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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
A RECEIVER REFUSED,

Afraid OF Gripping tho Lewis Foundry
and Machine Company.
Judge Collier yesterday handed down an
opinion in the case of Isaac W. Frank and
Edward KneeIand against the Lewis
Foundry and Machine Company, John
Lewis, manager, and others. The Court
grants preliminary injunction restraining
the defendants from purchasing stock in a
steel company with $4,000 set aside for
the purpose. The motion for receiver for
the defendant company, however, was re-
fused, Judge Collier stating it was not nee
essary at this time, as it would destroy or
permanently cripple prosperous and very
profitable manufacturing concern, admitted
1y made in a great degree by the ability and
skill of the general manager, the principal
defendant, John Lewis. To appoint o re-
ceiver would be as disastrous to plaintiffs as
to defendants, and until greater necessity is
shown the Court must refuse to appoint
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
WHISKY NO GOOD.
Controller Morrow Talking From Expert
ence Says the Liquor Will Not Prevent
Cholera-Some Positive Cases Cited in
m Interesting Way.

Controller Morrow Talking From Expert
ence Says the Liquor VIII Not Prevent
Cholera-Some Positive Cases Cited in
m Interesting Way.
"Whisky is no preventative for the
cholera" said Controller Morrow yester-
day 81 saw this strikingly illustrated in
the plague of 1854 Those who drank
whisky steadily and had been practicing it
for years took the disease and died Just as
other people One tavernkeeper took it
and died within three hours. 1t attacked
all kinds and conditions of men, women and
children, respecting neither wealth nor
poverty. L was only Is years old at the
time, hut 1 remember it very clearly. A
brother of mine, years old, became sick
one night and died before dnylight.
There was popular belief when the dis
ease first reached here that whisky was q
sure preventative, but it didn't last long.
People saw too many instances of its failure
to put faith in il. 1 remember another case
particularly. There was a tavern on what
Is now Fifth avenue, just below Milten-
berger street. One night at about IL o'clock
a 1niddle-aged gentleman, whose name 1
cannot now recall, entered the barroom and
called for glass of whisky. 1t was an un-
usual thing for him to do, being prom
inent churchman and temperance man, and
he felt called upon to explain his action to
the others present. Alter draining a big
glass of liquor he placed the glass on the
counter, saying:
"'There. If every man would drink three
glasses of good whisky q day and take good
care of himself in other ways, he would
never need to fear the cholera 1t has saved
nv life during this epidemic
fThe next morning he was dead, having
taken the disease on his way home. He
lived just beyond Miltenberger street, and
his case was the only one out that far.
Miltenberger street seemed to be the limit
of the scourge.
"The number of deaths in the old city,
including only the first II wards of the city
of to-day, was between 800 and 900. That
was frightful mortality for the population
of that time. The first death in this vicinity
was that of Mrs. Mary Thompson. She
lived in Birmingham. now the South
side The following day Michael
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association are In cheerful mood and look
for an early settlement of their troubles.
CONSIDER THE REDUCTION.

The Pittsburg Coal Operators Meet in the
Iron Exchange Building and Discuss the
Question of . Strike In the Mines Pos
sessed by Them.
The Pittsburg coal operators met in the
Iron Exchange building yesterday to fur
ther consider the reduction in the price of
mining coal Some other business was con-
sidered that properly came before the Coal
Exchange at this time. The principal ques-
tion discussed was the reduction in the price
of mining coal. The meeting was held with
closed doors, and the members were ad-
monished to disclose nothing. The attend
ance was only fair.
The question of reducing the price of
mining coal had been discussed By the coal
men during the past week through the COM
mittee appointed last Saturday. The opin-
ion of the operators as to the advisabity
of CHANGING strike was divided. While
many thought that the overstocked condi-
tion of the lower market would allow them
to stand strike at this time, it was thought
haust all the coal in stock, when they would
be at the mercy of the railroads and miners
alike, as was the case two years ago.
1t was also suggested to try to have a
committee meet the miners, and, BY open
discussion of the question, it was thought
the injustice of making the rivermen pay
81 cents and the other consumers only 8
cents bushel could be made SO evident that
the miners would accede to the demand.
Nothing outside of q discussion of the
question, and urging the committee to make
q thorough canvass of all the coalmen
to say definitely what they intended to do,
was done. Another meeting was called for
Wednesday at 10 clock. At the same meet
ing the annual session of the National
Steamboat Navigation Board at New York
on September 13 was also discussed. The
following committee was appointed to at
tend and represent Pittsburg's shipping in
terests: o. A. Blackburn. s. 8. Brown,
w. II. Mckinley, W. H Crump, w. ].
Wood, W. B. Rodgers, A Lysle, W. w.
O'NeiL I. N. Bunton, J. A. Wood, j. w.
Allies, John Moren, F. NJ. Jenkins, 8. 8.
Graham, Isaac L Reno, F. J. Wood,
Charles Jutte, Harry Huling, B. F. Will
son, W. D. Wilson, W. D. O'Neil, Mar
shall Mcdonald, James Horner, j. A.
Henderson, Albert Haigh. These men e1-
pect to attend the meetidg in New York in
body
This committee was advised to make spe-
cial efforts to look after the interests of the
inland rivers For some time they feel that
their interests have not received the prom
inence their Importance demands and some
thing must be done to bring the shipping
interests on the Ohio to the front once more.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28

Ford died In the Eleventh ward. The hill
district and the Southside seemed to suffer
most The Southside from Temperanceville
up suffered frightfully. People dropped
dead and were buried almost before their
own relatives knew of it No records were
kept on the Southside, and no one ever
knew how many deaths occurred there, but
it was estimated the number must have eI-
ceeded 500. For that matter, the records in
this city were not complete, many deaths
occurring and bodies being buried without
the authorities ever hearing of it
1.-THE Board of Health expended many
thousands of dollars in fighting the disease.
Hundreds of tons of coal were piled up on
the streets here and there and burned to
make smoke, it being believed that the
smoke would either kill the disease germs,
or by reason of its density, would form .
barrier which the germs could not pene-
trate.
"a singular thing was that on September
q, day of fasting and prayer, when al
business was suspended in the city, the
greatest number of deaths occurred. Over
100 people died that day. 1t was believed
that business being stopped, people having
nothing to think of but the disease, they
stood around in groups on the streets and
exposed themselves to 1t more than If they
had been busily at work.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28

the defendants were for the murder of Silas
Vain, one of the locked-out workers, whose
head was blown of by cannon, and j. j.
Connors, one of the Pinkerton detectives,
who was shot
Arrest OF the Defendants.
The same evening Burgess McLuckie
was arrested in Homestead and lodged in
jail A search for the other defendants
proved fruitless. On July 81, Hugh O'Don-
nell, who had been out of the city, ap-
peared at Alderman McMasters' Office to-
gether with Hugh Ross. They gave them
selves up and were Immediately sent to
iaiI. Later McLuckie, O'Donnell and Ross
were released on $40. 900 bail each.
On July % informations were made
against Peter Allen and Matthew Foy.
These two were also charged with murder.
They were arrested the same evening by
Detectives Webber and Morris and lodged
in Jail. Five days passed without any ad-
ditional arrests, when Sylvester Critchlow
grew tired of hiding. He appeared at
Alderman McMasters' Office and gave him.
self up. Like bis predecessors, he was re-
leased on bail.
On the same day SO more informations
were made out by Secretary Loveioy. The
cnarge was ior dgSTaVateo llot, tne pcualty
for which is three years.
Counter-Charges Brought by Strikers.
The men who were sent out IN search of
the accused Homesteaders had no difficulty
in locating five Of them. They were
Matthew Foy and Peter Allen, who were ar
rested before for murder, and G. w. Mans
field, P. j. Nau and Thomas Connolly. On
August Edward Burke was arrested on
three charges. They were murder, aggra-
waited riot and melting riot He was ulti-
mately released on furnishing SIS, 900 bail
Since that time several more arrests fol-
lowed, but the greatest sensation occurred
when on August Hugh Ross appeared be-
fore Alderman McMasters and swore out
warrants for Is men on the charge of mur-
der Among the Is were H. q. Frick, F.
T. F. Lovejoy, John Leishman, Nevin Nc
Connel, James Dovey, H. M. Curry and
Superintendent Potter. All of these men
were eventually released upon the same
amount of bail as the Homestead men.
The members of the Carnegie Company who
are out on bail will have to stand trial as
we'll as the Homestead men who partici-
pated in the riot.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
A KITCHEN IN A CAR
Novel Use to which an Old Horse Convey
ance Has Been Put

Novel Use to which an Old Horse Convey
ance Has Been Put.
How the people who live upon the hill
off Fifth avenue opposite St Agnes Church,
got the old P. o. & E. L. car up where it is
now occupied as . kitchen, has puzzled
many passengers of the Pit.sburg Traction
for long time.
When the old road sold out to the Trac-
tion company, car 43, which was formerly
used on the line was, donated by the COM
pany to John Cudyre. who is now head
paver of the company. No person could
suggest what Cudyre desired with an old car
without any trucks, but he had purpose in
view when he asked for the car. AS soon
as he obtained it he placed it on a wagon
and hauled it to his residence on Boston
street, by way of Soho street, where he put
it in his back yard as an addition to his
house. With a few alterations he trans
formed the car into a kitchen and it has
been doing thus service ever since. As
looked upon from Fifth avenue it has very
strange appearance, seeming to be Just
stuck away up on the side of the hill,
without showing the way in which it was
taken there
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
OVER A CHASM OF DEATH,

Narrow Escape From Destruction OF the
Old Sixth Street Bridge-Crowded With
Teams, Cars and Passengers While .
Pier Was Trembling.
The false work on the Sixth street bridge
is about completed and the contractors are
now clearing it of all the old iron work
They expect to raise the floor about the
early part of the week after which the work
of placing the iron in position will be
commenced.
So far no accidents have occurred in the
construction, but, according to the testl-
mony of Jonathan wainwright, the engineer
of the bridge, given in the case of Hulings
Bros. VS.. the star Sand Company, Limited,
and Drake Station Company Limited, being
a suit for damages before the United States
Commissioner McCandless for a sunken
barge full of stone, an awful castrophe was
narrowly averted.
In his testimony Mr.. Wainwright SAYS:
THE foundations of the new pier were ten
feet below and only ten feet away from the
foundations of the old pier. The method
of putting in the new pier was by excavat-
ing the rip rap and bottom of the river ad-
joining the old pier on the Allegheny side
and sinking a large crib of timber, about
301S0 feet in size and six feet in depth, with
a cofferdam around the top of it, to point
20 feet below pool II. This work involved
a great deal of risk and danger by under
mining the old pier; q large pile
head was driven above the old pier
and line of oak piles driven around the
Allegheny side, the upper end and the
lower end of the old pier, and the tops of
them bolted back into the old pier; after.
ward an additional line of white oak sheet
piling was required on the outside of the
first piling in order to prevent the under
mining, and even with these precautions 1t
aid not prevent the undermining of the
pier; and at the time the fiat referred TO
was sunk, and on or about the 1st day of
September, the old pier in the bridge was
undermined and in a very dangerous con-
dition, jeopardizing the safety of the whole
superstructure. 1t was only by energetic
work, conducted night and day, that en-
abled us to get the new foundations in with
out any further damage to the old pier"
Later on in his testimony he says: "The
fiat was sunk directly in the way of our
work, exactly at a time when the old pier
was in its most dangerous condition, and it
was impossible for us to stop at that time,
as the sinking of this old pier or its giving
way in any manner would have thrown
down the entire Sixth street bridge, which
at that time was covered by street cars,
passengers and other traffic"
Few people knew in what a dangerous
condition the bridge was at that time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
Early Danger in Eye and Ear Diseases.

In most eye and ear diseases permanent
damage is done in the early stages of the
disease before the patient realizes his con-
dition and determines on consulting an ex-
pert. This is the chief reason OF many more
or less permanently blind or deaf A few
chronic diseases are the only exception.
when everybody learns to consult the most
reliable oculist and xur1st to be reached, in
the very earliest stages of all such diseases,
also utilize his services for tie adjustment
of glasses, the percentage of blind and de.
fective eyes and ears Will decrease wonder
fully, besides saving one-half the expense
incurred by the present method of DELAY, or
treatment by the inexperienced. One doc
tor cannot possibly be an expert in all med
fcine and surgery. DIR. Sadler, s0i Penn ave-
nue, Pittsburg. has used his 20 years of
special experience in educating the people,
and very many practice what he breaches.
The best evidence of his success is the rec
ommendation Of his patients one to the
other.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
THE POOR FARM BUILDINGS.

Tho Accommodations for tho Insane In
mates to Be on the Most Approved
Methods-How tho Structures WIN BE
Built-Room for Four Hundred.
The buildings on the City Poor Farm in
which the insane inmates will be confined
will be built entirely separate from the
other buildings, and to the extreme right
and left in the rear of the main structure.
There is to be separate building for the
male and female patients, but they are to
be identical in structure. Each will have q
frontage of 55 feet and extend back 200 feet
The structures are to be three stories high,
and are to furnish accommodation for fully
400 inmates They will be built of brick
with stone trimmings and q stone foun-
dation.
On each floor a large hall will extend
from one end to the other, and on either side
the cells will be placed. Ample room has
been provided so that where each inmate is
confined will resemble room more than a
cell The disposition of the various wards
for con6n1ng the patients suffering from
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
DENNY NOT THE MAN,

The Place Of Immigrant inspector May
Be Filled by an Outsider.
Members of the American Window Glass
Association deny that they have Endorsed
any one to fill the place of George L. Cake
as Immigrant Inspector. They say several
names have been mentioned and discussed
but this is as far as they have advanced in
the matter. The announcement that some
of them favored Bert Denny is not authen-
tic
Mr. Denny has been out of the glass
business tor more than ten years, and on
this account he is not likely candidate.
The flint glass workers are working hard
for Ham Burtt He is considered the favor
ite in the race, as he can command the
support of all glass organizations outside of
the window glass workers. Notwithstand-
ing the good chances of Burtt he may never
be brought to the point as the window glass
workers will make decided efforts to put
one of their men in, and from the present
view of the matter the place of immigrant
inspector may be filed by rank outsider.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
BOTH LOST THEIR PAY.
An Incident of PIttsburg's Calamity That
Was Amusing.

An Incident of Pittsburgs Calamity That
Was Amusing.
Councilman Heating, after talking for q
time yesterday in serious strain about the
cholera in Pittsburg in 1854, told rather
amusing story of hearse driver who was
in his time familiar to Pittsburgers
In the confusion and hurry of burrying
the cholera victims the undertakers we're
overtaxed Rody Patterson was then prom
inent in the undertaking business He had
several drivers, but one of them was
especially fearless and was avaricious. One
day during the plague he was kept un-
usually busy He had made several trips
to the cemetery, and for each trip he
was supposed to be paid so much
money. Undertaken Patterson supposed
that the driver was keeping record of the
burials and the driver supposed that his
employer was keeping the lot.
After the days work was ended and the
extraordinary number of funerals had been
attended the driver and the undertaken
found that neither had been keeping the
record, and the result was that neither got
pay for the DAYS work.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28

business of the concern has been wound up
and all debts paid.
APPLICATIONS were filed yesterday Tor
charters for the st. Michael the Archangel
Roman Catholic Latin and Russian Bone
fetal Association, Of Allegheny City. and the
Uniformed Knights of st. Michael the Arch
angel MOL
ATTORNEY W. s. THOMAS yesterday fled q
precipe in a suit for damages brought by
Christ Reber against Nicholas Alt. No state
ment of the case was filed. Alt is nam d as
correspondent in suit for divorce brought
by Reber yesterday against his wife, whom
he charges with infidelity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
EIGHT UNHAPPY COUPLES,
The Wife Of Ex-AIderman O'Brien Applies
for Divorca.

Tho Wife OF Ex-AIderman O'Brien Applies
for a Divorca.
Eight suits for divorce were filed yester-
day. Louisa O'Brien asks for divorce
from Daniel e. O'Brien, ex-Alderman Of
the Twelfth ward. She alleges i'll treatment
and his conviction on charges of extortion
and perjury, and his sentence of two years
and six months to the penitentiary.
The other cases, with the alleged ground
for action, are as follows: Mary Denzel vs.
Edward Denzel, cruelty and infdelity;
Christ Reber vs. Carrie Reber, infidelity:
Maggie Meeks VS. Samuel E. Meeks, deser-
ton; w. M. Slater VS. Catherine Slater, de-
sertion; Jennie Mcknight VS. Charles Nc
Knight, desertion; Muriel E. Eshelman VS.
Wilfred B. Eshelman, desertion; John
Heber VS. Lydia s. Heber, desertion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
ADDED TO THE LIST,

The Gate City Iron " orks Adopt the Anal.
gamated Scale.
At the Amalgamated headquarters last
evening it was announced that the Gate
City Iron Works, of Gate City, Ala, had
signed the scale. This mill has % single
pudding furnaces, two heating furnaces
and three train Of rolls The product is bars,
hoops, bands and Light rails, with an annual
capacity of 10, 900 net tons Over 200 men
are employed.
Secretary Madden reports that yesterdays
mails brought In Q number Of additional
donations to be used in behalf Of the locked
out Homestead men. The officials of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28

different degrees of insanity has not been
tion of the inside work will vary but little
throughout.
These buildings will be placed in direct
connection with the rest of the ground and
will be heated by steam with four fans for
ventilation. Electricity will furnish the
light
The accommodation afforded BY these
buildings will be equal to half the capacity
of all the structures Of the grounds. They
will not be built till the last as those in
charge feel that there is need of less haste
with these than the others. Thomas Boyd
is working on the plans and expects to have
them ready, SO that active work can be
begun in less than a month.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
Hum OF the Courts.

A DIVORCE was granted in the case OF
Henry H. McMillen against Alice McMillen.
Inf1delity was the charge.
FRANK ARMSTRONG yesterday entered suit
against Latimer, Meyers & Co. to recover
$4274 80 for coal sold and delivered.
CLARENCE H. SwEARINGEN yesterday issued
an execution against L. B. Sterritt and John
Bruce, doing business as Bruce & Sterritt
and the R. A. Cafe Company, for $5H.
The Union Storage Company yesterday
was granted permission to soil on Septem-
Der 80, after advertising, unclaimed goods
which have been in their possession since
1sSs-s990.
HUGH PARKER, committed to jail last May
in default of complying with the sentence
imposed on him in cease OF fornix ct Get,
was discharged yesterday under the insol-
vent laws.
A PETITION for the dissolution Of the Iron
City Manufacturing Company was died yes.
erday By ]. NJ Porter, Presidents. The
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
TUESDAY, AUGUST 80.
ONE DOLLAR


For B0ys StyIfsh School Suits,
It's now that the boys must be fitted ont
for school, and we are on hand with a great
bargain. Monday we will sell 1000 boys
suits, sizes to a. in great variety OF
patterns single and double breasted, at 81 q
suit You generally have to pay So for suits
like these. P. c. C. c., Clothiers,
Cor. Grant and Diamond streets
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
Charged With Abusing His Daughter.

George Leonard, a milkman living in
Lower St Clair township, has been charged
by Anti-Cruelty Agent Mcdonald, of the
Southside, with neglecting and abusing his
1S-year-old daughter. 1t is alleged that
besides abusing her, he fed her on black
coffee and bread. Leonard will have q
hearing before Alderman Succop.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
FINE $500 UPRIGHT PLANO $3.50.
$500 Upris hit Plano s21o.

A first-class upright piano, in perfect con-
dition, of magnif1cently carved hardwood
case, fine French action and excellent tone.
This 500 instr rlment will be sold, fully war
ranted at $3.50, plush cover and stool in
cluded. Also a handsome $500 upright, good
as new, at s910, and q $3.50 square grand at
$3.50. Call and secure piano at great sac
ritice. j. M. HOFFMAN, & Co.,
537 Smithfeld street.
Agents for the unrivaled Sohmer, Colby,
Schubert and Hallet & Cumston pianos.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28

ON AUGUST 18TH, 4so, St.
Augustine, usually styled "The
greatest of all the Fathers" died
at Hippo, North Africa.
The Augustinian Friars took
their name from him, and his
writings, which are still pre-
served, prove him to have been
the greatest rhetorician of his
time. Vandals beseiged Hippo,
and Augustine, then a man of
7o, prayed for death ere the
city fell. He died before its
capture.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
Father MolliDr.r RemedIes.

Prepared only by Morris Einstein, AIle-
gheny. Pa, q. 8. A. The genuine bears the
signature Of Adolph Hepp Secretary to the
late Father Mollinger, On every package.
For sale by all druggists.
Beware of limitations.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28

FIvE dollars only for sterling silver tea-
spoons at Steinmann's, 106 Federal street.