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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1889
Page
2
Major William McKinley Jr. travels from Somerset to Monongahela House and East Liverpool to campaign for Foraker. He predicts Foraker will win Ohio and a Republican Senate seat to replace Payne, cites Westward Speakership chances, and notes regional voting blocs and uncertainties in New York and Illinois.
Letters to Austrian Consul Max Schamberg claim that many Hun garians arrested were sick and bedridden before the strike, denying involvement in riots at Heclas or Fishersdale. Signatories Peter Schwingen John A Klein Rudolph Boyd Joseph Radk Schmit F Fibik Joseph Horn urge an investigation.
John Tetner of Mt. Washington was injured yesterday morning while driving stone for Nimick and Co along Gray's lost power near Castle Shannon incline. His wagon overturned, his foot crushed, and his body shaken. the team escaped with minor scrapes as the wagon twisted and broke.
A special 3:30 PM meeting is called to act on the death of William Thaw. Thaw was the club's first associate and life member, elected shortly after the Press Club's organization in 1881.
William Flinn says he guaranteed contracts for Johnstown cleanup and faces lawsuits from Thomas G. Carlin & Co. for 1700 dollars and William Ansbutz for 2200 dollars after the state delayed payment. He describes his role in supplying engines and arranging arbitration with General Hastings.
Alderman Callen of the Sixth ward Allegheny was held without bail at the Nineteenth ward station as his Baader Detective Agency case hearing was postponed. His bondsman failed to appear, delaying renewal of a $1,500 bond. fellow defendant James McCall remained jailed pending bail. The next hearing for Callen and Doughty is set for next Monday at the same hour.
Encampment No 1 Union Veterans Legion adopted a minute praising William Thaw of Pittsburg as a generous philanthropist and devoted citizen. They note his wartime service, support for families, and strong community regard, saluting his memory and offering condolences to Mrs Thaw.
Martin Goodrich attempted to board a moving Panhandle Railroad train near Southside depot. He slipped and lost a leg above the knee, bleeding severely. Homeoio Hospital wagon transported him. Lieutenant Booker treated the injury and buried the severed foot. He lives at Martins Ferry.
The Fountain Committee of the Fifteenth ward will hold a final meeting tonight to plan the erection of a public drinking fountain. The session aims to finalize design and funding steps for the project.
Members of the Allegheny Microscopical Society and Pittsburg branch depart for Buffalo New York for the twelfth annual meeting of the American Society of Microscopists. Lectures on bacteria on ice and microscopical investigations are planned with a large exhibition of instruments.
The society hosts a public exhibition on Thursday with over 300 microscopes and numerous objects. Visitors to Buffalo during the meeting can enjoy boating and fishing excursions and social events. Notables include Milner traveling to Sawo and the East, Blanck touring to the falls then New York, and J G Deden visiting Woods Hall while US Fish Commission HQs are. The American Association for the Advancement of Science opens its Toronto meeting on the 27th, with microscopists likely to attend and a St Lawrence tour planned between events.
The article notes that most injured in the West Penn Railroad disaster last Friday are recovering. James K. Desmer and ex Mayor Lyon remain at Allegheny General Hospital, reported much improved, while Mrs Duff at West Penn Hospital is still precarious. Other patients at West Penn are listed as still serious or improving.
Yesterday a crowd of boys rode logs on the Monongahela near Birmingham Bridge. Little fell in. E T Evans leaped the rail and injured an arm. Ned Young and Frank McDonald swam to help, bringing Little to shore as Dr. Miller revived him. Young injured his back and will be sidelined days.
The Philadelphia Company plans another extension to its steel main. A dinuwap of Sie miles from Gilmore to Niblock station will be added to the main line and the material let as soon as possible.
Ira B. Duncan treasurer for the Traveling Men's Club says R. B. Ford’s release papers have not arrived from Chicago. Detective Coulson reports delays due to incorrect papers. Wells discloses Ford would receive 31.50 from 1635.00 collected. distributions and many subscribers listed amid unclear names and amounts.
In Linden Grove Oakland yesterday four First warders William Johnston William Daily and two others drank heavily in a beer wagon. A man was slightly stabbed. Police arrived after the wagon rolled away to Forbes street near Craft avenue where the horse fell. Dailey and the Johnstons were captured and brought to the Fourteenth ward station while the wounded man escaped. The horse and wagon were taken to the patrol stable. the horse is dying from the strain.
Lewis Peterson Jr secretary of the hospital board says current facilities are inadequate to meet demand. He notes capacity suits about 50 patients, but this year's average has not been less than 60, indicating need for more space. no definite plan announced yet.
Thomas Quinn named as the Casino remainder the only case disclosed by Alderman Carlisle as prosecuted by the L and C for Sunday law violations though he said others faced pending service. John A. Martin and A. J. Kaercher appeals from duplicate fines were continued by Judge Stowe until Saturday. The judge also scheduled sentence for Mollieneaf who pleaded guilty to a disorderly house offense.
J Schultz, a Stowe township farmer, brought potatoes to town yesterday. He tried to sell to Emil Dorner and a dispute broke out. Schultz struck Dorner with a whip, Dorner knocked Schultz down with a club, and Schultz’s false teeth were knocked out. Schultz filed assault and battery charges.
Moorhead Bros. & Co reports Mrs. John Moorhead resting easier after a fall in Lucerne. Prof. Henry Gibbons to study philology in Leipzig for two years. Digby reopens the law library after a two week break with family health improvements. Will P. Clinton to New York for a theatrical engagement. Dr. William H. McKelvey returns from coast trip. R E Umbel, Uniontown lawyer, in Pittsburgh on business. Mrs. John Trunkey and others at Monongahela House. H S Matheson and family stay at Duquesne. J S Winnett arrives as new Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City official. A Warner, Burlington official, in the city. Sawhill returns from health trip. Wunder and Foster in city. Alexander Murdoch off to Buffalo for Florists' Convention. Arthur Hodges noted in city. Joseph Gores and Mayer head East. Lemuel Barrister travels to Canada. Judge Harry White observed in town.
A Cleveland wholesaler offers 15 to 20 percent cuts on glass to retailers to clear stock ahead of a potential September restart by Chambers McKee. Pittsburg and Western Window Glass Manufacturers oppose an early resumption, pledging to strike rather than concede, aiming to keep prices steady and stock from glutting the market.
A strike at the Exposition buildings erupted when three non-union workers were hired by a non union sub contractor. Carpenters demanded a half day off to attend the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners reunion at Aliquippa but were refused. Stonemasons and slaters left, then returned. carpenters expected to resume work soon as opening day nears two days away.
The Great Western Band faces a clash with the Trades Council as Conductor Weis seeks talk with President Marvin through the Exposition Society. Marvin says band members are union men but the contract remains firm. Rumors say organizer John Flannery formed a musicians assembly in response.
A Pittsburg Committee of Freight Agents met at Lake Shore road offices on Wood Street to decide iron and steel freight rate increases. Rates are set to rise about ten percent and take effect Monday September 2, following earlier reductions when prices were low before June 8. The panel adjourned to today to finalize the advance.
Secretary William Dillon of the American Flint Glass Workers Association led Pittsburg members to Wheeling for a conference with glass manufacturers today. The paste mold list will resemble last year's scale for the next five periods. Spang Steel and Iron Company at Sharpsburg cut wages for 112 inch plate roll workers by about ten percent.
Workers in the forge department of Oliver Bros. & Phillips' mill strike in protest of a 25 cent wage reduction proposed on the date not specified. The action reflects labor concerns at the Oliver enterprise and signals potential disruption to production.
Fragmentary note mentions a sale or price related to Herr's product and a listed price of 92 50 per pane. The text is unclear about the exact item or context and contains incomplete phrases.
Misers Costello Watchorn and Barber travel back to England from Pennsylvania mines. Barber says wages in England exceed U S pay for similar work and cites cash weekly wages, year round work, and no black market stores. Morris at Lucville plans to move family home after eight years in the United States.
The carpenters and joiners held a lively outing at Aliquippa Grove with over 1 000 attendees. Two bands performed Cathedral Band under Danohardt and Grand Orchestra. Wahl and Anita chaired the planning. Most attendees stayed for later trains, no accidents occurred, and Maguire sent regrets.
Furnace FP at Braddock had bested the record by blasting since October 18, 1886, casting 224 795 tons. Isabella Furnace No 2 has run 1 185 days since May 26, 1886 and averages above 200 tons daily. Eliza furnace delivers 100 tons per day and has run seven years without a stop since 1882.
Mary Anderson testified that Grant knocked her down kicked her in the eye and struck her in the mouth knocking out three teeth. She showed police a disfigured face as proof of the attack.
Councilman C. H. Hartman reports five petitions circulating for asphalt pavements in Allegheny. Proposals include Lincoln avenue Irwin avenue Ridge to Fort Wayne tracks Ohio street and Cedar avenue near West Penn tracks. Cedar avenue residents offer to pay half the cost. First National Bank directors would fund two thirds of paving Parkway if others pay the remainder.
The Second Brigade Band serenaded Mrs. Schwamb of Philadelphia, mother of John Schamb, stereotyper of The Dispatch, during a visit to the city. She will depart on the 7:25 train to Chicago to visit another son before returning home. The event drew many friends and was highly appreciated.
Mrs Sohey of Hatch's row Fortieth near Willow street was at the Seventeenth ward police station with tremens yesterday. Her baby in her arms was in a sick and serious condition, while two other children at home were covered with venereal disease and in a disease breeding state. Superintendent Dean of the Anti Cruelty Society will act.
Daily brief notes from two cities report injuries and mishaps: Jons McNgrat, a laborer on the Baltimore and Ohio line, injured by a spike near McKeesport and taken to a hospital. Edward Riley, a small tavern keeper near Thirtieth Street, bailed after ejecting a man from his place. A Steinagle team horse ran away on Ohio Street, injuring the owner’s 12 year old son. Jam TMs Williams, a PanSacite brakeman, crushed his right hand. Genos Wartis, worker at Carnegie Street mill, suffered an arm injury at his home on Thirteenth Street.
A city police official foresees sensational developments on return day September 1 as ward constables, including Allegheny’s, face Judge White to report illegal liquor sales. He cites Bauder Bender conspiracy exposures and hints at a syndicate backing speak-easies, with harsher penalties under the Brooks law.
Allegheny County Medical Society organizers met at the Homeopathic Hospital to arrange the visit of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Pennsylvania. The convention runs November 17 to 19 with business sessions in the hospital chapel and a banquet at Monongahela House on the 18th.
John Casey was jailed last night on a capias in default of $300 bail in a suit for damages for slander brought by Frank W. Swain. He will be held for trial in court.
A man named Charles Hink of No 4 Monastery Street dropped a keg of nails on his foot and was taken to Southside Hospital. The last seashore excursion for the season departs Thursday August 23 via Pennsylvania Railroad from Union Station at 8 50 p m. Tickets include 10 round trip and are valid 10 days. A beer ad notes Frauenheim Vilsack's beer as home brewed and superior, with telephone contact 1186.
The piece touts Marvin's ginger snack as wholesome for children while noting modest contest results for Allegheny Baseball Club and a few unlikely prizes. It also advertises scholarships at Pittsburg Female College and a medicine pitch for bowel issues.
An unclear fragment notes plans for preparations tied to a pionic phrase and a traveler’s exit. It references Marvin's or ginger tea and toape and sods crak in a garbled context.
The remains of William Thaw are expected in New York on Wednesday August 28 and in Pittsburgh on Thursday. A cablegram from Griscom of the Inman Line says the body will be taken home on the City of Paris, which sails tomorrow. If the body arrives next Thursday the funeral will likely occur the following day. Face exposure at Third Presbyterian Church is possible if the will permits. family opposes public burial.
Dr. W F Barclay reports 3 of 13 new typhoid cases to health officials yesterday. The three cases come from near Fifth Avenue and Van Braam Street where an old caved in private sewer is blamed for the sickness.
Notice from Perkins detective office reports Murphy Greigel, a train wrecker, arrested and jailed in New Castle. He is named as Caldwell's accomplice in the Wampum train wreck and was beaten by Caldwell, who betrayed him.
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