Eight Hours First State Conference Rages Over Mine Hours
Miners press eight hour demand backed by the Federation of Labor and Knights of Labor while operators resist citing competition and wage risks. Key figures include Colonel W. P. Read and Vice President Penna in a tense inter-State meeting with debate on industrial arbitration and future hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charman Dempster
Penna
Federation of Labor
Detroit
Knights of Labor
Tme
Thes
W. P. Read
Corfer
Colonel Head
Mortivon Foster
Promotion Carr
Dent Rae
Dempster
Rae
Belly
Wedustre
American Federation of Labor
Honor
McBryde
Yees
Robbins
Uns
Hend
Kao
Kead
Reed
Hysell
Ohio House of Representatives
Evans
Federation
W.T. Lew
Patrick McBryde
Reid
Colone
Morton Hall
Colonel Read
Hocking Valley
Read
McBride
Eight Hour Question Dominates Miners Conference Scale
The Morning Session reports the Scale Committee fixing base coal scales at 60 and 69 cents for screened coal in Pittsburg and Ohio districts. It adopts the scale, adds several new members to the Scale Committee, and adjourns to 2 PM as operators consider settling the eight hour issue first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Ohio
Joh H B. Rae
John Nugent
Pennsylvania
McLaughlin and McQuaide
H. L Crapmar
C. L. Posten
Francia L. Robbins
W. J. Scully
Perna
Rae
Penna
Bond
Scottish Americans split over MacPher clan idea
William Campbell rejects uniting MacPher sons as one clan arguing it serves no public good while Scot heritage remains strong in America. A blend ad notes 25 cent liquor bottles, Champlain cough remedy ads, a brick store at Sixth Street rent 2600, and a lace curtain sale at The People's Store Fifth Avenue with 19 cents and up prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
William Campbell
Tus
MacPhersons
Mr. Campbell
City debt debate splits on bonds versus popular vote
In Pittsburg, April 8, J W Breen and City Controller E Morrow clash over raising city indebtedness after a Supreme Court ruling. Breen argues no constitutional vote is required unless the increase surpasses 2 percent, while Morrow favors issuing bonds with careful timing and investor interest considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Breen
Supreme Court
Morrow
Dispatch
Pittsburg
Harmag
Orga
Lie
Tomers
Breen
Keeping Up Appearances in City Council Chamber
Chief Brown and Clerk Crosby Gray hold a meeting in the Common Council chamber to award printing contracts for the Department of Public Safety after the Department of Awards is deemed defunct by Supreme Court action. A quorum is reported as present and bids from three firms are reviewed for the annual report printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Crosby Gray
Common Council Chamber
Brows
Department of Awards
Council Chamber
Supreme Court
Morrow
Department of Public Safety
Department of Public Fety
Gray
Bid Awarded for Printing Pages at 182 Per Page
The chair announced Best acco. nt won the contract after examining three bids. The bid of 182 per page was the lowest and the contract was awarded to them. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned with no motion needed.
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Best Acco
Allegheny Common Council Set for Tonight’s Session
The Allegheny Common Council schedules a regular session tonight to introduce new ordinances. President Lindsay may convene Select Council tomorrow or Saturday to discuss street legislation. The group aims to oppose an amendment that would make the Mayor and a three member Council committee the Board of Awards. The prior plan, with the Mayor and department heads as Board of Awards, is preferred. A committee to Harrisburg to oppose the amendment is discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny Common Council
Parke
Lindsay
Select Council
Board of Awards
Allegheny
Harrisburg
Quashed Assessment for Citizens' Bank in Street Matter
A decree favored the Citizens' National Bank reversing the Board of Viewers report on Diamond alley opening and widening. The proceedings affecting the bank are quashed and any liens entered are stricken, aligning with a recent Supreme Court decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ National Bank
Board of Viewers
Diamond Alley
Appellant
Supreme Court
Death rate falling as burial permits drop in Pittsburg
The Bureau of Health reported 12 burial permits by 5 30 pm the smallest in eight weeks. Twenty two permits were issued on Tuesday. Superintendent Baker said the grip is loosening and future deaths from grip and related illnesses will be few. Influenza deaths included a two year old Margaret Butler and others from broncho pneumonia and pneumonia. Seven new cases of spotted fever were reported with no deaths. Several figures show schools affected but attendance remains near the season average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Health
Pittsburg
Baker
Margaret Butler
H. Lt. Siemon
Thomas Ebmest
H. C. Ingraham
William E. Cray
Chris Teffen, Jr
Enteryr Savings Bank
Allegheny
Susan
St. Francis Xavier's
Sarah
Manchester
Annual Meeting Promises Better Quality and Stable Prices
The American Preserve Company held its annual meeting on Fourth Avenue. B. E. Ryan of Chicago was re-elected Secretary and General Manager. Henry Williams of Detroit spoke on favorable prospects, noting a strong combination and competition yielding consumer value. A 6 percent common and 7 percent preferred dividend was declared. Dr. Wigble of Washington was elected President.
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American Preserve Company
Trust
Fourth Avenue
B. E. Ryan
Chicago
Henry Williams
Detroit
Williams
Wigble
Washington
Boynapped Girl Rescued by Police on Penn Avenue
A burly man named James Brown carried a child from the door on Penn avenue. Police pursued to a shed on Mulberry alley and rescued the girl. Brown, recently arrived from Detroit, claimed he mistook the child for a boy. the child was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Morris
Penn Avenue
Mulberry Alley
James Brown
Detroit
New Telephone Board Arrives For City Electricity Bureau
The Bureau of Electricity receives a new telephone board with 50 keys and multiple improvements. Emil Henning of Company A, Eighteenth Regiment, seeks his uniform from a landlady who withholds it over a board bill, police decline to intervene. Today is the last day to pay taxes for a discount before grace ends. the books stay open to month end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Henning
Eighteenth Regiment
Elm Street
Pittsburg
Denniston
Captain Bell Captures a Plom in Allegheny Night Watch
James Bell of the Second ward Allegheny has been named captain of the night watch under the new order across the river. He secures one of the two captaincies and will be on daylight duty. He was instructed yesterday to order his new uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bell
Allegheny
Night Watch
Philadelphia Company Board Maintains Usual Monthly Meeting
The Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting yesterday. A special meeting of the bears is noted and the shareholders’ annual gathering is set for the first Monday in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bears Penean Bears
The
Pee
Des Moines Captain Recovered After Grip Attack
Captain W. A. Abbott of Des Moines has fully recovered from a severe grip after using Chamberlains Cough Remedy. He reports relief and restoration to health. Three of his children also recovered from the illness with the remedy. The piece also notes horticultural novelties at Elliott's on Sixth Street and promotes Angostura Bitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Abbott
Des Moines
Elliott's
Sixth Street
Carnegie to Attend Pittsburg Library Meeting at Carnegie Offices
Mr Andrew Carnegie will welcome the Library Commission this afternoon to discuss library matters and site selection for district libraries in Pittsburg. The group aims to secure land at the Schenley Park entrance and seeks a popular vote on park property, with districts including Old City Lawrenceville East End Southside and West End.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Library Commission
Carnegie
Europe
Pittsburg
Schenley Park
Gourley
Lawrenceville
Old City
Fulton Street
Arserial
Esat End
Lincoln and
Frankstowe Avenues
Southside
Eighteenth Street
Carson
West End
Temperanceville
Point Breeze
Dispatch
Scots
Department of Libraries
Department of Public Works
Allegheny
Supreme Court
Allegheny City
Diamond Square
Boston
Carnegie to Attend PRR Pittsburgh Reunion Tonight
The Pennsylvania Railroad veterans of the Pittsburg division will honor guest Andrew Carnegie at the Monongahela House reunion tonight. About forty or fifty former passenger department men, linked to Carnegie’s era before Robert Pitcairn, are expected. The arrangements committee includes E Pitcairn R B ae John Kennedy and James Dinwiddie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Monongahela House
Mr. Carnegie
Robert Pitcairn
E. Pitcairn
R. B. Ae John Kennedy
James Dinwiddie
Hungarian Naturalization Renunciation Questioned
In U S District Court John Slovensky editor of Amerikanske Mowenske Noviny sought to amend his naturalization papers The renunciation he signed stated allegiance to the King of Austro Hungary while the correct form should declare allegiance to the apostolic king of Hungary The issue potentially affects other papers with the same defect Jade Reed said he would review the matter before action could be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
John Slovensky
Amerikanske Mowenske Noviny
Austro-Hungary
Roper
Hungary
Anece
Ofd
Jade Reed
Crashed Under a Train and More In East Liberty News
John Wilkinson struck by a passenger at East Liberty. two accidents may be fatal. Houpert James Hubert broke thigh after leaping from a bridge abutment. Eugene Perry fell from a Duwane Traction tower and suffered multiple injuries. Albert Wilkinson crushed by train at East Liberty. age 19. Benefit planned for cork workers strike. Be found dead in Edwards alley, Joseph Bischoff 78. Influenza advice from New Haven News. Klebers music house touts Steinway and Genover pianos. 506 Wood street ad.
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John Wilkinson
East Liberty
Houpert
James Hubert
Thirty-third Street
Penny
Eugene Perry
Duwane Traction Company
Forbes Street
South Adams
Mass
Wilkerson
Albert Wilkinson
West Penn Hospital
Music House
Klebers
Steinway
Genover
Opera
Burdett
Earhoff
Wood Street
Grand Opera House to Exhibit Arctic Scene This Afternoon
This afternoon 2 to 4 at the Grand Opera House a grand Arctic scene from the comic opera In fluence will be displayed free to the public. The scene, the most realistic and costly on the American stage, portrays Polaris frozen in ice bergs and delayed earlier in the week. Meanwhile Thornton Bros offers discounted silks, dress fabrics, and carpets at The People’s Store Fifth Avenue, promoting a curtain sale and bargain designs on on the same floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
Plate Glass Conference Deliberates Rates at Duquesne
Spring meeting of plate glass makers and jobbers opens at the Duquesne with talks on revising price schedules and assurances rates won’t advance. Attendees include E. S. Sherburne, president of the Jobbers' Association, and Neri Newcomb of Charleroi, as a new plant fires its first furnace.
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Duquesne
Loeffler
Sherburne
Heston
Jobbers’ Association
Pittsboro Plate Glass Company
Charleroi
Neri Newcomb
Newcomb
Carbon Iron Co Leases Springfield Plate Mill for 6000 Tons
The Carbon Iron Co has leased the Plate mill of Springfield Iron Co in Springfield Dl to produce boiler plate and armor on a large scale. The plant, the third largest in the nation, has 20 000 tons annual capacity and a 14 inch face rolling train. Ingots will be made at Santee works and shipped to Springfield for orders including vessels for the Government.
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Carbon Iron Co
Springfield Iron Co
Carbon Iron Company
Springfield Iron Company
Springfield
Dll
Cleveland
Santee Works
Lesh
San Francisco
Pittsburg
No Signs of Resumption in Southern Iron Industry
James B. Pierce of Sharpsville reports no change in valley conditions and disputes claims of wiped out stocks. He notes iron stockpiles, offers remain at low prices, but no sales occur as coke and freight rates keep prices high. He warns furnaces cannot resume May 1 without price reductions and asserts southern iron ships at lower rates than valleys teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Pierce
Sharpsville
Monongahela House
Bridge Workers Strive Organize Child Labor Fight
Bridge workers from Keystone Bridge Company formed a permanent union called Bridge Builders after a Pittsburgh area meeting with about 190 reps. They vow to affiliate with a larger labor body and push back against a 10 hour workday without higher pay after a March notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Bridge Company
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Chartiera
The
Bridge Builders
Mr. Borntraeger
Bridge Company
Avonmore Glass Plant to Open This Month
The German Glass Manufacturing Company builds a new window glass plant at Avonmore to produce cylinder and common glass. It will have an unlimited natural gas supply and is described as one of the country’s most complete plants.
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Avonmore
Inquest Continues in Gun Saulis Murder Case
The West Liberty Falls inquest into Jobo Gunsaulis death resumed under Coroner Heber McDowell. Holmes Anderson remains the principal suspect as witnesses describe wet ground, mud on his clothes, and a possible attempt to dry his attire after the ambush. Postmortem indicates a close range head wound, with water and mud noted at the scene.
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Jobo Gunsaulis
West Liberty Falls
Heber McDowell
Holmes Anderson
Anderson
Gunsaults
Big Brother
Robinson Street
Allegheny
Monongahela House
Constable Piroth
Andrew Adamson
Montrose Pollock
Charles Cronen
J. Gay McCandrews
Henry Smith
Gunsaulis
Fourth Avenues
Market Street
Lizzie Anderson
Sar
Kiam S. Allen
Gertrude Weese
Bell House
Joe McVilie
Pemperanceville
West Liberty
Belizhoover
Mr. Moore
Homestead
4 Button Suede Gloves and New Spring Glove Arrivals
A catalog note showcases 4-button Suede Mousquetaires and 6 to 8 button gloves in genuine French Kid with new silk embroidery. It advertises sizes from 4-button to 8-button, with special offers such as an 8-button pair at 150 dollars and a 1 dollar per pair special on 4-button Kid Gloves. Also mentions Foster Kid and Foster Lacing and new spring shades and shades.
Fine Hosiery For Ladies From A Penny Stocking Sale
The advertisement touts a $1-a-pair Black Silk Stocking as the best yet, alongside extra heavy Black All Pure Silk at $150 a pair in French feet, white or lavender feet, with a usual $225 value. Also offered are Fine Cottons in several makes at 65c and 75c, Smythe's Balbriggan at last year’s prices, and children’s Red Silk Stockings to match morocco slippers in sizes up to 8, priced 65c to $x a pair.
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Sec
Smythe
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la Grippe
Park
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World's Museum Theater
Cork Workers of Assembly
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Edwards Alley
New Haven News
Chamberlain
Thornton Bros
the People's Store
Campprebelnl & Dice
Ginech
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Smithfield ST
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Plate Glass Conference
Valley
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