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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1901
Page
8
Ongoing labor dispute at Mt Pleasant colliery of Wilt Hill Coal and Iron Co causes a work stoppage. Dispute stems from Miller’s discharge and promised yardage for rock cutting, with wage adjustments and reinstatement talks failing and workers ordered to strike.
Workers at People's Coal company in Rider vein walk out after agreeing to stay away until wage scales are settled. Oxford employees seek Lackawanna company rates, contending only 98 cents per car is paid, with $1.08 the top. Company and union reps reviewed shaft rates. another conference is planned as idle days mount.
Lincka shops introduce a glass plating and embossing plant led by Edward Reinwald from Chicago. The $1,000 facility, first in Scranton, uses hydrofluoric acid for gold or silver tints and includes a drying room. The plant supports painted, lettered Pullman and passenger cars and a nearby paint shop nears completion.
Local union No 663 Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners installed officers Friday night at Carpenter's hall on Wyoming Avenue. New leaders include President MT TM Patterson VP Nelson Gordon recording secretary John Javery financial secretary J D Kelper treasurer EB BE Knapp conductor George Shaw warden John Farrell. Installation conducted by Past President John Jacobba followed by a smoker.
The page lists a shipboard or club schedule for Sunday January 6 with names including WILDCATS HAST Randolph O'Mara Hennigan McDonnell and others tied to a series of time slots like 11.20 and 12.20 am and initials indicating teams or groups led by figures such as Cavanaugh and Castner. Various entries reference Masters men and Be mentioning.
New employee badges for passenger trainmen and train baggagemen are ready for distribution at Superintendent Rine's office. J B Neal, formerly outside foreman at Mt Pleasant colliery, now works as foreman at Twin and Seneca shafts Pittston. A bulletin from Superintendent Ketcham on lost transportation tickets is posted for conductors and trainmen on the Lackawanna board. A semaphore distant switch signal east of crows-over and fusion point at the Washington yard's east end is in service, governing westbound movements. New telegraph accident reports forms are ready. yardmasters drillmasters and conductors will receive copies and discard old forms, and governing instructions on the back must be read for proper use.
The Home for the Friendless received a Christmas remembered by donations and an annual dinner hosted by Globe Warehouse staff Cleland Simpson and Taylor. Gifts included food, clothing, and items from churches, societies, and local merchants, with turkey and fruit donations noted by multiple benefactors. Saturday night gifts were highlighted as greatly appreciated.
Judge Archbald upholds the conviction of John Lukan for selling liquor without a license and orders him to stand sentence. A new court rule to curb multiple surety cases will reduce fees for aldermen and constables. Three license applications were refused for Sunday sales. several local court appointments and civil actions are noted.
A sprawling, error-filled digest reports on Mexico buying U S furniture, a Fort Worth suit for damages over a directory description, a South African elms and American rail plans, German literary pride in St Louis, Chicago church air quality, Swiss apples for Bern schoolchildren, a Jackson Hole elk preserve, and San Francisco unions showing organized labor strength.
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