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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1903
Page
1
An explosion occurred at the Hanna coal mine in Cheyenne Wyoming, Union Pacific Co. about 200 men were at work when the blast happened and none have reached the surface. Superintendent Brook and a large force are fighting the fire and trying to reach imprisoned miners.
The New Defender won another trial race today off Newport R I amid hazy conditions and a light southerly wind. Reliance and Columbia disputed the lead for the first three quarters of an hour before the line.
Mrs Anna 8i pent yesterday in Allentown guests Mr and Mrs James C MacDonald returned after a welding trip to Niagara Falls and Canada Mr and Mrs John Jordan and daughter Alice spent Sunday in Scranton Miss Belva Thompson departed for Fairview after weeks with Mrs Fisher of William Street Winnie McGowan and Missley Cattrey attended graduation exercises of St John’s high school in Lyric WilkesBarre LR Donaughey of WilkesBarre former deputy county controller took local agency for American Trackless Trolley Co Profess Robt Shiel and Prof Blerly are on the State Teachers Convention reception committee Miss Pullman of Alexandria sails to Rotterdam tomorrow.
An elevator disaster at the Heinz & Co plant in Pittsburgh injured twenty three workers and threatened two more lives when the freight elevator shattered its ropes and plunged forty five feet to the cellar. Investigators blamed drunken operators, noting the cage was overcrowded and two intoxicated men surged on and then jumped, causing the shaft to snap. Rescue efforts rushed the injured to hospitals as witnesses described screams and a chaotic scene at the Allegheny site.
After months of standstill in New York City building operations and losses estimated in the millions, the George A. Fuller Construction Company submitted an arbitration plan to the United Board of Building Trades, which unanimously approved it. The move could allow 17,000 workers to return to sites within weeks, with Samuel J. Parks and Richard Carvel appointed to lead the effort. Subcontractors loyal to Fuller face heavy forfeiture clauses if work stalls, and the plan outlines procedures for arbitration and continued work during disputes.
A missionary's wife in China selflessly guided her husband’s removal of an inflamed appendix after an improvised operation. She, a trained nurse, aided with three instructions from a physician. She traveled 800 miles by wagon and boat to reach skilled surgeons, who later praised the procedure as creditable to the era’s best surgeons.
A Panamanian crisis report accuses the United States of inciting revolt to block Colombia's Hay-Herran treaty. It claims Ameri can pressure and intrigue aim to secure canal control, with General Reyes and others resisting to defend independence under external influence. Also noted is a Buffalo murder case and a Richmond streetcar strike with no disorder.
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