The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-05-04
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

L 60bSOo, os Nay i.-ANSsiSoo VI ~
increase In wages Of ten per cent.
taking effect today. are posted at
all the furnaces in Sharon and Sharps-
BY the advance. This is the second
| voluntary advance at the furnaces
within 20 days.
| Chambersburg. Pa, May 2.-E. c.
Delaney, a native of Perry county
who was arrested at Mercersburg six
weeks ago for making and passing
counterfeit coin. was yesterday sen
fenced by Judge Stewart to an imprks-
onment Of two years In the Eastern
penitentiary. While in Jail awaiting
trial Delaney was caught maxine five
cent pieces.
Clearfield, Pa, April 29.-The MIXERS
| and operators were in conference ?U
day yesterday without coming to any
agreement. The Tyrone scale o. ~
cents for pick mining has been W
tually agreed upon, but the rate -
machine work has not been der'G'l.
the miners demanding q cents pc" t"u
and the operators refusing that price
Another meeting is being held today
II is generally expected that cor
promise rate Of % cents for macl.ine
| mining Will Uc d6lttu upon.
Mauch Chunk. Pa, May BY rce'-
mature discharge OF a cannon used ~
the celebration of Dewey day tE:ce
persans were badly injured. They
were: Jerry Conway, three taGer@-
blown off; unknown boy, badly hv-1'f
and cut: James McGee, arm torn e
Niece displayed remarkable ner'7. ~
picked up his arm and carried i, 20 y
railroad hospital car. The cannrt "aS
heavily loaded with powder and 81 -laI
Philadelphia. April 29.-The Ph"enix
Bridge company. whose works a"o -
Gated at Phoenixville. Pa, and the ct
ecutive Offices in Philadelphia. has Se-
ceived contract to build II s'cog
bridges for the Russian govern s:nt-
and work will be commenced c'. Ne
structural material in fev day. nc
designs and plans having already "aec
received. The bridges are for II"
Eastern Chinese railroad. the south-
eastern extension OF TIE Trans. '2n
railroad.
Green's burg, Pa, May 2.-The annual
forest fire scare has invaded the in
habited districts of Laurel Hill noun
tains Fierce fires are raging on the
west side Of the range, and the indica-
tions are that the damage Will be ta-
greater than the destructive fires OF
last spring. when several hundred
acres Of the most valuable timber in
the region was destroyed. The fire
started few days ago. and the course
Of the fcres indicates disaster to a
number Of buildings. Residents of the
r-nge are making vigorous battle
Cg"'nst the flames.
y rr.rbu.g. Nay 2.-The police are
ttaigating what appears to be az
a;.~-,l ted murder by Italian Malta in
s'c,. iug last night Antonia and Franz
De., -. Italians, residing in Harris
l'urg. crt found lying in front OF the
resldch,a Of Mr.. Marsico. in Steelton.
seve,.y ,5bed. Owing to the loss
Of blood tltv were too weak to rise
The men could not be induced TO give
full particulars concerning the AFFAIR
The men were refused admission tntn
the Italian homes in the vicinity and
were taken to the Harrisburg hospital.
Dubois, Pa, May Ia woman nam
ed Habiland, housek, pC.' for Fred
erick Walker. cf Roc wIyville. JEFF
ferson county, $ sh,. and killed at
Brockport early yes .erday morning
and Walker was found near the dead
woman suffering from the effects OF
laudanum 1t is believed Walker shot
the woman and then attempted suicide
by swallowing the laudanum. The
physicians say he will recover. Walker
is G4 years of age and has been peace
able and respected resident of Brock
wayville for 80 years. Mrs. Habiland
was 80 years of age had been married
twice and had two children.
Pittsburg, May 1.-Evidences of
good times in and around Pittsburs
are shown by the following notices of
wage increases: The Consolidated
Traction company Of this city yester-
day posted notices granting their more
than 900 employees an advance in
wages of II per cent. This advance VIII
give the conductors and motormen 70
cents an hour, which is said to be the
highest wages paid by any traction
company in the country. The COM
pany's men who are employed in the
power houses. where the work Is hard
and exhausting. will be granted a re-
duction of hours without any decrease
Of pay.
Lansdale Pa, April 29.--Herman
Kohler aged % years. and his sister
Mollie, aged 7, were instantly killed
last evening by being run over by an
express train on the North Pennsyl.
vania branch of the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad at this place. and
their brother Robert, aged 5, was ia
tally injured. They are children OF
IF. w. Kohler. well-to-do baker Of
this place. Herman was driving a
kwagon, from which he had been de-
Ilivering bread, the two younger chill
dren having accompanied him to enjoy
1.-THE ride. Herman was married only
flew weeks ago. The stricken parents
and young wife are almost craZed with
grief.
Connelsville, Pa, May The II.
jC. Frick Coke company surprised and
delighted its twelve thousand en-
plOyes by posting notices yesterday
at all its plants in the Connellsville
coke region, announcing q general adj