Tin Plate Works and New Castle Plant Across the Line
The Cumberland Steel and Tin Plate Company in Cumberland Md erects four hot mills two roll stands and four cold roll stands with pickling gear to produce black plates. The New Castle Steel and Tin Plate Company in New Castle Pa builds a steel and iron main building 115 by 251 feet and a stone and brick shop with a 40 by 70 foot addition. Contracts for four hot mills two roll stands and four cold stands are signed with Garrison Foundry of Pittsburg. engines from Bass Foundry and Machine Works. tinning machinery from Lloyd Hoath Company. The plant costs about 200000 and aims to start manufacturing by December 1892. Ayer lists manufacturing firms active August 15 1892 including Cumberland Rolling Mill and Tin Plate Company and many others across the US. The report counters free trade claims that tin plate cannot be produced in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Steel and Tin Pilate Company
Cumberland
New Castle
Garrison Foundry Company
Pittsburg
Corliss
Bass, Foundry and Machine Works
Ft. Wayne
Lloy Hoath Company
Youngstown
Ayer End
A. A Thompson & Co
New York
Alluippa Tin Pinte Company
Aliquippa
Thertean Stamping Company
Brooklyn
American Tin Gate Company
Elwood
American Tin Pinte Machine and Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
American Tin and Verne Plate Company
Anderson Tin Plate Crimpany
Anderson, Ltd
Apollo Iron and Steel Company
Apollo A
Gas City
Ind
Alcon Iron and Nail
Comany
Cadwallader
Pittaburg
Gammey
Spering & Co
Hugues & Tterson
John Hamilton
Kaba Brothers
Keystone Tin Pate Company
Marelell Brothers & Co
Mattin, Ingram & Co
Baltimore
McKinsey Tin Plate Company
Wilkinsburg
Merotimut A Ca
Piladelphia
Morewood Tin Plate Manufacturing Company
Elizabethper
ON. J
M. & GG. Taylor Company
Paltadelphia
Norton Brothers
Chicago
Its
New Castle Tin Plate Colny
P. H. Lantman & Co
Imited
Apollo
Pittsburg Electro Pinting Company
Pitwborg Tin Plate Works
New Kensington
Record Manufacturing Company
Conneaut
Oho
Scott £ Co
James B
St. Louis Stamping Company
St. Louis
Somerston Tin Plate Works
N. Y
Uniced States Iron and Tin Plate Manufacturing Company
Demmiler
Wallace Banfield & Co
Irondale
Ohio
W. H. Kawards
Norristown
Oeriander
Aomt
Opapehsleven
Naybirs
Ime CB
Nwa Snnoa Sabent
Cc Ness Essen
America
Carries His Nose In A Bottle In Mutilation Case
Charles Nelson a colored East End man keeps the severed nose fragment in alcohol a bottle to prove the assault by Eli Donahue who was jailed on a mayhem charge after biting off part of Nelsons nose during a dispute over 15 cents Nelson warned Donahue and a fight followed with the detached portion placed in liquor as Nelson and friends sought medical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nelson
East End
Eli Donahue
Alderman Hyndman
Nelson
Donahue
Thur
Allegheny Mayor Silent On Columbus Day Plan
Mayor Kennedy has not replied to Mayor Gourley s Columbus Day letter and no further steps have been taken. He is expected home Saturday or Monday and nothing will be done until his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Allegheny
Gourley
Sharpsburg Council Passes Traction Right Of Entry
The Sharpsburg Council approved Tuesday night an ordinance granting Pittsburg Allegheny and Manchester Traction Company the right to enter the town. The opposition to the company is said to have wholly vanished in Sharpsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Seeks Torrens Station at Fifth Avenue
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company obtained a permit to build a new Torrens station at Fifth Avenue and the railroad. The one story stone brick structure will cost 4000 and serve as a local passenger facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Torrens
Fifth Avenue
Dr Hazzard Vaccinates Children at Allegheny Bureau
Dr Hazzard, physician to the Bureau of Health of Allegheny, works at City Hall on Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons to vaccinate children who apply. Yesterday afternoon about 30 were inoculated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hazzard
Bureau of Health of Allegheny
Bureau
City Hall
Fatal accident at camp town tragedy strikes Homestead
Private Jeremiah Benninghoff of Company K Fifteenth Regiment dies within an hour after being shot by a friend Private Ford Smith was cleaning a revolver when it discharged the fatal bullet passed through Benninghoff left lung and kidney before lodging in his back Benninghoff forgives Smith and asks his mother’s forgiveness for joining the Guard General Wiley orders an investigation and Bennninghoff’s funeral is held with regimental honors in Homestead and Greenville bound for burial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carnegie
Jeremiah Benninghof
Company K
Fifteenth Regiment
Ford Smith
Smith & Wesson
William Brown
Ford
Brows
Heilman
Martin and
Finnerty
Heiloan
Bretanders
Kreps
Guard
Fred Smith
General Wiley
Frederick Benninghoff
Greenville
Mercer County
Benninghoff
Mgn
South
Kenny Hayes
Wiley
Krepps
Hayes
Smith
Benninhhoff
Benninhoff
woAside
Epiaed Yeaterdaide
Ad Board
Tom Crawford
Discontent Persists Among Roughers at Amalgamated Association
Discontent remains among roughers of the Amalgamated Association. They view the Greenville and Sharon rollers concessions as favorable to their cause, and a ray of hope persists for their efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Association
Greenville and Sharon
Southsides to Conclude Discussion on Striking
The Southsides plan a Sunday evening meeting to again weigh the wisdom of striking, aiming to settle whether to pursue labor action.
Lower Union Mills idle as police guard plant
The Carnegie Steel Lower Union Mills did not open as planned. Police are on site on orders, with strikers predicting a possible restart by week’s end. The Press Committees deny a boycott against barber John S. Oehling. A dynamite incident is not fresh. a rougher from Upper Mill left the company. Mary Semple, Molly Lyons, and Julis Morris jailed for throwing stones. Semple given six months, others two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Steel Company
John S. Oehling
Peon Avenue
Eager
Mia
Mary Semple
Molly Lyons
Julis Morris
Mra Semple
Beaver Falls Mills Crisis Looms As Strikers Seek Interview
Beaver Falls workers press manager Joseph Wriggler for comments on resuming operations set for September 1. Carnegie Company reportedly plans to hire non union workers, while union members may return to York if they renounce the Amalgamated Association. Wriggler fled a streetcar scene with six apparent workers and avoided interview. Striker leaders warn of a looming crisis and heightened vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Company
Beaver Falls
York
Amalgamated Association
Joseph Wriggler
Illinois Steel Company Signs for North Chicago Mills
The Illinois Steel Company signed the new scale for its North Chicago rolling mill at Amalgamated headquarters. The plant features eight heating furnaces three stands of rolls two 6 gross ton converters and rail making equipment. It will produce ingots rails and beams with annual capacities of 156000 net tons of ingots 125000 tons of rails and 50000 tons of beams. President elect Garland says continued financial aid for Homestead workers remains forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated
Illinois Steel Company
Seale
Chicago
Garland
Three Strikers Arrested After Carnegie Mills Fray
A quarrel over the strike at Carnegie mills sparked a fight at Thirty fourth and Butler streets yesterday around 4 PM. Six men argued about labor action and politics, then fought until Officer Palmer intervened. William McKerney John A Shanahan and Samuel Gallagher were arrested and jailed in Seventeenth ward station. Two others escaped.
River coal operators agree to wage cut for miners
River coal operators have practically agreed to reduce miners wages with final Coal Exchange action set for Saturday morning. Tuesday's meeting saw all present approve a half cent cut, while organizers seek consent from absent members. A Braddock wire works breakdown shut the plant Tuesday evening, an immense belt snapping from a stationary engine and rolls injuring Michael Dolesk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Coal Exchange
Braddock Wire Works
Michael Dolesk
Lyons and Morrisey in aggravated assault dispute
James Lyons accuses John A. Morrisey of aggravated assault after a heated argument over the Lawrenceville strike. The incident left Lyons injured as Morrisey allegedly struck him with an unspecified object.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lyons
Burns
John A. Morrisey
Lawrenceville
Morrisey
Lyons
State charters granted to Morris Einstein Company
State charters were yesterday granted to the Morris Einstein Company of Allegheny, manufacturers of medicines with capital 100,000, and the William Anderson Company of Pittsburgh, manufacturers of iron and steel with capital 100,900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Einstein Company
Alleheny
William Anderson Company
Pittsburg
New Departure Among Strikers Arrives in Monongahela City
A band of Homestead locked-out men toured Monongahela City last night playing on main streets and collecting funds for the Homestead workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela City
Homestead
Five youths sentenced after Tide steamer stone throwing
Five young men arrested by Captain Denniston on Tuesday for throwing stones at the Carnegie steamer Tide were each sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denniston
Carnegie
Tide
Carnegie Library foundation contract awarded to J. W. Hing & Co
Bids opened for the Carnegie Library foundation stone work last Friday and awarded to J. W. King & Co. The bid totals about 0,000. Foundation walls up to the ion line. Preliminary grading finished at Schenley Park. Engineers surveyed the site for excavation as winter settles walls. Plans by Longfellow Alden and Harlow to refine bids and details. Contracts to be awarded for superstructure in spring when weather permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library Foundation
J. W. Hing & Co
Carnegie Library
J. W. King & Co
Schenley Par
Corps of
Mesara
Longfellow, Alden
Harlow
Two Suspects Hear Case On Larceny Charge In Southside
Detectives arrested Charles Weitam and Charles Nogers on Monday and were brought before Magistrate Succop for a hearing held by Detective Corrigan. Larry P claimed a court on a charge of larceny for an alleged attack on Tienanos during which a gold watch and some money were stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Weitam
Charles Nogers
Corrigan
Succop
Larry
Tienanos
Electric stamp cancelers to speed post work
Pittsburg and Allegheny post offices will get electric stamp cancel machines operated by a cat ne. They will stamp, tonal womke and baunch 80,000 letters an hour, replacing six workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Flour firm names George Gisel and Hing partners
A flour firm in the Twenty first ward assigns George G Gisel and John W Hing to operate as King & Gisel flour and feed dealers at 105 Wileon street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George G. Gisel
John W. Hing
King
Just Over The Way Booth Is Arrested For Liquor Sales
William Booth owner of Booths Hotel on West Diamond and Ohio streets Allegheny was arrested on two liquor charges after months of police surveillance. Superintendent Muth led the case with 20 witnesses, the hotel sits near the future post office site, Booth had previously sought license but was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Booth
Booth
West Diamond and
Ohio Streets
Allegheny
Muth
Frank Aiken
Nettie McKee Graham
Allegheny Post Office
West Diamond Street
Math
City Hall
England
Helan
John Barleycorn
Anak
Mystery surrounds death of P. M. Houser in Allegheny river
The body of P. M. Houser was found floating in the Allegheny river and identified by a description left the prior night by James Hever and brother-in-law William Boland. His son said he had no evident motive or financial need. Acting Coroner Gripp opened an inquest, adjourned to this morning to question who his father was with Monday evening, then moved from the morgue to his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Houser
Allegheny
Charles Martin
Bod
P. M Hever
James Hever
Wm. Boland
20 Street
Gripp
Arrest of Mike Graham Before Allegheny Official
Mike Graham stood before Alderman McKelvey of Allegheny Street yester day. A woman identified as Mrs Owens stated she could not relay Graham’s case. Graham was jailed for ten days as a suspicious person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Graham
Alderman McKelvey
Allegheny
Yesterstreet
Mra
Street Viewers Appointa Rameel Chadwick and Others
Yesterday, Appointa Rameel Chadwick, William McCallin, and Charles A. Anderson were selected to oversee Street View duties as they surveyed the dam project on Deary Street and planned related vacating actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rameel Chadwick
William McCallin
Charles A. Anderson
Sascas
Deary Streat
Experience of Two Celestials and a Pittsburg Collector Tilt
Dr Donehoo reports two Chinese proteges Yee Foo and Yee Din returned to Pittsburg after two years in China. They faced port examinations in San Francisco with many detained for improper papers. Yee Lee was admitted after government intervention but quarantined for smallpox. Bert Lee, an electrician, left for South America to work on a plant and may have trouble reentering the U S due to missing papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Donehoo
South America
Pittaburg
Yee Foo
Yee Din
Hong Kong
San Francisco
United States
Yee Diu
Nelson
Pembina
Manitoba
Pittsburg
Arriv
Crown
Yee Lee
Bert Lee
Rev. Doneco
Young Woman Assault at Ross Grove Picnic Under Inquiry
Laura Russell of 633 Wylie avenue says a man lured her for a walk at a Ross Grove picnic and struck her, stealing hat watch and $11. She identified Joseph McCarthy, a Grant street bartender, on a return train and he was jailed for a hearing. An Italian man was injured fleeing police later, and the case is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross’ Grove
Laura Russell
Wylie Avenue
Laura
Allegheny
McCune
Joseph McCarthy
Grant Street
McCarthy
Shantytown Raid Nets One Arrest in Oakland Ward
Inspector McLaughlin Lieutenant Duncan and a squad raided Shantytown near Boquet and Forbes streets Oakland. They found all but one shack closed. James Armstrong colored and his wife Louis Travis and Mamie Spencer were arrested charged with keeping a disorderly house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLaughlin
Duncan
Fourteenth Ward
Boquet
Forbes Streets
Oakland
James Armstrong
Louis Travis
Mamie Spencer
Charges Against Havers Put at Allegheny
Superintendent Math filed four informations against Charles Havers charging burglary. Preliminary hearings are set before Alderman McKelvey at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Keeper Eberhardt, bedridden, will not testify until then. Havers remains in the Allegheny lockup and is expected to plead guilty to the burgh charges to be sent to the penitentiary rather than the workhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Math
Allegheny
Charles Havers
Alderman McKelvey
Eberhardt
Havers
Muth
Iron City College Expands Quarters Under Charles J. Smith
In Pittsburg the Iron City College under Principal Charles J. Smith reports record attendance and successful student results. The growing institution doubled usable space, refitted study rooms, and added a large elevator. The 1892 catalog highlights high quality publication and Smith's devotion, promoting the college as a progressive alma mater nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Charles J. Smith
Tron City College
United States
Iron City College
Dynamite Bomb Explodes At Mill Scene In Lawrenceville
A dynamite bomb exploded at a freight car bound for the Carnegie Thirty third street mill causing no injuries but triggering a large police and striker search. Investigators suspect a lone bomber amid conflicting theories as crowds fled and gates were closed. Police and strikers pledge help to catch the bomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-Third Street
Carnegie Company
Allegheny Valley
August bargains boost buying in big retail stores
A August report notes shoppers flood large retail outlets as prices promise more value than in 25 years. Crowds draw contrasts with prior years while sales of navy blue and black all wool goods indicate strong demand across departments.
New Fall Goods Promised Across Readable Advertisement
The notice invites readers to see the new fall goods, urging those who did not read the advertisement to visit and inspect the items in person. It emphasizes the availability and presence of the merchandise.
Dress Goods Arrive With Low Prices at Dress Goods Department
The store promotes new dress fabrics for the coming season with large selections at close to cost prices. It emphasizes wide widths and higher quality, claiming a big business at a small profit as the department’s standard.
New Silks Debut in French Fabrics for Weddings and Travel
The Silk Department unveils high novelties in silks and brocades from French manufacture. These arrivals target wedding trousseaux and traveling outfits, promising beauty and design variety to lead the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silk Department
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Hiten
Ite
Ites
Sheme
Mayor Kennedy
Camp Black
Beoninchoff
Lower Union Mills
Joseph Wrigeley
Ilinois Steel Company
Thirty-Fourth Street
Braddock Mts
Supt. Muth Steed
Mystery
Ikon City College
Wrigeley
Orth
George MecCluky
J. Kerwin Miller & CO
Smithfield Street
Biber & Easton
Jos
Here & Go
Penn Ave
Jos. Home & Co
W. V. Dermitt & CO
Sixth Avenue
Edward
Groetzinger
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