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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1891
Page
1
Carpenters and master builders clash over an eight hour day as lockout policy is abandoned. Contractors pledge to continue at eight hours if public demand supports it while miners consider renewed contracts and rising wages.
Telegrams report labor unrest in Braddock where 20 men struck after a meeting declared the action. In New Castle workers demanded nine hours and 250 dollars daily, against prior 225 for ten hours. Washington and Beattdale show ongoing employer worker disputes and a planned meeting on non union firings.
In Braz MD on April 0 1841 1800 black coal miners and 800 bituminous miners plan a strike starting tomorrow. The eight hour demand and expired May 1 1841 wage scale fuel the action. Bituminous miners at Terra Haute face a 10 cent per ton cut, with Terre Haute scale guiding western operators. The move signals a large, determined labor action among regional miners.
Duluth April M The plumbers decide to strike for the eight hour day tomorrow They also ask that they be required to apply the rule to all journeymen and apprentices in their union and that enforcement be uniform across shops
Employers contend no work remains and a strike cannot force higher pay. Workers argue seven hour days and equal wages for all who work nine hours weekly, asserting fair treatment amid labor tensions.
The St Louis labor movement builds toward a May Day strike with 2100 Carpenters and 700 in East St Louis among about 5000 planned strikers across several trades. Workers demand an eight hour day at old pay, with unions warning against crossing the Mississippi while Peoria miners expect only limited action.
A dispatch from Brooklyn reports union members planning an eight hour workday push next week. The Housesmiths' Union orders assembly at 8 am tomorrow, backing a one hour rule. Park Commissioners issued a permit and will illuminate the Fort Greene Piazza for the event.
Youngstown contractors announce they will not recognize any unions and have paid all employees. Carpenters Union had demanded May 1 recognition, eight hour day, and Saturday shortening, with minor demands. Contractors vow to handle labor directly with workers and oppose union dictation.
Erie April 30 The die is cast for a strike among carpenters and planing mill workers tomorrow as men seek a nine hour day and union recognition. Some employers will grant shorter hours but refuse union recognition while threatening to demand ten percent higher wages. Labor leaders vow no ten hour days and will push to the end for five nine hours.
Advices from Fulton county and Ottumwa reflect mixed miner views on a strike tomorrow. Some Fulton miners threaten action while Ottumwa workers appear satisfied with current wages. Iowa district UMW President Scott says May Day eight hour goal not abandoned, only postponed.
In the Washington Mines district the Northern Pacific Company states that the May 1 contract terms will stay the same and workers may sign under current conditions. In Omaha, no strikes are planned tomorrow as the Central Labor Union meets to press for strict enforcement of the eight hour law starting July 1.
Cincinnati April 8 W B Snooks and wife the bride and groom at the fatal Louisville serene a Hagen have been in the Burnet House. Tonight Mr Snooks breathed his last at o'clock. Be Donen teak Wan 'Seite, Sew widow, is out of danger.
A staff correspondent reports an anti-discrimination bill by Seanor faced a formal appeal from the chair in a heated session. The appeal was laid aside after procedural dispute. the Seanor measure moved one day closer to Burdick’s bill as rule 47 and two-thirds vote requirements dominated the proceedings.
In Harrisburg on April 1 the Senate Elections Committee reviewed proposed amendments from C A Binney of the Ballot Reform Association. Key provisions would permit illiterate and blind voters to be assisted with affidavits, tighten rules on distributing official ballots, and require voters to present a known elector to verify identity. Rumor says further amendments may be prepared by David Martin and Magistrate Durham of Philadelphia.
In Harrisburg April 8 1900 Mr Hayes of Venance opposes the large number of leaves of absence granted for this evening and tomorrow claiming distant members cannot return home while others leave. The House's speaker vetted requests with some rejections then granted several on review. A motion to adjourn until Monday failed but leaves may empty quorum, prompting a Monday 4 o'clock to 6 o'clock session to make up two hours.
Harrisville April 20 Jesse M Baker declares support for Hastings for Governor urging loyalty. The remark is used against him in his bid for Republican State Committee Chairman. The piece notes Chairman Andrews backed Senator Delamater and argues the chairman should not align with any single gubernatorial candidate.
Harrisburg April 20 The House Congressional Apportionment Committee met to consider bills from Mr. Lytle and Mr. Ritter. A subcommittee of Lyda Jease Baker Sumner Ritter and Skinner will review the measures before they reach the House floor.
McCammast drew his warrant on the State Treasurer today for money advanced by W. H. Kemble at the Johnstown food and forwarded it to Mr Kle. The State's debt of honor is now paid.
The Senate refused to concur in House amendments to Pittsburg street bills and both chambers appointed conference committees. Meeting set for Monday night to review amendments. Senator Flinn urged prompt submission of proposed changes. Bill 26 would authorize park land purchase or condemnation by boroughs or cities of the second class and allow council certificates of indebtedness for past or ongoing improvements.
Morning and afternoon sessions pass bills to fund Philadelphia Deaf and Dumb Institution 192000 dollars Rosine Home 2000 Philadelphia Wilkesbarre Hospital 29000 Philadelphia Home for Post Children 4700 Allegheny Home for Colored Children 0 000 Gynecean Hospital Philadelphia 5000 Pennsylvania Prison Society 37000 Re Hospital for Women Philadelphia 43000 Memorial Home Brockville Jefferson County morgue lien liquidation 3000 Hawkins Station Allegheny County 6300 condemned horses payment 3900 Friend the of dwease Home for lend less Children Lancaster 20000 Wills Eye Hospital Philadelphia 8500 State Reporter office omitted 1537 witness fees in Oabourn Devlin case 1580 Northern Howe for Friendless Children 10000 Pottstown Hospital 5000 publishing of proceedings report of pense monuments at Gettysburg 78987 expenses of last revenue commission.
A Moscow dispatch reports consternation among the poor as Hebrews are said to be marched out chained like criminals. Dr Adler, chief rabbi, denounces slave market rumors and says few Hebrews go to London while many head to America. Baron Hirsch searches for a colony site to curb immigration and settle the labor needs.
A supplementary Reichstag ballot was held in Geestemunde today. Returns from 55 polling places list Hismarck with 6 073 votes and Schmalfeld with 4 718 votes.
J Most Montgomery Forster, insurance commissioner for 15 years, will retire at term end on Monday. George B. Luper of Crawford County will be his successor as deputy commissioner, with J Woods Brown of Milton named deputy. Forster remains trustee of General Simon Cameron estate and departs to focus on Cameron affairs.
In an annual trade report a rare incident near Manila shows two ships the Minister of Marine and the Alexander Yeats chartered by an American syndicate. Hemp prices caused delays until sugar loading resumed. Demurrage payments reached 25,140 and 24,990 dollars totaling 40,070 dollars.
Hagrisvae April The House compulsory education bill was favorably reported in the Senate with an amendment creating a supervisory board of education consisting of the Superintendent of Public Instruction the Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Internal Affairs to formulate rules and furnish them to all boards. Teachers in parochial and private schools must cooperate with authorities to carry out the act.
The pestilence reaches Canterbury, Middle and Eastern Sussex with many London East End cases. MP J Heaton Heaton remains weak after a nine day critical period. In Birmingham influenza rises, isolations used in Aston to stem spread. Equine cases appear in East Kent with three valued hunters struck.
Captain Verney's bail rises from 16000 to 825000 as sensational testimony unfolds. Mme Adeline of a Paris hotel swears he called as Wilson seeking bribes, while evidence links letters to Verney's handwriting. Court sessions reveal a wider pattern of revolting cases fueling public concern.
In Rome the deputy Signor Imbriani retracted remarks accusing the government of tolerating illicit trade and of abducting 35 young girls for Italian officers in Africa. He said no insult to the army was intended and that he merely echoed a rumor to prompt discussion. Premier di Rudini urged the house to forget the previous controversy.
It is stated that A L Tilden of Erie county now Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth will be pushed for the Auditor Generalship by the Democrats and the Farmers' Alliance. He ran as the Alliance congressional candidate in the Erie Crawford district last fall and narrowly chased Republican Griswold. The nomination would pit Farmers' Alliance support against Grangers, who oppose each other.
The post office orders a trial of drop-a-penny-in-the-slot machines mounted on pillar boxes to dispense postage stamps. The system aims to provide stamps at will, reflecting an initiative from JT Denn and associated company.
The Standard criticizes President Harrison and Secretary Blair for naming Blair United States Minister to Pekin. It calls the decision a flagrant breach of international courtesy and mocks Chinese ignorance arguments. The piece questions Blair’s fitness and suggests the move harms Harrison’s popularity.
Harrisburg April 40 The first appropriation bill defeated in the House this session would have provided 5000 dollars to establish a Brain Weather bureau, but was reconsidered and postponed. About 190 bills have passed with little debate, signaling confidence in Chairman Fruit and the Appropriations Committee.
A Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton freight train bound for Dayton left Springfield at 3 am with Conductor Smith, Engineer Eich, and Fireman Foley aboard. Two miles north of Dayton the locomotive boiler blew out at both ends, badly scalding Foley and injuring Engineer Eich. The engine wrecked, but the rest of the crew escaped major harm. Eich’s recovery is uncertain. The locomotive had been overhauled recently and purchased four years ago.
Charles Never United States Consul in Fraxxroft defies court order by refusing to testify without government permission. The case adjourned. a week later he remains obstinate and is declared in contempt but again refuses to be sworn. The report also notes political rumors in Britain and a brief note on Maes Kesse occupation by Portugal.
A special telegram reports the House approved a measure defining the willful and malicious wrecking of cars or locomotives as first degree murder. The chamber adjourned pending debate on a separate bill about possession of bodies by husbands wives and parents in cases of divorce or death.
Harrisburg report notes Senate action allowing National Guard units $200 per year for armory rent. The bill's text includes provisions on criminal trials during emergencies and reorganized railroad stock assessments, with other amendments referenced in the special telegraph dispatch from Philadelphia.
Andrew Carnegie has been elected a member of the British Economic Association, the first American invited. The society, numbering leading European economists, counts Chancellor Goschen as president and figures like Gladstone among its members. His election honors his monetary and commercial writings and reflects the association’s influence on law.
A Chicago telegram reports a son saying Old Hutch is in Florida and someone was sent to watch him. He adds the father is debt free and wealthy. The Produce Exchange remains skeptical of his reported failure and notes it would assume all of Hutch’s open trades.
A committee led by J. P. Townsend of the Rnickerbocker Tron Company urged Dr. Bridger on reconsidering his ordination views. The clergyman promised an answer tomorrow after discussing the matter. he argued Baptists do not hold a fixed creed and that eternal punishment may end in remorse rather than a literal lake of fire.
Judge Janie C. Parker reports Hop James G. Blaine told Washington interviews he would not permit his name for nomination, would not accept, and supported President Harrison instead. Blaine denies any ambition for the presidency.
Report from St Jonas Newfoundland describes Widart carrier schooners escaping government ships at Fortune Bay with cargoes bound for St Pierre. Vexed fish merchants alleged to have supplied arms and liquor inciting rebellion. Government dispatches steamer Pelican to Fontana Bay to confront the crisis.
In Columbus a laborer named Thomas Callinan shot his wife three times after consulting a Pittsburg physician. The wife, described as temporarily insane, did not survive. Callinan’s wife reportedly persuaded him to seek help before the incident.
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