4 THE SCRANT01? TBIKTOE-FItTDAY MORNING. APRIL (5. 1894. SCRANTON TRIBUNE F. E. WOOD, General Manager. rcBMSBEl) DAILY AND WEEKLY IS SCIlAN TON, PA., UY l'UE TlllUL'NE tULlbillNO Com ha x r. New York Oiricit: Tiudune BnttDIKO. Fnank s. Uhay. Manager. Bkltrtd at the PottoffiM at Senmton, rn., s fcVtvnt- CVuiJ J'ai' blatter. 1 HE SCRANTON TRIBUNE. SCHANTON. APRIL 0. 1894. I , '- IF the Lebieli Vulley HsiirosU com pany ofliclttU will kindly indicate when it bag supplied its wants, there are n ffW million olher patiunt Americana who are waiting for their turn ut Part uer Lisseil's pis counter. The Coko Region Strike. In ordinary time?, 17,001) man are employed in the coke works of Western PennsylTania This spring, and dur ing most of the winter, s,000 of these were thrown completely idle, and the 9,000 who were so fortunate as to ob tain work were furctd in tli great ma jority of instance to accept wage re ! notions. The shutting down of fac 'orieB everywhere, during the turitf an jrtainty developed nndrr Democratic IgllUtton, had robbed the coke in AiHtry of itsmnrket. the lack of pros pective resumption had made iniprncti 31 the accumulation of .surplus stocks )f coke and there was no other alter native open to the coke operators but to discharge some of their men, and pu t the others on small p.iv It was an uu planrant task, at best ; and it was made woijo by reason of the presence, in the eoke region, of many hundreds of ignorant laborers brought over from Europe, with a view to underbidding the native Americui workers in the u rformance of crude duties. Idleness hunger and general discontent, fanned us usual by men who derive profit from industrial disturbances, completed the c luses which have just culminated in a widespread strike, a bloody riot and murders that parallel the darkest inci dents of war. The climax was reached, ns the dis patches inform us, when a body of pevf ral hundred strikers marched into the Davidson work) of the It. C. Frick (,'oke company at Connellsville, Pay ette county, where men were working. Tl.e strikers had been there in the morning to get the men out. but no ouo was working. lu the afternoon when they returned deputies hail been placed to receive them. When the strikers approached they were ordered to stop. They came on and tried to get nt the men in the ovens. The depu ties fired. The strikers returned the fire and charged, driving tin deputies lind mn from the plant. Now note this sequel : "Caisf Kugin tr Padlock of the Prick company ran up iu the tipple of the work-. The strikers fol -lowed and shot him in the back of the bead. They beat him and crushed his head with stones and threw his body from a tipple window to the ovens, forty feet below. They then attempted to fire Uia tipple, but left when they s.iw the deputies returning with u large force from Connellsville." Nothing that wa conld a Id in any way of comment would equal the ef fectiveness of this single statement. The unadorned facts r peerlessly eloquent. For such rioters, in the frenzy which kindles at sight of blood, there is only one rmeay cold lead Yet it would be idle to attempt to bold these ignorant p-rsons responsible for conditions of which they are merely the victims. The system which per mits the immigration under contract of this particular type of aliens is one cause; and the politics which gives honest, upright and respectable for eigners, as well as Americana, no se curity again them, is another cans that need attention of the most serious kind, As an economic experiment cheap labor, when it means also ignorant and vicious labor, is a failure that amounts to a crime; and it would In well if public sentiment would punish those who force that experiment upon the people of the United States, both at the ballot-box, in me markets or com merce, at the social functions and in the sanctuary of God. A facktioL'S Luzerne county con temporary fears that James Adalbert Stranahan's position on tbo temperance question would linterfere with his use fulness as Democratic state chairman. Mr. Stranahan, it is ti u-, is a prohibi tionist, that being a prevailing tend ency in Mercer. But in politics, at least, he also possesses the saving char acteristic of being able to wink bis other eye at the exact moment when that feat does the greatest good, Speaking of Zell. There is more truth than poetry in the criticism that in giving Defaulter Zell only four years for stealing f98-, 000 while many poor thieves get the same sentence for stealing a loaf of bread justice committed another of br proverbial blunders. The circum stances iu 'ell's case, so far as we bvo been able to learn them through pub lished testimony, waro inch as to in vite rather more than ordinary sover ity. Ho was paid an ample salary, He was, we believe, happily married. He enjoyed the esteem of many friends, stood well in club tircles and had a promising future. That he should not be content with this, but should in the first place want to get rich without work, through the gambling processes of race tracks and Wall street, nnd next should lose faith in bis home and leek for real happiness in the aommer cial atmosphere of a gauiy fist set would seem, iu most eyes, to be a pour recommendation to judicial clemency. If he were starving, the theft of a beggarly crust might appeal to merci ful instincts, inasmuch as the deed would be in obedience to an irresistible natural law. But the spectacle of his downfall in the midst of comfort aud iifHuencs, of hia gradual weakening under the seductions which a strong man would have spurned as beneath him, and finally of his complete plunge into social infamy, crime and flight, presents no such palliating circum stance. It inspires pity only be cause It is so typical. It induoss to sharlty only bscaute in it we see re vealed so common an outcropping of the instilled falsities and the integral weakness of onr present systems of education aud mode of life. Had Zell, for example, been put through a school which did not regard the psrcquette-like ability to con ju gate Oreirk verbs from memory as a thing at ali comparable with a charac ter strengthened in its unfolding attri butes of manlinesj, truth, justice and honor; had he received his tuition in an atmosphere where there was less machine-like crowding of intellectual gim-crucks into the distended minds of "smart'' ycuug boys aud girls, and more serious atteution to the indi vidual needs of the individual pupil needs not alone of mind, but as well of heart and conscience, and cbaracter it is a stfe guess that he could have gouo to New York with perfect safety, and could have withstood, like a man, its artificial blaudishmants and hollow fascinations, Ouly upon the philo sophical erouud that he was the pre destined victim of a pernicious system can we s(o any justice iu the leuiency of his sentence. The POLITICAL liar is beginning to msko himself felt agaiu in Pennsylva nia politics, if wo may credit as his work eveu one-half of that which vio lates all probablity. One specimen iu point is before us iu the foum of hti al leged interview with Congressman at large McDowell, in which the genial Aharon mxjor Is quoted as threatening all kinds of dire things in case "the old man,'' referlug to Senator y my, "doesn't soon pull Hull out of tho field. " We know, of course, that Major McDowell never said such a thiug ; first, because lie is a centlemau aud. secondly, becauso he is old enough to understand that Senator (Jusy'l pulling powers this year will lollowthe bent of the popular inclination. Mr. Hnff is in thu field fairly and sqnarely,and,if the peo ple prefer bim to Major McDowell they will doubtless find it no inconveni ence to say so. - - Real Principle Involved. Poslnnster Ueueral iiissell is quoted as predicting that the appointment of John J. McDonald to tho Kingston postmastershlp, without the knowledge, ndvice or consent, of tho Democratic member from Lnzerne, will uot hurt Mr. Ilines' chances for re-election, for the excellent reason that he hasn't any. Mr. Bissell is even more cruel than this. When a-ked what he thought of Mines' indignant protest, coupled with threat never again to darkou the door of the postofiice department while Bis sell la at its head, the corpulent Buffalo representative of the Lehigh Valley railway company is said to have roplied with contempt: "I am sorry to have offended Mines, but he will not come within a thousand miles of re-election. I would not bo surprised to sea him de feated by .",,000 majority.'' Wo believe that Mr. Bissell is correct in his diagnosis of Bines' oast, If tlto Republicans of Luzirns county rise to their opportunity by the nomination of a strong and popular condidatu and then give their loyal support, it will bo possible not only to defeat the present demagogical representative, but also to give the defeat such proportions as would convey an impressive lesson to men who deliberately misrepresent the interests of their constituents. But this is not the point just now of chief importune. Let Mines be what he may, iu a partisan sense, ha is, until defeated, the regular official representa tive of the people of the Twelfth dis trict. He is the man through (whom they are supposed to voice their prefer ences in the choice of local government officials. They have a valid right, through the recommendation of their congressman, to express this prefer ence. To deny them thh right would be to deny the very principle above all others upon which our government is founded, the principle of home rule. To foist upon the pople of Kingston a postmaster without consultation with the congressman who represents those Kingstonians is to put an affront, not only on Ilines personally, but upon every voter within the borough of Kingston, and, indirectly, upon every voter in Luzerne county. It is charged that Mr. McDonald's appointment was decided upou by Mr. Bissell in obedience to the expressed or implied wish of persons closely identi fied with tlm largo corporation by which Mr Bissell is permanently em ployed. We do not know that this is true, and we also know nothing con cerning Mr. McDonald personally which would incline us to believe his selection unwise. It is, however, an unfortunate fact that in certain other instances .Mr Bissell has evidently con sulted the wishes of the Lehigh Valley Builroad company even more closely and more solicitously than he has con sulted the wishes of the people , aud Mr. McDonald, through the summary inanuer In which his name was decided upon, therefore rests under a burden of undesirable doubt. While no one blmnes the Lehigh Valley Railroad company or any other large company for getting all the good things of life that it can get, without violation of law, the pjoplu of this state, irrespec tive of party, have a right to txptot more consideration nt the hands of the American postmaster general than thoy seem to b getting nt the bands of the Lehigh Valley Railroad company's Bnfflo attorney, temporarily sitting in Mr. Cleveland's cabinet. i It 13 a pleasing symptom of the gen eral interest in fish proposition aroused by Pennsylvania angWrs that the de mand for Irout fry far exceeds the available supply. Yet while we permit lumbering companies to dtsuoil our forests and pollute our forest streams it is a pitiful waste of energy and fry to try to keep the trout streams stocked. - Double Standard in Morals. It is an encouraging fact in connec tion with the scandal now uppermost iu American thought that there it no disposition to shield the man at the expense of tho woman. Perhaps this is due to the extraordinary depravity of the man's course, judged in the leni ent light even of his own admissions. Perhaps It is due to his mature yeais and to the disparity existing between him and bis sompaniou iu guilty. Perhaps if be had been younger aud more ardent; ptrhapt if there lud been in bis narration of the crime a single element of pottry, chivalry or romance, public opinion woold have been inclined to exteuuste hit fault and to re admit him to Ub favor, as It has pardoned olher offenders beforo bim. Nevertheless, the fact that nothiug of this palliation has suitlded Colonel Breckinridge from a condemnation to which there is uowhere respsctabla distent is of itself a hopoftil augury. It may be too much to exptct that within the lifetime of this generation, if nt all. the often inconsistent and il logical thing which we sail "s.icisty"; that is to say, the subtle circle of ac tivites which is domiuated SXOlUtivtly by the femiuiue lustinc'.; will advauce to a stage of progress Wbtrt it will ac Otpt, as applying to men, tho same re lentless codo of morals which it applies, often with a refined cruelty that is ex quisite, to womankind. But In the larger tiibuual which we call public opinion, iu the forum whertf the judg mentl rendered are made of the aggre gate common sense of both sexes aud all classes and conditions, no truth Is clearer than that tho former easy con donation of undo license has given way to a stricter uud fairer accounting. Wo saw this instanced in the downfall of Sir Charles Dillte and l'ainell. Wo seo it exemplified today iu the utter repu diation by nil honest men of theuroli bypoorits, Breckinridge, And we may, if wa look closely, view the same law outcropping In u thousand minor di rectlons all indicating tbo existence of a sliding scale of masculine morality whose natural chanuos are iu the direc tion of stricter standard If, therefore, the existence of a dou ble standard of morality be an injus tice, it should, iu fairness to civiliza tion, be said that this anomtloni dis parity is a creation and a protege of its very victims, and not a monument to the deliberate tyranny of man. Wo men have always been the greatest sut irrers from it; yet women have always accepted it as just, and have, in sheer perversity, defended it against pro posed reforms. Whenever women wish to see this unequal arrangement re placed by a single code, applicable alike to either sex, they have only to hegiu tho crusade and it will quickly enough achieve permanent victory. - In A BIKULB stretch of woodland north of Westport, Pa., one Williams port lumbering firm lost last week 8, 000,000 feet of logs, owing to forest lires. The firm estimates tho market value of these logs at 13,000, which, of course, does not tako into uccouut the damage to standing timber caus-.d by the same tire, or the destructiveness of that bls:'.e with reference to growing shrubs and sprouts. Wo have never been able to got a satisfactory approx imation of the fatal yearly loss to Pennsylvania from forest fires; but the amount mint be enormous, in our community wo know it is a serious pre sent loss, without calculating at all the tremendous lOOTlfioa which wa are en tailing upou the future. Recent showers have fortunately quenched tlwse fires for a tiiu9; but until we be gin to do onr duty toward the disap pearing forests in a business-like man ner, occasional rains will afford a sorry guaranty for posterity, The Philadelphia Evening star isn't as thick as mill stono nor as big as barn door, yst it has passed its twenty seventh birthday and still has a crust of bread. One of the reasons for this, perhaps, is that it hasn't sacrificed quality to quantity, hasn't desp lired of making merit win and hasn't believed itself to be under any necessity of muf fling its mouth aud putting felt, on its tongue whenever it wanted to say any thing. After all, thu people do like gtit. A BOUT A rt and Artists. In a review of pictures shown at a New York art exhibition recently uiven in the Sun, the name of J. W. Rutight is meutioned among the artists whose works are worthy of more than passing notice it will be seen by the abovo that the productions of Mr. iUught, a native of this city, are recognized by the highest metropolitan authorities upon what constitutes artistic merit. This calls to mind a poculiar circumstanco illustrating the vagaries of Scrantou picture buyers. Dnnug tho holidays Mr, Raught, who had passsd th- mtumsr nesr Fieetville, making studies of the delightful scimery in that locality, exhibited his paintings at Stewarts gal lery. The collection embraced the very pictures that have been so much admired at the New York and Boston art exhibitions. Thu canvasses were a revelation as com pared with the usual collections that have been shown in Scrantou, Yt, it is understood, not a sale was made. Mr. Raught bad scarcoly removed his pictures from the gallery in tbit city when a livoly-tongued stranger, from no one knows where, secured space in the place where he unpacked a lot of "dreams" of doubtful origin, whose chief attraction seemed to be tho gilt frames In which they rtsted. By the usual clap-trap methods the paintings brought here by tho dealer were all sold iu less than a month. set "Silas Kind, the talented sketch art ist, who returned to this city some time ngo, contemplates the establish ment of an engraviug plant for the pro duction of lino etchings uud hall -tone plates. S, ranton contains many art con noisseurs and numerous artists of mors than ordinary ability, but the people who buy pictures appear to be infill enced in every instance by tho olo quenco of the exhibitor lather than by tho merits of a picture. Colonel Balrtnao, In reference to whose abili ties there have been many contro versies, undoubtedly has produced most excellent specimens, especially In sky effects. But It is probablo that In the majority of instances the sales made tu this city were effected almost solely l.y the Colonel's business tact and persistence. as Mrs. Agues Booth, exponent of the Prsug Art system in the public schools, is au Instructor of great ability, auo her IsborB are aiding uitleriullv in creating taste for and appreciation of art among tho rising generation, tee Bcrantonlinf, however, are still seek ing for light iu art circles, ami tho Klectric city Is the home of many en thnsiastio artists, both amntenr and professional, who are doing tuucii to ward creating additional taste 'or the beautiful among our people. Piouii uent among the number may bo men tioned Miss Hester A. WoYtbnft;n, whose studio is situated in the Coal Exchango, aud who is one of the most conscientious and painstaking instruc tors iu the city. Miss WortQlngton is a sketch artist of marked ability, es her excellent crayon work will testify aud she has had flattering success in imparting the inspiration to many of her pupils. John L. Hanoi, the wool engravu and designer, who bus been obliged to take s vacation from work upon ac count of ill health, it is said will eoon resume operations In this city. Mis Frederick Litoge, in addition to taUnls as n punter and sketch artist, exhibits also mnrk-d ability in the line of wood carving. Her work shows ar tistic tastn as welt as mechanical skill In this branch of art that is gaining In popularity as a fad. Ml Mrs. W. W. Barry, wife of the well knoWII jeweller, is an adept at c til mi painting and has produced excellent work in that line. Among tbo most talented of Scran ton's young lady artists may be men -tieued Miss Grace Norton, whoso still life studies in oil have attracted ntteu tiou wherever shown. Mrs. Harriet Clav Penman, the well kuown writer. Is au artist of much ultilitv liar work i n nhitift HAnAeaiinh Is exquisite and is greatly aduiirod by connoisseurs. 60NG. There It. u Humlrona Btory That 1 Would ling tO thee, A SOim "f Gulden flur , Love's fatih ami constancy Tbt winter day t sailed, hut In thu sky above - a thousand lights uro blended, The thousand thoughts nt Imu, Bright thougbl .of love, . 'i la uratttrn nkles are ut'ldun Au sume great w beaten i.timf, but brighter far ihut olden Sweat tuk- of luve's belief. Tho sunsets UU mid vatilth With each ilc-jartiii.' duy, Hut ears serve not to banir.li The lovt that livosuhvuy, Anil this Is U eons. I'luvel Stolt Mines tu (Joiluy'ii Lady liuok. ANOTHER NEW LINE OF GKWEAR Some . . Exclusive Patterns AT 305 Lacka. Avenue. 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B Rolls of Carpets that will just lit and suit you, and on which we can save you considerable money. Just Received a New Line of AXMINSTER -:- RUGS In both large and smillshsas, that are vary Handsome, Durable and Cheap China Straw Mattings In Neat Patterns at $4 per Roil of 40 Yards. Goldsmith . With the New Valves Out of Sight Our new Bicycles are now to be seen at our 314 Lacka wanna avenue store. VICTORS, SPALDING, CUE DEN DA, GENDR0NS. And a full line of Boys' and 1 Girls' Wheels. We are mak ing extremely low prices on Second-hand Wheels. J, DULL 314 Lacka. Ave. FINE ENGRAVING Wedding Invitations, Announcements, Reception and Visiting Cards, Monograms, Menus and Dinner Cards, Reynolds Bros. Stationers and Engr&verj. 817 LACKAWANNA AVE N.B. Wo are offering a new edition of the Book of Common Prayer, well bound in cloth. Two Copies for 25c. Single Copies, 13c. 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