Arrests at Homestead Stir Workers and Officials
Reported arrests of company officials sparked jubilation among Homestead workers while others faced uncertainty over bail. McConnell and Dovey were later reported jailed on $10,000 bail after initial confusion about hearings and whereabouts of Bowen. Relatives and local figures pursued information through Central Station and city offices.
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Pittsburg
Bowen
Central Station
McMasters
King's
Inquest Follows Death by Self Inflicted Wound
Robert Watkins aged 62 died last evening from a throat wound inflicted with a razor at his home in Thirteenth ward He had long suffered from despondency over ill treatment of a son in Ireland and had recently returned from attempting to go home Coroner Mc Dowell conducted the inquiry and the body was sent to the morgue for burial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Watkins
John McIlroy
Craig and
Ridge Streets
Thirteenth Ward
Ireland
Inniskillen
County Armagh
America
Pittsburg
Controller Morrow Faces Multiple Legal Scrapes Next Month
Controller Morrow plans a heavy court schedule next month defending the city in several actions. Manchester Locomotive seeks 5000 for Amoskeag fire engine No 2, which he deems illegally let. He also faces a suit by State Treasurer over railroad bonds tax exemption and a bid-approval dispute with Connell and the Mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrow
Manchester Locomotive Company
Chiefs of Departments
Department of Awards
Amoskeag
Act of Assembly
Dauphin County
Conneils
Henry & McCance
Fire Department
Brown
Death of H C Frick's Child After Homestead Riot
The infant son of H C Frick died yesterday morning, two days after birth, from a broken blood vessel. Mrs Frick has been unwell since the death of her seven year old daughter last year. Cards on Carnegie buildings urged sympathy as crowds read the notice. The Frick family now has two other children, a boy and a girl.
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Beenan
Carnegie
H. C. Frick
Homestead
Aoe
Igiri
Dealers Crusade Against Illegal Liquor Moves Ahead
Agent Hesser of the Liquor Dealers Association filed about 50 informations before Alderman King over the past day or two. Few arrests followed. Albert Lakota Sr and Jr and Michael Rogers of Allegheny are bail for a 3 o clock hearing. Others faced peddling beer cases and bad hearing. more arrests expected today.
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Agent Hesser
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Alderman King
Albert Lakota
Albert Lakota, Jr
Michael Rogers
Allegheny
John Lovantosky
Frank Marsick
George Kroeseh
More Charges Yet Against Carnegie Men in Homestead Clash
Secretary Lovejoy criticizes new prosecutions as a bluff by workers while W J Brennen of the Amalgamated Association outlines possible future charges against Carnegie figures and Pinkerton agents. Brennen cites alleged duress, false pretenses, and forced mill entry with officials denying rights to leave.
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W. J. Brennen
Amalgamated Association
Carnegie People
Pinkerton
Potter
Carnegie
Homestead
Carnegies
Pittsburg
Rights of Property Holders at the Homestead Affair
Carnegie attorney E. Y. Breck speaks from his view after the Homestead clashes. He notes Judge Ewing’s outspoken labeling of aggressors, says Carnegie workers were on their property with a right to defend it, dismisses legal limits on hiring watchmen, and predicts bail applications by Potter and others in court tomorrow.
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E. Y. Breck
Dispatch
Ewing
Carnegies
Moses
President Weihe Silent on Arrest of Lovejoy and Others
The report of Carnegie Steel Company officials being arrested for murder surprised many. President Weihe of the Asociation refused to comment, saying I have nothing whatever to say.
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Carnegie Steel Company
Weihe
Asociation
Homesteaders Say Court Did Not Act Properly
Homestead leaders challenge the court surrounding arrests, saying justice was not properly administered and vowing no further comment on the proceedings or those taken into custody.
Lockout dispute prompts calls for fair treatment of detainees
The text portrays a dispute over jail treatment amid a lockout. It labels actions as grave breaches of law on both sides and argues hearings and bail after court hours were unfair. The speakers urge an honorable path to resolve the standoff without retribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cranenours
McLuckie
O'Donnell
Pres
Carnegie Officials Treat Homestead Arrests as Bluffs
Carnegie officials doubt the arrests will change the case and joke about the affair. Lovejoy and Leishman say the action is a bluff and that most firm members named in the informations will surrender in court the next morning. Frick and other executives remain untroubled as Dovey McConnell and Childs appear at the Alderman’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Leishman
Lovejoy
Potter
Carey
Dovey
McConnell
Builders Pass Resolutions Endorsing Carnegie Company Stand
Builders Exchange met on Ninth Street and admitted seven new members including D. G. Bealer & Co and Granolithic Paving Co. The group adopted resolutions praising the Carnegie Steel Homestead action and defending employers rights to hire or not hire, underpinning social and business stability.
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Carnegie Company
Builders’ Exchange
Ninth Street
D. G. Bealer & Co
J. C. Fulton
Carnegie Steel Company, Limited
Homestead
General strike looms at New Castle Wire Nail plant
The New Castle Wire Nail Company mill remains idle after a Monday conference failed to resolve a dispute over new double header machines. Management requires workers to operate at the same payroll with doubled output, while employees demand extra pay. A likely general strike could involve all 500 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle Wire Nail Company
Stephenson
The Threatened Riot at Homestead Over Arrests
Major Crawford of the Fifteenth Regiment describes moving two companies to Home stead after Dovey and McConnel arrests. The sheriff read a dispersal proclamation but could not enforce it, and Crawford ordered restraint while pushing the crowd back. Bowen, arrested during the action, shouted defiance as officers moved in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Crawford
Fifteenth Regiment
Bowen
Exhumation of Mrs Catskisky Body for Autopsy
Judge Ewing ordered the exhumation of Mrs Bessie Catskisky amid a murder claim against her husband Maxiem. Doctors McCandless Litchfield McCord Warner and Boyce conducted the autopsy noting rope marks but no other violence. An intestinal analysis will follow and the case is set for final disposition Saturday.
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Ewing
Quarter Sessions Court
Bessie Catskisky
Maxiem
J. Guy McCandless
Litchfield
J. P. McCord
R. E. Warner
J. Boyce
M Nop
McCandless
Quiet Upper Mill Brims with Tension at Homestead
Beavor Falls plant activity shows no start on Paquesne works as non union workers desert. No. 2 plate mill operates faintly while other mills shut down due to rollers sticking, damaged scrap, and limited beer supply. Amalgamated workers inside mill stay on, while a prank with railroad torpedoes shocks the boarding house.
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Thirty-third Street
Allegheny River
Allegheny Valley
Amalgamated
Amalgamated Association
Colorea
Phenix
Willow Grove
Soldiers storm lockout with bayonet charge at Camp Sam Black
General Wiley declares the locked out men whipped as troops arrest Yardmaster Dovey and Superintendent McConnell in the open hearth department. Fifteenth Regiment on provost duty and Battery B take part while Colonel Mechling leads at City Farm station and talk with Ex Adjutant General Guthrie.
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Wiley
Guthrie
Ner al Wiley
Levee Committee Plays Role but Holds Back Interference
On the levee scene the committee arrived quickly but made no attempt to interfere, allowing the proceedings to proceed as planned.
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Ance
Truth at Homestead resolves old men return puzzle
Chairman Crawford claims Treasurer Curry confessed that only three former employés returned to work at Homestead. He disputes a daily 15 to 30 return figure and notes those three quit, leaving no older men inside the gates. Pittsburg and Duquesne plants show firm worker support and the strike persists.
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Crawford
Curry
Homestead
Homestead Mills
Pittsburg
Twenty-ninth
Thirty Third Street
Lawrenceville Mills
Duquesne
No Change at Duquesne Mills as Strikes Intensify
Officials say workers did not start the Duquesne mill as planned while guards and a house-to-house canvass press to keep men idle. About 150 men, mostly former Amalgamated and Homestead workers, reported to the office. Edwards clashed with night staff near the mill entrance.
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Duquesne
Edwards
Carney
E Company
Stre Amalgamated
Homestead
Et Committee
Officials Detail Homestead Plant Workings At Carnegie Office
At the Carnegie Homestead plant officials outlined current operations. The Tide crew will number 30 and no new applications will be taken for now. Non union workers total about 1500, with 33 and 35 inch beam mills starting today and double turns on the 23 inch and plate mills. Open hearth furnaces to be fed tomorrow and the converting mill due next week. Within a week all mills except the 28 inch blooming mill should be in operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Company
Homestead
Amalgamated Association Lodges Favor No Arbitration
Two lodges of the Amalgamated Association on Fifteenth Street Southside met yesterday with strong turnout. Members debated submitting labor dispute settlements to arbitration and, by vote, favored avoiding arbitration. Lodge 135 had 120 present. Lodge 85 had 76 present. Other South Side lodges will vote before week’s end.
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Amalgamated Association
Southside
Fifteenth Street
South Hide
O'Donnell Not At Bethlehem Denial From Advisory Board
The Advisory Board declared there is no truth in the Bethlehem visit rumor about Hugh O'Donnell and insisted he had not been within 500 miles of Bethlehem. They refused to reveal his current address and declined to publish Nick Farland's written account of his mill visit.
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Hugh O'Donnell
Bethlehem
O’donnell
Nick Farland
Wage List Adopted for Paste Mold Department in Glass Industry
A joint committee of the Glass Workers Union and Bottle Manufacturers Association approved the paste mold wage scale. Effective upon factory reopening later this month, it sets pay for blowers and gatherers by size, includes rates for medium and sham bottoms, and outlines shop composition, counting, and production quality requirements.
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Glass Workers’ Union
Glass Association
American Glassworkers’ Union
American Bottle Manufacturers’ Association
Cumberland
Seasonal Sale Offer on Luxurious Home Fabrics
Shopper alert for discounted home fabrics featuring 1 500 yards of Body Brussels 5 frame at 1 dollar per roll full rolls not duplicated. Moquettes 15 to 30 yard pieces 75 cents per yard. Tapestry Brussels several price grades. China Mattings 1 000 rolls per roll 52. Smyrna Rugs 1 000 pieces 2 50 each. Mens shirts half price.
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Brussels
Lowell
Bigelow
Hartford
Table Linen Sale Sparks Attention With Wide Damask Deals
A local advertisement highlights 38c table linen on sale, 6 pieces of 50c German damask at 43c a yard, and bleached table linens 62 inches wide. It touts regular 1 quality at 74c during the sale, noting admired styles and unmatched extra widths, while counting on reduced stock from trimmed napkins.
Beaver Falls Strike Fades as Workers Seek Ohio Mills
Workers leave Beaver Falls to seek jobs in Cleve land and New Philadelphia mills. Leaders insist resolve remains strong despite a quiet strike and improved prospects claim. The Tide carries another load of men and supplies toward Homestead. A dozen non union men arrive at the scene.
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Beaver Falls
Ohio
Cleveland
New Philadelphia
Homestead
Mid-Summer Reductions On Ladies Wear And Accessories
Catalog listing promotes made up wash dresses for women misses and children and a Sunday Essentials range. Hair brushes nail brushes hosiery gloves handkerchiefs pocket books purses all offered at mid-summer reductions with no price constraints.
Unclear Text Summary From July Revisions
Fragmentary line mentions July and adjustments to make something more attractive. No clear entities, events, or outcomes are identifiable beyond the time reference and intent to improve appeal.
Great August Sale Prompts Urgent Limited-Time Deals
A local retailer advertises a major August sale to clear summer merchandise before new stock arrives. The message stresses limited time availability and urges shoppers to act quickly while supplies last.
Bargain Dress Goods Sale Highlights Wide Wool and Silk Fabrics
A bustling sale offers 50 cent quality All Wool Serges and Cashmeres at 44c a yard and 46 inch imported Cashmeres marked to 50c. French Sergees, Bedford Cards, Mohairs, French Chalks and Silk Stripes are discounted to 25c to 50c and up to $1 ranges. Numerous shades including Tan Gray Russian Green.
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Mr. McConnell
Mr. Dovey
Stewart
Fifth Avenue
Dealers’ Association
Brennen
Hoomestead
Wehihe
New Castle
Major Crawford
Quilien
Paquesne Works
Mick Farland
Miia
J. Kerwin Miller & CO
Smithfield Street
Jyith
Edward
Groetzinger
Penn Ave
Biber & Easton
Madras
India
Winnket Street
Market St
Yti-Rusa
Pittsburg, Pa
Dos. Horne & Co
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