MPV1 ; ;'."(- ' H .--,.-,- - - -- - !.- -' ;,-"-, i . . , ' ' ' . "" '. He went East to visit his 'relatives in Uew England and consult our old family physi cian. I received a letter from him Friday in which he stated that he was much better and would be home Saturday morning. Yesterday morning someone brought me a newspaper and I read my husband's name in the list of dead. That is all I know about the accident. I am waiting here for his body." Mr. Iee was a steady and industrious man, and very popular with his employers end the men who worked lor him. TITCA1RN WAS DAZED. Be Tells Ills Experience of the Harrlsbnrc Wreck Cars Were Completely Tele scoped Does Not Itellexe the Block System Was at Fault. Robert Pitcairn, Superintendent ot the Pittsburg Division of the Pennsylvania road, was one of the fortunate passsengers on the ill-fated first section. of the wrecked train who escaped unharmed. During his long and varied career as a railroad man Mr. Pitcairn has been the unwilling witness of many a "smash up on the road," but, in an interview with a Dispatch reporter last night, raid never before had he gazed on such a complete and absolute railroad wreck as that of Friday night. Despite the fact that several hours had elapsed since the catastrophe Jlr. Pitcairn nas nervous and unstrung when seen at his ' home on Ellsworth avenue last night. "My story of the accideut," said Mr. Pit cairn, "is very -asue and disconnected, but I will tell you all I know. J was with Mr. George AVestinghouse in his private car, the Glen Eyre. Ours was the rear car of the first section. There were three day coaches and a baggage car between the Glen Ejre and the locomotive. llobert 1'itcnlrn's Story of the Wreck. "The train was late when it le!t and it failed to make up auy of the lost time dur ing the run to Harrisburg. Just behind us wa the second section, composed almost entirely of Pullman sleepers. A halt hour or more before our section arrived in Har lisburg I retired to my stateroom. I was completely lagged out, and quickly fell asleep. Before I closed my eyes however, I remember notine the fact that there were but two other men in the car besides Mr. Westinghouse end myself. They were the porter and the cook. The former w as at the forward end of the. car and the cook was in the rear pan trv. I bade-Mr. Westinghouse cood nicht and remember nothing more until I awoke with a start to find myself on the floor of the car, which was filled with smoke and steam. Eor a moment or two I was too dazed to move or realize what had happened. Then I scrambled to my feet only to be confronted by the headlight of a locomotive which showed dim and ghastly through a jacrged seam of splintered wood work and debrK 1 groped my way to a window, the glass of which had been shat tered by the crash, and with considerable difficulty crawled through this aperature in the damp night air. Close beside me stood Mr. AVcstinghouse who had made his escape in a similar manner. Iiy frathp. Completely Telescoped. "When I looked around me I saw a hor rible sight. Propelled bv the terrific shock the Glen Evre had ground her way through the day coaches in Iront and they appeared to be completely telescoped. The lront of the locomotive of the second section was driven into the rear end of the private car and over its cab and tender stood n baggage car. It was a chaotic blending of pulseless machinery, battered wood work, twisted metal and 3ebris. Overhead and all about the wreck hung a cloud of steam and smoke. This turtsin ot mist half revealed, half concealed the awful picture of death and suffering. I heard the groans of the dying and the shouts of the rescuers, but I was that dazed and bewildered that I can give you no coherent account ot what followed." I see by the papers that it was raining furiously at the time but I did not notice it; iiTfact, I thought at the time that the night was clear. "After a time, how long I do not know, for all my sense of time had left me, I wa led to the Harrisburg station. About 3 o'clock in the morning a train was made up jnd a number of the passengers, including Mr. "Wetinghouse and myself, boarded it and made a fresh start for Pittsburg. "We arrived here about 10:30 o'clock this morn ing and I came directly home, where X have been ever since. Don't Know How the Servants Escaped. "I cannot tell you how the porter and the cook escaped, but I believe that they both got out safe and sound. "Yes, I escaped without a scratch. I was badly shaken up and even now I am stiff and a trifle sore. Mr. "W'estinghouse had much the 6ame experience, but I believe that he is all right. "No, I can't tell you who or what was responsible for the col lision. The scene of the accident was about a quarter of a mile cast of the Harrisburg depot I have always thought, and still think, that the block sys tem used by the road is almost perfect, and I do not believe that it is responsible lor the dreadful affair. However, I decline to express anr opinion at this time as to the cause. A rigid investigation of this acci dent will be made, and the responsibility pieced where it properly belongs." Mr. George W'estinghouse spent a quiet day in his house at Homewood. He re ceived no injuries worth mentioning, and will start this morning for Chicago. The car Glen Eyre is a complete wreck. 1NJUEED SET3SN HOME. Ir "Weidman, or Komewood, Was Store I lightened Than Ilnrt. The operators at the Union depot had re ceived no further information last evening about the terrible wreck at Harrisburg. The account SnTliE DisrATCir of yesterday covered the important particulars. Mrs. "Weidman and her two daughters Mav, aged 20, and Belle, 23 years old, and Fred Kline and his wife, were here in the acci dent, reached the city on the mail train last evening. Tliev were in the second coach, and all were more or less injured. Mrs. "Weidman is the wife of the foreman of the Twenty-eighth street round house, and she lives at Homewood. The lady with her daughters got off at this station. At first it was reported that Mrs. Weidman was fatally hurt, but she was more lrightcued than anything else. She and her daughters were badlv shaken tip and bruised, but they are not disabled to env extent by their injuries. Fred Kline and his wife were on their way to Glcnshaw to work for J. X. Arm strong. Kline's left shoulder was badly bruised, but in other respects he is all richt. His wife was fortu nate and escaped with a few scratches. Kline said he received the fight of his life, and he hoped he would never again have such a fearful experience. He raw a lady enter the toilet room shortly be fore the wreck occurred and when he res cued her body the head bad been cut oil. He said it was an awful sight and tiie spectacle still haunts him. The poor woman was Miss Biair. Kline claims his wife and he were the only two persons that escaped death in the second coach. Calvin Fiscus, of Wilkinsbnrg, was on the train. He was reported killed, but it was a mistake. Fiscus arrived home yes terday. Broke His Arm In Iw 1'laces. Joseph Gueffee, aged 8 years, fell from the roof of a stable in Carpenter's alley yes terday afternoon. His left arm was broken in two places and he was hurt internally. He was removed to the Mercy Hospital. The boy's home is on Soho street. Clraned Ont the Fool Boom. Png Sullivan, Kid Slehy, George Iee and Thomas Grogan were fined $10 each yester day by Alderman Madden for cleaning out .the pool room of Teaford, West Eod, while under the influence of liquor. FRICK STANDS .FIRM, The Carnegie Steel Company Witt Hold No Further Conferences. PEEPABIM FOE A STEIKE. Pittsburg Citizens Taking Steps to Settle the Trouble. Gjr N'D IS WEIHE'S SUCCESSOR. The Report of the Conference Committee Is Postponed. NO ACTION EXPECTED FOE AWHILE "There will be no further conferences of the Carnegie Steel Oempany with the Amalgamated Association, and the 24th of June, the day set by the firm, having passed without an aereement being reached, the timo has not and will not be extended to enable the workmen as an organization to sign the scale if they reconsider theirformer action." So declared General Manager H.CFrick, of Carnegie, Phipps & Co., last night. Mr. Frick was asked several questions bearing strongly upon the situation at Homestead and the future action of his company, but be would not say anything additional to the above statement. Mr. Frick has already been quoted as saying: "We conceded one point in our scale to the Amalgamated As sociation in consenting to make the basis for steel billets (23 per ton instead ot 522 as we first inserted, and no further concessions than this will be made by us. The differences between the Carnegie in terests and the workmen have reached a very critical aspect and for the first time since the discussion of wage matters be tween the Amalgamated Association and the iron and steel manufacturers a strike seems almost inevitable. Mr. Lovejoy, one ot the representatives of the Carnegie Steel Company, has corroborated the statements made by Mr. Frick, aud this fact alone goes to strengthen the idea that the firm intends to make a decided stand. Preparing for thn Uoraestead strike. Never in the history of the Amalgamated Association have such expensive prepara tions been make for a strike as at the indus trial town up the Monougahela river. While the manufacturers, however, have been doin$ all in their power to make the Homestead mills proof against the most violent assault, the workmen have not been idle. They have been saving their earnings for some weeks past and openly assert that they can stay out on a strike for a year if they find it necessary. In addition to preparing for everr con tingency now in sight it is reported that the employes of the Homestead mills have obtained a pledge from the railroad com panies running into that place that no trains carrying men to take their places in case of a strike will be stopped at the works. Trains will only come to a standstill at regular stations. It is said this promise was obtained with the view of preventing a repetition of the scenes of 1889, when work men to take the strikers' places were carried into the grounds by the trainload. Now that it has been almost decided that neither side will give in the citizens of Pittsburg have become interested, and in stead ot waiting for the Amalgamated As sociation and the manufacturers to formu late an agreement, will exert their influence to have the trouble satisfactorily adjusted. It is stated on excellent authority that secret steps have already been taken by some influential citizens to form a committee which will confer withmembers, both of the Amalgamated Association and the Pitts burg manufacturers, including the Carnegie Steel Company, to learn if some amicable arrangement cannot yet be effected to place both organizations upon a friendly footing. Two More Conferences to Be Held. Besides the other regular business to be transacted by the delegates to the conven tion next week there will be two more con ferences which they will be required to act upon. One of these conferences will be with the Association of Iron and Steel Sheet Manufacturers, making the third time this body has met the Wage Commit tee of the Amalgamated Association, while the other will be with the Mahoning and Shcnango Valley manufacturers. At the meeting with the iron and steel sheet manufacturers it is expected that there will be a settlement effected.as the points of differences between the two bodies are of minor importance, and either one side or the .her will probably give in belore they allow another disagreement The meeting with the Youngstown mill onners, however, will not witness such an easy adjustment- These ironand steel mas ters were the first to ask foKheavy reduc tions in the old "scale, and if they uphold the same position they took at the first meeting their second conference will be as fruitless as the last one held with the Pitts burg manufacturers. On Sunday last it was publicly announced that there would be a mass meeting of the employes of the Carnegie Steel Company in the Homestead "Opera House this morn- ing. For some reason not given it is now denied that any such session will take place. It is thought very probable that this meeting has been changed from a public to a secret gathering. GARLAND SUCCEEDS WEIDE. The Amalgamated Association Selects Its New Officer The Report of the General Committee Received and Laid Over For Future Action. There were co wage conferences yester day in iron and steel circles, nor any over tures made by either side which would in any way mitigate the present serious as pect of affairs. After the minutes of the previous meet ing bad been read yesterday morning at the convention of the Amalgamated Associa tion the report of the General Conference Committee, which met the wire rod and Pittsburg manufacturers on Friday was presented. The different propositions of the manufacturers were read, but there was a disposition on the part of the delegates to regard their own scale as the only ultimatum on the wage list; so the report of the committee was laid over indefinitely and no action taken by which another'" conference could be called, except that the Wage Committe of the Amalgamated Association act under the same conditions which proved so un satisfactory to the mill owners on Friday. The next business on the programme was the nomination of officers. President Will iam. Weihe was handed a lengthy petition, signed by nearly every delegate to the con vention," which requested him to continue in office. Mr. Weihe, in an address, said he was proud to think that the men had been so far satisfied with his efforts that 'they desired him to remain at their head, but he was steadfast in his resolution to re tire. The following gentlemen were then nomi nated: For President, M. M. Garland, W. T. Roberts and Patrick Joyce; Secretary, John O. Kilgllor-; ' Secretary. THE Stephen Madden, Jeremiah Dougherty and Thomas Mansell, of the Sixth district; Treasurer, Edward A. Keil and John J. Gallagher. During the afternoon the ballots for the nominees were cast and resulted in the fol lowing officers being elected: President, M. M Garland; Secretary, J. G Kilgallon; Assistant Secretary, Stephen Madden; Treasurer, Edward A. Keil; Trustees, C. H. Kauflraan and John Pierce; Delegates to the Federation Convention, ex-President Weihe, W. A. Carney iftid W. E. Hatton. Nominations lor Assistant President and the third trustee have not yet been made. It is expected that the election of officers will be finished to-morrow. The surprises of the election were the candidacies of Messrs. Madden and Galla gher. Mr. Madden was Secretary and it was announced that he would have no opposi tion for re-election, but he voluntarily gave up the office. His appearance in the role of a candidate for the assistant secretaryship was unexpected. The only contest that was close and exciting was that between Ed ward Keil and John Gallagher for Treas urer. SEDUCTION 15 IE0N BATES. Whselln- and lake Erie Announces Cat, and the Local Lines Will Meet It. An important meeting of the Pittsburg and Youngstown freight committees will be held in the Lake Shore office to-morrow to reduce the westbound rates on iron. A short time ago the Wheeling and Lake Erie road got into Wheeling, and recently they announced a cut in iron rates. The local" roads will have to meet the reduc tion. It -ill apply to Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and intermediate points. As the rates will have to be checked up, it is impossible to give the new rates now. The cut will vary from 1 to 3 cents, according to the point in the territory. This will be good news for the iron men. Some of the freight representatives from Cleveland will be present at the meeting. The Wheeling and Lake Eric road has a traffic arrangement with the Pittsburg and Cincinnati packet line. General Manager Woodford hopes to see the road extended to this city come day. HOTEL CLEEKS' VICISSITUDES, The Letter Writing Fraud and Forward Mall Fiend His Dlralul Enemy. "No, we don't have as much trouble with the 'please forward mail fiend' as w"e used to," spoke Clerk E. E. Bonneville, of the Anderson, last night "We're onto most of them, and they know it It used to be that a pseudo top-flying sport would drop into the city, rent a cheap room on a side street and meal anywhere he could get the most for the least His idea was then to write a letter on some of the Ander son's pnper, and tell his friend or friends to adilress him there until further notice. "This will ork once or twice with us, because u hen the gentleman's mail comes to the hotel aud he calls'for it we size hiai up if not a guest of the house. He is us ually well dressed and makes a bold front, makinginq:iirie3 at the desk daily. This man is not so much trouble to us as the 'please forward' fellow. His style is to nave mail addressed to one hotel, and when he lands in another town he writes to us to 'please forward' his mail to such and such a hotel in Denver, Chicago or some other city. The worst case of nerve in my experience was a man by the name of Jones, we'll call him who I think was a 'con' man. He had as much mail addressed to him as Chauncry Depew, and the 'J' box run over with his Btuff about, every month. Eegularly he sent us word 'if there is auy mail ad dressed to me in care of your hotel will you kindly forward it to me?' Once he was in San Francisco, next he bobbed up in St Louis, from there he jumped to Portland, Me. Then I got weary and wet with wrath. I then notified the pnstoffice not to allow any mail addressed to Jones come in with the Anderson's bundle. This stopped it There are a few cases now and then, but we speedily find out the fellows who are making" us wear out our dear selves for no compensation." HOWARD SCHOOL TEACHEES. The List of tlie Lucky Ones Named by the Board. The directors of the Howard schools, Six teenth ward, last week elected a corps of teachers for their two schools for next year. Miss Otilla Beck, assistant principal for building No. 1, declined a re-election and Miss Anna Bamford, who has held the position before, was elected in her stead. The other teachers for building No. 1 are Anna Hanlon, Lou Serf, Nora O'Connell, Ella Gledhill. AnnafHolman, Nan Cook, Hattie H. Fox, Rose G. Davis; special teacher, Eugene Kayburn. The following were elected lor No. 2 build ing: Assictant prinoipal, MaryE. McCall; Anna Johnston, Lizzie Magorren. Anna Slattery, Julia DeArrait, M. Etta Kowe, M. E Holman, May Kelly, R. E. Camp bell, Abi Acheson, M. A Stein, Blanche Riddle, M. J. Clark, Nannie Marshall, Ella Bushficld, Jessie McKinnon, Ella Edwards; special teacher, Kate Neumont All are the old teachers. Prof. Andrews was re-elecled principal at a previous meeting. HOKE FOB AGED PEOPLE. The United Presbyterians to Have n Fine Institution in TtUIclnsburg. The United Presbyterian Church of Pitts burg and Allegheny has purchased what is known as the Bissell property, on Petin avenue, between West and Alfred streets, in Wilkinsburg, on which they will buiid a home for aged people connected with the United Presbyterian Church. The price of the property is ?45,000. There is a hand some residence on the property, which will be remodeled for the purpose to which it is to be applied, and it is thought it will be one of the most convenient institutions of the kind in this part of the State. The church has long desired to establish a home in some healthful suburb, and after much consideration, in the course of which the committee appointed for the purpose have examined a number of sites, they de cided that Wilkinsburg ofler3 what they require. The Woman's Association of th'e United Presbyterian Church have done all the work in connection with the establish ing of this home, snd they have been mainly instrumental in raising the necessary funds. JUG SALES MUST STOP. Chief Brown Notifies Wholesalers as to How Th-y Must Sell Beer. Chief Brown, having been informed that many wholesale liquor dealers have been in the habit of selling beer in less quantities than is perniited by law, yesterday sent to each one a copy of the following notice: Deah Sin You are hereby notified that on and alter July 1, 1S92, the luw requiring Deer to be sold in not less than twelve (12) pint bottles will he lisldly enforced, and that selling: 12 pints or less Jn jnjrs or bottles larger than pints will be prohibited, and. parties violating said law will be prosecuted, this department claiming that tlio intent of the law is to prohibit the sale of beer In gal lon jugs or bottles other than pint bottles and 12 at a time, for family use, and 12 pints of beer cannot be sold in any lorm or pack ape except in pint bottles, 12 at a time. J. O. Broww, Chief Department of Public Safety. Fell Tnrouh a Skylight A girl named Smith, employed as a do mestic at the saloon ot Mrs. Roth on Ohio street, Allegheny, while cleaning windows yesterday, made a misstep and fell through the skylight. She was badly cut about the arm besides sustaining other injuries. Da. B. II. Hans a. Eye, ear, nose and hrcat dUeates exclusively. Office, 720 Penn ttreet, Pittsburg, l'a. bsu Kranlch & B.ich Pianos At Lechner Jt Sflioonberger's, 60 Fifth ave- PnTSBtTRG DISPATCH FOOLED THE FARMER. Thomas Montgomery's Misplaced Con fidence in Two Strangers CAUSES MM TO LOSE $0,500. A Shrewd Basinets Man Pnped by Two Very Slick Sharpers JDST AS EAST AS E01JJXG OFF A LOG No. 1 Who are you and how do you know you are? No. 2 Where are yon from and are you willing to take an affidavit that you are? No. 3 Did you ever know, see or hear of Tom Montgomery, and if so, can you pro duce witnesses to swear that you are ordi narily honest and above wqrking a little con game for $6,600? Such is the kind of an abstract look every stranger receives in Kittanning and Ford City of late. This is the locality where Farmer Tom Montgomery was bun koed out of an interesting little jag" of money last Wednesday by two nice looking men, who had discovered a way of Hying without working, and have successfully worked out the problem of how to get some thing for nothing. Every other man and boy has become a self-appointed detective out there, and in tellects are resorting to nickel libraries wherein Corn Can Cal, the Hero of Hairless Gulch, captures, 03 bandits with a magnctio black eye, and all that sort ot thing, for in spiration. A Story That Interests the Neighbors. The story of the niee men's method of taking ?6,500 away from Farmer Montgom ery while that sharp-eyed gentleman was looking at them is another illustration of the old adage that the sharpest man has a peer and the good folks in the neighboring river towns are greatly perturbed thereat A bronzed man wearing a damp calico shirt, a broad shapeless straw hat, and some very bristly whiskers, said in his own peculiar style that Farmer Montgomery was one of the sharpest fellows who ever hoed a corn hill, and be was ready to take an alh davit to that fact "Why. he has mixed with more people in his 73 years." con tinued the hoer, "than anyone in these Earts,and the people who bunkoed him must ave been assisted by some superhuman agency." t In Ford City there is but one topic of conversation and that is Farmer Tom Mont gomery's experience witli the sharpers. The old gentlcmun is probably the best known farmer in all of Armstrong county and is universally liked and respected He is known as a jolly, good natured man, fond of a good story, capital at telling them, cor dial and liberal, but possessed of splendid business ability. He has commingled with people of all kinds and neer before had occasion to view with regret his p.irt of the transaction with one exception. That was a few years ago wliffh he purchased a piece of property and forgot to have the title made out in his name. He lost nothingby this affair as he had men Mo deal with who were his acquaintances aud matters were adjusted. A Shrewd Man of Business. He has frequented Sheriffs' sales aud' private sales; he has bought mortgaged property and bought mortgages on mortgaged pioperty, and he has bought clear property. He has tra-led horses and loaned money and all such things which re quire some little thinking at times, and has never wept tears of the loser. In a word, Farmer Montgomery is a business man, and he had several sacks ot money in a Kittan ning bank for his own personal uses. He is a bright and shining light in the Methodist Church, and has been for years back. He is an esteemed man of the com munity and ambitious boys point to him as a model man and wish they were as he. He has local fame, for ho was a Commissioner of Armstrong county in times of sore financial need, and it was to his indefatigable efforts that things were saved and again started on the road to prosperity. Then he has an other rare attribute that of a splendid record as a boy. Montgomery was a splendid runner. In point of fact he was the very best sorinter in all of Armstrong couuty. He could run faster, better and more grace fully than any other boy in the county, with the exception of his brother, and, when it came to real Fourth of July tests of speed, his brother was beaten. And as for jumping and riding and whistling and yelling and swimming and shooting and rowing and diving and teas ing, and walking tight ropes and riding bareback cows and falling from housetops and other brave feats, it was the s.ime way. He was withojt a peer and of course every body in the county accorded him first place. A Victim of Mlsp'aced Cnnfi lone. But now his head hangs low and he for gets to relate tales of his youth, for he is ashamed of his misplaced confidence. Last Tuesday afternoon Farmer Mont gomery was hoeing in his cornfield and thinking over various tilings ot wnicn no record has been made, when a man with skin of lily-like fairness drove up in a nice looking buggy and quite by chance began a conversation. He "sjemed to be posted on crops and in some inetplicable way had hearl of one ex-Com-misioner Thomas Montgomery, who had won fame aud fortune by inventing and pat enting a certain grain cradle. Then, to his unutterable surprise, he was informed that he was talking to that famous and fortunate individual, and became so delightfully cordial and complimentary in his gladness that Mr. Montgomery felt himself grow sev eral inches. The stranger hesitated to introduce him self as the great son of the greater father, and when the two had shaken hands he in troduced his subject, which was to procure a good, trustworthy man to assist him in .purchasing a farm in the locality. He was such a nice man and wore such good clothes, aud talked so correctly, that Mr. Montgom ery was only too pleased to aid him, and made an appointment for the following day to select a farm for the great son of the greater father. How the Trick Wot Accomplished. The hous moved but slowly for both. Mr. Montgomery was anxious to help so good a man and the latter was equally anx ious for other things that developed. The stranger and the hour came on at last, and Farmer Montgomery entered the former's buggy. The stranger drove and talked horse and grain cradles and other interesting things until a solitary individual appeared noon their dual view. The solitarv indi vidual was armed with a beautiful field glass and a great flow of language. With the former he was surveying the broad acres oltbe Wallace estate, with tne latter he won the love of Mr. Montgomery and the great son of a greater father. The solitary individual said he was the agent ot the Wallace farm and had been looking over the property to see if a mon eyed purchaser was not in eight. Farmer Montgomery listened to the gar rulous solitary one and learned he would sell the broad acres for $10,000 in cash. Then be advised the great son to purchase and the latter nearly fell over himself in his wild endeavor to do as he was bid. Then a circumstauee arose that was un foreseen by Mr. Montgomery and that was not unforeseen by the great son and the solitary individual, as subsequent develop ments proved. The great son happened to be a little shy on funds. This was so unfor tunate, inasmuoh as the solitary individual insisted upon receiving the entire amount and the great son wanted to buy so very much that Mr. Montgomery opened his heart and consented to take a first mort gage on the property for $i,G00, as that was the amount the great son was minus. An appointment was made with the soli tary individual for Thursday morning, and Mr! Montgomery and the great sou drove to Kittann.ing,- wlTere the jdrmcr took out ftf.WI frnm his. lenthern bas nf nmrr-. W STTNDA1 I JTJ1TB SO, He again enter, i the buggy , J the;money, and then a rapid "" action took p ice that would hive mae Heller grow green with envy. MontBomeJy Discover, the The great soJdrew a great roll of bill, from his pockk h, J, fi small box from finder tne !':, kd roll within, .hit the , 1, U f f ff 3 for Montgomery s roll, receive", i j it in the box, closed and looW " He leaned forward, picked up WP wrapned a box within it and handed the package to Mr. Montgomery, , saying the box co-utained the money and the deal could be closed at Montgomery's house on the "Mr? Montgomery started for home as the solitary individual hove in s'g" and "" formed the great son a message awaited him at the telegraph flice. ... Vnn) The solitary individual took Mr. Mont gomery's place injtbe bug-? and a short time later took the box from under the seat, also took a large, lovely ro 1 of money there from and thev laded away in the distance. Warrants 'were sworn out, but they are still in the constable's pocket, and the 51,000 reward for the capture and convic tion of the men and the recovery of the booty has not been 'paid. , The men, not satisfied with stirring up the whole county, illowed their humor to crop out by writing Farmer Montgomery a letter advising him,to keen quiet and also one to Liveryman George McLaughlin in closing a 55 hill for the rent of the horse and buggy, and incidentally informing him that the latter could bo obtained in Leech burg. The letters were mailed in Saltsburg. JUNE'S AWFUL RECORD. Nearly 100 Tlolent Deaths In Allegheny County So Tar Thl Month iwo More Brown-d While Bithinc Prnyed by Their Comrade's Coffin. Two more deaths from drowning while bathing in the river were reported to Coroner Heber McDowell last night as a mute ap peal for public baths. These two make a total of 96 violent deaths during the past 25 days of June. The Coroner said it had been a month of horrors and believed the list would be swelled to 100 by Monday. The loss of life during this month has been one of the heaviest in the history of the county. The first victim of th river yesterday was Willie Hepp, aged 14, of Eavine street, Thirteenth ward, Allegheny. Friday he did not come home to dinner and a search was made for him. His clothes were found in a pile on Herr's Islsnd. Yesterday his remains were found on the bar at the foot of the island. ' The other was n Pole, drowned in the Monongahela at Blytliesdale, , near Scott Haveu, Allegheny county. He was a miner and had gone in swimming. His name could not be learned. The body of Scott Anderson, killed by the force o'f gas at the ICidd yfell in the great Pinhook field, is still at the morgue. He will be buried this afternoon fromStPaul's Cathedral. Last night about 40 employes of gas companies called at the morgue to view the remains and each one had a good word to say of the dead man. Those of his religious belief knelt by his side. Mary an.l Catharine Graczyk, the two little victims of the explosion on the Welsh road, above the P. V. & C. R. It, were buried yesterday afternoon. The Coroner said he had never seen such a terrible case of burning. Even the paper was burned off the walls. There was nothing left of the oil can except the round cylinder. Both the top and bottom ot the ctn were blown out TWO FINANCIERS IN TB0TJBLZL An Officer of n World' Fair Transportation Cumnany -ArreMed for Forjrry. Boston, June. 25. Frederick E. Small, of Everett, President of the Boyelston Kiverside Land and Improvement Com pany, and John H. Allen, of Natick, and of the New England World's Fair Trans portation Company, wore nrrostcd this morning on the charge of forging account able receipts. Ihc complainant is J. Frank Jones, man ager of the Stock Information Bureau, and the specific charge is that they forged cer tificates of membership in endowment and ira'ernal orders and then sold the forged certificates to Mr. Jones. CHARGED WITH STEALING TYPE. A Printer's Trip to His Bncknye noma De frrr;d for Cause. Hiram Holdt was given a hearing before Alderman Aurin yesterday on a charge of larceny, aud in default of 5500 bail was com mitted to jail for trial. The plaintiff is Homer L. McGaw, proprietor of the TFisf End Record. Holdt was employed as a type setter by McGaw, and left his employ Satur day night Alter Holdt left McGaw missed about 510 worth of type, and suspicion fell on Holdt. Ho procured a search warrant, aud went to the Adams Express Company and opened Holdt's bundle and there found the missing type. Holdt was going to his home in Dayton,. O., but he will be obliged to defer the trip. TAPPED A TILL. Angel D ave Caught In a Freight Car Bonnd for tho West. Ellen Hellessy, a storekeepar of Cork's Kun, entered suit before Alderman Madden yesterday charging David and Edward Carey with larceny. The defendants are boys known respectively as "Angel Dave" and "Panhanqle Ed," and, it is alleged, on Wednesday tapped the till at the plaintiff's store, securing aljout 580. Constable Fee found David in a freight car in lower Allegheny yesterday atte'rnoon. He was taying to work his way AVest and had about 535 on his person. The other boy has not been arrested. The. hearing is set for Tuesday. Penn Avnnai Boys Hiive a Bad rijht Mrs. Mary Logan entered suit before Alderman McPike yesterday, charging Joseph Slavin, Jr., and James Kennedy with assaulting her 14-year-old son, John. The dfendants are boys employed at the Black Diamond Steel Works. The son of the plaintiff is also employed there, and it is alleged that he was assaulted and badly beaten by the two defendants. The Komn Got Silled. Mr. C. A. Sullivan, who Eays he is a dyed-in-the-wool-protective-tariff Republi can, says that he was not present at the County Democracy ratification meeting on Friday night, and therefore could not have "predicted the political death of Harrison." The gentleman who made that statement was Mr. C A. O'Brien. Back From Atlantic City. E. D. Smith, division passenger agent of the Baltimore aud Ohio road, is back from Atlantic City. He rays the members of the Jr. O. TJ. A. M. had a good time there. Mr. Smith left in tho evening before the fire started, and he doesn't know to what extent the boardwalk, etc., was damaged. 8:50 P.M.. SATURDAYS Jfthe latest moment at which small advertisements will be lecoivod at tha For Insertion in the SUNDAY DISPATCH. On wekdayi the offloo will iiB&iu cvpn'ntiUl " T. K. At iiMuiiL. 3899. PLENTY 0FTIN ORE. lord Thurlow Says There Is Enough in the Black Hills to Supply THE ANKUAL HOME CONSUMPTION. Alout $5,000,000 of Enclish and American Capital Invested. MIXING OPERATIONS TO BEGIN SOON The Democrats and faint-hearted Repub licans who think the supply of tin ore in the United States is a fiction should read what Lord Thurlow has to say on the sub ject. Coming as it does from an En glish source, his testimony will have additional weight, but nothing talks like money and is so convinc ing. It will surprise many people to know that an English and American syndicate has invested ?5,000,000 in the tin mines of the Black Hill3 in the last two years. Indeed, his Lordship claims that his company owns every pound of tin in this interesting section of South Dakota. Thurlow was formerly -Secretary of the British Legation at Washington, and he owns tin mines in Cornwall and New South Wales. He made his fortune in the busi ness, and is an expert on tin. He was on the limited last evening bound for the scene of operations in the Hills. Bonnd for the Black mils. Accompanying him were Captain Josiah Thomas, President of the Dull Coast Tin Mining Company, of Cornwall, and Mr. Berringer, a prominent writer on metals and head of the English School of Mines. Lord Thurlow was taking the two gentlemen with him as experts to satisfy the En glish stockholders that everything is all right. He said he had examined the property two years ago, and was satisfied that the ore was there in abundance. "If I wasn't convinced," lie remarked, em phatically, "it is not likely that I wouM invest my money. I am the President of the Harney Creek Tin Mining Company, and represent the English end of the syndicate. considerable American money is al'o in verted. We have 1,100 claims and own all the agricultural and water rights in the tin ore section of the Hills. So far we have done little to develop the property or put in smelting plants. Our time was' taken up in examining the titles to the land. Now, that these preliminary details are settled, we are ready to begin operations. "The McKinley tariff on tin plate was a necessity, and it i sufficient to develop the industry of the United States. I am not a tariff man, but this duty is what we want to put our business on "a firm foundation. America is our market, and I am satisfied with the commercial policy of the country. Convincing Croakers In Two Months. "I know it is said that you haven't tin ore in America, bnt if the croakers will wait two months more, I think we will show them where they are mistaken. Our smelting machinery is comin? from Chicago, and will soon be ready to operate. I am safe in saying that our syndicate alone can pro luce enough block tin to supplr the present annual consumption of the country. Our capacity will be 15,000 tons of block tin yearly, and this is about the amount consumedhcre every 12 months. "Tin in also found in considerable quanti ties in Mexico, but it contains lots of iron nnd arsenic, and these substances are hard to eliminate. We have to contend with a little arsenic only in tho Black Hills and wc can easily get rid of it. We lack the railro.id facilities, but a number of spurs from the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road are now being built to our mines. "It is only a question of time until the tin plate industry will be well established in the "United States. It is ridiculous to say that tin plate can't be made in America. We intend to confine ourselves to the min ing business, .but may eventually manu facture some 'tin plate. I am convinced there is a plentiful supply of tin ore in the Black Hills." THREE GREAT PIANO BARGAINS. Knabe. Weber. Chlokerlnsr. To matte room we will sell three first-class pianos at aDout one-third tho original cost, viz.: A Knuoo piano or excellent tone, fine action anil hardsomely finished case, cost, $000, at f2W): A first-cla Weber piano, good as new. worth fS50, at $1S5, and a Chickering piano iu perlect order, elegant rosewood case, fnll size, cost $450, at $150. Thieo prent bargains at tho music store of J. M. Hoff mann Co., 537 Smithfield street. Asents for the celebrated Solimor pianos, the superb Colby pianos, Schubert pianos and other reliable makes. MOQKETTlS CARPETS. Smith's Very Best Qaslity a't 81 Per Tnrtl. This is the greatest bargain in moquettcs ever offered in this or any other city. Tho grade we will sell ynn for $1 never sold lor les than $1 35 to $1 50. We have another special in axinlnster, ISIgelow's best quality, nt$l 35, which brings $3 a yard everywhere. Edwakd Groktzikoer, 627 and 639 Penn avouue. Good Reason W hy It ShouM. Mr. W. M. Terry, who has been in the drug business at Elkton, Ky., (or the past 12 years, says: "Chamberlain's Cough lie medy gives better satisfaction than nnv other cough medicine I have ever sold." There is good reason lor this. No other will cure a cold ro quicSly, no other is so certain a preventive and cure for croup; no other affords so much relief in cases of hooping cou jh. v.'iiisu S'iS HEX'S SUITS FOR 810. SaHrr Dlssolntlon Sale. To-morrow morning we will place on onr tables 050 men'.M custom-made suits im p rfed coods, lined thronjrhout with silk and mado to t-ell for $ V. You can iiick one out to-mhnow only (Monday) for a ten dollar bill. Only ono suit sold to osch cus tomer. Sallck, Corner Smithfield an a Diamond sti octs. KOQDETTE CARPETS. Smith's Very Best Qnillty at 81 Per Tan). This is the sreatest bargain iu moquottes ever offeied in this or any other city. Tl.e grade w will sell voulor SI never sold for less than $1 25 to SI '50. We have another special in axmlnsicrs, Biqelow's best quality, at $1 25, which brings $2 a yard everywhere. EnwAr.D Groitzisoeb, t27 and C29 Penn avenue. The 3-nrjrest And smallest do? collars in the city can be had at PUtb.iri Harness Emporium, 426 and 423 Wood ctreet. JUST TOE THING FOR JUBII.EE DAT AnA the Glorious Fourth. Thousands of misses' and children's trimmed hits, in chip, leghoin and fancy straw; also a fnll line of trinced sashes, in all the newest shades, lrom $1 27, up. KAOrir Aims'. leather 1 earn N-t $2 00 and upward nt nttsburg Harness .Em porium, 426 and 4M Wood streot. Meij's nesllgeo shirts. Wo soil to defy competition. Read large advertisement to day, page 9. Weisser's. went !'ad Reduced from $150 to 75c per pair ot Pitts burg Harness Emporium, iiS and 42S Wood street. Leather Tram ?!el $3 00 nnd upward at Pittsbnrj n.irness Em porium, 426 anil 423 Wood stl eet. Thn lin?rst And smallnst do,: collars in the city can be luulnt I'itt-buru Harness Emporium, tin and DIED FBOM THEIR ETJEHS. A Fatal Efsnlt In the Case of the Two Southsifle Children. The two Southside children, Mary and Katie Granjosky, who were so badly burned by the explosion of a coal oil can at their home, 34 Welsh way, are dead. They died early yesterday morning, Mary at the Southside Hospital shortly after being ad mitted, and Katie at the house of a neigh bor on Welsh way. Just how the accident occurred it is diffi cult to say. The mother of the children, who was so seriously burned in a vain attempt to save their lives, thinks that the oldest girl attempted to brighten up the fire in the kitchen stove by pouring on the oil. The explosion followed, and when she re turned she found the two girls enshrouded in flames. Both children were so horribly burned that the flesh dropped from their bones. Mrs. James Conlan and her 11-vear-old son, Archie, were severely burned by an explosion of lamp oil at Mars station Friday afternoon. The accident was the direct re sult of Mrs. Conlan's attempt to make a Are with the aid of lamp oil. Both mother and son will recover. Charles Privot, who was so badly burned while attempting to save his wife whose clothing had caucht fire while endeavoring to hasten the kitchen fire by the use of coal oil, will probably recover. The physicians at the Allegheny General Hospital are of opinion that his burns will not prove fatal. PICNIC FOB OPEEAT0E3. The Telegraph Men of th? renosjlvanla Road Erjny nn OntlDg. The telegraph operators from the Pitts burg, Middle, Monongahela and West Tenn divisions of the Pennsylvania road held their annual picnic at Nineveh yesterday. Over 1,100 passes- were issued, and not less than 1,600 people joined in the festivities of the day. Keat invitations had been issued by the committee on arrangements. A special train carried the Pittsburg con tingent to the grove. They returned last evenine, having enjoyed the outing very much. General Vaccination Recommended. Health Pliys-'cian J. Guy McCandless has issued the following notice to the public: "In view of the fact that a few cases of smallpox have occured in the city, I con sider it my duty to advise, and urge upon all persons, the necessity of becoming yac cinnatcd, not culy those who have not been vaccinated, but all who have not been vac cinated within the past ten years. This will prevent a spead of the disease. Fell a Difit.mc3 orTIiirty-Two Feet. David Williams, a carpenter employed at Herr's Island, fell from the roof of a build ing to the ground, a distance of 32 feet. He suffered a compound fracture of the right shoulder, and was taken to the Allegheny General Hospital. Four Youthful Sinners. Henry Bntler, Mary Kuntz, Maggie Hirn, and Mary Iteinlinger, of the South side, all of them under age have been ar rested for disorderly conduct. Bntler was sent to the workhouss and the girls will abide for a time at Morgnnza. HEADQUARTEKS FOR TRUSSES. Over One n nndrrd) Kinds of Trasses From SI to SIS Earn. If in need of a trnss go where thoy keep the largo-t asortment; go where they make them and know how to ndjat trasses and guarantee a fit. S09 I'enn avenue, near Kmtli street, Pittsbarc;. Open Saturday evenings. Also July 4 until noon. W tuDKitirEKE Awisas at Mamaux & Son's, 539 Penn avenuo. Tel. 197i wsu BIBER & EAST0N. Ladies' 7 Waists I LAWN, PERCALE, SILK, AT REDUCED PRICES. Ladies' well-made Plaited Waists in neat figures, stripes, etc 50c Ladies' extra Percale Waists, with belt in newest designs.. 75c Ladies' Black Satine Waists, well-made and excellent value $1 to J1.25 Blue and White and Black and White Satine Waists, with -plaiting $1.00 Black Lawn Waists 90c White India Lawn Waists, with cascade front $-ZS Ladies' White Lawn Waists, in very great variety 7501022 India Silk Waists, in solid colors, navy, black, gray, Fancy Silk Waists in entirely newdesigns,spcts, brocades, etc 5 to 12 BIBER & EAST0N, W5 AND 507 MAIiKKr 3T. JC-2G-TTS3U CARPETSI READ THIS. VERY BEST MO- ,$1.00 QUETTES.PER YARD; We hnve just received 5,000 yards of SMITH'S best quality Moquette Carpets, same goods th3t sell everywhere at 81.25 to ?L50. Our price will be 51 per yard. VERY BEST AXMIN- (hi QT STERS, PER YARD, &J.ZU 4,000 .yard3 BIGKLOW'S Axminstej', best quality, never sells less than 5L75, most everywhere at $2, we now offer at the unprecedeutedly low price of $1.25 per yard. Never were "two such birgainsns the above offered in this city. We invite any body to call and inspect these goods, then, go elsewhere and sec what the same grade is selling at. You will return to us to buy. Parties who will need a new Carpet this fall should buy now. AVe will store the goods free of charge and make and lay them when you are ready. ' EDWARD GROETZINGER, 627 AND 629 PENN AVE. JrtVrfn CATJOHI BY THE C0HSTJL. Father and Son Charted With Conspiracy to Defrand Thlr Countrymen. Julius Schmitt and his son Frank Schmltt were committed to jail yesterday in default ot bail on the charge of conspiracy to defraud. The information was made by Arnold Schneider, consul from Belgium, No. 523 Smithfield street. Schmitt and his son ara charged with trying to gain possession of moneys and property belonging to Barbara and Franz Kcopp and the Iatter'a wife. It is alleged that Frank Schmitt impersonated Fran: Knopp in order to give to senior Schmitt the power of attorney in the sal of property in Germany. When arrested the men had consideraWj money on their person and tickets for Gep many. They were released from jail lata in the day under 81,000 bail each.. Tha hearing takes place Wednesday before Al derman McMasters. The Knopps reside at No 26 Diamond street. HUGUS&HACKE Silk Bargains. We place on sale this week 150 pieces more reliable quality PRINTED INDIA SILKS At 50c a Yard, And 100 pieces better grade PRINTED INDIA SILKS, very de sirable patterns, ' " At 75c a Yard. Plain Black and Plain AYiirra INDIA and JAP SILKS, full lines and extra good values, 50c to S2 Per Yard. 50 Dress Patterns, special exclu sive designs, high grade PRINTED INDIA SILKS, a dress length of each coloring only. These were $2 and $2.50 we mark them to close this week $1 A YARD. Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market Si. Je25-MWTS MARSHELL, THE CASH GROCER, WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. The Fourth of July will soon be here and every good American citi zen wants to make a noise. We are going to mate prices which will enable everyone to make a great big racket for a very small sum of money. FIRECRACKERS, ' BEST GOLDEN CHOP, Per package 4c 40 packages, 1.50. CANNON CRACKERS. No. 1 80 crackers In package, 13c per pkg: No. 220 crackers In package, 19o per pkg. No. 320 crackers In package, 3Sc per pkjr. No. t-20 crackers In package, 57c per pkg-. No. 620 crackers in package, 75o per pkg. ROMAN CANDLES. 1 ball assorted colors 5o per dozen. 2 bnlls assorted colore 10c per dozen. 3 halls assorted colors 17c per dozen. 4 balls assorted colors J5c per dozen. 6 balls assorted colors 41c per dozen. 8 balls assorted colors 50c per dozon. LONG-STiCK ROCKETS. 1 or. assorted colors 10o per dozen. 2 ozs. as-orted colors 29c per dozen. 3 ozs. assorted colors 50c per dozen. I ozs. assorted colors 7jc per dozen. 6 ozs. assorted colors 31.17 perdoz'n. PINWHEELS,l?iPR0VED,7cPerDoz. Medium, ioc per dozen. Large, 17c per dozen. Rainbow Candles,beautiful effects,63c Tripod Parachute Rccksts, 75c, Discharging at great height a balloon combined with stars of changing colors. UNION ROCKETS, 25c. After ascending to a great height the top of the rocket is blown off, showing remarkable efFects, followed by the ascension of a colored tour billion of colors of rare brilliancy. ROSETTES, COLORED, 23c. SERPENTS, HAND-MADE, 3-in., 9c per doz. 5-in., 1 7c per dcz. FLOWER POTS (OR BOUQUETS), 6-in.,63cper doz. 10-in., 1 per doz. These prices are away below any thing ever offered before. Stop a moment and figure what fun for the youngsters $1 will make. 5 will keep the American Eagle screaming long after midnight. As we like to hear him scream we offer a MONSTER GQLOEH FflOHTUI, FBEE, With every $5 order. Send Your Orders by Mail. Have all orders in by Wednesday, June 29, if possible. MARSHELL, Corner Ohio and Sandusky Streets, ALLEGHENY. 34 and 25 Diamond Square, PITTSBURG. je2S FINE STATIONERY, TVeddlne Invitations, Calling Car4a, Ete .ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. W. V. DERMITT & CO., 30 Sixth Aveaae. .a W -;rtPifeamrife?- AWirT v.:- ,j$M
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