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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
M0NTOUR RUNS GUSHER.
A Big OIL Well Which Indicates the Exist
ence of n New OIL BeIt-Other Neighbor.

A Big OIL Well Which Indicates the Exist
ence of New OIL BeIt-Other Neighbor.
ing Oil Ventures.
The resemblance of the topography OF
Venango county and other places where
petroleum has been largely struck, to land
in the vicinity of Montour Run prepares
the oil experts for the event of Thursday, the
striking of the "gusher" of sizable proper
tions on the Henry Knopf farm, near Mon
tour Run, as mentioned yesterday. The
we'll was put down by William Harvey
Ewing and j. K. Darlington. The drillers
came upon the oil Unexpectedly at a depth
of 100 feet, and the derrick was deluged
with grease in a couple of minutes.
There is great excitement in Robinson
and Moon townships over the discovery, and
land owners are elevating prices to the
fancy figures of the halcyon oil days, for it
is now believed that an oil belt of consider
able extent underlies large section of the
land in tine two townships.
A friend of Mr.. Ewing's gives some in:
teresting gossip in reference to the present
strike. Mr.. Ewing came out of the great
oil era with over half million; but fortune
does not always smile. The big strike of
Thursday was opportune, and it is believed
that the wildcatting fever, so long dormant,
will break out as q consequence Of the recent
strike.
The Bridgewater Natural Gas Company
report striking two wells in its Turkey
creek territory in West Virginia. One Of
the wells showed rs barrels, but the other
was not tested.
The Osborne Oil Company, recently Or
ganized with John r. HARRISON as Presi-
dent, has acquired large tract of land near
Osborne station, and has a well nearly
down
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
MUST KNOW ALL THE FACTS.
The Treasury Department Unwilling to Act
on the Jeanette Cases-What Attorney
Lyon Hns TO Say.

The Treasury Department Unwilling to Act
on the Jennnette Cases-What Attorney
Lyon Hns TO Say.
The following significant telegram was
received from Washington last evening:
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury Is un-
willing to act in the matter of the Is English
glassblowers at Jeanette, Pa, on the informa-
ton now in his possession. District Attorney
Lyon, of Pittsburg, reported to the depart
ment that in his opinion these men came to
this country under contract and in violation of
the alien contract labor law.
Acting Secretary Batchellor has informed
Mr.. Lyon that, while his opinion may be the
correct one, the department will be better pre-
pared to act in the matter when IL has posses
sion of more of the facts upon which it is
based, the name of the person or persons, asso.
citation or organization by whom the contract
was made being regarded as essential to the
future. treatment of the case.
United States District Attorney Lyon
went to Atlantic City last evening to see his
family, and Attorney W. j. Bremen left
for New York. 1t is quite evident that
Mr.. Lyon has not yet received the COM
munication from Acting Secretary Batch
ellor. When asked: about the Jeannette
blowers before leaving, he stated that he
haQ received WORD from the treasury De
partment to the effect that his recommends
tions in the case had been received, and
would be referred to Secretary Window
when he returned. He said there was moth
ing in the letter to indicate what the de-
partment would do, and if Acting Secretary
Bachelor had asked for the facts in the
case he did not say anything about it.
Mr.. Lyon said be was convinced the blow
ers had been brought over under an implied
contract, and he intimated that the Secre-
tary would have no other course to pursue
than to send them back. 1t is the duty, he
said, of the Secretary to do so, if clear
case has been made out.
Mr.. Bremen stated that his work was fin
ished until the Secretary of the Treasury
for him to act. He claimed he was going to
Newburg and not Washington on private
business
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
A QUESTION OF PRICE.
Any Pitfsburg Brewery May be Purchased
If Enough IL Ofered-Reported sales
Specifically Denied.

Any Pfttsburg Brewery May be Purchased
If Enough is Onered-Reported Sales
Specifically Denied.
The rumors and counter-rumors that have
been 50 rife here of late concerning the sale
of local breweries to syndicates, foreign and
otherwise, have had one result, if no other
they have disclosed the fact that these estab-
lishments are all in the market and can be
bought if enough be offered. Several of the
brewers were visited yesterday by a reporter
for this paper and questioned in the prem
ises, their answers being appended:
Mr.. Frauenheim. of Frauenhelm 8 Viii
sack, said: "An offer has been made for our
plant, and we still have it under advise
ment. What it is am not at liberty to
state. have no doubt, however, that we
shall sell if we can get the price we want.
Eberhardt & Ober, Of Allegheny, and the
Keystone Brewing Company have already
sold out, think, but our plant still belongs
to ourselves. OF course, il we do sell we
shall retain an interest in the business and
manage it, for the other people know very
little about that"
This view of the case was shared by the
Wainwrights.
Mr.. Ober denied, though equiyocally, that
the Eberhardt & Ober Brewing Company's
plant had been sold. He did not seem to be
much surprised, however. when told
OF the statement made by Mr..
Frauenheim, and said:" OF course
we will sell if we get our figure;
wouldn't you? We are always on the look
out for snaps. We value our works at over
81 900, 600, and it would take considerably
more than that amount to buy them. un-
derstand that one OF the evening papers
says we are already speculating on Fourth
avenue with the money we obtain ed by the
sale of our establishment. Whyi 1 have
been specializing over there, and looking
out for Investments for the last ten years,
and I have not been selling breweries ali
that time"
ID. Lutz, of D. Lutz & Son, denied en-
Phatically the truth of the rumor that his
firm had sold out, and the son, when seen
later, corroborated the fathers statements.
I'VE have not heard lately from the syn
dicate, said he, "but have received offers
from it. We had an offer some time ago,
and would have sold, only the parties
wanted both our plants, while we were only
willing to sell one. That syndicate wants
everything or nothing"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
ROW AMONG RIOTERS.
officers Peaceably Arrest Ten Carrie
Furnace Strikers.
SOME SHOTS FIRED In BRADDOCK.
Three Men of the Crowd Captured While
Resisting the officers.
INCIPIENT RIOT FINALLY QUELLED

A suburb of Braddock was the scene of a
serious riot yesterday evening. Constable
p. j. Murphy and several deputies had
gone to the Carrie Furnace, at Heating sta
tion, for the purpose of arresting some of the
strikers who were charged with rioting.
His companions were Constables Sweeney
and ]. B. Carney. Deputy Sheriffs j. 1.
Richey. Richard Cunningham and Pascoe,
and had warrants for the arrest of Charles
Richards, coIored, Lawrence Abbott, W.
Rush, William Cuneo, Owen Salmon,
James MeNally, Andrew Malta, Patrick
Moan, Ben Barber, colored, and Felix Gal
lagher.
The deputies had ten of the strikers
peaceably under arrest at Heating, and
walked back to Braddock with them, fol-
lowed by some 100 of the onlookers, when
frantic mob of 1,500 came out, and the Off
GERS claim that clubs and stones were freely
handled, and that their
WEAPONS HAD TO BE USED
in self-defense. Several shots were fired to
intimidate the mob; but, notwithstanding
all efforts, some of the men under arrest
were rescued by friends. Five originally
secured were kept hold of, and three of the
mob were captured. With these the off,
GERS reached the railroad station, followed
by bowling crowd; but they managed to
get into car in safety, and so came back to
the city.
The prisoners were arraigned before Mag
istrate Gripp, in this city. The i've men
first arrested gave. the following names:
William Connor, Owen Samson, Lawrence
Abbot, William Rushford and Collin Ed
wards. The three men accused of resisting
officers: James Crawford, Michael Laughlin
and Thomas Laughlin. They claimed they
were
SIMPLY oNLooKERs,
and did not resist. The bail of each of the
eight prisoners was fixed at s., 900 by Mag
istrate Gripp, in default of which the men
were committed for the preliminary hearing
to-day.
None of the officers was injured in the
melee, although all OF them were very
much fatigued by their exertions. During
the confusion which followed the firing Of
the shots by the officers, W. D. Edwards, a
fireman at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works,
was seized by one of the deputies. Ed
wards goa away after all the buttons on his
clothing had been torn off,
At the Carrie Furnace matters were
generally quiet, except when 40 men,
supposed to be from Reading, got off the
cars at City Farm station and walked up
the track. The strikers spied them and
after a brief talk the new men retraced
their steps. 1t is said that No. 1 Furnace
has not been banked, and that unless work.
men are speedily secured the cast will chill,
necessitating the blasting out of the furnace
at a large expense.
Constable Murphy says he expects to-day
to land the len who escaped. He has war
rants for about % more of the men charged
with riot, and will enter informations
against lot of the men who participated in
the rescue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
TURNING ON HARRISON.
A Friend OF the President, Who Helped
Elect Him, Says He's Too slow-No Use
for Inter. State Commerce Wesf.

Friend OF the President, Who Helped
Elect Him, Says He's Too slow-No Use
for Inter. State Commerce West.
Now comes r. @. Kerens, of st. Louis, an
intimate friend of President Harrison, and
who was instrumental in having him elected,
and says the President has been too slow in
turning the rascals out" Mr.. Kerens was
not born to mince matters. He was going
to New York in special car with Vice
President and General Manager L. II. Nor
rill, of the Frisco line. to attend railroad
meeting. At the depot he met Hon. B. F.
Jones, bound for Cresson to spend Sunday.
Dor, where Secretary Blaine is rusticating,
but he declined to talk when questioned
about his trip.
81 am sure he is loaded to the muzzle
with good stuff" remarked Mr.. Kerens, in
his quaint, Irish fashion, eff you can only
get it out of him. Then he continued:
Harrison is too SLOW for any earthly good in
making the Democrats move on. The Collector
Of the Port is the only man in St Louis who
has been turned out of office since the new ad-
ministration started in About the same
thing is true in Pittsburg and other cities.
Now would like to know II keeping these
publican party. 1 am sure that civil sery.
ice reform is only intended to apply to
servants and clerks, and they should be re-
tanned; but the leading positions should be
filed with the faithful at once. The workers
and those who blow the horns in the cam
paigns should be repaid for their hard work.
Mr.. Kerens is heavily interested in the
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas and the
West Virginia Central Railroads, and he
added:
The interstate law is fast running the rail-
road business of the country. 1t is all right for
the big trunk lines; but the smaller lines can
not exist mucn longer unless the law is modi-
fed to permit pooling. The great shrinkage of
the last year n Western railroad securities
conclusively proves this. All Western roads
have suffered notably the Rock Island and
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. In short,
hardly any of them made showings The
smaller roads are losing money, and pooling is
the only thing that will stop it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
THINKS HE WAS HYPNOTIZED.
One of Detective Bauder's Employees Ex-
plains the Situation.

One of Detective Bauder's Employees Ex-
plains the Situation.
F. B. Stoner, the only member of the
Bauder Detective Agency who has procured
bail, was at the Nineteenth ward station
house last evening and gave his account of
his relations with Bauder. He said the
serving of three subpenas upon witnesses in
an illegal liquor selling case was the extent
of his actual work for Bauder, and that he
had had his ambition fired by the possibility
of becoming a miniature Inspector Byrnes,
but when he found no pay forthcoming be
drew out. He told a most amusing story of
the manner in which Bauder struck" him
for money, IN sums ranging from quarter
up to several dollars. Three days before he
left Bauder's service the latter induced him
to pay 81 for livery rig and then borrowed
81 on top of it.
81 guess Bauder hypnotized me-" is
Stoner's explanation of the affair. He says
he will have no trouble in proving his nom
connection with the charges.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
CONTRIBUTIONS FLOWING IN.
Money and Letters of Sympathy Received
the Flemon Relief Committee.

Money md Letters of Sympathy Received BY
the Flemon Relief Committee.
The committee in charge of the Flemon
relief fund are elated. They request that
the meeting to be held in Lafayette Hall
Monday evening be announced tomorrow
in all the churches Attorneys Moore and
Marshall are expected to be present and
speak.
The following letter, received from n. j.
Murdock, of the United Presbyterian, is
especially appreciated:
Mr.. ID. NJ. Washington:
DEAR SIR-I notice in this mornings paper an
appeal to the public for pecuniary assistance TO
help secure for E. +. Flemon, the supposed mur-
derer Of Blackwell some years ago in South Caro-
lima, fair and honest trial from a Jury of his
countrymen, for murder. A very serious charge
and, If true, one for which he ought to be
punished. But as there seems to be many doubts
as to his guilt. and believing that a man oughtto
be considered innocent until he is proven guilty
beyond the possibility Of doubt, take pleasure
in tnclosing small contrib0flon for the purpose
indicated in the published appeal. Trusting that
many others in this law-abiding community may
do likewise, and that you may have difficulty
in raising sufficient funds to defend the rights of
this or any ether man in trouble be he white or
black and especially when q mans life is in
H. ]. MURDOCH.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
AMICABLY SETTLED.

That Crossing Fight in HIlIIvaIe IL In.
formally Declared on.
There was conference yesterday between
the Pittsburg and Western Railroad attor-
neys and the Bloomfield and Millvale
Traction Company. No definite arrange
but it is expected that in two weeks the
traction company will be allowed to proceed
with its work at the Millvale crossing.
Lyon & Shoemaker state that no further
trouble will take place. "We have post
poned our work for two weeks" they say,
"to allow the railroad authorities to make
some special arrangements with regard to
the crossing"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
1T ENDED IN A WORDY ROW.

superintendent Crozier Shows Permit and
Squelches Superintendent Cotton.
Superintendent Crozier, of the Pleasant
Valley line, last evening started with 30
men to lay a single track from Seventh to
Ninth street, on Duquesne way, while the
Cotton. of the P, A. & NJ. line, complained
to the police that they had no right to tear
up the street. and finally got out warrant
against Crozier and others for malicious
mischief
When Detectives Coulson and Demmiel
came to serve the warrant Crozier showed a
permit from Chief Bigelow, and that settled
it. Cotton and Crozier had q wordy row.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
KILLED BY A CRANE.

Workman Dies From Being Hit In the
Stomach Yesterday.
Between 8 and o'clock yesterday after
noon, while number of men were working
on platform on Carson street the platform
gave way and one of the workmen, named
Martin Smith, was caught between the
boards and pinioned to the wall. The
handle of a large crane penetrated his
stomach, inflicting a terrible wound. He
died 20 minutes after being taken home.
Four men were working under the platform
when it gave way, but all managed to es-
cane
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
AN UKGRATEFUL GRIPMAN.

Conductors Charged With Stealing By a Man
They Befriended.
Certain of the employees of the Citizens
Traction line are at loggerheads. A grip
man is accused by several conductors with
reporting them to the company for knock
ing down fares. when, according to their
story, there is no foundation for the charge.
The accused conductors aver that the grip
mans action is rendered all the more un-
pardonable by the fact that not long ago,
when he had met with an accident, they
contributed to bis support. No action has
been taken by the company in the premises.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
A MONTHS DESTROYED FOOD.
Quite Loss Financially 70 Dealers Keep.
ing Bad Goods.

Quite Loss Financially 70 Dealers Keep.
ing Bad Goods.
The July report of Vegetable Inspector
Waters, filed yesterday, shows the follow
ing articles confscated during the month as
unfit for food:
22l4 bushels pota toes. valued at s8S6 80; ,O60
bushels cabbage, s646; 100 boxes plums, sl35; I76
boxes cucumbers. slS7; IS boxes onions. SIS; IS
crates berries, SOS; . boxes tomatoes. S42; bar
rels bananas, So so; 30 bushels currants, SIS; &c
cases eggs, Sl75; barrels apples, Slb; boxes
cantaloups SIG; bushels berries, SIS; l box
lemons, So; 300 pounds poultry, sl0S; total value
of goods destroyed, u, 450.
Meat and Milk Inspector McCutcheon's
report for the same period shows 1850
pounds of beef, valued at S202 80; 1000
pounds of pork, valued at 800, and 600
pounds of poultry, valued at $50, destroyed
as unfit for food. He also reports 10 head
of cattle and IS head of hogs slaughtered.
The Bureau of Health's financial report
shows So, 132 OF expended and 1929 30 re-
ceived from permits. sale of vaccine virus,
etc.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
Hence He Sues.

The umbrella, much as it is given to loan
ing itself without its owners knowledge, is
seldom cause of litigation. That's where
George E. Smiths umbrella differs from
others. George swore, before Alderman
Bupp in Allegheny, yesterday, that he had
given, for safekeeping only, his umbrella,
buggy robe and whip to Marion Simms. and
that they were so safely kept they didn't
get back. A warrant is out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
THE HEARING A FIZZLE.

11.Yenr.O Old Ella McGiII Refused to Tes.
fify, and Keefe Was Released.
The hearing in the Ella .EcGill case,
Nineteenth ward station, last night, was
fzzle. Keefe, arrested as assailant of the
11-year-old girl. was confronted by her,
bat she utterly refused to make any state
ment. She told her name and age, but all
other questions evoked nothing but tears.
After 45 minutes questioning, Magistrate
Hyndman decided to release Keefe, as no
other witness could be found.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
TWO MEETINGS TOMORROW.

Boxmnkers Want More Wages. and Boiler
makers a Chance at Jeannette.
The box and boilermakers will both hold
special meetings on Sunday, the former at
1 and the latter at 2 P. NJ. The boiler
makers will discuss the pros and cons as to
the probability of an advance in wages of
the boxmakers.
The object of the boxmakers is supposed
to be to consider the advisability of placing
some men at Jeannette.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
PENSION CLERK GAf Is OUT.
The Man for Whom Great Pressure Was
Brought 10 Bear.

The Man for Whom Great fressnre "hs
Brought TO Bear.
1t will be remembered that Samuel 4.
Gay. who was clerk in the pension office
in this city, for certain Irregularities in that
office was sentenced on November 8. 1856, to
five years in the Western Penitentiary.
Last winter his wife went to Washington TO
get him pardoned, on letters from such local
gentlemen as these:
Rev. Messrs. ]. L Milligan, chaplain Of the
penitentiary; George T. Purves. d. D.: Homer
]. Smith, d. D., Cleveland, o.; ]. F. Core, @. A.
Wilson'and W. F. Connor; Mayors McCallin
and Pearson, Judge Fetterman, Charles r.
W. w: Edgar. Postmasters Larkin and swan,
United states. District Attorneys Stone and
Allen, Max Schneider, w. ID, Patterson, Su-
perlntendent OF the workhouse, Cleveland, O.i
William McClelland. James M. Guffey, 7. -.
Casey, I. OLeary Jr., p. Keil & Sons. c. W:
Helmold and others who knew Mr.. Gay and
were friends Of Mrs Gays father, Alexander
Hay. hero of the Mexican War, and Cap
tain In Colonel Rippey's Sixty-nrst Pennsyi-
vania Volunteers during the late war.
Senator Cameron submitted the papers to
President Cleveland and introduced Mrs.
Gay to him. She also had the cooperation
of Solicitor General jerks and other promi-
nent men. The President commuted the
sentence to three years. The allowance for
good time shortened GAYS time so that he
was released on Wednesday last, when he
returned to his home in Allegheny. Off
cials Of the penitentiary speak highly Of
Mr.. Gays department while there.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
THE CONSUL APPEALED TO.

An Austrian Young Woman Receives
Needed Aid From Max Schamburg.
Max Schamburg. the Austrian Consul,
has been busy interposing in his official ca
pacity between JuIiana Melanovie, a coun-
trywoman, and man named Ivan Lubic,
who keeps a boarding house in McKees-
port. The Austrian young woman engaged
Lubic as guide and interpreter, and came
to McKeesport from Austria preliminary to
going to Montana, where she will meet and
marry her betrothed. She alleges that Luz
bic insulted her and tried to secure her bag
gage, and her appeal to Consul Schamburg
was successful in Strengthening matters out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10

The work of relaying the double track of
the Pleasant Valley Street Railway with
heavier rails set in iron chairs, resting on
cross-ties, instead of being mailed fat to
stringers, as at present, is progressing
rapidly. The track-layers have finished
from the corner of North avenue and Fed
eral street to point on jackson street be-
tween Buena Vista street and Irwin avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
$500 IN AN OLD SHOE.

Mr.. Mcclure Loses His Money After Show
ing II to His Friend.
james A. Mcclure, a contractor in
Lawrenceville, is connected with an
Orangeman's lodge. Two weeks ago he
drew his lot from the lodge, and, with some
other money. deposited it in an old shoe.
A friend visited him. Mcclure opened
the cupboard, and showed it to his friend.
He and his friend, short time afterward,
went out and on returning, Mcclure missed
the money. He suspected his friend, who
Indignantly denied it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
An Insane Man Temporarily Out.

Rudolph Levy, demented man, who was
detained in st. Francis Hospital, Forty
fourth street, escaped last night. but was re-
captured in the Twelfth ward: Levy had
progressed SO favorably that he had been
allowed the privilege of walking the wards,
without an attendant He took advantage
of this privilege, and, with the aid of fire
escape, managed to scale the walls.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
WORKING HIS MINES.
Captain Brown Will Winter Some of His
Horses Nenr Brownsville.

Captain Sam Brown went to New York
last night with the intention Of returning
with ten OF his fast horses. He proposes to
keep them on his farm near Brownsville
this winter. His trainer Rodgers wrote to
him that some of the horses were used up
and needed rest. The Captain did not
know which horses he would bring back
until he learned their conditions.
He is working three of his mines in the
second pool and one in the fourth. The
Captain says it is much cheaper to fill his
empties with coal and pump the water in
the fall than to spend from $50 TO $40 calk-
ing the boats dried out by the sun.