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THE PITTSBUR& DISPATCH. FRIDAY, AUGUST IP, ' 1H92L
ONE FIRM PROTESTS
But Manufacturers Generally
Approve the Signing
of the Scale.
ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION
Is the Reason Given by One Concern
. - for Shutting Down.
BUSINESS MEN ABE GRATIFIED.
.Amalgamated Association Expects Other
Firms to Come In.
THE! WILL FIGURE ODT THE CIIAKGES
The agreement of the manufacturers' and
Amalgamated committeei on a scale was
received with universal satisfaction by the
business men of the city. Some of the
manufacturers expressed some little dis
satisfaction but only one firm has so far
made formal protest against it Several of
the most prominent iron and steel manu
facturers were seen by a Dispatch re
porter last night They expressed their be
lief that it was about the best arrangement
which could be expected under the circum
stances. The only firm so far that has made a for
mal protest against the scale is the Pitts
burg Forge and Iron Company. Secretary
F. E. Richardson, of this company, sent
word yesterday to Messrs. Oliver and Bailey
that his firm could not operate under the
scale agreed upor, and they would therefore
not sign it. Mr. Bichardson was seen by a
Dispatch reporter yesterday, and when
askd what prompted this action, said: "It
would be utterly impossible for us to work
under the scale as agreed upon. I had no
idea that such a scale would be signed, nor
did I know that the committee had power
to sign any concessions.
Discrimination Claimed.
"The redaction granted is so small to us
that it is hardly worth considering. What
we object to is the unjust discrimination
against Pittsburg. In the -East the manu
facturers get their boiling done from $3 25
to Si In iact, the latter price is the scale
offered by the Amalgamated Association to
manufacturers east of Altoona. When we
take exceptions to this fact we are met by
the reply that Pittsburg has better natural
resources in the way of iuel, eta Why
should not manufactures have the advan
tages of the natural facilities when they
locate and put the capital in this city?
'As I said before, the reduction is so
small that it is not worth considering. Take
the bar mill tor instance. Bar rolling by
the old scale was 70c per ton. It was re
duced to C3c; bar heating from 70c to
63c; bar catching from 43Jfo to
39c This would make the total reduc
tion per ton as per 'scale on the labor cost
just 18&a In the guide mill the base
price was formerly ?2 90 for rolling. This
was reduced to ?2 Gl, being a reduction of
29c per ton. In the scrapping furnace,
which does not amount to much with us,
the reduction amounted to 20c per ton.
The puddling price remains the same, and
in order to get the slight reduction in the
finishing we must run it through our pud
,djing deparment, where the scale is adirect
cAscrimiuation against Pittsburg manu
facturers." Stel TVI11 Replace Iron.
The puddlers have certainly burned
themselves, as far as they are concerned, in
not granting concessions on their scale. Of
course iron has to be used for a great many
purposes, but it will be found that the pro
duction of iron will materially decrease, in
asmuch as steel, which can be made cheaper,
will be run in wherever there is a chance.
The mills which wBl sign the scale will run
their puddlers half time, and those having
steel plants back of them will not run them
st all. Any mill which does not possess a
steel plant will be in as bad a condition, if
not worse, than before the agreement was
made.
John Jarrett, Secretary and Treasurer of
the Association of Iron and Steel Sheet
Manufacturers, when asked if he could tell
the number of men affected by the scale and
the amount of money which will be put in
circulation when the mills start, said:
"That is a big question, and I doubt if
there is a manufacturer or an Amalgamated
man in the city who can answer it correctly.
In fact I have not been paying much atten
tion to the general scale, as all my time is
taken up with looking after the sheet iron
and steel."
Jarrett Ron-Committal.
"You are in favor of arbitration, are you
not, Mr. Jarrett?"
"Well, I don't care to say anything about
that now, but at some future day I will give
you my views at length on the subject.
However, I am pleased to see that a settle
ment has been arrived at"
George McMurtry said: "Our interest in
the scale terminated last July when we
sicned for our mills. Any work I aui now
doing is of a philanthropic nature."
Joseph D. Weeks, in answer to a query
of the reporter as to how many men are
affected by the scale, said: "I am at work
upon that subject now and find it a very dif
ficult thing to get information upon. The
manufacturers have never divided their
men into the different departments, so it is
impossible at present to ascertain how
many men have been at work.
"In regard to the effect of the puddling
scale I think it will be very disastrous.
You can to-day buy steel billets for 51 25
less than muck iron, and the price of billets
is unusually high, now caused by so many '
of the mills being idle.
'Taking the market in its normal state
there would be an average difference of 52
per ton ia favor of steel. As a result of this
steel will be substituted in a great many
places where iron was used, and the puddlers
will soon find that they have not as much
work to do as they had. The puddlers are
cutting tneir own tnroats.
A Beanonable Settlement.
Henry W. Oliver when asked what he
thought of .the scale, said: "I thinfc it a
reasonable settlement Of course we did
not get what we wanted, but it was a great
deal better to make some concessions than
to have a long drawn out fight such as this
threatened to be. I don't think a puddler
gets any more than he should as compared
to other workmen, but I do think it a bad
policy for the Amalgamated Association to
discriminate against Pittsburg. The effect
of this upon tbe production of iron in this
city depends entirely upon the conditions
of the market If there is enough goinz to
11 up the Eastern markrts, then the over
flow willome to Pittsburg. Of course, the
highest priced man will have to bring up
the rear of the procession. If the puddlers
by their discrimination prohibit the enter
ing of Pittsburg iron into the market, the
results are something they will have to
answer for themselves."
That the iron masters and the Amalga
mated Association had made an amicable
adjustment of their differences was the talk
ol tb streets yesterday. Everyone had
some view or opinion to offer upon the all
absorbing topic. The manufacturers
exhibited no little conservatism
when questioned relative to their views,
however. All are making preparations to
operate their plants with as little delay as
possible. Before the end of next week
nearly every iron works in this immediate
vicinity will, it is said, be running fuH turn
to make up for the time lost in fruitless
conferences.
Outsiders Expected to Come In.
It is expected1 by the officials of the
Amalgamated Association now that the iron
troubles are settled that a number of the
concerns in outlying districts will sign the
new scale immediately. The Shenango and
Mahoning Valley manufacturers will ilkely
remain idle for a time. The majority of
steel masters throughout the country have
thus far refrained frpm committing them
selves in any way.
The Illinois Steel Companv, the Oliver
Iron and Steel Company an1 the Belleville
Steel Company are the only firms up until
last nieht that have signed' the steel scale
for the ensuing year. Among the
Shenapgo and Mahoning Valley men
there is also quite a number of representa
tive firms, All of these joined forces at
the beginning of the recent trouble and in
sisted upon a separate conference. The
Wage Committee of the Amalgamated As
sociation met them once or twice, but
owing to the enormous reduction demanded
in the scale no agreement was reached.
After the last meeting the Ohio manu
facturers disappeared from the city. Since
then they have remained quiet
Another Firm Siena,
The Akron Iron Company, represented in
the conference by Captain Baldwin, have
signed the iron scale, and the Brilliant
Iron Company, it is alleged, have affixed
their signature to the regular Amalgamated
fates. James IT. Xutt, the representative
of the Shenango Valley Manufacturers'
Association, was in Pittsburg yes
terday. He made arrangements with
the Amalgamated men to hold another
conference next Wednesday. No trouble is
anticipated in arranging the scale in the
Ohio district The manufacturers were opv
posed to the scale before the 10 per cent
reduction was accepted in this city. It is
thought the iron masters will be ready to
waive their demand for a reduction in pud
dling since the local manufacturers took the
initiative.
After the Youngstown manufacturers
have been disposed of there will be little
work for the Amalgamated Association to
perform. Their efforts will be confined to
reaching an agreement with the
steel manufacturers, prominent among
whom is the Carnegie Steel Company;
Limited. The latter company have formu
lated a new iron scale of their own. This
they have agreed to continue for 18 months.
On this account they are greatly affected by
the settlement of the Pittsburg iron manu
facturers. , Secretary tovrjoy Talks.
Secretary Lovejoy, in speaking of the
agreement entered into by the Amalgamated
Association and the local iron men, last
evening said: "This agreement both aids
and injures us at the Upper Union Mill.
Our scale is almost the same as.the one first
proposed by the Amalgamated Association.
This will hurt us to the extent that we will
have to par 10 per cent more in the finish
ing departments than the manufacturers
who sign the revised Amalgamated scale.
This may also injure us, because it means
work tor thousands of men who will pay
increased benefits to the strikers at our
Homestead and other mills.
"On this account it will postpone the
time when our old men will return to work.
On the other hand the agreement to a re
duction of 10 per cent should help us. I.
think the fact that we pay 10 per cent more
in the finishing departments more than
other manufacturers should attract to our
mills all men who are anxious to secure the
best wages."
Besides obtaining a settlement with the
valley manufacturers and the steel men the
Amalgamated Association are interested in
the settlement of the jobbing mills. The
jobbing mills form an important item in the
Amalgamated scale. For some reason,
however, the officials of the organization
agreed to allow the workmen directly con
cerned to settle that matter with their em
ployers. Already one conference has been
held without any result
A Conference Postponed.
Another conference was to have been
held on Tuesday last, but as it conflicted
with the plans of the Amalgamation it was
postponed. The jobbing mills are a part of
the regular sheet and mill scale. The latter
has been signed. Among all the sheet
mills, however, there are five that roll ten
gauge and heavier and 48 inches wide or
more. Therefore in the jobbing only the
five mills are represented. Yesterday rep
resentatives of the companies owning these
mills met in Secretary Jarrett's rooms to
arrange for another conference. It was de
cided, however, that no discussion would be
held this week unless something unforseen
transpired.
Before the close of the conference with
the Pittsburg manufacturers, Wednesday
evening, President Weihe and President
elect Garland, of the Amalgamated Associa
tion, were appointed on a committee with
D. B. Oliver and James Bailey to figure out
the changes made in the scale by the 10 per
cent reduction and arrange for the printing
of the new wage list when completed. Presi
dent Weibe said last night that this com
mittee would meet in a day or two.
Charles Zug raid: "I don't care to express
any views on the subject, for I think that
too much has been said already in the
papers. The action of the men in refusing
to reduce the price of puddling will un
doubtedly have a material effect on the pro
duction of iron in this city. We start up
Monday."
Concessions Should Have Been Blade
President Brown, of Brown & Co., in
corporated, said: "It was 111 advised in the
committee not to make a concession in the
puddling 6cale, as the discrimination
against Pittsburg will have a ruinous effect
upon the iion production of the city. As
far as the scale is concerned it is not what
wc wanted, but as the committees ap
pointed to settle the question decided m
we will have to abide by their decision."
A. E. W. Painter said: "Being one of I
the committee, of course I am satisfied with
the scale, or I should never have given my
sanction to it It is not what we wanted,
but it was the best way out of a difficulty
and we desired to get our men off
the streets and at work again. The
puddlers are certainlv driving tho nails
into their own coffins by refusing to
make a reduction in their scale. They are
doing themselves a great harm beside caus
ing others a great loss of money. Take our
plant lor instance. We have a forge of
b7 furnaces, which until recently has never
been out of operation except for holidays.
With the new scale we will find very little I
work which can be turned out profitably in
this department The puddlers will find
that there will not be so much work for
them as has been heretofore. The little
boom for puddlers occasioned by the great
demand tor pipe iron will be found
to be dying out Steel is even
creeping into use in this branch also.
We argued with the men on all
these points, but they could not be brought
to see it in the proper light, so we were
compelled to let them go as they wanted."
What B. F. Jones Thinks.
B. 3?. Jones in reply to a query of the re
porter, said: "Although we did not get
what we wanted still we thought it better
to compromise rather than hare a pro
tracted fight. The puddlers are making a
great mistake in the stand they are taking.
I don't thiuk'they are paid any more than
their services are worth, but by their dis
crimination against Pittsburg they cer
tainly are killing the goose that lays the
golden eggs. Puddlers have always been
the backbone of labor organization;
in fact, they were . the nucleus
of the formation of the iron workers.
It is a peculiar fact that puddlers' wages
have only increased 37 per cent above the
lonesl salary ever paid for puddling, while
the workmen in other branches have
doubled their wages. This is due to the an
tagonistic position they , assume. They
could have been making 'double their wages
also if they had permitted the mill owners
to put in the improvements and run the de
tails as they wished. Por instance, there is
no reason why a puddler could not make six
heats a day instead of five.or why they could
not turn out 650 pounds instead of COO, an
amount they only agreed to recently."
George Shepp'ard, Secretary and Treas
urer of the PittBburg Bank for Savings,
when asked what effect the signing of the
scale would have on business -generally,
said: "It" will have a very beneficial effect
upon business and, the money market We
have a large number of workingmen for our
depositors and it will stop the drain upon
their accounts. Money seems to be plenty
in all the banks, but we are pretty well
loaned up now. The iron firms are reducing
their liabilities with the money they are
getting in. Thev have no money lying
idle. We usually have a great deal of paper
which we discount for manufacturers, Dut
everything has been lifted now." ,
John Holmes, the banker, said: "We
hope it will stimulate trade, but hardly
think the effect will be felt for some
weeks."
Cashier Geo. F. Wright, of Iron City
National Bank, said: , "We are well loaned
up. If the iron men did come in now and
want paper discounted, we wonld have to
shut off the other people."
Cashier Herron, of Ft Pitt National
Bank, said: "The iron manufacturers are
using up all the money they collect in pay
ing off their liabilities. Money is very
plenty throughout the country and we are
receiving very little discounts for that rea
son. The firms doing business with the
manufacturers of the city discount their
paper at home and send cash. Money is
particularly plentiful in Westmoreland
county, where the recent large purchases of
coal lands has set a great deal of money in
circulation among the farmers who do not
know what to do with it
Henry M. Long, the broker, said: "To
day we have taken more orders than for any
day for two weeks. This is partly owing to
the settlement to-day. It would be a good
thing if Homestead matters were settled,
for then business would resume its normal
condition, which is very good at this time
of the vear. Money is very plentiful at the
banks."
GLAD THE TROUBLE IS OVER.
The Settlement of the Amalgamated Asso
ciation Scale Dlsensied From the Mann
fact are r' Standpoint Probable Result
of a Disagreement Taking Car of
Homestead.
Joseph D. Weeks discusses the Pittsburg
wages settlement in the editorial columns ot
the current number of the American Manu
fadurer. He says:
Tho wages difference It can hardly be
called a strike or lockout in the Pittsburg
iron milts lias been settled by tho signing of
a compromise scale alter some six weeks'
Idleness, and after some 16 fruitless confer
ences. The only unsettled labor
differences at Pittsburg, therefore, are those
at Homestead, tho sympathetic stilkes at
the Carnegie mills, and the troubles at cer
tain mills that ran non-union, though there
can hardly be said to be any unsettled ques
tions at the latter, as they are in operation
under ngi eemeuts of their own.
In agreeing to this reduction the Amalga
mated Association has shown its wisdom
and its appreciation of the situation. We
regret that it lias not shown equal wisdom
in connection with other difficulties. The
indications were that it had betoieitabitter
struggle bad it declined to make concessions,
and a struggle on different lines trom those
it has been called upon to meet heretofore.
In general strikes in Pittsburg the mills
r have usually remained Idle, no general at
tempt having oeen maue to run tnem non
union. I'robable Besnlt of a Disagreement
Bad the conference of August 10 ad
journed without a settlement it is probable
that conferences, for the present at least,
would have been ended and an attempt
made to run some of the mills non-union.
The results of the attempts that have been
made to run mills in the Pittsburg district
with non-union men have been such pro
nounced successes recently that there would
have been but little difficulty in starting up
several of the mills. With the exception of
puddling, the amount of skill required from
the '-skilled" woikmen is vastly less than it
was ten years ago, and consequently the
prospect of success in the effort to run mills
without Amalgamated labor vastly in
c roused
The controlling motive that led the Amal
gamated Association to consent to this re
duction ot 10 per cent Is probably not a be
lief in its fairness, but a conviction that at
last the manufacturer meant to flsrht. As
we have ao olten pointed out, the Amalga
mated Association's strength in past con
tests has been not so much in its own num
bers and wisdom as in the weakness or the
manufacturers. Tbe association has not be
lieved tor many Years that the manufactur
er were honest or in earnest in their claim
that they could not and would not continue
to pay the wages demanded. It must be
confessed that thev had ample reasons to
doubt their word. This time, however, they
have at last come to the conclusion that the
manufacturers moant to have a reduction.
Must Taka Care of Homestead.
Even then the question if they would
have conceded the 10 per cent reduction
without a much longer contest had it not
been for tho Durden of the Homestead and
the sympathetic strikes. Under the rules of
the association these men must begin to re
ceive benefits in September, and there was
no way to pay them unless tho men went to
work. Homestead must be supported by
the Amalgamated Association, as it Is evi
dent that the company will win and that
many of the old men will not have their-old
places. It was the height of wisdom there
lore to end the difficulty at the iron mills.
The trouble has elided just as we have all
along believed it would, and as we believe
it could havo been ended weeks ago. Had
the manufacturers not suggested a reduc
tion on puddling our information was that"
a 10 per cent concession on nnlsulng wonld
havo been made weeks ago possibly without
any stoppage at all. The demand for the
reduction in puddling, whatever might havo
been the reason for it, and there were
cogent one, was a tactical mistake. It
would not have been granted under any cir
cumstances and should not have been made.
Hut whatever mav have been the mistakes
made, and whatever may have been the rea
sons lor the settlement, it is a source of con
gratulation that the trouble is over.
LAWEEHCEVILLE MEH PLEASED.
They Are Gratified That tli9 Iron Scale Has
Been Arranged.
Workmen at Lawrenceville are very well
pleased at the result of the general confer
ence decided on Wednesday evening. It
will aid them in effecting a settlement,
they think. During the morning the men
held a secret session at their headquarters
Dut what business was transacted was not
made public
The Press Committee report that they
succeeded in getting two furnace tenders,
a catcher on the 20-inch mill, one roller on
the 18-inch mill and ten mechanics to leave
the Upper Union Mill yesterday.
xue roller is irom .rmiaaeiphia and is a
thorough, practical man. lie gives the
name of Charles Jeffries. He savs: "I
was induced to leave my position in thePen
coyd Iron Works by Florence Sullivan, one
ofthe agents of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany. When I asked Sullivan if every
thing was all right in Pittsburg, meaning
whether the mill was union, he answered
'Yes.' When I reached here I found it was
not and waited my chance to leave. I am
going back home."
THE FIRST TO BEGOT.
Tiro Furnaces Heaud and Others Getting
Beady for Work.
Two glass houses of the Southside were
lighted up yesterday and the first heat run
off at midnight last night Many of the
glassworkers returned from camp yester
day and prepared lor work i mmediately.
The two works started are the Hogan
Evans & Co. 's, on Twenty-second street,
and the Thomas "Evans & "Co. 's, on Eigh
teenth atreet Each plant only makes lamp
chimneys, and has been "idle for six
weeks. Preparations are being made to
start up all the other plants on the South-"
side. They are all expected to be running
by the first of next week. '
THE HEMS EEPEESEN1D.
Prominent Concerns Who Had Committee
men Present at the Conference.
The more prominent iron concerns which
were represented at the conference with the
Amalgamated Association on Wednesday
are Moorhead & McCIeanc, Zug & Co.
Oliver Iron and Steel Company, Lindsay
& McCutcheon, Jones & Laughlins, Pitts
burg Forge and Iron Company. Clinton
Iron Works, Painter & Sons, AM. Byers
& Co., Iioekhart Iron Comnanr and Phil-
Jips. Nimick & Co.
TWO NEW PIPE LINES.
Offices Opened and Construction
About to fie Commenced.
EX-STATE SENATORS IN CHANGE
They Will Be tho Producers' and Eeflners'
and the United States.
BOTH ABE OFFSHOOTS OF THE P. P. A.
The new pipe lines which were described
in The Dispah last week are beginning
to assume definite shape. For several
months the men who have been engineering
them have been lying low. AIL the time,
,however, they have been hardat work
and are now ready to make their intentions
publio The new lines are the Producers'
and Eefiners' Pipe Line Company and the
United States Pipe Line Company. W. L.
Mellon has his line, the Orescent, more
than half completed, and is now pumping
oil to a point south' of Harrisburg. His line
will traverse the southern part of the
State, having its terminus at Marcus Hook,
below Philadelphia on the Delaware.
The Producers' and Eefiners' Company
goes from Coraopolis, on the Ohio, to Titus
ville, where it will join the United States.
Although they will be separate corpora
tions many of the stockholders in the one
are in the other. These two lines are an
offshoot of the Producers' Protective As
sociation. Thn ' Producers' Oil Company Organized.
When the Crescent line was commenced
last fall the P. P. A. decided to go into the
pipe line business. Accordingly it got
600,000 subscribed among its members, and
the Columbus Oil Companv was organized.
Then the Producers' Oil Company con
structed a small line from the McDonald
field to Coraopolis, where it built four
tanks, each of 38,000 barrels capacity, and
proceeded to do business -on its own ac
count. Tank cars were chartered and
the crude was shipped by roundabout
ways to the refineries in the vicinity of
Titusville and Oil City, but the rates were
so high aud this method of transportation
fo unsatisfactory that it was almost aban
doned. Then the P. P. A. sent a committee
to W. L. Mellon and tried to induce him to
enter into an agreement with that organiza
tion to take its oil at a stipulated figure.
"Mr. Mellon flatly refused to negotiate
with the P. P. A. as an organiza
tion, but offered to contract with them indi
vidually. This was unsatisfactory to the
committee and it evidently reported ad
versely, for there was soon quiet activity
manifested in another direction. Commit
tees were sent to New York, where enough
capital was pledged to build a line to the
seaboard,' or as near the seaboard as they
could get
Conldn't Keach tha Ballroaa.
Arrangements were made with the Lehigh
Valley Bailroad to haul the oil of the P.
P. A. at what it considered a reasonable
figure, and like terms were made with the
Ontario and Western. Whereto reach these
lines was the next question. It had been
previously decided to build a four-inch line
irom Coraopolis to Titusville.
Then a novel scheme was devised
by One of the managers. It was the piping
of refined oiL From Titusville they per
fected a plan to lay two four-inch lines from
Titusville to Bradford, and from Bradford
through the northern tier counties to Green
Isle on the Susquehanna river, where they
would strike the benign valley. ity
extending the lines, one of which is
to be ifsed for ornde, the other for refined,
to Hancock, just over the line in the North
eastern corner of Pennsylvania, they would
come in contact with the Ontario and
Western. From this point they can extend
the lines to Newberg on the Hudson if
necessary.
Will Commence Building at Once.
The Producers and Eefiners Pipe Line
Company has opened its principal office at
114 Fourth avenue in Pittsburg, and will
commence immediately to lay af our-inch line
irom Coraopolis to Titusville. The rights of
way have all been taken from Coraopolis to
Hancock. There will be four pump stations
between Coraopolis and Titusville, and be
tween tbe latter place and Oil City they
will soon begin the construction of half a
dozen large iron tank?. The independent re-N
fineries around Oil City and Titusville have
a capacity of 5,000 barrels a day, from
which they can get 80 per cent refined.
There are 11 refineries as follows: The
Coutinental Refining Company, tbe Inde
pendent Eefining Company, the Vallev Oil
Works, and Wright & Fassett, at Oil City;
A. Y. Ramage, and A. L. Confer, at Eeno;
and Stevenson & Co., Swartz & Co., the
National Eefining Company, the Inter
national Eefining Company, and Tiege &
Co., at Titusville.
The general office of the Producers and
Eefiners' Company will be at Titusville,
where it has filed a statement with the Re
corder show ing that it has a capitalization
of 5250,000. The managers are J. W. Lee,
Chairman; S. T. Baniage, Secretary and
Treasurer; George H. Torrey, John Swartz
and A. D. Wood. Messrs. Swartz and
Eamage will represent the refiners on the
Board of Managers.
Another Pipe Una Projected.
A notice was published at Bradford yes
terday that an application would be made
on September G for a charter for an intended
corporation, to -be called the United Stales
Pipe Line Company, to transport, store and
ship petroleum, and for that purpose to lay,
construct and maintain pipes, tubing, tanks,
offices, machinery, aud to take hold and oc
cupy land. This notice was signed by ex
Senator Lewis Emery, Jr., "WV B. Weaver,
W. H. D. Chapin, L. E. Hamsher, Eobert
Eoy, of Bradford, and Charles H. Eath
bone, of Kane, Pa.
This company will take the refined from
the refiners at "Oil City and Titusville, and
any surplus crude, and pipe it to Eastern
markets. Lewis Emery's refinery at Brad
ford will contribute its share to the ship
ments of refined.
These two new lines will traverse the
whole length of the oil regions of Pennsyl
vania. H. W. Breckinridge will be the Superin
tendent of the Producers and Eefiners Pipe
Lino Company. He came from Wellsville,
N. Y., where he was for ten years in charge
of pipe line interests in the New York fields.
He expects to be pumping oil from Coraop:
olis to Titusville by November 1.
W0BKUEN THUNDEBSIBUCK.
They Reported for Duty bnt Were Hot
. Allowed to Work.
It was generally expected that the Jef
ferson Iron Works at Steubenville would
resume operations yesterday. The work
men employed in the plant are all mem
bers of the Amalgamated Association.
They reported for duty at an early hour and
found the mill was in readiness to make a
start. The fires in the furnaces had been
lighted and charged-.
Just before the men started to work the
manager appeared upon the scene and an
nounced that the scale had not been signed,
and furthermore the company had con
cluded not to treat with the Amalgamated
Association. The workmen were thunder
struck this statement After, recovering
themselves they retired from the works in
a body. A long lock-out is anticipated.
A. Stubborn Prisoner.
Mrs. Harry Shelhorn, wife of the Law
and Order agent in jail charged with assault
and battery, should have reported at Alder
man Eichards' office yesterday to answers
similar charge. When she did not put in
an appearance. Constable Sherry was sent
alter her. She informed the officer he would
have to carry her as she would go no other
way. She was xemoved in a patrol wagon.
At the jail, where she was subsequently
committed, she became so violent that
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GLASS WORKERS TAKE ACTION.
A Committee Appointed to Have the Car
negie Free Library Gift Befaied by
Councils Each Councilman to Be But
tonholed Som Vote Promised.
Local Union No. 5, of the Flint Glass
Workers' Association, held a meeting yes
terday afternoon in ( its hall on Fourteenth
street, Southside, and took a new step in
the opposition to the acceptance of the
$1,000,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie for a
free library by the city. There were about
300 at the meeting. A committee, consist
ing of George Krouse, John Klump, James
Wheeler, William Crook and George Shaf
fer, was appointed to call upon each Coun
cilman and try to secure his pledge to not
only have the question of the acceptance of
the gift brought before Councils, but to
vote to have the gift refused, when tho
question came to a vote. The committee
went to work immediately after the meeting
adjourned and waited upon several Council
men from the Southside.
. John Elump, in speaking of the work ac
complished, said: "Tbe committee called
upon E. H. Donley, of the Twenty-fourth
ward; H. W. Eilcr"and Herman Enhrkaste,
of the Twenty-fifth ward, and James E.
Flinn, of the' Twenty-eighth ward, this
evening and followed its instrnctions in se
curing the pledges of votes against the Car
negie gift. Our success was all we expected,
and in all but one case we received assur
ance of support. One gentleman refused to
give a definite answer at once, but talked
favorable. We intend to call upou each
Councilman personally and ask the same
support The other local unions will hold
meetings within a few days and appoint
like committees. This is a general move
among the glass workers and will be fought
to the end. We are the first to take a move
of this kind, but I believe it will be far
reaching."
Councilman James E. Flinn, when the
subject was broached, said: '1 was waited
upon by a committee from the glass workers
this evening and asked to give my support
to have the Carnegie gift refused by Coun
cils. I promised them my vote and intend
to act accordingly. I do this for several
reasons, but need not give them just now.
I might say, however, that I do not think
it just to the taxpayers to fix this burden
upon them, and then the members of the
committee which called upon me have po
litical influence and can easily defeat a
candidate in some ot the Southside dis
tricts. I do not know when Councils will
meet, but do not think it too late to take
action on this matter."
It was understood that this step is simply
carrying out the resolutions adopted re
cently by the glass workers at Corning, N.
Y., and that it is the first move to be taken
by all the local unions of the association.
A BBAV UTILE BOY
Works His Passage Across the Oeean to
Viilt Bis Parents. '
Joseph Stralka, aged 10 years, went to
Allegheny police headquarters last night.
He was unable to speak any language other
than Polish, and' could find no one present
who could ascertain what he wanted. He
carried in his hand an odd-shaped satchel
and when lie reached the hall he opened it
and produced a letter wsitten in the Polish
language. A postscript at its close was
"Send him to 619 Ohio street, Allegheny
City."
Several Germans were called and also a
Frenchman, but the boy could not under
stand their language. Councilman Martin
Eippey was present and offered to take the
boy to 619 Ohio street Later it was ascer
tained that the boy had come direct lrcm
Poland to meet his parents who live at the
address given in tbe letter.' His parents
left their native country one year ago add
came to Allegheny, where the father worked
as a shoemaker at 619 Ohio street They
left their son in care of an aunt in the old
country. A short time ago the boy pined
tor bis father and mother and worked his
way to America. In New York he was
given passage to Pittsburg by a benevolent
society and last evening made his appear
ance in Allegheny and greeted his parents.
A GHASTLY FIND.
Police Capttln Den nit ton locates Family
That the Humine Society Wants.
Police Captain Denniston yesterday un
earthed a case of human depravity that is
sad in the extreme. The case is that of a
family named Miller, living at 05 Pride
street The case was called to the attention
ot the officer by some neighbors, and when
Captain Denniston visited the house he
found a 13-year-old boy in a bed surrounded
by filth. The boy was suffering from blood
poisoning, and both his legs were swollen
to twice their natural size. In the house
.were also found two girls, both of whom
were too young to help either themselves or
their suflering brother. The houre itself
was in a horribly neglected condition, and
there was not a bite ot food for the children
to eat, or a spoonful of medicine for the
sick boy.
Captain Dennistan, upon inquiry from
the children, learned that their parents
were addicted to drink, and that both of
them were intoxicated yesterday morning
and 'started out together," leaving the chil
dren unattended. The attention of the
Humane Society was called to the matter,
and Agent Adams had the sick boy re
moved to a hospital and then took charge
of the other children. Agent Adams will
prosecute the inhuman parents.
A YOUNG BBIDB DE3EBTED.
Sirs. Kate Mills Abandoned by Her
Hns-
band and Loft Destitute.
Mrs. Kate Mills called at the Twelfth
ward police station house last night and
asked to be taken care of for the night. She
is 27 years of age and a rather handsome
young Irish woman. She saidshe had been
mariied about' five months, and had lived
with her husband at the corner of Forty
eighth and Eailroad streets.
A short time ago Mr. Mills was sent to
jail for five davs, and when ho got out he
did not return home. Mrs. Mills made in
quiries and learned her husband's where
abouts, but failed in her attempts to get
him to go home, or to do anything for her
support She then made an information
before Alderman McPike, charging Mills
with desertion and non-support, but when
he heard of this he left town. Mrs. Mills
has exhausted all her means.
Civil Service Examinations.
A civil service examination of applicants
for positions in the Interior Depart
ment was conducted yesterday by B.
H. P. Pool, of the Postoffice
Department, at Washington, and W.
C. Bryant, Secretary of the Postal Board
of the local service. To-day an examina
tion for railway mail service will be con
conducted. -O
THE SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS
Are continually increasing. , Com
parison with July last year shows a
gain of 2,23 for the month. The
figures are:
July, '92 ..... 6,040
July, '91 3.5J7
Increase.1...... 2,523
The Dispatch was never more de
servedly popular" than now.
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A MURDERER CAUGHT.
Edward McAllen, the Colored Man
Who Killed Gabriel Moseby,
CAPTURED BY WHEELING POLICE.
He Will Eeturn to Pittsburg "Without
requisition Papers.
BE00KS AKD HIS FAMILY ARRESTED
Edward McAllen, the colored murderer
of Gabriel Moseby, was captured at Wheel
ing last night Detectives Robinson and
Shore went after him last night and will
bring him' back this morning. McAllen
has agreed to come back without requisition
papers. Self-defense is the plea he makes
for disemboweling and killing Moseby,
and he says that if he bad not killed the
man he would have been murdered himself.
McAllen refused to tell last night how he
made the trip to Wheeling. The police
here were watching for him within the city
limits, though a number of men were sent
to other points where it was expected he
would go. Superintendent O'Mara believed
the murderer was hiding in the city until
the news came from Wheeling of his Ar
rest Within a few hours after the mur
der and McAUen's escape all the principal
points in the country were notified by tele
graph to be on the lookout for him. As
showing the activity of the Wheeling police
the man was arrested before he had been ia
the town an hour. It is believed he spent
yesterday in hiding not far from Steuben
villc It is expected to have the murderer here
in time to testify at the Coroner's inquest
this morning at 11 o'clock. Edward Brooks,
his wife and his daughter, Mary, were ar
rested yesterday and locked up to await the
inquest as witnesses. There is much un
favorable criticism of the action of the
Brooks family, in whose house the murder
occurred, in not sending word to the police.
The officials knew nothing about it until af
ter McAllen had escaped from the scene,'
McAUen's record seems to be against him
in this case, no matter what may be his
defense. It is said of him that he has
always been free with a knife, and that
when only 10 years old he seriously stabbed
a playmate.
LOST THEIB LEADEB.
Messenger Boy No. 30 Is Discharged for
Establishing a Union.
Messenger boy No. 30 of the Western
Union Telegraph Company is in trouble.
Last evening he was summarily discharged
for trying to establish a labor nnion among
his companions. No. 30 has been a close
observer of the recent strikes ot other
messenger boys all over the country, and
his sympathies were with the strikers.
Like them, he thought that messenger boys
should receive 3 cents for messages in
stead of 2.
For several days past he has been formu
lating his plans to make the Western
Union Company meet an increase of one
cent on every trip made by the boys. On
Tuesday he appeared at the office with a
new scale which he secretly presented to
his companions for their signatures. Up
until last evening out of 89 boys he secured
18 signers. It is very likely he would have
brought the entire 89 into line if he had
been given time, but bis plans were dis
covered by a clerk in the office and No. 30
was speedily discharged.
The messenger boys' scale provided that
unless the company met the increase of SO
per cent the boys would all go out on a
strike. The messengers, having lost their
leader, are in a quandary and do not know
how to act A Ways and: Means Comrnittee
was appointed, who asked the manager to
take No. 30 back in the employ of the com
pany, but he refused. The boys are now
contemplating going out on a strike.
Mr. Shade, Chief Clerk, when questioned
concerning tbe discharge of No. 30 last
night, said: "There is more or less talk at
all times among the boys about strikes,
labor unions, etc., and No. 30,1 believe, is
one of the prime movers, but he was dis
charged principally for throwing paper
balls."
BEAUTIFUL
RINGS
AND
MANY
OF THEM
DIAMONDS
AND
COLORED
STONES
Maybe seen on the hands of almost every
lady; it is the fasbion; a lady cannot have
too many rings. Formerly it was only a
solitaire or cluster diamond, hut now it in
cludes combinations of ruble', emeralds,
sapphires, opals, pearls and turquoise. We
have some superb gems exquisitely
mounted. $25 to $500 so invested will bring
much happiness.
E. P. ROBERTS & SONS,
I'IFTH AVK. AND MAKKET ST.
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HUGUS &
ACKK
Summer reduction
sale of Black Goods,
Lightwejght Fabrics,
Nun's Veiling, Tamise
Challi, Clairette, Cre
pon and Mousseline,
all wool and silk and
wool, at greatly re
duced prices.
Extra qualities of
all-wool Crepon and
Battiste at 50c a yard.
In medium and
Jieavy-weight Wool
and Storm Serges,
Armures, Chevrons,
Diagonals, etc., we of-
ier now some excep
tional values.
Just Received -1,000
6-4 Chenille Ta
ble Covers, which we
mark to sell quickly
at $1.25 each, about
half actual, value. See
Fifth avenue window.
Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market Si.
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Formally Opanlngtbe Campiicn.
The campaign in this city will be inau
gurated to-day by the opening of the Demo
cratic headquarters in the old University
building. Next Thursday evening a meet
ing will be held to outline plans for the
county, State and national campaigns.
The Leading
Dry Goods House.
nttsDur?. Pa.,
-Friday, Aug. 13. ISM.
Jos.,H,ortie&Co.'s
Penn Ave. Stores.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Rafgain
Sales
-OF-
l:
Waists,
Suits
-AND-
Wrappers.
The "lowest prices" are made
lower still, and these priqes will cer
tainly clean out completetythese large
lots of very choice goods. You'll be
wise to come early if you want a
choice of these bargains.
Ladies'
Waists.
vFine White Cambric Waists, plaited,
well made, that were bargains at $i,
reduced now to 75c each
Extra fine White Cambric Waists,
tucked back and front, collars and
cuffs finishe'd with colored embroid-.
ery, that were a bargain at $2 each,
are now reduced to $1 each.
Extra fine quality White Cambric
Waists, tucked back and front, col
lars and cuffs finished with fine Val.
Lace, that were before $2, are reduced
now to 1.50.
Also,extra fine White Lawn Waists
with Lace Jabot, that have been $4
until this sale, are reduced now to '
$2.50. j
Ladies' j
Wrappers.
The best Calico Wrapper even I
offered at this price 75c. A lot of
them, good styles, must go quick to
day and to-morrow.
A good Century Print Cloth Wrap
per, that was $2, you can buy to
day for $1.
Printed Lawn Wrappers, good
dark colors, good styles, that were
$2.50, are $ 1.50 to-day.
And all our $3 and 3.50 Sateen
and Gingham Wrappers are reduced
to-day to $2.
Ladies'
Wash Suits.
Good quality Printed Lawn Suits,
light colors, best designs, that were
2.50, are to-day ji.50.
Printed Cotton Bedford Cord Suits,
good styles and colors, all reduced
now one price, $3 each.
And a full line of White Swiss and
India Linen Suits, stylishly made, all
new designs, now 8, $10, $15 and
$ij former prices were nearly
double these.
Fine $10 and $12 Gingham Suits
are all now $5. All sizes choice
styles.
Children's
Waists.
A special bargain lot of Percale
Waists, all sizes from 3 to 14 years,
at 50c and 75c now former prices
were 1.35 and 1.50.
Children's
Wash Dresses.
A good assortment to-day of Ging
ham Suits, in sizes 2, 3 and 4 years,
good styles, well made, that were $2
and $2.25, to be closed out at 50c
and 75 c each. " 1
And a lot of 8, 10, 12 and 14 year
sizes Gingham Dresses at $1.50, $2
and up to $5 all greatly reduced.
Don't miss this chance stylish and
good garments ready-made at lower
prices than you ever paid before.
Jos. fortie 8c Co.,
609-621 Penn Ave.
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MEN'S
Kangaroo Shoes.
Just the shoe for hot weather. "
COOL, SOFT LIGHT AND FLEXIBLH. f
AH Sizes and Styles at r
$2.50 AND $3.50 "-
AT
SIMEN'S,
78 OHIO ST.,
ALLEGHENY, PA1
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