The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03
PITTSTON NEWS
The Street Commissioner Has His
Troubles-The Lutheran Minis
terium in Session and Chapter
of the Haps and Mishaps Picked
Up About the CITY,


Street Commissioner Carroll was in
a peck of trouble yesterday morning
Just as the gong sounded the hour for
the labors of the day to commence.
When he reached the city hall there
was the usual gathering of the Old
pensioners waiting to have handed
to them a pick and shovel and which
meant a days wages IL they got these
| tools. There were some who had a
| grievance and they were not slow in
expressing themselves in the most en-
| phatic manner. They claimed that the
| street commissioner showed par.ial!ty
and no explanations were in order to
their way of thinking. Some went 80
so far as to threaten personal injury
| If they were not placed on the regular
pay roll. Your reporter happened along
as the trouble was at it's height and
1t was not a very hard matter to
! discover that those who were respon-
sible for the disturbance viii before
| long be accommodated up at the Ran
som poor farm in that department set
apart for those whose minds have be-
| come enfeebled.
Frank Staley, who has been The T'ri-
bune carrier for the past year. has re-
| signed and will assist his father. who
is in business in this city.
Music hall has been closed for the
season and Buffalo Bill nov has pos
session of the bill boards.
All the coal works in this vicinity
| are on full time this week.
Yesterday was pay day up at Duryea
| for those employed at tho Hallstead
| mine and reports from thee last night
| stated that the saloons wcre doing a
| land office business.
John Graham, general manager Of
| the Wyoming Valley Traction COM
| pany, Newton Jackson and T. a.
| Wright, of Wilkes-Bl.Ta, were in the
| city yesterday and dincd at the Eagle.
Patrick Gibbons, of Company II, has
enlisted in the regulars, and will go
direct to the Philippines. Gibbons is
well known as a local boxer, and took
| part in several scraps in Scranton. He
was down south with the Ninth regi-
ment and came home without smelling
powder.
Company held one Of their military
socials in the armory last night, and
it was both an enjoyable and financial
success.
The funeral of the late Mrs. John
Frederick, of Carol street, took place
with a solemn high mass yesterday
morning from st. Marys German Cath
| olic church. She is survived by a hus-
band and two children, one of the lat
ter which is but week old.
The obseQuies of the late William
Donnely. who died from injuries re-
ceived in No. IA tunnel, will take
place this morning at s o'clock, from
st. Johns church. The deceased was
an exemplary young man and his un-
| timely death is g, sad blow to the par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Donnelly, of
Port Griffith.
Herman Stern and Willie Spear are
about to take up their residence in
Scranton. They are both hustlers.
The Water Street Bridge company
have just elected the following direc-
tors: Joseph Langford, NJ. w. Morris,
J. II. Mosier r. NJ. Hughes, Louis Sci
bel, Frank Shiffer and George Smith,
Joseph Langford was chosen president.
The concert held in Music hall last
night for the benefit of Thomas How
ell, who through an accident is now an
invalid, was a very successful financial
affair, and those who took part in the
programme were several of the best
vocalists in this and the Lackawanna
valleys
Ex- Controller George w. Hagadorn,
now of bloomsbury, will make a weeks
visit here, his old home.
Dan o. Snyder went down to Blooms
burg yesterday to visit his parents in
that staid old village.
The twelfth semi-annual convention
of the Wilkes Barre conference of
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium Of
Pennsylvania commenced its session
yesterday morning in St. Johns Luth-
eran church in this city and there were
present about fifty ministers and lay
delegates, representing every portion Cf
this jurisdiction. Most OF the day wa
occupied in hearing reports of the sew
eral committees and the mapping oct
of new work for the coming year.
Last night the church was filled b.
large congregation ana several topics
in regard to necessary church work
We're discussed. Rev. ]. H. Kuder
made an address on "Why We Should
Engage in Mission Work" and was fol-
lowed by Rev. l.. Linderstruth, whose
subject was "Wie Soil Mau Mission
Trieben." The Rev. w. l.. Hunton
the spoke of THE Young Peoples Duty
to Their Congregation and this
brought the sessions of the day to
close. The members of the congre-
cation are taking all active interest
in the proceedings and the handiwork
of the ladies was in evidence by the
taste displayed in the decoration Of
the auditorium with flowers and pOtted
plants. The visitors from a distance
were entertained last night by the res
ident members.