About the Fate of a Poor Widow.
Pittsburgh Dispatch 1890
Even More Ghostly activites on Pittsburghs South Side
Another ghost story dug up by Donna Gunton on Face Book Page South side History Buffs
About the Fate of a Poor Widow.
Pittsburgh Dispatch 1890
About the Fate of a Poor Widow.
Pittsburgh Dispatch 1890
A Walking Ghost which Terrified Pittsburgh South Siders in the Late 1800's
Having spent a lot of time in the South Side in my youth I never heard of this story till now
which I found in a Face Book Group South Side Pittsburgh History Buffs posted by Donna Gunton
Excellent research Donna.
Seems Residents where frightened by the site of a ghastly ghost looking figure was tall and thin with heavy slouch hat and cloak first seen at a local cemetery walking among the graves at 15th street . While police where quick to dismiss it as some one playing games after the 2nd such time it appeared
But not so fast He appeared
many other times and in different places mostly on moonless nights.
Never uttering a word and often accompanied with a ghost dog.
One man even supposedly striking the dog with a stone he threw at it and it made no noise as to indicate it was even hit. People got so scared there was a call for it to be shot.
So who or what was this ghostly figure seen walking around the South side was it a real ghost looking for something it lost ? or some one playing games ?
Unlikely we will ever know as all those involved are now long gone and so is many of the areas the ghost walked being replaced by the steel mill and housing .
The South Side has completely changed since the mills are no more so many structures have been ripped out and replaced .
which I found in a Face Book Group South Side Pittsburgh History Buffs posted by Donna Gunton
Excellent research Donna.
Seems Residents where frightened by the site of a ghastly ghost looking figure was tall and thin with heavy slouch hat and cloak first seen at a local cemetery walking among the graves at 15th street . While police where quick to dismiss it as some one playing games after the 2nd such time it appeared
many other times and in different places mostly on moonless nights.
Never uttering a word and often accompanied with a ghost dog.
One man even supposedly striking the dog with a stone he threw at it and it made no noise as to indicate it was even hit. People got so scared there was a call for it to be shot.
Unlikely we will ever know as all those involved are now long gone and so is many of the areas the ghost walked being replaced by the steel mill and housing .
The South Side has completely changed since the mills are no more so many structures have been ripped out and replaced .
Update: The Strange Unused Tunnel along Carson Street in Pittsbughs Southside has an even Darker History and good reason why it was closed it became known as The Murder Tunnel
With some further research that mysterious Brown Tunnel as it was known along Carson Street which was closed and bypassed with a set of stairs around 3rd street was done so for a reason.
It became known as the Murder Tunnel
after 2 Italians and 1 workman's remains where found in the tunnel which allowed people to get to homes on other side of railroad tracks to Manor St. which are now long gone.
It became known as the Murder Tunnel
after 2 Italians and 1 workman's remains where found in the tunnel which allowed people to get to homes on other side of railroad tracks to Manor St. which are now long gone.
According
to a 1885 description in the Pittsburgh City Directory, Manor street
ran from Brownsville (Arlington) ave. to South 17th. Manor street along with a school was
razed in 1932 to make way for the lower extension of McArdle Roadway,
from the Liberty Bridge to South 10th Street.
The Forgotten Morewood Massacre in Westmoreland County
As you ride down US119 near the Pa. 981 Mt Pleasant exit you will pass by an old YMCA and Sports complex . If you get the sudden feeling of sadness or grief there is a good reason.
7 Coal Miners would loose there lives near this intersection during the Morewood Riot as it was known across the street from Morewood Coke Ovens which where on the site at the time.
They where a thousand strong protesting wage and labor conditions in a prolonged Labor Stoppage at the all too well known and Infamous Henry Clay Frick coke ovens ,when Sheriffs deputy's let loose a volley of fire killing the 7 Coal Miners instantly and 2 who would pass from their wounds on April 2nd, 1891
7 Coal Miners would loose there lives near this intersection during the Morewood Riot as it was known across the street from Morewood Coke Ovens which where on the site at the time.
They where a thousand strong protesting wage and labor conditions in a prolonged Labor Stoppage at the all too well known and Infamous Henry Clay Frick coke ovens ,when Sheriffs deputy's let loose a volley of fire killing the 7 Coal Miners instantly and 2 who would pass from their wounds on April 2nd, 1891
There is nothing left of the town of Morewood or Coke Ovens only the superintendents office to see and a road with a name.
It was all but forgotten tragedy .But luckily it has been remembered by a handful of people who helped to get a state marker in place and a memorial where they are buried.
One of a handful of bloody and deadly encounters between lboir unions and management .
It seems even today unions only know one way to negotiate and thats with force,threats and intimidation .
Which has gotten hundreds killed. and why groups like the Iron & Coal Police, Pinkerton's and Baldwin Felts detectives where formed in the first place. You have a right to strike , stop working for some one and to protest you do not have the right to destroy property and when you do the results seems to always be the same and so was the Morewood Massacre or Riot as it is some times known.
Instead of working with management to make things efficient and increase production so wages and benefits can rise its always strike and destroy . This is why unions get very little support or sympathy from the general public.
A most Unusual and Mostly Forgotten War memorial on Pittsburgh's North Side
If you walk thru West Park on Pittsburgh's North Side and walk behind the National Aviary
you will find one of the most unusual War Memorial in the area .
Built in 1914 as a remembrance of the Spanish American War
an actual Torpedo Tube of the USS Maine which was sunk in Havana Harbor in Cuba and which started the war is on display ,as well as one of the 3 plaques is dedicated to Lt Friend William Jenkins who was Killed on the USS Maine and only Pittsburgher aboard it at the time. Only 2 other city's have a piece of the Maine as part of their memorial displays
While it was originally believed to have been an Exploding Mine in the harbor which sunk the ship more modern explanation is believed to be a fire in a Coal bunker on the ship caused it to sink when the fire broke thru the bunker into ammunition bunker nearby.
While the truth may never be known we do know many served and perished during the war and we have a permanent naval base on the island of Cuba as a result.
I grew up in Carrick and one of my Neighbors Charles Martin was a Spanish War Veteran and actual Roosevelt Rough Rider who charged San Juan Hill who was 101 years old when I spoke to him and he always thought our own government was behind its sinking.
Mr martin was present during the ceremony for the memorial
Special thanks to Jaison Viglietta For the excellent pictures he recently posted on Face Book of the Memorial below.
you will find one of the most unusual War Memorial in the area .
Built in 1914 as a remembrance of the Spanish American War
an actual Torpedo Tube of the USS Maine which was sunk in Havana Harbor in Cuba and which started the war is on display ,as well as one of the 3 plaques is dedicated to Lt Friend William Jenkins who was Killed on the USS Maine and only Pittsburgher aboard it at the time. Only 2 other city's have a piece of the Maine as part of their memorial displays
While it was originally believed to have been an Exploding Mine in the harbor which sunk the ship more modern explanation is believed to be a fire in a Coal bunker on the ship caused it to sink when the fire broke thru the bunker into ammunition bunker nearby.
I grew up in Carrick and one of my Neighbors Charles Martin was a Spanish War Veteran and actual Roosevelt Rough Rider who charged San Juan Hill who was 101 years old when I spoke to him and he always thought our own government was behind its sinking.
Mr martin was present during the ceremony for the memorial
Special thanks to Jaison Viglietta For the excellent pictures he recently posted on Face Book of the Memorial below.
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