Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-02-21
LAUNDERING Conditions About Us.

Mid-winter finds the numbering con-
ditions in the vicinity of Austin in the
worst possible shape. Very few of the
sub-jobbers are solvent and trip to
the woods will be productive of seeing
dozens of idle men, many of them with
orders for their wages in their pockets.
They have been unable to obtain their
hard earned wages and are chary about
working under the present conditions.
This is practically the condition of
affairs with the Messrs. Fee Brothers
Up Crooked Run, there is not single
jobber whose orders have not been re-
fused. The writer recently saw a young
man from Center county, Mr.. Peter
Miller,go home empty handed although
he had earned stake of nearly fifty
dollars which he was unable to collect.
Many of Mr.. Hart's jobbers have gone
up in smoke but in justice to that gen.
tleman it must be said he has in every
instance protected the men who cid the
work. We have yet to hear of single
man bOiLS pCetbCll OuU vi lllS pay Ou
any of Mr.. Hart's work although we
have heard of that gentleman going
down in his own pocket and liquidating
debts he knew there was no possible
chance of ever being repaid to him.
Salt Run appears more favored than
other localities. Will Reese is working
small crew of men and they are as
sure of their pay as if they were en-
ployes Of Uncle Sam. Ed. Haughney
also is doing good work and like Mr..
Reese is making some money. There
may be others on ''easy street, in this
territory but we wouldn't want them
to owe us over a thousand dollars at
any one time.
Crooked Run has surely been rightly
named, for some of the deals that have
come to the writer's notice have the ear
marks of not being exactly straight.
Jobbers have beaten their men, at least
the men cannot gettheirpay-bu these
same jobbers can go to the store and
buy all the groceries, clothing, ETC.,
they desire without word of question.
In some instances the men have been
informed that they could "trade out
their wages if they so desired" Prob
ably rigid enforcement of the law
against company stores'' would not
be amiss just now over in the woods
In speaking of Crooked Run, there is
one exception to the general rule in
that locality. That is khe work being
done on Hart's job by Mr.. Walter B.
Moore of Port Allegany. Mr.. Moore's
finances are such that he could do a
dozen such jobs and scarcely realize
their drainage of his bank account.
Besides, Mr.. Moore is making money.
This simple fact speaks volumes for
his executive ability as a woodsman,
and his popularity with the hicks
speaks louder still for the straightfor-
ward and manly principles he is noted
for.
MIR. Moore has no"pay days" When
man earns his money it is due him,
without any question or cavil, and that
gentleman's name on a check is the
most popular paper obtainable at pres
ent up Crooked Run. While notspeak-
ing authoratively, The Republican has
heard said repeatedly that neither Mr..
Geo. F. Hart or AL. Baldwin will accept
any work the coming season. The
withdrawal of these gentlemen from
numbering will mean the immigration
of the better class of woodsmen from
this vicinity.-Austin Republican.
Those early Spring suitings have ar
rivedat R. Seger & Company's stailor-
ing establishment. Some very fine
bargains.
From the Bellefonte News we learn
that the M. E. Church of that place
have passed resolutions highly COM
mandatory of Rev. w. p. Shriner and
request his appointment to that city for
another year
The Galveston News gives resume
of the damage done by the terrible
storm last September, giving the prop
erty loss at $17, ,05s,275 Number of
homes destroyed was 4,131. Since the
storm So, 25S, 900 has been expended in
building. In each district, which was
swept clean by bhe storm, more than
1000 houses have been built. The total
relief received by Galveston, including
money and supplies, was $1,5490OO.
Galveston's retail trade since the storm
has been better than before the storm.
The wholesale houses suffered very
heavy losses, but are ready for 1901
business. Galveston rises from the
wreck and ruin of the storm and flood
with determination to live, and in a
few years the frightful calamity will be
no more than bitter memory.