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.
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SO cents. Boggs & Buhl.
Want Advertisements
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Alii lovers of delicacies use Angostura
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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
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