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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1899
Page
2
The October market showed expected activity and fairly strong prices amid shortages of labor and transport. The Anthracite Coal Operators association notes demand for shipments, rising tonnage, and uncertainties about rail and station arrangements affecting coal flow and future pricing.
Plumbers will resume work under the prestrike policy on scab labor, refusing to work with non-union peers of their trade but not applying the same rule to other non-union labor on the site. The Rutidine Trades' council has relinquished control of striking workers and left return-to-work decisions to individual unions, effectively not officially recognizing the strike anymore.
The Erie railway will increase coal tonnage as miners return to bituminous properties in Blossburg south of Elmira. Last month the line bought service coal from others and lacked its usual output. Blossburg mines produce about 1,500 tons daily, mainly used by Erie locomotives. Reynoldsville mines yield 5,000 tons daily with Erie earning about 1 dollar per ton for transport.
Wayne Independent reports Second Vice President G Y Youre Superintendent Manville and Chief Engineer MacMartin visited Honesdale to inspect progress. Plans for a brick and wood station were in Scranton designer Conrad Theroeder’s hands, with local bids opening after review. The building measures 26 by 60 feet with 126 feet of arcades and includes waiting areas, baggage and express, and a ticket office set to be finished by next autumn.
The Wadesville coal mine in Schuylkill county began operations with 40 workers. Miners get a granted wage increase at Buck Mountain vein. Rail news reports a Lackawanna yard conversion to bunk rooms, Louisville and Nashville express plans, and October traffic records. Lehigh Valley adds large compound locomotives and inspects bridges. Delaware and Hudson loans engines. bicycles carry laws expand nationwide.
Lackawanna football notes show major reorganization with Arch Brow moving to High School eleven and two Horans joining the line. New players De How and Brown bolster backfield while Vaughn McHugh handle ends and Tropp at quarterback. Dunmore game set for Thursday with second team practicing amid size disparity.
Concluded from page 6.1 tensions rise over possible interference with the defendant's right of way due to a proposed bridge. The Mt Pleasant breaker sits partly on Lackawanna's right of way, with encroaching parts like the overhead calm bridge and conveyor bridge potentially trespassing on Lackawanna land. Justice Hand and W A apnest for the plaintiff. Everett Warren of Willard, Warren & Knapp represents the Lackawanna.
List of uncalled letters at Scranton post office dated November 8 1899 with names including Mrs Adele Clarke Miss Kate Connorl Eugene Christman William Merritt Mrs Savage and others. Notices request callers to advertise date of list. Also notices of meetings for a Mother's meeting at 7 p m and a Loyalty club gathering at 7:16 p m with an Lowell program.
Davidow Bros offers a special sale with many items priced at one quarter their original value. Fine diamond rings at five dollars, gold band rings, cuff buttons, Elgin and Gent watches, silver spoons and forks, and hundreds of ladies silver rings are advertised with deep discounts.
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