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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1890
Page
2
Medical leaders warn rising vapors from soaked ground after a hot spell endanger City of Pittsburg and Allegheny with typhoid germs. Doctors urge outdoor caution, improved drainage, asphalt pavements, and water management to protect public health.
A Pimneburg Woman’s Christian Temperance Union member asserts Will J. McConnell faced suspicion after reports of abuse. She notes his travel from Pittsburg to meet with supporters, arrest by a policeman, delayed telegrams, and a rest at Mayor Ward’s home before continuing speaking engagements in Great Bend starting July 24.
George Martin remains jailed in the Allegheny lockup since Tuesday night with no charge filed. Mrs. Hill was found dead at her Western Avenue home after a day of heavy drinking with Martin. Lieutenant Buckley led the investigation and the coroner's inquest will determine the prisoner's fate.
New Castle resident Mr. Jackson former congressman candidate in Lawrence County says he doubts the bribery charges against Major McDowell can be proved. He focuses on the congressional fight while noting lingering state issues and expects counties to unite for the Republican Governor candidate.
Jobe Shannon lies dangerously ill at his home 277 East street Allegheny after being struck by stones during a Saturday night row at Evergreen. He is not expected to live.
Fragmentary OCR lists addresses and place names including 1200 Gallower e 1106 Peon Ave and Penn Ave near Gallinger’s. No clear event or action is described.
Delegates from the East and West crowd Pittsburgh hotels for the Catholic Total Abstinence Union convention at the Opera House. Philadelphia and Scranton contingents arrive by train. lay delegates and organizations like St Mary's Mercy and St Paul’s Pioneer Corps participate. The event includes officer elections, policy debates, and a reception plan at Monongahela House with a large Catholic community presence.
A roster lists W. A. Manning as Second Vice President Philip A. Nolan as Secretary and other officers and members across Philadelphia Williamsport Boston and various states including Ohio and Georgia, detailing ties to Father Mathew Chair Committee Hob club St Charles Society and local unions.
P A Nolan secretary and J Washington Logue prominent Hulladelphia lawyer and Philadelphia Union president arrive as guests of Father Sheedy. Bishop Watterson arrives from Columbus with his brother while Bishop Cofter and Father Elliott of New York stay with Dr Wall at St Pauls Cathedral. Day’s program begins 8 A.M. with convention assembly in Opera House, a procession to St Pauls, services and sermon by Rt Rev John A Watterson, with greetings from Very Rev Wall and Pittsburgh Mayor H L Gourley.
Charles Barnhard, 28, son of a local furniture dealer, drank heavily after family tensions and tried to shoot himself four times inside his father's store on Ohio Street. He was restrained by officers, then taken to Mercy Hospital for delirium tremens treatment.
Superintendent Baker of the Bureau of Health removed Mrs. Rachael Johns from a Mary and South Thirtieth streets tenement to the Homeopathic Hospital. She is gravely ill with a syphoid fever attack after days without care or even water.
Committees of window glass manufacturers and workers met and adopted last year’s wage scale for the coming year. Officials said the sessions aimed for settlement without a strike, while the Senate tariff action was seen as a potential disruptor to a bright outlook for building, production, and employment.
Machinists in three unions notify employers that starting Monday they demand a nine hour day at ten hour pay. Master Workman Evans notes President Henry of the Pleasant Valley line has opposed employing organized labor and awaits his reaction to the union action.
Joseph Carbiskie cited Henry Cutti with aggravated assault and battery before Alderman Kerr. The prosecutor says Cutti invited him to his home on Butler Street extension, declined, and was beaten when Cutti allegedly lost temper. A Thursday night hearing is planned.
Negotiations for selling the Columbia Iron and Steel Works to an English syndicate are completed. The price is 1,250,000 dollars, one third cash and the rest in stock. Current management stays five years, then optional for buyers. Sellers promise not to enter the same business locally.
The Thirty-fifth ward citizens will meet tonight to act on Southside water supply issues. A meeting was to be held last evening but short notice prevented key attendees from attending. The Progressive Association executives were also set to meet last night but did not assemble. They will gather tomorrow evening in Alderman Bein hauer's office.
Several Southside families establish camping quarters at Hayne station and plan to stay until September. Names include H. B. Lindner William Mantz John Mantz William Dieh William Heideger A Duckenberg Walter Shore and H J Bates. Last Sunday they entertained about their friends.
A nationwide axmakers gathering in Beaver Falls aims to unite all craft unions into one national body and affiliate with the AFL. Journeymen plasterers and Association Masters differ, but many have returned to work and masters are not likely to press demands. Oliver Iron workers plan a 5 percent wage increase starting tomorrow after a prior misreport of 10 percent. Brown's Boilermakers at Work with W. H. Brown & Sons also concluded to resume operations.
The boiler making firm reopened yesterday and agreed to hire back former workers who accepted a nine hour day for a ten hour wage, restoring pay for returning men.
A U S Circuit Court ruling found no legal evidence of a contract to perform labor for three Belgian glassblowers detained at the barge office. J. Joan Baptiste Al Phonse Phillipar and Theophile Martin were released and sent to Pittsburg after the decision. Oscar Falleur, a window glass worker, plans a late summer return home and could be followed by more Belgians seeking work in the area.
The Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators held its second biennial convention at 537 Smithfield street with 40 delegates present. They organized committees and planned a city paper hangers meeting to unionize the workers, led by J T Elliott and other leaders.
Patrick Sheehan arrives in town seeking Italian and Hungarian labor as shortages bite. He notes Connellsville district will add about 700 ovens versus last year with output rising 3500 tons daily. McClore builds 300 ovens near Connellsville, Frick 70 near Uniontown, and 30 more on Redstone branch.
Graphite department workers stayed on eight furnaces while the rest of the Carbon Iron Works area remained idle. General Manager Lost said two weeks of repairs ended soon and restoration would occur with help as needed. District VP Florence Sullivan urged moderation at Hoecker's Hall with a final open meeting planned for Saturday.
Physicians note a series of accidents: John Rebb of Millvale at Schiffler's brick yards lost an ankle and may require amputation after a heavy iron fell on him. Charles Justice of the Allegheny patrol service fractured a limb at Conneaut Lake camp. Adams suffered a crushed leg at Brownstown mill. Williams strained himself by oversitting while working for Kaiser. James Reed, a painter on South Twenty fourth street, fell unconscious from a scaffold and is not expected to live. Michael Duffy at H C Frick Coke Works had a leg broken in two places and had it amputated at Mercy Hospital.
Pittsburg and Allegheny Traction Company directors awarded the ros foundation contract to Booth & Flinn for laying tracks and ties along Western Avenue Troy Hill and Rebecca Street. Fred Gwinner did not bid. A second meeting in two weeks will decide electric work and equipment. New rails on Seventh bridge will serve electric cars until Sixth Street bridge opens.
Arthur Miller a year old boy died suddenly Monday night at his parents home No 17 Ano street Allegheny with no medical attendance. The father says a physician was called but refused to go Deputy Coroner Berry investigated the case and evidence suggests cholera infantum An inquest will be held today
A Robinson township farmer discovers a salt water aquifer similar to ocean water. He plans to create a three acre pond fed by a well and windmill to propagate oysters and eels for market by 1891, supplying hotels and restaurants and using salt provinces across Western Pennsylvania. The project envisions oysters from Chesapeake Bay beds and New York sources, turning fallow salt wells into profitable mollusk farming.
Advertises all wool challies, printed challies, and dresses with heavy price cuts as stock clears for fall at Shay Jos Houxe Co and Penn Avenue Stores. Notes Walker's Wax Soap claim, parcel and Jones discount dresses, fine dress goods from Sea Home Co and Bradley Blankets sale after mill fire. lists other reductions and store names B & B Books & Bunt.
Jacob Reagan knocked down and badly hurt Assistant Chief Clark of the Allegheny Fire Department at the Friendship engine house on Arch street yesterday evening. Clark ordered the crowds to disperse. a fight followed. No arrest was made.
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