The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, October 22, 1896, Image 1
VOL. LXIX. FRIEND OF MINERS SPANGLER ON RECORD AGAINST "PLUCK-ME" STORES. zations Refute Charges.— Who Kin- sloe ls, JAMES McCANN, President, EDWARD MuLHERN, Vice President and Sam’L J. MircHELL, Becretary and Treas. Independent. ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF LABOR, Office of Sec’'y and Treas, Dist, No. 2, GEBARHARTVILLE, Clearfield Co., Pa. October 2, 1596 DISTRICT OFFICERS ASK FOR INFOR- MATION. MR. Roser McGowan, Esq., Dear Sir: Please let me know Col J. L. Spangler’s position in regards to the company store question. And whether he is in now or at any previ- ous time had a store of his own or al- lowed one of his bosses to have one, If call on Mr. William P. Duncan when next he visits the mines. I will my influence to correct any violation of the general policy of the term, Very truly yours, (Signed) J. Li. SPANGLER, The Bituminous Record, edited by one R, A. Kinsloe, has asked a large number of questions of Col. Spangler, the Free Silver candidate for Congress, with a view to conveying the idea that Mr. Spangler is unfit to represent this district. WHO IS R. A. KINSLOE? Does anyone know from ? Did he ever dig coal ?- where he came If not, how ners ? Did he not give the secrets of every Nnews- papers and to the operators ? Was he paid for it? If much ? Why is Kinsloe always talking about a reduction and never ad- » #0, how about an you have had any dealing with Spang- ler or know nothing about it, write in detail as there is some talk up | here about him running a pluck-me in | Barnsboro or Spangler. Hoping to] hear from you soon, - | I remain fraternally yours, SAMUEL J. MITCHELL, [reas please | Sec'y aud LOCAL OFFICER'S REPLY. Oct. 8 Sec'y and Treas In reply to your | would say that SPANGLER, , 1866 MR. 8. J. MITCHELL, Dear Bir and Bro: — inquiry of the 6th inst, Col. J. L. Spangler has never had at | any time any connection with compa- ny Hastings, Barnsboro. At one time started by one of soon as the miners immediately ordered it closed. Hs away from the for | about two years. About eight months | ago we asked him to define tion in regard to the pluck-me tion, as there was some talk of pelling the miners to deal in any store located at Spangler. 1 enclose a copy of his reply. This letter was read | at a meeting of the miners, and ed the men very check weighmen on all tipples, | and his men are paid in cash every two | weeks. I do not think that any of the | miners in this section has any ill feel- | ing towards Mr. he al- ways treated them as and | they got anything they asked for, | Very truly yours, RoBErT McGowaN, stores at Spangler or | store but notified him, a his bosses, as | he | has been mines his posi- | ] Ues- | Com. you pleas | much. There are | his Spangler, as an equal i i i i $ FRIENDLY OFFICES OF COL. SPANG- LER TO CORRECT ATTEMPTED IN- FRINGEMENT OF COMPANY'S POLICY SPANGLER, PA, April 4, 1896, J. L. BPANGLER, Esq., Bellefonte, Pa. Dear Sir:—We have been instructed | by L. A. 1505, [. 0. K. of L., in re- gard to the company store evil, which certain persons are trying to fasten on the miners of this place going around the Sterling mines Mo. 11 and others, and getting men to promise to deal with them, and sign an Iron Clad so that they ean stop what mon- ey the men will have due them through the Sterling Co., and believe you to be a friend of the miners, and Sterling Company always having a good name of dealing justly and hone estly with their men, we hope you will use your influence to get this evil stop- | ped. You will confer a great favor on the miners of this place, and if at any | by time they can return the compliment | I assure you they will do so. Hoping we will hear from you soon, with a fa- vorable reply, we remain respectfully, Committee, James O'FArreLn, M. W. RoBeERT Mctiowax, W. G, Jas, Graxcy, Recording Sec'y. REPLY OF COL SPANGLER GIVEN EIGHT MONTHS AGO, PHILADELPHIA, April 14, 1896, Messers, James O'Farrenn, Rop- ERT M'GowaN AND Jas. GrLaxcy, Committee, Spangler, Pa. Gentlemen: —I have your letter of recent date in reference to certain ef. forts that are being made to secure the store trade from the employees of the Sterling Coal Company. I wish to say that I have delayed an- swer to your letter until I eould have a personal interview with Mr. Will jam P. Duncan who has absolute charge of the mines in Cambria coun- ty. I have had no connection with the active management of these mines for over a year, but in talking with Mr. Duncan today, I can say to you that no employe of Duncan & Bpang- ler is required to deal at any particular =~ store. This is a matter for the miner himself. The firm has no store of its own nor any connection with store business, It is your privilege to elect to deal wherever it suits you best. For Is it because he loves the miners or { because the operators pay him for it? Why has he opposed every big suspension of 1864 ? Why has he fought every officer of | WHY DID DAN HE FIGHT LENNON, RAE, M'BRYDE, JOHN M'BRIDE, | PENNA and scores of others ? Did he do it to build up the confi. dence of the miners in their organiza- JIM PAT or to destroy it 2 If the latter, was he paid for If so, by whom ? Did he obste oOo yecer it” it i { H - {7 J . i tin the secrets of the min- | re agital- i pire fhe 1 ges, under pre- rs a twwhrn ago aed ing for an ANCE in uy Did he bets ong distance ts lephio we 1 om can, an operator ? ? Ifthe the miners then is he doing so now | If he then, Was he paid for it betrayed v i he | was against them is Did Spangler refuse to pay Kinsloe Did Kinsloe go Did he sec A to DuBois? rn Wed or his rere S73 { i (i= i If he asked much did he recy » how Spangler §1,000, | his i ! | i fon - J ive from Arnold or re swreacnfatlive These are some questions that the | answer and until he does 80 to the sat- | isfaction of the miners, his malicious Spangler the vote of this district that an assertion of! Benedict Arnold's would have had on the founders of our government. A A ssn, Preacher Porr io Trouble Rev, W. 8. Porr, years ago a minis- ter of the Centre Hall and the Rebers burg Lutheran charges, missed from his office by the Bynod in sex<jon at York, last week. The par. ticulars are given thus; Failure to make restitution fn blind man of whom he had borrowed $5000, and who subsequently died broken heart, has cost Rev, 8. Porr, of Steelton, his prerogatives, The Western Pennsylvania Luthe- ran Synod has refused to restore Mr. has been dis to of a William ministerial of the synod. About eight years ago, while officia- ting in Dover, York county, churches Henry Cassell, a blind and childless parishioner. Porr erected a drug store for his son at Bteelton, Cassell tried to get the money from Porr, but failed, and it is said he died of a bro- ken heart, Cassell’s executors invoke ed the aid of the law to get the money, but also failed. The synod has now taken the case in hand. Tue Standard Oil candidates Curtin and Womelsdorf see the hopelessness of their case in the record they have Centre county wants no monopoly representatives, We want men to look after the agri cultural interests, A SA HAAN One Way to be Happy. I= to attend to the comfort of your family. Should one catch a slight cold or cough, oall on R. E. Bartholo- mew, Centre Hall, and G. H. Long, Spring Mills, and get a trial bottle of Otto's Cure, the great German Reme- dy free. We give it away to prove that we have a sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Constipation, and all disenses of the throat and Lungs. Large sizes 50c. and 25e, ~The Philadelphia Branch leads in common sense clothing at common sense prices—hard time prices, They look for only a fair profit there. In many of the goods they sell they don't WERE THESE ANARCHISTS? Mr. William J. Bryan has been charged with anarchy because he ad- vocates the adoption of the double standard of gold and silver. Peter Cooper, a man of large wealth, but of larger humanity philanthropy, one of those rare and estimable charac- ters who regard it as right that riches they have made out of the and archist and a revolutionist, Yet ter Cooper was outspoken in his advo cacy of bimetallism and severe in condemnation of the single gold policy. He wrote to Hayes in this manner: President The demonetization of silver was a trick of the enemies of the poor man's currency. The remonetization ver will be a great relief now, in the w ® There is arise of nal and best measure, in this country the aristocracy that can curse fast forming an worst form the tocracy of wealth, in the wisdom of silver | in these remarks: Witly regard to the of silver, intelligent demonetization every man must that as silver now forms more than one-half of the coined money of the the effect ver must not only the sil of appreci- of demonetizing the mist lessen value bt ¢ the value of gold in proportion as world's money, the value of silver has been reduced. he plan for said to have demonetizing silver is the great been just presented to the It reqiired but lit. rope al zation of silver would the v gold hundreds of millions to their At another time Mr. Coo his mind with appre. add wealth of and thus alue wno per, directness, said: the the Corporations are fast becoming They of right Government usurp to the o and Hberties of the powers that belong H- t and the acts Jr The rich of the world are wedded to It to the h and moneyed kings is interest of the ric ake they silver and m gold ie sole currency because Own i he gold, - » — OAK HALL Persons Who Have Hieen Visiting Oat of Town in and The weather was quite bad on Tues- Our farmers are about through husk. grownch Eg crop Apples are very plenty at this place ling very low, J. H. Weber, of B ing a car of potatoes, joad- the | mlsburg, is this makes 6th car of potatoes shipped from this | station. Our schools are getting along well this year as our teachers can give more and both teachers, Miss Bathgate and Mr. Geiss are well liked, Some of our people have done their | butchering. The of D. CC. was largely attended and went at a fair price. Mr. left for Altoona on Monday family followed time to the lessons, public sale Gingerich everything | Gingerich | his | i= Ju- we hope he may be success- | and he going into the grocery business in niata, Pa.: ful. I. I. Tressler’s shredder arrived on Saturday; now farmers have your fod- der shredded. William of Linden Hall, was the guest of his sons William and | Edward of this place last week. Two suspicious looking men were | «een on our streets last week, walking | on Tuesday; wel fers, looking for something, i OF Interest to Liverymen, | A decision of importance to the liv. ervrnien of Pennsylvania has been handed down by Judge Orlady, of the | Superior court. It sustains as consti | tutional the Act of Assembly of 1887, | known as the Livery Act which mak: s : it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine | or imprisonment, to wilfully damage | the property of a livery stable keeper. It was passed to cover cases of injury to horse or vehicle by reckless driving, The judges of five cotirts have decided the act was unconstitutional. Asa re- sult the law became a dead letter. Now that the Superior Court sustains it, many eases are likely to be added to the business of the courts, People who drive hired teams recklessly and injure them will have criminal suits entered against them as of yore, tsa os ———— ~The knack of looking well is due principally to the clothing one wears; to dress well does not necessarily mean that one must own a silver mine or have a “corner’’ on gold. Inquire at the Philadelphia Branch —what they don't know about fitting you out nob- further information I trust you will get any. bily and at a low fgure no one else knows. | CAPITOL NEWS | A. and Will Attack Mr. Bryan. Wasniyaron, Oct, 19 most ardent Bryan men have been ab- cent unexpectedly good news has come into Washington. Democratic Clubs in says he which makes him certain | York, Congres<ional committee has that Bryan will carry New and | syivania are in a fair way to Bryan states, owing to a tidal wave silver sentiment which is the ranks and making working stanch sup- of them A Committee porters of Bryan, member Nate Democratic Bryan will not have less than 30.000 plurality in that state, and # Democratic poll of lowa shows a ma- Hon. F. H. been nll over Jority of 37,000 for Bryan, Lovejoy writes: “I have Wisconsin, and Se Minnesota, and and itl lumberit Michigan, Ni COTne wrth mith Dakota, have in personal contact with the vot- the and 90 ers, especially in large i per cent, ol for Bry: an nles towns and mill 1 hese men intend to vote feel sure that all these st will go for Bryan a r iy. It must be evident even to Becreta- Morton himself ti very poict of view when he il that by a good majori- Silver is on top, sure,” ry iat he made a mis take from © undeserv- Pugt support made that uncalled for and od attack upon Senators Harris, and Morgan, their of free because of As strongly as President members of thes language of Waslhi- example wily er. Cleveland and the other sined v posed to the Nobody in the Democrats on the 118 Onl silver, toa man deprecate Secretary Morton, FR Vir > K ington would follow by some of the he Potomac, in hangin Morton io effigy, but he has fro ly eo ginis side of t Te retary been very wmdemned by all Here a vers FEE nex pressed May or of Eu fala, “1 have front and as clnsses of men. is Gaping ’ McKenzie, servalive P.B and a gold Democrat: Secretary Morton in the rank of a sound I for President. money Democrat, | was anxious to see 3 f jut af- him nominated unjust and to character, ter his late utterances, so modify His I am bound of 1 fasnuit uncalled for, his my foolish opinion on Senator h and Harris, and his attempt to wave the bloody shirt by rousing prej- hurt the cause he wants to aid more than It will turn of wavering voters in | people imagine, every Secretary Carlisle has the Treasury building. had come to Washington to Mr. Carlisle to make a speech in Balti- | As Mr. engagements in election, Ken- | | #0 to Baltimore, he proceeded to make | {an anti-silver speech then and there to forgetting, perhaps, ts were being kicked out of office for daring to do much less in | behalf of silver. The | the delegation, latest removal | Als, who dared to candidate for Congress. The Republicans who have been | | bluffing about their expectation of car- | when a man with $500, which wanted to bet that Bryan would carry Texas Ly 150,000 majority, arrived in down. Senator Butler, Chairman of the Populist National Committee, doesn’t talk like a man who Js either luke warm in his support of Bryan or doubtful of the result, both of which be Laas been charged with being by Re- publicans, He said: “While I was in Chicago, assurances were given me that the votes of Minnesota, Indiana and Michigan are absolutely sure for Bryan. Should Mr. Bryan not lose any of the border states, the vote of Indiana alone, in addition, will elect him. The voles of the other states will simply add to his majority.” Mr. Butler frankly said that he did not care to express any positive opinion about Iliinois or Iowa, because the in- formation he received concerning those two states was of such a mixed nature that he had not formed any. Mark Hanna has captured the Na- tonal bilicers of the A. P. A., bag and 2%) or -y 1896. [ee and they are preparing Fig an official attack upon Mr iryan, which will indirectly appeal te lA. P. A. men to vote for McKinley, It has been known to Mr, Bryan's man agers for some time that this but they have not deemed the matter of sufficient im | portance to try to prevent it. In fact, {some of them think the A. P. A. | tack on Mr. Bryan will make action { him, and are for that reason rather dis posed to welcome it, revo i LINDE NH ALL. News of the Past Week Gathered from Our Neighboring Town Mr. and Mrs. made {trip to Centre Hall and back on Satur- | duy afternoon. }ible i Henry Zeigler was visiting at Pine day. Calvin Goble Grove on Tues made | Tusseyville on Baturday; another there trip Hust | be some attraction. John Lee, of Tusseyville, 3 iL to our town on Saturday. Two of our fiue young men {quite a distance to attend a tion last week, but poor Jimmy | walk home, Pittsburg mother (ieorge from to his Mrs McClellan east of tow Mr. aud Mrs. John Penn Cave, were v i Henry 7 Jurchfield came home on a visit in-law, Rossinan siting at the igler on Sunday and ) pr ty # Hale Pr ant made a trip to Falrbroo I enter merci Mou- Hoss, our ising WK On day of this week. Ihe farmer rainy weather is bother the present, seidents wind , and again start about as much as iestion around | ut Ye fost, Liere wir corre<pondent was i but fort wis | unately genial cow buyer x Lis WAY - -> — POTTERs MILLS, Latest News Items from Across the Given by our ( Mi is arrespotident LRTI VW 14d thie sick list Mrs, Cormicl oy iam able to be Jennie Shaffer, of ing friends at and A day in oo hormas Treaster Alex McCoy have c¢ siiver, ir town thi moved Bro's wnmenoed Hing their props to the Fort sidin town ht ti Sat ep and have moved to our slew uel Reeder, from who has boug the Z stle Bro's io town, The vicinity has also # Mills and bio Fit 1 ¥ f » hunters of Potter ti not had the they when the season opens, to the fires which passed through the have ver this fall as Fenner " ‘he Very scarce owing damaging moun. tains last spring Wo COBURN, J, Rote Last Week. William Walter, Mrs. Wood, of Curwensville, present visiting at the chael Evart. Mr. RO. are home i Braucht and two chil day, where they will visit Rev a retired Weand,* timable wife were visiting friends this place on Baturday and | Years ago the reverend preached for the Rebersburg charge, to { which place he went Mouday on to Mrs J. F. Garthofl is spending the week while { out hunting shot a large deer; the first { of the season for our nimrods. The almost continuous rains greatly | ing of their corn in this section. pss Mp MSS THE school appropriations from the «tate were cut down, and the taxpay- | ers were compelled to make up the de (ficiency. Curtin and Womelsdorf vot- | came up before the House. And for their fun the heaviest taxpayer, the farmer, reaches down in his pocket and pays the bill A vote for McKinley means a con- tinuation of the present low prices in all farm products. The Republican party promises no relief to the masses, They want it to remain. Do you want a change? Bryan and free silver can never make prices for wheat any lower than they are, Tug goldites are holding elections every few days and have McKinley elected every time with an increased number of electors, at a rate which will soon give them five times ae ma ny electors as there are in the Union, On Nov. 8 the free silver men will do some voting that will knock MeKin- ley 1 million miles from the Poemiden: oy NO. 42 | { PABAGRAPHE OF INTEREST, i ' Bilver wns worth §1 i" aga per fing open 151 is ’ in 187 caused by French to 1. Ho oll nee, nt 154 $1 “ par value at 8%. RBilver in 1806 is worth 66 cents per caused by closing the mints to | | coinage for tl { How it afl | ounee, « +p iblie, wets the shown A in farmer is by taking wheat as an Hustration, of wheat worth 1872, in 1806, o tmishel Ws Ore { India, in one ounce of silver, | $1.32 All products sol ne ounes of silver, 66 et in E with sliver-using ¢ iin It makes ad products (XX IEE ann rong i in oom-~ petion intries have decline roportion, value of American than £1.0060) The loses th {1 i ually American far miner atl sum mante- ii sm. vluets ia 1«» iy ap- 8 NOG. mnmtin- de of Dy ower «troy od half more than hall the pe If surely buy at present, they su manufac i the pric of tured goods are to be advanced consumers cannot cannot if fe te] by a higher tariff. A cont {i Means - inuanoe of the gol i standard 3 hing else and it can mean not suffering. gland. r vet lower prices; Wall street Banks | dictation of Wall street, vel mnre represents Es everywhere are under the ish this y main- Thev have assisted to estal | ruinous policy and are helping 1 it. MeAns {tain It | industry. tion to American destru JUMPS TO 83 i tp WHEAT CORNERED § the biggest un Chi- A Syndicate has made corner ig wheat ever known, i cagn, this week. Ou the sly the spe- | culators have been buying up all the the their hands on and wheat in country they could lay now chesed the price up to 87 oenls, by which they, the syndicate, make millions of dol- lars, 2nd the farmer makes—nothing ! The speculators are dancing with de- light over their big pull and the far- | mer is wondering where the money is {to enme from to pay his taxes This syndicate is composed of the men whe are contributing to the corruption | fund to buy McKinley's election and keep up the trusts. Farmers, bear this in mind when you vote—DBryan is dead =et against the trusts, Flour has now gone up high to the injury of consumers, Now take your ballot and vote your choice, a MM Rev. Rearick's Appointments, Sunday, October 25, at Centre Hall, t7p m.; at Union church, at 2p. m. ; at Georges valley, at 16 a, m. If your children are subject to croup watch for the first symptom of the dis- ease—hoarseness,. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given as soon ax the child becomes hoarse it will prevent the attack. Even after the croupy cough has appeared the attack can ale ways be prevented by giving this rem- edy. It is also invaluable for colds and whonping cough. For sale by Wm, Pealer, Spring Mills, 8. M. Swarts, Tusseyville, and R. E. Bartholomew, Centre Hall al 1