St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-18
MINNEAPOLIS EVENTS.
Peter Frank Crushed to Death and Mil
waukee Passenger Brakeman In
stantly Killed.
Striking Stonecutters Expecting to Win a
Victory Important Nesting of
the LurlineS.
Dennis-Shalto Damage Suit in Court
--Catherine Murdoch Securesa
Divorce.
TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS.
Peter Frank Crushed i'm u nrench--
John Nichols Killed by the Cars.

John Nichols Killed by the Cars.
Anaccdent occurred on Riverside avenue,
in a water-pipe trench, yesterday after
noon, by which one man was killed, one
inAred and three narrowly escaped death.
The pipe is being laid in loose, sandy
soil, and the trench was nine feet deep and
sixteen feet III length. y. f. Jordan was
the foreman and Robert Blaikie the pipe
inspector at the work. Peter. Frank and
Joseph Frank, brothers, were working to-
gether, when suddenly the sand began
flowing in. Like break in dixie. it came
slowly at first, and then with rush. bury
ing the Frank brothers. Joseph shook
himself free and escaped with only slight
injury Peter was unable to avoid the
fall, and was buried to the armpits, death
resulting from the terrible crush.
He was young unmarried man of "a
years and lived with his uncle at 1920 Sec
Ond street south. The body was taken to
Gleason IL Byorum's morgue. where DR..
Hill will conduct an inquest at 10 o'clock
this morning.
The inspector and foreman both assert the
death was the result Of an unavoidable ac
cident, as the work was properly done and
the timberS of the kind always employed in
such work. The jury OF inquest will to-
day decide whether any blame attaches to
the contractor or officials connected with
the work.
A SAD ACCIDENT.
John Nichols, brakeman on the through
train for Chicago on the Milwaukee, which
left Minneapolis at l o'clock yesterday
afternoon, noticed that some trampS had
crawIed on top of the train for the purpose
of stealing a ride. lie climbed on to the
roof Of car just as the train was passing
under the iron bridge south of Manchester
station. The train was going at the rate
of thirty miles an hour. and the brakenan'S
head came in contact with the bridge with
such terrific force that his head was crushed
into jelly, death being produced instantly,
The body was seen by a baggage
man as it rolled from the car,
and the train being stopped, the re-
mains were picked up and taken to
st. Paul and brought back to Minneapolis
in the first short line train. The deceased
was for over a year night clerk at the Nicol-
let house, and went to work as brakeman
last winter. He was about twenty years
old, and was exceedingly popular with the
travelling public. His widowed mother
and two sisters live at the corner of
Twelfth street and First avenue north.
THE STONECUTTEEss STRIKE,
And Charge Some Contractors With
not Keeping Their Promises.
About sixty stonemasons on Saturday
night went out on strike to obtain nine
hours as a days work with ten hours pay
This concession was promised the men May
by number of contractors, but it is claimed
they have failed to carry out the agreement.
In accordance with action taken by Stonecut-
ters' union, the men employed by Baxter &
Son. Downs Bros. Trainer Bros, John
Patterson and Bent Arenson stopped work
Saturday night and have since remained
out. There is possibility that the con-
tractors will yield by tomorrow.