Night of Caledonian Pride at Turner Hall Northside
Clan McPherson No 59 staged an all evening program of bagpipes songs and dances at Turner Hall Allegheny. Chief Meswell welcomed guests and Alpine Quartet sang Annie Laurie. Ethel Hamilton performed Hirland Fling in Stuart tartan. Numerous tunes and dances followed with lively audience response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPherson
New Turner Hall
Allegheny
Caledonia
America
Gtaira
Wighty Ehrill
Meswell
Brockie
Herrin
Tillie Mackintosh
Jack of
Hazeldean
Ethel
Annie Laurie
Mauss Rutledge
William Holmes
Burns
Robin Gray
Thomas M’ewan
Ghillie Collum
M’ewan
Urquhart
Byron King
Thompson
Stirling
Paddy O'Rafferty
Flowers
Sir Roger de Coverley
Man Seeks Key After Wife Vanishes From Home
Andrew Jonas told Sergeant McQuaide at the Twenty-eighth ward station house that his Browns ville road home was found locked with wife and three children missing. He noted four cows half a ton of hay and chickens were also gone. He joked that his wife likely moved out and wished for a house key to see his belongings. The tale was told in broken English and with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jonas
Brownsville Road
Serjeant McQuaide
Twenty-eighth Ward
Jonas
Cone
Loop plan eyed by Pittsburg Allegheny and Manchester Railway
The Pittsburg Allegheny and Manchester Railway seeks a Market Street loop using Sprague electric poles and wires from Water Street through Wood and Sixth avenues to Liberty Street. The project aims to run a single-track loop across downtown to land Alleghenians near the B&O depot, with legal battles anticipated over street-rights and lease costs cited at high sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitteburz, Allegheny and Manchester Railway Company
Sixth Street
Market Street
Liberty Street
Sprague
Water
Traction Act
Fifth Avenue
Grant
Liberty
Sixth Avenue
Smithfield
Fourth Avenue
Wood
High Street
Central Traction Company
Supreme Court
Dickering
Wood Street
Pittsboro
Allegheny
Manchester
Water Street
Pittsburg
Shylock
Antonio
Subcommittee Hears Hall Rentals and Concert Plans
The Allegheny City Property Committee discussed renting the hall to the Ladies Aid and Missionary Society of the Third U. P. Church for a concert on the 28th inst and to the Allegheny Musical Association for a concert on May 2. The group debated hiring a professional organist for free summer recitals, but no action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny City Property Committee
Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Society
Third U. P
Allegheny Musical Association
Lare
Ammon
Follo
Polled Is Pigtail a Glasblower Arrested After Dispute
John Smith a glassblower of Sawmill Row and Yee Wall a Chinaman with a Grant Street laundry were arrested by Lieutenant Lewis at Washington and Fountain for disorderly conduct. Smith, drunk, pulled Yee Wall’s pigtail provoking a scuffle during which Yee Wall bit Barth’s ear and bit a finger. Yee Wah posted bail for a morning hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Sawmill Row
Yee Wall
Grant Street
Lewis
Washington and
Fountain Streets
Central Station
Smith
Barth
Yee Wah
Railroad Officials Inspect Pennicky Route Tour
A Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway delegation led by General Superintendent W. H. Caniff and General Freight Agent J. T. R. McKay visited the coke country on the Pennicky road. The group, under General Superintendent Holbrook of Lake Erie, included George E. McCague and Train Master Yohe. They toured yesterday and dined at McKeesport in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apsley
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Railroad
W. H. Caniff
J. T. R. McKay
Holbrook
Lake Erie
McKeesport
George E. McCague
Yohe
Police Bureau report shows 011,196 spent and new central station urged
Superintendent Weir reports the Bureau of Police spent 11 196 in the year with property valued at 105 016 60 and a staff count. he urges erection of a new central police station. Reverend George T Praves reviews Theodore Munger's essay on The New Theology at the General Ministerial Association meeting Monday at 1030 A M in M C A chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weir
Bureau of Police
Empio Tlaus Bevees
Gkoror T. Praves
Theodore Munger
General Ministerial Association
Sherd Savage
Squire McCall
Tarentum
Thomas Lacey
Lacey
Tur
Exposition Society
Expositon
Allegheny City Water Works
Gas Company
Toxoshow
J. McConnell
McGuire
Fifth Avenue
Maree Street
James Milligan
Allegheny
Dr B M Hanna Hearing and Throat Clinic Ad
Announcement for Dr B M Hanna ear nose and throat specialist at 720 Pena street Pittsburg Pa located in an advertisement on page eight of the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Hanna
Duice
Penas&su
Pittsburg
Prisoner of Love Julius Bieber Held on Larceny Charge
A Prussian youth Julius Bieber, who has lived in New York and Allegheny, is arrested in Pittsburgh on a larceny charge linked to his romance with Leopoldine Winternitz. Police suspect the affair and a doctor’s possible scheme prompted the arrest. Bieber denies the theft and awaits New York transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Station
Prussia
America
Julius Bieber
Fitzgerald
Carr’s Restaurant
Liberty Street
Eugene Garlach
New York
Leopoldine Winternitz
Inspector McAleese
Stuttgart
Winternitz
Bieber
Leopoldine
East Seventy-second Street
Cowan
Wilcox-Gibbs
Wade
Greenfield
Pittsburg
Richard Brady
Mies Winternitz
Dr. Winternitz
Stabbings in Allegheny as Officer Is Attacked
Policeman McDonough of Allegheny is stabbed twice in the back during an arrest attempt by James Goudy, who had armed himself with an old saber. Officer Connelly arrived and used a mace to subdue Goudy, who was taken to Central Station with head bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Goudy
New Brighton Road
McDonough
Connelly
Allegheny Force
Goudy
Anxious Wait for Tidings After Louisville Flood
Captain W W O Neil in Pittsburgh waits for news of family and colleagues in Louisville as flood reports come in. Telegraph confirms Galt House and Louisville Hotel saved while nearby buildings damaged. coal stocks and shipments across operators are weighed amid uncertain losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. O'Neil
Duquesne
Louisville
John O'Neil
Galt House
Ekin
Turner
Panhandle Road
General Ekin
O'Neils
Ekins
Pittsburg
O'Neil
Walton & Co
W.H. Brown
Telegraphers Backing Pittsburg Team For New York Tourney
Backing Nome telegraph operators for the Pittsburg representatives in the New York telegraph tournament on April 10. Western Union men George M. Eitenmiller and E. C. Bishop will compete, testing both sending speed and Morse quality under expert receiving conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
New York
George M. Eitenmiller
Western Wire
E. C. Bishop
Western Union
Eitenmiller
Bishop
Eity
Telegraph
Pittsburgers Seek Damages Over Herr's Island Dam
A Pittsburgers committee led by Samuel Walker and others travels to Washington to urge the Rivers and Harbors Committee to award damages for lost river access due to the Herr's Island dam. They claim coal and fire clay cargoes are blocked, devaluing adjacent properties, and propose appraisal or court action to settle any compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers and Harbors Committee
One Danger of Ambition in City Building
Reports of the cyclone in Louisville and other Western cities stir opposition to very high buildings in this city. Law bans structures tall enough to reach opposite street sides when fallen. Pittsburg objectors cite the Willey building collapse last winter and its destruction of nearby structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Pittsburg
Willey
Notable City Breaths and Long Journeys in Transit
Captain Joseph Steele of Cramp & Sons returns to Philadelphia and hints dynamite shells from the Vesuvius may have altered currents and caused Ohio Valley floods. W Grovener and W T Anderson from Rawlins Wyoming secure Union Pacific deal to equip a new Wyoming air field. A J Alexander of Charleroi visits Philadelphia to advance a depot project with General Manager Pugh. L H Smith, ex head of NY Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange, in Pittsburg on unspecified business before returning to New York. Senator Voorhees passes through bound for Chicago in a reticent mood. George T Oliver returns from Philadelphia and will not schedule census work before May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Steele
Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia
Slrly
Delaware
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Ohio
W. Grovener
W. T. Anderson
Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacific Agency
Wyoming
Union Pacific Railroad
A. J. Alexander
Charleroi
Pugh
Pennsylvania Road
J. Alexander
L. H. Smith
New York Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange
Pittsburg
New York
Isaac van Voorhis
Eng
Joseph Marshall
C. B H. Miller
Chief Brown
David Kirk
Senator Voorhees
Indiana
Chicago
George T. Oliver
Votes for Clarey advance in labor meeting report
The April 14 meeting for Marble Workers Coal Miners and Operators' scale is set. A large turnout of window glass workers attended L. A. 300 where secretary Cake noted most voting sheets were in and results await next week's middle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
Cake
Joan Cahill
Dispatch
Clarey
Baltimore
Campbell
Eberhart
New Jersey
Wallace
Millville
Bridgeton
New York State
Jeannette
Call for five state miners and operators scale meeting
Alexander Dempster of the Inter-State Board of Arbitration of Coal Operators and Miners calls a convention in Columbus Ohio for April 15 to fix next year's mining rates from May 1 1890. The meeting targets miners and operators in Indiana Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Dempster
Inter-State Board of Arbitration of Coal Operators
Rae
Indiana
Ilinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Columbus
Illinois
Patrick McBryde
DisPatch
Mrs Leslie to Inspect Stores for Chairless Saleswomen
Titusville labor leader Mrs Nan Y Leslie arrives in the city as district Woman Factory Inspector and master workman of K of L Local 1024. She vows to target stores and packing houses where salesladies lack chairs, aiming to end the practice and improve conditions. She notes Captain Baker has begun work here and says she will start immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan Y. Leslie
Titusville
Boyer
L. A
Leslie
Baker
Marble cutters push for wage increases nationwide
A national convention will form a unified marble cutters union with delegates from across the country. Local cutters demand higher pay, currently $250-$275 daily versus New York's $350, and seek an April 1 advance. Polishing workers, earning $150-$175, plan a 50 cent per day raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
President Smith Returns From West After Glass Workers Talks
President Smith of the American Flint Glass Workers Association is expected to reach home today. He settled the Chicago dispute with the non union concern after the firm grew tired of operating with non union hands and sought a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
American Flint Glass Workers’ Association
Chicago
Union Calls Special Meeting of Wagon and Carriage Makers
A special meeting of the Wagon and Car riagemakers Union No 4025 is set for Thursday evening in Imperial Hall. The union is connected with the American Federation of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagon and Carriagemakers’ Union
Imperial Hall
American Federation of Labor
State Medical Society to Meet in Pittsburg in June
The local committee for the State Medical Society met at the Schlosser to arrange the Pittsburgh meeting planned for June. The Allegheny County Medical Society will hold a final meeting April 1 to settle details. The 1889 meeting was postponed due to the Johnstown flood and rescheduled for 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Medical Society
Schlosser
Allegheny County
Not a Swindler Arrest Highlighted in Allegheny
John J. Reynolds, jailed yesterday by Detective Murphy on an alleged cloth swindle in peddling, was fined 50 dollars plus costs last night for peddling without a license. The notice cites unrelated advertisements for clothing, textiles, and retail firms along Penn Avenue and Market Street, typical of late 19th century commerce pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Reynolds
Allegheny
Murphy
Hima
Paruceys
Western to Represent in Inter Collegiate Oratorical Contest
The Western University selected its representative for the inter collegiate oratorical contest to be held in May. Finalists were W A A Johaniee RK G Carnahan C W Eblers and W T Denniston Johnston won with Denniston close second. Chancellor Goff hosted the event. Participating colleges include Westminster Geneva Washington and Jefferson Thiel Grove City and Allegheny. Herr John Most will speak tomorrow at the Working People's Debating Society meeting at No 102 Fourth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Western University
W.A. A. Johaniee
RK. G. Carnahan
C. W. Eblers
W. T. Denniston
W. A. Johnston
Denniston
Goff
Westminster
Geneva
Washington
Jefferson
Thiel
Grove City
Allegheny
John Most
New York
Working People’s Debating Society
No. 102
Fourth Avenue
French dress patterns and embroidery robes offered at close prices
A catalog note lists At126 full dress pattern in French all-wool fabric with side border, five yards plaid and five yards fancy woven to match, and solid color French combinations with checks and side band. Prices range from 14 to 20 dollars with garniture details, aiming for a quick sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fin
Strikers to Meet as Mill Turmoil Continues
A Custer Lodge of the Amalgamated Association holds a 3 pm meeting of strikers from Oliver Bros and Phillips mill. The Mill Committee reports on strike progress while firm overtures are barred. No changes reported yesterday. yards crews split shifts. Fifteenth street steel works to close next Monday for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer Lodge
Amalgamated Association
Oliver Bros
Phillips’ Mill
Esterday
Fifteenth Street
Pennsylvania Company to trial steel ore cars on lake routes
The Pennsylvania Company plans a trial of steel ore cars on lake service to test their suitability for ore transit. They have asked for bids to build the cars and will evaluate performance between two stations, noting easier repairs and reduced downtime compared with wooden gondolas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Comny
Joint coal meeting to pursue rate equalization
A joint meeting of coal operators and freight agents is set for Friday April 4 at the Hotel Anderson. The Ohio Valley Coal Association canceled a Cleveland meeting to pursue a combined session. Operators will argue for a higher differential rate toward Pittsburgh and Hocking Valley against lake districts while railroad agents maintain their position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Cleveland
Ohio Valley Coal Association
Pittsburg
Hocking Valley
Lakes
Ohio
Vast Neckwear Display Promises Fresh Styles for Men
New ad notes a March 29 1970 men’s fashion push in PitTsnunc highlighting a wide neckwear assortment. It touts novel shapes and improvements approved by top authorities, promising extensive varieties for the season.
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Bran
Benny
Clan MacPherson No. 59
Fightander Tx
Mock
Expretmio
Allegheny Library
Gotham
Allegheny City
Cupid
Unele
Monk
Cedar Avenue
Bartell
Twelfth Street
Penn Avenue
Dr. Monk
Edmundson & Perrine
Smithfield Street
Darragh's
James Street
NOME
Messrs
Eltenmiller
Herr’s Island
Board of Arbitration
Columbue
Mrs. Leslie
Smith Hameo
Wagonmakers’ Special Meeting
The
J. H. Buckingham
S & Co
Jos. Horse & Co
W. H. Holmes & Sox
First Avenue
Jos, Horne & Co
O Jos, Ercuzaum & Co
H. J. Lyncn
Hocus & Urssa
Arthur, Schondelmyer & Co
Onio St
AW 'S
Ohio St
All’y
James H. Aiken & Co
Fifth Ave
Jos. Eicopaum & Co
Young College
Herr Most
Morrow
Sorrasa
Edward
Groetzinger
York City
Fat Royal Wiltons
Brussels
Roem
Jarare Carpets
Caales Carpets
Saas Carpets
F. Groelzinger
Poon Ave
Woans
JUS. Horne & CO
Penn Ave
NEW England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston
Massachusetts
Mutual Life Insurance Company
United States
Acenta
E. H. Dermitt
Cor
Sixth St
J. Arb. & Co
Havana
John A. Renshaw É&Co
Cknight & Victory, Meeers
Smithf
North Ave
L Ludden
A. M. Prin
WM. H. Sock
Seventh St
Washington, D.C
P.O. Box
C A. Ralph
Seventh Avenue
Wilson
Fourth Ave
Sion
Oliver
Pusey & Kerr
Federal Street
Allegheny, PA
J. KR. Clausen
Atall
Soden Mineral Springs Co
Lim
Cedar ST
Pennsylvania Company
Willot
Cleveland Toway
Horne & CO
PitTsnunc
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