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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1902
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune prints advertising rates per inch for display and classified space with annual usage limits. It lists state and local officials including Governor S W Pennypacker and Lieutenant Governor W M Brown, and notes election day November 4 with a critique of men who avoided war criticizing pension increases.
In Gilpin Township Armstrong County Judge Patton enjoins the Black Diamond band led by Uriah Bellingham and others for interfering with nonstriking workers at Major J. G. Beale's Beale coal works. He upholds workers right to organize yet bans threats and intimidation by any band or leader to compel quitters. The ruling cites O Neill vs Bedmand and warns continued trespass invites further legal action.
The piece weighs in on the Armstrong strike, noting crowding and harassment issues, then contrasts with milder scenes in Armstrong county. It argues that government injunctions are warranted to prevent intimidation of workers while warning that peaceful assembly must be protected. It also comments on New York skyscraper plans and US Cuba policy amid debts and navy manpower concerns.
A New York board of health circular urges homeowners to empty or oil any water-holding receptacles after rain. Keep cesspools bars and rain barrels surfaced with oil, clean troughs twice weekly, and deploy light fuel oil or similar oil to prevent mosquito breeding and disease spread.
Washington correspondence in the New York Tribune says an 85 000 000 loan to Cuba hides a large financial scheme. Promoters in New York allegedly aim to place Cuba under private or syndicate control, with no names given and the piece possibly speculative.
The August issue highlights O H L Platt urging Cuba's claim on U S for economic independence, Sydney Brooks on Marquis of Salisbury, John Charlton Canada’s stance on British Preferential Trade, Admiral Melville on ocean travel safety, Alfred Lyttleton on outlook in South Africa, I S Rowe on extending American influence in the West Indies, and P T McGrath predicting the future of wireless telegraph, plus other literary pieces.
Mrs. Melville, shopping, swapped umbrellas by mistake and faced a sharp remark from a woman who recognized the mix. Returning to the repair dept, she gathered three umbrellas tied to her husband and her own, later noted by the onlooker as a profitable morning.
A Congregationalist column features a tribute to L M Montgomery praising a motherly figure. The poem extols her devout homemaking, guiding children's hearts, and duty driven life. It frames her as a gentle messenger whose smile brings blessing and hope.
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