The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-12-03
% PROSPERITY %
Continues, and the Result of McKinleys Election i
Daily Becoming More Apparent

wages to hundreds Of woodsmen. Now,
what are the cold facts in the case, the
case, the untRrnished truth Lumber
has made a small advance in price, and
by mutual agreement the output for
'97 win be reduced fully one-half from
the last seasons cut throughout the en-
tire numbering districts of the north
west.
Hundreds of men daily seek their
old employers, confidently expecting
the promised good times, but are met
by some clerk who informs them that
there is no work for them. Slowly the
facts are being scored into the dull but
honest brain Of the laborer in this par
ticular industry that he has been the
victim Of the most stupendous conf
dence game ever worked on confding
public, The few who are fortunate
enough to secure work receive from $40
to SIG per week, the lowest wages in
the history of, the numbering industry
With the annual output eurtailed one
half, wages cut III two, hundreds of
good honest men tramping their way
back home, having failed to find en-
ployment at their old jobs, and greedy
and soulless lumber pool Organized and
ready to swoop down on congress when
it assemblies under the special call Of
theincoming admin atration, which will
demand and 40 doubt receive all they
ask in the way of special favors, is it
net time for the honest voter who be-
lieves in the manifest destiny Of his
country to stop and inquire how far
his zeal for prosperity under high tar
ifs, trusts and combines has led him
from his true course as an American
citizen j. H. LEWIS.
Malvern, Ohio, Nov. 2S. AT sher-
odsville, this county, the coal mines
have been closed. The miners, to the
number Of $50, refused to accept the
45-cent rate. They have, up to the
present, been receiving Ct cents.
CUT ON SEQ STREET-CAR MEN.
Pittsburg, Pa, Nov,2 28. II Representa-
tiyes of 500 employees Of the Consoli-
dated Traction lines hold a meeting in
the Armory bpl7:ag, Trankstown
avenue, at l this morning, to discuss
the advisability Of a strike. The
grievance seems to be q reduction in
the wages Of conductors on the Pennsyl-
vania avenue division to a $2 per day
basis, without being notified when il
went into effect. Heretofore the con-
ductors have received $2.15 for day Of
ten hours. Master Workman Shaw
instructed the men that should they GO
out on strike il would be as individu-
ais that the order would not declare
the strike at once. The meeting ended
at $3.50 O'clock, with a decision to await
the meeting of the company's directors,
President G. Z. Magee being out Of the
city.
On q vote it is said about one-third
Of the men favored an immediate strike
/ TROUBLE IN MINING CAMP.
Boston, Mass, Nov. 28, The Bostor
News Bureau says today: Private adj
vices received from Butte, Mont, tel
Of story in circulation -among tht
mining people in Montana of pendins
cut down in mining wages throughou
that state. If this shall come, as til,
miners apprehend, it will, it is said
precipitate general strike and shut
down..
S1OO,0OO FAILURE.
New York, Nov. %. Meyers Bros.
cloak manufacturers Of No. G92 and 62
Broadway, have suspended payment
Their total liabilities aggregate 500,
600. The failure is attributed to tn
depression in the cloak trade duriny
the past few years and to many losses
and was precipitated by recent rumor
affecting their credit.