Wintry Weather and Labor Strikes Touch Northwest State
Special telegraph report from Scottdale May 7 describes mass labor actions at Frick works with 200 workers distributed among plants and more being sent away. Secretary Parker reports hundreds refusing to come, eviction notices issued to 500 workers, and protests at multiple coke works. Families face starvation while aid flows limited, and a letter from Ohio provides $90 for a girl shot by deputies in Adelaide.
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ScoTtpaLe
Frick Works
Parker
Braddock
McClure Coke Company
Union
Donnelly, Bessemer
Buckeye
Sewickley
Pleasant
Stonerville
Ohio
Adelaide
Deadly Naked Lamp Ignites Mine Explosion Kills Four
At Ocean Coal Mines near Claneshir West Virginia a gas explosion occurred killing four men. Seven men were underground and 40 waited. three survivors were rescued from a distant section after gas and smoke erupted. Names include James Woucherty and Charles Wellen among the deceased.
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Diepaton
Claaneshir
Eureka Wins First Match in Birmingham Eureka Club Series
In a seven up format at the Birmingham Club on South Twelfth Street ten members from each club competed. Eureka defeated Birmingham 60 to 45 in 100 games. Next contest set for May 21 at the Eureka room on Bradford street with Louis Metz known as Hensel in attendance. Heil Hartman and Saisbury provided refreshments after the match.
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Eureka
Southside
South Twelfth Street
Eureka Room
Bradford Street
Louis Metz
Hensel
Jim
Messrs. Heil
Hartman
Winter Frost Destroys Strawberry Crop In Indians County
A telegraph report from IspiaNa Pennsylvania dated May 7 notes cold weather nearly wipes out the strawberry crop in Indians County and harms grain. Squire Stoneback of Black Lack loses the expected harvest from three acres valued at about $1,000 as frosts withered the plants. A Franklin dispatch reports two inches of snowfall north of town with temporary flurries and brief melting in the hills.
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IspiaNa
Squire Stoneback
Franklin
Uly
Revival Meeting Sparks Claims of Divine Healing by Woodworth
May 7 Caxton reports Mrs Maria Woodworth, a famed evangelist, conducting revival meetings claiming three healings by laying on hands and prayer. She says a heart disease patient Mrs Green Wood, a blind sufferer, and a stomach ailment sufferer were cured. Several assistants aid the meetings.
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Raraton
Caxton
Maria BR. Woodworth
Green- Wood
Hoe Fails to Shoot an Escaping Prisoner in Wriisviile
Officer Holliday arrested Sam Dobbins this morning and Dobbins struck him, escaping as Holliday pursued. Two shots fired near the Mayor's office nearly struck two bystanders. one shot tore through a day book on Joseph Iaw cett's desk and another pierced a gentleman's coat collar.
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Eptomal
Pteraron
Wriisviile
Holliday
Sam Dobbins
Dobbins
Lim
Joseph Iawcett
Trains Strike Two Men Near Lily’s Station
A man’s body lay on the Pennsylvania line near Lily’s station while another injured man named Sesko identified the dead as Steve Borinsky. Both were tramping workers and were struck by a train after a night of wandering. Frosts visit the region for three nights in a row. Strawberries fruits and apples suffer potential crop damage.
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Teresat Talegram
Souxsrows
Lily's Station
Sesko
Steve Borinsky
Corehees
Frost devastates fruit crops in Massillon area
Heavy frost last night in Massillon ruined cherries peaches grapes marking the decade’s worst spring chill. An unknown man was struck and killed by a train at East Conomaugh yesterday morning. Laxk and Morean's men’s furnishing store in Youngstown was closed for a receiver as stock was clamped.
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Jonserows
East Conomaugh
Laxk & Morean
Youngstown
Third party convention quarrels and world fair plans emerge
Reports show disputes among convention delegates in Cincinnati while Edison plans a protest at the Worlds Fair. Other items note a 5 per share dividend payable June 18, a $7,000 circus safe robbery in Marinette, and wartime hesitations near Newfoundland.
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Beecla
Marinette
Wis
Mego
Newfoundland
Antenia St. Loui
Dixon
Jay Gould
Pacoeblo
Col
Metz
Prager
University of Pennsylvania
Roland P. Falkner
Saller & Co. Friday Suit Sale Offer
Ove popular workingmen's sales every Friday. Today only we sell $10 men's suits for $6 at Saller & Co. corner Smithfield and Diamond.
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Smithfield
Diamond
Obituary notices from Pittsburgh area May 1891
A collage of death notices from May 6 to May 7 1891 in Pittsburgh area papers. Names include Duff Kitzmiller Loeffler Mackeown MCCANDLESS O Hara Phillips Reeves Reiter Singer Sloan Waggoner Allaker and others with funeral arrangements at family residences churches and local cemeteries. interments are private or pending.
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Ellen
Sylvester Barry
Philp Gallaher
Wayne Street
Thirteenth Ward
Curran
Milerstows
W. J. Curr
Robinson Aut
Allegheny
Foley
Patrice
Ana
Allagher
Alock P. Evimazete Ells
C James Gallagher
River Bank
Locust
Greenwood Streets
Furpay
Buffalo
Holland
William Houuarn
Sheffeln
England
Henry A. Briggs
Mansfeld Avenue
Thirty-sixth
Pittsburg
Loeffler
Barbara Philomene Loxyfler
P. Schwoebel
Peter Loefler
Avery Street
St. Mary's Church
Mackeown
Baltimore
Har Ceeowrn
William Mackeown
Harker
Pacific Avenue
East End
McCandlers
Leever
Apprenca McCandless
D. H. Campbell
Palo Alto Street
Allegheny City
O’hara
Elizabeth F
Joseph and
Mary O'Hara
Boston
Soho Streets
Phillips
H. Ray Monpd
P Phillips
Robert A
Elia B. Phillips
Perrysville Avenue
Linden Avenue
Alletheny
Reeves
Mary Reeves
Pie Feneral
Arthur Reeves
Twenty-third
Reiter
Louisa Berran
C. D. Reiter
Hemlock Street
Singer
ExLew
William and Margaret Singer
Faipay
Carey Alley
City
Sloan
Andrew Reed Stony
Liberty Avenue
Shadyside
Waggoner
Pisoury
Davi W.waeaeen
Trinity M. E. Church
Stallman Streets
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