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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26

agine. In the first place, the old "bob
sled" must be dragged out from beneath the
shed where its hickory soles had sunk deep
in last summers mud Then the wagon box
must be fitted on and the box packed with
nice, fresh, clean, warm straw. Blankets,
quilts, comforts, ETC., are then packed in,
and next the youngsters are sandwiched
properly, with discreet elder between or
near them. The hired man mounts the seat,
we'll muf1ed in gorgeous knitted scarf, his
blacksnake sings once or twice and the
party is off over the snowy hills to the dance
at a neIghbor's house 10 miles awav.
What ride was that over and back in
white moonlight that lay over the fields
like silvery sheen, every fence and limb
and stump standing out in relief with
blackness that was startling. The solemn
owls hooting scorn to the moon could tell
secret of that ride if they wished.
The Bristling Hedge Hog.
The skulking hedge hog also was in the
younger folks confidence. but his mouth
was sealed and his bristles smoothed when
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
AFTER THE COMPANY.
Some of the Non-Union Hen Whose
Health Is Broken Talk Of Suing
CARNEGIE PEOPLE FOB DAMAGES.
II. C. Frick Writes q Letter Of instruction
to the Mill FOremen
THAT NOBODY IS TO BE DISCHARGED

If any credence can be attached to street
reports, the chances are several damage
suits will be entered against the Carnegie
Company by pon-union men whose health
was impaired in the Homestead mill 1t is
known that several local people consulted
lawyers during the past week to see what
could be done. They were stirred up
by the rumors that the company
had started the poison stories to offset the
possibility of such litigation. The attor-
neys advised that if it could be proved that
the drainage and water in the mill yard
were bad that damages could be collected.
The company, however, has the favorable
report Of DR.. Benjamin Lee and DR.. j. H.
McClelland, of the State Board of Health,
who mads an examination of the water
and the sanitary conditions during the
height of the sickness They gave it as
their opinion that the epidemic of diarrhea
was not due to the water, and the drainage
was satisfactory.
Claims of the Carnegie Company.
The Carnegie officials claim that every
precaution was taken to keep the dining
rooms and kitchens clean. All the refuse,
including dishwater, was thrown into bar
rels and carried to the river in wagons after
each meal. Chlorate of lime and copperas
were scattered freely around where the
food was cooked and eaten. Some of the
non-union workers claim that if the truth
were known the number of fatalities from
diarrhoea is about 200.
Pat Farrell is busily engaged these days
notifying witnesses He finds it hard work
trying to see some of the men wanted.
Many of them feel that they have enough
enemies in the town now, and they dom
care to add to the list by testifying ia court.
They consequently dodge Patrick on all oc-
casions.
Workmen Don't Want to Testify.
DR.. Frank is another man who is collect
ing evidence, and his success Is no better.
The men know when Pat Farrell Is due in
the town daily, and it is an easy matter for
q workman to hide behind the machinery to
escape service.
To show that there is no truth in the re-
port that the non-union men are to be dis
charged after January ], H. G. Frick wrote
letter, copies of which were given to all
the foremen, stating that nobody who had
worked for the company during the strike
should be dropped, except for cause, and
that if a man was not competent to do his
work, he should be given another job that
will suit his ability. A good deal of chang
ing around may occur in the future, but the
non-union workers will not be fred. 1t is
reported that not more than 700 of the
former workmen have been taken back.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
A TRUST TO AID ART.

Why the WALLPAPER Manufacturers
Formed q Combine-Tired OF Cutting
Each Others Throats-Merit to Be the
Test of the value'of Paper.
A prominent Wallpaper dealer, who is
perhaps the best informed man on the trade
in Pittsburg, said in reference to the re-
Gently formed wallpaper trust: "Our bus
mess has been disorganized since 1887. No
man knew what he was buying or if he was
paying the right price for the goods Small
stores were started up offering bargains in
paper charging an extremely low price for
the paper itself but doubling the price on
the borders in order to make their profit.
In this way in many cases the business de-
generated from matter of art or taste to a
mere business commodity. Consequent on
the springing up of theSe small dealers the
manufacturers were owed bills all over the
country, and jobbers were owned by the
manufacturers. In order to have matters
in their own hands the manufacturers or
ganized. It is probably the most ironclad
trust ever formed. The plants, good viii
stock and fixtures of each manufacturer has
been invoiced by committee, and $6, ,0O0,-
600 in bonds have been issued, guaranteeing
s per cent In order to figure for the price
q reckoning of each firms last years net
profits was made the basis for the issuance
of SIG 6635. worth of common stock
for every 81 of netO profit shown.
In other words, a factory showing a net
profit of 500, 200 would be entitled to
81, 666, 900 worth of common stock-in
reality 6 per cent on the profits which they
might assume to make in the succeeding
season. By this means oil factories of any
magnitude, with the exception of two. are
now members of the American Association
of WALLPAPER Manufacturers
Gail the details and provisions necessary
to carry out such a gigantic scheme made
up of diverse and conflicting interests have
been perfected to nicely. One consequence
has been that the dealer can now possess his
soul in equanimity knowing that what he
buys the prices quoted are absolute. Every
man will now be in q position TO sell his
goods on the same basis as any other man.
One signal effect of this concentration of
business will be concentration of merit in
the goods. Merit will be requisite rather
than bewildering variety. The quality of
wallpaper so far has been materially i'm
proved "
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26

were given the rein for a straightaway
stretch OF some three-quarters of mile
as level as q billiard table, and many q
cuiet brush wound up at the wire at a 20
gait at the least.
Time was when great city wasn't
obliged to center on one little race course
for a bit of drive, but that was before the
network of street railroads was laid. In
those DAYS it was considered quite the
thing 10 take o half hours spin from the
city to the Four-Mile House, then located
on the dirt road. Here the horses would be
rested and the party refreshed, when an
other start would be made.
Some Old Landmarks.
Point Breeze would be taken in on the
way to Newell's old Roadhouse, where
pleasant company was always to be met on
winter night, and trip home followed,
making a drive of about 16 miles in all,
over roads simply perfect. That was when
the houses named were never closed, and
always the cup that cheered was to be had,
with little lunch ON the outside. Heating,
with his famous chicken and waff1es, was
also an institution of that day on the
Perrysville plank road, as was also Nc
Cune, who held forth about IL miles from
the city.
1HhL was III tuc dhbC'oAOOtIlCJ aubC-SaOAC
days, but change has since come over the
spirit of the sleighing party's dream. They
must now be content with few spasmodic
starts and stops on few streets that as yet
do not boast of the double street car track,
as the car track is a deadly enemy to sleigh
ing, and is, probably, the last straw that is
driving this old-time favorite and healthy
pastime clean out of the category of
acknowledged social enjoyments.
1t Means Much to Them.
In the country, where all old methods
have not as yet given way to new enter
prises, q genuine snow storm means far
more to the people than one would i'm
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
UPSET The LAMP. '
An Allegheny Woman Horribly Burned
While Sitting Reading.

An Allegheny Woman Horribly Burned
While Sitting Reading.
Mrs. E Graham, a hair dresser, of q Co
lumbiSalley, Allegheny, was probably ia
tally burned last night by upsetting a
lighted lamp in her lap.
She was reading at a small table when
she accidentally knocked over the lamp,
spilling the oil over her clothes, which
caught fire, and in an instant were in flames
There was no one in the room with her, and
after frantic attempt to put out the flames
she ran screaming down stairs, where her
daughter was. By this time her cloth es
were almost burned from her body, and the
flesh from her head to her feet was cooked
until it was almost ready to drop from the
bones.
DR.. McGrew was sent tor, and when he
arrived he at once sent for an ambulance
and she was taken to the Allegheny Gen
eral Hospital She was still conscious at a
late hour last night, but suffering untold
agonieL She is q widow, her husband hav-
ing died short time ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
A PLANT FROM HORsEMEN.

Thorou ghbred Owners Kick Against East
End Regulations About Fast Driving.
Owners of feet horses complain that they
are not allowed to drive any faster than a
dog trot on the fine streets of the East End.
Such avenues as Center, Highland and Neg
ley make horses feel like going, and if their
owners leave them out they are promptly
arrested, or notified to drive slower, by the
police. Several admirers of horsefesh have
been fined lately for taking q little spin,
and are disgusted They claim there is no
inducement for people to own thorough
breds in Pittsburg.
Colonel Culyer is working hard to COM
plete the speeding track in Schenley Park.
1t is badly needed. but still horsemen
going for drives don't like to traverse the
same ground. Owners of fast horses insist
that the East End regulations are too
rigid, for, with careful driving on the
wide streets, there is little danger. The
snow yesterday whetted the appetites of a
good many people who will have sleigh
ride to-day, but if they want to escape fines
they must drive slowly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
John Purdy, of Wilmerding,
Saved From Freezing to
Death Only to Be
CREMATED IN THE Lookup.
A Gas Stove Burned the Building
While The officer Slept.
EOONE,ELSE KNEW he WAS THERE
Identified by Scarf His Mother Made Him
in England.
TIE son OF AN ENGLISH COLONEL

John Purdy, while q prisoner in the
wilmerding lookup yesterday, was burned
to death. The building took fire while he
was asleep. There was no one in the place
with him, and he was cremated alive.
The Wilmerding lookup was building
about 2Ox20, one story high and built OF
planks. 1t faced the north. The squareness
of the structure was broken In front by a
box addition, just big enough to admit a
stove. Two windows let in the northern
light, and the entrance was on the west
side. The door led into what was known as
the 'rhearing room" From there the lock-
up was entered. 1t contained two cells
built of wood with iron bars in front. The
building was heated by natural gas, and the
fire was only lighted when there was a
prisoner in the lookup.
John Purdy was an employe Of the
Westinghouse Air-Brake Company andlived
in Dixon Hollow. Saturday PurdY did not
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
AN INTERESTING PROGRAMME.
Southern Convocation of the Piutsburg Dio
cese to Meet Here in January.

Southern Convocation of the Piutsburg Do
cese to Meet Here in January.
The Southern convocation of the Pitts
burg Diocese of the Episcopal Church will
be held in st. Johns Church, corner Main
and Butler streets, January 10 and IL An
interesting programme has been prepared.
On the first night, Tuesday, Rev. George
Hodges will deliver lecture on Religion
in the Time of Columbus" Wednesday
morning a sermon will be preached
by Rev. Morrison Byllesby. In the after
noon Scores Paper on the Social Doctrine
of the Sermon on the Mount" will be dis
cussed. Rev. A. D. Heffern will read a
paper and Rev. E. A. Angel will deliver
an address In the evening missionary
work will be the subject. Revs. H. L.
Yewens, j. H. Barnard and j. c. White
are scheduled to make speeches.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
RIOT AT A CELEBRATION.

A Crowd of Italians Get Into a Fight and
Hack Each Other With Knives.
Joseph Veta and Frank Gruntz live in
the same house on the Southside. Gruntz
and about dozen friends were celebrating
Christmas last night, drinking beer and
eating. They made considerable noise, and
Veta went downstairs and asked them to
keep quiet. This made the crowd mad and
they jumped on Veta with knives. A riot
followed, and the wonder is that murder
was not committed.
The police pounced down on the gang,
and locked up five. Veta had cut about
six inches long on the neck, Gruntz and
Stoney Caller received scalp wounds.
The two remaining, j ohm Caller and Martin
Salgil, were unhurt The officers are look
ing for the others
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
FEAST FOR THE NEwsBoYs.

Several Generous Gentlemen See That the
Lads Do Not Suffer.
The lads at the Newsboys' Home we're
given an excellent Christmas dinner yester-
day, that embraced all the viands fixed BY
tradition as necessary to this occasion. The
dinner was the gift of Messrs. S. S. Marvin,
Charles Lockhart, James B. d. Meeds,J. P.
Hanna, James I. Buchanan, E. II. Kitz-
miller, j. G. Colvin and James w. Drape.
With Mr. Marvin's contribution he sent
letter to Mr.. Drape, in which he said: 81
hope that the efforts of our good citizens,
you included, in behalf of the newsboys,
will result in at least few bright minds
being trained for the general betterment OF
the race. A man who lives without an
effort to benefit others than himself is GER
tainly low down in the scale Of Gods
creatures"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26

they were near. The timid hare hopping
along the field to catch another glimpse OF
the slelghing party also knew thing or
two, but If it was ever told it was told to
the owl, and that wise bird never let the
old folks know.
But the snow means even more than this
to farmers. 1t means first, and above all,
that there will be a warm covering for the
wheat sown last fall, and if the snow lies
winter may bite as hard as he can, the ten
der green shoots only need the spring to
awaken into new life and yield bounteous,
early harvest Then there Is the wood to
be brought in from the bottom lands-not
hauled by wagon, but dragged over the
snow by horse, log chain and yelling
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
a LIVING IN THE ROCKS.


Men Without Capital Who Are Their Own
Bosses and Make Money.
In the vicinity of Pittsburg rocky hill
side means living for some men. A man
who desires to be his own boss and who is
willing to labor alone gets the consent OF
the owner of some property to quarry stone
from it, and the stone being in demand for
building purposes,th workman finds aready
market for his output. The stone is sold by
the perch, something like 75 to 500 at the
present time, and the owner of the property
gets Is cents or so for each perch. The
work being arduous and slow, and the profits
small, man of scanty means finds it un-
profitable to employ help.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
M'KENRA WAS LENIENT.

The Magistrate Made Allowance for
Christmas Eve Jags.
Magistrate McKenna faced 45 prisoners,
an unusual number, at the Twelfth ward
station yesterday. The kind-hearted
Squire made allowance for Christmas Eve
celebrations, and discharged %. The others
received light punishment. John Williams
wanted 80 days and got it. Mary Early,
who was accused of trying to pick a
woman's pocket in Danziger's store, and a
witness were held for hearing.
Joseph Burns was arrested for snatching
a So bill out of drunken mans hand on
Eleventh street. He was given 80 days to
the workhouse. John and Joseph Spucof-
ski, who engaged in a fight at Twenty
eighth street, in which John was cut, were
held for further hearing
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
WANTED IN NEW YORK.

An Italian " lille Under Bail Fled to This
City and Is Captured.
Michael Parccivilla was arrested last
night, at his home on Pike street, by Dstec-
tives Shore and Coulson and Police Captain
Waggoner on a bench warrant issued BY
the Supreme Court of New York.
Parccivilla was arrested in New York on
April &c, 1892, on two serious charges pre-
terred by q country woman. He was re-
leased under $1,000 bail A true bill was
found against him by the grand Jury on
April 90, and on June 81 his case was called
in court, but he had disappeared. 1t was
generally supposed he came to Pittsburg,
and at midnight he was found in Penn
avenue rnsccaroni factory. He will be sent
back for trial
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
STUNNED BY A FALL.

An Unconscious Colored Girl Found on the
Street Identified by Friends.
About IL o'clock Saturday night colored
girl about 10 years old was found in an uncon-
scious condition at the corner of Fifth ay-
enue and Jumonville street. She was
picked up and taken to No. 2 police sta
tion. Being unable to tell anything about
herself except that she slipped and fell, she
was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital in
the patrol wagon. Yesterday Laura Allen
was reported missing to the police. After
some inquiry it was developed that the
missing and the injured girl were the same,
and her friends, called at the hospital and
removed her to her home on Gazzam's Hill.
She was badly stunned, but not seriously in
iured BY the accident
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
Indorsed McKenna for Mayor.

The Hebrew Democratic Club met in the
rooms of the County Democracy, yesterday,
and made provisions for securing club rooms
and establishing the organization on a per-
manent basis Twenty-Five members were
present and ten new ones were elected. A
resolution strongly indorsing Magistrate
McKenna for Mayor was adopted unani-
mously. President Jacob Filen, in present
ing the paper, declared McKenna would get
the Hebrew vote irrespective of party.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
A HIGH BRIDGE OVER JACKS Run.

Street Car Tracks to Be Laid $50 Feet In the
Air.
Good progress is being made on the new
bridge at Jacks Run over which the Pleas
ant Valley line will run its cars into Belle
vue. Two spans of 4S feet each and one of
80 are already IN place and another of 80
feet will be up in few days. There will
be IA spans in all from 80 feet to 96 feet in
length. The entire length of the bridge
will be 800 feet.
The width, inclusive of the footwalks on
either side, will be 25 feet. When COM
pleted it will be the highest bridge in ALLIE
gheny county.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
AInnch for 75 Men.

The Christmas meeting of the Moorhead
W. c. T U. at Second avenue and Grant
street last night was well attended. Mrs
]. NJ Foster presided and Rev. w. J. Herr
made the address of the evening. Prior to
the meeting the ladies served hot luncheon
to 70 men.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26

work but sp ent the time with his friends
When Officer James Barrett was making
his rounds about o'clock that evening, he
found Purdy lying on the street helplessly
drunk. The policeman locked him up to
save him from freezing to death. He Lit
the gas in the stove and soon had hot fire
The record-union., 1892-05-21

IL rom the opposite. DR.. UGnchett de-
cIares that the most eminent musical
critic he ever knew, man recognized far
and wide as an authority on any subject
ne touched, once told him that it was his
rule In listening to concert, in case the
performance as a whole was manifestly
pad, to see what good points he could
ma; II The performance was manifestly
good as whole, he then looked for such
faults as could be discovered.
Hanchett's idea is the correct one; that
the critic should consider less the
artist and the audience, and more the out
side public, and give it first accurate in
formation of what took place; then crit
zeal dissertation upon the merits and de-
merits and the causes of them. In that
way he thinks musical progress in this
country would be greatly aided.
de might have added that to simply
say performance is good or bad is but
to reflect the dogmatic judgment of the
critic; but even'in few words to give the
causes or reasons is to invite the reader
to share in the criticism, and thus bring
him to just judgment on his own ac-
count. Truthfulness is compatible with
kindness in criticism, if there is merit
enough to deserve encouragement.
Iruthfulness and unsparing severity are
compatible, and duties, when demerit is
SO great that there can be entertained no
reasonable hope of its ever being over
come.
The critics duty is to the public, not to
the artist, first; but the public is itself
kindly; all its instincts bend it toward
forbearance and incline it to encourage,
rather than to condemn and pull down.
If then the public is given the facts of
performance and the reasons for adverse
criticism, the critics duty to it is done.
When to this is added kindly considera-
ton of the meritorious characteristics,
his duty to those who heard with him is
discharged, and also justice is done to the
performer.
The record-union., 1892-05-21
OUR DEPARTING GUESTS.

Sacramento yesterday entertained in a
plain, simple and unpretentious manner,
the members of the National Editorial
Association. Her people endeavored to
make them feel that they were heartily
welcome, without blazoning the fact
upon the walls.
This pioneer city, now putting on the
clothing of new and more progressive
life, and passing from the state of frontier
lmpermanency to that of stable growth
and development, has nothing to conceal,
nothing of which to intrusively boast.
What it is and promises to be, it leaves
all who see it to freely judge. 1t has not
any other desire than to be given the
just judgment of all men. To our guests
this morning departing, it extends as
cordial God-speed as it did a hearty
welcome.
Our people have been greatly gratified
by the visit. 1t has been of infinite ben
eft to us to meet at our own doors citi-
"SAo AAOiii hSdIAS oil LIS states OF our
country east of the lofty Sierra wall that
marks the boundary of our California.
We have been benefited by the com
munion of the last few hours, and our
only regret is that each was not a week.
For the expression among our people is
that longer acquaintance with these rep
resentative men and women of the East
would have been to our still greater good.
1t would have given us still broader and
better views, and to them a clearer in
sight into the honest purpose of Califor-
mans in their work of developing and
building to full strength and importance
this portion of our common country, and
which we are proud to rank as second to
none in patriotic devotion to the Republic
and the spirit of American institutions.
We feel that we need, above all things.
to better know our brethren of the East
ern States, and that they will benefit
somewhat by closer knowledge of the
citizens of this west coast. The visit of
yesterday and last evening has greatly
contributed to the qualification of our
desire, and we trust that it has not been
without profit to our guests. May they
come again and often.