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THE PATTON COURIER.
VOL. XIII.—NO. 31.
PATTON, CAMBRIA CO, PA,, FRIDAY, JUNE
29, 1906.
$1.00 PER YEAR
INDEPENDENT — NOT NEUTRAL — RUN
WHAT MPHERSON 3AYs!
The Optimistic Views of the a special meeting of the borough | The following from the north of the
council was held Saturday evening
Vice President.
THINKS STRIKE’S WON.
Statement by a Well Known Labor Leader
Anent the Sitaation in This District Rel-
ative to the Coal Strike—Miners’ Relief
is to be Increased,
Wm. McPherson, vice president of
this sub-district of the United Mine
Workers, was in town Monday. In
speaking of the strike Mr. McPherson
said:
“This is going to be a fight to the
finish, and we’re going to win it. The
striking miners realize the importance
of winning this fight and they are will-
ing to make sacrifices, in fact, they
have been making sacrifices since April
1, and they are still determined to
stand firm. ’
+ This is now the only coal field i
the country that has not yet come to an
amicable agreement on the wage scale.
All the others are at work and the min-
ers in this field who have been liying
from hand to mouth since the struggle
began will be better paid for their
gtand for the union. We have been
paying $2 to every married striker, $1
to each single man and 50 cents for
each child in the family. You know,
men can’t indulge in many luxuries at
that income. But from now on the in-
come of these men will be doubled and
they will be in a position to remain
idle for the remainder of the year, if
necessary.
‘t The operators will tell you that the
gtrike hinges on the check-off. That’s
not true. If they will agree to pay the
1903 scale, outside the check-off, the
men will be back at work inside of 24
hours. The operators should be fair.
They will check-off money for store
bills, doctors’ bills and all other bills,
but they say they cannot check-off for
the miner. Let them pay the miner
his full wages in cash and permit him
* to buy where he pleases and the miner
won’t ask him to collect the check-off.
“The operators are now playing
their last card—importing non-union
labor. This will fail and I look for a
settlement in a short time. About
10,000 of the 55,000 miners of this field
are at work. Only a few non-union men
are in the lot, the others being United
Mine workers, employed by operators
paying the scale. There have been a
few evictions of miners from company
houses, but most companies have not
disturbed the men. Four families are
to be set out at Moss Creek and half a
dozen at Greenwich. Seventeen fam-
ilies have “been notified to vacate at
Patton and some at Boardman, but
that’s all.” :
Vice President McPherson was ar-
rested Tuesday for intimidating men at
a mine near Cherrytree, but he made
light of the suit. He waived a hearing
at Barnesboro and gave bail for court.
He declared that all he did was to in-
duce a number of non-union men at
the mine to quit work and leave, using
moral suasion instead of intimidation.
He had a talk with them on the public
road and not on the company property.
He declares it only spite work.
ANTHONY ANNA DEAD.
One of the 01d Pioneers of Northern Cam-
bria Called Home.
Anthony Anna, one of the best
known men in the north of the county,
died at his home in Hastings Tuesday
evening at the advanced age of sev-
enty-two years. He had been ill for
some time past and his death was not
unexpected.
’Squire Anna, as he was familiarly
kdown, was born in Germany and
came to this country when he was nine
years of age, his parents sgttling near
St. Boniface, on the land where the
town of Hastings now stands. He
lived in this locality all of his life, and
was at one time quite prominent in
Democratic politics, having been
elected county auditor in 1873, and in
1897 been advanced to the position of
county commissioner by his party. He
also served as burgess of Hastings for
several terms and had filled the office
of justice of the peace for many years.
He is survived by a number of sons!
and daughters. The funeral was held
this morning with services in St. Ber-
nard’s church, Hastings, and inter-
ment in the Catholic cemetery at St. |
Boniface.
Notice to Tax Payers.
The duplicate of school and borough
taxes for 1906 is now in my hands for
eollection, with 5 per cont off unl
Sentoraboe Ist, 1906 After December
1st, 1906, 5 per cent will be added.
J. D. Lyons,
Tax Collector Patton Borough.
Patton, Pa., July 1st, 1906,
SPECIAL MEETING.
| ——
Transact Considerable Business,
with all the members present.
The contract for paving 600 feet on
Magee, 670 feet on Beech and 350 feet
on Fourth avenues was awarded to the
Philipsburg Paving company, the low-
est bidder, for $10,469.74.
A letter was read from Health Officer
Worrell recommended the construction
of a sewer on West Russell and Kerr
avenues to connect with the Fifth ave-
nue sewer and the matter was referred
to the street committee.
The unsafe condition of the over
head bridge on McIntyre avenue was
discussed at considerable length. It
appears that on March 10, 1897, the
councilmen then in office agreed to
keep the bridge in repair perpetually
if it was built at the expense of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company. The
latter corporation accepted the propo-
sition and the council in regular session
extended them a vote of thanks. This
procedure does not meet with the ap-
proval of the present board, who are
of the opinion that the old council ex-
ceeded their authority in making an
agreement of that charaeter without
an ordinance.
The bridge has been in an unsafe con-
dition for some time and the borough
has refused to repair it. At the meet-
ing Saturday evening the clerk was in-
structed to notify the Pennsylvania |
Railroad company that the borough
was not in financial condition to repair
the bridge and that it would have to be
torn down and a grade crossing estab-
lished at either Highland, Harriman or
McIntyre avenue.
In addition to the bills for street
work the following were ordered paid: |
J. D. Lyons $8.50, Patton COURIER |
$98.20, H. E. Barton $9, H. A. Leiden
| son $1, George S. Good Electric Light
| Patton Water Co. $40, H. G. Philips
$9, H. A. Witherow $1.25, W. P. Jack-
|
{ Co. $103.20, Frank C. Hoerl $12.90, |
|
Borough Dads Hold Extra Session and | Good Men and Trae Drawn to Serve ss
|
| Joseph Springer, farmer, Barr town-
($2.50, Ed S. Moore $20, Patton Clay
Mfg. Oo., $17.03, W. J. Gill $60, Cole
Bros. $2.31.» i
THE SHERIFF WINS. |
Suit of Lenhart Against County Was De- |
cided in His Favor. |
Sheriff Lenhart has won out again in |
his suit against the county, the su- |
preme court on Wednesday affirming
the decision of the court below.
It will be remembered that the claim |
made by Sheriff Lenhart that the act |
of 1901 governed his compensation for |
transporting prisoners to the peniten-
tiary was denied by the county com-
missioners and the amounts claimed
were held up by them. Sheriff Len-
hart, through his counsel, P. J. Little,
of Ebensburg, entered suit for the
sums claimed.
The contention of the sheriff’s coun-
sel ‘was that the act 1901 repealed all
other previous acts and that the sheriff
was entitled to mileage from each pris-
ioner transported to the penitentiary,
but no tees whatsoever. Judge O’Con-
nor, before whom the case was tried,
sustained the contention of the sheriff
and took the case from the jury.
The county commissioners. appealed
to the superior court. This tribunal
affirmed the findings as to the law of
thegower court, but found that there
were some matters of fact, such as
what was the reasonable compensation
for deputies, that should have been
sent to the jury, and therefore ordered
a new trial. In sustaining the position
of the superior court the supreme court
finds for Sheriff Lenhart and against
the contention of the county commis-
sioners. 5 :
SCHWAB DROPPED $126,000.
Suffered Big Loss Rather Than See Friends
Sustain Smaller Ones.
Rather than see his friends lose their
money in the Williamsburg Paper Mill
company, which he built, Charles M.
Schwab sacrificed $126,000 in cold cash
when he sold out his holdings to the
paper trust.
Schwab was the majority stockholder
and could have disposed of his hold-
ings at a profit of $126,000. However, |
he remembered that because of the po-
tency of his name many of his boy-
hood friends at Williamsburg. had in-
vested the savings of a lifetime in the
E. M. Binder, clerk,Barnesboro.
its . . S 2
Francis P. Byrne, farmer,Susquehanna | Fiory
| John Moran, blacksmith, Loretto.
paper mill and he refused to dispose of |
his stock unless the minority was |
taken in on the same basis. The paper |
trust was loath to comply with his]
|
wishes at first, but Schwab refused to |
sell on any other condition and the |
i
trust finally agreed.
Sotwab ow t a condition iso
v mil, wich is one of tht
largest and finest in the country, be
kept in permanent operation. The
stockholders are to ‘be paid in 5 per
cent bonds, a portion of which Schwab
insisted must be canceled each year. |
STEP INTO THE BOX.
Jurors for Two Conrt Terms,
county haye been drawn to serve as
jurors at the special term of court to be
held in August and the regular term in
September:
‘GRAND JURORS.
George Sherry, farmer, Barr township.
F. H. Itell, farmer, Allegheny town-
ship. .
Gideon Baum, carpenter, Barnesboro.
Fred T. Mellon, teamster, Patton.
William Baker, - farmer, Allegheny
township,
Thomas Hallran, miner, Ashville.
Calvin Hammer, laborer, Réade town-
ship.
Frank 8S. O'Hara, carpenter, Cresson
vownship.
TRAVERSE JURORS—FIRST WEEK IN
AUGUST.
Frank Adams, miner, Carrolitown.
Albert Boes, laborer, Chest Springs.
John M. Burkey, farmer, Susquehanna
township.
Patrick Cox, miner, Patton.
Joseph Cole, laborer, Patton.
Pius Cramer, farmer, Allegheny town-
ship.
J. J. Collins, miner, Patton.
Lewis Dietrich, farmer, Chest Springs.
William Dailey, miner, Barnesboro.
John Flick, agent, Patton.
Michael Flynn, miner, Patton.
Joel A Gates, farmer, White township.
John Price, farmer, White township.
James A. Price,farmer,Clearfield town-
ship.
John M. Miller, laborer, Cazxroll town-
ship.
James C. Murray, laborer, Cresson
township.
H. L. Miller, constable, Hastings.
Ellis Mainwaring, clerk, Cresson town-
ship.
William H. Nash, miner, Reade town-
ship.
ship. .
William Stahley, farmer,Cresson town-
ship.
TRAVERSE JURORS —FIRST WEEK OF |
SEPTEMBER.
Jacob Bostick, miner, Carroll towhship.
township.
D. J. Bucher, merchant, Barnesboro.
Henry Endler, miner, Elder township.
Thomas Jones, miner, Patton.
John Kline, farmer, Barr township.
Simon P. Lantzy, farmer, Susquehanna
township.
Edward Lenz, farmer, Allegheny town- 1
ship.
Peter Parrish, miner, Ashville.
John Ricketts, farmer, Reade township.
N. F. Spencer, farmer,Reade township.
Albert Taylor, miner, Barnesboro.
Hiram Watkins,’ miner, Patton.
PETIT JURORS—SECOND WEEK,
TEMBER TERM.
H. P. Dishart, laborer, Carroll town-
ship.
Andrew Ganoe, plasterer, Barnesboro.
C. W. Meisel, laborer, Carroll township.
George Gradwell, miner, Reade town-
ship.
Max Friedman, merchant, Barnesboro.
James Green, foreman, Carrolltown.
William Nelson, machinist, Patton.
Vincent Dishart. sawyer, Carrolltown.
Jonathan Plouse, farmer, Susquenanna
township.
F. H. Bearer, farmer, Carroll township.
Samuel B. Styers, laborer, Patton.
Maurice Fitzgerald, miner, Hastings.
S. B. King, gentleman, Spangler.
SEP-
Alexander Buck, gentleman, Cresson
township.
John C. Willman, farmer, Susquehanna
township.
Jonathan Douglass, sawyer, Chest
Springs.
Henry Beckel, farmer, Barr township.
George Yeagling, farmer, Carroll town-
ship.
Joseph Maloy, painter, Loretto.
PETIT AND TRAVERSE JURORS—THIRD
WEEK, SEPTEMBER TERM.
Lawrence Dole, clerk, Patton.
Ed Moore, clerk, Patton. .
Richard Ivory, farmer, Allegheny town.
ship.
J. W. Maude, clerk, Patton.
W. P. Jackson, laborer, Patton.
Augustine Miller, farmer, Clearfield |
township.
Thomas Bishop, laborer, Patton.
John H. Lovell, butcher, Reade town-
ily.
ship.
Will They Start Work ? i
There is a rumor which, however,
Jacks confirmati Beech
tion that the
Uo
ke Co. intends to try
to start the Patton mines’ Monday.
Whether they expect to doit with npn-
union labor or propose to sign the ¥J03
scale is not stated.
Read your own pager.
)
THEY KEEP ON WINNING!
Patton Team Added Three
Straight This Week.
TWO NICE SHUT OUTS.
Locals are Putting up a Fine Quality of
Base Ball-Westover, Semi-Professionals,
of Altoona, and Hastings the Latest Vie-
tims—Box Scores.
Three straight games, and two of
them shut outs, is the record of. the
Patton base ball club for the last week.
The Westover club was the first
victim Saturday afternoon at Athletic
Park and put up a nice game for an
amateur team, but were unable to
score. The details:
PATTON.
R HO AE
Mclean, 3b 0.0 2-5 |
Fullerton, 1 0 06 0 0
Steele, 2b. ¥ 1 83 2 1
Flory, p.. wi 108 0
Adams, s 1 24 0 0
Howard, 1 2:1 0 ¢
Kelley, c. 0 011 1 0
Cavanaug’ 0 10 0 0
Viebahn, ef. 0 00 0 0
TotalSi......oiepinmmuird. 7-21. 1. 2
HO AE
Westover, ss 1-1 + 0
Remailey, 3b. «0 1.0 8 4
Cook, 2b.. +0 1 4 0 0
Wagner, rf. 0 I 09 0
McCulley, 0 06 0 2 1}
Roland, e... 0 1.9 3 1
MecLucas, If. wl 0 1 0 0
Michael.., ef. “0 00 0.32
Moore, 1b. 0 0 9 0 0
Totals .. 05% 9 4
Scorer—RBailey.
The Altoona Semi-Professionals, the
best team in the Mountain City outside
of the TriState team, also suffered a
shut out on Tuesday, while the locals |
piled up 11 runs and two more that were
defaulted on technicalities. The feat-
ures of the contest were the home ran
hit of McLean, thé general stick work
of Fullerton and the pitching of Cav- |
anaugh, who struck out eight out of
nine men up at one period of the game.
The score:
PATTON.
R HO AE
2 I 3 1.90
83:20 0
22:0 0
1:0 0 0
2. 2:1 1
1 1 80
2:16" 2:11
Cavanaug 9 0 0 1
Mack, cf............. 0 0 0 0
Totals... ET 12 a7 7 3
IONALS.
R HO AE
. 0 2 0 0
02:00
11 2 1
umer, 1 6 01
Ronan, 3 0 0:1 81
1m) «0 1 ¢ 0 1
0-0: 0 3.2
Zinmer, 0 0 6 0.0
Strayer, y 0 0 2 1 1
Totals... 0 3 2 9 y
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Patton +..0 3100 331 *-11
Semi-Professionals..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0
Umpire—Fitzgerald.
Scorer—Dole.
The locals journeyed to Hastings by
slow freight Wednesday and took the
club of that place into camp to the
tune of 11 to 1. Here is how it was
done:
PATTON.
R HO ABE
McLean, 3b 1:32:18 0
Fullerton, 3 00 1 0
Steele, 2b ¥-}3 8 1.0
Flory, If. O18 lg
Adams, 1 1.3 0.1
Mack, cf. 1 01 0 0
Howard, 2 110-0 1
Kelly, c. 1 0 6 0 0
Cavanaugh, r } 1:1 0 0
TOME iin iimssipinetllL 727 9 11D
HASTINGS.
R HO AE
Lewis, 1b... 0 01 0 0
Entler, ss... ora | el | GU RRS Nee ||
Kelley, 3b 0 05 5 0
Entler, ¢ 01 4 2 0
Burkhart, 11 1.0.1
Yeager, 0 0 0 0 1
Roberts, ef. 0 01 00
Dixon, 2b 9. 1 8 2 2
Oswalt, If 0 0 0 3.1
Totals wil 307015 5
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Patton ... 0200 0-11
Hastings. 1000 0-1
Umpire—Thomas.
Company Signs Scale.
The difficulties existing between the
miners and the officials of the Henri-
etta Coal company at Dunlo have been
adjusted and the men have gone back
to work. The miners struck April 2
and since that time no coal has been
shipped from the mines of the com-
pany. The Henrietta officials, how-
ever, have finally signed the 1903 scale
and the mines will be operated stead-
In all about 350 men are affected.
The capacity ot the mines is 700 tons
{ daily. All the mines around Dunlo ex- |
{cept that of the Berwind-White com-|
pany are now in operation.
Dancing.
Niiss Hancher’s dances: Ja-
veuile class 2 p. wm. each Thursday at
Miner's Hall. Evening classes, begin-
ners eight to nine, advanced social,
nine to twelve.
Whose papek are you reading ¥
summer
BY THE PUBLISHER.
B. KUSNER (LOTHING B. KUSNER
We have the finest showing of Clothing in Northern
Cambria. Call in and see our line.
SHOES.
For Men, Women and Children.
Don’t put it off to-day.
finest in town.
; Trunks and Suit Cases.
A Large Assortment.
Ladies’ and Children’s Coats and Skirts.
We still have a full line of the above in stock.
Stein-Bloch Clothing.
B. KUSNER,
PATTON, PA.
Largest stock in town.
Come in and let us show you the
Next Door to Bank.
Known to medical or any other kind of science is a glass of
beer now and then—better than all the ‘drugs in the world,
provided the beer is pure and of high grade. This is the
only kind we handle. Beer that is well matured, free from
all deleterious substances and that has stood a chemical test.
Duquesne and Piel are the two best brands made in this
country.
IF YOU PREFER
a foreign beer we can furnish you with the genuine imported
Wurzberger.
‘We Will Close Every Evening at 8 O'Clock,
Except Saturdays and Evenings
| Preceding Holidays.
|
~~ BD. A. MELLON,
Local Phone. PATTON, PA.
T. J. SCHOLL
Cashier.
WM. H. SANDFORD,
President.
First National Bank
OF PATTON, PA.
Organized October 10, 1893.
A. G. PALMER,
Vice-President.
Capital—fully paid - - $100,000 00
Surplus - - - - 40,000 00
Stockholders’ liability - - - 100,000 OO
Total Assets - - - 850,000 00
DIRECTORS.
Geo. S. Good, James Kerr, A. G. Palmer, E. C. Brown, Chas. Anna, H, J.
Patton, W. C. Lingle, Geo. E. Prindible, Wm. H. Sandford.
A general Banking Business transacted.
Interest paid on time deposits.
Banking by mails a specialty.
We pay four per cent per annum on deposits in our Savings Department,
compounded semi-annually. Why send your money to institutions in dis-
tant cities, strangers to you, when you can do fully as well at home? Call or
write for full information.
You should have one or more of our Savings Banks in your home.
teach practical lessons in economy.
Saved wages become wage earners for the saver.
“Not what you get, but what you hold,
Eases life’s burdens when you're old.”
AE WORKa.
It will
| The biggest selection and best
stock in the north of the county.
Everything with which to properly
Big
| celebrate the Ever Glorious.
reduction in price.
WOLF'S PHARMACY,
PATTON, PA.