The Conshohocken Recorder, October 31, 1911

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LABOR LEADERS URGE
MEN TO ORGANIZE
C O. PRATT, THE PROMINENT
LABOR LEADER, MADE AN AP-PEAL
TO ALL WORKMEN TO
ORGANIZE.—OTHER UNION MEN
MADE ADDRESSES TO A LARGE
AUDIENCE. SOME DISORDER AT
NIGHT.
A Urge open air labor meeting waa
held at First avenue and Palette
i on Saturday afternoon and was
attended bj aboul 5 K) workmen.
it waa i the i <■
in;: on the A. o. ii. lawn but in or-der
to i" ' immodate i be
en and audience, the place ot meet-ing
was changed. The apeakera talk-ad
from the wagon of the Washing-ton
Fire Company and beld their
hearers In rap! attention for an hour.
The meeting waa held under the
auspices ol the new Boilermakers
Union, local No. 669, and was presid-ed
over by Charles Scott, of Philadel-phia.
.Mr. Scott Introduced John To-bin,
wee president of the Internat-ional
Union of Blacksmiths. He
urged his hearers to organize Into
a union claiming that unions have
bettered the conditions of the work-men
wherever the) have been insti-tuted.
He stated that during the ear-ly
SU's tht workmen of this town
were well organized and the fact
that a workmen came from Consho-hocken
branded him as being a good
workman and one who would stick
by his fellows. He also stated that
the blacksmiths union has succeeded
in securing better wages and Shorter
hours for Its members in the cities
and would do the same here.
Peter liriscoe, a member of the
Carmen's Union, of Philadelphia, waa
introduced as the next speaker. He
well received by the crowd and
kept them in good humor b) telling
a few goou jokes. He told what the
Union had done for the workmen of
tin Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com-pany
and stated that the condition
of the carmen is better to-daj than
ever before. He urged all his bear-era
to join unions of the trade at
which they are empio. . i;
Clarence O. Trait, who gained much
prominence during the strike of the
Philadelphia carmen, was Introduced
to make the principal address. .Mr.
Pratt is a very able talker and made
a great impression on his audience.
He spoke ol the trial Of the McNama-ra
brothers, at l.os Angeles and said
that an attempt was made to connect
him with the crime of blowing up the
1-oa Angeles Times building but
when ii was found he could easily
prove an alibi the charge was shifted
to others. He said that he firmly be-lieves
that the -Me.Namaras are inno-cent.
He spoke of the strikes of the
carmen in Philadelphia and said that
they have resulted in profit to the
men. Wages have been raised, the
working hours made shorter and con-ditions
have been made better In gen-eral.
He argued that capital has
found it necessary to organize in or-der
to produce the most profit for the
money invested and labor must do
the same. The only thing the labor-
Ingman lias to sell, he said, is his la-bor
and by organization the laboring
man makes himself a part of a busi-ness
organization which sells labor
.at the most advantageous prices. He
urged all workmen to join unions and
demand more wages and shorter
hours.
.Mr. Pratt said thai he "as not
familiar with the local strike here
but he offered to do anything in his
power, If the nun would call upon
him, to aid in organizing all the work-men
of the borough.
NfiWS SflADshotS Tl'° l'hilaflcl''lliu Athletics won the worlds baaeball championship by defeating the New York Giants Bender, the Phlladel
U v» phia star, easily outpitcbed Xluthewson. on whom the New York fans had pinned their hope General Caneva, In Charge of
Of the Week "e l,aliun liind for(OS '» Africa, was attacked by n band of Arabs and lost nearly 2(M' men The Italian government formally
announced the acquisition of Tripoli Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the Instigator and financier of the Chinese rebellion, proclaimed a re
public and named Heneral 1,1 Huan Hong as the first president The United States government tiled a suit to dissolve the steel corporation. Morgan, Car-negie
and Rockefeller headed the long list of defendants.
CREDITORS MEET
Creoitors of I. V. Stewart Offered a
25 Per Cent. Settlement.
Stops earache In two minutes; tootb
ache or pain of a burn or scald in five
minutes. Hoarseness in one hour,
musclearhe two hours; sore throat
twelve hours.—Dr. Thomas' Electric
Oil monarch <»ver pain.
Carpet Weaving neatly done at Ke-hoea,
Hector street owuoslw school.
o»»»e»e»»»»»e»»»»»»»»»»»»< I
♦ For ♦
♦ First-Class Tailoring ♦
J. BRESSEN
No. 9 W. Elm Street
CONSHOHOCKEN
Or Call S10-A. Bell.
A meeting of the creditors ot James
v. Stewart, thi Ice dealer, held a meel
ing at the Otttcea of Campbell and
Desimone, last evening and were of-fered
a proposition of settlement of
twenty-five per cent. The proposit-ion
wiis made by the largest creditor,
the Glen Willow Ice Company. The
iii Company offered to take over .Mr.
Ste wart's business and pay all claims
at 'he rate offered. The majority of
creditors favored the proposition but
not all agreed and the proposition was
ted. This action is liable to
force bankruptcy proceedings, which
will foice a sale of the business and
the proceeds derived will be divided
among the creditors.
WATER CO. VS.
THE CITIZENS
THE CASE OF THE PEOPLE
AGAINST THE WATER COMPANY
WILL BE HEARD IN EQUITY
COURT ON NOV. 15TH.—COM-PANY
IS CAUSING THE DELAY
IN THE PROGRESS OF THE CASE
STRIKER UNDER BAIL
Htld for Court on Charge of Assault
and Battery.
John Bcrnstile, ol Norristonn and
one of the striers from the plant of
the John Wood Manufacturing Com-pany,
was last evening given a hear-ing
before .Magistrate Light, on the
charge of assault and battery prefer-red
by John tloyer, of NorristOWn, and
an employe Ol the John Wood .Manu-facturing
Company, liernstile was
held in $:100 bail to answer the charge
at court. t
According to the evidence, Boyer
did not join the strikers and on Fri-day
evening but, alter leaving his
work, went to the P. A: It. station to
board a train for his home. At the
station, he met Bernatlle and after
exchanging a tew words, Bernatlle bli
Boyer a stinging blow in the face.
The case resulted from this attack.
Bernatlle was represented at the hear-ing
by Attorney Many Fox. ol Norris-lown,
who was employed by the local
Union to defend Bernatlle.
* » •
There is no change in the strike
situation. A lew men are stiil at
work and the Onion men haw placed
walking delegate! to keep Hack of
affairs about the plain and see that
the strikers create nc disorder. Kach
morning a number ot men congregate
abcut the plant but no serious dis-turbances
have occurred. This morn-ing
several strikers tried to prevent
nun lion, going into work and one
man waa charged along the railroad.
and mis.dks hurled at him. He was
not Injured The borough otllcials
have been atked to prevent the n
curring of disturbances. This morn-
Ing the men Who are employed at the
plant and who live in Norrialown,
were compelled to return home by the
strikers.
During the meeting, there was but
one disturbance. Joseph Hyde was
Standing in the street making unset in
I) r marks while the sneaking wad
In progress and was acting In a disor-derly
manner, Officer Heaui placed
him under arrest and the Burgess gave
him a hearing and discharged him on
payment ot" the usual fine.
READ THE RECORDER $1 a Year
It may be that some real progress
may be made in getting down to the
actual merits of the case of the peo-ple
against the Springfield Coi
dated w atet I lOmpany, to prei i nt th"
latter rr» m charging prii i B tor water
service which the people deem exor-bitant,
wlun a hearing in the tan
will be heard In Equity Court, at
Norriatown on November 16th.
The attorneys for the people have
had their case prepared and ready for
trial tor some time but the Water
Company was not ready.
The first Monday in September,
was set for the AtBorneys for tl Cl M
pany to answer the interrogatories
of the people but at this time, they
tailed to answer but tiled a number
of legal objections and asked for fur-ther
time to make replies. This has
cause.1 a delay of two months.
At the hearing, on November L5th,
if the Company does not answer the
interrogatories, thus placing [he case
in a position where its real merit..
cannot be tried, the attorneys por
the people will ask for a peremptory
order from the Court, requiring tin
answers to i>e made.
At this bearing, eminent counsel
will appear for both sides.
The ease against the water com-pany
was begun about Is month-
The attorneys for the people Im-mediately
prepared their ease and sc-cured
full engineering data but a hall
was necessitated In tlit- proceedings
to await the action of the last legis-lature
in dealing with a Public I'tli
Itlee Bill. Had the Mil known as the
"Administration" Public Utilities bill
passed the legislature, the status nt
the ease' would have been changed as
the burden of proof which is now
placed em tin- people, would have
i n placed upon the Company, thui
making the p< ople's case !
slve ui prosecute and would have
wiped away many ol the causes for
dels] in getting the < ass to trial.
The attorneys tor the Water Com-pany
have caused the delay and it
would not he surprising if the actual
trial of the ease win be delayed by
appeals to the Supreme court.
DARKTOWN FIREMEN
MAKE DARING RESCUE
WHITEMARSH
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ilurk cele-brated
their nfieenth wedding anni-versary
on last evening. About tortj
guests were present from Philadel-phia,
Broad Axe. Plymouth and Meet
ing. -Mr. and Mrs. Murk received a
number or pieces of beautiful cut
glass. Refreshments were served al
a late hour.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harner were
tendered u surprise on Monday ev-ening
by a maseiuerade party from
Conshohocken. Music and games
formed the evening entertainment.
At a late hour the party left the farm
and returned to their homes.
BIG PARADE OF MUMMERS WAS
WITNESSED BY A LARGE
CROWD.—DARKTOWN FIREMEN
WITH THEIR APPARATUS WAS
THE HIT OF THE PARADE.—
FAKE FIRE FOOLED MANY PEO-PLE
AND CREATED A LOT OF
FUN.
The mummers parade given by the
Washington Fire Company em Satur-daj
night was the best ever wttn
e'ei here. The Firemen outdid their
efforts of other years. The sti
along the- line e>l march were crowd-ed
will people, hundreds coming
from Norristown anel other nearby
i"ne parade was headed by the
Conshohocken Band In masque
ro. i umes. i hei cams a detail a
lice—the real thing—followed by the
mummers. The first line in the i ir
ade attracted much attention. Two
well formed nun, dressed as women
of fashion, headed the procession, tend
were applauded all along the line.
There were many handsome anel
costly'costumes worn and the gro-lie
was also well represented
The hit of the parade was the
DarktOVn Firemen. The Company
was headed by the chief's wagon,
which was an old basket wagon and
was steered by a steering wheel and
propelled by a mule, stri|>ed as a le-bra,
in shafts geared behind the
wagon. Next came the water tower.
The tower was kept in action during
the whole' parade' and the fireman
on top gave the crowd a libi ral
sprinkling of water from a gai en
hose-. .. Tie' water was pumped ;
a barrel by a band pump. The chem-ical
engine, ambulance and hook and
ladder truck were gotten up in great
style and caused much amusemen
As tin' parade was coming up Fay-ette
stret, it was found that the l
and dwelling bouse at 51 Payette
street, was supposed to be on tire.
An alarm was given 'he' llarktown
Firemen and they were epiick em i i ■
S with their apparatus. The
Water Tower went into action anel
the hook anel ladder crew quickly had
their laddi rs to a second story front
window and rescued—a dummy. '! ae
fake fire was carried out so well that
many persons believed Hie- building
to be actually on lire. The second
ami third stories of the building were
Illuminated by burning red lights,
which gave the effect of a biasing
Interior.
After the parade a grand ball was
held In the ball room of the engine
house which concluded the gre ,
mummers' celebration the town ever
V. it lll'S. I,
The firemen were put to much ex-pense
in getting up the celebration
and are Indebted to the Rescue t t
Co ot York, for costumes, bann is.
et i., and ie> George J. Mallen, ot
I.a France hotel for a money oontrlb
utlon.
URGES ELECTION OF
WILLIAM LITTLE
I WOUld like to say to the taxp
and property owners e>t the Fourth
warei: it will be to your Interest fi-nancially
and otherwise ie> rote tot
Mr. wm. Little for Council.
Mr. Little is a heavy tax-payer ami
propi ny owner Is the borough, there
tore, he will look after the Interest!
of the tax-payer. In the present con
iiitiem of u ■ Bor 11, ii is BscesBai <
to put men in Council who by theli
good judgement pend foresight will
lelr Influence to atop the u
expenditure of the borough's nun
Men are i lecte I to Council t < >
the- whole i" ople, not a few. If you
Intend to ele< t men w heist |y In
- ii is III plaj politics, you will
pay dearly for it In the m \t tew
There fihoiilel be no Party Pol
In electing mi n to n prei i nl
Council, men of ability and Judgement
Bhould la si lected—Men that know
the value of a dollar—and our cH
sens shoulil select the best of the
men put up for eletion, and vote- for
tlii-iii irrespective of their party al'fili
M Ions.
A VOTER
BAD FIRE AT RAKOSKY'S
Firemen Fought Well a Stubborn Fire
In Fayette street Stoie.
If you have an Item of news so'-iai.
personal, or otherwise, send it to the
Recorder
A few minutes after noon hour to-day,
volumes ol' smoke- were' seen issu
ing from the store ol Josepn Rakos-ky,
in Fayette street, Harrj Messin
ger rushed aeioss. the street with Hre
extinguishers but the blase could not
be found. The Washington Pin Com-pany
'i.is immediately on Hie-and
lomie: ilw o liar of the building
lull oi sine ke. A stream of watet
was poured Info the cellar from a
front window but the dense smoke ser
hlnden <\ I he firemen in their
work. A section of lie tloorin
the store was torn up a.nl the water
poured Into the cellar from iiiis point
quickly extinguished the tiames. The
No. - Company also arrived and went
into sei vi> i- poui Ing a st ream ol
Into the front of 'he' cellar.
The' tire itarti d near a ii »l air heat
er located in a coiner on the Pay-ette
strei i aide of the building. Th<
loists and rafiers of the cellar
badly i haired and the fire communi-cated
to cases •■! shoes, r ;l,b-"s and
woolen goods, causing a smoldering
fire and d«nse smoko.
The origin Of 'lie' lire has not been
.ii.<i <.' :)Ut it is supposed to haw
been caused by the heater becoming
i verhi ated.
The- losr will amount te> several
hundred dollars as the entire block In
the cellar is damaged by ratei and
smoke and the goods In the store- art
damage el by smoke.
The '-'ire was one of the most stub-born
experienced by the local fir
in years an,- much credit is duo them
for the manner In which they did
thel# work, The smoke was so densa
that several times the lit emeu were
almost overcome anil bad ha he re-lieved
at their posts. Th" fir- wai
extinguishet' within for.y minutes.
TWO WEST SIDE
PEOPLE DIE SUDDENLY
SAMUEL G. COWAN, PROMINENT
IN PUEe-IC AFFAIRS DIED YES-TERDAY,
AGED 80 YEARS.—MRS.
JOSEPHINE RHOADES DIES OF
ACUTE INDIGESTION WHILE ON
HER WAY TO THIS TOWN.
Bamuel i tarn tt Cow an, one of the
known residents of West Con-shoh,
H ken ig, at
his home, 218 Walnut stree t after suf-fiuin
an Illness from which it
Cowan had been In ill health
tor i he :■ - . irli . t he last
month in uan to recoi T bis health.
. ;; re-lapse
but hla 111 deemed
verj - -nl i-iiii. from
that time -pond to t reat-metiT
and deal ■ d at 8.15 yes-terday.
Deceased was one of West Consho-hockens
most Interesting and piomin-ent
residents. He was a son of
Morton ami Susan Cowan and the
great-great-grandson of Betsy Ross,
of American Flag fame. He was
born at Burmont, better known to the
older residents, as Kellyvllle, Dela-ware
County, August 28rd, 1831. He
live al home until he was 16 years of
in a he went to Merlon Square
and learned the trade of sboemaking.
In 1868 he came to Conshohocken and
opened a boot and shoe Btore on W.
Kim street near Forrest street and 3
years later movi-d his business to K.
Hector street, opposite St. Matthew's
school, where he had built a store,
where he- continued business until
: 880, w hen he n tired from his busi-ness
and toeik up the Lrade of gar-dening.
lie removed to West consho
bocken and for years was gardener
in many tine Bi '- In i eower Mer-lon.
Of lal ■ he has conduct-ed
a florist business, at his home.
SAMUEL G. COWAN
where he had erected a fine green
house.
Mr. Cowan was a staunch Demo-crat.
He was active In politics i
his home town and served a term as
burgess and a number of terms as
councilman. He was a man of the
a faithful i ubllc servant He was a
thorough American and came of not-ed
ai HI ■-.,-- tndmolher
Busan Claypool, a daughter of
Betsy Ross, by her third husband,
anel a sister of John Morton one ol
the signers of the Declaration of
Independence. Mr. Cowan was proud
the part his ancestors took in the
making ol American history and lived
ins life se> that no blemish could be
made to the name.
On Friday last, Mr. and Mrs. Cowan
were married 58 years, but owing to
his illness no celebraiion of the ev-e'ui
was made.
Mr. Cowan married Margaretta
King, of Morion Sepiare. who sun
him as does the folowing children:
Mrs. Belma .Morrison. or Phil
phla and the Misses Mary, Martha,
anel l-;ila, who reside with their par-ents.
Deceased was a member of Washl-to
Tribe, No. 53, I. O. R. M.. Washing-ton
Camp No. 18, P. O. S. of A., and
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