest to say on the mat
ter, could not be seen. An attempt to ob
tain the views of some of tbe original stock
holders proved unsuccessful. Among those
who sold out to the Yanderbilts were B. F.
Jones, Herbert Hostetter, E. M. Fergu
son, Mark W. Watson and John W. Cbal
fant With the exception of the latter
gentleman, all had leit town. Mr. Chal
fant, when called upon, preferred to forget
all about the matter, rather than reopen it
"It is a subject," be said, "I would pre
fer to let rest I have read the story in
The Dispatch with much interest, but
don't wish to reopen the matter. I don't
know anything, about this project and can
only say that I would rather the line, if it
is to be reopened, were operated by an inde
pendent company.
WHO OUGHT TO TALK.
"I'll tell you who you ought to see," he
continued with a twinkle in his eye, "Some
of those wiseacres in town who have all to
say about this matter, but were never in
terested in it financially, and see them; they
Know all about it," and Mr. Cbalfant re
engaged in tbe correspondence at which he
was disturbed.
Another stockholder who preferred his
name was not mentioned, said that he knew
nothing about the matter. He thought it a
' vervgood scheme, and one that would benefit
trade, through increased communication
with tbe East "But," he said, "I would
rather see the road in operation by a com
peting company than by tbe Pennsylvania."
When a Dispatch reporter called upon
Superintendent Bobert Pitcairn yesterday
afternoon, it was not in expectation of get
ting any confirmation of tbe story. In this
he was not disappointed, as Mr. Pitcairn at
once declared heknew nothing at all about
it He had read of the matter in The Dis
patch, but was ignorant as to who is back
of the scheme to revive tbe road. Speaking
unofficially, and in reply to questions, tbe
superintendent of this end of the Pennsyl
vania Bailroad system said:
"I cannot undertake to say that it would
be an object to the Pennsylvania Bailroad
Company to acquire this property. I can
not see that it would shorten the distance
between Pittsburg and tbe East Length
of line is not the only consideration taken
Into account by engineers when laving out a
route. The question of grades and summits is
one equally important with the distance. It is
no object to any railroad company to own a
line, however more direct to any given
point it might be, if owing to grades, it
could not haul over it traffic in proportion
to what it could over a system with easier
grades.
AS HE SEES IT.
"Without knowing very mnch about the
summits of the South Penn road I under
stand that they are so high as to render
heavy grades necessary. On this assump
tion I say that the opening up of the road'
would not benefit this district in the least,
nor bring this city any nearer to the East
than it is. Neitner can I see that Pittsburg
would derive any advantage through in
creased means of communication with the
section of country through which the South
Penn road lies. The opening np of that
district would not be any advantage to
traders here. The road, anyhow, is not
wanted, as the existing means of communi
cation are sufficient for the business."
"Do you not think that the Pennsylvania
Company wonld see its policy in acquiring
the property rather than allow a competing
company to get It?"
This question Mr. Pitcairn parried by
saying: "Do you tbink there are enough
papers In Pittsburg? Supposing another
were to start up, would it not hurt the cir
culation of the others? Would they not
consider the advisability of buying up that
paper?" Continuing, he said: "The South
Penn road was conceived in a blackmailing
spirit. It was projected with no other end
in view, as tbe difficulties of operating it
successfully were apparent from the start
It owed its inception to a blackmailing
scheme, and that it failed to materialize was
due to that fact '
"No," said Mr. Piteairn, rising to catch
his train, "I have read the story In The
Dispatch, but really have no information
w give you atom it."
TTOKEX AHD AHTI.TUHHEL.
Tho Two New Parilea Into Which Wllkln.-bnra-
la Divided.
There is a lively quarrel impending in
"Wjlkinsburg over tbe question of tunneling
the Pennsylvania Bailroad tracks at Penn
avenue. The tunnel, which is to be 19 feet
in diameter, is maiply for the benefit of the
Duquesne Traction Company, which cannot
get Into tbe borough in anyother ifay. But,
on tbe other hand, the residents of Wjlkins
burg would like tbe tunnel, because it
would do away, with ope of the most danger
aus railroad crossings and make it more
convenient for the people to get jn and
out of what is the very gateway of
the borough. They would" like it, but
tbey are doubtful as fo whether they can
stand tbe expense, A great deal of prop
erty m me vicinity ot me tunnel would be
injured almost to the point of annihilation,
and the owners are afraid that such dam
ages as would be awarded them would not
recompense? them for the inconvenience and
loss they would suSer. It is said that the
borough taxes would be increased to the ex
teutoflO mills, making them a most bur
densome impost.
The borough is now divided into tunnel
and anti-tunnel parties, and it is more than
likely that the qqestion will have to be set
tled by a full vote of the population, inde
pendently of Councils,
He WoiTjd Enthualaatle.
James Hurley was at the Exposition
Park ball game yesterday Afternoon, and
became so enthusiastic that he insisted on
running out onto the ball field. Captain
Bell protested against this, but Hurley be
came so abusive that be was seat to the
lockup on a charge of disorderly conduct.
Itemf mber tbo Excuralno to Atlantic City.
Next Thursday, Jniy 31, via the B.
& O. R. E. by "Washington, p. C, Balti
more and Philadelphia. Kite, $10 the
round trip, tickets good for 10 days.
PVosreaa Gna Heaters
For warming houses and progress gas stoves
for laundries are the most economical gas
savers in the market. Call for particulars
on James C. Thompson, 60 Liberty ave
nue, su
Figubep India silks, a number of dress
lengths, regular 51 25 qualities, reduced to
75c 3 yd Jo close. Huarjs & HACKS.
TTSSU
All lovers of delicacies use Angostura
Bitters to secure a good digestion, srssa
HEW soods in dress trfmmintri nrrivn
dally nt 710 nn ave. P.E1N1NO & WlLDS.
HE AT LAST TOOK WATEE.
Hovr Inspecfsr McAleese Qnlated a Kick
In Grocery Wagon Driver.
The war on grocers' wagons created quite
an excitement at Central station yesterday.
"Only one man caused any trouble," said
Inspector McAleese, last night "He was a
young fellow about 19 years old. He
made an awful kick. He said we
had no business taking the wagons without
giving them notice. I just asked tbe fellow
if he thought we ought to warn a house
breaker beiore we arrested him. He still
continued to fight, and said what he would
do with the department I asked him what
he was going to pay to get his horse out.
He said he would pay $10. I
told him he was mistaken, and it
would cost him 25 for bis impudence.
"He broke down at once, and when I
threatened to lock him up ii'he did not pay,
he almost cried. I let him off with paying
$10, -md he left Central station feeling glad
he was living."
ON MONDAY,
AUGUST 4,
We will open ihe largest stock of
:C:A:R:P:E:T:S:
Ever under one roof in this city.
To clear the way for this mammoth
new stock, we will close a large line
of Remnants and broken rolls of
Moquette Brussels and Ingrain Car
pets at prices never approached by
any house.
ENTIRE NEW STOCK
OPEN AUG. 4
-AT-
EDWARD
BRDETZINBER'B,
6?7 and 6?o Penn Avenue.
jy37-TT3Sa
A FEW OF MANY
Ladles' Blouse Waists, made of fancy flan
nels, SI 25 to J2 501
Ladies' Made-up Suits in
Sitines and cbajlies, 58 to $7.
one-half former value.
choice patterns.
These ate about
Ladles' Slack Cashmere Salts, very hand
somely made and trimmed, tio, 12 50 up to
122. These are our own make and splendid
values.
Ladles' JIade-up Wrappers and Tea Gowrj,
in white India lawns, witn embroidery, at $2 50
to ft 50. Fancy Satina Tea Oowns at SI Si
Odds and ends in Children's 3Iade-np Wash
Dresses, at about one-half former prices.
Ladles' White and Black and White Stripe
Flannel Blazers at S3 75.
Best French Satines, early price 37c, now
offered at 15c
Toll da JCord and otber choice Ginghams,
former price liXc, now you have a wide choice
atSc
33-inch Scotob Ginghams, bald plaids and
stripes, tnrmer price 25c, now offered your
choice at 15c.
Challiesnow offered
Challles, 12Ja
at 5c Choice 36-inch
Plain Black Satines at 12c- Also extra
qualities at 20c
Best Black French Satines, Henrietta finish,
at 25c
India Silks reduced to 25c Stripe All-Silk
Sarahs reduced to soc
BIBER & EASTON,
505 and 507
MARKET STREET.
jf2&TTSSa
MARBHELL,
THB CASH GROCER,
WILL SAVE YOU MONEY.
SIROCCO TEA.
A magnificent blend of India and China
Teas.
MAZAWATTEE TEA.
A fanoy mixture of India apd Ceylon Teas.
Here we offer yon something new and choice
to tempt yoor appetite this July weather.
When It comes o Tea, we know we can suit
yon, for no one else can offer you the quality
and prices we can.
FRUITS.
Take it quiet, now. We won't ask you to
mortgage yonr house We merely wish to say
the Iruit crop is not short this year, because
there is no crop to be short.
I bad tbe largest stock of canned and evapo
rated fruits in this part of the State. I am
sold oat of some kinds, but still have a large
stock left, though less variety.
I can offer you prices now about one-half
what you will pay In a few months. If you are
la shape to buy, send for my large weekly price
list and lay In a stock. You will thank me
next winter.
Orders amounting to $10, without counting
suzar, packed and shipped free of charet to
any point within 250 miles. "
MARSHELL,
79, 81, 83 and 95 Ohio street,
Cor. Sandusky street,
ALLEGHENY.
We have the largest retail grocer trade In the
State, and, with one exception, the largest ia
VhetfnltedStates. Jj