VOL. XIIL—NO. 23. INDEPEXD THE PATTON COURIER. PATTON, CAMBRIA CO., PA., FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1906. ENT — NOT NEUTRAL — RUN BY THE PUBLISHER. $1.00 PER YEAR THE BIG STRIKE 1S ON! Patton Miners Voted Not to go to Work. OPEN SHOP POLICY. Is the Big Bone ot Contention, While the Check-off is Second Under Consideration —Last Seale Presented by the Operators Rejected by the Men, The strike is on. As foreshadowed in the last issue of the COURIER, the joint scale committee failed to agree at Olearfield and adjoined Friday after- noon without day. A few of the smaller operators have signed the scale, | but the vast majority of the mines in this district are idle and will likely | remain so for some time. A prolonged struggle between the forces of capital and labor is looked for and the ulti- mate end no man can see. A mass meeting of Patton was held at Athletic Park Mon- day morning and was attended by about a thousand men. A vive voce vote was taken and the men decided unanimously to strike. Creek Coal & (oke company posted notices early Saturday morning offer- ing work under the 1903 scale to all their employes, but said nothing about the check-off or the open shop proposi- tion and no one has gone to work, or is likely to under the conditions named. The main difference between the op- erators and miners is the contention concerning the check-off and the open shop. The operators are willing to col- lect a check-off to pay checkweighmen, but object to collecting the general check-off, as has been the custom in mm he Beech the past. They are also standing out firm for an open shop, i. e. the right to employ any or all men whether members of the union or not. On these two contentions hang all princi- | ples of the strike. The final scale presented by the op- erators at Clearfield Friday and re- jected by the miners, after virtually offering wages paid in 1903, containing these provisions: “No person she ment or in ll be refused employ- any way discriminated against on account of membership or | non-membership in any labor organi- 1 be no discrimi- ‘ence with any zation, and there shal nation against or interfi employe who is a member of such union or ion. “The right of the operator at any and all mines to hire and discharge without reference to an employe’s con- nection with a labor organization is conceded. “The right of the employe to quit work is conceded, but it shall be a con- dition of this agreement that union employes are not to quit because any non-union labor is employed, or be- cause of the discharge of anv union employes. “All other day wages and monthly men, both inside and outside the mines, and all dead work and yardage shall be advanced at each and every mine 5.86 per cent above the rates paid at such mine during the scale year ending on the 31st day of March, 1906, except- ing all mechanics and skilled labor, who are to be paid such prices as can be muunaily agreed upon by the opera- tor and mechanic employed. All labor engaged in construction work, in the mines or outsides thereof, and all men engaged in opening new mines and works shall be exempt from the wages, hours and other conditions of this agreement. “Phe organization agrees that the men will work regularly when there is work, only absenting themselves on the legal and church holidays and those desiring to attend funer and no ob- seryance of a Saturday half holiday. “Should differences arise under this agreement, between the employers and the employes, touching the proper in- terpretation of any of its provisions, there shall be no suspeusion of work on account thereof until an earnest ef- fort to settle such differences shall have been made: First, through the local management at the mines, and failing | trees this spring on soil where trees or in this the matter shall: Second, be pre- sented to the general manager or owner, and if settlement is not reached with said manager or owner the ques-| tion shall then: Third, be referred to a permanent board of arbitration, con- sisting of three miners, or their repre- sentatives, and three operators or their representatives, they jointly failing to | agree shall appoint an umpire, who shall neither be a miner nor an opera- tor, but whose decision shail be final in the interpretation of the question at issue under this agreement.” The miners’ report uive the filo « ny lit rejuct the miners of | eae Cownalilee Ji wuelr sys. 1st, It abolished the check-off PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS. | tem, which means no Union, no check- —— HN HELLD LINE 0p | et . . . Pithy, Pointed Pencilings Pertaining to ' weighmen and no mine committee, | | | People and Places, w— 2nd. It presents the operators’ idea | , . . of an open shop. | The musical held at the Miners’ | Progressive Farmers of Car- 3rd. It gives the operators the right | Hall last Friday evening for the bene: and at fit of Miss Sue Wentz was well attended | to discharge whom they please, | the same time prevents the miners | and the participants all acquitted | The violin | from quitting work except under cer- | themselves with credit. FOUR MILES OF WIRE. tain conditions. |solo by Prof. William Simpson is] — 4th. It does not give the machine | wort hy of special mention. {Exchange was Opened Saturday and is loaders the same rate as in 1903. | —Frank McCarty, of Arnot, was in| 5th. It does not specify the wages to | town Monday on his way to Punxsu- | be paid for the different kinds of day |tawney. He was joined here by Tom | personnel of Officers, labor, including machine runners, but | Garvey and both will play with the instead proposes a percentage increase Punxs’y base ball team this season. which would make the day men who| —Edward D. Brawley was appointed are now below the scale rates still fur- | auditor of Carroll township by Judge ther below the proper wages. | O’Connor Tuesday to fill the vacancy | 6th. It is so indefinite that it would | caused by the removal of W. A. lead to continual disputes concerning | Brawley from the township. its meaning and thus keep the district, ~The McOans property, one lot and in perpetual strife and the arbitration |two dwellings on Lang avenue, was board which it proposes to form in |sold at public sale Saturday afternoon session all the time. for $1,215. Samuel L. Weakland was 7th. It would abolish the check- | the purchaser. weighmen at all small mines at once, | —Will Pennypacker send his cos- and would in the end abolish check-|Sacks to Patton? It would be about as weighmen at all mines. | sensible as his desire to send troops 8th. It would ultimately lead to the roll ‘Township. Doing Good Business—You Can Now Talk to Your Granger Friends for a Nickel— The residents of Carroll township are now enjoying about all of the com- forts of urban life with none of its discomforts. Not satisfled with a trol- ley line and rural mail delivery to keep them in touch with the outside world, the suburbanites have established a telephone company and opened an ex- change. The line is four miles in length and connects with that of the Huntingdon & Clearfield Telephone company, thus | enabling the farmer to sit in his own home and talk to all the cities and towns embraced in the extensive terri- tory of the latter company and the | here on a certain occasion. weakening of the Ur and do us —The collection taken at St. Mary’s ’ . : . : . ea a op Fy , ) : “HF other independent lines with which it great injury in the future. R. C. church Sunday for the San Fran- is afftiated I € cisco sufferers amounted to about a te & . a: A I'he exchange is in the house of John | H Hoover, from which run four dis- tinet lines. The first rans as far as the | residence of Peter Sharbaugh on the | FROM SAN FRANCISCO. hundred dollars. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lowe Hus The piano in Goldstein’s Hall has been purchased by the Concord grange and placed in the grange hallin Carroll township. —Postmaster E. Will Greene was called to Brockwayville this week by the serious illness of his mother. ! —-Judge Boone has installed a hand- some new safe in his law chambers. Been Heard From, Miss Jeannette Lowe, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lowe, of this place, was in San Franicsco at the time of the earthquake and the fire and |after that horrible event fears were entertained for her safety, as all efforts to communicate with her proved futile. These fears were set at rest Monday, however, by the receipt of the follow- ing letter addressed to her father. The letter was written on a portion of a paper bag and énclosed in a No. 10 en- velope, which came through without a {rode Mills, as far as the residence of| Wm. Biller, another line runs to the | east and the fourth line north to the | house of P. C. Strittmatter. | In all seventeen subscribers are | served as follows: Peter C. Sharbaugh, | ‘J. J. Sharbangh, L. L. Hoover, Will Biller, H. J. Eckenrode, H. M. Gooder- | ham, Charles Yeackle, Michael Karl- heim, Concord Grange Hall, J. T. Thomas, John H. Hoover, Jacob A. Hoover, Mrs. Helena Grasberger, H. J. Hoover, Will Karlheim, I. T. Stritt- matter and P. C. Strittmater. The line is owned by the Concord Mutual Telephone company, and all of the stockholders are farmers. It is officered by Henry M. Gooderham as president, P. C. Sharbaugh vice presi- dent, P. C. Strittmatter secretary and Jacob A. Hoover treasurer. DALE FOR SHERIFF. Popular Patton Resident has no Opposition for the Nomination. Jesse E. Dale, of this piace, will re- ceive the Republican nomination for sheriff without a struggle, being the only candidate announced. The time for filing the names of aspirants for nomination at the approaching Repub- lican county convention expired Satur- day night and the list closed with just enough names to fill the ticket except in the case of delegates to the state convention, in which there are eight for seven The stamp attached: San Francisco, April 21, 1906. Dear Folks at home: —Do not worry. I am alive and unhart, which is some- | thing around here to-day. The biggest thing I saved was my appetite. Harth- quake took place at 5 o’clock Wednes- The fires are now under they will all y little left day morning. By to-morrow In fact, there is ve control. be out. applicants places. | | to burn, only a small port on on the names of those who have qualified with All of the subscribers are stockhold- outskirts, scattered houses only. County Chairman Troxell are as fol- | and receive free service over their { 1 have a blanket and pillow and jows: . own line, but pay a rate of five cents there is plenty of room outdoors. I For Congress indorsement—Hon. per call for talking to Patton. People {have not had to go hung yet. I John M. Reynolds, of Bedford county. here can also talk to subscribers on the | would like to have a tent, but have not| For Sheriff—Jesse E. Dale, of Pat- line for five cents. The regular rate is charged for any longer distance. been able to get one yet. I am looking | ton. for some friends, who of course were For Assembly, in the county outside | It is the intention to connect with burned out, too, but being several of | of Johnstown— Edmund James, of Eb- all the farmers’ lines in the county as goon as possible. The new exchange | was formally opened Saturday and has been doing a good business. The farm- | | ers in the north of the county are pro- gressive and enterprising, and this new telephone line now in successful | operation is only another evidence of | this fact. | them I am sure they could get a tent | and would be glad to have me with them. So far I have not found them, | but will continue the search. ensbnrg, and Alvin Sherbine, of Sum- merhill township. For Assembly, Johnstown District— Frank P. Barnhart. For Poorhouse Director—Isaac N. Jones, of Johnstown. | For Jury Commissioner—W. H. Kil- | i len, of Jackson township. | | For delegates to state convention— STOOD THE TEST. | John R. Musser, of Barnesboro; John | | Ww. Kephart, of Ebensburg; S. 1. Reed, | San Francisco Fire Did Not Affect Compan- of Ebensburg; Henry W. Storey, An- derson H. Walters, James M. Shu-| On account of the terrible disaster in | | maker, M. B. Stephens and John M. San Francisco, several of the 105 com- | Rose, of Johnstown. | panies involved have already been | ! forced to retire from business and oth- | ———— |x are sure to fail. This condition of | | New York Central Railroad Yards are, affairs naturally suggests to the policy- | Full of Gondolas, | holders this question: Am I insured in | ale ; The Jersey Shore Herald of Wednes- ja soly ent company ? | | For the information of our patrons, | day said: | “Local New York Central yard em-| We beg to advise that the California ployes are having their hands full to conflagration will not impair or cripple | take care of the empty coal cars which | the financial ‘standing of any of the come crowding in upon them and | companies represented by the Patton | which a few months ago were so scarce. | Insurance Agency. We are assured by “In the place of storage tracks ing filled with cars loaded with coal promptly the empties appear. The cars are | We feel that the strength and stability | consigned to the Oentral Pennsylvania | of our agency of companies that will mines and come crowding back to the stand the test of such an awful calam- | Pennsylvania division and there is no | ity should appeal to the public who alternative but for the company to re- | Want “INSURANCE THAT INSURANCE.” | ceive them. | Our rates are reasonable and any | “Along both district sidings are filled | business entrusted with this agency | with empties and if the present state|Will receive prompt and careful atten-| of affairs continue the Pennsylvania | tion. division will have more empty cars| PARNELL, CowHER & Co., Patton, Pa. | than it can possibly care for, | “At the Avis yard this morning over | y iv . { two thousand empties were reported.” | The paving proposition of Charles | | M. Schwab at Loretto is to be actively | | started within the next ten days. F. | Properties In This End of the County That { W. Hamburger, civil engineer, of Ep | : i i | ensburg, has been awarded the contract | covered with netting to prevent injury { : sand , | qo oe ” ; {of establishing grades, ete., for the | by the female locust in laving her eggs. Anna May Henry et ux to Sarah F. | paving. It is to be paid for by Mr | IOTION Price, lot in Carroll township, $100. | Schwab and will extend from the steel | NOTIOR Henry M. Miller et ux to Samuel] es { | ji > - magnate’s residence to ti shureh, a. William and Elizabeth Goldspike, 9 > a suge to the char 3, Bo re : 5% istance of about half a mile. Prop- in Carroll township, $100. | erty owners along the way are to lay I saw some awful sights and had a | pretty close shave myseif, but I am all right now and will be all right,so don’t you worry about me. I don’t want you to. Worrying never does any | good. I willsend you all particulars later. Hope you are all well. Your loving daughter, | JEANETTE. | ies of Parnell, Cowher & Co. | LOCUSTS DUE THIS SUMMER. State Zoologist Predicts Their Appearance NO CAR SCARCITY in Cambria Counly, Jambria county will be afflicted the coming summer with the 17-year locust plague. In his monthly bulletin Prof. H. A. Surface,state economic zoologist, says that the locusts will make their appearance in Pennsylvania this year, and that they may possibly spread all | over the state. Prof. Surface will not say positively that their appearance will be general, bnt he says they are certain to appcar in Cambria, Blair, Clearfield, Center, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniati, Snyder, | Northumberland, Montour and Colum- | bia counties. They will be particularly destructive to the young trees. adjusted and paid, when due. | HAS The following advice is given: | prevention in this case is very much | better than remedy it is best not to trim trees until after the locusts deposit their eggs in June, and prospective | planters should refrain from planting | tPaving at Loretto. | bushes were growing 17 years ago, or | which adjoins land that is now in for- | | ests or was covered with woodland in| 1889. Choice trees or shrubs should be TRANSACTIONS IN REALTY. Changed Hands Recently. The agnual meeting of the stockhold- ers of the Patton Brewing company | will be held at the office of the com-| John A. Myers et ux to Charles 5 ns aD Ds pavements. pany at Patton, Pa., Wednesday, the | Rhody, lot in Patton, $3,500. | 5 - 1 > i 5 | 9th dav of May, A. D 1906, at 2 'cieeic | James Mellon ef ux to Gustave Beun-!| —One of J. Augustus Jones’ ele- pn. : Hag Clip dives Bier of UX, dob in Cakiulk tewisbip, $00. phants gol stuck in the mud at Barnes- | tors for the ensuing year, the Chases J. Johiiston et ux to Gustave boro Wednesday and ry transaction of genera Beununier eb ux,ot-in Carroll township, to secu Je { aul W. M. SiMPsON, Secrelary. $35. tackle (0 extricate iu B. KUSNER (CLOTHING B. KUSNER Cambria. Don’t put it off to-day. finest in town. Ladies’ and Children’s Coats and Skirts. Stein-Bloch Clothing, | Next Door to Bank. southwest, the second south to Ecken- | on the market, as is evidenced by the way it is selling. A, light creamy beer with an exquisite flavor peculiar to itself. bome of Will Karlheim on the south- | For | residence by the case. We Will Ciose Every Evening at 8 O'Clock, Local Phone. a be. | our companies that all claims will be | = We have the finest showing of Clothing in Northern Call in and see our line. SHOES. For Men, Women and Children. Largest stock in town. Come in and let us show you the Trunks and Suit Cases. A Large Assortment. . We still have a full line of the above in stock. B. KUSNER, PATTON, PA. TERR TE GE SE ‘GIVE IT A WHIRL.” SILVER TOP BEER is the Best 1o-cent Bottled Beer sale at all leading bars and will be delivered to your Now, as always, headquarters for the purest and best wines, liquors, cordials, beer and ale. Except Saturdays and Evenings Preceding Holidays. ED. A. MELLON, PATTON, PA. New Spring and” 3 | America’s Leader of . WIDOW JONES icuerel. «> Clothing for Boys and Young Men. & woe Summer Clothin Neckwear, Shirts, Etc, Etc, JUST RECEIVED. We are sole agents in Pat- ton for the celebrated RALSTON HEALTH SHOES. / Look at the display in our show window. WIDOW JONES SUIT MODEL I. UNIVERSITY STYLE, WOLF & THOMPSON. RRR ESR £f : Shopping by Telephone.” If the Doctor leaves a prescription at your house ‘phone us and will send for it, compound it and have it back to vou in a surprisingly short’ time. > You may want something in the line of sundries or toilet articles when it is not convenient for you to visit our store in person, 'phone us, giving us an idea, as near as you can, of what you want and we will cheerfully send samples and prices to you so that you make your own selection. Our stock is complete, the quality the best. Try Telephonic Shopping. 0. F. WOLF, The Druggist, PATTON, PA.
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