FREELAND TRIBUNE!
Published Every Thursday Afternoon
-BY
THOS. A. BUCKLEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS, - - SI.OO PER YEAR.
Entered ai the Fieeland Postofflce as Second
Class Matter.
FREELAND, PA., MAY 20, 1892.
SHOULD Harrison and G rover Cleve
land be the opposition candidates for
president this year it would bo the
third in the history of the government
of a second race for the presidency
between previous competitors. Thos.
Jefferson and John Adams were the
opposing candidates in 179G and 1800,
and Martain Van Buren and William
Henry Harrison in lfi.'tG and 1840.
In both these cases the man beaten
the first time was successful the
second, and history will not go back
on Grover.
LAST week Deputy Factory Inspec
tor Castler brought suit against the
proprietor of a marble works at Dan
ville for refusing to comply with the
semi-monthly pay law, and the case is
now in court. The employes were
not afraid to ask for their rights, and
they acted like men by going in a
body and doraanding what the law
allows. If there were more men of
this kind working in the Upper Le
high and Sandy Run collieries the
operators would be given an oppor
tunity to explain their position in
court.
THE Newsdealer wants to know
why we are "opposed to the nomina
tion of so stalwart a Democrat as
Hill in preference to ono Cleveland,
who is utterly selfish and not n Demo
crat of the people ?" Simply because
the former is a type of those politi
cians who stop at nothing which will
further their personal ambitions. By
this is meant all that the words im- ]
ply. Cleveland is a man who ex-1
pressed his honest convictions when j
that measure insured his defeat, but I
he would rather be right than be
president. There is not a taint of!
selfishness in any act, word or deed of
his whole public career, nnd we hope
to see the Newsdealer woiking for j
his election and the adoption of the
noble principles he advocates.
A DETERMINED anil systematic effort
is being made by Harrison's oppon
ents to obtain Blaine's consent to be
n candidate at Minneapolis, and many
even go so far as to claim that the
name of the secretary of state will be
presented to the convention whether
he consents or not. They count upon
the magic of Blaine's name to stam
pede the delegates and believe that
lie will feel duty bound to accept the
nomination when it is tendered to him
unanimously. Such might have been
the case a few months ago, but since
several of the states have inslructed
their delegates positively for Harrison
it is not the easy job it appears to be,
and the people who are soured on the
administration cannot defeat tiie
president's renomination unless the
instructed delegates are false to their
trust.
THE movement started nearly a
year ago in Europe to have bishops
appointed in the United States for
the different nationalities which are
represented in the Catholic Church
lias received its death-blow in a letter
recently issued from Rome, stating
that such a policy is both inexpedient
and not in harmony with American
institutions. Apart from its religious I
aspect the question is one that has an
important bearing upon the welfaro j
of this country, for to allow every I
seperate nationality to have its own
ecclesiastical superior would be on
incentive and a direct method of
forming nations within a nation,
thereby lessening the opportunities
i.nd desires of foreigners to become
thoroughly Americanized. The view
taken by the Vatican is worthy of
commendation by every citizen, no
niniter of what denomination he is a
member.
Atvhough dog days have not yet ar
rived the editor of the Coopersburg
Sentinel is tearing around through
Lehigh County like a mad canine be
cause the TaniuNE does not support
the Leading deal. Here is a speci
men paragraph of his unintelligible
nonsense when writing upon our posi
tion. AVe print it as lie does and will
present a medal to an)' person who
can comprehend what the rattle
brained scribbler means:
Jo :he Reading Coal Combine it is to
insanely insolent to give one line in fav
or. ft is of no use the Tribune opens its
"gap" for the Reading Coal Combine is
a good move and to it we would say
"long live the the Reading Coal Com-1
bine."
Of course we don't mind the above
or any other part of his article. The
TRIBUNE will continue its opposition
to the deal until the highest court in
the country says the combination is
legal. Our refusal to offer homage to
their master throws the coterie of P.
It. curs into convulsions, bu ( a lit
tle of McLeod's "pap" ought t coothe
their wounded feelings.
BRIEF ITEMS.
Tlie opera house, Record office, Ly
ceum building and Dr. Llewellyn's office
at Lnnsford were destroyed by lire on
Saturday. Loss about $30,000.
Twelve young men had skin grafted
from their arms and transplanted to the
injured leg of Wm. Kimmel, of Treskow,
at the Ilazlcton Hospital on Sunday.
Joseph Nicholas, a sixtccn-vear-old
boy, fell eighty feet from the top of No.
3 breaker, at Lattimer, on Friday. He
was instantly killed, almost every bono
in his body being broken.
lVhile angling along Mill Creek, noir
Miners Mills, on Sunday, a fishcrni n
was surprised to see the stream suddr uly
disappear and an immense cavoin take
its place. He has sworr off Sunday fish
ing.
Thirty-five m n nr. t work placing
Mountain Park in sh ip for the opening,
which takes place or Saturday with a
picnic from Pittstn Then beginning or
Monday the park is booked solidly foi
fifty-five consecutive days.
The Welsh Baptist conference close !
at Parsons on Monday. Rev. E. Ed
wards, of Milnesville, and Rev. W. T.
Davis, of Scranton, were elected as dele
gates to the Centennial of Missions, to be
held in Philadelphia, this week,
The YVeatherly Herald says that since
the P. & R. deal most of the towns on
the Lehigh Valley have been boycotting
Philadelphia and its papers on account
of the stand they take in regard to the
deal and New York papers have been in
great demand.
Pat Burke and Pat Park appeared in
the ring at Plains on Sunday morning to
fight to a finish. Four rounds were
fought and both men were horribly pun
ished. Before the last round had been
finished Rev. Father Phillips, who heard
of the mill, sent a messenger and stop
ped all proceedings.
Samuel Herpshetz, a peddler, went to
a Hungarian colony near Shamokin on
, Monday afternoon to sell goods. He
entered a house where John Zerbine re-
I sided. Zerbine forced the peddler into
the cellar, exclaiming "I have sworn to
kill all Jews," and seizinga hatchetsplit
open Herpshetz's skull.
At Sunbury the arbitrators in the case
of the farmers along the Shamokin
Creek against the Reading and Pennsyl
vania Companies, handed down awardß
in ten cases. For years the coal dirt
from the mines has "been washed on the
lands. Ten cases were prosecuted, and,
after taking testimony for three years,
damages ranging from SSOO to S4OOO are
awarded.
PERSON ALITIEB.
Mrs. French Collinßand dnugliter, and
Mrs. Stroh Smithers, of Mauch Chunk,
are visiting old friends in town.
Wm. Evans, of Birvanton, attended
the conference of the Welsh Baptist
Church at Parsons on Saturday.
A. A. Barthmaier, representing the
well-known firm of Oesterle & Co.,
dealers in church and society goods,
made a business trip through the county
this week.
, John J. Gallagher, who has been a
few days in Philadelphia, returned home
j on Tuesday.
Mrs. Daniel Kline is spending the
week with relatives in Monroe County.
Miss Mamie Vorsteg, of Baltimore,
Md., is visiting her brother and family
on West Main Street.
Ex-Mayor McCuen, Arthur Frothing
ham and L. B. Gernon, of Scranton,
were among the visitors in town yester
day.
| Rev. L. Novemsky, of Allegheny
| County, formerly pastor of the Hunga
; rian Lutheran Church, was a visitor here
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Ferry, of Shenan
doah, are spending the week in town.
James McGinley, of Easton, is visiting
at the residence of his sister, Mrs. J).
Ferry, of Main Street.
Mrs. James K. Boyle is spending the
week with friends in New York City.
I'PrKR LEHIGH NOTES.
Nothing has occurred here yet in the
way of compelling the company to obey
the semi-monthly pay law, and all indi
cations are that it will go by default if left
to the men of this place. The condition
of work here is not of the very best at
the present time, as this place is in what
may be called the last stages of a once
i prosperous town. The prospects are that
J before many years the men who have
lived here for nearly a score of years
will have to seek a home elsewhere.
With about three men for the one job it
may be plainly seen that the chances of
enforcing the semi-monthly pay law are
not the very best.
It is rumored here that the members
of the game club will be apt to get them
selves into trouble on account of the
manner in which they poisoned decoys
for foxes, weasels and other wild animals
which destroy the game. Last week two
more valuable dogs were found poisoned.
The owners are looking the matter up
and if it can be traced to the game club
they will be prosecuted. Can the mem
bers of the game club enlighten the pub
lic on this subject?
Mrs. Catharine Kennedy, an old and
respected lady, died at the" house of her
son-in-law, P. W. Amon, in No. 3, on
Tuesday night. The funeral will be held
on Friday at 2.30 o'clock.
An extensive cave-in took place at No.
4 last week within a few yards of the
breaker. Work was suspended for two
days on account of it.
Base ball here is slack, because the
hoys seem to be divided. Boys, this is
foolish. Come together, settle your dif
ferences and boom the game. You can
do it.
The activity displayed around the
breaker this week by the bosses in try
ing to beat former records of hoisting
coal has brought the average hoisting up
to nearly (100 cars a day.
A large number of people from here
went over to Freeland on Tuesday morn
ing to the scene of the fire.
One of our young men who had been
thinking of going to the Western States
has abandoned the idea. Letters that
came from Colorado and Montana caused
the change.
BASE BALL.
The Tigers, of Freeland, and the Fear
nots, of Drifton, played at Drifton Park
on Sunday afternoon before a large au
dience. As it was the first game for both
clubs this season the need of practice
was noticeable, but this made it none the
less interesting. The Tigers were handi
capped by the absence of Brislin. their
pitcher, but were confident of winning
until the Fearnots got down to work.
Then the Freeland people gracefully
surrendered the honors of the day witn
a score of 8 to 4. The batteries w rc
Lever and Gaffney for the Tigers, and
Boner and Boyle for the Fearnots.
The Reading Club has been secured as
the attraction for next Sunday. The
base ball people of the region are fa
miliar with the record of this strong team
ami a repetition of the hard-fought game
of last year may be looked for. Reading
made the pluckiest stand against Free
land of any c ub that played here, and
will iry to ca ry back with them to Berks
Cornty the lienors they lost in 1891.
Gauu at 3 o'clock.
T! ; base b 1 writer of the Lehighton
eate c.il. .inderson "the red-headed
left-hander" who threw for Cape May
and played afterwards with the Phillies
and Lebanon. Tommy says he never
was at Cape May, never saw the Phillies
or Lebanon and is neither reel-headed or
left-handed. The party the Adrocate re
ferred to Is not in the business this sea
son.
The A. C. S. N., one of Philadelphia's
strongest clubs, is booked for two games
at Catasauqua on Memorial Day.
The Never Sweats, of Eckley, would
like to hear from the Tigers.
Reading defeated two strong clubs yes
terdy—Catasauqua, 15 to 8, and Phoenix
ville, 7to 1. Freeland will have to get
down to work to meet them on Sunday.
The State League season opened on
Monday. Rothermel and O'Hara, of
the Harrisburgs, are holding their own
in the game.
The much-advertised Anthracite Lea
gue has gone up in wind.
Lehighton does intend to be in the
swim this seuson, and a permanent asso
ciation has pecn organized. The follow
ing players will compose the team: Rei
chard, p; Christman, c; Conardy, lb;
Chambers, 2b; Koch, ss;Scypes, 2b; Yen
ser, If; Mantz, cf; Shaffer, rf; Brinkman,
substitute. No outside talent will be
signed.
Reading on Sunday afternoon.
KCKLEY IJOINOS.
Rev. Thos. Brehony, while engaged
in reading mass in the church on Sunday,
was suddenly taken ill, and was com
pelled to stop the services. He is still
sick, but it is hoped he will speedily
recover.
Patrick Gallagher was at Wilkes-Barre
on Monday on a business trip.
Frank McGroarty and Condy Quinn,
of Freeland, were circling among the
fair sex in town on Sunday.
There are three boys in town to whom
May desires to give a bit of advice and
that is to remain at home after sundown,
and not be walking railroad ties and
assisting three young, nervous girls across
the D. S. & S. bridge, as they were seen
doing on Sunday evening.
Walter Fernau, Harry Shelhammer
and John James are developing into
expert cyclers.
Edward Gallagher, who has been very
ill during the past week, is recovering.
Patrick McDermott, a miner at No. 10,
received a severe gash on the head by a
fall of coal on Monday.
Mary Nagle, of South Heberton, is
visiting here.
There are several girls in this town
who are inveterate candy fiends and can
be found every day chewing Bweetmcats
of various kinds. As it is only natural
that they will persist in their cravings
for this article when there is the least
chance of their desires being satisfied,
we would advise the young fellows upon
whose purses the girls have a constant
demand, to go into the candy business
unless they decide to call a halt upon
the continual requests for "soothing
I syrup." MAY.
IJKIFTON ITKMS.
At present we are working four days a
week and not earning enough to keep us
the other three. This is about the con
dition of things here, and notwithstand
ing all that is Been said in favor of the
Reading deal, it, and it alone is responsi
ble for this state of affairs, antWif there
is not something done soon by Governor
l'attison and Attorney General Hensel
they will have their name about on the
same level as this infamous deal.
The abuttments for the large bridge
across the locie track going to No. 1 are
nearly finished. When this is complet
ed and the track laid it will greatly sim
plify the present method of handling
cars around the breaker.
The new locie house that has been
built in the place of the one that was
burned sometime ago, is completed.
Mrs. Thomas Williams, of Malianoy
City, is visiting at house of William K.
Davis.
Michael Marley, who has been sick
for the past week, is slowly recovering.
The teachers of the school nt No. 2
will finish their term this week. Pres
ents will be distributed among the most
worthy of the pupils.
Stanley Shaffer, a lad about five years
of age, and his brother found a dualin
cap which they thought had been explod
ed. They bdgan experimenting with it
and the result is that Stanley is snfifer
ing from a very sore hand.
The young men of this place who take
such delight in cock-fighting better be
careful, or they may have the pleasure
of running to Freeland behind Seiwell's
sulky like the Hun did from Stockton.
The manager of a base ball club
that goes under the ferocious name of
Tigers, came here on Sunday with the
intention of shutting out the Fearnotsof
this place. Their name seems to have
lost all its fierceness, anyhow it failed to
scare the Fearnots. At the end of the
game the score was 8 to 4 in favor of the
Fearnots and a more subdued and crest
fallen lot of Tigers would have been hard
to find any where when the Fearnots were j
through with them, I
UNTIL MEMORIAL DAY ONLY!
fThe Latest in Hats.
Grimes' Special Shape.
until"Memorial Day, May 30,
the new style of hats, made
expressly for her trade, neat
greatest bargain the ladies
of Freeland and vicinity were
and choose your ideal from
be seen in the show cases^
hi MSIM SiSPI,
Everything In tlie millinery line can
he found here. Whether you WIHII to
l>y or not you are welcome to InHpect
"THE NEW YORK " our t H { ore an<l the ,uin<|Hom e goo<iHit
Mrs. B. Grimes, Milliner and Dressmaker,
CENTRE STREET, BELOW FRONT.
WHAT TO WEAR!-
WHERE TO GET IT!
Two important questions that trouble young men, old
men, big boys and little boys. We will answer your
queries most satisfactorily. We have ready-made
clothing to suit men and boys—all styles and all sizes,
and everything is just from the manufacturer—as new
as new can be. Our stock of gents' furnishing goods—
.including collars, cuffs and a handsome line of neck
wear—is certainly worth examining. Then we have
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, GAPS, ETC.,
in such great varieties that no man need leave our es
tablishment without a perfect fit. We can rig a man
out from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet
in such fine style that his friends will be astonished,
and the man will also be astonished at the low cost of
anything and everything he will buy of
JOHN SMITH, BIM!CK ffiN.
JOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS
DONE AT THE TRIBUNE OFFICE.
An Kfl'ort to Ilribe Journalists.
Evidently John Russell Young was
not appointed for ornament. Mr. Mc-
Leod has earned the praise of all the
New York journalists through the cour
tesies he extended by giving thein a trip
to Gettysburg and we are presented with
the peculiar spectacle of that gruff and
despotic railroad man, M. F. Bonzano,
the man who ordered that all sideboards
be torn down from the faces of conduc
tors, giving aspecial engine to carry copy
to Harrisburg that a freak of the editors
might be fulfilled.
As members of the profession we sin
cerely hope that the men who received
the passes will not stop pitching into the
"deal." It might spoil a season of dead
head traveling if they do. But there is
a moral in this nice treatment of New
York editors that the great public would
do well to watch and profit by, and that
is that there is only one effectual way to
deal with a corporation and that is to
hammer it as presistently as you can.
There isn't any use fawning on it. It
hasnosoul, no susceptibility. Youcan't
Hatter it, but you bother it and bother to
a corporation means the loss of money
and money is its life.
The Reading has never been a liberal
corporation in any sense. Like a good
many newspapers it couldn't afford to
be liberal, but just now it lias a special
reason to be liberal, and John Russell
Young, who is one of the most polite of
lobbyists, realizes that now is the time
for a little liberality. Every cloud has
its silver lining and out of the darkness
of the Reading deal may come a glorious
era of prosperity for the editor.
But like all golden eras, it will be
short. Once they succumb to the magic
of the pass their good time ends.
Bonzano will be himself again. Passes
will have to be begged for and will be
marked "account charity" by some gruff,
well-fed autocrat of a depot yard or a
dozen clerks.
McLeod may be a pleasant fellow
and so may John Russell, but the public
side of a great question must not be
spoken of in the same breath as the
pass, nor must the pleasure excursion
blind the writers or the public to the
evil of the monopoly which is greater
now than when it first took our breath
away.
Consistency is a jewel that ought to be
worth more than a pass and until the
Reading company comes out and shows
that it has not violated the constitution,
that it is not a law breaker no newspaper
can afford to become its advocate.—//f<z
leton Sentinel.
On Secret Societies
The following article, taken from the
Catholic Citizen, of Milwaukee, Wiscon
sin, is published by request:
The Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, hold
in the year 18K1, contains a long chapter on
"Secret Societies," which received the appro
bation and commendation of the ecclesiastical
authorities at Itomo, and constitutes to-day the
law binding every Catholic in the United
States. The council declares that forbidden
societies arc of two klnds-those forbidden by
name, and those forbidden implicitly, i. <■„ fall
ing within the range of general condemnations,
it says that the societies condemned by name
arc only two, viz., the Freemasons and tlio Car
bonari. it says that the socioties that are con
demned implicitly are ail those whose members
take an onth of blind obedience, f. e„ to do
what evor is commanded them whether It bo
right or wrong, and which forbids the making
known the puriswee of the society to legitimate
ecclesiastical authority. However, in onler tv 1
prevent confusion or diversity of discipline in
the church in the United States, the council
provided that the application of these princi
ples to any one society In particular did not be
long to the province of uny Bingle priest,
bishop, or archbishop of the United States, nor
to uny collecttou oven of blßhops, but to a com
mittee composed of all the archblshoiw of the
United States; and, in order further to prevent
the jtossibility of scandal in this matter, it pro
vides that no direct application of those princi
ples should be made to any one determined so
ciety without the unanimous vote of all the
members of the commission. This was approv
ed by Rome, and the dererec is found under
No. 255 of the acts and decrees of the Third Ple
nary Council of llaltlmorc. The words arc as
follows:
"Moreover, to prevent the possibility of a
confusion of discipline by the toleration in one
diocese of a society which same society is con
demned in another, to the consequent great
scandal of the faithful and detriment of eccles
iastical authority, we desire that no society bo
condemned by name as fulliug under one of the
classes indicated before the Ordinary has re
ferred the case to fhe commission which we
now constitute for deciding such cases, and
which shall consist of all the archbishops of
these provinces. Hut if the society should not
seem to all to be one to be condemned, recourse
must be had to the Holy See in order that a
sure decision may be had and discipline be pre
served uniform in our provinces."
Since the time of the council this commission
of archbishops holds a meeting every year to
take into consideration what ever points of
church discipline the past year has presented
as most demanding attention. In the year IHW)
they assembled In Boston and took into consid
eration the condition of societies in the United
States that were under no formal condemna
tion, and passed the following resolution:
"The Freemasons excepted, the societies most
prevalent in America, such as the Odd Fellows,
Knights of Pythias, Sons of Temperance, etc.,
are not formally condemned by the church;
many of these societies may be, and very likely
are, from their position and tendencies, more
or lees dangerous to Catholics, and it were bet
ter by far that the Catholics had no part in
them. Catholics should be discouraged from
joining them; however, when Catholics do be
long to them, the question of leaving them or
remaining in them must be decided by the con
science of each individual. So far as the socie
ties are now known to the archbishops there
seems to be no absolute certainty of any posi
tive wrong in them, and consequent!}' no gen
eral mandate can be issued forbidding them;
moreover, we must be prepared, it was said, to
leave us much latitude as we well can to Indi
vidual Catholics, as severe restrictions imposed
upon them, where no absolute necessity of so
doing exists, would only irritate them and do
harm."
The next meeting of the archbißhops was
held at St. Louis, on the occasion of the jubilee
of Archbishop Kenrick. The question of socie
ties was again placed under consideration, and
the archbishops resolved to stand by the de
crees of the council of Baltimore and by the
resolution taken in their meeting held at Bos
ton the year previous. A correction was, how
ever, introduced in that resolution, where it is
said:
"The question of leaving* societies or remain
ing in them must l)e decided by the conscience
of each individual;" the words should have
been: "By the conscience of each individual
under the direction of his confessor."
Alter further discussion the resolution was
passed, that the rules of the Third Plenary
Council regarding societies be adberd to, the
resolution of the Boston conference to be ex
plained as not having altered these rules.
This is the law of the church In the United
States in force at this moment concerning the
condemnation of societies and the attitude of
Catholics toward them.
N" euburg'er's
f. 0. S. of LBUI STOtE,
IFIRIEIEIL^IISnD.
Corner Centre and. Front Streets.
RUSHING THINGS!
Prices Lower Than Ever.
Consult Your Own Interest.
Make Your Money Co as Far as Possible.
Dry Goods and Ready-Made Clothing
For Men, Boys and Children.
Boys' suits reduced to §I.OO each.
Men's suits go for $3.00 each.
Men's shifting pants, only 75 cents.
Lace curtains, 75 cents per pair.
Six pairs of men's seamless hose, 30 cents.
Turkey-red table linen, 25 cents per yard.
P. D. corsets, from 50 cents upward.
Twenty yards of heavy unbleached yard-wide muslin, §I.OO.
Best Lancaster ginghams, 7 cents per yard.
Ladies' chemise, 25 cents each.
White dress goods, from 0 cents per yard upwards.
GREAT BARGAINS In All Departments.
Thanking all our patrons for past favors we will make
it to your interest and appreciate your call in the fu
ture at our new and commodious emporium, P. O. S.
of A. Building Store.
JOS. NEUBURGER,
CENTRE AND FRONT STREETS, - FREELAND.
BUV ™ EfIB "* CH
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And Hardware of Every Description.
REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE.
We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most
improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the
choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil,
selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot be surpasssed.
Samples sent to anyone on application.
Fishing Tackle and
Sporting Goods/
B\RKQEGK , S.
CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA,