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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1907
Page
5
Suffering from long standing piles with intense pain swelling and black blood is described. Dr Leonhardt’s Hemroid claims to be the only absolute cure with a guarantee. Available for $1.00 at J F Neely New Castle or from Dr Leonhardt Co Niagara Falls NY.
Despite a traditional July shutdown for vacation and repairs, Carnegie steel officials indicate New Castle plant will likely run through the hot months with no suspension. Union tensions loom as furnace operators elsewhere threaten strikes, demanding higher wages and an eight hour day, complicating a speedy settlement.
The strike at American Car and Ship Hardware Manufacturing began by brass workers over two months ago and has not been officially called off. The plant has operated continually since the declaration while strikers left the city. Many New Castle workers took positions in the shop and earned good wages, as brass workers enjoyed high salaries and limited apprentice intake to control conditions.
Yesterday many tin workers at Shenan and Greer tin mills were compelled to knock off due to excessive heat. The cold summer had allowed operations but the warm wave made it hard on workers facing hot furnaces all day. Several Shenango mills also shut down yesterday.
The American Tin Plate company aborts 20 hot mills at the South Sharon plant on Saturday June 29 for major repairs and general overhaul. The mill will be idle at least two weeks, with finishing operations running until stock is depleted. The layoff will affect several hundred workers, and two local city mills are also reported to pause for repairs though no notice arrived here.
David Davis of this city attends the tin workers wage scale conference in the Frick building, Pittsburg, with representatives of the American Tin Plate company. The committee may stay in conference days and no definite outcome is yet known. At Toledo the union demanded wage increases, but company officials reportedly refused.
A Standard Steel Car Company carpenter, William Jackson, fell about 20 feet from a high part of a building while at work yesterday. He was unable to move, assisted by witnesses, and removed home for medical care. He sustained severe bruising and a badly sprained ankle, with concern he might have broken a bone.
H W Thornton superintendent of the Erie and Ashtabula division of the Pennsylvania and staff traveled in the special observation car for a track inspection of the division. The inspection followed a completed road-bed review and returned the same evening. The report of Pittsburg Youngstown and Ashtabula shows 92 252 passengers carried in 1906 with a mileage gain of 1 423 852 but earnings per passenger per mile fell 0 11 percent due to rate cuts.
An old notice warns against using “Practically Pure” white lead and touts Pure White Lead as superior, claiming other pigments adulterate it and reduce efficiency. It endorses National Lead Company of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh as the source of durable Pure White Lead.
The common council approved several public works projects at its Monday meeting. They include storm sewers on Ralph avenue Fifth ward Clayton street Sixth street and Edison avenue, and sanitary sewers on Harrison Carson Aiken and DuShane streets in the Fourth ward. Grading work is authorized for Almira street Fourth ward and Seward street Second ward.
Ralph Donaldson of the Second ward is building a six room house on Carlisle Street. The almost square structure features four gables on the roof with a veranda and rear porch and modern improvements including a hot air furnace. Paul L. Mueller, a Harvard University student, has returned home for the summer vacation.
A testimonial from Cc. F. Blakley of McKee's Drug Store in Boston endorses Bloodine Ointment as a cure for itching skin conditions including eczema scalp psoriasis salt rheum and related rashes. The letter claims quick and permanent relief based on family use.
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