Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-01
MARCH.

l-IrIddy defeats McClelland in the great foot
race At Recreation Park; time l5:IS. three
miles. First trial of new locomotive on the
1t. Wayne shows it will haul sc cars weighing
S,u0o each. The Excelsior Glass Works, Grape
2-Samuei s. Mascn attempted suicide by cutting
himself with 4 kniIe. Miss Nellie O'Sullivan,
who Joined the Little Sisters Of the Poor. starts
Africa
s-Alany accidents and lot of inconvenience
caused by the shortage OF natural gas. At
Tempt made to get the brickmakers out of the
*. OF l.. Allegheny Councils control the Car
negie Library and Music Hall.
4-Grand jury ind 4 true bill against Employ
nlent Agent Geisler. Miss melia b. Edwards
delivers her lecture on Old Egypt at Old CITY
Hail. Strike on the Z. and l.. +. virtually
broken. Chief Brown declares war on ali dis
6.-WiIiam j. Minnick, of Braddock, sent to
DixmonC as insane on the certificate of two
corpus. Soutnside water supply short. POST
master Mexican issues an order requiring
letter carriers TO wear white ties and keep
their buttons polished. First sleighlng Of the
6-John A. Gneland named as postmaster OF
Allegheny. Druggists warned tor breaking
the liquor law. The " Westinghouse Company
receives an order for over :, oO0 brakes Rollers
determined TO oppose the increase asked by the
roughers. Pittsburg and Lake Erie strike OF
5-lhe Telephone Company and Second Avenue
Railway al war. Six candidates for President
s-wilmerding and Brushton file petitions ask
ing for the incorporations OF boroughs. which
granted. Executive Board of the Cen
tral Trades Council instructed 10 take up
Legislative work. The rollers and heaters
protest against the demands OF the roughers
s-Chief Brown says Pittsburg has sOO speak
lO-Gcs ,ee A. Kelly resigns as President of the
Prison Board. Chamber Of Commerce hold
entered against the W. A. Baeder Glue Com
pany. BrlcKRakers' Assembly decide not to
sw,ichmen's St Strike Il; about ] over. Fire captains
ask Councils Tor an increase of salaries.
l-SEndicate formed to buy mp real estate on the
NDrfl>lue. Miners 4 e.
mand Tor an increase Of wages. A big W. &.
7. e. meeting. An soe-pound pressure gas
Miners hold their annual convention at h. of
I2-Fidcllty Title and Trust Company enter suit
agalnst the stockholders of the Lawrence
arrangemthis for St. PatricS's Day. Miners
meeting closes. Mr. Carnegie meets the Pitts
The 6encdfe.ine Sisters cheated Out of Si4. OU0
Is-iudSe Ewing again lectures the grand jury for
their slow work. DIR. Wheeler, counsel for
the defendant. asks TO withdraw from the cele-
tr@fed Mansell case. Gripmen OF the Pitts
Mag t.eir strike. over ], 900 OOO bushels of
Goa! started soutliward. Pennock & Little
Eud Schimpf & Richards swamped by the
Racder failure.
l4-Iruc elll Tor embezzlement returned against
W. w. Young. President, and John Hoerr,
Cashier OF the defunct Lawrence Bank. Pitts
burg Traction Company takes action against
priority OF charter. Heavy runs ON the Ecai
Estate Loan and Trust Company. Allegheny.
gheny, alarms her relatives in Hamilton, Ont.
who make some reckless charges against her
Southside. missing aud is charged with for-
IS suspended. Jake Beckley repents AND and asks sl
10 he taken into the Brotherhood again.
Wikirk defeats Sibert in the five mile race.
l6-John {. Brosi, the defaulter, still missing
Battery OF Go-horse power boilers explode at
Aieeheny All water % WORKS. Captain IDH wiiliam Il an
Reed, the oldest police officer in the country.
eighth place in the Clearing House list. ~
.i7-The state Pardon Board asked to commute
isiic ST. Pairick's Day: rival parades march
under green banners. ). ;. Marvin's business
Diamond street widening found to be Cheap Cheap
for the city. Judges Ewing and Magee open
the License Court: 66 applicants heard in
hurry.
is-Inspector McAleese admits that the police
speak-easy list is not accurate: Judge Magee
scores him severely; 65 applicants disposed OF
ina hours and Is minutes. The Monongahea
Pres6ytery rebukes DR.; Ewing for marrying
Reid for tieing the knot; DIR. Ewing's resigna-
tion accepted.
E-Judge Ewing decides one person cannot hold
both wholesale and retail license.
eO-w. J; Brennan files his petition in regard to
gheuy. The Pittsburg carpenters vote against
The eight-hour movement. Scandreu leaves
a-seheme to form new county out of parts Of
Allegheny, Butler, Westmoreland and Arm
Piits5urg Bureau Of Fire raise sos in two
hours for the benefit Of the fremer.s widows
At the Indianapolis catastrophe. The term of
office OF ID. q. Barr, Surveyor OF Port, ex-
pires.
2-kiyermen and those who live along the banks
OF the rivers very anxious about the high
waters. Contracting plasterers on the south
day'swork. n. 81. Latmer enters suit for
$50 0O0 against Edward Groetzinger.
23-Manager Hanlon leaves for New York 10
testify in the Ward case. More than a dozen
Plitsburgers after one cadeiship at West
Point. Danger from the sudden and rapid
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orphan Asylum placed OH its feet; work OF
building to begin at once.
A-Inu LawrenccYille candor somewhat sur
prises the License Court Judges; nearly half
George l. Oliver, Census supervisor for the
Ninth district, gets down to work. About
1.OOO, 600 bushels Of coal get out on the rise.
pennsylvania tube workers 60 out TO sustain
non-uniOn men. Alice Townsend, the Burles-
gues star actress, dies at the American House
- from grleying over the loss OF her parlor car.
ZS-Trinity churchyard the scene OF n lively
night encounter. The tube workers still on
strike. Creation of the Pittsburg Academy of
Science and Art accomplished at the Chamber
OF Commerce.
ke-1he License Court finished its bearing of
applicants from the city up to the Southside:
SS4 applicants so far been examined. Trinity
ana 81. feter's TO consolidate and Rev MIR. Mac
Kay 10 be rector. General Secretary j. W. Hays,
h. OF L., visits the city and thinks there will
be NO elght-hour trouble. WrouRh. iron pipe
manufacturers meet ana reafirm old prices.
H-Noremac and Hart arrive to compete in the
great race. The \. NJ. G. A. secures a new
Instructor foI the gymnasium. Mrs. Nan
fnent Of children.
8-Local League nagnates talk of sueing the
less lover to Pittsburg aud pays their wedding