FREELAND TRIBUNE. VOL. XIII. NO. 40. S. 818 1 SMS Corner Centre and Luzerne Streets. To k Flic! Til is is the time of the year when the average family is compelled to expend more money than at any other sea son. To prepare for winter means the purchasing of numerous necessary articles. Are you aware that an inspec tion of our stock will let you know that we can Save You Money? It's "volume" we're looking for these days, and not our usual percentage of profit. The lower wc make the price the quicker you will buy our goods, and we're figuring on putting out hereafter twice the quantity monthly, at half the usual profits. It will pay us, and it will pay you, to take advantage of this proposition. Quantity and Quality. We carry as large a stock as any other general store in the region and the people tell us that the quality of most articles wo sell are somewhat better, and very often somewhat cheaper, than you receive over the average counter. Our butter, eggs and groceries are always fresh, and all our goods are reliable. Corner Centre and Luzerne Streets. S. Wlfflt OB A Few Facts Worth Considering The necessity of having styl ish, distinctive footwear is be coming more apparent every day. We sell the kind that is different from the common place and ordinary. Come and see our Medium Weight Shoes Before you buy your fall goods. Call on us and examine the fine lines we carry. Prices right. For Fall Wear We are now closing out some elegant shoes at cut prices. Wouldn't it be a good idea to come and see them and talk it over? We have the stock and will let it go right. STAR SHOE STORE. Hugh Malloy, Prop. Cor,,Br w C C, te . Wonder If He Saw This? He was immured in tho darkest dungeon j beneath the castle moat. "If 1 had a saw, a llle, anything—" he moaned, as lie looked at the solid bars across : the solitary wii dow. , Then a thought struck him. His face brightened, like a Cripple Creek conflagration. Rapidly running over his supply of eollurs, which had Just coinc from the laundry, he I selected one fitted to his purpose. Five minutes later tho great middle bar of tho window, dexterously severed by the saw like edge of the laundered collar, fell apart. He Was Free. If ho had had his collars laundered at the Freehold Steam Laundry ho would be 111 jail 1 yet. We have a device for ironing tiie top j edge of collars and cuffs and return them to you with a perfectly smooth edge. Try us. Freeland Steam Laundry. Clifford H. Heller, Mgr. 135 South Centre Street. INCREASE AND ARBITRATION Operators Will Make These Concessions. Wages of All Mine Work ers to Be Advanced 10 Per Cent and All Griev ances to Be Arbitrated. There Is no definite announcement of a settlement of the strike, but the latest report, and one which bears several marks of reliability, is that a notice will bo posted before tomorrow morning at every colliery in the anthracite region announcing a 10 per cent increase in wages based on tho present scalo, to take effect today. Tho notices will also say that the operators will arbitrato any grievances their employes may present. There is no condition to bo attached as to the men returning to work before the arbitration shall begin, so it is to be inferred that tho men are privileged to meet in convention and adopt any plan of action they may deem advisable before entering upon arbitration. It is supposed that tho miners will come togethor as members of tho union, (ix the minimum of the concessions they will be content with, and then go as in dividuals to treat with their employers, through committees of employes. If arbitration proceedings are concluded satisfactorily the committee of employes will report back to the convention of United Mine Workers that they have come to a settlement and the strike will thon bo declared off. This would avoid the recognition of tlie union by the operators, but at tho same time permit tho uniou to regulate the terms of settlement. A later report, coining from a local source, corroborates the above, but says that two large firms of this vicinity will not consent to making the concessions. Tho Tribune is given to undortand that one of the dissenters is Coxe Bros. A Co. INCREASE OFFERED RY HEADING. Notices were posted yesterday at every colliery operated by the Reading Company by which the employes were notified that an increase of 10 per cent on tho wages of all tnon and boys em ployed by that corporation will be paid on and aftor today. Tho district ollicers of the United Mine Workers immediately posted notices under the above warning the men to not return to work on the terms offered until notiiied to do so by Presi dent Mitchell or until tho terms are accepted by the miners' local unions. DAVID JAMES ARRESTED. David James, one of the mine fore men at Gckley, was tried beforo Squire Shovlin on Saturday evening on the charge of trespass and damages. Tho plaintiff was Charles Sheiner, of Eckley, who testified that James called at his home and threatened him unless he re turned to work. Sheiner's wife fainted when her husband was threatened. Tho justice gavo judgment for SIOO damages. DEMONSTRATION AT LATTIMER. Over 1,000 men paraded at Lattimer at an early hour this morning. The men marched through the stroets of the town and the unique possession was viewed with interest by tho inhabitants. No attempt was made to interfere with persons or property. Lattimer resisted the strikers' efforts to shut it down last week, but it is tled-up' tight enough today. MARKLE NEGOTIATIONS OFF. All negotiations between U. B. Marklo A Co. and thoir omployes are off. On Saturday evening the committee of em ployes which presentod grievances to the firm sent the following communica tion to Mr. Marklo: "We, tho undersigned committee of employes of (4. B. Marklo & Co., ap pointed to arrange for arbitration under the agreement between the firm and the men, do report that tho agreemont is broken by the employes." Upon the receipt of this communica tion notices were posted at the collieries stating that in accordance with the roport of the committeo the arbitration agreement is broken and the contract is at an end. The notices also state that if a sufficient number of men appear (VI 18CKLLAN EOUS ADVERTISEMENTS. TDKOPOSALS WANTED.—SeaIed proposals I will be received by the secretary of the Middle Coal Field Poor District, up to October 12, lUUO, inclusive, for the erection uinl con struction of u telephone line connecting the Anthracite Telephone Company at Weatherly aud to contiuue to the uunshouso at Lowry town, a distance of seveu (7) miles. The Direc tors reserve the right to reject any and all bids. For full particulars and specifications apply to John C. Tosh, secretary, Maueh Chunk, Pa. Samuel Qaugwer,) Wiu. S. Leib, > Directors. W. S, Campbell, ) FREELAND, PA., MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1900. today work will be resumed at all col lieries, the rate of wages to bo the same as was paid in September. The notices were read with interest by the strikers at these collieries, but so far as can be learned have not altered tho determination of the men to stand out until a general settlement is effected. YESTERDAY'S MEETING. A monster mass meeting, attended by over 2,000 people, was held yesterday afternoon at the Public park. John Mitchell, president of tho Unitod Mine Workers, delivered an address which was replete with good advice to the miners. He cautioned them to commit no over tact, and denounced as an enemy to labor and tho strikers any person who will violate tho law by injuring one dollar's worth of corporation property. Regarding the settlement of which so much is lately heard, the national presi dent stated that no settlement has yet been made and that none will be made until the torms which the operators wish to grant are ratified by a conven tion of tho miners. Tho officers of tho union, ho said, will not declaro off tho strike. That must be done by the men themselves when they assemble to accept or reject the propositions which are expected to come from their cm | ployers. Mr. Mitchell was followed by Organ izer Fred Ditcher, who made an effective address. 110 appealed to tho men who have not yet laid down their tools to quit today, as every pound of coal now going to market stays theday of victory. For tho sako of their children ho asked these workers to join with thoir 132,000 fellow-men In tho great struggle that is now being waged forjustice. Organizer Smith spoke in Polish in the same strain. LOCAL STRIKE NOTES. There Is no place In the anthracite region where tho strike has been more effective and where it seems to concern either side less than at Upper Lehigh. The employers are making no effort to break the complete tie-up and the employes are taking life just as easy. The D. S. & S. gravel train hands and tho repair men were ordered to load coal on Saturday morning at Stockton and Eckley strippings. Thirty-eight of tho tnen promptly quit and four agreed to work. A minors' meeting was to be held yesterday at Lattimer, but eighty-live deputies were present and would not permit the men to assemble on the company's land. As there was no other available site, tho meeting had to be de clared off. (1. B. Markle & Co.'s butcher and store wagons are making their rounds tho same as before tho strike began. Strikers and non-strikers are treated alike, and orders for full supplies of goods for October are being taken with out distinction. Several of tho miners at Drifton in dulged in shooting last night. Their targets were strikers. Fortunately, the shooters wore poor marksmen. All tho parties Implicated aro non-English speaking people. Tho local sportsmen of town who aro on strike aro giving considerable time and attention to tho dam which the Freeland Game Club is constructing on Hayos creek. The refusal of somo of Foster school directors to permit minors' meetings to be held in the school buildings of their districts will bo romombercd at the polls some day. So far as can be learned Marklo A Co. have not asked one of their omployes to serve as a doputy. Tho strikers appre-1 elate the firm's high opinion of its em- j ployes' manhood. Coxe Bros. A Co. aro tho defendants today in a case being tried before Squire Shovlin to recover money for coal mined by strikers. Tho company is loading the coal. Leaders of the Mlno Workers declaro the Panther Creek valley will be com pletely tied-up this woek. John McElwoc, employed as clerk in Superintendent Ivudlich's office, was discharged on Saturday because ho re fused to act as a spy upon strikers. John Marklo returned to his homo on Saturday night from New York. He declined to answer any questions in regard to his hurried visit to the metrop olis. An attempt was made at an early hour Saturday morning to blow up tho resi dence of William Shololla, West Hazle ton. Sheleila and his boarders have refused to join in tho strike. Tho house wa9 badly damaged, but none of the inmates was injured. Many of the men on strike In this vicinity aro leaving for the soft coal regions. If good positions are obtained tho majority of those leaving will make their homos there. KILLED IN BATTLE. Former Freeland Young: Man a Victim of Filipino ltullets. Fred Dugan, a young man who until nine years ago was a resident of this section, has fallen in a battle in the Philippines. He was a member of Com pany L, Fifteenth infantry, and was a son of Hugh Dugan, now a resident of Olyphant. The family livod in Drifton for many years, and later resided at Highland, Ilazle Brook and Freeland. A number of people here are related to them, and his sisters, Mary and Annie, lived here until a few years ago. Fred was aged 25 years. Ho enlisted in the regular army on the breaking out of the war with Spain, and was sent with ills regiment to Cuba, where ho did garrison duty for one year and ten months. In the early part of June of this year lie was given a furlough, which he spent at his homo in Olyphant. When the trouble with the Boxers broke out in China ho was recalled to ills regiment for duty. It was first in tended to send the Fifteenth infantry to China. Afterwards the destination of the Fifteenth was changed to the Philip pines, and Private Dugan went there along with other members of the regi ment. In the latter part of August Captain David I). Mitchell, of Company L, with a force of 130 men, attacked 800 in surgents atMavitac in Laguna province, Luzon. In the figlit that ensued Captain Mitchell was killed, together with seven teen of his men. Among them was Pri ato Dugan. Tho dispatches from Manila from which the news of tho battle is gained are very incomplete in details. It is probable that the engagement in which Dugan lost his life took place on Sep tember 10 or 17, although Captain Mitchell's command had been moro or less steadily engaged with tho insur gents since August 25. Noted Orators to Speak. The Democratic legislative committee intends to make a hard contest for victory in the Fourth district this fall, and with this end in view a number of meetings have been arranged for tho purpose of informing the voters on the leading issues of tho campaign. The first meeting of tho series will be hold tomorrow evening at tho Grand opera house. Addresos will be delivered by Hon. John 11. Fow, of Philadelphia; Hon. James A. Strannahan, of Harris burg; John 11. Bigelow, Esq., of Ilazlo ton, and other noted orators. During the month meetings will also be held as follows: At Eckley, October 9; Highland, October 11; Sandy Run, October 18; Upper Lehigh, October 10; Ilazle Brook, October 19; Drifton, Oc tober 22; Jeddo, October 29; Ebervale, October 24; Lattiraer, October 5; Milnes ville, October 11; Ilarwood, October 4; Jeanesvillo, October 12; Beaver Brook, October 15; Stockton, October 3. To Remove to Allentown. Mrs. James J. Gillespie, of Washing ton street, has returned from a two months' visit to Ireland, and prepara tions are now boing made by the family to remove to Allentown. Mr. Gillespie has been a resident of this region for a number of years, and until roeontly was employed as section foreman by the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Mrs. Edward Gallagher and family, of Walnut street, will remove this week to Allontown, where Mr. Gallagher is em ployed. Furnishing the Rooms. The two rooms assigned to the Citi zens' Hose Company In tho Municipal building will ho furnished this week. One will be fitted up as a business room and the other as a parlor. Contracts for 1f450 worth of carpets, furniture, etc., have been awarded by tho committee in charge, and it Is expected that the rooms will be ready for occupancy within a wcok. The rooms are on tho Second door, Im mediately over the section allotted for the lire apparatus. Y. M. C. A. Notes. Rev. J. J. Kuntz addressed the after noon meeting yesterday. His subject was "Wavering" and tho address was well received. Tills weok's practice meeting of tho Gleo Club will be held on Friday even ing Instead of tomorrow evening. Itev. W. W. Hartman will speak at the usual hour next Sunday afternoon. Those ineotlugs are free to all who de sire to attond. in the Marine Corps. John Stahl, of South Centre street, and James Lowe, of liirvanton, enlisted last week in the United States Marine Corps at the Allontown recruiting ollico. They are stationed at proscnt at League Island, Philadelphia. LOCAL NOTES WRITTEN UP Short Items of Interest to All Readers. Happenings of the Past Two Days in and Around Freeland Recorded With out Waste of Words. Tho players to represent Villanova college ou tho foot ball field next season have boon selected. Among them are Bernard McFadden, of town, who will play right tackle, and John Boner, of Drifton, who will play left end. The building at tho southeast corner of Walnut and Washington streets, formerly occupied as a store and dwel ling and later as a bottling establish ment, is to be transferred into dwellings. A number of the friends of Mrs. Delia Chambers tendered her a farewell party Friday evening. Mrs. Chambers and family leave tomorrow to mako their home in Brooklyn. Itev. Hartman and Rev. Armstrong, pastors of tho M. E. churches at Free land and Jeddo respectively, exchanged pulpits yesterday. Tho committee appointed by council to dispose of the borough property on Front street did not receive any bids for tho buildings and tho sale lias been postponed. The steam-heating contract for tho Municipal building lias been awarded to Joseph Birkbeck. Tho price is $782.10. In a game of alley ball yesterday afternoon at Ilazleton the contestants were Duffy and Brown, of that city, and tho Gallagher brothers, of Freeland. Tho latter won the first half by a score of 41 to 28. Tho second half will bo played here next Sunday. Tho funeral of John Sima, who died last week at Laurytown, took place yes terday afternoon from the residence of a Drifton friend. The interment was made at St. Ann's cemetery. Brick sidewalks will bo laid this week in front of the Lloyd property on Walnut street and Peter Timony's residence on Centre street. The monthly meeting of tho borough council will bo held this evening. Tho homo of Mrs. Elizabetli Evans, at Front and Washington streets, has been improved by tho painters. The choir of tho Park M. E. church and a number of guests enjoyed an out ing on Saturday in the grove near White Haven. The officers-elect of Mt. Iloreb Lodge, I. O. O. F., will bo installed on Friday evening by John W. Scott, doputy grand master of this district. The silk mill will be idlo the first three days of this week and tho interior will receive tho attention of painters. PERSONAL. Roger Dover loft here today for Car lisle, wlioro lie will enter Dickinson college and study law. Mr. Dover is one of Froeland's bright young men who have made uso of their opportunities and he outers college witli the best wishes of his numerous friends. John Houston returned today to Jef ferson Medical college to resume his studies. Sister Vincent at St. Ann's convent entertained her sister, Miss Leo, of Easton, yesterday. Miss Kate McGinloy, of Easton, will spend a weok's vacation with her sister, Mrs. Denis Ferry, Ridge street. Mrs. Mart O'Rourko, of Ilarwood, called on friends in town yestorday. Miss Lizzie Kelly, of Philadelphia, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly, Washington street. Miss Mary Ferry has returned from an extonded visit to Now York city.. Miss Annie Gallagher, of Ridge street, has gone to Philadelphia to reside. Patrick H. Ferry is visiting friends in Wilkes bar re. For the Ladies- MADE-TO-MEASUKE Ladies' Suits, Skirts, Jackets, Capes, Etc. Made in latest styles and flue lit and good workmanship guaranteed. Prices will bo found very reasonable. Call aud see our very large line of samples. Clothes of all kinds promptly repaired, cleaned or dyed. Rocco DePierro, J. K. Boyle's Building, 59 South Centre Street. $1.50 PER YEAR. A Dollar Saved Is A Dollar Earned. You can earn many 8 $ without working hard if you only know the right place to buy your Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Furnishings. The right place is our place. If you have not found this out, come and let us prove it to you. Com pare our goods and prices with those from other stores, and, if you don't have the best of the bargain, we refund your money as cheerfully as we took it, uud pay your expenses besides. Merchant Tailoring This department is complete with the lincst. ol fall selections. Our workman ship is perfect, and nothing but the finest trimmings used in the garments turned out. Mr. \V. E. Jones is our cutter, uud that guarantees the lit und style. Phila. One-Price Clothing House. S. SEN IE, PROP. Birkbeck Brick, Freeland, Pa. Books all ! >rices and styles. Periodicals— the latest and best. Sporting Goods— none better and cheaper. WOODRING'S Opposite the Birkbeck Brick. Groceries, Provisions, Green Truck, Dry Goods and Notions are among the finest sold in Freeland. Send a sam ple order and try them. E. J. Curry, South Centre Street. Win. J. ECKERT. HARDWARE, CUTLERY, WALL PAPER, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass, Miners' and Builders' Supplies. South Centre Street, Freeland. Wm. Wehrman, "W atclxtm-alzer. Wutchcs and Clocks for sale, and repairing of all kinds given prompt attention. Centre street, below South. ORION STROH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW and NOTARY PUBLIC. Office: Rooms 1 and 2, Birkbeck Brick, Freeland JOHN M. CARR, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. All legal business promptly attended. Postofflce Building, ... Freeland. Mclaughlin, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Legal Business of Any Description. Brcnnan's Building, So. Centre St. Freeland. R. J. O'DONNELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Legal Business Promptly Attended. Campbell Building, - - . Freeland. TOIIN J. McBREARTY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Legal Business of every description, Firo Insurance, and Conveyancing given prompt attention. McHonamin Building, Soutli Centre Street. 'JpUOS. A. BUCKLEY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. All business given prompt attention. Tribune Building, Main Street. JJR N. MALEY, DENTIST. OVEtt BIBKBECK'S STOKE, Second Floor, - Blrkbock Brick. jyjRS. S. E. HAYES, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT. Washington Street. None but reliable companies represented. Also agent for tho celebrated high-grado I lanus of Hazel ton Bros., New York city. TJR. S. S. HESS, DENTIST. 37 South Centre Street. Second Floor Front, - Befowicb Building. ANDREW ZEMANY, NOTARY PUBLIC. and REAL ESTATE DEALER. 11l South Centre Street, 2d floor. Frcokwd Smoke and chow Kendall, Clock & Co.'a A XXX union-made. Mnftd by tho Clock Tobacco Co., Scranton, Pa.
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