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THE SCRANTON TKIBUNE-WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER
28. 1898.
STATUS OF OUR
TRADES UNIONS
SET FORTH IN A PUBLICATION
JUST ISSUED.
Thore Are Thirty-flvo Locnl Unions
of the Various Crafts, Not Includ
ing Men Employotl on the Rail
roads, All of Whom Are Thor
oughly Organized - Standing of tho
Several Locals -Men Who Look
After the Interests of the Various
Bodies.
A ' tJMmphl" Ihmi Ixrucil cuntRlniiiR
'n. report of ilu work nf tho Pennsyl
vania Hint" ho;pliitlvi Labor L"nKiti
contain the rullnulRR Mtnu mnt with
reference to the ,"tatu nf dudr unions
In thH cltv.
"The labor miVfiiiPiu wii llrst Mnrt
ftl In thl rlty f-onn tvtnt vij ago.
Since that tlmr- It lias lnl u hnnl
strtitiKU: nt one time It was almost
Mnttcil out of existence, when it again
jevlved umlri the inanngpinen. cf the
Hon. T. V. Powileily and others. About
seventeen vents hko the llrst iINtlnet
ive trades union was formed here. viz..
the Typographical union, N'o. 112. About
twelve war pk' tlfj nulliltng Trades
bepran to organize. Kioin that time ti
to ti day the work has be"ii i.ipldly
pushed forward until wo are new able
to sny tlvit there Is not a better or
ganized town in the country of It
population.
"There nr" thirty-live locals of dif
ferent emits, not counting those of the
railway employes who ale organized
nlmot to n unit, and the miners who
are 'Just nuakenlng to the fact that
thy can only attain that Justice union
they have been deprived of for year
past through otgnnizatlon.
"Seventy-five per cent, of the locals
are directly pnd indirectly jrllllatul
with the great American Federation
of Labor. Twenty-live locals are mem
bers of the Pennhylvnnln State Legis
lative Labor league, and within the
year those not already In the ranks of
the latter body will be counted among
Its ineinbors.
STANDING OP LOCALS.
"The standing of the several locals
as to the percentage of their member
ship as agaluft those not In the ranks
of oiganl7ed labor Is as follows:
Printersi ')
UricklayVrn
Cm penterp. two locals so
j-iumnrrs , mj
Pln-teiers mi
Tinners no
Painters, two locals m
Machine v. tort workits jo
Lathers ijii
Pnttcrnmak' rs it)
Hors-eshocrti ;
finrmentuoikf rs yi
c'lparinakers ui
t'lciks jo
Lace Weavers in)
JIa-ons ji
Stone Cutter. "-,
principle of trades unionism. Its re
cording secretary Is another typo, P.
O. Moran. picsldont of the Scranton,
Newspaper union, who Is always In
harness. Its membership Is made up
by delegates representing the different
locals ninilatcd.
nt'ILDINO TltADKS f'Ot'NCIL.
"The Unlldlng Trades council Is an
other great factor In pushing tho good
enure along. It 1m made up nf dele
gates tepresentlng the different locals
whoM- members are employed In tho
building tindes. its resident Is P. .1.
Thomas, of Curpentem !6? and Its re
cording mid corresponding secretary,
Joseph Cnollgnn, of the Woodworkers,
His address Is Archlmld, Pa.
"The unions represented In this body
have, during the past year, been male-
ing vast .strides to the front. The
Carpenters, through their foresight In
putting mid constantly keeping a busi
ness agent In the Held, have in this
short space of time increased their
membership four hundred per cent.
There are nine unions, besides the car
penters, represented, and ' they, see
ing the advantage ot a business agent,
have put another In tho field, with the
result thnt they are all gaining mem
bership rapidly while he has only been
in the field one month, yet the pnlnt
ers, for instance, have gained one hun
dred per cent.
"The Carpenters' business agent is J.
M. Know Hon, 400 Lnckawanna avenue,
and tho Hulldlng trades' agent Is W.
Kelper, 400 Lnckawanna avenue.
"The general organizer for the Amer
ican Federation of Labor is P. J.
Thomns, 343 Adams avenue."
INDUSTRIAL JOTTINGS.
New Brako That Has Been Invented
by Engineer A. J. O'Hora of
of Port Jervis Switch
back Road Leased..
Pekln walls hooted and yelled as I rode
post on a very hard-pulling pony In
th.o benign hope of mnklng him bolt. I
pulled up with dlftleulty, and turned
his energy In their direction. One man,
dtessed In silks nnd. satins, had hl:i
mouth still open, but the yell died on
his lips when he saw that he was
singled out. In the most nbsurd panic,
for I had nothing in my hand, ho ran
down the ellppcry bank, out on to the
thin Ice. which promptly gave way,
letting him In up to tho waist. 1 asked
him why he had run Into such cold
wnter (In China everything Is by con
traries), and left the crowd jeering nt
him ns he woefutly emerged.
Hut one must make sure of having
got the right man. Two friends of
mine were travellns one winter a
shooting trip, I think In the wild
country north of Pekln. Tired, cold and
hungry, they found a rough Inn nt
night, and proceeded to the mud-lloored,
paper-windowed iuest room assigned
to' them In the place of honor nt the
bottom of the court yard. Hut they,
being the first, or among the linn, for
eigners to visit tho out-of-the-way
town they had reached, the bulk of the
inhabitants Invaded the Inn to have a
look at them, poured like the tide Into
their room, and when driven out stood
outside nnd poked their lingers through
the windows, through which "peep
holes" rushed in a night nlr at some
thing considerably below zero. After
several appeals to their feelings', my
friends lost patience, nnd, mnklng n
sally, captured a man left stupidly
standing In the yard when the wave
retired. He was taken Into the room
nnd asked what he meant by it. As he
obstinately refused to answer, they laid
him down and administered half a dor
en blows with a cleaning rod. At thin
point the landlord came In, nnd when
he saw who was the captive, laughed
till he cried. "Why," he said, "that's
our village Idiot; and he's deaf and
dumb!"
TRIP IN AN OPEN BOAT.
Captain McDonald nnd His Family
Travel 2200 Miles.
San Francisco, Dec, 27.--CnptaIn Mc
Donald, of tho burned bark C. D. Bry
ant, accompanied by his wife and chil
dren, arrived here today from Honolulu
on the steamer China,
Tho Bryant, which was bound from
Puget Sound for Africa, with a load of
lumber, burned at sea on Nov, fi and
tho survivors traveled 2.S00 miles in an
open boat, when they reached one of
tho Hawaiian group.
m
Killed His Bookkeeper.
Spartanburg, S. C, Dec. 27.-J. K.
Stuckey, one of tho wealthiest merchants
nf this city, shot and killed his bookkecp.
cr, John Bevlcr, this morning. There was
no eyn witness to tho trugedy, but it is
reported tho men disagreed about a set
tlement. Hoth wero well connected.
"There are s-eveial locals not repre
sented In the Central Labor union or
Hulldlng Trades council, therefore It
has been ' impossible to obtnin their
standing.
"Tlie Central Labor union is, as Its
name implies, the central body of all
the locals having membership In the
American Federation of Labor. It
meets the first and third Monday night
In each month In the Ancient Order
United Woikmen hall, 421 Lackawanna
avenue. Its president is Martin D.
Flaherty, of the typos, under whose
able dliectlou It has been able to ad
van co. to a very laige extent, the grand
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The
Annual
Clearing
Sales
We begin this week the re.id
justments of all departments to con
ditions that will enable ns to place
with knowledge our orders for
spiing and summer. There will be
SPECIAL SAI.KS in all departments
and reduced prices will pievail ev
crywheie. Bargains here will teach
their full dictionary sense "some
thing under value.'' Such terms
as "a quarter." "a third'' and ".1
half olf will tiuthfully mean that
pioponion 01 reduction from the
regular prices,
lor ward to the
Besides we look
January
Sales of Linens
And Domestics
We have pictured (or these by
searching the markets and manu
facture! s for all thai is good and
scrvice.mic ana vet
little prices.
THl: PRINCIPAL
the week will be the
at
specially
EATURE ol
Muslin
Underwear Sale
All the at tides that come under
the above head that belong (0 "mi
lady's" wardrobe and are composed
wholly or in part of Cambrics,
I.awns, Nainsooks and Laces
both domestic and imported, that
have become mussed, soiled and
wrinkled by handling in' display
and showing have been reduced to
figures that come pretty near reach
ing the values known as
Half Prices.
A patent has Just been Issued to Krle
Knglneer A. J. O'Hara, of Port Jcrvls,
for an emergency safety brake for
electric and nil kinds of street cars,
the use of which will be highly appre
ciated by the public, particularly so
In the cities where railroads run on
heavy grades, as In this city for In
stance. There have been other safety emer
gency brakes invented but in every
case the patent record shows that these
rnll brakes that have been hitherto
devised were all suspended from the
body of the car, and ns anything sus
pended from the -ojy of the enr is
subjected to a variatidffof tho distance
between the car body and tall caused
by the yielding of the spring and tho
oscillation of the car box in the nod
estal It thereby destroys the use for a
rail brake that is being attached or
suspended In any way to the body of
the car.
Mr. O'Hara has overcome this dif
ficulty by placing two parallel rods on
the axle thereby mnklng n frame to
build his brake on. nnd ns the distance
between the tall nnd tho axle does not
vary he gets a continuous contract on
the rail whenever the brake is applied.
The brake is on the lazy tong plan
stretching conversely under the body
of the car suspended from parallel rods
on the axles, brake shoes being placed
near the wheels, with the flange on
the Inner side of the jail and n diagon
al depression bar on lop of each shoe,
no when the biake Is applied nearly
the whole weight of the car is brought
downward on the shoes, while the fric
tion on the Inner side Is made by
the flanges coming in contact simul
taneously. It is applied by hand power
as the leverage can be regulated so,
but little power Is needed to get great
retarding force
Mr. O'Hara thinks that the brake
can be legulatcd so the car be nearly
Instantly stopped running at the rate
of thirty miles an houi.
THIS AND THAT.
The famous Switchback railroad at
Maueh Chunk has been leased by Al
onzo P. Hlnkeslee from the Lehigh
-oai ana navigation company for a
period of twenty years. The Mumford
family had the road the past twenty
years.
It Is said the Lehigh Valley Railroad
company has placea an order for ten
Pullman sleeping cars with the Pull
man Car company to take the place of
the Grand Trunk sleeping cars now
being run between Buffalo and New
York.
J. K. Berkhoiser, superintendent of
the Lackawanna Coal company, nt Oly
phant, has tendered his resignation nnd
will In the future devote his attention
to the Johnson Coal company. Price
burg. The Krie company has decided not
to remove its shops from Stroudsburg.
They will be improved and enlarged.
LO LET LOOSE.
MOBS IN CHINA.
ISAAC LONG,
7B and 70 Public Hiu.ira,
wilkk3.ua.kue; pa."
How It Is Possiblo to Deal with One
of Them.
From the London Times.
Some years ago Mr. Detring. n well
known China hand, was ildlng with n
ft lend from Taku to Tlen-Tsln, without
escort of cny kind. En joute they had
to pass a '"hlnese reglmnt on the
inarch. Mr. Detring, who was behind,
saw a soldier encouraged by his otti
cers' and comrades' demeanor delib
erately stab his friend's pony In the
buttock with his bayonet, tho whole
leglment being convulsed when th.s
animal plunged, uearlv unseated his
rider, and bolted. Mr, Detring at oiu
rode nt the man, cut him over tho head
with his riding whip, picked out th
commanding officer, and haiangued
him so vigorously on the' thrashing
which, unless an apology wero forth
coming, he would forthwith Inflict on
him. and on th certain lo-s of his head
when the matter came to be reported
to tho Viceroy Li, that the olilcer de
scended from ills horse and knocked
his head nine- times In the dust before
his j-oldlers And Mr. Detring. miles
from ai.v possible assistance, rode un
harmed on his wai
With the exception ,,f cases where
organized bodies are concerned -such
as thu regiment, fire brigade, or gan?
ot coolies no help is, ns a rule, ren-
uerca Dy tne nystanders to 11 compat
riot who hns risked 4 mauvaUe plnls
nntetie on a foreigner, and who Is in
return receding a lesson in comttas
Inter gentes. Much as his wit and au
dacity were relished, not a linger la
lifted to help him.
One can even disarm .1 hostile mob
by managing to turn the laugh against
the ringleader. Itcmnrks us to his
personal appearance are often very
useful. A friend ot .nine onco saved
the situation by pointing hilariously to
a bald-headed mun at tho head of an
angry crowd, nnd exclaiming: "Where,
oh, where, did this shining light spring
from? Is It perchance some plnnet
that has left Its starry bed to conde
scend to light us?"
A curious cane happened to myself.
Ono winter's evening a crowd loitering
on the banks of the moat outside the
And Almost Paralyzed the Dear Girl
from Boston.
They are telling a story In Boston
about a girl from thnt town who vis
ited the exposition that was held in
Omaha last summer. She was greatly
Interested In the Indian sham battle,
and after the affair was over endeav
ored to engage one of the painted war
riors in conversation.
"Heap much light," said the dear
creature In that enolce language thnt
all good Indians are supposed to un
derstand. Lo gazed at this dainty maiden fiom
Uenntown, and never said u word.
"Heap great show," said the fair
maiden, "Injun heap tight. Big pow
wow, ugh!"
Lo smiled a stoical smile, drew his
blanket closer about his stalwau form
and replied:
"Ves; this Is Indeed a great exposi
tion, and we Hatter ourselves that our
portion of ... entertainment Is by no
means the least attraction here. May
1 ask who It is I have the honor of
nddresslngV"
The dear girl from Boston was thun
derstruck. She blushed a rosy red
even Boston girls can blush when they
thaw out and hastily tied.
She had been addressing one of the
Carlisle Indian school graduates.
SHOT HER COUSIN.
Mrs. Borglund Kills Peter Hanson, a
Tailor.
Duluth, Minn., Dec. 27. Mrs. P.. L.
Borglund todav shot and killed Peter
Hanson, n tailor, and then cut her own
throat, but was not effective in her own
case and probably will recover. Mi".
Borglund Is n widow, 40 years or ng.
She kept a number of boarders, nmong
them Hanfon, who Is her cousin.
He Is ,"0 years of age, but although
ten years his senior the widow was
wildly In love with him. Hanson paid
her considerable attention for a time,
but lately had been quite devoted to a
younger and fairer woman.
Pall Bearer Killed.
Negauuee, Mich.. Dec. 27. At the lu
nerul of Mrs. William Martin today, a
team drawing a hack carrlng inourneis
ran away. William Kevorn, a. pall-bearer,
who was walking beside th hearse was
run over and almost Instantly killed.
Frank Sheron, a livery man who was
driving the lieare, was tin own from It nnd
injured though not seriously.
Bryan at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, O., Dec, 27. Colonel Will
iam Jennings llryan will bo present here
nt the .Inckson day banquet of the Duck
worth club. Tho date of the banquet has
btcn changed to Friday. January tf. to
meet his convenience. The speech of .Mr.
Bryan here Is expected to bo his opening
of the campaign against expansion.
From Store to Store.
He "Don't ou women over know what
you want when ou go shopping?"
She "CSracloiis, no! Why, that wouldn't
be shopping; it would juat bo buying
things."
BABY'S
Terrible
ECZEMA
My baby suffered from terTlblo Eczema.
Doctor and every remedy tried, to no account.
Ho cried all tho tlmo and hh faco was like
ran meat. I had to carry him on a pillow,
and was fairly discouraged. I used halt a
box ot CtiTtCL-n (ointment) and Cl'TicciU
Soap, and in one week mj bnlxj rns entirely
nreil. To-dav his rlcln is as smooth as silk.
Mri.J.C.yRHE3E,3'MH.Mt.,nrooklyn,y.Y.
SriRnT Cne Trbatmut for SRi-Tom-niiD
rtARtr. Warm bth with Cutipi Ri Sitr,ndgnti
anoiutlnst wah CimiOi. rrftf t of ikln tani.
Sold throughout the ro4. Tottis Trn aht, Crtj,
Coar.,rrori..hu9''U. nortOCurulv.r'A !V:trot. lrrp
AW'.'S&ys "traiuiyiovu-ir N KG?"- mf'tSi
5ii
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: aav -.---.sw..sfei-..?..4$.. -4.g&;i$g
Prices Have
Tumbled Down
In Our Cloak
Department
Great
Men
Aro usually those of great men
tal and physical endurance. In
order to obtain great physical
and mental strength a man's
wholo bodv must be well nour
ished. Good bread 13 one-of the
principal requisites for pro
ducing these results, and tho
wise wife nnd mother will feed
her men folks plenty of it mado
of
"Snow White"
Flour, which always makes the
right kind of bread.
Your grocer sells It.
"We Only Wholesale It."
THE WESTON MILL CO
Scranton, Cnrbonilate, Olyphtnt.
ima hhu nuiMfts.
0
Bicycles, Skates, Sleds,
Games, Sweaters,
Athletic and Gymnasium
Goods
For the Holidays.
Poisoned Blood
Dlsagreoablo Itching Spread All
Over His Body-Sloop Disturbed -Hood's
Sarsaparllla Drove Out
tho Poison and Curod.
"I have been poisoned every summer
for years. Last summer the poison camo
out on me worse than ever before. I
would treque ntly be awakened during tho
night by tho itching. I would scratch
myself, but instead ot being relieved the
trouble spread to different parts of my
body. I tried various remedies which
pcoplo recommended to me, but none ot
them ever helped mo. I made up my
mind the poison could not be cured un
til my blood was pure and then I decided
to take Hood's Sarsaparllla. While tak
ing the first bottle I felt relieved from tho
itching. I kept on taking the medicine
and It has entlroly cored me. I am now
on my fourth bottlo and I can sleep
Hood's SarsapariJIa
Is the liest-ln fact the One True niood Purlner.
All druggist. 81; six for js. net only Hood's.
We are authorized agents
for the Eastuiau Kodak Co..
and carry a complete line of
supplies for the amateur and
professional photographer.
We have too many Cloaks on hand
for this time of the year, and we have de
cided to give our customers the benefit
of a great reduction during this Christmas
week, We believe in a prompt and a deep
price cut, and here it is :
Entire stock of Cloth and Plush
Capes, worth from $6.50 to $30. New
prices range from $3.50 to $20.
Entire stock of New Fall and Win
ter Jackets, worth from $5 to $35. New
prices from $3.00 to $20.00.
A bona-fide reduction of from 25 per
cent, to 50 per cent, on the entire stock.
Store Open Evenings Until Christmas.
CONNOLLY & WALLACE,
127 AND 129 WASHINGTON AVE.
Mercereau & Connell
130 Wyoming Avenue, Coal Exchange.
We Are Now Showing the
Largest, Finest and Best Stock
Ever before shown in this citv. We have spared no pains to collect the most attractive and most ar
tistic Roods that could be fiad. We have a grand display of DIAMONDS, Mounted in Rings or
Brooches, Studs, Scarf Pins, Cuff Buttons, Ear Rings, Watches, etc. We handle only Perfect Stones
ol Good Color. Stone Rings ol all kinds, a big variety, especially a nice line ol Opal Rings.
FLOREY & BROOKS
211 Wasfiiniioi Avj,
Opposite Court House.
Miis m
A Mammoth Stock of Fine Jewelry
STERLING SILVER we have it in everything Novelties, Toilet Articles, Brushes, Desk Fitting, Pock
et Cutlery, Table Ware, etc., etc. We have just introduced a beautiful line of 14K Gold Filled Toilet
Articles, warranted to wear ten jenrs and will not tarnlslt. Brilliant Cut Glass best that can be had.
Watches Are Our Hobby
Wc have all the new things out. All the new styles and all the new improvements, from the cheap
est to the best American or imported. We can not mention a fraction of all we have. A visit and
inspection of our store and stock will convince you we are "no seconds."
Agents for the Kcglna Music Hoxes.
L
OF SCRANTON,
Hood's PHI; c,,re "v'r 1M,i M,y t0
Lager
Beer
Brewery
Manufacturers of
OLD STOCK
PILSNER
4MMOlOi,PD.
Telephone Call, 3333.
McMUNN'S
ELIXIR OF OPIUM
.b a prcraratlon of the Dru by which It
Injurious effects are lemovod, while tho
valuable medicinal proprrll-n aro ro
talned. It possesses all the sedative,
anodyne unU anti-spasmodlc powerH of
Upliira. but produces no sickness of the
stomach, no vomiting, no costiveness, no
headache. In acute nervous disorders It
Is an Invaluable remedy, and Is recom
mended by the best phrslclons.
FERRETT, Arjont,
n Pearl St., New York.
Steam and
Hot Water
HEATING
Gas, Electric
And Combination
FIXTURES
Electric
Light . . .
WIRING
Special Attention Given lo Busi
ness and Personal Accounts.
Liberal Accommodation Ex
tended According to Balances uni
Responsibility.
8 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on
Interest Deposits.
Capital,
Surplus,
$200,000
400,000
Holiday Novelties.
Screens,
Tabotoreffes, Jar
diniere Stands,
R Fancy RC'
q ers, Pillows,
5 Hassocks,
WM. CONNELL. Prcsltleiit.
HENRY BELIN, Jr., Vice Prcs.
WILLIAM II. PECK. Cashier
The vault ol tills bank is pro
tected by Holmes' Electric Pro.
tcctive system.
Chas. B. Scott,
119 Franklin Ave.
THE COUNTY
Savings Bank
and Trust Go.
506 Sprues Stmt, Scraibi, Pa.
Capital $100,000.00
Surplus 55,000.00
Pays Interest on savings Uepolt.
Acts as Trustee, Administrator, auarJIai.
L. A, WATKRS. PreJlJent.
O. s. JOHNSON. Vice 1'reslJent
A. II. Cllltlsrv, Cashier.
WILLIAMS & MgANULTY,
LEADERS IIM
Carpets, Wall Paper, Draperies,
LACKAWANNA LUMBER GO,
HAUUFACTURER3 OF
DIRECTORS.
Wm. I'. Ilallstead. Everett Warren.
August Robinson, U. P. Kingsbury.
John l. Kclle. O. S. Johnson.
U A, Watrej.
Bill Timber cut to order on short notice. Hardwood Mine Rails
lawed to uniform lengths constantly on band. Peeled llMnlock
Prop Timber promptly r'nrnlshcd.
MILLS At Cross Fork, Potter Co.. on tU4 Buffalo and Susquo.
hanna Hallrond, At Minn, Potior County, Pa., on Condors port, and
tort Allegany Railroad. Cnpuolty-400,000 feet per day.
GENERAL OFFICE-Uourd of Trad llulldlne, Scranton. Pa.
Telephone No, 4014.
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