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EIGHTY MINERS ENTOMBED
Terrible Result of a
Shaft at Pittston Junction.
NO HOPE FOR THE IN
ossibllitj of Bringing any of Them
to the Surfaci Alive is Very Slim.
Three Hundred Man are Engaged
in the Work of Securing the Mine
so that the .foetid Portion Can
be Reached Xames of the Dead
Hen so far as Conid be Ascer
tainedScenes About the Shaft.
Interview with Mine Inspector
McDonald Eqneszing Resumed at
1.30 This Horning, Stopping
Progress of Rescuing Party.
Between seventy and eighty human
lives were blotted out early yesterday
morning In the Twin shuft at Pittston
by a cave-In.
It is the numt appalling mine disaster
that has occurred in tills portion of the
anthracite coal Held since the mine Hre
at Avondnle on Sept. 6, 1S69, when 108
mine employes surrendered up their
lives. The Oaylord mine disaster of
Feb. 1. 1894, at Plymouth, when thirteen
men were killed ana tne acciuem ai
West Pittston llfteen years ago when
twenty-six men were lost, sink Into In
significance In comparison with the lat
est durk spot on the history of anthra-
Ite coa. mining.
So great Is the loss of life and so fright
ful the suddenness with which the har
dy mine workers were cut off that It Ib
hard even for the people of Pittston
whose dear ones are in the ill-fated
mine to realize the full force "of the
terrible disaster. They stood about the
mouth of the opening yesterday after
noon as If benumbed a.nd tiled to llnd
comfort In the hope thut after all the
men might be brought out alive. Ev
ery man who came out of the pit was
pulled aside and asked the prospect
but the answer was always the same,
they were merely timbering about the
fool of the shaft and had not been any
where near the spot where the men are
supposed to be.
The grief depleted on the counten
ances of the relatives of the entombed
miners was heartrending. Although
most of them were Induced to leave
the vicinity of he shaft early in the
morning there were some for whom
suspense was more agonizing than a
knowledge of the worst, and all day
long a little group of a dozen or more
sad-faced women sat on a pile of mine
props and anxiously watched the car
riage as It made Its noisy ascent from
the pit below. At first their expres
sions of grief were terrible in intensity,
but as the hours passed they subsided
into stilled sobs, broken only occasion
ally by the louder wall of more poig
nant suffering as a keener knowledge
of the terrible (ate which had befallen
her husband forced Itself on the mother
of some fatherless child. Among the
little group was one sweet-faced wo
man, younger and seemingly more del
icately-nurtured than the others, whose
grief was too deep to vent Itself in
sobs.
Silently, while the others conversed,
she watched the work of the men and
listened to the ominous rumbling noise
of the carriage as it descended to tin;
cavernous depths where lay burled all
that was dear to her, a husband to
whom she had plighted her troth but a
little over a year ago. By her side sat
another womun wlthababe In her urms
yet even she with her fatherless infant
was not the object of more heartfelt
sympathy than the bride of a year
whose grief was heightened by what
would, had not the terrible calamity oc
curred, soon have been her crowning
Joy.
The portion of the mine affected by
the fall comprises the fifth and sixth
veins, the outef portion of the fall de
scribing a fall with a slope connect
ing the two veins near the rim of the
circle.
E. L. Fuller, of this city, secretary
of the Newton Coal company, which
operates the mine where the disaster
occurred, said last night to a Tribune
reporter: "This accident is an awful
blow. Since the moment we heard of
It we have been using every energy to
reach the men who were entombed by
the fall and have not given up hopes
of getting at least a portion of them
out of the mine alive. For the present
we are compelled to confine our atten
tlon entirely to making the place safe
about the foot of the shaft and that
will be accomplished before midnight.
We can then press on toward the point
where the men are and hope to make
good progress.. The work will be prose
cuted just aa rapidly as possible you
can depend upon that."
At midnight the rescue party was
working near the head of the slope
which la about 1,100 feet from the point
where the first gang of men were -at
work. The cracking and Squeezing had
almost subsided. -U .
Tl rmmnmnA hnwr hntit 1 Xfl tble
Cave in the Twin
morning, making any progress almost
Impossible. It is safe to say that none
of the men entombed In the mine will
ever come out alive.
STORY OF THE GREAT DISASTER.
Name of the Men WhoAre Entombed
in the Mine.
The most disastrous cave-In In the
history of the Wy..mlng coal regions
occurred early this morning at the
Twin shaft of the Newton t.'oal com
pany at the Lackawanna and Blooms
burg junction, rittstoii.
The number of the victims can not be
positively stated as all the busses, in
cluding General Superintendent M. J.
I.angan. lire umoug them, but careful
estimates places the number between
seventy and eighty, ubout one-half of
whom were foreigners, whose names
It is Impossible iy present to get. The
list of missing mi far compiled Is as
I follows:
M. J. LANft AX, mine superintendent and
mayor pro lein of I'ittslou, married,
leaves wife and ten children; 41 i
North .Main street.
M. J. LYNKTT. mine foreman, married.
seven children: 412 North Main strict.
AI.KX. MVOK.UK'K. Hie boss, married,
ten eliililren: 48 Union street. v
THOMAS TENPENNV. assistant lire
boss, married, three children.
THOMAS C'ARDO.V, assistant lire boss.
married, leaves a n'fe.
JOHN o'llOYXK assistant lire boss, two
children.
ANTHONY KAN 14, driver boss, elude.
THOMAS ML'KPHY, driver boss, wi
dower.
ONKY M'OriRK. track layer, married,
four children.
JOHN HILL, married, two children.
.MICH A 101, HfliHKS night lire boss, mar
ried, one child.
JAM ICS DAILY, footman, pillule.
MICHAEL CONN vi fool man, single.
JOHN HAHT, footman single.
M. O.VrUHAN, footman, single.
JAM ICS UOLDRN, married, two children.
JAMES WALL, married, eight children;
and son Thomas.
JOHN KE1IOE. married, six children; and
his son. Frank.
CDWAKD DKLAXIiY, married, four chil
dren. PKTKH MARTIN laborer, single.
MAKTIN (HLimiDK. laborer, single.
DOMINICK O'MALLEY. miner, single.
JA.MK3 M' DONALD married, two chil
dren.
THOMAS BATIRKTT. miner, single.
JOHN AND THOMAS QAEFNEV. broth-
em, former single, latter murrled,
seven children.
PKTKH JOYCE, laborer, single.
!TKU KKLLKY. laborer, single.
JOHN SILVESTER, murrled, three chil
dren.
PATRICK C'OSTKLLO, miller, single.
F. O'BKIBN. wife, no children.
TIMOTHY DERKIi', laborer, single.
PATRICK HL'AXK, marrleJ, seven chil
dren.
JAMES BURKE, laborer, nlng'.e.
MICHAEL IJI'KKB, miner. single.
EDWARD KILDEA, mauled, two chil
dren.
THOMAS DEWHJ, laborer, single.
ROBERT H ASTON, master mechanic.
single.
DANIEL WARD, machinist, married, two
children.
ANTHONY TOLLASKI, married, one
child.
PETER SAVISK1. married, five children.
ANDREW SLOMASKI, married, two chil
dren.
SIMON MASCOVITZ, married, two chil
dren.
JOHN CANDAXISH. single.
ANTHONY GORDON, footman, single.
OWEN LKE, door boy.
DAN GAVIN, miner, single.
MICHAEL FORD, miner, single.
JOHN O'BOYLK, laborer, single.
J. W. HART, married, three children.
JOHN HOISTRICH, married, three chil
dren.
JOSEPH ZUHINDO, married, five chil
dren.
HOW ESTIMATES ARE BASED.
It Is known that a gang of twenty-
six Polanders and Hungarians went In
at midnight and that llfteen or twenty
others were on the early shift. It is
on the strength of this Information that
the estimates of the total number of
victims are based.
That all the bosses and such a large
nu:v.ber of men were at work at this
fx? Is accounted for by the fact that
there was a bad "squeeze" and efforts
were being made to prevent It from
reaching serious proportions.
The fall occurred in the sixth or
lowest vein commonly called 'the Red
Ash vein and the "squeeze," the fore
runner of a fall, began Saturday morn
lug. Operations were at once begun to
prop up the "working" roof and It was
continued all day. At 7.30 o'clock In
the evening a night shift of thirty men
went on to continue the work of fight
ing the squeeze. About 11 o'clock It
became so bad that the men could not
work except In spells and as a genernl
cave-In was threatened unless heroin
measures were taken it was decided to
send for reinforcements.
Messengers were dispatched for Su
perintendent Langan. the bosses and
all the men living adjacent to the mine.
How many responded to this call Is not
known, as the foreman who took their
names went In with them, carrying the
time book along. The engineer, John
Ford, says that he did not take par
ticular notice of how many he let down,
but is quite positive that there were
over thirty.
ONLY ONES WHO ESCAPED.
Of all the men who were In the mine
at the time the only ones who escaped
were the water boy, Frank Sheridan,
who was returning to the wen with his
two palls of water; John Rleker, a driv
er, who was hauling out some cars;
Jacob Adams, a car runner, the pump
runner, who was at the foot of the
shaft, and a couple of miners who re
fused to work any longer on account of
the danger, and who were on their way
out at the time of the fatality. One of
these was Michael Hughes, whose
brother, Edward, is Included among the
victims. All the rest are either burled
beneath the fall, or, If they escaped this,
which Is not likely, doomed to an even
more terrible death, aa their egress Is
blocked on the one side by the fall and
D . rfjt.n fly '', -l.f ..-11 f m . ..
rounds them In the worked out portions
of the mine. '
There were three large falls, each of
which caused terrific concussions and
reports that were heard and felt In the
heart of Pittston. a mile away, shaking
the houses and arousing people from
their sleep. There was also an almost
constant succession of smaller falls,
which kept the whistle of the speaking
tube In the engine room blowing at in
tervals fur several hours.
FIRST FALL AT 2.G5 A. M.
' The first fall occurred at 2.55 a. m., the
second and third following In rapid suc
cession. Then the small falls set In and
continued almost unceasingly until
daylight, when the force of the "work
ing" seemed to have spent Itself.
"Squeezes" have continue 1 ever since,
and were still continuing at nightfall.
Men were at work in what Is undoubt
edly the very center of the fall as they
were attacking the workings which
were the most active and consequently
which must have been the most affected
by the cave-In. This point Is about
2.250 feet from th- toot of the shaft and
Is figured to be directly beneath V'amp
bell's Ledge.
,11 !. reached by a zig-zag road, two
stretches of which are steep slopes and
Is 4"4 fet from the surface. It was
about COO feet down the third and lust
slope that the men were working.
There M a split In the vein and the
rock that has fallen forms the roof of the
lower part of the Vein and the Hour of
the upper portion. The bottom, it might
be suld hus dropped out of the top vein
known as No. a, into the working of thu
lower vein No. 6, where the men Wti-e
at work.. The rock between the two
portions of the vein averuges twelve
feet In thickness and the men who
have pushed their way to the region of
the settling say that this whole twelve
foot deck rock has gone down. The
first fall started the second, the second
caused a third and so It kept on until
now the whole vein Is supposed to have
caved In. The disturbance begins nt a
point one hundred feet from the foot of
the shaft and extended over a region
that can onlybe surmised, but which
Is not less than thirty acres.
ITS THE LOWEST VEIN.
The Red Ash Is the lowest vein
worked, and there are only two veins
worked out above It. Neither of these
nor the surface show any effects of the
cave-in.
The work of rescue, although a seem
ingly hopeless task, is being pushed
with all the vigor that is possible.
Immediately nfter the calamity oc
curred the- men on the outside of the
mine caused a fire alarm to be sounded
In order to bring' asu' .ance and soon
the mouth of the shu was surrounded
by a large crowd.
Four of the first ' .on to arrive on the
scene, Michael Finnan, John McCor
mlck, John Doyk- and John Daley, des
cended the dust-choked shaft, but could
not venture far owing to the fact that
they were not provided with good safety
lamps. They saw enough, however, to
convince them that there was net a
living soul within the mine.
Upon reaching the surface, they with
Sheridan, the water boy, and Bicker,
the driver, told what they knew of the
situation below and plans were made
accordingly. It was out of the question
to attempt to reach the men then
through the present worklngso It'wns
decided to push along an old gangway
through the abandoned purt of the mine
yid then cut off through 'the worked out
chambers to the rear of where the fall
occurred, It being thought it was pos
sible that the fall to the rear of the men
might have not been as heavy ns in
front and the rescuers could therefore
get nearer to them. There was also the
faint glimmer of a hope that the men
or some of them might not have been
caught In the fall and were working
their way out from the rear along the
face of the mine and through the old
workings by which the rescuers would
approach.
LEADERS ALL GONE.
There was no leader to show them the
way as every man who was competent
to direct them was entombed. So with
only an Intricate map and their own
vague knowledge of the mine these
daring men begun their dunger-fraught
Journey. But It was all In vain. They
had proceeded only a short distance in
the old workings when they encountered
gas of such density that it was suicidal
to attempt to pass through It. They
retraced their steps and resolved to face
the fall and dig their way to the en
tombed men.
This work Is now going on. The
operations had to begin at a point about
one hundred feet from the foot of the
shaft as the fall begins at that point
Large pieces of rock are falling con
tinually about them but they are not
deterred In their heroic work by any
thought of self. All they seem to re
alize is that seventy or eighty of their
brothers are emboweled In the earth
and must be rescued if alive and If dead
their bodies must be recovered.
They are making slow progress ow
ing to the difficulties which only super
human effort can overcome and it can
not even be conjectured when, if ever.
the men will be reached.
One cannot repress the emotion which
arises from a contemplation of the
work of tliese rescuers. Nothing could
be more heroic, nothing more self-sac
rlllcing. It is even chances that death
or serious Injury will be the lot of any
man who enters the mine in Its present
condition but, despite this, all day long
little bands of miners could be seen
tramping along the railroads or across
the fields dressed In their working
clothes and armed with their tools
bound for the ill-fated shaft to volun
teer their services In the noble work.
And not Infrequently at the company's
office can be heard "Some more man
you want? Me and my butty, we come.
You tella us when."
NUMEROUS VOLUNTEERS.
So many have already volunteered
that there are names enough on the list
to keep up regular reinforcements for
several days. The rescuing party is
divided Into several squads of tlx, each
'Continued on Pa. tJ
WILLIAM C WHITNEY
VERY DESPONDENT
Has But Little Hope of Checking the
Avalanche of Silver at Chicap.
THE RESULT OF ITS ADOPTION
Recognition of the White Metal by
the Convention Will Break I'p the
Democratic PnrtyThe South nod
Went Have Apparently Paused the
Point ol Dixcuftsion.
New York, June 28. The hopeless con
dition of the affairs in Democracy's
camp has never been more freely shown
than in the despondency of Willium C.
Whitney, who undertook some time ago
to stem the free silver current that Is
sweeping over the party. The Tribune
today publishes an Interview with Mr.
Whitney. In which he talked despond
ently of the Democratic prosfwets. al
though he declared he was going to
Chicago to aid in a most determined
light against free silver.
The Tribune icporter tulked with Mr.
Whitney In his home, at No. 2 West
Fifty-seventh street.
"How Is the campaign getting on?"
asked the reporter.
"Like ISiliO, the truth must be told,"
Mr. Whitney replied.
"What are the chances of sound
money In Chicago'."
"Unless the situation changes, and
our southern and western friends are
disposed to reason with us, no chance
whatever."
"What do you hear from the south
and west'.'"
'Judging by the letters I ' receive.
there Is no apparent disposition to dis
cuss the matter at Issue.I fear it has
gone beyond that point."
COULD DO NOTHING.
'Have you ashed Senators, Gorman
and Ilriee to attend the convention as a
party duty?"
"No. They have no reason to believe
that they could accomplish anything.
None of us have."
If a free-coinage candidate Is nom
inated on a free-coinage platform, what
will be the result?"
"Practically It will disrupt the Demo
cratic party. No power on earth can
either coerce or persuade sound-money
Democrats to forsake the fundamental
principle of Democracy. They do not
regard this question as either factional,
sectional or political. The mainten
ance of national credit Is a matter of
national honor. The Saratoga plat
form emphasizes this fact. It says that
the ligld maintenance of the present
gold standard at the present time is
'essential to the preservation of our
national credit, the redemption of our
public pledges and the keeping Invo
lute of our country's honor.' That Is
New York's position. It Is as positive
as words can express. And It cannot
be changed."
COMPROMISE IMPOSSIBLE.
"Then you do not look for a com
promise?"
Compromise Is Impossible. Debase
ment of the currency would be more
than monstrous In effect. It would be
abandonment of principle. It wculd
disgrace evrry citizen. It would not
be merely dishonest, it would be dis
honorable. And you cannot compro
mise a question of honor."
"What do you expect to do In Chi
cago.'
'Do everything In nur power to save
the party and protect the country. That
Is the plain duty of every Democrat
who goes to Chicago; and It Is none the
less the duty of those who stay at home
not to hamper the efforts of those who
go. And by those who stay at home I
mean not merely Democrats; I mean to
Include every good citizen, regardless
of politics or prejudices. The crisis
which has come uuon us Is the most
serious menace to national prosperity
and the welfare of the people since 18C0.
This is the time when all men who love
their country must stand together to
avert. If possible, public disgrace and
the wreck of hundreds of thousands of
homes throughout the entire country."
"You do not despair of BUceesE, then?"
"No. We cannot yet tell whether the
knowledge of the attitude of eastern
Democrats will affect the determina
tion of the southern and western Dem
ocrats, who have nut known until with
in the last week how strong the feeling
here Is. The vigorous expression of our
position may cause hesitation, especial
ly among the rank and tile of the Dem
ocracy, who, I cannot believe, want to
drive all eastern Democrats out of the
party. I know some of the leaders of
the movement assume that attitude, but
1 am not yet convinced thut the people
are behind them. And, If not, they will
muke their wishes known and felt."
MR. TWJRMAN'S OPINION.
He Itcgnrds Mr. Vthitiicy's Interview
us Harmless in Effect.
Columbus, O., June 2S. After reading
the interview given by ex-Secretary W.
C. Whitney in New York yesterday, in
which Mr. Whitney said there seemed
to be no hope of saving the Democratic
party from disruption unless the south
ern and western Democrats would listen
to reason on the coinage question. Allen
W. Tliurman gave out the following
statement tonight:
There Is now going on In this country an
Irrepressible conflict between the British
standard (gold) on the one side, and the
American stamlurd (gold and silver), the
money guaranteed by the constitution, on
the other. Shall the Democratic party de
clare In Its platform thut It favors a vio
lation of the constitution; that the people
shhll not obey It unless the governments
or Europe give them permission to do so,
This Is what all this talk about an In
ternational agreement really means. This
Is what the Republican party said at St,
Louis. Shall tho Democratic party mere
ly echo the voice of the Republican party,
Is a question that cannot be suppressed
and which will overshadow all others In
the coming campaign.
If so, why should we go to Chicago at
all? Such Interviews as Mr. Whitney's
will frighten no one. On the contrary
they only Intensify the Issues, and his
writing about the dishonesty of those who
differ with him will only make them more
determined. The sliver men of the west
and south have long known that the Dem
ocrats of Mr. Whitney's school would
much prefer seeing a gold Republican
president rati.jr than see a sliver Dem
ocrat In the presidential chair.
Mr. Whitney's Interview will make this
"rfectb? elsr to every delegate who will
be at Chicago, and while all will regret
that Mr. Whitney has determined to
leave the party they will bear it rather
than to put their principles into his keeping.
CALL TO SILVERITES.
Mr. Diffenisrfer llrxes Friends of the
White Metal to Orjaoiie for
the Coming Campaign.
Philadelphia. June 28. R. E. Dlffen
derfer. the Pennsylvania member of the
national committee of the National Sil
ver party, has Issued an address to the
"friends of silver in Pennsylvania," In
which he scores both the old parties
vigorously, charging them with being in
the hands of gold monometalllsts, cor
poration "bosses." money lenders and
the banks. Continuing, he says:
"But the people are thinking. They
are reading. The press of the state and
nation, with few exceptions, are In the
hunds of our enemies Hessians and
Tories. We must strike now for the
protection of our homes and our Hag.
We must organize to meet this stupend
ous greed and banking grab at the polls.
There are thousands upon thousands of
earnest silver men In Pennsylvania and
we lack organization. I, therefore, call
upon all the friends of silver In each
county of the state to form organiza
tions within the next fifteen days and
select representatives from each con
gressional district for the convention
to be held in St. Louis July 22. While
we may not secure the electoral vote
of Pennsylvania, we can elect a num
ber of congressmen who are favorable to
free coinage, and enough members of
the legislature to hold the balance of
power so as to dictate the election of a
senator who will be as favorable to the
white metal as our present courageous
senator, the friend of the people,. J.
Donald Cameron."
STUCK OiTa BARGE.
The Cunarder Umbria Delayed Ten
Hours Near Gedney'g Channel.
Defect in Steering Appartus.
New York, June 28. The Cunarder
Lmbria, Captain Dutton, bound out,
with 479 passengers In her first cabin
and 210 In the second, was stuck more
than ten hours yesterday In Oedney's
Channel. She left her pier, foot of
Clurkson street, at 9 o'clock, In charge
of Pilot Josiali Johnson, tuck fast at
UM5, came off at 8.35 o'clock in the
evening, and went to sea at 10 o'clock.
The I'mbrla Imd struck the wreck of
the conl barge Andrew Jackson, sunk
by collision with the steamship Vedra
on the evening of May 22, about two
miles off the Hook, at the west end of
edney s Channel.
The position of the wreck was well
known to Pilot Johnson and to Captain
Dutton. The wreck was marked bv a
red-und-white-stiiped spar buoy. The
buoy was In plain sight In the clear
morning as the Umbria approached It.
But just before the ship reached the
wreck her steering gear took an unac
countable freak and refused to work
properly. The Umbria was .to have
passed to the north of the wreck, but
she took a sharp sheer to starboard and
aimed straight at it. Captain Dutton
and Pilot Johnson saw that she was go
ing to strike the wreck, and the order
wus signalled to the engine room to
stop nnrt then to back full speed. But
her headway was too great, and the blir
Lunarder went crashing over the coal
barge.
The barge lay almost along the chnn
nel. with the bow at the endge of the
channel and the stern pointing diagonal
ly out Into It. The Umbria struck the
wreck on the starboard quarter and
went diagonally across It, three-fourths
of her own length. Then she stopped
Her bow was well clear of the old barge.
and she went down by the head so far
that as her stern came up the broad
blades of her propeller were vlsiole
above the water.
The Umbria Is the swiftest of the
Blngle screw fleet. She was designed bj
Sir William Pearce, and, on her trial
trip, she made 21 knots an hour, de
veloping 13,500-horsepov.er. On hor
maiden voyage, completed on Nov. 2,
1884, she covered the Queenstown route
In nine days. This was considered a
fast winter trip.
TORNADO IN KENTUCKY.
West I.cwisville Visited by n Cyclone.
Several Persons Injured.
Owensboro. Ky., June IS. West
Louisville, u little town near here, was
struck by n tornado at I.SO o'clock yes
terday afternoon. The house of C. L.
Clark was wrecked and Miss Pearl
Hicks, who was sitting there, was In
stantly killed. Clark was knocked
senseless and will die. St. Alphonsus'
Cutholic church, at St. Joseph, was
completely destroyed. A great many
residences and outbuildings were de
stroyed or badly damaged. St. Jo
seph's academy was ulso destroyed.
It Is impossible to get a complete list
of the injured.
THE M:VS THIS MOItMNU.
Weather Indication Today :
Fair; Rising Temperature.
1 Eighty Miners Kntomhed.
Whitney Predicts a C'ollupse.
Call to Silver Advocates.
Stuck on a Barge.
2 Great McKinley Rally at Canton.
Anson's Cust-OITs Became Stars.
Jumped from a Train.
3 Eighty Miners Entombed (Continued).
4 Editorial.
Comments of the Press
5 Merolo's Life Near an End,
Murderer Tonl Sentenced.
Christopher .MofTutt Killed,
Co. A. Scored the Higheat
8 (Sports) Seranton Defeated
Base Ball Kossl;i,
After the Fight.
7 Suburban News;
Market and Stock Reps
$ News Up and Down the Valley. ' "
LI Hung Changes His Tour.
Butler Knocked Out In One Round,
FINLEY'S
Special.
Sale of
SnTTTTftpir
WAISTS
Our stock Is uiiBurDaased In atvlfv
workmanship and assortment, and to
close the season we offer
fecial Miceiaaits
To Purchasers. ....
Aa the following prices will show, wo
guarantee them to be the very best
values offered this season:
Taney Lawn Waists, all colors, 48c.
Fancy Percale Waists, all sixes, Uc.
Better quality Percale Waists, 95c.
Fancy Stripe Lawn Waists, $1.19.
Extra Fine Waists at $1.38, $1.45, $1.65.
The Celebrated "King Waists." in
Percales, Lawns and Dimities, at $1.44,
$1.75, $1.98, $2.15.
These goods sell themselves.
Plain,. White Waists In Batiste and
Dimity, Plain Black Himalaya Waists,
Silk Jacquard House Waists; also a su
perior line of Children's Dimity and
Lawn Dresses, Boys' Kilt Suits - la
Pique and. Fine Galatea Cloth at great
ly reduced prices.
510 AND 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Our Nation's Greatest
Holiday will soon ""ere.
We have everything In shoes for Bum
mer except feet, and our patrons are
furnishing them handsomely.
Here are shoes for all, for all occa
sions, for anywhere and everywhere.
iEW!S,ffiilYAVIES
114 AND 116 WYOMINO AVE.
A LARQE AND WELL
SELECTED STOCK OP
FINE
CAN BE SEEN AT
8 S
When you pay for Jewelry you might an
well get the best.
A fine line of Novelties for Ladles and
Gentlemen.
W. J. Wenchel
405 Spruce St.
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ill,
9
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Ready Mixed Tinted
Oloss Paints, Strictly Pure
Linseed Oil, Guaranteed.