V THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 25,' Wa tin plate work, which will include a com plete rolling mill plant for the manufacture of black plates. "The Cumberland Steel and Tin Plate Company, of Cumberland, Md., is erectlne substantial vrorks to consist of four hot mills, two stands of rolls each, and four stands of cold rolls; also a pickling machine, and other necessary appliances for the man ufacture ot black plates. One buildin? that for the rolling mill, which is of steel, 60x 100 feet, is now in process of erection, the object being to perfect the manufacture of black plates before engaging in tinning. The Kew Castle Plant Described. "The If ew Castle Steel and Tin Plate Com pany, ofXew Castle, Pa., is building a com plete new plant and is pushing the work as fast as possible. The foundations for the machinery are nearly completed. The main building is all of steel and iron, and is 113x 251 feet, and 14 feet hich from the floorUine to the under kide of the lower cord of trasses. The roof is now going on to the roll, lathe, machine and toolhouse, which is 40 feet 8 inches by 70 feet and 16 leet high, built of tone and brick with slate root. "The annealing, pickling, tinning, ship ping and office building is 60 ieet 8 inches by 360 feet. Contracts are closed with the Garrison Foundry Company, of Pittsburg, lor four hot mill, "two stands of rolls each, and four stands of cold rolls: also tor one 21-inch, three-high bar null. "When in Pittsburg, June 28, 1892, I called upon this firm and was shown the plans for these mills, which it was then making. Two 700-horse power Corliss engines, with boilers, etc., have been contracted lor with the Bass Foundry and Machine Works, of Ft. Wayne, Ind. The tinning machinery, doubling and trimming shears, etc., is contracted for with the Iiloyd Booth Company, of Youngstown, O. The machinery is io be delivered in Augnst and September, 1S92. The engines and build ings are arranged for two additional mills, which will be put in soon. Tlie plant, which is being built for cash, will cost 5200,000. The firm hopes to bejin the actual work of manufacturing by December 1, 1892, at the latest." List ot the Manarctnrlc Firm. Mr. Ayer subjoins to his report the fol lowing complete list of manufacturing firms, excluding all who had not begun actual operations on August 15, 1S92, with pros pective figures and estimates: A. A. Thompson & Co., New York; Ali quippa Tin l'late Company, JUiquippa, Pa.; Ameiican Stamping Company, Brooklyn. X. Y.: American Tin l'late Company, El wood. Ind.; American Tin Pinto Muclnno and Manufacturing Couipanv, Philadelphia, Pa.; American Tin and Terne Plate Company, Philadelphia. Pa.: Anderson Tin Plate Com pany, Anderson, Ind.; Apollo Iron and btcel Company. Apollo, Pa.; lirltton Rolltni; Mill Company. Cleveland, O.; UIairvllle Rolling Hill and Tin l'late Company, Blairsville, Pa.; Cincinnati Corrucatlnc Company, Piqun, O.; Clo eland Tin Plate Company, Cleveland, O.; Coates & Co., Halttmore, Md.; Columbia Til. Plate Company, Piqua, O.: Cornine Steel Company, Chicago, 111.; Cumberland llolling Mill anu Tin Piute Co.n-p-iny, Cumberland, Md.: E. Morewood & Co., Ua City, Ind.; lalcon Iron and Nail Com pany, Xile,0.;tirifflths&Cadallader, Pitts burg, Pa.; Gummey, bpotins & Co., Phila delphia, Pa.; Hughes & Patterson, Phila delphia, Pa.; John Hamilton, rntsburs. Pa.; Kahn iirotliers, Xew Yolk; Keystone Tin Piate Company, Philadelphia, Pa.; llai shall Brothers Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Alatthat, Ingram & Co., Baltimore, Md.; JU-KInley Tin Plate company, Wilkinsburg, Pa.; Merchant & Co.. Philadelphia; Morewood Tin Plate Manufacturing Company, Elizabeth- port, X. J.; X. & G. Tavlor Com pany, Philadelphia, Pa.; Xorton Brothers, Chicajro, Ills.; 'ew Castle Tin Plate Com- Euny, New Cabtle, Pa.; P. II. Laulman A Co., iniited, Apollo, Pa.; Pittsburg Electio Plating Company, Apollo, Pa.; Pittsburg Tin Plate orks, New Kensington, Pa.; Itccord. Manufacturing Company, Conneaut, Ohio; Scott & Co. (James B.), Plttsburjr, Pa.; St. Louis Stamping Company, St. Bonis, SIo.; Somerston Tin Plate Works, Brooklyn. N. Y.; United States Iron and Tin Plate Manu facturing Company, Demmler, Pa ; Wallaco Eanlield & Co, Iiondale, Ohio; W. IL Ed wards. Xornstown, Pa. Slanutactories and Frodnctlon. Total number of companies August 15, lBi. 2 timber ot companies manufacturing Au gust 15, 1692. 26 Xmnlier of companies building August 15, l"9i U Number of companies' production sus pended August 15, 1892. 2 Number oi companies enlarging works August 15, 1892 10 Number of companies making or prepar ing to make black plates August 15, 1892.. IS Pounds. Pioduction of tin and terne plates fiscal year ended June 30, 1892 13,616,719 Total production fiscal j ear ended June 30. 1892, including manufac tures I rum American sheet iron or steel, tinned or terne coated, about. 20,000,COO Estimated production tin and terne plates fit-cal year ending June 30, 1ST3 A 100,000,000 Estimated annual rateot pioduc tion close of fiscal year ending June 30, 1893 200,000,000 Estimated investment, buildings and plant, ce of fiscal year ending June SO, 1893- $ 5,000,000 The entire report is a remarkable refuta tion of the oft repeated assertion of the free traders that tin plate cannot be successfully manufactured in America. They will hard' ly assume, after reading these statistics based on sworn statements, that all of these firms are engaging in a lutile attempt to produce tin plate merely for a "blufl " or or amuBerneut. CABBIES HIS ROSE IN A BOTTLS. The Member Was Ulttc-n Off and Its Owner Is Keeping It as Evidence. Charles iselson, a colored man of the Bast End, is destined to travel the remain der of his life minus part of his nose. He carries the missing part with him, preserved in a bottle of alcohol, to use as evidence against the man who bit it off, but he also displays it proudly when relating the in cident to his friends. Eli Donahue, the colored man who is re sponsible lor this condition of affairs, is now in jail, having been committed yester day by Alderman Hyndman on the charge of'mayhcm. Nelson was enjoying a quiet game of craps with a number of his friends Monday evening when Donahue came around and reminded Nelson of the unpleasant fact that be owed him 70 cents. Nelson said: "Go awav from here. Don't bother a man with small matters when he has his mind on a game." "I want that money," returned Donahue, "and if yon don't give it to me I'll take it off the board." Nelson replied: "If you do I'll kill you." At that Donahue grabbed Nelson about the neck and a tussel ensued in which a portion of Nelson's nose was bitten off Nelson and his friends picked up the detached por tion and started for a doctor's office. The bitten off part had been chilled on the way, making it impossible for the doctor to join it a. am to the mutilated member. Nelson therefore, had to be satisfied with having it placed in a bottle of alcohol. VTnltinc; on Mayor Kennedy. Mayor Kennedy, of Allegheny, has not yet replied to Mayor Gourley's letter in regard to the Columbus Day celebration, and no further steps have beep taken in the matter. May or Kennedy is expected home on Saturday or Monday, and nothing will be done until his return. The Ordinance Passes. The Sharpsburg Councils passed Toeid ay night the ordinance giving the Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester Traction Com pany the right to enter the town. The feel ing against the company, if there ever was any, is alleged to have entirely died away in Sharpsburg. New Station for Torrens. The Pennsylvania Bailroad Company took out a peimit yesterday to build the new station at Torrens. The building ii to be at the intersection of Fifth avenue and the railroad. The structure is to be of stone and brick, one story high and will cost 54,000, Vaccinating the Children. Dr. Hazzard, physician to the Bureau of Health of Allegheny, is at the bureau offices in City Hall ou Mondays, "Wednes days and Fridays, in the afternoon to vac cinate all children who apply. Yesterday afternoon about 30 were inoculated. I KILLED BY A FRIEND. The Tragic Death of Private Beiminghoff, of the Fif teenth Begiment. SHOT THEOUGH HIS BODY. A Fellow Soldier's Revolver Acci dentally Discharged. DEATH THE EEBULT IN ONE H0DE. Pathetic Details of Camp Black's Fint Fatal iccident. A DULL DAT FOR HOMESTEAD STRIKERS Tragic and pathetic were the scenes en acted on the slope of picturesque Mount Carnegie yesterday. Private Jeremiah Benninghoff of Company K, Fifteenth Regiment, was killed, his funeral was sol emnized with all the pomp and ceremony of military life and the entire camp was plunged in griet. Just before noon vesterday Private Ford .Snrith, of Company K, was in his tent He was engaged in the task of cleaning and ad justing a Smith & Wesson revolver. Pri vate William Brown was in the tent at the time. The two troopers began to chaff each other about the relative merits of their weapons. Ford's revolver was a self-cocking weapon, and he acknowledged that he really didn't understand the mechanism of the hairtrigger. Brown attempted to make clear the mechanical workings ot the weapon to Ford. The latter held the re volver in his left hand. thought II' Understood. "I think I understand," he said, as he fingered the hammer of the pistoL The words had hardly left his lips when there was u sudden report, a flash of flame and a Buff of smoke. "My God!" exclaimed Ford, "the blamed gun has gone off" Both men gazed at a small black-edged hole in the side of the tent and then jumped to their feet and rushed to the door of the tent. They looked out and saw Private Benninshoff stagger out of the ad joining tent. His face was ghastly white and his hind was pressed to his left side. For a moment he stood tottering in the roadway and then with an awful groan he fell lace downward in the yellow dust. In a n'oment a dozen men had gathered around the prostrate trooper. Blood trickled from a hole in his left stde and stained his blue coat. "I'm hurt." he muttered. "The bullet went into my side and it's all up with me. Take me into the shade and leave me alone." Cared for Him Tenderly. Tenderly and gently they lifted him ont of the dust and carried him into the hos pital tent nearby. Surgeon Major Heilman and Surgeons Martin and JFinnerty awaited his coming. The wounded man was laid on a cot and the trio of Burgeons began their examination. In 10 minutes Major Heil man turned to the bystanders and whis pered: "The wound is fatal; the man can't possibly last an hour." The man on the cot read the verdict in the surgeon's face. Turning his face toward Colonel Kreps, who was standing in the doorway, he said: "I know it's all up with me. Ask: my mother to forgive me for joining the Guard. It was against her wishes that I joined the boys. Fred Smith didn't mean to shoot me. He is my best friend and I want you all to tell him that I exonerate him. Goodby all; my side hurts so I can't talk." And then with a groan he buried his head in the pillow. Forty minutes later he was dead. The surgeons covered the pulseless body with a sheet and then, accompanied by Colonel Kreps and the other officers, they left the tent. His Farents Notlflid. General Wiley was immediately notified. By his orders a telegram was sent to Fred erick Benninghoff, of Greenville, Mercer county, the lather of the dead private. Then the General ordered an investigation. He gleaned from the testimony ol Ford Smith, William Brown and other members of Company K, that Benninghofi's death was accidental. The dead man and the man who had fired, the fatal shot "were the best of friends. They hailed from the same town, were members of the same company, and were, in tact, chums. When the bullet left Smith's revolver it passed through the sides of the tent and lodged in Benninghofi's left side, just below the heart. Benninghofi was lying on the floor of the tent at the time. When he felt the sting of the bullet he struggled to his feet and staggered out of the tent The surgeons found that the bul let had passed through the left ,lung and kidney and lodged in the muscle oi the back. When he learned that Benninghoff was dead Private Ford Smith fainted. When he recovered he swore that he would kill himself. His comrades watched him closely during the afternoon and did their best to pacify him. He was not arrested. The Ijist Sad Kites. An hour after Benninghofi's death, the officers of theFifteenth Kegiment began to make preparations for the funeral. In a few hours all was ready. The body bad been placed in a cloth-covered coffin" by a Homestead undertaker and carried to regi mental headquarters; the colors of the regi ment had been draped in somber black, aud Chaplain Kcnn. Hayes had been notified. At 7 in the evening the regiment was drawn up on the patch of green before he headquarters. The band played a dirge and as the last solemn strains lost them selves in the shadows ot the gathering even tide General Wiley and his staff together with the commissioned officers of the Fif teenth and Sixteenth regiments filed out of Colonel Krepps' tent and formed a semi circular line around the flagstaff. Then Cliaplain Hayes stepped to the front and as he raised his hand the officers bowed their heads. A prayer was offered and after that another dirge "was played. Next the chaplain spoke. It was no stereotyped speech that the reverend gentleman de livered. A Tribute to the Dead. In simple lanenage and with a trembling Toice he spoke a lew simple words to the little army before biro. He pointed out the danger, spiritual and phy sical, of a soldier's life and paid a glowing tribute to the dead. He closed his address byteliing in a few words the details of the accident and exonerated Smith. When the chaplain bad done the regi ment was dismissed. Later in the evening a dispatch from BcnnineaofPs father was received by General Wiley. It requested that the body be forwarded to Greenville at once. This morning a detail consisting of two men from each company of the Fif teenth Regiment will accompany Benning hofi's body to Greenville and deliver it to the family. Aside from the tragio episode yesterday proved a dull and colorless day to Home stead and her people. The Advisory Board held a meeting in the evening, but did nothing. Acting Chairman Tom Crawford announced that the board would have an other statement to make public on Friday. Discontent Among Rougher. Discontent still prevails among the ronghers of the Amalgamated Association. They regard the concessions of the Green ville and Sharon rollers very favorable to their cause and they still nave a ray of hope. The Southside roughen will hold a meeting on Sunday evening, when , they will again discuss the wisdom of striking. I0WEB UNION HILLS IDLE. Folios on Doty There and Will Bemain tJntll Farther Orders, The Lower Union Mills of the Carnegie Steel Company did not begin operations yesterday morning as planned by the man agement Police are on duty there, and will remain until further orders. On this account the strikers think it is probable the firm will start the mills before the end of the week. The Press Committee deny that the strikers have inaugurated a boycott aeainst John a Oehling, a barber at No. 3333 Penn avenue. They say it makes little if any diffeience to them if he shaves all the non union men in the country. Outside of the dynamite throwing the only new matter reported is that a rougher from Sharpsburg, who has been working in the Upper Mill, has left the employ of the company. Mrs. Mary Semple, Molly Lyons and Julia Morris, who were arrested Tuesday for throwing stones at non-nnion men, were sent to the workhouse. Mrs. Semple re ceived a sentence of six months, while the other two escaped with 60 days each. THE SUPERINTENDENT BAN. Beaver Falls Strikers Try to Interview Man ager Joseph Wrlgcley, The Carnegie Company made no effort to place non-union men in their Beaver Falls mills yesterday. It is 'stated upon good authority that an effort will be made to start the mills September L The union men will be given the preference to return to work providing of course they will renounce the Amalgamated Association. The mill officials will sav nothing. Last evening Superintendent Joseph Wricgler was seen in the street car going toward the mill in company with six strangers. They all looked like workingmen. He left the car and the men continued on their way. Some of the strikers who saw him tried to converse with him, but when he saw them coming he ran. They called upon him to stop, but he continued his flight until he reached his home several blocks distant Here he took refuge and would not be interviewed. The leaders believe that a crisis is approaching and are doubly on the alert ORE KOBE SIGNATURE. The Illinois Steel Company Start Their North Chicago Mills. At Amalgamated headqnarters last even ing it was reported that the Illinois Steel Company had signed the new scale for their North Chicago Boiling Mills. The mill has eight heating furnaces and three train of rolls. The plant also includes two 6-gross ton converters and appliances for manufacturing rails. The product is ingots, rails and beams, with an annual capacity of 156,000 net tons of ingots, 125,000 tonB of rails and 50,000 tons of beams. President-elect Garland reports that finan cial aid for the locked-out Homestead men is still coming. THBEE STEIXEBS ABBE8TED. They Were QuarrfllDg Over Affilrs at the Thlrty.Foarth Street Mill. A lively fight occurred at Thirty-fourth and Butler streets yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock. Six men became involved in an argument about the strike at the Carnegie mills, coupled with the subject of politics? The men came to blows and the battle was assuming pretty good proportions when Officer Palmer put in an appearance. 'Will iam MeKernev, John A. Shanahan and Samuel Gallagher were arrested and locked up in the Seventeenth ward station. Two other participants escaped. Will Reduce the Price. Eiver coal operators have practically agreed to reduce the wages of miners. The Coal Exchange will take final action at a special meeting Saturday morning. All the members present at Tuesday's meeting have decided upon a one-half cent out, but it is the desire to secure the consent of the absent members. Accident at Braddock Mills. Owing to a breakdown which nearly caused a loss of life, the Braddock wire works were forced tcf shut down Tuesday evening. An immense belt connecting a stationary engine and a train of rolls broke, striking "Michael Dolosk, braising him severely. Fonght Over the Strike. James Lyons made an information yes terday before Alderman Bnrns charging John A. Morrisey with aggravated assault and battery. The men got into an argument about the Lawrenceville strike aud it is alleged Morrisey assaulted Lyons with a club. State Charters Granted. State charters were yesterday granted to the Morris Einstein Company, of Alle gheny, manufacturers of medicines, capital 100,000 and the William Anderson Com pany, of Pittsburg, manufacturers of iron and steel, capital, $100,000. New Departure Among Strikers. At Monongahcla City last night a band composed of the Homestead locked-out men arrived in town and played on tho principal streets, receiving funds for the men at Homestead. Sent to the Workhouse. Five young men arrested by Captain Denniston Tuesday for throwing stones at the Carnegie steamer, Tide, were each sen tenced 30 days to the workhouse yesterday. BIDS WEEE OPENED.' Contract for the Carnrgie Library Founda tion Awarded to 3. W. King t: Co. Bids were opened for the foundation stone work on the Carnegie Library last Friday. The contract was awarded to J. W. King & Co., whose bid on the work amounted to nearly $40,000. The work in cluded in this contract is the construction of the foundation walls up to the grade line. The preliminary grading has been finished out at Schenley Park and yesterday a corps of engineers were at work surveying the ground for the' building preparatory to the contractor beginning work on excavating. The work will be pushed as rapidly as possible, and the walls will be allowed to settle during the winter. During this time Messrs. Longfellow, Alden and Harlow will keep np their work drawing the plans of the details of the building, and will have everything ready to take bids the latter part of the winter, awarding the contracts so that the contrac tors can begin the superstructure as soon as the weather permits in the spring. Both Held for Conrt. Charles Weidum and Charles Nogetz, who were arrested by Detective Corrigan on the Southside Monday were given a hearing yesterday. Magistrate Snccop held them for court on a charge of larceny. It is claimed that they attacked a man named Tienanps and robbed him of his gold watch ane some money. Canceling Stamps by Electricity. The Pittsburg and Allegheny postoffieei will toon be provided with electrio stamp canceling machines. They are operated by a small motor and will stamp, cancel count and bunch 30.000 letters an hour, doing the work ot six men. A Floor Firm Assigns. George G. Gisel and John W, King, do ing bnsiness as King & Gisel, flour and feed dealers in the Twenty-first ward, yesterday made a voluntary assignment of their store and stocketc, to E. EL Wilson. JUST OVER THE WAT. William Booth Kept a Speak-Easy Under the Police Nose and DEFIED ALLEGHENY OFFICIALS. Supt Hath Stood a Rifle Shot Through His Office Window, BUT HI8 PATIENCE IT LAST, FAILED William Booth, the proprietor ofjBooth's Hotel, on the northwest corner of West Diamond and Ohio streets, Allegheny, was arrested last evening on two charges of sell ing liquor without a license and selling liquor on Sunday. The informations were made by Police Superintendent Muth, and the warrant was served by Detective Frank Aiken. Booth was taken to the police sta tion about 7 o'clock, and was locked up until he could get bail to the amount of .$2,000. This he did not obtain last night, and he spent the night in an iron cell, while his wife and children cried for him not 200 yards away. Booth is an Englishman, large, blonde and easy-going. He has had a lease on the old hotel on the corner for a little less than two years. The house belongs to Mrs. Nettie McKee Graham, aud is a part of the property selected for the site of the new Allegheny postoffice. The entrance to the hotel, an old three-story frame structure, is on West Diamond street. This doorway and the windows of the dining room on the second floor face the one large window of the private office of Superintendent Muth, in City Hall. It is in that dining room that the superintendent says the big En glishman has been running a speak-easy, right under the official nose. The nerve displayed by Booth was galling to the offi cial dignity, and tor several weeks detec tives have been at work to secure proof positive against the bad man from England. A Shot Throush ninth's Window. Booth is a marksman, and his house 1b cumbered with rifles, , Floberts, revolvers and odd old shooting irons that may once have been of some value. During the spring and early summer Mr. Booth amused himself by shooting from his windows at the pigeons that flew about the old barns and shanties near his inn, and at the sparrows that twittered in the pine trees in the munioipal yard just across the narrow, street One calm morning, while the Super intendent of Police was at his desk, writing and thinking and enjoying a period of un disturbed solitude, there was a crack in the window glass just above his head and a small bullet struck the wall and fell on the carpet on the opposite side of the room. A ball from one of Booth's flo berts, perhaps aimed at a vagrant sparrow on an exposed pine branch, bad cut a round hole in the large pane of the upper sash. This, the superintendent contended, was drawing the bead a little too fine. A po liceman was sent after Booth. He was takett before the superintendent and a large section of the riot act was then and there recited. There has been no more sparrow shooting and no more bullets have gone through the police windows. But on nuiet days a big Englishman sat at a window on one side of the street, and a short, sturdy Ger man sat at a window on the other side, and they gazed at one another not in love. Shooting Range for the Folio;. About two months ago Booth sprang a new source of .annoyance. He called in several reporters one day and gave them a talk on the miserable weapon equipment and poor marksmanship ot the ordinary Allegheny policeman. Every man carried his own choioe of gun, he said, and as the police had no practice with their revolvers, one of them, in firing at a flying thief, was just as liable as not to kill the officer on the next beat He proposed to establish a shooting gallery in his basement, where the policemen might hive a chance for target practice with their assorted guns. This was heaping molten slag on the official head, and Booth from that day was marked for the soup bowl. About four weeks ago, being convinced that John Barleycorn was a regular boarder at Booth's Hotel, the superintendent sent for the Englishman and talked to him in a plain and pointed manner. Booth confessed that he had been selling without color of law. He bad been in hard luck, he said, and had to get up before daybreak and hustle hard to support a hungry wife and five hungry children. Twice Refuted a License. He had twice appealed, in dulcet tones, to the judges oi the License, Court, but twice had he been refused. However, he promised thereafter to be good and strictly to obev tne urooKs law. He would deal in .!.:. u i, ........... i i .i fellow's bar. With that he was sent home aud the Superintendent felt easier. J Watch was not relaxed, though, for they superintendent from his own window could in his leisure moments, look throughttlie scant snrubbery and see dilapidated citizens going in and coming out through the low doorway across the Diamond. (He could even see shadowy forms passing hack and forth in the dining rooms, for the lace curtains which hung at the windows fare very thin. He set his detectives agafn at work, and by pumping well-known cLRzens of bibulous inclinations, the superintendent became eonvinced that the Allegheijjy rep' resentative of the celebrated Boothfamily was still selling liquor out of the old ice box. Patience at last grew tired aud the informations were made. ' Superintendent Muth says thar. he has a list of nearly 20 witnesses and-that they will all be compelled to tell What they know of the condition of things at the upper end of William .Booth s narrow and rickety stairs. STOE0TODED WITH STEBY. The Body of P. M. Hener FoundlFloatlng In the Allegheny Blve Charles Martin saw the bodf of an old man floating down the stream near the Sixth street bridge yesterday, and by using a skiff managed to laud it The Coroner was notified and the body was taken to the morgue, where it was identified as P. M. Heuer by a description left thtre the night before by James Heuer and hit brother-in-law, Wm. Boland. They were fearching for the body ot Heuer's father, helhaving been missing from his home, 20 Fourteenth street, since Monday. The deat . of the man seems to be surrounded -with m; stery. His son said he showed no evidence: of insanity, nor did he have any financial tri ubles, so he can see no motive for his committing BUicide. Acting Coroner Gripp hel I a partial inquest yesterday morning, at w ich nothing developed. He adjourned the i iquest until this morning, requesting younc Heuer to make inquiries as to whom hisj father was .with Monday evening. The bpdy was re moved from the morgue to his home. A Thief Gets Off East. Mike Graham was arraigned I before Al derman McKelvey, of Allegheny, yester day on a charge of the larceny ojf a valuable gold watch from Mrs. M. A. Owing, of Veto street Mrs. Owens, having recovered her watch, she said she could not remain in the eity to testify against Graham ita Criminal Court She is about to take a WWstern trip for her health. Graham was sent It o jail for ten days as a suspicious person. Street Viewers Appointed. Samuel Ohadwick, William McCallin and Charles A. Anderson were (yesterday appointed viewers to assess the cost, dam ages ana nenems oi yacating ueary street, xwenty-nrst ward. HELD BY THE COLLECTOR. The Experience of Two Celestials on Re turning to America Dr. Donehno Has a Tilt With an Official A. Chlmese Eleci trlclan Goes to Sonth America. Two of Dr. Donehoo's Chinese proteges returned to Pittsbnrg yesterday after a two years' absence in their native land. The recent Chinese legislation did not give them any trouble, as they had their papers prop erly made out Yee Foo and Tee Din left Hong Kong June 24 and arrived in San Francisco August 16. Tnere were 160 of tneir countrymen on tne vessel re turning to the United States, and the anxiety of each of them as- they approached the port grew intense. The? did not know how they would get through the examination by the collector of the port As they came from the ship they commenced shouting out who they were until the noise was almost deafening. The collector told them to be quiet and answer their names as called. "ee Foo" was the first to be called out, and he passed through without any trouble, as did yee Din shortly after. About half of the Chinamen were detained on account of their papers not be ing'drawn properly. Bev. Donehoo has been having a tilt with Collector Nelson, of the port of Pem bina, on the borders ot Manitoba. Yee Lee, a Chinese resident of Pittsburg, arrived there several days ago and was detained. The collector was inclined to be ugly in the matter, stating the papers which Dr. Done hoo had given the man to be nsed on bis re turn were not right Dr. Donehoo wrote and explained matters to Secretary Crown, who replied that the man should be allowed to enter. Monday he telegraphed to the collector the Department's decision, but could get no reply. Yesterday he received a dispatch from Yee Lee in which he stated he had been admitted, but was quarantined in a shanty on account of smallpox in the neighborhood, and would not be able to get away before Saturday. Bert Lee, an electrician, left the city for South America the other day to erect an electric light plant there. Dr. Donehoo thinks he will have trouble to get back into the country, as he did not take the papers required by the Government "He could pass for a Japanese," continued Bey. Done hoo, "but he will not practice a deception." A Y0DNG WOMAN ASSAULTED. Afialr Conneotod Ith a Picnic at Noto rious Ross' Grove. The Italian picnic at Ioss' Grove yester day did not show a falling away from the character of other picnics held at that re sort Two tragical affairs occurred. A pretty girl of about 22 years, Laura Bussell, of No. 633 Wy lie avenue, was lured away from her friends about dusk and was found half an hour later, in a lonely place in the woods, beaten about the face and without her hat or watch. She said a man who had asked her to take a walk had spoken in decently to her, and when she replied in dignantly he had struck her in the face, knocked her down and stolen her hat, watch snd purse containing $11. When Laura entered the last train to re turn to Allegheny she saw a man whom she claimed to be her assailant Three Alle gheny officers were en the train, and to Officer McCnne she appointed out Joseph McCarthy, a bartender on Grant street McCarthy toas taken to the lAllegheny police station and locked np. He and the girl were both slightly intoxicated. He will have a hearing this morning. During the afternoon an Italian was seized with a fit and ran wildly against trees and bushes. He was badly bruised before he was caught by the police and turned over to his friends. SHAHTYIOWH BAIDED. The Colonists Had a Tip and Only One House ITas Caught. Inspector McLaughlin, Lieutenant Dun can and a squad of men last night started on a raid on "Shantytown," Fourteenth ward. The place is a collection of shanties near Boquet and Forbes' streets, Oakland. It is inhabited by a mixture of negroes and Ital ian laborers. For some time the com plaints to the police about the district have been numerous. It is alleged it has become the scene of all sorts of v;olations of the law "shooting crap" and other games, drinking and sell ing beer, and immoral practices prevailed. The complaints at last became so numer ous thit last night the raid was ordered. When the police arrived they found all but one louse closed tightly, the residents evi dently having taken alarm. They got in the house of James Armstrong, colored. He and his wife, Louis Travis and Mamie Spe'icer were arrested and taken to the Fourteenth ward station. They are charged witn keeping a disorderly house. CHAEGES AGAINST EA7EBS. Superintendent Math Makes Four and Others Are to Follow. f -n-l C :-A...l....l If..!!. . All. jroiice auuemiieuucuk j'luiu, ui jiuc- 'gbeny, yesterday made four informations against unarles Havers, cnarging ntm witn linM,l.w Pp.limini.v iyatkrinrrm wfll 1 held before Alderman McKelvey, begin ning at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Keeper Eberhardt, of the workhouse, will not be able to leave his bed for a week, and the charges in which he is the main witness will, not be beard until that time. Havers is still in the Allegheny lockup, and Super intendent Muth thinks he will plead guilty to the burglary charges when he is ar raigned for trial, so that he may be sent to the penitentiary instead of to the work house. THE IRON CITY COIXEUE Obliged to Enlnrco Its Quarters The Progress of Pittsburg's Lending Repre sentative Bnslnrss School. In an interview yesterday with Mr, Charles J. Smith, Principal of the Iron City College, that gentleman stated that the past season was unprece dented m their history both for in crease in attendance and membership and also In successful results of the work by students. The healthy growth of this in stitution has necessitated doubling the space used in past years to accommodate the students. Much money has been spent in handsomely refitting and decorating the study and recitation rooms, making them very attractive in appearance; and an ele vator of ample capacity carries students from the street to the various floors. THE COLLEGE CATALOGUE FOE 1892 Is the handsomest publication issued this year by any school in the United States, 'and owing to its expensiveness it will only be sent on application. The subject matter of the catalogue is as high olass as the press work. and is tree from innuendoes or insinua tions which so often mar college publications. Mr. Charles J. Smith, the Principal, wonld not for a moment permit anything like per sonalities or reflections. He has put his entire heart and enthusiasm into the work of the school, sinking his identity in that of the Iron City College, with the result that to-day the college is the progressive, model institution of the country. Its usefulness is not local, but is far-reaching; and in every section of the country are found to-day successful and re spected business men and women, who look proudly back to the Iron City College from which they obtained their early training. Mr. Charles J. Smith rejoices at THE SUCCESS OF HIS LIFE WOKK. , He is proud of the friendship of those who graduate every year from the school of which be is Principal, for Mr. Smith is not influenced by mere mercenary considera tions, but is tWcareful and experienced ad viser as well as instructor of the students. And even after the prescribed course of study ircompleted and the diplomas given, the college does not lose its kindly interest in the graduates, but hundreds of voang men and women owe their salaried positions to the recommendations and personal efforts of Principal Charles J. Smith. The Iron City College is in very fact an alma mater I a fostering mother to her children. HECAMOTBEFOMD. Ko Clew (o the Dynamiter at the Thirty-Third Street Mill. DETECTIVES IN A QUANDARY. After Blowing Up a Freight Car the Mis creant Hsappearg. STEIEEES ASSISTING IX THE SEARCH All attempts of the police to unravel the mystery surrounding the dynamite ex plosion at the Thirty-third street mill of the Carnegie Company have practically re sulted in a failure. From the time of the occurrence at 9:45 o'clock Tuesday night detectives have been putting forth every effort to apprehend the miscreant They have condncted their investigations both in and outside of the mill, but up until a late hour last night they had not even captured a suspect The whole affair is shrouded in the deep est mystery. Inquiries among the non union men and strikers reveal little if any thing. All have theories to advance upon the subject The non-union men blame the strikers. While the police are investigat ing the matter in the interest of the firm the strikers are searching for clews, hoping to lay the crime at the door of the non union men. Cnased the Greatest Excitement. The explosion caused the greatest ex citement among the residents of Lawrence ville. About 9:43 o'clock Tueslay night everyone in the neighborhood was aronsed by a tremendous report, louder than the noise made by a dozen cannon. One man living on Forty-fourth street claims he heard it yery plainly. He had just fallen asleep at the time. Immediately after the noise had subsided hundreds of men, women and children hurried to the scene. Soon the avenues leading to and from the mill were crowded with excited people anxious to learn what had happened. Various rumors were afloat One was that an attempt had been made to blow up the mill, resulting in a terrible loss of life. Anotner was tnat several boners in tne mill had exploded, causing a destruction of both life and property. A third report was cir culated that the strikers had possessed themselves of two large cannon, and had commenced a bombardment of the mill. Threw a Dynamite Bomb. At last it leaked out that someone had thrown a dynamite bomb at a freight car loaded with ingots and consigned to the Thirty-third street mill. Thi report, after investigation, proved true. The bomb had exploded after striking the car and did lit tle damage beyond sbattering the wood work. The fact that no person was within 100 feet of the place when the explosion oc curred explains why there was no loss of lite. At no time since the commencement of the strike have the police relaxed their usual vigilance. Tbey say that owing to the darkness and also that the tracks of the Allegheny Valley Bailroad are used is a thoroughfare any person conld have easily thrown the bomb and escaped without being noticed. When the people swarmed down upon the scene Tuesday night the police found it almost impossible to preserve order. Finally after much hard work they dispersed the crowd that had gathered around the scene and quiet was once more restored. He Qnlckly Closed the Gates. Acting Superintendent Wrigeley and Police Lieutenant Orth were seated outside of the main gate when the explosion took place. The former realizing that the non union men inside of the works would be frightened and there wonld likely be a stampede, closed the gates. This only made matters worse. The non-union men made a rnsh for the gate and in struggling to get out a free fight ensued in which several of them were badly injured. George McCluky, a non-union man, who, it is said, is responsible for the riot, was singled out by the management yesterday morning and promptly discharged. Subse quently lie tried to join the strikers, but tney refused to admit him to their ranks. Dynamite or Powder TV as Used. Inspector McETelvey, who reached the scene shortly after the explosion, thinks that the person who threw the bomb only intended to destroy property The Inspeoto'r says it would have been just as easy to have thrown the dynamite into the mill. In this case the loss of life would have been frightful. In making an inves tigation the Inspector found a piece of fuse about eight feet long. 'This makes him doubt whether it was dynamite or powder that was used. The strikers say the damage to the car was on the side nearest the mill. The police say they are determined to overtake the bomb thrower, and the strikers have pledged their assistance in the work. FINE WALL PAPER. Choica Patterns at 5c, 10c and 15c. English and American varnishes. Tile Papers tor Bathrooms and Kitchens. IMITATION OF STAINED GLASS. J. KERWIN MILLER'& CO., No. 613 Smlthfleld Street, PITTSBUBG. Jy7-Th BIBER & EAST0N. HOUSEKEEPERS, ATTENTION! Our importation of Scotch, Irish and German Table Damasks, Towels, Napkins, H. S. Sets, Art Squares, Tidies, Scarfs, eta, is now open for your inspection. Every thing is fresh and cheap. We call your special attention to a line of HUCK LINEN TOWELS At i2jc, or $1.50 per dozen. 25x52 Extra Damask Towels, at 25c, or $2 Per dozen. The Towels at 25c are open work ends, Knotted and plain fringe, with very attrac tive borders, and hese are extra large size and usually sold at 35c. TABLE DAMASKS In new and beautiful designs. To make a dnll season active in our Linen Department, we offer you special low prices. Red and Cream Damasks, at 25c and 30c Extra All-Linen Damasks, 58-inch, at 40 c. Extra 66-inch Scotch Damasks at 50c, worth 60c. Many pieces German Damasks at 65c, worth 75c. At 75c and SI our line of 72-inch bleached Damasks, with Napkiua to match, invites yery careful inspection. BIBER & EAST0N, 106 AND 607 MAEKET STL au23-Trsra .,5.. ?;ii!..-A ,s'Jsi.Si,i., .KBIT AlVERTI-SEMEl ' The Leading "Flttshurr, Fa, Dry Goods House. Thursday, Aug. 15, lis) Jos.fiorne&Go.'s Penn Ave. Stores. By No Means A- dull month, this month of August, in these big retail stores, for we are making your dollars buy more than they ever dicPbefore in the last 25 years. And people are not slow to find out facts like these, judg ing from the crowds that daily come in and buy. We spoke yesterday of the Navy Blue and Black all-wool SERGES, So you know, if you read the advertisement that the goods are here, and if you did not read it come in and see the goods, anyway. Our New Fall Dress Goods Are arriving, so now there are additional reasons for your com ing to the store, as you have your choice of the bargains, which must be sold, whatever the loss, and you have first glimpse of the new fabrics that promise to be fashionable for the coming season. An inducement on these new goods will be found in the closeness of the prices with which we open the season. You get more in width and quality in what you buy than you find generally the case. A big busi ness at a small profit is the rule in this Dress Goods Depart ment ' NeWSilKs: The high novelties of Silks and Brocades of French manu facture are now arriving. We only mention this for the bene fit of those in need of Wedding Trosseaus and traveling out fits. As usual these advance ar rivals give promise that for beauty and variety of design the Silk Department will lead this season, as it has always done. Jos. ttorqe 8l Co., 609-621 Penn Ave. autt CARDS. Calling, Beceptlon and 'Wedding Cards, Xa grayed or Printed, best styles. Low prtces. W. V. DEEMITT 4 CO., 107 Grant street and 39 Sixth ayenuo. FALL, 1892. THE LARGEST EXCLUSIVE CARPET AND CURTAIN HOUSE IN THE WEST IS Packed From Cellar to Ropf With Goods ' of Our Own Im-. portation. Come in and look through the stock, whether you wish to buy now or not EDWARD GROETZINGER, 627 AND 629 PENN AVE. auatras 7 i i P. I
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