Union Mills activity hints at continued iron work for customers
At the Union Mills, Twenty-ninth Street, signs of work continue with 12 and 18 inch mills operating, No. 2 plate mill thriving, and a plate mill planned to replace the old 20 inch unit. Lower Mills show lighted furnaces and structural tearing. Secretary Lovejoy cites no immediate abandonment of muck bars while noting some customers prefer iron to steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty-Ninth Street
Upper Union
Lower Union
Aix
Lovejoy
Upper Union Mills
Ateei
Secretive Carnegie Bosses Target Homestead Labor
Secretary Lovejoy of the Carnegie Company describes careful selection of skilled mill workers at Homestead with about four new men employed daily. He estimates some 1,800 guards or workers may be present. Pinkertons pursue Winchester rifles as tensions rise. Detectives use search warrants while Alderman McMasters denies office involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovejoy
Carnegie Company
Homestead
Winchester
Pinkertons
Mr. Lovejoy
Alderman McMasters
Picnic at Ross Grove Draws 3000 for Homestead Strikers
About 3,000 Homestead steel workers and friends attended a Ross Grove picnic organized by the Homestead Advisory Board under Acting Chairman Tom Crawford. The event featured instrumental music, a well kept grove, and ample refreshments, yielding a profit near 3000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Ross' Grove
Homestead Advisory Board
Tom Crawford
Roberts Heads to Newark to Advocate Homestead Cause
Confidence runs high as W. T. Roberts travels to Newark to address Homestead supporters. He predicts victory and notes Burgess McLuckie’s success in the East. No armor plate has been rolled since the strike, and Superintendent Skewis and Jamieson have quit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Roberts
Newark
Burgess McLuckie
Skewis
Jamieson
Took his Own Part. Port Perry pattern maker in street brawl
Harry Crawford of Port Perry, a pattern maker at the Homestead steel works, was hooted by loungers on his way to work. He returned, knocked down a man named Harry Carter who aided the fallen man. Carter’s brother-in-law George Stockhill and soldiers nearby intervened as Crawford was badly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Crawford
Port Perry
Homestead Steel Works
Harry Carter
Crawford
Carter
George Stockhill
Joseph Dougherty
Michael Lowry
Copeland Street
Shadyside
Dougherty
Aiken Avenue
Lowry
Nineteenth Ward
Cathcart
Lamb denies Hatfield claim on meeting to return to work
In a letter to The Dispatch T. G. Lamb of Homestead refutes George Hatfield’s assertion that Lamb summoned a meeting of mechanical department workers to discuss returning to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Lamb
Homestead
Dispatch
George Hatfield
Lamb
Mechanical Department
Arsenic in Dumplings A Southside Family Poisoned
Six members of James Hogan's family in No 87 South Fifteenth street fell ill after apple dumplings. Mrs Hogan admitted adding arsenic from a rat poison box to the dough, mistaking it for baking powder. Doctors treated cramping and arsenic exposure, and recovery was hoped for. A separate note mentions Asbury Park and Ocean Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hogan
South Fifteenth Street
Mra Hogan
W. J. Riggs
Prohibition Rally Opens in Allegheny County
The Prohibition party opened its campaign in Allegheny county at the Grand Opera House with an enthusiastic crowd. Mrs. Helen Gouger of Indiana spoke on labor troubles and the liquor traffic, warning of civil war and urging votes for Prohibition and General Bidwell to end the liquor trade and reduce prison labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition Party
Allegheny County
Grand Opera House
J. R. Garber
Anna Parks
Helen M. Gouger
Indiana
National Prohibition Party
Mra Gouger
Harmon
Cleveland
Brother Wanamaker
Tennessee
General Bidwell
Prohibition
Minera
Carnegies
Fricks
Emancipation Echoes in Prohibition Polemics
A speaker denounces McKinley tariff and liquor interests, calls Republicans and Democrats twins in dishonesty, mocks Pennsylvania ballot laws, and foresees a future emancipation movement led by the people against rule by power. The speech links prohibition to a pivotal political shift and hints at a radical reform moment ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
John Brown
Conference to Nominate Judge Candidate in Butler-Lawrence District
A Monday meeting at the Hotel Schlosser in Pittsburg will name a Republican candidate for judge in the Butler-Lawrence district. Ex-Senator John M. Greer of Butler and W D Wallace of Lawrence lead competing tickets with three conferees each. Nine conferees have met repeatedly, and a vacancy exists as Judge Stowe declines to act on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler-Lawrence
Pittsburg
Jaige Stowe Drolines
Hotel Schlosser
John M. Greer
Butler County
W. D. Wialince
Lawrence County
Stowe
J. W. Lee
Franklin
G. W. Anderson
Sewickley
Lawrence
Senate
Wallace
Mercer
Butler
Beaver
Major McDowell
Mercer County
Downing
Taite
Hazen
New Castle
Quay Aides Say Election Will Be Hard Fight
Hamilton Disston, Philadelphia politician and saw manufacturer, visits the city after a train meeting with C. L. Magee. He denies acting as mediator between Senator Quay and the Republican National Committee and says Quay and Platt are not in the sulks. Disston backs the party’s power and expects Harris on re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Disston
Philadelphia
C. L. Magee
Quay
Republican National Committee
Chairman Carter
Montana
Mr. Quay
Mr. Carter
Senator Quay
Mr. Disston
Washington
National Committee
Platt
Harrison
Colonel Stewart Nominated for Fayette County Seat
Fayette county chairman Colonel Andrew Stewart, once unseated by the late Congressman Craig, visits Pittsburg and plans a Monday meeting with Republican chairs from four counties at Monongahela House to decide a candidate. Byrne says Fayette Republicans want Stewart nominated to unite factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Andrew Stewart
Craig
Pittsburg
Monongahela House
Byrne
Republican Committee
Colonel Stewart
Stewart
Burna
Burns
Judge Stowe Refuses to Serve in Butler-Lawrence Nomination
Judge Stowe traveled to New York with his family and declined to act as a commissioner in the Butler Lawrence judicial nomination. Wallace and ex-Senator John M. Greer are the candidates. Robb visited him to press for service, but the judge refused, citing weighty reasons and noting he would not start Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stowe
New York
Europe
Wallace
John M. Greer
Butler
John M. Robb
Woods Run mill manager seeks Allegheny Public Works chief post
Robert McAfee of the Oliver Iron and Steel Company Woods Run mill has consented to run for Chief of the Allegheny Department of Public Works to be filled next January. He previously served as select councilman for the Eleventh ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Ehlers
Robert McAfee
Woods Run
Oliver Iron and Steel Company
Allegheny Department of Public Works
Progress on Clearfield DuBois railroad line announced
J W Greer of DuBois reports good progress on the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg line between Clearfield and DuBois. The missing direct route will connect these towns and promote coal and lumber shipments, opening up the region and aiding Creek road traffic with this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Greer
DuBois
Clearfield
Buffalo
Rochester
Pittsburg
Cooneag Sea Becch Creek
They Stole His Satchel In Shelton Theft Report
Hiram Feazer of Shelton Washington reports to police that a satchel containing clothing and valuable papers was stolen last night from his home. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Feazer
Shelton
Wash
Recett A Feazer
Car Thieves Caught Confession Ties Patterson to Zinc Heist
Andrew Patterson was arrested with William Briggs and James Meshullam over wholesale railroad zinc robberies on the West Penn line. Meshullam confessed linking Patterson to the theft and police searched for Patterson until his arrest at Jones foundry. Authorities believe more arrests will follow as they watch a hotel beneath the Forty third street bridge long tied to the gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Patterson
William Briggs
James Meshullam
West Penn Railroad
West Penn Road
Bennett Station
J. B. Hazlett
Davis
Forty-third Street
Mr. Hazlett
Officer Davis
Justice of Peace
J. E. Rheam
James Martin
Meshullam
Patterson
Alderman Rheam
Jones’ Foundry
Valley Road
D. RB. Maeder’s
Fifth Avenue
Lynch
McConnell
Riverside
Red Lion
Bolesale
Forty-third Street Bridge
A HUNDRED MILES OF WIRE FOR FIRE ALARM UPGRADE
Superintendent Morris Mead of the Bureau of Electricity estimates more than 100 miles of wire will be needed to implement the Brown planned fire alarm changes. Thirty circuits will replace five, each ready for 15 alarm boxes, with room to add circuits as the city grows. Chief Brown and Superintendent Humphries surveyed a new engine house site in the Thirty first ward as bids for its building circulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Mead
Bureau of Electricity
Brown
Chief Brown
Humphries
Disappearance Tied to Embezzlement and Insurance Chase
Thomas C. Smith former bookkeeper for J. A. Galvin root beer maker vanished on July 5 amid alleged cash embezzlement of 700 dollars during Galvin’s illness. Smith’s brother, employed at a Wood Street trunk store, disappeared as well. Police seek both men who may seek insurance proceeds from their recently deceased father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Smith
J. A. Galvin
Mr. Galvin
Smith
Wood Street
St Xavier’s Academy to Reopen September First
St Xavier’s Academy Beatty Fa will reopen September 1. Parents are urged to send children to the opening session as classes form and the camne mise honors commence at once. Trains will meet the schedules with arrival times 1 and 2 40 and 7. daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Xavier’s Academy
Beatty
Pte
Cloud Burst Destroys Freedom Town Structures Ravaged
A cloud burst at Freedom near Rochester caused extensive damage with the main street washed away six feet deep. Houses were moved, debris filled hillsides, and the Fort Wayne line was delayed though no one was hurt. Roads to Lower St. Clair vanished and the town faced severe flooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis
Ft. Wayne
Freedom
Rochester
Charles Miller
New Brighton
Ft Warne
Lower St. Cisir
Beaver Falls
New Brichton
Pittsburg
Dog Catcher Bit by Metzs Large St Bernard
City dog catcher James McNally and G Washington Alexander pursued a mongrel near Nicholas Metz’s Lafayette alley home. McNally was bitten and his hand mangled when Metz’s licensed St Bernard charged from the yard during the capture attempt. Metz posted bail for a hearing tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McNally
Nicholas Metz
Kerr
McNally
G. Washington Alexander
Lafayette Alley
Metz
Alexander
St. Bernard
Peddler Terence Smith Dies at General Hospital
Terence Smith, an elderly Irish peddler of lamp chimneys on the Northside for 15 years, died yesterday afternoon at General Hospital after admission by the Department of Charities. He cited poverty and rent failure as factors, with two sons and two daughters living in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
General Hospital
Terence Smith
Department of Charities
Pinch Sea
New York
Rumor of Pittsburg switchmen strike proven false
Late last night rumors spread that Pittsburg division switchmen planned a midnight walkout. A check at Twenty-eighth Street yards found no strike. local switchmen report fair pay and no sympathy action planned. Engineers and telegraph operators may decide today on possible support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Twenty-eighth Street
Union Station
Thieves Break In On Margaretta Street East End
Burglars entered the residence of Joseph Weldon on Margaretta street while the family was away last night and stole silverware from the sideboard three umbrellas a gold headed cane and bric a brac from the parlor mantel. Police notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Weldon
Margaretta Street
East End
Police Restore Order at Woods Run Depot Feud
Superintendent Muth of Allegheny has dispersed crowds at the Woods Run depot. Thirteen officers remain on duty to ensure stability and will be kept until the need passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muth
Allegheny
Woods’ Run
Special Excavatons and Transport Tickets Announced
Fragmentary notice lists travel and excursion opportunities with dates in August. Mentions Niagara Falls Toronto Cleveland Detroit and Lake Chautauqua with round trip and five day ticket validity. Pricing appears garbled but references various ticket options and return trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Detroit
Many New Citizens As Parties Plan Campaign Headquarters
Judge Buffington naturalizes 55 individuals, with Germans leading nationalities. A voter education school opens at the Republican County Committee HQ in the Magee building to explain the Baker ballot law. The effort aims to educate election boards and ensure orderly voting as the presidential ballot grows complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffington
United States District Court
United States
Republican County Committee
Magee
Fourth Avenue
Baker
East End Tragedy Ends With Officer Lowry Knockout
A violent street confrontation on Copeland street in Shadyside ended with Officer Michael Lowry knocking out Joseph Dougherty after a knife threat and home destruction. Lowry and Dougherty suffered injuries. Dougherty, jailed on aggravated assault charges, while Lowry recovers at home.
England mystery linked to Butler Street widow’s claim
Mrs Margaret Woods of Butler Street Eighteenth ward visited police HQ seeking details of her husband’s death in Stockport England. Aged 55 she came to the United States 35 years ago with nine children after her husband returned to England. He left a snug estate willed to her and attorneys prepare to transfer it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs Patch
Margaret Woods
Butler Street
Eighteenth Ward
Stockport
England
Woods
Dornberger and Harris Arraigned on Embezzlement and Blackmail
Julius Dornberger and BR H Harris alias Harrison were arraigned before Magistrate Succop of the Southside. Dornberger faces embezzlement and blackmail charges while Harris received no hearing on that charge. Prosecutor is Jd M Hammel, a prominent Southsider and former employer of Dornberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Dornberger
BR. H. Harris
Harrison
Succop
Southside
Harris
Jd. M. Hammel
Dornberger
Low Rate Excursions to Kansas City by B and O R R
Knights Pythiss Encam pent at Kansas City offers excursion tickets for August 19 to 22 with return by September 15. Rates from Pitts to Kansas City round trip 15 dollars, to St. Louis 13 dollars, to Chicago 10 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Louis
Chicago
Knights Pythiss
Pitts
St. Louis
Peor Flour Promises Quality Bread and Popular Brands
The Iron City Milling Company markets Peor flour under celebrated names Rosalia and Our Best. Industry calls praise the flour as the best in the world, claimed to produce superior bread.
Real Estate Savings Bank promotes deposits and savings
An old advertisement touts deposits at Real Estate Savings Bank Cor at 401 Smithfield Street with $1 account opening, 4 percent interest, and $75,000 surplus. It links fortunes to small deposits and mentions 81 Fourth Avenue as another bank. It also hints tenants via The Dispatch cent-a-word ads and urges neighborly inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People's Savings Bank
Fourth Avenue
Housekeepers Bargain Sale Closes Large Lots at Attractive Prices
A Housekeepers' Bargain Sale announces closing out several large lots of good goods at wonderfully attractive prices. The item describes a clearance event with emphasis on value and inventory reduction.
White Crochet Quilts Sale at Reduced Prices
A large selection of white crochet quilts in various grades is closed out at 65c 75c 85c and 90c each. Full size quilts priced from 1 to 2 dollars with notable extras and limited sale quantities available this morning.
Marseilles Quilts Offered at Bargain Prices
All present stock reduced with choices and perfect quality. $1.50 quilts cut to $1.10, $2.00 to $1.50, $2.50 to $2.00, $4.00 to $2.75, $5.00 to $3.50, and similar cuts on finer Marseilles quilts.
Muslin Pillow Gases and Sheets at Low Prices
Ready made and well made muslin pillow cases and sheets advertised with low prices. Pillow cases listed in two sizes, sheets presented as full size at 34 cents each. Emphasizes quality, range from finer to finest muslins and best makes.
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Key Grove
Tabor
Asbury Park
Ocean Grove
Whisky
RUM
Payette
Aeraponalbis
Idaho
Republican Party
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Grant
Seward
Democratic Party
Frick
Seahenna Ceennie
Snd
Biber & Easton
H. S
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Smithfield Street
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Waring
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Morrow
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Winston
Pittaburg
Dos
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Penn Ave
Marseilles
OFI
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Groetzinger
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