Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-10
THEY DOUBTED IT.
Many Pittsburgers and AlIeghenians, How.
ever, Were Ready for All Sorts Of
War, If That Canard Had Been
True-Troops About Ready

Many Pittsburgers and Alleghenians, How.
ever, Were Ready for All Sorts Of
War, If That Canard Had Been
True-Troops About Ready
Over on the North Side.
With all their fervor of patriotism, Pitts
burgers are not easily excited under such
deceptive circumstances as led to the
bulletining of Samoan crisis last night.
But it was comparatively easy to find plenty
of men ready to say: eff l believed there
was grain of truth in that report, my
voice would be for war, and for enough war
to teach Bismarck his place"
A bulletin was placed on the window, of
the Fifth avenue business office of The
DISPATCH, as at the other newspaper
offices, stating the startling advices in the
case of the Samoan trouble. A reporter
took position at point where he could
hear the remarks of readers. The news at
tracted but little attention. Men would
stop in their hurried walk along the street,
read the bulletin, and, in the majority of
the eases, move off without passing any
opinion.
Occasionally group would stop, read the
to going out to fight the "Dutch," as they
were most commonly called. None seemed
to take the matter very seriously. A few at
once pronounced the matter "fake;" others
said they would wait for more authentic
news before believing it, and very few
said the affair was very serious.
When the theaters were being dismissed,
a large crowd collected in front of the bulle-
tin and read its contents. Jokes were
again freely passed. The tendency of the
readers of the bulletin was to pass the entire
affair off as some laughable, practicable
joke.
WAR READY-MADE.
A report that war had actually been de-
clared, and that President Harrison had
issued a call for 10000 volunteers,
caused a great deal of excitement
in Allegheny last evening. Most
of the persons spoken to did not credit the
report but said if it was true they were
ready to go and resent the insult If there
had been reliable information to the effect
that war had been declared, good regiment
could have been formed before midnight
1t would have been composed of many old
soldiers who expressed themselves as ready
to fight again, but the majority of them
would have been members of the American
Mechanics.
Several prominent citizens began the for
nation of regiment as soon as the report
reached Allegheny, and several old soldiers
were named as officers.
Mr.. James Mcfarland, a prominent
grain dealer on the Northside, said that if
the report was correct a person could make
fortune by buying wheat and grain as
soon as the market opens on Monday morn
ing.
DEAD SILENCE REIGNED.
At the Academy of Music yesterday the
exciting episode of the night before was not
repeated when the flag scene was presented,
and there were a number of reasons for it.
1t was plain to be seen that the audience
was not in sympathy with this part of the
act, and the German flag was received with
an ominous silence. All the other flags
were greeted with measure of applause,
even for the emblem of old England there
were a few stray cheers.
Harry Williams had given notice that no
outbreak would be permitted, and he was
prepared to oust the man that protested.
The audience respected his wishes, though
the people and actresses were very nervous.
Everybody expected there would be some
excitement, but he looked for the other fell
low to start it.
AS the time approached for the scene to
be enacted, the pretty German girl twitched
nervously to whom had been assigned the
task of singing her Teutonic lay and
fourishing the; flag of her native
land in the faces of an ex-
cited American audience. The people
sympathized with her, and this was one
reason why they curbed their tempers.
Humanity is weak. and it is hard 10 resist
the charms of beautiful woman. Then
the end man said;
Banner of that empire where swiftly flows the
Rhine $3.50
And with brilliant brightness Germania's sun
does shine;
Forget Samoa, it was Bismarck dream,
Which quickly made our Yankee eagle scream.
Then send to us thy sons; we'll grasp them by
the hand,
And honor the flag of the German fatherland. u
NOT SIGN OF APPROVAL.
This bit of sentiment was not received
with spark of enthusiasm. A death-like
silence fell on the crowd, and the girl
hummed through her song like scared
canary. Everybody was glad when the thing
was over, since Manager Williams insisted
it should be performed. The people
breathed freer, and when Erin's pride and
the Stars and Stripes were waved aloft there
was wild burst OF delight from Americans.
There were number of German born
citizens in the audience, but they either
did not applaud, because they were afraid,
or else they had no sympathy for the scene.
At any rate they remained quiet, and no
ances.