Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30
ROUND THE REGION.

Scranton street car men say that they
do not wish to go on strike, but they
have grievances which must be re-
dressed. They wish straight ten-hour
day, instead of twelve and sixteen hours
for day, and fiat wage rate of 20
cents an hour. At present new men
receive l3 cents per hour and the oldest
hands only get 16}3 cents an hour.
Unless these three wrongs are righted
there will surely be a strike and twenty
eight miles of trolley line will be tied up.
The school children of Hazleton on
Wednesday contributed enough provi-
slons and household necessaries to sup
ply every poor family with three hearty
Thanksgiving meals.
Thomas Williams, aged IA years, of
Wyoming, was on his way to pigeon
shooting match yesterday afternoon,
when he slipped and fell in some brush
wood His gun was discharged, the
load entering his groin. He was taken
in dying condition to the hospital.
Watch repairing at Helpers.
Robert Hunting who, with his circus,
made several tours of the coal regions,
is broken down financially and was ad-
mitted this week to the Soldiers Home
at Erie, where he intends to spend the
balance of his life.
Alderman James McGroarty, of
Wilkesbarre, died suddenly at noon yes
terday from apoplexy.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the
best liver pills ever made. Easy to take
and neverg grippe. Growers City drug store.
Scranton will make a decided effort to
have the next convention of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor held in that
city.
The mother of eX-Prothonotary George
j, Llewellyn died Wednesday evening at
West Pittston, aged 67 years.
Margaret Kelly, year-old
school girl, is believed to have been kid
mapped by two strange men late Wednes-
day afternoon from Miners Mills, where
she resided.
Many people worry because they be-
lieve they have heart disease. The
chances are that their hearts are all
right but their stomachs are unable to
digest food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di-
gests what you eat and prevents the
formation of gas which makes the
stomach press against the heart 1t will
cure every form of indigestion. Growers
City drug store.
George L. Wolff, of Cincinnati, com
mitted suicide yesterday at Wilkesbarre.
lie was member of HowSon's band,
which is playing with theatrical com
pany at one of the theatres in Wilkes
barre.
by stove upsetting in James De-
laney's house, at Locust Gap, yesterday,
four residences were burned to the
ground before the flames were extin-
guished.
You can't afford to risk your life by
allowing a cough or cold to develop
into pneumonia or consumption. One
Minute Cough Cure will cure throat and
lung troubles quicker than any other
preparation known. Many doctors use
it as a specific for grippe. 1t is an in
lalllole remedy for Group. Children like
it and mothers endorse it. Growers
City drug store.
Standing in trench buried to his
chin, the blood spurCing from his nose,
mouth and ears, Dominica Deglimo, an
Italian laborer, died yesterday morning
with thousand persons watching his
last agonies. He and two other laborers
were caught by cavern of the sides of
Scranton sewer, on which they were
at work. The other two were dug out
alive, but Degilimo was squeezed to
death before he could be extricated.