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THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, MONDAT, AUGUST 22, 1892.
LE
FT H M TO DROWI
Officer J. M. McAroy Will
Testify To-Day That Fire
man Cookes' Life
COULD HAYE BEEN SATED.
Ee Fell From the George Shiras and
Lodged Tinder a Barge.
THE FIRST VICTIM OF A NEW BOAD.
George Simmerer Drops Dead While Wash
ing His Face.
THE BODY OF A BATHER KECOTERED
Officer J. 2L McAvoy, who witnessed the
drowning of J. M. Cookes, the fireman on
the towboat, George Shiras, Saturday even
ing will give some sensational evidence at
the inquest to-day. The drowning took
place just below the Sixth street bridge on
the Pittsburg side. A tow of several coal
boats was being pushed into an open space
near the shore to the wharf boat. Officer
McAvoy was walking along Duquesne way
watching the boats when young Cookes was
tumbled into the river.
The officer's story follows: "When I saw
the young fellow he was walking along the
gunwhale of the outside barge, quite a dis
tance from the boat Another man was
walking toward him, and just as they were
about to pass each other the barges seemed
to jolt, as if they had bumped against
another boat. As it appeared to me the
young fellow was shaken off by the jar and
fell in alongside the barges. I watched to
see them pull him out, but to my surprise
no notice seemed to be paid to the man.
Threw a Plank to Coofcrs.
"The other man who had been near
walked leisurely across the boats and picked
up a board, which he threw into the water,
but Cookes had goue under the barges, and
the board floated on down the river.
"Ihe other men on the boat all imS time
were paying no attention to the matter and,
realizing the poor fellow was being allowed
to drown without any attempt to save him,
I ran down and boarded the boat The
firt man I spoke to was the captain. I
asked him if he wasn't going to do some
thing to get the man out, but he only gave
me an impudent reply. I told l.im he
ought to be ashamed of himself and the
other officers as well, to allow a man to die
like that. His reply was: Tou've got a
of a lot to say about it
Tlio BareB Final'y AIoTed Away.
"To this I answered that I would prob
ably have more to say, but begged him to
move the barges and make an effort to save
the man. He paid no attention to me, told
me I was too fresh and ordered me off the
boat. But other people came and de
manded the barges be moved until the cap
tain was finally compelled to move them.
It was nearly half an hour after Cookes fell
in before the barges ta ere towed away and
the bo ly was found just about where he fell
in, probably ten feet under the barges.
'I am satisfied that Cooke's lile could
have been saved if an effort bad been made
by the boat crew. It could have been done
either bv moving the barges at once or by
letting a man down attcr him by a rope.
The captain refused even to give me his
name or that of any man on the boat, but I
learned Jrom another source that his
name is Frank Gould.
Will Tll It to the Coroner.
"I will tell all I know about the case to
the Coroner's jury, and I have subpoenaed
several persons who witnessed the whole
proceeding to appear at the inquest Such
cold-blooded heartlcssuess as was exhibited
by the men on that boat I bad never before
seen." An attempt was made to find Cap
tain Gould last night to get his side of the
story, but his boat could not be located and
he could not be found.
In the absence of the Coroner Magistrate
Gripn will hold the inquest to-day. He
could not be seen last night, but Coroner's
Clerk Grant Miller said that if the officer's
story should be substantiated it would
show unpardonable neglicence if not worse.
The case will be thoroughly investigated.
The body of the drowned man was sent to
the home of his people at Sistersville, W.
Va , yesterday. He was only 21 years of
age, but a splendidly developed man.
Strange as it may appear in a river man,
Cookes could not swim a stroke. His death
is probably due to that fact to a large extent
THE EOAD'S FIHST VICTIM.
Little Pear! Murphy Ground to Death by an
Electric Car.
The newlv equipped Pittsburg and Birm
ingham electric short line had its first fatal
accident yesterday. It was only the second
day the trolley cars had been running.
About 4:30 o'clock 2-year-old Pearl Mur
phy, whose parents live at 257 Second ave
nue, was plaving about the sidewalk with a
number of other children. They were all
seated on the curbstone when car Xo. 33 of
the Pittsburg and Birmingham short line
came along. The little Murphy child sud
denly jumped up at this juncture and
started to cross the street toward her home,
apparently not noticing the approach
ing car. The motorman reversed the
electrir power and rang the car's gong vio
lently, but before the car could be stopped
the child was struck and knocke 1 down.
One wheel passed over her head, and she
vas killed instantly. The neighbors and
railway emploves extricated the unfor
tunate child and carried her home.
Officer Devlin placed the motorman,
Hugh Hill, under arrest, but he was subse
quently released on 51,000 bail for his ar
raignment belore Acting Coroner Gripp to
day. The motorman is not blamed for the
nccident, as eyewitnesses assert he could
not have averted it
DUD OK THE P0ECH.
Georce Simmerer Drops Dead While Wash,
ins nis race.
George Simmerer, aged 45 years, dropped
dead while washing his face on the porch of
his boarding house at Ka C378 Penn avenue
at 7:30 yesterday morning. Mrs. Bowman,
his boarding mistress, said that Simmerer
retired about 11 o'clock Saturday night and
got up in good spirits yesterday morning.
After exchanging a few words with her in
the kitchen he went out on the rear porch
to wash his face. She heard a noise, and,
looking out on the porch, saw him lyin" on
his back. She ran upstairs and called"sev
cral of the boarders, but when they reached
Simmerer he was dead. Dr. Stewart was
summoned and, after an examination, said
that death had resulted from heart disease.
Simmerer was employed driving a beer
wa gon for Straub & Co. The only relative
he has in this country is Henry Hanev, his
brother-in-law, who lives on Larimer
avenue, East End. His parents live in
Germany. The Germacia Maennerchor of
the East End, of which Simmerer had been
a member for a number of years, held a
special meetiuc last night Resolutions
were passed and the society decided to at
tend his funeral in a body. The deceased
hod qnite a reputation as a vocalist among
the German societies in this city.
Ho Arrests for Itlalceley's Death.
As yet no arrests have been made on the
finding of murder by the Coroner's jury in
the case of Jacob Blakeley. The police
have dropped the case entirely, having sat
isfied themselves that no murder was
committed, and the case now rests with
District Attorney Burleigh. Dr. Craig
head was mentioned yesterday by mistake
as having signed the" burial certificate ot
Blakeley. Dr. Oyer issued the certificate.
Dr. Craighead held the post mortem exam
ination, wnicn verineu ms uiaguusis
every particular.
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Another Body Recovered.
The body of Felix Fannasey was found
yesterday in the Monongahela river near
the Kevstone milL He was in bathing
Saturdav evening at Frankstown and was
attacked with the cramps. Before he could
be assisted he drowned. Fannasey was 30
years of age and leaves a wife and two chil
dren. The body was taken to Flannery's
undertaking room.
ON HAVERS' TRAIL.
The Police or Both Cities Closing In TJpon
the Fugitive Expect to Get Him To
Day Tracing Him From Place to
I'lace.
The probabilities are that Charles Havers,
the escaped prisoner from the Claremont
workhouse will be captured before the
break of day. The police are on his track
and at midnight had information of his
whereabouts and had made a start for his
place of hidiug.
About 9 o'clock last night Select Council
man George Schad telephoned Superin
tendent Muth that Havers had been seen in
a speak-easy near Herr's Island. A squad
of officers was immediately dispatched upon
the new scent, but arrived half an hour
after the fugitive had left His right ee
is black and blue, and a long scratch
extends across his cheek. How he ob
tained these evidences of trouble was ex
plained by the police, who think he had
been drinking during the day and became
involved in a fight with some one. He was
traced from one place to another in the
neighborhood opposite Herr's Island, and
about 10.30 o'clock left for a bouse on Six
teenth street, near Penn avenue, with a
companion named Wilson. The police were
qnite late in gaining this information, but
started immediately nppn securing it, and
expected to locate him within a few
hours.
Superintendent Muth is greatly inter
ested in the case, and intends the fellow
shall be captured if clever detective work
avails at all. In speaking nf the case he
said Havers was exhibiting but little shrewd
ness, and that while the work was tedious,
it did not require any considerable exhibi
tion ot astuteness on that account "The
man is very indiscreet, to say the least,"
continued the Superintendent "He has
frequented the haunts where he is best
known, and everyone who sees him is per
fectly willing to divulge all he knows."
Orders have been given out to the men
engaging in the hunt that all persons w ho
cive information regarding the fugitive
shall be closely and rigidly examined, and
in case any slight thing occurs that arouses
suspicion the informant should be arrested.
This order arises from the many false tips
that have been given out by persons either
misinformed or desirous ot aiding Havers.
DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE LIVED.
A 16-Year-Old Girl Lo?e Herself in Alle
gheny City.
A most peculiar case was picked up last
night in Allegheny. It was that of an
English girl, 10 years of age, who had been
in America for two years, but could neither
read nor write, and did not know where
she wanted to go. She remembered her
name, but beyond this could only speak
after thinking of the subject propounded
for several minutes.
About 10 o'clock a plainlv-dressed girl
was found by au officer upon Federal street
She was crying and asking in woeful tones
where Mr. Barr lived. She was taken in to
Superintendent Muth, who vainly endeav
ored to assist the weeping girl. She said
her name was Mary Ward, and she
worked in the family of a man nan-ed
Dick Barr. She did not know where Barr
lived nor in what direction it was. She
knew some park was several blocks from
the house, but did not know how lone a
block was. She said she had been working
there for two weeks, but had never heard
the name of the street mentioned. She was
taken to the house by a girl named Maggie
Nolan, and Saturday night went to her
home in Painter's Hun with the Nolan cirl.
but was unable to find her way back. She
said her father was a miner and had left her
home in England two years ago. When
questioned she said she d'idn't know what
part of England she came irom.
Superintendent Muth provided her with
a lodging in a neighboring hotel when she
piteously begged not to be locked up in the
station. An attempt will be made to-day
to find the Barr family by the police.
VICTIMS OF D1PHTHEBIA.
Two TJltle Jfepliews nf the Lato S'nator
Kulan Saccamb.
Malignant diphtheria is breaking out in
unexpected places in Allegheny, and phy
sicians are at a loss to account for it Two
children of Mrs. Edwin T. Con in, of
Waterloo, who is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. J. S. Itutan, widow
of the late State Senator, died
of the disease at 153 Sheffield street within
the last three weeks. The children were
aged 4 and 6 years and contracted the dis
ease in some manner unknown to any" of the
family.
The disease has also broken out among
the small children in Braddock, and jester
day three deaths were the result They
were the children of MrB. Mary Morcellen,
W. C. Dean and James Aiken. The little
5-year-old child of Sirs. Morcellen only
lived about nine hours after being stricken
down. Steps will be at once taken to keep
it from spreading.
Held Onto the Child.
Mrs. Lizzie Orr and Bella Irwin were
arrested on Charles street, Allegheny, last
night, both being intoxicated. Mrs. Orr had
a 3-year-old child with her, and shortly after
being locked up her husband appeared at
the station and wanted to remove the child.
Mrs. Orr made such a fuss that the police
sergeant refused to separate them, and the
husband left the wife and child to their fates.
Light Dentil Rate in Allegheny City.
The weekly report of the Allegheny Bu
reau of Health, ending August 20, shows 30
deaths, the lowest rate in ten weeks. Of
these 17 were males and 13 females. Twenty-nine
were white and 1 colored. The
deaths under 1 year of age were 10; 1 to 10
years, 2, and 70 to 80, 2. Cholera infantum,
consumption and typhoid fever were the
main cases.
' Charles Ilfizen Badly Injured.
A horse attached to a buggy driven by
Charles Hazen became frightened at au
electric car on Frankstown avenue last
night and ran away. The buggy struck a
telegraph pole at Jackson street and was
overturned, throwing Hazen out on the
street His head was badly cut and his
shoulder wrenched.
SHOET ST0EIE8 OF CITY LIFE.
The First Legislative Democratic Conven
tion will be held in the Common Council
Chamber, Allegheny, on Tuesday evening
next at 7:30 sharp.
The meeting of citizens nndold soldiers
to be held at 19 West Diamond street,
Allegncny, Saturdav night to Indorse tho
candidacy of W. G. Griffiths for Mayor ol
Allejjheny, was postponed until Saturday
next, because of a small attendance.
The dedicatory exercises of tho new
Homewood School House will be held on
September 1. Dr. D. J. Waller, the State
Superintendent, is expected to bo present
and to delH er the dedicatory address. Dr.
Draper, ox-Superiutendent or New York and
now superintendent of tho schools of Cleve
land, will also deliver a speech.
FLOUR FROM KANSAS.
Aid Coming to the Homestead Work-
ers'From Many Places. ' '
SERVICES IN TflE MILL AND CAMP.
The Company Paid to Lose $180,000 Each
Daj the Mill Hans.
COLONEL HDLINGS ABA DISCIPLINARIAN
Homestead was dull and quiet yesterday.
The locked-ont men made no move and
nothing transpired out of the usual routine.
In the morning Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, of
Allegheny, held services in the mill.
Some 700 or 800 men listened to his talk
and a colored orchestra from Pittsburg fur
nished the music He talked along the
line that Christian faith rests upon reason.
He tried to prove the existenceof God
through the manifestation in nature. No
where in his remarks did he make an allu
sion to the present Homestead troubles.
Last evening Chaplain Hayes, of the
Fifteenth Regiment, held services in camp,
and the Sixteenth joined with them. The
Chaplain's subject was "What Shall a Man
Give in Exchange for His Soul?" "What is
the soul?", he asked. "That is not easily
answered. We believe we are immortal,
and in this trust we live. Christ came not
only to discover to us our own immortalitv,
but to reveal the process of the soul's
redemption. The materialists refer to the
formations of matter. The answer of the
realists is that the universal principle of
humanity is manifested in physical organ
isms. The common doctrine ot the Holv
Scripture and'of the church is that the soul
is a distinct individual substance, having
personality and immorality."
Mills to Stnrt on Double Tarn.
Manager Potter had little to give oat yes
terday. He said that the greater part of
the mills would he started on double turn
this week. A large boarding house is to be
built on the City Farm ground, front
ing on Eighth avenue. It is not
known how soon the work will com
mence. It is also the intention of
the company to build a number
of houses upon the hill. Mr. Potter thinks
it will not be very long until the non-union
men will be alloned to live on the outside.
The barber shop opened for business on
Saturdav night There is considerable
sickness among the men. The cases are
not serious and many ot them do not even
need to go to the hospital.
Chairman Crawford, of the Advisory
Committee, last night said: "An official of
the company in a recent interview said they
had not sent out any letters to the old men
asking them to come back to work since the
time thev sent the general notification.
This is untrue. I have on file a number
of letters they have written to our men.
We will show them later. The company
also claims that none of its Government
work has been rejected. This I cannot be
lieve, for when we were working there was
a certain amount of it rejected, and I think
we understood the work better than the
present employes.
K-nis Farmers Send Flour.
"I have it on good authority that no
union workmen will work on any of the j
company's new houses. Last night I re
ceived a letter from a number of Kansas I
farmers telling me that they would ship us
tno carloads of flour if I would tell them
who to send it to. We will take
the flonr. The theaters of Pitts
burg, Chicago anil Cleveland have
written the Advisory Board asking us to
name a date and they will give us a benefit
Thev promised to turn over the receipts of
both a matinee and evening performance.
AVe will take their offers. I have been
figurine it up and the company is losing in
the neighborhood of $180i000 a day.
These were about the gross re
ceipts of a day when the old
men were at work, estimating each man's
wages at S2 per day. The company's ad
ditional loss is something over 8,000 a day.
This is the daily expense of feeding and
keeping the non-union men. The Advisory
Board wishes to thank the Great Eastern
Italian Band and its prompter, Colonel
Moore, for the music at the picnic at Ross
Grne Friday."
Rev. Dr. Barnard, of Tonawanda, N. Y.,
preached in the Episcopal Church yester
day. Many of the soldiers attended. He
is a guest of the Fifteenth Regiment
Colonel Hulligs as a Disc pltnarian.
Yesterday General Wiley spent the after
noon in visiting the camps. He first in
spected Camp Sam Black, and then went
across the river to the provisional guard.
Later in the day he was taken down on the
Little Bill to see the guard at Duquesne.
The General said he had found everything
in ccod shape.
Colonel Hillings, of the Sixteenth, is a
strict disciplinarian. Saturday night one
of his pickets left his post and went to the
Colonel's kitchen and stole two water
melons. It was discovered in the morning
and the Colonel set out to find the
offender. It was hard work and the
clew led him into the Fifteenth Regi
ment, but he could not find his man.
Finally ho found he was on the wrong
scent. He came back to his own legiment,
anil after considerable detective work ap
prehended the culprit. It turned out to be
the voungest bflv in his regiment.
The boy confessed, as did an older mem
ber of the Guard who had plannd tne raid
and helped to eat the melons. Colonel
Hnlings reprimanded the men, but
thought this punishment not severe
enough for the offense. Both of
the guards were ordered to carry a rail for
four hours and have placards put on them.
The lettering on the sign of the younger
boy was "I left my post" The other
man lollowed him bearing this inscrip
tion, "And I knew he did it."
Captain A. J. Davis, of Company D,
Fifteenth Regiment, leaves to-morrow lor
Clarion, on a two weeks' furlough. He
goes to open the Clarion Normal School, of
which he is principal.
A SECEET CAUSES TSOUBLE.
Its Possessor, With GO Assistants,
Dls-
charted From n Mill.
The 50,000 rolling mill erected at Greens
burg for the manufacture of iron on a new
system that of making merchantable iron
out of old steel rails and scrap iron has
been closed down, even before the patent
process had been tried. James Harris, who
held the secret upon which the capitalists
ot Greensburg had built their hopes and ex
pended their money, was discharged with
CO employes, because it is believed bysome
of the members of the company that the
patent process is a "fake," and that
enough money has been expended in an ef
fort to have Mr. Harris start the works.
Were the mills to start and the converting
of old steel rails into merchantable stuff
prove a success, the fortunes of the mem
bers of the company would be assuied, for
it would be the only mill in America of the
kind. Iron could be made at $5 per ton
less man dv tne regular system, where pig
iron is necessary. Superintendent Huck
linger, weary of waiting for the signal from
Mr. Harris, who claims to hold the secret,
went to the mill on Saturday and notified
Mr. Harris that he could go, and then dis
charged all the employes, numbering about
60 men.
Mr. Harris claims that, because the com-
Eany failed to procure the great secret from
im, this is an attempt to force it from him,
but the members of the company deny the
assertion, claiming that had thero been any
thing in the system of which he claimed the
right the mill would have been running be
fore this time.
It is. claimed that the regular system of
making iron will now be. employed in the
mill, and that the old nut and bolt factory,
seized several months ago by the sheriff.
will be purchased by the company, and that
it will be run in connection with the iron
plant, consuming most of the product
Three or four hundred men will then find
employment
TO BEGIN OPERATIONS.
Superintendent Wrlgcley Says the Carnegie
Steel Company Will Undoubtedly Start
the Machinery In the Twenty-Ninth
Street CTnrl This Mnrolncr.
Men employed in the Upper Union mill
returned last night Most of them left the
works on Saturday to visit their families,
while the remainder went about the city
looking for amusement The press com
mittee representing the striking workmen
announce there is little new in the situa
tion. They say that the company is getting
no new recruits while hardly a day passes
that their ranks are not added to.
Superintendent Wriggley, of Beaver
Falls, u ho is now located at the Upper mill,
said yesterday: "The Carnegie Company
is prepared to start the Twenty-ninth street
mill. Work will begin to-morrow. We
have already secured 10 men who haye sig
nified their intention of taking situations
in that plant We anticipate no trouble in
putting the mill In operation. After the
works are once started we will iucrease our
force."
The strikers say that tho men employed
in the bumper shops at'he Lower mill have
promised to come out, just as soon as non
union workmen are placed in the works.
This will be another blow at the Carnegie
Company as the latter have a number of
orders in for axles. The Twenty-ninth
street mill contains bar, guide, 12-inch and
puddling mills. Since the close down,
Julv 1, the management has torn out the
old 20-inch mill and erected a 72 inch plate
mill in its place, but this has not yet been
completed. The strikers say it will be a
month yet before the new mill will be
ready for operation.
Before the strike the company had about
40 puddling lurnaces at this mill, but this
number h.is been materially decreased.
Other additions Mill be erected in their
place. The Press Committee laugh atthe
idea of putting ten men in the Twenty-ninth
street works to start it up. They sav it is
follv to think of running a mill with a
handful of workmen where 1,200 are
required.
TO BEITEN TO WOEK.
Pittsburg Bouchers M iy Work, but Work
men in Outside Mills Refuse.
Roughers employed on guide mills in the
Pittsburg steel and iron works will follow
the example of their Youngstown brethren.
After an unsuccessful struggle to better
their condition, during which they threat
ened to strike, they have at last decided to
return to work. Many of them claim that
they are not willing to work under the pro
posed reductions and do so under protest.
A number of the men who have families
to support state that if it wasn't for their
dependency they would strike only too
willingly. At the meeting of.the roughers
on Saturday night the doorkeeper turned
President-elect Garland aay. When this
was learned by the majority of the men the
doorkeeper was censured severely.
The roughers employed in the Sharon
Iron Works, Atlantic Iron Works and at
P. L. Kimberly's Greenville mill have
decided not to return to work to-day. They
express a willingness to accept the first
graded scale of the Amalgamated Associa
tion, but will not consider the wage list
adopted at the Shenango Valley conference.
Their action will probably tie up all three
mills.
One Hnndrud Slavs Iav.
One hundred Slavs left Braddock yester
day for their homes in Hungary. The
cause of this action is that two of the Edgar
Thomson furnaces are out of blast
STOPPING THE DISOBDEB.
Several Arrests Made in Upper Allegheny
City Lost Night.
The East street carousers who have been
giving so much trouble to the residents and
police are being attended to by the Alle
gheny Superintendent of Police, Henry
Muth. In times gone by these persons,
half drunk and very noisy, have been
making Sunday afternoons and nights
hideous with their yells and fighting, and
Superintendent Muth has decided to stop it
Last night seven arrests were made, and
the police in that locality have been given
strict orders to arrest and lock up all who
offend in the future. Those brought in last
night were Fred Klemm, Philip Klemm,
Joe Clolschcnkel, Sim Wertz, Louis
Henkel, George Steinbacher and George
Miller. They are charged with disorderly
conduct
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Got Ahead of tho Borough.
The Braddock Electric Railway Company
made a connection yesterday at Copeland,
which extends across the Pennsylvania
Railroad tracks, thus making a connecting
link to replace the one destroyed in the
borough.
Struck n Woman In (he Face.
Andrew McGinness was arrested at the
West Penn depot, Allegheny, last night
charged with striking a woman in the face.
Hels a man about 30 years of age, well
dressed and gave his residence as Fremont,
S. C. He declined to give any account of
the assault
COLLIDED WITH THE STATUTES.
Henry Bebweookr is charged with stealing
a coat from Samuel Sweeny.
Magistrate Succor heard IS common cases
at tho Twentj -eighth ward station yeste:
day. Johk Smith was sent to the workhouse
yesterday for CO days by Magistrate Leslie
for disorderly conduct
Ed ward Sextos paid $2 and costs yesterday
for trying- to bent Nancy Hanks' time on
Beaver avenue, Allegheny.
Tatkick Maddbx, chained with throwing a
lighted lamp at his -wife, was sent up lor 30
davs by Magistrate Hyndman.
f John Lewes, of the Twelfth ward was sent
to tho workhouse for GO days by Magistrate
Leslie yesterday. He was accused of abus
ing a little girl named ltodgei a.
Kmsiett CossEiLvand Martin Norton were
sent to the workhouse for 30 days yesterday
by Mayor Kennedy. They were charged with
stealing a kes or beer fiom Itoss Grove.
Inspectob McLAUonHN and Lieutenant
Cramer yesterday raided tho speak-easy of
Mrs. John JlcDermott. at 679 Forbes street.
Both she and her husband were placed in
the Fourteenth waid police station.
Lieutenant Cramer, with several officers,
raided the speak-easy kept by John Roach
on the hillside above the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad track at Frankstown last
night. Roach was locked up in the Hazel
wood police station. The visitors were not'
arrested. Quito a stock of beer was found
by tho officers.
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.
Walter Harris, of Washineton, D. C,
and Harrison Upshur, of Eastern Shore.Md.,
ure at tho Anderson. They will spend the
next foar days inspecting the natural and
artificial beauties of the two cities, i
Walter Sanford, of Detroit, and a a
Rainey, ot Milwaukee, registered at the
Seventh Avenue yesterday. '
The Brooklyn Baseball Club got into
town yesterday afternoon and put up at the
Mononuahelu House.
William Matthews and Robert Jackson, a
pair ol Chicago lawyers, registered at the
Duquesne lastnieht. y
C H. Byrne, the much talked about base
ball magnate, is at tho Monongahela House.
C M. Lee and wife, 'of Baltimore, are at
the Seventh Avonne.
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Mr. Oliver Barnie, of New York, is at
the Central Hotel.
Trotters, pacers, draught and general
lurpose horses will ba sold at Arnhtim sale
Chursday, August S3.
RAN BASES IN A MILL
The Deny Ball Club Registers at a
Hotel in the City.
PROVE TO BE NON-UNION WORKERS.
The
Carnegie Strikers Base Ball
Pajs Ihem a Yisit,
Team
BUT THEY'LL K0T FIAT A MATCI1 GAME
Baseball enthusiasts are wondering what
hai become of the Derry club. This team
registered at the Central Hotel in this city
on Saturday evening. They remained there
until last night and then mysteriously dis
appeared. All they left behind in the
shape "of a memoir is their names. They
appear upon the hotel register as follows:
Thomas Purcell, Peter Everly, A. Gilbert,
Peter Kidney, Ed Day, Thomas Cahill,
William Enderline, P. Decker, G. Cannon,
John Behan and L. Weiss, all from Pitts
burg. Directly underneath this list of names is
written "Joe Wriggley, New York." The
latter is or was the manager of the Derry
Base Ball Club. Inquiries last night from
the management of similar organizations
concerning the whereabouts of Mr. Wrigg
ley and his athletes revealed little. The
most diligent efforts to find the club met
with no great success. Thev had disap
peared completely. One searcher more
determined than the rest went to Latrrence
ville to look for the missing men and after
two or three hours spent in fruitless 'chases
at last located the club.
Found In the TInlon mill.
They were all in the Upper Union Mill of
the Carnegie Steel Company getting ready
to go to work on the first turn, which
started at an early hour this morning. A
strange part of the proceeding was that at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon a delegation of
five men claiming to represent the Carnegie
Strikers' Baseball Club visited the Derry
Club at the hotel. The committee was
headed by Press Committeeman Robert
Warren and Emanuel Scbillo, of the strik
ing Lawrenceville workmen. They are not
on friendly terras with the Derry Club, be
cause the latter have been trying to down
them. Nevertheless, they wanted a came
with their opponents to show their superior
knowledge.
They tried to persuade Manager Wriggley
to allow his men to make some arrange
ments with them. Manager Wriggley re
fused to accept the challenge, and further
more did not want his players to talk with
the members of the strikers' club. Not
wishing to see so much talent remain with
out a permanent engagement the delegation
from the strikers' club tried to induce some
if not all of the Derry men to join their
ranks.
VI ere Afraid of the Strikers.
The latter organization seemed afraid of
the strikers and would not consent to this
proposition. They said they were getting
good money where they were, and as there
was not much work to perform they would
not make any change for the present
Further questioning revealed that the mem
bers of the Derry Club knew little about
the national game except catching, and
even their ideas about this branch were
rather vague. What little they knew about
this they had learned lately in the Upper
Union Mill catching on a train of rolls.
The truth of the matter was that the
Derry men which stopped at the Central on
Saturday night and Sunday were in reality
11 non-union men and comparative strangers
inthiicity. Their manager was Superin
tendent Wriggley of the Thirty-third street
mill. The men have been working in the
plant of the Carnegie Company for several
weeks past. Growing tired of the confine
ment of the mill on Saturday they asked to
be allowed to go out v
A Mistake in the Programme.
This was finally agreed to, but for fear
the men would not return Superintendent
Wriggley was sent with them. Arrange
ments were made, and probably no one
would have ever known that the Derry
Club was composed of non-union men bnt
for a slight mistake in carrying out the pro
gramme. About 4 o'clock Saturday after
noon, as a passenger train on the Allegheny
Valley Railroad was passing the Thirty
third street mill, the 11 non-union men and
their manager filed out ot the works to take
the train. It did not stop.
Before the men could recover from their
surprise and seek shelter bv returning to
the mill they were observed by several
strikers, who reported the matter to the
press committee. At C:30 o'clock, when a
train did stop at the crossing and the non
union men boarded the train, a striker was
instructed to follow them and learn all he
could ot the mill men's destination. He
followed them to the Central Hotel, and
after making sure they intended to stay
there, returned to Lawrenceville, where he
reported the result of his journey.
Tho Club llpcriv-s Visitors.
It was arranged that a committee should
visit the non-unionists at the hotel on Sun
day afternoon. Tbey followed out this pro
gramme, saw the men and learned they
were registered as the Derry ball team'.
The strikers told the non-unionists that
there was no use of sailing under false
colors as thev were known. The committee
afterward tried to induce the men to leave
Manager Wriggley and join the Amalga
mated Association. They were promised
protection but they refused to give up their
positions.
-Lucy were ameu n tuey tuougnt mey
were acting ngnt to tase anotner man s
position. Their replies were all in the
affirmative. One ot them assumed that he
was in a position to make capital. It is
alleged he said he would leave the employ
of the Carnegie Steel Company if the Amal
gamated Association would give him $2,000.
This he said was the aggregate amount of
his debts, and if he could make this sum he
would leave the city. The strikers lelt
A Tvrlgatcd Assemblage.
There were 20 prisoners at the Central
station yesterday morning. Pour were
vagrants, five disorderly conduct cases and
11 were drunks. Six of them were sent to
the workhouse for 30 days and the others
received short terms in jail.
Results of the MrKeesport Tragedy. I
McKeesport, Aug. 2L SpecloLJ
Robert Middlemess, the man stabbed last
night, may recover, although he was seri
ously wounded, being cut below the right
hip. All concerned in the affray have been
arrested.
THE PIBE BEC0BD.
Bock Eiver, Mich. Almost the whole vil
lage was consumed. Loss, $20,000.
West End The grcasehouse in Painter's
mill, West End, caught Are about 1 o'clock
this morning and was entirely consumed,
causing a loss of $100.
State alley A slight Are on the roof of John
Honey's homo in State alley, Firth ward,
yesterday, called the fire department out.
The damage was trifling.
Liberty street Spontaneous combustion
of some waste caused a slight blaze at tho
Westlnghouse woiks, Liberty street, yester
day morning. No damage.
Omaha Neb. Fire in the furniture houso
of Shiverick & Co. did an immense amount
of damage to the stock. The exact loss is
not known, but it is estimated at about
$100,000.
Callao. Peru. Shute & Co., ship chand
lers' shop, IB stores and shops and about the
same nnmber of rosidonces. Total loss
about $100,000, only a small portion of which
Is insured. Shute & Co's. loss, $200,000..
Beaver Fulls The tempering department
and tho stables nr the Champion Saw Works.
Loss about $9,000, partly Insured. The fire
started In the tempering department, but
the origin is a mj story. The main works
were saved by hard woik. The firm has a
largo number of orders on hand. The build
ing will be rebuilt at once.
'ABREAST OF THE TIMES.
Philadelphia to Have an Elevated Itallroad
Fourteen Millions of Capital to Be In
vested In the Enterprise Two Compan
ies Interested and Work Under Way.
Philadelphia, Aug. 21 SpeciaL
The question of" rapid transit in this city,
which has so long been agitated by the press
and public-spirited citizens,"is about settled,
and an enormoa3 amount of capital will be
expended by a syndicate of, Philadelphians
and New Yorkers to construct an elevated
railroad, such as is called for by the charters
of the Northwestern and Quaker City Com
panies. One management will control both
companies. Arrangements to this end were
consummated Thursday, and a fund of
$3,000,000 in cash was placed at once by
August Belmont & Co., Vermilye & Co.,
and Edward Sweet & Co,, of New York,
representing a syndicate that stands obliged
to furnish 514,000,000, the amount required
to build the two roads.
The negotiations have been in progress
for more than a year, and would have been
completed sooner had it not been for the
proviso introduced into the Quaker City
bill bv Councils that the construction of
that line should commence somewhere in
the extreme west end of Darby road. This
objection was removed Friday, when the
Board of Highway Supervisors granted a
permit to the Quaker City Company, "to
construct the foundation of its proposed
elevated railroad on Forty-fourth street,
from a point 40 feet south ot Elm avenue to
Columbia avenue," etc., and before Satur
day thn work will be well under way.
The members of the syndicate, among
whom are William Sellers, ot the iron firm
of William Sellers & Co., and Charles Har
rison, of Harrison, Frazier& Co., sugar re-
uucia, win ue maue uirectors oi tne two
companies, which, as stated, will be jointly
operated, with F. K. Hain, ot New York,
to whose ability and tact the success of the
Manhattan Elevated" Eailroad is so largely
due, as general manager. In addition to
Messrs. Harrison and Sellers, August Bel
mont, Mr. Keed, of Vermilye & Co., F. B.
Esler, and one other will be'members ot the
board ot directors, which will control the
destinies of the two roads.
AN IKPOEfANT TEST CASE
In
Which the Defunct Keystone
Bank
Comes Oat Second Best.
Philadelphia, Aug. 2L An opinion
has been filed by Judge Water, in the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals,
deciding in favor of George W. Clothier in
his suit against Robert M. Yardley,receiver
of the Keystone National Bank. The case
is important, as it will be a precedent in
other similar cases, and it was said the
money hanging in the balance amounts to
5400,000.
The facts were in Clothier's case that he
was a depositor in the bank, and at the
time of the closing of its doors had on de
posit $1,127. He was also indorser on three
notes, aggregating in amount $390, which
had been discounted by the bank prior to
its closing up, but which notes did not ma
ture until some time afterward. Beceiver
Yardley attempted to collect from Clothier
the amount of these notes, and Clothier
claimed to set off his deposit in the Key
stone against his liability upon them.
A COBPSE ON THE TEACK.
Evidence of a Horrible Murder Found at
Sherrodtvllle hy Trainmen.
Stetjbenville, Aug. 2L cpxZ.
Detectives are now at work trying to ferret
out the perpetrators of Friday night's mur
der at Sberrodsville. Saturday morning an
unknown man, well dressed, was run over
by a south-bound Wheeling and Lake Erie
train near Sherrodsville, in Carroll county.
The man's arm and neck had been across
the rail and his arms were cut oft at the
elbow and his head severed from the body.
The engineer had seen the object ahead
bv the light of the headlight, hut could not
check the engine before it had passed over
it The body was cold, and gave evidence
of having been laid on the track to cover up
some crime. The top of the man's head was
crushed in, and, from the position the body
was lying in, the locomotive could not have
possibly made that wound. Nothing of any
value was found on the body.
Brlckmnkers Arrested for Murder.
Columbus, O., Aug. 21. Special. John
Sommerholter and John Heidleman, brick
yardsmen north of the city, were arrested
to-night for the murder of Martin Waltz,
an old man, last Wednesday night. The
body of Waltz was found in the canal Fri
day and was not identified till yesterday.
It is thought the body was thrown in it the
night after Waltz had bjen killed. His
skull was crushed. It leaked out the men
had had a fight, which led to the arrests.
A Saloon Burned to Get Bid of It.
Columbus, O., Aug. 2L SpeciaL The
local option town of Lockburn, about nine
miles south of the city, lost its only saloon
last night, which was burned out after the
proprietor closed up. It was operated by
one Davis, who also owns a saloon in the
city. It is reported to be the work of an
incendiary.
A Suicide In a Mayor's Office.
Bellaibe, Aug. 2L Special Last
night at 10 o'clock William Batter walked
into Mayor Mahood's office, Benwood, W.
Va., drew a knife from his pocket and de
liberately cut his throat He cannot re
cover. His home is Richmond, Va.
A New Edncator in the City.
Prof. J. C Hoch, A. M., Ph. D., who oc
cupied the Chair of Science and Mathe
matics in Wagner Memorial College,
Bochester, N. Y., has accepted the same
position in faculty of Curry. The building
is being renovated thoroughly and put in
order for the reception of students Septem
ber 5. The catalogue tor '02-3 is just from
the press and shows many improvements in
courses of study, etc. The classical and
scientific courses of study are now the equal
of the best in the country, while the me
chanical and architectural courses are much
improved. A catalogue will be mailed on
application. President Bowe is in the
office daily for the reception of visitors.
This renowned institution has made hun
dreds of new friends during the past year.
They have observed with keen satisfaction
the decided improvements in coursesof
study, management and discipline which
are to be seen in all departments.
Last Excursion to Atlantic Citr
Via the B. & O. Eailioad, Thursday, August
25, at the popular rate of $10 the round trin;
tickets good for 12 days, and good to stop at
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington re
turning. Trains leave Pittsburg at 8 a. m.
and 9.20 r. if.
SifAiHn size, great in results: De Witt
I.ittlo Early Risers. Best pill for constipation
best for sick headache and sour stomach.
A FIXED FACT!
SIME N'S
' $2 CALF SHOES,
FOR MEN'S WEAR. .
In styles and wearing qualities
equal to any 2.50 shoes sold else
where. Sizes 6 to 11. All styles I All
widthsl Only $2 at
SIMEN'S,
78 OHIO ST., ALLEGHENY, PA,
aul3-Mw
ODT WENT TflE LIGHTS.
A Sunday Concert at Schenley Is
Suddenly Interrupted.
MEBRIHENT OP TflE MULTITUDE.
Watermelon, Pie, Cakes and Lemonada Sold
to the Masses.
A DEMGHTPDIj DEPARTURE IN MUSIC
Residents of-this city are learning to ap
preciate the pleasure that can be derived
from a quiet visit to Schenley Park on a
Snnda afternoon. Yesterday was a beau
tiful day and thousands of people took
advantage of it to visit the favorite resort
of Pittsburg.
Last evening an assembly composed of
men, women and children, and representing
all sizes, ages, classes and conditions, at
tended the concert at the park. Nothing
occurred to mar the serenity of the occasion
nntil after the musicians had per
formed for about half an hour.
when they were suddenly interrupted.
The electric lights flickered a moment and
went out Although this seemed to annoy
the members of the orchestra it did not de
crease the enjoyment ot the thousands con
gregated there. It undoubtedly added to
the merriment of the crowd. With intense
interest they watched the efforts of the
musicians to resume their performance.
This they tried to do repeatedly, but there
were a number of failures.
Hgnal for OatbnrsM of Laaghter.
Several times the lights flickered as if
tbey -b ere again going to bnrn, but the
spark quickly disappeared. Each time this
occurred the members of the band caught
up their instruments, drew a deep breath
preparatory to resuming and then fell back
in their seats despairing. The disappoint
ment of the musicians was a signal tor out
bursts of laughter from their audience.
The musicians were members of the Grand
Army Band of Post No. 128. Thev had
been 'surrounded by darkness for fully 15
minutes. Thinking the lights would not
reappear they had cherished fond hopes of
Deing compeuea 10 go aoine. in lact they
were making peparntions, as it was useless
to try to read the'notes. Suddenly, to the
joy of the audience and the apparent sor
row of the orchestra, a significant whizz was
heard. Following this the grand stand and
surrounding territory were bathed in bright
rays from the mischievous lights.
Delightrnt Depnrinre In Music.
The band struck up "Nearer My God to
Thee," starting the musical divertisement
with a few short, sharp rolls of the drum.
Immediately following was a soft melodious
solo on the piccalos. In a low-voiced, well
sounded vocal accompaniment the other
members of the band joined in finishing up
with the full effect of all the instruments.
The impression of the old hymn as sung
and played by a brass band under an open
sky is beyond description. The utterances
of delight and gratification came from the
lips of old as well as young.
When the playing had ceased the thou
sands started for their homes. They were
delighted with their day's outing. At the
entrance to the park, just below the Balti
more and Ohio Eailroad bridge, was a booth.
Piled upon tables inside were watermelons,
juicy pies, sweet cakes and harmless lemon
ade. The young men in charge for that day
at least had thrown down the gauntlet to the
Blue Law bogie man, reaping a rich har
vest from the many park visitors.
Ting 1.1ns Makes a Discovery.
Mr. Xing Ling has quit using nee and
chop sticks to the dismay of his country
men. Ying Lee is a progressive Chinaman
and says rice isn't in ' it with him any more
since he has eaten bread baked from
Camellia flour. Even the heathen recog
nizes that Camellia makes the whitest, rich
est and most wholesome bread. Try it.
Ttrtzct action and perfect health result
from the use of De Witt's Little Early Bisers
A pcrtect little pUL Very small: very sure
H
UGUS&
ACKE.
CLEARING SALE OF ALL SUM
MER GOODS.
IN OUR Market
street window we make
a display this week of
some of the extra bar
gains we offer in Dress
Goods.
Cheviot Suitings,
Stripe Checks and Di
agonals, desirable
stripes and colorings,
25c a yard.
More of the higher
priced goods reduced
to keep up the assort
ment at 35c a yard.
Some extraordinary
values offered this week
at 50c and 75c a yard,
goods really worth 75c
to $1.25. You may
find just what you
want for early fall wear
in these lines.
Some tempting bar
gains offering in our
Black Dress .Goods
Department, medium
and lightweight fabrics
at our well - known
clearing prices.
Cor. Fifth Ave and Market SL
auSl'X-wm
Fell Over tbs Rlnfr.
Thomas Dennison, living on Mary street,
above South Twentieth street, Southside,
fell over the bluff near that point yester
day and sustained a fracture of the right
leg. Dennison was walking along the
edge of the bluff when some one dumped
a wheelbarrow load of dirt down the hill
side from above. The dirt struck him and
caused him to lose his balance.
3
The Leading
Dry Goods House.
Plttstmrjr. Pa
Monday, Aug. 22. ISM.
Jos.irorneGos
Penn Ave. Stores.
This week we'll reduce om
present stock of
Table
Linens
By about half we need, must
have, that much room.
We will do it by reducing
prices. We make it certain by
making the prices lower than
ever Linens were sold for be
fore. Prices throughout the entire
stock have been reduced.
Read these items and note
that they are reductions worth
while taking advantage of:
Five items in Irish Cream
Damasks 60 inches wide at
40c and 48c; 66 inches wide at
55c a yard; 68 inches wide
(double Damask) at 88c a yard,
and 72 inches wide (double
Damask) at 90c a yard. All
these sold as better than ordi
nary values at much higher
prices than we now quote.
Even greater reductions in
Bleached Damasks, the best
Scotch and Irish manufacture,
present prices from 45 c up.
Your special notice is called to
these 4 64 inches wide, at
60c a yard; 65 inches wide, at
75c a yard; 68 inches wide
(extra heavy) at 80c a yard;
72 inches wide, at 90c a yard.
These, too, were considered
bargains a little while ago at
prices a fourth higher.
A lot of Fringed Napkins
put on sale this morning that
will certainly go before the day
is dona good White Napkins,
plain ot with red border, at
y4c ind 8c each worth
about double these prices.
Also, nearly 100 dozen
Linen Napkins, best styles and
best qualities, many will match
the bargain Table Linens, now
to be closed out at prices rang
ing from $1 .to $3.50 a dozen
perfect in every way as
good one season as another,
new goods must have room.
There's no other reason for re
ducing prices on such goods.
TovVel
Bargains
Genuine Huckaback Towels
this week to-day at 6c, 8c
and 10c each all worth fully a
half more. We say to-day be
cause they are likely to go in a
day. These reductions make
a big saving for buyers on large
quantities. Hotel keepers like
bargains, and this is a good
one.
Fine Bleached Bath Towels
now at 18c, 20c and 25c, that
have been reduced for this sale
by more than a half
All kinds of Towelings at re
duced prices now from 5 c to
25c a yard.
Everybody who needs who
uses Linens, whether in need
just now or not should attend
this sale.
Jos. JtoiTie 8c Go.,
609-621 Penn Ave.
au23
BEAUTIFUL
RINGS DIAMONDS
AND AND
MANY COLORED
OF THEM STONES
May be seen on tho bands of almost every
lady: It is the fashion: a lady cannot bav
too many rinss. Formerly It -was only a
solitaire or cluster diamond, bnt now it in
cludes combinations of rubies, emeralds,
sapphires, opal'', pearls and turquoise. Wo
have some superb eems exquisitely
mounted. r25to$500 so Invested iriU bring
much happiness.
E. P. ROBERTS & SONS,
JirXU AVX. AKS MARKET ST.
ansonr