. He had charge of erecting the rolling mill and the blast apparatus for the furnace. Shawnee Rolling Mill (Columbia Rolling Mill) In 1854, Smith, Bruner, Sourbeer and Co. erected a rolling mill at the foot of Fifth Street, Columbia, a short distance down- stream from the Shawnee Furnaces. The plant

that year, employees of the Columbia Rolling Mill struck, and were discharged for trying to make their own rules. Of the strike, the Spy thought "it is probably one of the most foolish on record, when the circumstances and depressed condition of the money market are considered." The puddlers were

mine was worked for white oxide of lead. A Mr. Tamlin was em- ployed to develop the mining property, following which Mr. Spils- bury, an experienced lead-zinc mine engineer and manager, was placed in charge. Some time after 1877 Mr. Spilsbury submitted a detailed report that contrasted in many ways

parts of the building are floored with brick. The audience room is furnished with chairs and a table for use of ministers or the officers of societies having charge of the ceremonies at cremation; the walls are decorated with pictures and urns of various designs. The waiting room is provided with chairs

accurate record of who was sinning and where. A large collection of his notebooks rests in the archives of the Lancaster County Historical Society. One must admire the persistence and tenacity of the Law and Order Society agents as they went about their unpopular business. With the arrival of Prohibition