Miraculous escape and deaths in Red Pond sewer collapse
A sewer work crew of five men at Red Pond was swept by a flood when a pond drop caved in after heavy rain. Two men survived with injuries, one died at Daly’s culvert, two later died at hospitals, and others were hospitalized as inquest set for July 27.
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Red Pond
Center Avenue
Soho Street
Joe McCarthy
Andrew McGregor
Robert McMunn
William McCroy
Robert Daly
Billy MacCloy
Robert MacMunn
Fifth Avenuue
MacMunn
Hthic Hospital
McCloy
Logan
Fifth Avenue
McCarthy
McGregor
Eeig McGregor
Omeopathic Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Lee
William R. Browne
Bureau of Engineering and Surveys
Drs
His Costly Sleep Ends With Theft At Diamond Street Store
William M. Hinton, a fruit wholesaler at No 7 Diamond Street, woke to find his store entered and $130 stolen while he slept in a back room. Police notified as Coroner McDowell reports James Deller, 28, found dead in a river near Rising Son. body recovered and inquest to be held this morning.
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William M. Hinton
ItHan
No.7
Diamond Street
McDowell
James Deller
Butler Plank Road
Slot Machines Flourish Amid Sabbath Law Controversy
Report notes the Law and Order League did not arrest slot machines as speculation swirled over their status under Sabbath and vice laws. Machines operated all day, with demand outpacing supply, while owners and agents remained largely unseen. Legal questions about private property and trespass were cited as possible reasons for inaction. A Sunday-keep-open druggist and a Casino Museum stand sold drinks amid the rain, with ownership details unclear.
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League
Seda Waller
Law and Order League
H. M. Busch
Eleventh Street
Peno Avenue
Federal Street
Casino Museum
Law and Order
The Irene Fishing Club Camp Life on the Allegheny River
A Dispatch reporter spent a day at the Irene Fishing Club encampment opposite Templeton on the Allegheny, detailing rough tents, a kitchen with a No. 8 stove, springhouse, and beer on tap. The tale notes lax rules, light fishing, hearty meals, and yard-wide camp camaraderie among 20 to 40 year old mill and glass workers enjoying a cheap six week retreat.
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DisPatTeu
Irene
Allegheny River
Templeton
Commissariat
Ae Ieaores
Barney
Aisha
Adam Reed
Aew
Pathe
Pittsburg
Sport
Mahoning
Sewe St Logansport
White Rock
Pittaburg
Pittsburg Electrical Union No 1 Forms National Outlook
A new organization started in Pittsburg by electrical workers, named Pittsburg Electrical Union No 1, aims to expand nationally with constitutions and charters in New York and Kansas City. It plans a library and collection of electrical appliances, and pledges skilled work only, yielding higher pay.
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Pittsburg
Electrical Workers
Pittsburg Electrical Union No 1
New York
Kansas City
Pinkerton Guards Diverted From Homestead Plot
Pinkerton guards totaling about 200 men were quietly side-tracked near Sixteenth and Thirty-second streets. Four carloads were diverted away from Homestead and never served as detectives. Three cars at Thirty-second street were hired in New York and at times the guards mingled with city crowds before being moved toward the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkerton
Sixteenth
Thirty-second Streets
Homestead
Thirty-second Street
New York
Rain floods Penn avenue and powers house vault
A heavy rain last night blocked Citizens' Traction lines for about 30 minutes as mud and sand washed down Penn avenue, filling the vault at the power house near Thirty-fourth street. Water covered Penn and Thirtieth streets to about two feet, flooded many cellars, and extended to Twenty-seventh Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Traction Line
Penn Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Thirtieth Street
Twenty-seventh Street
Jr C U A M Sends Delegates to Harrisburg Convention
About 250 members of the Jr. C. U. A. M. on the Southside depart Harrisburg today by special Pennsy train at 10 am. Southside Council delegates include A. W. Rossiter and Robert Walters with Smoky City’s Thomas Wallace and Louis Smith, Iron City’s Edward Pastorius and Fred Kramer, Acme’s D. L. McDonald and Alderman C. E. Succop, Hill Top’s Henry Kalkho, and William Penn’s William Kane and Peter Boffel Jr. West End and Grandview Councils each appoint two representatives.
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Southside
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southside Council
A. W. Rossiter
Robert Walters
Smoky City
Thomas Wallace
Louis Smith
Iron City
Edward Pastorius
Fred Kramer
Acme
D. L. McDonald
C. E. Succop
Hill Top
Henry Kalkho
William Penn
William Kane
Peter Boffel
West End
Grandview
Americans urged for native-born reps at Paris Exposition
A B Smythe of Allegheny, backed by several groups to represent marble stone and tile workers at the Paris Exposition, says he will not accept the appointment unless all elected officials are native-born Americans. He believes America should be represented by Americans and would decline if noncitizens are among the selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Smythe
Allegheny
League
Smythe
America
Reopening Bottle Trade Sparks Southside Arrests Rise
On the Southside more arrests were made Saturday night than in years as Judge Brokaw cleared 36 cases yesterday morning. The surge is linked to a reopened jug and bottle trade for whisky causing local trouble. one man abused his family and was sentenced to the workhouse for 60 days.
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Brokaw
Wen Mo
Young Fulton Killed by Cars at Glencoe
Word arrived in Allegheny yesterday that Charles B. Fulton aged 23, nephew of Rev Dr Fulton of the Fourth U P Church, was accidentally killed by a passing train at Glencoe on Saturday night. His father Dr Fulton was notified and will leave for Glencoe today.
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Fulton
Allegheny
Charles B. Fulton
His Brother Kiilea
Frederick Davis brother of Davis of the London Theater was killed on a Pennsylvania Rail train near Ohnstown yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Davis
Davis
London Theater
Pennsylvania
Ohnstown
The Maiden and Her Cat at Union de pot
An elderly maiden with long gray curls and her white cat drew attention at Union de pot. The tame cat leaned for caresses, and several onlookers smiled at the woman with the kitten. Mr. H M Haldeman of the Oil City Derrick and two friends completed a novel five day trip to FSR by fistbost, planning to return by rail.
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Union Depot
H. M. Haldeman
Oil City
FSR
No Pittsburg Applicants for Public Cooking School Teacher Post
The Central Board has written to the Boston Normal School seeking a qualified teacher for the Public Cooking School position, but no applications have been received from Pittsburg and no reply has yet been received.
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Pittsburg
Central Board
Boston Normalae
Minister Yeldell to be identified in South Carolina murder case
United States Marshal Storm and Deputy Sheriff Lyon pursue Rev. E. Flemon known as John Yeldell for murder in South Carolina. They will confront him in court at 9 o clock. reports say the minister has ingratiated with the colored community. The case involves letters and family ties, with the governor named as a potential witness.
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John Yeldell
Rev. E. Flemon
South Carolina
United States
Storm
Sherif Thomas J. Lyon
Harrisburg
Pittsburg
Yeldell
Velden
Blackwell
Yeldel
Shepherd
South Cvarolina
Local Items and Incidents in Two Cities
Reading through two cities reports, Hanny Carver went East last night while Pennsylvania trains were thirty minutes late. An elderly resident William Jones was injured after a stair incident tied down by a chair. Nicholas Bishop Jr. was arrested for shoplifting at a local store. A man named James Grabing caused a minor injury when his hand dangled near traffic. Daw Soxon fell from a horse on Graft Avenue, suffering a head bump. Patrick Manning, an alleged wanderer, was found in Allegheny streets and held at the police station.
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Reading
Hanny Carver
Pennsylvania Rai
William Jones
CIE
Irue Soave Bishop
Nicholas Bishop, Jr
Pittshurg
James
Dawsox
Patrick Manning
Allegheny
Details from the Flint Glass Workers Convention Report
A Bellaire telegram outlines ratified scales and rules for the Flint Glass Workers Union. It notes high bookkeeping compliance, a large last year surplus, and over 250000 in benefits paid during the December 1887 strike, with thousands affected across weeks and months. several committees are still due to report.
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Bellaire
Flint Glass Workers’ National Convention
Alem
Chimney Baanch
Pittsburgh
Secre
Schoonmaker Coke Company Buys Youngstown Works
A telegram reports that Schoonmaker Coke Company of Pittsburgh has acquired interests of Brier Hill Iron and Coal Company Struthers Furnace Company and Robert McCurdy in Tougueen Coke Company at Weanawe town Ohio. Mahoning Valley Trade retains one fourth interest.
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Schoonmaker Coke Company
Youngstown
Brier Hill Iron and Coal Company
Struthers Furnace Company
Robert McCurdy
Tougueen Coke Company
Weanawe Town
Schoonmaker Coke Com
Pittsburg
Mahoning
Hope for Mr Messler in Cool Weather Revival Hopes
Mr T D Messler third vice president and controller of the Pennsylvania Company, seriously stricken with paralysis after extreme heat Saturday, shows slight improvement and doctors Hamilton and Fleming grow more hopeful for his life. Cool weather provides relief, aiding rest and recovery as efforts continue. Local ads note wines, whiskies, and an Atlantic City excursion by rail with round trip ten dollars and ten day validity.
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T. D. Messler
Pennsylvania Company
Abdominal Surgery Progress Highlighted by County Expert
A county surgeon notes rapid advances in abdominal surgery including intestinal resection and liver duct stone removal. He cites multiple Pittsburgh and Allegheny surgeons with extensive experience and claims modern methods save lives by rapid, open abdominal treatment.
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Quaker City
Philadelphia
Pittshurg
Allegheny
Ed Coffee
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Engineer Browne
Ishermen’s
Jonah l
United Hunting, Fishing and Camping Clubs Association of
Western Pennsylvania
Monongahela
Simon Peters
Bill
Mr. Smythe
Paris
Young Fulton
Kiilea
Boston
Flemon
Dominie
Marshal Storm
Edgewood County
Marshal Strom
Rm Thenee
Yaldell
Wr. H. Snyder
States Express
Snyder
Frankiip
Brown
Lincoln
Eph Vogle
Meera
Alegheny
Woodburn
Pressmen
of Pressmen's Union
Silver Lake Grove
European Educational
Cruse & Fils
Renzienausen & Co
Market St
Cor
First Ave
Homer L. McGaw Sayu
Joseph L. Evans
Central Trades Council
Trades Council
Oe I. A
Nerere
Ilitecision-union
Jeannette
the Flints' Convention
MR. Messler
St. Julian
Medoc
Fronanc
St. Extephe
Margaux
Poutet
Bottledesee & Fils
Bordeaux
A Leland & Co
Jules Merman & Co
ScuvarTz
Renzienavusen & Co
Atlantic City
Washington City
Eastlake
Pullman Palace
Guckenheimer
Scnvurtz
Rextrenavseux & Co
Telephone
Scuvett, Renzienacsex & Co
First Ave. Mawr
Lake Cuastauqua
Kerorn
Allegheny Valley
R. BR
Union Station
Pullman
Great Summer University
Chautauqua Assembly
Champagnes
Louis Roederer
Veuve Clicquot
G. H. Mumm & Co
Extra Dry
Piper Heidsieck Sec
Napoleon’s Cabinet
Schuetz, Renziehauses & Co
Allegheny County
Sutton
Mabe
DR. C. McLane
Thompson Brothers
Feperal Street
Cwmb
Horne & CO
Penn Avenue Stores
Busier and Busier
Anderson
de A
Sic
Mark Downs
Jos. Horne
Poker
Hatcher
John Kirkpatrick
Charles Stanb
Johnstown
Bors
Forty-fifth
Hatfield
Kirkpatrick
Staub
Dr. Sands
Forty Third Street
Wall
Rebecca Street
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