24 Apr 1913
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1913
Page
1
Rescue teams worked at the Pittsburg Coal Company Cincinnati mine on the Monongahela near Washington Pa after an explosion about 1 pm. At least 100 men dead, over 200 feared, with less than two score survivors from 300 men at work.
Rescue teams reported 36 miners saved from the blast with 20 at the Mingo entrance 8 at Finleyville and 8 at Courtney. Debris choked three main mine entrances while hopeful rescuers pursued any survivors among some 300 workers inside. A notable survivor was S. T. Holmes 55 who crawled through rubble after his lamp went out and survived.
A rescuer crawled through tight gaps for a mile and a half to reach the Finleyville mine, finding one son alive and another dead at the scene.
Relatives and friends crowd the Courtney entrance as rescue teams search for imprisoned miners after a gas explosion. Joseph Green and Joseph Carter are among the first rescued. Carter’s father, the mine superintendent, directs salvage while officials from the Pittsburg Coal company arrive to investigate. The death toll and cause remain uncertain, though gas is suspected.
Mrs Edward Bolsinger, president of the Pittsburg conference of the Methodist Women’s Home Missionary society, says deaconesses can work in difficult areas. Miss Caroline Pletzer describes work with foreign classes at McCrum Training School for Girls. The National Home Missionary society counts 185993 members with 810770 dollars income last year. about 250 delegates attend. The next annual conference is set for the Emory church in Pittsburg the last week of June.
Harrisburg April 24 The bill prohibiting sale of aigrettes and shipment of feathers into or out of the state after July 1 1914 was approved by Governor Tener. The act forbids shooting killing or possessing any wild birds other than game birds or any part of plumage or skin kept for sale or shipment from the state.
The Ohio wheat crop was not seriously damaged by the March floods, with the state agricultural department reporting an April 1 condition at 93 percent of full average. Rye stands at 94 percent.
Reports from Hawley Wayne county indicate a four foot copper vein discovered in Paupack township on Paupack Water company land. Samples assayed at 80 percent copper, per local accounts.
Hetty Green’s son Edward H. R. Green has reportedly withdrawn from the marriage market. The move follows public interest in the Green family and potential matches based on society circles and wealth.
The Columbian Rope company mill at Auburn, with 1,160 on strike since March 20, resumed Monday with 500 at machines and 400 more waiting at the gates. Police kept intimidators moving as strikers urged returning workers to honor the agreement. Full force expected back by week’s end. arbitration talks with International Harvester officials to resume.
The Pennsylvania senate approved a joint resolution to amend the state constitution to grant women the right to vote by a 26 to 22 vote. The measure, already passed by the house, advances to 1915 legislature for a referendum before ratification by the people. Senator Powell urged statewide voter choice, while Senator Salas warned against mob rule and hysteria.
Two armed highwaymen in auto coats and goggles robbed the White Rock mills paymaster on a Rhode Island road delaying the weekly payroll. Edward Sullivan, a Boston biscuit salesman, encountered them and was mistaken for the paymaster, narrowly avoiding harm.
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on April 24 John Harris the Black man condemned for the murder of Thomas Jones in Isabella will be hanged tomorrow morning wearing a tan shoes lighter necktie and a dark striped suit ordered before the crime and delivered after his imprisonment. Harris requested to be hanged in that suit.
Delbert Hitchings a Clarkson New York farmer perished last week when his farm home burned. Neighbors did not discover the blaze until daylight as the ruins stood revealed.
Secretary Redfield reports show population up 11 percent while cattle production falls 30 percent over seven years, with a steep drop in exports. Nine months to March 1913 export figures fall drastically from 1907, reflecting livestock shortages and shifting global beef trade dynamics.
Emma Borden, Lizzie Borden’s sister, for twenty years silent, now states she believes Lizzie is innocent. The 1893 trial in New Bedford ended in Lizzie’s acquittal after a sixteen day case. Andrew Borden and his wife were killed in 1892 in Fall River. Lizzie faced strong circumstantial evidence but no direct proof emerged.
Fear of a major outbreak grows as the tenth smallpox case develops today at Thomas' mills in Somerset County. The hamlet lies about ten miles from Johnstown and sick children who attended school may have spread the disease among classmates.
The arbitration board under the Erdman act awarded firemen on Eastern railroads wage increases averaging 8 to 10 percent. Total additional annual expense to railroads reaches 3.5 to 4 million dollars, with no retroactive pay for the firemen and no extra engine crew on engines over 200,000 pounds. Engineers’ demands, not under Erdman act, were retroactive from November to May last year.
Reports from Cettinje say Scutari surrendered to Montenegrins without bloodshed and claims of a two day general assault causing heavy losses on both sides are false. The Tarakash fortress passed to the victors quietly and Turkish losses are unsubstantiated.
Mrs Despard leader of the Women's Freedom League and two other women were arrested after mounting the Nelson Column platform in Trafalgar Square. They rang bells and gave suffragette speeches to a large crowd that opposed them, prompting threats to duck the speakers and police to intervene.
Rome April 24 Osservatore Romano reports Pope Pius continues to improve and may leave his bed in three days for about an hour daily.
The Duke of Sutherland is ill of pleurisy at Stafford House in London. The duchess hurried from Staffordshire to care for him.
Colonel E H R Green son of Hetty Green was in St Louis traveling from New York to Texas. He said two and a half years ago he sought a wife but deemed hopeful candidates unsuitable and announced he was no longer in the matrimonial market.
South Norwalk acts as jail offense for public kissing while France reports only one birth per thirty families in 1912. San Francisco prisoners get twenty-two years for stealing sixty cents. The Marquis of Huntley defends a coal bill with his wife’s money as sole funds. A Jamesburg farmer unveils a swivel gun to deter chicken thieves. Dexter Builard at ninety seven begins a three year term as water commissioner. Western detectives lose money to robbers posing as women. Leavenworth finds over a thousand dollars in gold certificates in gutters and yards, likely loot from a tornado.
Mrs. Kate Richards O H are accuses police nationwide of aiding white slave traffic through regu lation and graft. She argues 125000 women suffer disease or self harm yearly and 125000 healthy substitutes enter the field. She links vice to wages and economic misery, noting police in Washington and other cities allegedly shield the slave trade while protecting drunken youths near the segregated district on March 3.
Governor Sulzer and Senator Loren White introduce a bill raising the state highway commissioner salary from 10 000 to 15 000 and allow appointing a secretary at 10 000 a chief engineer 12 000 and multiple deputies at 5 000 to 12 080 annually. The plan originally included 50 confidential inspectors at 3 000 each but was dropped. The measure also targets the state architect and expands deputy salaries and secretary pay.
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