Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
STATE NEWS.

For bargains in paints, room mould
ing, calsomine and wall paper, call on
A. A. Bachman. opposite II. G. Rooms.
On Saturday the court approved the
article of incorporation of the Retail
Merchants Protective Association of
LuZerne county.
The fire in the Bast colliery at Ash
land was reached last week and water
turned on the burning coal The mine
officials have hopes of getting the fire
under control in short time.
Oliver Carlisle, Anthony Maley,
William Flynn and Richard Scully, four
prisoners confined in the county Jail at
Pottsville, escaped early on Sunday morn
ing. A reward is offered for their ar
rest.
Fifty weavers in the Bethlehem Silk
Mill, in Bethlehem, went on strike,
Tuesday, againsta 10 per cent. reduction
in wages The weaving department of
the mill is idle.
The Kingston Times has come to us
enlarged. There is an evidence of pros
perity in that place from the appearance
of its morning daily which has just
passed about six months of its existence.
The Amalgamated Association of
Iron and Steel Workers, in session at
Pittsburg, has adopted last years boiling
scale of $3.50 per ton on the two-cent
card rate. The remainder of the scale
will be arranged this week.
Sylvester Rice, while drinking
woods at the northern end of Pottsville,
| Sunday Irnnnn1 Iao1 VJ;o
panions disappeared. His death is at
tributed to exhaustion and alcoholism.
The annual State camp of the Sons
of Veterans held sessions in Wilkes
Barre yesterday and will continue the
same to-day All the State officers of
the order are present as well as a large
number of delegates from all over the
State.
The puddlers at the Blandon Roll
ing Mill, at Blandon, Berks county, last
week had their wages advanced to 81
per ton, which took effect on Monday.
Puddlers wages in the Schuylkill Valley
range from $3.50 to S4 per ton. The adj
vance made at Blandon affects several
hundred men.
"A union meeting of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers was held Sun
day in Wilkes-Barre. There was secret
session in the morning, following public
meeting in the afternoon, at which over
| 1000 people were present. General w.
IL. Mccartney, Allen H. Dickson and
p. F. Fennell made addresses.
While Green Hanlin and William
Thomas and number of other work
men were riding down the slope of the
Youngstown mine, at Connellsville, last
week the cars parted and then came to-
gether with terrific force. Hanln's leg
and thigh were mangled and will have
to be amputated. Thomas had his skull
fractured, but will recover. The other
men on the cars escaped being hurt by
| jumping.
"A fatal fire occurred in Trembaths
Hotel at Wilkes Barre on Monday even
ing. The fire was caused by an explosion
of lamp which entirely burned the in
terror of the building. Paul Bumbach,
a boarder in the hotel, was burned to
death and Mrs. Trembach, wife of the
proprietor, and servant girl were badly
burned about the hands. The loss to
Mr.. Trembath for furniture and various
other things will, it is believed, aggregate
$1,000. There is no insurance.
An UNSUCCESSFUL aCtelnpU was Haue
on Tuesday to wreck passenger train
between Black Ridge and Tomhicken.
Stones and railroad sils were placed on
the track near curve, but, fortunately,
the train had been coming in direction
where the obstruction could be seen and
it was removed. A lone Hungarian was
seen near the place walking towards
Hazleton, and on reaching the latter
place was arrested on suspicion of hav-
ing placed the dangerous pile on the
track and now languishes in the lookup
awaiting trial.
On Tuesday evening force of men
were put to work cleaning up the work
ings of the South Wilkes-Barre shaft
where the bodies of the eight men shut
in by fire last February are still lying
The water was lowered to considerable
extent on Monday evening and a party
entered the shaft, but, owing to lack of
sufficient ventilation, they could make
no examination of the mine. 1t is not
expected that the bodies of the victims
can be ;eached inside of two or three
weeks, as it will take much time in clean
! h,n 1,l.