WAR ON THE UNION

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, December 5, 1890.

WAR ON THE UNION.

Shoe Manufacturers at Rochester Take a Decided Stand.

   ROCHESTER, N. Y., Nov. 30.—There has been a strike in the factory of the Cox shoe manufacturing company since June last against the introduction of the Rochester lasting machines. Twenty-one of the leading manufacturers have signed the following manifesto, which was made public yesterday:

   We, the undersigned, shoe manufacturers of the city of Rochester, N. Y., hereby agree that on and after December 1, 1890, we will dismiss from our employment all members of the boot and shoemakers' international union, until such time as the strike against the P. Cox shoe manufacturing company shall have been completely abandoned, and the rights claimed by the following preamble be conceded and all opposition to the same withdrawn.

   This association claims for themselves and their associates the right to introduce any machinery they deem desirable, and to employ help to operate the same in such manner as they may elect, either by the day, week or piece.

Y. M. C. A. Notes.

   Next Sunday Mr. & A. Taggart of New York a member of the Inter-National Committee of the Y. M. C. A. will give an address in the Gymnasium of the Y. M. C. A. on "The Extension work for young men in Foreign lands."

   Mr. Taggart was for a great many years State Secretary of Pennsylvania afterwards Editor of the "Young Men's Era." He has been identified with the work for over 20 years. He is therefore not only well posted but a very gifted speaker.

   Remember the hour 4 o'clock and the place in the Standard Building next Sunday.

   Mr. J. E. Pagan is now acting as assistant Secretary at the Y. M. C. A. rooms, assisting the General Secretary with memberships, Entertainment course, and office work preparatory to the change of Secretaries Jan. 1st.

Record for November.

   Registrar W. J. Moore submits for November, 1890, the following record:  Deaths 14—males 7, females 7. Social condition—single 6, married 5, widowed 3. Nativity—United States 12, Ireland 1, Scotland 1.

   Under five years 4, between ten and twenty 2, twenty and thirty 1, thirty and sixty 1, sixty and seventy 2, seventy and eighty 2, eighty and ninety 1, ninety and one hundred 1. Causes—meningitis 2, old age 2, heart disease 2, hemorrhage 1, hernia 1, consumption 1, asthma 1, peritonetis 1, dropsy 1, typhoid fever 1, intermittent fever 1.

   Births 14—males 10, females 4.

   Marriages 10.

HERE AND THERE.

   Good Templars' Hall is undergoing repairs.

   Cutters were flitting through the streets Wednesday afternoon.

   Messrs. C. H. Amerman and Geo. H. Briggs have opened a laundry at No. 18 Washington street.

   Repairs on the Episcopal church in Homer are nearly completed and the same will be ready for occupancy in a few days.

   Monday last the superintendency of the Homer Water Works was assumed by Clark Pickens, whose office will be in that village.

   To-night is the close of the Harmony Lodge fair. All awards will be made to-night. Human checkers will be a leading feature.

   The Cortland Wagon Company started their works with a large force of men Monday morning. Numerous large orders are awaiting shipment for this season of '91.

   There are at present 1842 volumes of books in the Homer Academy library, and an effort is being made to add 500 volumes more. The library is hoped to be thus completed during January.

   Teachers' Association for the town of Cortlandville will be held at the Court House, Saturday, Dec. 6th, commencing at 10 o'clock A. M. Teachers and all interested in education are invited.

   Under the new law the Town Clerk of each town is obliged to have a Town

Clerk's sign outside the office and a bulletin board upon which all town notices, and nothing else, shall be posted.

   Subject of discourse at the Universalist church Sunday morning, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness." Evening, "Are liquor dealers criminals?" illustrated. Free seats. All are welcome.

   A festival will be given by the society of St. Patrick's church, Truxton, at the Truxton House in that village, on Wednesday evening, December 31st. The bill is only $1.25, and Butterfield's orchestra will furnish the music.

   The President's message will be found in full on our supplement.

   The Brockway Wagon Works, of Homer, are putting up additions to their buildings in that place, to be used for show and store rooms.

   "Ye Old Deestrict Skewl" will be presented in the first Presbyterian church in Preble, on Friday evening, Dec. 12th, under the management of T. Mason Loring.

   Messrs. Erving Stevens and Samuel Miller have taken possession of the Central House on Court street, and will conduct the same in the future. Both gentlemen have many friends, and we predict they will make popular landlords.

   Last Saturday it was rumored about town that the Lehigh Valley R. R. company had purchased the E. C. & N. road, but the officials of the latter road say there is no foundation for the report and no prospect of such an event taking place in the near future.

   The Board of Trustees have ordered all sidewalks in the village to be cleared of snow as early as 8 o'clock A. M., and in default thereof, that the same will be cleared by the Street Commissioner at the expense of the property owners. We understand that it is proposed to enforce this requirement without respect to persons.

   A few minutes past four o'clock last Sunday afternoon, the hay barn near the "Snake pond" on the W. R. Randall farm, just south of the village, was discovered to be on fire and an alarm called out the fire department, but as the barn, which was full of hay, was pretty nearly consumed when the alarm was given, the boys returned, after a sharp run. It is said to have been a resort for card players, and it is supposed to have been accidentally set on fire by some of the frequenters of the place.

   Monday noon a large kettle of candy in process of manufacture in Messrs. Cobb & Perkins' factory caught fire and an alarm was sounded, but the blaze was extinguished before the department arrived.

   Mr. H. T. Hollister is in Norwich, Connecticut, this week, giving personal supervision to the finishing of his plumbing contract on the new opera house in that city. After his return he will give attention to a large contract awarded him in the city of Syracuse. It is a pleasure to note the success of Cortland mechanics in the securing of important contracts in the outside fields of their craft, and speaks well of the ability of borne artisans.

  

TOWN REPORTS.

EAST HOMER.

   Mr. Dewit Hillsinger has moved into the Maycumber house.

   Mr. W. T. Dwelly of Cortland was in town last week on business.

   Albright grange will hold its annual supper Thursday evening of this week.

   Mrs. Minerva Kenfield of Cortland visited friends in this place the past week.

   Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Knapp of Homer spent Sunday with her mother Mrs. Ann Rose.

   Quite a number of our grangers attended the Council at Cortland Tuesday of this week.

   Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Young were duly initiated into the mysteries of the grange Saturday evening last.

   Mrs. D. A. Burnham and daughter Lizzie of Homer were calling on friends in this place the past week.

   Mr. Ed. Wright of the Cortland marble works Saturday last, placed in position in the Cemetery in this place, a very fine monument on the lot of the late William Miller.

FRANK'S CORNERS.

   The sick are improving.

   Mr. Bouton Glazier is working for Geo. Dann.

   Mr. Potter and family have returned to their home in Michigan.

   Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marcy entertained some friends to dinner, Thanksgiving.

   Messrs. F. Bacon and Chas. Hotchkiss are buying poultry for Harrison Wells, of Cortland.

   Willis Foster has finished his work for George Purvis Dann. Mr. Foster will still continue to give his valuable aid in the Baptist choir.

   Last Tuesday Uncle Dick, though a man sixty-five years old and weighing a trifle over two hundred avoirdupois, with dog and gun started on a hunting expedition to the famous Owego hills, which attain an elevation of 1,600 to 2,000 feet above tide. After perambulating these gorgeous hills for a period of six hours, Uncle Dick returned without game, and a great deal madder than he has been since a boy stole his dog and shot his pet rooster.

   UNCLE DICK.