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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1890
Page
12
Ten prisoners work to produce twelve tons of artificial ice daily in a Pittsburg workhouse facility. The process uses distilled water and is described as unusually pure given its grim setting. The piece notes the high demand and questions whether the supply can meet it.
A Disrarcs reporter visits Corvick Manz County Workhouse to observe convict run ice production. Convicts operate 12 tons daily in two 12 hour shifts with a complex platform and salt water tank system. Ammonia cooling and stamps mark ice for Pittsburg dealers and institutions.
The Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania holds its opening meeting on Thursday September 4 at 7 30 PM in the Pittsburg Library parlors. A large display features plants from New Jersey and nearby areas. Mr C G Mellor will recount his visit to the herbarium of Park Davis and Os in Detroit.
An accident halts the Castle Shannon incline as its machinery fails again after a Monday restart. Repairs may take a month due to recurring engine trouble. Engineers fear the double engines cannot be made reliable, risking heavy losses for the incline company.
An electric car on the Pleasant Valley line ran out of control at the Sandusky Street crossing, smashing a buggy and gates. Two passengers, Miss McCleary and Harvey Ferguson, were seriously hurt. the motor man surrendered but was released after injuries were found not severe.
A Toronto secret committee visited Pittsburg to discuss selling street railway franchises to the highest bidder. The city would lay road bed and auction rights to build any track, aiming to privatize a system worth about 250000 dollars annually with 78 miles of track.
The Building Trades Council meets and passes resolutions demanding all union men stop work at the Exposition building while non union workers are employed. It endorses union refusals to work with non union men and calls Woolen workers to withdraw. Delegates from Mosaic Encaustic Tile Layers Union Stone Builders Union and Plumbers Gas and Steam Fitters Union attend.
Philip Saul of Welsh Way Southside, drunk after pay day celebration, declared himself king. His wife struck him with a hatchet during a quarrel. Officer Dave Smith arrived, Saul revieved at the station, Dr William Stewart tended a head wound described as resembling raw beefsteak. Saul remained incoherent and called for a doctor.
At a special Americus Club meeting delegates to the State League of Republican clubs convention will be elected. The Philadelphia meeting is set for September 23 with three delegates chosen from announced candidates Colonel W. H. Reed Gus Datte A J Edwards and A M Voigt. More candidates may be announced before the election.
Coroner McDowell and Superintendent M J Dean investigate the death of Violet M Grant four months old at the parents home in Scotch Bottom Twenty third ward. A prior child died in the same manner about a month earlier, investigation exonerating the parents. Reports allege the mother uses intoxicants, triggering a rigid inquiry. Dr B M Hanya specializes in throat diseases on Pittsburg street.
A wholesale fraud involving life insurance agents targeting farmers around Fair Haven and Castle Shannon Railroad emerged. W D King pitched a Pennsylvan ia Insurance Company plan requiring a 25 initiation fee and one dollar monthly, promising either 1000 cash or 2000 at death, plus sick benefits. Victims, including Andrew Humpe and others, paid the fee but received nothing and seek justice as suspicion grows of further similar cases.
About 50 carpenters and painters were laid off from the Fort Wayne shops of Allegheny yesterday as work slackened after the summer activity. Management cited reduced demand as the reason.
Mr Edward Keenan of the Worlds Museum will present a performance on the Tithe of September to aid Westinghouse employees. The event aims to raise funds for the workers and will feature entertainment by the museum’s host.
A collection of brief society notes and official movements includes J. B. McCalley resigning as assistant cashier to enter real estate, carriers Ladon and M also leaving post office service, Miss Tildesley visiting from Brooklyn with her sister and nephew, Louis A. Denison invited to a Denison family reunion in Liberty Ohio, Warden Wright traveling to New York for matting yarn deliveries from Africa, W. M. Anthony seen eastbound through Pittsburgh, T. S. Fullwood and wife off to Seven Rivers Canada for rest, Mrs James Sherran and Mrs John Loyd returning from a two week Park outing, and ex Mayor Boch of Chicago passing through town.
The September term of the Criminal Court opens tomorrow before Judge Magee. A grand jury is drawn listing many residents and tradesmen from multiple townships and wards. The jail calendar shows 139 total cases with six held for murder and numerous felonies and assaults among the charges.
Cassius Brooks about 30 colored man fell from a moving freight car on the Fort Wayne railroad bridge near Superior station after a jolt. He slid under wheels, injuring a leg and possible death risk. Other incidents include Charles Warkoff fracturing an eye near Butler street and Louis Barunger bleeding injury at Carnegie's mill.
Sergeant McQuaid of the Southside station questioned Polish prisoner Peter Schinski after his arrest for disorderly conduct. The frank exchange revealed a habit among some Poles for men to live apart once the wife becomes costly, with the man asserting it is cheaper to live alone.
Mrs Maggie Raymond of Forbes avenue charged H Davis of 886 Fifth avenue with larceny by bailee after loaning $30 for a 30 day loan of a Bennett furniture set. Davis allegedly sold the goods to settle the debt when demanded. Davis held on $900 bond for a Tuesday hearing.
The R. T. Pearson Raccoon Hunting and Fishing Club met last night to finalize plans for a reception tomorrow at Masonic Hall in Allegheny. The program title Arrangements reported all in readiness with a musical feature adopted.
After a thorough cleaning and renovation, the Pittsburg Library reopens tomorrow. A sizeable collection of new books has also been added.
John Hunter Jr of Peckham Car Wheel Company visits Pittsburg analyzing sites near Duquesne and in the city. The Kingston New York firm plans a $100,000 plant on about ten acres to employ 1,000 men, leveraging local rock and natural gas advantages as negotiations with the Board of Directors proceed.
Labor Day preparations fill the city with plans for a large parade. Railroads offer a one fare round trip within 15 miles, with big crowds expected from Mt. Pleasant Uniontown Connellsville Washington Wheeling and other nearby areas. Police will secure the route as divisions form on Water Street with marshals and aides from numerous unions and civic groups in a formal labor processional lineup.
The Keights of Labor will not parade in the second division though may parade as individuals while the Working Girls' Progressive Union shows a wagon of occupations. Westinghouse employees plan a 1000 strong turnout and report to Imperial Hall at 8:30 AM for tomorrow's Day demonstration.
Still on strike carbon iron works employees remain out as Invincible Lodge 52 union members vow to hold aloof. Reported returns include about 20 strikers among 200 workers with several union men back. Mill activity shrinks as furnaces and mills run while Universal mill stays idle. Company offers to rehire at old rate of 465 dollars but pay scale rejection persists.
T H Nevin Co paint manufacturers of Allegheny will build a three story fireproof plant on Island avenue after securing a land tract below Preble avenue. The project estimates place the cost at about 80000 dollars with modern improvements. The existing Western and Grant avenue works will stay operating and a future move to the new site is possible.
Last night a meeting heard reports on the nine hour per day demand made on Monday. Thirty shops agreed to the demand while ten refused. The meeting decided to call out workers in firms that did not grant the demand, including Rosedale Foundery Pittsburg Bridge Works Carnegie Phipps Co Robinson Bea A Garrison and John L Lewis.
Dr D M Anderson of Venetia Pa buys coal under 340 acres from E T Townsend and others, expanding his mine to over 600 acres tied to a Baltimore and Ohio project. Masters of plastering show a wish to withdraw wage demands while journeymen retain 350 per day. McKenna brothers on 82 Third Avenue reduce hours from ten to nine at the same rate.
A patient from Coultersville, Pa., suffered deafness from nose and throat inflammation and enlarged tonsils. After Dr. Sadler removed the tonsils, breathing improved and hearing began returning. two years later he reports no further health decline. The piece then lists various discounted fabrics and prices from a local store, Thornton Bros.
A local boys department announces a Monday sale offering 500 boys suits at prices of 150 and 2, with emphasis on durable, good quality garments. The notice lists participating vendors and notes dress patterns from New York forthcoming by Misses Graham and Dona Senne, modistes traveling from Penn Avenue.
A circul ar from the Post Office warns bankers that two local banks, Union National and Pennsylvania, were each paid forged checks altered to bearer. Post office inspectors pursue the suspect while urging scrutiny of checks drawn to bearer or with altered order terms. The tale mentions Lawrenceville banks and losses of 7230 and 262, plus a note about postal investigation progress.
Upright pianos priced at 175 dollars and a parlor organ at 60 dollars entice buyers. A carved rosewood upright with refined tone costs 175, originally 150. A first class organ priced at 60 completes three rare music bargains at J. M. Hoffman & Co. 687 Smithfield St.
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