The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-17


TloN OUTSIDE THE COMMITTEE
SOME STERLING SUGGESTIONS AS
TO DETAIL WERE MADE,
The initiative toward forwarding a
relief movement for the families of the
Lackawanna county soldiers with the
Thirteenth regiment and for the sol
diers themselves, developed at last
nights meeting of the board of trade
Many persons not members of the
board We're present President Keller
was directed to appoint a committee Of
nine persons who will prosecute the
work Independent Of the board,
BY invitation Rev h. V. Y. Pierce,
acting pastor of the Penn Avenue Bap-
tist church, was present and addressed
the gathering. He suggested that any
organization formed should be auXil-
iary to the National Relief commits
sion or its Pennsylvania branch. He
stated that such men as Rev. DIR.
Henry MCCook, of Philadelphia; John
II. Converse, of the Baldwin LOCOmo-
tive works; George II. Thomas, gem
eral manager for DreXel q Co.; George
u. MCCreary, the New York dry goods
merchant, and others equally well
known were at the head of the move
ment which had been approved by the
president and his cabinet
The National Relief association in
Cluded Levi i. Morton among it's pa
irons and would next meet at his office.
1t proposed an alliance with the Red
Cross society, it being intended that
the latter's work should be with the
sick and wounded at the front, the
National organization to direct all
other lines of work,
Mr.. Pierce offered several we'll re-
Ceived suggestions for adoption whether
an alliance was made with the ma
tiOnal movement or not There should
be a committee on roster, To keep an
accurate list of the Thirtecnth's sol
diers on the field and their depend
ants at home; a Red Cross committee,
to act with the society of that name
or to be informed as to the sick and
wounded; a correspondence committee,
to follow the movements of the regi-
ment and act as medium of COM
munCatiOn between the soldiers and
their correspondents; a literary COM
mttee, TO forward reading matter: a
finance committee, to keep the organ
ization supplied with funds.
GENERAL SUGGESTIONS.
Among a number of general sugges-
tions Mr.. Pierce suggested depart
ment of cooperation to provide for
aid from the Grand Army of the Re
public posts. Sons of Veterans, Ameri-
can Mechanics, WOmen's Relief corps,
Benevolent secret societies and other
organizations: a womans auxiliary de-
partment a membership fund depart
ment, patriotic bazaar or fair depart
ment and a regimental tent depart
ment, the latter TO provide for the or
ganizatiOn's tent on the field to be in
charge of Scranton newspaper men.
Rev. George f. Guild was also pres
ent by invitation to supplement any
suggestions that might be made 10y
Mr.. Pierce. Mr.. Guild offered an earn
est plea for immediate action along
some line. The call was one of duty
and humanity; duty, because those at
the front were representatives of those
at home; humanity, because the war
was not one of conquest, self-defense
or revenge.
A motion was made by Captain w
A. May, ex-president of the board, that
the matter of plan be referred TO a
special committee of nine, not neces'
sarily members Of the board, and OF
which President Keller and Secretary
Atherton should be members. Ar
amendment offered by Colonel f. l.
Hitchcock was accepted and added tc
Captain Mays motion. The amend
ment was that the committee have
power to act at once along the lines OF
any plan it might decide upon. The
motion was then adopted.
President Keller announced that hC
would name the committee on or be
fore Wednesday. He will choose rep
resentative and prominent men from
each section of the city, from Carbon
dale and the region south of Scranton
According to the opinions revealed ir
the debate of those present the move
ment will be on a patriotic and not {
charity basis. Subscriptions will b,
solicited through the committee anC
| the newspapers as soon as the forme
| is organized. The committee will ther
| prosecute the work with vigor anC
without being tied to any organization
! or religious sect.
Quite a quantity of the usual kind o
| board of trade business was transacted
| in addition to promoting the relic
| movement.
NEW MEMBERS.
j. Alfred Pennington and H. NJ. Nor
rsOn We're elected new members, ant
the applications of c. G.. Boland. p. j
! Casey and G. NJ. Watson were received
The membership of r. q. Dun & CO
was transferred from its recent repre-
sentative, David Pickens, to the com
pany's present agent, w. II. Logan.
John NJ, Kemmerer, chairman Of tn
| transportation committee, reported tn
work Of the committee in trying T.
have the Ontario and Western com
! pany run a train into Scranton in tn
| morning from Walton, n. Y, and frOn
here to Walton late in the afternoon
| The time Of the trains is at presen
reversed. Mr.. Kemmerer pointed ou