Daily Republican., 1885-05-05
Board of Education.
THE NEW SCHOOL BOARD-THE
OLD OFFlCER8 BE-ELECTED
WITHOUT OPPOsITION.
APPOINTING COMMITTEES.

The Board of Education met on Mon
day night for organization. B. r Heis
ler was chosen temporary Chairman.
and Henry B. Morrow temporary Sec
rerary.
j. H. Hoffecker, Jr., T. Elwood Sing
ley and DR.. Keables we're appointed q
Committee On Credentials. after which
th Board took recess until the COM
mittee was prepared to report.
At $50 o'clock the Board was again
called to order, when Mr.. Hoffecker
stated the certificate Of the member
from the Eleventh ward was looked up
in the ballot box, and asked that the
box be opened. The request was grant
cd, and soon afterwards the COMMITTEES
reported the following Ms elected mem
bors OF the Board for two ears:
First ward, L. W. Palmer; Second
ward. Charles L Simmons; Third ward,
Ayers 8. Webster FourGh ward, John
Hanson Fifth ward, 8. Redmond
Smith Sixth ward, Samuel r. Belts
Seventh ward, Charles Baird; Eighth
ward, Edwin Kershaw; Ninth ward.
Dr. Il. G. Shortlidge ; Tenth ward,
William G. Grier /; Eleventh ward Sam.
N. Trump.
The report WAS accepted, and all the
new mem bers present being sworn in,
the oath being administered by Mr..
Heisler. Charles L. Simmons and 8.
B. Smith were absent.
On motion of DR.. Ke bles, the Board
proceeded to the election of officers.
when Charles Baird for Presi-
dent, Henry b. Morrow for Secretary
and Treasurer, and James r. DALEY for
Bailif, were unanimously elected, ex.
cept that Mr.. Baird instead of voting
for himself voted for DIR. Shortlidpe.
Mr.. Baird acknowledged the compli-
ment paid him in few appropriate re.
marks, and before ad djournment he made
pointed address and advised wise ex-
penditures of the money entrusted to
their care by the tax payers of the city,
that they may give good account Of
their stewardship.
Labor Notes.
The striking coal miners in the Belle.
vile district of Illinois resumed work
yesterday morning. 1t is said that
many CT the operators are paying tho
price demanded by the miners.
The U nited Nailers of America. {"
composed exclusively of nail cutters. on
Saturday sent out from their headquar-
ters at Bellaire, Ohio, q scale of wages
to 60 into effect on June1. The scale
10 Identical with that of the Amalpa.
mated Association except that steel
and iron nails are placed on the same
basis. The Amalgamated Association
demands 20 per cent. additional for
steel nails, and the action of the nail
ers in reducing the scale is regarded as
declaration cf war on the old assccia.
ton.
The strike at the Monitor Colliery at
Locust Gap, Pennsy lvania, operated BY
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Com pany, was ended yester-
day. All the tools of tho striking
miners were brought to the surface and
the positions vacated two weeks ago
were given to other employees at an
increase of fifteen cents car over the
price previously paid.
About 450 shop hands of the Denver
and Rio Grande Railroad, in Denver
anu Salida, Colorado. struck yesterday
for .he discharge of two Objectionable
foreman and the reinstatement of
about q dozen men,"
The mines at Garfield Colliery, at
ShamokiD, Penna., have struck for an
advance OF 20 cents per yard. The ad.
vance has been refused and the colliery
is now idle.
The Grand Trunk Railway workmen
at Montreal met again yesterday and
twice voted almost unanimously to
strike. After the votes we're taken a
large portion of the men moved back
the works, and the remainder,
seeing them weaken" turned in also;
so the strike collapsed.
A firm in Hartford, Connections, has
received an order from the Italian
Government for one hundred Gardner
machine guns, to be delivered within a