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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1890
Page
2
A major miners strike is ordered at Connellsville while molders demand an eight hour day. Railroaders have rejected last Saturday’s proposals and show no sign of concession. Committees report no new offers and unite to stand firm with ten days of tense negotiations ahead.
A mass meeting of 500 miners in the Smithton district near Connellsville declared a strike yesterday afternoon. A few Port Royal machine men will join soon. leaders warn against rash acts while seeking firm, orderly action. A mass meeting is planned at Mr Pleasant today.
The general committee for mulders in the city met at Knights of Sane Hall last night. They heard reports from several shops where workers claim late shifts and urged consideration of an eight hour system. No action was taken.
The Plummer mines owned by H. C. Frick & Co. will be entirely suspended and 50 ovens at the Dsoridown plant will be banked. The restriction stems from fear of overproduction flooding the market and lowering coke prices. Other suspensions are planned.
Report notes 1515 pots in operation in the class industry and 1 idle. A slight drop in operating units is due to a fire at Streator and gas shortages at Bowling Green.
A group of stonemasons employed by Bennett and Stitely walked off the job yesterday. They refused to work alongside a large number of non carpenters in the yard, prompting disruption of the project.
Secretary Martin of the A. A. of L. & 8. W. travels to Philadelphia to attend a meeting of the Internal Revenue Commission, of which he is a member.
The puddling department at the Keystone mill resumed operations yesterday. Heaters and rollers are set to start up next week, signaling a return toward full production. The restart follows a period of idle activity and aims to restore normal output levels.
The Painters Are Hosters coalition gathers delegates from twenty six craft unions to discuss unified bargaining and coordinated labor action. Organizers aim to strengthen contract talks and promote common labor standards across trades.
Mr Martin calls for manufacturers to unite before the Amalgamated Association convention. The printer holds the forthcoming program with proposed scale changes from lodges. He notes no move yet toward forming the Association of Iron and Steel Nails manufacturers and stresses a single organized body for final agreement.
Secretary Laura A. Powell of D A 5 K of L says the M M P U dispute shows shifting leadership between amateurs and professionals. She argues their district should oppose the M M P U and questions the place of amateur members in the organization and the need to join an unfriendly body.
The German Typographical Union No 9 rejects publishers offer on current scale and refuses arbitration. They demand the new eight hour scale, which owners deem unjust and exorbitant. A strike appears imminent as a proprietor confirms reports of unrest last night.
Agent Swartz of the Carpenters Union settled the Wilmerding trouble by convincing eight non-union carpenters to join the union and accept fees. The eight have agreed to union membership and work will resume today.
Yee Foo a Chinese laundryman from Greensburg sick with consumption travels to New York for treatment then Pittsburg and back to finish dying in Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh. Rev. E R Donehoo arranges shelter at the Catholic Mercy Hospital where Yee Foo lies near death after failed treatments.
Patrick McMahon, a Bradford oil driller, befriended by a well dressed man claiming travel plans to Cincinnati, was lured into a scheme at Lafayette Hall. The stranger asked for $2.50 to cover freight and produced an insufficient check. After McMahon lent the money, the man disappeared, leaving McMahon plus a $100 check as bait. Police note recurring similar frauds near Lafayette Hall.
Thomas Murray a mineral water and pop dealer at 28 and 9 Fourth avenue received a note from a remorseful boy. The letter apologizes for taking seven bottles during a delivery and offers a few cents as amends. Murray forgives the young writer.
James B. Scott said Andrew Carnegie would arrive in Pittsburg Monday evening and confer with the city Councils Library Committees on Tuesday. The visit shapes the library’s fate amid hopes for smoothing difficulties before Carnegie sails May 21 and progress at last may begin.
The McKeesport inquest into the Stewart poisoning leaves questions unresolved as Coroner McDowell orders William Stewart held for murder while Agnes Stewart is discharged. Evidence includes analysis showing poison in soup and stomach, with arsenic readings suggesting deliberate poisoning.
The Americas Club plans a banquet in memory of General Grant with Senator Allison possible but excused from speaking. A committee led by A J Logan W H Keeon J D Littell and John A Reed will escort guests to Washington and arrange travel on a special train. The schedule includes sightseeing dining at the Duquesne Club and a robust reception.
Charles Nightingale aged 22 died after bilious and spinal fever at Mercy Hospital following a head injury claim. His brother Thornton Nightingale and both men worked as waiters at the St Charles Hotel. Coroner and Inspector McAlease investigated possible foul play, with a post mortem by Dr Shields and an inquest set for 11 o'clock. The body to be moved to Charlottesville, Virginia.
Patrick Nightingale, 44, was fatally struck by a Panhandle Rail road train at Nimick station. His body was taken to the morgue as an inquest is set. A Pan Handle freight collided with a delayed freight at the Washington Street bridge. An electric car and a cable car collided at Ninth street and Penn avenue with smashed windows but no injuries. Several workers suffered injuries from cranes, couplings, shocks, and a broken leg, including Elmer Horn losing two fingers and John McCracken with a leg fracture.
Clerk Robert Dilworth says the election result will stand and explains public exclusion from meetings was due to crowd noise not secrecy. James Hunter supports public viva voce voting and criticizes outsiders being kept out of the Monday night committee meeting.
The Supreme Lodge of the Order of Solons will assemble in Pittsburg on May 23 at No 99 Fifth Avenue for several days. Founded in Pittsburg four years ago the order now lists about 4000 members with 900 women eligible. Delegates include four elected by Pittsburg district lodges and an election in the district yielded C B Woods Monongahela City L H Taylor Irwin C H Schroeder McKeesport and Mrs R H Godfrey Pittsburg the first woman chosen as a supreme lodge representative.
The Lawrence Bank depositors committee visited Fidelity Title and Trust Co to learn when 4 dividend would be ready. About 400 deposit books remain outstanding, and a list will be provided in a few days for collection. Committee was told funds exist for 10 to 15 percent payouts, with 3 percent interest on money held, but they will await the return of the books.
Two women arrived at the undertaker W. H. Devore to inter the deceased formerly with a shoetine gallery on Ill Carson street. Mrs. James Morgan and a second claimant argued over who was the lawful widow and chief mourner prompting intervention at the funeral hour.
A Wheeling preacher discusses Pittsburg Presbyterianism while exploring rail industry growth with Indiana financier Charles Millard. He cites large orders for freight cars from the Pennsylvania lines, Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific, and others, noting improved steel quality and heavy 60 000 pound cars. Millard, a longtime Indiana political figure, dismisses election corruption rumors and claims Republican gains in Indiana were driven by strategic voting rather than money.
Dr Cooke and Hon Hearne journeyed to Baltimore as Hearne plans to place his son at Johns Hopkins University. They discussed a Philadelphia Presbyterian report noting 102 Presbyteries favor revision and 64 against with 50 undecided. They criticized Western Pennsylvania conservative factions yet predicted change in the church creed while preserving Presbyterian core.
The noted international sportsman M. L. Sachs spoke in California about baseball structure. He warned that overdone league competition threatens the sport and could wreck the national game. Sachs, head of the National Cross Country Athletic Association, lives in New York and has guided athletes to England.
Lexington resident James E. Pepper declares he has left racing and moved to breeding brood mares. Pepper, along with D. D. Bell, notes that top owners are quitting the track and focusing on breeding as he travels home through Kentucky. He praises Elias Lawrence and Lawn Elias Lawrence as leading horses, but declines to boast.
On Mt Washington residents edge toward fear as William Golding, deemed mentally irresponsible after a boy’s murder 20 years ago, roams the streets. He has drawn juveniles and parents worry over his volatile fits and the danger to children wandering nearby.
A New York man Mr. E. B. Serross, visiting Harlem, says he has little to add beyond pursuing his interests in the state. He notes his main aim is to rent and visit while the judge is present and all parties have stakes in the area.
In Mahoning county excitement grows over macadam road projects. George D. Wick of Youngstown voices confidence in the area’s prospects. A new railroad from Youngstown to Salem is planned, and voters will decide funding as farmers expect to contribute to the improvements.
The article notes that despite public dislike of rain, it promises to revive trade and ease drought conditions. Ground previously baked hard by months of sun and scant moisture could finally loosen, aiding agriculture and transport as rain softens 500 pound clay clods on roads and dulls dusty air. Train passengers report rain falling along the route from Fort Wayne to Pittsburgh.
A special Allegheny Council committee met to consider annexing Reserve township to the city. City Solicitor George Elphinstone outlined the need for signatures from three fifteenths of taxpayers on the petition. Action was postponed until required names are secured, with a new meeting set for next Thursday at 2 PM. Several residents opposed annexation, including President Lindsay of Select Council whose wife owns land there.
Kleber & Bro. advertise as Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania’s oldest and most trustworthy piano dealers. They claim to be practical teachers and makers, exclusive agents for top piano and organ brands, and offer low prices, small profits, easy payments, and long warranties. They list Steinway Conover Opera Emerson Burdett organs and Vocalion church organs as offerings.
Campbell and Dick advertise gum coats for misses at 1 and 150 dollars alongside boys coats priced from 1 to 250 dollars. Ladies gum coats range from 125 to 16 dollars, with further mid prices and a wide spread. Genta gum coats are listed from 2 to 15 dollars.
Classified advertisement lists 350 men suits in sacks and cutaways at 12 dollars, usual 18 to 20, from Clifton Sunday Dispatch reference. Gum coats offered from 2 to 15 dollars at People’s Store. Additional auctions claim 250 cassimere suits at 12 dollars, and various apparel items from A G Campment Sons and Chas Pfeifer. Also baby clocks and dress trimmings advertised nearby.
The city opens its vaccination season with 25 districts led by physicians using vaccine from Massachusetts. Free vaccination for the poor is funded by the city. others pay standard fees. About $3,000 is budgeted for the year, with vaccines produced by few farms, including one in Chambersburg. Quills sell for 60 cents and inoculation aims to prevent smallpox while acknowledging limitations of immunity.
A circular to Super intendent Follansbee reports Jamaica’s government run exposition in January 140L on the island of Jamaica. No space charges and no duties on unsold goods, promising expanded export opportunities.William Lane Booker and Thomas Amor sign the notice with Jamaica's new exhibition facilities and a nearby hotel under American management.
The Pittsburg Railway Coal Association met yesterday and decided to keep last year’s agreement in force. Officers elected include T. Herr Robbins as President, W. Schlenderburg as Vice President, George as Treasurer, and J. E. Ambstaetter as Secretary.
Judge Campbell of the First Judicial district traveled through Wheeling to Washington and noted ex Governor Wilson of Charleston is seeking a congressional seat. Campbell traveled with Benjamin Fisher of Star Stove Company and William V. Simpson of Simpson and Hogue. He said the Wheeling mechanical strike continues with no settlement in sight while glass and iron wheels run but with no labor crisis expected.
Messrs Austin Ready J Edwards William Merrill George Keller and J H Ferris council committee from Connellsville Ind visit Anderson to examine electric light matters. Forepaugh show press agent M J O Neill visits friends in Allegheny. John McKeown oil producer Washington W L Curtis Oakdale Gas Braddock at Seventh Avenue. Mr and Mrs Drape return from Rice Mountains Virginia. W C Connelly AP agent and wife return from Chicago. John Van Derelde Cleveland Standard Oil at Duquesne. Judge Edward Campbell Uniontown registers Schlosser. J H Hosmer Franklin lawyer at Duquesne.
The Botani cal Society of Western Pennsylvania held its regular monthly meeting at the Pittsburg Library parlors. Prof. George L. Carey of Allegheny College Meadville read a paper on Notes on Native Food Plants of the Northern United States East of the Mississippi River. The paper drew large attendance and was praised as masterly and learned.
A charter was granted yesterday to the Michaelis Electric Mining Company of McHoesport with capital of 8500,000. The firm will manufacture iron and steel. Stockholders include O. B. Weddell John M. Davis C. Smith E. P. Douglass M.A. Michaels and others. Directors are M.A. Michaels O. B. Weddell J. C. Smith John L. Davis.
Friends of J W Kinnear in the seventh ward nominate him for the Republican bid in the Fifth district legislature. Kinnear is popular and has treated politics as recreation until now.
Mrs. Herman of Laurel Avenue Allegheny Ninth ward became suddenly demented last night and attempted to drown herself. She was removed to Allegheny General Hospital for care.
Dr Everett pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church Harrisburg passes through Pittsburgh on way to Louisville for a Sunday dedication. He recalls early life in Pittsburgh where he was editor of The Dispatch and later worked for the Commercial and as Secretary to Governor Pattison.
A fragmented catalog lists gossa mers waterproofs and McIntoshes with mentions of Campsdy and Dick for ladies misses gents and boys, indicating a general sale item lineup in a small shop notice.
Mr E B Serross of New York steps from the limited train at Union depot in Tuonesta on a visit to the oil regions where he remains heavily invested. The veteran oil pioneer is touring the Western Pennsylvania fields after a hiatus.
The first monthly meeting of the Non-Partisan W C T U of Allegheny met at Fourth U P Church with Mrs Weeks presiding. Mrs Hughes and Miss Monroe urged stronger temperance instruction in public school texts and adoption of the Union Series, advocating abolition of drunkenness through education. The next meeting is May 20.
President E M Ferguson of the M and M National Bank faces a 4 PM Monday hearing before Alderman McMasters on cruelty to a horse. Assistant Agent Berryman of the Humane Society presents the charge. Ferguson contends he cared for the horse and aims for its comfort in its remaining days. Agent Bert favors immediate euthanasia as humane if the horse could decide.
A complete line of fine colored velvets in new shades arrives and is displayed in the dress goods room. The store offers a large table of Robes with French coloring at half cost of landing. Fifty three pieces yesterday, fewer today, likely sold out by Saturday. Fresh lot of suitings at 25c a yard and all wool tennis suitings in 25 styles at 0c and 5c a yard.
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