THE SCRANTON TBIBUNE-MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 189.
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There will be a reception of the Illesse-1
VliKiii'" Sodality of St. Peter' cathedral
tomorrow ninlii.
A convention of the Suite Farmers' M
Uiince and Industrial union U sehdul;d
to bejiln in this city toilny.
Tho Scranton Poultry association has
decided to hold Its annual exhibition 111
tho Armory from Jan. Ill to 2Z.
On Saturday the Delaware and Hudson
Canal company paid Us employes at the
lOddy Creek and Olyidiant mine.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern paid the employes on the southern iil
vlslon and the yard men Saturday.
At Johnson's pond skating; rink Satur
day afternoon, the Ice hroko through and
fourteen persons fell Into the water. Pour
younir ladies from Ureell Hidge loe-'lved
a good duckiiiK.
The coroner's Jury In the case of Will,
lain II. Harlow, who was killed In the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
yard, will meet tonlKht In the arbitration
room of the court houso to listen to evi
dence. A disorderly house on West Lackawan
na avenue and Kllthth streets was raided
early Saturday tuoriiinir by Chief of Po
lice rtobllUK and a squad of olllcers. Lizzie
Smith and Lizzie Kauflinan were the onlv
ones cauirht in the net. Tho former was
the proprietress and she. paid a line of iH.
The other ono was lined 1.1.
On Saturday John T. Moonely, of niy
phant, executor of the estate of Kllen
Mooncy, deceased, through Attorneys
tl'lirlen & Kelly, brouifht suit nulii8t the
Fidelity Mutual Lire association, of Phil
adelphia. Sir. Jlooney seeks to collect
I.1.WK) insurunce on the life of his mother,
which the company refuses to pay.
Iarry Stone, the baiririiKe man, was ar.
rested Saturday afternoon on Franklin
avenue. Patrolman Lowry saw that Uir
ry was not in a condition to drive his horse
nnd Kot a boy io et ill the wni?on to take
the owner and the outllt home. Larry
would not have It and Informed the pa
trolman that he was capable of driving his
own iirb. Soon afterward Patrolman
Lowry saw that Larry was drlviim more
recklessly than ever and arretted him and
took him to Hie lockup in his own waqon.
When Larry was locked up he raised nn
awful noise mid wanted them to tele
phone for "Jim." "Send word to his
home and he'll como down ami let me
out." sal. I Larry. The mayor didn't come
down until yesterday and then he find
Larry $:; or ten days. Tho line was paid.
Dr. McDowell, dentist, 240 Adams
avenue.
LACKAWANNA BIBLE SOCIETY.
Executive Committee Met in the
Ollicc orsecretury lloicx.
Hew S. S. Kennedy, of Waverly, who
recently resigned Hs nent of the Lu
zerne County Ulble society, was re
elected agent of the Lackawnnnu so
ciety at a meeting of Its executive com
mittee Saturday In the office of the
secretary. Colonel H. M. Holes, In the
Commonwealth building.
Kx-Justice Alfred Hand presided.
Treusurer W. H. Richmond's reoort
was favorably received and referred to
S. G. Kerr for auditing. Secretary
Kennedy's report was as follows:
During his summer vacation Judson
N. Bailey, of Chinchilla, a student of
Dickinson college, canvassed Nichol
son, Harford. Gibson, Brooklyn, Fuc
toryvllle, Jackson, Uellutt, Lakeview
and Hopbottoni, the runds of which
were obtained from the Wyoming
County Bible society.
He also canvassed Archbald, Ooulds
boro, Dalevllle, Yostvllle, Sprlngbrook,
Madlsonvllle, Turnersvllle, Freytown,
Moscow, Klmhurst and Peckvlile for
this society.
The number of families visited was
1,534; Bibles distributed, 85; refused to
accept, 39; Bible and testaments sold,
211; given, 61; price of books donated,
$16.60; Bible and testaments sold by S.
S. Kennedy, 329; donated, 142; number
of volumes distributed, 471; price of
books donated, $47.43; total donations,
$64.03.
It was decided to postpone the regu
lar annual meeting until May, and In
future to hold it during that month.
KILLED IN A RUNAWAY.
Waverly Fanner Meets Death While
licturning Home from Scranton.
Pardon Covey, a Waverly farmer,
was killed in a runaway accident while
driving home from this city Friday
evening.
Covey's horses became unmanage
able while going down Parser Hill,
near Waverly, and Covey was thrown
out by the Jolting of the wagon. He
was found lying unconscious and tak
en to the Waverly house, where he died
soon after the arrival of Dr. Mackey.
Covey was about 50 years old und is
survived by a wife and family.
Wyoming Ncuiiunry.
College preparatory work. Thorough
drill In Kngllsh. Music, Art nnd F.locu
tion specialties. Business College or
ganized on actual business principles.
First-class boarding department. Win
ter terms openB Dec. 8th. For cata
logue address Hev. L. L. Sprague, D.
D., President, Kingston, Penn.
Tailor made fall suits and overcoats,
latest styles, John Ross, 307 Spruce
treet
St. Leo's Uuttnlion.
St. Leo's Battalion will hold their
tenth annual ball at St. David's hall,
Monday evening, the 7th inst.
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SCRXNTON'S two
NEW PASTORS
Rev. a M. Welsh and Rev. Thomas De
Grucby Arc the Mea.
INITIAL SERMONS YESTERDAY
Mr. Welsh is Pastor of Calvary Re
formed Church aud Mr. Detiruchy
of the Jackson Street Baptist
Church--Former Succeeds Rev. W.
II. Ktubblebine and the Latter Kcv.
Dr. D. C. Hughe.
Two ministers preached their first
sermons us Scranton pastors yesterday.
One was Kev. U. M. Welsh in Calvary
Reformed church, and the other was
Rev. Thomas DeOruchy In the jacs.
son Street Baptist church.
The new uastor of Calvary church
succeeds Rev. W. H. Stubbleblne. Fri
day night he was tendered a reception
by the congregation. He will be for
mally Installed next Sunday, flir.
Welsh was unanimously chosen pastor
at a meeting of the congregation in OC'
iilOV. O. M. WELSH,
New Pustor of the Calvury Reformed
Church.
tuber. He has for two years had o
charge at Kast Berlin, Adams county.
He will reside at No. 718 Gibson street.
Mr. Welsh's Initial sermon was on
"Christ lull Devotedness," and from the
text, "For none of us liveth to him
self and no man dieth to himself."
Romans xiv, 7. He said:
The world Is u selfish world and the
motto of the poet, "The victor Is he
who can go It alone," is literally car
ried out in many lines, not only to the
detriment of others, but to the detri
ment of themselves. In this vast des
ert of selllshness and egotism it Is n
refreshing sight to see one who is will
ing to give mime of his time, talents
und trooils for the benellt of his fellow
man ure rarely found outside of the
circle of Christ's followers. Some In
deed who ure unselfish are not Chris
tians. But they ure as the coals In the
pit and need only the heat of the Spirit
to make them true followers of Christ.
MF.ANT SELF-DENIAL.
"Paul wishes to Impress the fact on
the Romish Christians that to follow
Christ meant sacrifice, self-denial and
devotedness to His cause. Christ him
self says that tlioso who are not willing
to give ui home, friends, yea. ull for
His sake, If necessary, are not worthy
to be called Christians. As Christians
we cannot live for ourselves because
of the Interest we feel in His cause.
His plan of work is founded on unsel
fishness and sacrlllce and we as His
followers feel that to be like Him we
must follow these out. 'Not my will,
but thine lie dune," should be your con
stant prayer. And In this praying and
working we must not only pray for our
fellow men, und preach to them, and
speak to them, but we must do for
them.
"No man can live to himself en
tirely und fulllll his destiny. There
must be the ego and non-ego, my
self and my brother for whom we
must live anil move and have our be
ing. One would think that when we
hud spent the best of our days and
years for our fellow mun tlwt when
the warning would come that . ir last
moments were near we could feel that
our work was ended, but It Is ' not so.
In these last moments when the spirit
is striving to disentttngle Itself from
the body there Is a duty for us. For
Paul says, "And no one dieth to him
self.' For in our manner of dying we
can glorify Christ. We can set the ex
ample by showing a calm trust in that
All Powerful Redeemer to keep us af
ter death as Ha has kept us in life.
THEY BRING JUDGMENT,
"Some men In their death bring Judg
ment on their slayers. This we linj
In Christ Himself, and Stephen and all
the apostles. Truly the blood of Christ
fell heavily on the Jews and their chil
dren, so thut Christ died that the Scrip
ture might be fulfilled. This was not
the case, however, with Judas. When
the pangs of remorse came upon him
for betraying his Master they pursued
him more than the fairies und In mercy
he was allowed to go out and end his
days by tils own hand. There are
many today who are Judases and whom
God allows to die In many ways to
save a double torment. Again there
are some die who are young and prom
ising. They were only sowing wild
oats. So even In our dying we ure liv
ing examples for others and Influ
ence the lives of all around us.
"Therefore, whether we live or die
we are the Lord's. As the patent is
the property of the inventor so the
creation is the property of the Creator,
so by absolute ownership we are the
Lord's, and therefore must serve Him
in life and death. And in His creat
ing He made them pairs. Even the
head of the creation was not complete
alone so he was provided with a part
ner. The lesson in this is that God
never meant man to be a hermit or
recluse. But the race is to live in
broad light of the sun and work day
by day In its warmth for God and man.
"What Is the great end of life? Is
it to set rich, to gain power, to gain
friends, or any of the many things
which the world presents? No. It Is
to please God. And in conclusion we
say that to fulllll His destiny and end
our whole life must be given up to
forwarding His kingdom and helping
our fellow creatures and in our death
glorify Him to whom we are hasten
ing." Previous to the sermon Miss Rogers,
of Danville, who Is the guest of Mrs.
W. H. Antrim, sang very sweetly in
a strong soprano voice of rare purity
the beautiful hymn, "Home of the
Soul," which was listened to with
wrapt attention by the large audience
which had assembled ti hear the able
discourse of Rev. Mr. Welsh.
MR. DEGRL'CHY'S SERMON.
' Rev. Thomas De Gruehy created a
mild sensation last evening on the
West Side, when he preached his even
ing sermon to an audience which
crowded the large auditorium of the
Jackson Street Baptist church, of
which he became the pastor yesterday.
Mr. De Gruehy comes here from Wake
Held, H. I. He preached a sermon in
the morning to the members of the
church or "Christians particularly."
His morning theme was takef from
Peter, I, 1-3: "But the word of the
Lord abldeth forever." His treatment
of the text was not out of the ordin
ary line, nevertheless It served to show
the new minister's ability for deep
thinking and argumentative sequence.
It was at the evening service where
the surprise came, and when the meet
ing was over the several hundred who
attended knew that a new type of
preached had anchored In the city. Mr.
D Gruehy advertised his evening; ser
vice as being for "the people the noa
Chriatians," and he seemed to make
a special endeavor to emphasise bis
different methods of treating the morn
ing and evening topics of the days' ef
fort. At 7 o'clock the service started with
twenty minutes of hymn singing, in
which the pastor led with his own
voice. Then came the regular collec
tion. Here Mr. De Gruehy first showed
his unconventlonallty. He announced
that the collection was a "part of tne
service, and. as the baskets were be
ing passed, he remarked that he used
to rob his former townspeople of every
copper they had. When the collection
plates reached the pulpit Mr. De Gru
ehy offered a short prayer of thanks,
and then began his sermon. It was
then 7.25. He said that he had twentv
live minutes no more In which to
preach.. If he talked a.'ter 8 o'clock
anyone In the audience should get up
and tell him of It. He didn't believe in
long services. "It's the old, old storv "
began the preacher. "I have nothing
new to tell you; it's the same the world
over; without the shedding of blood
there is no remission of sins. Man is a
strange being. He is always search
ing for the origin of evil, and he Is
always asking questions about how It
came into the world, when the most
Important thing is. What is the remedy
for evil?"
HIS ILLUSTRATIONS.
The spenker then used several plain
and forceful Illustrations. He pictured
a soldier lying badly wounded under
a tree. A surgeon comes along, and
does the soldier cry out "How did I
get it? Can you explain? Where is
the man who lired the shot? Does the
soldier ask these? No! He says to tne
surgeon: 'Oh, here Is the wound, do
the best you can with it; save my
life." Another illustration was of a
captain whose ship had sprung a leak
Did he go down below to And out the
origin of the wind? No, tie was on
dock giving orders to his men.
Mr. DeGruchy pointed to an Indi
vidual In the audience: "Thut man
over there is a drunkard," he ex
claimed. "He Is not the worst In the
world. God loves him; He has a rem
edy which cures the soul! I have ofl
etlmes contributed," said the speaker,
"toward sending drunkards to the Kee
ley cure and I'll do so again, but I
will always try to point out the divine
remedy for the sin-sick soul." I have
wept more over my own folly, 1 have
shed more biter tears over the sins
and folly of others, wus another strik
ing statement. "I am not here," he
continued, "to show you how mean
you are, or how sinful you ure, oh no!
You know that already. I need not tell
it. I am here to show the remedy.
"Then follows one of Mr. DeGruchy's
dramatic outbursts. In giving this
particular discourse the speaker used
for effect every poem of elocution
such as is common with Evangelists
Shlevera and others. Droplng his voice
to a tragis undertone, he said:
BEAUTIFUL WORD PAINTING
"It is midnight now. Here Inthe gar
den of Gethsemane, dark and gloomy,
the ground is crisp with the cold frost
of midnight, between gloomy olive
trees one beholds the form of a man.
I hear him groan out his life in prayer.
And none to encourage his fainting
heart. I look to heaven and say
Hearken of angels, and hurry to minis
ter to him. Hearken, oh world, and be
silent. It is the Son of God, the Sav
iour of the world paying thy debt.
Hear him as on bended knee His groans
disturbing the quietness of the night.
Ah, his soul is sore troubled, they sin
oh man; mv sin, the sin of the world
are pressing heavily upon him, he is
forced to the ground, he buries his
face in his hands, and from his brow-
great drops of blood are streaming
down his lace and from his body, every
pore is open und he sweats great drops
of blood. Here Is the cost of our re
demptlun.
"I Imagine that when the morning
dawned, and the sleepy disciples went
to the place where their Lord had
agonized there must have come to their
eyes tears as thev beheld the blood
stained spot where Jesus knelt. Let
us follow that man further. Judas be
tras him in the hands of his enemies.
They drag him from his place of pray
er to the judgment hall. And Pilate
ordered him to be scourged, and they
scourged him and tore his flesh and
the blood run duwn his shoulders.
They covered him over with a robe of
purple but beneath that rube was the
cost and price or our salvation for by
the very stripe he caused we are
healed. He was wounded for our trans
gressions; he was bruised for our in
iquities, the chastisement of our peace
was upon him, and with his stripes
we are healed. A wreath of rude
thorns was put on his head, not by
gentle hands, but thev tore his tem
ples so that his face was besmeared
by his own precious blood. He was
oppressed and atlllcted yet he opened
not his mouth. This was the price for
we have not been redeemed by any
corruptible thing but by the precious
blood of the Lamb."
"But It Is not all . they took him
from the Judgment hall to Calvury to
crucify him, upon his shoulders they
pluced a heavy cross. He faltered on
his way, see him fait, but we do not
wonder, the sorrows and anguish and
sin of the world was rolled on him.
Surely, raid Isaiah, he hath born our
griefs aud carried unr sorrows. They
at last arlved at Golgotha, they soon
flung him to the ground, and Btretch
forth the hands that had only done
good and neal them to the tree, the
feet that had reserved In mercy were
made secure, they hoisted the wood in
the air and dashed It into Its socket,
and there hangs the Christ, the Son of
God, and in agony unknown he bleeds
away his life in terrible Elio, Elol
Lama Sabacthani. Oh what a scene,
the waves of man's hatred and of
hell's vengeance dash against him,
and overwhelm his very heart. God
withdraws his face.
"Tell me who did this? Look, oh,
world! at what you have done. Behold
the Son of God. Count the wounds
and estimate the rice and cost of they
redemption. Blood from his head, blood
from his feet and hands, this is the
cost, this is the price. Brethren, the
chasm which separated us from God
has been filled with blood for by the
blood of Christ we have been brought
night the Father. When the soldier
took his snear and pierced the Sav
iour's side he only exected to see the
blood How. but he opened the way
to let all the world into the heart of
Christ."
Promptly at 8 o'clock the sermon was
ended. A benediction, and the new
preacher concluded his Interesting ef
fort with a defense of his methods.
He said that "the man who was now
pastor of this church is every man's
friend rich and poor, old and young."
He would be a friend in need. His
sermons would be simple, he said, he
would preach plain, common everyday
truths, and he would be at service
morning, noon and night. "If you're
sick," said Mr. DeOruchy, "send for
me when you send for the doctor. I'll
com'. No matter what time It is.
Remember that the man who preaches
at Jackson Street Baptist church now
Is not a modulator who sits in this
chair and gives orders. No! He Is
our servant. If these two hands are
not enough to do the work I'll get two
more. If my heart Is not big enough,
I'll get five more. The only danger
from this would be I might have to
marry five times. (Laughter). Notic
ing the merriment In the audience (it
was now quite unabashed) Mr. De
Oruchy, in his unaffected way, said:
"It don't hurt the Lord to smile in
His house. I like to see smiles. They
show p good spirit. A hearty laugh
comes from an honest heart." And In
drawing his sermon to an end, Mr.
DeGruchy said: "I want to shake
hands with everybody here. Do you
know I sometimes stop the service for
five minutes so that I can shake hands
with the people. You'll shake hands In
heaven, why not do so .'ere? Don't
rush out of church as If you were shot
out. Stay awhile."
ARMED DETECTIVES
GUARDING A MINE
Serious Oatbreak at aa Archbald Colliery.
BLOODSHED WAS THREATENED
Italian Striker. Take Possession of
the Forest Coal Company's Slope
but I'pon the Arrival of Armed De
tectives They FleeTwo Days' of
Turmoil at the ItidgeSeveu King
lender Arrested.
Exciting scenes, which several times
threatened bloodshed, have been en
acted during the past three days, but
particularly yesterday and Saturday
at the Forest Coal company's works
on the Ridge near Archbuld. A Btrike
was inaugurated Friday by the Italian
miners and laborers.. With their wo
men and ohter sympathisers they took
possession of the mine and were threat
ening to do violence to the company's
property when they were routed by an
armed squad of Barring & McSwee
ney's detectives and local officers.
Seven urrestss were made and othei
ring leaders are being sought for.
The trouble at the mine has been
brewing since Nov, 18, when the coin
puny Increased the force of overseers
from one to four. These overseers ure
virtually contractors. The receive 6'
cents a ton for every ton mined In con
sideration of their being responsible
for the safety of the miners und the
mine, the company not caring to trust
the inexperienced Italluns In the dan
gerous work of robbing pillars, which
is now going on there, without expert
miners to look after them. The Ital
ians allege thut they are fully cupuble
of curing for themselves und protest
ugainst being compelled to pay these
overseers who they say do positively
nothing for the money they receive.
The discontent grew to such an extent
thut on Friday lust they went out on
strike and ordered everybody else
about the mine to cease work.
There are two openings to the mine,
a shaft and a drift separated by a dis
tance of a little over a mile. The strike
was inaugurated in the drift, which Is
worked almost wholly by Italians.
When they on Friday morning deter
mined not to so in, they also resolved
to stop work in the other part of the
mine and were proceeding to do this,
when the olllt-luls of tho compnny met
them and after a conference induced
the men to go home, the company
agreeing to have the differences set
tled and the men promising to go to
work in the morning.
ARMED TO THE TEETH.
In cold 'weather the coal which Is
mined at the shaft too lute in the day
to be run through the breaker Is stored
In cars In the shelter of the slope, so
that the wet coal will not freee In the
cars. Saturday morning when Engi
neer P. F. Spi-llman and Fireman Thos.
Coollgan went to the slope with one of
the small locomotives to take out the
forty-five cars that had been stored
there the night before, they found the
strikers armed with guns, clubs, knives
and axes blocking the opening to the
slope. They had also placed huge
boulders over the opening to drop
down on the engine If un attempt was
made to run it into the slope.
Seeing that the Itultuns were des
perate and determined the engineer
and fireman gave up all hopes of get
ting the coal and ran the engine back
to the shaft. Foreman Henry Chap
man and Assistant Foreman Thomas
J. Klelly, upon being apprised of the
condition of affairs at the slope, went
over to reason with the men, but they
were driven away. Superintendent E.
S. Jones, of Olyphant, and Outside
Foreman E. A. Jones were sent for,
but they could not effect anything.
The strikers were not quite so demon
strative in the presence of their em
ployers, but stolidly refused to allow
the coal to be taken out.
Thereupon Superintendent Jones de
termined to use force and telephoned
to Barring c4 McSweeney's detective
bureau In this city for assistance. De
tectives S. Scott and R. C. Simpson, of
the Scranton agency, arrived ut Arch
bald at 3 o'clock and with them came
James J. Williams, one of the stock
holders of the company. A squad was
formed of the detectives, company of
ficials and a number of local olllcers
and taking aboard a box of repeating
rltles and ammunition the party board
ed a special train for the Ridge, which
Is ajiout two miles from Archbald.
When the olllcers arrived they found
that the strikers had grown somewhut
tired of their vigil und had scattered
Just before dinner time. The news that
officers had arrived, however, spread
like wild fire and in an incredible short
space of time 200 men and women were
on the scene.
WITH DRAWN REVOLVERS.
Before starting from Archbald war
rants had been sworn out for a number
of the ring leaders. One of them was
pointed out In the crowd and Constable
Mt-Hale placed him under arrest. The
strikers were about to release him
when the detectives with drawn re
volvers chained upon them and scat
tered them in ull directions. Then seiz
ing their rifles they followed the flee
ing strikers up the hill to their settle
ment where two more were placed un
der arrest. The strikers made a show
of resistance when thev reached the
top of the hill, but when the officers
levelled their rltles and took aim the
strikers again broke and ran to their
"castle," a big tenement house in which
no less than sixty uf them live and
which Is the general rendezvous for the
colony.
The three men who were arrested,
James Most, Sabboth Most and Ralph
Dominick were committed by Squire
Gildea to the county Jail.
Six detectives from Wllkes-Barre ar
rived In the evening and with the two
w ho had gone up earlier and the local
officers kept guard at the mine over
night. In the morning the officers
armed with rifles made a descent on
the colony, with twenty-five warrants,
Intending to capture all the ringlead
ers in one grand coup. Many of the
leaders fearing arrest had picked up
their belongings and decamped dur
ing the night and others at the ap
proach of the officers fled into the
swamp near by and as a result only
five were placed under arrest. A num
ber of shots were fired In the air for
the purpose of frightening the fugitives
into halting, but It availed not. Those
who were captured were found In the
castle hldlnar or just about to escape.
These five, James Boddas, Joseph Most,
Joseph Most (No. 2), James Lewis and
Mike Sibley were also sent to the coun
ty jail to answer with the others the
charges of rioting and malicious mis
chief. QUIET NOW REIGNS.
Last night everything was quiet at
the scene und it is believed the trouble
Is at an end. The ringleaders have
either been arrested or driven away
and the miners remaining are not dis
posed to create any further disturb
ance; in fact thev are In many In
stances visiting the officials and ex
pressing a desire to be taken back. A
number of them will be relnstuted this
morning and work will be resumed as
usual.
The mine where the trouble occurred
was formerly the Jones, Simpson &
Co. colliery. The present owners, the
Forest Coal company. Is composed of
E. H. Jones, Thomas Jones, J. M. Will
lams and others.
One of the officials of the company
to a Tribune reporter yesterday Bald:
"The men came to me Thursday with
their grievances and we promised to
give them careful and earnest consid
eration at the earliest moment. One
of the demands was that we should
contract direct with the miners, which
was virtually asking us to entrust our
mines to inexnert miners with no one
to oversee their work or to protect
them and the mine. The other demand
wa9 that the miners who worked in
bad places should be allowed some
thing extra, that they might be on
somewhere near aa equal footing with
those who had easy places. We could
not see our way clear to change our
plan uf operating the mine, but hud
about fully determined to accede to
their second emand by exempting the
miners who had 'tight' places from con
tributing to the pay of the contractors,
that is allowing them 71Vi cents a ton
instead of 62 cents as was being paid
them.
'We supposed everything was ull
right and vere greatly surprised Fri
day morning when the men struck
and rtlll more greatly surprlsel when
tlity made a show of violence. The
coal In the slope was placed there over
nlirht to prevent It from freezing In the
caiB. It hud been mined in the shaft
and had nothing to do with the slope
when the strikers were employed.
When they took armed possession of
our property we had to take equally
strong measures to regain It and we
did. The men who started the dis
turbance and the riotous spirits who
urged on the violence are either In
jail or hurrying to other parts. We
will look over the list In the morning
and take back such men as we believe
were forced Into this trouble. The
mine will start work as usual at C
o'clock."
Reduced Itntes to Washington on Ac
count of the Inauguration via Penn
sylvania Itnilronil.
For. the benefit of those who desire
to attend the ceremonies Incident to
the Inauguration of President-elect
McKinley, the Pennsylvania Railroad
company will sell excursion tickets to
Washington Murch I, 2. 3, and 4, valid
to return from March 4 to 8. nt the fol
lowing rates: From New York, $S.oo;
Philadelphia, tr..40; Baltimore. $1.60;
Harristiurg. $5.06; Williumsport. $S.";
Huffulo, $11.20; Rochester. $10.4K; Al
tootia and Pittsburg, $10.00; and from
all other stations on the Pennsylvania
system at reduced rates.
This Inauguration will be a most In
teresting event, and will undoubtedly
attract a large number of people from
every section of the country.
The magnificent faculties of the
Pennsylvania railroad make this line
the favorite route to the national capi
tal at all tlmes.and Its enormous equip
ment and spltndid terminal advan
tages at Washington make It especial
ly popular on such occasions.
Without Reserve.
I will sell entire conteuts of Mac's
Hook Store, 131 Penn avenue, to the
highest bidder without reserve, begin
ning Monday, December 7. continuing
until sold. Private sale forenoons.
Auction afternoons and evenings.
Books, stationery, notions, furniture
and fixtures.
' A. HARRIS.
We give away dinner seats, hand
somely decorated, with 35 lbs. of tea;
decorated tea sets with IB lbs.; printed
toilet sets with 12 lbs. Special atten
tion given to club orders. Scranton
Tea store, 525 Lackawanna avenue.
1)1 KD.
TrRNnPLL In Dec. 4, 18!W, Mrs. Helen
Tumbull, widow of the late Alexander
Turnbull. Funeral from residence. 522
Ptnn avenue, on Monday, Dec. 7, at 2.3i
p. m,
250 XX White Envelopes for 17c. at 3c,
Store, 523 Lack'a. ave.
Steam Hcuting aud Plumbing.
P. P. & M. T. Howley, 231 Wyoming ave.
Lewis, Iteilly & Davie.
Busy Shoe Stores will be open evenings
during December.
Notice.
Tho following Is a list of display cards
kept In stock at this office and for
sale at ten cents each:
Rooms for rent.
For sale.
This property for sate.
Furnished rooms. ! '
House for rent. '. '
House to let, etc. v .
Opening.
A dainty line of Children's Coats at
the Baby Bazaar, 612 Spruce street.
The King of Pills t: Beecham'a-
BEECHAMS.
Walt No Longer
But make a Q for
BLACK'S FIRST
GREAT RE DICTION SALE OF
CLOAKS.
Commencing Monday Morning, Dec, 7th,
and Every bay After.
This being our first reduction sale. It will
be u hummer. The price will be irresisti
ble and the well-known quullty and style
iticwn Is unsurpassed.
Purchase your winter wraps now when
the assortment is good.
All of Our All of Our All of Our
$7 50 A tv. jo $10 on A $11.50 $15.00 $10.00
MlsseV
Ladle'
Ladies
Jackets
Will
Be
$5- 00.
Our $0.00
Jacket
Will
b
$75-
Cloth Cape,
Jackets
Will
lie
$10.00,
our $10.CO
$3.:,0;
Plush i'mie.
V.M.
Pur Colleratees nr.d Capes.
W. R. BLAC K
Sawyer's Millinery Store, 131 Wyoming Ave
BEST SETS OF IK. $8.00
Including the painless extracting of
teeth by so entirely new proceu.
Sw C. SNYDER, D. D. S.,
M Opp. Hotel Jertnyn.
NOW FOR
BUSINESS,
CHRISTMAS IS COOING
WE ARE PREPARING
FOR THE BOOM. . .
Diamonds,
Watchas. Jewelry,
Sterin' Silver Novelties.
ALL THE LATEST.
HONEST GOODS
AT RIGHT PRICES.
BERRY, THE JEWELER
423 Lackawanna Avam
LADIES'
WINTER JACKETS
AT CUT PRICES.
Made of Fine Irish Frieze,
in all colors. Also in Fine
Beaver in blue, black and
tan, Empire collar,new sleeve
with cuffs; shield front, with
new back, worth $12.00.
CASH PRICE. $8.98.
ft
U
IB
Mistaken
Idea.
Some people think because firm has
large store tilled with good, and
those of a high grade, that they must,
of necessity, get higher prices than a
smaller store with Inferior stock.
1HI3 IS WKONU, nd vou can prove
It by comparing the prices of Pianos,
Organs and all kinds cf Musical In.
struments, as sold by
POWELL'S
MUSIC STORE,
And the Instrument and Price at any
ether place In the cltv.
STERLING
SILVER . . .
Is a new addition to our stock
at Bottom Prices. Opened an.
other new line of
White China
For Decorating
Prices and styles talk, as we
arc selling lots of it. Will
keep open evenings after the
tirst of December.
METROPOLITAN
CHINA HALL
C. .1. WEIC1IEL,
Mears Bid;, Cor. Wash, and Sprue: St?
IK tVromlBK Avcnne.
I BOLZ,
Next to the Dime Bank.
Specials in
JACKETS,
SKIRTS and
CAPES.
$6.9S Jackets now $ 14
$1L'.00 Jackets now 7.60
$14.75 Jackets now .8
$1.00 Skirt now 2.9$
S7.00 Skirt now 3.60
$18.00 ICleutrlc Seal Cape now 911
$30.00 Kleetrlc Seal Caoe and 18 00
$10.00 Seal Plush Cape now 4.98
$15.00 Seal Plush Cape now 9.89
$5.00 Keefers now 2.49
$00 Keefers now 6.00
$12.00 Keefers now T.60
HILLINERY.
A lot of very stylish Pelt Hats
trimmed with silk ruches und
fancy feathers or Ostrich tips
value $5.00, at 2.9S
vulue $5.00 ut
Misses' and Children's Felt Hats
trimmed with elirretts or fancy
feathers, large ribbon bows, spe
cial at 1.60
Have your Furs repaired by tho
only practical Furrier in the city.
J. BOLZ
138 Wyoming Avenue.
MILLINERY
At Half Price.
From Now Oil
We Will Sell All
Millinery at
Half Price
noses, all shades 15c, 25c. a bunch
Quills, all colors lc,
French Fur Kelt Hat 49c
Coques, all shudes Sc.
Hluik Parrot , 35c
Ladies' Trimmed Bailors 49c 75c.
Ladies' and Misses' Trimmed Hats
98e., $1.25, $1.4)
Feather lloas $5.00, $7.48, t).9
s
II. L.WGFKLI), Successor,
324 Lackawanna Avaiuj.
WHITE FRONT.
Tremendous
Assortment
OF
Dinner, Tea
AND
Toilet Sets,
AT
Lowest Prices.
i Fena Av. Cpp. Baptist Ctmrci
Middle of the Block.
Come to
Scranton News Co.
FOR ALL
Newspapers, Magazines,
and Story Papers,
Main Stand, - ioj W)omlnf Avenue
Branch Stand, - - goj Linden Street
in r rout of Turkisn Baths.
ALWAYS OPEN.
7 tz3l
HATS
J (J V AT
JLs Dunn's