Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-13

The temptation to woo the poetic muse is
irresistible The machines will probably sing
hopelessly-after Gilbert:
Farewell my own-erl
Quench of my thirst, FAREWELL
For crime unknown-er
go to my dungeon cell.
THE AGENT GIVEN WARNING.
Mr. H. NJ. Black, Pittsburg agent of the slot
machines which dispense Waukesha water to
the thirsty multitude, assured a DISPATCH
reporter last evening that he had received
semi-official intimations from the Law and
Order League that all machines found selling
water tomorrow would be forthwith arrested,
sit seems absurd, does it notr' auerled Mr.
Black. The mere idea of arresting a machine.
The method that Captain Wishart intends to
pursue, have been informed, is to confiscate,
to take up or arrest, whichever he chooses to
call II, all the machines of which am the agent.
Then whoever applies to the authorities for the
machines will be presumed to be the owner and
will be promptly arrested for violating the SUM-
day-selllng law. would consider the threat as
ridiculous joke If it had not come to me in a
perfectly serious manner, may say as q warn
ing to me to take the machines in."
II they arrest your machines, Mr.. Black
what will you do about it?" asked the reporter
COUNTER ARRESTS TO FOLLOW
II shall make informations against the Law
and Order League agents for larceny and press
the cases for all there Is in it. There are other
charges, such as conspiracy, which might lie
There are just as good lawyers here as those in
the employ of the L. and o. people. The CON-
pany owning these machines is headed by
Messrs. Anderson and Douglas, the Minneapo-
81. 100000. and is just itching for a test case,
even under the blue law of 1874 These ma
chimes have come to stay, and. although there
are only ten of them here just now, we intend
to put in as many of them as are needed as
soon as they can be manufactured.
"Our mineral water comes direct from Wau-
kesha, Wis, and is brought here in 5000 gallon
tank cars. At our wareroom, corner of Eev-
enth street and Penn avenue, we have con.
structed tank holding 5000 gallons, and after
all these arrangements nave been made we are
not going to back water, hut will keep right on
furnishing it There is fun ahead, and don't
forget ITs h.,s h. had FUN r.o,,,o. ,-o,,.n a.,
Federal street depot, and we shall offer
sons who attempt to steal any quantity of
water out of the machines. The small boys are
the worst offenders. They get strips of tin and
monkey with the mechanism, which is too deli
cate, of necessity. TO stand any fooling with.
and we are going to put an end to any more
obtaining of mineral water upon false pre-
lenses"
DRUGGIST KAERCHER SHOWS FIGHT.
Yes. shall be open tomorrow, as usual, and
until further notice. and want the people to
know IL. Il had very breezy interview with
certain city magistrate last Monday in which
tOiu MIN That INTENDED 10 keep on selling SODA
and mineral water. told him that would
cheerfuliy appear every Monday and plead
guilty to the crime of quenching thirst on Sun
day, and asked him to allow me to plead
guilty. and so save witness fees. But that did
not seem tc fall in with his ideas. He threw
out a hint that those who bought of me would
be prosecuted under the 1874 law, and dared
him to try 1t on. / cannot say of course
whether they will try arresting customers or
not, but 1 regard the intimation as a bluff
Il would like to know one thing. by the way.
My case last Monday was numbered l,777,
which if it means anything means that have
had 1,576 predecessors in the Law and Order
League mill.
THE MINIMUM AMOUNT
of fine, costs and one witness fee is s3l So
Multiply that amount by the number of cases
and you have grand total of S5S, $40 A very
small percentage of cases get off with the
minimum fine. But even If that had been
always imposed, should like to know what
has become of this large sum of money. Has
the State got it, and If SO, why is nothing said
about it. There is considerable curiosity upon
this point.
Everything will be fixed tonight for to-mor-
rows sales. 1 shall run the fountain myself.
l have an improved apparatus which gives me
three fountains oD each of two switches and
all at my command without losing time to con-
meet each fountain as it becomes exhausted.
All the syrup fountains will be filled carefully
and a quantity of surplus syrup will be close
ceive only the minimum fine, as / shall plead
guilty when arraigned. 1t is big job have
cut out, for must sell between LOO and l, 800
glasses in order to clear myself on tie mini