6 INDUSTRIAL HEALTH AT WILLIAMSTOWN [Continued From First Vase.] ■work In the hosiery mills and stores Rnd offices. Wllliaiustown is crowded with stores and few residents leave hero to make their purchases elsewhere. Several hundred persons are employed in these retail houses and with the thou sand men employed in the colliery here, there are comparatively few per sons remaining who are able to go out of their homes to work in the town's two hosiery mills. In the mines here hundreds of thou sands of tons of coal are mined an nually. The men work in S-hour shifts and are so busy now that they the finding very little time to talk of any possible trouble over a satisfactory agreement between the miners and the operators on April 1. Mine workers in this territory appear to be satisfied in many ways with the present agree ment under which they are working and many of them take occasion to praise the operators for what they are doing to make their dangerous work more safe. "Safety First," Slogan "Safety first" is a slogan at the mines at the present time and many Improvements over the old ways of in suring safety are in vogue. -As dangerous as a miner's work is. Its humorous side often presents itself. Cages in which the men are lowered to and raised from the workings hun dreds of feet below the earth's sur face, are only permitted to carry ten men. Occasionally a fellow, in a hurry to get to his home, jumps into the cage and makes the eleventh man. The engineer refuses to put the ma chinery in motion and then, of course, the other ten men are delayed. The engineer, as a rule, does not have to request the eleventh man to wait until the next trip. The other ten take care of that. They simply pick tip "Mr. Kleven" and drop him out of the cage nnd he is compelled to wait until the next trip. And then the cage shoots up through the earth for 1,500 feet nnd the men again reach the open air. Modern Equipment Reinforced concrete is being used extensively in the colliery and struc tural iron is rapidly taking the place of timber in many of the tunnels un der ground. In years past the great mass of earth above the tunnels has crushed the timbers intended to sup port its weight. Structural iron is a decided improvement over wood in this respect. Another safety measure taken daily Is that of examining the heavy wire rope attached to the cages in which the men are taken to their work. Each day experts go over every inch of this rope and if a single strand has been snapped an entire new section must be used. This safety measure has pro tected the miners for many years and It has been a long time since casualties have been recorded through the drop ping of a cage. During the present cold snap there Is a decided advantage in being a miner. There are few men employed on the surface of the earth who are able to work these days with only a pair of trousers and a thin shirt to cover their bodies. Yet this is what the miners are doing to-day. The in terior of the mine is very warm when extremely cold weather prevails on the surface. During the summer months the workings are cool so that the mining business is probably the only one in existence where the tem perature is agreeable to the workmen at all seasons of the year. Two I .arse Mills Wiltiamstown's two hosiery mills are among the largest in this district and daily more than 1,500 dozen pairs »f men's half hose are manufactured and prepared for shipment to every State in the I'nited States. Some of the goods reach South American coun tries. too. One of these mills is that of the Un rivaled Hosiery Company, of which J. B. Lesher is superintendent. Men's half hose is manufactured at the rate of almost 1.000 dozen pairs per day. There are 175 persons employed at the plant, almost all of whom are girls. This company also operates a plant at York Haven and the product of that mill is shipped here to be finished and packed so that really 1,200 dozen pairs are handled here daily. The plant was established seven years ago in a small building with thirty-eight machines nnd about forty employes. The follow ing year an addition was erected and more people were employed. Two years ago another addition was made and the force and machinery increas ed. Now there are 235 persons em ployed in the two plants and the con cern operates 24 6 knitting machines. There are also forty-four loopers and similar number of ribbers. The pro duct is made of a tine grade of cot ton and reaches every section of the country from the Atlantic to the Paci fic. Employ 90 Girls The town's ot'ier industry is the Durbin-Mellon Hosiery Company where ninety girls of Willianistown ure given employment. This plant, like the other, makes men's hosiery and approximately 450 dozen pairs are turned out daily. Two years ago the owners re-equipped the plant and at the present time plans are being made to use electricity instead of steam for power. This will greatly increase the output of the plant. At the present time there are sev enty-two knitting machines in use. in addition to the other necessary ma chinery and it is the plan of the com pany to add more machines in the near future." This will necessitate the employing of more help. "Williamstown is busy from one end to the other and its leading citizens predict a bright industrial future for the borough. Lykens School Boy Stabbed in Face by Fellow Pupil Special to th'e Telegraph Lykens, Pa., Jan. 21. Thomas Brown. 7 years old, a son of Mrs. Zella Brown, of Lykens, was stabbed in sev eral places in the face by Lawrence Paul, a schoolmate. Thomas and an other boy were on their way home from school when the Paul boy and a companion chased them. Thomas, who is rather stout, ran until he was exhausted, when the Paul boy caught him and cut him several times. The lacerations Thomas received will leave permanent scars. No action was taken by the parents of either side, for it is believed that the cutting was due wholly to the capers of youth. TWO INJURED IX HC.VWVAY Special to the Telegraph Waynesboro. Pa.. Jan. 21.—Taylor noshorn, Quincy, north of Waynes boro, superintendent of the D. M. Wcrtz large fruit orchards, and Wil liam Miller. Mont Alto, employed in the Lcdy orchards, were injured yes terday near Edensville when their horses became frightened at a traction engine and ran away. The men were thrown against a tree and for some time lay unconscious in the road. 38,000 GALLONS IX POOL Special to the Telegraph Waynesboro, Pa., Jan. 21.—1t takes 88,000 gallons of water to fill the swimming pool of the new Young Men's Christian Association here. The water was run out yesterday to clean the pool and It was found that that •was the number of gallons of water Id it. FRIDAY EVENING, " HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 21, 1916. ii™..v..i.iv.v..i.>.v.vuiiiv.iziziixKxiivxv.iKizxizxzixiziziiixxxzzmuxxii:ixxxixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxtxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ♦< || Beginning To-morrow Cleatance | 1 Sale of New and Used Pianos 1 . ♦♦ ♦♦ and Player-Pianos I Upright Pianos $65 Up Square Pianos $lO Up Player-Pianos $195 Up I J Xt ; H dPp* Make Your Own Terms of Payment—Within Reason !: :|| To-morrow morning, at 9 o'clock, we start on our Big S 1 U Once-a-Year Clearance Sale of Used Pianos and Player-Pianos, taken j B H eXC^ange C ' u " ng h°^ a y s » anc l New instruments that for various t I H Come then, and have your eyes opened. Never be- H ♦♦ P§ f° re have we been able to offer so many and such wonderful bargains. B f-|| ft f Never before have we quoted such unusually low prices. If you need a m r ; § "J Jjjf S • Piano or Player-Piano, now or within a year, and fail to attend this Sale J S $$ ■ » Jg —1 o-morrow—you'll be sorry afterward. Every instrument fully guaran- H ♦♦ ® teed and sold with money-back or exchange privilege. « it | DOORS OPEN AT 9 O'CLOCK —BE ON TIME! § ift H mtxttttuwxtunnumttwtixutxxtmmtmuntttmm;. tttminimimiiimiiininim lutitntntvitinxtttxtmtxtmtuji ♦♦ | Grand Pianos $l5O Up | RHHpIBRf !j Upright Pianos $65 Up \ | ♦♦ | Y our ambition to own a Grand Piano may be real- | R j If you do not object to pianos that have come from j♦♦ ♦♦ ;; ized at this sale. Prices start at $l5O for a used but | fr-v,- ;£ r' T jj some of Harrisburg's best homes, buy one of these l| St J XX jl good, rebuilt Chickering. j jj high-grade used Uprights. |j || ♦♦ jj Five New Grands, highest grade makes, regular ij «! Prices are away below the COst of cheap new $ 8 ;g || value SSOO. S6OO and $650; on sale to-morrow, at || | ► flp^||K|||3! | | jj t ° n ' ***"' jH H | $395, $525 and $575 It I Every One Rebuilt and Guaranteed j H ♦♦ I Terms to Suit Purchaser. Free Bench With Each |i ;i Make your own terms. Free Stool and-Scarf with each. |XX JJ | 5j {(MMMMMIMMHMMIMMMMMMIWHMHMMMWMtVmiUWMMVK • 1 This $550 Player-Piano—Yours For sl95 —On Sale To-morrow § I XX ♦♦ H A Few of the Bargains Are Here Illustrated. Come—See Them For Yourself § j ♦+ ♦♦ 1 $65 So $l4O $325 $365 $550 XX . I-arge size Weaver Up- Yose Upright. Ebony Large size Player- Latest style 88-note Beautiful Ilaines Up- Large size Harrington New sample 88-note ♦♦ XX r 'g ht - Used, but in good finish. Good tone, fine Piano in tine order. 12 Player-Piano, like new. right. Good as new. A Upright Mahogany case. Player. Latest type. See XX ♦♦ playing condition. action. music rolls free. 12 rolls of music free. big bargain. Can't be told from new. it Saturday. Xt dJlCCwas (t 1 OA was <tO/|CC was XX V 1 D«3 S3OO tj) i i/U SSOO $4 I U $650 * v $525 $350 S4OO ** '.ll Large size Stielf. Hardman Upright. Almost new 88-note Player. Fine 88-note Player. Used T - - it- k-,h XKT** xt™, p;, nn ♦♦ !♦♦ Good as new. Walnut case. One of the best bargains. Don't Well-known make. See it only to demonstrate. One of a 1 * P & • X% Latest design. miss it. Saturday. the best. Ed only short time. Like new. make. Discontinued style. !S .8 H Come Early. Come Prepared to Buy. Buy Quick. Don't Be Impatient at the Crowd « H When You See the Bargain You Want—Tear Off the Sale Card H ijff Take It to the Office-Make Your Terms—Don't Wait 1 Square Pianos DOORS OPEN 9 °' CLOC K | g Chickerings To»morrow Morning"- Nothing Sold Before Unless accompanied by ♦♦ "j XX Steinways purchaser, we shall limit Xi J h y °e e r raackers i if' TPAIID MllCir IIATIC =r hasetooncin - « ! 1 a H nd |L I h U I if 1 U 31L li ll U3 L, | I $lO to $25 (ESTABLISHED 1881, bejound on sale as adve, g I YOUROWNTERMS 1 Troup Building 15 S. Market Square ou *- o <- Tow " Buyers . | ftttxiixixtttxxxixxtxtxxtxxiuttixixxttixxttxixxititxxxtiixttttxxttxxtiixxtxxtiimttiiimmtiittittmmmmtittttmxxixxxxiitxxxttxxtxtxxxtxxutxtxxxxxlt txxxxxix
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