Death of William N. Forgey at St James Hotel
William N. Forgey, 66, was found dead in bed at the St James Hotel in Pittsburg. Coroner McDowell led an inquest into wounds on the chest and a heart enlarged by disease. Forgey had traveled from Wilkinsburg with his son J H Forgey. the son sought hospital care as the father showed signs of mental weakness. The coroner will hold an inquest at 11 AM, and the body will be moved to Forgey’s daughter's home in Allegheny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N. Forgey
St. James
McDowell
Forgey
Pittsburg
West Penn Hospital
Died in the station house at Fourteenth ward
James McNalley a prisoner died at the Fourteenth ward station around midnight after being found in a stupor near Frankstown avenue and Station street Saturday night He had been jailed for drunkenness and later died en route to the Fourteenth ward station Investigations noted his East Liberty residence No 5633 Mi street He had prior arrests including a murder charge from which he was acquitted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McNalley
Fourteenth Ward
McNalley
Frankstown Avenue
Station Street
Nineteenth Ward
Hyndman
Oakland
Central Station
McSalley
East Liberty
Mi Street
Twentieth Wards
Whitehouse
John Daley
Polish Wedding Party Ends in Workhouse Arrests
John Bunce, listed as a groom on the Seventeenth ward police docket, married at his Butler street home. The celebration drew a crowd and heavy beer flow, leading Captain and officers to raid the scene. Thirteen men, including the groom, were jailed for 30 days. the bride was not arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Pole
Seventeenth Ward
John Bunce
Butler Street
Fifty-first
Fifty-second
Ap Ere Ped Orth
Fight in Beaver avenue stable ends with knife wounds
Two colored men Daniel Hill and Emory Gregory quarreled in a stable on Beaver avenue. Gregory stabbed Hill in the left arm and punctured muscle, then struck a four inch back wound. Both men were arrested and taken to Central station where Police Hazzard bandaged Hill. Hill was a stable groom for Captain Rodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Hill
Emory Gregory
Beaver Avenue
Hill
Gregory
Central Station
Captain Rodgers
Sabbath Football Disruption Ends With Johnston Detention
Andrew Johnston and companions played football on the Sabbath near South Eighteenth Street yesterday. Police officer Wright spotted the crowd and captured Johnston, who spent the night in the Twenty-eighth Ward station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Johnston
South Eighteenth Street
Wright
Johnston
Twenty-eighth Ward
Three Men Arrested on River Avenue by Allegheny Officer
Officer Blakely of Allegheny arrested three men on River Avenue last night. J Diamond and Joseph Harwart from Pottstown offered few details about themselves and their work. A third man, Thomas Frindible, gave Ridgeway, Elk County as his residence.
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Blakely
Allegheny
River Avenue
J. Diamond
Joseph Harwart
Pottstown
Thomas Frindible
Ridgeway
Elk County
Death of Margaret Long Found at Rear of Address No 525 Second Ave
Margaret Long, 36, was found dead yesterday morning at her home behind 525 Second Avenue. Police and coroner opened an investigation into the death, with early reports indicating natural causes or accidental exposure as possible factors. Further findings are awaited from the medical examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Long
No. 525
Second Avenue
Coro
Watching with shotguns in Robinson township terror plots
Thieves probing farms in Robinson township raid cellars hen roosts and grain fields during years of growing boldness. J Bronn’s hennery near Ewing’s mill loses hens and 20 Pekin ducklings. Burns farm near the Kansas school house reports tomato plants stolen. Residents consider arming themselves to deter prowlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson Township
J. Bronn
Ewing's Mill
Burns
Kansas School House
Small Sunday Hearings at Central and Ward Stations
Police hearings were light yesterday morning. John Anderson and James Duncan abused two Italian boy street musicians. both were sentenced to 30 days. Charles Gray received 60 days for habitual drunkenness. Owen Shevelin got 100 dollars and 30 days’ costs to the workhouse for abusing his wife and children. Four boys arrested for keeping a disorderly house and four visitors paid fines. Patrick Conners sent to the workhouse for 30 days for beating Andrew Kempf. John Lee also jailed 30 days for abusing his wife. A magistrate fined Conner ten dollars and costs for interfering with an officer. A man fined fifty dollars and costs, or 60 days to the workhouse, for stealing flowers near Ben Venue station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Station
John Anderson
James Duncan
Roach
Charles Gray
Owen Shevelin
Twenty-eighth Ward
Edward McGee
Charles Schober
Patrick Barrett
Peck Stoker
McKenna
Patrick Conners
Andrew Kempf
Butler
Fifty-first Streets
John Lee
J Conner
Tee
Ben Venue
Hunting Money and Children Ends in Police Aid
Italian miner Anthony Fortnot of Mahanoy City sought Inspector Whitehouse at the Nineteenth ward station alleging that his two children were abducted on April 20 by Italian man Anthony Pasuansky. The search led to Pasuansky’s trunk on Washington Street but the man remains at large. Inspector Whitehouse will oversee the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Fortnot
Mahanoy City
Inspector Whitehouse
Nineteenth Ward
Anthony Pasuansky
Fortnot
Pasuansky
Eead
Tim
Fertnot
Washington Street
Sunday Resorts Silenced Raids Stop Disorderly Houses
In Allegheny police raided a disorderly house owned by Tony Benewat at 595 East Ohio street and a speakeasy run by Andy Ulry at Third and Chestnut. Eighteen men were detained at Benewat’s, eleven kegs of beer found, seven men at Ulry’s, with Ulry previously charged. Lieutenant Thornton led both operations. Authorities vow no forfeits will be taken in future cases as Mary Burke of the Eighteenth ward records a fourth offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Tony Benewat
East Ohio Street
Andy Ulry
Third
Chestnut Streets
Ulry
Thornton
Mary Burke
Disorderly family sent to workhouse by magistrate
Mary Devine, her daughters Sallie and Annie, and uncle John Dean were swept to the workhouse by Magistrate McKenna at the Seventeenth Ward station after a general fight at Forty-seventh and Serge streets. Each received 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKenna
Seventeenth Ward
Mary Devine
Hters
Sallie
Annie
John Dean
Forty-seventh
Serge Street
Typographical Union delegates to Steubenville grave exercises
Typographical Union No. 7 arranged to send delegates to commemorative exercises at Thomas Armstrong's grave in Steubenville on July 6. About 75 members of the craft will travel there for the annual convention of the Flint Glass Workers Union opening the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Typographical Union No. 7
Thomas Armstrong
Steubenville
Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Dedication of Gusky Hebrew Orphanage Tomorrow
An interesting programme has been arranged for the dedication of the Gusky Hebrew Orphanage and Home tomorrow. The key to the institution will be fed by Miss Mary Gusky, and Josiah Cohen, President of the board, will respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gusky Orphanage
Gusky Hebrew Orphanage
Mary Gusky
Josiah Cohen
Unknown man killed by train at Riverton station
The coroner was notified an unknown man was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train at Riverton station yesterday morning and killed instantly. He was taken to McKeesport and the case will be investigated today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Riverton Station
McKeesport
Resignation sends Cincinnati clerk to Coney Island venture
Sternex Johnstox, trusted Cincinnati line receiving clerk, resigns and departs for Cincinnati to oversee the popular resort Coney Island located a few miles above the city. Friends extend best wishes for his new enterprise. Charles Beatrr, 104 Charles Street, Allegheny, surrendered to the New York Children’s Society after reporting abuse by a stepmother.
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Sternex Johnstox
Cincinnati Line
Cincinnati
Coney Island
Queen City
Charles Beatrr
Charles Street
Allegheny
Children's Society
New York
Anderson Street
Albeny
Single Tax League
Duquesne Traction Car
Excelsior Cab Company
Pleasant Prospects for Iron and Steel Trade Rise
The June lull gives way to optimism as crops and railroad activity forecast strong iron and steel demand. Railroads plan expansion and bridge work, spurring mills to expect a robust year with high rail orders and new construction. Prices for ore and coke edge lower as producers brace for a busy season ahead.
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West Point
Thennsylvania Railroad
Ganastet Pass
Chicago
Pennsylvania Lines
Baltimore and Ohio
Cleveland
Bessemer
Powell Stricken With Apoplexy on Sidney Street
W T Powell vice president of the Builders' Association is seriously ill at his Sidney street home after a stroke Saturday. Dr Mundorff attended. Neighbors feared for his life as he mourned the loss of his wife just days earlier and had been unwell himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Powell
Builders’ Association
Sidney Street
Southside
Dr. Mundorff
Powell
Boston Students Register at St Charles Hotel
Prof. Robert H. Richards leads ten students from the Boston School of Technology who registered at the St. Charles Hotel yesterday and plan to stay for the period indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Richards
Boston School of Technology
St. Charles Hotel
City Eyes Pines Site for Key Meeting on Industry Inspect
Local officials plan weeks of inspection to evaluate industries and choose Pines as the best point for a major meeting. They aim to advance the process of making informed decisions and coordinate next steps with stakeholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pines
Coal Rise From River Ports Affects Southern Coal Trade
Nearly 20 million bushels of coal expected to depart upriver for Southern ports as water gains support a June rise. Wharf activity intensifies with boats assembling targets, crews ready, and multiple firms like Joseph Walton Welton, T. M. Jenkins Coal Valley, Crescent Coal, and John A Wood & Co preparing to send barges and flats toward Cincinnati Memphis and St. Louis. Weather and water depth could alter the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oni Pk
Joseph Walton Welton
Joxe
T. M. Jenkins
Coal Valley
Frank Gilmore
Robert Jenkins
Time Coal Company
Little Bill
Horner & Roberts
Raymond Horner
W. G. Horner
Fred
Son
Tom Rees
Little Fred
Crescent Coal Company
Ars
H. Brown
Cincinnati
Memphis
St. Louis
Charles Clark
James — More
Percey Keey
Orel
Charles
Jim
Alice
Ie Brown
W. W. O'Neil
Oe Dick
Belle McGowan
A. Wood & Co
John A
Jing
Dave Wood
Cor No
Ark
Lud Keefer
Goal Valley
du Bois
Amalgamated Convention Divided Over Iron Scale Hike
Radical delegates push for a 60 cent boil iron scale but lack two thirds support. A vote on the proposed wage increase was expected tomorrow evening, with about 200 of 300 delegates seen as unlikely to back the measure. If carried a strike would follow as workers resist higher mill earnings, signaling tense labor unrest in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalted Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Seakaeeh Mosackamtectaria Sagedough
Pennsylvania road to split maintenance into seven mile contracts
Engineers propose dividing the line into seven mile sections and hiring contractors to maintain each segment. The plan shifts control from the pay staff to contractors and may extend to shop work. Public confidence remains doubtful as the scheme awaits trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ne Fa
Paya — Ae
Western Chemist Demonstrates Local Coal Fuel Process
A Western chemist explains a new gas production method at Springfield Tron and Steel Company in Springfield Illinois. The process uses nearby coal and a system by Dr Henning the company chemist. Bi products coal tar and ammonial ski lings are saved and sold, tar bringing five dollars a barrel in St Louis. The gas serves heating and open furnace needs.
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West
Springfield Tron and Steel Company
Springfield
Ediate
Henning
St. Louis
Gas well near Fort Pitt Glass Company supplies Grapeville works
A strong gas strike was reported near the Grapeville belt, just a short distance from the Fort Pitt Glass Company works. The well, one of the best yet found, will furnish ample gas for the company’s extensive operations and supply nearby residents in 40 to 50 new houses built for employees.
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Fort Pitt Glass Company
Fort Pitt
Mammoth Plate Mill for Wellman Iron at Chester
The Garrison Foundry Company builds a verdict plate mill for Wellman Iron and Steel in Chester Pennsylvania. It is described as the largest in the country if not the world with 132 inch face and 35 inch thick rolls. The mill will produce boiler plate hair and shasties.
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Garrison Foundry Company
Wellman Iron and Steel Company
Chester
Masters from Chi Parade Through the City
A garbled note describes a group of master car builders from Chicago visiting the city in a rush, with unclear details about their plans or destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chi
Charles Appleby Ties Knot in Terre Haute Ceremony
Charles T. Appleby, a well known local figure, marries in Terre Haute next Monday. The ceremony and reception are expected to draw friends, colleagues, and the public alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Appleby
Sean Eee
Sean
Terre Haute
Mr. Appleby
Rich Sunday Meals and Discerning Rail Talk in Wet Weather
The piece notes damp weather keeps hotel guests indoors and reduces cheer, while doctors blame rain for ailments and extol outdoor activity. It discusses rail travel, shortages of good through lines to Chicago, and passenger discomfort, plus a reflection on alcohol use among railroad men and the hard life of travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Cleveland
Duquesne
William Witherow
United States Depository
Witherow
Mills Holds His Tongue As Speakership Fight Looms
Congressman Roger Q. Mills of Texas, a tariff reformer, travels to Washington with his wife after a visit to Union Station. He says he will not speak on the Speakership fight, plans to study this summer, and forecasts the McKinley bill will be slaughtered if he is elected. He argues for reciprocity with England and South America and predicts a legislative contest over the new party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Q. Mills
Union Station
Washington
John McBride
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mills
Senate
England
South America
Cleveland
A Little Weakened Man and Sir John Macdonald Recalled
A young lady recalled meeting Sir John Macdonald, noting his small stature and round face as unlike the grand figure of his fame. She compared him to a weakened man who commanded respect, reflecting on his world wide reputation born from a limited political arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir John Macdonald
Toronto
Sir John
John Macdonald
Avery
Funeral of W J Kennedy Draws Large Pittsburgh Crown
The funeral of ex Fireman W J Kennedy yesterday in Pittsburg drew a crowd of over 2000 people. Services were held at 2 pm at 26 Federal Street by Rev J W Harsha. The procession toured to Uniondale Cemetery with police, G A R posts, O U A M, and many carriages in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Kennedy
Pittsburg
No. 26
Federal Street
J. W. Harsha
Uniondale Cemetery
G. A. BR
Fulton Council, Jr. O. U. A. M
Hays
Joseph Eaton
T. W. Baker
Henry Schultz
A. R.oss Whitehouse
McKelvy
Police Bureau
David Glass
Robert McAdams
Unknown young man found dead on Pittsburg and Western tracks
Body of a man about 24 found early morning near Pine Creek station after being run over by trains. He is described as unused to manual labor with white, soft hands. 5 feet 11 inches, 140 pounds, smooth brown eyes, black hair, wearing a brown suit, gray cotton shirt, black hat, and a vest. Initials P. H. embroidered on a handkerchief. Request for identification at heree Ebbert's undertaking rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg and
Pine Creek Station
Ebbert
Teo Machine
P. H
Discrimination Against the Negro in Electric Warning
An electric light wire brushed a Wylie avenue awning and caused no injuries. Two colored men attempted the same stunt and were thrown into the gutter but survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wylie Avenue
Build home with Model Plan Building and Loan
A notice invites readers with land to subscribe to stock in the Model Plan Building and Loan Association. A meeting is scheduled for Monday evening June 8 at 7 o'clock at No 61 Fourth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 61
Fourth Avenue
Model Plan Building and Loan Association
J. W. Burford
All the New Jackets Reduced For Great Sale
Campbell advertises a sale starting today with display details about new jackets offered at reduced prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turing
Ad. Campbell
Dic
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Wilkinsburg
Pound
Daniel Bill
Ner
Riverton
Pennsylvania Company
Mammoth
Car Builders’ Meeting
Duquesne Pagent
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Pennsylvania Road
Central
Southwestern Limited
Seland Ag
Pittsby
Western Lines
Ne —S
Monongaheouse
Peepee
Ot Und
W. A. Smith
Punxsutown
Flerson County
Sr Monongahela House
Este Morni
Isterin
Mr. Smith
Smith
Lord Beaconsfield
Pittsburg and Western Railroad
the People's Store
Fifth Avenue
Campbell & Dick
Everett Club News
John Eucing
M. E. Haddock
Vickrey Street
al den Har
Murphy
Department of Public Safety
Fire Department
Hueus & Hacxe
Mousseline de Soie
Fifth Ave
Market St
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Ati
C. Weisser
Jos. Horne & Co
Penn Ave Stores
Lyons
Felix
Lansdown
America
Jos. Horne & Co’s
Penn Avenue
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