Pittston Gazette from Pittston, Pennsylvania • Page 3

PltTSTON GAZETT! THURSDAY. MARCH iq, 903'. GLEANINGS. shot and didn't know where he came from; Mike Burns, after he came in Don't try cheap cough medicines. Get the best, pay the price.

Ayer's Cherry THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1903. PHI SUNDAY 1HC WEDl on ESCAPE OF WORKERS Pectoral. 60 years the falling rock and coal. Although the force of the concussion went in the direction of Law shaft, and brattices in these workings were blown down, they were sufficiently repaired to allow that place to be operated today. There arc but slight Indications on the surface that anything unusual has taken place.

The surface area affected is what is known as Miller's Grove, and in some places the ground there has sunk five or six feet. None of the houses in the neighborhood were dam aged. There are several small crevices I in the grove. Engineer Alexander Bryden, of Dunmore, and several other officials were on the sccno this morning. A man named Cottle was the only person receiving injuries.

Ho was workine in a section of the mine distant from where the squeeze was in progress, but the force of the concussion threw a car of tics against hi and he was injured on tiic leg. Our Present Line of Gold and Silver watches is larger than ever before. FREED 75 N. Main St. Pursell's Art Store.

Hello 5444. Bom AmrnS Polishes brass as door knobs," stair rods and railings. LYRIC THEATRE, Thursday Evg, (larch 19, i USlTlVK APPEARANCE OF Lewis Morrison HIMSELF IN GOETHE'S BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE FAUST A Production Celebrated Throne boot tho En lire jmifiiHU speaking world. THE 7WONDERS OF sTAnR PRAPT The Beautiful NkW Prologne, HEAVEN. The Gaeat "BhOKRN" Scene.

ine fciectricuarden. BtaSSSH 822 The Magnificent apotheosis. uuei. Eery thing entirely new this season. A positive guarantee that this nnuWtlrn will be a treat tor the musical ear A delightful bonr for the lover of romance and a miMt.

eujoyaoie evening lor overy admirer ot uuvmib iiuuiurutt wurK. PRICES S5c, J5c 50c. 75c, fl 00. Saturday Ev'g, Mar. 21.

The Most Powerful Drama of the Day, THE The Metropolitan Production A Play that Touches the Heart Presented by a Socially Selected Company. A WEALTH OF BEAUTIFUL SCENERY A EFFECTS Containing Many Now and Novel Sou sational and Mwbaiiical Effects and Situations. Prices, 25c, 35c and 50c Waldron's Big Auction VVU 00 J. O. AyrCo ET CyETERA Notes From Business Men, Wants and Other Minor Matters.

Apprentice wanted. Apply at Doyle's barber shop, Upper Pittston. 1913 Dwelling House Wanted I want to rent a dwelling place in Pittston; willing to pay unreasonable rent What bavc you got? State rent and location. Address, S. C.

Gazette. It For Sale Eggs for setting, white Wyandottcs. Barred Plymouth Rocks and White Plymouth Rocks; 75c per setting. White Crested Black Polish, $1.50 per setting. Cbas.

Rittcr, 30G Delaware avenue. 19tf For Sale Lot of manure. Mrs. M. Coxc, Cork Lane.

19t3 For Rent House 140 Lambert St. Apply F. J. Hoskius, 613 Montgomery street. 18wl For Sale Cheap Two new one horse wagons, one wiih top.

John Thomas, West Knd shop. lSwl For Sale First class organ, cheap. 1J6 Tompkins St. 18wl Itchiness of the skin, horrible pla gue. Most everybody afllictcd In ono way or another.

Only one safe, never failing cure Doan's Ointment. At any drug store, 50 cents. For Rent Rooms over Weeks' cigar store. Apply at People's bank. lGtf Two mules for sale, or exchango for heavy horses.

Cray's Transfer. ICtf For Sale Barred" Plymouth Rock eggs, true blue strain, J1.50 per set ting. James Clark, 19 Montgomery West Plttston. Manager Wanted Trustworthy lady or gentleman to manage business in this county and adjoining territory for well and favorably known house of solid financial standing. $20.00 straight cash salary and expenses, paid each Monday by check direct from headquarters.

Expense money advanced; position permanent. Address Thomas Cooper, Manager, 1030 Caxton Chicago. I6t7 For Rent A barn with room for 8 horses and 10 carriages, all in good shape. Whole or portion of it can be rented. New phone 5448.

7tf For Rent One dwelling house on Railroad St. and 1 on River Oregon. In first class condition. J. J.

Mangan, 10 N. Main St. 4tf Houses for rent or sale at any time of the year. Inq. ot McCanna's, 34 Mill street.

28ml Eat Harter's bread; it's good. Oysters in all styles. Harter. Dr. Welsh, dentist, 25 N.

Main SL Hay, long and cut, 90c. Giles. Coughing Yet? Then you've neglected to take Dr. Strong's Malted Cod Liver Oil with Beef and Hypophosphites. There will be no Coughing where Dr.

Strong's is used. KANE'S PHARMACY, 1 SO South Main St SHARP A SEELEY, Electrical Contractors All kinds of repair work done. Electric Bella, Liubta, Kan Burglar Alarms and all kiuda of electrical applitucea. Gazette Building, Ptttaton, Pa. Sale of 6 Driving Horses; also a number of be sold to the highest bidder.

fisll RI OH SEI.lFi of cures. Han Horses Town Talk and Events In and About the City. Co. meets' for drill this evening, The Broad St. M.

E. choir will not meet this week.1 William Singieman has been ap pointed leader of St. Peter's Lutheran choir. On March 7, a son was born to Mr. and Mrs.

W. H. Rosencrance, of But ler alley. BornVTo Mr. and Mrs.

William H. Monk, of Lagrange street, this morn Inc. a son. special meeting of the Plttston Male Glee Club will be held in the Baptist church this evening. Seats have been selling rapidly and there are only a few good ones remaining for the perfprmance this evening.

Charles D. Evans, the Duryea merchant, has been appointed Justice of the peace, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of 'Squire Motiska. Keystone lodge. No. 4, Sons of St.

George, will hold a regular meeting to morrow evening. AH members are re quested to attend, as there is business of Importance. Manager Peter Schmaltz has had his the Brothers base ball team, out practicing the great nation al game, preparatory to the opening of the base ball season. The boys arc working the glass out of their arms and getting an eye on the ball. The remains of Patrick Kealy, who was killed in West Virginia, arrived here this afternoon and were taken to the home of his parents, in Inkerman The funeral will take place on Satur day morning at 9 o'clock, with requiem high mass in St.

Mark's church, and interment in Market St, cemetery. The Ninth Regiment basket ball team will play the Scranton Cracker Jacks, on Saturday evening, in the Ninth Regiment armory, Wilkesbarre. There will be the usual dance after the game. "Red" Hughes, "Jack Tlgue and Kane will line up with the Crackerjacks, so that a hard game is sure to result. Two large rafts arrived in town on the river last night.

They were manned by 11 men and came from the vicinity of Laceyville. One contained 15,000 feet of props and the other 8,000 mine ties. This morning, one of them caught on a rock near the Ferry bridge and it required an hour and a half's work to get it free. Gordon Meade, aged two years and four months, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Meade, of Duryea, and grand son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sheridan, of Moosic, died this morning at the home of his parents, from croup and pneumonia. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and interment will be made In Marcy cem etery. In the Calvary House, Wllkesbarre, last evening, the ex Y.

M. C. A. team decisively defeated the strong Calvary House team by the score of 30 to 6. The Calvary boys made only two bas kets in play, while all of the points made by Plttston were in play.

The local boys lined up: Charles Thatcher and Charles Kirby, forwards; Max Anthony, center; Alex. Mitchell and Thomas Williams, guards. Waldron, the horse king, will be In Wilkesbarre tomorrow with fifty Michigan horses, which will be sold at auction to the highest bidder. The sale takes place at the Naglc stable, on South Washington street, at one o'clock in the afternoon, rain or shine. Among the car load of horses Wal dron has with him this time is a fast pacing horse and a very fine saddle horso with all the saddle gaits.

Business men, clerks and the public geucrally are requested to bear in mind the supper that will be served in Y. M. C. A. Hall next Saturday evening, beginning at five o'clock, by the Ladies' Auxiliary, which is "endeav oring to raise money for the new building.

A New England supper will be served, and everybody is invited to attend and learn what a fine menu has been prepared. The price of the supper will be 25 cents. Two bills introduced by Senator Drury were passed finally by the State Senate yesterday. One provides for the selection of a site and the erec tion and maintenance of a State insti tution on the colony plan for the cpil pllcs of Pennsylvania, exclusive of insane epileptics and idiots, and mak ing an appropriation of $300,000 therefor. The other is an act enabling the burgess and council of any borough, by ordinance, to annex to the borough adjacent territory upon petition of a majority of the freehold owners there of, and repealing the act of 1899 regu lating boroughs.

At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon occurred the funeral of Anthony Mc Cue from the family home on Tedrlck street. The funeral was one of the largest seen in this vicinity in a long time. Four orders of railway employes attended in a body the Order of Rail ay Conductors, Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Besides these, a large concourse of friends attended. Services were held in St.

John's church, Rev. Father Manley officiating, and Interment was made in Market street cemetery. Rev. Father Jordan bad charge of the services at the grave. The pan oearers were: Tom the Order of Railway Conductors, Daniel Keegan, James O'Donovan, Thomas McNevin, Frank Brown, Peter Daley and John Keefe.

The flower bearers were M. H. Dorsch and T. Hogan. There were many beautiful floral offerings.

Fresh Garden Seeds at Giles. "I suffered for months from sore throat. Eclectrlc Oil cured me in 24 hours." M. S. Gist, Hawesvllle, Ky.

Every family should have its house bold medicine chest, and the first bottle in It should be Dr. Wood's Norway Pine nature's remedy for coughs and colds. W. fu Pace, Attorney at Law. 'fflce 25, 3d floor, Miner's Bank BIdg.

I from the street, asked of Gibbons and Flannery, "Any of you fellows got gun?" Mike Munley sworn Am a machin ist; know McCue; not acquainted with Kearney; Will Heston and he went up town; standing there when McCue and two other men came down Main street McCue's two' companions left him at Broad street; Heston and Munley walked down just a little behind Mc Cue; saw a crowd in front of Joyce's, at alleyway; saw three Italians come up and attempt to hit Burns; Burns ran out to the street and Italian followed; then shooting occurred; was sure the men were Italians by their appearance; he could recognize the shooter again if he saw him; Mc Cue walked by crowd to barber shop below and saw him start for the road where Burns and Italians were; Mc Cue yelled, "None of don know what became of other Italians saw the Italian who did the shooting run, but didn see anybody follow. William MIeston, miner; was at Joyce's that night; got there shortly before 12; stayed there 15 minutes he and Munley went up town; McCue and two men passed them on the way down, at Sacks Brown's; men left McCue at Broad street; walked down behind McCue; crowd at Joyce's when sllooting took Bhootins to piace rigni near aucy; inrce uauans came along; saw the scuffle on the sidewalk and then out in the road Heston had an injury or cut on hand plastered; when asked where he got ternoon; admitted that' shortly after shooting he asked Munley if he was bleeding on the side of the head; be was sure, however, that he got the injury Sunday afternoon; didn't know of any wrestling match In Joyce's that night; could not Identify Italian if be saw him again; didn't see any revolver among any of the crowd. At 4.45, as the Gazette goes to press the examination of witnesses is still in progress. LAFAYETTE STUDENTS ON TOUR. Made an Inspection of Mining Opera tions Here Today.

A band of professors and students from Lafayette College, in Easton, are spending the week in the coal region, for the purpose of making a study of practical mining work in the anthra cite mines. The party is making its headquarters at Hotel Hart, Wllkesbarre, and is composed of the follow ing: Prof. Hall, of the mining depart ment: Prof. Peck, of the department of geoiogy; Charles Bryden, assistant in hemistrv. Fetters, nost erad uate and assistant instructor; Messrs, Pollock, Skuse and Ferer, members of the Bpnlor in minw: Messrs.

Hopper, Hand, Peacock, Finch, Wil cox and Hatch, all undergraduates. Today, the students made tour of No. 14 and No. 6 collieries, of the Pennsylvania Coal Co. Tomorrow they will visit Mt.

Lookout and Maltoy collieries, and on Saturday they will go to Scranton, to inspect the Interna tional Correspondence Schools and various manufacturing establishments in which mining machinery Is manu factured. The undergraduates will then return to the college, but the seniors will remain here for some time, for the purpose of making a practical survey of a portion of some mine and securing information for their graduating theses. The Stomach is the Man. A weak stomach weakens the man, because it cannot transform the food he eats into nourishment. Health and strength cannot be restored to any sick man or weak woman without first restoring health and strength to the stomach.

A weak stomach cannot digest enough food to feed the tissues and revive the tired and run down limbs and organs of the body. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cleanses, purifies, sweetens and strengthens the glands and membranes of the stomach, and cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. Thos. J. Yates.

Bicycles at Krise's. AMUSEMENTS. Morrison, in "Faust," This Evening. Lewis Morrison himself, as Mephisto in "Faust," will present this world famous character here for the last time this evening, at the Lyric theater. While the world endures, the immortal story of Goethe's "Faust and Margue rite" will continue to interest man kind.

The Devil, portrayed by Morri son, is a jolly, jovial fellow, just suited to allure the soul by a pleasing presentation of forbidden pleasures. The electrical effects of the great play produce astonishment and surprise. At the end of the first act, when Mephisto exults over the capture of the soul of Faust, amid darkness and thunder, a blazing cross appears over the cathe dral door; in the garden scene, when Mephisto comes to the aid of Faust, the flashing steel produces a pale blue electric flame; the carnival on the Drnnban onrla In a ahtiro rtf alAt and the when the angel Marguerite is bearing the form of Faust heavenward, electricity plays a very essential part. 'The Convict's Daughter," Saturday. The author has made the central figure of this play that of a tramp, an escaped convict, who has been unjustly sentenced for another man's crime.

The confidential bookkeeper of Col. Gould discovers the man's identity and forces him to become an unwilling accomplice to his villainous scheme of winning the hand or ruining the Colonel's beautiful adopted daughter. In time the tramp, really a hero, discovers that the girl is his own daughter, but rather than blight her young life he denies the relationship and again suffers imprisonment. Confined in jail, he becomes desperate, and, seizing an opportunity, he makes bold jump for a passing freight train, gaining freedom and safety. The play a powerful, sensational one.

At the Lyric, Saturday evening. Poultry netting and garden tools. Ash. of to 8UGGE8T10N FOR TODAY. The Unsightly Condition of the River Banks Should be Improved.

West Plttston Is a town famous for its beautjful homes, fine old trees and enthusiastic support of the good roads movement, among other things. Its people take considerable pride in Its appearance, and yet, through some lapse, there exists at present a con apicuously shocking condition. As the visitor to this beautiful west Fittston crosses the bridges, his eyes do not have time to drink In the beauties of river and mountains. They are arrest ed at the sight of numerous noisome garbage piles, smouldering" mounds of broken brle a brac, ashes, superannu ated tinware, and such, with an occa sional dead dog or cat all this looms up large before a background of hand some homes and noble trees. Mortals become accustomed to most anything which is constantly before but what a woeful Impression the condi tion of the river banks must make on the stranger to our community.

With the arrival of spring sun shine, offal should not be allowed to accumulate and fester upon the river bank for the. sake of the public health. True, some homes along the river bank are fronted with a properly kept fore ground, but that the opposite condi tion exists in many cases everyone can see for himself, and the matter should be as diligently attended to as would a sintllar condition in any less pretentious portion of the borough. Furniture Sale. Bedroom suits, parlor suits, carpets, linoleums, oil cloths, rockers, dining room chairs, lounges, couches, bed springs, bedding, toilet sets.

The en tire stock of furniture of the Sinclair House will be sold at private sale in the morning, and at auction afternoon and evenings, until goods are sold. Goods must be sold and moved before the first day of April, 1903. 12tf M. J. Hughes, Prop.

For soft corns, Miners' 10c Stick Salve Houses for rent In East and West Plttston, by T. Mangan, 91 S. Main. 7tf Ice cream, wholesale retail. Harter.

Pursell's Art Store. Hello 5444. Watches "From $1 Up. Full line of jewelry and silverware. YASEEN'S JEWELRY STORE.

Pursell's Art Hello 5444. Well Again. The many friends of John Blount will be pleased to learn that he bas entirely recovered from his attack of rheumatism. Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured him after the best doctors in the town (Monon, Ind.) had failed to give relief. The prompt relief from pain which this liniment affords is alone worth many times its cost.

For sale by all dealers on a guarantee. Union Club Puredd Rye Whiskey. Guaranteed. Leading brand in the valley. S.

J. FREEMAN. Both phones. For bunions Miners' 10c Stick Salve. Choice Cuts in Fresh Meats.

Lowest prices for the grade. At Booth Opp. William St. Scranton Business College, Many new students are arranging to enroll for the spring term. Choice marshmcllows, 20c lb.

Codekas. Women love a clear, healthy complexion. Pure blood makes it. Burdock Blood Bitters makes pure blood. BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Scranton Business College. Request for young man stenogra pher to go to British Columbia; salary. 65 or $70 per month at the start. Splendid opportunity. Butter, per pound, 26c.

At Giles. Seating stoves at reduced prices. Ash. personal" Mrs. Robert Culkin is ill at her home on Prospect street.

Miss Kate Ilealey, of Dunmore, was a visitor In town yesterday. J. L. Watcrson, of Parsonage street, is seriously ill with muscular rheumatism. Miss Annie Loftus, of Scranton, is visiting Miss Kate McHale, of Pine street.

Miss Margaret Carroll, of Carbon dale, Is visiting the Misses Carroll, of Chapel street. Miss Helen Hazeltine, of Division street, who has been seriously 111 with rheumatism and lumbago, is convalescent. Mrs. Frank Jacobs, of Wllkesbarre, was in town yesterday, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Lawrence Smith, of Butler street. P. J. McDonnell and T. J.

McDonnell returned to their home In Mayfield, yesterday, after a visit with their aunt, Mrs. Thomas Harrop, of North Main street The Misses Kate and Ollie Thomas, or Wilkesbarre, and Davis Wilburn, of Philadelphia, were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Roberts, of Efoabcth street, yesterday. SALE OF WALL PAPER REGARD LESS OF COST.

As we have removed our carpets to 18 South Main Wllkesbarre, we will close out our entire stock of wall paper regardless of cost WILLIAMS M'ANTJLTY, 60 North Main 18tf Plttston, Pa. Ask for Miners' 10c Stick Salve. See that the miner is on it. m4ml Good Bread and Pure Milk. Leave your order at either of Moffat's Two Stores.

Both phones. Spring will soon be here, when you may need a new sidewalk or a fence, possibly a new bouse. These wants can be supplied by Dershimer Griffin, dealers in all kinds of building materials. Inquest in McCue Kearney Case. MANY WITNESSES WERE EXAMINED Assistant District Attorney Williams Asks Questions.

THE TESTIMONY GIVEN IN DETAIL, The Four Witnesses First Heard Stick Closely to the Story That the Mur der Was Committed by an Italian Who Became Involved in a Quarrel With Michael Burns. The coroner's juries chosen to inves tigate the circumstances by which Anthony J. McCue and James Kearney met with their tragic death In this city last Sunday morning, met this after noon at 3 o'clock in Alderman Barrett's office. The two juries sat at the one time, Coroner Berge conducting the inquest. Assistant District Attorney John H.

Williams appeared for the Commonwealth, and F. H. Geddes, of Wllkesbarre, stenographer, took notes of the testimony. County Detective Jones, Detective O'Brien and Chief Loftus were among those present. The jurors in the McCue case were called first.

Michael Burns was the first witness called. His testimony, in brief, was as follows: A molder by trade; employed ai ruision aiove worKs; acquamieu personally with McCue; saw McCue after he was killed; was In middle of street night McCue was killed; was sianumg on siuewam ana ueiure iuai was in Joyce's saloon; went in saloon at 8 'o'clock; was there until killing occurred; was in back room playing cards during the night; saw a number of people there, among them Mr. Mes sitt, Mr. Flannery, Mr. Munley, and others; didn't see McCue that evening; stayed in saloon till 2 or 3 o'clock, when Joyce said he was going to close the saloon; came out to curbing at alleyway.

We were standing there when three men, believed to be for eigners, came up Main street; two were short fellows and one tall; they were dressed like foreigners; couldn't tell exactly how they were dressed; didn't know whether he brushed iuto the foreigners or whether they brushed into him; they came together, and he called to one fellow to "go the big fellow pulled a stiletto, and I yelled to the boys to look out; I dodged he fell near mc, and when he jumped up he pulled a revolver at me; he fired twice at me and three times at the crowd; I then jumped up and stepped back toward the crowd on the curb; there was a terrible fog and I couldn't see what became of the man who fired the think there was a word said; we were standing on sidewalk and they pushed in the crowd to get by. When the shots were fired, Burns said he jumped up and ran be hind a telephone pole on the other side of the street. When the firing stopped. he stepped across the street, and the men said that McCue and Kearney were shot. Burns said there was no provocation whatever.

The tall strang er pulled a stiletto, as he thought first, but he thinks now that the man had no stiletto, but a revolver. Burns denied that he had asked any English speaking man if "he had a revolver." Burns was severely cross examined, and although he made several conflicting statements, nothing of any partic ular importance was learned. When asked if he could Identify the mur derer if he saw him, he said: "I am a Catholic, and I don't want to swear any man's life away." He thought, however, he could Identify the man if be saw him again. Peter Gibbons testified as follows A teamster for S. S.

Beer was at Joyce's on night of killing; about an hour before killing took place, he went In and had few glasses of beer; Mike Kelly, James Flannery, ouBnney, i mjnrns ana wiu.ami.yons. nnA Jfimno KAornov vara than1 cow I and James Kearney were there; saw no fight there or wrestling match; Lyons and a few boys were speaking of a wrestling match; didn't see any match; stopped in alleyway after coming out; three men came up; thought they were Italians; the one they had trouble with wore a light overcoat and was a tall man, with moustache; one of the three men said something, and made a push or thump at Burns; tall man then put his hand to pocket and drew out something; I and others yelled, "Losk out for Burns ran into street, and tall man followed; several In crowd ran over to help Burns, and tall man fired, hitting Mc Cue and Kearney; after the shooting, they ran down the alley by St. John's; didn't see anybody follow him; McCue walked back to Joyce's unassisted and Kearney walked back with assistance; stayed there about ten minutes' and then went home; saw nobody make any effort to catch Italian; saw no policeman there before he left; there was no fight In his presence on the street; didn't see McCue before he was a Is Nearly Caught by a Mine Squeeze NO. 13 SHAFT THP PPIMF I I IE OvLlld Five Acres of Surface Affected. MINE WORKINGS BADLY DAMAGED Fifty Officials and Workmen Were in the Mine Trying to Withstay the Fall When the Crash Came Early This Morning, and Were Forced to Fly for Their Lives.

Quite an extensive mine squeeze has affected the workings of No. 13 shaft. of the Central colliery, Pennsylvania Coal near Moosic, throwing the mine Idle and calling for much atten tion from the officials. The damage on the surface is slight, no buildings be ing within the affected area. It Is quite serious in the interior of the mine, however, and will cause a suspension of work, at least temporarily.

About five acres are within the limits of the squeeze. The real fall occurred this morning and a party of workmen and officials had a narrow escape from be ing victims of another disaster such as occurred at Twin shaft several years ago. Only one person was hurt, and his injuries are slight. rne nrst signs that a saueeze was in progress were noticed last Sunday, and means were immediately adopted to circumvent that portion of the mine where the "working" was in progress and confine the cave to as small an area as it was possible for human skill to do. District Superintendent Henry MacMillan had the work in charge.

The affected portion is in the Red Ash vein of No. 13 mine, about a half mile from the foot of the shaft, in what is known to the workmen and officials as "The Klondike" section of the mine. It is in this portion the cave is worst. although other portions of the mine arc affected more or less. The vein of coal is about 22 feet thick.

The cave has occurred in a section of land work ed by the Pennsylvania company In ex change with the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. for a piece of land on the west side of the Lackawanna river. As soon as it became apparent that an extensive squeeze was in progress, couple of days ago, mining was sus pended at the mine, and only about 50 men were kept on duty, being assigned the work of erecting barriers to check the progress of the cave as much as possible. Officials from other collieries of the company were called to the scene and assisted in the work. Pick ets were placed on guard to warn the brave men who assumed the task of erecting heavy props in various chain be.rs, with the din of cracking rock continually ringing In their ears and the consciousness that at almost any moment there was likely to be a heavy and sudden crashing and sinking of earth.

Each succeeding hour it was evident that the time was fast ap proaching when the cave would occur. Shortly after midnight this morning the iucrcascd cracking am: crumbling of the strata bespoke the coming of a crash, and Superintendent MacMillan hastily sent a warning for the men who were at work in a couple of dif ferent gangs to leave the mine quickly. The warning came none too soon. In a very short space of time, there was a terrific roar and crash, as thousands of tons of rock fell with powerful force. The concussion was terrific, lifting the men, who had sought safety In cham bers that were well protected, and throwing them about.

A mighty gush of wind went whirling through the un derground caverns, carrying with it a heavy cloud of dust and culm. The men were tossed about as If mere pieces of paper and It is miraculous lamps had been extinguished and for S.TtK2 from the mine, however, and this was an advantage for the men. The cave had taken place on all sides of them; in some places slight, and In other places more severe. Under the guid ance of the officials, the men made their way through various chambers and cross cuts to the opening at Law shaft, through which they were brought to the surface. A number of the men and officials bore marks of where they had been struck on the bands or face by the flying particles of coal and rock.

Some the men were heard to remark It was the most thrilling experience they had In their life. The settling had not ceased today, and Just how badly the mine is damaged is not known. As a natural consequence, considerable gas is accumulating and the men were not asked go into the mine. A number of brattices have been blown down, breaking the air courses. Heavy cars were crushed to splinters by the force of is IXCLUDIXS A FAST PACKS HORSE AXD A FAXCT SASME HORSE, WITH ALL THE SADDLE OUT.

SO KE1D of Michigan Horses coming, direct from tho best breed ing farms, among which will bo lloaders, Coachers, Match Pairs, Single Business Horses and Gentlemen good Farm Chunks and general purpose horses and a number of good, big Draughters. These horses will rlllllHIl IflHIlUli CITY TAINSFR STIBUS, SOUTH VASKMGTCN STREET ft. 0.F.OTF.O&C3. PITTSTCX, PA. WE ARE NOW SHOWING ALL THE NEW THINGS IN From the heaviest duck to the finest French Muslins, at our usual low prices for the best quality.

We are meeting with great success. B. F. Antrim Co. Mill Ends of Bleached Table Linens at Half Price.

Monday Bargain Day..