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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1891
Page
8
Pittsburg faces a spring labor clash as iron molders plan to resist wage cuts and more apprentices. Employers unite in a defense association to counter the Iron Molders National Union strong in Cincinnati with about 50 000 members.
A Dispatch report outlines a proposed strategy by Ohio Valley, Pittsburg, Chicago, and New York locals to unite delegates and unseat Samuel Gompers as AFL president. J. H. Burt of the American Flint Glass Workers Union is named as Gompers successor candidate. Also notes labor unrest and plant shutdowns at California Glass and Edgar Thomson Works with year-end resumption.
Harrisburg November 26 Special Secretary Harrity Auditor General McCamant and Secretary of Internal Affairs Stewart lead a commission under the Baker ballot law. The system becomes operative March 1, 1892 with booths guard rails ballot boxes and other appliances to be selected and funded by counties. Designs for booths are shown by manufacturers from Harrisburg Philadelphia New York St. Louis and others as the commission weighs options and future decisions.
Basinmaker Melbourne and leading citizens seek to moisten the state next season with ordered rainstorms. Melbourne claims his rain extends 150 miles and asks counties to fund the effort. He offers payment only after rain, suggesting a likely contract. A Northwest storm reports heavy snow and subsequent light rain across Minnesota Wisconsin and the Dakotas with about a foot of accumulation in parts.
The text discusses the Chinese emperor and a French capitalist syndicate pursuing railways and steam engines, predicting vast new mileage. It notes missionary influence on local mysticism toward animals and remedies, endorsing Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a standard cure for various humors.
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