The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-09
JERMYN AND MAYFIELD.
School Board Cuts Salaries-Funeral
of Mrs. Carter--Rock Plane Com
pleted-Personal News.

OF Mrs. Carter-Hock Plane COM
pleted-Personal News.
The school directors met in regular
session hst night and devoted nearly
all the evening to the salaries of the
janitor and teachers. The board APP
peared to be in an economical frame
of mind and from the start it was evil
dent that a general cut in salaries
would be made 1t is safe to predict
that the teachers and their friends
will derive but little pleasure in per-
using the account of last nights pro-
ceedings of the board which was be-
gun by n motion of Thomas Hunter
seconded by Patrick Loughney to re-
duce the ianitor's salary from $40 to
S35 per month. Messrs. Blake and
Cannon by amendment endeavored to
prevent the reduction but they were
outvoted, the vote resulting in Hun
ter, Loughney, Pritchard, Shields
Morcom and Edmunds voting for the
reduction, and Blake, Cannon and
Mellow against. 1t was then sug-
gested that the knife be applied to the
teachers salaries, but Mellow, Blake
and Cannon again opposed the sug-
work done in the schools the past
year and concluded by stating the
schools standing was at the close of
last years term equal TO that of any
in the county. LOughney and Morcom
maintained that it was impossible for
the taxpayers to pay their taxes ow-
ing to the small pittance they We're
now receiving at the mines and they
insisted that teachers were getting too
much pay. BY motion it was then de-
cided to reduce the salary Of the
principal $40. and the three other
teachers in the high school each IS
per month the vote taken being sim
liar to that cast for the ianitor.
Loughney then moved that the
teachers salaries in the old school
building be reduced as follows: Those
receiving $40 he cut to $}j: those re-
Ceiving S35 be reduced to $50; and the
$50 teachers be reduced to $2S. This
was carried by a five to four vote,
Hunter, LOughney, PritChard, Ed
munds and Morcom voting for the re-
ductian, and Blake. Mellow, Cannon
and Shields opposing. Arthur Fowler
was appointed to ill the vacancy in
room No. :, caused by Miss Osborne's
resignation and Miss Sarah Mullin
was appointed to room No. to fill Mr..
Fowler's promotion.
The funeral of the late Hannah
Carter took place yesterday afternoon.
Services were held in St. James Epis-
copal church. of which the deceased
had been a faithful member since the
church was first opened. The rector,
Rev. c. T.. Fessenden. in the course Of
the service spoke of the piety and
faithfulness of the dead woman. The
services were afterwards concluded at
the Craveside. There was large
number of beautiful floral gifts. The
pallbearers were: Calvin Vail, Fred
S. Friend George Rendered, Q. w.
Coon, G. u. Winter and Frank Freas.
The flower bearers We're: John Ho-
garth and A. +. Gebhardt.
MIR. and Mrs. John Truan. of Wilkes
Barre, spent Monday at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Waters, Of
Fourth street
Professor ana Mrs. Rogers and fam
lily, returned home yesterday from
Hartford, SusQuehanna county, where
they have been spending several weeks
with friends.
Mrs John Jermyn and sons. Joseph
j. and George. and Mrs Samuel War
ner, of Scranton, and f. s. Friend,
of Wyoming. We're among the large
number of out-of-town people who at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Carter yes
terdaY.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Crawford, Of
Scranton, were visitors here yestcr-
day.
Mrs. Frank Barber and daughter,
Mildred spent yesterday with Scran-
ton friends.
The rock plane, which Contractor
John Bowen, Of Scranton, has been
driving to connect the lower and up
per coal veins in the Delaware and
Hudson colliery for the past six
months, is about completed, the upper
vein having been pierced several days
ago.
Mrs Brown and little son, of Scran-
ton, have been spending a few days at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Jones,
of Third street.
The Delaware and Hudson colliery
employees will receive their months
pay this afternoon.