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BUSINESS YOUNG MEN
Tike notice tint wo are atTuing for sale tho
majority of fcleilt in one of the best liavinsr inan
if iclni Iiiic Ini.lriiiCH ill (lie city, Iten p.op-ily
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Hated Willi .vou Sonic nf tin- ln-t Known liiialne
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one o? We kimijiiIic .ntl-llu Iiee itf'cts
ami c.iufnl bind vvoil;. l..ni' l-iinuloiln'
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PERSONAL.
Mr. and Mis. .1, W. Oahfoid havo relumed fioiu
ll.cir wcdJinu Jouiiicv,
Chailcs II. rili, principal of tlio Sehool of i,
J.ieKavvaniu, lift .ushiclaj on .i vb-it to .Sew
iVoik city.
JnincK If. tiiiiM', tpiiial jj.cut of the I nIUi
Mutes ilepirtmcnt of labor, U in this cily eollcel.
Jwr Industrial slat Utlci.
William .1. l)oii;l.ii, I,. .1. Slibcekci, the Mlsac
MebeeKcr unU II, ,1, Ullll.inu wire icijlsieied at
the Hotel Alhut in New Ymk lu'intly.
Itcv. ). II. Jenkins, II. 1 o( Uiilondjio, nun.
pied Dr. DivU' clnui-li, of llellevuc, un fcuud.'y,
instead of Itev. William .leiil.iiis, of WilkevlUtiv,
lis was icpuited.
Mr. and Mik. Cmmd Wllllaiiu, of Nivv Yolk
(ity, havo u-tuiiied Lome nftii kpondlux tvvn
veeLs with their cousins 'ihonias 1'itsei.ild .in I
).llu r.diiluiii, of Mifllln avenue.
John lurr, eencral manager of the KM Hum.
ttlcal circuit, lilted tho (Ity .vtslerdjy upon a
pcrlodii.il tour of Intpcttlon of tlio play-hou.se:,
imdci his BiipcitUiou, and .u in (Oiuiiltjilon
(or icmuI liouu Willi M.iii.it't'r Hully, of the l,.
i rum, Mr, Kur, wu Is luiatnl at rirjuuu, Is
one of tlu liot ii)iilppul thcitiiral men in tlio
country, and In tho niitler of thoiotigh, puuti
vil kiiowlultte ol the uuliicvf, ut few jiccin
POLICE TO DRILL.
The iiii-mhuts nf tho imlleo foire will
JieBln ilrltllntr this al'tenioon for tho
llrHt tlntu In ninny itioiuhb. They will
fissemblo In thu new nrinoiy nnd will bo
put thiQUtth thu regulation nmnoeuvies
y Superlntenduiu Uny, who la an old
Ss'utlouul auunl ninti Tlw .hills will
be continued weekly toy noino time,
Tho patrolmen me Just ocelviitr the
jiew muniuer helmets whlcn huvu bepn
recently purchaseO. Thoy uro i;ruy In
color and d I Iter iiuitci Lilly from those
formerly used, there- being no nlr litim
on the top, Tiny uro much lighter in
fvclght ami cost only $1.75 each, or
fl-arly a dollar leas than thu od ones.
SCRANTON AND
BEEP TRUST
THIS CITY CONSPICUOUS IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
Most of the Evidence on Which At
torney General Knox Bases His
Movement Against the Alleged
Meat Combine Is Furnished by In
cidents Which Have This City for
Their Scenario Formidable Array
of Letters Concerning Combine's
Operations in Scrnnton.
Scritnton will piny a very prominent
part In thu Investigation by Attorney
General Knn.t Into the alleged Illegal
combine of the meat barons.
Tho evidence on which ho based his
movement li supplied almost entirely
fiom this city and vicinity. It con
sists In the main of letters passing be
tween the big packing houses and their
ICastorn managers concerning dllllcul
tles experienced hero nnd hereabouts In
carrying out tho alleged agieoment en
tered Into by tho reputed trust.
Tho alleged black-listing of P. II.
Coleman a young man of Dunmoro Is
one of thu things tho prosecution will
rely upon to prove Its case. Letlets
telling of violations of tho alleged
combine ngreement by vnrioiw of the
agents In Scranton and vicinity form
n formidable part of tho documentary
evidence on which the movement Is
founded.
The Investigation of the alleged beer
trst will cover an luuulty on the part
of tho government Into the business
Jelatlons, joint Intetests, and averred
combinations of tho following packing
firms:
Armour &. Co., C. II. Hammond com
pany, Swift & Co., Xelhon Morris,
Cudtihy Packing company, Sehwarz
sehlld & Sulzberger.
Connected with them In the Investi
gation will bo their collateral houses
and blanches at St. Paul. Omahn,
Scranton, Kansas City, Now Yoik and
other central points.
Tho Investigation Is undertaken at
tho suggestion of President Roosevelt
and Is primarily under the conduct of
Attorney General Knox, aided by Wil
liam A. Day, special counsel, and
United States District Attorney Bcthea.
of Chicago. The complaints against
the packers nnd the preliminary evi
dence were filed with Attorney General
Knox within tho last month.
PRINCIPAL, CHAKGK.
Tho principal charge made may be
summed In this paragraph:
That the six leading packing concerns
of Chicago are engaged in a combina
tion arbitrarily to fix the ptlco of cattle
on the hoof, of dressed beef and what Is
termed provisions; to raise and lower
prices Independent of natural laws, to
stifle competition, to accept rebates
and discriminations from the railways,
to boycott competitors, to blacklist of
fending employes, and that nil these
nets ate illegal anil contraiy to the
ant,l-trust and Intel state commerce
laws of the United States..
Appended are some of tho communi
cations relating to the Scranton busi
ness of the alleged combine now In the
posTsslon of tho government:
P. Ij. Hughes, eastern agent of J. P.
Cudahy, writing of tho organization of
a credit association in Scranton, Pa.,
organized by tho packers' representa
tives, it is charged, to destroy competi
tion says:
llepljiiur to jmir tdc'iam of the 2'ith in-t .
with K.iul to the CiediL .Wochition of Scian
ton, 1 ilesiic to tav tiiat a-, toon .is the mini,
nets thcie KOt toKetlicr and undo tliU agreement,
I objected to it stioiiidy, and Mine we have b"cn
limine; eu'iy efloit to tiling the minimum fine up
to i0. It neur should have been ch.iuu.cd. In
fict, my lilca is thi: That the lines should be
In piopoition to the ltituio of the otlcn-e and to
the o.tcnt of the irlftrt that we k.uc up, and that
hlioiihl be lctt to the judgment of the aibltiator.
I have iiMuctcd our nuiusu at Su .niton to this
elicit.
A uiectliu called to make a (Ikiiirc was only
attended by our Mr. ll.ihbitt and the lcpicscuta.
tbe of Annniir .'; Co. You can make any nnrce
incut at lli.it end joti see lit, because It will not
aHect us one way or another, t (ro on the policy
tint the iiile-, of any nosockilion in the dr-trict
aie not too Mint, ioWduu; ccl llimy it equal.
LTCTTEU TO AltMOUR & CO.
T. F. Connors, of Armour & Co,, was
confidentially consulted about a woik
association among packing houses, ns
Is exnlnined In this letter:
lieferiiufj to jour tclcKiam icuived while at
Utlca, with legard lo foiinini; a polk association
iJuillar to the one wo have In AIUi;haiiy, it Is
ceitalnly u. K"0d idea, and heictufore I have
t.illad the matter otcr with Mr. Connors urn)
oIIkis lieu who are interested. 'Hie trouble K to
set them nil toselliei. We would bo olilfgril to
take In Will.ea-ltirre as well and li.it e the thicc
towns woilc loyillirr.
I had auolhci tulle with Mr. Conucis about this
je-.tiid.iy, and wo will endeavor to do boincthlii;
in lids lino ncl week.
I luil thought of miking I'ittston ami Sunt
this week, but there aie nuttirs connected Willi
cm tic- .niiPitn conti.tcU at the Wit l.'nd that
I Hill be obllucd lo nlteiid to befou' I can make
Siranlon nj;.ilii. I hope jour .lie in a
position to couipaie jirlcts on poll; with uthcis
In that p.nt of the couuliy and will let uu l.uuw
the H'.-ult.
When there was no pressing necessity
for woiHIng upon the Now York dealeis
anil consumers the managers visited
other territory for the samo purpose,
to which this confidential report from
Plttston, P.t., bears witness:
I hue never failed to get llio.se fillow. lo in
Ciena the pilio when I eo theie, but It mnerally
l..tt but a week or two. NcNon MoirU has not
K'lil an lu.ptrtoi- thcie In orri a jeai, ii,IIIioiikIi
their in in Sullivan islts Kianton and Wilkes
ll.ui o ickuIjiIj', Pollltle, of rkhwaijischlhl i
KuUli, ii.m, wnt (Into ,i tew iIjj tliU vvrik, and
he left in dl'iit, without atteuiptliii; to do any.
thin'.- Willi thim. I think, huvvevei, we will ,(t
bettir results Iroui Iheio for the net weed; or
two.
Tho energy of tho managers was
iiKiilii shown In Sciantou, when an at
tempt was mailo to organize ti "lovo
feast" among tho alleged competitors,
This trip was described ok follows:
UK WAS IIKUK.
1 was at Sciantou until jfleilioou I'lidaj-, and
lujtt'lf and Aimom's nun tl-ood diiiuiiuid up u
lucillnu: ul tho iiuiukhs of, Hie dillcieiit blanch
hoimes III the villi y, lo meet at Seiaiitmi loday,
but I am lufiDtucd by Mr, Conucis this nioiiilui;
that Swift k Lo, de'cliued to put up .1 foifcil,
and without that I am quite certain It would he
a falluie, My Idea was lo organize it toiuelhliu;
.iltir the plan ot the Allegheny association, unci
I jvo ilit in what instruitloiiA I could on thl'
line, and would have ttajcj over lodjy to lielp
them out, but for my aiulely n be present ut
the loeetlii'; in New Voil., to as In luve a toko
in the organisation of the oedit u-uuil.-itioun,
Another Scranton "evldenco' of tho
existence) of tho alleged trust is pre
sented In the following letter fruin
Agent Hughes to thu Ouduhy Packing
comuapv!
i have jour-, of icccut date, wherein jou ay
that ,i incur & Co. are) complaining of our Scran.
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OUR SUMMER SCHpOL
OF EIQHT WEEKS.
Jwli
Opens June
Call or Write
For Particulars.
Both 'Phones,
Ion Iminili not tutting ndvlee to ndvanco the
pilee of livers lo 0 cents. I iccelveil your tele
Kiaphlu Intitutlonn the day 1 was in S'ei.uiton,
and even befoie tlie.v weic retclveii llabbitt lud
Itistiiiitlciw to put the livers up to tint price,
and he told me that lie was the only man In
town, rtccptlncr Swift, who did have Instruc
tions it that time, .but I told lilm tint they
would all have it by that follovclns Mondav,
when the instructions would no into clfect.
The Scrnnton meat dealer, referred
to above as "Babbitt," got Into trouble
with tho Cudahys over liver prices, nnd
Air. Hughes wrote his Omaha concern:
That miller has been gone over In Habbitt's
conepondcnce, nnd in other wnj-s, nnd jou
know now, of coulee, why we are not trcltine; o
cents for livers theic. When I was theie last 1
continued his ttory that ifa llcuhott did not uk
moio than : cents for liven. L'p to the Friday
nl;:ht of the week we put the price tip, he only
old two litem out of ten at o cents, and I told
him to sell them ot what they weic worth,
rather than dump them, iiiee others weie not
niatntaiuiiur the price, which lie did.
The dile of Ilibhitt's itistluctioiu to advance
llver.s wis Hec. 21, seven tkij.s befoie the com
plaint from Armour leached jou. Perhaps llab
bitt denied that lie had lrcelved these intiuc
tion, but Aimour's people are lontimnlly com
plainiiiir about us at tint point. If tlie.v would
put in thi time towaid advancing piices, it
would be moie advantafreous to theniselvcs and
evirjbody eW. To say the lea't, they ale a.
cheap as anj thins on that mirket.
THE BABBITT MATTER.
Another Hughes letter concerning
Babbitt reads as follows:
Whilein Sciantou this lat time I vviieil jou,
anions; other things, that wo were gettine; maiket
prices for our poll: cuts. I convinced lnj-self ot
tli's befoie I was theie teij- lonct. I have bad
numerous complaints about H.ibbilt, and no
doubt jou hael as well, cuttlnff in prices. In
fact, Swift'i, fieneial men, l'attcison, wired mo
fiom theie eonio time ago tli.it Itabbltt-was sell
inir fiom a quaiter to a half lower thin any ol
his competitors.
It is charged that not only are inde
pendent butchois and meat sellers boy
cotted and blacklisted by the alleged
combine, but that employes are nlso, on
the ground that If they have the office
secrets of one concern they must never
bo permitted to go into the employ of
another.
In support of this charge is the case
of P. J. Coleman, submitted to tho gov
ernment. Coleman was at one time an
employe of Armour & Co., nnd was dis
missed on tho giound of economy being
desired. No charges were made against
his character. He then secured employ
ment in a branch house of Nelson Mor
ris & Co. Aibitrntor Colby shortly
learned of his being there, and he wan
again dismissed without charges. Next
he secured employment with a branch
house of Cudahy & Co.. at Scranton.
T. J. Connors, New York manager ot
Armour & Co., discovered this and
complained to Mr. Hughes of Cudahy
&. Co., nnd Coleman was summarily
discharged. The correspondence in this
matter is covered in the following let
ters. Mr. Hughes to tho Cudahys:
Hepljiiu to jour favor nf the aid iiml., vvitli
icgaid to our havine; cinplojed I. J. Coleman at
Scranton as our piovUIon talesman, I doslio to
f-.ij- tint our iiiJiijiicr employed Coleman after he
had lctt the .senice of .Vclton Moiris. It is flue
tht he vt is at one time in tiie employ of Amiour
fc Co., and while 1 do not approve of the action
of our manager there, jet I hesitated to ditch uge
Colciran at the icqucst of Mr. Connois, bnt since
they bave taken it up at that end and look at
the matter m ctniousl.v, I think it may be well
to take him fiom that teultoij-, which I l-avc
de'trimlncd to do. He will be given a wcck'ii
notfic net Monday tli.it his sen ices will no
longer bo lequlred, but willthe t-uggestiou that
I lu.ij- be able to use him fomevvheie else.
TO CUDAHY'S MANAGER.
Tho following letter was written by
Mr. Hughes to the Cudahy local man
ager at Scranton:
On Monday, the Kith iiut., you will phase give
Ml. Coleman one vveck'.s notice of the fact tint
bU hcivltcs will no longer bo lequlied, for lea
oils which I will dUitr-x with jou ptrsori.tlly
rn my net visit, which will bo before tho tei
minatlon of Mb service with ns. I uiaj- be able
to cmplov Mi, Coleman at sonic othei point in
this dlttiict.
Mr. Coleman lost his job.
The packets say nnd tho retailers
echo that the increased price of incut Is
due to shortage) of stock, nnd the high
price of corn. Those who are prosecut
ing tho Investigation claim that the
action of tho Inter-stato commerce com
mission In annulling tho tobates by
lailroads to tho big meat shippers re
sulted In an annual loss of from $3,00u,
000 to $3,000,000, nnd to make up this
loss tho ptlcu of meals vvnu boomed.
No one attempts to deny that mere
Is at leust a working agreement among
the local agents of tho big packing
houses. They meet every Friday night
over the Brunswick cafo on Spruce
htreet, and It Is said fix tho prices to bo
charged for all kinds of meat during
tho next week. They also hoar and
pass upon complaints regarding prlcu
cutting, It Is alleged, and Imposo lines
on any house found guilty of violating
tho agreement.
Each agent must keep on deposit
with Arbitrator II. T. Jayne, SMO us a
101 felt from which tho lines can bo
collected. The ostensible business of
these meetings and tho arbitrator, Mr.
.Tuyne, Is to canvass tho llnanelul stand
ing and llx the credit ratings far re
talleis. Miss Le Vay at Hotel Jermyn.
By request, Miss j.p Vay wilt make
an extra visit to Scranton today, with
a lino of smart tallor-msido huts, for
shlrt-wulst costumes; a dlspluy of ex
clusive dress hats, and a dainty line of
misses' hats,
Dr, Amdt,
Residence ami olllco, 43T Wyoming ave,
North Carolina Poplar
Trees at Clark's, ilorlat.
TliU signature) la oa eyery bos of tbe gcuulu;
Laxative BnmiO'Quinine Tauicu
remedy Ibat ftircK a cola lu one Uw,
l
19th, 1902.
J. Alfred Pennington,
Director.
Adams Avenue and Linden St.
SEVEN MORE ENTRIES.
Interest in The Tribune's Educa
tional Contest Deepens Some
' Questions Answered.
As the date for tho beginning of Tho
Ttibunc'H third Educational Contest
draws near tho Interest among tho
young people; of Scranton nnd through
out Northeastern Pennsylvania deep
ens. Since Saturday morning last a
large number of descriptive booklets
have been mailed to many towns nnd
hamlets tluoughout this portion of the
state, tclllnir in detail what splendid
rewnrds young people may win by tho
effort of a single summer's work. Al
though there has hardly been time for
many of tlio booklets to reach their ad
dresses the mail of the "Contest Edi
tor" hns increased greatly, and Is tilled
with inquiries, requests for information
not fully covered in the booklet, and,
best of all, a number of entries have
been udded to those already on file, al
though the opening day is now almost
a week away.
AN INTERESTING LETTER.
Some of the letters accompanying the
entries are very Interesting. For in
stance, here is one from a young lady
in Scranton:
Contest l'.dltoi-, M.ianlon Tiibune.
Pear Sir: It is nij- wish to engage in The
Tiibune's Conic!. M.f tune will he limited, as
I am a student at the High school. Hut with the
word "Success" as mj- walihwoid, I shall stilve
to win.
It is wllh gialittide and pleasiue that I think
of The Tiibune's llbei.il oiler to all who aie
eager to leain. Kindly mall me MibHiiptiou
bhink, etc. Itespcctfull.v j-ouis.
SOME QUESTIONS.
Another -oung lady wants an answer
to the following questions: 1. Suppose
tiiat a person has at one time been a
subscriber to Tho Scranton Tribune and
is not a subset iber now, can they be
enrolled again ns new subscribers? 2.
Hns all tlio canvassing got to be done In
towns, cities and villages?
Answer 1. A contestant may take tho
subscription of any person who is not
at the present time on the subscription
books of Tho Tribune. 2. A contestant
may take subscriptions in any place
they please, cities, towns, villages, or
farming hamlets, or may write away to
friends living beyond their calling dis
tance. In the last contest some sub
scriptions camo from Oregon, Maryland,
New Mexico nnd other distant points.
NEW ENTRIES.
The following additional entries have
been received within tho last two days:
Horace A. Lyons, Honesdnle.
Miss Mary M. Jordan, 1S0S Plttston
avenue.
Arthur Svveetser, 1102 Price street.
George Lull, 1312 Price street.
Miss Nellie L. Avery, Forest City.
Miss Jennie A. Burns, C39 Quincy
iwonue.
Charles W, Dorsey, 319 Webster ave
nue. Those who wish to enter (lie contest
should send in their names and ad
dress, "Contest Editor, Scrnnton Tri
bune, Scrnnton, Pa." The rules and list
of scholarships is printed dally on the
fourth page of Tho Tribune. Cnnvass
er's outfits will be sent out to nil who
havo entered before the contest opens,
so that they may begin on tlio vety
first morning and return some points In
time to bo printed on the following day.
PITCHER, HARDY ARRIVES.
Came from Stuebenville, O., to Join
the Club.
Manager A. W. Lawson, of tlio Scran
ton huso ball club, has appointed Physi
cal Director Steinberg assistant mnn
nger of tlio Scranton club. Steinberg
noted in the same capacity with Allen
town last season. Munnger Lawson has
not yet decided who will captain the
ten in.
Harry Hardy, of Stuebenville, Ohio,
one of the Scranton club's pitchers, ar
rived yesterdny and was out practicing
with the boys at tho park. Ho Is it left
hauded twirlcr, having good speed and
sharp curves. He also has good con
tiol of the sphere, nnd Is expected lo
give a good account of himself later.
Last season Hardy pitched lor tho Al
tonna club.
Tho Willlamsport club, which opens
tho championship season hero next Sat
urday afternoon In a gttino with Scran
ton, last Saturday defeated the Thomas
vlllo club 22 to 0.
ANNUAL CONVENTION.
It Is to Be Held at Olyphant on
May 14 and 15,
The annual convention of the C.ttho
o Total Abstlnenco union of thu
Scranton diocese will bo hold In Oly
phunt on May 14 and ID.
At this meeting tho report of tho com
mittee on revision of the constitution
and by-laws vvll bo acted upon,
COURT HOUSE NEWS NOTES.
'the eouiily coimulviloiuis havo decided to con.
tiact for eight aie lights to llluiiiluo 'the touit
lioutc law n.
Tho county lommlMloucr.s jcsU'iJjy .ivvaidcd
the- piintliig of the iiieicautllo uppiaucrs lepoit
In 'I ho Tiibune, llepubllean uud Timis.
Ill Ilia el.llo of Alvah W, )iley, late of Ci.
bumble, Mint of uduiluMiatluii wuc jcstci
day gi anted by Jtcgbtcr Koeh lo Frame Ik and
Iteiu .. Dale j,
Br, Llndnbury, Surgeon, diseases of
women a bpecially, 215 Connell building.
Hours: 11 it. in. to 4 p, in.; 7 to 8.30 p.m.
THEY WERE A
BIT WORRIED
.SCHOOL CONTROLLERS SAT ON
UNEASY SEATS.
Each Faction Fearful the Other
Might Sprhifj Somothlnr; That
Would Have nn Effect on tho Ap
proaching Election of Superintend
entResignation of Jacob Schaef
fer Received and Accepted, but No
Attempt Made to Fill the Vacancy.
Schools to Close June 13.
School Controller Jucob Schneffur, of
tho Tenth ward, sent In his resignation
last night, to tako effect Immediately.
Immedlutoly upon receiving nnd ac
cepting the resignation the board ad
journed, tho Howell and Phillips fac
tions' leaders each being fearful that
the other hud some candidate to spring
for tho vacancy. ..
Peter Stlpp and Alex. Nnegely arc
spoken of for the place. There will bo
no meeting before next Tuesday night,
when tho superintendent Is to be elect
ed, nnd consequently tho election tvlll
bo carried on without the participation
of a Tenth ward representative. The
vacancy cannot be filled at next Tues
day's meeting, us the meeting Is called
for the spcclnl purpose of electing a
superintendent. It Is not impossible,
though, that some one of the factions
may find Itself with a positive mnjor
Ity and In tho interim proceed to have
a special meeting to select some ono of
Its choosing to tako Mr. Schneffer's
plnce and help swell Its funks for next
Tuesday night's battle.
EVANS RESOLUTION.
As a result of last night's hasty ad
journment un important recommenda
tion of the auditing committee was left
In the air. It was In tho shape of a
resolution that hereafter no bill be paid
unless approved by tho appropriate
committee and then by tbe auditing
committee. At present the approval of
the appropriate committee is all that Is
reouired.
Tho auditing committee Is a figure
head. Five members of tho auditing
committee, Messrs. Evuns, Christmas,
Heif. Murphy and Dr. O'Malloy, joined
in drafting the resolution. To be more
exact, Mr. Evans, tho chairman of the
committee, drew it up nnd tho others,
more or less willingly and half-heartedly,
signed it. Henry O'Malley and
Mr. AValsh did not sign it.
When tho members were moving t6
wards the door, calling out "no quo
rum," Mr. Evans, somewhat dramatic
ally, waved his resolution high in the
uir and declared, "You will pass this
resolution if It takes all summer."
After Chairman Gibbons declared tho
meeting adjourned, some of tho mem
bers edged back into the room to find
out what the Evans' resolution was like.
AVhen they saw that it had nothing to
do with the superlntendency fight, there
were expressions sucli as ""Why didn't
you tell us what it was?" and "We
didn't know It wasn't loaded."
On tho recommendation of Mr. Bar
ker, of the teachers' committee, it was
decided to close the schools on Friday,
June 13, and to dispense witli the
monthly institutes in May nnd Juno,
providing tho superintendent has no
particular work mapped out for these
institutes.
PETITION FROM TEACIIEP.S.
A petition was leceiv'ed from fifteen
Grammar H nnd C teachers of more
than twelve years' experience, asking
for an increase in salary. They, at
present, receive $33 it month nnd point
out that this is S3 less than is paid an
assistant in Grammar A, who is not
burdened with tlio responsibility of a
room. Tiiey ask that they be allowed
$10 a month more than tho Grammar A
assistants. Tho petition was refeired to
the teachers' committee.
On tho recommendation of Architect
Davis It was ordered that $3,000 bo
drawn in favor of the Dunmore Lum
ber company ns an Installment on No.
39 building, the payment to be subject
to certain repairs nnd alterations to the
condemned brick-fneing work.
The request of the Young Women's
Christian association for the uso of the
High school auditorium for tlio asso
ciation's annual exhibit in May was
presented by Mr. Jennings nnd referred
to his committee with power lo net.
CONDUCTED A SMOKER.
Electrical Workors Listened to Ad
dresses on Labor Question.
Tlio members of Local No. SI, of tho
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, conducted a smoker lust
night In Young Men's Institute hull, on
Lackawanna avenue. Bt lef addresses on
the labor question weio mado by Fred
Dllcher; John H. Dovino. president of
tlio Central Labor union; Hugh Fraynp,
president of tho State Federation of
Labor; J. F. Hammes and Peter Hoi
ton Refreshments were served after the
speechmnklng, by P. II. Durkln, The
committee which had tho alfalr In
charge consisted of tlio following mem
bers: Daniel Lnfforty, John Sluiugh
nossy, John MoDermott, P. II. Murphy,
Claude Snxton, Harry Manic! nnd M.
J. Ryan.
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Dr. II. 11. Wure, Specialist, eye, ear,
noso nnd throat, has removed to Boatd
of Trade building, second floor front,
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There is no other Roofing
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