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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1889
Page
2
In Jeannette, English and Belgian glassblowers resist forced repatriation citing lack of contract, seeking individual trials. They accuse employers and cite low wages, docking for travel, and hardship while awaiting legal clarity in Washington and London.
Sebastian Delp reported that Charlie Franklin night clerk at a Albemarle hotel broke into the office safe early yesterday, stole about £50 plus guest money, used a hatchet on the locks, packed a valise, and left after claiming a real estate windfall. Police sought him as the total loss remained undetermined.
John Secker of 7 Wylie avenue was charged with being disorderly at the Eleventh ward station yesterday. He said his father ordered him to eject a visitor after hours and later grabbed his sister during a dispute. Officer Diehl arrested him. a hearing is set for this morning.
Western Penitentiary officials Deputy Warden Benjamin Greaves and Keeper Joseph Partington sail to New York then to Worth Lancashire for about two months. Other staff bid farewell at Union depot with brass band. Also listed are Rev. Dr. Allen, Mrs. Folsome and Miss Annie M. Folsome, Sergeant Fitzsimmons, John J. McCaffrey, James Wallace, Superintendent Evans, Charles Benning and wife, Miss Bessie Hainsworth, W N McKnight, Joseph Marshall, S. E. Brainerd, E Bentley, W B Andrews and wives with various travels and visits.
Mayor Pearson signals strong support for a $2,000,000 city bond program to pave streets with Belgian block and expand transit as part of a broader modernization plan. He would veto asphaltum on Federal Street, favor durable paving and municipal ownership of potential electric lighting, asserting Allegheny must advance to attract growth and commerce.
T W Whittaker fireman on a through Baltimore train was hurled from the tender at 50 miles an hour and narrowly survived as the engine passed over his body. He suffered a fractured right wrist and possible concussion, was treated in Pittsburg, and state of injury described as serious but not life threatening. The mishap occurred near Meyersdale to Ohio Pyle, with passengers aiding in the search and a delay of about 50 minutes.
Charles Robinson of Davison Street is reportedly offered the Superintendent post at the Indian Schools by the Interior. A Lawrenceville figure, he lived there until 1886 then joined Westinghouse Air Brake in Paris. Lacking formal schooling, he earned a Lakeside University diploma after reading on the lathe. Friends celebrate the potential appointment.
At a German Trades Assembly meeting P Dannhardt joined as a Musicians Mutual Protective Union delegate. He said the Western Band had been hired by the Exposition Society for a special event next Tuesday. The $500 vote for the bakers boycott was returned as unnecessary.
H A Wales of Bridgeport Conn inventor of the invisible ovil 2 aid of the orale pasion te a tion coun aro nae at the Monongahela Bou arope.
A rough encounter in Jeannette involves two hundred Italians and local workers. A man with a razor and revolver threatens violence but riot ends without serious injuries as crowd disperses and assailants retreat. Local residents report stones rain and tense posturing along the track near Grapeville.
Jacob Johnson entered John Hunter’s Southside drugstore gasping in pain and claimed cramps. The pharmacist prepared a concoction of cayenne pepper tincture camphor ginger and peppermint. Johnson drank it, collapsed, and lay on the floor for half an hour before being aided to the sidewalk. Hunter later mused that law and order spies deserve different treatment.
The Society of Christian Endeavor led by President M. H. D. Evans filled the Butler Street M. E. Church for the Sabbath evening service. Evans urged unity and enthusiasm to win the world for Christ while L. Wearning, Harry Wentz, Prof. James S. Jordan, and Prof. Murphy contributed remarks and music.
Mercy Hospital reports three new typhoid patients yesterday bringing the total to 37. Two accident cases arrived, Walter Collins of Sevo? employed at Keystone Mill and standing on the Second Avenue wall when a 151 unit injury to head and spine occurred. Googe Mitchell a carpenter of Mimi onette Street fell from a scaffold Saturday fracturing hip and injuring back.
Mrs Rosser at 100 South Eighteenth street had her pocketbook stolen in a crowd at Carson and South Eighteenth streets containing $15 and private papers. W McGUNSEAGLE died Saturday from injuries after falling into a furnace at Porter’s Southside works and was buried yesterday. The AOU W Lance to hold a lawn gathering at the head of the Duquesne incline on Thursday.
The oldest Pittsburg printer Uncle Ben Latshaw lies in state at 31 Fulton Street as friends gather for a funeral service. Rev J T McCrory leads with verses about the hereafter while Miss Belle Tomer and Mr McCutcheon sing. The scene frames death as rest under a russet sheaf with final "proof" by the Great Proof Reader of Eternity.
Wells Fargo & Co officials visit Pittsburg to inspect the Sixth Street offices and review operations on the Pittsburg and Western line. Mr. Dewitt of Cleveland notes strong business on the route north through oil regions and anticipates continued growth, with travel onward to Buffalo.
Mrs Mary Murphys alleged speak easy on Forbes near St Agnes Church was raided by Captain Mercer Lieutenant Fitzgerald and Officers Madigan OBrien and Smith. Five defendants James Smith Ray James Summer Peter Tenhert Mary Lenhert Annie Donnelly and Mary Jar were taken to a Fourteenth ward station house and face hearing tomorrow before Alderman Hyndman.
J. B. Quest of Nebraska, while at Union station en route East, says the cattle business in Nebraska and nearby states is strong. He defends the recent lynching of Cattle Queen Kate and her companion as justified, claiming the West will be better off without them.
Yesterday afternoon a crowd of boys took possession of a handcar on the Pittsburg Virginia and Charleston Railroad near South Thirtieth street. One boy, Robert Me Felty, sustained a fractured jaw and body injuries.
A postal card sent to any morning newspaper led to a story of Eugene Bellhouse and Alice Wolff eloping from Camden New Jersey. The pair, both locals, wed with help from the Pennsylvania Railroad and Rev J R Westwood, while the mother of Alice watched a family home be sold after the shock. The bride is now with her husband in Philadelphia.
R C Oehmler Pittsburg manager Germania Life Insurance was thrown from a horse near a milk wagon on the New Brighton road. Skull fractured and fate uncertain as physicians fear a fatal outcome. He remained unconscious until nearly 2 a m yesterday and was taken home for care.
An unnamed elderly woman intoxicated and sleeping on a marble slab in Allegheny Cemetery was arrested by Officer Tower and taken to the Seventeenth Ward station after being found with a whisky flask. Watchman Joseph Brown was assaulted during a dispute, with one suspect Johnston among the attackers. A brawl at Greenwood Street led to Michael McNamara's arrest by Officer Bothwell and detention in the Allegheny lockup.
A Central Foundry of St Louis lists a copper alloy type for sale or specification. The item is described as a superior meter related casting material.
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