Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

plsee, and taksn to Clear6S where,
in default of$5,0 900 bail, ID ,sas soss
nitted Psrks sas arrested = cLar9 )
'of participating in the disstr bance 8
Fisl,s.'s miuss on Tuesday 4 flastwssk.
John S,ney, tae President Of the Mi
ners' National Benevolent Association,
is under bail on the same charge. but j.
to be rearrestet and put upder heauiet
bail. 1t Is the FIRST time that siney
has laid himself liable to arrest, and
the operatsrsl say shss they have 'saf.
tAcient evidenee - send him % teereu-
itentiary. Every effort vii! De made
BY the operators to convict these men,
for the reason that they are regarded
As the organizers Of all the strikes that
have occurred in both the hard and soft
coal regions during the past year. The
local leaders claim to have prevented
all violence during the recent strike,
and that the arrest of the men now in
Clear6eld Jail is gross outrage, per-
petrated at the instance Of the en-
ployers. G SD iausi aa. -e.rsri 70
At about IL o'clock on the Goth q
FIRE broke out at the Mosbannon Lum-
Der Company's m!ll, west of Osceoia.
Fifteen million feet Of lumber we're
burned. The wind was so strong tlia.
6rebrands two feet long were thrown to
most all parts of the town of O,cecls.
All the public buildings except th.
Catholic aud Methodist churches we're
burned. About two hundred houses
were also destroyed. Twelve hundred
people are houseless; people we're drir-
en- to the race course, where they we're
surrounded By FIRE from all sides, COM
munication being cut of BY the FIRE.
The Tyrone Ere department, with their
steamer and hose carriage, left for the
fiery scene Of distress, but could not
reach the town with their machines on
account of the railroad track having
been burned. The loss i, about two
million dollars. 2 ...aV 8..f zoo ..s.
The shipment Of coal has been de-
layed a, leasr ten days. 'liass... ...l =.
| An eyewitness wrote as follows to
q city paper regarding the disaster -
The town Of Osceola, containing l 500
inhabitants, Is situated on the brow Of
bill, which Is itself surrounded By a
number of lesser hills, all thickly
wooded. Early in the forenoon the
chutes of the Philadelphia mine, took
FIRE, and almost simultaneously the
flames began to creep out Of the woods
all around the town. Even then no
danger is anticipated, and it was hot
until the flames had actually caught
some of the houses on the outskirts
that the people began to realize thslt
position. At noon the guests Of the
Upton House-among them your cor
respondert-not knowing Of the danger
to the town, were joking about the pos
sibility of the fire reaching the kitchen
before the conclusion Of dinner. An
hour afterward the Lipton House was
in a.hes, and the guests, with number
of others, were & 6shtiug the flames
around the office in which this dispatch
is being written. Inside the place was
filed with terrified women, and outside
the men were carrying pals Of wa,ei
through the binding smoke to dampen
the wooden structure and prevent the
sparks from igniting it. After the
flames had caught the upper end Of the
town, they swept down the side Of the
mountain with terrible rapidity. The
fire burning in the woods all around
sent up clouds Of smoke, which cou-
pletely enveloped the town. For . time
esress seemed impossible, bat the vio-
lence Of the wind occasionally lifted
the smoke, and enabled the affrighted
population to make their way toward
the depot. Here there was a terrible
suspense Of nearly an hour. No train
was in the depot, and the flames were
rapidly approaching the frame dwelling
used by the railroad company. On
every side the fire barred escape. For
tunately the telegraph lines we're work.
ing, and assistance was asked from the
fire departments OF Tyrone and Altoona.
When the hope Of escape was least. Nh.
Daniel Wood, the train master on the
Mosbannon and Clearfe.d branches of
/
the road, ran a train Of about twenty
box cars into the depot, and at once
commenced to load them with women
and children. 1t seemed almost impos-
sible that the train could pass with
safety through the burning woods, but
successful trip was made, and the
human freight taken to Phillipsburg, a
large town situated on large tract Of
cleared land, some miles above this
place. After the FIRE commencing at
the top Of the mountain had swept down
until it joined the flames reaching out
from the woods on the side opposite to
that where it commenced, hope was
still entertained that large sswmlll,