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landed in a field with the right side up, as
if it had been placed there bj an express
man. The Sleepers Escaped.
The fonr sleepers did not leave the track,
but the crash ot the collision roused every
passenger. They were thrown violently in
their berths, and most of them feel stifiand
sore now. The majority were sleeping with
their heads toward the engine and the hard
knocks injured the craniums of some: The
porters veiled fire aud -it didn't take the
men long to dress and get out of the cars.
There u as danger of another train coming
along and running into the lour sleepers in
which were left the women and children.
A brakeman was sent to the nearest tele
graph station at once. The wreckage was
burning lively, and the -passengers pushed
back the sleepers from the fire.
The freight crew live in Allegheny. O.
D. Couklin was the conductor and A. Brad
ley engineer of the freight train. G. W.
llagerwas the passenger conductor, Brad-
AFTEK THE
ley jumped from his locomotive and escaped
without injury. As soon as Superintendent'
Starr heard of the accident he started for
the scene at once to direct the wreck
crews. Conklin has not been Tseen
since the collision, and it is expected
that he aud the balance of the freight crew
will be arrested to await the verdict of the
Coroner's jury. The orders for the trains
were issued ifom the Wooster office, and
there is no doubt about them being deliv
ered and understood.
The passengers going east were trans
ferred to another train about 10 o'clock and
started for Pittsburg. Burt, the engineer,
was sent to his home in Crestline. The
special reached Alliance about 11, where
the hungry people were fed.
This afternoon 50,000 in silver brick
were taken from beneath the mas of iron
and cinder. Some of the silver had been
melted. A temporary track has been built,
and travel is partially resumed.
TALKS WITH PASSENGERS.
A Cliicago Broinincr Speaks of the Bead
Brakeman With a Cigar In His Mouth,
i A Poor Postal Clerk Burned Alive.
Among the passsngers in the, wreck who
reached Pittsburg yesterday afternoon were
S. H. Comings, of St. Joe, Mich.; Theo
dore Salzmsn, of Philadelphia, and a Chi
cago drummer, who requested that his
name should not be publisbel for fear his
azed mother would see it and be shocked
into illness. The two registered at the An
derson. The Windy City man is intelli
gent, and tells a graphic story of the wreck.
"I have traveled," he said, "for twenty
years and this is the first time I was in a
wreck. I hope I may never have such a
terrible experience a?ain. I was in the
last sleeper and was sound asleep when the
accident happened. Being so far removed
1 did not feel the force of the blow, but it
mut hax e been very hard. I know I was
awakned br the " lurch of the train, and
then I heard the pnllman conductor advis
ing all the passengers to dress at once but
not to be alarmed. I knew what that meant
and was soon np and out The two engines,
the coaches, express and baggage and four
ireight cars were piled in a heap. The big
locomotives were interlocked as if gripping
each other like Titans in a straggle.
"The cars were smashed into splinters. A
man niut have seen the wreck to get an ad
equate idea oi the damage and the force of
the crash. 1 could hear calls for help, bnt
I lelt from the appearance of the cars that
mnny were dead. I can't see how anybody
escaped in tbe two coaches. The last one
w.is telescoped, and the smoker was re
duced to kindling wood.
"Going to the first car I saw a man sitting
at the window. He was last and couldn't
cet out. We broke the glass and pulled
hira through the window; Ho was uncon
scious, but soon recovered. He said two
women sat on the seat opposite his. We
saw one who was dead, but the other was
not in sizht I suppose she was buried
under the debris. The fire was
now burning lively, and we hadn't
any means ot putting it out One of the
poor postal clerks called to me that he was
held down by the timbers, but it was impos
sible to reach him on account of the flames.
His shrieks were frightfnl to hear, and I
will never forget the terrible sight of that
man burning to death while we could onlv
stand by powerless aud witness his tortureL
I helped to take down the brakeman, who
was pinned against the engine. A half
smoked cigar was still between his teeth,
and at first we all thought he was alive, but
we soon tonnd that his body was badly
crushed. The right leg had been severed."
CONKIIN IS HISSING.
The
Conductor of the Freight Train Not
Heard l'rom Since the Wreck.
Conductor O. D. Conklin, of the ill-fated
freight train, had not arrived at his home,
No. 37 Adams street, Allegheny, at a late
"hour last night To a Dispatch reporter,
who railed there, Mrs. Conklin said she ex
pected to see her husband every moment
She was positive he was safe, because the
local officials of the Ft. Wayne road had so
assured her. She had sent her son to tbe
depot six or seven times, but no account ot
her husband had been received more than
that he was safe. She has received no
word from him.
Mrs. Conklin was pale and agitated, and
denied all possibility of her husband having
been killed. When asked if she had any
idea ot his whereabouts she answered "no,"
but the railroad officials did. He left home
early on Tuesday evening.
At the Fort Wayne depot last night ev
erybody spoken to on the subject of the
wreck was silent, except the assistant chief
train dispatcher. He said that Superin
tendent Starr was on the scene.
The responsibility of the wreck has not
yet been placed on anybody. He had not
heard the. statement that the freight crew
had been drinking. He understood that
Conklin was safe, but could not say posi
tively. George Mays, a brakeman of the road, who
usually made the trip on the freight which
was wrecked, was said to be on board when
the accident occurred. A call at his house
on Beaver aveuue served to show that he
had taken a short vacation, a, fact which
poksibly saved his lite.
BOASTS THE BATXBOAD.
3Ir.
Salzman Complains That the People
Were Left Without Food.
Theodore Salzman, a Philadelphia busi
ness man, was seen at the Anderson yester
day afternoon. He lelt for his home last
'evening in a very nerious condition 'and
complaining of soreness fn his bones. His
hazgage was destroyed and he left his ad
dress with the company. He was bruised
abojt the head and shoulder, but
thinks alter a few days' rest he will
be all right Mr. Salzman occupied a berth
in the second sleeper lroni tbe last, and
when he was awakened he said he was
doubled up like a ball. His description of
the wreck and the injured is about the
same as told by other passengers.
. Mr. Salzman coihplains about their treat
ment by tbe Ft Wavne road. Three
conches were sent out to carry about six car
loads of people, and coming in, he said, a
number ol the passengers who felt sick had
to stand. They were put on a local train
that stopped at all the stations. He thinks
this was an outrage, as they had
been traveling on s through
train, aud the people were
anxious to reach Pittsburg. After they
had worked around the wreck for four or
five hours they were surprised that the
company did nut send them something to
eat. Mr. Salztnan says the people com
plained of hunger, and had to., go without
tood until they reached Alliance, between
'10 and 11 o'clock.
WAS THE CREW DRUNK ?
Mr. Comings Said a Brakeman Told Him the 1
Freight Men Had Been Drlnklng-AIl
Efforts to Stop the Fire Prove Fruitless.
S. II. Comings, of St. Joe, Mich., is quite
an old man. He put up at the Schlosser,
and went to bed as soon as he reached the
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hotel. The company's physician Called on
him, and gave him something to qniet his
nerves. His neck and back pain him consid
erably, but he is not hurt badly,and will re
sume bis journey to Washington this mora
ine. He was in one of tbe sleepers.
Mr. Comings did a little investigating on
his own account to try to find ont what was
the cause of the wreck. He said last evening
that one of the freight brakemen told him
the crew had been drinking. He couldn't
remember his name, but the brakeman said
he didn't expect to make another run, and
he would have to tell the truth. Mr. Com
ings said he saw the dead man ou the en
gine with a cigar in his mouth, and he un
derstood it was the fireman on the freight
He added that this fact looked to him as if
the crew bad been careless.
"The wreck," continued Mr. Comings,
"was something awful. I would not have
believed that any force except dynamite
could have reduced cars to such small
pieces had I not seen it Why, I saw a
large beam that was broken off clean as if it
had only been a stick. The locomotives
were doubled up and bent like tinder. I
couldn't sleep very well, and had gotten np
to put a wet cloth on my head. I was
hardly back in my berth when the crash
came. I noticed as I climbed into the
upper berth that we were running very fast
It didn't take me long to dress, and
I was afraid another train would run into
us. I saw that a trainman started back to
the next telegraph station and to flag other
trains.
"Going to the front part of the wreck I
fonnd it had caught fire and was burning
rapidly, it was dare ami a young man and
I got a lantern and walked" over the cars.
He was more active than I and went into
one of the coaches. I could see the two
women sitting upright, but they were dead.
The sides ot their laces were turned toward
me, and by the glimmer of the lantern it
Ipoked as if their bodies had been crushed
between the seats. A number of the men
got up on the embankment, where they
stood holding their grips and overcoats,
and none ot them gave any assistance.
There was a call lor help to push
the sleepers back from the fire,
but thoe of ns down around the wreck had
to do the work. We uncoupled the sleepers
and pulled them away one at a time. I
could see the bodies of tbe dead and in
jured burning in the fire. We tried hard
to release the postal clerk who was burned
alive, but we were powerless. I am anx
ious to know whether whisky or careless
ness is responsible for the disaster."
A BAD BLUNDER MADE.
The Freight Crew Charged With Being
Asleep Passengers Finned In the
Wreckage Unable to Escape the Fire
An Awful Death.
A telegram from Cleveland last evening
stated that it is believed that the engineer
and fireman on the freight while standing
on the side track at Shreve fell asleep and
were awakened by hearing a train rushing
by. Thinking that it was No. 8, the en
gineer pulled out on the main track, when
the trains met
Jacob Weltman, of Shreve, who was a
Eassenger on the train, said that he was
alf asleep whenhewasarousedby the shock
of the collision. He?said there was a terrible
rumbling noise and almost instantly the air
was filled with cries -and screams "for help.
He was pinned to the floor of the car by
wreckage, but with great difficulty he
finally freed himself and went with others
to the aid of a lady who with her child was
held by the heavy timbers. Tney -worked
with-might and main to rescue the two, but
were finally driven back by the flames and
compelled to leave the woman and child to
their fate. Mr. Weltman said the cries
that came from tbe imprisoned people were
such as he can never forget The fireman
on the freight train must have had a horri
ble death, as he wps caught in the cab and his
frightfully burned body dangled in the air
in view of the hundreds who visited the
scene, the wreckers being unable to get at
it because of the heat The poor postal
clerks imprisoned in the mail cars, which
were thrownupon the passenger "engine,had
no chance to escape, and they were doubt
less all bufaed to death. AH the fatalities
occurred in the two locomotives, the postal
and smoking car and the day coach. As
soon as the people of Shreve heard ot the
wreck they hastened to the 6cene with all
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iuc puvsiuuus avtmaoie. j.ne injured were
tenderly cared for, aud every effort possible
made to rescue those who were perishing in
the burning cars. The heat was so intense
that little conld be done.
The Coroner has begun an inqnest
Trains at present are being run by way of
Akron and Mansfield.
Arrested for Whipping a Child.
Frank Knipe a German mill worker, of
22 Chestnut' street, Allegheny, was arrested
by Officer Masser yesterday on information'
of Mrs. Kosa Brown, who charges Knipe
whipped her 14-year-old boy in a brutal
manner for some slight offense. Knipe was
confined in the lockup lor a hearing before
Police Magistrate McKelvey this morning.
One Year's Increase
In the Adlets.
Daring the past 12 months the
number ot small ads was nearly
75 per cent greater than the pre
ceding year.
September IS, 1891, to Septem- OK Onfl
berl5, 1892 OO, oU9
September 16, 1800, to Septem- An A n
ber IB, 189. 4o, 493
This Tear's Increase 36,316
The best results follow the use
ot the cent-a-word columns.
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THE DISPATCH. '
W HELDTOR COURT.
True Bills' Found Against
Every Participant in the
- Homestead Eiot.
THE LIST OF DEFENDANTS.
0'Donnell and Ross Are the Principals
in Everj Case.
JUST SIX INDICTMENTS IN ALL.
Harder, Aggravated Eiot and Conspiracy
ire the Charges.
PITCHER BALDWIN IS OS THE LIST
Every one of the Homestead strikers who
had a part in the deadly riot of July 6 had
a true bill found against them by the grand
jury yesterday. In all there are 167 de
fendants. There were six indictments
handed down. Three of them were for
murderatwo for aggravated riot and one for
conspiracy. In all the cases Hu?h O'Don
nell and Hugh Boss 'are defendants, as is
John McLucbie, with two exceptions. Of
the 167 defendants many of them are prin
cipals in two or more cases. The finding of
the grand jury follows:
Murder of Silas Wain James Close, Charles
Martz, George Diebold,' Sanderson, Ed
ward McVay, Peter Allen, Sr., Jaok Clifford,
Matthew Foy, Hash O'Donnell, John Mc-
Luokle, Sylvester Critchlow, Anthony
Flaherty, Samuel Bnrkett, James Flannlgan
and Hugh Boss.
Murder of T. J. Connors James Close,
Charles Martz, George Diebold, "Sander-
son. Edward McVay, Peter Allen, 8r Jack
ClltTord.Matthew Foy, Hugh O'Donnell, John
McLuokle, Sylvester Critchlow, Anthony
Flaherty, Samuel Burkett, John Flannlgan
and Hugh Ross.
BIcLuckloNot In This Case.
Murder of J. W. Kline Jacob Stlnner, Ed
ward Burke, Jack Clifford, Hugh O'Donnell,
Matthew Foy, William Foy and Hugh Robi.
Aggravated riot Hugh O'Donnell, T. W.
Brown, Thomas H. Baynes, Isaac Bvers,
Harry Back, Mark E. Baldwin, M. Cash,
Frank Clark, Isaao Critchlow, Thomas J.
Crawford, John Corcoran, John Dally,
John Dierken, James Dimn. John Edwards,
Thomas Godfrey, W. H. Gatches, James S.
Hall, U". S. Grant Hess, Hennessey,"
Bald Kennedy, Thomas Kelly, George W.
Laughlln, H. H. Layman, Robert G. Layman,
Jaok Lazear, Paddy McUool, David Maddt
gan, Owen Murphy, John McGovem, Will
iam MoLuckio, Punk, alias "Pete McAllis
ter," McLaughlin, Wm. Oeffner, Dennis
O'Donnell, John Alonzo Prion, Jack Preese,
P. J. Eorke, Richard Scott, David H. Shanlan,
Newton Sharpe, John Sullivan, Oden Shoe
maker, Taylor, George Wolley, or Wil
kinson, James Ward. Petor Moran, Lewis
Lewis, Patrick Pagan, W. H. Williams, Mike
Xauzhton. Patrick Haves and certain other
evil disposed persons with force and arms,
then and there, in manner and form afore
said, did make an aggravated riot to the
great terror nnd disturbance of all good
citizens of the Commonwealth, to the evil
example of all o there in like case offending,
contrary to the form of the act of the Gen
eral Assembly in such case made and pio
vlded and against the. peace and dignity of
the Common wealth of Pennsylvania.
Tho Second Aggravated Blot List.
Aggravated riot Peter Allen, Joseph
Akers, Thomas Antes, Oliver P. Antes,
Charles L. Atwood, E. G. Bail, Harry Bick
erton, William Blakoley, Jaok Bridge, Sam
uel Benkett, Ed Bcnke, James Close, Jack
Clifford, Thomas Connelly, Sylvester Critch
low, Bobert Dalton, George Diebold, Fred
Gunstan, Anthony Flaherty, James Flannl
gan, Mathew Fov. David Inchtoo, Evan
Jones, E. C. McVay, John Murray, Peter
Nan, Hush Ross, Benjamin Th omas,
Sanderson, H. Trantman, W. Edward Will
iams, Oliver a Coon, Charles W. Mansfield.
Conspiracy Hugh O'Donnell, Thomas S.
Baynes, E. Bail, Isaao Byers, William
Bayard, T. W. Brown, Thomas J. Crawford,
George Champeno. Isaac Critchlow, Miller
Colgan, John Covle, Jack Clifford, Dennis
Casn, Oscar Colflesh, William M. McCon
neghy, Mike Cumminzs. William ComDs.
John Dierken, Pat Fogan, W. H. Gatches,
Lynch, John Miller, O. S. Searlght, John
Murray, W. H. Thompson, Martin Murray,
John McLnckie. Hugh Ross, William T.
Roberts, George Byland, D. H. Shannon and
Georze W. Sarver.
Other Findings. of the Jury.
The other true bills passed upon follow:
W. Albert, Michael Grace, Bert Mann,
William Florey, Thomas Duean, William
and Mrs. O'Brien, Harry Benedict, selling
liquor without license; Daniel Balfor, Anna
Herclikow and L. Stemway, assanlt and bat
tery; Hugh Goise anclEmil Knaprer, larceny
and receiving stolon goods: Bridget Bren
nen, felonious assault and battery; Thomas
Brennen, aggravated assault and battery; E.
J. Moore, larceny by bailee.
.Tho ignored bills were: Maria McCarthy
and Edward Re-afco, assault: W. W. Wilson,
larceny and receiving stolen goods; Julia
McCarthy, perjury, and Cuarles Miller, mis
demeanor. THREE DEPUTIES DISCHARGED.
The Little Bill Taken Out of the Homestead
Service Machinery Broken in the Mills
A "Workman Badly Injured Restau
rant Keepers Threatened by the Strik
ers. The steamer Little Bill, that has played
so important a part in the struggle between
the locked-out workmen and the Carnegie
Steel Company, at Homestead, was taken
out of the service yesterday and was
brought down the river. For the past ten
weeks she has been ih the service oi the
State, and was used constantly to ferry
troops and non-union men across the river.
The Sheriff yesterday relieved Deputies
Eickstraw, Smith and Spicer of their
badges and discharged tbem for not attend
ing to their duties. The Sheriff has been
spending nearly all his time at Homestead
for the past two Weeks, keeping his depu
ties in linefand making them attend strictly
to business. This prompt action on the
part of the Sheriff has had lis effect, and
now no one is interfered with by the locked
out men while going about the town.
The strikers were greatly cheered yester
day by the report that a pair of shears in
the 119-inch mill had been broken. This
was denied at the office of the company, but
it was admitted that a middle roller in the
same mill had been broken. It is said to
nave Deen caused by inexperienced men.
Millmeu afterward said that shears No. 2
in the 119-inch mill had been broken, and
that it would cost $15,000 to repair it. The
loss on the broken roller will be 5900. The
locked-out men claim that the loss from
broken and injured machinery in the mills
will either force the company to close down
tne piant or accede to tneir demands.
A Hungarian workman in the Bessemer
department was caught yesterday bra piece
of metal and had his leg crushed. He was
taken to the "West Penn Hospital last even
ing1. A number of restaurant keepers in the
town are said to have been threatened by
the strikers for'allowing non-union men to
take meals in their places of business.
Single meal tickets are issued to non-union
men, and they can go anywhere In the town
to get their meals. The restaurant keepers
are compelled to take them or run the
chance of having their license revoked.
1'hey fear no trouble on this score.
The finding of the grand jury in the case of
the strikers charged with mnrder.aggravated
riot and conspiracy yesterday, was not gen
erally known In Homestead last evening.
It excited little comment, bnt was consid
ered as a severe blow to the strikers cause.
Another meeting of the City Council has
been called for to-night to take action on
the business, so quickly brought to a con
clusion by Councilman Battigan, Monday
evening.
WILL FIGHT THE CITY.
The Beal Estate Agents Organize to Contest
the Boslneas Tax Attorney Ferguson
Thinks They Will Win Seasons Given
for tho Movement.
Delinquent Tax Collector Ford has served
notices on the real estate agents of the city
requesting them to pay their business taxes
for the year immediately, to save costs. It is
the intention of the collector In case the
amonnls'are not paid to enter suits against
the agents as individuals as well as against
the organization. Nearly all the real
estate men in the city have or
ganized to fight the matter to a
finish. Last yer the same matter came up
and the agents refused to pay the tax, as
they were not described in the ordinance as
taxable. They gained their point in this
issue. This year the city thought they
would he able to overcome the omission of
the description of real estate agents as tax
ables In the ordinance by describing them
as "brokers." The agents are strennonsiy
opposed to jiaying the tax, not on the
ground of tbe technical defect of the framing
of the ordinance, but they claim the tax is
an unjust one.
David Black, a member of the firm of
Black & B.iird, who are the prime movers
in the dispute wiih the oity, said: "We
have been standing this unjust taxation long
enough. Why, formerly we paid six times
as much taxes as any firm in the city with
one exception. We have organized to fight
the matter to the end' and have all the
money baok ot us that we are likely to re
quire. Messrs. Samuel W. Black &'Ca, S.
A. Dickie & Co. and our own firm com
pose the committee who have the manage
ment of the details of the matter."
J. Scott Ferguson, the attorney who con
ducted the cases for the agents last year and
will be their attorney this year, said: "I
have not looked at the matter for a year,
but remember the most important points
that were then made. Last year we won
the suit though a technicality, this year we
have common sense on our side. The tax
ing of real estate agents is, to my mind, an
income tax. Why, if real estate agents
should be taxed then lawyers should be sub
ject to the same legislation. A real estate
dealer charges commission on the amount of
money passed in a transaction; lawyers do
the same to a certain degree. The fact that
the city has classed the agents as brokers
will not alter matters at all. We are
bound to win, for we have all the law on
our side."
' Samuel W. Black is treasurer of the new
organization. It is proposed by the agents
to make this a test case, and, if necessary, it
will be carried to the Supreme Court.
M0THEE AND DAUGHTER.
They Quarrel at Home and Both Are Taken
to the Station House.
Mrs. Maggie McGreevy, a pther respect
able looking old lady, who lives on Forbes
street near Long, and her eldest daughter
Maggie, were both prisoners at the Oakland
police station yesterday. There was a pa
thetic side to the story, which made it seem
uncommon to Captain McLaughlin and the
officers. The old lady drank a couple
of glasses of beer yesterday according to the
sergeant in charge at the station, and had
some trivial quarrel with her daughter
Maggie. She attempted to chastise the girl
by beating her, and uproar ensued. All the
neighbors gathered in front of the house
and in a short while attracted the attention
of a policeman.
Mother and daughter were taken to the
station where.they were locked up after be
ing fined $3 and costs or ten days. Mrs.
McGreevy's husband arrived in a short time
considerably nnder the influence of liquor.
He said he would go to a friend of his and
get the necessary amount to have his wife
and daughter released. Up to a late hour
in the evening he had not come back and
tbe women'stlll remained in the cell.
Outside the station, weeping as though
her heart would break, was young Julia
McGreevy. the imprisoned woman's pretty
17-year-old daughter. She had made sev
eral unavailing efforts to get her mother and
sister released, and was waiting for the re
turn to the station-house of her father. She
presented a pitiful appearance giving vent
to her feelInj",SJie was neatly dressed and
showed every sign of living in respectable
circumstances.
INFUEIATED WOKEN.
They Beg for a Chance to Wreak Vengeance
on a Captured Thief.
.Detectives Bobinson and Fitzgerald
yesterday afternoon arrested Thomas Hob
son and John Sutton for a bold robbery
committed at Mrs. W. E. Fattison's board
ing house, on Ninth street, the day previ
ous. Subsequently it was found that Hob
son and Sutton have committed other re
cent robberies.
Hobson was surprised by Mrs. Pattison
Tuesday morning as he was putting on her
husband's clothes in her 'bedroom. She
screamed. Hobson drew a revolver and
threatened to kill her. She fell over with a
another scream andV fainted. Hobson ran
ont of the house. Several other women
saw him leave. Yesterday, after the detec
tives captured him, they took him to the
house and the women all identified him pos
itively. They became furious, and begged
the officers to allow them the privilege of
pulling his hair and taking satisfaction out
ot-him, and it was with difficulty the offi
cers got the thief out of the house unin
jured. At Central station Hobson said he was
from Louisville. He is about 45. Sutton
is onlv 17, aud his home is at Portsmouth,
O. Some watches and jewelry found on
tbem were identified last night as stolen
goods, and they finally acknowledged to
seyeral robberies, the s'tolen stuff having
been pawned.
PEEPAEIHQ FOB INSPECTION.
Hotel Keepers Cleaning Up Before
the
Arrival of the Inspectors.
A number of hotels were inspected yes
terday and some were found to be in a bad
condition, as to plumbing, drainage and
ventilation. Several hotels had prepared
for the visit of the inspector by putting a
force of men to work cleaning out rubbish
and whitewashing cellars. At one place
the stuff taken out emitted a terrific odor
and there were several wagon loads, of it
The inspector will recommend some radical
changes at a majority of the hotels.
Two reputable plumbing firms, at the re
quest of Inspector Taggart, yesterday
visited the Third ward public school and
the Holy Ghost College. The officials of
both institutions had denied the inspector's
report that they were in bad condition, but
the plumbers after an examination indorsed
all Taggart had said.
Chief Brown is looking up the law as to
his authority to enter private residences
and inspect cellars. If he finds he has a
right he will take advantage of it at once.
George Free yesterday reduced the price
of dumping garbage on his boats to the
original figure, 25 cents and 50 eents for one
and two-horse loads respectively. The rates
had been increased when the cholera scare
came, but on complaint of the haulers Chief
Bigelow compelled a reduction.
To Probe a Mystery.
County Detective Bellzhoover is investi
gating the mysterious death of John A.
Cooley, who is supposed to have been
knocked from the steamer City of Pitts
burg some weeks ago. The officer is also
investigating the report that liquor was sold
on the boat.
Put a Watch on His Till.
George Shaffer is charged by Frank
Phillips, a Center avenue butcher, with
embezzlement Shaffer worked for Phillips,
and the latter missing money from the till
put a watch on it with the above result.
The young man is irader fl.OOO bail.
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A LIVELY MEETING.
Sharp Tilts Between Mayor Kennedy
'and Conncilman ftesbit
ON THE WATER IMPROVEMENTS.
Mr.
Eubb Takes a Hand in the Fan and
Asserts llimself Very Strongly.
DOESN'T BELIETB THE WATER IMPURE
At the special meeting of the Finance
Committee ot the Allegheny Common Coun
cil held last evening, a couple of sharp bnt
very short tilts occurred between the agi
tators of a pure water system. The
first was between Mayor Kennedy
and Mr. Kesbit. The latter gentle
man objected.to the expenditure of $250,000
on the grounds that there was really no
cholera in the country and he seriously ob
jected to throwing that enormous 'amount of
money away in any imaginary emergency.
Mayor Kennedy said the. cholera was in
the country; that Jt was no myth'and would
in all probability make Its appearance here.
The most important thing, in his opinion,
to be done to improve the health of the city
was to extend the water main up the river
to Herr's Island.
Jumping from his seat Mr. Kesbit in a
rather excited manner asked the Mayor if
he would be one of ten citizens to give 510,
000 to stamp out the 'cholera.
A Pointed Charge.
In the most pointed manner and with
marked emphasis Mr. Kennedy retorted
that Mr. Kesblt's question was both silly
and ridiculous, and could only come from a
diseased mind.
In an instant Mr. Kesbit was on his feet
and in strong terms openly accused the
Mayor of wanting to spend $150,000 of the
taxpayers' money in a job.
Mr. Gerwig took objection to any such
statement, and stated when the best citi
zens of Allegheny gathered to take action
on a subject it was ridiculous to talk of any
job.
Mr. Henderson thought the Councils
should act qnickly in behalf of all citizens.
Here the secoud eruption occurred and was
caused by Mr. E. J. Bubb, an ex-Councilman,
who obtained permission to speak.
He said they ought to have some system of
Alteration on Herr's Island. If cholera
germs were in the water they would get
them up as well as down the river. "Any
man," he continued, "even If he is a State
health officer, who says from merely look
ing at the river that the water is impure is
a fool." This assertion produced a mild sen
sation in the Counoil chamber.
Defending the Water.
Mr. Bubb further reiterated his statement
by adding that even though Dr. Lee did
say so, he himself did not believe the water
was impnre, and that the proposed expen
diture would be illegally incurred. Ho
gave notice hat if the taxes were increased
he would not pay the increase, but fight it
in court.
The resolution whioh caused all the fuss
was that for the proposed purchase and lay
ing of 6,000 feet ot 60-inch pipe to be run up
the river to Willow Grove. It come from the
Common Council immediately after the ad
journment of their meeting, 'when the
Finance Committee went into session.
Only Asked as a Loan.
The amount was asked for as a loan to be
refunded in 1893 in such manner as the
Conncils would direct. It was proposed to
submit tbe matter of such a loan to a vote
of the people, with the question of increas
ing the bonded indebtedness of the city
5600,000 for street improvements and
sewers. The Mayor's idea was to incor
porate the water extension with the streets
and sewers.
Chairman Lindsay said they should be
separated, and the City Solicitor backed
him np In the statement. The Mayor moved
for the appointment of a committee of five
to prepare an ordinance for increasing the
debt to cover the street, sewers
and water extension, and also to
submit to the Finance Committee
k statement showing what the increase in
millage would be. He believed.that an in
crease in the debt of $1,000,000 or $2,000,000
would not increase the millage over 2 mills.
"Don't venture anything too much on
figures 1" shouted Mr. Henderson.
The Resolution Laid Over.
After some further hot discussion of the
resolution the Mayor proposed to lay it
over, with the suggestson that the Presi
dents of Councils take steps for calling a
special meeting of Councils to aot on the
proposed ordinances, of which Chairman
Lindsay said there ought to be three, and
submitting the bond question to a vote of
the people. Mr. Kennedy's resolution was
adopted.
The committee next affirmatively recom
mended to Councils an ordinance for the
creation of a sanitary fund of $10,000 and an
ordinance transferring $3,000 to the Health
Bureau's appropriation.
EEV, L N. HAYES ILL.
He Is Stricken With Paralysis, bnt His Con
dition Is Not Serious,
.t
L N. Hayes, late pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian Church, of Al
legheny, had a stroke of paralysis while at
supper last night. He suffered considerable
from it but his condition is not considered
dangerous by his physicians. Dr. Hayes
has been in poor health for some time, and
at the recent meeting of the Presbytery of
Allegheny, resigned the pastorate of the
Westminster church.
It will be remembered that it was chiefly
through Dr. Hayes' -exertions that the
Westminster congregation, was organized
and the church on Bnena Vista street built.
LIFE CRUSHED 0TTZ,
A Two-Tear-Old Boy Knn Over and Killed
by a 'Wagon.
John Stagminger, the 2-year-old son of
Matthias Stagminger, was almost instantly
killed near his home on Muriel street yes
terday afternoon. Ihe little fellow was
ont on the street playing when a wagon,
driven by an unknown man, run over him,
the wheels passing directly over his stomach.
Dr. Arnholt was called, bnt the boy died
an honr later. Officer Smith is working on
the case and will secure tbe driver's name
to-day.
Will Be Buried To-Morrow.
The funeral of "William Thaw will be
held at his home, No. 21 Lincoln avenue,
Allegheny, to-morrow afternoon at 2-20
o'clock. Mr. Thaw died in Cologne several
weeks ago of oedema of the lungs. The
body reached New York Tuesday afternoon
on the City of Paris. The vessel was held
in quarantine for a short time.
WALL PAPER.
LATEST DESIGNS.
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J. KERWIN MILLER & CO,,
So. S43 Smithfleld Street,
PITTSBURG.
SelS-TTS
WEDDING INVITATIONS,
CALLING CAKDS, ,
FINE STATIONERY,
W. V. DERM ITT & CO.,
Engravers, Printers, Stationers, Law
Blank Publishers,
407 Grant street and 89 Slxtn avenue.
TTS3H
ASSOCIATION'S RIGHTS.
A Conspiracy Case Being Tried, the Result
of Which Will Define How Far They
Go George BI. Cody Sues the Allegheny
Planing Mill Association.
An important case is being tried in Com
mon Pleas Ha 2, which will decide to what
length an association, formed for the mu
tual protection of employers, can go in
their endeavors to protect themselves. The
case is tbe result of the carpenters' strike
of a year ago. The Allegheny Planing
Mill Association was formed for the protec
tion of the planing mill owners. It is said
that George M. Cody, who owns
a mill, bad quite an exten
sive trade among the striking
element. The Allegheny Planing Mill
Association, in order to so arrange matters
that the strikers would have uo sonrce of
supply for materials, it is alleged, wrote to
the Western lumber dealers requesting
them to sell no material to anyone outside
their organization. As a result Cody claims
ho was unable to supply the demand for
Inmber, having no place from which to
obtain it, and thereby lost from $5,000 to
$6,000.
He now brings suit against the association
for conspiracy, and the result ot the court's
decision will have a large bearing in defin
ing the rights of the individual and the
power and latitude given organizations
formed for this purpose.
J. Scott Fercruson. one of the attornevs
l-in the case, said: "This is ote of the most
Important cases that has Deen on tor a long
time. It comes right down to tbe living
issues of the day, only it is reversing mat
ters, by placing the capitalists in the place
of labor. The decision will be of much im
portance both to the capitalist and the la
borer." A MISSING TAIL0B,
The Sensational Story Ponctared by Police
Superintendent OOIara.
Patrick O'Connor, af tailor, of 18 High
street, left home two week! ago withont
telling his wife where he was going. He
has not been heard of since. A sensational
report was circulated yesterday to the effect
that he had been a member of tbe Clan-na-Gael,
had thereby gained and turned over
to the anthorities information leading to
the arrest f all the Homestead rioters, and
left home to escape the vengeance of that
fraternity.
Hugh O'Donnell pronounces the story a
fake. Police Superintendent O'Mara, when
asked if there was any Clan-na-Gael organ
ization in this vicinity, or if there was any
possible truth in the story, said: "Certainly
not. The story is the worst story I have
seen. I know the Clan-na-Gael has no ex
istence in this city, and I don't believe it
has a branch in the State."
Hen's Glove Sale.
New shades in dress and street gloves,
See
window display.
A. G. Camibell & Sons, 27 Fifth ave,
No breaking in with Cain's shoes,
them 503 Market street.
Try
THE GREATEST
SALE
-OF-
,LACE
CURTAINS
EVER SEEN
-IN-
PITTSBURG.
We will place on sale Monday
morning, September 19, 10,000 pairs
of Lace Curtains at
Half-Price!
They are all fine, new goods, and at
the prices we have put on them 60c
to $4. a pair are the greatest bargains
ever offered to the people of Western
Pennsylvania. . We have them in any
quantity, 10 to 50 pairs' of a pattern.
EDWARD
GROETZINGER,
627 AND 629
PENN AVE.
sel8-TTSsn
BIBER.& EAST0N.
RICH FALL
For Women, Misses and Children.
All the new weaves, includins the
latest ideas as to colorings and com
bination. Solid wear for school and street in
almost endless variety, at 25c to 50c,
in double width, rich wool fabrics.
FRENCH and BRITISH DRESS
GOODS at 50c, 60c, 75c, $1. These
embrace Homespuns, Diagonals, En
glish Suitings, Storm Serges, Chev
iots, etc.
SILK AND VELVET DEPARTMENT
Replete with choicest fabrics and
colorings of our own importation.
BLACK GOODS.
Matelase, Moire, Ombre, Swivel,
Crystals, Reps, Twills, Armure, Pop
lins, Soleils, Crepons, Henriettas,
Silk Warps, etc., in blue, black and
jet These are in wide,all-wool, rich
fabrics, andjrange at 50c, 65c, 75c,
$1 and up.
BIBER & EAST0N,
W5 X2TD 507 MAEKEI Sli
N. B. Our Trimming Room is
now an, exposition of the season's
lasnion in
tons, etc.
Dress Trimmings, But-
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Leading
Dry Goods House.
Pittsburg,' ViS '
Thursday, Sept. 23, 139i
JOS, HUE & COS:
PENN AVE STORES.
Visitors to the
EXPOSITION
And all others interested
in the
Latest Fashions .
FOR
Fall and Winter.
Will find, as usual, the Largest
Display in our Penn Avenue
store of
Silks,
Velvets,
Dress Goods,
In Black and Colors, in both
foreign and domestic makes.
t
DRESS TRIMMINGS,'
JACKETS and WRAPS,
SUITS and TEA GOWNS,
INFANTS' and CHILD
REN'S OUTFITS,
FLANNELS, BLANKETS,
COUNTERPANES and
QUILTS,
TABLE LINENS, .
LACES and EMBROIDER
IES. Millinery
'
In
Trimmed and
Gdods.
Untrimmed
Kid Gloves,
flrosiery,
. Underwear
For Men, Women and
Children.
Lace Clirfairis.
Brass and Iron Beds, Uphol
stering Materials, Mattresses,"
Liberty & Co.'s famous Art
Fabrics for house decoration,
entirely new designs.
Eider-Down Quilts,
$4.50 to $75 each.
MUSLSNS
AND
t4
GflrLIGOS:
It is almost unnecessary to
mention here the high stand
ing and reputation of our store
as being Headquarters for the
best goods' in every grade, and
that we give the best values ?
for quality of materials to be
had anywhere. Our enormous ",
stocks of I
New Goods .
Were never so attractive in
both variety and prices as to- t
day.
Prompt and polite service in . ,1
all departments. -V
JOS. HORNE & CO:,
609-621 PENN AVE.,.;'
pittsbqr'g.
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