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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1890
Page
2
Newspaper reports diverse views on reducing work hours with quotes from executives labor leaders and officials. Attitudes range from strong support for shorter days to concerns over costs and feasibility across trades in Pittsburgh and surrounding firms.
Labor leaders express divided views on enforcing the eight hour rule with some saying enough organization is lacking to compel adoption while others believe the movement can succeed and be settled peacefully. I N Ross notes the public not ready for a rush to eight hours and warns of required gradual changes and widespread union coordination.
An electrified pole on the Second Avenue Electric Railway sparked near Fourth Avenue and Grant Street injuring a passerby. A 10 month old infant died of suffocation at 141 Prior Street. Several other injuries and deaths were reported with coroner involvement and no inquests needed.
An annual Sunday entertainment by pupils of St Michael’s Parochial school and the Orphans’ Home marks the end of the asylum board term in Columbus Hall. Delegates are appointed to elect the new board in a few days and Secretary Treasurer Stock will submit the annual report at the election. The current board is expected to be re elected.
A four year old girl named Helen Paul from 10 Pine Alley Allegheny wandered away yesterday afternoon and was found by her dress color at six. An hour later she left again and, despite searches, was missing at midnight. The report also notes a seating mistake at the Americas Club Banquet due to remodelled plans placing Mr. W. H. Reech at the wrong table.
The Elmer Street Presbyterian Church benefit concert will be held Tuesday evening April 20 at Liberty School House Hall on Ellsworth avenue. Performers include Mrs. Adal Thomas Miss Ella Semple Miss Lizzie Reed Dr. English Daniel Bullock OC C Mellor and others with Miss Edith Smithson delivering select readings.
Grand Master Wilkinson reports to the Federated Order as Supreme Council ready to hear grievances and decide pay and hours. A strike remains possible if concessions fail. yardmen urge unity and warn of industry-wide impact.
William Reese reported a missing horse and buggy after leaving the rig on Second Avenue near the South Tenth Street bridge. The vehicle was recovered in the lower city a few hours later. David Peeler accused Charles Little of aggravated assault after Little allegedly stabbed him with a penknife during a dispute over a goat. Little posted $500 bail for a Wednesday hearing. Lire size crayon of 12 cabinets for sale at 616 Market Street, Pittsburg.
Charles W. Dahlinger leads Allegheny Library Committee preparations for the Carnegie funding and library policy. He favors John Walker as a librarian choice, proposes a $15,000 transfer to the committee, and envisions German and French scholarship, art acquisitions, and public lectures while resisting transferring the existing library. The board denies transferring the current free library to the new committee and signals committee focus on staff, collections, and art program.
A large Americas Club banquet drew high praise for The Dispatch from officials and editors. Comments praised its masterly coverage, pictorial portraits, and enterprise, with endorsements from Clark son, Calvin Wells, Marshall Cushing, George S. Houghton, Frank Willing Leech, Peter Hughes, C E Brennen, and Will Henry.
Magistrate Gripp recorded fifty transient guests at the Central station with many paying bills and some boarding out. Notables include James Carroll with eight guests paying fines, John Smith jailed thirty days, and several others charged with disorderly conduct or hiding. Hendricks & Co. offers a free 8x10 photograph with cabinet photos at 68 Federal Street Allegheny. Good cabinets priced at $1 per dozen and full life-size crayon portraits for $3.
For men 500 electric blue coats and vests bound with mohair flat braid binding and cut on the popular roll and pattern at $12. Tailors charge £28 to $35 for similar currents. PB. Co. CC. Cor. Grant and Diamond sts opposite the Court House.
Indy readers are urged to visit local shops this week for lace curtains priced at five to six dollars a pair and LIFE size crayon sets or monitor cabinets. Featured items include tea gowns, silk negligees, and summer openings at several Paris and Allegheny area shops with mock dates in late April.
Captain Dan Bilvis led a raid on Mrs. Mary Ingalls the widow at Eleventh street and Mulberry alley seizing four barrels of beer and whisky. Patrons fled over a garden wall while officers rounded up suspects including Mrs. Maggie Keele Mrs. Annie Dufflein and Mrs. Moore. Separate raids hit gambling houses on Penn avenue and Fourty-seventh and Plummer streets with ten and eight players respectively. Additional raids targeted a disorderly house at 3027 Penn avenue and a keg incident near Holy Cross Church. Magistrate Gripp scheduled hearings for several defendants including Gertie Lee lineups formed for illegal liquor selling and keeping a disorderly house.
To-Morrow free 8x10 photographs offered along with cabinet photos at $1 a dozen and life-size crayon portraits for $3. Hexpriens & Co., 68 Federal St Allegheny, promotes a binding photo giveaway and cabinet photo pricing. Also advertised are men’s suits at $10 or $12 with 100 patterns, at Pp. C. c GC, Grant and Diamond, opposite the Court House.
Catalog of ailments such as weakness, indisposition to work, headache, dullness, heaviness, loss of appetite, and constipation signals a need for a few doses of the genuine remedy. It claims to fortify the weak and purify the body.
The twentieth serial assembly of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Philadelphia Board meets in Washington tomorrow with Pittsburg delegates Mrs. George W. Chalfant and Miss Davis. Delegates from various churches depart today to attend sessions at the Church of the Covenant Tuesday through Thursday. The main business is to elect a new President to succeed Mrs. Schenck of Philadelphia after 20 years of service, ensuring a Philadelphian will take the role due to the board holding meetings in Philadelphia.
O. P. Gothlin general agent of the Northern Pacific Railroad at Cincinnati and former Pittsburg representative of the Wisconsin Central is prominently spoken of for the Chamber of Commerce freight bureau in Porkopolis. He is a well known railroad man with strong ties to local shippers and would likely succeed.
The ad extols Horne & Co offering wide selections in ladies suits from inexpensive all wool chalice and gingham to imported costumes. It features white wrappers and silk or cashmere tea gowns with varied fabrics and latest fashions, urging buyers to choose from numerous lines.
A vendor reflects on steady upkeep of lines and ongoing refills to prevent future buyers from disappointment. The steady routine ensures supplies remain available and trusted, even as demand shifts.
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