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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1900
Page
8
An advertisement extols MCM as the strongest and purest leavening agent, urging buyers to choose wholesome baking powders. It warns against cheap alum powders, citing health risks and urging purchase from Royal Baking Powder Co. at 100 William St New York.
Industrial news reports a giant pump at Jeansville Iron Works South Mill completed and set to resume operations tomorrow night. The piece notes W A Burton of Hallstead appointed assistant secretary of the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association and lists the Delaware Lackawanna and Western board makeup with multiple time slots and crews. It also mentions dance instructions for railway workers on new signals and hand signals led by conductors Finerty and Warfel.
It was announced that operations will resume at the South mill tomorrow night after a four weeks shut down. The restart will bring back the 1,500 men employed and is expected to delight both workers and local merchants dependent on their trade.
James A. Miller of Sumneytown near Philadelphia bought 400 acres of the William Bell tract along the Lehigh river at Devil's Elbow, about three quarters of a mile above the Pennsylvania Red Granite quarry. Miller and Andrew Merkle, supervisor of Miller's dynamite factory at Hayes Creek, staked the tract and plan erecting several large stone buildings for a powder mill.
Drinckerhof Thorne, Yale football figure linked with the Pennsylvania Coal Co at Dunmere, was named superintendent of Dreakers by General Superintendent George P. Smith. The post begins in February and Thorne will base his headquarters at Trommore. Mills will run to capacity one car daily with focus on gun powder and related products.
A large crowd of mine operators and workers gathered at the Jeannesville Tron Works to view a test of a newly completed expanding condensing pump. The unit, named The Monarch, measures 18 inch high pressure cylinders, 24 inch intermediate, 44 inch low, 11 inch plungers, and 49 foot 9 inch overall length with a 300 foot vertical head capable of 3,300 to 4,000 gallons per minute. Weighing 175,000 pounds, the condenser is 10 by 12 by 18 inches. Fuel savings over a simple high pressure pump are estimated at about 75 percent, with total cost per horsepower showing significant annual savings.
E Greyer watch inspector for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western will take quarters in the Railroad Young Men’s Christian Association building on Lackawanna avenue to maintain employee watches. W A Burton of Hallstead, former brakeman, becomes assistant secretary at the association in this city succeeding W A Berry who moved to New Jersey. Burton has begun duties at the Lackawanna avenue quarters and is known in railroad circles.
In Indianapolis the joint conference failed to accept either proposal from last Saturday. Operators seek a six cent per ton advance on screen lump coal, base price 75 cents in Hocking Valley with proportional increases for inside day labor and dead work, a 13.36 percent rise. Miners oppose and push for run of mine pricing.
An operators' committee rejected a 7 cent differential between pick and hand mining and a 25 cent day wage while proposing 20 cents per ton more for mining and a 47 percent base for run of mine coal in the Eleventh district with Indiana block field terms to follow. The conference heard the report with mingled cheers and jeers as miners hooted the proposal and operators laughed at the miners demands.
Victoria B C January 29 reports show the New Zealand brigantine Ethel sailing from Broome with lumber was scuttled by mutinous crew near Stirnits Settlement. Thirteen mutineers killed the captain John A Riddle his son and others before being arrested at Macassar. Nearby Dutch officers on a mail steamer are said to have been killed and eaten by New Guinea natives.
Union Traction in Philadelphia announced a voluntary wage increase for about 4007 conductors and motormen effective February 1. Workers will shift to twelve hour days and earn from 13 to 18 cents an hour as the company cites prosperous times and loyal service.
George Leland Hunter argues in Ainslee’s for February that a three nation alliance among Germany Britain and the United States forms the strongest guarantee of peace. He contends this united power could deter war at sea and force French and Russian fleets to capitulate if conflict arose.
The piece argues that war is unlikely as Germany sees clear commercial progress ahead but faces resistance from anarchist and feudal-minded factions. It predicts civilizational reform will erase poverty, replace petty tyranny with imperial justice, and connect millions to global needs through patient effort.
A Chicago Times Herald odd quote features a speaker claiming past rodeo experience and a supposed run over by a herd of stampeding oats, phrased as a humorous memory. The fragmentary line blends cowboy lore with a baffling image, reflecting a quirky early edition feature.
Ailed 2000 miles along the Amazon in the Wilmington voyage reported in February's Anglie. The journey passes sparse river traffic, peculiar bol tusrafts, dense forests, heat and rains, with Santarem as a stop near Tapajós and Para. River steamers at Funtarem resemble Mississippi boats and carry cattle freight.
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