s OP THE! ALL JUMP Like a Flock of Sheep the Gas People Will Follow the Move of the Philadelphia Company. THEFUELMUSTBEUSEDSAVINGLT. Producers Claim That Consumers Do Not Take Enough Care of Their Own Interests. THE OLD GRATES CAUSE GREAT WASTE. Gas baring Appliances Will Help In Ktfrinj Down the Animal Kipcnsrs. The advance in the price of natural pas made by the Philadelphia Company will force up the price of other companies. The Board of Directors of the Allegheny Heat ing Company will hold a meeting to-day, and it is very probable their price will go up at the same time the Philadelphia Com pany's increase is made. The other com panies will follow suit ns soon as board meetings can be had. Many members of the boards are now out of the city, and meet ings cannot be held until they return. "While the increase made by the Philadel phia Company was not unexpected, it was generally understood that it would not occur until later in the fall. For this reason the other companies were not prepared to fall in line immediately. In the case of the Allegheny Heating Company the situation is different, as it secures its supply of gas from the Philadelphia Company, and its price is necessarily regulated by the parent company. For this reason the directors were notified to meet and take action at once. All the other companies are inde pendent and are only influenced by the Philadelphia Company because it has the larger part of the trade. CONSUMERS MUST SAVTJ GAS. The gas men claim consumers are Very wasteful with the fuel, and if they are more careful, using the proper stoves or grates, they will not feel the rise in price very muclu It is claimed there is plenty of gas if con6iimers would only use proper pre cautions in burning it. Of course, with the old fashioned grates bills will be' high. On the other hand, consumers claim, if they put in gas-saving apparatus, that is expen sive and perhaps the gas will play out be fore the winteris half over. Then they will be compelled to put in coal stoves and will thus have a double expense. The gas was very low on cold days last winter and it is believed the same trouble will be met with thi winter. Since gas is to become a luxury it is probable there will be plenty of gas for those who ue it this m inter. Hundreds of consumers will be frozen out on account of the Inch price. Some consumers say it was the idea of the Philadelphia Company to force out the mass of consumers so they could sell gas at a good price to a smaller number for years to come The gas companies give a very plausible excuse for making the advance. They say that as gas becomes scarcer near the city they are compelled to go further away, which increases the cost of production. 2Ccw wells have to be drilled, and while gas is plenty it is necessarily more valuable. At present gas is secured many miles from the city, whereas a few years ago it was ob tained "so close it was possible to sell it for a song. Till: rmiAnriiPiriA company bui,es. Secretary II. E. Seibert, of the Jlanufac turers' Natural Gas Company, said yester day he did not kuow when his company would increase the nriceofgas. The ma jority of the directors are out ol the city, and the price can not well be raised until they return and hold a meeting. "The Philadelphia Company is in a posi tion to virtually rule the field," said he. "It has by far the largest share of the patronage. " We are not in any way con nected with that company, but it is possible the increase will be made. So far the mat ter has not lreen talked of, because we did not know the Philadelphia Company in tended to take this step at this time. "We arc now preparing for winter. "We finished a new line of eight-inch pipe eight miles long and turned in the gat. yesterday. It comes from the McGahey field, and is a good strong feeder. We have a number of jiew strong wells, and will have some more soon. We expect to have plenty of gas for all kinds of weather this winter. One thing that causes trouble is the fact that there is too much cas wasted. The bulk of the con sumers still use the old grates, and thus waste thousands of feet of gas. Their bills are necessarily high. The expense could be greatly curtailed if they would put in gas-havimj stoves. Then they would hardly leel the rise. With the present contriv ances they certainly will." HOT THE IIIGIIEST PlJICE PAID. "With all the increase in the price of natural gas lately made by the Philadelphia Gas Company, Pittsburg still has gas cheaper than other cities, whether illumi nating or natural gas is used. The fact is, consumers of the natural lluid have been so long getting it at a low rate when it was plentiful that, now it is becoming less so, ihey naturally protest against any higher rates, though these rates may be and in this case are under the prices paid for cither kind of gas in other cities. The difference in favor of Pittsburg is still greater when the relative heating proper ties of illuminating and heating gas are considered. For instance, natural gas, with 1,100 heat units per cubic foot, is sold in this city for 20 cents per thousand, and illuminating gas, which gives but 730 heat units, is selling in Chi cago for 51 per thousand. In Corry, Pa., natural gas sells for 00 cents per thousand, and all but a dozen of the inhabitants use the fuel at that figure. Twenty-five cents rules in Detroit and Columbus, and this figure is below the average rates in other towns. THE ltlCriT WAY TO USE OAS. Orptain Bigger, of the Philadelphia Com pany, is very clear on the point that it is the public's" own fault that the gas costs them as much as it does. It is all owing to the improper methods used in burning the fuel. The full extent of the heat is not util ized, and in caes as much as 85 per cent go-K up the chimney. "The right way to use gas," he said yes terday, "is in a small sheet-iron stove. The only way to use ga& for cooking purposes is on a gas range. Now, I have a ga heater and a gas range in my house. I buy gas from the People's Compauy at 15"ccnts per thousand; I paid them $15 for what I med during the last six months, and yet iny lucl has cost me just 45 er cent less than coal did when I used it. If economy is used burning the ges, people can afford to pay 25 cents per thousand before the cost of their fuel will be on a par with coal at 8 cents a bushel. The trouble is consumers won't practice economy. They adhere to the open grates and old plans lor heating, instead of putting in the proper devices con structed for this vcrv purpose of savini: ex penditure in gas. I must say we are selfishly interested in having the people use gas-saving appliances, because the cost to them will be less and w c can charge them more. And the public is interested, too, in sating the gas, lor byjustasmuch as is saved bv just as much longer will it last. Gas wifl not last for ever, and when it goes out peo ple will be' sorry they had not made moreof . when they had it. A" EXHIHITION- TO BE GIVEJT. 'So much have gas companies considered this question," continued Captain Bigger, "that arrangements have been madeto make a public exhibition of gas-saving ap pliances for the purpose of demonstrating that a great saving can be effected over pres ent methods. The companies will supply the gas for the purpose, and the manufact urers of stoves, etc, will supply; the ap pliances. AVe intended doing this at the Exposition, but could not get the space." I othing has been done so far about the manufacturing end of the business. The conipanv would wait to see what gas it would have to spare when the domestic users had declared their minds on the mat ter. S. B. Kennedy, who has charge of the bookkeeping department of the Allegheny Heating Company, was asked whether the charge made by some consumers of nntural gas that air was forced through the mains, and that it run up the figures on themetcrs. He said it was all nonsense. He said there was an actual shortnge, and the companies could not possibly supply the demand. He then entered info a disquisition to show that to nttemnt to increase bills bv forcing air would be suicidal policy on the part of the companies. XO MONEY VISIUI.E IX IT. In this connection it is pertinent to re mark that although wells of considerable Eressure are being struck weekly in the elds where oil boring is in progress, the companies that supply gasto the cities have competitors and probably see no money in bidding against them, though the Mahoning Compauy seems to be an exception, having paid ?12,000 for some territory in Moon township within a week. To lay a pipe 10 or 15 miles to bring gas to the city is ati expensive operation, but right in the oil fields customers are readily found. During the winter months the question of supplying fuel to the bailers at drilling wells is a serious one. The woods are hub deep witli mud in the winter and drillers sometimes cannot get coal at any price. Besides they can afford to pay more for gas fuel than for coal " on account of the saving of labor. A six-inch main is sufficient to supply a large territorv with a pressure of 100 to"400 pounds within a mile of the place of consumption. The output of the roarer on the Martin Clever farm, struck last week, is being consumed within a short distance of the well. STRENGTH OP THE GAMBLING SriRIT. It might be supposed that with oil under 70 ccntsa barrel there would be no induce ment to drill, but experience has shown that in a territory where gushers are occasionallv found, the eambling spirit is strong enough to keep the drill moving. A 500 barrel well will pay, even at CO cents a barrel, and every man who drills believes he will strike it. There is one thing comforting in this con nection. The nearer the end of natural gas appears to inventors the harder they work to perfect appliances that will make artifi cial gas at a price that will brine it within reach as fuel. Years ago K. H. Smith held that it ought to be made at 10 cents per 1,000, and there is no doubt that it will find ready sale at 15 cents, ns the saving that can be effected in domestic service and the at tendant cleanliness are strong arguments in its favor among people who have not only experienced the bliss of using natural gas, but who have the appliances already at hand for nsiug its successor. LOW PRESSURE ON THE PIPES. It is said tliat the pressure on the natural gas mains in this city isnotat present above eight ounces, and it is also said that before a year passes the artificial product is ex pected to course through the natural gas mains. Some sav the onlv thing to be overcome is to profitablvpurify the product so that it will not clog trie mains with re siduum. J. X. Pew, of the People's Gas Company, says the rate will be uniform in all the com panies. "The increase is not exactly at tributable to the fact that the supply of natural gas is petering out. The "rate charged under the meter system was only a test. We have found that at old rates the meter svstem was a big saving to the con sumer, but was not money in the pockets of the company. It docs not pay the company for production to furnish gas at 15 cents per 1,000 and in order to make money that the price must be increased. Gas is " failing in the new wells and the old producers also." Joseph Abel, of Abel, Smith & Co., said they were notified some time ago by the Philadelphia Company that it would be un able to supply them with gas sufficient to run their plant for the coming season. This will affect the melting department, which is the most important one. "We have not vet decided what to do," said Mr. Abel, "but are holding under advisement the plan of using our Western factory entirely the coming winter and shutting down our works here. But nothing definite has been decided upon. I understand a number of factories are going to manufacture their ow n gas. It is a great pity the gas is play ing out. It will be a,great loss to the city, both financially and otherwise." "Then you think the natural gas is plav out, and that eventually the supply will cease entirely?" "Yes, it looks very much that way, and what little is being used now costs almost twice as much as it did a year ago. I don't think we will return to coal if we can pos sibly help it, as the expense for the change would be too great. The tearing out of the natural gas fittings and valves, and prepar ing for coal would cost nearly as much as one year's gas bill. A NEW STORY Kead the opening; chap ters of a Splendid American Serial in to morrow's DISPATCH. A NEW CATHOLIC SCHOOL To lie Dedicated at Tarentnm To-Mbrrow Afternoon With Imposing Ceremonies. The most imposing Catholic services that have ever taken place at Tarentum will be held to-morrow afternoon. The occasion is the dedication of the new Sacred Heart schoolhouse of St- Peter's congregation, of which Rev. Father Often is pastor. All the arrangements forthe occasion have been perfected. Trains will leave Federal street, Allegheny, city time, at .12:30 o'clock, and arrive at Tarentnm at 1:30 p. m. At the station carriages will be in waiting for the clergy. The Tarentum societies will re ceive at the depot the St. George Societies and the societies oT the young men from Millvale. Sharpsburg, Katrona and Ford Citv, and in procession proceed to the new building. The dedication services will be performed by Rev. John Oter, Provincial of the Or der of the Holy Ghost, in the absence of Kt. Kev. Bishop Phelan. After the divine ceremony there will be three sermons. Father Suehr, of Sts. Peter and Paul Church, East Liberty, will preach in Ger man; Father Murphy, President of the Catholic College, will deliver an English sermon, and lather Ostcr will preach a French sermon. The new echoolhouse was built at a cost of nearly ?20,000, the most liberal contributor being John B. Ford, of the Tarentum Plate Glass AVorks, who do nated 51,000. REMINISCENT Clinton Lloyd tells or a unique specimen of American statesman ship that broke Into Congress once from Tennessee. See to-morrow's 20-page DIS rATCII. WILL SUPPORT THE TICKET. C. I. Magee Is Interviewed on His Return Prom the Convention. C. L. Magee returned from Harrisburg yesterday. 'In an interview on his return he said he was for the ticket, and would do his best to have it elected. He said it was a good one, and would receive the full sup port of the party. He said the Harrison administration was indorsed by the convention as it deserved, but the people of Pennsylvania want Blaine, and it would be out ot the ordinary for politicians to lull the sentiment daily grow ing in his favor. Dr. B. M. Hanxa. Eye, ear, n ose and throat diseases exclusively. -Office, 720 Pcim street, Pittsburg, Pa. ssu THE THEY'RE AFTER HIM. rat Chief JInrphy Says He Is the Main Target for an Attacking Party. FIRE DEPARTMENT VINDICATED. The Front Wall of a House Falls With a Crash Into the Street SOME SXAP SHOTS AT CITI MATTERS Chief Murphy, of the Department of Public Safety, of Allegheny, was at his office yesterday, looking well and hearty after his Eastern trip. In speaking of the trouble in the Bureau of Electricity he said that the only information he had on the subject was what he read in the papers. He added:, "I will make a thorough 9 investigation of the matter, but am inclined to think somebody is trying to make a mountain out a mole hill. If there had been any trouble no blame could beattached to Chief Jones, as he has nothing to do with the Bureau of Electricity. Elmer Loomis is the superin tendent of that department, and he alone is responsible. He was given permission to go away, and before going, informed me that the wires were all in good order, and in case anything occurred during his ab sence, he had made arrangements with Superintendent Metzgar, of the telephone company, to look after the wires and make any repairs necessary." Chief Murphy said that he could see through the whole scheme. "They are not after Chief Jones or Superintendent Loomis," he asserted, "but me. There are several parties who would like to do me up if in their power, and they take cvervpos sible advantage they can. There is no doubt in my mind that they are hitting at me over the shoulders of my subordinates. The calling of a meeting of the Public Safety Commit tee was entirely uncalled for, and the way the case was disposed of shows it. Alle gheny has as fine a fire department as any city in the country. During my trip East I visited the engine companies of several cities', and am of the opinion that none of them were superior to ours, either in the electrical department or otherwise." HUNTING FOE HIS DAUGHTEE "Who I.ert Ilim Rccauso He Was Poverty stricken and Old. "William Handmack, footsore and weary, penniless and almost broken hearted, called at Central station last night about 11 o'clock and asked for shelter until this morning. He belongs at Mammoth, and was employed in the mines where so many lives were lost a few months ago. Since then he has been out of work. A few weeks ago, his eldest child, a girl of 1G, on account of the poverty at home, suddenly left without asking permission or saying where she was going. He heard nothing till the other day he was told she had been seen in this city and was cm ployed at the American House. He started at once on foot to find her, arriving late last night. When he called at the hotel was told that the girls had all retired and he must come this morning. As he had not tasted food all day, Ser geant Gray, at his own expense, furnished him a good square meal and a cell for the night. The kindness was accepted with tearful gratitude, and after disposing of his meal the sorrowful old man was soon snor ing on a plank. AN0THEB VICTIM ADDED. Mrs. Ramsey Uses Oil to Hasten a Fire, "With 1'robably Fatal Results. "What will probably be a fatal accident occurred yesterday afternoon by the in judicious use of oil in lighting a fire. Mrs. G. D. Bamsey, of McClure avenue, Alle gheny, started to light the fire in order to cook supper, and to hasten it along, secured the oil can and started to pour its contents into the stove. Asa result an explosion occurred. The burning oil was thrown all over Mrs. Ramsey and in a few moments she was enveloped in flames. The screams of the burning woman brought the neigh bors to her assistance and the flames were smothered, but not before she was so terri bly burned about the legs and body that she will probably die. Physicians were at once summoned ad the woman given every attention, but her burns are of such a character that the attending physicians have but little hope of her recovery." An alarm was sent in from box 8 to which the engine companies promptly responded, but their services was not needed as the fire was extinguished by a few buckets of water. A HOUSE TUMBLES Iff On Crawford Street, Causing Mnch Excite ment and Little Damage. About 7 o'clock last evening the front of a two-story brick house, at 53 Crawford street, fell out onto the street. A great deal of excitement was aroused, but no one was injured. The house was occupied by a family named Bciger, but they were at the back part and suffered nothing from the ac cident, except slight damage to some of the furniture that went with the falling wall. The total loss will be about 5500. Tho house is owned by Dr. Hyde. It is an old one and yesterday men were at work in the cellar laying a more secure foundation, and it is thought that this preliminary work weakened the uppor portion and caused the fall. PEIMAEIES FOE TO-DAY. The StralghtoutKcpubllans Havo the Names of Candidates on Hand. The "straightout" Republicans will hold their primaries to-day. The leaders claim that delegates will run in every dis trict in the county and voting will continue from i to "p, m. Returns will be received until midnight at No. 89 Diamond street Several names of candidates for judge ships and district attorney have been hand, ed in. They will not be announced until Tuesday next. Captured a Runaway Boy. Detective Bendcl yesterday arrested Otto Zcpp, aged 10 years, in McKeesport. The boy is wanted in Cleveland, O., where his lather owns a wholesale bakery at No. 8G9 Lorraine street. "With two companions he ran away from home a short time ago, tak ing $150 of his father's money. Deputy Sheriff Mentz is here to take him home. Fonnd to Re All Right. J. A. Aland, a Youngstown alderman, and Miss Nettie Robinson were arrested at 1145 Penn avenue yesterday on suspicion. They were released by Inspector McAleese later, when he learned" they were in pursuit of Miss Robinson's betraver, who, she says, was Jerry Sullivan, a millworker, supposed to be in Pittsburg. Arrived Safely in France. A letter has just been received at the pastoral residence of St. Peter's Church, Southside, from Father Duffner, rector, in which he states his safe arrival at Paris, France. Before he returns he will visit his mother nnd his native home and on his way home will stop at some of the leading cities in Europe. The Burns Caused Death. Lydia V. Johnston, the 4-year-old child who was burned on Ivy street Thursday afternoon, died at 4 P. M. yesterday. The little girl's clothing caught from a bonfire PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, on the street, to-day. The remains will be interred V. Snap Shots at City News. Colonel W. C. Cossellt is seriously ill. Tnn dog catcher was doing business in the West End yestci day. Eight unlicensed curs wcro captured. A mad dog created some excitement on Fifth avenue, below Smlthflold street, ves tcrday morning. It was shot by Officer Myers. A SLionT lire occurred, in tho cellar of Wclty's carpet store, on Federal street, Al legheny, last night. It was extinguished be fore any tlamago was done. llKxnY Stamm, cashier of the Iron and Glass Dollar Savings Bank, left for Denver yesterday, wlicro he was called bv tho se rious illness of His son, Edward II. Stauin, who has been there for somo time for bis health. Detective CocLsoy, last night denied that he had been assittug Detective Stoker, of Latrobe, in capturing ns embezzler in this city or that such a person ns Stokes was in the city. Coulson says thero may bo such a orson here but he knows nothing about lim. Cab 11, of the Birmingham Traction Com pany, yesterday ran into a team of W. A. Ximlck, near the Panhandle station, and threw both horses down. X" damaeo was done beyond brniing tho horses slightly. The samo car collided with car 62, of the Pleasant Valley line, at tho postofllec switch and a window was broken. nUMOR BUI If j e has been hobnobbing with Cleveland, Jefferson, Booth, and the other dignitaries at Cape Cod. See to-morrow's 20-page Issue of THE DISPATCH. HEAPING COALS OF FIRE On the Heads of tho Preachers 'Who Ob jected to the Tarentnm Camp Gronnds Being Open on Sunday A Successful Session. Rev. J. C. Fletcher, of Amity, sometimes called the "boy preacher," is expected to preach at Tarentum M. E. campmceting to-morrow morning. Kev. E. M. "Wood, D. D., of this city, will occupy the pulpit in theafternoon, and nt night the camp meeting will be formally closed. Rev. Mr. Fletcher will tak; the place of the Ohio evangelist, Rev. W. H. Gladden, whose engagement with the Camp Ground Association concluded yesterday. Mr. Gladden has been very successful in his labors onjfhe ground during the past nine days. He is a broad-guage evangelist, and to his tact in studiously avoiding all men tion or appearance of the trouble with the M. E. ministers, in which the association was involved, much of the religious success of the campaign is due. During liis management of the meetings there were several conversions at the altar, while more than a hundred persons attached their signatures to the cards bearing the simple inscription: "I desire henceforth to lead a Christian life." Under each name was a blank to be filled in with the name of the church preferred, and it is a remarkable fact that with five or six exceptions all the persons signing cards named the Methodist Episcopal churches of Tarentum, Natrona, Freeport and other neighboring towns as their preferences for membership. The pastors of each of these churches were among the most prominent in refusal of the lot holders to submit to the attempt of the pre siding minister to have no campmceting on bundnys, mtacc ol tlie majority vote ot the trustees and cottagers. By means of these cards, therefore, the camp ground is returning good for evil by swelling the membership of the churches presided over by the clergymen in question. The cottagers on the camp are sorry to part with Mr. Gladden, but his engagement was only for nine days, his presence being re quired inEast Liverpool to-day. A FAMILY REUNION 0VEB. Charles A. Pnllman Returns Trom It Tho Company's New Street Cars. Charles A. Pullman was among the pas sengers on the limited last evening. He was returning from the St. Lawrence, where he had been visiting his mother. Mr. Pullman said it was one of the yearly fani ly gatherings. Mrs. Pullman was in her 83d year, and for 30 years past the family never misled a reunion at her house. He left his family behind him. His brother George was there with his family, and in all there werp 35 persons present descended from Mrs. Pullman. Mr. Pullman said his company was getting out a new style of street car which would be an innovation on present systems. One of the features would be that passengers could enter the middle of the car from the side and each car would have two platforms. Models of these cars will be exhibited at the Street Railway Men's Convention in this city the first week in October, a full pro gramme of which appears on another page in to-day's Dispatch. RECREATION The letter for to-morrow In THE DISPATCH'S American anthorcsscs series is from Amanda 31. Donglas. She describes a New Jersey snminer retreat. ENJOYED THEIE OUTING:. Tiro Oil Drillers Accnmnlato a Jag, Iose a Horse and "Wreck a Buggy. E. "W. Fraker and Joseph Goe, two oil drillers from the "Wildwood district, were arrested last evening and lodged in the Allegheny Central on a charge of larceny, on complaint of James Gallagher. Last Tuesday the two took his horse and buggy, he says, and failed to return it. On the way to the city they bowled up pretty freely, and on their arrival both had a pretty fair jag on board. The horse took fright on Federal street and ran away, throwing both occupants out of the buggy. Goe was badly cut about the face. They paid no attention whatever to the rig, but continued the spree until arrested last night. Tho horse was recovered, but the buggy is a complete wreck. The case will probably be compromised. QUESTIONS AND PEANUTS Are Too Mnch for tho Nerves of a New Depot Officer Morris Lavine made an information yes terday before Alderman Richards charging It F. Black, who claims to be nn officer at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station, with assault and battery. Lavine alleges that he asked Black on Thursday night about the arrival of an immigrant train. Black got mnd, cursed him and finally struck him. A hearing will be held Mon day. Black is the person who charged a man before Alderman Gripp a short time ago with disorderly conduct, alleging that the man was eating peanuts in the station and acted disorderl'. Alderman Gripp cen sured Black for making the information. A DAY'S MISHAPS. Ono Man's I-eg Crushed in a Mill, Another Under Railroad Cart. Yesterday's accidents were crushed right legs, one in a chain mill, the other under a railroad train. The list: Gallagher Thomas Gallagher, aged 15 hud his right log badly injured ycbterday morniug in a pully chain at Oltvci'a .Chain Works, in Woods' run. Hi.i pantaloons caught in the chain and his leg was pulled in. He was removed to his home on Preble avenue, but on account of the swollen con dition of his leg tbe physician could not make a thorough examination. Giiast William Grant, an employe of tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, is at Mercy Hospital sutTering from a badly crnshed right log, which he received by falling between tho cars, two of which passed over him. Kenyon Military Academy. We have received the catalogue of this remarkably successful institution ,at Gam bier, O-, for its sixty-seventh year. It is elegantly illustrated and tells what every boy preparing for college or business wants to'know. 3 SATURDAY. AUGUST A WARM RECEPIM. Carpenters' Officials Find a Hornet's ftest in a Southside Union. CHARGES AGAINST E. A. HOLMES. Tho Oliver & Roberts Trouble Shotrs No Signs of Settlement. SHaRPSBORG STRIKERS ASK FOR AID Matters are getting rather breezy in the ranks of the carpenters. President Kliver and Special Agent Swartz visited Local- Union 2fo. 230, on the Southside, in company last night. It will bo remembered this is the union that took the appeal from the action of the District Council early last spring, on the grounds of irregularity in the proceedings. The mere announcement that President Kliver was to visit the union caused an un usually large attendance at the regular meeting, but that high official did not put in an appearance until the business had all been transacted and the union adjourned. The members were called together again, however, when Messrs. Kliver and Swartz did arrive, and the two gentlemen delivered lengthy addresses. The whole strike from begin ning to end was reviewed. The various disputes and difficulties were discussed, and many questions were asked and answered. AFRAID OF A JUMP. Local Union 230 has been looked upon by the Executive Board as a dangerous union. That is, they feared the union would leave the Brotherhood and affiliate with some other organization. The members were very plain in their dealings with Mr. Kliver last night and gave him to distinctly understand that they either held the local district council or P. J. McGuire responsi ble for the recent strike and its disastrous result. They cited the action of the Executive Board on their ap peal of April 17, which was that L. U. 230 be sustained and that a new vote be ordered in the Pittsburg district. The second vote was not taken, and the blame lay either with the Secretary, for not con veying the instructions of the board to the district, or to the latter, tor dis regarding those orders. According to the information gleaned after the meet ing Mr. Kliver parted with the members on not too friendlv terms, and it is hard to say if his visit wifl have the effect of retain ing the union within the ranks of the Brotherhood. Two other actions were taken by the union that are calculated to lead outsiders to think the members are indifferent as to whether they remain in the union or not. At the last meeting of the Dis trict Council, a resolution was passed instructing the local unions to restrict their members from working with non-union men after September 1. This is a scheme to force back into the'union all those who broke away during the strike and went to work. WOULDN'T SUSTAIN THE ACTION. It is estimated that about 20 per cent of the whole membership did this. The esti mated membership of this district May 1 was 5,000. This would make a total of.1,000 who have cither left this city or are working here as non-union men. "When tlie resolution was read in 230 last night a vote was passed almost unanimously non-concurring in the action of the district council. An official communication was received from Secretary McGuire instructing the union to prefer charges against E. A. Holmes, for giving away 6ecrets of the or ganization. The instructions would have been ignored but for the protests of Mr. Holmes himself, who was present and said he did not want to see the union render itself liable to insubordina tion. He can easily clear himself, and in vited the charges. They will accordingly be preferred against him. A DrsrATCH reporter learned of the instructions from Mr. McGuire and also of the action of the District Council in' relation to forcing non union men back into the organization. Mr. Swartz was asked about them, but he re fused to say anything about them. Mr. Kliver was asked if the Executive Board had authorized Mr. McGuire to instruct Union 230 to bring the charges against Holmes, and he replied that he did not know. DE0P TEST FOE CAE WHEELS. The Pennsylvania Company Das Adopted A Rigid Trial or Strength. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has begun to put their cast-iron car wheels to a very severe test. For each SO wheels which have been shipped or are ready to ship, one wheel shall be taken at random by the rail road company's inspector either at the railroad company's shops or at the wheel manufacturer's, as the case may be and subject to the following test: The wheel shall be placed flange downward on an anvil block weighing 1,700 pounds, set on rubble masonry 2 feet deep and haviug three sup ports not more than 5 inches wide for the wheel to rest upon. It shall be struck cen trally on the hub by a weight of 140 pounds, falling from a height of 12 feet. Should the wheel break in two or more pieces after eight blows or less, the 50 wheels represented by it will be rejected; if, however, the wheel standscight blows with out breaking in two or more pieces the CO wheels will be accepted. The wheel for test to be fvrnished by the manufacturer in addition to the 50 wheels ordered. WILL HOT BE A CANDIDATE. D. II. Mclver Says Gompers Can Havo the Field to Himself. D. H. Mclver, the ex-President of the Building Trades' Council, who has been frequently mentioned as a candidate for Samuel Gompers' position as President of the American Federation of Labor, denies that he will allow his name to be used. Mr. Mclver is a tiling contractor at pres ent, but still has a kindly feeling for the old cause, and would have a good-sized follow ing were he to allow his name to go before the convention at Alabama. Thorns Mor gan, of Chicago, is a candidate, however, and it is expected that Mr. Gompers' recent attack on the Amalgamated Association will loschini plenty of votes. Shnrpsbnrg Electric Cars Arriving. One of the cars for the Sharpsburg elec tric line arrived yesterday and was placed in the sheds of the Citizens Traction Com pany. The car resembles to a great extent the Butler street cars of the Citizens' line, but is not quite as large. There will be ten of them on the Sharpsburg division as soon as the line is ready for travel. A Veteran ruddier. Joseph Good, who has been employed as a puddler in Oliver's "Woods' Run mills ever since thev were erected, some 20 vears ago. died yesterday morning at his home on Ohio avenue, tie was -to years oio. Rrassworlcers Adjourn. The International Brotherhood of Brass workers adjourned yesterday, and the dele gates enjoyed a banquet last night as the guests of tlie local organizations. Will Add a Bottlo noose. A bottle department is to be added to the Ditthridge Glass plant on "Washington street. The new addition will be ready for operation by January. The Nail Business a Dead Letter. J. D. DuBois, Secretary of the Belmont Iron and Nail Company, of Wheeling; C. 22, 1891 IC Hubbard, of the Wheeling Iron and Hail Company, and Alonzo Loring. of the Benwood Iron and Steel Company, were at the Monongahela yesterday. Mr. Lorinz said the nail business was almost a dead letter. He had not any good faith in busi ness undergoing much change from present conditions for some time. The party were in town in the interests of the steel com pauy. APPEALING FOR AID. Tho Finishers at Sharpsburg Send Ont an Unofficial Circular May Canso Tronhlo Between the Two Lodges Foil Text of tho Docnmont. The striking finishers at Sharpsburg have taken it upon themselves to issue a circular which is liable to get them into a peck of trouble before the strike at the various mills is settled. The circular is self explanatory, is signed by a committee rep resenting Guyasuta Lodge, and is as fol lows: SiiAiirsEur.o, Aug. ID. To Our Sister Lodges, Greeting: The members of Guyasuta Lodge Xo. f4 and Good Intent Xo. 48, A. A. I. S. Vt'., of this place, are now engaged in a strike which has been forced upo'i us by John Moorhead, Jr., owner of the Vesuvius Iron and Xnil "Works. The above John Jloorhead, Jr., wns a member of tho conference at the time the scale was sizned by Sir. David B. Oliver, nnd at that time had no objections to offer, and thoscale was signed for him as well as the other manufacturers represented in the conference. About the middle of July tlie employes of tho pinto mill were sur prised to learn that John Moorhead, Jr., did not consider that he had signed tho scale, and said that he would not pay the same rate of wages to tho said plate mill crew at he hnd tho past year. We have sought nnd arc still willing to do anything that our honor would allow us to bring about a settlement," but our efforts have have all proven futile, ns-it is his nppaient determination to make us abandon tho association. After many threats the management has attempted to ran a part of the mill w Ith non-union mon, but their efforts have not been as successful ns they at first persuaded themselves to be lieve that they would be. We believe that by tho contlnnanco of a united action by tbe members of tho lodges issuing this circular, the recognition, which our conduct in the present dispute entitles us to, will be forced from those who nro apparently indifferent to our attempts to avoid the present difllculty. To more fully enable us to uphold the honorof our beloved association, we are compelled to come to you and ask your financial aid. Brothers, this is the lirst time w e have ever been com pelled to ask for aid, and we sincerely hope you will not turn a deaf ear to ns, but re spond liberally, as we have always done in similar instances. Some of our own mem bers, and whom we must protect, havo already felt the consequences of our en forced idleness, nnd some havo already lacked the necessities of life. Seeing the condition we aio in at present, and knowing that wo will not receive "strike benefits" until next month, wo nsk you to give this matter your earnest atten tion and do all for ns that you can to bring about a successful termination of this im portant struggle for the honor of the asso ciation, for we firmly bolievc that if our struggle is lost, which is most certain to be, some other place will bo al tacked next year. Address all communications and money to Kinier Kiddle, Cor. Kep. By order of committee, David L. Akxold, Jacob J. Bitowif, Adam Kracs, Uf.ohgk Khil, Samuel IL Sctehs. Considerable excitement was created in Sharpsburg last night when it became gen erally known that the circular was out. It is claimed that it was sent out unknown to and without the consent of Good Intent Lodge and did not bear the seal of either lodge. "That plate mill crew," said a pud dler, "is getting very liberal. I remember a year ago we were lorced to meet the firm, and they then told us that they would not lose a good job for a puddler." HO ACTION TAKEN YET. The OH ver& Roberts Difllculty Shows no Signs of Settlement. The Executive Board of the second divis ion, first district, having jurisdiction over the trouble at Oliver & Roberts' wire mill, has not yet taken action on the matter, but a meeting may be held this afternoon for that purpose. Another committee called at the office of the Amalgamated Associa-' tion yesterday afternoon, but the officials there could give the men no encouragement, as the dispute has not yet been referred to the national headquarters. There was little if any change in tbe sit uation at the mill yesterday. The non union men with whom the old employes re fuse to work, are still on duty, ana the men say that as long ns they stay the union men will not return. Mr. D. B. Oliver denied yesterdav that Russians are operating tho plant. His version of the whole trouble is that the scale which the firm refuses to sign provides for regulations that will add 15 per cent to the cost of the output, and while the firm had made two efforts to settle satisfactorily to both sides, the employes had been unable to go into a conference with power to alter tho scale. The firm waited two weeks nnd then started the mill with other men, who will not now be dis charged for the accommodation of the old hands. Industrial Xotes. Mr Joseph Dabhaou, chief engineer of tho Isabella blast furnaces, spent his annual vacation in Canada. lie returned yester day. Sin. Thomas Vesehs, Sn., manager of tho Keystone Iron Hill, is enjoying his annual where he is visiting his relatives and friends. SrORTlXG The events of tho sporting world reviewed for TIIK DISPATCH to morrow. Tho leading sporting paper. ITer Honsehold Goods Vanished. Mrs. Ida Ingram, a resident of Reserve township, entered suit yesterday against Mr. and Mrs. llershbcrger for larceny. Mrs. Ingram charges that the Hershbergcrs boarded at her house and within the past two weeks, while she was sojourning at At lantic City, the defendants departed with a lot of her" household goods. A NETF MUSICAL INVENTION. Is It an Organ or a Piano? All the objections to the parlor organ are at last done away with by this new inven tion. It has seven full octaves (as many keys as the Steinway Grands) and looks ex actly like a fine upright piano. There are no stops in view nor any unsightly bellows pedals, but the instrument is worked by two pedals exactly like those on a piano, and a 6-year-old child is able to work them with ease. The delicacy and variety of its tones are wonderful and the touch so light and quick that the most difficult piano pieces can be executed thereon without difficulty. It is a marvelous improvement on the com mon parlor organ and has created a great sensation in musical circles. The price is not higher than that of the ordinary organ. H. Kleber & Bro., 500 Wood street, are the sole agents, and they invite all, whether purchasers or not, to call and see it. Kleber ib Bro. are selling these wonderful instru ments 03 fast as the manufacturers can fur nish them. TTS For Pale Advertisements, Other than real estate, One cent per word In The Dispatch hereafter. B. & B. On sale to-day, women's hose, onyx foot, fancy colored tops, 35 cents a pair, worth SO cents. Boggs & Buhl. Want Advertisements One cent per word in The Dispatch now. Alii lovers of delicacies use Angostura Bitters to secure a gooddigestion. ttssu To Let Rooms. One cent per word in The Dispatch to-day. The best always the cheapest. Use none but "Table Belle" flour. 3 MEN WOULDN'T STAT. Ex-Congressman Niedringhans Fails to Get Eastern Workmen. ELEVEX EETDRNED YESTERDAY. One Tells How Jlisrepresentations Took Them to St. Louis. UNION JIEJf COOT ONE POINT SCORED Ex-Congressman Kiedringhans has had the first taste at taking non-union men to St. Louis to operate his plant at that place. A couple of weeks ago his representative, who had failed to securojmen here, engaged 11 workmen in Philadelphia. They were not told where they were expected to go, but Amalgamated wages were guaranteed, besides the railroad fare to destination. The men agreed to go, with the under standing that no trouble existed and upon the assurance that everything was all right, they started. They were taken by way of Buflalo up into Canada, across to Detroit and from thence to St. Louis. By the time they reached Detroit, however, one or two of the crowd expressed a suspicious fear that all was not right, and they deter mined to find out definitely where they were going before proceeding farther, but the man in charge succeeded in putting them off until St. Louis was reached. Thev just remained one day. "When they saw the mill and discovered the situation they informed Mr. Niedringhans that they would not work and demanded railroad fare to return to their homes in Philadelphia. Mr. Niedringhaus did not say he would or would not give them moneyto get out of the city, but he did not furnish them with funds and Ivory Lodge, now on strike at that place, gave them enough to provide passage home. They left St. Louis on Thursday and ar rived in Pitt'burg last evening. Two of them, John Alexander and Samuel Colwell, the latter a roller, called at the office of the Amalgamated Association yes terday afternoon and related the story jnst as above stated. The men are very weary, and will be glad to reach home again. Amalgamated officials feel delighted over the prospects of winning at St. Louis. They consider this one big point gained. 1BADES UNIONS CRITICISED For Interfering With the Importation of Welsh Tin Plate Workers. Commenting upon the present controversy over the proposed importation of foreign tin plate workers, the current issue of the Iron Age will have this say: "The trades unions are reported to be up inarms and threaten direful things if the administration at "Washington permits ex pert workmen to be engaged and taken to St. Louis from across the sea. The exigen cies of partisan politics may make the ad ministration yield to them and endeavor to prevent the importation of "Welsh tin plate workers under contract, but a business-like view of the situation would seem to call for permission to import such work men. "The Amalgamated Association would render its membership an important service at this time, if it should endeavor by every means possible to encourage the efforts of those who are risking their capital in estab lishing tin plate works. The development of this industry, if properly fostered by all interests involved, will in time, employ large numbers of American workmen, com pared with whom the "Welsh workmen who might now be brought hither would be in significant. The sudden transfer of the en tire AVelsh tin plate community to this country is not to he iearen. or is the lowering of the American standard of wages to the Welsh standard, or anything like it, to be feared. American manufacturers ex pect to pay considerably more than their foreign competitors, but it is unreasonable for the trades unions to handicap new in dustries bv imposing upon them higher schedules than in other industries, and also bv preventing them from securing the best skilled labor attainable." POLITICS Both tho great parties will be solicited to hold the conventions of '03 in New Tork. aiurray will tell how the wires are being palled in THE DISPATCH for to-morrow. Want Advertisements One cent per word in The Dispatch now.' Nobby neckwear; the largest and most complete line always in stock at James 11. Aiken & Co.'s, 100 Fifth avenue. A FEW AUGUST BARGAINS ! LADIES' extra fine Flannel Shirt "Waists, "Star" make, reduced to 52.25. These are perfect in shape, and high grade of ma terial and workmanship. EXTRAfine Cheviot Shirt "Waist for women, reduced from 52.50 to S1.85. EXTRA grade blue and black Polka Dot "Waists, reduced from S1.50 to 5L "STAR" Lanndried "Waists .for women, in white and fancies, reduced to 51.25. BARGAINS in soiled "White Shirts and Collars (gents'). SPECIAL values in H. S. Embroidered Handkerchiefs at 12c- CHIFFON in all colors at 50c. Chemisettes and Roll Collars at a big reduction. THE "Niagara" Shirt perfect fitting, re inforced tront and back, patent facings 51 each, 3 for 52.75. THE best 50 cent White Shirt Produced. SPECXAXNight Shirt bargains at 50c and 75c, plain white and trimmed; usually sold at 75c and 51. EXTBA. value in Ladies' East Black and Balbriggan Hose at 12Jc. GENTS' Fast Black Silk Shirts 53.50, -reduced from 54.50. BIBER & EASTON 505 AND 507 MAKKET ST. aulG-TTSsn. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Tho Leading Pittsburg, Pa., Drygood3 House- Saturday, Aug. 22; 1S9L JOS. HOBNB k C0.'S PEM AVENUE STORE! OUR FAMOUS AND JUSTLY RENOWNED $1 OO UNLAUNDERED WHITE shirt; Called the "STAG'S HEAD," Is made of muslin manufactured to our order especially for this Shirt. IT HAS 3-ply All-Linen Bosom, S-ply All-Linen Xeck Hand, 3-ply All-Linen Wrist Bands, Hand-worked Button Holes, Continuous facing on back and sleeve venta. Patent collar button shield on neckband, Reinforced Uosom. COMES IN Neck measures from 13Jf to 18 Inches. In extrn large bodies for stout men and in different lengths of sleeves for Ions UI1U OUUtli U11113. It possesses all the points of feet Shirt the Stag's Head -cc ana snort arms. a per- :osts $i MEN'S SUMMER WEAR -AT- REDUCED PRICES. FLANNEL AND 'CHEVIOT SHIRTS Only in large sizes, That were $2 and $2 50, All at Si now. All the Cheviot and Madras Shirts, with laundried collars and cuffs, are now $2 50. SILK SHIRTS Now S3 50 and $4 50 each. FLANNEL VESTS Now $2 and $2 50 each. Just prices. FANCY LISLE. THREACi HALF HOSE. Regular 40c and 50c (a pair) qualities, now selling 3 pairs for 50c. Our own importation of Fast Black Cotton Sox, extra quality, color war ranted, 25c to 50c a pair. Balbriggan half hose, 35c and upward. 15c, 25c, Special Summer values in Men's Linen Handkerchiefs, now i2jc and upward. MEN'S NEW FALL NECKWEAR, Largest and Best Display. JOS. HORNE & CO., 607-621 PENN AVENUE. auZJ WE ARE UNROLLING Somo of the handsomest patterns In Milton, Velvet, Axmlmter, Moquetto, Body Brus sels, Tapestry Brussels and Ingrain Carpets ever seen west of New York. We take pleas- uiu iu wi3iJiaiii:; uui ?LVUi, miu jauies nro especially invited to call and inspect the en tire line. AVe can't be floored in C'arpet3by any bouse EDWARD GROETZINGER, . 627 and 629 Penn Avenue. au22-TTssn THE Wnrm All" Fnm( JJ-fjlK. 1 LiCj 1 1 'WroughtSteel Ranges. Cinderella Ranges and Stoveo. Send for catalogue. Kstlmates fuml'hetf. T f T 1T-T PTT .T f Tl A WTI PTT apl8-rr S03 Wood St.. ritubnrr-'