'THB J PITTSBURG , DI8PAT0H," SUNDAY? JSraBMBERiiTSMMW REDUCES B ME Biyer Coal Operators Notify Their Miners That They Wl Pay hut THREE CENTS A BUSHEL. Both Employers and Employes An ticipate a General Strike. THE WORKERS WELL ORGANIZED. Unioa Milli Strikers Attending to Their Own Affairs. according to the constitution, the first of the fourth week in September. Three weeks' benefits trill then be due each man, amounting to $12. Of this, two weeks are paid and one week is kept on hand. Of course, where extreme cases occur the local lodge goes to the man's assistance. This has been done in a great many cases." ON TO WASHINGTON. Bine-Coated Veterans Repeat the War-Time Cry of the Rebels. RDN BY THE MEN. NEWS OP THE GRBAT LABOE TT0RLD The Executive Committee of the river coal operators met at the Coal Exchange yesterday and decided to demand a redac tion of one-halt a cent per bushel in the price of coal mining, for more than a year past the river operators have been paying 34 cents per bushel. Hereafter they say they will pay but 3 cents per bushel. The proposed redaction affects about 8,003 men. Daring the past summer only about 8,000 men have been at work in the river mines. The others have been idle because the operators contended that they could not afford to run their mines at the price for digging. The river miners will refuse to accept the proposed reduction, and they will on Monday morning inaugurate a general strike. All of them have within a few months been organized into the United Mine "Workers' Union. Their leaders say they will be able to make a strong fight, and they contend their men are prepared to stay out all winter unless the old price of mining is guaranteed to them. Kvcry Mine In the Itrglnn Represented. "When the Executive Committee of the operators met yesterday morning every mine in the river region was represented as being anxious to demand the reduction. As a result a notice was written, printed and posted demanding the reduction. The notice explained the disadvantage at which the river operators were placed in competi tion with the railroad operators. The notice further gave out the information that unless the miners were willing to go to work on Monday at the 3-cent rate the mines would be closed down lor an in definite period. The coal works directly affected are those of the JLysle Coal Company, Joseph Walton & Co., Horner & Eoberts, John A. "Wood & Son, W. H. Brown Sons, & & Crump & Co., S. Kobcrts & Co., OVXiell & Co., the Crescent Coal Company, the Time Coal Company and many other smaller concerns. All the companies have filled their entire coal fleet and have, they claim, all the coal now loaded that they will actually need for several months. They also have supplied themselves with an abundance of coal for fuel, and claim they are now better pre pared for a strike than ever before. A General Strike Anticipated. Captain Harry Brown said yesterday alter the notices had been sent out, "We have no doubt whatever that our miners in the river district will strike, but we are well provided for a general suspension of business just now. We have demanded the one-half cent per bushel reduction sim ply because we cannot operate successfully unless the reduction is granted. The rail road operators with the same coal requiring Just the same effort and energy to mine only pay 3 cents per bushel. Xt ts claimed by the miners we can pay the difference Strikers Buy They Have Chares of the Union Mills Trouble Superintendent Dillon Suva 90 Fer Cent of the Old Men Can Nver Return. Superintendent Dillon, of the Thirty third street mill, was seen yesterday and said: "This ib the first time I have sat down to talk with a reporter. We have been doing the work and the other side the talking. I want to say that we are running lull at the Thirty-third street mill and sin gle turn at the Twenty-ninth street. The quality and quantity of the production is up to the average. We have had no rejections thus far by the inspectors, although before it was a frequent occur rence. The breakages are nothing hut what we have always had and always will have to contend with. I wish to state positively that of the men who went out, 90 per cent can never work in any mill operated by the Carnegie Company. If they should come back to-morrow in a body and ask for work, it would be refused them. We have no places for them, all the positions being filled." Emanuel Schillo, of the Thirty-third street Press Committee, when asked what he thought of Superintendent Dillon'b claims, said: "As far as the quality of the material goes, the tensile strength depends entirely upon the material used. An Explanation for Good Work. "The raw material being worked in the Thirtv-third street mills is made at Park Bros.' and Johnstown, and the finished material could not help being up to the standard test. As to not taking back 90 per cent of the old men if they wanted to come back, it seems to me that Messrs. Dillon and Scott would not make personal visits to our men to try to induce them to return if they do not need them badly. They endeavor to influence the men in all sorts of ways the son through the lather and then another through some other rela tive. "It is generally reported, Mr. Sehillo, that the men out here are kept from going to work by the officials of the Amalgamated Association who are looking out for them selves in this matter." "The whole supervision of the strike," says Mr. Schillo, "devolves upon the Exec- THOUSANDS OP G. A. R. HEN GOING, About a Hundred Trainlonds Will Pass 5 trough. Pittshurg. PREPARATIONS MADE BI LOCAL POSTS that because we can transport our product much cheaper than the railroad operators. That is not true, because we annually pay nearly a quarter of a million dollars for lockage, which the railroad operators do not have to pay. Another thing," Captain Harry Bronn went on, "we come into direct competition with the Kanawha coal. In fact, cur miners are in the same district with the Kanawha miners, yet they now, and have been paying only three cents per bushel for mining. Advantages of Kinuwha Operators. "They are nearly 300 miles nearer the market. They have no lockage to pay, yet we are compelled to compete with them and at the same time wc are asked to pay a half cent per bushel more for our mining. "The truth is we can't do it We won't do it any longer. We should have insisted upon the reduction last March, but we had 'contracts to fill then. Xowwe have no con tracts; we have plenty of coal ready to send 10 marKei, ana we uo not care whether we operate lor several months." John Harbison, of Monongahela City, one of the recocnized leaders of the river miners, who was at Captain Brown's office yesterday, said: "Our men will strike, of course. We have heard several times re cently that a reduction was being consid ered, but the notice sent to us this morning settles the matter. We were surprised, of course, but we are prepared lor a pro long struggled. Eight Thousand Men Orcnnlzsd. "We have about 8,000 members of our union in the Monongahela district, and everv man will join in the strike when wort is concluded to-day. After a few weeks we believe the operators will give in just as they have before." "Will the general association of mine workers help you?" was asked. "We do not need help. Our men are, thrifty, industrious fellows, and they are detTmmed to fight the proposed reduc tion offered." One of the local operators said that while he had no doubt the river miners would re fuse to co to work on Monday, he be lieved that they would all resume work within a month. John Costello. President'of the Pittsburg district of the United Mine Workers, said yesterday that he had no connection with the river miners. He was confident, how ever, that the river men would strike. He believed they would win the strike. utive Committee, which is elected by the men themselves. The committee is close to the men and know their will in the matter and act accordingly. The Amalgamated of ficials have nothing to do except to sanc tion any action which we might take." Jot Tala rnr Their Labor. "Do the members of the local lodge who have the strike in charge receive any com pensation for their services?" "No, indeed," said Mr. Schillo. "The fact ot the matter is that a great many mem bers of the committee have put their hands down in their pockets to relieve some of the poorer members. Take Warren, for in stance. He has been offered an elegant Dosition in the East, bul he refused it. thinking that his ser ices were due to his fellow-workmen in their trouble. There is no personal end to gain, in this affair. We are all working for the common good." "You are distributing some benefits, are you not?" "Yes," replied Mr. Schillo, "in urgent cases we have applied as much as $20 at a time. This is not from the fund of the National Lodge, but from money obtained by donations, subscriptions and gathered together by other means. We refuse no one who is in actual need. Some people come here who never worked in the mills, but wantvbenefits because they are members of the Association, and have refused to work In positions offered them. Under the con stitution these people are not entitled to aid." IK A FALSE 1IGHZ Strikers Object to Blns Credited "With IteceUln- Large Benefits. A prominent Amalgamated man, whose name is in the possession of The Dis patch, said to a reporter that it was but right that the statements printed in some Tapers about the strikers getting from f5 to ?20 a week benefits should be corrected. "It puts a man with a Jamily in a very peculiar position when his creditors come round for their pay," he continued. "The landlord, butcher, grocer and baker all tell us that we have a perfect right to pay our bills if we are receiving the benefits as re ported in the papers and refuse to believe us when we tell them that no such benefits are being paid." The above statement was brought to the attention of President Garland, of tl.. Amalgamated Association. He said: "No regular benefits are being paid vet. There is a clause ia our constitution which ays: Except a strike has been legalized three months prior to July 1, no benefits shall be paid to any member lor any strike during the months of Julyand August Our first distribution of benefits will occur Minor Industrial Notes. Rolltt. TTD3TROr, of the 12-lnoh mill of Thirty-third street. Is expected to como out to-aay. Hugh O'Dorani and Hush Eoss will be Riven a hearing on an application for bail Monday. Tbi bar mill at Shoenbergor's was run successfully yesterday. A full crew or old and now men were on band. Yesterdat was pay day at the Thirty third street mill. The mill yard waa crowded with the men waiting their turn in line. Tun Elba Iron Mills will start up Monday In the rolling departments. Mr. Everson expects to have men enough to ran several mills with full crews. Is getting Heater Shuster to come out Emanuel Schillo ears it deprives the Car negie's of the only man capable of making iron on tho night turn. It Is reported that the Carnegie Company win tear down their furnaces nd replace them bv open hearth steel furnaces. Con tractor Kressler has the work In hand. The building trades are unusually dull for this season or the year. There is scarcely anything coin? on, all on account of tho strikes. Neailyallthe large buildings can not be commenced until the necessary iron can be procured. A ntoYiKEirr Amalgamated man will leave Saturday for McKinlei's district in Ohio, where ho will electioneer ajrainst Moran who is the Republican nominee for Con gres. The gentleman is a rabid .Republican but opposes Monrin becauso It is said he is against labor organizations. Thk Thirty-third treet strikers did pood work yesterday. They succeeded in getting Heaters Moran, Franscisi Shuster. Helpers Looke, Froellch, Bowucr, Hooker Hater and Piler Delmver to come out. This is caused by the men succeeding; in cetttng Bricks to come out as he was the flrt man who made a break in the ranks. The fact that E. K. Warren went out to East Liberty last niht to take charge of a baseball club should notbe construed as his retirement from the labor woild. He went after the Dorry Base Dal 1 Club, which Is com posed or 23 non-union woikers for the Carnegie Union .Mills, who arrived hore re cently and located in tw o hotels in the East End. A Distrusting Mendicant -Lock-d TJp. The Nachorse, the mendicant Pole who has disgusted so many people with his dis eased arm while begging, was locked up on the Southside last night and will be sent to the hospital. He has studiously avoided the latter places, as his arm has been a good source of income. Vsltorsto rittsburc Exposition Can Save 835 to 850. .,P.Tinfir en prevented by an unprece dented lush of business from exhibiting our poods at the present Exposition, and saving thereby thousands of dolUis, we promise to give the bem-flt of such saving to our cus tomers b7 i educing the price or our pianos and organs and all other musical roods in corresponding pioportion. AH the best pianos and onrans made in America are ex- KH Wood street, rittsuurgj.sucb as tho ureat Stein way, tlio wonderful (jonover and the EiV.?oraJ,i.an03' wlththo nBWIv in vented third ucdal, producing a beautimi $800 and $1 COD. for cash or on cay time pay ments; also the newlj -Invented piano-organ, combining the advantages of both piano and ?,ISfln'aind.1!aT,n!: f2u seve" octaves, all for $U. Also the wonderful Vocallon church organs. An $800 Vocalinn guaranteed the equal of any $,500 pipe orzan. We also sell all kinds of campaign Instruments, such as drums, fifes, brass band horns, cymbals, strinjrs and latest sheet music, etc Kleber S JJrO.'S is tlio Oldest nnrt mner I innsic house in this district, and their repu- Thisweek the Grand Army veterans all over the United States will be busy polish ing brass buttons and brushing dust and moths from caps and blue suits that have been laid away for years and almost for gotten in boxes and trunks. Not since the war and probably never again will be gathered as many soldiers of the rebellion as will soon concentrate in Washington for the annual National Encampment It will be the supreme effort of their lives, for many of the boys are growing old. Many a grizzled warrior will be in Wash ington who hasn't attended an encamp ment before. The fact that the meeting is to be held in the National Capitol, which was an object ive point during the war and was so familiar to the soldiers during the conflict, has excited the greatest interest among them and a mighty outpouring of veterans with their wives and children is expected. Itailronds Making Big Preparations. The railroads have already contracted to carry thousands, and the pressure on the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania roads will be so great that both lines have decided not to receive freight for Washing ton during the encampment An order of this kind is very unusual in the history of railroads, but the necessity of the case de mands it Superintendent Holbrook, of the Balti more and Ohio road, informed Division Passenger Agent E. D. Smith yesterday that next Sunday it would be im possible for him to furnish equip ment for the regular excursions to Wheeling and Ohio Pyle on account of the Grand Army business, so no popular tickets will be sold to these places on that date. It is also the intention of the roads to suspend freight traffic during the move ment or passenger trains for 24 to 40 hours. Euery available coach on the two trunk lines will be pressed into service, and Pull man sleepers, thanks to the monopoly, will be at a premium. The sale of tickets begins SeptemberJ13, and lasts until the 20th. They are good to return until October 10. One fare for the round trip has been made. Division Pas senger Agent Smith, of the Baltimore and Ohio road, says the biggest volume of the business will be going next Saturday, Sun day and Monday. Vlerrinc the Old Battlefields. The old Baltimore and Ohio being an historical line has the advantage over its competitor. The road runs through Cum berland, Harper's Ferry, and follows the Potomac to AVashington. Many a bloody battle.during the war was waged along its tracks, aud for this reason the G. A. E. men prefer to go over the line to see the territory and places in which they fought Assistant General Passenger Agent L. S. Allen states that he will have 50 trains alone out of Chicago. This will include the business from the West and Northwest Half of these trains will come over the Pittsburg & Western through this city. Arrangements will be made to feed the people here in transit and it will tax the restaurants and hotels. Already the bene fits of the B. & O's through line to Chicago via Pittsburg are appearing. There is nothing like railroad competition to help along a city's anuual growth. In addition the B. & O. road will have out of this section at least 25 trains more of eight or nine cars each. The company has prepared for the local passenger office 5000 guides of Washington and a number of Southern battlefields lor free distribution among the old soldiers. Thon.andg Will Pais Throuch Plttsbnrir. The music will begin next Saturday. Gen eral Passenger Agent Sargent, of-the Pitts burg, Shenango & Lake Erie road, writes from Meadville to Mr. Smith that he will deliver to the Pittsburg & Western next Saturday morningaBpecial train of eight cars containing people gathered from Erie and other towns in the northwestern part of the State. At the same time Assistant Gen eral Passenger Agent C. W. Bassett, of the Pittsburg and Western, will have two special trains of G. A. E. men from Akron, Warren, Younestown and New Castle. These trains will be run over the Junction road to the maih line. In addition Satur day morning the Baltimore and Ohio will have Post 162 out of Pittsburg on a special, and a special train of cars from Connalls ville, including 250 people who have been contractsd for from Greensburg. There will be a post from Scottdale. The Browns ville and Californja posts will rendezvous at Uniontown and " meet the special there. Mr. Smith thinks two special trains will be needed to move all these people. Next Sunday the Baltimore and Ohio will leave at 8 A. M. Posts 236, Southside; 117, 548 and 181 from Braddock. A special train will be provided for them. How Local Posts Mill Go. On Monday morning Dr. Wilson, from the Southside, with a nartv of frtenils. will occupy a sleeper. Post 88 in two sleepers will leave on the same train. Post 100, from New Castle; Post 105, from Butler, and the Union Veteran Legion, of Wash ington, in another sleeper will make up a special train. A"special will be run from Johnstown at 6:30 a, m. on Monday. Six cars will be taken from this place and three more from Stoyestown, Somerset and Hoo versville. The post from Scottdale is also going. Mr. Smith states that nnmerous organi zations have not yet been contracted tor, but will be heard from this week. The number already going will no doubt be doubled in a few days. "When the general volume of business is added it will be seen that the roads will have their hands full. Pennsylvania was a very patriotic State and furnished its share of soldiers. The Pennsylvania road runs through many prosperous towns, and is prepared to carry a large number of people. This road will also be jammed to its full capacity. ' EVERYBODY PLEASED. The Bis; Show at the Folnt Attracts Thou sands of Lovers of Music A Natural Gas Test to Be Made Next Week A Big Week. The weather, disagreeable as it was, did not prevent a good-sized crowd of handsome, well-dressed people from attending the Ex position. With the exception probably of the opening show, the attendance was larger last night than on any previous night during the week. The crowd seemed to be made up almost entirely of musicians, or at least ardent lovers of music,for while all the aisles were fairly filled with those who moved about just to be seen, the benches in tront of the band stand were crowded from cool evening until 10 o'clock, when the strains of "Home Sweet Home" told the delighted gathering that the first week of the big Point show was about to close. The first week of the show was a satisfac tory success. The attendance each evening was entirely satisfactory to the manage ment and everybody who went there seemed to be gratified with their visit With all the attractions,-and there are enough of them to please the most fastidi ous, the great band seems to give out more real pleasure than all the rest The wheel man, the horseman and sportsman have ex hibits to their peculiar liking.. The ad mirer of silks and satins, the lover of the beautiful in art and bric-a-brac has her eyes filled with a glittering array ot her own particular subject, but the band pleases everybody and nine out of every ten, after seeing and tiring of everything else, gravitate naturally to the music seats, where they seem to get both pleasure and rest. On Monday the 19th an instructing and interesting feature will be introduced by the several gas companies of the city, and under the direction of the companies a test will be made of the heating and cooling power of the natural gas. A good-sized roast of beef will be cooked. A turkey will be prepared for the table, and a room especially prepared for the occasion will be heated irom freezing to oomfort and the amount of gas and the time to do it will be duly registered. This feature will interest housekeepers especially and is designed to attract large crowds. An enjoyable musical programme has been arranged for Monday afternoon and evening. THEIR VACATION OVER. Conncilmen Will Be at Their Desks To-MorroW Afternoon. THE ANTI-LIBRARY RESOLUTIONS Expected to Ee Laid Aside Without Jetton Being Taken. SOME MEASURES TO BE CONSIDERED SOW FOB THE HTJNTEE8. A Xiarce This Party Going to Wyomlne Week to Shoot Bear. The hunting season has opened in some States, and a number of Pittsbnrgers are tj preparing to spend a few weeks in the woods searching for game of any descrip tion. Deer, moose and other large animals were free in the upper peninsula of Michi gan Septemper 1. Canada recently changed her game laws, and now deer are only per mitted to be shot between October 1 and 15. The regulations provide that one hunter is allowed to kill 5 deer, two hunters 8 deer and three men 1Z If these figures are ex ceeded and the hunters are caught they are subject to a heavy fine. E. C Dunnavant, City Passenger Agent of the Lake Erie road, states that his line will carry to Canada October 1 from five to six hunting clubs from Pittsburg, or 300 men. A party of 26 will leave over the road next Thursday for Casper, Wyo. The mountains in the Territory abound in bear and other large game. These men are after exciting sport, and no doubt will get it AH AGED PAUPER. Charles Bletzlnger Applies A sain for Aid at Alleghany. Charles Bletzinger, an old man who has been at the poor farm several times, applied to the Allegheny Department of Charities for aid again yesterday. He was told that nothing could be given him, and the officers advised him to go to the home of one of his children. He has three daughters and two sons. Bletzinger Mas sent to the home of the Little Sisters of the Poor some months aeo and was discharged a few days ago for insubordination. His age is 73, and he has been supported by the county in the differ ent plaoes he would Btay tor tour years past COMING YEAB'S OFFICEKS. A M0LLIE MAGOISE. repu- i such elr repro- .. ,.. flia choice of an Instrument Kleber & Bra's warorooras are 508 Wood street Send tor catalogue. i-jiiiun iw ouicuy nonest cle-illng Is such .in. v i.-ujio iiuuiiciiiy rely upon the! mentations and lollow their advice EJtroSttlcW-Make the children happy ny giving them a ride on the Exposition merry-go-round. He Says Ho Has Killed Two Men and Is Required to Give Bond. A surety of the peace case was called in Judge Kennedy's court yesterday which attracted considerable attention. Patrick Booney was charged with threatening Mr. and Mrs. Brenner. The prosecutors are the parents of Elmer Brenner, who was convicted of the murder of a farmer named Ecese, near Ebensburg, Cambria county. They charged that Booney came to their house on Second avenue, when intoxicated, ard said: "I am a Mollie McGuire and have killed two men andean kill two more before your son is hauged." Judge Kennedy expressed disapproba tion ot such bloodthirsty expressions by requiring Booney to give bond in the sum of $300 to keep tne peace. WISHES HIM DECLARED DEAD. Mrs. Tuelcey, Whose Hatband Has Been Absent ,EIrbt Tears, Makes Application. Mrs. Emma Tuckey filed an application in the Register's office yesterday.asking that her husband, Samuel Tuckey, be declared dead, and that she be given letters of ad ministration to iettle the estate. Mrs. Tuckey claims that her husband disap peared in 1884, since which time she has heard nothing of him, and she believes he is dead. She desires to seoure insurance from a number of societies to which he belonged. Last Day's Session of the C. M. B. A. De voted to Official Election. At the last day's session of the G M. B. A. at Scranton yesterday the following offi cers were elected: J. B. Pox, President; J. B. Jennings, of Bradford, First Vice President; J. E. Duffy, of Great Bend, Sec ond Vice President; M. Walsh, Treasurer; j. w. ouiuvan, secretary, and .Messrs. Brady, Maxwell and Clark, of Pittsburg, trustees. Flag Hoisting Ceremonies. An event of more than usual Importance took place yesterday afternoon on tho roof of the new Solomon & Ituben building. It consisted of the hoisclns; and throwing to the breezes of a beautiful new flair, which the genial pioprietors bad made for that purpose. In keeping with theotbercolossal proportions attained in the new edifice, this nag is 50 feet long and 27 feet wide and is fastened to a flair staff t0 feet high, tho ex treme end of which is surmounted by a hollow copper sphere, and placed therein weie the following documents: Whoever reads this greeting! Know ye by these presents that on the luth day of September, 18U2, there was completed by the Arm of Solomon & Euben, consisting of K.iskel Solomon and Charles Ruben, the grand structure located on til, 413, 415, 417, 419. 421. 4f and 425 Smlthfleld atreet. in the city of Pittsbnrjf, conntv of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, which will be devoted to the carrying on of a wholesale and retail business, consisting of the following dep.u truants, viz.: Aien's, Doys' ana cnimi en's clothing. lien's, boys' and children's hats and caps. Wen's, ladies',misses' and ohlldren's shoes. Ladies', misses', chlldieu's and infants' cloaks. Ladles' and misses' tea gowns and wrap pers. Fans of every description. Gents' furnishing goods. Jewelry. Trunks and leather goods. Hor-io goods. On the 7th day of April, 1892, tho work was first started by tearing down the old struc tuies. The corner stone of the new building; was laid Tue'day, the fith day or July, 1892, by Marcus K. Solomon, tho oldest and only son of K.iskel Solomon, of the above firm. To tho above statement we, the members of Solomon & Ruben and the heads of the various departments, have affixed our signa tures. PrnnrtBtnrn 5 KaSKZL SOLOKOI. Proprietors, j ClJA3 KnBmr Cuab. SoLOMOif, Manager of Clothing Depart ment. Maurice Eubet, Managor of Hat Depart ment Oscab M. Bixqhak, Manager of Shoe De nartment. i Waldexab Est, Manager of Cloak Depart ment Joseph Rosenthal, Chief Cashier. Also the following by the con ti acton This flaz staff, erected to-day, September 10, 1892, lor tho Solomon & Ruben building, shall carry the flag 'or liberty with tte well wishes of all. That It may stand the storms for many years and tbat success may be the reward ot this enterprising Arm are the well wishes or all who wcro emp'loyed by the geneial contractor. iSigned Gto. P. KitETz, General Contractor. . L. K. Cor-ELAND, f list Foreman. G. .'ohott. Second Foreman. Mike Sueur as. Timekeeper. Joii2T A. Jacobs, Cleik. T. D. Evaks, Architect. To-morrow marks the end of the summer vacation ot the city legislators. It has been the longest vacation in years. No legisla tion of any kind has been passed since the single special meeting at which the Poor farm purohase was closed tip just after the vacation began. Usually the vacation sea son means a time when meetings are mora frequent than during the regular period, but this year has been an exception. The explanation is generally known. Just after the Homestead troubles broke opt eight labor organizations in this city passed resolutions calling on Councils to re turn to Andrew Carnegie the 51,000,000 donated by him for a free library at Schen ley Park. Such was the temper of the peo ple atthat time that a fight would probably hare been made to have tho resolutions passed had a special meeting projected about the middle of July been called. The gen eral sentiment among city officials was that it would be better to wait until the regular session, by which time the Homestead fever would have cooled down and the best judg ment on the library question would prevail. No Action Expected on the Resolutions. As a result, there will be few if any Conn cilmen in favor of approving the resolutions. They are all in the hands of Mayor Gourley who will transmit them to Councils to-morrow with an appropriate communication, and it is probable that nothing further will be heard of them. The Mayor will also sub mit a communication relative to the expect ed cholera epidemic. There will be considerable important business before the legislators. A large number of new ordinances will be pre sented, amone which will be Chief Brown's bill to compel the people on the Southside bills to construct a complete sewer system by urohibiting the use of the coal pits un derlying the hill for that purpose. The ex clusive announcement of Chief Brown's intention to present the bill in yesterday's Dispatch caused a sensation on the South side yesterday and developed a strong op position, which demands a hearing when the matter comes up for consideration. The people over there declare the abandoned mines make the best sewers the city has; that there is absolutely no odor or danger from them, and that to abandon them be fore a complete sewer system is substituted would be the worst thing that could be done from a sanitary point of view. It is claimed that a few years ago the State Board of Health investigated the matter and decided that the present system was a healthy one, in spite of a general complaint mat had been raised against it Big White Bits Act as Scavengers. This verdict, they claim, was corrobo rated a year ago by a forcef six men who explored the abandoned mine workings and braced up the roof of the mine under the Thirty-second ward schoolhouse, which was in danger of sinking. These men reported that the mines were as sweet and hole some as any other coal mine; that the de posit of sulphur served as a complete diain lectantto the sewage which came down through the sewage wells, and that the mines were inhabited by apparently mill ions of big white rats, some of them nearly as large as cats, which consume all the filth deposited in their home. To build a sewer, it is claimed, sufficient to drain Mt Washington and carry off the water ot Saw Mill Bun, which it would need to do, would cost over a million dollars. The peo ple over there say they are not prepared lor such a heavy "expense, and the present system is good enough. Those who are foremost in opposition to the ordinance are D. E. Torrance, N-. Brokaw, A. C. Bobert son and J. It. Heard. Theordinance ot the Betail Grocers' As sociation will also be presented to-morrow. Its title is "an ordinance granting permis sion to grocers to use and occupy three feet of the sidewalk next to the building line in front of their premises for the purpose pf exposing iruit and vegetables lor sale. ' The title expresses all there is in the bill, there being no limitation as to time or season when it shall be in force. Will Pass Upon the Mayor's Vetoes. Mayor Gourley's veto of the resolutions providing lor the purchase of the Piinn, Lockhart and Pite properties as an addi tion to Highland Park will come up in Se lect uouncii. J. ne Mayors objections to the resolutions, as already printed, are based mainly on his opposition to large parks, .his preference being small parks aud more of them. Chief Bigelow, who is interested most deeply in the passage of the resolu tions, has been released trom quarantine at New York, and is expected here to-morrow in time for the meeting. It is expected he will ask to have the resolutions parsed, not withstanding the Mayor's objections. Mr. Bigelow's regulations for the parks will also be considered. In addition to the above business there will be 30 sewer contracts to be anDroved. nearly as many contracts for street paving aud a mass ot other work of that kind which has been retarded for months by tho failure of Councils to meet Then the're is an ordinance extending the Second avenue railwayto the city line, another extending thf fllflTPna tltia ntlf V.anV.tnnin nnnn.iA WILL BDI A NEW ENGINE. Chief Brown Advertises for Bids for New Fire Apparatus Steam and Chemical Encines to Be Fnrchased To Be fin ished Within Three Month. Chief Brown has at last published an ad vertisement for the city's new fire appa ratus. The first item calls for two first size or first-class fire engines with upright plunger pumps. No further stipulations as to the style of engine or attachments to be applied are made. H. E. Safford,who is the plaintiff in the suit against the city on ac count of the last engine purchased, says the specifications are fair and square, enly elim inating from the contest the rotary aud horizontal piston engines. Controller Mor row and Mayor Gourley both indorsed the specifications before publication, the Con troller beintr especially pleased because they cut ont the Silsby rotary engine, which he thinks is not a desirable kind. In addition to the fire engines, one or more 60-allon horizontal tank chemical engines, one first-class two-horse .hose reel and one one-horse hose wagon are included in the list. No conditions are attached to the chemical engine specification except as to the amount and quality of hose supplied with it The hose reel-must be capable of carrying 1,000 feet of 2y inch hose and be equipped with two tire extinguisners. xne hose wagon must carry 900 feet of hose and be equipped with two fire extinguishers. A bond in double the amount of the bid with two sureties, executed before the Mayor or City Clerk, must accompany each bid. One hundred days' time is allowed after the approval ot the contract before the new engines are to be delivered, and the date for closing the bids has been fixed at October 1. MINOS HOMESTEAD CASES. s"- MIS If AD V KKTISEMENTJ V7?3 ft ' Two Strikers Called to Answer for Surety or the Peace. Emory Spires, a striker at Homestead, was given a bearing in court yesterday on a charge of surety of the peace, the(informant being J. M. Dickson. It was stated by Dickson, a clerk in the employ of the Car negie Steel Company, that while he was taking a number of non-union men into the mills Spires approached him and remarked: ''Do you think that's the right thing to do?" "Yes, I do," said Dickson. "Well, you ore a marked man," replied Spires. Dickson then states that shortly after this he heard there was a plot on foot to murder him, and he was of the opinion Spires was the ringleader of the a flair. He therefore made the information for surety of the peaee to protect himself. Spires admitted the conversation stated, but said that what he meant by the ex pression "You are a marked man" was that Dickson had been marked by the workmen as an enemy to union labor. Jndge McClung stated that the remaik was. a very improper one and had the appear ance of a threat. He directed Spires to pay the'eosts and enter into a personal recognizance of 5300 to keep the peace. Hugh Boss, another of the Homestead strikers, was called to-day to answer a charge of surety of the peace, but did not answer. Boss is wanted on the charge of murder preferred by Secretary Lovejoy be fore Alderman McMasters. THE BEST and SAFEST Place tq, invest money in the State is in the new, city of Kensington. IT is permanently established IT has numerous factories and more to come. IT has 1,200 dwellings, stores and shops. IT has over 5,000 population. IT has every convenience of larger cities. IT costs less to live than in larger cities. IT has schools and churches. - IT has workshops to give employment to all. IT has plenty of pure spring water piped through the streets. IT has wide streets and sidewalks. IT is a beautiful locality to make a home. IT is the best city in the country to establish a business of any kind. . IT requires but a visit to convince home seekers and investors that money will be well invested when put in property at Kensington Go up the Allegheny Valley Railway 18 miles and see O000OO-- v I A F1 Tg my mn v& Sf ensin gtoh. Make a purchase and you have DOUBLED YOUR MONEY. Free railroad tickets furnished. Salesmen always on the ground. For further information call or address THE Wmm MOMENT CO., No. 79 FOURTH AVENUE, Pittsburg, Pa. FIRST FLOOR. fiell-13 to Wilkinsburg, another' connecting the Duquesne and Fifth avenue lines at Howe street and Shady avenue, and another re quiring street railway companies to pave and repair the streets, as directed by the Chief of Public Works. The garbaze fur nace contract with Boland Smith, the un derground wire, pawnbrokers' and pool room ordinances, together with a large number of street improvement ordinances, will come up for passage. Tips. Two hundred dozen ladles' hose, Sc; ISO dozen cents' half hoso, 6c; 73 dozen cents' seamless half hose, fancy stripes. 10c; 120 dozen children's ribbed hose. 1c; 23 nieces 90c black Henrietta at 59c; all our 0-inch storm merges at 49c; 100 pieces striped cre pons, 60c, all wool, cost 75o to Import, 15 Uiffoient colors; 75 ladies' lull suits, all wool, B OS (braid trlmmln.r): loo bleached table covers, all linen, 43c, 1 yards square. Don't ask to see this cover utter this week. Sat urday evening a customer remarked: "It Isn't three minutes since I paid $1 50 for tho Identical coyer." It pays to trado at tho Cash Store. Thobhtoit Bnos., Allegheny. Wxxs-wzzx children's suits at 1 74 for to morrow only at Sailer's. Nearlog the Tbrer-Scare Hark. George Beineman,of Diamond street, was 69 years old yesterday. Early in the morn ing a number of downtown business men called in a body to congratulate him. Ii. C Totebuscb, the city representative of Addler, Koedelheim & Co., begged Mr. Beineman to accept in behalf xt himself as well as for a few of his intimate friends, a small token of esteem in the shape of a beautiful floral stand, showing in floral figures the date of his birth, 1823 and. 1892. Mr. Totebuscb. made a presentation speech, which was loudly applauded. Joseph Bnrkley responded cleverly in behalf of Mr. Beineman. In Offlclnl Harness Again. Among the Pittsbnrgers who arrived home yesterday from Europe was Assistant District Attorney Harry L Ooehring. Mr. Goehring was in splendid trim, and turned in to his work at the Criminal Court in vigorous style. He has been greatly built up by the trip. At New York he was sub jected to n quarantine of 36 hours. Some ot Mr. Goebring's friends were a little slow in meeting his advances yesterday, until they learned that he sailed from Liverpool in stead of Hamburg, and that he was thor oughly fumigated. ""On September iith, 1680, Roger Crab, a soldier of Crom well and religious enthusiast who ate only vegetables and grass, and drank nothing but water, died in England. He gave all his property to the poor, flogged himself fre quently as a penance for his sins and passed the rest of his life in different prisons suffering punishment for his opinions. Self-chastisement is of various different forms. You will punish yourself if you miss our Special Suit Sale this week. We have placed on sale about 50 new styles of Black, Blue, Brown and fancy Cheviot Suits at the low prices of 10, $12 and $15. These suits are made by our own tailors right here, under tKe best sanitary care, and combine solidity with style, elegance with price. In our Pants Department we added about 60 new styles of plain and fancy Cheviots, home-made, at $2.25, $3 and $4. Don't punish yourself, but come this week and get the benefit of our opening sale. HOUSEKEEPERS, HALT! If saving money is an object, read this advertisement before yon pay out a dollar elsewhere for FURNITURE, CARPETS, ETC. We've put a downward PRESSURE ON PRICES, Goods are offered at almost manufacturers' cost on these. TEMPTING TERMS: fr 12 Worth, 50c Cash, 50c Weekly. f $ 25 Worth, $1.00 Cash, $1.00 Weekly.; $ 50 Worth, $2.00 Cash, $2.00 Weekly. $ 75 Worth, $2.50 Cash, $2.50 Weekly $100 Worth, $3.00 Cash, $3.00 Weekly ARGUMENT NEEDED 954 and, 956 LIBERTY ST. Star Corner. OQ$$$$$ 3$$'OQ''frO ?oll-36 A Itnij tVark in Court. Last week was one of the busiest the Criminal Court has seen for a long time. There were 170 cases disposed of in all; 12 on Monday, 26 on Tuesday, 52 on Wednes day, 26 on" Thursday, 19 Friday aud 35 Sat urday, a total ot 170. EXPOSITION Of oonrse you have taken a ride on the Exposition merry-go-round. It U the fashion. Open day and evening. I Oil id m immmiv en-lN EW-j- TEL AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLANS. NEW MANAGEMENT. Co5TP.,ePiIr located on rourth St., Central Ave.. a,1d T&!? 'h tn Principal thoroughfares of the city. Third St. entrance of Hotel opposite main entrance of Grand Central Railway Station. New Restaurant for Ladles and Gentlemen. Xarre Donrmlttee Rooms for Conventions. New Sani tary Plumbing and Electric Llghtlnsr. Cable address, " Corre," Cincinnati. THE A. G. CORRE HOTEL CO., Proprietor! a,O.CMM,rr. JD.O SBXUtS.Tln-rrts.lUauir o. m. BAsnx, sm't inn. To convince the intelligent that these terms and figures are without precede ent in the installment business m Pittsburg. In making them weVe simply set aside old methods and introduced new. There isn't a housekeeper in Pittsburg, Allegheny or the surrounding coUntry but can save money by , dealing with us. " NO LARGE FIRST OUTLAY OF CASHI NO FANCY PRICES TO PAY! NO SUBSEQUENT HEAVY INSTALLHENTSI MAGNIFICENT STOCK. Everything new, best make, modern design, stylish and durable. f GUARANTEED TO GIVE SATISFACTION- We furnish a house complete. Have goods to suit all tastes and coin ditionsfor Parlor, Bedroom, Hall, Library, Dining Room and Kitchen, in-i eluding the stove or range, carpets, rugs, mattings and oil cloths of every-j description. ALL BUSINESS CONDOCTED IN CONFIDENCE. To get a correct idea of our stock, prices, terms and methods favor ow, establishment with a visit. VISITORS ARE NOT URGED TO BUY. MURPHY MODEL HOME FURNISHERS, 27 SEVENTH STREET BROS. tXiSi 27 Near Pena Avenue, PltUbnrz, TOE BOTTOM AXZOXXWD TSH Tm. 73 I Y
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