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

7-P. N. Shaner elected Superintendent OF Public
meets the Library Commission and agrees to
give an equal voice in its management to
Councils and citizens. Edward Brisbin, OF
Stoyestown, convicted OF making and passing
counterfeit money. Congressman Ray recon-
mends Edward Soes for Postmaster OF Nc
s-Andrew Carnegie at meeting of the Board sf
Irssees &c o ct o the f IS, ne free
movement being agftated in all the building
trades growine out OF the action taken ny the
eymen piasterers demand shorter hours and
an Advance Of wages, Mrs. Mary yG =. o sullivan
ages caused by the leakage Of an old salt well
above her houses on Second avenue. J1dge
breaks down mentally while endeavoring TO
deliver an address at the First Presbyterian
church. Jeremiah Wit one OF the Somerset
county counterfeiters. convicted.
S-Andrew Carnegie makes a critical examipa-
o AeRsenp ais and aso calls & ST. aa
Cathedral residence where he is thanked Tor
a Smn Of ae lis Sond
to Washington as postmaster at Mckeesport.
Allegheny Councils refuse TO pass the ordi-
nance appropriating Sl00. 0C0 for remodeling
the City Half. D. l.. s. Nicely appointed post
master at Sewckley.
1e-The American Defense Association; composed
of members of the Jr. q, U. A. NJ, met in
Allegheny. the primary object being the de,
Congressional district and favoring George
Shiras Ill The master plumbers decide TO
men. n loTssase of Of go oco fied in the Re-
corder's ollie toward ending The trouble of
local % Nati6n%I II league I Baseball Club directors
put up $10, 600 to keep the club in Plttsburg.
argument heard in the case Of the Pittsburg
Traction and other companies against the
Duquesne Traction Company TO restrain the
latter from laying its railway on certain
Fife appointed messenger in the
Department of Public Safety. Neeb and Rutan
hustIing for the Senatorial nomination. Citi-
zens of the Eighteenth ward demand that their
end of Stanton avenue be repaved w. 81.
Library in Allegheny. The striking tuners
start cooperative shop In Aiieghsny;v . Il 9hn
E6srnardt elected presdenf @ 81 ehe Sisbosow
postoffce robbery case on trial in the United
States Court: Knights of Labor barred out Of
suicide in Allegheny by banging.
12-Max Moorhead, iron manufacturer not
dams by the Government Or the prices offered
Prospects bright for ending the plumbers
strike. Wages of employees Of the United States
Express company reduced 10 per cent Mrs
Thomas. OF Clark and Fulton streets, terribly
NTH annual meeting of the Young Mems Bible
Society of Allegheny County Rules for the
Councils. American Mechanics expec; to
send 3, Uoo men to Chicago at the meeting Of the
National Council.
dinance to meet the views of Mr Carnegie
Republican business men preparing for
Gov rnor. The RedistrictinS Commission add
2Sto Pittsburg's voting places large num-
ayers Of the Blind Asylum agree to Mrs.
Schenley's selection of a site for the building
pioyes of the National Tube Works, at NC
keesport. struck for more wages. Board of
amounts FITS soosh 0PfnH's Fiinn securing @ ing
81 contracts. a.
l4-An the brewers in the county Join the union:
Worlds Fair Commissioner. H. 4. Watson,
Chairman Of the Democratic County Commit Commit
tee. opposes Pattisorl and wants Wallace
John W. Chalfaut elected President of the
Duquesnc Club. Booth Finn determined to
the United States District Court Titnan and
Casterllne were convicted of the Nicholson
Pfttsburg and Lake Erie Rsilroad and Super
intendent Holbrook for libel. placing dam
Committee OF citizens to receive the Scotch
Irish guests, Excessive heat causes the death
ofa Hungarian laborer in the Keystone Roll
15-Local lawyers and dealers worked up over the
original package decision. Physicians inquire
into the sanity of wife-murderer Smith. Gen.
sus Supervisor oliver announces the names OF
district enumerators. stonemas ms withdraw
from the Bricklayers and Stonemasons' Union,
and will form separate organization.
Home for bachelors. at a cost of $50. UOo. to,be
pot. Allegheny Councils making preparations
for the semi-Centennial Annual session of
the Allegheny classes OF the Reformed Church
meet and settle the Zion Church quarrel.
Margaret Douglass, aged 81 years. mur-
dered near McKeesport, and her nephew.
james L. Myers, arrested for the crime. John
e Cross found dead on pile of logs at Mckees-
port, with his breast crushed in: murder sus-
Of fLawrencevilIe, dies after having been we'd
ded on her death-bed. The ordinance TO grade
California avenue causes row In Allegheny
Common Council. Trouble between the paint
ers and the Knights of Labor, on the ground
by the Federation Chief Brown, of the De-
partment of Public Safety, declares war on the
6uGset-shops as gambling concerns: ,s In iae IN T.
Chambers Mckee Glass Company, James
Campbell and William II. slicker charged
i,,rHn NO nj M NM r. renders
verdict of not guilty.
17-Much excitement in McKeesport over the
the coroner develops the fact that John Gross.
who was found dead at McKeesport had
Mine Workers decides that there will be no
strike. john Wese Augusta Woifand M Maggie
false arrest, they having been charged with
shopiift1inT ,1;,ns friends hold ~, en,,rs,, s,,c
meeiiRg to boom his candidacy for Governor.
Controller Morrow decides that police magis.
rses have % no right to remit zines tS yames
of numbering his aunt Miss Douglass: John
Smith a discharged workmen on the Pittsburg
and Western road causes sensation In the
Al esheny depot by an attack on Trainmaster
Reese. John T. Eberhardt officially declared
SeSiee %orsers' association. Wiikms6urs vote to
increase its Indebtedness for the public schools.
Judge White refuses an injunction in the case
of the Pittsburg Traction Company against the
Duquesne Company. John smith suicides by
Allegheny. The Trades Council decides to
keep tab on the would-be legislators.
l9-Henry Hesler. wears old. killed by Pleasant
Warmcas,Ie asks the treasury Department to
send special officer to Pittsburg to look
2o-Strikers at McKeesport modify their demands
for an increase. Grand Lodge l. y. o. F. ip
2l-IocaI meal me- dealers object to the decision of
the Supreme Court which prevents State In
mens pt'Uf Of IS coo on his theater SITE Board Of
assessors getting returns from liquor dealers
as TO the amount Of business they expect to do.
The strike at Mckeesport losing the men
$40. 600 day. Mayor Gourley rescinds the
order requiring bail for persons arrested for
minor oGeuses. Meeting OF the first state Con-
vention of the Daughters of Rebekah, 1. o.
Z-p A. B. widener says the Pittsburg Traction
Company is to REFUGE fares TO cents. Henry
Swindelf, well-known Alleghenian, attempts
of the reformed Presbyterisn Church. Of
North America. convenes In Allegheny.
23-Mrs. Emma Beck arrested al Nc keesport for
completely in the murder Of Miss Douglass.
contest in Allesheng. @ MEL Mckeesport sport empi9Syes M ,Ss
work, their troubles having been settled by
arbitration. Alta convention of manufacture
ent 1 Ga prises s Phoebe @ Collins. aged 50, Of Nc.
Keesport. convicted on ten Indictments Of
larceny and receiving stolen goods.
A-A hurricane does great damage TO property in
Allegheny county and throughout the State.
The President announces his intention OF being
present at the scotch Irish Congress.
25-Bayne's friends hold big meeting In Allie
gheny. Cole Freeman, VINO attefnpte 10 COM
init suicide at Altoona, arrested for completely
in the murderof Miss Dougl at Nc keesport.
Striking timers dissatisfied with their organi-
zation, claiming that their troubles have not
been properly handled.
26-District Master Evans protests against the
action of the Pleasant Valley Directors In dis
charging Knights of Labor. Rev. Samuel
Maxwell, of Trinity z. 4. Church, delivers his
farewell sermon.
Z-Phtsburg. through its Councils, accepts An
drew Carnegie's gift of 81, 00O 600 for the estab
Iishment of a public library and music hall.
Chief Elliot, of the Department of Charities,
suggests the removal Of the Poor Farm. Un-
employed timers say they did not 90 out on .
strike. but were locked out.