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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1890
Page
1
Frederick C. Crawford, World reporter, defends his Cleveland interview as accurate and unmisrepresented. He recounts the April 16 meeting, quotes Cleveland’s denials of violent language, refutes Sun editor Dana as a liar, and describes Cleveland’s praise for Mrs. Cleveland upon request. Crawford emphasizes his honesty and the interview’s faithful rendering.
Editorial account details Mr Cleveland denial of statements attributed to him in a press interview. It notes the ex president’s repudiation and his word against Crawford, with a May New York World report and a Lamont communication denying the language reported.
A World editor faced repudiation of a Cleveland interview after a Sun paper exposed the alleged remarks. The reporter admitted the content may reflect his words, not Cleveland’s, and resigned amid an editorial note defending the paper’s stance. The episode ended with the interview excluded from the World.
Colonel John A. Cockerill associate editor of the New York World appeared at General Sessions Court and furnished the $1,000 bail in the criminal indictments relating to Henry Hilton as late A. T. Stewart. He posted bail in cash.
The Dayton Dispatch reports a through trunk line from the East to Chicago is set, in four parts: Chicago to Toledo via Toledo and Western, Indians Northern, and Chicago Eastern. eastward via Wheeling to Harrisburg then tidewater. The Toledo and Western holds rights, with nearly 100000 dollars subscribed. The plan shortens distance 100 miles versus Pennsylvania line and passes through rich western territory.
Hapminspurc sworn in as State Treasurer by Deputy Secretary Longenecker. In 15 minutes a settlement with outgoing Treasurer Livsey was completed. Banks’ statements showed public lands were in order. Boyer will keep the force. Livsey becomes cashier. First payment to treasury: $12,125 from United Gas Improvement Company for capital stock bonus.
The County Board rejected paying the special counsel bills for the Cronin case totaling 7500 dollars. Mills and Ingham billed 3000 dollars and Hynes 4500 dollars. The vote was 18 to 7 with Commissioner Cool arguing private parties should settle the costs.
The condition of Henry C. Raymond a noted stage carpenter who attempted suicide after arrest for bigamy is reported improved doctors say a chance of recovery exists If he survives the wound he will face three women who claim to be his wife in New York courts in May Sixcirc New York.
The Francis Scott Key National Bazar opened in Baltimore with booths named after states. President Harrison signified willingness to attend one evening. Proceeds fund a statue honoring Francis Scott Key, author of The Star Spangled Banner.
Bishop Turner of the African Methodist Conference complains that colored delegates are badly treated by hotel keepers. He says it is often difficult or impossible for them to secure rooms because of color, noting the prejudice faced by delegates in New Brunswick on May 5.
President Gompers hails AFL success as carpenters and joiners win wage eight hour concessions across New York with hundreds of employers yielding. By noon only about 100 striking workers remain as unions press for nationwide eight hour standard amid rapid employer capitulation.
In Carcaco on May 5, colored waiters join white workers asking for shorter hours and higher pay. Disturbances are anticipated as Brockway's restaurant reports a strike tonight.
San Francisco report dated May 5 lists William Dempsey and Harry Parker an Risdon Iron Works employee William Mooklar among those mentioned in a readable local item.
A caremaker at Fulton Iron Works and another employee named Murray were assaulted by strikers last night, but police squads prevented a serious disturbance and kept order.
The Chicago carpenters strike ends after arbitration with 4000 journeymen set to return to work. The agreement fixes eight hour day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a minimum wage of 35 cents an hour rising to 37 1/4 cents after August. Overtime earns time and a half and Sunday time is double.
In Denver on May 5, 135 workers from the Machine Woodworkers and Turners Union demanded a ten to nine hour cut with nine hours pay. The demand was refused and 135 quit. 250 benchmen joined. Mills remain open but operate with a reduced union labor force to fulfill existing contracts. This marks Denver's first strike of the year.
Detroit authorities report no arbitration meetings as the strike stagnates. About 42 employers have signed the carpenters' agreement and several Canadian carpenters were sent back to Canada by customs, suspected of contract labor. The case may trigger prosecutions of local contractors.
In Louisville on May 5 the plasterers joined the striking carpenters demanding higher wages and shorter hours. Builders remain firm and warn the dispute could be prolonged as more buildings rise. Non union workers may be hired, prompting bricklayers to join the strike.
General Manager Dickinson replies to the Union Pacific conductors grievance committee denying a 12 miles per hour basis for extra time by freight conductors. officials expect a satisfactory settlement of this and other conductor demands.
The National Association of Machinists held a meeting in Lovursville on May 5 with delegates from 28 states attending. The day focused on committee reports and routine business after a welcome address from the Council president.
In Havana on May 5 coaches and street car line employes resume work after a strike. Garbage collectors slaughter house workers and many railway hands also walked out today. Strikers remain orderly and no trouble has occurred thus far.
St Louis May 5 Four hundred employees of the Fairbanks Soap Company struck tonight for a restoration of wages they had their 15 percent cut last November.
Albany May 5 The Assembly passes a bill requiring employers to pay wages weekly. The measure sails through on a 106 to 1 vote.
Philadelphia reports that about two thousand of three thousand striking carpenters from the May 1 action have had their demands met. The claim notes progress in labor negotiations and ongoing discord over unresolved issues.
Governor Hill in Albany urges a concurrent resolution to amend the state constitution transferring the power to judge election contests from each house to the judiciary. He also proposes pushing Congress for a federal amendment to align practices with other offices.
Atlantic City May 5. An injunction was served on Cashier Dunkle of Merchants' Bank by the son of Attorney General Stockton. The restraining order bars resumption of business and requires shown cause why the bank’s affairs should not be wound up.
Washington May 5 The river and harbor bill faces intense debate as numbers for locks change from 6 and 7 to 1 raising costs. Mary Ann Dougherty addresses the Senate as Carlisle aims to stay in the House and opposition grows against privatized locks and dams on the Monongahela. Benjamin Wood seeks removal of a 162000 purchase item amid court action over lock numbers.
In Wasuixeros May 5 Belva Lockwood denies libel claims about statements attributed to her. She says in London she visited Mrs Martin and Mrs Cook, enjoyed hospitality, then wrote a neutral account of a curios collection printed in an American paper. She disputes any personal attacks and says she holds no ill will toward the Dada sisters.
In Washington on May 5 a gallery speaker disrupted the Senate adjournment denouncing Democrats and Cleveland. The episode involved Mary Ann Dougherty, famed for her pension bill support from Senators Blair and Davis, who was carried away by attendants as colleagues remarked on her intoxicated state.
Washington May 5 A great pressure is to be brought to bear on ex Speaker Carlisle to refuse to be a candidate to succeed the late Senator Beck in the Senate. Some Democrats urge Representatives to influence Carlisle to avoid a party calamity in the House by losing Mr Carlisle. Carlisle has not been approached yet while Senator Beck lies unburied.
The census will begin in four weeks with over 40,000 enumerators nationwide. A warehouse in Washington is filled with 20,000,000 schedules being packed into boxes for delivery to Census Supervisors.
The schedules for the census are distributed by 175 district supervisors. Boxes weigh 237 pounds when full and total 4500 boxes to be shipped by mail by week’s end. They are carried in mail cars rather than express cars and are among the bulkiest mail items ever received.
Cardinal Gibbons opened a benefit fall in New York to aid the Roman Catholic Home for Immigrant Girls. He urged charity, self respect, and faith preservation, calling the mission house a new gem for the Empire City and urging support from the audience.
Harrisburg May 5 The Soldiers' Orphan Commission reports serious discipline problems at the Whitehall school near Harrisburg. A pupil named Wilson was jailed in Carlisle and several boys confined to rooms after forcibly entering a classroom and damaging seats. Governor Beaver Captain Boyer Inspector Grier visit the school to address the mutiny as prisoners resist and threaten to gain liberty.
A Montgomery Insurance and Company branch in Norristown has shut its doors. Details are sparse, with the closure affecting local policyholders and pending claims awaiting review by the company.
Speculations center on causes for suspension as Montgomery Insurance Trust and Safe Deposit Co Norristown halts. Treas Slingluff loaned 130000 to the firm with collateral including stocks bonds and estate interests valued high. Directors vow to pay depositors in full though funds promised from other sources failed to arrive and partial losses tally.
Beelerix Wisconsin May 5 The private bank of Charles A Mather & Co. closed its doors and assigned to Joseph Yates. Junior member James M Hawley has vanished. Assets are about 110000 with liabilities around 100000. Hawley drew 1000 on a personal note before disappearing. Bank overextended with many overdrafts and poor notes. Assignee thinks 75 cents on the dollar may be paid, but creditors doubt it.
Three opinions filed in Hageisscere on May 5 affirm taxes against the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company for 11352, 20071.47 and 8403.99. The court held loan interest collected by a receiver taxable as if collected by the company, rejecting insolvency defense.
Philadelphia May 5. James Laird swore warrants for the arrest of Charles Menjes Bank of America West Philadelphia branch manager and President Pfeiffer. Laird says he deposited 350 dollars on April 30 and the officials knew the bank was insolvent at that time.
In New York on May 5 the defendants William Wall trustee of the American Cotton Oil Trust filed a demurrer to the amended bill of complaint against Samuel Thomas John L. McAuley James H. Benedict and Edward Aquarhart. They challenge equity and use and say they represent other trustees and interested parties in the action to restrain the trustees from a reorganization.
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