1885 Law Compels Teachers to Attend Teachers' Institute

 

The Cortland News, Friday, July 17, 1885.

CORTLAND AND VICINITY.

   Charles Nichols has sold his saloon on Main street to Goddard Bros., of Truxton. Possession given yesterday.

   Wickwire Bros. wire factory, which has been in full blast twenty-four hours a day for the past five months, have taken off their night gang of workmen.

   The total number of graduates of the Cortland Normal school from its beginning up to the close of last term is just 500. Of this number 410 are ladies and 90 are gentlemen.

   Hugh 0’Neil who was brought here from Springville by Sheriff Bothwick last week on an indictment for arson gave bail on Saturday and was released. The Springville Wagon Company became surety.

   The Marathon Independent hits the nail on the head when it says that men who do not believe in advertising must often wonder why the circuses throw away so much money.

   The best remedy tor bleeding at the nose as given by an experienced physician is a vigorous motion of the jaws, as if in the act of mastication. In the case of a child a wad of paper should be placed in its mouth and instructions given to chew hard. It is the motion of the jaws that stops the flow of blood. The remedy is so simple that many may feel inclined to laugh at it, but an exchange says it has never been known to fail in a single instance even in very severe cases.

   An exchange says that a new law, which goes into effect next August, compels teachers to attend every session of the Teachers' Institute, if in physical condition to get there. The law now allows teachers full pay for the week they spend at the Institute, and it is an unfortunate fact that sometimes some draw pay and remain at home. It is to avoid this that the new law was enacted.

   On the second page will be found a time card and advertisement of the Pitcher stage route. Messrs. Harrington & Hayes, the new proprietors of the route, have put on a new wagon and are prepared to carry passengers comfortably and with dispatch. Their advertisement will run throughout the year so that all desiring to know at what hour the stage leaves can find out by consulting our columns.

   Henry L. Rogers tor many years station agent of the D. L. & W. station in this place, has resigned his position in that capacity.

   To all those, who are in arrears for the NEWS, we would ask that they call and settle with us at their earliest convenience. We have been making large purchases of materials and need all the money due us to make our payments as they fall due.

 

A Band Concert.

   The Homer Cornet Band gave an excellent open air concert in front of the Messenger House last Saturday evening to a vast concourse of people. Their selections were well rendered and brought forth hearty applause from the people assembled, but it seems to us that we had heard the majority of those pieces before. It we are not mistaken, they played the same ones during their engagement here a year ago, and again at the Orris Hose fair in this place last spring, and of course it would seem to the superficial observer that an organization, with the reputation of the Homer Cornet Band ought at least to give something new and fresh once in a while.

   Speaking about bands, however, reminds us that this place has an organization called the Cortland Mechanics’ Band composed of young men who all work hard for a living and are trying to perfect themselves in a manner that will do credit to a town of this size. We are glad to notice in this connection, that Cortland people, doing business in the southern suburbs, are public spirited enough and take enough pride in their home organization to go out of town to hire a band, in order to give our home organization a chance to practice; for if our people should employ them to give open air concerts they would not have the necessary time to spare to practice and play for their own amusement.

   To be sure our band cannot compete successfully with the one from Homer, but there are obvious reasons for this. The Homer band has been organized for a great many years and has been petted and fostered by the people of Homer, who justly take pride in it. It they want new music a paper is circulated on the street for the necessary money to purchase it with; if they hear of a good musician who wants a job, a place is found for him in some of the manufactories; if the band has an engagement for a day or for a week the men who hire the individual members of the organization gladly consent to a leave of absence.

   Now look at the other side of the picture, if you please.

   If the Cortland Mechanics’ Band want new music they are permitted to buy it provided they will do so from their own pockets; if a new man is wanted he is permitted to reside within the limits of the corporation provided he can pay his bills; if one of them happens to work in one of our many large factories he is allowed to play in the band after working hours.

   We might go on in this way for an indefinite period showing the superiority of public spirit manifested by the people of Cortland toward their band over that of her sister village, but enough is a great plenty.

   Our band, as we understand it, do not wish or propose to become an object of public charity, but they would be pleased to have a share of the patronage of our town, and if it is given them they can live without asking one single cent as a donation. Another thing, that almost slipped our mind, if any one hires them it would be a good scheme to beat them out of a portion of the price agreed upon, as such actions have a tendency to inspire the members with confidence, and they rest easy in the thought that they always have something coming to them. [This last paragraph doesn’t refer in the least to the action of either one of the political parties last fall.]

 

THE CLEVELAND STRIKERS.

DESPERATE HAND TO HAND ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE.

The Ground Contested Inch by Inch—Police Charge With a Yell, and a Bloody Encounter Ensues.

CLEVELAND, O., July 15.—The anticipated collision between the strikers and police occurred this afternoon at 4 o'clock. A meeting was held in Newburg, and several reporters who entered were savagely thrown out. Alter the meeting seven hundred men, mostly Poles and Bohemians, formed in line and marched to the plate mill which was in operation. The men in the plate mills were opposed to stopping work, but were forced out finally by the foreigners and remained until yesterday, when the mill resumed operations.

ONE THOUSAND STRONG.

   The mob increased in number as it progressed, and when it reached the mill it aggregated at least one thousand men. The strikers were armed with clubs studded with nails, pieces of iron and large stones. The fifty policemen on duty were supplied with maces twenty-two inches Iong, and self-acting revolvers. Thirty-four additional policemen were scattered in the mill.

THE OPPOSING FORCES MEET.

   At 3:45 the patrol men were ordered home to rest, preparatory to going on duty to-night. They started down Aetna street and met the strikers. They turned and “double quicked" it to the mill. They were hooted and stoned by the strikers.

   Deputy Superintendent McMahon gave the orders to fall in, and a line was formed about thirty feet from the mill gate. The mob approached and McMahon asked what was wanted. One of the leaders replied that they were determined to close the mill. The officer argued with them but to no purpose. The men in the rear ranks began to throw stones, there was considerable hard talk, a push forward and then a rush.

THE BATTLE OPENS.

   The police advanced and the two forces met. The strikers threw stones, slag and cinders, and flourished their clubs. The policemen used their maces and drove the strikers back inch by inch. The strikers fell by the score, or reeled away with blood streaming down their faces. They poured a terrific shower of stones, however, into the police, but could not use their clubs to any advantage.

CHARGE OF THE POLICE.

   Finally they fell back rapidly, and the police, seeing the opportunity, charged on a run, yelling as they went. The whack of their maces could be heard for a long distance. Fallen strikers lined Aetna street, and their wives and sweethearts bore them away as fast as possible. The mob broke and ran, but the police kept up an untiring whack until every striker was driven out of sight of the mill,

AFTER THE BATTLE.

   The result of the battle was as follows: Patrolman Mansell, Caldwell, White, Ruse, Eckert and Iles, cut and injured, about the head and body by clubs, pieces of iron. etc. Thirty-five strikers were lying on the ground when the skirmish was brought to an end; seven of them were arrested. The remainder were carried off the field by their friends. Two of the wounded strikers will probably die, and the others are badly injured. The fight lasted but five minutes.

   To-night peace reigns in the affected district, and no more trouble is anticipated until tomorrow. Gorsuch, the Communist, who was arrested on Monday, was released to-day on $3,000 bail. It is said he instigated the attack.

The Cortland News, Friday, August 28, 1885.

Teacher’s Institute.

   The Cortland County Teacher's Institute will be held at Homer, opening September 14, 1885, and continuing five days. All public schools are required by law to be closed and all teachers to attend the Institute.

Reference:
Cleveland Rolling Mill Strikes: http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=CRMS 

Editor's note: The newspaper ad by Harrington & Hayes reads:

"PITCHER STAGE ROUTE
HARRINGTON & HAYES, Proprietors
LEAVE CORTLAND DAILY, as follows:
Messenger House 12:30, Arnold House 1:00 p.m.
and D. L. & W. Depot on arrival of train from  Syracuse at 1:22 p.m.
All orders may be left at the Post Office at Cortland,
addressed to Harrington & Hayes, Box 1020."