' EhSBESES BtmSS WEa aKHSZZia 'WyXSW8R tP7sw . ri' 2T THBU' PITTSBURG DISPATCH, TUESDAY. AUGUST 19. 1S90. jf ASK RELIEF, They Will Bequest the Legislature to Amend the Laws Prohibiting the Use of Outlines. FISH WARDEN ' HAGUE'S WORK. Campers-Out Along the Honongabela BiTer Inspired With a Wholesome Dread of Fines, EESTILT OP KiSWSPAPEE PUBLICATION. A Peculiar Point Eaised in as Action Against a Game-Law Tiolator. Fish Warden John W. Hague has jnst arrived home from a tonr of the Mononga hela river in a canoe, and he reports that the fish in his district are almost free from the violators 01 the law. His former raid down the Allegheny river had a wholesome effect upon the fishermen in the other streams and they all evince a wonderful respect for the law. He fonnd bat few violators, and most of the people who formerly used nets have either disposed of them or are trying to sell them. More than this, his last trip will probably cause a revision of the fish laws of Pennsyl vania. At present a number of objections have been made to the act of May, 1889, welch prohibits the use of outlines and night lines. Sportsmen think they should be allowed to use these devices at least two tnonts in the year July and August the months when most of the fishing clubs are out in camp. In pursuance of this a con vention of the United Hunting, Fishing and Camping Clubs' Association of Western Pennsylvania will be held in Pittsburg in October. Besolutiom will be framed pe titioning the State Legislature to amend the present law so that the use of outlines will be allowed during the months of July and August. A TTSE POINT EAISED. This part of the law has already created much trouble. One case came up in the courts on last Saturday where a man who had been prosecuted for using an outline appealed and Colonel Stone filed a brief in which be claimed that if it was illegal to fish with a fixed line a man who fished with two poles and left one of them stick in the hank was liable to prosecution. He claimed outline fishing was not illegal, and that the law did not prohibit outlines, only fixed nets and fish baskets. When Fish Warden Hague was shown the opinion yesterday he took the following position: "Colonel Stone's opinion is mis leading and if anybody depended upon such statements they would be liable to a flue and imprisonment, lhe Colonel does not touch the position. The act of May 22, 18S9, tor the protection of shad and other game fish prohibits the casting and drawing of seins, dip nets, pyke nets, etc., or the use of any otherappliacce for the taking offish. "If the act had stopped at that point all fishing would have been prohibited and any one attempting to catch fish in any manner would have been liable to a fine of $100 or six months' imprisonment. But at the end another clause was inserted which allowed the taking of fish with a rod, hook and line, and that is the only method by which fish may be lawfully caught in Pennsylvania. Any other appliance is illegal. DEFINING AN OUTLINE. "Mr. Stone uses the third section of the act to further prove his position. This sec tion prohibits any set appliance for taking fish. He seeks to maintain the position that fish baskets, racks and things of that natnre are intended to be meant. Any person can readily see that an outline is a set means of catching fish. One end is anchored with a rock or fastened to the bank and the line is hung with short lines on which are baited hooks. It is certainly a fixed means of catching fish because it is never taken out of the water. It is simply lifted in sections and then allowed to re main as long as the parties owning it are in that locality. 'It is certainly a violation of the law. I took this position after consulting with & number of sportsmen. I also received ale ter from the gentleman who framed the act, in which he said it was intended to prohibit outline fishing and was intended to recog nize the rod, hook and line as the only legalized method of taking fish, for by tha"t means only one fish can be caught at a time." Alter he was through, Mr. Hague leaned back in his chair and kindly told the ex perience of his last trip. He said: "On July 22, I started from Morgantown in a canoe with two deDUties. We visited the camps of all the clubs between there and Pittsburg. The intention was to find out all those who were violating the fish law and what means thev were using. 2fot having any authority in West Virginia no work was done until the State line was passed. I visited the Batchelors Club, of Allegheny, early in the trip. They were .not catching any fish at all, so we stayed there a day just to show them how it was done. A PLEA OF IGNOBANCS. "There were abont 40 camps along the river. We found many outlines, bonp nets and gill nets along the river. I notified the officers of the camps. They all pleaded ig norance of the law on the -subject, but when I told them the law they all acquiesced. I only found seins at v Fayette City. The man who owned them said be was getting ready to sell tbem. He had not used the nets, he said, because be had read the account of-ray raid up the Allegheny "Valley in-The Dispatch. In fact that was responsible for the absence of violations of the law they all seemed to have read it and I could not learn of any nets having been used. "At Port Marion, at the mouth of CHeat river, I found fishing magnificent, but there was no illegal means, used. William Maple, who owns Dunkard creek at lock Uo. 9, who had repeatedly defied the local authorities, has now disposed of all his nets and pro hibited the use ofnigbt lines in his stream. I afterward learned that this was caused by bis having been prosecuted .uid made to pay a fine -of $300. This bad the effect ot creating a wholesome regard for the game laws in that section. "The camping clubs along the route ap proved ol my actions, and I made a great many friends. A number of them want to be admitted to the United Hunting, Firii ing and Camping Clubs' Association of "Western Pennsylvania. I don't believe I there will be any more violations of the law for some time at least ' "I myself believe that outline fishing should be allowed during the months of July and August, when most of the clubs are in camp. We will hold a convention of the United Hunting, Fishing and Camping -Clubs' Association in Pittsburg this fall and endeavor to have the law so amended. "In the mean time the law will be strictly enforced in every particular. I intend to take some more trips this summer, and I will see that the law is not violated in the least particular." Only Exrrclis for the Firemen. At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon there was an alarm of fire from box 316 in Allegheny, which was occasioned by a fire in the sum mer kitchen ot Charles Zeig, on Seiferth street Eleventh ward. The Kltcnen was destroyed, entailing a lo of about $100, FISHERS OPENING FORBES AV-ENUE. THE BOARD OF VIEWERS" REPORT GEN ERALLY SATISFACTORY. Assessing Benefits From Grant Street to Home wood Sirs. Scbenley's Henvy Contribution to the ImproTementTne County Bee to Pat Up for Ite Property, The Board of Viewers had before them yesterday the report on the extension of Forbes avenue to Diamond street and the parties assessed, who were called in to hear the report read. The improvement is as sessed upon the property along the entire length of Forbes street, and as Forbes is the longest street in the city there are about a thousand separate pieces of property abut ting upon it. Probably 200 ol the owners of these appeared yesterday to examine the report, and taking everything into consid eration the report was very favorably re ceived, there being few objections, and they were trifling. The assessments for benefits are made from Grant street to Shady avenue, those near the improvement proper being pretty heavy and graded down as the distance in creases. Mrs. Schenley's assessment is the heaviest She has property on both sides of the street at the point where the opening is to be made and for that property is as sessed over $16,000, and this with her various properties further out the street caused her total assessment to Toot up $17,081 60. From this was deducted'$361 60 for the property which she is said to have turnel over to the city last week as an entrance to Schenley Park. That amonnt will be assessed upon the city. Deducting also the sum of $13, 712 50 damages allowed to Mrs. Schenley for the ground taken from her by the open ing up of the street, hernet assessment for the improvement is $3,007 SO. The damages allowed for the entire im provement foot up $44,272 75, divided as follows: Mrs. Sehenlev, $13,712 50; K. H. Hartlev heirs, $6,884; ' J. McKulty, $5,620; John Busell, $14,420; Key man Brewing Company, $900; Eliza Braden, $125; Edward Bowe, $125; Edward Jones, $125; John Bnlan, $1,000; Charles CampDell heirs, $200; Mary Patch, $200; James Dolan,$200; Will iam Dilmore, $200; Sarah Francis, $100; printing planr, salaries and other expenses of Board of Viewers, $461 25. Total, $44, 272 75 The assessments for benefits were graded from $5 down to 20 cents per foot front, and, while in some cases the assessments footed up heavily, m others they were very light, in some instances being down as low as $1. The county will have to pay $3,222 65 for the improvement,the assessment being made on the foot frontage as follows: Court House, $1,639 35; jail, $683 30; old Univer sity building, $530; old Criminal Court building, $375. A DEAL HAY BESULT. Messrs. Mngre nnd Rlcr, of the Dnqnesne Company, In Philadelphia. Some development in the rumored deal between the Pittsburg and Duquesne Traction Companies may be looked for within the next day or two. The President and Vice President of the latter company went to Philadelphia, last night, but denied there was anything in the wind. The Eastern express carried out of Pitts burg last evening C. L. Magee and George Bice. The latter was accosted while passing up and down the depot platform and asked if there was any probability of a deal with the Philadelphia owners of the Pittsburg cable road. He said the rumors of a deal were all bosh, and the road could not be sold until it was built He said he was going to Philadelphia on business and Mr. Magee was on his way to Cape May for the benefit of his health. There was no significance, he said, in their being together. In view of the gossip concerning a deal, a gentleman who says he knows stated last evening that Charles McKee, attorney for the Duquesne Company, has made several trips to Philadelphia in the interest of his employes, and each time held conferences with Messrs. Widener and Elkins in regard to a combine. The new road is worth about $500,000 to the Pittsburg company to have work stopped where it is now. Presi dent Elkins, of the Pittsburg company, was also in Philadelphia several days last week. CHIEF BBOWK BEITENS. He ! Not Prepared lo Immediately Grant tne Firemen's Demand for Vacations. Chief J. O. Brown, of the Department of Pnblic Safety, returned yesterday from a brief vacation at Asbury Park. He looks well and says he feels well. He is now pre pared to give the wheels of his department another spin. Mr. Brown was considering the request of the firemen for a vacation yesterday. The Chief thinks it will be difficult to Arrange and is not especially enthusiastic on the subject Since he has controlled the De partment be has enlarged the privileges granted the men. Formerly a fireman never obtained leave of 'absence "for more than 12 hours, from 9 JL. M to 9 p. jr., and many sus pensions resulted, as the men would just com mence to enjoy themselves when they ought to be reporting for duty. Under the exist ing regulations the men receive an equiva lent oi 30 days leave of absence a year, and he thinks that ought to be sufficient WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING. Some 'Who Travel. Some Who Do Not, and Others Who Talk. W. D. Holmes, a former Pittsburger and well-known member of the Dnqnesne Clnb. and who married a wealthy Cincinnati lady about a jear and a halt ago, is in the city and stopping at the Duquesne Hotel. Mr. Holmes is now a resident or P aris, and was called to Pittsburg on account of a death. Miss Mary T. Butler, of North High land avenue, and Mrs. McAleese, of Wylie avenue, have gone to Lakewood. N. Y, After remaining there f oi a few weeks they will co to Atlantic City, and then visit some friends In Brooklyn, N. ST. William Guckert, Jr., of the Columbus Iron and tJteel Company, has returned from a ten days' trip to Eastern watering places. Ho -received, while away, a very handsome present from his friends in the East. ' Governor Francis, of Missouri, passed through the city, yesterdav, on his way home from the East. He was hurrying to get home in order to prosecute the search for the train robbers. Chief Murphy, of Allegheny, arrived home yesterday from a ten flays' trip to Hew York and Boston. He was accompanied by John Milby, of the "Forty-fourth Utah." Mrs. Mary A. Wheeler, of Los Angeles, CaL, formerly a well-known teacher in this -city, is visiting her brotber, Mr. J. C BnSum, at 228 Korth Highland avenue. Bast End. William Letsche, of Warden & Oxnard, and Edward Shadier, ot Irwin t Co.. were passengers East last night, bound for Boston and New York. Captain John Penny, of Company G, and Lieutenant H. F. liowry, of Company E, left last evening for PeeksldU, West Point and other places. Frank E. Baadall, General Eastern Passenger Agent, Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Company, is at the Monongabela. Charles Heminghouse, of Hostetter & Ca's, and' brotber Henry, of the fire alarm office, left last evening for Atlantic City. C. M. Schwab, General Manager of the Edgar Thomson Steel Works, went East last night to take his parents to Cape May. J. S. Henry, the well-known Washing ton correspondent, who had been home on a visit, left yesterday for the Capital. Miss Annie Jones, of McKeesport, who h'ad been spending her vacation in New York, arrived home last evening; ' B. F. Jones, the well-known iron man ufacturer, arrived home last evening from Cresson. F. C. Frew, Traveling Freight. Agent, Texas and Pacific Railroad at Cincinnati, is In town. J. S. Fruit, a well-known hardware merchant of Sharon, is at the Seventh Avenue. William N. TisdalL of the First In- ) Xantry, U. 8. A., Is at the Anderson. SPOILT THEIR GAME. A Southside Man Caught Attempting to Pass Counterfeit Bills MADE BY KAISIKG THEIE VALUE. Two Brothers Supposed to have Victimized II any Merchants. TO BE TURNED 0YKR TO U, S. OFFICIALS For several weeks a peculiar form of counterfeiting has been carried on in a sys tematic manner on the Southside. Last night it was brought to a sudden halt.by the police arresting Archibald and Robert McDowell, the former being caught in the act of attempting to pass a ?2 bill that had been raised to a ten. Early in the evening Archibald went into the wholesale liquor establishment of Victor Dosch on Carson, above South Twenty-second street, and bought a small bill of goods, tendering in payment therefor a $10 note. Mrs. Dosch, who had waited on the cus tomer, noticed that the large ficure "10" in the upper right-band corner bore a glossy appearance, and she showed it to her hus band. Mr. Dosch examined the bill closely and satisfied himself that it was a two dollar bill, and so informed McDowell. The latter protested, however, that the money was all right, when Mr. Dosch called Officer Bryant to arbitrate the matter. The officer recog nized McDowell as a man whose description the police had been given with instructions to arrest him. McDowell was locked up. STOBY OF THE PBISOSEB. When confronted by Captain Stewart, McDowell said he had received a check from thePennBylvania Railroad Company, and had gotten it cashed in a saloon out in Lawrenceville, where the counterfeit bill had come from. He h'ad just come from Uniontown on Sunday, and was boarding with his brother, Robert, at the head of South Twenty-second street He had not worked, he said, lor some weeks. As soon as McDowell was taken to the station house, Captain Stewart said he knew he had the man who has been victim izing the merchants on the kSouth side for nearly two months. The plan was a very simple one. Five and ten dollar internal revenue stamps were used to raise silver bills of $1 and $fi denominations. The older the bill the easier the work was done and the harder it was to detect the counterfeit An acid was used to remove all small letters and figures from the lace of the bill that would be liable to excite suspicion as to the genuine ness of ihe money. Captain Stewart has in his possession four 52 bills that were "raised" to 810's, and a SI that was turned into a 85. Among those who were "taken in" by the scheme were W. F. Reicb, the confectioner; Phillip Diehl, the saloon keeper; John G. Marsh, the dairyman, and George Levy, the clothier. About four weeks ago an attempt was made to pass,, one of the bills at the .German Savings Bank, but Cashier Eruy had had an experience with Bros! that has since kept him on his guard. Captain Stewart got a number of the bills and even succeeded in getting the name and de scription of the man who was passing the money, but was utterly unable to locate him. Instructions were given to the police to ar rest the first man answering the description, and business men and merchants were cau tioned to be careful. GATE HIS BEOTHEB AWAY. Archibald caused the arrest of his brotherhiraself. As soon as he said he boarded with Robert, Special Officers Corri gan and Bichards were sent to the .house at the head ot South Twenty-second street, where the house was searched. Robert sur mised something was wrong and when he thought the officers' attention was in an other direction he picked up a large en velope from a secreted place and threw it into the yard. Umcer Richards went ont and got the envelope, which contained a large number of the '"5" and "10" revenne stamps. Another lot was found between the leaves of a family bible. Robert was locked up, and Captain Stewart says he thinks the two men were equal participants in the scheme. The two men had just prepared to move to Uniontown, and part of their goods are now in a Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston freight car. They intended to go to-day. Robert worked at the Oliver Iron and Steel Works, and Archibald was employed as a wiper at the Thirty-third street roundhouse. The former is married and has a family. Captain Stewart said last night the prison ers would be turned over to the United States officials, but the police get nothing for making the arrest He has a lot of bad coin in his possession now and may have an other case before long. FOE THE WORLD'S FAIR. Colonel Andrews to Submit Hie Plana to the a Directors To-Day. Colonel J. P. Andrews and his secretary, Leonard Wales, left for Chicago last even ing to appear before the resident directors of the World's Fair at a special meeting to day. Colonel Adrews is right "in-it," so to speak, having the assurance'from some bf the directors that his plans for the buifftings or the big show will receive favorable con sideration. Sketches of the Colonel's plans have, been made by a Boston architect, and the Pitts bure engineer expects to knook out every thing before him. The plans give more floor space than the Paris Exposition. The plan is a combination of water and land space, and the'buildings are mostly of -iron and glass, with abont ten feet of brick, from' the ground up. Jackson Park would be done away with entirely and about 100 acres of water and 150 acres of lake front will be used. The buildings and-grounds, ready fpr exhibits, it is estimated, according to the plans, will cost ?7,fi00,000. At the water end there is a working model of every differ ent bridge in America. ( HE WILL PROBABLY RECOVER. Somael Relnefelder, Who Was Stubbed by His JJrotlior-ln-Imw, Getting Betler. The physicians who are attending Samuel Reinsfelder,who was stabbed by his brother-in-law, J. W. demons, early Sunday morn ing, state that the injured man's condition is much improved and bis recovery is almost certain. The fight in which Reinsfelder was cut arose ont of the possession of some beer which Clemons -brought home. Beins lelder attempted to drink the beerand demons protested. A, fight ensued, in which the former was badly out about the breast The injuries were at first considered fatal. TAEEHTO DIXMONT. Murderer Smith Saved From ifae Gallows by Being Taken lo Dixmont. Murderer Smith, who was to be hanged to-morrow week for killing his wife, was taken to Dixmont yesterday on an order telegraphed by Sheriff McCandless from Altoona. . Smith was deeply affected when taken from his cell. He has been , in the county jail so long that he has formed an affection for the place. Heard la n Street Car. "Ha, hal good joke, me boy. The girls, who go swimming in the natatorium are diving belles. Don't vou see?" "H'm 1 yes. But bet your boots they'll never be dumb belles," i Dead silence follows. PIATT'S Chlorides, a true disinfectant -An odorless liquid, very cheap ana efficient FROM THE SUNLIT SEA. California Sending Imrge Quantities of Frnlt to the Eastern Markets Chenper In Europe Than In Pittsburg Thousands of Acres of Grape Left 'to Bot. California is exhibiting a philanthropic spirit, or there may be an interested motive behind it, but so long as the people at large are benefited' they are not likely to criticise closely. California holds something better than four aces and a king she holds a royal -flush in her hand, this year, and might force the rest of the Union to pay starvation prices for fruit, or live on flavored turnips, which are said to make passable apple batter when the apple taste is stimulated by the chemist. A Dispatch reporter had if conversation yesterday with ex-County Commissioner Blckert, when he stated that his father, while in California some years ago, noticed thousands of acres of red grapes left to de cay on the vines, and asked the reason. He was informed by the owners that they could get $6 a ton tor them by hauling them several miles to, a railway station, but that it didn't pav, even by the employment of "cheap Chinese labor." The bunches were enormous ones, and it seemed siniul to allow them to rot As they were selling in this city at 20 to 30 cents a pound, and $4 to 56 a ton there, it was evident that either the ven ders or the transportation 'companies were making entirely too much money at the expense ot both grower and consumer. It was subsequently learned from G. W. Beckert, who deals in California fruits, that there has been an - improvement in some shape effected, California now supply ing the Union with fruit, and, strange as it may seem, more cheaply than ever before. Of course, the price is much higher than homegrown fruit would bring, but it is moderate compared with that in years past. It is too high for canning, but for table use a large amount is sold. It is supposed that arrangements have been made with express companies for lower rates than pre vailed heretofore, and the enormous ship ments will justify them in making large concessions. ' Some years ago a California grape grower was in Pittsburg, and seeing some of his grapes for sale on a Liberty street stand, thought he would like to eat some of his own production. He was told the' price was 30 cents a pound. Said he: "I sup pose these grapes must be hard to raise." The dealer replied: "Yes, they come all the way from California, and they are very rare there." Said the purchaser: "My friend, I raised these grapes. That is my name on the crate. Had I gotten two cents a pound for what I sold to go East this year, I could retire from business with a large fortune." It is supposed the dealer had a very wide margin, for he stammered out some unintel ligible explanation. It is not thought the transportation companies made all the money, but doubtless tbey might have car ried the stuff for half what they charged and then have done a very profitable business. California produce is carried around Cape Horn to Europe, some 10,000 miles, and sold there cheaper than it is in Pittsburg. IKQUEST OK AN IMBECILE. Two Dixmont Nurses Censored for Conceal ing the Injnrtei of a Patient. An inquest was held yesterday on the death of Caspar Wykoff, a county patient at the Dixmont Hospital, who died Sunday night Wykoff was committed by an order of court from the county jail on August 25, 1888. He has no friedds that can be found, though the Dixmont Hospital authorities have tried several times to reach by tele graph a party on the Southside on whom the deceased had some claim of relationship. The testimony taken at the Coroner's in quest included statements from Superin tendent Hutchinson and Drs. Graham and Ewing, and showed that the deceased had been a helpless imbecile from the time he was received at the hospital. He required the same attention as an infant. On the 8th instant, after being bathed by two attend ants, Richard Holmes and James Conn, Wvkoff iumDed 'into a vat of hot water in which his clothing were being cleansed and" scalded his feet and legs. Although the at tendants could not prevent the act they were afraid to report the base to the authori ties for fear of censure, and instead of so doing they wrapped the man's limbs in cot ton and sweet oil and treated mm them selves until the suspicions of the doctors were aroused about four days Inter and an investigation was made. Then the attend ants made a clean breast of the matter and were pre-emptorily discharged. The patient improved rapidly under the physicians' care and was almost well, until last Tues day, when he became afflicted with acute pneumonia, from which he died at 8:30 Sunday evening. The whereabouts of Holmes and Conn are unknown since their discharge from the institution. The Coroner's jnry rendered a verdict that death had resulted directly from pneumonia, exonerating the hospital authorities, and censuring Holmes and Conn for failing to report the scalding of Wvkoff to the physicians. Wvkoff is about 42 years of age. No dis position will be made of the remains until to-morrow, in the hope oi friends coming forward to claim them. STOCKHOLDERS TO RATIFY. They Will Consent lo tlio Consolidation of the P., C. it St. Lu nnd the C, Si. L. .fc P. A meeting of the stockholders of the Penn sylvania Company will be held in Columbus to-day for the purpose of ratifying the con sideration of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati add St. Louis road with the Chicago, St Louis and Pittsburg line. Both have heretofore been run by the Pennsylvania Company, hnt, although there was but one manage meuithere were two separate and distinct organizations. The two corporations have been merged into one, but as far as the operation of the roads is concerned, the deal will not make any difference. S. B. LeggettSecretary, and J. J. Brooks, general counsel of the Pennsylvania Company, left last evening for Columbus to attend the meeting. DETHRONED HIS REASON. Confinement In the Penitentiary Drives John Thompson Crnzr. John Thompson, alias Jacob Wilds, was transferred from the Western Penitentiary to Dixmont insane asylum yesterday after noon. Thompson was committed to the penitentiary from Armstrong county about three years ago for burglary, and his term of sentence would have expired in a few weeks. Thompson has served several previous terms for the same offense, and this led the outborities of Armstrong county to think him insane. Judge Reyburn appointed a commission of three prominent residents of Armstrong county, atd the commission de clared him insane and decided that it would not be sale for him to be released when his term expired. IT WAS A MURDER. The Child Fonnd on Gallagher Street Died of Strangulation. Dr. Guy McCandless held an autopsy yesterday afternoon on the body of the female child found in a clump of bushes on Gallagher street, Allegheny, Sunday after noon. -The examination was made at Lawrie's undertaking rooms on Beaver avenue. Dr. McCandless gives it as his opinion that the child is fully developed and died by strangulation, and it was probably smothered to death by a hand placed over its nose and mouth. The remains will be interred in Bellevue Cemetery to-day. Will Try to Get Pension. .The victims of injury in the arsenal ex plosion on September 17, 1862, will hold a meeting to-morrow night, at the home of Mrs. Laura Guinn, 89 Franklin street, and form an organization. It is proposed to petition Congress to pension all those who 1 suusrcu iwj u J A WH MV, COMING TO A CLIML Prospects That the Airbrake Em ployes Will Join Hands With THE OTHER WESTINGHOUSE MEN. Bamors That Window Glass Homes Will Start Before October. METAL WILL SUPEBSEDE WOODEN TIES Like the New York Central strike, the Westinghouse and machinists' affairs are "not settled yet" A committee of the Executive Committee of the employes now out will visit Wilmerding and Robinson street to-day and seek to have the Airbrake employes present a petition for a nine-hour day with ten hours' pay, under notice, that if not granted in 48 hours both plants will- be shut. This de cision was arrived at at a meeting ot the committee held last night. It is said on good authority that an informal meeting of some half dozen or so employers was held a day or so ago, at which George Westing house was present The machinists' affair was discussed at length, and Mr. Westine house is reported as saying that sooner than give in to hi3 men, he will move both his electric manufacturing and airbrake works to New Jersey, where, he is alleged to have said, labor is cheaner than it is here. FEW OP THEM EETUEN. Yery few men returned yesterday to enter the Garrison alley, or Machine Company's works, not more than half adozen,excluding sweepers, and these men are said to be incapable of understanding English, eha tbey would not have gone back. Some 160 thewhole staff of the Gas Fuel Company's men went out on Saturday, and yesterday the shops were idle, with the exception of a conple of Germans who went back. A DlS rATCH reporter called yesterday at the latter branch of the Westinghouse works, and was directed to a man named Holmes, who, it was said, had charge of the department When asked why the employes were not at work, Mr. Holmes declined to impart any information. When shown that it was a matter on which the public might reasonably expect a little information, he would only say that the press had nothing to do with his business. "Holmes is only a short time here," said a clerk, "but he thinks he owns the busi ness." THE MEN NOW OUT. The petition of the Gas Fuel employes was similar to that of the men in the other branches; In all about 1,100 of the West inghouse men are now on strike, and the probability is that the other branches will follow. Robinson, Rea & Co. and A. Garrison & Co., who granted their machinists the niae hours, were also good enough to extend the kindness to all their employes. Bair & Gazz.ira's men came out again yesterday because of some disagreement on the apprentice question. Wilson & Snider's men also are out again, because the firm wanted to cut down the time in the morning and make the men work later in the even ing. The machinists of the National Tube Works, James Reese, the Lewis Foundery, Pittsbnrg Iron and Forge Company, Oliver & Roberts Wire Company and Labelle Steel Works are still out The Hall PumpJ uuuipaur uiacuurgeu v uicu, lb la uuccu, on account of their desiring nine hours. TO DECIDE IT TO-DAY. Glai niannfactarera Will Watch for the Result of the Meeting at Chicago. About half a dozen glass manufacturers of this city left last night for Chicago to attend the special meeting ot the Western Window Glass Manufacturers' Beneficial Association, to be held in the Auditorium to-day. Upon the result of the meeting will depend the question of whether an early start will be made or not. The date set for the resumption of work is October 1, but from the present indications, glass will be blown before that time, unless something is done to stave off the manufacturers who want to start up in September. The majority of the Pittsburg manu facturers have large stocks of glass on hand, and as a natural consequence do not want to start until this stock is worked off. Among those who, it is said, want to resume work early is the Chambers-McEee Company at Jeannette. The firm has little stock on hand and its plant is such a large one that money is lost each day it stands idle. The firm turns out and sold more glass last year than all the Pittsburg factories put together. Among those who left last evening were Secretary Loeffler, H. Sellers McKee and C. W. Phitlips. Mr. McKee would not in timate what time the Jeannette plant would resume, but said tbey would be bound by the action of the meeting. STEEL DISPLACING WOOD. Metal Ties Will Probablv Drive All Other Ont of tbo Bond. The manufacture of railroad ties will bring additional grist to Pittsburg mills at no very distant day. Statisticians show that the annual dram on the great timber belts for tie timber is so greatly in excess of the supply, and recuperative power of the forests, as to render some substitution for the tie now in use, necessary. Several patents have been taken out for metal ties. A local mill is making a few steel ties to the order of the Standard Company of New York, and experiments made with them in yards where the traffio was heavy has resulted very much in favor of them. Engineers do not agree as to the practica bility or desirability of metal ties. Some argue against their cost, and urge they will not ' wear as servicably as wooden ties. Others hold, on the other hand, that, while the first cost of the metal tie may exceed by twice as much again the price of the wooden article, the ultimate saving in durability more than balances the cost. That they will finally supersede the wooden tie is re garded as a foregone conclnsion. BARRELS THAT TRAVEL. Sent to Europe With OH and Then Retnrnrd nnd Rrfllled. The coopering establishment connected with the Standard Refinery No. 1 was started up yesterday making new barrels. For the last six months a force of men have been at work renovating old barrels. The company has purchased ail the old barrels it could find over the country, and these will now be used for the second time. The second-hand barrels are reshipped across the ocean to the Eastern works, where they are again refilled with refined oil. The company is now making new bar rels at the ratp of 400 a day, but the daily shipments of oil average about 500 barrels. Very little more stock than the daily re quirement is turned out The Globe Refinery is standing still, but is ready to be lighted wheu the demand for oil exceeds What No. 1 can turn out LOCAL ITEMS. LIMITED. Incidents of a Dny In Two Cities Condensed for Heady Reading. Awotheb chicken hawk was received by the Schenley Park Commission yesterday. It was sent to the office of the Department or Pnblls Works marked "Eagle, lor Schenley Park," bnt the species Is known too well now to he classed with the bird of freedom. The donor is August WItthauer, who captured the bird at Rock Point The Jr. 0. 17. A. M. Monumental Committee will meet at the Council Chamber, City Hall, at 7,-tf o'clock this evening. DISASTERS OF A DAY. A YOUNG MAN FALLS.DOWN STAIRS AND BREAKS HIS NECK. Terrible Fall of a Little Glrl-A Baby Boy Bitten by a Dog Attacked by a Vicious Ilorae Numerous DUiaapi Diet by Mill Employee. George Holliness, while visiting at the residence of -his sister, at Mansfield, last evening, fell downstairs and broke his neck. 'Squire McMullin was authorized to hold the inquest. Bridget Kennedy, 4 years old, yesterday fell outpf the second story window of her parents residence, No. 7i4 Fifth avenue, during the momentary absence of her mother. The child's sknll was fractured and her left eye knocked out She will prob ably die. ' Two-year-old Willie Watson while play ing on Tannehill street yesterday, was badly bitten by Michael McCabe's dog. The dog was Billed. Harry Lawson, an employe at Burns & Jahn's stables, on Grant street, was passing the stall of a vicious horse yesterday after noon when the animal suddenly kicked out with both feet knocking Lawson several feet and injuring him severely. He was taken to the Mercy Hospital. Anthony Hochcoch had his ankle and foot crushed bv a heavy casting at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works yesterday. P. J. Larkin, of Pike street, had his foot crushed yesterday st Howe, Brown & Co.'s mill. Amputation may be necessary. Martin Tetter is in the West Penn Hos pital with a severe scalp wound received in falling from a freight car at Braddock. George Howard ran a rusty spike into his foot yesterday while working on a new building on Bnena Yista street, Allegheny. Willie Smith, 13 years old, had his foot crushed by an electric car on Sonth Thir-. teenth street The boy was trying to jump on a moving car. ttrt.p JOB THE REEDY. What the Society for the Improvement of the Poor Is Doing. The semi-monthly report of the Associ ation for the Improvement of the Poor shows there were 15 new applicants, 356 families assisted and 164 aided; situations were ob tained for four, days' work for 20, children placed in Home of the Friendless, three; sent to the City Farm, one. There was 'distributed 460 loaves of bread, 160 pounds of rice, 104 pounds of oatmeal, 20? bars of soap, 45 pints of beef tea, 13 pints of mutton broth, 307 pints of milk, 43 pounds of tea, 153 pounds ot sugar, 193 gro cery orders, 650 bushels of coal, 150 gar ments, 20 pair of shoes and three hats. DESD IN THE PENITENTIARY. A Crawford County Convict Carried Off by " Typhoid Fever. Michael Lee, a prisoner in the Riverside Penitentiary, died last evening from typhoid fever. He had been ill 12 days, his condition having been critical from the beginning, and a hemorrhage ended his life. He was 33 years of age, and was re ceived at the penitentiary last February, from Crawford county. He had been sentenced for three years and two months on a charge of burglary. His home was in Titusville. An inquest will he held Saturday morn ing, that being required in all cases of death in a prison. Warden Wright stated that it was the first case of typhoid fever in the prison in two months. POLICEMEN TARE AN OUTING. Captain Bell Lend n Sqand of Men on a Fishing Rnld. The John R. Murphy Hunting and Fish ing Club, of Allegheny, leave to-day for a ten-days outing along the Pittsburg and Western road. The club Is in charge of good-natured Police Captain James Bell. The organiza tion is made up entirely of members of the Allegheny police force, but as only a few oi the men can get off at a time, the attendance at camp will be small. Freedom Did Not Seem Nntnrnl, Mary Tinney's sentence ended yesterday and after being released from the jail she immediately attacked a bottle of 40-rod whisky which laid her on her back in a Bacchanalian Nirvana in a house on Adams street, Manchester. The residents of the house objected to ber presence, and Officer Hein sent her to the Allegheny lock up in the patrol wagon. Presented With tho National Colon. Cyclorama Hall, Allegheny, was filled with handsome girls and well-dressed young men last night, the occasion being a silk flag presentation to Allegheny Commandery IT. A. M. The handsome flag, which was a gift from lady friends, was presented by Colonel W. A. Stone. After the presenta tion there was music, dancing and a general good time. Fell In, a Fever In a Taa Yard. Albert Parson was found lying uncon scious in a yard in the rear of Hax's tan nery on Preble avenue, Allegheny, yester terday afternoon, and was taken to the Alle gheny Hospital by patrol wagon No. 2. He is supposed to be suffering from a virulent form of fever. A HOME INSTITUTION Where Yonng men Can Obtain a Thorongh Education. It is no longer necessary for parents and guardians to send their sonsand.wards away from home in order to obtain a thorough education, not only in the classics, but in such special branches as mechanical, min ing and electrical engineering. The West ern University, with its magnificent new buildings, its widely enlarged course of in struction, its superior facilities for impart ing technical knowledge in all branches of mechanism, affords the youth of Pittsburg and vicinity advantages which cannot be surpassed. The next term will open September 10, but the two preceding days will be occu pied with the examination of pupils for ad mission. Applications should be made early, either personally or by letter, to Professor Griges. Full information will be given in regard to the regular and special courses on application. The Nation's Bank for Havings, of Alle gheny, Has removed to its new banking house, No. 110 Federal st. Will pay interest on time deposits, and lend money on mortgages. Business hours 9 A. M. to 3 F. M.; on Sat urdays 9 A. M.'to 6 p. M. Accounts so licited. TTS Central-Table of Bargains To-Day. Remnants of laces and embroideries at extremely low prices. , JOS. HOBNE & CO.'S Penn Avenue Stores. At $1 a yard silk-faced trimming velvets a complete assortment of a(l the new fall colorings now opened. xrssu Huous & Hacks. Baeueblein'3 Wiener export bottled lager beer equals, if it does not excel, any brewing in or brought to this market Tele phone 1018. TTS TJneqtai.ed for refreshment is Wain wrlght's beer. All good saloons keep it Try it New fall dress goods, colored and black, opened this week Huous & Hackjc. TTS3U The most efficacious stimulant to excita the appetite is Angostura Bitters. TTSSa WHX2T ill with pains and exhaustion Paekeb's Groans Tocto Is your surest relief. Fabxxb's H axb Bxlbjlx alas tne hair growth. NO BOOKS JUST YET. Beading Hatter for Carnegie Library Delayed by the Bids, WILL COST AB0DT ?1 PEE VOLUME. The Dewey Decimal System of Classifica tion to be Adopted. 0HLT PEICB8, K0T TOTALS, WEEB Q1TEN The hope that books would be placed in the Allezheny Carnegie Library during the next 10 days has again been blighted. It was expected that the contract would be awarded yesterday, but circumstances made that impossible. The joint committee of Councils met last night in the committee room at Carnegie Library to open the bids for the 8,000 vol umes which it is proposed to buy. There were only three bids presented, oue from Scribners', of New York; one from J. B. Weldin & Co., of Pittsburg, and the third from the J. B. Lippincott Company, of Philadelphia. None of the bids specified the amount which the 8,000 volumes would cost They only quoted prices on each of the works. The bid from Scribners' gave out the impression that the cost would be about $1 per volume. As it would be .impossible to reach any clear conclusion without going clear over the lists, it was decided to refer the matter of examining the bids to a sub-committee, of which Clerk Bobert Dilworth and Librarian Stevenson were appointed members. This sub-committee will meet to-morrow even ing to make up the whole ot the bids, and will then report to a special meeting of the Library Committee, which will be called by Ihe Chairman. MAT NOT TAKE SO I01TG. As most of the books are standard works, which the publishers keep in stock, it is ex pected that many of the 8,000 volumes will occupy places on the shelves in the library within a few days after the contract is let. In the meantime, Librarian Stevenson is preparing himself to receive the new books. Yesterday he returned from a ten days' trip to Wilkesbarre. He was not away enjoyinga vacation or a summer out ing. It was all hard work with him. He was examining the great Osterhout Free Library and the methods by which the librarian. Miss H. P. James, is enablea to pick out any one of the 100,000 volumes which line its shelves. He toos: a turn at cataloguing, shelving, receiving and cover ing books. Beside this, he mastered the Dewey decimal system ot classification, which, he says, he will adopt in the Car negie Free Library. The system was in vented by Melvin Dewey, the New York State Librarian at Albany, and is considered the most simple system in the world. By this system the library is divided into sections corresponding to the 9 digits. Each division is represented by a 'digit, such as: "5, natural sciences;" '0, general works;" "8, history;" "2, religions;" "3, sociology," and so on. Divisions and sub-divisions may again be made, as often as it is neces sary. HOW IT tVOtTLD "WOEK. For example, 854 could represent the general history of the United States. That is, 8 represents history, 5 North America and 4 the United States. For less portions of the world nothing is required but more sub-divisions. A history of Ohio would probably be numbered 854.7, and of Ham- NEW FALL GOODS. THE FINEST AND -LABGEST STOCK: OF- :E:A:R:P:E:T:S: Ever brought to this city. STYLES ENTIRELY NEW ASS Prices Lower Than Ever. Our new stock of Carpetlngs are all on exhibition. The stock is an immense one, and consists of all grades, finest to the cheapest grades. . Parties desiring to furnish houses this fall will do well to call now and make selections while the stock is complete. The goods will be stored free of charge until you want them laid. EDWARD BRDETZINBER, 637 and 629 Penn Avenue. All goods jobbed at the very lowest East ern prices. au3-xrssa SPECIAL LOW PRICES -ox- BEVERAL HUNDRED UMBRELLAB! 28, 28, 30-inch, in Natural Sticks, with Artistic Metal and Sterling' Silver Mountings. Examine our medium and fine grades, now at prices to force their immediate sale. Buy one tor tall and save money. THESE MUST GO REGARDLESS OF COST. All Summer Dress Stuffs. All Gents' and Ladies' Furnish ing Goods. ,, All Lightweight Made-up Gar ments. Everything that pertains to summer". DAILY ARRIVING. Our Fall Importations are dally com ing In. and we call attention to many choice lines ot medium weight Dress Goods in the new autumn colorings. IBER I EABTDN, 505 aid 507 MARKET STREET. t -K jfe anio-XTMa 1 awm ilton county 854.76. There may be a num ber of histories of the same place but each one would have a diflerent number. It is expected to have catalogues out soon after the books arrive. Forthe present, how ever, finding lists will be published and placed in convenient places in the library. As the number of books increases supple mentary pages will be printed and added to the finding list Yesterday Mr. Stevenson received a handsome catalogue of the Cleve land Library, which contains about 100,000 volumes. Mr. Steveqson said it must have cost 5,000 to get up such a catalogue, and thinks Allegheny can get along with a more modest affair. USED A CANE QUITE LIVELY. Henry 91oreak! Attacks Janus HarrlvIiB With a WalUlna Click. Yesterday afternoon James Harrivitx made an Information before Alderman Kerr against Henry Morenski for assaulting him withoutprovocation Saturday afternoon on Carnegie avenue, Eighteenth ward. Harri vitz says he was passing along Carnegie avenue when he met Morenski, who carried a heavy cane in his hand, with which he struck him, with no just cause. Harrivits resented the attack, but was unable to cope with his assailant, who beat him un mercifully about the head, inflicting an ugly scalp wound, which, has compelled him to remain indoors since Saturday. Morenski was arrested last night, but was released for his appearance at the trial next Saturday. THE CABBIAOE TffVETrqp MEETTNO. It Will be Held This Yenr In Chicago, Beginning October 14. James H. Coyne, publisher of the Car riage and Wagon Maker, of Chicago, was in the city yesterday, arranging some mat ters in connection with the annual conven tion of the Carriage Builders' National As sociation, to be held in Chicago, beginning Tuesday, October 14 and continuing three days. About a dozen or more delegates, including the principal carriage builders of this city, will attend the meeting. The convention will be the largest ever held by the association, and among the features will be an exhibition of models, goods, materials, etc A grand banquet will be given on the last day of the conven tion. for which 1,000 plates will be laid. PmsBUBO, Tuesday, August 19, 1S90. JDS. HDRNE I CD. '5 PENN AVE. -STORES. The end in sight. Clearance sale, or whatever, the most im portant point is the rapid move ment of goods, and that has been the order the store? over. Readjustment of prices creates new interest each day. A lot of new stripes go among the 20c a yard Dress Goods this morning. 50-inch Wool Sacqu ings at 36c a yard, in mixtures of brown and gray. Ranks closed in that army of French Robes. They are in the center '"' of the' "store. Double-width Black Silk Warp Henriettas and Wool Henriettas at $1 in the Black Goods are worth 50 cents more to the yard. THE LAST CALL. The Summer Suits suffer a final adjustment of prices. Lower than ever, of course. Most every reader knows what the prices were. What do you need ? All Gingham and Satine Suits now at $5 each, that had been reduced to $10, 12 and $15 each. They are now $5 to make an end o' it Good styles and stylishly made. All White Lawn Suits are reduced now to their final fig ures: $4, $g, 513, 20. At $4 reduced from 26, $j, $8, $9. At $9 reduced from $14, $15 and $18. fit $1$ reduced from 20 and $22. At $20 reduced from S28, 30 and 38. All Figured All-Linen Lawn Suits now at $6 each that were $6 50, $j 50 and S850. And Print Wrappers at 75c and $r. Lawn Wrappers at 85a Muslin Wrappers at $1 25. All only x-3 or 1-2 former prices. A big sale of Lace and Em broidery Remnants center of store to-day. You'll find the prices extremely interesting. REMEMBER The big big India Silk bargains at 75c and $1 a yard a third taken from former prices. ;JQB. HDRNE I CD., t 609-621, PENN AVENUE. ... 4 f t' , r J--
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