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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1900
Page
2
The Scranton Tribune launches a Carbondale branch with a daily morning edition for the city. It offers news from Pioneer City, personals, and publishable items. offices are in the Burke Building. E. L. Hatfield, manager, invites inquiries by telephone 286 or 0425.
At noon yesterday all workers at the Klots Throwing silk mill in Simp eon walked out in sympathy with Friday night strikers. The mill will shut down and remaining output shipped to Scranton and Frederickshire, while discussion of wages and hours continues amid accusations of losses and hardship for young workers. Local observers cite evidence of low wages, long hours, and the profit motive of stockholders in keeping the mill running.
The Car Bondale Gas company unveiled its handsome new office in the Anthracite building on Saturday. Gas fixtures and multicolor globes created a brilliant display as plans for a new plant progress. The costly facility nears completion and workers rush to lay lines while boiler tests begin, signaling readiness for the new process.
General Manager Strickland announces the new mammoth holder will store 95,000 cubic feet, giving the plant a capacity of 66,000 feet and ensuring continuous flow during possible shut downs. No new metering system will be adopted to replace the current water collection method.
Funeral services were conducted this morning from the home of Mrs. Jeremiah O’Hearn on South Main Street for the late James Barrett. Merchants closed for the hour, and the Knights of Columbus and Central City merchants attended. The large, high Mass at St. Jose Church featured Rev. Mither J. Grittin as celebrant and included a sermon on life, faith, and the afterlife. Knights of Columbus members and local friends joined a lengthy procession to the cathedral, with floral gifts as part of the solemn observance.
Arrangements are under way to extend Bell Telephone lines from Forest City to New Milford linking with Binghamton. A company representative is in Forest City outlining the work. The line would connect Carbondale and the Linckiwanni valley to Binghamton and facilitate direct telephonic communication with Gibson Lenox Royal and other nearby towns.
Lawrence Barrell will be buried tomorrow at St Louis Cemetery in this city. A solemn requiem mass is planned for half past one over his body. Farrell was active in the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and those who share his fate will accompany him.
Saturday evening at Chark avenue George Norris hosted a large party for Miss Maude Denning of Ohio. The phonograph provided entertainment along with musical selections. Divinity refreshments were served and guests departed around midnight.
The piece reports a constable describing a hunting event with decoy birds and a covey of young grouse. It notes a feast in prospect and a man named Mr. Neary spending his time during the evening.
Thobert Rennie, master mechanic of the Delaware and Hudson company, has joined the firm’s blacksmith shop on Novel Main Street to oversee a new compressor with duplex engines. The Rand Dvill company of Tarrytown, N.Y. built the fine mechanism for the com. pany.
Fragmentary report notes longstanding tensions among Pyoft and Within Lye figures related to Ta Deen, with unnamed enemies and fellow musicians in dispute over a professorship held by Prof. Rumsby, who has moved to Utlen.
The annual meeting of Maplewood cemetery owners will be held tomorrow evening in the late pal building at 7.40 o'clock.
The citizen water committee met last night to formalize plans for involving women in water initiatives. Officials discussed a public outreach push and next steps for implementing the plan in the community.
The Pell township school board met last night and took several actions including a motion tied to Louis Grammer esq 48 the board's attorney.
Earl Ressigale of Brooks Street fell during an evening game and broke both bones of his left forearm. The injury occurred while playing football last night and is described as serious but not life threatening. Medical attention was sought and the condition is reported stable.
In regular session the Common Council, with Nealon acting as temporary chair, approves the Hagan fence proposal pending quit claim deed by the Hagans. Finance committees' bills are ordered paid, including several named accounts. The Young Men's Library Association report is received, showing year ending March 1900 receipts and expenditures with remaining balance.
An advance in coal prices was posted at the Delaware and Madison coal office in Carbondale. Effective immediately 2000 pound loads see raises for both employees and outside parties with higher rates for chestnut and larger sizes and checks on delivery fees. The note mentions a prior 0 cent rise in July and notes a total increase of about 20 cents per ton for employees and 25 cents for outside parties.
The annual business meeting of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church will be held Wednesday evening November 1 at 7:40. Trustees will be asked to resign in writing and a new board elected under church bylaws. All trustees and voting members are invited to attend.
Carbondale Gas company under General Manager Strickland announces an inducement offering a free modern gas cooking range valued at $15 to any resident who connects with the company’s gas lines while they are being laid and pays for $15 worth of gas.
Thomas Kearney, formerly of this city and recently on the IIE road, has come back from New York City where he had taken an interim position. He will at once resume work with his former employers.
Wright Campbell and Jehan Wark, after leaving Salamanca when miners quit, have returned to Carbondale and will resume their former positions at an early date.
The daany friends of Bernard Gat hey formerly of this city but now in Guu Neb report he is critically ill at his home.
Frank Kirk brother of Mrs M Turner of Hiver street arrives Sunday evening from England and will make his home in this city.
Thoms L. Morgan formerly of Avehbalt will relocate to Philadelphia to take up residence in the new Julupe, signaling a relocation to the City of Brotherly Love.
A fragmentary report recalls a Rrust Day at Carbondary hospital with mention of preserved fruit and other items gathered for the institution. The text is garbled, offering limited readable detail on the event or outcome.
The New Century club conceived a donation of fruit for the hospital. Their prairie worthy effort and the success of the campaign are credited with fitting praise in the community.
Local notices list gatherings tonight for Carbondale Cycle Club Division No. 11 Ancient Order Hi Dernilans St Vincent de Paul Lucretia Lodge 109 Daughters of Rebekah Lackawanna Tribe 8 and Knights of Honor Carbondale Lodge Yi Knights of Pythine.
The Wille Brothers and the Mar tell family and bicycle entertainers will perform at the Grand Opera House for the last three days of the week. Four performances are listed: Thursday night Two Old Cronies, Friday night Rosont Friends, Saturday matinees Two Old Cronies, Saturday night In Atlantic City.
After settlement and resumed coal train runs on the Delaware and Hudson road, workers report overwork and fatigue. This marks the first substantial railroad protest in the area in years.
James Mason one of the bridge builders for the Ontario and Western railroad is in New York state at his work. He had been laid up three weeks but has recovered and went to the scene of his labors yesterday morning.
The Delaware and Hudson company paid its railroad men on the Honesdale branch yesterday. Today the pay car will be in town to distribute wages to the road and shop employees.
There will be a regular meeting of the Carbondale Cycle Club tonight at the club house on North Church Street at 8 o'clock.
The town miners union pushes opening social rooms for Wilarine employees after work to aid them financially through a committee drive. Plans include renting the Stubbs building for reading and smoking rooms with potential expansion if interest grows strong. The effort aims to provide a needed community space.
Advertising copy for a laxative quinine tablet promises money refund if it fails to cure. Each box bears the signature of H. W. Grove. The spuriously specific claim hints at consumer remedy marketing common in periodical drug promotions.
Moir Davis Howella remains at home on Carmalt street. Mr and Mrs George Cooper of Albert street visited Peckville Sunday. Mrs Mary Moargetson on Carmalt street is sick. William Wilson of Providence spent Sunday in town. Peter McGetrick injured at Poncoast mine weeks ago is now recovering. Ladies AM society of Primitive Methodist church meets at Mrs John Miller on Martin street tomorrow at 2:80.
Advertisement urges readers to visit their druggist for Krause’s Headache Capsules claiming fast pain relief and harmless effects. Includes price and seller Matthews Bros.
In New York on November 14 the stock market halted its rapid rise as professional bear traders harvest profits and investors reassess demand. Rail stocks led declines with Pennsylvania up and down amid uneven recoveries. Federal Steel and Steel and Wire fell sharply. The bond market remained active with mixed stock reactions and a late cautious close.
Corrected by H. G. Dale presents price data for dairy and food items including creamery products, cheese, marrow, peas, potatoes and onions with per unit costs and weights. A nearby market section lists beat patent flour priced at 4.00 per unit.
Wheat futures showed firmer tone with No. 2 red and Spot Grain options closing higher after a mid session rise and late gains. Dairy items like creamery butter and eggs remained steady to strong with Pennsylvania and Western producers reporting varying prices and steady demand across packing and retail channels.
The brief market column reports fluctuating wheat and corn prices with cash quotations down and feed commodities mixed. It notes export engagements, flour quotations steady, and pork values alongside miscellaneous grain price listings and regional price references.
Fragmented OCR items reference credit balances of 81.07 and mentions of lifleates, shipmiomta, and 100 harcels. The text appears to mix financial data with garbled ship and logistics terms and names such as ML GS7, UiaT Hayek, and SOUL bor kels, lacking coherent context.
Market report notes cattle and hog prices with mixed to higher trends. Beef and veal offerings appear steady to firm, while hogs show light to strong gains. several categories list per hundredweight prices and quantities for today and tomorrow.
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