Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-07
STATE NEWS.

Strawberry, Vanilla and Chocolate
Ice cream at Jacobs every day.
Call at George Wise's Sadlery and
Harness Store and examine his new and
supurb stock of Fly Nets. Prices away
down.
Henry Wrighter, blind soldier OF
the late war, of Susquehanna, has re.
ceived a pension of $72 month and
$l5,l2 arrears.
A terrible fire occurred at Braddock
last week which destroyed Al dwellings.
occupied by Hungarians.
Charles Gulley, puddler in the
Ferndale Rolling Mill, was struck and
fatally injured by Lehigh Valley pas.
senger train at Fullerton on Tuesday
night.
Prof. Hogan, an aeronaut of some
fame, made parachute jump at Wilkes.
Barre on Monday. On landing he struck
the ground with such force that he laid
unconscious for ten minutes.
The strike at the rolling mill of the
Catasauqua Manufacturing Company, be-
gun five week ago, ended on Saturday,
the men accepting the company's propo-
sition to pay the Philadelphia scale of
wages.
Solomon Mayer, car inspector for
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company, was run over and killed on
Saturday at Reading, an engine backing
against car under which he was adjust
ing a bolt.
Papers were filed with Judge Dreher
at Mauch Chunk on Monday afternoon
for new trial of w. o. Stangley, who
was convicted at the April term of court
of the murder of Mrs. 'Sybila Walbert
at Weatherly.
John o. Boyle and Charles Mulhearn,
two miners of Rappahannock, near Potts
vile, while being hoisted from the shaft
at the former place on Saturday were al
most instantly killed by having fallen
out of the cage.
An unknown man and boy the
former about 20 years of age and the
latter about 10 were struck and killed by
ID. l.. x w. train near Scranton on
Monday. Their remains have not yet
been identified.
About 300 men went out on strike at
WV Val Jun lioil w VI Nd, db lltSDulS. O1l
Monday. There was dispute pending
between the firm and the puddlers, and
on Monday, when eight of the 16 fur
naces were started with colored men, the
rest of the employees struck.
-Four Hungarians, all somewhat un-
der the influence of "polinki," were walk
ing on the Jersey Central Railroad at
Mauch Chunk on Saturday night, when
the express train rounded curve below
them. Three of them got out of the way
just as the engine was about to strike
them. The fourth Hun was struck and
hurled into the Lehigh river. He was
fished out and died half an hour later.
Shortly before noon on Monday,
James Bott, miner employed in No. 8
slope, at Hazleton, was instantly killed.
He had prepared two shots in breast
and lighted them. One of the shots
went off, the other failing. Bott return
ed when shot number two went off,
pieces of the coal striking him in the head
and crushing it in a terrible manner.
Deceased was aged 30 years, a married
man and leaves wife and five children.
VIM. Smallcomb, who is employed
as sinker at the Clear Spring Colliery,
at Pittston, had strange escape from
death on Tuesday. He was being lower
ed into the shaft by means of buck
ct when the brake on the drum of
the hosting engine failed to work caus-
ing the bucket to descend at terrible
speed, when picked up he was found to
be badly injured but not dangerously.
A man named Greasy who was at the
bottom of the shaft was struck by the
bucket and seriously hurt.