New-York tribune., 1894-10-29
BLOWN UP WITH DYNA MITE
DAsTARDIY ATTEMPT on THE LIVES OF
SIXTY HUNGARIAN wORKINGMEN.

UNKNOWN MrsCREANTs PLACE DYNAMITE CAR
TRIDGEs UNDER A HOUSE WHERE THEY
WERE sLEEPING-A DEFECT IN THE
WIRE PREVENTS Wholesale
sLAuGHTER-THRE DEAD
AND OTHERS FATALLY
INJURED
Wilkesbarre. Penn. Oct 2S.-A dastardy out
rage WAS perpetrated at > o'clock this morning
wherein II was premedtated by the scoundreIs'
whoever they We're to sacrifice nifty or sixty lives
by sending them into eternity with charge Oh
dynamite. The motive was undoubtedly r"poey'
and # resulted In the instant death of three Hun
garians while a large number were injured
eight Of whom are in serious condition. The
dead are: Frank NovakO, aged twenty-three'
single: Michael Collet:. aged forty. wife and
four children in Hungary; George Silotzki, aged
twenty-eight. wife and two children in Bohemia
The injured are: John CoetZ, brother or
Michael aged thirty married back broken VIII
die. Michael Koshitz. aged twenty-seven, serl-
ouslv injured around head and face; kasha
Grattarick aged nineteen. leg broken and other
injuries; Michael Uritz. aged thirty pelVis frac-
turcd and skull crushed; Blazak Cro.i, aged
thirty-eight. arm broken side hurt; Fahr rot
zak aged tnirty-tvo. breast torn and shoulder
broken: Anthony Lucklich. aged thrty-three'
crushed in back and breast, considered iatai'
Uritz Misko. aged twenty-five injured ih'erhai'E'
cannot recover.
Mcdonald g. Sayre. railroad contractors, are
building a second track OF seven miles on tne
Ichigh Valley cutoff. and at a pOint one HHie
from Farvlew. in the wilds of Wilkesoarre
Mountain a Hungarian camp was located M MWh!ch
vas presided over by Michael CrlfowiZ ana Ms
wife The camp consisted Of a rough ouidlhg
thirty feet square. constructed in the midst 81
,.l hos
night as is always the custom, three OF tne
sixty Hungarian boardefs, men ana women sa'
nm ON watch and were Willing away the tlnie
piaving cards Some time during the hlght d
party ~ dcsperadocs secured battery anu
Irought II To the railroad track in front OF the
,an,n and connected Il with wire. competing
circuit to each corner of IN" cdilp.nS-houSe'
\ foo,chest standing near by was broken open
from which were taken NUMBER 9l u!haa.Se u!ts
sticks which We're distributed beneath tne oul'"
ing. Tne circuit completed, II was pu. 4" ' 90
rneut's work 10 turn on the battery. setting Oh
the dynamite However. In the haste WIN "hiCH
I'M. misrreants worked they made faulty con,
nection at the battery, and when IL was 'ur"eu
on Only one and certainly not more thah TWO, u
the dynamite sticks exploded NoVaho' WI" a "as
one Of the party playing cards. was @ ins.a""s
killed both legs being blown of al the Knees.
Tho building collapsed and was shiVered lhto
slivers excepting one-half Of the roof whlch sdHA
in partlv covering the wreckage The TWO men
win Novako at the table were scarcely injured
a, all while the others killed ana inJured MT
their fate from the collapse of the buiIding. oc-
curing as II did before dayore"k. the 'piiu'i'
of the unfortunate foreigners was deplotdoi',
and In their frenz.ed condition they knew NOT
which way tO turn or how To act Inc l1r'r q.
the explosion was - great that the eartn "dS
forr no about the site If the camp. ana Das-
r.ge cooking utensils, etc. were scattered III
every direction. -, .,, ,
As il the custom Of the HungarIans thVs" % Wro
,oro uniniured began at daybreak collecting
their shattered goods and chates. and by noon
| a large number of the men had prepared 10 TAKE
their departure. having no concern ana pa!ins
,.A md n
| men. ... ...,. ,,,,
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company sen' ou;
a wrecking force with physicians. detectNss anu anu
- .,rnrer Tnon its arrival the injured men
were cared for by the physicians placed on the
train and brought to the hospital here ana th,
bodies of the dead were also Drought mere anu
prepared for burial ,.,,
The detectives have arrested Michaei 'rkIo-
WITT the boarding boss. as witness. Iney Pro
f.ss Ia believe that he can give evidence that
may lead to the detection OF the men VINO com
/ mitted the outrage