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4917 CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1916. $1.00 PER YEAR
Future Classes Expected to
Follow Precedent and Estab-lish
a School Gallery
NEW PUPILS SCHOOLS
The School Hoard was given a pleas-ant
surprise during the regular meet-ing
held on Wednesday evening.
"When President Cleaver opened the
meeting for the discussion of new
business, he was Informed the 'II class
desired an audience. The class wa»
Invited Into the Hoard room hut upon
their request, the Hoard met the grad-uates
in a class room. William Craig,
President of the Class addressed tH«
Hoard and on behalf of the Class pre-sented
to the schools two fine engrav-ings
depicting historical subjects.
One picture VU of Columbus' landing
on American Mil and the Other was
General Washington receiving his
commission as Commander-in-Chief
of the Continental Army. President
Craig said it was the desire of the
class to leave with the school a re-membrance
of the '16 Class u'nd it was
also the desire of the class to show
appreciation of the. benefits they de-rived
from the schools. He said, it Is
the hope of the class that future
(lasses would appreciate what '16 has
done and also leave remembrances
that the bare walls of the auditorium
nnd class rooms may be adorned with
mementoes of former students.
Mr. Morrison, chairman of the build-ings
and grounds committee, accepted
the pictures on behalf of the Hoard
nnd expressed his appreciation for
what the Class had done.
President Cleaver made a short
speech in which he thanked the class
for the pictures saying it was a fine
act. He said it showed the interest
the class has In the schools and will
infuse a BPirll of loyaltj RtO .ill future
classes. He hoped future classes
would carry, out the Idea and leave ■
a memento in the' schools of the hap-piest
days of their lives. He also
urged all graduates to visit the schools
often and to attend the meetings of
the Alumni regularly.
Dlreciorj Campbell amd Miller and
Superintendent Weaver also made
short speechos~«"ommerrdlng the class
for their interest in the schools.
The pictures were hung In a class
room.
School Attendance Low.
Superintendent Weaver reported the
opening of the schools last Monday. He
said the organization is better than lasl
year. A new schedule has been put In
operation for the manual training
work has proved, to be better than last
year's as it is more in harmony with
the high school work. A new schedule
has also been adopted for the depart-mental
work which la more satis-factory
to the teachers and permits
more efficient work.
The attendance during the first week
not up to the standard and It is be-lieved
a number of persons have not
started young children to school on
account of infa-ntlle paralysis scare.
There were 97 new pupils admitted
to the grades and 36 to the high school
The number of children begirtnlng
school was 63 or 25 less than last year.
However. It Is expected the number
will Increase during the next few
weeks.
The continuation schools began on
Monday. There are four groups of
boys rend one of girls. The girls are
taught one day each week and four
days are given to the four groups of
boys. The school is not as big as
last year fund the superintendent
heluves It will number between 80 and
85 pupils. The attendance for the open-ing
days was: Monday, 17; Tuesday,
20, Wednesday, 11: total enrollment 48.
In speaking of the regular school
attendance, superintendent Weaver
said the pupils reported more promptly
than last year and he attributes it to
the fact that both parents and pupils
recog-nl/.e the school at tendance law
will be enforced.
The total enrollment for the schools
at the opening was: Grades. 361 boys,
354 girls, a total of 71.5 pupils. High
School. 62 boys and 65 girls, a total of
127 students. The total enrollment
being 842 for all the schools.
The Hoatd admitted 14 non-resident
pupils to the high school. 3 from
the Plymouth district nnd 11 from
Whltemarsh. Joseph I.nrkin nnd Es-ther
Shoemaker, of Plymouth are tak-ing
the fourth year course In the high
school and the district will bear the
tuition expenses. Oscar Hallman, of
Plymouth Is a second year student and
will have to pay his own tuition as
Plymouth maintains a three-year
Course high school. The expenses of
the Whltemarsh students will be borne
by the district. There were also 13
non-resident pupils admitted to the
grades. 1 resides In Plymouth and 11
in Whltemarsh aind 1 in Lower Mer-lon.
The pupils pay their own tuition
except the I^ower Merlon student, her
tuition being paid by the Ixiwer Mer-lon
district as she resides 1 1-2 miles
from the nearest district school and Is
near to Conshohocken.
Other Bueinete.
The Treasurer reported a balance on
hiund in the general account of $2,-
016,31 and $9700 in the sinking fund.
$300 were received on account of the
1915 tax duplicnte and $14,200 om ac-count
of the 1916 duplicate leaving a
balance to he collected on the into du>
plicate "f HMW0.86.
'I'll.- Buildings and Grounds commit-tee
ret intended the janitors be paid
semi-monthly instead of monthly.
Til, recommendation was adopted.
The Hoard received an Invitation to
attend the dedication of the new tech-nical
high school at tfcKeesport, Pa.,
today. The invitation could not be
accepted hut several membi ra said
the} would nave attended had the
ceremony been on Saturday.
CIGAR MAKERS WANT
WAGES INCREASED
Employes of Bobrow Brothers Ask An
Increase of Two Cents on 100
Cigar*.
The cigar makers employed at the
Pobrow Hrothers cigar factory, on
BaSl Hector street, have BSkSd for an
Increase in "ages under a threat to
strike if the demand Is Dot granted.
A Committee was appointed by the
employes and later the demands were
i>i.ice,i before the superintendent with
the result thai the employes wen- per-suaded
to continue their work until
the matter had been laid before the
members of the tlrm. It is expected
thai definite action win he taken to-day,
one way or the other.
"lie Of the employes stated this
morning that the firm is receiving
more for their production at the pivs-ent
time than at any time since the
local plant began operations, that the
employes of other factories of the
same tlrm have been given an inri> i-.
and that for the same work in their
factories the employes are receiving
about seven cents per hundred more
for their work than is paid here.
At the present time the cigar makers
here tire receiving thirty-eight cents a
hundred and demand that the amount
be increased to forty cents.
The factory employs about MO
hands.
MISS DOROTHY M. TURNER
BECOMES OCTOBER BRIDE
Married to August Kent Tegtmeier
and Will Live in Rochester. N. Y.
The third wedding in the family of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kdward Turner
took place Thursday night, when
their daughter, Miss Dorothy Mason
Turner, became the bride of August
Kent Tegtmeier. The wedding was
(lie first to be performed in the -Mary
A. Simpson iW£trnJ?rIB"t '"TCplscopar
church, Sixty-first and Jefferson'
streets, Philadelphia, where the cere-mony
was performed by Bishop Jo-seph
P. Berry, assisted by the Rev.
Dr. 0. Edgar Adamson, pastor of the
church.
The bride, who was given In mar-riage
by her father, wore a gown of
duchess satin, hand embroidered and
trimmed with silver lace applique and
pearl applique. Her long tulle veil
was held In place with orange blos-soms,
while her shower bouquet was
of lilies of the valley.
Miss Kathryn Hay Stevens, of
Overbrook, was maid of honor and
the following were bridesmaids: Miss
Christine Tegtmeier, of this borough,
a sister of the bridegroom; Miss
Katharine Paxson Swayne, of Baal
Orange, N. J.; Miss Beatrice Graham,
of Philadelphia and Mrs. Paul Hew
lett Egolf, of Brooklyn, N. T., a sister
of the bride. Miss Ruth Margaret
Turner, also a sister of the bride, was
flower girl.
The bridesmaids were attired alike
in brown net and orange satin gowns
and large black velvet picture hats.
They carried yellow dahlias. The
maid of honor wore blue satin trim-med
with silver embroidered net and
the flower girl was in white ana car-ried
yellow chrysanthemums. The
mother of the bride wore black velvet
trimmed with gold lace and blue se-quins.
William Tegtmeier, of this borough,
attended his brother as best man,
while the ushers were Stanley DavleB,
Robert Clarkson, Warren B. Fuunce
ant". Paul Hewlett Egolf.
After the ceremony a reception was
held at the residence of the bride's
parents, 6435 Woodbine avenue, Over-bock.
After a wedding tour Mr. and
Mrs. Tegtmeier will make their home
in Rochester, N, Y.
Mrs. Harry Gilbert Entertains.
Mrs. Harry Gilbert, of Conshohock-en
Pike, entertained the ladies of the
Eastern Star at her home yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Gilbert proved a
capable hostess and all enjojed the
afternoon. Refreshments were serv-ed.
Mrs. George Pitman, on behalf
of the Star presented Mrs. Gilbert
and Mrs. Augustus Bell with parting
gifts. Mrs. Gilbert will in a short
time remove to 1-ong Island, where
Mr. Gilbert is engaged In business
and Mrs. Bell will leave on Tuesday
for Sewickley, Pa., where Mr. Bell is
employed. Much regret was express-ed
at the loss of these members.
Members were also present from the
Norristown Chapter, Norrls Penn.
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All Polish Residents of the
Town Pay Tribute to Victims
of Tuesday's Accident
KILLED WHILELOADINGCAR
Almost the entire Polish population
of the borough attended the funerals
of the four men killed on the Reading
Kaihva> near Cherry street, Tuesday
afternoon. The men were employes of
the Bchuylklll Iron Works of the Alan
Wood iron .<• Bteel Company ami
wen : i;i. r.: Mac iy. aged Bl years, of
1027 Spring Mill nvenue. He had been
in the employ of the company for
about 15 years. He Is survived by his
widow and 4 children, the youngest of
ivbom is 11 years of age. He was a
naturalised citizen.
Frank StantslawskL aged 48 years,
of ltd Mai hie street. He is survived
by his wi'l >w and 5 children, the oldest
of whom is 12 years.
lunacy Wilikiowicz. aged 11 years, of
BUB near Forrest street. It is said he
lias a wife and two children i«l Poland.
Joseph Bier, aged J:i years, of East
Kim street. He had no relatives here
but friends say be lias a wife and two
children In Poland, lie died ai St
Timothy's hospital, shortly after being
admitted.
The four funerals were held at the
same time. The corteges proceeded to
St. Mary's Polish Catholic church and
ai !>.3o a solemn high mass of requiem
was . elebrated. The church was tilled
to overflowing with mourners and
many persons tilled Kim and Maple
streets to witness the unusual sight
The funerals left the church singly
and the bodies were interred at St.
Benedict's cemetery, Plymouth town-ship.
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The Accident.
Tuesday aftern i, a small quantity
of steel was to be placed in a loaded
Bar which had been pulled from t he
■hipping siding in the Bchuylklll iron
Works and placed on a siding along
Washington street below Cherry street.
Harry Motif was In charge of making
the shipment and had the material
hauled in a cart to Cherry street.
Pour men were sent along to load the
bundles of steel into the car. The car
had been placed a little below Cherry
street crossing and between the siding
and roadwi y there is a ditch. The
car was pointed out to the men—there
being three ears between it and the
crossing—and as they were preparing
to load the steel. Motl returned to the
mill to perform some other duty. The
men, instead of loading the enr from
the highway side, carried the steel
down the main track from the cross-bag.
As they were in the track, the
southbound express leaving here at
3.02 came along at good spied. The
engineer blew his whistle and applied
the brakes. The men did not heed
the wanning and the train could not tie
stopped in time to avert an accident.
The men were struck by the engine
and hurled to tho side of the tracks.
Three of the men were killed instantly.
their bodies being hiniiy mangled.
The fourth man was terribly Injured,
The train was stopped and the pas-sengers
left the cars and witnessed B
most gruesome sight. W. O. Qheen,
the local agent, was soon on the scene.
He had the injured man placed aboard
the train and secured a physician te
attend him. The Injured man was
taken to St. Timothy's hospital, Rox-borough,
but died soon after being
admitted.
As the accident happened, Motz was
albout to return to the men. He was
walking down the street when he was
told of the accident. He was over-come
and immediately left his work.
When he leached home, he almost col-lapsed
and was compelled to no to
bed. While he was In no Way respon-sible
tot the accident, it is said, be be«
lieves if be bad remained with the
men, he would not have permitted
them to go upon the railroad. The
deaths of the men have greatly affect-ed
him and he will be unable to re-sume
his duties until he has recovered
from the severe nervous, shock.
Mr. Qheen bad stretchers placed In
a box car and a shlftljig engine was
brought Into service. The bodies were
plnced in the car and brought to the
station awaiting the undertakers who
had been notified to take charge of the
bodies. * I
While the bodies were at the sta-tion,
hundreds of persons orowded the
car and the railroad bridge. The sight
caused several women to faint. One
womkm was so affected that she was
taken to a physician for treatment.
Post Office To Be Closed.
WM. McCAW TRANSFERRED
TO ATLANTA BRANCH
Assistant Treasurer of Lee Tire &
Rubber Co., Leaves Today to Take
Charge of Southern Sales Bus-iness.
William afcCaw, assistant treasurer
of the Lee Tire & Rubber Company
ami of the Lee Tire Sales Company,
the latter being the selling organisa-tion
of the manufacturing company,
leaves today to take charge of the .\t-
>;.I.. branch of the company.
Mr. SfcCaW has been in chtsfge Ol
the office and accounting department
at the factory for the past two years.
I le eanio hi re from Pro', idem e. R, I.,
and has had a wide cxvc rience in the
accounting departments of large rub-ber
companies. ||js successor here
Will be appointed when the board of
directors of the Lee Tire .*•• Rubber
Company'hold their regular meeting
on ' ictober '!',.
The company maintains branches in
New fork, Chicago and Atlanta. The
Southern business has been constantly
Increasing and as the Atlanta branch
handles the business for all Southern
territory, the Company has placed Mr.
McCaW in charge as its personal rep-resent
live, to give efficient and direct
service to the constantly growing
number of customers.
The South has become a great held
for th,. sale of automobile tires and
aci t BSOrtes and the 1-ee Company be-lieve
their puncture proof tires are the
beat tires for service In that territory
ami will carry on a live campaign to
greatly Increase their business
throughout the entire South, ,
Married,at Washington, D. C.
A very pretty wedding took place
at Washington, D. «^., Monday evening
October 2nd, when Mr, J. Arthur
Wood, the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs.
James \V. Wood Jr., of this borough
and Miss Elsie P. Fadeley, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. 1). N. Fadeley, of
Edinburg, Va., were married.
The bride wore a white satin gown
with applique lace and carried a boii-quel
of white bridal roses.^
The ceremony was performed by
Kev. I.. Morgan Chambers, of 921
Mass avenue.
Their honeymoon _ was spent in
Virginia and Washington
Miss Kadeley Is an attractive ycung
lady of Edinburg and has a wide
circle of friends there.
The young couple will reside in
Norristown for the present.
The groom ts a telegraph operator
for the Philadelphia and Heading
Hallway.
Sunday School Convention.
A Sunday School convention of the
schools in District No. 5 of the Mont-gomery
County tabbnth schools will
be held in the Plymouth Meeting
Evangelical church on Friday evening
October 6, at 7.4.'. o'clock. Fiistrict
No. 5 comprises the schools in East
and West Conshohohcken, Barren
Hill, Plymouth Meeting, Cold Point
and other nearby points, including
about Hi schools. Rev. 11. I). S.
CoaI.es, Of the Halllgo'mlngo Baptist
church, of West Conshohocken, will
have charge of the meeting.
Rev,. J. T. Kox, of St. Mark's Luth-eran
church, Conshohocken, will ad-dress
111,- meeting on the relation of
the Sabbath school to the church. All
those Interested in Sunday School
work are invited to attend the meet-ing,
as Rev. Mr. Fox is much Inter-ested
In this part of church work.
The Womcn't Club.
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DEMOCRATIC MEETING TONIGHT
The Broad Axe post office will be
discontinued on October 14 and the
business will be consolidated with
Ambler. The reason for the change
is that none of the Broad Axe Patrons
desire to become postmaster.
DR. A. J. DOUGHERTY.
Dentist,
JACOBRON BUILDING,
69 Favette Street
The newly organized Wilson and
Marshall Club will hold Its second
meeting of a series of weekly meet-ings
to be held until the close of the
campaign, tonight in the room of the
Owls, 71 Fayette street.
The meeting will be open to the
public and Democrats of Conshohock-en,
Whltemarsh and Plymouth are
specially invited to become members
of the club.
Tonight J. RufuB Barr, of. West
IConshohocken, will made an address
on the achievements of the adminis-tration.
William Lacey, of this bor-ough,
will be the* other speaker and
his address will be an appeal to
workingmen to support the Demo-cratic
national and state tickets.
The first meeting of the Women's
Club, of Conshohocken, opening the
winter meetings, was nek. on Wed-nesday
afternoon in the Baptist Sun-day
School Building. A largo number
of the members were present. The
Club agreed to hold all Its meetings
in the Sunday School Room of the
Baptist Church.
Miss Fannie Eshleman, the visiting
nurse, spoke of her work. -She told
many amusing and many pathetic in-cidents
that had happened. She also
suggested that the Club should rent
a room In this borough and one In
West Conshohocken, and in these
rooms she could give talks to mothers
regarding the care of their children,
sanitation in the home ant! many
other subjects regarding health and
sanitation. , ,
Mrs. William 1. Hull, who intended
to speak on the "Present Status of
the Peace Movement," could not be
present and In her place Miss Anna
Uarrett Walton, of Media, spoke on
•hleals and Moial Standards, as we
have learned about them from the
European War."
She spoke very entertalnly and
earnestly regarding the lessons we
should learn from the great conflict
now in progress. ______
Libels in Divorce.
Harry Wllfong, West Conshohocken.
who seeks to be divorced from Addle
Wllfong, to whom he was married on
January 7. 1913. and who. It Is alleged,
deserted him in May of the next year.
I
J. J. Carr Alleges That Ambler-
Davis Co. Secured Contract
Without Competitive Bids
COURT APPROVED AWARD
When baby suffers with croup, ap-ply
and give Dr. Thomas' Electric
Oil at once. Safe for children. A
little goes a long way. 2i>c and 50c.
At all drug stores. Adv.
• DR. H. J. MEYERS
I • Dentist.
• 75 Fayette Street.
An effort to cancel a S'.L'.SOi) road
contract awarded by the County Com
missioners to the Ambler-Davis Com
pany. of which Speaker Charles A.
Ambler Is president, was made Tin-day
in a bill in equity! filed in Court
by James J. it'arr, a Norristown real
estate agent in behalf of himself, as
a taxpayer and all other interested
taxpayers.
Carr, in the bill filed by Attorneys
Drons, High, Dettra and Swartz, a!-"
leges that the specifications were so
drawn that competitive bidding was
impossible, because of their vague-ness.
The Court Is asked to slop the
work of construction which the Amb-lenDavis
Company has begun on the
Ridge pike, which is the road to be
improved, at the rate of $t»2,X0uu for
the live anil one-half miles between
the borough limits of Norristown to
the city limits of Philadelphia.
The bill sets forth that the specifi-cations
requested bids for two kinds
of highways, one for a concrete pave
ment and the other for a pavement
with a two-inch bituminous top upon
the existing roadbed. It is set forth
thit no bids were received for the
concrete pavement.
Specifications Engineer's Whim.
It !s declared the specifications did
net clearly set lorth requirements.
It is alleged, for instance, that the
kinds and amount of materials are
indefinite: that the proportions of
asphaltic cement would depend en-tirely
upon the requirements of the
engineer, and that no notice was
given before the bids were opened
what the engineer would require,
hence the cost of the pavement would
vary thousands of dollars, because of
this indefiniteness, "depending upon
what the engineer would require In
the matter of the proportion between
the sand and the stone, so that It was
impossible for bidders to know how
to bid, anil competitive bii.ding was
therefore, impossible" It is further
charged In tiie action that "not only
dhi the County Commissioners fail
to specify the kind of pavement which
they desired to have laid, by reserv-ins"
to their engineer the proportion
of the different materials entering
therein, but also prevented bidders
from bidding on the quality by reason
of the specification, which provided
that the quality of stone be satlsfact-tory
to the County Commissioners,
without giving any intimation as to
what grade of stone would be ao
ceptable, whether they would require
sandstone, limestone or traprock."
The court fixed October 14 at 10
o'clock for a hearing.
When seen after the bill was fll) 1,
George Sullivan, president of the
Board of County Commissioners said:
"You ask for a statement: The
County Commissioners prefer to give
their answer In Court under oath,
knowing that everything, in awadlng
the contract, was perfectly fair and
square, and done solely for the
benellt of and in the interests of the
taxpayers of Montgomery county
Harmon Bready, minority member
of the board, who sat alongside of
Sullivan, acquiesced in what the
board's president said, as did Roy A.
Hatfield, the other majority member,
when seen lr.ter.
Put Matter Up to Court.
One of the commissioners said that
the county Is fuUy protected in the
terms of the contract. The con
traitors were required to furnish
$100,000 bond for the faithful perfor
mance of the contract. The work
is guaranteed Tor five years; that Is
the wearing surface shall not show
more than one half Inch wear in that
length of time, under penalty of re
placement,
The bids were opened on July 81 and
the contract awarded on August 3.
Besides the Ambler Davis Company
there was only one other bidder for
the particular kind of road to be
built bituminous top on six inch
macadam lu.se. That other bidder
was the Union Paving Company, of
Philadelphia, whose bid was $124,911.
For bituminous top on macadam
base there were three bids: Ambler
.Davis Company. $52,200; Union l'av
Ing Company, $74,713, and Donald
MrN'eal Company, Pittsburg, $!)!>,4~>0.
So there were three bids of roads
specified instead of two as the bill,
which Carr filed, alleges.
Because the contract was for nearly
$100,000, tho County Commissioners
felt that—as when a bridge for $1000
Is to be constructed it is necessary
to have the Court pass upon the con-tract—
it would be wise for the Court
to pass upon the matter. The con-tract
was therefore put to the Court
and the tour approved It.
"We awarded the contract to the
lowest responsible bidder and thereby
saved to the county more than
$30,000," said Commissioner Bready.
At half past 1 o'clock the Controll-er's
Chief Clerk had a remarkable
Interview with Complainant, James
J. Carr.
Mr. Carr said he really had not had
time to read the bill before lie Signed
it when about to take a train for
Philadelphia.
In the haste, he obtained an erron-eous
Impression of the matter, think-ing
the proceeding was a friendly one
to cure some defect and legalize a
contract.
Now that he knows better, he re-fuses
to have anything further to do
with the matter and will withdraw
from the proceeding.
lie says he went to the attorney
Wednesday morning and demanded to
be taken out of the case.
They offered to add other taxpayers
"but Carr would have nothing more to
do with It
The whole thing looks like a con-tractors'
row, with the psblic roads
suffering while they light and the
County Commissioners held up in
their efforts to Improve existing con-ditions.
Commssionert Give Facts.
The facts about the contract as
gleaned from Commissioners George
Sullivan, Hoy A. Hatfield and Harman
Bready, are as follows:
Freas Styer, county solicitor, drew
the plans and specifications. These
were given to every applicant who
sought them for bidding purposes.
They are all Identical. Bids were
asked In the usual way—through ad-vertisement
approved by the Controll-er,
Hids on three kinds of roai, con-struction
were requested: it'oncrete;
macadam base with bituminous top;
and ti inch concrete base with butum-inoiii
top.
When bids were opened on July'
31st, there were no bids for concrete
road; there were three bids for maca-dam
base with bituminous top, name-ly
Ambler Davis Company, $.">2,200;
Union Paving Company, of Philadel-phia,
174,713; and Donald McNeai
Company, Pittsburg, 196,460. There
were but two bids for tiinch concrete
base with bituminous top, namely:
Ambler Davis Company, $92,800; and
I'nlon Paving Company, $124,911.
On August 3d the contract was B
wardeu to the Ambler Davis Company
as It was the lowest bidder by more
than $30,000 and it furnished $100,000
bond for earring out the contract as
required, guaranteeing the surface not
to wear more than one half inch In
five years.
Before letting the contract the com-missioners
submitted it with the sped
ficatlons to the court. While this is
not customary with road improvement
the commissioners deemed it only fit
and proper that it be done In a
$1)0,000 contract when It is customary
with a bridge costing only $1000. And
the court passed on contract, giving
its indorsement. It appears therefore
that the commissioners diu every-thing
and more than was required bjj
law and have the court's approval of
their action.
From the care taken by the County
Commissioners to secure free and
competitive bidding alter more tlian
the usual amount of publicity, 'there
.-cms to be foundation for the plain
declaration by the county authorities
that the move is nothing but an effort
on the part of interests antagonistic
to the successful bidder.
Inquiry of the County Commission-ers
disclose that In this, as in all their
other business, they have proceeded
In a fair, open and business-like way.
The court fixed October 14th for
preliminary hearing.
FORESTERS BANQUET
Court Spring Mill, Foresters of
America entertained members of the
Courts of Ambler and Norristown. last
evening, in their rooms in the P, O, S.
of A. hall. The guests were received
by a large turn out of members of the
local Court.
After the business meeting, the mem-bers
and their guest repaired to the
banqueting mom where a fine banquet
was served. Toast were responded by
many of the visitors who praised (he
hospitality of the local Court and its
activity and prominence among the live
wire Courts of the entire Order.
SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY
Men's and Young Men's Fall
Styles in N. Snellenburg Co.
Good Philadelphia Made
Clothes.
$12.50 SUIT, now $10.00
$15.00 SUIT, now $12.50
$18.00 SUIT, now $15.00
$20.00 SUIT, now $16.50
$25.00 SUIT, now $18.00
Just Received New Styles of Fall
Overcoats priced
from $7.50 to $25.00
Special Sale of $3 HATS at .. $2
J. B. Stetson Co. HATS
At $3.50 to $5.00
$1.50 Silk Striped and Percale
Shirts $1.00
$1.00 Percale Shirt at 50c
$1.00 Silk Knitted Ties at .. 50c
50c Knitted Ties at 25c
WILLIAM KITZ
Guarantee Shop.
53 Fayette St. Conshohocken
A New Garment for the On* That
FAILS to Give SATISFACTION.
Lee Plant is Working Single
Turn and Company Claims
Conditions are Improving
MEN STATE THEIR POSITION
The labor trouble at the big auto
mobile tire manufacturing plant o!
l.ce Tire & Rubber Company, I
place, which begun when eight ply
cutter boys, who were averaging fl
|I5 to $i:i peV week, demanded
cents per hour, left their work, which
resulted in the "machine" men I
men who work the canvass cut by thb
ply cutters also leaving their work
is still unsettled.
In compliance with a notice potted'
by the company and which, was prin
ted in the Recorder on Tues
notifying all employes not repot'
for work by noon on Wednesdays to
report to the office to be paid off and
such employes would be considered
as ni longer in the employ of
company, 108 men and boys held a
meeting at noon on Wednesday an 1
went to the office of the plant in
body, the workers took their action
after Freely discussing their griei
an.es at a meeting.
The action of so many men oomln
to be paid off must have exceeded
number expected by the company 08
enough cash had not been provided
and several men were told to return
the next morning, which they die and
were paid elf,
The tire workers held a meetin
Mommy evening, In the stemple
building, which was attended by
ply-cutter boys, the "machine men
and a number of the "'cover" n
The "machine" men explained that
they refused to handle the oanva
strips cut by workers other than
boys regularly employed for I
work
The Chairman or the meeting ask*»d
if any of the other workers had grii
ance. Forty "coverers" were pre:
and said they have been dlssatislh i
for the past two months. That •
ing this time extra labor had been
constantly placed upon them without
any extra pay. The "machine" men
also complained of extra labor willi
out any Increase in pay.
A recess was taken. The "machine'
and the "cover'' men held sppai
meetings and prepared a scale of
wages for their work. The BCal I
averaged an advance of about 15 |
cent, over the present prices, or " I t
a cents per tire, the Bcalc varying
with the size of the tire being built.
The general meeting was again
resumed and a committee was 1i
pointed consisting of 4 "cover" men
♦ "machine" men and 4 cutter boys.
On Tuesday, the committee visited
the plant to present the demands and
grievances of the men but the
mlttee claims Superintendent Smith
refused to receive them.
This morning, it was authorltivi '
stated on behalf of the men, that I
will refuse to work until their i
mands are presented and adjuste
The men claim they are not dischar
ed employes but have declared I
strike on at the plant.
l<ast night. I", "bead" boys anil I '
"bead press" men held a meeting and
decided to' remain away from v
out of sympathy for their folio
workers and Will not return until I
differences have been adjusted.
Company Makes Statement
This morning officials of the com-pany
stated that two thirds Of the
men in the tire department, neces:
to operate single turn, are at wot
and within a few days every position
will be filled to give a full production
for single turn operation.
They say they have sufficient ply
cutters and ">0 of the "machine" mi B
and about 40 per cent, of the "cover"
men are at work. They say condi-tions
are becoming better each das
and full single turn, production will
be reached next week.
The company also state that no com
mlttee or committees will be recog-nised
but that any individual will tx
given n hearing anil given lair and
just .consideration and treatment.
The officials also stated that all
employes who were paid their wi
in full on Wednesday are considered
as not in the employ of the company
any longer.
Friends to Have Kindergarten
Tho Plymouth Friends School will
begin the fall session on next lion
day morning, with what promises to b
the largest enrollment of students in
the history of the school. To me
demand which has been recognised for
some time, a kindergarten will be op-ened
in connection With the school. Tho
kidergarten will be conducted aloi
the same efficient nnd enreful line
the school.
For Correct and Tasteful
rnperhanging see JOSEPH OSTROFF,
*- I Spring Mill nvenue.—Adv.
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