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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH - TUESDAY,
APETCi' 21, 1891.
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A PEEP AT COKEDOM.
"Why Operators and Workers Cannot
Smoke the Pipe of Peace.
THE COMPANY flOUSES A FACTOK
In the Great Strokes That Occur Period
ically in the Eejion.
A SCKE COXSEMPTION CUEE FOUND
tTBOX X ETXTT COimiSFOKDEH.J
JIt. Pleasant, April 20. No matter
bow-the coke strike now on may be settled,
it is evident to a close observer that both
sides the coke workers and the operators
hare grievances. Labor organization has
been the salvation of both, and, strange as
it may seem, it has come very near mining
both parties. With incompetent or unscru
pulous leaders at tbeir head the working
men wield a power in this region
that is a terror to the operators; but
should they always have good leaders,
the operators and laborers would have
verve little difficulty in coming
together at all times. The very best man
agers in the region admit that there is
sometimes a, necessity tor strikes in order
that the men secure their honest earnings;
but oftentimes the men are misguided and
go out at most inopportune times on a de
clining market.
In the majority of cases the strikers have
won in the coke region, but in their last big
strike previous to 18S9 they not only lost
Company Route Ko. 71, at Painter, Home of Robert Row, leader of the Italians
Jour Families in Eouse of 12 Rooms $5 Per Month Rent Each to Be Evicted Thursday
all they asked, bnt tbeir organiza
tion was completely ruined. In
18S9 the United Mine Workers of
America were organized in the region
and it proved a godsend to the operators ns
well as the men. Then the market price of
coke was less than 51 per ton, and it is
claimed that no profit can be made at less
than 51 15. The majority of the minor
companies were bankrupted, and here was
where H. C. I'rick got his big hold on the
coke region, by picking them up as they
went under. The organization of labor
yave the operators an excuse to slfove up
the price, first to 51 35, then to 51 CO, and
then, .almost immediately, it jumped to
$1 75."
The Bock on Which They Split.
Of course, under the circumstances, the
increase asked was granted and the Connells
ville coke region made a big advance.
Then the height of the miners' ambition
-was to secure 51 per hundred bushels, which
they now refuse as the minimum price. As
the price of coke advances so does the scale
of labor, but it can't go below that price.
About the only trouble there is now between
the two branches is as to organization. The
operators are holding out against the lead
ers, who are said to be incapable, and they
want to take away some of their power. In
Company House at -Painter Four Families
Evicted Thursday.
other words, they are anxious to own tbeir
own works instead of having a labor agita
tor who has the power to come around and
eay, "If yon don't do as I'ask I'll shut you
down in ten days."
That is the way it stood previous to the
present shutdown, and operators were com
pelled to allow many incompetent and care
less men to go into the mines to work, be
cause when they were discharged the labor
leaders would compel the company to take
them back. Notwithstanding all this, the
operators are not anxious to break up the
organization entirely, as it is much easier to
treat with committees than individuals.
The men when organized are easier to con
trol when at work than if tbey were unor
ganized. ,
The operators seem to think that "a good
master should be lord of any man's purse."'
That may not be the literal quotation, but it
fits this case perfectly. Everything is fur
nished for the men by the companies.
Around every plout are to be found the
"enmpany houses;" the "company store" is
there and the men must buy the "company
coal," and there is a price set on everything
which the men must pay. In many cases
the price is all right, but there are prices
sometimes which are too high. The rule is
that a man while at work can deal at the
company store on credit, and it is taken out
of his pay at the end of his half month.
Two weeks' pay is always kept back, so
there is no danger of losing anything by
men skipping out between two days.
The company stores are dnbbed "pluck
ffle" shops, but goods are probably sold
there as cheap as in any of the village stares
through this section of the country. The
best of groceries are kept, but the clothing
is verv cheap because the majority of the
people like to buy cheap and those who
tion't can go elsewhere. The employes of a
company can't be compelled to buy at the
stores, but the men allege that if they dou't,
life becomes a burden to them and trouble is
always had with the company on some other
subject,
, Company nouses a Factor.
But it is the company houses on which
the loudest kick is made by the labor lead
ers. There are different classes of bouses
and different rents are charged. Some of
the bouses are mere shells while others are
quite comfortable. Very few of the com
pany houses have gardens attached, but it is
claimed bv the operators that if tliev bad,
the majority of the people wouldn't work
them. Manager BrenneD, of the McClure
company, says he is always glad to give the
people gardens if they want them as it helps
them get along and he thinks it best to have
them prosper. The foreign element doesn't
care much for the gardens, but nearly all
the English speaking! people want them.
Some of the best houses in the region are
to be found at Morewood and Bessemer.
At the former place, which is owned by the
Southwest Coal and Coke Company, there
are some very comfortable eight-roomed
brick houses which are rented to two
families at the rate of 58 for each family or
$16 lor the house. This crowds a family
into four rooms and sometimes there are
eight or more people to be accommodated
there.
At Painter, another of McClure's plants,
the houses are very old and rather rickety
affairs. Each house is occupied bv four
families and each pays $5 per month rent,
making $20 per month for the entire house.
Each house has 12 rooms, that is three
for each family. "With these houses the
company furnishes coal fire, but in the
majority of cases 51 per month is deducted
from a man's salary winter and summer for
coal furnished. Secretary Parker, of the
TJ. JI. W. of A., who is assessor of the dis
trict, says these houses are assessed at 5200
each.
The above cases are mentioned as the two
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extremes. There are very few as poor houses
as those at Painter, hut where better houses
are tarnished the men they pay higher rents,
58 being the highest 01 conrse a great
many of the better class of men save their
money and own their own homes, and the
majority of those livmgjf n company houses
are foreigners who have little care for how
they live. In the better houses, of course,
many of the better class live, and they save
their money, preferring to keep it in bank to
owning property.
The Foreign Workers Are Savers.
The large majority of the foreign people
have money in bank, and are prepared to
hold out in this strike just as long as the
English-speaking people can. That they are
not so badly underpaid as is sometimes
imagined is evidenoed by the fact that so
much money is standing in bank to their
credit, the sums running Irom 5500 to $2,500.
Some of those who own homes have pianos,
and all through their houses are nicely fur
nished. A trip through some of these "company
towns" gives one an idea that he has stepped
backward a few centuries to the time when
our grandmothers' frilled caps reigned su
preme and shoes were unknown. Big bare
footed women run around or stop to gaze at
a stranger, and bare-footed, hatless, and al
most shirtless children are tb be seen on
every side, and it loots like a scheme to
populate Pennsylvania with Hungarian and
Italian youngsters. Through the week no
attempt is made to keep them clean, but on
in 13 Rooms at $S Rent Each Tp Be
Sunday they are usually rigged out in neat
attire, all bat shoes. They are turned loose
during the day like the lew chickens and
pigs in the colony, and are only gathered in
at meal and bed times. However, the people
can't be blamed for the fact that the children
run loose. Three rooms won't hold a very
large supply of that domestic article, and
there are no dooryards in'which they can
play. One of the three rooms is always a
bedroom, and the majority of the women
try to keep one room for a cozy little sitting
room. In one room I saw four beds huddled
together so close that there was very little
danger of rolling off onto the floor. This
was in a three-roomed section of a house
which was occupied by a man, his wife'and
seven children.
The Colored Brother Is Sly.
Notwithstanding the fact that there are
scores of colored men in the region, not one
has ever been caught in any of the disturb
ances, nor has one been seen close enough to
a riot to implicate him. Thy usually work
pretty steady when the plants are running,
and quite a number of them have gone in on
the strikers. It is a question among the
operators whether the colored men of the
coke region are especially peaceful or are
afraid of getting hurt.
The coke workers are an exceedingly
healthy lot of people, and very few doctor
bills are run np on them. Though the sul
phur from the ovens kills all vegetation
within its reach it has an entirely different
effect on the men who work in the smoke
almost continually. Consumption is never
known. Men have gone to work when they
were so neak they could scarcrly'handle the
tools, and in a few months became strong
and healthy. So far the operators have not
charged the men for the medical properties
of the gas tbey breathe.
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IN YENANGO COUNTY.
Tbe Oil Men Think That Little Will
Reward Their Efforts.
THE DRILL WILL NOT BRING MUCH
fine Tiew Prospects After All May Ee
salt in Good Wells.
WILDWOOD HAS NOTHING KWT0 TELL
;srzciAt. TELIOBAX TO THE PISrATCH.l
Oil Cur, April 20. A, glance over the
old pools of Venango county reveals a very
quiet state of affairs. From present indica
tions there is nothing in the situation to
lead one to infer that there will be any great
amount of operations this summer. Opera
tors claim that the drill in light territory
at present prices is a losing game and as
there is no likelihood of any great apprecia
tion in valnes this fact alone will zestrict
the volume of operations in this county.
While this conclusion is apparent on all
sides there are some operators with more
cash than policy who are making pretentions
to push the drill as soon as the transporta
tion of machinery and material can be ac
complished at a reasonable cost
The activity which characterized the gray
sand district last season, will this summer
be conspicuous for the absence of those ani
mated scenes. In fact, tbe prolific section
of this valuable territory has been cornered,
and tbe cream has long since been.gatbered,
and the localities in which drilling will be
done will only bring forth small wells.
The 'Prospects of Pine Tiew.
From a retrospective view, it now looks
as if Pine Grove township, in the. vicinity
of Linesville, will be tbe most active point.
In this locality the Duke of President, E. E.
Clapp. is monarch of be surveys, and bis
territory is considered good for paying wells.
It is said that Mr. Clapp contemplates doing a
little operating himself, wbile the Kohl Bros.
& Co., who were fortunate In setmring a good
big lease from Mr. Clapp, will also push the drill
with considerable vim soon. Tbe North Bun
people, too, possess some prospective territory
here.which tbey will, in all probability, operate
when tbe ball is rightly opened. There are
otber individual operators iu tbis locality who
will also start In tbe race as soon as tbe roads
get in better condition. Jacob Sheasley,- per
haps the heaviest individual operator in tbe
county, possesses a. largo acreage of territory
in tbe Mr, Hope district, and unless the plonser
producer should break bis previous record, will
do considerable work before tbe return of Jack
Frost. He has also territory in the vicinity of
tbe old Eradensburg pool, which will claim bis
attention to some extent.
In the vicinity of Nlckelville Hon. J. W. Lee
fc Co. are now drilling a well on the Criswell
farm which has reached a depth of 210 feet.
Their last well completed on this farm is Tiro
ducing about 6 barrels a day. In this same
neighborhood McDowel 4 Crawford are drill
ing a well on the Jones farm to Speechly sand;
and are down 1.300 feet on the way. Clapp &
Co., on tbe Levier larm. are drilling for the
third sand at 260 feet. Near LlnesTllle. Kohl
Bros. fc Gray, on the Edward Clapp farm, have
one well nearly down and have another rig
about ready to start drilling. Taylor & Torry,
in this vicinity, are also starting a well, while
Cadwallader is getting reauy to qo some wym.
In the gray saud district, near Balem. Galley,
on his own property, a well Bearing the sand,
and Kell & Smullen and Wolfe 4 Kugler eaoh
are drilling a well in this territory. Tbe North
Penn Oil Company has Just started a well on
the Echols farm, while Leopold & Co. are drill
ing another on tbeir own property. Water
house & Co. have recently coincided a well
on tbe Waits farm, which is doing
15 barrels a day. Cost above Oil City
on the outskirts of Palace Hill, or
more properly known as Joe Maningtun, there
is some activity and also a' manifest spirit of
rivalry among some of tbe operators. The
Speck of war that appeared upon the horizon a
few days ago here has vanished, and everything
Is now apparently serene. The belligerents
were Joe Manning of tbe first part, and Mr.
Krosskop, tbe noted druggist, of the second
part Their leases Join, and tney are now pusn
Ing the drill for all that is out to see who will
get there first. Hon. William Hasson, in this
same locality, is drilling a well on his own land.
What Is Doing Id Wlldwood.
The southwest line of tbe Wlldwood field has
been interesting study to-day. Tbe- Roth Oil
Company struck the sand this morning in No.
8 Peepbles and at four feet In tapped' the first
pay. Tne well commenced flowing at tbe rate
of IS barrels an hour, at which figure it was
holding up this evening. This well is located
400 feet west of Alston No. L J. M. GufTy &
Co. found the first pay in their Koblbar farm
well located about 800 feer north of Kretzer
No. 1. The hole is foil of oil and flows when
the tolls are drawn, there not being gas
enough to make the well flow. The
important Eeidleberge well has again
met with another setback, and it will be a day
or two before drilling will be resumed. This
time the cause of delay is a stranded cable.
Tho well is about 15 feet in the sand with a
sligbt showing of green oil. Erans. Maode
vllle & Co.'s well on the Marks farm to-night is
four bits In and drilling in good sand. With
ordinary luck they should hit tbe pay by morn
ing. The production of No. 2 Peepbles has
fallen off to one inch an hour. There seems a
big demand toward Perrysvllle, and a number
of practical operators are rtrong in tbeir faith
that tbere is some good territory in tbis direc
tion. J. M. Patterson's Espy farm well will get
in some time this week. The production of the
Wlldwood field Is about 7,000 barrels a day.
Zellenople and Other Points.
Captain Barnnm is drilling his Orphan Home
well down to the Brush creek sand. Tbe Cap
tain is sangnine'be will find something ricb.and
bases bis conclusions from the other wells
drilled in this locality for that horizon. Tbe
well is down 1,250 feet, and in a few days it will
be deep enonch for the Brush creek level. Tbe
Ellen well, near Harmony depot,-was drilled
down to the sand, of which they found 17 feet
bard and close. The Frederick well,
on tbe Enders farm, was deepened
ttf tbis sand and found eight feet,
with a strong flow ot gas. bnt no oil.
The Patterson & Lock wood well, on the
Passavant farm, west of Zellenople, was also
put down to the sand. They only found a few
feet, which was close, but obtained a littje oil,
which was tbe first discovery in the Brush
creek rock. As Mr. Barnum is located still
south of the Passavant well, he thinks nts
chance aX finding Brush creek oil good if there
is any in this locality.
McCuitDT There is nothing newatMcCnrdy
to-day. The Vandergrif t well, on the Adams
farm, is ofiiaially reported as doing 25 barrels
an hour to-night. The rig at the Preston &
Swarlz wel. on the Shaffer farm, located 1,500
.feet cast ,of r-'cott Ho. 1, caught re from a
cinder which dropped through the'derrick floor
Sunday morning about 4 o'clock, and burned
to the ground. The loss is estimated at $2,000.
They have been working on tbis well an even
100 days and have reached a depth ot 1.200 feet.
Emlbntos The Emlentnn refinery remains
in s-tatu quo. The new projected enterprise
seems to hang fire since the defeat of tbe Bur
dick bill. For some accountable reason the
independent producers in this locality are not
so entnusias;ic as iney were I3U I all. A gen
tleman Irom Enlenton said to THE Dispatch
reoresentntive to-day it was a question
whether it ever would be built. He said be
bad taken stock in tbo concern, and be be
lieved there had been about $511,000 subscribed,
but tbey wanted to raise 1100,000 at least to
start witb.
Bx-acksvuab A special to The Dispatch
to-mgbt from lit. Morris states that there is
do chanee at Mello's wildcat well, which is not
deep enongh yet to find the oil bearing hori
zon. ,
McDoxAliD The Kobb well made a 5-inch
flow this morning. Tho Bauters well is offici
ally reported as doing lyo barrels a bay.
COKaopolis The Forest Oil Company No.
5.. Neely is In the sand and showing for an
average Thorn Run well. TueHervey well is
making 100 barrels a day. Gailev Bros, well on
the Chess farm is drilling at 1,300 feet; they
will start a new well to-morrow on tbe Watson
lot.
Made Its First Flow.
The Qandel Oil Company's well on tho
Don't Be Deceived.
Especially when your health
may be at stake. If , any one
offers you Johann Hoffs
Malt Extract and. "Johann
Hoffs"signature is not on the
neck of the bottIe,do not take
it under any circumstances.
EISNER A MENDELBON'S
HOFFS MALT EXTRACT.
SOLD BY
JOB. FLEMING 4 SON, .
412 Market street, '
mb.13-83 Pittsburg.
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Cooper tract made its first flow last night, and
promises to make a 25-barrel well. Tbe case of
the Brown Oil Company against the Ohio River
Oil Company will be beard to-morrow.
Sale of Oil Property
William Quckert purchased a three-fourths
interest of John A. Sneo in 300 acres of leases
at Murrinsville. Butler county, with IS wells
producing 90 barrels a days. Consideration,
180,000. H.MCC.
A YOUNG WIFE'S SUICIDE.
Deserted by Her Husband She Throws Her
self From a 'Window.
rSrZCTAI. TXIZORAV TO TUB DISPATCH.!
NewYoek, April 20. Two years ago
Abraham Schwalb, with his wife Angnsta
and three children, came to this city from
Russia. They went to live in a tenement at
,213 Broome street A young necktie cutter
named Levine began paying attentions to
Hannah, their eldest child, a girl of 19
years. They were married eventually, and
lived at 553 Grand street up to four months
ago, when Mrs. Levine gave birth to a
child. Levine then sent her back to her
parents. He went to live with his brother.
Although Levine visited his wife occasion
ally, he had practically deserted her, and
gave bnt $2 a week for the snpportof herself
and ohild.
Mrs. Levine became very ill, and, to in
crease her misery, she was told that Levine
was living with another woman, employed
in the shop where be worked. To-day at
8 o'clock, he called at her mother's honse
and paid Mrs. Schwalb (2. A few minutes
after he had gone his wife threw herself
from the window and struck the sidewalk
on her head, fracturing her skull at the
base. She was removed to Gouverneur'
Hospital, where she died at 1 o'clock. Her
body was removed to the morgue and tbe
Coroner was notified.
FRAUDS OH HE-HO.
Beware of inferior, worthless, and
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Intending purchasers of He-No
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If you want
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gettingit See that
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ALWAYS IN PACKAGES, 1 LB., 1-2 LD.J
t4 LB., AND 1-8 LB.
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Exchange Place, Baltimore, Md.
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510-518 MMiKET STREET.-
AMUSEMENTS.
MAY
MUSIC
FESTIVAL
Mechanical Hall, Exposition Buildings, May
12, 13, 14, 15. 13, Matinees Thursday and Satur
day. All the great artists and orchestra of 75
from tbe Metropolitan Opera Honse, New
York. Festival Chorus of 00 voices.
Meobamcal Hall is being entirely remodeled,
with 4,000 seats. Tbere will be no posts to ob
scure the view of the stage.
Season tickets for the seven performances
Parouet. J10 and S12 50; balcony, $5 and $7 50.
Single concert Parquet, $2 and $2 60; balcony,
21, SI SO and S2, Season tickets now on sale at
Hamilton's Music Store, 81 and 93 Fifth av.
-WSpeclal excursion rates on all tho rail
roads within a radius of BXTmiles.
Tbe Stelnway fc Son piano nsed exclnslvely
at all tbe Festival concerts. ap20-lS
PITTSBURG'S LEADING THEATER.
TO-NIGHT Only Matinee Saturday.
MR, TV. H.
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Next Week "The Burglar." Seats ready
Thursday. ap21-U
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To-nlcht,
BLUE JEANS.
By Joseph Arthnr.
Matinees Wednesday and (Saturday.
April27 "KIDNAPED." ap20-19'
TTARRlS' THEATER-MRS. P. HARRIS,
JO. " h, Britton.T. F.Dean, Props, andilgrs.
Erery afternoon and ereninir.
HERBKRT and JOE CAWTHORN in "LIT
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RRY WILLIAMS' ACADEMY.
Tc-Nleht. Matinees Monday, Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday.
REILLY AND WOODS'
NEW BIG SHOW. apZl-9
TTARRY DAVIS' FIFTH AVENUE MU-
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Week of April 20. Stuedon's
CONGRESS OF OPTICAL WONDERS.
Doors open 1 to 6. 7 to 10 P. M.
Admission. 10c ap20-34
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OUR STOCK of stylish Spring Goods is now
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both cities to make a tour of the , different depart
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array of things beautiful. What is more, they'll find
prices all over the establishment extremely moderate.
During the past iveek there have been many new af
rivals, and the choicest and latest conceits from
Dame Fashion's headquarters are herd.
Suits,TeaG6wns,Waists,
Ladies' Suits, a large assortment, from $6 50 to 35.
Ladies' Wrappers and. Tea Gowns, 98c to $7 50.
Ladies' and Misses' Blazers, $1 75 to 20.
Ladies' and Misses' Reefers, $4. 45 to $1$.
Ladies' Lace Wraps and Capes, also Military
Capes, in great variety. ,
WAISTS!
Of this decidedly popular Waist we have an
immense stock, comprising hundreds of styles. It
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Percale Waists, 624c, 75c, 90c, $1 and $1 25.
Fine Lawn Waists, 75c, $1, $1 25, $1 50 to 3.
All-wool Flannel Waists, $2 45 up.
Fine Silk Waists, $5, $6 to 18 75.
Boys' Waists, 80 styles, 25c, 37c, 50c, 75c, 1.
Special Corset Sale!
To still further popularize this department
and at the same time make room for other goods,
we have decided upon a Grand Special Sale, which
will continue all this week. Here -are a few of the
extraordinary values offered:
BARGAIN NO. 1 Fine Swiss Gore Corded Sateen Corsets at
60c, selling: everywhere at 76c
BARGAIN SO, 2 Fine Boned and Corded Sateen Ferfect
fittintr Corsets 50c. selllnir elsewhere at SI.
3 Extra fine Frencb Woven Common Sense
Corsets 69c, always sold at SI.
1 A Lonjr-waisted Strip Corset 67c,' always
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SALLER4C0
Let dogs delight to bark ajid bite.
For God hath made them so;
Let bears and lions growl And fight,
For 'tis their nature to.
Watts.
Given Away!
Too busy to spend time quar
reling:. Here's something for
TO-DAY. Ho-w does it strike
you? 'A perfeot-flttine Man
hattan Dress Shirt sriven away
free -with every 810 Home
made Suit or upward.
620 Children's Suits, $2 50,
?o-D."r.
Sell elsewhere at $4 and 84 50.
43-Oarden Sets FREE In oar Children's De
partment. Don't Fail to Visit Us To-Day.
Cor. Smithfield and Diamond Sts.
aplS-TTS
CANCER
and TUMUKS cured. So
knife. Send for testimon
ials. O.H.McMlchael.M.D..
63 .Niagara St., Buffalo. N.Y,
mhl9-7l-Trssairk
on. IVJSIXi STJPPIJCES.
Artesian Wells.
For household and mechanical purposes. Prices
on application.
DARRAGH PURE WATER CO.,
ja81-43-D 107 First ar., Pittsbnre-
' HAYS TREES,
CONTRACTORS.
We mafee a specialty of bnllding
NATURAL GAS LINES
and
WATER MAINS.
Room 410 Hamilton Building,
t Pittsburg, Pa.
Correspondence solicited.
Telephone 51. fe2i-55rrs
M. V. TAYLOR,
DEALER IN
Oil Well Supplies
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Allison Tubing and Casing,
ROOMS 33 AND 33 Fidelity bnllding. Tele
phone So, 797. Pittsbnre, Pa. ,
No. 45 W. MAIDEN ST., Washington. Pa.
Telephone'No. 12, apl9-35s
OIL WELL SUPPLY CO
'I
LIMITED,
91 and 92 WATER ST.,
PITTSBURG, PA.
no8S-TTS-EOSa
IRELAND & HUGHES;
F0RGEAND MACHINE SHOP
-AND MANUFACTURERS OF-
Oil and Artesian Well1 Drilling
, and Fishing Tools,
Corner Tweniy-flrit Street, and A. V. R. R.
Telephone No. 1222.
PITTSBURG, PA.
Jal-3-s
AJAX ENGINES
-AND-
Corry Boilers,
The best Oil Well Machinery in the
world. All sizes of Engines and Boilers.
Also all sizes Stationary Engines and Boil
ers. "Write for prices.
Office's in Pittsburg, Washlneton and Butler.
Always write or telegraph to Corry Office.
JAMBS M. LAMBING-,
SOLE AGENT. CORRY, PA.
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MANUFACTURERS OF
Portable and Statiqnary
ENGINES
BOILERS
Works at Oil ' Oitv, Pa.
W. S. WATSON, Agent.
Office, 108 Fourth Av
PITTSBURG, PA.
Correspondence solicited. Prices on ap-1
'plication. Jal-2-xis- 1
PpUMlOflS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GIGANTIC
BETWEEN THE
Pi Cox Shoe Mfg.
KAUFMAN NS
Another feather in the cap of our wide-awake shoe buyer!
Lively times for our Shoe Department and unheard-of low prices
for the people!
It all happened several weeks ago while our shoe buyer.Mr.Shlessin
ger (Hustler ought to be his name), was "doing" the Eastern shoe
markets.
Knowing that the P. Cox Shoe Manufacturing Company, hitherto
operating factories at Rochester, N. Y., and Fairport, N. Y., was
about to consolidate its interests in the latter town, and, having re
ceived the "tip" that Cox was anxious to dispose of his made-up
stock before his removal from Rochester, our shoe buyer immedi
ately made overtures for its purchase. After short parleying the
entire Rochester stock, consisting of
$31,500 W0ETH(HvaSere'
Of Ladies, Misses', Boys' and Children's Shoes
Was "Scooped Jn" hy Our Shoe Buyer
BUS
The goods were received by us last Wednesday, and we immediately
put ten experienced men to the by no means small task of unpacking,
marking and preparing them for sale. They have just.finished their
work and .
tlj. at 18
THP M.P. 0fTn's Enormous U 1 1
inc OHLC Quantity of Shoes fllLL
That we fully intend to share with the public
the benefit of this lucky purchase is demon
strated by the following bargains. Read 'em.
1,475 Pairs P. Cox's Celebrated Ladies'
Glazed Dongola Kid
Fine Street Shoes,
AT
Regular Price $3.50
Think! Consider! Only $i 95
for these fine dress shoes; can
be had with or without cloth
tops, . with plain or patent
leather tip, flexible soles and
EVERY PAIR GUARAN
TEED BY THE COX SHOE
MANUFACTURING CO. TO
GIVE ENTIRE SATISFACTION; widths B to E; sizes z to 7.
1,100 pairs La
dies' X Kid Ox
ford ties, patent
leather tips or
plain toes, sizes
3 to 7; every
pair guaranteed
by the P. Cox
Mfg. Co. Regu
lar price $1 75,
AT Q5c
1,150 pairs Children's extra qual
ity bright Dongola Spring Heel
Shoes, sound and solid as leather
can be, and every pair guaranteed
by the P. Cox Shoe Mfg. Co. .
QO "PTQ For sizes 5 to ioj,
90 U I O regUiar price $j 50.
Ci 'OC For sizes n to 2, regu-
lar price $2.
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job lots, no seconds, no old styles all made
by the famous E Cox Shoe Mfg. Co.
Mail Ojders Filled Promptly at Prices Quoted.
K AU F MANNS'
.Fifth Ave. and Smithfield St.
SHOE DEAL
Co,, Rochester, I). If,,
-Ajvr-
20,000 spot m.
O'clock His Morning
$1.95
This Shoe, KW Q) rfi
Worth $4 50, A 1 JZ.JU
See them. They can be had in
French Kid, Curacoa Kid and
Bright Dongola, Spanish Arch last,
genuine hand turned, very pliable,
and every pair guaranteed by the
P. Cox Shoe Manufacturing Com
pany the same as if you had
PAID THE FULL PRICE FOR
THEM.
Something extra
fine: French
Dongola Oxford
Ties, best hand
turned, .GUAR
ANTEED by
P. COX SHOE
MFG. CO. j
Regular price
$2 50, A-T
J1 50.
1,475 pairs Boys' Seamless Calf
Shoes, lace, button or congress,
plain or tipped toes, every pair .
guaranteed by the P. Gox Shoe "
Mfg. Co. . i;
CI QC For sizes n to 2, reguj-
3 0 lar price $2. 4$
ffl CD For sizes atf to 5
J" UU regular price $2 50.'
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httnn hole shoes, sizes I r
1111 nil 1 u button hole shoes, sizes m
1 , 1 to 6, widths, B, C, D; every fl
" pair guaranteed by the Cox Com- UL J.
pany, worth 75c, at ONLY XUU
II, fresh goods exclusively no
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