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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1892
Page
12
A dramatic British election report notes Conservatives lead with 210 seats to Liberals 179, with Parnellites and Unionists also present. Gladstone faces a fragile majority and possible coalition as campaigns move toward a result expected tomorrow in Edinburgh and Midlothian.
Prominent women figure in the clashes as Irish leaders including John Dillon and John Redmond spar over peace and amnesty. The Independent and Parnellite factions clash over petitions against elections of O'Brien and Healy. Reports name violent and clerical influence in Wicklow and other counties, with a stray ballot note reading "As Father told me."
Prince Bismarck indicated plans to tour several German cities after receiving a student deputation from the University of Jena at Kissingen. He half promised visits to Stuttgart Karlsruhe Mainz Osnabruck and Geestemünde. Prof. Haeckel said crowds would gather in Thuringia if he comes. The prospect stirs political circles nationwide.
Lord Salisbury intends to stay in power until Parliament defeats the government. He will present the Queen's speech and push for a division after debate on the address amendment. A cabinet resignation and Gladstone’s return are anticipated, with Radicals debating next steps at the National Liberal Club.
An 18 year old boy named William Foster from Cincinnati died of typhoid fever at the Homeopathic Hospital after being found ill in a hay loft above Mrs. Gamble’s saloon stable on Carson Street. He had recently left employment with Mr. McCoombs. His parents are dead and his body was buried at the county's expense.
The Allegheny Finance Committee reported June receipts of 183453 31 and expenditures of 165894 95 with a remaining appropriation balance of 445829 64. A refund of 75 to the Mayor's Clerk funded a Titusville and Oil City relief benefit at Carnegie Hall.
A party of about six carriages moved through Smithfield street and Fifth avenue around 11 o’clock last night. They set off rockets and Roman candles, shouting for Cleveland. The crowd cheered back and the scene gained the air of a Democratic demonstration.
An Illinois man from Pilot Vermilion county says two of his family recovered from severe bloody flux after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. He credits the remedy with quick improvement and saving his children's lives.
The Window Glassworkers' Association of America opens its sixth annual convention at Turner Hall on Thirteenth Street Southside. 166 delegates from 18 states attend with one per ten pots, as President John Eberhardt outlines schedules, committees, and the eight to ten day session.
Sixty plus firms joined the steel scale late last night with four new additions Findlay Rolling Mill Company Anchor Iron and Steel Company Western Natural Gas Iron Company and White River Iron and Steel pany The Findlay plant built in 1887 in Findlay Ohio operates two heating furnaces and a 10 inch roll train producing merchant bar and chain iron with 10 000 net tons yearly capacity and about 200 workers The Anchor works in Newport Kentucky and offices in Cincinnati was rebuilt in 1874 and runs five single puddling furnaces four heating furnaces two scrap furnaces and four rolls producing bar sheet and iron at about 6 000 net tons A section tied to Nat Works employs many men The Western Natural Gas Iron Company of Marion Indiana has four heating furnaces two roll trains built 1890 1 with capacity to produce iron and employs 150 The White River Iron and Steel pany works in Muncie Indiana is new with uncertain capacity and about 100 workers.
Creditors at New Castle yesterday heard of a halt in forming the J P Witherow stock company to run the plant after assignee Alexander Thomas demanded a $25 000 salary to exit and turn the plant over. The meeting adjourned as parties questioned the sizable fee and its motive in blocking proceedings. Five tobacco firms combine reported in Cincinnati as a separate dispatch.
Labor price talks between Pittsburg manufacturers and the Amalgamated Association Wage Committee continued with three hours of discussion. No agreement was reached as the group planned more sessions to address the scale, including puddle mill prices bar wills and other mill categories. a forthcoming concession on boiling was anticipated.
Delegates to the sixteenth annual American Flint Glassworkers convention in Corning New York discuss a mayoral edict restricting public demonstrations. About 350 delegates and 2,000 local glassblowers join a parade after opening sessions. Memorials honor 14 workers killed in a Revenna Ohio wreck over a year ago. The mayor cites a past lockout and favors employers, tensions rise as unions vow to defy.
Two gripmen on Citizens Traction lines were wounded when Orangemen attacked streetcars crossing at Sixth street and Liberty avenue. John Morrisy was stabbed in the shoulder while James Hant suffered a leg wound. conductors say a police officer refused arrest.
Peter Daily of Natchez street Mt Washington died after falling from four stories up while near the top of Solomon and Rubens new building at Diamond and Smithfield streets. He struck headfirst on scaffolding pieces, was taken to Homeopathic hospital and died at 6 o clock from brain concussion. Contractors deny Daily was employed there and say he may have trespassed to visit others.
In Huntington on a Thursday night a daring robbery occurred with thieves subdued to aid capture. Captain Dickson spotted a young man forcing entry and a side-door raid followed by a cash drawer theft of about $75 to $100. Kelly was arrested Saturday night and another suspect is sought.
A Sunday High School examination report from Grant School contained a misstatement of pupil percentages. The best in class achieved 100 percent spelling, while the overall per cent marks were reported inaccurately.
Orangemen of Allegheny County marched through Pittsburg celebrating the Boyne anniversary. Speakers from Pittsburg and Allegheny urged support for Homestead workers as the parade, picnic, and riverfront leisure followed a dawn to night sequence ending with a Union Station landing.
Woodland Oil Company struck oil at its No 2 Crawford well southwest of McDonald, initial 50 barrels per hour, then 35. Officials expect deeper drilling may boost output, contributing to a field total of about 21,000 barrels. Greenlee & Forst failed to prod oil at No 1 McLean, while Philadelphia Gas Co drilled No 2 Speer farm toward 60–75 bbls daily, hinting at a sizeable fifth sand pool.
In New Castle the Judicial District Conference of Butler and Lawrence counties failed to produce a winner after eight ballots with Wallace three votes and Green three. The meeting adjourned to meet in Butler on July 21. In Johnstown a Cambria congressional conference showdown ended with Stephens and Hicks dropped by the Re-Convention and crees elected without instructions. Editor Swank seeks the district nomination.
Christ Morhoof of 155 River avenue Allegheny was arrested yesterday afternoon by Officer Johnson and brought before Mayor Kennedy on a charge of selling intoxicating liquors on Sunday without a license. He is held on $500 bail to appear Friday morning as Superintendent Muth vows to pursue more Allegheny speak-easies.
William Steel of Neewake, a Baltimore and Ohio brakeman, was ground to pieces on his own train on the Lake Erie division today after falling from the locomotive. Several trains passed over his body before aid could arrive.
An old advertisement touts California Fig as the universal laxative and popular remedy for digestive trouble. It recounts a testimonial of severe bloody flux and recovery after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, claiming quick improvement for a family.
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