'')-. THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAT.r lifABCH 29, ,1891. - k NOT AT ALL SCARED Scalpers Langh at the Limited Tickets and Say Only Law Can Break Up Their Business. COKGEESS IS CLOSELY WATCHED. Freijht Agents look for Big Shipments To-Morrow When the Kednced Kites Go Into Effect. BIG BONUSES .PCZZLE OIL LAND OWKERS A. Dealer ?t!ls Hew Onpn An Bctglt bj Staple Is the Aacuca KccBi and thrt hit iron and glass shipments ara pood. Agents say that the mills' are so situated this year as to turn' their laree or ders oot almost as fast as received, leaving no reserve stock to be shipped later. The fact is, there has been a dearth of contracts. DIFFERENCE IK GBAPES. "All this jailroad talk about knocking out the ticket brokers is so much rubbish," remarked a prominent passenger man yes terd.iy. "This has been the pet scheme of the leading railroads for years, and they haven't succeeded vet, and won't, unless by Congressional enactment. At every passen ger meeting someone is ready to pro pose a new form of ticket to remedy the evil, and the unlimited one is the latest. It trill prove as useless as the otners, and the railroads will never adopt it. Ticket scalping can be stopped cither by amending the inter-State law to make the besiness illegal, or by an act to charge fares by the miles traveled. Tne latter scheme would divide up the business and give the traffic to the short lines, which would soon croud tho longer roads to the wall. It is apparent that the various in terests of the country would suffer in con sequence, and such a law would never be passed. One of the Beauties of Organization. "The ticket brokers have a powerful or ganization, and they are prepared with money to defeat hostile legislation " In this connection it may be said that an amendment to the inter-State law to make the payment of commissions unlawful was pending before tne last House. It died a natural death with other bills that never breathed after tney were bore. The Ameri can Ticket Brokers' Association had two of their best men, Gustav G Lansing, of New Tork, and George M. MrKeuzie, of Chicago, on the ground all the time to fight the bill. These men prepared a circular which they intended to scatter as a final shot if at any time the situation became threatening, and there was danger of the bill passing, Now that the danger is over, the committee concluded to distribute the circular anyhow, and one reached The Dispatch yesterday. It says: llorelatl-ms of the Millennium. The plea that twenty-five millions would be save J by the abolition of commissions is used bv the advocates oS this measure not that the amoum is paia in commissions, nut the ex penses incidental to its payment help to mate the sum. The millennium depicted by the friends n! the bill reveals only two or three nnion offices in the larger cities, the depot of fices alone in other places, the closing of the numberless agencies and the discharge of the representatives aud traveling agnnts. The in ducement to influence passenger traffic being removed, it is claimed the visits of the travel ing agents would be unnecessary. As a cap stone to these arguments, it is stated that the dear people shall reap where the ncket, travel ing and passenger agents have tilled and sown in the past. Tno nublic sball have the benefits of the twenty-five minions saved. How true is tLisr The interests involved, whether those of the ticket broker or tictet agent, are not selfish, neither are they violative of the law as it stand to-day. It n eeds bnt a retrospective glance to fully realize the tendency of trans portation line to centralization. At the same lime the greed of corporations demands hizher rates, and as the rate per mile Is fixed by char ter acts, extra faro is charged for pas-sage on "limited trains" and uher 'special" features. Yet the aim of those instrumental tn effecting the passage of the inter-State commerce law still fails short of the mark the prevention of discrimination. DONHED THEIR THnKI5Q CAPS. Bought at Quick Sales in Now Tork on a Tow Samples. ' "There is a difference in grapes," re marked T. Barcky last evening, as he held up two tempting bunches of Malaga grapes. To all appearance the grapes looked dike, and under the tonch were hard and full. But one grape, when it was eaten, bad a tough skin, the seeds were large and the interior was flabby with little taste, and when eaten had somewhat of the eflect of a persimmon on the mouth. The grapes from the other bunch were just the opposite. They were full of juice, and nau a good mvor. "Omv a first-class judge of grapes can tell the difference," said Mr. Barcky. "These grapes are bought in the fall at quick sales, and the buyer must be rapid and understand his business. At the auction places in New York the chairs are arranged in an ampitheater about an elevator. A specimen barrel of the grapes is dumped out and handed np to the buyers. The auctioneer names the quantity and quality, and you are given a minute or tno to taste, make up your mind and state a price, before the elevator is lowered and another sample produced. In this, rapid manner the grapes are sold without being seen, and much of the business is done on faith. If the grapes are not properly pre served, of course, they won't be good, and much depends afterward on how they are stowed away." TRIPPED IN A MOVE. Detective in the Gilkinson Asked to Name Ills Price Case BI A HIGH HOMESTEAD OFFICIAL The John Myers Dmberner Letter Proves bat a Here Fable. constable; HURPHI IS ODT OF DANGER FUN WITH AN OLD LADY. She Lost Her Umbrella, bat a Kind- Hearted Conductor Found It. "I had considerable fun with an old lady the other day," said a Pennsylvania con ductor last evening. "Just before my train pulled ont I had occasion to go into the depot, and I saw ber at the window very nervously buying a ticket for Altoona. Her faded cotton umbrella fell from under her arm, and I waited to see if she would pick it up. In her excitement she forgot it, as I supposed, and I took it to the train with me and pnt it in the baggage car.' "Soon the old woman discovered her loss, and when I came aronnd tor the tickets she mourned about the umbrella. She hadn't traveled rnucn, nnd knew little of telegraph wires. 'Oh, I'll get it for you,' I replied merrily. 'I'll telegraph," and I reached up and touched itie bell rope. 'You shall have your umbrella at the next station.' No trouble for me to get it in the baggage car, and in due course of time, and with all the mystery possible, I came in with the faded umbrella and asiced her if she owned it At the sight of it she grabbed the handle, but then the wonderful manner in which it had been restored over came her. Her tongue was loosened and she broke ns all up with the odd questions she asked about the telegraph wires." Owners of Oil I-ands Wondering Why They Get So ch Good Bonuses. There is a vast amount of specnlatio 1 among people in the vicinity of Bridge ville regarding the probable views of oil men, and their designs regarding that territory.- Graham, Potts & Bobbins, and the Foirct Oil Company have been operating in, apparently, a testing way. The former have completed five wells on Miller's run, aud the latter one on James Herriott's farm a gasser, one on the Collin's mill property, one on Webster Morgan's property, one on the farm of the late Dr. Tames Donaldson, and one on Mrs. Dr. Gilmore's farm. At the operators pay from 530 to 550 an acre bonns, and yet claim that the territorv is only capable of small wells, property owners some of them at least have put their thinking caps on, and have come to the conclusion that there is something there that operators do not care to disclose at present, as they (the land holders) sav if the territory is no better than operators" re port it, it isn't worth the bonus they pay. Some think there will be no more develop ment than operators can avoid until oil is either at a better price than at present.orthat it is a part of a shut-in movement to keep down surplus. Bad Roads Can't Knock It Out. There is one industry in the rural dis tricts that even bad roads cannot depress to any appreciable extent, and that is, that of setting up delegates ior political con ventions. The candidate who has alreadv begun treating can travel 'cross lots if there be no other way to get to the bouse of a man who is like to make a reliable delegate. Very Quiet Daring Holy Week, "This has been a quiet week ior the ho tels," said a clerk of one of the local houses last evening. "It shows that men will at least try to be good for a short period. Drummers have always recognized this trait of business people, and during Holy Week they usually lay off 1 expect to see trade revive next week." IKGEKTJTTY OF GEOCEBS. How They Provldo for Careless Customers and Beat Tin Plate Men. "Well," said a young married man, yes terday, "I have learned a few things after a month at housekeeping. The price of Ei-ter bonnets and the cost of dresses para lyzed me, but I have become used to the high rates. Bnt what surprised me most v ere the devices of the family grocers to avoid the tin plate nuisance. A man is seldom known to carry a bucket, and wnetber sent by his wife for tea, eggs, tiysters or aiiik, be never thinks of taking a pell along for either. The grocer is ex pected to provide some sort of a cheap package. "The paper boxes for oysters arc common enough, aud a man can carry a quart in one fur an hour at least, but the latest scheme is a :auor sack lor milk. I tackled ray grocer for some milk tne other dav, but as usual bad -othing to put it in. 'I'll fix that,' re linked thoEtore man, aud he dumped it into a paper sick and put another one "Jm""". iU ' wouWn't advise vou.' he addcj, 'to stop ou the road and argue poli tics with a friend, but it will hold the inilfc until you can get home.' It did, and I think it would have been a safe receptacle for several hours more." A FREIGHT BOOH EXPECTED. The Bed need Iron Bates Will Go Into Eilett To-7Iorrow. Iron shippers are holding back their freight for the new rates to go into effect to-uiornw. Since the reduction was an nounced nothing m this line has beeu shipped except what had to go. If tho freight agents were paid on commission many of them would now be wdking around on the proverbial uppers. However the boys have been paid fnlr salaries and' they expect to make up for their extended vaca tion and soft snap in the near future. Local .ciicuu... ,w . .. Kiciureaasare loocin" for a big boom to-morrow. Commercial Agent Hall, of the Bock Island, never loses his smile and he claims lie never does a bad business out of tile ter ritory. He states that traffic is picking np Do Yon Eat? I want to prove to all my friends and cus tomers that while I work lor my own inter est I don't forget theirs. First to cut prices down; last to put tbem up, and strictly first class goods, is my aim. Send for April price list and special offer slip. I will give with all regular orders of ten (S10) dollars and" upward 21 lbs granulated sugar SI 00 2a lbs standard A sugar 1 00 20 lb California grapes 1 00 15 lbs boneless codfish j 1 00 10-lbkit mackerel... 1 00 7 Ibi roasted coffee (fresh ground) 1 00 7 lbs choice evaporated apples. 1 00 4 lbs chewing tobacco 1 00 3 lbs evaporated raspberries 1 00 4 lb? Weyman's tobacco 100 8 lb: white clover honey ..... 1 00 5 lbs tea (in all varieties) 1 00 SO bars family soap 1 00 Large lamily" scales 1 95 9 c-ii.8 fresh mackerel 1 00 24 IDs new codfish (whole) 1 00 30 bars soap (5 cents size) 1 00 7 lbs dessicated cocoanut 1 00 G-foot step ladder, complete 98 1 clothes horse (4 wings; 6 feet) 85 1 gallon New Orleans niolases 30 1 gallon glass oil can, tin-covered 20 4 lbs dried corn". 25 Sugar-cured bams, pertt 9 lean best Limi beans 8 1 can genuine sugar corn 8 1 can pumpkin 7 1 can solid packed tomatoes 8 1 can peas 7 1 can string beans .C fcuirar-cured shoulder, per lb 6 Delivered to all parts of two cities. To parties living out of the citv will prepay freight on all orders of 10 and upward. Send for price list. Jas J. Weldoit, No. 201 Market street, Corner Second avenue, Pittsburg. Special! Special! Special! Mr. H. J. Lynch. 438 and 440 Market street, will offer for the next 20 days extraor dinary inducements in new spring dress goods, Euglish suitings, French plaids, all wool serges, cashmeres, henriettas, nuns veilings and novelty suitings. j cases oi new plaids, elegant slvies, at 12c 1 case of 4-4 English cashmeres at 25c 1C0 pieces Jamestown suitinirs at 25c Best wearing goods at the price in the mar ket. 60 pieces 4-4 Jamestown suitings at 40c per yard. Just opened a new line of ladies' muslin underwear at 25e, 30c, 40c to Si each. Large and complete stock of ecru and white lace curtains, curtain laces, scrims and pongee drapery at low prices. Big values in wide flocnclngs, embroid eries, laces, gold and silver braids, trim mings, buttons, corsets, hosiery, gloves, ribbons and ladies' aud gents' spring-and snmmer underwear. Buyers will find it to their advantage to call and examine his stock before purchas ing. wssu Easter Monday, To-Morrow. Boys seem to thrive better than any other class aronnd Easter; it's the holidav when they are rigged out with new clothing. Our boys' short pauts suits, sizes 4 to 14, at $2 25 and S2 50, are grand value. Neat, new and nobby patterns to choose from in checks, plaids, stripes and mixtures. Everv boy re ceives as a present a toy stem-winding watch and chain or long lash whip with silver whistle. P. C. C. C, PlTTSBtJEG COMBIXATIOH' Clothing Company, corner Grant and Diamond streets. The mystery deepens about the murder of Detective Gilkinson and the work of the Fitzsimmons gang. Every day the case as sumes a new phase. Both the defense and the prosecution are slraining every point The Commonwealth is fearful of being brought out in the light of perse cuting the murderer, and for that reason are even afraid to take the roan out of jail and have his photograph taken. Both sides are keeping quiet, but startling revelations are promised at the inquest to-morrow. The defense attempted a conp yesterday, but onlv found a boomerang which will strike back at the inqnest to-morrow. One of the leading citizens of Homestead is authority for the statement, and he is willing to make an affidavit to its truth, that yesterday a prominent official of Homestead approached one of the private detectives who is gleaning evidence iu the Fitzsimmons affair and asked him: "How much will you take to work forthe other sideT" Repulse of a Private Detective. The detective wasiodignant and repulsed the offer. He afterward told his story and announced bis intention ot giving the en tire matter in evidence to-morrow. A search was made in Homestead for John Myers, the writer of the letter which was'pnblished yesterday, connecting Fitz- simmons with the Umberger crime in Somerset county. The only John Myers to be found in Homestead is a man who has lived there for six years. He came there from Latrobe. He was formerlv a stone mason, but he is now the owner of a high hat, a clever tongue and a suit of black broadcloth. At present he is earning a liv ing and making housewives happy by ped dling clothes-wringers and washing ma chines. About murders he says he knows but little, and in an interview last night said: "I did not write the letter that was sent to The Dispatch last night. I do not even know who could have written the let ter. All I know is that I have seen Fitz simmons peddling silk umbrellas in and about Homestead. I never was in Somerset county. I was not acquainted with the man. I did not see Fitzsimmons taken from the lockup to the station, bnt I was on Seventh avenue at the time. I remember of talking in a crowd about see ing Fitzsimmons peddling umbrellas and someone may have overheard me and then built up the rest of the story. I expect the next thing will be the identification of Fred Fitzsimmons as Jack the Kipper. I know just as much about his connection with that crime as I do abont the perpetration of the Umberger murder." Has No Doubts of Their Guilt. Charles McPhail, of the Gilkinson agency, was talked to on the matter yesterday and he says: "There is no doubt about the guilt of the Nicely boys. Fitzsimmons never committed that crime, and even, though Fitzsimmons is a bad man, it is not fair to accuse bim of murders that he did not com mit I believe the letter was only a clever scheme gotten up by the attorneys for the Nlcelys to secure a reprive. The rifles in each pistol may differ slizhtly, but then it wonld be impossible to tell whether the groves marked by them in the builets would be the same. The bullets are so flat tened that it would be impossible to tell what the marks were. Of conrse all the 38-caliber bullets of the same make will have exactly the same weight even if they were fired from a thousand different pistols." Another bit of evidence to be brought out to-morrow is from an employe of the w estingnouse machine shops. He was once a shopmate of Claries Clark and was induced by him to go to Homestead where through Clark's influence he secured a place in the Carnegie machine shop. He worked there for several months when, he claims, Fitzsimmons robbed bim of 527. He then left Homestead disgusted. It is said his testimony will prove damaging to the Clarks. He claims Fitzsimmons was very intimate with the Clark family, and on several occasions took Clark's wile to the theater. - ONE WAY 0UT0F TROUBLE, A Suggestion Offered the County How Public JJolldiags Conld Be Well Sup plied With Natural Gas The County as Its Own Gas Company. A little incident, or rather a series of inci dents, occurred in the Court House during the late cold snap, which some people who pay enormous prices for natural gas, and, instead, are supplied oxygen and nitrogen mainly, hope mav in time influence the courts when they come to deal with ques tions in dispute between gas purveyors and consumers. The supply furnished the Court House became very short, nnd employes hustled to keep their blood in circulation early in the morning. By and by the steam gauges began to show less and less pressure as the minutes dragged along, and finally it was found necessary to give the elevators a rest. This, however, was rather a relief than au aggravation to all who were able to walk, as the exercise was grateful. Superintendent Mercer was in hope that he could get through the day, but by 11 o'clock the recording angels began to com plain that their fingers were too cold to handle their pens, and they could not write well with gloves any more than a eat can catch mice in gloves. The ladies resoluted and protested, nnd finally donned their wraps and went home. It is suggested that the countv might fur nish its own gas to the Court House, and at no yery great cost, either. It could buy a roarer within ten miles of the city, say at a cost of $10,000, with a considerable of acreage to drain, and could lay amain sufficient to answer all its purposes for many years, for 56,000 more, nnd the entire cost would not he more than 820,000. It could sell $20,000 worth of 4 per cent bonds, so that it could have an abundant supply for Court House, jail and all its institutions, at a cost of $S0O a year, which wonld be much less than its fuel at present costs. There is enongh natural gas within 10 miles of the city going to waste to supply the county and leave it a large supply, while the present outlook is that in a short time the buildings, which are justly the pride of the county, will be as dingy as was J the old uourt House. The county, also, could exercise the right of eminent domain in its own limits.' RIOTERSJIM DOWN. Alleged Participants in the Cork workers' Trouble Arrested. was taken, as no (further conferencs been arranged. A WHOLESALE 8DSPEUSION. hu 0XE MORE OFFICIAL CIRCOLAli. Contracting Flatterers of the Mononsabela Valley, Combine. lUb-CEMjAXEOOS INDUSTRIAL S0TES PEEPAEING FOE THE BANQUET. The Americus Club Will Sleet in the U. S. Court Booms. The regular monthly meeting oi the Americus Club will be held next Saturday evening in the United States Court room in the postoffice building. This will be the first meeting of that political body since the Wood street fire, where the old rooms were destroyed. ' At that meeting a chart of the seats at the annual banquet will be given to the meni- bers. Plans of the new rooms in the Free hold Bank building will also be submitted. BLOCKADED THE SIDEWALKS. Fitzsimmons in Need of Money. Thomas M. Marshall, attorney for Fitz simmons, has notified Officer McAllister, of Homestead, that he wanted the money taken from Fitzsimmons on the night ot his ar rest He said the money would be of no value as evidence, and that Fitzsimmons needed it badly. The money will be turned over. County Detective Beltzhooversaid that he nad no evidence against Fitzsimmons on the Umberger crime, and also denied that Laura Snowden was a daughter of Mrs. Fitzsimmons. This was also backed up by Boiler Inspector Burwell of the Hartford Insurance Com pany. His home is in Cleveland. He is intimately acquainted both with Miss Snowden and Mr. aud Mrs. Stevens, an uncle and aunt of the girl. They live in Cleveland, and Mr. Burwell says Laura Suowden much resembles Mrs. Stevens. He also says the Snowden family lived in Rochester and atterward in Cililornia. Two weeks after the Schmitt robbery Clark and Fitzsimmons visited the Carne gie Steel Works. The latter wore a high silk hat which has been identified as the one which was found in the room supposed to have been occupied by Fitzsimmons in the Clark homestead. Constable Murphy Improved. Constable Murphy's condition is mnch improved and the danger point in passed. Yesterday Drs. McCann and Clark re moved the abcess which bad formed on his hip, and also toot away some of the flesh about the wound on his breast As a result Mr. Murphy rests much easier. The doctors no longer fear blood poisoning. He will, however, be confined to his bed for at least ten days, which will prevent his appearance at the inquest. From liraddock last night it was learned that Clark was uot unknown there. Clark and Thomas Dougherty roomed together there, with a man named" Barber. Dough erty missed a pocketbook containing a. large sum of money. He reported the matter to Chief Donovan, but as there was uot sufficient evidence against Clark.the matter was dropped. Detective Beltzhoover attended the sale yesterday of the effects of Fitzsimmons at his house at Bull's Bun. He took charge of all the turniture that will be needed as evidence in the case. The sale was made by the owner of the property, and was to re cover the rent Nine Italian Fruit Tenders on Liberty Street Arrested in a Hunch. Yesterday afternoon Officer Conwell made a raid on a lot of Italian frnit dealers on Liberty street who had blockaded the side walk withftheir wares. The names of those arrested are. Mike Noss, Anthony Kitu, Cnrson Gioo, Edward Abe, John Fretz, Ed Praham, Mike Long, John Monaand Lunga Warge. They are accused of violating a city ordi nance, and they put up forfeits of $15 eich for their appearance at the hearing this morning. Didn't Know Thoy Were Stolen. Mrs. Kate Cordell and Mrs. Beezie Har ries, of 279 and 2S3 Second avenue, respect ively, are indignant over the report that their homes are "fences." Tney unwitting. ly purchased some articles lroin iiorsyth, who was arrested for theft at Tarentum, but claim they did not know tne articles were stolen. The Body Will Not Be Cremated. The relatives of the late Charles Arbuckle decided yesterday that his remains should not be cremated. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of his sister, 24 Sherman avenue, Allegheny. Uncle Sam Still collects dnty on sugar. Thompson's New York Grocery sells sugar duty free. So here goes 20 lbs granulated sugar ? 100 8 lbs choice California peaches. ... 1 00 8 lbs choice apricots 1 00 Extra sngar-enred hams, per lb 91 Extra suuar-cu red Bhoulders, per lb. 6 16 lbs California raisins 1 00 14 lbs Valencia raisins. 1 00 Pure ground pepper, per lb 12J Choice Orleans molasses, per gallon 33 Choice Honey Drip syruDS, per gal. 33 15 lbs granulated s.il soda 25 50 bars good scrubbing soap 1 00 30 bars white floating soap 100 30 bars 5-cent.wax soap..! 1 00 28 lb bars German mottled soap.... 1 00 16 lbs dried lima beans 1 00 12 lbs cream cheese 1.00 14 lbs sun dried peaches 1 00 lib best smoKiug tobacco 1 lb good chewing tobacco 1 kit fat family rmckerel 6 lbs whole codfish 4 Bis boneless codfish Snsar cured bloaters, per dozen.... 30-lb pails, jelly 20 22 95 25 25 20 50 30-K) pails preserves 3 00 6 bottles English pieties 1 00 35-lb pails applebutter. 2 00 8 lb prepared cocoanut 1 00 1 00 10 75 90 85 90 1 00 Confirmation. New styles, new ideas in children' con firmation photographs; 12 elegant cabinets, $1. Come to Hendricks St Co., 08 Federal street, Allegheny. Eiylish Suitings. For a good-fitting dress or business nit eo I to Pitcaira's, 434 Wood street Ieon Citx beer pleases everybody by its fine flavor and pleasant effects.' Dealers all handle it ' STBTJCK THE WEONO MAN. Mr. Eaton Trips Up an Innocent Looking Chailty Swindler. Mr. Eaton, of the Department of Chari ties, put a stop to a swindling charity scheme Friday evening. A little boy came to his home with a letter signed by Mrs. Dadt The letter stated she lived on Spring alley near Twenty-eighth street, was a widow, sick and had seven children to sup port She begged for aid and said God wonld reward anyone who assisted her. Mr. Eaton doubted the story, and wBen he questioned the boy he became confused and said that two of his brothers were called James. Mr. Eaton kept the letter and had the case investigated yesterday. It was found that Mrs. Dadt did' uot exist 9 cans fine French peas, 1 dozen parlor matches, 200's. 12 cans good sugar corn 12 cans fine sugar corn 12 cans good tomatoes 12 nans choice tomatoes Gtts20ceut tea , Dlbs25-cent tea 100 41bs30-cent tea 100 3 Ibi 40-cent tea 1 00 2 lbs. English breakfast te.i in fnncv basket 60 Goods delivered free to all parts of both cities. To those living out of the citv we will prepay freight on all orders of ?10atid upward toany Ltation or landing within 100 miles of Piltsburg. Send for price list M. K. Thompson, 301 Market street and 69 Third avenue, op posite Gusky's. Last Chance for Bargains In Pianos. Fine Chickering square piano at S150; fine Mellor & Hoene piano at $90; parlor organs, Chnppel organs and all styles ot new upright pianos at less than cost, at Broad berry & Eyth's, 440 Wood street Selling out to quit business. Informations were made yesterday morn ing before Magistrate Gripp against four of the locked-out cbrkworkers, for alleged, participation in the riot on the Sixteenth street bridge a few eveningsauo. Three of them were arrested before-noon and placed under bail for a hearing to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. All of the accused are boy's and the in formations were made by Armstrong Bros. & Co., but the ofeciajs of the Corkworkers' Assembly, who insist that the boys had no connection with the trouble, succeeded in keeping the defendants' names quiet Mas ter Workman Landers, of the assembly, said last evening that hi wonld be able to clear all the boys, and especially one of them, who was not within two miles of the place when the dffienlty occurred. There was another large meeting of the workers in the Grand, Central Bink yester-. day alternoon. M. F.Xanders presided. The various committees reported, showing the methods alleged to have been resorted to by the firm to intimidate the employes and frighten them into returning to work. One report was to the-effect that representa tives of the firm have been visiting the parents of girls employed in the factory and threatening that unless the girls return to wort Monday they will lose their situa tions. Another committee reported that offers of large increases in salaries have been made to various employes, but all have been refused. All Vote to Refrain From Work. Speeches were made by Master Workman Evans, of the district, Secretary Speidel, Thomas Grundy, I. N. Boss and M. F. Landers. A vote was taken upon the ques tion of standing outK and the motion was carried unanimously. The men express themselves more confidently than ever that L they can win the light A warrant was or dered lor $l,3b& to be distributed among the workers as strike benefits, and the Finance Committee will meet to-morrow to devise a plan for securing more aid in case it is necessary. A peculiarly sad incident, and yet one that shows how the. strikers are sticking together, occurred during the meeting. A messenger bronght word toOwenBrannigan, one of the men who was at the meeting, that his child had died suddenly. The afflicted father had not reached his home on Thirty-eighth street, until another member of the Assembly was following him with a donation of $50, which had been made by the assembly. ' It was stated at K. of L. beadquarters last night that the developments of the next day or two are expected to be of such a character as to bring about a speedy con ference with the firm and settlement of the difficulty. A circular signed by Joseph L." Evans and H. E. Speidel. which is evi dently being sent out to labor organizations, fell into the hands of a Dispatch reporter last night, it reads: FrrrsBtraa, March 25. To Organized Labor, Greeting: The corkmakers heretofore employed by Armstrong, Bro. Co., desire to fully inform the organized workingmon and women ot thir locilnr-of the exact status of the difficulty with tbat firm, and ask for your moral support and co-operation. Telling the Story or the Strike. The operatives of the above factory are or ganized in the Knights of Labor, and this year, as usual, presented a scale and agreement. The firm asked, on January 80. for certain changes in this agreement These changes were granted by the organization, but no scale was signed, by reason ot neglect ot both parties. Finally, on March 1 the firm demanded that the scale be signed, but asked that an apprenticeship clause, previously agreed upon, and In the scale for 1890, be left out. This was refused, and the operatives were then informed that if tbe scale was not signed as desired by the firm a lockout wonld occur on Thursday, March 19. Con ferences were held, but the firm insisted and the operatives were equally firm. Recol lect, on January 30 the firm agreed to tbls same apprenticesmp clause, un saturoav. March 21, a final conference was held, but no agree ment was arrived at. Later in that day, how ever, the Master Workman of D. A. 3, at the earnest solicitation oi a citizen, aud by an agreement between tbe citizen and T. M. Arm strong, senior member of the firm, beld anotber conference, at which it was positively agreed that the firm should recognize tbe organiza tion and that the apprenticeship clause should be drooped. Tbe only uctails left were to have the agreement typewritten anu sent to the Master Workman. This was never done, and for a second time tbls high-toned firm had broken their word. The firm also agreed, on Saturday evening, that they would cot attempt to start non-union on Monday. This promise was also oroken, and tbey did attempt to start non-union, but were not successful. An Appeal foe Moral Support The circular closes with a strqng appeal for moral support The organizations are asked to induce their friends not to use tbe product of Armstrong, Bro. & Co.'s factory, and to ask brewers, bottlers, druggists and others who use corks to patronize other fac tories. Superintendent Gow returned home from Ion a yesterday, where he had been attend ing the funeral of his father. He seems satisfied that the assembly will decide at its meeting to-morrow to go to work on Tues diy. Mr. "C. D. Armstrong thinks the strike is already settled. Said he: "With the exceptions of a few, we want all the old hands back, and I believe that within the next two or three days four-fifths of our men will be back at wort. Every few minutes to-day applications were re ceived from old hands, which is conclusive evidence that the trouble is settled in our favor." " " Nearly Two Hundred Men Laid Off Yester day at the Ft Wayne Shops. At the Ft Wayne shops in Allegheny, 150 men were suspended yesterday, leaving only 20 men now employed in tbe .repair shops. This action was bronght about by the proposed removal ot the shops to Con way, where a roundhouse for the accommo dation of 100 engines is. in the course of erection, while but four stop there uoW. Since the completion of the Ohio connect ing bridge, the matter of changing the divisions has been under consideration. Through freight is run directly from Wall to Conway, and it hjs cow been deeided to change tbe divisions so that insteid of At leghenv being a terminus, they will rnn from Wall to Conway, and from "Conway to Crestline instead of from Allegheny to Al liance, and from Alliance to Crestline. In tbe future about 800 men, who were formerly located in Allegheny, will be em ployed at Conway, and nearly"200 trainmen, who lived in Allegheny, will" be compelled to move to Conway. A PLASTESEES' COMBINE. Contractors of the Monongahela Biver Towns Form an Agreement. The contracting plasterers ol Charlerol, Monongahela City, Bellevernon, Lucyville and California have formed a combination and have agreed upon a scale of prices for the next year. Any contractor violating the agreement shall be fined $200, and any contractor who failed to sign the agreement previous to yesterdavmust pay an initiation lee of $50. The contractors have also conceded the demands of the journeymen plasterers and hodcarriers, which were $3 50 and $2 50 a day respectively. Worked Like a Charm. The new train of four high rolls described in The Dispatch some weeks ago, were put into operation at the Homesteadplant of Carnegie Bros. & Co., on Friday. It worked entirely satisfactorily. The new armor plates for the Government are to be made on this train. QPPOSITE CITY HALL, ' : 516 SMi'lWlilLD. NEW ADVEBTISEMENTat Industrial Notes. Secbetakt Uillok, of the Flint Glass Workers' Union, is home from Tiffin, O., where he settled a difflcnltv in Beatty's factory. Pres ident Smith is at Corning. The beadquarters of the Duquesne Traction Company were removed from tbe Freehold Bank to the car shops on Neville street. It is thought now the road will be in operation be fore July. Easter Monday. To-Morrow. Boys seem to thrive better than any other class arouud Easter; it's the holiday when they are rigged out with new clothing. Our bors' short pants suits, sizes 4 to 14, at $2 25 and $2 50, are grand value. Neat, new and nob'iy patterpB to choose from in checks, plaids, stripes and mixtures. Every boy re ceives as a present a toystem-wiading watch and chain or long lash whip with silver whistle. P. C. C. C, PlTTSBDRG- COMBIJTATIOjr Clothing Company, corner Grant and Diamond streets. Use O'Keefe's O. K. shoe blacking. O'Keefe & Co., chemists, 708 Smitbfield street. Beer as a Beverage Increases in favor every year, and the out put of the Iron City Brewery keeps on the increase, too. Sold by all dealers. Spring Suitings. The largest and most fashionable stock suitings, trouserings and overcoatings at Pitcaira's, 434 Wood street TRUTHFUL ' ASSERTIONS The. key to our popular success is, there are no disappointments as' to style and character of our goodsi and tho prices in every In stance are pronounced surprising ly low. We are not offering' train loads of undesirable garments, but we do truthfully assert that we have the phoIcest stock and most complete assortment of reliable, stylish and artistio Clothing ever before shown in this city. It has come to be generally understood that "our Merchant Tailor Misfit and, TJnoalled-Por Garments keep their shape better.the linings wear longer, the buttons are sewed on Mtr,6nger, the colors of the fabrics are'more reliable and the wearers get more comfort and satisfaction out of them to the dollar than is found elsewhere. Reliable Spring Overcoats, thoroughly good Busi ness and Dress Suits and meritor ious Merohant-Tailor Made Cloth ing 1b the special attraction at our Parlors; and you should not fail to call arid inspect our stock for an Easter .Suit. We use no "hook or crook" to sell it, but we guarantee in good faith every garment in our house to be absolutely as rep resented, honestly trimmed throughout, carefully sponged, cor rect in style and as good value, it not a little better, for your money, than is", furnished by any house throughout the city. They cost no more 'than badly-made garments that you buy at the ready-made olothlng houses, and you will find Our prices ONE-HALF the mer chant 'tailors' prioes and oftimes less than half. Next to Hotel Duquesne, 516 SMITHFIELD. BRING THIS LIST ' OF PRICES WITH YOU,' Pick Out the Price Goods You Want;, and You Will Posi tively Get Every Garment as Ad vertised. SUITS AND OVERCOATS That were made for $20, our price $10. That were made for $25, our price 12. That were made for $30, our price $15. That were made for $40, our price $20. That -vVere made for $50, our price $25. That were made for $60, our price $30. That were made for $70, our price $35. Are yon going to have a recention? Ken. nedy furnishes everything. PANTALOONS That were made for $5, our price $' 50. That were made for $6, our price $3. That were made for $7, our price $3 50. That were made for $8, 'our price $4. That were made for $10, our price $5. That were made for $12, our price $6. That were made for $14, our price $7. ErAH alterations to im prove a fit done free of charge. Mail Orders Promptly Attended To. Mail Orders Promptly Attended To. znb29-TTS3u CORRECT YOUR MISTAKES IN TIME CHANCE YET FOR FREE HOMES! THE ANKUA1 COUVEKTIOH'. You'll be sure to like our "cream ale if once tried. Call Iron City Brewery, tele phone 1186, and order some. ' New Patents. O. D. Levis, Patent Attorner, 131 Fifth avenue, Pittsburg, Pa., sends the followine new patents: Henry Aiken, Pittsburg, 9a., mill appliance; W. C. Beckwith, Po3toria, O., railway signal torch; A. B. Bishop, Medina, O., fifth wheel for wagons; Edward Bourne, Allegheny. Pa., gas stoves; A. C. Cochran, Stau&er, Pa., coke oven; B. Arons, Pittsburr, Pa., voltaic diamonds, trade mark; Patrick York, "Washington, rope clamp. United States aad all loreiirn patents obtained. Established over 20 years. Helna Versus Lutz. In the suit brought recently by H. J. Heinz Co. against Lutz Bros, lor infringe ment of the Heinz Co. label which they use on their Keystone Brand Preserves,the mas ter has filed a report recommending the issu ing of an injunction against the defendant Use Iron City beer. V " xon're certain to liKe it Flint Glass Workers Begin to Prepare for the July Session. The Flint Glass Workers' Unions are be ginning to prepare for the next annual con vention, although tbe session is more than three months ahead. During April dele gates will be nonlinnied, to be elected at the first meeting of the dulons in Hay. Last year the convention was made np of 217 delegates, 30 'of whom went from the Pittsburg district Ibis ycir there will be 230 in the conventi6n and Allegheny county will furnish 70 of this number. The sessiou will be held in Steubenville, and one of the important matters tosbe considered will be a prosDective attempt on the part of the glass packer, who now nave an independent organization, to secure admission to the union. We have received a great many names and addresses from persons -who have failed to catch the meaning of. our adver. tisement and have not inserted A NAME FOR OUR NEW TOWN. The fault surely is theirs, not ours, for our proposi! tion seems plain. We desire to deal justly -with ail, butjt is simply impossible to notify all of these persons of their mistakes and give them an opportunity to correct- them in any manner except through the medium of the newspapers. To do this properly we are obliged to beg the indulgence of those -who have so promptly and correctly responded to our request dnd ask for an " " zEEsrlEasrsicxN" of tumiis That all those who have made mistakes may have an opportunity to rectifv their error. THEREFORE WE WILL CON TINUE TO RECEIVE NAMES UNTIL THE EVENING OF SATURDAY, APRIL iS, iSor, AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE CHOICE OF THE COMMITTEE IN THE PAPERS OF SUNDAY; APRIL a6. 1891. ' ' ZN"0"W JEbttAJD CIRIEIFULIL.-Z-. . . We want a name for our new town. We want every one, old and young, to send us a rfame for our new town. We" want every one who sends his or her name and addreis to also send a name for our new town. Can we make this any clearer? We think not NEW STEEL PLAHT. W. H. Nimlok and Other Building Cold Itolled "Works at Sixtieth Street. Application will be made on April 21 for a charter for the "Cold Itolled Steel Com puny," a new concern which already has its plant nearing completion at Sixtieth street and the Allegheny Valley Railroad. The incorporators -are W. H. Nimick, of Singer, Nimick & Co.; H. H. Jack, James W. Tyson, Jr., W. J. Howard, Jr., and Samuel B. Shoemaker. The capital stock of the company is $flu,000. The plant will cost about 520,000, and will tnrn ont all descriptions 01 cold rolled steel. Bnlldlnc-Tradc Council. The Building Trades Council held a meeting last night. , The fight over the representation from the painters consumed a-good portion of the time.. The eight hour demands were alsa discussed, bnt no action I S750 OO : O-rVEEKT --WA.. Every person is entitled to one name' only. Each name will bs registered. On the 20th of April, 1891, an impartial committee will select a name from this list The committee will not see or know the names of the senders. The person send ing in the name selected will be entitled to A, DEED FREE OF COST for any $400 lot they may choose In our new town, THREE OTHBE, PRIZES. From this same list three other names wilf beselccted for streets. The first will be entitled to A DEED PBEE.OP COST for one of our best S200 lots. The second will be entitled to one of our best $ioo lots. The third to one of our best $SO lots. 0 (- In case of more than one person sending namesso selected, the lis will be decided by casting, of lots. A separate com mittee will be appointed for that purpose. Get out.-vour Geographies, Po3toffice Guides, eta, and send us a name for 'every member of your family. Write all names in'full (if a minor state age) and write plainly, as we expect to'handle thousands of names, and want to do justice to all,, k , ' c Do not use fictitious names or addresses, as we will not give a deed to any person so doing. We will abide by the names selected by the c6mmittee, and the names of the fortunate prize'winners will be published fa our advertisement, Sunday, April 26,.iS9i. We are receiving hundreds of name every day, but the selection will not be made until the morning of April 20, 1891. Don't wait until the last minute. By sending at once you will greatly oblige ui THIS MAT ZEELIP ITOTJ In making a selection. Our property immediately adjoin Sheridan Station, on the Panhandle Kailroad, 4 miles from Union Depot. Thirty-six trains a day. Abont a 5-cent monthly fare. Sheridan is alrendy a town, and onr lanre tract of land is a part of it Five minutes' walk will brine you to the center of onrpian. We havcCHUP.CHES, SCHOOL, FUEL GAS, CHURCH TRAINS and THEATER TRAINS. Onr improvements will be firsf-cldss. STREETS THOROUGHLY GRADED, STONE and BOARDWALKS on all streets. TREES planted on all streets. The" prices will range from 550 to &30 per lot, and our method of selling will brine them within reach of all. A 550 lot will cost 50 cents down and 50 cents a week. A$100 lot will cost?! down and SI per week. A $200 lot will cost 51 down and $1 per week. A $300 lot cost $i CO down and $1 50 per week. A ?400 lot will cost $2 down and 52 per week. A 5450 lot will cost 52 25 down and 52 25 per week, cTAY your TAXES and charje NO INTEREST on bask payments. We will " INSURE YOUR LIFE, without charge, to tbe value or yonr lot We furnish YEARLY TRANSPORTATION to residents. Yoa can readily see that this new town must succeed. ., " If you are seeking an inveitment or a hoine do not purchase lots until you have seen ours. ADDRESS. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO WOOD, HARI0N & CO, AGENTS, ,545 SLmHBpLD ST., PITTSBURG-, PA C .. it -v-,-iF r .z. 1 Jin 1 - m fejs!