Mount Carmel Semi Weekly Item (Newspaper) - June 9, 1900, Mount Carmel, Illinois V 111 111", .t'l-i f f I I T 46 AN ARTICLE FOR THE ITEM BY W I JOHN L. now and then a community is shocked by the occurrence of terrible mine disaster in which a dozen or more poor fellows are rushed suddenly to and many more maimed so as to be capable of attending to the duties of their These invariably evolve the public sympathy and loud are the people's those injured by accidents are considered sufficiently dreadful because out of the to be worthy of note in the public are not a tithe of the whole number as a at the annual reports of the mine inspectors will conclusively Scarce a day passes into eternity that does either through the vile gases of the the fall of the top the breaking of a or the premature discharge of a record the loss of a or the maiming of the body of some workman in a whose name never finds its way into print or the and the struggles of whose to keep the guant wolf from the door during the period of enforced idleness which follows is never known to the few immediate JUNE 9, 1900. but sluggards and foolish people can fail to lend a hand in the grand work of organizing To be OFFICE GOES UP States Post Office Duryea is in town since yesterday and is receiving bids and settling the future living quarters of the Post There are several bidders in the field for the plum and should Attorney Vought not be able or care to comply with the government to furnish more light and ether incidentals necessary the Post will leave Fourth and Oak and go up town between Avenue and to either of two S. E. otTers a building with all improvements H. S. Fagley offers a new brick building with all improvements When or where or who will get or whether it will stay at the old stand is a matter of conjecture There is no doubt that if it leaves its present location that it will go to Oak street between Avenue and a late hour we learn that Camp 231 P. O. S. of A. have placed a bid for their new hall on Third generally however to greatly alleviate Before men are given employment in a mine as miners they should have and the knowledge of. the mine that comes only But although there is line examining law in existence yet it is a fact that men have been employed mining coal a week had not yet seen a coal and were therefore totally ignorant ot the dangers of the mine and the precautions necessary to avoid bodily mutilation or death by It appears however that ignorance is preferred to knowledge by some of the coal companies of the anthracite region who sometimes set men to mining coal who in the mother country were never u hundred miles of a coal while plenty of good miners are and have been compelled to go elsewhere for In one point labor is even for instead of organizing independently themselves and demanding the protection which free governments boast is the equal right of all under the miners fall back and wait for to do what their masters do not intend they shall do when How quickly do capitalists organize and demand the enforcement of the law before the courts when they find the appointed agents of the law evading their What is it to hinder miners from doing the same thing? and yet even in cases where the heart of the people is with them wholly outside of practical politics they are invariably found It is with great satisfaction that I view the grand promise of the United Mine of in this One chief aims is to demand before the courts that whatever rights are accorded to labor under the law shall be executed in good and to fight capitalistic with legal weapons under their own cry of and A just as good a right to prosecute a greedy and murderous capitalist in a court of law as has some salaried politician to prosecute labor for in virtue of his office as prosecuting When labor is organized the business will work both Until it is organized insult will be added to starvation and and labor will sit in helpless Upon this problem of the independent internal organization of labor for its own rests its salvation from the greedy and cruel grip of its When in the dignity of its might it learns to turn its back upon office holders and and erect its own machinery for its own protection and just rights under the its toiling children will no more be buried with impunity and roasted alWe in mines with none to bring to justice and none to the cruel loss to the and helpless ones left PENMAN Deppen H. Deppen one of Mt. Carmel's best known young a member of the Senior class of has favored us with an invitation to attend the commencement exercises to be held at that popular institution of learning on Wednesday morning June 20th. With the completion of this term Mr. Deppen will have rounded out a completed and we predict for him unbounded success in Directors of School District of Mount Carmel Borough will receive bids for the erection of a stone wall at the Vine street extending 130 more or on Fourth wall to be 8 feet 3 feet wide at the bottom and tapering to a 2 foot width at the the wall above ground to be Proposals must be handed in on or before tiie evening of June 1900. The committee reserves the right to accept or reject any or all F. Chin. Mt. June 4, 1900. Stephen's Trinity Sunday will be duly observed at St. Stephen's Episcopal The services will be at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. Rev. Frederich Lyne will preach at both Under the fostering care of the the Sunday School has trebled in number during the past 12 It meets every Sunday promptly at 2 p. Price will sell this Paine's Celery 79 Lydia Pinkham's Kings Discovery 41 Pierces Golden Medical Discovery 77 Hoods Sarsaparilla 79 Doans Kidney Pills 41 At Davis Third and BEYOND A that they would receive prizes of sewing and china scores of people in the vicinity of have been swindled during the past week by a well dressed who sold them tickets at a which had printed on them the series of drawings each Some of the farmers bought as high as 20 tickets They were told that the prizes would arrive in a few days by but none have yet a wealth of fragrant flowers and by fully ii R. Brunner and Miss Anna Elizabeth Penman assumed the obligation made them one through a life we will be long and Never in the history of our trowing city luis there been consummated a in which our community evidenced or occasioned r and more genial delight than this of 'Twas a union of and one which brought together two of the moit widely and best liked young le in tills ceremony was announced for six o'clock Thursday at tiie of the bride's Robert of West Shortly before that hour the guests began to and at the time the was we 1 ed. Exquisite floral decorations i had been arranged for the spacious double From tne ceilings hung festoons of while in one corner of the front parlor had been built a massive pillar of and potted roses and carnations charged the atmosphere with a delightfully at six Dr. Stuart pastor of the Presbyterian assumed his while the and Guitar Club began Mendelssohn's wedding Tlie groom and his best W. Penn had just assumed their station in the front parlor when the bridal procession appeared in the headed by the Misses Kathryn of and Edyth Mt. Both wore rich costumes of white organdie and carried yellow Then came the Charles of and William of this Tlie bride was by IMiss Hannah of maid of Miss Penman was magnificently gowned in a white organdie over with bridal veil and orange and carried a bouquet of orange Miss McGee wore a beautiful dress of pink and carried a bouquet of pink The gentlemen were attired in evening Mitchell opened with prayer then propounded the necessary He concluded with the ring pronounced the couple man and and then delivered a short closing Immediately congratulations were showered upon the lasting until time for which was participated in by all of the per arrangement as advertised the bride and groom were to leave on the 8:20 P. R. and as a natural consequence a host of people had gathered there to see that they embarked on tour with the ceremony befitting such an The instructed the cab Mr. to drive direct to The crowd was not to be and they went on train to our neighboring arriving there just as the bridal party were about to board the same Their surprise was Vociferous farewells and pecks of rice were showered upon Mr. Brunner and his charming as the train bore them away to parts from pure cream of the food against powders arc the greatest to health of the present 8AKINQ POWDER NEW RATES TO Pennsylvania Account Republican National account of the Republican National Convention at June 19, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets to Philadelphia from all stations on its line at rate of one fare for the round trip rate 50 Tickets will be sold and good going June 15 to 19. and returning to June 29, SCHOOL evening the lia school Board met and selected the following teachers to serve during the assistant J. I. sub Kate Harriet Margaret A primary Ella M. B. Kate Mary No choice was made for the B. primary No. 1. president named the following committees for the Loughlin and finance and Andrews and The entire board will serve on the supervision THE O K K A N A L T H K X A services at 10:30 a. m. Sunday School and classes at 2 p. Y. P. S. C. E. at 6 p. The Peoples Service at 7. prayer and class C. E. prayer meeting Church prayer service Personal Workers class and choir practice class C. E. Saturday at 3 meeting 5) a. 10.30 Sunday 2 p. G preaching 7. n. in. W. A. by th pastor Rev. Gonser morning and German at 10 a. m. English at 7 p. m. Sunday at 2 p. midweek meeting at 7:15 p. OK services in the of Our 1st. Mass 7:30 a. High and sermon 10:00 a. m. Baptism m. Sunday School 2 p. m. 11. Sodality 0:30 p. in. Vespers and Benediction 7 p. m. of St. Vincent do Paul society at (i p. Rev. A. services at 10:30 a. m. and 7 p. in. Sunday School at 2 p. m. Christian meeting at p. 111. Midweek Wednesday at 7:30 p. service at 10:30 a. m. Sunday School p. in. Evening service at 7 p. m. Frederick ITrE M for Sunday June Preaching at 10:30 a. in. and 7 p. m. Morning in the Evening of Sunday School a very Interesting will bfe given at 2 p. m. Every one will be evening Roll ot Tuesday class prayer Thursday choir Friday Young People's hour at 3 p. Saturday Bible Study at 7 p. preaching at 10 a. m. Sunday School at 1 and 2 p. m. Children's Day services at 7 p. m. Prayer Wednesday and Thursday CREDITABLE will be pleasant news to the many friends of Miss Katie Bowman formerly of this to know that Miss Bowman's period of illness during the out of a class of she graduated recently at with the highest honors of her with a grade your head Pain back our eyes Bad taste in your mouth t's your Ayer's Pills are liver They cure and all liver 25c. All or correctly in our new spring alone in the great variety of cloth and but also in the different shapes and lengths worn by good suits are selling and hold as models of style and The broad shouldered military effect and the peg top trousers are here shown in all their A from you will be and 27 N. Oak the Shirt Waist weather is Where is there a lady who does not welcome this when she can wear the cool and Handsome styles and large assortment in colors and An elegant 50c tucked in Others at 65, 75, and wear with the Very good Skirt in cotton colors tan and plain or at 50 and I tan crash skirt trimmed with white at 50c, stock on hand we offer at much lower figures than they are worth All carpets bought later will cost us more and we'll have to raise the retail price Take advantage of the stock on hand and get your carpet at low from 55 cents yard Velvets at 90c and Axminsters from Body Brussels from a 1.15 Ingrain and Rag 25c yard All wool extra Ingrain a and tack carpets free of Oak Cwder OAK June 11, 1900 Patent Knife out of Malleable Iron to clamp to the with solid blocks of Emery to sharpen knives or It will last a lifetime and will put an edge on even a butcher knife in less than one Especially good for table It cost over 40 cents each to manufacture but on account of his we bought the entire lot at Sheriffs at 10 Novelty
