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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
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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.
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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
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.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.
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