THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, ' SATURDAY; T APRIL a'rlli' 1891; CLEARIHG THE DECKS Chief Bigelow Getting Everything in Readiness to Commence the Summer Campaign. TVAITLNG DPOX THE LEG1SLAT0KE To Give Him the Necessary Authority to Go Ahead With Needed Street Improvements. EXTEXDIXG THE CITI WATER SYSTEM. Hutiiag an Jgreentat en Ltgislstioa for Second Clus Cities. Chief Bigelow is preparing for the regular summer campaign of the Department of Public Works. He is afraid that he cannot make it as vigorous as last year, owing to the chaotic condition of street improvement legis lation. The Chief returned from Harrisburg yes terday, where he had been watching the procress of the rait of street bills through the legislative rapids, prepared at any moment to jump out and loosen the key log in case a. jam resulted. The torrent of legislative eloquence having been cut oft by the Usual weekly adjournment from Fri day until Monday, the Chief and Senator .Flinn came home. Mr. ISigelow is very anxious that these or similar bills should be passed at the earliest possible moment, so that he can ar range for the work to be done this summer. At this time of year it is usual to have a great number of contracts awarded or ready to be let, but in the present position of the citr in this matter, there is no law to au thorize any action on the'part of the Depart ment of Public Safety. Anxious for Street Improvements. Chief Bicelow was kept busy all day yes terday by property-holders who wanted to know the prospect for grading, paving and curbing the streets ou which they reside. The Chief could tell them nothing very definite, but assured them that they.would be afforded relief in a short time. Many property-owners have determined to waste no time in waiting upon the city to award contracts, but are making their own arrange ments with contractors for street improve ments. In this connection Mayor Gourley said yesterday: "There are a great number of streets, iu the East End especially, that "Urgently need paving. Many of them, I know myself, are absolutely impassa ble in such weather as this. The lower end of Aiken avenue is an example of this. It has been paved from fifth avenue to Home street, but from that point to Ellsworth avenue it is simply an almost bottomless mudhole. There are other streets in the same condition Vickroy street, in the Sixth ward, for instance. It may not be generally known, but it was a matter of sentiment that led M. A. Wood ward to oppose the grading of Aiken ave nue, and, incidentally, to questiou the con stitutionality of the street acts. Tried to Save Ills Trees. Some years ago Mr. Woodward planted several shade trees around his residence at the corner o: Tilth and Aiken avenues. He had watched thee trees with jealous care, and when the grade of Aiken avenue was changed he was afraid that his trees would be ruined. He had come to feel an affection for them, valuing them not for their in tritisicalue alone, and was strongly opposed to any action likelv to injure them." Chief Bigelowand Superintendent Wilcox, of the Water Bureau, will hold a conference on Monday on the extension of the water service this summer. This work has been held by the delay in passing the annual ap propriation ordinance. This bureau is one tr the best money makers the city possesses. "o mams are laid on nrw streets unless there are enough consumers to guarantee a return of 10 per cent on the cost of the water extension. On many streets the city gets a return of SO, 40 and 50 per cent, and there is one case on record where a 100-yard main, supplying 40 lamilics, has returned 200 per cent per year on the first cost of the ex tension. TrcventinE a AVastc of Water, Chief Clerk Denison, of the Water Uureau, in speaking of the ability of the city to supply new consumers, said: "So far we have had plenty of water, and there would never be a scarcity if there was no waste. Many people are very careless in this re spect. They know that a water pipe is leak ing, but so long as it does not injure their property they let the water run. If it should flood their cellars, however, they waste no time in letting us know. Some two years ago we discovered a half-inch water pipe that had been broken and run ning at full force for four years. The grad ual abolition of street hydrants has resulted in a large saving of water. Thev used to be Terv plentiful in this city at one period; and nine-tenths of them were allowed to run night and day. A little reform that Chief Bigelow will inaugurate at once is the matter of street sweeping. There has been much complaint about the machines filling the streets with an opaque cloud of dust just as the theaters are letting out at night, thereby spoiling many handsome bonnets and injuring a number of usually even tempers. The Chief Dromises that hereafter, unless it is freezing. lie will have the streets sprinkled before they are sweet. Kxpects the Street Acts Will Pais. Chief Bicelow, in speaking of the street legislation now before the State Legislature, says that he lias no doubt that all the street bills and curative acts will be favorably acted upon next weekor the week following, probably the l.tter. Aslo the much-discussed clause. "majority in number or interest," and the amendment adopted in the Senate, which reads, "major ity in interest and number," and which re lates to the persons required to a petition for a street improvement, Mr. Bigelow says: "The amendment adopted in the Senate, and winch was not adopted at the citizens' meet ing here last Monday, substitutes the word and'"for the word or' in this clause. Much lias been said about this matter, but the fact is, thai change had to be made. In the first place the Supreme Court has said a majority in interest' must sign a petition for : sR-eet improvement, and there is no getting over that. Iu the second place, Governor 1'attisou has declared himself on the subject, and he says" a majority in num ber must sign. On Hie Horns or a Dilemma. "Xow, what are you going to do? If you don't put in the 'and' the Governor will not sign the bill, and it will fail. If he should happen to sign it and you would happen to get a majority in number, and not in interest, on a strtet improvement, the majority in interest could go into court and the Supreme Court's decision would put the expense on the city. By putting iu the word 'and' we have tile bill to conform with the Governor's views and the Supreme Court decision. "1 don't think, however, that street im provements will be so hard to get under this arrangement as some people have asserted. Whpn the old act uuder which 1'orbes street was pived was in operation, this same re quirement was a feature of it, but it was gotten over easily enough and in various ways. The prevailing way was for a man owning a considerable frontage and desiring an improvement to divide it up into lots, Siring deeds to members of his family or others and thus secure a majority in num bers as well as a majority in interest, which had been previously secured. This has been done before and can be done again." 31. A. Woodward Is Satisfied. M. A. Woodward, upon his return from Harrisburg, whither he had gone as a mem ber of the citizens' committee, said: "We appeared before the House Judiciary Com mittee, not for the purpose of opposing addi tional legislation for Pittsburg and other cities of the second class, but to argue in favor of amendments to certain bills intro duced by Senator Flinn. amendments sug gested at a meeting of citizens held in this city last Saturday. We argned that the measures should be so framed as to insure to the people fair, reasonable and just legis lation; that to pass certain bills without such amendments as had been suggested would not only be unfair to the taxpayers, but would also make such acts subject to overthrow at the hands of the Supreme Court. "The amendments offered to the two so called curative bills, but which are really remedial measures to the general street law and to the act regulating cities of the sec ond class, were conceded by the members of the Judiciary Committee to be fair and reasonaDle, and I have no doubt these bills will be passed as amended by the citizens of Pittsburg. Senator Flinn acted fairly, conceding the wisdom and necessity of securing the passage of such bills only as will insure the citizens of Pittsburg and Allegheny equity and justice." Afraid of a Lack ot Uniformity. Senator Flinn is opposed to the amend ment rendering it necessary to obtain a ma jority in interest "and" number to secure an improvement, and the proposed change giving property holders the right of choosing the material for paving. He said: "Its re sult would be that the property owners vould pave the street in the cheapest man ner and aitcruards the city would be at the constant expense of keeping the thorough fares in order, for when a street is once paved the city and not the abutting prop erty noiders must keep it in order. Again, another result would be that one square would be paved with blocks, the next with asphalt, and the next possibly with wooden block. There would be no uniformity what ever in the paving on streets." The Legislative Committees from the Councils of both cities will meet at Alle gheny City Hall this evening to discuss street legislation. Senator iVeeb and the Alleghenv representatives in the Legisla ture will he present. The Allegheny Select Council members were appointed yesterday, and are Arthur Kennedy, William Lowe and W. M. Kennedy. PBEPABING THE DEATH WAEBANTS Tor Four Convicted Murderers Now in the Allegheny County .Tall. The writs iu the cases of Alexander Killen, Andrew Todt, alias Andy Dote, Michael Sabol and George Busnock. of Allegheny, convicted of murder in the first degree, were received at the. Executive De partment at Harrisburg yestesday. The death warrants will be issued in due time. Killen was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Paul Budert at Tarentum, before the Christmas holidays, and the other three men were charged with killing Michael Quinn during a riot at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works at Braddock on New Year's Day. MANY ANXIOUS MINDS. Hundred? of People on Thorns Pending; the Result of tho Llccio Hearings Pittsburg, Allegheny nnd AIcKeesport to lie Handed Down Possibly on Monday. Xever in the world's history, since lot teries were invented, was there more con centrated interest in the announcement of a drawing than at present mav be found in the cities of Pittsburg, Alle? -ny and Mc Keesport. People who are not applying for license to sell booze have caught the in fection, and the interest manifested dwarfs that taken in the coke strike and the Italian imhroglia. The cierks' jaws id the Clerk of Courts' office ached answering questions yesterday. It was stated that the list of successful apnlicants would be ready for publication this morning; that it would not be ready, and that it would not he given out for publication on Sunday. Stenographer Eullwood was given as au thority for the statement tnat the list would be ready for publication to-day, and the judges were variouslyquoted as fixing Mon day. Tuesday and Wednesday. Confusion became worse confounded as time went on. Finally Judge Magee set all conjectures at rest by stating that the list would not be ready for publication before Monday, and possibly not on Tuesday. I lie work ot inspection is very tedious. During a portion of the time of hearing. Judge AVhite was in bed with thegripp and Judge Magee, desiring that his notes on the hearings ad interim be scrutinized by his coadjutor, the business is necessarily tedious. The judges keep themselves locked up with two tipstaves on guard to prevent interruption. They refuse to read their mail or allow any to "be brought to them, as they do not want to be influenced by pathos indulged in by ardent applicants. The Judges will not classify the cases as passed upon, but Pittsburg, Allegheny and Mc Keesport will come out of the hopper to gether, and each unlucky applicant must search for his tale of woe to suit himself, un less the newspaper compilers see fit to take the duty of classification upon them selves. The interest manifested may be gathered by a contemplation of the magnitude of the interest involved. Hundreds of leases of property are contingent upon the result, and besides hundreds of people, who may be bondsmen, have an interest, the aggregate of which is considerable, as a bondsman for a successful applicant sometimes pockets several hun dred dollars in a dead open and shut, as he is given an indemnifying bond which makes him secure no matter whether his protege comes to grief or not HIGH SCHOOL AFFAIBS. Report of tho Principal and Other Matters Before the Committee. The High School Committee of the Cen tral Board of Education met in the board rooms last night in the regular monthly session. The report of Principal Wood, of the High School, for March showed an en rollment of 751, with an average attend ance of 0S1. The list of the text books ot the school was considered for some time, but no changes were made. 1 The Naturalist Society of the schoolfsent in a request to be allowed to observe Arbor Dav next Friday by planting some trees about the school grounds. This was granted. Prof. B. H. Patterson was granted leave of absence during the last week of June in order to allow him that much more time lor bis summer trip to Europe. With regard to the closing exercises of the term, it was decided to have "class night" on June 19, the final examinations for admission June 22, 23 and 24, and com mencement June 23. It was decided that Miss AVood be continued as substitute for Miss Simpson, deceased, until the close of the term. rirst Cremation Prom Heaver County. The remains of Mrs. Elizabeth W. Brad ford, wife of Arthur Bradford, of Ehou Valley, were cremated at Samson's on Sixth avenue yesterday morning. This is the first person from Beaver county ever cre mated. Her remains were incinerated at her own request. THE new steam carriage now in practical nse In Paris will be described In THE DIS PATCH to-morrow. All the news. Twenty pnges. Important. Three-story brick, large store room and elevator on Sixth street; rents for ?2,600. For information call at 1112 Pena avenue. FIGHT OYER LICENSE Is Making Things Lively Among the Kesidents of Tarentnm. THE ANTI-REPEALEKS AGE AHEAD. Liq nor Men Are Very Angry at Eepresen tative McCnllongh. THEI ACCDSE HIM OF BREAKING FAITH Tarentum has a liquor fight, and the lines are closely drawn between those who want license and those who oppose it. It dates back to the days when special legislation for almost any purpose could be secured at Harrisburg. It was in 18G9 that townships and boroughs were given permission to vote upon the question of license or no license. Since the passage of the Brooks law there has hardly been a town in the State from which there has not been a petition for the revocation of the special law so that these particular towns or boroughs could be put under the operation ot the new act There is no question that many of those who have signed petitions for the repeal of the prohibitory law, were uuder the impres sion that such repeal by the Legislature would relegate the matter of license, or no I license, to the voters. Of course that is not the case. The repeal ot the special acts would naturally put any borough for which such a change in the law was requested, under the jurisdiction of the County Court, so far as the granting of licenses is con cerned. The Struggle at Tarentum. Both sides at Tarentum are, as it were, resting upon their oars. They have fought their fight, and the temperance people are believed to be the victors. They claim the victory, at all events, and say that they have Representative McCulIough on their side. Judging from what the temperance people and those who want the law repealed have to say, Mr. McCulIough has got himself into what the people up there call a "hole." Both sides claim that he has made promises and both sides insist that he has not kept iaitb. The liquor men aver that he prom ised them that if a proper petition for license was prepared he would see that a bill was introduced in the House for the re peal of the special legislation of 1809. The people who are opposed to the repeal of the law that is, those who wish to keep the town in the temperance list say that Mr. McCulIough has been placed in such a position that he must vote against repeal. They say that while his first impression was to the effect that repeal would be a good thing, he has found that the sentiment among the people who vote themselves, and to a certain extent control votes, is against license. The result has been that the agitation has been dropped, and the temperance people consider their case won. Eev. S. T. Mitchell, pastor of the Metho dist Church at Tarentum, has led the forces against the liquor men. It was he who found there was to be an eflort made at the present meeting of the Legislature to have the special prohibitory law repealed. He heard there was a petition being circulated in the town which wasto be sent to Mr. Mc CulIough. Then he girded up his loins and went for the liquor men not only the men who had signed the petition, but he went for those who had the petition in charge. His success there really amounted to nothing, because bis request to see the names on the list was refused, though a few of them were given him. Petition of tho Temperance People. Then Mr. Mitchell got up a counter peti tion. This petition was based upon the supposition that the Legislature would pass the repealing act. He wanted to head off any such bill by getting the Governor to veto it. This petition was signed by nearly all the manufacturers in Tarentum and by a large number of the citizens. In this it was stated that Tarentum, under the pro hibitory law, had grown; that its citizens were sober and industrious, and that a re versal of present conditions would militate against its prosperity. I'ev. Mr. Mitchell, in speaking of the opposition to the repeal ot the prohibitory act, yesterday said: "We temperance people were given to understand, some time ago, that there would be an effort made to repeal the special legislation whereby the people of this town had decided to exclude from its limits the sale of intoxicating liquors. The paper that was handed around for sig natures, I understand, had upon it 332 names of 'voters and citizens,' as it was represented. 'Citizens would embrace a large class of our population that are not voters. Then I got up a counter-petition, believing at the time that there was no question as to the repealing bill passing the Legislature. Of course, I was a little pre mature, but there is nothing like being on time. This petition was to go to the Gov ernor. Signed by the Manufacturers. "This petition," continued Mr. Mitchell, "was signed by manufacturers who emplov, all told, 2,600 men. J. B. Ford signed for the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, that employs 1,100 men; Flaccus & Co., bottle manufacturers, COO men; Hartley & Wilson, tableware manufacturers, 500 men; Taylor & Cballoner, 350 men, and Godfrey & Clark, paper manufacturers, 125 men. 1 had in tended to take this petition to the Governor myself, but unfortunately the grip got me, and there the matter rests just now. Still, there is a committee consisting of Edward Ford and J. D. Wilson, who will be at Har risburg whenever the bill comes up before the Committee on Vice and Immorality. "How about Mr. McCulIough? Well, I think Mr. McCulIough has heard from the people vho sent him to the Legislature. As I understand it, he had promised the liquor men to introduce a repealing act and urge its passage. Now that he has found-just how the majority of his constituents stand, he has been hedging. He wrote me to the effect that the bill would come up this we'ek, and that it would be well for those opposed to it to be on hand. I think he is mistaken about the lime the bill is to come before the committee. Nevertheless we are keeping a sharp eye upon Harristrarg. Mr. Mitchell Charges Trickery. "Now, again, I want to show the under hand way in which the liquor men are try ing to get the best ot us. The law of the State of Pennsylvania requires that an ap plication for the repeal ot an existing law shall be advertised in the borough which it may affect, for four consecutive weeks, and that attached to this advertisemeut shall be at least the name ot oue petitioner. Now, in our local paper here this advertisement has appeared, hut it is where no one, with out he be a horseman, could see it The notice follows an advertisement of a horse; it is in small type, and it looks as if it was a part of that advertisement. The liquor men may think they are sharp by doing this, but they will find themselves mistaken when they see that the law has not been complied with. Even upon that little technical point we ran defeat them. As to what the liquor men say about bringing liquor into town from near-by places, where it is sold, I can only state and I know t voice the sentiment of the best class of the people of this town that the farther away the saloons the better they will be satisfied. The moral men of the community are opposed to the repeal of the law; and the bulk of the morality of the community is upon our side. Again, I want to say that all the manufac turers and more than half the business men of this towu are opposed to the repeal of the prohibitory law." What the Repealers Say. The other side of the story is told by those who have been advocating the repeal of the prohibitory acts. The petition that was cir culated was in the following language: We request .the Legislature to repeal the specials acts of the Assembly relating to and governing said borough as to intoxicating liquors, to wit the acts of April 9. 1S69, and of April 13, 1SK) so that this borough will be gov erned by the general laws of the State relating thereto. Your petitioners show also that tho borough Is inflicted with all the disadvantages and hardships of the present license system, wbile leceiving none of its benefits, for the reason that the contiguous territory or Harri son township is licensed and provided with a number ot saloons, wholesale and retail, and those residing in this borough who desire to patronize the same, have simply to stopover tho eastern toundarv of the borough to pro cure all they wish. The effect of this is that thoso who desire ono or two drinks are indnced by reason of distance to imbibe more than is beneficial, and return to the borongh in an in toxicated condition. If the borough had a license we would have ono or two first-class hotels here, which wo need badly. Albert Smith is the man who has stood the brunt of the fight on the side of ihose who want Tarentum borough to come under the operation of the Brooks law. Mr. Smith says that the one thing that is hurting Ta rentnm is the absence of license. He says that the question at this time woald hardly be a debatable one had representative Mc CulIough carried out his part of the agree ment Said Mr. Smith: ' The Understanding With McCulIough. "I undertook to take the petition for the repeal of the special acts regarding prohibi tion, so far as Tarentum was concerned, upon an understanding with Mr. McCulIough, Representative from this district, that he would present and urge to its passage a mea'sure that would release us from our present position, so far as the sale of liquor is concerned. The bill was introduced, but it seems that Mr. Mc CulIough has weakened, and we are what may be termed 'in the soup.' I understand that he has notified the other side as to the precise time the bill is to come up and advised them to have a delegation present when the measure is before the Committee on Vice andImmorai;ty. Wo have given up the fight, because we think our Repre sentative has gone back upon us. However, we will make the fight again some of these days. "Onr side of this story is plain enough," continued Mr. Smith. "Here in Tarentum we have a population of about 5,000 people. Just over the borough border there are fully 2,000 more. It is practically, one town. I venture to assert that three-fourths of the citizens of Tarentum proper are in favor of the repeal of the act I believe, in fact I know, that there is more whisfcy and beer drunk in this town at the present time than if there were two or three licensed hotels or saloons here. Men who want whisky will get it. The bad effect of the present system is seen in the fact that boys go beyond the borongh border into Harrison township, and come back with kettles filled with beer. They may not get it from the licensed saloons, but they do get it, and a frequent sight in this town is boys under the influence ot liquor. A Great Many Clubs. "Again, the fact of prohibition existing in Tarentum has caused the organization of a great many 'clubs.' The bad feature ol the club system here is that checks pur chased for drinks in one club are good at another. The people who run these con cerns have entered into an arrangement by which this may be done. The result is that there is much more drunkenness here than there would be were there several licensed houses. I know a man who is perfectly willing to erect a fine hotel here provided be could get a license. As it is, the town is be ing lei t, for there is no first-class place where travelers m3y stop." There are many people In Tarentum who agree with Mr. Smith, but, on the contrary, tnere are probably as many who will fight any attempt to repeal the prohibitory law with all their strength. J. B. Ford, of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, has joined Rev. Mr. Mitchell in his fight against the repeal of the law, and he has with him Mr. Wilson, of Wilson & Hartley; Mr. Challoner, of Taylor & Challoner, and Mr. Clark, of Godfrey & Clark. While they consider they have the battle practically won, they are on the watch, and don't pro pose to allow the repealing bill to slip tnrougn it they can prevent it. A ROMANCE OF SLAVERY. An Ex-SIavo Supposed to nave Left a For tune in Pittsbnrg A Prominent Colored Citizen of nagerstown Hunting His Xiost Brother No Record of Him Here. Inquiry was made at the Bureau of Health yesterday to ascertain whether one James Jinkens, a colored man, had died in Pitts burg recently. The information was asked for by a railroad man who lives at Cumber land, Md., who desired to aid some relatives of Jinkens in recovering some property which it was reported had been left to cer tain heirs. However, a search of the records by the Bureau of Health authorities proved that no such person had died iu Pittsburg within the last two years. The cause of the inquiry being made was a storv told to Edward Jenkins, a brother of the supposed dead man, by a man who said his name was Dr. Foster, and claiming to hail from Pittsburg. Edward Jenkins is a resident of Hagerstown, Maryland, and a commissioner for the county in which he re sides. The man who gave his name as Foster called at Jenkins' home in Maryland and told him that his brother had died in Pittsburg about February 22, and had owned a considerable amount of real estate. Foster said he had lived in Pittsburg a number of years, and had known James Jenkins for quite a while. For further in formation he told Edward Jenkins to call on Charles Cook at No. 85 Penn avenue, and there he could learn all particulars. A visit was made to Pittsburg at once, but no person seemed to know Cnarles Cook, and he was r never known to have lived a No. 85 Penn avenue. This put a stop to in vestigation at that end and the Bureau of Health office was visited with the result mentioned. Both the Jinken brothers were slaves be fore the late war and they lost track of each other about 1858. They were placed on sale in that year and each one of them brought S250. They were bought by two different! people and since the sale it is said thai they have never seen nor heard of each other. For this reason more than any other is Edward Jinkens anxious to find his brother. Dr. Foster, who first mentioned the matter, has also failed to put in-an appearance. It is thought now that it was all a story on his part, but he surprised Edward Jinkens by being able to relate most of his brother's former history, and this caused him to put a great deal of faith in his storywhich he has been unable as yet to find any truth in it PISHING CLUB 2ATES. Tho Business Will Be Considered at tho Next Passenger Meeting. At the next meeting of the local Passen ger Agents' Association, to be held iu a few weeks, the fishing club business will be con sidered. A party rate for ten or more will be offered. It is expected nochangc will be made in the rates of last season. The ex cursion rates to Niagara Falls will go into effect June 1. Passenger agents complain of dull busi ness, and with the prospective snarl in the labor world over the eight-hour question, they fear that the traffic this summer will be injured. General Passenger Agent Clark, of the Lake Erie, reports that the receipts so far this year area little ahead of last season at this time. HOWARD FIELDING doscribes a wom an's shopping tour for THE DISPATCH to morrow. A mirror true to nature with all the humorous features brought out. Twenty pages. j SAVED THE BUILDING. An Improvement Which Nearly Wrecked a Tnnnel Street House. W. W. Price, contractor, tore out the front of a dwelling at No. 18 Tunnel street vesterday afternoon to put in a store front for the owner. The removal of tne front wall weakened the wall between it and the next building, causing it to bulge out, endanger ing to passersby on the street The contractor at once notified Building Inspector Hoffman, who visited the place and ordered a proper brace put in which eventually saved the other building. Ds. B. M. HanIta. Eye, ear, nose and throat diseases exclusively. Office, 720 Penn street, Pittsburg, Pa. s&su ; ALL WILL BE AIRED. Mass Meeting of Carpenters to Called Shortly to Protest Be AGAINST EIGHT-HOUR DEMAND. Corkworks Strikers Mill Get More Strike Benefits To-Day. MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL ITEMS The agitation over the eight-hour demand among the carpenters tooK a new tnrn last nigbt At the regular meeting of local union No. 230 steps were taken to call a public mass meeting of all carpenters who are opposed to making the sight-hour de mand for the purpose ot fighting the move ment, so as to let the public kuow the exact extent of the disscusions in the ranks of the carpenters. The matter came up through a resolution that was offered censuring the district coun cil for the action taken at the meeting of that body on last Tuesday night It was stated to the Union that the district council had deprived seven or eight unions the privilege of voting on the matter; and that in face of the fact that the total vote recent ly taken instructing the delegates how to vole on the financial question stood about 250 for and 450 against asking for strike benefits. It was also stated .that, wbile not reconstructing the district, the tote was limited to unions locatcj within 12 miles of the city. Preparing for a Mass Mooting. The resolution was adopted unanimously, and a committee often members was ap pointed to arrange forthe mass meeting of nine-hour carpenters. It is proposed to bold the meeting in Old Cjty Hall or La fayette Hall, provided two other unions will join iu the movement. A delegation from 230 will visit 165, in the East End to-night, and 50G Monday night It is expected that as these unions voted aimost unanimously against the movement tbey will take part in the public demonstration. It was stated at the meeting last night that if the meeting was called it will be attended by at east 2,000 union carpenters who are opposed to the eight-hour demand this. year. Prominent members of the Brotherhood will address the meeting, and plans will be devised for a formidable opposition to the proposed strike. A. M. Swam, ex-agent of the Carpenters' District Council, who has practically been made the mouth-piece of the council by reason of his election to the chairmanship of a "press committee," was seen last night in regard to the proposed nine-hour meeting. He said: Threats on the Other Side. "If such steps are taken, the unions fat ing part iu it will place themselves in a position to lose their charters. Charges are now pending against one of the unions for refusing to recognize charges against one of its members. There were no dissensions or dissatisfaction in our ranks, until a few in dividuals, who were forced into the brother hood, stirred up the strife. The appeal that was taken from the eight-hour question was an entire illegal proceeding, and the Execu tive Council was not long letting the in stigators of it know that fact "The vote just taken was not on the ques tion of striking on May 1, but simply in structing the representatives to vote on the proposition to ask for strike money. There was no reconstruction of the district for the purpose of depriving anyone of a vote, nor did we shorten the time for this purpose. Notices were sent out over three weeks ago that all votes must be in by last Tuesday uight, and if any union lost their vote it was through their own carelessness. We acted finally on the matter at our last meet ing, and the question of applying to the Executive Board for strike benefits was passed overwhelmingly. "There will really not be a strike May 1. The men will not "ask the firms to sign an agreement, and in many of the shops there will be no cessatiou of work at all. The de mands have beeu made, and in the shops where the bosses grant them, work will con tinue, and where they are refused, of course the men will stav away. I suppose nine hour men" will work for the bosses who re fuse to grant eight-hours, but there are notjmany of them and we can soou dispose of them." COAL COMPANIES COMBINING. Two Hocking Valley Companies May Unite Under Heavy Capital. A proposition is under consideration to consolidate the Hocking Coal and Iron Company and the Ohio and Western Coal Company. No one In Pittsbnrg, so far as could be learned, is interested, and the Ohio opera tors having gone home, little information about the deal could be obtained. President Rae, of the United Mine Workers, said he had heard something about it, but nothing definite. The capital stock of the Hocking Com pany is 54,700,000", and it has a bonded in debtedness of S1,000,000. The other con cern is bonded for 53.000,000. It is pro posed to capitalize the consolidated company at 59,400,000 to be divided as follows: 51,000,000 to the Hocking Coal and Iron bondholders and $5,640,000 to the stockholder, and 53,660,000 to the bond holders of the Ohio and Western. Many of tbe stock and bondholders of the Hocking Company are opposed to the consolidation, and it is not all plain sailing. SEASONS FOE PE0SPEBITY. A Great Wheat Crop Coming and Rail roads Expected to Buy Iron. Frank Robinson, of the Carbon Iron Com pany, returned to New York last evening. He thinks there will be plenty of business next fall, and the year will wind up in hum ming fashion.- He says there are numerous reasons for it, but foremost is the coming wheat crop of the country which promises to be phenome nal. On tin contrary the European .crop is a failure, and France alone will be 09,000,000 bushels short. The balance of trade will once more be in favorof America, and French goli will pour into the country. The railroads have been getting together this year and better rates are the result. The lines have scarcely bought anything for two years, but they are down to the point where they must buy, and they are expected to' make heavy purchases in the next three months. . A VALUABLE EXPEEIMENT. Dr. Dudley Testing Wearing Qualities of Hard and Soft Tires. Dr. Dudley, the chemist of the Pennsyl vania Company, is experimenting to deter mine the relative wearing qualities of hard and soft locomotive tires. The hard tires, were made out of steel containing 7 per cent carbon and tbe soft ones out ot steel wilb'3 per cent carbon. The tires were evenly divided on the locomo tives, and they have been in operation for several months. The doctor has been watching the result, but up to date has no report to make. He said he couldn't tell anything at present about the respective merits of either tire. NOT 'AN IRON, CLAD TABIFP. Plate Gloss Jobbers Claimed the Makers Got All the Profits. Tbe plate glass jobbers and manufactur ers finished their conference yesterday in an apparently satisfactory manner to both sides, but all declare that prices were not advanced. In the beginning the jobbers claimed that the makers were getting aU.theJ profits of the business, and they wanted a niore equitable division of the spoils. The factory owners made wry faces, and tried to figure on an advance in the price, the in crease to go to the dealers, but as rates were not pushed up the jobbers got nothing. Mr. Kimball, one of the largest jobbers in Chicago, declared the manufacturers made no concessions. The new tariff has greatly helped the business for the makers, but the importers have not been asleep. Last week from 2,000 to 3,000 feet of French glass arrived in ifew York, the largest single importation in the history ot the trade. It convinced the plate glass men that the duty is not ironclad, and advances in price are not expected. I0WEB PEICES HEEDED. Coke and Ore Men Hold tho Koy to the Tig Iron Situation. J. F. Lewis, of New York, a manufac turer of mining machinery, has been at the Duquesne for the last week. Mr. Lewis has been looking into the iron and coke situa tion while here. 'Yesterday he said: "The coke operators and ore men have made money out of the furnace owners in the past, and now they should make some con cessions to help them. They hold the key to the situation. I was sur prised in coming up the river a lew davs ago to see so many barges here loaded with Southern iron, but this material is not responsible for the depression in the market, as many claim. When all things are considered matters are about even. The Southern ores wou't yield more than 40 per cent iron, and three tons will just about make a ton of iron. They don'tbegin to get as much out of their furnaces as tbey put in. "The price of ore in the North is entirely too high, the same thing is true of coke, and the rates from the region to the valleys are exorbitant. Indeed, I was astonished when at NewCastle I heard that the roads charged 51 35 to haul a ton of coke. The rate on ore is 4 cent per ton per mile. This is reasonable enough. A rate of three-fourth cent per mile for a ton of coke is sufficient. This would be a rate of 51 12. Last year was a great one for the ore men, but much of what was mined is still on the docks. Ifind that the consumers have good supplies of ore on hand. They expected a big boom in tbe business and bought heavily. Lower prices for coke and ore are needed to revive the pig iron trade." GET THEIB MONEY TO-DAY. Strike Benefits to Be Distributed Among the Corkworkers. Another meeting of the corkworks strikers will be held to-day, at which the employes will receive their strike benefits for tbe present week. A slight difficulty occurred yesterday morning on Twenty-fourth street between a striker and a man who had gone to work, over the right of staying out or going back. Some interesting developments are looked for on Monday, when 50 more men are ex pected to go to work. The strikers, how ever, say that such a report is entirely un founded. It is not known whether or not the firm will be represented at to-day's meeting, although a striker said last night that they would be entirely welcome. LAEGEST IN THE W0ELD. Tho Standard Oil Company Erecting a New Refinery in the East Jame G. Mitchell, Superintendent of the Standard Oil Company, has been iu the city securing boilers for the largest oil refining plant in tbe world, which is to be erected in Philadelphia. It will eost when com pleted about 51,000,000. The oil from producing territories will be conveyed to this refinery through the pipe lines controlled by the Standard Compauy, and will be refined for export. Before leaving Mr. Mitchell bought 515,000 worth of steel plates for the preliminary work on the plant and secured prices on several hundred tons of material for completing it. Buying Engines Here. Samuel A. Steele, of Weston, W. Va., is in the city to get two engines which were bought from the Pittsburg Locomotive Works for Senator Camden's road. Mr. Steele said the lino would some day connect with Pittsburg through Morgantown. Window Glass to Go Up. An advance in the price of window glass is soon exoccted. It is claimed that Cham bers & McKee, at Jcannette, are avoiding orders and piling up their stock to sell it off at the increased rates. Industrial Notes. Uoai. will he used as fuel when the Edgar Thomson works resume operations. A strike occurred yesterday at the Uollalre .Stamping Works over the discharge of two union employes. The structural department of Jones fc Laughlm is iri operation again after a shutdown of sume weeks. Sixtt-nine lodges of the Amalgamated As sociation have beeu organized since the last annual convention. Work has been commenced at the Bethle hem Iron Works, with orders enough to run oa lull time during tne present motitn. A suctdowx will shortly occur at the Alle gheny Bessemer plant for improvements which will increase the number of employes needed 200. The Amalgamated Association has secured a settlement of tbe trouble at Joliet by tils' adoption of a sliding scale which will continue in force until the close of lbSi, when, if a change is desired by either side, six months must be given. BESSIE HRAMULE takes Dr. Talmage to task in THE DISPATCH to-morrow for ills statements in regard to tho privileges and rights of the fair sex. A paper for every home. A VICTIM OF CIGAEETTES. James Williams Dies of Cerebro-Splnal Moningitls Induced by Nicotine. James Williams died last night at the Homeopathic Hospital of cerebro-spinal meningitis. Williams was employed by a butcher named Harrison, at the Market House, and was a comparative stranger in the city. Last Sunday evening he entered a restaurant on Sixth street nnd ordered a meal, and before it was served be fell over on the floor unconscious. In that condition he was taken to the hospital in tbe patrol wagon, and only regained consciousness last Wednesday for a few moments. He only told his name, and said he lived in Ohio, and thee tell again into a stupor, Ironi which he never revived. The young man was an inveterate cigar ette smolcer, aud always inhaled or swal lowed the smoke. This habit is thought to have had something to do with his death. REAL ESTATE SAVINGS BANK, LEU. 401 Smlthfield Street'Cor. Fourth Avenue. Capital, 5100,000. Surplus. 569,000. Deposits of 51 and upward received and interest allowed at I per cent. its Not Too Late Yet For those who have this long delayed the ex change of their pianos and organs for one of those genuine bargains in new and im proved pianos and organs that S. Hamilton, of 91 and 93 Fifth avenue, is selling. Do not hesitate, you cannot go wrong. Hamil ton's is the only place where you can get the Decker Bros., Kuabe and Fisher pianos and the great Estey and Strong and Clark organs. Sold at low prices aud on easy terms. S. Hamilton, 9L,and 93 Fifth avenue. Hex's fine neckwear for spring.'" J. H. Aiken & Co., 100 Fifth avenue. Add 20 drops of Angostura Bitters to every glass"of impure water you drink. tt'ssu Men's fine neckwear for spring. J. H. Aiktjx Ss Co., 100 Fifth avenue, . CUT DOWN TOO. SOON. Bull White Tires of the Monotony cf a Central Station Cell and HANGS HIMSELF WITH HIS SHIET. He Left the Workhouse Prematurely and Was Arrested Again, THE KESDLT OP STRIKING A DETECTIVE William or "Bull" "White, as he is bjtter known by a large circle of acquaintances to whom he has endeared himself by his winning ways and his utter disregard for the conventionalities of polite society, is in trouble again. A month ago Mr. White proved that bis stomach's capacity was greater than that of his head, but owing to the fact that a police officer was called in as referee, he was declared to be drunk and disorderly. Mr. White resented the impu tation and resisted the officer. He was finally overcome and locked up. Then Mr. White wept and threatened to commit suicide. "Where," he asked, "are the thousands of my friends whose hearts I have warmed with the glow of a generous deed well performed by borrowing the small snm of 10 cents from them. It is trne that I warmed my vitals at the same time with bad whisky but the other man posed as a philanthropist, and snrely that was worth more than 10 cents. Why do not these frirnds come to my assistance now?" Echo did not answer, it doesn't linger around the Central station, but a drunken man in another cell yelled for "water," and so disgusted Mr. White that he turued his back ou this mundane sphere, to nse a well-worn-figure of speech, and went to sleep. When Fhcabus peeped over Gazzim's Hill the next morning he saw Bull White standing undaunted before Cadi Gripp, but hid his face behind a vagrant cloud, as he heard the awful sentence "90 davs." Bull White went to Host Warner's hand some hostelry on the Allegheny river, and made no plaint uutil hediscovered that bell boys were not provided to carry ice water to guests' rooms in the dead hours of night Mr. White was indignant, and he exclaimed: "As an American citizen, I demand ice water or freedom." Ko ice water being produced, Mr. White sought freedom, and found it three weeks ago. Bull White came to the cily. His thirst for ice water "on the outside" was slaked until yesterday. Then the cold, commercial nineteenth-century spirit, which demands collateral, chilled'Mr. White, and he sought City Hall. He knew Detective Bobinson, the mildest-mannered man who ever "pinched a bloke,"anddepehded on getting tbe price from him. Robinson was struck by an idea and White simultaneously. He thought that Bnll might be wanted as an escaped prisoner, and therefore arrested him. Was White daunted? Ob, no. He offered to engage, upon any terms, with detectives Bobinson and Bendel in mortal combat They would not combat Mr. White was placed in a cell, but be came tired of the monotony. To vary it he carefully disrobed, and after taking off his shirt he split it down the- middle, tore it into strips, and wove a rope nut of it He lied one end to his cell door, made a noose in the other end, with which he encircled his neck, tbe channel of river of rum, and -BIBER I EASTDN SOME SEASONABLE BARGAINS. Housekeeping Linens. Somo excellent bargains in our Linen De partment Unusual values In Huck Towels at 12c and 20c, in bright borders. borne ten different lines of Damask and Huck Towel?, with choice colored borders, at 25c. Hemstitched Towels. Table Scarfs, Stamped Linens for embroidery, etc.. In very large variety. A line of Table Damasks in cream, whito and colored at 50c these are 60-inch and excellent value. Onr line of Crash at 7c, 8c. 10c, 12Jc will offer ' variety enough to suit all who may examine our stock. Do You Need Lace Curtains? Our stock of Lace Curtains will amply repay yonr examination. We show Nottingham Cur tains, in very effective patterns, atSoc and SI a pair. Our variety at SI 25 at ?2 50 a pair embraces some real bargains. Irub foint curtains at S3, iobU, 6, J7up to S16. Ileal Swiss Cnrtalns at $8 to $18 many of them of exquisite design. Sill: Curtains, in beautiful effects, from 5 to S-U Our Trimming: Room. All the novelties in new Dross Trimmings, in cluding Jeweled Gimps, in light and dark shades: Tinsel iSdgings.in gold aud silver: silver and gold Cords, silver and gold liralcls. Gimps and Girdles, very neb silk and crochet Gimps, in black and onlor?. Fish Net Drapery, Silk Chantilly Drapery Nets, in entirely new and rich patterns, from low to line grades. Binding braids in Silk and Mohair, Bias Vel veteen Bindings for ladles' skirts'. Our stock ol now Dress Buttons is very com prehensive, including many new ideas-in pearl, cut steel and fancy metal, crochet and velvet Wash Dress Goods. Our Wash Dress Goods Department is now replete with all the choice productions' of homo and foreign manufacturers. The choice at 12Jc is very extended. At 20c, 25c and Sue we not only offer eboice Zephyrs and Scotch Ging hams, but many entirely new wash fabrics. BIBER k EA5TDN. Sos and 507 MARKET STREET. apll-TTSSU WALL :-: PAPER. GOOD DESIGNS, 4 and 5c WHITE AND GOLD, 8c Beceived to-day the best 10c and 15c gold papers in the city; also, tbe best wide borders, 18' inches, 20c and 25c; 9-incb, 15c; 6-incb, 10c J. KERWIN MILLER & CO., S43 SM1THFIELD ST. PITTSBURG. ap7-17-TTS u. & s. SPECIALTIES IN Hosiery and Underwear, For Men, Women and Children. Importers, Jobbers and Retailers. Tbe only exclusive Hosiery and Underwear establishment in Western Pennsylvania. ULRICH & SPENCER, 642 Penn Avenue. Open Saturday evenings. p9-rra cas himself ofT, expecting to land in an other but hardly a better world. Bull White is still alive. He was promptly cut down, and will go back to the workhouse to-day, where he will serve out his original term, and at least three months additional for escaping from the workhouse. 1 1 V T Pittsburg, Px. Saturday, April U, lg)L The Leadlnz Dry Goods House. JDS. HDRNE I CO PENN AVE. STORES. SPECIAL SALE TO-DAY OF FINE IMPORTED DRESS TRIMMINGS. NEARLY 1,000 YARDS BLACK ALL-SILK GIMPS, Taken from an importer (this entire stock) at the most ex traordinary figures. Extravagant words would be but weakening so this adver tisement must consist only of a plain bare announcement We urge every reader to take ad vantage of this,the best oppor tunity we have ever offered in this line of goods. The following are all the lajest Paris Novelties produced for this season, in fine pure silk gimps: LOT No. 1, , At $3 50 a yard, Or 35c a point, 15 patterns, in widths (length of points) from 18 to GO inches. Worth $20 and $25 a yard. LOT No. 2, At S3 50 a yard, Or 35c a point, 10 patterns, in widths (length of points) from 15 to 20 InchoJ. Worth $10 and $15 a yard. Also, over 100 Novelty Sets, the very latest things in trim mings, including Zouaves, Bo leros and combinations of Medici collars, cuffs and waist trimmings, in fine cut bead and plain silks, worth 8 to S20, at $2 50 per set. These special inducements in addition to our complete new spring stocks of fine trim mings of every description, the latest and most beautiful novel ties. ' JDS. HDRNE I CLL'S PENN AVE STORES. apU -3THE LAREEBTV -AJTD- CHOICEST Stock of ' CARPETS Ever brought to Pittsnurg can now ba seen at EDWARD GROETZIHGER'S. All the very latest designs produced in botD. Europe and America. ia Axminsters, , Wiltons, Gobelins, Moquettes, Body Brussels, Tapestry Brussels And Ingrains. Many of tbe designs shown are confined ex clusively to our house. Lacs and Turcoman Cnrtalns. We still have about 100 pieces of Taoestry Brussels of last fall's patterns to sell at 50c, 65o and 75a a yard worth 23 per cent moro every where. 627 and 629Peim Ave. m to- All goods Jobbed at lowest aster PliCM. p5-TTS3
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