New saloons surge in Pittsburg market growth
The city awaits 228 new saloons as licenses are granted across wards one through nine. Several existing taverns close, others reopen, transforming Diamond Street and Smithfield area with wholesale liquor houses and new bars while police staffing shifts loom and license appeals are expected. Judge Magee and Judge Ewing take amid licensing turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela River
Monongahela City
Washington County
Jefferson and
Elizabeth Townships
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Snyder
Pollard
Supreme Court
Pittsburg Freight Agents cut east bound iron rates
The Pittsburg Committee of Freight Agents met at the Lake Shore office and reduced east bound iron rates by nearly 20 percent, effective May 5. Rates to New York drop to 18 15 cents per car and car lot, with decreases listed for Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Albany Utica Syracuse Rochester Burlington Portland.
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Pittsburg Committee of
Lake Shore
Central Traffic
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Albany
Utics
Syracuse
Rochester
Burlington
Portland
Would-Be Census Enumerators Scarce in Country Districts
Applications for census enumerator positions rise at the office of Census Supervisor Oliver though pay is seen as a weak incentive. In rural districts, officials consider offering the maximum three cents per name. One applicant insists on a three-cent rate before acceptance.
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Oliver
Small Boy Pleads for Entrance to Reform Home
Harry Taylor, a dejected forlorn boy, appeared at Central station asking to be sent to Merganza Reform. He said his parents on Soho Street died leaving him homeless. After sleeping on a hillside two nights he sought care and was lodged for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Taylor
Central Station
Merganza
Soho Street
What People Are Doing In The Fifth Ward
Harry O Neil son of the late Peter O Neil of the Fifth ward has received a four ship naval appointment to the school ship Saratoga. The vessel sails for the West Indies and he will be gone about two years. Mr Al Moreland is a candidate for the new court officer post. Controller Morrow returned from Ohio with his daughter. E E and W H Duchane of Detroit are stopping at the Schlosser en route to Europe. Charles Traver of the Chicago and Northwestern has opened an office in the Marine Bank building. J BR McGinley went East last evening. Daniel O Day the Buffalo oil man is registered at the Duquesne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Street
William H. Jacob
Johnny Stroups
Diamond Square
Roth
Edwin W. Porter
Heck
Harry Heck
Philip Hamburger Company
Boley’s Hotel
Frank D. Larkin
John Heck
Larkin
Diamond
Peter Kolbecker
Diamond Street
Wood
Smithfield
Biblman’s Sons
Bardele Gallisaith
Schenley
Old Fort
Nee
Fallon
McDonough
Delaney
J. Cavanaugh
Cassidy
Smithfield Street
Duffy and
Pitield
Duffy
Pitfield
Markee
Ttireet
Fourth Avenue
Charlie Stevens
New Place
Market
Second
Charlie
Tom Godfrey
Tom
Harry O'Neil
Peter O'Neil
Fifth Ward
Saratoga
West Indies Islands
al Moreland
Moreland
Morrow
Ohio
E. E
W. H. Duchane
Detroit
Schlosser
Europe
Charles Traver
Chicago and Northwestern Road
Marine Bank
J. BR. McGinley
Daniel O'Day
Buffalo
Duquesne
Railway Workers Win Wage Increase After Settlement
The Supreme Council of the Federation accepted company propositions ending a two week dispute between railways and workers. Conductors gain no change, brakemen secure 24 and 28 cent raises to 240 and 252 for day and night work. Switchmen facing a key vote. council warns of potential disruption but ultimately ratifies terms. A general meeting is planned at 101 Fifth Avenue to explain the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Council of the Federation
Pennsylvania Company
Supreme Council
Com
Sergeant
Fifth Avenue
Ice drivers join American Federation of Labor move
The officers of L. A. 7482 EK of L surrendered their charter and announced intent to join the American Federation of Labor. The assembly had 27 members. John E. O Shea led the move and planned a cooperative ice plant, but Master Workman Evans doubted the venture’s financial backing. O Shea attended a D A 3 meeting as a non delegate and caused a disturbance over elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
American Federation of Labor
John E. O'Shea
Evans
Daylong labor program stirs Pittsburgh carpenters
The schedule notes lively times in labor circles with carpenters to refuse non union wagons, foreign and ten hour mill materials starting today. No eight hour strike planned locally though some trades face mild friction. Marked demonstrations in nearby areas include Marseesport to nights with W. J. Dillon and John Ebman speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Markeesport
W. J. Dillon
John Ebman
Hopeful iron man predicts revival for iron trade
Ex President Lewis of New York and former Calumet Iron Works head says pig iron markets will rebound and next year will be strong for the iron business. He notes that despite current difficulties, production remains high and demand may revive soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
BR .H. Lewis
New York
Calumet Iron Works
Duquesne Hotel
J. Lewis
Tin workers strike for higher apprentice wages in city
About 300 tin and sheet iron workers walked out last night after manufacturers refused to raise apprentice wages from 225 to 250 dollars. Rasner and Dinger report the dispute centers on pay and the aim to keep incompetent hands from equaling skilled workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinger
Rasner & Dinger
Plan to consolidate glass blowers gains favor at meeting
The scheme of L. A. 6111 to consolidate the green bottle blowers and the flint glass blowers is said to the meeting with favor. Master Workman Harrington has asked to send out circulars to all local assemblies, requesting them to discuss the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
Workman Harrington
Plumbers Threaten May 8 Strike Over Wages
Plumbers threaten a strike on May 8 if demands are not met. They seek raises from 2 dollars 50 to 3 dollars 50, mirroring a dispute over apprentices as with the timers.
Canton Glass Opens at Yellow Cow Factory Beaver Falls
The Canton Glass Company began operations yesterday in the Yellow Cow factory at Beaver Falls. About 150 men and boys are employed. The Canton factory had burned out about a month earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Glass Company
Beaver Falls
Canton
A Successful Tool Trust Meeting Reported
The American Big Tool Association held a private meeting at the Westinghouse building. First Vice-President George T. Lane said nothing major was transacted. The trust operates smoothly with members adapting to new buying practices and no price changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bige Tool Association
Westinghouse
George T. Lane
Troy
Steel Shape Manufacturers See Crops Drive Demand
The Steel Shape Manufacturers Association held a regular session at the Anderson Hotel with members from the South Ohio and Pittsburgh. They expect prices to fall more likely than rise and note year sales were strong but depend on crop yields for future demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Shape Manufacturers’ Association
Anderson Hotel
Ohio
Pittsburg
Doull Sesson
Elias Harman
Atlanta
Gompers Visits City En Route to Louisville
President of the Federation of Labor traveled through the city yesterday morning on his way to Louisville for a labor demonstration. He hailed the eight hour movement as a likely success and predicted that a carpenters and joiners victory would settle the issue across trades. He praised the federation as thriving and growing toward national recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Labor
Louisville
Dangers of Automatic Railroad Switches Pointed Out
Wilkinsburg residents warn of switch hazards as a person crossing tracks near the 10:30 Wilkinsburg accommodation could be crushed when a distant switch is thrown. A Wilkinsburg Methodist Church seeks to dispose of Wallace street property to build a new church. The Home for the Aged reports improvements and an anniversary near month end. Public schools close tomorrow for a three month break with a new term planned in the revised building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkinsburg
Wilkinsburg Methodist Church
Retail Merchants Endorse McKinley Tariff at Scranton Meet
Percy F. Smith reports that the Retail Merchants Association at Scranton endorsed the McKinley tariff on sugar and urged Pennsylvania Congressmen to vote for it. The group revised by laws, cut per capita tax to 25 cents, and debated clerks’ wages, Christmas gifts to customers, and a plan to list debtors. They discussed a collection bill to attach 10 percent of wages for life necessaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toney
Percy F. Smith
Pennsylvania Grocer
Retail Merchants’ Association
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Died Singing Highland Laddie Miss Jennie Herd Buried
Miss Jennie Herd of this city died January 27 while singing Highland Laddie. Her funeral was held in Canandaigua New York with burial yesterday. She was sister to Mrs. L Huff and had many local friends. The Rev S B McCormick led the Allegheny Central Presbyterian service with remarks by Prof M B Riddle and Dr W E Donaldson. The Pittsboro post office Money Order Dept reported April results showing more outgoing than incoming funds with Italy receiving 89.50 and no incoming from that country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Herd
Canandaigua
N. Y
Canana
Bara
L. Huff
Home
5. B. McCormick
Central Presbyterian Church
Allegheny
T. H. Robinson
D. R. Kennedy
First Church
M. B. Riddle
W. E. Donaldson
Pittsboro
Italy
Local items from two cities condensed for reading
Sebastian Delp to have a hearing today before Magistrate McKenna on obstructing Spring alley. Inspector McAleese filed the information. John Dott, a Second avenue cigar maker, was arrested at the Duquesne Hotel for being noisy. Dott may be sane. his sanity will be inquired. W J Cox and Daniel McMullen remain jailed awaiting hearings on threatening to kill their wives. Dot is charged with beating the woman he vowed to protect. The tenth annual session of the Grand Council of Ohio of the Saneeau of Honor opens at the Park Hotel in Columbus on Tuesday May 13 at 10 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
Diamond Square
Joseph Fleming & Co
Goettman’s
E. Klinordlinger
Otto Frey
Frank Bonistall
Fred Speier
Diamond Street
Otto Schmitt
George Dimling
Market Exchange
Master's Alley
John Eichleau
Billy Wright
Sebastian Delp
McKenna
Spring Alley
McAleese
John Dott
Second Avenue
Duquesne Hotel
Dott
W.J. Cox
Daniel McMullen
Dot
Grand Council of Ohio
Saneeau of Honor
Park Hotel
Columbus
Move to Reform Conveyancing Seen as Supreme Court Test
Lawyers push a 19th century reform to reduce stale verbiage in deeds and mortgages. A Bar Association committee will report on Saturday, arguing current records clog Pittsburg court storage and require costly copyists and endless transcription. Judge Fetterman and J L Black favor a test case to let the Supreme Court decide on concise forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Association
John Smith
Pittsburg
England
Department of Law
Western States
Pennsylvania
Fetterman
J. L. Black
Supreme Court
Keystone Grain and Commission Company Suspends Operations
The Keystone Grain and Commission Company suspended business yesterday. Mr McMullen said the rise in railway shares caused a temporary halt while stocks settle. The firm closed all open contracts and will meet all obligations. accounts will be straightened by members and clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Grain and Commission Company
McMullen
Ccompany
Blind Institute inspectors to tour Indianapolis and Columbus
A. M. Marshal president of the Blind Asylum board Secre tary E. R. Donehoo and Percy F. Smith depart for Indianapolis to inspect the school and will stop to assess the Columbus institute. They will review sanitary rules child governance and room sizes. After a corporators meeting May 6 they will also visit Batavia New York. Deed for Forbes street site from Mrs. Schenley awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Marshal
Board of Managers
The
Blind Asylum
E. R. Donehoo
Percy F. Smith
Indianapolis
Columbus Institute
Batavia
New York
United States
Forbes Street
Eureka Mineral Springs Hotel Promotes Health Resort
Eureka Springs Hotel and sanitarium at Snegertown Pa markets itself as a health and recreation resort for professionals and the afflicted. It promises pleasant surroundings, fine table service, and a daily orchestra with iron and alkaline waters touted as remedies for rheumatism eczema anemia and digestive and kidney issues. June 1 opening for Ponce De Leon Hotel with pamphlet available from Eureka Mineral Springs Co Limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Springs
Eureka
Ponce de Leon Hotel
Eureka Mineral Springs Co., Limited
Twelve Times Five Hundred headline capsules sold
Five hundred dozen Krause's headache capsules have been sold in this city and Alleheny since January 18. Each box carries a positive guarantee to cure any headache and is harmless. It is recommended to prevent headaches from late night indulgence. Ask a leading druggist for them and take nothing else. Capsules are easier to take than powders wafers or elixirs. Price is 25 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krause
Alleheny
Elopement Suspected as Bolinsky Abandons Family
Mrs. Belinsky reports her husband Bolinsky of 17 Webster Avenue abandoned their home with two young children after introducing a female boarder and quarreling with his wife. The boarder later left for New York and Bolinsky is believed to have followed her, leaving the family destitute and the Humane Society alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolinsky
New York
Sharpsburg Residents Rally Against Electric Line Plan
Sharpsburg residents oppose Citizens' Traction Company's proposed extension. Council granted right of way for a single track on Main and Middle streets, angering locals along Middle Street who seek both tracks on Main. If denied they may sue. claim the plan blocks a Pleasant Valley road branch from entering town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Traction Company
Sharpsburg
Main
Middle Streets
Main Street
Pleasant Valley
Citizens’ Company
New York dealers meet with plate glass firms ends early
The conference of New York dealers with plate glass manufacturers at the Duquesne was declared off due to too few middlemen attending. No date set for a new meeting, but manufacturers used the time to discuss trade matters while no prices were fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Duquesne
Lieberling
Grand Opening In Ladies Salt Departm To Day
Grand opening advertises today for a new spring line of Indies suits and house gowns with the finest assortment yet. Large suit parlors updated for displaying and fitting garments at Jos. Horne & Co. Penn Avenue Stores. Also promoting handkerchiefs at reduced prices by A. G. Campane & Sons 27 Fifth Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Horne & Co
Penn Avenue
Jos. Honne & Co
Diverse Pittsburgh Advertisements and Store Notices
A collage of 1900s ads featuring curtain cleaning by Chas Pfeifer at multiple addresses, Hardy & Hayes glassware, Barkeeper coats for sale at Kaufmanns, Jos Honne Co. ladies wear collections, Rosenbaum Co cabinet photos, Lizs Gallery photography, Real Estate Savings Bank details, clothing bargains, and Angostura Bitters recommendation amid a cluttered urban shop page.
Two Mule Fatalities and Multiple Injuries Reported
Report details several workplace and railway accidents. Italian immigrant Michael Vincovich died at Homewood on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad around 8 o clock. John Herron, a Standard Oil driver, survived a crash with skull fracture and internal injuries after mules balked at a crossing. Others injured include Edward Lynch, Thomas Kelley, Patrick McKenna, Phillip Schaffer, a four year old Baltimore and Ohio employee, and Polish laborer General Mooker at Edgar Thomson works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Herron
Standard Oil Company
Fifty-seventh Street
Allegheny Valley
Herron
Michael Flannigan
Carnegie
Thirty-third Street
Michael Vincovich
Homewood
Pittsburg and Lake Erie
Phillip Schaffer
Gum Street
Oval
Tracy
William
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Senate
General Mooker
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Braddock
Vast Permit Surge Marks Record Building Activity
The Building Inspector’s Office issued more permits in the month ending yesterday than any prior period since the office’s founding. J. P. Smyth secured a permit to erect six brick dwellings on South Thirtieth Street, including one three story and five two story mansard structures.
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J. P. Smyth
Carpets and Draperies Wholesale and Retail Offer
An advertisement touts the spring sale of carpets and curtains west of New York City. It lists 40,000 yards of moquettes at 125 to 150 per yard, 6,000 yards Axminster at 175 per yard, 8,000 Royal Wilton at 175 per yard upward, 20,000 see five-frame Body Brussels from 1200 per yard, and 20,000 yards all wool Ingrain from 0c per yard. Line features hemp cottage and carpet offerings from 124c per yd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Wilton
Arnheim Live Stock offers premier horses and mules in Pittsburg
The Arnheim Live Stock Company Limited at 52 Second Avenue Pittsburg advertises a wide selection of saddle driving and draught horses. Call to view the best horses in the city and inquire about ladies wraps and capes featuring Paris novelties in cloth silk and lace. Tissa Hueus and Hacks.
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Arnheim
Paris
Tissa Hueus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Judge Ewing
Hugh Foster
Tenth Ward
Terence Murphy
John K. Durr
George 5. Falion
Patrick McDonough
John Nee. P
George C. Pitfield
John N. Farmerie
Frank Klein
Schuzier & Pool
Ninteenth
Magee
Tomer
Peterman & Co
Turtle Creek
Verona
John L. Snyder
Forward Township
Sonny Long
Clerk of Arts
Leon Long
Ewing
Atlantic City
Huckenstein
York
Bethlehem
Merganza Reform
Axmakers
Federation
Iron Man
MR. Gompers
Jennie
Pastor Hoye
Kermnore Company
Daniel Rogers
Liberty Street
Mercy Hospital
Rogers
Eureka Mineral Springs
Snegertown, Pa
A. G. Campane. & Sons
Fifth Ave
Chas. Pfeifer
Federal St
Carson
Telephone
Hardy & Hayes
New Building
Hoffman
Gilsey
Palmer
Anderson
Kaufmanns
Rosenbaum & Co
Wrhssa
USA
Lizs’ Gallery
Sixth St
Real Estate Savings Bank, Lim
Mithfeld Street
Cor
Boces & Bunt
Lake Erie Railroad
New York City
Axminster
Brussels
Edward
Groetzinger
Real India Silks
India
Nic
Ancy Surah Silks
Saratis
Tae
spli-Tssa
Horne & CO
Penn Ave
Myl
Kentucky Bourson
Joe
É&S3on
Mpiteceme
Market St
Phe Chalfonte
North Carolina
E. Roberts & Son
Lafayette
Cape May
N. J
Guenter
James & Steffner
Arlingto
Ocean Grove
N. Mounti
M. P. Dolbey
le Eldredge
Asiaasio City
Kentucky
Bere Springs, Bedford, Penna
Benios
Cresson Springs
Allegheny Mountains
Cresson, Cambria
Mattings
Pusey & Kerr
Federal Street
Allegheny, PA
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