The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-06-21

strike of the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers was ordered fOT last Monday. st
a liked hour of that day every locomotive in
the United States was to be abandoned
every train was 10 be brought to n stand-still.
aud all traffic and travel was to be cut off
TIL demand for an increase of wages had
been acceded to. Business was to be suffered
Ito anguish, and the irrepressiSle conflict
between labor and capital was to be fought
out on line then to be plainly determined
The sequel to all this unhealthy bosh is that
the trains ran Monday usual, and
have since continued so TO run, though in
the estimation of many the struggle is only
postpone0-not abandoned.
-Picnics promise TO i've abundant on the
coming anniversary of American Independ-
ence. In our own town, or rather in beau
tlful grove Immediately west Of town, the
la'tes connected with the Church of the
Holy Name intend to commemorate the
event with picnic that are sure will he
first class in every respect the object being
10 aid ia the paying of the church debt,
while at Carrolttown and Chest Springs
/ which are proverbial for entertainments of
that kind which cannot be surpassed, the
day, and, so far as CarrOlltown is concerned
the day after, will be made Joyful by the
biggest and best efforts in that line ever
heretofore attempted i n said localities. In
the first instance-that of CarroIltown-a
! large brick school house now in course OF
erection is to be aided, AMI in the latter case
the Chest Springs Park Association is tc be
given a benefit. .-.
On the charge of having been guilty of
( the Offense of disturbing a religious meeting,
no less than fourteen persons were arrested
/ In Jackson township by Constable WHEREBY
/ last Saturday and brought before Esquire
Kinkoad for a hearing. The prosecutor is
Mr., Webster ErEllier, and he as well as all
/ the defendants receive religious instruction
I In tho same church. which is of the Dunk
/ ard persuasion. The grounds on which the
} Information was based are, in brief, that
few Sundays since the prosecutors father
Mr. Samuel Brallier, arose in church for the
I purpose of prOnOuncing discourse, when
/ the defendants refused to sit under his
/ teachings and withdrew from the house
I quietly, one story gives it; in n boisterous
I and unseemly manner, another version runs.
/ A hearing was waved and the defendants
! III The sum OF S15c each, were held to an
swer at Court
In the exercise OF what ne considered
/ his duty as a landlord, Mr.. Michael Fitz-
4 harris had recently occasion to eject Mr..
| Herman IindstrOm from the portals of the
/ st. Lawrence Hotel, Altoona. The latter in
sttuted an action for assault and battery be-
/ Tore Recorder Greevy, and the case came up
/ for hearing on Monday. Then there was
: lUn. After hearing of the testimony the
/ Recorder, under city ordinance, imposed
/ a fine Of Sl3 on Mr. Eitzharris An appeal
was asked, whereupon Messrs. Herr and
shaw, OF council employed, engaged in q
\ violent war of words, followed by denun-
/ clatiou by the former gentleman of the
( Recorders court as farce" The Record
/ er resented the insult by requiring Mr. Herr
/ to either apologize, furnish bail, or be COM
| mitted to Jail. He would do neither, but
dched the Recorder and walked away
/ subsequently, however, he was arrested and
! put under bonds of $780, and peace once
more reigned--for the time being.
! John Swartz, Esq, one of Altoona's
oldest and most highly esteemed citizens
| was stricken by paralysis last THURSDAY
/ evening and died the following morning It
/ gives us pain to pen this announcement, for
| we knew the deceased well, and knew him
/ TO he the pOssesSOr of the lindest of hearts
ana the cheerfullest of dispositions. Though
/ through life he bore with him the conscious
! ness of defOrmity of body, yet the sterling
/ qualities of his mind shone forth pre-emi-
nent, and won for him high rank in
/ society. Since 1869, when he became a
! resident Of Altoona, up to the time of his
! death, lie was an inmate of the office of
/ Hon. John Reilly, Superintendent of Trans
! portation OF tho Pennsylvania Railroad
| where he performed the .onerous duties of
/ what Is technically known as Gloss and
| damage clerk" He served in the Citv
/ Council and was President of that body, but
/ declined further public service. The age
/ OF the deceased was 55 years, months, and
/ 21 days.
! The seven prisoners onvicted of crimes
OF various grades at our late session of Court
were successfully located in the peniteutiarv
at Allegheny by Sheriff Ryan and a couple
/ OF deputies las: Thursday. Donnelly, the
alleged horse thief, accompanied the gang as
lar as Greenshurg, where he was turned over
/ by Constable Whereby 20 the custody of the
I WeStmoreland county authorities. This
/ latter individual Mr.. WHEREBY saws seemed
! to he highly pleased with the set of bracelets
which adorned his wrists and took special
care to exhibit them and make grotesGue
comments about them to such of his ac-
Qualntances as he chanccd TO meet on the
way down. Es expresses his determination
10 come back at IN early day and secure the
arrest oi the party from whom he AYERS that
ne obtained the stolen animal through the
medium Of a horse trade, the only difficulty
attending tho execution of this purpose be-
Ing his inability To find a person of means
possessed Of confidence enough in him to go
his bail for appearance, etc.
Isaac Ettien, a brakeman on the first
National freight line east from Altoona
left that city on his regular run at o'clock
Sunday evening. An hour and a half later
at Spruce Greek, blood was noticed on the
bumper Of car, ,aud investigation discovered
the TACT that 2ttien missing from his
post. Search was made for the BODY and
ultimately, at point near Fostoria, it was
/ discovered, but scattered in fragments
aioEg the track q distance of two hundred
yards- These were gathered up and for
warded to Harrisburg, Ettiens late home
ior lnterment. Owing to the fact that there
Is no bridge OF other projection on the line
OF tue road in the neighborhood of where the
remains were found, against which the un-
fortunate man could have been dashed the
cause of the horrible accident is sErouded
IN mystery. Foul play is limited at and
ire cOitraternity of tsamps is viewed with
suspicion IN connection with the affair bur
nothing to Justify any other than a verdict
OF accidental death has been discovered
Mt. Ettien was 39 years of age and leaves a
family.