Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1891-03-26
WILL BE ARRESTED.
Offfcers TO Answer to Serieus
@t a q Charges. r. g--5t.

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Cooperation, Is that the Pittsburg
complainants are to have the supreme
officers OF the organization arrested
for conspiracy to defraud. Head. tail
and middle of the concern, D liver. is
still absent from the city Of Philadelg
ptlia, and his absence is cause for much
conjecture. 1t seems more than prob.
able that the creshhas come, and, 90
000 members are1out over 5000. 900 &C..
tuatly paid in, and very little returns
will ever perceived. ~ iez-s
When the sehema was first put in
Operation The utter inability of the
thing to exist was shcwa by the repu-
table newspapers Of the country. In
this section, the PIONEER was alone
sufficiently honest TO expose the rot
tennegs of the order, and a prominent
local worker Of the order declared that
the efforts OF the PIONEER caused this
branch to eeass crossing entirely. w.
At the time the PIONEER took no
the cudgel against the operations
of the society. the membership was
increasing rapidly ly-hundreds going
In every week. AS soon as the blast
commenced the organization began TO
waver. New names did not come in,
and as the arguments continued, those
who had already joined began to dis
continue payments. Those particu-
larly interested in the success of the
local branch denounced the PIONEER
strongly. Threatens of boycott were
made. but this paper continued its at
tacks, fully convinced thar its position
was more than jnstifa ole. ii4 -H}
Then came the wondrous change in
the organization OF the supreme body.
The organic alton WIS wiped out and
Driver end his gang went down to
West Virginia and organized a stock
company with g hl.'f million dollars
!. capital, bat she ca apifal was never paid
in. Then it was announced that the
members would only he paid the first
of each month instead of every two
weeks, aud an assessment of S. was
called. 5as
Thea the grumbling began. The
PIONEER was looked OF as something
more than bugaboo Nov comes the
!. tinal crash, and there is q great wall
u ing. Those who established the local
branch are NOT able to satisfy the
Iduped members, and there may be IN
pleasant results. ~ i1@5
John II. Myrose the former Sec
retary and Treasurer of the local
branch, now the agent, 10 unable 10
/. give any explanation. He thinks had
1.-THE papers kept quiet the Society
would have met its obligations. His
solution of the difficulty Low is, that
the whole organization has been
thrown down by Driver, who Mr. Ny
rose thinks, has been purchased up by
the old line insurance companies.
That the Local Branch has been of
incalculable injury to business, goes
without saying. According to Mr.. Ny
rose little over $1,000 has been sent
out of town into the Golfers of the
Supreme treasury. The last check
was sent by Mr.. Myrose on Wednes-
day. He tried to stop payment at the
Cumberland Bank, but the check had
been cashed.
Mr.. Myrose says that the books of
:. the local branch are opened for in
spection and he assures all, the local
business has been carried on straight.
When the local board was establish
ed a fee of one dollar for each name
secured was allowed the Board. Ten
cents went to the State superintend-
ent of New Jersey. Ten cents each
went to three of the Board. Fifty
cents went to Mr.. Myrose. The latter
gentleman paid Clarence Rice, a mem
ber Of the Board, ten cents on each
name to assist in keeping the books.
The Society had a membership in
!, round numbers of 800. Mr.. Myrose
: says he is carrying 13 shares and all
the money he has received for his SER
> vices, he has put back in these shares,
so confident was he of the sounduess
:, of the scheme.
;, The order is rotten to the core. II
= cannot possibly meet its obligations.
The %, 00G members were entirely con-
: tro.led by the head aad tailof the con
Germ, Charles G. Driver. He did every
/. thing according TO his own sweet will.
There is little doubt but that all the
money sent out OF town will remain
: out. In ten days a few of the local
branches would have been paid off,
but the Society was unable to do so
:. and of course will not. Such organi-
cations cannot live, and it will be u
long time before business men will
, again take hold of such fool-hardy
, Ischenes Ia we'll tla r,a ,,.s,s 3iJ