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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1890
Page
6
The local P L team won three games last week as players face jitters and costly errors in late innings. Johnny Ward’s squad steadies when behind, while crowd volatility sways with each pitch as Billy Keuhn’s form gains notice and Jack Hanlon’s umpiring remains under scrutiny.
A garbled report lists Saturday results and standings for the Players League and National League. It mentions teams from Pittsburgh and New York with scattered scores and records, showing W L tallies for several clubs.
Games set for today include Brooklyn at New York Cleveland at Boston Chicago at Philadelphia Pittsburg at Brooklyn with no other matches listed ABBOCIATION reports no games.
The article notes growing English interest in baseball with eight clubs possible for next year, praise for Birmingham over Derby, and suggests international play with Australia and America could foster broader appeal and competition. It emphasizes gradual adoption and cross‑continental matchups to boost popularity.
W J Barr notes Australians have impressed in various sports, counting four men in A who can out row O Connor and predicting a future where Australia could field teams capable of competing with American professionals while acknowledging room for growth in baseball and other events.
August 3 at Champion Leagues grounds a Louis versus Rochester Association game was halted by police after crowd unrest. Attendance ranged between 8 000 and 4 000 as patrols arrived and several arrests followed amid rain checks and dissatisfaction.
Chief of Police warned Stars and Louisville not to play at the Iron Pier. Manager Fraser had players ready at 350 o clock but Chapman left for Louisville at 525 o clock. The game was forfeited to the Stars due to the ground dispute.
A jumble of baseball chatter covers the Brooklins at Exposition Park and various players and teams. Mentions include St Louis leaders in the American Association, and remarks on pitchers like Miyata, Baldwin, and Johnson, plus umpire Al Jennings and future schedules.
A dispatch from Massillon reports the Eighth Regiment Ohio National Guard camped there sparked clashes with local authorities. Soldiers clashed with Wooster company members, Vince Skinner the Independent editor faced arrest warrants, and a standoff ended with 800 bond set to keep peace.
The encampment and reunion at Ellsworth Park drew between 7,000 and 5,000 veterans from local towns across two counties. Key figures include John J. Jarret as commander in chief and J. K. Eicher as officer of the day. Dated August 32, the event recalls Civil War memories with hardtack meals and mock battles ahead of next Thursday’s park dedication. Rev. J. Conner died this morning and Rev. Col. J. A. Danks spoke this afternoon. The Uniformed Bank K of P from Scottdale provided a dress parade and music filled the park.
A freight train derailment on the Baltimore and Ohio near Graf ton caused seven or eight cars to plunge from an east span of the bridge into the Tygart Valley river. A tank of crude oil spilled and ignited, setting the river ablaze for about an hour. One track worker, Merriman, was thrown from the wreck but survived with a broken leg.
The article notes commissioners James Patterson James Campbell and Robert Taylor named to redraw McKeesport into seven or ten wards. It reports the Kanawha and Ohio Railway seeking funds from the Central Trust Company of New York to pay debts and extend and improve the line.
Officers heard a pistol shot at the First Avenue Hotel about 12 30 this morning. They found Gus Ceruth and his wife in his room after a quarrel sparked by a drunken night out. The bullet hit the bedstead an inch above his head. Ceruth and two women were locked up at Central station.
White Cap organization near Las Vegas New Mexico has grown bold prompting Governor Price to issue a proclamation to disband and threaten militia or federal troops. Knights of Labor affiliates claim 1500 members in San Miguel county have burned fences loosed cattle destroyed hay and wounded several foes while factions within the Republican party are alleged to sympathize with the outlaws.
A heated West Side Street Car Conductors and Drivers Union No 2 meeting ended in a brawl after a motion to unite with Union No 1 failed. Chairs flew as Tom Heffernan and J McEnlee were assaulted. police were called but leaders had fled. Knucklers and billies were found on the floor amid claims of Union No 1 instigation linked to local politicians.
An alarm from box 57 at about 1 pm yesterday traced to a small fire on the roof of a house occupied by Simon Chit oritz at 29% Fifth Avenue. The blaze was caused by a defective fire. Loss about 25. Samued Labor of Welsh road died at Southside Hospital yesterday. remains await claim at Semmelrock's undertaking rooms.
It is announced that the Portage tunnel will be widened with a Brown Bros contract. The road bed will be graded toward Taylor and connect with the main line beyond Bennington. The tunnel will admit a double track to carry both passenger and freight trains, reducing delays.
A list of townsfolk leaving for Chautauqua and extended trips to the East, with remarks on their plans and destinations. Mentions of a honeymoon return, a Greensburg Democrat pro tem, a Linden Baptist pastor and wife, and others taking vacations to lakes, Newcastle, and Chautauqua. Also notes Laura Smith returning from Chautauqua and a New York Telegram piece on a charitable nurse daughter of Archbishop Tait.
A Hungarian woman identified as Mrs A Myers Peck burned to death when she used oil to light a fire in her Third Avenue home. The house filled with flames and exploded. bystanders and Edward Saley attempted to save her but she died amid the blaze.
An August dispatch reports a severe typhoid outbreak in Franklin due to water quality. The Hastes family in the First ward is infected and several other households report cases. Judd Hanna, superintendent of the water works, is among the latest to fall ill.
A new Enterprise Glass Company organizes in Ravenna with $25,000 capital. Isaac J of Cleveland takes $5,000. the remainder comes from local investors. The plant will rebuild the old site and start construction immediately to manufacture lamp chimneys and hollow ware.
On Sunday evening August 3 1690 at 11 o'clock Miss Many McLaughlin sister of the Doherty Bros Funeral on Tuesday August 6 at 8:80 A M from her late residence 12 Kim Street Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend
In Carmarthenshire a postman Llewellyn found a woman dead in a burning house. His dog fought intruders to save her, a grim echo of the tale of Llewellyn and Gelert. The story links a local rescue with the famous prince and his faithful hound.
The Glenogle arrived after 54 days from Japan with 3700 tons of tea and 1600 tons of rice amid famine reports. Monmouthshire also neared New York hourly with cargoes. Government efforts bring rice from Siam Cochin China and Burma to aid starving Japanese.
A brief telegram reports a violent incident involving Billy Dallison and Will Ra, with references to an apparent body and disappeared person. The exact details are unclear due to the garbled text. Local authorities may be investigating a possible fatal confrontation.
In Lima on August 3 Colonel Morales Bermudez is proclaimed President of the Republic with General Caceres as vice president. Bermudez will be decorated with the insignia of office and assume duties on August 10.
Fire at Levi Hamilton's Lime barn consumed building and contents including two horses, with losses estimated at 91.20. An employee of Madden & Bampson's circus was involved in the incident.
A telegram from the district engineer states work will start today on the national rolling mill project. The crew faces delays if the intense boat condition persists, with laborers and supervisors watching closely for further developments.
The dispatch from Lake Chautauqua, New York, reports the day’s heat did not dampen worship as Rev. Alexander McKenzie of Massachusetts preached on Gods benails and the divine life. Attendance swelled to about 5 000 as mission talks and servant reports followed in the Amphitheater and temple sessions.
A severe hail storm struck Sioux Falls Minnesota August 3 causing $10,000 to $15,000 in damage to windows trees and buildings including the new Court House. Wind and hail swept Winona and New Richland causing widespread destruction of roofs signs and crops with losses estimated up to 150000.
A new printing telegraph system is hailed as the most practical typewriter like device for sending and printing news across multiple newspaper offices. It uses impulses to rotate a type wheel for each letter, offering rapid, secure transmissions and simultaneous page form prints for receivers in distant cities.
Mrs Marilla M Ricker the first woman admitted to the New Hampshire bar has spent most of her time in Washington D C since admission to the District of Columbia bar in May 1882. She worked on notable cases including the Star Route trial and a barber shop Sunday rights brief.
The Newcastle Chronicle reports John Barnett the composer denounces costly funeral displays as vanity. He states only undertakers profit from grand funerals and favors plain, respectful memorials for the dead.
A severe hail and rain storm swept the southern county last evening in HagBeisonsvee Virginia. Corn fields were battered and uprooted trees littered roads as crews assess damage. Local authorities surveyed the scene and began preliminary relief plans.
Crowds gathered after screams along Ft Wayne tracks as John Callen, 15, was pinned under a freight train and fatally cut. John Bradley, 70, fell from a stable ladder on Davidson Street and died instantly. A 28 year old chainmaker, from Sharon, Pa., died after losing an arm and succumbing to shock. Lena Heckner, 12, drowned after falling from a log and into the river. Alexander Marshall, 13, killed by an approaching engine near Thirty-third Street. A woman burned to death at Volk Bros factory in McKeesport. Ditch collapse crushed a worker’s collar bone. Young Harry Sherpal, 12, cut three fingers. another boy, 6, struck by a cable car but not seriously hurt. Glassworker James Dinnen remains critically ill after an oil can blast.
The Birmingham Connecticut postal card plant runs under private contract with government inspectors present. Cards are printed 100 per sheet, cut into strips of ten, then crosscut into singles by three machines. A gong marks every 25 cards passing, with four receiving compartments. In a 19 hour day the factory produced 2,675,000 cards, averaging 141,000 cards per hour across all machines. Two female operators from Castleton assist with the crosscutters.
The Ludgate Hill post office in London has dismissed all female clerks amid claims they are habitually supercilious and insolent. The remark suggests expanding the action nationwide to reduce perceived behavior issues and redirect labor to this country where exchanges are expanding.
Weather clear and warm. Vickssune River on a stand with MEMPin river falling seven inches. Louisville river remains on stand showing four feet four inches in the canal, two feet on the fall, seven feet at the canal foot. A business doll is noted.
A fragmented OCR notice lists ships arriving: ne New York Aloaka in New York, La Brotkigne and Hevee in Philadelphia, and British ships Lawcon Swansia Quesnstown and British Prince also in Philadelphia.
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