Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-10
FREELAND, PA, JULY 10, 1901
ROUND THE REGION.

The stationary fremen of the upper
regions state that they have assurances
that all the manufacturing companies
and the traction company will grant
their demands for an eight-hour day,
but they don't know what the coal com
panies will do. The convention is to be
held at Wilkesbarre next Sunday, and
the intention is to declare a strike at all
places where the demand is not granted.
The firemen now work twelve hours.
The quarterly convention of the I'm
tied Mine Workers, of District No. /,
is in session at Scranton with 400 dele
gates, representing 1853 local unions, in
attendance. AT this convention the
annual election of officers will take
place. T, D. Nichols, of Nanticoke, is
candidate to succeed himself and will
be strongly opposed by Timothy Hayes,
OF Dickson City.
The work OF excavating the road bed
OF the new trolley road between Halle
ton and Wilkesbarre will soon commence.
The Keystone Improvement Company
has started to advertise for bids for the
construction OF the road and the build
ing of culvertS and other things neces-
sary for twenty-six miles of trolley line.
The contract will be given out in
sections.
The piles that annoy you so will be
quickly and permanently healed If you
use DeWitt's Witch Halle Salve. Be-
ware Of worthless counterfeits. Growers
city drug store.
Cecilia Woodring, a white woman
who lives with negro at Altoona,
ended her life with laudanum In note
written just before she drank the poison
she said she dearly loved the negro,
but could not stand his chiding
William o'MaIley, formerly OF wilkes
barre, has been designated for appoint
ment to lieutsnantcy in the regular
army. He is son Of the late ex-Sheriff
O'Malley and graduated from Annapolis
Naval academy In 1886. He prefers tho
army to the navy.
The first consignment OF Poles, Huns
and Slavs, who are being induced to emf
CRATE to the coal region, has arrived at
Wilkesbarre. There were one hundred
men in the party and four women, and
they have been sent to the small mining
towns about that city.
Ice cream soda at Helpers.
Several campers, including prominent
professional and business men of Dan
vile, were convicted Of Illegal fishing at
Bloomsbury and paid fines and costs
amounting to SITS. Two scines, valued
at SIS, were confscated.
Fire broke out at Nanticoke in the
Morris building and it was totally des-
troyed with all it's contents. John e.
Williams was overcome by smoke, but
was rescued by tho fremen.
Masked burglars tried to enter the
parochial residence OF St. Stanislaus'
Slavonian Catholic church yesterday at
Shenandoah, but were frightened away
by Rev Mark Januskewitz, who shot
at them.
A heavy wire rope saved a deraied
trolley car at Pottsyllle from plunging
down an embankment overlooking the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway.
Several persons were thrown from the
car, but none seriously hurt
Thomas Susresky, Of Shamokin, was
probably fatally injured yesterday by
the explosion of dualin cap which he
pounded to see what was in it.
James Hadesty, of Tamaqna, had his
skull fractured last night by his
brother-in-lar, Elmer Boyer, who hit
him with a stove-lifter
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