SZSSa5Tr! &QQfi&VW - THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, ATJG-TJST 17, 1890. c i I- l ! LABOB IS ALL RIGHT. What the Masters of Mammon Have to Say on the In dustrial Situation, WAGESDECLAREDAWAYUP This is a Splendid Time to be Born, ' If Ion Don't Inherit Wealth, 'BAD -FOR SILYEK SPOON BABES. . .Teller the Only One Who Admits There Is Anythinj: Wrong. THE TOILERS WILL STAHP OUT AKAECH I rSFECIVL TELEGRAM TO TilE DISPATCH.! Washixotok, August 16. The great railroad strike brings again to the front the ' mighty questions of capital and labor. . "Where do the rights of the laboring man begin and where do those of the capitalist end? "What is the cause of strikes and do they teed to the good of the workingman? What is the future of monopolies? Are we to hare a socialistic revolution and what should be done with the socialists and anarchists? How does the condition of the laboring man to-day compare with that of the past, and what are the effects of trade unions? I hare for some time past put the abore questions to some ot the ncbest men o! the United States, bare carefully written out their replies, and I now present them in this article for the first time to the public. The most of these interviews hare been revised by the men interviewed. The most of them are the utterances of men who have gone through all the gradations of labor and capital men who are now large employers, and who, without exception, started at the foot of the financial ladder and have worked their way unaided to the top. They are practical men with practical views, aud their opinions arc the result of experience in the fields of capital and labor. They say without exception that the chances for the laboring man to-day are as good as they were at the beginning of their careers, and not a few of them have told your correspondent that they would be will ing to be again born poor and to commence now with the increased chances of modern times and make a second strike for fortune. They do not believe that the rich are grow ing richer and the poor are growing poorer, and they think that the laboring man will be better off a generation from now than he is to-day, and that American labor will be for years to come the best paid labor in the world. Feakk G. Caepentee. 6TAUT02D'S BEIGHX PICTUBE. Labor'a Chances Good os Ever and No Dan cer From Anarchy or Hlonopolr. Senator Leland Stanford went to Cali fornia worth less than one thousand dollars. He is now worth one hundred million dol lars. He is Interested in nearly every large enterprise on the Pacific slope, and he has during the past generation been one of the largest employers of the country. Said he: '"The uneasiness which exists among the laboring men of the United States is a good sign. Our laboring classes appreciate that their condition might be bettered, and out of this good cannot fail to come. Tiie con dition of the laboring men of America im proves from year to year, and they are to-dav by no means badly oft There is no honest laboring man who cannot have the comforts of life in America, and there are few who lave not the physical comforts of the rich. "Tbe American who works by the day is physically as well off as the Emperor of All the Kussias, and the Kaiser of Germany sleeps upon a harder bed than m t of our laborers. I dare say that the laborer sleeps better and that his meals taste sweeter to him. He need not go hungrv. and his wages will provide him with the warmest clothes in winter. If he is industrious and provident he can have a sroocl roof over his head, and he can have luxuries that the kings of three generations ago had not. There will, however, always be differences in conditions, and if you were to cover the streets of New YorK with 20 gold pieces in the moraine, some of the'men who fathered them up would have to beg for a night's lodging 12 hours later." VTIir HE HIRED IJTDIAXS. "The laboring man of California," Sena tor Stanford went on, "is better off than any laborer of the present or past in the history of the world. Food is plentiful, and every variety of it is cheap. The nod-carriers abont Iios Angeles get $5 a day, and fruit rotted on the ground last summer forwant of men to pick it up. I had to add 100 In dians to ray force of grape-gatherers because I could not get that number of white la borers, and there is always work enough and to spare. "Compare this condition with those of other countries. The laboring man on the banks of the Kile gets no money at ail, and he merely receives a small portion of the produce for working all day long. He lives upon the cheapest and meanest of food and vegetables are so scarce that he com mences to eat his radish at the little end in order that it may last the longer. Laborers in India gets 3 cents a day, and the Ameri can laborer could not live on the lood the East Indian eat". Modern invention has increased tbe lux cries ot the laboring man. It has reduced his hours of work and has brought forth the inexhaustible supplies ot the earth to him. It is in this that our people surpass ancient Greece and J to me. MACHINERY AND EDUCATION. Kow a man in California, by machinery, can produce more wheat than CO men in India, and notwithstanding their 3-cent labor, he competes successfully with them in the markets of Europe. It is through machinery that the condition of the labor ing man will continue to improve, and his condition will be bettered as his intelligence jfrows, and as he applies it to the forces around bim. Hv idea as to the solution of these troubles is that education should be encouraged and that the laboring man be put in a condition to take advantage of what genius may develop. Such inventions as the HcCormick reaper are rare, but every intelligent man can learn to use them and to make money out of them, and the edu cated, industrious and provident laborer will always have the com.'orts of life. "Are you not alarmed at tne growth of socialism in the United States?" "No," replied Senator Stanford, "not in the least. The disturbers are all foreigners, and our laborers have no part with them. The American workingmen have been brought up on the Declaration of Indepen dence. They appreciate its principles, and will always control the labor sentiment of this country, and, as to the foreign element, I think it should be regulated by law. " IDEAS ON NATURALIZATION. VThe natnralization laws should be ex tended to 21 years. Only one-firth of the American peoole now vote. This one-fifth makes all the laws for the other four-fifths, aud 'if foreigners have the benefit of the same laws that we make for .four-fifths of our own tieonle. I don't ee whv tfaev should bcomplain. And ii they are not satisfied with the laws we make, we don't want them to in ter ere in the making. The foreigner comes to America imbued with and educated to old notions, and he is not fitted to become an American citizen until he has adapted him self to the new conditions into thich ho has entered. Twenty-one years' residence among the American people ought to make him an American, and to teach him that our Gov ernment is based upon justice and not force. "As it is, the foreign element is the dis turbing element, and when the massacre of Chinamen occurred some time ago, I pre dicted to a friend of mine that not an Amer ican would be lound among the mob who did the killing. I investigated the facts and found that my prediction was correct" "Do you think, Senator, that the laboring man has good a chance for making a for tune as when you started life?" CHANCES TO GET 1UCH. "Certainly. When I was a boy I lived near Albany, N. Y. My father was a rail road builder, and he hired the best work men for $12 a month for eight months in the year. During the winter good men would work ior their board, and I have known contractors to hire all the men they wanted lor 50 cents a day. My father once had 4,000 cords of wood cut and he paid for the work just 37J cents a cord. One season he had 8,000 cords of timber cut for SO cents a cord, and this timber had to be sorted over. A farmer then, with 100 or 150 acres, had his boys work summers and go to school during the winters, and the women did the spinning. "Tne boys that started then at 50 cents a day Ate the rich men of the country now. Their sons, supposing they were poor, could get 150 to $2 00 and upwards for doing the same work and their chances for making successiul investments are better. They can live cheaper and better, and the same ele ments ouzht to accomplish incalculablr greater results. NO DANGEB FROM MONOPOLY. "No, I don't thint there is any danger from monopolists, and there is no such thing in our country as monopoly in the proper sense of the word. The people are benefited by combinations of capital. Their necessities grow cheaper through them, and their facilities for accumulation increase. The capitalist has little advantigein this country as to legislation, and there will never be an aristocracy of monopolists here. "Mr. Vanderuilt is a subject of attack every time a legislature convenes and cor porations are attacked at every session. Corporations And capitalists do well when they are able to get bills passed defending themselves, and they don't expect to pass laws in their favor. As long as our people remain free and intelligent there is do dan ger from individuals or corporations. Their physical powers amount to nothing and their voting powers amouut to less." A DARKER PICIOEE. Senator Teller Recognizes That All Things Aro Not n They Should Be. Senator Teller talks very interestingly upon laboring matters. He is a man of ideas, and, though he is an employer, he has a strong side for the working man. Said he: "It cannot be denied that there is great dissatisfaction among the laboring classes in regard to their wages, their hours of em ployment and their general condition. This is especially the case with those who labor for daily wages in the large manufacturing establishments, on railroads and public works, in coal mines, etc This dissatisfac tion is shared in a lesser degree by all classes or laborers, and this feeling is shown by the existence of labor organizations of various kinds, in which the laborers of the country appear to be generally enrolling themselves." "What is tbe reason, Senator, tor this un settled feeling?" "There are many reasons," replied Sena tor Teller. "The grievances of the laboring man are some of them real and some ot them imaginary. The real ones are sufficiently numerous to demand careful consideration of their causes as well as their remedies, if remedies there be. The unequal distribu tion of wealth, the accumulations of great fortunes ty'systems of doubtful honesty in some cases and by downright dishonesty in others, together with the arrogance and impudence of wealth, have done much to mak the laborer dissatisfied with the pres ent condition of things. These things have made him believe that capital is receiving a greater share of the profits of all enterprises than it is entitled to receive and the laborer less. THE ASSUMPTIONS OF WEALTH. "Then the assumption that wealth is re spectable and the possessor thereof entitled to special consideration no matter how his wealth was acquired, and that poverty is the badge of mieriority no matter what may be the intelligence and virtue of the poor, may be mentioned as one of the very many evidences of the arrogance and impudence of wealth. "The disregard of law exhibited by some of the great corporations and the apparent inability of the proper authorities to com pel obedience to, and respect for, the plain principles of fair dealing and statutory law is a potent agent in creating this dissatis faction. "Again, an inordinate desire to become rich, not by the old and steady methods of creation and accumulation, but .bv hastv strides, appears to have taken possession of nearly all classes of people, and he who is led to believe that the only way to receive official distinction and social positiou is by the accumulation of wealth, will be envious of those who are possessors of what he sees but little prospect of securing as the fruit of honest toil. WEALTH BADLY MANAGED. "The aggregation of capital in great cor porations controlled by a few strong, un scrupulous men, together with the misuse of corporate power for the enriching of the corporation or more frequently, the agents thereof, is a spectacle so frequently pre sented that it is not strange that the labor ing man should believe that corporate powers were not conferred for the public good, but ior the purpose of enriching the few at the expense of tbe many. "It we are to find a remedy for this dis satisfaction," Senator Teller went on, "we ongnt as far as possible, by legislation and all other means, to secure to the laborer fair compensation for his labor, which must be performed under conditions as favorable as possible as to the time and place of employ ment. We should seek to satisly him that in all legislation and administration, both State and national, that the interest of the American laborer is considered first and that of capital second. That in the admin istration of the law no individual or corpo ration is above the law or may disregard tbe plain provisions thereof with impunity, but that all men aie equal before the law, and that no legislation is to be tolerated that gives one man an opportunity denied to others. REGULATION OF TRUSTS. Corporations and associations of capital, whether called companies or trusts, should be compelled to keep within the bonnds fixed by their charters, which make them agents of tbe people, not their rulers. These things can be" done by the enactment or laws by the States aud the National Government and the due enforcement thereof. All other things necessary and requisite to be done to put the laborer in harmony with his em ployer d:us t be done by tne employer him self. There is much to encourage us to be lieve that the State and National Govern ment will do their dnty in this behalf, hnt the signs of the times do not so clearly indi cate that the employer has, as a general rule, determined to join the interest of his em-' ployes with bis own. "The American laborer is intelligent and is not likely to overlook the evils I have mentioned nor to underrate their vicious character. He is conservative and law abiding, courageous in de'ense of his rights, with aspirations beyond those common to tbe laborers of other countries. He realizes that he is not compelled to remain a laborer, that if he has ability and energy he may be come an employer, and hopes to take his place among those who direct the forces of nature, to secure tbe accumulation of wealth and power. HAS HOPES FOB THE FUTURE. "If he doubts his own ability or. opportu nity to accomplish this, he looks forward to the time when his sons will be strong men ) controlling and directing, not only the busi ness of tbe country, but possmiy molding and directing the public policy of the State or nation. "With those aspirations he is not likely to be satisfied with wages that give him a bare living. He must have more he must have the comforts, and some of theluxuries of life. He must have a home of his own. His children must be educated in a manner to enable them to properly fill the position that they may reasonably bope to attain. And he will not be satisfied until he is convinced that no obstacles are thrown in his way, either by the Government or by the business methods in daily use. He demandsa free field and fair opportunities to take his place, not as a mere machine, but as an intelligent factor in the enterprises of the day, financial, moral, and political. "When our legislation and administra tion shall he directed to this end there will be no further complaint of a war between labor and capital. Unless this is done, capital may take warning, for in a contest between labor and capital labor will, in the end, win. Not only has it numbers and strength, but it has the right'' SHEBHAX OK ANAECHT. Like Leeches They Wonld Sack the Blood of Ij.tbor Law nnd Organization. Senator Sherman carried the surveyor's chain as a youth, and when he was first mar ried he started out with the intention to save and invest $500 a year. He is now one of the clearest headed millionaires of the United States, and be is noted for his con servatism and for his popularity with tbe business interests of the country. My in terview with him occurred just after the hanging of the Anarchists at Chicago a couple of years ago, and at this time he dictated the following. It will be seen that it covers the general ground' of labor and capital. "We have no room in America for either Anarchists, Socialists or Communists, and these classes do not belong to the laborers of the United States. They are cranks and shirks, who, unwilling to work themselves, live only to foment trouble, and are satisfied to live off the labors of others. They are the enemies of the honest laborer who seeks to improve his condition, and who hopes by honest industry to make for himself a home, to accumulate property and to become inde pendent NO EXCUSE FOB IT HEBE. "This is not a Government of oppression and tyranny. It is of the people and by the people. In it tbe poorest lad may rise to the highest offices and we have no privileged classes. In a despotic Government I can see why Anarchists and Socialists might organize that they could resist the oppres sion aud murder the kings and do-nothing nobility who oppress them. These condi tions do not exist here. "It is the same with the Socialist and the Communist The Socialist strikes at the laws of the family, apd he wonld break up the habits of society which are so dear with American people. The Communist wants to divide up with the thrifty, economical, provident workingman and with the capi talist If we did have such a division he would want another division after three weeks' time, I have no sympathy with any such ideas or classes, and 1 heartily agree that the laws were properly enforced by the conviction of the Anarchists at Chi cago." "Ought Congress to pass laws regulating the relations of labor and capital?" LAWS FOR LABOB. "I believe that every demand of labor and the laboring man ought to receive the prompt and immediate attention of Con gress, and there is no law reasonable in its character and wise in its provisions and within the power of Congress that is de manded bv labor that ought not to pass. I believe that labor should be aided as far as possible by fair and honest laws, and it is upon labor that the fabric of this Govern ment rests. Three-fourths of the men of this country are born to labor, and I include in this not only the mechanic, but the farmer and the laborer as well. "But after all, the laborer should remem ber that their relations to capital are founded on the mutual interests and consent of both capital and labor. The Government cannot make contracts anJ it cannot repeal them. Every man is free in this country to do as he pleases, not only in his personal conduct but in the disposal of his wages and income. If the employer and laborer can not agree they can appeal to arbitration and laws are being adopted to secure this. I be lieve that by co-operation, properly organ ized, many of the difficulties between the employers and the employes might be ob viated." THETBADES UNIONS. "What do you think of trade unions? Are they productive of such results as that at Chicago? "I thint: not I do not consider, as I said, the Anarchists as a part of tbe honest labor ing element of this country. I believe that the laboring men should hare and do have tbe free right of organization of trade unions or in any other way .by which they may lawfully control the honrs of work, the rates ot wases, or any other matters relating to themselves and their work. Their right to organization is as clear as that of the cap italist to form corporations, and I believe that both have the right to combine to im prove their conditions. "The only limitation should be that no unlawml violence -or terror be used, and that criminal acts 'be avoided. My own observation is that strikes and lockouts are ruinous to both capitalists and laborers, and I believe they shonld as far as possible be avoided." FAY AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE. Senator Snwyer saji Capital nnd Labor GcnernllT Piny Hand In Hand. Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin, who has millions in lumber and lands, bought his time of his father when he was 17 years old and paid him $100 for the privilege of work ing for himselt until he was 21. He bor rowed $100 to do it. and bv the time he was 30 he had married and saved a little over 2,000. He took this from his home in New York to "Wisconsin, and he is now worth somewhere between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000. He is a man ot big brains and remarkable common sense, and he is a large employer. Said be: "I see no reason to be alarmed at tbe re lations of labor and capital. The interests of tbe two rnn together. Capital can't get along without labor, and labor can't succeed without capital. The bulk of our capitalists want to help their laborers. They are satis fied to pay all they can afford to pay, and they often pay wages when they are making no profits out of the labor. I sometimes do this myself, and I believe that capitalists as a rule, pay as high wages as they can. The, laborers ot America have better chances than those of any other country in the World, aud the opportunities for fortune makers are bet ter than they have ever been." "How about the Socialists?" "There is no doubt us to what should be done with them. All such movements should be put down. The Anarchists are not tbe laboring men of the United States." . A MHilON AIEE MERCHANT. Iicvi Z. Liclter Looki ni iho Labor Ques tion Willi nn Optimistic Ere. Mr. Levi Z. Leiter, the Chicago million aire who helped to make famous the great firm of Field & Leiter, lives in Washington Said be: "My observations lead me to think that our laboring people are in by no means a bad condition. I do not consider the So cialists and Anarchists as a part of the la boring men of this country, and I think the laws ought to be enforced against such agi tators. I do not ' believe in complicated laws restricting labor and capital. The fewer laws and the less government tbe better." AN HOUB IN MARKET. People Who Pay Good Prices for "What They.Think Good Provender. OTHERS WHO TRY TO BOY CHEAPLY The Chinese Inveterate Cheapeners, hnt They Always Want the Best A LIBERAL BOARDING HOUSEKEEPER An hour spent in the Diamond market during the busy time in the morning on Saturday, will be found pregnant with more opportunity for studying the characteristics of the heterogeneous population of Pitts burg than a month spent in any other way. There is a certain class of wealthy people that wants the best in tbe market but are not connoisseurs and will buy poor steak if the butcher charge 30 cents a pound for it, but were he to abate bis price 50 per cent, this class of custom would not be attracted. These Diamond market dealers are ob servant, and soon size-up a patron. This particular wealthy class is not a very large one. The majority of wealthy people are careful buyers, and the women of this class enjoy food shopping with as as must zest as their poorer sisters. There are the wives of some mechanics who make large wages persons whose in come in prosperous times is greater than that of many who are moderately rich. These believe in "a feast of fat things, of wine on the lees," when at work, and they spurn everything hut the best, but as their income ceases with their exertions when a strike takes place, their wives drop roast and steak and bny liver, soup bones and rough boiling beef. At present they buy the best and in consequence boiling beef is a troublesome commodity in butchers' hands and they defend tbe war prices on good meat on the ground that they cannot sell the cheaper parts for enough to come out whole unless they get a big price for tbe best . DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUBCHASEES. A reporter was standing at a vegetable stand yesterday morning,' watching the throng of surging women, from kitchen maid to mistress, making Sunday pur chases. A lady of means, a widow, whose nervous energy will not allow her faculties to rust in inaction, and who, in conse quence, runs an elegant boarding house, came up and asked the price of a basket of corn. She was told it was a dollar. She told the dealer to set it aside for her. She then bought cucumbers, onions, squashes, tomatoes, potatoes, beans, etc., until she had accumulated half a wagon load and handed the dealer a $20-bill. She didn't get much change back, and pocketing it, told the dealer to send the stuff to her num ber and have the expressman stop at a butcher stall and take along some meat she had purchased. This woman bad scarce departed when another equally well-dressed came along and asked the price of a basket of corn. She was told that it was $1 25. She began higgling, opened the husk on a number of ears aud turned the stufftopsy-turvy and ended by offering a dollar. The proprietor of the stand re peated his price, $1 25, and as the woman kept up her remonstrance, he turned bis back on her and attended to other custom ers. She was persistent, however, and after two or three other people bad been supplied she repeated theattactt'and finally ended by taking the corn at an advance of 25 per cent on what the first woman had paid. She made considerable purchases of other things also, and it was noticed that in most in stances after considerable chaffering, she paid an advance on roost articles over what the first woman noted had paid. After the woman had gone the reporter inquired of the dealer why he charged her more than he did his first customer and he replied: "O, I knew by her make-up that I would be obliged to waste a lot of time on her and she might at least go away without buying, so I made her pay for my time she wasted. You perhaps noticed two ladiej stop within tent to purchase, and her wrangling made them leave without investing. Some of these cheapeners tbink they save money by hag gling, but they do not" A well-dressed woman next stepped up and asked the price of some squashes. She was told that they ranged irom 10 to 25 cents. She clawed over the whole pile, oc casionally selecting one and making the dealer an offer. She finally took one at tbe price demanded and left If her time were worth anything she wasted more of it than the purchase was worth. The dealer ex plained that she amused her leisure hours thus, as many ladies do who spend half a diy shopping and end by buying a spool of thread or a piece of ribbon. INVETERATE CHEAPENERS. The Chinese are inveterate higglers. No matter what price is asked for an article, tbevofiera less one, and if' it is rejected, make a tour of the market, and if they can not beat anyone down they usually' come back to tbe first dealer tackled.' They were bears on encumbers yesterday Chinese, rat tailed cucumbers. The price invariably de manded was 25 cents a dozen, and they in variably offered 20 cents, and went on. Said a dealer: "They will eventually pay 25 cents, for there are but few in tbe market "Whether John thought it colicky food in dog days, and wanted to save 5 cents for Jamaica ginger, is not known. It is a mis take, however, to suppose, as many do, that the Chinese in Pittsburg live oncarbage. They insist on having the best, are lovers of poultry and want it alive and healthy, and when they cut a duck's head off they hang the body up carefully and do not take it down until as much of tbe blood is out of it as it is possi ble to get They aie greatly addicted also to ablution, washing as often, or oftener, than does the orthodox Mohammedans, with many of whom superstitious fear is a stronger incentive to cleanliness than is any natural desire in that direction. Of course all food purveyors are not alike. There are hucksters and trucksters. There are some who will get two prices if they can, while there are others who are disposed to do the square thing with people of fine perceptions who are willing to pay reasona ble prices. One man whose operations were watched yesterdav raises his own stuff, and comes to the market to sell out and go home as early as possible, and he is not interested in combinations, though of course he is not aching to give away his "garden sass." Do Yon Need n Salt Of clothes? Then see the good ones we are now selling for 56, 87 and 58; all wool gar ments and plenty of styles to suit you "all. Monday morninc we start this triple bargain price sale ?6, $7 and 8 buys all wool men's suits good enough for anyone to wear, cnt in sacks or cutaways. In our pants depart ment there is a big rush for the 1 25 men's pants they really cost ns more money. Samples of suits and pants in our show windows. Pittsburg Combination Clothing Company, P. C C. C, cor. Grant and Diamond streets, opp. the new Court House. $5 00 each Combination dress patterns reduced from 516, the greatest bargain ever offered. HuGUS & Hacke. ttssu KORNBLUM'S Optical Establishment, NO. so FIFTH AVE., Telephone No. 16S6. Pitlslmrp. deaX NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FIRST IN JHE FIELD! IRTCHBIElLSrS NEW FALL STYLE. The Salvator. Colors Black and Bronze. Prices, 81 SO, 82 20, 82 40, 82 90, 83 40. An observant old sport remarked to us yes terdav that summer bats in general, and straw hats in particular, are beginning to look qnlte passe. We think it therefore, none too early to trot out our new autumn derby, especially as the inquiry for something novel in tne way of a hat was quite lively the last few days. We have named our latest after the turf king of 1890. "Salvator." fully believing that it will "outrun" any other derby which may bo pitted against It As w 111 bo noted, this new style has a full crown and massive curl, in keeping with the heavier clothing and overcoats worn during the fall and winter. By all means inspect our latest derby. RUBEN, The Hatter and Furnisher, 421 and 423 SMITHFEEIiD ST., f , S. Mail orders promptly filled. aul7-47-wrsu HERBERT WALKER ARTIFICIAL EYE MAKER, 5 NINTH ST. Tbe only manufacturer of artificial human eyes in the city. ml21-su CANCER and TUMOKS cared. No knife, bend for testimon ials. U.li.McMlchacI.M.D., (2 .Niagara St., Buffalo. N. Y, mhlG-l20-TTSSn&wk P ATTEHTIOH ! SPORTSM-EH ! Double Barrel Breech-Loading Shotguns from ?8 50 up; Double Barrel Muzzle Loaders $4 50 and up; Single Barrel Breech Loaders 83 50 up; Single Barrel Muzzle Loaders ?2 up. Also a complete assortment of Shells, Loading Tools, Belts, Covers, etc., at lowest prices in the two cities. K. 'SMTP, 032 and 934 Liberty St, Cor. Smithfield, Pittsburg, Pa. anl7-61-Thsa GRAND MASTER POWDERLY Thinks the K. of L. will win the Central stritre; in his opinion the great strike is very tar from being settled; the reports to the contrary, notwithstanding. The WESTINGHQUSE Strike is still on, but it is to be hoped that au amicable settlement will be reached at an early dav. It is a source of gratification to know that no difficulty exists at PICKERING'S, 7 "Who, with his large aggregation of employes, is hustling as they never hustled be , fore, and selling more goods to young married couples, and the public generally, for CASH OR CREDIT, Than ever. Make no mistake, when in want of anything in the Housefurnishing line, but go to THE OLD BELIABLE MAMMOTH HOUSE, pickebhtg-'s, Wholesale and Betail Furniture and Carpet Dealers, Cor. Penn Ave. and Tenth St., Pittsburg. P. S. Open until io p. m. on Saturdays. We have too many Corsets and are determined to reduce our stock at once. If low prices are any in ducement to purchase, the entire lot should go quickly. You will find here n8 different styles, including 12 styles of Waists and Corsets for Misses and Children. Just glance at the following list and note carefully the reductions made. The prices quoted will prevail for this week. The Genuine C. F. Long Waist Corset, regular price $1 75, this week. SI 45. ' "" Our own importation, Rosenbaum's C. P., regular price $2 25, this week, SI 65. J. 13. French Comillo, corded bust, $1 50. this week, tL Tho Eqniline Health Corsets, pefect fitting. 81. Tbe Cora, Corded Corsets, worth SI, this week, 75a The Sateen Corded Bast Corsets, worth 75c, this week, 50a. The C. B. Fine Black Sateen, worth $1 50, this week, SL The XX Common Sense, SI 25, this week. 79c Tbe XXX Common Sense, SI 50, this week. SI. A lot ot odds and ends worth 75c, this week, 45c A lot of odds and ends worth $1 25, this week, 75c Our stock comprises all the well-known makes, such as Thompson's Glove-Fitling, Ball's, Dr. Warner's, Mad. Foys, Her Majesty's, Ferris' Waists, Extra Long French Corsets, The P. D. and the IL & G. at 75c and $1. Summer and Bathing Corsets we have in great variety. Call and be convinced our prices are the lowest (ftfllffw jBtssyLp Jj lli j FOR COOL "We are showing a very fine line of capes made of fine seal plusb, astrachans and cloth. The prices will astonish you; they're much lower than you would guess. Our navr and black blazer jackets are selling like hot cakes. And no wonder, lor no such bargains are offered elsetthere in these two cities. "WAISTS: We have just opened 600 new ones. They are perfect fitting with belts. Our price this week only 85c, although every one is well worth SI 25. A few of those 69c waists left, hut they won't last all week. Come at once if you want one. Don't fail to see our display of faU'hats and bonnets just opened. There are many charming styles that cannot fail to interest lovers of the beautiful. Special bargains that must be seen to be appreciated in kid gloves, hosiery and underwear. erbavm 5 1 0 to 5 1 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. M 0 WILLING To continue paying exorbitant prices to your merchant tailors for a suit overcoat or a pair of trousers, when we will seil you their produc tions just for one-half they charge you and guarantee joa perfect satisfaction? Reflect Over This Matter. When we sell yon a suit for 510, why pay them S20forit? When we sell you a suit for $12. why pay them 25foritr When we sell you a suit for $15, why pay them tSO for ltT When we sell you a suit for $20, why pay them 510 for It? When we sell you asult for $25, why pay them $2 50, 53, $4. $5 and $3 will encase you in a pair of pants that were made up for twice the amount A few fall weight overcoats at $10, $12 and $15. ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE OPP. CITY HALL. anXT J. DIAMOND, The oldest established OPTICIAN in the city. ARTIFICIAL EYES INSERTED. je3-TTSU anlS SALE! EVENINGS; Market St. ft jr f ArfrsJTCls VTjfrgftgy vN&SK&IJr NEW .ADVERTISEMENTS. fJl fAvvi Sw WTTn fin mm nuiim KM 111U UMlli rliiilJju V -fj JW$fr comPete ad general 1 r"Sal W KAUFMANNS' GREAT 'OUTFITTING ESTABLISHMENT. This clown is no old chestnut cracker but he'll make you laugh and smile as no other clown ever did for, if there's anything that tickles the public, it's a good, big, round saving of money and that's just what our Mr. Clown proposes to do. This big burst of prices, remember, is no small affair. It means that you can walk into Kaufmanns' any day this week and select any Man's or Boy's Suit or pair of Pants, any Lady's or Girl's Cloak, Jacket or Dress, any pair of Shoes, any Hat, Cap or article of Furnishing Goods, any Trunk or Satchel, eta, eta, at a reduction that is equivalent to a DISCOUNT OF 40 This is absolutely and irrevocably the last cut of the sea son it is not only the last but the greatest as well. The loss we suffer by offering goods at such ruinously low prices must necessarily be heavy. It is. It is appalling ! But (here's the rub) what are we going to do about it ? Our buyers (some of them have just returned others are still in the markets of Europe and America) are urging upon us the necessity of an immediate clearing of our counters and shelves to make room for our new Fall and Winter stock, which will be the largest ever brought to this city. Already the harbingers of this colossal stock have put in an appear ance, and they will be followed by bigger shipments each day. In this extreme necessity of room, who will wonder at or question our judgment in having cut prices to the bone and through the bone to the marrow ? But you have nothing to do with the cause. The effect only concerns you. The fact that you will get almost two dollars' worth of merchandise for every dollar you invest ought to be (and is) of greater im portance to you than all the "hows," "ifs," "whys" or "where fores." Therefore, without further argument, we submit this EXTRAORDINARY PRICE CUTTING To this sensible and thrifty community. Watch the result ! Watch the result ! ! We would add, however, that among the goods to be closed out you will find hundreds upon hundreds of garments that are just the thing to wear during the coming Fall sea son. They are every whit as good, stylish and desirable as the goods that will comprise our new Fall stock the only difference being in the price, which you will find 40 per cent below the actual value of the goods. To this reduction, we presume, you'll raise no objection ! A few more words and we are done : Call sarly Don't let your neighbor get ahead of you. The early callers will catch the cream. You don't want skimmed milk do you ? So once more ! Call early. x KAUFMANNS Fifth Ave. and Smilli field St. OF THE PRICES Of all Spring and Summer Garments and Articles now un der the roof of X 4 $ pi!-,'"
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