Rock Point picnic draws 15000 to 20000 union crowd
Amalgamated Association held a large Rock Point outing with 15 000 to 20 000 attendees from Pittsburg Wheeling Bellaire New Castle Steubenville Youngstown Ashtabula and Cleveland. The day included games rides and interruptions from fights pickpockets and a missing watch reported in New Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Point
Amalgamated Association
Old Sol
Red Association
Select Knights Band
Union Station
Aach
Union Depot
Beaver River
Dutchiman
Evan
Wilson
New Castle
Strike Settlement Reached at Conference Committee Meeting
Tinners' strike ends after a long session at the Builders Exchange Renshaw Building. Masters' Conference Committee reports concessions by employers and strikers will return to work Monday morning. Strikers to vote to ratify terms. several houses delayed in East End due to work stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Builders’ Exchange
Renshaw
John MelLiray
Masters’ Conference Committee
Governor to Address Baltimore Flints Convention
Secretary William Dillon reports Maryland Governor will attend the American Flints convention in Baltimore on Monday July 7 to deliver an address. The gathering should run about 12 days with 210 to 212 delegates from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dillon
American Flint Glassworkers* Association
Maryland
American Flints
Baltimore
Irt
Wheeling
Smith
Dillon
Association
John Howard
Howard
Miners Settle Dead Work Scale Dispute at Conference
The dead work scale dispute between coal operators and miners was settled at a conference. A new wage framework sets living wage at $2 and a maximum of $225, with specific rates for screen size and vein thickness.
Weekly Papers Consolidate The Commoner and Glassworker Absorbs
The Commoner and Glassworker buys the Sunday Traveler and will issue its last edition tomorrow. Charles Lure becomes head of advertising. offices to expand to New York and Chicago. Capital stock to rise from $10 000 to $25 000 with Calvin Wratt likely as president. John Martin remains editor. H N Gaither joins editorial. Lare to lead advertising Monday with Webb and Walter H Gaither assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traveler
Charles Lure
New York
Chicago
Calvin Wratt
Printers’ Union
John Martin
Flint Glass Workers Union
H. N. Gaither
Lare
Charce
H. F. Webb
Walter H. Gaither
Knights of Labor Rebuild in McKeesport Iron Works
Organizers led by Ex-District Master Workman Ross formed a new Knights of Labor assembly at National Tube Works in McKeesport. The group starts with several hundred members as the Arbitration Committee continues wages inquiries at other mills. The plant will match any higher standard set elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKeesport
National Tube Works
Ross
Tahoe
Mokert
Organi
Investigating Mc Gaw Case Set For Friday Session
A sub committee of the Trades Council will meet Friday evening to hear testimony on Homer L. Mc Gaw in the Jeannette case. The panel holds substantial evidence against Mc Gaw including a demand for settlement from James Campbell's attorneys. The group plans to release statements from newspapers about threats tied to a $5 000 settlement if disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades Council Committee
Homer L. McGaw
cGaw
McGaw
James Campbell
Caries
Building Trades Council Admits Plasterers and Decorators Members
The Building Trades Council of Allegheny County held a regular meeting last night and admitted James Mitchell and Charles Baughman of the Plasterers International Association and W. A. McDade of Painters and Decorators Local 84. TheElectrical Union credentials committee reported the inside wiremen and dynamo men could not be admitted until they become exclusive building erection workers. a special meeting to consider the constitution is set for next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Trades Council of
Allegheny County
James Mitchell
Charles Baughman
Plasterers’ International Association
W. A. McDade
Painters’ and Decorators
Electrical Union
Knights of Labor Officials Head to Philadelphia Meeting
District Master Workman Joseph L. Evans and I. N. Ross depart for Philadelphia to join the General Executive Board meeting. John Costello will attend. They plan to present district matters and seek board guidance. A subsequent board meeting is planned in July and August to review D. A. 3 details with General Master Powderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Evans
I. N. Ross
Knights of Labor
Philadelphia
General Executive Board
John Costello
Messrs. Evans
Eos
Powderly
Arbeiter Zeitung Closes After Brief Labor Struggle
The German labor paper Arbeiter Zeitung, started about a year ago to advocate workers' rights, ceased operations after an unremunerative run. Court records show the German Workingmen's Publishing Company deeded its property to Lorenz Blattzer for creditor benefit yesterday in the Recorder's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbeiter Zeitung
Lorenz Blattzer
Recorder
Carnegie's Furnace C to be blown in at Bessemer next week
Carnegie's Furnace C at Bessemer, under three months of repairs, will be blown in next week. Furnace 1, one of the new stacks, will be completed and blown in sometime in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Bessemer
Chalmere-Spence Co Secretary Secures Pipe Covering Contracts
C H Vannestrand secretary of the Chalmere Spence Company of New York, in town for several days, signed multiple contracts with local firms for asbestos pipe coverings before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Vannestrand
Chalmere-Spence Company
New York
Itteure
Bar Association Adopts Deed and Mortgage Revision
The Bar Association yesterday unanimously adopted the deed and mortgage forms prepared by Harvey Henderson John G Bryant and John A EvansEsqs committee. Henderson said reform requires bar cooperation and the new forms will equal old binding power saving taxes and improving title security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Henderson
John G. Bryant
John A. Evans
Bar Association
Henderson
Wyman Perjury Case Dismissed After Sparse Evidence
Hearing before Alderman Reilly in Allegheny mayor James G. Wyman perjury case collapsed with few witnesses and weak hearsay evidence. Prosecutor Walkup faced questions as Col. Echols moved to dismiss after defense challenged credibility and missing key witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reilly
James G. Wyman
Allegheny
Isaac H. Walkup
J. B. Echols
Thomas M. Marshall
W. D. Porter
Frank Bennett
J. 8. Ferguson
Hunter
Allegheny Common Council
Echols
Marshall
Walkup
Louis Koemer
Koemer
Wyman
Carri
William Scott
Ditto
H. C. Koehmer
Barnes Safe and Lock Company
Prosecution Discussed in Civil Suit Over Wyman Case
The article reports on a rushed criminal suit over Mr. Wyman and a civil case amid political tension. Citizens urged quicker action to address guilt or innocence, while officials warned that prosecutions under Article 7 of the State Constitution fail while bribed parties face the same penalties as bribe payers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman
J. 8. Ferguson
J. D. Watson
Shafer
Scott Ferguson
Constables in School to Halt Building Demolition
Constables were placed on the Duquesne First Ward school property to prevent further destruction of the building. The School Board sought police presence after contractors indicated they would resume work, and Alderman Donshoe supplied officers who guarded the site all day, though no demolition occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Eberhardt
Taylor
Albert Hetzel
Beitler
West Diamond Street
Allegheny
John H. Lotta
Lotta
Wyman
Robert Boggs
Harry Miller
McKelvey
Miller
Jim
Edward Hesser
Hesser
John Milby
Marshall
Michael Coon
Coon
Murphy
Duquesne, First Ward
Donshoe
Lock Boxes to Improve Mail Service at East End Post Office
Stephen Collins plans installing Yale lock boxes at the East End Post Office after relocation to Hast End bank building. About 35 000 residents will gain better mail access as Postmaster McKean drives service improvements. E P Roberts & Sons promote gem quality and factory mounting, offering lower prices. Curtains offered at $8 per pair, down from $15, by Epwaod Groetzinger at 627 and 629 Penn Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Collins
Philadelphia
Yale Lock Company
East End
Collins
Hast End
Epwakd Groetzinger
Penn Avenue
Geoetzinger’s
Groetzinger’s
Peno Avenue
Smiley & Co and others supply hats and goods in June
Not Tom Who. But C. A. Smiley & Co. head all the rest in gentlemen's hats. They offer dark gray derbys and manilla sailors. Jeddo is the only other place with Mackinaws this season. Excursion tickets via Pennsylvania Lines for the United Society of Christian Endeavor in St. Louis are on sale June 10 and 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slayton
Stayton
D. Thompson
Fourth Avenue
Rowan
Mr. Marshall
Marshall
Joe Walkup
Bix-County
William C. Langhurst
Illiam Raeder
William Braun
Harry Miller
Colonel Echols
Bermores
Cass
Tom
C. A. Smiley & Co
Smiley's
Manilla
Jeddo
C. A. Emrbey & Co
Fifth Avenue Hatters
Nia Lines
United Society of Christian Endeavor
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Fia
Como
Folmer, Clegg & Co
Philadelphia
United States
Husband Arrested in Wife’s Death by Flober t Rifle
Arthur Connelly, employed at Moorhead McCleane Co, is under arrest for murder after the death of his wife Maggie Daly Connelly 23, at their Boston Street home. Neighbors say the couple were affectionate. Connelly claims accidental discharge and recounts striking his wife with the rifle butt while cat hunting. Coroner’s jury and post mortem followed. body sent to Sharpsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flobert
Arthur Connelly
Connelly
Moorhead, McCleane & Co
Boston Street
Soho
Sullivan
Maggie Daly
Sharpsburg
Maggie
Steve Griffen
Penta
Mrs. Griffen
Mr. Griffen
McDowell
J. Gay E Candless
Grocery ledger advertisement with assorted goods
A dense list of grocery items with prices and weights including tomatoes pails preserves pails jelly matches pearl hominy oats rice cocoa and nuts. It advertises free delivery within both cities and prepaid freight for orders of ten dollars or more. Catalog request directed to M R Trompson at 301 Market Street corner Third Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schumacher
London
Bakers
California
M. R. Trompson
Market Street
Third Avenue
Bargains and furniture deals thread Pittsburg stores
Local ads advertise a used 714 octave upright piano priced at 175 dollars with cover and stool. J M Hoffmann Co 537 Smithfield St also offers furniture 20 percent below cash prices from C C Michigan Furniture Co 487 Smithfield St. plus Lechner & Schoenberger 69 Fifth Ave sell pianos on easy terms. A Rock Point picnic May22? 1890. Pennsylvania Co excursion tickets 40 cents from Pittsburg with 7:15 am and 12:20 pm trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Hoffmann & Co
Smithfield Street
Michigan Furniture Co
Smithfield St
Pittsburg
Asnaal
Rock Poist
Pennsylvania Company
Contracts awarded for sewers and engine house work
The Board of Awards approved sewer contracts on Boquet and 23 other streets with W. J. Dunn Ott Bros. and others receiving multiple allocations. An engine house contract went to Wm Kerr's Sons for 8938 dollars. department offices fitting awarded Kerr's Sons and Kramer Rebman. Local ads follow for fabrics and cabinet photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Awards
Boquet Street
Blackberry Alley
Craig Street
Forbes Street
Evaline Street
Forty-second Street
Harvard Street
Hareums Alley
Henry Street
Keystone Street
McCandleas Avenue
Kirkpatrick Street
Lincoln Avenue
Liberty Street
Lowell Street
Winslow Street
Park Avenue
Shetland Street
Tustin Street
Twenty-eighth Street
Wharton Street
Webster Avenue
Wrights Alley
Aiken Avenue
Clayborn Street
W. J. Dunn
Ott Bros
A. J. Harwick
M. Gallagher
W. A. Bolinger
J. H. McQuaide
Wm. Kerr
Kerr's Sons
Kramer & Rebman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Qut
Amalgamated
National
William Dugan
Youngstown
Pitteburg
Ometer
Knights of
Lebor
M’gaw
The
Building Trades Council
Messrs. Evans and
Abbeiteer Zeitung
Col. Echols
Marty Oliver
Jim Wyman
Raeder
Andy Montgomery
David Morrison
Echos
Lou Koemer
Paifenbach
George Sched
TR. Stayton
E. FP. Roberts & Sons
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Pennsylva
Federal St
Cuessman & Maxwnion
Salta
Court House
Cor
Grant and
Diamond Streets
Barenins, KeabLe & Shuster
Fifth Ave
Rosenbaum & Co
Aufrecht
Elite Photograph Gallery
Market St
Jowest
Dapps
Sixth St
Bermine & Winds
Penn Ave
Wainwright's
Wfsu
Pitcairn’s
Maggie Connelly
WHY Thompson’s
Fine Upright Piano
Shannon Tweed
C. C
Cor. Grant and
Weber
Haines
Hallet & Davis
Lechner & Schoenberger
Fifth Avenue
Lutz & Sox
USA
Telephone
Gordon
A. G. Campisi, & Sons
B. OF
L. F
A. G. Camppett & Sons
Echner & Schoenberger’s
Kranich & Bach
Houewus & Hacke
Hendricks & Co
Kyasre & Suyster
Mamaux & Son
Pittsburg Water Proof Co
Liberty St
Borgnine
Sarah
Hayes & Keesan
Alex. M. Oppenheimer
States Hotel
Atlantic City
N. J
Anderson
Hochheimer's
H. Jochher
Atlantic Ave
Albion
Eee City
Will
Bader x One Managem
Cc. B. Aolate
Merchants Hotel
Johnstown
Cha
EROPP
Trenton
Yee
Uperior
J. White
Edford Mineral Springs
Bedford
Allegheny Mountains
Toerte
I. B. Doty
Mountain House
Cresson Springs
Mountains
Cresson, Cambria Co
Idlewood
Sixth Avenue
Pittsboro
Stanford Jackson
Congress Hall
Atlantic City, N. J
R. Hamilton
Jesa
Keating House
Perrysville
Plane Road
P. C
Westview
Tissu
Park Place
Sewickley
Cig
W. HL
McKelvy
Prop'r. m
Charles McGlade
Deer Park
Oakland
Alleghanies
Allerhames
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
George D. Dishields
Balti
Brussels
Pickering
Mammoth
Tenth and
Penn
Pickering’s
House of Pickering
Pickerings
Cor. Penn Ave
Tenth St
Ohio River
Creppe
Danzigers
Sixth Street
Pittsburg, PA
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