No Doubt of Murder in Mrs Dell Case Inquest
Coroner's inquest into the death of Mrs Maria Dell did not establish the killer's identity but produced key evidence. Witnesses traced her movements from Thursday until she was found on the Crooked Run road Saturday at 7 30 pm. Doctors said skull fractures and abdominal wounds could not stem from a fall and found no alcoholism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Dell
Crooken Run
Surlingame
Black
McKeesport
McDowell
Dell
Bollingburg
Mr. Dell
Lile Whalen
Mra Dell
John Palmquist
Dickinson's Hollow
Lillie Whalen
Mary Wilcox
West Wilmerding
Mrs. Dell
Palinquist
Patmnquist
Robert Mason
Ed Bollingburg
George Mason
Charles Bollingburg
Water Scarcity Affects Coke Regions And Town Wells
Water shortages hit the coke districts as mine drainage is used to cool coke. Secretary Bosworth of H C Frick Company noted limited impact but ongoing water shortages. Bellvue also faces drought with few functional wells and talks of building water works. Leila Bennett faced larceny by bailee charges over a diamond and sapphire brooch pawned to borrow money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosworth
H. C Frick Company
Mt Pleasant
Broadford
Leila Bennett
East End
Alderman McKelvey
Amanda Brown
Washin
Brown
Mra Bennett
Bellvue
Wate Wells
Prospects for Settlement of River Coal Miners Strike
The river coal miners strike outlook brightens with talk of early work resumption. Miners in the second pool favor returning at the cut rate of a half cent a bushel, while downriver rates rise to 244 cents a bushel. Managers may guarantee steady work to entice a return, aided by low water which boosts railroad freight, while coal supplies tighten and prices may rise if drought persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Exchange
Davis Island Dam
Beating the Hotels and Camp Sites for the World Fair
Pittsburg clubs lease 35 acres along Papaw lake for camping tied to rail routes near Chicago, Michigan and Indiana lake regions, with campsites planned on Pine and Clear lakes at La Porte. Canadas game laws curb hunting, driving nimrods to Michigan and Wisconsin. larger parties shrink as deer limits and enforcement rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunnavant
Lake Erie Road
Michigan
Indiana
Pittsburg
Chicago
Windy City
Lake Michigan
Mr. Dunnavant
Lake Erie
W. E. Wolfenden
Chicago and West Michigan Road
Papaw Lake
la Porte
Ind
Baw Beese Lake
Kankakee
Kalamazoo River
Dunnevant
Dunnavant Save
Dominion
Wisconsin
Canada
Unruly Homestead Strikers Attack Nonunion Workers
Reports describe brutal assaults on non-union workers including Al Snyder and Charles Mitchell. Thomas Jamison narrowly escaped harm after a chase on Eighth Avenue. A stranger from Braddock and others were beaten or attacked as tensions rose. Police plan extended patrols and more guards at nonunion boarding houses amid rioting. Louis Lewis arrested for aggravated riot. Elmer Donley also assaulted during the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
al Snyder
Thomas Jamison
Eighth Avenue
Jamison
Braddock
McClure Street
Fourth Avenue
Charles Mitchell
Mill Hospital
Forest
Coal and Iron
Louis Lewis
Pittsburg
Elmer Donley
Mark Donley
Double Turn Keeps Carnegie Strike Mood Alight at Steel Mills
The outlook for the iron and steel trade appears bright as mills resume double and triple turns. Jones & Laughlins and Howe Brown & Co report high activity. Homestead and Carnegie plants lose orders while others gain. Howe Brown expands furnaces to meet demand, employing about 690 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones & Laughlins
Carnegie Company
Homestead
Lawrenceville
Howe, Brown, & Co
Seventeenth Street
No Improvement in the Pig Iron Business in the Mahoning-Shenango District
Sharon furnace owner J. J. Spearman notes 18 of 30 furnaces idle in Mahoning and Shenango. Pig iron prices hit a low, with demand lagging supply. He cites $8 per ton drop since costs in 1874 and rail freight resistance, while other trades prosper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahoning-Shenango
J. J. Spearman
Sharon
Anderson
Mahoning and Shenango
Creto
Finishers Plan Break From Amalgamated Association
Dissatisfied finishers formerly in the Amalgamated Association are pushing a move to form a new union. Weekly meetings have discussed secession since the year’s scale was signed, and a Saturday meeting is expected to yield a new order limited to heaters rollers roughers and catchers. The new body may operate independently or in connection with the Amalgamated Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Association
Ete
Crowded Allegheny General Turnaways Prompt Care Plan
The Department of Public Charities sent four charity patients to Allegheny General, including Joseph Deallebarréón from Springdale. With all wards full, Chief Grubbs learned there was no room for John Baldo wright, suffering asthma, and arrangements were made to shelter him at the Allegheny Home after overnight care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Charities of Allegheny
Allegheny General Hospital
Joseph Deallebarréon
Springdale
John Baldowright
Grubbs
Thia
Miss Tildsley
Allegheny Home
Crockery Glassware and Lamps Fire Sale
Our entire $60,000 stock aged by fire water and smoke must go at once with rare bargains in the best sets and lamps. Be early to secure Evans & Co at Third and Market as we clear space for new stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae G, Evans & Co
No Conference Held Over Homestead Strike Hope
President Weihe of the Amalgamated Association denied a meeting with the Advisory Committee at Homestead. Secretary Bain said the men expect to win because mills cannot be run with current workers, and orders are lost due to undercapacity. No conference occurred. only a few Advisory Committee members were in Squire’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weihe
Amalgamated Association
Homestead
Bain
Squire's
Flint Glass Men Meet Over Wage and Price Adjustments
A conference yesterday afternoon in the Stevenson building on Sixth Avenue brought together committees from the Glass Manufacturers Association and the American Flint Glass Workers' Association. They harmoniously agreed on wage levels in pressed ware, aiming to remove recent differences, with no anticipated trouble as furnaces run full and orders remain robust for the year. Separately, the Carnegie Company ordered 150 ton leveling plates from Tod & Co in Youngstown for use at Homestead, eight units of 15 by 7 14 by 15 inches, bolted into a 30 foot square plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glass Manufacturers’ Association
American Flint Glass Workers’ Association
Stevenson
Sixth Avenue
Youngstown
Carnegie Company
Tod & Co
Homestead
Fraudulent notice of bonds and guard against savings losses
A damaged fragment mentions ravcanee papers and bonds tied to a Farmers' Deposit National Bank location on a avenue listing boxes rented at five dollars yearly. It advertises fur renovation by Sam Guanowsky at 707 Penn avenue, urging readers to save dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Voneee Avenue
Beaver Falls Council Urges Carnegie Mill Start Up
Citizens fear the Carnegie Mill will move and pass resolutions at a Beaver Falls council meeting to protect property if work restarts. Three councilmen dissent as influential locals push action amid strike fears and falling business. A citizens meeting is planned to discuss the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of
Beaver Falls
Carnegie Steel Company
Cbquesne
Amalgamated Association
Oliver to address Chamber on freight discrimination in Pittsburg
George B. Oliver will speak at the Chamber of Commerce meeting next Monday on freight discrimination against Pittsburg. Manufacturers will testify as the issue is sent to the Transagang and Railroads committee for a report, chaired by James Scott with Henry Hardship E H Meyers J H McKelvy RB Munroe and J Morton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Oliver
Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburg
Committee On ‘Transagang and Railroads
James Scott
Henry Hardship
E H. Meyers
J. H. McKelvy
RB Munroe
J. Morton
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Das Yet Teen
Flint
News OF the
Great Labor World
Gayley
San Steamship Arrivals
Alaska
JOS. Horne & CO
Penn Ave
Carnegie
Roberts & Sond
Ric
Boudoirer
The
Happy Bride
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Fifth Ave
Market St
Allegheny General
Liebig “Company
Sam
Guanowsky
Penn Avenue
Federal Street
Allegheny
Steinmann's
Oureo
James H. Arex & Co
Fifth Avenue
Ford
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Chata
Penn. Avenue
Kenser
Ean
Stover Bard
Agen Gerygy
Fleishman & CO
Big Monthly
Magdalena
New Mexico
L. Bradford Prince
E. L. Bartlett
R. J. Palen
1St National Bank
Santa Fe
J. S. Sniffen
Socorro
J. M. Tyler
Met
W. H. Dinsmore
Sec
Central Music Hall
Change
Supolio
J. Harper Bonnell CO
New York
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