Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-31
KIoOURNED MEETING


11sr Coxrnspopoepcs OF lxTKLLIaxNcrR.
ayuntA. Pa. March SL--An adjourned
11SS 81 oouucil wns held lest night In the
uii chember. Members present
7Ik naokor, Bdwarda :; Mnsser, TILE,
7115 1yo6n1 ~, Henry Wesierman. Chief
Jesksou reported several fire plugs
- ned Of repair. r. Wagner ap-
boeors council in reference TO the
- q Alley f., referred to the highway
6oDA A. l.. ThomaA Of the firm Of
- Anne 4 Thomas, Of Lancaster, pre'
~ Ids for fire escapes at the opera house.
I'D r. Bender of the agricultural
ekA also presented bids accompanied BY
- and specifications On motion the mat
Wns postponed to the next regular a mee., ssa
~. 6ecrotary Bockius reported that the
kS1oueh auditors had examined the finance
fSnnff for the wear and found everything
Gmroot. President Bucher reported that por-
l1one OF Perry and Union streets were niocK- ,,
n1ed with building materials oil w. -. Hli-
6ott Chief Burgess jackson will look after
1ni1 matter. DR.. Houston Miifiin appeared
bo10re council and stated that he desired to
hnl1d houses this spring, on the land situated
totWeen Eighth and Ninth and Ridge
uvunue and Blunston street. but before this
Could be dono he wanted the proper grade
Ssiablished on alley r. he also requested
thne alley II. be made 40 foot street from
Elghth TO Ninth street and he would furnish
The necessary amount Of land. Council
oould not grant the request as an ordinance
muAt be passed for such matters although the
members of council were unanimous in favor
a. widening the alley to astreet Superin-
tsndent McF'alls was instructed to place a
sleak and several chairs in the room in the
opera house, now occupied by the nre insur-
aico company, and on April lst demand the
loSse be renewed. President Bucher thanked
the members Of council for the manner in
which they supported him during the past
year and pointed with pride to the work
done by council.
Election Of Officers by Red Men.
At the regular meeting of Chiquesalunga
tribe No. 80, of Red men, held last evening,
the following officers were elected to serve
for the ensuing term: Sachem, ii. NJ.
Sample; senior sycamore, w. A. CLOSER
Junior sycamore, G. G. SEIZURE prophet, Jno.
81. Kline; chief of records, Emanuel New.
Comer; asst chief OF records, b. 4. Clair
keeper OF wampum, V. J. Baker; trustee
John Harsh; representative to great council
Edward Harsh.
The lockout at fendrich's Factory.
This morning committee consisting o
several members of the Cigarmakers' Inter
national Union, No. 241, of Columbia, en-
ployed at the factory of Jno. Fendrich, dc
sired that statement be published in regar
TO the lock -out now existing at this factory
Tho men state that they joined tn
union at the request OF Mr.: Fend
rich so that his factory could star
on March 1st as a strictly union shop
The first week the Union labels were ful
nished for the cigars at the same prices as tn
men received before they joined the union
but as union labels could not be Furnishes
unless union prices were paid the men wer
compelled to act accordingly, and they wer
informed by the organizer OF the union, this
this order must be carried out The men stat
that their expenses for running the sho
- q union shop, aggregate between thre
and four hundred dollars per year which
divided among the twenty men employe,
The advance asked for by the men is only j
accordance with the laws of the order. 1t
also necessary TO discriminate between III
grades and lengths Of cigars now made an
receives an increase in price for making Il
same. The expense for joining the unio
had greatly increased the wages of the mel
and Il Is necessary for them to carry out Il
union rules to the letter. The men state th
they have no desire to strike, and this is n
strike but a lockout
Town Notes.
The Columbia Rolling mill resumed wor
this morning and the supply OF coal nece
aary in the manufacture OF iron has bee
supplied.
Edward Bitner's cigar factory, on Mort
Fifth street. is a union shop and all the eciga
makers are paid the union prices.
Sheath and Shertzer commenced pacl
ing tobacco at Bletz's warehouse this morI
ing.
Last evening very large man was wall
ing about town and caused much curiosity
by his immense size. The man was on e,
hibition in Lancaster, some months ago. q
the Congo Giant