The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-29
MAssILLON MATTERS.
West End News Notes and Personal and
General Items Of Interest,


General ltems Of Interest,
0ne man IN the lookup for drunken
ness.
Mr.. Robert Lomady has given up his
agency for beer.
Clarence Rudolph, of Akron, spent
Easter with friends Ia the city.
u. NJ. Corl, editor Of the Navarro In TO-
pendent, paid our city n visit Saturday,
Smoke the Buckeye Beauty" sod by
Phil. Blumenschein at tue Hotel Conrad
cigar store.
Tom Rect, who hes been attending
school az Hudson, spent Easter at home
with his parents.
Give the "P b." q trial. One OF the
best clgars sold by Phil. Blumenschein
at Hotel Conrad,
Mrs. 0 j VOgelgeeape, Of Canton, is
spending q week with her plrenta, Mr..
and Mrs. l. ROyer, Il North Erie street.
On May 8,h an excursion will leave
New York for Europe. The fare will be
only $2l Tickets for sale by N. Antonls.
A new bank has been opened upon the
Camp farm, near McFarren's, hy AL
bright % Co. The vein 10 4 to ~ feet
thick
Nick WallbOld moved his family TO
Juslus last Friday ana on Monday he
moved back TO thp city again. He had
employment there, but his wife became
homeal k, and for that reason he re-
turned.
Peter Huver was brought before Jns.
tice Walter, charged with Keeping 1915
belonging 10 Peter Wolf, who IL hia
partner In the same room In coal
bank. He ltfl $lb 90 with the Justice
10 pay the above amount and costs.
TIE following letter was received
from George p, Allen, q former Massll'
l0nlan but now OF San Francisco, Cal,
by one Of his friends In this city:
sAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Anril 10 h, 1886,
noticed among the Maasillon items
In the CANTON DAILY DEMOCRAT, hand
ed me by "A former CantObian, u letter
from Lewis Mander who recently came
10 San Franclac0 to work NJ the cigar
trade, l will atate for the benefit OF our
MaeslllOn friends that the wages qnoted
by him are considerably below the aver
age made In white labor ah0pa. We
have the finest bill OF prices here In the
west side, and II we are euCcesaful IL
dlsplacing the Chinese entirely we can
maintaln the present prices for good.
Five thousand Chlnamen were employ.
cd In the cigar Industry on the 2nd OF
January last when the hrst lot OF Inter
national cigar makers arrived from the
east. which numbered over 200. Since
then another lot OF about the same
number has been added to the white
cigar makers OF the Pacific coast, and
next week there will be l50 more added
TO the number, The white manufac'
turers, with o few exceptions, have dis
charged all their Chinese wOTkmen. II
will not r qulre more than 1000 white
cigar makers to dieplace the 5000
| Chinese, aa the whites work much
faster, and make their work equally
az gcoj, which fact Ia acknowl.
edged by the manufacturers,
There Ia, however, quite number OF
Chinese cigar manufacturers In China
town, who seem TO be duing a thriving
business. They gather up cigar stumps
and buy damaged tobacco from white
manufacturers and dealers which they
manufacture into cigars. They carry q
supply OF loose cigars In their blouse
sleeves, " hich III yr tail on the streets
In Chinatown. They also refill boxes
which have been uaed. all for the good
OF the country. They work, eat ard
sleep In cellars, Inn ort from China all
they eat and wear, and return all their
profits TO China In hard cash. Why
ahould not the much abused strangers
be encouraged 10 stayp Tho agitation
10 increa, Ing on the coast. All branches
OF industry arefalllng Into line, and the
battle cry IN, boycott them, aud II sue
ceaa does not crown our Efforts before
next fall, We will elect DR.. o. 0. McDon.
aid Governor OF California, He swears
II elected, he will turn every gun In the
State on Chinatown, and how them Il
h.
N. B.--If any OF our Masslllon friends
deaire II, we will send them sample
box Of Chinese cigars for private smo'
king. 6EoRGRP. ALLEN,
MAssILLoN, April 2S.