Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-11
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

Senator Riddleberger has taken the stump
in Virginia. and declared for the whole Demo
cratic ticket.
The President yesterday appointed Henry
c. Yarmouth, of Louisiana, to be Collector of
Customs for the District of New Orleans.
The bond offerings yesterday aggregated
Sl24 $3.50, as follows: per cents registered. $50
OO0 at 120 and INTEREST," SS 900 at l2S fiat; ~ per
cents registered, $4,000 at 100I and interest;
Sl6, $50 at 1861
In the Washington Democratic State Con-
yention Samuel Wheelwright, of Tacoma, and
Thomas c. Griffith, of Spokane were placed in
nomination for Congress. Griffith was chosen
on the first ballot Ex-Governor Eugene
Semple, of Tacoma, was nominated for Gov
ernor by reclamation.
The number of killed in the Golden, CAL,
mine disaster number II. Following are their
names: Johnny Murphy, single; William
Collins, married, leaves wife and four children;
Jack Collins, wife and four children; Joseph
Allen, married, one child Joseph Hutler,
married, four children; William Bowden,
married; David Lloyd, single; John Morgan,
single; Henry Huseman, wife and five children.
Richard Rowe, and one other man whose name
has not yet been learned.
The New Jersey Democratic State Con-
vention to nominate candidate for Governor
met in Trenton yesterday. Frederick Marsh
was made temporary Chairman. In his speech
he dorsed the tariff record of President
Cleveland at the mention of whose name the.e
was loud cheering. After the appointment of
the usual committees recess until o'clock
was taken. Upon reassembling the committees
reported, after which Leon Abbott was
nominated for Governor by acclamation and
the convention adjourned.
Since Thursday last the Braidwood, ILL.,,
mines have been operated full blast, the men
returning to work at the TN cents offered by
the operators. Yesterday a new difficulty
arose. Previous to the strike, the 1st of May,
tne drivers, pushers and day hands had worked
nine and one-half hours, but since the re-
sumption of work the operators have COM
PEELED them to work ten hours. This they OBJ
Ject to, and last night informed Superintend-
ent Zoller that unless the company conceded
the nine and one-half hours they would strike.
he informed them that he had no option in
the matter, and as a consequence they have
struck.
Information has been received of one of the
hercest and most destructive forest fires yet
reported in Montana. The fire occurred Sun
Gay night in the st. Regis district, Missoula
county, and the Cokeley ranch was made bar
rem waste in less than 50 minutes Cokeley and
the hostess of the ranch mounted horses and
Darely escaped with their lives to the river less
IMAM quarter of a mile away. and reached the
water after having their clothes nearly all
burned from their bodies. They remained in
tne water over two hours, and even here the
neat and smoke were almost sutfocating A
swedish prospector named Anderson tied his
morse In the gulch about half mile from the
Cokeley ranch and went up the hillside 70 his
clalm. Both horse and man perished in the
names. j. C. Veeder, who has returned from
tne st: Regis country, says he feels certain that
several men perlshed in the flames higher up
the mountains The destruction of property
Will aggregate fully 100000