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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH
PAGES 9 TO 12.
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SECOND PART.
LITTLE M LEFT,
Only Three More Days for Lucky
City Applicants for Retail
Liquor Licenses
TO TAKE OUT THE PAPERS.
They Jlnst All Be Paid for by tfce 28th
of the Present Month.
BIG BOODLF, IN BEER BUSINESS.
The Hearing -Disclosed Great Profits Made
by Brewers.
NO LICEHSECOEKT TO EE:flELD TO-DAY
Tbe Judges seem to have fallen in lore
with the hearing of applicants, and every
thing moved at a merry pace yesterday. At
the opening the Court announced that all
the retail licenses handed down on April 13
most be taken out by April 28. The law
requires that all licenses be taken out with
in 15 days after they are granted, or they
will be revoked.
Following this announcement, the dis
tillers, brewers and bottlers who were not
present on Friday were told to hold them
selves in readiness for an immediate hear
ing. The fun then commenced by taking up
the application "f Thomas Moore, of the
Second ward, McKeesporr, His case was
hustled through.
George P. & Otto Haueh, brewers, Twenty
fiith street, Southside, did a business last
rear of 548,000. They admitted that they
sold kegs of beer from the brewery to per
bons who came to take it away, but that it
was not often.
Lauer Bros., Twenty-seventh ward, said
the business of their brewery amounted to
28,000.
Francis F. Walker, Twenty-eighth ward,
has been in business since December last,
having bought the brewery of Peter Jauen.
Since then his receipts amounted to 52,400.
Very Big; Boodle aiado in Beer.
Michael Metzgar, the brewer, of Etna
borough, had done a business of 532,000.
Charles A. Schultz, Third ward, Home
stead, had a business last year of 9,000 and
sold from 50 to 75 gallon jugs of beer a
week. He also sold kegs to persons who
carry them away.
Judge "White delivered a lecture on the
evils of this practice.
Michael Euz, the brewer of Millvale, did
a yearly business of 105,000 from his brew
ery and bottling house.
Andrew Vesser, Charters township, was
a new applicant for a brewer's license.
George AY. Luther, Harrison township,
started in the brewing business in Novem
ber. The bottlers were then called. John
Lockner, 391 "Webster avenue, was a new
applicant, as was also John B. Schmidt,
Vine street. E.eventh ward.
Charles Freil, 2610 Penn avenue, said his
receipts were $16,000.
Patrick McKeefrey, 90 Tuttin street, Four
teenth ward, was refused for the last two
years. Eobert Murdock, "William Sheldon,
Patrick O'Eeagan, George Garhoth were
new applicants.
Peter Murray, 4833 Penn avenue; Andiew
McCIaiu, John Kerner, 7603 Twenty-first
ward; John Tweddle, 142 Enterprise street;
Louis Miller.Thirty-fifth ward; Eobert "War
ner, First ward, Allegheny; Joseph H.
Eeed, of same ward; A. H. Kannefskey fin
ished the morning session.
At the opening of the afternoon session the
bottlers who did not get their hearing day
before yesterday were called.
Allegheny was taken up, and B.,J. Ford,
13 and 15 Allegheny avenue. Fifth ward,
was the first called. His receipts were
$7,000. He said he bottled beer, ale and
porter.
Tobias Goldberg, 85 Beaver avenue, said
his receipts were 58,000. He bottled noth
ing but beer.
Beer Bottlers Bob Up Serenely.
August Schlegel, 35 California avenue,
Sixth ward, was an applicant for wholesale
license as well as a bottler. He was told he
could not have both, and decided to take his
chance as a wholesaler.
Albert F. Pitske, 60 Sarah street, Tenth
ward, was called. He had a license as a
bottler last vear, and said his receipts were
$8,400.
Michael Enz, First ward, Millvale, was
heard in the morning as a brewer, but was
called in regard to his application as a
bottler.
Henry Keasey, Cherry street, Harrison
township, did not answer.
Eobert O. Henderson, Duquesne, Mifflin
twnship, was retused a license last year. He
gave a good description of his place and said
he should have a license.
The wholesale list was then taken up.
James Gettv, Jr., ISO and 182 First ave
nue and 141 Water street, Second ward, said
his receipts during the last year were 180,
000. He denied that there was any drinking
in the alley back of his place.
William H. Holmes, 120 water street, was
home very ill, but the Court allowed the
bookkeeper, John B. Simpson, to be exam
ined. The receipts, he said, were $125,000.
The jug trade, he said, was very light.
John Killhan, 210 Second avenue, said his
receipts were $12,000. One-half of this, he
said, was from beer. He said there was never
any drinking on the premises.
Henry Levy, 84 Diamond street, was a
new applicant. The place, he said, was
26x22 leet and well fitted up. He has $10,000
to go in business on.
Magnificent Fortunes Built by "Whisky.
F. W. Mueller, Third avenue and Try
street, said his receipts last year were
$100,000.
Joseph Sohm, corner of Shingis? and
Forbes street, said his receipts were $33,000,
made principally from sale to retail
dealers.
Philip Evan, 159 Second avenue, said his
receipts were $12,000. He said he sold some
beer in eighths. He said he had a boy 12
years old who drove one of his wagons.
John J. Speck, 305 Smithfield street, said
his receipts were S110.000.
C. Sunstein, 133 and 134 Water street and
G Smithfield street, said his receipts were
$200,000.
Emanuel and Abraham Weiler. 157 First
avenue, gave their receipts as $300,000.
They bottle beer only for shipping pur
poses. Henry Wolff. 230. 232. 234 Second
3venue, gave his receipts as $43,000. He
deals in brer only, bottling a great deal of
export beer. He said he had no jngs.
The Third ward was then taken up.
William T. Epy, 000 Liberty street, is a
new applicant. He is in the drug basinets
at present, nnd said he wanted to go into
the liquor buriness to accommodate "his
iamily Irieuds." He cxc?ied that he
meant by "family friends" the regular cus
tomers at his drugstore who did not like to
go to a liquor house to make a purchase o.
liquor.
V. J. Friday, CSS Smithfield street,
nrnnld not tell the nmonnt of his receipts.
but banded the Judges a slip of paper with"
tbe amount on it.
W. J. Gilmore & Co., 40 Seventh avenue.
asked for the renewal of the license ne nau
in conjunction with the drug business. His
liquor receipts were $10,000.
Where Drags and Liquor Go Hand In Hand.
A. C. Henderson, 50 Seventh avenue, said
his total receipts from theliquor and drug
store was $43,000.
L. H.. Harris Drug Company, 46 and 48
Seventh avenue, said the total receipts from
their business was $355,000, $22,000 of which
was from the sale of liquor.
William C. Hasslage, Frank S. Hasslage,
T. F. Kuhlraan and William Luebbe ap
plied for 18 Diamond square.
Ajjgelo L. Ival, 25 Diamond street, said
his receipts were $45,000. He said he did
not sell iii jugs. His principal business
w.s in whisky and wine.
Uriah E. Lippincott, 539 Smithfield street,
"had a distiller's license in 1889, and during
the last vear had a wholesale license. His
receipts were $60,000 from the latter license.
He said he still had a distillery in Green
countr and was still running it, although
he had no license for it
Judge White How's that?
Lippincott replied that he did not sell
anv of the product in that county.
Judge White You cannot, under the
Brooks law, run a distillery without a dis
tiller's license. It makes no difference
whether you sell or do not sell in Green
county.
Lippincott I pay .a S100 mercantile li
cense, and that is for my distillery.
Judge White Well, that is not right.
You have to have a distiller's license.
G. W. Schmidt, 95 and 97 Fifth avenue
His receipts were $800,000.
Tbe Fourth ward was called.
Julius Adler, H. Schloss and Sigmund
Eoedelheim, 10ol Liberty street, handed the
Judges a slip of paper that gave their re
ceipts. As in the case of the previous ap
plicant, they were not questioned as to their
business.
Louis H. Adler, 7 Sixth street, was briefly
examined.
Albert Bertafott, 1045 Liberty street, said
his receipts were $70,000. His jug business,
he said, was very small. He said he had
two agents to solicit orders.
T. D. Casey & Co., 971 Li berty street,
said their receipts were $1G5,000. Five per
rent of their business is in the jug trade.
They do not deal in beer.
Abraham Kleinordinger, 1038 Penn ave
nue, said his receipts were $75,000.
Mrs. L. C. McCullough, 623 Liberty
street, was called; $53,000 was the amount of
her receipts. Her son does tbe business for
her. She said that her establishment did
not bottle any beer.
James McKay, 1005 Liberty street, said
his receipts were $125,400.
Accused Him of Deception.
George H. Neeley, 1 Sixth street, was an
applicant for retail license and was refused.
The Court was not aware that be had two
applications in, as Neeley had not made
such a statement when he applied for retail
license. Judge White remarked that if
looked like a little piece of deception, as the
applicant well knew that both applications
could not be granted. The applicant denied
this.
Mrs. M. E. Pollard, 1044 and 1046 Penn
avenue, wrote the receipts on a piece of
paper and handed it to the Court. Her
brother, she said, attended to the business
lor her.
John Z. T: Eobltrer, 717 Libertv street,
said his receipts were $535,000. He said he
dealt in jngs, but that the jugs contained
wine, etc He said that he did not deal in
beer.
Charles Schilling, 49 Fayette street, re
ceived a transfer license in September. He
paid $1,200 for it. His sales since then have
been $4,000.
H. A. and August Wolf, 1034 and 1036
Penn avenue, wrote down the amount ot
their sales. They said ther kent the law
-strictlv.
The Fifth ward was-taken up. David
Ayner, 23 Wylie avenue, was the first ap
plicant. He has a notion store at present.
William Becker, 24 Webster avenue, said
his receipts were $25,000. He said he bot
tled a barrel and a half every day, but de
nied that he kept beer in buckets or sold it
in such a way.
James and'BIchsrd J. Powers. 145 Sixth
avenue, said their sales amounted to $20,000
for the last year. They said they bottled
from 20 to 40 barrels of beer every week.
This statement surprised the Judges, be
cause none of the other applicants bad
nearlv so great a record, very few having
bottled oyer three or four barrels per week.
They denied ever having had trouble
about their place. They sell by the jug to
women.
An indorsement of the applicants was
handed in. It was signed by 11 members of
the German Lutheran Church near their
place, one of whom is a trustee of the
church.
George C. Eoll, 62 Washington street, is
a new applicant. His name was the last on
the list of those applying from the Filth
ward.
Court then adjourned until Monday.
GOVERNOR PATTEON and Senator
Hill will give over their signature concise
statements of their beliefs in regard to bal
lot reform in THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
Congressmen Mills and Mason, Secretary
Foster and Cardinal Gibbon complete a
very important symposium on Govern
mental reform. Ton must not miss it. 24
pages.
FATAL COLLISION.
A Freight Train on the P. & L.E. Crashes
Into a Construction Train One Man
Killed and Several Seriously Injured
Tbe Road Blocked.
Freight train No. 42, on the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie Eailroad, crashed into a con
struction train between Eock Point and
Homewood yesterday morning. James
Scholarie was instantly killed, bis body be
ing cut in two. Mike Banpespa had his
body crushed; Nicholas Johns was injured
about the legs and arms; Joseph Arspipp
was cut and bruised and received internal
injuries, and George Shallenburger bad his
ankle crushed. All the men lived at
Wampum, where the body of Scholarie was
sent, while the injured men were taken to
Wampum.
The freight was running fast when the en
gineer, as he was turning one of the sharp
curves near Kock Point, saw a construction
train standing on the truck' only a short dis
tance away. He hurriedly gave the danger
signal and whistled down brakrs, but before
the speed of the train could be checked it
crashed into the working train, demolishing
the cars and causing the loss of life. The
construction traiu has been 'stationed near
Bock Point for some time, and the men had
just boarded the train to move to another
place. Consequently the cars were crowded
with workmen. Many of the laborers dis
covered tbe iiuproac'u of the freight train in
time to jump from the cars, and they es
caped uninjured.
The engineer and fireman of the freight
train jumped and escaped with a few slight
bruises. Both engines and six cars were com
pletely wrecked, blocking the road for sev
eral hours. Tbe accident is attributed to a
mistake in signaling.
TWO OFHTI0US FHOli" DEPEW.
He Thinks President Harrison Will Be Re
nominated and Re-Elected.
Kansas Citt, Aoril 24. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Chauncey M. Depew and party
iiasbcd through this city this evening en
route from Omaha to St. Louis.
Mr. Depew, in summing up his view of
tbe politic.il situation, predicted that Presi
dent Harrison would be renominated and
re-elected. Begarding the Western Con
gress recently held in this city, Mr. Depew
said there could be no West against the
3aet in politics.
A SERIOUS MATTER.
The May Strike Will Throw Many
lien and Much Money Ont of Use.
BUSINESS PEOPLE WILL FEEL IT.
Conditions Point to a Long Struggle for
tbe Upper Hand.
BUILDING 0PEATI0NS EXPENSIVE
If the sentiment which at present obtains
among both masters and men continues, a
wetk from to-day will witness the inaugura
tion of a struggle between employers and
employes in the building trades which
promises to be of long duration. Both
sides' are conscious that the impending
strike is very much more than a periodical
breeze between labor and capital, and that a
point has been reached in tbe relations
which affect the' employment of labor
on tbe one hand, and provide for
its remuneration on the other, which ren
ders it necessary that a conclusive result,
one way or the other, must be the outcome of
the struggle. This occasion will be the first
in the history of tilt trade in Western Penn
sylvania in which theemployers in the vari
ous branches ot tbe bnilditrg and allied trades
have coalesced for the, purpose of resisting
the demands of the meu in one branch, and
and it is significant of the unanimity which
prevails among the masters that even those
of them who could pursue (heir business re
gardless of a strike-have elected to stand by
their fellows in this fight.
How the Matter Stands To-Day.
As previously pointed out in The Dis
patch, the aggressive stand taken by the
masters is due to the conclusion that the
cost of building cannot be any further ad
vanced than it has been during the past few
years. During that period the wages of all
branches of the building trade have been in
creased with very little opposition on tbe
part of the employers, partly because the
advances were in most cases conceded to be
just, but partly, also, owing to lack of har
mony between the masters in the several
trades. Now it is argued that wages
have reached such a point as to
make building so expensive an undertaking
as to prevent capital irom being mvested in
it to a large an extent as it might. Mas
ters have thus concluded that if their occu
pation as contractors is to continue, they
must make a united stand against any
further concessions to their employes. .And
this is what they propose to do when the
carpenters strike for eight hours next week.
As has'been previously stated, following
on a strike by the carpenters will ensue a
lockout of every man connected with the
building trade, extending even to those
employed in planing mills and
building supply stores. And, according
to the programme of the masters, the lock
out will continue until tbe carpenters, and
other tradesmen who may join them, have
decided to work at wages proportionate to
those which now rule.
Demands Called Doable-Barreled.
"The demands of the carpenters are double-barreled,"
said a contractor yesterday.
"They desire not alone to curtail the day's
labor by one hour, but request an increase
in pay of i,i cents an hour.
Tho average wages paid , a carpenter
to-day is $2 75, the minimum being $2 50.
If the concession of one hour's work was
made, it would be tantamount to an advance
In wages of nearly 12 per cent. The additional
demand lor higher wages, 35 cents an hour
for eight hours' work, is a requeit for 36
cents per day, or an increase -in cost to the
employer of 11J4 per cent, moking the total
demand of the carpenters equal to an in
crease in cost of nearly 24 percent over pres
ent rates. As far as we are concerned, the
whole question resolves itself into a matterof
dollars and cents. We do not see any way
to increase the cost in one branch of the
trade by 25 per cent, because we would
never get it back again. If our trade is
given tbe short day the others would get it
as a matter of course, and so the cost of
building would be increased through; all the
trades. One trade is generally dependent
on the other, and no operations could be
conducted with one trade workiDg an hour
longer or shorter than the other."
The stonemasons have joined the. car
penters in the eight-hour demand, and will
act with them on behalf of it. These trades
men are now paid $3 82 for nine hours'
work, and want $3 76 for eight hours, being
an inerease in wages of 4 cents an hour.
The Bricklayer and Plasterers.
The brioklayers are now receiving $4 a
day for nine hours' work. So far they have
not taken action regarding tbe shorter day.
but have preferred demands for an increase
in wages of 50 cents a day, which have been
refused. The hodcarriers' interests are
bound up in those of the last named trades,
and any concessions to the latter would be
followed by an agitation by this trade lor
similar grants.
The plasterers' scale runs nu until Au
gust, and in this trade nothing has
been said regarding higher wages or
shorter hours. They received an increase
last year. The painters also carried tbeir
point for higher wages, lately, and have
tbeir scale fixed.
Among the plumbers, roofers and tinners,
tile'ayers and electricians there has been, so
far, no movement for higher wages or short
er hours. But all of them will cease to
work after May 1, and continue to be locked
out until some settlement with those trades
which will strike is effected.
It can hardly be concealed that the busi
ness of tbe two cities and the vicinity is be
ing, and will still furhter be,
mnch injured by the approaching
strike. Tbe construction of many build
ings, the plans for which had been prepared,
has been deferred indefinitely, and a great
deal of repair work, projected has been
abandoned. The loss to business houses
will be felt more or less. It is estimated
that the amount of money paid to tbe build
ing trade in Pittsburg and Allegheny is
about $37,500 daily, with about $10,000 paid
every day in the immediate vicinity. This
means that a sum of $285,000 weekly, which
ordinarily would circulate throuzh various
channels of trade, will be withdrawn and
remain in bank.
Men and Money to Be Idle.
In addition to this amount, which repre
sents wages alone, there will be a stagnation
in every business any way allied with build
ing operations, and that will necessarily
find a reflex in the prosperity of the com
munity in general. With ne'arly $2,000,000
worth of building operations now in progress
in the two cities and along tbe suburban
roads brought to a standstill, tbe withdrawal
of such a sum from the customary commerce
can but have a depressing effect.
A conservative estimate of the number of
men who will Joe rendered idle by the strike
is placed at 15,000. Of these the carpenters
head the lUt with 6,000, including all mem
bers of the cratt within 12 miles of Pitts
burg. The stonemasons are about 800 strong,
the bricklayers number 900; plasterers, 500;
painters and decorators, 1,200; tinners and
roofers, 350; tilelavers, 150; hodcarriers,
1,000; plumbers and gas fitters, 500, and
other branches allied with the building
trade will bring up the number to a total of
15,000.
It has been erroneously stated that the
American Federation of 'Labor has indorsed
the carpenters' eight-honrstrike. This is not
the case. Tbe Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners has undertaken this movement with
out applying for any ludorsemeut or support
from the'Pedpratiou.
Attitude of the Federation.
-The Federation last ye'ar approved and
supported tbe eight-hour movement amonjj
PITTSBUEG, SATURDAY, AKIL 25, 189L
the carpenters, bat' this year the craft has
not asked tor either support, indorsement or
approval from the Federation. The attitude
of the Federation is that it has no concern
with the affairs of any organisation until it
has been applied to for aid, and then it can
not move without much red-tapeism and
official correspondence from over the coun
try. The 1st of May will see. other cities with
strikes on hand, as well as Pittsbnrg. In
New York, bricklayers' helpers and brick
Iayers,housesmiths, marble polishers and saw-'
ers, furniture workers and varnisbers. and
machine woodworkers, aggregating 35,000
men, will go ont; 5,000 stonecutters are
expected to strike in Baltimore, and 15,000
of various trades will strike in St. Louis.
In addition, about 100,000 miners will be on
strike next week lor the eight-hour day.
NO CHARTER CHANGES
WILL BB ALLOWED IK THE nTTTTHE,
BAYS BECEETAEY HABBITY.
An Abuse That Ho I Determined to Stop
Subscribers Shall Have Prior Knowledge
of Any Intended Alterations In Certifi
catesAn Important Notice.
Habbisburo, April 24. Secretary of
the Commonwealth Harrity has issued from
his department an important notice regard
ing the issuing of charters, in which he
says:
"While it will be the aim and purpose of
the officers and employes of the State De
partment to accommodate the pnblio and tp
expedite the business of the department, yet
it is believed that the practice that has pre
vailed in permitting alterations in certifi
cates of incorporation, oftentimes material
changes, is one that ought to be discon
tinued. "The applications, when approved, are
presumed to be, in form and substance, as
they were when acknowledged and sworn or
affirmed to. As a matter of fact, howeyer,
material changes have frequently been
made in the past by attorneys, officers or
agents of proposed corporations, of which the
subscribers had no previous notice. While
it is freely conceded thst such acts of tbe
attorneys, officers or agents may ..have been
subsequently ratified by the subscribers and
others interested, yet it seem to the depart
ment to be a matter of sufficient importance
to require that subscribers shall have prior
knowledge of any change in the certificates
which they have solemnly acknowledged
and sworn or affirmed to.
"No modification, alteration or change
whatever will hereafter be permitted to be
made in a certificate of incorporation while
the certificate is on file in this department;
and every alteration, no matter by whom
and where made, will make it necessary to
have tbe certificate re-acknowledged by the
subscribers thereto, who shall likewise swear
or affirm to such certificate as corrected. If
any portion of the certificate has been
striken out, erased or interlined, then each
of such alterations must be noted upon tbe
certificate by the officer by whom the ac
knowledgment was made, andthe'eertificates
shall then be reacknowledged and again
sworn or affirmed to.
"Whenever the certificate of organiza
tion of a proposed corporation is received at
the State Department and is found not to
be in proper form, it will be promptly re
turned for correction. When thus returned
a new certificate, conformine to the law and
to tbe requirements of the department,
should at once be prepared, executed, ac
knowledged and sworn or affirmed to, and
then forwarded for approval. This course
will expedite the wort of preparing and is
suing letters patent. To continue the prac
tice that has so long prevailed might some
time prove prejudicial to large business in
terests, and it will, therefore, be abandoned
as above indicated."
FILLING IN THE ALLEGHENY.
Arguments In the Salts Against Blgelow and
the Exposition Society Postponed Man
ager Johnston Protests Against the
Charges of Engineer Arras.
In the United States District Court yes
terday the suits, of the Government against
the Exposition Society and E. M. Bigelow,
to prevent infringements on tbe Allegheny
wharf, which were to have been argued,
were postponed at the request of the defend
ants until Monday. The Exposition Sooiety
filed a stipulation that no more filling would
be don'e until tbe United States had com
pleted its survey and determined the low
water lines.
Manager Johnston yesterday made a de
cided protest against a statement credited to
United States Engineer Arras to the effect
that "tbe Exposition Society has imposed
upon the rivermen and the Government in
the matter of filling in." Mr. Johnston
also objects to Mr. Arras singling ont the
Exposition for his shots and letting alone
the 6ther people along the river front. He
further said:
Mr. Arras makes a charge which is utterly
untrue when he says that"tbe society proposes
to keep on tilling the river outside the present
lines." The Exposition directory has not in any
instance exceeded the Hues laid down ny
Messrs. Roberts, Davis and Dempster, the en
gineers who made tbe surveys and whose plans
were approved by Chief Blgelow, The work
was approved by. Councils, and after careful
examination sanctioned by the Legislature.
There never has been the slightest disposition
or intention of tbe Exposition management to
"keep on.until it would meet tbiise on the other
side of the river who are rapidly coming this
way," the statement of Mr. Arras to the con
trary. It always has been and is the present in
tention of the Exposition directors to erect a
wall on the rivor front, and action has only
been postponed from tbe tact that tbe funds at
our disposal are inadequate, but it will cer
tainly be done when tbe money will admit ot it.
If the gentleman named will consult- his
superior officer, Colonel Merrill, of Cincinnati,
before rushing blindly into print and express
ing his individual opinions, which are directly
at variance with actual facts, as to tbe purpose
or intentions of this society, be wuuld be in
possession of information which will show
that so far as the Exposition desiring to antag
onize tbe War Department officials, it is doing
everything in its power to co-operate with that
department in every possible manner. I think
it exceedingly bad taste in the gentleman mak
ing the remarks credited tu him, at this par
ticular time and in advance of the action of
United States District Attorney Lyon and
Colonel Merrill, of tbe War Department, who,
1 assume, are fully capable of seeing that full
justice will be done all parties at interest at the
proper place and at the proper time.
JULIAN RALPH writes of the timidity of
New York millionaire for THE DISPATCH
to-morrow. Ue'wlll tell how they live be
hind bolts and ban a lile ot perpetual
anxiety. 24 page to-morrow.
THE THIED PAETY MOVEMENT.
It Meets Scant Favor Among Southern Al-
" liance Men.
Waco, Tex,, April 24. The feature of
the discussion of to-day in Alliance circles
was the address of Hon. E. T. Stockhouse,
Member of Congress from South Carolina.
He advised the Alliance to submit their
claims to both the great parties and avoid a
third party, 'but in the event of failure in
securing their demands from either party,
to then think of a third party movement.
This afternoon a labor meeting was held
to elect delegates to the convention to be
held next' month at Cincinnati, hoping to
circumvent ths regular convention call to
meet in that city in February next. 'It was
strictly a third party effort. It failed.
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ON THE OTHER HAND.
Answer of tbo Library Association
to the Hall Company.
IT'S A LENGTHY LEGAL DOCUMENT,
Wherein Are Set Forth the Eeasons of
Respondents for Their Acts
IN THE CASE OF TJIE HALL PE0PERTI
The answer of the Pittsburg Library
Association, T. Brent Swearingen, James
F. Hudson, Joseph Albree and William B.
Thompson, to the bill of tbe Mercantile
Library Hall Company, was filed yesterday!
The litigation is with regard to the perpet
ual lease made by tbe last Board of Direct
ors of the Mercantile Library Hall Company
of the Library Hall bnildinsr to the Library
Association. James B. Scott signs tbe
answer as -Tice President of the Library
Association, and tbe other defendants sign
it in their individual capacities.
The answer is somewhat extended, .being
principally occupied with denials of the alle
gations of the plaintiff's bill. The allega
tions of that bill, reoiting tbe history of the
two corporations, are admitted. Those
charging impropriety, irregularity, or fraud
in the making of the perpetual lease are de
nied. It is denied that J. F. Hudson, Joseph
Albree and W. K. Thompson were directors
of the Pittsburg Library Association at the
time the acts complained of were committed;
that the statements oi plaintiff with regard
to the floating debt aad expenditures of the
Library Hall Company are correct; and that
the management of the company has carried
on the contract of March 10, of 1871, in good
faith as alleged,
W hat Is Declared Not True.
The answer declares tbaf'Itis not true that
at the time of tbe completion of the building
the Library Association declined and re
fused to take such lease, and it is true that
on March 10, 1871, it was mutually agreed
between the Hall Company and the Library
Association that it was injudicious for the
Library Association then to take such
lease, and by the terms of said agreement of
March 10, 1871, the consummation of tbe
purpose for which ssid Hall Company was
incorporated was postponed by both of said
companies upon the terms and conditions
therein set forth, without any change or sur
render of the rights of the Library Associa
tion, under said act of Assembly incorpora
ting the Hall Company. Tbe only declina
tion was a formal one, made by mutual
agreement, in the interest of the Library
Association, and as a preliminary to said
postponement. JTor greater certainty, re
spondents attach bereto a copy of the agree
ment made between the two companies on
March 10, 1871, above referred to."
With regard to paragraph 18 of the plain
tiff's bill, which alleges as a cause of com
plaint that the defendants employed able
counsel in anticipation of litigation, the an
swer says that "respondents are advised that
it requires no answer." The statements
with regard to the holding of tbe meeting at
which the perpetual lease was authorized
are denied, it being answered that notice
was mailed in usual and ordinary form; that
"the business transacted was such as the
managers of said Hall Company had full
and ample authority to transact, and was
transacted in good faith to protect the inter
ests of. said Hall-Company and prevent a
diversion of its'property for private and in
dividual gain from the purpose for which it
was held in trust."
An Offer That Was Accepted.
The allegations of paragraph 24 are de
nied. "It is true," continues tbe answer,
"that at said meeting of January 3, 1891, an
offer ot the Library Association, to take a
perpetuAl lease of the grounds and building
of the Hall Company was submitted, and'
the same was accented. It is 'true that Mr.
Williams objected, and as the representa
tive of thethen nresentholders of a majority
of the stock in tbe Hall Company, be him
self being one of said stockholders, pro
tested against the passage of' said resolution
as being detrimental to the interests of tire
stockholders. It Is not true that be was
tricked into being present, or that his pres
ence was wanted simply that he might be
counted to make a quorum, but, on the con
trary, the time of said meeting had been
fixed by the President fqr a day in Decem
ber, and at said Williams' special request,
and for his convenience, the time for hold
ing the same was postponed until the day, it
was held. It is not true that said Williams
started to go out of the room to break the
quorum. On tbe contrary,. he remained
until adjournment; was called upon to vote,
but declined to vote either aye or nay. It is
true that Messrs. Hudson, Holdship and
Thompson voted in favor ot the resolution,
and that tbe President declared it adopted.
Acted a Officer of Both Association.
"The allegations of paragraph 25, as to the
making of pledges by Messrs. Albree,
Thompson and Hudson, are denied. It is
true that said Albree, Hudson and Thomp
son acted as officers of both associations.- It
is not true that they made any declarations
with regard to tbeir actiug in case of any
antagonism between the two companies, or
thstanv of said parties ever made any stipu
lation with respect to resigning office from
either board. The interests of both said com
panies were by them, at all times, regarded as
identical, and tbey were advised that said
Hall Company was incorporated for the bene
fit nnd in the interest of said Library Asso
ciation, and that it was the duty of said Hall
Company's Board of Directors, to look after
and promote the interests of said Library
Association, and aver that at no time, until
the scheme of the plaintiff to disregard the
trust existing for the benefit of the Library
Association in the property of said Hall
Company, and to divert tbe same from said
trust in the interest of individuals, was
oiganized, was there any suggestion of an
tagonism between the interests of said two
companies. The allegation of said para
graph relating to the eligibility of said Hud
son and Thompson as managers of said Hall
Company is denied.
Considered the Agreement Very fair.
Bespondents deny the allegations of para
graph 33, to the effect that said agreement is
unwise, etc., and prejudicial to the interests
of tbe Hall Company. Said agreement is
highly beneficial to the true interests of the
Hall Company and its stockholders, and
while it does" prevent certain officers and
stockholders from making individual profit
by sacrificing the' interests of said company's
cestui quo trusty tbe Library Association
and the minority stockholders, it adds to tbe
market value of the whole stock, and
secures, even to said'speculating stockhold
ers, a large percentage of profit on their in
vestment. For further answer to said bill of com
plaint respondents say that said agreement,
lease and assignment were executed under
the following circumstances, namely:
"Tbe stock of said Hall Company was
subscribed and paid some 30 years since
had never had a market value, had never
paid a dividend, and for many years has
practioally been regarded by the holders of
it not as an investment, but as a contribu
tion in the interest of the Library Associ
ation. The charter of the Hall Company
gave notice to its stockholders of the lact
that the said Hall Company was to be man
aged in the Interests of the Library Associ
ation, whose trustee it was, and not as a
private enterprise. In the years 1839 and
1890 many of the stockholders had averred
tbeir intention of transferring tbeir stock
in the Hall Company to the Library Asso
ciation, and some of them bad already done
so. As before averred, said grock fiijL&o,l
value, and for years the highest price paid
for it had been 60 cents a share.
Buying at a Price Above Par.
"In December of 1890 respoudents were in
formed that certain parties, officers and
stockholders of said Hall Company and
others, were purchasing said stock at 55 per
share, a Upon inquiry and investigation it
was learned, and after said parties had ob
tained a controlling interest in said stock,
they admitted that they were making said
purchases in the interests of H. M. Bennett,
one of the partners of B. M. Gulick & Co.,
one of the defendants named in said bill, and
who are the proprietors of the Bijou Theater,
which occupies a portion ot the building of
tbe Hall Company. That their intention
was to purchase a little over one-half of
the stock of the Hall Company, so
that its management could be controlled
with respect to the Hall Company's prop
erty, so as to not only extend ssid E, M.
Gulick & Co.'s lease, which expires shortly,
on favorable terms, bnt give said firm ad
ditional room in the building, and make, at
the expense of tbe Hall Company, certain
expensive changes and repairs in their, be
half. Said parties also stated that they
only intended to get sufficient of said stock
to control said Hall Company,- and that
when such major portion of said stock had
been obtained, the remainder would be
practically worthless, and that they ex
pected to be reimbursed for their outlay by
the advantages which would accrue to said
firm operating said theater by having con
trol of the Hall Company's property.
Where Sir. Bennett Sow Stand.
"fiespondents aver that the said majority
of stock in the Hall Company is tbe property
of H. M. Bennett, above named, and that
a sufficient number of shares of tbe same is
held without consideration, as an expedient
and for the benefit of H. M. Bennett by
members of tbe present Board of Managers
of tbe Hall Company, so that the control of
a majority of said board is under the direc
tion of said H. M. Bennett, that the bill of
complaint in this case is filed solely in his
interest without regard to the.rights of the
Hall Company and Library Association,
and with the object through said Board of
Managers to use the rights and property of
said Hall Company and Library Associa
tion wrongfully and illegally for s'aid H. M,
Bennett's individual gain and convenience.
"And respondents aver that a majority of
said stock was purchased by; said parties for
the purpose stated, and that by reason of
the control thus given this bill is filed by
said parties In the interest of said scheme to
use the property of the Hall Company in
the manner stated.
"Respondents Albree, Hudson and
Thomusou admit that when first informed
of said scheme, aud of the fact that a major
ity of the stock had been obtained or con
tracted for, they were of the opinion that
tbey were helpless to prevent Its consumma
tion; but, when late in December, 1890,
they ascertained that by the charter of in
corporation oi tbe Hall Company, it was tbe
duty of tbe managers of said Hall Company,
to lease said building and premises to the
Library Association, and that under the
law tbe prorosed use of the property was a
gross perversion of the trust imposed upon
the Hall Company by its charter; they at a
regular meeting of its Board ot Directors,
of which tbe usual notice was given, did
vote in favor of accepting an offer from the
Library Company as averred in the bill;
said agreement being, as they aver and be
lieve, in the true interests of both the said
corporations.
Didn't Attempt Any Fraud.
"Said respondents aver that in so doing
tbey were attempting to subserve no private
interests, nor to commit a fraud upon any
oue, but acted in tbe interest of the Hall
Company, which they represented, and in
such manner as they believed would pre
vent a proposed fraud upon its rights, and
'.he rights ot its cestui que trust. At the
same time they took care to secure by the
lease au adequate income, to-wit: eight per
cent, upon tbe money actually invested, to
the purchasers of said stock."
It is stated by the representatives of the
Library Association that a cross-bill will be
filed on behalf of that organization in a
few days, in which further interesting
averments will be made from that side ot
the case.
TWENTY-FOTJK Pages To-morrow. THE
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FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
American Mechanics Protest Against a
Division of the State Funds Resolutions
of the Advisory Council A Fight Made
on the Hall Measure.
The American Mechanics of Western
Pennsylvania have taken action on the Hall
resolution now pending in the Legislature.
At the meeting of the Advisory Council of
the organization, held a few evenings ago,
a resolution was passed condemning the
resolution which has been offered, asking
the State to take charge of the parochial
schools. The action has been indorsed by
the State. Councilor. The resolution is as
follows:
Whereas. Senator Hall, of Elk county, has
recently introduced a resolution in tbe Legis
lature of the State of Pennsylvania with the
avowed object and purpose of dividing the
public school fund; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Advisory Council of the
Junior Order United American Mechanics of
Western Pennsylrania, in regular session as
sembled, express tbeir disapprobation of this
or any other measure tending in tbe least to a
compromise oi our puouc scnooi system.
Resolved, That in bur opinion tbe non-sectarian
public school system, as it now exists
directly under the control of tbe State and un
hampered by the dootrines or tenets of any
sect, teaching tbe rising generation love of
country, a sacred regard for truth, so
briety, industry and frugality, chastity,
benevolence and temperance, American
izing tbe children of foreigners, and
educating tbe American children to a proper
appreciation of.good government and upright
cltlzenshlp.is tbe only safeguard to our stability
and perpetuity as a nation.
Resolved. That while we do not deny tbe
right of any rolizlous body to erect parochial
schools and teacn therein their particular
church doctrine, we do oppose any and all at
tempts to aid any ouch teaching by contribu
tions of tbe public funds.
Resolved, That while expressing our disap-
royal of any such legislation as is proposed by
enatorHall, we express our utmost confidence
in tbe loyalty and Datriotism of tbs citizens of
Pennsylvania to resist any encroachments upon
that system which has made us strong as a
State and great as a nation.
. Unanimously adopted April 18, 1891.
W. T. Keek, President.
Attest: AD. Wilkin; Secietary.
..pproved: Stkphkn Collins,
State Councilor of Pennsylvania.
Although the resolution was passed Sat
urday night, it was withheld from thepnblic
until it could be approved by the State
Councilor, and as Mr. Collins has been ab
sent lrom the city, it required time to re
ceive his indorsement.
BIVAL CHICAGO BT0CKYAEDS.
The Federal Government May Take a Hand
in the Matter.
Chicago, April 24. Nelson Morris says
that Armodr & Co. and Swift & Co. are
with him in tbe movement to establish pri
vate yards outside of the Union Stockyards
for the receipt of cattle shipped to them, and
that tbey will use his yards until theirs are
completed. He adds that this arrangement
is merely temporary, and that these three
big packing firms will, after a time, move
their plants to Tolleston, Ind.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government may
take a hand. About 100,000 head of cattle
were recently purchased by Morris and
Armour in Texas, and it ia asserted that the
whole herd cannot, under the quarantine
regulations, be landed in Chicago at any
point except within a certain part of the
Union Stockyards proper.
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$LA KING'S
In the days when Henry the Fourth of
France was King of Navarre only, and in
that little kingdom of hills and woods which
occupies the southwest corner of the larger
country, was with difficulty supporting the
Hnguenot cause against the French .court
and the Catholic League in the days when
every isolated castle, from the Garonne to
the Pyrenees, was a bone oi contention be
tween the young king and the crafty qneen
motber. Catherine de Medicis, a conference
between these notable personages took
place in the picturesque town of La Beole.
La Eeole still rises gray, time-worn and
half ruined on a lofty cliff above the broad,
green waters of the Garonne, forty odd miles
irom Bordeaux. But it is a small place
now. In tbe days of which we were
speaking, however, it was important,
strongly fortified, and guarded by a castle
which looked down on a thousand red-tiled
roofs, rising in terraces irom the river. As
tbe meeting-place of tbe two sovereigns it
was for the time as gay as Paris itself,
Catheiine 'having brought with her a bevy
of fair maids of honor, in the effect oi whose
charms she perhaps put as mnch trntt as in
her own diplomacy. Bnt the peaceful ap
pearance of; the town was delusive, for even
while every other house in it rang with
musie and silvery laughter, each party was
ready to fly to arms without warning-, if it
saw that any advantage was to be gained
thereby.
On an evening shortly before the end of
tbe conference two meu sat at play in a
room, the deep-embrasnred wiijdow of which
looked down from a considerable height
unon the river. The hour was late and tne
town silent. Outside, the moonlight fell
bright and pare on sleeping fields and long,
straight lines of poplars. Within the room a
silver lamp suspended lrom the ceiling threw
light upon the table, leaving the farther
parts of tbe room in Bhadow. The walls
were hung with faded tapestry. On
the low bedstead in one corner lay a hand
some cloak, a sword, and one of the clumsy
pistols of the period. Across a chair lny
another cloak and sword, and on the win
dow scat, beside a pair o saddle-bags, were
strewn hair a dozen such trifles as soldiers
carried from camp to camp a silver comfit-,
box, a. jeweled dagger, a mast: and velvet
cap.
The faces of tbe players, as they bent oyer
the dice, were in shadow. One a slight,
dark man of middle height, with a weak
chin, and a mouth as weak, but shaded by
a dark mustache seemed, from the" occa
sional oaths which he let drop, to be losing
heavily. Yet his opponent, a stouter and
darker man, with a sword-cut across bis left
temple, nnd that swaggering air
which has at all times marked the profes
sional soldier, showed no signs of triumph
or elation. On the contrary, though he
kept silence, or spoke only a formal word or
two, there was a gleam of anxiety and sup
pressed excitement in his eyes, and more
than once he looked keenly at his compan
ion, as If to judge of bis feelings or learn
whether the time bad come for some experi
ment which he meditated. But for this, an
observer looking in thrpugh tbe window
would have taken tbe two for only one more
instance of the hawk and ptgeou.
At last, the younger player threw down
the caster, with n groan.
"You have the luck of tbe evil one, he
said bitterly. "How much is that?"
"Two thousand crowns." replied the
other, without emotion. "Yon will plav no
more?"
"No! I wish xto heaven 'I bad never
nlayed at alii" was the answer. 'As he
spoke, the loser rose, and, going to the
window, stood looking moodily out. For
a few moments, tbe elder man remained
seated, gazing at him furtively, but at
length he too rose, and stepping softly to his
companion, .touched him on the shoulder.
"Your pardon a moment, M. le Vicomte,"
he said. "Am I right in concludiug that
the loss of this sum will inconvenience
you?" .
"A thousand fiendsl" exclaimed the
young "Vicomte, turning on him wrathfullr.
"Is tnere any man whom the loss ot 2,000
crowns would not inconvenience? As for
me"
"For you," continned the other, smoothly
filling up the pause, "shall I be wrong in
saying that it means somethiug like ruin?"
"Well, sir, aud if it does?" the young
man retorted, drawing himself up haugh
tily, his cheek a shade paler with passion.
"Depend upon' it, you shall be paid. Do
not be afraid of that!"
"Gsntly, gently, my friend," the winner
answered, his patience in strong contrast
with the other's violence. "I had no inten
tion of insulting you, believe me. Those
who play with the Vicomte de Lanthenon
are not wont to doubt his honor. I spoke
only in your own interest. It has occurred
to me, Vicomte, that the matter might be
arranged at less cqst to yourself."
"How?" was the curt qnestion.
"May I speak freely?" The Vicomte
shrugged his shoulders,and the other.taking
silence for consent, proceeded: "You. Vi
romte, are Governor of Lnsignv'-for the
King of Navarre; I, of Create, inr the
Ktncr of France. Our towns ie only three
leagues apart. Could I by any chance, say
on-one of these fine nightsbecome master
vi .uusigny, it wouia ueworia more man
2,000 crowns to me. Do yon understand?"
"No." the voune mia answered slowly.
. u aojj,-
"Think over what I have said, then," waft
the brief answer.
For a full minute there was silenee in the
room. Tbe Vicomte gazed out of the win
dow with knitted brows and compressed lips,
while his companion, sitting down, leant
back in his chair, with an air of affected
carelessness. Outside, the rattle of arms
and hum of voices told that the watch were
passing tbronsh the street. The church bell
struck one. Suddenly the Vicomte burst
into a hoarse laugb, and, turning, snatched
ud his cloak and sword. "The trap was
very well laid, M. le Capitaine," he said
almost jovially; "but I am still sober enough
to take care of myself and of Lusigny. I
wish yon good-night. You shall have youfJ
money, never fear."
"Still, I am afraid it will cost yoa
dearly," the Captain answered, as he rose
and moved toward the door to open it for
his gnest. His hand was already on the
latch when he paused. "Look here," he
said, "what do you say to this, then? I
will stake the 2,000 crowns you have lost to
me, and another 1,000 besides against your
town. Fool ! no one can hear us. It yoa
win, you get off a free man with my 1,000.
If you lose, you put me in possession one of
these fine nights. What do you say to that ?
A single throw to decide."
The young man's pale face reddened. Hs
turned, and his eyes sought the table and
the dice irresolutely. The temptation in-,
deed came at an unfortunate moment, when,
tbe excitement of play bad given way to de
pression, and he saw nothing before bim out
side the door, on which his hand was laid,
but the cold reality of ruin. The temptation
to return, and by a single throw set himself
right with the world was too much for him.
Slowly he. came back to the table. "Con
found you!" he said irritably. "I tbiute"
you are the devil himself, Captain."
"Don't talk child's talkl" said the other
coldly, drawing back as his victim advanced
"If you do not like the offer you need not
tafce it."
But tbe young man's .fingers had closed
on the dice. Picking them up he dropped
them once, twice, thrice on the table, his
eyes gleaming with the play-fever. "If I
win?" he said doubtfully.
"You carry away a thousand crowns,"
answered the" Captain, quietly. "If you
lose you contrive to leave one of the gates
of Lnsigny open for me before next full
moon. That is all."
"And what if I lose, and not pay the
forfeit?." asked the Vicomte, laughing
weakly.
"I trust to your honor," said the Captain.
And, strange as it may seem, he knew his
man. The young noble of the day might
betray his cause and his trust, but the debt
of honor incurred at play was binding on
him.
"Well," said the Vicomte, "I agree. Who
is to throw first?"
'As you will," replied the Captain,
masking nnder an appearance of indiffer
euce a real excitement which darkened his
cheek and cansed the pulse in the old wound
on his face to beat furiously.
"Then do you go first," said the Vicomte.
"With your permission," assented the
Captain. And taking the dice up in the
caster be shook them with a practiced hand,
and dropped them on the board. The throw
was seen.
Tbe Vicomte took up the caster and, ashe
tossed the dice into it. glanced at the win
dow. The moonlight shining athwart itfell
in silvery sheen ou a few feet of the floorv
With tbe light something of the silence and
coolness of the night entered also, and ap
pealed to him. For a few seconds he hes
itated. He even made as if he would have
replaced the box on tbe table. But the good
instinct failed. It waa toajate, and with a
muttered word, which .his dry lips refnsed
to Articulate, he threw the dice. Seven!
Neither of the men spoke, bnt the Captain
rattled the little cubes, and again flung them
on tbe table, this time with a slight air of
bravado. They rolled one over tfte other and
lay still. Seven again!
The vounir Vicomte'sbrow was damp, and
his face pale and drawn. He forced a
quavering laugb, and with an unsteady
hand took bis turn. The dice fell far apart,
and lay where tbey fell. Sixl
The winner nodded gravely. "The luck
is still with me," he said, keeping bis eyei
on the table that the light of triumph which
bad suddenly leapt into them might not ba
seen. "When do you go back'to your com
mand, Vicomte?"
The unhappy man stood like one stunned,
easing at the two little cubes which had
cost him so dearly. "The day after to-morrow,"
he muttered hoarsely, striving to col
lect bimselt.
"Then shall we say the following even
ing? asked the Captain.
"Very well."
"We quite understand one another." coa- '
tinued the winner, eyeing his man wateh-J
luiiy and speacing with more urgency. J. -J
may depend on you. M. le Vicomte, I pre-';
snnie.
"The Lanthenons have never been want-i
inz to their word.'" the vouns nobleman an-1
swered, stung Into sudden haughtiness. "Ifl
I live I will put Lusigny into yonr hands 1
M. le Capitaine. Afterwards I will do my,4
best to recover it in anotner way.
"I shall be entirely at your disposal.1
replied the Captain, bowing lightly. AndJ
in a moment ne was ajone alone wttn nil :
triumph, his amhltion. his hopei for thev
fntnre alone with the greatness to which.?
his captors ox Lasigny was to pa the gig a
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