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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1891
Page
18
In Connellsville on April 25, strikers resist evictions and tents replace homes as coke operators push for work. Despite Italian workers arriving to fill gaps, experienced laborers quit, and leaders vow to sustain the siege. Union confidence remains high while officials insist on opposing any red flag parade.
April 25 in Pleasanton reports a big mass meeting to be addressed by Jonas and Delaber of the Socialists. Rumor says Herr Most may attend though his movements in the coke region are guarded, leaving the report unverified.
In Pleasant, rumors of 100 guns shipped to strikers at Standard and nightly drill by a 100-man company on wooden weapons stoke tension before Monday’s red flag meeting. Sheriff Clawson enforces order with a public proclamation while eviction plans and militia talk escalate the stand off.
Ex-Sheriff John Guffy and James McBryde of the United Mine Workers argued at Scottdale House about appointing three arbitrators to settle the coke strike. General Superintendent Brennen and Doc Cole listened as the idea drew attention and could yield results. Gov Pattison may be urged to intervene. Adelaide workers were paid with $2 deducted for police protection amid brewing trouble.
A staff correspondent reports a gang of strikers threw stones at I H Walk an interpreter and Company E member but he escaped injury. Annie Dombiesky shot at Adelaide is said to be improving with swelling near wounds. A youth charged with firing the shot was arrested at Latrobe as deputies continue evictions at Lessenring. Mr and Mrs Bloski injured are slowly recovering.
Scotrpne April 25 W J Rainey objects to men being enticed away to the McClure Company and vows to stop the practice. Warrants are out for those charged with luring workers away. Eviction notices have been served on most Stonesville laborers except four.
Attorneys Rodgers Watson McCleave Carnshaw Moreland with Controller Morrow and city officials conferred at the first named lawyer's office to refine the street bills. They said changes were minor and aimed at avoiding gubernatorial veto for unconstitutionality. Councils may meet tomorrow unless bills are passed and signed, potentially halting urgent business.
The case of Thomas Henry Cooper owner of the Sayward seeks a writ of prohibition to stop Alaska court proceedings over a forfeiture for seal fishing in Bering Sea. Britain argues the U S has no jurisdiction beyond three miles. the United States contends the Alaska court had jurisdiction and that the executive and Congress have effectively bound the judiciary in this matter.
An elderly colored man named William Jackson faced Alderman Bupp in Allegheny's Eleventh ward for chicken theft. The squire questioned him, and after a witty exchange about the Lord tempering the wind the man was discharged. The article notes a Wisconsin military company rambling into end.
President and party travel by train through California’s Teachapi range stopping at Bakersfield and Tulare before Oakland Bay crossing. Aboard the Piedmont he views illuminated San Francisco as crowds greet him with fireworks, parades, and cheers, with speeches by Wanamaker and Rusk sections of a joyous downtown procession.
The Coraopolis council confronts a deficit requiring borrowing to cover current obligations until next tax harvest. Boardwalks and streets need repairs, a hole in the sinking fund must be plugged, and Miss McFadden’s sidewalk damage may cost upkeep. Vehicle license tax proposed is nonuniform and hard to collect, stirring debate.
Election set for May 26 to obtain the consent of electors for a $2,500 debt increase. The borough’s total debt would rise to about 217-29 percent of assessed value, which is low for current valuations. Taxpayers oppose bond issues, fearing chronic borrowing.
In Philadelphia Judge Acheson heard the Pennsylvania Railroad Company seek a decree to sell the Allegheny Valley Railroad for nonpayment of $6 million in coupons on the $10 million general mortgage bonds. Attorneys debated whether sale should be free of or subject to the $10 million mortgage. The hearing, spanning extensive testimony, centers on whether the property should be sold free of the mortgage lien or with it intact.
A prominent New York woman discusses marriage dynamics with Nell Nelson of the World. She describes seeking pride from her husband, managing insult and rebuff, and choosing gentleness to maintain peace and harmony, noting the aphorism that molasses attracts more flies than vinegar.
A Courier Francais correspondent defends illiteracy as a French privilege, arguing compulsory schooling breeds dislike for books. He cites Germany where schooling suppresses reading among workers, contrasts with the United States where optional attendance correlates with widespread newspaper use and higher general intelligence in France versus Germany or Austria.
G Evans a young phrenologist visits Inspector McAleese to discuss opening an office in Pittsburgh. The inspector warns that fortune telling would be stopped, while Evans says there is no law against phrenology. He plans to proceed after consulting legal counsel.
A Station 47 alarm at 12 25 A M reports a small fire in a Fourteenth Street dwelling below Mulberry alley. In Jamestown a lamp exploded at Prof Pieres’s home at midnight. by 6 AM the house burned, $1600 in music and a piano lost, total damages around $3000 with insurance. In McKeesport Thomas Robinson’s Tinplate Hill home burned from an overturned lamp, $1200 loss with no insurance. Belmont race track stable near Elm on the Pennsylvania Railroad burned, nine horses perished out of about twenty horses present. most escaped or were injured.
Reports from Columbus indicate a broad but cautious mood among miners and operators. A possible compromise on nine hours work and price adjustments is under discussion while union leaders and district presidents gather for further talks.
A New York Times piece recalls a newsboy who kept a 10 cent coin when buying 4 cents of papers, then later demanded his 6 cents change after a friend led the buyer away. The anecdote highlights urban bargaining and the boy's cheeky behavior in Park Row.
An essay compares printing, railways, and telegraphs as forces diminishing royal power. It argues that printing aided abolition of divine right, while railways and telegraphs democratized speed and access to information, surpassing what a king could command in centuries past. It notes rail travel and telegraphy are now available to anyone who can pay.
Coroner McDowell reconvened the jury in the case of Alexander Mayberry found in the Monongahela River with arms bound. Special Officer McLaughlin testified no one confessed or was identified. The jury ruled Mayberry was thrown into the river by unknown parties, with the coroner still hopeful of a homicide finding.
At 2 15 this morning a lamp explosion on the top floor of No 83 Diamond street led Edward Marshall a painter who occupies the room to cling from a window as onlookers restrained him until firemen arrived and removed him. He was cut on the wrist and weakened from blood loss and taken to the Homeopathic Hospital. The building owned by I J Wilson suffers about 100 dollars in loss.
Chauncey M Depew told a double headed joke at Kane Lodge of Masons in Madison Square Garden. He claimed Adam first Mason and used to withdraw from Eve then enter his own lodge in Eden. The audience laughed loudly at the Madgenie joke.
Local retailer pitches affordable boys apparel emphasizing strong service and stylish, durable suits. Offers union cassimere at five dollars, cheviot at eight, home made worsted at ten to twelve with guaranteed savings of two to four dollars per suit.
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