1 N s ehoot if they wanted to. They forcibly seized myself und wife nnd proceeded to tie us up and gag us. I resisted them as much as I could, but in tbe struggle one of the masked men drew his revolver and said ho would shoot me, and then fired and wounded me on the left side of the head by the shot from his revolver. I grasped the revolver and attempted to wrest it from him, but the other masked men coming to his assistance, I was ovei powered, "gagged and bound. Mv hands were torn by the revolver in my effort to get it Irom him. "In this attack upon me all the men acted in concert, and actively encouraged and aided each other in the assault upon me, and no one of the three attempted to inter fere when the man attempted to shoot mo. SAYS THE WOUND WAS SERIOUS. "I bled a great deal from the shot wound In my head, and my health was much im paired and my life endangered. I have no doubt but that the shot as flred with the intent to murder me. I believed at the time he flred he intended to do as he threatened, and kill me. The men tied and gagged my wife, and after I was shot, they threatened to torture hertodiscover the place where the money was. Fearing that they would carry out the threat, and believing our lives in danger, from their violence, 1 oflered to un lock the safe and did so." "The masked men robbed it,stealing $12,000 In Treasury notes and bills, current funds of the United States. Also eight bonds of the Brady's Bend Bridge Companv for $250 each, numbers 13, 14 15, 1G, 101, 102, 103, 101. respec tively, or the value of $250 each. Also four bonds of the Allegheny Vallev Companv for $1,000 each, numbers 2,712, 2.TS3, 2.7S1, 2.7S5, re spectively, of the value of $1,000 each. Also three bonds of the funded debt mortgage bonds of the Alleghenv Valley Kailroad Companv for $100 each, numbers 30.572 30.573, 30,574 respectively, or the value of $100 each, all of which was my property. The total value of the cash and the valuable se curities of which these masked men robbed me on this occasion, amovntcd in value of about $20,000 in current funds of the United States. They also robbed my wife of a bag of silver tnoney containing about $50, which was in the sale, she being there present tied and gagged by them, and unable to prevent the robbery. "None of the stolen property has yet been recovered or found, except three of the Allegheny Valley Kailroad bonds of the vaiue oi $i,ww eacn, numbers y,K3, za, as, stolen as above, and also all the Brady's Bend bridge bonds, and the Allegheny Val ley Kailroad bonds, funded debt mortgage bonds, also otolen as above. COULD XOT IDENTIFY THE PRISONERS. "These bonds were some months afterward traced to the possession of James W. Miller, alias James Ryan, now the fugitive from justice in Toronto, Canada.- As I am in formed and believe. Jllller and the other three men, named William Jackson, Will iam Ilarrop and Jacob Ott. were after the robbery arrested and all four indicted and tried before the Court of Oyer and Terminer in and for Clarion county, nt the town of CInrion, in August, 1SS1. for burglary committed in my house and for the larceuv of all the above moneys and bonds which belonged to me. I attended the trial and testified against the four pris oners on the 24th day of August, A. D. 1S81, and they were all convicted of said bur glary anil larceny on the 29th day of August, IS?!, and each of them was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in the State pen itentiary for the Western district of Penn sylvania. "I could not at the time of the robbery identify the four prisoners, owing to the masks which concealed the upper part of the faces and the end of their noses, but from the general appearance of the said prisoners, Miller, Ilarrop and Ott, and from the voices, which I uir-tinctly heard at the time of the robberv. and from the oppor tunities I have had since to see and hear them several times in the jail and iu the court at their trial. I now believe they were the men ho committed said burglary and robbery and felonious assault upon me, and there is no doubt in my own mind that they are the masked men who robbed me and shot me on that occasion. "These men were only tried for burglary and larceny of my money and bonds, and have not yet been tried for shooting ine, nor for robbing my wife Barbara ot her bag of money on the s-ame occasion. I am informed and believe that James W. Miller, alias Byan, who was o convicted and sentenced, and whom I identified as aforesaid to be one of the marked men engaged in the robbery and-tissault "with intent to murder me, es caped from the aid penitentiary in Decem ber last, and is now in custody in Toronto, Canada, as a convict fugitive irom justice, his JORX X COSXORS. mark. "Sworn before me by the deponent, John Connors, the elder, at Madison township, in said county, this 20th dav of JanuarvA. V., lSe'i it. K. McGmxMr, "Justice of the Peace lor said County." THERE 'WERE THREE AFFIDAVITS. "The above affidavit was the second one secured by Warden Wright while I was held lor extradition in Canada," said Mr. Miller, "the first containing practically the same statement had been found defective according to Canadian law, and the One here published was the result of a consultation of Warden Wright's Canadian lawyer, and the Judge who tried the case, Mackenzie. John Con nors. Sr had gone before the same Justice of the Peace, u. R. McGregor, the dav previous, on the 23th or January, A. D. lbS2, and had sworn:" Whereas, On the 9th day of January, A. I).. lN-2, 1 had made an affidavit in reference to the assault and robbery made on me on the evening ot the 23m oay ol Marcn, A. !., 1SSL and that he is now informed that said afiidnvit or information had been miscon strued as to set forth that I charge James W. Miller with shooting me with intent to kill, but in order to correct any such con struction on that affidavit, I hereby make this affidavit, and say that I did not intend to charge such crimo on said Miller, nor did I recognize or identity him or any others vho committed said burglary, they all being masked, ana lurtner saitn not. His wife, Barbara Connors, appeared on the; same dav and date before the same Jus tice of the l'eace and swore that she was present at the time of said robbery, and that she did not recognize any of said burglars, for the reason that they were all masked. STORY OF CONKOR.S' GRANDDAUGHTER. The notes of testimony taken by Hon. J. T. Moflatt, since member of Congress from Clarion county, in the Court of Oyer and Ter miner, 1SS1, where he acted as one of the counsel for James W. Miller, which notes of testimony are, duly certified to, and in pos session of Tbe-Dispatch. Extracts from the notes of the testimony taken by Mr. Moflatt ts they fell from Connors' lips, the deponent enys: "I cannot identify the nien:thevcaine about 8 p. St.; their faces w ere all masked, holes for their mouth and eyes: coats but toned up; cannot tell whether they had hats or caps." State of Pennsylvania, Allegheny county, City of Pittsburg, ss. "Before me, the undersigned Notary Pub lic, personally came Miss Florence Connors, who, being duly sworn, says: "I am a granddaughter of John Connors, Sr., the man from whom the money and bonds were stolen at the time of the Catfish robbery. I saw my grandfather and grandmothera day or two after that robbery, and had a long talk with both of them, and neither of them made any complaints of being hurt or injured. It was not true that my grand mother was tortured in any way, neither were Her feet burned or injured, nor was any attempt made to burn her feet or injure her in any other way. "My grandfather told me at the time of my visit, 'that when I was scuffling with the first man who came into the house, the re volver which that man had exploded, as he thought, accidentally, and that the bullet grazed his head and just took off the bare skin, Tso that the blood seeped out. It was so slight that it left no scar.' COULD NOT RECOGNIZE MILLER. "He also told mo that at the time of the robbery that the men were all masked, and that lie did not see their faces, and could not identify any of them. He saw Mr. Miller at, during and after the trial, and did not recognize him as one of the participants in the robbery. t&" All of which is true and correct, to the best of mv in formatiou, knowledge andbe jef. Miss Flobexce Cosskb. "Sworn to and subscribed before me, Au gust 24, 1S9L Witness my hand and notarial teal. Johx W. Hague, "Notary Public." A reporter of The Dispatch visited Mr. E. A. Smith yesterday at La Belle Steel Works, in Allegheny, and being questioned lis to whether he did Identity the bills which Miller took to the bank on the day or the bond sale as being part of the money that had been paid for the said bonds, he replied that he did not want to have anything to say about the matter, as he did not wish to do Mr. Miller an injus tice. The reporter intimated that truth can do no one an injustice, and insisted that Mr. Smith should say whether he did or did not identify this money. MR. SMITH'S TALK ANALYZED. He claimed that he did; when asked to de scribe how he identified it whether he could give the .numbers of the bank on which the bills belonged, or any other defi nite information, he said: "I cannot; they looked alike on the face." The reporter then asked: "Could you identify two $1,000 bills ut a passing glance, several hours after ward?" He replied: "I could." "How could you do it?" "Just as I conld identity the faces of two men; yours, for instance, and another man's whom I had seen." The reporter asked the question: "Could not half a dozen bills look just the same to you?" He replied: "It is possible they could." The extracts from the same note as taken by J. T. Moffat on the day of the trial gives Mr. E. A. Smith's testimony on the witness stand, and the following is a verbatim copy of his answers, as to whether he could or could not identify the money, which Mr. Miller changed or which was taken from his person after his arrest, as any of the money which had been paid tor the bonds: "Am E. A. Smith; in business in the Fifth National Bank, Pittsburg; am teller; made check and paid it to South a few moments later, $5,601 60; they were large bills, $1,000 each. In a short time Miller brought in a bill of $1,000 to get it changed: I think two of them. I said, laughingly, I thought I paid out that same bill a few moment ago. 1 do not know what renlv lie made; I do not know that it was the same oill I had paid to South; I saw other bills; I think I saw a $500 bill: saw the money taken from Miller; could not recognize the money taken from him by the detectives." TICKING OUT WEAK rOIXTS. This disposes of the statement made yesterday by Teller Smith, of the Fifth Na tional Bank, at the time the bonds were sold, but he says that several of the $1,000 bills for which Miller asked change in the bank were the same as those given to South, the broker, in exchange for a check or George I. Whitney, and which were given by South to Archie Montague. There was another statement made yes tor day, and it was claimed that it was a weak point in Miller's story. In speaking of his escape from the penitentiary, he says he "escaped without he:p, and managed to change his clothes and get away without any aid." "It is well known and was clearly proven at the time that an ex-convict named Ames was Miller's confederate, and became acquainted with Miller in the penitentiary and learned his plans." The statement was also made that there was a letter from Miller telling Amos how to revive him in caso he lost consciousness. The reporter has gleamed the Information from the police records, and from Rev. E. It. Donehoo, who assisted Ames after his re lease from the workhouse, where he was sent on a plea of guilty to aiding Miller to eseape. Ames was arrested on the night of dinner s escape, in Dan uardner's saloon, on Fifthavenucjin his possession were found the Shins spoken of, and a lot of burglar's tools, o was taken to the Central station, and the true facts in the cae are, that at that time, had it been proven beyond question that Miller's escape from the penitentiary was unaided and unassisted by any one, certain officials connected with that institution, would have stood in a very queer light as regards the manner in which that institu tion if managed. DELAYED BY DOUBT, D.tf. Oliver Says That Tin Plate Mak ing Is Being Hindered by but One Thing. :FEAR OF MORE TARIFF TINKERING Prevents American Manufacturers From Turning Out Quantities of Tin. BENEFITS OF PEOTECTION TO LABOE. How the Farmer lias a Share in It, Also, by Being His Own Landlord. MILLER MUST HAVE BEEN ASSISTED. To prevent a reflection on their vigilance and watchfulness, says Mr. Miller, it was desirable to prove that he had been assisted by guards on the inside, and convicts recently discharged. Ames was selecied to represent the recently discharged convict; he denied most emphatically hav ing liad anything to do wiih Miller's escape, and made the statement, which certainly looks reasonable, "Do you think if I assisted, or was iu the city for the purpose of assisting Miller to escape, this morn ing, that 1 Would be here this evening?" But fearing they might preler a charge of having burglar's tools in his possession, he made no effort to secure his release from custody, and the man from whom this infor mation was obtained believes that Major Montooth was Ames' counsel at that time, and that, when Warden Wright visited the jail to interview Ames, Ames told him: 'If you attempt to have me sent to prison for aiding Miller to escape, I will make this "ran too not to hold you.' "The frauds which have been committed in that penitentiary, and of which I am cognizant, having made extracts from the books of the penitentiary and conveyed them outside the walls, and have them safely in my possession, will be published to the world and your reputation ruined. It is a notorious fact that Ames was kept in the jail and allowed unusual privileges, and long after Miller was returned from Canada, was coaxed to make a confession and plead guilty to the charge of aiding Miller to escape, on promise that he would only re ceive a sentence of 00 days to the work house. LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MAN. "Afterward, when Ames was returned to the penitentiary from Mcadville, Pa., under another name, it is well known to several men who were prisoners in the penitentiary that Charlie Ames made Miller's acquaint ance for the first time, and begged his pardon for connecting himself in any way with his escape, and said, in justification and in explanation of his movements that morn ing, tiiat he was there not for the purpose of assisting Miller, but another man." The additional statcmentis made that cer tain police officials declared they have proof that Miller went direct to the "little Lamb" saloon on Virgin alley, where the robbery was originally planned, and where the thieves met, and there changed his clothes and obtained money. 3Ir. Miller, being asked last night regarding the truth of the statement made above, most emphatically denied both, and defies any police official or anyone else to show any letter ever found on A mes or any other men, such as described above, or to bring forth any good, substan tial proof that be ever was in the "Little Lamb" saloon in his life. it is well known to many prominent men in the city that there were many queer things occurred at the time of Miller's ar rest very strange andunaccountable tilings which have never been satisfactorily ex plainedand the reporter tried to get Miller to make a statement regarding some facts which happened at the time in connection with his arrest; he has absolutely refused to do so unless attacked by the officials who are the interested party. SOME MISTAKES WERE MADE. It is taken as a curious commentary on the actions of men that John Connors, Sr., an old man of 61, should make an affidavit one day in which he declared Miller was not guilty of felonious assault, and could not identify him as one of the men who had robbed him, and leads to many curious conjectures as to the means used by which he was brought to make an affidavit the following day, before the same Justice of the Peace, charging Mil ler with felonious assault, claiming that he had identified him at the time of the rob bery. Warden Wright, it is said, in an interview the other day informed a gentleman that while Miller was awaiting extradition in Canada, about that time John Connors was robbed by his own nephews, and that he made the remark that the reason he did not trv to have Miller indicted on the charge for which he was extradited was that if his own flesh and blood could not wait for their share of his wealth for the little time ho yet had to live, he was not going to prosecute a stranger whom he was not sure had ever participated in robbing him. COULDN'T BE JIMMY EYATT. Pittsburg and Chicago Police Agree Fully Upon That Point. Detective Sol Coulson yesterday declared that Miller could not possibly have been the notorious Jimmy Eyan. He said the men w ere as unlike as could be. The Dispatch's Chicago correspondent corroborates this, in a telegram received last evening and read ing as follows: "I remember Jimmy Eyan," said Officer Evans, of the rogues' gallery department of the Chicago police lorce, this afternoon. "The last time I saw him, I beliove, was in '81, 'S2 or '83, when he was arrested by Officer Arnstein, brought in on general principles, as an ex-convict and general crook, perhaps for the purpose of having him leave the city with 24 hours. I have no photograph of him, nor have we any description. This department was not organized then as it is now. All that I can say is that he had a moustache and side whiskers, I think, at the time of his arrest. He had served a term at Jackson, Mich., but I never heard of him having been in the peniten tiary at Pittsburg. His real name, wo un derstood, was Houlihan, and I think, but am not certain, that he came from Peoria, or somewhere down in the center of this State. He was a safe-blower and a general burglar. His brother, Tom Ityan, was a safe-blower of more note. Tom was one of the most ex pert men at that business in America. Tom is still living, and was in Chi cago about a month ago. Jim my was shot and killed at Peoria, in 1885, while committing a burglary, by Officer Addelman, a German policeman, who is still in Peoria, doing business as a private detective or watchman. The Jimmy Byan 1 sDokc of may not bo the man The Pitts nuRO DisrATCH is inquiring about, but I think he is. At all events, he is the only sale-blower we know of by that name." ' Officer Rohan, also of the Department of Identification, said substantially the same thing. Chiof McClaughry has received a telegram from Pittsburg, inquiring about Kyan's record, and has referredit to Rohan for investigation, and he has handed to the Chief a report to that effect. ME. DONEHOO'S 0PINI0H. He Does Not Believe Miller Guilty of the Catfish Robbery. A representative of The Dispatch nt the ConftMMcd on Sixth JTaje. Mr. David B. Oliver, General Manager of the Oliver Iron and Steel Company, talked entertaining!- yesterday to a Dispatch re porter who asked him about the tin plate industry in America. Said lie: "Make tin plate here? Certainly we can. "Why not? Tin plate consists of iron or steel sheets of good quality and the requisite thickness, properly scoured and cleaned and then coated with tin. That is all there is of it. "At present the bulk of the world'ssupply of tin plate is made in England and "Wales. The tin for coating comes mainly from the Straits settlements in the Dutch East Indies; formerly it was mined in AVales and Corn wall, and is yet to a limited extent; but the growth in the consumption of tin plate of late years has been so great that the old sources of supply are no longer adequate. and now Banca and Malacca are the largest producers of the pure tin. I have no doubt that we have plenty of tin in this country, which will be developed in due time, and until then we can do as the Welshmen do, buy the tin for coating. There are hundreds of thousands of tons of iron and steel made every year in Allegheny county alone of the quality suitable for tin plate. "Why, then, do not our manufacturers begin to make it at once?" THE M'KINLEY BILL VINDICATED. "The McKinley bill passed about a month before the last Congressional elections; by false pretense and all kinds of gross misrep resentations the ,voters were influenced against it; there was no time to counteract these efforts, and the verdict of the people seemed to be against it, and since the cor onation of Queen Victoria Englishmen have not been so hilarious in their rejoicings as when the result of that election reached them. Since then the McKinley bill has vindicated itself, and if it can only get over the new Congress safely it will have come to stay, but capital is timid and conserva tive, and our manufacturers hesitate, owing to this uncertainty. Once let it be realized that the act will not be disturbed, and we will very shortly make all the tin plate we use. and possibly make it for export. "The-United States are now the largest consumers of tin plate in the world, taking, 1 believe, more of it than ail the rest com bined, and I know of no good reason why we should not make it for ourselves." "But you cannot make it as cheap as the imported article." "Possibly not, at first. When we first Im ported steel rails wo paid $160 a ton for them; now we make them here and sell them for $30 a ton. A few j-ears ago, when we im ported wire nails, thoy sold at 10 cents a pound; they are now made here and sell at 2 cents a pound. When we first began their manufacture here we followed the Old World methods: we made the wire rod from a two-inch billet weighing about 28 pounds, and the product ot a mill was about 16 tons a turn. SOME AMERICAN IMPROVEMENTS. "We soon improved on that. We now make the rod from a four-inch 'billet weighing 140 pounds, and we make over 125 tons in the same time, and with about the same labor we formerly did the 16 tons. Other im provements in the manufacture have been made and to-day you can buy wire nails here as cheap as you can in England. I believe it will be the same way with tin plate once our people get their minds right down to it and 'get the hang of it.' I have no idea we will long continue to ioiiow the Uld world antiquated methods." "It is frequently said that the tariff pro tects the manufacturer only, and does not protect the workman." "Yes. I see that statement sometimes made.but it is made unadvisedly at least as far as the iron industry is concerned. W hat is known and classed in the iron trade as bar iron is the base of the merchant iron trado, because that class inoludes a greater tonnage than perhaps all the rest of the kinds and classes combined. Pig iron is the material from which bar iron is made, and the labor required to convert the pig into bar consists of puddling, heating, rolling, and then incidental labor, and is practically of the same nature in this country and England. The English Staffordshire manu facturer can to-day buy his pig iron at i 5s ($10 90 of our money) per ton; he can sell his product of merchant bar iron at 5 15$ ($27 3) per ton; the difference between his cost lor pig and his return for his bar being $16 93 per ton. He pays for labor: Puddliug.8 shillings per ton; rolling, heating and other labor, 12 shillings per ton, making a total forlaborof 20shillmgs ($4 84) per ton. "The Pittsburg iron manutacturer will pay to-day lor his pig iron $14 25 per ton; he can sell his product 'lor $34 72 per ton; the difference between his cost for pig and his return for bar being $20 47 per ton. He pays for labor: Puddling, $5 50 per ton; rolling, heating and other labor, $8 25 per ton; making a total for labor of $13 75 per ton. AMERICAN LABOR THE BEST PAID. "The English manufacturer, therefore, has a difference between his pig and bar of $16 93 per ton, and he pays $4 84 for la bor. The American manufacturer has a dif ference between his pig and bar of $20 47 per ton, and ho pays for his labor $13 75 per ton. As I have said, tljo amount of labor and skill requisite, and the conditions under which they are exercised, are practically the samo in both countries, but the American labor gets for its share nearly three times more than the English laborgcts and the English is by no means the lowest foreign labor in the iron trade, the Belgian and German be ing much lower, and tbe English workmen are now agitating actively for protection against the importation of Continental iron into England. "These two amounts $4 84 for English and $1S 75 for American labor for the same service are very highly disproportionate. In all my talks with opponents of our protective sys tem, I have never yet obtained from them anvthlng approaching a satisfactory expla nation of how or in what way an American manufacturer could make iron and pay the present wages without the tariff. Free trade college professors may theorize, but as a practical man, I say it is utterly impossible lor him to do so. "Xo, the average wages of.iron workers are not excessive; take puddling, lor in stance: $5 50 per ton practically $5 50per day for two skilled men and exceedingly labor ious and severe labor continuously before a furnace. American workmen aro voters, and it is desirable, for this reason if for no other, that they be well paid and enabled to have comfortable homes and educate their children." "But do not the farmers have to pay this excess?" "Practically speaking, no; the excess is so distributed and recompensed as not to be discernible or felt anywhere.. Iron and steel enter so largely into the construction and maintenance of railways that you might -expect to find Its effects there, but there is no country in the world whore railway freight charges are as low as here, or where the farmer gets his products carried as chenply to market; neither does it show in the purchase of his farming machinery and implements. The Western farmer can buy all-steel reaping or mowing machines, laid aown nt nis Darn in tne Aortnwest, lor less heavy poor rates, ces3" and other taxes, that would make an American farmer's hair gray. The American farmer thus has a pro tective tariff, as against his foreign competi tor, of a most effective nature one above and beyond the control of- Senate or Con gress, and one that in the nature or things will never fail him. "Foreign capital comes here and finds profitable investment; foreign workmen and farmers of all sorts and conditions come here from the Old World and rarely return except as visitors or tourists; our country is healthily growing in wealth and power; our statesmen aro required to scheme to find the most desirable wavs of disposing of a sur plusthose of the Old World are obliged to worry over an ever-recurring deficit; these are for us most desirable economic condi tions; they have existed with us for a long time: as long as they continue we can well afford to let the foreign free trade heathen rage and a small minority of our own people Imagine a vain thing." MAY BE SETTLED. No More Talk of That Promised Sensational Suit Mr. Chambers' Statement Prepared Some Standard Plate Glass Stock to Be Sold To-Day. No further steps were taken yesterday in the contemplated suit against 'W.E.Schmertz by Attorney Josiah Cohen. It is possible that the matter will be settled now without suit. James A. Chambers was In consultation the greater part of yesterday with his attor ney, J. Scott Ferguson. A statement of his affairs has been prepared and will be pre sented to his creditors. A strong impres sion prevails that he will be granted an ex tension. A meoting of the directors of tbe Standard Plate Glass Company will be held to-day, at which a statement of the financial condition of this concern will be made. Mr. Ferguson was seen last night in regard to the general trend of this statement. He said it would probably place the company in a better light than that in which it has been viewed by many. Mr. Ferguson stated that he was merely attorney for Mr. Chambers, and not for the Standard Company, and had no knowledge of the company's affairs further than as they affected Mr. Chambers. When asked if there had not been an im mense amount sunk in the plant, and if the total indebtedness would not be in the neighborhood of half a million dollars, he stated that he understood from Receiver D. E. Wheeler that the indebtedness wonld not exceed $300,000, taking all things into consideration. There will be sold to-day for the Farmers' National Bank 100 shares of Standard Plate Glass stock, which was given by Mr.Schmertz as collateral. GROWIIG UNEASINESS Is Becoming More Manifest Among the Vesuvius Mill Men. HIGHER PBICES FOR PUDDLING May Be Offered as an Inducement to Them to Eesnme Operations. h TIN IS BEING REDUCED IN DAKOTA FfiESH FB0M OHIO. Colonel Conger Thinks McKinley Will TYln Mr. Crouse in Town. Colonel A. L. Conger, of Akron, O., the veteran Republican leader, came in from Ohio last night and put up at tho Anderson. The Colonel felt so tired after his journey that he begged to be excused from an inter view. "What are McKinley's prospects?" was asked. "Very good," was the reply. '"He had a capital meeting at Kiles, was very wtll re ceived and I think has an excellent chance of winning; there are no dissertions in any quarter, and I expect a victory." "As to Blaine's nomination for the Presi dency, Colonel?" "As to that I would rather not say. I shall be here for a few days on business and must ask you to defer an interview until some other occasion." "Has ex-Congressman Crouse's presence here anything to do with tho political situa tion?" "I did not know Mr. Crouse was here," re plied Colonel Conger, as he walked to the news-stand and selected a paper. x.A.-ongi-essnian oeorge v. uronso, oi Akron, arrived at tho Anderson about one hour before Colonel Conger. He was In town on Sunday, but left during the day, returning last night. When approached for information on Ohio political affairs the ex-leglslator contonted himself with mono syllabic replies. When Colonel Conger ar rived Mr. Crouse was seated in the smoking room chatting with friends. Neither seemed to know of the other's presence in the hotel. Colonel Conger, when he had drawn his cigar into a glow, took his key and retired to his room. Some of the loungers in the lobby thought it odd that two gentlemen from the same town and formerly political allies in so strong a matter should, not meet. Rumor has it that the present relations of the ox-Congressman and the Congressman maker are not cordial. , Uneasiness is being manifested among the Vesuvius mill strikers at the length ened difficulty. While the majority of the puddlers have found employment in ad jacent mills, the finishers are still lingering in hopes of a settlement. Some of these men are being pinched for money to keep up building association dueB, etc, and many ol them are reported as ready to take up their old jobs, when some one has courage enough to make the break. The firm has repeatedly declared its willingness to pay full scale rates, excepting to the crew on the plate rolls, and the finishers knowing this are between two minds whethor to throw over the association and return, or adhere to the ship and take the gifts tho gods send them. It was rumored yesterday that the Vesuvius owners would offer $6 a ton for puddling after September 1. The reason for this is stated to be two-fold; the dtffloulty of getting puddlers and the unpopularity of the fuel used for boiling the iron. The firm uses a gas made from slack and steam, a system introduced last winter, and the pud dlers claim that the work is much harder than with coal or eras. Manv of the nuddlers left tho mill last year for this cause. Colored puddlers are to be had in plenty, but the firm will not have them. The calculation of the owners is that tbe reduction in the scale for the plate mill will more than pay tho ad tional half-dollar to the puddlers. Tho puddling department of the mill was closed down yesterday. Ho man could be got to operate it. The Amalgamated Association is Issuing orders on two stores owned by association men. The outside storekeepers are wroth at this. They say that they gave the men credit on tormer occasions, can do so again and should not be discriminated against in this manner. The loss to tho township dur ing the last two months, since work closed, is about $45,000. President Wclhe had nothing to say yes terday when asked for information regard ing this matter. PUZZLES THE CORONER. The Death of Patrick Clcary Being Investi gated by the Allegheny Police A Wound on His Head Which Is Not Ac counted For. The death of Patrick Cleary, in the Alle gheny General Hospital yesterday, is sur rounded with mystery which the police are endeavoring to solve. Cleary was employed in Oliver Bros. mill. He came here about three weeks ago from Scranton and went to board at Mrs. Hughes' boarding house, known as the "Last Chance," on "Wilkins street, not far from the "Pork house mill." Last Saturday night, as Detective Mc Donough, who lives in the vicinity, was returning from his supper, he was attracted to the "Last Chance" by a crowd that had gathered around, and there on the brick porch, seated on a chair and held hv four other men, wns Patrick Cleary, apparently in violent convulsions. The detective at once called the patrol wagon, in which Cleary was taken to the Mayor's ofllce. Act ing Superintendent Steele there ordered his removal to tho hospital where he died. Upon being notified of the case Coroner McDowell ordered an autopsy, which was held by Drs. Rose and Rogers, or the Hos pital staff. They found that death had re sulted from a fracture of the skull at the base of the brain immediately behind and close up to the right car. Tho Coroner con sulted with acting Superintendent Steele, who at once put his men to work on the case. Detectives Komman and McDonough went out, but up until a late hour last night had not reported. The Coroner's inquest will be delayed nntll the matter is fully in vestigated. It is said Cleary has been drinking hard for a week or more, and displayed signs of insanity or dollrium tremens on Saturday, and fell down stairs at his boarding house. STRICT PARTY RULES To Govern To-Day's Straightout Con vention in Lafayette HaU. WHAT WILL PROBABLY BE DONE. Eleventh Ward Republicans Opposed to the Committee's Action. OTHER I0CAL POLITICAL POINTERS ACCIDENTS TO CAB LINES. WHEAT IN DAKOTA. SHE SOON RETURNED. money than tho English farmer in York shire can his. Competent j udges assure me that ours are at the same time lighter, stronger and better adapted to the work. AMEBICAJJS THEIE OW2T LANDLOKD3. "Besides, and more than all this, the American owns his farm in fee simple Is his own landlord. More than 90 per cent of the British farmers are tenants and pay rent for their farms. The farmer of Ulster or York shire or of the Lothians pays from 20 to 40 shillings per acre per year, according to the quality of the land, etc., to the landed pro prietor. You can buy outright a good farm here for what will pay one vear's rent of a farm over there. In addition, there are A German Woman Starts for Europe, -hut Comes Back for a Ticket. Angelina Allard was a mnch distressed woman last night. She may feel-better this" morning, but it is problematical. Angelina was a hired woman in nn East Liberty house, and she was so industrious and saving that she accumulated enough money to run a bank book and a balance at her banker's. When her employers moved away for the summer Miss Allard became conscious of a desire to revisit the Fatherland. Fifty-three dollars of her savings procured her a steam ship ticket and transportation from this city to Bullendorf, Germany, through Moeser, the Smithfield street agent. Angelina departed on her journey at 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, to take ship at Philadelphia. Sho returned on tho mail, and wandering into the hall of the Union depot was evidently in such trouble that ono of the officers undertook to assist her. To him she explained that she had lost her steamship ticket. The officer had her ex amined by the matron to see If the paper had not got into a crevice. It couldn't be found. Sho was positive the agent had not given it to her, but the ticket agent at the depot had seen the duplicate on which he had sold-her tho railroad ticket. Finally Angelina retired within tho ladles' end of the depot accommodations, and waited 1 uiHrtj xur juurciiiig, wiicn sne proposes to bee Mr. Moeser. VIEWERS GET DOWN TO WORK. Long Testimony Kecorded on the Boggs Avenue Improvement. " The 'Board of Viewers for the Southside, consisting of Messrs. Wenke, McWilUnmg and Tatterson, held a meeting at the office In City Hall yesterday, and took testimony on the claims for damages by the grading of Boggs avenue. Tho notes were taken in shorthand and were very voluminous, and the ovidence is almost a duplicate of that taken by tho old board under the defunct act of 1S37. The meeting was adlourned at 1 o'clock, and will be resumed to-day at 9 A. m. Messrs. McCallin, Barr and Randall Mar tin, constituting tbe Old City Board, held a meeting at the office yesterday, and took testimony on the damage by grade of Herron avenue. They will finish up the view to-day by going out on the ground and examining the claims set up by tho property holders. The Crop Away Above the Average No Tin Being Reduced. J. A. Paulhamus, of Aberdeen, S. D.,was at the Seventh Avenue Hotel last night. He says that tbe wheat crop in the Dakotas will surpass the expectation of tho most san guine. Experts who have been estimating the yield for the railroad and mortgage com panies place tho yield from these States at from 90,000,000 to 110,000,000 bushels. Mr. Paulhamus has traveled extensively over the States recently and can speak from per sonal knowledge of the prospects. He says that counties which last year were barren will this season yield 15 bushels to the acre: the average run of the fields will be from 30 to 35 bushels per acre. Mr. Paulhamus is interested in companies pushing Irrigation by means of artesian wells. These are being put down in large numbers, and their beneficial results are proven by the richness of the harvest. The pressure on theso wells runs from 60 to 140 pounds to the inch. Put down in the towns the wells yield an abundance of water for every purpose. Many towns draw their fire supply from these sources, dispensing with engines. At Aberdeen Mr. Paulhamus saw a jet of water from an artesian well thrown 175 feet into the air through a two-inch nozzle. Speaking of the mining operations, Mr. Paulhamus says that while there is a great deal of work being done in opening up mines there is no tin being reduced. He says the impression is general in the Dakotas that the companies mining the properties are not anxious to make tin. He says that the bulk of the owners are English, and that they will not make tin until they soo the Americans want it. Mr. Paulhamus says that the English owners will not make tin as long as there is any donbt of the future of the tinned plating industry in this country. The mineral is in the hills in abundance, ana Just as soon as it is required it can be sent into the markets in hundreds of tons. A Cable Road and a Dnqncsno Car Meet "With Delaying Mishaps. The East End cable of the Fifth avenue line parted at the East Liberty station, at 7:45 o'clock last evening, leaving the cars with their passengers standing along that division. The cars between Oakland and the city were kept running, as theso cables are separate from those that run to tho East End. A new cable was put on to-night, and the road will be in operation this morning. Last evening the brake on an inbound Du quesne car broke on Forbes road near Craft avenue. The car came down the steep grade at this point at a high rate of speed, but it had a clear track and was stopped at the foot of the hill without any damage being done. One passenger, a colored man, jumped off. ne was rolled over and over but was not hurt to any extent. PICKED UP BY THE POLICE. ACKNOWLEDGE THE COURTESIES. The British Iron and Steel Institute'! "Memorial to Prominent Pittsburgers. The President andConncll of the British Ironaud Steel Institute have sent a hand somely engraved memorial of thanks to James B. Scott, John H. RIcketson, Captain ,A. E. Hunt, aud other gentlemen who were foremost in welcoming the visitors to Pitts burg in October of last year. Tho memorial is strongly appreciative of tho services of these gentlemen to the vis itors while here, and is inclosed in a neat frame. The document bears the autographs of tho President, Past Presidents and the Council, including the names of Sir James Vitson, Sir John G. N. Alleyn, E. P. Morten, the Dukeof Devonshire, Sir Henry Bessemer, Sir Lowthlan Bell, George J. Snelus, etc. This unlookod-tor token of acknowledge ment of their elTorts to entertain the foreign guests is highly appreciated by the re cipients. Tailors Take a Picnic The Journeymen Tailors Union held its first annual picnic at Alliquippa yesterday. Various games were indulged in and an en joyable day passed. The proprietors of the spqak-easies raided Sunday were fined $50 and costs yesterday morning. All the visitors wcro fined $5 and costs. JohnStaub is accused by Joseph Martin with assault and battery before Alderman McGaroy.. The two men, it is said, drive a beer wagon, and bad a dispute about collect ing some money, which ended in a fight. Aldebmaw Maddkit yesterday issued a war rant for the arrest of Joseph Mooney, a car penter, living in the Thirty-fifth ward, on charges of assault and battery and deser tion. The information was made by Moon ey's wife. Mas. Scsanxa Miller yesterday entered an information before Alderman Beinhauer, accusing her husband with assault. She al leges that he went home drunk one night last week and tried to kill her by throwing a large butcher knife at her. Jim Sax, tbe Chinaman in whose house at Xo. 311 Grant street the patrons of a game of fan-tan were arrested Sunday night, was fined $25 and costs by Magistrate Gripp yes terday morning. Key, the dealer was fined $50 and costs, and tho others $5 and costs each. Miss Ella Pastobius, of tho Southside, yes terday caused the arrest of Frank Lapp, on a charge of larceny by bailee, which she pre ferred before Alderman McGarey. She alleges that a short time ago Lapp borrowed a ring of hers, und afterward gave it to an other girl. Patrick Dolait, 19 years old, who resides with his mother at 81 Tustin street, wns ar rested by Officer Hildebreot for disorderly conduct last night. Dolan was released from Morganza only last week, and last night he attacked his mother and beat her in a shameful manner. Peter Plautz, who is employed as a night watchman at Morris' foundry, Twenty-third and Liberty streets, was arrested last night on a warrant issued by Alderman. Warner, charging him with oruelly neglecting his wife and one child. The information in the case is made by Agent M. J. Dean, of the Anti-Cruelty Society. The "Straighout" Eepnblicans say they will be out to-day in force, rain or s bine, even if the country roads are bad. The latter contingency they should look at from another angle, however, as, if the weather be too wet to haul into the barn, the granger delegates will have all the more incentive and come out, as there hasn't been rain enongbtowct sod ground for plowing for winter grain crops. It Is promised that the Convention will be one of tho cleanest political affairs that has been held In tho county for many years, and that it will be.run according to the rules of the Republican County Committee. But neither Judges McClemy and Porter nor District Attorney Burleigh will bo allowed to enter the lists. The District Attorneyship aflalr is ex pected by the Straightouts to bring strength to their cause, as they think the Democratic omission to nominate a candidate for this office will arouse antagonism In the party, and either force a third nomination or bring strength to the Straightout cause. The Convention will meet in Lafayette Hall, at 10 o'clock a. m., and whether there will be any conjuring power in the place and name remains to be seen. Some Straightouts dwell with emphasis on tho fact that it is popularly supposed to have been the incubator in which was hatched the organization from which the Straight outs are at present bolting. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Leading Drygoods House. Pittsburg, Fa Monday, Aug. 21, lSJL JOS. HOME & GOS THEY WAKT EECOGmTIOir. SHOT FH0M ABOVE, Threatened to Shoot Her. Henry Drexler, a coal miner living in Mansfield borough, was committed to jail yesterday by 'Squire McMillan on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. The prose cutor is Maggie Miller, with whom Drexler boards, and who alleges that she upbraided Drexler for his treatment of her crippled daughter, when he produced a revolver and threatened to shoot her. SNAP SHOTS AT CITY NEWS. A vert useful directory and calendar for 1S92 has just beenissuedby Charles J. Jaegle of the Eeobacliter. ' ' The County Treasurer yesterday received from the Auditor General a supply of tho pamphlet laws ofl891 for distribution among attorneys. A new map of tho bituminous coal region of which Pittsburg is tho metropolis, has been issued by A. J. Lee, C. E. As an object lesson of the natural advantages of this city it is as conclusive as accurate. A very unique prospectus has been issued by the Western University. 1$ is for an ad vanced or post-graduate course in astron omy and astro-physics, under J. E. Keeler the new director of the observatory, late astronomer of Lick Observatory. The Board of Directors of the Knox sub district school, held a special meeting at tho school building last evening and elected Miss Margaret Welsh a teachorin the school to fill tho vacancy created by tho resigna tion of Miss Mary Mensinger, who taught in room No. 2. J. A. McCormick, who has been connected with Haworth & Dewhurst as traveling salesman for the past 12 years, has tendered his resignation and has purchased the Ar lington Hotel at Lima, O. The peoploof Lima will find In Mr. JlcCormick an honest upright and energetic citizen. ' Jacob Nan Accuses Charles Cupport of a Serious Offense. Jacob Nau yesterday caused the arrest of Charles Cuppert, of St. Paul street, on a charge of telonious assault and battery, which has been preferred against him be fore Alderman Beinhauer of tho Twenty ninth ward. Last Tuesday Nau was driving along Brownsville avenue, when ho sudden ly heard a pistol shot Just above him on the hillside. At the same time ho felt a sting ing sensation In his arm near the shoulder, and on examination found he had beenjshot. The wound Died profusely, and thinking the shooting was accidental he did not wait to find out who fired, but went to a physician and had the bullet taken out and the wound dressed. After this he went home, and on making an investigation was told that three people had seen Charles Cuppert point a revolver at him, and after aiming very carefully, fire it. As Nau and Cuppert have not been on the best of terms lor two years past, he at once concluded Cuppert was guilty of snooting, uupperi, ne says, nau tureatened his life several times. He says Cuppert two years ago was caught by him administering a sound thrashing to a little boy and he re monstrated with him for so doing. Cuppert was arrested by Constable Shert zinger at his home yesterday, and when taken to Alderman Ben Lauer's office de nied all of Nau's allegations, and claims that he was not near the place where the shot was fired at that time. The ease will come up for a hearing on Thursday. The last Opportunity Of the season to visit Atlantic City will be afforded by the B. & O. B. B. Thursday, August 27. Bate 510 for the round trip; tickets good for 10 days, and good to stop off returning at Washington City. Trains leave at 8:15 A. m. and 9:20 p. M. Secure your parlor and sleeping car accommoda tions early. Why not make your wants known through the cent a word columns of The Dispatch? It circulates everywhere. Grande Polnte. Have you heard of it? It contains the finest building lots in the two cities. All 50 feet wide situated on the California Avenue Electric Line. For plans etc, see A. Z. Byers & Co., 93 Federal street, tusu Eleventh Ward Republicans Opposed to the Action of the Executive Committee. At the regular meeting of the Eleventh Ward Republican League Club, held last night, the following resolution was adopted: "Resolved, The members of this club, be lieving that in the complete and thorough organization of Republican clubs through out the State, in a great measure, will de pond tbe success of the Republican party in future elections, and also believing that the object of the organizers of the State league was to consolidate or unify action among party workers, and that it wonld be to the best interests of the party in this State to organize as many members of tbe party as possible into clubs and admit each club to representation in the State league, hereby express our thorough condemnation of the action of the Executive Committee in ex cluding from the coming convention of the State league of clubs at Scranton representa tives from no wly formed clubs, believing the committee's object to have been inconsist ent with and contrary to that for which the State league was organized. "We therefore instruct delegates to use their utmost efforts to obtain equal recog nition and privileges for delegates from newly organized clubs with those that any other club in the league possesses." KOBE CLTBS IN LINE. Two New Republican Organizations Fat on Foot ITesterday. The Vickroy Republican Club, of this city, was organized last night with 22 members. It is the intention to uniform a marching club. The following officers were elected: President, John Crouch; Vice President, James L. Williams; Secretary, Stephen Col lins; delegates to Scranton convention, John Crouch James L. Williams and Stephen Col lins; alternates, John Eurich, Evan Jones and William White. The delegates were in structed to support Hon. John Dalzell. Last night the' Diamond Republican Club was organized with 48 members. The officers elected were: Charles H. Roesslng, Presi dent: John M. Dougherty, Vice President; .Iamc3 H. Bigger, Secretary, and William J. Dillon, Treasurer. W. A. Doak, W. II. Wassell and Charles Reese were elected delegates to the Scranton Convention. R. AT. A. Simmons, William G. Whltlinger and Samuel F. Boyd were elected alternates. PMN AVETOE 8I0RBL FOR THE AUTUMN. We are daily receiving our advance importations for the fall season of choice DRESS GOODS Of the best English, Ger- and French man facrure. manu Beinhauer and His Boom. Alderman Beinhauer's boom for Mayor has been pushed a little farther. Last even ing 12young Southside citizensmet at Pfeil's hall. Twenty-ninth ward, and organized a Beinhauer Glee Club. Michael Craig was elected President of the club. A NEW M. X. CHUBCH To Be Dedicated To-Morrow at Homewood Avenue and Tioga Street. A new M. E. Church edifice Is in course of construction at the corner of Homewood avenue and Tioga street, and the coiner stone will be laid to-morrow evening at 6:15 o'clock. Ceremonies appropriate to the oc casion will be held, and addresses will be made by Rev. J. F. Core, Rev. Dr. C. W. Smith and Rev. Dr. J. W. Miles. The cere monies will be conducted by Rev. E. S. White, pastor of the church. The work on the new building began July 1, nnd it is expected to have it finished by January L The building is to be brick, with stone trimmings, and of neat modern style. It will be a very handsome strnoture. Its seating capacity will be about 500. As usual, our display will be larger and more com plete than that of any prev ious season. To a first view of the new fall styles we this morning invite the ladies of these cities and vicinity. Our mail order depart ment sends samples (tec to any address upon request. A BAT'S ACCIDENTS. B. & B. Extraordinary Yes, more than that Dress goods, suitings and plaids 25 and 50 cents to-day removed from the shelves and sacrificed as above to let in the new fall goods opened to-day. Boggs & Buhl. Why not make your wants known through the cent a word columns of The Dispatch? It circulates everywhere. Ladies and misses" gossamers, $1 and upward. Ladies' and misses' mackintoshes, 512, v18 and 522. Men's mackintoshes, 10 and up. Jos. Horne & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. BIBER & EASTON. JOS. HORNE & CO., 607-621'PENN AVENUE. Bare Opportunity To secure a bargain in a pretty summer dress. All India silk, chalii and cotton dresses at half price. Ladies' Suit Pabloks, tts Parcels & Jones, 29 Fifth avenue. MIDSUMMER PRICES. 50 Per Cent Reductions. SPECIAL sale of Grenadines, Plain and Mexican meshes, all-silk Grenadines, narrow, medium and wide Satin Stripe Grenadines. Exquisite designs in brocade effects, spots, floral clusters and geometric patterns, etc Can you use these? At one-half former prices. anil WE ARE UNROLLING Out of work? It costs but one cent a word now to advertise for a situation in The Dispatch. Several Minor Ones but Nono of a Serious Nature. Yesterday's accident list was unusually small. It follows: Johsks John Johnks, 45 years old, who lives at Frankstown, was struck by a train on the Baltimore and Ohio road near his home yesterday afternoon", and sustained painful injuries. He attempted to cross the tracks in Iront of tho train when the engine struck him. Tho injured man was removed to tho Homeopathic Hospital, where it was found that his arm and legs were badly bruised, but no bones were broken. Judge John Judge, employed at the Lucy Furnace, met with a very painful accident Saturday night last by falling into a bed of hot sand. lie was terribly burned about the head and body. Carey Frank Carey, a fireman on one nf the engines at the Eliza Furnace, lost his balance while riding on the tender yester day morning and fell through the trestle, a" distance of SO feet. His right shoulder was dislocated and his back badly injured. He was removed to his home at Frankstown. Tor the Schenley Park Zoo. Chief Bigelow yesterday received a pair of genuine American bald eagles for the Schen ley Park Zoo, William Friday being the donor. The eagles are young, and were cap tured by Mr. Friday at Snow Islands, Mich. C. Baeuerlcin Brewing Company, Bennetts, Pa., telephone 101S, brewers and bottlers of standard lager and wiener export beer. The trade and iamilies supplied. tts The People's Store Fifth Avenue. School begins next week. Buy your children's shoes here. "We have them from 75c up. Campbell & Dick. Out of work? It costs but one cent a word now to advertise for a situation in The Dispatch. BLACK SILK DRESS NETS In extra widths. In beautiful new designs. In superior qualities. "We offer yon YOUR CHOICE from a very large assortment at 50c and 60c per yard. LADIES' extra fine Flannel Shirt "Waists, "Star" make, reduced from H 00 to 2 00. These are perfect in shape, and high grade of material and workmanship. EXTRA fine Cheviot Shirt "Waist for women, reduced from $2 50 to 51 50. Odds and Ends I Boys' button shoes, all No. 5 and 54, at SI, all higher priced goods, at Simen's, 78 Ohio street, Allegheny, Pa. Bargains of all kinds are every day ad vertised in the cent a word columns of The Dispatch. It pays to read them. Geakde PorNTE On California avenue, examine it. For plans and particulars see A Z. Byers & Co.. 93 Federal street sutu "Why not make your wants known through the cent a word columns of The Dispatch? It circulates everywhere. Mant ladies are martyrs to'snifcring. Their best lielD is Pahkeb's Ginoeb Toxic. Pabkeb's Haib Balsam is lifeto the hair. After a sleepless night use Angostura There aro now flvo eagles in the park collect Bitters to tone your system. All druggists. tion. . 1 , xisau EXTRA grade blue and black Polka Dot "Waists, reduced from SI 50 to SL "STAB" Laundried "Waists for women, in white and fancies, reduced to $1 25. SILK "WINDSOR TIES, including ring, reduced from 30c to 18c. LADIES' extra fine all-linen H. S. Hand kerchiefs now at $1 50 per dozen. LEATHER BELTS reduced to 15c. Metal and Celluloid Belts reduced from ?1 75 to 75c. BOYS' SIAR "WAISTS. All $1 00, 51 25, 51 50, 51 75, REDUCED TO 85c. BIBER & EASTON 505 AND 507 MARKET ST. au23-TTSSU Some of the handsomest patterns in Milton, Velvet, Azminster, Moquette, Body Brus sels, Tapestry Brussels and Ingrain Carpets ever seen west of New Tork. We take pleas ure in displaying our stock, and ladies aro especially invited to call and inspect the en tire line. We can't be floored in Carpets by any house. EDWARD GR0ETZINGER 627 and 629 Penn Avenue. au22-TTS3U THE Warm Air Furnace- DAIv 1 LiS 1 1 WroughtSteel Banges. Cinderella Banges and Stores. Send for catalogue. Estimates furnished. J. a BAKTLETT, apl8-rr 803 Wood st.. PUtabuiy. . firififtt...
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