Battle of the Tub and the Dragon Flags Over Laundry Wars
Shen Woon the Chinese Consul appeals to New York police for protection as the Master Laundrymen's Association threatens a Chinese laundry boycott. The piece outlines the Six Companies, their control of Chinese labor and laundries, wage comparisons, and the alleged protection racket behind the Celestial laundry empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shen Woon
New York
Superintendent of Police
Master Laundrymen’s Association
United States
Empire of China
Shen Woos
Bio Steam Laundry
Eoch
Hong Kong
Canton
Chinese Six Companies
San Francisco
Chinaman Sells Ten Year Keepsake Diamond For Fortune
Hop Ling, a Lexington laundry assistant, carried a bright stone once given by Kuku, daughter of Tip An Lee. A New York visitor valued the stone at 7500 dollars and Hop sold it, planning a move to San Francisco to seek a Celestial Empire brideages from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Mass
Hop Ling
Kuku
Tip An Lee
Tip
Hop
New York
San Francisco
Strike at Oliver Bros and Phillips mill persists
The South Tenth street mill strike remains unresolved as yesterday's conference did not occur and no immediate talks are planned. Workers at the Fifteenth street mill fear potential calls to strike over a discharge and re instatement dispute, while D B Oliver insists other mills stay open, pending word from the Amalgamated Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Bros. & Phillips
South Tenth Street Mill
Fifteenth Street Mill
D. B. Oliver
Amalgamated Association
Father of Mrs Birchall Arrives to Aid in Woodstock Murder Case
David Stevenson traffic manager for the London and Northwestern Railway travels from New York on the Germanic to look after his daughter's interests in the Birchall murder case. He plans to return to England soon unless the trial requires him to stay. He opposes the marriage and doubts Birchall's character after checking his college record. He and daughter Mrs Jones will move on to Woodstock, Canada after a brief stay in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
White Star
Germanic
David Stevenson
Birchall
Frederick Benwell
Woodstock
Canada
Stevenson
London and Northwestern Railway
Jones
England
Benwell
Pelley
Everett House
New Labor Organization Formed in Pottsville
A new union named the Workingmen's Benevolent and Protective Association was formed in Pottsville Pa with representatives from the anthracite coal region. It will replace the Old Miners and Laborers’ Amalgamated Association and Knights of Labor, promote arbitration, and push for an eight hour day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PotTsville
Workingmen’s Benevolent and Protective Asociation
Fort
Sne
Workingmen's Benevolent and Protective Association
Miners’ and Laborers’ Amalgamated Association
Knights of Labor
Closing the Sherman Case in Grain Fraud Trial
Burra o March 22. Counsel for the defendant denied any grain removal for fraud and challenged evidence of money appropriation. The District Attorney argued Sherman speculated with others’ money and robbed elevators of 300000 dollars as grain was weighed and mixed. Judge Lambert delayed verdict until Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burra O
Sherman
Lambert
Crushed by Monopoly Fears Tin Plate Makers Face Ruin
Secretary of the American Tin Plate Association W C Cronemeyer denied a quotation claiming tin plate can be profitably produced at current prices. He warned that those attempting to manufacture tin plate now would share the fate of rivals who built works and profited only to lose it when importers monopoly prices collapsed and competition ruined them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Cronemeyer
American Tin Plate Association
Miss Hulda Young Quist found dead in Milwaukee
Miss Hulda Young Quist, daughter of hardware merchant William Young Quist, was found dead in bed after morphine use following a broken shoulder. She, aged 17, became addicted to morphine, and marks from syringe punctures were found on both arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Hulda Young Quist
William Young Quist
Miss Young
Fatal Railroad Collision Near Portage Bridge
A head on collision between a passenger train and a freight train on the Western New York and Pennsylvania line near Portage bridge resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. Brakemen Riley and G Olsen and fireman Hughes died. engineers Warner and Stout were badly scalded. Conductor Godfrey severely hurt. an unknown Rochester man lost both legs and a passenger suffered fatal injuries.
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Portace
N. Y
New York
Pennsylvania Road
Portage Bridge
Warner and
Stout
Riley
G. Olsen
Hughes
Rochester
Godfrey
South Carolina Cyclone Wrecks Dwellings and Depots
A destructive cyclone swept Edgemoor and Chester South Carolina on March 22 killing one man and injuring several. Fourteen houses were blown down and the depot roof was blown a half mile away. Local businesses Robinson & Bros and Dicker's Drug Store sustained total damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
N.C
Edgemoor
James Miller
Georgia
Carolinas
Northern
Robinson & Bros
Dicker
Sonora Edgemoor
Ps Bisemciecs
Greensburg Man Dies After Mercy Hospital Operation
Albert Frazier of Greensburg was admitted to Mercy Hospital with a serious internal illness. Doctors Dickson Stewart and McCann performed an operation but it failed and he died before evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Frazier
Greensburg
Mercy Hospital
Mrs Toomey Dies in Mercy Hospital Pneumonia Heart Failure
Maris Toomey, 60, died yesterday morning at Mercy Hospital from pneumonia and heart failure. She was buried at 7:00 p.m. in St. Marys Cemetery. A former Ninth Ward resident, she had been an inmate of Mercy Hospital for 11 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maris Toomey
Mercy Hospital
St. Mary's Cemetery
Rs. Toomey
Ninth Ward
What People Are Doing Some Who Travel And Talk
J. M. Speese of Philadelphia passed through the city yesterday en route to Michigan on a business trip. He was formerly a prominent penal figure and was among the first removed by the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Speese
Philadelphia
Michigan
Movements of Ocean Steamers Arrive at From Horsford's
Important notice lists arrivals and movements of ocean steamers and mentions Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. It also notes patterns from E Butterick & Co at 27 Fifth Avenue after April 1 with A G Campsext & Sons as sole agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Butterick & Co
Fifth Ave
A. G. Campsext & Sons
Wallace's Fealty to the Ex President in Question 1892
Philadelphia dispatch reports Democratic leaders favor Cleveland for 1892. Ex Senator Wallace faces opposition for Governor as Hill backers press. party workers seek a compromise candidate and a pro Cleveland slate for the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Hill
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
New York Statesman
William A. Wallace
Clearfield County
Chauncey F. Black
David B. Hill
New York
Democratic Party
William L. Scott
Wallsee
Robert Brace Ricketts
Luzerne County
Rickett’s Battery
Harry MacCormick
Dauphin County
Simon P. Wolverton
Northumberland County
Wherry
Cumberland County
Minnar
Legisature
Compromise Candidate Urged Amid Gop Governor Fight
An AP dispatch from Altoona Pennsylvania reports a movement to back John Dean, President Judge of Blair, as a compromise candidate for governor. It notes Dean’s potential consent is unresolved, with organizers pressing the party to accept him to avoid derailing the nomination battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AttTcona
John Dean
Blair
Two Colored Women Kidnap 14 Year Old Mary Graham
Inspector McAleese of the First district received a Wheeling police telegram to watch for two colored women and a girl named Mary Graham aged 14 who were believed to have kidnapped her. The trio left Wheeling on the 4:10 P M train and were traced to Pittsburg where they likely alighted at a way station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAleese
Wheeling
Mary Graham
Fittsburg
Clerical and lay delegates chosen at Methodist Conference
Carlisle March 22 The fourth day opened with devotional exercises as Rev Gray spoke. A motion to reconsider nominations led to a ballot electing Rev Grey and Dr Hamlin as clerical delegates while T Murray and John Patton were chosen lay delegates. Local elders included Richardson Young and Mutchmore. Deacons elected were Welsh Deaver Lepley Weeks Morgart Whitley. Bishop Foster urged ministers to be men among men and draw congregations. The afternoon focused on Sunday School Union and Tract Society with addresses by Sayford and Freeman.
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Williamsport
B. B. Hamlin
Altoona
T. Murray
Clearfeld
John Patton
Curwensville
James T. Richardson
Dickincon College
John C. Young
Lyman J. Mutchmore
Dickinson College
Simpson B. Evans
Lock Haven
Lorenzo D. Ott
Shippensburg
H. A. Crosley
Westport
R. H. Stine
New Bloomfield
Charles A. Biddie
Lumber City
Wm. Brill
Birmingham
P. Boone
Benton
John W. Forrest
Liverpool
John R. Melroy
Buckhorn
Franklin M. Welsh
W. F
Deaver
Nescopeck
William A. Lepley
Muhlenberg
James E. Weeks
Austin
James H. Morgart
Picture Rocks
Richard T. Whitley
York
Bishop Foster
Sunday School Union and Tract Society
A. W. Guyer
J. M. Sayford
J. M. Freeman
Sane Men in Asylum Plan Habeas Corpus Crusade
Colonel A H Rogers declares ward s Island Insane Asylum court actions are only preliminary skirmishes and opens field headquarters opposite the Court House. He will file writs of habeas corpus for 62 inmates he claims are sane, aiming to release more men unjustly confined among 1700 inmates.
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A. H. Rogers
New York
Ward's Island Insane Asylum
Court House
Ward’s Island Asylum
Ward’s Island
Colonel Rogers
New Books Arrive at Allegheny Library Yesterday
The Allegheny Library received several new titles including Italian Character by Countess Martinengo Cesaresco Ancient Cures Charms and Usages of Ireland by Lady Wilde Myths and Folk Lore of Ireland by Curtin Tintypes Taken in the Streets of New York by Quigg Blue Laws True and False by Trumbull Polish Blood by von Eschstruth Life Inside the Church of Rome by the Nun of Kenmure plus Scribner Statistical Atlas of the United States a key reference work on statistics of a wide range of national indicators.
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Allegheny Library
Martinengo-Cesaresco
Ireland
Lady Wilde
Curtin
New York
Quigg
Trumbull
von Eschstruth
Church of Rome
Kenmure
Scribner's
United States
Railroads Extend Lines Amid Company Minutes
W G McCandless and J W Breen of the Postoffice and Schenley Park Passenger Railway Company filed minutes in the Recorder's office detailing extensions. Extensions begin at Hill street and Fourth avenue to Third avenue and Hoss street, and from Wyandotte and Soho to Wadworth and Hobinson and Allegheny Street. A Locust and Van Hraam street route to Ann Street is listed, plus a De Sota Terrace route to Boquet and the Squirrel Hill terminus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.G. McCandless
J. W. Breen
Postoffice and Schenley Park Passenger Railway Company
Recorder's Office
Hill Street
Fourth Avenue
Third Avenue
Hoss Street
Wyandotte
Soho Streets
Sobo Street
Wadworth Street
Hobinson Street
Allele 4
Locust and
van Hraam Streets
Locust Street
On Street
Ann Street
Begin
de Sota
Terrace
Boquet
Squirrel Hill
Petty Shoplifting Arrest In Central Station
Bone Cornblaum and Julius Stamm, both 18, were held at Central station after Kaufmann Bros accused them of stealing goods. Stamm had worked in the store and is charged with aiding Cornblaum to steal handkerchiefs neckties and other items. An information by the firm likely to be filed tomorrow. The recovered loot was small and ownership uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bone Cornblaum
Julius Stamm
Central Station
Kaufmann Bros
Stamm
Cornblaum
Southside Man Sentenced Over Embezzlement Charge
Joseph E Murphy was arrested Friday night by Constable Lindner under a warrant from H J Schneider of Schneider Mingler for larceny by bailee. The Southside News publisher alleges Murphy, long time collector for the firm, diverted nearly $100 in funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Murphy
Lindner
Alderman McGarey
H. J. Schneider
Schneider & Mingler
Southside News
Murphy
Bello & Co. Creditors Report Values
San Francisco reports that experts set Bello and Company liabilities at 456000 dollars with assets of 151000 dollars. The creditors committee received the findings today, noting the firm’s recent failure and the low asset recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bello & Co
Public Building Funding Sparks Senate Debate in San Diego
A $300000 appropriation for a San Diego public building prompted sharp questions from Senator Sherman on why such a large sum is needed. Supporters argued San Diego’s rapid growth and harbor expansion justify the cost, while critics cited broader concerns about extravagant public building grants. The measure ultimately passed after debate.
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San Diego
Cal
Senate
Sherman
Washington
Mr. Morgan
Pacific
Commission to Study Alcohol Traffic Authorized by House
Washington March 22 House Committee on Alcohol Liquor Traffic authorizes a favorable report on a bill creating a five member commission appointed by the President. Members to be chosen for honesty impartiality and fitness to thoroughly investigate the alcoholic liquor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On
Commission on Alcoholic Liquor Trade Powers Defined
A commission is established to investigate alcoholic beverages and their impact on revenue taxation labor agriculture and public welfare. It will assess license and prohibitory laws and tax methods across states territories and the District of Columbia. Commissioners must belong to different parties and receive $2000 yearly plus per diem expenses.
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States
Territories of
The
Union
District of Columbia
Silenced by Bayne in Tin Plate Tariff Debate
March 22 Washington A K E Shriver J N Nansen and R T Smith of the Baltimore Canned Goods Exchange T L Bunting of the New York Canned Goods Association and S G Curtice of Rochester argued before the Ways and Means Committee against a tariff increase of three quarters of a cent a pound on tin plate They said half the price of their goods is can cost making a ten percent tax on tomatoes and corn packing They urged removal of duty on canned goods if tin is freed Bayne said domestic tin plate output would grow in 18 months with favorable prices and 30000 workers would gain jobs plus saving 20000000 paid for English tin The packers remained skeptical but open to assurances of the promised outcome
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Washington
A. KE. Shriver
J. N. Nansen
R. T. Smith
Baltimore Canned Goods Exchange
T. L. Bunting
New York Canned Goods Association
S. G. Curtice
Rochester
Ways and Means Committee
Dingley
Bayne
Paroled Jewelry Seeker Detained After Taxi Near Mercy Hospital
A paralyzed drunk man named P. J. Harris claimed to represent a Philadelphia jewelry store and sought a ticket to Kansas City. He believed he carried 18 gold watches in a satchel and showed unusual concern for the ticket, while Inspector MacAleese detained him for further inquiry after a recent Philadelphia jewelry robbery. Harris’s attire contrasted with his stated position as a first class traveler.
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Mercy Hospital
MacAleese
P. J. Harris
Philadelphia
Kansas City
McAleese
Harris
Eight Hour Demand by St Louis Railroad Men
The Dispatch reports that after May 1 railroad employees in St Louis yards and lines emanating from St Louis will demand eight hours work daily. The move involves switches, conductors, engineers, brakemen and related unions, with four orders uniting in the action while the O R C S is not involved. The so called road managers are alleged to be in league with the conductors union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
the Dispatch
High Water at Cincinnati River Rises Over City
Cincinnati reports the river rising steadily over several days with continuous upriver rain. Rat Row along the river grade is flooded and city banks are collapsing. a few feet more could push wholesale merchants to upper floors and threaten railroad access.
Squire Berlin in critical condition at home
Squire Berlin father of the county jail warden lies in critical condition at his home 140 Franks town avenue. His sons were summoned to his bedside last night and his survival is in doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Berlin
Frankstown Avenue
Glass workers at Agnew and Co strike for raise
The boys employed at Agnew and Co.’s glass works in Hulton went on strike for a five percent raise yesterday. They secured the higher wage within three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnew & Co
Hulton
Bishop O'Connor Relapse Sparks Critical Hospital Review
Bishop O'Connor suffered a slight relapse on Friday night as Mercy Hospital officials reported his condition extremely critical last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop O'Connor
Mercy Hospital
Jealous Red Man Shoots Sweetheart in Triple Sioux Tragedy
At Standing Rock agency a Sioux killed Julia No Water for marrying rival No Water and killed her husband Horn Cloud before dying by suicide. A second Indian, Yellow Feather, was stabbed during the death dance. The killings sparked a tribal funeral and threats of war.
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Standing Rock
Horn Cloud
Julia
Winchester
Sweet Grass
Iron Frog
Agency
Two Bears
Tepee
Yellow Hawk
Big Eagle
Crow Dog
Yellow Feather
No Water
Mike
Julia No Water
Redskins
Held by the Enemy After Night Disturbance
James Anderson raised an alarm around 11 PM on Second Avenue and Try Streets. Captain Henry Unterbaum and Officer James Burke pursued two assailants who allegedly held him up, stealing money and a silver watch. Martin Carroll was captured, the watch recovered, while the other suspect escaped. Anderson and Carroll were detained at Central station with Anderson as a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Anderson
Henry Unterbaum
James Burke
Second Avenue
Anderson
Unterbaum
Martin Carroll
Carroll
Central Station
Battle Between Whales Near Chesapeake Bay Report
The H G Ely, George Moore master, arrived with North Carolina lumber reporting two whales seen off Point No Point in Chesapeake Bay. The pair fought, one smaller and one larger, slamming heads and throwing water high, as they battled near the vessel for about an hour and a half toward shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelhta
H. G.ely
George Moore
Delaware
North Carolina
John Bennet
Chesapeake Bay
Point No Point
Secured Practice Grounds for New Local Club
A new local club has secured use of East End Athletics grounds until Exposttona Park is ready. The arrangement allows daily practice sessions for players while facilities are completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
Exposttona Park
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