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THE ITTSBUIt&. DISPATCH, SUNDAY.? SEPTEMBER - 0., 1891.'
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BLUFFED CLEAN OUT,
"Why Dalzell's FriendfrDidn't Try to
Eeconsider the Executive Com
mittee Endorsment.
1M AMERICAN CLUB LOVK FEAST.
Eight Washington County Milkmen Buffer
for Contracting the Chronic
Water Habit
EABT END-FOOT PADS WERE PHANTOMS.
rrndl Pictures From lift Picked Up is the Tw Great
Sister Cities.
The Americus"Club did not reconsider its
action of indorsing the stand taken by the
Xxeeutive Committee of the State League
of Republican Clubs. Instead of a prize
fipht last night there was a love feast. The
subject was not broached, and the reason
why was that the Dalzell people were
blufied out.
At the last meeting when the Quay con
tingent worked in the stroke for Robinson
the Dalzell faction howled. They decided
that the resolution would have to be recon
sidered and broken down. Dalzell's friends
started to work at once and would
have secured sufficient votes to spoil
the previous action. The Robinson
faction learning of this declared that if the
resolution was reconsidered they would go
to Scranton and have the Americus Club
delegates thrown out because a number of
votes had been thrown aside on the night
of the election. The -Dalzell people might
have won, but the fact that Jack Robinson
will control the committee on contested
Beats gave them but little hone. Rather
than run the risk of losing the delegates
the Dalzell people promised to let the
former stand and they kept their word.
PROGRESS OP THE IX)VE FEAST.
"When the meeting was called to order
President Eaer was absent and Vice Presi
dent William R. Ford took the chair. Pour
new members were- elected, one resignation
and ten petitions for membership were pre
sented. The Exccutiva Committee reported
that a large part of the general iund had
been used in fitting up the club house and
urged the subscribers to the special fund for
this purpose to come up with their money
promptly. Members who have not sub
scribed were reminded that it is not too
late to do well.
"W.H. Keech reported that the Executive
Committee had received an invitation from
the Republican State Committee of Ohio
asking the club to attend a McKinley meet
ing in Cleveland during the campaign. The
imitation was trccpted and the Executive
Committee authorized to fix the date and
make the proper arrangements.
The presentation of the portrait of the
late Henry H. Byram was postponed for
one month, owing to the absence from the
city ol President Baer and Major E. A.Mon
tootb, who is to make the presentation ad
dress. Major A. E. McCandless offered a resolu
tion indorsing the State ticket, Gregg and
Morrison, and pledging the support of the
club. It was unanimously adopted.
Colonel John Ewing resa an interesting
paper on "Reciprocity," which was ordered'
to be placed in the archives of the club.
M. B. Smith made a speech on tin plate,
lie exhibited a keystone made of tin plate
nnd proposed that it be adopted by the club
and worn on the trip to Cleveland. The
suggestion was approved.
Vice President Ford, in behalf of Mr.
Richmond, presented to the club a book en
titled "Intemperance and Crime." Some
of the "boys" thought the book should be
placed on the third floor instead of in the
library.
A meeting of the Second Ward Keystone
Republican Club, of Pittsburg, was held at
the office of Alderman McMasters last
night. Th delegates, A. A. Hciner, J. L.
Kerr and E. H. Brady; alternates, George
I. Filson, Frank "W. Hagan and Robert
McCullough, were instructed for Hon. John
Dalzell for President of State League of Re
publican Clubs.
"VETERAXS TIGHT FOR MORRISON.
Last night a meeting was held in XL V. L.
Hall, on Sixth avenue, of the members of
the veteran club organized in the interest of
Morrison and Uregg. Hie object Was to
made arrangements lor an out-of-door meet
ing in the interest of those candidates.
There was not a very large attendance at
the meeting owing to the inclement weather,
nnd but little business was transacted, ar
rangements lor the mass meeting being
postponed.
The County Executive Committee of the
Straigbtout Republicans met in their
rooms on Diamond street yesterday after
noon. "V F. Trimble was in the chair.
The attendance was large, Secretary Dunn
saying that 120 members were, present.
Adam Paust offered a resolution condemn
ing the present mode of filling offices as un
satisfactory to the people, and recommend
ing the appointment of a committee to draft
a system similar to the Crawford county
system. t herein the nominations are made
direct by the people. The resolution was
adopted "and a committee of seven were
named for the purpose. The Commit
tee on Vacancies reported that all the
candidates nominated in their convention,
except Mr. Shafer, had accepted the nomi
nations conferred on them, and that a.candi
date to take Mr. Shafer's place would be
named not later than "Wednesday next.
A campaign committee of fifteen was ap
pointed by the Chair, but their names would
not be given lor publication.
The question of dropping the title
"straightout" was next taken into consid
eration. Those in favor of it argued that
. tbey were Republicans, pure and simple,and
all others were ringsters and irregular, ob
structionists and machine politicians. The
majority, however, held that It were better
to hold on to the title, for by it only could
thev expect success. The motion to change
or drop it was therefore defeated. The com
mittee will meet every two weeks hereafter.
The Oakmont Republican Club was or
ganized Friday night with Dr. C. M. C.
Campbell as President The following
delegates to the Scranton convention were
chosen: John G. Emerieh, J. P. Hunter,
Esq., and S. T. Caves; alternates, Dr.
Campbell, Albert Magee and "W. E. Rem
meL The 'delegates were instructed to use
all honorable means to secure the election
of Hon. John Dalzell as President of the
State League of Republican Clubs.
The picnic of the'County Democracy was
held yesterday at Silver Lake Grove. There
was a large crowd present, but the rain
spoiled the exercises. Music was furnished
bv the Cathedral Band.
Fnrsued by Phantom Ttolibers.
Ed Miller, who was reported to have been
assaulted on Park avenue Saturday morn
ing, was sent for by Inspector Whitehouse
last night. Mr. Miller came up to the
Nineteenth ward station and was shown the
article published in an evening paper. He
denied it entirely, and said he had not been I
assauuea at ail. -ur. jiiuer is &epi out
until a very late hour by his work, and yes
terday he went to the office of the Depart
ment of Public Works, on Frankstown ave
nue. East End, and asked about where, he
could get authority to carry a revolver.
From this incident the story of an assault"
and a whipped highwayman was imagined
and then published.
GOING FOR THE MILKMEN.
Eight of Them Pat Up for Selling Too Much
Water.
Ten of the 14 "Washington county milk
dealers who were charged by Meat and Milk
Inspector McCutcheon with adulterating
their milk were given a hearing before
.Magistrate Succop yesterday. Eight of
them were fined. J. F. Webster, of Mur
ray Hill was fined 530 and costs, it being
his second offense; W. H. Carter and A.
Kress, S20 and costs each, and W. J. John
son, W. F. Purdv, J. S. Espey, Thomas
Algeo and T. Walker, $10 and costs each.
J. M. Miller and another, whose name was
not learned, were discharged. The other
four dealers will be given a hearing this
week.
D. Schraider, Robert McCready, S. D.
Kemmerer and Jerry Bear, all farmers
from Westmoreland county, were arrested
yesterday by Constable Lewis, from Alder
man Means'" office, and placed under $300
bail each for selling adulterated milk. In
formation was made by Milk Inspector Mc
Cutcheon. Theeir cases will be heard Tues
day. ,
TEIED HARD TO KILL HIMSELF.
touls Smith Attempts Suicide Because His
"wire ten Him.
Louis Smith, a carpenter, living at 15
Long alley, Allegheny, shot himself with
suicidal intent yesterday afternoon. He
used a small revolver of 22 caliber and
placed two balls in his body, one in
breast and one in the back of
head. The latter flattened against
the
the
his
his
skull, but the former penetrated
lett lung and may prove
fatal.
Not five minutes after the shooting
Lieu.
tenant Thornton was notified, and going to
the house found Smith in the attio lying
upon the floor and the revolver still, in his
hand. He had removed his coat and vest
and thrown open his shirt, exposing the
wound in the breast. Two chambers of the
revolver being empty, the Lieutenant ex
amined him and found the second wound.
He told the officer that he shot to kill him
self and he believed he would die.
The Lieutenant called the patrol wagon
and had him taken to the Allegheny Gen
eral Hospital There the ball in his head
was extracted, but that in his lung could
not be. His chance for recovery is a verv
slim one. Smith is 26 years of ace and
married. He has not been living with his
wife for some time on account ol his dissi
pation, it is said. He has been drinking
for some weeks, aud yesterday met his wife
on the street and asked her to renew their
marital relations, but she refused. He then
returned to the house of his sister, Mrs,
Salzer, where the shooting took place and
where he has been living, and shortly after
shot himself, as stated. His wife lives on
Howard street.
A aiilllcan Church Struck by Lightning.
The Reformed Presbyterian Church, at
the corner of North Highland avenue and
Harvard street, East End, was struck bv
lightning about 5 o'clock last evening. The
lightning struck the Corner of the roof in
front, tearing off some slates and a piece of
the corniced The current then evidently
passed to the electric light wire, which is
close to the roof of the church on Harvard
street, and was carried off. The damage
done was slight. The church is the one of
which the Rev. O. R. Milligan is pastor,
who recently left the Reformed Presbyterian
fold for the United Presbyterian.
Snap Shots lit City News.
Edwaud B ye3es, 22 years old, wandered In
to the Allegheny police station yesterday
and asked to be cared for, as he was sick
and weary. He was sent to the General
Hospital, where he said he bad -come from
the State of Indiana, andthat Nhls parent?'
Ji'-cdit Providence, R. L He" is suffering
severely with malaria.
Thi Allegheny County Sohool Directors'
Association will meet in room 23 of the
county building "Wednesday. The sessions
wULbeheld at SfcSO l. h. and lp.s. Daring
tho day the election for officers will take
place, and County Superintendent Hamil
ton's report wui do suDmitteo.
Huxaxx Aoest BzaRTVAX was called to
Bedford avenne and Shelby street yesterday
afternoon to kill an -old mnle which. It is
said, had been left to die on the streets by a
negro, John James.
A poor, hard-working man named Prat
ley, living in the rear of Oakland Terrace,
has within the past few weeks had either
stolen or poisoned no leas than 66 ohiokens.
Dr. Geohoe Parke, a well-known "West
moreland county physician, is in Jail, llo is
insane, and was picked up on Sixteenth
street.
Cuakles Ajtddisox, who was injured by
falling metal at the Edgar Thomson works
Friday nigm, died yesterday morning.
A checker tournament will take place at
the Eureka club rooms, on South Twelfth
street, to morrow evening.
Eucsr ilETZ, the 5-year-old boy who fell
into a kettle of catsup on Thursday, died
yesterday.
THE HOSPITAL BENEFIT.
Already Counted On as a Success by the
Indies Interested lu It.
The ladies of the Homeopathic Hospital,
under whose auspices the spectacular oper
etta, ''Fairies' Carnival," will be produced
next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
evenings at Exposition Park, are highly
pleased with the progress made by the great
mass of children wno are to take part in
the production. Mr. Owens, author of the
operetta has shown a wonderful faculty in
training the children in their parts, and
they will all be readv tofplay well the
characters assigned to them on the opening
night. Everything points to the probabil
ity of this being the greatest juvenile
spectacle ever produced hereabouts. The
music is bright, tne dialogue spanning, and
a finely drawn plot runs through the play.
The children will be magnificently cos
tumed. The principal characters in the operetta
will be represented as follows: Miss Lulu
Orcutt, the .Fairy Queen; Miss Alice Kober,
as Puck; Miss Libbie Zollinger, the Svtter-
Jly Queen; Howard W. Hudson, Prince
utxron; Mr. .Edward miwortn, Moth, theMd
ler, and Mr. Owens will enact the part ef
Ugllo. the Ogre. H. P. Eeker, who directs
the music, predicts that this production will
be one of the grcat musical successes of the
season. He is highly pleased with the
chorus and solo singers. J. Edgar Owens,
under whose personal supervision the oper
etta is produced, says he never drilled a
body of children more apt in learning the
marches and intricate movements apper
taining to the play.
uuuu xjuags catch on.
The popularity of giving all
a chance to use THE DIS
PATCH "Want" and Tor
Sale" columns at the rate of
OXE CENT A WORD U evi
denced br a comparison of
the number of Classified Advertisements
published this time last year witli those
appearing during the same period this year.
Here are some significant .figures:
During the two weeks ending August
31, 190, the Small Ads numbered..
During the two weeks ending Angust
31, 1891, the Imall Ads numbered..
1,097
3,117
Increase. 420
The public know a good thing, and always
take advantage of it. The wide-awake adver
tiser gets more for his money because THE
DISPATCH always the great medium for
"Small Ad"-has entered thousands of new
homes since that time, and
thousands more read the
Classified Columns. Wants,
To-Let, "For Sales, Personals,
Irfist, Found, Etc, at a CEXT
A WORD open the Advertis
ing Columns of THE DIS
PATCH to all.
CHAMBERS &IYES UP.
Forced to ifalie an Assignment fori
the Benefit of His Creditors.
WILL BUILD A NEW GLASS WORKS.
It Will Be located at Some Pointmn tho
Ohio or Allegheny.
ME. JTKEE EEFUSES TO HELP OR HUM
The last spark of hope held out for James
A. Chambers flickered and died yesterday,
and at 11:40 o'clock his attorney, J. Scott
Ferguson, filed for him a deed of assign
ment to Major William GMcCandless, the
insurance broker, covering his assets and
liabilities.
la the crash which has been imminent
Mr. Chambers has protected his friends
as against creditors by reason of indorse
ment. No statement of his assets and lia
bilities is obtainable at present, though Mr.
Ferguson and others who have examined
into the matter believe that a hundred oents
on the dollar can be realized for all the
creditors, including those who hold the
paper of the Standard Plate Glass Company,
for which Mr. Chambers as indorser, is re
sponsible. It is a matter of public discussion that
Mr. Chambers' creditors all agreed to re
lieve him of his financial embarrasment by
extending the time of his obligations, ex
cept H. Sellers McKee, to whom he was in
debted in the sum of about $200,000. Not
withstanding the fact that Mr. McKee was
collaterly secured, he demanded payment,
which, after exhausting every effort, Mr.
Chambers was unable to meet. A .number
of propositions were submitted to Mr. -McKee,
which he declined to accept.'though it
is represented that he held the matter'undet
advisement for several days.
FUETHEK POSTPONEMENT USELESS.
"We found that further postponement of
the crisis was useless," said Mr, Ferguson
yesterday, "and filed the deed of assign
ment at 11:40 o'clock, just 20 minutes be
fore the Recorder's offioe closed for the day.
I cannot give an estimate of the assets and
liabilities at this time. Appraisers will be
appointed and even they cannot tell what
the estate will bring at forced sale. Against
Mr. Chambers' realty there are mort
gages aggregating 497,000, of which
$43,000 is against his McKeesport
property and $54,000 on his real estate in
Allegheny. A number of judgments have
also beenentcred, including one in favor of
the estate of the late Alexander Chambers
for about 50,400, two in favor of Ms mother,
Mrs. Martha J. Chambers, aggregating
$114,000, one in favor of Sarah Hall for
.4,000 and one in favor of Harry B. Patton,
his brother-in-law, for ?20,500, making a
total of about $145,000, to which we can add
the mortgage claims of $97,000 and Mr. .Mc
Kee's notes, increasing the debt in sight to
about 442,000. "Up to date executions havo
been issued levying upon 1,930 shores of the
Jeannette stock, the par value of which is
$100, and against his personal 'property in
general. The stookis advertised to be sold
at the office of the Sheriff at 10 o'clock.
September 14. We have not heard from
Mr. McKee, and, of course, gave up all
hope of him relieving Mr. Chambers. ,
PLENTY OP HELP AT HAND.
"Ton may say in The Dispatch," con
tinued Mr. Ferguson, "that if the result of
this is to oust Mr. Chambers from the Jean
nette Company, there afepleny of friends.
other and competing Works of the same
kind at once. Mr. McKee haa collateral
for his claim which I believe isgood for
every dollar that Mr. Chambers owes him.
Mr. McKee simply says to us: 'I will neither
hurt nbr help Mr. Chambers.'" .
From other sources it was learned that
Mr. Chambers' indorsements for the Stand
ard Plate Glass Company, of Butler,
amounted to about $205,000, sending the
grand total of his liabilities, so far as heard
irom, up to aoout soou.wu.
Mr. McKee was not at home yesterday,
having put in the time at Jeannette. Mr.
Chambers was lound at his home laSt even
ing, and to a Dispatch reporter he seemed
ready and willing to talk about his affairs,
except as to the totals of his assets and
liabilities. The plucky little man has held
up under the strain, which apublic discus
sion of his affairs naturally has caused, with
remarkable nerve, and last night said that
he felt greatly relieved now that the as
signment had been made.
ME. CHAMBEIIS' HOPES POB THE PUTTJBE.
'Tou may say," said he, ''that I am very
sorry that I was compelled to make an as
signment, and. that I did, all in my power to
prevent it. I am a young man yet, however,
and have friends who have offered me assist
ance. I will commence the erection of in
other glassworks at once, on the plan adopted
at Jeannette, and am assured of all the
money I need. I will pay every dollar I
owe, though of course 1 feel the position I
am placed in at present, and will
have to owe a tevr people for
a short time. I had. hoped to pull through,
but the last man in the world that I ex
pected to refuse me an extension did so,
and I had no , other course to pursue."
Mr. Chambers said that the Jeannette .plant
was paying well, and that at present the
Standard uompany, at iJutier, was matang
money, though it at first was a losing insti
tution. The Chambers & McKee Glass Company,
the principal owners of which are Mr.
Chambers and Sellers McKee, has been and
is now a paying concern,
HO"W MATTEBS LATELY STOOD.
A short time ago, when it was intended
to dispose of the bonds of the company, the
same being 6 per cents at 10 and 20 years,
the following statement of the concern was
made to the Solicitors' Loan and Trust Com
pany of Philadelphia, the agents of which
were employed to sell the Donds in that
city:
Beat estate ...$1,000,000 00
Tenement houses.... 29,282 05
General construction, new builCU.
lngs, improvement to plant, etc, S34,61S 87
$1,583,883 42
Undiviacd.pTOflts M ,$ 231,536 79
$1,833,135 21
.$1,000,000 00
. 500,000 00
Capital stock....,
Mortgage bonds.,
$1,600,000 00
$ S3S.1S3 21
To this was appended the following:
The net profits for six -months ending
February 1, 1E91, were $159,331 S3, or about 16
per cent on tlio stock. It is the Intention,
however, not to pay any dividends' lot bov
eral years, but to use all the profits In en
lartnnR nnd improving their plant. Over
$200,000 00 of the above Issue of bonds have
nlready beeji subscribed and paid for by the
managers and friends of the company. A
sinking fund baa been created providing
tbat $25.0QPbe set aside out of the profits of
tho business eacli year to retire tno bonds
at maturity, and $50,000 is now available to
CHiry out its pro if ions. Their bonds are
first mortgage, covering all their 'property,
rights aud franchises, now owned or tbat
may be acquired. This plant is said to be
the largest and most complete in the world
for the manufacture of window glass, and Is
managed by the most experienced and com
petent men in that line of business.
WlIXIAlC P. HDST05,
Nine years actuary of GirardLIteaiidTrust
Company, Girard Building, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Everywhere expressions of sympathy were
heard lor Mr. Chambers, and the -prediction
was frequently made that he. would soon be
to the fore again in the financial world.
The only news in the failure' of W. E.
Schmertz yesterday'was the announcement
that James J. Donnell, of the banking firm
of N. Holmes & Sons, had been .elected a
director of the Third UationaTBankin
place of Mr. Schmertz.
Dn. B. .M. HAJOf a. Eye, ear, a ose and,
throat diseases exclusively. OfBce 720"
Penn street, Pittsburg. Pa, ' . ssn
- ON OR0ADER BASIS.
The Central Trade's Council of Allegheny
County Reorganized last Night Many
l?ew Orgasitatlons Admitted Flans for
the Winter's Work.
Nearly 200 delegates,representingabout 100
different labor organizations in Allegheny,
tooK part in the reorganization of the Cen
tral Trade's Council last night. The meeting
washeldat the old place of meeting, 41
Fifth avenue. Among those present were:
Messrs, Eberhardt, Ed Phillips and Will
iam Slicker, of the Window Glass Workers;
Messrs. Sheehan and Carney, of the Amal
gamated Association; William Dillon, of
the American Flint Glass Workers' Union;
Messrs. Riffle, A. M. Swartz, Davis and
Patton, of the Carpenters' Brotherhood;
Metzgar and Hayes, of the XJ. G. G. W. A.;
'Messrs. Jones, of the Stonemasons; Demp-
sey, ol u. A. 3; tierwang, o: tne .Brewers;
Goff, of the Paperhangers; Costello, of Dis
trict 5; Wyatt and Evans, of the Printers,
and McKee ver. of the "Warehousemen. Miss
Mary A. O'Reilly, State Factory Inspec
tress, was an interested spectator.
President McKeever called the meeting
to order at 8:30 o'clock. After the call had
been read and the object of the meeting
stated by the secretary, Thomas .M cNamee,
a general discussion followed On the subject
ol trades assemblies, in which manjr of the
delegates participated by making interest
ing addresses. The remarks very happily
hinged on the one thought that of bring
ing all organizatsons closer together.
And in order that this object might
be attained, a committee consisting of
Messrs. D. Hodges, William Dillon, Ed
ward Phillips, Thomas McNamee, J. Mcin
tosh, R. J. Davis, George Jones, Jeremiah
Dougherty,' Isaac Register, Emil Gerwang
and William J. McKeev er, to draw up laws
for the government of the new council.
This committee will meet next Saturday
night and report to an adjourned meeting
of the delegates on Saturday evening,Sep
tember 19. It is expected that a permanent
organization will be effected and the council
in good working order by October.
THAT C0NTBADICTI0N 07 BOLLER.
He Is Now Out of tho City and Said to Be
Searching for Further Proot ,
Since the publication in The Dispatch
of the affidavits in the Miller case it has
been reported that police records in Cleve
land have been found that place the date of
the shooting of Frank C. Dunn on tho night
of January 1 instead of March 23. The
latter date was that on which the Connors
robbery was committed, and on that fact
was based the alibi. At the time when
Miller visited Cleveland no record of the
shooting could be found in the police
dockets, and Detective Granger,who visited
the honse on the night of the shooting, de
clared there was none. The affidavits as to
the date and circumstances of the shooting
were all given freelv by the witnesses. The
date given in the affidavits was, the same as
told by each of the witnesses without any
suggestion at that time from Miller.
About the time that James W. Miller
published his affidavits in The Dispatch
his engagement ring was returned by Miss
Mosby tb Mrs. Mair. Miss Mosby ex
plained the return of the ring by the state
ment that her family did not wish her to
wear it until Miller had cleared himself.
She said she did not wish to break off the
engagement, and so decided to let Mrs.
Mair beoome its custodian for a time.
An attempt was made yesterday to see
Miller in regard to the story from Cleve
land, which stated that the shooting took
place in January, not in March, and which,
if trne, would upset his alibi. It was stated
by his friends that he was out of town, one
', of tfcem adding that he had gone to Cleve
land to prosecute a lurtner searcn lor vm
dication. In his absence it is impossible,
efxourset to say how he proposes to meat
the new point, which has been raised.
THE CBAFI0H P0LB WAB,
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Not Decided Acalnst iilr. Zaun. aMlTas'Gen
erally Supposed. r
It was stated last week that the case be
tween the Central District and Printing
Company and W. A. Zahn, of Crafton, had
been decided in favor of the telephone com
pany. This, Mr. Zahn says, is incorrect,
as the Court decided that the telephone
company must furnish a bond to coyer the
damage done to Mr. Zahn's property before
erecting their poles, and directed the com
pany to also provide a plan showing where
poles were to be placed. v
The fight was occasioned by the telephone
company planting its poles inside the prop
erty line of a plan of lots at Crafton belong
ing to Mr. Zahn. Some of these poles were
chopped down by Mr. Zahn.
Can't Keep His Daughter at Home.
Lydia Bowden, of MonongahelaCity, aged
16 years, was arrested by Captain Stewart
last night and locked up in the Twenty
eighth, ward station. She was arrested at
the reqnest of her father, who says she is in
the habit of running away from home. A
month ago she ran away, but was picked up
bv the police in Fittsburtr and sent home.
.Yesterday she left home again and came to
tnls city on a ireignt train. Her lather
telegrapned to the police of Pittsburg to
arrest her, and Captain Stewart found ner
on the street and arrested her last night.
She will be held to await the arrival of her
father, who was notified of her arrest. .The
family of the girl, who is rather good-looking,
are respectable people, but she is stated
to be incorrigiDle..
"Visitors to Pittsburg Exposition Can Save.
825 to S50.
Having been prevented from exhibiting
our goods at the present Exposition and
saving thereby thousands of dollars, we pro
nose to eive the benefit of such savincr to
our customers by reducing the price of our
pianos and organs and all other musical
foods in corresponding proportion. All the
est pianos and organs made in America are
exclusively in our hand; (H. Kleber&Bro.,
BOG Wood street, Pittsburg), such as the
great Steinway, the wonderful Conover and
the charming Opera pianos with the aewlv
invented third pedal producing a beautiful'
echo, etc.; and will sell tbem at $250 up to
5800 and $1,000 for cash or on easy time
payments; also the newly invented piano
organ, combining the advantages ot beth
piano and organ, end having full seven oc
taves, all for $160. Kleber & Bro.sistho
oldest and most popular music house in this
district, and their refutation for strictly
honest dealing is such that people implicitly
rely upon their representations and follow
their advice in tho choice of an instrument.
Kleber & Bro.'s warerooms are 503 Wood
street
GUTTAHS AND luATTOOLXNS IN GREAT
VAItlETT
At H. Kleber Dro.'s, If o. COq Wood Street.
As the time is now at hand for music lov
ers to resume their studies, we would urge
them, before purchasing, to look carefully
over the following list of standard makes:
The Lakeside Guitar (antique oak).. $ 7 CO
The Lakeside (inlaid)..... 8 CO
The Arion (mahogany) 9 CO
The Keystone (rosewood), 12 00
The Conservatory Standard 15 00
The Conservatory Concert 18 00
The celebrated Washbumsf22 OO.to $100 00
American mandolins.. $9 60, 810 60, $14 00
The celebrated Washburns.522 00 to $75 00
Also, always on hand a fine assortment of
banjos, zithers, cornets, music boxes, auto
harps, violins, musio cabinets, accordions,
flutes, clarionets, cases and strings for all
instruments, musio wrappers and musio
folios.
Everything in the musio line sold at the
lowest prices.
All the latest musio sold at half price.
Add 20 drops "of Angostura Bitters to
every glass ofimpnrft water yon drink.
' TTSSU
Stylish Suitings.
For a good fitting suit go to Pltcaim's,
434 Wood street.
POPE 'LEO'S SOLUTION.
KeVtJT. II. Sheedy Explains the En
cyclical on the labor Problem.
SEVERAL REMEDIES SUGGESTED.
Complaint From California Against Pitts
burg Pickle Men.
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL ITMS
Rev. Morgan M. Sheedy, the well-known
Catholio clergyman of this city, is the
author of "The Encyclical and American
Iron Workers and Coal-Miners,." published
in the current number of the Catholic World.
Father Sheedy very peculiarly discovers,
early in his paper, as the majority of writers
do,-that the labor problem is the "puzzle of
the age." He says: "It has taxed the best
minds in two hemispheres and the highest
statesmanship to find an adequate solution."
Referring to the proposed labor congress
to be held in Chicago daring the World's
Fair, the writer predicts that a peaceable
and satisfactory solution may be reached of
the grave questions in controversy between
employer and employed, and a better in
dustrial system established.
FATHEK SHEEDY'S "WAT OUT OT TTv
"But the clearest light comes to us," says
Father Sheedy, "on this important subject
through the "Encyclical cf Pope XIH. on
the condition of labor. Men must be
brought to see that the Papacy is the only
international power 'in existence possessed
of sufficient authority and strength, suffi
ciently sure of itself, and rich in light and
energy, to attempt the supreme task of
reconciling the contending forces of so
ciety." He adds:
"What- spoclally strikes one in studying
this Encyollcal is tho fatherly tenderness
and sympathy that is displayed by tho Pope.
Ho deals with the problems noniest tho
hearts of the common people: the right of
frivate property in land: the limits of the
tate's rights in relation to the higher
rights of parents) the relations of capital
ana laoon tne sacreu ngms oi tno uage
ettrner; differences between employers and
ernplojed; strikes; the proper regulation of
tho hours of labor; and, lastly, wOrkingmen's
guilds, Insurance and beneuolul socie
ties. 'Apart from rates of -wages
the causes of these differences are lesion.
Trouble may arise concerning the basis of
computing wngos; the method, time, or fre
quency of payment; the store system; hours
of labor: the bolidavs and weekly half holi
day: apprenticeship; administration and
methods of -nork, such as shop rules, labor-
saving macmnery, piece woric.oDjectionaDie
workmen; trades unions and their rules, and
4 thousand aud one oiuses that we daily
hear of. Notwithstanding their number,
however, it will be found that all causes of
difference readily group themselves into
three general classes:
First Differences as to future contracts.
Second Disagreements as to existing con
tracts. Third Disputes on soma matter of senti
ment. HOW DISAGBEEMENTS ABI3E.
' In the first division would be classified dlf
feiences as to future rates of wages, and
those arising from attempts to change or ab
rogate existing agreements, customs, or
methods, or to introduco new ones. Disa
greements under the second class arise
either upon matters of fact or construction,
having in viow existing agreements, cus
toms, or methods, and not necessarily in
volving the validity of the contracts them
selves, nor any change in their terms. Un
der the third head are inoluded those quar
rels that grow out of the offended amour
propro either of the individual or the organ
ization.
Let us take, for instanoe, the iron and
steel business, the glass trade, or the coko
Industry of Western Pennsylvania, nnd we
shall see at onco how easy it is for difficul
ties to ai lse. The competition of trade, high
or low tariff, the facilities and cheannoss of
transportation, the methods of production,.
ana otaer conditions imply tno necessity lor
frequent revision of agreements as to rates
of wagos. Here in Pittsburg tho Amalg im
ated Asspciatlon of Iron and Steel
Workers holds an annual convention
to determine the scalo or rate of wages for
the ensuing year. Whon tho scalo is agreed
upon by tho workers it is then submitted to
the employers, and where differences are
found they aro ovontually adjusted by con
ferences of both parties. Thi? arrangement
has worked successfully for yeurs, thore
beini? nftlv one notnblo instance, nine Years
ago, when it fulled, and the result was a bit
ter and prolonged fight. The miners, coke
nnd glaBsworkers, havo much more trouble
in settling the question of wages. With them
strikes andlockouts are much more frequent,
and are attended, as in tho case of the terri
ble striko recently in the Pennsylvania coke
region, where many lives v ere sacrificed
and valuable propei ty destroyed, with pain
ful and disasterous results."
WAGES OP LOCAL MINERS.
Father Sheedy takes up the wages of the
miners in Western Pennsylvania where, he
says that in Alleghenv county, the sum of
$3,497,893 was paid last year to9,386 miners,
or an annual average wage to each miner of
$373. Divided in the average family of five
persons, it allows each $75 or $1 50 a week.
"Ot course, reasonable and frugal comfort
of which Pope Leo XfXL speaks as due to
the laborer, is out of the ques
tion on Euch compensation as this,"
says Father Sheedy. The writer
proceeds to condemn in vigorous terms the
"pluck-me" store system,., he urges the
formation of working men's associations or
societies to be fashioned after the Catholio
fuilds, and he believes in the fullest free
om of industrial workers to organize for
mutual protection and support. In the
spirit of the encyclical, he insists npon ar
bitration as a" means of settling disputes.
He says:
By this means strikes are averted, and it
would be well If tills plan foradjustlng labor
differences were more generally adopted in
all kinds of industry all over the united
States. As long as the present wage-system
exists it is tne simplest and most effective
modo of settling labor disputes; and should
conciliation and conference fall, recourse
ought to be had to arbitration. Better, too,
to arbitrate In the beginning than at u late
stage or a prolonged strike or lockout.
Strikes are no sufficient remedy for a labor
grievance. Thoy are rather a means, and
oftentimes, if not in all instances, a draatio
means of directing attention to a grievance.
In the jrrcat majority of strikes the strikers
lose. They are either starved into submis
sion, or provoked by tho capitalist into
deeds of violence and unlawful conduct;
then the state steps in and helps to end the
strike. They are a relic of barbarism.
A KBIEKD OP THE LABORER.
Father Sheedy closes his paper as fol
lows:
The encyclical casts
a strong white light
on all these points that arq now raised in
the industrial world. It Is a message of
Seace and good-will to all men. It lays
own the eternal principles of right and
Justice for the guidance of rich and poor,
worker and capitalist. It does not array
class against class. It rather points out the
line of duty for each to follow, while it alms
to establish and strengthen right relations
between labor and capital. It Is a reassur
ance. If there be need of it, that the Church
is the friend of the workingman the world
oi er; and a declaration that it is part of her
divine mission to teach Justice aud charity
to all men.
PRESIDENT BARNES' OPINION
Of tho Wow Builders' Exchange and Its
Capabilities.
President Barnes, of the Master Brick
layers' Association, said yesterday, after
reading about the organization of the rival
Builders' Exchange: "Well, I hope it will
be a success long enough for the men to get
a few contracts on hands. It will not take
them long to discover who makes the money
ons new buildings. I see they charge us
with endeavoring to restrict building
operations. The only cases where this is
done are. where bnildings have been
? laced In the hands of strikers,
t is our business to keep them
from getting material and we propose to
continue to do it. I teU you the contractors
are getting tired the way matters are going.
The Anchor .Bank people were forced to
come to us to'have their building completed,-
and the only reason Mellor Bros, do pot, is
because they buy their own material. The
only mgney the contractor will make on
that job will be what he gets through his
own hard work. Some of the material men
who propose supplying the new Builders'
Exchange, are men who were expelled from
our exchange. We can get along without
them, and if they can get the money for
their material .we will be satisfied'
Mr. Barnes also said that the new trades
school now being erected for boys to learn
the bricklaying trade will be finished in
about two weeks. It will then be started
with at least 100 boys enrolled.
A SUBSTITUTE FOB HATUEAL GAB
Seine Adopted at Several Glass Works In or
Near Pittsbnrg.
Glass manufacturers have been bewailing
the increasing cost and decreasing quantity
of natural 'gas more loudly, perhaps, than
any other people, as the advantages of gas
over coal as a heat producer probably had a
greater innuence on tne glass Dusiness
than on any other. Bnt necessity,
the mother of invention, has brought
lorth a substitute that will not only take
the place of natural gas as to effectiveness
and general results, but will greatly lessen
the cost of production. It has been known
for some time that secret experiments and
tests of some kind were being conducted at
the flint glass works of Bryce & Higbee, at
Homestead. It was learned yesterday that
M. L. Murphy, the furnace builder, had
perfected a glass furnace in which gas pro
duced from coal is consumed,and the volume
and steadiness of heat maintained is
equal that secured by the use of natural
gas. The furnace consists of a deep well or
eye, having on either side two or more pro
ducers connected with a central eve by
channels, the construction of which impart
to the gas which is admitted through them
a spiral or swirling motion as it ascends
toward the top of the eye. Some distance
below the top of the eye the gas comes in
contact with heated air admitted through
openings on the side walls of the producer
and heated by the waste heat of tne same.
The temperature at this noint is about
1400.
Mr. Higbee was asked yesterday what the
result of the tests had been. He stated that
they were very satisfactory and that his
firm would adopt this process throughout its
entire plant. He said it was also being in
troduced at the works of Richard Hartley.ol
Tarentum.and the Braddock Glass Company.
The test was made on a 13-pot furnace; the
cost for operating this, with natural gas, at
the rate of $70 a. pot a month, would be $910
per month, while the cost by the new pro
cess, allowing 3 cents a bushel for coal, was
found to be a little less than $300 a month
a saving of $500 a month on a 13-pot fur
nace. T'This," said Mr. Higbee. ,fis cer
tainly a big thing." The patent which Mr.
Murphy has applied for through his attor
ney, J. H. Roney, has been approved.
KH0W. NOTHING ABOUT IX.
Vesuvius Officials Have Not Heard of Houses
for tne Colored Men.
A story was afloat in Sharpsburg yester
day to the effect that Moorhead, Brothers &
Co. had concluded to spend- $10,000 in the
erection of new houses for the benefit of the
colored men now employed in the Vesuvius
Iron Works. A call was made at the office
of .the company, where officials of the con
cern said that they had never heard of any
such a project being on foot Mr. Moor
head is at Cresson Springs and will not be
back for a day or two. The officials spoken
to said that all departments of the
mill will be" started up to-morrow
on full time and double turn. The
firm now claims a complete victory.
One of the leadingcolored men who came
here to take the places of the strikers is
quoted as saying: "If Mr. Moorhead had
20 mills along this river he would have- no
trouble in filling all with colored men. We
were ready to come a month sooner, and had
aDout abandoned all nope ol coming
at all, when I was told to come on with 75
men. The reason of the dplay was that Mr.
Moorhead wanted to give all of his old men
the first chance to go to work at their old
jobs. The Solar Mill of William Clark &
jo. was to nave Deen started up over a
monthago, but Mr. Clark, promised Mr.
Moorhead that he would wait and not start
until a week or two after the Vesuvius was
started up. Kow Mr. Clark will start np
the puddling department of 24 furnaces
in his mill next Tuesday. We like
to work here. All those who have
families will move here as soon as possible.
"A few days ago I met George A. Chalfant,
of the mill, of Spang, Chalfant & Co., 6n a
street car. I am satisfied that Mr. Chalfant
will have colored men in his mill before the
end of another month If such a move be
made, it will be nothing new to the men,
who are looking for it to come, at least next
J rear when it is said the firm will most like
y refuse to sign the scale."
CALIFOBNIANS ABE EJCKBHQ
At an Alleged Discrimination
Against
Their Shippers.
The recent shipment of 25 carloads of
pickles by a local firm to California has
raised the indignation oi the shippers in
that State. They claim the railroads are
discriminating in favor of the Eastern
pickle men, as it is said Pittsburg men can
send their product to San Francisco at $1 43
a hundred pounds while they are charged
$1 55 lor shipping .East. In other words,
the trainload has been shipped West at the
rate of $125 per car while the lowest rate
the California men have ever been able to
secure for points East is $200. California
people claim they make better pickles than
are made in Pittsburg, but if local men are
injured through a discriminationdn favor
of theJEastern manufacturers the product
will bedisposed of in that market to their
detriment.
Three Strikes In One Week.
John Costello, President of District S,
United Mine Workers, has put in a busy
week. He has had three strikes on bunds,
two ot which he settled, and the third is on
a fair way to an amicable adjustment Yes
terday he was at Finlcyville, where A. M.
McPherson had been discharged from the
service of the "Floersheim Company for al
leged intoxication. The men asked for his
reinstatement, but the company refused and
the men went out. Mr. Costello succeeded
in having the men return to work pending
an arbitration of the difficulty. At Venitia
a similar case existed, and was settled in
about the same manner. The trouble at the
Allison Mines, mentioned in Friday's Dis
patch, is about settled.
American Tin Given the Preference.
P. H. Loufman & Co. ore making tin to
be used by Jacob Ringle & Son, of Jersey
City, in roofing two large establishments on
Broadway, New York. This firm is build
ing up a large trade with contractors all
over the country who use nothing but
American-mode tin. A letter received yes
terday from Messrs. Ringle & Son states:
"We are doing all in our power to intro
duce American plates wherever we can.
Many of the buildings we exe now roofing
were originally to be tinned with English
plates, but we induced the architects and
owners to u?e American plates which they
have done with good effect."
The Foatofflce Clerks' Meeting.
The National Postoffice Clerks' Associa
tion wiU meet in the "United States Court
room for Ihree days, beginning to-morrow.
Headquarters will be at the Central Hotel.
There will be about 50 to 75 delegates pres
ent, and the object of the meeting is to
organize for a classification of salaries. On
Wednesday the local association will enter
tain the visitors with an excursion on the
Mayflower. In the afternoon a visit will
be made 'to the Edgar Thompson steel
works, and in the evening thore will be a
reception. The committee in charge are E.
J. Cowan. G. G. Wagner, T. Jl. TJlam,
Harry Richline and J. B. Eaton.
A Prize for a Pittsburger.
Phillip Ross,, employed in the drygoods
house of Hugus & Hacke, has just received
information that he won $25 from an East
ern trade paper in a prize essay contest on
the subject of "The Bargain Counter and
How to Run It."
AFTER EQUAL BATES.
Pittsburg Live Stock Dealer Prom
ised Equitable Treatment
AT THE HMDS OP THE BAIMOALS
A Committee of the Central Traffic Asoda
tion Will See Thej
ABB KOT DISCEIMTNATED AGAINST
The live stock dealers, of this city have
been making vigorous complaints recently
as to the practice said to exist amoDg the
railroads at -Indianapolis as to the rating of
cattle and other stock, which is sold and
changes hands at that point. The estab
lished rule is that when a car
of stock is consigned through from
a point in the West to New York
or other Eastern points on a through rate,
the -through rate will be protected only on
condition that the stock does not change
hands or be sold at any intermediate point.
If it is placed on the market and sold, and
shipped East in other hands, then the local
rates into end out of the point where the
sale takes place are charged. This rule has
been confirmed by recent decisions of the
Inter-State Commerce Commissioners,
and is closely lived up to at Pittsburg, and
also at Buffalo, Chicago and other prominent
live stock centers. It ias been claimed,
however, that the railroads at Indianapolis
did not enforce this rule, and hence the
buyers in that market on shipping their
stock East are frequently able to get much
lower rates from that point than the tariffs
called for, at, by arrangement with the
Western drovers who brought the stock into
Indianapolis from the West, they can get
the benefit of a through rate from the orig
inal point of shipment through to its des
tination. LETT TO A COMMITTEE.
The dealers at Buffalo have been making
the same complaint, and the matter was
brought to the attention of Chairman
Blanchard, of the Central Traffic Associa
tion. At his reqnest a meeting of the offi
cers of the roads centering at In
dianapolis was held in that city
Friday, and a- telegram received here
last evening states that the matter
was gone into verv thoroughly at the meet
ing, and finally the whole subject was re
ferred to theGeneral Freight Committee of
the association, which meets -in Chicago
this week. Mr. Blanchard deputed Paul
P. Rainer, chief inspector of the Joint Rate
Committee, together with C. E. E. Chil
ders, joint agent of the association in this
city, and J. H. Pake, its agent at Buffalo,
to attend the meeting and explain to the
xnaianapous roaos now tne rule was en
forced at other points.
A reporter of The Dispatch called on
Mr. Childers at his office in the Penn
Building yesterday to make inquiries on
the subject. Mr. Childers said he had just
returned from Indianapolis, but was not
at liberty to state what passed at the meet
ing, which was a private one. He could
state, however, that the object of the asso
ciation in this and other such matters was
simply- to bring about a Uniform practice at
all points by the various railroads, so that
shippers in one locality might not be dis
criminated against and put at a disadvan
tage with their competitors at Other points.
"WILL GET EQUAL BATES.'
The live stock dealers at Pittsburg would
'be given the. same advantages, so far as
freight rates were concerned, as were en
joyed by dealers at any other point. If a
rule was just and proper, it should be
observed equally at all points. On the
other hand, if it was right to waive it at
any point it should be abrogated generally
and not enforced at anypoint.
The stockmen in this locality will await
the issue of the question in anxiety, as it
closely affects their interests. It is hoped
that the action taken by the Central Traffic
Association meeting this week in Chicago
will satisfactorily dispose of the question.
A MEW MUSICAL 1SVESTIOV.
Is It hn Organ or a Piano?
All the objections to the parlor organ are
at lost done away with by this new inven
tion. It has seven full octaves (as many
keys as the Steinway Grands) and looks
exactly 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 delicacv 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 dif
ficulty. It is a marvelous improvement on
the common parlor organ, and has created a
great sensation in musical circles. The
price is not higher than that of the ordi
nary organ. H. K. Kleber & Bro., 503
Wood street, are the sole" agents, and they
invite all. whether purchasers or sot, to
call and see it.
WE WANT YOU
To Call-and See
OUR GRAND DISPLAY
-or- .
FINE-CARPETINGS.
Just opened for early fall buyers. En
tirely New Designs and Colorings in Every
Grade. Note the prices:
'Large line Moquettes at-90c, worth $1 23.
Large line 5-frame Body Brussels at $100,
worth $1 25. '
5,000 yards Tapestry Brussels at COo,
worth 75c
Large line best Lowell Ingrains at 60o
andC5c
"Large line Cotton Chain Ingrains at 25o
and 30c
10,000 pairs Lace Curtains, our own im
portation, from 75c per pair up.
Large stock of Fur Rugs in all sizes.
EDWARD
GR0ETZINGER
627 and 629 Penn Avenue,
The Largest Exclusive Carpet and
Curtain House West of New York.
au30-TT83U
TIE GDBHECTJHiNES FOfl FALL.
Bnowx suits.
WOOD COLOEED SUITS,
GRAY SUITS,
LIGHT COLORED TROUSERS,
STRIPED TROUSERS,
CHECK TROUSERS.
Our assortment is complete.
Our prices tno lowest for fine Roods,
fit and finish.
Our selection of overcoatings In
Usht ana heavyweights can't be heat.
We have them in all colors, styles
and. makes.
EDWARD SCHAUER,
407 "Wood street
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WEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
. MARSHELL,
THE CASH GROCER,
WILL SAVE YOU MONEY.
Are you going to the
EXPOSITION?
Come to our store and get your
Checked Free of Charge.
Everyone coming to town to visit
the Exposition has some packages
they cannot get along without
Yet they don.!t want to carry them
around all day.
Bring them to our Pittsburg store.
We will give you a check for them.
So there will be no possibility of
your goods being lost.
You Need Not Buy Anything.
We will feel well paid if you will
only take one of our price lists home
with you.
And compare our prices with the
prices you are paying.
If we caVt save you money, throw
away our, price list. You will have
lost nothing, and be ahead the bother
of caring for your packages. .
" If we can save you money (and we
know we can) you can send your
order by mail.
See our price list for our liberal
terms and discounts on mail orders.
MARSHELL,
24 Diamond Square,
PITTSBURG.
AND
79'to 85 Ohio St., Corner Sandusky,
ALLEGHENY.
NOTE It will soon be Nos. 24
and 25 Diamond square. We will
then have a ladies' waiting room
fitted up with all conveniences for the
toilet. ,
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Hugus & Hacke.
OPENING WEEK.
GRAND : EXHD3IT : OF'
Fall and Winter Novelties
New Black Silks,
New Colored Silks,
New Novelty Silks,
New Colored and BlackVelvetsL
New Colored Dress Goods, T
New Black Dress -Goods, ,-
New Paris Robes,
New Wraps, Jackets and Cloaks,
New Linens,
New Flannels,
New Blankets,
New Eider Comforts,
New Lace Curtains,
NewPortieres.
The first autumn -months tho best
in 'which to make selections.
Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market St.
tetmn
BIBER & EASTON.
OUR
CLOAKROOMS.
Have -Now on Exhibition a-'Very.
Complete Line of'
FALL AND WINTER
GARMENTS .
LADBZS, MISSES and CHILDREN.
75 LADIES' Beefers and Blazers-In quirt
shades and block just bought at a bargain.
These are medium weights, an& suitable for
Fall wear. "We offer tbem at 13.50 and
54.00, being much under value.
Novelties in &?
FUR AND FEATHER-TRIMMED
MANTLES AND JACKETS.
MEDIUM WEIGHT k
WRAPS .
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t TOE EARLY FAUCi -WXAE. ..rjk
LADIES' Gingbam and Calico "Wrapper!
at greatly reduced prices, to make room ft"'
Eall Goods now arriving. . C T
CHILDREN'S fine Cashmeres, Dresses .
and Imported Jersey Suits. These are TjT-&
shapely, and made in best manner. M titg
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