THE PITTSBURG 'DISPATCH; TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 189a"
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While one firm may have no trouble in
making a satisfactory agreement with their
steel workers another may have a hundred
obstacles to surmount beiore they can put
their mill in operation. The only promi
nent firms thus far who have signed the
steel scale are the Illinois Steel Company,
Belleville Steel Company and the Oliver
Iron and Steel Company. It may take
some time before the many other steel
plants throughout the country have their
mills running in good order and with their
full equipment of men.
Working on.tba Jobbing Scale.
The jobbing scale is all but settled. Sec
retary Jarret, of the Association of Iron
and Steel Sheet Manufacturers met Presi
dent "Weihe, of the Amalgamated Associa
tion Saturday night. Some concessions
were made bv" Mr. Weihe, but the scale was
far from being fixed after their conference.
Mr. Jarret called upon Mr. Weihe again
yesterday. They discussed the jobbing
scale and some other items were fixed.
The two officials would probably have
settled their diflereaces yesterday, but
President Weihe was called to attend the
meeting of the Lawrenreville workers. To
day there will be another conference, when
President Weihe expects that the prices for
certain special gauges and sizes will be de
termined and the jobbing scale signed.
.As soon as this is accomplished five more
mills under the jurisdiction of the Amalga
mated Association will be put in operation.
The concessions in the jobbing sheet mills
will be about 10 per cent of the former
prices, or abont the same as the reductions
in the iron scale.
THEY WANT MOBE MONET.
B.
Jfc O. Tolrirraph Operators Frrp irlDC a
frcalp of hcps for tbe Bond.
The telegraph operators from 22 divisions
of the B. & O. road are holding a meeting
at the St. Charles Hotel to consider the
question of wages and a number of griev
ances. J. T. Nolan, of Washington, is
the Chairman and E. D. Greib, Sec
retary. Tne operators belong to the
Order of Kailway Telegraphers. Mr. Nolan
savs they nave 3(3,000 members in the
United States. The boys claim that for the
skill required they ere paid less than any
other class of men in the railroad business.
For one thing they want the minimum rate
of wages fixed at 50 per month, and thev
think they ought to be paid for overtime,
especially when they are held by wrecks.
Mr. Nolan was careful to explain that
they had no special grievances against the
B. & O. road. They will ask lor a small
advance in wages, and believe they will get
it The crevances are not of the same order,
but each man has something to complain
about. The scale of wages pre
pared will be presented to the
Baltimore & Ohio road, to be adopted on
the line between Philadelphia and Chicago.
If successful a scale will be arranged lor
all the roads whose operators are organized.
The advance in the rate per hour will be
from 2 to 3 cents, and not 25 cents, as re
ported. Three S.w Sfcnitnres.
Excluding the Pittsburg manufacturers
there are now 93 iron firms who have signed
the new Amalgamated scale. Three new
firms were added to the list yesterday.
They were the Labelle Iron Company, the
Etna Iron and Steel Company, of Bridge
port, O., and the Terre Haute Iron and
Steel Company. These companies have not
yet forwarded their steel scales.
The ew Iron Scale.
The Iron Scale Committee, consisting of
two local iron manufacturers and two mem
bers of the Amalgamated Association, have
formulated some of their plans lor the
printing of the new scale. After the Con
ference Committee returns from Youngs
town the matter will be entirely adjusted.
Mill Men Rexusn to W ork.
At the iron works ot Spang, Chalfant &
Co., in Etna, although the Amalgamated
scale has been signed, the workmen have re
fused to return to work. They demand
that the non-union men employed in the
plate mill be discharged. This the firm re
luses to do and the mill is idle.
Resuming Work at Br-iddock.
The rod mill of the Braddock wire mill
started up yesterday, and the nail mill will
resume operations to-morrow morning.
Furnace A, of the Carnegie blast furnaces,
was blon out yesterday for repairs. Fur
nace F is also out of blast.
Glass Works Start Cp.
The co-operative glass works at Beaver
Falls started yesterday morning, after being
idle for six weeks. The prospects are good
for a big loll and winter trade.
Thfr I Jio Place Like Home.
Samuel Paisley, Superintendent of High
land Park and the East End streets, accom
panied by Foreman Burke, returned from
a ten days' trip West yesterday. They col
lected data and ideas in Chicago and other
cities which will be incorporated in Pitts
burg park improvements. Paisley says he
saw no parks while away equal to those in
this city.
Gets Another Trial for Selling Tobies.
The case of James Wamplct fined 525
and costs by 'Squire Hughes on information
of Constable Long for selling tobies and
cigars on Sunday at McKeesport, was car
ried to the Common Pleas Court yesterday.
The case will be argued beiore the court in
September.
CLASSES OF TEACHEBS.
Stw Method to lie Adopted at the Alle
gheny County Institute.
The forty-second annual session of the
Allegheny County Teachers' Institute will
open in the Pittsburg High School next
Monday afternoon. The instructors will be
Hon. D. J. Waller, Superintendent ot
Public Instruction of State of Pennsyl
vania; Hon. A. S. Draper, ex-State Super
intendent of New York; Dr. A. E. Wlnship,
Boston. Mass.; Miss Mathilde E. Coffin,
Detroit, Mich.; Dr. A. E. Maltby, Slippery
Bock, Pa.; Dr. T. B. Noss California. Pa.:
. Professor Charles W. Deane, Indiana, Pa.,
and Professor Emory P. Bussel, Boston,
Mass.
This year the institute will be divided
into classes, thus: Class A, primary work;
class B, intermediate work; class C, gram
mar school work; class D, ungraded school
work. This dhision is expected to over
come the difficulties arising from attempt
ing to instruct a large body of teachers in
one room during an entire week. Thursday
afternoon has been set apart as Directors'
day. and addresses will be made by Hon.
D.J. Waller, Hon. A. S. Draper and Dr.
A. E. Winship.
CLUBBED HIS WIFE.
Tbe Wife or Charles E. Gray Now Under
the Care of Dr. Moyer.
Charles E. Gray, a Boss street resident,
was committed to jail yesterday by Magis
trate Gripp to await a bearing on a charge
ot aggravated assault and battery, preferred
by Inspector McKelvey. On Saturday morn
ing last the prisoner attacked his wife and
used her up so badly that the woman is un
der the care of Police Surgeon Mover, and
unable to leave her bed. Gray will have a
hearing on Thursday.
Lost for the Sixth Time.
. Mrs. Caroline Weir, who is slightly de
mented, wandered away from her home at
No. 61 Iiowry street, Allegheny, yesterday
forenoon and is lost." She is the wife of
Charles Weir, is 52 years old, has dark hair
tinged with gray and is of slight build.
She wore a light blue sunbonnet and a blue
calico wrapper. This is tbe sixth time she
has wandered from home. She usuallr
makes for the country, and has been found
many miles from the city.
STAHTEDAIEW MILL
The Bessemer ' Converter at
Homestead Now Banning
on Single Turn.
FIEED AT THE UNIOlf MEN
Who
Pursued One of the Workers
Who Took Their Places.
A TIMER HELD UP BY MAIDENS.
Chairman Frick Fipected to Be at His
Iffice This Morning.
THE FIRM IS SANGUINE OF SUCCESS
The feature of yesterday nr Homestead
was the starting of the new Bessemer con
verting mill on single turn and saecessfnlly.
Shortly after 1 o'clock Manager Potter
and a number of other Carnegie Company
officials assembled at the new building. A
turn of men was singled out and brought
into the works. The new and ponderous
machinery was explained in every detail.
Each man was shown what he had to do,
and they all proved to be apt pupils.
This mill was just completed a short time
ago, and until yesterday had never been
operated. It has one of the departments
that the strikers said conld not be success
fully run.
The first heat was started shortly after 1
o'clock and by 4:30 three heats of 12 tons
each had been run. The ingots were pro
nounced very good. The machinery was
run as smoothly as though the men who
operated it had spent a lifetime in the study
of its operation.
Superintendent Potter Makes a Statement.
As the first heat was started Manager
Potter remarked, "Here is a mill that a
union man has never worked in and he
never will."
To-uight the department is to be put on
double turn.
Early this morning a locked-out man
Hunter, accompanied by another former
employe of the mill, who was unknown,
entered the works at MunhalU Their ac
tions were considered peculiar by the
watchmen and they started in pursuit of the
two men. A chase followed. In the race
Hunter fell into a hole and broke hit leg.
His companion escaped.
Hunter was taken into the mill hospital
and cared for until yesterday morning. He
was then brought into the West Penn
Hospital, where he is now.
It was said yesterday that Hunter and
his companion were the men sent into tbe
mill to bring the 600 non-union men out, who
were to leave the works in a body yester
day morning. Early in the morning sev
eral hundred of the locked-out men were
scattered along Eighth avenue waiting for
the arrival of the deserters. The crowd
waited until after dinner, but the procession
did not appear.
Giving the Passengers a Benlson.
Considerable excitement was caused
across the river at the Salt Works yesterday
afternoon. It is customary for a crowd of
Homesteaders men and women to congre
gate at the ferry on the Homestead side. They
have learned that the ferry is used quite
extensively by the non-union men. When
one of the new men leaves the mill and
starts across the river the air resounds with
unpleasant cries of scab" and "ilacklesr."
After the raen have a start of 12 or 15 feet
they are often followed in skiffs by parties
of locked-out men.
Yesterday afternoon a colored man left
the works and started across the Mononga
hely. He had left the wharf some little
distance when a crowd of the Homesteaders
jumped into skifts and pursued
him. He reached the other side
first When he landed he started
on a run down along the bank and out onto
a coal tipple. At this point a number of
soldiers were in swimmincr. A sergeant of
the Fifteenth Begiment had'just come out
of the water as the race from the boats be
gan. Grasping his gun he fired at the ap
proaching men. The shot was a little low
and missed the pursuers. It served to
change their course, however, for they beat
a hasty retreat The colored mai was so
badly scared that he started in the same
direction his assailants had fed.
Held Up by Two Maidens.
A little later in the day a tinner came
into Homestead. He said he was looking
for work in some of the tin shops of the
town. His story, although doubtlessly true,
did not go. He, too, was chased over the
waters, and when found by the deputy
sheriffs be was corralled in a clump of
bushes, with two fair girls guarding him.
The man was so badly scared he could not
speak. The deputies chased the girls away
and took the fellow over to the provost
guard's headquarters. There he again told
the same story he did when
he arrived in Homestead. When
restored to his self-possession, the tinner
grew very mad over his treatment and for
spite went up to the mills and secured work.
After these two outbreaks Company I of
the Fifteenth Begiment was ordered out
It formed in a skirmish line and searched
the bushes for quite a distance up and down
the river. None ot the locked-out men
could be found. The guard force will be
increased at this point and tbe practice of
chasing non-union men broken up.
The Advisory Board deny that they
waited on the business men of Home
stead and requested them not to
sell to non-union men. "Such a
move has possibly been made," said
one ot the members last night, "but
it vas not authorized by the Advisory
Board.
The More Would Be Absurd,
"It would be an- absurd movement to
make. In Buch matters it is the merchant's
business to use his own discretion. There
are some Homestead men who have taken
upon themselves to make this request of
the business men, but whoever they are
they had not the power to act.
David Lynch, one of the prominent mem
bers of the Homestead Advisory Board,
attended the mass meeting of the Lawrence
ville strikers yesterday afternoon. "They
are just as firm as ever," he said last night
"Like we of Homestead they know that
they will win the battle. The
men the compauy are running
into the Upper and Lower mills are like the
fellows they are bringing to Homestead.
They will never be able to run the mllL
The company know this and only bring
them as a blufE It expects to win by a
break in our ranks, not by the importation
of new men. Its hopes will be forlorn ones.
If there was ever a thing which strength
ened tbe locked-out men it was the promise
of aid from tbe Federation of Labor.
Men Strengthened br fromliB of Aid.
"That organization will at once levy a 10
per cent assessment on Its many thousand
members. Soon money will be pouring into
Homestead and no man need want because
he has not the price to buy."
There were but few new men brought
into the mills yesterday. A number of
those here left yesterday afternoon to go
down to Pittsburg. They will work in the
Lawrenceville mills. One of the recruits
Testerday was a young man whose family
name is well known in Western Pennsyl
vania in politics and professional circles.
His father was one of the aDlest jurists
Pennsylvania ever produced. Some Tears
ago the old man died, leaving a worthless
estate. His family oonsisted of two young
men, who never knew what it was to earn
a penny, though they had spent many.
Since then they have battled
against the world's hard sides.
One has Jbeea more or less successful. The
other has seen nothing but hard luck.
Yesterday he presented himself to Manager
Potter and requested work. He was given
a position and this morning he will Btart
life afresh in the new Bessemer Converting
MilL
MB. FRICK COMING BACK.
The Chairman of ths Curnecie Company
Expected to Return To-Day Secretary
LoT'Joy Says the Firm Is Satisfied With
the 11 ork Don at the Mills.
Secretary Lovejoy says H. C Frick will
be home this morning. He is supposed to
be either at Ligonier or Cresson. Where
ever he is, Phil Knox and a half dozen iron
men accompanied him. They did not leave
the ciiy in a body, but met afterward. Mr.
Knox will return with the Chairman.
No informations were mode yesterday.
The Twenty-ninth street mill willoe started
after the Thirty-third and Homestead are
in good running order. Mr. Lovejoy states
that three train of rolls are now going
double turn in the Thirty-third street mill.
Tbe other four will be started
by next Saturday. The new
open hearth department at Homestead
was put in operation for the first time yes
terday. Mr. Lovejoy says this will greatly
facilitate matteis, as the men can handle
hot steel in two hours, while it takes them
ten hours to dispose of the cold steel.
The Secretary laughs at the story that
the inspectors had found fault
with the product at Homestead.
He says he talked. with the
Government men in the last two days, and
they expressed themselves as well pleased
and had no complaints to make. Mr. Love
joy adds that President Gompers knows
that more than 600 men are employed in
the works. The number now is 1,700, and
they have all been assorted. No more
rollers are wanted, and all the men are
working to the satisfaction of Superintend
ent Potter.
The Philadelphia Company received
orders yesterday from the Carnegie Com
pany to keep on the gas at the Upper
Union Mills, as they proposed to go on
double turn.
BOTH SIDES SUCCESSFUL.
The Situation nt ths Uppar Union Mill Be-
mains Unchanged.
At the Upper Union Mills of the Car
negie Steel Company yesterday Manager
Dillon reports that although five or six of
their non-union men failed to report yester
day morning they did not miss them. He
further stated that the management had
succeeded in securing 30 new recruits and
that the mill would be run double turn to
day. The Press Committee representing the
locked-out men claim that all is not as re
ported in the milL They have induced five
of the best roughers and catchers in the
mill to join tbe Amalgamated forces. It is
also stated that the 20-inch mill which was
broken down on Saturday has not been re
paired. A workman in the Twenty-ninth
street mill says the furnaces in that works
were all dampened yesterday morning.
The furnaces have been burning four
weeks. Nothing has been done In the lower
mill since the strike and now it is closed
down completely.
The locked-out men held a large meeting
yesterday afternoon in Union Hall, at
Thirty-second street and Liberty avenue.'
The men were addressed upon the situation
by Vice President Weigh, Chairman War
ren and Bichard Nichols, and David Lynch,
of Homestead. There were various other
speakers, and all spoke upon the same sub
ject Previous to the meeting there were
various rumors afloat to the effect that a
compromise would be suggested, but this
talk was declared to be'without toundation,
and the subject was not broached.
HOT UAH'S SICK OB HTJBT.
Dr. Poster Defends the Sanitary Condition
of the Homestead SIM.
Dr. Foster, of Crafton, the consnlting
physician in the Homestead mill, had
something to say yesterday about the sani
tary condition of the works. Dr. Wibel,
formerly of the West Penn Hospital is in
charge of the men. There are not as many
accidents or as much sickness as occurs dur
ing a military encampment A consump
tive and an Italian who allowed a piece of
iron to fall on his toes were sent to the
West Penn Hospital. Dr. Wibel has a
good hospital tent, and is well supplied
with medicines. Dr. Foster says the qual
ity of food served is first-class.
HOPING FOB TEE END.
If Men Are Needed at Homestead After
Sept. 1 New Ones Will Be Sent Thrre.
Adjutant General W. W. Greenland
came down from Clarion yesterday morning
and returned to Harrisburg last evening.
He had a conference with General Wiley
last Saturday. Mr. Greenland hopes that
the trouble will be over by September 1. If
it is not he thinks the men will be changed,
and he intimated that the local regiments
would be called upon again. He savs the
boys are not having a picnic at Homestead.
The guard duty is severe, but the troopers
are not complaining.
KILL W0BEEB8 DIVIDED.
Some of the Workers at Duquesns Again
Iisave the Mills.
In Duquesne a committee has been go
ing around from house to house urging
the workmen to make another stand for
higher wages. The committee is meeting
with considerable success. They induced
125 of the old men to come out, all of whom
were initiated into the Amalgamated Asso
ciation Saturday night. To prevent just
such moves as this the company are erect
ing accommodations for the workmen in the
mill yards. On Saturday $2,000 were dis
tributed among the families in need.
Clifford Still In Jail.
Jack Clifford, the Homestead man charged
with murder and riot, is still in jail. Bail
to the amount of $7,000 was accepted by
Judge Ewing, and an eflort was made to find
Mrs. Gnsky yesterday to provide for the
other $5,000 needed. The court docket was
taken to her home, but the lady had come
down town to attend to some business.
. Heaver Falls Men Hopcfal.
The mills of the Carnegie Company at
Beaver Falls still remain idle and deserted,
and show no signs of resumption. The men
as a rnle are firm and hopeful that they will
yet win. They still keep a lookout for
non-union men coming in on trains.
Allegheny Council Reapportionment
There was to have been last evening a
meeting of the Allegheny committee on the
reapportionment of members of Common
Council, of which there are five members.
Only Messrs, Einstein and Neeb appeared,
and another meeting was called for 7 o'clock
Thursday evening. The plan before the
committee rednces the Common Council
men from 53 to 4a The Fourteenth wilf
have one new member, and the reductions
are as follows: The Second ward from 9 to
7, the Third from 8 to 4, the Fourth from
7 to 4, the Ninth from 2 to 1, and the Twelfth
from 2 to 1.
Milk Dumped In the Sewer.
Milk Inspector Price returned unexpect
edly from a week's vacation yesterday.
Some of the farmers were taken by surprise.
At the Lake Erie depot 200 gallons of milk
that had just come in on trains were in
inspected. Fifty-five gallons were found to
be watered and were turned into the sewer.
The guilty parties will be prosecuted.
HER FALL WAS FATAL
Miss Blanche Baldsley Dying at the
Allegheny General Hospital.
SAMUEL SHARP TO BE ARRESTED.
Charles Herricks Seriously Wounded by
Ilis Own Kifle.
HARRY PAINTER'S MYSTERIOUS HURT
Miss Blanche Baldsley, of Connellsville,
who has been 'at the Allegheny General
Hospital since last Friday evening, may be
dead by the time this paper is issued. At
11 o'clock last night the hospital physician
said that she had been in an unconscious
condition since1 Sunday evening and that
nothing could be done to aid her. She was
injured internally by her terrible fall over
the rocks and her death was expected
hourly.
There is something mysterious about this
case. Samuel Sharp, the man who fell over
with her, is at the hospital with a broken
leg. He and Miss Baldsley have told dif
ferent stories. He said that she slipped on
the brink of the cliff, and pulled him over
as he reached to save her. She said that he
suggested that the hill would be an elegant
place to fall from, and seized her as if to
throw her over. She began tusseling with
him, when the earth gave away and both
went down together.
Feveral Arrests Will Follow.
Miss Baldsley had been visiting a mar
ried sister on Jefferson street, and on Fri
day evening went out with a lady friend
for a walk. The police have been investi
gating the case, and have the following in
formation: The two young women, while
walking on Federal street, met Sharp and
a companion and struck a casual acquaint
ance. The quartet, after walkingafewblocks,
turned west into Ohio street, and proceeded
through the park to Monument Hill. The
police are not Inclined to believe either of
the stories told by the injured persons.
Superintendent Muth said last evening that
if the girl should die Sharp would be im
mediately placed under arrest. A thorough
inquiry will then be made into all the cir
cumstances. The police have the names of
the two other persons who accompanied
Sharp and Mifs Baldsley, but will not yet
make them public.
There is doubt as to whether Sharp is the
real name of the man. He represented him
self to be a traveling salesman for a tobacco
manufacturer of Allegheny. There is a man
named Samuel Sharp who is a passenger
brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio Bail
road, running through Connellsville, Miss
Baldsley's home.
Shot Himself In tbe Side.
Charles Herrick was received at the Alle
gheny General Hospital yesterday after
noon severely wounded by a gun shot He
gave his address as No. 32 Cherry street
He said that he was with a camping party
down tne Ohio river opposite Shousetown,
and yesterday afternoon went with a com
panion to shoot at blacKblrils among the
reeds by the river. His rifle trigger was
caught in some matted grass, the weapon
was discharged and the ball entered Her
rick's side at the fifth rib. It passed up
ward and caused a very serious wound,
which seems likely to be fatal. The man
wa brought to Allegheny on a Ft Wayne
train, but at midnight the surgeons had not
been able to find tbe ball.
Harry Painter, a cork worker living at
No. 86 Biver avenue, Allegheny, was con
veyed to the General Hospital shortly after
6 o'clock last evening, in an unconscious
condition. The circumstances connected
with his injury are rather peculiar. At
about 4:30 o'clock Dr. McCreight, at No42
Anderson street, was hurriedly culled to at
tend an injured man in a stable about half
a block away. -
Mysteriouly,Wpunded Jn a Stable.
When he went there he found Painter
lying on the stable floor unconscious, with
along cut on his head just back of the
forehead, and blood all over his face and
clothes. Three men were present, and
they bad a bucket ol water and a sponge.
They desired the doctor to attend to the
man right there and fix him up. They
said the wounded man had been in a fight
Dr. McCreight refused to be a party to
keeping the matter quiet, and
went for a policeman. Officer
Neumer was found, and when he
reached the stable the three men had fled.
He called a patrol wagon and sent Painter
to the lockup, under a charge of disorderly
conduct
As soon as his condition was seen there
he was sent to the bospital. Under the care
of the surgeon and nurses he recovered con
sciousness last night, but was too weak to
be bothered with questions concerning his
assailants. The cut on his head is three
inches long, but the skull was notfractured.
The wound could not have been made with
a man's fist. Painter's assailant is said to
be a man named Dougherty.
DIED FB0M APOPLEXY.
Sudden Decease of Thomas Cavanaugh
While. Trying to Work.
Thomas Cavanaugh, aged 46 years, a cut
ter employed by Henry G. Hale, died sud
denly yesterday morning while at work.
He resided at 106 Charles street, Allegheny.
Cavanaugh bad been complaining for some
six weeTs past of not feeling well, but still
persisted in keeping at work. Yesterday
morning his sister entreated him not to go
to work, but he insisted that he must.
He attended mass at the Cathedral in the
morning and returned to work about 10
o'clock. He attempted to do some work,
but had to retire to the back room where he
sat down in a chair, but was finally com
pelled to lie down on the sofa. The men
employed about the store' thought nothing
of this, as since he has not been well he has
been accustomed to taking rests.
About 11 o'clock young Mr. Hale, who
was attending a customer in the front part
of the store, heard a peculiar noise in the
back room, and, rushing back, found
Cavanaugh struggling for his breath. Mr.
Hale's brother ran for a doctor, and re
turned with Drs. McClelland and Sullivan.
The man died of apoplexy before the doc
tors arrived. His body was removed to the
morgue at 11:30. An inquest will be held
to-day.
Mr. Cavanaugh has been one of Mr.
Hale's most trusted men for the past eight
years, and is well known about the citv.
Ban Over by a Wagon.
John O'Connor, aged 24, a driver for the
Singer-Nimick Manufacturing Company on
West Carson street, .Southside, was "run
over by his wagon and instantly killed yes-
leruuy ui'.cruuuu aDOUt A o ClOCK while
hauling a heavy load of machinery. His
body was removed to his home at No. 72
Eighth street, Southside.
Killed at a Pile Driver.
Henry Loel, 31 years old, was w orking at
the pile driver on Greenfield avenue, and
when the hammer descended a stick from
the pile was knocked out of place and strik
ing him under the chin, kilred him in
stantly. The deoeased boarded at 533
Forbes street and has a wife and two chil
dren living in Ireland. An inquest will be
held to-day.
Crushed Under a Fall of Iron.
Patrick Kyan, aged 32 years, employed at
the Keystone Bridge Works, had both legs
crushed under a fall of iron vesterdav aft
ernoon. He was taken to bis Lome on'Thir
tieth street
nil Body round Floating.
The body of the boy who was drowned in
the Monongahela river near the Union
Mills Sunday afternoon was recovered last
evening. '
Slate Badly Crushed Him.
An unknown Frenchman was brought to
the West Penn Hospital last night He is
about 50 years of age, and was employed in
the coal mines at McDonald. His leg was
so badly crushed under a fall of slate that it
was found necessary to amputate it He is
in a serious condition.
CHIODO HELD FOB C0UBX.
Strong Evidence Produced Against the Al
leged Firebug.
Antonio Chlodo, the Italian charged with
setting fire -to Thomas Lindsay's residence,
on Linden avenue, Saturday night, and with
feloniously shooting at a member of Mr.
Lindsay's family two weeks ao, was held
for court without bail by Magistrate Hynd
man last night The hearing was held at
the Nineteenth ward station. The story of
the firing of Mr. Lindsay's house was told
as related by The Dispatch yesterday.
Mary McNamee, the servant girl in the
house, on account of jealousy of whom
Chiodo is thought to have committed the
crime, told her story and identified the re
volver found on Chiodo as the one he had
threateningly displayed when she had been
forced into her promise of marriage to him.
She also produced a letter received from
Chiodo In which he proclaims his love for
her, wants her to make hjs supper and keep
his house clean, and asking her to indicate
the kind of earrings ana silk dress he will
buy her. The letter was written bv a friend,
as Chiodo could not write Englfah himself.
Toney Alcorra testified that Chiodo had
been away from home the night ot the fire,
returning about 12 o'clock. This was just
after the fire was discovered. Chiodo did
not testify, but he told a reporter he was
not out of the honse all that evening. The
shooting and arson he denies any-knowledge
of.
GAVE HER BAST WHISKY.
Mrs.
Filzpatrlck Was Drunk and
Fre-
quently Let tbe Child Fall.
Mrs. Mary Fitzpatrick was drunk last
evening and paraded up and down Carey
alley on the Southside with a baby in her
arms. She frequently dropped the child,
and when the mother was arrested its little
body was badly bruised in places. It was
found that the woman bad given the baby
whisky, and it was drunk. A physician
was called, and after careful treatment it
was brought around. The mother, was
locked up and a neighbor agreed to take
care of the baby.
Last winter the woman was arrested for
the same offense. She fought desperately
when Sergeant McQuade tried to take the
child from her. After she went to sleep in
a cell the little one was recovered. It was
drunk, but was soon sobered by the officer.
DEATH'S W0BX OF A WEES.
In Pittsburg 110 Persons Die, and 36 In
Allegheny City.
The report of the Bureau of Health for
the week endiug August 6 shows a total of
110 deaths in Pittsburg. Of these deaths
3 were caused by typhoid fever, 16 by con
sumption, 3 by convulsions, 4 by pneu
monia, 17 by choleraic diarrhcs.1, and 3 by
old age. Fifteen were Coroner's cases.
With the popnlation estimated at 255,000,
this gives an annual death rate of 22.47 per
1,000.
The number of deaths in Allegheny last
week was 36, of which 20 were males and 16
females. With the exception of tne week
ending June 12, when the total number of
deaths was 30, this is the lowest death rate
for any week during this summer.
HILLS IH OPEBATION.
A Number of Southside Industries Began
Work Testerday.
All of the glass factories on the Southside
controlled by the United States Glass Com
pany resumed operations yesterday. Work
was also commenced at the following mills:
The Sligo plate mill, tbe pnddling depart
ment in the plant of AaM. Byers & Co., and
the eight inch bar mill in the Tenth street
plant ot the Oliver Iron and Steel Com
pany. Last evening the Oliver Company started
the ten men mill, and it is promised that in
their works on Fifteenth street operations
will be resumed to-day or to-morrow. The
puddling department at the Sligo mill will
be running to-morrow, and it is expected
that Painter & Sons will be ready about the
same time.
Mclntyre's Quaer Antics.
John Mclntyre knocked down Max
Baden in front of Alderman Donovan's
office yesterday. Baden didn't know the
man, and the attack was unexpected. He
charged him with assault and battery, and,
when the constable tried to arrest him, he
gave the officer a lively chase. He escaped
but soon came back. It is thought he is
crazy.
John Miller Keported Dead.
John Miller, a barkeeper for Donahue on
Libertv street, left for Atlantic City Satur
day evening to spend his vacation. Yester
day it was reported that he had died, and
Mrs. Miller left for the seashore last even
ing very much worried. Mr. Donahue
doubted the storv. He thought if his bar
keeper was ill that he would be the first
man to hear about it. '
Grasshoppers In Allegheny City.
Allegheny City was yesterday visited
by clouds of grasshoppers. They hopped
about in the streets, were crushed under
foot by pedestrians, flew into street cars
invaded offices and dwellings and were a
source of great nuisance. There were swarms
of them, as thick as in an oats field in har
vest time. They came all at once. In the
forenoon there were none; in the afternoon
the city was full of them. As a rule they
were under tbe medium size.
A Delicate Operation.
Mr. S. S. Aley, of Punxsutawney, came to
the city last week to havo a case of lupus of
the eyo operated upon by Dr. Sadler, of
Penn avenue. Such cases are comparative
ly raie and soon Involve the loss of sight if I
not skiuiuuy treateo. in cms cane it was tne
right lower lid which was affected. Dr.
Sadler cut out the granular tissue and ap
plied the electric cautery, thus efieotually
destroying all the dl?ea&od colls. The opei
ation was a complete success, and was per
formed so quickly that the patient suffered
scarcely any pain.
Are loa Aware
This is the time to advertise your vacant
rooms in tbe cent-a.word to let columns of
The DispatohT
SHALL in size, great in results: De Witt"
Little EarlyKisers. Best pill for constipatioa
best for sick headache and sour stomach.
BnaiNE kills roaches, bed bugs, etc., in
stantly. 25 cents at all dealers.
9Oo4W$$Oe40--OO-
THE SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS
Are continually increasing. Com
parison with July last year shows a
gain of 3,523 for the month. The
figures are:
July, '92 6,040
July, '91 3,517
Increase 2,523
The Dispatch was never more de
servedly popular than now.
THE PENNSY'S EXHIBIT.
One Feature at Chicago Will Be a Fine
Depot Ths Company Not Revealing
Its Plans to Rivals A Chaf With Mr.
Masi'j.
George W. Massey, National World's
Fair Commissioner for Delaware, Superin
tendent of Motive Power Theo. N. Ely, of
the Pennsylvania fcad, and- Architect
Thompson were on the limited last evening
bound for Chicago. Mr. Ely was going there
to make arrangements for the railroad
exhibit He said he didn't want to throw
much light on their plan, as the other lines
are on the qui vive and are watching them
closely. One of tbe leatures will be a four-
tracked depot, to be located near the main
entrance, that will cost $75,000. It has not
been decided whether the mntenal will be
stone, brick or iron. The road also will ex
hibit a magnificent vestibule train in the
transportation department. Mr. Elv savs
their ideas are elaborate, and tbe display of
tne roaa won t De surpassed Dy tneir rivals.
The space will be let shortly, 'and as it is
limited tit willjnterfere with many of the
exhibits.
George W. Massey is a staunch upholder
of Chicago and tbe Fair. He claims if it
had not been for the procrastinating efforts
of the minority, the appropriation would
have been passed in spite of the antipathy
of the New York members. He is satis fled,
however, that the company will get $3,750,
000 out of the silver granted. He figures
that the medallions can be sold for 75 cents
apiece or more. On account of their memo
rial qualities they will sell at a good price.
The managers will be careful not to glut
the market, and in this way keep up tbe
rate.
Mr. Massey says protection is snre to
win the day for the Republicans ns against
Cleveland's tariff reform. He was at the
national headquarters last Tuesday, and
found that the committee was organized and
getting down to work. The chairman is
not a demonstrative man, but he is
methodical and, above all, never loses his
head.
QUAY IH A SILENT MOOD.
He Frofestes Not to Be Posted on the Sub
ject of National Politics.
Senator Quay and his son, Dick, went to
Philadelphia last evening to see State
Chairman Frank Beeder. The Senator
thinks he has been away from headquar
ters long enough, and he is anx
ious to known how things are
going. He claimed to be "ignorant
on the subject ot national politics. All his
information be receives from the newspa
pers. The ex-National Chairman appeared
to be very indifferent about the result in
November. He will be responsible for
Pennsylvania, but will not do much work
outside of the State. Asked if the Home
stead trouble would affect the vote, he re
plied that he didn't know. He hadn't
thought much about it. He supposed Har
rison would win, judging from what he
hears and reads.
Knights Tl ill Hear Mnslc
Three soloists of high reputation, includ
ing Mr. A. G. Hewitt, the cornetist, are to
play to-night at the grand concert given by
the Iroqnois Band, of Lancaster, in honor
of the conclave of Knights ot Pythias at the
Grand Opera Honse. The concert will be
gin at 8:15, and 'it is expected that all or
nearly all the visiting knights with many
from this city will be present
It Ought to Be Popular.
Bakers as a class are not particularly pro
gressive in a business wny. There are ex
ceptions, however, and one of the most nota
ble of these is tlio Marvin bakery of this
city. Mr. Marvin never lets slip an oppor
tunity to please the public. Even the issuos
of the Piesldental campaign have received
his attention, and the result is a "Grand
father's Bat" cake that has made its appear
ance within tbe last few days, and which no
doubt will be found at all the leading gro
cery stores. It is said to be a delightful
cake, and if a name goes for anything, it
ought to be immensely popular.
A New Kind of Diamond.
James S. Kirk & Co , of Chicago, have put
npon the market latelv, as a lcsnlc of their
half century's experience, their Dusky Dia
mond Snap, a 80UD adapted to all household,
uses. By a hanpybnt peculiar combination
they are enabled to nse tar in this soap, and
there is no one that needs to be told that tar
is recognized as tbe greatest of the bealing
agents. It also is recognized for its soften
ing qualities, and any one troubled with
bard hands, cracked.bands, sore hands, will
become enthusiastic over the "Dusky Dia
mond," Soap after once using It Tour
grocer keeps It
Fall Overcoats.
It will soon be time for fall overcoats.
Yours may need cleaning. Pfeifer's, 443
Smlthflold street, 100 Federni street, Alle
gheny, does this. We repair them also.
Best work. Tel. 1261-M69. ttsu
BEAL ESTATE SAVINGS BANK, LI3L,
401 Smlthflold Street, Cor. Fourth Avenue.
Capital, $100,000. Surplus, $75,000.
Deposits of $1 ana upward received and
interest allowed at 4 per cent ns
Vacation Is Over.
Your clothlne will need pressing or clean
ing perhaps. Try Pfelfer, 443 Smtthfleld
street, 100 Federal street. Allegheny.
Telephones 1264 and 3469. rrsn
BIBER & EAST0N.
AUGUST PRICES.
BUY FOR ANOTHER SEASON.
Organdie Lawns,
Finest French Challies,
Printed Dimities and dealeans,
Wash Surahs and Fine
'Zephyrs, India and
China Silks.
All these and many others marked
down so far below cost as to compel
their sale.
PARASOLS.
Can you use one at any price? Pretty
I new ideas in
26-INCH SUN UMBRELLAS,
With genuine Gloria Covers
and novel handles,
AT $1.50 TO $3.
BIBER & EAST0N,
ua JlHd sot harkrt st.
anU-TTssa
J. K. MILLER & CO.
Contract for papering churches,
schools and public buildings.
-All Grades of Wall Paper.
543 Smithfield St., Pittsburg,' Pa.
JylJfu
NEW ADVERTISEMENT!!.
Tbe Leading
Dry Goods House.
Pittsburg, Pa
Tuesday, Aug. IS, UK.
I
Jos.Hrortie&Go.'s
Penn Ave. Stores.
I
S Urn Tier Goods
Vugust
BVRGVIN
Sales.
As the time for ending these sales comet
nearer we make tbe reductions greater.
But your choice is rapidly growing Jess,
That's the point that strikes the wise peo
ple, and that's why the first day of the last
halt of this great bargain month saw such a
vast crowd of buyers in all the departments.
Every day this week must equal or exceed
yesterday's business. We've made induce
menta that will surely keep up the record.
Dress Goods.
Nearly 2,000 Yds
Fine Imported Novelty Suitings, all this
season's stylet, and the best styles, too, in
lighj and medium shades goods that for
merly sold for $1.25 and $1.50 a yard are now
50g
A Yard.
Wonderfully good goods now for thl
yery low price.
Also,
A small lot of fine quality, the real En
glish Suitings,choice styles, that were 11.25,
reduced now to 75c a yard.
And three other lots of the highest class
English Suitings, reduced the $2.50 quality
to S1.50; the $3.25 quality to 12, and the
$3.50 quality to $2.50 a yard.
A lot of Broadcloths, 50 inches wide, best
colors, $2 quality, all colors, now $1.25 a
yard.
The finest quality French Challies, choice
styles, at 25c still a good collection for you.
No such stock of Storm Serges anywhere
nor so low prices on best qualities 14c,
50c,' 75c, $1 and up to finest, in two shades
of blue. They're popular now and will be
this fall. Buy them now and save money.
SILKS.
The summer sorts good for you now and
for months yet all must go to make room
for new goods. We must have their room
you can have the profits.
Begular black ground Indias with colored
figures, and white grounds with colored
figures, the $1 quality to go now at 65c &
yard.
The 27-inch, $1.25 quality, colored printed
Indias at $1 a yard.
Black Ground Indias that were $2 ara
$1.25, and fancy striped Taffetas that were
$1.50 and $2 are also $1.25 a yard.
The 24-inch colored Surah Silks that were
$1 are 75c a yard now.
And white ground Indias, with colored
figures, that were $1 are now only 75a a yard.
All the kinds of Black Silks, for summer
wear or for fall and winter wear, now
offered at prices that will pay you to buy
now. '
Wash Dess Goods
A nig rush yesterday for the half-price
list that was offered. To-day you may buy
Pongees at 6c,
Delaines at 6c,
Ginghams at 8c
Brandenburgs at 14a,
Satines at 20c,
Ginghams at 20c,
talf Former PriGes.
Special Sale of Ladies' Wash
Wrappers and Waists.
Navy Blue Serge
Blazer Suits
AT
$10 and $16
EACH.
Jos. ftortie 8c, Go.,
609-621 Penn Ave.
aula
FINEST STOCK
OF
CARPETS
Ever shown in this city just opened.
Oar nc Fall Carpets are all in. The
stock it the largest and finest ever shown in
Pittsburg, and consists of
American Wiltons,
English Wiltons,
Scotch Azminsters,
American Axminsters,
Gobelins
Moquettes,
Wilton-Back Velvets,
Body Brussels,
Tapestry Brussels,
Two and Three-Plys.
3,000 pairs of Lace Curtains, our own im
portation. Parties expecting to refurnish homee
during the coming fall and winter should
buy now while the assortment is complete.
No charge for storing the goods until yott
want them laid.
EDWARD
GROETZINGER,
627 AND 629 PENN AVE.
All goods
prices.
jobbed at the lowest Eastern
anlt-TTsaa
Calling Cards,
WDDlKO INYITATIOMS,
IjOW Prloen.
W. V. DERM ITT & CO.,
Engravers, Printers, Stationers,
I GBANX ST. ArJD 39 SIXTH AT,1
Jy29-ma .;
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