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ESSta TUfF -VR 2 THE PITTSBUR& DISPATCH. FRIDAY, AUGUST IP, ' 1H92L ONE FIRM PROTESTS But Manufacturers Generally Approve the Signing of the Scale. ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION Is the Reason Given by One Concern . - for Shutting Down. BUSINESS MEN ABE GRATIFIED. .Amalgamated Association Expects Other Firms to Come In. THE! WILL FIGURE ODT THE CIIAKGES The agreement of the manufacturers' and Amalgamated committeei on a scale was received with universal satisfaction by the business men of the city. Some of the manufacturers expressed some little dis satisfaction but only one firm has so far made formal protest against it Several of the most prominent iron and steel manu facturers were seen by a Dispatch re porter last night They expressed their be lief that it was about the best arrangement which could be expected under the circum stances. The only firm so far that has made a for mal protest against the scale is the Pitts burg Forge and Iron Company. Secretary F. E. Richardson, of this company, sent word yesterday to Messrs. Oliver and Bailey that his firm could not operate under the scale agreed upor, and they would therefore not sign it. Mr. Bichardson was seen by a Dispatch reporter yesterday, and when askd what prompted this action, said: "It would be utterly impossible for us to work under the scale as agreed upon. I had no idea that such a scale would be signed, nor did I know that the committee had power to sign any concessions. Discrimination Claimed. "The redaction granted is so small to us that it is hardly worth considering. What we object to is the unjust discrimination against Pittsburg. In the -East the manu facturers get their boiling done from $3 25 to Si In iact, the latter price is the scale offered by the Amalgamated Association to manufacturers east of Altoona. When we take exceptions to this fact we are met by the reply that Pittsburg has better natural resources in the way of iuel, eta Why should not manufactures have the advan tages of the natural facilities when they locate and put the capital in this city? 'As I said before, the reduction is so small that it is not worth considering. Take the bar mill tor instance. Bar rolling by the old scale was 70c per ton. It was re duced to C3c; bar heating from 70c to 63c; bar catching from 43Jfo to 39c This would make the total reduc tion per ton as per 'scale on the labor cost just 18&a In the guide mill the base price was formerly ?2 90 for rolling. This was reduced to ?2 Gl, being a reduction of 29c per ton. In the scrapping furnace, which does not amount to much with us, the reduction amounted to 20c per ton. The puddling price remains the same, and in order to get the slight reduction in the finishing we must run it through our pud ,djing deparment, where the scale is adirect cAscrimiuation against Pittsburg manu facturers." Stel TVI11 Replace Iron. The puddlers have certainly burned themselves, as far as they are concerned, in not granting concessions on their scale. Of course iron has to be used for a great many purposes, but it will be found that the pro duction of iron will materially decrease, in asmuch as steel, which can be made cheaper, will be run in wherever there is a chance. The mills which wBl sign the scale will run their puddlers half time, and those having steel plants back of them will not run them st all. Any mill which does not possess a steel plant will be in as bad a condition, if not worse, than before the agreement was made. John Jarrett, Secretary and Treasurer of the Association of Iron and Steel Sheet Manufacturers, when asked if he could tell the number of men affected by the scale and the amount of money which will be put in circulation when the mills start, said: "That is a big question, and I doubt if there is a manufacturer or an Amalgamated man in the city who can answer it correctly. In fact I have not been paying much atten tion to the general scale, as all my time is taken up with looking after the sheet iron and steel." Jarrett Ron-Committal. "You are in favor of arbitration, are you not, Mr. Jarrett?" "Well, I don't care to say anything about that now, but at some future day I will give you my views at length on the subject. However, I am pleased to see that a settle ment has been arrived at" George McMurtry said: "Our interest in the scale terminated last July when we sicned for our mills. Any work I aui now doing is of a philanthropic nature." Joseph D. Weeks, in answer to a query of the reporter as to how many men are affected by the scale, said: "I am at work upon that subject now and find it a very dif ficult thing to get information upon. The manufacturers have never divided their men into the different departments, so it is impossible at present to ascertain how many men have been at work. "In regard to the effect of the puddling scale I think it will be very disastrous. You can to-day buy steel billets for 51 25 less than muck iron, and the price of billets is unusually high, now caused by so many ' of the mills being idle. 'Taking the market in its normal state there would be an average difference of 52 per ton ia favor of steel. As a result of this steel will be substituted in a great many places where iron was used, and the puddlers will soon find that they have not as much work to do as they had. The puddlers are cutting tneir own tnroats. A Beanonable Settlement. Henry W. Oliver when asked what he thought of .the scale, said: "I thinfc it a reasonable settlement Of course we did not get what we wanted, but it was a great deal better to make some concessions than to have a long drawn out fight such as this threatened to be. I don't think a puddler gets any more than he should as compared to other workmen, but I do think it a bad policy for the Amalgamated Association to discriminate against Pittsburg. The effect of this upon tbe production of iron in this city depends entirely upon the conditions of the market If there is enough goinz to 11 up the Eastern markrts, then the over flow willome to Pittsburg. Of course, the highest priced man will have to bring up the rear of the procession. If the puddlers by their discrimination prohibit the enter ing of Pittsburg iron into the market, the results are something they will have to answer for themselves." That the iron masters and the Amalga mated Association had made an amicable adjustment of their differences was the talk ol tb streets yesterday. Everyone had some view or opinion to offer upon the all absorbing topic. The manufacturers exhibited no little conservatism when questioned relative to their views, however. All are making preparations to operate their plants with as little delay as possible. Before the end of next week nearly every iron works in this immediate vicinity will, it is said, be running fuH turn to make up for the time lost in fruitless conferences. Outsiders Expected to Come In. It is expected1 by the officials of the Amalgamated Association now that the iron troubles are settled that a number of the concerns in outlying districts will sign the new scale immediately. The Shenango and Mahoning Valley manufacturers will ilkely remain idle for a time. The majority of steel masters throughout the country have thus far refrained frpm committing them selves in any way. The Illinois Steel Companv, the Oliver Iron and Steel Company an1 the Belleville Steel Company are the only firms up until last nieht that have signed' the steel scale for the ensuing year. Among the Shenapgo and Mahoning Valley men there is also quite a number of representa tive firms, All of these joined forces at the beginning of the recent trouble and in sisted upon a separate conference. The Wage Committee of the Amalgamated As sociation met them once or twice, but owing to the enormous reduction demanded in the scale no agreement was reached. After the last meeting the Ohio manu facturers disappeared from the city. Since then they have remained quiet Another Firm Siena, The Akron Iron Company, represented in the conference by Captain Baldwin, have signed the iron scale, and the Brilliant Iron Company, it is alleged, have affixed their signature to the regular Amalgamated fates. James IT. Xutt, the representative of the Shenango Valley Manufacturers' Association, was in Pittsburg yes terday. He made arrangements with the Amalgamated men to hold another conference next Wednesday. No trouble is anticipated in arranging the scale in the Ohio district The manufacturers were opv posed to the scale before the 10 per cent reduction was accepted in this city. It is thought the iron masters will be ready to waive their demand for a reduction in pud dling since the local manufacturers took the initiative. After the Youngstown manufacturers have been disposed of there will be little work for the Amalgamated Association to perform. Their efforts will be confined to reaching an agreement with the steel manufacturers, prominent among whom is the Carnegie Steel Company; Limited. The latter company have formu lated a new iron scale of their own. This they have agreed to continue for 18 months. On this account they are greatly affected by the settlement of the Pittsburg iron manu facturers. , Secretary tovrjoy Talks. Secretary Lovejoy, in speaking of the agreement entered into by the Amalgamated Association and the local iron men, last evening said: "This agreement both aids and injures us at the Upper Union Mill. Our scale is almost the same as.the one first proposed by the Amalgamated Association. This will hurt us to the extent that we will have to par 10 per cent more in the finish ing departments than the manufacturers who sign the revised Amalgamated scale. This may also injure us, because it means work tor thousands of men who will pay increased benefits to the strikers at our Homestead and other mills. "On this account it will postpone the time when our old men will return to work. On the other hand the agreement to a re duction of 10 per cent should help us. I. think the fact that we pay 10 per cent more in the finishing departments more than other manufacturers should attract to our mills all men who are anxious to secure the best wages." Besides obtaining a settlement with the valley manufacturers and the steel men the Amalgamated Association are interested in the settlement of the jobbing mills. The jobbing mills form an important item in the Amalgamated scale. For some reason, however, the officials of the organization agreed to allow the workmen directly con cerned to settle that matter with their em ployers. Already one conference has been held without any result A Conference Postponed. Another conference was to have been held on Tuesday last, but as it conflicted with the plans of the Amalgamation it was postponed. The jobbing mills are a part of the regular sheet and mill scale. The latter has been signed. Among all the sheet mills, however, there are five that roll ten gauge and heavier and 48 inches wide or more. Therefore in the jobbing only the five mills are represented. Yesterday rep resentatives of the companies owning these mills met in Secretary Jarrett's rooms to arrange for another conference. It was de cided, however, that no discussion would be held this week unless something unforseen transpired. Before the close of the conference with the Pittsburg manufacturers, Wednesday evening, President Weihe and President elect Garland, of the Amalgamated Associa tion, were appointed on a committee with D. B. Oliver and James Bailey to figure out the changes made in the scale by the 10 per cent reduction and arrange for the printing of the new wage list when completed. Presi dent Weibe said last night that this com mittee would meet in a day or two. Charles Zug raid: "I don't care to express any views on the subject, for I think that too much has been said already in the papers. The action of the men in refusing to reduce the price of puddling will un doubtedly have a material effect on the pro duction of iron in this city. We start up Monday." Concessions Should Have Been Blade President Brown, of Brown & Co., in corporated, said: "It was 111 advised in the committee not to make a concession in the puddling 6cale, as the discrimination against Pittsburg will have a ruinous effect upon the iion production of the city. As far as the scale is concerned it is not what wc wanted, but as the committees ap pointed to settle the question decided m we will have to abide by their decision." A. E. W. Painter said: "Being one of I the committee, of course I am satisfied with the scale, or I should never have given my sanction to it It is not what we wanted, but it was the best way out of a difficulty and we desired to get our men off the streets and at work again. The puddlers are certainlv driving tho nails into their own coffins by refusing to make a reduction in their scale. They are doing themselves a great harm beside caus ing others a great loss of money. Take our plant lor instance. We have a forge of b7 furnaces, which until recently has never been out of operation except for holidays. With the new scale we will find very little I work which can be turned out profitably in this department The puddlers will find that there will not be so much work for them as has been heretofore. The little boom for puddlers occasioned by the great demand tor pipe iron will be found to be dying out Steel is even creeping into use in this branch also. We argued with the men on all these points, but they could not be brought to see it in the proper light, so we were compelled to let them go as they wanted." What B. F. Jones Thinks. B. 3?. Jones in reply to a query of the re porter, said: "Although we did not get what we wanted still we thought it better to compromise rather than hare a pro tracted fight. The puddlers are making a great mistake in the stand they are taking. I don't thiuk'they are paid any more than their services are worth, but by their dis crimination against Pittsburg they cer tainly are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. Puddlers have always been the backbone of labor organization; in fact, they were . the nucleus of the formation of the iron workers. It is a peculiar fact that puddlers' wages have only increased 37 per cent above the lonesl salary ever paid for puddling, while the workmen in other branches have doubled their wages. This is due to the an tagonistic position they , assume. They could have been making 'double their wages also if they had permitted the mill owners to put in the improvements and run the de tails as they wished. Por instance, there is no reason why a puddler could not make six heats a day instead of five.or why they could not turn out 650 pounds instead of COO, an amount they only agreed to recently." George Shepp'ard, Secretary and Treas urer of the PittBburg Bank for Savings, when asked what effect the signing of the scale would have on business -generally, said: "It" will have a very beneficial effect upon business and, the money market We have a large number of workingmen for our depositors and it will stop the drain upon their accounts. Money seems to be plenty in all the banks, but we are pretty well loaned up now. The iron firms are reducing their liabilities with the money they are getting in. Thev have no money lying idle. We usually have a great deal of paper which we discount for manufacturers, Dut everything has been lifted now." , John Holmes, the banker, said: "We hope it will stimulate trade, but hardly think the effect will be felt for some weeks." Cashier Geo. F. Wright, of Iron City National Bank, said: , "We are well loaned up. If the iron men did come in now and want paper discounted, we wonld have to shut off the other people." Cashier Herron, of Ft Pitt National Bank, said: "The iron manufacturers are using up all the money they collect in pay ing off their liabilities. Money is very plenty throughout the country and we are receiving very little discounts for that rea son. The firms doing business with the manufacturers of the city discount their paper at home and send cash. Money is particularly plentiful in Westmoreland county, where the recent large purchases of coal lands has set a great deal of money in circulation among the farmers who do not know what to do with it Henry M. Long, the broker, said: "To day we have taken more orders than for any day for two weeks. This is partly owing to the settlement to-day. It would be a good thing if Homestead matters were settled, for then business would resume its normal condition, which is very good at this time of the vear. Money is very plentiful at the banks." GLAD THE TROUBLE IS OVER. The Settlement of the Amalgamated Asso ciation Scale Dlsensied From the Mann fact are r' Standpoint Probable Result of a Disagreement Taking Car of Homestead. Joseph D. Weeks discusses the Pittsburg wages settlement in the editorial columns ot the current number of the American Manu fadurer. He says: Tho wages difference It can hardly be called a strike or lockout in the Pittsburg iron milts lias been settled by tho signing of a compromise scale alter some six weeks' Idleness, and after some 16 fruitless confer ences. The only unsettled labor differences at Pittsburg, therefore, are those at Homestead, tho sympathetic stilkes at the Carnegie mills, and the troubles at cer tain mills that ran non-union, though there can hardly be said to be any unsettled ques tions at the latter, as they are in operation under ngi eemeuts of their own. In agreeing to this reduction the Amalga mated Association has shown its wisdom and its appreciation of the situation. We regret that it lias not shown equal wisdom in connection with other difficulties. The indications were that it had betoieitabitter struggle bad it declined to make concessions, and a struggle on different lines trom those it has been called upon to meet heretofore. In general strikes in Pittsburg the mills r have usually remained Idle, no general at tempt having oeen maue to run tnem non union. I'robable Besnlt of a Disagreement Bad the conference of August 10 ad journed without a settlement it is probable that conferences, for the present at least, would have been ended and an attempt made to run some of the mills non-union. The results of the attempts that have been made to run mills in the Pittsburg district with non-union men have been such pro nounced successes recently that there would have been but little difficulty in starting up several of the mills. With the exception of puddling, the amount of skill required from the '-skilled" woikmen is vastly less than it was ten years ago, and consequently the prospect of success in the effort to run mills without Amalgamated labor vastly in c roused The controlling motive that led the Amal gamated Association to consent to this re duction ot 10 per cent Is probably not a be lief in its fairness, but a conviction that at last the manufacturer meant to flsrht. As we have ao olten pointed out, the Amalga mated Association's strength in past con tests has been not so much in its own num bers and wisdom as in the weakness or the manufacturers. Tbe association has not be lieved tor many Years that the manufactur er were honest or in earnest in their claim that they could not and would not continue to pay the wages demanded. It must be confessed that thev had ample reasons to doubt their word. This time, however, they have at last come to the conclusion that the manufacturers moant to have a reduction. Must Taka Care of Homestead. Even then the question if they would have conceded the 10 per cent reduction without a much longer contest had it not been for tho Durden of the Homestead and the sympathetic strikes. Under the rules of the association these men must begin to re ceive benefits in September, and there was no way to pay them unless tho men went to work. Homestead must be supported by the Amalgamated Association, as it Is evi dent that the company will win and that many of the old men will not have their-old places. It was the height of wisdom there lore to end the difficulty at the iron mills. The trouble has elided just as we have all along believed it would, and as we believe it could havo been ended weeks ago. Had the manufacturers not suggested a reduc tion on puddling our information was that" a 10 per cent concession on nnlsulng wonld havo been made weeks ago possibly without any stoppage at all. The demand for the reduction in puddling, whatever might havo been the reason for it, and there were cogent one, was a tactical mistake. It would not have been granted under any cir cumstances and should not have been made. Hut whatever mav have been the mistakes made, and whatever may have been the rea sons lor the settlement, it is a source of con gratulation that the trouble is over. LAWEEHCEVILLE MEH PLEASED. They Are Gratified That tli9 Iron Scale Has Been Arranged. Workmen at Lawrenceville are very well pleased at the result of the general confer ence decided on Wednesday evening. It will aid them in effecting a settlement, they think. During the morning the men held a secret session at their headquarters Dut what business was transacted was not made public The Press Committee report that they succeeded in getting two furnace tenders, a catcher on the 20-inch mill, one roller on the 18-inch mill and ten mechanics to leave the Upper Union Mill yesterday. xue roller is irom .rmiaaeiphia and is a thorough, practical man. lie gives the name of Charles Jeffries. He savs: "I was induced to leave my position in thePen coyd Iron Works by Florence Sullivan, one ofthe agents of the Carnegie Steel Com pany. When I asked Sullivan if every thing was all right in Pittsburg, meaning whether the mill was union, he answered 'Yes.' When I reached here I found it was not and waited my chance to leave. I am going back home." THE FIRST TO BEGOT. Tiro Furnaces Heaud and Others Getting Beady for Work. Two glass houses of the Southside were lighted up yesterday and the first heat run off at midnight last night Many of the glassworkers returned from camp yester day and prepared lor work i mmediately. The two works started are the Hogan Evans & Co. 's, on Twenty-second street, and the Thomas "Evans & "Co. 's, on Eigh teenth atreet Each plant only makes lamp chimneys, and has been "idle for six weeks. Preparations are being made to start up all the other plants on the South-" side. They are all expected to be running by the first of next week. ' THE HEMS EEPEESEN1D. Prominent Concerns Who Had Committee men Present at the Conference. The more prominent iron concerns which were represented at the conference with the Amalgamated Association on Wednesday are Moorhead & McCIeanc, Zug & Co. Oliver Iron and Steel Company, Lindsay & McCutcheon, Jones & Laughlins, Pitts burg Forge and Iron Company. Clinton Iron Works, Painter & Sons, AM. Byers & Co., Iioekhart Iron Comnanr and Phil- Jips. Nimick & Co. TWO NEW PIPE LINES. Offices Opened and Construction About to fie Commenced. EX-STATE SENATORS IN CHANGE They Will Be tho Producers' and Eeflners' and the United States. BOTH ABE OFFSHOOTS OF THE P. P. A. The new pipe lines which were described in The Dispah last week are beginning to assume definite shape. For several months the men who have been engineering them have been lying low. AIL the time, ,however, they have been hardat work and are now ready to make their intentions publio The new lines are the Producers' and Eefiners' Pipe Line Company and the United States Pipe Line Company. W. L. Mellon has his line, the Orescent, more than half completed, and is now pumping oil to a point south' of Harrisburg. His line will traverse the southern part of the State, having its terminus at Marcus Hook, below Philadelphia on the Delaware. The Producers' and Eefiners' Company goes from Coraopolis, on the Ohio, to Titus ville, where it will join the United States. Although they will be separate corpora tions many of the stockholders in the one are in the other. These two lines are an offshoot of the Producers' Protective As sociation. Thn ' Producers' Oil Company Organized. When the Crescent line was commenced last fall the P. P. A. decided to go into the pipe line business. Accordingly it got 600,000 subscribed among its members, and the Columbus Oil Companv was organized. Then the Producers' Oil Company con structed a small line from the McDonald field to Coraopolis, where it built four tanks, each of 38,000 barrels capacity, and proceeded to do business -on its own ac count. Tank cars were chartered and the crude was shipped by roundabout ways to the refineries in the vicinity of Titusville and Oil City, but the rates were so high aud this method of transportation fo unsatisfactory that it was almost aban doned. Then the P. P. A. sent a committee to W. L. Mellon and tried to induce him to enter into an agreement with that organiza tion to take its oil at a stipulated figure. "Mr. Mellon flatly refused to negotiate with the P. P. A. as an organiza tion, but offered to contract with them indi vidually. This was unsatisfactory to the committee and it evidently reported ad versely, for there was soon quiet activity manifested in another direction. Commit tees were sent to New York, where enough capital was pledged to build a line to the seaboard,' or as near the seaboard as they could get Conldn't Keach tha Ballroaa. Arrangements were made with the Lehigh Valley Bailroad to haul the oil of the P. P. A. at what it considered a reasonable figure, and like terms were made with the Ontario and Western. Whereto reach these lines was the next question. It had been previously decided to build a four-inch line irom Coraopolis to Titusville. Then a novel scheme was devised by One of the managers. It was the piping of refined oiL From Titusville they per fected a plan to lay two four-inch lines from Titusville to Bradford, and from Bradford through the northern tier counties to Green Isle on the Susquehanna river, where they would strike the benign valley. ity extending the lines, one of which is to be ifsed for ornde, the other for refined, to Hancock, just over the line in the North eastern corner of Pennsylvania, they would come in contact with the Ontario and Western. From this point they can extend the lines to Newberg on the Hudson if necessary. Will Commence Building at Once. The Producers and Eefiners Pipe Line Company has opened its principal office at 114 Fourth avenue in Pittsburg, and will commence immediately to lay af our-inch line irom Coraopolis to Titusville. The rights of way have all been taken from Coraopolis to Hancock. There will be four pump stations between Coraopolis and Titusville, and be tween tbe latter place and Oil City they will soon begin the construction of half a dozen large iron tank?. The independent re-N fineries around Oil City and Titusville have a capacity of 5,000 barrels a day, from which they can get 80 per cent refined. There are 11 refineries as follows: The Coutinental Refining Company, tbe Inde pendent Eefining Company, the Vallev Oil Works, and Wright & Fassett, at Oil City; A. Y. Ramage, and A. L. Confer, at Eeno; and Stevenson & Co., Swartz & Co., the National Eefining Company, the Inter national Eefining Company, and Tiege & Co., at Titusville. The general office of the Producers and Eefiners' Company will be at Titusville, where it has filed a statement with the Re corder show ing that it has a capitalization of 5250,000. The managers are J. W. Lee, Chairman; S. T. Baniage, Secretary and Treasurer; George H. Torrey, John Swartz and A. D. Wood. Messrs. Swartz and Eamage will represent the refiners on the Board of Managers. Another Pipe Una Projected. A notice was published at Bradford yes terday that an application would be made on September G for a charter for an intended corporation, to -be called the United Stales Pipe Line Company, to transport, store and ship petroleum, and for that purpose to lay, construct and maintain pipes, tubing, tanks, offices, machinery, aud to take hold and oc cupy land. This notice was signed by ex Senator Lewis Emery, Jr., "WV B. Weaver, W. H. D. Chapin, L. E. Hamsher, Eobert Eoy, of Bradford, and Charles H. Eath bone, of Kane, Pa. This company will take the refined from the refiners at "Oil City and Titusville, and any surplus crude, and pipe it to Eastern markets. Lewis Emery's refinery at Brad ford will contribute its share to the ship ments of refined. These two new lines will traverse the whole length of the oil regions of Pennsyl vania. H. W. Breckinridge will be the Superin tendent of the Producers and Eefiners Pipe Lino Company. He came from Wellsville, N. Y., where he was for ten years in charge of pipe line interests in the New York fields. He expects to be pumping oil from Coraop: olis to Titusville by November 1. W0BKUEN THUNDEBSIBUCK. They Reported for Duty bnt Were Hot . Allowed to Work. It was generally expected that the Jef ferson Iron Works at Steubenville would resume operations yesterday. The work men employed in the plant are all mem bers of the Amalgamated Association. They reported for duty at an early hour and found the mill was in readiness to make a start. The fires in the furnaces had been lighted and charged-. Just before the men started to work the manager appeared upon the scene and an nounced that the scale had not been signed, and furthermore the company had con cluded not to treat with the Amalgamated Association. The workmen were thunder struck this statement After, recovering themselves they retired from the works in a body. A long lock-out is anticipated. A. Stubborn Prisoner. Mrs. Harry Shelhorn, wife of the Law and Order agent in jail charged with assault and battery, should have reported at Alder man Eichards' office yesterday to answers similar charge. When she did not put in an appearance. Constable Sherry was sent alter her. She informed the officer he would have to carry her as she would go no other way. She was xemoved in a patrol wagon. At the jail, where she was subsequently committed, she became so violent that IVTiuuou jUAKUceso piavuu u m mio dungeon. '" GLASS WORKERS TAKE ACTION. A Committee Appointed to Have the Car negie Free Library Gift Befaied by Councils Each Councilman to Be But tonholed Som Vote Promised. Local Union No. 5, of the Flint Glass Workers' Association, held a meeting yes terday afternoon in ( its hall on Fourteenth street, Southside, and took a new step in the opposition to the acceptance of the $1,000,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie for a free library by the city. There were about 300 at the meeting. A committee, consist ing of George Krouse, John Klump, James Wheeler, William Crook and George Shaf fer, was appointed to call upon each Coun cilman and try to secure his pledge to not only have the question of the acceptance of the gift brought before Councils, but to vote to have the gift refused, when tho question came to a vote. The committee went to work immediately after the meeting adjourned and waited upon several Council men from the Southside. . John Elump, in speaking of the work ac complished, said: "Tbe committee called upon E. H. Donley, of the Twenty-fourth ward; H. W. Eilcr"and Herman Enhrkaste, of the Twenty-fifth ward, and James E. Flinn, of the' Twenty-eighth ward, this evening and followed its instrnctions in se curing the pledges of votes against the Car negie gift. Our success was all we expected, and in all but one case we received assur ance of support. One gentleman refused to give a definite answer at once, but talked favorable. We intend to call upou each Councilman personally and ask the same support The other local unions will hold meetings within a few days and appoint like committees. This is a general move among the glass workers and will be fought to the end. We are the first to take a move of this kind, but I believe it will be far reaching." Councilman James E. Flinn, when the subject was broached, said: '1 was waited upon by a committee from the glass workers this evening and asked to give my support to have the Carnegie gift refused by Coun cils. I promised them my vote and intend to act accordingly. I do this for several reasons, but need not give them just now. I might say, however, that I do not think it just to the taxpayers to fix this burden upon them, and then the members of the committee which called upon me have po litical influence and can easily defeat a candidate in some ot the Southside dis tricts. I do not know when Councils will meet, but do not think it too late to take action on this matter." It was understood that this step is simply carrying out the resolutions adopted re cently by the glass workers at Corning, N. Y., and that it is the first move to be taken by all the local unions of the association. A BBAV UTILE BOY Works His Passage Across the Oeean to Viilt Bis Parents. ' Joseph Stralka, aged 10 years, went to Allegheny police headquarters last night. He was unable to speak any language other than Polish, and' could find no one present who could ascertain what he wanted. He carried in his hand an odd-shaped satchel and when lie reached the hall he opened it and produced a letter wsitten in the Polish language. A postscript at its close was "Send him to 619 Ohio street, Allegheny City." Several Germans were called and also a Frenchman, but the boy could not under stand their language. Councilman Martin Eippey was present and offered to take the boy to 619 Ohio street Later it was ascer tained that the boy had come direct lrcm Poland to meet his parents who live at the address given in tbe letter.' His parents left their native country one year ago add came to Allegheny, where the father worked as a shoemaker at 619 Ohio street They left their son in care of an aunt in the old country. A short time ago the boy pined tor bis father and mother and worked his way to America. In New York he was given passage to Pittsburg by a benevolent society and last evening made his appear ance in Allegheny and greeted his parents. A GHASTLY FIND. Police Capttln Den nit ton locates Family That the Humine Society Wants. Police Captain Denniston yesterday un earthed a case of human depravity that is sad in the extreme. The case is that of a family named Miller, living at 05 Pride street The case was called to the attention ot the officer by some neighbors, and when Captain Denniston visited the house he found a 13-year-old boy in a bed surrounded by filth. The boy was suffering from blood poisoning, and both his legs were swollen to twice their natural size. In the house .were also found two girls, both of whom were too young to help either themselves or their suflering brother. The houre itself was in a horribly neglected condition, and there was not a bite ot food for the children to eat, or a spoonful of medicine for the sick boy. Captain Dennistan, upon inquiry from the children, learned that their parents were addicted to drink, and that both of them were intoxicated yesterday morning and 'started out together," leaving the chil dren unattended. The attention of the Humane Society was called to the matter, and Agent Adams had the sick boy re moved to a hospital and then took charge of the other children. Agent Adams will prosecute the inhuman parents. A YOUNG BBIDB DE3EBTED. Sirs. Kate Mills Abandoned by Her Hns- band and Loft Destitute. Mrs. Kate Mills called at the Twelfth ward police station house last night and asked to be taken care of for the night. She is 27 years of age and a rather handsome young Irish woman. She saidshe had been mariied about' five months, and had lived with her husband at the corner of Forty eighth and Eailroad streets. A short time ago Mr. Mills was sent to jail for five davs, and when ho got out he did not return home. Mrs. Mills made in quiries and learned her husband's where abouts, but failed in her attempts to get him to go home, or to do anything for her support She then made an information before Alderman McPike, charging Mills with desertion and non-support, but when he heard of this he left town. Mrs. Mills has exhausted all her means. Civil Service Examinations. A civil service examination of applicants for positions in the Interior Depart ment was conducted yesterday by B. H. P. Pool, of the Postoffice Department, at Washington, and W. C. Bryant, Secretary of the Postal Board of the local service. To-day an examina tion for railway mail service will be con conducted. -O THE SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS Are continually increasing. , Com parison with July last year shows a gain of 2,23 for the month. The figures are: July, '92 ..... 6,040 July, '91 3.5J7 Increase.1...... 2,523 The Dispatch was never more de servedly popular" than now. r A MURDERER CAUGHT. Edward McAllen, the Colored Man Who Killed Gabriel Moseby, CAPTURED BY WHEELING POLICE. He Will Eeturn to Pittsburg "Without requisition Papers. BE00KS AKD HIS FAMILY ARRESTED Edward McAllen, the colored murderer of Gabriel Moseby, was captured at Wheel ing last night Detectives Robinson and Shore went after him last night and will bring him' back this morning. McAllen has agreed to come back without requisition papers. Self-defense is the plea he makes for disemboweling and killing Moseby, and he says that if he bad not killed the man he would have been murdered himself. McAllen refused to tell last night how he made the trip to Wheeling. The police here were watching for him within the city limits, though a number of men were sent to other points where it was expected he would go. Superintendent O'Mara believed the murderer was hiding in the city until the news came from Wheeling of his Ar rest Within a few hours after the mur der and McAUen's escape all the principal points in the country were notified by tele graph to be on the lookout for him. As showing the activity of the Wheeling police the man was arrested before he had been ia the town an hour. It is believed he spent yesterday in hiding not far from Steuben villc It is expected to have the murderer here in time to testify at the Coroner's inquest this morning at 11 o'clock. Edward Brooks, his wife and his daughter, Mary, were ar rested yesterday and locked up to await the inquest as witnesses. There is much un favorable criticism of the action of the Brooks family, in whose house the murder occurred, in not sending word to the police. The officials knew nothing about it until af ter McAllen had escaped from the scene,' McAUen's record seems to be against him in this case, no matter what may be his defense. It is said of him that he has always been free with a knife, and that when only 10 years old he seriously stabbed a playmate. LOST THEIB LEADEB. Messenger Boy No. 30 Is Discharged for Establishing a Union. Messenger boy No. 30 of the Western Union Telegraph Company is in trouble. Last evening he was summarily discharged for trying to establish a labor nnion among his companions. No. 30 has been a close observer of the recent strikes ot other messenger boys all over the country, and his sympathies were with the strikers. Like them, he thought that messenger boys should receive 3 cents for messages in stead of 2. For several days past he has been formu lating his plans to make the Western Union Company meet an increase of one cent on every trip made by the boys. On Tuesday he appeared at the office with a new scale which he secretly presented to his companions for their signatures. Up until last evening out of 89 boys he secured 18 signers. It is very likely he would have brought the entire 89 into line if he had been given time, but bis plans were dis covered by a clerk in the office and No. 30 was speedily discharged. The messenger boys' scale provided that unless the company met the increase of SO per cent the boys would all go out on a strike. The messengers, having lost their leader, are in a quandary and do not know how to act A Ways and: Means Comrnittee was appointed, who asked the manager to take No. 30 back in the employ of the com pany, but he refused. The boys are now contemplating going out on a strike. Mr. Shade, Chief Clerk, when questioned concerning tbe discharge of No. 30 last night, said: "There is more or less talk at all times among the boys about strikes, labor unions, etc., and No. 30,1 believe, is one of the prime movers, but he was dis charged principally for throwing paper balls." BEAUTIFUL RINGS AND MANY OF THEM DIAMONDS AND COLORED STONES Maybe seen on the hands of almost every lady; it is the fasbion; a lady cannot have too many rings. Formerly it was only a solitaire or cluster diamond, hut now it in cludes combinations of ruble', emeralds, sapphires, opals, pearls and turquoise. We have some superb gems exquisitely mounted. $25 to $500 so invested will bring much happiness. E. P. ROBERTS & SONS, I'IFTH AVK. AND MAKKET ST. auS-uwr HUGUS & ACKK Summer reduction sale of Black Goods, Lightwejght Fabrics, Nun's Veiling, Tamise Challi, Clairette, Cre pon and Mousseline, all wool and silk and wool, at greatly re duced prices. Extra qualities of all-wool Crepon and Battiste at 50c a yard. In medium and Jieavy-weight Wool and Storm Serges, Armures, Chevrons, Diagonals, etc., we of- ier now some excep tional values. Just Received -1,000 6-4 Chenille Ta ble Covers, which we mark to sell quickly at $1.25 each, about half actual, value. See Fifth avenue window. Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market Si. au7-JlWia Formally Opanlngtbe Campiicn. The campaign in this city will be inau gurated to-day by the opening of the Demo cratic headquarters in the old University building. Next Thursday evening a meet ing will be held to outline plans for the county, State and national campaigns. The Leading Dry Goods House. nttsDur?. Pa., -Friday, Aug. 13. ISM. Jos.,H,ortie&Co.'s Penn Ave. Stores. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Rafgain Sales -OF- l: Waists, Suits -AND- Wrappers. The "lowest prices" are made lower still, and these priqes will cer tainly clean out completetythese large lots of very choice goods. You'll be wise to come early if you want a choice of these bargains. Ladies' Waists. vFine White Cambric Waists, plaited, well made, that were bargains at $i, reduced now to 75c each Extra fine White Cambric Waists, tucked back and front, collars and cuffs finishe'd with colored embroid-. ery, that were a bargain at $2 each, are now reduced to $1 each. Extra fine quality White Cambric Waists, tucked back and front, col lars and cuffs finished with fine Val. Lace, that were before $2, are reduced now to 1.50. Also,extra fine White Lawn Waists with Lace Jabot, that have been $4 until this sale, are reduced now to ' $2.50. j Ladies' j Wrappers. The best Calico Wrapper even I offered at this price 75c. A lot of them, good styles, must go quick to day and to-morrow. A good Century Print Cloth Wrap per, that was $2, you can buy to day for $1. Printed Lawn Wrappers, good dark colors, good styles, that were $2.50, are $ 1.50 to-day. And all our $3 and 3.50 Sateen and Gingham Wrappers are reduced to-day to $2. Ladies' Wash Suits. Good quality Printed Lawn Suits, light colors, best designs, that were 2.50, are to-day ji.50. Printed Cotton Bedford Cord Suits, good styles and colors, all reduced now one price, $3 each. And a full line of White Swiss and India Linen Suits, stylishly made, all new designs, now 8, $10, $15 and $ij former prices were nearly double these. Fine $10 and $12 Gingham Suits are all now $5. All sizes choice styles. Children's Waists. A special bargain lot of Percale Waists, all sizes from 3 to 14 years, at 50c and 75c now former prices were 1.35 and 1.50. Children's Wash Dresses. A good assortment to-day of Ging ham Suits, in sizes 2, 3 and 4 years, good styles, well made, that were $2 and $2.25, to be closed out at 50c and 75 c each. " 1 And a lot of 8, 10, 12 and 14 year sizes Gingham Dresses at $1.50, $2 and up to $5 all greatly reduced. Don't miss this chance stylish and good garments ready-made at lower prices than you ever paid before. Jos. fortie 8c Co., 609-621 Penn Ave. auli MEN'S Kangaroo Shoes. Just the shoe for hot weather. " COOL, SOFT LIGHT AND FLEXIBLH. f AH Sizes and Styles at r $2.50 AND $3.50 "- AT SIMEN'S, 78 OHIO ST., ALLEGHENY, PA1 Ivff.w "v 1 rj?figlirm?s -fiflBfigmgigmlk