Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-23

of Seneca, also seconded the nomination. Senator Grady, of New York, endorsed the nomination and said that it caused Tam ma ny Hall no discontinue because Hill was 8 friend of Tiden and Robinson. Senator Fitzgerald of the county Democracy fol- lowed with remarks complimentary to Bill, and pledged him hearty support should he be nominated. Mir. Cochlane, of Irving Hall, asked for his unanimous nomination. Mn
 Hughes, of Washington, seconded the nomi- nation which was then made unanimous by rising vote. Mir. Wood, of New York, nominated General Slocum for Congressman at large and asked his unanimous nomina- tion. Senator Ecclesine, of New York, ssc- onded the nomination. Senator Ja- cobs, of Kings county, said that the nom- inat1on had been made without he knowledge of the delegation from his county. MT. Brooks, of New York, said that no man de- served more from the Democratic party than General Slocum al he asked Kings county to make sacrifice for the sake of victory. A rising vote on the nomination was taken A delegate from Kings county said that he thought that General Slocum should be asked whether he would take the nomination. Gen eral Roger A. Pryor. of Brooklyn, replied that General Slocum had never refused any office, however humble it might have been, to which his party had called him. He said
 
 accept the nomination if rendered to him, nor was anyone authorized to say that he would not do so Mir. Herrick, of Alba ny, nominated Rufus w. Peckham for chief judge of the Court of Appeals, and MT. Anderson, of New York, sec- of Onondaigua, nominated w. c. Rogers, of Syracuse, whose name was received with long continued rounds of applause. MT. Rogers is president of the State Bar associa- tion. MT. Brooke, of New York, seconded the nomination and asked for the withdrawal of Peckham's name in order to make Rogers nomination unanimous. Mir. Patterson, of Rensellaerscounty, spoke in behalf of Peck ham and was hissed by several delegates, who were promptly rebuked by the chair for the insult. After some further remarks by Messrs. Shafer Grady, Ra1nes and Childs favoring Rogers vote taken, resulting: Rogers PIG, Peckham 163, Schoonmaker 14. The election was then made unanimous.
 It was announced before the appointment of the State committee that New York coun- ty had agreed as to its representation upon the committee, the county Democracy taking four places Tammany two and Irving Hall enc. Tammany announced their committee men to be John Kelly and Augustus Schell.
 Irving Hall named Michael c. Murphy. The State committee was authorized to fill all vacancies which may occur on the ticket Alter three cheers for the ticket the conven- tion adjourned sine die.
 The Tunnel Accident-Eerotc Conduct of Wounded Young Ladtes-The Cause of the Accident.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Seven men and one woman were taken wounded from the wrecked train and put into the baggage car of the train from Sing Sing following close behind the Harlem train which ran into the Port chester special Two young ladies who were terribly injured were put into drawing room car on tho same train and all were taken to the Grand Central depot. While in the car and before the train started several physicians who had been hastily summoned attended to the wounded. The two young ladies, who are nieces of John K. Matthews, local inspector of steamboats, manifested ex- traordinary courage while the physicians were dressing their wounds. The elder Miss Matthews was the more severely injured. Her nose was cut entirely off and her right leg was broken near the knee joint so that the knee cap hung dangling loosely from the limb, being held only by the skin. She was also severely bruised in the back. While the physician was dressing her wounds she said "Now, doctor, if there is any one else that is worse off than I am I would rather you would attend to them first" The doctor replied that the others were well provided for and proceeded with his operations. While her limb was being bandaged piece of flesh from the wound in her face projected over the young ladys eyes in an annoying way and she calmly requested the physician to cut it off so that she could see The younger Miss Matthews waited quietly till her sister was attended to and then to the ques- ton of the physician "Where do you appear to be hurt, my little lady ?" she replied 'I
 don't really know. My back hurts me dread fully and there is something the matter with | the back of my head" The physician raised | her head and the whole back of her head and | neck appeared to be one mass of blood and ! confused flesh. A gentleman who was stand ! ing by declared it to be the most horrible | sight he had ever seen and he turned away ! sickened by the ghastly sight. The two ! young ladies were conscious throughout the I operations, and although both were suffering
 intense agony they were wonderfully calm
 and brave during the whole ordeal.
 When the train arrived at the depot and
 the injured were being carried to the Grand Un1on Hotel on the opposite side of Forty | second street one of the wounded men, Mir. William Howe, of Mt. Vernon, stated to the
 attendants that he did not want to be car
 ried. 'Just give me cane," he said. land | I can walk there as we'll you can." He | was, however, prevailed upon to be carried i to the hotel and he was the first and only one | of the seven taken to this hotel who died. l Miss Crommerline, who was among those
 taken to the hotel, had her right leg ampu-
 tated The Misses Matthe, and all the ! other patients at the hotel were doing we'll at a late hour tonight and all are | thought to be out of danger. Although the officials of the New York Gen. tral railroad company very reticent l about giving any information as to the real
 cause of the slaughter, representative of the United Press association was fortunate | enough to get an explanation from one who
 is so prominent in the management of the
 trains at this section of the road that he has formed. At the point where the collision
 occurred there are three tunnels.
 The central and largest one of
 the three contains two tracks over
 which are run all the trains except rapid
 transit and local trains, which run up and
 down through the east and west side tunnel | respectively. A short time before the disas-
 ter engine of the Hudson River road was
 derailed in the main tunnel, which blocked l the incoming track in that tunnel. This ne.
 cessitated the bringing in of all trains owe, the single track in the west side tunnel Sc
 many trains coming in on this one track : caused blockade, which necessitated a stop of each train at each telegraph sta
 ton, for at such times the trains are , controlled entirely by telegraph, there being } no electric signals in the small tunnels fol , the management of trains as in the large one The operator at each station when h. ] has let train past notifies the operator a 3 between the two, and enables the upper op | orator o Iet the next krain come down Th,