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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1891
Page
5
Pittsburg police and city officials confront alarming claims of an Italian plot to seize Pittsburgh amid tensions after New Orleans lynching. A Lawrence County Italian community leader Gabarrio denies involvement while inspectors map Italian housing and vow rapid mobilization if violence erupts.
About 2000 Italian laborers on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Moundsville are moving toward New Orleans allegedly to demand justice for Italian deaths there. They claim drills and military readiness, vow retaliation if killers go unpunished, and warn Louisiana is responsible if justice fails.
Joseph Cuneo dismisses rumors of Mafiosi and secret Italian groups in Pittsburg. He notes four benevolent societies active among about 9,000 Italians, with under 500 members total in Societa Fraterna Muto Secorso Legione Garibaldi and Cristoforo Colombo Band. The Cristoforo Colombo Band is to rename as Port 36 A. R. Band.
A group of 20 Italian laborers departed for Philadelphia saying the United States is the country for them. They praise American treatment and state they would fight for Uncle Sam if war arose, while cautioning that other European powers would try to stir trouble.
Superintendent Hollbrook of the Baltimore and Ohio road visited Steubenville to see his ill wife Mrs Hollbrook who has been too sick to leave for months. James F Lewis and George L Reis from Knoxville are guests at the Duquesne. Reis works in furnace building for J P Witherow & Co in the South. C J Fraser of Perthshire Scotland is at the Monongahela House inspecting coke regions but fears rioting and left for Chicago. W F Modes general manager of the Streator bottle and glass works is a Pittsburg native staying at the Monongahela. Senator Dunlap, the river champion, returned from the East with nothing new on Senator Flion's wharf bills. W G Andrews and Grant Parish are at the St Charles hotel. General Manager Weir of the Adams Express passenger on the limited went to Columbus for Chicago. Charles H McKee went to Harrisburg on mysterious business. John Link of Brookville and H Mullen of East Brady are guests at the observess. Ex Senator J W Lee of Franklin and D Gordon of Altoona are at the Duquesne. Colonel Chill Hazzard and J B Murdkin of Sutler are at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. General Manager Pugh of the Pennsylvania road inspected the West Penn yesterday. W E Howell of Salem and D S Childs of Syracuse are at the Anderson. Jandee Slagle with his daughter returned from New York last evening.
Myer Galinger Yoder law building located at corner Fifth and Wylie avenues. Telephone 1707. Take elevator.
Allegheny Council failed to pass a resolution thanking Chairman James Hunter for his impartial rulings as quorum issues and member resignations halted business. The meeting adjourned with 23 present after disputes over rulings and a call of the roll. The Select Council later saw a modest finance report and a reduced city deficiency, with discussions on bonded debt and sinking funds.
Attorney W B Rodgers releases an opinion asserting the Allegheny Poor Board remains legally intact and not abolished by the transition to the Department of Charities. A Monday meeting of the Poor Guardians is slated, foreshadowing a clash with Chief Barton Grubbs as debates center on the act of 1887 and sections governing relief, the Poor Farm, and city finances.
Mrs Jane Hotchkis living on Smallman street near Thirty second was run over by a farmer's team on Penn avenue after alighting from a car. She is badly hurt and may die. The farmer fled. Also Elmer Thompson brakeman Panhandle road hurt from a fall. Patrick Maloy at Ed gar Thomson Steel Works fractures leg. J W Burns engineer California avenue bridge crushed to death during crane incident. He was 27 from Cincinnati.
The Allegheny postoffice reports the Money Order Department processed 61043.55 dollars in the last quarter with annual stamp sales of 75567.30 dollars, up 11000 from the prior year. Mail carriers handled 3.14 percent more pieces than in the previous period.
Fire incidents at Hazelwood avenue and 183 Robinson street injured none severely while a bedrick fire at South Nineteenth street prompted a coroner alert. A child death near Second street Southside followed illness. Temperance hall leases at Federal street hold Sunday talks by Oscar Keefe. An Allegheny clerk reappointment list updates and one new name.
William Dexy of the Southside is jailed for deserting his wife by Alderman Sripp. Thomas Markosan testifies against Henry Wickovitz for an unprovoked assault with a cay bag. William J. Miller of 7 Wylie Avenue faces $1,000 bond after beating Martin Quinn with a blunt object. In a Liberty Avenue saloon fight, C G Dillon was cut by a bottle and jailed for drunkenness.
Local carpenters discuss an eight hour workday as central unions push the cause. Clergy views vary with Catholic and Protestant leaders cautious about pulpits while Local 230 reports strong union turnout and near unanimous opposition to the plan. Other unions plan votes next week with no clear outcome yet.
E D Smith of Normecutt and Smith heads to Washington as a delegate to the Convention of Inventors and Manufacturers to mark the centennial of the American patent system. Twenty papers will be read by leading scientists statesmen and jurists including Justice Blachford. The Scientific American outlines the event with ample coverage. Building permits rise to 47 with most under 20000 dollars though few exceed 5000 dollars. John M Slagle resigns as Allegheny Bessemer Works superintendent to join Nimick & Co full time.
The state commission appointed to revise the mining laws opened sessions yesterday. They will work for more than a week on preliminary tasks, reviewing suggestions. The report notes the McClure Coke Company has moved its offices.
Mining engineer James F. Lewis says ore operations show little sign of expansion this year. He notes ample ore at ports from last season and ties any potential improvement to shipbuilding demand sparked by the Italian crisis. Lewis spoke at the Duquesne and has attracted letters from British iron and steel visitors praising U.S. progress.
Jones Cavitt & Co owners appoint Jenkin Jones John A Wilkin and George W Jones as trustees to wind up the firm after a fire destroyed the tableware factory. The limited company expires August 1 and rebuilding plans have been abandoned. The note mentions Pittsburgh losing a glass plant and a Single Tax League meeting on the topic of a tax on personal property.
Reports say the new Charleroi plate glass works will light its furnaces within the next twenty days, marking a milestone for the plant's operation and local industry.
Industrial notes report steady work at Armstrong cork factory and demand for miners along the Monongahela. Plate mill construction begins at Republic Iron Works. Funeral held for Joseph Bratt at Oliver's mill. W H Brows & Sons build a steel hall shop for towboats. Journeymen Horseshoers Union No 9 annual reception held at Grand Central Rink. Campbell promoted to Postal Telegraph superintendent for Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. Charlotte Bronte visit to The Dispatch described in tomorrow’s issue.
William Brown found at his home 42 Roberts Street with bullets in both cheeks after a drinking bout. He told officers a shooter’s name but refused to reveal it to anyone but the Coroner, and was jailed pending sober testimony. Doctors said the wound was not serious. Brown, a peddler, has lived on the hill over a year.
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The Common Council passed the ordinance granting the Carnegie Library Board power to place library buildings along the Schenley Park Forbes street entrance. Mayor Gourley said he would sign. Votes were 31 to 6 with Bigham and others opposing. The measure includes control of building locations by the Public Works chief and foresees the reference library art gallery museum and possibly the music hall at the gateway site.
Silk and wool robe patterns offered with elaborate trimmings priced at fourteen dollars, featuring 44 inch plaids in appealing colorings and fine finish.
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