Threats to Boycott the South in Response to Election Bill
Pittsburg manufacturers and dealers voiced views on a proposed South boycott of Northern goods if the Federal election bill passes. Several said trade is mutually beneficial and unlikely, while others warned a boycott would hurt both sides, with varied bets on South reliance on Northern supply and potential Northern relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Dispatch
South
A. Speer & Sons
William M. Coscrave
Cosgrave
John Scott, Jr
John Scott, Jr. & Co
Scobie & Parker
Borcott
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
C. West & Co
The
Bouth
J. J. O'Leary
O ° Brothers
New Re
Congress
Sonshee
Belan
United States
Sbont
North
Mr. O'Leary
Daniel Brice
Brice Brothers
Brice
Europe
Colored leaders in Pittsburgh discuss Federal election bill and boycott threats
Prominent colored citizens in Pittsburgh express views on the proposed Federal election bill and a Southern boycott if it passes. Hezekiah Anderson and others say a boycott would backfire, while Rev. G. M. Clinton argues for a nationwide application and warns that local petitions could undermine the act's goals.
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A. M. Clinton
Pittsburg
South
Hezekiah Anderson
America
United States
General Guthrie Warns of $2 Million Annual Loss If Election Bill Passes
General N. Guthrie warned Pittsburg would lose about 2 million dollars yearly if the federal election bill becomes law. He argued the measure is radical and unfair and no national welfare advocate would support it. Ex Postmaster Larkin disagreed, predicting smaller but real trade declines and limited impact on some sectors. Fleming predicted a notable drop in sale of some commodities if the bill were enacted.
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N. Guthrie
Pittsburg
United States
Cart
Larkin
P. Fleming
As Best
Thiee
Torday
Camp II
Valley Camp Camp Meeting Opens with Sermon and Singing
Opening of the Valley Camp camp meeting features Rev. T. J. Leak sermon and a chorus led by Rev. Charles Miller. Visitors occupy cottages as trains bring families for worship, with plans for music and CRT activities and a new lamp at the hillside auditorium. No Sunday excursions planned. a Valley Camp Athletic Association forms for dawn tennis, croquet and baseball among the children.
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Valley Camp
T. J. Leak
Charles Miller
Leak
Porter
Smith
George
C. L. Smith
Wesley Chapel
John Miller
E. G. Andrews
New York
Miles
Valley Compission Band. Com
M. E. Johnston
Miss Hannings
Miss Baldwin
Mrs. Johnston
J. H. Nobbs
Chautauqua
Ley Camp Athletic Association
Tenis Court
Plumber Ruins Wagon After Tumble Down Street
Allegheny plumber George Kaebn and his horse and wagon tumbled 25 feet down the side of a street near Raymond street. Kaebn suffered three broken ribs and other injuries while the wagon was wrecked but the horse survived with the animal’s driver also injured.
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George Kaebn
Raymond Street
Ogee
Inspector McAleese Critics and Clues in Cramer Case
Report details Inspector McAleese’s high regard for solving the Cramer murder as he traces suspects from a derby hat clue to John Eubanks and Abe Spencer. It notes arrests, refusals, and a self funded $50 reward, with Annie O Brien and others intertwined in the case.
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Inspector McAleese
Cramer
Grammer Eubanks
Abe Spencer
Ed Cramer
George Cole
McAleese
John Buba
Pilof
John Eubanks
Twenty-eighth Street
Grammar Eubanks
Annie O'Brien
Spencer
Gripp
Braddock
Cole
Johnstown
Allegheny City
Eubanks
The Dog War Ends With Humane Society Talks
After public pressure and a Humane Society women’s committee push, Chief Brown halted dog killings in the first thirteen wards. He and the society plan a new law requiring licenses and an animal tax, with a draft act to be prepared for the Legislature.
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The
Humane Society
Lee Mason
Peter Young
Ella Paisley
Chief Brown
Brown
the Humane Society
McAleese
O'Brien
Society
Californian invents rattan guard to avert cable car deaths
San Francisco inventor Patrick F. Dundon describes a front end brush device for streetcars. The rattan cane guard mounted under the platform would bend on impact to prevent bodies from being crushed by wheels. Dundon seeks tests in Pittsburgh if transit companies agree.
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Dispatch
Patrick F. Dundon
San Francisco
Central Hotel
Exposition preparations with special train rates and exhibits
Local passenger agents plan reduced fares for the Exposition period with cheap excursions twice weekly. Manager Johnston returns from New York after consulting Albert Bierstadt on art exhibit plans. Foreign pictures, improved Art Gallery lighting, and a major electrical exhibit by Westinghouse and Thomson Houston are featured. Two illuminated fountains and glass furnaces will showcase glassmaking to visitors.
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Johnston
New York
Albert Bierstadt
Westinghouse
Thomson & Houston
Laying Additions Wires To Chicago Project Expanded
The Postal Union Telegraph Company extends lines with six new wires east and three west to Chicago. A team of 12 local electricians under Persasin Robert Daly wires each route from the cooling station.
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Postal Union Telegraph Company
Ingine
Chicago
Persasin Robert Daly
Tathi
Death toll shows surge in week ending July 19
Mortality for the week ending July 19 rises sharply from a year earlier. The rate in 1880 stood at 80, while last week reached 125. East End recorded 47 deaths, the South side 87, and the old city 80.
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East End
Bouthside
Old City
Glass splinters threaten eye in July windstorm incident
Mr. Geo. Dickson, 47 Gum St, felt a door slam during a July 2 wind storm causing glass to shatter. A flying sliver struck his eye, lacerating the iris. Dr. Sadler treated the wound and later removed a half inch glass fragment from the lower lid socket, with the injury healing well.
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Geo. Dickson
Gum St
School to train American window-glass makers proposed
Plastic plan from the Nations Window Glass Manufacturers Association calls for an industrial school to teach boys every branch of the window-glass trade. Leaders believe the project, backed by substantial local capital, will reduce foreign labor dependency and create a self-sustaining, well-instructed workforce within years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nations
Pittsburg
Wages Dispute at Oliver's Woods Hun Mill
The Second division executive committee of the Amalga mated Association debated wages between rollers and roughers at Oliver's Woods Hun Mill. The roller argues a “specialty” mill is exempt from the 2 percent rule, and the panel adjourned to continue the probe.
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Amalgamated Association
Oliver's Woods’ Hun Mill
Nill
Atlantic City price restoration debated at conference
The first worker at the conference in Cresson will demand restoring the Atlantic City price to 10 percent, after a years long reduction. Prescription branch business is brisk and 75 new pots will start operation this year, needing more workers. Miner shortages due to migratory work patterns worry employers, with James Matthews from Erie noting scarce talent and a hopeful fall trade.
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Cresson
Atlantic City
James Matthews
W. L. Scott & Co
Erie
Miners at Cupola Coke Works Strike Over Wages
A large group of miners at the Cupola Coke Works of the Fricke Company were discharged this week. They held a meeting yesterday and gave six days' notice to strike after being dismissed for not loading wagons according to their contract.
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Fricke Company
Amalgamated scale signers from three steel firms
The Amalgamated Scale Signers from The Loughlin and Johnston Steel Company of Mingo Junction Ohio and Terre Haute Iron and Steel Company unite under the Amalgamated Association to establish scale terms.
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Amalgamated
Loughlin and Johnston Steel Company
Mingo Junction
Terre Haute Iron and Steel Company
Amalgamated Associati
Chief Brown's Book Reports City Police Year
The Department of Public Safety issues its annual report in a 434 page news book. It details police activities for the year and features a sanitation article by Crosby Gray, longtime city health officer and Chief Clerk.
Poisoned Newfoundland Dog At Police Headquarters
Captain Bell of the Allegheny Police Department reports his large Newfoundland dog was poisoned yesterday. The dog was affectionate and valued by its owner. Captain Bell threatens to make it unpleasant for the person who administered the poison if located.
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Captain Bell
Allegheny Police Department
Honis of New Departments Chosen
The High School Committee of the Allegheny Board of Controllers met last night selecting Miss M as head of the Latin department with C A Wood as assistant. T A Blaisdell was named head of the Helles Lettres department with Miss Brooks as assistant.
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Algheny
Adjournment in Lizzie McDonald case over fortune tellers entanglement
The inquest into Lizzie McDonald’s death was adjourned after no witnesses appeared. Mrs. Smith the Carson Street fortune teller says she does not fear arrest and hints the coroner has no role in her case. Police and Inspector McKelvey anticipate action soon.
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McDonald
Mr. Horry
Mrs. Smith
Bok
Mra. Smith
Allegheny
Guardians of the Peace
Hether
Inspector McKelvey
Strangely Connected Mishaps In Allegheny
Yesterday two accidents in Allegheny resulted from the gas main project on East Ohio street. Edward Magill, a teamster, was fatally injured when his wagon collided with the day express at Herr's Island. Jeremiah Reardon died instantly when a pipe skid rolled into the ditch. Magill survived the first crash, but Reardon’s skull was crushed. A horse team was killed and one horse wounded. Magill’s age is given as 52 with a wife and two children.
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Allegheny
Allegheny Heating Company
East Ohio Street
Edward Magill
Jeremiah Reardon
Magill
Pittsburg
Allegheny General Hospital
Furnace Row
Woods’ Run
Homeless Boy Andrew Pollack Found At Market House
Twelve year old Andrew Pollack slept at the market house for three nights before police took him to Central station. He claimed to be from Virgin Run near Uniontown and said his father work as a stonemason at Rainey’s coke works while his mother ran a dairy. He alleged a man named John E Kodac from Uniontown had seized on his family five months earlier and drank their milk after they refused to share it. Kodac is jailed in Uniontown. The boy has not received care, drifting between shelters since.
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Republican Party
Con
Gordon
Charleston
Paul
Christ
Jordan
John
Peter
Jesus Christ
Satan
Moses
Egypt
Canaan
Andrew Pollack
Market House
Central Station
Virgin Run
Uniontown
Rainey
John E Kodac
Kodac
Pollack
Liberty Avenue
Echenley Park
Aiken Avenue
Wiiking Avenue
Schenley Park
Shady Avenue
Highland Park
Bril- Mant
L. E BR
Mr. Kandy
Mr. Bigelow
T Park
Savors of an Elopement
Last evening a young couple sought marriage at Alder man Succup's office but he was away. They moved to Alderman Bienhauer where a ceremony was performed after a delay and a chroma throw in. The couple Frank O Lydia and Magele M Drake of Mansfield Ohio gave no further details and paid a small fee.
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Succup
Buccup
Sherran
Assault and police reshuffle after Jenkins case shocks district
Last night in the First police district changes followed the assault on Mrs. Lucy Jenkins of Jones avenue leaving her injuries fatally anticipated. Lt Teeters is accused of failing to arrest the assailant or report to HQ and Lt Testers was demoted while Lt Bob Holmes was assigned to his district. Baltz temporarily led the vacancy created by Lt Olmes. Sale notices and ads fill the rest of the page advertising farms, instruments, fabrics, and local goods.
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Lucy Jenkins
Jones Avenue
Testers
Penn Avenue
Bob Holmes
Hill District
Baltz
Olmes
Teeters
Mra. Jenkins
Plan to Make Liberty Avenue a Magnificent Boulevard
City officials discuss schemes for Schenley Park access and a grand drive from Liberty Avenue through Aiken and Shady avenues toward Schenley Park. Talks include banning streetcars on Center Avenue, relocating Transverse Line traffic, and paving Liberty Avenue with asphalt for a scenic route.
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Liberty Avenue
Allegheny Valley to Niagara Falls Round Trip Special
Weekend excursion from Union Station at 8 30 A M runs via Allegheny Valley and Niagara Falls with Eastlake coaches and Pullman parlor buffet cars. Tickets valid five days for return. includes low fares and seasonal silk department sales and local store clearance promotions.
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Allegheny Valley
Niagara Falls
Union Station
Eastlake
Reductions in prices on fine cloths and suiting lines
The notice highlights price cuts on English and Scotch suitings with 50 inch Plaid at 75 cents and Heather Suitings at 75 cents from 125 dollars, praising the new stock and all wool French yard goods at remarkable low prices. It invites men to visit the Men’s Department for comfort and bargains and warns not to be late for this sale event.
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George A. Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Democratic Party of the
Harvey Chess
Chess, Cook & Co
Lemuel Googins
W.L Billows
G. M. Clinton
Reed
Americas Club
Sherman
Lange
Guthrie
Eter
Jesus
Christ Paul
John Bunyan
Frick
A Society of Miners
Department of Public Safety
Honis
Moonafield
Southside
Thomas Liggett
Diamond Street
Hamilton's
Fifth Avenue
Kwable & Shuster
Bauerlein Brewing Company
Z. Wainwright & Co
Telephone
Ekwase & Shuster
Fifth Ave
A. G. Campsext & Sons
ExAste & Shuster
Fith Ave
Ortville Milling Company
F. I. Rutledge
Enable & SuustTxe
Chief Bigelow
Westmoreland
Homewood
Westmoreland County
Center Avenue
Pennsvenue
Morrow
Kandy
Ford
Belect Council
Mr. Bigelow Yesser
Barnum
Eve Ut
Jour L. Sullivar
F. I. Burnenee
Agen
Orrville Milling Te
Jos. Horne & Co
HanNansie & Shuster
Fifth Age
Able & Shuster
Dr. McLane
Fleming Bros
Pittssurs, Pa
St. Louis
Jys Uwr
Lewis Building
Jolpaacwr
JUS. Horne & CO
Penn Ave
Heather
Nel
Horne & CO
Orica Or Co
Alt’y & Manchester Passenger Railway Co
Pittsecha
Munburg, Allegheny and Manchester Passenger Railway Company
Fidelity Tithe and Trust Company
Charles Seibert
National Bank of Pittsburg
Burg
County of Allegheny
State of Pennsylvania
Edward S
Libiberty National Bank of
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