The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30


Payrolls in industrial plants in the
Turtle Creek and Monongahela River
Valleys last week were the largest in
the history OF the companies. Be-
cause of the great activity IN various
lines Of the steel industry, employees
received over S3,OOO,0O0. Approximate
ly 10000 men are employed In tho
valleys and every factory has been
working to capacity. War munitions
are being manufactured at many
plants.
With the ice bending beneath his
feet, fveyear-old Ivan Lynn Ashcraft.
son OF Homer E. Ashcraft, OF Folsom.
Delaware county, slowly made his way
to the edge of hole through which
three-year-old David Scott Ward. his
companion, had disappeared, and with
strength and presence Of mind beyond
his years, dragged the half-drowned
playmate to safety. He is the hero OF
the village.
The East Bear Ridge colliery, on
Broad Mountain, was purchased from
David. William and Benjamin James
by Samuel G. Cook, of Baltimore, and
j. H. Brooks, Of Scranton. There is
an output of a thousand tons OF coal
a day. but this will be increased great.
ly. The colliery operates the Nam
moth Vein which is worked through a
tunnel driven by the Girard estate.
Two months ago a jury awarded
Michael Wislocki, an employe of the
Eastern Steel Company, $4,000 dam
ages because he had three fingers torn
off in machinery, which, II was al
legged, the company failed to protect.
The steel company asserted the award
was excessive and Judge Koch sus-
tanned this contention, awarding a new
trial
Martin Hartigan. fifty years old, a
steam shovel watchman for the Girard
Mammoth Colliery. Shenandoah, was
found burned to death ten feet away
from his shovel by William Myers, an
other watchman. II is thought his Ian
tern exploded which ignited his oily
clothing. He was former resident Of
Philadelphia.
With all bones in his body broken
and his flesh ground to a pulp. VIII
liam Kemmerer, thirty-six years old.
of Bechtelsville, met death when his
clothing caught and he was drawn into
the revolving shafting at Stauffers'
Flour and Feed Mill near his home.
Kemmerer was alone at the time and II
is believed he was oillng the ma
chinery.
A carriage containing Mrs. Lena
Nofs, sixty-three years old, and
John Rice, her son-in-law, and his wife.
slidded and upset on the Locust
Mountain Road, hurting the occupants
down twenty-hve-foot embanlment.
Mrs. Nofs injuries probably are fatal,
but Rice and his wife escaped with
slight injuries by landing in clump
of laurel bushes.
Rulings in regard to State standards
of safety and sanitation viii be made
by the State Industrial Board early in
1916. The board has several codes
under consideration and will meet on
December 2S for further discussion
Two fore-handed farmers have asked
the State Employment Agency to see
that they get hands for spring work.
The bureau just now is trying to find
men for the jobs which the manufac.
turers are offering ON every hand. 4
Miners in the Philadelphia & Read
ing Coal & Iron Company's Burnside
Colliery found the body Of Andrew
Tarsaw lying under huge pile OF coal
which had fallen on him after he had
exploded a shot in breast.
More licenses for the sale OF oleo
have been issued this year than ever
before, the total amounting to s2,s17.
Three hundred applications have been
filed for 1916 licenses.
chasing presents for her son, Alex
ander, he and some comrades played
with dynamite cartridge he found
at home. The cartridge exploded and
Bodusky's arm was blown of and he
was internally injured.
Attorneys for Joseph Gamberetta,
Shamokin, filed suit in Northumber-
land County Court against the Susque-
hanna Coal Company for $4,000 dam
ages. He alleged he fell 100 feet in
Luke Fidler Mine, and was crippled
permanently.
Yardley Council has passed an ordi-
nance restricting domestic fowls
which includes chickens, ducks, tur'
keys and geese from running at largo
eithsr on public or private property" :"
and the penalty on any poultry owner
who permits violation win be IS and
costs for the FIRST oifense.
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A fall in attempting to mount Z
horse was the primary cause Of thd
death Of ELI d. Smith. a farmer, near
Martinsburg. His leg struck stump.