Pittston Gazette

              A. • 4 f m WEATHEK CONDITIONS. zftt* TIIE HOME PAPER, Eorccast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow for Eastern Pennsylvania. I'or tlio'People of Plttstou aud Vicinity. Fair, warmer tonight; Saturday, rain, cooler. ALL THE HOME NEWS 56TH YEAR. I WRICK J JAILYt LMLISIIRD II .'11 ICO. IIAUT PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1906. TWO CENTS A COI'Y. I "R,TfJTTrT "P A f17J1 Q FORTY CENTS A MONTn. I XUAIXIIJ. STiYVJ JlitS NAPLES Wm\ TO THE WORLD: these places, and many more were in- THE CONFERENCE. HABEAS CORPUS. VIEWS OF GORKY TESTIMONY TAKEN IN OUSTER CASE MEETINGS CLOSE. I n red No one in Naples hns been more active tliau Kins Victor Knnnanuel. He lias not only assumed personal direction of the work of relief, but visited Ottajano under circumstances of the most dangerous character. The half dozen Italians lodged in jail a week ago for rioting at the West End washery, Mocanaqua, were taken before Judge Halsey this morning on a writ of habeas corpus. The judge, after hearing the testimony, decided that the ball fixed by the alderman, $500 for each charge, should stand. The prisoners were unable to secure ball and they were taken back to the county jail to await trial. Wm. Connell and W. H. Peck Elected Trustees. Little in New York to Remind Him of Russia. Several Touchers of PJttston Townslilp Operators Will Send Answer by Latter. Gave Testimony Today—Direc- tors' Turn Tomorrow While the king was present 120 more bodies were extricated from the ruins, while the ashes and red sand continued to fall. It is estimated that there are in all MO dead iu Ottnjano. Taking of testimony in the ouster proceedings brought against the Pittston township school board by Attorney J. L. Morris, acting for several township residents, was started this morning. The first hearing was held In Attorney Morris's office, in this city, before Joseph Phillips, commissioner. DR. GRIFFIN'S REPORT. Stricken Italian City Sends Out Cry For Assistance. A MESSAGE OF HOPE. OUTLOOK IS GLOOMY. BULLET EXTRACTED. j  The presence of the king has done much to steady and nerve the emotional people. Wherever lie goes he is greeted with cheers from the people, and the queen is idolized by (lie people, among whom she is constantly. Next Year's Conference Ooe» to Lestershire. Status of Overworked Peas- Operators Do Not Take Kindly to Latest Proposal John Kohler, of the river road, Exeter borough, who was accidentally shot in the thigh a week ago while his brother was cleaning a revolver was taken to the Mercy hospital, Wllkesbarre, on Wednesday last, and the bullet was extracted from his thigh yesterday. His condition is good. ants Typifies Russians. The petitioners were represented by Attorney Morris and the school board by Attorney Frank A. Battle, acting for Attorney John T. Lenahan, counsel for the board. This morning was given up to taking the testimony of the teachers of the schools. They were questioned by Attorney Morris as to certain conditions, which would form a sufficient cause for the ousting of the board. The hearing tomorrow morning in Wilkesbnrre will be taken up by the testimony of the members of the board in defense of their official conduct. The papers will then be handed over to one of the judges for a decision. HOMELESS FILL STREETS The king and queen also visited San Giuseppe, where 4(D0 persons had been suffocated under a blanket of ashes. The Duke and Duchess of Aosta accompanied their majesties, and at one place as they entered a village they heard cries from a Assure formed by an earthquake and aided in extricating a number of living men. women and children from what they had believed to be their tomb. Royal Party Aids In Rescue. Cooporstown, N. Y., April 13.—This morning's business session of Wyoming Conference was opened with the administration of the Communion, by Bishop Goodsell, this service having been postponed from yesterday, on account of today bejng Good Friday, and it being deemed fitting that It should take place today. New York, April 18.—Luncheon at the St. Hegis, nil automobile ride through Central park and out Riverside drive, past Grant's tomb in the afternoon and a visit to the circus in the evening rounded out a day for Maxim Gorky and his wife. New York. April 13.—Negotiations for the settlement of the anthracite coal miners' strike were suspended after the rejection of a compromise offered by President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers, but the way was left open for future conferences after the formal reply of the operators. which will be made by letter next week. Refugees From Villages Buried by Volcano Need Food. WORKMEN WERE STONED No one who ever speeded through the beautiful east drive of Central park and out past the great white mausoleum on the Hudson ..appreciated the beauties of New York's great breathing place or the glories of a spring afternoon on the country's noblest river more than did the Russian peasant. QUARTER MILLION WITHOUT SHELTER Rev. Dr. Sprague proposed the names of Hon. William Connell. and William H. Peck, both of Scranton. for trustees of the conference, and both gentlemen were unanimously elected. ' Mr. Connell succeeds himself on the board of trustees. Serious Disturbance at the Franklin Colliery. The miners' representative* left for their homes to return at the call oft their president. Enormous Sums Needed to Alleviate Distress Caused by Eruption of Ve- The rntn of ashes over Naples and tlie Veauvian slope continues. The de(onntions and eruptions from the crater have been far more awe Inspiring and frightful than at any time in the last week, and the hope inspired by the cheering messages from Professor Matteucel in the Koyal observatory is gradually fading before the steady downpour of ashes and cinders and the persistent recurrence of violent eruptions. NEW POLICE ORDER OUT. Two points iu their demands were! A'aived l»y the United .Mine Workers! of America in an amended proposition.' The mine workers said they would accept an agreement in the name of "the anthracite mine workers" instead of "(lie United Mine Workers of America."suvius—Five Thousand Houses Destroyed and Many Others Rendered Uninhabitable—Four Hundred Persons Suffocated In One Town—Royal Party Aids In Rescue—Rain of Ashes and Cinders From Crater, Accompanied by Explosions, Continues. Guard Shot :i Hoy in llir llaud and When the bishop ottered question No. 30, 'Where shall the next session of the conference be held?" two invitations were, received. . one from Elm Park church, Scranton, and one from Lestershire church. After a little consideration of the question. Rev. Dr. Peck withdrew the Invitation of Elm Park church, and the conference decided to meet at Lestershire next year. Rev. Dr. W. P. Thirkfield. of Cincinnati, O., representative of the Freedman's Aid society, was introduced to the conference and spoke briefly concerning the branch of the church's work in which he is engaged. Evening, a Mob of Foreigners "Peace, peace; peace everywhere about ine," lie said an lie passed the Central park pond, where a group of youngsters were sailing miniature boat races. "There is peace in the faces of the children. There is the very spirit of peace ill the sight of squirrels and birds and free men among the trees In a great city like this. Stoned Themir—'Two Men Arrested and Com- Department Adopts a Very mitted to Jail Severe Rule. A serious disturbance occurred last evening about 5 o'clock at the Franklin colliery, of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co., In Wilkesbarre township, just outside the Wilkesbartfe city line. John Jopling, formerly of this city, is superintendent of the colliery. It seems that a number of boys hooted at the guards and one "of the latter fired his revolver at ther. The bullet struck William Lyles, a boy. in the hand, causing a painful wound. The shooting aroused a crowd of foreigners who were around the outside of the colliery property and they began to stone the guards and the workmen. The chief disturbance took place when the workmen started from the colliery to go home. They were greeted with a volley of stones and were compelled to run for their lives, with the mob following, yelling and throwing They also amended thp check off plan so that only employees willing should be assessed for the support of the union.Naples, April 13.—Four terrible days have passed since the eruption of Vesuvius began, and Naples calls upon the world for assistance. It Is to tlio Effect That All Suspicious It .now has been established that .Mount Vesuvius has laid waste a section of country thirty miles long and ten miles, wide. "There is here 110 sign of the military oppression that stamps the (Tinging, cowering look of the coward iifion the faces of strong men. These men are strong and upright and powerful In their freedom. They dare speak what they think and think what they plet*e. It is a new world to me.'' Persons FoumC| on the Streets Af- ter It O'clock ut Xiglit arc to Would Accept Strike Commission. he Arrested and Held They also agreed to accept the anthracite strike commission and proposed that any vacancy In the anthracite coal strike commission should be filled by President Roosevelt. Five thousand homes have been ut' terly destroyed. Ilalf a score of villages have been either buried bpneafh volcanic ashes or rendered uninhabitable by the lava flow. Weird Scenic Effects. The scenic effects vary from hour to hour. Now in the north the sky is chocolate colored, lowering and heavy, under which men and women, with their hair and clothing covered with ashes, move about like gray ghosts. Fort San Mart I ho as it towers above the city can barely be seen, while Castle dell' Ova is boldly marked in light, seeming like silver against the brown sky. To the south beyond the smoke zone lies Posilipo. sunny and smiling, while in the distance glistens the sea. a deep blue, on which the islands seem to float in the glow of the setting mm. Adding to the strange picture, one of the French men-of-war. which arrived in the bay of Naples yesterday, is so placed*as to be half in the glow and half obscured by the belt of falling ashes. From the observatory on Mount Vesuvius, where Director Matteucel still Is 011 duty, the scene is one of wonderful inipreHxlveneN,s. To reach tlie observatory it is necessary to walk nearly six miles over hardened but hot lava covered with sand. From Mntteueei's station can be seen vast gray reaches, sometimes flat and sometimes gathered into huge mounds, some of which seem to take on semblances of human faces. Above, the heavens are also gray and seem just as hard and Immovable as the lava tields. In all this lonely waste there is 110 sign of life or vegetation. I'ntll Morning. A resolution was presented and unanimously adopted tendering the congratulations of the conference to the Rev. Dr. John H. Race, chancellor of Grant university, at Chattanooga, Tenn., on his success In completing the work of raising the endowment fund of $200,000 for the university. v Thp pity police department has been given orders to arrest every suspicious person found walking the streets of the city any night after 11 o'clock. The officers are given wide discretionary powers in the matter and may place In jail any stranger whose actions give them cause to suspect that he is up to mischief. Such persons are to be held until morning and then refeased in ordinary cases. The order is now a standing one and will be put Into effect at once. It arose from the recent robbery of Benedict & Barber's office a few mornings ago, when the safe was cracker! by experts. Mmi. Gorky Praitos New York, Chairman Baer of the operators' committee replied to the miners' new proposition as follows: Two hundred and fifty thousand penniless. hungry. homeless refugees throng the city, and the question of providing for them is most grave and serious. Mine. Gorky apparently was much more deeply impressed than her husband. The city has fascinated her, and. although she has known Paris, Berlin and Rome, as well as St. Petersburg, declared that in Central park and Fifth avenue New York has the heart of a city beautiful such as the cities of older civilization may not "We regret that you have not accepted our propositions. We do not feel that we can modify them. We will hereafter answer your communication of this date by letter, or if you desire a further meeting the time can be arranged or be hereafter fixed by the The suru of $.'IOO.(KMD lias been subscribed to the relief fund, but this amount is so trivially Inadequate that it does not affect the situation. Rev. Dr. Griffin, presiding elder of the Oneonta district, presented his report, of which the following Is a summary: Officials of the Lehigh Valley Co. sent a hurry call to the headquarters of the State Constabulary, in Wyoming. and nine members of the troop, in command of Sergeant Wilhelm. went to the colliery at breakneclf speed. When they reached the colliery the trouble was over, but some of the men who participated in the stone throwing were pointed out. and two of them were placed under arrest. The men arrested Jrere Andrew Depretz, and Caesar Montacello, an Italian. They were taken before Alderman Pollock, charged with rioting, and. in default of ball, were committed to the county jail to await trial. stones. equal respective chairmen Enormous sums must be furnished at once. Naples needs help and in- "The report I am now to make for my brethren of the Oneonta district very imperfectly chronicles the Year of Our Lord work wrought by this band of faithful men. They have worked through summer sun and winter's cold,- with sickness and death all round them, often weary and worn, yet they have not wearied in their sublime purpose. My joy is enhanced that I am able to say nothing against them. Over the general prosperity which has characterized the work of the district has fallen a deep shadow by reason of the sudden death of our beloved William Frlsby on the 28th of January. After the drive Gorky sat for several hours in the private dining room in which Witte took his meals while in New York. In this there was presented one of the greatest contrasts ever seen The conference then adjourned subject to the call of the chairmen. On the occasion of that burglary suspicious acting men were about from midnight 011 and yet the police would not have felt at liberty to arrest them without ascertaining whether or not they were up to mischief. President Truesdale of the Lackawanna railroad was asked to explain Chairman Raw's brief statement. Hel said that it could be accepted as meaning that the operators stand absolutely by their counter proposition sub-i milted 011 Tuesday. As the situation stands now. Mr. Truesdale thought, it was not ton much to say that negotia tlons between the operators and the miners had practically been suspended. Operators Stand Pat. In Witte the people of New York saw a well fed. heavily built man of ilie world; a man who would have looked a familiar figure iu Berlin, Paris or lADndon. in this city On the night of the robbery it is now known that the police were carefully followed or "shadowed" and that the burglars knew exactly where they were when they started their work. The officer on the central city, beat had seen a suspicious acting man hanging about the vicinity of Mill street several times but the stranger always eluded capture. The man was undoubtedly one of the gang set to keep tabs on the officer and how well he did his work is proved by the fact that no policeman was within several blocks when the cafe was exploded. In the Russian visitor who entered ihe St. Regis yesterday was seen one who had suffered. starved and fought through every stratum of lowly life to the position ho has gained today. Mr. Mitchell, when questioned about that part of the miners' answer referring to the United Mine Workers of America, admitted that It was a waiving of the demand for the recognition of the union. • "We have 32 charges in the district. Thrte are served by supplies and 28 by members of the conference. We have 69 preaching places. Six are In school houses and one In a private house. Every charge has a parsonage except one. The churches are In good condition. The full payments of the pastors' claims for support is becoming more and more a matter of conscience with our people. The district Is not like the buried talent. We have tried to put everything to use. We have tried to be aggressive. Revivals have been the order on nearly every charge. About fiOS have been received on probation during the year. There is an advance 111 subscriptions for our church papers. Expended for improvements, $8,559. Paid on old debts, J2,979. Twenty charges report advances in the collections, for missions. Emphasis is laid upon the importance of the smaller and country churches and the roble character of their work." When the hearing took place a large crowd of people crowded the street and sidewalks near the alderman's office. Montaceiio had a loaded revolver on his person when arrested. and, in addition to the riot charge, a charge of carrying concealed weapons was made against him. Everything that CJorky si\\v interested him — th«D pictures, the beautiful iirour.es and pieces of marble In the halls and in his own room. Beside one bronze, the figure of a nude peasant bent with stress of his work, his muscles bulging to their task. Gorky paused, and his eyes clouded with tears. Novelty stnveo and ransres. Ash's. VOLCANO'S DEVASTATION. The Lehigh Valley officials have the names of a dozen others who took part in the disturbance, and it is likely that they will be arrested, if they can be located. "In this you see the fate of all my people in stricken Russia," he said. I SpringEaster Footwear I Ii Pittston, and tfee Best Valnes. 4 o American Eyewitness Sends Descrip- "Labor without promise of reward; labor without cessation until death brings release. There must come a time when the peasant of Russia can hope at least that he may gain the right to labor for himself, to his own prolit." KING VICTOR EMMANUEL. Naples, April 13,—Ilobeft I'nderwood Johnson of New York, associate editor of the Century Magazine, sends a further description of the eruption of .Mount Vesuvius: tion of Country's Desolation. Later—The early report to the effect that a boy had been shot by a guard is absolutely denied by the officials of the Lehigh Valley Co., who declare that no guards were on duty at the colliery yesterday. Several guards were stationed there today, stantl.v. Not only must food be furnished, but shelter and clothing for the absolutely destitute. Misery illimitable marks the condition of the city and surrounding country. and Italy lias practically admitted an inability to deal effectively with the "We had a magnificent view of the eruption eight miles away. The brilliant moon gave us a view of the vol- however THE FRANCHISE OF NEW LIGHTING CO. eituation cauo, a gray brown mass rising, expanding and curling in with a profile like a monstrous cyclnpean face. Hut nothing in mythology gives a suggestion of the fascination of this awful force. presenting sublime beauty above, but in its descent filled with the mysterious malignance of God's under world. Hot cross buns Friday at Harter's In many of the villages, tilled to overflowing with refugees from the ruined towns, the people are rioting and demanding bread. SPECIAL NOTICES. Dispatch I'roni Dover Says It Was Nolly Sides and Oxf«rasC? For Stylish Women, i (•ranted Yesterday—Ten Days Revs. J. X. Lee, C. D. Shepard, G. L. Williams and J. H. Taylor were placed on the superannuated list. JEWELRY FC D 11 EASTERTIMEJ Old, According to Promoters. W. L Douglass Sloes aid Oxfords Refugees Tell of Suffering In preparing to don your new spring The Wllkesbarre News of this morning printed the * following dispatch : There can be no appreciation in America of the frightful suffering and misery caused here by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. It is impossible to comprehend the situation adequately here within constant sound as well as sight of the volcano. Refugees with ash covered heads and bodies totter into Naples, telling hysterically of the destruction of villages, of the wiping out of entire communes and of the hideous deaths of those who waited too long before fleeing from the danger Brooklyn hospital Was represented before the conference by Superintendent Kavanaugh, who delivered a brief address, asking for tjie support of the churches of the district for that worthy institution. attire, perhaps you will find yourself In need of something in the line of "Dover, Del., April 12.—The Pittston Light, Heat and Power Company was incorporated here today with a capital of $150.QJ90. It is stated that its purpose is to furnish light, heat and power to Pennsylvania customers. Those named as directors are Edward J. Rutledge, of Plttston, and Frank, Slattery und John Flanagan, both of Wllkesbarre." ror men. "We reached the lava at a picturesque cypress planted cemetery on the northern boundary of Torre Aununziata. It was as if the dead had effectually cried out to arrest the crushing river of flame, which pitilessly engulfed the statue of St. Anne, with which the people of Uosco Reale tried to stay it, us at Catania the veil of St. Agathe is said to have stayed a similar stream from Mount Etna. Jewelry. We would be pleased to have you call and see our new 190C stock which includes the very latest Rev. H. H. Dresser, presiding elder of the Owego district, presented his annual report, showing a gratifying condition of affairs In his district. in gold pins fancy haircombs, neck- laces. brooches, belt buckles. &c Rev. Dr. H., K. Carroll, of New York city, representing the Missionary society, delivered a brief address, in which he said that the past year had been the best in the history of the society. LEWIS. THE JEWELER One of the men interested in the Pittston light, Heat' and Power Co., when questioned today about the dispatch, stated that it was not correct, or at least misleadng He said that the company had been incorporated in Delaware, but that the charter was at least ten days old and had been recorded. Why the company asked for a charter in Delaware he refused to say. N.- Main, Opp. William St zones EASTER FRESH MEATS It is known (liflt more than 5,000 houses have been entirely destroyed In the village* on the Vesnvian slope and other thousands have been rendered utterly uninhabitable. "We climbed the lava beds. It was eool above, but still alive with fire below. We could see dimly the extent of the destruction beyond the barrier of brown which had closed the streets, torn down the houses, invaded the vineyards and broken Cook's railways. .Superintendent Anderson, of the New York State Anti-Saloon League, wasf presented to the conference and delivered a vigorous address, outlining the work that is being accomplished by the league in the Empire state. You will find an extra choice stock of fresh meats at this market tomor- row to help make your Easter feasting A Shoe famous the world over. $2.50, $3.00, $3.50. The destitution caused is found not only among these villagers, however, for many in Naples have suffered badly. Many houses here have given way under the weight of the sand and ashes, and Neapolitans and villagers alike seek shelter in the public buildings and wherever they can find a roof to cover them. complete. Among the stock will be Home dressed veal "We saw north what was left of Boscotrecase— a great, square, stone church and a few houses inland in a sea of dull, brown lava. North and east rose a thousand patches of blue smoke, like swamp miasma. All was dull and desolate slag, with nowhere the familiar serpentine forms of the old lava streams. In terrible contrast with the volcanic evidences were strong cypresses and blooming camellias in a neighboring cemetery. Ijaymcn's Convention Fresh killed chickens. FINANCIAL AND CO! The Laymen's convention of the Wyoming conference convened this morning In the Unlversallst church. A. P. Alger delivered an address of welcome, and David Wi Powell, of Dunmore, acting as chairman, made the response, in which he deprecated the low salaries of clergymen. Choice iamb, pork and beef. New York Stock Markets furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. Special Bargain Red Star Stamps to purchasers at this market, New York, April 13, 1906. Am Sugar .. ..139% 139 139% Am Car & F .. 43% 43% 43% Am Loco .. ..68% 67% 68 Prompt attention to telephone or- Ladies' patent colt blnch- ; er and hall shoe; sell everywhere at $3; an  value; our price while the lot\ lasts $2.00. i Funds are needed immediately for ?he work of caring for the worst affected among the sufferers, and enormous sums will be needed continuously to enable the thousands without homes to live until they can begin life again. ders: new phone HALLOCK'S MEAT MARKET. Amal Copper 113 110% 113 Known everywhere as a splendid value. $3, $3.50 $4. Secretary W. A. Sanford presented his report. Atchison com .. 93%' 92% 93% Messrs. Freeman, George, Genung and Alger were appointed a committee on fraternal greetings. FRESH NEW VEGETABLES. B. & O. B. R. T 88% 112% 87% 111% 88% 111% "At Boscotrecase the carablnieri drove the people before the fiery avalanche. but the flimslly built houses were no protection against the blizzard of cinders and ashes tasking the roofs or strongly built walls. The wedge east of the volcano thus destroyed extends ten miles at least, with a width of twenty or thirty miles. Fancy a rich and thickly populated country of vineyards lying under three to six inches of avlies and cinders of the color of chocolate with milk, while above, to the west, the volcano in full activity is distributing to the outer edges of the circle the same fate, and you will get an Idea of the desolate impression of the scene, a tragedy colossal and Imntre idltnr." Our market tomorrow will be unus- Can Pacific 172% St Paul 177% 172% 176% 172% 177% The farms, vineyards and olive groves that once graced the Vesuvian slopes have .been covered over by a great blanket of ashes and sand several feet deep in many places, and those whose lives had been given to working a bit of arable land will be left utterly destitute. A form of constitution was reported by. Prof. Filbury, of Owego. ually well supplied with a complete 0 Ladies' Oxfords from 89c to $3.00. supply of new green vegetables, and Erie C. F. 1 62%' 45% 61% 44% 62% 45% Thomas W. Russell delivered an address on "The Prevention and Cure of Deficiencies." 111 Central . L. & N. .. . Mo. Pacific . 176% 149% 96 175% 148% 95% 175% 149% 96 | Be Sire- aid Yisit This Store This I WeekD Special Easter Bargains, we will also have a supply of delic- Revs. Sprague, Hayes and Tuckley, comprised a committee that brought greetings from the conference to the laymen's convention. ious strawberries. You will certainly Mex Central ... 25% N. Y. Central ..144% Am Smelter ...160 25% 143 158 25% 144% 160 want something extra nice for Easter Day, and you will find 'it at this mar- Norf & West .. 89% Ont & West ... 52% Pennsylvania ..141% 89%' 52% 140% 89% 52% 141% Town l_ot«a Thousand Houses. Tile Davidowskl Case. ket The latest reports show that 1,000 houses have been destroyed in Torre del Greco, 248 houses have fallen at Portlcl, in Sail Giovanni and Teduceia 1WJ buildings have been destroyed, and the number reported as having been demolished in Reslna Is 482. One of the unexpected events of the conference session yesterday afternoon was the application of Rev. Joseph iDavidowski, of Plymouth, to be received into the conference. Father Davidowskl was formerly a priest Extra fine roe and buck shad, in large and small sizes on hand every Reading 138% Rock Island ... 27% So. Pacific 69% So Rwy com ... 40%' Union Pacific ..157% IJ. S. Steel ... 48% V. 9. Steel pfd . .108% Peo Gas .. ... 94% 94% 137% 27% 68% 40% 156% 42% 107% 138% 27% 69 t4 40% 157% 48% 108% 94% BOSTON SHOE STORE' day; also a large supply of fresh fish Your telephone order will be given careful and prompt attention 179 North Mail Street. Corner Butler St. SHARPS MARKET, both phones. Many deaths were caused In each of (Continued on Page Three.)