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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1891

Page

9

Nine Hour Strike Threat Looms in Pittsburg District Mills

Labor unrest explodes as about 900 workers at Jones & Laughlin refuse a nine hour day shift and strike. Reports say blacksmiths carpenters steel mill shovellers beam mill and bridge mill workers are affected. A meeting at Weber's Hall with over 500 attendees formed a committee to press for a return to nine hours or a firm stand against concessions. If machinists engineers and polishers join, the entire rail mill complex could strike, affecting over 4 000 workers and crippling production on a 1 008 000 cutter bar order nearing completion.

Pittsburg Tueersraten Jones & Laughlins Nly Westerdng Weber's Hall Southside

Miners Strike Disrupts Trade As Leaders Refused Reinstatement

Operators decline to reinstate strike leaders at West Newton and Cannonsburg. About 300 miners walk out. At Buffalo mines the deal offered 74 cents per ton, opposed to 79 cents claimed by officials. President Costello denies sanction and visits the district. Iron firms discuss prices. Great Western Band plans to rejoin M M P T amid union tensions.

West Newton Cannonsbore Panhandle Cannonshore Coal Company Walsh, Etsteel & Co Buffalo Pitesbery Virginia Charleston New York Gas Cont Company Costello District On of Bay

Industrial Notes From The Dispatch Era Firebrick Works Expanded

Gronex H Anpensox Co enlarges firebrick works enhancing daily capacity to 12 000. Joseph Walton Co in Monongahela district reports the largest coal seam row and output now 40 125. Western Plater Board Co plans to start mill on Sromilenan street to produce mackite replacement for glaze. About 80 men to be employed. Tou Leechburg Foundry shifts three doubling and trimming shears to tin plate mill. more orders and German firm talks on a large order. Edison in Menton Park laboratory noted by Frank G Carpenter in The Dispatch tomorrow.

Gronex H. Anpensox & Co Trapper Joseph Walton & Co Monongahela Tas Western Plater Board Companys Sromilenan Street Tou Leechburg Foundry and Machine Company

Yesterday's Hotel Arrivals List Cluttered With Names

A long, unreadable hotel arrivals column lists numerous guests in scattered fashion. Names span cities like New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Chicago, with many travelers including couples and multiple hyphenated or initials. The excerpt reads as a dense roster of attendees from various places, offering little narrative beyond a snapshot of visitors.

People Coming and Going At Pittsburgh Duquesne Meet

A Pittsburgh Dispatch item notes James C. McGuire inspected raw materials for World’s Fair government buildings, Baron de La Bastide of Limoges at breakfast, various officials traveling to Philadelphia and New York, and a crowded hotels register list of Pittsburghers visiting New York with diverse duties and statuses.

James C. McGuire Supervising Washington Duquesne Baron de la Bastide Limoges France Anderson

Nebular Hypothesis Explained By Keeler At Academy

Prof Keeler of Allegheny Observatory lectured on nebular theory. He said stars form from nebula and our sun may be a typical example with planets created in the same process. He warned the sun’s contraction could end in 10 million years and life on earth may perish unless unforeseen factors intervene. The talk notes the nebular hypothesis provides no final solution to this problem.

J. E. Keeler Allegheny Observatory Lick Observatory Academy of Science and Art Earth Loree Liedkelf Rae Ay Vedantares Lansing Mich Eureks Peper Henderson Jefferson O

Late News In Brief From Global Events Of Many Yesterdays

The itemized late news brief lists numerous global incidents. It notes strikes in St Louis, flood relief funds, an Argentine army expansion, strained Brazil Uruguay ties, and a Chicago Masonic Temple cornerstone ceremony. It mentions drought, tornado damage, dangerous waters near St Clair, railway casualties in India, a czar’s route change, coal shortages in Chicago, a lost collier Kathleen, a San Francisco estate dispute, a Galveston firm bankruptcy, weather across Newfoundland, and annexation talk from A B Spreckels. Additional notes cover a British steamer fire, gold shipments to Illinois, Iowa brewery resumption, a Leecxport mill closure, a poisoning case in Amherst, Russian famine bread substitutes, Cleveland’s city status ruling, a Paris murder suspect discharged, a hunted cow rescue, a San Francisco embezzlement arrest, foreign bank branch permissions, and a Pittsburg history feature.

St. Louis Brazil Uruguay Chicago India Argentine Republic St. Clair Liois Mediterranean Bal Mountain Aurora Ill Iowa Sioux City Baker Wire Leecxport Amalgamated Union McKay Amherst N. H Sherwood Cleveland

Dr Pierce medicines warn against counterfeit sales

The maker warns that counterfeits misrepresent Dr Pierce remedies as genuine and sold below regular prices. Authorized druggists now sell only Genuine Dr Pierce products at fixed prices of 1.00 per bottle for Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite, and 0.25 per vial for Pleasant Pellets, with money back if not beneficial. Genuine medicines are guaranteed and refund offered if no benefit.

Dr. Pierce

Night Shirts to Fancy Shirts in Latest Styles Sale

An advert lists a wide range of clothing and accessories with attractive prices and noted brands. Items include full length night shirts, embroidered dress shirts, 4 ply linen collars and cuffs, suspenders, border silk handkerchiefs, assorted silk scarfs, four in hands and tecks, French gros grain scarfs, Wrights fleece lined underwear, camel hair and medicated underwear, wool hose, camels hair hose, merino hose, wool lined gloves, buckskin gloves, and fur top dogskin gloves. Many prices cited as neck price points.

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