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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

Colonel y. B. Case, of tie Fourth Regi-
ment, and Captain L. j. Smith, of Pottsville,
reached Pittsburg at midnight and put up
Mt the Monongahela House. Colonel Case
will be the Court and Captain Smith tie
Judge advocate for the inquiry which Adjr,-
tant Rees, of the Eighteenth Regiment, re-
quested.
F. S. Seagrave, a Detroit manufacturer
of hooks and ladders, is at the st. James
He sold an outfit to Mckeesport, and will go
there tomorrow to see how the town is
pleased with the apparatus
Bank Examiner Hugh Young has re-
turned from Wellsboro where he spent the
nation of local banks. He is registered at
the Central Hotel.
III. H. Downes, the Denver agent of H. j.
Heinz & Co., registered at the Central Hotel
Yesterday. The drummers of the firm will
hold business convention here this week.
Charles Dieu and wife, of Paris, and j.
NJ Jaycox. manager of the Bellaire Nail
Works at Wheeling, stopped at the Duquesne
last evening.
DR.. Smith, of the Christian Adcocate,
preached in the Youngstown Trinity NJ E.
Church yesterday. He returned home last
evening.
Prof. j. Thomson Osmond, of the State
Agricultural College, was i'll the city yester-
day visiting friends. He put up at the Du.
quesne.
Nat Goodwin and his company were ,on
the Eastern express last evening going to
New York from Cincinnati
Ralph Delmore, the actor, and John W.
Reed, of Clarion, lawyer and politician, are
stopping at the Duquesne.
James Dalzell, Findlay glass man, and
Z. G. Parkinson, of Titusville, are at the
Monongahela House.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
A BANDIT UPRISING.
The Mexican Highwaymen, Tired of Peace.
* Are Sig hing for Plunder-President Diaz
IsNot Ratified and Still Has Faith in His


SAre Signing for Plunder-President Diaz
Troops.
Carlos Henriques, a Mexican merchant,
was at the Union depot yesterday, going to
New York. He says the Cara revolution
is the most serious affair President Diaz has
had to contend with for some years, but he
thinks with the aid of the American troops
on the Rio Grande border that the Presi-
dent will soon be able to crush the revolt
and restore law and order. The people in
the rural districts are badly scared, and
they hardly know with whom to sympa-
thize.
president Diaz certainly executed a mas
terly stroke of policy when he enlisted the
Mexican bandits in his army" continued
Mr. Henriqnez, ''but the inevitable out
come which many good people feared has
occurred. The highwaymen have gotten
tired of peace, and they want an oppor-
tunity to plunder. These men are well
armed with Government rifles, and this
makes them more dangerous. As long as
they could be held iu subsection they were
al right, hut they are born fighters and
accustomed to rough life When Diaz took
the oath of Office the country was overrun
with these robbers. Several of them were
captured, and brought before the Presi-
dent. Everybody expected that he would
follow the course of former rulers and order
their execution at once. On the contrary,
Diaz questioned them. How much money
do you make by robbing?' he asked the
leader. He replied, naming rather small
amount. well, answered the President,
if paid you that much money to work for
me and live honestly, would you accept it?'
His frankness surprised the banditit, and,
when Diaz said he wanted them to join the
army, they accepted the offer. The Presi-
dent called them the ruralese soldiers, and
at present he has about 5000 of them in a
regiment. They are great horsemen, and
can handle rifle with unerring aim. AS
long as they supported the Government their
services were valuable, but now that some of
them have become revolutionists it is hard
to say what will follow Diaz realizes that
prompt measures must be taken to suppress
The revolt, and I think with the aid of the
railroads that he VIII be able to land enough
troops at any point to make it hot for the
rebels The trouble on the border doesn't
mean that the people are dissatisfied with
Diaz The President is popular with the
masses andis sure of reelection.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
THE BOYCOTT BEGINNING TO SHOW.
Travel Is Said to Be Diminishing on the
Second Avenue Line.

Travel Is Said to Be Diminishing on the
Second Avenue Line.
The boycott on the Second avenue street
car line is beginning to be noticeable, so
the labor leaders think, though as yet it is
in its infancy and has not begun to show it's
real effectiveness. One of them, in speak
ing of it last night, said:
''The strike has to be won on the boycott,
and think it will be. l have been paying
considerable attention to the way the road
has been patronized, and 1 have no.
ticed a falling off in the travel.
Saturday, when the cars should
have been packed, person could have Sc
cured a seat at any time during the day.
Both on Friday and Saturday the Baltimore
and Ohio had some extra cars on. A good
many of the former patrons of the road are
crossing over the Monongahela connecting
bridge and coming into the city over the
Birmingham.
II have not heard of any trouble result
ing from the strike yet 1 heard to-day
that some one had thrown stone through
one of the car windows last night. but on
investigation it proved to be without toun-
dation."
Circulars are being sent to all the knights
of Labor assemblies in the two cities, noti-
fying the members not to patronize the
road.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
MANY IMPROVEMENTS MADE
During the Short Shutdown at the Edgar
Thomson Steel Works-Features That
WIN BE of Great Importance in the
WorEs-The GOyerpmonr Contracts.

During the Short Shutdown at the Edgar
Thomson Steel works-Features That
VIII Be of Great Importance in the
Works-The Government Contracts.
During the shutdown of the Edgar
Thomson Steel Works, many important
improvements have been made in the
various departments with view of in
creasing the output Of the greatest of the
American rail mills. The most interesting
of the improvements are those made in the
converting mill, and, without doubt, the
nearest approach to the perfection of
automata, so much sought by modern mill
owners. By the new device introduced
into the converting department, the old
fashioned methods of working heats are
practically annihilated with one swoop, by
the genius of the inventor
1t is the common practice in all Bessemer
plants to have q pit semi-circular in shape,
and in this pit are set the molds into which
the molten steel is run and cast into ingots
from which are rolled the various shapes
known to the trade. With the practice just
introduced there is no casting pit, but
instead, there are number of "stools" or
in other words, series of solid cast iron
bases mounted on wheels and which run on
narrow gauge railway. On these movable
blocks or stools are set the molds of various
sizes and then a dinky engine pushes the
train into the casting department of the
converting shop, the train of molds
now on the semi-circular truck conforms to
the radius of the swinging ladle cranes, and
the steel is poured into the molds, and when
the cast Is completed the train of molds is
pulled out by the same dinky to the strip
ping shed.
Here the entire number of molds are
stripped by a hydraulic crane having vari-
Gus automatic appliances, enabling it to
strip the heats almost simultaneous. The
heats being stripped, they are transferred
to the blooming mill, where they are charged
into the heating furnaces prior to being
rolled into rails. BY this new method of
working heats" it will require but half
the number of men formerly employed.
The story that the Carnegies are so crowded
with Government work that they cannot
handle smaller orders from private parties
is authoritatively denied. While there is
plenty of business on hand, the great mills
have always room for more.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
THE WORLD GROWING BETTER,
According to Warner Miller. Who Admits
He Is an Optimist.


He Is an Optimist.
NEW YORK. Jan. 81 Special. l-Ex-Post-
master General Thomas L. James talked
about the work done in this country by the
Methodist Church, in the Asbury Metho-
dist Episcopal Church in Washington
Square this afternoon. Hon. Warner Mil
Ter, of Herkimer, followed Mr.. James, and
said:
1t is common nowadays to be pessimist.
1t is easy to look to the old times and say
that things were better then than now. 1,
however, prefer to be an optimist. be-
lieve the world is growing better. l know
we are told that religion is on the decline,
and that people no longer believe in the
Bible. l prefer to judge these things for
myself. The churches of this country were
never in 50 prosperous a condition as they are
to-day. There never was q time when so
much money has been spent i'll charities
to-day. If we have our hospitals and chari-
ties to-dayit is because the religion of Christ
has taught.us charity and good works. The
education of the masses is the Outgrowth Of
the principles laid down by Christ. These
men who go around telling you the people
no longer believe in the Bible and i'll religion
are making q great mistake.
The evil of intemDerance centerS right
here in this city. There are $4,000 people
living below Fourteenth street in New York.
There are leo chapelS and churches below
Fourteenth street and 1000 licensed saloons.
running day and night, and in many cases
on Sunday. This is one of the great evils
that now confront MS. 1t is problem which
calls for the action of the Government itself.
controlled in it's action by strong public
sentiment. Ii crime of every kind increases
it is because the educated people of all de-
nominations are not doing their duty.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
A CITY HALL SENSATION.
One of the Favorite Clerks Fails to Show
Up With Borrowed Money.

One of the Favorire Clerks Fails to Show
Up With Borrowed Money.
People on the inside at City Hall are
having a real sensation among themselves
that ont of respect for the party involved
has been kept quiet. One of the best
known clerks has Eot been seen at his desk
for several DAYS, and if rumor is correct
his name will not again appear on the
city payroll. He is missing and
with him has gone the hard
earned cash of overworked officials, who out
of the immensity of their hearts have fire.
quently loaned various sized sums of money
to the now absent clerk. Two others also
mourn his departure, partly because of the
loss of a friend, but principally from the
fact that some rents he had collected for
them had not been turned in:
One of tine chiefs is loser, and his svm-
pathizers for kindred reasons include nearly
all the employees in that department. The
young man worked the sympathy racket to
get the money, and with such success that
fhe was seldom refused. The chief of the
department in which he was engaged re-
Gently threatened to discharge him, but he
was persuaded by friends to give his clerk
another chance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
AN OFFICIALS COSTLY JOKE.
He Spends Most of His Time Earning His
Fat Mileage Fees.

GREENsBURG, Jan. 81 Special. Jury
Commissioner Kepple was elected last term
by large vote. He lives near Leechburg.
Usually it takes only about two weeks for
the Westmoreland County Commissioner to
fill the jury wheel. Mr.. Kepple consumed
the entire term of three months at the
work, owing to his residence being so far
from the county seat.
1t has developed that Mr.. Kepple, in
coming to this city, does not take drive of
two hours across the country, but he drives
TWO miles to the railway station at Leech-
barg, comes down the West Penn to Pitts
burg and thence by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road to Greensburg. As he is paid cents a
mile for mileage, in addition to his daily
salary, the mileage bill is large one, and
he goes back home by the same roundabout
way. Mr.. Kepple's last bill rendered for
mileage was for 3, 400 miles, the greater part
of it being consumed in easy railroad riding
a long way about to reach this city. He has
the joke on the taxpayers, however, and
pursues the even tenor of his roundabout
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
D;seased Heart Killed Her.

Mary Jane Stocks, colored, Al years of
age, was found dead at Twenty-seventh
street ana Mulberry alley yesterday morn
ing. She had left her home Oh Spruce alley,
between Thirty-frst and Thirty-second
streets, the evening before to pay some
store bills, and was not seen after that by
her friends till picked up dead. Owing to
the fact that she had some money on leav-
ing home, it was first supposed she had met
with foul play. DIR. J. Guy McCandless
held post mortem at the morgue and dis
covered that death was due to valvular dis
case of the heart. The Coroner will hold
an inquest to-day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
A LETTER FROM CLARKSoN
Summons Ex-League Secretary Robert
Lindsay to a Conference.

Summons Ex-League Secretary Robert
Lindsay to a Conference.
Fx-Secretary Bob Lindsay, of the State
League of Republican Clubs, left for New
York Saturday night in connection with
some political matter, the nature of which
he refused to disclose. On Thursday he re-
ceived letter from Chairman Clarkson, of
the National Republican Committee, re-
questing his presence in Philadelphia to-
day, but Saturday morning a telegram came
from Clarkson changing the place of meet
ing to New York
Mr.. Lindsay was asked the nature of the
letter from General Clarkson, but declined
to say. ''There are good reasons why [
cannot divulge the contents of that letter,
said he, "but I will say this: The new
Internal Revenue Collector and new United
States Court Judge will be appointed
within the next week. The appointments
are practically made now, and know who
the successful applicants are. 1 can't tell
you who they are for various reasons, but
they will give general satisfaction" No
amount of inducement would persuade the
ex-Secretarv to unbosom himself further.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
YESTERDAYS POLICE HEARINGS LIGHT.
All the Money Had Been Spent in Cele-
brating New Years.

All the Money Had Been Spent in Cele-
brating New Years.
Yesterdays police hearings were lighter
than they have been for long time. 1t
was attributed to the fact that the day pre-
ceding Saturday was holiday, and the
people spent all their money in celebrating
the New Year.
There were II cases before Mayor wy
man yesterday morning at the Allegheny
police hearing. j. C. Pardie was fined
SO, S. McElhaney, S. and j. B.
Brown s. on the charge of
disorderly conduct. They were arrested
Saturday night at the restaurant of the
latter on Federal street. Pardie and Nc
Elhaney reflected on the oysters Brown had
served them. A fight resulted, and their
arresr was made by Officer Milligan. The
other cases were uninteresting.
Magistrate Succop had Is eases to dispose
of at the Twenty eighth ward station hearing
Yesterday morning. r. j. Baneyho and
Ed. McCloskey, for indulging in bare
knuckle fight on South Seventh street,
were fined $40 and costs each. Alonzo
Thomas, for visiting the house of Albert
Lape and threatening to kill that indi-
vidual was fined S. and costs. John Wood,
who was acting in suspicious manner on
the street, was sent to Jail for ten days.
Edward Jones refused to stay away from
his wife's home, they having separated, was
sent to Jail for ten days. The other cases
were very common.
Magis trate Hyndman disposed of four
cases at the Nineteenth ward station and
two at the Fourteenth ward station yester-
day morning. AT the Nineteenth ward
station Mike Meyers was fined SO and costs
for abusing his wife. The other three were
drunks aud were fined 81 and costs each.
The two at the Fourteenth ward station
were John Borland and Jack Albert
son. They were fighting, and were fined
s. and costs each.
There were only IA cases at Central sta
tion yesterday, and they were all drunks.
The usual disposition was made.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
RcAsTS The OPPOSITION.
Exposition Managers Viii Build the Trades
School il Left i one.

Exposition Managers Will Build the Trades
School il Left Alone.
s. S. Marvin went tC Chicago last even
ing on the limited. He is one of the di-
rectors Of the Exposition Society The an
nual meeting will he held Thursday after
noon. in speaking of what might occur he
said: ''Now that the society is on
paving basis there are some
people in the city who would
like to control it and handle the funds.
This is the secret of their opposition. They
say they want to stir up the board to do
I remember I laid awake many
a night trying TO figure out how We could
raise the money to pay the contractor and
his men. With SIS, 600 in the treasury, four
men pledged themselves to be
responsible for the erection of
machinery hall costing $4,000. The
debt of the society in a few wears has been
reduced from 920O, 900 to S40, 900, and yet the
board has done nothing and needs to be
stirred up. At the critical period in its
history the Johnstown flood occurred, and
everybody turned their attention to relieve
the suffering. Enough money was raised
here to build number OF exposition build
ings. The outlook then was very blue for
us, but after the Johnstown people had been
cared for ] once more turned my attention
to the affairs of the Exposition Society.
81 don't know what the result will be un-
til the ballots are cast. BY turning down
members of the board it is possible to tie
up the society in the courts. and have no
exhibition next fall believe if the man
agement is left alone that we can make
enough this year to start the trades school,
which the charter calls for, and must be es-
tablished sooner or later"
w. b. Dupton is down on the opposition.
He says they need novelties to make the
exposition a success, but the question is
what 10 get. Local manufacturers are not
interested, and claim it wouldn's pay them
10 make an industrial display.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
NO TOWER FOR 1898.

The Erection of One at the Worlds Fair
Will Probably Fall Through.
The tower designed by Mr.. Morrison and
proposed as an adjuncS to the Worlds Fair,
the contract for which was secured by the
keystone Bridge Company, will in all
probability now remain a. mere paper
scheme. There are several reasons for this
conclusion. The land is unsuitable as a
foundation for structure of the kind, there
is difficulty in obtaining site and the nee
essary capital is not being subscribed with
the alacrity expected by the promoters.
!, Many are averse to the erection on
aesthetic grounds, since it will not compare
with the beauty of the buildings already
designed ane falls far short of the standard
of elegance fixed by the combination of
beautiful curves in the Eiffel tower.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
Held LTD by FOotpads and Robbed.

Henry Watkins, who lives beyond the
Stone tavern in the West End, while on his
way home Saturday night was held up by
two colored men. They robbed him of
silver watch and 35 cents in money. The
matter was reported to the police and three
coIored men were arrested, but they were
able to prove alibis at the morning hearing.
The police are still on the lookout for the
two footpads
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
DUDLEY STILL FEELS SORE.
Ee Is for Blaine Any Good Man Who
Can Beat Harrison.

General w. w. Dudley, of Washington
and Indiana, put up at the Monongahela
House yesterday. He had been in Indian
apolis and was on his way home, but was
laid up here for six hours by wreck on the
road. He telegraphed Mrs. Dudley that he
would be home for breakfast In answer to
a reporters card sent to him in the after
noon, he returned his own. On one side
was the name William Wade Dudley, on
the other was written, General Dudley
sends his compliments and begs to be ex-
cused from an interview" Since the Gen
eral was attacked so severely by the
newspapers for the blocks of five episode
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
Will Not Hold an Inuuesf.

Coroner Mcdowell said yesterday he
would not hold an inquest in the cases of
John NJ. Fair and George Conday, who
were killed in the nitro-glycerine explosion
at Willow Grove Saturday, the exclusive
account of which appeared in yesterdays
DISPATCH. As the explosion was purely
accidental and as there are not sufficient re-
mains to identify either man, no action will
be taken unless the man now at Mercy Hos
pital should die
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
A Slight Wreck on the Pemickv.

Two freight trains on the Pittsburg,
McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad
collided at the foot of South Twenty-sixth
street yesterday morning. Several cars
were badly wrecked, but fortunately no
person was injured. The wreck caused
considerable delay to travel over the road
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
Robbed in n Stable by His BedfeIlow

Lee Keyser, driver, reported to the
police yesterday that he had been robbed of
$40 He had been sleeping in a stable on
First avenue the night before with colored
man. When he awoke in the morning he
found his pocket had been cut open, and the
$40 and the colored man were gone. 1t was
found that the colored chap had left town
on an early train.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
A Number of Men Swear OF.

A wellattended temperance meeting was
held last night in the Moorhead building,
Grant street. Mrs. j. NJ. Foster presided.
Addresses were made by Mrs. S. Getty, Ed
ward Finch, John Lloyd, William White,
Alexander Kennedy and w. w. Frances.
A large number signed the pledge.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

Christ. G. Dixon, who is laid up at his
home, AZ Sherman avenue, Allegheny, with
pneumonia, was reported last night to be in
q serious condition. There are three doc
tors in constant attendance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
An Italian Haven Raided,

Captain Mercer and Lieutenant Duncan,
with squad of police from the Nineteenth
ward station, raided two disorderly houses
kept by Italians, last night The first one
was that of Antony Carisacilio, on River
avenue, near the Butler street extension.
Fifteen men were captured The other was
G. Particle, a few doors below on the same
street, where IA men were arrested. There
has been number of complaints from the
neighbors about there in the last few weeks.
The Italians come from all parts of the CITY
and gather at these houses to spend Sun
day Drinking beer and music is their en-
tertainment. There was only one Italian
escaped and he got away by climbing out
on the roof and reached the ground by 60
ing down through another house.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

SOC formerly 81; 75c formerly 81 25. See
the big reductions in merino underwear.
Only small lots Come early.
A. G. CAMPBELL & Sons, % and q Fifth av.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
Great January Muslin Underwear Sale

Now going on. Greatest values ever
offered Gowns, j0c to 800; drawers, 25c to
So; chemises, 19c to 81 25; corset covers,
19c to s.; skirts, 75c to 50 %. All new and
pretty patterns. Reliable goods only. See
them.
A. G. CAMPBELL & Sons, 25 and q Fifth av.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
THE FIRE RECORD.

practically burned up yesterday morning.
Loss nearly $lOO. 900: small insurance.
AT Brooklyn. the four-story grain elevator
of Frank G. Pinto & Sons. Loss, $780, 600
Origin attributed to spontaneous combus
tion.
AT Freerort. Pa, the dry house of the
Freeport Planning Mill. Loss $1,000; partly
insured This is the second bad fire in that
place in three days
AT Nashville, the loss in Saturday nights
fire is now estimatedJat about s475 0C0, which
may be increased about $4,000 Three, in
stead of four, men lost their lives.
AN alarm from station 26 at 10 o'clock last
night was caused by fire in the real estate
office of J. B. Larkin & Co., in the rear of
No. $50 Fifth avenue. 1t had started from u
fire in n natural gas stove. The damage
amounted to about 500.