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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1891
Page
5
Reading workers faced widespread layoffs as about 70 were discharged a week ago and 120 more left last Saturday. Only four of thirty blacksmith shops remain active. Discharged men vow legal action to recover relief payments and protest the ward election impact. Rumors say additional suspensions may follow this week.
Scottdale March 1 The Coke Strikers defense fund gains momentum as Mt Braddock Coke Works operator Robert Horesett offers a settlement on the same terms as Pennsville operator John L. Dillingar. Percy Mining and Pennsville firms resume operations, while National Secretary McBride says much of the defense fund is available as Scale Committee meets with coke company officers seeking a settlement. One operator with hundreds of ovens remains unnamed.
The coroner’s jury in Wheeling hears the postmortem report on St George Baird. The shots caused entry behind the right ear and near the left eye with a breast wound severing the great artery. The jury finds death from revolver wounds, the weapon fired by George L Garrison.
Special telegram from Scranton reports Lackawanna Hospital staff has acquired Koch lymph via Dr Gunster in New York. Aimed at testing in subjects, the trial is expected to commence this week.
A rabid finely bred dog bit several children and cattle in St Johns near Lima, prompting the town to kill all dogs. A telegraph report from March 9 notes a reign of terror in Erie county with a barn burning gang tied to Ernest Albertice, alias George Hobbrat, arrested in Keppville.
William Berghoff a hammer works employee was fatally crushed in the A. and P. railroad yard at Almance when he lost his grip while attempting to board a locomotive. The tragedy occurred today in clear evidence of a fatal accident.
Secretary of the Treasury Charles Foster reached his home in Eastoria this morning and will stay two weeks arranging affairs before moving his family to Washington. A second murder at Wheeling. A N Gilbert, badly cut at Parson's saloon, died this morning, 14 hours after the attack. The Duquesne strike has been called off. Harmony Society offers a $10,000 site for a Government building at Economy. An unknown man was struck and killed by a B & A locomotive near Johnstown Sunday night.
The Food and Heirs Exposition will open Tuesday evening at the Lennox Lyceum in New York. Major health food producers will display across the Lyceum with a likely standout on the Dutch chocolate and cocoa industry. Entry costs 25 cents and visitors may receive sample products valued at ten times their admission. A Chinese restaurant will be located in the basement.
A fragment describes nervous unrest from indigestion and sleeplessness. It claims dyspepsia as the fountain head and promotes Ho-tet ters Stomach Bitters to improve digestion, soothe nerves, and aid assimilation, purifying the body and subsiding various ailments.
Court notes discuss lawsuits by W T Kennedy et al in Coraopolis against Glenfield and Bellevue Natural Gas for salt water and oil intrusion into wells. Plaintiffs claim air pollution and fire hazards from drilling and weathered water supply fears push calls for broader water works and potential Great Aqueduct ideas.
The grand jury returned true bills against Michael Dohela John Daly Harper Forsyth Samuel Harper Martin Dougherty John German and others for assault and battery larceny feloniously pointing firearms and related charges. Ignored bills included Kate Vetter Fred Gorman Charlies Downey Robert Holland and others with charges ranging from assault to furnishing liquor and nuisance.
W L Douglass seeks 20000 from James Edward Myers claiming he aided in contesting Robert Douglass's will. The 1883 will left estate to sister Maria Weddell, with Myers as heir, the will later set aside after a fraud claim and roles disputed by Myers who was a minor at agreement and later ratified it but unpaid.
Common Pleas No 1 Hornguson vs Campbell Lowry vs Pittsburg Allegheny and Manchester Railway Company Albuios vs Schmitt Miller vs Jackson et al Jones et al vs Ewart and Co Ayers Co vs McCandless Love on Federal Street and Pleasant Valley Railway Mangan vs Gallagher Hatch vs McLean Shaen vs Alles Blank Co vs Koerner Henry vs Klopper Kilgore vs Pennsylvania Railroad Company Smith vs Euffy et al Common Pleas No 2 Thompson va Brand Thompson vs Naser Criminal Court Commonwealth vs Fred Waller Jr Mary Borchall Charles Rioso James Golden William Hart Andrew Berender John Papedian George Veroski Annie Veroski Adam Miller Daniel Beecher Cal McCarthy John Loker Harry Magraver J B Williams Isaac Abram John Calliahan Ruben Ellsworth William Meehan
A list of juried results shows Cos grove O Mally Kneran Cunningham Busin McDowell Clue Oswald Campbell Hankey Spencer Keenan all convicted on various charges including robbery larceny felonious assault and battery with sentences or acquittals noted. A charter granted for J M Gusky Orphanage, a lighting rods contract verdict of 266 47, divorce suit Hartner, bar examinations, and several executions were issued including Poor laugh and Ocha with amounts listed.
Fragments show a mix of personal notices, obituaries, and marriage or licensing items. Readable lines list named individuals such as WELLS Busaxemi, SIDNEY TATLOR, MARGARET KENNEDY, GEORGE Leideman, and MARIA streets, with funeral notices and village addresses. The text also contains an ad-like paragraph about Dr. D Jaynes Expectorant and a bank notice with dates and amounts.
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