Window glass makers scrap Columbus pact to delay plants
Local and Pennsylvania Ohio glass firms abandon the Columbus agreement on pausing operations until September 24. Several companies vote to start earlier, risking market overstock and potential price declines as Chicago and Kennington plants prepare to resume production amid a de moralized market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers & McKee Glass Company
William McCully & Co
William Loeffler
RG Lehmertz Company
Chambers & McKee and McCully & Co
Columbus
Chicago
James H. Rice Company
George F. Kimball, Tyler & Hippach
KR. W. Eisenbrowth & Co
Spracue Smith & Co
F. Brown & Co
H. M. Hooker Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Mechanics Strike At Lower Union Mills Over Non-Union Work
Workers in the forge and bumper departments walked out after the Amalgamated Association urged unionization. Non-union labor continued briefly on the new 72 inch plate mill, sparking meetings and threats of further stoppages. Special police guard the millyard as detectives probe a dynamite explosion amid union pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Association
Twenty-ninth Street
Amalgamated
Demands of Operators Seek Higher Pay in Baltimore
Telegraph operators with Baltimore and Ohio railroad in Baltimore and Division No 17 of the Order of Railway Telegraphers submitted a wage schedule requesting monthly increases of 50 to 85 dollars for general office staff and 1 to 50 dollars for block station operators. The company reportedly favors compromising on over half the requested rise, but the union remains unsatisfied. The new schedule would take effect in September. The Vandalia Railroad at Indianapolis set a new scale with a minimum of 45 dollars and a 10 dollar monthly increase across salaries averaging about 65 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RC. Schmeltz & Co., Limited
Chambers & McKee Glass Company
William McCully & Co
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Order of Railway
Vandalia Railroad
Indianapolis
They May Strike Over Wage Demands by Roughers
The Roughers refuse the Rollers offer of a 3 percent raise if they promise not to seek a higher wage next year. They demand restoration of last year’s wages in 1893 and vow to fight. A crucial meeting Sunday evening will decide whether they continue work or strike.
Not Sure Whether It Would Be Wise to Risk Strike
Coal mine operators along the river debate price reductions with a Saturday meeting at 10 o'clock. Final action likely then as some fear a strike, though opinions vary about whether a ban would be justified and whether workers can unite.
Iron Mills under Amalgamation Jurisdiction
In the district 13 mills operate with union labor employing 347 puddling furnaces producing about 655 tons of muck bar daily. When all union mills run there will be 954 furnaces producing 2000 tons. Steel replaces iron and non union Amalgamated mills fall to under 20 with fewer than 700 puddling furnaces.
Shoenberger & Co. Wage Scale Presented to Steel Workers
Shoenberger and Company offered their wage scale to the steel department workers on Tuesday and have not yet received a response. If unresolved this week, the mill may open to any capable workers to take the jobs. The issue is not a dispute with the Amalgamated Association, as iron departments are in full operation. The scale matches offers already accepted by workers in other nearby mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Chambers & McKee Glass Company
Jeannette
Chambers& McKee Glass Company
R. C. Schmertz
Shoenberger & Co
Amalgamated Association
Heated talks at Mingo Junction over furnace helper cuts
The Mingo Junction heating furnace dispute with Junction Iron Company ended without agreement. The company seeks to remove one helper and set a single price for robbed iron, while workers resist the price scheme and claim they have been paid one half more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mingo Junction
Junction Iron Company
New Corporations Chartered in State
State charters granted yesterday to the Eclipse Bicycle Company of Beaver Falls with capital stock $200,000 and the Ellwood Steel Company of Hiwoodro with capital stock $1,000,000. Wire workers at Pittsburg Braddock mill were paid off as the plant runs double, with workers hopeful of gains from recent actions.
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Eclipse Bicycle Company
Beaver Fally
Elwood Steel Company
Hiwoodro
Tenceanty
Pittsburg
Braddock
Iron Works Burned Metropolis Mills Fire At Abbot & Co
A blaze damaged the Metropolitan Rolling Mills nail and spike and hoe works of Abbot & Co. The fire disrupted operations and prompted surrounding businesses to evacuate. Fire crews battled the flames and prevented spread to nearby structures. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Rolling Mills
Abbot & Co
Switchmen's Union endorses Braddock man for national officer
In Montreal a fire destroyed property worth an estimated 135 dollars. Local lodges of the Switchmen's State Mutual Railroaders' Association in Braddock and McKeesport endorsed T. B. Brown of Braddock for national officer. Convention to be held in Dallas, Texas, on September 19.
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Switchmen’s State Mutual Railroaders’ Association
Braddock
McKeesport
T. B. Brown
Dallas
Tex
Sudden Vision Return After Peculiar Experience
A woman who briefly lost sight in both eyes regained it while rubbing her eyes on Monday night. Specialists treated her, but sight was gone. it returned as suddenly as it vanished. She now enjoys the same sharp vision with only nerves weakness in the eyes.
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Sne
FIJI CANNIBALISM SCARE CLAIMS OF LIVING FEAST
A. A. St. John reports in Port Townsend that cannibal acts were common before English protectorate and that a 14 to 16 year old girl was slain as a delicacy. He recalls an underground oven for baking flesh and describes a funeral canoe ritual off Hadder Island with mourners guiding the body to sea.
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Port Townsend
Waash
A. A. St. John
Fiji Islands
Peerless
Dispatch
Hadder Island
People Who Come and Go in Pittsburgh Scene
Local notes list a stream of notable visitors and residents across Pittsburgh area hotels and nearby towns. Names include Chester W. Thompson, L Mestrezat, Chief Murphy, Rev J A Watres, Addison Thompson, H S McClure, and many others visiting or staying at Seventh Avenue, Schlosser, and other hotels. Also reports Pittsburgers registered in New York hotels such as Heinz at the Metropolitan and Brown at the Hoffman.
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Chester W. Thompson
Denniston
San Diego
Cal
Chief Murphy
Allegheny Department of Papile Safety
T Yeterday
Murphy
Atlantic City
L. Mestrezat
Uniontown
Fayette-Greene
Pittsburg
Chief Elliot
Department of Public Charities
Mount Clemens
Mont Null
Weatmoreland) House
Greensburg
Harry D. Squires
East
Philadelphia
Newark
N.J
D. B. Cevere
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Judge Kennedy
Berkley Springs
E. Wallace
East Brady
J. A. Watres
Addison Thompson
Blairsville
Pittsburgers
New York
Grand Hotel
J. A. Irwin
Metropolitan Hotel
W. O'Donovan
Metropolitan
J. Walkowsky
Mrs. W. Abert
H. J. Heinz
L. Kaufman
Earles’ Hotel
G. Knoep
Earles
Dr. Shirk
Grand Union Hotel
W. E. Diker
Sturtevant
D. E. Francis
Sudden sight return of city woman after lightning flash
Miss Blanche Watson of Harrisburg, reported blind for one month after a storm lightning strike, suddenly regained sight on Monday night. Doctors remain puzzled about the temporary blindness and the eye condition during the blackout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Blanche Watson
Little Liver Pills Advertised for Sick Headache Relief
A compact historical ad notes Carter's Lite Liver Pills marketed for sick headache relief. The text references proprietary ingredient claims and uses period branding to appeal to consumers seeking liver health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aden Carter
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