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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1890
Page
6
Correspondence from Boston describes large Labor Day crowds for baseball and boat racing as J F O’Neil transfers closing games to Brooklyn. The piece covers team rotations, player form, attendance, and the ebbs of Boston and Pittsburgh clubs amid league tensions.
Chronicle of multiple 1900s era baseball matches across venues including Chicago, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Brooklyn. Players like Hetchinsen Mullane Piters and others are listed with game scores and outcomes.
The day's card lists matches across leagues with teams including Pittsburg, Chicago, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Cleveland, Buffalo and others. Weathered by transport and travel, the lineup features intercity games across major markets.
A three match pairing features Columbus versus Syracuse, Louisville versus Baltimore, and St. Louis facing Rochester. Each game presents regional rivals with potential postseason implications and competitive stakes for standings.
Lawyers Louis Hutt Jr and Harry Freeman will sue on behalf of players Curtis Welch Mickey Hughes Eddie Seward Wilbert Robinson George Shaffer John McMahon Danny Lyons Kid Balawin and Jack O Brien for unpaid salaries. The case seeks exact amounts due with wage liens ahead of other claims. A separate judgment by George W Walton for lumber 234 pounds led to sheriff attachments at the grounds yesterday.
The Wanderers Cricket and Athletic Club of Chicago defeated the St Louis Amateur Athletic Club 62 to 46 for a $250 silver cup. John Ryan set two Western records, posting 29 feet 54 inches in the weight throw and 41 feet in the shot put, breaking prior marks of 29 feet and 42 feet 7 inches.
Fred Pfeffer and Ed Williamson of the Chicago P. I. club say action is needed this winter to end the current baseball conflict. They note efforts are under way to reach a deal but decline to detail it. Williamson says no progress has been made and Pfeffer mentions a conversation. They fear the National League will not quit, and warn that without a solution next season there will be no conflicting dates.
Director O'Neil of the local National League club will move remaining games to Brooklyn to finish the season with the Brooklyn club. The change promises financial gain for O'Neil and the Brooklyns. After the Brooklyn series, his team will play exhibition games with clubs of the Allan We Association and others. O'Neil has taken 11 players to Chicago.
The Our Boys club ends its season after two games with one win and ten losses, part of a 5 loss streak. Among Blaze amateurs, Dietz leads the list of pitchers and is noted as an effective hitter with improving form.
The Clevelava P. L. travels to Exposition Park to face Hanlon’s team. Al Johnson’s squad hopes to upset the Pittsburghers in a spirited series opener. Morris and Quinn to lead the home battery.
The article reports E C McClelland issuing a three mile race challenge to Peter Priddy to be run at Homewood Driving Park within three weeks after articles are signed. McClelland and Priddy are noted as two of the era’s best distance runners and the event would be a major foot racing showdown.
A telegram warned to arrest any passenger on inbound freight trains from West Alexander. Samuel Chambers, about three miles west of West Alexander, was robbed of $125 on his way home from the Baltimore and Ohio station after a Washington fair. Two men seen on the train are suspected. one medium height heavy, light mustache, the other tall and thin. A tunnel watchman saw them discard a book identified as Chambers. A $100 reward is offered for the captured attackers.
D M Barringer, a Philadelphia society man aged 30, swam two miles in the Delaware yesterday afternoon. He remained in the water for nine and a half hours without rest, finally stopping only as darkness and incoming tide made continuing unsafe. He surpassed Dr Penrose’s recent one mile amateur record and set a new long distance mark.
A group of 25 young men plans a purse of 1000 dollars for matches at Exposition Hall in Pittsburgh. Cal McCarthy Johnny Stuart Johnny Murphy and 11-pound contenders are named for four-ounce glove bouts, with talks of larger purses possible. John Metzger of Pittsburg requests responses from listed fighters and notes the local boxing fever.
The first gathering at No 6 Irwin avenue Allegheny drew wheelmen Searight Ward Charles Ed Frizell Whitesides Snoderass and Jordan who signed as members. A second meeting is planned at the park circle next Thursday followed by an at home gathering to organize.
Philadelphia on September 7 reports a famed race between cyclists W. W. Taxis and W. J. Wilhelm of Reading. The event, widely anticipated, drew attention as two regional stars prepared to compete.
A race at Brotherhood Park ended in a dead heat on the first try and again in the second trial before Taxis claimed victory. Time recorded as 3:14.1.
Michael Sullivan father of John L. Sullivan died at Roxbury after a short illness. His passing came as the family could not reach him in time, and the elder Sullivan's last wish was to see his son one more time before dying. He was born in Ireland 65 years ago and left four boys and three girls, with two sons and a daughter surviving.
The tenth annual fair of the West Virginia State Fair Association begins tomorrow in Wheeling. It features 15 speed events with total prizes near $4,000 including a 3-year-old trotting purse of $350 and a 2:50 class trot of $300. Other days offer pacing and running races with substantial purses. Livestock exhibits are expected to be immense.
Several sports items reveal transfers and plans across baseball, horse racing, and betting. Key figures include Jockey Taylor with Merre Lorillard, Hanlon evaluating players, and Cassatt returning to turf with Lorillard’s stable. References to racing earnings, arranging exhibitions, and upcoming seasons appear throughout the notes.
Captain Gus Tim fractured his leg after tripping on a cellar door in the East End. Italian laborer Michele Mombrodia injured in an explosion near Brushton station and admitted to Homeopathic Hospital. A Peyton’s livery team crashed a carriage in Allegheny. two occupants escaped by leaping free.
A boy in Knoxville yesterday conducted an electrical experiment by dropping a wire from the trolley line on St Clair Road. The trailing wire caught under a milk cart drawn by two horses, knocking the team down. Crews freed the team after about twenty minutes when the wire was removed.
The raid at Mrs Sisas Mullin's place on Natrona street led to a disorderly conduct charge. William Norris's Belmont Street residence in Allegheny was raided with John Mills John Devary and Mrs Norris detained amid disorderly charges. At Paul Lashaway's Frankstown Second Avenue boarding house, Lieutenant Schaffer and five officers dispersed twenty three Hungarians for drunken conduct.
The Finishmen's New Cloak Department offers black and blue jackets satin faced and 25 inches long with an elegant fit at 750 dollars, bargain at 12. This ad markets upscale outerwear at a discounted price.
Sunday event at ene o'clock Captain H HK Sinclair 75 years president of the First Nationals at his residence on Sixth avenue McKeesport Pa Notice of funeral hereafter.
A Washington dispatch notes Republicans harming their party image in both houses. Internal tariff and silver bill disputes, clashes with Senator Quay, and sharper language mark the debate. Analysts warn such infighting could hurt Republicans in the forthcoming off year.
The tariff bill debate in the Senate拖 trails toward completion after two months. The lengthy discussions and revisions promise about 2000 pages in the Congressional Record with 15 to 50 pages of tariff matter daily. The note adds that the Record includes a Sunday issue, while Monday work is absent as speeches appear to members on Sunday print.
The passage denounces Senate speeches in the tariff debate as partisan and aimless, noting that amendments consumed most of the work while votes remained unchanged. It highlights McPherson’s dilatory motions and errors on steel rail and sheep figures, arguing the tariff is portrayed as robbery by a misinformed public.
The piece laments Republican leaders shifting from a broad national view to local interests in tariff policy. It accuses Senate and House Republicans of grounded self‑interest, citing Kansas re‑election concerns and Blaine's reciprocity as final blows to the protective tariff, while Democrats are blamed for earlier damage.
James H. Mann treasurer of the American Ax and Tool Company of Pittsburg urges a national stand on reciprocity. He notes 14 large factories and that the firm ships three quarters of U S axes, supporting Blaine and Sherman Atd Aldrich tariff amendments. He cites current duties and predicts a tenfold trade increase with reciprocity.
The passage questions reciprocity in tariff policy, noting a $160 per dozen duty on axes from Mr. Mann and asking whether other countries face the same. It argues removing duties would invite equal concessions from Britain and Brazil and could impact large factories and trade relations globally.
E. W. Lightner argues that without lowering American wages to match those of foreign workers, reciprocity and foreign markets will not revive U S manufacturing. He warns that even with tariffs, reduced domestic purchasing power would harm demand, asserting no foreign trade without wage cuts.
The Langston Venable contested election case is expected to be taken up in the House on Tuesday. O Ferrall plans to use delaying tactics to block Langston, aiming to force a quorum walkout while Democrats back Venable. Republicans sympathetic to Mahone may join the opposition, but Langston is seen as likely to prevail in the end.
Washington September 7 The Record did not include the notorious speech by Bob Kennedy in its early edition. It is rumored Kennedy plans to publish Tuesday with some predicting he will refrain, while others say his reckless temperament may push him to reveal it.
Boston, September 7. A dispatch table from leading clearing houses shows last week’s gross exchanges with percentage changes from the same week in 1853. Pittsburg ranks eighth, reflecting its position in the financial world as per the Clearing House data.
Deputy Sheriff H C Smith and family faced a bold burglary as two masked men tied Grant Smith to a bed post after binding and gagging him. The boy drew a pistol when an intruder opened a bureau, but the cartridge misfired. Proper robbery left money and silverware untouched.
Moncant Town reports a west side Monongahela railroad is seen as likely. Builders have bought most coal along the riverbank and control the right of way. Richard T. Lowndes Colonel Hew Wilson and Henry G. Davis are linked to revived plans with Elkins for a West Virginia Central branch to Pittsburgh.
A man identified as R K Wallace of Mercer Pa was found drowned at Murphy's Bottom in the Allegheny. His coat and a card with his name were left by the river bank and he sent a telegram to George Wallace Mercer for help. An inquest was held. the body bore $33 a silver watch and two letters.
Early today at Hill Farm mine the night shift, after a week of work sealing the manway, discovered a fire 1500 feet in. The fan is stopped to curb spread and water from above will be used. Workers enter from Ferguson side to assess actions as smoke and black damp rise from ground holes.
Special weather bulletin reports a cold wave advancing from the Dakotas into the St. Lawrence Valley with freezing temperatures in Wyoming and Montana and frost in Northwest states. High winds and rain hit multiple regions as a new low forms in Washington and Oregon.
National water readings show varying river levels at Mongantown WanrEN Browns ville Heeling and Loota with clear warm conditions. Cincinnati reports rivers falling. a steamship Alaska arrival noted in New York. An unidentified man, about 23, killed at Brinton station, described by clothing and appearance.
At noon tomorrow Governor Buckner will call the Kentucky Constitutional Convention to order the first since 1852. George Washington of Newport is named Temporary Chairman. The presidential slate includes ex-Governor Knott, Colonel Bennett H. Young, Henry D. McHenry, and Brutus J. Clay, to be named without nominations and without vote solicitation.
Latrobe residents protest a 100 percent gas price increase by the Cambria and Westmoreland County Gas Company. The firm serves Latrobe Johnstown and nearby towns, prompting a possible move back to coal as a fuel.
A mob of about 50 men surrounded officers and rescued a gang member during a North End confrontation. Officer Phalen was seriously injured in the melee as the gang attacked the deputies and their companion.
In Mt Pleasant on September 7 a large barn owned by the heirs of the late Michael Truxel was destroyed by fire this morning. The origin is unknown but suspected incendiary.
Daisy Moore was arrested by a Youngstown detective in a house behind 184 Sandusky Street Allegheny. She bailed a friend to Youngstown for 500 dollars and then shipped out. She was taken back to Ohio.
Officer Snyder of Alleheny found a helplessly drunk man on the Pittsburg and Western Railroad and sent him to the lockup. Moments later a train approached and likely would have killed him.
Baltimore on September 7 reports the death of Lilan Grubb the actress and singer at her father’s home. In private life she was Mrs. David Hayman and had eight years of stage experience.
Reports indicate AB in Braddock area where a train collided with pedestrian Philip Richards injuring both legs. A separate riot near Wheeling led to a brick being thrown at a Free Station streetcar. The Swedish Independent Club of McKeesport plans to push Congress to appoint a Swedish Consul for the McKeesport Swedish community.
Robert Burns, an electrician in San Francisco, was shocked by a 2000 volt current from a malfunctioning dynamo while repairing it. He was knocked down and believed dead before regaining consciousness. Another worker was badly blistered and complained of lung pain. In a separate incident Michael Connelly, a topman at Lucy furnaces, was found unconscious after going to the furnace top late Saturday night, presumed overcome by gas.
The passage notes that the depicted item is advertised as equal to Ivory though it is not. It frames counterfeits as inferior replicas and hints at broader consumer risk and deception.
The Rich grain distillery at Uniontown Kentucky burned this morning destroying several thousand gallons of whisky. Loss estimated at 80 000 dollars with 45 000 dollars insured. Fire suspected arson. Patrick Foley and John W. Giles, associates from Pittsburg and Smoky City, arrived in Philadelphia and stay at the Girard House.
John Sax president of the Nashville City Bank and his family spent yesterday at the Duquesne after returning from bankers' convention at Sara. Otto Frey has returned from a three months trip abroad visiting noted watering and summer resorts of the Fatherland and is much improved in health. Mrs J E Jones of Jackson street and Mrs E J Bubb of Lombard avenue Allegheny visit friends in Butler county. W B R Patterson of Kittanning and John McKeown of Washington stay at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. James McCrea third vice president of the Pennsylvania Company left for Philadelphia last night.
At a regular monthly meeting William Kennedy was elected Financial Secretary to succeed Jenna Corbett who resigned. A special Randall Club meeting is set for Thursday night to act on the new constitution and bylaws.
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