The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-08-17
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Important News Items Received as We
SO to Press.
Disasters, Accident. and Fatalities.

water that had collected in an old working.
Anna Bernstein, aged IS, who had lust
come from Poland. and Ida Harris, aged 5,
were drowned at Worcester, Mass, by the
upsetting Of boat load of picnckers.
A WHOLE FAMILY KLLEp.-A whole fam
Ely, consisting OF a man and wife and four
children, names unknown, were killed at
Guthrie, o. T. The family had been in that
city buying provisions, and while returning
TO their claim, on the Old Cheyenne reserya-
ton their team ran away and over preci-
pice. Every member of the family and both
hores were killed.
A mortar charged with dynamite was ex-
ploded on Sunday near st. Alfonsos church
In Rome, and IL persons were killed and 80
injured. The victims include a number Of
women and children.
L. B. Sale and his two sons were drowned
in Fox river at Grignons Point, Wis. The
two boys were bathing and got beyond their
depth Calling to their father, he pulled of
his coat and hat and Jumped in to rescue
them, when all were drowned. The bodies
have not been recovered.
The pleasure steamer Ajax, with 100 ex-
cursionists on board, Monday night collided
In the narrow channel of Helsingfors with
the steamer Runeberg. The Ajax sank and
ninety persons are reported missing Thirty
five bodies have been recovered.
Capital, Labor and Industrial.
BUILDING TRADES STRIKE OvER.-A gem
erol strike Of the building trades which was
begun two weeks ago in sympathy for the
union material deliverers who had been
locked out by the Building Material Dealers
Association because they refused to deliver
supplies to the buildings for which the iron
league held contracts is ended. The Walk
ing Delegates have met defeat in strike in.
solving nearly 10000 .aborers.
The New Castle, Pa, Wire Nail Company,
employing about 900 men in the rod wire
and nail mills, has signed the Amalga-
mated Association scale and will resume
this week
Youngstown, o., will lose the steel plant
which will be operated by the Ohio Steel
Company recently organized. The company
has received good inducements to locate
either at Girard, Niles or Struthers, and will
probably accept one of the three proposi-
tions.
The men in the mines on Trout Run,
Cambria county, Pa, have gone out on
strike. They elected check weghman and
demanded that he be installed as these Of
ficials are at other mines. The General
Manager refused to allow him to go into the
scales, and informed the men that he would
do all the weighing necessary. AS result
every man has stopped work.
The Riverside furnace of Steubenville, o.,
employing l75 men, blew out Sunday and
will not resume for some time. The com.
p.ny has u big stock on hand.
The Switchmen's Union, of West Superior,
Wis.,, will take hand in the steel workers
strike. At a meeting of the Trades and La.
bor Assembly they promisek to handle no
ears containing the product of non-union
workers
At New Orleans the entire force
of government employees repairing the gov.
ernment river steamers and tugs at the Au.
duboin park, La, went out on strike. The
men claim that although the eght-hour law
mad been passed and signed by the presi-
dent, but that it has not cen promulgated,
shcy oAc NohPcIicu W NOIN Oll
10-hour rule.
The strike of the planing-mill men of St.
Louis, which has bs-n on for several weeks,
has been declare off and the men are now
seeking their old places. The trouble arose
over demand for shorter hours with no
decrease in pay.
The general strike of nearly all the
Trades unions of New York. against the
Building Material Dealers Association is
now regarded us ended. II is estimated that
not more than 1900 strikers are out of
work.
BY the burning Of two large cotton mills
ut Brussels 150 families were thrown out of
work The loss is 10C00 600 francs.
The Northern Pacific Elevator at Buffalo
vas struck by lightning and burned with
10000 bushels of wheat, Loss, S25,00O.
at Baltimore, the furniture factory OF
John Chatterton & Co., Green d Co.'S Hope
Grass Works, Oppenheimers warehouse,
Echlegels orchestrian Hall and FleiscL man
and Co.'s building, all on South Frederick
street, were destroyed by fire that originated
In the furniture factory. Loss, 100000; in
snrance about $4,000
fire at Mckinney, Tex, destroyed Cof.
fey Bros livery stable, J. w. Brsdeys
barber shop, Harper II Roderick's clothing
house, Barkley, Harrison * Ready dry
goods; Il A. Rutledge confectioner; Goost 4
Foster, grocers; j. z. Dowell, hardware, and
others. Approximate loss, 100000.
The sawmill and dry kiln of the Tavlor
Lumber Company, Suffolk, Va, with 500
roo feet Of lumber, burned. Loss s25, 600 on
plant insured for $4,000 Four cars on the
Atlantic and Danville Railroad loaded with
lumber were also destroyed.
The works If the Harris Manufacturing
y Company, Rutlan,, VT, were destroyed by
hve. Loss, $4,000, insurance t25, 900, The
buildings were alongside the Central Yer
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