FREELAND TRIBUNE. VOL. XIII. NO. US. Spring Clothing! We now have in our store the most com plete line of Spring Clothing that has ever been placed on sale in the town. We Have Nobby Suits in Stripes, Plaids, Neat Checks, Etc. Our clothing speaks for itself. We depend for its sale entirely upon its merit, and we're selling lots of it because the merit is there. It's made to fit and to wear from edge to edge, and from inside to outside you'll find nothing but honest work. To wear it once is to wear it always. It will pay you to become acquainted with our stock and our prices. Refowich's Wear Well Clothing and Shoe House, Freeland. Hole Agent* for the Famous Mitchell %'i Hats. t o 4^o) Vi b r " t " CD i So?" * if i ,<MWI M | Watches from $1 to S4B. I BUTTERWICKS Cor. Front and Centre Streets. M Sheet Music at Cut-Kate Prices. AMANDUS OSWALD, dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries and Provisions. FRESH ROLL BUTTER AND EGGS. A celebrated brand of XX tiour always in stock. Latest Hats and Caps. All kiuds of household utensils. 19. W Cor Centre and Front St., Freeland. T. CAMPBELL, dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes. Also PURE WIITES £ LIQUORS FOR FAMILY ANI) MEDICINAL PURPOSES. Centre and Main streets. Freeland, CURRT'S 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. Cnrry, South Centre Street. EVERY BUYER 1 OF SHOES is neglecting his duty to his purse if he fails to learn our prices and examine our j qualities and styles before j investing money in footwear. ! We Sell Shoes and nothing else. You can ■ buy to better advantage here I than in stores where shoes ! are carried as a side-line, and if you give us the op- ! portunity we will prove to ! you that this is true. STAR SHOE STORE. | m Malloy, Prop. Corncr C~tJ GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Freolund Opera House Co.. Lessees. Saturday Evening, March 30. RETURN OF THE Brothers Royer in "Next Door." Funniest Show on Kurth. Royer Troupe of Acrobats. The Great Fire Scene. The Trick Trolley Car. The Revolving Scene. Ten Great Specialties. Latest Songs ancl Music. Prices: 25, 35 and 50 Cents. Seats on sale at McMenumin's store. ROUND THE REGION. Michael and Stephen Hugus, ot Brad docks. arrived in Wilkesbarre last night. They stopped at tho Bristol House. Michael was to have been married today, and his brother Stephen was to j have acted as groomsman. When the , men retired they blew out the gas. Both are in a precarious condition, and I the wedding has been postponed. When | tho prospective brido heard ot the mis fortune that befell her affianced she hastened to his bedside, and is now nursing him. The light over tho wardoushlp of the j county prison resulted in the election of George J. Llewellyn. He defeated Ar thur IS. Detro, who was elected deputy wardon and Charles Gardner, who was elected turnkey. Dr. S. A. Wolfe was re-elected physician. For the second time within ten days the grievance committee of the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen of the Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western Kail road is in sossion in Scranton, prepar ing a statement of grievances. I The Dickson Locomotive Works, of Scranton, have obtained a contract from Arthur Koppel, of New York, for the building of seven locomotives, which are to bo utilized for plantation pur poses in Java, East Indies. Because he had received a letter from his wifu in the old country, saying that she had remarried, Andrew Drygala, of Arclibald, hanged himself to the limb of a tree outside his boarding house. Dry gala was daily expecting his wife to join him. In the interest of economy Deputy Revenue Collector Thomas Powell, of Ilazleton, has been dismissed by the de partment, the dismissal to take effect tomorrow. The Susquehanna river is a raging torrent, and should It rlso four feet more tho people of West Plttston will have to use boats. Six children of James Brennan, of Ashley, have been taken by the Humane Society. Their father has just been re leased from jail and the children were clad in rags and hungry. William Shafer, who escaped from tho county jail a few months ago, has en- ! listed in the navy, and Is believed to be ; on the battleship Kentucky, which | recently arrived at Manila. Captain Samuel Harieiuan, one of the ox-poor directors of this district, died on Wednesday at his home in Weatherly. He was the prominent men of Carbon county. j Patrick Cox, of Parsons, who has been a justice of the peace there for thirty years, died -juddenly today. FREELAND, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1901. NO DECISION ON STRIKE Representatives of Miners Still in Session. Absolute Secrecy Maintain ed by President Mitchell and His Associates in the Meeting Today. A telephone message from the Wilkes barre Times to the Tribune at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon states that tho minors' convention is still in session. President Mitchell and the three dis trict presidents are preparing a state ment, but what it will contain is not known outside the convention. Opinion in Wilkosbarre is about even ly divided as to whether a strike will be ordered or not. At 10.30 o'clock this morning the men In whoso hands nearly 150,000 anthra cite workers have placed the power to decide the question of suspending or continuing work on Monday met at the county seat. This meeting, though not widely advertised nor attended with spectacular accessories, will be recorded in the history of the anthracite coal region as one, if not the most important and far-reaching iu power, of any gathering of mine workers ever held. Those entitled to a voice and vote In the proceedings were National President John Mitchell, District Presidents Nichols, Duffy and Fahey, and tho. members of the executive boards of Dis tricts Nos. 1, 7 and 9 —thirty-one men in all. The members of the executive board of District No. 7 are as follows: Presi dent, Thomas Duffy, McAdoo; vice presi dent, Andrew Matty, Stockton; execu tive board, William Harris, Jeanesville; Patrick Smith, Milnesvilie; Daniel S. Gallagher, Ila/.leton; William 11. Dietrie, Nuremberg; Peter G. Gallagher, Free land; Charles Gildea, Coaldale. Tho convention remained iu session until noon, when an adjournment was taken until 3 o'clock. No information i of any description was given out except i tho statement that President Mitchell i had been chosen to serve as a press i committee. When called upon. Mr. Mitchell had nothing to give to the press, and he maintained absolute silence on the sub ject of strike until tho convention re assembled at 3 o'clock. At 4.45 o'clock the convention was still in session. STATEMENT FROM RKV. PHILLIPS. Rev. E. S. Phillips, of Hazleton, and President John Mitchell and his as sociates of the Mine Workers left New York for Wilkesbarre yesterday after noon. Before going thoy held a con ference in the Ashland House. The representatives of the Mine Workers said that in their opinion a strike had been averted, and Rev. Phillips gave out a formal statement to that effect. He said in addition: '•The United Mine Workers of Ameri ca are a recognized body; its represen tatives, President Mitchell and the district officers have met and conferred with the representatives of the opera tors. More than that, a confidence in labor organizations has been establish ed, which must eventually result in convincing the several individuals of independent operators that the wisdom and patriotism which have brought financiers, coal president and labor leader together have also taught them the value and usefulness of jointly con ferring in time of peace to prevent war. The lesson lias been taught without cost. Let us hope that it has been learned. If so. it is well for all con cerned." Early Closing Movement. The early closing; movement proposed by tho Clerks' Union at their meeting on Tuesday evening has occasioned much discussion in local business circles. The proposition of the clerks that the merchants should close their stores each evening at 7 o'clock, with tho exception of Mondays and Saturdays, has met with warm approval from some of the busi ness people, while others believe that the hour is too early. Others, also, state that provision should bo tuado for pay day evoning when the latter fails to fall on Monday or Saturday, otherwise a considerable portion of the transient trado which drifts Into town at such times will be lost and eventually return to the surrounding company sterns. The matter has been discussed from sevornl standpoints by the merchants since Wednesday, and from the infor mation which tha Tribune can gather the proposed regulations meet with al most general approval among the gro cers and provision dealers. Tha cloth iers and shoe merchants, however, claim they are entitled to at least another hour's service from their clerks in the evenings, inasmuch as their help are not compelled to report In the morning until an hour or more later than those employed by the grocers. They further claim that the greater part of their business is done in the evenings, when the workingmen come into town, and that to close at 7 o'clock .would bar them from receiving any patronage from men residing in the outside villages. Men, as a rule, thoy say, purchase their own clothing and footwear, and will not, as with eatables and tho like, delegate the purchase to their wives or children. As tho matter stands at present it Is possible that some friction may follow an attempt to enforce the proposed clos ing hours. The rule, however, is not to go into effect until April 15, and in the meantime it Is likely that alterations will bn made by the clerks if it is shown by tho merchants affected that the hour selucted for closing bears unnecessarily heavy on certain lines of trade. A conference botween a committee of the clerks and tho merchants would un doubtedly result In an agreement that would give satisfaction to all the in terested parties. THEATRICAL. It is only necessary to announce the fact that the Brothers Itoyor are en gaged in a performance, and everyone will know that it will bo a funny, verv funny show. Their new acrobatic farce frolic, "Next Door," is a great produc tion, and if laughter and applause be true criticism, the performance is of the ""est order. Certainly the acrobatic part of tiie piece, and that constitutes the play itself, is splendid and exceed ingly novel. The fun is clean and bright, and the show tomorrow evening at the Grand opera houso should not be missed. t t t Sadie Raymond and Willard Dashiell and a strong company will give Free land theatre-goers their 'first chance to see "Old Arkansaw" next Wednesday evening. The play has made a hit wherever presented. It Is written by Fred Raymond, of "Missouri Girl" fame, and is more popular than the latter in cities where both have appeared. Sadie Raymond scored a success in Frceland last season, and her admirers should give hor a hearty welcome on her return to town. The performance Is a benefit for the opera house employes. i t I "Faust" and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" are two plays which nevor fail to please when properly presented before an au dience. Porter J. White's company in the former and Stetson's In Una latter are among the April bookings. Adjusting the Assessment. County Commissioners Jones aud Finn, accompanied by tkoir clerks, J. It. Daubach, William Jones and John J. Norton, held forth at the Central hotel today today to hear the appeals of tax payers In Freeland, White Haven and I*oster. Upwards of a hundred people woro present to protest either against the revision of the assessors' books as performed by the commissioners or against the valuations imposed by the assessors. White Ilavan was given attention first, and numerous defects and in equalities were adjusted to the satisfac tion of the complainants. Freeland's assessment figures were then taken up, and the alleged Injustice 111 doubling the frontage valuation on tiie several streets was objected to by Attorneys Stroll and McCarthy and Squire Buckley, all of whom maintained that land values iu town have not In creased since the tri-ennial assessment in 1808. A numbor of other protests, both in the interests of Individuals aud the as sessment In general, were received by the commissioners, but no definite action was taken on the cases presented. Owing to the number of objections raised against the new valuations, the commissioners appointed Monday, April 8, as a time, and Wilkesbarre as the place, for a further hearing in the matter. Escaped Prisoner Captured. •Tames Pollack, who escaped from the county prison on March 2, was captured this afternoon in a barn at Iluntsviile. See that you get the original I)eWitt's Witch Hazel Salve when you ask for it. The genuine is a certain cure for piles, sores and skin diseases. (Trover's City drug store. Ice cold t?oda at Helper's. 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. Postmaster B. F. Davis' efforts to secure better mail facilities have been' successful, and beginning with today an additional mail leaves town every after noon at 1.20 o'clock. This mail makes connections for New York, Philadelphia and all intermediate points. It will bo welcomed by merchants and others who have much correspondence with the cities named. Since tho early part of the month there has been no outgoing mail between 8.18 a. m. and 6.34 p. in. At 8 o'clock last evening Rev. J. B. Kerschner united in marriage Frank Michaels, of Drifton, and Miss Annie Eroh, of town. The ceremony took place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Eroh, on Chest nut street. Daniel Carroll was grooms man and Miss Estella Eroh was brides maid. The newly-married couple will reside in Drifton. Easter baskets and novelties—Keipor's James Mike and Mike Swiska were placed in the lockup on Wednesday evening by Officer Mollk and are serving a five days' sentence. The boys were charged with throwing eggs at pedes trians on South Centre street. Their parents refused to have anything to do with the case, and a taste of jail life was considered necessary to check their tur bulent spirits. The witnesses in the Demerio murder case have boon summoned to appear be fore the grand jury on Tuesday. The officers interested in procuring evidence expect to present sufficient proof to have Nicholas C&pece indicted for murder in tho first degreo. Gentlomen, for hats and caps go to A. Oswald. lie has a nice variety. An entertainment will be held at .Teddo by the Literary Society of that town tomorrow evening. Prof. Francis Harvey Green, of West Chester normal school, will deliver a humorous lecture entitled "Three Queries.'' Mrs. Robert Boyle, of Walnut street, will return home this evening from Philadelphia, where sho has been re ceiving treatment in an hospital for several weeks past. Griffith Pritchard, of Ila/.leton, a former Freeland rosidont. has been ap pointed as one of the watchmen at the county jiii by the prison commissioners. Mr. Pritchard is at present a conductor on the trolley road. Morris O'Donnell returned today to liayonno City, N. J., after spending a few days with his sister, Miss Annie O'Donnell, of Coxe addition, who has been seriously ill. The young lady is now resting easier. Samuel Cunningham, of Indian terri* tory, is visiting Drifton relatives after a long absence from this section. Rev. B. J. O'DonnclJ came up yester day from Lawrenceville, Mass., to see his brother, William, whose condition is still serious. Editor and Mrs. Owen Fowler attend ed tho funeral on Wednesday of the latter s aunt, Mrs. Amos Shortz, at Dorrancetoo. PLEASURE. April B.—Ball of St. Patrick's cornet band at Yannes' opera house. Admis sion, 50 cents. OASTOniA. Boars tho __/) The Kind You Have Always Bought MISOKLLAKKOtIS ADVERTISEMENTS. INSTATE OF CATHERINE TELLY, lule J-IJ of foster township, deeensed. Letters testamentary upon the above named estute having been grunted to the undersign en, all persons indebted to said estate are re quested to make payment, ami those having claims or demands to present tho same, with out delay, to It. J u'Donnell, William Tully. Attorney. Freeland, Pa. INSTATE OF JENNIE WKNNEIt, late of JL'J Flceland, deceased. Letters of administration upon the above named estate having been granted to the un dersigned, all persons indebted to said estate aro requested to make payment, and those having claims or demands to present the same without'delay, to Mary A. Boyd. Chas. Orion Stroh, attorney. T""\BTBCri\ r ES.—Men wanted; experience . . not necessary; if experienced state par ticulars. Enclose stamp. Box 125, Phila., Pa. SALE CHEAP.- Three fresh e.tms: can 1 V., I)e . "°r U o. n "fftnn in East Foster. Apply t'> C liarles Dusheck.on farm or at Freoland.' street; suitable for any business. Ad argsa P. 0. Box 4*. Frc. laud, Pa. TRI-AVEEKLY Strike up the band, here comes a Sale-R for one week only. Men's Shirts: Regular lines which were selling from 50c to $1.75 each, Your Choice for a Quarter. If you come around next Monday looking for them you will be April fooled. Come today without delay. Phila. One-Price Clothing House. S. SEN IE, PKOP. Birkbeck Brick, Freeland, Pa. £MIAS. ORION STROH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW and NOTARY PUBLIC. omce: Rooms 1 and 2, Birkbeck Brick, Free-land JOIIN M. CAKR, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. All legal business promptly attended. Poitofllce Building, ... Frceland. Mclaughlin, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Legal Business of Any Description. ""■llium's Building, So. Centre St. Frecland. R. J. O'DONNELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Campbell Building, . - . Freeland. o W . I? Ruren Office, Kane Building, i >i>txwii .- Posted! co; Tuesdays. Thursday... .-., i iiniai s JOHN J. McBREARTY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Legal Business of every description Firs Conveyancing given plompt McMennmin Building,South Centre Street. N. MALEY, DENTIST. OVER BIUKBECK'S STOKE, Second Floor. . . Birkbeck Brick jyjRS. S. E. HAYEsi FIRE INSURANCE AGENT. Washington Street. Kone but reliable companies represented Also agent (or the OOlelnatrd high-grade Pianos of Hazel ton Bros., New York eityT jQR. S. S. HESS, DENTIST. 37 South Centre Street. Second Floor Front. • Hcfowich Building. 'pUOS. A. BUCKLEY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. AU business given prompt attention. Tribune Building, Main strcot Wm. Wehrman, "W" a,tcli3m.als;er. On and after April l Next to Neußurgcr's Store. Big Reduction In Men's, Boys', Ladies', Children's Shoes. JHUO'sOTOTovc™IK U 1 Please give me a call. JOHN BELLEZZA. Geo. H. Hartman, Meats and Green Track. Fresh Lard a Specially. Centre Strict, near Central Hotel. DePIERRO - BROS. Cj^-FE. Corner of Centre and Front Streets. Gibson, Dougherty, Kaufer Club, Koienbluth's Velvet, of which wo b EXCLUSIVE SALE 111 TOWN. Mumm's Extra Dry Champagne. Hennessy Brandy, Blackberry, Gins, Wines, Clarets, ('ordials, Etc. Bam and Se.hweilzer Cheese Sandwiches, Sardines, Klc. MEALS - AT - ALL - HOURS. LAUBACH S VIENNA BAKEKY. B. C. IAOBACH, Prop. Choice Dread of All Kinds, Cakr* and I'm to 7 6rder 7 ' Fancy and NoV(,|, v Gako.., Dukr.i tomcrioiiay * ICE MM supplied to balls, parties or picnics. >lllll all necessary adjuncts, at shortest notice and fairest prices. Delivery and supply wagons I" a . t town and surroundings every day. Property for Sale. A twelve-room house on the corner ot Washington and Luzerne streets and a double block 011 the allnr .idjoiutii" Apply to U. M. Ureelln. 1 r ■ hind.
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