This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 40 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1892
Page
1
Continent wide May Day protests unfold with strong police presence as London Hyde Park hosts a massive rally led by labor figures like Cunningham Graham and Tom Mann. Reports note calm in Paris and Dublin while a bomb threat near Tours injures a man.
Paris on May Day shows police vigilance and a large worker demonstration at Salle Favier with about 16 000 expected participants, 50 percent turnout, and speeches from M Vaillant urging an eight hour day. Leaders warn of more forceful action if demands fail while cautioning against violence next year.
In Cureaco on May 1 a riotous May Day parade ended with police seizing three red emblems carried by demonstrators from Areiter Zeitung and Debating Clubs Nos 1 and 2. Detectives and officers boarded a patrol wagon as crowds cheered. The detainees claimed innocence, saying they only read Arbeiter Zeitung and did not know flags violated orders.
Samarl Gompers at Cincinnati May Day excursion attracted 10000 to 15000 workers to Woodsdale resort thirty miles away. Five speakers were listed but only Samuel Gompers, president of the AFL, spoke urging labor men to persist in demanding an eight hour day.
A charter is sought for the Ellwood City Enameling Company in Pennsylvania with capital stock of 150,000. Prominent Pittsburgh figures own large blocks of stock and the firm will start by enamel coating 160,000 stove tops.
A Cleveland firm plans to install enameling for ware previously rejected as unenameled. Captain Baugh of Birmingham England will arrive with skilled workers to lead the works. He has long managed the Birmingham Enameling Company.
Loxpox May 1 The Home Secretary ordered the release of Mrs Florence Ethel Osborne who had been serving nine months for theft of pearls and related perjury. Captain Osborne met her at Holloway jail and took her home to Ulster Terrace with her child in prospect.
A blaze at 169 Broad way Williamsburg started in a cellar of a three story brick building. A shoe store occupied the first floor and John Schalter wife and four children on the second floor jumped from a window. Thomas Dobbs and his family on the third floor faced missing persons as fire crews battled through walls. A two year old and a son were badly burned and five Tubbs children remained missing after smoke forced firefighters from the upper floors.
New York May 1 Special a new candidate for the second place on the Republican National ticket has emerged over the last 48 hours Colonel Elliott Shepard is a delegate to the Minneapolis Convention from the Twelfth Congressional district New York county Johnny Simpson of the Sixth arranged the delegate to the anti Harrison Convention at Albany by moving Tom Hogan of the Seventh ward The favors were paid Simpson today learned from friends of Mr Simpson that Shepard’s honors were purchased He paid 10 to the State Committee and offered to contribute more to boost his vice presidential boom.
Ex Senator Thomas C Platt left town and was not at the Fifth Avenue Hotel today A Washington report said he would confer with President Harrison to strike a deal but close friends deny any reconciliation or terms with the President The visit is said to involve meetings with Mr Binnie Mr Rusk Mr Reed Senator Jones and others not with Harrison.
A May convention in Golden Title Hall opened to form an international cloakmakers organization with delegates from New York Philadelphia Pittsburg Baltimore Boston Chicago and Brooklyn totaling about 13000. Marcus Blanes of New York was elected chairman. The group aims to abolish the sweating system and create a national strike fund and central executive board with appointed general organizers.
A public proclamation announces reciprocity with Honduras. The schedule lists U S products admitted free of duty, including gold and silver bars coins and samples, with duties not exceeding $1. Packaging for imported articles shall be duty free if customary and proper.
Lextinetos Ky May 1 the famed Fairlawn stables owned by Smith McCann were destroyed by fire. Nineteen horses were housed, eleven perished including two Phil Thompson sisters valued at 5000 each, two Red Wilkes fillies, and a Robert McGregor colt. No insurance on horses. property insured for half value. Total loss estimated at substantial sum. Incendiary act suspected.
The Record reports the Pennsylvanian Railroad has acquired the William Penn Colliery, whose annual output of 300,000 tons now moves over the Reading line.
The Cunarder Pavonia from Liverpool docked at Rostox with 1,162 steerage passengers. A nort physician vaccinated three hundred of the immigrants upon arrival.
Reverend Dr Parkhurst delivers forceful sermons fueling public talk in New York City. He challenges readers to confront social ills and urges moral action amid ongoing controversy over his provocative messages.
New York Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst at Madison Square Presbyterian Church denounces clergy quarrels and urges young men to actively fight vice. He argues Christ’s method requires direct, uncompromising public confrontation and warns that gentle approach alone fails to reform a corrupt world.
The Doctor urges men to examine the field and the war calmly and deliberately. He calls for resolve and for them to put their hands to the plow and not look back, preserving conscience and minimizing inconvenience while serving parish revenues.
In New York on May 1 Superintendent Byrnes denied any relaxation of saloon enforcement. Reporters observed open side doors and arrests of bartender William Johnson as inspectors and officers conducted a rapid sweep, revealing widespread openings on a Sunday.
In Calamity a French mining village in West Elizabeth area, Ernest Redares shot Paulin Mazaulier over a disputed board bill and love affair. Mazaulier died on the stairs from a single shot. Redares was taken to Justice Cadman and awaits grand jury action as a crowd urged lynching but fled when authorities intervened.
A hearse runaway on Thirty seventh street at 2 30 p m sent the coffin flying through the side of the vehicle. The mutilated corpse of John Miller a Bavarian laborer found dead after a suicide last Thursday at St Vincent's Hospital was exposed to the shocked crowd.
New York May 1 special report Newark refuses to accept East Jersey Water Company supply. The project cost near 4 million and stretched 25 miles to deliver 60 million gallons daily. Experts say watershed may yield 35 million in extreme dry periods, leaving Newarkers unsure if water will be shut off until decisions. Passaic water is reported filthy and undrinkable.
The Blackhawk county convention urged delegates to back Horace Boles as the party's national standard bearer. They praised Governor Boles for leading Iowa Democrats and pledged to strive for national victory. The convention also eulogized ex President Cleveland, noting he is no longer in the race.
Lehman explains he shot three men to avenge a previous assault by Fanning, who later warned him Egan had died and Meyers needed amputation. He denied intent to kill but fired when Fanning’s back was turned. He faces trial after arrest by Pollack and Sullivan.
Washington May 1 Special. An official tally at administration headquarters outlines how President Harrison looks to secure renomination with a slim first ballot edge. States with instructed delegates plus undecided ones push his count to 225 of 448, just over half, while unit rule does not apply in Republican conventions.
Rev Father Tracy of St. Pauls Catholic Church ordered police to eject Matthew Gaynor and his daughter Nellie after threatening with a revolver. Miss Gaynor says the dispute stemmed from her relationship with Protestant Charles Massey. Gaynor travels to Trenton to file a complaint with O Farrell.
Thomas Haydon, a shipping clerk for Annie Potter's straw hat factory, drew $700 at Essex County Bank and was attacked near the factory entrance on River Street. He died later in hospital from a head wound. Robber fled, likely familiar with the building. no clue exists.
A Birmingham woman self declares as Pat Rooney's wife and mother of a 71 year old son. She sent a letter from New York citing a 1870 marriage and documentary proofs. Rooney's widow Josie Granger in America disputes the assertion and is distressed by the claim.
A tornado struck Buros, Kansas, about 19 miles north of Etporapo this morning. One person was killed as it destroyed four buildings and a schoolhouse where religious services were underway. the congregation escaped moments before the collapse.
A massive Corliss engine collapse at Willimantic Linen Company in Connecticut wrecked the mill and its roof, hurled bricks 900 feet, and caused over $40,000 in damage in ten seconds. D. E. Porter and two others escaped serious harm. the engine had not yet been accepted by the Linen Company.
Patrick O Sullivan sentenced to life in Illinois penitentiary for Cronin murder is dying in the prison hospital. His sister and a friend visited him yesterday. he has not confessed or hinted at the crime. Burke and Coughlan, his companions, are well. Steam Propellers In the Erie Canal Atasy May 1 Water let into the canal today and boats ready to start. Steam use expected to rise with canal enlargements and improved walls enabling tow of several boats.
A night shooting in West Feliciana Parish leaves three dead and three others badly wounded. George Rueker, drunk and violent, drew revolvers as Ward Constable George Townl tried to arrest him. Willie Rueker then fired, killing W. E. Harrison and injuring William Stewart B Harrison and Mack Lawson, while several locals shot back, killing both Rueker brothers.
General BR Snowden Andrews posts an apology to Senator C Ridgely Goodwin on the Maryland Club board for boxing his ears after the Board of Governors forbade the Tuesday night duel. Goodwin says there will be no duel.
A group of longshoremen fired at a party of fellow workers near West street. Edward Fanning was wounded in the left leg and James Ryan and John Meyers were struck by gunfire as Lehman was seen on a shanty roof with a smoking revolver. The incident follows Lehman's July disappearance from Pacific Mail Steamship Company duties.
Kentucky group calls a May meeting in Frankfort to organize support for Senator Carlisle as a presidential nominee. State Senator Smith leads Carlisle friends with broad representation across congressional districts and lawmakers Wortham among signers.
The Migaro in The Figaro states that Duke de Morny was not the opponent of Harry Vane Milbank in the duel fought in Belgium.
Omana May 1 The lay delegates at the Methodist General Conference pushed for equal representation and a separate seating body. A vote 74 to 9 approved seating the lay delegates apart from ministers, signaling a major push for lay influence in future conferences. The meeting adjourned with plans for sessions at the theater and Exposition Hall.
Norwics Cons Many Ferdi nand Ward spent last night at his brother in law F D Greene in Thompson. He arrived in Putnam on the New York and New England Railroad last evening and Greene met him. Ward, Greene and Ward's year old son traveled to Green's cottage, drawing local curiosity. Ward plans to stay awhile and assist in business, showing affection for his young son.
An eastbound Pennsylvania Railroad freight wrecked near Mayo when a brake rigging failed. Engineer Harry Shultz and fireman Hartman Meruan of Philadelphia were fatally injured and buried in the embankment as the locomotive toppled and several express cars burned. Tracks were blocked overnight.
Carl Mergel, a fireman aboard the German steamer Weissner in dry dock, attempts a walk from the ship to the deck over a stay. Otto Sonntag and Carl Lichte bet a beer that he could not make it. He fails, falls into the dock, and dies trying to grab the stay. Mergel, a native of Lubeck, is named in the report.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.