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PATTON, CAMBRIA CO. PA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1898.
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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
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: | 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
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| 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
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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
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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
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‘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
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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-
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Written by One Who is 1m .
Position to Know.
vention adjourned at about 5:30 p. m.
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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
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per
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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!
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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
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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!
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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,
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