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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1890
Page
2
The Bureau of Health in Pittsburg issues circulars to physicians undertakers and clergymen warning that failures to report births marriages and deaths will lead to prosecutions. Officials cite 5000 annual deaths and 6000 to 7000 births in the city and stress penalties for neglect.
Relatives of workers injured or killed in the 1862 arsenal blast plan to present a memorial to Congress and push a pension bill. A meeting at Mrs. Laura Guinns discussed forming a committee to draft the memorial and organize a public survivors’ gathering. Survivors are asked to submit names by September 17 to H C Burns or James Bollman.
Ye Ark a Chinese laundryman washed residents linen on Granot Street when John Burke attacked him over refused washing. Burke struck Ark, who then grabbed a flatiron. Officer Garrett Crossan intervened and arrested Ark at about 7 p.m. A crowd posted 30 for Ark’s release.
Allegheny detectives pursue Dic Lydick and Edward Gaston, both young men tied to a Blairsville store robbery. They were traced to a Manchester boarding house and fled when officers moved to arrest them. authorities plan to nab them within 24 hours. Lydick has prior penitentiary time. Gaston is described as tall and slender, with alleged Army service.
The Department of Public Worke and Department of Public Safety report record July receipts totaling 12 095 64 dollars. Sources include Diamond markets 7 200 42 Old Ci Hall 250 Adams markets 84 50 South side markets 1 572 15 Monongahela wharf 674 74 Allegheny wharf 310 01 Southside wharf 200 Municipal Hall rent W B Ford 500 old lumber 9 Highland Park rent Vangorder Liord McKee property 750 city scales 93 scale license 150 Bureau of Water assessments 1 404 32.
Prominent Terre Haute businessman Gottlieb Golder returns from a visit and notes local citizens' disappointment at a census figure of 27 000, far below the expected 40 000. The drop costs the city a seat on the State Normal School Board, causing public consternation.
The Sub-Committee on Library of the Allegheny Library Committee met last night to consider publisher bids for the library. Offers were received from firms on the 8,000 relar d, with discounts and regular price lists. Much work was needed to assemble accurate figures.
A detailed report shows daily pig iron output rising from 1 450 tons in 1885 to over 3 000 tons, with total finished iron and steel surpassing 7 000 tons. Most mills are union shops under Amalgamated rates. several pipe mills add 1 450 tons daily, while raw iron remains largely inward to finish.
Officially announced yesterday that the Central Traffic Association restored winter prices on iron shipments. Pittsburg freight agents ratified the action and September 1 will mark the change to regular classification. Carload Chicago shipments at 15 cents per ton sixth class become 17 and 44 hundredths cents and consignments under a carload rated fifth class at 17 and 14 hundredths become 20 cents. The sixth class rate for pig iron and the rate on steel rails remain unchanged. The change applies to shipments between Pittsburg and the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
Domestic gas users face higher costs as the Philadelphia Gas Company contemplates a 50 percent fuel price increase, raising costs for furnaces and glasshouses. Some manufacturers may relocate to cheaper areas like Ohio fields, while meters expand capacity to monitor usage and prices react to market pressures and rival cuts.
The Westinghouse Company advertised for 50 machinists and 50 apprentices, stressing shop comfort and high wages, signaling a potential capital versus labor battle as current strikers and new applicants react. Airbrake workers await a response to their petition while nine hour day gains at Iron City Foundry.
The Western Flint Bottle Association met at the Monongahela House yesterday and unanimously advanced prices. Committees reported higher costs for labor fuel sand and chemicals. A new price list was prepared with averages between five and six percent, though profits for manufacturers are not expected to rise. The goal is a proportionate advance to rising production costs.
President Weihe of the Amalgamated Iron Workers traveled to New Albany Indiana to settle a dispute over pricing with the local firm. Workers, ready to strike, agreed to continue at old rates until his arrival and review.
The Washington Glass Works will resume today after a shutdown. A new annealing bar has been installed and several additions made. The firm contemplates expanding production to include tank manufacturing for barr fissks and brandies, aiming to materially increase output.
Reports describe the disappearance of Charles Long, a painter once living at 132 Locust Street, last seen near his home at 51 Gibbon Street. His wife, four months married, claims he departed for Cleveland last week and says she does not care if he returns.
Messrs T E Morgan Sr and T RB Morgan Jr of Republic Iron Works Allinsee Ohio were at the Dugneane yesterday. The report notes their attendance and references a local seven tied event.
George B. Oliver seeks to testify before a city committee investigating Southside water supply problems. Citizens report long standing shortages and water of poor quality, with complaints from Dr. W. Sadler and others about dirty taste and health risks. The panel will meet next week after chemists Hunt & Clapp report and Oliver returns to the city.
A congregational meeting at the First Congregational Church on Woylie avenue voted 67 against accepting the resignation of Rev. J. B. Koehne and 29 in favor. The result shows a clear preference to retain him amid factional tension between fossils and progressives, with animated but non bitter discourse.
Delegates from German Catholic churches in Pittsburg and Allegheny met to arrange a September 22 parade. The Central German Catholic Priests Association of America will feature the event at its convention. Three divisions will form the parade Pittsburg Allegheny and the Southside with W F Bichen Saub named chief marshal and Bernard Gloeckner Louis Wasg and Anton Stack as division marshals.
Manager P Harris died at Bay Shore Long Island from Brights disease after a period of ill health and travel in Europe. He built a famous cheap yet first class theater circuit including Robbinson Opera House Cincinnati Ford's Theater Washington Baltimore Louisville St Paul and Minneapolis. He leaves a wife two sons and a baby daughter. The Harris Britton and Dean firm will manage all theaters for his heirs.
A 15 year old Polish boy, Mike Suenkosky, was killed at the Thirty third street crossing of the Allegheny Valley Railroad when crushed between box car bumpers after attempting to rejoin a uncoupled train. Several workers were injured including Henry Wythe who may require amputation, James A. Thompson injured from a buggy accident, and Thomas Connelly who lost both feet. An unknown man was killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Thirty third street. Other injuries included John Thorn Jr and William McGrawn. The notice ends with an advertisement for blankets from Jos Hoover & Co.
Advertisements show piano prices from 175 to 290 dollars and square pianos at 734, plus organs and melodeons. dress patterns cut from 15 to 500 each, a bank advert notes savings and mortgage lending, textiles offered at 25 cents per yard, scholarship rental at Pittsburg Female College, and a Berwire Telephone listing.
The Sixth Street Bridge will be leased for 40 years to the Pittsburg Allegheny and Manchester Traction Company at 16000 dollars yearly. A new bridge design by Gustave Lindenthal, with four tracks and two sidewalks, will span the river on granite towers. The bridge remains tollless for the leasing company but will carry streetcars across a future structure.
The Dispatch notes heirs of Bernard Reilly sought for a Tennessee land inheritance left by a Pittsburgh relative. Peter Reilly of Allegheny received a Tennessee law firm’s inquiry claiming the land is worth 90000 and urging quick action. Officer Reilly disclaims kinship.
Jos Horne & Co advertise daily arrivals of fall merchandise with aggressive reductions. Light all wool French Charlies drop to 25 cents a yard while dark colors sell for 35 cents. Curtain department and French Dress Patterns priced well below value. Blankets, laces, embroideries, kid gloves deeply cut to clear stock ahead of winter.
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