FrsrnRTCcsn I Ills I I IMM THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1890. Forest Steel and Tin Plate "Works, of Swansea. South Wales, made a very ex tended inspection of the iron and steel plants in the city and neighborhood. He visited Apollo, and had a good word to ay for the neat manner in which these works were handled and kept. He said that while appreciating the extent and import ance of the works in this district, the visitors had not seen anything very extraor dinary, or anything very new. But there "could not be any doubt of how they felt regarding the hospitable welcome they received at the hands of the citizens. A gentleman connected with the manu facture ot railroad supplies in "Wales was struck by the solid nature of the mill structures. "I never saw 3 neater kept plant than Braddock," he said, "or work more sub stantially done. Everything there is done as a permanency and meant to last. Iu other mills I noticed equal efforts at lasting work. Tracks intended lor ligbt locomotives were laid as solidly as any permanent way, and which, to serve the "same purpose in England, would be simply thrown down anyway, with loose joints and gaps. You have a big place and fine plants and are en titled to call your district the center of the iron and steel trade in this country." MORE MILLS VISITED. A TRIP TAKEN UP THE ALLEGHENY AS FAR AS TARENTUM. The Skillfnl Handling ofn Cast Excites Much A&miration Notes Made of Some Fig ures That Were Dlsplaj ed A Thorough Inspection Made. Another section of the city's guests trav eled up the Allegheny Valley, yesterday morning, and inspected the mills along the line as far as Tarentum. The route taken was along the north bank. The partv, which numbered about 150 persons, was in charge of Colonel T. P. Roberts, assisted by the following gentle men from the local committee: Messrs. Samuel P. Harbison, of Harbison & Walker; Captain Alfred E. Hunt and George W. Clapp, of Hunt & Clapp; David Mc Cargo, of the A. V. It. K.; J. J. Saint, William Metcalf, of Miller, Metcalf & Parkin; N. G. Ayres, E. E. Zieeler, Benja min Caruthers. Superintendent Hutchin son, of the West Penn, accompanied the party and the railroad arrangements under his management were perfect. A start was inadeatO o'clock from Federal street. The first stop was made at the Isa bella furnaces One of these was ready for tapping and a cast was made. The visitors observed with interest the skillful manner in which the work was handled. A card on one of the furnaces that at tracted attention road: "This furnace was blown in Slay 26. 18SG, and has made 270, 000 gross tons ot mill and foundry iron." This was carefully put in note books, which were quickly produced, and the record was commented on as almost beyond belief. It is the best made by any furnace without re lining. The other furnace was blown in August 1, 18S6, and has made 175,600 gross tons of Bessemer iron. Every part of the plant was open to the visitors and carefully inspected. There was no process or piece of mechanism that was not fully explained to all. Comments were fieelymade and favorably of the plant. There was a general admiration at tbe mag nitude of the plant, the processes, the man ner of construction and operation, the out put and everything connected with the plant. The new furnace is nearly completed and was carefully examined. One of the chief attractions and the one most carefully ex amined and favorably commented on was the natural gas regulator the invention of Mr. Hugh Kennedy, who showed the party over the works. A portion of the party which had gone on to Spang Brothers' mills, re-embarked at Etna, and tbe train ran on to Tarentum, which was reached at 10:15. When the Ford Plate Glass plant was reached the party was met by T. B. Ford, Jr. A thor ough inspection of the factories was made. All the various processes of making plate glass were described, every portion of the works was thrown open, and skilled work ers detailed to explain the means and meth ods of their respective departments. A large amount ot plate glass was made. The visit ors expressed much salislaction, and were pleaded with the works. Iteturu was made by the Valley road. Lunch was served, and the trip voted a very pleasant and profitable one. The Lucy fur mcl's were-next visited, and Superintendent James Scott and a detail of intelligent work men explained the various methods. Then followed visits to the Crescent Steel Works, the Keystone Bridge Company's plant and other works in the city. The party con sisted mostly of Germans, who enjoyed the instructive trip very much. IN THE COKE REGION. FOUR SCORE DELIGHTED VISITORS CONNELLSVILLE. TO American Skill and Knterprise Compli mented by All An Excursion to Many Toints of Interest Some Valuable Statis tical Comparisons and Pointers. Four score of the visitors availed them selvesof the Connellsville Region Excursion yesterday morning. And four score pleased sight-seers returned in the after noon with widened views of American en terprise; statistics on the commercial end of the business, and feeling appreciative of John Schlosser's catering. The train conveying the tourists hauled out at 8:15 A. 31. There were on board, in addition to their guests, the following gen tlemen: H. C. Frick, W. L. Abbott, H. E. Collins, James Dorsey, J. M. and S. L. Schoonmaker, Charles Lockhart, William Thaw, Jr., H. W. Oliver, Lennox Scaife, John Walker, J. Morton Hail, John E. Atcheson and E, L. Martin, of Union town. Andrew Carnegie boarded the train at Bhadyside, and remained with the party all day. Excellent maps of the region were distributed among the passengers. From Bcottsdale the train went by way of the Mt. Pleasant branch to the Standard Works, and thence to Adelaide by the Youghtogheny Northern road, and then to Leisenring No. 1 and Trotten and David son, s- At the Standard, each guest was provided with safety lamps. The visitors, in order to reach the cage, passed between two mine in spectors, and each lamp was locked. The principal of mining coal in America was explained by Superintendent Thomas Lynch, of the H. C. Frick Coke Company. BLASTING IK MINES EXPLAINED. The theory and practice of blasting in mines was explained to a nnmber of guests by John L. Kirk. 'On returning to the cars John B. Schlos ser served the party an appetizing luncheon in his usual excellent style. The foreign guests were delighted with what they saw. They said that here, the coal which is thrown away they would be glad to use, and to use its like contin ually. In this respect, they believe Ameri can producers are "Wasteful. The British manufacturer pays about $13 60 per ton for furnace coke on board cars at the ovens and twice as much for transporting the same as is paid in America. They are astonished that a class of coke equal to their own celebrated Dur ham sells 1or 5- 15 per ton. The visitors were told that cuke was first made in this country 73 years ago. It was only within the past 20 years that the discovery of the value o! the coke ol the Connellsville re gion demanded developments which to-day place coke making as the greatest industry in the country next to steel. MUCH IS DUE TO COKE. The large productions of pig iron west of the Alleghenies is owing to the opening up of tbe Connellsville region lb 1880. Seventy-two per cent of all the coke produced in this conntry was burned there. It is esti mated that there were originally 72,000 acres of coal in these fields, of which 60,000 acres remain unmined. So far as is known coke was first used to make iron in 1817 by Colonel Isaac Mason at a mill at Plumsock. Coke was used in the old Clinton Furnace, of the South side. In 1871 H. C. Frick, A. O. Tmtsman and Joseph Best, as Frick & Co. started in coke business with 50 ovens and 300 acres of laud. Alter the panic of 1873, when the iron business took a boom there were completed in 1850 6,237 ovens ard 1,242 were in process of construction. They burn every day 1,0(54,000 bushels of coal, equal to 1,600 cars or coke. With these ovens in continuous operation it is estimated that the coal in tbe Connellsville region will be exhausted in 55 years. WITH SPLENDID MUSIC. The Iron and Steel Men Entertained at Car negie llalt-Tlie fashion of the City In Attendance A Grand and Successful Concert. The complimentary concert given at Car negie Music Hall last night in honor of the iron and steel institute, proved a most splen did society event, as well as a successful and especially brilliant musicale. The audi ence was a large and ultra-fashionable one, the wealth of the city being present, as well to hear artistic music as to honor the dis tinguished guests. It was the first appearance of Miss May Beesley, the new soprano of the Third Pres byterian Church, before a large Pittsburg audience, and she proved herself to be a coloratur singer such as the city has long stood in need. Her brilliant execution and high range of voice so pleased the most ex acting critics that she received the major share of the evening's applause. Miss Mamie Rueck was compelled to respond to an en core to her violin solo, and Mr. Paul Zim merman was also recalled for a second num ber. Pittsburg's favorite basso, E. H. Der mitt, was in particular good voice and handled his aria in splendid style, but posi tively refused to acknowledge an encore. Mr. J. H. Gittings took the place on the programme designed for Mr. Chnrles C. Mellor and pfaved tbe selections chosen by the latter. While a good many were dis appointed at the illness of Mr. Mellor, they could not but be greatly pleased at the fine performance of his substitute. Mr. Kevin's piano solos were badly spoiled by the piano which is the instrument used as an ac companiment and is not in condition for solo work. Notwithstanding this handicap his renditions were certainly successful. The Mozart Club had a large representa tion out and the chorus filled a large portion of the gallery. The choruses under tbe direction of Mr. J. P. McCollnm were grand and tbe hall fairly rang with the splendid melodies. Mr. John Pritchard played the organ accompaniment. Every number on tbe programme was rendered in the most excellent manner, and as the musicale was arranged to suit the tastes of tbe visitors, it could not fail to please. IK THE ESSEN MINE. Iron and Steel Delegates Watch the Opera tion of Electrical Mining. A party of the iron and steel delegates directly interested in the coal trade of Ger many and England visited the Essen mine yesterday morning to see the Micbales elec tric mining machine in operation. They were present while three cuts of 4 cubic feet were made, the machine working one square foot per minute, or 600 square feet in 10 hours. The party was very much inter ested in the working of the machine, which is something entirely new to them. Herr Bergassessor Liebrecbt, a German engineer, asked and was given the privilege of taking the miner's place working the machine. The party returned at noon and expressed themselves as delichted with what they saw at the mine, and also in Char tiers nil field, which was traversed. AT BEAVEK FALLS. Some ot" the Visitors Journey Down to See the Carnegie Plant There. Beed S. Blair, representing the firm of Carnegie, Phlpps & Co., of Pittsburg, went to Beaver Falls yesterday in company with Messrs. John Xettleford, ol Birmingham, England, a member of the British Iron and Steel Institute; H. D. Johnson, of the firm of Richard Johnson & Nephew, proprietors of the largest iron mill in Great Britian, and other members ot the Institute. The visitors were met at the depot by Mr. Bradford, cashier of Carnegie, Phipps & Co.. and taken to the mills, through which they made a tour. They dined with Mr. Emerson, ol the firm of Emerson, Smith & Co. Had Their Pictures Taken. Some of the iron and steel delegates have had their photographs taken in Pittsburg. Among those who sat for Dabbs yester day were Sir William T. Lewis, Arthur Keen, E. P. Martin and E. Windsor Rich ards. WILL HAVE GAS l6 SELL Sonthslde Manufacturers Expect a Surplus of Fuel in a Few Da s. Manufacturers of the Sonthside who have had occasion now and then to complain about a temporary shortage of gas, are satis fied that their troubles in this direction are about at an end. Patrons of the Monongahela Company have been assured that within two weeks the facilities will be increased to such an extent that there will be a steady and abundant supply. Tbe Philadelphia Company also promises to be in line by tbe first of November. A glass manufacturer from that part of the city said last night: "On Wednesday we had one ounce of pressure at our works. To-night we have 15 ounces. The former is not enough, but the latter is four times as much as we could possibly use. There is not a manufacturer oyer there who has any doubts at all about the supply of gas in this vicinity. They all know that there are thousands of acres of territory and gas enough for years to come. The trouble is the companies will have to increase their facilities. This is apparent when it is stated that none of them willltake in any new con sumers. For that matter they are all en gaged now in putting down extra mains, and when this work is completed we will have more gas than we can use." COMPLETING IMTE0VEMENT3. The Monongahela Water Company Ready to Furnish a-JJetter Supply. The Monongahela Water Company has about completed its improvements in the mains, and expect within tbe next week to increase the supply of water on the South side. Within a day or two the connections will be made between the pumps and the new 20-inch main leading to tbe hill, and in a short time the connection with tbe tanks in Allentown and the mains leading to Mt. Washington and Duquesuc Heights are ex pected to be completed. As soon as this improvement is completed the company contemplates others still more extensive. Members of the company say the talk about the formation ot a citizens' com pany is all bluff, as they are doing all that is possible to do for the hill districts. 'A QTJAKTEE OF A CENTUET. German Lutherans to Celebrate Their Anni versary To-Day. An extensive programme has been ar ranged for tbe celebration of the twenty fifth anniversary of the German Lu theran congregation on South Eighteenth street to-day. Ministers will be present from Braddock, McKeesport, Millvale and other places. The exercises will begin at 10:30 o'clock and will be conducted by the pastor, Bey. P. Brandt. There will be a service in the atternoon and a sacred concert in the even ing. Db. B. H. Hawitx. Eye, ear, nose and throat diseases exclusively. Office, 720 Pens street, Pittsburg, Pa. s&su MORE TARIFF ON TIN Alnst ba Added Before Foreign Capi tal Will Engasre to Any Extent in Its Manufacture Here. SOME FINE FIGURING IS DONE By Experts, Who Conclude That Americans Will Also Go Slow in InTest- ing in Tinplate Plants. THE REASONS FOR THEIR DECISION Are Btsed en the UafivenMe Condition Peculiar to tie Conntry. English capital will not be invested in American tin plate plants. But arrange ments have been completed for the invest ment of English money in an iron and steel plant in the immediate vicinity ot the city. Tun Dispatch stated some few days ago that certain negotiations pending at the time, in connection with the prosecution of the tinplate industry on an extensive scale, would be brought to a head when the English tinplate masters should visit the city. The negotiations have been completed, bnt not with the result anticipated by the local promoters. The visiting tinplate men have gone into figures on the matter, and have come to the conclusion that there is no money in it for them, anyway. When the English tin plate manu facturers arrived here it was with their in tention to invest large sums in plants for the manufacture of that very necessary commod ity. One of their first acts was to meet and go into the question of cost. Some half dozen or so, most prominent among them including Sir John Jones Jenkins, IUvid Jones, William Williams, David Owens and James Jones assembled, and tiking into council one or two of the local tinplate authorities, of whom John Jarrett was one, went very fully into the whole question. MINDS MADE TJP IN A HURRY. Each ot the Welsh makers had his own cost made out, and they also had obtained extensive and accurate data on the cose of making block plates in this country. Sub sequently the British makers held a still lurther consultation. Then their minds were made up. They laughed at the McKinley tariff act; it would not injure their American trade. They would continue to enjoy the large American trade now in their hands, because tinplate could not be made in America under a less protective tariff than i cents a pound duty. Americans might invest capital in the business in ihis country, and probably would, but they would not. It would not pay them, Welsh makers, to do so. This conclusion was not reached until after very careful investigation. Several of the makers visited mills in the vicinity, such as Demmler, Appolo. and inquired into the elements of cost of the block plate. Figures on the raw material were obtained from the leading iron and steel firms in the city. HIGH COST OP B.VW MATERIAL. It was found that the cost of the unfinished plate, even under tbe most favorable condi tions, was so high as to prohibit the manu facture of tin plate, also under the most favorable conditions, at a cost low enongh to meet the Welsh article even with the ad ditional duty of 1 2-10 cent per pound. The Welshmen can continue making the article, and will sell it here at a fair profit, after paying tbe full duty of 2.2 cents per pound. They will do this by curtailing the cost to themselves to a slight decrcj. Speaking on this subject, Mr. David Joues said tbat he thought the Welsh mak ers had no reason to tear the tariff. "I don't think," he said, "that the duty of 2.2 cents per pound will prevent the Welsh manufacturers from pursuing their business in this country. I expect that we shall be able to send tin plate in here and compete with any that American1; may make. Of course, in the process of time, a change may be effected in certain conditions which now place the American manufacturers at a dis advantage. And, also, those of them who elect to invest capital in the business may find some means to cheapen the cost after they have acquired the experience. EXPERIENCE IS WORTH MONEY. "You see, we old established makers have the experience, and experience in the busi ness is one of the primary essentials to suc cess in the manufacture of tinplate. With out experience any man who engages in the trade will only burn his fingers. I am not seeking to discourage anyone from trying their hands at it, but I my self would not regard the investment of capital in that industry as a very safe speculation. Putting on one side the well recognized proneness to change on the part of your Government, there are still other conditions existing on which I base my views. I cannot say that I think much money will be put into tinplate plants. We, however, are not very uneasy regarding the future. Mr. William Williams, of the New Forest Steel and Tinplate Works at Swan sea, South Wales, is a recognized authority in the tinplate fade. He is the owner of 23 mills, and the largest mnnulacturer of the product in the world. Mr. Williams ex pressed his views on the question yesterday, very tersely. "If I were going to settle in this country," he said, "I should not embark any capital in the manufacture of tinplates. In saying so I am taking the experiences of those of yonr people who have already ventured into the business and were not suc cessful at it. If a duty of l.cent. per pound was insufficient tpkeep the WeKh makers from successfully doing business in this conntry, I do not think that an additional tax of 1.20 cents will prevent them from continuing to do so. DRAWBACKS TO INVESTMENTS. "One thing tbat would mititate against tin plate being made here is the much higher profit desired by your manufacturers than by ours. Your manufacturers, owing to the high charges in many directions they have to take into account, .require to carry a larger capital than we have to. They have to pay higher rentals, higher wages, and more for their money than we do. These facts exist, and must be counted into any scheme having the manufacture of tin plates in view. I think that the Welsh makers will continue to supply 'this country with tin plate, and I do not think that" much American capital will find Investment in an enterprise for making ii here. I do not think that English capital will be placed in any such works here. Some works will, of course, start. That is to be expected." Several other Welsh makers, whose views were obtained, expressed themselves similarly. The general opinion was found to be as stated Welsh makers had no fear of the tariff, and would not themselves in vest money in tin plate works in this coun try. By inference, they advised, others to keep aloof also. , The Dispatch some time since printed interviews with the leading blocV plate man ufacturers on tbe question as to whether the proposed dntyof 2.2 cents offered a sufficient inducement to American 'manufacturers to engage in the trade. - The concensus of opinion was that no duty under 3, or 3 cents at the least, would be .air inducement to them. ' , a. C. JABBETT HEARD FEOM. ' How an Insurance Agent s Business Is Hart by His Name. Prothonotary John Bradley yesterday re ceived a letter from Lee Woodwell, a for mer clerk in Mr. Bradley's office, who is now in San Antonio, and who stated be had seen A. C. Jarrett, the missing real estate agent of the Southside. Mr. Woodwell did not know anything about the circumstances under which Mr. Jarrett had left but im agined something was wrong. Jarrett was haggard and sickly, and did not care to talk much to Woodwell, although both had for merly beengood friends. He told Mr. Woodwell he was going to South America. An unfortunate'thing has resulted from Mr. Jarrett's transactions, and one that has already resulted in a considerable loss to Jarrett & Shook, tbe insurance agents on Fourth avenue. A. C. Jarrett was a real estate agent, while Jarrett & Shook are ex clusively insurance agents, and jet many people have taken it for granted tnat A. C." Jarrett was a member of the firm and the firm has been the loser as. a consequence. W. N. Jarrett is the insurance agent. One day this week. Mr. Jarrett called on a firm to renew a $50, 000 line of insurance which was about to ex pire. "Ob, we thought you had left the city, and we gave our business to another agent," was the nnswer he got. "This is only one of five similar cases that have oc curred this week," says Mr. Jarrett, "We had no connection whatever with A. C. Jarrett. We transact an entirely different business, and yet we have been made to suffer a great deal." PLAYING IN HABD LUCK. A Southside Mill Man "Who Meets It More Than HalfWay. "We have got one of the unluckiest men in the United States in our mill," said Mr. O. A. Brown, a boss roller in Singer & Ximick's. "He works at the shears, and although he is industrious and sober he is continually meeting with accidents. If it is not one thing it is another, and it keeps bim busy to get in half of bis time. He met with a mishap Friday night, the like of which I never heard of before. We were putting a steel ingot through the chill rolls when it blistered. Now it is very common for them to do so in the soft rolls, but rarely in the chill. "Well sir, when the rolls reached this blister there came an explosion like the re port of a cannon. A chip of steel Apw from the ingot like a rifle bullet and sailing by the lines of rougbers made its way direct to that shears man, who was 75 feet away. Had it struck him in any fleshy part of the body the injury wonld have been trifling, but it did not. It struck him squarely on the bare elbow, and imbedded itself fully half an inch into the joint. We had to send him to a hospital, and it will likely be two weeks or more before he can do a tap of work. I have seen quite a number of victims but this fellow certainly beats them all." THE FLAG WAS THERE. No Stars Save Its Own to Heighten Its Glory on the Court House Tower. A magnificent sight was witnessed by peo ple coming in Fifth avenue last night. The electric light decorations on the Court House tower were not visible until the building bad been reached, but at Tunnel street the great big flag could be seen through the mellow lieht standing out againt the dark skv for a background, as if held aloft by the spirit of freedom it represents. The effect was magical. Tbere was not a star to be seen in the heavens in any direc tion save those on tbe proud emblem of lib erty, and their glory was heightPned by the mingled rays of the electric jet's that flashed forth from their massive granite backing. People by the hundreds stopped and gazed in admiration at the sight, and they will not soon forget the impressions it left. A FATAL DAY OK EA1LE0AD3. Two Unknown Men and a Hoy Crushed to Death Under the Wheels. Au unknown man was killed by the 0n iontown express at Lawrenceville yesterday morning. Word was received at the morgne last night that an unknown man, who lives at No. 9 Singer's row, Southside, had been run down by a train, on the Panhandle road at Temperanceville last night and instantly killed. An inquest will be held to-morrow. John Moley, a 6-year-old boy, was struck by the shifter at the Elizabeth furnace yes terday afternoon and instantly killed. The Coroner was notified and will hold an in quest on Monday. Albert Williams, a brakeman on tbe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, bad two of his fingers crushed yesterday while making a coupling at Glenwood. He was attended by Dr. O'Brien. HEAD OF A MONOPOLY. The Man Who Controls the Alaskan Seal Trade Speaks Abont It. H. Liebes, the head of the North Ameri can Commercial Company, from San Fran cisco, accompanied by his son, was an East bound passenger through Pittsburg last evening. This is the company that secured the 20-year lease from the Government for 521,000,000, giving them the exclusive right to hunt seals in Alaskan and BehringStrait waters. Mr. Liebes is on a tour around the world, and he expects to spend a year in making it. He says the seals are plentiful this year, and his company expects to make a great catch. He is well pleased with the gigantic monopoly he controls, and feels at ease with all the world. He also thinks that the new tariff bill will greatly benefit the Pacific cojst industries. A LAKE SHOEEMAN COMING. Train Master Dietrich, of the Lake Erie, Gets a Job on Another Road. Trainmaster Charles Dietrich, of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, has tendered his resignation to take effect Octo ber IS. Mr. Dietrich has held his present position for a number of years, and has earned an enviable reputation as a railroad man, He leaves the Pittsburg and Lake Erie's serviee to accept a more lucrative position in connection with another road. His future location has not been made pub lic. Mr. Dietrich will be succeeded by Ira McCormack, who comes here from the Lake Shore and Michigau Southern Bailroad. PEDESTRIANS HAVE RIGHTS Widen Inspector McAleese Proposes Shall he Respected by Householders. Inspector McAleese is about to start a crusade against those persons who persist in washing and sweeping off sidewalks after 8:30 a. M. There is a city ordinance which imposes a fine of 5 for such n offense, and he proposes to enforce it. There has been considerable complaint oflate from citizens who start down street with" polished shoes and. their clothing neatly brushed, only to have their whole appearance wrecked when a block or two-from home. A Mother's Denial. Mrs. Mary Flannigan, mother of Luke Flannigau, who was sent to the Mercy Hospital, yesterday, denies that he was sent there to be treated for delirium tremens, but that he had been directed by his physi cian to go there, as be was suffering with erysipelas. She made an information against Jonathan Hay, charging him with assault and battery in having beaten her son on the head. Diamonds. What for? Why, for holiday presents. Well, where can I buy them ? Why at Gallinger's, 1106 and 1200 Penn ave. P. S. A full line of musical Instruments. TOO LATE FOE 10NEI. Seasons Given by a Well-Known Re publican for Voting for Pattison. INDEPENDENTS HARD AT WORK. A Republican Committeeman Says There " Are Traitors in Camp. - MONET GOING UP ON THE FAY0RITES The Committee on Organization of the Independent Republican Organization met last night at headquarters, on Smithfield street, and did a large amount of routine business, those present coming from various associations in life, and all apparently equally enthusiastic. Steps were perfected for completing the investment of tbe county. It was stated that in the two cities, boroughs, and over half the county election districts, organiza tion had been effected, and that by next Saturday night the work would be finished and a Vigilance Committee selected for every elcct'on district in the county. Members dropping in reported the acces sion of well known people from all partB of the country, of which the following from tbe head of a real estate firm is a sample: REASONS FOR A CHANGE OF HEART. Pittsburg, October 11, 1890. Dear Sir I wish you to add my name to yonr already large list of Republicans who have the courage and the manhood to vote for an honestly nominated candidate for Governor, even if lie is the Democratic nominee. Had Major Montooth. or any other candi date, been honestly nominated, Instead of being appointed. I would have voted and worked for him, as every Republican ought to have done, but! am opposed to one man nam ing and owning the Governor. The slight to our soldier candidate ought to be resented, and I think will be by thousands of voter?, not only in this, but in adjoining counties. A free uso of money to help Delamater at this stage of the game will more surely act to defeat him than any other means tbat could bi employed andiwill win thousands of Republican votes for Robert E. Pattison, an honest man. and regularly nominated by his party. I intend to tote and work for our county Republican ticket, as all Republicans should. Very respectfully yonrs, Samuel, Fleming. An epistle of similar tenor was received from Dr. J. S. Phillips, of Allegheny City. MANY MEETINGS TO BE HELD. It was decided to bold meetings in every ward in Pittsburg and Allegheny before the election, in schoolhpuses where they can be had. The first one was billed for next Wednesday evening in the Thirteenth ward; in the Sixth, Twelfth and Twenty-ninth wards, and the Eighth ward, Allegheny, on j-uursuuy evening, ana in tne fourteenth ward school house on next Saturday night. Other meetings will be arranged to-morrow. A gentleman reported pledges to vote for Pattison lrom 32 Republican employes of a business house in the lower part of the city, and another reported that in nine houses on Center avenue, houses adjoining there was not a single Delamater vote, and that the heads of seven ot the nine families were Republicans. PUTTING THEIR MONEY TJP. Admirers of the Leading Candidates for Governor Already Making Big Wagers. A hot political contest wonld not be com plete in this city without having a few em bellishments added by the gentlemen who are willing to either win or lose a little money on the result. The present scrim mage will be no exception to the rule, as a number of patriots are already in line with plenty of the wherewith to back their opinions. Friday night a prominent ex-official of thewAmericns Club was in a well-known Filth avenue restaurant, and during his sojourn he offered to wager $100 to $30 with au oil producer that Delamater would be elected the next Governor of Penn sylvania. The oil man did pot see fit to go him, but another gentleman present signified his willingness to take a little of it. The result was that they ban tered each other until a wager of $600 to $300 was made on the same terms as the original proposition. The Americus Club man put up 550 forfeit, while the Pattison money was all planked down there and then. The re maining $550 of Delamater money was to have been put up yesterday, but the Ameri cus member failed to put in an appearance. and last night the $50 was paid over by the stakeholder to the gentleman who bad the short end of the wager. Two more wagers of some magnitude have also been made within the last week. One is $500 even that Delamater will not have 20,- uuu ujajuruy iu iue oiuie, anu an other is $500 even that he will have 10,000. The same party made both bets, and he said last night that he could sell either one of them for $100. He intends to dispose of, or hedge one bet, but he has not yet decided which one it will be. Numerous small wagers have been made ranging from 30,000 majority for Delamater to 15,000 for Pattison. The son of a well known busjness man made some rather loud talk last night that he would chance $10,000 even on Delamater's chances, but as he failed to produce any part of the money he was not taken. TRAITORS IN THE CAMP. . Mr. J. B. Kennedy Arraigns the Loyalty of the Republican Committee. Nine of tbe 200 or 300 members of the Allegheny County Republican Committee met yesterday afternoon, and adjourned in very short order, but not before one member had declared that there were traitors in the camp. Chairman Porter called the meeting to order, and T. Holmes Miller moved tbat the calling of the roll be dispensed with. J. B. Kennedy jumped to bis feet and ex claimed with some excitement, "It would be well to call the roll; this formality has been dispensed with too often. I have, at tended half a dozen meetings lately, and have not heard the roll called yet. There are names of persons on it who have avowed their intentions to vote lor the opposition. It is time we should eount noses and find out who are loyal and who are disloyal. I never saw a committee where there was so much chilliness toward the State ticket. I think it's about time we knew where we stand." One of the spectators in the lobby. worEed up to a high pitch of indignant enthusiasm by Mr. .Kennedy s eloquence, aided, per haps, by .something even strouger, jumped into tho arena and yelled: "That's the way to talk. That's the proper thing." The balance of the committee paid noheed to the protest, and there- being 110 bnsiness to transact, an adjournment was taken. BIG CLAIMS FOB DELAMATER. Sonthside Republicans Hold astlc Meeting:. an Enthral- A workmgmen's meeting was held in the Twenty-sixth Ward School Hall last night, under the auspicies of the Republican Labor League. James Penny, Treasurer of the Amalgamated Association, presided, and opened the meeting. George Dovey, ex Master Workman of D. A. 3, K. of L., then spoke in the interest of the Republican fiarty, and he was followed by Charles Sul ivan, Esq., who took the place of John Jaarett, the latter having been called out of the city. Mr. Sullivan spoke for over an hour, dur ing which time be discussed ex-Governor Pattison's record, dwelt on Mr. Emery's charges and extolled Delamater to the satis faction and hearty appreciation of the au dience. "Our dear Garfield," he concluded, "was slandered and. persecuted belore his election, just the same as they are slander- Ing and persecuting Delamater now; they charged bim with perjury, bribery and forgery in connection with the famous Chinese letter, and yet old Pennsylvania rolled up a majority of 78,000 for Garfield and she will do as well for Delamater." v PROPOSED REPUBLICAN MEETING. The East End to be Treated to a Street Parade and Speeches. The General Elections Committee of the Americas Republican Club organized yes terday by making W. M. Gibbs Chairman and W. W. Colville Secretary. The com mittee received a request from citizens of the East End for a meeting to be held there in the interest of tbe Republican State ticket. Tuesday evening, October 21, was named as the date, and tbe following com mittee was appointed to make arrange ments: John B. Barbour, Jr., A. G. Roeniek and W. W. Colville.s Invitations have been sent out to all tbe clubs in tbe county, asking them to tarn out in a street parade, which is to take place before the meeting. NOT THAT KIND OF A BILL. A French Canadian Who Didn't Like Mc Klnley's Tariff Ideas. F. E. Randall, of the Detroit and Cleve land Navigation Company, returned yester day from a six weeks' trip into Canada. Randall is one of the few men.who always have pleasant experiences to rclate.and they are not fish stories, either. "I was smoking my briar pipe one even ing," he said, "in the little hotel at Pres cott when an Englishman approached me and said: 'Ah, Mr. Randall, I see you regis ter from the States. What do you know about this McKinley bill?" "Now when I trayel in Canada I am like the Canucks, I never know anything. So I replied: 'McKinley bill. Don't know such a man, but il he runs a show like Buffalo Bill it is no show at all.'" "A Frenchman was listening to the con versation, and catching the last words I spoke he opened up as follows: 'Ze Mc Kinley bill! no show, no show at all! Why, he raise Cain with the barley! Be raise Cain with the egg,' and then his iace grew livid with rage. Tbe whole thing was so funny to me that I couldn't help laughing at bim. The Englishman now interposed, and explained that the bill had raised the duties on barley and eggs, and that "Is what made the Frenchman so mad. But I wasn't talking about tbat kind of a bill, and so I told them that I never discussed politics at home or abroad." MUST SOON HAVE A SALE. The County Commlsioners' Stock of Brlc-a-Brac to be Said. Some of these times the County Commis sioners will have an auction of goods that embraces a very large variety. It is the accumulation of the Collins women, of Mc Keesport, who are now doing time in the penitentiary. There are something like a dozen boxes and a big Saratoga trunk full of gonds.of almost everything conceivable.from small metal ornaments worth $50 a pound to common calico prints. Some of the ar ticles stolen would indicate kleptomania, unless tbe thieves were stealing for a "fence." After nine months tbe Commis sioners will shut down, the show now being run tor the benefit of identifiers, and close out the whole lot. Superintendent Mercer is called on so fre quently by claimants tbat his investigations keep moth and rust from corrupting and so far no thieves have attempted to break through and steal. Yesterday a man called for two music boxes, known to be somewhere in the collection, but they were not found at sbutting-up time. EXPOSITION PEOPU: tEAVE, And Call at Kleber Bros.' After viewing the splendid sights at the Exposition most of the visitors (who mean business) call at H. Kleber & Bros.', 506 Wood street, and select one 'of their superior pianos and organs. They know in their hearts that to make a fine show is one thing and to give peopl-s the very finest instru ments at tbe price of tbe common second class goods is quite another thing. The Messrs. Kleber & Bro. enjoy the fullest confidence of tbe public, and whether they exhibit or not, whether they hold forth on the principal business street of P ttsburg, Wood street, or in Diamond or Virgin alley, the public will seek them out and congratulate themselves that they have found out the place which is utterly safe and reliable, and above the sharp tricks of new houses which have come in at the eleventh hour and which have to rely upon the credulity of the public to get rid ot their goods using clubs and other knock-down arguments to bulldoze their callers into buying their inferior wares articles which the Kleher Bros..had long since rejected as unworthy of being associated with their honorable record and name. Such pianos as Steinway's, Conover's, Opera, Gabler, Emerson, and organs such as the greet Vocalions, Earhuff dust-proof and Burdett, cannot be duplicated in this country. Klebers' give an eight-year warrantee and sell on easy time payments. THOSE who are shrewd and economical in their purchase of furniture will find it to their advantage by calling on ns before purchasing elsewhere. Michigan speaks for itself as to the designs and durability of its make. Our terms being cash you are tbe gainer. Michigan Furniture Company, 437 Smithfield street. Go Direct To headquarters if you want a good over coat. The P. C C. C. overcoats are tbe cheapest for the money. "Everybody says so." P. C. C. C Pittsburg Combination Clothing Company, cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the Court House. One Thousand Dollars Forfeit if I fail to prove Floraplexion the best medicine for liver complaint, dyspep sia, nervous debility, biliousness, consump tion. It cures where all other remedies fail. Ask your druggist for it. Sample hottlesent free. Franklin Hart, New York. MWFSU The crowd at the Exposition will be a large one this closing week. And there will be a crowd, too. at Gusky's, who have made special inducements in price and have let their patrons from the country know it. Black Silks An extra bargain for thw week in 24-inch grds grain and 22-inch faille gros and rhadames at $1 00 a yard. TTSSU HUGUS & HACKE. "Amorita" and "Erminie" will both be produced by the Pauline Hall Opera Com pany at the Grand Opera House this week. "Amorita,' first four days. Bntterlck's Patterns Best and Cheapest. October styles now on sale. Fashion sheet sent tree by mail. A. G. Campbell & Sons, 27 Fifth aye. Goods well bought are half sold. We buy our goods right, and have correct styles. Reining & Wilds, 710 Penn ave. Furniture upholstered and packed for shipment. Haugh&Keenan,33 Water st. su Bargain week at Gusky's. People com ing in to see the Exposition can on a pur chase of say $15 worih pay their car fare to and from 100 miles distant. Add 20 drops of Angostura Bitten to every glass of impure water you drink. TTSSU Order your fall and winter clothing from E. Schauer, 407 Wood st. ON SATUKDAY NIGHT The Streets of Pittsburg are Not "Wide Enough -to Contain the SUEGIKG STREAMS OP HUMANITY. A Stranger is Surprised at tbe Remark able Absence of Poverty. BOSTON GIRLS WATCH THEIB BEAUX Each Saturday night the streets in tbe lower portion of the city are more or less densely packed, than on the preceding one. The main arteries below the "Hump" are congested by the streams of humanity pour ing into them. Last night it looked as if the limit had been reached, and that either the streets must he widened, or that the in habitants of Allegheny county must effect an arrangement whereby, but a limited number will be allowed to promenade at one time on Saturday night The barber shop system of giving checks might help the matter. As the human flood eddied around the Postoffice corner a gentlesnn who had stood for several moments watching the crowd with great interest, turned to his companion, and asked, "Where are the poor people. These persons are all remarkably well dressed, and I really see no signs of poverty at all. In this country, it seems to me, tbe Scriptural statement that 'the poor ye hava always with ye' does not apply." Tbe speaker was undoubtedly an Englishman, from his accent. He walked away with his companion, while the latter was explaining that in this conntry, or anyway in Pittsburg, pauperism was an accident and was not recognized as a necessary adjunct to a well regulated community. Saturday night is especially favored by those young men who have to be at work early in tbe morning, and at the same time are endeavoring to win the affections of the, to them, best girl in tbe world. Other evenings they are forced to go to bed early au uiucr iu geb ueceasar jest, uut uu oaiur day night there is no hurry there is no steam whistle to break their slumbers on the Sabbath morn. Tbey are out in force, with pretty girls on their arms, mak ing their way to places of amusements, or A CARD. READ, THEN RUN. Our sales during the past week, both wholesale and retail, have been enormous. It was caused not so much from the large number of visitors in tbe city as from tbe pub lic having been fully apprised of tbe advance in prices which is sure to take place in the near future. Manufacturers on both sides of the water have advanced prices al ready, bnt we will continue for a time (and tbe time cannot last long) to serve our customers at the old rates the lowest prices ever touched by Carpets and Curtains in America. Parties who expect to furnish new homes, or refurnish old ones, the coming spring, can save largely by buyinz at once. Goods bought here will be stored free of charge until wanted. EDWARD GROETZINGER, 627 and 639 Penn Avenue. OC12-RS3U MARBHELL, THE CASH GROCER, WILL SAYE YOU MOHEY. If prices are any object, you are the person I want to see. Our prices are so far below other retail grocers, we pay no attention to them, but we would like you to read these parallel columns and see how our prices compare with wholesale prices: Our Prices. Per Doz. Wholesale Prices- Per Doz. Tomatoes 95c Com 95c Peaches. 2 65 Calif. Apricots.. .2 65 Can Tomatoes. ... Oc Can Corn KOc Can Peaches 2 35 Calif. Apricots.. .2 00 Calif. EggPlums.2 00 California Cherry Grapes 2 00 Fine Jelly, 5 lbs.. 25c 10 lb. pall 65t 30 lb. pail 1 55 Preserves, per lb. Ui 10 lb. pail 1 Oil 30 lb. pail 2 75 Applebutter, 4 lbs 25 10 in. pails 6 301b. pails 1 00 Jelly, SO lb. pails.l 75 Preserves, palls 30 lb. Vpplebutter,30 lb. pails 2 00 If you were to buy a case each of tomatoes, corn, peaches and apri cots, and a pail each of jelly, apple butter and preserves, my price would be $17 70. The wholesale price would be j2i 45, or more than 20 per cent higher than mine. I have not picked out my cheapest goods to compare with the highest priced sold at wholesale. But I offer you strictly first-class goods, and guar antee them as such; and there is not, a wholesale grocer in Pittsburg who has any goods, no matter what quality, at any lower prices than the ones I quote above under "Wholesale Prices." Don't takfc my word for this, but turn to the market reports of this paper. Or stop in at some wholesale grocer's and ask for a price list and see for yourself. These are only sample prices. Send for my large Weekly Price List (I issued 10,000 this week) and order by mail Or stop in at my Pittsburg Tea Department and Mr. Shaw will show you the goods. VMARBHELL, 99 FIFTH AVE., Pittsburg, and 79, 8 if 83, 85 and 95 Ohio street, Cor. Sandusky street, ALLEGHENY. eeU stopping in front of stores to examine with critical eye Jurnishments which may at some future date embellish their joint home. If their means are moderate, some like Twiddles and his country bride con struct an air castle whicji they furnish on a scale which would break a Fortunatus. Last evening many of these couples went to see and hear Emma Abbott in opera. A taste for the opera is considered a sign of high civilization, which is only another ar gument to prove what no one disputes just now that Pittsburg is the most remarkable city in the world. Talking of girls, one very bright Pitts burg young lady who has recently returned from Boston, where she has been studying music, said to a frieud on Fifth avenue: "You would be surprised at the deference paid to woman's opinions at the Hub. Per haps it i& because they are in the majority there. Why, you would be amazed at tbe care with which a Boston girl watches over her beau. Men are so scarce there, com paratively, that it doesn't do to take any risks." J "I should think that would be a pleasant change for a Pittsburg man," replied her companion, and then he sighed with regret, but brightened up again as he glanced at the animated face at his shoulder, as if be thought Pittsburg girls were worth all tho trouble it took to secure them. HAU century liquors, 523 Liberty street, foot of Fifth avenue. Hugus & Hacke SILKS AED YELYETS. The choice assortments of these elegant fabrics we exhibit for this season are meeting with general approval. In the new weaves Valours, Crystals, Bengalines and Mus covites, a full line of day and evening shades. Values in Black Stlks here tofore tinheard of. Particu larly do we mention three qualities of 24-inch wide Gros Grain at $i, $i 10 and $i 25 a yard. In all popular weaves of Black Silks, Faille Francaise, Regence, Armures, Peau De Soie, Rhadames and ferseys, I we now offer superior values tn au grades from tne lowest to very finest. A beautiful line of Irish Poplins in the fashionable Tartan Plaid Effects. Crepe De Chine in a com plete assortment of evening shades and black. A very attractive line of Embroidered Mousseline De Soie and Accordion Plaited Tulle Paris Robes for evening wear; our oxvn importation. JVo advance as yet in prices of otcr Velvets; the same great values and complete color as sortments, at all prices from $1 a yard upward. The new Pompadour Vel vets (silk embroidered) for sleeves aud waist trimmings in elegant assortment. Cor. Fifth Ave. & Market St N. B. We request patrons where convenient, to come in the mornings, the crowds in the afternoons making it vn possible to give to all the at tention we desire. ocl2-MWT3n BIBER & EASTON. JACKETS! JACKETS! WRAPS I WRAPS ! A FEW OF MANY ATTRACTIONS: AT$ m C(-Iiagonal Chevron Jacket, J-1 with astrachan rolling col lar and edge. These are In navy and black, with front loops. The shape is per fect, and is one ot our rapid sellers. 7rn Extra grade Cheviot Ou Jacket, tailor-made, with vest front, smoke pearl buttons, etc. This Is a very attractive garment, would be good value at 510. AT$ AT S ft -in A Plain, stjllsb Jacket, XX x p o UU bound throughout, double breasted, with rolling col lar. AT4ii rio A TerT attractive Reefer n. X pi l UU Jacket, with embroidered ironts and collar, cord and tassel, etc.; made lrom heavy Scotch Cheviot. Th! garment has warmth without weight. AT 4t(- cn Gray and Tan Diagonal ni plO OO Jackets, made from double-faced goods, with handsome plaid backs, cut donble-breasted. with large smoke pearl buttons.- AT 4t-9 iw-a Tery stylish Jacket, XI X p i vjvj madB frora extTa ujado Scotch Cheviot, tailor made, wide satin-facing, satin sleeve lining, etc AT t6 t:n A TerT JHI longgar- XJ' p-" 0,J ment. embracing some new and novel features as to treatment of back and fronts. In Children's Jackets and Wraps our variety Is almost endless, from the warm, cheap, school garment to the latest and finest novelties brought out this season. BIBER 4 EASTDN, Sos and 507 MARKET STREET. ocll-nsau
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