Among the many bars that Pittsburgh once had, there was a coalition of a few of them that provided aid to each other and the wider Pittsburgh community.

Sources:

The Donny Thinnes Collection at the Heinz History Center

https://stageagent.com/shows/play/1097/lips-together-teeth-apart

https://www.richardkalinoski.com/beast-on-the-moon

https://villanovatheatre.org/red-herring-archives/