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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-30

would all come out when the start was
made. but poverty will often make a
man do things he knows is not the best
for him. especially in these hard times.
when We got to the head we wait
ed around outside until 1880. when Lam
gan came along and began organizing
gang TO go down. Mccormack and
the other bosses also soon arrived. and
the men had so much confidence in them
that they had no difficulty in securing
reinforcements, Notwithstanding the
fact that they knew that some of us
had refused TO work any longer. Even
O'Brien and Golden. who came out with
us, went back with Langan, as did also
the six timbermen who were working
outside. They took about thirty men
down with them and young Kicker tells
me that as soon as the bosses got in they
put the men to timbering in the work
ings beyond the foot of the slope. Tho
gas had gone away probably while they
were waiting for the bosses TO come.
They also put gang of men at work re-
moving a new pump. n.which they thought
to save from the threatened fall."
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PERSONAL.

Mrs. W. A. Pruemcrs and children have
returned from Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward ]. Fuchs. of Moo
sic, returned last evening from their we'd
ding tour.
Misses Amanda TamDlyn and Pearl
Treverton, of Sanderson avenue, are ut
Beach Lake.
Mrs. NJ. Glicksman, of Milwaukee, Wis.
Is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. 5. Morris, ON
Washington avenue.
Frank +. Littell. of the naval observa-
tory AT Washington, is visiting his par
ents. on Franklin avenue,
Mr.. and Mrs. L.. c. Brady. of this city,
anu Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Stone of Clark :
Summit. spent Sunday at Crystal Lake
On motion of Attorney A. A. Vosbure,
Joseph Jefferys was admitted yesterday
to practice in the courts of this count.
The engagement of Miss Sara Gold.
smith, of Honesdale, TO Sigmund Roos,
OF Pine street, this city, is announced.
Miss Marie McCracken, of Washington
avenue. and Miss Kathryn Hill, of Provi-
dence, were visiting in Pittston yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Zimmerman have
returned to their home, New Britain,
Conn, after visiting friends on Cedar
avenue.
Hon. A. j. Colborn, of Somerset, after
two-wceks' visit with his son. Attor-
ney A. j. Colhorn, jr., of this city, left
for home yesterday morning.
Miss Margaret Mitchell, of Penn ave-
nue., is at bloomsbury to attend the com
mencement exercises or the State Normal
school, of which she is a graduate.
.
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SOUTH SIDE NEWS.

This evening the commencement eX-
ercses of st. Johns parochal school
will be repeated in the church hall and
an admission of 25 cents will he charged.
The very fine character of the exercises
reflects a great amount of care and
preparation with the pupils on the part
Of the sisters and the programme Will
amply repay all who attend. In order
that there may be as much room as
possible the children of the parish will
remain away and for their benefit the
exercises will be repeated tomorrow
night free.
Henry Mahoney, bartender for Judge
& Murray. Of the st. Denis hotel, Lacka-
wanna avenue, and Miss Mamie Lynch,
Of Birch street. will be married at st.
Peters cathedral this morning.
John Ruane, Of Minooka and Miss An
ME O'Hara, Of Palm street, will be
married at St. Johns church tomorrow
afternoon.
Workmen at the South Steel mill are
hopeful of the continuation of work
from the fact that the company has on
hand in the mill yard as large a tom
mage of raw material. pig iron and
spiegel as has at any time been stored
there.
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tion.
Is. JOHN HART. single. Junction.
IA. JAMES DAILY. single. Junction.
IL. MICHAEL CoNNELLY. Boarded with
John Lynott. single, Junction.
l6. FRANK KEHoE, single. Parsonage
street.
II. JOHN KEHOE. widower. boarded
with William James.
IS. JAMES M'DoNALD. married, thfee
children. Junction.
10. EDWARD DELANEY, wife and four
children, Junction.
20. CORNELIUS INQUIRE. wife and two
children, Oregon.
q. JAMES GOULDHN, Church HILL
-. THOMAS O'BRIEN, married, q
Lambert street.
%. MICHAEL HUGHES, wife and one
child. Oregon.
81. EDWARD GILDEA. wife and five
small children. Junction.
a5. JAMES BURKE. single. junction.
26. PATRICK RUANli,t wife and eight
children. Jnrctlon
q. JOHN GAFFNEY. single, Union
street. Junction.
%. THOMAS GAFFNEY, wife and six
children, Union street, Junction.
%, THOMAS DUHIGG. single. Junction.
30. ANTHONY KANE, Chapel street,
Junction.
81. THOMAS MURPHY, widower. 10
children, OREGON.
81. OWEN LEE, single. searle street. I.
years.
ss ANTHONY GORDON, wife and two
children. North Main street.
"a. DOMINlCE OMALLEY. single.
boarded at John Connelrs.
35. PETER MARTIN. married. wife ami
one child. boarded at Connell's.
SO. MICHAEL FORD. wife, Chapel street,
Junction.
81. TIMOTHY DERRICK, single, Carroll
street.
SS THOMAS GARDEN, wife and one
child, Carroll street.
So MARTIN GILRRIDE, single, boarded
at John Connelrs.
40 JOHN GILL, wife and two children,
Cornela street.
Il. JOHN O'BOYLE. wife and two chill
dren, Hamtown.
e. PETER JOYCE, wife, North Main
street.
iS. SYLVESTER DONER, wife, no chill
drcn, North Main street.
A. PATRICK BOLIN, single. Chapel
street.
A. THOMAS BARRETT. single. boarded
at Connells, North Main street.
iG JAMES DAILY. single, Church Hill
Il. CHARLES Hill.
is. II. LAUER.
~. HENRY KELLY.
20. WILLIAM COSTELLO, single.
81. DAN OMALLEY. single.
-. PATRICK GILBRIDE.
~. THOMAS DEMPSEY.
a. FRANK GIBBONS. single.
81. JOHN HOISTRICH, married, three
children.
iAI
81. ANTHONY FOLLASKI, married, one
child.
children.
IS. ANDREW sI.OMAsKI married, two
children.
80. ANDREW SLAVINSKEY. 81, mar
ried. wife and three children. Main
street. company house.
60. FRANCE ALUSIAW EKER a.
wife and two children. lived In COM
pany house at Ravine shaft.
Gl. sIMAS MAZURKEVAGE 81, wife
and one child, lived in company
house.
e.. PETRAS BVKANCKAS, 2S, single,
boarded with man named just
above.
ss. JONAS KEDENIS, aged 81, single,
boarded on Parsonage street.
Ga. ADAM ZMINDINAS, aged 81, wife and
one child, Nortn MAN street.
ca. AUCKENAS FALACIkA. aged ~,
wife and one child. NORTH Main
street.
GS. WLADYSLANO FALACZkA, brother
of man named above, Is, single.
e.. ANTHONY RAVALRAWCkAS, ~
wife and one child North Main
street.
6S. PETRAS SANACKAS. iO wife ana siN
children.
The last ten are I.ithuanians.
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Interview with Edward Hughes. One
of the Men Who Quit.

That the men were fully alive to the
danger they were running in remaining
i'm the mine Is now clearly established
and II is also an undoubted fact that
a i'm was anticipated by the bosses.
During the early part of the night
the men frequently debated among
themselves the advisability of going
home and once took a vote as to wheth-
er they should remain or quit which
was decided by tossing a stone in the
air. wet" was agreed upon and the
wet side turned up, but even after this
only six of them left. The others felt
that they should leave. but could not
bring themselves to desert the COM
pany.
Edward Hughes, one of the men who
refused to stay in the mine, gives
clear account of the manner in which
the men viewed their situation. To
Tribune reporter who hunted him up
yesterday he said
There were about forty-five of us on
the 80 o'clock shift. We knew there
was danger before we went in and were
in dread of an accident all along.
About o'clock in the evening there
1000 feet from the foot of No. 9 slope.
The Gas was set off by two POlandcrS
and one of them was badly burned.
The other staid at the head of the
shaft TO warn the night men and when
we went in we did so with the intention
of proceeding very. cautiously. Ed
ward Delaney, the boss -tinberman who
had charge of our shift, told us to wait
at the foot of the slore till he went
ahead to test the air. Tom Tenpcnny
went to the heading side of the road
but had to come back on account of the
gas. There had been n fall inside of us
and 1t was driving the gas back so it
was impossible to go into the workings
where the day men had been timbering
and where we were to put in the night,
finishing the job. The whole crowd of
us sat around the foot of No. 3 slope
from the time we went in until prob
ably half-past ten. 1t was going for
ten o'clock when / left and and those
who remained were still loafing around
| there then.
I'VE had been debating all night as
| to what was the best thing to do, and
while all seemed to think that we ought
to quit. no one would be the first to
| make the start. About $50 the men
were getting pretty. well worried and
| several suggested that we ought to send
for the bosses. This was done. While
we We're waiting for the bosses the
cracking grew worse and we expected
every, minute to have a fall or an ex-
plosion. Finally John Williams got up
| and proposed that we go home Boys
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THE INSPECTORS STATEMENT.
Hoped 10 BE Able to Attack the Main
Fail This Morning.

Mine Inspector Mcdonald. who had
been directing the work all day left at
s o'clock, when Superintendent Mostier
of the Lehigh Valley engineering de-
partment arrived to relieve him. Be
fore going he was asked for a state
ment by a Tribune reporter. He said
"Another cave-in is feared and all
our efforts are now being directed to
secure the tunnel where the rescuers
must work We are hindered greatly
by the frequent 'squeezes' but hope by
tomorrow morning to attack the main
fall. The men have pushed the tunnel
to the head of No. 3 slope, which is 500
feet from the foot of the shaft. Every
thing is in doubt but it does not seem
possible that any of the men are alive.
T have not given the matter of inves-
tigating the cause of the accident any
attention as yet. My whole thought
now is to help in reaching the victims.
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THE CLEAR SPRING TUNNEL.
Diamond Drill Set atWOrk Yesterday
Afternoon.

The work of driving a ranway from
the Clear Spring colliery was abandoned
yesterday morning as being dangerous,
for should water be encountered on the
Twin shaft side of the dividing pillar
another disaster might be reached. n
diamond drill was, however. set up and
an inch and half hole is being driven
in a diagonal course through the so foot
pillar. a valve is SO attached that in
case water is truck it can be Immediate
ly blocked and the drill removed. 1t
is expected that this work will require
about thirty-siX hours.
If no water or gas is encountered the
driving of the manway will hs resumed
This will open on the old workings in
the rear Of the territory in which the
gas was encountered Sunday morning
by the party which attempted to push
their way to the rear of the face by the
circuitious route described yesterday.
Even though the cutting of this man
way is feasible there is every possibility
that fall will be found at the other
end. At all events 1t will require three
or Four days to cut it and it cannot ef-
feet much good.
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LIST OF KNOWN VlCTIsiS.
Compiled with Much Care but Is Not
Yet COmpIetc.


The list of victims is still incomplete,
but the appended one is thought to con-
tain the names of all the Embellishments.
ingmen and Lithuanians. The names
OF the latte" were secured by John Len
pert, who Is leader among that race.
and who made a tour of the Lithuanian
houses for that purpose. How MANY
Polanders. Hungarians and Slays are
among the victims is not known but II
is thought there are somewhere in the
neishborhood of twenty.
The apDe ldsd list shows that as far
as known the calamity has made 20
widows and orphans. These numbers
Will be increased when the identity of
the other victims is established.
!. MICHAEL j. LANGAN, superintenl
ent of the Newton Coal Mining COM
pany, and acting mayor leaves a
wife and ten children, lives on
North Main street.
g. MICHAEL r. LYNOTT, mine fore
man and member of common coun-
ell. leaves Il wife and seven chill
dren. lives on North Main street.
B. ROBERT HASTON. master mechanic.
unmarried, lives on Parsonage
street.
4. DANIEL WARD, assistant to Mr..
Haston, Parsonage street, leaves a
wife and three children.
.. ALEXANDER n. MCCORMICK, fire
boss. Chapel street, Upper Pittston,
leaves wife ana nine children.
g. THOMAS TENPENNY, fire boss, Cha
pei street. Upper Pittston, wife and
four children.
T. JAMES WALL. North Main street,
wife and eight children.
8 THOMAS WALL, son of James, un-
married, aged o. .,
Q JAMES COSTELLO, junction, wife
and several children.
10. JOHN COSTELLO, single boarded
at Martin Costello's. North Main
street. ts
II. PATRICK KELLY. married.
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NO HOPE FOR THEM
lConcluded from Page IL

others held consultation at O'Clock
last night and figured that the disturb
ance will reach the abandoned part or
the mine sometime today. This may
not, however, affect the work of rescue.
The only danger lies in the Gas being
forced into the part of the mine where
the resCuers are at work, but on this
point those in charge have nothing to
say. That something of this sort is
feared is indicated by the fact that when
nightfall came last evening incandes-
cent lights were substituted for torches
about the head Of the shaft and in the
engine room, and orders We're given
that no smoking, lighting of matches or
carrying of naked lamps We're TO be al
lowed about the opening or the engine
room. one man was specially EN-
plnyed to see that this order was obeyed
and all night long he did nothing but
patrol the immediate vicinity of the
shaft to see tha, the order was enforced.
DANGER OF a FLOOD.
The danger of the mine being Hooded
while not immediate is nevertheless
feared. Fissures in the surface have
appeared along the Lehigh Valley
tracks and in close proximity to the
junction of the two rivers but as yet
no water Is entering through them.
Mine Inspector Mcdonald denies that
there is anything To be feared from
water getting through from the surface
but the arrival of an immense pump at
the head of the shaft at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon had tendency to make
the Inspectors statement appear to be
an attempt at quelling the fears of the
men.
AS the entombed men are supposedly
at the very bottom of the mine basin it
is quite evident that the place where
they were caught is even now under
water as it is an extremely wet mine
and not a pump is at work, the one
that was in use having been discon-
nected from the pipes before the fall
with the intention of having it removed
out Of danger
No one but the distracted relatives,
whose hopes have been buoyed up with
charitably colored reports of the situa-
tion and the progress of the rescue
work entertain any hopes Of any of the
men being recovered alive. There is a
possibility that they may he reached in
day or. so and there is a probability
thai they will never be brought out
This is the terrible situation and no one
can do anything more than make con-
lectures as to what time will tell
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A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD.
Cads and Three Dinner Pals Found
by the Rescuers.

Yesterday afternoon when the rescu-
ing party reached the head of No. 3
slope one of the men, John Martin,
came upon cap which had evidently
been lifted from the head of one of the
victims by the rush of air and carried to
the point where 1t was found. They
crowded around tn see If they could
identify it and while they scrutinized
it with the dim light of the safety lamps
Martin who held it in his hands began
to sob piteously. 1t was his brother
Peters cap.
Three dinner pals We're also found
near to where the cap was picked up.
one of them belonged to young Thomas
Wall. 1t was recognized by his .rela-
tives when it was sent up to the sur
face.
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THE WORK OF RESCUE.
Only the Most Competent Men Are
Selected.

A regular system has now been
adopted in the detailing of the men.
AS far as is possible the miners who
have already been engaged in the work
are secured permanently and divided
O'Clock in the morning another at
O'Clock in the afternoon and the third
at II o'clock at night. About fifty men
constitute each shift. Each shift is in
charge of mine foreman from one Of
the adjacent collieries. and as a rule the
men In his squad are for the most part
employees of his own mine.
Only English speaking miners are al
lowed To go in. but exceptions are made
in the cases of Poles. Hungarians and
the like. who are known to be compe-
tent miners and who can understand
English well. Yesterday morning
there was an objection raised to for
eigners by the English speaking miners
on the ground that the risk was height
ened by having men around who could
not readily understand orders. The
squad was sifted and many of the for
eign clemens: were laid off.
Mine fOremen from the near by COL
lieries are bringing their best men with
them and there Is no fear of there be-
ing lack of experienced men. Super
intendent Will Richards, of the Lehigh
and Wilkes Barre Coal company. came
on the scene at o'clock in the morning
with twelve of his most experienced
men and joined the force of volunteers
Foremen and miners from Mt. Lookout,
Babylon. Avoca and Langcliffe col
lieries who formed the II o'clock shift
Monday night. volunteered again last
night and went on at that hour.
Among the prominent coal men who
assisted during the day were Richard
Mainwaring. of the Mt. Lookout col
liery; General Superintendent Lowe, In
side Superintendent Morgan Morgans
and General Mining Engineer William
richards. of the Lehigh and Wilkes
Barre Coal and Navigation company;
superintendent George 3. Smith, Gen.
eral Mine Superintendent Alex Dryden
and Consulting Superintendent Andrew
Dryden, of the Pennsylvania Coal COM
pany; Superintendent w. G. Thomas. of
the Lailin Coal company; Benjamin
Harding. foreman at No. colliery Of
the Pennsylvania Coal company: ex-In-
spector Roderick, Inspector Mcdonald,
Inspector Blewitt, Mine Foreman Nc
Cabe, Manager Joseph Cake. of the
| Clear Spring colliery: ". ID. Owens. of
the Lehigh Valley, William Abbott, of
| the PennsYiyania Coal company: d. w.
| Evans. Of the Stevens Coal company: s.
| b. Bennett. of the Butler Coal COM
pany.
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SCRANTON rRBUNE-TUEADAY MORNING. JUNE

of the Scranton beard of trade to Sec
retary Hughes. OF the Pittston board:
scranton. June ~.
Mr.. Hughes, Secretary Fittston Board of
Trade. Fttston. Pa.
The Scranton board of trade jextends
its heartfet sympathy. Command us for
any assistance, financially or otherwise.
Wire answer. ID. Il. Atherton,
Secretary.
To the foregoing Secretary Hughes re-
Piled as follows:
Pittston, Pa. June 90.
D.. u. AAerton, Secretary Scranton
Board of Trade.
Your telhgram received with heartfelt
thanks. sane win be placed before spe-
cial meeting Of board tonight.
L. y. Hughes, Secretary.
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EARn.2 TIE TRICK RIDER.
One Of TIE Features of the July 1
Nfcvc,c Exhibition.

William L Barber. the worlds recog-
nized grea est trick bicycle rider is one
# the fea TIRES of the bicycle exhibition
at the Scranton Driving park July 4, af-
ternoon AMI evening.
1t has ID some time since Mr.. Bar
her has beir in this city, and he doubt
less will receive a royal welcome from
his friends here
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Crouch BROS.
{ beatty
MEARS BuiLDIG,
COR WASHINGTON AVENUE AD SPRUCE.
Are now selling their Taland Sum-
mer Weight Shoes at Cash
Cut Price Sal

Mems Regular $50 and $3.50
Tan Bal, now S3. 80.
Mems Regular S4.( Tan Bal,
now 80 90.
Mems Regular S3. Tan Bal,
now $3.50.
Mems Regular SOD Tan Balls.
now pl.9O.
Ladies' Regular $50 Tan Balls,
now 2,GO.
Ladies' Regular !.50 Tan Ok.
fords. now 81 80.
Misses and Chiren's, Boys
and Youths Tan Shes ut very
low price.
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SUITS
AND OVERC0ATS
For Men BOYS lld Children

An elegant assortment at prices that
are very low considering the quality
makeup, ETC., is being shown at our
store. lfy9u are thinking Of buying
Spring Suit cal in and look at our
stock-it will do You good, and ms,
too, of course. We are almost sure
you will buy-cannot resist
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Ask Your Dealer.
for McGarrah's Insect Powder, 25 and
10-cent boxes Never sold in bulk,
Take no other. -
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our HAT AND
FURNISHING GOODS DEPT

Is replete with everything that is new
aud stylish; all the latest styles and
cOlOrs. Call in aud be convinced.
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KNEW THEY WERE IN DANGER.

The last ten are Lithuanians.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20
A FAMOUS WOMAN.
Interview With Miss Winifred LeaIe.
Champion Lady Rife Shot.

Interview With Miss winifred LeaIe.
Champion Lady Rifle Shot.
In a most interesting series of en-
terviews With Women Who Have Ex-
celled," Home Chat gives an insight in
20 rife shooting, explained by Miss
Winifred l.. Leale, the champion lady
rife shot. Miss Leale was interviewed
while shooting at Bisley, where she
discovered for the moment at leis-
ure on the veranda of the Ladies' Club,
charming little bungalow. In reply
to the question What induced you to
take up shooting?" Miss Leale re-
piled: 1T was pure accident-nothing
else. II occurred in Guernsey, my ma
tive place. l happened to have ac-
companied my father to a local rifle
meeting, when l was persuaded to take
a shot at the target. The result of my
initial effort was-well, an inner
And as to the rifle you use, Miss Leale,
surely you do not have the heavy gov
eminent weapon?" was another ques-
ton. Certainly do" was the vouch-
safed reply of the young champion, II
use the ordinary service Martini, exact
ly the same weapon as the men," Miss
Leale, however, prefers the Lee-Met-
ford, which she considers the superior
weapon. She declares good sight to be
the first essential to successful marks
manship and taste for shooting to be
necessary. Certainly Miss Leale pos
sesses this natural bent" The many
prizes she has won with her rife,
shooting wholly against mon, testify
TO her marvellous skill.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

A voluble gentleman who has been
serving with the Cuban army has re-
turned to this country loaded to the
gunwale with stories of Spanish cruel
ty. He says that while he was pris-
oner at the MORO castle the authori-
ties forced all the prisoners to go in
swimming daily in order that as many
as possible might be eaten by sharks.
According to his account this plan
worked admirably, as the sharks man
aged to eat up about as many daily as
were freshly brought to the castle, thus
enabling the governor to keep his list
at about the same figure despite the
constantly arriving newcomers.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

Lillian Russell, beautiful but some
what portly of late, positively an
nounces that she is not going to marry
Walter Jones. This is very gratifying
news, for the fair prima donna's mat
rimonial movements have habitually
been executed with such unexpected ra-
pidity-and with such an evident taste
for variety-that one can never tell
what she is going to do, and we should
therefore be pleased at being at least
informed in this instance, as to what
she is not going to do
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20
A Living scrre-Fine.

Greek barber surgeons in the Levant
use large ants to keep together the
edges of cuts. The ant, held with a
forceps, opens its mandibles wide, and
as soon as it seizes the edges of the
wound has its head severed from the
body. but retains its grip. People have
been seen with wounds healing held to-
gether by seven or eight ants heads.
The kind used is species of big-head-
ed camponotus.
The Yale expositor., 1896-11-20

A wealthy New Yorker is having a
palatial house built which will have
many novel improvements in the way
of comfort and luxury. Perhaps the
most notable of these is huge swim
ming tank which will cover the entire
roof and which will be used as a skat-
ing rink in winter. This is "All the
Comforts Of Home" with a ven
geance!