Mills Edge Toward Steel Jobbing Scale Agreement
Several Illinois and Belleville firms signed the steel scale while others face delays before starting operations. The Amalgamated Association and the Association of Iron and Steel Sheet Manufacturers held talks Saturday, with concessions made but no final deal. A new conference is planned as ore gavages and sizes are debated, aiming to sign the jobbing scale and trigger five more mills to open.
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Fim
Illinois Steel Company
Belleville Steel Company
Oliver Iron and Steel Company
Jarret
Association of Iron Aod Steel Sheet Manufacturers
Welke
Amalgamated Association
Weike
Weihbe
Weihe
Lawrenceville
Telegraph Operators to Seek Higher Wages on KR and O Line
Operators from 22 divisions of the KR & O road meet at St Charlies Hotel to press wage grievances. J T Nolan chairs, E D Greib secretary, citing 6000 members. They seek a $50 monthly minimum and overtime pay, aiming for a new wage scale on the Philadelphia to Chicago line and across affiliated roads.
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KR & O. Road
St. Charlies Hotel
J. T. Nolan
Washington
E D. Greib
Order of Railway Telegraphera
Nolan Saia
United States
Nolat
B&o
Thealtimore & Ohio
Philadelphia
Chicago
Iron firms join Amalgamated scale, 93 signed
Excluding Pittsburg manufacturers, 93 iron firms have signed the new Amalgamated scale. Three firms were added yesterday: Labelle Iron Company, Eten Iron and Steel Company of Bridgeport, Ohio, and Terre Haute Iron and Steel Company. They have not yet forwarded their steel union.
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Pittsburg
Labelle Iron Company
Eten Iron and Steel Company
Bridgeport, O
Terre Haute Iron and Steel Company
Iron Scale Committee Plans Printing Scale
The Iron Scale Committee formed by two local iron manufacturers and two Amalgamated Association members outlines plans for printing the new scale. After the Conference Committee returns from Youngstown, the matter will be fully settled.
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Amalgamated Association
Youngetown
Amalgamated toale signed but Etna mill idle as workers strike
At Spang Chalfant Co iron works in Etna the Amalgamated toale has been signed yet workers refuse to return. They demand fair pay and abolition of discharged men. The mill remains idle as the dispute keeps workers away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spang, Chalfant & Co
Etna
Braddock Mill Resumes Operations After Fire and Repairs
The Braddock wire mill red mill began operating yesterday while the nail mill is set to restart tomorrow morning. Furnace A of the Carnegie blast furnaces was blown out yesterday for repairs and Furnace F remains out of blast.
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Braddock
Carnegie Blast
Beaver Falls Glass Works Reopens After Six Week Idle
The co operative glass works at Beaver Falls started yesterday morning after an idle period of six weeks. Prospects look good for a large fall and winter trade.
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Co-Operative Glass Works
Beaver Falls
There Is No Place Like Home In Pittsburgh Park Plan
Samuel Paisley superintendent of Highland Park and East End streets, with Foreman Burke, returned from a brief West trip. They gathered data in Chicago and other cities to improve Pittsburgh parks. Paisley says Pittsburgh parks surpass those seen elsewhere.
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Samuel Paisley
Highland Park
East End
Foreman Burke
Chicago
Pittsburg
Paisley
Gotten Another Trial for Tobies Seizure Case
James Wampley fined £25 and costs by Squire Hughes on information from Constable Long for selling tob ies and cigars on Sunday at McKeesport. The matter carried to Common Pleas Court yesterday where it will be argued in September.
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Gete
James Wampley
Squire Hughes
Constable Long
McKeesport
Common Pleas Court
Allegheny County Institute Adopts New Teacher Classes
The forty second annual Allegheny County Teachers Institute opens at Pittsburg High School next Monday. Instructors include D J Waller A S Draper A E Winship Mathilde Coffin A E Maltby T B Noss Charles W Deane Emory P Russel. Classes A to D divide primary to ungraded work to ease instruction of many teachers. Directors day Thursday features addresses by Waller Draper and Winship.
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Allegheny County Teachers’ Institute
Pittsburg
D. J. Waller
State of Pennsylvania
A.S. Draper
New York
A. E. Winship
Boston
Mass
Mathilde
Coffin
Detroit
Mich
A. E Maltby
Slippery Rock
T. B. Noss
California
Charles W. Deane
Indiana
Emory P. Russel
Drl. Waller
Man jailed for aggravated assault on wife after attack
Charles E Gray of Ross street was committed to jail by Magistrate Gripp to await a hearing on aggravated assault and battery. His wife, badly injured, lies in Police Surgeon Moyer’s care and cannot leave bed. The hearing is set for Thursday.
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Charles E Gray
Ross Street
Gripp
McKelvey
Moyer
Gray
McIntyre
John MelIntyre
Max Raden
Donovan
Raden
Weir Woman Wanders From Home Near Allegheny
Mrs Caroline Weir, described as slightly de mented, wandered from her home at U1 Lowry Street Allegheny yesterday forenoon. 52 years old, dark hair with gray, slight build, wore a light blue sunbonnet and blue calico wrapper. Sixth time she has wandered, usually toward the country and found far from the city.
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Caroline Weir
Lowry Street
Allegheny
Charles Weir
New Bessemer Mill Opens at Homestead Amid Clash with Union
The Carnegie Company started a new Bessemer converting mill at Homestead, running three heats of 12 tons by 4:30 with smooth operation. Manager Potter warned that a union man will never work there as locked out workers and deserters sparked pursuit along the river. A colored man attempting to cross the Monongahela fled skiffs while shots were fired. two maidens helped deter pursuit. The Advisory Board denies pressuring merchants not to serve non union men, while Labor Federation funds loom as promised aid stiffens locked out workers.
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Homestead
Bessemer
Potter
Carnegie Company
Hunter
Munhall
West Penn Hospital
Eighth Avenue
Monongahely
Fifteenth Regiment
Apite
Euch
David Lynch
Homestead Advisory Board
Lawrenceville
Federation of Labor
Two Brothers Seek Work Amid Hard Luck
A man describes his family of two young men facing hardship. One has found some success, the other none. Yesterday the latter presented himself to Manager Potter, was offered a job, and will start this morning in the new Bessemer Converting plant.
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Homestead
Pittsburg
Lawrenceville Mills
Pennsyvania
Pennsylvania
Pepe Tho
Potter
Bessemer
Frick Expected Back Today as Carnegie Works Run Smooth
Secretary Lovejoy reports H. Frick will be home this morning with Phil Knox and About a half dozen iron men. Work proceeds at the Thirty-third Street mill and Homestead with new open hearth element in operation to speed steel handling. Government inspectors express satisfaction. total employment near 1,700 with all men assigned.
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Carnegie Company
Lovejoy Saya
Milla
Lovejoy Saya H. Frick
Ligonier
Cresson
Phil Knox
Knox
Twenty-ninth Street
Homestead
Lovejoy
Gompera
Potter
Philadelphia Company
Nron Mills
Upper Union Mills Sees Mixed Signals in Carnegie Steel Strike
Managers report securing 30 new recruits and a double shift at Upper Union Mills while five to six non union workers were absent. Lockout leaders say morale is mixed as five top mill roughnecks join Amalgamated forces and a 20 inch mill remains unrepaired. Lower mill idle, furnaces damped, Union Hall meeting erupts with leaders pledging no compromise.
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Carnegie Steel Company
Dillon
Twenty-ninth Street
Union Hall
Atirty-Second Street
Liberty Avenue
Weigh
Warren
Richard Nichols
David Lynch
Homestead
Fallen woman and mysterious death shake Connellsville
In Connellsville a woman Miss Blanche Baldsley lies near death after a fatal fall from a hill. Samuel Sharp, injured with a broken leg, faces arrest if she dies. Police doubt both survivors stories and probe the hilltop incident and two other companions.
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Blanche Baldsley
Connellsville
Allegheny General Hospital
Samuel Sharp
Miss Bardsley
Miner Is Crushed At McDonald Mine
An unknown Frenchman, about 50, employed in McDonald coal mines, was badly crushed by slate and had a leg amputated at West Penn Hospital after a fall. He is in serious condition.
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West Penn Hospital
McDonald
Chiodo Held For Court In Firearm Arson Case
Antonio Chiodo Italian charged with setting fire to Thomas Lindsay residence on Linden Avenue and shooting at a family member was held for court without bail by Magistrate Hyndman. Key testimony cited a revolver found on Chiodo and a love letter. defense denies involvement.
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Antonio Chiodo
Thomas Lindsay
Linden Avenues
Mr. Lindsay
Hyndman
Nineteenth Ward
Mary McNamee
Chiodo
Toney Alcorra
Cbiodo
Drunken mother endangers infant in Carey alley incident
Mrs Fitspatrick, reportedly drunk, wandered Southside Carey alley with a baby, dropping the child and letting whisky be given. The infant was bruised but treated by a physician and sobered. the mother was jailed as a neighbor agreed to care for the child. A prior winter arrest for the same offense is noted.
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Fitspatrick
Mary Fitspatrick
Carey Alley
THE PENNYS EXHIBIT FOR CHICAGO FAIR FEATURES A FOUR TRACK DEPOT
George W Massey national World's Fair Commissioner for Delaware and officials bound for Chicago discuss plans for a big railroad exhibit at the fair. The proposed depot will be four tracks near the main entrance costing 75000 dollars with material still undecided between stone brick or iron. The exhibit space will crowd other displays and is noted as a major synchronized presentation from the Pennsylvania Road and associates. Massey touts Chicago and the fair while commenting on political tariff debates and silver medallions sales prospects.
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George W. Massey
Delaware
Theo
N. Ely
Pennsylvania Road
Thompson
Chicago
Ely
J. Ely
New York
Massey
Cleveland
Quay and Son Visit Philadelphia Politician Update
Senator Quay and his son Dick traveled to Philadelphia to meet State Chairman Frank Reeder. Quay aims to gauge national sentiment from press information and expects little outside effort from Reeder beyond Pennsylvania. The ex-National Chairman showed indifference about November results and did not consider the Homestead dispute affecting votes. He predicted Harrison would win based on current information.
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Quay
Philadelphia
Frank Reeder
Pennsylvania
Harrison
Dr Foster Defends Sanitary Condition at Homestead Mill
Dr Foster, consulting physician for the Homestead mill in Crafton, defended the sanitary condition of the works yesterday. Dr Wibel, formerly of West Penn Hospital, now heads the men. He notes fewer accidents and sickness than a grey encampment, with a consumptive and an Italian worker sent to West Penn Hospital after a toe injury. Wibel has a well equipped hospital tent and ample medicines, while Foster praises the food quality.
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Foster
Crafton
Homestead
Wibel
West Penn Hospital
Weekly death report from Pittsburg area
The Bureau of Health records 110 total Pittsburg deaths for the week ending August 6, with 3 typhoid 16 consumption 3 convulsions 4 pneumonia 17 choleraic diarrhea and 3 old age. Fifteen are Coroner's cases. Allegheny total 36 deaths: 20 males, 16 females. This is the lowest weekly death rate this summer apart from the week ending June 12.
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Bureau of Health
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Iroquois Band Grand Concert Sets Knights of Pythian Visit
Three soloists of high reputation including cornetist Mr. A. G. Hewitt will perform tonight for a Lancaster grand concert by the Iroquois Band in honor of the Knights of Pythian conclave at the Grand Opera House. The program begins at 8:15 PM with expectant attendance from visiting knights and local residents.
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A. G. Hewitt
Lancaster
Knights of Pythian
Grand Opera House
Mills Resume at Southside Glass Plants and Nearby Mills
All Southside glass factories under United States Glass Company resumed operations yesterday. New starts included the Sligo plate mill, the puddling department at A Byers & Co., and the eight inch bar mill. At Oliver Iron and Steel, the ten inch mill began in the Tenth street plant, with Fifteenth street works expected to resume today or tomorrow. The Sligo addling department will run tomorrow, and Painter & Sons are anticipated to be ready soon.
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United States Glass Company
Sligo
A Byers & Co
Tenth Street
Oliver Iron and Steel Compi Fe
Oliver Company
Fifteenth Street
Painter & Sons
Hope for End at Homestead Depends on September First
Adjutant General W. W. Greenland, visiting Harrisburg from Clarion, says staffing changes may occur if the Homestead guard crisis continues past September 1. He notes troopers endure severe duty and that local regiments could be called again, though the men do not describe conditions as a picnic.
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Fromrstead
W. W. Greenland
Clarion
Harrisburg
Wiley
Mill Workers Divive, Duquesne Union Calls Rise in Wages
A Duquesne committee toured houses with workmen to boost wages, winning 125 old members into the Amalgamated Association. Mills erecting worker accommodations to prevent disruptions, $2,000 distributed to needy families. Jack Clifford, Homestead murder riot suspect, remains jailed with $7,000 bail posted. $5,000 needed for release sought from Mrs Gasky, who was away at the time.
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Duquesne
Amalgamated Association
Jack Clifford
Ewing
Carnegie Company Wills Idle in Beaver Falls Awaiting Return
Wills of the Carnegie Company at Beaver Falls remain idle and deserted with no sign of resumption. The workers stay firm and hopeful they will regain work, and they continue to monitor trains for non-union men attempting to join the site.
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Carnegie Company
Beaver Falls
Death of Allegheny carpenter from apoplexy at work
Thomas Cavanaugh a 46 year old carpenter employed by Henry G Hale died suddenly at his work on Charles street Allegheny. He had complained of poor health for six weeks and attended mass at the Cathedral that morning before returning to the store. He collapsed around 11 am, died before doctors arrived, with an inquest planned. He was a trusted eight year employee and resident of the city.
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Thomas Cavanaugh
Henry G. Hale
Charles Street
Allegheny
Cavanaugh
Mr. Hale
Marvin Bakery’s Grandfather’s Hat Cake Delights Local Shoppers
Bakers 034 class show limited progress in the business war but Marvin bakery stands out with a new Grandfather’s Hat cake. The confectioner publicly pleased customers, even addressing presidential campaign themes, predicting wide grocery store presence and immense popularity.
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Marvin
Dusky Diamond Soap Marketed by James Kirk Co Chicago
James Kirk and Co of Chicago market Dusky Diamond Soap after fifty years of experience. The soap uses tar as a healing and softening agent, suited for hard or cracked hands. It is advertised as a versatile product for leasehold uses and available at grocers.
Fall Overcoats Ready for Cleaning and Repair at Pfeffer's
Fall overcoats will soon be needed and Pfeffer's on Smithfield Street and Federal Street in Allegheny offers cleaning and repair services. They promise best work and provide contact via telephone 1264-3409. Trav HEAL ESTATE SAVINGS BANK LIM.
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Pfeffer's
Smithfield Street
Federal Street
Allegheny
Trav
Heal Estate Savings Bank, Lim
Preffer
Federal — Ee Enouy
Delicate Operation by Dr Sadler in Punxsutawney Visit
Mr 8 8 Aley of Punxsutawney traveled to the city to have lupus of the eye treated by Dr Sadler on Penn avenue. The right lower lid was affected. The granular tissue was removed and electric cautery applied destroying diseased cells. The operation was a complete success and very rapid with little pain.
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Aley
Punxsutawney
Sadler
Penn Avenue
Tragic Wknd on Southside Claims Two Men
John O'Connor 24, a driver for Binger Nimick Manufacturing on West Carson Street, was killed instantly when his wagon was run over by a heavy load of machinery about 2 PM yesterday. Henry Loel 31, a pile driver worker on Greenfield Avenue, was fatally struck when a misplaced pile hammer knocked a stick, boarding at 533 Forbes Street with a wife and two children in Ireland. An inquest will be held.
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John O’connor
Binger-Nimick Manufacturing Company
West Carson Street
Southside
Fighth Street
Henry Loel
Greenfield Avenue
Forbes Street
Ireland
Allegheny Council Reapportionment Plan Discussed
The Allegheny committee on reapportioning Common Council members met with only Einstein and Neeb present. A new session was set for Thursday at 8, proposing a council drop from 53 to 4 members with the Fourteenth gaining one seat and substantial cuts in the Second, Third, Fourth, Ninth, and Twelfth wards.
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Allegheny Council
Allegheny Committee
Common Council
Messrs. Einstein
Neeb
Milk adulteration uncovered at Lake Erie depot
Milk inspector Price returned from vacation to news that 200 gallons arrived by train at the Lake Erie depot, with fifty five gallons found watered. The guilty parties will be prosecuted.
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Mik
Price
Lake Erie
Death by Iron Fall Crushed Workman Patrick Ryan
Patrick Ryan aged 32, a Keystone Bridge Works employee, was crushed by falling iron in the afternoon. He was taken to his home on Thirtieth Street. A drowning victim’s body was recovered from the Monongahela River near Union.
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Patrick Ryan
Keystone Bridge Works
Thirtieth Street
Monongahela River
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Union
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