Pittsburg Council Deliberates Carnegie Gift Refund
City leaders weigh returning Andrew Carnegie's 1 million gift for a Schenley Park library as labor groups push for the funds to be refunded. Councilmen John J. King and James McHugh back the idea, others doubt council authority or call for deliberate action amid pending contracts and street and improvement ordinances.
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Pittsburg
Corporation Committee
Public Works Committee
Andrew Carnegie
Schenley Park
John J. King
Carnegie
Homestead
King
James McHugh
Tras Carnegie
Donghue
Library Commission
Frick
John Ve
Thirty-third Ward
William Nolden
Russell
O'Donnell
O’donnell
Gourley
Letters to the Workmen at Homestead Read by Hugh O'Donnell
A Washington lawyer presents a plan to reorganize and file suit against Andrew Carnegie's steel company, while others send arbitration offers and threats. O'Donnell reads crank letters and a Pinkerton victim’s note, ending with a personal anecdote about protecting a man from a mob.
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O'Donnell
Pinkerton
Pittsburg
Hugh O'Donnell
Lawless
West
Important Conference Between City Officials and H. C. Frick
City officials including Mayor Gourley Chief Brown and City Attorney Moreland met H C Frick at his office Saturday afternoon to discuss the Homestead situation. The officials stated that if Pinkerton detectives are to be sent to Homestead they must be controlled and housed properly.
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H. C. Frick
Gourley
Brown
Moreland
Frick
Pinkerton
Hemaine
Frick Declines Pinkerton Reinforcements at Homestead
Mr Frick promises officials no additional Pinkerton men at Homestead for now and asserts no quarrel with the strikers. He explains the company merely discharged the workers and there is no further communication between them and the company.
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Homestead
Frick
Pinkerton
Chicago Labor Is Militant and Supports Pinkerton Defense
Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 adopted a resolution praising the Homestead defense against Pinkerton invaders. It pledged moral and financial backing to the Amalgamated Association of Pennsylvania and offered physical assistance if needed to repel intruders and protect workers and families.
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Typographical Union
Pinkertons
Chicaco
Chicago Typographical Union No. 16
Chicago Typographical Union No. 14
Pinkerton
Homestead
Uilli Vy
Amalgamated Association of Pennsylvania
T Ns Po
Unjnst
Carnegie Manufacturing
Pny
Resolvia
Workingmen Pledge Support for Armed Defense Against Pinkerton Detachment
In a statement from Chicago Union No. 16, workingmen are urged to form armed companies to defend rights amid labor strife. The pledge endorses self protection against invading Pinkerton detectives and their claimed harmful influence. A copy was sent to Hugh O'Donsell, a leader at Homestead, for dissemination.
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Eee
Chicago Union No. 16
Pinkerton
Hugh o‘Donsel
Homestead
A Cynical Anarchist Epithet Landmarked by Ohio Valley Trades
The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly at Wheeling adopts a resolution condemning the presence of armed men at Homestead Pa and praising workers’ struggle. It calls for state regulation to protect citizens and property, frames the anarchist as a foil, and pledges support for Homestead by lawful means.
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Carnegie
Ohio River Trades and Labor Assembly
Wheeling
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly
Ohio Valley
Homestead
Jnatice Waite
Stone Laying for Mt Troy German Catholic Church
The Mt Troy corner stone ceremony for a new German Catholic Church in Reserve Township took place yesterday three miles from Allegheny city. The project funded by John Neider will yield a $12,000 frame church partly used as a school. Fr. Myer delivered the German sermon and Fr. Suhr the English. a parchment with the date was sealed inside the stone. The event included the C M B A of Mt Troy, Knights of St George delegates, the Mr Troy band, and Father ate delivered a keynote address before the rite was completed. After the parade Frank Gas wares rolled a beer keg into the ranks and was arrested by Snyder at Allegheny Central station.
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Mt. Troy
Reserve Township
Allegheny
John Neider
Knights of St George
Father Mollinger
Mr. Troy Band
Father Myer
Father Suhr
Father Ate
John P. Ober
Frank Gaswares
Corey
Snyder
Allegheny Central Station
Corner Stone Laid For New Mt Troy Church
The Corner Stone was laid yesterday on Mt. Troy road three miles from Allegheny line for a prospective church. John Neider of Mt. Troy donated the lot. Delegations from Knights of St. George joined Father Mollinger and Father Myer for the services. Father Myer gave the German sermon and Father Suler the English. Rev. Father Lonnier delivered an address as the ritual of the Catholic Church closed the ceremony. The church, when built, will cost about 000 and serve as a school space. John P. Ober presented an engraved bell for the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Troy
Reserve Township
Allegheny
John Neider
Knights of St. George
Father Mollinger
Iice
Troy Band
Father Myer
Rman
Father Suler
Father Lonnier
John P. Ober
Two Drownings Reported On Allegheny And Monongahela Rivers
Willie Lundy a 16 year old from 218 Taylor Street Bloomfield drowned yesterday afternoon while bathing under the Forty third Street Bridge in the Allegheny River. His widowed mother supported by him worked at Carnegie's on Thirty third Street. The body remained unrecovered at late hour as rescuers dragged the river. In a separate incident Frank Bauer 27 drowned in the Monongahela at Becks Run after cramps struck during a swim. his body recovered and taken to Arlington Avenue home.
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Willie Landy
Allegheny
Willie Lundy
Fortythird Street
Lundy
Taylor Street
Bloomfield
Carnegie
Thirty-third Street
Frank Bauer
Monongahela
Beck's Ron
Bauer
Arlington Avenua
Speak-Easy Raids Net Alcohol At Two Homes
Police from the second district arrested Michael Rodgers and Mrs. Mary Kaine for keeping speak-easies. At Canton street Rodgers house 35 men, 11 quarters of beer and four gallons of whisky were found. 35 customers freed. At 776 Fifth Avenue Kaine house 7 quarters of beer, a 10 gallon keg of whisky and 16 pint bottles of weiss were found. Hugh Moran was also arrested for interfering. All were locked up at the Fourteenth ward station.
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Mike Rodgers
Fifth Avenue
Hugh Moran
Our Daily Bread Second Edition Selling Fast
Readers nationwide rush to obtain the second edition of 25 000 copies as images and content tempt collectors. Send 2 cents for postage to the Peetad Ivenn Ming Company in Allegheny before the supply runs dry.
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Peeetadivenn Ming Company
Allegheny
No Chairman Yet for Harrison Campaign
New York July 10 Sam Fessenden declines to chair Harrison's national campaign. General Michener's name is mentioned while Senator Sawyer of Oshkosh is favored by Campbell's committee though he may decline. President intends to run his own campaign and act as real chairman, amid Indiana politics and legal constraints on federal employees aiding campaigns.
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New York
Sam Fessenden
Connecticut
Harrison
Fessenden
Michener
Tom Carter
W. W. Dudley
Pension Bureau
Sawyer
Campbell
Philetus Sawyer
Oshkosh
Vermont
Woolly Northwest
Senator Sawyer
Green Mountain
Wisconsin
Baltimore
Abraham Lincoln
Cincinnati
Hayes
Garfield
Philetus
Washington
United States Senate
Angus Cameron
Senate
Commerce
Potomac River
F Philie
Harson
General Clarkson
Manlex
Payne
Sutherland
Hobart
Kerens
Bradley
Indiana
John
New
Minneapolis
J. N. Huston
General Michener
Clarkson
Quagarkson, Dudley, Fassett
Senators Barred From Chairmanship of National Committee
Washington July 10 Special The Republican National Committee chairmanship is under serious discussion with leaders of the party concluding that no Senator or Representative can serve as chairman. This view follows debate triggered by suggestions of Senators Aldrich Proctor and Sayer as possible appointees.
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Senate
Congress
United States
Naval Service
Treasury of
House of Representatives
National Committee
Civil Service
Wasuimacton
Republican National Committee
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Proctor
Vermont
Sayer
Wisconsin
Sunday Victims and Workhouse Sentences at City Stations
Police magistrates dealt with numerous minor offenses across wards. John McGee paid 50 and costs for beating a woman at 25 Ross street, while Harry Swearingen and Peter Manion faced fines and jail terms for reckless driving and insulting conduct. Several others, including William Reed and James Peart, were fined, with Frank Hurley and Samuel Davidson among those jailed or fined for assault, threats, or public drunkenness.
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Gripp
Central Station
John McGee
Ross Street
McGee
Harry Swearingen
Sixth
Libert
Peter Manion
Thomas Sheeney
Leslie
Seventeenth Ward
William Reed
Citizens’ Traction Company
Brophy
Costa
James Peart
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Forty-third Street
Frank Hurley
Succop
Ward Station
Hurley
Josephine Ulmer
Kennedy
Allegheny
Samuel Davidson
George Anderson
McKenna
Twelfth Ward
John Murphy
Forbes Street
Trouble at St Stanislaus Church in South Fifteenth
Turmoil erupts at St Stanislaus Catholic parish as Rev Miskiewicz departs for Europe and Bishop Phelan assigns a Detroit seminary professor to lead. Members press for financial books, a basement meeting becomes heated, police quell outside quarrels, and the bishop is asked to intervene.
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St. Stanislaus Church
South Fifteenth Street
Father Miskiewicz
Europe
Phelan
Detroit
Contation
Father Miskiewicy
Stewart
Corrigan Visi
Can Ion
Ciu
Christian Endeavor ends day with prayers and rallies at New York convention
About 10,000 delegates gathered at Madison Square Garden for a prayer meeting led by H B Pennell. The afternoon reports cited high enthusiasm at denominational rallies including a $1,500 subscription for a Salt Lake City missionary church. Ira D Sankey spoke on Endeavor in Great Britain after a six month tour with Moody. In Paris, France plans to request 800000 francs more for Chicago Fair expenses.
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New York
Great
Convention of Christian Endeavor
Madison Square Garden
H. B Pennell
Boston
Committee On Conferences
William Shaw
United Society
Salt Lake City
Friends
Christian Endeavor Society
Ira D. Sankey
Great Britain
Mr. Moody
Scotland
Englan
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Sod
John S. Lambie
O'Donner
Horace L. Stiles
Washington, D.C
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Amalgamated Association
Allegheny County Bar
iAne Scbiet
Monongahela River
O’ Donnell
Paravetrata
Joly
Hugh O’ Donnell
Universal Union
Peace Union
Pnippa 4 Co
Alrred H. Love
Universal Fence Union
Iowa
Milwaukee
Portland
Central Labor Union of Chicago
Chicago
MT Troy Corner
Stanislaus
Christian Endeavorers
Dore
Paris
France
U.S. Gov’t
Hamburg
Wallace
Ess
Norfolk
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