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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
A CHANCE FOR KlCKERS.

The Southside Water Situation TO be Dis.
cussed by n Couucilmnnic Committee
Organizing Taxpayer Protective As.o.
Supported.
On Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock the
special committee appointed by Councils to
investigate the Southside water question,
will meet in Select Council Chamber.
Chairman Robinson wishes all Southside
residents who have a grievance against the
water supply to be present at the meeting.
1t is also the intention OF the committee to
have the officers of the Monongahela Water
Company present to state their side of the
case. The meeting promises to be an inter-
esting one.
The Executive Committee OF the Tax
payers Protective Association of the
Twenty-ninth ward, met last night in the
Office of Alderman Beinhauer to take some
action regarding movement of citizens in
favor of more and better water for the South
side.
The committees meeting was an informal
one and resulted in the preparation of an ad-
dress to the public, and especially to South
side residents, who are most interested. It
was decided to have similar organizations
in every Southside ward and have repre-
sentative from each of these form q central
assembly. All assistance will be given to
the Councilmanic committee appointed at
the last meeting. Last nights meeting was
merely preliminary to many others that will
follow until some relief Is given in the direc-
tion of better distribution of water. An
other meeting will probably be held on
Saturday evening, when arrangements will
likely be made for mass meeting.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
MINOR POLICE ITEMS.
Frailties Will ch Brought People Within the
Grasp of the Law.

FraIlties Will ch Brought People Within the
Grasp of the Law.
EDWARD DRIsCoLL, Of the Southside, is
awaiting in JAIL in default of 81 900 bail, trial
for wife-beating.
MRS. HEAToN, Of Frankstown avenue. and
]. s. Snively, of River avenue, East End, COM
PLAIN that their larders are being robbed.
JOHN SAULo. An italian, of No. 4O7 Ferry
street, was arrested yesterday for sending out
boys to peddle without the proper license.
EIGHTEENTH ward neighbors quarreled the
other day, and now Charles Hovinski sues Will
lam Huber before Alderman Kerr for assault
and battery.
HARRY RATKAMP. Of Villa street, ALLIE
gheny. was retired to the workhouse for six
months. The night before he had amused
himself by attempting to kill his wife.
Ross RoRIsoN, an ex-policeman, has charged
Matthew Bell, colored officer, with assault
The trouble arose over Bells refusal to arrest
woman who was annoying Ror1son.
ANNIE SARDBY, of Homestead, will have q
hearing before Alderman Beinhauer to-day on
charges of selling liquor on Sunday and with
out license, preferred by Max Markowitz
GEORGE FoRNoF. of Williamsburg, bas lost:a
valuable horse and hired man named Thomas
Hurley. 1t is not known whether this Is merely
coincidence or not, but the police are looking
for both.
ALEXANDER CROWLEY of Wilson street,
says that Patrick Maloy threatened to shoot
him. Maloy will have a hearing tomorrow be-
tore Alderman Richards on a charge of surety
of the peace.
THOMAS DELANEY is in the Fourteenth
ward station. Officer Rohan, who arrested
him. says Delaney went home drunk last night,
and when his wife asked for money he beat her
and threw the furniture out Of the window.
Tuox MooPEa a McKeesport distilIer vas
robbed OF his pocketbook containing Sll0 and
two round trip tickets to Atlantic City at the
Union depot yesterday. Mr.. Moore was nat
urally disappointed at being frustrated in his
intention Of taking his granddaughter to the
seashore.
WILLIAM SMITH. colored, Is In the Central
station on q charge Of disorderly conduct.
Smith is thought to be connected with the as
sault upon Maggie Raymond, in Clark's court,
Yesterday morning. The woman was beaten
over the head with beer bottles and is now in
precarious condition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
ONE DAYS MISHAPS.
A PITTsBURo cLERGYMANs NEPHEW
DROWNED At BLACK LICK.


Perished In Sight of His Friends While Try-
Ing to savo a Lifs-FeIi OF a Ladder
Struck by n Train = Thrown From a
Buggy.
William Sands, nephew OF the Rev. DR..
Sands. of No. 1909 Summit street. was
drowned yesterday at Black Lick, Pa. He
accompanied fishing party to that place
last Saturday, and, while in bathing yester-
day about a mile from the town in wild
course in the stream, attempted to rescue a
boy who had been carried out of his depth.
He was drowned in the sight of several
male and female members Of the party who
stood helplessly by. Coroner Miller held
an inquest, and the body will be brought
home to-day.
Michael Rafferty, fell 15 feet, yesterday,
while carrying bricks up ladder at the
Edgar Thomson Steel Works. His arm
was broken and his scalp badly cut. He
was taken to the Mercy Hospital
Joseph Lacock, Charters mill man, was
struck by a Panhandle train last evening.
His face was badly cut and his skull was
slightly fractured. He is in the West Penn
Hospital.
Milton Keller is in the West Penn with
crushed arm, which he got while coupling
cars on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Edward Wainwright. Jr., and Thomas
Packer, both of the Fifteenth ward, were
thrown from their buggy on the Brownsville
road yesterday and badly bruised.
Anthony Piosticio lost three fingers while
working on the Highland avenue electric
road.
Henry Miskit, Of Thirty-thlrd street. had
his hand badly crushed at Carnegie's mill
yesterday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
A RATTLING FIGHT.


r. III. Robinson, of sawmiiI Run, Has nm
Advenrure-A snake That Refused to
Stay CauRht-A Country Boy Finally
slaughters the Reptile.
r. H. Robinson, of the West End, has
just returned from his summer outing. He
first visited the seashore, and then worked
his way back to the mountains, spending
several days in Fayette county, where he
reports witnessing q battle between boy
so large that Mr.. Robinson thought it VI ould
be feather in his cap if he brought it
home. The reptile seemed docile enough,
but Robinson thought it best to hire a stout
country boy to assist him in the capture,
and the scene that followed makes him
(Robinson) start in his sleep yet and find
cold drops on his brow when he awakes. He
says the recollection is terrible. and when
he pulls on his shoes in the morning he in
voluntarily peers into them to see if there
are snakes In them.
The mountain youth secured the reptile,
as he thought, by putting a forked stick
over its neck just back of the head, and
then seized it by the tail. just then the
rattler straightened himself with such
energy that it swung sprawling on the
ground. The serpent then threw itself into
a coil and charged on the would-be captor.
The latter, however, was pretty well
accustomed to snakes, and, catching
up dorEick, dealt the snake
a blow that disabled it, and he soon put it
out of its misery. Mr.. Robinson didn't
wait to see the end just then, but fled into a
buckwheat field and lay down until the boy
called him and told him the battle was
ended. Mr.. Robinson will never fool with
a snake again; he says so himself, and he
thinks he knows his mind.
The mountain dew Of Fayette county is
said to be very invigorating this summer
and to have made snakes more than usually
energetic.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
THEIR STORY TOLD.
The Detained Belgian Glass Workers
Arrive in Pittsburg, and
TELL HOW THEY WERE TREATED.
They Did Not Understand the Afidavits
They Signed, They Say.
PECULIAR PROMISES MADE TO THEM

Jean Baptiste Saint, Alphonse Phillipart,
and Theophile Martin, the three Belgian
glassworkers who were detained for five or
six weeks at the Barge Office in New York,
and who were aftefward discharged by
Judge Laoombe because of insufficient evil
dence of a violation of the alien contract
labor law, were in the city yesterday. Saint
went to Duquesne to look for work, and the
other two went to Ford City, where they
have friends, They also expect to get en-
ployment there.
The men are intelligent-looking individ-
uals and do not give the impression, either
by their general appearance or by their
speech, that they belong to the lower class
OF foreigners, and even the man who harps
on the subject of "America for Americans"
admits there is plenty OF room in the United
States for all classes who come here for the
purpose of becoming producers-earning
their own livelihood and adding to the
wealth of the country.
"A DIFFERENT STORY.
The gentlemen were met yesterday by q
DISPATCH reporter, to whom they told q
very different story than has yet appeared
in any of the kilograms from New York in
regard to their case. Mr.. Saint acted as
spokesman for the party, and said: "We
came over in the steamer Friesland, of the
Red Star Line. Before we landed man
who said he was an assistant immigrant in
spector, boarded the ship and wanted to
know where we came from, where we were
going and if we had work. We told him
we had no work, but that we expected to be
able to find employment when we would get
to Pittsburg. The man told us we would be
sent back. The inspector spoke broken
French.
"Well, we were detained at the Barge
Office, of course. The next day a paper,
which turned out afterward to be the much
talked-of afidavits, was brought to us to
sign. We did not know what the contents
were, and the man who acted as interpreter
could not speak our language. We signed
the atfidavits, supposing it to be formality
through which we had to pass before we
could leave the Barge Office. But we were
kept there five weeks, during which time
we were furnished nothing to eat but bread
and milk three times day. We were COM
PEELED to buy food or starve.
NOT UNDER coNTRAcr.
1.-THE dav before the trial of our case in the
United States Court an official, whose name
we could not learn, came to US and made a
proposition that il we would 60 back, and
come over in another boat, we would not be
interfered with, but we refused to do this.
want to say, in behalf of myself and
friends here, that we did not come under
contract with anybody. We simply came
as thousands Of others come. We are not
paupers. We can read and write and are
anxious to find work. five can do so, we
are willing to become citizens, and do allwe
can for the good of the Government"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
LALLEY AND HIS CRUTCH
EffectualIy Stop a Fight, but are Provided
With a Lodging.

EfectualIy Stop Fight, but are Provided
With a Lodging.
A row took place at Brady and Forbes
streets last night between Michael Henry,
William Clancy and Anthony Lalley, in
which Henry was badly cut about the head.
The wounds were made by Lalley, who had
heavy crutch for a weapon of attack in as
sisting Clancy. Henry and Clancey be-
came involved in the fight over the merits
of dog. They had been pummelling each
other for some time when Lalley, who was
standing by, struck Henry a terrific blow
over the head with one of his crutches,
making a long, deep cut extending clear
across his head. About that time Officers
Hildebrandt and Smith heard OF the affray,
and came up just as Lalley delivered the
blow.
Clancy and Lalley made an attempt to
get away, but were easily captured, as was
also Henry, who was laid out on the side
walk. All were taken to the Fourteenth
ward station, where DR.. Christles dressed
the cut on Henry's head. He pronounced it
quite serious. Henry and Clancy were re-
leased on iorfeits, but Lalley was compelled
to stay.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
A BOYS REVENGE ON A DOG.
He Ties the Canine TO a Fence and Emptle
Two Revolver. Into II.

He Ties the Canine TO a Fence and Emptles
Two Revolvers Into II.
Frank Dietrich, 15-year-old boy who
lives on Vickroy street, last night attempted
to get, revenge on a dog that had bitten him
on Monday evening. He claims that as he
was passing the residence of Mr.. Robert
son, No. So Pride street, on that evening a
large Newfoundland dog owned by Mr..
Robertson jumped over fence and bit him
on the leg.
From that time on he cultivated his ac-
quaintance with the dog, with the single idea
of securing revenge for the injury inflicted.
Last night the boy secured about six feet of
clothes line with which he tied the dog to a
fence. He then began to shoot at him with
a revolver, but on account Of ad marksman-
ship and the freedom of the dogs move
ments, he only succeeded in hitting him
with one bullet 1t struck the dog some
where but only caused him to tear around in
still more lively manner. A second
weapon was brought into use but it was emp
tied with no more effect than to inhict
number OF wounds.
Officer Rosenblatt killed the dog to end its
misery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
Some Who Travel. Some Who Do Not, and
Others Who Talk.

some VINO 1ravel, some VINO 10 Nots ana
Others Who Talk.
We'll posted in the best points OF the
railroad business. Mr.. ]. Hughston will be at
home in the new Office to which he was ap-
pointed yesterday. that of General Agent
Pittsburg. Mr.. Thomas S.Speer was appointed
to the position of Travelling Agent, Passenger
Department vice II. E. Passavant, resigned.
-E1-Congressman A. j. Warner, of
Marietta, O.. who was the popular Representa-
tive from the Fifteenth district, and spoken of
as the Father of the Greenbackers," passed
through the city yesterday on his way West.
Mrs. Harry Heck and Miss Susie
Heck left last night for a four weeks sojourn
at Atlantic City. Mr.. Heck expects to follow
next week and enjoy the Atlantic surf for the
last half of August
Mrs. John H Young, of Lincoln ave-
nue. East End, left the city yesterday for
months visit with her son in Brooklyn, and
her brother, James Z. Clark, OF Englewood,
M.
Inventor and originator Of variety of
useful things is the reputation borne by ]. G.
Richardson, of jamestown. who indited his
signature on the Duquesne album last night.
Miss A. Gourley, Miss x. King, Miss
M. McConahey. Miss r. McClain, John A. Nc
Claim, all registered from Claysville, Pa, at
the Seventh Avenue yesterday.
j B. Armstrong, the prominent buggy
manufacturer of Guelph, Ontario. arrived In
the city yesterday and registered at the Hotel
Anderson.
The iron industry of Sharon is well
represented by B. H. Henderson, who was
among yesterdays arrivals at the Duquesne.
Mrs. j. Boyd and maid, Mrs. Sam
Alwine, Miss Jessie Alwine, of Greensburg, are
among the guests of the Anderson.
Among the passengers on the Eastern
train that left Pittsburg yesterday was Sheriff
McCandless.
Mr.. s. G. Duncan and daughter, Miss
Nellie, left for an extensive trip yesterday
morning.
C. w. Garfield and his young daughter.
of Athens, are stopping at the Hotel Anderson.
MIR. John King, of the firm of McCully
d Co.. will depart for Europe this week.
Last evening w. j. Kountz and family
left the city for Cape May.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
STRUCK WITH AN AK.
This Weapon Does Bad Work on Barney
schrifel's Faces

This Weapon Does Bad work on Barney
schrifel's Face.
Barney Schrifel, coachman in the em-
ploy of Mr.. Ober, of Eberhart & Ober, the
brewers, was struck in the face with an a K
and seriously injured last night, during a
quarrel with Peter Kuntzman, q shoemaker.
Schrifel and his wife had gone to take sup
per last evening with John /. Fisher, his
brother-in-law, who lives in the same house
with Kuntzman, on Troy Hill, Thirteenth
ward. After supper, as Schrifel was pass
ing ont he met Kuntzman, and from few
words quarrel arose. 1t ended by Kuntz-
man striking Schrifel in the face with an
ak. Schrifel was knocked insensible. The
rest OF the inmates OF the house ran to the
scene and the police were called.
Officer Williams appeared and arrested
Kuntzman and sent him to the lookup
Schrifel had received a terrible cash on the
forehead and cheek and his cheek bone was
crushed. His condition was pronounced
serious. Schrifel is about % years of age.
Kuntzman, who was locked up to await the
result of Schrifel's injuries, is about 1S
years of age.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
THEIR TRUST AT AN END.
Report Of Ihe Ciiizens' Relief CommIssion
Out In Book Form

Out In Book Form.
The report of the Citizens Relief Commis-
sion Of Pittsburg, on the Johnstown food,
appeared in book form last evening. The
members of the Commission were: William
McCreery, chairman; Reuber Miller. James
B. Scott, H. 1. Gourley, H. G. Frick.
Henry Phipps, Jr, james McCrea, David
Robinson, 8. s. Marvin and W. R. Thomp-
son, treasurer. Chairman McCreery briefly
reviews the history of the Commissions
work, beginning with its formation, June1,
1889. This is followed by the report Of
james B. Scott, chairman of the relief corps
at Johnstown. the report Of the Ladies' Re-
lief Commission: Mrs. James B. Scott
treasurer; Mrs. n. c. Campbell, chairman;
Mrs. William r. Thompson, secretary, and
Mrs. George A. Kelly and Mrs. William
McCreery.
This report comprises individual contri-
buttons from one penny to 1000, and is
arranged alphabetically, rather than under
the heads Of trades or professions. The
church collections taken Sunday, June 2,
under the head of Churches, and the con-
tributions of workingmen, under the head
OF Employees, are the only attempts at elassi-
fiction. The names and amounts sent in
through the daily press are placed under
the name of each paper. The total amount
received was 1881 ,295 81, the amount dis
burst $786, ,829 SO. leaving q balance on
hand Of S44, 466 03, the disbursements in
Guiding $3.50, 900 handed over to the State
Flood Relief Commission.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
RUMoRED TROUBLE AHEAD.

A Meeting TO be Held To- Morrow at Which
Certain Action IL TO be Taken.
Within the last day or two there have
been rumors af1oat of prospective trouble
again in store at the American Iron Works.
1t was expected matters would run smoothly
after the settlement of the pudding ques-
ton, but such seems not to be the case.
There will be joint meeting of the lodges
tomorrow, and il is rumored that atcertain ac-
tion will be taken thereat resulting in a
closing down of some of the departments on
Monday.
Inquiries in the vicinity and at head
quarters failed to elicit any. reliable infor-
nation concerning the probable difficulty.
The officials at headquarters when ques-
toned declared that they were unaware Of
any trouble brewing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
MORE DAMAGES CLAIMED.

by the. Spruce Street Bridge.
The Allegheny Committee on Streets and
Sewers met last night. Theodore Have
kotte, of the Keystone Hotel, on Spruce
street, said the new bridge erected there by
the Fort Wayne Railroad had damaged his
property to the extent of Sc, 800, because the
bridge ran right beside the windows of the
second story. The matter was referred to a
subcommittee.
Mr.. Hartman stated the bridge was unsafe,
and it was ordered closed until such time
as accepted by the city. The railroad COM
pany was also ordered to open Werner street,
which had been closed by the bridge ap.
proaches,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
LOCAL ITEMS. LIMITED.
Incidents Of Day In Two Cities Coudense
for Ready Reading.

Incidents Of q Day In Two CIfies Condensed
for Ready Reading.
HARRY DAVIS yesterday took out building
permit for $4,000 building. to occupy the
present Casino Theater site on Fifth avenue.
The new building will be Of brick, three stories
high, with depth OF LIZ feet.
SUPERINTENDENT OF MAILS COLLINS is a
delegate to the Railway Mail Service EN-
ployes' Convention. which meets in Denver
September 2
THERE are many applicants for the newly
created positions of janitors at the police sta
tions. The salaries range from $50 to SIS a
month.
A DOMESTIC employed at the Hotel Hamil-
ton tainted in the Opera House last evening,
and for several hours was unconscious.
THE Board of Viewers made preliminary
inspection yesterday of the new Braddock and
Penn avenue sewers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
A Gay Wedding Party.

A Hungarian wedding was celebrated in
the Southside Market Hall last evening.
Miss Susie Kirol and Charles Mueller were
married in the South Eighteenth Street Ger
man Lutheran Church., and the party went
to the hall, where the festivities continued
until o'clock this morning. Brass and
string bands were present from Cleveland.
long tables were filled for the many guests
and all had good time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
A HIGH DEATH RATE
hown by the OmciaI Mortuary Report for

shown by the Official Mortuary Report for
Last Week.
The mortuary report for the week ending
on Saturday shows that there were 139 deaths
in the city, as compared with 103 for the
same time in 1889. The report indicates
that the hot weather during last week was
destructive to the lives of infants. From
diseases incidental to childhood alone there
were "a deaths. From choleraic diarrhea
there were 25 deaths; dvsentery, 8; simple
cholera, 1; typhoid fever. IA; consumption,
6; pneumonia, 6; measels, 4; whooping
cough, /; diphtheria, 2; Group, 2. Of the
total 6S were less than 5 years of age, and of
these A were under l year.
The East End had As deaths; Old City, 3S;
Southside, 80.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
LOCATED IN CANADA.

John Brosf, Formerly of the Southside,
Found By Old Friends.
John Brosi. the alleged forger Of the
Southside, who left the city some months
ago after having feeced his relatives out of
several thousand dollars, has been located
in Canada. The Excelsior Club, composed
OF mill workers on the Southside, is home
from Canada, where they were in camp for
ten days.
John Davis and several other members Of
the club met Brosi one day while taking a
walk. It is said Brosi tried to avoid them
but they caught up to him and talked with
him for several minutes. Brosi would not
tell where he had been since he left Pitts
burg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
LOCAL EXPERTS TO BE HEARD.
Some of the Papers TO be Read Before tn
Rritish Institute.

Some of the Papers TO be Read Before the
British Institute.
At the meeting of the British Iron and
Steel Institute, which will be held in New
York City on October 1. 2 and 8, among
those which will be read will be papers by
Superintendent James Gayley, of the Car
negie Braddock Mills, "On American blast
furnace yields;" "On testing materials Of
construction in the United States." by
Messrs. Hunt and Clapp, and "On the coke
industry of the United States" by Joseph
D. Weeks.
Atthe meeting in this city Sir N. Barnaby,
of London, will read paper on ''The pro-
lection of iron and steel ships against
laundering from injury to their shells. in
cluding the use of armor," and A. E.
Seaton, of Hull, a paper on 1.-THE recent
development of marine engineering"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-08
TWO SHOPS RESUME WORK.
A Couple of Associated Master Plastereri
Waive the Restriction.

A Couple OF Associated Master Pinsterers
Waive the Restriction.
The journeymen plasterers employed by
Robert McAdams and Mr.. McNally. both
association masters, resumed work yester-
day on the employers Withdrawing the re-
strictions regarding working for the nen-
union masters.
1t was stated yesterday that the journey
men had offered the association masters to
cease working for the non-union masters, if
they-the associated masters-would guar
antee to find the men work. This the
masters could not see their way to. It is
not thought that the associated masters will
much longer MAINTAIN their position. They
claim they only granted the increase of 30
cents day on the condition that the men
would only work for them, to the exclusion
OF other masters. The men do not see why
they should discriminate when one section
OF their employers is as willing to pay the
rate as the other.