THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1S9L ' ' 7"' i CHAMPION'S STORY Bob Fitzsimmons Writes The Dispatch About Ilis GreaC Victory Over the Nonpareil. WHY HE ABANDONED AUSTRALIA. His Method of Training for the Olympic Clnb Battle at His Quarters at Bay St. Lonis. SnCCESSFOL SCHEULS IN THE E1XG. Tic lue With Wiich He Ccnli Tcol Djopsty Oatcf the Scrpnsts of the Cottst mTJTTES TOR THE DISrATCH.t Before I Bay anything regarding my bat tle with JscU Deinpsey, I first want to tell you why it was I came to Atneriea. I was a boss blacksmith by trade and made my liv ing that way, while the money made by box ing went to swell n? little bank account. I had bosed many men in Australia, and while many conceded that I had the best right to the title of middle-weight cham pion, still there was some dispute, Jem Hall claiming the title in Australia, while 15111 McCarthy, who had gone to San Fran cisco, also claimed to be the representative champion of my fatherland. I wanted to fight both of these men, and as Hall was easier for me to get at than McCarthy, who was 7,000 miles away, I directed my atten tion toward him. AVell, we met and I defeated him in fire rounds, for a small amount. He was not satisfied with this and kept making talk un til finally I put up 500 in the Referee office, iu Sydney, to make a match with Hall or any other middle-weight in Aus tralia. There was no answer to this chal lenge, but Hall kept on talking. Finally I heard that he was going to spar at Larry Foley's Athletic Hall, in Sydney, and I resolved to go there and challenge him from the stage, so that he would bare no cbance to escape me. I did this, saying I would make the stake as large or as small as be wanted, and that I would fight him again with any sort of gloves he might select. In answer to this challenge he said: To Tight In America. "Gentlemen, I am going to America by the Zealandia, which sails to-morrow after noon, anil so 1 will not be at liberty to ac cept the challenge of Mr. Fitzsimmons, much as I should like to do so. If be will come to America I shall only be too glad to meet bim in a contest there." I weut homo, had a talk with my wife, and then and there resolved to go to San Francisco to fight bim. Accordingly I packed up what few traps I needed, and went aboard the Zealandia, about noon the next day. I looked about for Hall, but be had not yet come aboard, and I leaned over the side to see him when he should come up the gangplank. Finally he came in sight, and looku.g up saw me. low, of course I don't pretend to know whether it was seeing me on board the steamship which caused him to change his mind or not, bnt anyway he turned straight around and walked awayj ordering hi baggage to be taken back up ton n again. The Zealandia sailed without hint, much to the surprise of the steward, who was to bring him over. When I saw Hall walk away 1 had half a mind to get off the boat and stay in Sidney to make him fight again, but I thought better of tnat, and resolved to right McCarthy in 'Frisco and thereby settle his claim or mine to the cham pionship. AH of you arc probably familiar wnn mat battle, which I lought after eight Uajs of training, and in which I succeeded in defeating Mac In eignt rounds. The Challenge to Beinpscy. After this there was talk about matching me against Detnpsey. but people wanted to try me out a little more, 1 guess, and sony match with Arthui TJpbara was brought about, tbo result of which j ou are all familiar with. Then canio tbo challenge to Dempsey and tbe bidding of the clubs for tbc fight. I had been behind Car roll when be defeated Bowcn at tbc Olympic Club in Sew Orleans and baa seen the fair and square treatment be had received there: and, be being my managerand trainer, we both re solved to tight in that club and nowhere else, for we knew thai under the roof of the Olym pics the bet man would be allowed to win. and that neither de would get even a shade the best of a decision. This was w hat w e wanted, and I feel that that was what Deuij'Sey wanted also. I know- that I can truthfulli sy that I did not want to win the right unless I could doso fairly, and could prove to the crowd assembled that I was the better mar. I think that mv treatment of my oppo nent while in the ring will bear ine out in this statement. As a mittei of course, I was quite surprised, as was aKo my partner. Jimmv Car roll, when the purse ran up to $12,000. It was true we bad expected a good-sized purse, but thought 53.000. or slOWOat the outside, wonlillin the limit it would reach. The bidding showed that we were dealing with gcnei ou people, and when the pnr-e was set at 512,000 1 naturally felt quite proud lhati was to light for the largest pursethat had ever been olTcied to two pn gilists in any class. As a matter ot course I lelt pure of w limine, and I guess Dempscy felt tho same way. for a pugilist would be very foolish to go into a match in which he thought ho would be defeated. What He Knew of Dempscy. I suppose my confidence came from the fact that I had never suffered defeat. While 1 knew that the ruau I was to fight bad proven himself to be a wonder, in fact a world beater, I never IiaJ the pleasure of seeing bim. But I had a partner who bad known Jack almost ever since liestaited into the business of pugilism, and who could tell me bis methods of fighting and tricks of generalship while in the ringt Further than this, I knew that I had tbo advantage of Mm in three things, viz: height, length of reach and greater hitting power. You may bo sure I had heard many wnudt-iful stories auout Ins cleverness, his shiftj lighting and his endur ance and gcneralshm wntle in the ring, and I l.ncu that he must be a better man than I bad t enact before, or ho would not have the reputation he had, and which, in my opiniou, he s. ill has. I also knew tha' a good, bard punch In tho right tpot will make a man forget a great deal tifliicleerncss and tricks of generalship, and 1 may sa that scarcely had the match been made before I bad almost made up my mind to rush tbc flouting along from the start. I say almost, because you never can mako up your mlud as to the exact way to co to work upon a man you have iievr seen, and so I had not thoroughly decided as to the way I would go to work until I saw Dempsey standing up in front of mo iu the ring of the OljmpicClub. After the match was uiade then came the training, which, in my opinion, and m the opin ion of many of my colleagues in the boxingbusi ness. is the hardest part of the fight. Carroll hail trained for his nght with iiowcn at Bay St. Louis, which, to my mind, is the prettiest spot on the coast, and we resolved that I should train tbcie. and for that purpose a neat little cnttace was hired and we settled down to a quiet home life. Reputation of Bay St. Louis. Now there is a peculiar thing about Bay St. Loui-, and that is, that although many fighters have trained there, there never was a loser among the lot. I can't remember the names of all who have trained at that beautiful place, but among them are Hare, when be fought Allen: feullivan, when he fought Paddy Kyan; Warren, Carroll and, lastly, myself. Not that I am superstitious, tor 1 don't believe that even the bracing air of the Bay could have made mo win if Dempsey had been tbe better man. butit was owing more to the above fact, I think, than anything else, whicn inado the inhabitants of mi- mi uci on me almost to a man. rom what 1 haic heard and read in some of the newspapers since the fluht, mere must be a great mauj people who think that 1 am a heavy wcigln, and that I had to go through a very se vere course of training to net down, so that in my fighting clothes I i-honld weigh only 154 pound. .iw, although 1 had a long time in which to train, uiv course of trainfn" was neither long nor severe, as I did not have Tery much weight to take off. Although I look very large and tall for a middle-weight, you must re member that my legs are comparatively thin and that is where a great deal or the weight usually comes in a man. You will, no doubt, be surprised when I tell you that before coming to this country I never fought at over 1 pounds in my lite, and 1 looked tully as big and strong then as 1 do now. Naturally I walk about weighing, stripped, about 162 or 161 pounds, and I seldom go over that. So you can see that at thej outside I had only about 13 : iTliiiliiiiijiiiiir' iiiiiTiiiiii iiiifll pounds to take off, and that does not seem much when compared with what some lighters have to reduce when going Into battle. HU Food and Habits. My training has been pretty thoroughly de scribed in tbe columns ot tbe press already, and I will only say that I used to get up at sun rise, take an egg, or sometimes two, beaten up in a little sherry. Then I would chop wood or take a short walk before breakfast. At all my meals I would eat heartily, but 1 did not take any butter, salt or fat meat, and I was not al lowed to, drink much, and I always took care not to cat until my hunger was entirely ap peased, but always left the table feeling that I could cat a little mre. After breakfast I would go out for mv morning spin, and cover, in run liingand walking,! rom 10 to 15 miles, getting up a good perspiration as I neared home. Then after a good sweat bv the lire, when I would be given tbe tea from $. pounds of beef, I would get a good rubdowu, and then dinner would be ready. After dinner I would rest a short time, and then put on ray tights and go out and punch the ball for from half an hour to an hour. Then came another rubbing down with alcohol, after which it would be supper time. Then after reading an hour or so I would retire, to repeat the same thing the next day. Sometimes I would vary the monotony of this by goingto the blacksmith shop and shoeing a couple of mules, and on Sundays I never did any running, but would spar for an hour or two in the morning with anyone who wanted to put on the gloves, and there were plenty of them who would do so. It had to be understood, however, that I should do no hard hitting. He Fought a Photograph. This was tbe way I trained to meet the Ameri can champion, reducing slowly and gaining strength as the day for tbe fight drew near. I bad a picture of Dempsey nailed up in tbe room in which the ball was hung and I used to prac tice all sorts of blows on the ball, trying to imagine at the time that it was the Nonpareil I had in front of me. At last came tbe day or tho fight and I was at tbe properweigbt all dav, despite reports to the contrarv. nen we entered me ring was tne nrst time I bad ever seen Dempsey or he me, as far as I ". anu i suppose we eyed one another witn a good deal of interest as we sat in the opposite corners, waiting to be weighed, to shake hand and for tbe fight to begin. Some papers said that I appeared serious as I sat in my corner, but it was only anxiety for the battle to com mence. Then came the sound of time aud we faced each other. People say that the first round was pretty even. Oi that round of the battle I can't say any more than that we were both sizing each other up, and each was trying to find out how the other fought. To be sure there were quito a number of leads made, most of which were stopped and a few of which were landed. I soon found out that if there was any forcing of tbe fight to be done, that I should be obliged to ao it, as Dempsey seemed disposed to give me a running battle. Dempsey' Reach Was Short. In this ronnd I found his head several times and he ' "emed to discover that my head was under c 'nary circumstances a trifle too far away fo. reach to get at, and he proceeded to play fc. jy wind, thinking. 1 suppose, that a few blows well placed in tnat region of my anatomy would bring my head within swinging distance and then be would have roe. Well, tbe first round I bad thoroughly made up my mind that I knew all the points which my op ponent would play for and I felt that'I should win. Nevertheless I knew the reputation that Jack had for generalship and resolved not to tire myself out too fast, so that if I. failed to reach him at any time, be being fresher than I. notwithstanding the nunchin? I should five him, would be stronger than I and migbt by one blow planted in the right place, settle me as jar as any claim x raignt nave on tne Dig end of that 512,000 purse was concerned. I saw, too, that I could worry bim a great deal by f elntlg at bim with both my lelt and right, anil that ' every time I feinted be would jump back. Now if theie is one thing abovo another which will tire a man out quick it is walking backward. A man will find it far easier to walk 10 miles forward than to walk one back ward, and I then and there resolved to make Jack do as much walking backward as possible. i ou know a 24-foot ring is a big place' in which to get away from a man, and Dempsey dis played great wariness and generalship in get ting away from me, so that I had great trouble to get him into a corner so that he could not get awav, but would have to cither exchange blows or clinch. The Center of tho Ring. From what I have always beard of Dempsey in tho greater portion of bis fights his clever ness and generalship have placed him in the position where he could take the center of tho ring at the start of the fight and keep it for tbe greater portion of the contest, making his opponent do most of the running. I lelt that I was big enough and strong enough and clever enough to take tbe center of tho ring and make Jack do tho running. As the fight progressed I did this and I found that it wo-- ried Dempsey a great dca.. When I could get him in a corner almost all be apparently thought of was how he could get out of that corner, and not how he could hit me or I him, and 1 think It was as much to this fact as to anything else that I owe my victory. I hae a fashion of sending my left in on a person's bead ana then almost simultaneously putting my right in on the short ribs, on the wind or over the heart This method seemed to pnzzle Jack a good doal, for, altbougu ho stopped my left a great many times, I was al most always successful in placing my right in food ana hard on his body. These body blows, know from experience, tell very mnch on a man, and I think it was those more than any other blows, that placed tbe Nonpareil at my mercy toward the close of tbe contest. Pressure on the Short Ribs. There was one thing in the battle which wor ried me a little, and that was the repeated clinching on Demnscy's part- When he would clinch with mo he would cress both of his arms tightly together, squeezing me on the short ribs. This, on a man who was poorly trained, or one less strong and hardy than I, might have had a very bad effect. It did not hurt me, how ever, and as the hght went on toward tbe finish I could tell by tbe weakening of the pressure in these clinches that my man was losim- !! strength fast. Taken all iu all. Jack Dempsey is tbe hardest man to find in a ring that I ever met and it was only in tbe corners, when I had him Ugunn" on bow ho could get out, that I found hlm"any way easy to get to. When, after a good deal of engineering, I would finally get him into a corner I would feint at bim in different man ners. One of these methods is in reality more of a feint with the knee than anything else, for while standing with my arms in position, I would suddenly bend tne lett knee, bnngin" ray body down low and then straightening my knee immediately I would be in proper shape to deliver a blow again. That was only one of the ways I had of feinting withihiin in the cor ner, but I have described it as it was tlie most successful of the lot. Dempsey, almost every time be saw me feint in this manner, would duck and run in to clinch and get out of the corner. Easy to Fool nim. Now, as I would be in a position to deliver a good blow at the time he would duck, I would do so, aud there were very few times that I missed getting in one good punch, while on some of tbe occasions I would land both left and right at the same time. I was quite a little surprised that I should beablotofool Jack so easily when In the corners, but I suppose it was owing to the fact that be was a little rattled, and being cornered did not know just exactly how to get away. Toward the end of the battle it sort of went against my grain to be forced to give a good, game man and a fair fighter such as Dempsey roved himself to be any more punishment, but 'empsoy himself, the referee and tbo audience demanded it and I had to do it. I think, how ever, that a referee should be empowered to render a decision when In his own opinion a fight has gone far enough and one man has de cidedly the best of it. It this was the case boxing would bo more gentlemanly and less brutal. Now the battle is all over and I am the champion of tbe world, 1 shall be only too glad to be of service to Jack at anv time, and will bo pleased to spar for his benefit, if he takes ono. at any place i can get to without interfering with my contracts with other people. ROBEB.T FlTZSUIMONS. THE KICKEES GETTING BEADY. Local Football Tlayers Form a New Organi zation and Are Ready for Saturday. A meeting of the association football players who have been known as the "Three A's" was held at the Hotel Scblosser yesterday afternoon and they resolved toformtbemselves into an Independent football clnb. The name adopted was: "The Pittsburg Football Club." Tbe following officers were elected: President, Fred Goodwyn; Captain, John Z. Home: Secre tary and Treasure. Thomas J. Smith: Execu tive Committee, A. Macpherson, J. E. Boyes, C. V. Cbllds. Tbe first games of the Western League com petition will be played next Saturday. All the clubs will be engaged except theMcDonaldsand the Allegheny Thistles, who plaved tbeir game on Christmas Day. Next Saturday's games will be: Pittsburg versus East End. Braddock versus Eureka, Lawrenceville versus Home stead, McKeesport versusSbaner. The address of the Secretary of tho local club is: T. J. Smith, K31''ourth avenue Priddy to Smothers. Joseph Priddy, tho local sprinter, makes tbe following offer to Smothers, the Brownsville runner. Priddy says bo will run the Browns Tille man a race of 100 or 125 yards for a hat and a side bet of 250 a side, or for a direct stake of $500 a side, in any reatonabla time after signing articles. Priddy thus concludes bis challenge: "I will meet Smothers or his backers' at The Dispatch office duriug any evening tbat may be convenient to tbem. All that I want is a fair race, and I suppose they want the same. I will notice anv rcDly they may make through The dispatch." CDuXDN'I GET 6T0VY. The, Cleveland Club Failed to Catch Harry, but TO Bo All Right. rSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCD7.1 Cleveland, Feb. 7. Cleveland made a good effort to get Stovey, and would have succeeded could money have landea him in the West. He wrote here and stated that he preferred to stay in tho East if be could, and was, of course, very willing to join the Bostons. The fact tbat ooaen signed ntm demonstrates tnat stovey had a right to so dispose of his services under existing baseball law and cannot but help strengthen Pittsburg's claim for Bierbauer. The deal between Cleveland and Pittsburg for tbe mntual exchange ot .Miller and Tebeau will not be made, because Cleveland has de cided to retain Tebeau here. The greatest re gret is expressed at tbe possibility tbat Alvord will have to be transferred elsewhere as there are many of the opinion that ho is about as strong a player as Tebeau. Here is still an oo portunity for J. Palmer O'Neill to get a valu able man. Cleveland is reported to be after a New York catcher, and It wouldn't be a bad guess that the man i Buckley, it maybe Clarke, but is moro likely to be tbe former, asCleveland ha need of a good backstop for its swift de livery men. The infield of tbe Cleveland clubasat present contemplated and as likely to go through, l made up of Virtue, Cbllds, McKean and Tebeau. It is a strong batting infield on paper, a good fielding quartet and all are fair base runners. John B. Day, in a letter from New York, writes that Burkott has expressed him self as desirous of playing in Cleveland. He maybe given an opportunity. All tbc old Cleveland men who signed agree ments at tbe end of the season to play here this year have now affixed their names to regular league contracts. It is thought here that tbe Cincinnati muddle will be cleared up at tbe Chicago meeting to be held next week. AHXI0US TO TIGHT FITZ3IMM0NS. Backers of Jim Hall Cliallenge the Middle Weight Champion. Chicago, Feb. 7. The Australian book makers, Barney Allen and Joe Harris, now in Chicago, have issued tbe following challenge, supported by a deposit of 51,000: We. the undersigned, in behalf of Jim Hall, wbo defeated Bob Fitzsimmons in three and a half rounds for the middle-weight champion ship of Australia, hereby challenge Fitzsim mons to fight to a finish before any recognized athletic club thatmay be mutually agreed upon for a purse and a side bet of 510,000 under Marquis of Queensberry rules. In support of this challenge we have deposited with a Chi cago dally paper a forfeit of 51,000. As this challenge is issued in .good faitb, we trust Mr. Filzsimmons or his manager will give it immediate attention. We have cabled to Australia for Mr. Hall, who is on his way. Our offer will hold good for two weeks, wbich we consider ample time to give Fitzsimmons in which to make up his mind. All arrangements can be made with Parson Davies, w ho is our authorized agent in the mat ter. Bakney Allen. JoeHabris. Hall, the new Australian aspirant for pugil istic honors in America, is 6 feet 1 inch in height. His fighting weight is 152 pounds. He is 24 years old. It is said be has a longer reach than Fitzsimmons, and that be thinks it an easy job to defeat tho man who so lately won such a remarkable victory at New Orleans. WILL SOON BE MATCHES. If Nobody STill Fight Farrell He Is to Get the Championship Belt. The backers of Pat Farrell, of this city, will to-morrow forward $100 forfeit to the Police Gazette, accompanied by a challenge to the following effect: Pat Farrell, of Pittsourg. will fight Bob Fitzsimmons or any other man at 15S pounds for $1,000 a side and the Police Gazette middle weight belt, tbe fight to take place before the club that offers the largest purse. This challenge is in response to tbe advice of William Harding, who savs that if Fitzsim mons declines to accept the challenge be must give up the title, and tbat somebody else must then accept Karrell'b challenge, or the latter will be awarded tbe belt. Mr. Harding points out that $1,000 is as much a Dempsey fought Reagan lor. Dempsey, according to custom, was compelled to fight for that amount, al though he was $10 loser, notwithstanding the fact of his winning the fight. Tbe challenge, coupled with the statement of Mr. Harding, means tbat Farrell will be matched before many days are over. SHOETEST ON E2C0ED. An Irishman Makes Quick Work With the Alleged Fighter Gas Lambert. IBT DDSLAf'S CABLE COMPANY. LoKDON, Feb. 7. Fight to a finish occurred at the Pelican Club this atternoon between Gus Lambert, champion of Canada, and John Maher, champion of Ireland, for 100 per side. It was tbe shortest finish fight on record lasting 1 minutes. After tho first interchange of blows, Maher struck Lambert on the point of tbe chin and knocked bim down. When the Canadian rose, tbe Irishman knocked bim down again and again for the third time. Lambert did not rise after tbe tbird tall, and at the expiration of the ten seconds' interval the fight was awarded to Maber and Lambart was lifted by his sec onds and carried to hi corner. He is not badly injured though he will not find any pleasure in eating for several days to come. CAEKET AND BUHGE MATCHED. The Men W1U Box at 134 Pounds the Mld dlo of May. tBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, Feb. 7. The match between Jem Carney and Dick Burge for tbe lightweight championship has been ratified, and the men will box at 131 pounds, wltb small gloves, by the middle of May, for 500 a side. Carney is tbe favorite. The Local Shooting Handicap. George Bennett called at this office this even ing and-paid his entrance fee for tbe Home wood shooting handicap, wbich takes place on February 21. Mr. Beardshaw, tho promoter, saysthat-as there is some misunderstanding about tbe rules the following conditions will be strictly observed In the handicap: The guns to be kept below the elbow until the bird is on the wing, and only one ounce of shot to be nsed; tbe use of one barrel only and 60 yards' tall. Guns are not specified. Contestants will be handicapped from 13 to 25 yards. There is every prosoect of a very large entry. Entries will be received at tbis office. To Tackle tho Southerners. CHICAGO. Feb. 7. Tbis afternoon a party of 30 Northern sportsmen left in a special train over tbo Illinois Central to contest with South ern trapshooters at New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola for a trophy emblematic of tbo championship of the country. The participants represent the best shots in both sections. Hie Northern shnothcrs are divided into two teams, oue of which will do battle for the North and tbe other for tbe State of Illinois. A Shoot at Rochester. rsrr.ciAL telegeaji to the dispatch.! Beaver Fali, Feb. 7. Tho Rochester Field Club, of Rochester, will hold a live bird shoot on their grounds at that place Saturday, February 21. A number of crack shots are ex pected from Pittsburg, Salem, New Castle, Beaver Falls and other places. The Coming Dog Show. Another large batch of special prizes has been added to tbe list already published for the coming dog show of the Dnquesne Kennel Club. The new additions are equally as good ae tbe previous specials. Everything is going along all right, and the prospects for the show are of the very brightest kind. Sporting Notes. SIike Wilkes, the oacer with a record of 2:15V, Is dead. Dixon-and McCarthy may probably fight early this eck. McO.rLLAj.-D and Nlkirk are training actively every day. l'ITZSiM3io-s and his trainer, Carroll, have parted company. Kltz has money now. It Is easier to name the players who won't come to Pittsburg than to name those who will. Poor Pittsburg! Catcher Beroer, of the local club, and Miss Annie bbi-rly, or Lawrenceville, will be married Tuesday evening. Aquatic J. Hammlll and J. Ward rowed Ave times. Their first race, three miles, took place August 13, 1862, and their last, five miles, July 19. J. Earle Wagjjeb. has purchased the releaso of Elton Chamberlain, the famons pitcher or tbe Colnmbns club. Sharslg has cone to Buffalo to sign blni. JIM DUXKLET states he Is willing to wrestle Fred Allbacber. catcb-as-catcb-can for that nurse ofjioo which certain parties are talking about putting up. W. Williams, of Newcastle, England, wants to run George a hair mile rbr 1500 a side. If Williams COUICS to PlttshnrhfMI trpt A rare for .i.o a side. WOKSE THAN FEARED. The Chambersburg Iron Failure Is a Very Serious Matter. A RECEIVER IS TO BE APPOINTED. The Last Hops for Peace in the Coke Be ffion Sashed to Earth. A ST0ET IK A BULLET-riEECED GATEL rSrXCIAI. TELEGDAU TO TBS DI8FATCB.1 Chambeksbukcj, Feb. 7. The failure of the Taylor Manufacturing Company yester day turned out more serious than it at first appeared, including a mortgage of 5100,000 placed on the plant two years ago to secure the floating debt. The company owes about 5350,000. The stock of $250,000 will be en tirely wiped out. The plant has been materially improved lately, and is now more valuable than ever. Nearly 520,000 is owing to the hands, and arrangements are being made to pay them off next week. The directors have made themselves by indorsements in dividually liable on much of the paper of the company, and serious 'losses to them are feared. Executions amounting to 520,000 were issued against ono of the leading direc tors to-day. There is little doubt that a receiver will be appointed next week, the company reorganized and work resumed. A numbers of heavy orders for engines and machinery are waiting to be filled. THE LAST HOPE GONE. The Coke Region Strike JUegins Tuesday, and 3Ien Now Quitting. fPECTAL TELEOKAM TO THE niSPATCH.l Scottdale, Feb. 7. The Scale Committee of tbe United Mine Workers has declined tbe smaller operators' proposition to continue op erations under tbe existing rates of wages until March 1, and as a result there will be a general suspension of work in the coke region Tues day. The Scale Committee decided tbat if the smaller operators will sign the new scale, wbich calls for tbe eight-hour system, the erectiou of weigh scales on coal tipples, tbe discontinuance of non-union hands, the wages of coke drawing to he G5 cents per hundred bushels charged.andSl 07 per hundred for mining coal, they can' continue running, otherwise tbeir plants would be closed down. Independent operator expressed an unwilling ness to do business in tbat manner, and thoy made the necessary preparations for the struggle. To-day the miners in the employ of the H. C. Frick Coke Company mined their last coal and took out their tools, with the intention of re maining out until a settlement is affected. At many of tbe smaller operators' plants the miners also finished their work. The laber offi cials have fully determined to force a strike at W. J. Rainey's works, altbougb that operator has expressed himself as willing to pay tbe ex isting wages until another agreement is made. A BULLET-PIEECED GAVEL It Is Responsible for a Trne Story of the Late Civil War. FntniAI. TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCIT.l Zanesville, Feb. 7. A bit of reminiscence of tbe late war has been developed here through a gavel made of a laurel root taken from the battle field of Lookout Mountain. Tbe gavel, which is well preserved, has a minnie ball firmly imbedded in it, and will be pre sented to John Brown Post, G, A R., by John Bangln. Tbe man was discovered on tbo streets of Atlanta, hungry and helpless, when a boy 4 or 5 years old by Lieutenant J. G. Round, of the Ninety-second O. V. L The lad was taken to the regiment headquarters. No one called for bim. aud he became known as the "child of the Ninety-second." When tbe war as over he came North with the regiment and drifted to Summerfield, where be now lives. He has recently returned from a trip South in quest of relatives. He was able to find no one at At lanta, except an old colored man, who remem bered his father, and through this small clew he discovered a brother and sister in Chatta nooga. THE SCTJLL-GBEEvy CONTEST. The Ballots of the Disputed Townships axe to Be Exainlnod. ISriCIJLL TELEOKAM TO THE DISPATCH.l Bedford, Feb. 7. Counsel inttho Scull Greevy Congressional contest made an appli cation to the court to-day, praying tb'at tho contents of the ballot boxes in the townships of Bedford and Somerset counties, in wbich it was charged fraud was perpetrated in the last election for Congress, be preserved aLd re turned to the Clerk of the Common Pleas of both counties, so that the Commissioners sit ting on the case can examino tbe ballots and papers. After a very lone; opinion from Judge Uaer, the order was issued to the election officers of the several districts in accordance with the application. PROHIBITIONISTS USE DYNAMITE. An Unsuccessful Attempt to Destroy Village Saloon. ISrECIAI. IILIOllAX To THE DtSPATCHtl Fixdlay, Feb. 7. Yesterday a saloon was opened in tho village of Benton Ridge, eight miles west of tbis city, by Bishop Williamson against tbe protest of tbe citizens. At an early hour tbis morning somo unknown person en tered the room where the saloon was located and poured out all the liquor and destroyed all tbe fixtures. An unsuccessful attempt was then made to blow up tbe building, which made a report that was beard in tbis city. LETT HOME WHILE INSANE. Tho Demented Wife of an Ex-Sherin" Miss ing From MeadviUe. fSPECIAL TZLEGKAM TO THE DISPATCH.l Meadvilxe, Feb. 7. While suffering under a spell of ttnipo-ary insanity the wife of ex Sheriff S. C. McDowell left her home early tbis uiorning jind has not since been ncard from. It was learned tbat she left the city on the New York limited express, paying her fare to Jamestown, N. Y. Mr. McDowell took the next train. The Braddock Strikers Still Ahead. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. . Braddock. Feb. 7. The only new feature in tbe strike at tbe Braddock wire mill to-day was an unsuccessful effort on the part of tbe firm to put the rod department In operation. Sev eral new men have arrived, but they are novices in tbe way of rolling iron rod. An Opera Company Wrecked. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.) Jeankette. Feb. 7. "Tot, the Miners Pet" Opera Company disbanded in tbis place this morning. Tbe proprietor of the Windsor Hotel held their baggage, which 'consisted of two truuksand a few pieces of scenery. Tri-State Brevities. Hugh Kearms, formerly of Pittsburg, was instantly killed on the railroad at Penn Friday night. Evangelist Alex. Dittmore, who calls himself the "Nazarite preacher," is still labor ing hard to save Uniontown sinners. The low price of iron has compelled the Stewart Iron Company, of Uniontown, to tem porarily close down. The Schoonmaker coke ovens are also being banked. The Central District and Printing Telegraph Company, ot Pittsburg, is erecting wires in Clarksburg, which city they will connect with the outside world by long distance wires. Two more bodies Poles were recovered from tbe Mammoth mines Friday. It is be lieved that a corpse is still In the mine, bring ing tbo total number of fatalities up to the original estimate 110. SLAVM TO SULLIVAN. The Former Insists on an Answer and Sncors at Corbett. TBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.l London, Feb. 7. The talk 'of Sullivan and Corbett in America has created a great deal of interest in sporting circles here, and yes terday Slavln and Mitchell called it this office to have their say in the matter. Slavin insists that Sullivan is bound to recognize bis answer to Sullivan's offer of $5,000 to stand be Tore him for six rounds, and Slaviu's further offer to wager S5,000to $10,000 that he will knock Sullivan out in six IVUUOB. , ' Slavin and Mitchell both say that Corbett has no right to aspire to fight any first-class man as .jet, BABY ONE SOLID SORE Tried Everything Without Relief. No Rest Night or Day. Cured by Outicura Remediea My baby, when two months old. had a break ing out with what tbe doctor called eczema. Her head, arms, fee; and hands were each one solid sore. I tried everything, but neither tho doc tors nor anytning else aid her any good. We could get no rest day or night with her. In my ex tremity I tried tbe Cuti cuka Remedies, but I confess 1 bad no faitb in them, for 1 had never seen them tried. To my great surprise, in one week's time, after begin ning to use tbe Cuti cuba Remedies, tbe sores were well, but I continued to use the Re solve VT for a 1 i 1 1 1 n while, and now she is as fat a baby as you would like to see. and as sound as a dollar. 1 believe my baby would have died if 1 had not tried CrrrioURA Remedies. I write this that every mother with a baby like mine can feel confident tbat there is amedicine that will cure tbe worst eczema, aud that medicine is the Cuticura Remedies. Mits. BETT1E BIRKNER, Lockbart, Tex. Outicura Remedies Cure every humor of the skin and sealp of in fancy and childhood, whether torturing, dis figuring, itching, burning, scaly, crusted, pim ply or blotchy, with loss of hair, and every im purity of tbe blood, whether simple, scrofulous or hereditary, when the best physicians and all other remedies fail. Parents, save your children years of mental and physical suffering. Begin now. Cures made in childbood are permanent. Sold everywhere. Price. CUTtcURA, the great Skin Cure, oOc; Cuticura Soap, an exquisite Skin Purifier and Beautifler. 25c: Cdticdha Resolvent, the new Blood Purifier, $1. Pre pared by tbe Potter Drug and Chemical Corporation. Boston. aa-Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases," 61 pages, 50 illustrations and 100 testimonials. MORTAR SPOTTED SKIN Covered With Scales A vf ul Spec tacleCured in Five Weeks by the Cuticura Remediea About tbe lstof April last I noticed some red pimples like coming out all over ray body, but thought nothing ot it until some time later on, when it begau to look like spots of mortar spotted on, and which came off in layers accompanied with itching. I would scratch every nigbt until I was raw: then the next night, tbe scales be ing formed meanwhile, were scratched off again. In vain did I consult all the doctors in the county, but without aid. After giving up all hopes of recovery I happened to see an advertisement in tbe news paper about your Cuticura Remedies, and purchased them from mv druggist, and obtained almost immediate relief. 1 began to notice tbat the scaly eruptions gradually dropped off and disappeared one by one, until I bad been fully cured. I bad tbe disease 13 months before I began taking tbe Remedies, and in four or five weeks was entirely cured. My disease was eczema and psoriasis. I know of a great many wno bavo taken tbe Reme dies, and thank me for tbe knowledge of them, especially mothers who have babes with scaly eruptions on their beads and bodies. I cannot express my thanks to you. My body was cov ered with scales, and I Mas an awfnl spectacle to behold. Now my skin U as clear as a baby's. GEO. COTEY, Merrill, Wi3. Only Relief and Cure Words can scarcely do justice to the esteem In which these great skin enres, blood purifiers and greatest ot humor remedies are beld by the thousands upon thousands who have found them tbe only source of immedlato relief and of speedy, permanent and economical cure of skin, scalp and blood diseases, wbich have rendered life almost unendurable by reason of personal disfigurement and great physical suffering. Jr v - J S a,M HAVE YOU FOUND . A HOUSE TO SUIT I0U? LISTS OF THE MOST DESIRABLE HOUSES FOR RENT WILL BE FOUND' IN THE "TO LET" COLUMNS OF THE DISPATCH TO-MORROW. MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS ARE 4 i CIAL RENT DAYS. . t - 1 WOULD NOT NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING HELP YOU? . J It should be well planned, well placed ' ' .,- ;" -' .-v ,, -'-'"' v' and well persisted in. "3M -,- -4-' : " ". "" '.& . -jB "'.- --..-, - i. From n advertisement of N. 'W. AieriSonlaPrinJeri' Jh. v9l RENT DAYS. i j- - NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. BABY'S FACE WAS RAW Distressing Itching Skin Disease Cured in One Month by the Outicura Remedies. When our boy was 6 week, old he had a rash on his cheek. It spread on bnth cherk3 ana SSL?;.HlS Uf? WSV?W- I doctored with various remedies, but he cot n0 better. My molber advised me to trv tbo Cuticura Remedifs. I used them faithfully, and In one week the bov looked better. In one month- be was rured. and now he Is 3 years old and no Igns of it returning. The child wa so bad 1 had to tie him in a pillow case, and pin his hands down so that he could not scratch hi' face. I cannot speak too highly of the Cuticura Remedies. I recommend Cuticura when ever I can. I would be pleased o see anyone and talk to them of the good it has done my boy. MRS. CYRUS PROSCH, Coytesville. Fort Lee P. O.. N. J. N. B. Myhusbana is President of tlieProcli Manufacturing Company, proprietors or the "Duplex" and "Triplex" Photographic Shut ters. 3S9 Broome street. New York Citv. He dislikes undesirable notoriety, but is willing to make sacrifices to benefit others, and assents to this testimonial to encourage the use of Cuticura, and thus bring relief to others. Mothers, Do You Realize How your little ones suffer when their tender skins are literally on fire with Itching and burning eczemas and otber itching, scalv and blotchy skin and scalp diseases? To know that a single application of the Cuticura Remedies will. In tbe great majority of cases, afford instant and complete relief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a permanent and economical (because so speedy) cure, and not to use tbem without a moment's delay, is to be guilty of positive inhumanity. No greater legacy can be bestowed upon a child than a skin witbout blemish and a tody nourished with pure blood. AN ECZEMA 17 YEARS Cured in 8 Weeks One of the Greatest Cures Ever Per formed by the Cuti cura Remedies. At the ago of three months' a rash (which afterwards proved to be eczema or salt rheum) made its appearance on mv face. Physician after physician was called. None of tbem did me any good at all, but made me worse. The disease con tinued nnabaied; it spread to my arms and legs, till I was laid up entirely, and from continually sitting on the floor on a pillow, mv limbs contracted so tbat I lost all control of tbem, and was utterly helpless. My mother would have to lift mo out and into bed. I ,1 could get around tbe bouse on my nanus and feet, but 1 could not get my clotbes on at all, and had to wear a sort of dressing gown. all matted down or fallen bead, face and ears were ooe scab. The disease continued in this man neruntil I was 17 years old, and one day in January, liT9. 1 read an account in tbe Tribune of your CUTICURA Resiedies. It described my case so exactly tbat I thought, as a last re sort, to give tbem a trial. When 1 first applied tbem I was all raw and bleeding, from scratch ing myself, but I went asleep almost immedi ately, somotbing I had not done for years, the effect was so sootbing. In about two weeks I could stand straight, but no: walk, I was so weak; but my sores were nearly well. As near as I can judge, tbe cuticura Remedies cured mem about six to eight weeks, and up to this date (I. e from January, 1879, to January, 1887) I I have not been sick in any way, or have had i the least signs of tbe disease reappearing on i me. W.J. McUONALD. j oii jjearuuru ai., uiuu, ah., juuuou, oi. Wonderful Cuticura I regard tbe Cuticura Remedies of more important and intrinsic value to tbc world than any other medicines now before the pub lic. REV. WM. CREELMAN. Wortbmgton, Mass. H (ess IS' m La Q ESpsi Bm Hb3 "1 I - " s -nm? Wi My Lair .had on. anu my A SCROFULOUS BOY Running Sores Covered His Body and Head. Bones Affected. Cured by Cuticura Remedies. When six months om tbniaf ,. t Ar.ifTA grandchild began to 8wen, and had every ap pearance of a large boil. We poulticed it, but all to no pnrpose. About five months after, it became a running sore. Soon other sores formed. He then had two of them on each hand. and. as bis blood became 'more and more impure, it took less time for tbem to break out. A sore came on the chin, be neath tbe onder lip. which was very offensive. His head was one solid scab.dis charging a great deal. Tbt was his condition at 22 months old, when I under took the care of him. hia mother having died when he was little more than a year old, of consumption (scrofula, of course). He could walk a little, but could not get np if befell down, and cnnld not move when in bed, having no use of hi' hands. I im mediatelv commenced with the Cuticura Remedies, using all freelv. One sore after another healed, a bony matter forming In each one of these five deep ones just before healing, which wonld finallv grow loose and were taken out; then they wonld heal rapidly. Ono of these ugly bone formations I preserved. After tak ing a dozen and a half bottles he was completely cured, and is now. at the age of six years, a strong and healthy child. MRS. E. S. DRIGGS. 612 E. Clayst.,Bloomington,III. May 9. 1SS5. My grandson remains perfectly well. No signs of scrofula, and no sores. MRS. E. 8. DRIGGS. Feb. 7, 1830. Bloomington, I1L Cured for All Time The above is one of the most gratif vine of the thonsands of cures made bv the Cuticura Remedies, and is conclusive evidence that they not only enre the worst cases, but cure them for all time. Hence it is not surprising that mothers and children use the Cuticura Remedies. A BURNING SORE LEG Ulcers Form Hospitals and Doc tors Useless Crazed With Pain Cured by Cutf oura Remedies. About eight years ago I wrote you from Wilkesbarre, Pa., describing how yonr wonder ful remedies completely cured me of a terrible case of eczema or salt rheum. I mu3t now tell you what Cuticura Reme dies have again done tor me. Ou tbe d of last September I had tbe misfortune to bruise my leg, and I put a piece of sticking plaster on it. Inside of a week I bad a terrible leg. My wife became fright ened and advised me to go to a surgeon. I went, and doc tored for two months, but no good was done me. besides costing me big money. My leg had by tbis time formed into an nicer, and got worse every day. I could not stand it anv longer, and made ud my mind to go to a hospital and see If I conld be belDed. I went to several here in tbe city, in turn, but none could do me any good. I had a terrible leg, with a hule in it as big as a dol lar, and pain that almost set me crazv. I got scared about it. and determinded to try CUTI CURA Remedies. I obtained a set, and inside of fire weeks my leg was healed np as well as it ever was, except tbe terrible scar it left for a reminder of what was once a terrible sore leg. These Remedies are worth tbeir weight in gold. JOHN THIEL. 213 E. Ninety-third street. New York. Greatest Humor Remedies It is one thing to claim to cure these great sti and blood diseases, but quite another to doit. No remedies ever compounded in the history of medicine have performed tbewon- ,ierlul cures daily made uy tno cuticura ilerful I KB-MWTl Remedies, wbieh are in truth the greatest skin cures, blood purifiers, aud humor reme dies of modern times. We earnestly desire tbose wbo have suffered long and hopelessly from torturing and disfiguring humors and diseases ot tbe skin, scalp and blood, and wbo have lost faith in doctors and medicine to make at least one trial of the Cuticura Remedies. J Before Th.e Traveling Man has left his hotel , the Newspaper Advertise ment has had an interview with the pur chaser. The Buyer may have been out of town that day, but somebody's Newspaper Advertisement was in his pocket. The CoLintry Dealer may be located much "out of the wayj" but the Newspaper gets there, and gets attention. The Canvasser may ring in vain, but the housekeeper is 'al ways "at home" to her favprite Newspaper. DREADFUL PSORIASIS Covering Entire Body "With White Scales. Suffering Fearful. Cured by Cuticura. My disease (psoras) first broko out on my left cheek, spreading acrossmy nose and al. most covering my fac& It nn fnto my eyes and tbe physiciau was afraid j WOuld lose my eyesieht altogetberj It spread all over my head, and my hair all fell out, until I was entirely bald headed: it then broke out on my arms and shoulders, until my arms were just one sore. It covered my entire body, my face, head and shoulders be ing the worst- The whito scabs fell constantly from my head, shoulders and anus: the skin would thicken and be red and very itchy, and wonld crack and bleed if scratched. After spending many hundreds of dollars, I was nrnnounced incurable. I heard of the Cuticura REMEDiES.andafterus. ing two bottles Ccticura Resolvent. I could see a chanze;and after I had taken four bottles I was almost enred; and when I had used six bottles of cuticura Resolvent, one box of Cuticura and one cake of Cuticura soap. I was cured of tbe dreadful disease from which I had suffered for five vears. 1 cannot express with a pen what I suffered before using the Remedies. Thev saved my lire, and I feel it my duty to recommend them. My hair Is re stored as good as ever, and so is ray eyesight. MRS. ROSA KELLY. Rockwell City, la. Cuticura Resolvent The new Blood Purifier, internally (to cleanse tbe blood ot all impurities and poisonous ele ments), and Cuticura. the great Skin Cure, and Cuticura Soap, an exquisiie Skin Beau tifler. extermlly (to clear tbo skin and scalp and restore tbe hair), have cured tbousauds of cases where the shedding of srales measured a quart daily, the skin cracked. bleeding, burning and itching almost berond endurance, hair lifeless or all gone, suffering terrible. What other remedies have made such cures? SCRATCHED 28 YEARS A Scaly, Itching Skin Disease, With Endless Sufferingr, Cured by Cuticura Remedies. If I had known of the cuticura Remedies ZS years ago, it would have saved me 00 and an immense amount of suffering. My disease (psoriasis) commenced on my head in aspot not larger man a cent, it spread rapidly all over my body, and Tot nndpr mv n;iil Th scales would drop off of ma an tne time, ana my suffer ing was endless and without relief. One thousand dollars would not tempt me to have tbis disease over again. lam a poor man, but feel rich to be relieved of what some of the doctors said was leprosy. some ringworm, iisoriafti etc. I cannot praise the Cu ticura Remedies too much. They have made my skin as clear and free from scales as a baby'. All I used of them was $5 worth. If you had been here and said you would have cured me for S200, vou would have bad the money. I looked like tha picture (No. 2, page 47) in your book, "How to Cure Skin Diseases," but now 1 am as clear as any person ever was. Through force ot habit 1 rub mv hands over my arms and legs to scratch onco in a while, but to no purpose. 1 am all well. 1 scratched 2S years, and it got to be a kind of second nature to me. I thank yoa a thousand times. DENH13 DOWNING, Waterbury, Vt. Why Suffer One Moment From torturing and disfiguring skin diseases, when a single application of tbe Cuticura. Remedies will afford instant relief and point to a speedy, permanent and economical cure, when the best physicians and all otber remedies fail? Sold everywhere. Price, Cuticura, the great Skm Cure, cOc: Cuticura Soap, an exquisite Skin Purifier and Beautifler, 25c; CUTICURA RESOLVENT, the new Blood Purifier, JL Prepared by POTTER Druo AND CHEMICALi Corporation, Boston. 3"Scnd for "How to Cure Skin Diseases," M pages, 50 illustrations, and 1C0 testimonials. feS-116 flP M wA VgJf 5 i i
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