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24th, inclusive,
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C-Qr:a With one pound of Baking Powder wc are giving
special you choice of the following: A Large Roaster,
Boy's Coaster, Girl's Sled, Lhlna aaiao, rore lii nose aiou uuun
and many other equally good premiums,
A WORD OP CAUTION.-Don't wait until the day before
Christmas to bring In your tickets. A much better assortment and
better attention may be had earlier.
OUR SPECIALTIES
Grand Union Tea Co.,
31 1 Lackawanna Ave. 1 10-1 IS S. Main Ave.
Carbondale Store (( Salem Ave.
Pittston Store Hi X. Main St.
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PURE TEAS, FBESH BOASTED
COFFEES, GRAND UNION BAK
ING POWDER, GRAND UNION
FLAVORING EXTRACTS, WHOLE,
GROUND AND MIXED SPICES
POULTRY SEASONING, CELERY
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With the greatest of pleasure wc will take you to the only
phce in town where you can purchase Burrows Portable Billiard and
and Pool tables, come with us to Florey & Brooks large Sporting
Goods and Camera Store, 522 and 524 Spruce, they have a rcgulai
Santa Claus Supply house, come and sec.
Opening Evenings.
Florey & Brooks,
32-524 Spruce Street. , N
The Old Reliable.
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82 Years In Buslned. stnb!shcl 1870
SCRANTON SESSION
COflES TO AN END
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wafjes. This the miners have usseited
la all they can ask, unless the operators
allege they are not able to pay better
w.iifes. If the operators make such a
contention, the commission says. It will
take up the matter ot solus? into the
excluded question.
The commission has won the confi
dence of the whole people and as this Is
nbsolutely necessary to the permanent
effectiveness of Its work, It is rgreueu
by the thinking men of nil parlies im
mediately concerned, and by the party
most concerned, the people of the an
thracite region, that .anything should
occur tending to diminish this confi
dence. The closing session, Saturday, was
not marked by any especially Important
feature. Non-unionists' witnesses told
stories similar to those related during
the preceding three days, showing how
they had been maltreated because of
their refusal to join the strikers, nnd
Incldntally showing the extent of the
strike violence.
The miners were permitted to inter
rupt the non-unionists' case, to rebut
the story tearfully torn me preueuum
day by Joseph II. Duggan, to the effect
that he had been expelled from the
Father Whitty Total Abstinence society
because he worked during the strike.
Patrick J. Mulherln, president of the
society, declared the story to be false;
that Mr. Duggan was expelled for vio
lation of his total abstinence pledge,
and Incidentally that Jlr. Duggan wis
known to be able to shed tears very
readily. Attorney O'Brien contented
himself by showing that the society's
minute book, regarding the action In the
Duggan case was not put in evidence.
Held Up by Mob.
and the
$S0 for rent and coal contracted by
father, now deceased.
his
David K. Lewis, foreman at the Gras
sy Island colliery of the Delaware and
liudbon company at Olyphant testified
to having been held up by a mob of
two hundred at Tinsley's crossing and
prevented him going to work. A news
paper correspondent happened along at
ttie time Mr. Lewis was oeing mouueu
and took a picture ot the scene. Copies
of the photograph were shown the com
mission, utter Mr. Lewis admitted their
nccurucy, and the commission engaged
11 hearty laugh. Foreman Lewis is
shown In the photo sitting calmly on a
mound ot earth posing for the picture,
while the "mob" about ISO person
me grouped around In poses even more
studied than that of the foreman. Ev
erybody including the victim ot the
mob, "looked pleasant."
Judge Gray Jokingly nuked If the
ciowd "resumed operations" after the
picture had been taken. Mr. Lewis re
plied In the afllrmatlve. They gathered
around him, jostieu ana inreaieneu aim
compelled him to turn back.
Dr. L. L. Sprague, principal of Wy
oming seminary at Kingston, gave tes
timony to show that union men pre
vented teamsters from hauling coal
mined and ordered before the .strike.
Ho wont to the headquarters of the
United Mine Workers at Kdwardsvlllo
to see If Jio could not pi event the team
sters from being molested. The man In
charge of the headquarters called up
President Mitchell at Wllkes-Rarro and
laid the case before him. Mr. Mitchell
decreed that If the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western company would
haul the coal from the mine to the
Kingston station, the teamsters might
take It from there to the school,
John II. Otto worked at Archbald
for the X). & II. company during the
Btriket He had great dllllculty In t-e-rurlng
provision. The merchants told
him they had been tlueatened with
boycotting If they sold him goods.
Why He Quit.
Thomas Clarke, u fifteen year old
boy, whoso father worked during the
stilke tebtlfled that ho heard a commit
tee had gone to his employer to have
him discharged, and that ho quit booner
than get his employer In trouble,
William Allen, of Peckvllle, division
Biiperlntendont of the Elk Hill Coal and
Iron company told of the disorder at
Throop and Eynon. At the former
place -there was an attack on the
pump house on the night of August
11. Shots were exchanged between the
assailants on ono side of the river
nnd the four men guarding the pump
house on tho opposite bank and when
the battle was over fourteen bullets
were found Imbedded In tho side of tho
pump house facing the river, At Ky
non, a mob uttacked and wrecked the
carpenter shop which wub being used
as living quarters for the non-union
men, and then pulled tho fires In the
boiler room, where steam was generat
ed for the Raymond wasliery
colliery pump.
L. D. Thompson, who worked at the
Jtaymond corroborated Superintendent
Allen's story and told, further, that the
non-union men were driven out with
guns. John Siegel also told of this af
fair. Mrs. Kose Snyder, or Wllkes-Barre,
whose husband worked during the
trii.-e tPHtlfW-d that one night the
house was entered and robbed and a
few nights later It was set afire and
burned to the ground. She was corro
borated by her husband's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Snyder.
Anthony Koguski, n Wllkes-Barre
non-unionist, was assaulted by a mob
and laid up with injuries for six weeks.
Joseph Tomashumas, of Hazleton, was
nss.i.nltprt. his house was stoned and
grocers refused to sell him goods.
Dragged Her Out.
Mrs. Ongowsky and her little boy,
twelve years old. who lived In Kings
ton, told that while her husband was
at work a crowd of strikers forced
their way into her house, dragged her
and her boy into the street, brutally
beat them and threw their household
goods into the street. They got an
other house lu another part of the
town, but were there only two days
when the landlord ordered them out.
When they were moving, their goods
were tossed about and broken by a
mob. The AVilkos-Barro board ot
charities took care of her and the
children until they could get a hous-e
in Wllkes-Barre. The woman's story
of how the mob beat her in the pres
ence of her frantic little children was
truly pitiful.
The last witness to be heard here
was Herbert Dolnn, of Parsons. He
worked as nn engineer for the Dela
ware nnd Hudson during the strike.
Henry Jenkins, a member of the U.
M. W.. told him he was n marked
man and would be killed. James
Moran, president of the Parsons local
told hlin It he did not quit work, no
union man would work with htm utter
the strike. Another union man told
him his house would be blown up.
June .1 his house was attacked by stone
throwers, and the windows smashed.
His children were frequently insulted
and beaten. Iteeso & Co., with whom
he had traded for a number of years,
told him they had been notified by the
union not to sell him goods and that
while they did not want to refuse him
they would have to Insist on Ills coining
In the back way when he wanted any
thing, or else send the children. Ho de
clined to trade under these conditions.
An inteiestliinr incident, indicative
of the fact that some of the sad tules
by mlneis' witnesses made a deep Im
pression 011 the commissioners was un
covered accidentally on Saturday. Be
fore leaving for his home Saturday,
Judge Gray made up a big Christmas
box and sent It away by express, It
was found to be addressed to Andrew
Chlnnle. of Jeddo. This Is the little
Hungarian boy who testified that hts
earnings ot 4 rents an hour are being
kept by the company to pay a debt of
Proceedings in Book Form.
Recognizing the widespread Interest
taken all over the country in the tes
timony and argument before the An
thracite Strike Commission, The Trib
une will print In convenient book form
tho reports appearing in its columns
from day to day, and will offer a limit
ed edition of copies for sale at $1 each.
The volume will consist of several hun
dred pages, eight by eleven inches, and
will appear as soon as the commission
ers lender their decision. The dally
reports In The Tribune miss nothing of
essential Interest and are the fullest
and most accurate reports printed in
any newspaper. Orders should be sent
to The Tribune now as the edition is
liable to be exhausted.
Our Store
.Will be open evenings from now till Christ
mas to accommodate purchasers of
Gas and Eiectric Desk and
TabSe Reading Lamps, Pho
nograpSis and EJecrrica!
Noveities -
Special Line for the Holidays.
GIUiOOLS
CARRIAGE
WORKS
Manufacturers of
Strictly Hign-Grade
Delivery Wagons,
Trucks and
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Carriages.
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Scott
119 Franklin Avenue.
Our styles are strictly original. We pay men to
study up new features. These EXCbF IIUNM.lt
FINE STYLES keep our factory humming day and
night the year around. When material, workman
ship and finish are .considered we POSITiVELY LEAD.
REPAIRING, PABNTING, HORSESHOEING.
W. E. GILHOOL
Proprietor.
Remember the Name and Street,
315, 31T, 319, 321, 323, 325 North Seventh St.
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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.
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 rive large floors of this building "-f, a J"!!
convince you of the truthfulness of the statements made above, which in themselves are good reasons why you can buy nere witn
advantage to yourseit, Due us an extra inducement wo oui
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FREE HOLIDHY SIFTS
Prize No, I -Prize
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$60 in Mtise,
$40 in Milse,
ASK FOR YOUR COUPONS
We have given special attention to our line of Chairs for the holiday trade, and we are we honestly believe selling these
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goods at prices that cannot be equalled, quality considered, in Scranton
I Morris Chairs I Reed Rockers J Hardwood Rockers I Wljjte QajcJRockers J
Headquarters
for
Incandescent
Gas Mantles,
Portable Lamps.
THE NEW DISCOVERY
Kern Incandescent
Gas Lamp.
Gunster&Forsyth
32527 l'eun Avenue.
We have a large variety of these
reatful chaira, .hint like cut.
Matchless value
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Only $4.75
A. handsome ohalr, large, roomy
and comfortable. Can't be equaled
at tho price.
Only $2.75
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Tn Quartered Oak or Mahogany,
haudsomely Qninhed. Couatiuc
tion the beBt, Samo aa cut.
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Only $3.25
Madn of seleoted White Oat.
Well finished aud nprfectly con
structed. Worth $in5. Here r
Only $2.75
Pictures,
Carpet Sweepers.
Smoking Tables,
Parlw Cabinets,
and
Scranton Carpet
Furniture Co. d
406 Lackawanna Avenue.
Store Open Evenings.
Dining Room Furniture."
Parlor Furniture, ' ".
Den. Furniture,
Sectional Book Cases,
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