Pittsburgh Club Denies Transfer Rumor Amid Price Talks
The Sporting News reports wild rumors that the Pittsburg National League club may move to Baltimore. Officials led by Director J. P. O'Neill deny the transfer, insisting the club will stay in Pittsburgh and play all scheduled games. They note efforts to obtain a strong infielder and consider price reductions at several cities, with no substance to the transfer claims.
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la Roque
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Brooklyn
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Natural League matchups and regional pairings listed
The schedule lists city pairings for league games including Pittsburg Cleveland Cipcionati Chicago New York Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia and related associations with Rochester Syracuse Canton McKeesport Akron Wheeling Youngstown and Mansfield Springfield.
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Pittsburo
Cleveland
Cipcionati
Chicago
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Parents' Leacure
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Association—Athletic
Rochester
Syracuse
Canton
McKeesport
Dayton
Akron
Mansfield
Wheeling
Springield
Youngstown
National League and Players' League score notes
In Pittsburgh early reports show pitchers Galvin Haddock and Kilroy for the National and Players leagues with mixed scores. The text lists other names including Day Weyhing and Kilr oy, though OCR errors cloud specifics and dates.
Manager Hanlen Prepares Team for Players' League Championship
Local baseball manager Hanlen, with secretary Tener, leaves with the P. L. ball club for Chicago to begin the championship season. Teammates include Lowe, Stivetts, Wreck, McCrock, and Goodall as they travel for the big matchup.
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P. L. Ball
Chicago
Dmr
Hanlon
Tener
Stanford trotters set for grand circuit races at Terre Haute
San Francisco reports the Stanford stable leaves for Terre Haute Indiana under Charlie Marvin with Sunol Palo Alto Gertrude Russal Aral Colma Amigo Wildmont Electric Bell and more. Tundine stable follows to Brooklyn with horses like Rarine Homer Li-oe unesters Glen Retta H and Rico. Flam beau not appearing in Hearst colors and the deal between Hearst and Stanford is off.
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Stanford
Terre Haute
Ind
Charlies Marvin
Sunol
Palo Alto
Gertrude Russal
Aral
Colma
Amigo
Wildmont
Electric Bell
Belibor
Tundine
Brooklyn
Namber
Rarine
Homer
Li — Oe
Glen
Retta H
Ancien
Rico
Flambeau
Hearst
Gorco
Our Hoys Ball Club Forms for Season
The Our Hoys baseball club held a meeting to organize for the season. Each player contributed a deposit to fund the start. A trial was set for F. Dodds, a local catcher, on Saturday with possible signing if he performs well.
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Our Hoys
Thorougly
F. Dodds
Terre Haute Defeats Evansville In Baseball Tilt
Evansville fell 2 to 9 to Terre Haute in a May game. Errors by Evansville and batting details are incomplete in the report, with scattered figures showing Terre Haute accumulating runs across innings.
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Evansville
Evaneville
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Prsant
Baseball Notes and Scheduling Amid League Tensions
TESER will pitch in a Chicago game while Bars stopped Rochester Athletic actions yesterday. Conflicts on dates are down to two remaining games near June 17 as clubs negotiate profits and patronage. Pitching, transfers, and league pressure frame a volatile season with Baker hailed as a phenom and Pittsburgh looking strong.
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Stern
Cincinnati
Byrne
Brooklyn
Drunken underage arrests at ward stations
At Twenty-eighth ward station two boys aged 13 and 10 were arrested with a keg of beer and intoxicated. They face larceny charges amid a spate of recent thefts in Southside. In the Twelfth ward two other youths 12 and 17 were found drunk. Kennedy required medical care after illness from liquor. Jackson had facial injuries from a strike.
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John Mascue
Patrick Fee
Channing
Southside
Twelfth Ward
Ray
James Kennedy
James Jackson
Thirty-third Street
Jones Avenue
Kennedy
Moyer
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Fatal fall on Fifth Avenue near Demmler station
Jiles Collins, 61, of Demmler station, slipped on Fifth Avenue near the streetcar line last night. He struck the curbstone, his nose severed, skull base fractured, eyes driven back, and he pleaded for relief before being taken home in critical condition.
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Jiles Collins
Demmler
Fifth Avenue
Collins
Juvenile Stone Throwers Arrest Report
Michael McCalister John Finegan Alexander McKirdy Patrick Maloney Thomas McGuire and James O'Brien were arrested on Washington Street yesterday afternoon. They are charged with a practice of throwing stones at passersby.
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John Finegan
Alexander McKirdy
Wyatrick Maloney
Thomas McGuire
James O’brien
Washington Street
Yesterdy
Scraps Of Local Commerce And Fire In West Virginia
In Coshocton the sheriff closed Peter Eckert the merchant tailor after a minor matter. A brother holds two judgment notes with liabilities of 7 dollars and assets of 3500. In Tar West New Castle the auditing committee struggles to adjust borough finances to satisfy Adam Robinson ex tax collector and constable. Timber around Shanghai West Virginia has burned over a week spanning 20 miles causing extensive destruction. The Silver Smelting Company Newark West Virginia has started machinery and foresees a profit of 40 per ton as costs rise.
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Peter Eckert
Tar West
Silver
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Chicago Coopers Seek Burns Help in Strike Support
The Chicago coopers threaten a strike at packing-houses over an eight hour day and a 10 percent wage cut. They plan to enlist London dock leader John Burns and may invite him to Chicago, paying his expenses. Other notes report government ten hour rule violations at Fort Sheridan and arbitration proposals for World’s Fair disputes.
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Mining Situation at Brockwayville Drags On
In Brockwayville on May 4 the mining dispute over the May 1 advance stalls as both sides hesitate. The Cishion miners sent a committee to Dagus’ mines to meet Northwest Company Superintendent Robertson, who reportedly asked for two weeks to consider. If unresolved, the strike threatens several thousand workers and an amicable settlement seems possible.
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Granite Cutters Strike Holds Steady in New England Quarries
The May 4 dispatch reports the granite cutters strike in Eastern Connecticut and Rhode Island remains unchanged. Westerly quarries keep drillers and quarrymen employed but looming work stoppages threaten, while Millstone Point Niantic Groton Waterford and Providence show no sentiment shift. A grievance committee planned talks with manufacturers and the local union, and several trade contracts have been canceled, including a $140,000 granite supply for a New York criminal court building.
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Very Few Carpenters Strike Dampened by Boss Concessions
A threatened carpenters strike in New York will be small with only 200 to 300 out of work. House smiths in New York and Brooklyn ratified a scale, supported by T. W. Powderly, keeping finishers paid at 350 a day for class 1, 3 for class A, 275 for derrickmen, and 225 for helpers. The eight hour question was not fought. The Housesmiths Union contains 2,000 workers under 22 bosses. Over 5,000 laborers patrolled Denver streets in the afternoon.
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Meeting at the Coliseum after parade
After the parade the city held a meeting at the Coliseum with speeches by leading men. The eight hour day for union workers removes any grounds for dissatisfaction.
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Warning to Immigrants as Boston Carpenters Fight Overstocked Labor
At a Carpenters Council meeting in Boston on May 4 the president reported a 90 percent success rate of strikes. The council plans to mail letters to European and provincial labor groups warning against deceptive promises of high wages and easy living. The message cites overstocked labor due to immigration, uneven work and rising living costs driven by trusts and monopolies, urging carpenters abroad to beware.
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McKeesport Tube Works Employes Seek Shorter Day
In McKeesport the National Tube Works Company employees voted to demand nine hours as a day or a 10 percent wage increase. A 15 man committee will present the request to General Superintendent Patterson and report back after meetings at the Palace Rink. The move aims to join the Federation of Labor branches.
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Will Prosecute The Bosses Canadian Labor Importers
Secretary Howard of the Journeymen Carpenters Council said an effort will be made to prosecute members of the old Master Carpenters Association for alien contract labor law violations. Ads in Canadian papers seek workers to replace Chicago strikers, with evidence showing Canadian carpenters brought to the city. testimony links the circumstances directly.
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Uniform Wages Strike Threat in St Louis Carpenters
St Louis reports a looming strike by about 5000 carpenters seeking 40 cents an hour for an eight hour day. Some workers earn 35 cents while others receive 40. The union's recognition varies by builder, but full uniform wages are the goal. Leaders would not confirm or deny the report tonight.
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Carpenters Recruit as Youngstown Union Grows
In Youngstown on May 4 the carpenters union swelled to over 200 members as work remained suspended awaiting planing mill owners and contractors to recognize wage scales. Ottawa reports a strike settlement with bricklayers stonemasons and carpenters ending after contractors concede a nine hour day.
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Hope Oil and Gas Eye Mahoning Valley for Test Boult
Mr Green of Pittsburg and contractor Mr Hinger visited Edenburg to probe for oil or gas in the Mahoning Valley. They reported securing four farm leases and plan to start drilling in about 90 days, 200 to 300 feet deeper than prior wells, aiming to reach the third sand known in Western Pennsylvania. Local anticipation runs high for a potential land boom if a productive discovery is made.
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The Poodle of the Crossing
A well dressed Brooklyn woman crossed a street with a small child and a poodle. She carried the dog while the child walked, navigating a typical dirty Brooklyn thoroughfare.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Brooklyn
Lightning damages trees and livestock in Jackson County ring
A Jackson County lightning strike caused a shade tree to split, five currant bushes to be uprooted, 38 radout wires melted, a smoke-house destroyed, a dog killed, and two horses knocked down, all within the same area under the same management.
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Chautauqua Exempts No Sunday Visitors Despite Talks From Bellamy
Burrano May 4. The article outlines the strict Sunday gate rule at Chautauqua with emphasis on quiet and no street noise. It notes planned lectures by Edward Bellamy and other prominent figures, supporting a robust program of education, religion, and culture in the City in the Woods.
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Chautauqua
Chautauuqua
Mayville
Coroner to Probe Death at Mercy Hospital
The Coroner will investigate the death of Andrew Cookerson at Mercy Hospital tonight. He was brought in unconscious by friends shortly after midnight. His address listed as 1332 Penn Avenue, though residents of that house say they do not know him.
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Mercy Hospital
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Truck accident leaves man severed legs under freight train
In Washington Pennsylvania on May 4 George Slater was crushed under a Baltimore and Ohio freight car, losing both legs. A local contractor named John is not confirmed to survive the night.
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George Slater
Baltimore and Ohio
John "Hong
Pastor Barred From Preaching in Chambersburg Church
In Chambersburg on May 4 the Mercersburg German Reformed Church met in St John’s to assign visiting ministers. Rev Cyrus Cort of Green Castle was slated to preach at First Lutheran, but protests from Lutheran members led to a request to reassign. Cort did not preach, and Hassler declined to fill the pulpit. The incident ignited church controversy and await action by the classis.
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Chambersburg
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Mercersburg
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J. Hassler
Fort London
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Protestant Association members hold gathering in East End
The American Protestant Association held a week end meeting in the East End with music feasting and oratory led by President Thomas A Seele of Philadelphia. The group aims to recruit young men, unite Protestantism, and attract proselytes from all nationalities while opposing Roman Catholicism and emphasizing loyalty to the United States Government. In Missouri they claim lodge property is tax exempt for Union defense services. Local membership is about 3000.
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East End
Thomas A. Seele
Philadelphia
Missouri
Systematic Allegheny Police Crack Northside Speak-Easies
Detectives Steele and Johnson visited Liberty street home of Mrs. Bittner yesterday afternoon and arrested the proprietress and nine men. Prisoners registered as James Watson John Knott Frank Williams M J Bowers John Smith Clarence Maxwell John Thompson Ed Dunning each posted $10 bail for a hearing today. The place had a miniature bar and complete equipment.
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Northside
John Thompson
Ed Dunning
Pittsburg in sixth place in clearing house returns
Boston May 4. A table compiled from dispatches from the clearing houses of the cities named shows the gross exchanges for the last week with rate changes versus the same week in 1889. The report places Pittsburg sixth in ranking among cities.
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Johnatown Presbyterian Anniversary Observed
Johnatown May 4 memorial services marked the Presbyterian Sunday school fifty fifth anniversary in the church audience room. Evening services commemorated forty members lost in the flood last May with impressive ceremonies and attendance.
Captain Brophy Raids Two Lawrenceville Speak-Easies
Lawrenceville police officers Captain Brophy and Lieutenant Orth raided Mrs. Beck’s house at 3543 Butler Street, a busy speak-easy, and arrested six people including the proprietress who faces 2000 bonds for unlicensed liquor sales on Sunday. A later raid on William Sweeney’s speak-easy on Ella Street in Bloomfield resulted in five arrests and detention at the Seventeenth Ward station.
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William Sweeney
Ella Street
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New Signers Pledge at Moorhead Temperance Meeting
Mrs. Getty presided over Moorhead W. T. U. gathering in Moorhead Hall last night with Mrs. A. H. Jones and Mr. Powell as speakers. a number of men signed the pledge. The Sons of Temperance met at 68 Ohio Street Allegheny with L. Mooney presiding and talks by E. S. Johnston and W. T. Moreland.
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Moorhead
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