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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
OVER FORTY LAPSED.
The Property of Old Knights of La
Dor Assemblies Shipped Away.
A WAGON LOAD OF STUFF GONE
Information on Pay Days Wanted by Pres
ident William Smith.
BALL PLAYERS MUST RECIPROCATE

Master Workman I. N. Ross, of D. A.
No. 8, Knights of Labor, yesterday began
to pack the paraphernalia of the lapsed
local assemblies of the district preparatory
to shipping them to General Master Work
man Powderly in Philadelphia. Altogether
Mr.. Ross will send wagon load of stuff
which was the property of over 40 different
locals. This is the first return of property
ever made by this district which has been in
existence for 15 years.
The property consists of seals, dies,
presses, books, papers. charters, gavels,
ballot boxes, emblems, badges, banners, etc.
The stuff has been accumulating for the last
half dozen years or more, and was stored in
about 40 trunks. The constitution of the
order says that all property belonging to
locals which have lapsed shall be returned
to the general office. 1t would have been
done long time ago if there had been a
demand made for it. When the order came
to ship the stuff Master Workman Ross lost
no time to get it out of the road.
WHAT THEY WERE.
The membership represented in the locals
was between 5000 and 5000. A great many
Of them, however, are still members of some
organization. About one-half of them Joined
trades unions when they left the knights of
Labor. Among the first locals that lapsed
wac L. A. 319, window glass workers. They
left the Knights of Labor and went into
their trade association in 1881. There were
also two local assemblies of stonemnsons,
the members of which are now in the inter
national organization. The bricklayers also
had a local-1588- Iapsed in the early
sos. Others were the timers, plasterers,
steamftters, iron workers and Two local as
semblies of carpenters.
The District Assembly was organized
August 8, 1876. There has been any num-
Der of stories afloat within the past six
months about its being on its last legs. In
speaking of this matter yesterday Mr.. Ross
said:
when people talk of the knights of
Labor in this district dwindling down to
nothing, they lose sight OF the fact that we
were instrumental in building up the
various trades unions"
MEANING OF THE ORDER.
"Does the order from the general head
lapsed locals mean that D. A. No. 3 is going
to close up and quit business?"
mo, sir, it does not. The local assem-
blies now in the district are in it to stay,
and the district assembly will still continue
in existence. The general Office has never
made requisition for the stuff before. If
they had we would have sent it,
"What will be done with the stuff when
it reaches the general ofice?"
'The seals and presses can be used over
again by putting in new dies. When
new local assembly is organized the men,
bers can get a seal from the general Office
much cheaper than new one can be pur-
chased for. The globes also can be used
again. No, sir; the fact of our shipping the
stuff away cannot be construed to mean that
the district is going under. There is too
much money in the treasury for that"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
STRUCK A GREAT GUSHER.

A 5O0-B Barrel oil Well Brought in on the
PerrysvIIle Road-It il Owned by AlIe-
Eheny Merchants. Within Four Miles of
City Hail.
A good oil we'll was struck yesterday on
the Ivory farm, about four miles out the
Perrysville plank road. The stockholders
of the company owning the we'll are all AL
legheny gentlemen, some 30 OF them having
stock in it.
The we'll was begun in last November
and had been drilled slowly to depth OF
little more than LOO feet About two
weeks ago they got the oil sand but did not
drill it in because of lack of tankage The
well was showing good for oil and the tanks
were hurried forward, the finishing being
done on Monday. Yesterday about dozen
of the stockholders went out to the well to
see the drill put into the pay streak, and at
2:30 o'clock the oil came with q rush. It is
estimated she went off at the rate of 800
barrels day during the first couple of
hours. Last night she was doing 500 bar
rels. The flow was SO steady and strong
that it is considered she has struck her gait
and will keep it up. The well is in sight of
the terminus of the Observatory Hill elec-
trio car line and within five minutes walk
of that place.
The capital stock of the company is only
some 5000. Detective John Murphy took
500 worth of stock a month ago, and Yester-
day morning before the well came in he sold
out for $4O0. Two hours afterward man
was after him with an offer of $500. Some
of the stockholders are Charles Walther, the
druggist; Martin Boschert, the shoedealer;
George Orth, J. C. Ebeck and John Edgar.
They are naturally Jubilant
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
TWILL BE A BIG BOOK.
I The Records of the Conemn ugh Valley Flood
Relief Work Nearly Ready.

The Records of the Conemn ugh Valley Flood
Relief Work Nearly Ready.
James B. Scott received visit yesterday
from Mr.. J. B. Kramer, Secretary of the
State Flood Commission, who came to Pitts
barg to verify data embracing Mr.. Scott's
dictatorship in the flooded COnemaugh VAL
ley. He was seen by DISPATCH repre-
sentative, to whom he said that he was very
busy completing the formal report as Secre-
tary OF the commission.
The report of the Flood Commission will
be very bulky, said Mr.. Kramer. 1T will
be large volume, and is to cost at least
$4,000. The entire contributions to the
Governor will be acknowledged in alpha
betieal shape, so that the public Of Pennsyl-
vania and the nation will be able to see Just
how much money was contributed and how
expended. Naturally the preparation Of
such record requires time
MY own share of the work is nearly
completed, and on my return to Harrisburg
this evening will Immediately conclude the
work. The book will doubtless be before
the public in two or three weeks, and when
it appears the commission will be called to-
gether to consider matters looking to the
completion of the commissions work. The
hospital at Johnstown is nearly completed,
and another payment to orphans coming un-
der the provisions of the commissions trust
is nearly ready to be made. Governor
Beaver is urging all the haste possible in
every detail of the work, and it will not be
long before the public can see Just what We
have been doing"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
NINETF.ONE DEATHS A WEEK.

The Mortality of the City Greatly Increased
by Soft Weather.
The mortuary report of the Bureau of
Health shows that there were 81 deaths in
the city for the week ending Saturday. The
number was 81 during the corresponding
week of last year. OF the total register, 40,
or nearly one-hslf the deaths, were due to
diseases of the respiratory system. The
classification and number to each Is: Pneu-
monia, 16; consumption, II; diphtheria, g.;
diphtheritic Group, 2; influenza, 2; typhoid
fever, 8. Twenty-four were children less
than years; II we're more than 20, of these
2 being between so and 80 and 1 over 90.
The East End had more deaths than the
Old City and Southside combined, the fic-
ures being: East End, a; Old City, %;
Southside, II.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
CAN'T DO UP M'KINLEY.
Mr.. ConRer Says the Mayor Can Overcome a
Heavy Democratic Minority.

Mr.. ConGer Says the Mayor Can Overcome a
Heavy Democratic MajOrity.
A. L. Conger, of Akron. who fought a
losing fight as chairman of the Republican
State Committee in the late campaign in
Ohio, was in the city yesterday on business.
He stopped at the Anderson. Mr.. Conger
is pleasant gentleman, and the loss of the
GoverEorship of Ohio doesn't worry him
much.
II am devoting my time to business now, 4"
he said good naturedly. 81 am sorry there
is nothing in the political line that can
give you. We are not discouraged in Ohio,
and will get there in the next shuf1e-even
if they do put Mckinley in a Democratic
district, he will overcome it if the majority
is between 5000 to 5000. Mckinley is too
strong man to be shut out, and there are
many good Democrats who will vote for
him. He has some enemies and some ieal-
ousies exist, but all differences can be easily
patched up"
Gas manufacturer, 1 find business in q
good condition. 1 came to town to-day to
see the Pennsylvania Company about the
freight rates on steel. Like everybody else
We are after the lowest tariffs"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
WANTED HIS MONEY.

Greeusburg Man After His Pay as n
ConemauRh Valley CIeaner-A Little
Late, hut ir wouId be Just ms Welcome
TO Him Now.
SCI am w. S. Heath, of Greensburg, and !
worked for Booth s. Finn at JohnstoW'n,
and want my money" said lanky young
man with an elongated frock coat and silk
hat of ancient shape, as he leaned over the
counter of w. r. Thompson & Co. IS bank
yesterday. ST.
"What was your number" asked Mr..
Thompson.
The young man gave a number pretty
well up in the hundreds, and Mr.. Thompson
fshed out of corner of his safea big bundle
of Booth & Finn time books. and searched
vainly for the number and name given. As
there are names and mum bers running up to
nearly 5000, Mr.. Thompson decided that a
further search would. not be worth while,
and the applicant was requested to secure
his number accurately. He claimed to be
entitled to S4 for two days work. In answer
to the question why he had not appeared
before he said that he had been away from
Western Pennsylvania since the flood.
There are 200 Of these credits in the
timebooks still unpaid, and Mr.. Thompson
says that in his opinion many of that num-
Der will never apply for their per diem.
There were many tramps in the Conemaugh
Valley after the food, and many of them
worked without thought of remuneration,
just to enjoy the agreeable novelty of work.
A we'll known contractor gives in this
connection clear insight to the character
of some men who do work for public works.
One of them showed up the other day and
gave his name and number and got over a
weeks pay.
"Where have you been these three years?"
asked the contractor.
ION little trip" said the man, shifting
from one foot to the other.
Come, now, when did you get out?"'
said the contractor, with amusement in his
face.
''The other day, boss" He had been
at Riverside for the good of his
fellowmen.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
BETTER ! THAN GOLD.

One Hundred Lots Near Denver, Col, Free.
Desiring to advertise our new addition
extensively, we have concluded to give away
100 more choice lots We will also sell 200
very choice lots at 81 each, and 100 corner
lots, 5Ox125 feet, for So each, provided all
orders for same are in by March 10.
The lots we are giving away and selling
are.in Plainfeld, q new suburban addition
on the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad,
few minutes ride from the Union Depot, at
Denver, Col, now city of $50, 900 inhab-
itants. ALI lots other than corner lots are
25x125 feet. Every purchaser will net 1000
per cent in one years time. We will not
give but one nor sell over two lots to any
one person. We keep every other lot. Now
is the time to get in if you appreciate the
Western idea of booming. A grand barbe-
cue and auction sale of lots in June. If you
desire a free lot send cents for postage.
Purchasers remit bank drafts or registered
letter. We refer by permission to Judge J.
H. Craig, Mayor of Castle Rock.
Address Plainfeld Addition Company,
Castle Rock, Col.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
WITHOUT A HOME.

squntters IN the West End Turned Our of
Their HOuses-No Violence. But Some
sad Scenes-TemDorary Shelter Afforded
BY Father McTighr.
AS stated in yesterdays DISPATCH Al
derman McMasters' decision in the case of
Freud, Hofstott & Co. versus the sauatters
who had houses erected on their property in
the West End was in favor of the former.
giving them the right to remove by force, if
other means would not avail. the tenants
who occupied their land. Vested with this
power the plaintiffs Immediately set to work
to secure an eviction and to tear down the
houses, which was done yesterday, in some
cases the household goods being in progress
of removal from the lower floor while work.
men had already set to work to demolish the
upper portion.
The tenants, having nowhere to go, were
set bodily with their furniture on the street
until kind-hearted neighbors gave them
shelter, and Father McTighe, of st. Mala-
chi's Church, permitted the removal of the
furniture to the hall belonging to the
church.
A visit to the scene last night revealed a
strange state OF things. A few upright posts
and timbers were in most cases all that was
left of the humble houses of the poor families
who had occupied them, and here and there
a piece of furniture not yet taken away bore
silent witness of a deed that there is good
reason to imagine was entirely just, but un-
fortunate
Some of the evicted were spoken to, but
they expressed little hope of redress, their
only alternative having rested on the legiti-
macy of the quit notice given them, and
that being decided adversely, there was
nothing further to do unless Attorney More
land, the legal counselor, who had given
them orders to lock the doors against the
evictors, could find any good grounds for
fight, which they were willing to do if they
had anything to work on. There was not a
single case of violence during the day.
The following is list of names of fami-
lies who were ousted yesterday: LYnch's,
Joyce's, Murphy's, Holleran's, Burns,
Stanton's, Twins, Terran's,
Horran's, Grifith's and Fefrick's.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
TOO BIG FOB A THEATER.
A spectncuIar Producriou That Has to Oc-
cuDy Exposition Hall.

A Spectacular Production Thnt Has to Oc-
cupy Exposition Hall.
The regular meeting of the directors of
the Exposition Society was held yesterday,
but nothing except a few minor matters of
routine business was acted on. Plans for
several alterations in the buildings, making
more exit ways, and altering the walls and
roof Of the art gallery. were submitted by
the architect, but no action was taken on
them.
In May and June the building will be
rented to three conventions and one theat-
rical company. The conventions be the
National Association of Sunday School
Teachers, the knights of Pythias and the
Scotch-Irish Association. The theatrical
attraction is a spectacular production of
very great proportions and too large to be
exhibited in any Of the theaters.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
WOULDN'T STAND A TRIAL.
The Two Allegheny ShOplTftcrs Bound Over
to the Criminal Court.

Tne TWO Allegheny ShOpl11ters Bound over
to the Criminal Court.
Mrs. Annie Gray and Miss Josephine
Kennedy, the sisters living at No. 172
South avenue, Allegheny, who were ar
rested for shoplifting in the store of Boggs
& Buhl, yesterday afternoon waived an ex-
animation by the Mayor and were held for
the sitting of the grand jury. The prison.
ers were driven to the City Hall in car
riage. Both were heavily veiled. In the
Mayors Office they showed much agitation.
They were accompanied by Miss Fanny Z.
Kennedy and Thomas K. Gray. Miss
Fanny Kennedy is teacher, sister to the
two other ladies, and lives in the same
house. Mr.. Gray is manager of the Elec-
trtc Supply Company, and the eldest son Of
Mrs. Annie Gray.
The defendants were not represented by
attorneys. They simply entered the Mayors
private Office, where they met Henry
Heanneshagen, the Mayors clerk, who
made out the bonds, $1,000 each, for the
March term of the Criminal Court. Miss
Fanny Kennedy signed the bonds
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
CAN'T CUT IT DOWN.
The hIiIIage wOn'r Keep wheFe it shonId,
for Looks Sake.

The MiIIage Won't Keep Where it shonId,
for Looks Sake.
The Councils sub Committee on Finance
held a meeting last night to consider the
appropriations for the current year. Some
exertion was made to bring the millage
down to about the same as last year, but it
Is expected that the City Controller will
make very strenuous kick against any
effort to compromise matters by lowering
one class of taxation and raising another to
make ends meet at II mills basis, or as
near there as practicable.
Controller Morrow said yesterday that the
millage would be necessarily increased, and
he saw no reason for an objection to such a
course, in view of the improvements pro-
posed in the various branches of the city
government. The Finance Committee, he
thought, would certainly in the honest dis
charge of its duties raise the millage sufh-
ciently to cover the expenses necessary.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
A QUESTION OF PAYMENT.

President Smith Collecting Data In Regard
s to nm Important Matter.
President Smith, of the American Flint
Glass Workers Union, is sending out cir
culars to the members of the association in
regard to the matter which caused the strike
at the Dithridge Glass Works at New
Brighton. The men struck there on ac-
count of the paydays only coming once per
month.
President Smith is trying to secure the
opinion of the members as to how they
would like to be paid. There is State law
which says that employees must be paid
every two weeks, but the law is obsolete.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
A DIAMOND-STUDDED THIEF.
His Capture Made by Detective COuIsOn md
the Goods Identified.


Samuel Hutchinson was given hearing
yesterday afternoon by Magistrate Gripp,
and held for court on a chargeof robbery.
Hutchinson was arrested on January 20 by
Detective Coulson, who saw him coming out
of pawnshop and thought him asuspicious
character. When taken to Central station
several diamonds, gold watch and pair
of diamond-studded bracelets were found on
him. He was sent to the workhouse for 30
days.
The next day, through the publication of
the affair in the newspapers, r. Seidle, the
Fifth avenue jeweler, appeared and identi-
fed the jewelry as some stolen from him.
When Hutchinson got out of the workhouse
a few davs ago be was detained for a hearing
ON the charge of robbery which had been
lodged against him. He was committed to
jail, in default of 81, 900 bail, for court.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
WILL FIX The LIMIT TO-DAY.
The Freight Agents TO Vote on the 40 Mile
Radius Reduction.

The question of reducing the 4O-miIe
radius will be settled by the freight agents
at the meeting in Cleveland to-day. Many
of the local agents were canvassed yester-
day, out they. refused to say in advance what
they will do. To say, therefore, in advance
whether the reduction will be made or not
is ridiculous.
The policy of the Pennsylvania is known.
They favor reduction, but then their road
is favorably situated. President Newell, of
the Lake Erie, advocates grouping the thick
and thin vein men along the geological line.
The thin vein people declare that if the
limit is not reduced they will have TO shut
down their works, and the roads will lose
that much tonnage. A shutdown can hardly
be called boycott.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
To Serve the upexpIrsd Term.

Samuel F. Kerr, the newly-elected Alder
man of the Fifteenth ward, applied to Gov
ernor Beaver yesterday for commission to
serve out the unexpired term of Alderman
Porter If he succeeds in securing it he
will Immediately open an Office tor business.
most likely in the same place occupied by
his predecessor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
WILL SATISFY THE MORTGAGE.

Library Hall Directors Issue Bonds TO Cover
the BrunOt LOun.
The Library Hall Company have secured
the remainder of the sum necessary to
satisfy the Brunot mortgage. The entire
mortgage Indebtedness amounts to S196, 900,
divided as follows: Felix r. Brunot, Set, 600;
West Penn Hospital, 100000, and Shields
estate $50, 900. The company has S26, 900 on
hand; bonds will be issued for the remainder,
others to take bonds to the full amount of
their loan as payment of the old debt.
The library directors also held meeting
yesterday at which the matter was talked
over.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.

Some Who Travel, Some Who Do Not, and
Others Who Talk.
doc" Martin, of New York, formerly
of Pittsburg, spent the first days of the week
with the boys here. DOC" is a specialist in
the piscatorlal line, and is happy when mar
rating his experiences at Mackinac and Middle
Bass.
MIR. John r. Henricks, the well-known
music dealer Of Wood street. who has been
very seriously Ill for several weeks, is con.
vaiescing rapidly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
TRUE ARTISTIC TASTE.
CHARTERS Man Goes Into the Live Model
Class and the Cooler.

Class and the Cooler
William Wheeler did not like the ap-
pearance of Patrick Hays face, he observed
yesterday afternoon on Eleventh street, and
proceeded to mold the pbysiognomy of a
perfect stranger to suit his taste. Wheeler,
after knocking Mr.. Hays into the gutter,
followed up his sculpturesque studies by
kicking the Objectionable head and face
with true artistic instinct
Wheeler halls from CHARTERS and Hays is
a Canadian, so that a race war may be in
augurated, unless Judge Gripp, this morn
ing, holds the foreigner as hostage and
threatens reprisals in case of international
complications
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
Funeral Of ]. 8. Mccall,

The funeral services of ]. S. Mccall. of
Luna street, East End, will take place to-
day at 2 o'clock from the Park Avenue
Presbyterian Church. It promises to be
quite large affair, as many of the commits
sion merchants and stockmen will attend;
also several societies of which the deceased
was a member.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
Handsome. Stylish Spring OvercOnt.

For men at S. to-day. There are only about
$50 of them, and they are part of our new
spring stock. They comprise cassimeres,
meltons and worsteds, in all the new light
and dark shades, and we only sell 'em at
the low price of s., to introduce our new
spring stock OF excellent clothing.
p. c. c. c., cor. Grant and Diamond sts.,
OPP. the new Court House.
Mail orders will receive prompt attention.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
Continued for a Week.

Hearings in the cases of James Lawler,
Oscar v. Long and Gattens & Call, charged
with selling liquor without license by Coun-
tv Detective Langhorst before Alderman
Reilly, were begun yesterday afternoon, but,
owing to the absence of desirable testimony,
the cases were continued for ajMesk.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
The brotherhood Must RecIprOcate.

The Brotherhood Must RecIprocate.
A committee composed of members of L.
A. 1874, Knights of Labor, cigarmakers,
called on Morris & Kuehne last night in
reference to the sale Of union cigars. The
Central Trades Council have adopted reso-
lutions indorsing the course of the Brother
hood of Ball Players, and the oigarmakers
think they should reciprocate.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26
PIPE MEN TO MEET.

The Prospects for Trade Are Good, but
Prices VTon'E be Advanced.
Campbell Heron and Captain Murdock
went to Philadelphia last evening to attend
m. slng of the Pipe Manufacturers Asso-
citation.
The Captain stated that prices would not
be touched. This is the dull season of the
trade, but the prospects are bright for a
good business in the spring.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-26

The Shooting WaIchman Held to Court.
John AdlbOck. the watchman at Shoen-
berger's mill who shot John McEvov on
Sunday morning, was held for court by AL
derman McKenna yesterday on a charge of
felonious shooting, preferred by David
Hanna