New York Brokers Meet Pittsburg Officers Over Brewery Deal
New York agents Pierre and James Naser met J J O Reilly and local brewers Eberhardt Ober at the Duquesne, denying terms were reached. O Reilly said the deal remains unchanged while London awaits syndicate review. Eberhardt denied sale plans and any English takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
James Naser
New York
Yesterdey
Duquesne
J. J. O'Reilly
Pittsburg
Eberhardt & Ober
Allegheny
Drs- Patch
Brewery Trust
Pierre Naser
Naser
Tieere
Bethany College Trustees Meet Before Fall Term
Bethany College West Virginia trustees met at the WY M C A rooms and transacted routine business ahead of the September 30 fall term opening. Afterward a dinner at the Seventh Avenue Hotel included W K Pendleton and wife and daughter Miss A C Pendleton among a group of Bethany and Wheeling notable guests. The West Virginia visitors departed at 4 PM for home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany College
West Virginia
WY. M.C. A
Seventh Avenue Hotel
W. K. Pendleton
LL. D
A. C. Pendleton
Archie W. Campbell
The
Wheeling Intelligencer
John C. Palmer
Alexander Campbell
Police arrest the Little Dutch Doctor in Allegheny
Chief Kirsehler received a Cleveland police telegram seeking the arrest of Dr Maharneke on embezzlement charges. Officers found him hidden in a garret at his Carroll Street home and locked him in the Mayor's office. He claimed the money, about 100 dollars, was wages owed from a Cleveland picture frame factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirsehler
Allegheny
Festerday
Cleveland
Maharneke
Life Penitentiary
Carroll Street
Buffalo
Shooting case at East Liberty station house arrest warrant issued
Apela Lewis rushed to the Nineteenth ward station last evening swearing out a warrant for his wife Ella Lewis. He said she was out visiting and returned intoxicated triggering a quarrel about the Smith tragedy. Ella Lewis drew a revolver and fired twice but caused no serious injuries and was jailed awaiting Alderman HyndmAD's hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apela Lewis
Myrtleland Street
East Liberty
Nineteenth Ward
Smith
Ella Lewis
Hyndmad
McKeesport Prosecutions Hearings and Trials
The hearing in the case of R.5.P. McCocby panics a number of proprietors of pick tents to be held before Maristrate Gripp in the afternoon. Con rad Hausman and W.T. Hunter were both held for trial at court in the sum of 500 each. A. Delacour was discharged for lack of evidence. Other cases were continued until next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. 5. P. Mc Cocby Paniost
Pick Tenet Oe
Maristrate Gripp
Conrad Hausman
W. T. Hunter
A. Delacour
Bridge stock transferred to Pleasant Valley syndicate
The Ninth street bridge stock was transferred yesterday to the Pleasant Valley syndicate. They plan immediate construction of a new bridge at a cost of 100000 dollars. The sale price was 300000 dollars for stock valued at 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Street
Pleasant Valley Syndicate
Brewers Seek More Licenses In Allegheny County
A meeting of 12 of 15 county brewers passed a resolution urging the court to grant more liquor licenses. They argue Brooks law reduced licenses but boosted illegal sale, note home breweries losing trade, and plan to present a petition to Judge White this week seeking increased licenses to curb speak-easies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewers’ Association
Allegheny County
Fourth Avenue
Pittsburg
Youngstown
Ohio
Hardt, Ober & Co
Judge White
William Eberhardt
Daniels
Edward Frauenheim
Drenning Confounds Opposition in Suit to Wed Miss McCullough
Thomas Drenning a white man and Ells McCullough a colored woman faced police, as Drenning vows to marry her despite his mother's opposition. Mrs. Drenning fainted in the lockup after his defiant stance. A magistrate will hear the undue intimacy charge, with possible quashing if a marriage license is obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Drenning
Ells McCullough
Miss McCollough
Hyndman
Notable visitors and residents depart and arrive at Allegheny
A Hanover era of travelers and locals fills the Anderson and Duquesne hotels with names like Keating Rainey Bruner Gangioff Wall Curry Nesbit and Wall. Reports note iron manufacturer ties and coke industry chatter while others head to Cleveland Philadelphia and Europe. Paralyzed worker Samuel Aleer rests as J Wilson Jr and family stay at the Duquesne.
Labor boycott call targets Chinese laundries in two cities
A labor movement rumors a nationwide boycott of Chinese laundries, sparked by Erie Cigarmakers No. 107, with unions in Pittsburg weighing action. Meetings in Labor Hall yielded no concrete steps yet, but leaders praise action and anticipate broader union support to shut Chinese shops and shift business to Americans. Many Chinese laundries employ hundreds, are blamed for not benefiting the town, and some relocate as pressure grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor
Pittsburg
Labor Hall
Erie
Oy Pao
George Ig
Assembly
Saace
Erie Cigar Makers
Workman Ross
Trades Council
Trades Council of St
China
Scarcity of Labor in Flint Glass Industry Expands
A Findlay Ohio glass factory rep boosted hiring as five or six new plants open this fall. About 180 workers will be employed at a 12-pot furnace making chimneys and iron mold ware. Other plants to start include a 14-pot prescription house at Tarentum with 210 jobs, a California Pa plant of 120 hands, Greensburg tableware move from Brilliant Ohio, and East Liverpool and Jeannette plant shifts with Bryce Brothers gearing to start another furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint Glass House
Findlay
American Flint Glass Workers’ Association
Dillon
Tarentum
Charles Byers
Flaccus & Co
California
John Ruth
Wightman’s Monet
Greensburg
Brilliant Glass Company
Brilliant
Specialty Glass Company
East Liverpool
East Jeannette
Storm
Philadelphia
Jeannette
Bryce Brothers
Southside
Secret boycott meeting outlines bakery worker fear and losses
A committee in charge of the Marvin secret boycott met to hear progress from trades unions. Reports said the factory operated only three days a week due to poor business after grocers withdrew patronage. In one Allegheny ward over 20 customers left the firm. The firm faced erosion from other local groups as Swan6 noted Mr Marvin threatened a union if the K of L organized Cleveland bakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin
Allegheny
Eathor
Swan 6
K. of L
Cleveland Bakers
Pittsburgers Ahead Contract Won in Louisville
Br W Alleson of Empire Fire Proofing Company left for Louisville after securing two contracts for the firm. The projects include fire proofing the Louisville Clubhouse and one of the city’s largest breweries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. W. Alleson
Empire Fire Proofing Company
Louisville
Strike Notice in Dilworth Bros. Case Hits L. A. 7190
A fragment from a K of L article notes a strike against the Dilworth Bros. initiated by L. A. 7190 of the local labor group. The statement hints at labor action and union involvement, but details remain unclear due to damaged OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
L. Ware
Hontetria
Dilworth Bros
Louisville Bridge Negotiations Stir Coal Operators Meeting
Major coal operators on the Monongahela met at the Pitts burgh and Southern Coal Company to discuss selling out to an Eastern syndicate and the Louisville Bridge Company action. An informal talk occurred but no deal was reached, negotiations continue, and Walton & Co remain unsettled awaiting the syndicate outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela River
Pittsburgh and Southern Coal Company
Louisville Bridge Company
Walton & Co
Master Horse Shoers Try To Break Strike Ad
Advertising for men reports master horse shoers in this city set to recruit 75 workers with pay from 1.50 to 20 dollars weekly. They met last night and refused any pay raise or Saturday hour reduction. Master shoers all stand firm against the demands of their men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Met
Wife killed by husband in sleep at Fulton Street
William A. Smith shot his wife while she slept at 124 Fulton Street then wounded himself in three nonfatal shots. He alerted a neighbor at 7 A M. the wife died. Dr McCandless performed the post mortem. inquest set for 11 A M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Smith
Fulton Street
Bagaley
Smith
Turner
Gory Smith
J. Guy McCandless
Mercy Hospital
Fire breaks out in Penn avenue store damaging goods
A mysterious blaze on the third floor of Captain J. H. McCloskey’s Penn avenue store caused $600 in structural damage and $1,500 in ruined goods. Firemen battled the flames as McCloskey found the opposite box’s keyhole blocked with dirt and had to break through with a stone. The Citizens’ Traction waiting room incurred new damage as crews fought the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCloskey
Penn Avenue
Citizens’ Traction Line
Damag
Ready by Christmas New Thirty Sixth Ward Station Home
Work begins on a new station house for the Thirty sixth Ward to replace the Thirtieth ward lockup. Kerr Bros will remove the old building on Monday and the two story structure with bathrooms and a gymnasium will be ready by Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty Sixth Ward
Kerr Bros
Local items condensed from two cities in brief form
Thomas Sullivan, riverman, has recovered from a near fatal self inflicted wound at the Marine Hospital Service and will be confined in Mercy Hospital. J W Callahan sues William H Alender for alleged assault and battery. a stone caused injury. Steamers Elizabeth and Hudson to attend Teemer-Gaudaur rowing race. Hudson to carry excursionists. Elizabeth to carry referee and press. Arrested men in Parker joint fined. Tom Byerley held on gambling house charge. Government cigar license issue corrected. Klingensmith’s arm injury may require amputation. Griffith and Carey fought. Carey hurt. Griffith jailed for aggravated assault. Monthly pay for city workers soon. fire bureau and markets paid today. police and streets/sewers by Monday. McAleese filed case against Carrie Winfield for bawdy house on Ross street. Seamine charged with larceny of clothes. jailed. Squire Fields sued for ejecting Challener from office. Abe Faust caught 3 lb 1.5 oz fish in upper Allegheny basin. Woman's Club met. business slowing. James Green jailed 20 days for kicking policeman’s dog. John WaunD, Panhandle conductor, died of consumption. Forged money order case involving Barrx and Debold Monoegold noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Sullivan
Marine Hospital Service
Sullivan
Mercy Hospital
J. W. Callahan
Upper St. Clair Township
Alderman Gripp
William H. Alender
Elizabeth
Hudson
Teemer
Parker Joint
Grant Street
Fitzgerald
Tom Byerley
Ruuhing & Gambling House
Butler Street
Klingensmith
Thirty-sixth Street
Guy Gabries
John Carey
Griffith
Carey
McAleese
Carrie Winfield
Ross Street
Seapole Seamine
Jacul Hock
Seamine
Squire Samuel Fields
McKeesport
W. A. Challener
Allegheny
Abe Faust
Cesate
James Green
Maxwell
Jonn Waund
Mansfield
Barrx
Debold Monoegold
Exro
Why They Are Black Proof Bibical and Scientific
Rev C A Taylor lectured at Avery Mission Church Allegheny arguing Negro and White share common origins. He claimed sun heat caused color change from white to black, cited Noah and Canaan, Nimrod and Pharoahs, and described three skin layers with the middle pigment, predicting rising Afro American strength and future recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Taylor
Colored Republican Organization
New York
Avery Mission Church
Allegheny
G. W. Holliday
Canaan
Canada
Africa
Nimrod
Egypt
Europe
Asia
Acre
Japhet
Mr. Taylor
G. V. Holliday
Father arraigned for cruelty to 16 year old daughter Stella
Michael J. Dougherty, a timekeeper for Malleable Iron Works, was arraigned before Alderman Porter in Lawrenceville on cruelty charges. Stella Dougherty, 16, has served as a domestic in the Fifteenth ward for months and claimed threats over unpaid wages. The case, supported by Humane and Anti Cruelty Society agents, was continued to next Thursday evening. Stella was sick in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael J. Dougherty
M. J. Dean
Alderman Porter
Lawrenceville
Stella
O'Brien
The
Humane Society
Agent Dean
Anti-Cruelty Society
Dean
Dougherty
Malleable Iron Works
Smallman and
Thirty Second Streets
Pitraburg Mallerbls Inox Works
Prrrsevee
Dean Davourer Sienna
Todolt Asever
Still Another Victim of the Pittsburg Flood
John W. Morgan perished after surviving a 12 hour flood ordeal. He and his family rode a roof to escape rising waters, were rescued at dawn, then endured weeks of pain from a paralytic stroke. Morgan, 62, died days later after hospital and home care. His three married daughters and their husbands all escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Morgan
Pittsburg
Johnstown
Mr. Morgan
Homeopathic Hospital
Thirty-eighth Streets
Lawrenceville
Morgan
The Gothic Residence for Priests Near St Augustine’s
A large Gothic building rising on Thirty seventh street will serve as a priests residence for St Augustine’s German Catholic Church. The structure will house modern conveniences and part of it may become a theological seminary to train youths for higher grade colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-seventh Street
Hump Cut Question Revived By City Board
The Board of Viewers met for a preliminary session on grading and paying Fifth Avenue from Penn Avenue to Frankstown. The discussion signals a possible reopening of the long standing hump cutting issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Penn Avenue
Frankstown
Special train to Gettysburg from Pittsburg September 10
The Pennsylvania Railroad will run a special train from Union Station Pittsburg to Gettysburg departing 9 a.m. on Tuesday September 10 and arriving 6 p.m. same day. Eastlake coaches on fast time, stops at East Liberty Braddock Irwins Greensburg Latrobe Johnstown and major points east of Altoona. Rate from Pittsburg is 8.95 for round trip with return allowed until September 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Gettysburg
Union Station
Eastlake
East Liberty
Braddock
Irwins
Greensburg
Latrobe
Johnstown
Altoona
Virginia
Charleston
Southwest Penn
West Penn Division
Bolivar Junction
EXHIBITS GROWING AT EXPOSITION DESPITE HOT DAY
The exposition drew a modest crowd as attendees enjoyed floral, art, and mercantile displays while machinery exhibits promised future value. Odors from lime and tanbark sparked grumbles, yet many enjoyed the Great Western Band in new uniform. Edison phonograph draws crowds at Menlo Park exhibit, Brunswick display features an ivory ball tusk. Ticket sales topped $600 with about 2800 paid entrants and 6000 through turnstiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Phonograph
Browning
Menlo Park
Brunswick-Balke- Collender Company
Schaefer
Slosson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Second Avenue
Politicians Delamaier and Andrews Visit City Officials
State Senator G. W. Delamaier and Republican State Executive Committee Chairman William H. Andrews arrived in the city yesterday forenoon and spent most of the day in room 123 at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. They received visits from Collector Warmcastle, Walter Lyon, James McKean, Arthur P. Kennedy and other local officials before an early supper at N. P. in the East End and departure by the fast line to Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Delamaier
William H. Andrews
Republican State Executive Committee
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Warmcastle
Walter Lyon
James 5S. McKean
Arthur P. Kennedy
N. P
East End
Harrisburg
Escape of Robbery Convict From Dixmont Hospital
Peter Griffin, previously sentenced to six years for a store robbery, developed symptoms of insanity and spent six months before being sent to Dixmont. Yesterday morning he escaped from the hospital while feigning illness and evading authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Griffin
Dixmont
Boy Runaway Foster Child Placed In Newsboys Home
A 15 year old boy named John Lape alias John Mol loy was picked up by Allegheny police. He had been adopted from a children's home at Irwin by Patrick Molloy of Braddock and said he ran away due to abuse by his foster father. Agent Dean of the Anti Cruelty Society placed him in the Newsboys Home and gave him a pewboy’s start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lape
John Molloy
Allegheny Police
Irwin
Patrick Molloy
Braddock
Agent Dean
Anti-Cruelty Society
Newsboys
Pewsboy
Southside Hospital Appeals for Funds and Space
Dr Duff pleads for support for the tiny Southside Hospital, noting dwindling resources and space. He cites urgent patient cases turned away, thanks backers of THE Dispatch, and describes rooms used by the housekeeper while appealing for public donations and new finance committees. A reporter observes neat facilities yet a constant irritation from children peering at patients through front windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Def
Southside Hospital
John Milton Duff
Carson Street
Southside
Rerter
Pittsburg Horseshoers Declare Wages and Prices
A public declaration by master horseshoers in Pittsburg Allegheny and vicinity asserts support for journeymen demands and sets a standard price of $2 for ordinary shoeing. It cites journeymen earnings from $275 per day to $3 and $350 depending on workmanship as the best wages in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Allegheny County
Ten Thousand Fall Suits at Pittsburg Clothing Sale
The Pittsburg Combination Clothing Company announces a city wide sale with 10 000 men s suits priced at 12 and 15 dollars. Styles include rough and smooth faced fabrics cut and finished to equal custom make. Sale begins at 8 o clock this morning at Grant and Diamond streets opposite the new Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Combination Clothing Company
P. C
Cor. Grant and Diamond Sts
The
New Court House
Summer Shirt Closeout at Jos Houxs Penn Ave Stores
Men s Fancy Percale Shirts offered at closing out price of 1 each in the gents department at Jos Houxs Co s Penn Avenue stores with remaining summer stock reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos, Houxs & Co
Penn Avenue
Wall paper stock in city offered by Roberts at 414 Wood
Roberts, located at 414 Wood avenue, advertises the largest and most complete stock of wall paper in all grades in the city. The notice emphasizes extensive selection and quality for customers seeking various wallpaper options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jnc
Roberts
Wood
Market's Largest Stock in City Highlighted
In a brief city notice, investors note Reee and M Sona corner Fink, marking a notable shift in local markets as the largest stock in the city centers attention on Y and Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tifrsa
Also Mentioned on This Page
English Brewery Syndicate
Eberhardt
London
Allegheny County Breweries
Enish
Jali
Cousty
Thomas Keating
A. F. Keating
Keating
W.J. Rainey
Frick
P. Bruner
G. N. Bruner
Cleveland and Pittsburg
Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Road
Louis Ollinger
Charles Gangioff
West Main Street
Medical College
C. L. Work
Anderson
Converse
A. 5
Andrew Carnegie
Bar Harbor
Valley Camp
Messrs
James Cameron
W. F. Williams
T. B. Stewart
W. Price
George Seebie
John Patterson
Francis Tinker
Henrietta Martin
O'Hara
A. Bryan Wall
Liverpool
Wall
Nesbit
Peoria
Ill
R. D
N. H. Campbell
L. L. Sadler
Markley Cameron
Forty-third Street
Atlantic
J. Cooper
Union Line Supply Department
Chicago
Francois Murphy
Indiana
KOK
Samuel I. Aleer
Union
Mr. J. Wilson, Jr
Wapakoneta
Hotel Duquesne
A. C. Magnus
John KE. Ewing, Jr
Uniontown
Pittsburgers
Cesar A. Taylor
John Morgan
Young Theology
Carmen
Shekels
Great Western Band
Koppitz
Langoy
Moses
Eee
Hart
Farrbach Moedley
Conterno Gavotte
Rose of Erin
Moses Lancers
Exey
Parker
Dr.c.mclane
Fleming Brothers
St. Louis
Centemeri
Foster
Foster Hook Kid
Glovza
Foster Hook Kid Glovea
T. Te Ou
Thompson Brothers
Federal Street
Frauenheim & Vilsack
Horne
Cent
Mr. and
Mas
Ing
Buits
Our
Salt and Wrap Department
Store of New
France
America
Horne & CO
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