The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-29
WORK OF DYNAMITE FIENDS
Dastardly Attempt to Blow TO a
Camp of HungarianS..
THREE MEN INSTANTLY KILLED
Unknown Miscreants Place Dynamite
Under a Cabin Containing Sixty Hun
garian Boarders- Owing to Hasty
Work Only a Few Sticks Explode
BY the United Press.

BY the United Press.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Oct. Is,
Adastardly outrage was perpetrated at
5oclock this morning wherein it waspre-
mediated by thescoundrels to sacrifice tif-
ty or sixty lives by sending them into
eternity with force Of dynamite. The
motive was evidently robbery and it
resulted in the instant death Of three
Hungarians while large number were
injured, eight of whom are in a serious
condition. The dead are:
FRANK NOVAKO, aged 20, single.
MIKE COLLETZ, aged 40. wife and four
children in Hungary.
GEORGE SILOTZkI, aged e, wife and
two children in Bohemia.
The injured are:
JOHN COLLETZ, brother OF Mike. aged
30; married; a broken back, will die:
MIKE KOSHITZ, aged 27; seriously in
jured around head and face.
| KASIIA GRATTARICK, aged 10; leg
| broken and other injuries.
MIKE URITZ, aged 80; pelvis fractured
and skull crushed.
BLAZAK CROMLL, aged 3S; arm broken,
side hurt.
FAHR KoTZAK, aged 80; breast torn
| and shoulder broken.
ANTHONY LUCKLICH, aged SO; crushed
| in back and breast, considered fatal.
URITZ MISKO, aged %; Injured internal
ly, cannot recover. -
Mcdonald and Sayre, the railroad
contractors, are building a second
track of seven miles on the Lehigh Val
ley cutoff. and at a point one mile from
Fairview, in the wilds of Wilkes-Barre
mountain, Hungarian camp was To-
Gated, which was presided over by Mike
Urklowitz and wife. The camp con-
sisted Of a rough building thirty feet
square. During a night, as is always
the custom, three of the sixty Hunga-
rian boarders sat up on watch and
were Willing away the time playing
cards.
The Work Of Desperadoes.
Sometime during the night party
of desperadoes secured a battery and
brought 1t to the railroad track in front
of the camp, connected 1t with wire,
completing a circuit to each corner Of
the camping house. ....
A tool chest standing nearby was
broken open, from which were taken a
number of highly charged dynamite
sticks of Pittsburg make, which were
distributed beneath the building which
contained sixty Hungarians. The cir
cult completed It was but a moment s
work to turn OIL the battery setting of
the dynamite. However, In the haste
| WI oh ha tc xyOrl,a1 thay
made a faulty connection at the bat.
terry, and probably not more than two
of the dynamite sticks went off.
Frank Novako who was one of the
party playing cards on the first floor
was instantly killed, both legs being
blown off at the knee. The building
totally collapsed and was shivered into
= slvers, excepting one-half of the roof
which sank in, partially covering the
, debris. ......
The two men with Frank Novako al
the table We're scarcely injured at all
, while the others killed and injured met
their fate from the collapse of the
building. The force of the explosion
was so great that the earth was tori
up about the camp and the effects il
the line of Baggage, cooking utensils
, etc, We're scattered in every direction
lluns Prepare to Leave,
AS is the custom Of the Huns, thost
who were injured at day break com
menced the collection Of their shattered
: goods and chattels and by noon larg,
number of the men had prepared t,
! take their departure, having no con
l cern and paying no attention to thei
) dead and injured countrymen.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad compan.
brought out wrecking force and trail
D and Immediately went to the scene o
Il the explosion. Upon arrival the In
jured men were cared for by physician
\ and placed on the train and brought t
i the hospital here and the bodies of tn
$ dead We're also brought here and pre-
T pared for burial
: The detectives, upon looking up tn
evidence, arrested Mike Urklowitz, tn
boarding boss, as a witness, and the
are under the belief that he can Civ
evidence that may lead to the detectio
Of the men who committed the outrage
K The foul deed occurred but short dis
tance from the site of the memorabl
murder by RED Nosed Mike" and hi
pals of Mcclure and Flanagan a fey
3 years ago,