Amador ledger., 1907-07-05
From Our Exchanges

river" secticu, including that portion
OF Mariposa county tributary to
Coulterville. A. p Dron is president
Of the association, and H. S. Richard
son. editor of the GroveIand Pros
pector, secretary. -Democrat.
James V. Coleman, proprietor of
the Angels Quartz Mine, Is now in
San Francisco, and has given his
answer to the demands of Calaveras
Miners Union No. SO, for an eight
hour day. He absolutely refuses to
grant any part of the demand and
says he will close the mine for ten
years If necessary. Citizen.
Monday evenings train reached
Sonora four hours late because of
freight wreck near Warnerv1Ile.
Tuesday afternoon two box cars load
ed with merchandise ran down the
grade from CampbeII's station toward
Tuolumne, held the track for over
half mile, and then went down an
embankment. Both cars were badly
smashed up, and considerable por-
ton of their contents ruined. Demo-
cIat.
The sudden and cruel death of Bert
Rust, at Beach's saw mill Wednesday
evening. has added another name to
the long list of those who have met
tragic deaths in this county within a
few weeks. He was engaged in seal
ing logs. A few minutes before 6
O'Clock he was talking with Jud
Young near the bottom OF the log
chute and both decided to wash and
go to dinner. Something started a
huge log that had lodged temporarily
above, and it commenced rolling
toward him, and. in jumping to
escape that one, another was set roll
ing and the unfortunate man was
caught between the two, despite the
frantic effort of Young to catch hold
of him. His neck was broken, but
his body and head we're not badly
An accident resulting in the instant
death of Henry Degelman and the
serious injury of Frank Phillips.
Babe Swartout and George Kientz,
occurred last Monday in Oregon
Ravine between the big cut and
Chinatown, where the electric COM
pany has been establishing a SUBJ
station for the purpose of giving the
city supply from Stockton in case
the power should fail at the Amer lean
river. The electric lines have been
placed and the men were stretching a
private telephone wire for the COM
pany s use, below the power line.
Some of the men were stationed
nearly up to the edge of the big cut
and Others we're just below the old
power house opposite the Catholic
church. About halfway between Thea
two the line passes over the bin built |
by +. A. Gerbode to hold the crushed |
rock from his rock breaker. At the
upper station the telephone wire was
being unwound from a reel and Geo. |
kientz, Chas. Williams and Babe |
Swartout were handling the wire,
Louis Ferretta being at the reel. |
Henry Degelman was pulling at the |
lower end of the wire to stretch it
and Frank Phillips was assisting in
some way, George Myers being on a |
pole near by, Frank Gerbode's boy |
was on the bin, but was not working |
for the company. In pulling the wire
it caught in bush, and, when jerked |
at the lower end it flew upward, COM
ing in contact with the heavily !
charged wires above. Degelman was
standing on wet ground aud it Is
stated that 80, 600 volts we're conduct
ed through his body. His fellow
linemen we're thrown to the ground,
all badly burned, bruised and uncon-
scious. Mountain Democrat.
Friday afternoon last the eight
year-old Cuneo boy, who resides
with his mother on a vegetable ranch |
about mile from this place, sustain;
ed fracture of the right arm between |
the elbow and wrist, as the result OF |
a fall from hay rack. DR.. Endicott |
of jackson was called to attend to
the injury. okelumne Chronicle.
The work of construction on the
buildings for the Pottery Plant is
going along rapidly. The framework
of the main building and engine room
is all in place and the excavation is
made for the 15-ton elevator. In a
few days the work of building the
first kiln will be begun and it is ex
pected that the first fire brick will be
made about August LIST. But the
work Will not begin in earnest before
There will be much work
of an experimental pature to be done,
looking toward the finding of the
very best materials for the purpose.
before the making of fire brick for
the market will be energetically
prosecuted by the company. 1t is
probable that the pottery will be Civ
ing employment to from 90 to rs men
by next season. Echo.
We have been creditably informed
that the company of capitalists who
are now operating the Old .Duryea
claim in Chilli GuIch, and of which
Major Zook is general manager, con-