The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-07
PITTSTON.

Lehigh Valley passenger train VIII ich
leaves Avoca at 55 struck and in
stantly killed an unknown a short
distance above the Lackawanna and
Bloomsbury junction. The train was
stopped and the body placed on board.
Upon arriving at the junction the body
was placed in the freight house to
await Identification. The coroner was
notified, but had not arrived up to 0
o'clock last evening. The dead man
was about 30 years Of age and was
dressed In the garb of man looking
for work.
David Powers. the well-known hotel
man, is suffering from an injury re-
ceived while in Plymouth Tuesday. In
jumping from an electric car he tore
thi ligaments OF his right knee. DR..
Smith, Of Plymouth, attended him,
after which he was removed to his
home in thiS place.
A mass meeting under the auspices
OF the citizens committee will he held
10 Keystone The object of the meet
ing is to discuss the proposed improve
ment of our business thoroughfares.
The st. Johns Total Abstinence So
ciety will give their annual excursion
to Lake Ariel on July 10. There will
be athletic contests
Joseph Callahan, aged 13 years, was
admitted to the hospital late Tuesday
evening suffering from u crushed leg
sustained while at work in No. Is
shaft during the afternoon.
Uha Hinh Cnbool 49,, = -
ercises held in Music Hall were fully
up to the standard of previous years.
An explosion of gas in Hoyt shaft
Tuesday morning. burned four work
men. Charles Tischler and Joseph
Fairclough, both ofHamtown, were.very
badly burned about the head and face;
Thomas Hall and Richard Bowden,
both of Plainsville, painfully but not
seriously burned about the face. The
accident occurred while the men were
placing brattice in position. Their
injuries are not serious.
The funeral of Patrick Burns. of Port
Griffith, who was killed Tuesday at
shat No. by fall Of rock, will be
held this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Inter
ment in Market Street cemetery The
deceased was an uncle of B. J. Burns,
well known undertaken.
Over 200 hundred delegates held their
annual county convention of the An.
cient Order of Hibernians Board of
Erin, in St. Aloysius hall Yesterday.
Ehe opening sessian was held at 10
o'clock, William Loughrey, The county
delegate, presiding Various commit
tees were appointed. reports submitted,
ana other routine work disposed
Of, and at IL o'clock the con-
vention adjourned until 2 o'clock.
AT the afternoon session com.
mittee on resolutions comprising
Dr.. Smythe, of Plymouth; Attorney
Tborne, of Wilkes Barre. and Michael
Higgins of Pittston, was appointed.
The committee offered resolution
that was unanimously passed recon.
mending the consolidation of the two
orders. The election of officers for the
ensuing year resulted as follows:
County delegate. William Loughney;
recording secretary. John F. Neary,
Pittston; financial secretary, James
Gibbons, Miners; treasurer, Michael
Moon, Of Avoca. The session ad-
jOurned at o'clock
The Pittston Steel Range company
has organized by electing the following
officers for the ensuing year: President,
DR.. j. G. Reap; vice president, M. N.
DOnnelIy; secretary and treasurer, G.
B. Reap; manager. James Kennedy;
foreman, Johu Brown. There are 200
shares of stock at $50 per share.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Jones died Tuesday night.
Funeral this afternoon.