Carnegie Guided Tour Sifts Bedford Site For Library Plan
Carnegie and the Free Library Trustees toured Pitts burg sites noting Bedford avenue may host a branch library while a music hall and main library could be built near Scheoley Park. The group debated accessibility and future site improvements as they walked to Hardscrabble, while Carnegie kept plans folding.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie
James &. Scott
Union Depot
H. C. Frick
Carnegie Tree Library
Bedford Avenue
Scheoley Park
Academy of Arts and Sciences
Board of Trustees
Mr. Carnegie
Bedford Basin
Bedford
Keating
Scott
Gourley
Kesting
New York City
Union sQuare
Herron Hill
Wilie Avenue
H. K. Porter
Schenley Park
Bedford Avenue Basin
Basin
Union Station
Carnegie and trustees choose Schenley Park area as main site
The visiting party views Pittsburg's eastward growth from Black Horse Hill and signals Schenley Park entrance as the preferred main cluster for future development. Carnegie foresees park linked transit and park-front library access, with optimism for 100,000 weekend visitors.
Carnegie Visits Allegheny Library and Praises Building
Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Scott visited the Carnegie Free Library on Federal Street Allegheny last evening. He critiqued the reading room noting a lack of books, praised the art gallery and music hall, and commended free organ recitals as a public benefit with plans for a larger Pittsburg music hall instrument.
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Carnegie
Scott
Federal Street
Carnegie Free Library
Allegheny
Waddington
Mr. Carnegie
Fisher
Music Hall
Leonsre Wales
Bavaria
Bayreuth
Pittsburg Music Hall
Allegheny Hall
Wales
Death of Mrs. Murray at No 5 Arthur Street
An aged colored woman born a slave in Georgia died yesterday in Pittsburg at No 5 Arthur Street. She was the mother of 21 healthy children. A disturbance occurred at the house last night but the crowd dispersed when Captain Unterbaum and a police posse approached.
Fast Pricing on Forbes Avenue Fines Imposed by Magistrate
Fines of five dollars and costs for fast driving on Forbes Avenue were imposed by Magistrate Hyndman on Frank James, William Bright, James Weir, William Hart, John McNeally, Andrew Tafenbaugh, William Miller, Arthur Erdmann, Richard Campbell and James Fleming. The complaints were made by Inspector Whitehouse.
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Forbes Avenue
Hyndman
Frank James
William Bright
James Weir
William Hart
John McNeally
Andrew Tafenbaugh
William Miller
Arthur Erdmann
Richard Campbell
James Fleming
Inspector Whitehouse
Willing to Strike Over Eight-Hour Demand in Jeannette Case
Miners and building trades in Jeannette face a protracted dispute as unions push for an eight hour day and trades clash with non union workers. Journeymen vow to stand by demands while master plumbers split with the association amid talks of a widespread strike.
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Agent Swarts
Carpenters
Beck
Tmers
Builders’ Exchange
J. B. Gordon
East End
H. F. Olnmhausen
Southside
J. Addy
Allegheny
John Wine
F. Dowdle
East Ene
Master Plumbers’ Association
Water Street
Miners Decline Eight Hour Strike Plan
The Trades Journal debunks rumors that the A F L ordering a miners eight hour strike for May 15. John Flannery of D A 135 says the miners have arranged their affairs for a year starting May 1 and will be satisfied with their current six hour work. operators cannot push beyond that as they work by the ton.
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Trades Journal
A. F. of L
John Flannery
D. A. 135
McGaw Returns From Washington on Glass Workers Case
H. L. McGaw arrived home after a four day trip to Washington where he conferred with government officials on the Jeanette glass workers case. He will be a principal witness and has gathered most of the evidence. He said the government aims to test the case to clear itself of odium and that the case concerns the window glass schedule during tariff debates.
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H. L. McGaw
Washington
Jeanette Glass Workers
United States
McGaw
Printers Hear Scale Changes After Type Setting Machines
The printers scale is unsettled with a possible rearrangement if a newspaper office adopts type setting machines. Objections arise from lack of arbitration clause. Typographical Union No 7 to meet next Sunday to review issues. Most dailies accept the scale and have until June to sign. Non affected printers threaten a 5 cent per 1000 increase for manual composition if re arrangement occurs.
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Typographical Union No. 7
Mules Put In Pasture as Hampon Mine Strike Drags On
Superintendent Lawton says workers demand Columbus wage of 79 cents shielding from company store trade while Hampon mine stalemate persists. He notes no store exists and 70 cents is max affordable. Also reports 1,318 pots in blast with 196 idle in window glass operations.
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Hampon
Disrattch
Lawton
Columbus
Puddler Grievance Threatens New Strike at Republic Iron Works
Puddler workers threaten a second strike at Republic Iron Works after the plate mill walkout. The grievance centers on the discharge of Thomas Carney who was sick one day and told his job was filled the next day. The issue has been referred to Vice President Roberts and Amalgamated Association officials for approval.
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Republice Iron Works
Roberts
Amalgamated Association
Thomas Carney
A New National Union Proposed By Stonemasons
Stonemasons long affiliated with the bricklayers plan a national organization and call for local unions to send delegates to a convention. The move would withdraw from the International Bricklayers and Stonemasons' Union while keeping close ties. Separately, the Master Plumbers’ Association discussed the journeymen strike at Post 3 Hall, 78 Fourth Avenue, with another meeting planned this evening inviting master members of both cities.
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Stonemasons
International Bricklayers and Stonemasons’ Union
Master Plumbers’ Association
Fourth Avenue
Meaa
Furnace C at Edgar Thomson Works Closed for Repairs
Furnace C at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works is shut for repairs. The new rail mill addition should operate mid next week. The last furnace, J, will be ready for blast by mid July.
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Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Oak Hill miners strike stalls after failed talks
There is no prospect of a settlement for the Oak Hill miners strike after several unsuccessful conferences. Of the four mines operated by the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company in the county, this is the only one out.
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Oak Hill
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Streator Glass Factory to Double Size After Fire
The Streator glass factory destroyed by fire in Streator Illinois will be rebuilt doubling its former size. The Streator Bottle Company also expands capacity to 800 gross per day.
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Streator Glass Factory
Streator
Ill
Streator Bottle Company
Builders' Exchange Measures Lien Law Decision
A Builders' Exchange special meeting discussed a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling on the contractors' lien law. The group favored the decision, and no action was taken at the gathering.
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Builders’ Exchange
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Flooded Plate Mill Halts Work At Republic Iron Works
Water flooded the mill floor yesterday after a sewer became clogged, shutting operations at the Republic Iron Works plate mill for the day.
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The
Republic Iron Works
Pittsburg Readies welcomes Scotch Irish Society meeting
Mayor Gourley backs a citizen meeting to plan welcoming arrangements for the Scotch-Irish Society of America in Pittsburg on May 2. Officials aim to recruit representative leaders to assist in reception, with speakers from Congress and Canada expected to attend as trade prospects are highlighted.
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Gourley Calin
Assiat
Scotch-Irish Society of America
Gourley
Pittisburg
Pittsburg
Allegheny and Vicinity
Old City Hall
Market Street
Pennsylvania
Cougress
Canada
Pacific Coast
America
South
H. I. Gourney
Accidents of a Day Reported in Local News
A 33 year old man from Mansfield was brought to West Penn Hospital after being struck by a Panhandle passenger train causing severe scalp wounds. A hillside resident fell from a boardwalk on Jones avenue with internal injuries though not serious. A Pole named Peter Brouersky burned his right foot stepping into hot metal at Homestead mill. An electric Perrysville line car hit a wagon near its terminus, injuring driver Robert Born and demolishing the wagon. A man named Wm. S S Porter was seriously injured by a Fort Wayne Railroad train at Glenfield. A wheel fragment from Allegheny Steel Works burst through a roof into the river. no injuries reported.
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West Penn Hospital
Mansfield
Panhandle Road
George Hustleman
Twenty-fifth Street
Jones Avenue
Peter Brouersky
Mercy Hospital
Homestead
Perrysville
Robert Born
Born
Wm. S&s. Porter
Alderman Fines Millvale Father for Neglect and Threats
Alderman Warner fined Adam Moushardt of Millvale ten dollars and costs for neglecting his eight children and ordered him to court on a charge of threatening to kill his wife.
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Warner
Adam Moushardt
Millvale
Carnegie Receives Thankful Reception at St Pauls Cathedral
Andrew Carnegie visited the transformed St Pauls Cathedral in Pittsburg yesterday to view a Madonna and Child painting donated by Carnegie. A reception followed at the Episcopal residence with Bishop Phelan presenting embossed resolutions as a memorial to the donor and remarks from Carnegie.
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Andrew Carnegie
St. Paul's Cathedral
Mr. Carnegie
Carnegie
Grant Street
Phelan
Wall
Fathers Key
Braddock
Sheedy
St. Mary of Mercy
Congrave
West End
Cunningham
Turtle Creek
Conway
St. Paul's
Murphy
the Holy Ghost College
Jerome Kramer
St. Bridget’s
John B. Larkin
Charles F. McKenna
A. J. Barr
John Farrel
F. J. Totten
W. H. Griffen
J. ©. Reilly
John Redgera
James Phelan
Robert Briley
John Kelly
P. J. McNulty
Robert Pitcairn
G. A. Leishman
George Lander
Bishop Phelan
Fifth Avenue
Father Wall
Carnecia
Father
Pius IX
Grace Miller
Alice Carter
Miss Miller
Pittsburg
Colonel Burr
Europe
O’connor
Domenec Sed Tuigg
John A. Leishman
Dr. Wall
Commodore John Rodgers
Father Hickey
A. F. Keating
Charles F. McKenns
Edwin Soles Named Postmaster for McKeesport
President Harrison sent Edwin Soles to the Senate for consideration as postmaster of McKeesport. Soles travels from Washington to McKeesport to file a 70000 bond and will assume duties by January or earlier with a ready bond and forthcoming commission. Wanamaker and Ray favored a Republican who avoided the recent post office feud to conciliate parties.
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Wonamaker
Ray
Harrison
Senate
Edwin Soles
McKeesport
Soles
Washington
MccKeesport
Janet
Wanamaker
Ford Drum Corps Serenades Office In New Uniforms
The Webb Ford Drum Corps of the Fourteenth ward performed before The Dispatch office last evening. They rendered several popular selections in a creditable manner and appeared in their new uniforms with a neat, fashionable look.
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Ford
Fourteenth Ward
Disratch
Cadet Appointment to West Point Shown for Local Student
A letter from Hon. John Dalstell informs Dwight E. Altman of Duquesne Heights of his appointment as a cadet to West Point. The student graduated high school last year with high honors.
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John Dalstell
Dwight E. Altman
Duquesne Heights
West Point
Allegheny Lawmakers Debate City Projects and Rail Grants
Allegheny councils met last night with items on hand for street railways and city improvements. New wards, extended committees, and ordinances to remodel City Hall and fund libraries were discussed amid debates on grade crossings and street paving.
Lawrenceville Citizens Rally Over Stanton Avenue Repair
Posters announce a meeting of Eighteenth ward citizens to discuss repairing Stanton Avenue and challenge the $44,000 street improvement appropriation. Councilmen from four wards are invited to attend at McCandless school tomorrow evening. Citizens oppose funding the Nineteenth ward segment, seeking allocation for the Eighteenth ward portion.
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Lawrenceville
Stanton Avenue
McCandless School
Man vows suit after utility cuts shade trees
George B. Armstrong of 5 Devilliers street complained to Center avenue police that Allegheny County Light Co workers were cutting the tops off shade trees in front of his home. A policeman halted the work after two trees were mutilated. Armstrong had it stopped earlier and plans to sue today.
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George B. Armstrong
No. 5
Devilliers Street
Center Avenue
Allegheny County Light Company
Tress
Armstrong
Maggie Conway Refuses Lockup Sends Cab to Central
Maggie Conway called a city cab from City Hall to Central station to be locked up, but upon arrival she changed her mind and refused to pay the fare. She was jailed and may be held at Claremont on the Allegheny this summer.
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Maggie
Maggie Conway
City Hall
Central Station
Claremont
Allegheny
Awards Granted by Allegheny Poor Board Supply Committee
At last night’s meeting the committee awarded yearly contracts for several supplies. Flour and seed went to Marshall Kennedy and Co. Dry goods to J. B. Harnes and Co. Groceries to Haworth and Dewhurst plus Reyner Bros. and Co. Paints to George Elsenbeis. Shoes to John Fielding and hardware to Samuel McKnight.
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Allegheny Poor Board Supply Committee
Marshall, Kennedy & Co
J. B. Harnes & Co
Haworth & Dewhurst and
Reyner Bros. & Co
George Elsenbeis
John Fielding
Samuel McKnight
Opera Piano by Peek & Son Featured in City Sale Offer
A reader praises the Opera Piano by Peek and Son as a superb instrument and notes the Daily Gazette plans to prize one in a contest. The instrument is sold exclusively at H Kleber and Bros Music Store 306 Wood Street with easy terms $25 down and $2 or $250 per month, with eight year warranty and immediate possession.
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Jeilian Echo
New York Daily Gazette
Piaco
Peek & Son
Gasette
J. Hall Rich Hampsey
H. Kleber & Bro
Wood Street
Cus Towers
Remarkable One Day Suit Bargain
A local ad offers 360 men's black cheviot sack suits at 790 dollars total. Each all wool ensemble features assabet cheviot serge lining with full sizing and first class quality. The outlet, P. O. C. C., at Grant and Dismond, opposite the Court House, promotes these as the greatest bargains.
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C. C
Cor. Grant and
Dismond
Ats
Court House
General Warner Talks on Free Silver and Congressional Control
General A J Warner of Marietta Ohio, longtime Democrat and former representative, visits a Columbus hotel and discusses congressional power over elections. He supports McComas bill and asserts Congress can regulate time place and manner of elections. He also urges silver coinage to raise money supply and curb price declines.
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McComas
Congress
Ohio
Warner
Prominent Cleveland Lawyers in City for Depositions
Stephen A. Northway and William P. Howland of Jefferson Ohio, prominent Western Reserve lawyers, are in the city for depositions. They recalled 1880 Republican primary rivalries, praised Judge Ezra Taylor, discussed McKinley, Butterworth, Kennedy, and Ohio politics, and spoke of reform and the millennium awaiting the Eastern Reserve.
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Stephen A. Northway
William P. Howland
Jefferson
Western Reserve
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Messrs. Northway Sed Howland
Congress
Garfield
Ezra
Taylor
Northway
United States
Whittlesy
Giddings
Butterworth
Kennedy
McKinley
Pennsylvania
Estern
Superior Spring Importations For Gentlemen's Underwear
Large, varied stock of imported and domestic underwear for all ages and builds. English and French fabrics including Balbriggan, merino, lisle, silk, and gauze. Prices from $1 to $19 per garment with extensive white shirts and neglige lines plus hats, hosiery, and nightwear.
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France
Wea Farment
Norfolk
New Brunswick
Allen, Sally & Co
Pennsylvania
Moreley
Oxford
Cambridge
Zephyr
Madras
Silk
Gordon
Fisk, Clark and
Flagg
Fisk, Clark and Flage
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Free Library Trustees
Myr. Carnegie
Gourier
S Park
McKelvy
Wylie Avenue
Roes Street
Boyd's Hill
Aeagie
George A. Macbeth
Moses
Black Horse Hill
Wilkinsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sharpsburg
Allegheny River
Mr. Scott
Birmingham
Jones and Laughlin’ Bridge
Old City
Bloomfield
Bellefield
Oakland
Shadyside
Roup
Benvenue
Hazelwood
East Liberty
Duquesne
Negley Avenue
Morningside Road
Anid
Arthur Street
Building Trades
Hampton Mines
Thomas Carney May Rasel
Edgar Thomson
Republic Plate
Thies Vhcintey
St.Paul’s
City
Carnegie Library
D. Hubley
First
Cochrane
Ft. Wayne
Harman
Ober
Perry Street Railway Company
Troy Hill Road
Garden Street
Perry Street
Madison Avenue
North Avenue
East Street
Troy Hill
Preble Avenue
Cleveland and
Common Council
Carnegie Hall
James Gregg
Ammon
Manchester Street
Reserve Township
Har
Ayer—Mesers
San Dahlm
Ee. Rege
Ee. Rege. Unter, Deed, ‘Arvi Stockman, Thompecs
Lustes
Lz Noes
Messiser
Buente
Curry
Dotrel
Drum
Graham
Poe Hax
Kaiser
Koehler
Lappe
Millard
McDonald
McGeary
MccKirdy
Pappert
Rodolph
Schoudel
Myer
Henry Smith
Stauffer
Stayton Mremmler
Strispecke
Thomas
Watson
Woll
Neeb
Cruikshank
Stockman
Hax
Mercer
Arthur
Hunter
Commercial Gazette
Chronicle Telegraph
Freiheits Freund
Stit
Electric Light Company
A. J. Warner
Marietta
Seventh Avenue
General Warner
Grosvenor
Athens
the Dispatch
DR. C. McLane
Baise “Beth
Ectaeea i
Comade
St. Louis
Peta
Jyl-Uwr
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Fifth Ave
Market ST
Horne & CO
Penn Ave
Penn Avenue
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