Battle on wages in window glass trade sparks clash
Waco area talks between window glass workers and manufacturers end with no compromise. Workers demand 70 percent of blowers wages and new rules, while manufacturers push a 10 percent across the board cut. About six thousand workers affected as talks split. Leaders named and no date set for next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
STDF
J. P. Eberhart
Theodore E. Waks
Daniel Winters
K. L. Conaway
William Jones
H. D. Sorarer
A. M. Hammett
James A. Chambers
O. E. Frazee
J. M. Lewis
Daniel McKee
J. F. Hart
W. D. Koves
William Leeffer
Messrs. Frazee
Swearer
Window Glass Workers’ Association
Conference Adjourned As Glass Trade Settlement Looms
The conference adjourned without agreement with September 1 set for a general resumption in the window glass trade. A settlement before that date is possible but insiders fear a long fight is likely. Manufacturers favor a price reduction while workers must drop own demand for wage increases first.
Delegations Meet at Dennison and Governor Campbell Arrival
A joint meeting of railway employes brotherhoods was held at Thornwood Park Dennison with delegates from Dennison Columbus and Cleveland. A large crowd attended as a parade showcased the organizations. Governor Campbell arrived at 3 PM and praised the Legislature for aiding railway workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennison
Campbell
Brotherhoods of Railway Employes
Thornwood Park
Columbus
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
T. W. Burke
Digi
Brotherhood of Locomotive
A. B. Garrison
Arthur
Oeineers
Sargent
Campbell's Bid to Rejoin Glass Workers Fractured
In Jeannette James Campbell ex President of the Win dow Glass Workers Association sought readmission after resigning from the order to run an Indiana plant. He joined the preceptory then faced a council refusal. Friends question his continued status and ties with the executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette
James Campbell
Window Glass Workers’ Association
Eberhart
Morenus
Campbell
Indiana
Order
Salem Wire Mill Strike Settled Over New Pay Scale
Workers at the Salem wire nail mill in Findlay Ohio settle a weeklong strike over wage scale. A conference between management and employees led to adopting the company scale permitting longer hours with higher pay. The mill will resume with about 450 workers and 50 new hires due to added machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Wire Mill
Salem Wire Nail
Findlay, C
Amalgamated Association
Resson
Chimney Makers Leaving for New Ellwood Plant
About 200 workers from Geo Macbeth & Son will depart tonight for the new Ellwood Indiana plant. They travel in five cars from Union depot at midnight, assemble at Tenth street works at eight, and parade through main streets. The firm has already sent hundreds to Ellwood and the plant will begin operation soon. L Root manages the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Macbeth & Son
Ellwood
Ind
Union Depot
Tenth Street
L. Root
No End to His Power in Johnstown Tale of Fake Execution
A Johnstown report recounts a bizarre post flood incident in Cambria City where a jailed Irishman accused of dynamiting the South Fork dam faces a mock execution. Judge Miller and Colonel Reed preside as a staged scene ends with a bluff reveal that the supposed judge is a secret government officer. The tale ends with the man escaping through a staged gunfire ruse, then vanishing from the Conemaugh Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Cambria City
James W. Miller
Fitzpatrick
South Fork
W. H. Reed
William Clark
Solar Iron Works
Benjamin Wandergrift
Pittsburg
Miller
Colonel Reed
Hastings
Harcourt Place Seminary Gambier Ad
Harcourt Place Seminary a school for bright and earnest girls operates in Gambier Ohio. The advertisement highlights a nurturing curriculum and emphasis on character development for young women in a traditional female academy setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harcourt Place Seminary
Gambier
Bunkoed by Sharps in New York Scam
John Jackson of Camden Arkansas fell for a green goods swindle in New York after a dummy offered $10,000 for $350. A brick in a box fooled him into believing he held real cash. inspector Byrnes moved to return him to New York, where investigators exposed the scheme and Jackson admitted his role in the ruse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Goods Sharps
John Jackson
Camden, Ark
Union Station
Bunko
Jackson
Little Rock
Camden
New York
Metropolis
Lower Fifth Avenue
Pennsylvania
Inspector Byrnes
Southwest
Mr. Jackson
Limited
Altoona
Conductor Wingert
Byrnes
Smith
George Adams
Unclear Apparent Incident Causes Minor Damage
A report notes a flot torn and a hole blown in the end of a house. Gas in a pipe is mentioned as being sent for examination. The claim is that the gas was not at fault. No injuries are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apetee
Man on Second Avenue Strikes Two with Bricks
John Rogan attacked James Welsh on Second Avenue and James Cunningham nearby, both struck with bricks. Welsh recovered and alerted officers. Rogan arrested and charged with two counts of assault and battery. Both victims were to be resent in court next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rogan
Second Avenue
Try Street
James Welsh
Welsh
Rogan
James Cunningham
Roach
Central Station
Cunningham
Man Arrested After Disorderly Conduct at Oakland
Charles Mateiver was arrested by Officer Kinney at Oakland and jailed for disorderly conduct after a drunken disturbance at his boarding house on Cree Street. A large book was hurled at his landlady Mrs. O'Brien, striking her temple and knocking her down before officers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mateiver
Kinney
Oakland
Fourteenth Ward
Mateiver
Cree Street
Fficer Kinney
Bold Sneak Thieves Stole Silverware in East End House
Thieves entered J. C. Engelman’s Emerson Street home yesterday afternoon and stole a large amount of silverware from the dining room sideboard. The robbery occurred between 3 and 4 o’clock while the family sat on the front porch. Entry was gained by climbing the backyard fence and entering through the rear kitchen door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Engelman
Emerson Street
East End
Ken
Woman jailed on arson charge over Lewis Street house fire
Mary McCune was committed to jail by Alderman McNierney of the Eighteenth ward for trial on arson. Patrick McDonough filed the information alleging she set fire to her own home on Lewis Street between Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth streets on May 10, causing fires that damaged two neighboring houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McCune
McNierney
Patrick McDonough
Lewis Street
Fifty-fourth
Fifty-fifth
Thomas Triviance
Mike Neagle
Great Danger in a Jump on a Moving Streetcar
Two youths on a Fifth Avenue streetcar bound for Schenley Park jumped from a moving car 70 to reach the ground. One arm was trapped on the rail but freed before the wheel reached him. The conductor applied the brake and bell, saving both from worse harm as others began to fearlessly imitate such reckless behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue Line
Schenley Park
Conductor Fault Varies as Passenger Seeks Redress
William H. Coslett of the Southside arrived at Central station covered in dust claiming he was thrown from car No 7 on a curve near the Tenth street bridge. He says the conductor did not stop and Coslett had to ride the next car, later boarding car No 7 again and being tossed off a second time. He was referred to Magistrate Gripp for consolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Coslett
Southside
Central Station
Second Avenue Electric Railway Company
Tenth Street Bridge
Coslett
Gripp
Moving Toward Detroit with Grand Army Veterans
A contingent of Grand Army veterans and other old soldiers gathered at the Union depot for travel to Detroit. Pittsburg veterans led morning trains with additional runs planned, and the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company will double boat capacity to ease crowding. Four steamers are arranged for tomorrow and agent Randall expects to handle 20 000 attendees. Pittsburg eyes the next annual meeting amid competition but remains a strong candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army
Union
Detroit
Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company
Randall
Foolish GAMe at Seminary Grove Disturbs Glenwood Crowd
A crowd of boys enjoyed dancing platform games at Seminary Grove Glenwood yesterday. Two policemen and a detective arrived, the boys fled, cards were hidden with sawdust, and the detective admitted the ruse. The noise upset neighbors as stones were rolled down the hill and many boys scattered, some hiding in nearby buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seminary Grove
Glenwood
The
Grove
Butter Reputation in the Home Warned by Grocer
Mr. Stevenson the grocer warns that butter is highly impressionable and can spoil easily if kept near onions or berries and exposed to poor storage. He urges careful handling and ice cooling to keep butter clean and pure.
Freaks of an Insane Man Terrify Summerlee Street Residents
Residents of Summerlee street Shady side report terror from a recently appeared insane man who entered several houses without stealing. Police have been notified but have not located the intruder. A separate report notes a mysterious explosion at Frank Richardson's Thirtieth street home near Spruce on Saturday night at 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerlee Street
Shadyside
Lawrenceville
Frank Richardson
Thirtieth Street
Spruce
Rooms for rent in Diamond Street building advertise
Advertisers seek tenants for commodious rooms at 75 77 and 79 Diamond Street with power electric light elevator and janitor service included. Available spaces include 100 by 60 foot lighted on all sides with central lighting steam heat and janitor service priced at 2500. 60 by 30 foot with power steam heat and janitor service priced at 600. smaller lighted spaces with power light and heat from 18 each. Apply to John T Shields Dispatch Building corner Diamond and Smithfield between 11 and 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Street
John T. Shields
Dispatch Business
France Russia Entangled Talk and a Poker Game
A visiting French baron and daughter discuss France’s strength and a France Russia alliance while recalling past wars. The tale shifts to a Cham d sade poker game where Senators Quay Cameron Butler and Stewart argue politics, leading to the force bill being set aside in favor of a tariff measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamison
Gibbs
Quay
Cameron
Butler
South Carolina
Stewart
Nevada
Cham Sada
Beaver Statesman
Pennsylvania
Bizarre Capitol Tale About Red Hair and Solomon
A drummer quoted Ralph Wells recounting an anecdote from a Southern Congressman who sat on an asylum hop. The congressman joked that Solomon had 700 wives none with red hair, then misread the Bible and reflects on it afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph Wells
Anderson
Statesman
Solomon
Going Over Other Roads Immigrants Arrive at Union Station
Two carloads of Scandinavian and English speaking immigrants arrived at Union station last evening. The majority head to the Northwest to farm and a few to Indiana. Agent Petgen notes the season is the poorest since he was located there while Pennsylvanian traffic shifts to other trunk lines. Immigrants sit on side seats in the depot, said to be coated with ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
Indiana
Petgen
Union Depot
One-eyed Peculiarity Found on Butler Farm
D. J. Cable, an electrician from Pittsburg, visited a Butler county farm owned by music dealer Kleber. He reported that the lady of the house, a bird, two dogs, a cat, and a sheep all appeared to have lost an eye, a sight he deemed a curious discovery observed during his stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Cable
Butler County
Kleber
Fate of the Force Bill poker tale at capital meeting
John Jamison a Hoosier politician was at the Union depot returning from Washington when he met ex Lieutenant Governor Gibbs of Texas Gibbs claimed the defeat of the force bill was sealed over a poker game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Gibbs
John Jamison
Union Depot
Washington
Capital
Gibbs
Texas
Cosmopolitan Road discussed from Alaska to Europe
Captain Brown a retired officer and duquesne guest outlines a Cosmopolitan Railroad concept from St Paul north to sixty four degrees latitude then across to the Bering Strait He notes Russian lines to Yukatatk and plans a future Arctic sleigh expedition next summer to Behring Strait and onward to Europe via rail and sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Duquesne
Colorado
Gilpin
San Francisco
Bering Strait
England
Russia
India
Behring Strait
Yuukatuk
Yukatuk
St. Petersburg
Paris
Vienna
Many Sinners in Court at Southside Police Station
A string of Saturday night violators faced Magistrate Succop and Judge Hyndman. Mrs Ellen Burns received four months in the workhouse for drunkenness and assault on her husband. Burns was fined plus costs. Other cases included gambling house, dis orderly conduct, and disorderly houses on West Carson Street and Second Avenue. In total 239 dollars in fines and costs were levied, with multiple defendants receiving 30 to 90 day jail terms. A Fourth Special Excursion to Atlantic City was announced for $10 round trip via B&O rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Burne
Juli Shedunas
West
Carson Street
Booker
Shedunas
Frank Kaminsky
Larkins Alley
Andrew Hays
Hays
Sand Costa
Central Station
Gripp
Thomas Gillespie
Washington Street
Maggie Campbell
Gillespie
Conway
John Dotser
Center Avenue
Jennie Hallman
Roth Woodruff
John Nicholson
Dan Harris
Elien Leak
Cassatt Street
John Smith
William Johnston
Wylie Avenue
C. W. McCain
Duquesne Way
Harry Burnett
W. A. James
Louis Colbert
Logan Street
Hyndman
Fourteenth Ward
Peter Quin
Second Avenue
Joseph Leebento
Forbes Street
Lawn Street
J. Morgan
Frankstown
Charles Sweeney
Joseph Bateman
Dennis O'Donnell
Nineteenth Ward
Atlantic City
Pittsburg
Washington
D. C
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Washington City
National Capital
Two newsies spot cheap crowns in millinery sale
Two young newsboys gaze at a millinery window offering crownless French hats at half price. One mutters that the hats are cheap because they have no tops, reflecting a playful misreading of millinery bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim
Fall Dress Goods on Sale at Great Reductions
English suitings cheviots and serge cloths offered with exclusive control. 40 pieces all wool pramns and stripes cut from 1.00 to 0.50 per yard. Cheviot plains and French sur rinses reduced from 1.25 and 1.50 to 0.75 per yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheviot Plains
New Fall Fabrics Arrive Prices Slashed To Clear Space
In a fall fashion curb, fabrics priced at 25c 35c 50c 75c and 1 per yard are advertised as desirable for early fall wear. The notice highlights 54 inch all wool fine French SURTINGS at 75c per yard and mentions a bargain center table starting this morning to move stock.
Disturbed King Acting on Behalf of William E Kinley
A fragment notes a distinguished figure acting on behalf of William E Kinley with reference to an associated friend. The text is incomplete but indicates formal representation or mentorship tied to Kinley in a historic context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eviph
William Eee eKinley
Snow Crry Brewery's Pilsner Delights Top Bars
Snow Crry Brewing Company's pilsner, crafted from select malts, becomes a favorite on tap at premier bars, signaling growing local demand and brand recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Crry Brewing Company
Bargain Silk and Dress Goods Sale Highlights
The ad promotes bargain silks at 25 cents a yard for house dresses and wrappers. It touts a large stock of black and mourning dress goods, with specials at 75 cents and one dollar per yard. The Wash Dress Goods sale continues along with a last-week half-price offer on summer cotton fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Best American Ginghams Sale At Half-Price Wash Goods
A bustling department store announces a wide summer sale on dress lengths in the Wash Goods Department. New linen white goods and embroideries appear, with reduced prices on silk shirt waists and dresses. Extra inducements include a complete August clearance, half-price lace curtains, and advance fall orders, with mail order service available for distant customers.
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Guy Strete
Ile
Leetier
Loefier
Flere
Glass Workers
Sharps
Arkansas
Twin Cities
Anrious
Teenie
France
Barbier
Chicago
M. Barbier
Germany
Alsace
Lorraine
Europe
Napoleon
Fleury
Dreibund
Austria
Italy
Capt. Brown
Boater
Cloak Department
Fifth Ave
Market St
Aul
Fort Pitt
A T Harrison
James G. Blaine
Gov
Davids B. Hon
Chauncey M. Depew
Robt
E. Pattison
Andrew Cara Ecq
E. P. Roberts & Son
JOS. Horne & Col
Penn Avenue Stores
Plain Indias
Anderson's
Ginghams
Children’s Department
JOS. Horne & CO
Penn Avenue
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