The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-03-30
COMMUNICATION.

gttring wrong perpetEated on this community
Dy IT'S continuance. The Cambria Iron Co. ru n
the rolling mill, the steel works the blast fur
haces' the ore and coal mines, the woolen fac
~ toIiSS' etc. Ihe wages paid in these several de-
PatihieuIS are rully ~ per cent. less than those
patd IN Pittsburgh and at other points. The
hIoiIeht man goes to work for this Company
take it home TO his family. For two IN onths he
must labor hard before he can hope or expect
10 receive one cent of his earnings AT the end
or the second month his account Is footed up
ana one months wages, less thcamount charged
during the two months on his darling pass book,
is then paid 10 him. BY this method of doing
business Wood, Morrell Il Co. are constantly in
dollars. not one cent of which justly or honest
ly belongs To them. Ii they must retain such
Il large sum of money not their own, why not
allow every man from W HON they withhold any
portion OF IL a fair per centage for the use of
his money! This or course would be too hon
est and honorable, and would rebound too
much TO the advantage of the lahorin@ man.
not the Company sell the store goods which
they buy with the poor mems money just as
as other stores in town do for the cash? This
they do not do. for il is well known that TWEEN
store as twenty-five dollars charged on Il pass
hook will buy at the Company's store. This of
course is not cheating. (?) Then again, a woman
often buys an article in the CompanN's store
which she could aud would do without if she
had TO pay ready cash for it. This proves the
pasS-book system to be Il temptation. IL she
wishes to go to the Union Hall mot the Opera
House) to see some swindling play-actor she
can get an admission ticket and fifty cents Gosh
Is ientered 'On her pasS-bOok. She can buy a
fancy comb or tooth brush. powder. paint and
hair oil. and because she can get them charged
in the paSs-hoOk she thinks they are cheap and
that she cannot really do without them. Or if
she has hankering after an oyster stew while
her husband is on the ''night-turn.' or at any
Other rime, she can crafty her appetite by sim
plv taking with her the all-gettinv Dass-boOL
She can likewise get her meat sausage cab
bage, etc. from Wood. Morrell & Co. and have
IL all charged on the inevitable pass-hook 1t
ia even rumOred that they are going to start a
milk wagon and hawk the tactical fluid all over
town. They may well do it, for they have
9aNrfa mi rl from to-
pigs ring to a live bullock. Now if the Pa.
r; r. Co should establish mammoth stores in
Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Altoona and Pitts
hurgh, or at any Of those places, on the same
sweeping scale. what a howl of Indignation
for monopOlizing n legitimate traffic which OF
right belongs TO Others And yet this is exact
ly what the Cambria Iron Company are doing
and have been doing for many years past
Persons outside OF this locality may he led
astray by supp@sing that the Hon. u. j. MorreII
Is the prime mover in this monstrOus monopo-
ly- The contrary is the fact. for we have it on
good authority that Mr. Morrcll and one or two
other leading menin the Company are opposed
to the system. But against these honorable
leeches who would crush out all fair nd legiti-
mate competition in order the more, effectua!ly
Morrell to remedy this crying evil, now that the
almost united voice of our people has been
least would NOT willingly dcfraud the lnborer
OF any part of his wages or make hankrupts of
our merchants. One need only look about him
I" see duilness in our stores and dependency
mark ed on the faces of our business men. And
the company 5 mammoth store, like mighty
maetstrnIn is attracting towards it the hun
dreds Of working men and gobhlipV up their
hard earnings by means of the pass-hook sys-
tom. More anon. ANTI-MOSOPOLIST.
LIST OF JURORS.-The following named gen
tlemcn have been drawn tn serve as Grand and
Traverse Jurors at the coming juno Term of
our Comfy Court:
Grand Jurors
Ftske A: H, Foreman, merchant, White twp.
Brown j ohm, merchant, Croyie township.
fan .JA
CuhiCk l.. b., coal merchant, ConcIIIaugh hOr.
Davis A. b.. constahIe, .Iahnstown j borough
DOnuhoe Patk, jr., carpenter, learfed twp.
Doyle Michael, carpenter, GallitZin twp.
Doran VIM. farmer, Sumrnerhill township.
Fry Sebastian, ca binet maker. Lorctto bOr.
Good Isaac, superintendent. GalIitZin twp
Gutwalt George. drayman, Gallitzn twp.
G1lim VIM, farmer. jackson township.
Gregory stephen, carpenter MillviIle bor.
James Joseph, farmer. Cambria township.
Jones Thomas, minister, Ebenshurg borough.
Johnston james, laborer, SummitviIIe Dor.
McBreen Thomas. painter. Ebensburg bor.
McGraw Peter, agent, Washington Iwp.
Schroth Lawrence. inn keeper, Carrolitown
Saupp VIM: merchant Chest Springs hor.
Thompson ASberry, clerk, Washington twp.
White Alex. g, roller, Johnstown borough
Young Sam1 f., clerk, Johnstown borough.
TTdreTSe JUrors-Efrt Ueck
Allegheny Twp.-Benjamin Anderson Henry
Little Michael MEG uire, Charles \. HcMullon,
Blackjack Twp.-OIiver Reed.
Croyle Twp--Silas Burk. Casper Dimond.
=, Carrontowh Bor.-Francis Bearer, Jos. Behe,
Carroll Twp.-Francis stritmatter, Jas Weak
Chest Twp.-Richard Elder Charles Gill. Am
brose Hubert, John ScheIl.
conemaugh Borough-And'w CARRIER, David
Cambria Twp.-Henry Rorabaugh.
East Conemaugh Bor.-I.awrencc FurIong.
Ebensburg Bor.-Rowland r. Davis John
Lloyd, Thomas w. Williams -
Johnstown BOr.-Jacob NJ. Campbell, Thos.
:. Da vIs. C. B- Ellis, John Eldridge, Geo. Saylor,
Mily!Ile Bor.-Robert Boyle, John Hogan,
Munster Twp.-G Gorge Mccullough. -.
Idchland Twp John =. w. .Gearhart
=, snmmerhill Twp.-ThOs- Doran, Jos. Emigh,
Summi5yille BGr.-John E; Storm.
Washington TWP. II. George, James Hud-
son, N, John Kelly John Porter, W. Woodward.
Woodvaie Bor--Charles Karlor.
Wilmore Bor.--Joseph Miller
TrTUeYsc Jl,11y-s-Sccoud Vvve,k-
Allegheny Twp.-Edward Farabaugh, Peter
Adams Twp.-Israel Goughnour
CieaTteidd iFWwPP:-H -ri6 smry II r, Campbell;
Conemaugh Bor.--Ahlum Cope, Charles Kin
Conemaugh Twp.-Samuel Warner.
Nv, lam bria Bor.-Patrick Daley, james Maloy,
Cambria Twp.-ROhert D. Davis.
Carroll SarroIit town own B9rIFrancis Flick;
Carr3il fwp.-Rtchd Hughes, Francis Kirk
patrick Casper Leib, Nicholas Lambour, VIM.
Chest Springs Bor.-James A. Li,tlefield, J.
Ehensburg Bor.- Edward Dougherty. Isaac
Evans, Frederick kittell, Robert LitzinEer
Gallitzin Twp.-Mathew Dignan, ,Thos Maher
David stephens, Patrick Smith, John Troxen.
Jackson Tp.-Henry Anstadt, Jos Cot1augh
JohnstOwn Bor.-John Brady. Jacob Fend
J0hn Gcarhart George F. Randolph.
Loretto BOr-James O'Donnell.
Munster Twp.-FranciS Eberly
MHlyille BOr.-Patrick Sheehan.
Rlchland Twp.-John B. Myers
Summerhill Twp,-Nichael Doran Christian
Shaffcr. ' Uni 'S'it'ii
Wa,shington Twp.-John Itel. John c. Noel.
Miimore Bor--Samuel Kephart.
white Twp--Samucl Kuhn altare
Ioder Twp.-Jacob p. Struyer
STEAM SAW MILL EXPLOsIoN-TtCp Yo,tno
afternoon last the boiler of II portable steam
saw mill the property of Mr.. Joseph Behe.
situated IN the borough of Carrolltown ten
miles north of this place, exploded with a ter
rinc crash The result was indeed terrible.
Two young men, one Il son of the proprietorof
the mil aud another, named Zoiner. were killed
outright, one OF them being blown almost 10
atoms. In addition to this, another yoIInu
Behe was so badly hurt that his life is des,aired
of, and several other employees at the mill were