Electric cabs proposed for Knoxville hills transit
The Knoxville Land Improvement Company and the Pittsburg Incline Company plan a line of 50 electric cabs with expansion as success grows. They seek rights of way amid a dispute with the Bonthside Hilltop Railroad projectors and aim to connect a hill top incline to Knoxville street routes. Four cent fare expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Grimes
Eyesville Land Improvement Company
Toemphatic
Koongilly
Elthoover
Mt. Oliver
Knorville
Allentown
Birmingham
Hilltop
Knoxville Land Improvement Company
Southside Rural Traction Company
Southside
Pittsburg Incline Company
Forsowes
The
Land Company
Bonthside Hilltop Railroad
Beltzboover
Knoxville Boroughs
Grimes
Ancline
Knoxville
Lillian Street
Eugene Alley
Climax Street
Walter Street
Industry Street
Allen Avenue
Washington Avenue
Bradford Street
Eleventh Street
Bingham
Pew Kura! Traction Company
Goo
Rawle
Philadelphia
Romantic Elopement Leads to Arrest After Court Trial
Alderman Belphauer orders both principals jailed for trial after a timely elopement in West View. Mrs Veronica Visnek and Martin Kapsinski faced court action when Visnek’s husband, during a separate trial, pursued charges after the prosecutor’s non appearance enabled a chase for justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belphauer
Veronica Vienek
Martin Kapsinski
Mra Visnek
Disturbance on Fifth Avenue Over Lost Clock
A colored man and a Chinaman named Sam Lee clashed over a sewer issue last night on Fifth Avenue. The colored man seized a clock, Lee pursued, and a large crowd gathered as the dispute unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Sam Lee
Matta Avenur
Lee
Explosives Magazines Spread Across Pittsburgh Area
Report on powder magazines near Pittsburgh shows most are five miles from the court house with iron or brick structures. Officials note limited quantities in city offices and stores, urge safer wooden buildings, and discuss law limiting powder storage within two miles of court house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Crest
Ohio
Pittsburg
Wampton
Retell
Lafne & Rand Powder Company
Mannfeld
Water Street
Maid Boperin
W. Lewis
Mttet
Jermyn
Platteville
Win
Cieoke
N.Y
Pitti
Acme Tander Company
Malton
Allegheny Valley Road
George Lewis
Laflin & Rand Company
Atlantic Company
Ivory Farm
Keating
Teen
Young Girl Opposes Uncle in Ball Club Move
Florence Porter sixteen, living in Chartresborough and employed as a domestic, was arrested to stop her from joining a female professional baseball club being organized. Her uncle raised concerns, and she admitted intent to join for novelty and salary. She awaits decisions at Central station under a matron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Porter
Miss Porter
Chartresborough
Grimm
John F. Beecel
Sarah Street
Inspector McAleese
W. S. Franklin
Clef
Eneough
Haley's Hotel
W. S
Cleveland
Central Station
Controller Morrow to Offer Peddler License Amendment
Controller Morrow plans an amendment to the peddlers license ordinance to aid lost stolen or destroyed license plates. The change would allow affidavits to obtain a new license and plate at cost with a canceled prior number, preventing fraud and ensuring valid licensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrow
Brown
Edward Cramer Dead After Hall Ridge Shooting
Edward Cramer died yesterday at 11 20 PM at the Homeopathic Hospital from a shooting last week on the hillside above Twenty eighth street. Coroner McDowell will hold an inquest tomorrow at 2 PM. Police hunt two colored men suspected in the attack and a telegram was sent to a Western town seeking information on a suspect who may have fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cramer
Twenty-eighth Street
Homeopathic Hospital
McCabe
Jones Avenue
Twenty-fifth
Twenty-seventh
McDowell
New Building Increases in Water Rent Receipts
Supplementary water report by George Miller shows new buildings erected since April 1 raise water rent receipts across wards. Notable additions include Second ward 220.50, Third 25, Fifth 50, Sixth 75, Seventh 37, Eleventh 2, Twelfth 21, Tenth 90, Fourteenth 47, Seventeenth 6, Eighth 60, Nineteenth 12, Twentieth 31.60, Twenty third referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer
George Miller
Bureau of Water Assessments
Pair of Wafowls Sent to Park by Smithfield Resident
John D. Mellroy sent a fine pair of wafowls to Chief Bigelow to be placed in Schenley Park. The birds came from Virginia, with five of the same species already at Highland Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Mellroy
Smithfield Street
Ner
Chief Bigelow
Schenley Park
Virginia
Highland Park
Blairsville Seminary Information Sessions Remain Open
Rev. T. BR. Pwixe D. D. principal will be at the Seventh Avenue Hotel on Wednesday and Thursday July 16 and 17. Persons seeking Blairsville Seminary information are invited to call between 1 04 and 3 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. BR. Pwixe
D. D
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Blairgville Seminary
Gompers Urges Shorter Hours at Lafayette Hall
Samuel Gompers spoke at Lafayette Hall on the labor hour and federation. He argued 10 hour days boost productivity and profits, praised organized labor, and warned that without broad union strength strikes and wage cuts would continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Lafayette Hall
Matthews
Machinister
William Martin
A. A
8. W
Gompers
United States
Rome
James Watt
Picnic at Castle Bannon Grove Cancelled by Washout
The anticipated Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen picnic under Iron City Lodge 179 failed to materialize due to Tuesday's storm washout on the Bellevernon line. About 100 lodge members traveled to Castle Bhannon Grove where dancing lasted until seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle, Shannon
Brotherhood of Railroad
Iron City Lodge
Brotherhood of
Bellevernon
Castle Bhannon Grove
Francis Mankedick Convicted for Mining Law Violations
In the Criminal Court yesterday morning, Francis Mankedick was found guilty of violating the mining laws. He is imprisoned on a grand jury indictment and faces minimal sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Mankedick
Mankedick
Agg
Why They Quit Work The Mareball Construction Strike Questioned
One Mareball Construction Company employee said workers quit after being promised overtime pay and not receiving it on payday. Around men are out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mareball Construction Company
Regular Meeting of District Asembly 3 Knights of Labor
The Knights of Labor District Assembly 3 held its regular quarterly meeting in K of L Hall with Master Workman Evans presiding. Joseph L. Evans was elected delegate to the General Assembly in Denver with Laura Powell as alternate, and committees were named for Finances Appeals and Grievances Law and Resolutions. The group advocated immigration regulation and citizenship-based labor ordinances and planned a disaster relief collection for Dunbar victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A
Joseph L. Evana
General Assembly
Knights of Labor
K. of L. Hall
Workman Evans
Sid Heart
Denver
Col
Congress of & Monaure
United States
Porto
Ollowes
Pittsburg
Allegheny
J. L. Evans
Laura Powell
A. Williams
Thomas Baldwin
John Eastley
Is Hobbsletcer
Michael Landers
Strike Threat at Jones & Laughlin Over Iron Scale
American Iron Works employees threaten to strike at Jones & Laughlin’s Bonthside mill as a new scale requires a majority protest to remedy hard iron issues. Amalgamated officials say workers were satisfied during consideration and the firm is not to blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones & Laughlins
Amalgamated
Jones & Langhilins
Same Opinion Still Holds in National Tube Works Question
The McKeesport stalemate continues as employes committees demand a guaranteed furnace output and mill operation as in the past four years. An assistant general manager cites a verbal agreement that the committees refused to sign when formalized. The strike pushes the firm to buy iron from other sources to run other mill departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKeesport
Pleres
Accidents of a Day Report Serious Injuries and Drownings
A West End man, Joseph Hackenhover, was badly crushed and may die after being trapped between a wagon seat and a shed roof at Hershberger's coal tipple. Ten year old William Platt drowned in the Monongahela River near Switchfield Street Bridge while playing on a board with his younger brother. James Shields lost his right eye at Mercy Hospital from a wire injury. Patrick Manning suffered a crushed foot on Central Tract line No. 0. Mathew Malone, Allegheny, survived a skull fracture from falling bricks at McKeesport while working on a furnace. condition serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
William Pint
Fitch Avenue
Allegheny
Joseph Hackenhover
T. P. Hershberger
Hershberger
Hackenhover
River Hill
Chartlers Township
William Platt
H. E. Platt
No.5
Fifth Arena
Monongahela River
Switchfield Street
McCord
James Shields
Allegheny County Light Company
Mercy Hospital
Patrick Manning
Wylie Avenue
Central Traction Line
Mathew Malon
Morey Hospital Lanight
McKeesport
Delamater Expected to Win by Large Republican Margin
W H Andrews, chairman of the Republican State Committee, arrived in the city and met with local party leaders to assess the campaign. He predicted Delamater’s election by a large majority, saying the campaign is progressing well despite some dissension within the ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delomonter
W. H. Andrews
Republican State Committee
City
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Charman Andrews
Eml
Filnn
Brown
Reed
McKean
Porter
Delamater
Enthussa
Hees
Delamaters
A Lively Skirmish In Lawrenceville Street Fight
Hungarians returning from work near Butler and Fiftieth streets in Lawrenceville were targeted by local boys who threw stones. One Hungarian suffered a minor scalp wound after defending himself with a thrown stone. Bystanders joined the melee until police arrived and found only the Hungarians remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrencceville
Lawrenceville
Butler
Fiftieth
Eighteenth Ward
Sadie Samuels Hears Magistrate on Jewelry Theft Charge
Sadie Samuels appeared before Magistrate Gripp in Pittsburgh on a charge of receiving jewelry stolen from Dr. Wylie on Penn avenue. Inspector McAleese denied leniency after she pleaded to be released to leave the city. She was held for court and reminisced about past police aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Samuels
Gripp
Dr. Wylie
Penn Avenue
Owen Ae
Inspector McAleese
Pittsburg
Pittsboro Blinds Institute to Open by September 1
Pittsboro moves to establish a new school for the blind with a temporary building ready soon. The board plans to rent a suitable site on Forbes Street near Schenley Park and hire teachers, aiming to open the institute by September 1. The gift of land from Mrs. Mary E. Schenley remains unconfirmed, with community hope centered on a deed for ten acres near Bellefield Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Dilworth
Porter
Brown
A. M. Brown
Mesers
George Dilworth
William A. Herron
H. K. Porter
Percy F. Smith
Board of Directors
Pittsboro
State Board of Charities
Belleeld Church
Dellefield Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Chained Boys in Allegheny Mayor’s Office
Two colored boys Wayne 12 and 10 were chained at home and attic for two weeks by a mother who said she could not control them. The elder boy freed himself by pulling a floor staple. Police arrested the parents on cruelty charges and prepared to file further information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
Matthews
Gom
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Labor Federation
Federaion
Wayne
Allegheny
Strickler Alley
Murphy
Mae Sae
Dean
Wyman
Kornman
Morganza
Faith Carers Undeceived in Typhoid Case at Clark Street
Agent Dean of the Anti-Cruelty Society visited a Clark street house after a report a dying woman with typhoid was denied medicine. He found she and her husband are health-food believers and she would take nourishment and beef tea. Doctor Buffingar had not prescribed. the woman chose not to take medicine. The patient was improving with nourishing food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Anti-Cruelty Society
Clark Street
Buffingar
Central Station
Mahoney
Hill Street
Fourth Avenue
Eighteenth Regiment To Leave For Mt Gretna This Evening
Captain W H Davis leads a detail of 18 men from the Eighteenth Regiment to Mt Gretna to set up tents and assist with reception of troops. Baggage is loaded except for some items. The unit departs on special train No 4 at 8:20 PM. Fourteenth Regiment departs tomorrow night. Ligs' Gallery advertises photos and frames for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighteenth Regiment
W. H. Davis
Mt Gretna
B.C
Mae Fariad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Allegheny Plans Grandeur for Centennial Celebration
Allegheny hosts a grand centennial vigil with a big flower arch at Sixth Street Bridge and electric light towers. Street processions from Montgomery to Federal route planned, with 6 000 lights, national colors, and speeches by Mayor Wyman and others. Civil officials suspend Criminal Court for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Sixth Street
Hapito
Councilmas
William Bader
Allegheny Marker House
Japan
Aarnerio Alivars
Bowie
City
Allegheny Heating Company
Cie Hall
Ohio Street
Westinhouse Biopurlso Company
Handrede
Incandesant Nehta
Allegheny City
Fred
Montgomery Avenue
Federal
Federal Street
Church
Cedar
Washingtetrant
Chestnut
Oho
James
Locust
Ubartiers
Ridge
Marion
Ohio
Thomas M. Marshall
W. D. Moore
Aprscot Elphinstone
W. D. Porter
A. B. Hay
Inspector Layton Reports Dunbar Relief Fund Subscriptions
Immigrant Inspector Layton reported contributions to aid the Dunbar widows and orphans from various donors. Names include J. H. Wilbert & Co and G. B. Hill & Co with specific amounts. Mr. Clark of Newburg and others also sent funds. Secretary Watchorn of the United Mine Workers praised rescue efforts and pledged continued support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watchbors
Layton
Dunbar
J. H. Wilbert & Co
G. B. Hill & Co
Arnold
P. Duff & Sona
Strassburger & Joseph
Clark
Newburg
Watchorn
United Mine Workers of America
Grocers Lead Pullman Excursion to Luray Caverns and Atlantic City
A two car Pullman excursion train leaves today on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for Luray Caverns Virginia. Percy F. Smith leads the party of grocers and business men who will stay several weeks visiting the cavern area before proceeding to Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Obito Railroad
Luray Caverns
Percy F. Smith
Atlantic City
Opening sale on Routh place lots near airbrake works
Investors urged to buy Wilmerding property as special inducements offered at the opening sale. Prices range from 200 to 500 dollars per lot, 20 to 50 percent below neighborhood values, with 10 percent down and easy payments. Free tickets available from Brown & Saint and Mellons Bros. for a special train leaving Union station at 1 20 P M with Braddock arrival at 1 40 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Routh Place
Airbrake Works
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Station
Braddock
Wilmerding
Brown & Saint
Smithfield St
City
Mellons Bros
Station Street
East End
Alteration sale at P. G. store promises great bargains
Our store will undergo a change and begin an alteration sale offering clothing at cut prices. Men’s old wool cassimere suits and sacks priced at 6 dollars, moving up to fine tailor-made suits at 15 or 18 dollars, all valued higher elsewhere. Located at Grant and Diamond streets near the Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cor
Grant and Diamond Sts
the Court House
Gas Stoves and Kitchen Goods Ad from Pittsburg Store
An old style advertisement touts gas stoves and kitchen appliances at low prices from Demmler Brothers in Pittsburg. It promotes gas ranges, refrigerators, fans, ice cream freezers, water filters, and dishware alongside other household items and discounted fabrics and gifts from local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demmler Brothers
Mithfeld Street
Pittsburg
Dog killings and dog attack scare grip city streets
Reports describe a dog killing spree tied to a hoax on Officer Bagley in the Eleventh ward and a large crowd gathering near Care alley. A girl in the Twenty-seventh ward was attacked by a big dog. Officer Risch killed it with a pistol. The Hill district saw heavy action with 75 to 100 dogs killed. health officials ordered extra help to clear carcasses across districts. A child on Hoeveler street was bitten by a pet dog but suffered no serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahoney
Mra
Paddon
Hill Street
Shore's Alley
Seventh Ward
Wylie Avenue
Gist Street
Fifth Avenue
Forbes
Liberty Street
Cherry Alley
Bagley
Ree
Inspector McAleese
Care Alley
Southeaters Street
Twenty-seventh Ward
Frank Risch
Hil
Penn Avenue
Bureau of Health
Jonnie Simon
Hoeveler Street
East End
First of the season fares to Niagara Falls and more
Niagara Falls and return seven dollars Toronto Canada return eight Thousand Islands return twelve Tickets valid fifteen days Eastlake coaches and Pullman parlor cars depart Union station at 8 30 p m EST Lake Chautauqua excursion tickets on sale Tuesdays Fridays Saturdays at five dollars good seventeen days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Canada
Thousand Islands
Eastlake
Union Station
Lake Chautauqua
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pittsburg Dispatch
Knoxville and Allentown Company
Boe Corporation Pivye Bob
Asrival
Fipty
Bingham Street
Market House
Pollah Mon Ene
Controler Morrow
Supplementary Water Report
Ripper
K. Ofl
New York
Pemerlvania
Gomvers
Conan Scott
Anchor
Arthur
Brotherhood of Engineers
Otwost Mit
Anasier
Sonneckig
American Iron Works
National Tube Works
Mra. Schenley
Chlef Bigelow
Department of Public Works
Jastaleep
Institute
M.C.A
A. M. Marshall
George W. Dilworth
W. A. Herron
John G. Brown
D. D. Benjamin Thaw
Harold Peirce
Messrs
J. M. Schoonmaker
Benjamin Shaw
J. @. Brown
Moedictoo
MT. Gretna
Ligs
Tau
Luray Cavern
Sever Than « Savings Bank
Ronai
Maryin & Co
Sarvin
Av Tica
Rissy Houevus & Hacks
Jos, Honne & Co
Privtep India Silke
Hucys & Hacks
Urssu
Serge Land Improvement Company
Rgend
Reining & Wild
Marvin
Allegheny Valley
R. R
Our Silk Department
Our Wash Goods Department
Our Suit and Wrap Department
Truna
JOS. Horne & CO
Penn Ave
Linen Department
Gloria
Millinery Department
Horne & CO
Edward
Groetzinger
P. Avenue
Fenn. Avent
L. Gerson
Boyer
Shore
Tacob Rowe
Seventh Street
Dequese
Summel
Eony Ema
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