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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1890
Page
9
A detailed look at how to obtain a building permit, the required descriptions, and fees from $3 to $5 for the first $5,000 of value. The process includes fire limits rules, the Board of Wooden Buildings, and inspection steps for water, sewer, and structural safety.
Inspector McAleese filed charges against M Gallinger pawn broker on Poon avenue for receiving stolen goods. John Gangwisch, crippled and jailed at Central station, is accused of stealing a gold watch and jewelry from Thomas Dugan's hotel, with Gallinger later buying the watch. Evidence ties Gallinger to Gangwisch, who faces trial while bail set at 1000. The case links to a door knob mark at the burglary and may prompt broader crackdowns on pawnbrokers.
A new council of the Jr. O U A M was organized on Mt. Washington last night labeled Samuel Harper Council with 49 charter members. Officers elected include Emil Becker as Councilor Stanley Neeley as Vice Councilor C C Boehmer Recording Secretary Charles Rust Financial Secretary M M Nauman Treasurer J G Basil Warden T C Cook Conductor P Tlrich Inside Sentinel P Me Ver Outside Sentinel P Me Ver Trustees H R Peck J McMillen and T C Cook Medical Examiner Dr A Potts A charter has been applied for and the council will be instituted within ten days.
Three 17 year old girls named Lillie Power Lizzie Dailey and Lottie Carly were brought to the Thirty-sixth ward police station by Mrs Mary Carley of Bankevile after leaving Beaver Falls seeking work in Pittsburg. They reached Banksville Wednesday where Mrs Carley cared for them until yesterday when she drove them to the police station. Sergeant Curry had them sent to the Department of Public Charities.
Colonel Andrew Stewart from Ohio Pyle Falls registers at the Duquesne. The narrative lists bankers, doctors, executives, and anglers traveling to or from Niagara Falls, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, and Cleveland. Names include Jens L. McPb, Jennie, Lens Stearns, Dr. Wood, Dr. Blatchley, and Major W. W. Greenland.
Prominent citizens back a proposed law to arrest and imprison boys under 16 caught smoking or chewing tobacco. Officials and doctors warn of health risks and urge extended enforcement, citing New York City as a model and calling for spot checks on dealers to curb juvenile tobacco use.
A string of accidents clouds Friday. Six year old Harry Lyden fractured his skull after falling from a moving hay wagon on Stanton Avenue. Laborer James Burke suffered severe leg injuries, likely requiring amputation after being struck by a train at Birmingham station. Foreman James McElroy burned by molten metal at Boho mill. Elevator rope failure at 27 Seventh Street injured four men. a car plummeted to a cellar level. John McCarty sustained multiple broken ribs and a broken leg, with Wilson, Laurner, and Smith lightly hurt. All victims taken to West Penn Hospital.
E A Ford of the Pennsylvania Company announces a new party fare effective Sept 1 1890. The 2 cent per mile per capita rate applies to parties of ten or more traveling together on one way, continuous passage only, with no stops. The rate ends in 0 or 6 and requires at least 25 cents for short distances. The queen’s rate for shows with 10 or fewer includes 11 fares if the advance agent travels ahead.
General Ballington Booth said on his Chicago visit that the Salvation Army's membership is swelling with field officers numbering 900 to 1,050 and 25 to 50 soldiers under each officer. He praised the slum brigade for aiding 5,000 to 6,000 poor people, many of whom do not join the Army.
Yesterday on Fifty-seventh street Mc Gregan reported W. W. Mc Millen a laborer living nearby hid a 25 pound keg of blasting powder four pounds of dynamite and caps in a shed. Police seized the ammunition and stored it at the station. No use was disclosed.
Abraham Zimmerman was to face Magistrate Succop for aggravated assault on George Rosser the Southside grocer but the hearing was postponed to Monday. Zimmerman posted 2000 bail for a hearing before Alderman McMaster on charges of aggravated assault and breach of the peace filed by his wife. Mrs Zimmerman alleges she and her husband were assaulted during the incident on Thursday.
Arrangements were completed for two Gilmore’s Band concerts on Thanksgiving Day in this city a matinee and an evening show featuring three renowned vocalists. The ensemble has grown in size and quality for the coming season. Pittsburg won the band’s Thanksgiving visit among competitors, underscoring the city’s popularity.
The Cathedral Band gave the last open air concert of the season in Allegheny Parks to a large crowd. Despite cool winds the audience enjoyed an excellent program of popular selections with broad applause from Pittsburg.
The iron trade investigates a direct process for producing iron from ore in one step. Promoters plan a large plant near a gas field, possibly by year’s end or spring, with Carbon Iron Company’s existing plant as a reference. Proponents claim lower costs and fewer steps than blast furnaces, while skeptics note modernization potential and clearer chemistry.
Mr. D. B. Grey of Quaker City described an exhibition in Philadelphia of an electro magnetic iron extraction device for sea sand. The Rotary Magnetic Separating Company from Chicago displays a cylinder of electro magnets on a belt that separates iron from sand with water spray. He noted 5 to 7 percent iron in sea sand and said New York capitalists expect a coastal plant to extract iron at about one eighth its value, with Edison reportedly pursuing a similar machine.
Homer McGaw with General Blakely and counsel J. H. Stevenson appears before the trades council appointed Jeannette case committee at the Commoner office. Secretary G. L. Cake of LA 300 answers questions as the panel likely reports its findings tonight.
The machinists strike stays in statu quo while Howe, Brown & Co agree to a nine hour day. Wilson-Snyder Manufacturing expects no return to work and advertises for machinists, brass finishers and blacksmiths. Work hours set from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with a 40 minute noon break, Saturday closing at 3:30 p.m.
The Associated Master Plasterers say they will hire lathers to resume plas work after a meeting last night. They claim union negotiations failed and vow to fight to a finish. A charter application is planned for September 16 for the Boston Iron and Steel Company led by I. EB. Jackson James B. Murray E. Converse Horace Crosby and A. Chandon.
Nearly 200 cash boys at Joseph Horne & Co on Penn Avenue face job loss as a new cash system replaces their roles. The firm plans to reassign workers while discussing future needs and potential openings. The Standard Underground Cable Company is also mentioned in connection with similar personnel shifts.
A grand officer of the Order of Railroad Conductors will attend a meeting of Pittsburgh and Lake Erie conductors at Christian's Hall McKee's Rocks on Monday at 12. An expected 75 to 100 conductors will be initiated.
The charter was filed yesterday in the recorder’s office. The company aims to manufacture glassware at the Exposition. Directors are George A. Macbeth A A Adams D O Ripley J E Duncan J T Hamilton Pas Zimmerman and B R E Woods. Capital stock is $10,000 divided into 200 shares.
Major E A Mon tooth was seen at Union Depot heading East after agreeing to pallbear Harris the deceased theatrical manager. He planned to go to Baltimore to answer a telegram then return after the funeral. Reports of Harris’s self inflicted death were denied by his friends citing telegrams from Manager Starr and Britton Dean.
A group fought on Duquesne Way shortly after 3 PM. One man knocked down an officer and fled toward the railroad bridge. On Hope Street he was captured by Lieutenant Alexander and Officer Snyder. The detainee, named John Smith on the docket, claimed he had knocked out officers earlier and resisted arrest. A mace was broken and a head badly damaged.
Detectives yesterday arrested Albert Bailey and uncovered a scheme in which four or five clerks and pawnbrokers at a major hardware firm and associated shops supplied revolvers sold for a dollar or two. The thefts, ongoing for months, involved split profits among insiders and pawnbrokers, prompting calls for stricter merchant vigilance.
Two businessmen registered at the Hotel Schlosser and discussed oil market moves. J M Reed of Oil City and H Nelson of New York predicted a boom citing Lima oil as a solid bet. Lena Kunz, 17, was jailed for hearing on a theft charge involving Mrs Barbara Breining who says a gold cross and jewelry were taken.
The John Wasley congregation will hold camp meeting services at the Wilkinsburg Grove tomorrow. Rev. George W. Clinton will be assisted by Rev. James B. Anderson of Carlisle and preach at Land 63 P.M. Sunday school and services in the church at 11 a.m. Rev. William W. Toungson will preach in Liberty Street M. E. church tomorrow at 9 o'clock a.m. This will be his maiden effort. An eminent clergyman will lecture for the Sons of Temperance tomorrow evening at their hall 6 Ohio Street Allegheny.
The Pennsylvania Grocer presents a 36 page midsummer edition printed on robin's-eye blue paper. It features sketches of county wholesale and retail merchants, market reports, and editorial content. includes ads for Horree Bros. & Co and The Nation's Bank for Savings, plus goods from Capper & Sons and Hay Fever season remedies.
Detectives traced stolen revolvers to a local store linked to employer Mr Lovan who urged quiet handling and no prosecutions. Inspector McAleese ordered Bailey brought in as arrests continued into midnight with Gallinger and Stern already facing charges for receiving stolen goods and evading accountability.
An early morning gust brings a strange man who claims to work for a Herald reporter into the Monongahela Hotel. Clerk Ellis challenges him, the man asserts his hotel job, and the exchange ends with the intruder driven from the building into the night.
Prrissvnre reports a crowded Saturday at JUS. HORNE & CO.'S as the new cash system begins with a smooth first day. Great discounts on remnant Wash Goods push clearance before September department changes.
Salesmen announce deep discounts on dress patterns and summer suits with many items cut to half or less. Fine dress patterns drop to five dollars for $10 items. all white lawn and gingham Latine suits now five dollars. lawn wrappers and muslin wrappers priced to clear.
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