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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1887
Page
1
A Rambler criticizes the existing gas monopoly and promotes a competing gas venture in Warren. Citizens rally to signatures supporting a bonded plan, warn against monopoly influence, and anticipate a pivotal adjourned meeting at the library ball to elect officers and form a local board.
The Ledger outlines state law on water company charges and how residents can seek relief. It notes the Warren Water Company lacks a Warren office, explains equitable court remedies under the 1874 act, and offers free legal assistance to complainants to test and reduce excessive or unequal water rates.
Eastern manufacturers show urgent interest in Warren as a competing gas company plans to supply gas at two and a half cents per thousand feet. New Jersey glass and feather firms, a tannery, split leather and finishing, and shoe makers eye Warren Ludlow sites. Local leaders urge united support and a square deal to attract the project, promising cheap, clean fuel and strong railroad access.
The Warren conducted Temperance Bulletin cites Judge Daggett Gerritt Smith and Frances Willard quotes, urges prohibition and abstinence, notes high license debates, Mormon and Jewish views, Oregon amendment, W C T U efforts, and Y M C A youth activities in Warren County with reading rooms and scrapbooks sent to Miss Mertie Cole.
During President Arthur's era costly pictures were installed in the White House. The artist seeks government purchase and Cleveland’s recommendation, but he declines noting he needs no interest. Frances’s entry placates Cleveland, who calls pictures mere baubles. Arthur differed. Also mentions G A Strickland seeking county superintendent and H A W Webber in Irvington, with The Clarion normal school opening April 12.
Trade conditions remain strong overall as manufacturing and labor activity surge in many cities while freight rates and a new railroad law stir unsettled expectations. Reports cite wage gains, strikes, and rising union activity in Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New England, with substantial railroad robberies and mounting labor tensions shaping the scene.
Rome reports the Holy See has ruled in favor of the Knights of Labor, upholding their aims while preserving conditions. Cardinal Gibbons’s document is endorsed, and Canadian mandaments against the order grant absolution upon obedience to future Holy See decisions. The favor is revocable if members align with current agitator theories.
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