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GROWING VERY GRIM,
Failure of the Conferrees in the
Builders' Dispute to "Effect
a Settlement Will
CAUSE A LOXG AXD HITTER FEUD.
Capital, United and Strong, Will
Be
Arrayed Against tlie Organized
labor of the Country.
SAJI G0MTRS' STAND OX THE QUESTION.
rcan".i ations Ilcre IVill Snpport the Strikers in the
Life-and-Deala Strngjle.
What will be the outcome of the failure
of the conferees in the building trades' dis
pute? was the question that merchant and
mechanic sought to answer yesterday when
the unsuccessful issue of the conference be
came known. The answer can be given
now with more freedom than while some
chance of settling the difficulty remained,
and it can also be stated, as already hinted
at in The DisrATCH, that what follows has
not been determined upon, by cither side,
without much deliberation and careful
weighing of the consequences. There is no
longer a doubt that Allegheny county will
have to bear the brunt of a struggle between
organized and unorganized capital and or
ganized labor of greater moment than any
similar afiair that has yet occurred in
"Western Pennsylvania. Labor aud capital
are girding up their loins for the tussle,
and it will require a seer of more than
common ability to foretell how long it will
last or how it will end.
Jxist Where the Matter Stands.
Tor a proper understanding of the mat
ters in dispute it will be well to state of
wliat they consist. The contest which
now involves the whole of lh.j building
trades originate ""j demeds for an eight
hour day and an joteawt of 4X cents an
hour on the part of the carpenters. Last
year the trade worked nine hours a day at a
remuneration of 30 cents an hour, or ?2 75
a day. The bricklayers last year received
54 a day for nine hours' work; this year
they demanded an increase of 50 cents a
day, which was refused, and they struck.
The remainder of the trades were either
called out in the support of the carpenters
by the Building Council or were locked out
by the employers, when work on the vari
ous buildings came to a standstill. "Whether
these trades will waive the terms under
which they have been working and make
demands for snorter hours, etc, remains to
be een. The tinners yesterdav violated
their agreement with their employers, and
the plumbers are also involved in a dispute
of their own with the masters.
The journeymen carpenters long since re
ceded from 'their original demands, and
when they went into conference with the
Master Builders Association the wing of
the Exrlmnge which is concerned directly
with this diputc were prepared to return
to work at the old rate, viz.: 30 cents ant
hour if they were granted the eight-hour
day.
The Terra Troposed hy the Builders.
The Master Builders' Association, carlv
in the struggle, proclaimed the terms, anil
"the only terms, on w hich the men should
resume work. These are as follows.
ltnle fiit Xine hours shall constitute a
da- "s woi k, ami all overtime, after C o'clock
r. it., 'hall be time and half time.
Second Wares shall be classiflod accord
in" to skill and ability of the men.
Third Foremen may be non-union men.
' Fourth All employers fchall pay at the
places where men. are at work, on their reg
ular pay day during n orking hours, if possi
ble, and no cmploi er shall retain more than
one day's "w aies.
Fifth All employers sending men to work
eireeding two miles from shop or office
must pay car lure.
- Sjtli An employer may use laborers in or
about tlie ork to a-sist m carrying mate
rial on the premises or to place in the build
in p.
Seventh Xo carpenter shall be call edupon
to stop ti ork on isocount of non-union men m
other brandies ot the building business who
are emplojed on the same building or
works.
Apprentice Ilnlps.
First Any boy or person may engage him
self to learn the trade of carpentrj. lie
must be hired by ngrcement, indenture or
written contract, in accordance with the
Jaw s of Pennsylvania, and shall be required
to serve an apprenticeship of four consecu
tive years; and shall not be considered a
Journeyman carpenter unless he has served
tlie full term of apprenticeship.
second Any boj or person w ho shall have
contracted with an employer to serve a term
of years, shall on no pretcus s w hatever lea o
said employer and contract with another
w ltliout the" full and free consent of the
llrst employer, unless there is Just
cau-c. or that such change is mado
in consequence of the death or relinquish
ment of bu-iness of the llrst employer; and
any apprentice so leaving shall not be per
mitted to w oi k under the jurisdiction of the
JIaster rsuildcrs, but shall be required to re
turn to his employer and serve out his time.
Third Wc employ as many apprentices as
w c requiriS
Determination of the Master Builders.
Headers of The Dispatch will be
familiar with the reasons why the Master
Builders' Association, aided and abetted by
the other trades associations which go to
make up the membership of the,Builders"
Exchange, has assumed the position it
maintains, and declares it will continue to
maintain until the men yield. These rea
sons have been published in frequent arti
cles dealing with this subject, but they may
be recapitulated here. Foremost among
them is the determination of the masters
arrived at after many years of continual ac
cession to the demands of the journe3-men
and their conviction of its necessity, to take
the question of rcntu-scration into their own
hands and present a strenuous opposition to
demauds tor increase in wages which
would still lurtlicr add to the cost
of building, regarded as being already
high cnouch in Al'cehcuy county. The
masters take the view that to allow any ad
ditional cost in building operations would
result in the loss of much trade, because, as
they argue, capital seeking- investment in
bricks and mortar would hold aloof from
building when its cost would reach such
figures as would make it impossible to ob
ta'iii, either by renting or from sale, such a
return as w ould be fair remuneration for.the
outlaj.
"Where the Cost 'Would Tall.
This additional cost, say the masters,
would be imposed and iollow naturally, on,
even a concession of the eight-hour day at
the old rates of wages. Tlfi; eight-hour day
would necessitate the employment of more
men, consequently the requirement of
larger capital at a corresponding cost on
discounts, etc.; the enlargement of shops
and factories, necessitamig an outlay of
moucv, an increase in insurance rates, rents
aud cuanges generally, and a los3 sustained
by the time which other tradesmen work
ing nine hours would lose through the ab
sence of the carpenters, without whose
presence the work on a building cannot be
successfully and advantageously prose
cuted. As far as the 8-hour day is concerned as a
period for work, there are few employers
opposed to it, tut the r hold that its con
cession cannot L mad in any one nart of
the country, or to any one trade, without
a loss to them, which they arc not disposed
to suffer. These are ome of the arguments
advanced by the masters in support of their
position. Investment in house property is
held by ciperts to be becoming a more p'op
v! ;r form, of outlay every year. Specula
tive builders cannot pay more tlian a certain
'jin for the work on their erections if they
want to make any profit on the investment.
The rapid growtfi sad-extension of the two
cities and neighboring boroughs will neces
sitate the expenditure of many millions in
hotels, warehouses and residences within
a year or two, but the capital ready for such,
investment will be withheld if such rates
for sleeping apartment?, rents mid charges
must be imposed to bring in an ade
quate return as w ill make them impossible
to obtain.
A Combination of Capitalists.
. The Builders' Exchange is not in this
struggle aloue; neither is it making the
fight on its own account alone. Back of it
is the moneyed capital of the county. Its
membership includes some of the wealthiest
firms in the State, and it has received unso
licited support from various manufacturers'
assoMations, not alone here, bat in other
cities. Assurances of support have been re-
ceivedby the Exchange from the moneyed
interest, whose battle it is making, and
from individuals whose championship of any
cause is always powerful. By these the
strueele is regarded as bcinjr directed mainly
against the'dictatiou as it is termed of or
ganized labor, and the belief is general that
if any attempt is to be made at all to shut
off this asertivcness of the working class,
now is as good a time as any, and that
a trial of strength might as well be made
now as at any other time.
As stated a day or two ago in Tnn Dis
patch, organized labor in Allegheny
county, was about cognizant of the real
meaning of the attitude of the Builders'
Evchange; it was accepted as a challenge, and
the gauntlet thrown dow n by capital has been
picked up by labor. Organized labor and
the term means the 'various unions of
workers in the county recognizes this as a
fight against organizations, aud it proposes
to take issue against capital on that basis.
Organized labor can never afford to be
whipped, for to sustain a defeat once is to
lose prestige that cannot be regained in
many years. The principle must be main
tained at all costs, and this principle, it is
learned in very reliable quarters, the vari
ous organizations in the county are prepared
to uphold.
Fighting Now for Ilecognltlon.
Conservative leaders admit that a mistake
was made at the outset, but the matter has now
come down to a point where a fight for recogni
tion as organizations takes the place or a
btruggle for obtaining a beueht. The
American Federation of Labor will be
brought into it, and by withdrawing the
various trades affiliated with it from
their employments, hopes to bring about
a public sentiment whose strength would
be too powerful for the Exchange to with
stand. Already the Amalgamated Associ
ation of Iron and Steel "Workers, the Flint
Glass "Workers' Union, the "Window Glass
"Workers' Association and Typographical
Union No. 7 have contributed some thou
sands of dollars in support of the strikers.
The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
has so far held aloof from its brethren here,
but it was stated positively yesterday that
a sura of ?9,000 would reach the city
to-morrow in aid of the strikers. Samuel
Gompers recognizes that" much of the suc
cess of his eight-hour project depends on the
outcome of this fight, and he and his lieu
tenants attach especial importance to, and
will make every effort to gair.,,a victory
hcre for the prestige it will give tho move
ment in other cities. Tittsburg has long
been recognized as the stronghold of
unionism, and a victory gained here would
be heralded throughout the country as news
of the best kind to workers. The struggle
is thus likely to be a keen and lengthy one.
WEARY OF WAITING.
The People Are Anxions to nave the
Halloing Trades' Strike Settled Some
31111s "Will Start ,To-Morrow A Dis
pleased Stair-Huildcr.
A new move was made relative to the
prevailing building trades strike, last night,
by the Building Trades' Council. It was
decided to hold a mass meeting of all the
trades, at Lafayette Hall, to-morrow
night, for the purpose of talking over the
situation and receiving suggestions from the
men themselves as to what their policy
of the future shall be. It was' reported at
the meeting last night that there had been
some criticism to the effect that the leaders
of the strike had been holding the men out
against their wishes. One of the objects of
the meeting is to let the men express them
selves on the matter.
Agent Snyder said after the meeting ad
journed that the chief reason for the meet
ing is 10 buuuiiv me men, ana to get a more
complete control of the situation. He says
the
men are still nrm but they desire to
guard against any possible break among
them. The conference yesterday did not re
sult in anything looking toward a settlement
and it is the desire of the leaders to get the
men all together and explain the reasons
why all conferences have not been success
ful. This will not be the onlv meeting
held. A second one, to which tlie public
will be invited, will be held either "Wednes
day or Thursday evening, previous to the
conference which will be held next Satur
day. Tlie Men "Willlngto Reason.
Chairman Davis, of the strikers' Confer
ence Committee, said yesterday that the
bosses were to blame for the failure of the
conferences. "The men are willing to reason
the matter with the contractors, but the
minute we mention eight hours, the princi
ple upon which the whole fight hinges, they
throw up their hands and refuse to go
further." It is claimed the idle carpenters
are getting to work gradually, but
there are yet 1,430 men out of
employment. "Besides this there arc 200
plasterers, 250 painters, 200 bricklayers, 500
stonemasons and 400 plumbers, all of whom
arc cither forced out of work because there
is nothing to do, or because of some rules
w hich they do not aree to.
A storv was circulated vesterdav to the1
effect that architects hai e become disgusted
with the slow manner adopted to settle
the matter, and if the difficult' is not
over very shortly they will be compelled to
give out their work irrespective associations.
From talks with the machinists this appears
to be incorrect. "William Kaufmann and
Edward Stats both said they are not losing
much sleep over them.
There was a great deal of discontent on
all sides over the failure of the conference.
Comments on the street were, made freely,
and there were some criticisms in a general
way that the matter should have been al
lowed to remain over for another week be
fore another attempt will be made to bring
about a settlement, t. Ucnz, ot Bcnz Bros.,
Southside, said last night he would not wait
on any more conferences. A number of his
men have expressed a willingness to goto
wprk under the rules and for the purpose of
accommodating him he will start their
planing mill Monday morning.
A Displeased Stairbuilder.
George Lockhart, a member of the
Stair Builders' Union, was seen on
Smithficld street yesterday. He is
one of the displeased members.
He said: "I have been out of work for
seven weeks now, and have lost ?140 in
wages. "We went out in sympathy for the
carpenters, and got the worst of the strike.
The leaders have been fooling the men by
claiming large sums of money are on the
way, and the latter not coming at all. I
understand that unless the boys get their
money Monday" they will go to work to
morrow. I know of many who will be on
duty to-morrow morning. Officials of the
Building Trades' Exchange had nothing to
say when they were seen."
Hlgh-Priced Berries.
Strawberries have been rather high until
the last week, owing no doubt o the large
quantities consumed .by. the preservers.
Ore firm alone, H. J. Heinz & Co., have
already put up over 75,000 quarts.
A Fast Beaver Expres.
"With the completion pf the double track
to Beaver, the Lake .Erie road is thinking
of running an express to that place in 30
minutes. This will be good news to patrons
of the line.
Da. B. M. HA2TA. Eye, ear, noscand
throat diccases exclusively. Office, 720
Pcna street, .Pittsburg, Pa. ssu
NE'ER A DE'IL IS K IT,
- T -
But Many Ignorant People OnceIm
agined It Was Possessed.
GAVIN MLZELL'S WOODEtf HORSE.
It "Will , Be Brought From Bonnie Scotland
to the World's Fair.
THE FATHER OF THE JIODEEN BICrCLE
"There is every likelihood that the
'Wooden Horse,' the 'father of the
bicycle,' the first machine of two wheels
that was ever made to be propelled by its
rider, will be brought from Scotland and
exhibited at the World's Columbian Ex
position at Chicago in 181)3," said Mr. W. S.
Dalzell to a reporter of The Dispatch
yesterday. Mr. Dalzell 1ms the proud dis
tinction of being next to the youngest son
of the inventor of this precursor of the
modern safety bicycle. He is a resident of
Pittsburg and in the employ of the Union
Switch and Signal Company at Swissvale,
as draughtsman.
"1'ou aie probably aware," said Mr.
Dalzell, "that the invention of the
first two wheeled machine propelled
by a crank was claimed by the. French,
but I think it is sufficiently proven
by this time, both by oral and "documentary
evidence, that fo a Scotchman, and that
man my father, belongs the honor. At least
we shall claim it, and can produce the ma
chine to prove our statements. I can also
produce some accounts of the machine
printed nearly 50 years ago, or prior to the
date on which the French claim their ma
chine was invented."
The Eldc- Dalzell's Tedlgree.
According to Mr. "W. S. Dalzell's state
ment, backed up by a ponderous family
tree, the inventor, Gavin DaUcll, was born
on the 29th of August, 1S11, at
Linburn, Muukirk, Ayrshire,' Scotland. He
commenced business" as a cooper
at Lesmahagow, Scotland, in 1835, but at a
late date he became a merchant in the dry
goods line, changing his business on ac
count of ill-health. He possessed, in com
mon with several other members of the old
Dumfriesshire family, to which he be
longed, a decided talent for the in
vention of contrivances of a mechani
cal and scientific character, and
early in his career he constructed a work
shop at the rear of his store, where he spent
a large portion of his spare moments. His
inv entions were never made with intent to
m.ike money, but rather to please himself
and to work out ideas which came to him at
odd times. He died oa the 14th of June,
18&3, the father of 14 children, three of
whom died in infancy. Two of his sons are
in the United States, one here and the
voungest in Allegheny City. His oldest
living son is Rev. Dr. James" Dalzell, of the
Gordon Memorial Mission, Natal, South J
Alnca.
A Qaeer Three-Wheeled Affair.
"Jly father's first attempt at making a
machine for people to ride on w as a tricycle,"
said Mr. DjIzcII. "At what date he first
took this machine on the street, I
caninjt tell, but it was sqme time prior to
the 'wooden horse.' From1 the accounts of
the tricvele given me by those who saw it I
should judge that it must have very nearly
resembled the child's tricycle in use now,
except that, instead of being propelled by
the feet with treadles, it was driven by a
crank attached to a sprocket wheel, which'
was placed in front over the single w hcel.Con
necting this sprocket wheel with a similar
contrivance fastened to the rear axle was a
chain very much like those in use now on
safety bicycles. This tricycle had disap
peared long before I was born, and it was
said that parts of it were used in making
the 'wooden horse,' which appeared
'later. I do not think this is so
however, for not long ago an office stool in
use in the store gave way and when the
leather was taken from the top there was
the sprokit wheel as perfect as the day on
which it was made. The. only thing Tack
ing was the crank handle."
It Was Considered a Crazy Scheme.
"The simultaneous balancing and pro
pelling of a bicycle without the feet of the
rider touching the ground arc now so gen
erally known that few think anything at
all about them. This was not so in the days
when my father brought out his invention.
It is a fact that when he intimated his in
tention of making a second velocipede that
should have only two wheels in place of
three, and one wheel running before
the other, and, moreover, that the veloci
pede would both be propelled and balanced
without the rider's feet touchingthe ground,
not one person could he find to believe sncli
an incredible feat as possible till the thing
was actually accomplished by him. While
engaged in making the vehicle his friends
made all sorts of fun of him, but he good
naturedly told them to wait aud sec. As a
natural consequence, therefore, the 'wooden
horse' in 1844 excited a marvelou interest
wherever it made its appearance, and peo
ple traveled long distances to get a sight, of
it. To satisfy the large curiosity of others
descriptions of it had to bo sent. Measure
ments and diagrams were as frankly given
as they were anxiously soughr,-and the
fjme ot the 'wooden horse' become widely
spread.
An Ancient Description of the Horse
"I havcinmypossessionanold description
of the machine which will answer at the
present time. It reads as follows:
" 'It is constructed chiefly of wood and is
strong and substantial. Tlie steering w heel
is in front and is smaller than the other.
The saddle, too, is so low that the rider
starts himself with both feet on the ground.
The stirrups, of iron, Lang from the fore
part or croup of the saddle and 'are moved
backward and forward alternately. They
are connected by means of iron Tods with
the cranked axle of the driving wheel. The
reins are bent back so that they may be
conveniently grasped by the rider. Another
peculiarity which is very noticeable is that
the upper'part of the driving wheel is clad
with w ood from the saddle to rather beyond
the.highest part of the wheel. The rider
is enabled by this contrivance to mount
freight behind him, either living or the re
verse. Frequently one, two, or even three
lads perch behind the rider at one time,
their arms clasped firmly round each other's
waists, and all work as energetically as their
strength wil' permit, the speed then at
tained being remarkable, and is secured by
the lads assisting the rider by resting their
feet upoirand assisting .him in "working the
connecting rods.'
Some Thought the De'il Was in It.
"Although I never saw my father ride his
'wooden horse,' I have heard many stories
about it from my mother and others who
w ere alive at that "time. One of them struck
mc as being rather funny. It appears that
my father was in tho habit pf
riding very rapidly over the coun
try roads. On one occasion there was
a high stone wall between 'the road
and a field wherein a number of men were
working, and along this road my father was
rapidly riding when he heard people crying,
'There's the de'il ! There's the de'il 1 aud
away ran the men and women as if the very
'de'il' was after them.
"My father wore a fur cap, and this was
all that was visible to the people,above the
stone wall. They saw it sliding by, neither
rising nor falling had is wearer been ridinjj
or walking, and as they .heard do noise they
Tlie First of All Bicycles.
thought surely they were being sought by
the ue'il.
"This is not the only instance when peo
ple, ignorant, of course, thought my father
was the de'il, but after they became accus
tomed to seeing him, they used to hang
around waiting for a chance to see the man
on the 'wooden horse'
Reminiscences of Other "Witnesses.
"I could rclaTe many stories that I have
heard, of my father's exydriences, from
other people. Even here in Pittsburg I
meet old gray-haired men, who, when they
hear my accent and learn my name, tell me
all they have heard or seen of the' 'wooden
horse.' One old man told me that my
father nscd to ride out and overtake the
four-horse coach -that ran between London
and Edinburgh. He would wait at some
convenient place until the coach had passed
and then he would set the 'wooden horse'
in motion and not only catch up, but ride
around the coach, creating great excitement
among the passengers. On another occasion
he was taken for a scissors grinder. He was
riding rapidly down a street when he heard
a woman crying 'Stop! Stop!' He stopped
to see what she wanted, ana after catching
up with him and seeing that he was not a
scissors grinder, apologized and said she
wondered why a scissorsman should go so
fast and not ring a bell.
"The 'wooden horse' was exhibited three
years ago at the Glasgow Exposition, where
it was labeled and placed in the Bishop's
palace. One day an old man came up to
where it was standing, and, patting the sad
dle fondly, said: 'Old horse!I've seen you
many times. 'Often when you'v9 been go
ing past I thought you were a steam engine
switched off the track.' "
GAVE THE OITICEBS A HACK.
Depot Men Have a Lively Tlmo Catching a
Brass, Thief.
Officers Zimmerman and Grady had a
lively time catching a brass thief at the
Union depot Friday night. They scattered
brass around in the Panhandle yard and
then waited developments in a freight car.
A fellow was soon seen scaling the Grant
street fence, and in a jiffy he had the brass
in a bair. Then the fun commenced.
When hard pressed by the efficers he
jumped on a passing freight train, but found
it convenient to get off. He tried to scale
the fence but was pulled down. When
brought into the depot he broke away and
ran down Liberty street. He was captured
in the third floor of a building where he
tried to hide. He gave his name as Daniel
Hines, from Mt Union, and Judge Gripp
held him for court.
FIBST ANNUAL OUTINQ.
The Federal Club Will Enjoy a Sail on the
Kiver.
One of the prominent social features of
the coming week will be the select boat
excursion to be given under the auspices of
the Federal Club of Allegheny.- This is
their first annual outing, and they are doing
their utmost to insure their friends a jolly
good time. To aid in this they have se
cured Toerge's Orchestra, which will dis
course concert as well as dancing music
during the evening.
The evening selected is Wednesday, from
7 to 11:30 p. sr. As the number of invita
tions are limited the fortunateones are
correspondingly happy, and all anticipate
an evening Ions to be remembered.
ALLEGHENY POSTAL CHANGES.
Postmaster Gllleland Keconstrncts
the
Working Force or Ills Ofilce.
Postmaster Gilleland made several changes
in the Allegheny postofficc yesterday, w hich
go into effect July 1. Chief Clerk Mylcr is
promoted to til : positio J of assistant post
master, vice Mr. Clark, resigned. Mis
Steel is appointed superintendent of the
money order department, and Miss Foster,
a clerk in same department. H. M. Dott
is made superintendent of the, registry de
partment, andjCharles E. Lois appointed
time clerk and'qlcrk of special" delivery. " j
All the changes are in the line or promol
tion, none of those named being new em!
ployes.
A HALF CENTURY OF LITE.
The German Catholic Church of Butler
Celebrating Its Golden Jubilee.
"" The jubilee ceremony was commenced in
Butler last night in honor of the fiftieth an
niversary of the establishment of St. Mary's
German Boman Catholic Church. The con
gregation is one of the oldest among the
Germans in Western Pennsylvania nnd was
formerly a branch of St. Philomcna Church
of Pittsburg.
The peal of bells and the firing of cannon
opened: the ceremony last evening. Father
Galberwill celebrate high mass and preach
a sermon this morning. To-morrow after
noon the students of tne Capuchin Monas
tery will give a dramatic entertainment in
the college hall.
BANDANNAS WILL WAVE.
A Political Clnb Named After the Old
Roman Will Celebrate Its Existence.
The A. G. Thurman Club, of the Twelfth
ward, will celebrate its organization on the
evening of July 3 by a house warming at
its rooms, 1918 Penn avenue. A good time
is anticipated, and a number of prominent
speakers will be present to assist in the en
tertainment. '
The club has been in existence only a
month, but has already a membership of
15(X
Founded by Anthony Benitz.
Although the late Edward Frounheim was
believed to have been the founder of the
Iron City Brewing "Company, Mrs. Jose
phine Bechthold claims that honor for her
father, who w as sole owner of that brewing
establishment until 18S7,and Mr. Frounheim
was not a member of the firm until about
18G0.
Tlie Test to Come off To-Morrow.
Everything is expected to be in readiness
for the engine test to-morrow afternoon at
4 o'clock. Yesterday Mr. Safford, the plain-
Mil Ill UlC jiiuwpatuj vuiui, vuiiiw. wat,
filcdaSJOO bond to cover expenses. -He
was forced to do this by Chief Brown.
LOCAL ITEMS 0FINTEEEST.
THEXotus Club, of the Southside, will go
to camp about the middle of July. Little
Round Island, one of the Thousand Islands,
in the St. Lawrence, has been selected for
the camping ground.
James Williams, a young son of John,
Williams, was struck by a swinjr at Rock
Point yestorday and received a concussion
oftho brain. The boy was attending a pic
nic. Is the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Donnelly
who died on Solio street Friday, tho Cor
oner's inquest yesterday revealed tho tact
that she died .from driiiKing ice water.
rosTMASTKit McKKAif is looking into the ad
visability of establishing postal cars on tho
traction lines. Ho is not yet satisfied that
the scheme would be practicable.
Humane Agent O'Br.iEN went toAvalon
yesteiday to look after two men w ho were
reported as being escaped convicts. They
had left when he arrived.
The subscriptions to tho Fourth of July
fund w cro increased to $5 3J3 yesterday. The
donators were: W...Uorclana, ti, C. The
odore Doerflinger, $5.
AccinE:TAL death was tho verdict of the
coroner's jury in tho case of Annio Hugh,
who died from injuries received by falling
from a buggy.
Yestebdat Mr. FritchieJ of Reserve town
ship, recovered a pair of mules in East Lib
erty which had been stolen from him a week
before:
The opening exercises of class D of the
Pittsburg School Kitchen will be held at the
Grant Scnool next Saturday afternoon.
Miss L J. Clark, daughter orDr. H.H. Cftirk,
of LawrencoviUe has been elected a teacher
in tho First ward school, Braddock.
Mrs. Mart McCanit, wife of Peter McCann.
of 6630 MignioneMe street, has been missing
outve cvovii vuuvsu;, . r -
MORE TIME FOR REST.
The New state Half-Holiday Gener
ally Observed Yesterday.
EXCUKSIONS WELL PATRONIZED.
Many Banks Were Open, hut Some People
TVero Inconvenienced.
UNCLE SAM'S BOYS WERE KEPT BUST
The new State Saturday half-holiday went
Jnto effect yesterday at noon. It ran a very
close race with the gentleman who dis
tributes moisture over this section, for a
typically tropical shower descended just as
the clerks and workers were leaving to en
joy the novelty of one whole half holiday,
as some one spoke of it. The rain, however,
soon ceased, and excursions to the country
were in general, order. The half-holiday
rule will remain until the 15th of Septem
ber. Of course, yesterday there were some
inconveniences caused hy the early closing
of store; and banks which will not reoccur.
At many of the banks bills which should
have been held until 3 o'clock before going
to protest were held over until Monday, out
of consideration for the customer who
forgot all about the early clos
ing. In other cases men who were
prepared to meet their bills in the after
noon walked to their bank to find it closed.
Some .of them were open, as the Iron
City, Bank of Pittsburg, Citizens' National,
Second National and Exchange. All of the
savings banks, with the exception of the
Odd Fellows, had open doors. If umbers of
people were unable to get their checks
cashed after their own bank had closed.
They forgot or were unaware of the new
rule.
Hustling to Pay Off Employes.
A well-known downtown employer was
in a bank at 11:30 o'clock. He returned at
12:30 o'clock to find the doors closed. He
was puzzled, for two reasons to know why
the bank should close and where he could
find money to pay his men. He had to
hustle around for a time before he succeeded
in raising enough money to pay off his men.
This case could no doubt be duplicated
many times over.
Prominent men well enough known on
the street could not get checks cashed in
strange banks. The Doltar Savings Bank
will remain open until C o'clock all the
year, but a movement is on foot among
other similar institutions to bring about a
general closing at 3 o'clock on Saturday. A
similar joint movement is on foot among
the other banks for a general observance of
the half holiday.
A number of the insurance offices were
closed, and the example already set by one
or two wholesale houses was followed by a
number of others. The county offices all
closed at mid-day. The Federal'offices, with
the exception of the revenue office, were
open. The postoffice employes, by virtue of
their work, will be unable to participate in
the half holiday.
The Day Enjoyed on tie Hive.-.
The river was freely patronized by the
newly liberated counting house, store and
warehouse employes, and the excursion
boats were broughi into active requisition.
An air of stillness and the Mayor were
the lone inhabitants of the City Hall, yes
terday afternoon. There were also a few
veterans in Common Council chamber, but
their quiet stories, weighed down bya quar
ter of a century ago, had no visible effect on
tho stillness and they certainly did not
disturb the Mayor. A number of clerks and
a few of the officials, however, still lingered
on the broad stone stens and looked at the
, bolted doors as if wondering whether the half
Holiday was a. reality cr a dream, many ot
that great clan,known as the public,did not,
h6wever,understand and every few moments
someone clamored for admission. It was
the last day for paying water assessments
and many who had waited till the afternoon
cursed their luck as they walked away td
dream of liens, legal processes and sheriffs.
Up in his cozy back office Mayor Gourley
artende'd to bus'incss as if nothing had hap
pened, although his clerks were out enjoy
ing themselves. When asked why he was
working Mayor Gourley said:
The Mayor Slnst Be Bnsy.
"I don't feel comfortable when I am not
working. In fact on Sundays I spend about
the whole day in my library. I do not have
a horse in town or I would go driving.
However, I have two horses in the country
at myifarm."
With that the Mavor started off
on a description of his speculations
in horseflesh. Last summer he used
to go out on Sunday and try to
break a colt that he owned. He had
raised another colt, but bad sold it when a
year old for 5100. Last summer, after
working for a whole day trying to drive the
younger colt, he became disgusted. Be
thinking himself of the other colt he hunted
up the man to whom he had sold il and
bought it back for 5300. He said- the only
reason that he kept any horses was that he
intended to retire to his farm in Pine town
ship as soon as his term expired.
The new Saturday half holiday was put in
effect yesterday in the Court House. It
worked successfully in all OTOpnt fho
Criminal Court, wliere business drajtecd
along slowly until nearly 4 o'clock. As a
result, the attaches of that court and the
Clerk of Courts and Sheriffa office have not
yet received the benefit of the new law. The
other offices in the building closed at noon
and caused not the slightest inconvenience
to any one.
Benefited by the New'LaiT.
Bailroad employes generally will be ben
efited by the law. The Pennsylvania Kail
road Company has notified its Western em
ployes that the rule will go, and the eight
hour day has also been granted to the
clerks. The effects of the legal half-holiday
regulation was scarcely perceptible out
along Pcnn avenue. None of the retail
dealers closed their shops or places of busi
ness, but everything had the usual lively j
appearance oi any oaiuraay payuay. it
was likewise in Lawrenceville, with the ex
ception of the two banks on Forty-third
strect,and these opened at 6 for the accom
modation of thtir depositors who were un
able to reach the bank before noon.
. Many merchants and people out along
Butler street had not even heard of the new
half-holiday regulations, except those wlio
had read The Dispatch.
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BAKGAKJ LIST NO. 5.
Pianos, S12S. Organs, 820.
We have accummulated a lot of second
hand pianos and organs, They must be sold
for want of room. Don't miss this oppor
tunity for a bargain. Easy payments taken.
Every instrument w nrranted. ,
Mixscll & Co. piano 5123
J. & C. Fischer piano 150
Christie Piano 165
Lynch A: Gomien piano
Miller piano
Chickering & Sons piano
Co-Operative Piano Co. piano
Kramch & Bach piano
New England Organ
Mason & Hamlin Organ
New England Organ
Burdette Orcan
163
163
173
170
250
2d
20
60
(V
Est ey Organ sr
Clough & Warren Organ So 1
LECHNEK iB SCHOESBERGER,
69 Fifth avenue.
General Agents for Kranich & Bach, Ivcrs
&Pond, Stultz& Bauer, and Jas. M. Starr
& Co pianos and Miller Organs. Thsa
A Bare Cuanc8
To fit out your little ones for the next two
days. On Monday and Tuesday we will
give you your choice of any light-colored
child's suit in our stock for ?5. Fifteen
hundred suits from which to select, worth
all the way from $8 to f 14. , Gusky'S.
To-moerow Keller's restaurant. 84 Fifth 1
iavmne, wm bo open.
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FIRST FATAL' ACCIDENT.
Young Connelly Killed Under the Wheels of
a Birmingham Electric Car Motorman
and Conductor Arrested and iteleased
on Ball Opening of the New Boad To
Day. The Birmingham Traction Company,
after successfully testing its line for the
past week at night, started up last evening
at 7 o'clock, and the old horse cars were
placed in the barn to be used no more. Six
teen new cars were in use last night and the
same number will be run to-dav. startinc at
7a.m.
The employes have been considerably an
noyed by small boys jumpinc on the tars at
every stop. About 10 o'clock last evening
Willie Connellv, aged 12 years, was sitting
on the railing of the Smithficld street bridge.
In some manner he fell under car No. 11 orf
its way to the city, and was instantly killed.
It is supposed that he endeavored to jump
on the car, and the space between the car
and the railing is so narrow that he was
pushed under the wheels. The motorman,
J. L. Miller, stated that he was
teaching a new man, H. C. Garland,
when he felt the jar. He thought the car
had jumped the track, and ordered Garland
to stop, which he did at once. Upon in
vestigation he found the body of young
Connelly underneath the rear truck. He
must have been killed instantly, as no out
cry was heard. He was remove'd to Ward's
undertaking rooms and their identified and
removed to his home in Clinton row, Thirty
third ward.
Word was telephoned to the Twenty
eighth ward station of the accident, and
special officer Corrigan was detailed to arrest
the motorman and conductor. He boarded
the car as it was on the way to the shed,
and placed the men under arrjst, but thev
were allowed to finish their day's work
owing to the company not having enough
men to run the car. After the last trip was
finished they were taken before Alderman
Succop, who released them on bail to await
the Coroner's inquest.
Thomas Conroy, a small boy, was ar
rested by Officer Barks, at Seventh and
Carson streets, for jumping on a passing
car, and sent to the Twentv-eighth ward
station.
VISITED POULTRY COOPS.
Humane Officers Find Nothing Wrong
in the Wny Chickens Are Housed.
President L. H. Eaton and Agent Berry
man, of the Humane Society, yesterday
visited a number of the poultry establish
ments in the city. Complaints had been
made to the society that the chickens were
being overcrowded in the small coops.
As far as the investigation went nothing
was found that would warrant a charge of
cruelty with the exception of one place
where a large number of chickens were
crowded into a small coop. The owners
were notified and complied with the wishes
of the Humane officers.
A Tarty for His Son.
Henry Michelson gtve a party to a num
ber of his friends last evening, at his home
on Penn avenue, in honor of the birthday
of his son, Jacob, who is 7 years old. Some
of the boy's companions were present and
had a good time.
The Pennsylvania Itailroad's Popular Sea
Shore Excursions.
The Pennsylvania Bailroad Company an
nounces to the people of Western Pennsyl
vania that the excursions to the seashore,
which have won so great a measure of pop
ularity in past seasons, will be repeated
during the present summer. A scries of
four excursions will be run, the first on
Thursday. July 9. the others following on
7uly 23, August C and 20. Each one of
these tours oners a choice between Atlantic
City, Cape May, Sen Isle City or Ocean
City, the rate being the same for each.
Excursion tickets good for ten days will
be sold at a rate of ?10 from Pittsburg and
at correspondingly low rates from other
stations. ,
A special train of parlor cars and day
coaches will leave Pittsburg at 8:50 A. m.
for Philadelphia, stopping at all important
junction points where connection will be
made with trains from branch lines. Pass
engers will spend the night in Philadelphia
and proceed to the seashore by regular
trains of the next day.
These excursions, on account of the de
sirability of the seashore points, the lib
eral limit and low rate of the tickets and
the fine equipment of the special trains,
present the most attractive of summer
outingi.
Tickets will also be sold for regular
trains at 4:30 p. M. and 8:10 P. M. on
above dates.
What Is the Use of Arbitration
When you can come without restraint to
Stoughton & Stulcn and examine all the
various' stvles of wall paper and lincrusta
waltons. You will find there wall papers
from 5cts. to 510 00 a bolt, giving a range
of designs and colors that is unsurpassed,
and also a complete supply of picture mould
ings to match. Their line of lincrusta
wallon of over 100 designs cannot be ex
celled. Persons seeking very bold ornamentation,
we invite to look at our stock of stereo-relief,
the most suitable embellishment for
large halls, theaters, drawing rooms, public
buildings and churches that was ever intro
duced. ,
Besides, in connection with our paper de
partment we still continue to give per
sonal attention to our'large trade of house,
sign and fresco painting. Our new build
ing, No. 101 Market street, gives us plenty
of room and evey facility to turn out our'
work with promptness and dispatch. Give
us a call and be convinced. New location,
No. 101 Market street.
SiouonTON & Stttles".
312 EXCTJESION TO CINCINNATI 813
And Return.
Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet Line
steamers leave foot Wood street as follows:
Keystone State, every Monday at 4 P. m.
Scotia, every Tuesday at 4 p. M.
Hudson, every Wednesday at 4 p. sr,
Andes, every Friday at 4 v. M.
C. W. Batchclor, every Saturday at 4r. 31
Fare to Cincinnati, 5". Bound trip, 512;
meals and stateroom included; or down by
boat and return by rail, 512 '50. Descriptive
folders of trip mailed to any address.
James A. Hendeesos, Supt.
It Will Resemble a Clrcns
At Gusky's on Monday and Tuesday from
the number of boys to be found there. A
grand offer is made for the two days of
cnoice 01 any ngnt-coiorecl suits in the en
tire stock
for 53. The
people will catch
Gusky's.
on to it.
He on Hand.
Here's the offer of the season in children's
clothing. Come in on Mondav or Tuesday
and make selection from 1,500 light-colprcd
suits, worth all the way from S8 to S14, for
i'ust"v3. You can all afford to dress the boys
landsomely now. Gusky's.
Sicilian awningi, absolutely sun-fast,
at Mamaux & Son's, 539 Pcnn avenue. Tele
phone 1972. ,
Dress Trimmings, Notions, Linings.
We arc headquarter for the above goods.
Eeikiko & Wilds, 710 Pcnn ayenuc.
Bargains
In fine English trouserings at Pitcairn's,
434 Wood street.
We call at residence with upholstery sam
ples and furnish estimates on work.
HAUGH& Keeitak, 33 Water street
su
SI OO. Until July 1, 01, 83 CO.
12 elegant cabinetsforfl 00; ofull life-size
crayon for 53 CO, at Aufrecht's Gallery, 516
Market street, Pittsburg. Come early ai.d
bring the little o-es. Tursa
Stop at the Hollenden. in-
Cleveland,
su .
X American and European plans: '
AN AVALANCHE OF SUITS
Likely to Follow the First Filed Against
the South Fork Fishing Clnb Colonel
Moore Talks About the Cases He Has
Already in Hand.
The suits entered by Colonel William D.
Moore, of this city, against the South Fork
Fishing Club, on behalf of J. J. Strayer
and a man named Lcckey, lor damages sus
tained by the breaking of defendants' dam,
will bring out a more graphic history of
that terrible calamity (more" thrilling
than the destruction of Herculancum
and Pompeii) for Mr. Moore has a
peculiar interest in the matter, and nar
rowly escaped being one of the victims. He
had delivered the post address on Decora
tion Day, and the major part of the 3,000
people who lost their lives had been his
auditors, many of the children being in the
parade.
It appears that the Johnstown attorneys
are o generally mixed up by affiliations,
political and otherwise, with some of the
defendants, that the injured feel their in
terests to be safer in the hands of outsiders,
and there is a prospect that there will be an
avalanche of suits entered by Mr. Moore
and some other attorneys of this citv.
Mr. Strayer places his loss at ?G!),000, and
it has been proposed to settle with him for
?2,500, a sum he considers so inadequate as
to merely whet his desire to secure the
entire amount. Mr.Leckey lost two children,
but he does not sue on thisacconnt, arguing
that justice demands that the club should
be made to pay the uttermost farthing
on account of what is claimed to
have been criminal negligeMice.
First, that the club knew the portion of
the dam built under its management had
been constructed without regard to the
safety of the city below; in that straw and
other rubbish was used, and no sluiceways
provided, and those built originally by the
State engineers filled up. Secondly, that
no effort was made hy the club to warn the
victims in the valley below.
Mr. Strayer was a lumber dealer and
Leckey was a wealthy property owner. It
! ....n-nJ .l.n iI.f.nanniB YtfllT ftslr fnl l
change of venue on account of the feeling
in Cambria county. This suit is entered
against Colonel linger, but the ultimate in
tention is to proceed against all the mem
bers of the club. The attorneys have a
contract on hand that is likely to last several
years, as all Johnstown is aroused and will
give the plaintiffs' attorneys aid and com
fort not often afforded.
STFJNWAY, CONOVEB, OPERA,
The Most Popular Pianos.
These three are the most celebrated and
trustworthy pianos of our time. The Stein
way requires no praise at our'hands. Its su
periority is fully established. The Conovcr
is the next great piano. It needs no praise,
either, for to hear and see it is to love and
to buy it. Then comes the charming Opera
piano, of which make there are thousands
in the best families of Pittsburg andneigh
borhood. A splendid fresh stock just.ar
rived at H. Kleber & Bro.'s, COG AVood
street, and which will be sold at but a small
advance over cost and on accommodating
terms. The Kleber Bros, are preferred by
the big majority of piaho purchasers because
of their splendid reputation for honest deal
ing and unfailing musical judgment. Old
pianos and orjtans taken in exchange.
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Excnrslon to the Ocean.
The B. & O. It. It. will run their first
excursion to Atlantic City on Thursday,
Julv 2, via Washington, Baltimore and
Philadelphia. Special trains of day coaches
and Pullman parlor and sleeping cars will
leave Pittsburg at 8:15 A. M. and QUO p. jr.
Kate, ten dollars ($10) the round trip; tick
ets good for ten days and good to stop at
Washington City returning. This will
afford excursionists an opportunity of spend
ing Fourth of July, on the sea coast.
Germnnla Savings Bank.
Until the reconstruction of its building
recently destroyed by fire, they are tempo
rarilr located at No. 7 Sixth avenue, corner
of "Vobd street.
i per cent interest paid on time deposits.
Bank open from 9 a. m. to 4 r. m. tisu
TUAUDO awnings at Brown & Co.'s, cor
ner Grant and Water streets. TeL 1194.
All lovers of delicacies use Angostura
Bitters to secure a good digestion, ttssu
BARGAINS
IK
Suitings and Trouserings
AT
E. S'CHAUER'S,
407 WOOD STREET. .
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BIBER & EAST0N.
NOTE A FEW OF
MANY
GENUINE BARGAINS.
THIN AND COOL, 25c A YARD.
Pineapple Organdies' in black grounds,
with chintz colorings. These are very hand
some Imported cotton dress fabric, and as
they have been considered good value at
37c, they will go quick at 23c.
CHALLIES.
Very choice new patterns at 5c
, 3G-tnch CJiallies now 10c.
CG-inch Challies in choice French coloring
ana design, 12c.
Cashmcro India, a very handsome ptinted
cotton dress fabric, at 12Jc. These are
twilled, very soft and light w eight.
THESE ABE BABGAINS.
H. S. embroidered Handkerchiefs at 18c.
All linen, unlaundcred Handkerchiefs
at 10c. .
Scalloped edge embroidered Han dkerchiefsr
atMc.
Gents' all linen H. S. Handkerchiefs at 15c.
Gents' H. S. fancy border Handkerchiefs
at 25c.
Chiffon Euffling in white, black and full
line of colors, 50c to $L No. 1 ribbons in all
shades to match dress goods just received,
at 25c.
BOYS' WAISTS.
Boys' Seersucker Pleated Waists, 35c.
Boys Flannel Waists, 50c, 75c, th
Boys "Star" fancy and white Waists, in
almost endless variety, at Juno prices.
Seamless Waists for children, i to 12 years,
atJOc to 48c.
Theso Waists combine durability with per
fect caso and comfort.
Ladies' French Balbriggan Underwear,
with rlbbea arm, a real bargain, 50c
TWO GLOVE BABGAINS.
4-"buttOu Kid Gloves at G3c
1-button Suede Gloves at 75c
New Windsor Ties for ladies and children,
25c an&37c.
a very full lino of Baby Caps, in white and
black lawns, from 25c to 12.
BIBER & EAST0N,
B05 AND 607 MARKET ST.-
', MARS HELL,
1 THE CASH GROCER,
WILL SAVE YOU MONEY
GO SOAK YOUR HEAD.
This is elegant hot weather advice,
and we would not think of giving it
without assisting you to perform the
operation.
SPONGES as BIG as YOUR HEAD,
lOo jEacIhi..
With such a sponge,, you can give
yourself a regular shower bath. These
sponges, while they can be used for
toilet, are mainly used for scrubbing.
They are substantial 'and strong and
usually sold for 35c.
FINE TOILET SPONGES,
5c ZEJaoIb
This is the sponge you have
been paying 25c for. A big differ
ence in price, did you say? Yes it
is. But no difference in quality.
Come and examine them and see for
yourself. Don't be afraid. They
are strictly first-class sponges.
WE WILL GIVE S25 TO ANY
ONE WHO WILL PROVE ANY
INJURIOUS EFFECTS" CAN
COME FROM THEIR USE.
Send for our large weekly price
list. You will be astonished to see
how much money you can save.
Orders amounting to $10, without
counting sugar, packed and shipped
free of charge to anjpoint within 200
miles. 5 per cent discount (sugar
and meat excepted) on all orders
amounting to S30.
MARSHELL,
24 Diamond Square, Pittsburg,
AND
79 to 85 Ohio St., Corner Sandusky,
.ALLEGHENY.
NOTE Our trade is five times as
great as any other grocer in Pennsyl
vania.
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H'ugus & Hacke
We offer this week the remainder
of our elegant assortment of GREN
ADINE ROBES at exactly half price,
were S30, now
$15 EACH.
Special values and choice new de
signs in Black Drapery Nets and Laca
Flouncings.
Another new assortment opened
this week of those Fine French Organ
dies, 40c goods,
AT 25c A YARD.
A line of 40 pieces, new styles,
added to our Printed India Silks,
selling now at
75c A YARD.
EXTRA.'
Will open TUESDAY, 23d.inst.,
a line of 75 pieces Black and White
Checked and Striped Summer Silks,
worth regularly $1,
AT 75c A YARD.
Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market Si
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SPECIAL BARGAINS
V
PKIOR TO
STOCKTAKING.
Carpets and Curtains
"We will begin taking stock on the 1st of
July, and prior to that time will offer
special bargains in every department.
Eoyal "Wilton Carpets,
Axininster Carpets,
Moquette Carpets,
Body Brussels Carpets,
Tap. Brussels Carpets,
Ingrain Carpets,
Bag and Cottage Carpets,
Bugs, Curtains,
Linoleums, etc,
All to Go a 15 to 25 Per Cent Less
Than Regular Prices.
"We will have an immense stock of goods
coming in in a few days, and room must be
made for it
EDWARD'
GROETZINGER,
627 and 629 Penn Avenue. j
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