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Subject: [PACLEARF] CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN - June 20, 1902 - Miscellaneous News
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 17:53:12 -0500

A Kick from Graham Editor Republican, Dear Sir:-- Being a constant reader of your paper and not seeing any news from Graham township, I though perhaps you would like to hear from that district. So to pass the time away I want to quote you some of the doings of the Graham township officers, which I hope you will publish for the benefit of the tax-payers of that district. I wish to speak of the roads. Graham township has very poor roads and of course there is some reason for this. Let me mention one cause which was plainly illustrated last Monday by one of the supervisors and his chief advisers. As I was passing over one of the roads I came to where one of the supervisors had four or five men sledging stones in the roads, and not seeing any teams about I supposed that the stones had been pitched off the bank by the mean who were breaking them or had been hauled the week before from the adjoining farms. But to my surprise, I found four or five more men picking stone in his brother-in-law's field a mile away from where they were being used for repairing the road. Now there are other farmers between this particular farm and where the road was being repaired that have stones piled up in heaps upon them which are as good for repairing roads as those are and much more easily broken. Whey, then, was this extra driving done unless for the purpose of saving that one man (his brother-in-law) the work of clearing up his farm at the expense of the township. It seems to me that the voters of Graham township out to wake up to a sense of their duty, go to the polls and elect men who will deal honestly with the township money and who are competent to fill the offices, and not a man who is being advised and instructed by his daddy-in-law and brother-in-laws, men who have as little common sense and good judgment as himself. Yours truly, An Observer The tax rate of Clearfield borough this year is 25 mills on the dollar. A lot of Punxsutawney fishermen are having a good time out at Stone Run. Dr. CLARK can be consulted at the Hotel Windsor on Friday, June 27. All day evening. Some of the sidewalks on our principal streets are a disgrace to a live, hustling town. Fred MOSSOP bought three fine riding and driving horses from Philadelphia last week. Some of the Elkin men about town haven't recovered from their chagrin over the defeat of the "Ploughboy." The DuBois "Courier" celebrated the fourteenth anniversary of the great DuBois fire by issuing a red edition Wednesday. Word comes from Carlsbad, Germany that Judge and Mrs. Cyrus GORDON will sail for home on July 31. The Judge is convalescing rapidly. The real estate sold at public outcry last Saturday by Squire J.C. Barclay, Administrator of the late Isreal SCHUCKER, brought good prices. That four dollar per ton ice at the HORTON home isn't keeping a bit better these hot days than the 17 cents per ton ice used by the people in town. Clarance NICHOLSON and John BRIETHAUPT, the two men who fell 60 feet from a scaffold while at work on the Opera House improvement, were on the street for the first time Tuesday. A large delegation of Clearfield county Democrats will go to Erie Monday and whooper-up for Hon. James KERR in the event he decides to stand for the gubernatorial nomination. Zenas Leonard's History The Republican has a number of inquires for Zenas LEONARD's narrative of his trip overland to the Pacific Coast back in the thirties. The book was published from this office and many copies are doubtless in the hands of our older subscribers. Anyone desiring to dispose of a copy will please communicate with us. Will Restrict the Output The Executive Board of District No. 2, United Mine Workers of America, met here Wednesday and decided to limit the output of the soft coal field one-third. This they expect to accomplish by ordering the miners to work only four days each week. Last week President GILDAY was in conference with National President MITCHELL at Wilkesbarre. Upon his return he at once summoned the Executive Board to meet here. For several weeks the officers in control of the anthracite strike have been complaining of soft coal going into the anthracite markets to fill anthracite contracts. Agitation in the direction of calling out the soft coal miners has been strong, but the contract made at Altoona last April, which runs until next April, stands in the way. In order to be true to that contract and at the same time aid their hard coal brethren, the restriction idea was agreed to. The following is the order which has gone out all over this region: CLEARFIELD, Pa., June 18, 1902 To the Local Unions, Mine Committees and Check Weighmen and Miners of Northern and Central Pa., Comprising District No. 2 of the U.M.W. of A. Greeting: -- The anthracite miners are now on strike for the purpose of enforcing a living wage and to eliminate unjust conditions. The chances to terminate the struggle are being retarded by the shipment of large quantities of bituminous coal from the bituminous coal fields of Pennsylvania, particularly from the coal fields comprising District No. 2. In order to prevent the Anthracite operators from using the miners of the Central field as a club to whip their employees and our fellow craftsmen in the Anthracite field into submission, and desirous to eliminate any factor that would have a tendency to use the men of this field for the purpose of accomplishing their avaricious scheme. All means that we have tried up to the present to prevent the shipment of Bituminous coal into those regions having proven futile, the District Executive Board of District No. 2 have determined that the exigency of the case demands the prevention, if possible, of all shipments of bituminous coal into the coal fields mentioned, and have deemed it absolutely necessary to place a restriction upon the output of this district, limiting it to four days per week. This would about place the miners of the Central field on the same working basis that existed prior to the Anthracite strike. All miners through the territory mentioned, namely, Northern and Central Pennsylvania, are therefore requested to suspend work on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week, where coke ovens are to be charged, and on Fridays and Saturdays of each week at all plants where there are no coke ovens to charge. This restriction to be in force until the strike in the Anthracite field is declared off or you receive official notification from the District officials to do so. The restriction to commence on Wednesday, June 25, and on Friday, June 27, 1902. If any mine or miners fail to comply with this request it will be interpreted as meaning that they are willing to hire themselves as tools to assist the Anthracite operators to carry out their debased purpose, and will be classified with scabs and black legs. [signed] Patrick GILDAY, President Richard GILBERG, Sec'y-Treas., George WILSON, Vice President Caught on the Crossing Monday night Thomas KING, of Allport, Morris township, left Clearfield for home, driving overland. At 10 o'clock he reached the dangerous crossing over the New York Central, this side of the Clearfield creek bridge. When about half way over the track his buggy was struck by an engine running backwards. The entire outfit, including Mr. KING, was thrown over. The horse and buggy were badly damaged and Mr. KING received several cuts and bruises. He went to the home of John H. BROWN, nearby, had his injuries attended to and proceeded on his way home. N.Y.C. Extension The N.Y.C. engineers are working on the proposed extension of that road up the river from Curwensville to Mahaffey. The Chief Engineer was ordered to run two lines for purpose of estimating cost, etc. The road is to bring all the Indiana county coal to market via water grade. The proposed new road would be water grade from Cherrytree to tide. It would lessen the distance between Mahaffey and Clearfield eight miles and would get rid of the steep grade at Hoyt's. The road will in all probability be built. Rev. STRAW on "Africa" Rev. Jacob A. STRAW, recently ordained a minister of the Lutheran church, will deliver addresses on "Africa" at Olanta Sunday evening, June 22; at New Millport June 29, and at Marron the afternoon of the same day. This will probably be the last opportunity to hear Rev. STRAW before he sails to enter upon his labors as a missionary in the Dark Continent. All are cordially invited to hear him. A Delightful Evening. A big bunch of town visitors were out at the HORTON (County) Home the other evening and made merry until the wee sma' hours. A delightful luncheon was served about midnight and everybody present paid handsome compliments to the excellence of the menu. The participants all report a grand time and all seemed glad they were there. And the county foots the bills. Rails All Laid The rails are all laid on the West Branch Valley railroad between Clearfield and Karthaus and construction trains are running over the entire line. It will be several weeks, however, before trains are run regularly as the bridges are not yet in condition for traffic. St. Francis' Commencement Commencement exercises were held at St. Francis' Parochial Schools Wednesday afternoon, June 18. The graduating class of 1902 consisted of three young ladies, Misses Clara STOCK, Phoebe BROWN and Lida BURGE. All of them acquitted themselves with great credit and won the hearty applause of the large audience in attendance at the exercises. A very pretty program of exercises, in which pupils from all the different grades participated, was carried out successfully as follows: Program Chorus - Welcome School Recitation - "Who Made the Speech" Marie BURGOON Reading - Selected Mary LYTLE Instrumental Trio Esther STOCK, Grace DOUGHERTY, Genevieve BURGOON Recitation - "When Pa was a Boy" James LYTLE Recitation - "A Girl's Composition on Boys" Phoebe SACKETT Chorus - Boat Song School Recitation - "Borgia's Vow" Lida BURGE Instrumental Duet Mary BURNS, Helen MORGAN Recitation - "The Golden Gates of the Vision" Lucy HOWE Presentation of Class. Salutatory - "Perseverance" Clara STOCK Essay - "Friendship of Nations" Phoebe BROWN Valedictory - "Music" Lida BURGE Conferring Diplomas Presentation of Medals by Rev. T.W. Cavanaugh Chorus - "Till We Meet Again" School Accompanist - Miss Mertie SOUDERS A Popular Host "Richard Evans, late of DuBois, Pa., has leased the Sea Bright Hotel, on Rhode Island Avenue, and opened it to the public on June 7. The Sea Bright is one of the oldest and most popular hotels in Atlantic City and has always enjoyed a good patronage, and as Mr. Evans is a practical hotel man he no doubt will be able to retain the patronage of the house." The above is taken from the Philadelphia "Press" of last Sunday. Everybody in Clearfield county can endorse every word and add more. There are no better hotel people than "'Dick" Evans and his estimable better-half. Clearfield people who go to Atlantic City this season will make a bee-line for the Sea Bright and consider themselves fortunate if they secure accommodations. Had Home Grown Strawberries The taxpayers of Clearfield county will be glad to learn that the HORTON Home farm produced enough strawberries this season to supply the visitors from nearby and abroad. Whether the ten cows furnished sufficient cream was not stated in the apology organ write up this week. Of course the sugar will be paid for out of the county treasury. Another Policeman At the regular meeting of Borough Council Monday evening ____ VEIHDORFER, was elected policeman for the Fourth ward. The new officer will be stationed in that end of town, but will be under the direction of Chief FLANIGAN at all times. He was recommended by Councilmen R.S. SMITH. Returned Part of the Wad A Third ward woman was sent to jail the other day for abstracting $30 from the pocket of an intoxicated fellow who visited her home. Twenty dollars of the money was returned to the victim the next day and the woman was released. The Ike Out $21 An Italian was robbed of $21 at the New York Central station Tuesday evening. He had two of his countrymen and two coons arrested by Constable ROSS, but they could not be held, as none of the money was found on them. ICQ 40792946 Gloria Butler Davis