Death and life in Western Penitentiary a century ago
William Malone, a 27 year old inmate with a long criminal record, died in the hospital wing as the cell blocks admitted a new arrivals. The prison reported 176 inmates the largest count to date, with 23 women among them and two thirds wearing gray uniforms after promotions. The article describes daily labor, product exchanges with the West Indies and Pullman Car Company, and evening leisure including music, reading, and schooling for inmates of all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
William Malone
Malone
Ridgeway
Elk County
West Indies
Pullman Palace Car Company
Humane Society Meeting Receives Substantial Contributions
The Humane Society met yesterday and halted resolutions on J. D. Bernd's death. Secretary Davidson reported many donations including D. T. Watson 15, Hepburn Walker 10, several donors 5 to 2, cash sums totaling 550 from a lady member, and fines of 173 from Alderman Means. William F. Arbuthnot of Arbuthnot & Co. was elected a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Humane Society
J. D. Bernd
Davidson
D. T. Watson
Hepburn Walker
J. H. Lockhart
W. A. Herron
R A. M. Watt & Co
Shearer& Floyd
Knable & Cooper
W. W. Wattles
Horne & Ward
John H. McCreary
James W. Houston
Gaifys & Queen
W. B. Snyder
J. G. Stephenson
W. & Arbuthnot
A. M. Brown
M. Willock
EL. Ford
Jervis Adams
Hay Walker, Jr
C. Walker
A. Smiler
G. Schmidt
Dilworth Bros
Dean
Ron City Brewing Company
Erwin Fisher
Death of Dominick Gallagher 60 at Roberts Street Home
Dominick Gallagher aged 60 died at 7 last evening at his Roberts Street home. He previously fell from a Central Traction car at Sixth Avenue and Grant Street on November 21 and had been bedridden since. Physicians cite natural causes. Gallagher was former Eleventh Ward alderman and council member, recently serving as constable for Alderman Reilly, and belonged to Post 157 G A R and Union Veterans Legion No. 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominick Gallagher
Roberts Street
Sixth Avenue
Grant Street
Gallagher
Reilly
Post 157
G. A
Union Veterans’ Legion No. 16
Streetcar Collision Delays After Wylie Avenue Crash
Car No. 64 on the Wylie avenue line yesterday collided with a cable rope of the Fifth Avenue Traction line at Wood street and Fifth avenue. Glass shattered and passengers were badly shaken. Travel delayed for a while. No. 4 previously struck the Eleventh Ward Marching Club last fall and has since suffered several accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wylie Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Wood Street
Eleventh Ward
Pledges Signed at Lafayette Hall Murphy Meeting
About 100 pledges were signed at Lafayette Hall for Francie Murphy's sobriety movement. A man who had been drinking donated $5 for expenses and joined the pledge, while other recent signers gave brief talks about staying sober. J M Kelly and Prof Weeden accompanied Murphy to Mansfield for another meeting that yielded similar pledge results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Hall
Francie Murphy
Murphy
Shorty
J. M. Kelly
Kelly
Prof. Weeden
Mansfield
Mony
Keeley Institute
Unseasonable Heat Shatters Records Across City
Yesterday's unusually warm weather drew comment as the thermometer rose to 70.39 degrees, about 20 above normal. The Weather Bureau notes December highs, with 73 degrees reached in 1885 the record. The heat caused factory closures and a worker to collapse, signaling the coming rain and cold snap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Zug
John Dams
Howe, Brown & Co
Seventeenth Street
Penn Avenues
Boarish Neighbor James Hamler Locked Up In Baldwin Township
James Hamler of Baldwin township was jailed by Alderman McMasters on two counts of malicious mischief and two of breach of the peace. Neighbors report months of disturbances including nocturnal stone-throwing at windows and sudden jumps from behind fences to frighten women and children. He has threatened harm to those who protest and is believed to be demented. James I. McKee was appointed to file the information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hamler
McMasters
Hamler
Baldwin Township
James I. McKee
Sixth Street Bridge Footway Width Sparks Protest
Pedestrians complain the new Sixth Street Bridge keeps the footpath narrow while the roadway has doubled to four lanes. Bridge company leaders debate the width amid calls to widen the footway soon, noting growing traffic between Allegheny City and Pittsburgh.
Conductor Ignored Passenger Then Pushed Him From Car
William W. Stewart sues Pittsburg Traction Company for damages after a car ride incident. He asked to alight at Federal Street. the conductor told him to get off and rung on, causing Stewart to be thrown from the car. He suffered severe and permanent injuries including spine damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Stewart
Pittsburg Traction Company
White
Stewart
Federal Street
Mayor Gourley Demands Immediate Action Over Disorderly Houses
The dispute between Mayor Gourley and Chief Brown over suppressing disorderly houses nears resolution with Gourley threatening court action. He asserts the law and city ordinances empower decisive police action and rejects discretionary enforcement, while Brown remains silent on next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gourley
Brown
Public Safety Department
Chief Brown
Privazcves
Brown, Esq
Department Public Safety
Sin
Broken Dows Aims for Workhouse Sufferer Annie Coheran
Annie Coheran sentenced to 60 days for keeping a disorderly house on Carson Street Southside. She nearly died last night as her nervous system collapsed. She was taken to hospital and then to the Twenty Eighth ward police station. Her two children were placed in the orphan asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Coheran
Carson Street
Southside
Imgiorg Hospital
Twenty-eighth Ward
Humane
D. L. McDonald, Jr
Orphan Asylum
Tannehill Street
Streets To Be Labeled Signs To Be Placed Citywide
Chief Bigelow will award contracts for about 300 street corner signs and 3,000 house signs to be installed citywide. Corner signs will hang on D posts with brackets mainly for downtown streets. House signs are enamel plates about 20 inches long nailed to houses. Total cost about 2500 dollars.
Cupid Conquers Giants In City Marriage Shuffle
Captain Hieber, the marriage license clerk, narrowly avoided a fall when a seven foot tall giant plummeted a chandelier globe near his desk. The tall groom James Gilbert 26 and Emma Mossman 21 secured a license and plan to wed at 4 P.M. today at Harry Davis Eden Musee with Magistrate McKenna presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Hicker
Hies Ber
James Gilbert
Emma Mossman
Harry Davis
Eden Musee
McKenna
Carnegie Coming Home to Pittsburg in January
Reports confirm Andrew Carnegie will return to Pittsburg in the latter part of January likely the last week. He will be accompanied by Henry Phipps who is staying at Knebworth in England. Carnegie’s last known location was Venice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Pittsburg
Henry Phipps
Knebworth
Lord Lytton
England
Mr. Carnegie
Venice
They Elected Officers of the Laboring Men's Association
The colored Laboring Men's Association elected officers: President C Ajax Jones First Vice President George Helmes Second Vice President David Allen Secretary John Fields Corresponding Secretary Thomas Wilson Treasurer Wylie Captain De Jons Jan Ear nose throat and Giessen Westinghouse building Pittsburgh Pa Hours 11 2 pm to 6 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laboring Men's Association, Colored
C. Ajax Jones
George Helmes
David Allen
John Fields
Thomas Wilson
Wylie
de Jons
Giessen Olen Westinghouse
Pittaburg
Postal report shows mail volume rise in November 1892
The monthly report of the Superintendent of Mails for November 1892 compares with November 1891, noting an increase of 1,090,015 pieces mailed or 2.49 percent. It records 267 distribution errors, 23,097 average correct letters per error, and 1,876 special delivery letters dispatched.
New Fuel Tested In Greensburg Could Replace Natural Gas
Pittsburg gas men witnessed a test of a new gas made from coke oil and water. The process produced gas matching natural gas in quality and could meet demand, signaling a potential substitute for Greensburg’s strained supply. Executives and engineers from banks transit firms and oil companies attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Greenaburg
Thomas R. Kerr
R. McKenzie
Westmoreland and Cambria Gas Cooper Lowrey Chieds
Mellon Bros
Southwest Gas Company
P. Malone
Southwest Company
W. R. Troby
John Beatty
Philadelphia Company
Ben Tupper
Standard Oil Company
Capitellats
Irisburg
Headigg
Philadelphia
Bellefontaine
Greensburg
Trade Control Aimed at Bituminous Coal Prices West of Pittsburgh
Reports say producers along the line of one railroad will form an independent association to regulate coal apportionment and bond each member for rate compliance. A central body would handle sales and allocate tonnage to railroads in proportion to 1893 figures, with penalties for violations and pro rata redistribution if production falls short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Columbus, Hocking Valley and
Toledo Railroad Company
Hocking Valley
New York
Prodigal Daughter Sent Home From Disorderly House
Mayor Gourley received a letter from the mother of an inmate on Second Avenue seeking help to return her daughter home. The girl, sick at times, had previously received money from the mother for railroad fare but used it to stay. The mayor arranged for she to be sent home with an officer assisting and boarding the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gourley
Second Avenue
McKenna
Brewers' vat accident scalds five workers in Millvale
Five men including Chris Bauerlein J T Keil William Hyle William Wurser and John Schwart fell into a vat of hot beer at Bauerlein's millvale brewery yesterday and sustained serious scald injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Bauerlein
J. T. Keil
William Hyle
William Wurser
John Schwart
Bauerlein
Millvale
People Coming and Going in Pittsburg Society
John McWilliams who has drilled oil wells in nearly every state and territory is visiting Pittsburg and notes locals call the city home even abroad. G W Taybourn of Tunstall England arrives at the Anderson. he is in pottery. George Beatty of United States Glass leaves for Chicago for a wedding. A W Boggs of United States Glass helps prepare catalogs at the Dugquesne. Sam P Shave of Lakeshore and Muir Southern visits Monongahela. H R B Freed of Mt Pleasant on a business trip. Mrs M E Blackstock returns after two months away. Morris Hannon, oil man active in Sisterville, at the Th ames. Captain Hig and sister West on the unite last night of J E Straun and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McWilliams
Union
South America
Cuba
Roumanis
Pittsburg
G. W. Taybourn
Tunstall
England
Anderson
Taybourn
Staffordshire
George Beatty
United States Glass Company
Chicago
James Gill
Steubenville
Miss Kirk
Evainston
A. W. Boggs
Dugquesne
Boggs
Sam P. Shave
Lakeshore
Muir Southern
Cleveland
Monongahela
H. RB. Freed
Mt. Pleasant
Seventh Avenue
ME F. Blackstock
Pittsburg Names at New York Hotels and Mas Klein Ad
Special telegraph from New York lists Pittsburgers registered in various hotels including the Hotel Albert Imperial Windsor and Murray Hill and notes an advertisement urging visits to Mas Klein of All Alleghney for liquors. The piece also promotes T G Evans Co Market Street lamp and glassware sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yonk
Mas Klein
Alleghney
T. G. Evans &Co
Market Street
Third Avenue
Miller Bros Seamees End Products Advertised on Federal Street
Miller Bros at 162 Federal Street Allegheny advertise their finest seamees end products with guaranteed reasonable prices. They invite readers to request a price list for all items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Bros
Federal Street
Allegheny
Conspiracy suits emerge in Solon lodge court
sensational report claims 16 officers of the Supreme Lodge of Solon face criminal action after a dispute involving ex-secretaries Mundorf and Beatty. Medical examiner Dr. W W Cole resigns amid embezzlement allegations while witnesses dispute Covert's libel claims and foresee trials today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Lodge of Solon
W. E. Covert
Covert
Solon
W. W. Cole
Order
Supremes Lodge
Order of Solon
William RB. Covert
A.S. Mundorf
Benjamin Beatty
Supreme Lodge
Mundorf
Beatty
Order of Salon
R. J. Godfrey
Multiple Injuries and Illness Reported Across City Sites
Yesterday reports from the Bureau of Health note five diphtheria cases and four scarlet fever cases. At Morrison's foundry William Wilson suffered severe crush injuries to arm and hand while William Wilcox at Westinghouse Electric Works had a hand crushed. Foreman Feanx Foster at Black Diamond Steel Works sustained a foot injury with partial amputation. A youth, Jon Komacin, died after being crushed between two cars at Stockdale station. A newborn Florence Haxalo was found dead at 180 Sten Street Allegheny likely from heart failure. The Fifteenth Ward School Board will supply free school books costing 1000 pounds. Eve Herald planned at Brappace with George EK Anderson as editor. Mrs. Marcanet Portes is hospitalized in Homeopathic Hospital due to neglect and want on the Southside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williaw
West Penn Hospital
Fiorence Haxalo
Sten Street
Allegheny
Finest Stock of Watches in Kaufmanns New Jewelry Dept
Kaufmanns displays a large selection of watches from American and Swiss makers with prices about one third lower than exclusive stores. Includes Genta 2¢ ounce silver hunting case watches, stem-wind watches with gold filled cases, Waltham movements, and several ladies’ gold filled examples. Also features boys’ silver stem-winding watches, and a range of catalog items with strong pricing. Also promotes 500 boys’ suit offers and a piano department with instruments from Mellor & Horn at 77 Fifth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genta
Waltham
O. Kacr
Zoltan
New Fire Alarm System Nears Full Activation
A three month project to install 30 new circuits replacing eight old ones is finished. The system can operate in ten to fourteen days, but the running card delays finish a month. The card will grow from three feet to over six feet wide and include engine response details and cross-district protections. Rev. Jacob Freshman will lecture on Jewish customs in Bethany Home this evening in rabbi garb to raise funds for Bethany Bible Institute. Edwin Hughes and Otto Boodle were found asleep in a tool chest at the Sixth Street bridge. both boys under 12 and homeless were sent to the lockup. Max Klein promotes PontTeD and domestic wines on Federal Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Meadenga
Jacob Freshman
New York
Bethany Home
Center Avenue
Bethany Bible Institute
Edwin Hughes
Otto Boodle
Sixth Street
Cloak House Offers On Lot Jacket With Electric Seal Collar
New York cloak house presents several lots on offer including sizes 32 through 44. Black clay serge jacket with skeleton satin lining and roll collar fronts offered at 29, previously valued at 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Astrachan
Great Xmas Sales Prompt Shopping at Local Stores
Advertises a holiday sale blitz urging shoppers to visit local stores for Christmas gifts. Claims reliable goods and unusually low prices with easy selections and proofs of claims to entice customers to buy.
Comprehensive Dress Goods and Accessories Price List
This partial list catalogs wool dress patterns silk dress patterns jackets coats fur items gloves handkerchiefs umbrellas and numerous silver and leather accessories with prices from minor cents to hundreds of dollars. It encourages careful reading and an early visit to review further items and hints.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sixth Street Bridge
Bridge Company
Allegheny City
J. C. Brown
Legislature
Chief Bigelow
Cupid
Hymen
Monthly Mail Report
Morris Hannon
Sisterville
the Thames
Captain Hig
T West
J. E. Straun
Coshocton
Pittsburgers
Pure Food Products
William R&. Covert
Yoder
Mundorfaather
Kaufmanns
Hardman, Krakauer
Chickering
Ri * Ranoita
Max Klein
Biber & Easton
Market ST
Edward
Groetzinger
Penn Ave
J. Kerwin Miller & CO
Smithfield Street
Sapeeens
Privesens
JOS, Horne & CO
Penn’ Ave
Alaska
Jos.horne &Co
Penn Avenue
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