Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-05-09

Nearly 400 granite quarrymen Mt
Barre, Vt, went out on strike on the
I'd, the cause being the employers re-
fusal to show n discrimination between
union and non-union workmen. If the
strike holds on IL will throw 1000 gran
lite cutters out of employment.
Charley Kitzmiller, son of Il. A. Kitz-
miller, member of the firm of r. Duff e
Sons, fell down the firms elevator shaft
at Pittsburgh on the Sd, a distance of
sixty feet, and was instantly killed.
The young man had just left college
and was starting in life with the firm.
Fire at Scranton, Pa, on the morn
ing of the 2d destroyed the barns of the
Scranton electric street railway, caus-
ing loss of $3.50, 900. The fire was
caused by the careless handling of u
light by car-oiler.
The large shoe factory of John o'Con-
nell IL Sons, at Marlboro, Mass, was
partially burned on the I'd Loss esti-
mated at $40, 900; partially insured.
Charles Pratt, the well known Stand
ard oil magnate and vice president of
the Standard Oil Company, died sudden
" on the 4th at the company's offices
in New York City. He was 81 years old
and leaves family consisting Of wife
and eight children. His wealth is esti-
mated at over S15, 900, 900.
The Barnaby poisoning case has been
placed in the hands of detectives at Bos-
ton, Mass. There have been no new
developments recently.
Thomas +. Hewitt, one of Plttsburgh's
Oldest newspaper men, died at his home
in that city on the Sd of consumption.
During his life Mr.. Hewitt had done
work in almost every large city in the
United States.
Three hundred Philadelphia granite
cutters struck on the morning of the
4th for an advance in wa es from 1925
to 50. so per day of nine hours.
AT Portland, Me-, on the 4th, all the
Western Union and Postal messenger
boys struck for 3lS cents message in
stead of 2l5 cents Wagons were being
used to deliver messages.
At Brooklyn, n. Y, the strikers on
the Steinway horse railway won their
point on the 18th and resumed work.
Jesse II. Lippincott, sole lessee of the
president of the North American Pho
nograph Company, with headquarters
at New York, assigned on the 4th Liza
bilities, $500, 900; assets, 100000.
AT Easton, Pa, on the 4th decision
was rendered by Judge Schuyler declar-
ing that Rev. Mr.. Gross, the anti-Bow-
mantle pastor of the Bangor Evangel
ical church, was the duly accredited
pastor of the church, and not Rev. Mr..
Weyant, who was appointed at the
Bowman conference to fill the charge.
This is the first decision rendered by the
courts in Pennsylvania in the contro-
versy between the Bowmanites and the
anti-Bowmanites.
Three men were drowned on the 4th
at the outlet of Braddocks bay on Lake
Ontario. They were at work on the
Manitou beach, building draw bridge
over the outlet, when by some mishap
the boat was swamped, throwing the
three men into the water.
The Polish sharpshooters at New
York City paraded on the 4th in honor
of the centenary of the Polish constitu-
ton. A flag presented to New York
City was displayed on the city hall amid
enthusiasm. Services were held in the
Polish churches.
c. H. Gurlette, book-keeper, jumped
from a window at Brooklyn, N. Y, on
the 4th, while insane with the grip and
was killed.
The Brooks Iron Company, of Birds
boro, Pa, has notified the employees of
its nail factory that reduction of 16
per cent in their wages will be made
on May Is.
Two hundred carpenters in Hacken-
sack and 1000 in Newark, n. j., struck
ON the 4th for IN einht-hn dnu