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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Nov 13, 1891

Page

9

Strength of Sherman Faces Ohio Senate Battle

The Ohio senatorial contest tightens as Sherman and Foraker factions rally for a caucus showdown. Sherman backers push long service and finance experience while Foraker supporters tout new leadership and anti-Sherman sentiment among farmers and rising Republicans.

Columpus Ohio Sherman Foraker Senator Sherman Ohio Republicans Charles Kurtz Forner Kurtz Columbus Hamilton County Curyahoga Reputnion Senate McKinley

Woman's Place Rewarded for Replacing Torn Flag

Miss Emma Connor, a Crawfordsville schoolteacher, received a silk flag for replacing a torn flag on her schoolhouse. The presentation at the YMCA Armory was led by Charles M. Travis with General M. D. Manson praising the flag devotion. Connor pledged the flag would stay while she remains teacher, as speakers including M. D. White and Rev Switzer commented.

Crawfordsville Emma Connor Young Men's Christian Association Charles M. Travis M. D. Manson Connor M. D. White Switzer Parker Willis The Patriotic Order Sons of America

Iowa prisoner confesses to murder to shield wife

J K Cumberland, jailed in Avoca after arrest in Springfield, Mo., pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree before an Iowa court. He allegedly disclosed the whereabouts of the Robertsons father and son of Harlan Shelby county two years after their disappearance. The confession led to heightened fear of execution, with the court yet to rule. Cumberland is rumored to face a death sentence to punish the alleged accomplice, his wife.

J. K. Cumberland Springfield James Jasper Robertson Harlan Shelby County Cumberland Robertsons Missouri Avoca Yuehing

Keil Elected Treasurer of Amalgamated Association

Edward A. Keil was elected treasurer of the National Lodge of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Workers to replace the late James Penny. The 40 year old Woods Run Parkhouse mill heater has long served as trustee and delegate, with strong labor ties and extensive service on major committees. District officials will investigate Jones & Laughlins engineers grievances, aiming to avert a strike and likely restore ten hour work.

Edward A. Keil National Lodge Mated Association of Iron Workers James Penny Mr. Keil Parkhouse Woods’ Run Penny Keil Choir The Woods’ Run Presbyterian Church Lower Allegheny Jones & Laughlins’ Mill Amalgamated

Printers Claim Strike Breaks in Pittsburg Meeting

The Pittsburg printer employers report 33 offices refusing to sign the scale are operating near full, with many old hands back and offices busy. Strikers accused of petty harassment and bribes, affidavits to be filed Saturday in Murdoch Kerr suit amid claims the strike backbone is broken as new workers stay. Attorneys E A Montooth M A Woodward and Charles Stilme represent the strikers.

Pittsburg Murdoch, Kerr & Co Sapiovet E. A. Montooth M. A. Woodward Charles Stilme Murd Kerr & Co

Pleased With the Industrial School

Master Bricklayers' Association members visited the new trade school on Seventh street and found 11 students pursuing bricklaying courses. President Barnes praised the program saying it will produce better workers and improve the trade.

Master Bricklayers’ Association Seventh Street Unding Barnes

Pittsburg Christmas Club Formed By Young Gentlemen

A novelty group in Pittsburg comprises 20 young men creating the Christmas Club. The informal body has no charter or committees, with T. R. Winans serving as treasurer. Members pay 1 per week, building a liberal fund for a stag dinner at a swell hotel before Christmas with carriages waiting after the feast.

T. R. Winans

Fifteen Men Attack a Train at Collinsville

A gang of fifteen well dressed white men seized Collinsville station at 1 am and blocked Queen and Crescent Line train No 1 from Cincinnati. Passengers and trainmen fired on the robbers who fled into the woods. one wounded robber was captured. Authorities scour the countryside for the remaining culprits.

Birmingham Ala Collinsville Queen and Crescent Line Cincinnati Purar NS

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