Record of Health Tips Amid Heat Wave From City Official
Registrar McCandless and City officials report the hottest day of the year with temperatures around 94 degrees. They warn on heat related deaths and advise light clothing, shaded walks, cool beverages, and avoiding stimulants. The mortality tallies show 124 deaths last week including many children under one year and several illnesses linked to heat.
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Old City
East End
Southside
Signal Service Observer's
Stewart
Signal Service
Keep Cool In Heat With Fans Drinks And Umbrella
A Dispatch reporter finds varied methods to beat summer heat. Experts advise wrist cooling and ice, avoid black hats, vented headgear, light underclothes, and vegetables. Ocean drinks and umbrella use cited. water good for hydration, claret findings noted. experts warn against ice water overuse and suggest comfortable linen clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kerr, Jr
Smithfield Street
Jocoh Dickson
Conan
George Elphinstone
Allegheny
Thomas W. Shaw
Mundorff
M. A. Arnholt
Washington’s vanished oil boom spawns a Boston tube mill plan
Five year oil boom fades in Little Washington as drillers move to Allegheny and West Virginia. Boston financier W P Tyler promotes a tube mill. $50,000 raised from local businessmen, land bought, 20 acres secured, but machinery and output remain tiny and uncertain. Locals grow skeptical about tubes and timing.
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Little
Washington
Allegheny County
West Virginia
Old Borough
W. P. Tyler
Boston
West
New England Iron Works
Pennsylvania
Will Sell the Cattle The Laramie Company May Pay Tin Debts
Ex-Collector John Dowten of Isreene county said the Laramie Cattle Company may sell all stock and effects to meet debts if rain does not come soon. Prices will determine if they recover, though officers remain hopeful amid favorable winter conditions. Dowten noted no political interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dowten
Isreene County
Canine Crusade Targets Unmuzzled Cars Friday
Police Chief Brown launches a drive against unmuzzled dogs with a Friday start. Sergeants at each station will file daily reports listing killed dogs, locations, and officer names, while the fallmaster logs daily removals. Officers receive a small fee per dog killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Ping
Allegheny Celebration Plans Advance at Semi Centenary Meeting
The Semi Century Committee reported favorable replies to invitations for the Allegheny celebration. Plans include a grand allegorical display with 500 girls in wagons, an extensive parade, ice water along the route, and a Westinghouse display promised as the finest ever. Proclamations to close stores and adjourn courts on the 17th were requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Easton
Allegheny Turn Verein
Walker
Common Council
David Hunter
Westinghouse Company
Pease
Sheplar
Gourley
Fir. Snyder
Stockman
Thomas Sample
H. K. Beatty
M. H. Rindle
Western University
K. Kerr
J. O. Horne
J. Maeter
Carnegie Library to Locate Main Hall Near Schenley Park Entrance
Chief Bigelow was informed by James B. Scott and Thomas D. Carnahan that Mrs. Schenley’s decision and Mr. Carnegie’s visit yielded a productive result. The main hall of the new Carnegie Library will be near the Schenley Park entrance. Scott plans a Carnegie Library Commission meeting soon to move the project forward.
County Democracy Endorses Pattizon Black and Barclay
At a county Democratic meeting, resolutions unanimously endorsed the Scranton convention nominees Robert E. Pattizon Chauncey F. Black and W H Barclay and praised their character public records and independence. The association pledged united efforts for the Democratic ticket and contrasted the Republicans unfavorably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Democracy
County Democracy Association
Robert E. Pattizon
Chauncey F. Black
W. H. Barclay
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Allaying Thirst with Soda at Market Street Drugstore
At Market Street, A E Byers sold unusually large volumes of soda water and cooling beverages. Two clerks worked from morning to midnight to meet demand, with Byers estimating over 1,500 customers served in one day. Some bought plain soda, others syrups mixed with soda, and Sunday sales reached about 2,500 glasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Byers
Market Street
Bynra
Byers
Wishart
City Arrests and Fines Reported by Mayor for Jane
Mayor Goure ley’s monthly report shows 1093 arrests in the city. Police magistrates turned in 6925.90 dollars. Of the arrestees 558 faced drunkenness or disorderly conduct, 64 vagrancy, 150 ordinance violations, 104 suspicious characters, 0 for keeping disorderly houses, 4 visiting disorderly houses, 3 gambling. Fines were paid by 689 prisoners. 4 sent to jail, 210 to workhouse, 11 held for court, 547 discharged without further action. Monetary amounts listed include 1.47, 505, 1306.60, 1100.65.
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Jane
Maenna
PleasAnt Valley Company Discharge Row Divides Board
A July 7 1990 letter to D A 3 K of L reports a board vote 4 to 3 to reject reinstating 12 discharged conductors and motormen who joined the Knights of Labor. Secret order ties and resignations fuel further dispute as Master Workman Evans vows to continue the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley Company
K. of L
Prrnspore
Laura A. Powell
Board of Directors
W. H. Gravay
Arthur L. Kennedy
C. Greer
Graham
Ek. H. King
O. P. Scaife
James Andrews
William Rossberg
Henry
Evans
Miss Powell
Workman
Stone
Colonel Stone
Knights of Labor
Doaem
Orkman Evans
Meing
Manufacturers Agree on Trade Scale Good for Business
William Martin, secretary of the Amalgamated Association and first vice president of the AFL, returns from New York where executives including Mr Disston discussed the favorable trade outlook. Early wage settlements could bring a rush of orders for the season, and refusal to sign may scare off large contract work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Martin
Amalgamated Association
American Federation of Labor
New York
Philadelphia
Martin
Mr. Disston
Disston
BicHoesport Labor Dispute Keeps Two Sides Paralyzed
National Tube Works Company officials reject signing the scale while President Webhe and the Amalgamated Association push for acceptance. The McKessport module stalemate risks wider industry impact as General Manager Converse and Mr. Pierce remain in the East with no settlement in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tube Works Company
Webhe
McKessport
Amalgamated Association
Painter's Mill Strike Keeps Workers From The Floor
Painter's mill workers remain on strike after a meeting deciding not to resume labor until a 10 cent daily wage increase is granted. The action halts output in the cotton and hoop iron departments, with older workers optimistic that the strikers will prevail if new hires are kept out.
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Painter's Mill
Cotten
Getting Them Into the Fold
Frank Hawley and Thomas Kane were elected to represent the local lodge of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association to meet in Buffalo on Tuesday September 2. J. H. Jantzen and Join Morgan are alternates. Hawley noted the lodge has admitted nearly all non union switchmen in the Pittsburg yards following the recent railroad trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hawley
Thomas Kane
Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association
Buffalo
J. H. Jantzen
Join Morgan
Hawley
Pittsburg
Manion and Wife Clash at Police Station
Patrick Manion of Braddock sought help locating his wife claiming desertion and four children in an asylum. Mrs Manion said brutal treatment drove her to leave. she showed injuries and sought shelter at the Central station where Inspector McAleese questioned both, fining Manion and releasing him while she slept in Matron Brennan's room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Maslow
Braddock
Inspector McAleese
Patrick Manion
Wes
McAleese
Manion
Ferry Street
Central Station
Matron Brennan
Accidents of a Day Report Drownings and Burns
Arthur Grant, a 25 year old from Lewis' foundry, drowned while diving at South Twenty-fifth street. Jefferson Davis, a Southside glassworker, died from injuries after a kick from a horse in Osire. Polish woman Mary Collzy burned severely by hot coffee at 2740 Penn avenue. A Rowe, painter, fell from a swinging scaffold on Second avenue Hazelwood, injuring his collarbone. Martin Bronen had a finger crushed at Forty-third Street.
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Jefferson Davis
Chicago
Arthur Grant
South Twenty-fifth Street
Grant
Lewis’ Foundry
Twenty-fourth Street
Jefferson Davia
Osisre
Airhorse
Pittsburg
Adams & Co
Sarah Street
Seventh
Eighth
Mary Collzy
Penn Avenue
A. Rowe
No. 1
Shingisa Street
Homeopathic
Second Avenue
Hazelwood
Martin Bronen
Forty-third Street
Disappearance of Southside Glassworker John Kelly
John Kelly a Southside glass worker vanished eight weeks ago after leaving his boarding house one evening. He took no clothes and left a week’s pay at the factory. Friends fear he may have taken his life. detectives have found no body or trace. Kelly was well known on the Southside and had threatened to harm himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kelly
Kelly
Findlay
Two Sisters Tour Pittsburg Diocese For Foreign Missions
Two sisters of the Order of St. Francis are making their annual tour through the Pittsburg diocese collecting subscriptions to a monthly religious magazine published in the mother house. They came from Georgia where the order has a large convent and have started work in Sharpsburg. They will stay about two months.
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Order of St. Francis
Pittsburg
Georgia
Sharpsburg
Children Sought for Five Zig Children in Need of Homes
The Children’s Aid Society of Allagheny County seeks homes for five children from Zig to six years old, including three boys and two girls. One six year old boy is unclaimed and especially needs a foster or permanent home.
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The
Children’s Aid Society
Allagheny County
Zig
Mystery remains as railyard death awaits ID
Awaiting positive identification, the body of the man killed at Wilmerding on the Pennsylvania Railroad lies at the morgue. The inquest was adjourned until this morning in hopes of identifying the deceased.
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Wilmerding
Pennsylvania
Tragedy at Homestead: David Morris Dies After Railroad Injury
David Morris, 43, a widower and former veteran, died yesterday at West Penn Hospital from injuries suffered when struck by a train on the Pittsburg Virginia and Charleston line at Homestead on the Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Morris
Pittsburg
Virginia
Charleston
Homestead
West Penn Hospital
Local items from two cities amid incidents and audits
Allegheny and nearby city notes recount road committee approvals totaling 3169 dollars and wharves payroll of 10042 dollars. Traction receipts show a weekly gain of about 2000 dollars. Cadetship exams for West Point postponed. Various arrests follow including Jennie Rogers for disorderly house and others for intoxication assault and neglect. A small fire damages collars and cuffs. legal actions and jail terms noted.
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Tur Alletheny Committee
Rmit
Jackson
Citizens’ Traction Company
West Point
Bayne
Jennie Ropgers
Scranton Jen
Second Avenue
Jea McAleese
Alderman McKenna
Joax Patterson
Department of Public Safety
Wylie Avenue
Eleventh Ward
Charlie Wah
Federal Street
Allegeny
Joseph Brookmiller
East Street
Allegheny
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Boston
James Ee
Andre Barclay
Alleheny
Joux Lovosey
Penn Avenue
James One
Heat Wave Strikes West End Steamboat Crew
Four men including Thomas Tierney John Adney Patrick Flaherty and Mike Hagererty collapsed from heat while coaling the steamer Eam Brown at Brown's landing near Main Street West End. They were sent home and reported not seriously hurt. John Moon from Black Diamond Steel Works also collapsed and was sent home. Southside mills shut down last night with few beans produced and four other heat related cases reported. Three Nimick horses on the Severn died from the heat yesterday.
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Thomas Tierney
John Adney
Patrick Flaherty
Mike Hage¢erty
Cosling
Eam Brown
Brown's Landing
Ohio River
Main Street
West End
Joln Moon
Black Diamond Steel Works
East Liberty
Southside
W. A. Nimick
Severn
Glass salesmen expect buyers to flock to city
The Monongahela House hosts an expanding glass trade gathering with 20 plus salesmen and increasing local and distant buyers arriving. Drummers say the season is early and uncertain though prospects appear fair, recalling last summer’s weak trade and hoping for solid demand this year.
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Monongahela House
Liverymen restrict heavy loads in heat to save horses
Charles F. Jahn of Burns and Jahn says heat forces refusal of heavy orders for coupes and other rigs. Horses stay in stable with light loads, and are not watered during trips to prevent founder in extreme weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Jahn
Burns & Jahn
Ceates
Teamsters Fined For Obstructing Citizens' Traction Line
John Voulker and John Ronson faced Alderman McKenna on obstructing the Citizens' Traction Line after a hearing by Samuel Bowden. Evidence showed the pair held the track in front of a cable car from Twelfth Street to Thirty-second Street. Each was fined five dollars and costs.
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Citizens’ Line
John Voulker
John Ronson
Alderman McKenna
Citizens’ Traction Line
Samuel Bowden
Twelfth Street
Thirty-second Street
Costa
Generous In Spite of the Heat at Humane Society
Heat kept a quorum from meeting as Humane Society directors could not convene. Secretaries and donors listed contributions from S Severance ten dollars to Dr B M Tindle five dollars and others including Mrs James Park ten pounds, W H Duff and Peter Young among many donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humane Society
Davidson
S. Severance
James Park
F. Fisher
J.P. Hanna & Co
A Clark
Dilworth Bros
W. H. Duff
Dr. B. M. Tindle
E. H. Myers
W. J. Sawyer
Thomas H. Lane
W. J. Young
Peter Young
Len Cline
Rumor Denied in Boiler Makers Strike
The only new development yesterday was a rumor that West and McDonald wanted their workers to return at nine hours per day. The firm denies this, stating no such plan exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West & McDonald
No Connection Claimed Between Two Sadie Samuels
An 8 year old girl Sadie Samuels of 77 Chatham street fears being mistaken for a Youngstown woman of the same name jailed on a receiving stolen property charge. The article emphasizes there is no connection between the two.
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Sadie Samuels
Chatham Street
Youngstown
Executive Committee Probes Union Journal Dispute
The Executive Committees of Typographical Union No.7 met yesterday to investigate the difficulty between the Trades Journal and Labor Tribune. Their actions are made public until the next meeting of No.7.
Popular Excursion to Atlantic City on B and O Railroad
The season’s second excursion via Washington and Philadelphia departs Thursday July 17 1890. Tickets are valid ten days with stopovers at Washington and return to Pittsburg for ten dollars. Special trains with Pullman parlor and sleeping cars leave the B&O depot at 8 a.m. and 9:20 p.m. For details contact E. D. Smith Division Passenger Agent Pittsburg Pa.
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Washington
D. C
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Ashington
E. D. Smith
Pittsburg
Start Up on Double Turf at Howe Brown Co Mall
The Howe Brown Company mall at the foot of Seventeenth Street plans to start up tomorrow with 600 men after a two week layoff. Workers return to double turn operations to resume production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe, Brown & Co
Seventeenth Street
Amalgamated Scale Talks Conclude Today
President Weihe continued a conference on the Amalgamated scale with the Oliver Iron and Steel iron car. The matter is expected to be settled today.
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Weihe
Oliver Iron and Steel Ironenccar
Census Returns Near Complete in This District
Supervisor Oliver waits for the last dozen enumerators to file returns and plans to close the census office. He estimates results that should match official counts within a narrow margin. The county population is about 543000, up 54.5 percent since the last census, with outside the twin cities rising 52.3 percent. Pittsburg may not reach 240000, while Allegheny City has 105000. Homestead grows to 7000 of 18100 in Mifflin township as factories push outward from the cities.
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Oliver
Twin Cities
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Allegheny City
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Homestead
Mifflin
Porter
Populate the 700 at Schenley Park Zoo
Chief Bigelow received two young eagles for Schenley Park Zoological Garden and a letter from a Westmoreland County gentleman promising a pair of deer within weeks. Mr Bigelow buys pure bred South Down sheep for delivery next month and will inspect a Shropshire flock in Washington County next week. The South Downs and Shropshire sheep are praised for beauty and novelty in park scenery.
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South Downs
Conductor Files Charge Against Beer Truck Driver
William Gallaway, conductor of car 117 on the Penn avenue line, made formal charges yesterday before Alderman Leslie against Philip Demmer, Wye Brewing driver, for maliciously obstructing the highway. Demmer posted bail and will have a hearing on Thursday. He habitually blocked streetcar tracks by turning his wagon across them and refusing to move until unloading beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gallaway
Penn Avenue
Leslie
Philip Demmer
Wye Brewing Company
Demmer
Model of a Jobostown Flood Wagon Recalled
A recovered pile from the Ninth Street bridge project, driven through the wagon wheels, remains attached to a wagon as a relic of the Jobostown flood. The pile was drawn yesterday, preserving a tangible link to the river work.
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Ninth Street
Promising Merchants Excursion to Atlantic City Planned
Parcy F. Smith of the Pennsylvania Grocer announces a merchants excursion to Atlantic City via Luray Caverns. Tickets are selling well and a good crowd is expected. the itinerary was released yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Luray Caverns
Parcy F. Smith
Pennsylvania Grocer
Millvale Women Face Malicious Mischief Charge
Mrs. Ella Wills filed a charge of malicious mischief against Mrs. John Graff before Alderman Leslie in Millvale. The dispute stems from an incident last week when Mrs. Graff allegedly took clothes from Mrs. Wills yard while drying them in her own yard.
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Ella Wills
John Graff
Leslie
Millvale
Graff
Arrest of Gerhard Kempler on child abuse complaint
Gerhard Kempler of 2003 Mifflin Street was arrested last night on a complaint by Agent Dean for abuse of his three minor children and was placed in the Seventeenth Ward station. He will have a hearing this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerhard Kempler
Mifflin Street
Dean
Seventeenth Ward
Hungarians Return Home After Short United States Stay
About 150 Hungarians from the Northwest passed through the Union depot yesterday returning to Hungary. The leader said they were not paid enough money in America. They worked on Northwestern railroads. Syrup of Figs is promoted for health benefits and gentle action on the bowels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Union
Hungary
America
Northwestern
Mill in West End Closed for Repairs
Singer Nimick and Co. mill in the West End shut yesterday for repairs. Officials say the job will take about two weeks to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer, Nimick & Co
West End
Building permits issued for several houses in city
Fourteen permits were issued yesterday at the Building Inspector's office mainly for dwelling houses. The notable entries include Louis Emanuel for a two story brick dwelling on Fifth avenue between Moyran and Ward streets at 7100 dollars, B. H. Graham for a brick dwelling on Bellefield near Center avenue at 500 dollars, John E. Kuhn for a frame dwelling on Wallingford street near Morewood avenue at 6612 dollars, and Samuel Ritchie for a frame dwelling on Hazlewood avenue at 1500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Emanuel
Fifth Avenue
Moyran
Ward Streets
B. H. Graham
Bellefield
Center Avenue
John E. Kuhn
Wallingford Street
Morewood Avenue
Samuel Ritchie
Hazlewood Avenue
They Traveled Too Fast on Fifth Avenue
Robert Burns and James Morton were arrested by Officer Harris for fast driving in a buggy on Fifth Avenue. The pair, described as well dressed, accelerated through a space that alarmed pedestrians and endangered safety. They were jailed at the Eleventh Ward station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Burns
James Morton
Harris
Fifth Avenue
Eleventh Ward
Day of all days for bar gains in summer sale
The notice advertises reductions at Penn Avenue Stores with prices stated as 91, 2 and 3 dollars each and later 5 and 4 dollars each. It promises a rare harvest for readers visiting the shops today.
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Penn Avenue
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McCandless
Tar Drsraren
J. Guy McCandless
Register of Vital Statistics
Pers
McDowell
Thomas M. Marshall
Garrett Crossan
Vandergrift Place
C C. Wiley
Cressons
Mr. Doyle
Delmonico's
Hove Schlosser
Pir
B. H. Jobson
Johns
Little Washington
Tyler
John Howden
A. B. Caldwell
A. M. Brown
John Slater
James Kunts
FE. F. Acheson
James I. Mitchell
L. J. Jones
Winfield McIllvain
Joly
New England
Chartiers Wal Jen
Baltimore and Ohio
Laramie Company
Goureley
Pleasant Valley Railway
Mr. Martin
M'Keesport
BicHoesport Muddle
Painter
For Foreign Catholic Missions
Teamsters
Gallinger
Penn Ave
Gallinger's
Mipflin Township
Chief Bigelow
California
DR. C. McLane
Fleming
Broa
Meilin
Danner Medicine Co
Danner
H. Hemsoth
Howard Street
Drugmsts and the Danner Medicine Co
Allegheny, Pa
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Cool Stores
Fifth Ave
Market ST
Juwr
Crane Elevator Co
Lewis Building
James H. Arce & Co
Henderson Busty
Dugarane Theater
Kob
Middletoe
David Henderson
Chicago Opera House
Duquesne
Jackman Building
Dispatch
Enderson
New Yor
Pittsbore
Henderson
Wemyss
Shen
Ben Pittsburg
John W. Norton
St. Louis
Messrs
Kohl & Middleton
O'Brien
Middleton
Holliday
Hie
PriTsacra
JUS. Horne & CO
Anderson's
Hienrietta Lateens
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