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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1892.
tras probably the first day's wort they per
formed since the Johnstown flood.
"Our men were subjected to almost in
human exposure since they came into this
camp." Dr. Foster said. "Ihey slept on
the ground and had to stand the rain and
sunshine just as it came, but it seems to
have only strengthened them. They have
no use for a surgeon. In fact," the doctor
concluded, "it is only another evidence
that the Fourteenth is made up of real
soldiers."
"o Sickness In ths TentJu
Surgeon Major Neff, of the Tenth, spent
most of yesterday in directinz the construc
tion of a hospital tent, but he had no occu
pant for the place after its erection. "Our
men are remarkably free from sickness,"
Dr. XelTsaid. "It begins to look now as
li.i..l. .1.- I ?. V . ...
iuuuu iuc jiuspiiai lent will stand as a
blu2 to complete our camp."
"How do vou account for the good health
in camp?" was asked the doctor.
"The general good health is easilv ac
counted for. The troops were unexpectedly
ordered out They earned three davs
cooked rations, but their rations were
shipped direct to Homestead, while ihey
Mere shifted about in a mysterious way for
tn o days. During that time they had little
to cat and nothing to drink, and as a result
they came here suffering only from hunger.
In the harry when ordcred'out they did not
have the time to procure the sweetmeats
and delicacies they usually take to camp,
end without which they are always better.
"N'ovr they are eating plain soldiers'
rations, and if ther can successfully
dodge the heat I think I will have
little more to do thau to help Colonel
Hawkins entertain the pretty girls who
call at headquarters to visit Adjutant
Hays and Captain Brown, who are detailed
from the Fourteenth. But seriously," the
doctor concluded, "I have not been called
yet only to dress the hands of a few of the
boys who were unfortunately poisoned bv
ivy."
Captain Ltltle Painfully TVonnded.
Captain Little, of Companr C. Eight
eenth Begiment, while out with his com
pany yesterdayjust after the rain, fell upon
his sword and suffered an ugly scalp wound
just behind his right ear. The wound, while
painful, is not considered dangerous. The
captain is not likely to enjoy any more of
the encampment, however. His was the
only accident reported in the camp yester
day, although Colonel Smith, of the Eight
eenth, is suffering severely from an ankle,
which he had broken some time ago and
which he sprained again yesterday morn
ing. Camp Sam Black came near being known
in military history by another name. It
was Gencr.1 Snowden, who named the place.
Colonel Sam Black's name will ever live in
military history. He will be always known
as a brave soldier. It is told of him that
once when a young lawyer at the Pittsburg
bar lie was unexpectedlycalled by the Court
to defend a man charged with felonious as
sault. The Court ordered him to take j
chanre of the case and to clear his client if I
possible. Colonel Black asked for a con- I
ference with theaccused. The storv was told
to the attorney who after looking at the
case as a hopelss one, said: "Now, boy, you
run like lightning." Theboyrau, and after
lie had gotten out of the Court House
Colonel Black returned to the court room.
Clenrcd Ills Client bnt or Sight.
"Are you ready to proceed with the
esse?" the Court asked when the Colonel
appeared.
Tes, sir," the attorney replied.
"Where is the prisoner?" asked the
Court
"Vou told me to clear him if I could. I
heard his case, and the only way I could
clear him was to rpak him get out of hrr "
" .laughed, and another case was
le first order issued at Homestead
.ide by Colonel Hawkins after he had
bi.assigned to the command of the Pro
lisioiml Brigade. He dated it at Camp
Thomas A. Bowley, but about two hours
after General Snowden issued an order and
dated it at Camp Sam Black. The General's
christening of the encampment was not dis
puted, but in any event Pittsburg supplied
the name for the enforced encampment, and
the one suggested and the one accepted was
a brilliant soldier in war times.
AS SEEX ABROAD.
Effect of Alarmlnp Reports of the Home
stead It a;e Dispute Upon the Future
Trosperity or Fittshnrj; The Return of
the Carnegie Library.
"In connection with the Homestead
strike," said A. F. Keating yesterday, "the
local papers should endeavor to show to the
world outside of this city the actual condi
tion of things here. For some reason people
m other cities, according to their newspa
pers, believe that this is a safe place to stav
away from, if not a dangerous place to come
to. Thev seem to think that Homestead is
a part of Pittsburg and that the trouble is
as great here as at the borough up the river.
Various labor organizations in the citv have
probably increased this impression "by the
passage of resolutions which the newspapers
have printed, calling on Councils to return
Mr Carnegie's gift library. This has prob
ably led to the belief in other places that
thib represents the sentiments of the
community. As a matter of fact
the matter is in such shape that I don't
Lelice Councils could return it if they
wished.
"But to return to the original subject,
many complaints are heard of business
being slow here at present I believe thev
result from the belief abroad that Pitts
burg is directly interested in the lawless
ness at Homestead which made troops neces
sary. Business people are staying away
lrom here until that trouble "is entirely
settled, j i tnc nau reputation we seem to
be getting in certain quarters, owing to a
misapprehension of the real conditions
iiere, continues no longer than the Home
stead dispute we may consider ourselves
iortunate."
James B. Scott, a member of the Carnegie
Library Commission, says the resolutions
Mill Lave no effect on the construction of
the buildmcs. "Mr. Carnegie has nothing
to do with the matter now," said he. "The
money has been formally accepted and is
now fa the hands ot the commission. Some
of it has bcen expended and contracts have
been entered into requiring more of it It
would be foolish to deprive our citizens of
the great benefits to be derived from this
gift. Were this money leturned it would
close the pockets of all men inclined to
donate money or other things for the public
good. The delay in accepting the gift made
us ridiculous in the eyes ot the world, and
to now return it would bring upon our city
the deserted ridicule and contempt of the
world.
"If this money were returneJ we could
not stop there. To be consistent it -nould
be necessary also to return to Mrs. Schenley
the 19 acres of the Schenley Park entrance
oi pay her what it is worth," 25,000 an acre
JVic sold it at 54,000 per acre on condition
the main library should be placed there.
We should have to go further and return to
Mr. Carnegie the $300,00 he put into the
Allegheny library. I think there is little
tense m such a proposition, and do not
think Councils will seriously consider it.
Certainly the commission will not"
HEKBEL DECLINES TO ADVISE.
nu
h O'Donnell Keceives His Reply From
the Attorney Genera'.
Attorney General Hensel yesterday sent
the following reply to Hugh O'Donnell's
inquiry concerning the disposition of arms
belonging to Pinkerton detectives and now
in the possession of the strikers:
Jclt, U. lS9i
3Ir. Hugh O'Donnell. Homestead, Pa
Deak Sin I an not think It Is within tlio
scopo of my official duties to advise you
upon tlio subject ot your telesraplilo In
quiry. If you li.ive in yonr possession prl
utc pioperty as to the ownership or which
you are not informed, you should be Rulded
liy private counsel as to lion to dispose of it.
It you have any reason to believe that it
will be needed In any legal inquiry or for
the purpose of evidence in prosecution to
be brousrht, lay the facts befoie the District
Attorney of your county and consult with
him. Veiv trulv vours,
W. U. ilkxsEi, Attorney General.
A BISHOP WINS FAME.
One rrom Chicago Ad.Iresses the Home
stpad Men and Is l.ondly Cheered He
Saya They Killed FInlcertunism Amal
gamated Alen Beady to Disburse Aid.
Bishop Samuel Fallows, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of Chicago, is beyond all
manner of doubt the most popular man in
Homestead borough. The story of how
the Bishop acqnired this phenomenal popu
larity in less than half an hour is easily
told. He made a speech to the men, a 20
miuutes' speech, which was applauded from
start to finish, and n hich set the big audience
fairly frantic with delight In these 20
minutes the reverend gentleman talked law
and arbitration and the rights of labor. He
talked on the workingmen's side. Report
ers were rigidly excluded from the.meeting.
Even the Bishop himself was only pres
ent while delivering his remarkable speech,
because the gathering was official and as
a natural consequence, secret Chance
brought the AVcstern divine to Homestead,
and the invitation of Hugh O'Donnell
brought him into the meeting. His elo
quence and his arguments did the rest
The meeting which has served to bring
the Bishop so much agreeable notoriety
was held in the Opera House. The object
as given out to the press was to organize
some satisfactory plan of general relief to
the needy among the strikers. After a long
discussion, it was decided to place the mat
ter in the hands of a sub-committee
of the Advisory Committee, with
full power to act A general household ex
pense average will be struck, and sufficient
supplies will be distributed freely but not
extravagantly. This was the gist of what
was done.
Aside from the tremendous reception ac
corded to Bishop Fallows, the feature of
the meeting was the ovation given Hugh
O'Donnell, Chairman of the Advisory Com
mittee. After the meeting had adjourned Bishop
Fallows talked for publication to a Dis
TATCH reporter. He prefaced his remarks
by baying that from now on he intended to
do his utmost in behalf of the mill men.
"I as on my way to Chicago," said he,
"and it struck "me that I had better visit
Homest'-ad and see things for myself before
writing or preaching on the troubles which
have attracted the attention of the civilized
world. I believe I now have sufficient
stock of information on which to
proceed. The right of labor to organize
must be respected and public sentiment
will, I believe, soon compel capital and
labor to arbitrate. Here are men willing to
have their differences adjusted by a disin
terested tribunal, but capital will not listen
to the oft advanced proposition. We are
men of peace, vou know, and we advocate
peaceful methods. The law of the State
I and of the nation must be supreme, al-
though there mav be times when it works
anparent hardship. Homestead struck the
blow which killed Pinkertonism."
HOW THE MEN ARE ARMED.
General Snowden Estimates the "Locked
Oat Men Ilaio 3,000 Stand or Arms
Anxions to Get Kid of the Pinkerton
Gain A Strange Problem.
General Snowden and the headquarters
staff have been making a quiet investiga
tion into the actual armament of the
strikers. It is believed that there are in
ll,rx:stnpl- about 2,000 stand of arras of all
sorts, including shotguns, old army mus
kets, sporting rifles and Winchesters, which
belong to the men, and which cann,ot, save
in the case of actual hostilities, be taken
away from them.
Besides these are the captured Pinkerton
guns and a great many revolvers of all pat
terns. Ammunition is much more scarce, it
is believed than weapons. There is a dif
ference in caliber between the Pinkerton
guns and the others which makes many of
the cartridees unavailable. An amazing
fact is that much of the ammunition is mani
festly the property of the United States
Government The boxes of cartridges bear
the label of the Frankford Arsenal
and nobody seems to be able
to explain whether these are
part of the Pinkerton equipment or whether
they wcredifferentlyacquired. The Frank
ford cartridges are all 50 caliber. Much
speculation is indulged in by the people on
both sides of Eighth avenue as to how the
work of disarmament will he neeomnlislipil
Xothing but a house to house vie itation and
search can recover the guns, and how that
can be done in America Is a question that
no one proposes a solution for.
The Advisory Committee is anxious to
get rid of the weapons, but there seems to
be some doubt about the legal aspect of the
case, and it is said they are now waiting for
counsels' opinion. At the time ot the sur
render one of the conditions granted the de
tectives was that the arms would be re
turned to Mr. Pinkerton when opportunity
occurred. The Winchesters are now scat
tered all up and down the Monongahela, as
the crowd made away with eveythingwhen
it gained access to the barges and carried off
everything it chose. Besides that there
seems to be some doubt as to the legal re
sponsibility which would be incurred by
any person, turning over some of the guns
who could not account for all that the
Pinkertons lost in the melee, and the men
will, under advice, proceed very cautiously
in the work ot restoration.
A lact not generally known is that there
are a larce number of Winchesters still in
the Carnegie mills, supposed to be also the
property of the Pinkertons. These guns,
about 200 in number.'the strikers believe to
be stored in the carpenter shop in boxes
and the men were with difficulty restrained
by their leaders from making "a search for
them before the militia arrived. If they
were there on Sunday they have been moved
since, as the carpenter shop is to-day bare of
everything in the shape of weapons.
AK0THEE PIKKEET0H DYIHO.
Captain Hinde of the Vanquished Detec
tives Suffering With Lockjaw.
Last evening it was reported that Captain
ninde, the Pinkerton defective at the West
Penn Hospital, was in a serious condition
and not likely to live until morning.
Captain Hinde was shot through the
thigh during the fight between the Pinker
tons and the strikers at Homestead last
week. He h.id been getting better rapidly,
and was in a fair way to recover, but ye's
terday afternoon lockjaw set in as a result
of blood poison, and it is only a question of
time until death ensues. The authorities
at the hospital refused to confirm the re
port, adhering to their promise to say noth
ing. Another Homestead Canard.
The report that the First Brigade has
been ordered from Mt Gretna proves to be
a canard. The troops will probably be sent
home unless the situation at the scene of
the trouble becomes more strained than at
present The inspection of the Second and
Third Brigades is expected to Legin next
Tuesday. Adjutant General Greenland and
the members of the Governor's staff re
turned to Harrisburg from Mt Gretna to
night. 100 Jfrir Honses at Homestead.
The Carnegie Steel Company, limited, is
now advertising for proposals to build 100
new houses for its employes on the site of
the old City Farm. Their intention was
first given out several weeks ago. Since
that time streets have been laid out and
partly graded. ,.
. PREPARING TO START.
Fires Have Been Ilchted In the Armor
T'ate Jllill Stories of More Non-Union
Men The Guard! Tarn Back a
Mob.
Steam is up in at least one of the Car
negie mills, and there was a story on the
streets last night that 50 non-union men had
been smuggled into the works, and were
making ready to begin work. As a matter
of course the story has created a great deal
of excitement among the strikers, and is
the one topic of discussion in Homestead.
Just how much truth is in this report it is
difficult to say. This much is certain.
Clouds of steam have been pouring out of
the stacks of the armor plate finishing shops
and the pres shops. There are also signs
of activity iq the immediate neighborhood
of the electric light shop.
The strikers lounging about the-town
caught their first glimpse of the steam
issuing from the stacks about 10 o'clock in
the morning. A crowd of them quickly
gathered at the railway station at City
Farm station, and for a time it looked as
though there would be trouble. The min
iature mob said all mannerof unkind things
about Carnegie and Frick, and attempted to
cross the tracks and enter the works, but a
company of the Eighth regiment was on
guard at this point Captain Hutchison
ordered the troops to line up, "company
front," and prepare to charge. Then in a
stern voice he addressed the leader of the
crowd: "Gentlemen," he said, "I should
advise you to retire across the tracks and
disperse at once. If you don't I shall order
mv men to charge on you, and some of you
will probably be hurt"
One glance at the line of gleaming bayo
nets and the determined faces behind them
satisfied the crowd that discretion was the
better part ot valor, and they quickly scat
tered. To observant outsiders this grim episode
was proof positive that General Snowden
has determined to stand no nonsense from
the strikers, and to make an example of the
men engaged in the first outbreak. At 9
o'clock in the evening a triple guard was
placed around the camp and works, and the
Provost Marshal, Colonel Green, issued or
ders to the pickets to allow no one to pass
the lines.
EEICKLATEES WILL GO 0UZ
The Amalgamated Promises to Care for
Widow and Orphan.
The Advisory Committee held a secret
meeting last night, but as soon as the lead
ers adjourned it was understood that the
meeting had been called upon by the 35
bricklayers of the mill, who asked for ad
vice as to what tbey should do under all the
circumstances. These men have no con
nection with the Amalgamated Association.
They are members of the Bricklayers' Na
tional Union. After a conference it was
stated that the bricklayers would leave the
mills, and that the Amalgamated Associa
tion would request their national body that
work should be provided for them.
The question of relief for the widows and
families of the men killed by the Pinkerton
detectives was taken up, and the committee
desired that most liberal provision should
be made for them. Help has already been
extended, but nothing formal was done until
to-night, when it was agreed that the
widows and orphans should be made the
wards of the people of Homestead, and it
was also stated that the Amalgamated Asso
ciation would care for all of them.
Some misapprehension has been caused
by the reports sent out from Homestead
about the distresses among the Hungarian
families beyond the hilL There is no suf
fering there.
MAY STABT THE MILLS 10-DAY.
The
Company Has Already Succeeded
In
Placing Men Inside the Walls.
There is no longer a question about pre
paring to start the mill. Late last night a
barge loaded with provisions and cots suffi
cient for a fairly large number of men,
anchored on the shore of the yard just below
the Peniickey Railroad trestle, and within
a few yards of the spot on which was fought
the memorable battle of last week. All
the provisions and cots are now stored in
one of the main storehouses near by.
Furthermore, a number of men, 50 at
least, exclusive of the regular watchmen,
are now quartered in the yards. Whether
or not they are non-union men it is impossi
ble to say, as no manner of pass will enable
one to enter the gates or even pass the
triple line of pickets which engirdle the
plant.
It leaked out last night that the superin
tendents and foremen of the several depart
ments of the works had received positive
orders from the main office of the Carnegie
Company to report at the mills this morn
ing prepared for work. One of the fore
men, in the armor plate department of the
works, Allen Hubbard, has resigned his
position, giving as a reason hir dfsinclina
tion to work with non-union men.
DON'T LOVE EACH OTHER.
Walter Girls at tho Carnegie Club House Go
on a Strike.
Since the soldiers have been confined to
the camp there has been a very marked
change in the feeling between the town and
the hill, the sentiment on both sides being
decidedly more unfriendly than it was at
first. General Snowden comes in for the
most criticism by the strikers, and they .are
not particularly.sparing in their remarks.
In this connection a strike of the waiter
girls at the Frick Hotel yesterday morning
indicates the general feeling, although Gen
eral Snowden was but part of the grievance
of the young women. The man against
, wnom the boycott, or eirlcott, was chiefly
directed was Manazer Potter, of the mills,
who again took up his permanent resi
dence in Homestead yesterday. A new
force of waiters was speedily found, and, at
a rather late dinner, everybody coming to
the hotel, including the distinguished com
mander of the forces, was served.
HAVE VEEY FEW SPECTATORS.
Homestead People Appear bat Little
Interested in the Parades.
The troops at Homestead do not have a
large number of spectators at their dress
parades. Usually this sort of thing has a
great attraction for the populace near the
camping ground, but at Homestead it is
entirely the reverse. The attendance at th,e
military maneuvers the past two days has
been very slim indeed, almost entirely
made up of visitors to the town.
The locked out men seem to take no
notice whatever of the military and make
themselves conspicuous by their ab
sence. Even the town folk apparently
have little or no interest in the
evolutions for they, too, absent themselves,
only a few approaching near the parade
ground. This is rather remarkable as the
evolutions of the troops have been more
than interesting and a really- beautiful
spectacle.
SHOOTING WITH SOLID SHOT.
Battery 15 Boys Slake a Display or Their
Marksmanship at Homestead.
All of Battery B's boys are in excellent
health and are enjoying themselves hugely
on the top of the hill. They have not got
ten down to regular drill yet, but Captain I
Hunt expects by Monday or Tuesday to
have everything in order. Yesterday the
boys had " some practice at firing In tfie ra
vine back of the camp. From 5 o'cloek till
7 their guns kept up a continuous roaring,
pouring canister, grape and solid shot into
the opposite hill.
Lieutenant Lew Brown is quite a con
spicuous figure about the camp and head
quarters and on Thursday, as officer of the
day, he acquitted himself in a very soldier
ly manner.
IT IS A BONNY TROOP.
How the Pride or Jhe Quaker City Fares at
Camp Black -They Are Old Cam
paigners, and Have a Chef From the
Dnquesne Club.
"This sort of life may do well enough for
two or three days when you want a picnic,
and for the young men who are imbued
with thejnartial spirit, but for old fellows
like us who have seen a good deal of this
life it becomes very tiresome, and I'd much
rather be home," said Captain J. L. Wil
son, of the City Troop of Philadelphia.
He evidently does not relish sleeping out
with the sky as a covering when he com
pares it to hi snug couch in his mansion in
Philadelphia. The City Troop is composed
of some of the prominent young and old
menot Philadelphia, and their experience
getting here and after they arrived "has
not been exactly what they have been ac
customed to at home. Out of a member
ship of 56 they have with them 51 men.
aacn man has his own horse ana an inspec
tion of the picket line will readily convince
one that they are such horses as one rarely
sees in this sort of duty.
The boys are seen at their best, however,
at Camp Black. They are compelled to
wear the State uniform while doing State
service, and as a result left their full dress
uniforms at home. These are something
magnificent. The helmet is surmounted by
a large bear hair plume extending in front
and falling down the back 'of the neck, the
dark blue coat is decorated with white
braid with three rows of silver buttons
down the front, and with a five inch red
belt around the waist, white stockinette
britches and high top boots you have one
of the costliest uniforms in the country.
An even 5500 bill would not go any too far
in the purchasing of one of them. "
Quartermaster Hugh Oraig, Jr., who has
been acting as cook for the (jpys, is one of
what they term their "unenlisted mem
bers," but he enlisted for service at Home
stead on hearing of the trouble there.
His only occupation at home is cut
ting coupons, but he does not object
to cutting when duty calls him.
He has, however, been relieved from his
duty by a chef obtained through the Dn
quesne Club. It seems to be the general
impression that the Philadelphians live on
nothing else but champagne. This idea can
easily be dispelled by dining with them
nothing stronger than apollinaris and gin
ger ale. Somei little difficulty was ex
perienced by the Sleepy City boys in get
ting their camp in the condition they
wished, but they have things fairly estab
lished now and are resting on their oars.
TO SETTLE THE STHIKE.
An Old Lady With an Important Meisace
From Spirit .Land.
Mrs. ElmiraBipley came to this city from
Wheeling last night on an important
spiritualistic mission which she says can be
confided to no one but Superintendent Mc-
Elroy, of the Pittsburg Gas Company, one
ot the leading spiritualists in this city.
When she arrived it was late and she ap
pealed to the police to select her a suitable
hotel for the night
While waiting for a messenger to escort
her to a hotel the old lady explained to the
officers at City Hall that in coming here she
was acting entirely under the guidance of
the spirits. They had communicated to
her a message of great importance and in
structed her to go at once with it to Mr.
McEIroy. From what she said it was in
ferred that the trouble at Homestead figures
In her message though she declined to give any
definite information as to its purport. She
was disappointed that Mr. McElroy lived so
far that she could not see him immediately,
and with a resigned sigh she started for
her hotel.
CAKBHIA COUNTY KNIGHTS.
They Keso'.ve That thi Homestead Work
men chjill Have Their Sympathy.
The following resolutions were adopted
at a regular meeting of L. A. Ho. 1875, K.
ofL., of Lilly, Cambria county:
Whereas, It has come to our nottco that
the Homestead Steel Company has taken
unlawful means to compel its employes to
suntiilt to a reduction.
Kesolved, That wo denounce the unjust
method of this company.
Kesolved, That we approve tho steps taken
by the steel workers of Homestead to pro
tect themselves against an unlawful gang of
Pinkertons.
Kesolved, That we extend to them our
sympathies and promise them our moral and
financial aid.
Watchman McCurry Recovering:.
John T. McCurry,one of the men wounded
in the riot at Homestead, was in a greatly
improved condition last night at the Alle
gheny General Hospital. It is thought that
he will leave the hospital in a few days.
Chief E, Hot Will Investigate.
Chief Elliot, of the Department of Chari
ties, will investigate how the 50 pounds of
dynamite found Thursday at City Farm sta
tion, Homestead, came to be on the city's
ground. It was there for several days.
ELI PERKINS Is In Japan for THE DIS
PATCH. Bead his first letter to-morrow.
BROWN VINDICATED.
The Allegheny Andltors Say the Controller's
Accounts Were Regular bnt Carelessly
Hept The Report Was Mot Submitted
Recuse There Was No Qnornm.
The Allegheny Auditing Committee was
called to meet last night but tailed to secure
a quorum. Had the committee met a re
port would have been submitted by Auditor
Bigger relative to the examination of the
books of the Controller's office. This ex
amination has been completed, anil has re
sulted, according to the statement of Mr.
Bigger, in a thorough vindication of Con- J
troiler Brown.
Mr. Bigger stated that in the entire ex
amination only a few, mistakes had been
noticed, and they were not Important. A
few details, he said, should have appeared
on the books, but their omission did not in
dicate any attempt or purpose of dis
honesty. Mr. Bigger refused to give his
report in full before it was acted upon by
the Auditing Committee.
Mr. McKirdy said he had prepared a re
port on the same matter, but had concluded
not to submit it to the committee, as he was
appointed only as an assistant to Mr. Big-
?er. He said his report differed in detail
rom Mr. Biggcr's, but from the investiga
tion he could not say there had been any
thing intentionally irregular in the office ot
the Controller. There were, he said, evi
dences of carelessness in the auditing oi the
books.
The auditors are at present engaged on
the boots of the Treasurer there,and it will
require two months to finish.
ENGLAND'S troops to visit America.
TO-SIOBROW'S DISPATCH.
See
Allegheny's Fourteenth Ward.
That part of Beserve township cut off and
annexed to the city of Allegheny, is now
the Fourteenth ward of that city, and police
jurisdiction has been established overit. City
Solicitor Elphinstone said yesterday that
he bad just finished, the papers to be pre
sented to court for confirmation, creating an
election district of the territory and pro
viding for the choosing of election officers.
This will probably be acted on about Sep
tember 4.
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Dr. B. M. Hunt. Eye,
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ONE AGAINST THREE.
Question of Wases Considered
Window Glass Workers.
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ALL BRANCHES WANT TO SHARE.
Yery Peculiar Strike at the Singer, Nimick
Co. Mills.
GENERAL LIBOR K0TES 0P INTEEEST
Whether the wages of one of the four
trades forming the American Window Glass
Association could.be advanced without pro
portionately increasing the pay of the other
three, was the chief topic of discussion in
the convention at Southside Turner Hall
last evening. It seems when the present
association was effected nearly seven years
ago four different departments in window
glass factories were included.
These represented the glass cutters, blow
ers, flat'eners and gatherers. At the time a
written contract was drawn up in which it
was made binding that no one of the four
trades should receive an advance without a
corresponding increase in the remaining
three. On Thursday, during the afternoon
session of the convention, it was proposed
that the wages of the gatherers be increased
to 70 per cent upon single and to 60 per cent
on double boxes for sizes up to 40x60, and
for all sizes over the increase was to be from
52i to 55 per cent This proposition was
not or has not been acted upon.
Increasing the Cutters' Wages.
At yesterday's meeting a resolution was
handed in that there should be an increase
in the cutters wages of 2 per cent on
single boxes. At the present time they re
ceive 27 per cent and it is proposed to in
crease the figures to an even 30.
The resolutions to increase the wages of
the gatherers and cutters without advanc
ing the price of work for the flatteners and
blowers gave rise to a great deal of contro
versy, and it was then that the old rules'
which governed the amalgamation of the
four trades were brought up and discussed.
As it now stands, although neither of the
new resolutions have been passed, it is al
most a certainty that they will not be rati
fied unless sonie attention is paid to the
wages of the flatteners and blowers and they
also receive a fair advance.
During the afternoon session there was
an effort upon the part of some of the dele
gates to have the Loeffler communication
acted upon, but no attention Tins paid to
their demands. It is probable the measure
will not be considered before next week.
Some of the delegates were inclined to
believe that the "Press" committee were
too liberal in giving out facts that trans-
Eired in the convention. This led to a
eated debate in which several of the mem
bers stated that they were in favor of giving
newspaper representatives seats in the gal
lery during the morning and afternoon
hours. Mr. Putney, one of the Press Com
mittee, has asked to be excused from any
further action upon this committee, and as
hereally desires that a substitute be ap
pointed in hjis place It is probable that his
request will be granted.
IIib Convention Golnc to Kensington.
Just before adjournment the convention
decided that this morning's session should
be brought to a close at 11:30 o'clock in
order to give the delegates time to catch
the 12:05 o'clock train over the Allegheny
Vallev Bailroad for Kensington where they
will go for an afternoon outing. The only
business to be transacted to-day is the con
sideration of a plan to re-establish the old
international federation of window class
workers.
This organization was abolished
one year aeo. It includes America, Eng
land, Belgium, France and Italy. A reso
lution to this effect was submitted yester
day'morning, taken up in the afternoon and
postponed for action until to-day.
At yesterday morning's session the three
hours were devoted to resolutions which
were considered by special permission.
One resolution advocated that the window
glass workers should not work after 4
o'clock on Saturday. The present time is
6. This resolution was laid over to be dis
cussed later. There were several other
measures submitted, but the only one of
prominence taken up was the adaptability
of the new tuber patent flattening machine,
which many manufacturers are introducing
into their works. The workers have no
objection to the machine being used pro
vided they are indemnified azainst loss bv
breakage.
THEIR STRIKE IS ENDED.
The Union Bricklayers Claim That They
Have Won Their Demands, and Are
Hatr Willing to Drop the Struggle The
Good Standing of the Organization.
The bricklayers' strike is a thing of the
past. Last night Union No. 2 held a meet
ing and decided that as it had accomplished
what it struck for in May, 1891, it would be
useless to continue the strike longer.
"In May, 1891," aid Secretary Speed,
"our union went out on the refusal of the
bosses to pay us 4 50 a day. We then had
833 men. Now we have 500 men in good
standing, while 200 more are working in
other cities and are still members
of our association. All of our
men are now working, with the
exception of a few old fellows, who
cannot command the wages. We have come
out of the fight victorious. Every one of
our men is getting $4 50 a day. Some of
the exchange men are paying it This end
ing of the strike will relieve the material,
men and boss bricklayers in the exchange
from all obligations to that body. They
can now pay the standard price.
"The union is very thankful to the bosses
who stood bv us in the strike, pavincr us our
demands. To them we give great credit for
our victory.
"The ending of our difficulties will make
considerable diflerence in the building boom
ot the two cities. I know of a
number of structures that will be com
menced now by exchange men, who were
afraid to make the venture while affairs
were yet unsettled."
DESIEE A CONFERENCE.
A Scale Settlement Is Expected In the Mill
of Phillips, NImlok & Co.
The events at Homestead during the past
week have done a great deal toward pre
venting any material progress being .made
in a settlement between the Pittsburg man
ufacturers and the Amalgamated Associa
tion. It is probably due to this reason that
the officials of the Amalgamation have been
so non-committal during the past few days.
They will say nothing concerning the situa
tion at any ot the Carnegie Steel Company's
mills where there is trouble or any pros
pects of a difficulty.
It was announced yesterday that James
M. Bailey, 'of Phillips, Nimick & Co.'s
Southside mills, had notified the Wage
Committee of the Amalgamated Associa
tion that the firm desired a conference. Ac
cordingly two members of the Amalgamated
Association immediately waited upon Mr.
Bailey, but nothing "was accomplished.
Another discussion between the same gentle
men will be held tbis-morning at 10 o'clock,
when something definite toward a scale
settlement is expected.
TO C0NTK0L THE SYSTEM
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company Will
Have Their Own Electric P.ant.
It has been determined that the Penn
sylvania Bailroad Company will hereafter
control the eleetrio light system along the
tracks between this city and East Liberty.
The construction of a large plant on the
hillside near Union Station was begun, yes
terday, and a force of Vorkmen were set
at work excavating for the new building.
It will be constructed of brick, and its
site adjoins the roundhouse of the Pan
handle road. A halt dozen arc and incan
descent dynamos will furnish the power lor
all the lights used at Union station, in the
yards and along the tracks. The interven
ing stations will also be looked after, as will
the various signals and the Central Stock
Yards from this source.
SIXTY MILL MEN STRIKE.
Troub'e Pending in the Mills or Singer,
Nlmlck 8s Co. and Jones & Lnughllns
Some Workmen S'rlke and the Others
Aro Discharged.
Now that it is quite the fashion for lock
outs and strikes in the iron and steel mills
in this vicinity, the statement that there is
considerable trouble among the workmen in
the mills of Singer, Nimick & Co. and
Jones & Laughlins creates no surprise.
The former firm have been singularly free
from labor troubles, having had no serious
trouble with their workmen for 25 years
previous to 1887, when a strike was de
clared. At this time all of the old employes who
returned to work were obliged to sicn an
agreement not to join or belong to any labor
vf,iwtMiiuui wuiie iu me employ oi ine
firm. No organization has existed iu the
mill since July, 1887, and yet it is a singu
lar fact that during the past year the men
in Singer, Nimicfc & Ca's mill were in
some instances receiving higher wages than
for similar work in mills controlled by the
Amalgamated Association. This fact was
mainly instrumental in causing the present
trouble which, briefly summarized, means
that about 60 men in the melting depart
ment have struck. A few davs ago, in
order to level down the wages to
the Amalgamated scale, the firm asked
a reduction from the three chief melters.
These three men employ about CO assistants.
When offered a reduction by the firm the
melters in return said the men in their em
ploy should be reduced. The proposed
decrease in the men's wages amounts to 25
cents less per day than paid in other mills.
The men held a meeting and decided to
strike. The trouble is not between the
firm and the men but between the boss
melters and their men, and the melters take
the stand of the Carnegie Company and say
they will only deal with the men as indi
viduals.
The mills of Jones & Laughlins, on the
Southside, in which extensive repairs were
being made are now idle. Ever since the
shut down on July 1 a large force of men
were put to work in these mills fixing up
machinery and getting the plant in perfect
running order. Last evening an order was
circulated through the mill that all em
ployes should cease work. Even the
engineers and millwrights were discharged.
What move will be taken next is not
known.
TO BEM0VE THEIE PLANT,
Stockholders of the Alvan Glass Works
Dissatisfied (Vlth Their Location.
Stockholders of the Alvan Glass Works
at Salem, O., being unable to secure a
branch railroad to their works, are con
templating removing their factory to some
town where the citizens are more" liberal in
their ideas. A committee of stockholders
have conferred with the Board of Trade of
Delaware City.
They offer the company all the land
wanted free and exemption from taxes for
ten years.
PENN INCLINE WRECKED.
Fire Totally Destroys tho Plane Company's
Power Plant and the Big Dance Hall
A Month Before Cars Can Be Operated
Loss 835,000.
The Penn Incline dance hall as well as
the power building adjoihing, at the head of
the incline above Seventeenth street, Vere
totally destroyed by fire yesterday after
noon. Such headway had been gained by
the flames before they were discovered ihat
the whole structure was a" mass of fire when
the alarm w as sent in. The conspicuous
position of the building made it visible from
Thirty-third street to the Point and all over
Allegheny. A great bank of black clouds
in the sky to the southward formed a back
ground against which the flames, as they
leaped from the windows and curled about
the turreted roof, presented a beautiful
picture, which was admired by thousands.
Nothing but tottering walls remain of
this once popular resort, which has ot late
years been tne scene of so many gatherings
of promiscuous dancers.
The fire originated in the boiler house,
nnder the platform at the head of the in
cline, and swept across an open space inter
vening to the engine room under the dance
hallv When Superintendent Humphries
arrived the building was thoroughly ablaze
and a second alarm was sent in, but the
firemen were handicapped by an insufficient
water supply, and only four lines ot hose
could be used. Their p'rincipal efforts were
airectea to saving a row ot tenement houses
just above the building and to prevent the
burning of the incline car which was an
chored at the head of the plane. The de
struction of the incline buildings was as
sured. The tenements were occupied by poor
people, who removed their eflects when the
danger became apparent, but the firemen
by extraordinary effort managed to save
their homes. By playing streams on the
big freight and passenger car at the head of
the incline the hremen saved it from burn
ing loose from its mooring and dashing
down upon the assembled multitude away
below on Liberty street and the Pennsyl
vania Bailroad tracks.
The incline is owned by a company of
which Joshua Rhodes is" President The
dance hall was built as an attraction to
draw trade for the incline in 1883. It was
a handsome brick building of three stories.
AVhen first opened liqnor was sold there,
and the place was a favorite resort for the
better class ot Germans. It was patterned
after similar resorts in Cincinnati, and,
until the Brooks law deprived it of a li
cense, did a bie business. Since that time
it has retrograded, and lately a portion of
it has been rented for a dwelling.
xne damage to tne incline Company by
fire is estimated at ?35,000, fully insured.
It is not known how badly the machinery is
damaged, but the engineer says it must all
be replaced and it will require a month to
put the plane in operation again. The
house occupied by Michael McCabe. adjoin
ing the incline building, was damaged to
the extent of $400. The exact cause of the
fire has not been ascertained.
WORK AT SCHENLEY PE0GRESSIKO
Cnlyer, the Landscaplst of the Park, Well
Flensed.
Landscape work in Schenley Park will
be rapidly pushed in the fall, and before
the first fall of snow .the walks and drive
ways will be finished. Colonel John Y.
Culver, of New York, lamlscapist of the
park, drove over the grounds yesterday to
see now work was progressing.
He was seen at the Duquesue Hotel last
night and said he was well pleased, and the
plans that have previously been outlined
will be followed. "Schenley Park, when
completed, will be an artistic success," said
he, "from my standpoint, which is, of
course, in comparis6n with other parks, and
I have no hesitancy in declaring it a rarelv
beautiful spot even now. The workmen are
busily engaged upon the driveways and by
fall, when we will largely augment their
force, the park will be weli under way for
completion."
Extension of the A. O. V. TV.
fiapid is the work of extension in the
Grand Lodge of the A. O. tj. W. of West
ern Pennsylvania. The deputies of the
lodges located in Allegheny county held a
meetipg at the Central Hotel last night and
discussed the matter of extending the order.
Grand Master Workman Sheridan Gaston
presided at the meeting and read the re
ports of the committeemen.
ELECTRICITYATWORK.
The Postal Telegraph Company Loses
23 Wires by the Storm.
HOW THE WESTERN UNION FARED.
Highland Park Concert Attendants Caught
in the Bain.
WIIEKE "(HE MINOR DAMAGE WAS DOSE
The storm last evening left many re
minders in its course. The air was filled
with electricity, and telegraph and
telephone wires suffered greatly.
The Postal Company experienced the
greatest damage. The storm started
in the West and came due Eastward. Be
tween the "Exposition" city and Pittsburg,
the Postal Company lost 20 wires in less
than that many minutes. The damage was
done by lightning striking the poles and
burning out the wires. As they were
burned off tbey dropped down and twisted
around others, damaging them also.
After the storm reached Pittsburg and had
spent its force, it started Eastwasd. At 10
o'clock the lightning was doing business in
the mountains. By a few minutes after 10,
three wires of the Postal Company had
been broken between New York and this
city, and, as the storm traveled, fresh re
ports of its doings were reported all along
the line.
The Storm Works the Keys.
The Western Union Company'1 experi
ence was a peculiar one. It did not lose a
wire either East or West. Trouble was en
countered in transmitting messazes as the
air was so highly charged with electricity.
For a time it was impossible to distinguish
the clicks ot the instruments. This trouble
grew less later in the evening, but it did
not entirely pass away.
In the dynamo room of the Western
Union office festive lightning held high car
nival for a time. The dynamo man was busy
with his work in the room when the storm
came. Streaks of electricity were flying
through the air and playing over the ma
chinery at a gait just "a trifle too swift
The man started for the door, hardly
hoping to reach it alive. Although the
frisky stuff was dancing around his head
the whole way, he made his escape. A boy
who carried lunch to the operators was pass
ing th,e room at the time, and he narrowly
escaped. It is said he was so badly scared
that sandwiches and coffee were dropped in
a heap on the floor.
The Central District messenger rooms
were invaded. Nearly all the circuits
were burned out. They were speedily re
paired, and a half hour after the storm had
passed the boxes were in working order'
again.
The Telephone System Suffers.
The telephone lines suffered some, but
did not consist of anything more than the
burning out of wires.
During the heavy rain last night the elec
tric lights in the pntire upper end of the
Southside went out, leaving that portion of
the city in darkness for over an hour. The
sharp and almost continuous lightning af
fected the traction wires so that the cats
stopped running during the storm.
The pleasure of several thousand people
who, notwithstanding the threatening
clouds, assembled at Highland Park List
night to listen to the Cathedral Band con
cert, was cut short by the sudden storm.
The rush to get home was something
frightful. Everybody wanted to get there
first, and buggies? carriages, bicycles and
people came down Highlaud avenne like a
flood. The Dnquesne line could not accom
modate the rush, causing not a few to take
an unwelcome bath, as well as a walk. A
great many people were knocked down by
tne rusb. bnt none were injured.
A small panic was created in a Duqursne
Traction car at the corner of Oakland ave
nne andJForbes street during the storm by a
heavy bolt of lightning, which put out the
lights in the car. The ladies screamed, and J
were badly frightened, but it was all over
in a few seconds, and the car passed on to
ward 'own.
Word was sent to the Fourteenth ward
station that lightning had struck the East
End Lanndry.but it was a false alarm. AH
the incandescent lffhts were put out about
Oakland by the lightning.
A particular heavy thulMle-bolt at 9:15
struck the fire escape in t6e"J"ear of the
Hamilton building and damaged 'the wires
of the Allegheny Light Company"" in
.Diamond alley.
A Hostlrr In Trouble.
William Cook, stable boss for the Mohn
Bros. Electric Laundry, was arrested yes
terday on a warrant sworn ont before Alder
derman Burns by Fred Ewalt, a driver for
the same firm, charging him with assault
and battery. The men had a quarrel over
the stabling of a horse, and Ewalt alleges
that Cook struck him with his fist, knocking
him down. Cook gave bail for a hearing
to-day.
BIBER & EAST0N.
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All Silk Tissues, Grenadines, French
Organdies, Etc.,
AT LOW PRICES. .
Silk and Wool and All-Silk Gren
adines, in iron frame, Mexican mesh,
brocade figures, stripes, checks, etc.,
at reduced prices.
BLACK FRENCH SATINES,
In Solid Stripes,
AT 20c AND 25c.
WOOL GRENADINES,
44-inch widths,
In Plain Mesh at 60c.
In handsome Satin Stripes and
Checks,
75c, 90c, $1.
SILK AND WOOLTAMISE,
42-inch,' 85c, $1, $1.25 and up.
CRYSTALLETTE,
46-inch, in exquisite quality, pure
S Ik and Wool, English d'ye,
$1.75 AND $2.
FRENCH ORGANDIES,
Black and Fancies,
From 30c to 20c
From 37 c to 25c.
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ORIENTAL RUGS.
NEW DBPARTMH1T.
Heretofore people wanting special
sizes of Oriental Rugs had to send to
New York City for them. We have
just opened a. large line of these
goods'in all sizes and a dozen differ
ent makes. They are our own im
portation, and we will continue to
receive new patterns as fast as brought
out in the Orient. The prices range
from $& up.
CHINA MATTINGS.
Our Matting Department is brim
ful of the very latest weaves. We
have secured the services of a native
of the Celestial Empire, wko is sta
tioned fn our show window every
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