Judge Ewing Rules Sale of Pittsburgh Poor Farm Inadequate
Judge Ewing holds that the city of Pittsburgh may lawfully sell the Mifflin township Poor Farm under existing acts but that the written joint resolution approving the sale lacked mayoral approval and the case should be decided by decree. The opinion reviews municipal powers, constitutional limits, and prior acts, concluding no fraud or collusion. A final decree for injunction is prepared, and the sale proceeds would finance a new farm within legal bounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judce Ewing
Couneux
Pittsbore City
Mifflin Township
Allegheny County
Guardlians
Pittsburg
Cornelis
Jane Wi. Issz
Pittsburgh
Board of Gardians of the Poor
Department of Public Charities
Ecity
Jane Miss
Board of Guardians
Jinny
Sid
Pittsboro
Sai
Dity
Stupoor
Fittsburg
Awri
Borenga
Pitwburg
Theca
Supreme Court
Jenks Township
Sheffield
County of
Allerheny
P. L
M& Weil
Westmoreland County
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Allerbeny
Act of Assembly
Boards of Guardians
Miffilin Township
Department of Charities
Court of Common Pleas
Court Limits City Powers in Farm Purchase Case
In Westmoreland county Judge Ewing contends the bill is filed by Pittsburg citizens and taxpayers seeking to restrain city officers from contracting with H. S. A. Stewart over the Stewart farm sale, marking a legal challenge to local government action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westmoreland County
Pittsburg
Department of Public Charities
Stewart
Ewing
A. Stewart
New Catholic Church St Adelbert Dedication October 5
The Polish church of St Adelbert on Fifteenth Street Southside will be dedicated October 5. Southside Pattsburg and Allegheny churches will join in the grand ceremony. Built in Romanesque style it seats 1700 with 500 on galleries. Rector Rev L Miskiewicz hopes to finish before bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert
Fifteenth Street
Southside
Pattsberg
Allegheny
L. Miskiewicz
Government building grade dispute delays city promises
Architect Malone denounces a broken promise to align Fourth avenue with Third Avenue as the government prepares contracts. Chief Bigelow confirms councils won't act this year, risking permanent disfigurement of the new building and liability for damages if grading is not completed promptly.
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Malone
City Hall
Board of Awards
Fearth Avenue
DisPatTell
Fourth Avenue
Smithfield
Grant Street
Third Avenue
Cherry Alley
Smithfield Street
Uncle Sam
Grant Streets
Bigelow
Department of Public Works
Love Sunshine and Co Partners in Town Signs
A reader muses on storefront names seen in a nearby town noting humorous strings like Love Sunshine & Co and Irish & English. He reflects that such mixed names can amuse, and jokes about the oddity of business signs pairing unrelated terms while suggesting that names sometimes carry curious meanings beyond the business itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitsburg
Sunshine & Oo
Wen
Balance of funds in assignee’s hands for distribution to creditors
The Fidelity Title and Trust Company as assignee filed a first and partial account showing a balance for distribution of 199 249 38 after expenses and commissions. Liabilities total 1 010 995 16 with about 5 000 creditors, most receiving not more than 20 percent. large claims include Ahlborn 14 189 03 Carnegie Phipps Co 10 000 Flannagan 16 611 22 Jacoby 30 200 Mackey 15 225 Pittsburg Bridge Co 32 369 63 Z Wainwright Co 11 925 J Z Wainwright 11 859 others small. several cents. No asset increase statement filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity Title and Trust Company
Lawrence Bank
Long & Co
A. H. Ahlborn
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Michael Flannagan
George T. Jacoby
William Mackey
The
Pittsburg Bridge Company
Z. Wainwright & Co
J. Z. Wainwright
Garibaldi Club Holds 20th Anniversary Banquet
The Garibaldi Club marked the twentieth anniversary of Italy's unification with a banquet at the Duquesne. Dr. Nardi presided as toast master, welcoming Mayor Gourley, Coroner McDowell, and other Italian luminaries. Flags of American and Italian nations adorned the room as speeches praised Garibaldi and patriotism.
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Garibaldi Club
Duquesne
Italy
Dr. Nardi
Gourley
McDowell
Johnston
McCandless
Nardi
Antietam
Gettysburg
Garibaldi
A Short Line to Buffalo
Railroad circles report Baltimore and Ohio controls Allegheny and Shenango lines to form a Buffalo route shorter by 30 miles than the Allegheny Valley. Pittsburg and Western linked to Butler, Allegheny and Shenango to Mercer, then Franklin to connect with Western New York and Pennsylvania creating a 239 mile Buffalo access. The move clarifies prior tensions and gives Pittsburg a new North outlet aiding local industries and coal trade.
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Baltimore and Ohio Road
Allegheny
Suenango
Buffalo
Allegheny Valley
Pittsburg and Western
Butler
Shenango
Mercer
Franklin
New York
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg
Western
Public meeting for Junior Order in Lafayette Hall
A Lafayette Hall gathering next Saturday aims to promote the Junior Order of United American Mechanics under the Past Counselors' Association. All patriotic groups and the public are invited with no admission fee. Program includes musical and literary items and addresses by Mayor Gourley and others from Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Hall
Order of United American Mechanics
Counselors’ Association
Pennsylvania
Gourley
Stephen Collins
S. T. Tren Esq
W.T. Kerr
E. Lindsay Grier
Rev. M.D. Lichliter
Ohio
West Virginia
Overcharges on a Corpse Joke From Old Express Spill
A Pittsburg and Western express body shipment led to a surprise note from the chief mourner demanding excess charges for a corpse. The employer recalls the episode as a standing joke, told with a chuckle across the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg and Western Express
Wreck on the Panhandle Delays Passenger Trains
An east bound freight train collided with the second section near Shelley's station on the Panhandle road after the third section’s stop cock blew off. Engine Faight was knocked into the tank and slightly bruised as the locomotive and caboose were badly wrecked. Tracks blocked and passenger trains held for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley's Station
Panhandle Road
Faight
Holbrook Appointed Superintendent for Pittsburg Division
Elliott Holbrook is named Superintendent of the Pittsburg division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to replace Patton who resigns to become General Manager of the Pittsburg and Western. Holbrook begins duties tomorrow and previously led the Lake Erie division before serving as engineer for the Staten Island division. No significant changes expected. he is regarded as capable and popular with the workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott Holbrook
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Patton
Pittsbur and Western Road
Holbrook
Lake Erie
Staten Island
Baltimore and Ohio
Movement of Theatrical Companies This Week
The special theatrical express to Cincinnati on the B and O road ran as usual last evening. One of the Finest company went to Columbus and Cincinnati. The Creole Burlesque company will go to Baltimore this morning. The Seven Sisters at the weary tare bake scheduled for New Orleans Marie are bound for Cleveland.
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Cincinnati
Survivors to Meet Over Arsenal Explosion Pension
A general meeting of the survivors of the arsenal explosion is held today at 2 30. Rev McGuire and others will speak as a petition is prepared for signatures to be sent to Congress to pension the survivors. About 30 new living survivors exist with varied financial conditions.
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Arsenal
McGuire
Friends of the
Congress
Eye Ear Nose and Throat Specialist Hanna
Dr. B M Hanna specializes in eye ear nose and throat diseases. Office located at 720 Penn Street, Pittsburgh, PA.
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B. M. Hanna
Pennitsburg
Eicau
Gallinger's Penn Avenue Ad Notices Guns and Goods
Fragmentary ad style text mentions Gallinger’s at 1200 and 1106 Penn Ave with guns and items, a reference to Angostura Bitters before meals and a tailor offering noble fair suits at reasonable prices. Details are unclear but suggest commercial notices and business offers in a local newspaper column.
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Gallinger’s
Penn
Dicesox
City departments face foreign labor hiring clause clash
In the Pittsburgh Finance Committee debate the city charter's US citizen rule for department heads clerks and staff came under fire amid labor shortages. An amendment allowing non citizens if sufficient American laborers could not be obtained was drafted and approved, with Controller Morrow opposing payment to foreign workers under the existing ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Committee
United States
Pittsburg
Morrow
Keating
Robertson
Forbes Avenue
Bigelow
Messrs
Chief Bigelow
Lively union activity at Braddock sparks organizing meeting
In Braddock at Edgar Thomson works a Knights of Labor local assembled about 200 workers at Hibernia Hall led by H F Dempsey and Thomas Clark of District Assembly 3. The move aims to organize blast furnace workers, while rivalry with Amalgamated Association appears limited to surface tensions as President Weihe visits Braddock to form another lodge for mill workers.
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Edgar Thomson
Braddock
Hibernia Hall
H. F. Dempsey
Thomas Clark
Knights of Labor
Amalgamated Association
Weihe
A New Union Stamp Marks Union Glass Goods
The American Flint Glass Workers' Union received about a dozen steel shield stamps bearing A F G W U to brand all union made glass patterns. Stamp size is under three quarters of an inch and leaves a faint indent on molds, deterring counterfeit use and penalties for non union goods.
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Union Glass Houses
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
G. M. Murphy
Schedule Change Sparks West End Strike Threat
Workers on the West End line opposed a new exposition season schedule adding two extra cars and over two hours of overtime. Superintendent Burns offered overtime pay, but the men rejected the plan and the old schedule was restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Burns
Self heating furnace tried at Homestead mills in new experiment
A new self heating apparatus is being tested at Homestead mills. Ingots placed in the furnace retain initial heat and heat themselves. Similar furnaces already operate successfully in Europe, with expectations of future success. Local Assembly No 7247 Knights of Labor, consisting of bakers, held a large meeting to revive regular winter gatherings. The next meeting is set for October 4.
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Homestead Mills
K. of L
Bakers
Fighting the Knights Declares Ban on Certain Trade Members
At a Building Trades Council meeting a resolution was adopted banning members of affiliated organizations from working with members of Painters' Assembly 1597 KE of L after Monday September 29.
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Building Trades Council
KE. of L
Spreading Their Union At Marble Cutters Convention
The marble cutters report growing union activity with new locals forming nationwide. They anticipate a successful national convention with broad representation from expanding unions.
State council to be formed in Harrisburg amid labor federations
A Harrisburg meeting of the Central Trades' Council discussed forming a State trades council affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Deliberations noted mixed union affiliations, with Erie and Pittsburgh unions pushing toward a federation while Philadelphia and Reading delayed. Delegates Carroll, W. S. James, and others were mentioned as part of ongoing personnel changes.
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Harrisburg
Federation of Labor
KH. of L
H. L. McGaw
Central Trades’ Council
Carroll
L. A
Theatrical Assembly
W.S. James
William F. Davenport
German Typographical Union No. 9
Dunbar
Central Labor Union of Erie
American Federation of Labor
Centrales Council
K. of L
Erie Central Labor Union
Pittsburg Central Trades Council
Pittsburg Trades Counccil
Philadelphia
Reading
Erie Union
Federation of Labor Organization
Visitors of British Iron and Steel Institute Entertainments
Delegates arriving in New York for the British Iron and Steel Institute on Thursday, October 9 will enjoy rail and water excursions to mills and glass houses, Davis Island Dam, or Monongahela trips. A preview program will let each delegate choose an excursion, with local committee advice before arrival. Monongahela House serves as the local committee headquarters with representatives all day.
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British Iron and Steel Institute
Davis Island Dam
Monongahela
New York
Monongahela House
Union No 1 elects officers for Western Pennsylvania branch
The Marble Cutters National Union local held a meeting last evening and elected officers including President Samuel Swan, Vice President J M Huddell, Recording Secretary Arthur G Smyth, Treasurer Paul Freezell, and Guardian Charles Myler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Pennsylvania
The
Marble Cutters’ National Union
Samuel Swan
J. M.huddell
Arthur G. Smyth
Paul Freezell
Charles Myler
Industrial Labor Movements and Plant Movements in Allegheny Area
The National Tube Works in McKeesport arranged two puddle departments for coal use. Robinson Hea and Co machinists, who struck over a shop grievance, returned to work yesterday. District Master Workman Evans, touring Butler assemblies, is expected home tomorrow. President Smith of the A F G W A returned from the East and reports matters in good shape. Westinghouse shops in Allegheny sent the last employees to Wilmerding, and the Pennsylvania Fuel Gas Co will occupy the old building. Uniontown Construction employees, who struck last week for nine hours, will return to work tomorrow after demands were granted.
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National Tube Works Company
McKeesport
Robinson, Hea & Co
Evans
Butler
Smith
Westinghouse Shops
Allegheny
Wilmerdin
Pennsylvania Fuel Gas Company
Uniontown Construction Company
Otee
Music Store Offers 10 Percent Off During Pitt Exposition
H Kleber & Bro's Music Store at 506 Wood Street Pittsburgh announces a bargain for fair visitors. Purchases of pianos organs banjos mandolins guitars brass horns or sheet music during the exposition will receive an extra 10 percent discount. Store touts Steinway Conover Gabler Opera Emerson Vocalion organs and Earbuff parlor organs and urges customers to visit three doors above Fifth Avenue for the best music bargains.
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H. Kleber & Bro
Wood Street
Steinway
Conover, Gabler
Opera
Emerson
Vocalion
Kleber’s
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
Heavy trade in Allegheny dry goods as expo cash buyers flood Thornton Bros
Never before this season has there been such a heavy trade in the drygoods business. All stores are busy. In Allegheny at Thornton Bros it has been almost impossible to get near the counters. This is a cash business and Expo visitors are cash buyers, crowding the store.
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Allegheny
Thornton Bros
Al’ve
Pittaborg and Lake Erie Limited Special
A special through trip on September 26 from Niagara Falls to Toronto and return, rate 575 dollars, with sleeping cars. The party will be led by Mr. F G Blackford. Departure listed as 6:15 P M.
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Niagara Falls
Toronto
F. G. Blackford
Wfsu
Infants Clothing and Silk Department Offers Biggest Value Line
A. G. Canonen & Sons displays infants long and short cloaks in white and colors, promising the largest and best line. Silk department highlights black and colored silks at record low values. Ussa Huevas & Hacks markets perfect fitting clothes as woolens stock is unmatched. E. Schaube at 407 Wood St. cites Dicksey the tailor making affordable fall suits.
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A. G. Canonen & Sons
Fifth Ave
E. Schaube
Wood St
Foll Saltings. Order now for suit or overcoat at Pieaien's
Local ad urges readers to place orders for suits or overcoats at Pieaien's located at 434 Wood Street, promoting quick service and ready garments.
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Pieaien’ A
Wood Street
Eleventh Ward Mud Prompts Plea for Police and Fire Help
In Allegheny’s Eleventh ward a large indignation meeting denounced California Avenue’s 12 foot fill. Residents decry impassable mud hindering home access, sewer work, and fire and police response. They demand immediate relief and urge streets be covered with broken stone to restore safe passage.
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Eleventh Ward
Allegheny
California Avenue
Superior Street
John D. Bailey
Gilbert Follansbee
Follansbee
Thomas Keenan, Jr
Keenan
D. B. Oliver
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Councils
Black & Baird
Jotee Ewing
Council
Ewing Ensid
Howard
Power OF Councils Limited
Love, Sunshine & CO
ME. Holbrook
James Eisenberg
Beaver Falls
Germany
Angostura
Trades Council
A. A. of
A. B. Sm 6
L. M'Gaw
Trades Council Committee
Industrial Noves
Pitt“Burg
Pittaborg
Dicksey
Board of Health
Association of Fire Underwriters
Haver & Keenan
E. Schauer's
Marshell
Ohio Street
Schamberg & Co
Smithfield St
Hueus & Hacxe
Brown & Liddlle
AT & Each
Market St
Groetzinger’s
B&o
Lowell
Hartford
Smith's
Roxbury
Edward Groetz
Nger
Penp
Sei-Tyssu
Hiber & Easton
Astrakhan
Gas and
507
Market Street
City Bonds
WM. M. Bell
Bank of McKeesport
Lothal Echeaiey Park
Duyantas Aeons F. Bipele CO
Tone Ave
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