Malblaines Scheme Meets Skepticism From Pittsburg Shippers
Pittsburg shippers react to Secretary Blaine's plan for reciprocal trade with South America. Critics warn free entry harms U S protectionist policy while supporters argue rail access could boost national prosperity. Businessmen from Jones to Macbeth weigh potential impact on industries, shipping costs, and domestic production.
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South America
B. F. Jones
Iron Man
Aoswer
Dispatch
Elaine
United States
Blaine
John H. Ricketson
North
Dvi 2
Earri
T. B. Atterbury
Ile
bin Fim
North America
Library Commission to Act on Ordinance and Board Appointments
The Common Council Committees consider a library ordinance measure and the annou nment of board trustee appointments. Public meetings by the library commission gain support, with press access favored. Holliday says he will move to implement at the next DARL session.
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Carongle
Carnegie
Olliaane
Aly
Atobie
Lin Neveral
Library Commission
Thie Press
C. J. Holliday
Common Council
Commiedon
Mr. Oe
Cownell
Mr. Holliday
Commissioned Officer Sparks Controversy In Water Street Arrest
Mrs C J Magee and an Indy companion were halted on Water Street by Dominick Gallagher who claimed ordinance enforcement. Gallagher cited a commission from Judge Being and was allowed to depart as the case drew scrutiny. Police will investigate the officer’s authority and actions.
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Mra
C. J. Magee
Indy
Water Street
Dominick Gallagher
Lonnie
Man Accused of Threatening Barkeeper at Allentown Saloon
George Frits of Allentown appeared before Magistrate Buccop after an incident at Bruckenberg's saloon. Prosecutors say he grabbed the barkeeper, pulled him over the bar, and threatened violence when refused a drink, with surety of the peace and disorderly conduct cited.
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George Frits
Allentown
Buccop
Engene Enue
Bruckenberg
Broeger
Nee
Axle Works Fire at Ahlborn & Neckerman’s Plant
Fire broke out shortly after seven last evening in the hammer department of Ahlborn and Neckerman axle works at Thirty third street and the Allegheny Valley Railroad. The blaze destroyed part of the one story iron clad building measuring about 30 by 60 feet. The loss is estimated at 900 dollars with insurance through Humboldt Company.
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Ahlborn & Neckerman
Axle Works
Thirty-third Street
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Humboldt Company
Speak-Easy Baby Fights Taproom Raids In City
Reports detail officers raiding speak-easy houses as bail rules trap women and borrowed babies used to gain police sympathy. Dozens arrested for illegal liquor sales across districts while conditions and abuses draw scrutiny from city authorities and the Anti-Cruelty Society.
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Titsle O
Oficlnin
Yemerday
Gore
Gourley
Dean
Slavin
Negley
Calhoun
Nes
Annie Gagnall
Secon Avenue
Mary Mora
Second Avenue
Annie Sexton
Mrs. McVoy
Hill Etreet
Mollie Fatterson
Hedford Avenue
Mary M Broderick
Hetford Avenue
Patrick Sweeney
Poplar Alley
Carrie Johnson
Pastoro Street
Mary Kirkpatrick
Mary Campbell
William Vowinkle
Tustin Street
John Myers
Center Avenue
Joseph Rice
Miller Street
Annie Kearney
Webster Avenue
Kate Oren
Fulton Street
Fred Sickelstein
Fifth Avenue
Thotuis
Flinderferson
M. J. Megraw
Frank Kriesinger
Wire Avenue
Mary Murphy
Whison Street
Robert Clone
Explorers Return After 1000 Mile Country Road Tour
The Dispatch reports the Country Road Exploring Party arrives in Pittsburg after a 1000 mile trek. Tim Sysaratom and the crew unhook Heoaver and Hucephalos, with a wagon record inscribed on the vehicle. Readers can expect serial installments detailing road conditions, farmer plans, and the voyage home past Turtle Creek to Wilkinsburg. Mrs McIntyre in Westmoreland County is noted for cures of dyspeptic tendencies with waffles and chicken gravy.
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Jon Sterien
Tim Sysaratom
Diamond and
Smithfield Streets
Heoaver
Hucephalos
Pitusburg
Somerset
Greensburg
Greenburg
Pittsburg
Bedford
Westmereland County
Turtle Creek
Wilkinsburg
Alsc
Porn Avenue
Jacktown
Westmoreland County
Mra
Jane Mclntyre
Thomas M. Marshall
Thomas Watt
Shade Trees and Electric Lines Controversy in City
Citizens report tree trimming workers climbing branches to string wires. Provisions from 1880s set penalties and split fines between prosecutor and tree owners. Officials warn linemen to wait for arrest when an electric wire trespass occurs amid frequent complaints from residents along the riverfront.
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Hee
Jim
Coburban Resiente
Reese
Dishonest Ticket Sellers Arrested After Circus Crowd
A man named John Harbor sold fraudulent circus tickets to be turned away by admiting patrons. Police captured Harbor after a complaint. a second suspect Abe Milter was arrested later. Both faced forfeiture hearing at the Mayor's office.
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John Harbor
Mell
Allegheny
Harber
Roundseman Zhromerman
Abe Milter
Notable visitors pass through Pittsburg in brief
Wilson Murphy, a longtime pony expressman, returns to his Pittsburgh youth after 32 years in Montana and will stay with relatives in Kittanning. Dr J D Thomas leaves for New York bound for Berlin to attend the International Medical Association conference for about two months. Charles E Speer, First National Bank president, heads to Philadelphia for banking business. M H Smith of Louisville and Nashville Railroad is in Pittsburgh, and James Fank, former Blair county sheriff and coroner, now a Hollidaysburg businessman, is in the city. Count Magri and his wife, once Tom Thumb’s, pass through en route West. George J Neale of Crystal Plate Glass Co in St Louis was in town, as was State Senator A B Walker of Illinois.
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Wilson Murphy
First National Bank
Philadelphia
Speer
Eenakeros
M. H. Smith
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Duquesne
Smith
Louisville
James Fank
Blair County
Hollidaysburg
Magri
Tom Thumb
Pittsburg
George J. Neale
The
Crystal Plate Glass Company
St. Louis
A. B. Walker
Ilinois
Witnesses Link Suspect to Aunt's Murder in McKevsport
Willie Avery, a 6 year old, testified that Eddie Myers drove to Miss Mag Douglass's farm yard, stopped, and shook her corpse upon finding her. Neighbors and relatives placed Myers near the scene with two revolvers reported. Police pursued the weapon and questioned Myers as details emerged from inquest testimony.
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Mr. Moore
Myers
Thera Coes
Willie Avery
Young Myers
Willie
Library committee probes city and state libraries
The Allegheny and Library Committee began a survey of public libraries in Hoston New York and Hartuoro to assess management. Professor Lafferty of the Allegheny Musical Association urged buying the Kam Mers Musical Library at Wooster University Ohio. Residents fear officials may close the library on Monday, arguing it should remain open for rest and recreation on the Sabbath.
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Vyosterday
Allegheny and Library Committee
Hoston
New York
Harthuoro
Prof
Lafferty
Allegheny Musical Association
Kam Mers
Wooster University
Ohio
Hospital Savuriday Charity Drives Memorial Day Boxes
The Hospital Savuriday and Sunday Association plans fundraising by placing contribution boxes in public places. Although past efforts were not very successful, the group will try again on Memorial Day in cemeteries and public areas to aid the sick and injured.
Arrest of Andrew Shields on Larceny Charges
Andrew Shields was arrested last night on five larceny counts preferred by Captain Brophy. He is accused of involvement in the theft of 640 from William Cahey. Shields was placed in the seventeenth ward station, his father posted bail, then withdrew it, and the son remained in custody.
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Andrew Shields
Brophy
William Cahey
Shields
Seventeenth Ward
Two Candidates for Promotion Before Second Brigade Board
The Board of Examiners of the Second Brigade examined two candidates for promotion at the Seventh Avenue Hotel yesterday. Members present were General Wiley, Colonel Smith of the Eighteenth Regiment, Colonel Perchmont of the Fourteenth, and Colonel Hawkins of the Tenth.
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Seventh Avenue
Wiley
Smith
Perchmont
Hawkins
Neeb Campaign Headquarters Opens in Alleghany
John N. Neeb, candidate for State Senate from the Ferryscomd district, opened his campaign headquarters yesterday at the Schreiver Hotel on West Daniel Street corner South Danlel in Alleghany. He vowed to fight to the finish on the warpath.
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John N. Neeb
Senate
Ferryscomd
Schreiver Hotel
Danlel Streets
Alleghany
Trusses Fitted With Satisfaction Guaranteed at Mfg Co
Trusses carefully fitted with guaranteed satisfaction at Artificial Limb Mfg Co, Parmevo, Pittsburg, Pa. Local workers and shop name indicate a medically oriented manufacturing business serving the Pittsburgh area.
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Mfg. Co
Pormave
Pittsburg
Dora Steplein Arrested After Threats and Mysterious Absence
Dora Steplein returned home to find attention renewed on her disappearance. At about 7 20 pm she faced arrest for incorrigibility after her mother filed a warrant. The scene at Alderman Hartman’s office grew crowded as authorities spoke of settlement, with Dora and her mother absent by 2016 and no clarity on next steps.
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Enda
Hartmann
Dora Steplein
Disratcn
Ligsia
Schuetzinger
Dora
Jiora
Alderman Hartman
St. Michael's Church
Rty
Steplein
Hartman
Mra. Steplein
Mra. Stephin
Census Supervisor Oliver delays enumeration payouts in Washington
Canons Supervisor Oliver awaits word from Washington on the return of enumerators and their commissions by mail. An oath is needed before a notary, with assistant Walters handling notary duties. Oliver hopes reports will reach Washington and be audited for payment warrants.
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Oliver
Washington
Heo
Walters
Philadelphia
Man in Critical Condition After Morphine Overdose
James Fitzgerald twenty one year old Westinghouse works employee on Twenty fourth street lies in a critical state at the City Hotel Penn avenue from a morphine overdose. He previously injured his arm, spent weeks at Mercy Hospital, and after two weeks home it again troubled him. Dr Thompson prescribed morphine for pain and Fitzgerald took a large dose yesterday morning. An hotel attendant found him unconscious and Dr Thompson worked several hours to revive him.
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Cornelius Harrison
Penn Avenue
High
Mock Rogers
Second Avenue
Canton Street
Annie Myers
Duquesne Heights
Ciallagher
Riverside Road
City
Deas
James Fitzgerald
Westinghouse Works
Twenty-fourth Street
City Hotel
Fitzgerald
Mercy Hospital
Thompson
Free Dispensary Annual Report Shows Cramped Quarters
The Free Dispensary directors received the annual report for the year ending marshal showing total attendance of seven thousand eight hundred. The report lists general, surgical, eye and ear, nose and throat, skin and children's cases with prescriptions totaling thirty six thousand. A late start for the children's department and cramped quarters explain the lower attendance.
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Surginal
Liz
Mayor's Clerk McCleary to Retire at Month's End
The Mayor's Clerk W. T. McCleary will retire from his post at the end of this month to devote attention to other duties. Mr. Nogh Finn will succeed him in the mayoral administration.
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McCleary iMesignua
W. T. McCleary
Nore
Mideay
Local items recap from Allegheny week
Reports from Allegheny detail multiple minor incidents and official actions. Included are arrests for larceny and melee, a court hearing for a lampooned shirt case, a fire incident thought to be incendiary, a semicentennial celebration planning meeting, park road improvement plans, and workplace injuries at Moorhead mill.
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Joan Litew
South Ride
Twenty-eighth Ward
la Joseph de Lowrey
Pittabore and
Birmingham Street Car Company
Buen Hast
Henry Klecrott
Fountain Street
Kleggott
Tim
Frank Yatow
Vaptan Bogardus
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Citizens’ Committee
Jomanna Heck
Donovan
John Lee
John Arthur
Frazer and
Boquetatrenta
Seminary Hill
Succop
Thirty-sixth Ward
Hannyr Marbpen
Elm Street
Hela
Mather Dennier
Walley
River Avenue
Wyman
Piter Eicces
Moorhead & McCloane
Scale wage talks spark McKeesport strike tensions
Large meeting of National Tube Works employers decided to modify wage demands in a new scale. They planned a 10 percent raise for furnace men and hot work, with gradual reductions for other grades, while carpenters and some machinists would be excluded. The rolling mill shut briefly due to overstocked bar and finished iron.
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McKeesport
National Tube Works
Converse
James Rowan
Thomas McGinley
Realignment Debate Splits Trades Assembly over McKennan Affair
Members of the Trades Assembly staged a heated discussion after Justice McKennan's Jeannette decision. A three member committee including Carrick Ebman and Stoorh was formed to draft a resolution with facts and reasons for seeking removal. Some members warn against trifling with the U.S. Court while others oppose the move.
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Thehotiow
Trades Assembly
Justine McKennan
Assembly
M. P. Carrick
Justice McKennan
Harrison
United States
Cal Wyatt
Wari
McGaw
Oan
Ebman
Fred J. Stoohr
Wage Contests Roil Iron Workers Ahead of Convention
The upcoming Amalga mated Convention opens in two weeks as puddlers seek a 2 cent per ton raise and roughers demand about 6 percent wage increases. Support from roughers is pivotal, but representation is limited with few roughers from major mills. Finishers largely oppose sweeping gains fearing future demands.
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Colon
Issage
Pittsburg
American Iron Works
Jones & Laughlin
Manter Tinners Rejected by Journeymeon in Wage Struggle
The Manter tinners reject the Journeymeon proposal as a strike persists. A night meeting hears a committee report that wage talks could offer 240 dollars instead of 61 24, but no broader raises. Masters’ meeting also notes the situation without resolution as conferees plan to resume talks.
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Honora
Allegheny Gas Committee Approves Main Extensions
Allegheny Council Committee on Natural Gas approves Consumers' Gas Company ordinance to lay mains along Preble avenue Spruce and Benton streets in Ninth ward. Plans include 230 inch main east to Herr's Island bridge and 20 inch to Pine Walnut and wharf areas, plus multiple branches. A special meeting will consider Mr Young's written request next Thursday.
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Allegheny Council Committee On Natural Gas
Consumers’ Gas Company
Preble Avenue
Oliver Iron and Stes! Company
Spruce and
Benton Streets
Ninth Ward
Young
Allegheny Heating
Yaa
Herr’s Island Bridge
Pine Street
Walnut Street
Anderson Street
Robinson Street
Corry
Marn Street
Marion Avenue
Oho Street
Sherman Avenue
Montgomery Avenue
Arch Street
North Avenue
Irwin Avenue
Reese Edwards Missing From Home On Saturday
Mrs. Edwards of Thirty eighth street reported to police that her husband Heese Edwards sixty years old has been missing since Saturday night from their home. He is a sober industrious Morris foundry employee with little money and no cause for the disappearance is known.
Mistaken Identity Leads to Dismissal in Laundry Visit Case
Mina Monberger of 40 Arch Strout was charged with visiting a Chinese laundry on Monthelde. Magistrate Maccop dismissed the case after police acknowledged a blunder and the house had been under surveillance to identify visitors. An innocent girl, Monberger, was discharged once the error became apparent.
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Mina Monberger
Archstrout
Monthelde
Maccop
Aquinat Mins
Original Package Decision Allegedly Impacts Iowa Landowner
In town last night P. H. Malone a prominent landowner spoke on the original package decision. He claimed it has doomed land values and touted sales of $10 suits including Cheviot cassimeres and silk mixtures. He noted fashion trends favor light and dark colors as he described the retail strategy at P.O. C. C. Cor Grant and Diamond opposite the Court House.
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P. H. Malone
Iowa
Malone
Cor. Grant
Court House
Marvin & Co Bread Keeps Price Steady
Despite flour price rises Marvin and Co. continue selling the same sized loaf of bread of the same quality at the same price as three months ago, urging customers to ask for Marvin's bread and avoid other brands.
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Marvin & Co
Marvin's
Pullman Cars on B. & O. Line Between Pittsburg and Cincinnati
The B and O offers Pullman buffer parlor cars between Pittsburg and Cincinnati. First class via B and O is one dollar cheaper than routes with through cars of any class. Handsome drop trimmings and lowest prices from Jos Hans & Co at 4 Bb Penn Avenue Stores.
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Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Jos, Hans
Freres Koechlin's
Jos, Honxe & Co
Penn Avenue
New York Art Annex Opens May 22 With Vast Statuary Display
Outside New York K P Roberts & Bons plan a May 22 opening for their new art annex featuring elaborate room decoration and a rich display of statuary pottery and bric a brac. Ads promote bargains on fabrics, gowns, and photo services at local Pittsburgh stores, and highlight various goods from curtains to suits and patterns.
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New York
K P. Roberts & Bons New Art Annex
Brongo Suntanry
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Cor
Fifth Ave
Market St
Committee Opens Jeannette Case Probe With Wyatt as Chairman
A special committee formed by the Trades Assembly met Saturday night to investigate alleged efforts by Homer T. McGaw to influence Jeannette glassworkers. Cal Wyatt was elected chairman and the panel pledges a fearless impartial inquiry regardless of who may be implicated.
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Mnet
Trades Assembly
Homer T. McGaw
Jeannette Glataworkers
Organ Land
Cal Wyatt
McGaw
Lumber Dealers Hear Committee Report Tonight
The Allegheny County Lumber Dealers association will meet at the Journal of Building tonight to discuss important business including the committee report on the antvaage question. Railways are said to have concessions, promising a large gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny County Lumber Dealers’ Association
Weekend Special on Yard Goods and Remnants
The notice advertises a weeklong sale starting Monday offering short lengths and remnants of fabric. Items include 12 to 30 yard pieces, tapestry remnants, yard goods, and half yard cuts priced from a few cents to a few dollars. Several textile types and sizes are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrain
Mandae
Groetzinger offers Gent’s Outing Flannels and Hosiery Sale
Edward Groetzinger announces a sale at 627 and 629 Penn Avenue featuring men’s and women’s wear including Gent’s Outing flannels, Madras Zephyrs, silk hose, and Lisle threads. The ad highlights patterns, sizes, and varied prices from 25c to several dollars, with night shirts, underwear, and spring jackets in stock.
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Lange and
Ehoiva Seiten
Gent
Madras Zephyrs
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