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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1891

Page

4

Aluminum steel breakthrough at Carbon Iron Works experiment

An eight hour test at the Carbon Iron Company on Thirty second street demonstrates aluminum can strengthen steel. Initial bottom cast run failed when aluminum mixed too early, but a later test achieved strong union. Superintendent H W Lash says aluminum additions of two to three tenths of a percent improve quality and predicts larger government contracts as the process nears perfection.

Carbon Iron Company Thirty-second Street H. W. Lash Mr. Lash Pitsborg Reduction Company Siage

Meeting of Engineers Elects New Officers and Continues Road Legislation

The Western Pennsylvania Engineers' Society held a well attended meeting with power to act on road legislation. Treasurer A E Frost reported receipts 1730 30 expenditures 1610 61 balance 119 69. Secretary S M Wickersham noted 46 new members and 12 resignations leaving 570. Officers elected: President T P Roberts Vice President A E Hust Directors Davidson Johnston Harlow Treasurer A E Hunt. A coal mining electric plant description by Charles F Scott was read, detailing a Firet Pool Monongahela River Mining Association mine at Willock station.

Western Pennyylvania Engineers’ Society W. L. Lcaife A. E. Frost S. M. Wickersham T. P. Roberts W. L. Scaife Engineers’ Society Aic Lcaife Dempster Presi A. E. Hust George S. Davidson Thomas H. Johnston J. H. Harlow A. E. Hunt Charles F. Scott Firet Pool Monongahela River

Annual Session of D A 3 Knights of Labor

The Knights of Labor D A 3 holds its annual meeting at 9 this morning with an expected 65 attendees from local assemblies. The agenda includes a Grocers' Association pact, officer elections featuring J L Jans and H F Kewpeey for Chief, and secretaries Min Powski and others, with Ross not seeking office. The session may run long, possibly into tomorrow.

Knights of Labor Grocers’ Association Workman Evans Miss Powell J. L. Jans Worthr H. F. Kewpeey Leoaldsletter Gotier Min Powski U NS. Ross

Coal concerns slow mining and looming shortage

Captain W W O Neil reports Louisville trip on coal business as water drops hinder transport. He notes last year’s output near 100 million bushels, calls current mining excessive, prices low, and warns the industry may soon exhaust supplies if activity continues at the present pace.

W. W. O'Neil Louisville

Secretary Watchorn Heads to Scottdale Conference

Secretary Watchorn transited the city yesterday en route to Scottdale for a conference and confirmed a prior statement that he would join Governor Pattison by accepting a clerkship under a department head.

Watchorn Scottdale Pattison

Workmen Leaving Corning After Bulb Monopoly Revealed

Corning workers prepare for a possible victory as Houghton & Co. is exposed to have a monopoly on electric bulb manufacture. Other firms gain sympathy for equal footing. Strike suspends local bulb supply and 60 workers may be moved to another plant to blow bulbs. Secretary Dillon cites 310 blowers and 1,050 staff at Houghton, noting wage differences hurt competitors.

Houghton & Co Edison Dillon Corning

Carpenters Vote on Eight Hour Movement Split Council

The Carpenters Council met last night and heard the vote report on the eight hour movement. Ballot stood about 800 for and 600 against moving into the program. Councils are divided and a mis understanding about the vote required may lead to an appeal.

Carpenters’ Council

Gompers Calls Conference of Tile Layers and Granite Cutters

Arthur B. Smythe, president of the National Association of the Marble Industry, has received President Samuel Gompers's letter calling a convention of tile layers and marble and granite cutters. Smythe may use Gompers’s name to summon meetings and refers the notice to tile layers for action.

Arthur B. Smythe National Association of the Marble Industry of the United States Samuel Gompers Federation of Labor Smythe Gompers

Another of Paschman Assailants Jailed for Hearing

James Lancaster was jailed by Alder man Gripp for a hearing on assault and battery and surety of the peace. The incident ties to the Edgar Thomson Steel Works strike, where Lancaster allegedly attacked Paschman for refusing to join the strikers and threatened to hang him.

James Lancaster Alderman Gripp Lancaster Edgar Thomson Steel Works Robert Paschman

Children at Baker chain works seek 20 cent daily raise

Thirty five boys at the Baker chain works Wood's Run request an advance of 20 cents a day. James W. Morner of a Boston hardware firm is inspecting the city for a site. Carnegie, Peiris & Co. concede to a plan to stave off an imminent strike.

Baker Chain Works Wood JamEs W. Mornrer Boston Carnegie, Peiris & Co

Deaf Dumb and Blind Child in Western Pennsylvania Hospital

A five year old boy in the children's ward at Western Pennsylvania Hospital is deaf dumb and blind from spinal meningitis since age two. His father lives in Washington DC and a local contact plans to educate him though experts say the task is nearly impossible currently. Asthma and other ailments are also mentioned in passing within the clipping.

Western Pennsylvania Hospital Thomas Stringer Washington, D. C Stringer Thomas Liggett Hbtal Cowan

Street Improvements on the Installment Plan Favored

City finance committee session discussed street bills and installment funding for later year taxes and water rents. Members Keating through Morrow and others debated foot frontage assessments, viewer discretion, and constitutional concerns amid a lien refund dispute and stalled street act reports.

Messrs Keating Binder Robertson Anderson Paul King Dunn McGuire Delaney Bigham McGonnigle Angloch Donley Wallace Magee Holliday Ford Morrow D. T. Watson W. B. Rodgers State Senate Flinn Senate Supreme Court Bigelow W. E. Johnston

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