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WHAT SHE IS WOHTH.
The Triennial Assessment of Pitts
burg "Will lirins Up the Valu
ation to Xeariv
A QUARTER BILLION OP DOLLARS.
Fiopertyat the Point. Sear the Sew Post
cffice and in the East End
Takes a Bij Jnmp.
THE 5CHENLEI PAKE DEED AERIYES.
'E:s Sccr Fccple Try to Fcol the Acsesscri m the
Price tf Eeal Ettita.
Tho capitalist who wants to buy Pitts
burg had better do it right away, for he will
liaTe to pay more for it next rear. The
.Board of Assessors is hard at work on the
triennial assessment, which covers realty
as weil as pergonal property, and has
already discovered that Pittsburg's soil has
largely increased in value.
The probability is that the assessment
of tiic city wi'I come very close 10 a quarter
of a billion dollars. The valuation of the
city is anally within a few dol
lars of the valuation of the en
ure county, paradoxical as that may
seem. The triennial asseisr3ent for ihe
county, as reported to the County Commis
sioners in lbSS, was nearia; the quarter
billion mark. The city was over 200,000,
090, bnt the city assessors were new to the
busice&s. and were afraid of being consid
ered too radical; The County Assessors did
not fear any such charse, as their assess
ments, compared with the city's valuation's,
were calculated tn please any and every
property holder.
Chanced llieir Minds AVUen It Hurt.
The City Board of Assessors is composed
of Frank P. Case, Chief Assessor; Philip
Hoerr and James J. Larkin. These gentle
men are now serving their second term, and
are making the trienci.il assessment for the
second time.
The lnt triennial assessment was made
under difficulties. A new law had gone
into force, and under it all property had to
le valued at its actual worth, so far as it
was possible to ascertain. The Assessors
were instructed to make their calculations
on the last recorded sale, where one of late
date had been made. Everybody agreed,
and none more cheer'ully than the taxpay
ers, that it was but fair to base the assess
ment on the setling price of the property.
That is, they agreed to it as a general prop
os'tion, but individually it did not look
right to many of them, and the kicks were
many and vigorou. Chief Assessor Case
exnected it, and was prepared for it He
was prepared to go into court at any time
and test the fail Less of his valuations. 2sot
that he liked litigation, but he preferred a
figlit to a Cnish to temporizing. He won
several victories and other people became
shy of entering the ring with 'him.
Didn't t.a Ojite Hi;h Enough.
The last assessment sent the city's valua
tion tip like a skyrocket, and even the As
sessors stood aghast at what they had done.
Of course tliey leahzed, as did most of the
taxpayers, that where a specified amount of
money had to be raised on a pro rata tax, it
made no diSeience whether land was worth
Sl"or $1,000 an acre, so lon.p- as the valua
tion was equitable. Still, when the As
sessors compared their valuations with the
sales made shoitly before and withiu a few
" months after their assessment, they found
they had not gone too high, but had fallen
a little short here and there.
Among other changes made in valuation
was that on several blocks of downtown
Fifth avenue property. It had been valued
at 2.-00 a toot iront, but the Assessors
thought it was worth S3.G0O, and taxed it
accordingly. A few days ago one of these
property owners dropped into the Assessors'
office and said it was worth 55,000 afoot
iront it it ua- worth a cent, and quoted sev
eral recent sales as 7)roof of his statement.
Thus encouraged, the Assessors are pre
pared to show this rear that Pittsburg
realty is a nice thine to own.
Triag to Sae Their Tempers.
The Assessors have commenced their work
on the downtowu portion ot the city, and
T.-ill introduc an innovation this year.
Instead of waiting until the assessment of
the whole city is made, and then taking
several weeks or months to hearing appeals,
they will send out their notices whenever
two or three wards are completed, hear the
appeals and dually dispose of tbetn. In
this manner they hone to give their tempers
intervals of rest which ihey need greatly, as
ilicy are often tiled to the utmost by people
who, content with disputing their knowl
edge of property value, impugn their
honestv as officials, and hold them respon
sible for the imposition of any and all
taxes. The Assessors, do not sit in their
offices and pull figures out ot a hat to de
termine the value of real estste. They
realize that this would be an easy method,
and that many people would give them just
as much credit, bat they don't do it that
way. They visit each piece of property,
talk to tife neighbors, hunt up musty old
records, and naturally put in a lively sum
mer's w ork.
Eadical Changes at the Point.
The increase in valuation is pronounced
in the downtown wards, notably around the
Point. Theie are large pieces of property
there on which are erected buildings which
it would be gross flattery to call houses.
These structures are rented at good rates,
considering the accommodations. Much of
this property belongs to the Schenley es
tate, and but lew of these houses will be in
existence after this year. There are two
reasons for this. Mrs. Schenley has deter
mined that it is cot good for her tenants to
live in such houses and in such a busy lo
cality, and the valuation on the land will
take a jump. The assessment on all of this
property will not tie less than 5G0.000 an
rcre, snd some of it will be rated much
higher. The increased taxes on this prop
erty will necessitate its being put to a more
remunerative use.
Che change of location of the postofSce
will enhance the value of property on
Smiibtield street and Third and Fourth
jivcnuec, without depreciating real estate on
Eifth avenue. The developing power of a
postofSce hal been so pronounced that one
man suggested to Mr. Case that the strnct
me be placed on wheels, so that it could be
moved every real or .so and used to boom
property in different parts of the city.
Deed for Park Property.
Schenley Park lias done wonders in this
way. Colonel "VT. A. Herron, who is agent
br the Schenley estate, has received irom
"irs. ocnenicy me oeca lor iv'J acres pur
chased by the city, this being the condition
attached to the gift of the park. In this
oDnretion Colonel Herron said: "If the
city desired to sell this property to-day it
cculd get from three to four tines what ft is
laying for it, and that in bulk, without
being cut up into lots. Any real estate
dealer would jump at the chanee of getting
hold of it.
"Are we going to make evictions at the
Point? Ob, no. "We have renewed all the
leases, but only for this year. After that
tae tenants will have to find other homes.
yiis. Schenley has arrived at the conclusion
that it will" be lor the best interests of the
tenant. You see, these families have lived
there tor years, have intermarried and hare
almost become a distinctive corn muni tr.
This is not good for them, either morally or
physically. .Next year they will be icat-
tercd all over the city, for there is no one
district where they can be accommodated.
They will make acquaintances amongltheir
new neighbors, will acquire other ideas,
and, while they mav lose some individual
ity, they will be gainers thereby. There Is
n similar instance on Tunnel street, where
many persons live in a confined space, but
that does not belong to the Schenley estate."
Trying to Fool the Assessors.
"While the Assessors will be helped In a
few scattering cases by the assessments
made three years ago, in most instances
they have to go to work as if an assessment
had" never been made on the property. The
experience of three yean since has, perhaps,
been more valuable to the property-owner
than to the Assessors. The tormer learned
that the last recorded sale was considered a
fair basis, and at once proceeded to make
that basis represent anything but the value
or the property.
Chief Assessor Case discovered this fact
the other day. A portion of a solid block of
real estate had been cut up and sold to sev
eral persons. The deed was in the usual form,
but in each instance the consideration
was $1,-which was rather cheap for a big lot
in the business center of the city. The
Assessor could discover no ties of con
sanguinity or affection between the sellers
and the purchasers, so he made a quiet in
vestigation. The price of the property was
paid, and in good hard cash, and it was
many thousand times 1. If the price had
been inserted the Assessors would have had
a basis for the whole block ot property. As
it is they will have to guess. If they guess
too low the property holders will say noth
ing, but if they guess too high the owners
have an opportunity to produce evidence
showing the actual price paid. The Assessors
won't talk much, but the expression of the
faces give them the appearance of men who
mean to guess hard and high.
BLAINE'S GREAT MEMORY.
How It and His Personal Magnetism aiako
Many Friends His Friendly Interest in
People Be Meets The Inside of a Land
Speculation 'Washington Was Inter
ested In.
The son of a late Government official,
whose sphere of ditty lay in this State,
has been down to "Washington late
ly and while there concluded to re
new the old family acquaintance
with the magnetic man from Maine.
The result of a day's sojourn was that the
Pittsburger is firmly persuaded that Blaine's
magnetic power over all who know him lies
in the actual friendly interest he takes in
people generally. He noticed that Sir. Blaine
remembered the names of obscure people
of Washington county, people whom the
Pittsbnrger had associated with when a
boy, and the magnetic man exhibited
an interest which his visitor is cer
tain was not a selfish one, an
interest in people who could by no means
advance his political interests.
It seems that Mr. Blaine's knowledge of
"Washington is very complete, and he
confided much that was of interest to
his friend. The Father of bis Country
wa not only ''first in war, first in peace and
first in the hearts of his countrymen," but
was also willing4o be first, or among the
first, in money-making schemes. It ap
pears that he was one among the
shrewdest business men this country has
ever produced. George was a member of a
great land syndicate that controlled a large
part of the real estate about Washington
City, but it seems they made the mistake of
doing what many speculators have
since done. They, expecting the
city to grow in the opposite direction from
what it has done invested on that side,
which was certainly the most eligible, but
held the property at such a high figure that
they drove the city down upon the Potomac
flat's.
It is somewhat curious to note that the
avenues named after the different States to
day reflect the condition of their namesakes.
At the time the city was laid out the South
was powerful, prosperous and haughty,
and some of the Xorthern States,
which have since risen to nfiluence, compara
tively poor. The big syndicate held prices
uf wut.t .ui. uiuuba .iujuu atict tc lice
States had absorbed the cash of all who
wanted to invest or live in Washington
and meantime the syndicate's land, which
was platted and its boundaries named after
Southern States, was an elephant on its
owners' bands, and sank in price until it
was finally absorbed mainly by poor colored
people. It has lately grown immensely
valuable and a few of the able octogenarians
who bought it, and their numerous progeny,
are now reaping the benefit. This condi
tion of affairs is also said to explain why
from the Capitol down in the direction
ot Pennsylvania avenue are to be seen so
many small frame houses in which the
average well-to-do citizen would scorn to
live, built on lots worth from $23,000 to
575,000. The owners got them cheap and
have been unable to improve them.
There are many landholders in and about
this city who are making the same mistake
that the Washington syndicate did. They
are too short-sighted to see that every other
lot in their holdings would be well sold at
hair price on condition that the buyers
build good bouses.
TJNDEB FULL CANVAS.
Coraopolis Again Has Her Quota of Mag
isterial Dignity.
"Squire George A. Lashell has gotten
his commission and now Coraopolis,
whose judicial department has been
running with one wheel for more
thsn a year, is under lull canvas.
The result of the fight has sent several
political schemes aglee. In the first place
the slate did not contemplate the election of
Lashell, and In the second, after
he was elected, there was a ques
tion raised as to whether there
was a vacancy. The late incumbent, how
ever, having been a non-resident for more
than a year this objection did not hold.
Then it was held by the opposition that it a
commission issned to Lashell it could be but
fore the Attorney General, with the result
that his commission is all wool and a yard
wide and made out for five years.
Since the place has grown to one of some
importance the position is a good one, not
only from a strategic, bnt also from a lu
crative standpoint.
A DISAPPOINTED I0VEE.
Frlsker Kerobskei Cots Hli Throat With
a Keen Razor.
Priskcr Kerobskei, a Hungarian laborer,
aged 27 years and unmarried, cut his throat
at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. He is now
at the West Penn Hospital and the chances
for recovery are very slight. He lived at
the boarding house on Jones avenne, near
Twenty-eighth street. The proprietress is
45 years old and also unmarried. Kerobskei
confessed his love for her, but she did not
reciprocate. Yesterday morning at 8 o'clock
he went to the kitchen and attempted to
draw some beer from a keg bat it was
empty.
He then pulled a raz.ir and inflicted a ter
rible gash in his throat, severing partially
his windpipe.
GONE TO WKCDNSIN.
Several
Priests Sent Ont West to Take
Charge of Sew Work.
The Very Itev. Father Ostcr, of the Cath
olic College, and Provincial of the Order of
the Holy Ghost, has left, in company with
Fathers Phelan and Schmitz, and also a lay
brother, for the diocese of La Crosse, Wis.,
of which the Bt. Eev. Bishop Flasch has
arranged with the provincial that the Order
of the Holy Ghost will hereafter assume the
charge and duties of the Notre Dame con
gregation at Chippewa Falls, Wis.
The place, which is growing'very rapidly.
was made vacant a short time ago by the I
death of Father Goldschmitt, and the priests j
nameu win now assume me duties.
Repairing,
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Watch and jewelry repairing, lowest
ices, at Gallinger's, 1200 Penn ave.
WAIT FOR THE WAGON
Blithe Police Extend a Melodious and
Earnest Invitation to
SPEAK-EASIES AND THEIR GDESTS.
Illegal Liquor Dealers in Both Cities Balded
Yesterday.
FEATDEES 0P THE SONDAT HEARINGS
Every Sunday morning, when you are by my
side,
We'll jump into the wagon, and all take a ride.
Wait for the wagon, watt for the wasron,
Walt for the wagon, and we'll all talco a rid.
This was the ballad that Lieutenant Lewis
and Officers Roach and Devlin sang in con
cert yesterday morning as they gaily
strolled out Second avenue, a thoroughfare
noted for its sounds of revelry by night, and
which is locally supposed to bare given
Byron the coloring for his famous poem,
"The Battle of Waterloo." As the officers
of the First district meandered out the beau
tiful thoroughfare, the sweet tones of their
voices were echoed back from the vine-glad
hillside, and the agile and non-dyspeptic
goat ceased browsing and paused to listen,
while the windows of the castellated man
sion, sometimes yclept "Yellow Row," were
raised, and fair faces peeped forth and cast
smiles at the trio of preservers of the public
peace.
And the Wagon Came Along.
The officers meant all they said or sang.
They were waiting for the wagon and so
were some other people. But the latter did
not know it, and none less than certain per
sons in the Yellow Bow, to whom the lyric
was particularly addressed.
When the wagon the patrol wagon ar
rived the house of B. G. Thompson. No. 269
Second avenue, and in the Yellow Bow, was
visited. Thompson, who is colored, runs a
barber shop in a front room, but just at that
time was dispensing a bad quality of whisky
from a bar composed of a broken-backed
chair on which was a jug and one glass.
Thompson and ten visitors rode to Central
station.
Jean Welsh and Annie Duffel, at No. 284.
also in the Yellow Row, were next visited.
The former occupies the lower floor and the
latter a room on the second story, but they
have been selling each on her own account.
They had no visitors when the police ar
rived, but there is plentyof evidence against
them, and they were taken down on the
wagon.
Chivalry In a Speak-Easy.
Second avenue residents were not alone in
hearing the sound of the patrol wagon
wheels. Speak-easies all over both cities
were in jeopardy.
Mr. James O'Neill's house on Hill street,
which has been raided several times hereto
fore, had only been opened to visitors a
short time when Lieute'naut Lewis called.
Three men were drinking beer furnished byJ
Mrs. O'Xeill, who told the officer her hus-
hand was out looking for work. Although
O'Neill himself was wanted the officer
could not wait until his return. The
woman and her risitors were loaded up and
taken to the station.
Mr. O'Xeill is an Irishman, and like all
the men of his nation is chivalrous. When
he returned to his home and lound that his
wife had been taken into captivity, he sent
an emissary to Central station and asked
whether, if be gave himself up, his wife
would be released. His terms were ac
cepted. A few minutes later O'Neill ap
peared, turned over the keys of the honse to
his wife, and took possession of the cell
from which she was" released.
Lawrenceville Excited by a Raid.
Captain Brothy and Lieutenant Orth made
a raid in the alternoon on the alleged dis
orderly bouse of Mary Herron, Thirty-fifth
street. She and four visitors were arrested.
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raid crea ed considerable excitement in
the neighborhood, and W. L. Hughes, Wil
liam Elliott, A. A. Gable, Frank Lasett
and Edward McGraw, who were spectators,
became so disorderly tbat Officer Ford ar
rested them. All were sent to the Seven
teenth ward police station.
Officers Schaffer, Tanney and Mevers
raided a "speak-easy" yesterday afternoon
kept by Mrs. Bridget Lalley on Brownsville
avenue. Thirtieth ward. The proprietress,
her daughter, Mary, and John Cassidy were
arrested. The girl is a domestic, and had
gone home to visit her mother. She was
released.
Inspector Whitehouse, Captain Mercer
and Officer McNalley raided a disorderly
house at the corner of Penn and Dennison
avenues yesterday afternoon. Twelve Ital
ians were arrested.
Raiding Speak-Easles in Allegheny.
Five more of the Allegheny speak-easies
were silenced yesterday by the police. The
first one visited was "that kept by John
Stidle, on Madison avenue. Two men were
taken there.
A. Smittinger's place at Third street and
Madison arenue was given a call, and -the
proprietor and five risitors sent to the lock
up. In the afternoon the house of Mrs.
Mullen, at the foot of Beaver avenne. was
raided by Lieutenant McKelvey, and the
proprietress and six visitors were arrested.
The proprietress will be held for court.
Shortly before 11 o'cloct last night two
raids were made. The first was at Sadie
Marshall's place on Itobinson street, near
Corry street. The inmates were having a
high old time when Officer Kelsch appeared.
The victims were Sadie Marshall, Maud
Bomberger and five men.
At the same time Lieutenant Sneer and
Officers Boyd, Myers and Peters were raid
ing Lou McCord's speak-easy at 96 Howard
street. The officers found eight men in the
house, including her son, William McCord.
Lou McCoro, the proprietress was
not at home, but was picked up a
little later on the street. When placed
in the patrol wagon she fainted, and dupli
cated the performance twice after she was
piaced in the station-house.
A SU5D1Y CHAEIVAEI.
Noisy Tan at tho Point ttth a Newly
Marrled Couple.
A crowd of 300 boys and young men sere
naded a newly married couple ou Second
street last night with all the old wash
boilers, tin pails and other cast-off tinware
that could be found on the Point dump.
The noise made was deafening and could be
heard blocks away.
Officer Connell dispersed the crowd a
couple of times, and then told them, he
would arrest them if they gathered again.
As soon as he was out ot sight tbey posted
sentinels and recommenced their horrible
din, but when he returned they were given
the signal and disappeared as'if by magic.
Latsr in the night Lieutenant Denniston
captured Jerry McBlongh, who is accused
ot throwing a stone through the window of
the house of, Johu Murray, the head of the
family serenaded.
MAKING VALUABLE ACQUATHTAHCES.
A Boy Charged With Bobbing Notfj--DI-covered
Drunken Friends.
Edward Walsh, a 15-year old boy from
Dayton, O., was arrested at the Baltimore
and Ohio depot Saturday night on suspicion
of having robbed a drunken man from West
Newton. Walsh has been banging around
the depot for several days, and seems to
have made a practice of cultivating the ac
quaintance and confidence of intoxicated
men whose appearance indicated that they
had any money.
Magistrate Gripp took no action on the
case yesterday, but will investigate thor
oughly to-day,
William McCoy' Xlttle Falling,
William McCoy was .committed to jail
yesterday for aggravated assault and battery
on Tony Patton, who aceuses -McCoy tif
knocking, him. down .witha pair oCbrasi.
knuckles. The assault was committed
after McCoy had been released on bail on
an information charging similar assault
against Patton.
FOR SATURDAY'S FOLLY.
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People Who Paid Dearly at the Sunday
Morning Hearings A Man Found In a
Chicken Coop Too Much Liquor Gets
Alleghenlam Into Trouble.
The cost of Saturday night fun was de
termined by the Police Magistrates yester
day moraine. The quotations for the vari
ous grades are given below. Some paid cash,
and others decided to work it out.
Found in a Chicken Coop.
Magistrate Gripp heard 48 cases at Central
Station. Robert Ferguson had been caught'
in Mrs. Burk's chicken coop on Hill street
early yesterday morning. He tried to ex
plain how he got there but only aggravated
matters. A 30-days sentence was given, with
a reprimand. Carrie Stantley was accused
by Maggie Welsh of fiercely attacking her
and extracting several large handfuls of her
blacK hair, which Miss Welsh exhibited as
evidence. Both women Hveat No. 82 Second
avenue, where the affair Recurred. A $25
fine was imposed or 30 days to the. work
house. John Collins and Charles Mueller,
two of the bays implicated in the riot at Gist
street Saturday night, were each given 30
days to the workhouse. George McCloskey,
who had been arrested for the same offense,
was discharged, he having been one of the
parties assailed by the crowd. Cornelius
Kaylor, John Conley and David Moore,
three young boys, had assaulted an old man,
stoned him and stolen a jug ot beer from him.
They got 30 days each.
Visitors Pay for Accommodations.
Magistrate Hyndman disposed of 20 cases
at the Nineteenth and five at theFourteenth
ward. Samuel Loveless was fined $50
and costs for keeping a gambling room
at 112 Frankstown avenue, and five men
were fined $5 and costs for visiting the house.
Yerney Kilpatrick was sent 30 days to the
workhouse for keeping a disorderly house
on Fainax street, Homewood. Kate Smith
and Henry Kleimen were sent 30 days to
the workhouse and William Ahl, Edward
Meyers, James Nester and Terrence O'Con
nor were also fined 5 and costs for visiting
the house. John Daisey was fined $50 and
costs for running a speak-easy ou Bates
street. Michael Smith aud Joseph Guskey,
who were arrested in the house, were fined
$.1 and costs. James Burns paid $8 40 for
creating a disturbance in the Oakland patrol
stable Saturday night.
Men Who Got Drank and Ugly.
Mayor Wyman disposed of 25 cases in Al
legheny. Rosa Neil), the white girl taken
from a colored dive, was sent 30 days to the
workhouse. James Gillespie, while filled
with bad liquor, went to his home on East
Diamond street and abused his father and
mother, for which he was given a 30 . days'
sentence. John Fagan, of Federal street,
was accused of putting his sick wife and
child out of the house and was sentenced to
pay a fine of $10 and costs. Daniel Heeran
was charged with abusing his step-daughter
and was held over.
SETTLED A DISPUTED P0IHT.
ITow Two Soathtiders Found Oat Which
Was the Drunker.
On Saturday night Arthur O'Malley and
Adam Schueur started out to have a time.
After imbibing copiously they purchased a
supply of liquor for Sunday, and O'Malley
proceeded to take Schueur to his home on
Brownsville avenue, near the Knox school-
house. On the way up the avenue they got
into a discussion as to which was the drnnker
of the two. , and agreed to have it ont.
Inthescuffl: tbey both fell over the stone
wall onto the hillside, a distance of about IS
feet. Schueur, being underneath, was
severely, and it was thought at Srst fatally,
hurt. He was removed to his home near by
and a physician called, who was at first un
able to determine the extent of his iojnries.
O'Malley was arrested and sent to the
Twenty-eighth ward station to await the
result of Schueur's injuries. Last evening
the attending physician sent a certificate to
Captain Stewart, stating tbat Schueur's in
juries were not serious, and that he would
recover in a few days. A pecnlisr feature
of the case is that O'Malley does not remem
ber fighting or of falling over the wall. He
was also considerably bruised.
ASSAULTED HIS LECTURES.
Samuel Miller Knocked Down for Objective
to Abuse of His Property.
Edward Nee was arrested last night by
Officer Keich and locked up in the Twenty
eighth ward station on a charge of disorderly
conduct. Nee, with several companions,
hired a carriage from Miller Bros., and were
out all day. About 8 o'clock, the driver
telephoned' to the office that the party wanted
to take tbe carriage from him. He was in
structed to return home. He arrived at the
stable on Cdrson street shortly after 9
o'clock, and Samuel Miller gave the party
a lecture about the manner in which they
had acted.
Nee, who is a large man. took exception
to the remarks and struck Miller between
the eyes, knocking hitn down. Tbe party
then ran away, bnt Nee was captured on
Fourteenth street, and a charge of assault
and battery will be preferred against him
by Mr. Miller this morning.
GAVE THEMSELVES AWAY.
A Speak-Easy Kow Retalts In the Place
Being Polled.
A speak-easy, corner Thirty-second street
and Mulberry alley, was raided shortly after
midnight. Anton Mackwait and 21 people
were caught and locked up in the Twelfth
ward station house. Twelve kegs of beer
were discovered and confiscated.
The attention of the police was called to
the place by"a lively row, in which one of
tbe victims nad an eye knocked out. Cap
tain Unterbaum conducted the raid.
Used a Beer Glass With Effect.
Magistrate Succop disposed of two cases
at the Thirty-sixth ward station Thomas
Pluuket was sent 30 days to the work
house for assaulting a man, with a been
glass. Patrick Mohan was sent 10 days to
jail for disorderly conduct.
A Warning Against Solitaire.
Meyer Van Lewen, a little Italian boyH
was arrested yesterday tor gambling. The
police docket does not say so, but as the"
boy was alone, it is supposed he was play
ing solitaire.
A Little Girl Disappears.
Maggie McKinnan, aged 13 years, left
her home at the corner of Main and Cabinet
street, Monday .evening to visit a friend
ou Liberty avenue, and has not been heard
f since.
Picked Up by the Way.
Thomas and Patrick Conley were ar
rested by Officer Roghaa yesterday for Dent
in? on Forbes street near Lawn street. They
were locked up in tbe Fourteenth ward station.
Officer Schtjxtz arrested four small boys
in Allegheny yestcrcftty afternoon for playing
ball near tbe Union bridge. Their names were:
Pat Sudy, Harry Brown, Ernest Well and Bert
Elder.
THE0WN FE0M A TEESTLE
Death of the Arabian Woman Who Was
Injured Saturday.
The woman who was tbrown from a trestle
at Hays station by a P., V. & C. train on
Saturdav evening, died at the West Penn
Hospital yesterday morning. She was an
Arabian peddler of notions, 60 years of age
and lived at 21 Boston alley. She was
knrtwn by the name of Panline George.
The body was taken to the morgue and an
inquest will be held this morning.
WARMING TO WORK.
Puddlers and Kooghers and Catchers
Join Hands to Capture
A MAJORITY VOTE IN CONVENTION.
Tliey Will Meet on May 9, to Increase tbe
Boiling: Price, and
CHANGtiTEE BASE AND CERTAIN WAGES
The strike in the bnilding trades will be
followed by a lockout of iron workers along
in tbe summer, if the Amalgamated officials
and the thinking men in the' association
don't sit down on the radical movement on
foot between the puddlers of the Pittsburg
district and the roughers and catchers over
the country. There will be a meeting in the
American Hall on the Southside on the 9th
of May, at which an important coalition
will be sought to be made. Puddlers of the
district to the nnmber of 70 will meet to eon
cert measures for obtaining G a ton for pud
dling and a change of the base from bar iron
to skelp iron. They propose to solidify their
strength and send a united body of delegates
to the convention in June, pledged to carry
these points. But they do not depend on
their own numbers alone. The roughers and
catchers are after more money too, and an
offensive and defensive alliance will be en
tered into between the two branches.
Bouchers and Catchers for Allies.
The roughers and catchers will help tbe
puddlers to carry their point, if the puddlers
will do as much by them. The roughers
and catchers want one-third of the product
oT the mill instead of the fourth they now
receive, and they propose to get it by co-operation
with the puddlers.
At the last convention both these branches
of the industrv sought to carry the points
they have combined on this year. They were
dereated because tbe sense of the conven
tion was against them. This year they will
have a better showing. There will be nearly
330 delegates in this year's convention, or
about SO more than last year, and between
them, the puddlers and roughers and catchers
Will control a working majority, unless they
can be prevailed upon to forego their pur
pose. The action has sprung from the pud
dlers of the American Iron "Works, and it
was. of course, intended to preserve secrecy
regarding it, because the radical element is
aware that the association generally would
would not support anything of the kind.
In seeking to accomplish their purposes,
the puddlers and roughers and catchers will
have to reckon with the rollers and their
following in the convention, and if they
succeed, will have to induce the manufac
turers to accept their views.
Position of the Manufacturers.
The rollers will, of course, antagonize
anything which will reduce their earnings,
and the manufacturers equally, of course,
will not give these propositions a moment's
thought. They, themselves, are thinking
of asking their men to accept $5 a ton for
boiling, in consequence of the depression in
the business and tbe condition of trade, and
that this has not been denied, rather
points to a reduction in cost rather than an
increase. So that whatever fight
might or may be made on $5 50,
it is tolerably certain that a proposition to
advance the price to $6 will be strenuously
opposed. For other, but equally potent
reasons, the manufacturers will oppose any
change in the base on which the price for
bailing is arranged. This has been bar iron
for a good many years, and the price is ar
ranged on 2 cents per pound as a base. The
argument advanced by puddlers for chang
ing to skelp is that there is practically no
such thing as "common bar iron" in the
market. They say that though it is made it
is never sold as such. In other words, they
say that no matter what prosperity may
reach other lines, tbat bar iron never gets
above the 2 cent point, because the manu
facturer won t let it. He will sell
any amount of iron "of a little
better quality," but the common iron "is
not called for, and there is no money in
making it." Skelp iron, on the contrary, is
susceptible of change in value, according to
tbe demand lor pipe, fKit-iron, etc.-, and
puddlers argue that a price lor boiling
based on skeip would be only equitable.
Claims of the Rougher and Catchers.
The roughers and catchers sought to 'get
one-third of the product last vear. They
claim they are better entitled to get one
third of the roller's earnings than the heater
is to get one-fourth. For the sake of the un
initiated it had better be mentioned that
the roughers and catchers, between them,
get oncfourth, or one-eighth each; they
want one-sixth of the roller's wages each.
If the branches named succeed in forming
their coalition, they will be able to control
tbe convention, and of course, the scale, and
so will be able to carrv the points men
tioned. That a lock-out would follow is
regarded as an absolute certainty. But
there is yet some time before tbe convention
will meet
A VEEY EEKAEKABLE GROWTH.
Mr. Weeks Says the South Will Never Hurt
the I-oeal Iron Industry.
Joseph D. Weeks left for Virginia yester
day. He says local iron men do pot realize
the wonderful development made in the
Souib along the base of the Appalachian
range of monntalns. A number of steel
plants are being erected, and Mr. Week
claims tbe Southerners will be able to make
cheaper steel'than Pittsburg manufacturers,
but it can't compete in this city's home
market.
Mr. Weeks continued: "It is a mistake to
think that the South will knock out Pitts
burg, but the markets for this city are
bound to be limited. Not tbat less iron and
steel will be made here, but it won't
go into such remote fields. Few
people know how Pittsburg and its mar
kets are constantly growing. Why, the
increase in tbe production of pig iron here
since 18S5 is more than the entire output of
Alabama. This is a wonderful pig iron
center. When steel was first introduced it
was thought no more puddled iron would be
made, when the truth is, more
is produced now than ever before. The
same will be true of Pittsburg in connection
with the growth of tbe South. As the latter
territory develops labor will become higher,
the demand for numerous articles will in
crease, and the Southern people will not be
able to make iron and steel so cheaply. In
this nuiuner undue competition will right
itself."
Mr. Weeks is enthusiastic over the
Southern coal fields. He says there is more
bituminous coal in the two Virginias than
in the Connellsville Tesion. The coke is
not so good, but it is not bad, and is an ex
cellent fuel. The veins average 11 feet in
thickness.
STARTING UP AGAIN.
The Edgar Thomson Besames Operations
Mr. Carnegie's Pis Iron Purchase.
According to orders from the Fifth ave
nue office, the Edgar Thomson Works were
started up last night, and it is generally re
garded in Braddoct that they will be
operated to their fullest extent for some
time.
It was stated in usually well Informed
quarters last week tbat Mr. Carnegie has
"nought up all the pig iron in the country."
Inquiry into the matter shows that the
statement was exaggerated. The association
bought a few thousand tons and that was all.
The corner was not effected.
A LUMBEBMAITS VIEW.
Mr. Boat Thinks the Eleht-Hour Strike Will
) Be Stubborn.
H. A. Boat, a Michigan lumberman, is at'
tbeDnquesne. "He'is in the city chasing
some bid debts. Mr. Boat said tbe eight ,
hour strike would not hurt his business
much except in this city.
In Indianapolis the strike was forced by
the contractors in February, when the men
were not ready, and the builders won. In
Chicago the trouble over shorter hours is
practically settled. It looked to him as if
the strike will be stubborn in this city.
VICTIMIZED ITALIANS.
Aqaavine Obtains Money From a Number,
bat Falls to Provide Employment.
Several Italian sharpers have been utiliz
ing the coke region trouble as the means to
line their pockets at tbe expense of a good
number of their unsuspecting countrymen.
A man named Aquaviue and two others
represented among the Italians that they
could obtain employment for them in
Westmoreland and Fayette counties if they
would pay a fee ot ?3 25 to cover the ex
press and transportation. It is stated that
35 Italians paid the sharpers this amount
on the understanding they were to go to
work last week.
A number of them called on Aquavine at
his boarding bouse, at 75 Washington street,
and failing to get satisfaction from him
made complaint to Officer Metzgar. who ar
rested Aquavine. The victims appeared at
Central station yesterday morning to testify
against the agent, but Magistrate Gripp
postponed the hearing until the prisoner's
partners were found.
A BOOMING BOROUGH.
Coraopolis Building Vp at a Oreat Pace
New Stores Started and Prospering Sell
ing Feed to Farmers Bad Streets Make
it Difficult to Catch Trains.
Coraopolis is forging ahead. There are
more cellars dng and building material
piled up in the borough than were ever be
fore seen at any time of year, aud tbe village
in which a goat could scarce get a living
three years ago, now affords employ
ment to a large number of men
who are no longer forced to come
to the city for it. Store after store has
been added to the place and all are doing a
good business. A feed store was started in
the town last fall by a man who was told
that he could not make a living there,
but he has sold since then 15,000
bushels of oats alone and his hay
trade has been enormous. It doesn't
reflect much credit on the'farming commun
ity back of tbe town, however, to state that
farmers are the best customers of the feed
store proprietors, farmers with 100 to 200
acres buying feed. They have been paying
up their mortgages, however, since the oil
belt was developed.
Neither does the condition of the roads
reflect any credit on the people of Cora
opolis, who have most profited from tbe
awakening. They are still hub deep with
mud, and some ot tbem so narrow, even
within the borough limits, that vehicles can
only pass each other at intervals. A man
coming to the station yesterday in a great
hurry to catch a train was left on
account of overtaking a four-horse
team in a narrow "street" half a mile from
the station. It was of no use, as he had to
wait until the heavy team, at snail's pace,
reached a wide place in the road, when he
succeeded in passing by running the risk of
upsetting, putting the wheels on one side
of the buggy over the bank of a dizzv preci
pice. By the time the irate man reached
the station the locomotive of the train
whistled for the second station this side of
the towu.
AW ASSUMED NAME.
Nobody Knows of Bertha Everett in Pitts
burg. The death of a young woman calling her
self Bertha Everett, and registering from
Pittsburg, in a Boston hotel, where she
was found dead in bed, caused some com
ment in town yesterday. A search among
the three people of that name in the city
failed to reveal any relative of the girl. It'
is supposed she assumed the title for some
purpose or other.
Henry .Everett, of 5708 Mignonette street,
East End, said that the girl was no relative
of his. He had no idea to what lamilr she
belonged. Matron Mary Everett, of the
Dorcas Day Nursery, North avenne and
Middle street, Allegheny, said she had
never heard of sueh a person. Widow
Everett, Southside, did not know Bertha.
None of her connections bad a Bertha and
she could not tell where she was from.
EEEE MEN HEADY TO STEIKE,
Employers Organixe for the Purpose of Re
sisting Their Demands,
rsrzcui. iiuaux to thz dispatch.!
Ebie, April 26. Labor organizations
here are ready to push their demands for a
rednction to the nine hour system with the
10 per cent, increase in pay. The planing
mill men and contractors have organized
an exchange for the purpose of resisting the
demands of the men.
Last evening the labor organizations were
thaown into a high state of excitement by
the arrival here of a number of carpenters
and mill hands lrom the South. The Erie
Machinists' Union directed their delegates
to the National Association of Machinists
to vote to strike out the color qualifications
and admit colored men as well as white.
CHL0B0F0BXED THE INMATES.
Daring Burglars Enter a Findlay Besidence
and Secure Over S2.000 In Cash.
rSFSCUT. TKI.ZaB.lX TO THE DISPATCH!
Findlay, O.,' April 26. The residence
of tbe Winters, proprietors of a fruit farm,
living on East Sandusky street, was entered
last night by bnrglars. In the house was a
small iron safe in which was $2,480 in cash.
This safe the bnrglars drilled open and
secured the contents without awakening
the occupants ot the house, all of whom,
however, were under the influence of chlor
oform at the time. The job is the neatest
ever accomplished in this city and there is
no clew to the perpetrators.
CAPTUEED IN THE ACT.
Three Well-Known Tonngstown ' Burglars A
tabbed by the Police,
rsrrciAt. tslxoram to the dupatcit.i
Younostown, April 2G. Baker Eurke,
George McCurrier and George Scanlon,
three police celebrities, this morning held
up Sidney Cox, as he was going home, and
robbed him. beating him brutally when he
resisted. Later tliey went through the
residence of Mrs. Earragher, and were cap
tured while escaping bv the police.
Bnrke and McCurrier are ex-convicts,
having already served time for burglary
here, and it is claimed have been implicated
in a number of recent robberies.
Demolished tho Big.
While George Kichardson and his wife, of
Allegheny, were ont driving yesterday the
horse took fright at Eederal and Jackson
streets and ran down the latter street. At'
Monterey street the buggy upset and was
demolished. The occupants were not seri
ously hurt.
Death of a Well-Known Contractor.
David T. Evans, the well-known South
side contractor, died at his residence, corner
of Mission and Sterling streets, early yes
terday morning. He was over 70 years old.
The funeral will take place to-morrow
afternoon.
BEFr.ESiirSG and thirst-quenching. Iron
City Brewery's beer. Telephone 11SG.
ladles' Bolt Parlor
On Monday and Tuesday will offer all
their spring dresses at greatly reduced
prices to mate room for summer goods.
Some very desirable costumes for $15 and
?20. - PAItCELS & JOSfES,
d 29 Fifth avenue,
All
dealeis"
keep Iron City bttr.
Try it.
STILL A VEEY SICK MAN.
Father 3Iolllngers Illness Developing No
Better Features, i
Eev. father S. G. Mollinger of the Most
Holy Name Church, on Troy Hill, has re
covered from another severe attack of his
lingering illness. This time he was only
confined to his room less than two weeks,
but it has just leaked out that be
was nearer death's -door than ever before,
and while Father Mollinger is again able
to be out, and attending to the most oi bis
duties, his chances of becoming healthier
are getting less hopeful all tbe time. His
sickness, in developing itself, is now
rapidly commencing to show symptoms of
a dropsy of the kidneys.
When the great priest is not able to be
outdoors, he mostly treats his invalid
patients in a special parlor in his residence.
During his last sickness, when he was un
able to be ont, he had,saveral very im
portant visitors. Some had come from Vir
ginia and others from Kentucky, and all re
mained on Troy Hill a week, in order to see
him and get the blessing of St. Anthony
before they went away.
Henry Kalmoyer Made a Sergeant.
Henry Kalmeyer, who has been corner
man at Ohio and Federal streets for tbe past
year, was yesterday informed of his appoint
ment as daylight sergeant, in charge of Cen
tral station. He will assume his duties
there to-day. Mr. Kalmeyer has seen ten
years of service on the force.
A Successor to Superintendent Warner.
The Board of Workhouse Managers will
to-day elect a successor to Superintendent
Warner, who has resigned. The candi
dates are Messrs. McClaughrey, late of the
Huntingdon Reformatory; ex-Connty Com
missioner McKee. ex-County Controller
Speer and ex-Mayor McCallin.
Two Amazing Bargalne.
We know that
grand stampede.
we will have a
BARGAIH HO, 1.
Our regular dollar Kid Glove at
63 cents, in Browns, Tens, Slates
and a few Blacks.
This quality glove cannot be bad
from, any other dearer for less than
51 25.
BARGAIH HO. 2
Is a line of Plaid and Striped Dress
Goods, which we mark down from
85 cents to 68 cents.
We have only a limited quantity
of these two bargains: therefore, we
advise our customers to come this
week.
These are tremendous bargains;
therefore, don't miss them. t
MRB. C. WEBBER
435 MARKET ST. 437
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LADIES,
For a good-fitting, well-made and
stylish garment, visit our
Grand Cloak Department
In addition to the large assortment
previously displayed, still further
attractions will be offered this com
ing week.
Imported Novelties in Ladies' Capes.
A choice line of Tans, Gray and
Black in the newest materials and
styles.
Handsome new lines of Ladies'
Wraps, plain and braided, in silk or
woolen fabrics.
An elegant assortment of Fichus,
olain and embroidered, prices from
. upward.
A Special line of Fichus and
Wraps for MOURNING wear.
In LADIES' JACKETS our as
sortment is unsurpassed; complete
lines of the very latest styles and
materials in light or dark colors
and black; too many styles to men
tion individually, prices $5 to $50
each.- Our line of Jackets at 35 are
the best bargains ever offered.
Cor. Fifth Av. and" Market St.
N. B. SPECIAL We place on
sale this week a 65-piece lot of All
Wool French Plaid, regular 85c
goods, at 60c a yard. See window
display.
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SILVER
TEA SETS!
r A splendid asiortment of new design
just opened. We sell any nnmber of
odd pieces. Oar silver department Is
tbe largest and most complete in tbe
city. Large store, many clerics, no
trouble to show you.
E. P. ROBERTS & SONS,
FIFTH AVE. XXD U ASSET ST.. .
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
JOB. HDRNE 2 CD.'B
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PENN AVE. STORES.
SPECIAL SILK-SALE.
. THIS WEEK. .
YOU. ARE INVITED.
Reliable and high class goods only
are offered.
Bargains That Are Bargains,
Head the following descriptions, then
come and see tbe goods. Buy your
Summer Silk dresses "now."
GENUINE INDIA SILKS
At 50 Cents.
A great bargain, as tbey are real
Shanghai Silks and not low-class
French foulards; the best value ever
offered.
FINEST INDIA SILKS
$f 50 Quality at 8 '5 Cents,
Qenuine Shanghai Cloths, the cele
brated Coral Brand English printing;
in about 30 different styles.
At 75 Cents a Yard.
A large nuraber-of styles, in anont 12
colorings, Evan'3 London printing,
regular $1 25 quality.
Polka Dot Indias
la ten colorings, two-toned effects, very
stylish at 75 cents, a yard.
Black and' White' Indias at
j 5 Cents a Yard,
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Worth 51 25 a yard, in stylish and
handsome designs.
Oar celebrated high class
INDIA SILKS ,
At $i Per Yard.
In all the newest printings and latest
coloring3, in two-toned effects,' In high
color printings and on a splendid quali
ty of cloth. These goods sell faster than
we can get them. Styles confined to
this Silk Department.
Light Ground India Silks,
A magnificent assortment in delicata
color effects, in new floral designs, at $1 a
yard.
High Novelty India Silks
In single dress lengths, in latest Paris
colorings; our exclusive designs.
Illuminated or changeable printed
Inia Silks; tbe latest thing out in sum
mer silt fabrics.
Colored Surah Silks
At 50 Cents a yard.
A full line of choice 3hades, soft and
lustrous; the best ever sold for this price.
At 75 Cents,
A specially good Surah Silk, 21
inches wide; a beautiful color assort,
ment.
At $i a Yard,
A splendid quality,?! laches wide;ever
desirable shade is in stock.
At $i 20 a Yard,
The finest Surah made, standard qali
ty, iu a vast color assortment.
BENGALINES.
'The coming silk fabric, specially
adapted for street wear, soft andlus
trous, in summer weights. A choics
assortment of colors shown here.
SILK GRENADINES
In standard qualities, in plain mesh,
Pompadour colored effect;, satin stripe
Grenadines; novelties in flounced Grena
dines, U inches wide; bordered and bro
caded Grenadines.
Grenadines at 70c a yard.
Grenadines at 1 a yard.
Grenadines at 81 25 3 yard. .
Grenadines at 51 50. J''"
Grenadines up to (4 a yard. it
A grand assortment to select ftoBH' ,
COME THIS WEEK TO THIS;
SILK DEPARTMENT,
JDS. HORNEJ cn.'a ..
PENN -AVE. -STORES.
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