Poll Wage and Polemics Highlight Election Costs and Women Voters
The article notes Allegheny county averages 450 dollars per precinct with Philadelphia counting 1427 precincts costing about 919000 for the election. An experienced auditor estimates near 1,000,000 dollars. It reports women poll workers facing possible charges under a vague general election law, with Major A M Brown critiquing the broad wording and noting the law’s penalties may not clearly apply to women campaigning at polls.
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A. M. Brown
Vhca
Major Brown
Lords of Creation
Brewers Celebrate Victory Spending at Weekly Meeting
The Western Pennsylvanian Brewers Association met at No 60 Fourth Avenue and voted thanks to Theodore Straub for his campaign work. Members reported no treasury shortfall after current obligations, spent several thousand dollars, and planned a quiet celebration and a wife gathering at Rock Point next week.
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Western Pennsylvanian Brewers’ Association
Fourth Avenue
Ane
Disratem
Theodore Straub
Josef Broening
Rock Point
Challenged Vote Sparks Arrest in First Ward
Daniel Saifor filed an information before Alderman Cassidy against Policeman Patrick Farrell alleging disorderly conduct after an incident at the First ward polling place on Tuesday. Farrell was arrested and posted bail this morning.
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Daniel Saifor
Cassidy
Patrick Farrell
Farrell
Alderman Porter Faces Court on Extortion Charges
Alderman Porter was held for court after a hearing on extortion charges sparked by Benjamin F. Stewart and James Young. Prosecutor Lawrence Merer and trap costs figures are noted, with Porter denying any wrongdoing and promising to prove the cases were baseless schemes.
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Alderman Porter
Carlisle
Benjamin F. Stewart
Lawrence Merer
Sullivan
dordan_appen Porter
Stewart
James Young
Young
Squire
Alberman Porter
Relief Committee Confers on Portable Houses for Johnstown
The committee met with the local Relief Committee to arrange portable houses for Johnstown. C L Cross, rep of Chi firm, planned to visit Flarksbore to see Governor Beaver. They expect 600 portable houses with 100 additional units, as donations trickled in.
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J. K Scott
Reuben Miller
8 & Marvin
Johnstown
C. L. Cross
Chi Firm
Cross
Flarksbore
Beaver
Genne
Saginaw's Plendid Showing
East Saginaw and Mioch residents rallied to aid Johns town sufferers with several cars of lumber four cars of other supplies and two thousand dollars in cash, the scene a grand example of practical charity.
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East Saginaw, Mioch
Johnstown
Amalgamated Association Iron Scale Changes Promoted
A letter from Chairman Abbott says no iron industry strike is expected this year while mill reductions and wage scale revisions are adopted. The memorandum details added busheling rules, extras, and price adjustments across bar, sheet, and pipe mills, with several clauses eliminated and new ones favoring employers. The Amalgamated Association convention continues with election of officers and organizational reforms planned.
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Amalgamated Association
Prisee
Ian Tein
Elks
Burg
Apollo
Mansfield
Irondale
St. Louis
Bern
Probable Strike at Homestead Over Wage Scale
A labor dispute looms at Homestead mills as the Amalgamated Association and Carnegie Phipps Co. clash over a new wage scale. The firm threatens a large reduction and a sliding scale, while workers seek concessions. A second meeting failed to resolve key points, and leaders warned of possible trouble around July 1 involving about 2,500 workers.
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Homestead
AL_oti
Homestead Mills
W. L. Abbott
Carnegie, Phipps,Co
Amalgamated Association
Abbott
Canneci. Peiris £ Co
Limrren
Pittssurg
Willian Weihe
W. Dean Liz
Sagetay
Eine
Homestead Steel
Nattyakan
Hare Organization
Asted Iron and Association
Jesper Ts Wa. L. Adhott
Sey
Eee Howest
Weihe
Martin
Roberts
Amalgamated
DisPatch
Sixteen Men Strike At Pittsburg Steel Casting Works
The Pittsburg Steel Casting Company faced a walkout after a change to pay for actual work. Superintendent Stewart Johnston said workers had long been paid for idle time. Sixteen molders refused to work under the new policy while the rest remained at their posts as the mill operated normally.
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Pittsburg Steel Casting Company
Stewart Johnston
East End
Pittsburg Man Appointed Consul to Geneva
Roland J. Hemmick of 272 Ridge Avenue Allegheny is named by President Harrison as Consul to Geneva Switzerland. Hemmick is a member of the Pittsburg Supply Company Limited and is described as an active business man with knowledge of iron manufacture.
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Roland J. Hemmick
Ridge Avenue
Allegheny
Harrison
Geneva
Switzerland
Hemmick
Pittsburg Supply Company, Limited
Entertainment in Salisbury Southside Tomorrow Evening
An event to aid a laudable purpose will be held in Salisbury Southside tomorrow evening. It aims to support the new Southside project with performances and community participation.
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Salisbury
Southside
New
Not a New Party Yet for Permanent Organization
A small but excited gathering in Union Rink Allegheny discussed forming an anti liquor party. Seventeen attendees drafted resolutions, debated the object, and chose a secretary while a committee prepared an organizational plan ahead of a county convention.
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Union Rink
Sad death on freight train near Dunwood
John Hullman a York pa carpenter died after a freight collide at Dunwood while returning to a train from Driftwood. Hullman had sent his wife and two children to Canton earlier and was with his son when the accident occurred. He was brought to Union Depot late last night for burial and investigation continues.
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John Hullman
Union Depot
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Driftwood
Hullman
York
Canton
Dunwood
Hulliman
Blockading Street Crossings by Pittsburg and Western Railroads
Allegheny City officials move to enforce street crossing ordinances and clear a full width of right of way at crossings on River Avenue and other streets. The council also orders reprinting an ordinance to allow a trial asphalt block pavement on Federal Street between Ohio and North Diamond Streets at 240 dollars per square yard to be contracted to the Asphalt Block Paving Company of Philadelphia.
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Allegheny City
Pittsberg and Western Railroad
Allegheny Street and Sewer Committee
WeEgras
Pittsburg and Western
Miver Avenue
Hartman
Council
Federal Street
Ohio
North Diamond Streets
Asphalt Block Pavement Company
Philadelphia
Expected to go to Lyon as head of district
Resignation of United States District Attorney Allen opens path for Walter Lyon to take the post. Local opposition appears absent, with Lyon relying on Quay's support and Bayne's friendship. Trent has been named as a potential, but denies interest. speculation includes Lyon as assistant. J H Jemystron, 706 Smithfield St.
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United States
Allen
Walter Lyon
Mr. Lyon
Mr. Quay
Colonel Bayne
C. Trent, Esq
Mr. T
Ladies Relief Considers Moving Quarters to Exposition Building
The Ladies Relief Committee will meet to decide on relocating to the Exposition building to consolidate management and save hauling trouble from Pittsburg Female College. A recent meeting failed to settle the issue. if approved, move may occur tomorrow. The group fed about 1 from Johnstown and others, distributed nearly 1,000 clothing pieces, and received varied donations. A telegram from Adjutant General Hastings says sufferers will be sent on morning trains, ending overnight openings. Ella Irwin arrived in Grand Rapids safely. letters of introduction from W. Aughart link local friends to Johnstown and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Ladies Relief Committee
Exposition Building
Pittsburg Female College
Johnstown
Catherine Hart
Warnaw
Ind
Peter Eckel
Olio Street
Allegheny
Joseph Hamilton
Ella Irwin
Grand Rapids
W. ©. Aughart
Grand Rapid
Chamber of Commerce
Miller Case Deepens As Kansas Doctor Fights for Life
Sr. Chas. H. Miller of Kansas remains in a precarious state at West Penn Hospital after a fractured skull and frontal bone were confirmed. The roving physician, trained at the Pennsylvania Medical College class of 1875, has a history in Atchison and Oklahoma boomers, with only about ten dollars in hand and little memory of the incident. A Philadelphia brother learned of the doctor’s life from others, but details of the injuries and wanderings remain unclear.
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Chas. H. Miller
Kansas
Allegheny Valley
West Penn Hospital
Herron
Miller
State Board of Health of
Pennsylvania To Medical College
Weat Penn Hospital
Atchison
Philadelphia
Local Items Chronicle Oddities and Incidents
A compressed Plains item list from Two Cities notes a Southside switch to electric lights while gas lamps are removed. Delinquent tax collections for May reach 30 647 07. Alderman McMasters discusses Sarah Page alias one before a hearing on a disorderly conduct charge. A festival by Grand Army Post 236 in Allentown supports Johnstown surfers. Several injuries occur from a crowbar accident at Carnegie furnaces Rankin station. Johnstown wages dispute and local arrests are reported alongside church improvements and a streetcar collision. The Austrian Consul Max Schambero is knighted and funded relief. A train collision and a wagon accident are described along with bids in local politics and a school board organization. A boy drowns after falling into the Allegheny river at Tibby’s Glass House Sharpsburg. recovery has not occurred.
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Joun Kiren
Doughty
Southside
Morrow
McMasters
Sarah Page
Grand Army Post No
Allentown
Turners Hall
Johnstown
Harry Wart
Edwin Street
East End
Carnegie Furnaces
Rankin Station
Thomas Sheby
Duncan
Forbes Street
Brady Street
Ufteenth Ward
National Tube Works Company
Jewtn Ross
Cherry Alley
Berxand Kenton
Eilbuck Township
Carlisle
St. Philomena’s Catholic Chteren
Fourteenth and
Liberty Avenue
Hardy
Western Avenue
Allegheny
Allegheny General Hospital
Tyree
Pittsburg Steel Casting Company
Citizens’ Traction Line
Penn Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Woods Run
Max Schambero
Austria
Franz Josef
James McClure
Crescent Steel Works
Expresa
Fiftieth Street
A. VR. E
McClure
F. E. Chester
Eleventh Ward
John M. Rosa
Anery Rose
Cambria County
Bernard Rafferty
Sixth Avenue
Grant Street
Wylie Avenue
Central Tracition Company
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Miller Street
Avery Mission Church
Avery Street
Alleghen
Birmingham Lodge
Odd Fellows
Salisary Hall
South Twelfth Street
Birmingham Lodge of Odd Fellows
Knox School Board
Martin Henkle
H. W. Sellers
Fred. Fiehtel
Ellen McCutchen
Emma Neely
Ewena
Sellers
Nelson
Martin
Ensinger
Moore
Miss Hughes
Lawrence Rumas
Hocus Bieenstaff
Allegheny River
Tibby
Sharpsburg
Ames Bigerstaff
Dro
Squirrel Hill Railroad Work Starts With Large Force
Work began yesterday on the Squirrel Hill Railroad. About 100 men are already engaged and the company expects 500 more next week. The road will be pushed with goals to finish in three months.
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Squirrel Hill
Synod in a Snarl Over Two Books of Worship
The Lutheran General Synod session erupted in confusion over publishing one or two editions of the Book of Worship and the common service. Delegates clashed on congregational rights, with debates, insults, and motions, before a division vote approved a compromise to publish the common service in future hymn and worship editions. Endowments and new buildings for several seminaries were reported amid ongoing tensions.
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Lutheran General Synod
the Historical Society
Ur. Morris
Baltimore
George D. Geturet
Wiles
Purcell
George Ockerhausen
Hay
Emminger
Mansfield
Wolf
Christ
Hey. Freas
Enders
Conrad
Brother Enders
Synod
Harrisburg
Dr. Wenner
Common Service
General Synod
Breidenbaugh
Ehrenfeld
Mr. Holan
Southern Synod
General Council
Dr. Owens
Hymnbook Publishing Committee
Likenesses by Davis Mahan At 43 Fifth Avenue
Artistic photography by Davis Mahan at 43 Fifth Avenue offers life size portraits praised for expression and finish. The prints, praised as durable and washable, attract commissions from New York artists and requests for Easter and Christmas card designs for Boston.
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Noerayon
Davis Mahan
Fifth Avenue
Eoreault
Mr. Mahan
Mahan
York
Boston
Small Houses Wanted in Allegheny Cash Buyers Sought
Advertisers seek small houses in Allegheny and offer quick cash sales for all small propert y types. No sale no charge and all expenses borne. Brack & Barr advertise Pittsburg office at 95 Fourth Ave. Also features shops and summer dress goods with low prices across several stores in the city.
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Allegheny
Brack & Barr
Fourth Ave
Pittsburg
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Cincinnati
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