Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-22
SEEKING FOR SEINES.
Fish Warden Hague Makes Raid
Up the Monongahela River,
MEETING WITH MIXED SUCCESS.
Night Lines Captured and Violaton Of
Game Laws Warned.
FEEDING BOARDERs ON FISH FOOD

Fish Warden John W. Hague has again
struck terror to the violators of the game
laws of this section. He started Wednes-
day night and returned yesterday. There
has been considerable dynamiting for fish
in the streams here, as we'll as the liberal
use of seines and dipnets. The rod and line
is also being used freely, people having ap-
parentlv become forgetful of the fact that 1t
is unlawful to catch any FISH save trout in
the local waters before May 30. The high
water and bad weather was against the
Warden and his men, but they got the
names of many of the violators, and suits
will probably be entered very soon.
Warden Hague was accompanied on his
raid by Joseph Feltwell and c. o. Kanouse.
They went up the Monongahela river in
one of the Morgantown packets. Speaking
of the raid yesterday, Warden Hague said:
eve got off the boat at Fredericktown, Is
miles from Pittsburg, in the midst Of a
heavy thunder storm at midnight.
A Descendant of n Famous Hunter.
ga man named Hill gave US shelter until
the storm abated, and then took US to
Colonel j. w. Boone's hotel. The Colonel,
by the way, is one of the direct descendants
of the famous Daniel Boone. By daylight
we were at the river and captured large
number of outlines and stopped 20 people
from fishing with the rod and line.
Vandegrift's distillerv is located
there A boarding house keeper in
the neighborhood feeds his boarders on
fish and in that way cuts down his expenses.
He found the rod and line were insufficient
to satisfy the craving his boarders had for
fish and as dynamite was cheaper than buy
ing meat he has been blasting in the river,
and in that way has caught large numbers.
The river was too high for this kind of
work and we saw there was no hope of
catching him at that. We had also been
informed he used seine. We searched the
distillery from roof to basement, but could
not find trace of it. We also searched
Hawkins private house and outbuildings
without any better success. The men at
the distillery had also been using rods and
lines and had 20 fine specimens of catfish
still alive in box. dumped them into
the river and everyone there promised
faithfully that the law would be observed.
Took Their seines to tho Hills.
"Frool there we took an open skiff and
came down to Brownsville. On the way we
captured number of outlines and stopped
a number of others who were fishing We
expected to make big haul at Brownsville,
but someone had gotten there ahead and
given a warning Every seine in the town
had been loaded on wagons and hurried off
to the country. We chased for time, but
had to give 1t up. Like the moonshiners
with their stills they had hidden away in
the hills.
"We STAYED Thursday night in Browns
vile, and got the names of large number
of people who were using seines, dipnets,
castnets and also fishing with rod and line
out of season. We also found that Sunday
was great dav for fishing at Lock No. 5,
but as the water was too high we did not
see the use of waiting. In fact on our
whole trip we did not find single seine
out drying. The people who use them have
grown too cute for that now, and the only
way to catch them now is to surprise them
at work.
"Coming on down the river I found
large number of people fishing at California,
and MIonongahela City.
We also got number OF outlines or night
lines at these places. 1 had heard seines
were also being used at Monongahela City,
bu. there were none that 1 could fnd.
Every person that we stopped promised to
obey the law hereafter. In each place
deputiZed man to let me know whether
the promise is kept and if it is not I will
at once enter suit"
Mr.. Hague would not say whether he
would make any other raids soon.