Pittston Gazette

              . f V WEATIlElt CONDITIONS. Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow for Eastern Pennsylvania. THE HOME PAPER For the People of Plttston and Vicinity. r 1 Jlain''n-.\.A • .fght and Sun- ' V ' r - D ALL THE HOME NEWS. 56TH !AR. | dail1 y KSTA1 IT. Br T1 PITTSTON. PA., I DAY, APRIL 14, 1906. T FOI CKNT8 A COPT. CENTS A MONTH. \ TEN PAGES NO CONCESSIONS. VESUVIUS QUIET. THE CASES. NEW CLERGYMEN. Greene and Gaynor Fined m Attitude of the Anthracite 0 • • V Large Class Admitted to Wyoming Conference. Danger to City of Naples Passes Away. Half a Million. Operators. MINERS MAY YIELD NUMEROUS CHANGES THE CITY NEEDS FOOD ALSO TO GO TO PRISON. Ruined Country Will be Sentenced to Four Years for tS Situation in Coal Field is Are Expect3d in the Clerical .ti W' U Desolate for Decade. Fraud. Quiet. Appointments. m i:; •: l: ! : P *" J m 1 New York. April 14.—The frank expression of John Mitchell that he has hopes of peace resulting from the formal reply of the operators to the miners' latest proposals for arbitration Is taken generally to mean that the miners' scale commit-, tee would accept even a slight concession to avoid a strike. Cooperstown, N. Y.,, April 14.—Bishop Goodsell conducted the devotional exercises with which this morning's session of Wyoming conference was opened. Naples, April 14.—The period of dan ger has pawed, and only,desolation and slowly declining panic remain. Mount Vesuvius has censed to give any sign of life. The leviathan seems to have spent Itself ill one enormous convulsion. Savannah, Ga., April 14—Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor were len fenced by Judge Speer in the fed- Hal court to serve four years in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., and to |tay each a tine of $"D75,794.1)0, the iinount they are charged with having Htibezxled. Itev. John Handlcy, of Long Branch, N. J., representative of the Wesley Brotherhood, addressed the conference briefly, and was followed by Rev. Robert Forbes, D. D., of Philadelphia, representative of the Church Extension society,who also delivered an address in the interest of church extension. Director Mflttucei, who heroically holrls his post In the observatory, believes that the eruption 1ms ended, lind every outward Indication confirms this view. No more rumblings come from the bowels of the earth. Riving terrifying warning to the inhabitants. The volcano is hidden behind a thick curtain of smoke, which rises from (he crater and then spreads and falls, enveloping a vast circle within semldarknoss.Upon oi;e indictment the sentence tvas to two years and upon each of (he Other indictments four years, hut the court directed that the sentences might til be served concurrently, which reluced the term to four years, with the lllowance of throe months off of each fear for good behavior. The line need hot be paid if. on completing the senfence. (lie prisoners make affidavit that they are not possessed of more than f-jjl. in lieu of paying the fine they then may serve thirty days longer. Information obtained from several sources today indicates that the operators will decline to make further concessions. The operators are waiting the result of the miners' convention in Indianapolis next week, when the proposition for arbitration in the striking bituminous fields, made by John H. Winder, of Ohio, will be taken up. A resolution expressing the sympathy of the conference with Mrs. Rev. Dr. Mogg, of Wilkesbarre, owing to the recent death of her mother, Mrs, Andrews, of Syracuse, N. Y., was adopted. The anthracite operators say that the proposition for arbitration In the bituminous fields does not appeal to Mitchell, as he feels that with over sixty per cent, of the soft coal tonnage at work under the 1903 scale he will be able within a sliort time to force the other operators into line. Bishop Goodsoll then delivered his address to the class of candidates about to be admitted to the confer- Vesuvius belies nil popular pictures which represent the monster clearly outlined agiinst the sky vomiting smoke and ashes by day and fire by night. Not the slightest outline is visible of (lie crater crest or foothills, all being swallowed up in a dense, black pall. There is the saute obscurity nt night, unrelieved bv flashes or reflected light such as are seen during rjyleter periods. Vesuvius quiescent Is picturesquely grand, but active or smoldering It is terrible only in Its blackness aud obscurity. ence. Counsel for prisoners announce that in appeal will bo taken. An order of Jourt grant* ten days for the filing of a ''II of exceptions, upon which a mD u for a new trial will be predicated. The following were then admitted to membership: Thomas B. Roberts, William C. Signor, W. E. Davis, Frank J. Niles, Clarence J. Benjamin, Clinton E. Bromley, W. S. Crandall, W. It. MacDermott, John \V. Dodson, Burton There is a gloomy feeling among the people of this section over the status of affairs between the anthracite operators and the mine workers. The feeling is quite general that a strike is inevitable, and it must be granted that there is ground for such a feeling since Thursday, when the last conference between the operators and the miners resulted so unsatisfactorily. The formal reply of the operators to the latest arbitration proposal of the miners has not yet been received by the officials of the union but inklings come from the operators' circles that the reply will be practically the same as the informal one which was made to President Mitchell and his colleagues in the conference room on Thursday afternoon. President Truesdale is quoted as having said as much. This is particularly significant, coming, as it docs, from President Truesdale, because he is generally believed to have been the one who forced or persuaded the operators into going as far as they did go in the way of consenting to arbitration of new questions. Other Indictments Pending, T. Lyon Counsel for the defendants will not llseuss the next step.C to lie taken In lie C:ise, nor will District Attorney Krwln say what will he done regardi ig (lie indictments against Oberlin M. Carter, Michael A. Connelly, William T. aivl Kdwaril F. Oaynor, who vere jointly indicted with tlie defensl- The following were admitted to deacons' orders: Chester Jenney, Samuel Murray. 'Admitted to elders' orders: Charles Waldron, Asa Callender, Curtis Tenhant, John Dodson, Charles W. Smith. me Unto Me All Ye [at Labor Sun's Light Obscured rmn minting tr caul block Tlio belt OVer which ashes continue to full lies to the north of Naples. as llio whirl now carries the discharge awn.v from the city. At Rome nt one time there was sunshine, but twenty miles south n thin veil of smoke made nearby mountains dimly visible, their snow peaks noiied and sooty. The sone of senilobscurity began twentyfive miles above Naples. Here there was an uncanny phenomenon. The sua. though shilling, was invisible. Its light seemed to come through smoked glass, shedding a sickly glare upon whitened vegetation. Everything was covered with a thin, white powder. The locomotives were coated as though they had plowed through tar. I'retty white villas were daubed and dripping with Bind, and people were busy on the roofs shoveling off the ashes. The crowds at the stations resembled millers, their clothing covered with graphite powder. Campania presents the appearance of a Dakota prairie after a blizzard, except that everything Is gray Instead of white. The ashes lie in drifts knee deep. Villas, trees and churches have been beaten with gray mud on the sides exposed to the volcanic storm. V-f**"" The conference will probably adjourn on Monday afternoon. tits convicted The indications are that there will be a large number of changes in the clerical assignments. Judge Speer, in sentencing the prisiners, after saying that the most paln'nl judicial duty is the Imposition of it sentence to penal servitude, particularly when those convicted are men of Hue intelligence and men of affairs, vintinued in part: CONSTABULARY AT HOME ments are of U. S. cavalry pattern Speaking of the men one of the officers said yesterday: "They're a good set of fellows, all fairly well educated and of good character, as was required. They regret that there has arisen a more or less widespread feeling against them, as they try to confine themselves to what they consider their duty. Whether or not we exceeded our authority Jn cases remains for the court to decide." VICTIMS OF RAILROAD. Laymen's Convention At yesterday afternoon's session of the Laymen's convention, the following officers were elected: President, W. L. Council, Scranton; vice presidents, Reed B. Freeman, Binghamton; E. A. Thompson, Greene; Dan Powell, Dunmore; J. O. Rowe, Oneonta; H. B. Tilbury, bwego; Cyrus Straw, Wilkesbarre; secretary-treasurer, W. A. Sanford. Waverly, Pa. Troop B's Quarters at the Two Foreigners Killed on •'To some no doubt who are imbued tvith the belief that all they can get from the government is honest graft four conviction may excite indtgnaiion, astonishment and perhaps not a little alarm. It seems indeed that the public should awaken to the prevalence )f this dangerous inclination. Hancock House. Bloomsburg Division. As Yet tl»e Quarters Present bill Few Tin; Men Were Walking on the Track, Comforts But Improvements Are INJUNCTION CASE a Sliort Distance Below Mont- Kelux Made Daily anil Con- WAS ARGUED TODAY ginnery Street, West Pittston, It is not expected that the formal reply of the operators will be forthcoming until early next week. President Mitchell leaves for Indianapolis today to attend a meeting of the national executive committee, which is to be held in that city on Monday next for the purpose of considering the offer of certain of the bituminous operators to put the matters at issue In the bituminous fields of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois before an arbitration tribunal. A reception was tendered to Bishop Goodsell last night in the Hotel' Fennlmore, by the Laymen's association, and was attended" by such a large number that It was almost Impossible to see the bishop. The officers of the association lacted as the reeepjtioin committee. A delightful programme of vocal and instrumental music was rendered. stables Will Soon be Xo Decision l ikely for Two Weeks as When They Were Struck "Nor should the lesson of our government's conduct tn this great Case go (uiheeded. No necessary expense has lieen spared, 110 necessary exertion avoided. To bring to the bar of public | list lee those charged with the spoilalion of the treasury the supreme court »f the United States and the privy council of England, the loftiest tribUlials of the English speaking races, have contributed their solemn judg by tlic Evening; South Vuirly Comfortably Mtic l"rrris Will Hold t'rlni- liound Train, Housed, inal Court Beyond cursory views of small detachments and details and printed accounts of their actions and experiences the general public has no knowledge of or acquaintance either individually or collectively with Troop I?, of the State Constabulary, now quartered at Wyoming. Their records and routine are alike unknown and but few facts connected with the troop have ever been published. The troop, as is known, consists of 57 men, a captain, a lieutenant, live sergeants and SO privates. Captain James W. Page is the commander of the troop and under him is Lieutenant W. Swarm. The men received their appointments as the result of a competitive examination, both physical and mental. Certificates of good character were Required of the applicants. The injunction ease of J. A. Touhill against the city to prevent certain ollicers from entering: into a lighting contract with Edward J. Rutledge, representing the Pittston Light, Heat anil Power Co., was argued today before Judge Ferris. Attorney C. F. Bohan made the argument for Mr. Touhill and Attorney J. L Morris argued for the enjoined. Judge Ferris took the papers. It is not likely that an opinion will be handed down for at least two weeks as Judge Ferris stated that he would sit in criminal court at the coming term and would be unable to consider the injunction case until after that period. In tho meantime the temporary injunction will stand. Two foreign-speaking men are dead as the result of an accident that occurred last evening a few minutes after seven o'clock on the Bloomsburg division of the D., L. & W. Railroad. The victims of the accident were John Snopkis, aged 40 years, an unmarried man, who boarded with George Schlornls, on upper Luzerne avenue, between Fremont and Salem streets, and George Ripcavage, aged 42 years, also unmarried, who boarded with a foreign family, on Fremont street. Both men were mine workers, and they were employed at the Clear Spring colliery until work was suspended there recently. Last evening the two men were walking up the Bloomsburg Division tracks, apparently bound for home, and when they had reached a point a short distance below Montgomery street, in the dusk of the evening they were struck by the south-bound evening passenger train' from Scran ton. Snopkis was terribly injured and died within a moment or two after being picked up when the train stopped. His companion, Ripcavage, was still alive, though badly injured. He received numerous cuts and bruises, several of his ribs were fractured, one of his legs was broken and lacerated, and he was injured Internally. Both men were taken to | the West Pittston station. Undertaker Cutler took charge of the remains of the dead man. while Ripcavage was removed In the city ambulance to the Pittston Hospital, where he died early this morning. Friday Afternoon The feature of the conference session on Friday afternoon was a candidates' meeting, when the members of the class that come up for full admit- Mr. Mitchell expects to return to the east by Wednesday, assuming that •nents. (Continued from Page 3.) (Continued on Page- Three.) Hard to Bring Rich Men to Trial "It will be well for our governmental authorities to reflect that unless the obstructive construction placed upon our removal statutes, which delayed this case so long, shall he avoided, as recommended by the president and the attorney general, it will he wholly impossihle to have the speedy trial of criminal enses, and the greater the crime and the more powerful and richer the culprit the greater will be the difficulty of bringing him to trial. Ten miles north of Naples the train enters an aren of veminight. Billows of thick smoke roll from the direction of the mountain. The railway telegraph poles become invisible twenty feet away. The train moves with extreme precaution to avoid collision. Breathing is difficult, and the smoke makes the eyes water. This obscurity lasts until a short distance north of Naples, where the sky dears and normal conditions j Best Showing Of I Spring Easter Footwear t In Pittston, amfi the iest Values. STREETS JAMMED. According to details given a reporter by an officer in charge of the barracks, yesterday, nearly every member of Troop B has seen active military service In the United States army. Some of them arc veterans of the war with Spain and others served In the Philippines during the period of insurrection oil the islands. They range In age from 24 to 34 and are all horsemen of some ability. Twelve of the members are married and bord close to the quarters with their families. All the unmarried members live in the barracks. They have their meals there now, paying for the same by levying from the members, as each trooper is supposed to support himself. According to the officer who was Interviewed, the men have to pay for the use of rooms at the barracks also, the State providing the furnishings. A large throng of men packed the main streets of the city all morning, more so than if there had been an attraction like a circus on an idle day. What brought the thousands to the city was the Pennsylvania Co. pay day, combined with the fact that pay was distributed at the Erie station on Broad street. This pay settled the accounts of tho company and Its employes up to the time of the suspension. Heretofore the workmen have received their pay at the various collieries, which divided up the crowds. In addition to their regular wages, the mine workers also received their sliding scale pay for tho past month. There will probably be a large departure of foreigners for the old country now as many were walling for their last pay before getting passage to foreign shores. are resinned, Naples has set itself vigorously to meet the great and almost overwhelming problem of caring for the tens of thousands of starving, helpless refugees who hove been thrown upon her care. The relief funds in the hands of the Duke d'Aosta is altogether inadequate to meet the dally requirements, and foreign help is needed. "Believing that it is the certainty and not the severity of punishinent which deters criminals. I will attempt lo approximate in measuring your term that Imposed by his brother officers upon Carter, the late engineer officer. without whose aid and connivance the crimes In this case would" have been impossible. Nobty $hm and Oxftidsi For Stylish Wojjol § 1 I $ Wo L Douglass Sloes aid Oxfords Food Is the great and pressing problem. Naples is practically fed by the Vesuvlan districts, and it is these districts of supply that have lteen devastated. Not only lias the city supply of food beeu cut off. but the desolated districts have to be supplied. "I recognize that you have been In Jail for more than a year, that both of you are elderly men, both of you arc educated men, accustomed to a life of comparative luxury and to the coinforts of home. My sentence to you, therefore. Is far more severe than a much greater sentence if Imposed upon those who commit offenses which demonstrate by their savagery that they are brutes without discourse of roa- for mem. Deputy Coroner John Oberdorfer Impaneled a Jury to Investigate the accident and the jury will meet at the town hail on Tuesday evening next. When the men were reached, after the accident, a bottle of whiskey was found in the clothes of each of the victims. Bread and Meat Needed, There is a cry for bread and meat, and the price of these commodities has risen to famine figures. At the present time most of the men are out the greater part of the day on patrol work. The territory of the troop Is from Carbondale to Mocanaqua. but their activities so far have been confined from Minooka to a short distance below Wilkesbarre. The men are governed generally by U. S. regulations, with the exception that there are no set drills and the hours are not fixed so regularly, as the troop is supposed to hold itself In readiness for a call at any time. When not on duty the men may wear civilian clothes and when the reporter called yesterday very few of them were In uniform. P. J. MANGAN DEAD. Nearly 15.000 refugees are already housed here, and the number Is rapidly Increasing. In fact, all the buildings available for the accommodation of the fugitives ore crowded, and If many more people seek shelter here It will be necessary to phu-e them in army tents. The municipal and military authorities have already taken steps to accommodate a large number of people in tills manner. son Judge Speer concluded by hoping that for the rest of their lives the prisoners would recall the psalmist quotation, "A little that a righteous man hath Is 1 Detter than the riches of many wicked." Inkerman was called on to mourn Ihe doath of one of her most respected residents this afternoon, when Patrick J. Mangan passed away about 1 o'clock after a week's Illness of pneumonia. Mr. Mangan had for many years been a resident of the village and he was highly esteemed for his many good qualities. Many of his friends were unaware of the serious nature of his illness and his passing away was to these unexpected. Mr. Mangan's wife passed away a few years ago. His surviving relatives are one'son and two daughters Thomas, Mrs. William Fahey and Mrs. William Tierney. Mr. Mangan was a member of the Inkerman Father Mathew society and of the Holy Name society of St. Mark's parish. He was a faithful member of St. Mark's congregation. MISCHIEVOUS BOYS. A Shoe famous the world  over. $2.50, $3.00, $3.50.  A crowd of ruffianly youngsters have been making a practice of whittling growing maple trees and other trees in the Church street neighborhood. By their doing this several trees have been destroyed and others will also likel ybe rendered useless. If evidence can be secured against the youngsters they will be arrested and prosecute"!. YOUTH HAD NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH Fell 25 Feet From a Porch anil Land- Special Bargain. All of Italy, in mi admirable outburst of sympathy. Is following the example of the klnn and queen, .sending subscriptions for the sufferers. The Duke and Duchess'of Aosta have given $5,- 000. The government has subscribed $100,000. the municipality and Bank of Naples each $20,000, the municipality of Sliian $10,00(1, the municipality of Rome $4,000 and the municipalities of Florence, ULMioa, Bologna, Palermo and Turin $2,000 each. The* Banco Commerciaje di Vfllnno gave $0,000. ed on a Roof—His Nose Was Badly Injured, William Walsh, aged 10 years, son of Mrs. Robert Walsh, received a severe fall this morning and narrowly escaped fatal Injuries. It is remarkable that he was not hurt more severely for he dropped 25 feet. The boy was visiting: his aunt, Mrs. Thomas Greenwood, who occupies a flat over the People's store. He went onto the porch at the rear and leaned against a wooden railing at the outer edge. The railing gave way and he was pitched headforemost from the porch. In falling he missed by less than half a foot the edge of a tin roof. He landed on the •roof of Drury's store and when be was picked up and an examination made It was found that his nose was severely contused and one of his elbows was sprained. The barracks was formerly the Hancock house, hence the popular title, "Fort Hancock," which Is not official. It Is a large building of more than 20 rooms situated on the AVe.st side of the yoad between Einghth and Ninth streets. The sleeping quarters are on the second and third floors, from three to fifteen men being quartered In a room, according to its size. The lower floor has been but meagrely fitted up so far, owing to repairs that have been in progress since the fire in the building just before the troop moved in. The two front rooms are to be fitted up for a library and parlor. Bcvan, the Tailor. Will be found in Room No. 3, over Antrim's dry goods store. Ladies' patent colt bluch-C? er and ball shoe; sell  where at $3; an  value; our price while the lot1? lasts $2.00. V Known everywhere as a splendid value. $3, $3.50 $4. Visit Ilartor's Confectionery Store and see the big assortment of Easter confections, novelties and baskets. SHAFFER'S HEARING. Accused of false pretense and conspiracy in swindling Wyoming Valley stockholders of the Joaquin Olid mining Co. out of $60,000. James D. Shaffer was arraigned before Squire Pollock, of Wllkesbarre, this morning, and held under }2,000 bail for court. Although Shaffer was Indicted by the last grand jury charged with the above crime as a fugitive, this morning was the first time he was arraigned for trial. He was represented by Attorneys John McUahren and Anthony Campbell, who at the conclusion of the hearing, went his security. Attorney Charles B. Lenahan appeared for the stockholders, and Assistant District Attorney Evan C. Jones for the Commonwealth. SPECIAL NOTICES. 0 Ladies' Oxfords from 89c to $3.00. | Be Sire aid Visit This Store This | Week0 Special Easter Bargains, After the last great eruption, which occurred in 1872, tile land covered by cinders did not produce crops for seven yearn, and the losses in this respect aleue averaged $20,000,000 yearly. It is believed that it will take ten years to bring the land under cultivation. JEWELRY FOR EASTERTIME In preparing to don your new spring attire, perhaps you will find yourself 1 I : I The business offices will be next to these and at the rear of the building are the dining room and kitchen, the latter In charge of a civilian cook. New stables have been built in the rear of the building in which the 57 horses are quartered. The feed for the horses is furnished by the state and. with the exception of the commissioned officers, each man attends to hie own horse. The saddles and equip- In need of something In the line of Jewelry. We would be pleased to Jumplng Rope Bring* Death. have you call and see our new 1906 I BOSTON SHOE STQIffi | 79 North Iain Street Burlington. N. April 14.—Violet Jones, twelve years old, daughter of Noble Jones, died after a brief Illness from Spinal meningitis caused. It is believed, by jumping a rope 201 times. The manufacturers of gloves say they make a No. 6 woman's glove larger than they did five years ago. Women have become more athletic and tb|n hands have grown larger, but they insist on wearing the same number of gloves. stock which includes the very latest In gold pins fancy halrcombs,.neck- laces, brooches, belt buckles, &c. LEWIS. THE JEWELER, N. Main, Opp. William St. Comer Butler St Heating stoves ana range* Au'L