Pittston Gazette

              WEATHER CONDITIONS THE HOME PAPER Forecast CrT, :sU)Vi'cal S'CK'VN East 1 .,,..ania. »v/* I'or the People of Plttston and Vicinity. Snow and colder tonight; Thursday, snow, followed by fair in the afternoon. AfJj THE HOME NEWS, 56TH YEAR. J WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1850. ) DAILY EST. nv THEO. HART 1882. PITTSTON, PA., WfiDNNKIM V, MARCH 14,1906. TWO CENTS A I'lil'Y. * T FORTY CENTS A MONTH. f EIGHT PAGES TWO WORKMEN WERE FOUND SMOTHERING OIL MEN'S DEFY GOES 6,000 MILES TO SEE HIS WIFE MINERS TO MEET. was considered. No further Information as to what was done was made public. MISSED CARNEGIE PARKER ON GRAFT Overcome 1Dj' Sulphur Kntlfes in Pit Chinaman Started on u Long .tourney INQUEST SATURDAY. of Kwen Colliery—Were Ttiken to Visit His l'';imily in Heart They Will Talk Only Under To visit iiig family, whom lie has riot seen In ton years, and to spend a ' year in his ittitive country amid the Richmond Committee Failed Ex-Judge Pleads for Con- Out ill Nick of Time. of the Orient National Convention Will A inquest into the death of Harry Dampman, who w'as killed In a railroad collision on Monday, will be Iwld next Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the undertaking rooms of C. E. Howell. It is expected that Coroner Dodson will conduct the investigation. The following, jurors have been drawn: James Masl, C. K. Howell, Fpunk savage, Kdward It. Evans, JessfD Fear and Daniel Howell. viction of Big Fellows An accident similar to the fatality at No. 14 colliery, when two men lost their lives, only that the prospective victims were rescued in the nick of time, occurred last evening about S o'clock at Eft'en colliery, of the Pennsylvania Coal Co. Two men employed in the .ash pit under the fire room were overcome by sulphur fumes as they were drawing the ashes from under the boilers. The men were Joe Mlllus and Anthony Bolak, both of whom board on Briar Hill, in J'ort Griffith. They went into the opening, which is somewhat similar to the one at Xo. 14. and were engaged at their usual occupation when a sudden gust of the deadly fumes of sulphur dropped them to tlie floor unconscious. Fortunately, the watchman discovered thai they were, in the pit longer than usual and lie hurried to investigate. The men were taken out into the open air and Dr. McGinty was hurriedly sent for. He worked over the men for an hour, when they recovered consciousness, after which they were removed to their hoarding houses. The men are out ot danger.. Compulsion. to See Him. Open Tomorrow. scenes of his early life,. Sing Soo, qne HADLEY WILL FIGHT. of the proprietors of Tom Lee's laundry. on William street, left yesterday bound for China. He started from THE INSURANCE EVILS. MITCHELL IS HOPEFUL. BUT THEY'RE PLEASED . _ , I FM11ston for Sail Francisco and n week Declares that Rogers Mustjhenee win cmbmu for the orient', where he expects to spend «lie next I year with his wife and children, from j whom he has been separated for more than 20 years, with the exception of a short time ten years ago, when he left on a visit similar to his present intended return. Sing Soo, who is between Ii0 and 60 years old. expects to return to America and wield the iron for few years longer before returning tinally to his native land "to taper oTit life's candle at the close" amid the scenes and friendships of his youth. Sins Soo, who has btion hero for several years, came to America nearly a quarter of a century ago. leaving his wife in. China. He made one visit home and stayed more than a year. Then he returned again to America, leaving his family at their native home. He has four children, who are now all .tldults. If Sing wished, lie could not bring any of his family to America, even for a visit, so the only way lie can see them is to go hack himself. To make them a little visit lie has started on a journey of (t.OOO miles, his' hoirft- being in the interior of the Flowery Kingdom. Millionaire Doubbd His Gift "The Way to Convict is to Convict," He Says. Anthracite Situation Will Answer All Questions. Try our Uurro Violin Strings, the best on I he market for strength ami Offer, Making it $200,000. Also be Considersd. purity of tone, al Jjcibson's, !l" N Main street. .facksou, Miss., March 14.—Address- Addressins; the legislature of the state former Judge Alton 15. Parker of New York dealt vigorously with ihe peril involved Kansas City. Mo., March 14.—Following the decisions of the United States supreme court that oflieials of corporations can Ite forced to produce incriminating ovidence against their corporations, the Standard Oil company Came out With a defiance. Idianapolls, Ind., March 14.—At the special national convention of the United Mine Workers of America, called by President John Mitchell in response to the request of President Roosevelt to make an effort to avert a strike of coal miners in the United Suites, the business or the first meeting, which opens on Thursday morning at the (ierman house in this city, will be a discussion of the plans for a joint conference with the bituminous operators in Indianapolis next week. Richmond, Va., March 14. — Wtiea Mayor McCarthy heard the other day that Andrew Carnegie would stop over iiere for a day on his way from Florida to Hot Springs a committee was organized to bid the steel man welcome. As-the train bearing Cnrnegie's private car rolled into the station the mayor and committee saw a middle aged man with gray beard and wearing clothes Which had seen better days alight from the car, but they paid no attention to him. They wailed until the train drew out of (lie station anil then, believing Mr. Carnegie had not arrived, started buck for the mayor's office greatly disappointed.THE SHOPLIFTING CASE. in the growth of great fortunes and made an earnest plea for the conviction Women Arrested in Scran of "big" criminals and the righting of corporate abuses. speaking particularly of insurance evils. Judge I'arker said It was contained in a notification sent to Herbert S. lladley, attorney general of Missouri, by Alfred lD. Kddy of Chicago, general -western attorney for the Standard Oil company. Mr. Eddy notified Mr. lladley that the Standard Oil company will give to the attorney general no more Information in his suit to oust the Standard Oil and its allied companies from Missouri than it is compelled to. Mr. lladley's ton Get Hearing Today. in part "A half dozen great offenders in the insurance companies have bred sus- Tliey Were I'm Through an Exhaus- picion of every man in the same bttsi ness, a result not at all .justified, liecause for the most part the men engaged in it, 'as in all other callings, are honest and high minded. There Were a number of conferences at the headquarters among the ofllclals of the organization and the board members. The executive board will h"ld an all day meeting today at which they will map out a line of work to be submitted to the delegates who will assemble Thursday morning. tive Police Examination l.ast Ev- ening, and Two of tlieni Own- ANTHRACITE GOES UP. ed I |i io ihe Theft of a I.uigc N'tmiltei- . (if Meanwhile the mil it with tlie gray beard strolled leisurely about the town, took iu all the sights and then dropped casually into the city hall. "Now, how are we to meet (his crisis'/ Shall we hesitate to punish be cause our criminals wear broadcloth reply was \rtides Pound Strike Menacs Adds Fifty The decisions of tlit? UuiUnl The three women—one from West JMttston. one from this city and one from Wilkesbarre—charged by Jonas Thong's Sons, of Scranton. with shoplifting. are lo have a hearing in Scran ton this afternoon. supreme court sustain my contentions in tin- Standard Wil cases. and now Henry 11. Uogett* must auswer nil my Whilo all of the locals in the union will In; represented in the convention tlit- numerical Htrcnfilli in the gather-" tiiK will not equal Dial in January, as many of the smaller yvcals a i f. setulinK their proxies by representatives o/ other locals insteiul of by special dele- Kates. "Is the mayor in';" the man asked the attendant at the door. Cents to the Ton questions. STRENUOUS SERENADE. "yes. but he's busy with a commit lee," replied thi' attendant. Said Standard Men Would Talk. s Attorney Oeiiorai Hndley, discussing tlie Standard Oil's position. said: Concerning the case the Seranton Tribune Ibis morning gave ihe follow* ing additional particulars: Ncyv York Agents ol' I lie Independent Had Plenty of Time, 0|HDralors Announce a Sllff Iii- "A week ago when the testimony ol* H. flay l'ierce was lo have been taken in St. Louis Mr. Eddy stated to me I hero would lie 110 further resistance "For several months past the employes of the Jonas Ijimg store had repeatedly missed certain articles froiVi various departments. In the liousefurnishing department, particularly, a number of dishes kept constantly disappearing. it was known that shoplifters were at work, hut suspicion did "Oh, 1 ve got plenty of time," replied the visitor, "so I'll just glance through souie of the books here." crease in tlie Price of Steam Party Used Shot Guns and The Indianapolis Slar nays: "The reseindinfj of the liyan resolution will to Sizes—Operators Again In Ho tlio most important business The visitor lolled about the outer office and after looking through several books asked the attendant whether he could not lake his name to the mayor. Conference Original oil tin part of tlie witnesses already stibpoeimed in New York to answering questions tlitr.v liad previously refused to answer, I then suggested to Mr. Kildy that if lie would produce II. M. and \Y. 11. Tilford and D1. Van Beiircn before Commissioner Sanborn in New York on .March 1*4 I would not as a matter of convenience tye an applica Dynamite. conic before tile convention. Unlil tbis Is done, tltere can be no joint confer- I'rogranimc I'psct New York. March 14.—The selling agents in tills city of tile independent anthracite coal operators have raised the price uf steam coal 50 cents A ton ence with tin; operators, who will coini' to Indianapolis noxt work. 'J-his has been the effect of the announcement by the anthracite operators that they will not accede to tlio demands of the employes. 'Die refusal of tho "Well, the committee is still there." the attendant replied doubtfully, "but I'll take your name in." Itcsiencd llridc, llri(lt'Kli:iilll lllld III" not rest upon any one in particular, until about two weeks ago when Mrs. Bach man was seen acting in a very suspicious manner in the basement. I .at tor's rather All Mjiiit—Tl»« —from $-t.r«0 to $."1.(111. As similar action was taken just before the deeltrillion of the last big strike, tl( In— crease is viewed in business circles as rather Was Severely Injni*«-«l "Tell him Mr. Carnegie would like to meet him," said the stranger, and the next momenl Mayor McCarthy and the committee were shaking hands with the millionaire. Willi a Missile—1'orty anthracite operators to treat further with I ho miners makes a settlement with tho ii11i■ hi districts 1, 7 and !i out of tho question.,; Tin- Ryan resolution adopted bby tho minors just "After she )lft(l left the store two plates were fouhd to he missing. The nirl who lutd noticed her remembered her face and determined to watch for her next appearance. CD11 Monday afternoon she saw her coming down the basement stairs, accompanied by Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Council. She flashed a pre-arranged signal to the other employes and the throe were giv- Ido berth. Arrosts lo lie Made indicating a conviction thai a new contest between capital and labor IS in- tion in the supreme court to bring them to Missouri. Porryo'polis,'Pa., March 14.—Because ho was besieged in his home all night, and because of damage to his "\W saw you ill 11DCD station," said one of the committee, "but we didn't ALTON H. l'ARKER evitabh Mr. Eddy promTsed to instead of the fustian and rags in which sonic were once clad? The way The importance of the move is un- swer to this suggestion as sooti as he could consult his clients in New York. He has informed me that lie did not before the adjournment of their regular national convention provides that contracts must be' signed in all dis- recognize you t.i convict is 10 convict. There are to dav within the state of New York a inasmuch as many thous- properly by strenuous serenaders upon the occasion of the wedding of his son, II. .1. Mosshury, of this place, has nrrest of Carnegie Improved His Time. lirar future bv manufacturers and others. In fact, the belief reflected in feel authorized to make this ami Mr. Carnegie said ije was glad he had to wait in ttie outer office, for he had read something about Keujatnlu franklin in one of the books which he intended to use in a speech. .After au informal chat Charles I.orrafne, geuenil baggagcmaster of the Clie«a|»eMke and Ohio railroad, made a speech, In which be told bow much the city needed a library and asked Mr. Carnegie to contribute SjilOO.tKHi. few men who, involved in iiisurnuci frauds, have themselves furnished evi deuce, fairly corroborated 011 the witness stand, of their own venality. nient. C 'oiisefjuetit ly if service 011 them is not siHttl'i'il at the lime tlie taking of depositions is resumed in New York I will apply to the supreme court for an worn nut warrant station at tin umC" time of that iuD shall be entered Into: in a slmnyl fffru'fally in financial circles and Hit' Pennsylvania, New iclion of*thc selling agent 10 tif the town's promtnHit youn apfrcomon "It is i conceded thai, as no-' ovorjoint conference of the "They were carefully watched, ho\v-s ever, and were seen to slip several dishes from the counters into their wiitats. ' They were surrounded by the i mploycs and taken to the general «Dftices. The police were notified mid they were later taken to headquarters. They were forced to admit having taken the articles which they had been delated In the act of taking'. |ut tlicy strenuously denied ever bavif taken anything before. Then th(£ were searched by the matron. ThK eareh was productive of suits. Details cannot be entered into, out it may be mentioned in passing that a i number of articles, including bulky books, a pair of boy's trousers, a half dozen pieces of ohinn, and other tilings were foutid about the women's York Mossbury itya that the serouudnr.s for it Empire Stats Juries Would Convict hit known to I coal ttiey cut) gi order to compel Ulttir xifniosivsi»»#•*■* in him fi target for Hicks and house with shot i nd llr-lil liavt1 bpo.n made hy oltlicr "After,:! long judicial experlime utit! some Ntud.v of tliis question I say to .vou. here and now, that 1 do not believe It would be possible In that great metropolitan city to draw a grand jury which would not indict for at least two ah)4 perhaps three of the most serious crimes known to law. Still further. it would not bo possible by any chalice of venue for any olio of the men so indicted, if fairly proved guilty, to escape conviction before a trial jury in any one of the other sixty counties of the great state of New York. Si UltMiuri stones, riililUil his iind caused other dnnuifie with dyiiaidditionparty conference, II' oiw .\ meeting of , officials of anthracite coal companies was held here yesterday In th,. office of President Baer, of the CCntral Itailroad of New Jersey. It was given out that the meeting was an informal one and that nothing of importance was considered. It is Still Hunting Rockefeller lnltf criminal is- held, must come about as a development of the meetings of the oppfising forces being hold in Indianapolis at "What about John 1D. Rockefeller': Was there any discussion pertaining to him?" Mr. Ha (I ley was asked. prosecution Mr .Mosshu ry announces lit* will bring i*iviI suits against the ofrenders.tile same time "The question of subpoenaing John ID. Rockefeller did not enter into the discussion with Mr. Kdd.v. We have been mid tire still endeavoring to se- The norenaders, 50 in nnmWr, appeared at the 'Mossbury home last Thursda.y night and when Mossbury with his sen and daughter-in-law appeared on the porch the crowd threw a volley of stones, one of these hitting the elder man in the leg, causing "H painful wound. Incensed with rage, lie drew a revolver, and tiring into the air. ordered the crowd to leave. "Certainly I'll give you 100,(HH),'' Mr. Carnegie announced, and the committee cheered. There was more informal talk, and then Mr. Carnegie surprised every one present by Ills high praise of the city and Ids assertion that he did not think $100,000 sufficient for a library here. of the members of the miners' national executive board, which Indicates tha( they believe that I lit re is yet: hope for a settlement with their eihployers ami that at least that jiar of their demands which relates to a 'substantial increase in wages' will f:uvs known, however, that the question under discussion was whether the operators will hold any further negotiations with the miners' delegates, either with the main body or with the sub- cure service on hint Revelations of a "spy" system maintained by Standard (HI to throttle competition Were made at the investigation committee of seven The CDr'K|l'ml programme for flu negotiations lias been upset by tin of tiic interstate commerce commission into clitiriscs of discrimination in railway rales on oil. tiled by the Kansas Oil Producers' association. K, 1 D. Wilthost, now an independent dealer. I nil formerly an agent for Standard Oil at Topeka. was asked how lie gotint'ornifi tlon from railroads as to shipments l»y competitors of Standard Oil. be granted "I'll ma kt* it lie Hit ill. And then tin* niiiyor in Whalf of the city thanked Mr. ('anienie for the jfift. "This does not mean that the law is seeking to take vengeance or that its representatives should enter upon a reckless crusade. Tlle.v will indict and convict not because one thief has exposed another or the newspapers have published charges, but for the reason that the law has been outraged, that trusts have been betrayed and that palpable, demonstrated wrongs have beeli done not only to individuals, but to society itself. action of the operators in sending their refusal of Ihe men's demands to Mr. Mitchell in writing. The plan was to hold a joint meeting of the two In reply tn a question whether there would be a Strike, Mr. Mitchell said: .Mitchell 11ns lIo|MX. His act only served to enrajrc them, ;mil after sending a part of their num- "Yesterday Detective Delter and Davisj and Captain Williams journeyed to Wilkesbartv and • Pittston and secured search warrants. Armed with these they searched the houses of all of the prisoners anil recovered a vast amount of stolen stuff of all sorts and descriptions. It included an infinite variety of articles, ranging from books lo rubber gloves and silken shawls. Mr. Carnegie arrived here with his daughter, whom lie is taking to Hot Springs for her health. ber after shotguns. members of the mob began a fusillade which did not diminish until nearly four hours later. 1 cannot say as tn that. Of course committees of seven after the proposals of the.miners had been submitted we are in hopes of reaching terms with the operators at our convention."i Dver :Do shots were llred during litis tinu', and when the crowd ceased llr* Mr. Carnegie gav»» $10,000 to the Kailroad Young Men's Christian association here. but the operators now assert that a joint conference would be farcical in flew o{ (lie fact that they have rejected each of the demands—unle.'d of course, the miners are willing to hack down. "But tilt' convention was ostensibly called to reach terms with thC bitu- IllK sit i o'clock Friday morning, the whutie trees in the front yard were shot to pieces, the roof of the porch ruinous operators cials. 1 never went to the railroad ofH said tile witness I always Yes lie replied, "and we hope we able to do that." New York. March 14.—Jerome Alexandre. twenty years old aud heir to $1,500,000. has eloped with and married the stenographer of his stepfather, l'aul Bonner. The bride's name is Violet Adelaide Oakley. Eloped With Stepfather's Stenographer got my information from employees of the railroad. 1 was allowed $s a mouth to spend with railroad employees in buying drinks atal making myself a good fellow, and I was permitted to and "parts "of the house were riddled wilii shot and the fences in the iin- may lie i "What anthracite to grunt any of the thraclte miners' demands?" nbout the "At the residences of Mrs. Hacliman and Mrs. Brown several dozen pieces of china were found. They were all of the same set, showing that tlie women had apparently gone deliberately about the picking up of complete dinner sell* front the "open stock" in the IDong store. The totai However, there may be a joint conference after all. and there is some hope that an agreement can be reached if the operators will consent to a mediate vicinity were laid Hat oil tin utors" refusal oper- Deprecates Public Hysteria ground "No extravagant demands should be made upon responsible officials within reasonable limits of time, no account should be taken of hysteria or purely popular cries, and, above all things, unreasonable or offensive methods of publicity should be avoided, but the outraged majesty of the law should be vindicated, crimes against our civilization should be punished and the supremacy of morals should be once more established. • Luter the ltoMieglpK force secured five sticks of dynamite and exploded "It looks," he replied tliey are looking for a strike "What will the miners be looking as though conference give away oil and gasoline io railroad employees and report such gifts us 'do- all tif them simultaneously. Nearly 'every window ill the house was shattered ami its occupants bailly frightened. When the crowd dispersed MUST STAND TRIAL. value of the articles recovered is about $100. They were identified by representatives of the several stores from Which they were taken. These included the Long stores in this city and in Wilkesbarre, Goldsmith's Bazaar. the Globe Warehouse and C. S. Higgins Vetoes Saxe Bill nations I cannot say as to that. The an- thracite miners' scale committee will come to Indianapolis for the convention. and. of course, we will have to decide on our polity. I could only Albany, N. Y., March 14.—Governor Higgins vetoed the bill of Senator Sax® providing for the taxation of personal property of nonresidents. Judge Wheaton lief used to Quash Ill- Promised More Pay Than President. "I was also instructed to promise railroad employees good positions with the Standard Oil company. I was, instructed to tell them that a mail could get a salary with Standard Oil greater than the president of the I'nited States nearly two bushels of empty shotgun shells were pinked up in the front dictnient in llanover Township School Directors' Case yard speak for one person, and," of course, I cannot do that until I have confer- The physicians of Pittston and West Pittston have discontinued the use of the old 'phone, and are now using the new 'phone exclusively. 24ml According to an opinion handed down by Judge Wheaton, this morning, in the case of the Commonwealth vs. H. H. Hughes, et. til., the. act of June 3, 1885, under which the Han- Woolworth's OCTOGrENARIAN DEAD red with the committee '"After the stuff had been all laid out carefully the three women were brought up separately last night and put through an exhaustive examination by Superintendent Day. The result of tills Investigation was that Mrs. Bachman confessed to having stolen fifty-eight separate articles and that Mrs. Brown pleaded guilty to having stolen thirty-six separate articles. Mrs. Connell would own up to having stolen only three articles. She refused to admit having taken a number fDf things found in her home and apparently never used. "Nothing is more incumbent upon our people than recognition of the fact that few new enactments are needed for the correction of these giant evils. receives. This system of bribery was iniiuirtinited lD,v Sinml.inl oil aiul lias Well, your friend, P. L. Kobbins says that you and he had a nice loiif? talk down at New York, and that you then called up the President of the United States and had him write those peace letters for you. Will he do the name thing to relieve the anthracite John Dersheimer, one of the older residents of Lackawanna county. Clied last night shortly before 11 o'clock at his home in Dalton. aged X4 years. Death was due to old age, he being in failing health some time, but was confined to his bed only a few days He was a native of Pennsylvania, and was born at Chestnut Hill. Northampton county. May 22. 1S.22, of German parentage, gome years later his par- iOLEYSIIONHMEAR over township school directors were arrested for aiding and abetting with a tax collector to defraud, is constitutional, and therefore the defendants will have to stand trial. After discussing "at some length the reasons tiled by the defendants' attorneys, John T. Lenahan and John McGahren, Judge Wheaton concludes his opinion by refusing to quash the indictment. true for years "That a few rich men have either strained the moral law or broken the criminal law vonsti lutes no reason for condemning the majority, who, bringing to the industrial work of the world great abilities united to lofty charac- Wilthoyt said that Standard Oil. by keeping track of shipments, knows the names of ail dealers who buy from independents. In this way while a Standard Oil agent he went to each purchaser ami either tied him up to Standard with a contract or cut the price so that lie lost money on oil received from independent refiners. for chUdnn; oafm, turfi Ho oplatoo Houck drug store. H. H. Tinker. situation?" Mitchell turned around in his Chair and chewed his cigar. He evidently was npt going to make the break that Uobhins made in exposing the President's peace hand. "I suppose," Jie said, "that ho would tlrst want to see his first move successfully worked J%r  ter. have never consciously done an illegal or an immoral act. '■nts removed to Hanover Green, between Wl Ikesbarre, and Nantieoke. and later they took possession of a farm at Ilansom, Pa., where he liv- The Hanover township school directors were arrested, with Tax Collector H. II. Hughes, by County Detective Richard C. Jones 011 the ehiU'ge of abetting in the crime to defraud Hanover township. When the case was called for trial at the January term of Quarter Sessions the defendants' attorneys moved to quash the "All at once, with a growth like Jonah's gourd, there came to our people the knowledge of a new kind of wealth. Individual fortunes, amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars, were seen to be the product of a few years' devotion to a single industry. "The Standard Oil company, while 1 was with them," said Wilthoyt, "was charged a car by the Terminal company in St. Louis for transporting a car from East St. Louis, 111., to St. Louis, Mo. To save this $5 Standard Oil laid a pipe line under thCD river, and every car o." oil bound westward would be pumped out in EiNC St. Louis and pumped into another car in St. Louis. This .*•"D a car was that much off the ability of the independent dealer to live in competition with Standard ait- "It was learned from Mrs. Rachtnan that muffs played a large part in the thefts. The women would go into a store carrying a muff and would carelessly lay it down over some article. In picking it up again the handinside would clasp this certain article." ed some years. Mr. Dersheimer learned the carpenter trade in his early manhood, following this until 1859 when, having acquired a competency, he removed to Dalton to live a retired life. He was three times married. The funeral will be held frofn his late home Friday morning at 10 o'clock. The interment will be in the cemetery President John Fahy, of the Shamolcin district. President W. H. Dettrey, of the Hasleton district, and W. H. Hartlein, secretary-treasurer of the Shamokin district, three of the anthracite leaders, arid leaders of the anthracite miners' sub-scale committee held a conference with President John Mitchell yesterday. Comfort & Political Corruption Alleged. Oil heaters at Ash's, "Then came the 'floater,' dealt, with in 'blocks' of increasing size, until today there are in some of our states ru- indlctment jQow fPncGS PRIEST DECLINES. SPECIAL NOTICES Rev.' A. T. Brodcrick, of Montrose lit Newton President T. D. Nieholls, of the Wilkesbarre-Scranton district, arrived and most of the full scale committee will be here in time for a. conference today. This conference will consider the reply of the anthracite operators and will decide whether or not the anthracite matter will be handled here in the national convention or in a special convention of the anthracite districts immediately following the Indianapolis convention. On tlie settlement of this question will hinge the time and place of making a formal reply to the operators and the preparations for the meeting with the anthracite operators in New York city. nil communities, in some cases counties, to say nothing of cities, where not less than a fourth or a third of their voters are known to have been open to the approach of the briber. is not to be pastor of the new Tripp Park parish, to be erected out of St. Patrick's, on the West Side and Holy Rosary, in the North End, Scranton. TAFT CONFERS. MARKET REMOVED So to-the On March 15th we will change loca- E Official Returns. Washington, March 14.—Secretary of War Taft today will confer with his brother in New York to decide whether he will accept th,. seat on the bench of the supreme court, which has been offered to him by the president. His other brother. Charles P. Taft, of C'Cnielnnati. will be present at the meeting, as well as some of the secretary's political and business friends. The question will be considered from a political as well as a family and personal standpoint. If Mr. Taft does decide to don the ermine the Interesting prediction is tion of our meat market from 28 S. Rt. Rev. Bishop Hoban left it optional with Father Brodcrick whether he would accept or not. From a close friend of Father Broderiek's it was ascertained that he will not accept. New York. March 14.—The New York American says that General Louis Fitzgerald, former chairman of the finance committee of, the Equitable I.ife Assurance society, who was desired as a witness by the Armstrong investigating committee, has returned tc New York. Main to M. Connors' old stand, 40 "Every state legislature became first the resort of a lobby, and when this became too expensive the method was changed, and the boss came to his own. 8. Main. Hallock's Meat Market PERSONAL ATTENTION 1(3)1101 SHOE STIIE9 "During the last year the country has been listening with open, eager ear to revelations of I lie most astounding character. In ibis time we have become familiar with breaches of trust, involving the rifling of graves and the robbery of widows and orphans; with combinations in which now one group of financiers, now another, has played its part, and with pretentious business enterprises whose securities were writ FINE GIFT. to all watch and jewelry repairing work guaranteed; Harry W. Yaseen J. L. Crawford, widow of the late J. U Crawford, Die well known Scranton coal operator, lias endowed Dickinson college, at Carlisle, with a purse or $5,000 in memory of her husband, and in return the trustees of the collet;*' have decided to call one of the halls in the new- college building "Crawford Hall." Although the endowment was made some months ago. the information has just become Mrs. jeweler. 63 North Main St. Care and Croker to Visit New York, promptness with all repairs. Now York. March 14.—Richard Croker lias written to friends in the llcraoeratic flub that he is coming to New York for a vi*ltND£ several weeks early In May. Thfr principal objoet of his visit in to attend the interment of on* New York. March 14.—A meeting of officials of the anthracite coal companies was held here yesterday in the ofiice of President Baer of the Central .Railroad of New Jersey. It was Said that the meeting was an informal one and that nothing of importance Operators Hold Meeting:. All varieties fresh fish. Sharps, ' made that Senator Spooner, of Wtei cousin, will be appointed to succeed i him as secretary of war. It is known thai overtures to this effect have Been made to the senator and it is said he lias not been averse to considering the Pish orders delivered. Sharps' mar- X9 N. Mail St. in water.' " ket, of his souk Fresh shell oysters nt Sharps' ISiK* for moving. i'itUtvn lee Co. public Uigs tor movme. Plttston Ice Co. proposition