The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-21
PERISH IN THE MINES
FlRE.DAMP'S FEARFUL WORK IN
AUSTEiAN-SlLESj


90 the Mercy Of tho Court - Eastern
Miners Accept tho Stockholders Clean
Out . Train.
From Far and Near.
"A terrible disaster. Involving great loss
Of life. IL reported from Ksrwin. Austrian
6ilesia Full details had not reached
Troppau up to the time this dispa' CHI was
cent. but IL Is believed that 1t 4 least two
hundred miners have been killed An
explosion took place In pit OF
the Frsnzisks mines ut the place
mentioned and resulted in the death
of 120 minerA Tho 6rst explosion was al
most Immediately followed by a series OF
other explosions In the mines. the most
disastrous OF the latter being In the Jo-
hsnnes pit. where eighty miners were
killed A rescue party which descended
into one Of the pits at o'clock In the
morning also persisted The ventilator
shafts OF several of the Pits were destroyed
and fire spread in all directions Assist
ance was sent to the scene OF the disaster
from all directions. Tho Franziska and
Johannes mines arc owned by Count Won
LsrIsch.
-Erastus Wiman. OF Now York. has been
found guilty OF forgery in the second de-
gree. Tho maximum penalty for the of
tense - ten years at hard labor in the
State prison. Under tho recent laws passed
by tho Legislature. the minimum penalty
has been abolished. and Mr.. Wiman may
bo sen ten ced to term Of imprison ment
from one day to ten yearA The foreman of
the jury wept rs he announced the ver-
dict and Mr.. Wiman was recommended to
the mercy OF the court
-Pittsburg miners have accepted the
scale. and In the Hooking Valley region
tho miners at Nelsonviile. Longtreth. Or
bistOn. New PittsburS. sandrun. Miner
town and other points voted to go to work.
There seems to be no longer any doubt AS
60 the general acceptance of the compro-
misc scale. although 1t is possible a few
scattering locals may hold out for a short
time This !, now the opinion Of most OF
the officials Of the United Mine- Workers.
- we'll ~ the operators
Train robbers boarded the Louisville.
Evansville and st. Louis. or Air Line.
train leaving St Lonis ut p m. At Cen
tra,ia. Ill. the other night, and cleaned
out the passengers OF what cash they had.
There were Ave robbers in the gang and
they boarded tho train at tho depot Be-
tweon that point and the Illinois Central
crossing. half . mile south. they knocked
what passengers tho roar coach contained
down and secured their money. taking
from ono man 800 bill Just how much
IN all they secured has not been learned.
There woro four small and one heavy-set
men who did the job Police are on the
track Of them.
Chicago elevator mon propose to with
draw from the board Of Trade and form q
new grain exchange OF their own
"A mob OF 500 strikers stopped q coal
train on the Young wood branch Of the
Ielnsylvania Road and at tho point OF
guns forced tho engineer to take the train
back TO the stricklcr mines. the point from
which itstarted. The strikers then partia!-
~ destroyed the Hecla and Young God
bridge. after which they attacked a
party OF nom union workmen. badly
beating two OF them The railroad COM
Vany Immediately had the bridge repaired
and officers are now guarding It. Dur
ing the last three days eleven car
loads Of negroes have been brought into
shc region. and by Saturday there will be
over 5000 negroes ut work. Tho coke ship
ment this week was 500 cars At Guffey
Station. on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road. the tipple at SCOTS works was set
Oh Ere and destroyed, together with two
was made to wreck the through express by
wedging tie in u frog. Just above Dover
short trestle was fred. but did not burn.
A piece Of rail wns found driven iu a
frog. These occurrences show the spirit
Of the miners and their sympathizers in
that section.
Jacob s Coxey and Carl BroKne made
their appearance at the Capitol in WASH
lnxton Friday. and this time actually de-
Nvered the remarks which they were not
permitted to make from the steps OF the
Capitol May l. CoNey and Browne ap-
peared bcfOre the Senate Committee on
Education and Labor. and for an hour and
= half talked to the members OF the CONF
mittee on the Coxey bills for goods roads
and no interest on bonds The arguments
were in the usual ssereotyped form.
Coxey. . Washington dispatch says. was
mild and sentlemanly In his language, but
Browne did not mako 30 good an impress
sion.
commissioner OF Pensions Lochren has
gone to his homo In Minneapolis
Admiral Da CANA and Baron Pinedo
are said to be at Buenos Ayres plotting m
other revolution in BRAZIL
-Ex-City Clerk William E Delaney, 0.
Buffalo. N. v. was shot and killed in his
room by a jealous husband
Ben O'Fallon Clarke, prominen,
grain broker Of St Louis, is miss.n:, and
1t IL feared he has been murdered.
Common wet lers on q stolen train were
corrailed At Juiesburg. Col BY l:0 Deputy
MarshalS About seventy Of them we're
captured and taken to Denver.
Northern and western Texas Is still
suffering from the high water and the
rain Is continuous The Pecos Valley
Railway ami the Denver report big wash
outs On the lattcr road. near Texaline
q cattle train ran into . washed on,
bridge and u number Of the cattle were
drowned.
After = night sitting the arbitrator.
over the differences between the train.
men and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
agreed upon . wage scale At St Louis, 4
reduction OF 1 per cent. instead OF tn,
threatened per cent, will be msda
While plovinx on his farm near Glas
gov. Mo, William Bibb was struck b,
lightning and killed. The bolt tore his ha