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THB' PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, -TUESDAY. . .AUGUST " 5., 1890.
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IE THEATER,
Allegheny At last Promised a Fine
Playhouse, Which is to be the
largest of Them AH, and
WILL COMFORTABLY SEAT 3,000.
The "Proportions of a Structure to Cost a
Quarter of a Million and to be
Erected on the
PEESEUT SITE OP THE WOELD'S MUSEUM
Capitalists Oily TTaltins for the Arrangement
the Lease to Begin Woifc
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Allegheny is to hare the largest theater
in "Western Pennsylvania. It will cost
from 200,000 to $250,000, and will be erected
by the World's Museum Company, ot Co
lumbns, O. It will be on tbe site of the
present "World's Museum, at Federal street
and Hirer avenue.
xFor sereral years Pittsburg has been
stirred by wonderful schemes in theatrical
circles. Tbe Jackman building is already
being turned into the Dnquesne Theater.
The erer-popular Harry "Williams is but
waiting for neit spring to break ground for
one of the largest theaters in the city. His
playhouse will face the Dnquesne Theater.
"AiTin Joslyn" is but waiting the t(me
when he can get possession of his great site
on Sixth street, where, be says, he will erect
the greatest theater America has erer seen.
All that is for Pittsburg, regaraless of the
fact that two-thirds of the patrons of the
playhouses, on many evenings, lire in Alle
gheny. Now the muses ot comedy, tragedy
and song can soon be worshiped in the city
across the rirer. J. C. Colgan, President of
the "World's Museum Company, of Colum
bus, which owns the present "World's
Museum, has been in the city a number of
times lately. He has been trying to obtain
a long lease on the property now occupied
by the "World's Museum.
TVHEIT -work -wtl4 BEGI1T.
The lease -will be made for 20 years, or
longer if it is possible. The present lease
will not expire nntfl April 1, 1893. The
property is owned by the Bobinson heirs. It
is expected tbe lease will be obtained in a
short time, and if possible work will be
commenced next spring. If it cannot be ar
ranged until the present lease expires, work
will be begun on that site, or one offering
equal advantages in the same locality, two
years later.
The site is as fine as there is in the country.
Beside the ground occupied by the old Col
iseum building, it embraces all the stors
facing on pedral street and the gronnd occu
pied by Delp & Bell. This gives a lot run
ning from Federal street to tbe alley at the
Chautauqua Lake Ice Company's buildings,
an open space on three sides, so that, if
necessary, the managers can even rival
Alvin Joslyn's 70 exits. The theater will be
148 feet deep, with an inside width of 100
feet in the auditorium. It will be of
pressed brick and cnt stone, and although
tbe plans have not yet been drawn, it is in
tended to hare as much architectural beauty
as any theater in the country . The build
ing will be fire proof, and bare all the mod
ern conveniences and late fads in the way of
ladies parlors, gentlemen's smoking rooms,
etc The stage will be at the southern end,
. on Birer avenue. It is to be 70 feet wide,
with SO boxes, 15 on each side. There will
be two galleries.
A NOVELTT TS THE HOUSE.
The situation of the ground is such that
the slope of the seats will raise the rear
rows just enough to make them even with
the floor of the main foyer, which will be
located at about the place now occupied by
the main entrance. A person entering from
Pedeial street will walk right into the rear
of the opera chairs without having to climb
a single step. The box offices will be on
each side of the main foyer, and above will
be the offices of Manager Keenan and the
smoking rooms.
President Colgan, in speaking of the
Tenture yesterday, said: "Our efforts in
Allegheny have been wonderfully success
ful. Tbe receipts have been beyond our
expectations, ana now we intend to give
the city a first-class theater. "We will be
delayed for some time on account of the
lease, but if we can get a lone lease before
the expiration of the present one, we will
build as soon as possible. The present build
ing is not worth mncb, and we do not care
abont putting too much expense on it I
believe we are depending more on it now
than we should. But next year, if possible,
and in two years at the farthest, we will
erect a building the city can be proud of. It
will cost from 200,000 to a quarter ot a mil
lion. It will be comfortable, convenient, and
as safe as a theater can be bnilt. "We in
tend to give plenty of room for seats, but
still will be able to seat 3,000 people. If we
cannot get the present site, we will find an
other in the same neighborhood, which will
offer really as many advantages."
3SS THUblASTIC OTEE IT.
Edward Keenan, the business manager,
is enthnsiastic over the scheme, which he
regards as the greatest in the State' Said
he: "Allegheny needs a theater, and a
good one. That people are willing to sup
port theaters in Allegheny there is no
doubt. Harry Scott, the former manager ot
the "World's Museum, says the enormous
sums expended in fitting np the museum.
one year ago, were cleared before the
museum bad been running two months.
Last .season we cleared over $20,000 above
all expenses. That is more than fair in
terest on a quarter of a million.
This season we expect to clear much
more. The whole inside has been
changed and brightened. IThe i curio
hall looks fresh and inviting. In tbe
theater we have widened the stage seven
feet, made it five leet deeper and raised the
root five feet. We have also put in a gal
lerv that will seat 500 people comfortably,
and 700 persons by crowding a little. In
the main auditorium there is room lor 1,100
people. We will put in new opera chairs
in front. The front seats will sell for 10
cents, the rear ones 5 cents, and the gallery
will be free. The idea is to run a better
class of attractions this season. More at
tention will be paid to the theater, so that
the jump from a museum to a first-class
playhouse will not be so great.
"Onr new theater will be as near perfect
as one can be made. It will be built just as
soon as tbe lease can be made. There is plentv
ot money behind the movement. The gentle
men interested are J. C Colgan, Thomas J.
Dundon, M." J. Berger, William Bott,
Joseph Bott and John McKeown. They
are all Columbus men and have twice the
capital necessary to build the theater. The
prices of admission will be about tbe same
as those charged at tbe Bijou at present, and
we will rnn only a high class of attractions.
The people of Allegheny support the Pitts
burg theaters, and if we can offer as good at
tractions on this side I have not the least
fear or the result. "We will hare a house
big almost as any two in Pittsburg, and it
will be first-class in every respect."
Dmles of the Park Policemen.
The Allegheny Committee on Parks last
night adopted a new set of rules by which
the park policemen are to be under a
roundsman and wear uniforms the same as
the city police. Etch policeman will hare
to keep hit section of the park dear of paper.
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RIGHT IN THE CENTER,
PITTSBURG'S POSITION. YESTERDAY, IN
THE HEATED AREA,
Oneoflbe Hottest Place In the Co nil try A
Storm Wave Moving East No Bain
Worth Speaking of, but a Brisk Brerze.
Pittsburg was in the center of the heated
area yesterday. It was one of the hottest
places in the country. It was on the eightieth
isothermal line along with Cleveland, Cin
cinnati, Louisville and St Louis. At 8
o'clock yesterday morning the mercury at
all of these places stood in the neighborhood
of 80. At Pittsburg it was S0i at that
hour. This was higher than at any other
place in the country outside of the four
cities above mentioned. At Chicago, Kan
sas City and all places situated on a line
running from the center of Lake Huton
down through the southwestern portion of
Texas, tbe temperature yesterday morning
was abont 70. St Paul, Omaha, Denver
and Duluth were on the sixtieth isothermal
line, while "Winnipeg, Yankton, S. Dak.,
and Northern Montana were found on tbe
line of tbe fiftieth isothermal at 8 o'clock yes
terday morning.
The highest temperature in Pittsburg
yesterday was 92.2 at 3:30 o'clock in the af
ternoon by Signal Service observations. At
11 A. si. the mercury was at 88 and
at 2 P. M. it stood at 89; at 5
o'clock it was 91". The storm center yes
terday was over the Great Lakes, where the
point of lowest pressure was Marquette and
Sault St Marie. Tbe storm center was
moving east last night, and the edge of it
was calculated to strike Pittsburg about
midnight, but very little rain fell. The
weather predictions were rain for to-day,
followed by a stationary temperature and
then cooler weather.
The heat yesterday was not as oppresrive
as on Sunday. A cool breeze tempered the
effects of the sun's rays. It was too hot.
however, for the puddlers in the Southside
mills to stand up before their furnaces. In
some of the mills the puddlers refused to be
gin work in the morning, and in others tbe
heat drove tbem from their post about noon
time. Several prostrations from the heat
were reported dnring the day.
An unknown woman was overcome by the
heat at the Union station while alighting
from a Panhandle train. She came frosa
Morganza.
Sambold Buse. living at the head of the
South Twenty-sixth street incline, was
prostrated in the afternoon while at work in
the American Iron "Works at Brownstown.
James Maddison, a resident of Chartiers,
was overcome bv tbe heat while walking on
Steuben street, West End. His condition is
not serious.
At McKeesport the heat in the National
Bolli jg Mill was so intense yesterday morn
ing that the men were obliged to qmt work.
The following effects of the heat were also
reported:
William Stewart, an Englishman employed
in the Edgar Thomson bteel Works at Brad
dock, was prostrated abont 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon ana died two hours later. He had
been In this country bnt two days.
Samuel Wills, aped 23, was overcome by the
beat at the Edgar Thomson Fnrnaces,and he is
not expected to live.
John Stenardo. a Hungarian employed at
the Carrie Furnaces at Rankin, was snnstruck
Saturday, and he is not expected to live.
A valuable horse swned by Fred Hamps
died from the heat on Mt Washington Sunday.
Miss Annie Duffy, of 2828 Penn avenue, was
taken to the Mercy Hospital yesterday after
noon suffering from prostration by heat. Her
condition is very serious.
CrTTT.DRElT OT C0TJBT.
Eleven of Them Stood n Trial Before Alder,
man Kerr.
Eleven children, whose names were John,
Charles and Maggie Panning, Annie Der
bet, Millie Debold, Laura Lewi, George
Hopper, John Hopper, Polly Tummings,
George Brewster and John Altenbaugh,
were given a hearing by Alderman Kerr,
last night, on a charge of disorderly con
duct, preferred by Mary Stronge, of Thirty
third street
John Panning, John Hopper and John
Altenbaugh were fined $5 and costs each,
and the others were discharged.
TAKING OT SEW vrnmirpg
The Grover Cleveland Clob Getting Into Fall
Campaign bbnpe.
A well-attended meeting of the Grover
Cleveland Democratic Society of Allegheny
County was held last night in Houston's
Hall, Lawrencerille. "Ways and means for
aiding the Democratic campaign this fall,
were discussed.
Six new members were admitted, and sev
eral reports submitted, showing the society
to be in excellent condition. The next
meeting will be held September 1.
VACATIONS WEBE GBAHTED.
Alleeheny Firemen Toted a Week's Online.
With Fall Pay.
The Allegheny Fire Committee last night,
granted each fireman a week's vacation with
full pay. Bills to the amount of $7,583
were approved. The committee also ordered
the employment of an extra engineer to take
the place of the engineer who does the re
pairing for tbe department
Chief Jones was ordered to hare new alarm
boxes placed at the corner of Biver avenue
and Darr.ih street, and the corner of Robin
son and School streets.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
Some Who Travel, Some Who Do Not, and
Others Who Talk.
Bev. Father Stuhl, of the Bedemptor
ist Order, from Baltimore, who made a brief
visit to the reverend Fathers at the St Philo
mena Church, has left for the mother bouse of
tbe Sisters of Notre Dame, in Milwaukee, to
conduct the spiritual exercises of their two
weeks' annual retreat.
From August 11 to 25 the law library
will be closed. No court will be running, and
as most of tbe attorneys are away law Libra
rian Percy G. Dieby will hide away the books,
and with hi; wife and son will take two weeks'
much needed rest at Cresson Springs.
Mr. James F. McLaughlin, a prominent
citizen of the East End, has returned after a
prolonged trip to tbe East, much improved in
health, taking in Philadelphia, Atlantic City
and New York.
A M. Stevenson, J. H. Stewart, Jr.,
O. M. Coulter and E. H. Henderson will com
pose a party of East End Gymnastic Club
members who will leave for Atlantic City on
Thursday.
E. T. Tearsley, Chief Operator of the
Pennsylvania company, left last evening for
New York. He will sail to-day Tor Europe, to
be gone six or seven weeks, doing the conti
nent. O. P. Scaife was at the Union station
last night, with a large nnmber ot friends, on
his way to Europe, to spend Ave or six months
seing tbe sights and recuperating his strength.
H. H. Byram, editor of the CArontcie
TelegrapK, is lying ill with typhoid fever at
the house of Mr. Van Kirk, on Forbes street
His condition is not considered dangerous.
John "W. Beatty, the Pittsburg artist,
leaves this morning for the mountains to paint
several horse and iarm pictures. He will be
gone six or seven weeks.
B. G. MarGonigal, Common Council
man from the Twenty-first ward, and William
Anclocb, of tbe Eighth ward, left last evening
for Atlantic City.
Mr. P. J. O'Hanlon, of Beltzhoover
Borough, has returned home after a two weeks'
sojourn at Atlantic City, New York and Phila
delphia. James Gardner, Jr., the well-known
fire-brick manufacturer, has returned from an
extended sojourn at Eastern watering places.
John Bobbins, rate clerk- of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad In this
city, will leave to-day for Burt Lake.
Joseph Craig, the well-known oil re
finer, and bis wife, were among those who went
East last night.
Superintendent Brown, of the "Water
department, went to New York last nieht.
"Jimmy" Taylor, the champion iwi
mti, went to Atlantic City last night, i
STILL, IN THE DARK.
Little Light Shed on the Case of Con
spiracy Against Sefton Et Al.
DEKYING THE CHARGES 'OF FRAUD.
The Pittsburg- agents of- the National
Capital Loan Society
HELD UKDEE BAIL FOB $1,000 EACB
Mothers with babies in their arms, gray
haired men, and clerks in all lines of busi
ness, made up the crowd of 200 white and
colored people that squeezed into Central
station, yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, to
attend the bearing of Sefton et al., charged
with conspiracy. Sweltering in the fearful
heat, lawyers, witnesses, spectators, and
everybody else had hardly room to breathe
during the long hours consumed by the
bearing that ended by 'Squire McKenna
holding all the defendants for court in $1,000
bail each.
"When Sefton, Dunn, Harrison and
Phillips had been brought from jail, Assist
ant City Attorney Clarence Burleigh began
tbe hearing by examining Mrs. Newman,
wife ot Prank -Newman, colored, who made
the first information against Sefton, agent
for the National Capital Savings, Building
and Loan Society, charging him with con
spiracy to defraud.
Mrs. Newman, under oath, stated that
Phillips had called on her husband first in
regard to buying some shares in the loan
society. "Then Dunn came to us," she
said, "and told us if we paid- him $25 tbe
company would give us $1,000 in nine or
ten days. "We were to give a lot for security,
but we owed some money on the property.
I told Dunn how much we had paid on it,
and he said we could bare '$1,000 if we
bought ten shares of stock. "We paid him
$25 cash as the dues for the first three
months.
BEGAN TO GET AXXIOTS.
"After ten days had passed, and we had
not received the $1,000 promised us, I went
around to the office on water street, and
inquired why the money had not been paid.
Mr. Sefton said he didn't know why. Dnnn
hadn't kept his word, and told me that I
would get the money the next week. "When
I told Sefton that Dunn had promised to
pay tbe $1,000 in nine or ten days, Sefton
said Dunn should not have promised to' pay
so soon. He tola me my money was on the
way, though. The following week I went
to the office again. Phillips and Harrison
were there. I asked for the money. Har
rison said Sellon wasn't in, bnt
the $1,000 wis good, and that I
would get it I waited for Sefton,
and finallv Harrison went out to
find him. They both came back together. J
told Seiton that I had heard the concern was
a fraud, and asked to have my money back.
Sefton said he wan only a servant of the loan
society, and refused to repay me. He showed
rue a little paper, and asked if I had signed
one like it I told him I had 'not, and be
said that it would have to be signed before 1
could get the money, had not seen any
paper ot that kind when I paid tbe $25."
At this point "William Beardon and An
drew C. Robertson, attorneys fortbe defense.
began to cross-examine tbe witness.
"Who told you that the concern was a
fraud?" was asked.
"I won't tell," replied the witness.
"Why?"
"Because I don't think it is necessary."
J. M. Brunton. of DeHaren, was the next
witness. Taking the stand, he said: "I am
a carpenter, and had a contract to build a
house for Mrs. Newman on her property at
DeHaren. I called on Sefton & Dunn and
they told me to go ahead with the building.
They said they would pay $250 to Mrs.
Newman at first and $1,000 in all in the
course of time."
STOET OF THE CLERK. J
"William Harrison, one of the defendants.
was next called. He stated that he had
been fire weeks with the firm of Sefton-&
Dnnn, in the capacity of clerk, at a salary
of $10 per week. "I had nothing to do
with the outside affairs of the firm," he
said. "I received money when it was
brought in, and after deducting tbe agents'
commission, forwarded the rest to Chicago."
Next on the stand was T. J. Sefton. He
testified as follows: ''Last March I secured
the position o Pittsburg agent lor the Capi
tal Loan and Building Association. through
an advertisement in Tbe Dispatch. I was
previously in the insurance business, but
left it for this agency with the -understanding
that I was to receive 75 per cent of the
fee paid by stockholders wishing to become
members of the society and 12Jf per
cent on other payments. Fifteen dol
lars of Mrs. Newman's $25 was for
warded to Chicago. The company had not
reinsed to pay her the doner and are ready
to do so when tbe specifications are carried
out The association is honest and does a
legitimate business. All this dissatisfac
tion among tbe members is due to tbe lact
that they have not read the conditions of
their contract with the company. The rule
of the association, as plainly set forth, de
clares that if any member desires to with
draw he can hare his money refunded by
giving 30 days' notice, which all of these
people have not done."
DENIED ANY MISBEPBESEUTATIOIT.
Eli Dunn testified to being a partner in
the Pittsburg branch. He denied making
any laise representations to JUrs. JNewman,
and stated that all would hare been well
had she lived up to the terms of the certifi
cate. It was mutually agreed by the attorneys
to lump the entire 18 suits into the one case.
Attorneys Beardon and Robertson made
brief appeals on behalf of their clients,
stating that the testimony was not strong
enough to have them held for.court. .On
the other hand, Attorney Burleigh stamped
the defendants as conducting 'a ''rascally
swindle," and said be "believed they never
sent a nickel to Chicago, but divided it
among themselves."
Magistrate McKenna thereupon bound
j the fourde endantsoverin tbe sum of $1,000
eacn (or trial at court in September.
Nothing was said or done by-the stock
holders present alter the hearing in regard
to sending.an agent to Chicago to investi
gate the business methods of the loan so
ciety, which some had proposed to do at the
indignation meeting held last week.
Last nieht The Dispatch representa
tive in Chicago wired a statement from
Manager Mortimer, which in substance was
a reiteration of his previous assertion that
tbe organizatson was on a solid basis and
the books open to all. . . ;
Delayed In Oil Visit
Bev. T. C. Edwards, D. D., the celebra
ted divine and scholar, Principal of the
TJnirersiiy of "Wales, Aberystwyth, has in
formed his friends in this city that he will
not be able to visit here until Sunday, tbe
19th instant Dr. Edwards is a descendant
ol a rery celebrated family, being a son of
Ber. Lewis Edwards, D. D.. ol, Bala, and a
grandson of Ber. Thomas Charles, M. A.,
by whose efforts the British and Foreign
Bible Society was organized.
Bashing Bnalneu In Men's Furnishings.
Why
Because gentlemen going away on a trip
know that, we can supply them best with
their outing shirts, of the Lest makes at the
lowest prices, with tbe best silk and fancy
shirts for the sea shore or semi-dress wear;
with tbe best fitting and best wearing white
shirts; with tne latest collars and cuffs; with
the coolest nieht shirts and pajamas; with
the nobbiest ontingand tennis suits of fancy
English flannels.
All fancy flannel blazers nor $2.
A comparatively few $1 flannel shirts.
Jos. Hoeke & Ca's
Penn Avenue Stores. '
a monster snake
REPORTED AMONOrTHE -WELLS OF ROB.
INS0.4 TOWNSHIP.
A Whopper That Can Almost Talk Bit
onasloa ni to Its Variety No Fear of
It Betas a MnkeBelleve One, In a
Dry District.
This is good snake-story weather, the tem
perature being'sufficieatly high to suit the
African horned viperjand bis large relatives,
and Bobinson township again comes to the
fore with a very respectable serpent yarn.
It will be recollected that a snake was killed
in that township on Christmas Day, and
there are some old-fashioned people who
think the prevalence of so much snake has
been injurious to the morals of that bucolic
paradise. The oil. well driller is every
where, and though he isn't a bad sort of a
fellow, on an average, be is apt to have
very flexible views on the subject of Sun
day obserrance, and drillers and snakes
being simultaneously plenty, has excited
some comment.
But tbe boss snake story comes from
Polly's Gulch, on tbe Nier farm. This ser
pent has its headquarters at a spring where
the tool dressers and drillers get water, and
though some ot them hare courage sufficient
to go for water in the daytime, his Satanic
Majesty's accredited representative is al
lowed right of way at night
Herpetologists in the vicinity cannot
agree in their classification of the reptile.
They agree that it is a whopper. Mr. "Will
iam Orris says it is certainly 9 feet long and
15 inches in circumference. He has bad
sereral encounters with it, bnt not being
armed, thought discretion the better part of
ralor, especially as the serpent seemed
peaceably disposed when let alone. It
doesn't talk, like that one in Eden did, but
it is credited witn a roice sometning resem
bling the bawling of a cow. Some herpetolo
gists think this'a mistake that grew out of a
report that the snake was one known as the
cow snake. This nomenclature is also said
to be at fault, as it is said that while the
genus-bull snake is readily acknowledged
and recognized amone the ophidian tribe,
there is no defined member known as the
cow snake. It may be that it is a snakess,
howerer.
As this' snake lies over anything else
lately reported in Allegheny county, there
are some people who, being envious ol Bob
inson township, have started a report that
it isn't a suake at all. "Mystery" Mike
Murphy is the contractor who is putting
down the well, and the envious say be has
manufactured a big snake with intent to
scare the inquisitive away from the well.
Mr. Orris, howerer, says he knows a snake
when he sees it, and no imitation can be
palmed on him, as he has been all through
the wilds of Butler and sereral other
counties. Besides, tbe ricinity is controlled
by prohibition sentiment, and make-believe
snakes are never seen in "dry" districts.
A FOBEHAH WATCHED.
One of the Pittsburg Traction Company's
Officials Agreeably Surprised.
Bernard Donehoo, night foreman of the
Pittsburg Traction Company, was agreeably
surprised last night, after being hurriedly
called into the power bouse at Oakland, on
the plea that something was wrong. Upon
entering the car sheds, he was surrounded
by a large crowd of employes, and before be
had time to ask what the trouble was, he
was presented with a handsome gold watch,
as a testimonial of the good wishes of his
lellow workers.
Ciril Engineer Michael "Walsh made the
presentation speech in a few eloquent words.
Mr. Donehoo will leare this week on a risit
to his old home in Ireland.
VETS GOING TO BOSTON.
About 500 Old Soldier Will Leave Over
tbe Baltimore nnd Ohio.
About 500 delegates to the 6. A. K. en
campment at Boston will leare Saturday
night, orer the Baltimore and Ohio road, for
the Bean City. They will be in charge of
"Division "Passenger Apent "E. D. Kmith anil
will leare at 6 o'clock. Post 88 will not go
until bunday evening. Post 41 will turn
out about the largest number or delegates,
there being about 80 or 90 old rets who hare
already secured tickets.
Post 128 will go from New York to Bos
ton by steamer. The other posts will travel
via the all-rail route. Division Passenger
Agent Smith will spend several days in the
"White Mountains before his return.
G0IHG TO SEE UBS. SCHENLEY.
James B. Scott and Chief Blgelow to Sail for
England To-Day.
James B. Scott, of the Carnegie Library
Commission, left last night for New York,
where he will join Chief Bigelow, of the
Department of Public "Works, and both
gentlemen will sail for Europe to-day.
They are crossing the pond to see Mrs.
Schenley, and will try to settle the location
of the Carnegie Library and Music Hall
and the Blind Asylum.
The trip to see' Mrs. Schenley and talk
over matters with her has been on Chief
Bigelow's mind for six weeks or more, and
he could not get away until now. It is cer
tain that the library will be on Bellefield
avenue, below Fifth Avenue, while the
Blind Asylum will be on the upper side,
and back of the Presbyterian Church.
ATLANTIC CITY.
Fourth Popular Excursion of the Season to
Atlantic City,
Via the picturesque B. &0. B.B., via
Washington, D. C, Baltimore and Phila
delphia on Thursday, August 14, 1890.
Tickets good for 10 days, and good to stop
off at Washington. D. C, returning. Bate
for the round trip 510. Special trains with
Pullman parlor and sleeping cars will leave
B. & O. B. E. depot at 8 a. m. and 9:20 P.
M. Por detailed information address or ap
ply to E. D. Smith,
Division Passenger Agent, Pittsburg, Pa.
Cnn Find Nothing; Better.
No substitute for pure beer for a health
ful summer drink has yet been found. Z.
"Wainwright & Co.'s beer has attained the
highest popularity here. Families can be
supplied direct by sending a postal card, or
order by telephone 5525.
EXCURSIONS TO CHICAGO,
Via the Pittsbnrg and Western Railway,
August 2. 3 and 4. Fare for the round trip,
$10 0; August 5 and 6, $9 35. All tickets
good for return until August 11 inclusive.
Chicago express leaves 2:30 p. sr. (Central
time; daily.
KEAL ESTATE SAVINGS BANK, MM.,
401 Smlthfleld Street, Cor. Fourth Avenue.
Capital, (100,000. Surplus, $61,600.
Deposits of 51 and upward receired and
interest allowed at i per cent xxs
Pateonizk Hendricks & Co., 68 Fed
eral street, Allegheny, the leadtng photo
graph gallery for good work at reduced
rates. Good cabinets $1 s dozen. Tisu
Artists, Teachers and Classes
Should send for our catalogue on artist
materials. Discount to teachers and classes.
Mail orders will receire prompt attention.
Liberal discount on picture frames. Tbeoa
howam's Art Store, 152 Wylie aTenue.
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No home is comnlete without Parker's Gtn
eer Tonic, needed for every weakness.
Parker's Hair Balsam is life to the hair.
Puee beer is refreshing and stimulating.
"Wainwright's leads in public favor. Order
by postal or telephone 5525.
.
Ice.
Canada ice for sale. Address
B. Hopson, Mayville, N. X.
B. & B.
This morning, 40-inch striped mohairs at
85c goods that cost 80o by the case to im-
port 55c Booos & BrjHX.
NOT. A LOVE FEAST.
The Painters' Convention Has a
Knotty Problem lo Unravel.
TWO LOCALS AT L0GGEEHEADS.
The Carbon Iron Works Employs Colored
lien, and a Strike Ensues.
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS, ALL OF INTEREST
There was a general impression abroad in
labor circles last night that the convention
of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decora
tors of America, which opens in this city to
day, would not be altogether a lore feast.
The convention is called to discuss new
legislation and matters pertinent to the busi
ness of the organization, but,- taking a line
through the gossip which is busy at present
with the affairs of a couple of the local
union', it would look as if some little of its
time will be occupied in smoothing orer the
differences which exist between riral unions.
Erery building trade organization in the
two cities is aware that Local Union No. 10,
of Pittsburg, and Local "Union No. 15, of"
Allegheny, do not preserve that harmonious
feeling and affectionate regard for each other
which brothers are popularly supposed to
entertain. In short, it is well understood
that tbe unions named are, and hare been,
since their foundation, some three years ago,
rirals of the bitterest kind.
Beferehce to a little ancient history shows
how and when this antagonism commenced.
No. 10 was composed of painters, who had
withdrawn from local Assembly 1397 (the
painters' assembly in the Knights of
Labor) some time in 1887, and, with a riew
of forming a separate organization, wrote
for and obtained a charter from tbe Federa
tion. STARTED THE BTMPTS.
No. 15, of Allegheny, soon after appeared
in the field and also applied for a charter.
Against the granting of this charter No. 10
protested, on the gronnd that No. 15 would
only be doing the rieht thing by throwing in
its luck with No. 10. This No. 15 could
not see, and it finally obtained its charter.
From this date followed a sort of inter
necine war between the unions. A member
ol No. 15 was discharged from a shop be
cause, it is alleged, the Builders' League
would not recognize his union. In October,
1887, members of the opposing unions were
engaged on tbe Court House, and five of the
No. 10 men were withdrawn by the Building
Trades' walking delegate because No. 15
men were at work there. In September,
1888, another member of No. 10 quit work
because there was a No. 15 man on the
same job. The No. 15 man was discharged
and the other reinstated. In 1889 two No.
15 men were discharged from a shop, as they
stated, because they asked for overtime.
Charges were preferred against other mem
bers of No. 10 who worked in the same shop
and they were exonerated from blame.
These difficulties and cross purposes be
tween the unions were appealed to the Exec
utive Board of the Brotherhood, and what
was supposed to pass for a receipt in full of
the whole matter arranged on the basis that
the two men of No. 15 discharged from the
shop should be paid for their lost time.
FUEL TO THE FLAMES.
So much for the early history of the im
broglio. It seems so its friends claim-
that No. 15 wan willing to foreire and for
get, and No. 10 as its partisans declare
was eager to bury the, hatchet, when hostili
ties were recommenced as the time for the
election of delegates to the conrention
which meets to-day came around. It is said
that a tolerably well-known member of No.
10 visited Allegheny and said to a No. 15
man: "Don't vote for ; he is not our
kind, and the quicker such church goers are
out of this organization, the better will it be
for the Brotherhood of Painters and Decora
tors." "This speech, which was calculated to be
inflammatory, roused the ire of all denom
inations in No. 15, irrespective of creed.
Members of every creed met and passed
resolutions instructing the delegates to use
all honorable means to have the No. 10 man
brought to justice before tbe proper officials.
The "church goers" held a meeting in Alle
gheny, later, and decided that if the general
convention did not dispense justice in the
case, they would appeal the matter to every
labor organization; and further, that they
would start a separate organization, based
on a plat I or m "where religion "Would not
hare any say."
This is the casus belli that will be fought
to a finish at the convention. It is old his
tory, most of it, and has already' been
printed in these columns. Begardinz the
proposed changes in the laws extending the
neia oi memoersmp, a soutnsiae man said
to-day: "We will never admit paint mak
ers and paper makers to membership. Those
men are nothing more than skilled laborers,
and should find no place in an organization
with mechanics.
AKOTHEB IB0K W0EES STRTKK
The Carbon Iron Works Employes
Quit
Because of Colored Puddlers.
A general strike ensued yesterday at the
Carbon Iron "Works as a result of the
employment of colored men in the graph
ite department in lieu of the regular
bands. The department has been closed
down since Juue, owing to a refusal of the
firm to agree to the Amalgamated scale,
which calls for $5 per ton for puddling.
Last year's rate was 4 50. The open
hearth department, guide and roll mills
bare been running as usual until yesterday, J
wnen tne men turned out in sympathy with
the puddlers, whose places had been filled
by colored men. There are 16 furnaces
operated under the graphite process, each of
w lich requires three men to work them.
Eight of tbe furnaces were started yester
day with colored help, and when it became
general the local officials ordered tbe mill
struck. There is now a probability that
the whole plant will remain idle until the
firm signs tbe graphite scale of $5.
No information on the matter could be
obtained either at the company's offices or
at the offices of the Amalgamated Associa
tion. The only officer oresent when a call
was made lor information at tbe latter place
was tbe Assistant Secretary, who said he
knew nothing about it. General Manager
Lash was reported out of town.
AH0THEB MAN WATCHED.
David Sillier, Leaving Bis Old Shop After
18 Yrnrs, Is Testimonialized.
David Miller, who was for orer 18 years i
m the employment of the Pittsburg Loco
motive "Works as foreman of the forge and
hammer department, resigned his position
on Tbnrsday last to accept the foremanship
of a similar department in the "Westing
bouse works at "Wilmerding.
At leaving, testimony to the esteem in
which he had been held'by his fellow work
ers was shown kim in the presentation to
him by the Pittsburg Locomotira Works
employes of a handsome gold watoh and
chain. Mr. Miller assumed his new duties
yesterday.
nrTEBHATIOHAl MEN IS IT.
An Increase In the Price of Toby-Malting-Being
Granted.
The cigar makers belonging to the Inter
national Union, affiliated with the Federa
tion of Labor, are taking advantage of the
increase in the price of cigars and tobies,
and hare made a demand for an increase.
Yesterday Alex. Wilson granted the de
mand, and is now paying $1 per 1,000 for
making tobies.
The other factories employing members of
'Sna?
the International Union will, it is said, fol
low snit and grant tbe demands.
Banning Double Turn,
The Twenty-ninth street new bar mill
started up yesterday. All tbe mills are run
ning on double turn. Owing to the heat
yesterday the men knocked off after one
heat on tbe night turn, and the number of
heats on the day turn varied.
Olivers' Works Reported Signed.
It was reported yesterday that' the Amal
gamated Association had arrived at a settle
ment with the management of the Oliver
Steel "Works, and that the mill would start
up shortly on a considerable advance. "
DJDTSTBIAX ITEMS.
Items of Interest to Men Who Work la
Mills and Shops.
The journeymen horseshoers are talkine
abont an eight-hour day. They now work ten
hours.
The management of the Bijou Theater
signed the theatrical employes' scale for the
year yesterday. '
Fdknace A, at Braddock, was taken out of
blast on Sunday night for relining and en
largement. Furnace B will be in blast in about
six weeks.
Hesbt Gessieh, formerly roller In Dil
worth. Porter & Co.'s mill, has returned from
Roanoke, "Va., where he was engaged in plan
ning a new spike plant.
The Window Glass Workers' Association is
urging its-members throughout the country to
address their representatives, in Congress on
the subject of securing more money for the
Emigration Bureau.
The journeymen plasterers worsing for as
sociation masters did not turn in to work
yesterday morning. The cause of the difficulty
has been already stated in The Dispatch.
The men held a meeting yesterday morning,
which was addressed by President Tenary.
TEE BOARD OP CHARITY.
Work Done In the Past Two Weeks by the
Iiadies of Pittsburg.
The semi-monthly report of the Associa
tion for the Improrement of the Poor,
issued yesterday, is as follows:
Nnmber of men applicants, 11; families vis
ited, SS3; families aided, 160. including 327 per
sons; visits to the poor. 518; risits from the
poor, 85; situations obtained. 12; days of work
obtained, 84; sent to Children's Hospital. 1: to
the Homeopathic Hospital, 1; to tbe West
Penn, Z The number of erocery orders dis
tributed was 179; coal supplied, 175 bushels;
garments, 104; shoes, 6 pairs, and 1 hat. Fol
lowing are the distributions of groceries: iS2
loaves of bread, 156 ponnds of rice. 110 ooands
of oatmeal and 203 bars of soap. The distribu
tions by the free dispensary were: 50 pints of
beef tea. 15 pints of mutton broth. 1 pint of
corn starch, 325 pints o( milk,41- pounds of tea
and 116 ponnds of sugar.
The Bush SUM Continues
After the reduced suits. The good people of
Pittsburg and vicinity seem, to realize that
this is a genuine reduction sale, because
samples of,. the reduced suits are displayed
in our large show windows on Grant street.
Here are the prices: Suits, former price
$12, now 56; suits, former price (15, now $8;
suits, former price $20, now $10; suits,
former price $25, now $12; men's pants,
lormer price $4, now $2; children's clotning
for less than half price.
Pittsburg Combination . Clothing
Co., P. C. C. C, cor. Grant and Diamond
sts., opposite the Court House.
There Must be Some Reason for It.
We never hare compelled anyone to use
"Walker's Wax Soap. "We'd like to, but it
isn't possible.
Thousands bare used it and find it hurts
nothing, and sares wear on ererything. It
costs no more than ordinary soaps, and is
more economical.
Ask yonr grocer for "Walker's "Wax Soap.
au2,4.5,6,7.8,9,ll,13,14,15
White Iinwn Snlts Final Redaction
Prices To -Day.
of
At $5, reduced from $8; at $2 50, reduced
from $4, and like reductions on all inter
mediate grades.
Joa. Hoenb & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Common Sense Shoes
For gentlemen; light weight and easy on
the feet; selling at $5 this month only.
Cain & Veknee, Eifth and Market.
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Dresses nud Gowns.
In order to dispose of the balance of our
stock of dresses and gowns, previous to the
arrival of fall styles, we hare made a lib
eral reduction in price.
Paecels & Jones,
29 Filth are.
Ladies' Suit Parlor.
Common Sense Shoes
For gentlemen; light weight and easy on
the feet; selling at $5 this month only.
Cain & Veenek, Fifth and Market.
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London Shirts at 91.
The final reduction.
Jos. Hoene & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
English mohair brilliantine, 40-inch
wide, all the new and choice colorings, 25c
a yard, worth 50c. Huous & Hache.
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The Finest In the World.
The most delightful dainty erer discorered
is Marvin's new coffee sponge cake, just the
thing for a quiet little Inncheon or picnic.
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A chance for the gentlemen: Orer
1,000 pairs gents' fine shoes selling at $5;
reduced from $8. $7 50 and $6; this month
only. Cain & Veenee, Fifth and Market
St TTF
100 Decrees In the Shade.
Erery mother who has children should
hare their photoirraph before it is too late,
at Aufrecht's Elite Gallery, 516 Market
street No stairs to climb; use elevator.
To be Still Hotter.
Go to Niagara Falls August 7, 9:30 P. M.,
only $4 75, good five days, ria P. & L. E.
B. B. and cool ofl.
FlUEED lawn suits $5 50, $6 50 and
$7 60.
All greatly reduced in price to-day.
JOS. HOBNE& Co.'s
Penn Arenue Stores.
A chance for the gentlemen: Orer
1,000 pairs gents' fine shoe belling at $5;
reduced from $8. $7 50 and $6; this month
only. Cain & Veenee, Fifth and Market
St TIP
Befbigebatobs and ice chests at about
one-half their ralue, to close stock. Come
soon and eet a'bareain.
TT Hoffeb Bbos. & Co., 307 "Wood st
Ananst Shoe Sale.
Secure a pair of outing shoes cheap. Cain
& Verner closing out their entire stock of
these goods. Filth and Market st TTF
At $1 25 a yard, 46-inch wide black silk
warp Henrietta; an exceptional bargain;
usual price $1 75. Huaus & HACKE.
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Aagnst Shoe Wale.
Secure a pair of outing shoes cheap. Cain
& Verner closing out their entire stock of
these goods. Fifth and Market st xrr
Deink C. Baeuerlein Brewing Com
pany's pale "Wiener export bottled lager
beer. Telephone 1018. tuwt
Befbigebatoes and ice chests at about
one-half tbefr ralue, to close stock. Come
soon and get a bargain.
tt Hofpeb Beos. & Co., 307 Wood st
If your complaint is want of appetite, try
Angostura Bitters before meals, ttssu
ftWil&MiyiM'-.I Hr ftsftKrsrfr 1 rfT--; r " i'itiAu. ' -..- .tlt-Ai .i'ajiL-jtl-J'".MMt1teL-- ' -A siuk (jfa.
THEIRP00M0 GOOD.
Why Frank Atkinson, of Allegheny,
and Two of Bis Companions
EAK AWAT FROM A SCH00LSH1P.
The Cook and Cooking of the Saratoga
Weren't Dp to Their Hark.
ENOUGH OP THE W0KLD S005 SEEN
"I'll stay at home after this," was the
parting salute of young-Frank Atkinson to
a Dispatch reporter, last night Frank
had just retnrned from an European trip in
the schoolship Saratoga. He arrived home
in Allegheny at 2 r. M., Friday last, he
said.
Like a good many boys of his age Frank
has seen only 15 summers and winters he
was possessed.of an overwhelming desire to
see the world. His friends and
relatives tried to dissuade him
from such a course, but all their entreaties
were in rain. Frank had read and heard of
strange countries and of vthe glorious time
that the United States marines were haring
in all quarters of the globe. The reports of
the actions of the late squadron of evolution
in European and Mediterranean waters
fired his youne mind, and Frank neTer
slept soundly since. Besides, he had a
laudable ambition to learn the science of
nautical affairs.
It was in February last that Frank left
his home,in Allegheny and went to Philadel
phia. There be found a schoolship, the
Saratoga, which was about to sail across the
pond, and it req uired no strong inducement
to hare him sign the ship's papers for a two
years' cruise.
SOON HAD ENOUGH.
The ship heared anchors and sailed from
Philadelphia with about 150 young boys on
board, and among tbem was Frank. He
remained a member of the ship's crew abont
six months, until two weeks ago, when the
ship arrived in Southampton, England.
There Frank and two other young lads from
Philadelphia, Joseph Biles and Benton
Kenderdine, concluded that life on the
United States ship Saratoga, was not what
they had understood it to be. They con
cluded to surreptitiously leare the ship. They
did so. Frank was seen last night at the
home of his cousin, Mr. Albert Atkinson,
327 ' Eebecca street, Allegheny. "We
wouldn't desert, if the food had been good,"
he said. "At Philadelphia, and before we
left Lewes, Del., it was all right; we were fed
on chickens and turkey, and the grub was
first rate. I thought we would study when
we got sea, but we nerer opened a book the
whole royage."
"We told him how things would be,"
said Mrs. Atkinson," but he was so carried
away with what he had 'read that he
wouldn't listen to us."
"The officers were all right, and all the
boys liked them," said Frank, "but the
Captain he was a crank. "We went to
Fayai, in the Azore Islands, and then to
Plymouth, England, and then to South
ampton. But it was the food that made us
desert the ship. "We had prunes and peaches
and apples but don't speak of it," said
Frank, makin? a gesture of disgust with
his hand. "They were rotten. And the
cheese it could walk. Then the cook was
no good. He was mobbed in Philadelphia
before we left port.
COULDN'T STAND IT.
"Baked beans for breakfast and bad
coffee; we couldn't drink it. Sometimes we
had oatmeal, and some of the boys liked
that, but I didn't There was bean soup
and a pickle for each man for dinner, and
sometime 'salt horse' and so?i?v Dotatoes.
The plum duff was no good; rou could roll
it in a ball and throw it on the floor and it
wonld jump as high as the ceiling."
"Did you' complainof tbe food?"
"Yes, "bnt it did no good. Things were
NEW FALL GOODS.
THE FINEST AND
LAEGEST STOCK OF
:C:A:R:P':E:T:S:
Erer brought to this city.
STYLES ENTIRELY NEW
AND
Prices Lower Than Ever.
Our new stock of Carpetings are all on
exhibition. The stock is an immense one,
and consists of all grades, finest to the
cheapest grades.
Parties desiring to furnish bouses this
fall will do well to call now and make
selections while th e stock is complete. The
goods will be stored free of charge until you
want them laid.
' EDWARD
BRDETZIN GER,
637 and 629 Penn Avenue.
''.All goods jobbed at the rery lowest East
ern prices. " au3-TTSSU
To clear out all Summer Lines in
Cloak and Suit Room,
FINAL CUT OF THE SEASON
700 Wash Snlts now 83 50.
Oballle Suits. Blbbon Trimmed, $4 60.
Shaded Zephyr to $5.
Children's Ginzhams, $1.
Misses Wash Suits, $2, $2 60.
BLAZERS,
New Black and NaryTlnssl Trimmed, 60.
Woolen. Challies,
An extra choice range of styles, all at 15c
2r own finest French reduced to 37K&
The Satines we now offer at 15c comprise
tnA aiest Printings on the finest French cloths.
35c French Corded Lawns now 200.
Striped; Silk Surahs 37c.
All our summer assortment In Silks. Wool
and Cotton Cress Goods on the same low plane
of prices.
Polka Dot Draperies 60a
Figured and Striped Draperies 85c to $2 60.
Early shipment of Lace and Heavy Curtains
Just in; rery eflectlvo patterns,
AT SPECIAL PRICES.
Bee Leading Numbers at 85c, Jl, $1 25, $1 50,
$3 50.
BIBER-& EASTON,
505 and 507 MARKET STREET.
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different when we trot into a port, bnt at
sea, it was horrible."
''Were you obliged to do any work?"
"Yes, we had to snub the decks and wash
out the scuppers, and when we were in
Southampton we had to tar the ressel, but
we nerer studied a bit"
"How did you mnaee to escape?"
"Kenderdine and Biles and myself had
been thinking the matter over, and when we
got to Southampton we had three days off.
"We went from Southampton to London
and then crossed the ocean on the steamship
Majestic."
"Will you make another trip?" asked the
reporter as he was leaving.
''No; I'll stay at home now."
BULLirESS'IlT THE COTJBTS.
Only One New Salt Besnn and Very Little
Else Done.
Yesterday was fixed for taking up the ar
gument list in the Criminal Court, but as
there was little on the list, and the attorneys
were absent, court was adjourned till Satur
day. The only business transacted in the
"United States Court was the naturalization
of one man.
Annie McNamara, yesterday, representing
the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, petitioned
the Orphans' Court to appoint ber adminis
tratrix of the estate of Sophia Miller. Tha
latter died witbout relatives, and as she
boarded for 13 years at the home of the
society, it is claimed $1,140 is due from her
estate lor board.
Watching; the Little Ones.
.Sister Bosamunda, Mother Superior ot
the St. Joseph Orphan Asylum, on Troy
Hill, for nearly 15 years', has been called
upon by her superior in the mother house
at Gowanstown, Pa., to take charge of a
large new orphan asylum in Chicago. Her
successor here will be Sister Hippolrta, who
for a nnmber of rears has been one of tha
Sisters at the asvlnm.
PrrrSBUBO, Tuesdat, Augusts, 1S90.
JDS. HDRNE J CO
PENN AVE. STORES.
65 pieces best quality, best styles, AII
"Wool French Challles on the counter
this morning at 35c a yard.
Martyrs to necessity:
Prices in our Ladies' Suit Department
are at the stake in the cause of a com
plete and quick clearance of all sum
mer goods.
These are new rednctions to-day.
White India Linen Lawn Suits,
stylishly made, embroidery trimmed,
perfect in every respect:
A 1 15, reduced from 18.
At $8, reduced from 810.
At S10, reduced from SI5 and CO.
At S12, reduced from SIS and t20.
At $18, rednced from 25 and $2S.
At 122, reduced from 130.
At J25, reduced from S38.
Figured Linen Lawn Suits, latest and,
best styles, choice patterns, rednced ia
the same proportion, now at
Jo 50,
J6S0,
J7 50.
Fine Ckallis Suits:
At $10, rednced from $18.
At (15, rednced from $22.
At $18, reduced from $25 and HO.
Gingham Suits,
Now to: they were $8 50 and 319.
Now $6 C: they were $12 and $11
Now $12; that were $15, $18 and $20.
Satine Suits at
$5 00.
$7 60.
$10 00,
Beaueed by about one-half.
Print Wrappers
At 75c, were $L
At $1, were $1 25.
Mousseline and
Century Cloth Wrappers
At $1 50, reduced from $1
Last reduction in
London Shirts:
Entire lot
How II each.
(Embroidered Piques were S3 50,)
(Plain Piques were $2.)
(Striped Cambrics were $1 75,)
Now $1 each.
JDS. HDRNE I CO,
609-621 PENN AVENUE.
ant
TtT MAY, EONS 4CO,
Fin
DYEING AND CLEANING,
8 Sixth Avenui
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Pittsburgh