Miners in Irwin Region Rally Amid Tense Strikes
Intense excitement surrounds striking miners near Irwin as events threaten to spark a larger disruption. President Harrison visits, with limited official action today. Edmund C. Fowler is named to fill a vacancy in the Post Office, while Judge Strong and Judge McCalmont arrive at Mountain House. Colonel Stone departs for New York amid rest at Cresson.
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Srimes
Harrison
Park
Mra Meee
Park Cottage
Edmund C. Fowler
Clarkson
William Strong
United States Supreme Court
Mountain House
Cresson
Matters in Irwin Strike Sparks Chaos at Coal Tipple
Report from Irwin describes mounting tension as new workers, guarded by police, emerge from the tipple while crowds of women clash with officers. Italians sought after by operators as Poles and Russians scarce, deputies consider fighting but refrain. Vice President Turner vows to reduce crowds and serenading as new workers depart.
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Inwis
Jeannette
New York
Pittsburg
Turner
Trouble Brews in Coke Strike at Frick Works
Report from South Pa 11 e line confirms brewing trouble in the coke region with a potential mammoth strike at the Frick works. Negotiations between Knights of Labor leaders Robert Watchorn Patrick McBride Master Workman Kerfoot and Standard plant reps and General Manager Lynch are expected to yield a settlement amid secret convention deliberations.
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Specia
Mammoth
Frick Works
Bie
Order
Robert Watchorn
Patrick McBride
Hae
Kerfoot
Parker
Standard
Lynch
Engtsver
Knights
Valley Works
Watchorn, McBrite
Frick Company
Hendricks Farm Well Produces Six Hundred Barrel Rate
Special telegram from W Va reports Watson well No 2 on the Hendricks farm struck the sand yesterday afternoon and is producing at 61 barrels per day. The well is 12 feet in the sand and improving. It lies near the Dancan Oil Company well on the Jones farm, cited as the largest in the field.
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Ronrer
Disf Atocr
W. Va
Watson
Hendricks Farm
Dancan Oil Company
Jones Farm
Harmony to Rowlesburg Railroad Company Incorporated
The Harmony Parsons and Rowlesburg Railroad Company is incorporated to build a line from Harmony Randolph County to Rowlesburg Preston County with its principal office in Parsons Tucker County. All stockholders are Philadelphia residents.
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Parkersburg
Harmony
Parsons
Brakeman Barnes Tries to Kill Wife Then Shoots Another
Special Telegram from Newark Ohio reports Fred Barnes a Hattilmere and Ohio brakeman in a jealous drunken frenzy attempted to kill his wife then fatally wounded James Burke a shoemaker. Barnes is under arrest.
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Newark
Fred Barnes
Ohio
James Hurke
Burke
Barnes
Missing youths and a railroad wreck reported in brief
Special telegrams note Ralph Campbell aged 17 missing from McKeesport since Saturday and Oscar Wild an English butcher who disappeared weeks ago. A landslide on the Pittsboro Fort Wayne and Chicago line near Perrysville Lucas wrecked a freight car loaded with fruit delaying trains. J C McMahon, Pennsylvania Company railroad man, charged with assault in New Castries.
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McK&esport
Ralph
Joseph Campbell
Erepieces
Lim
Fon
Oscar Wild
Dispatcil1 Alliance
Pittsboro, Fort Wayne
New Castries
J. C. McMahon
Pennsylvania Company
Erie Conference Meeting Recalls Ministers Conduct Debate
The Erie Conference session extended with reports by Presiding Elder Kummel and A Wheeler noting a rise in necessions and new charges. A stormy debate on minister conduct led to H E Johnson of Greenville having charges withdrawn after a later vote. The Women's Home Missions anniversary featured addresses by returned missionaries and officers, with Mrs E J S Baker presiding and G P Fry and Jane Bancroft speaking.
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Erie Conference
Kummel
Meadville
A. Wheeler
New Castle
H. E Johnson
Greenville
Johnson
Aye
Women’s Home Missions
Women's Home Missionary Society
Mra E. J
Baker
G. P. Fry
Jane Bancroft
Methodist Church
Ohio Wesleyan University
Operators and Miners Agree on Dead-Work Scale
A Joint Committee report proposes a coal dead-work scale with higher pay for large vein operators and adjusted rates for rock and slate. The scale takes effect October 1, but larger nonrepresented operators may object and the question of higher mining prices awaits contract expirations.
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Atoona
Fire at Hill Farm mine spurs Darting efforts and gear
Workers resume intense effort to quench the Hill Farm mine fire as the large fan runs at 550 RPM and water is pumped 600 feet along the main passage. Branch pipes deliver jets to multiple points while overhead falling material requires vigilant safety measures.
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Ispatou
DorBak
Hill Farm
Dunbar Furnace Company
Pastor Convicted of Stealing Hardware Knives
In Reading on September 11 Rev. Martin Luther Fritch once pastor of a flourishing Herks county reformed charge was convicted of larceny for stealing knives and small articles from a hardware store. He awaits sentencing and is no longer serving his congregation, creating a local sensation. Mysterious railroad collision occurred near Russells with a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train rear ending a standing freight train injuring yardmaster Brown and the fireman. no passenger injuries reported.
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Reading
Martin Luthur Fritch
Herks County
Sand
Snorrox
Chesapeake and Ohio
Russells
Brown
Mystery Barn Fire Hits Westmoreland Coal Company
Flames destroyed barns and a summer grain crop at Westmoreland Coal Company tonight. The cause remains unknown with blame aimed at strikers by some and denied by others. No injuries reported.
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Westmoreland Coal Company
Gas and gas line notes from Indiana and nearby towns
The telegram reports on planned development by Indiana Gas Company along a line from burg to west of Deckers Point, water and flooding issues at Jeanette, a fraud incident in Huntingdon, a farmer losing 300 dollars to a card racket, a Parkersburg reunion prep for the Army of West Virginia, an acquittal in a self defense shooting in Brookville, and various business and accident notices including a house fire at Dallas West Virginia and a gas well site update near McKeesport plus social lodge excursions and local industry moves.
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Maxiox
Indiana Gas Companys
Burg
Deckers Point
Lower Two Lick
Huntingdon
Jeannette
Parkersburg
Army of West Virginia
Andrew Nichols
Frank McGovern
Brookville
Inspector Evans
Johnnstown
Dunbar
Hill Farm
Haxpter & Co
Charleston
W. Va
Frank Pickering
Toledo and Ohio
Pickering
B. F. Mount
Dallas
R.A. Townsend
New York City
Ponxsutown
Snyder
Pennsylvania Renting Company of
Pittsburg
McKeesport
Fivebundred
Odd Fellows
Brownsville
Mck Yesteraa
Fae McKneepark
Shooting of General Barrundia on the Acapulco
Reports from St Jose de Guatemala recount Captain Pitts of the Acapulco firing upon General Barrundia as he resisted delivery to Guatemalan authorities. Barrundia allegedly seized two revolvers and shot at Captain Toriello Pitts, who returned fire and killed Barrundia. Pitts ordered the guards to withdraw.
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City of Mexico
General Barrundia
Rcazpulco
St. Jose de Guatemala
Pitts
Acapulco
Mizner
Toriello
Barrundia
Tigers
Hart Williams Wedding in Washington PennsylvanIa 1890
At the bride’s parents home in Washington Pennsylvania on Thursday September 11 1890 Miss Greatrupe M Hart and Henry W Williams both of Washington were married.
Notices of funerals from the Pittsburgh area
Death notices list several funeral times and locations for September 10 to 12 1890. Names include Elizabeth Bell Elizabeth Boyd Margaret Canavan Philip Leak George Farmerie and Katharina Huck with addresses on Bellevue Penn Avenue Washington Avenue and Forty fourth Street. Services are at homes churches or stations with private interment and invites to friends and family.
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Bardsley
E. K. Best
Willis Street
Nunnery Hill
Maar
Joseph Bardsley
Bell
Elizabeth F
W.S
Isabella Bell
Bellevue
Boyd
Elizabeth
Joseph McConnell
Collier Township
Walker's Mills
Union Depot
A. J. Canavan
Margaret Cannavan
Temple
A. J. Montgomery
Washington Avenue
Allegheny
Daubenmeyer
Penn Avenue
Jacob Daubenmeyer
Ebeak
Philip Eleak
Farmerie
George A. Farmerie
Winebiddle Street
St. Joseph's Curch
Famiy
Fleming
Elmmanerts Fleming
James A. Fleming
Kew
St. Paul M E
Liberty Avenue
Bloomfield
Huck
Kartherina Huck
William Huck
First Alley
Allegheny City
Seeren
Joho
Alice E. Si
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Sew
Dispatcr
Ing
Emeline Dillon
Seraron
Hi Farm
Hood
Lowell
Butler
Freez
Miles
Jos
Fleming & Son's
Market St
Flelehbmaon
Casey
T. D. Casey & Co
Liberty St
Fleishman'’s New Cloak Department
G. D. Simon’s
Ohio Street
Fleischman
New Cloak Department
Littxe
Loon
S. S
Crema
Boutheide
John Coyne
Erevessss
M. Ruox
Sereesees
Patrick McGuire
Mary Kelly
Pney Webb
Lena E Miller
Katherine M.iebatins Jr
H. Bath M. Dimond
F — Owens
Holasow
Kaczemarak Magdalena Letka
Sheafer & Lloyd
Wattles & Sheafer
Fifth Avenue
Latimer's
Ufacturer
O McClintock&Co
Wiltons
Mognets
Body
Brussels
T. M. Latimer
South
Sely Wr
WOOD
Himmelrich
McClintock&Co
Samuel R. Baldwin
John 5S
Graham
Baldwin &Graham
Pennsylvania
Boynton
Glouwr
Ytorrth
Sixth Street
Boggs & Buhl
Rasie
Paulson Bros
Wood Street
Market Street
Braddock
Braddock Ave
Wfsu
Fifth Ave
Fens
Carload
Keech
Ninth Street
Sixth St
City
Anthony Meyer
Meyer, Arnold & Co
Lim Penn Avenue
James M. Fullerton
East Exd
A.M
J. B. Murdoch
Sechrield
John R. & A. Murdoch
Smithfield ST
the Mercantile Agency
R. G. Dun & Co
Germania Bank
Diamond
North America
North American
Ecnss
Suceare Sts. Yaecronen
Pena
Proctor Knott
Sones Oseph
Federal St
Hopper Bros.&Co
Cor
Fourth Ave
LAIRD
OE Sale
Balmoral
Button
Congress
M.S
Lairyt
Mammoth Shoe Stores
Wholesale House
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