Homestead Mill Strife As Cooks and Cooks’ Force Quit
Steward John A Rayborn and 71 cooks and waiters left the Homestead mill after a quarrel with Superintendent Potter over a new foreman Powers. Rayborn sought help from authorities, four assistants were arrested, and $1,200 paid to Rayborn before he and his group traveled to Pittsburg. The Advisory Board met with no decisive action as unrest and rumors of further resignations spread.
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Homestead
John A. Rayborn
Potter
Rayborn
of Powers
Powers
Jersey City
Brayborn
Hayborn
John A. Newton
Squire Grant
Rankin Station
Captain Newton
Stewart
Newton
Pittsburg
Rayburn
Hugh O'Donnell
Tide Busy with River Provisions and Passengers
The Tide completed two trips with about 45 men in the morning and 30 in the afternoon, with several not returned for use. Roughly 1000 pounds of meat 15 barrels of potatoes 18 boxes of bread and 250 cats were moved to Homestead. Police restricted crowds at the wharf reducing loitering and cheers along Smithfield street bridge. Demonstrations along the river have largely ceased as hostility fades.
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Smithfield Street Bridge
Flint Glass Men Meet to Arrange Wage Scale
Flint glass manufacturers and their workmen met at the Iron Exchange building to set the wage scale for the coming year. Representatives included Alex Naersilton William Hamilton John Tilby and others from Pittsburgh Philadelphia Bellaire and Chicago. The glass workers were led by W J Smith Wiliam Dillon and John F Hinckley with other officers. The session recessed for dinner at Monongahela House and reconvened after 1 PM with no public disclosure of business. the settlement seems near but not finalized.
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Iron Exchange
Alex, Naersilton
William Hamilton
John Tilby
Pitteburg
William Fox
Philadelphia
W. — South
Alson
Lil
Richard Breed
Marien
Ind
George W. Yoat
Bellaire
Committee of the
Glass Workers
W. J. Smith
Wiliam Dillon
Pittsburg
John F. Hinckley
Thomas Smart
Alton
DIL
John Sailor
Philadelpia
John E Packer
Chicago
Malley
Tarentum
Monongshe House
Beaver Falls Labor Dispute Between Carnegie Company
Tension continues at Beaver Falls as Carnegie Company and its employees remain at odds over unsettled labor matters. Officials declined further comment while workers demand negotiations and improved conditions.
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Carnegie Company
Mills Idle at Beaver Falls Prompts Worker Relief Subscriptions
With idle mills at Beaver Falls no restart planned, many workers have found other jobs. A relief drive was organized by a committee yesterday as some men face full insolvency and no funds.
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Beaver Falls
Beams Assault Allegations Stir Lockout Tensions
Reports tell of John Beams attacked at the Allegheny Valley Railroad crossing as locked out workers claim the account is exaggerated. Reams says two men struck him and police arrested Zimmer. Conners nearby. Millvale incident shows heightened tensions with nonunion contractors amid patrols and public order steps.
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Union Mills
John Beams
Reams
Allegheny Valley
Robert W. Warren
Zimmer
Mr. Warren
Conners
Millvale
Charles Schafferline
Braddock Wire Mill Resumes After Three Week Shutdown
The Braddock Wire Mill will resume operations today after a three weeks shutdown. During the suspension several needed repairs were made. There is enough work promised to keep the plant running steadily.
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Braddock
Suburban Rapid Transit to Expand Southside Route
A stockholders meeting approved doubling the debt from 50000 to 100000 to fund a Southside expansion. The project adds 241 miles of double track, 344 miles ground, five miles single track, and 400 horsepower. Six cars and motors ordered. total fleet 12. completion expected in 30 days. Power house at Knox Ville. grade adjustments faced opposition at Mary and Josephine streets. new line connects White Hall to Jane and Eighteenth streets and to the Twenty-fourth ward.
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Suburban Rapid Transit Street Railway Company
Diamond Street
Jane
Eighteenth Streets
Southside
Knox Ville
White Hall
Eighteenth Street
Eighteenth
Jane Street
Twenty-fourth Ward
Thomas Evans Glass Company
Mary and
Josephine Streets
Tarentum Boss Beaten by Man Over Fire Discharge
Theodore Mollett a cutting department boss at the plate glass works was struck on the head with a baseball bat by James Banks. Mollett's skull was crushed and he is believed to die. Banks was arrested at 44 Poplar alley after a Tarentum pursuit helped locate him.
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Tarentum
Theodore Mollett
Plate Glass Works
James Banks
Mollett
Banks
Poplar Alley
Young Men's Republican Tariff Club Prepares Buffalo Trip
The Young Men's Republican Tariff Club plans a Buffalo convention trip with 300 expected attendees. Meeting tonight finalizes arrangements for September 1 2 including uniforms hats dusters badges and canes. Committee heads include W H McCleary transportation George M Von Boanhorst music John R Murphy decorations John N Neeb decor ations and John Gripp uniforms. Three delegates to the State convention at Williamsport September 2 will be elected.
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Republican Tariff Club
National League of Republican Clubs
Buffalo
W. H. McCleary
George M. von Boanhorst
John R. Murphy
John N. Neeb
John Gripp
Williamsport
Jersey City businessman backs Harrison on tariff shift
Charles and Peshall, a noted Jersey City figure, registered at the Duquesne yesterday. A Republican, he aligns with General Sewell, predicting Harrison carries the land of mosquitoes as tariff sentiment changes and even Democratic leaders fear Cleveland's free trade stance. many will vote Republican.
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Charles & Peshall
Jersey City
Duquesne
Sewell
Harrison
Cleveland
Maude Raymond Arrested in Larceny by Bailee Case
Maude Raymond of Second Avenue was arrested on a warrant before Alderman Toole charged with larceny by bailee. Bertha Kennedy alleges she entrusted a watch and chain to Raymond, who refuses return. Raymond claims the items were stolen and posted bail for a hearing Saturday.
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Maude Raymond
Second Avenue
Alderman Toole
Bertha Kennedy
Tannery Roof Fire in Allegheny Neighborhood
Fire on the roof of CCG Har's tannery on Preble Avenue in Allegheny was reported at 8 o'clock last night. Station 14 sent an alarm but the blaze was extinguished before the fire department arrived with no losses.
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CCG Har
Preble Avenue
Allegheny
Meteor Shower Draws Gaze Over Duff City and Pittsburg
An unusually heavy meteoric shower lit the night skies from 9 PM to 3 AM with over 1,000 shooting stars seen around Pittsburg and Duff City. Observers noted pale yellow meteors, bright moon interference, and a Perseid peak time while Prof Keeler explained meteor origins and speeds.
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Pittsburg
Shady Theatrical Manager Sentenced to 30 Days
Police seek multiple shady theater agencies operating in the city. W H Mansfield, accused theatrical manager, jailed for 30 days. wife seeks divorce claiming past schemes in Findlay and Cleveland. Authorities warn of ongoing investigations into similar operations with a large volume of business.
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W. H. Mansfield
Mansfield
Findlay
Cleveland
Body of Polish man found after dynamite search
George Shetler a Polish man drowned in the Monongahela River near South Thirty-fourth Street Monday night. Friends searched through the night and next day before deciding to use dynamite. Several charges exploded and his body was found near Twenty-seventh Street and buried at St Peter's Cemetery.
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George Shetler
Monongahela
South Thirty-fourth Street
Shetler
Twenty-seventh Street
St Peter's Cemetery
Worker Killed by Freight Train Near Walls Station
Shortly before midnight E Gaughner was struck and killed by a freight train at Walls station on the Pennsylvania Railroad. His body was taken to the morgue where a card in a pocket identified him as employed by John Lee who runs a restaurant at Walls station.
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E. Gaughner
St Walls
Pennsylvania
John Lee
Walls Station
Gates Opened for Pittsburg Chinaman Admitted to U S
After a six week dispute Rev. E R Donehoo and Treasury officials won admission for Yee Lee a Pittsburg Chinaman. He had been barred at Pembina N D and Gretna after Canadian entry and Chinese exclusion law changes. Lee will return to Pittsburg early next week with minister Donehoo declaring the fight a victory for the Chinaman.
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Pittsburg
United States
Yee Lee
Gretna
Canadas
North Dakota
China
San Francisco
Vancouver
Pembina
N. D
Gourley
E. BR. Donehoo
Yee Lee Stones
E R. Donnehoo
Mr. Donehoo
Treasury
West End
Foster
Treasury Department
Donehoo
Pembica
False Pretense Charged Against W. W. Morell
W. W. Morell was jailed by Alderman Gripp on a false pretense charge filed by oil operator Charles R. Bushrick of McDonald. Morell, posing as an heir, sought loans totaling about 1500 while living at the St James Hotel. Detective Murphy uncovered the ruse. Morell has no sick relative and no inheritance. Bail set at 1000 for tonight’s hearing.
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W. W. Morell
Alderman Gripp
Charles R. Bushrick
Bushrick
McDonald
Morell
Pittsburg
Boslhirick
P. J. Murphy
St. James
Robbed His Father Parental Till Robbing
Albert O'Brien a 16 year old South Side boy was arrested at the Lade Erie depot by Captain Stewart around 6 pm for allegedly stealing 160 dollars from his father’s coat pocket after he disappeared from home two weeks earlier. The father reported the loss and later pressed charges. O'Brien returned home last evening and will face Alderman Succop for a hearing.
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Albert O'Brien
Southside
South Nineteenth Street
Lade Erie Depot
Captain Stewart
O’brien
Succop
Unknown Pole Picked Up In Pitiful State On Penn Avenue
An exhausted Polish man wandering Penn avenue was found by two railroad workers in the last stages of consumption and exposure. He could not speak much, was taken to Police Station No. 7, and then sent to a hospital in a pitiable condition. He had been employed on a farm but was discharged due to illness.
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Penn Avenue
No. 7
Mosby
Arthur Street
Fifteen year old charged with tent theft in Dallas ward
Charles Allen aged 16 was arrested for stealing a tent from J. C. Robison's lawn at 4 Siemen street. He gave several stories but confessed after being pressed for the suspects. Robison filed larceny charges with Alder man Hyndman.
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Charles Allen
Nineteenth Ward
J. C. Robison
Siemen Street
Dallas Young Allen
Serjeant Hadrick
Homewood Avenue
Swissvale
Ughlim
Allen
Mr. Robison
Hyndman
Fever cases at Allegheny General Hospital rise
Fifteen fever cases at Allegheny General Hospital include twelve typhoid cases all recently admitted. Only six heat prostration cases have been received to date.
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Allegheny General Hospital
Small Ads Grow After July Increase
The classifieds show a sustained rise with July 92 figures up by 2 523 compared to July last year. Disratcu is noted as increasingly popular amid the month’s advertising surge.
Murder in restaurant ends in fatal stabbing
Gabe Mosby was stabbed in the abdomen by Ed McAllen at Ed Brooks' restaurant on Wylie Avenue yesterday afternoon. Mosby died at Mercy Hospital that evening. Witnesses describe a struggle and McAllen fleeing. police seek the 22 year old suspect as the colored community notes the incident.
Stranded Costa Rica Colony Survivor Tales of Hardship
William A. Norrow and Gertrude Atwood, among colonists recruited by the Central American Land Colonization and Mining Company, describe a three month ordeal in Costa Rica. They faced fever, scarce food, rainwater, and insect stings. Gertrude’s father died, and many others remain unable to return due to funds.
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Worcester
Mass
William A. Norrow
Pennsylvania
Costa Rica
Gertrude Atwood
Central American Land, Colonization and Mining Company
Hornellsville
N. Y
Hornella
Gertrude
Norrow
Seven Unfortunates and Wreck Victims From Bellevernon
A Bellevernon man Louis Carwin, 22, died at Southside Hospital after being struck by a switch engine while with picnickers bound for Aliquippa grove. Additional incidents: Marion Morton killed by a fast freight near Wootville. Andrew Kolar drowned at Braddock. Allan Meis had legs crushed at a mill. Thomas Brown’s right hand crushed. a horse ran amok striking James Weldon. John H Woods seriously injured, leg and ribs broken, at Mercy Hospital.
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Louis Carwin
Marion Morton
Bellevernon
Southside Hospital
Carwin
Aliquippa Grove
Twenty-second Street
Mortorxy
Manafield
Panhandle
Wootiville
KoLtag
Andrew Kolar
Braddock
Meis
Allan Meis
Carn
Thirty-third Street
McCrearly
Elill Street
Allegheny
Brows—Thiemas Brown
Pittsburg
Wertpor
W. C. Thomas
Center Avenue
Herron Avenue
James Weldon
John H. Woods
Penn and
Neeley
Mercy Hospital
Couple Held on Assault and Desertion Charges
Ellen Jones charged her husband E Jones with aggravated assault and battery and desertion, and Frankie Sheppard with surety of the peace. Mrs Jones of 20 Emmet Street and Mrs Sheppard of Jones Avenue faced alleged abuse as bystanders watched. Both jailed unable to post bail, hearing set for August 15.
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Ellen Jones
Toole
E. Jones
Frankie Sheppard
Mra Jones
Emmet Street
Mrs. Sheppard
Jones Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Explosives Excluded From Warehouse and Bond Privileges
A. Kirk & Sons of Pittsburgh were notified by Assistant Secretary Crounso that gunpowder and other explosives except firecrackers are excluded from warehouse act privileges and that explosive articles are excluded from immediate transportation in bond.
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A. Kirk & Sons
Pittsburg
Officials charge Holligan couple with cruelty and neglect
WN E Dorente, secretary of the Anti Cruelty Society, filed charges against Michael Holligan and his wife Mary for cruelty and neglect. Separately John Nowiski and spouse fought at home on Penn Avenue. both arrested and given 30 days to the workhouse. The couple’s four children were left in the defendants’ care amid alleged abuse and insufficient food. hearings set for Friday evening.
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WN. E Dorente
Anti- Cruelty Society
Anit
Alderman Kerr
Michael Holligan
Mary
John Nowiski
Penn Avenue
Tapper to Arrive Today in Pittsburg Under Arrest
A New York telegram to the city police states Benjamin Tapper will be brought to Pittsburg today in charge of Detective Robinson. He is wanted for larceny of 200 dollars in merchandise and was arrested as he prepared to embark for Sweden.
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New York
Benjamin Tapper
Pittsburg
Robinson
Tapper
Sweden
Chief Houghton Captures 32 Tramps at Conemaugh
Chief Houghton captured 32 vagrants at Conemaugh yesterday as they rode freight trains seeking passage. Squire Shaffer fined each $10 and ordered 20 days in jail costs. nine paid the fines while the others were jailed.
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Houghton
Conemaugh
Squire Shaffer
Men’s Lisle Thread Hosiery at Bargain Prices
Listing offers men’s Lisle Thread hose at 35 cents each or 3 for a dollar with extra 4 thread options, double soles and heels priced at 40 cents. Silk half hose described as high value with reductions to 50 cents for 3 pairs, regular and fancy styles noted.
Inquest Finds Blair Guilty in Venetian Shooting
Coroner McDowell held an inquest into the death of John Dougherty who was shot Sunday by Lucien Blair at Venetia. Dougherty died at the city hospital from his wounds. The coroner's jury returned a verdict holding Blair liable for the death.
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McDowell
John Dougherty
Lucien Blair
Venetia
Blair
Citizen Arrest Report Of John Anderson Near Street
Police officer Livingstone of Allegheny arrested John Anderson an 18 year old vagabond near der street after last evening incident. The report notes his status as a vagrant and unclear further charges or disposition.
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Livingstone
Allegheny
John Anderson
Oderson
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Prof
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Lick Observatory
Earth
Allegheny Observatory
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Maria
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Tue Disratcu
Gabe Mosby
Gabriel Mosby
Ed McAllen
Ed Brooks
Wylie Avenue
Eddie McAllen
Eddie
Clinton
Sampson County
N. C
Lindsay
McAllen
Drun
Sis
Knights of the Road
Biber & Easton
Hermsdorf
Martin Bostiniski
Lawrenceville
Homeopathic
Ian
Dos
Frome & Go.’s
Penn Ave
Gotton Bedford
India
Gingham Suits
Anand Tm
Uubtu
ETON
Blazer
W. W. Dermitt & CO
Grant
Sixth Ave
J. Kerwin Miller & CO
Smithfield Street
Fittsburg
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Lowell
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Hartford
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Groetzinger
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