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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20
PoWDERLY AND ANARCHISTS.
From the Rochester Chronicle.


MIR. Pow derly, the commissioner of i'm
migration, has taken a positive stand
against the admission into this country of
anarchists who have been deported from
other countries. There have been endeav-
ors in some quarters to make political
capital out of the appointment of Mr..
Powderly by hysterically and hypocrit-
ical.y denouncing his selection as IAN in
suit to labor" Mr.. Powderly, however,
is one of the most level-headed friends
that labor ever had in this country, and
there have been cases in which the abb
sence of his conservative leadership has
been sadly felt. On this immigration
question the Philadelphia Times. an emf
nently fair-minded Democratic paper,
says "Mr. Powderly is certainly right in
the attitude he has assumed" And Amer
ican labor, having nothing in common
with anarchy and bcmb-throwing and the
like, will concede the correctness of this
opinion. Mr.. Powderly gives promise of
being one of the most efficient immigra-
tion commissioners this country has ever
had.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20
A Public Duty.

We desire to call attention to a sem
sible opinion on the bituminous strike
reprinted in another column from the
New York Sun. That journal, with its
accustomed perspicacity, has grasped
the exact and full significance of the
issue now pending between operators
and miners in the bituminous region,
and has presented in a sentence, the
one remedy which, If fairly applied,
would end the trouble, leaving all con-
cerned the immediate or the ultimate
gamers.
1t VIII be noted that the basis of set
tement proposed by the Sun corre-
spends almost word for word with the
advice given in Washington nearly a
month ago by the president of the An
thracite Coal Operators association
That gentleman's opinion rested upon
practical experience gained when the
market conditions now observed in the
bitumnous trade prevailed in an al
most identical form in the anthracite
market. He differed from some of the
voluble commentators upon this sub
iect in that he knew what he was talk
ing about.
An additional thought suggests itself.
Let the bituminous operators come to-
gether for justice and desst from their
short-sighted attempt to trick down a
just protest of underpaid workmen by
questionable use of the equity courts
through amazing injunctions. The de-
mands of the strikers being, as the
Sun frankly admits, grounded in JUS
tice and approved by the conscience of
the American people, they are not to
be vanquished by the unprecedented
course of picked courts in issuing upon
the suit of scared operators sweeping
DEGREES forbidding the men who make
this protest the right to use the high
ways.
1t is high time, it seems to us, that
public sentiment began to make itself
felt in this matter. Here is vast or
ganization of men who. in revolt from
starvation wages, have for well-nigh
a month conducted the largest strike
in the history of labor movements
peaceably and in respectful Difference
to the rights of the community. Their
demand for a living wage is met by
orders of court forbidding them to walk
upon the public thoroughfares. No or
der of court restrans the operators
from prolonglng trade condition
subject to their remedy but under
which, until the remedy is applied,
starvation wages are the necessary al
tentative from entire idleness. The
court, though it appears to have ex-
traordinary power so far as the strikers
are concerned, has no power to make
the operator move for a fair selling
price for his commodity. But public
opinion has, and public opinion, if it
be true to the best traditions of Ameri-
can conscience and character, will not
in the present emergency of labor in
the bituminous coal fields fail to rally
to its support.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20

discomfort. Real education opens the
mind to the truth of actual surround
ings dissipates the miasma of false
ideals, and tends to right thinking,
right living, and happiness"
The essential merit of this form of
instruction is that 1t will furnish guild
ance to those who are actually ambi-
tious to educate themselves. 1t pro-
vides no penalties for failure to study
as agreed; the pupil, to be benefited,
must possess the grit to go on, by him.
self, or else derive no benefit. This is
self-help in a highly developed form,
and it seems reasonable to suppose
that among pupils of this class the
Cosmopolitan university will do good.
1t certainly cannot do harm. We shall
await its practical operation with
much interest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20
DEATHS IN CONGRESS.
From the Springfield Republican.

The fifty-ffth congress has not yet held
its first regular session, but its mortality
record already rises to comparatively
high figures. On Saturday the senate and
house each lost a member-James Y.
George of Mississippi and Ashley b.
Wright of Massachusetts. Other men,
bers of the senate to pass away since the
election last fall have been Voorhees, OF
Indiana, Harris of Tennessee and Earle
of South Carolina. The house death list
includes, besides Mr.. Wright, Mllixen OF
Maine, Holman of Indiana, Cook of Illi-
nois and Giles of Missouri.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20

Think of this: More money is lost in
one year in the United States by bad
roads than is collected at all our GUS
tom houses or than is secured through
internal taxes. Bad roads cost the
American people $3OOOOO,0O0, or one
third their annual grog bill. What a
blessing it would be if our fellow citi-
zens would economize for one year on
alcohol enough to do away with the
notoriously uneconomic highways.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20

In selecting Hon. Joseph A. Scranton
as one of the new park commissioners
the present Democratic mayor of
Scranton doubtless discharges a cam
paign obligation incurred when Mr..
Scranton lent the aid of his paper and
his influence to defeat the regular Re
publican nominee. 1t is fitting that
party betrayal should receive its price.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20

1t is to be regretted that councils
last night lacked time, on account of
outside attractions, to pass the Chit
tenden bicycle ordinance. Every day
shows the need of such a law.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20

And now we are told that Tom john
sons Cleveland steel mills have cap
tured a contract for 10000 tons of steel
rails to be delivered in Ireland. Mr..
Johnson will find this decidedly more
profitable field for the exercise of his
genius than in trying to defeat Mark
Hanna.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20

No act of any official connected with
the present administration has ELECTED
more general praise than immigration
Commissioner Powderly's stand with
reference to immigrant anarchists.
He has struck the popular chord.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20

The hue and cry having been raised
against President Andrews on account
If his economic views. every Blanche,
Tray and Sweetheart in the profession
of journalism seems determined to
bark at him in chorus and likewise to
snarl at John Brisben Walker and the
Cosmopolitan magazine. We will not
be surprised if this idiotic outcry shall
make Andrews and Walker the two
most popular Americans of their time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20
Yukon News.

From the Klondike Gold Bug:
Ike Grubstake's new hotel is now open
for business. Ike makes a speciality of
moss pie and snowballs.
Colonel Jake Simms has located an
other claim on Coyote creek, which
promises to eclipse other ventures and
enable the colonel to stay in all future
jack-pots during the present season.
Miss Sally Ann Jones, our only woman,
is hustling for the dust Sally washes
shirts during the week and leads the
choir with a mouth organ on Sundays.
AS soon as she has accumulated a few
more millions Miss Jones expects to go
east and marry man with defective eye
sight.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20

Even nature smiles on Mark Hanna's S
cause and by rich harvests makes
hopeless Popocracys attack.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune AstroIoger.
Astrolabe Cast: 400 a. M, for Friday,
August 20, 1897.
%

1t will be apparent to a child born on
this day that the local Democrats con-
slider Controller Robinson a good thing.
1t begins to look as though COINS FL
nancial School" would have to adopt a
new course of Study.
How would the Times Forum of the
People" explain this wave OF Prosperity? ?
Anti-Harr.ty Democrats have evidently
discovered that Mr.. Boland's halo is sew
eral sizes too large.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20

Sound and sensible advice is that
given by Ex-Governor Flower in the
speech elsewhere reprinted. In this
time of business revival it behooves
all good Americans to get on their
feet mentally and take rational view
of things.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20

which makes people uneasy. They have
accomplished much good. They are cap
able of accomplishing much more good.
Their power for mischief Is really quite
small. Their very salvation depends upon
public support. Repeated exhibitions or
tyranny or insolence will always mean
their downfall. They are always subject,
because of their commanding position,
to the attacks of persons or other cor
porations who want to be bought on
They must always keep the price of their
product below the figure at which an
independent producer could furnish the
same article, and they are usually able
TO do this by reason of the economies
permitted by combined operation. They
VIII become more and more necessary
institutions as conditions become more
complex but their power for good or
their success will depend very much upon
the intelligence with which they are
formed and managed.
o
THE public will watch such combina-
tions critically, as II should but let us
not be blind to the signs of the times
ana TO the march of progress. Let us be
fair In our criticisms, willing to acknowl-
edge what is good, as well as to con-
denim what Is evil. If the logic of events
changes conditions from what we have
been used to. and those changes are for
the permanent good of the community
or the country, let us adapt ourselves and
our pursuits to the changes. Let us
not sit on the coat-tail of progress and
holler Whoa! Let us readjust our oc-
cupations and our habits, making sacri-
noes II we must, just as our forefathers
mad to make sacrifices to keep IN line
with the march of progress. Above all
let there be no room in manly Ameri-
can minds for the seeds of jealousy and
dlscontent. Fortunes still are within the
grasp of all who know their opportuni-
tles and take advantage of them. Com
PORTABLE homes and happy lives, which
are lar better than riches, are within
the reach of nearly everybody. There is
more genuine happiness on your farms
than along Fifth avenue. To such men
as you, representing the conservative
lhought of our country, we must look
Tor rebuke to false notions and wrong
doctrines which men may try to dis
senlnate throughout the land. l urge
you TO Keep your minds clear to look
straight ahead and to bear in mind that
the world was not made in a day and
the millennium cannot be reached in a
generation"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20
COAL IS TOO CHEAP.


FROM the New York Sun.
we have spoken with some of the iarg-
est employers in the coal districts re.
specting their present difficulties with
thelr men, and without an exception they
agree that the pay is too small. They all
oeileVe in higher wages, but point to the
prices of coal at the seaboard and else
where as an insuperable barrier to i'm
proved wages, Competition among them
serves mas brought coal to an Improbable
leVel, and the wage scale has followed it
steadily downward. They cannot raise
the price of coal because their competi-
ton Is OF such nature that they can
not maintain an agreement as to either
production or price They must submit
to being howled at and abused for not
paying their men more money or agree
to be stoned for demanding a better price
from consumers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20

The coal operators lot is an unhappy
one. Between inability to keep his men
at work and inability to get a living
price for his coal he is likely to be
crushed out, to the advantage of none.
He wants to pay higher wages. The pros
perity of his employees is reflected in his
own condition How is he to do it? There
is only one way; one sound. elficacious,
and common-sense method. 1t is to pool
all east-bound coal and appoint a single
sales agency to distribute it on the basis
of a rational apportionment and at a
price which will provide wages for the
miner profit for the owner of the coal,
and compensation for the railroad and the
boat that carry it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-20

How grinding is the reckless competi-
ton that starves the miner impover-
ishes the employ er. and ruins the railroad,
when, were the business tactics Of the
humble miners adopted, there would be
instantly a sufficiency for all. The min
ers are a unit against the aggression of
their employers; they are banded together
in one earnest and vigilant association
to maintain the price of their labor,
whereas the employers are all at war with
each other to see who can mine the
cheapest, and so undersell all his COM
petitors. The labor trust has the better
of it this time. 1t is winning, as it ought
to win; and that by the sheer moral merit
of its case. Now let the masters follow
the men and betake themselves to com.
mon sense for the obvious and handy
remedy for all their troubles.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-25
Sans SOuCi
Seaside Resort.

The pleasantest, quietest, shadiest
and most perfectly appointed seaside
resort on the Islands. Elegantly fur
nished detached cottages or rooms are
obtained on easy terms. The table is
superior to that of any OF the city
hotels, and all the modern convent
ences are provided.
Picnics and bathing parties can OBJ
tain extra accommodations by tele-
phoning in advance.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-25
Y. Ill. I. Law Lectures.

About 81 members of the Y. II. /.
and Hawaiian Glee Club met in Eos
ter hall Saturday night to listen to the
first of a series of lectures on law by
]. NJ. Poepoe, editor of the Kuokoa.
The work expected of the class,
which numbers 80 in all, was explain
ed. In December an examination COW
ering the principal points expounded
by Mr.. Poepoe in his law lectures will
be held under the direction of board
of examiners. composed of members of
the bar.
In his talk Mr.. Poepoe dwelt briefly
on a few fundamental principles OF
law which, he explained, would be
treated at length later on.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-25
AT THE CHURCHES.
Interesting Sermons by the Ho-
noluIu Divines.

Rev. ID. P. Birnie had quite large
congregations at Central Union
Church at both services Sunday. In
the forenoon he spoke of the four gates
of heaven. He urged Christians not to
criticize the religious or personal
views of others, as, while there might
be difference as to details, all are
striving to the same end. In the ev-
ening the practical features of the same
idea was continued. There was special
music at this service-a duet by Miss
Axtelle and Mr.. II. f. Wichman and
a solo by Miss Grace Richards.
In the absence of Mr.. Peck, Mr.. C.
J. Day filled the pulpit at the NJ. e
Church Sunday morning. His subject
was: THE Prayer of Hezekiah" At
evening Mr.. Peck closed his series OF
illustrated lectures on the principal
features of the Old Testament Scenes
in the life of Esther, Job, Daniel, Ezra,
Nehemiah and Micah were projected
upon the screen and explained. The
lecture closed With colored illustrations
of the song, Rock of Ages
Rev. Monroe preached of "The Chris
tian. Ministry at the Christian
Church Sunday morning. He said ev-
cry religion had ministry. The Jew
ish religion, in it's priesthood, had a
most remarkable ministry. It's sac
rifieial system beautifully exemplified
he final great sacrifice - the death
of Christ. Every Christian was
a priest of God. No pre-eminence of
virtue of benefits derived from having
ecclesiastical hands laid on could be
claimed. The evening topic was can
Afflicted Nobleman and How He Was
Restored. Following the morning dis
course there were five accessions to
the church. An impressive baptismal
ceremony closed the evening service
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-25

difficulty of obtaining ii has encour
aged Japanese immigration.
The tendency of white labor immi-
grafton is towards the cities, especial
ly San Francisco, and the trouble is &c
distribute this labor through the
country. There has been no method OF
distribution as il is now done in Ohio
and Minnesota. Employment agen-
cies, conducted by individuals, ara
conducted on the plan of enriching The
proprietors with little regard to the
needs of the employers, who are eXas-
perated at the miserable stuff sent TO
them with good recommendations"
AS the State Bureau keeps record
|of every one who obtains labor
through its agency. the ''repeaters'
and hoboes' are soon discovered and
spotted" The singular success of the
bureau is indicated by the fact that
only 80 complaints have been made
against labor furnished by it.
And the important suggestion is,
that there is a tendency to overstock
the California labor market by the
easy immigration of laborers from the
Atlantic States. The climate of the
State will attract thousands who will
seek manual labor wherever they can
find it,
The report states that regarding the
labor question the Sandwich Island
Government is now wrestling with a
problem which is so perplexing that
action on the same is paralyzed."
1t quotes letters from persons resid-
ing in Hawaii, who offer to furnish
from there, Japanese laborers, and in
crease the numbers already in Cali
fornfa. The report has much to say
on the conditions of things in these
Islands. 1t refers to the importation
of an undesirable contract labor from
European and Asiatic countries,
though preferable at the outset, has
placed a severe structure upon the flu
ture welfare of the Government. This
condition, therefore, complexities any
action towards annexation or other
in the social conditions
from the fact that when the former is
proposed the undesirable elements OF
the population will serve to great ex-
tent to counterbalance the advantages
to be obtained by annexation"
The success of this labor supply pu-
reau will result in the passage of laws
by the Legislature, now in session, put
ting it on a better financial basis. It
is a matter which especially interests
the people of the State, where agri-
culture is and will be the most import
ant industry.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-25
CHINESE ROBBERS.
Are Experts With the Cards as
Well as Thieves.

On Saturday Detective KAPPA caused
the arrest of two Chinamen-Ah Niu
and Lum Hoon-the former for rob-
berry, and the latter for being an ac-
Icessory.
The two Cinnamon are professional
gamblers who for several months past
have been engaged in the work of call
ing around at the places of various
people and enticing them into a game
which always ended in their being
fieeced of their money.
Among their victims was an old ma
tive. Whenever the Chinaman visited
him they took gold along and invar-
iably got it changed into silver. The
otner night they went to his house and
entered his room while he was asleep.
All Niu saw his coat on the wall and
was in the act of taking the money
out of one of the pockets when the ma
tive awoke. He grasped the situation
at once and grappled with the China
man Lum Heon seized a chair and
struck the native over the head, stun
ming him All Niu then finished his
job, obtaining SIS, and then the two
escaped Both Cinnamon were released
on bail yesterday.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-25
CALICO BALL.
Names of Those Who Will Assist
in Its Carving Out.

As the calico ball is the talk of the
town just now, a few words on the
subject might not prove amiss Those
III charge of the ball hope that many
who attend, will wear either fancy or
comic calico costumes.
The Quintet Club has been engaged
to play for the dancing, and the fol-
lowing ladies and gentlemen have
kindly consented to assist:
Reception Committee: Mrs. w. G..
Irwin, Mrs. F. M. Swanzy, Mrs. G. l..
Carter, Mrs. F. A. Schaefer, Mrs r.
D. Walbridge, Mrs. ]. S. Walker and
Miss Harriet Levers.
Floor Managers: Messrs. H. M.
Whitney, Jr., B. L. Marx, w. F. Dill
bingham, w. Porter Boyd, George c.
Potter, A ST. NJ Macintosh, and Sam
Woods.
Refreshment Committee: Mrs. T. r.
Walker, Mrs. Andrew Fuller, Mrs. JOS
o. Carter and Mrs. S. G. Allen.
Decoration Committee: Mrs F. w
Mrs. F. NJ. SwanZy, Mrs.
E. d. Tenney, Mrs G. r. Carter, Miss
Harriet Levers and Mr.. Allan Herbert.
Tickets and Advertising: Miss Har-
riet Levers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-25
SONS OF REVOLUTION.
VIII Meet TO Formulate Program
for Washington Birthday.

4 meeting of the Hawaiian Society,
Sens of the American Revolution, is
called to take place in the Y. NJ. c. A.
hall at Z o'clock Wednesday evening to
arrange for a proper observance of
Washington Birthday, February %.
On that occasion the society will be
received at the residence of Hon. P. c.
jones. a program of. literary eXer-
cises and music will be formulated.
When Colonel Appleton was here the
local society sent its greeting to the
Society of Massachusetts. By the last
mail Secretary Efinger received an ac-
acknowledgement of the greeting and an
expression of hearty good wishes from
that body. The letter will be read be-
fore the meeting Monday evening
Members of the Hawaiian Society
are notified that the proof-sheets OF the
year book are out and that the forms
are closed. No additions or alterations
can now be made.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-25

The Australian dog and the Egyptian
shepherd dog never bark.