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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1891
Page
2
The first night show drew a dense city audience of intellectual visitors who filled the great exposition halls with praise for the displays. Electric light effects, machines, and art works impressed the crowd, though heat and occasional disorder marred the later hours as police and staff managed the throng.
Machinery Hall shows mixed exhibits with new features and some notable absences. The miniature glass factory draws crowds as lamp chimneys and glassware are crafted before eye, while a patent lock aids navigation. Aluminum displays surprise visitors, and dynamos replace the artistic electric display as the hall remains busy and instructive.
A fashion exposition showcases dress goods, wraps, and millinery with Paris London and New York style cues. Displays include ne tines inspired hats, satin bows, fur trimmings, and a Worth Paris bust. glove, jewelry, piano, and floral stands enhance the scene for an elegant winter season.
The National Slavonic Society held a field day with about 1500 paraders flowing into the city from Eastern Ohio and nearby towns. General Blakeley spoke at Moss Grove while Joseph Wolf served as chief marshal. The organization notes population estimates and requires members to become citizens within six years or lose membership.
Inspector McCutcheon of the Bureau of Health fights a mouth and foot rot outbreak across eastern Pittsburg dairy farms. Forty cows have been removed as the illness spreads through the stock. The incident prompts concerns about milk quality in the market. A Magdela Lodge event plans for visiting cantons and encampments with a special train from Lake Erie depot for the Soldiers' Monument dedication.
Deputy Factory Inspector Miss Mary A. O Reilly tours local plants in Allegheny with Deputy Baker and Master Workman Dempsey to assess conditions. She visits F J Hein pickle works and a tannery where Polish workers and poor accommodations raise concerns. she plans strict recommendations and will continue visits across the river.
A circular from President Wolde of the Amalgamated Association and other leaders invites Western Pennsylvania labor officers to a September 5, 1891 meeting at 41 Fifth Avenue to reorganize the Trades Council on a broader platform. Representation is one delegate per organization, two for organizations of 100 members, plus one for each additional 100 or fraction. TM Secretary McNamee of the Central Trades Council endorses the plan and predicts a new energy.
The bricklayers dispute heats up as Agent O'Brien and Builders' Exchange President Barnes clash after Barnes cites possible conference. O'Brien accuses Barnes of untrue statements and warns of forming a rival Builders' Exchange. He says workers earn 450 a day and vows to expand union influence. A Friday meeting at K of L Hall is expected to draw a crowd.
The window glass conference committee failed to reach a settlement, signaling a likely protracted conflict. Some eastern firms reportedly granted demands and resumed operations, while local officials and LA 300 remained tightlipped, offering no new developments.
Mr Moorhead of the Vesuvius mill announces that only one furnace is idle as 64 puddlers remain at work in the forge department. The Nailland guide mill will not start yet despite available labor. Next Monday puddlers are to be mobilized amid rising confidence as a new 24 inch skelp mill is being erected in Benwood for Wheeling.
Mr. H C Frick publicly rejected claims he will resign the presidency of the Carnegie coke company. He noted plans to keep trained staff, including Mr. Lynch, and stated Carnegie remains involved, denying any immediate retirement or succession.
A curious finding shows aluminum alloyed with steel leaving no traces after analysis. Aluminum is increasingly used by soft steel makers as a quieter, suggesting a smoothing effect akin to still waters.
Reports indicate Tae Monongahela pools out of ladened craft with no empties. Hod Carriers' Union reaches 1,000 members with zero colored workers. Gas producers are in demand as manufacturers order supplies. Pittsburg Wire Company's mill nears completion and will soon start. American Tube and Iron to expand Youngstown plant amid car shortages blocking rail transport. Hankin red mill halted for coal conversion and repairs. Sixasa, Nistor & Co add a new mill for wider band saws. Foundation work proceeds for engine and arena train project.
Physicians report scores of influenza cases in September signaling an early grip season. Weather shifts and early cold nights are blamed as cases rise with symptoms including drowsiness pains and cold. Doctors warn the disease may be more widespread this year and urge preparedness for a busy season.
City Hall offices host final hearings today for Denniston Avenue grading and paving and the bigger street extension sewer at 10 am. At 2:30 pm the Conrmd Street sewer board holds its final meeting. Earlier meetings covered Foxalley sewer Sapphire alley grading and paving and Evaline Street sewer.
Police Superintendent Weir orders an end to rising Union Suit Club operations. Agent Shouro is notified he will be arrested unless he ceases. Clubs charge one dollar weekly with a rotating supply of suits and replacements each week.
Chief Bigelow said the Garfield pumping station is nearly complete and will be ready for operation in a few days. Residents of the elevated district currently using old wells will soon have good city water pressure.
The Arlington Heights group organizes a literary society to be known as the Arlington Library and Literary Society. A coroner was notified of John Stern’s death, age 40, at his Shexpalure home from a Fifty-second Street explosion last Sunday. An inquest will be held. Allegheny Committee on Corporations lacked a quorum to meet last night. Manchester and Pleasant Valley lines ordinances were to be considered. the meeting’s failure favored the Pleasant Valley company. For sales only one cent a word in the dispatch.
About 20 of 80 Democratic delegates travel to Harrisburg for the convention. Names prominent include F. J. O Leary Jr and Postmaster Larkin. Wright and Tilden appear favored. uncertainty surrounds McCandless and Nugent for Auditor General and Treasurer. Lockstep trade talks refer to a glass trade and a pending conference to settle the dispute.
A policy note describes a cutting affray in Lawrenceville Sunday night possibly fatal. John Pending of Cedar Street in Laurel Avenue, an employee at Carnegie's thirty third old Pot, was involved with visitors to him Sunday night. assailant unknown. Harcourt Place Seminary is mentioned.
A large West End meeting renewed push for faster streetcar transit with talks of a bridge over the Ohio at the mouth of the run. The committee met with the Pittsburg and West End Passenger Railway and with the Manchester company to explore routes and funding.
Civil engineer John B. Dougherty, who visited the Panama and Nicaragua routes, cautions that De Lesseps was weak in control and the French project mismanaged. He notes lavish machinery bought before need, unproductive capital, and predicts the Nicaragua plan may succeed as a business venture amid vast costs and political entanglements. He contrasts with Gen. Grant’s command and cites Alexander Campbell on war spending and global uplift.
The G Garibaldi Legion members held their fifth annual picnic at Aliquippa yesterday. Enjoyable day ended with return to town by 10 o'clock. Reception officers included President A Giammartini Secretary T Stefanelli and Treasurer J Antillo. Dr M Nardyz ex Nirella, with the President, and a Cintas the reception committee was general manager.
A special stockholders meeting approved increasing indebtedness by 250000 to fund a new plant at Twelfth and Etna streets and to retire existing bonds. The new plant aims for cheaper power with automated systems and a 1 April readiness. Edison and Westinghouse interests are aligning for local work.
Wrecks on the middle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad slowed westward through trains. An incident at Spruce Creek near Altoona derailed 15 cars, injuring a brakeman and harming trespassers. Ten through trains arrived late at Union Station as delays spread. No. 18 and No. 5 were delayed east of Altoona.
The exhibit features two bamboo framed houses where He No Tea is made and served under lantern light. A hexagonal main house displays a large bronze dragon and black griffins with lanterns, while a smaller six sided house shows tea being prepared in stone cracks for visitors. A garden of African palms and orientalist touches enhances the display.
A Pittsburgh inventor John Barclay has developed a cold air smoke consumer for the Hornet No 2 towboat that replaces hot air and steam with 13 air inlets, proving complete combustion and no smoke on several trips to Cincinnati. The device cut coal use and saved time, with interest from shipowners and a possible use on locomotives and other furnaces. naval authorities expect favorable reports for adoption.
One lot children's jackets in li stripes and checks at 3 dollars, reduced. One lot and assorted at 35 cents, reduced. Misses waists in Safari and cheviot at 50 cents, reduced one half. Jos. Horge & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores.
Autumn 1891 display from Biber and Easton features new fall dress fabrics in home spun and camel hair with Parisian novelties. American English and French fabrics including serges wide Wales diagonals camel metal piece fesagian qures and fine suitings shown in varied colors and prices.
Extra values for half a dollar with 40 inch Homespuns 50 cents Bourettes TM cents Novel Plaids 50 cents Extra Serges 50 cents Henriettas 50 cents Tufted Stripes 4 cents. A line of 34 inch Arlington Plaids praised for quality and style. Bedford Cord a French dress fabric offered in latest colors from $1 to $13334.
Our collection features new textures for autumn outfits with wide fabrics in 40 42 and 50 inch widths priced from 75 cents per yard. Also available are novelty jacquard patterns and two new corp brands with high style values and premium prices.
Rough woven surface offered in heavy diagonal grounds and popular street shades. Widths 42 and 46 inches. Priced at $1 a yard and $1.50 a yard. Fabric designed for plainly made dresses currently in vogue.
A new heavy diagonal Serge fabric in navy blue and popular shades, widths 39 inches and up, priced 85c to $1 and $1.25. A similar fine twill Scotch Cheviot, close weave, ideal for fall costumes, navy blue and black, 50 inches wide, priced $1.25 a yard.
A new bias stripe pattern in self colors from a renowned French fashion house, origin noted for tone and flair. The fabric is 48 inches wide and priced at $2.25 per yard.
A catalog of fabrics features gold or white hair line plaid on navy ground 50 inches wide at 125 a yard and gray ground English siting with black and gray stripes 50 inches wide at 120, plus Amazon Broadcloth from France at 1 a yard. The store highlights quality cloths and urges customers to inspect goods now.
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