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THE PITTSBUR& DISPATCH, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1892.
FRANK WATSON.
ATTORNEY J. U HOWORT1L
SAMUEL WATSON.
Two cmldien ot Jilt, and 31 US. LYONS.
Many others are roissius and believed to
lie dead, while bodies are being found
Ijourly. Latest estimates to-night put the
dead at fully 100 in this city and along the
banks of the creek and river. A relief as
sociation has been formed, and already
7,000 has been subscribed to the fund.
THE LATEST ESTIMATE.
The 1.05 of tlfo at Oil City May .Roach
100, Not Counting Titusville.
Oil City, June 5. Special The loss
oflifehercis 75 or 100. "We are finding
bodies all the time. The probabilities are
that tome of them never will be found, and
it will be a day or two before the eiact
number of the killed and drowned will be
known. The loss will be enormous at
Titusville.
At the time of the cloudburst no one
knew what had happened, and many thought
the millennium had arrived. Forty or SO
bodies were picked up and laid out as soon
ns found. The town is flooded, and many
bodies or their separate parts were lying
around.
A MARCH OF DEATH.
The Conrse of tl:e F:ery J?!col From New
tontovp Ham, Through Tltnslllo to Oil
City 1 here the Ills Itcflucrles ITcro
Irratrd The Tirst tn.
Oil City, June C Special The
course of Oil creek is peculiarly adapted by
natme and the mistaken handiwork of man
for just such a calamity as has overtaken
this valley. Xearly SO miles up the creek
from this place stood Spartansburg dam.
It is almost hemmed in by hills,
while far above and inclining
toward it is an enormous watershed
miles in area. The cloudburst.of early this
morning, which seemed to be general in
that di-trict, poured an enormous Tolurae
of water into Spartansburg dam, which
noon gave way tinder the pressure. The
enormous bulk of water dashed down Oil
creek, flooding the banks on both sides.
Several miles down the creek the Xeir
tontonn dam was encouutcred. This dam
held the flood in check just Ions enough to
back an enormous body of water, when it
also gave way. Hemmed in by the hills
and banks, the flood dashed down the nar
row vallev. sweeping c en-thins before it.
a:id,'aliing upon the city of Titusville like
a whirlwind, did damage untold to both
property and life.
Continuing on toward this city at the
rate ot 20 miles an hour, the flood reached
and swept over the refineries between here
and Iiouceville- Between these two points,
nearly all the independent refineries of the
upper- oil country are located. They are
on both barks of the stream, lying on low
land and extend for miles
It was heie that the deadly oil, benzine,
s.ud refined petroleum added its fury to the
flood. Tank alter tank, containing thou
sands of barrels of oil, were lifted from their
fastenings, and hurled against each other,
bursting open, and covering the water with
oil for miles. Just above this city refined
oil ard benzine tanks were met with, and
all gave w a v before the rush, each adding
it. fatal quoin to the now deadly stream.
The citizens of this place had heard some
details ol the Titusville disaster, and
thronged the city streets here anxious for
later j.ens. Tneii came the fatal oil flood,
biid afterward the flame, which was icnited
lrrm engine f-parks. Nothing human
could have saved the central portion of the
city had not the wind been blowing from
the eat- This faved the city, but was fatal
to the Third ward. Individual eflbits of
emploj c alone saved the Derrick building.
ROMANCE IS OUTDONE.
n.niKnr..rtTii esc aits and deeds
or rrnfosAL iikroism.
How- Death Keaclipd Some of Irs Victims
Thriillnp; Dashes Through a Sea of Fire
to Ufe aul Safety Appeals for Help
3Inde in Vain.
Oil City, June 5. .SperM. Probably
one of the saddest stories of the day was
the death of Councilman Iteinbold. He
was around the eastern end of the creek
bridge most of the morning watching the
flood. Just after the oil began coming
down the stream he crossed over and en
tered his barn. He was there with Jack
Stewart looking after the threatened sta
bles when the flash came. Stew
art was hurled from the building by
the force of the shock, and it was thought
that Jlr. Ueinboid had also escaped to a
place of safety with others. "When the fire
had in some small degree been put under
control, inquiry was made for the missing.
Ileinhold's three daughters were in a place
of "-afety, and looked anxiously fur their
father, when word came that his charred
body had been found lying near the stable.
Two children named Loomis had started
in the morning for Sunday school at
Trinity Church. Learning that there would
be no school to-day, they went down to the
river to watch the flood with thousands of
others. When the clouds of smoke and
flame came bursting down the river, they
fled to the hills. One was trampled down
and badly hurt. They were not found until
late this evening, alive but almost un
conscious. A I:ave IZorseman's Teat.
Ten-year-old James Collins also started
to Sundav school, viewing the flood on the
way. "When the fire came he ran across the
bridge and fell to the bridge floor, almost
suffocated. A man riding horseback picked
him up, and placing him on the saddle in
front, the bold rider dashed through the
flames, eenping alive
Alex C lirdce, editor of the Mcadville
Star, was standing on the end of the river
bridge when the explosion occurred. He
dashed across the bridge until he had nearly
reached the southside, when he turned to
look at the mass of flames which Seemed to
have doomed that portion of the city
known as the "Flats."
It was on the west side of the creek that
the dreadful work was done almost in a mo
ment. Hundreds stood on the hills and in
places of safety and watched friends and
relatives caught by the sweeping flames.
One old man, evidently just from a sick
bed, stumbled from the door of a burnine
building and looked helplessly after the
flccirg people. He then tried "to save him
sclt In- crawling away, when the building
fell with a crash into the street and formed
a luneral pyre over his still living body.
A l'llyiclan' Flight to Safety.
In many of the honscs, above tne roar of
flames and rush of waters, could be heard
the despairins shrieks and groans of the
injured and dying. Dr. J. C Reynolds saved
himself only by superhuman strength in
wading, swiming and fighting his way
through water and fire until he reached a
place insaiety. Jlcpasscdhouseaftcrhouse
and tan one person after another come to
the door. Women and children begged
himtosae them from certain death. He
struggled bravely through with one little
child, but was obliged to pass by scores.
He believes many more have been drowned
and burned than is generally imagined, and
said to-n!-;'it that the total loss ot lite must
be far ovr 100.
At the railroad bridge, while fighting his
way to land, Reynolds met an unknown
man, probably a workman, who implored
him to save at least the bodies of his wife
and five children. They were floating in a
house which had not yet caught lire. The
man turned back and was never seen again.
' One Victim Knn Down by mi Eneine.
At the corner of the bridge five bodies
had already lodged, ami the work of de
struction had hardly begun. One of the
bodies was that ol Charles D. Miller, em
ployed by the Standard Oil Company.
Stiller had stood on the bank when the
explosion occurred. His clothes caught
fire, and he started to run down the
track Just then the very switching en
gine that had caused the fire dashed down
the track to a place of safety. Miller in his
fear never saw the engine and was run
down, and his body tossed to one side with
four others at the end of the bridge.
Another of the bodies found there that
have so far been recognized, was that of H.
V. Shafer, operator of the Postal Tele
graph Companv. Shafer had been standing
right in the track of the flames. He was far
up the bank, but his body was roasted to a
crisp. Kot a particle of clothing remained
on his pcison, and he was only recognized
by his name on a key ring, which had fallen
under him. The other bodies were so badly
burned that they were unrecognizable.
The Relief Movement Orcinlzed.
As soon as it was known that the disaster
was so widespread, prompt measures were
taken to recover all the bodies of the dead
and to give to the living what aid michl be
necessary. It was decided toleave the details
in the hand of the Oil City Relief Commit
tee, and a meeting was called at once, even
before the flames liad entirely died away.
During the meeting the Chairman read
telegrams from Miller and Sibley, of Frank
lin, and officials of the Western Xew
York and Pennsylvania Railroad, each
tendering 5500 for the relief of the victims
of the flood and fire.
Out of the smoke and flames of the tube
mills, and the whirling waters that sur
rounded it, with houses falling and burning
all around, it did not seem that any
life could come. Late this after
noon, however, some persons pass
ing along the railroad track heard
cries of distress from the barrel works. In
a few minutes members of the relief corps
were on the spot. As the smoke lifted for
an instant six persons were seen clinging
to detached fragments of the fence. Retween
these unfortunates and safety was the angry
flood, while on the other side, and nearly
touching them, were piles of burning
wreckage.
Help Conies to the Despairlnc Party.
A raft was started to bring them to shore,
but in an instant it was whirled away by
the waters, and the brave occupants nar
rowly escaped drowning. The only avenue
of escape was in the immediate vieiiiitv of
the burning oil tanks, which, heated as they
were, threatened to boil over every moment.
While the rescuers were debating the
question, the smoke lifted still more, and
far out in the angry flood three more half
drorned figures were seen clinging des
perately to some wreckuge.
Then, when the others saw that help was
at hand, cries arose on all sides, and it was
found that 13 unfortunates still lived in all
that maze of water and mass of flames.
Tr.ere had been 15 just a few minutes
before, but exhausted nature gave way and
a woman with her child slipped into the
flood and were not seen again.
Those still alive were clinging to fences
or standing in shallow water. A call was
made for boats, and while these were being
brought, J. H. Payne, Mike Hennessy and
a man named Martin, of Silverlyville, with.
a stranger, started to wade the flood to rescue
the distressed women at least.
Rescued Froin the Very Jaws of Death.
At times the water was over the heads of
the brave men, who, nothing daunted,
swam far out in the whirling stream and
finally reached the distressed party. It
consisted of Mrs. Feeny and five children.
The brave mother "was almost dead,
scorched and half stranded. It seemed
inipo-sible that she could hold all her
children safely until assistance arrived.
She would not let any of them go, but held
to all and saved them. She welcomed the
rescuers with a burst of tears ot gratitude,
and all were safely brought to land, Mike
Hennessy making two trips. The woman
and all the children were severely burned,
but it is believed all will live.
Soon alter they were saved'the fatherwas
sought for. He was found crazed with grief
at the supposed loss of his entire family.
It was in the burned district of the Third
ward that the most appalling scenes were
visible. After fire and flood had done their
work, not an article, in any house
had been saved, while here end there, amid
smoldering ruins, one after another
body was drassed out and identified by
weeping relatives. All that section of
town was placed under military guard to
night, and with daylight to-mnrrow a mon
thorough search will be made for other
bodies that, no doubt, lie there.
The Wort of the Firempn.
The fire laddies did noble work. Before
the fire began, they were busy with the
wreckage and saving what olives
they micht from the flood. When the
fire started they were promptlv out
with the hose and saved the big bridge and
Trinity Churclu All effort was turned
toward saving the bridge, as this was the
only avenue to the. Third ward. Their
foresight was shown this afternoon and
evening, when wonders were done in that
stricken district by the salvage corps.
Water wa3 of no use" against the oil fire, and
when there was nothing else to do the fire
men ventured their lives in the flood to save
many persons seen floating down.
To-night the bodies of the dead, known
and unknown, are being collected in tem
porary morgues on both sides of the river.
Many of the victims are totally unrecog
nizable. Their faces and forms are rcasted,
while in many instances cither arms,
less or heads are burned entirely
off, and identification seems almost
impossible. Four spectators who were
standing at the south end of the Western
New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
bridge across Oil creek were cooked to a
crisp in a flash and fell in a heap where
the? stood.
The TTatcrs Begin to Subside.
Late to-night the waters are subsiding
and the bodies are being found in greater
numbers. Many are as yet unidentified,
and the list is growing frightfully. Are
quest has been received by the Mayor from
Governor Pattison to report the condition
of affairs.
To-night Mrs. William Monks, Mrs. J. T.
Hawk and Miss Mertie Hawk were rescued
from the burned portion of the town. Thev
were badly scorched, but will live. Hassen
Fritz, in trvine to rescue his dead wire,
was so badly burned about the face that he
is entirely blind.
While rescuing parties were making
heroic efforts to land many of the distressed
the body of Dan Sullivan was found and
brought in. Only the head was burned,
but ii was nearly severed from
the trunk. Edward Keating, section boss
of the Western Xew York and Pennsyl
vania, was burned through, his clothing
catching fire from the explosion. He ran
from the railroad track to his home, where
he dropped dead.
The clothing of Henry AY. Shafer, Postal
Telegraph operator, atred 25, caught fire and
he inhaled flames. When found he was
face down, partially under a small foot
bridge.
To-night an unknown man, supposed to
be one Bristol, an agent from Rochester,
was found near Shafer's body. Both,
had evidently been trying to cross
the foot bridge when overcome.
Further away were the remains of a man
supposed to be Willis Stewart, who had
come down from Silverlyville with boats
to assist in the work of rescue from
the flrod. He was burned to a crisp.
Daniel Sullivan, an engineer, was helping
to rescue women and children when he was
fatally burned by an explosion.
WAITING FOE A. FL0DD OF FIEE.
Till F.'amps Had Burnrd Oat Rrfore They
llcachrd the 1'ittnbare Shipping:.
Last evening a telegram announced that a
flood of burning oil had passed Kittanning
shortly before 7 o'clock and iad set fire to a
portion of the town. It was said there was
a wall of fire and water six feet high sweep
ing down toward Pittsburg. As a result
hundreds cf people lined the banks of the
Allegheny at Sharpsburg and Guyasuta.
The fire had spent itself, however, before it
reached here, bnt the water came up at the
rate of eight to ten inches an hour.
The rivermen were all alarmed and all
day were hauling rope to secure their
barges and lumber rafts. At the late hoar
the news of the fire was received it was im
possible to get boats, but men were -stationed
on all" the rafts and barges to fight
the flames. These precautions, however,
were unnecessary
WHERE THE HORROR BEGAN.
THE WAVE OF FLOOD AND FIKE BE
GINS NEAR TITCSV1LLE.
Thlrty-Fivo Son's Launched Into Eternity
in That City Alone A Jloney lost of
81,500,000 The Bnrstins; of a Dam
Openi the Revelry of Death.
Titusville, June 5. Special Never
in the history of this city, or of the oil
regions, has there been such a terrible dis
aster as the one to be chronicled to-day.
The horror has been brought on by both
flood and fire and at the present writing
fully $1,500,000 has gone up in flame and
smoke, while the loss of life is conserva
tively estimated at fully 35 souls, with the
chances greatly in favor of that being under
the mark. This loss is all in this city,
while the news from tributary towns shows
a proportionate loss from ravages by flood.
Fully one-third of the business and resident
sections of this city is a mass of charred
embers, over which the swift waters still
rush with unabated fury.
The streets are filled with crowds of wet,
hungry, hopeless .uid despairing men,
women and children, most of whom have
lost their all in both property and loved
ones. The water still floods the streets.
Evidence of Destruction in the Sky.
The sky is black with heavy smoke from
the burning refineries, cooper shops, radia
tor works, hotels, furniture factories,
freight depots, etc The big refinery and
wax plant owned by F. L. Wood & Co. has
just caught, at exactly noon, and the black
smoke blowing directly over the city turns
mid-day into almost the blackness of night
As the rain continues to come down in
bucketfuls, what the' outcome is to be is
past even conjecture.
The waters of Oil creek are rushing
through the streets in the lower part of the
city with seemincly resistless force, while
from house tops, windows and drift
wood piles located directly in the midst of
the torrent, come beseeching wails and
screams of anguish from helpless victims.
Brave men with boatj? and ropes are battling
manfully against the terrific current, and
already hundreds of the captives have been
brought safely to land.
Fifty People Unaccounted Tor.
It is impossible to give the reader an idea
of the horrible scenes now being enacted
here. People do not as yet realize through
what they are passing. Fully 50 people are
as yet unaccounted for, but in the present
crush and excitement it is out of the ques
tion to ccrrectly state the number actually
drowned and burned to death.
But two dead bodies have as yet been
taken from the flood. Fully 100 of all ages
were seen going down with the flood. Some
of these, no doubt, have secured refuge on
floating timbers, driftwood and miniature
islands, and there cling, awaiting rescue;
but many have, without doubt, been
drowned.
Five persons, all males, were seen to per
ish while grasping a piece of timber. Just
as the thousands of spectators who were
lookiag on with bated breath, unable to
render the slightest assistance, were led to
believe that the sufferers would safely reach
land, a neighboring tank of burning oil ex
ploded in close proximity, and in a moment
the doomed men were enveloped in flames,
and death came speedily to end their suffer
ings. A Mother and Her Babe List.
Scores of like cases arc reported. Among
them is that of a mother with her babe
clasped to her breast with onc'hand, while
with the other she clung to a piece of
plank. The piece of wood drifted with
great force directly toward the D., A. V. &
P. R. R, depot, around which the water
was rushing at a depth of five feet So
swift had been the current that a large hole
had been washed in under the platform of
the station. As the mother and babe
reached this point the suction was so great
that it drew them in, and they disappeared
to never more appear alive.
The almost constant rains of the past
month caused the earth to be so thoroughly
filled that it would hold no more; therefore
the heavy downpour of Saturday and Satur
day night caused more of the small streams
to "overflow their banks. Early in the even
ing Church run, in the northern part of the
city, gave much trouble. About midnight
Oil creek suddenly began to rise.
The Floods Came Too Swift'y for Eso ipe.
So swift was the inundation that the
flood was in before the residents were aware
of the danger, and not more than half of
them-managed to reach higher ground. The
suddenness of the rise of this historical old
waterway was laterly explained by the in
telligence that the huge mill dam o"f Thomp
son & Eldred, at Sparfansburg, about seven
miles lrom this cityad burst. The lake
made by this dam was one and one-half
miles in length by one-quarter mile in
breadth, and the great flood thus suddenly
let loose made of this devoted valley, in the
course of onlv a few moments, a roaring
Amazon. The fire boxes of the boilers at the
City Water and Electric Light Works were
quickly flooded, thus throwing the city into
almost total darkness, and rendering the
hydrants useless for fire purposes.
Notwithstanding this state of affairs, the
danger to the city was underrated, no one
having the slightest idea that the ravages
being made by the flood were to be quickly
augmented dv mat otner areaueu terror.
fire. At 2 o'clock A. SL, a dull, heavy ei-
nlosion. "followed by more of the same char
acter, was heard, and immediatelv a heavy
streak of lurid flame, fully 200 feet in
heightb, pierced the inky darkness and
threw a glaring ljght over the vast expanse
of angry waters.
'Ihe Hvfinerirtt Began to Barn.
At once the cry rang out from a thousand
throats that the Crescent Oil Refinery,
owned by John Schwartz & Co., and located
close to the northern bank of the creek in
the East End, was on fire. Never before
did a fire seem to spread so rapidly, and in
less than three minutes from the time the
explosion was heard the vast plant was one
sheet of flame.
Then it was that pandemonium seemed to
break loose. Thousands ot people rushed
pell mell through the streets, tumbling
over and knocking each other down in their
aimless endeavors to escape from what they
appeared to imagine was the crack ot" doom.
The bright light thus thrown on the sur
roundings revealed an appalling sight On
the roots and in the windows of the upper
stories of most of the houses in the flooded
districts, appeared men, women and chil
dren, dressed mostly in their white night
robes, and all piteously appealing at the top
ot their voices, which could only now and
then be distinguished above the loud rushot
waters and the crash of fiery timbers, for
aid and succor.
Helpless Prisoners of the Raging Stream.
Clinging to the driftwood timbers and
other debris ps they were borne onward
down stream, were scores of human beings,
their white and terror-smitten faces, desper
ate struggles and plaintive cries for aid
combining to create an impression never to
be forgotten.
About an hour from the time the Crescent
works took fire, another alarm was sounded.
Oil on the creek spilled by the water over
turning a tank some distance up stream had
taken fire,and the expanse of the creek for a
number ot acres square was all a solid blaze.
This fire, in the course of a few moments,
communicated with the large refinery known
ns the International, owned by Hon. J. P.
Thomas & Co. This plant WM located in
the west end of the city and was divided
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Continued on Tenth Page.
AN IRON SCALE
' FULL OF CUTS,
Big Surprise for tlie Amalga
mated Association and
Eyery Prospect of
A BITTEE WAGE DISPUTE.
Bednctions Banging From 15 -to 50
Per Cent Will Be Asked For.
The Sixth District Combines With Cleve
land and St. Louis to Force a .Lower
Scale Home Manufacturers Join in
the Movement A. Course Never Be
fore Pursued Outlined by The Dis
patchThe Price of Puddling Cut
Down One Dollar Big: Slaughters In
Other Departments The' Masters Say
They Mean Business First Sound3 of
a Labor Struggle.
The predicted war between the iron man
ufacturers and their workers over the wage
scale has been declared.
"When the Amalgamated Association of
Iron and Steel Workers opens its conven
tion to-morrow it will be confronted by a
very startling proposition from the manu
facturers of the Sixth district, to accept a
reduction in this year's scale ranging in
the various departments from 15 to 50 per
cent.
This is the largest reduction ever asked
for by the manufacturers, and the proposi
tion comes at a time and from a source
wholly unexpected by the Amalgamated
Association.
"When the association secured an adjust
ment of the scale last year a number of suc
cessful fights were made against it
by individual firms notably the victory
of Moorhead Bros. & Co. It was stated
subsequently that more vigorous fights
would be made this year; that the effective
ness of the Amalgamated Association would
be gradually ground out of existence by one
firm after another refusing to sign the
Amalgamated scale. The association con
fidently expected a number of struggles of
this character this year, and the present
move on the part of the manufacturers
comes upon them like a thunderbolt.
Tho Point of Attack Shifted.
As stated, the manufacturers have taken
an entirely new course this year, by which
they expect to have an increased force in
their movement The proposition comes
to the association through the Mahoning and
Shenango Valley Iron Manufacturers' Asso
ciation, which comprises the great estab
lishments of Brown, Bonnell & Co.,
the Mahoning Valley Iron Company. Cart
wright McCurdy & Co., Youngstown
Boiling Mill Company, Buhl Iron Company,
Trumbull Iron Company and the association
mills in Cleveland and St Louis. It was
fqr the purpose of securing the combined
strength of the manufacturers in Cleveland
and St. Louis that the point of attack was
changed from this to the Sixth district.
The Mahoning and Shenango Valley man
ufacturers held a recent meeting and a com
mittee from the above-named firms was
appointed to prepare a schedule of desired
changes in the scale. The work done by
this committee is shown in the appended
proposition to the Amalgamated Associa
tion. The first item in the scale is an indication
of the wholesale slaughter in wages asked
for by the manufacturers. On the face of it,
it would require considerable courage on
the part of the association to carry out their
reported intention to ask for an increase in
the price of puddling. The manufacturers
want boiling reduced from 55 CO to $4 50
per ton of 2,240 pounds on a 2-cent card,
and in addition they ask that the boiling
clause providing for limitations in time to
the several heats on .single and double
furnaces be stricken out entirely, which of
course means less wages on account of hard
iron. Reductions from 20 to 25 per cent
are also asked for in a number of other
extras.
IllC Cats All Along tho TJne.
On the muck or puddle mill the manu
facturers want the clause providing for 17
cents per ton extra for doubling on two
high muck rolls, stricken out The price
of scrapping and busheling on a 2-ceut
card is reduced from ?2 to 51 60 per ton,
and a 20 per cent reduction is made in the
extras. Bar rolling and heating is reduced
from 70 to CO cents per ton, while the
manufacturers want a number of the extras
in this department cut out
But the slaughter comes on the guide, 10
inch, hoop and cotton tie mills. "Where
the rollers, heaters, rougher and catchers
now make 55 88 per ton, they are asked to
accept $4 20, and on grades where they now
make 5 13 they are asked to be satisfied
with 54. It is very safe to say these are the
roiljs in which the hardest struggles will
take place. In rolling nut iron a reduction
of 88 cents per ton is asked for, the same as
regards "I" iron, while for angles the re
duction asked is 50 cents per ton. The same
reduction throughout is asked for on the 10-,
inch and cotton tie mills.
The clause fixing 410 bundles of cotton
tie as a day's work for every day in the
week except Saturday, and for Saturday
325 bundles, is stricken out. Also the
clauses requiring that when a mill averages
532 a day a third rougher sliallbe employed
during the months of June, July and Au
gust, on demand of roller, rougher and
catcher, and that the night-turn -roller shall
receive two-fifths of the roller's wages, are
stricken out The price for rolling pipe
iron on sheet and jobbing mills is fixed at
52 50 per ton instead of 53 40 as at present
Mana'nctnrers Say They Are in Earnest.
"With the breath in which these proposed
changes are received by the workers their
exclamation will naturally be, "What is
left?" But a manufacturer in speaking on
the subject said that the men will be
brought face to lace with the stern
determination on the part of the
manufacturers to force an accept
ance of their scale this time, which,
if they succeed, would practically mean the
permanent crippling of the Amalgamated
Association, which has so long enjoyed the
distinction of being the strongest indepen
dent labor organization in America, if not
in the world.
How well the Amalgamated people wil
be prepared to meet the question remains to
be seen. The recent retirement from their
ranks of some of their most capable men in
emergencies of this kind may be the reason
whr the manufacturers are so bold. Some
believe they are taking advantage of this
opportunity to force issues they have no
been able to carry through previously.
The manufacturers will ask for a con
ference with the Amalgamated Association
on the scale, to take place immediately
after the latter has had time to consider the
matter, and an effort will be made to ad
just the differences amicably. That the
workers will file objections goes without
saying. 'The manufacturers, however, are
said to be a unit in their determination to
accept nothing less than what they now
propose, and as a consequence, one of the
bitterest labor struggles in iron circles is
just beginning to dawn in the industrial
world.
THE PROPOSED SCALE.
Big Cats In the Present Kate What tho
BTannraclnrers' Committee Will Present
to the Amalgamated Association A
Technical Document That Will Surpriie
Thonamls.
The following is a copy of the proposed
changes in the Amalgamated scale. It is a
verbatim reproduction of the official docu
ment, the names of the manufacturers on 1
the committee alone being omitted:
PROPOSED CHANGES IN SCALE. .
scale book: 1892.
Page 5:
BOILIXO.
$153 per ton on S-cent card. Balanco In
proportion to scale book 1891-92.
Clause 1 on pac 5 is all right as In scale
book.
Clause 2 is stricken out.
Paze 6:
Clauses 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all right as given in
the scale book.
7. For cast iron swarth worked on cinder
bottom, the price per ton shall bo 80 per
cont or the straight price paid for boiling.
8. For half wrought iron tumiugs and half
cast Iron swarth worked on cinder bottom,
the price to be 70 per cent of the straight
price paid for boiling.
9. For wrought iron turnings worked on
cinder bottom the price to be 50 per cent of
tho straight price paid tor boiling.
10. Busheling on cinder bottom to he 45 per
cent nf the straight price raid for boiling.
1L Unchanged.
12. For all light scrap worked in a boiling
furnace, the prieo to be 50 per cent of tho
boiling price. This to cover hoop No. 10 and
lighter, wire No. 5 and lighter, sheet and
what is known as 'Norway scrap; this scrap
to bo cut from 8 to 10 Inches in length for
charging.
Clauses 13 and 14 nnclianged.
15. (Now clause.) Millgallowed tomake six
beats to'a turn, and three turns in 24 hours
on scraning and bushellug furnace,
rage 7:
MUCK OR PUDDLE MILL.
Clause 2 stricken out.
Clauses 1, 3 and 4 unchanged.
Page 8:
ECRAPIHO AKD BUSBEHSO.
Prico for piles on boards per ton of 2,240
pounds, $1 60 on 2 cen t card. Balance In pro
portion to scale presented In page" 8 of scale
book 1891-92.
Clause 1 unchanged.
2. Busheling on sand bottom to be 20 cents
per ton above the current price for piles on
bo lrd.
3. Busheling scrap and wronght iron scrap
mixed on sand bottom to be the current
price lor piles on board.
4. The price for workingall light sheet.hoop,
wire and what is known as Norway scrap on
sand bottom shall be $2 25 per ton on 2 cent
card, and shall advance and dcclino 5 cents
per ton on each one-tenth advance on said
card and decline iu the same proportion to
a 2 cent card. The company shall cut such
scrap from 3 to 10 inches in length before'
charging. .
Clauses 5 and 0 unchanged.
Pago 11:
BAB MILLS.
Price for bar rolling and heating 2,240
pounds to a ton, 60 cent on 2-cent card. Bal
ance in proportion to scale as presented on
page 11 of scale book. 1891-92.
1. All sizes below IJxK" flats, " rounds
and square?, when woiked on bar or 12"
mill, shall be paid for at guide mill prices.
1" round, when worked by hand on a bar or
12" mill, shall be paid for at guide mill
prices.
Clause 2 stricken out.
Claude 3 unclringed.
Clauses 4 and 5 stricken out.
Clause 6 unchanged.
7. On all bar mills working bar or skelp
iron, one man's help shall be furnished by
the 111-m on piles of 180 pounds and over,
and an additional man for 250 pounds and
over, to shove under at the rolls and all
passes. This shall not apply to mills now
given extra help.
Guide, 10-Inch, Hoop and Cotton Tie 31111s.
BOITHDS ilD SQUARES.
Sizes.
7-32...
H
9-32...
5-16...
7-16 ..
Totals.
..$
SCO
4 20
SCO
3 00
2 70
2 70
15-3JK-
9-lliullll up .' 2 40
OVAL.
i anil 9 16x3-16 $4 20'
Jfc.x7-I6 4 00
kx9-16 3 30
530
2 40
and ur
HALF OVAL.
f;:;Eiiii
.$8 00
. 600
. 3 m
. 300
. a 40
HALF KOUXDS.
5-16 $ 9 00
fa 8 CO
M o 0"
. 3 CO
v.. 3 m
w 2 40
HUT 1BON.
5-16 and 23-G4x $ 5 00
27G4xand 1 16 7 00
JjIxKand 1-16 8 0.1
i-619C4 8 00
J'xKto 3-16 4 80
IV 80
15-32xJi 4 00
21--lix3-16 3 40
23-32x3-16 3 15
Jit? to 3-16 3 00
253JX3-16 2 80
13-16x3-16 2 80
S-16to 2 C5
1V16X.3-1G 2 6.
to x3-16 to 3 50
!16x.&f 3 50
lx3-lUundup 2 40
' TEE IROIT.
IJandup $2 40
Q 3 60
'T. 4 00
.. 4 50
i , 4 50
V 6 00
i "X" 3 50
AXOLES.
and up $ 2 40
ant) Heavier 3 0
l"xK 3 23
VA 2 "
W 4 00
3?x0 4 00
Stand Xx. G 00
CHASSEL litoir.
2andup $ 2 40
i?::::-::::::::::::::::::::::::::::IS
X 3 30
X5-16 3 50
i:5-16 4 50
J1X5-16 3 75
WYv
4 10
AlSL - -. 3 50
All channels No. 12 and lighter shall be
paid for at hoop prices.
TEK-IIfCH MILL.
7-16 and Krorfnds and squares $ 2 70
9-16and no 2 40
Jinvalsaiid up 2 40
?xto3-16 .-. SCO
Xjto3-10 - 2 65
land up 2 0
IJiand up, hoop, x'i 2 60
2fiandup to No. 15 '. 2 40
LUhterthan Nol5..4'. 2 00
Bands rolled especially for bundling... 4 25
Billets '. 2 40
LIOCT BAM.
2K and up to No. 13 $2 40
Lighter man No. 15 2 ft)
IK milk can hoops SCO
Vil and up to No. 10 2 CO
IknndlxU 2 CO
IK and Vts 3 00
x : 3 50
xi 3 75
px! 4 00
y. 4 so
13-16t. 3 90
ll-16x 4 11"
9-16x5 4 70
Kys sou
in above schedule means to and in
cluding No. II. '
noop raoir.
Pres
ent
price.
$....
335
3 50
4 10
3 SO 400 460 530
3 73 430 550 5 90
3 GO 4 75 , 0 00' 6 83
4C0 500 650 7 70-
4 23 5 SO 7 oil 9 CO
4 50 5 70 8 00 9 10
4 75 6 40 0 ft 10 70
500 7 20 10 50 12 50
fob"
y...........
rago iu.
KOTE3.
Clauses land 3 unchanged.
Clnuee 2 is stricken out.
Pago 17.
All half orals fcelow the regular thickness
shall bo paid for at the same price as bands
of same ea'ige and width.
Clauses 5, 6, 7 and 8 on page 17 are un
changed. Clauses 9 and 10 to be stricken out.
Pae 19.
Kolllng Pipe Iron on Sheet nnd Jobbing Mills
Price per ton. 2,240 pounds, $2 30. based on
2-ccnt card, heaters to get one-fourth; roller
to pay helper and catcher.
Pages 20 to 25.
The proposed changes made by the Execu
tive Commltten of the Association o'f Sheot
Iron Jluiiufacturers adopted.
Page 26 Addenda.
Clause 1 is unchanged.
Clauses 2, 3 and 4 are stricken out.
PAPAL EHV0YS IN CHICAGO
Announce to the Director General the
Pope'n Intention to Exhibit t the Fair.
CniCAGO, June 5. Hon. "William J.
Onahan accompanied by "World's Fair Com-missioner-at-Large
Thomas B. Bryan and
"W. A. Amberg, President of the Columbus
Club, the leading Catholic organization of
Chicago, called on Director General Davis
Saturday in relation to the Vatican Treas
urer and the Pope, who has signified his in
tention to exhibit at the Columbian exposi
tion. Mr. Onahan submitted to the Direc
tor General the cable dispatch received
from 'Archbishop Ireland, announcing the
intention of the Pope to make an exhibit
and desiring that provision be made for
special space. Mr. Onahan said this mark
of the Pope's interest would assuredly have
a wide influence and reach quarters where
the embassies of the World's Fair could
scarcely be expected to extend. The Catho
lics of the world would be touched and
moved by the action of their spiritual chief.
3Ir. Bryan also spoke, referring lo the cor
dial and sympathetic reception he met with
at the Vatican as the representative of the
Exposition.
The Director General expressed great
gratification, and said as soon as the nature
and extent of the exhibit is made known
steps will be taken to provide for it in the
most satisfactory manner. It is thought
that the exhibit will includp a number of
the great works of art in the Vatican collec
tion, and many rare manuscripts, together
withsome of the more valuable ot the pub
lications of the Propaganda press.
Lantern Tnrade.
The Pittsburg Cvcle Company, of 423 "Wood
street, will open their East End salesroom
June 11 with a lantern parade, in which all
cycleis are invited to participate: Lanterns
will be furnished free to participants, at will
also refreshments after the pm-ade. Leave
orders lor lanterns now at 423 Wood street.
We Are Very Grateful
To the friends of Minnehaha lor the kind
words they hare said of it when speaking of
flour to their friend 3. We have tound that
our best ndvertisers are tho people who use
it. To these wo do not need to speak its
praise; the flour tells its own story. jiw
Itocklnj Chairs.
Two hundred styles to select from.
IIeskv Bhkocb,
Liberty street, near Sixth avenue.
AqrABTEKof a million barrels is the ca
pacity of the Iron City Brewing Company,
an undeniable tribute to its superiority,
purityand refreshing qualties.
Pi Witt's Little Early KIsers. Best pill
for biliousness, sick headache, malaria.
Walker's Family Soap
Contains no alkali. It is all soap.
HUGUS&HACKE
CLOAK
DEPARTMENT.
We direct attention to our superior
assortments of Jackets, 0Capes,
Cloaks, Wraps and Mackintoshes.
This department is stocked with the
latest novelties of handsome styles
and materials, and our prices cannot
be approaqhed.
Some Special Lots :
Navy and Black Cheviot Reef
ers, 'well made and finished, value
$6, to be closed at $4. each.
iBiack and Colored Cloth Capes
that were $10, now 36. 50 each.
Black, Tan and Gray Cloth Jack
ets, stylish and perfect fitting; former
price $S, now $5 each.
Cheviot Cloth Newjiarkets,
Military Cape, blacks and navys,
SPECIAL VALUES at gio AND 15 each.
A superior line of Embroidered
Black Cashmere and Crepe du
Chene Fichus" ranging in price from
$3.50 to $40 each.
A large line of Ladies' Mackin
toshes, all styles and colors; three
extra good qualities in the popular
navys and blacks at 10, $12.50 and
$18 each.
Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market St.
Jc5-MWMO
LADIES'
Patent Leather Tip'
Oxford Tics at
AT
SIMEN'S, '
78 "OHIO ST,, ALLEGHENY, PA.
Store closes
urday.
at 6 p.m., except Sat-
Je6-MWT
ELEGANT
WEDDING GJFTS
STERLING SILVER,
CHINA,
CUT GLASS,
BRIC-A-BRAC,
CABINETS,
TABLES,
LAMPS,
CLOCKS,
For
Lovely
Brides
in
June.
SPECIAL DISPLAY IN
ART ROOM.
E. P. ROBERTS & SONS,
1'LFTH AVE. AND MARKET ST.
leS-xirr
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Tho Leading
Dry Goods House.
Pittsbnrg-, Pa,,
Monday, June 0, 1332.
JOS. HOME & CO.'S ,
PENN AVENUE STORES.
GREAT SALE
OF
WASH
DRESS "'
GOODS.
Extraordinary Reductions
in Prices.
Our Great Sale of Wash Dres3 Goods
(Domestic and Imported)
Begins To-Day.
We will offer during this sale
greater .bargains than have before
been seen in this popular department.
Buyers will save money on every yard
of goods they buy. In most instances
we propose to sell at least two dresses
for the price usually paid for one
dress.
No lady in Pittsburg or Allegheny,
or within a reasonable distance of
our store, can afford to miss this great
sale.
The reductions in prices are gen
eral throughout the entire stock, and
include all the latest and most fash
ionable weaves, as well as the well
known staple goods.
Here are some of the remarkable
REDUCTIONS IN PRICES:
AT 5c A YARD :
Will close out our entire stock
of Cotton Challies, of fine French
Patterns, usually sold at 7jc a
yard.
AT 6c A YARD s
Apron Ginghams and Dress
Prints wehave about 150 pieces
extra good quality, in all the
desirable patterns, that usually
sell from 8c to 9c.
AT 10c A YARD:
Printed Dimities, in the most
, desirable patterns, an extra good
and fine quality of cloth. This
price will make selling easy and
quick, the goods being worth
15c.
AT 10c A YARD:
Wool-finish Challies beautiful
French Patterns, fine and soft in
appearance, nearly equal to the
real goods, and worth fully 15c.
We have just 300 pieces of the
cloth to close out at 10c a yard.
AT 12Kc A YARD :
100 pieces of Madras Cloth,, in
all the choicest styles and color
ings for shirts, waists and shirt
waists. This lot includes two
different qualities formerly sold
at 20c and 25c a yard.
AT 12c A YARD:
Double-fold Scotch Cheviots,
especially desirable at this sea
son of the year for short waists,
blouses, etc., in a choice range
.of styles and colorings, and are
worth fully 18c a yard.
AT 12c A YARD:
Printed Canton Crepes we will
close out entire balance of our
stock, about 75 pieces, at 1250
a yard. The styles are just as
good as when first put on our
counter when the price was 20c
ALSO:
40-inch Irish Lawns
At 12c-worth 20c.
Zephyr Cloths, 56 inches wide,
At 15c worth 20c
Bedford Cord Ginghams
At I5c worth 25c,
Brandenburg Delaines
At 18c worth 25c,
Imported Scotch Ginghams
At 25c worth 40c,
Imported Sideborder Ginghams
At 25c worth 50c and 60c,
Best French Satines
At 25c vorth 35c and 40c.
Every yard of goods offered at this
sale is of the most desirable kind and
of this year's latest patterns. About
25 feet more counter room devoted
to this department, and 30 salespeople
to give our customers prompt and
good attention.
f
jok HORNE &C0.,
609-621 PENN ITETOS.