Rioting at Braddock: Hungarians Clash with Workers
A violent clash in Braddock leaves Patrick Nyland and Patrick Hughes badly injured among to tally of Irish workers. Police arrest five suspected ringleaders, with Sheriff McCandless ordering saloons closed and deputies sworn in as unrest spreads through the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Holtzman
C. M. Swab
Michael Polish
John Gresha
George Polsk
Paul Maroweki
Andrew Wonski
Andrew Stanarod
Constable Best
Mike Greway
Mike Frickel
Joel Bilink
Andrew Pardee
John Thomas
Edwards
Best
Tisoners
Stevers Tan
McCandless
Braddock Aml
W. KR
John Brown
Ife
Hous
Edgar Thompson
A Trust in Turkey Poultry Prices Rattle Families During Holidays
A lengthy account describes a turkey price spike driven by a poultry trust and combine efforts. Farmers delayed selling poultry before New Year to avoid losses, while retailers faced rising wholesale costs. Consumers faced scarce supply and fluctuating prices around Thanksgiving and Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Ways and Means
Turkey
Liberty Street
Polen
Godimer & Co
Farmers’ Alliance
Alliance
Hungarian Robber Arrested on Diamond Street Denies Guilt
Inspector McAleese received a telegram from Jouba Leska of McKeesport asking for the arrest of a Hungarian described as the thief who robbed a man for $1. The suspect, a mason named James Condereno, claimed to be Italian and denied the accusation after being arrested on Diamond alley and locked up at Central Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inspector McAleese
Jouba Leska
McKeespor
Pittsburg
Gray
James Condereno
Central Station
Fatal New Year Shooting in Etna Borough
Jacob Dillon of Etna ages four decades, a Isabella Furnace employee, died instantly when a revolver discharged while he celebrated the New Year at his Freeport street home. He left a wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Dillon
Freeport Street
Etna Borough
Dillon
Isabella Furnace
Theft at Fifth Avenue Market House Reported
John Andrews, at the Fifth Avenue Market House newsboys dinner, told Sergeant Cochran of the Eleventh ward station yesterday afternoon that a silver watch was taken from him after he encountered several youths near the entrance. The loss was not noticed for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Andrews
Fifth Avenue Market House
Cochran
Eleventh Ward
Ouropeno
Detective arrest of William Wilson for burglary at 516 Grant Street
Detective Sterck yesterday arrested William Wilson who was wanted on a charge of burglary at No 516 Grant Street. The suspect allegedly took contents and a quantity of bed clothing during the break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterck
William Wilson
Their First Annual Ball Held by Local Unions No 3
The members of Local Unions No. 3 of the A. F. G. W. U. held their first select ball last night at Odd Fellows Hall on Sarah Street and Torver Hall on Jane Street. Both venues were crowded to capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows Hall
Sarah Street
Torver Hall
Jane Street
Allegheny Police Hurtful Roast Sparks City Hall Row
Allegheny’s Police Committee held a rowdy session chaired by William Speer who criticized Chief Murphy and the force. Speer assailed 31 new officers and a patrol wagon while the department defended its growth. The meeting closed with a tense exchange and Murphy avoiding comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speer
Police Committee
Allegheny Department
Allegheny Police Committee
City Hall
William Speer
Murphy
Allegheny
Police Department
Iace
Chief Murphy
Mr.Speer
Mr. Speer
Wolfe
Finance Committee
J. Speer
Lower Street Department Budget Sparks City Hall Fight
The Streets and Sewers Committee chopped the Street Department estimate from 82 850 to 70 000 after a long debate. Last year’s appropriation was 90 000 with a 4 000 addition, while bonds this year suggested 73 000. A Fulton street foot bridge petition and a Star Gas Company pipe-laying ordinance were also discussed, along with light tower system review and water works ballot planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny Street Department
Ehlers
Pittsburg, Ft Wayne & Chicago
Fulton Street
California Avenue
Gas Committee of
Allegheny
Star Fluminating Gas Company
Gang Attacks Colored Laborer in SoHo
Charles Hamilton, a Moor Head’s Mill worker, reported being assaulted near Brady Street under the Baltimore and Ohio bridge by a six man gang. He was kicked and clubbed, left badly injured with a cut eye, while no robbery occurred. A second man was attacked an hour later at Fifth Avenue and Brady Street. no arrests or clear suspects yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hamilton
Moorhead's Mill
Fourteenth Ward
Baltimore and Oho
Brady Street
Hamilton
Fifth Avenue
Shafera
Smiley on Deck and the Coming Legislature
Journal Clerk of the Senate Ed Smiley sails for Harrisburg to prepare for the opening of the Legislature. He predicts a long session with apportionment debate and notes Governor Pattison will veto bills not to his liking. He doubts changes to the license grants, backs Brooks law, and discusses potential House leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Marrisburg
Ed. Smiley
Franklin
State Senate
Harrisburg
Russell Errett
Smiley
Errett
Germany
Pattison
House
Therm
Brooks
Thompson
Warren
Plan of the Next House
Congressman Wilson of Missouri predicts Democrats will tear the McKinley bill apart in the next Congress. He says separate schedules, a full coinage bill, and Farmers Alliance influence will shape federal policy, while grangers align with Democrats and avoid independent bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Missouri
Eastern Express
Washington
Senate
House
Pe Am Bot
Farmers’ Alliance
Grangers
Democrate
Nsaion
Money Scarce As Nourse Reports Tight Markets
Washington lecturer Robert Nourse, who stopped in Anderson yesterday, says the money market is tight across the country. He cites Meadville and the Delamater bank failure as causing suffering, yet believes the economy will recover from the panic. He notes depositors expect to be paid only cents on the dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Nourse
Washington
Anderson
Meadville
Delamater Bank
Dapesiters
Guests of the Wardens Quarter Jail Register Summary
Jail Warden Berlin presents a quarterly county jail report to the Prison Board. Counts include on hand court prisoners, new receipts, discharges, and remaining totals by sex. The document notes deaths and transfers to asylums and poor farm, with Berlin likely to be reelected as warden at tomorrow's meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Prison Board
Saeed
Ensa
Berlin Ws
Man Arrested After Struggle With Officers At Penn Avenue Home
At 7 p m Mrs Hugh Bulger living at 2720 Penn avenue asked Twelfth ward police to arrest her intoxicated husband. Officers Bagby and Cole confronted Bulger who resisted and was overpowered. Bulger kicked Officer Leht in the abdomen, causing serious concern for his injuries. Bulger to appear before Magistrate McKenna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Bulger
Penn Avenue
Twelfth Ward
Bagby
Cole
Bolger
Balfer
Bulger
Fallon Street
Center Avenue
McKenna
Fires Briefly Damages Bottling Plant and Kitchen
Two small fires cause minor damage in Bellefeld area. At No. 22 Wylie avenue Martin Levy’s bottling house suffered a fire discovered shortly before midnight with about 200 dollars in damage insured. A still alarm for a kitchen fire at Charles Woods on Craig street brought E Company No.4 to extinguish minor damage from boiling grease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyle Avenue
Martin Levy
Wylie Avenue
Charles Woods
Craig Street
Bellefeld
Insane Patient Kate Peters Dies at City Farm
Kate Peters, ten years a City Farm inmate in Findlay, Ohio area, died there on Wednesday. Her brother was notified and arrangements made for burial at the Farm. Also reported dead was Jenkin Howell, at City Farm since 1887, formerly an iron worker at the Old Forge on Second Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Peters
Insans
City Farm
Findlay
Jenkin Howell
Old Forge
Second Avenue
Allegheny Newsboy Shoots Hat Lids Impact at Depot
An Allegheny boy, about seven, was shot at near the Ft Wayne depot after a newsboy objected to a hat he wore. A revolver was fired, striking the area of the hat. No arrest reported as an officer witnessed the episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William EK. Hague
Allegheny
Ft. Wayne
Weather blamed for city illness as typhoid and sore throats rise
Doctors report mixed views on health amid cold wet weather. Typhoid, pneumonia, bronchitis and sore throats appear across districts, with some specialists noting no epidemic while others cite foreign quarters and East End as harder hit. Weather blamed universally, streets slick and infections linked to perils of snow and rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
W. T. Mnglish
Jones
Doedor
Biystone
Hoffman
Homeocpathic School
Offman
Bigstone
D. A. Hengst
Express Wreck Records Two Crashes On Long Route
The Cleveland express on the Cleveland and Pittsburg road wrecked twice yesterday en route to Pittsburg. First, engine and one car left track on a bridge about 80 miles from Alliance. no injuries, locomotive saved. In Rochester the train collided with a freight engine. passenger cab shattered, baggage car burned to kindling. Engineer escaped unharmed, fireman bruised but not seriously. Passengers shaken but unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Express
Cleveland and
Pittsburg
Alliance
Fort Wayne
Rochester
Erent
Women Gaining Voice in the M E Conference Vote
The article reports a majority favoring women delegates in the M E Conference but notes final approval requires a two thirds Conference vote. Of 21,414 counted, 152,281 supported admitting women while 100,083 opposed. Eastern districts showed strong opposition despite expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Death of H E Church Reveals Secret Civil War Plot
H E Church 50 died after an oxygen cylinder explosion at the Red Lion and hospital amputation. He served on the Rattler of the Mississippi squadron, and Captain Dan Silvas testifies to a published plan by Captain Glenny to capture the squadron with rebel forces near Jefferson Davis plantation. The plot involved two boatloads sent ashore, a crossfire ambush, and a failed river raid foiled by executive officer and liberty men. The affair remained quiet until now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Church
Mississippi
Mercy Hospital
Red Lion
Church
Indianapolis
Rattler
Glenn
Glenny
Vicksurg
Several Little Fellows Lost in Southside Wards
A pattern of child disappearances reported in the Southside last evening. Henry Call of 123 Carson Street alerted the Twenty eighth ward station that his 1-year-old son had been missing since yesterday morning. John Bowers of the Thirty-fifth ward and Jacob Berger of the Twenty-fourth ward were also searching for their sons, aged 8 and 6 respectively, who left home around midday and did not return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Call
Carson Street
Twenty Eighth Ward
John Bowers
Jacob Berger
Twenty-fourth Ward
Moderate man theme lights temperance meeting at Standard Theatre
CONFIDENT OF A HARVEST describes a well attended last night temperance meeting at the Standard Theatre with Mr. Dunn delivering a bright address on the "moderate" man. A second item notes three young men Harry Cready Richard Scott and William Jones arrested by Officer Hagerling for attempting to gain entry to Turner Hall through a rear window during a ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn
Harry Cready
Richard Scott
William Jones
Hagerling
Twenty-eighth Ward
Turner Hall
Jane Street
Kaufmanns Unconditional Clearance Sale Slashes Half Prices
The Kaufmanns store launches an aggressive clearance of odds and ends in china, glassware, pottery, dolls, and more. Prices are cut 50 percent off marked tickets as first stockroom demand forces a sweeping sale. Includes dinner sets, teapots, plates, vases, tureens, and bric a brac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaufmanns
China Department
China
Special Clearance Sale of Winter Dress Goods at Lynch’s Market Street
Large sale offers black silks cashmeres plaids and stripes jamestown suitings broadcloths and embroidered robes to close winter stock at unusually low prices. Over 300 garments sold first three days of sacrifice cloak sale. Sale renewed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boces & Boat
Jamestown
H. J. Lynch
Market Street
Wfsu
Boccs & Bull
Boces & Bunt
Lenn Avenue
Pennsylvania
Toc
Direct Steel Making Grows In Cambria District
The Cambria Company experiments with direct steel conversion from billets draw growing interest. G N Suelus and British experts praise the Adams process on trial at Carbon Iron Works. Carnegie Phipps & Co. and others consider adopting direct methods as competition heats up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. N. Suelus
Carbon Iron Works
Cambria Iron and Steel Company
Johnstown
Adams
Hack Diamond
Cambria Saan
Allegheny Bessémer Mill Eee Eat Sa
Ark
Duquesne
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Jeannette Glass Works Dispute Letter Prompted Settlement Talks
In regard to the matter at Jeannette Glass Works a letter from William H Slicker claims fairness and seeks public clarification. The dispute involves Eberhart and tensions over worker employment and blowers helpers payment, with no stoppage reported yet and a likely settlement on the horizon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeaunnette Glass Works
Jeannette
Duspaten
Eberhard
Windows Workers
Eberhart
William H. Slicker
Eberhardt
Import Labor Question Over Glassworks Dispute
The Dispatch reports misstatements about the Jeannette Glass Works dispute with Glassworkers leaders Mr. Chambers and Mr. Eberhart. George L. Coke announces L. A. 300 members are refusing to work pending settlement of a contract violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
Eberhart
Jeannette Glass Works
Messrs. Chambers
George L. Coke
L. A. 300
Jewelers Promise Largest New Stock for New Year Gifts
Jewelers express gratitude for patrons during the holiday season and announce that new goods have been ordered by telegram. They assure ample stock will be shown to customers desiring to make New Year gifts.
Exceptional Bargains on Robes and Fabrics Last Week
The sale features plaids checks and stripes in 50 inch English Cheviot and Paris Robes with former prices from $1 to $355, now deeply discounted. Remaining stock includes robes marked down to $12.50 to $30 and assorted fabrics such as Pekin Striped Sarahs and Brocades, all to close quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tba
A. Ste
Suimeda
Southern coal trade outlook bleak says Captain O Neill
Captain W W O Neill reports a worsening river coal market after the up river strike. He cannot offer miners more than a half cent per bushel, pushing costs up to three quarters due to wharf and transport wages. He spent days in Louisville and Cincinnati seeking buyers but could not sell any of 40 barges amid zero demand and fierce Western competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. O'Neill
Louisville
Cincinnati
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Hans
Isras
Patrick Nyland
Yard
Michael Quinn
Furnace Keaper
Merevena
AN Ee Bramer
John Nelson
Patrick Briggs
Jacob Kloenosky
Furnaceman
Uci
Salas Hughes
Patrick Dougherty
Cash Acres
Michael O'Donnell
IsratTcu
Gules
Cho
Coton
Thomas Cosgrove
Transportation Department
Paurick McCartoney
Quinn
Father Sickey
Father Murphy
Will
Father My
Braddock
Diamond Street
Etna
Nurphy
Woek
Soho Roughs
Mr. Nourse
James Monroe Hill
Scott Street
Fifteenth Ward
Republican Club
Butler Street
Wainwright
Alderman
Bulion' Ts
Sos
Fienting & Son
Market St
Phoid
E. F. Frasher
Oakland
Bouquet Street
A. J. Davis
East Liberty
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Jos. Horne & Co
Curry University
Br&s
Eos
Parker
Jos. Homxe & Co
Peon Avenue
Sixth Street
The
Cambria Company
L. A
Monongahela
William Douglass
Jumberman
la Adonis
Knights' Hall
Edward Schaffer
Edward Terry
W. Etzel
Harry Weaver
Frrox
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Jewelers
Fifth Ave
Paris
Cor
Market St. Deli
Pittsbore
JOS. Horne & Cis
Penn Ave
O'Neill
Odds and Ends
Mr&. C. Weisser
Siliks
LOT Paille Francaise
America
Neautia
Aus
Duchesse
Horne & CO
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