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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01

pillars were heard only at rare intervals
during the morning and in the after
noon the working" had become so sub
dued that the noises caused but little
uneasiness.
Despite their many mishaps the night
shift succeeded in reaching the angle
of No. 3 slope and when the morning
shift went on at o'clock they began
the descent into the workings where
the imprisoned mem are. Their work is
necessarily ardous and slow because
they are entering upon the main fall
and as a consequence they had gained
only about thirty-five feet at o'clock
when they were relieved. Exploring
parties, however, pushed ahead another
hundred feet and reached point about
$50 feet from where Langan was last
seen which was in the shanty at the
foot of the slope They could have gone
farther but thought 1t unwise to venture,
too far from the protected part Of the
slope.
During the morning they encountered
a trip of three cars wedged In by the
fallen rock. Not one of them was
crushed. 1t was with difficulty, how
ever that they were eXtricated as the
rocks on either side of them bound
them tightly. This obstacle is account
able in a great measure for the short
distance covered by the morning shift
As they go along half the gang is
engaged in clearing a passage and the
other half in timbering it behind them.
The boulders are broken with immense
sledges and loded into cars which are
taken back and emptied at the first
convenient place and then run to the
foot to be loaded with props. Four
mules We're used during the morning.
but as the day wore on and it became
possible to make better progress
another team was sent down.
The exploring parties which went
ahead report that the tunnelling will
be much easier farther on and that
possibly when the main fall is reached
they will not have to tunnel at ALL
simply climb over thu fall. which being
heavier left the roof higher and virtual
ly of itself forms an unbroken passage
The men who came uD at ) o'clock
felt that the afternoon and night shifts
ought TO be able to cover tn. remaining
$50 feet CT the slope and that the gang
that goes in at : o'clock this morning
will be enabled to commence digging
for the entombed men.
The air is excellent. the current be-
ing 50 strong that ii is claimed naked
lamp would be eXtinguished by its
force. There are two air bridges cross
ing the main road, and both are hold
ing out most encouraGlngly. These
air bridges are immense wooden con-
duits carrying the current from the
intake across the gangway and to the
airway which leads to the WORKINGS,
whence the air comes back through the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
GOOD PROGRESS YESTERDAY
Rescue Crews Are Now Going Down
the Slope Near the Bottom Of
Which 1t Is Thought Some Of the
Men Are-lnCidentS Of the Days
Work-What the Officials Say.

Another day-the third--has passed.
and still there is no pronounced change
in the situation at the Twin shaft,
Pittston
The settling has ceased to such an
extent as to give sanguine hope that
the bodies wifi be recovered and that
with the greatest good luck the scene
Of the fall will be reached in time to
rescue any of the entombed men who
may have, by some miracle, escaped in
stant death.
1t is not doubted by the expert miners
but that air is coming quite freely
through the debris of the cave-in, and
that If any of the men are imprisoned
alive in some cavity, they are not me-
cessarily In danger of suffocation. The
mine is not flooded; that is quite cer-
tain: and If any of the men escaped
death from the fall. the main danger
lies in their not being reached in time.
The officials strive, and very wisely,
too, to tone down the rumors Of the men
being possibly rescued alive, for in the
cold, practical view of the matter,
there is no glimmer of hope of such a
result, and it Is not charity, but a
cruelty, to the sorrowing relatives to
raise their hopes when 1t is almost a
positive certainty that they will be
dashed down again.
1t IL a fact, though, that the pros
poets We're brighter yesterday than
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01

entire mine. The squeezing constantly
continues but is not to be compared at
all with yesterday. The rescuers report
ed most encouraging progress and be-
lieving that the violent settling has sub
sided for good hope to push ahead at
a far more rapid rate than they have
been going.
At one o'clock yesterday morning
there was another bad sqUseze which
threatened to block the tunnel, but it
suJsided without doing any great
amount of damage. At O'Clock there
was another squeeze which was so
violent that the men ran for their lives
to the foot of the shaft, fearing that
the threatened general cavern was
coming. This abated gradually and in
an hours time the rescuelS fears were
allayed and they resumed work. The
subsistence continued and at 10 o'clock
in the morning the mine was quietsr
than ii had been at any time since the
cave-in. At nightfall the quaking had
SO far disappeared that hope began 70
dawn that the threatened cave-in
mad been aver;ed and that
no more violent squeees will
occur. The fearful rumblings and sharp
reports of falling roof and bursting
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
CELEBRATED CASE
OF SARAH ANGEL
Claims to Have Been the First Wife Of
the Late Jay Gould.
INVESTIGATION AT TUNKHANNOCK
Rev. Nathan Leighton Is Interviewed
by Members of the Commission Is.
sued on June l9.The Bridegroom Of
1853 Was Described as Jason Gould.

Tunkhannock, Pa. June 3d-In pur-
10 from the supreme court of the city
OF New York by Judge Miles, B. NJ.
Smith and John E. Kelley, acting as
Official stenographers and +. +. Drake
and Fl. Harding, as commissioners. at
the home of Rev. Nathan Leighton, at
this place, took his testimony and that
OF his blind daughter as to the al
leged marriage of Sarah Ann Angel to
Jay Gould. George s. Coleman. Of
New York city, and Walter L. Ward,
or Albany, represented the interests Of
. Mrs. Angel. and ex-Judge John +. Dill
lSn. of New York city, represented
Helen Gould and Edwin Gould. Elihu
Root. of New York. was Joined also in
the Gould interests. The matter to be
determined was whether OF not Mr.
Leighton. who was Presbyterian min
lister, located at the little village Of
Champlain. in Clinton county. N. ",
in April, 1853, united in marriage the
plaintiff. now Mrs Sarah Ann Angel
and jay Gould then struggling young
engineer.
Early In the year an aunt of Buffalo
Bill came here in the interest of Mrs.
Angel and interviewed the old minis
ter, now So years Of age and retired,
and as a result of that interview an atfi-
davit was drafted and he accompanied
Mrs Cody to a local Justice of the
peace and made oath to it. In that at
tidavit the man was described as Jason
Gould. The examination was conduct
cd privately, all the people being piedg-
cd to secrecy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
SPANISH BUTCHERIES.
Two Young Men Are Killed by Guards.
No Reason Has Been Assigned
for the Act.

Havana. June 26.-(Correspondenc
of the United Press)--Serafin Slorena,
a grocery store clerk, 80 years old, and
Emilinano Puldo. a baker. % years old,
residents OF Jarnice, Havana province
were taken from their homes recently
to the outskirts of the town and killed
by the Spanish civil guards. No rea-
sons were assigned for the act
Colonel Aldeas' men have burned the
houses of the stock farm of Francisco
Maria Fernandez IN MatanZas province
Mir. Fernandez is an American doctor,
and formerly lived in Brooklyn. n. Y.
At sunrise yesterday morning an un
known schooner was seen off COpimara,
near Havana. She was fired upon from
the shore. but succeeded in making
landing further down the coast. She
was under the protection of an in
surgent force. believed to be part of
Aguirruo's command She was then
lost sight of. 1t is said that the schoon-
er sailed from Havana, despite the
vigilance of the Spanish authorities.
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they have been at any time since the
terrible occurrence Sunday morning.
The settling" had almost entirely
ceased as compared with the previous
day, and the rescuers have pushed
down into the slope about u quarter Of
the distance. or $50 feet. Mine Inspec-
tor Mcdonald stated last evening that
at the rate of progress they were then
making they might be able to reach
the foot of the slope and begin Dig
ging into the buried workings at I
o'clock this morning. Some of the men
may be close to the edge of the fall,
others. and undoubtedly the main body
of them, are hundreds of feet beyond,
presumably 500 or 1000 feet. No one
can tell or hardly conjecture how long
the work will require, as no one knows
the conditions that have to be met. En-
ploring parties who pushed down the
slope several hundred feet in advance
of the timbered part, reported that the
circumstances We're quite favorable as
far as they went. Ten feet further it
may be just the opposite. Everything
is in doubt, and the most the best in
formed can do is 10 conjecture.
The crowds continue to flock about
the shaft every hour Of the day and
particularly during the evening. The
wives and mothers and other relatives
of the unfortunate men continue to
make frequent trips to the mouth Of
the shaft and the heartrending scenes
are repeated hour after hour as they
come and go. No one stares at them.
All keep silence when they pass by.
There Is a reverence for their grief;
it is such as man is seldom called upon
to bear, for the anxiety and the harrow
ing thoughts conjectured about the be-
loved ones below are peculiar to the
terrible occasion of this nature.
Twenty-seven widows and ninety-six
orphans are among the bereaved
There may be more than this as the
full list of the victims Is still un-
known. The company yesterday gave
out an official list which contained IS
names and which it claimed Is the full
number of unfortunates. This may he
and may not be right. 1t will be some
time before positively accurate list
can be made UP.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
SUSPENSION TIME AT HAND.
For the Next Few Weeks Many
Thousand Men Will Be Idle.

Thousand Men Will BE Idle.
Pittsburg. Pa. June 30.--Annual sus-
pension time Is at hand in the iron,
steel and glass Industries Of the coun-
try, and for the next few weeks many
thousands of men will be idle. The
1851 wage scale Of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel workers
will go into effect at midnight tonight.
Several manufacturers in the Pittsburg
district have signified their intention
of operating under the new scale, SUBJ
ject to conference changes. NOtwith-
standing the iron and sheet steel work.
ers scale was signed last night, many
OF the mills will close temporarily for
necessary repairs.
Should the tin mills close tonight. as
is expected, about 5000 men in that de-
partment will be in idleness until a
wage settlement Is reached. With few
exceptions all fires in the glass fac
tories throughout the country will be
extinguished today. The shut down
will extend two months or more and
will affect many thousands Of workers.
The workers wage conventions begin
next week.
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main road to the air shaft Should
these be crushed the whole air system
would be SO disarranged that it would
probably cause all operations to cease.
They are protected as securely as pos
sible, and men are stationed at each
ready to report the slightest accident to
them. AS precautlon against block
ing and possibly changing the urrent in
the gangway. the drivers have binding
instructions that when they come to
these bridges they must whip their
mules into a gallep and get on the 9TH
er side of them as quickly as possible.
The fear Of the mine being flooded
from the river Is abating, now that no
signs Of 1t appear. 1t is reasoned that
II the cracks extend under the bed of
the river and down through to the
workings the water would have made
itself felt long before this. There Is the
danger. however, of the flssures extend
ing, and II they do extend to any great
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
25 Chesham Place,

ter from Noreton Frewen, the noted
English bimetallist, has been made
public: ...-,..
% Chesham Place,
London, June II, 1886.
Dear Mr. Merrick Thank you for your
letter and for your book, which l shall
read with interst. You, in the States,
have a last arrived at that currency crisis
which every Intelligent student has seen
so inevitably advancing. I affirm with
strong conviction that the way would
have been prepared during the past three
years for an International settlement of
this great difficulty had 1t not been for the
fortitude of just one man-your president.
Mr.. Cleveland Is paying the penalty for
the obstinate determination he has evinced
throughout to thrust your country in not
merely the gold standard, but the straight
est gold monometallism.
Those Of us who have been ardent work
ers here for International bimetallism
have found ourselves at all points crossed
and defeated by Mr.. Cleveland's actions
and Mr.. Cleveland's emissaries. He has
sent Mr.. Atkinson over here on a special
mission to try TO persuade those in the
present cabinet-such men are Mr.. Chaplin
and Mr.. Balfour that they We're "cranks"
that the concurrent legal tender of the
two metals was impracticabe. Mr.. Bal
fol,r's difficulties within Lord Salisbury's
cabinet We're in any case very great. They
were made infinitely greater by the ridi-
cule poured upon the whole project of
currency reform by Mr. Cleveland, Mr.. j.
Sterling Morton. Mr.. Hoke Smith ana
others. The speeches and absurd letters
Of these gentlemen were six months ago
to be found in many of our daily paper ;.
So impossible had become the position
(and in this connection j know of what
am writing of these members. of our
government who were pledged to currea-
cy reform. because of the attitude of the
government which last year we for tho
time gave up the struggle.
7 rejoice then In the revolt of the DEM
ccratic party and ! venture to say also
that should that party be successful in
elcctin~ d free silver president and con-
gress, before Mr. Cleveland goes out of
the white house an international arrange
ment will have been secured. The Rotchs-
chlds hcre--thc wealthy investors In cv-
cry capital in Europe-cOuld not afford
to sit still and see your country "go 1t
alone" Europe will respond to your spir-
tied initiative, and If the United States
pledges itself to immediate free coinage.
| emphatically believe that VI. Meline. on
behalf of France, will offer free mintage;
we here are pledged to reopen the Indian
mints, while the delegates to the recent
conference at Brussels. which, ! attend
ed, gave us every announcement to hope
that Germany, Austria and Russia would
follow in the event of free coinage in the
United States and France. to purchase
large quantity of silver annually to swell
their legal tender money. To pur Nase it.
I may add, if they can get hold of the
metal at all.
Believe me, with much regard,
Yours very faithfully,
Nforeton Frewe.
Hon. G.. G. NTerrick, Denver, Co.
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with Governor Stone as residuary lega-
tee in the event of the silver dollar
railing to win out. For three quarters
Of an hour. ending at noon, Governors
Altgeld and Stone were in conference
in an ante-room leading off from the
private parlor occupied by the former,
both the communicating and main
doors being locked The only other
person present was Colonel Charles II.
Jones. of st. Louis. and who was there
presumably as witness of what might
be said or done. The conference, as al
ready stated, occupied nearly fifty min
utes, and when the participants
emerged to the corridor they appeared
to be bubbling over with satisfaction
and good nature. All three We're ap-
preached in turn by the United Press
representative, but returned the stereo-
typed answer that 1t had been agreed
that, for the present, not one word
should be said concerning the object of
the conference or its result.
Only one construction was placed
upon the conference between the two
executives, and this Is that an alliance
OF some nature or another had been
agreed upon between Governor Altgeld,
who carries the fOrty-eight votes of
Illinois in his pocket, and Governor
Stone, who Is here as a recognized
leader of the Bland forces.
BIMETALLIC COMMITTEE MEETS.
When the bimetallic committee went
into session this afternoon, there was
an informal interchange of opinions re-
garding the crystaliZing of the silver
forces on the money plank "a large num-
Der of those present taking part in the
discussion. 1t was agreed, however,
that the matter OF temporary organiZa-
ton was of first Importance and on
motion of Senator Cockrell of Mis-
souri,, seconded by Senator j. w. Dam
lei. of Virginia, it was decided that
the chairman, Senator Isham G. Harris,
Of Tennessee, should appoint COM
mittee Of five to wait upon the execu-
tive committee of the Democratic ma
tional committee and confer with them
relative to all questions and matters
affecting the temporary organization
and proceedings OF the national con-
vention.
The chair appointed as such commit
tee Senators Jones, of Arkansas; Turpie,
of Indiana; Daniel. of Virginia; Gov
ernor Stone. OF Missouri, and Governor
Altseld, of Illinois. The conference at
O'Clock was declared adjourned until
Wednesday morning.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
eaInship Arrivals.

New York, June 30.-Arrived: Western
land. from Antwerp; Paris, from South
ampton. Sailed: Spree, for Bremen. A.
rived out: Werkendam, at Rotterdami
Norwegisn;at at Glasgow. Sighted: Spaarn-
dam. from New York for Rotterdam,
passed the Lizard June 2s); Trave, from
New York for Bremen, passed Scilly; H.
II. Meier, from New York for Bremen,
passed the Lizard; Palatia, rom New York
for Hamburg. passed the Lizard; Persia,
from Hamburg for New York, passed the
Lizard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indications Today;
Fair; Easterly Winds.

Progress of Rescuers at Pittston.
Case of Sarah Angel.
Democrats Perfectjng Their Plans.
Whitney's News Budget.
Luzerne Nominations.
Progress of Rescuers at Pittston Com
cluded).
Editorial.
Comments of the Press.
GocaD-william Connell for Congress.
Merolo viii Die Today.
Weddings of Il Day.
8 Scranton Lost I'm the Eleventh.
Eastern, National and State League
Games.
Broad Education in the High School.
Z Suburban News.
Market and Stock Reports.
8 News TN and Down the Valley
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
MKINLEY TIMES AGAIN.
Reading COmpany's Machine Shop
EMPLOYEES Work Full Time.

Reading. Pa. June 3O.-On and after
tomorrow the Reading company's ma
chine shop employees will work full time
of 10 hours a day or 80 hours week.
These shops have been working days
a week for some time.
The order will affect about twelve
hundred men as 1t includes all shops in
the motive department on the entire
system.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
Harriet Repchcr Stowe Very III.

Hartford. Conn, June 30.--Alrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe, most celebrated as the
author of "Uncle Toms Cabin" who was
stricken with congestion of the brain and
paralysis last Friday. has grown rapidly
worse. and today passed into a state of
Inconsistencies. Her physician says that
1t Is doubtful If she can live over twenty
four hours.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
Peaches Will Be Plentiful.

Clayton. Del. June 3o.-H n. Mills,
special agent of the Philadelphia, Will
mington and Baltimore railroad,' has
made his annual estimate of the peach
crop of the peninsula for 1896, and It will
be the largest crop since 1876. Mr. Mills
estimate places It at 6.O0000O baskets.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
PROSPECTS ARE FRIGHTENING.
Every Hope That the Bodies at Least
Will he Recovered.

When the O'Clock shift went on yes
terday afternoon the prospects were
brighter that at any time since the cal
amity occurred. 1t was then felt that
there was every probability Of the
bodies being reached and a possibility
Of some Of the men being recovered
alive.
The disturbances had entirely ceased
about the foot Of the shaft and had al
v,net wholly subsidized throughout the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
WE'VE
RIP D UP
SHIRT
PRICES

Wit a vengeance. Why? Simply
because we determined to put an
end to the so-called price cutting in
this line that is commonly adver-
tised In the papers, but fails to ma
terialize at the counter.
We had way of getting them not
uncommon to US, We knew that
the bottom had literally fallen out
Of the market and that spot cash
was great temptation to sell. We
tried the experiment. Here's the
result:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
Important

Before saying one word about
prices, we wish to state that the
goods 1aoted below are the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
OPINION OF AN EXPERT.
Letter from MOreton Frewen, the Noted
English BimetalIist-..CIeveIaud's
Course Discussed.

Denver, June 30.-The following let
ter from Moreton Frewen, the noted
English bimetallist, has been made
ni,l,lin.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-01
Special Sale Prices

and regular values simply means
an absolute waste Of money. with
no benefit gained whatever, looked
at from any standpoint you will.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-28
A Heavy Suit Instituted Against
Coils P. Huntington.
BROUGHT IN NEW YORK CITY
MARCUS POLLASKY MAKES ALLIE
CATIONS OF FRAUDULENCY.
Reorganization of the Seattle. Lake
Shore & Eastern-Stntemcnt Re-
garding Heavy Shipments of So
noma Hops Denied-The Latest
Outside Railway News.

An Associated Press dispatch from
New York last night announces that c..
P. Huntington, the Pacific Improvement
a. big suit on their hands
1t is brought by Marcus Polasky, of
Chicago, who seeks to recover 1914. 0C0.
In his complaint plaintiff sets up that in
1892 he owned property. chiefly at Fresno,
worth s146,000. He was indebted in the
sum OF s123,921, and in 1892, became asso-
ciated with Huntington in the construc-
ton of a railway in San Joaquin valley
In prosecuting this enterprise, he alleges
he jeopardized his life, imperiled his
health and impoverished himself for the
benefit of Huntington. who so manipu-
lated things that he became possessed of
all the plaintiffs interests.
In conclusion, Polasky's complaint says
in this language: 1.-The defendant,
pany, which is a creature of said Coils
P. Huntington, has sold and converted
to his own use a large part of the per-
sonal property mentioned. and has re-
fused and still refuses to account to your
orator for any part of the property,
and your orator on information and be-
lief, alleges that the property sold and
converted to the use of the defendant
is far in excess of the actual amount
paid by them in respect to fhe liabilities
set forth, and that if an accounting was
taken between the said defendant and
your orator there would be due large
sum of money, and that by the refusal
of the defendant to carry out his agree
ment to discharge, acquit and pay the
liabilities, your orator has been put to
great expense in the defense of divers
suits to recover monies due to him to
his creditors mentioned.