The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-20
STATE NOTES.

The strike at the Vulcan iron Works
Wikesbarre, in this State, has ended
by the men returning to work at ten per
cent. reduction.
AT No. s shaft of the Pennsylvania
Coal Company's mines, near Pittston, in
the Wyoming region, Friday, Rudolpe
Schmaltz, a miner, and Nicolas Owens,
laborer, were instantly killed by a
nass of top coal falling upon them.
The latest demonstration by the au-
thorlties at Philadelphia, to obtain in
formation about the missing boy Ross,
was an order issued by the Mayor, week
befor last, instructng the police to
search every house in the city. The
search began on Thursday and ended
on Friday; bnt was without results as to
the boy; but it showed up some things
which people little think exist in
Philadelphia. In one house in which
forty families make their ill-provided
homes, woman was found apparently
at the point of death. She had barely
strength to move the fan she held in her
hand, and there was not soul to minis.
ter to her wants. A miserable bed and
scanty furniture made up her all of
earthly comforts. Of course her wants
were attended to.
Pittsburgh, August l2.-The Stand
ard Oil Works aud National Refinery,
on the Allegheny River, were burned
tonight. At 3 o'clock the lightning
struck au oil tank containing 5000 bar
rels of oil, setting it on fire. About two
hours after the tank overfowcd and the
burning oil communicated with the
buildings and tanks in the vicinity, the
fire at once covering space of an ere
and halt. Amount of oil destroyed,
$50 barrels; all the buildings on the
premises, valued at $4,000; also 12,-
900 empty barrels. The men on the
premises escaped with difficulty. The
total less will be about $4,000 10 55,-
600 upon which there is an insurance
of about $4,000. At IL o'clock the
fire was under control and the other re-
fineries adjoining are considered out OF
danger. A tank at the Fairview Oil
Works, on the opposite side of the river
was also struck by lightning and 5000
barrels OF oil burned; no insurance.
AN EXCURSION TRAIN coLLIDEs With
A COAL TRAIN-sIX HUNDRED PER-
SONS ON THE TRAIN-Two KILLED
AND TWENTY WOUNDED.
Philadelphia, August 15-An ac-
cident occurred to the excursion train
from Norristown Pa, to Long Branch
this morning, near Bristol, Oh the
branch of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad. The train came in coils
ion with a freight train, owing to mis-
placed switch. Two persons were killed
and seven injured, one dangerously.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, August 15.-The cx-
cursion party to which the accident oc-
CURED this morning near Bristol, was
the American Mechanics Society, OF
Norlistown, bound for New York Bay
A misplaced switch caused a collision
between the excursion and coal train
Two cars of the excursion train were
telescoped. Killed-Aiexandria Schall
Norristown; Sidney J. Nagle, Plymouth.
The wounded we're jeffrey Blight, John,
Neal, Mr.. Cox, Morris Rief, Harry
Godschalk, Alfred Meyer and about
fifteen others. 1he engineer and fire.
man were slightly hurt. Abundant
medical attendance was promptly OBJ
tanned from Bristol and elsewhere
There were nearly six hundred passen-
gers on ten cars.