Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-06
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
Some Who Travel, Some Who Do Not. and
Others Who Talk.


Others Who Talk.
j. W. Gates, the whilom organizer of
the defunct Federal Steel Company, travelled
up from St Louis with the party of his Wash
ington-bound townsmen, and found his way to
the Duquesne. He then, in a very Incidental
manner. found his way to the Duquesne Club
where he met one Of the eity's mercantile
magnates on q matter of business Mr. Gates
visit here will result in $3.50 600 being expended
locally, for he is about concluding contract in
this city for erection Of an addition to his mills
at St. Louis, together with the necessary equip
ment to that amount Mr.. Gates bames the
disruption of the Steel Trust on the Cincinnati
men, and saws it is beyond revival He says
the outlook for his trade is good. and thinks
that soft steel will retain the disproportionate
position it now holds with respect to the price
of iron.
There was party of enthusiasts at the
Union depot last evening Enthusiastic in the
cause of the Worlds Far for St. Louis;' in
the assurance of its ability to locate the big
show there; and in support of Jay Gould. The
party numbered q and included Governor
Francis Ex-Governor Fletcher, Mayor Noonan,
and the Missouri Congressman; "Silver Dol
lar'' Bland, William Kinsey and William H.
Wade. Multicolored badges indicated their
mission, which every man in the party believed
will be attended with success. They will camp
on the trail of outlying Congressman in WASH
ington until the question is 6xed and retire in
good order when the verdict is given. The
Representatives, in common with their fellow
travellers, were so taken mp with the Fair as to
have no ideas outside of it-for reporters,
Seniors I. Romanos de Ybarrollo and
Miguel Casrellanos Sanchez are distin-
guished gentlemen from Mexico who have
taken up their abode in the particularly pleas
ant quarters Of the Duquesne Club The first
named is credited with being to his country
what ]. 6. Blaine is to this. 1t is assumed that
L.
tive to certain branches of Pittsburgs indus
tries.
Colonel Sterling Glover, of Buffalo.
who was guest at the Monongahela House at
the time of the fire. and who is having patent
glass bottle stopper manufactured on the
Southside, left for Buffalo yesterday He did
not recover his trunk until Saturday, as it had
been stored away with some private baggage Of
Mr. Anderson's on Second avenue, which was
not located until last week.
Joe Howard, Of the New York Press.
the veteran newspaper and dramatic critic. was
stretching his limbs along the length of the
Union Station platform last evening, awaiting
the making up of The Limited When greeted
by the DIsPATH reporter, he said he was well
and on his way to Chicago.
Miss Rowena Hewitt Landon, instruc.
tor in classical languages at Beaver College, is
at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. She has just re-
turned from her home in Columbus O.. where
she has been spending the holiday vacation.
Captain w. W. O'Neill and J. o.
Phillips went to Cincinnati last night Mr.,
O'Neill is taking up the duties Of one of his
sons, who is incapactated owing to an attack
of the everywhere prevailing grip.
DIR. A. L. Speers, resident surgeon Of
Mercy hospital returned yesterday after two |
weeks vacation, spent at his home in Belle |
vernon.
Mr.. 7. Knowlton Marcy. Of New York,
Is at the Seventh Avenue Hotel
w. J. Rainey and daughter, Of cleYe-
land, are At The Hotel Duouesne