Meeting Half Way by Detective Norris on Hocking Valley labor talks
The article reports a near settle with Hocking Valley yardmen, unions and railroads eyeing concessions. Detective John T. Norris arrived from Springfield to assist, meetings at 41 Fifth Avenue drew under 100 attendees as unions gauge proposed terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowseyy
Switchmen's Assembly
Fifth Avenue
John T. Norris
Springfield
Perkins
Pittsburg
Cadets Demonstration Marking Father Mathew Centenary
Rev Fathers Canevin and Sheedy plan a monster temperance cadets demonstration in the city on October 10 with about 2000 boys marching in the evening. The event honors Father Mathew's 100th birth anniversary and is not tied to the August temperance convention. Cards are being distributed to form boys societies in the diocese, including St Pauls Cathedral parish aiming to enroll 700 boys in a new society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Mathhew
Canevin
Sheedy
Itte
Father Mathew
Temperance Societies
Diocesa
Father Sheedy
Latrobe
Fine & Branch
St. Paul's Cathedral
McKeesport Girl Accused in Arsenic Poison Case
A 16 year old Maggie Stewart was arrested on a charge of administering arsenic poison to her 4 year old brother James after a family dinner soup caused illness and the younger child later died. Constable Dart and Dr. A V Taylor led the investigation, with coroner McDowell ordering the arrest and an inquest set for this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKeesport
McDowell
Grant Miller
McKet
Ste
Stewart
Counterfeiters in Jail Warn Public of Risk
United States detective Dan McSweeney discusses the counterfeit threat, noting 50 offenders still serving in Pennsylvania prisons and that no organized ring operates there now. He cites imitated coin and a stray £10 note from the Germany Bank of New Orleans, urging public vigilance and press notification to deter peddlers. He also explains alibi tricks used by criminals and hotel register schemes observed in Port Jervis and Elmira.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan McSweeney
United States
Post Office
Dan
Penn Sylvania
Pennsylvania
Germania Bank
New Orleans
Billy Allen
Port Jervis
Elmira
Favors a commission to grant licenses says jurist opinion shifts
William Witherow of the Duquesne advocates appointing a commission to run the license business. He says judges lack time and must stay above it, and a licensed board would reduce dissatisfaction by better understanding the facts. Ex-District Attorney Porter agrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Witherow
Duquesne
Porter
Another Beautiful Sabbath Cemeteries With Mourners
Schenley Park drew pleasure seekers enjoying the romantic ravines and Higelow’s Bluff despite treacherous mud and sloughs while Allegheny Cemetery saw wreaths and mourners as spring moods return. The gatekeeper noted about 1,200 more visitors than the prior Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebenley Park
Bigelow
Dale
Schenley Park
Higelow
Allegheny Cemetery
Parade Violence and Robbery Attempt Reported in City
During a parade a rock hit a Chinaman causing a fatal injury as a crowd dispersed after a shot suspect moved toward his hip pocket. In a separate incident Miss Annie Schafer defended herself from a purse snatcher on South Tenth Street and rings aided her restraint. Police describe the assailant and await identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Schafer
South Tenth Street
Southside
Local Jail and Station Court Notes From Two Wards
Magistrate McKenna disposed of 16 cases at the Twelfth ward station yesterday morning with three workhouse sentences. Central station hearings Sunday morning reported 22 cases. Services at the jail yesterday afternoon were conducted by D. Kenedy of the First Presbyterian Church Aleny. music by the church choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. &. Kenedy
First Presbyterian Church
Aleny
Came
McKenna
Twelfth Ward
Central Station
Citizens Traction near Wilkinsburg Wilkes Homewood Park Rail Line
The Citizens' Traction plans a new electric line from East Liberty to Wilkinsburg passing Homewood Park, boosting summer travel to Silver Lake Grove and the park. Work to start soon with a power house site on Frankstown Avenue, aiming to benefit Homewood Driving Park season and Silver Lake concerts. Trainers already seek park quarters as racing prospects revive and real estate values rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Rugg
Citizens’ Traction Line
Boston
Homewood Driving Park Association
Wilkinsburg
Citizens
Penn Avenue
East Liberty
Homewood Park
Frankstown Avenue
Citizens’ Company
Department of Public Works
Pennsylvania Railroad
Duquesne Transit Company
Bilver Lake Grove
Wilkinsboro
Pennsylvanian Railroad
Butler Street
Sharpsburg
Citizens’ Traction Company
Homewood
Silver Lake
Haggerty
Pittsburg
A Girl With A History Lizzie Seddon Charged With Incorrigibility
Lizzie Seddon a 15 year old girl is in the Nineteenth ward station on a charge of incorrigibility. She traveled from England at age ten to join her grandmother in Pittsburg and has since worked as a domestic servant and in Allegheny. She denies wrongdoing as police investigate her case with her mother and sister noting they were unaware of the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Seddon
Nineteenth Ward
England
America
Elizabeth Seddon
Larimer Station
Pennsylvania
Mec. Baughtlin
Allegheny
Heating and Ventilating Contracts Set at Western Penitentiary
The Western Penitentiary inspectors met Saturday night and awarded several contracts. McGinniss Smith & Co. will install heating and ventilation for the south wing at 15484 dollars, duplicating the north wing and using the Sturtevant fan. Standard Manufacturing Co. won the iron floor pipes contract at 4640 dollars, and C. L. Gillespie & Co. secured yellow pine gallery flooring at 55 dollars per thousand feet. John M. Kay was elected prison clerk, replacing A. Sawfilll who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Penitentiary
McGinniss, Smith & Co
South Wing
North Wing
Sturtevant
Standard Manufacturing Company
C. L. Gillespie & Co
John M. Kay
A. & Sawfilll
Tariff on Tin Plate Sparks Hope of Boom in Iron Trade
A manufacturer predicts a tariff on tin plate will boost iron business as most manufacturers expect the bill to pass. He notes it will require 100 rolling mills to supply demand while metal prices stay low though furnaces bought at higher costs. The steel market is expected steady.
Bons of the American Revolution Organizing Chapters
A notice states the Bons of the American Revolution plan to organize local chapters in Pittsburg SS Beran and Wilkesbarre. The text mentions a local member will join and references a weak stomach remedy. Heecham's Pills are advertised as a magical product and a soap is claimed to beautify the complexion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Beran
Wilkesbarre
Tocalty
Ber
Heecham
Johnny Schad Dies After Train Accident in Allegheny
Johnny Schad, 13, son of Councilman George Schad of Allegheny, was killed on a West Penn Railroad train near Pine Street after riding a moving freight train. He was torn by wheels and died soon after at Chestnut Street Station. His father arrived minutes before death. A 4 year-old, Joseph Shell, was lightly injured when struck by a buggy on Green Street. Bricks fell on east-bound track between Van Braam and Miltenburger, delaying Pittsburg Traction by 30 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schad
George Schad
Allegheny
West Penn
McFadden Street
Pine Street
Doling
Chestnut Street
Main Street
Joseph Shell
Shenkle
Green Street
Allerheny
Albert Henderson
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
van Braam
Miltenburger
Boy Rescued From River After Risky Raft Adventure
A crowd watched as young Reddy Moran, building a raft from old planks, drifted into mid stream at the Smithfield street bridge. He fought the current with a pole, then swam to shore and was hauled to safety, vow of moral warning mingled with cheers from onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield Street
Reddy Moran
Moran
Terra Firma
Reddy
Interest Colored Catholics Sees Large Meeting
The quarterly gathering of St. Vincent de Paul Society conferences for the diocese met at the Fulton street chapel of the colored Catholic congregation to energize St Benedict the Moor parishioners in charitable work. Five conference reports showed improved activity, with Rev. Father Griffin Father Christopher and Father Ordmand among speakers, led by Thomas Kelly as president and D J McKelvy as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vincent de Paul's Society
Fulton Street
St. Benedict the Moor
Father Griffin
Father Christophers
St. Michael's
Southside
Father Ordmand
Carmelite Order
W. A Golden
James Kelly
Thomas Kelly
D. J. McKelvy
The Best Pension Laws Asked By Allegheny League
The Allegheny Pension League, formed to press Congress for top pension laws, will hold a meeting tonight in Colonel J. B. Clark Post 162 hall. Attorney J. H. Stevenson presides. the open gathering invites Sons of Veterans and the O U A M, with speakers expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny Pension League
Congress
J. H. Stevenson
J. B. Clark
Allegheny
Door Opened in Heaven sermon at Second Presbyterian
Rev J B Sutherland preached on The Door Opened in Heaven and What Was Revealed in a series of evening lectures. He described John’s vision of heaven, urged submission to God, and reminded the congregation that this world is only a small part of God’s kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. BR. Sutherland
D. D
Second Presbyterian Church
John
Voice
Heaven
Found Down the River Glass Worker Drowned
The body of Adam Motts, a well known Southside glass worker from this city, was found in Steubenville Ohio after drowning in the Ohio River three weeks earlier. Motts was about 40 years old and left a wife and two children. Coroners Schultz of Steubenville and McDowell were notified. Friends will recover the remains this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Schultz
McDowell
Adam Motts
Ohio River
Motts
Steuben- Fille
Raid on McKain Street Home Leads to Arrests in Liquor Case
At about 2 am, Lieut Booker and Officer Schaffer raided Mrs. Devlin's house on McKain near South Second and arrested Mrs. Devlin and Thomas Cassell. They were locked up in the Twenty-eighth ward station with the woman charged with illegal liquor selling and Cassell bound over on $1,000 bail for a hearing Thursday. A scuffle ensued during which Cassell bit the officer’s hand badly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker
Schaffer
Religious clash fuels union delegate fight at amalgamated convention
The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers faces a heated contest over religious lines as Protestants and Catholics vie for delegates and officer posts. Contention centers on Madden versus Martin for Secretary, Catholic resistance to Madden, and Protestant pushes in Carnegie’s Thirty third Street mill. Election set for Saturday amid rumored retirements and strategic candidacies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Fifth Avenue
Rock Point
Thomas Perry
Shoenberger’s
J.C. Kilgallen
Carnegie
Twenty-ninth Street Mill
Perry
Madden
Martin
Convention
Catholica
George Baird
Kilgallen
Thomas Carney
Jones & Lauchlins’ Mill
Thomas Marion
Southside
Edward A. Keil
Pittsburg
Shhoenberger
Thirty-third Street Mill
Superior Lodge
James Sutton
David Wallace
Wallace
Sutton
Florence G. Sullivan
James Kilgallon
Bin
Scarcity of Miners Hurts Coal Trade This Winter
A coal man notes few available miners shifting to iron mines due to uncertain business. Wage settlements provoke some operators, but most will face standard pricing. Warm winter reduced production and prices. prospects for a busier summer with steady employment loom, yet car shortages and high ore contracts threaten shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Chartieras Black Coal Company
Iron and Steel
Oto F
Pleasant Valley Cars Delayed by Firemen Strike
Pleasant Valley line patrons endured slow transit as six power house workers walked out seeking $2 raise from a $16 per 12 hour shift. Firing boilers weakened steam, cars crept along until gratebar damage prompted repairs. Officials cite two theories and promise no further trouble after restoring furnace operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley
Evees Banda
Strike at Republic Iron Works Ends Brief Truce
Laborers at Republic Iron Works remain unsettled after a temporary truce negotiated until President Weide returns. The dispute centers on pile size and number, with beaters under instruction claiming limits apply only to pipe iron production. Laborers agreed to perform extra work if Weide approves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Iron Works
Weide
Weiho
Nesbitt and His Island Faces Challenge Over Gravel Bar
A disputed gravel bar once known as Hog Island near Neville Island now known as Nesbitt Island Bar sits in the Ohio River between Haysville and Coraopolis. Frank R. Nesbitt of Corsopolis holds a patent to the land and recently leased it to a development company while Galey Brothers operate lumber on the bar. Lawyer Tredway has read Nesbitt’s riot act in Nesbitt’s name, signaling possible suspension of work barring river changes to the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Haysville
Coraopolis
Neville Island
Aliquippa
Davis
Neville Islands
S Bar
Hog Island
Acted Island Bar
Frank R. Nesbitt
Middletown
Corsopolis
Petroleum Ee
Nesbitt
Drowned Boy Believed Lost After River Search
Friends of Michael Erlinger of McKain Street near South Third initiated a vigorous search for 4 year old George after his disappearance near the Monongahela River foot of Third Street. The cap recovered from a raft suggested drowning, parents overwhelmed with grief, and police may broaden the search if the body is not found. Young men requested permission to fire a cannon in hope of surfacing the body, but the chief was consulted instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Erlinger
McKain Street
South Third
George
Monongahela
Third Street
Twenty-eighth Ward
McQuade
Italian charged after attempt to shoot at boarding house wife
George Frane tried to shoot Mrs. De Paul at an Italian boarding house on 212 Grant Street last night. De Paul intervened and nearly was shot himself before Frane was forced out by fellow boarders. Officer Qustott then arrested both Frane and De Paul with De Paul held as a witness. De Paul is son of Michael De Paul, deceased in the Stoops Ferry riot weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downey
Chicago
McCaree
Valley Road
Mellwaine
Haltimore
Obie
Order of United American Mechanica
Fifth Avenue
High Street
O’ Hara
Confucius
Foo Fuy
George Frane
Antonio de Paul
Grant Street
de Paul
Frane
Qustott
Michael de Paul
Stoops Ferry
Father Identifies Corpse as Missing Son Then Living Son Appears
A morgue case unfolds in Johnstown when Dr. G L Evans recognizes a battered unknown as his missing son after a railroad death. The living boy then walks in, overturning the identification, leaving the deceased still listed as unknown and prompting questions about likeness and morgue reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Virginia
Charleston
John MecKindley
G. L. Evans
Johnatown
Johnstown
Evans
McKindley
Palace of Music Offers Large Piano Stock From 1831
Mellon & Horne promotes an immense new stock of Hardman Krakauer Kimball and Vose pianos in rose wood walnut oak and other woods. Designs surpass prior market offerings. Largest first class instrument assortment in the county with affordable prices. Old pianos and organs taken in exchange. New instruments rented with rental applied to purchase. Catalogues mailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardman, Krakauer, Kimball and
Vose
Mellon & Horne
Palace of Music
Fifth Avenue
Solm First Class Suits Sold At $10 In One Day Sale
Today 1200 men’s suits displayed on three front tables offered at $10 each. Suits include cheviots cassimere worsteds and diagonals in sack and cutaway frock cuts, season’s make. Store claims other shops charge $15 to $18 for similar quality. Free French clock with purchases of $15 or more. BPc Co. C Cor Grant and Diamond sts opp Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bpc
Co. C
Cor. Grant and Diamond Sts
The
Court House
Fashionable Boys Clothing From A T Saltor Sixth Street
The celebrated Make of Boys clothing offers spring suits and garments for young lads in attractive shapes and sterling quality. Sold only by Sailor at Sixth and Liberty Streets. The Arnheim Live Stock Company, Pittsburg, Pa, reports a carload of saddle, driving, barouche and carriage horses. Top stallions include Dils Dudly, Eureka, Clark's Chief and Diamond Den, with mules also in stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Saltor
Sixth
Liberty Streets
Sole
Sailor
Liberty
Arnheim Live Stock Company, Limited
Second Avenue
Pittsburg
Dil
Eureka
Clark’s Chief
Diamond Denmark
Harry Williams Own Company to Aid Newsboys Home
The Newsboys Home benefit at the Academy of Music will feature Harry Williams' Own Company. Tickets go on sale at the Academy box office this morning. Many added features are promised, with no ticket price increase. All matinee receipts go to the Newsboys Home building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsboys
Academy of Music
Academy
Harry Williams
Pittsburg
Italian Died From Injuries Suffered in Fall at Wilmerding
Michael Cavesetti, an Italian injured when he fell from a trestle at Wilmerding last Friday, died yesterday at West Penn Hospital. The body was taken to the morgue and no inquest will be held today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Cavesetti
Wilmerding
West Penne Hospital
Hats in new Youmans Dunlap and Miller shapes sale
Special for this morning offers 500 cases of men's fine hats in the new Youmans Dunlap and Miller shapes with all the latest colors at $150. Billed as the greatest hat bargain on earth, customers are urged to call and see today at P C C corner Grant and Diamond streets opposite the Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C
Cor
Grant and
Diamond Sts
Court House
Beware of Pneumonia Promoting Cod Liver Oil Ad
An old advertisement urges immediate use of Baker's Pure Cod Liver Oil or Baker's Emulsion to guard against pneumonia. The message touts authenticity and directs reliance on the genuine product as sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
A Japanese Wedding at Second Presbyterian Church
A Japanese wedding and museal entertainment will be given by the Adelaide Howard Mission Band in the parlors of the Second Presbyterian Church at Penn avenue and Seventh Street Friday evening April 25 at o o'clock Refreshments will be served The People's Store advertises lace and silk wraps from five to thirty dollars and announced other garment bargains including jackets at eighty five dollars and boys suits offered at two forty nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Howard Mission Band
Second Presbyterian Church
Penn Avenue
Seventh Street
Philadelphia man tied to phosphate trade record
Jacob Reese now in Philadelphia works with Pottstown Iron Company producing 25 000 tons of phosphate yearly from steel. Orders come from Florida Virginia and Maryland with use in Niagara grapes. Reese mentions a Homestead plant planned to yield 1000 tons of steel daily and 400 tons of extractable phosphate, noting Northern dominance in iron and steel with Freight and cost factors shaping competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Reese
Philadelphia
Heese
Pottstown Iron Company
iSaton
Florida
Virginia
Maryland
Niagara
Keesa
Carnedy
Homestead
Reese
Tennessee Coal and Coke Company
Novelty springs and affordable wear at Allegheny stores
See our novelty springs the easiest riding cost you no more at Harrison's Toy Store 123 Federal Street Allegheny Our underwear lines priced at 100 and 200 per cent you must see to appreciate Chas Pfeifer 443 Smithfeld 100 Federal St Allegheny You need not sell your house to buy a spring hat visit The People's Store 1000 trimmed and untrimmed at low prices Campbell & Dick Gents fine calf shoes at G D Simons 78 Ohio Street Allegheny
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison’s
Harrison's Toy Store
Federal Street
Allegheny
Chas. Pfeifer’s
Smithfeld
Federal Srs
Mwpf
People’s
Campbell & Dick
New season fabrics offer 500 pieces of fresh designs
More popular now than any previous season with 500 pieces of new goods. Prices range from 5e to 150 and up to 4 a yard for various Grenadines and Crepes. Canton Crepes are genuine Japanese imports in a full price range.
Beaded Grenadines and Black Indias Prices Noted
Beaded Grenadines offers wraps and panels priced from 125 to 7 a yard with each grade valued higher than usual. Black Indias labeled Strictly Japanese showcase top qualities at unusually low dry goods prices with widths from 2 inches to 27 inches and figures ranging from 75c to 175. Various Black Sarahs pieces priced at 65c to $10, with notes of unequal value for 27-inch items.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tective Norris
Hocking Valley
Mr. Norris
Norris
Hocking
Burlington and Quincy
Panhandle Empas
Pennsylvania Isrand
Panhandle Company
Ft. Wayne
Panhandle
Dennison
St. Louis
Denniston
Pennsyl Tans
Pittsborg
Botfalo
New York
Cumberland
Columbus
Pittshboro
Federation
Mr. Witherow
Chinamax
Penitentiary Board of Inspectors
Johnny Schad
Western
Bond
Daggloe
St. Vincent de Pauol
Hellopen
Felton
Thomas Langdon
Hulton Station
Mary
Isaac Garris
Garrison
Halton
Forty-third Street
Steaven
Schaffer Bodiy Girten
A Society OF Coal Miners
Republic
Busiaces
John Ball
Nesbiet
Gailey
Mrs. de Paul
Solm
Brokaw Beo.'s
Horace
the People's Store
Boocs & Buy
Santta
Cor, Grant and Diamond Ais
Opp
Dr.c.mclane
Prefors
H. Swindell
Federal ST
Carnegie Library
Allegheny, PA
ONYX
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Fifth Ave
Market ST
Carbon Iron Company
Infante’ Coaches
G. D. Simon's
Ohio Street
Alleghesy
KEW Advertis
Horne & CO
Penn Ave
Crepes
Sarahs
Faille Francaise
Luxor
Colbert
de Lyon
JOS. Horne & CO
Pittsburg, PA
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