The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-14
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
TERRIBLE COAL MINE HORROR At PO-
CAH0NTAS, W.-i50 MEN KILLED.
Prentiss Tiller, the Pacific Express Robber, Cap
tured With All the Money. -Bismarck's
Speech. The Cattle Disease in Kansas.

ID. Coolidge, divorced from George b.
Coolidge, and woman highly connected
in the South and West, was arrested to-
day for repeated attempts to kidnap her
son, Alfred, aged 10, and held in $3.50
bail.
FALL RIVER, Mass, March lo.-A notice
posted in the cording arid spinning
rooms Of the Burnaby mill states that a
reduction will be made on March II.
The carders will strike If reduction Of
over 10 per cent. is made. The picker
bosses, paid 81 % per day in other mills,
are paid 81 80 by the Burnaby company.
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, March 13.-A
meeting of the business and stockmen Of
this vicinity was held here last night to
consider the cattle disease in Woodson
and other counties of the State. Reso-
buttons were adopted endorsing the ac-
ton of Governor Click, so far taken,
urging him to employ every possible
means to stamp out the disease, and
pledging him a hearty support in any
action he may deem necessary to ac-
complish that object.
LYNCHBURG, March 13.-A special from
Pocahontas this morning, says: "An ex-
plosion occurred in the coal mines here
last night at 1880 o'clock, and from 100
to $50 miners were killed." Later-No
further particulars have yet been re-
oeived of the explosion in the coal mines
at Pocahontas. Great confusion prevails
there, and accurate information can not
be had before evening. A special train
with surgeons on board left here for the
scene of the explosion at 1918 o'clock
this morning.
NEosHo FALLS, KAN, March l3.-Sev-
eral new cases OF mouth-and-foot disease
are reported to-day, and but one new
herd is affected. 1t appears to be spread
ing rapidly in the Pribenow herd on Owl
Creek. and as he has sold several head Of
stock since the disease appeared, il is
feared we may soon hear of other herds
being affected. The herd reported af-
fected yesterday was examined by DIR.
Holcome, who reported 1t to be false
alarm, which may be the case with that
reported to-day. So far the quarantine
regulations established by the commits
sion are being acceded to by all classes
of citizens. The commissioner of agri-
culture has dispatched an eminent veter-
mary surgeon from Washington, who
will arrive here on Saturday. DIR. Hol-
come has gone to Lyon county to ex-
anime infected herds near Hartford.
MILWAUKEE, March 13.-Prentiss Til
Ter, the Pacific Express company's agent
at st. Louis, who decamped with nearly
100000 few days ago, was arrested at
10 O'Clock this morning, by Milwaukee
detective, and 500, 900 of the money re-
covered. A young man looking like a
tramp, with a small moustache, brown
hair, slight build, unobtrusive features,
and about 1876 pounds weight, bought a
trunk at the store Of Carpeles & Schram,
on Tuesday, and asked to have it shipped
to E. II. Paohen, Detroit, Michigan.
He left a valise, which he asked to have
placed inside the trunk to save him the
trouble Of carrying 1t. When about to
put the valise in the trunk the clerk
dropped it and the clasps burst asunder,
the bullying contents rolling out upon the
floor. On gathering up the bundles he
found them to be wrapped in Pacific EX-
press company labels, and closer exami-
nation disclosed that every package con-
tanned prize, the total amounting to
nearly $4,000. The police were notified,
u
him to cheap boarding house in the
Third ward, but he was not at home.
They found his trunk, however, and
seized it. As the boarding house people
said the man was frequently out all
night, the police continued searching the
city, thinking that he must be on spree.
This morning he returned to the store
where the trunk was purchased to ask
about the valise and was arrested. He
has been at the Third ward boarding
house since March 8, but it is not known
whether or not he boarded anywhere
else before that. Besides the money
there was a large amount Of valuable
| jewelry in the valise. The money was
placed in the Merchants Exchange bank.
PETERSBURG, March 13.-Intelligence
just received confirms the story Of the
terrible explosion at the coal mines Of
the Improvement company, at Poca-
hontas, this State. The horror occurred
at / o'clock this morning. Particulars
are very meagre, and nothing has been
learned Of how it occurred. Over 10C
men are known to be killed. These
mines are owned by joint stock COM
pany, mostly of northern capitalists
Further intelligence from Pocahontas
represents the work of destruction at the
coal mines as horrible and complete,
There were $50 men in the mine at the
time of the explosion, and not one is be-
lieved to have escaped. Those not killed
outright by the terrible force Of the ex.
plosion most likely persisted from the
after damp. The cause Of the explosion
is not yet definitely explained, as the
entries to the mine are full of bad air, but
the presumption is that some one in the
mine struck assure of gas. Severa
parties ventured in the mine this morn
ing, but could not long endure the fOu
atmosphere. A number Of bodies were
discovered horribly mangled, some o
them with the heads torn from the trunk
and others with the limbs all gone, pre-
senting an appalling spectacle. Thu
work of destruction was not entirely
confined to the interior Of the mines, bu1
houses 200 or 300 feet away from tn,
mines were overturned and in severa