on BIA PATTON, CAMBRIA CO. PA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1898. hares Sea ams ee FOR GENUINE BARGAINS, PA r ON, P LH ES Bl A Ra Wr i i ASA SAS : somouen susiwess TaamsACTED. | Ropar of Wealings ge Held An, 13h amd 15th of this Mon Patton, Pa, Jaly 1, —. Coun} . met this evening in special session for | the purpose of passing bills and taking ‘action on communications with the following members present as per roll ‘oall: Monteith, Hubbard, Jones, Blair, | i | Anderson and Scheid. On motion of Scheid and seconded by Blair, it was | unanimously carried that the commaun- | jeation from L. 8. Bell, secretary of the 4th of July committee, asking Burgess ‘and Councilmen to participate in parade July ith, be accepted and Aouncil turn out in & body. On mo- ion of Scheid and seconded by Hab- | bard, it was onanimously carried that ithe following bills be accepted amid Lelerk instructed (0 draw orders for the E Wii fires $00, ok ric services for month of June, Patton Pab. | Co., $25.55 fone printing, per bill ren. (dered; G. D. itwivy, $106.20 for he THEY, ecks! poe Fs : | services for months of May and June, {and meals to prisoners; Patton Water 1899, I! Co., $38.34, water rent for month of ive to the person return- June; and the following for street ig the largest number of my work per J. I. Jones’ account: 8. E : Jones, $45.06; Geo. Yeager, $15.40; Ei sh | Register Tickets a Thomas $1.10; 8 Good $5.10; John. | Biller, $11.70; W. J. Donnelly, $5.40; | Paul Short, $2.85; John Watkins, $9.60; | Geo, Tempo, $5.40; H. Woomer, 25¢; "A. Hoffer, $5.16; Wm. Lucas, $8.60; ‘Wm. Trimbuth, $1.50. Council then adjourned. Next regular meeting night Juiy 4 Patton, Pa., July 13. Council met in special session this evening with the following members present: Monteith, ji Beheid, Anderson and Hubbard. On January 1st, will Zi OR ORGAN, t Standard make, which will be on - exhibition at my store September Description: i i & i 3 | age for the ensuing year. On motion The ! (of Scheid snd seconded by Blair, it Paes ‘was unanimously osarried that the ok ‘named » ok | millage for the year be 10 mills, viz I- | Borough tax, 5 mills; Light and water, | Blagasge 3 mille; Interest and debt 3 milis the 8: rots same as previons year. Council then iver Tg Also a adjourned to meet at next feguiar grand organ knee stop. night, July 16th. further Purtiaians call at patton, Pu, July 18. Patton Bor ough Council met in regular session ‘this evening with the following mem. bers present as per roil call: © Jonex, Blair, Anderson, McCormick Wand Scheid. The minutes of regular meeting held June 0th and special meetings hell Jaly 1st and 18th were i read and approved. : Medicines, Chemicals, | On motion of Hubbard and seconded by Jones, it was onanimously carried Stationery, Confectionery, that the Pation Water Co. be notified ~: ito place & fire plug on west side of { Third avenoe on Magee avenue at the contract price. On motion of Hubbard and seconded | by Scheid, it was unanimously carried that the Chief of Police be notified at OS ‘onoe to presirve better order on the >| gtrents, and {o prohibit the “growler'” businesss on back streets, alleys, ete, {and to enforce ordinance in genera { relating fo same. i Oop motion of Hubbard and seconded | bo Scheid, it was unanimously carried J hat the petition of citizens asking for | sewer on Fifth avenue be returned to Lo What You Need. | toe petitioners asking them to have it , borrow, as your neighbor is thoroughly tinderstood that they will, using hers.” be required to bear the expense of the Kix] H DW. Co’ Men to buy now the Stock is Complete. Dead Easy-—For Cash. buy ell ‘entire sewer from where it starts to and Maslin preserving where it empties into Big Chest Creek. On motion of Jones and seconded by ny | McCormick, it was unanimously car as Jars in pints, QUATS | oq unas the Board of Health be noti. fled by the Clerk to abate all nulsanoes, 50 cents. such as slaughter houses, cess pools Star dinner pails 17 eta. | and all other such places that are detri- double sheets 5 cents. |, .051 to thie health of this Borough. , all sizes. | bard £ ¥ 5 x by Hubbard, it was unanimously car : bills be scoepted | ! to draw orders : : i $10.25 for ella stov Fe A and book; Weakland Bisa, | : $5.00 for Vary hire. ‘ouncil then K TB co, adjourned to meet at next regular meeting night, August | L WwW. H. Eckenrode, the son of the postmaster ut Carrolltown, who was charged with forging money orders and with embezzling goverment funds, ‘and who pleaded guilty at the last {term of the United States District Court, was taken before Judge Buf. fington for sentence Saturday moming , come all; come great and | in, tamble in any way at get in to see the fine : mattings, oil ; prices to tremse youth and on account of his Kirk's Furniture and previous guid character, this being his Stoves fist offense, and for several other ex- prices be. tenusting circumstances, Judge Buf- ext door fington suspended sentence and bad the boy discharged from custody. For Sale. o My house and lot an Fourth avenijie, have a shine put ve out | 2! Pa. For information inguin but a white man cof Joseph Taylor. 4t same. For Sale. . ! A numberof bran new alcohol and | | syrup barrels and kegs. Will be spld cheap. Inguire at Patton P C. W. Hodgkins. hotel. y atid see Us our easy it a shine stove | Hubbard, On motion of Scheid and Seconded in Pittsburg. On acoount of his ex- CL MINERS NAY STRIKE They Demand a Scale Wages Adopted at a MINERS’ CONVENT ION 5 { Held at Aboona on - Wetaapday of Last Week, and if Not Geanted will Saepend Wark Jalv 28th, The delegates to the conventiim of the bituminous coal miners of District i No. 2. United Mine Workers of Amper- pursued in considering the recent over- {jea, which is composed of all the coal regions in thirteen connties [in Central Pennsylvania, waxed warm at their mesting which was held at Altoona fast Wedineesaa ¥. gre) afte a4 fow hoard discussion of grievances formo. iated a demand sie of wages, HERa jan fo abrike is thaw Fee OH ath The Tapertminiataves nlm fitersn sa AY oa represented 55.000 oul oo. Lhe {by HN men employed in the distsict ‘were five delegates who were Han- garians and they represented 35800 non-English speaking miners. Their presence in the convention gave the American miners courage and i was accepted as an indication that the for eign element, which hus been a draw- Nae Lhe Bloor J back to organized labor in the past years, are being educated in American ways and mean to stand by their fallow. | workmen in the coming struggle for "better wages. The work of organizing this foreign element has been hard and tiresome and the cradit of doing so be long to the officers and execative com: mittee of the district. They were addressed in their own tongue and the theory of organized labor taught them through labor periodicals printed in their own language. AfRer a great (effort they were made to understand and now are ready to make a stand for wages that will enable them to make ‘a comfortable living. The convention was & secret one, no one being admitted exospt delegates Afer President Harris had called the meeting to order and slateed is pur. pose, the resignation of Vice-President John T. Cline, of Barpesboro, was read and acre pied. Jaraes Napier, of Mor- risdale, Clearfield county, was elected to fill the vacancy. This selection caused 3 vacant place in ihe exerutive board and G. WW. Westhoven, of Elk county, was chosen to fill it. The wit uation was discussed at some lengti, after which the committee on the sale ‘of wages presented the following, which was adopted by seclamation: General price shall be 45 cents per ton. Work now being paid more than 40 cents shall be advanced in proportion. Machine wining, Harrison, Jeflerson or Sallivan: Pndereniting in rooms i : Ww C Unadervitiing in hed ings i wasadinge ty pons wx “d | Law ing 1 hendings ; HR ‘Jeffrey's link belt, Morgan and Gard- ner, or any otber chain machine: I slersai ting bn vows a i nderen ing i in Besdings Lhamding in rowaiss TLosding in Yeadiogs Cutting And loading in “break through” between headings and be- twewn rooms and roams tarnings shall be paid heading prices. All prices now being paid more than #2 cents for Juading and 8 centa for snder- cutting shail be advanced in propor tion. The foregoing prices are for net ton, run of mine. Fer veins Vi ress, six inehos or less ¥ veins, Sly iN lieon af Tate, per ied aw Volhis Al al RNgin Ac TOsE NOTE, Jat yard Cutiing ¢ ne is bending. idfing ar 8 253 § ia fomne Boom turning. meek Bot 16 exemed seven yards . | Heading, per yard Heap Troggs. Miner's day wags Trackinyers ad day Trackisyers wipers Trappeors | Bottom cages Tarivers Trip writers pot day Water han! lors per day harman jut day Pipe BTL fot ar abr plant All ther inside Say lab The hours for day labor for the bos ‘rates at the mines shall be from Ta m. tl 12 noon; one hour for dinper, and fromip mtil 4 pp m. If overtime in wi coo { $ i Kg Lo .y wt 0 3m an “ ~ - {oa -s 1 i wl = ‘is worked, increased wages shall be ‘paid in proportion to the amount of overtime, The formal demand for the foregoing seale will be made July 20. If 4 favor able reply is not received by July In work will be suspended in all such mines as refuses to sige. The cognyen- tion declared July 30 “=u general miners ‘ holiday.” Mass cotiogy will be held al jou that date in all mining centres for the purpose of settling the question of suspension. The scale is virtually a demand for i a general increase of 10 per cent. or | more i in all branches of mining work. { The celerity and dispatch with | which the business of the convention earnestness of the men. There will be z + Pr ud Thera on $d iow Po § no blu, they say this time. The intro-| duction of mining machines has, toa certain degree, revolutionized the min. | ing industry, and the miners feel that | it is now or never, in the matter of making a stand for wages. The con- i i Written by One Who is 1m . Position to Know. vention adjourned at about 5:30 p. m. oR i OPERATONS W "LL NOT YIELD. Coun: Men W:il Refase an Advance © the Miners. One of the Inrgest coal operators in the Central district, who reyunested that his name be not given publicity, was’ when | in the city yesterday, and, queried as to what course would be tare of the miners of the district for a wage increase, asserted that the men's demands would certainly be rejected, gays the Altoona Times, alive to thelr own interests, not taking ito proper consideration those of the operators. While ali Busy, there has been po advance ine ing per the ing GR 3 Oe the di th tur mi oor the of 1 The er® do an they have decided, the strike that has been long brewing will come to pass July 28, the time limit decided by the men to receive tha operators’ replies to their request for the increase. An “lgeorant Operator.” A “local operator’ quoted in the Altoona Tribune Friday morming in reference to the action of the miners in their conven! there this week sects to be the unfit to operate anything except a pick and shovel. He evidently thinks a perpetoal quarrel is 4 necessity be tween emplover and employe. After bombastically declaring that the min. ing machine «stands maddy to take the place of hand diggers, he added: “The AON absence of the National Guard at the present time may encourage the men in case of 8 strike to attempt violence. Provisions will be made for tingency should the need arise, operator who talks thas proves thin cons The Bimal! “% possessed not only of a very ugly dis position, Otherwise be would know that ample bul to be very ignorant provision has been made by the authorities for the preservation the peace without Johnstown Tribune his assistance, The Health of Patton. There has been several complaints of late in regards to the sanitary condition | The matter was brought | up befors our council Monday night, | of oar town and the Board of Health was notified to look into the matter at once. This ‘is the time of year when too much pres caution cannot be taken, especially in regards to cess pools, offals from slaughter houses, stagnant streams, dams, etc. A general cleaning up should be made at once in all parts of town and persons should be caun- tioned as to the throwing or empty ing of slops, etc. into gutters along streets and alleys. All will be benefitted wn ms ing but praise is heard in Washington and all should go hand-in-hand in en- deavoring to abate such nuisances ‘ally healthy town as far as epedemics go and let us continue to keep it so. Will Lecture Hem Rev. A. A. Lambing, LL. L D of i Pittsburg, will give a lecture in Patton Tuesday evening, August 9th, under Young Men's Lambing the auspices of the Inatitate of Patton. Rev. is the historian for the Catholic church of Western Pennsylvania and comes to the people of Patton highly recom- mended as a speaker. Haro We a “Spveak-Fasy tains a true? if probit natoxwating Liquors? Ti uf the same, sad do not approve of ig, should make the necessary information, or else “forever keep their peace.’ At Firemen 's Park . that Patton co Is it ta ¥ iL rumored genuine “speax-easy where ia the tllegal %i rigid law Wile thw selling of jose who ZRow ‘Park Friday night of this week, at! ' which every body is invited to attend The best of order will be maintained. | i Good music: in attendance. Come. macy, | was transacted is an indication of the All kinds of funy ken made to | order a4 Duus’ bakery.-27 miners seem to be too. much ind of a man who is of Patton so far has been an exception. : Wied BO ep ‘man in the Philppines at this critical Everybody is cordially invited to attend this lecture. A dagee will be held in the Firemen's ‘THE YELLOW FEVER | In Our Army af Santiago Admiral Dewey Pratend at Washingion. Washington, July IX but, notwithstanding all that has been and is being printed to the contrary, there is nothing official in sight to indicate it. Every act of the adminis tration since the surrender of Santisgo indicates that the end of the war ix a long ways off. In fact, there is little wh i saree montos, When the news first reached Washington that there wera several hundred cases of yellow fiver in our army al Santiago, it came very near to creating a panic. Every pos sible precastion is being taken to prevent the fever becoming epidemic, and, although, news of the progr of the fever is very meagre, owing to rigid censorship of Nantiago, there i» ow a iittle hotter feeling. But there still mock goeasiness, and ample cause for it, oo. The condition which binds ns to send the 25 000 Spanish troops, captured at Santiago, back to Spain ls regarded iz Washington as excellent one Al though tis a big job, it can be mach easier acoomplished Loan was the lind. ing of our army over there, as the ships that will carry them can go right ap to the Suntiago wharves to receive them. It would be much cheaper to send them home than it would be to keep them prisoners Everything that Admiral Dewey does appears to strike the people of this country as about the right thing, commander of the German cruiser, Irene, interfering to protect the Span. ish garrison of a fort in Subig Bay from an attack by the Philippine in- ‘surgents, by sending the Raleigh and the Concord to batter down the fort composing the garrison, to that por. tion of his report to the Secretary of the Navy, especially commending the Chinese who are serving in his fle in | minor capacities, for bravery under fire. That he should be willing to say agood word officially for the mach. abused Chinese, ‘that those in his fleet be rowarded with { American citizenship, shows that Ad. with moral as physical coursge. Noth. for Dewey, and thanks that we should be fortunate enough to have such a period. He is being especially ¢om- ‘ mended for having so plainly shown : the Germans that he intended Saying : {out his p regardless of them an | their ships. Stabbing A®ay at Hastings Gust Loraine, a young Sweds, or four other young men. his recovery doubtful, A man by the name of Miller has been arrested for the deed, but at a hearing before the justice at Hastings no definite proof or evidence was obtained, however, he wis taken to the jail at Ehenshburg | where be will await trial, which will’ come ap in the September ters of criminal court. Artistiv Barber Poles. Both W. E. Probert and Chas | Lehman, the two Magee avenue tonso- | ‘ral artists bave bad the large barber! poles in front of their respective places | | of business repainted which present a | very attractive appearance. The painters who did the work are certainly | artists in their line. 1598. Pence | may speedily follow General Shafter's victory in compelling the surrender of Santingo and 25,000 Spanish troops, for Dewey's fleet to from showing his resentment at the and capture the five hundred Spaniards | and to recomend who | resides at Hastings, was seriously in. jured at that place Saturday by being | stabbed on the head and breast while | engaged in a druken fight with three Loraine's | wounds are said to be quite serious and | Following are the Pennsylvania bitaminous coal statistics for the Sixth | dintriet. comprising Cambria, Somervet and Indians | part; counties: XN umber of write orga. : Tous prowtneed i RH | Days worked. : | Miherw and other cn pltyes Powder need, ¥ sori iy rminite ede prema 45 Killed Temas er He Bowe : Ena ews peer TEEe Tred Several hundred union miners are encamped about Pana, Il, and pre- vent non-union miners from getting to the mines, There is no troth in the report that a New York dealer is supplying coal the extent of #.000 tons. The coal needed for the Navy at the Philippines is being ar ranged for on the Pacific coast, and | probability of peace until the members | the mines have: 0, Spanish government get rid of there is not, in any event, any such quantity asleedd for or ander contract, eta serpy APDITE 2 GLAOSIBIG, MBOng them being Join Piteairn, president of the Pittsburg Ylate Glass company; C. C. Watt, president of the railroad com- pany; J. C. Patterson, chief engineer and 8S. H. Hicks, general manager and vice-president. They will spend most of the week in Indiana and Wostmore- land counties, inspecting the line and examining ite resources. John BE. Du Bois and sone West Virginia coal operators will join the party at Cherry Tree. The Pittsburg & Eastern pro. et is ta connert the Beech Creek railroad with the Pittsburg & Lake Erie raliroad, extend from Ma hafley to Bessemer, a distance of 108 miles, ang in this way the Vanderbilt lines in Penpavivania will be tied by this link, making another through Hue $0 Will Cal 800.000 Fesl. Shas & Bro, of Bedford county, are placing a portable saw mill on the grounds near the Moshannon colliery for the purpose of manufacturing ato lumber over 800,000 feet of hardwood “and bemlock logs belonging to Chas. Rhoddy. The mill is in charge of C. M. Shuss, who will personally look after the work. Railroad ties will be the principle product manufsetured by this mill, and the contract will last nearly two veurs. Mr. Rhoddy states that probably before the mill is removed to other quarters a contract will be made to manufacture another tract situated nearby. si30.00 Orgas. Have you read the grand offer of the Patton Pharmacy in the first col- i umn of this page of the CornmEr? A | $150.00 organ is to be given away io the person retaruing to that stare the largest number of cash register tickets. See the ad for particulars A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE! Le) 3 miral Dewey to be as weil supplied IMPORTED Both the (radup aud our new suilings are [mpo wh ~-one from the retime of the old world, the other from its highest civilized centers. As com- parison is between Lhese two, 80 is any j comparison of our textures or meth. iods with those of any other. We handle only the best goods. We do ! only the best work. | JUST RECEIVED a very flue line of suitings of medium weight. ICALL AND SEE IIS. Dinsmore , Bros. A. aw WORK GUARANTEED, 3
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