THE PITTSBURG, DISPATCH.- SATURDAY." JANUARY 10., I89L z, f t to "go carefully, and be sure you're right." That Everybody Want to Know. After a brief discussion it was decided to engage D. T. Watson and William B. Itodgers. ex-City Solicitor of Allegheny, to unravel the tangle by furnishing opinions on the following points: The city's present position under the Supreme Court'decision. Cniei Bigclnw's list of indebtedness on street improvements. The necessary curative legislation to remedy the present lack of law under which to collect assessments. A new street bill which will pass the Eciutiny oi the Supreme Court. Messrs. Watson and llodgcrs will be wailed upon to-dar, and these points sub mitted to them, aud;so soon as they prepare an opinion another meeting of the committee will be called to receive it. City Attorney Morelaud is also busily en paced in defining the city's status in the present dilemma. The decision was ail the more a surprise in the City Attorney's office because the act ol 1SST was merely a codifi . cation of the street laws pa-scd from 1661, and all had been sustained by the Supreme Court. Until this decision the legality of the Board of Viewers had never been ques tioned. The suit over the paving of Winc biddle avenue, a few years since, wherein the city was sustained by the Supreme Court, was supposed to have settled the con stitutionality of the law. A Cure for Present Ills. The question of the power of the city to collect the assessments for work done under the acts of 1887 and 18S9 is the one which chiefly agitates the City Attorney's office. It is hoped and believed that what is known as curative legislation can be obtained which will prevent the city from losing a dollar. As explained in the City At torney's office, curative legislation "is de signed to cure defects in existing laws. It the Supreme Court has left any portion of the street act intact it can be mended to carry the city over its present stress, like a warrior wounded in battle who is fixed up 1V physicians so that he can return to the field and make one more stand for his cause. Harrisbnrg, a Ihird-cl.v citv, which once got into just the same snarl as Pittsburg ocr its street paving contracts was pulled out of its difficulty by curative legislation. Assistant City Attorney Clarence Bur leigh was causht on the street yesterday and was "held up" for his opinion on the matter. He was averse to talking at all, but finally said: "I am confident that the entire act is not wiped out, and firmly believe tnat the citv can secure curative legislation which will enable her to collect the assessments on street-paving contracts already completed." The Legislature Is All Kiglir. Just at present the city officials are anx ious lor immediate relief, but some of them are looking ahead and fear, as a result , of the late election, that some difficulty will be round in securin; tne passnge through the Legislature if a new street act for Pittsburg. Senator TJpperman dropped into Citv Hall yesterday and this Thasc of the ques tion was put to him. He answered: "VTou prepared an act which will piss the Supreme Court and we'll see that the Legislature will pass it." Mayor Gourley when asked what he thought of the matter, replied: '"Do vou think it is probable that any stumbling blocks will be thrown in the way of legis lation necc-sary for the relief ofPittsburg?" His Honor auswered his own question by his manner, which said in bold, Dlack tvpe. During the meeting of the special sub committee it was suggested that a street act be prepared abolishing the assessment of abutters, and paying for the grading, paving and sewering of streets by general taxation. The point was raised that abutters, and there are thousands of them, who had paid for im provements in front or their own properties, would vigorously object to being taxed for the improvement of other people's property. Assistant Controller Davis made the sug gestion yesterday, but not seriously, that City Councils make an appropriation lor the purpose of engaging the Supreme Bench to draw up a street law which would stand any and all legal assaults. The Hoard or Viewers Has Quit. The Board of Viewers is de'unct. It went cfl gracefully. After the manner of a Chinese Mandarin, it refused to heed the order for its execution issued by the Su preme Court, but reached the same end bv performing hari-kari. Yesterday morning City Controller Mor rou suggested in a kindly way to the board that under Justice Williams' decision there was nothing ,'or them to do. The members oi the board thereupon decided that if there was i.othing to do in the office and no salary lor doing it, they might a well do it on the outside, and they le:t. Chief Clerk Black mure was winding up the business of the office xeatcrday, and he. too, will drop out. :?j5ercral gentlemen called at the Viewers" office yesterday to learn the amount ot their assessments, and stated that tbev would pay them, too. They realized that they had been vastly benefited by the improvements, and they saw no good moral reason, what ever the lesalitr of the question might be, why thi.y should not reimburse the city. Chief Bigelow yesterday ordered all work on street improvements stopped for the present. He expects that by the time the weather is warm enough to permit of good work being done, tne city will have received the authority of the Legislature to continue the improvements. The work of preparing a list ot the city's liabilities under the recent decision has proven a greater undertaking than was at first thought, and it mav not be completed lor several days, although several clerks are busily engaged upon it. KUDYAKD KirLEfG'Sseries of letters on America hegiu in to-morrow DISPATCH. They will be the sensation of the day. ban Francisco catches It In the flrst letter. LOTUS CLUB ELECTIOK. A General Round-Cp for the Business of the Coming Year. The annual election of Lotus Club officers took place at the club rooms on the South side last evening. The following members were elected to the offices named: Presi dent, C. S. Applegate; Vice-President. Joseph Aneu; Secretary, S. W. Church; Treasurer, David J. JIi Geary; Board of Directors, John Bradley, Johu Albertson, C. H. Stolzenbacb, F. K. Gearing and Ferdinand Benz. The only opposing candidate to the ticket was William Awl, who was defeated lor Director. After the election the club made some arrangements about changing and altering the rooms. The club is in good condition financially and the members report the past year one of the most success lul in the club's growth and influence. On account of the amount of other business there was not time to discuss the Scheniey Park archway scheme, but it was assured that it would conic up lor lurther action at another meeting to be held soon. "WILL USE POWER OF ITS OWH. The Suburban Rapid Transit Road to Build an Electric Plant. The stockholders of the Suburban Eapid Transit Company, at their last meeting, de cided to build a power house asd put in a motor plant of their own, on land owned by the company, near the Brownsville avenue toll-gate. The company has been receiving its power from the Tnirteenth Street Electric road, hut the latter ceased operations ten days ago, and the Suburban road has con sequently been without power. Arrangements have been made with the Knoxville Laud Improvement Company, to run its line of cabs out to the end of the Suburban road until the new electric power house is built. The new plant will provide Jor enough power to mate extensions of the road which are contemplated. Mr. Hlnnlclc Testifies. The investigation into the charges against Rev. J. T. Itiley was continued yesterday. Mr. Minnick and Eev. J. W. Baker, of Connellsrille, testified. The former will probably be cross-examined to-day. There will probably be no session to-day, but the investigation will be continued Monday afternoon. CRUSADE ON CLUBS The Black Eagle Convictions the Ee- snlt of a Test Case Brought by Inspector McKelvey. THIRD MOVE IN THE LIQUOR WAR. All Sonthside dabs Whose Members -ray for Their Liquor fcy the Drink Liable to Be Raided. THE ASSESSMENT PLANT TIIOUGHT SAFE. Bcist cf tie lit Being Grainilly Tig&te&ti to Include All Tcaiert. As the third step in his campaign against illegal liquor selling, Police Inspector Mc Kelvy, of the Third district, is noV turning his attention to the methods employed by social clubs, the number of which is legion on the Sonthside and in the lower or West End portion or the district. The Black Eagle Club suit, by which the president, secretary and steward were con victed in Judge Stowe's Court Thursday, was brought as a test case. The clear con victions and rulings were such that Inspec tor McKelvy now says that every social club, whether chartered or not, whose mem bers pay lor their liquors by the drink, either with cash or checks, is liable to be raided, and that every member of the club is just as amenable to the law as are the officer. Thp Inspector has been studying up the management of clubs, and the law govern ing tne same, for some tima. He has de cided that clubs where drinks are obtained, either on a cash or check basis, are run just as much in violation of the law as speak eisies oranysimilar cases brought in tbeact ive campaign started some time aco against violators of the Brooks law, and unless the management of the clubs comes within the provisions of the statutes, they are all liable to be "pulled." The l"lrst Move Against tho Clubs. Though it has been known for some time that some social clubs have been violating the law, no definite more was made in the matter until the Black Eagle Club arrests, which is decided to be a test case. This is the first move in the third class of illegal liquor violations. The Inspector satisfied himself with stating his stand on the club question as an initial warning that lightning in the way of a raid or lawful suppression is likely to strike any of the clubs mentioned. As to his plans further he would not state The law, according to the decision of'the Court, gives the power ot suppression in any indi vidual case or in a wholesale war on the present system of managing social clubs. The question, on account of the immense number of clubs and the social standing of many, is a big one. The Inspector said he did not expect to make war at once on the clubs, but all are liable to prosecution un less tne management is conformed to the law. It is illegal liquor selling, and from a lecal standpoint the law should be obeyed, the same as with common speak-easies and by licensed retail and wholesale dealers. A Move That Cannot Be Checked. As the initial step the Inspector has made clear his stand on the question, and a chauge by the clubs and the discussion ex pected to'follow will decide the next step. The move it such a wholesale one that the present system may not be broken up with out a change in the law. The move is a Natural one in the present terflency to enforce the liquor laws to the lullest exteDt. ' The supremacy of the saloon or bar in Allegheny county, as the rendez vous of those who Iqve to partake of the "cheering cup," has been sadly shaken since Judge White's famous cut in the num ber oi licenses. The limited number of licenses gave rise to a wholesale violation of the laws. Now, since the number of saloons has been increased, and legalized traffic again placed on its feet, the lost ground is being gradually regained by the grad ual tightening of the reins oi the law. Speak-easies, the greatest out-and-out sources of unlawlul liquor selling, have gradually been squelched by the police so effectually that few 'exist at the present time. The next move was directed toward licensed retail and whole sale violators, and now attention is directed to the lar more difficult questjon of seeing that all clubs obey the law. Talk With the Sonthside Inspector. Inspector McKelvy was asked yesterday if the law did not allow chartered clubs to sell liquor to the members by the drink, anil opportuned to further explain the status of thecace. He said: "According to the law and Judge Stowc's opinion, chartered clubs are just as liable to be-pulled as any others, if they sell to tbeir members by the drink. The only way a club can be carried on, and come within the law, as I understand it, is on th,e assessment plan. Au assessment is made on each member, say a certain amount a week. The liquor is bouzht and belongs to all, and is drunk by all until it is gone. "Suppose you beloog we will say to a chartered club, if you like. When you tane a annt, you pay lor it, don t youv "Yes, but the liquor is mine, as a mem ber of the club, having a share in the funds it was first bought with," was answered. "Xo, it is not. If the liquor belongs to you, why do you have to pay for it when you drink it? Is not the liquor bought by a committee, we will say, on the company plan, in which you are a partner? Because you own stock iu the company, that does not say you own the liquor, and you surely have to pay for it, or you wouldn't get it It is selling without a license, and just as much a violation as though it were sold by a dealer who conld not claim the protection of the law." Rights oi a Chartered Club. "Then you sav that a clnb's charter does not give it the right to serve members with liquor by the drink, unless on a general assessment plan?" was asked "Certainly not. A charter does not give anyoue the right to violate an existing law." With this clincher to his argument, the Inspector bustled off to attend to other business, first saying: "Go interview some of the members of the clubs." Au attempt was made to obtain some in terviews on the subject, but the members were all very chary when anv allusion was made to the method of paying lor drinks. Several members of the Lotus Club were seen, and said that their organization did not come under the head of a law violator. The members buy books ol tickets for differ ent amounts, and when 'they get anything at the club, merely deposit their ticket. The liqnor obtained has already been bought, and they merely account for what they drink. Several clubs visited have a system of buying a keg of beer, the members drinking it until gone. Others have check systems. The members spoken to said they were not amenable to the law, but would not talk further. Nearly all the male inhabitants of the Sonthside belong to some club, ' and many Jo several. A number of the clubs have a long list of members, while others 'have but seven or eight. The same condi tion of affairs is found iu all parts of the two cities, so that the effect ol a war on the present management of social clubs can be clearly comprehended. That the question will come before the Legislature, in connec tion with the proposed revision of the liquor laws, is prophesied by many. De. B. M. HA2f Ka. Eye, ar, nose and throat diseases exclusively. Office, 720 Penn street, Pittsburg, Pa. s&su MINING IN COLORADO. Geologist Beardsley WeU 'Pleased With the State He Still Banks on Allegheny County as an OU-Froduclnc; Center Situated Between Good Fields. E. C. Beardsley, the geologist has re turned from an extended stay in Colorado, where he is interested in mining. His family is still living at Titusville, and Mr. Beardsley said be had not yet decided what be would do, whether to remain in this'lo cality or go West. "I like Colorado very much,v" he ssij yesterday at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. "Everything out there is in a flourishing condition. Aspen is now the leading min ing center, where the output of ore per month is about 512,000,000; it is only $3, 000,000 tor the same time at Leadville. Some slush oil is found at Florence, near Canyon City, on the Denver and Eio Grande road". They pump 2,000 barrels per day fiom the slate. It contains about 40 per cent of kerosene and little benzine because it lacks most iu gaseous qualities. It does not compare with the Pennsylvania petroleum. The great natural beds of asphalt still remain untouched. It has not been tested to any great extent, and it is an open question whether it will answer all the requirements for paving purposes or not. I sent several carloads to Pittsburg. I never heard from Booth & Flinn about it, but Mr. Peabody told me it was as good paving1 as he ever handled." "What do you think now of the Alle gheny county oil fields?" was asked. "Allegheny is nolding its own and is bound to snrpass the present record. I al ways did bank on this county as an oil cen ter. It is situated between the Washington and Butler fields, two sections with large producing capacity, and there-is no reason why there should not be large quautities of oil in this county. I think the Wildwood district is pretty close to the largest pools. Allegheny county Is certainly all right as an oil-producing section." W0EKIKG FOE THE GAVEL. Congressman Hatch Would Like to Be the Next Speaker. Congressman W. H. Hatch, of Missouri, one of the leading Democratic members of the House, and a prominent candidate for Speaker, passed through the city last even ing for Washington. When asked about his chances. Colonel Hatch said: "I have been away from Washington for three weeks, having been detained by sickness, and I do not know where I stand, but I ex pect to get the support of the delegation from my State, and I think my prospects are good. No doubt the Farmers' Alliance will have considerable influence in the next House. They lean toward Democratic doctrine, and as Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. I claim that I paved the .way for the formation of the Alliance. That is one ot the things I have been telling the farmers. Whether the Alliance will put up a candidate or not in 1892, depends altogether on the action of the two parties. I think the farmers will indorse the Democratic platform and candidates." , The Colonel was glad the force bill had been shelved for the present, but he was afraid that "party discipline and the force of an extrem: and narrow administration might reverse the action of last Monday," but be thought it promised the final defeat ot the bill. The Colonel says that Cleve land is still the choice of'the Southern Democrats, ani he thinks he is the most available man. WILL BE OPENED TUESDAY. Some of tho Peculiarities of Verestchagin, the Kiuslan Artist. Edouard Brandus, the manager of the Verestchagin collection of paintings, decided last evening to open the gallery to the pub lic next Tncsday morning, at 10 o'clock.'iu Carnegie Hall. The exhibitions will be daily from 10 to 10. In speaking of Verestchagin last evening, Mr.Urandns said: "He is the greatest Eussian artist to-day. He is about SO years old, and this collection was finished when he was 38. There are 120 pictures in all, every one being of large size, and the variety of the subjects and their treatment is- so marked that people wonder how one man in a lifetime could produce so many paintings. "Verestchagin lias traveled extensively. He was a soldie,' in the Eussian Army, and followed the troops in the Tnrko-Eussian war. He is now living in Paris. One of the peculiarities of this artist is that he never sold a pictnre, and he has been fortunate in selecting- subjects that other painters rarely touch. Verestchagin has been offered as much as $50,000 lor one of his pictures, and he was very indignant in New York when a wealthy gentleman offered him $3,000 to paint the iiortrait of this wife. He is one of the most independent artists I ever met." SPECIAL Cable totters from Europe cover the Old World for to-morrow's DIS PATCH. . DISBEGAED OF FACTOEY LAWS Charged by the Coroner" h Jury Who Inves tigated Charles Davis' Death. The Coroner went to Homestead last even ing and held an inquest on the remains of Charles Davis, the young man who was crushed by being caught by a belt and drawn into a machine at the Homestead Steel Works .yesterday morning. The in quest developed the fact that the belting and machinery at these works are not protected with the guard rails required by the factory laws, and it was also found that the Factory Inspector has never paid the works a visit so lar as any evidence could be secured. A verdict ot accidental death .was ren dered, but stating that the accident was the result of a disregard of the factory laws. TWO ALLEGHEHY MISHAPS. A Bnnaway on the Brighton Boad Down an Embankment; A horse attached to a wagon, owned by Mr. Burkett, a Bellevue florist, took fright while being driven along the Brighton road, Allegheny, yesterday afternoon and ran away. The wagon-collided with one of the gate posts at Bellevue Cemetery and was badly wrecked. A borse and cart, owned by a man named Purcell, were backed oyer a 75-foot dump ou California avenue, Allegheny, yesterday alternoon. The driver escaped by jumping from the cart, but the horse had to be killed. The Pastor Assumes His Charge. EeV. K. S.Laws, D. D., the newly elected pastor of the Greene Street Baptist Church, Eobinson street, Allegheny, will meet the members of his church to-morrow lnormntr at 10:30 o'clock, and in the evening nt 7:00 o'clock. Eev. Dr. Laws, is the late Presi deut of the Colored National University, at Washington, D. C. Sontlislrtcra Want More Electric Lights. At the meeting of the Finance Committee yesterday a petition, signed by all the South side members of Conncils, asking for an ex tension of the electric light system on that sjde oi the river, was presented and referred to the subcommittee on the appropriation ordinance. , To Begin Bunting for a Farm. The ordinance for the purchase of a new poor farm became a law yesterday by the lailure of the Mayor to veto within ten days of its passage by Councils. Chief Elliot will advertise for sites as soon as possible, as be is anxious to have the matter settled. Literature From Legislator. Senator Johu TJpperman last night pre sented thel'iftcenthWtrd Bepublican Club with a number of ""legislative books at an addition to the library of (he elub. A CHMGE OF BASIS Considered by a Committee of the Amalgamated Association. GROCERS AGREEMENT ADOPTED. A. W. Wright Coming to Nttsbnrsr to Re open the Phillips Case. WOKE BEING RESUMED AT BEADDOCK An important meeting, affecting the iron and steel scale of next year, will be held at the office of the Amalgamated Association to-day at 10 o'clock. A special committee was appointed at the convention last June with instructions to in quire into the'advisability of changing the basis of the scale and report to the next annual convention. It will be remembered there was a vigor ous effort made during the convention last year to change the basis of the scale from bar iron to some other grade or quality of iron. Some of the delegates had conceived the idea that manufacturers were manipu lating the prices of bar iron in such a manner as to be able to continually keep the rcale down, while they were selling other specialties as greatly increased prices in proportion. Object to Bar Iron as a Basis. Bar iron has been the basis for a cood many years, and the question of chancing from that specialty to some other form, though informally discussed, has not been acted upon by any convention until last year. Bar iron is not a circumstance iu the volume of iron and steel made in other shapes, and the basis is not regarded as an av erage; one. Skelp iron is made in large quantities and by some is regarded as a fair basis. oncet iron is another specialty upon which many would like to see the scale based. The committee has been engaged for the last two or three weeks gathering inlormation on the actual selling price ot the various kinds of irop and steel, and com parison will be made of these figures to-day and it will be ascertained if the present cal culation permits of any manipulation in favor of the firms. It is believed there is not more than one firm Oliver Bros. & Phillips whose capacity is over 90 tons a aay, tnat could possibly work the prices so as to have the advantage. Wages Hot o Dropped Witla Prices. Prices in all branches of the market have been shoved down to almost cost and it is thought by the most conservative members of the association that no advantage would be gained by making the change. President Weibe was seen yesterday in regard to the matter, but he declined to say how he thought to-day's meeting will 'terminate. "There is no doubt," said he, "but that the convention thought a change would be bene ficial or it would not have go'ne to the trouble to have one appointed, but I cannot say what will be done. The matter is en tirely in the committee's hands." The latest market reports show bar iron to be selling at from $27 E0 to $28, which is about as healthy a condition as that prod uct; has been in for some time, while the market Tor manufactured iron is in an un easy state; the price of steel billets is the lowest on record at present, and the steel rail business is in an unsatisfactory con dition. There has been no improvement in the pig iron market, while the manufactured iron and steel market is simply dull. Some ot the men recognize these facts, and npon their authority, it is stated, there will be no effort made to secure an increase in wages next year. GETTING 0VS ONE SCAEE. Grocers Fear Their Own Weakness Now Bather Than the Law. There was another eSnference last night between the committees representing the various labor organizations and the Grocers' Association, now attempting to adopt an agreement by which the latter will handle none but union goods. Among those present were J. C. 0'DonnelI,E. C. Dalzell, and W. A. Willett, representing ihe gro cers; W. J. Dillon, Josepn L. Evans, "H. F. Dempsey and Joseph Hipkins, of the labor organizations. The meeting continued un til nearly 11 o'clock, and when it adjourned it was giveu out that the agreement was practically entered into, the only question at issue being when the document shall take effect During the' evening Mr. O'Donnell, who had previously been learful,of the possibility of getting into the clutches oi the con spiracy laws, made a lengthy speech, in which he made a partial retraction ot his former statements, but he was still doubtful ot the agreement's proving of the desired benefit, owing to the condition ot the Grocers' Association, which he admitted had weakened somewhat. Mr. Dillon made an impressive address on the subject, and, While admittin. the document had some bad clauses, he insisted that it was the best that could be adopted tor the common good of both grocer and consumer. Speeches were made by J. L. Evans and f others'. Mr. Evans favored the agreement. saying that a similar arrangement was in force in Wheeling, where for five years not a single complaint hnd been made against it irom either side. He thought the condition ot the Grocers' Association was by no means discouraging, and if everybody will do his duty, the agreement can result in much good to both parties. A motion was finally adopted, postponing final action until the next meeting. ' KOBE TKOUBLE AT BEADDOCK. Edgar Thomson' Works Beady for a Re sumption of Business. Furnaces F, I. B add E, of the Thomson plant were blown in yesterday, and it is thought furnaces G and H, which are un dergoing repairs necessitated bv damages resulting from the recent riot, will be ready for operation next week. A small sized difficulty occurred near the works last night. ' About 8 o'clock 20 Hun garirns marched up Thirteenth street iu an intoxicated condition and tore up a lot of lences and assaulted a workman. Two of the men were arrested and will be given a hearing to-day. THE DAY EOSBAHKIKG UP. Fires to Be Drawn From the Furnaces in Mahoning Valley. To-day is the time settled upon by the owners of 23 furnaces.in the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys to draw their fires. The decision was reached at a meeting held at Youngstown. two weeks ago, and a report has been in circulation that a number of Pittsburg furnacemen will follow the exam ple of the valley, people. . It is not certain, however, that the local furnaces wilL be banked. The idea meets the approval of the operators, but whether the move would be beneficial'at this time is not clear. STILL THEY ABE 8IGHTHG. Another Firm Grants the Demands of the Tile Layers' Union. Hall Bros. & Co., of the McCance build ing, signed tbc tile layers' scale yesterday. This firm has always been non-union, but iuterids to'ruD their business on a strictly union principle in the future. The tile layers are getting more confident of winning now as there -is a great demand for men, and those who have granted the demands were 'compelled xo do so by-the amount of work on hands, v j- """ 4 To Begin a New Tear. The new Central Trades Council for the eniulngear will meet to-night for organ-J ization at Bricklayers.' Hall, 41 Fifth ave nue. The prospects are that there will be a large attendance of.delegates lrom the vari ous labor unions, and judging from the pro gramme, the council will have a very busy year. REOPENING THE CASE. John fhlllips, the Expelled Member of L. A. 3005 to Get Another Hearing Mr. Wright, of the General- Executive Board, Coming Ills Other Mission. A. W. Wright, member of the General Executive Board of the Knights of Labor, will be here next week to reopen the now iamous John Phillip case. About two years ago John Phillip was expelled from L. A. 300, on the Sonthside, for having testified before the Executive Board of the Trades Council after he had been forbidden by his association to do so. His testimony was against President Camp bell, and was claimed by members of L. A. 300 to be of a damaging character to the as sociation. The case was the one relating to the alleged importation of workmen for Jeantiette in violation of the anti-contract labor laws, and he was charged with giving away the secrets of the association. Phillips claimed he 'did not know any thing about the order having been issued by the association forbidding any of the mem bers of L. A. 300 to appear before the Trades Council, and furthermore that he could not have given away any of the secrets or the association, as he had not attended any of the meetings of the assembly during the entire difficulty. He was expelled, however, and he ap pealed to the General Executive Board, which decided at the Atlanta session not to interfere with the case. Phillips had no other redress, and so Jong as the assembly remained affiliated with the K. of L. he was slated to stay out The matter was brought up again, never theless, at the Denver session this year, and the Executive Board was directed to have the case reopened. In pursuance to that action, Mr. Wrieht will take testimony, new and old, and will rehear the whole case. He will then report back to the next meet ing of the Executive Board, when a final decision will be rendered. The fact that the case is to be gone over again has created no little excitement in labor circles, and especially among the members of L. A. 300. While here Mr. Wright will also settle the Ihnisen trouble on the Sonthside. Will Not Close Factories. Among the arrivals at glass headquarters at the Monongahela House yesterday were DSQ. Jenkins, President of the Columbia Glass Company, of Findlay, and W. H. Gorby, of the Bellaire Goblet Company, of the same place. These gentlemen are ex tremely reticent about the reported trust, but say if it is formed it will not close down any of the factories. They Will Arbitrate. The salesmen-who were out on strike at Ruben's went to work yesterday, pending an arbitration of the difficulty at the store ou Monday. The firm will select two men, the Salesmen's Assembly two, and these four the filth. Tailors to Visit Atlantic City. The Sonthside Merchant Tailors' Ex change met last night to arrange for a ban quet, but instead the members decided to visit Atlantic City in a body July 2, on the occasion of the Exchange's eighteenth anni versary. Industrial Notes. The puddling department of the mill of A. 31. llyers i. Co. did not work-yesterday on ac count ota shortage of gas. TnEKE will be a mass meeting of English bakers at Ruppel's Hall to-night, to be ad dressed by prominent speakers. THE Pittsburg Forgo and Iron Company's works are only running single turn on acconnt of a slackness in orders. James 1C. Verner. ot the company.! confined to his home with a ser ious attack of typhoid fever. It was reported yesterday that Mr. Carneele had-been offered $23,000,000 forihls interest in the local plants, tit IT. Frick denied the rumor, and said that while Mr. Carnegie can sell if he wants to, he did not think the millionaire had any Idea ot doing so. SPECIAL Cable Letters from Europe cover the Old World for to-morrow's DIS PATCH. A DAY'S ACCIDENTS. One Man Dead andNumeroos Others More or Less Injured. Yesterday's accidents included one fatal ity and a couple of other mishaps that may end iu death. The list follows: Charles Davis Charles Davis, an employe of Carnegie, Phipps & Co.. at Homewood, vwas caught in a belt yesterday and thrown against a circular sir, resulting in instant Ui-Ath. His friends lire in Wales. fluou Cain Hneh Cain, an engineer in Jones & Laughlin's yard, fell off his engine yes terdar, breaking one nf his legs. Charlie HcULiNTOcK-Cbariio McClintock, a 10- ear-old Reynolds avenue boy, was perhaps fatally burned yesterday by his clothes catch ing tire while he was warming himselt before the crate. Thomas O'KlHcnE Thomas O'Klrche had his foot badly crushed while at work at Oliver Brothers' Fourteenth street mill last evening. Henry Gross and John Marks Henry Gross and John Marks were badly cut and nrulsed by running into- a sand wajron while coasting on Butler street yesterday afternoon. CHARLKS 13RU3IEACOII Charles Brum. baugh. a Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston switchman, had several ribs, a cheek bone and an arm broken yesterday by being struck by a train. The injuries aro not necessarily laral. Edward Iiiebold. ot Violet alley, West nd, had his foot crushed at the Sllgo mill yes terday." INVESTORS will fin bargains in to-morrow's DISPATCH. It gives all the news, too. HEN IN A SHOE ST0BE, A Chicken Makes a Break for Liberty and Lands in a Show Window. A woman entered one of the downtown shoe stores yesterday with a big chicken under her arm. Its legs were tied with a piece of frail string, and by dint of bard pressure with her fingers on its bill she pre vented the -fowl from making an outcry. She laid the domestic bird down on the floor while she made her purchases, and the cunning chicken made its final and most desperate break for liberty. With a loud cackle and a good effort, the stringthat confined its limbs was easily broken, and she flew into the big show window, knock ing the shoes right and left. A rafc of clerks and the woman made a rush lor the chicken, but for some time the fowl managed to keep out of their way. A large crowd soon gathered on the pavement to witness the strange spectacle of a chicken making sad havoc among the boots and shoes. They had heard of a bull in a china shop, but of a hen in a shoe store never. THE DISPATCH has a Special Corre spondent at the seat of the Indian War. It will give you all the news at all times. A BOir-COIOnJNICAlTVE PHYSICIAK. Dr Stewart Betorns From Europe, but Re loses to Talk. Dr. E. W. Stewart arrived home from Europe yesterday, but was indisposed to talk about the lymph with which Dr. Koch expects to eradicate consumption from the universe. He says he believes experiments should be made privately and for that rea son positively refused to state his views of the new remedy. There is no doubt that experiments will be tried here very soon, though the doctor refuses to say anything even on that most interesting topic. The experiments are to be made at the Mercy Hospital. THE DISPATCH has a Special Corre spondent at the seat of'the Indian War. It will give yon all the news at all times. 27-iitcH printed Indian silks at 75c, $1 and $1 25 a yard; cannot be duplicated at-a Its per cent advance. Huors & Hacks, ttssu, s :" HITTING THE PIPE. It Was a Gas Main, bat It Brought Eevenne to a Woman. HAD A CORPORATION OF HER OWN. Frlces Kept Pace With itorv Advance Made by the Parent Company. ALL WAS EOINED BI flER TEMPER To gain greatness one must be a special ist in these stirring times. Success depends upotyinswerving adherence to one process or method. The ordinary must be left for the herd, and tbencw and attractive must be chosen. These facts are recognized even among those who are not particular whose property they handle. The bank robber will no longer stoop to rifle even the home of a wealthy man where only a little silverware, a watch and some jewelry are all that can possibly be a reward for his labors. That is left to the ordinary burglar, while he de votes himself to bis one particular branch of the art of thievery, and the development of new and catching schemes. In this woman, too, has her place, and for downright ingenuity an Allegheny matron takes the cream, and does not leave even very mnch of the skim milk. Her idea was new and startling. She ran a natural gas company, all her own. It was just like any other corporation. Her prices fluttered up as regularly as those of the larger companies, and she raked in big dividends. Selling Gas She Didn't Pay For. The secret of her success was that she did notjiay for the precious fuel she sold. She did not believe she was stealinc it, either, for it came to her of its own accord through a street main. She was simply "hitting the pipe," in style that was lucrative, if not oriental. 9 Tnis woman lived on Beaver avenue, Allegheny, but her name the Allegheny Heating Company refused to give out, be cause it expects her to settle the case. The story, however, is that this-woman took gas from the Allegheny Heating Company on a contract for her own house, and consequently there was no tell-tale meter. She then ran a line ot pipe from her, house to a house in the rear and supplied a half dozen fires. Eor a year and a half she has beeu suc cessfully conducting this systematic rob bery. She did business in a business-like manner, and assured the people she supplied that she bad a contract with the company, and they would have to purchase from her or use coal. She kept pace with all the im provements, and told her customers they ought to put in gas-saving appliances, as 'the fuel was growing scarce. She empha sized this argument by making several bal loon ascensions in prices as the parent com pany advanced the rates. A Flaw In an Excellent System. Each month, as her patrons paid up, she gave regular receipts, and that was the greatest flair in all her excellent system. like other monopolists, she was burdened with complaints when the fuel failed to respond. All these she' skillfully parried, until her temper caused her downfall. Like many other magnates, she finally aggregated a huge idea of h;r owu importance, and when an unusually hard complaint was made, a few days ago, she declared she would turn off the supply. This awakened a suspicion that the main office might have something to say in the matter, and when inquiry was made there the officials at once realized the game that was being worked on them. One of the inspectors for the Allegheny Heating Company at once honored the lady with a call. When she was asked about the houses in the rear she said she did not be lieve they used gas. The injector be lieved this until he fonnd the connecting pipe lrom the company's main and then saw bright gas fires burning in the rear build ing it being a day when there happened to be some gas. The woman who conceived this brilliant scheme was game, however, to the last. She admitted taking the gas, but calmly said she had sold her house, and they could not collect anything. The next surprise was in Alderman Braun's office, when the Allegheny Heat ing Company had the womau arrested on a charge of larceny. She was confronted with her patrons and.the receipts she had signed. Then she weakened, and when she found she could be convicted of stealing gas, she concluded she would pay the bill, and allow her corporation to go into liquidation ob scurity. BITTEN BY A DOG. George Azar Attacked and Severely Injured by a Ferocious Canine. George Azar was severely bitten on the left leg by a large dog while walking along Mulberry alley, near Twenty-ninth street, yesterday afternoon. He reported the oc currence to the police at the Twelfth ward station, who ascertained that the dog was owned by a man named Boraskey, who lives on Mulberry alley at the rear of No. 2819 Pen n avenue. Azar lives at No. 36 Poplar alley. He made an inlormation before Magistrate Mc Kenna, charging Boraskey with keeping a ferocious dog. THE DISPATCH has a Special Corre spondent at the seat of the Indian War. It will give yon all the news at all times. ' THE PEOPLE'S STORE, FIFTH AVENCE January Clearance Sale. Boys'-overcoats from $1 75 to $3. garment is now offered at reduced All sizes, 2 to 18 years. Every prices. Casip.beli, & Dick. Reduction! Reduction! Redaction! Now, if you want to buy a good piano or organ, or anything in the musical line, call at Hamilton's, 91 and 93 Filth avenue. An nual stocktaking is February 1, and coods must be sold off. This year we have more stock ou hand than ever, as some import or ders that were ordered for holiday trade have just arrived. We will sell pianos low and orgaus lower than ever before. Come in and see us; get our prices; they will surprise you. S. Hamilton, 91 and 93 Fifth avenue. 69c, Formerly 81 and 81 CO. Men's Saxony wool underwear 7fie; formerly $1 25. Men's Scotch mixed under wear. Open until 9 P. M. Saturday. A. G. Campbell & Sojfs, 27 Filth avenue. 34 Louvre 24 Chataleine hags included in this bargain sale all bags from 3 to 55 reduced to $1 25 to close them out. 24 Sixth St., Directly opposite Bijou Theater. . Boys Percale Shirt Waists All reduced in price. Those that were 51 nre now 75c. Those that were 1 40, ?! 60, Sl'G5 are now 51. Best goods made, full assortment of styles una sizes standing collars, detachable collars or regular turn over collars. Jos. HORKE & Co., 609-621 Penn avenue. The Chiltjeen's Delight. No house hold where there are children can afford to be without Marvin's Pinafore cakes. The little ones cry for them and grow fat on them. They are made especially for the youngsters, and like everything of beauty, are a joy forever. Your grocer keeps them or can get them for you if he don't. Never be satisfied with any crackers but Marvin's. It don't pay. &hs Uses "O'K' where. 'shot blacking. 10 cts every- ' SEVERED ,AN ARTERY. A Penn Avenue Lady Cats Herselt" With, a Razor While Temporarily Deranged Pecuniary Troubles and Domestic In felicity Said to Be the Cause. Mrs. Fowler, who rents rooms at 426 Penn avenue, is being treated at the Homeopathic Hospital for a self-icflicted wound sustained yesterday while-she was partly unconscious. The injured lady is being' attended by Dr. Willium H. Mercur, who was called to her assistance. The neighbors, with friendly zeal, entered into an alliance to prevent publication of the particulars, so very meager details could be obtained regarding the matter. It seems that Mrs. Fowler was once iu affluent cir cumstances, but became reduced to the ne cessity of renting rooms. It is said that only recently she lost considerable money, and, it is alleged, was so worried by her misiortunes as to have recourse, occasion ally, to stimulants to counteract her de spondency. About 9 o'clock yesterday morning the lodgers were startled by a scream from the landlady's room. Entering, they found the lady in a swoou with blood gushing from a cut in the left wrist. A razor was lying near that had been used to sever the artery. Dr. Mercur was promptly called, and bad the unfortunate woman removed to the Home opathic Hospital, where sbe is still under his care. On a table close by was a bottle containing whisky; and the assumption is that Mrs. Fowler had attempted suicide while eutfering from dementia due to her misfortunes. When thoroughly conscious of her position Mrs. Fowler expressed regret for the occur rence. At the hospital sbe was entered at Mrs. Eiley. It is said that she had consid erable domestic infelicity, and that her hns band was alive, though not living with her. Her neighbors did not seem to know much about her. One nf them said that she bad had the house, No-419 Penn avenue, only since April last; those who were intimate with her were religiously ignorant of everything concerning the lady. One near neighbor was so ardent in her behalf as to warn house holders in the viciuity not to say anything' about the occurrence. Dr. Mercur, when seen, said he was called in professionally, and knew nothing of the case beyond that. BTJDTABD KIPLING'S series of letters on America begin in to-morrow's DISPATCH. They will be the sensation of the day. San Francisco catches it In the first letter. . m WE BEGIN . THE EEW YEAR -WITH A- SPECIAL SALE -OY- TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS -AT- THE LOWEST PRICES EVER OFFERED. Two hundred pieces, comprising 80 styles, which ,will not be reproduced the coming season, viz.: 2,000 yards at 60 and 55c, worth 75c. 3,000 yards at 60 and 60c, worth 87c 3,000 yards at 75c; worth 51 00. The latter being the very best grade of Tapestry Brussels made. Eemember, these goods are not remnants, but full new rolls of Fall Goods. . ' EDWARD GROEJZIKGER, 627 and 629 Penn Avenue. jal-TTSSU BIBER i EA5T0N. Ladies' Long Garments, Coats and Wraps Offered at INTERESTING REDUCTIONS At $1 50, A lot ot small check dark Newmarkets. At $3, A lot of black and brown Beaver Cloth Long Garments in medium weights, reduced from J6 SO. . At $5, A wide choice in Plain Beaver and Fancy Weaves In Ladies' Long Garments, reduced lrom S10 and J12. - At $8, A very choice line of Long Garments, reduced from 15 and 518. SLAUGHTER IN Jackets and Fine Wraps! FOB MISSES at S3 and to. FOB LADIES at 13, JS. $3 and up. Fine Wraps all Sacrificed! Fine Mantles alt to go! Elegant Plush Garments! This offering f torn Our Cloak Department Embraces many of our choicest garments, per fect in shape, quality and finish. BIBER I EASTDN, 505 and ,507 MARKET STREET. N. B. January sale of new Muslin Under wear and Embroideries will Interest you. JalO-TTSSu ' U. & S. Specialties In McnV, Women's and Children's HOSIERY and UNDERWEAR Marvelous Bargain .Sale of Ladles' and Chil dren's Black, Plain and Bibbed Cashmere Hose. Also one lot nf Ladles' Fast Black Cot ton Hose, 25c, worth 50c; one lot of Ladies' Tan and Mode Shades Cotton Hose 25c, worth 50c; one lot of Ladle' Fancy Cotton and Lisle Hose, worth 7oc and $1, for 60c. ULRIGH &SPENCERf 42 Penn Avenue JaS-TTS NEV ADVHKTITSK7H f.NlS. The Leading Plttsburc Pa ltry Goods House. Saturday, Jan. JDS. HDRNE I ED.'S PENN AVE. STORES. JANUARY SALES ! ri J No abatement of interest and, no end apparently to the greats bargains. Every department will be ready for another great day of business to-day. We call especial attention to the sharp reductions in Men's Winter Underwear. Scarlet pure wool Shirts and Drawers That were tl 00. now 80c a garment. That were SI 25, now $1 a garment. That were SI 50, now II 25 a garment. That were S2 0U, now 41 50 a garment. Camel's Hair and Wool Mixed Shirts and Drawers That were SI 25, now 51 00 a garment. That were SI 50. now 31 25 a garment. That were $- 00, now 51 65 a garment. German SanitaryWool Shirts and Drawers That were $2 50. now 32 00 a garment That were S2 25. now S3 00 a garment. That were $2 75, now S2 25 a garment Genuine Scotch Wool Shirts and Drawers That were $2 25, now Jl 50 a garment. Norfolk and New Brunswick Brown Merino and Natural Wool Shirts and Drawers That were 2 50, now J2 00 a garment. Fancy Brown Merino Shirt3 and Drawers Tht were f2 23, now Jl 75 a garment. Fancy Brown Worsted, purest Wool Shirts and Drawers That were 13 75. now S3 00 a garment. BARGAINS IN MEN'S WINTER SOX. Plain Slerino. Fancy Merino, Camel's Hair, Knit Wool, Heavr Rrltfah At 25c I. A Pair, Plain and Fancy Cotton, A special bargain line of fine. Merino Hose, that were 65c, J 1iC and fior a nafr . S j f -, Reduced to 50c a pair. 1 A lot of Black Cashmere Sox, s 50c quality, to go to-day at 35c a pair. Black Cashmere Sox -at 50 a pair, reduced from 60c and" 65c. Fine English Cotton Sox, fancy striped, at 75c a pair, re duced from $1 10, $1 and 90c Fine Balbriggan Sox at $t a pair, reduced from $1 25. GLOVES. All our lined Winter Gloves, plain or fur-topped, now at greatly reduced prices. Complete lines of Men's--Warm Wool Gloves and best Fur Gloves (Seal, Nutria, Beaver, eta,) at very low,prices now. Largest and most complete lines of Men's fine Kid Gloves, for street and for evening wear. SMOKING JACKETS. ' There's plenty of every size and choice materials and style3 among the Smoking Jacket.3 .that remain from our big holK day stock but the prices we have made on them are quickly thinning the counter. The frugal young man is numerous, and is finding in these Jackets a chance to get comfort and luxury at little cost Cardigan Jackets from $1 50. each up all reduced. Men's Furnishing Depart-, ment open this evening until 9 o'clock. CLOAK ROOM BARGAINS. A big lot of Black and Col ored Jackets, all stylish ma terials and shapes, now $5, $8 and Sio each. A special line of Gray Melton Jackets at $5, reduced from 10. A lot of Fur-Trimmed Jack- ets, very fine winter weight cloths, at io worth double; , the money and more. t. We also offer this morning 200 LONG CLOTH NEW MARKETS, with and without capes, at $Sf$8, $10, $12 and ' 15 all less than half price all stylisb,new materials, plaids, stripes and mixtures. Big values in Plush Jackets and Coats, all reduced prices. tZj COME TO ism JOB. HDRNE I QUI :m -AY. 609-621 PENN AVENUE. 4 :ff
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