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Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, September 16, 1902.
EXPLOSION IN A MINE.
Disaster and Death at North Fork, W. Va.
SEVENTEEN KNOWN TO BE DEAD.
Accumulation of Gas Caught Fire From Lamp of a Miner—Six Kegs of Powder Also Exploded—Explosion Caused by Lack of Precaution—Some Narrow Escapes.
Roanoke, Va., Sept. 16.—A special from North Fork, W. Va., to the Roanoke Times says:
A disastrous gas and powder explosion occurred in the Big Four mine of the Algoma Coal & Coke company here Monday morning. James Lester, an engineer, John Roockie, a Hungarian miner, and 15 colored miners are known to be in the mine now and there is no chance of their being recovered alive as they are beyond the point where the explosion occurred and the gas and smoke is so thick that the rescuing parties are being driven back.
H. F. Frankenfield, the bank boss, and George Gasple, an Hungarian miner, succeeded in crawling over the fallen coal and slate to the lights of the rescuing party, and have been taken out alive although they are both badly burned and were nearly suffocated by the gas and smoke inhaled.
The explosion was caused by an accumulation of gas catching on fire from the lamp of a miner who was going to work. This in turn fired six kegs of blasting powder that had been stored in the mines.
The explosion knocked down all of the brattices for a quarter of a mile back towards the mine entrance, thus cutting out the air from the men imprisoned behind the wreckage.
There had been a small gas explosion in the mine on Sunday last, and Mine Superintendent A. J. Stewart had cautioned the men not to attempt to work again until the air had been tested by a safety lamp, but they disregarded his orders and went in.
A party headed by Mine Inspector Cooper attempted a rescue in the morning but was driven back by the want of air.
It is now learned that the coal is burning and there is no hope of extinguishing the flames until a new air passage can be built to the point of the explosion.
A telephone message received from Algoma says 11 bodies have just been recovered from the mines and that six more bodies are to be taken out. So far those recovered are all colored miners with the exception of one white miner named Luster.
PREPARING TO OPERATE.
Repairing Machinery—Coal Will Soon be Coming from Mines.
Tamaqua, Pa., Sept. 16.—This morning the Lehigh Coal & Navigation company put a force of men at work at their No. 11 colliery, overhauling boilers and in machinery and placing everything in readiness for early resumption. This is one of the company's largest collieries.
Dunkelberger & Young opened their Sharp mountain colliery on a small scale this morning. Coal is being taken from a nearby bank and washed. Today the mine leaders have been working hard to induce men at Sharp mountain and Greenwood collieries, which commenced yesterday to remain at home, but they were unsuccessful.
At Shamokin yesterday, Llewellyn Bros., owners of the Royal Oak colliery, granted every concession and invited their employees to return to work this morning, but the union interfered and refused the men permission to return until the strike was declared off by Mitchell.
A few additions were made to the non-strikers' ranks this morning in this valley. Numbers 11 and 12 are working and mining coal. Over 1,210 tons were mined and shipped yesterday. The troops at Manila park did not leave their quarters this morning.
PAGE FOUR—BRIEF EDITORIAL.
Judge Henry Redwine brings to Phoenix, Ariz., a story of an active volcano in a smoking lake 21 miles north of Texico, at the base of the mountains and across the Mexican line. The Indians who formerly lived in the neighborhood have moved away since the lake began spouting columns of smoke and the white settlers near there are seriously considering the same course. The lake is 14 miles long and about 3 miles broad. The water on the surface is almost constantly boiling and at times is thrown into the air in gigantic columns, amid which fire plays, producing a weird effect. Great columns of mud also are thrown up from the bed of the lake and the phenomena are accompanied by trembling of the surface of the earth on the shores of the lake and a subterranean thunder, terrifying to the listener.
SUPREME COURT
Trail and Special Terms in Session, Judge Forbes Presiding.
A trial and special term of the [New York] supreme court was begun at the [Cortland County] courthouse yesterday morning, Justice Gerrit A. Forbes presiding. The forenoon was largely devoted to charging the grand jury, of which O. E. Nichols of Cincinnatus, N. Y., was made foreman, and to the hearing of motions.
Rule one of the court was changed so that the day calendar will hereafter contain twenty cases instead of ten.
The calendar was then called and twenty-seven of the forty-six cases on the calendar were reported as settled or were put over the term. The detailed list is given below.
The case of Blackburne-Plunkett Co. vs. Phoebe A. Tyler was called. This is an action in replevin to recover on the sale of books. A jury was waived, an inquest was taken and the value of the books was decided to be $118. They were given into the custody of the plaintiff's attorney with the costs of the action to be paid by defendant. Kellogg & Van Hoesen for plaintiff. W. J. Smith for defendant.
William A. Frank vs. Elizabeth Frank. This was an action for separation. No defense was put in. Referred to Judge J. E. Eggleston to hear and determine. E. W. Hyatt for plaintiff.
Cornelius Van Sicklen vs. Julia S. V. Clark and others. This was an action in partition. Referred to J. H. Murray to determine the interests of the several parties. I. H. Palmer for plaintiff. George S. Sands for the most of the defendants.
At 2:30 o'clock no others cases being ready for trial, court adjourned till 9 o'clock this morning.
Over.
Jennie Bennett as administratrix, etc., of George Bennett, deceased, vs. Orson A. House, et al. Horace L. Bronson for plaintiff. Dougherty & Miller for Orson A. House.
Jennie Bennett as administratrix, etc., of George Bennett, vs. John H. House and John C. House and another. Horace L. Bronson for plaintiff. Henry E. Wilson for defendant.
Henry C. Crofoot vs. The Syracuse, Binghamton & New York Railroad company, impleaded, with William W. Wright. John S. Conway for plaintiff. Jenney & Jenney for defendant.
Daniel O'Shea vs. Lehigh Valley Railroad company. J. & T. E. Courtney for plaintiff. Diven & Diven for defendant.
Harriet E. Hathway vs. City of Cortland. J. & T. E. Courtney for plaintiff. Fred Hatch for defendant.
Mills G. Frisbie vs. Henry Krieger. Bronson & Davis for plaintiff. J. & T. E. Courtney for defendant.
George V. Clark and James J. Glann vs. Layton J. McGhie. Kellogg & Van Hoesen for plaintiff. Thomas Bracken for defendant.
Layton J. McGhie vs. George V. Clark and others. Thomas Bracken for plaintiff. Kellogg & Van Hoesen for defendant.
Helen Hopkins vs. Joseph Cooper and R. J ay Rounds. Henry E. Wilson for plaintiff. John H. Miller for defendant.
Andrew Congdon vs. The Syracuse, Binghamton & New York Railroad company. Dougherty & Miller for plaintiff. Jenney, Jenney & Cole for defendant.
The Wallace Wallpaper Co. vs. Florence L. Cooper. Kellogg & Van Hoesen for plaintiff. Edward C. Britcher for defendant.
Maryette Hodges vs. Edward Turner. C. V. Coon for plaintiff. E. W. Hyatt for defendant.
Exchange Bank of Perry, Oklahoma, vs. William P. Chapel and Laura Moore Chapel. Arthur Fowlston for plaintiff. John H. Murray for defendant.
Levi Van Etten vs. Geo. C. Saterlee. Dougherty & Miller for plaintiff. E. W. Hyatt for defendant.
Lewis S. Hayes vs. The Village of Cortland, and Schuyler P. Bulkley collector of said Village of Cortland, etc. B. T. Wright for plaintiff. Fred Hatch for defendant.
Julia E. Hyatt vs. The Village of Cortland. B. T. Wright for plaintiff. Fred Hatch for defendant.
Daniel C. Topping vs. Sarah Hollenbeck. Dougherty & Miller for plaintiff. James T. Steele for defendant.
Lucy A. C. Johnson vs. Henry H. Watrous. C. V. Coon for plaintiff. H. E. Wilson for defendant.
John G. Ingersoll vs. Elizabeth Ingersoll. John H. Murray for plaintiff. Wm. J. Mantanye for defendant.
Julia E. Hyatt vs. The Village of Cortland; application for commissioners to assess damages. B. T. Wright for plaintiff. Fred Hatch for defendant.
Eva Townsend vs. Erving Townsend. Thomas H. Dowd for plaintiff. Rowland L. Davis for defendant.
Mills G. Frisbie vs. Hilarius Liff. Bronson & Davis for plaintiff. George H. Epstein for defendant.
Settled.
William Fitzgerald, as administrator, etc., vs. Lehigh Valley Railroad company J. & T. E. Courtney for plaintiff. Diven & Diven for defendant.
Edward F. Knight vs. The Cortland County Traction company. Edmond C. Alger for plaintiff. Dickinson & Dufley for defendant.
Eugęne Shattuck vs. David McAuliff. Bronson & Davis for plaintiff. Dougherty & Miller for defendant.
Hiram D. Evans vs. Herbert Chapin. Dougherty & Miller for plaintiff. C. V. Coon for defendant.
Herbert A. Wade vs. The Syracuse, Binghamton & New York Railroad company. J. & T. E. Courtney for plaintiff. Kellogg & Van Hoesen for defendant.
Dismissed.
Rhoda Peters vs. William A. Hayes. Thomas H. Dowd for plaintiff. F. J. Farrington, Jr., for defendant. Complaint dismissed under a stipulation by the attorneys on both sides.
John Curtain vs. The Syracuse Binghamton & New York Railroad Co. This case is now on trial and is an action to recover for damages alleged to have been received on Nov. 21, 1901, at the freight house of the defendant railroad. It is said that snow slid off the roof, frightened a pair of horses and threw the plaintiff out breaking some ribs and injuring his shoulder. The plaintiff asks $15,000 damages. J. & T. E. Courtney for plaintiff. Jenney, Jenney & Cole for defendant.
SCOTCH WOOLEN CO.
Have Rented the Collins Store and Will Open Saturday.
The Scotch Woolen Co. with stores in several of the larger cities have rented of Mr. C. W. Collins the store on Main-st. recently occupied by the Purity Candy Co. and expect to open on Saturday of this week.
The store will be put in first class shape for the new tenants. An elaborate system of lighting will be put in and it will doubtless be made one of the most attractive business places on the street.
The Scotch Woolen Co. made a specialty of suits and overcoats from mill to man direct, to personal measure, for $15. They have built up a large business in the various cities where they have located and have come to Cortland with an established reputation. Mr. Mitchell Plant, who is to have charge of the Cortland store, is already in the city making arrangements for the opening, concerning which he will have something more to say later on.
NEW FOOTBALL TEAM
Organized at the Factory of the Wallace Wallpaper Co.
A past aggregation of football players has been organized into a team at the Wallace Wallpaper company's factory. The team has as Coach Charles Pettet, a graduate of Colgate university, and hard practice has been begun. The team is desirous of arranging games with any good teams in central New York. Send all challenges to B. Edwards, manager, 90 Groton-ave., Cortland, N. Y.
The lineup of the team is: Center, J. Dore; right guard, E. Clancy; right tackle, W. Stearns; right end, C. Stearns; left guard, D. Harvey; left tackle, T. Peters; left end, E. Phillips; quarter back, D. Glabb; right half, J. Gledhill; left half, C. Robinson; full back, H. Truman.
BREVITIES.
—One drunk paid a fine of $3 in city court this morning.
—L. E. Burnham's portable picture gallery is doing service at the Dryden fair this week.
—McDermott's orchestra went to Dryden this morning to furnish music for dancing on the fair grounds.
—The Fortnightly club will meet with Mrs. Clara Benedict, 33 Clinton-ave., tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
—The open season for squirrels, partridge, snipe and woodcock began today. Only a few local hunters were out in the woods.
—Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. & A. M., will confer the second degree at their regular communication this evening.
—The Cortland orchestra furnishes music for a dancing party in Dryden tomorrow evening. It is expected that a number of Cortland people will attend.
—New display advertisements today are—Haight & Freese Co., Stocks, lands, grain, cotton. page 8; M. A. Case. New Fall waistings, etc., page 6; New York store, Underwear specials, page 8; Hollister Hardware & Plumbing Co., Acorn stoves, etc., page 8; W. W. Walters, Shoes, page 8; Yager & Crandall, Homer, Millinery opening, page 8.
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