The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-22
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Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told 10
Short Order.

feared Tor some time, because ot tht
failure to arrange wage scale. Il,
mutual agreement the representatives
of the association and the Republic
Iron & Steel Company will hold all
other conference before the expira
ton of the present scale. If the latte
meeting is barren of results anothel
plan has been formulated to avert ;
strike. A Cancellation board will b,
appointed 10 settle the matter. Eaci
side will appoint enc representative
The two will select third. At ;
meeting to be called by the three
members OF the board representatives
OF each party directly interested vii
be permitted to offer testimony tc
show why their proposition should be
accepted. After hearing the evidence
the board will arrange a scale to be
submitted to the contendinp parties
By this means it is hoped that 2
serious breach will I've prevented. This
will be the first time i'll many year;
that the failure to effect an agreement
does not result in the closing of the
mills.
Twelve merchants in the business
part of Chester, were surprised upon
going to open their stores to find
bundles in the doorways. Each pack
age was neatly tied but no address
was on the outside wrapper. In each
instance the package was found to
contain old clothing. The merchants
notified the police and after an in.
vestlgation the owner of the property
was found. A young man who is
prominent in society and who started
to clean house found several years
accumulation of cid shoes, clothes
and other wearing apparel. He did
not wish to throw them away and SO
decided ~ place the ar/les in the
doors OF the stores OF merchants with
the hope that they would give them
to persons who were in need.
The Supreme Courts decision af-
frming that Of the Superior Court in
the case of Hoover against the Penn
sylvania Telephone Company settles
the fact that telephone and telegraph
companies do not have the right OF
eminent domain. Hoover owns
farm near Harrisburg and sought to
restrain the telephone company from
putting poles on it, The Dauphin
County Court declared against him
and the case was appealed to the
Superior Court, which reversed the
Dauphin County decision. and Hoover
promptly cut down the poles.
Robbers visited the little village OF
Slaymakerstown, Salisbury Township,
at an early hour the other morning,
and entered the house of Mrs. Annie
Brackbill, the widow OF George o.
Brackbill Mrs. Brackbil and her
daughter, Miss Edith, awoke to find
three men at their bedside. Each
man was heavily masked, and each
drew revolver and pressed it to
the women's heads, threatening them
with instant death if they made an
outcry. The next demand was for
the money in the house, and Mrs
Brackbill acceded by handing over
about 81.
Each of the 900 or more public
school teachers of Pittsburg are cir
culating for signatures papers issued
by the Teachers Association appeal.
ing for the support OF taxpayers in
the movement to secure salaries that
will compare favorably with those
in other cities in the country OF the
same size as Pittsburg. The teachers
desire an increase averaging nearly
50 per- cent. The highest salary paid
teachers in the public schools in Pitts
burg, it is declared, is $3.50 a week
while the lowest is $3.50 a week
These figures take into account the
ffty-two weeks in the year. The
petitions are being generally signed.
An engine whistle at Pottsville
scared horse attached to a buck
board containing w. R. McAdams, a
railroad contractor, and Miss Carrie
w. Perkin, niece of George w,
Jones, coal operator. The buck
board was overturned and the occu
pants were thrown to the street. Miss
Parkin escaped with a few bruises and
cuts Mr.. McAdams sustained bruises,
cuts, a broken collar bone and two
fractured ribs.
James G. Downward, the Chester
County delegate to the Democratic
National Convention died at his home
in Coatesville. Mr.. Downward was
in his 67th year. For more than a
quarter of century he was engaged
in the manufacturing business.
In court the borough of Consho-
locken won $4,000 law suit, brought
by Mrs. Mary Flynn for personal in
juries, because Judge Swartz charged
the jury that the borough is not re-
sponsible Tor every loose brick in the
pavement Mrs. Flynn alleged that
she was injured by tripping over a
depression in a pavement two years
ago on dark night The borough
showed that the alleged depression
consisted of several soft" bricks
which had become thin and broker
from age and wear
The parents Of Howard Esher, who
was kicked 10 death by mule ir
the Cameron colliery, Shamokin, sueC
the Mineral Railroad x Mining Com
pany for $4,000 damages. A jury
awarded them SLY.
Judge Scott, in his charge to th'
Grand Jury, at Easton called attention
TO the difficulties resulting from thu
use OF automobiles in that county anc
instructed the jurors i'll the la re
spectng the use of automobiles. III
also called the attention of the con
stables to the automobile'law
While cleaning a revolver, Anthon.
Reisher, aged 20 years, OF Mt. Carmel
was accidentally shot in the abdomen
and killed.
The Directors and Teachers Asso
citation, OF the lower end of Mont
gomery County, held banquet. TIL
Committee of arrangements include
II. h. Harmer, Charles A. Wagner
G. w. Qugley, S. J. Garner, w. r
Rain, W. S. Campbell, Miss May A
Cloud and Miss Jennie Wickcrsham.
John A Hornberger. of Leols
while playing ball in Mechanicsburf