Bridge scheme threatens mills and streets across Allegheny
The report outlines a vast plan to open Bank lane and related routes through Madison avenue East street and surrounding blocks, forcing removal of brick homes and factories including Lindsay McCutcheon mills Exelsior Coffin Works Labelle Steel Works. The projected cost tops 59 million pounds and residents resist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge
Marion
Irwin Avenues
Bank Lane
River Bank Tower Avenue
Lindsay & McCutcheon’s Mills
Excelsior Coffin Works
Labelle Steel Works
Madison Avenue
East Street
East Lane
Slone
Long Lane
Sassafras Lane
Allegheny
Federal Street
Andrews
Blaine Lookalike in Pittsburgh Denies Presidential Plans
J W Maine, mistaken for James G Blaine, was seen in the Hotel Anderson lobby. The man, calling himself Mr Bisine, rejected any link to the Blaine political future and declined to discuss cousins or party plans, noting he has copper mines in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Maine
James G. Blaine
Anderson
J. W. Blaine
Mr. Bisine
Blaine
Bisine
Pittsburg
Canada
Allegheny Water Sub Committee Awards Multiple Contracts
The Allegheny Sub Committee on Water of the Public Works Department met and recommended awarding several contracts. Wet Jute & Co won coal supply at 569 per 100? Goebel with a 60,000 guarantee. Addison Pipe and Steel Co won water pipe duties. Mansfield & Co won fertiles and lead fittings. Carlin Manuise Scring Company bid for general engines. Willow Kezeimeyer seeks 2150 damages for roof and wall damage from a nearby station, while a bill for tinting by Aigiencm tie is contested. A committee will review these claims and determine proper action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allgheny
Addiston Pipe and Steel Company
Cincinnati
Mansfield & Co
Carlin
Lompaty
Willow Kezeimeyer
Howard Arrest
Ptr
Cnet Fia
Mens
Rerwig
McGary
Alexander Carson
Keeker
Lacock Street
Winstore
Vetter
Wee
Hee Werte
Desperate Fifth Avenue House Burglary Ends in Violent Capture
In Shadyside a daylight burglar fights one armed pursuer with an iron hook as a one-armed man with two revolvers streams after him. The chase along Ellsworth to Westminster ends on Fifth Avenue where Turner collapses from injuries but helps corner the thief. Nerpel, alias Jack Melton, is arrested with burglary tools and a dangerous record. a brother serves time for robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Shadyside
John A. Renshaw
Ellsworth Avenue
Renshaw
Ninth
Liberty Streets
Oregon
Jesse Jones
Jones
William Renshaw
Wood
Pennsylvana Railroad
Lilae Street
Lilac
Westminster Street
Amberson Avenue
George Turner
Turner
Hagan
Pector Whitehouse
Wilkins Avenue
P. J. Nerpel
Wellsville
Jack Melton
St. Louis
Eate
203
Third Avenue
Nerpel
East End
Shadyside Station
Thomas O'Neill
George Nerpel
Allegheny County
Penn Avenue
Renshaw House
GUNNING FOR BIG GAME IN SUNDAY OPERATIONS
A Pittsburg group formed to prosecute public enterprises and corporations operating on Sunday plans action against furnace workers railroad staff and depot gatekeepers. Attorney William Yost resigns as legal adviser to the Law and Order League and aligns with the new society while maintaining ties to his street railway interests in Braddock and Turtle Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Lucy Furnace
Pittsburg and Western
West Penn Railroad
William Yost
Temney
Law and Order League
Law and Order Society
Braddock
Turtle Creek
Yost
The
Street Railway Company
English Boy’s Hard Luck
A 10 year old lad in distress sought work from a gardener in Squirrel Hill. Superintendent McKnight found him and took him home for care while the police verify his tale. The boy says he came from Manchester, England four years ago with his mother and elder brother, both now dead, and that his brother abandoned him after their previous guardian moved to New York. The boy is bright, well trained, and writes a good hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McKeefe
Squirrel Hill
McKnight
Schenley Park
Manchester
England
New York
Pittsburg
John Wilson
Liberty Street
Wilson
Mrs Lee Tells Another Story In Desertion Case
William Lee a colored janitor at the Thirty sixth ward station was arrested on a desertion warrant sworn by his wife Ida Lee who accuses him of previous embezzlement involving $3 from the Loved Waitere Union. He testified the money was spent by his wife on burial expenses and cancer treatment, and he was acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lee
Thirty-sixth Ward
Ida Lee
Lee
Conference Averts Railroad Labor Strike in Pittsburg Region
Superintendent Patton of the Pittsburg and Western and railroad labor leaders will wrap up talks today after a nearly week long dispute. Baltimore and Ohio General Manager Odell is due in the city. Grand Master Wilkinson Grand Chief Conductor Ramsey and Teusrepeer Ramsey lead the unions in Chicago. Both sides deny any strike is imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patton
Pittsburg and Western Road
Odell
Baltimore and Ohio
Wilkinson
Order of Railroad Trainmen
Chicago
Clark
Order of
Railroad Conductors
Teusrepeer Ramsey
Little Mountain Girl Wins Doll Contest for Church Funds
In Cambria county Pennsylvania summit area a doll contest for St Aloysius Church raised funds after the death of Thresie Lilly who died on her ninth birthday. Votes counted May 30 show Thresie Lilly 75.96 dollars Celie Bruce 32.40 dollars Aggie Lynch 14.23 dollars. winnings redirected to Lilly's baby sister Annie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aggie Lynch
Celie Bronce
Thresie Lilly
Summit
Cambria County
St. Aloysius Church
Celie Bruce
Annie
Prominent Pittsburgh Broker Confined in Dixmont Asylum
Mrs Rosaline L Murdock files for an inquest in lunacy after her husband James H Murdock a noted iron and steel broker is deemed incurable and sent to Dixmont. He has suffered paresis blindness and mental deterioration with a history including Civil War service and a family-stress illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosaline L. Murdock
Dixmont
Charles Murdoch
DrakcCready
Murry
Sewickley
George F. Rudisil
Murdoch
Murdock
Fourteenth
Wiley
Murdock & Co
Bissell
Rutan vs Boyer Case Details Unavailable
Political excitement in the state prevented details from emerging in the suit filed in Harrisburg by ex Senator Rutan against ex State Treasurer Boyer. Boyer posted bail for a June 16 hearing. Morrison was absent in Harrisburg. Boyer could not be located in Philadelphia. Subpoenas will target presidents and cashiers of Allegheny National Beaver Falls and Enterprise banks. Senator Rutan remains at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Rutan
Boyer
Philadelphia
Morrison Wasot
Philadelhia
Herr
Slan
Allegheny National Beaver Falls and
Enterprise Banks
Senator Rutan
Charities Committee to Inspect Proposed Poor Farms
The Charities Committee meets at 3 PM in the City Clerk's office to hear Chief Elliott's report on proposed new Poor Farms. Bids have rested with City Attorney Moreland for three days awaiting investigation. The group may inspect all offered farms and may include the full committee on this trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charities Committee
Chief Elliott
Moreland
Woman Dies at Home After Heart Pain
Rachel Abrams aged 59 dropped dead at her home 52 Tunnel Street last night around 11 o clock after a day of heart pain. Coroner notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Abrams
Tunnel Street
Myler Is Sentenced For Embezzlement Plea
Ex assistant postmaster Myler of Allegheny pleaded not guilty but was persuaded to a plea of no contest. In U S District Court Judge Buffington fined Myler 100 dollars plus costs with no prison sentence after restitution. Prosecution cited publicity and alleged weak impulse, while defense urged leniency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
United States District Court
Myler
Nota Contendre
Williams
Buffington
Congress
Internal Revenue Department
Post Office Department
Lewis McMullen
Blaine sentiment in Pennsylvania shapes Harrison nomination talk
Oyster, a Ridgeway, Elk County delegate, travels to Pittsburg en route to the Minneapolis Convention. He predicts Harrison will be renominated but notes Blaine sentiment persists, driven by Quay and allies aiming to deter a Blaine deal. Oyster believes Blaine would decline and Harrison will secure the nomination on the first ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Oyster
Ridgeway
Elk County
Pittsburg
Minneapolis
Oyster
Harrison
Blaine
Quay
Irish Girl Arrives Delayed From Galway by Scandanavia
Mary Connelly or Connelly name is sought by Alderman Donovan's constable P M Connelly at Union depot. A girl from Galway county Ireland aboard the Scandinavia says she expects relatives, an uncle Patrick Lydon on the Southside, and a friend Michael Spielman in Allegheny. She was held until relatives arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Connelly
Alderman Donovan
Mary Connelly
Connelly
Union
Indies
Galway
Ireland
Scandinavia
Patrick Lydon
Michael Spielman
Allegheny
Brotherhood Brakemen Car Escort Denied by Pennsylvania Company
Brotherhood of Brake men protest after Pennsylvania Company refuses a free funeral car for Brakeman William Boates of the Panhandle. Boates, once dismissed for wearing a union badge, died after moving to Vittaburg sod Western and was killed at Bennett. Members canvassed Webster Avenue to collect 5 for a special car as Pittsburg and Western paused freight trains to let them attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood
Pennsylvania Company
Brotherhood of Brakemen
William Boates
Burgettstown
Boates
Panhandle
Vittaburg
Bennett
Pennsylvania
Webster Avenue
Pittsburg and Western
J P Witherow Steel incorporators to organize in Pittsburg
A meeting of the J P Witherow Steel Company incorporators will be held in Pittsburg next week to organize and transfer assets from the old company to the new, aiming to operate the works at Newle by July 1. The incorporators include G R Bothwell J A Cunningham N B Richardson H Taggart and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P
Newle
Daylight Swimmer Arrested Over River Violation
William J. Hilderbrand of Reserve Township was arrested for violating a city ordinance by swimming in the Allegheny River in daylight yesterday. He was detained by Dugan of the Celtic and locked in City Hall as the incident drew attention this morning. Best convention gossip noted for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Hilderbrand
Reserve Township
Allegheny River
Dugan
Death on an Incline: Tragic Castle Shannon Accident
A Castle Shannon man, Mathew Watkins, 38, died after falling from a Castle Shannon Incline car and becoming fatally crushed between the car and the rail. The incident occurred near the halfway station as passengers franticly signaled for help. The coroner would hold an inquest, and funeral arrangements were planned through Semmelrock Bros. Watkins had recently saved about $2,000 and left a widowed mother and sister in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Shannon
Matthew Watkins
Watkins
Spo
Lewis Johnston
Semmelrock Bros
Mathew Watkins
North Carolina
Johnston
Killed by Work Train in Oakdale Area
George Graham, a driller from near Franklin, Pa, was fatally struck by a backing work train at Oakdale while alighting from the 6 45 a m McDonald to Oakdale run. He was the 51st oil field worker killed on the Pittsburg Cincinnati and St Louis Railway this year between Oakdale and McDonald. He leaves a widowed mother and sister and was soon to be married to a woman near Mt Morris. There is strong local sentiment against the railroad company Cubes was on the McDonald bound train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Graham
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Graham
McDonald Field
Franklin
Mt. Morris
Multiple work accidents injure workers on city sites
A carpenter Henry Leppard fell from a third floor and was badly injured. Costi Peter Costi lost a leg. John Busle was killed instantly. Anton Schalowiske had a crushed hand requiring amputation. Eddie Carroll, age 3, was run over. Daniel Shipham sustained critical injuries from a broken elevator. Jacob Baccarach suffered crush injuries and amputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costi
Peter Costi
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Chartiers
West Penn Hospital
Busie
John Busle
Carnezie
Twenty-ninth Street
Seon Lowiske
Anton Schalowiske
Wis. Carrott
Eddie Carroll
Marvin & Co
Tirty-eighth Street
Scniaam
Daniel Shipham
Oliver & Roberts’ Wire Company
Lehipham
Baccanacu
Jacob Baccarach
Carpeck, Phipps & Co
Sacrifice Clothing Sale Promised At The Union Building
The Dispatch reports a major sale starting this morning at 8 o'clock in the Union building at Fifth avenue and Wool street. The event, held by Elsner & Phillips at their building on Wood street, promises broad public benefit with apparel offered at great sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Union
Fifth Avenue
Wool Street
Elsner & Phillips
Firth Avenue
Wood Street
Immigrant Bill Sparks Steamship Criticism in Pittsburgh
Chief Elliot attacks the Stone substitute, claiming it grants steamship lines sole power to admit immigrants and to avoid accountability. He warns it would flood the country with criminals and beggars, leaving cities to bear costs. He vows not to fund steamship interests and urges Congress to keep out foreign paupers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steamship Lines
Eliiot
Congressman Stone
Senator Stone
Elliot
Tne
Stone
Europe
Congress
Pittsburg
Death by Own Action Reported in Pittsburgh Area
A verdict of death by own action was returned for Lena Henschel who drank laudanum Thursday night in her room at 141 Water Street. Her remains were identified by her father Richard Henschel of 127 High Street, Allegheny. No motive was found but witnesses testified she had talked of suicide. The Humbird Land and Improvement Company plans a public sale at Cumberland Maryland on June 8 9 with reduced railroad rates. For details contact No 9 South Liberty Street Cumberland Md or Washington Danenhower, broker, corner 13th and G Streets NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Bradford
Penn Avenue
Washington Alexander
Washington Street
Alexander
Pretty Lena
Pretty Lena Henschel
No. 141
Water Street
Ichard Henschel
High Street
Alegheny
Coes
Humbird Land and Improvement Company
Cumberland
South
Liberty Street
Washinton Danenhower
Thirteenth and G Streets
N. W
Washington, D. Cc
Famous $10 Men's Suit Sale Winds Up Tonight
Our sale ends at 10 o clock tonight. Buy a $22 suit for $10 at P O C C Clothiers corner Grant and Diamond streets. Great bargains in fine fabrics. Also in Wood Street store near Filen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.O
C. C
Grant and
Diamond Streets
Wood Street
Filen
Biber & Easton Underwear Line Highlights
A Chicago garment house lists a broad range of men and women underwear. Includes Balbriggan shirts and drawers in multiple weights and sizes, drew attention to special French Balbriggan and Egyptian cotton pieces, plus infants and children’s options.
Shirts At Low Prices and Wash Ties Ad
An old newspaper item advertises shirts priced at 1.10 and 1.25 dollars with a promotion for wash ties at a reduced amount. The text emphasizes economical clothing options and shopping deals for readers.
Also Mentioned on This Page
James G. Hiains
Allegheny Sub-Committee On
Pursner
Hookithout
Tridges
Filler
Yelli
Jim McKnight
Setze Thrir
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Baltimore
Dann Aglanivel
Penn Street
James H. Murdock
Dixmont Asylum
Goodwin
Hutchinson
Murook
Washington
Rctan
Bessie Beamble
Delegate Oyster
County Galway
James P. Witherow Steel Company
Freed
Kentucky
J. F. Peyton
Seventh Avenue
Lexington
Court House
Hampton L. Carson
Joh T. Brown
W. P.C. Breckenridge
Dr. Nardiz
Leonard
Ermengildo L. Nardi
San Francisco
M. L. Nardyz
Golden Gate
Marsala
Disputos
Southside
Oakdale
Harry Leppard
Rebecca Street
Twentieth Ward
Leppard
Butler Street
Sporting News
Dispatch
Tonkin
Algeria
Cumberland, Md
Brokse
Wirr
James H. Aiken & Co's
Biber & Easton
FOR
J. Kerwin Miller & CO
Smithfield St
Pittsburg, Pa
Pittsburg, Ps
Jos. Horne
Zephyr
Star
Fisk, Clark & Flagg
Fisk
Clark & Flagg
Punjabs
JOS. Horne & CO
Groetzinger
Brussels
Ingram Carpets
Worth
Penn Ave
Musi Ras A
Engraving and Printing
W. V. Dermitt & CO
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