Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-09
STATE NEWS.

The Wahnetah Hotel at Glen Onoko
was sold for $31 900 on Tuesday to a
syndicate.
The Acme hosiery mill of White
Haven, which recently removed from
Hazleton, began operations on Monday.
"A meeting of the Democratic state
central committee has been called by
Chairman Kisner at Harrisburg January
%.
Bernard G. Mcclure, a well-known
saloon keeper of Hazleton, died Friday
afternoon. He was aged 2S years and
unmarried.
An unknown man was struck and
killed by gravel train at Stockton
about O'Clock last night. The remains
were horribly mangled.
Three hundred men and boys went
on strike last week at the Abbott
Hillman colliery, near Miners Mills, for
an advance of ten per cent.
Bernard O'Hara, well known law
yer of Schuylkill County, died on Tues
day at Pottsville from la grippe. Mr..
OHara was only taken sick on Sunday.
Judge Rice, Sheriff Robinson, Re-
corder McGinty, Coroner Pier and Sur
veyor Crockett were sworn in and took
charge of their respective offices on
Monday morning.
The Reading Company has decided
to close its Lincoln colliery, near Pine
Grove, Schuylkill County, until February
l. About 700 men and boys will be
thrown out of work.
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Knights of Labor has approved the
Miners and Mine Laborers' National
District Assembly 1876 and the Progress
sive Union of Miners.
Daniel r. Daley, of the Wilkes-Barre
Leader, died at his home Friday night,
aged 81 years. He was seized with an
attack of influenza, which developed
into pneumonia. which caused his death.
He leaves wife and two children.
An extensive cave-in occurred on
Thursday in the eastern division of the
Nottingham mine, Plymouth, by which
several dwellings were damaged, and
the road bed of the D. J.. q w 5 Blooms
burg division was lowered several feet
James Corbeu, a prominent Demo
cratic politician of Scranton, formerly
chief of police, and a delegate to the st.
Louis convention in 1876, died of pneu-
monia aggravated by an attack of influ-
enza, with which he was taken down a
week ago.
A man walked into the First Ma
tional Bank of Bloomsburg on Tuesday
and pointing revolver at the cashier,
demanded 81 900. Just then the cash
ier's son appeared, and the would-be
robber retreated, guarding himself with
his weapon.
The New York police have been
asked to look for r. B. Ranken, a
wealthy merchant of Pittston, who left
his home on December 16 to go to that
city to buy goods. Since then he has
not been seen. He had considerable
money with him.
The Scranton Sun states that Ter
renee V. Powderly will be a candidate
for mayor of Scranton, and quotes a
prominent Democratic politician as say
ing: "4ou may state positively that
Hon. L. V. Powderly is candidate for
mayor. The movement in favor of Mr..
Powderly is backed by some of the most
prominent business men in the CITY,
His supporters come from all parties"
State Chairman Kisner has sent cir
culars to all chairmen of county commit
tees notifying them of the subdivision of
the state and the districts in which they
will hereafter be located. The 7th divi-
sion consists of the counties of Brad
ford, Wyoming, Susquehanna, Wayne,
Luzerne, Lackawanna, Schuylkill, Sulli-
van, Columbia, Montour and Northum-
berland. The county chairmen will
meet for district organization in a short
time