Belgian firm offers 300000 Minneapolis Court House iron at 23 percent discount
Pittsburg iron and steel manufacturers are stunned by a Belgian firm’s claim to supply structural iron for the Minneapolis Court House at about 23 percent cheaper than Pittsburg mills. Belgian consulate confirms the offer and has contracts in Texas. Industry leaders express skepticism about meeting such a cut and warn of tariff and price implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Tor Drsraten
Court House
Minneapolis
Oliver W. Potter
Chicago
Lliders Steel Company
Dispatca
Potter
Houston
Austin
Tex
Minneapolis Court House
Dispatch
Belgium
Sabt
New York
United States
Texas
Galveston
A. M. Byers
Werk
Belcian
John Chalant
Spang, Chalfant & Co
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Aveetia, Tezaz, and Cos
Tut Dispatch
Ke O
Amalgamated Association
Charles Killen
Illinois
la Porte
Aix-je-Bains
James Mutt
Senate
McKinley
Belcian Mills
Not a Second Place Man
Pittsboro Republicans mock Philadelphia telegrams claiming Major Montooth may take second place. He declares his bid is for Governor, denying any authority behind the lie and promising to seek the governorship or continue his law practice. Delegates from Fayette, Somerset, and Jefferson counties are discussed as supporting his candidacy, totaling 39 votes on the first ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsboro
Philadelphia
Major Montooth
Delamater Literary Bureau
Clif
Philadelphia Dispatch
Pennsylvania
Friends of
Montooth
Fayette County
Pittsburg
Fayette
Messrs. Livingstone
Binns
Lloyd Johnson
Uniontown
Somerset County
Jeferson
Impromptu riverbank boxing clash ends in arrests near Eliza Furnace
A group of 15 to 20 pugilists gathered on Second Avenue and moved to a river bank near Eliza Furnace for a 20 minute bout. Mike Kelly James Lanaghan and bystander John Kent were arrested after officers Wachter and Kratz intervened amid crowd resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela
Eliza Furnace
Soho
Second Avenue
Mike Kelly
James Lanaghan
Eliza Furnece
Wachter
Kratz
Waiting Campaign Shapes Democratic Delegates Plan
H T Watson announces bill for local conventions as primaries set next Saturday to elect delegates to County and Legislative District Conventions. Regular statewide conventions postponed to September while Republicans decide contest outcomes in key districts. Pattison delegates unlikely in Fourth district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.T. Watson
Democratic County Committee
Wallace
John Dunn, Jr
Forbes Street
Sixth Ward
Joseph Stokely
Pattison
John Burns
Charles P. Anderson
Boy Drowns In Ohio River Near Oliver's Woods Run
About 5 PM an 11 year old, Jeremiah O'Hern, drowned in the Ohio river near Oliver's Woods Run mills after jumping from a skiff with two other boys. Search efforts failed until the body was recovered near the entry point and taken to his home on McClure avenue. An inquest will be held today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah O'Hern
Ohio
Oliver's Woods’ Run Mills
McClure Avenue
Woroner
George Sanders Arrested for Disorderly House in Harcum’s Alley
George Sanders of Harcums Alley near South Twenty-fourth Street was arrested yesterday morning by Officer Brown on a charge of keeping a disorderly house. The information was filed by Captain Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snodera
George Sanders
Harcums Alley
South Twenty-fourth Street
Brown
Stewart
Must Marry or Die Threats End in City Arrest
Charles McCabe a laborer for Pittsburg Steel Casting Company was arrested after a desperate struggle with Officers Miller and Maher at Mrs Young boarding house. He faced five charges including felonious assault and battery and felonious pointing of firearms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McCabe
Pittsburg Steel Casting Company
Miller and Maher
Young
Twenty-second Street
Spring Alley
Twelfth Ward
McCabe
Samuel Alderdice
Suallman Street
Alderdice
Hattie
Miss Alderdice
Smallman Street
Miss Hattie
Miller
Brady
Thompson
Jetters
Mrs. Young
Maher
McKenna
Sought Safety In A Cell At Central Station
An intelligent looking man entered Central station requesting a well constructed cell for the night. Inspector McAleese questioned his fear of assailants with big knives. The man named John Csin from Steubenville Ohio was promised the best cell, Steubenville authorities to be notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Station
McAleese
John Csin
Steubenville
Ohio
Steubeny
Beer Cans Roaming City Streets On Sunday
Detective Coulson reports a man lugging a large milk can through Smith field street Diamond street and Cherry alley as the latest Sunday method of transporting beer. He suspects a complicit brewer or bottler tolerates Sunday sales while avoiding detection.
Opening Tomorrow at Jos. Honxz & Co Penn Avenue Stores
Announcement of summer millinery opening tomorrow at Jos. Honxz & Co on Penn Avenue with new hat designs and seasonal accessories for ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos
Honxz & Co
Penn Avenue
NE & Co
Summer Storm Floods Millville and City Streets
A sudden rise in the Allegheny River floods Millville borough and parts of Pittsburg causing curbstones and sewers to be swept away. The Pennsylvanua Railroad tracks flood delay an express while traction roads suffer two hours of slow traffic. Citizens line floods block cars until the Twelfth ward police rescue passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Millville
Graff, Bennett & Co
Pennsylvanua
Braddock
Pittsburg
Citizens
Thirtieth Street
Penn Avenue
Twelfth Ward
Washington
Roup Streets
Roup Street
Knocking Out the Farmer
Discussion by George L Whitney L Halsey Williams and James Marshall links farm ers' grievances to the shift from horse power to electric and steam power in the city. They estimate 1 200 work horses replaced, costing farmers $118 066 annually in lost income plus fodder and hay value, as new energy methods alter markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L Whitney
L. Halsey Williams
James Marshall
Illinois
Kentucky
Fire scene controversy as officer suspended for mace use
Police officer James Glenn was suspended after a Saturday night at Green Market fire amid claims he kneed down Ed Woods with a club and arrested him for disorderly conduct. Constable Treacy also faced arrest and both men posted forfeits. The Board of Inspectors planned to probe, while Inspector McAleese defended officers as doing their duty against a volatile, unruly crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Glenn
Green Market Street
Ed Woods
Woods
Glenn
Treacy
Silvis
Board of Inspectors
McAleese
Caught Up With His Mar On Perrysville Road
William Muttenberger and Annie Miller rode in a rig chased by Livery Stable Keeper Thurber on Perrysville Road. After a fast pursuit Thurber caught them and Muttenberger was arrested for fast driving. He had hired Thurber’s rig a week earlier and allegedly abused the horse, despite being prohibited from using any more horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perrysville
William Muttenberger
Annie Miller
Thurber
Muttenberger
Navvy's lessons at the Anderson scene
A plainspoken navvy notes a purposefully labeled doctor passing by and jokes about pills and grog as he deflects work. He quips the two men are standards of easy living and mocks medical pretensions while promising simple remedies.
Post Office Case Trials Move to Williamsport
Judge Acheson and officials took cases from the county jail to Williamsport for trial. The lineup includes post office cases and a perjury in naeceies with a mail robbery. Defendants include William Casterlan for robbing the postoffice Emma Cole for signing counterfeit money Jesse Thomas for robbing the mails and Silas Bish for fraud using the mails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acheson
United States District Attorney
Alcorn
McCandless
Williamsport
William Casterlan
Emma Cole
Jesse Thomas
Silas Bish
Frankstown trio fined for keeping disorderly houses
Matthew Smith Mary Downley and Lizzie Davis of Frankstown were before Magistrate Hyndman at the Fourteenth Ward station on disorderly house charges. All were fined 50 dollars with costs. Smith paid, the women were imprisoned and face workhouse if the fines are not paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Smith
Mary Downley
Lizzie Davis
Frankstown
Hyndman
Fourteenth Ward
Thev Coen Aaa
Smith
Weihe Likely to Retire as Iron and Steel Workers Meet
At the Amalgamated Association convention concerns rise over President William Weihe possibly retiring this year. Western delegates push for a local successor while others seek higher pay for President and Secretary. The story notes wage scale talks, past strikes, and potential conference committees with mills to decide the 1889 90 scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
William Weihe
Weihe
Iron and Steel
Western Iron Association
Messenger Boys in Pittsburg Face Factory Law Debate
The Pittsburg area employs about 1,500 messenger and telegraph boys, mostly sons of poor families. Critics say night work and exposure harm their growth, while officials claim shifts can be limited to nine or ten hours to avoid factory restrictions and stress moral proprieties by barring them from inappropriate locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Telegraph and Messenger Services
Western Union Telegraph Office
Department of Public Safety
Immigrant Traffic Seen Slowing at Pittsburg Depot
Agent Pitgen at Union depot notes fewer arrivals, though Hungarian and Italian numbers hold. Some move on to the West while many stay around Pittsburg and work on new track in Allegheny Valley. Pitgen advocates for good immigrants but criticizes Southern European arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitgen
Union Depot
Pennsylvania Road
Pittsburg
Allegheny Valley
America
Europe
Convention of Glass Workers Union Set for Baltimore
The American Flint Glass Workers Union will convene in Baltimore on July 7 with about 200 delegates from 108 locals representing around 7,200 members, up nearly 1,000 from last year. Expected rule changes may alter factory moves and indirectly affect wages by changing the number of pieces produced per move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Baltimore
Mechanics off for Chicago delegation to Jr O U A M meeting
The Pittsburg Jr O U A M contingent began travel to Chicago for the annual meeting. The party surpassed expectations with 500 more persons than planned requiring four sections or 22 cars and 12 sleepers. About 500 more follow this morning led by Stephen Collier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Wayne Road
Stephen Collier
Missionary Rev. Good recounts seven years in Africa
Rev. A. C. Good shared experiences from Ogowe mission on the Ogowe river during a public talk at Third Presbyterian Church. He described climate, malaria, and insects, praised native zeal, noted rapid village converts and self-constructed churches, and urged curbs on European gin and rum to protect mission work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Good
Africa
Third Presbyterian Church
Mr. Good
Armatrong County
Western Theological Seminary
Good
Ogowe Mission
Ogowe River
Missouri
Ogowe Rever
Europe
Destitute Polish Widow Shelters Six Children in Mulberry Alley
Dr R M Sands found Mrs Mary Martina and six sick children in a small Mulberry alley room. One child lay dead and three others ill from measles pneumonia and stomach inflammation. The doctor provided relief and a charity burial permit for the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Sands
Mulberry Alley
Twenty Eighth Street
Mary Martina
Martins
Sands
Two Boys Elope From Allegheny Home On Friday
Sammie Brown aged nine and a seven year old companion ran away from the Home of the Friendless in Allegheny. They have appeared loitering near Liberty Street on one or two occasions since and police are asked to arrest them and return them to the Home. RovuGH-AND-REapDyY Tailors-Millinery tomorrow. Jos Horne & Co s Penn Avenue Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammie Brown
Allegheny
Liberty Street
Jos. Horne & Co
Penn Avenue
Every School Girl Should Have a Friendship Ring
Prices range from 50c to $1 and packs a school days souvenir. Hardy & Hayes jewelers at 529 Smithfield Street offer these rings as a cheap pleasing keepsake. Store hours close at 5 P M. Millinery opening tomorrow at Jos Hoxxe Co Penn Avenue stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy & Hayes
Smithfield Street
New Building
Girl Faints From Heat On Way To Church
Lissie Gillmore aged 15 fainted in the heat at the corner of Wylie avenue and Green street yesterday morning on her way to church. A patrol wagon was called but her relatives refused to have her placed in the vehicle. She was carried home to Center avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lissie Gillmore
Wylie Avenue
Green Street
Center Avenue
Death Watch Set On William Smith In Murder Case
The death watch is placed on William Smith, the colored wife murderer, with execution fixed for the 26th by Sheriff McCandless. Deputy Rice and Deputy Asherman will alternate eight hour watches. Smith shows signs of realizing his fate, rejects talk, and remains obstinate though calmer after introductions. He previously claimed innocence and hoped for a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith
McCandless
Smith
Charlies Rice
John Asherman
Berlin
Rice
Trials of a baggage man at the Union depot last night
A gray haired baggage man describes the demanding nature of handling trunks weighing up to 400 pounds. He notes modern appliances aid some lines, but stresses brute force and tough backs as essential to the job, calling baggage workers thoroughbreds and public labels them baggage smashers. A sales blurb for Millinery and clothing stores follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Depot
Puddler Takes Poison in Allegheny Home Tragedy
About 7 o clock last evening Paul Baufman a puddler at Zag's mill was found dead at his Turner alley near Pike street Allegheny from a self administered dose of paris green. He aged about 45 leaves a wife and seven children in poverty. The coroner will hold an inquest today.
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Turner Alley
Pike Street
Allegheny
Paul Baufman
Paris Green
Baufman
Zag’s Mill
Sid
M J Bray Taken To Central Station After Wounding
M J Bray was brought to the Central station at 9 o'clock last night with a bad cut on the back of his head. He lay injured near the corner of First and Terry streets and did not know who struck him. His wounds were dressed and he was red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Bray
Central Station
Sean Sound
Terry
Tuma
Raids Hit Mrs Kaine's Speak-Easy at Straw Berry Alley
Police raided the house at No 28 Straw Berry alley yesterday morning, arresting proprietress Mrs Mary Kaine her son and daughter and Mary McCarthy. Inspector McAleese will prosecute Mrs Kaine for keeping a speak-easy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kaine
Strawberry Alley
Mary McCarthy
Inspector McAleese
Mrs. Kaine
Stock Liquidation Cuts Prices Across Entire Genuine Inventory
Advertised sale slashes prices on the complete genuine stock to attract buyers. The announcement emphasizes limited time and broad selection, urging customers to act quickly to take advantage of the discount on all authentic items.
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Contine
Hattie Alderdice
Ber
Granger's
Ebemares
Maklovg Fills
Martin
Flint Glass Workers’ Convention
Crewmard
Stanley’s Land
Frs
Jos, Horne & Co
Dan McWilliams
Morrow
Jos. Hoxxe & Co
Millinery
To-Morrow
Homer & Co
Daniel McWilliams
County
Mer
Sailo& Hats
Jos. Homne & Co
Treganowan’s
Aid Mwy
Watchman Rice
Death Watch
Carter
McSteen
Babe Jones
Weinberger
Frank Small
Ward McConkey
Walla
Paris
Jos. Hans & Co
Anderson’s Ginghams
Aurencer
Elite Photograph Gallery
Market St
Jos. Horse & Co
DR. C. McLane
Ian Ay
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Fifth Ave
Horne & CO
Penn Ave
Anderson's
Ginghame
Anderson
Se Cotton Wash Fabrica
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