THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, JULY 17. 1893.
as a body they will decide not to return to
work. However, the thing most feared
by the leaders, although they refuse
to acknowledge it, is . that the
men may be 'approached individually.
If the men are thus tempted, the prevail
ine opinion is that many will fall. The
agents of the company now in Home
stead assert that over 2,000 men will report
lor work on Monday morning, while, on the
other hand, the strikers insist that not a
man in Homestead borough will respond to
the company's call lor men.
Despite the fact that it was Saturday
night, the market night lor a majority of
the citizens of the borough, Homestead was
very quiet last night Many people were
on the streets, but the presence of the sol
diers on every corner prevented anything
approaching disorder. The saloons did a
rushing business all day, hut not a single
case of intoxication was "reported to either
tne military or civic authorities. Every
body is anxiously awaiting the advent of
the morrow.
WILL BE UNION NO MORE.
Tills Is TYkat Manager Dillon Says Abonl
the Lawreaccvillo and Beaver Falls
Mills Yesterday TYas Pay Day What
tlin Pre Committee Says.
"Xot an employe of either the upper or
lower or the Beaver Falls will ever work in
them again under a scale of the Amalgam
ated Association." These were the words
of General Superintendent Dillon
jestcrday afternoon to a Dispatch
reporter. Continuing, he said:
' The mills will be started iust as soon as
possible. Already some of the men who
are sti iking have signified their willingness
to return to work. A large number of men
outside the association are now at work.
Everything has been quiet through
out the day. This morning all the
strikers were paid in lulL AVe
are now through with them until they are
ready to return into our employ as indi
viduals and then only certain of them will
be received."
I'ay Day Caused So Trouble.
The paying off of the men did not cause
any excitement It was thought bv some it
would. The men came quietly to the
oaice,- received their money and went
awav. The only other movement made
yesterdav was a "meeting by the strikers.
They met to perfect their organization and
prepare to carry on a prolonged strike. A
press committee was appointed. One of its
members was seen after the meeting, but he
would not give out much about the meeting.
He said:
"Aside from the fact that we have made
a perfect organization I can tell you noth
ing of the meeting. Our condition has not
changed in the least since yesterday. It has
been said that a number of the strikers
were going back to work, but as far as I can
learn not a man has given such a promise to
the company. The men are satisfied that
the position they have taken is right
The Strike TTas Inevitable.
"If we had not struck to aid the Home
stead workers, we would have had to
quit work through principle. Union men
cannot conscientiously work for a company
winch is engaged in trying to break up
their organization.
The several hundred laborers and other
employes outside the Amalgamated Asso
ciation working in the mills now will have
to come out in a few days. Their work de
pends on ours. Xow they are doing odd
jobs and finishing up what contracts we had
left undone.
"Every man has been very careful of his
actions so far and nothing of a damaging
character to our strike has been caused by
the men. All that I am afraid of
is that the men will start
to drinking. So far they have
kept sober, but if a number of them should
lwconie influenced by liquor trouble might
follow. Any attempt ot the compsny to
run non-union men into mills will be "bit
terly fousht We will keep within all law
ful bounds at all events. The company can
not get enough men fill our places ven if
they could get them into the yor'
Will ot Cornmnnicat"
We have had no furf uication
with 'h- Cr-L of ti .egic feteel
v" any since last Tuesaay. "We d not
end sendinc any more committees to see
..m. The intention .now is to stay out of
the company's works until it is lorced to
confer with the Amalgamated men of Home
si cad."
A number of workmen were huty yester
day erecting a fence around the Vorks.
Tne barricade is about 12 feet high and will
have several strands of barb wire on the top.
At Pcnn and Thirty-third streets this
is;n has for years greeted the eye of the
traveler: "Upper Union mills, Carneeie,
l'hipps & Co." Yesterday it was taken
down. This is another significant proof
that the company is ready to keep its prom
ise. RESOURCES OF THE WORKMEN.
One or the Advisory Committee Says They
Can Stand tlio Lockout ns tons: as the
Carneeie Steel Company, and Gives the
rijures.
Mr. Shannon, one of the members of the
Homestead Advisory Committee, said yes
terday: ".Neither the posters nor the
notices sent to the old men will have any
effect whatever. I regard the whole thing
as a confession of weakness on the part of
the Carnegie Company, and so do 90 out of
100 men in our ranks. Our men will go
back readily, as soon as we are satisfied as
to the scale of wages to be paid. Until
then we will not go back. We know that
the mills cannot be" started for
effective work without the men who are idle
la Homestead, and they nill not go back
until the Amalgamated Association of Iron
and fcteel Workers tells us that we can
properly resume our labor. JCo violence is
threatened, xne Carnegie nuns might to
iler Invite the best workmen in the world
outside our ranks, and they could not make
nickel steel armor plate that the United
btates inspectors would pass. Our people
know how to mate it, and nobody
else does. The Amalgamated Association,
you must understand, has money enouch
to take care, not only of its own members,
but of all of those who are affected by any
strike or lockout in which we are concerned.
It is this fact that has made us provide for
the laborers who are not members ot our
association. We want no help from any
body. The money sent to us by our brothers
throughout the country is, of course, ac
cepted, but we do not touch a penny of it
ourselves. We turn it over to the support
of the men outside of our association who
have been working here, and who are now
idle."
"How long can you keep up the fight on
these lines?"
"Five years," Mr. Shannon answered.
"Look at "the figures. Tne idle mills are
costing the Carnegie Company 50,000 a
dav. The militia is costing the State about
f 24,000 a -lay, a total of 574,000 a day. Say
that the support ot each one of the 3,800
norkingmen amounts to 52 a day; there is
57,000 a day the lockouts costs us. Well,
we believe that we can pay 51 as often as
the Carnegie Company pays J10 for just as
long a time as they care to go into the
struggle."
Mr. Shannon is one of the most conserva
tive of the strike leaders, and is a man who
holds considerable property in Homestead.
One of the curious features about the pres
ent strike is that most of. the prominent
men in it are saving, thriftyAmericans,
who have comfortable balances in bank and
who are concerned as to the price of real es
tate and railway securities. One of the
locked-out men yesterday invested 522,000
in a syndicate lending money on mortgage
to Kansas larmers, and there are half a
dozen other leaders who could do the same
thing if they had an equal belief in the
profits to be derived from the investment
MAKING THE AEMOE PLATES.
Basic Lodge at Homestead Worked Oat the
"ickel Problem.
Mr. McLuckie, the Burgess of Home
stead, tells a curious story about the man
ner in which the first armor .plates were
made.
"When the work came to the mills, a lot
SNAP
of experts both from the government and
the Carnegie Company were turned in upon
us to show us how the nickel steel should
be made. The result was that fully ?100,000
worth of material was spoiled, so that it had
to be thrown into the river. "We tried and
tried under expert direction to produce
nickel steel armor plate, but we could not
do it At last some of the boys got together,
talked over the situation, considered the
difficulties, and finally asked the Carnegie
Company to withdraw their experts, and
let the men see what they could do by
themselves. It was done as we asked.
Everyone of the office force was sent away
from the furnaces, and Basic Lodge of the
Amalgamated Association turned out the
first completed nickel steel armor plate
that would stand inspection. The result
was that the Carnegie mills got a reputa
tion, which really belongs to Basic Lodge.
We made those "plates under tremendous
difficulties, and we made them after the
Government officials and the mill owners
were in despair."
IMPORTED LABOR'COMING.
The Steamship Switzerland, of the Bed
Star Ltnr. Said to Be on Her Way to
Philadelphia With a Larj;e Number of
European Iron "Workers.
A telegram from Philadelphia to Presi
dent Weihe, of the Amalgamated Associa
tion, yesterday afternoon announced that
the Red Star Line steamship Switzerland,
owned by Peter Wright& Son b, of Phila
delphia, and now due in an American port
from Europe, had on board a large number
of imported iron workers, whose intention
was to apply for positions in the Home
stead works.
In answer to the telegram, instructions
were telegraphed to Amalgamated men in
New York and Jersey City to keep a sharp
lookout for such a steamer, and if the re
port concerning the imported iron workers
was true to notify the national lodge ot
this city at once.
Late last evening a message was received
from New York stating that, although the
Switzerland was overdue, it had not passed
the breakwater, and it was thought very
possible that the vessel had gone on to
Philadelphia without stopping in New
York. Upon receiving this communication
one of the officials ot the Amalgamated
Association in t his city notified their men
in the "Quaker City" to watch for the
steamship and to report just as soon as it
passed Cape May and entered quarantine.
A Lecal Fight rromiscd.
The locked-out workmen at Homestead,
some of whom learned of the Switzerland
and its European passengers, are greatly
exercised over the report In case it proves
true the Amalgamated officials are search
ing for some means to prevent the strangers
from landing. They claim that if the men
are allowed to land in this country it will
be in direct contravention of the "imported
labor law," and the Amalgamated Associa
tion intend to make a strong fight in the
matter.
While the officers of the association were
busily engaged in discussing the message
from Philadelphia, one of their men en
tered the office and said he had learned that
a detective from Kansas City was in Pitts
burg and had asked to be directed to the
office of the Carnegie Steel Company. Here,
it is said, he offered his services to the com
pany and claimed he could supply them
with all the private detectives they needed.
Upon hearinc this, men were dispatched to
the different hotels in the city to see what
could be learned of the strange" detective.
round More Than They Looked For.
In two hours' time the messengers re
turned and handed in their reports. Each
one had a different name and address for
the suspected man, and they now begin
to think that the city is full of strange de
tectives. During the evening of yesterday a num
ber of communications expressing sympa
thy for the locked-out Homestead work
men from labor organizations all over
the country were received at the
Amalgamated Association headquarters. J
-Lney were Irom the lollowmg assemblies:
United Boot and Shoe Workers' Association,
Philadelphia; International Association of
Machinists, Pittsburg; District Xo. 6
United Mine Workers, North Lawrence
ville, O.; Union No. 72 Brotherhood of
Painters and Decorators, Pittsburg; United
Labor League, Wilmington, Del.; Central
Labor Union, Zanesville, O.; Lodge
No. 3 A. A. of I. and S. W., Chicago;
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, Pittsburg; Mutual Lodge No. 12,
A. A. of I. and S. W., Joliet, 111., and the
International Machinists' Union, New
York. Letters from individuals follow:
James H. Wood, Detroit; William Griffiths,
Cincinnati, and Stephen S. Brown, Hesh
buru, Pa.
BATTERY B'S HIQHT ALAEK.
The Boys nave Considerable Trouble Get
ting Into Wet Boots.
Night before last Battery B was startled
by two shots coming from the guards. Every
man was out of his bed in an instant dress
ing and getting ready for action. Examina
tion revealed the fact that the furious wind
had blown the flies of the stable tent down
on the horses. The horses did not like this
sort of thing, and made a kick not to head
quarters, but vigorous enough to bring the
entire battery out N
One of the great difficulties they experi
enced in getting dressed rapidly was the
putting on of their boots, which had been
soaked thoroughly by the rain. Lieutenant
Brown advised the boys hereafter to follow
the old German custom, when their boots
got wet, of filling them with oats. The oats
thoroughly absorb all the moisture, and
thereby pre rent a great deal of vexation.
SHOTS TAKEN AT
WON'T SELt NOR RENT.
Property Owners Complain of the
Fifth Avenue Market House.
IT IS NOT YIELDING ANY PROFIT.
Mayor Gonrley Fays the Property Should
Be Used or Else Sold.
THE ARMORY SCHEME DEAD LONG AGO
Property holders in the neighborhood of
the Fifth Avenue Market House are in a
state of indignation over the refusal of
Chief Bigelow to make some use of that
building. More than a dozen business men
have offered to rent the building and pay a
good price for it If given a two or three
year's contract, but in each case have met
with a point blank refusal from
Chief Bigelow in whose charge the property
is. Offers to buy have also been made, and,
it is said, good stiff figures' were proposed,
but the Chief only shook his head, and
without offering any reason for his inertness
in the matter, met the offers to buy as he
had the propositions to rent
In the meantime this valuable property
lies idle. Its only tenants are two church
congregations, who pay very little rent, and
Battery B, which pays none. The Public
Works Department is spending $1,500 a
year of the city's ioney and the Public
Safety Department at least ?1,00 a year for
the rental of other property when they
could more conveniently be using
the market house and saving the city
$2,900 a year, besides the taxes on the prop
erty they now use. This is what angers the
people out Fifth avenue. They regard
Chief Bigelow as "the dog in the manger,"
who will neither save this money himself
nor allow anyone else to do it
Military Organization Without Funds.
When the proposition to give the mili
tary companies of the city a 50-year lease
on the property wae defeated by the prompt
action of the citizens out that way a few
months ago, there was much complaint
among the soldiers. Since then it has
been developed that even if granted
the lease the militiamen were in no position
to take advantage of it An unexpected
apathy to the armory scheme among the
business men of the city prevented them
from subscribing as liberally as had been
anticipated, and instead of securing 560,000
they were unable to get pledges for more"
than half that amount Under the lease that
was prepared they could not get possession
of the property, even if Councils granted it
to them, until they had 550,000 assured, to
be expended on the building. It was
claimed that Councils would have granted
the lease in spite of the popular opposition
to it, had the militiamen and their friends
insisted', but the fact that the lease was
smothered in the Finance Committee is
considered the best evidence that it was
not greatly desired by anybody in view of
the public clamor against it
Chier Bigelow himself never professed
much friendship for the armory idea.
When the 'discussion of the subject was at
its fiercest he in an interview said that if
Councils relused to give up the propertv
for an armory be would fix it up for a pub
lic meeting hall at once. But he didn't
The market house is still the same dreary
old waste of space and bricks that it has
been for the past lour yean, and at
present there seems to be no prospect of its
ever being anything else.
Bicelow Very Inalflernnt.
When Chief Bigelow was asked about the
matter yesterday, he only sighed and re
marked on the condition of the weather.
Asked if he had any plans in view for the
use or disposal of the property, he said: "I
think I will start for Europe early in
August I may think of some good way of
using that building before I return, about
September 1. I have had some people to
see me about renting it for a riding school.
That is the popular craze now all over the
country,and the market house wouldmake an
excellent place for it, but those wanting it
are not responsible enough, and I have paid
no attention to their request If good, re
sponsible men wanted it for that purpose I
would probably give the offer some consider
ation. "Why not rent portions of it to hucksters
and market gardeners?" was asked.
"Simply because there would not be
enough ot them to justify it The location
is not suitable for a market, never was and
never will be. a The selection of that place
and the erection of that building was there
suit of an old-time political fight, and it was
a costlv fight for the city."
"Well, why not sell the property if it is
of no use to the city?"
"I can't sell it without Councils direct,"
answered the Chief, as he walked away and
ended the interview.
The Mayor Favor a Sale.
Mayor Gourley has all along contended
that the city should eithersell the property,
so that it would vield something in the way
of taxes, or occupy it and save money now
spent in rents. "I think it is
an Imposition oh the - taxpay-J
HOMESTEAD YESTERDAY.
ers," said the Mayor last night,
"to allow such valuable propertv to lie idle,
and an eyesore to the community when it
could be so advantageously used. Mr.
Bigelow is now paying a considerable sum,
probably 51,500 a year for the use of prop
erty for storage purposes a few blocks away
from it Chief Brown is paying 51,400 a year
forthe use of ex-Mayor McCallin's stable on
Wylie avenue as a stable and storehouse.
The Fifth avenue market building would
accommodate both, and there would still be
plenty ot space left which could be utilized
for a police or fire engine house. Mr.
Brown could easily sell the engine house
property, a short distance from the market
house, and move the department further out,
or he oould dispose of the Eleventh ward
station house and move that branch of the
service to the old market. But probably
the best way to dispose of the matter woulii
be to sell the property. It would bring a
good figure if properly bandied, and 1 have
no doubt would be quickly built up with
good business houses from which a good
and increasing revenue would be derived in
taxes. Certainly somebody is showing a
woful disregard of the public interests by
not doing something with that property."
FLASHES OP LIGHT
Eeep the 'Commanders of the Different
Regiments at Homestend Acquainted
With the Situation Throujhnut the
Camp Introduction ot the Heliograph
Slcnal System.
Headquarters received a heliograph yes
terday morning, -and will hereafter use it in
signaling when it is possible, in preference J
to tne wmte nag wnicn Has been in use
since camp began. The instrument is quite
simple in construction, there being two
tripods, one having a i- inch square
mirror moved by a double tangent and ad
justing screw sight for placing
tne instrument in position, so tnat the
rays of light from the mirror will reach the
station to which the signal is being sent,
and the other holding a screen working on
a hinge for breaking the ravs of light into
flashes a long one being a dash, a short one
a dot the Morse telegraph system being
used. Nearly all the official business of the
day was transmitted in this way to the
Provisional Brigade Headquarters across
the river.
TheUnited States Government has done
some great work with this instrument
Last year Colonel Yolkmar, U. S. A., suc
ceeded in operating a line through Arizona
and New Mexico, - 2,200 miles in length,
having the stations on the various mountain
peaks. It was on this line that by accident
several messages were sent from two sta
tions 123 miles apart The signal officers
were looking with a glass for the flash
from the station nearest it when from
a far-off mountain peak they caught a flash.
They sighted their instrument to this point
and succeeded in getting three or four mes
saces through, although the distance was
125 miles, when clouds of alkali dust began
to rise and shut off their view.
Great care has to be taken in the selection
of the mirror used the test being a true
definition of the sun at 30 paces. A de
fective mirror will give a distorted reflec
tion a perfect mirror a perfect circular
image. The instrument at Homestead has
a much smaller mirror than those used in
the army out West yet it has sent mes
sages to stations GO miles away. The ad
vantage of the heliograph over the flag in
signaling is in the great amount ot time
saved. Twice as much work can be done
by the former.
BUBNINQ GAS IN CAMP.
Soldier Boys Have a Better Supply Than
Plttsbnrc Householders.
Should any fence rails or other unat
tached lumber be missing in the vicinity of
Homestead Battery B's boys can surely
prove an alibi, for they burn no wood.
When they took their position on the hill
top they obtained permission from Man
ager Potter to tap the Carnegie's pri
vate gas main in the r.ivine and pipe it up
to the camp to be used in the stove. Thev
had quite a time tapping the, mam, as
G5 pounds pressure was a little 'more than
they had been accustomed to cope with and
several new men were laid out before they
succeeded in making the connection. How
ever, the gas is now blazing brilliantly in
the commissary department, toasting titbits
for the boys. This most unusual conve
nience in camp ljfe obviates the necessity
of that arduous duty of splitting wood and
furthermore precludes the little pangs of
conscience that are certain to be experienced
by boys of such moral tendencies when
compelled to appropriate materials not
qheir own. -
AHOTHEB BATCH OP BES0LDTI0NS.
Carnegie' Company and Its Methods De
nounced by the Iron Moldorg.
At the regular meeting of the Iron
Molders' Union No. 14 last night, a set of
resolutions on the Homestead trouble were
adopted.
The resolutions denounce the Carnegie
Association for arbitrary and uncalled-for
methods to reduce the wages of their em
ployes. H. C. Frick was denounced for im
porting armed and irresponsible men who
endangered the peace of the community,
and said that he should be held responsible
for all loss of life. '
To the strikers the union extended their
moral as well as their financial support.
They also asked Councils to return to
Andrew Carnegie the. money donated for
a free library and asked all working people
to shun the Carnegie Library and Hall in
Allegheny. They also demand legislation
for the doing away of the Plnkerton sti tern,
MORE WOOL PULLING-
The District Attorney and the Con
troller in a Legal Scrap.
BURLEIGH WANTS HIS FULL PAT,
But llr. Grier Fays He Is Now Entitled to
Only $4,000 a Tear.
SIMPLY GOING ON THE PRESENT LAW
District Attorney Clarence Burleigh and
County Controller Grier are In another
fight The District Attorney demands his
salary under the act of 1891 and the Con
troller says he will only pay him under the
act of 1871. Mr. Burleigh says he is not
fighting for the $6,000, but the Controller
says he has written evidence that the in
crease in salary is the only cause of the
trouble.
Yesterday Mr. Burleigh went before
Judge Ewing and presented a netilion for
a writ of alternative mandamus on County
Controller Grier. In his petition he states
that since his election as District Attorney
he has collected and turned into the County
Treasury, according to law, fees of office
amounting to $9,337. This should be cred
ited to his office for the purpose of paying
the salaries of himself and his clerks and
deputy. The total amo'unt of these
salaries for the year to date would
be $5,200, leaving a balance of $4,137
in the' hands of the Treasurer. The Con
troller, however, it is stated, refuses to issue
a warrant for the salary, of the petitioner for
the months of May and June. He also re
fuses to credit as fees of the District Attor
ney's office the proceeds of forfeited recog
nizances, and will only credit it with two
thirds of the other fees earned.
Not nongh to Ban the Office.
This amount, it is stated, is utterly insuf
ficient to meet the expenses of the office,
and can only result in rendering it a pro
fessional and financial impossibility to
transact the responsible and important busi
ness of the criminal courts of the county.
The Controller, he asserts, is derelict in
his duty in acting in the manner he has.
In conclusion-he asked for a mandamus to
compel the Controller to issue him a war
rant for his salary for the months of May
and June at the rate of $6,000 per year to
which he believes he is entitled, and to
credit his office with the proceeds of all
forfeited recognizances as fees, and to credit
it with the full amount of fees collected
instead of but two-thirds. The Court fixed
Wednesday tor a hearing.
The proceedings are the result of differ
ences that have been brewing for some time
between the Controller and the District At
torney's office, in which the question of how
much salary the District Attorney is en
titled to plays not the least part
Bis Salary Depends on the Fees.
Under the law the District Attorney is
credited with so much for every case he
tries. This is paid into the county treas
ury, and before he or his clerks ordeputy
get any salary the fees must equal them. If
there is a deficiency the District Attorney
gets no salary. -If there is a surplus the
balance goes to the county. In 1881 the
fees of the office having become inadequate
to pay the expenses, the Legislature passei
an act crediting to the District Attorney's
office as fees the proceeds from all forfeited
recognizances. This was to enable him to
meet expenses.
Recently, however, Controller Grier has
taken the position that the District Attor
ney's office should only be credited with
two-thirds of the fees earned. The other
third, he holds, must go to pay the expenses
of Assistant District Attorney Haymaker
and his clerks, something which had never
beeu done before. To further shorten the
credit account of District Attorney Bur-
leign ne contends tnat under the rulings by
the Supreme Court in the case of Bell vs.
Allegheny county, the District Attorney
shall not be allowed as fees the proceeds
from forfeited recognizances. As a result
the fees will not becin td pay the necessary
expenses of the office.
Says Be Isn't After the Money.
District Attorney Burleigh, in speaking
of the matter, said: "If it were merely a
question of my receiving $6,000 or $4,000
salary I should say nothing, but by the Con
trollerVpeculiar construction ot" the law
and his peculiar method of bookkeeping, I
am not only allowed but $4,000, but more
than 60 per cent of the fees of my office are
taken away from me and I am not per
mitted to get that much, lam put in the
position of either having to discharge my
clerks and do all the wbrk myself, an utter
impossibility, or keep my clerks and work
for nothing myself. Under the Con
troller's ruling I cannot collect suffi
cient fees to run my office. The entire
bench have expressed regret that I am not
allowed more clerks than I now have. The
judges sitting in the Criminal Court know
the amount ot work done and appreciate it
I am satisfied that the bench, the bar and
the public do not wish the present state of
affairs to exist and that they do not want
tne present efficiency of the Criminal Court
destroyed. I am not grabbing after big
salary, but I do not think the people of
Allegheny county want me to give my
services for three years gratuitously."
Backing Against the Supreme Court.
Controller Grier said last night that he
was acting under the decision of the Su-
preme Court of May 23 in the case of Bell
versus Allegheny county. The burden of
this decision was that general acts for the
State do not repeal special acts unless
specially mentioned in the repealing clause
of the general acts. The Controller further
declares District Attorney Burleigh in de
manding his salary under the act ot 1891
is setting up his opinion in defiance of the
Supreme Court He said: .i'l paid Mr.
Burleigh's salary for May. Oa the 23d I
got the Supreme Court decision and have
been acting on it ever since. This compels
the Allegheny connty officials who are
paid salaries in fees to be
paid under the act of 1871. It
is a special act or Allephenv conntv and
fixes the salary of .the District Attorney at
$4,000 per year. The way these fees "are
collected is provided for in the act of 1867,
which accounts for the strange way in which
I keep my books. This is the law:
Grin's Bookkeeping Explained.
Section 4 The fees of the Assistant Dis
trict Attorney for said county shall be taxed
and allowed out of the fees as now allowed
by law to the District Attorney of said
county; two-thirds of all said fees, costs and
allowances in each and every case, action
and proceeding whatsoever, to be taxed for
the use ot the District Attorney, and the re
maining one-third thereof to be taxed, al
lowed and collected for the- separate uo and
benefit of said Assistant District Attorney.
"I am simply following the law. Since
the decision of the Supreme Court I have
not paid any salaries except to Prothono
tary Bradley and myself. We are both
drawing our salaries under the act of 1871.
The general act of the State passed in 1870,
just after the Constitutional Convention, is
almost exactly the same.
"The opinion of Judge White, which was
also concurred in by Judge Ewing in the
Goehring case of January term,1892, throws
dditional light It is as follows:
The salary of the relator (Deputy As
sistant Goehring) as deputv is not a general
charge upon the county. It is to bo paid ont
of the fees of the office. If there should be
any deficiency ft must rail upon the District
Attorney, and as this appoinrmontls made
at his request with full knowledge of the
law he cannot complain and does not.
With assistance of a regular deputy the
business of the office can be expedited and
better transacted, which will, in all proba
bility, increase the -fees collected, and
especially may increase the amount realized
flora forfeited recognizance, so that in the
end theie will be no loss to the connty.
following the Letter of the Law.
"In taking the stand I have I am simply
following the law, and I believe X will be
sustained. Thers is no use of Mr. Burleigh
denying it is for the $6,000 salary lie is
making the fight One of the Judges of
Common Pleas No. 2 told me he had been
called into a conference on the matter of
paying the District Attorney the full
salary under the act of 1891. Besides thnt
my attorney, Mr. Pitzsimmons, has a letter
from Mr. Burleigh in black and white in
which he offers to give bond to the Con
troller and his bondsmen to indemnify me
if I pay him his salary of $6,000 a year. Of
course I cannot do this with one and not
with all, so I will simply follow the letter
of the law as I find it"
EHGINES FOB COLOMBIA.
Colonel Tillar Says Reciprocity Is Popular
in Sonth Amrric-i.
Colonel Pedro Villar, Chief Engineer of
the United States of Colombia, registered
at the Seventh Avenue Hotel yesterday.
The Colonel was here about six months ago,
when he ordered several locomotives
from the H. K. Porter Company.
The engines are now finished and
he came back to inspect them
and arrange for their shipment They will
be used on the Sabana road running into
the mountains. While in this country the
Colonel ordered a lot of Winchesters and
smokeless powder for his Government He
is in sympathy with the Venezuela insur
gents, and says they are sure to triumph.
When here before the Colonel was inter
viewed at length in The Dispatch. He
said the reciprocity treaty was well re
ceived in South America, and will be a
great source of profit to the United States.
A SICE PASSEHGEB AGENT.
Charles Traver, of the Chicago and North
western, Ijaid Up With Bheamatlsm.
Charles Traver, traveling passenger agent
of the Chicago and Northwestern road, is a
very sick man. He has been confined to
his bed for the last ten weeks with rheuma
tism. A few days ago his physician, Dr.
Davis, called into consultation Dr. Joseph
N. Dickson and Dr. Herron. His brother
in Chicago has been telegraphed for, but
his friends hope for the best H. A. Grose,
the general eastern agent of the road, called
yesterday to see him. Mr. Grose believes
that his local representative will recover,
but it will take some time.
DO XOD EAT?
To Consumers In Ail Towns TVltbln 200
Miles of Flttsbnrg.
Until further notice, I will prepay freight
on all orders ot $5 and upward, not including
sugar or meat, but 50 cents worth of sugar
and one piece of meat may be added after
wards, and with all orders of $5 and upward
we will give 12 pounds of granulated sugar
for SO cents or 13 pounds standard Asuar
for 50 cents. But this proportion does not
hold good for amounts of sugar over 50
cents.
I will give with all regular orders of $5 and
upward
15 sacks best table salt $ 23
1 bottle Van's Charm Root Beer 9
8 lbs Large Lump btarch 25
1 Sack of Good Flour. 1 15
lib of Good Tea 20
6 boxes Lve, Concentrated 25
8 lbs Whole Coffee 50
3 lbs Koasted Coffee (flush ground).... 50
25 dsis family Soap 50
15 bars Soap (5 cents size) 50
7 lbs Currants 35
6-foot Stepladdcr. complete 93
1 Clothes Horse (4 wings, 6 feet) 85
21b can best Baking Powder in. the
United States for. 20
lib cut nine smoking Tobacco 23
lbox Mold Tobies 69
S bottles Van's charming Root Beer. 25
6IbiFlako Tapioca 25
25 boxes Standard bag blue 25
Weigh your goods family Scales 1 95
Send for now price list.
Jas. J. Weldou,
No. 201 Market street, corner Second avenue,
Pittsburg.
Lawrpncevllle, BloomOeld and Sharpsnurff.
Residents of the above places should read
the prices we quote on this page to-day. Our
clearance and remnant sale of dry goods
and carpets for the summer bogins to-morrow,
continues all week. Our tip-town stores
are at 4033, 4100, 410? Butlerstreet. We want
yonr trade. We quote prices to get Ir. Read
our local, this page. J. H. Kcskel t& Bno.
Ihe Famous Tassenc;er Rlvrr Itonte,
Via the Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet
Line steamers, leaving Toot Wood street
daily, except Sundav. at 4 p. x. Fare to Cin
cinnati, $7. Round trip. $12, meals and berth
included: or down by boat and return bv
rail, $12 50. Return tickets good until used.
Descriptive folders mailed free to any ad
dress. James A. Hexpersoit, Superintendent.
Drygoods and Carpet Clearance Sale.
To effect a speedv cleaning up of summer
goods we announce a special sale beginning
to-morrow and continuing throughout the
week. Wo quote among tlio thousand bar
gains only a low:
2 cases 44 bleached 8c muslin 4?ie
3 cases ornlco 6c clmllies at flJic
50 pieces ot 22c brown 94 sheeting at... 12c
10 pieces of $1 25 black 46-inch ensh-
mcie at 790
20 pieces or COo Renfew turkey led
tabling ;. 39c
3 cases of best Lancaster to gingham at BJo
In addition to above quoted and tlio
thousand not quoted bargains we will put
on sale for one n eek only 25 pieces of 80c fine
new Drussels. J. H. Kuhxel 4 Bbo.,
1347-1349 Penn avenue, corner Fourteenth
street.
Thornton Bros.
To keep our store crowded this month wo
realize that extraordinary lnJucements
must be otlered. Wo begin in our curtain
department. 300 pairs of $fl chenille portieres
at $3 96 a pain see them on exhibition In
other stores at $6; 030 ohenllle table covers,
IX yards square, at 69 oents; 350 of the $3
quality elsewhere at $1 75 and $1 93; 200 dozen
towel fc 25x82 inches, knotted fringe, at 25
cents. The wonder of Allegheny.
STARVED TO SUICIDE. I
T. KirschnerWas Too Honorable to
Beg, and He Couldn't Get Work".
TOOK A DOSE OF ROUGH ON EATS.
The Dying- Man Re fused to (rive His Name,
But a Letter Explained
WHO HE WAS AND HOW HE MET DEATH
Officer Carmodie found an unknown man
a little before 8 o'clock last evening on the
Kobinson farm in tjhe Twenty-seventh ward.
He was very sick, but had not yet lost con
sciousness. 'When questioned he said he had
taken rough on rats with suicidal intent,
but would say nothing more. He was
removed to the Twenty-eighth ward station,
and the police physician summoned.
Everything was done to arrest the effects of
the poison, but all efforts proved futile,
and by 10:30 o'clock be was dead;
All that could be fonnd to indicate who
the man was and where he came from was a
box containing a few simple tools that may
have been used in mending furniture. In
the box was found a letter written in Ger
man. It had evidently been written in
a hurry, and parts of it could not be de
ciphered. Enough was made ont to show
that the man had contemplated suicide, and
said that his name was T. Kirsch
ner and that he lived in Temperanceville.
He further said that he could find no work,
and that his honor would notllotv him to
beg. The letter also indicated that he was
demented. He left nothing but the tools
found in the box, and directed that they
and his clothes be sold to pay his funeral
expenses, and he requested to be buried
where he was found.
An empty rough on ratB hot was found
near where he was laying. He had mixed
the contents with liquor, and, so he stated
when found, swallowed all at one time. He
had evidently been drinking and had gone
some time without food, as he was in an
emaciated condition.
Inquiry at Temperanceville failed to re
veal nis identity, and no one knew anything
about him. The police had begun an in
vestigation late last night, but nothing had
resulted from it early this morning. The
opinion seemed to prevail that he had prob
ably given a fictitious name, though
several were seen who had often
noticed him about the Southside,
but had never heard his name.
The man was apparently about B5 years
old, 5 feet 8 inches high, would weigh about
150 pounds and was poorly dressed. His
hair was almost white and he wore a beard.
His body was removed to the Southside
morgue and the Coroner notified.
Sleeping in Leaking Tents.
Sleeping in tents full of water does not
seem to be very enjoyable, and would likely
cause all sorts of grumbling from most
people. It did not seem to bother the boys
of the Fourteenth, however, for during the
whole night not a murmur or complaint was
heard; rather, they took it good humoredly,
for all night long such jocularity as "Did
you ever sleep in a bed?" was being ex
changed between the men, for they could
not sleep.
Torn From Her Head.
Cleopatra Nickels, aged 6, wound a lock
of her hair arouiyl the revolving rod of a
steam fan in the parlor of the Hotel Schlos
ser yesterday. Her screams attracted the
attention ot several servants, and the fan
was stopped, but not before a portion of
Cleopatra's scalp about three inches square
was torn from her head.
Dr. B. Jr. IIakna. Eye, ear, nose and
throat diseases exclusively. Office, 720 Penn
treet, Pittsburg, Pa. ssa
Bead! Bead! Bead!
Yard wide 8e bleached muslin 4Jfo
2V-vard wide 22c sheeting at lia
Fine 6c challles at... 3Jc
46-incn wide f l 23 black cashmere 79 o
60c best Renfrew turkey-red tabling... 39 o
Best 8c Lancaster gingham at... 6c
These are a few prices. A thousand others.
In addition thereto we will offer, but for
one week only, 25 pieces of the best patterns
of 80c fine brussel carpet tor 60c.
J. II. Kuskki. & Bno.,
1347-1319 Penn avenue, corner Fourteenth
street.
HUGUS&HACKE
Summer Sale Bar
gains in Housekeeping
Linens:
Huck and Damask
Towels, regular price
1 8c, selling now at
nyic each.
Knotted. Fringe
Towels,, large size, that
were 35c, now at 25c
each.
Old Bleach Huck
Towels, fine qualities,
reduced from 370,
50c and 65c to 25c,
3720 and 50c.
Odd Towels, Trays,
Scarfs and Doilies,
Dresser Sets, etc., at
about half regular
prices,.
All - Linen Hem
stitched Linen Sheets
from $4. 50 per pair up.
E X T R A-Have
just received 5 00 heavy
Smyrna Rugs and
Mats, which we offer
this week at special
ow prices.
Cor. Fifth 'Ave. and Market St.
Jyl7-itwmi
FINE STATIONERY,
-Wedding Invitations, Caning Cards, Etc.,
ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.
W. V. DERMITT & CO.,
407 Grant St. an 89 Sixth' a-r.
JyU-RMH
mcTF ADVEBTisEmnrrs.
MARS HELL, "
THE CASH GROCER,
WILL SAVE YOU MONEY.
Come to our stores and get
a drink of
WILD CHERRY AND PHOSPHATE,
It will cost you nothing. "We want
to introduce to you the most won
derful TONIC AND NERVE FOOD
Of the present age.
It is an extract of Wild Cherrf
combined with Phosphate. This ex
tract is put up in good-sized bottles.
We are selling it at
21c PER BOTTLE.
But we don't want to talk to yon
about selling it, now. We want you
to come to our stores and
Let Us Give You a Drink Free.
During all this week we will also
give away Free to everyone, at our
Allegheny Stores, a plate of
KAPP'S CONDENSED PEA SOUP.
This is quite a novelty in the way
of Soups. It is equal to any of the
canned soups, can be made as quick
ly as they can be warmed up, and is
sold for one-third the price.
This exhibit is in charge of a
thoroughly experienced young lady.
She is an adept in soups. With this
condensed soup as a basis she will
astonish ycu with the number and
variety of soups she can make.
If you have not been in the habit
of eating soups in warm weather,
come and.get a package of. this Con
densed Soup and try it.
You will find it refreshing and
appetizing, and an appetite is some
thing to be prized this hot weather.
If you cannot come to our Stores,
send for our large weekly price list
and order by mail.
If you live within 200 miles of
Pittsburg, we will deliver yonr goods
free of cost at your depot.
You can buy just as cheap as
though you lived within one square
of our stores.
MARSHELL,
24 and 25 Diamond Square,
PITTSBURG.
Corner Ohio and Sandusky Streets,
ALLEGHENY.
Jyi7
ORIENTAL RUGS.
NEW DEPARTMENT.
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, who is sta
tioned in our show window every
day, turning the samples for your in
spection. EDWARD
GROETZINGER,
627 AND 629
PENN AVE.
jyiorasa
BIBER & EAST0N.
PARASOLS. '
Can You Use Ons at a Low Price?
$3.00 Parasols for $1.50
$3.50 Parasols for $1.75
$4.00 Parasols for $2.00
$6.00 Parasols for $3.50
$9.00 Parasols for $5.00
INDIA
SILK BARGAINS.
Polka Dots, Scroll and Chintz,
Effects in excellent qualities Marked'
Down to 37 C.
All finest grades INDIA SILK
ONE-HALF PRICE.
BIBER & EAST0N,
MS JiSD 607 XABSBT ST.
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