1 Evening H.ERA.LD. HE VOL.. VIII.-NO. 228. SHENANDOAH. PA.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 24. J 893. ONE CENT. EilLROM IE You aro a business man, and used to straight forward business talk facta facta facts. Your wlfo has boen looking for a Sewing Machine, Organ, Chamber Suit, Parlor Suit, Or somothlng clso In our lino. Why not buy it now. We are soiling cheaper than over. J.P.WILLIAMS&SON A Committee Details the Causes of Complaint. F. Iff. Corsets. Every lady should try it. Havo to-day roccived a largo variety of Tia. titles Ja. nncl jD4n.X33.ft.Sls. Which will b sold far below tho real valuo. At this great reduction it is well fj! you to select your Christmas presents. DAMASK TOWELS, worth 0 TO BO CENTS, FOR 2D Cta. 75 CENTS, FOR GO Ots. Double drawn work with knotted fringe. Very flno fabrics. Tho Turkish Toaols equally cheap. I Max Schmidt, I d 116-118 North Main Street, - Shenandoah, Pa. c III n fp )ur Holiday Offer iii ' cncli purchuNcr x ' crooflH aiuountitiir 2 iiiiuKiHomccni- FREE. J Ladies' Fine Gondola Button Shoes, with tip and fancy toe, Boys' Good Hand-made Shoes, for wot weathor, at $1.50 si. A fine line of nil sizes and makes in shoes. Our motto: "Good goods and low prices." 1 W XI. A K Sh& I .1 nnnnn jrhe hr arti of your III I r 14 South Main Street, . "yISIT 0UR ST0I5E and look through a stock of thousands upon thousands of X-MAS requirements, l'eople frequeutly tell U9 that wo aro moro reasonablo in our prices than in the larger cities. Dolls, Games, Iron and Wooden Toys, Black boards, Trunks, Drums, Tool Chests, Bureaus, Doll Coaches, Child's Tea Sets, Table, Hanks, Skin Horses, Carte, Trick Mules, Chimes, Calliopes, Howlis Acrobats, Owls, Trumpets, Kaleido scopes, Toy Broom . Child's Swings, Fancy Glass Ornaments, China, Picture Fis 1 1 Art Goods, etc., etc., etc. 32 Successor to HI, DUNCAN & WA10LEY. 8 S. Main St. NEW MINCE MEAT. Wo sell tho Beat Grade- keep no second grade. NEW BLOATER MACKEREL, extra large. Fine now JNo. 1 Mackerel. OUR FANCY CREAMERY BUTTER. Always tho ue3t quality and always iresn. OUR NEW FISHING CREEK BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. NEW COMB HONEY. New Evaporated Apricots, Nectarino3 and Peaches Now Citron aud Lemon Peal. 2S5 Cents S TILL BUY: 8 lbs Now French Prunes ; 3 lbs Now Raisins, oft i V stalk : 8 lbs Now Cleaned Currants : 7 lbs New Currants, not tMned; 1 lb Now Mixed Tea, good quality ; a cans Whole- Toma ns, extra quality; a cans JNow Tomatoes, standard quality; "1 cans raw Corn, "Prido ot blionandoan" brand nothing better in tho FurlrAf. 3 rrma "Wnur Plnm. Arnrvlnnii nankin C! (? nnna "Now Rnlmrm ) t -J -' i q i ' - " - ;tra quality. For Sale to Arrive I One Car Middlings. One Car Choice Old Corn. Ono Car Puro Chop. Two Cars Timothy Ilay. Two Cars Oats. MANY BROKEN PLEDGES The Men Claim That Mr. Vorhees Ignored mi Agreement Mml Over 111 Signature mi it Technical l'lea Some l'olntt of tho Agreement Set Iorth. BEPOBTElt of tho Heuw.d undertook last night to glean a few fncts upon tho true position of tho rail roaders in tho Lehigh Valloy Itailroad striko and ho succeeded in getting a few points of lnterost of which perhaps somo roadors of the papers in this region aro not cognizant. As generally published and accepted by tho readors of tho newspapers tho issuo of tho strike i3 whether or not the Lehigh Valloy Itailroad Company should condescend to givo audience to a committeo appointed by tho Brotherhood of Tminmeu. Tills is practically tho issuo, but it is roally only tho forerunner, in tho eyes of tho rail way employee, of an enforcement of rights which they claim to bo duo them. When the Herald reporter visited Delano last evening ho found everything quiot. A stranger stepping from tho train and walking upon tho platform, and not having pioviously learned tho truo facts, would not havo bus pected that thcro was a strike oil tho system True, a man who had stood upon tho platform at Dols.no, jumped upon the cngino of tho train on which tho reporter had been a passenger and used somo unheard argument Tho reply was (that is, all tho reporter could hear)"Aint I) out? uiut out? alnt out? Aud whllo thoy are out I may just as well be out.' Tho man who had jumped upon tho engine jumped from it with a disgusted expression. It was quite evident ho had concluded that the man ho approached intended to remain in tho harness as long as ho could back him self with tho oxcus6 that somebody else was at work. A few minutes later Superintendent A. 1 Blakaleo walked along tho depot platform and when approached by tho reporter groeted him very pleasantly. Wliou asked about the situation Mr. Blakslco said that tho Mahauoy division had been pretty well tied up, in fact it was tho only ono of tho branches ho had under his charge which was tied up eflee tually. Still, ho said, tho iiassenger trafllo had been kept in pretty good shape. He said with some feeling that ho had been sorely disappointed by the men, as they had pro mised him faithfully Wednesday night to be on duty yesterday morning. Whon asked about the prospeots for to day Mr. Blalislee said he thought tho company would have a unrulier of more men at work to day, The reporter then put this question, "When you say you expect to nave more men at work to morrow, do you mean that you believe a number of men who aro now on strike will return to their positions, or that you oxpect to havo a number of now men on hand?" "Well, that depends upon tho men them selves," was Mr. Blakslee's noncommittal answer. Laterln the evening tho reporter met a committeo of tho men who aro on strike. Every one of the group socmed to bo a truo typo of the Intelligent worklngman. When tho reporter was introduced they received him with tho greatest courtesy and said they were willing to givo tho facts of their sido of tho trouble without reservation, ..providing thoy were asiurod that tho facts would bo published as given. This assuranco was given and a spokesman for the party wa3 selected. His statement Is given in a form littlo short of verbatim. A committee called upon Mr. Vorheos last Juno and they made a settlement which was at the time supposed to be satisfactory to Mr. Vorheos and tho railroad men. One of tho grievances then sot forth was that tho railroad company had refused to givo free transportation tolls employes. Another, that tho men, aftir going in from a day's work, had to remain on their engines, whllo on other roads "hostlers" wero employed to pull the fires. Another grievance was In regard to wages tho company was paying somo men $3.25 per day, whilo men entitled to equal pay were receiving only $3 15, The wage question was more specifically Fct forth as follows : That at that meeting In June this soale of wages appeared satisfac tory to all pirtles : $3 per day for yard en' gineers; $3.35 per day for gravel train engl neers; 13 per day to niino engineers, and $3.35 per day for road engineers. But when tho scale and tho classes of employes w summeu up it was lounu that the company didn't have many mine engineers, but the road engineers predominated, consequently the prices vere regulated hy agreement a) $3 85 for all esoept yard engineer, who were to receive $3 per dev. Another grievance was that the old men ou the road should have the prewane in prwot'i. 1 Company was not dealing with Its employee as other roads on th question of passes, a claim being mado for monthly passes to tho conductors, engineers, firemen and brakcnien. At tho meeting In Juno, tho strikers claim, Mr. Vorhees mado an agreement conceding the claims in the griovancos above set forth, and In fact, It Is allaged, a circular complying with thoso conditions, siguod by Mr. Vorhees, was issued aud posted In tho dopots of tho company. That circular, tho strikers claim, was posted nine days after the settlement of tho nego tiations by which tho Philadelphia & Bead ing Itailroad Company released tho Lehigh Valley Bailroad Company from tho combina tion system aud agteemcnt, yet when a com mitteo callod upon Mr. Vorhees for a com pliance with the agrccmont or circular bo had signed ho declared that It was not worth the piper upon which it was written because it was signed whllo tho Lehigh Cominy was in the Beading combination! Still another griovanco niontioncd is a protest against arbitrary dismissal. The men claimed a right to a hearing before tho olllolals of tho coniauy whouovor charges wore made against them. An additional griovanco is that tho firemen on tho Lehigh Valley Itailroad wero formerly paid $2 per day as extra firemen and $.25 per day as regular flrouicn. When tho scale was drawn up it was agrood that tho firemen should be paid $1.!I0 per day as oxtra firemen aud tho company vory quickly consentod to tho reduction, but refusod to pay tho oxtra ten cents per day to the engineers who wore entitled to $1(25 Instead of $3 15 per day. Mr. A. P. BlakBlco is superintendent of the Mahauoy, Boavor Valloy, Uazlcton aud Lehigh aud Schuylkill branches of tho Lehigh Valley Bailroad Company. The men ou striko claim that tbo tcalo of wages set forth in tho circular is paid on all divisions except tho four abovo inoutioncd. In regard to the passes tho conditions havo only been pittly compiled with. Monthly passes havo boen glvon to only tho conductors and engineers. So far as tho wages aro concerned, the old engineers have been receiving $15.25 per day, but those who have beou promoted to the class entitled to tho sanio ray havo been receiving but $3.15. SOME RETURN TO WORK The I'asoeiiRerj Tintllc on tho Miilintmy Dlvl.ltm Is .More lteflilur Tn-iluy, lint the rrelght and Co.il Tnilllo Ii Tied. up Very Ku'erlimlly. Aud still another, that the Lehigh Valley ' ECHOES OP THE STRIKE. The Company SucccetUIti lngai;iui; Many New Men. WlLKKSB.WtRE, 1'rt., Xov. 24. Tho I hltrh Valloy Itniliond company is alowly ErIiiIhk on the strikers today. Enough applicants lmvo already applied for posi tions to fill every vacnncy. The ftreat trouble to the company is that they can not utilize the labor at Its command. The entire service is demoralized, but the ofllcialK say tlmt it will take only a short time to tirniK order out or chaos. The In dlcatioiiH are that It will take a very long time. One remarkable thins about the contest is that while tho compnny is gain ing ground the strikers are not loeintt any, ss they Mill maintain a firm column, There havo been but few desertions since tho striko bean, and tho strikers have been able to add not u few non-union men to their ranks. If the strike should col lapse It would find tho strikers still united on the field of battle, but they would then be un army without an occupation. Superintendent KsKor's correspondence from men applying for positions mnkea quite a Mack. The letters are from old and experienced railrond men, who are out of work owing to the slack time fol lowing the closing of the W orld s fair. Operators also are npplylnpr for positions. The scene of war has been transferred to Coxton now. Up to 0 o'clock last evening the company had succeeded In moving eight freight and coal trains. The en gines nra ill charge of engineers who came here from rhilndelphla. Detectives heav ily armed protected the trains as they pulled out of tho yards. Tho meeting of railroad men held yes terday In Musio Hall niny be classed as one of tho mostflmportant of any thathas been held. John Hice gave an encourag ing report of the situation all along the line. Ho said the men who nnu oecn wont ing at Uazlcton wero ndw all on strike aud thnt tho division was now tightly tied up. Chairman Leigh Fritz, representing the Now Jersey Central employos, assured the men thnt Lehigh Valley freight would not bo moved over their line. Mr. Young son, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, said he had never teen such a tie up. He knew that if the men would only hold out in a few dayB victory would come. Congressman W . II, Hines advised the men to bo firm, but not to rebort to violence. He thought their cause was a good one, and that In the end they would win. The enthusiasm mani fest ed at the meeting would lead one to believe that the men had actually won the strike. 1IRIKF NOTKS OP THK BATTI.T?. Our CorreftitomlenU' Views of the strike at Dlfl'orvnt 1'ointfl. At Auburn, X. Y.: Trouble oame be tween strikers in this oity and non-union men yesterday. A train went to Ithaca on Wednesday with Goldburg, an engineer from the Home, Watertowu ami Ogdens burg road, in charge of the engine and David fcSlooum, a boy from Auburn, as fireman. The train returned yesterday afternoon, and when it pulled into the Lehigh yard a shower of stones from strikers and sympathizer crashed through thecal) w inilows. Uoluliurg, the engineer, was hit on the head by a big stone. His scalp was out open and his ukull probably fractured. A detective in the cab was also hurt in the arm. The police dispersed the i mob. At Shamokiu, Pa.: The Lehigh Valley strike has extended to Its Mahauoy divis ion. The Brotherhood men went out yes terday between shamokiu, Mount l armel Delano aud Mauoli Chunk, and freight traffic is practioally suspended. Several trains were run through wrlth new men. ML SFIIII Lehigh Valley Strikers are Confident. HE aspect of the strike ou tho Lehigh Valley Bailroad, so far as the Mahauoy division is concerned, is more serious to-day than it was yesterday. Tho iiassenger trains aro running more regularly than yes'crday and several of the old pas- OBE'3 OBSERVATIONS. seugcr crews returned to work to-day, but tho coal and freight trafllc Is completely tied up. Freight crows passed oast and west through towu to-day, but thoy only handled local freight. In fact, they only brought ono freight car to town to-day and that was a car load of lumber sent to the Shenandoah Feed & Lumbor Company from Mahauoy City. Only ono freight train passed over the Mahanoy division of tho Lehigh Valloy Bailroad yesterday and that consisted of only a few cars. Thoy wero run from Delano to Mahoning, aud could not pass that point. It was reported lost night that thero would bo a complcto tie-up of the passenger service on tho local division to day, but to tho surprise of many somo of tho men who predicted this wero seen running engines today. Thero is not au empty coal car in tho region at the disposal of tho Lehigh company, aud as a result the collleriog at Centralis, 1'ark Placo and tho Packer collieries remain idle. !) Tho residents of Park Place aro much alarmed. All tlio families residing thero aro dependent upon the Park Place company storo aud It is feared that if the colllerios aro not started up soon tho store may be closed against them. Tho force of striking tolograph operators was increased last night. The operators at Delano Junction, Uazlcton Junction, Black Creek Junction, Tomhlcken auilMt. Cannel went out. As stated yesterday not much import ance is attached to tho troubles on tho branches ou the railroad. Everything do- pends up in the main Hue, and the men who attended the meeting at Quakfcke yesterday say that the strikers on the main line will stand together until there is not a glimpse of hope left; but they say the strikers will win long before that point is In sight. Do not suppose that because it is recom mended for animals that Arnica & Oil Lini ment is au offensive preparation. It will not stain clothing or the fairest skin. lm IMPORTANT NOTICE. What lie Sees anil 1 1 cur. Muring Ills Travels. A gentleman who read tho remarks about gambling In this column of Wednesday's issuo of tho IIi:iialii said last night, "Do you know that tho ancient Jews wero the only people not gamblers. The explanation of that Is not far to seek. Thoy woro saved from that vioo by their monotheism. Believ ing in ono God, who filled the infinity with his presence and regulated all things thoy saw no room for tho play of chance. They did cast lots but only to discover the divine will, as you may see In tho 2ith chapter of First Chronicles, concerning the selection of a successor to Judas. But there is uo hint in tho Biblo that thoy over gambled, or at least not that we can reoall. Gambling would havo boen to tho Jew a tempting of God. To appeal to chance would havo seemed sacrellgious to him. There was no such appeal In the casting of lots, for tho decision In that case was believed to be the declara tion of the divine will. And in their lator history, there is little evidence that thoy yielded to this vice. In the records of the oelobrated Ramblers do you find the name of a Jew? The Jew will speculate; he w found in ovory Stock Exchange and Bourso of tho world; but he speculates, that is to say, ho takes risks, not blindly, but after he has eliminated from his calculations so far m ho possibly can, overy olement of chance. He makes his venture on his judgment, and not on his luck. The Jew abhors chance. It is his passion to be sure. And that arises lees out of his extreme fondness for this world's goods than out of his religion, though he may not always ho conscious of that." It seems odd to havo a strike In this region with the P. & It. company not figuring as a principal. The Beading is roapiug a harvost by reason of tho Lehigh Valloy's troubles and thero aro few olliclals of tho former company who do not wear a smilo upon their faces. Tho Mutual Gturtntue liulIdliiK utitl l.oau As.oclatlou. Becontly wo called attention to the fact that tho later years of a National Building and Loan Association were proportionately much more profitable than the oarly ones. Practical oxperienco of thirty months' dura tion has demonstrated the correctness of this position, as our profits to-day are proportion ately far in excess of what they wero in the car.y mouthb. Wo alsostatod that stockholders would very materially study their own interests by re maining in the organization long enough to enable it to mike their investment profitable to them. We aro now able to announce that after thirty-six truntily payments have been made, stockholders desiring to withdraw will receivo a rate of 12per cmi.'.per annum on tho amount paid into tho Loau Fund. Whilst we believe it would bo much better for tho stockholders to remaiu In until the maturity of their stock, yet wo rcoogniae tho fact that there will always be some with' drawals, and this being the ease, It is our pur pose from time to time to deal ae equitably and airly with those withdrawing members as it is possible, and to adopt as liberal a with drawal feature as is consistent with absolute safety to those who remain. Shares aud information can be had by call ing on C. W. Dangler, local treasurer, No. 127 North Main street, Shenandoah. ll-2t It A Hare Chance. I bought at Sherlfi's sale yesterday a large stock of boys' overeoats, 5 to 11 years. Goods at 50 per cent, below cost at my place. O rec coats $1,50, worth three times the amount. Big bargains in underwear; only 21 cents, worth 50 cents, Coft'ee's, poet ofiloe bnlldiug, comer of Main and Oak streets. 1 1-22-1 1 M. & L. A. A. Meeting. A meeting of those who are now members i the re-organised Miners' and Laborers' Amalgamated Association and those wishing to beoome members, will be held in Bobbins' opera bonne this (Friday) evening, at 7:30 o'clock. They will be addressed by several 'prominent speakers. (Cw(iuf on fourth '!') A ba4 ooagb ot cold ella Mr a good remsdy -lb efre Tor It. Coughs, Golds, L Mill I VUHIUiyMVU, m T2' anl-aura Is Pan-llna. -worst cmsti f Of. I warn, A way observlug a young man standing at n telephone in n town ofilco the other day shouted, "Liok out, thero! Do you want them, to see you?" The young man jumpod aside with alacrity, but when it dawned upon him that tho telephone was not used for looking into other towns ho blushed and said, "I jumped on the spur of the momont. 1 knew no one could see me." V "Never again will I take a berth in a oar almost filled with women near the opening of the snow ball season," remtrked a drummer as ho Inscribed his name on ouo of tho local hotel registers last night. "I think there should bo a law passed compelling women to deordorize their cloaks and wraps after tak ing them out of their wrappings of tar paper. and removing the assortment of moth balls from tho pockets and creases. Such a variety of smells as was in that carl Each seemed worse than the other. Camphor and tar vied with each other lu trying to smell the loudest. The effect was ou the smothering order. But the worst smelling wrap in the whole car was the property of a woman who oocupled the lower story of my section. She took it to bed witli her, and the fumes arose at intervals during the night, it must have been every timo she moved, disturbing the cloak and giving the air a chanoe at a fresh, spot. I dreamed I was selling drugs Instead, of furniture. That same womau oiad In the camphorlzcd cloak sat dowii by me in the first oar. 1 moved to the platform and oxtonded my sympathy to the conductor, who, I suppose, collects fare from a hundred or two like her during tho day." Tho city of Tolodo, Ohio, is a loser of several thousands of dollars by mismanage ment and loso methods on tho part of tho public officials, and tho taxpayers, of course, must shoulder tho loss. This serves as a re minder to our citizens that they must bo on tho alert to protect themselves and to do that they must give attontiou to the elections, es. specially the local elections. If they put tools and blockheads in office they can only expect to suffer by mismanagement and lose methods. Ohb. USE DANA'S SAB3APABIXLA, in " THK KIND THAT CUBE"- All kinds of Legal Blanks for sale at tho Hbeald office. Hear In Mtlul. John A. Rellly'a is the place to get the purest wines and liquors, best beer and ales and finest brands of cigars. 1046-tf Wonders' one daien $3 osbiuets for $1. S. X. Cor. Centre and Market Sts., Potts ville. lt-l-lm We're Still Doing Business At tho old stand, But since you heard from us last through these columns our stock, has incroased And our methods improved. You will find our goods v neater, cleaner aud better. Graf ? s-r- 122 North Jardin Street
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