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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



stiirt nciiiii fur liliiiHcir. Imt tliiii If IiIn 

 sons wis)) tu follow liiiii 111 till- luiiibiT 

 lillsliii>!<K III' Ik roail.v t.. slnrt tln'iii. Willi 

 tliiit iimttor III vU'w, Mr. I'lml.v. lil« wlfi- 

 mill Ills sons nrc now on llio I'liclili- roust 

 to siM-inl sov«>nil iiioiitlis liH>kiiiK over the 



silll.'illiill. 



PHILADELPHIA POST. 



l.<il>or ililMi'ulllcs <'iiiiliuui' to liiinixs tin- 

 liiiiit<i<r (It'iilt'rs ill tills rliv. For llu- liisl 

 two niontlis tli*> incrt'iisini; ilfiiiiinils imiili< 

 li.v till' irsKlos tiiiioiis ii|ioii tlii>ir ciiililoyiTs 

 lins pliiiiK'tl lilt* liiiiilH-rnii'ii into a sea i>( 

 tronliU". Scarifly Is one Ironblt' ailjiisliil 

 wlion nnotliiT siriko Umhiis ii|i on tin- lior- 

 Izon to ailniinistcr anotln-r s«'tl>in-k to tin- 

 liinilicr Imsincss. 



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Tlic siriki- of tin- cariiriitiTs. wliirli was 

 iiiaiiKil>°atcil on May 1, has liccii tonipor- 

 arily sctth'd ami lln' nu-ii liavo btHMi 

 obllKiHl to ri'tiini to work under the same 

 <'on<litl<)iis that existe«l before the strike 

 was ilerlaretl. The earjienters tlenianihil 

 Jin Increase from forty to lifty cents an 

 hour. Tills (leiiianil was repeattnlly rc- 

 fusiHl by Imth the Master farjienters' Coiii- 

 IMiny and the iiide|H'iident employers. Af- 

 ter more than a month of idleness. In 

 which many valuable and pressing build- 

 ing operations were tietl up. the Independ- 

 ent iMisses coiiiproinlsed at forty-Hve cents 

 an hour. Many carpenters returned to 

 work at this ligure on June 10. Several 

 attempts were made to secure a similar 

 concession from the Master Carpenters, but 

 they declined all overtures. The strikers 

 wore obliged to return to work on all jobs 

 on .lune J- at forty cents an hour, after 

 securing nothing more than a jiromise from 

 the Master ('an>eiiters to discuss their 



j^riev.inres. 



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At the .June meeting of the Luniber- 

 nien's K.\cliange it was decided to appro- 

 priate .*1.."XJ0 for an exhibition of the na- 

 tive wootls of I'enusylvania at the St. 

 Louis Exposition. The committee in 

 charge of the exhibit is as follows: Presi- 

 dent Samuel B. Vrooman, K. H. Coane, A. 

 J. Cadwalader, I'. Elmer Weitzel and 

 Charles M. Ketts. 



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In addition to the car])enters' strike the 

 lumber trade has been seriously affected 

 by strikes among the longshoremen lum- 

 ber handlers and the marine engineers. 

 Although the former strike lasted but 

 tliree days, shipping was almost brought 

 to a standstill. Three hundred men along 

 the Delaware river front struck on June 

 15 for a twenty per cent increasi' in wages. 

 The employers determined to resist the 

 demand of the men. A meeting of the 

 boss stevedores, the A'essel Owners' and 

 Captains' Association and the Lumber- 

 men's Exchange was held the day the 

 strike was declared and the following was 

 unanimously adopted: 



"It is the decision of the representatives 

 of these interests that they refuse to pay 



liny permaiieiil advanee to Iniiibi-r hniiil- 

 li rs and that they refuse to rcoignlr.e the 

 l.ciigslioremen'K I'lilon In any way." 



The strikers realixctl that the eiiiplovcrH 

 were delermlnetl and two days later iln-y 

 were all ill work again. 



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The strike of the marine eiiglneei-s. 

 which has been III progress siiii-e June 1, 

 has delayeil river iralllc considerably. In- 

 I'omliiK and outgoing vessels have enconii- 

 ti red great dlltli'iilty In seeiirlng tugs as 

 II result of till' strike. The engineers an- 

 ileiiiaiiiling $.S<l a nioiilh pay and a rediii- 

 lion to twelve hours a day. The Sleaiii 

 \ 1 ssel Owners' Association declares thai 

 !l will make no eonceKslons to llie union. 



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The reiinsylvania Lumber and Supply 

 Coiiipaiiy, including twenty-six llriiis in 

 the western part of the state, was organ- 

 i>:(^l June li; at a meeting of the oHlcials 

 of the various companies In Pittsburg. 'I'he 

 sleek of the new company has almost been 

 subscribed to the limit of what the indi- 

 vidual companies are to receive for their 

 businesses. The oflleers of the company 

 were elected as follows: Presidenl. J. ('. 

 Walton, of the Fayelle l.iiiiiber Conipaiiy. 

 Connellsville: vice-presidenl. WIHImiii l-'or- 

 gie. of Washington. Pa.: secretary. J. W. 

 Wallace, of Dunliar A: Wallace, Washing- 

 ton. Pa.; treasurer. A. A. Walton, of the 

 \Valton Lumber Company, Charleroi: di- 

 rectors, Samuel .Tones, Bellevernon: J. C. 

 Mnnson. Connellsville: S. M. Graham, 

 I niontown: Charles Eggers, Monessen: C. 

 P. M.vers, Uridgeville; A. \. AValton. Char- 

 leroi: Charles Potter. Donora: Edward 

 Pangborn. Elizabeth: John Husband. .Mt. 

 Pleasant: J. F. Eicher, Scottdale: J. W. 

 Wallace, Washington: William Forgie, 

 Washington: A, J. Stewart, Washington: 

 Frank Gardner, Washington: George M. 

 llosack, I'ittsburg; John W. Holleau, Pitts- 

 burg. 



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The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Protect- 

 ive Association will hold its semi-amiu.il 

 iKceting in Willianisport on July 0. 



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A meeting of the creditors of John 

 Strong & Co. was held on June 11. Xo 

 statement has yet been iiiiide imbllc of the 

 linancial embarrassments of the company. 

 A committee has been appointed to inves- 

 tigate the company's affairs and will make 

 a report at the meeting of tiio creditors to 

 b" held on June 2.">. 



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About GOO employes of the mills at Ash- 

 land, Ky., and Ironton, O., went on strike 

 June 12 to secure recognition of the union. 

 .\n effort was made to tie u|) all the mills 

 between the Big Sandy river and Ironton. 



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Ellwoo<l Allen, one of the oldest and 

 most widely known lumbermen of this 

 city, died at his home recently, at 4932 

 Pcnn street, Frankford, He was born 

 near Christiana, Pa., seventy-seven years 

 ago and began life as a lumber raftsman 



on the lielawiire river, .\bout llfty years 

 itlto be eiileretl the lumber business, anil, 

 up to llie lime of Ills death, condiieled an 

 exli«ii-l\e plant In the northeast section of 

 the cll\ He was a member of the Luin- 

 iHTiiieii's Kxcliange. 



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The mill owned by G. E. Whllmore, near 

 Trouuille, was destroyed by lire on June 

 .'t. More than KHMX"' feet of hard«i..Ml 

 IuiiiIm'I' "as eonsutlied. The mill will be 

 rebllill 



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Frank T. Uuniba_fger, of the Itiimbarger 

 I. umbel' Company, has relnrneil from a 

 trip lliioiigh the Soiilli. when- he made 

 extensive hardwoiNl inirchiiHes. 



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L. Ili'lier Smith, a well-known IiiiiiIht 

 nieri'haiil of York, was marrieil to Miss 

 Nelly (lllver Itaer. daughter of President 

 Itaer of the Ueading Kallroad. on June <'■ 

 at Ite.Mliiig. The ceremony took place In 

 the Seiond Keforiiieil Church, followeil by 

 a reeeplion at "Ha wlhorne." the Baer res- 

 idence. 



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1>. C. Kotli iV Co of Heading has been 

 siu'ceeiled by the .\orllie:isl Planing Mills 

 ( 'oniiiaiiy. 



CINCINNATI GOSSIP. 

 The lasl nionllily nieeliiig and bamiuet 

 prior to the adjonriimenl for the summer 

 v.as held by the Cincinnati Lumbermen's 

 Club on Tuesday evening. June 0. As It 

 Is euslomary to hold this meeting on the 

 liiil top. the zoological garden was seleete<l 

 as the scene of this year's festivities. Fol- 

 lowing up the innovation liiangiiraled last 

 \ear. the ladles were again invited, and 

 this no doulit added to the enjoyment of 

 the evening. President Korn made a short 

 speech of welcome and outliuetl his policy 

 to,' the coming term. He also nnnouucetl 

 his appointments for two committees, 

 which will be given below. While supper 

 was being served the < ineinnall Keed 

 llMiid renilereil iileasing selections. The 

 iiieiiii also was calculated to please. 

 MENU. 

 .Manhattan Cocktail. 

 Little Neck Clams. 

 Olives. Itadishes Salted Peanuts. 



Cream of Asparagus. 

 Uliiue Wine, 

 liakeil S|ianlsli JIackerel, a rUallenne. 

 Ki'iman I'unch. Claret. 



IJoiled Spring Chicken, aux Cresson. 

 New Peas. New Potatoes. 



I.elliH-e and Tomato Salad. 



Sliawberries and Ice Cream. 



Assorted Cakes. 



Brie Cheese. Water Crackers. 



Coffee. Cigars. 



Among those present wore: Messrs. and 

 Mesdames C. F. Korn. R. A. Kipp. I. M. 

 Asher. B. Bramlage, W. A. Bennett. J. 

 Watt Graham. C. L. J^arr, .\. V. Fuhrman, 

 W. S. Sterrilt. E. K. I'richett. H. L. Mickle, 

 A. P.. Ideson. G. O. Worland, C. H. I'ease, 

 (i. C. Uamsi-y. C. H. Schatzman. S. C. Mat- 

 thews, G. A. Shaw. O. P. Hurd, Jr., J. B. 

 King, J, E. Tntliill. W. J. Eckman. E. P. 

 Ransom, C. W. Tomllnson, B. W. Lord, 

 Misses Anna Frymuth. Mnymo Henry, 



