(,"?73rpr-'
ef t ii-Wf?f.fi;""8r vw.p jf?
-t-lZJT. . .... -t vwWH
W
i'Ti. V'T
6
THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNJB- SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1900.
f
i
vii-e,'
W
?.
SYRUflJlGS
Actsfeas3itty tuidfivmpty.
Cleanses the System
Gently and Effectually
when bilious or costive.
resents int the most acceptatIebm
tftt laxative principles of plants
Jin own to act most icicficiolly.
TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
BUY THE GENUINE MANFD. BY
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUPCO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVItLE.KY. NEW YORK. NY.
For sale by druggists - price 50 per tattle.
Ice Cream.
BEST IN TOWN.
OK Per
PC Quart
LACKAWANNA DAIRY CO
3 Jer tone Orders Promptly Dsrtl v.rod
7,. 337 Adams Avenus.
Scranfon Transfer Co.
Baggage Checked Direct to Hotels
and Piivate Residences.
Office D., It. & W. Passenger
Station. Phorje S25.
DR. H. B. WARE,
SPECIALIST.
Hye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Office Hours a. m. to H.!0 p. m.: I to I
Williams Butldlnc, Opp. Postoffle.
CiKiIBEu
CITY NOTES :
4
.'
MKr.HMi 'HiNKilll'. llic l!olii( Kinship rom
1 1.1 1 1 will hulil .1 1111 cling tonight fm the iliUion
ot ollum.
'Illll'.l, .HHIli:i. CI111I1-. lliiil .n jiMcr-1I.1.1-
In 1.1 in '.im I'lil lii Alduiiuii Millar 011 a
ili.iil,.' nl ijiii.i prcfiui'il by Liillio fciuitli. IIu
wain il .1 he 11 lug.
IIAMlMlMi: f'M.IA'DAH. Mcgngce lliotlicis,
llu- wIm.Ii-.iIo i.ip,-r ili'.ihn of W.iliinlon .iu
1 lie, ni- ilMiihiiiiug the lutidwiiic-t calendar
U II till ,UJl IllllllllOlll-..
l)li:i) T 'I III: lll)MMTh.Mi. Hleiu.i, an
.Hflll Wl.ll .III, 'llll fill llnttll ll.lilH Sl'-.ll.ll ll.l
.lg", fllnl iiut.l tiMild.l llli'limur ill Ilk' 1,1" l.J
i.,iiiiii lmiill.ll, .I- 1 1 11' loull of ii.Juih.s thin le
ul(il. wiioi: iinii-i: ami iiirticv.' riio Hiio
li.ni' iii lli'll'ii Hmiv s-t.il.lo a light bjy I.oim,
Mini! in inn' i'.m', .mil a top huggj, liiund I. tu
'IIiiiimIii night mi Ali Mil" I. X.i il.iiuunt
lu .11 ji't .ippiuiid fur II.
MAVAtiKltS Wll.li UKCKIVi:. 'tlit- iiuiiiiors
m,il M'tiiUiU, nf tin' ii'iili.il Young Wouiin's,
CIiiMIjii ii-m Lillun "111 ini'lM' tin' etenlug "C
Vw c.ii (ruin 7 In ID o'lluiU. Conn, in to
I'Mli ingo thi' MU'imV gii'tliiUM.
A VUIIVMC INMl'ltr.D.-.InliiH h"-i.iM,
ciiiilo.iil ,h .1 iiii'ili.iuii' ut thi' l.ifkaw.iniia ii.r
rlii, luil his lift fmit h.ully nu.hi'il .icilcrdiy
by .1 lir.u, l Jin wlili h frll iipmi It, llr ) 1 11
deigning liuiliiiiiit ill thi' Muse 'f.i.ilor hospital.
I'.W: V, i llWMlSi:!).-TI10111.l1 Old, of Wci-t
r-irautiin, was arraigned befmo Aldeini.iu .Millar
irli'iili.i iiitiiiimui, mi n tharge picfenvd hy
lMlier Kv.un. 'I hi1 iiUlirniin cnn.ldcred tin' ii.
lt 111 0 tn ho iiiMill'clcnt and di-nluiged the inb
orn r,
IUr,.i '10 (il)i:i;. llllTlii:. To .1110111111011.110
tliivv Mini may desire tu hear 111', I'.irtihlge at
tho iledii.illoii nl llu- llrpct Hldgci U.iptUL ilmrili,
eundjy luiib will li-avu the poslofllip ut 10 a.
1,1. ., iicl 7 p. 111., ntiiriiln! at the close of each
smiii',
M'i:ni.oi'nrii. iikcovhiikd. The ttiicopti.
1 mi lirluiiKiiiK tu U. I.. Muiuiy which wai lost
fiiuii'ii wacon on L'hvisl man eve, lias licen uco.
uril. It wu. foiiiul hy Karl Day, 01 K.uton, on
Imur Wathlnsloii aiimic, ami taken by him to
Hip honiQ nf II, I.. 1'ott, win re he was Usltlng.
Mi:i;T TOJItlltltOW, All nirmhera of I'iofcsor
lli-.ik's Sumljji K'luiol class of r.lm r.uk bunday
srhool aro urged to ho pri-tent tomorrow aficr
rcun, 113 bu&iiiCt rclalite to the annual reception
and Oa hanqiut will ha prpsentcd and UU
niwil. h.uiu'niin nf the eiut will also ho
gjun nut, A full attiiulanco is deaired.
MICIIAUli M'DO.NOUGII AUUnsrKU.-MUhcel
Millonoiuli, who is u Jilted for lohhiui; J, J, 1 at.
Iy 011 We.t l.jdiwaniu menue, a little cur a
week airo, ivm urreited jittrrdjy afternoon ly
I'ulrolman McColligau, who wjs on hi way ocr
town and who saw MePonouk'h on Lackawanna
OKiiui'. Ho will ha u'lun a hearing thU 1110111
JiiK htfoio Alderman MltUr.
Mlll.WrX'ir.U KAI.I.Y, The member of lha
U'ullroi'l Youns Mi'ii'a ChrUtl.in association hao
been imltcd to participate In a Brand rally to.
liltht at their bulldliiK on Lackawanna avenue.
Tim Unions Sihubert Jlalo rjuartetto will cite a
conceit and II, 0, William, of Itlchmond, Ya.,
will peak. Mr. Willlunis Is an International
httretary of the railroad auoelatlon. The pro.
gramme also announce light refreshments ut the
cliwe. The rally has been (artfully planned and
large icpresentatlon 1 looked for.
For a Cold in the Head
Xnxative Bromo-Qulnlue Tablets.
STRIKE MAY
BE SETTLED
Neiiotltitlons Are Now Under Way
to Brlna About an immediate
mnlGdble, fldiustment.
CONFERENCE HELD
LAST EVENING
Committee of the Strikers and Tim
othy Burke, a Director of the Scran
ton Railway Company Meet In the
Iiattor's Office in the Connell Build
ing and Are In Session for Over an
Hour Proposition from the Com
pany May Be Looked for Today.
More New Men Arrive but Most of
Them Are Corralled by the Strik
ersCompany Complains of the In
sufficiency of the Police Protection
Accorded to Their Men.
Negotiations for the HOttlement ot the
street enr strike are on. They were
begun yesterday afternoon.
A prominent Lackawanna avenue
merchant, acting' solely out of regard
for business conditions, Ii the Inter
mediary. He is a personal friend of
Timothy Burke, of liuikc Bros., who
holds a large block of the stock and
who Is a dltector of the Trolley com
pany. He Is also a close friend of a
number of the strike leaders and holds
their entire confidence,
This merchant arranged for a confer
ence between the strikers and llr.
Burke and It was held last evening In
Mr. Burke's private ofllce in the Con
nell building. The strikers' committee
consisted of P, J, Slessutt, George Keg
lar and John Tigue, of Archbald.
They were in consultation for over
an hour and while neither party would
disclose what was arrived at. It leaked
out late at night that a proposition for
a settlement could be looked for today.
The amicable settlement of the differ
ences between the Wyoming Valley
Traction company and Its employes will
have a tendency, It Is generally be
lieved, to hasten an adjustment of the
trouble here.
General Manager Sillinian said yes
terday that ho could not see any hopes
for a compromise. It Is not n matter
of choice, but an actual necessity that
the company is allowing it&elf to be
subjected to this conflict. The only
choice In the matter, he said, was to
turn the road over to the men and bo
content with their earnlgs or else light
It out to a finish. A company whose
earnings decreased 40 per cent. In a
year, lie contended, would be commit
ting business suicide to attempt to In
crease the wages of Its men 2S per
cent, the very next year, with the next
year offering not only no hopes of in
ci eased earnings, but positive assur
ance of continued deoreasse.
deferring to the strilto activities ho
said the company would establish a
complete service just as soon as it can
i-ecuie police protection. If It was not
for the absence of this, he declared, the
cars would be running on every line In
the city now.
Mr. Sllllman wanted It stated that
ho was complaining more of the inade
quacy of the force than of any inefll
clency on the patt of its members.
In response to a telegram from Mr.
Burke, President C. M. Clark, of the
Sumnton Hallway company, took the
first train to this city from Philadelphia-,
arriving hero at 11.33. Hewas met
at AVllkes-Rarre by General Manager
Sllllman and escorted to Hotel Jermyu,
He did not register and It was not until
eatly this mornlg that his presence
hero waa known.
Halted at Wilkes-Barre
Word was received here by the strik
ers yesterday afternoon that twenty
five men had been recruited In Phila
delphia by the trolley company and
that they wore en route for Seranton.
Martin D, Flaherty, president of the
Central Labor union, went to Wllltes
Bario to watch for them, and, accom
panied by 11 squad of Wyoming Valley
Traction company employes, met every
train from the south.
Their vigil was rewarded at ll.W
o'clock, when the Pennsylvania train
aril veil. There, sure enough, were
twenty-live men, and that they wuro
tho twonty-flvo men the strikers wuro.
looking for was shown to bo tho case
by the upproach of Special Agent Mor
gan .Sweeney, who had coma to meet
tliem. ,
Mr, Flaherty nud tho Wllkes-Barte
union men boarded the car and, going
among tho men, pleaded with them to
go back. Their pleadings were in vain.
Tho Phlladelphluns turned their backs
on 'fho petitioners and left In a body
for a nearby restaurant to got some
thing to eat before coming on to Scran
ton. Mr. Flaherty and Ills Wilkes-Barre
allies followed them nnd when the
Phlladelphlaus wero nicely seated lit
the restaurant waiting to bo served,
Mr, Flaherty went to the proprietor
and Informed him of the Identity of
his guests, Tho proprietor turned them
out, They tried to buy some drink, but
tho bartender put chitso to them, They
wont to another restaurant, but Fla
herty was thero with them and they
could not got as much as an oyster
cracker. They tried suyeral places, but
with the same III success, Three of
tho crowd thought to BneaU uway and
quietly satisfy their hunger, but a
Wllkes-Barro trolley man was on their
heels and wherever they went, lie
would slide in ahead of them and give
tho proprietor the tip and when the
trio would aisk for something to eat th
proprietor would say: "Too busy to
seive you. Come around after the
strike In Seranton Is over," or some
thing of that kind.
The Phtladelphlans'got together, it
seems, and decided that their recep
tion In Srrnnton would likely be no
mote hospitable than It wna InWItkot
Barre, and that they had better cut
Hamilton mit of their lllnotnry. At all
events, they refused to take the con
neetlng train for Seranton and the
last heard from them they were hang
ing mound the Lehigh Valley station
platform In Wilkes-Barre, trying to
keep warm and wondering whore they
would get their yesterday's supper
this morning.
Word of their presence spread rnp
irtly through Wilkes-Barre, nnd a- big
crowd assembled, They wore hooted
nnd Jeered and told If they went on
to Seranton they would be dumped
Into a mine shaft.
Picslilont Clark, of the trolley com
pany, who came up on tho sumo train,
wns met there by General Manager
Sltllman, and the two enmo on to
Seranton.
Special Agent Sweeney temulncd
behind to look, after the I'hllitdel
phlani. Sent Back Home
Of the fifty-two me who were im
ported from New York, on the 11.30
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
Thursday night, thirty-three returned
on the 1.40 train, at the solicitation and
expense of the strikers. They admitted
they knew there was a strike on here,
but did not know of tho conditions sur
rounding it. Tho fact that tho nollco
force, even If so disposed, could not
hope to cope with tho crowd of active
strike sympathizers and the further
fact that thero Is no chance for "loot
ing" fares, because no one rides on the
cars, wero chiefly Instrumental In turn
ing back tho New Yorkets,
Twelve men arrived from Syracuse
at 0 o'clock yesterday morning, over
tho Lackawanna, to take the strikers'
places. Nine of them wore corralled
by the strikers' scouts and prevented
from go,lng to tho company's offices.
Fourwere returned home and the other
live concluded to remain and visit for
awhile. The thtee who refused to be
converted are supposed to be detec
tives. A New York Importation, who has
been working for two days as motor
man, Informed one of the officers of
tho strikers' union that the new men
aro very much disgusted with their
jobs and are quitting every hour. He
and six others, he said, would demand
a settlement from the company, last
night, and then quit In a body.
Four Now Yoik men quit last night
and went to sttlke headquarters. They
said they wore going home, and that
many of the others would do the same
tomorrow. They do not like the brand
of police protection furnished In a city
which has only half a hundred patrol
men to cover twenty square miles of
territory day and night.
Thirteen cars were taken out of the
barn yesterday, but the company was
not ablo to run more than six or
seven of them at one time, owing to
the necessity of sending out live or
six men on each car to make sure
that there would be enough left to
bring It back to the barn.
No attempt lias been made as yet to
run any cars outside the city limits.
When ears do start to run up and down
the valley It will taken seveial days
'to open up the roads, as many of them
are burled for miles beneath several
Inches of frozen mud.
Tho company officials could give no
definite Idea, they said, as to how
many men they had. The strikers
claim that thero are only twenty
seven men In the company's employ
and that half of those are threaten
ing to desert. Many of the men who
came heic, and who 1 of use to bo sent
back by the strikers, do not go near
the company's olllces, it is claimed,
but scatter about the city to have a
lark or in some cases turn their hand
at making an honest or dishonest dol
lar, as the case may be.
The company officials practically ad
mit that they are having very poor
success with' the Imported men. The
pohsible results to them, in case there
should be an outbreak of serious di
mensions, are not pleasant to contem
plate, they say, and before such an
outbreak comes they want to be safely
away.
An aged man, who is here peddling
tracts, and who has been taking
what might be considered an unwar
t anted interest in tho strike, has been
spotted by the strikers na a detective
employed by tho company to watch
tho police officers.
William Walters, one of the men
whom tho strikers sent back to New
York, wrote the committee yesterday
that he went to the Drummoid Detect
ive agency's recruiting station and
made u speech to tho men assembled
there urging them not to go to Scrun
ton. A big crowd commenced to gather
and the police called him off. He says
he will do nil he can to dissuade men
from coming hete.
Much Excitement
The scenes of tho previous duys on
Lnckawanna avenue were re-enacted
yesterday, though there was no one
Incident quite of the magnitude, in the
matter of excitement, of that which
culminated In tho assault on Superin
tendent Patterson.
The snow that fell yesterday was es
pecially adapted to snowballing and
that It was adapted to that particular
use cun well bo believed. The average
boy believes he has a license to thtow
a snowball ut almost anything that
offets Itself as a target. He, yester
duy, evidenced that ho had 11 sort of
feeling that there wns nothing but
licenses for him to muKo a target of
tho tabooed cais and their Imported
crews.
General Manager Sllllinan made an
other complaint to Muyor Molr yester
day of tho seeming Inactivity of the
police who wero assigned to do duty In
the tenitory about tho tinlley com
pany's olllces. Mr, Sllllinan seemed to
think that tho officers should do more
to prevent boys from throwing missies
at the cars and pulling at the trolley
rope.
Tho niuvor nnd Mr, Sillinian were
Htnudlng together on the Coyne house
corner when the complaint was being
lodged by tho latter. In the midst of
the conversation, Mr. Sllllinan Inter
rupted with; "Son thoiol It seems
everyone can see those things oxcepti
lug those who ought to see them," Ho
referred to a boy who had Just belted
an Imported conductor In tho face with
a hard snowball,
Thero wete no police olllcers handy
at tho time, so his honor ran ovor,
placed the boy under at rest and took
him to tho Center street police station,
The boy was discharged ufter his nutno
was jecoided,
John Moore, a Park Place painter,
who was overheard muklng somo re
matks tending to Incite tin attempt to
rcscuo tho boy,, was- arrested by
Patrolman Kutlus and lodged In a cell,
to nwult a heating.
Siipotlntendent Patterson was about
yesterday, little the worse for his ex
citing experience of the day before.
He has exptessed himself us deeply
grateful to tho BtrlRera Who pro
tected and rescued him from the mob,
The men aro tilled with sincere re
gret at the unfortunate occurence.
They are desirous that there sh-ilt
bo no violence and cppeelnlly none
that will have Superintendent Patter
rou ns Iti- target, for he Is extremely
popular with the men.
The proposition to compet tin1 Im
ported men to bo vaccinated U 0110
that will permit of serious consilient
lion, especially In the cobo of tho Im
portations fmm New York, where
smullpox Is prevalent. Should the
board of health decide upon adopting
this precautionary measure, It will
have a tendency to help tho Btrlkets,
as a man with a vaccinated arm will
In the course of a few days be unable
to run n car, providing tho vaccine
"takes," and its sympathy for the
HtrlkeiH extends very generally III Is
not nt nit Improbable that the doc
tors who do the vaccinating will see
to 11 that It docs take.
To the Public
The following wns Issued yesterday
by the strikers:
Wc, the motcrmen, conductor, bam men, and
nil other cmplojca ot the Si-union Street Itnllwfly
uimpatiy, deilre nt thi time to ptlend our
thanks to the Rcncrous public which hat nUrn
to our effort, toward recurlng Uj Jint nnd fair
consideration of our tliilni, ot 11 right to
lMnij tenn, to much encouragement and sup
poi t.
Wo dtfilre also to say tint wo deiirecale nnd
regret any acts of those who arc our frteniN, in
the direction of iolenco or turbulent conduct.
We nio ery grateful for all tho sympathy and
support such as Ins been so fully exprcwed, nnd
wc are determined to so conduct ourselves that
wc will bo warranted in iisblng a continuance
of the same.
That the company may have no excuse for
imoklnc tho authorities, we do by this mcana
respectfully nnd urgently request those who have
our inteietts at heart, to abstain from any nnd
nil Wolence. White we Intend to use every le
gitimate means to secure living tcrmj frpm our
cmployrr!", wo protest airainst Injury to persona
or persons, or interference by force with vested
lights; and pledge ourselves to nt all times give
moral and physical assistance toward maintain
ing law and order nnd solicit the hearty co
operation of all our friends in this direction.
(Signed) Kxccutive Committee.
At n meeting of the Iron Moulders'
Union, No. 34, of Seranton, Pa., tho
following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, The street car employes of this city
aic out on a ttrlke for an advance in wages; nnd
Whereas, The Traction rompany requite men
of skill ond intelligente to operate their plant;
and
Whcrcai, Xfen of intelligence and skill should
receive filr and equitable wages for their scr
Uces; therefore, he it
Unsolved, That we, the member ot the Iron
Sloulderi,' union, ofler our sincere sjnipathy to
the street ear employes in their present struggle
for a fair day's wage-i, and
Itesolved, That the members of thU union who
me 11'gular patrons of the Tiaction company have
withdrawn their pationage and that of tlielr fam
ilies, and will use all legitimate means in range
of their influence to assist the traction com
pany's employes in their present struggle.
Arthur bwect, President.
Alex. B. Marsh, Secretary.
Ten locals of the United Mine
Workers have already passed resolu
tions expressing sympathy with the
street car men and preferring finan
cial support.
The Woodworkers and Bricklayers
sent resolutions of sympathy to the
strikers yesterday and the latter ac
companied their resolutions with a con
tribution of $23.
Incidents of Day
Owing to the largely Increased num
ber of wagons and cartlages on the
central city avenues and streets, the
trolley cars llnd great difficulty in
making very rapid headway. The
teamsters, too, have lately contracted
a fondness for the center of the street
where the car tracks are, and the
horses, possibly from overwork, have
a very tired gait.
It is also very lemarkable bow many
acquaintances some of the teamsters
have. Yesterday one of them stopped
to shake hands and talk with no less
than a dozen persons In one block. The
fact that ho was at the head of a pro
cession of wagons, which In turn were
at the head of a trolley car that was
being pelted with snowballs, did not
seem to make him a whit less sociable.
Every time anyone came out to shake
hands with him, be shook hands and
when some one would indicate a desire
to exchange a few words with him, he
exchanged. The police knew of no law
against slow driving.
One reckless motorman, who was
thus blocked on Washington avenue,
near the court house, ran his car Into
the light delivery wagon that was im
mediately in front of him. It looked for
awhile as If trouble would ensue, but
a police officer who happened along
prevented any assault upon the ctew.
The officer also informed the motor
man that If he did anymore such reck
less running he would find himself in
jail. The car then proceeded up the
avenue In tho wake of a big drav
wagon, on the seat of which was a big,
husky tenmster, who looked as If he
would just like to have his wagon run
Into by one of the tabooed cais. The
crowd that collected lustily cheered the
teamster.
A wagon was crossing tho street car
tracks In front of an approaching car
on Spruce street, yesterday afternoon,
when by somo mischance a barrel
toppled out of tho wagon and landed
directly in front of the car. The
teamster sent for a "skid" and then,
with the assistance of six of the, on
lookers, proceeded to put tho ban el
back on tho wagon.
A dozen times they hud it halfway
up tho "skid," but their combined
strength was unequal to the task and
back It would slide to tho pavement.
After waiting ton minutes for the
obstruction to be removed, the motor
man colled a patrolman and domanded
that the wagon and ban el bo gotten
out of the wuy. The patrolman told
the teamster he had better roll tho
b.trrei out of the way, If ho could not
get It buiik Into the wagon. "Well
all right," said tho teamster, smilingly,
and picking up the biuret with ono
hand, ho tossed it Itno tho wagon und
dravn on.
A car was run on the Green Itldgo
People's lino yesterday for tho first
time since tho strike began. It only
made 11 few trips, however. Boer kegs,
railroad ties, rubbish and various other
obstructions wero encountered for the
wholo length of Copouse avenue In
Pino Brook and as fast as the com
puna's men removed them the strikers'
sympathizers put them back.
Dotectlvo Welner, alius Daltes, who
brought tho last batch of recruits from
New York Thursday night, became en
gaged In an altercation with one of the
strikers at the Lackawanna avenue
station, and, It Is alleged, made an as
sault on him.
Tho ctowd was for returning the as
sault with Interest, but tho strikers
restrained tho turbulance and Invoked
the law, Welner was held a prisoner
by fear In tho station until n constable
with a warrant from Alderman Hud
dy's office came along and took him
Into custody. Ho wus hustled down
to the Twentieth ward, where Alder
man Buddy Is magistrate, and nfter a
brief hearing was committed tit jail
In default of $600 bull, He spent tho
night In the county Jail and was re
leased yesterday morning on hall fur
nished before Alderman Millar by Tim
othy Burke.
Contributions to tho sltlkorH' cam
paign fund continue to pour lit, Their
soliciting committees, nro received cor
dially everywhere and many ot those
who muko contributions tell tho r.ollul
tots to cull overy week while the strike
laslt'.
A merchant on upper Lackawanna
avenue whose teamsters came In nnd
reported that they wore being called
opprobrious names made an Investiga
tion and learned that thero was a re
port current that he was selling gro
ceries to the compnny. Ho sent an
emphatic denial 01' the story to strike
headquarters and accompnnlcd his
message with two boxes of cigars and
a liberal cash donation.
Tho steam railroads are doing the
handsome tiling by tho strikers. A
special rate, which Is very moderate,
Is given for tho transportation of the
Imported men whom the strikers Bend
back.
It hns boon proposed to tho board
of health that because of the preva
lence of smallpox In Now York and
Oshkosh tho Imported trolley me it
ought to be vaccinated. When the
board comes to consider the matter,
one of its members says, It will not
bo deteircd from doing what It con
cludes should bo its full duty out of
consideration for tho fact that U13
vaccination may incnpacltnt-J these
men.
The funeral ot James P. Collins,
president of tho street car men's union,
was attended yesterday by tho strikers
from all over the valley. A largo floral
piece was sent by the union as a token
of Its sympathy and sorrow.
WILL BE NO STRIKE
AT WILKES-BARRE
Proposition Submitted by the Officers
of the Trolley Company Is Ac
cepted by the Men.
"The trouble between the employes
and officials of the Wilkes-Barre and
Wyoming Valley Traction company
over certain demands relative to wages
and hours of labor, which threatened
a tie-up of the system, was amicably
adjusted early this morning by the men
accepting a proposition of President
Rlgg for a settlement of their griev
ances," says last evening's Wilkes
Barre Times.
"The grievance committee and the
traction officials he a conference yes
terday afternoon and President Rlgg
submitted two propositions to the men.
The first was $2 a day for a day ot
twelve hours and 17 cents an hour for
overtime. The second was two nine
hour shifts at $1.03 per day and 18 1-3
cents per hour for overtime. Under
both propositions the men would re
ceive an hour's pay for any fraction
of an hour over ten minutes.
"The report of the grievance commit
tee with President Rlgg's propositions
was submitted to the traction men at
a meeting held at midnight last night.
About 3 o'clock this morning the sec
ond proposition was adopted by an un
animous vote. The men agreed to
work nine hours a day at $1.63 and be
paid 18 1-3 cents an hour for overtime.
"The men were jubilant over tho re
sult and marched about the streets
cheering for President Rlgg and the
traction company. The agreement Is
to go into effect Jan. 1, 1901, and con
tinue one year.
"Under the old system of swing
shifts there were three men to a car
for the eighteen hour day, but under
tho new agreement each car will have
four men, two crews of nine hours
each. There are 184 motormen and con
ductors employed at present on the
various lines of the company and un
der the new system forty-four new
men will be given employment. This
will mean a great additional expense
to the company, but It will be offset
In a measure by the shorter hours of
the men, which will reduce their wages
about $8 a month, or nearly $100 a year
less than they receive at present."
TRAVEL SIXTY YEABS AGO.
Some Comparisons Which Illustrate
Modern Development.
From the Chicago Ttecoid.
A man may go to California today
by any of a dozen routes. The fart
over any of them Is $110 from Chicago.
He may go by any route he desires to
select and come back by any other
route which may please his fancy. He
may leave Chicago and go to San
Francisco, thence south to Los An
geles, then north to Portland, and back
to Chicago, for $133. He may stop oft
at will both going and coming, with a
final return limit of nine months. He
may take nlxty days to reach tho first
point on tho Pacific coast. Ho may
make a straight run to tho coast and
get thero in three days.
People stop to consider the accom
plishment only when the mind goes
back to the method of the '49-er, or of
tho traveler of two decades later. Fifty
years ago California travelers started
on a steamboat which carried them
from hundreds of town3 along the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers and landed
them with their motley mule and oven
outfits at Weston, where tho Indian
trail was struck. The trail wns fol
lowed until at South pass the Rockies
wero crossed, Somo of theso outfits
traveled via Salt Lake City., Others
took the "cut-off" to Soda Springs, ut
the big bend of tho Bear river, thence
hy the California road across Goose
Creek mountains and down Humboldt
river, then across tho deceit via Anto
lope, Rabbit Hole, Deep Hole, and
Black Rock. Hot Springs to tho foot
of tho Sierra Nevadas, Tho train wus
then In tho Lnwsou cut-off and travel
was mostly ut night to nvaiu tho In
tense heat. From Rook Springs the
route lay south across Mud lako to
Granite creek, then through tho bushy
foothills to Horny lako valley, where
the animals had to be recruited, Then
the Sierra Nevada mountains wero
crossed and Fort Redding reached,
It then took five mouths to make a
trip now inude In about seventy houis.
Then tho trip was attended by the
dangers Incident to Indlun warfuto
or death from tho wearying privations
of the overland trail, Tho only other
routo in thoso days was by steamer
to Panama, which required mouths of
time and about $000 cash,
For Sale.
Two heavy and one light delivery
wagons; ono buggy polo; rush register;
two plpe-cuttlng machines; ono four
horse-power engine; $1,600 worth gas
fixtures and bupplles; $2,500 plumbeiB'
und steum-iltters' supplies, and 01m
two-seated open wagon.
Hunt & Council.
j&WWUWWWW
i Great Strike
5jj In student lamps, beauties
3g can buy one for $3,50. The
much in vogue, many new lamps havo been received In the new
colors of Amber and Moorish-red. The latter havo the Oriental
wrought iron filagree work which Is not duplicated.
xv&
Geo. V. Millar &
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
TEETH
Ct3S vSw MW Ka mY 'A fri 'ij
Gold Crowns $3
Gold Fillings $1
Bridge Work (tSoW $3
Set of Teeth $5
All work guaranteed for 10 yeais. Call and
haio jour teeth examined free of charge.
Satisfaction or no pay.
Schimpff, the Jeweler,
That's the name. You've heard it a good many times i
most every time in fact, when jewelry is the topic of convep
sation, for the one implies the other.
Schimpff, the Jeweler,
Has much to show you in the Gift li e more than you'll sea
in most other stores. Not only more, but something "dif
ferent" novelties that appeal to you, because of their
novelty.
Schimpff, the Jeweler,
Has everything going in the jewelry line. Think ol what
you want; it's there. Prices, too, are less than you think,
when you consider that no matter what you buy, quality is
apparent.
317 Lackawanna Avenue.
:UKKKKKKKK$KK5nKKMKKKMK5
5 The New Nevcrslip As
phalt Removable
HORSESHOE CALK.
Horse cannot slip
and will outwear three
sets of any other calk
manufactured.
!! B1TTENBENDER i
H SOLE
JtKKKKKHUKKKKKIKKKKKKKKKKKHn
;$S$$S$5$$3$$SSS
MERCEREAU
& CONNELL
NOW OPEN IN OUR NEW STORE WITH A
NEW STOCK FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Diamonds
Watches
Silverware
OUR STOCK FOR KXTENT, VARI
HTY AND FINENESS IN EVERY
DEPARTMENT IS NOT EXCELLED
IN THIS LOCALITY . .
17
OUI! WELL-KNOWN GUARANTEE
GOES WITH EVERY ARTICLE. . .
A I.I. ARE WELCOME.
WE experienced a very busy Christmas sea
son; our sales in Fancy pieces of Furni
ture and Rugs going away bevond what we could
have expected. This busy order of things left us
j i "r : with many little odds
Holiday Prices on and ends on hand,
Furniture and Rugs which we desire to
, rr - dispose of at once,
Take a I Uin Die ana in order to do so,
have attached very special prices that we think
will call for a quick response on your part. Bear
in mind these are standard makes of Furniture
the very best we can buy, and that the Holiday
prices which in themselves are low enough
have been Cut Away Down in order to move
them quickly.
In Our New Store
406 l.iickawiiii'iu Aye.
UK39I
Milk Dealer Killed.
Ily i:cluIyo Who fiom Th Associated Pics.
Wot Chester, l'j., Poo. 23. .Joseph ilmden
h.ill, milk and butter dealer ot thU place, while
In nlokel nnd antique brass. You
soft, burnished effects nre very
Co. "iI,nlA"?B
Extracted Absolutely
Without Pain.
Our system of PAINLKHS Pentlstry U far
superior to tho old method of doing- work.
We both All and attract teeth without the
least particle of pain. Our prices lor the
present nre extremely low, anil tf you are In
need ot any .Dental work. Call and hiv
your teeth examined.
We make a specialty ol fin. Crown and
Drldgo Work and it will pay 3011 to call and
get our prices before going elsewhere. All
work absolutely I'alnlciu.
Dr. ReyerTDentist
814 Spruce St, Opp. Court House.
CO., Fm Ave
AGENTS.
Jewelers
Silversmiths
Fine Jewelry
Cttt Glass
Leather Goods 1
No. 132
Coal
Exchange
Wyoming
Avenue
Seranton Carpet
& Furniture Co.
(REQisTeneo,)
going his lound't today, was struck by locotno-.
tlio on the I'lilUdelplila and Wilmington and
llalliuioie ulliu.id, and was so badly cut and
biuLcd that it n utccsiJiy tu amputate his
leg. Hi) rcioury it very doubtful 11U waoa
waj kmathed and hid horse killed.
S$599S9$S999S99SS$SS
t 1