The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-21
news OF The SOUTH Side
Joseph COnrOy's Life Crushed Out at
the South Works.
WAS EMPLOYED AS BRAKEMAN
Thrown from Car lie Was Sitting
on and Ground to Pieces Lively eau.
Gus In the Twentieth Ward-Pcr.
sOnals and News Notes.

Another name has been added 10 chs
death roll of young men whose lives
have been crushed out by cars ait the
South steel mill. Joseph Conroy, 2C
years old, was killed Saturday night
and his body was horribly mangled.
The young man was employed as a
brakeman on one of the small engines
that hauls the cars to 1.-THE ash dump.
The engine was pushing a "trip of empty
cars ahead of it ait the time.
Young Conroy was riding on the
front end of the first car Iand 1t left the
track. The sudden JOLT threw him
ahead on the rails and the engineer
saw his lantern fall but could not stop
before several cars had passed over the
unfortunate young mans body. When
the car was lifted from him the re-
mains were found Ito be TERRIBLY mutt
lated. He is the second member of the
family that has been killed ait the South
works. His step-brother, John Dowd,
was killed last summer.
Mr. Conroy was a Self-respected
young man and was we'll liked by all
who knew him. He lived with his step
mother on Pear street. The funeral
will be held tomorrow morning at
o'clock High mass will be sung ait st.
Johns church and fnterment will be
made in Hyde Park cemetery.
Broke the Ballot Box.
There has not been held a caucus In
any other ward of the city bhat could
compare with that held by the Dem
prroto ,rf tho v,uoutis,,b ward at pat-
ties hall Saturday night The voters
gathered at Z o'clock and some one
moved ITO nominate chairman. Philip
Foy was chosen and the name OF
Thomas j. Coyne was presented for the
nomination for select council and he
was nominated by a viva voce vote.
When the convention THAT had nomi-
mated Mr.. Foy for chairman got
through with nominating Mr. Coyne
it adjourned. AT O'Clock Mark F.
Ca.hilin and Peter Haggerty put IN an
appearance and each selected a man tC
represent him and THUS an election
board was formed. Printed ballots
were distributed and the voting began
AT o'clock voting stopped and 1858 bal.
lots had been cast. When the count
was in progress Haggerty made a dash
for 'the ballot box and smashed it, de.
claring that Ihe had not been treated
fairly. The ballots Were gathered uI
and Nhe count was completed. Cahilir
was found to be almost 100 votes ahead
Nineteenth Ward Republican Caucus.
At the Republican caucus held at Sos.
songs hall in the Nineteenth ward
Conrad Linn received the nomination
for common council from that ward by
reclamation. Afterward, the various
dlstrictsheld meetings and the following
gentlemen were nominated to serve or
the election board:
First d!strict-Judge, John A. Miller
jr.; inspector, Ed. r. Conley; register
William Harmon.
Second district-Judge, Peter Naher
inspector, Charles Cooper; register
Charles Kellerman.
Third district-Judge, Alvin Utrold
inspector, Henry Stangline; register
William Miller.
Fourth district-Judge, Aug. Frantz
inspector, William Greenwald; register
William Hoffman.
Mr.. Linn is one of the conservative
and lifelong residents of THE ward. He
is man whose word is known to be as
good as his bond, an upright German
American and progressive citizen
His election Is as good as assured, If the
voters of the ward consult their own
interests,