ag&vmr-- THE ' PJTTSBTJKG DISPATCH, .iffRIDAY, JULY 3, 1891. . i a 4 RETURNINGTOWORK Carpenters Decline to Wait longer for an Official Settlement of Their Difficulty. MOTHER CONFERENCE FAILS. Jl. Special Meeting Called to Determine, Whether the Struggle Shall Continue or Not STEEL WORKERS AT DUQUESNEfSTRIKE.. X Painters' SanabWe That May Cause a Dirision in the District "While the carpenters' strike has not been! officially declared off, many of the men went back to work yesterday. It is now expected that by Monday can get work will be Testerdav's Dispatch stated all who on duty, that "the contractors were liable to force a complete surrender of the nnion rnles and an accept- ance of their oven as originally presented." "That is just what they did, said Mr. Adams, of the Conference Committee, yes terday, after the meeting with the bosses. "And it was the! only thingthat prevented a settlement of the difficulty to-day." It was fully expected that the strike would be settled, ana in point of fact so far as the rank and file of the carpenters are concerned, it is settled, but the conference yesterday accomplished nothing. A hitch occurred over the Saturday half-holiday scheme that will require two or three days to adjust. The Rock Upon TSTiIch They Spilt. As stated in The Dispatch yesterday, the rules of both sides were thrown away and the Conference Committee endeavored to prepare a new list agreeable to both sides. Two stenographers were pres--ent to record the proceedings for future reference. The matter of a Saturday half-holiday was the point upon which a discussion arose that lasted until noon, when the conference adjourned with out coming to an agreement. The men said they were willing to work nine hours provided they got the half-holiday, and even went so far as to say they were willing to lose that time. The bosses were in favor of granting the holiday in case all the crafts got the benefit of it, but they declined to allow the carpenters to quit work if the other trades were willing to work full time. This was the situation when the conference adjourned. Determined 2?ever to Give In. Jlr. Hamilton was seen vesterdav after noon. He did not think the Saturday half holiday would be adopted, as the painters end some other trades are opposed to It. lie was very iositive In his remarks that the Builders' Association had adopted a code of rules in tlie beginning that it would stick to until the matter is settled. The bosses want 5i hours for a week's work and thev will insist upon that or nothing. The Strike Committee went into session nt S o'clock in the afternoon and the meeting lasted until nearly 5 o'clock. Tho Confer ence Committee reported the result of their meeting with the bosses; the matter was dis cussed at length and it was finally decided to call a special meeting of the Dis trict Council to-day it hen final action as to whetheror not the strike should tie continued will be taken. There is little doubt s to the result of this meeting. The men see the firmness with which all their proportions are rejected by the bosses, and even the most radical leaders arc beginning to realize that it is useless to lose anymore timo or money in fighting the case. Agent Swartz was seen last evening. He declined to give an opinion ae to what the outcome of to-day's meeting will be. "I prefer to let the men decide for themselves," said he. "and tnat it- hat this meeting lias been called for. The Conference Committee will in all probability make a recommenda tion to the District Council, and members of the latter body can then do as they please."' Bitter Against the Bosses. Mr. Adams, ofthe Conference Committee, refused to say what he thought would be done. lie wa i inclined to be critical toward the master builders, trying :hc men had made the fairest propcii'-Iuas to bring about a settlement, while the contractors not only ignored the concessions of the men but ro tated to make any themselves. The general impression cre.ted bv conver sation with the men is that the strike is set tled irtu.illj, and that the carpenters iill all be at work next Monday. local Union 230 im'ets to-night, and it Is expected a vote Mill be taken to return to work. The trial of i:. A. Holmes Mill also take place at this union. It leaked out yesterday that none of the fines imposed upon the men who have broken aiav from the unions are being collected. The men have taken tho stand that the fines cannot be Imposed, and thev do not propose to pay them. The bricklayers will meet in their hall, 41 Fifth avenue, to night to dicuss their diflJ culty. It is a special meeting, and will be held at 7 o'clock. BUSY EECZrVIHG SCALES. The Signed Documents Flowing in to Am algamated Headquarters. Officials t ere kept bnsy yesterday at Am algamntod headqnarters receiving signed s-a from manufacturers. In all about ten scales were received. President Weihe said he had not vet received any official informa tion regarding tho strike at Duqucsne. As predicted in Wednesday's Dispatch, however, the strike occurred yesterday morning. Work in all departments has stopped, and w ill not be resumed again until the scale is signed and the mill committee has been reinstated. At the Pencoyd works the situation is daily improving. Many or the employes who struck several months ago because the pro prietors refused the Amalgamated scale ha e returned to work. A committee of the Amalgamated Association sought an oppor tunity to presenfthe f-cale, but were re fused admis-ion to the office, the firm steadiK refusing to bo dictated to in the management of their business. The Mahoning Valley Iron Manufacturers' Association is waiting to receive an au thentic copy of tne new scale before taking action. The construction placed upon the nine-hour clause is in accordance with the present understanding of tho manufactur ers, that if the time limit run.? from the begin ning of the rolling, there will be no objec tion to the scale. DIVISION IN THE BANKS. Five Painters' Unions Ask Their Special Afent to Resign. Special Agent Jewell, of the painters, was officially notified yesterday that his services were no longer required by Unions 2os. 10, 72, M, 68 and 195. It made him mad. The trouble grows out of the dispute at the time he was elected. The fight became so bitter between Jewell and his opponents that a split in the district was predicted. It be gins to look very much as though the di vision would occur now. 3Ir. Thompson, President of the National Brotherhood of Painters, came here some time ago to settle the difficulty, but there was no settling it. He threatened to revoke one or two charters nnd the matter quieted down for a time. In the present squabble Jewell is sustained bv Union No. 15, the largest in the district, and six others. Awarding Boiler Plate Contracts. .Lieutenant Fabs, Government Inspector of Steel in this district, left for Tiiginia on a fishing trip last night. He said that the Government had lately awarded contracts to Spang & Co., of .Etna, fur boiler plate, ne said the question of nickel steel armor was yet under consideration and the manufacture of such has yet scarcely passed the experi mental stage. Carnegie, Phipps A Co. had made a compound with about 3 per cent of nickel and this was the best result attained co far. The use of nickel at all made the plates very expensive. Industrial Notes. The potteries at East Liverpool are shut down. The Oliver Iron and Steel Company's coke plant, near Union ton n. Pa., will add 300 to the number of ovens in that region before the year Is out. The National Tube Works will resume Monday.! The furnace employes at Sharpsvlllo are on strike. 'Workers at the- Farm Hill mine have de scended 3,500 feet. A compakt has been organized to develop the Ellwood coal fields. The National Galvanizing Company's plant will close for Saturday only. The Carnegie plant at Duquesne is on a rnn of rails to fill an urgent order. Boberts & Co., at Tenco) d, are erecting a building for a steel blooming mill. That projected steel plant at New Castle will have a daily capacity of400 tons. Theue is a demand for miners at Willock station on the B. & 0., Pittsburg district. The United States Tin Flateplanthas been closed down for ten days for general repairs. Houses cannot be put up fast enough to supply the demand at the new town of Avonmore. The semi-monthly payroll at Steelton amounted to $78,500, and was distributed among 3,958 workmen. Trouble is expected at the Isabella mines of the Isabella Furnace Company at Blairs- vllle over a proposed reduction in wages. TWEKTY-TWO THOUSAND tons Of Steel Will be reaulred to make the rails necessary for Intended repairs on the B. & O. this season. The employes of the McKInney Ilingo Factory, In lower Allegheny, enjoyed an excursion on tho steamer Mayflower yester day. The Pennsylvania Tube Works Company Is so well satisfied with the Smith gas pro ducers In use that additional tube furnaces and eight producers have been ordered. Lactmah & Co., Apollo, Pa., are making 36 boxes of teme plate per day, and count on getting two more pots in operation 60 days hence. This firm exhibits the largest terne plate in the world, 28x101 inches. The Allegheny Mining and Development Company Is reported as having authorized the closing of a contract by its executive committee for the erection of a rolling mill and a nail factory at Clifton Forge, Va. The Bochester Electric Light Company has advanced prices at the mte of one-quar ter of a cent per hour for each incandescent light, ana there is great dissatisfaction among Rochester merchants in consequence. A large cargo of nickel has just arrived at the Homestead mills of Carnegie, Phipps& Co. This is taken as an indication that the nickel-dated armor for the Government (has stood a satisfactory test and work will UC pUBUCU UU Wltkb piUUUbh THAT ROBERTS LETTER. Dr. Allison's Recollection of the Vexed Matter The Action ofthe Board Token In 1886 The Missive TTas Sent and Re ceived. In the matter ofthe stray letter Boberts controversy, treated In The Dispatch at 'some length yesterday, and upon which con flicting testimony was offered, there is fur- ither light to-day. Be v. Dr. Allison, of the Presbyterian .Banner, was seen yesterday in respect to what action, if any, the committee of the Board of Directors of the 'Western Theological Seminary took in I8S6 in reference to considering the availability of Bev.Dr. 'W. C. Boberts for a chair then vacant in the Seminary. Dr. Boberts was then Secretary of the Presby terian iiome -Mission jsoara. lie is now President of the Lake Forest University, at Chicago. Dr. Allison, in restionse to the reporter's inquiries, looked grave, but aftera moment's thonghtfnlness said: "At the time referred to I was a member of the board, and of its committee whioh was endeavoring to fill the vacant chair. The name of Dr. W. C. Bobers was considered by the committee, in common with others. We decided to write and see if he would consider a call. I believe it was Dr. Thomas A. Bobinson, of Allegheny, whom we asked to write the let ter for us. He did so, and addressed the let ter to Dr. William C. Boberts, at the General .Assembly, then in session. Jfo reply, in the usual order of events, was received. When Dr. W. C- Boberts was afterward asked about it he said he had never received such a let ter. If my memory serves mo right Dr. W. C. Boberts told me that he afterward asked (wrote or asked, I forget which,) Dr. W. H. Boberts for the lotter, and that the latter gentleman told htm it had been destroyed, but famished him with a copy of it." "Then it is clearly established that such a letter was sent to W. C and received by Dr. W. H. Boberts, is it not:" asked the re porter. "Yes, the letter was certainly sent, and from Dr. Bobinson I understood that Dr. W. H. Roberts received it." "You are familiar With tbestory published in the Cincinnati Commercial Oaiette and re published In to-day's Dispatch, with respect to the uso of that letter by Dr. W. C. Boberts t" "Yes, but I know nothing about that per sonally, and j nave no Knowledge as to what was done with the letter other than what I ha' e stated. I am very sorry for the pub licity of such a story." "Ilave you ever heard," concluded the re porter, "that Dr. William C. Boberts ever explained how it was that he came to open the letter?" "I have not," replied the Doctor. "Just ono more question. Do you know whether he has ever denied the intimations in the Cincinnati Commercial Qazette story that he used that letter in such a way as to hnrry up the Lano Trustees in their choice, conveying to them through inadvertence or otherwise that he was wanted at the West ern Theological Seminary at that time." "I do not," replied Dr. Allison. SEPARATED BY JEALOUSY. A Foundling Cast Adrift Because Its Foster Father ioved It. Yesterday Bobert Clnley, of the Depart ment of Charities, took Georgie Phillips, aged 11 years, to the Concordia Orphanage. The boy first came into tho charge of the city six years ago. nis father had died and his mother was living as a domestlo at Twelfth and Liberty streets. She was dying of consumption and was sent to the City Farm. Belore she went she made Examiner Hoffmann promise to take care of her child. The babe was given into a family where there were no children. The foster father lavished everything on the child, until finally his wife became Jealous of tho foundllnsr and entered suit aralnst her hus band for not paying her proper attention. xne case was setueo. on condition tnat tne. child should go. Yesterday, when the man brought it back to the Department of Chari ties. Mr. Hoffmann said it was the most sor rowful parting he hnd ever seen. The man insisted that he be allowed to pay for the boy's support. LITTLE LOCALS OF INTEREST. Dr. J. D. Thomas, of South Thirteenth street, and Dr. Harry O'Connor, of Mount Oliver, will take charge of tho surgical coses at the Southside Hospital for the next three mouths, while Drs. J. D. Chris and C. O. Hersmaii, of Carson street, will attend to the medical department. The following teachers have been elected for the ensulngterm in the Thirteenth word, Allegheny: Principal, Syl. fctotler; teach ers, Misses Jessie K. Scott, Haggle McKin ney, Eugenie JIavliard, Maggie N. Clark, I.yda Mayhard, Leona Albright and Alice P. Carney. The Pittsburg Traction Company is get ting ready for Fourth of July at Schenloy Park. Yesterday it opened, graded, fenced and tanbarked Pierre street, T hich will lead to the new bridge. This was done in order to compete with its rival, the Dnquesne.line. Owheus of dogs in the West End will be given until July 15 to procure a license. After that timo all dogs without a license w ill bo taken to the pound In the Thirteenth ward. Owners of dogs In that locality can procure license at No. 8 police station. Thers was a delay of half an hour on the Birmingham Traction lino early last even ing, caused by the power giving out. The de fect was remedied but n large number of people were inconvenienced by tho stop page of travel. The fuse of car No. SO, on the Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction line, burned out near the approach to the Smlthfield street bridge about noon yesterday, causing a do lay of half an hour. Uockt Thoy car No. 90 yesterday morning caught fire from tho burning out of its motor in front of the postomce. Nobody was injured, but the car was badly used up. The Camping Club, of tho Southside, met last night and adopted suitable resolutions on the death of their former President, Will iam Barr, who died recently. The Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction cars killed two dogs yesterday, one at the Lake Erie depot and one at Fifteenth street. ,The Allegheny Committee on Charities met last night and approved bills amount ing to $i,13S. At an Allegheny wedding on Market street Wednesday night a gang of boys stole a keg of beer. A TOUR OF THE TOWS. Thirty-Five Miles in City Street Cars in Less Than Six Hours. EAPID TRANSIT PUT TO THE-TEST.. Scenes in the Cars and Caught From Their Windows by the Way. AN EXCURSION TTCTIILV CITY UMTS In summer time tho stranger who visits Pittsburg and wants to get a good idea of the city and its environs, can hardly do better than to put In a day on the street cars. This is not the penance it would have been in tho days, not so verylongpttst, when taking passage upon a street car from down town to East Liberty, for example, was as serious a matter as engaging a cabin for Europe. The patient mule no longerplods his weary way, the decrepit car-horse has Joined the Farmers' Alliance, and the bob- tailed car has gone South or West to grow gradually out of existence. In the place of the meek meanderings of the mule and horse, with the dirty, dingy and generally disreputable cars attached to them,large cars of the latest pattern, lofty, well-ventilated, comfortable and good to look at, have been introduced, and the change in the cars them selves is almost as remarkable as that of motive power. Of course everybody knows this, but It is extremely questionable if ten per cent of those who ride at all on the street cars have as yet sampled, so to speak, the delights of rapid transit in all the shapes in which it is now vouchsafed to Pittsburg. Two citizens of Pittsburg made the attempt yesterday to ride over all the now traction lines of the city, and by continuous voyag ing in all sorts of vehicles foraboutsixhours they covered the greater part of the field and were content to leave the small balance to another day. Some Things Seen on the Southside. It is not a bad scheme to take in the South s'ie first for if yon like the busy borough or- the other side of the Monongahela the vtett will be a pleasant starter and if you don't like it why then there is the satisfac tion of being done with it. The Birming ham cars are among the handsomest of the new order, and I believe are absolutely the largest. They were made by the Gilbert Car Manufacturing Company at Troy, N. Y., and have the double four-wheeled trucks, which make them as steady and easy-going as Pullman palace cars. The scheme of col oring in these cars is unusually good taste; the dull tan and blue of the celling and interior panels being refreshing to tho eye. One would think that tho hour the explorers boarded a Birmingham car, exactly 10 a. m., would be a time of light travel, but the car was crowded and remained so till Sixteenth street was passed, Returning the cas filled up rapidly and a half dozen men were stand ing in the aisle when it reached Smithfleld street. In spite of many stops, and an ob stinate truckman with a load of wire who had the modest notion that Carson street was created for his sole use and declined to be disabused thereof until several yards of profanity had been whirled about him, the -round trip from Fourth avenue to the ter minus was accomplished in less than 45 minutes. The Southside ought to feel tho impulse ol so convenient a means of communication with Pitts burg's center. By the way, tho new electric road offers to the stranger a rapid passage to the Southside, from which and esneciallv. of course. fromDuauesneHelsrbts the best view of the Court House and the lower part of the city Is obtainable. How great ohanges rapid transit is making was suggested by the remark of one woman to another in the Birmingham car that she was going to market in Allegheny she could get from her house, on Twenty-something street, to the Allegheny Market House In less than half an hour via the Birmingham and the Pleasant Valley lines. Out in the East by the Dnqnsne. The contraction of the lower end of Pitts burg is a convenience, when you are making a street car tour. All the lines either oross each other or come within a block of doing so. So you can step from a Southside car into one of the very similar electric cars of the Duquesne line, at the Fourth avenue and Smlthfield street crossing. The Pull man cars of the Duquesne line resemble the Birmingham Une's, but they are perhaps a little more comfortable, and brighter In ap pearance. The route of the Duquesne, con sidered aesthetically, is very attractive; there is plenty of variety, it BWings by the new postoffice, in front of which Mr. Patterson is Tiuttinir in some final licks on a substan tial pavement; by the Court House, our prize J Jiuil, uuu us BatvuiLU, iud pnzo JHU, ana hurries so precipitately from the odoriferous Old avenue to Forbes that ltanparently goes through the middle of a bouse at least you see a section of a house sliced off by the curb that looks for all the world like one of those chaste imaginings in profile with which architects illuminate their plans and befog their clients. What more lovely in tho way of cultivated landscape than the long, level lawns of Oakland, the ornamental garden ing, the warm-tinted gabled houses, and the succeeding charms of wilder woodland and common that Schenlev Park presents. A swarm of men were digging away at a new entrance to me parit, unaer me Keen eye of Senator Flinn himself, as our car flew past, and tho work seems to be well advanced. Coming up Soho Hill, the Inevitable man with a four horse team got in our path, and declined to get out of it till he reached the crest of the hill. Sandy and the Painted Cart. "That reminds me," said the oth'er fellow to The Dispatch reporter, "of a Scotch man who came to work for a firm in Pittsburg a dozen years ago. Sandy was from the Isle of Skye or some other spot a trifle out ot the track of civilization, and, while he could drive a horse with any man, he could not in his first efforts mastertheperplexities of city traffic. The consequence was he was away behind time with his work, and his employer asked him how he came to be so slow, bandy ex plained that he could make no progress when he had to turn out of the road every minnte, and was kept tacking back and forth all the while. His employer told Sandy not to give way to any man that he had as food a right to the road as anybody, o Sandy went off the next day whistling, but about noon word came to the store that Sandy had been arrested and was in Central station. His employerhurrleddown to tho police station, and found that Sandy had been locked up for blocking a street car track. Sandy was released, but he persisted that ho had obeyed his master's instructions to yield tho road to no man, and when tho street car was pointed out as anoxceptlon, Sandy rejoined: 'I dinna ken the differ t ixt ane painted cart an' anither!' " There are a good many drivers in Pitts burg who, if they can tell ono painted cart from another, discriminate against the street car all the time. It is safe to say that few people look down Soho Hill from a Duquesne car without thinking of what would happen if the car broke away and started back to town. Yester day an old railroader who was on the car voiced this feeling with a few remarks about what he would do in such a .predicament: "My experience would teach me," said he, "to sit still no matter who or how many got up; and if I could I would got a good pur chase Upon some part of the car to keep me from being hurled headlong w hen the shock of collisfoncame by that window ledge be tween the motorman'a cab and the car for instance. If you keep yoir head in time of peril on'll stand a far better chance of null ing tmough unhurt than the panic-stricken man t ho plunges and shrieks' A Safe and Quiet Trip. But there's not much need to speculate about such matters, for tho Duquesne cars are ell built and their brakes are, so a machinist who examined them yesterday tells me, thoroughly reliable. At first airbrakes were used on the Duquesne line; they hoiked unsatisfactorily owing to one cause and another, and the ordinary chain-brake was substituted. Now the airbrake Is again being introduced, and nve wuquesno cars were equipped witn it yesterday, and all the cars will liave air brakes beforo tho end ot the month. The Duqucsne car made the terminus on tho Ells worth avenue lino inexactly 10 minutes from Smlthfield street; it had been fairly patron ized all the way out, considering the dull ness between U and 12 o'clock. Tho return trip to town over the Fifth avenue cable road was uneventful savo for the efforts of a colored girl to squeeze a large water Illy into her mouth, and the persistence of a clerical gentleman in yawning after a most worldly fashion till five men and three women were gaping too. It was not because tho journey was tedious either, for the cable car rolled down the Hump a little more than half an hour after it left East Liberty. The voyage by way of these two lines, the Duquesne and the Pittsburg Traction, gives one a very comprehensive view of a large part of the prettiest and most nrctentlons suburbs. The stately man sions on Fifth avenue and Forbes street, the villas of all sorts and sizes form wonderfully interesting panorama from winuowa. atuitu architecture, the Police Department has contributed a real gem to Forbes street in the shape of police patrol station No. 4, nearly opposite the Oakland M. E. Church, which is about completed. It Is a handsome white stone structure and a credit to the good taste pf whoever designed it. Territory Covered by the Central. It is advisable after two hours on the street cars to refresh the inner man. That done one may adventure the Central Traction Company's dizzy climb, as did the two ex plorers yesterday. They took tho car at Wylie and High streets, and were astonished, after ascending a succession of hills, ar ranged in the pleasing but somewhat expen sive shape of a lotter W, to arrive at the end ofthe line In exactly eleven minutes. As llerron Hill and the contiguous country has the appearance of being a thinly-settled district about 100 miles from nnvlan cAtv. the fact that tho postoffice is only a quarter of an hour or loss away looms up as a large surprise. Desirable .building sites in this region ore plentiful, and the trouble seems to be that everybody on the hills Is waiting for top figures prices are higher than the properties with the result that other neigh borhoods are taking tbo population. This gives the Central Traction line a lonely look, but when the inhabitants get used to their new proximity to civilization that will not last long. By ;the way, if you would not bo taken for a spotter be careful not to make memoranda in transit on the Central cars. When tho Central car ran across Smith fleld street at three minutes past two, there stood a Pleasant Valley car Just about to start for Observatory lull. Now, of all tho new territories that electricity and cables have brought to the Pittsburgers door there is none more picturesque than that reached by the O. H. Division of the Pleasant Valley Electric, road. So well-assured of tho cor rectness of this statement i3 President Henry, ofthe Pleasant Valley, that it is cur rently reported that he will present a yearly pass to the man who will biiow him a more picturesque street car route. The corner of Smlthfield street and Sixth avenue is a good place to observe the change that has come over the spirit of our trans portation system, for at that point come together the Birmingham Electric, the Du quesne Electric in all its branches, the Cen tral Traction, and the Pleasant Valley sys tems. A Pretty and Picturesque Finale. On board the Pleasant Valley car the pass age from Sixth avenue over the Ninth street bridge to the Sandusky street railroad cross ing is made in six minutes and it is proba ble that no street car in the two oitles travels faster than the average P. V. car at the Allegheny end of the Ninth street bridge. After that the car Jogs along more soberly, up hill all the time. The first glimpses ot the superb panorama of the two cities are caught as the car reaches the head or Federal street, and from there on to the terminus the scenes are shifted, but the subject is always sublime. and in the arrangement, as a 'painter would sav, no views of Allegheny and Pitts burg, with the surrounding hills and tho Ohio valley, compare with these for perfect harmony and Jnst proportion. Close at hand, too. as the car whirls around curve after curve, rural homes of mostromantio beauty nestle among the trees, connected with the prosaic dust of the old turnpike by winding tan-bark paths and divided from it by terraced lawns and batteries of flowers. Nearly every house yesterday seemed to be smothered with the royal purple blossoms of the clematis. Still within city limits men were making bay a late crop In a hill side meadow. As the car was re turning a hay wagon disputed its passage, and the sweet long stalks of timothy brushed the explorer's faces as they squeezed by. This Is the truly rural experience ten cents will buy you within twenty minutes' ride of City Hall. The round trip yesterday about eight miles, perhaps occupied one hour and three minutes. This completed the tour of tho day, and figuring up the explorers found they had spent about five and a half hours actually in the street cars, at a cost of 40 cents each, and had covered about 35 miles. STORY OP A STRIKE. Bow a Stoppage of Work at the O'Hara Glass Works, Last Summer, Was Brought About and Ended One Little Boy Settled It. Captain Anderson, of tho O'Hara Glass Works, relates a story of a strike, for which probably many a parallel may bo found It occurred last summer, at his works, and was participated in by tho boys employed in the shops. There is a bulletin board in the factory on which the men, where they must draw the at tention of the management to a grievance or give them notice of, anything, are wont to post their propositions. Captain Anderson was walking through one day when he ob served a notlco posted to the effect that If the boys were not given more wages by a certain time that they would strike. This document was signed "by order of tne committee." xiie captain saianotning at the time, but he made quiet but in effectual efforts to discover who com prised "the committee." He cate chised 'the boys in turn, but they all denied any knowledge of the "commit tee." "All thev did know was that thev r understood from the bulletin they were to striken tney didn't get tne terms, captain Anderson thought no more of the matter at the time, attributing the action to a desire on the part of the boy3 to find some excuse for getting a holiday. The "summer itch" was upon them. The time named in tho notice came along in due course, and one morning the factory was without any boys. They had all quit. No effort was made to get them back, and day after day passed without any sign from tho lads. They hung around the corner in groups, but that was all. But the end came suddenly and unexpectedly. Captain Ander son was standing in the gateway one day, when one of the lads left the group and came down toward him. As he reached the gateway he called to the Captain in a whisper and without stopping: "Cap, kick me in; kick me inl" The captain Immediately took the hint, and, seizing the youngster by the collar, made a great pretense of capturing the striker and corraling him in the factory. This little scene was witnessed by the group at the corner and seemed to -considerably exercise them. Captain Anderson remained at the gate. Presently another lad came down the street and made believe to pass. But he, too, was captured and hustled in.Then anothor came along, and another, until the whole body of young strikers were all once more busy in the factory, excepting one. This lad Captain Anderson suspected of having had something to do with the strike, and he kept him out. Ho afterward learned that this boy was the "committee," and that others, seeing the noticeTwcre afraid to say anything because they did not know how many of them were really at the bottom of it, nnd one did not care to run counter to the action of the others, for fear of being called a scab. So they all struck Jn obedt ence to the mandate of the "committee." CHEAP BAILE0AD BIDES. A Pittsburg Boad Almost a Blval to Those of Hungary. Considerable has been said about Hun garian railways making dividends working under the zone system and carrying some classes of passengers 00 miles for 5 cents. This latter class, of course, is understood to be far down on the scale. But it Is not gen erally known that there is in the United States a railway company that carries pas sengers 1G2 miles for 15 cents, a rate almost as low as that of Hungary, and gives them first-class passage instead of third, fourth or fifth, everything being provided, nt tho price mentioned, except sle6pers and draw ing room pars. The first named is not needed, as the company does not run any passenger trains between sundown and sunup. The company in question is the Pittsburg, Chartiers and Yoghiogheny Ballway. To ride on a monthly commutation ticket from Pittsburg to McKee's Bocks costs $3 10, but if you buy a ticket to Patterson station, on the Steubenville pike, three miles farther, you get it for $3 25, 5t trips being allow ed during the month, or 1G2 miles riding lor the extra 15 cents. This isn't quite so cheap as in Hungary, but your ticket entitles you to rido in as good a car as the nobility itself can" command. And there is nothing nlebniim about the company, as it does not run any trains for men who must answer at7 o'clock roll call, the first train arriving in the city at 8:05 a. M. and the last leaving at 5:35 p. m. WOULD NOT WEAB ANY CLOTHES. Strango Freak of an Insane Man at the i County JaiL Examiner Hoffmann, of the Department of Charities, yesterday Investigated the case of John Hughes, the insane man who was picked np in tho street and placed in Jail. The man is 52 years old and Inst Hvnrf r. Beaver county. The authorities there were -I asKeo. to taae cure 01 mm. When Mr. Hoffmann called onliim he de clared that he had Just had a vision from heavon,andhad been told that he would live' for 40 years if he did not wear any clothes. Yesterday he was dressed only In a hat and vest. He positively refused to put on any thing more. Cheviot shirts for hot weather, at James H. Aiken & Co.'s, 100 Fifth avenue. TOO SMALL FOR TWO. An Allegheny Mother Tries to Leave This World By the Poison Eonte. SHE HAS AS MANY LIVES AS A CAT A Pickpocket's Thrilling Escape From a WestPenn Train. SOUTHSIDERS CAUGHT BY AN OLD GAME Several days ago Mrs. Mary Morrison and her husband decided that one house would not hold them. The husband left. Since then Mrs. Morrison has broadened her views and came to the conclusion that both could not live on the some earth. The husband could not be induced to take this view, sp she decided to go hence. She took the "rough-on-rats" road, but a shortage of motive power caused her to be sidetracked, instead of traveling the dim vistas of the great boyond, she is to-day in the Allegheny General Hospital a very sick woman, but with bright hopes of recovery. She is not, however, satisfied with the ex periment, and will try it again. The couple lived in the basement of No. 6 Church avenue, Allegheny. Mr. Morrison was a mill worker. The dispute which caused the separation was over the treat ment of their child for a tumor. "Yesterday Mrs. Morrison had it removed and, when returning home, she met her husband in the park. Another fight followed. The husband declared he would have a good time on the Fourth of July, but she assured him she Trnnlrt mnlrn if. in threat! c for him- flh. 'went home, reached the front door and took a teaspoonful of "rough on rats," having heard that large quantities would not prove fatal. A little later her sister, Mrs. Braddock, arrived. Finding the front door locked she wont to the rear and gained admittance. She found Mrs. Morrison lying in bed very sick. Seeing the poison she made her sister confess. Then she called in Dr. Boso, of the Allegheny General Hospital. Anti dotes and emetics were at once given her. and she finally recovered sufficiently to bo taken to the hospital. Her condition is still considered serious. Although Mrs. Morrison Is onlv 24 years old, this is the second time she has at tempted to poison herself. Last night sho declared she would try it again, and, with a smile, remarked that the third timo would be a charm. The child was taken in charge by Mrs. Broddock. Tho husband could not be found. ESCAPED WITH THE HANDCUFFS. flow a Clever Pickpocket Did Up a West , Pennsylvania Brakeman. A request for the Allegheny police to ar rest a man who was roaming at large with a pair of handcuffs fastened to him, was given to the authorities last night. It grew out of a pickpocket affair, an arrest and an escape on a moving West Pennsylvania train yes terday afternoon. On ono of the accommo dation trains coming to the city in the afternoon a woman suddenly announced that her pocket had been jjlcked. Special Officer Mateer. one of tho oflieers of the rail road, was on the train and was at once noti fied of the affair. Both the woman's and officer's suspicions were directed to a young man in tho car and Officer Mateer finally placed him under arrest. Mateer started back to the market car with his prisoner, first placing a handcuff on ono wrist, intending to handcuff him to some thing in the car and bring him to Allegheny. Before reaching the car, however, he de cided to go back and interview the woman further. lie turned his prisoner over to Brakeman Shafer, directing him to take the man to tne market car, and started back. An instant later the prisoner also expressed a desire to go back and see the woman, say ing he could convince her Tie was not the thief and could set things right. Brakeman Sbafer consented and the two started on the heels of Mateer. As they were crossing the platforms between two cars Shafer suddenly received a large fist against the side of his head. He fell against the doorway of one car and at the same time the prisoner with the handenffs dangling from one wrist leaped from the train. It was not running at a very rapid rate and the man landed safely and made off. Officer Mateer got off the train as soon as he heard of the .escape, and started on a search. It was but a short distance from the city and he cnuldnot find the missing man. J uonnaiiywent to tne Aiiegneny junyor's office and reported the matter to the police, requesting them to be on the lookout tor the man. No trace of him has yet been found. STUCK FOE THBEE D0LLABS. A Little Scheme That Was Worked on Some Southsiders. Quite a number of Southside people were yesterday made the victims of a slick little scheme. As a result they are out of pocket Just $3 each. The scheme is not a new one by any means, but it worked very success fully. About 75 citizens, principally men of family, were presented with a neat little ex press package by an express messenger, and nt the same time handed a receipt for $3, which they accepted and paid without a murmur. The boxes, when opened, were found to contain small packages of powders and three tiny boxes of pills, together with a lot of printed matter explaining the use of the medicine. In no case was the box re fused, and the messenger, on receiving the money, would take a hasty departure, not wantuig to see the box opened. The most singular part of the affair is that none of those receiving the packages had ever ordered them. The printed matter showed that tho con tents were put up by L. S. Franklin, and the boxes expressed from Marshall, Mich., by L. D. Page & Co. How the" people ever got the names of tho Southsiders to whom they shipped the goods was a mystery. Captain Stewart got hold of one of the boxes and had the contents examined by a druggist. The powders were principally bitter aloes, while the pills were .made of phosporns. Just what will be done in tho matter has not yet been determined. AT THE DOOR OF DEATH. - An Old Lady Liable 'to Be the Victim of a Speak-Easy Fuss. Mrs. Mary O'Brien, an old lady who live3 at tho corner of Twenty-eighth street and Spruce alley, is in a critical condition at the West Fenn Hospital. She has been there for over a week, suffering from internal injuries and a slight concussion of the brain, superinduced by being thrown downstairs at her home, on June 8, by a man named, it is said, George Albert Lee. A raid was made by tho police on. tho house of Mrs. O'Brien, on the dato men tioned. The house, it was claimed, was a speak-easy. Several persons were Arrested and given a hearing on the following morn ing, among them a daughter of Mrs. O'Brien, who was sent to the workhouse. Mrs. O'Brien was about 70 years old, and appeared to be so sick that she was not ar rested at the time. It was afterward learned that she had been thrown downstairs at her house by a colored man, and had snfiered in J urics or which she did not speak. When her condition became known she was removed to the West Penn Hospital. Yesterday she became so weak and low that a priest was called, and administered the last rites. DESERTED BY HIS FATHER. A Little Fellow Left In a Strange City to Find Keir Friends. Homer Baker, a M-year-old boy, was In the Fourteenth ward station last night as a lodger. Ho stated that on Monday he ar rived in the oity with his father, a shoe maker, and on the same night his father left him standing on Carson street, Southside, while he wont into a poolroom and then slipped out the back door, leaving him to care for himself. The bov. a bright llttlo fellow, savs his mother is dead and he has relatives living in Maryland. A GERMAN TORNADO. Many Houses Demollsbed and a Number of Lives Lost. Beblih-, July 2. A terrible tornado swept over the Crefeld district of lihenlsh Prussia yesterday. A number of booths and a hall erected in tho town of Crefeld for a rifle meeting, and B0 houses were destroyed. Many people were killed or injured, trees, telegrapli poles and wires were prostrated, while fences, sign boards and awnings were hnrled through the air with incredible force. It is feared that the number of those killed will be found to bo much greater than it is already known to be. RAIDING THE LOAFERS. Chief Murphy Declares the Practice Corner Loafing- Must Stop. Chief Murphy, has taken np the cudgel against tho loafers in Allegheny and de clare he will stop the practice of corper loafing all over the city.. Yesterday he com menced with the Market House gentlemen of ease and threatens next to attack tho Ulars of flesh at the Ft. Wayne depot, lashers in the parks are to share a similar fate. At noon yesterday Market Constable Lane commenced the warfare at the Market House. He was assisted by Officers Kraft and Gausman. Tne first man was Adam Theis, and during the afternoon John Miller, Alexander Dennis, Henry Bichardson, John Williams and Joseph Jackson were brought In for tho same offense. TOO BIG TO BE BEATEN. "Why Officer Maher Wasn't Knocked Down bja Little Man. Officer Patrick Maher, of the Seventeenth ward, denied emphatically the statement made in an afternoon paper that he was knocked down by John Collins and kicked, and had to be rescued by other officers while making the arrestof Mrs. Mary Sam ple Wednesday night. Officer Maher is one ofthe largest officers on the force, being feet 3 inches tall, and weighing 225 pounds. Collins is a very small man. STUMBLED 0VEB THE LAWS. Johjt Caktox and William Allen were ar rested last night by Officer Vogel for insult ing a woman. James ScHELi.was arrested yesterday and committed to jail on warrants issued by Alderman McMasters, charging him with assault and battery and surety of the peace. James Umholtz, arrested at Highland Park last Saturday charged with picking pockets, was before Magistrate Hyndman yesterday. The evidence showed he was entirely inno cent. Israel DBiooy, of Vine street, was com mitted to jail yesterday on a charge of con spiracy made by Aaron Bosin before Alder man Cahill. Bosin has a lot of silverware valued at $350, which was brought from Bus sla. In a dispute over this ware Bosin al leges that Dregon conspired to defraud him of some silverware brought from Russia. William Silverman, of 113 Forbes street, made an information before Alderman Bichards yesterday charging P. Libhck with assault and battery. Silverman alleges that Liblick came to his store on Fifth avenue yesterday mornine. and bncnnsn hn rp.fnspH to let him have a picture he assaulted him with a club. Liblick was arrested and com mitted to Jail in default of $300 bail for a hearing to-day TO STOP THE BRIDGE. Property Owners Ask the Court for an Injunction on Chief Bigelow to Defer Work on the Park Bridge It Is Just About Done. A bill in equity was filed yesterday in Common PleasNo. 3 asking foran injunction to stop the work on the Schenly Park bridge. The. bill was filed by Milton J. Baird against the city of Pittsburg and E. M. Bigelow, Chief of the Department of Public Works. Mr. Baird states that he is the owner of a number of lots in the Linden plan, Four teenth ward, which were purchased from different owners. An agreement was exe cuted by the former owners of the lots In accordance with which in July, 1890, they laid out Library place as a private easement for the use and accommodation of all tho lots. On June 2, 1891, the defendants entered upon and took possession of lots Nos. 5 and 6, and commenced the construction of a bridge for the uso of tho city. Baird pro tested and sent a written notice to Chief Bigelow protesting against the work. Shortly alterward he made an agreement with Chief Bigelow to sell him the lots at a price to bo settled by arbitrators to be chosen by both, provided an ordinance was passed authorizing him to make such an agreement. Tho ordinance was passed, but no agreement has yet been made, though the plaintiff, it Is alleged, has reduced it to writing, and repeatedly requested Chief Bigelow to sign it. He also has refused to remove the structure, and the work is going on to completion. They are also making a fill from one side to the other, to to 50 feet in width and from six to seven feet high. This, he says, will cause irreparable damage totho plaintiff's other property. The bridge is to connect city property and Is to be used by the public. The court is asked to grant an injunction restraining the defendants from completing the bridge, making any fill and from using tne piaixiuu s property. It is probable the injunction, if granted, will fan of its pnrpose, for unless the court acta very early this morning the bridge in question will be completed. Chief Bigelow has been hurrying it along in order to have it finished in timo to accomodate the crowds going to the Fourth of July celebration. Late last evening there was very little more to be done on it. A night force has been kept at work all tho time and during last night would almost complete the work. MAT BE THERE TO STAT. A Mystery About the Presence of George vSheppard in Philadelphia. George Sheppard, United States National Bank Examiner, is in Philadelphia. There is a shroud of mystery surrounding his presence there, however. He assisted in a special examination of the Third National Bank of that city, but refused to say whether he is there as tho successor of Bank Examiner Draw, or simply to do the usual woi k ot that district during the suspension of Mr. Drew. It is said that several changes have been made in the arrangement of the offices in tho Government building, which indicates that Sheppard may have been sent to Phila delphia lor an extended time of service. No Change for Captain Hannigan. 'A story was in circulation yesterday to the effect that Superintendent Evans, of the Fire Bureau, was soon to be succeeded by Captain Michael Hannigan, of No. 2 Com pany. Chief Brown said later: "It is well to pay no attention to such imaginative pro ductions. The report is entirely false." . To Benters With Power. Persons engaged in light manufacturing are directed to tne advertisement of commo dious rooms to rent in the building 75, 77 and 79 Diamond street, with power, electric light, an elevator and janitor service in cluded in rental. Great economy and better facilities than can be had elsewhere. Central situation. Following are some ofthe rooms: About 100x60, lighted on all sides and from central area, with power, electric light, steam heating and janitor service, $2,500. 60x30, with power, light, steam beating and janitor service, $1,000. 28x18, with power, electric light, steam heating andjamtor service, 5600. Also spaces with power and light and heat as low as 5400. Apply to John T. Shields, second story Dispatch business office building, corner Diamond and Smithfield, between 11 and 4 p. si. STEINWAY, CONOVEK, OPEItA, The Most Popular Pianos. These three are the most celebrated and trustworthy pianos of our time. The Stein way renuires'no praise at our hands. Its superiority is fully established. The Con over 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 charm ing Opera piano, of which make there are thousands in the best families ofFittsbcrg and neighborhood. A splendid fresh stock just arrived at H. Kleber & Bro.'s, 500 wood street, ana wnich will be sold at but a small advance over cost and on accommo dating terms. The Kleber Bros, are pre ferred by the big majority of pianopur chasers, because ot the splendid reputation for honest dealing and unfailing musical judgment. Old pianos and organs taken in exeflange. B. & B. Jaunty, stylish crepe Norfolk waists just received, striped and Darred, choice colors, 65 cents. Considered extra value at SI. Boggs & Buhl. The Second avenue electric cars will take you close to grand fireworks display at Schenley Park. Cars every three minutes from Fourth and Market July Clearance Sales. Prices reduced men's summer shirts and vests. Jos. Hoexe & Co. I 3 Blaine. Excursion to Ohio Pyle On to-morrow, Fourth of July; rate 81 50 round trip. Train leaves B. & O. depot at 8:15 a. m. DEHOCEATS ON THE WABPATH. An Ohio Politician Preiages the Result of the Coming Campaign. Hon. M. MEppstein, Secretary of the Fin lay Brewing Company, Toledo, O., is stop ping at the Anderson. Mr. Eppstein is Chairman of the Democratic Central Com mittee of Lucas county, and represents his ward in the Councils. He says that. Gov ernor Campbell will be the nominee of the Cleveland Convention. "Governor Campbell," he said yesterday, "is entitled to a renomination, because he is one of the grandest Governors we ever had, being fearless nnd honest and administering the affairs of the Stato for the whole people irrespective of party. The Stato is being or ganized by the Democrats such as it never has been, and the prospectsare that although Ohio is a Republican Stato Governor Camp bell will be elected and we shall carry tho Legislature. While there seems to be some disturbance in onr party as to the choice of a candidate, I predict that all differences will be smoothed over at the convention and we shall go into the campaign solid as one man for pnre Democracy." Mr. Eppstein says there are thousands of good Bepnblicans in the State who are tired of the McKinley bill and the protective tariff and that these will vote the Democratic ticket. July Clearance Sales. Bargains in lace curtains and portieres. Jos. HOMfE & Co. Hugus & Hacke. OUR BARGAINS FOR THIS WEEK! WASH GOODS. A 500 piece line of Printed-Tus-sah, Mousseline, Shudah, Tissue and Punjaub Cloths, beautiful new de signs, light and dark colorings, India Silk styles, the choicest wash fabrics shown this season, worth regularly 20c, all now AT 12 1-2c A YARD. AMERICAN- CHALLIS, 36anches wide, at 10 and isc. CLOAK DEPARTMENT. Ladies' Blazers, a large assortment, J light and dark colors, in Checks, Stripes and Polka Spots, were $5 and, $b, reduced now to $3 EACH. A choice line of Plain White Blaz ers, at prices from $4 to $ 15. A special line of Plain Fichus, with . Crimped, Braid and Knotted Fringes, all prices, from 5 to $25. A full assortment of Embroidered Fichus from $3 upward. Cor. Fiflk Ave. and Market St. Je28-i JEWELRY -TOR-j SEASHORE OlC MOUNTAIN. A beautiful assortment of Diamond!) and Gold Jewelry appropriate for summer wear.- .a. complete seocje oi Oliver .novelties ana Travelers' Outfits in Brushes, Combs, Mir rors, Soap Boxes, Flasks, Cups, etc. Our stores are cool and pleasant. FIFTH AVE. AND MARKET ST. ly3-arwT The Leading Dry Goods House. Pittsburg, Fa, Friday, July 3, 189L MHOIEMOS PENN AVENUE STORES. CLOSED TO-MORROW. 1 '2 PRICE! The rule and not the exception here during these great Mid-Summer Clearance Sales you find the prices less than half much oftener than above. THINGS FOR PICNICS AND OUTM DEMAND YOUR ATMT10N. Perhaps you've no dress just suit able one that is not too good, yet presentable do not then these all wool, tailor-made suits stand in your favor? They're cheap and nice and serviceable. The $o are now $ 7 5 o; the $12 are now $& 50, and so on up nearly a half taken off the prices ou the entire line. Picnics and outings, mountains and seashore give these dresses a popularity only to be en hanced by the very low prices. A great variety of bright and beau tiful gingham dresses at $$ early price was io and $S. Equal value in the $ 7 line; genuine Anderson's Scotch Gingham Suits now 5 10. White Suits 10 and upward. Children's and Misses' Gingham dresses, were $2 50 and $3, now re duced to 1 each. A $2 50 flannel blazer, black and blue stripes on white ground, now reduced to $1 50. And $5 all-wool navy and tan blazers now reduced to $2 50. Black and navy blue serge blazers at $5. A big lot of reefers, in choicest im ported cloths, select styles, very de sirable, reduced from $7 and 8 to $5; from $10 to $7 50; from $1$ to 10; from $i& to $12; from $2$ to $i&. PICNIC MILLINERY. Thousands of untrimmed shape NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. can be made up for such occasions "while you wait." Think of the prices: $1 HATS now 25c. $2 HATS now 50c. Millinery ribbons at one-fourth former prices, now 15c, 20c and up per yard. A few flowers, 25c and up per bunch were just four times present prices. Surely no time like now for knock-about headwear. A. lot of CHILDREN'S Mull and Pique HATS! WHITE, BLUE AND CARDINAL, That were $ 2 and $2 50 each, Now $100 Each. -We,llthrowina Parasol (at.j price) For-T-and upward, Were fi and upward. Eachpiece at just half price. Also, GLOVES and MITTS good enough for dress and plenty cheap enoughrtnow to wear to picnics. And STOCKINGS a score of special'-lines now offering away under former prices reduced to very near the half some actually below. Men's OirtmFimiisliiiigs FLANNEL SHIRTS, Were $3 25 and g3 50, Now $2. CHEVIOT SHIRTS, Were $ 1 75 and $2-00, Now $i 50. A-ery large-new stock of CHEVIOT AND MADRAS SHIRTS, - Now the masculine fad East special prices, $2, -$2 50 and $3. All suitable sorts of NECKWEAR Windsors, Wash Ties and 4-in-vhands, and an endless array of styles in BOWS, big and little. FLANNEL VESTS, Were S3 50 to $5 00, NOW $2 50 to $4 00. Low prices on PIQUE and DUCK VESTS.. ' Tennis Furnishings: SUITS, SASHES, BELTS, CAPS. Regulation Strips Blazers. Summer Coats, Suspenders, Sox, Handkerchiefs, etc., etc. Traveling bags, cabinet and club, grain and alligator, and leather and canvas Toilet Cases, with outfit com plete. EVERYTHING NOW AT VERY LOW PRIQES: JOS.HORNE&CO., 609-621 PENN AVE. P. S. After Monday, July 6, store closes at '5 .o'clock until further notice. Jy LADIES' SUMMER DRESSES AT 1-3 THEIR VALUE. WHITE DRESSES, GINGHAM DRESSES, - SATIN DRESSES, MUST BE SOLD NOW. Will Offer Them at Dollar. 3004. on the MS. C. WEISSER, m 1 S8sS( 435 MARKET ST 437. Ji 5 m
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