T
WELL HMD
Governor Campbell's Coupling of the
United States Glass Company
"With High Protection
DISCLAIMED BY THE OFFICIALS.
President Kipley Writes toMcKnlej Giving
Him Facts to Meet His Oppo
nent's Fancies.
XOT 25 BUT 15 FACTORIES IX THE DEAL
The Dispatch EtCf rres Ohio Campaign Badges Maic oi
Furelj American Material.
Governor Campbell's remarks at Sidney,
O., on Thursday relative to the association
under one management of a number of
tableware manufacturers in the Ohio Valley
docs not meet with the approbation of
United States Glass Company officials. The
Buckeye Governor charged that 1,000 mold
makers would be thrown out of employ
ment, whereas the number employed in the
35 factories included in the company is
about 100. He alo assumes that the ac
cession of Dovle & Co within the company
will tend to control production, and injure
the remainder of the trade.
I). C. Kipley.President of the United States
Glass Company, lost no time in furnishing
the Republican candidate lor the Govcrnor
Miip with the true aspect of the situation as
far as the charges made against his company
were concerned. He mailed the following
letter yesterday:
rirrsnuno, Pa., Sept IS, 180L
"Honorable IVIlIlaniMcKliile, Jr., Canton, O.:
"Dear Sin Governor Campbell is re
ported to have t-aid in his speech at Sidney
yesterday that 'as an illustration of the(
effects of high protection it may be said
that the United States Glas Company, the
'combine' into which all the glass factories
of the Ohio Valley were recently merged,
vill make a sweeping change. Hereafter
all the molds made bv the trust will be
made in three factories. The mold shoDs in
orer 25 other lactones will be closed. This
Uiance will throw oer 1,000 moldmakers
out of employment.
COULD NOT CLOSE TWENTY-FIVE.
"The newspapers aUo announce that the
flint glass firm of Povle & Co., of Pittsburg,
lias joined the 'combine, It is claimed
lliat the acquisition of Doyle &r Co. will
make the combination strong enough to
control production, dictate prices and freeze
out small competitors.
"Now, in regard to the above statement,
what are the facts? The whole number of
factories at present included in the United
States Glass Company islo. How, therefore,
is it possible to close the mold shops in 25
concerns? The whole number of mold
makers in the 15 factories is about 100. How
can the combination then possibly throw
1,000 mold makers out of employment?
These statements are a fair sample of what
is being misrepresented in regard to this
organization. So far from its having been
tlie result of high protection the fact is that
steps were taken as early as May, 1890,
which resulted in the formation of the
United States Glass Company. It is not a
trust in any sense of the word, but it is the
consolidation of the works heretofore
separate, the new company having the actual
ownership of all the works. It has not
iakn into the-organization any companies
or firms whose record did not show that they
had done a profitable business in the past.
"It is not the policy of the company to re
duce prices nor to crush out competition.
Nor is it the policy to advance prices by
reason of any control of the business. The
company does not control the business,
haviug less than one-half of the capacity of
production, and having no intention of
taking into the consolidation all or nearly
all of the parties now in the business.
ONLY SEES OXE WAY.
"The fact is that Governor Campbell has
taken his fjcts from such sources as the New
York F.rtnmqPot, which sees nothing ex
cept through free trade glasses.
"I thought Ton might be glad to be put
into possession of the facts so as to answer
this particular misrepresentation of your
opponent."
Vice President 'William C King -was in
terviewed jc-tcrday on thes-c charges of the
Ohio Governor He characterized them as
pure political buncombe, and as having no
bearing en the tariff question. He said that
his company was an association ol firms
brought together under one management
for the purpose of minimizing expenses and
maintaining uniformity in the price of
goods by nullifying the pow er of individual
firms to cut rates. He said that from 0 to
13 mold makers were employed in each
plant, and the company never had more
than 100 mold makers in its employment.
There were fully as many men employed by
the company in this department as before
the association was effected
A badge, the cut of which appears above,
was sent'o The Dispatch otlice j esterday,
with the compliments of F. Van Dusen.
Lettering on a ribbon attached to the badge
savs that it was made lrom steel sheets
rolled by the Piqua Kolling "Mill, Septem
ber 8, and coated with California tin aud
Missouri lead by the Cincinnati Corrugat
ing Company, ol Piqua, September 14, con
taining not an atom of foreign mctaL
Kx-AIayor Pearson's Books Demanded.
All the books pertaining to the Alle
gheny Mayor's office have been obtained by
the Auditing Committee except the witness
fee books in the possession of ex-Mayor
Pearson. Dr. Gilliford, Chairman of the
Auditing Committee, j esterday addressed
anothercomniunicationtoMr. Pearson, stat
ing that it is impossible for the auditors to
make a complete audit of the affairs of the
Mayor's office until they get possession of
the books held by him. He also states that
the committee will go into conrt if neecs
bary in order to get possession of the books.
CONKT.TOO .Tohn Itnusell Tonne's letter
on ConUHng In THE DISPATCH last Sun
day excited Intercut pverywhere. A con
tinuation of it in TTIK DISPATCH to-morrow.
Knocked Down by a Street Car.
Harry Connor, an 8-year-old newsboy,
n ho lives on Vickeroy street, was struck
by a Sonthside Klectric car at Smithficld
and Diamond streets at 4 o'clock vestcrday
afternoon and his leg was broken. The
injured lad was removed to the Homeo
pathic Hospital.
S . AND jlj
DENIES THE CHARGES.
One of the Accused Members of the Dowlin
Knsli Cattle Company Makes a State
mentSays Ever thins TTaj Conducted
in an Honorable Manner.
John R. Bush, of the Dowlin-Rush Cattle
Company, who is one of the defendants in
an equity suit to recover $100,000 alleged to
have been fraudulently taken from the
stockholders, In an interview yesterday,
said:
"It is charged that Dowlin, Lantz and
myself received stock of the company and
never paid for it. This the plaintiffs know
to be utterly false. All the stock ever
issued to us, or that we ever owned in the
company, was paid for in full by us at par
before it was issued, and the time when,
where and how paid was well known to the
plaintiffs from their first connection with
the company, and their allegations to the
contrary are without any foundation in fact
whatever.
"It is also alleged that Dowlin, Lantz and
myself have never accounted for 5200,000,
which the plaintiffs allege we reported we
had received from subscribers. This is also
false. In the first place, we never so re
ported, and-in the next place, all the money
received by any of us was promptly paid
over to the company and accounted for.
The allegation that the company's stock
was increased $100,000 to enable us to sell
to the comnanv at exorbitant prices a herd
of cattle in which we had an interest is also
false. The fact is that I opposed the pro
ceeding to increase the stock, and defeated
the resolution at the first meeting where it
was introduced. Subsequently the resolu
tion was passed. The stock was regularly
issued and sold to various parties, and the
proceeds paid into the treasury. Mr. Dow
lin and myself were appointed a committee
to purchase cattle and other live stock. "We
made the purchases, reported them to the
company, and the cattle, etc., purchased
were paid for in the proper way by the
treasurer. Among the cattle so purchased
was a bunch called 'the buffalo herd,' in
which Mr. Dowlin and mvself had each
55,000, the herd selling for '$35,000, Lantz
haing no interest in it. The fact was
well known to all parties concerned, and
was concealed from no one. Our interest in
the buffalo herd was much smaller propor
tionately than our interest in the Dowlin
Kush Cattle Company, and we, therefore,
as was to our interest and the interest of the
company, purchased this herd at the lowest
price, as we did all the other cattle which
we purchased. The prices paia were rea
sonable and fair, and were so regarded by
everybody concerned. Everything was done
openly, and with the full knowledge of the
stockholders, and nothing was concealed
from them.
"Any allegation contained in the bill to
the effect that the affairs of the company
were improperly conducted by us as officers,
or that the accounts were not properly
audited, etc., I utterly denv. Mr. Bower,
one of the plaintiffs, fiimself was Secretary
of the company from the beginning down t o
within a little over one year ago, when a
new man was elected in his stead, and dur
ing this long period no complaint was
Heard trom mm in regard to any oi tne mat
ters he now sets up in his bill. After his
term of office expired, he improperly re
fused to turn over to his successors the
books of the company, and still wrongfully
withholds them. Tfie spirit which, there
fore, has inspired the bringing of this suit
is easily understood. Mr. Bower himself
assisted in making a number of audits and
signed them as Secretary."
COKSETS Bessie Bramble defends the
much-abnsed corset in THE DISPATCH
to-morrow, and inveighs against the trailing
skirt.
HELD AN0THE3 MEETING.
What tho Allegheny Heating Company
Officials Say of the Shields Deficit.
Thomas L. Shields, with his attorney, E.
T. Cassidy, had a conference with a com
mittee of the directors of the Allegheny
Heating Company yesterday, at the office of
AV. B. Bodgcrs, attorney for the company,
and the terms of an arrangement by which
the deficit in the Treasurer's accounts is to be
refunded were discussed. Attorney Cassidy
said yesterday afternoon that the affair was
now practically adjusted and that the direct
ors had expressed themselvee as being sat
isfied with the proposition made by his
client. "What this proposition was he re
fused to state, but it w as learned from an
other source that Shields had promised that
the full amount of the shortage would be
made good, and that if his assets would not
be sufficient his friends would come to the
rescue. Attorney "W. B. Kodgers was seen
at his office yesterdav, but was non-committal
as to the result of the meeting. He ad
mitted that a meeting had been held, but
would not say who had been present, or
what had been done. It was learned, how
ever, that President Lysle Directors "Wal
ker and Brown and Mr. Shields and his at'
tomey were present
Auditor Tidball has not yet finished
auditing the books, but it is admitted by
the directors that the shortage will not be
less than 5100,000. who state that if satis
factory arrangements are not made and the
company secured from loss, criminal pro
ceedings will be instituted.
THEY WERE FORGIVEN.
A Ifeat Elopement to Stenbenvilie, Ohio,
Successfully Executed.
Lawrenceville and Brnshton are enjoying
a social sensation in the form of a runaway
marriage, in which the star performers are
Miss Annie Jeffries, daughter of Robert
Jeffries, of Butler street, and Joseph Bol
linger, of Brushton.
They met bv appointment at a picnic and
returning took a train for Stcubenville, O.,
where the marriage ceremony was per
formed. A telegram announcing that they
i ould be ''at home" the next day was sent
and the usual parental blessing followed.
At present Mr. Bollinger and bride are at
the nome of his father, and have not yet
visited the Jeffries residence.
Romance of a Tramp's Life.
Frank Heber was a "sleeper" at the
Twenty-eighth ward police station last
evening. He is 75 years old, and walked
from McKeesport to Pittsburg yesterday
afternoon carrying a large satchel well filled
with old clothes over his shoulder. Heber
says he came to America from Germany 10
years ago. He said that at one time he was
a wealthy land owner, having a farm of
nearly 500 acres. Seventeen years ago, he
says, his wife died and aleft him alone on
his larm. He had two grown-up children,
and they advised him to sell his place,
which he did, and then divided the pro
ceeds among the three of them. He took
his share ot the money, which was several
thousand dollars, and came to America. He
did not prosper here, his money was soon
gone and he was forced to lead the lite of a
tramp.
Jumped From the Junction Bridge.
James Coltan, a Hebrew peddler, while
carrying a heavy load of tinware yesterday
across the Junction railroad bridge, Thirty
third street, was frightened by the approach
of a freight train and jumped from the
bridge. He fell a distance of about 23 feet,
suffering a fracture of the thigh and was in
jured slightly internally. He was removed
to his home on Liberty avenue, near Fifti
eth street.
Organ Hecltnl at Carnegie Hall.
The sixty-eighth free organ recital at
Carnegie Hall, Allegheny, this afternoon
will be an interesting one. Prof. H. P.
Ecker, the city organist, will be assisted by
the Fisk Tennesseeans, the famous jubilee
singers. There will be choruses and quartets
and a large number of other.spccial features
will add to the interest of the recital.
Dr. B. M. Haiota. Eye, ear, nose and
throat diseases exclusively. Office, 720
Penu btreet, Pittsburg, Pa. SSU
WELSHMEN AEE WILD
Because One of Their Number De
cided to Come to This Country.
THEY PREVENT HIM PROM SELLING
Another Western Manufacturer Is Erect
ing a Tinned Plate Plant
PITTSBURGERS BUSY DEAWING PLANS
If the "Welsh tinned plate manufacturers
can keep it none of their number will -be
permitted to break up or dispose of their
plants to re-engage in the business in this
country. Letters received here from
Pittsburgers in "Wales relate a condition of
excitement among the manufacturers which
would be entertaining if it did not place one
of the tin plate men in a very awkward
position.
The whole affair turns on the publication,
some four weeks ago, in TnE Dispatch,
of the announced determination of a "Welsh
tinned plate manufacturer to dispose of his
interests and re-establish himself in the
same business in this country. It was also
stated that other makers, whose names
were also mentioned, would likely follow
in his footsteps. This announcement was
made in perfect good faith, and on the
authority of this gentleman's own expressed
declaration to a Pittsburgcr, and subse
quently supported by letters. Some
of the "Welshmen attach so much import
ance to what appears in The Dispatch
relative to their trade as to have copies of
each issue of this paper regularly mailed to
them. They looked to The Dispatch
for reliable news, and were content to ac
cept what appeared in its columns as trust
worthy. WELSHMEN POSE AS BOYCOTTERS.
"When the issue of The Dispatch con
taining the account of Welshmen propos
ing to embark in the business in this coun
try reached Wales it raised a storm around
the head of the manufacturer who had
foresight sufficient to see that this country
would be the future home of the tinned
plate industry, and who, with the courage
of his convictions, was preparing to move
with the tide and realize on his plant wliile
it possessed any value as a young concern.
This gentleman came to be regarded by his
associates as something akin to a traitor to
his cause and his country. The news
papers took up the matter and re
ferred to him as a turn-coat, about
as harsh a term as one Englishman
can call another. This manufacturer
found himself unable to sell his property
when the time came. His countrymen
simply would not invest; they would not be
a party to any such treason as a "Welshman
packing up his traps, his own traps, and
hieing him to America to make tinned
plate there. They assumed that if he could
not dispose of his plant he would likely re
main in Wales. It was similar witli
the brokers. They refused to buy the
product of this gentleman's mills; and, in
short, both merchants, capitalists and brok
ers "boycotted" this enterprising Welsh
man. This is the substance of advices re
cently received here from the scene of hos
tilities in Wales. The sequel to the story
is now in course of enaction.
HE WANTS THE STORY CONTRADICTED.
The Welshman alluded to, when con
fronted with all the enormity of his offense
in doing as he wished with his own, dis
puted the veracity of the statement
made in The Dispatch, and sought
to show the whole story was without
foundation-. He represented wherever it
was necessary that what an American news
paper should say of Welshmen's affairs was a
matter not concerning Welshmen, and that,
in fact, the reporter who wrote the story
had mixed up names, facts and dates, and
delivered himself of a concoction. The
only way, this manufacturer concluded, by
which be could be set right with his coun
trymen and restored to their confidence was
to have The Dispatch contradict the
statements previously made. So a Pitts
burger now in Wales was asked to write to
this city and have contradiction made.
It is reported here inplacesanthoritatively
informed that at least half a dozen Welsh
tinned plate manufacturers are considering
the question of coming over to this country
to establish tinned plate factories.
MACHINERY VERSUS HAND LABOR.
"If the Welshmen and English capitalists
are consistent in their actions,'" said a
Pittsburg manufacturer yesterday, "they
must find out where these projected emi
grants are and treat them to a dose of the
same tree trade medicine tney nave pre
scribed for the most intelligent and far
seeing among tliem. The rapidity with
which tinned plate mills are being erected in
this country must at last clearly demonstrate
to British capitalists two things, namely,
that tinned plate will shortly be produced
in large quantities in America, and that in
such event the Welsh makers must lose,
ultimately, three-fourths of their trade;
out of 418,725 gross tons of tinned plates ex
ported by Great Britain during 1890, 318,
108 tons "were shipped to the "United States.
Welsh manufacturers are also beginning to
understand that other than their old fash
ioned methods, and hand labor will be used
in establishing the industry. With Bes
semer slabs sold at i cents a pound
to the tinned plate maker, the requisite
machinery for finishing the plate will be
forthcoming to make the article at a cost
which, despite the higher priced labor of
Amercan mills, will enable it to be sold at
little above Enelish prices, duty added.
Of the makers now manufacturing tinned
or tern plate, every one has improved upon
the Welsh system, and is using machinery
to execute what is done by hand abroad.
Welsh m orkmen are not in especial demand,
and are not needed to make the establish
ment of the industry here a success. The hope
of manufacturers who have sought to profit
by the knowledge of Welsh tin plate work
ers was that they can get better work done
by the American. The day is not very re
mote when the tinned plate workers of
Wales will be required neither in their own
country nor over here. "
A NEW TINNED PLATE PLANK.
Local engineers are receiving many in
quiries for plans, etc., for tinned plate
plants. There are not less than a dozen
being drawn in offices which could be desig
nated. J. E. Reeves, of the Beeves Iron
Woiks at Canal Dover, O., is adding a
tinned plate to his mill. He has been in
town for a day or so making arrangements.
He has given a local engineer instructions
to draw plans for two mills, with a capacity
of 1,000 boxes a week. The directors of the
American Tinned Plate Company, of
Elwood, Ind., are receiving plans from
Pittsburg engineers for the new factory.
The question of labor saving ma
chinery in manufacturing tinned plate
is also receiving attention. One Pittsburg
gentlemen hai applied for patents for
machinery for washing, cleaning plates
and separating the pacK, all of which is
done by hand in Wales. The evidences are
many to the unprejudiced that the tinned
plate industry is taking a grip which
is growing stronger each day, and without
tear of any detrimental legislation from the
next Congress. The duty on the imported
product is to remain in force until 1897, and
will be removed then, if one-third of any
one of the six years' importations of tinned
plate is not being made in American mills.
That is to say that 100,000 tons of tinned or
tern plate must be produced in this coun
try by 1897 to retain the duty. In a large
number of men, including many politicians
of national note, wko were asked if they
regarded it as likely the next Congress
would interfere with "the tin plate duty, not
one expressed the opinion that it could,
under the nature of the enactment provid
ing for a six years' trial, be honorably done.
SCIENCE Latest developments In science
and electricity In THE DISPATCH to-mor-
THE PITTSBURG -DISPATCH. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER
THE SIDEWALK CAME Uf.
Sad Plight or a Little Girl Who Had Never
Seen a Freight Elevator She Is Itcicued
by a Good Natured Irishman and an
Engine.
There was a very frightened little girl in
this city yesterday afternoon. She was
about 12 years old, and had evidently been
to the Exposition, for she held a ball of
popcorn and several picture cards in her
hands. She was walking quietly along
Wood street, and when she had nearly
reached tho corner of Liberty, she stopped
to look in the great show window of a
wholesale drygoods house. She was ap
parently in a reverie of delight as she gazed
at a bolt of bright-colored dress goods, when
suddenly an awful thing happened.
The sidewalk began to go up with her,
and almost before she realized the situation
she found herself about eight feet above the
rest of the people on the street, and still
going up. She was too frightened e"ven to
scream, but she cast an appealing look at
two ladies who were passing, and they came
to her assistance. The little girl had stood
upon one of the freight elevators that sink
level with the sidewalk when they are
in the cellar, but that will rise noiselessly
through the agency of nnscen machinery
when it is desired to use them for moving
goods.
There was a good-natured Irishman on
the elevator beneath the little girl, and as
soon as he understood that he had carried
up an unwilling passenger he lowered the
machine and let the child off. She walked
away without a word, but the tears that ran
in a" stream down her cheeks showed how
much she was npset Tiy her unexpected as
cent. It is safe to say that she will be as
sured of the firmness of the sidewalk the
next time she stops to look in the w indow
of a wholesale drygoods store in Pittsburg.
PAKIS A letter from THE DISPATCH'S
special correspondent now in Paris will be
a feature of to-morrow's issue. Pittsburg
mid Allegheny notes from the French
Capital.
THE HALLWAY MAGNATES LAUGH.
They Say There Is Nothing In Gilllford's
Lengthy Statement.
Officials of the Pleasant Valley and the
Manchester street railway lines were asked
yesterday what action they proposed to
take in the matter of the report read by Dr.
Gilliford, of the Auditing Committee,
in which it is shown that the
Pleasant Valley company is indebted to the
city in the sum of $63,000 and the Pittsburg,
Allegheny and Manchester Company 518,
000. They stated very briefly that there
was nothing in it. One of the officials of
the Manchester Company was seen last
night, and, while he refused to be
quoted personally in the matter, said that
it was the intention of his company to pay
promptly whatever shortage was found to
exist against them.
Commodore Kountz said that the Man
chester line had been prompt? in making
.payments of its car taxes for 18 years, but
lately had allowed itself to fall in arrears in
order to bring about an investigation in
which the much larger shortage of the
Pleasant Valley Company would be brought
to light.
Georgo Alfred Townsend Visits PittsTonrg.
Among the visitors registered at the Hotel
Duqucsne yesterday was Mr. George Al
fred Townsend, the well-known publicist,
whose daily contributions to the press of
the country have for 20 years past com
manded more attention than those of any
other writer. Mr. Townsend's personality
is as interesting as his work. From the
number of years he has been discussing and
describing men and things in his unrivaled
manner under the familiar nam deplume of
"Gath," one might suppose him to be silver-haired,
"and in the "lean-and-slippered
pantaloon" staee. In place of hat, he has
not yet reached even the youth of old age.
but is the picture of the robust health of
manhood in its prima. "When Mr. Town
send is about writing those unique and min
ute details concerning public men which
distinguish his letters, he travels right to
the place w here the facts can be gotten at first
hand. It was a trip of that sort to look
into early facts about Albert Gallatin which
brought him to Geneva, whence he ex
tended the tour, with his stenographer, to
Pittsburg; and to-morrow he will go away
with bushels of pertinent points about this
place, to be used, we trust, with advantage
and interest to Pittsburg and to the outside
world in the future.
A D0G-G0NE MEAN THICK.
Lively Time of the Allegheny Detectives
After a Blooded Dog.
Fred G winner, the well-known Allegheny
contractor, recently brought with him from
Europe a beautiful dog of a breed resembling
the St. Bernard. He was a monstrous,
good-natured fellow and a faithful watch.
Mr. Gwinncr valued him very highly, and
he had been greatly admired by
all who have seen him. Wednesday the
prized and petted canine disappeared
and a search was instituted for him. Mr.
Gwinncr, whose family had become much
attached to the dog, placed the matter in
the hands of the police, and employed de
tectives to hunt him up.
Last evening Mr. Gwinner's son, who
had spent his entire time in a hunt for his
lost friend, found a clew which lead to his
discovery. The dog was found in a cellar
in Woods' Bun, where he was being kept
out of sight. It was probably the inten
tion to snip the valuable animal to another
city.
Important TJ. P. Convention.
The annual meeting of the First Synod of
the West will convene in the First TJ. P.
Church on Union avenue, Allegheny, Sep
tember 28. About 200 delegates will be
present from the 100 churches included in
the district. The meetings will extend
over three days. On Thursday evening
Eev. J. It. J. Milligan will be installed as
pastor of the Ninth TJ. P. Church. This
church will hold services in Cyclorama
Hall.
Only One of Them Left.
On Tuesday, September 29, will be your
last chance to take advantage of the exceed
ingly low rates offered by the Union Pacific
system for the last harvest excursion. Don't
miss it, tickets sold to all points West,
Northwest and Southwest, with stop-over
privilege on going portion of the ticket,
and a return limit of 30 days from date of
sale, i or lurtner particulars, rates, pamph
lets, maps, timetables, etc., call on or ad
dress S. C. Milbourne, Tray. Pass. Agent,
4n0 Wood street, Pittsburg, Pa., or E. Ten
broeck, Genl. Eastern Agt., New York.
LAST WEEK we called at-
Tfifj?pV tention to tho popularity of
f&'X " ONE CENT A WOKD
1 $ '-OTflf! 1 SmaU AlslnT,IED1SPATCn
Vol " vjl and showed hy an increase of
T&ZSitZ&s 4SO in two weeks ending Aug-
ss ust 31 over like period of
previous year how the public took to tho
idea.
The two weeks ending yesterday proves
still farther tho popularity of the new rate.
Small Ads for two weeks ending Sep
tember 12, 1890 1,017
Small Ads for week ending Sep
tember 12, 1831 2,470
Increase 559
Where Help is Wanted, Sit- .
nations Sought, Booms to Let fMjjTJV
or Miscellaneous Articles $f&z?
Wanted or For Salo tho sure J.C VXS&3
means of meeting tho demand VsJ -J ffi
is to bo found In TH E DIS jJ
PATCH Bt tes
SECRETS FROM JAIL.
The Investigators Promise a Very
Interesting Report.
A ONE-SIDED FIGHT FOR WARDEN.
Moorehead-McCleane Creditors to Examine
Accounts.
NEWS OF A DAT ABOUT THE TWIN CITIES
The investigation of Fitzsimmons escape
from jail is not yet finished. The Quarterly
Committee of the Prison Board spent its
second day at the work yesterday.
When it adjourned at 6 o'clock last
evening the ground had not all been
covered. One of the most import-
ant witnesses examined was Cora Wyatt,
ofUniontown. She came to the city on
the order of District Attorney Burleigh to
fnmish additional bail in the Fitzsimmons
case, it having been decided that her secur
ity was not large enough. The Quarterly
Committee, in consideration of the fact that
she had been reported ns communicating by
signals with Charles Clark prior to the
ercape, desired her testimony. Whether
any valuable information was secured from
her will not be known until the committee
makes its report.
Other persons examined yesterday were
Keepers Michael Price, James Irwin and
James Larimer. Assistant Matron McCann
and several prisoners were also before the
committee. Among the latter was Holmes
Anderson, awaiting trial in the case of John
Gunsaulis, killed in West Liberty borough
several months ago. After the Fitzsim
mons escape Anderson told a story about
having been offered 81,000 to help break
jail. The committee desired his sworn
statement. Several other prisoners appar
ently knew of the plan before it was
executed, and they were all put through an
examination.
IT WAS A STAK CHAMBER SESSION.
The members of the Quarterly Committee
refused to tell anything about what infor
mation they hadained except that there
was considerable of it that would be inter
esting when made public That will not be
until the committee reports to the Prison
Board. As there is a vast amount of the
stenograpbio report of the investigation to
be reduced to typewritten copy it is possi
ble that the report will not be presented be
fore the next regular meeting of the Board
in October. It is expected that the investi
gation will be finished to-day.
There is no longer any concealment of the
fact that the result of the Investigating
Committee's action will be the removal of
the present Warden. Even as to his suc
cessor there appears to be little doubt.
Members of the Prison Board refuse
to positively commit themselves, but
it is evident that there is an almost
unanimous sentiment among them
for Police Inspector McAleese. This senti
ment is being backed up by letters and
other expressions of public feeling. Several
candidates have already dropped out of the
race and others will do so to-day. Public
officials generally, who are familier with
the qualifications of Mr. McAleese, have
openly indorsed him, and, unless the aspect
of affairs changes, there is little doubt of the
result.
ANOTHER CATCn IN WEST VIRGINIA.
The author of the whole difficulty is still
at large. Yesterday morning Police Super
intendent Weir received a telegram from
Blackstone, W. Va., stating 'that a man
answering the description of the missing
murderer had been arrested there. The
message asked for additional particulars
about Fitzsimmons. The only discrepancy
between the man arrested and the
man wanted was that the former
weighed 150 pounds, while the latter
weighed but 135 pounds. Superintendent
Weir telegraphed a full description of Fitz
simmons and requested prompt reply. At
a late hour last night none had been re
ceived, indicating that he was not the right
man.
William Fitzsimmons, a brother of the
escaped murderer, arrived in Pittsburg yes
terday morning. He had originally
mado arrangements to leave Brock
ville, Ontario, to come here, and
attend his brother's trial. Just be
fore starting he learned of the escape.
He did not allow this to niter his plans, but
came right on. At the jail he asked per
mission to speak to Mrs. Fitzsimmons, but
was refused. Later, he was seen at Attorney
Marshal's office, in company with the
murderer's little daughter. He declined to
talk about his brother, except to state that
he did not believe he would ever be caught.
Several thousand more photographs and
descriptions of Fitzsimmons were sent out
yesterday to all parts of the country. The
police are determined to have the man thor
oughly advertised. Thev are working
every point that looks like a clew and are
still confident of his capture.
KNOCKED HEB SENSELES3.
Wolf Savaso Held to Await the Result of
Mrs. Meyerslrarg's Injuries.
Wolf Savage, a scrap iron peddler, was
lodged in the Central station yesterday.
He will probably be charged with murder.
Savage is a resident of Magee street. On
last Wednesday he and Mrs. Rebecca
Meycrsburg, of No. 23 Magee street, took
up a quarrel of their children. A child of
Mrs. Meyersburg took a slate from Savage's
child, causing a dispute. The parents took
a part in it, and Mrs. Meycrsburg
finally slapped Savage in the face.
He retaliated by knocking her down.
In falling, it is said, her head struck the
tire of a wagrn wheel, and she was knocked
"insensible. She was carried into her house
and physicians were summoned. She had a
large gash in her head, and her right
shoulder was fractured. She was in a deli
cate condition, and they prononnced her in
juries serious. She never fully recovered
consciousness, and has not spoken since her
injury.
The physicians say she can hardly live
until morning. Savage was arrested at the
time, but was released on ?500 bail by Mag
istrate Gripp for a hearing yesterday.
When the serious condition of Mrs. Meyers
burg was learned he was rearrested and
locked up in Central station to await the re
sult of her injuries. Mrs. Meversburg is
about 38 years of age and the wife of Jacob
Meyersburg, a peddler. She has three chil
dren. "WILL INVESTIGATE THEMSELVES.
Two Committees of the Moorhead Creditors
Will Look Into the Accounts.
The creditors of the Moorhead-McCleane
Company met yesterday at the office of
George Shlras to consider the matter of
granting the extension. Mark W. Watson,
of the Exchange National Bank, was Chair
man, and Henry M. Lloyd, of the People's
Bank for Savings, was Secretary.
Mr. Shiras submitted the statement of
assets and liabilities. The creditors were
much pleased with the showing and ap
pointed two committees to examine the
statement and report to a meeting to be
held next Thursday, when final action will
be taken. The committee to examine into
the value of the works is made up of James
M. Bailey, John H. McCutcheon and Isaac
D. French. William Koseberg, of the
Bank of Pittsburg; George Gorman, of the
Mechanic's National Bank, and R. S.
Smith, of the Union National Bank, will
examine the accounts.
Found Floating In the River.
Yesterday afternoon the body of a
woman was found floating in the Ohio river
at Davis Island dam. The body was in an
19, 189L
advanced state of decomposition. It was
removed to Smith's undertaking rooms, and
had to be buried immediately. The body
was that of a white woman. "
CITIZENS WANT) A NEW WARD.
Residents of Observatory Hill Want toHave
Schools and Representation In Common
A Committee Appointed to Ask Coun
cils to Make the Division.
A meeting of citizens of the Second,
Tenth and Twelfth wards, Allegheny, was
held last night in the Lithgow avenue
school house, Second ward. The object of
the meeting was to take action toward hay
ing a new ward created out of the hill top
districts of the three wards. A large num
ber were present. A. Leggate presided and
J. M. Lyon acted as Secretary. When the
meeting had been called to order, Secretary
Lyon announced Its purpose. He said
that the hill top districts formed
a corner of the three wards
named and was practically isolated from
the balance of each of the wards. The
school house was the most convenient for
all of them, and if that territory was
formed into a new ward they could get the
Bchool house and have everything more con
venient. They could also have their repre
sentation in Councils to secure them im
provements, though they had no complaint
to make atrainst their present respective
representatives. The children of 'the Tenth
and Twelfth wards are now a long way
from their schools and should be nearer
though they w ere receiving courtesies from
the Second Ward School Board.
When Mr. Lyon concluded a short dis
cussion ensued, all favorable to the sug
gestions made by the speakers. Mr. B. S.
Smith then moved that it was the sense of
the meeting that they have a new ward for
the hill-top districts of the Second, Tenth
and Twelfth wards. The motion was
unanimously adopted.
It was followed by another by Mr. Smith
that the chairman appoint a committee of
three to look into the matter of making a
ward of the districts named and to consult
the City Solicitor and ascertain what is to
be done legally to accomplish their object.
The committee is to report to a future
meeting to be called by them.
This motion was adopted and Messrs. B.
S. Smith, E. J. Briggs and J. M. Lyon
were appointed on the committee.
, Snap Shots at City Matters.
Chiep op Police Louis Delbhuqqe, of
Wheeling, was in town last night on a busl
uens trip.
Heurv JIcCall was thrown from his wagon
yesterday, on Center avenue, and sustained
u lractuie of his arm.
Georoe Hohh was caught by a buggy of
metal at Clark's mill Thursday night, and
badly crushed about the hips,
Joiix McCoruick, a small hoy, had his foot
badly crushed by being run over by a wagon
on Slain street, Allegheny, yesterday after
noon. Air alarm from Toox 331 about 4:10 last even
ing was caused by a slight fire in the house
occupied by Officer Bagley, on i'ulton street.
Damage about $25.
Aw unknown man, supposed to have been
a tramp, was struck and killed by train So.
3 on the Pennsylvania Railroad, at the
Junction bridge, yesterday.
A still alarm of fire was sent In to Com
pany Xo. 6 last evening. It was occasioned
bj- tho burning of some rubbish on tho river
bank near Forty-second street.
The body of nn unknown man was found
yesterday morning on the Ft. Wayne Rail
road, near Highland. The body, which waa
frightfully mangled, was taken to Alliance.
Thk Board of Directors of the Citizens Na
tional Bank met yesterday and passed ap
propriate resolutions on tho the death of
William HcCreery, who was a member of
the board.
A still alarm was sent to Engine Company
Xo. 4, last night about 8 o'clock, for a slight
Are in tho shoe store of John Berger at No.
513 Fifth avenue. It was extinguished by a
babcock with slight damage.
John 31. Svkes, a brakeman on the P. R. R.,
was caught between the bumpers of a train
Moss Side station yesterday morning, and
crushed so badly that ho died yesterduy
afternoon at the West Fenn Hospital.
William McCall was brought to the Mercy
Hospital last evening suffering from a badly
fractured right leg. He was working on a
scaffold at the Linden Steel Works and lost
his balance and fell to the ground, a distance
of 20 feet. He has also sustained an ugly
scalp wound.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
S. Hamilton, Nos. Ol and 03 Fifth Avenue.
This exhibit is one of the drawing cards
of the Exposition, large crowds being in and
around it at all hours. Large as is the beau
tiful display, it is the veriest'trifle in com
parison with the stock carried by Mr. Ham
ilton at the warerooms. To derive complete
satisfaction take a trip to the warerooms
and make yourself acquainted with the mar
velous number and variety of makes both of
pianos and organs, always on view, and be
fore you go to your homes, whether in or
out of town, select the very instrument you
prefer, for "it goes without saying" that
you are bound to be more than pleased. Mr.
Hamilton is snowing at this time not only
the superb Decker Bros., but the ICnabe,
the Estey, the Fischer and other makes not
shown at the Exposition; in organs Farrand
and Votey, Clough and Warren. Story and
(JlarK and the great lavorite, tne .cstey. Ail
these well-known instruments at the lowest
prices for cash or on easy payments.
Resolutions of Respect.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Federal Street and Pleasant Valley
Passenger Bailway Company, held this 18th
day of September, A. D. Ib91, the follow
ing resolution was passed:
.Whereas, This board has learned with
the deepest regret of the death of William
McCreery, who organized the Federal Street
and Pleasant Valley Passenger Railway
Company in 1808, and was its President
from that time until 18S9, and through
whose energy and ability the road became
one of the best street railways in Allegheny
county, and was the means of building up
that portion of Allegheny City known as
"Pleasant Valjey." Throughout his whole
course as President of the road he won the
respect, the admiration and friendship, not
only of the stockholders, but of every one
with whom he came in contact, therefore
be it
Resolved, That we express the deepest
sorrow at his death, and tender to his be
reaved family our sympathy and condo
lence. Resolved, That this resolution be spread
upon the minutes of the company and pub
lished in the Pittsburg papers, and that a
copy be sent to his family.
Now Crop Buckwheat.
The best new crop buckwheat flour that
has reached this market has been received
by Marvin. It came in a carload lot and is
exceDtionallv fine. This will be trood news
to the people who watch each fall for the
first appearance of Marvin's self-rising
buckwheat flour put up in 2 and 5-pound
packages. This flour is one of the nicest
and most convenient things that a good
housewife can have about her house. New
crop of self-rising panaake floor is also in
the market, and is put up in the same sized
packages. Marvin has made an enviable
reputation on these two flours, and the in
dications are that they will be more popular
than ever this year.
II. iB.
Immense cloak opening Friday and Sat
urday.
Booos & Buhl.
Attend sale lots, Evans estate, McKees
port, to-day. Big bargains; go early.
If your complaint is want of appetite, try
Angostura Bitters before meals. ttssu
Attend gale lots, Evans estate, McKees
port, to-day. Big bargains; go early.
Attend sale lots, Evans estate, McKees
port, to-day. Big bargains; go early.
Men's medium weight underwear for fall..
James H. Aiken & Co., 100 Fifth are.
SPORTS DECLARE WAR
An Organized Effort Will Be Made to
Drive Oat All the Pineys.
THEY KILL THE GBAY SQUIRRELS,
These Pests Also Destroy the Game and
Song Birds.
A CLETER PUN FOR TRAPPING THEM
A crusade is to be made against what is
known in this neighborhood as the red
squirrel or pine squirrel, not the chip
munk. Some people will tell you that all
creatures have a specific purpose to perform
and yet these same people will make war on
bedbugs, mice, lice, roaches, etc, giving the
lie to their profession of faith. But the
war against the pine squirrel has been
waged by sportsmeif for a considerable time
and now some farmers are taking it up.
Attorney N. W. Shafer calls attention to
the ravages of the animal. In his tour after
gray and black squirrels in the western part
of the county he found the larger varieties
very scarce, while the impudent "piney"
confronted him on every band. He states that
the farmers have in some neighborhoods
declared that it must go. It is not only
very destructive on cereals, but it is an
Ishmaelite among the animal creation
what the sparrow is among song birds. It
not only destroys the young of the gray
squirrels, but devours the eggs of song
birds, quail, grouse, and in fact of all
birds.
TINE SQUIRRELS AEE PIRATES.
It partakes much of the character of the
weasel under the shape of a squirrcL It is
courageous, pugnacious and impudent to a
degree surpassing any other beast of prey
except the weasel, and when it congregates
in numbers other squirrels are forced to va
moose. Its especial hatred seems to be
against the gray and black squirrels, and
one who can imitate the "bark" of these
squirrels can in a lew minutes collect the
"pineys." They come chattering from
every direction, with fur erect and tails
spread like an angry cat.
Country boys often take advantage
of this animosity to collect the
red demons within shooting distance.
Though small game their flesh is very tooth
some, and in some localities an energetic
sportsman can kill 100 a day. They are evi
dently very prolific Although shot in im
mense numbers every year, they still man
age to keep up the supply. In 1863 a town
hunt was organized in Palmyra, Portage
county, O. The town, like others on the
Reserve, is five miles square, and a line of
shooters placed at short distances apart sur
rounded the whole town one morning, and
started to meet at the center.
STORY OF A FAMOUS HUNT.
They carried every conceivable form of
gun then known, and were not allowed by
the conditions of the hunt to shoot any
thing except noxious vermin, aside from
Sine squirrels. About the mid
le of the afternoon they met
at the center and made the event.
In addition to the weasels, skunks, etc,
they had killed 1,152 pine squirrels, and
supposed the pest would give them a rest
for that year, but the very next week there
seemed to be as many in that township as
there were before the hunt.
Continued hunting has thinned the ranks,
but yet there are enough of the Ishmaelites
left to materially lessen other desirable
game in the country.
NOTED PEOPI.B Sketches and portraits
of the people who are Just now attractins;
world-wide attention In THE DISPATCH
to-morrow.
Blaine X in It,
So are Marvin's new Blaine wafers. Crisp,
flaky, delightful. Put up in imitation
drums. Get them from your grocer. They
are the nicest thing in tlie market.
Atttvti sale lots. "Rvnns efitntp. MpTvees.
F 1
port, to-day. Big bargains; go early.
BIBER & EASTON.
EXHIBITION OF
FALL AND WINTER
UNDERWEAR
For Men,
For Women,
For Children.
INFANTS' -VESTS
In fine soft zephyr at Me to 50c.
Infants' Vests in Berlin worsted, non
shrinkable, at 50c, 60c, G5c, 75c.
Infants' Vests in silk and cashmere In
wide variety, as to weight, grade and price.
CHEDREN'S RIBBED UNDERWEAR
For fall wear in white and gray in low, me
dinm and extra fine grades. Misses' and
children's combination suits at 85c, $1, $1 25,
$1 10 and up.
MERINO UNDERWEAR FOR WOMEN.
Indies' Balbriggan Vests and Pants at 50c.
Special values in medium weight Vests
and Pants, 75c.
Our lines at $1, $1 25 and $1 50 embrace
many extra bargains that cannot be dupli
cated later in tho season.
Extra Value in Men's Undergarments.
Men's medium weight Natural "Wool Shirts
and Drawers at $1 50 each.
Men's medium weight Merino Shirts and
Drawers, in white and gray, 50c each.
Special value In medium weight Vests and
Punts at $L
At $2 we show extra values in Men's all
woollight, medium and heavy Shirts and
Drawers.
BIBER .& EASTON
605 AND 507 MAKKET ST.
selirtTssu
TJ. am.a. S.
SILVER CROWN
STOCKINGS,
Unequaled;-
ULRICH & SPENCER,
ipecialties in
HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR
For MenAWomen and Children.
644 Penn Avenue.
Open Evety Eveninir.
seu-T
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ";
The Leading , Pittsburg, Pa
Drygoods House. Saturday, Sept. 19 1331,
MIIE&COu
PENN AVENUE ST0R31
. AUTUMN
LINEN
' SALE.
We now offer .our complete new
importations of Linens, including
every sort and every grade, from the
cheapest napkins to the finest cloths.
NEW DAMASKS, -NEW
TABLE CLOTHS,,
NEW NAPKINS.
The most attractive stock ever'
offered in our Linen Department, and '
at absolutely lower prices than we '
have ever before been enabled to
make, and our prices have always"
been at the lowest notch. The goods
tell the fact that you can save money
b, buying here. The reasons why
are less interesting.
The following quotations are taken
from our importations from Ireland
and Scotland, and the goods repre
sent the best manufactures of these
great Linen-producing countries :
LINEN BY THE YARD:
60-inch Cream Damask at 50c.
62-inch (extra heavy) Cream Da
mask, 65c.
60-inch Bleached Damask, 50c
62-inch Bleached Damask, 60c
66-inch (heavy) Bleached Damask,
75c-
Napkins to match :
20x20 inches, $1 50 a dozen.
23x23 inches, $3 25 a dozen.
68-inch Bleached Damask, 80c.
Napkins to match :
22x23 inches, at S2 a dozen.
68-inch Bleached D?.mask, 90c '
Napkins to match :
20x20 inches, at $2 a dozen.
2tx2t inches, at $3 a dozen.
68-inch (extra heavy) Bleached
Damask, 98 c.
Napkins to match :
20x20 Inches, $3 a dozen.
24x20 Inches, $3 a. dozen.
72-inch Bleached Damask, Ji.
Napkins to match :
20t2u'inches, at $2 a dozen.
21x24 inches, at $3 a dozen.
81-inch Bleached Damask at $1 to
51.65. 1
Napkins to match, S1.75 to $4 per
dozen.
And in all the sorts of Linens,
Cloths and Napkins in sets, plain,
Iringed and hemstitched, and all the
smaller toilet or table linens, our
stock is now absolutely complete. In
a word more, we would assure our
readers that our prices are the lowest
to be found anywhere, a fact easily
proven.
JOS. HORNE & CO.,
607.621 PENN AVENUE.
sel9
FINEST DISPLAY
OF
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
ART SOUARES
EVER SEEN HERE.
Onr new importation of Art Squares sur
passes any previous exhibition in this city.
Among the goods we mention such weaves
as
ANGLO INDIAN,
AYRANIAN,
DAMASCUS, and
AGRA.
Sizes, 2x3 yards np to 4x5 yards; prices
from ?5 to 530 each. Many of the new
squares are exact copies of Body Brussels
and "Wilton, and will make excellent floor
coverings for rooms or offices.
"We have also opened some high novelties
in English ""tVilton Carpets, our own im
portation, and not found anywhere else.
EDWARD -GROETZINGER,
.
627 and 629 Penn Avenue.
Sel2-TT3SU
THE
Warm Air Furnaca
BARTLETTwrought Steel Ranees.
Cinderella Ranges and Stoves.
end for catalogue. Estimates furnished,
J. a BABTLETT,
aplS-TT .303tyoodit.,ritUburfr , ,.