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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1891
Page
5
Feb 22 report shows the ten day coke strike costs miners about 227500 in wages based on 14000 workers earning 175 daily for ten days. Operators face heavy losses with 122400 tons produced at roughly 280000. The United Mine Workers defense fund is expected to support strikers if needed.
Authorities issue a bulletin correcting reports about six varioloid and two smallpox cases near Clarion Junction one mile from Johnsonburg. A strict quarantine is in place. over 2 000 people have been vaccinated. Funds are needed to support guards, care for those in quarantine, and related expenses. contributions are urged to be sent to D A Quimby treasurer.
A Maine seamstress asks a Frick Coke Co officer for addresses of a tall hireable male employee about 30, six feet six inches tall with light hair and brown eyes, claiming she heard wives were wanted in Western Pennsylvania and desires to visit. The letter circulated after reports that single workers were urged to marry by March.
George F Harris and T B Harris doing business as George F Harris & Bro made an assignment after liabilities estimated at 22000 with assets around 10000. Mary McDonald sister to the Harris brothers also assigned for one third in real estate. J H Taylor named assignee and to file a detailed statement next week. Pittsburg wholesale clothing party pushing extension of time.
A bill prepared by citizens from both parties proposes a four member city commission of two Republicans and two Democrats appointed by the Mayor and Private Judges. The commission would oversee all city affairs except the Board of Health. A 15 member Republican and 15 member Democrat committee will push the bill to Columbus for early passage.
Charleston February report says no extra session will be held and about 200 miscellaneous bills are pending in both houses. Appropriation bills remain unsigned and a $100,000 World’s Fair appropriation is expected to trigger a late night session with some members opposing any appropriation.
John McWard er a boy of 12 was picked up by truants in Youngstown claiming no home. He says his father works as a miner in Springfield Virginia and that he was stolen and brought to Chartiers near Pittsburgh. He escaped after being whipped and fled to avoid returning home. parents notified.
A special telegraph item updates General Master Workman Powderly's condition after a recent attack. The message notes he is resting in Philadelphia and hopes to recover fully, with doctors planning his care and return. A second dispatch reports Mead Meadows found unconscious near Flam tie Meatoes, and authorities began investigation into the incident.
Tom Hughes an all around thief was sentenced to one year in the Western Penitentiary by Judge Taylor for attempting to kill an Oil City policeman. He is tied to several local safe blowing attempts and the jail turnkey attack. The incident caused a city fever and prompted extra security at the jail as investigators pursue Hughes and his alleged gang.
News from Poca hontas county reports many residents in the upper county cut off by recent storms face destitute starving conditions. Roads are impassable and stores exhausted with cornmeal the leading staple. supplies arrive only by long horse caravans over the mountains, signaling imminent suffering.
Great flood sweeps Salt River Valley with Phoenix and Tempe flooded. Rail bridge washed away and tracks torn up. adobe houses lost and electricity cut. Five Pima Indians drowned near Lehi, with reports of a possible white family drowned north of Phoenix. Mail and rail service disrupted as rivers overflow.
A Bostox dispatch presents a table of gross exchanges from managers of Clearing Houses in key cities. It compares last week's totals with rates of increase or decrease against the same week in 1890, highlighting the year over year changes.
Patrick Sullivan was shot by Oliver Riley at 7 p.m. and died at 8 p.m. A mob formed after the news, stormed the jail, and in a second attempt Riley was killed by the crowd at a railroad crossing. Sullivan had been found taking coal from the railroad chute against orders.
Miss Bessie Sanson and Miss Marie Jansen reveal letters claiming to name babies after them. They report identical messages postmarked Columbus with same handwriting and punctuation errors. Manager Murray vows prosecution and asks advance agent Doe Freemann to locate the swindler Mr St John.
Burrano February 2. A canal line between Buffalo and Albany tests oil fuel for steamers. Oil fed from iron cylinders into the furnace converts to gas with steam, cutting coal use by half. Inventor claims twelve barrels of oil can run a canal steamer to New York.
Last week of our sale offers great bargains on cups saucers and plates. Call early to beat the crowd. Charitable Reizenstein at 152 154 156 Federal Street Youngstown opens to the public on European plan. Nicely furnished rooms and sample rooms from $1 per day. Anfrecht's Elite Gallery Pittsburg advertises cabinet photos and life-size crayons at 350. Elevator in use.
Weekend obituaries and notices mix with a sermon report by Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts in Pittsburg. He spoke in Carnegie Hall, urging shelttion of Sunday services and transit, while local death notices list multiple funerals and memorials for February 1901 across Allegheny and Pittsburgh, naming families and locations.
The center counter of 50 inch imported English Suitings priced at 125 to 150 dollars is offered at 1 dollar per yard. Stores highlight extensive growth in the dress goods business with choice goods and large assortments, stressing prices this week in 1891.
An advertisement extols a wide range of fabrics and art prints offering indias from 22 to 27 inches at 25 to 75 cents, and large 27 inch Indias at 50 cents with black and white variants. It touts Crepes and Habutai or Wash Silks priced around 65 cents, claiming superior art printing, color designs, and substantial savings compared to usual offerings.
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