The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-11-25
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HUMAN FIENDS FIGHT ROAST
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Altoona, Pa, Nov. 21.-A fire
horror seldom equaled occurred Is
miles from here on the line of the
Pennsylvania railroad this morning
when thirty.fve i aborers were burn
ed to death@in a shanty, and Is
oilers seriously and fatally injured.
At the time of the fire the cries
of the perishing could be heard
half mile from the scene. Fierce
and bloody fights marked the aw-
full calamity and probably a half
dozen will die from knife, wounds.
One bundled aud fifty Italians, en-
ployed ON SECTION work, occupied
frame bunk house beside the tracks.
The building was long and narrow
and the inhabitants al night oscu.
pied every available space afe:
Early this morning before the
call for breakfast had sounded, and
while most of the men were yet a
sleep, fire broke out in the; center Of
the building, caused by an overhead
ed stove. Then there was a mad
rush for the doors, The means of
egress were meager and the frantic
men in their endeavor to escape
from death jammed the doors and
windows to such an extent. that it
was impossible to gain safety.
Those who were fortunate in
gaining the outside found them
selves powerlsss In their endeavors
to exunguish the fierce burning
blaze. & -s sts.r .5esa
To add to the horror several from
the outside attempted to return
for their money which they bad re-
ceived yesterday as wages. These
wretches drew knives and slashed
at The frantic men wffo were jsrn-
med in doors and windows. -Four
men were killed outright in this
manner. 'sss 80 - assl
Finally another crowd formed an
attacking party, led by an Ameri-
can boss, who had arrived on the
scene, and with clubs, stones and
knives beat back therscore or more
lfends who, in attempting to recov-
'er their money. had caused their
countrymen to be burned alives
The action of the fescuing party
came too late, as the flames had al
ready accomplished an almost total
destruction of the shanty. 81 4
- There were but two doors to the
house and wedged in these were
twenty charred bodies Of the dead
and dying. .aaass y n r ssfea
g The injured we're sent to the hos
hospital here! The men who fought
to re-enter the burning place we're
driven to the woods and vengeance
will overtake them if the remainingl
band of Italians are successful I'M
finding them.
= Philadelphis, Nov. 21.-Great
surprise was occasioned here; today
overiwhat is termed matter of ma
tional Importance. James j. Hill
president of the Northern Securities
Company announces. that the mer-
ger ofthe Great Northern and North.
ern Pacific railroads is dissolved.
These roads will be operated in the
near future by, independent officers.
The Philadelphia record prints to-
day the, following, compiled from
an interview, with Mr.. Hill, who
was in the city yesterday and last
night: :.
Il From an authority close to Mr..
Hill, it was learned that on the ad-
vice of council it had been decided
to surrender every right granted
under the New Jersey corporation
law to the Northern Securities Com
pany, excepting that of purchasing
such securities as the management
may see fit to obtain from an in
vestment view point.
"The right to vote the stock in
the Great Northern, the Northern
Pacific and the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy railway is to be re-
nounced, as is also the right of the
securities concern to those railroads.
The Securities company is to de-
clare before Federal supreme court
that each of those big railroads is to
be continued under separate man
agements, there is to be no COM
munity in interests agreement be- !
tween them; in fact they are to be
maintained as separate companies,
and each to have individual man
agement and officers as before the
merger under the Securities COM
pany's charter, which was obtained.
in NewsJersey, on November 10,
1901.