Somerset . VOLUME 1V. Gounty Star, SALISBURY, ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1899. NUMBER 52. * CIICCTSS er I¢ lies through two swing doors, swung too; The attendance is always full; Some get the “ Pusn,” and some by the one labelled “ PvLL.” We are handling the most complete there by door marked line of nen and Beddme— which can by both push and pull be carried If your house is not com- Funiture in this county. pletely furnished, we ref: you to people who have bought of us for prices. Our Goods Are First-Class. ~ ir Prices Below Competition. We make, a specialty of UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMING. VIVO VOV OD Johnson & McCulloh, ELK LICK, PENNA. Hisher’s Book Store, SOMERSET, PA. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL! VIVOIVOIVIVIN This large and pushing establishment sells at wholesale to 90 town and country merchants in this and adjoining counties. Its wholesale trade extends into Maryland and West Virginia. We are at all times prepared to compete in prices with the city markets. At this season we are specially pushing School Books and School Supplies. Our stock of these goods is large, full and complete, and the prices lowest wholesale. Special attention is also being given to Holiday Goods. We are also doing a nice trade in Miscellancous Books and Baby ‘and Doll Carriages. ; Constantly in ‘stock a full line ¢¢ Staple and Fancy Station- ery and Harmonicas. Merchants and others can buy of us to ad- vantage, Tablets, Inks, Pens, Pencils, Envelopes, Bill Books and Legal Cap Papers, Fountain Pens, Blank Books, Judgment Notes, Receipt Books, School Books and Supplies, Miscellaneous Books and such oter goods as are usually for sale in an up-to-date Book, News and Stationery Store. Chas. H. Hisher. Get It At Jeffery’s! lili... When in need of anything in the line of Pure Groceries, Fancy Confectionery, Thompson’s Fresh Bread, Books, Stationery, Notions, etc. CALL AT THE LEADING GROCERY. Space is too limited to enumerate all my bargains here, Call and be convinced that I sell the best of goods at the lowest living prices. My business has grown wonderfully in the past few years, for which I heartily thank the good people of Salisbury and vicinity and shall try harder than ever to merit your future patronage. Respectfully, J. I. J EFFERY, Opposite PostofTlice. - - - - Grant Street. F&F Arso REMEMBER that J. T. Jeffery is agent for the CONNELLSVILLE STEAM LAUNDRY and sends laundry away every Tuesday. IN THE KOONTZ BUILDING! Having some time ago purchased the Koontz property, all those interested in Monumental work will find me in what was once known as THE KOONTZ MARBLE WORKS. Iam prepared as never before to offer to all those in need of Monumental work, from small Headstones to Granite Monuments. PRICES HERETOFORE UNHEARD OF. THE STRIKE SITUATION. Joint Session of Salisbury and Meyersdale Business Men. A Big Procession Marches to Niver- ton to Confer With Employ- ers and Employes. Last week Hon. 8. A. Kendall, of Meyersdale, addressed a gathering of the representative business men of that town and vicinity on the importance of aiding the striking miners of this region in their struggle for just wages. It was decided to appoint a committee of Meyersdale business men to confer with business men of Salisbury, the ob- ject being to show that both towns will suffer great business depression if the strike is not soon settled on a basis which will enable the miners to earn a comfortable living. Another object was to take steps to keep out the unde- sirable foreign element that is being imported into this region to take the places of our own native people, also to protest against the presence of the sheriff and a lot of armed deputies here in a peaceable community where there is no need of them, and, in short, to aid the strikers in every honorable way to bring about a just and amicable set- tlement of their grievances. The Meyersdale committee consisted of I. B. Black, W. P. Coulehan, J. S. Graves, M. A. Rutter, W. H. Floto, S. C. Hartley, E. D. Leonard. C. W. Truxal, J. H. Pfahler and W. A. Shoemaker. These gentlemen arrived here last Thursday afternoon and immediately met the Salisbury business men in Hay’s opera house. ; het The meeting was called to order and the object stated by J. H. Pfahler. Im- mediately following, Esquire Levi Lich- liter was chosen as chairman and Dan- iel Thomas as secretary. Mr. Lichliter spoke briefly on the situation, as did also the Meyersdale committee and others. All agreed that the miners were striking in a just cause, and they were complimented on their peaceful and orderly conduct manifested ever since the strike is on. ‘We would like to report some of the speeches in full that were made, but space is too limited. Suffice it to say, however, that all were to the point and strictly in order. The presence of the sheriff and depu- ties was fiercely denounced as a high- handed outrage upon a peaceful com- munity, and as Mr. Lichliter put it— savors too much of the days of King George, when armed men were sent among our forefathers, the early col- onists. Our forefathers resented arm- ed forces in times of peace, and we, the citizens of the Elk Lick coal region are a unit in resenting the same at this time. Away with them, away with them! : Mr. F. B. Black and the editor of THE STAR were chosen as a committee to go to Somerset and inquire into the neces- sity of the sheriff being here, which duty has been discharged, and our re- port is as follows: The committee sat- isfied itself that the sheriff is not need- ed at the mines, so long as things con- tinue as they have, and that at no time was his presence necessary, although he may have thought so, and he is largely his own judge in the matter, according to opinions rendered by able lawyers. We were also assured that he could not have been compelled to guard the Merchants Coal Company’s property upon such flimsy evidence as was furnished by the said company to show that their property or their lives were in danger, Whether the sheriff has been at the said mines since last week, we do not know. When we saw him last on Sat- urday he was in Somerset, and he said he was heartily sick of guarding the mines and did not want to remain un- less the law compelled him to do sos Some of the slimy deputies, we are in- formed have since been discharged. able to give any definite information, and as our forms must now close, we can give no furtner information in this issue upon the situation. Much other important matter, which we had intended to write up in detail for this issue, must also be deferred until next week, owing to our prepara- tions to move our printing plant and the great hustle we are having to get all job orders filled and out of the way, SINCE THE RESURRECTION. Special Information for Readers of ‘“ The Star.” This issue completes the first volume of Tue STAR since it resumed publica- tion, in January, 1898, and we believe a few words concerning the paper and its policy are in order at this time. Most of our readers are aware that Thr STAR was first established in 1891 and suspended publication in 1894, and also that it was re-established in Jan- uary, 1898, under very adverse circum- stances. When it resumed publication there were those who said that the paper would not live six months, but the edi- tor and publisher has shown them how little foundation there was for their gloomy predictions. We resumed publication on a policy that we thought would win, and our ef- forts have been successful far beyond our most sanguine expectations. We promised to make PE Star abetter pa- per than it ever was before, and we be- lieve we have made good our promise. At any rate we have received hundreds of fine compliments of approval from our patrons during the past yeaf, and the best evidence we have that the paper is exceedingly popular is the fact that its circulation and prestige have enjoyed a phenomenal growth throughout the en- tire year, and ‘these two elements so essential to the success of a newspaper are increasing still more rapidly and substantially as the day# go by. While Tre Star has pursued an ag- gressive policy and handled some oth- er newspapers and a number of poli- ticians and their methods without gloves, we did so with an eye single to what we believed to be for the public good. That our efforts have been crowned with success, none will dare to deny; and while we have dealt fear- lessly and outspoken against corrupt men and their corrupt methods, we have at the same time aimed to be fair and reasonable. In the outstart the opposition ap- peared very formidable, and there were some obstacles in our path that seem- ed almost insurmountable; but when Tur Star got down to business in earnest, the opposition melted away as snow under a torid sun, and the ob- stacles and barriers in the way were swept away like chaff in the path of a tornado. Resistance to THE SrTAR’s policy proved as weak as bubbles of air, us frail as an egg shell on the rough waves of the sounding sea. And all this goes to show that truth crushed to earth ghall rise again, and that push, vim and honesty of purpose are mighty and will prevail. Tne Star has spoken fearlessly, hon- estly and earnestly upon the various questions of the day, always hewing to the line and letting the chips fall where they would. Some people no doubt have been hit hard by some of the chips, but we can’t help that, and we shall keep on hewing and whacking away at everything we consider a hin- drance to the publice good. Some who were THe Star’s enemies a year ago, have long since acknowl- edged their mistaken position and are now among the paper’s staunchest friends. This is very gratifying to the editor, of course ; but do not think for a moment that we consider Tre Star infallible, for it is not. The editor, as all other people, is liable to err, and o'ten does err, but never intentionally, and we are always glad to make amends for any unintentional error that we On Monday there was another large | may make. mass meeting in Salisbury, and several | We have worked exceedingly hard hundred people marched to Niverton { during the past year, but every dollar in a body to confer with W. K. Niver | we have earned was an honest dollar. & Cos officials and their employes. | No politician can say that we ever ac- The Superintendent hearing of the ap- | cepted a bribe or sold our editorial proach of the crowd, enclosed the com- columns for a price, although there are pany’s grounds by stretching several | some of the Scull ring brand who have thousand yards of muslin around the [tried hard to make dickers with THE place. The procession,however, assem- | STAR in times past. All such boodlers bled on land owned by Samuel Baker, | we advised to goabout six miles further near the works, and there was no | north, where such deals can easily be trouble. The Niverton miners were | made. and where conscience has been seen later in the day by some of the | known to give way to boodle on more strikers, and the next day nearly or | occasions than one. quite all of them quit work, and so far | We have not only worked hard dur- as we are able to learn are still out and | ing the past year, but we have been at refuse to work at the 20-cent rate. | great expense. We have thrice earned The strikers and some of the opera-' our compensation, and we need every We must soon Those of our business men who are not advertising, should advertise in Tue Star. First, because it pays. Sec- ond, because THE Star helps the whole town and ought to be helped in return by every business man in it. Thanking you, kind friends and pat- rons, for your valued patronage, we shall endeavor to make our next vol- ume much better than the one just completed Ar the hour of going to press (Wed- nesday eyening) Quay’s fate is still in the balance, with strong indications that the “old man” is doomed to de- feat. The latest reports up to this hour are to the effect that 112 votes are that he has yet been able to muster: By next week we will likely hear of his election or his defeat, with chances in favor of the latter, unless there is a deadlock. : SENATOR Quay, of Pennsylvania, has been refused a writ of Certiorari by the Supreme Court in the case against him in which he is charged with being a party to the conspiracy whereby a bank was wrecked. We are highly pleased that the writ was denied. Any- body who would ask for such a writ as a Certiorari ought to be sent to the penitentiary for life on account of the name of the thing.— Wathena (Kan.) Star. Tune Hon. Henry Waterson, of the Louisville Courier Journal, has an- nounced the following as his: ticket for the next presidential election: “For- President, George Dewey, of Vermont. ae For Vice President, Fitzhu Lee, of Virginia. - Platform, the Stars and Stripes, God bless them.” The platform is about the only ona with any semblance of good sense that a Democrat ever suggested. His royal highness and exalted smoothness, ex-Deputy J. C. McCarthy, of Coal Run, last week scored the Mer- chants Coal Company and their depu- ties most unmercifully, through the columns the Meyersdale Commercial. His virulent screed contained some truth as well as some very questionable assertions. The great trouble with “Jerry” lies in the fact that he is too much like the Irishman’s flea—nobody knows where to locate him. Some- times he is a company’s man, some- times a miner's man, and as a general thing he is no man at all, if all reports are true. However. he may have been misrepresented to THE Star, and we have no desire to be too hard on him. TneRe is a great deal of useless fuss being made by some of the newspapers concerning Congressman-elect Roberts, of Utah, who has three wives. On ac- count of his plural marriage, some newspapers claim that he should not be given a seat in Congress. As for Tug STAR, it is of the same opinion that one of its western exchanges holds, and that is this: When Mr. Roberts goes to Washington with his three wives, he will find that he does not have any more wives than some other congress- men have, except in name. We do not uphold Mormonism, but we believe that a man who weds three wives and supports them is about as good as the numerous men who wed but one wife and hire a number of concubines, to say nothing fof illegitimate children that know not their fathers and are not supported by them. Tne Meyersdale Commercial recently stated that children’s funerals in Mey- ersdale usually cost about $25, while those of adults cost about $100. The undertakers of that town deny the Commercial’s statement and say that the most of the funerals in that town cost much less than the figures quoted by the said paper. We only wish to add that while the Commercial has a weakness for misrepresenting things, there is no doubt that funerals are far too expensive. But the undertakers and the coffin factories are not entirely to blame for this state of affairs. The trouble lies mainly in the fact that a lot of fool people insist on making a stylish affair of a funeral, and of course their foolish wants must be supplied. Just why a funeral should have a lot of fool style and useless expense about it, is something that we fail to see any sense or reason for. We come into this world without any style, and we can see no occasion for style and use- less experse when God ealls us into eternity. Twenty dollars ought to be enough to give any grown person a de- cent burial, but a lot of would-be styl- ish people have made this well nigh impossible. The Miners’ Convention. Pittsburg Times. The assembling of the miners’ eon-- vention in Pittsburg is a noteworthy event and one fraught with much im- portance to the general welfare. The: delegates represent many thousands of ° workmen, scattered through a number of states and over a large extent of” territory, engaged in one of the most important industries of the country. When they and those whom they repre- sent are at work, contented and receiv-- ing fair remuneration, they contribute: a very important element to the gen-- eral prosperity” of the Nation. When: they are out of employment or irregu-- larly employed at low wages the gen-- eral business of the Nation suffers. No class of men more deserve the- kindly feeling of the people for their+ welfare than the miners. Their*work is hard, their occupation dangerous and: their ‘remuneration, never munificent,. is often much too scanty. As a class they are good citizens and always ready to patriotically perform their du-- ties to the State and Nation. Without the results of their labor many wheels: of industry must case to turn and idle-- ness and distress overtake a great part of the Nation. Their delegates there- fore are most welcome to Pittsburg,the- great industrial center of the Nation,. and there will be a general wish among its people that their labors may prove- harmonious and that the outcome may" be to the great benefit of the business: in which they are engaged. « MURDER AT FROSTBURG. Wm. Preston Kills His Wife andy, Himself. | Frostburg Journal. = In the absence of ‘an officer Wednes-- day evening about 7 14 o'clock Justice- D. J. Williams commissioned Alex. Smith to go to. the house of Hannah. Preston, on south Water street, and ar- rest William L.Preston. Reaching there, . Smith found Preston terrorizing his wife, Mollie Preston, and several chil- dren. The arrest was made with lit-. tle trouble, Preston returned with him» to the justice’s office. Smith left him» with the justice to complete some work. of his own, when he was told that Pres- ton had escaped. Going again to the. Preston house, Smith found that Pres- = ton had shot and killed his wife and? mortally wounded himself. Two shots: from a 32-calibre revolver were found: in the back of Mrs. Preston’s head, and? one slightly in rear of and above the: right temple of his own head, resulting in death at 10:20 next morning. The couple had been married about: three months, but had not lived happi- . ly, evidently owing to Preston’s bad! behavior. Sufficient insight into the- causes can be found in the postscript of the latest of several letters written, to his wife, dated Jan. 9. as follows: “0, Molly, I forgive you, for I know: that soon you'll die. I will meet you: in heaven that is high, for our deaths: is gazing in each other’s eyes, ete.” A portion of the Lord’s Prayer is. re-. cited, closing with an appeal for for-. giveness—"“for Thou knowest: all that: was done and hearest all that was said, | and that lying tongues has caused. my - fate and drove me to my grave.” Before marriage Mrs. Preston wasx Mary Langely, known, however, as “Mollie Raley,” an adopted daughter: of the late George Raley. She was: about 23 years'old and quite a. good-. looking woman. A babe two years old} hecomes orphaned by the tragedy. Preston came here from Barton some. time ago and dug coal in New York: mine. He was about 28 years old. This is said to have been his second! matrimonial venture and that his rec-. ord as a husband is not good. A jury of inquest: was. at- once em-. paneled by Justice D. J. Williams, , which, after viewing the body of Mrs | Preston, adjourned until’ Thursday - evening, when a verdict of. death at the hands of her husband was given. Meanwhile, Preston, had died and! the jury appened this note: “It is the sense of the jury, from the, evidenee given in this case, that Wil-. liam I. Preston came to his death from, a pistol-shot wound, self-inflicted.” The two were buried in the same. grave yesterday in the old cemetery ona the hill. CRIVE SOLICITORS. WANTED EVERY-. WHERE for “The Story of the Thilip-. pines” by Murat Halstead, commissioned | by thre Government as Official Historian tos’ the War Department. The book was writ- ten in army camps at San Francisco, onthe. Pacific with General Merritt, in the hospit-. als. at Honolulu, in Hong Kong, in the American trenches at -Mantla, in the insur-. gent camps with. 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