hi 1 sv- .' i , M THE SCRANTOX TnTBTTNIJ-THWISDAY, lWKJlBEK 18, J02. OPENING OF OPERATORS' CASE rContlmicil from Pnfco .".) ever, ciiniu from the t'ominlF.Uui on "recognition." Have Hntl Hard Luck. In addition to stutlniT thiit the eu ru ngs they lcuelveil were divided among four men Instend of two, ns represented by the company, the fiithurit of the little silk mill girls", who hud been I'lllt rlssoil Tor allowing Htieh Ftnnll children to woilc nights, told of having had ex it omcly hind luck, n a further exeunt for their Hecmlng luck of nutunil pur entnl feeling', John Uoniko told of bury ing six children In five yearn and hav ing had hln wife In an asylum. I'eler Shlcach told of having an Invalid wife and lurge family of small children. Ills little girl wanted to work In the mill and gave up a day Job to go on the night shift. Judge Oray suggested to both fathers that they ought to take the little girls out of the mill. It would be better, be said, to gut them positions ns domestics, If It was really necessary to have them work. Major 'Warren disputed -the claim of the other side that the places of these miners were worked four-handed, as the system In voruc at these collieries was to work a place two-handed. .lutlpe Oray Invited lieneral Manager .May to the stand to throw what light he could on the question In doubt. 'Mr. .May said the eompuny keeps no recoul of how many men work In 11 place, under a contract miner. It may be pos sible, he admitted, that In the Instances In question the places were worked four-handed, but the likelihood Is, be said, that It was two-handed, because the two-handed system prevails at this colliery. The matter would be looked up, ho said, and the commission In formed. He thought it would bp very dtlllcult to determine this, as the com pany has no record of any kind of how many men work on a contract. Judge Oray expressed much concern over this matter, as It raised u ques tion about the adequacy of nil the Pennsylvania company's figures. He pai ticularly requested that the com mission be informed as to whether or not the earnings set forth In the sta tistics applied to two men or four men. Jlr. Darrow was disposed to charac terize as unfair the action of the com pany In giving It out that the wages lepresented the earnings of two men when It was not sure but that it might be for four men. Majdf AVarren re marked that Mr. Darrow was ques tioning the good faith of Mr. May. Mr. Darrow replied that he was directly challenging Mr. May's good faith, and repeated bis assertion 'that the action In question was unfair and unjust. As to Factory Laws. Karl W. Bishop, deputy factory in spector in this district, was the ilrst of Iho commissioners1 witnesses to be called to the Btand. Judge Oray con ducted bis examination. He told that his district comprises the counties of Lackawanna, Wyoming nnd Wayne, and gave an outline of what his duties consist of under the law, Judge dray naked him particularly about the law requiring those between the ages of thirteen and sixteen work ing In factories to be supplied with u sworn cerlllleate showing their ages and setting forth that they can rend and write Hngtlsh. Mr. lllshop said that When he goes Into n factory he demands those certllleates mid looks them over. If 'he lltids a boy or girl between thirteen and sixteen who has been employed without Ilrst producing a certlllcale, lie takes the employer to (ask, ruder the law II Is his duty to pioecute, but It Is within his disci ellbn to forego prosecution If the employer kIvps assurance he will not olfend again, He told of one Instance In which he pioseeuted an employer for permit ting a girl to work without Ihst pre senting a certificate. The certificates aie, as a rule, made out before some alderman or Justice of the peace, he said, and admitted the magistrates are, In some instances, ap parently Very lax In Issuing them. The Inspector Is bound by the certlllcale, the witness declared. lOven though the Inspector Is satisfied In his own mind Unit the boy or girl Is under age, he can do nothing. He can not go behind the certlllcale. In looking over the Pennsylvania statutes on child labor, Monday, -Judge dray found a law providing that no person between the nges of thirteen and sixteen shall be employed In a fac tory or mill for more than nine calen dar month? of any one year, and then not unless bo or she has attended school for three months of the jvar. Jude dray read the law to the wit ness and asked him If he knew of Its existence. Mr. Ulshop said be hnd no knowledge of any such law. He pro duced a circular from the state depart ment of labor containing a digest of the laws pertaining to the duties of an Inspector, and no such law was men tioned among them. Judge dray and a number of the lawyers discussed this matter at some length, and came to the conclusion, that this law must have been repealed by provisions of the new general factory Inspector law and the compulsory edu cation law. Retrogressive Legislation. The judge said he hoped the legisla ture would re-enact this law, if it is a fact that It has been nullified. He did not want to appear critical, but It looked to him as If this was retro gressive legislating. There Is nothing in the law, It de veloped, forbidding young children or females from being employed at night. The judge thought this would also ho a good matter for the legislature to take up. The attention of Inspector Hihhop was called to a clause of the factory laws providing that not less than forty-five minutes shall be allowed em ployes for their "noonday" lunch, and Judge dray asked him If this was strictly enforced, He answered that It two-thirds of the employes petition for a shorter period, bo pertidts of It. They frequently petition, he said, that they may shorten the time thr will bo In the factory. In the comities of Lackawanna, Lu zerne, Wyoming and Wayne, which formeily constituted his district, Mr. Hlshop stated theie were 1,240 boys and liil!)8 girls between the iiro of thirteen and sixteen employed In mills and fac tories, lie had not at hand the figures In his present district. I'M ward ItoderUik, of the Plist dis trict was the Ilrst of the Inspectors called to the stand. He Is often ac companied by a. boss ho said, when making an Inspection. It Is desirable to havo the boss along that defects can be pointed out to him and suggestions made for Imptovements. The Inspector does not visit nil the working places In ii mine on each Inspection, as It would bp a physlenl Impossibility, lie uses lilHfwn judgment as to what parts of the mine he will Inspect and what mines he Will Inspect most often. Some mines are Inspected once a year and some fifteen times a year. It was probably title, he said, that some miners don't see the Inspector very often because they are out of the mines before the Inspector I caches the placed lie has met men coming out at ci o'clock In the morning, with their day's woik finished. The miners in' his dlstilet do not average live hours' work n day. The miners talk to him ICoutlmicd on I'ngo 11. C MINCE MEAT IglF J It's yours for ten cents a package the price It's sold to 'M L millions for wherever pie, cake and pudding are eaten. M k Allgtocertsellit. Men ell-Soute Co., Syracuse, iV. J'., mate ii. 1? WHEN IN DOUBT. Buy Handkerchief's or Gloves Either of these two, Handkerchiefs or Gloves, as Xmas Remembrances, Lace, Silk, Linen Embroidered, or Plain Hemstitched handkerchiefs at all Prices, from 10 cents to $5.00 GLOVES In all leading shades, Self Stitched, New Fasteners, Double Stitched Finger, Also a full line of Evening Gloves, and an especialg daintg stock 6f Silk Gloves $1.00 to $2.50 pair MELDRUM, SCOTT & CO., 126 WYOMING AVENUE. OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS. - XCTESSSJKHXn f :fc&&:fc&&:&&&:& m . II 3 1 III W W Wmk $ 00.1 Vtit ! ? M .1. Think of &i-S'r4i-?$'$' Don't waste your money on useless things when making your purchases of Christmas gifts. Your friends will surely appre ciate something useful more than a mere ornament. v V This is the Biggest, Best and Most Thoroughly Complete Furniture and Carpet House in Scranton. The stock is fresh and new. It represents a collection discriminatingly chosen by .buyers whose experience has taught them what is best and most modern in Home Furnishings. The inspection of the five large floors of this building will we are sure convince you of the truthfulness of the statements made above, which in themselves are good reasons why you can buy here with advantage to yourself, but as an extra inducement we offer FREE HOUD0Y GIFTS Prize No, I - $60 in Mdse, Prize No. 2 - $40 in fiSK FOB TOOK MS We have given special attention to our line of Chairs for the holiday trade, and we are we honestly goods at prices that cannot be equalled, quality considered, in Scranton. believe selling these Morris Chairs Reed Rockers Hardwood Rockers n B flfH wi Mil kS II 1 I'll J'i,l 1 mill lllWQk "We havo a large variety of these restful chairs. Juat like imt. MatchleaB value Only $4.75 A handsome chair, large, roomy aud comfortable. Can't be equaled at the price. Only $2.75 Tn Quartered Oak or Mahogany, handsomely finished. Conatiuc tion the best, Same as out. Only $3.25 Oak Rockers J 11111 3 n A A dwA fa A ' iw ''to' Twk m Mad of selected White Oak. Well finished and perfectly oou. stmcted, Worth $3.75. Here Only $2.75 Pictures, Carpet Sweepers, Smoking Tables, Parlor Cabinets, Scranton Carpets Furniture Co. w Dining Room Furniture, Parlor Furniture. Den Furniture, Sectional Book Cases, QUALITY FIRST In the selection of your Holiday Gifts delve deep Into their quality merits, for quality largely governs the extent of the recipient's appreciation ospoclnlly In Diamonds and Jewelry. It's not so much whnt you pay for a gift as It's Intrinsic worth Since the inception of this store in 1806 wo have offered our patrons only such wares as we could conscientiously rec ommend. The dependency thus afforded Inspired confidence, and that confidence is responsible for the storo's popularity. Diamonds, Watches, Jewelru, i Cut Glass and , " Umbrellas. 132 Wyoming Avenue. Mercereau & Connell, SKKK.KKKKK,.KK,KKa. ., j: Parlor n i Rockers .v. FREE ? For this week only-, we will allow each cash buyer of carpets to the amount of twenty dollars or more, Free Choice of Any Rocker That sells regularly for $3.00 and S3.50 each. Our reason for this ex traordinary offer is simple. We are compelled to vacate the basement which runs the entire length of the building, on January 1st next, and as we will have no room to store them, previous to our removal, to our new five floor store, we must get rid of them some way. Bargains in Rockers and Fine riorris Chairs Now on view in the basement, You can buy the finest goods in Scran ton for ajjout half what you'd expect to pay. J. Scott Inglis, (3. i 419 Lacka. Ave., Scranton, Pa U "A 'A "A 'A "A "A "A "A 'A A A "A "A 'A "A "A 'A A 'A A AAA'A'AA'A'AAAAAAAA Just Now, We x Would Remind You Of the cutlery to be found here. The line was never so complete the dainty pearl handled penknife the large 5-piece carving sets and all that go between. ( POCKET KNIVES. v . About 200 patterns guess you'll find wljat you want. Prices ...,10c to $5.5Q Ask for "Twin Brand" Cutlery a Kiiaiuntee of quality. 50c to $17.50 Z6 1 j W r Eg i III CARVING SETS. Prices . . , SCISSOR SETS. Prices . . . .$1.50 to $8.00 - HUNTING KNIVES. Prices $1.75 to $10.00 t RAZORS. . f Plain and fancy handles, Prices $1.50 to 5.00 i The best quality of sIppI !h used In nil our razors export workmen make tjjptn. , GEM SAFETY RAZORS, Price ...,j $1.50 GEM RAZORS, in sets. $3.50 to $10.50 SCISSORS AND SHEARS. Prices 25c to $2,50 Goods purchased, now will he de livered at any time desired. . OPEN EVENINGS. A !" 'IV, v 4 I 119 Washington Avenue. K, v V V V V ! K U V K ' V te v v X K X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . ' . Jf X .X X X X X "A ( 406 Lackawanna Avenue. Store Open Evenings. 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