Herald. SHENANDOAH. PA.. FRIDAY. JUNE 1. 1894. ONE CENT VOL. IX.-NO. 142. The "1 Evening Your Pretty Wipe Deserves a pretty home. Give her one by buying pretty furniture. The largest stock of Parlor Furniture& Ever brought to Schuylkill county, now open and ready for inspection, at greatly reduced prices. o.P.WILLIAMS&SOh REYNOLDS FIRED THE W Witnesses Testify That the Victims Went Into u l'art uf the Mine Where Their Wnrk I1I1 Not Call Them and With N'.ik il Lamp. """"'Wrappers. Xbw. esnocisillv made for summer wear: lieht nml iinrk 7f f Mnrrltu nek prints. Those garments are perfect fitting. UTS xney are niauo xo retail at a mucn niguer in-ice. "'French Gripon! The new summer fabric, In all shades, plaids and stripes. BSE&x Schmidt, j "Wo want to say to you that wo now hrtve 4,000 Stone Crocks and Jars. ITrom 1 quart up to 14 gallons. The Price is Only 10c Per Gallon. Also Jugs and Milk Paus. . Saas. irira, taw ti MM, mm 1 WAIDLEY. ' 8 South Main Street. M. P. CORBY, 31 South Main St. Monongahela whiskey...- 60o a qt. j I rs Fital 8ld Bourifon. XXxVIiijl'ls a" at! tTi I I PI 1 1 fl T tfl TO stji&is netaii liuuui uiui u Imported Jamaica Bum $1.50 a qt. VDENGLING'S Stock and Fresh Ale, Draught Porter and "Wiener Beer, nest brands of 5c Clears and all kinds ot Temperance Drinks. ""New Carpets and Rugs Just Received This Week: New Moquette and Body Brussels Carpets. New Patterns Beautiful Designs Reasonable Prices. Moquette and Axminster Bugs Former Price, $4.50. Now Selling at $2.25. The so aro new goods, largo size, handsomo patterns and' colors, and f the lowest price over known for them. Special Drives: Iqvoico of Fancy Lemons, fresh stock, 2 doz. for 25c Standard Tomatoes, thrte cans for String Beans, threo cans for - Ginger Snaps, four pounds for Ohoico French Prunee, threo pounds for - Extra largo French Prunes, two pounds for Largo Muscatel Eaisins, four pounds for - Good Catsup, four bottles for LuncheonBeof, two cans for Bartlott Pears and Tablo Peaches, per can, Ohoico Alaska Salmon, per can CHOICE OOCGDS. Grosso & Blackwoll Chow-chow. Fancy Tomato Catsup. Salad Dressing. Puro Kettle Rendered Lard Chipped Beef and Summer Saueoge. Freeh Dairy Butter. Oven-baked Rolled Oats. Cream Sugar Corn. ft T.:.ln r Rlinnrmrlnnli Rwnnt Pnrr TCnll Prnnm fliippan. 1 B k " nvestigation of the Wm. Penn Explosion Concluded. 25c 25c 25o 25c 25c 25c 25c 25c 15c 10c The Inquest iu the cases of Michael Reynolds, David Fisher and John Stone, the three men who died at tho Miners' hospital at Fountain Springs from the effects of hums received in an explosion of gas in the Holmes vein of the Wm. .'eun colliery, was concluded in town last ight by Deputy-Coroner Mnnley nnd a ury comprising Messrs. P. J. Cleary, F. r. llrennnn. J. H. Mauler. Charles Vlt- cufsky.P, F. Monaghan and John Scnulan. Tne evidence snoweu mat iioynoius fired the gas and that the three victims were responsible for their deaths because they went into a part of the mine where thev had been warned that irns existed and a part into which their work did not call them. One of the witnesses was very nositive on the latter point and empha sized the statement with the remark that the only reason for the men going luto that part of the mine was to get loose coal mined bv others. Notwithstanding the character ot this testimony tome members ot the jury con sidered that there had been a technical violation of the mine law and for some time after the witness retired the jury re mained in session discussing a proposition to censure the colliery officials. A com promise verdict was eventunlly agreed upou. James Coogan was called and testified that he was a miner and bad worked 22 vears at the W in. Penn colliery, lie was at the bottom of tho slope when the ex plosion occurred. When John Stone was brought out Coogan asked how the ac cident happened. Stone said they went into the place without n safety lump and Reynolds llred the gas. He said he was in the chute and lleynolds was above. uoouan lurtner testiueu "we niwavs uau safety lamps of our own and took care of ourselves, but the fire boss would at tend at any time we notified him. That lias been tne custom since i nave been in that part of the mine, which is from two to three Tears. All the men were brttisfled that ft was necossary for them to go iu there in the mornings without depending upon the fire boss. I have been robbing iu that mine for from 15 to 20 years nnd we have always looked after our own places. The men had been noti fied to beware that there was gas in the old breast about 15 yards above the place tuese men were supposeu to oo worKiug. The man who fired the gas was supposed to be one of the most competent men In the plnce, but the two men went up with out n safetv lamp. It was not necessary to take safeties up there previous to a week or eight days before the accident happened, wuen we were notllled that there was gas there." Frank Sweeney, a miner, testified he had worked at the colliery for about seven years and in the place where the men were nurneu oooui iwo years, lie was at the bottom of the slope when the oxplo-i ion took place. Subsequently he asked Fisher, one of the vlctluis.how it happened. Fisher Bald he was In tho "nionkov.' Continuing. Sweeney testified. "The men had no business there. They went further than their work and if they had not gone there the accident would not have hap pened. I saw gas in the place about 7 or 0 days previous to the explosion. It was about 22 yards above mj battery. I not! lied Coogan, McSurdy, Reynolds and Stone that there was gas up there, but didn't notiiy tne lire boas, i examineu uiv own nlace. It was customary. The fire boss ruiirht come in there ten times and never get in your place once, because the place may be working and there was no manway or otner means tor tne lire ijoss to irei tin. so we conciuuea to take care of the place ourselves, I never qualified before n Justice of the Peace to examine gases. If those men had waited until I got in and pulled down that loose coal they would be alive to-day. There were six men working in the place. Coogan. Stone, Reynolds nnd McSurny were partners and Fisher and me were buttles. For a month or two before that day Reynolds never waiKeu in ironi me oouom oi uio Biope; we always waited for a ride in; but that mornlnir tteynoius wniKeu in nneau ot us. If the lire boss had gone In there he would not have found the gas, because the place was working more or less and donrt think he could have got up to it." InsDector Stein : "Mr. Sweeney, do understand you that these men were try ing to take coal that didn't belong to ttiem." A. "That is the understanding." Georire McSurdy. a miner, and having worked 8 or 9 years at the colliery, and In this particular place for a couple of years, testified that he was at the bottom of the slope when tho gas exploded. The plnco was about three-quarters of a mile from the bottom, He met Reynolds ou the turnout about 8 or 9 hundred yards from the slope. McSurdy continued, "Reynolds told me he llred the gas. I BBked htm how far he went up and Stono made the remark 'He went too far.' Reynolds said he didn't have a safety lamp. I also ex amined for gas in the morning before starting to work, but never qualified be fore a Justice of the Peace. I never agreed with any one to look after the gas, but It was understood between us that' we would attend to it ourselves. Many times we went to places wiiere tne lire boss could hardly get into. Tho Are boss was not in the habit of coming to such places and I never requested him to go there." Philip Jones testified that he had been lire boss of the mine for over twelve years. The day previous to the accident lie visited that part of the mlueund found no gas. He had visited the place twice that week. He had no Instructions from his superiors not to examine, that place In the morning. The men said they would look after It. Reynolds said they would take care of that. They told him (Jones) several times they would take care ot It themselves. fled "It is impossible to keep the current oi air running wneu you are rooDing. This body of gas was duo to a running pillar, which choked the gas In tho head- ng. That Is the very reason why wo gave nese men saiety lamps anil iieynoms said, 'never you mind: you give us the safety lamps and we will take care of our selves, 'mere were no regular manwnys and bs shots were frequently fired the last thing in the evening the flro boss wouldn't know where to go In such a place It was always understood between the ijien, the flro boss and me that the men would iook niter themselves.' DeDUtv-Coroner Mnnlev read section 8 f article 8, laws of Pennsylvania, (lbUl) s follows: "And no nerson shall be permitted to act as flro boss In any coal mine, or colliery, except ne nns uau live yenrif practical experience In mines as a mine;, three of which he shall havo as a miner wuerein noxious ana explosive gasejunre evolved, nnd the snld lire boss shnllTcertlfy to the same before entering Upon! his duties, before nn Alderman, Justfje of the Peace, or other person authorized to administer oaths and n copy'pf snld deposition shall be filed with tne uutner, inspector oi mines, wuerein said nerson Is emtilovcd." MrJMnnley then asked, "Mr. Stein, do you think the mine officials violated the law m uaving tuese men iook niter miu gasfl wrjotein answered, "ine law you can say whs violated inasmuch ns they were not qualified according to law: but sup posetlie whole six men had been qualified according to law anil uau inKen tne oaiu before nn Alderman or Justice of the Peace?, that wouldn't make them any more ualllled ns to their fitness to examine or cas. Hut thev didn't comply with the law by taking the oath. I don't think the point is a flaerant violation of the law. They were thoroughly qualified. I knewaomo of these men nnd they were good, (Competent men. Reynolds I knew very woll. It is customary for men tak ing oontrncis tor robbing to iook auer themselves " The lurv had a lencrthv and warm nrgtt- meritSpver the case. Three of the jurors thought that as there had been n violntion of th& law. technical or otherwise, the minopmcinis 8iiouiu be censureu, so tunt it would be a wnrulnir to others not to allow; men to act as Are bosses before qualifying as required by law. The other three argued that under tho evidence the accident had not been brought about by any incompetency or ignorance, butsolely by the carelessness of two of the men in going into a plnce ogainst which they hnd ueeu Wftiueu iiuu wueiu bucj uau uu uusr ness. and without a safety lamn. Tne jurors nnniiy agreeu upon mo following comnromise verdict : "That the said Michael lleynolds, David Fisher and John Stone were fntnllv burned by nn explosion ot gas on Mny lutu, ltm, in tne iioimes vein oi tuo m. ieiiu couierv. That the said cas wasexnloded by Michael itevnolds taKlng a miKed ngnt into tne plnce of work. Philip Jones, the Are boss, did not examine tne place ns julred by law and deserves to ue censureu. COUNTY SEAT LITJl, Politics Discussed by Our Regular Correspondent. CANDIDATES ARE BUSY I It Is SiiEcotrd That thn Wiley Il.ilil IteHdcd StnteMiuiti f Schuylkill Utvpii Is ritiylhg tl Slrcplng Cltimn Tho Work lug l'etiplo and the Deinucrnttc lrly. by the County Solicitor in arguing the case against the County Auditors at the Supreme Court nnd the Controller says It is exorbitant. The second sensation was furnished by thoprotct, of Commissioner Rentz to the Auditor General, iu which ho objects to tho payment of the bills for printing and publishing tho mercantile appraisement. The publications were made In the Pottsvllle JelTcrson Demo crat, Tamaqua Recorder and the West Schuylkill Press, Tremont. Mr. Rcntz's objections are based upon the allegation mitt mo puuucauons were made in viola tion of the Act of the Assembly, in that the two Inst two named papers nro not of Keuerai circuiniion nnu tuat tne turee be long to the Democratic party, whereas the law provides that the publication shall bo nindo in n newspaper representing the minority party. Commissioner Rentz is fighting every Inch of ground upou which Commissioners Allen and Martin seek t ndvance and it is war to the knife at all times. Special llEKALn correspondence. 1'ottsvii.lk, May 31. The latest po litical intelligence is, that upon General Hastings' election as Governor and the formation of his stall General Joshua K Sigfried, of this plnce and ono of Schuyl kill's most gnllnnt sons, will bonppointed Adjutant Genernl. The close relations between Generals IlnBtlngs nnd Sigfried nnd the numerous hints thrown out glvo color to tho report and many look upou tho appointment ns a certainty in tho event of botli gentlemen surviving until alter the lnauguratlou. And wny siiouio not tho appointment benindef Schuylkill has hnd no state renre-e. nation ot nuy coiiseoucnce for manv veais and General sigineu wouici niaKO a most excellent Adjutant Genernl. iunior lioscu nni ueen very nuiei inieiy, His opponents had better keep their eyes on his movements. He is plnying a very deep game and I would not be surprised If ho should spring n trap and cntcu the uominntiou he is seeking. There is no iisb discounting the ba d-hended states man. Wheu he nppears to be asleep look for a 'nosbum. The Acht between Davis and bcott for Sherllf is about over, with Davis appar ently away ahead of Frackvllle's Adonis. Davis has tho advantage of nn experience covering several campaigns in wuicn ne was a ennmunte anil at one lime cunir- man of tho county committee, conse quently he Is well known throughout the county nml uas utile 10 learn as 10 wuere to go nnu wuu iu gu iu. ouu tubi. ing the light nn Interesting one. TOUR OP INSPECTION. The Sheriff, Jurymen nd Lnwyers Tlko Jtiunt. A pnrty of lawyers and jurymen inter ested In the suit of farmers against the coal companies put up at one of the town hotels last night. The object of their visit was to make a tour ot the country borderin? on the Catawlssa creek and its tributaries with a view to Informing tho jury of the damage done by tho coal dirt which, it is claimed, wasnea over tue meadows, destroyed vecetntlon and rendered tho land unfit for agricultural purposes. xne party was made up oi oneriii on . H. Gerber. Esq.. lawyer for the plain tiffs, S. II. Kaercher, Esq., for tho defense, and the followlnu named jurymen: Chnrles C. Reith and Charles W. Ent, Pottsvllle: John Murnhv. irnckville: Matthew Oates, Minersville : Robert Morgan, Cumbola ; Xathaniel Kllck, Pino Urave; John U. lleennn and V. 11. iuasou St. Clair, nnd W. O. Leltzel.Kllngen.towu Messrs. II. C. Mason and AN . J. Richards, of Wllkes-Harre, and D. R. Roberts, of Audenrled. also accompanied tho unrtv, The cases will be before the Pottsville court for trial next Monday. l'llltSONAI. Malor May. of Shamokin. was In town cuts morning. A. It. Shaw, of Mt. Carmel. visited friends here yesterday. John Stein nnd Grant Fielders mude nice catch of trout at Roaring Creek yes terday. Miss Nellie Finney visited Ashland Inst evening. She took In the Commencement exercises. Mrs. Henrv Powlns. of East Orange. K J., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Grant, of West Oak street. Miss Ilessle Lower attended tho Adonis Social Club's dance, at bhamokln, Wed nesday evening. fieoree Hhrirlns nnd wife, of Shamokin were among the many visitors in town on Decoration uay. Mrs. Frances IMUmnn. of Delnno. nnd Mrs. C. S. Hower, of town, visited friends in Ashland this afternoon, O. Holdermnn. Hesser Zullck. T. W Stout. C. J, Quiun, George Schoener, J, M. Kalhach and J. R. Coyle, Esq., went down to Pottsvllle this morning. Ex-Senator Kintr. the anti-nostoflice ad ministration enndidato for the Democrat ic Senatorial nomination In this district. spent last evening in town hustling among his friends. Grocer Kehler Bells AlrVA Tonic, lm Obltunry. Reese Ilevnn, son of Evan lievnn, died at the home of his father, 325 South West street, at one o'clock this morning, n had suffered for eleven days from con gestion of tho brain. Tho deceased was !H years ot ago and had been employed as machinist lit the Delano shops. He wh married but five weeks airo to Mrs, Jennie Thomas. Ho was a member of the Welsh Lodge of Ivorltes. The funeral will take place at 3 p. m. on Sunday. Sent to Jttll. Aflnhnnl lfnne dlsannenred from tow last April, owing a board bill of H7 to Mrs. I.l7.7.1n Mnouev. Constable liibll arrested Kane at Shamokin yesterday nnd brought him back here. Tho man pleaded guilty and being uunblo to pay the bill or lurnisu uau was uikuu uown to Pottsvllle this morning, i'i:noii. i'oints. Ground has beeu broken for thberection of dwellings on tho Plum alley cud of the O'Hara White Btreet property. Quite a number of our townsmen went down to Pottsvllle to-day to attend the trlnl of the Holderman-Franey slander suit, but the case was not reaeneu. Hnrd nnd soft slipll nrnliB nml nrlniA lobsters served nt McElhenny's enfe. tf FLAG DAY. Tho advent of ex-Senator King in the field for the Democratic nomination lor Senator in the Thirtieth district has not In the least alnrmed ex-Reprcsenttttive Coyle, who Is making n hustling canvass lor tue itepunucan nomination. xne mention of other names in connection with the latter nomination also fails to make nn impression on Mr. Coyle. His friends say he lias the nomination nsgood as In hand now. If nuv one doubts the chances of success lor tuo liepuuncan party in uus county next fail let him tnke up the labor ques tion and consider it carefully. The latest dron in tho scale of waires for the miners nnd lnborersof tha P. & R. C. & 1. Company Is enough to nuiKe tne wage earners ue clnre with all sincerity that "the country is in an nwf nl state." It mny be remarked, incidentally, mat tne rate oi wages is now lower tlinn nt any timo sinco ueveinuu s first term as President. Notwithstanding the Democrats have had full control of both houses nnd all executive departments of the national government I r two years, a id notwithstanding tue unlimited pledges made in the pintform upon which that control was secured, the party has failed to -do a single thing tending to alievinte the condition of tho working peoplo. Surely the latter have excellent reasons for deploring that they ever entrusted tueir interests in the hands of the Democratic nartv. Comimred with tho present con dition of affairs tho miners nnd laborers enjoyed prosperity during tho Harrison aaministration. l anticipate uiai Home of our Democratic friends will ridicule the idea that Cleveland's administration is in any wny respousiblo for the condition of the basis and maintain that it is duo solely to mysterious manipulations in the coal excuauge. mat argument, was useu beforo with some Biicce3s in some quar ters, but I do not believe it will moke the slightest impression this time. To-day mere nro over iuu,uuu uuuiiuuuus coji miners ou strike, the solt coal plants and their customers are crippled by the famine which has resulted, and vet the anthra cite miners have not gained the slightest advantage by it; ou toe contrary tuey find the nrice of their product and the rate of their wages dropping lower than they havo been for seven years. There Is only one reasonable solution : the frt;o trade declarations of the Democratic party nnd its juggling with the mongrel ilson bill has so badly crippled the industries throughout the country thnt there is no market for coal. The great strike now in nrotrress In the bituminous fields havo crippled the producers and consumers nt an opportune time; moy nre not, compelled to fall back unou the use of anthracite. but can close down their works until the circus season at Washington closes. Iu the meantime the tuu.uuo bituminous miners, hnndlcnpped by n general stagna tion of trade, will he starved out. The elections of the next two years will show that the working people will not overlook these facts and the Republicans will win the battles ot tho ballots In all parts of the country, hands down. Much interest is taken in this end of the county In the First Legislative district fight. It is conceded that Mr. Finney is ou the inside track and has excellent chances to win. Desperate efforts are be ing made to drag him into other figh . and thus n feeling against htm in factions, but they have failed and the little glnut holds ins own ground. The Legislative Auht in the Fourth ills trlct will be a hot one. With so mnuy cnndldntes in the Aeld it cannot bo other wise. Stuck, one of the latest, Is making a rattling campaign nnd it is said n large numberoi liiuuontiai voters are necoming stuck on him. Dr. Coxe, of Schuylkill Haven, is in to win and will make It warm for some of his opponents before he gets through. Mr. Hnriug, of Palo Alto, feels confident. Ho has been out since the early part of tho year and feols thnt he hs things down to a line point. Thn renort that Dr. Ouail. of Auburn. is n eandidate for the Legislature, is de nied. There Is a faint suggestion that lie may become a compromise candidate for uougress. The sensations of the week here are furnished by tho monkey nnd tho parrot time lu the omces ot tue ..ouniy ton troller and County Commissioners. The Controller has stonned navment on warrant for toOO.-tl drawn ia fnvor ol County Solicitor Ulrich. The -amount it claimed in payment of services rendered June llth Itcroiumemlml by the Sons of tho Itoialiltlou, iVt n meeting of tho Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Rovolutiou tho following preamblo and resolutions were adopted, recommending the observance of Juno 14th heroafter as Flag Day : WHEltEAS. The Contlnentnl Coneressnti the 14th day of Juue, 1777, passed the fol lowing resolution : "Resolved, That tho Aagof the thirteen states be thirteen stripes, nlternnte red and white ; thnt tho union be thirteen stars, white In n blue Aeld, representing n new constellation.' And. Whereas. The Ppimsvlvnnln RnHnt.y of tho Colonial Dames of America havo Inaugurated the movement to have the 14tn day of Juno known ns Finer Dnv. nml the snme forever hereafter observed by i no uispiny oi me American ling from every home in tho land. Thercforo, Resolved. Thnt this Hoard do heartily endorse the said movement! nnd earnestly express the hope that every member of this society will display th national ling on said day ; nnd that, with tho view of having tho dny so observed throughout the country, the secretary be directed to transmit copies of this resolu tion to the President of the United States, tho Governors of the States and Territories, tho Superintendents of Public Schools, nnd the various patriotic organizations in Pennsylvania, the Press Associations, tha Genernl Society and State Societies of the Sons of tho Revolution, nnd tho members of this Society. Oysters and little neck clnms nicely served at McElhenny's cafe. 0-30 tt A BIG DROP. Itnto of Witges Nine l'tr Out. llrlow tho The committee of the Schuylkill Coal Exchange has mado returns of collieries drawn to return tho prices of coal sold In the month of May to determine the rate of wages to bo paid for the last two weeks of that mouth and the Arst two weeks of June. Tho returns are as follows : Turkoy Hun, I. & It. O. & I. Co. f2 'Jl-o Preston No. 8 2,.i ! O-iU Hill, Lelsenrlng & Co 2 2. -2 Monitor, 1'. & It O I. Co 2 2U 5 FurnucL, Furnace Coal Uo 2.1 4-i1 The average of these returns is $2.22-3, which makes the rate of wages to be paid nine per cent, below the $2.50 basis. This is the lowest point to which the basis has dropped in about seven years. Excellent bill of fare always lu ness at McElhenny's enfe. readl-tf Ordered Telephones. Among the business people who hnvo ordered from Foster, Lamb &z Co., the en terprising Telephone Supply Company, are tue ivnier urewing company, wuowili havo four 'phones placed in their brewery building nt Mnlmnoy City and two in Shenandoah to connect their refrigerntor uuuuing wun .Mccineniiys cnienuu otuer points. The Kalur ptnple nrti building a largo addltiou to their plant by which they will Increase their capacity to 100 000 barrels per year. On Wednesday at a meeting or me uitlzens' Wloctrlc Light Company, three 'phones wero ordered from Messrs. Foster, Lamb & Company, to bo placed as follows: one nt the office of William Kimmel, the superintendut, one at tho plant and one at Gruhler's drug store, which the people can use to transmit information to the superinten dent nnd engineer if anything happens or is wrong with any ot the lights. Go to Cnrdin's. 224 W. bargains lu wall caper Centre St., for 548-3m MonaeliHii's llHrgnliiH. A good quality home-made rnir enrnet at 30 cents n yard; nice table oilcloth, 15 cents a yard; good dress ginghnms.O cents a yard; the best 50 ceut corset lu the market. Lace curtains and dress coods ot all kinds cheap. 1'. J. .MONAGHAN, I No. 2S S. Main St., Shenandoah. Get your repairing man's. done nt Holder- A Large Ilet-f. Willlnm Johnson, the butcher, in the- building lately occupied by Butcher Stout, on Wednesday killed the largest beef ever slaughtered lu town. It weighed 8G8 pounds dressed. 5-31-3t Twelve photos for 57 cents at Koatrev's new studio. No More Disappointment. No more delays. We have now made arrangements to have finest Creamery Butter always in stock. We sell you no imitations. Come yourself or send the children. They will get Creamery if they ask for it. raff's 122 North Jartfin Street
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