STOm POBUC 11BRMLX ASSOClATiOii, lkk a iff nil jssj i in i1 ii 'a ii in ill.' ' . t Til MMI IE.. Ir 1. 1 I 1 ! ' . I J M ' 1 3 I lil usy r.l i ! ! Ill 4 II) WW KXCE,USIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLIH, NO. 47. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1894. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. JO CLOTHES VANISH Jlllt like smoke the ortl;nary kind of lothea at any rate. We try lo make and sell dif ferent sort tho kind that stand the wear and tear- of rushing, hustling life, and Bell them, too, at dull-times-when -money-is-scarco prices Nin Men's and Boys' Cloth ing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoe3, Trunks, Valises, etc.. The Osgood liEHGAfiTM Co. The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers 5(16 and BOH COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. uiun Thirty-seven Miners Killed in the Franklin Mine. NEAR SEATTLE WASHINGTON Heartrending: Scenes' as the Dead flodies are Brought to the Sur face From the Burning' Fit.' Associated PreBS. VACATION JOYS Are apt to he incomplete if ono runs short of reading matter. Let your first thought no of choosing a liberal quantity ot it Jrum our slock. We also call your attention to such things as Camp Chairs Hammocks Fishing Tackle seaside bJioveis and .buckets Croqmt and Busa Hall Goods. GRIFFIN & REED. Gosmooolitan -.- Saloofc LOUIS BOENTGEN, Proprietor. I will now supply the traJe with the celebrated N. P. Beer either by the keg or bottU and all orders for N. P. bottle beer will receive . prompt attention. . " I am the only authorized agent in the city for this celebrated beer, and families wishing prompt attention should place their orders with me either in person or by mail. LOUIS BOENTGEN. O fOH flfl $80 IiOTI BY BECOMING A MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS vnn r.AN fiET A FIRST CLASS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE DELIVERED WEEKLY. JL NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE A TV liot to Build a Home ?or Tlie Packers of Choice !olumbia River Salmon Their Urnnda and Locations. AttnrlarkgCo :oih A. rVgC'.. fColumliiaaiTeirTwCo, Astoria . JElinnre Ktniui'U Uirla.... LOCATION. Aatorl.l.. Klo ire & Barker..... a. 0. llautlioru S Co. AtrU.. Ut.irla... S,G Heglr6Ci.. Vihr:a.!n' Pg f .to'iH Pk'gt'o. tKlum-y Juliu A. llilt liu. I ltliwk Dlouiouil. ) Oval. Ouoktall I Magnolia Mtetur. ....... 1 E -leurn Rtliu... ) UMa.nat...... J.O.IUuthornS'Jo :irookncl(l...... storl. ........... M. S. Kinney. Aatorla...-...... A. B'Kith ft Hon . Chfctso rutting fig Co. '"Sin FraniUeo Elmore, Banborn &Cu Astoria. tag, St. George... iKiricrmTi'"....-bcr-rliimvian V s ierrneu' George & Barker' Aitoria........ J. 0. Hauthorn AJitorU . .... J. 0. Mcgler.. Kihermea' l-kgO . Biookfleld Wo Atotle STOTTZ MHliOR THEATER. Saturday Everjing August 25, 1894. Wm. Elnor Johns In Sbakepearinn, Dramatic and Homoron Recitals, invitaliuo or tbo Brother Etkn imd pnbliu ot Astoria. Assisted by HRS. ELNOR JOHNS and local talent , - t'nd r t'jj Aiwp-e of Q li.Vin L I.'J 13) B. P. O. Elkj. Ti kets on S.il nt GriT:n k Kwd'; Vmi:c.t' Droc S ore an 1 Conn's Drnj Siore It frvfd Seati 7j ennts; General AJmUsioa 50 ceul. lt-.erJ jcur aea s tt tox offiae SSuttz Parlor Tbeatcr. Note Change of Date. 0ing - tba relisrath of tha W'd-James Companf iiV.Bl pluce at it Mr Johna ii obtie 1 1- be in Nw York on S-pt-?rr,ber 2d; and In eato of the entertsiumeat to 31TLT.D V Y EVEXIXU ALOI S f Seattle, August' 34. A terrific explo sion of gas occurred In the breast of 62 on the sixth level of the Franklin Coal mine, at Franklin, 20 miles from this city, .this afternoon. Sixty-two miners were Imprisoned and thirty-seven killed The remainder escaped. The fire was soon extinguished, and the work of taking out the bodies began About half the miners were negroes, having been brought from the east four years ago to replace the strikers. The mine is owned by the Oregon Improvement Company, and produces tfte best coal In tha stata of Washington. The dam age to the mine Is not large. Following Is a list of the dead: Frank Willis, colored; married. Ed. Maxwell, colored; elnglo. R. W. Jones, colored; single. John Frantilll, Italian; single. Jop Dawson, English; single. II. R Roberts, colored; single. John Irwin, colored: single. Joe Casselll, Italian; single. James Gibson, colored; single. Edward Johnson, Swede; single. Andy Bngdahl, Swede; single. John W. Hugh, Welsh; married. . Andy Greer, colored; single. Joe Bosslo, Italian; Blngle. Ike Clements, colored; married. Pee Parry, Italian; single. Robert McCoskoy, Pore; single Evan D. Jones, Welsh; single. Peter Hay, Scotch; married. Louis Fair, Italian; Elng'.e. Joe Standrldge, American; single. 1'hll DcMurl, Italian: married. John K. Jahns, Welsh; married. John Morris. Welsh, married. Jahn Hall, English, married. Chris-. -Bunker, American; xhigle. -CliarteyKlevens, colored; single. Jacob Olsen, Swede, Blngle Frank Larsen, Swede; single. Evan Hughes, Welsh, married. Rocco TettI, Italian; single. D. D. Jones, Welsh; married. Tvan Johns, Welsh; single. A. J. Jones, colored; married. W P. Jones, colored; single. John Q. Anderson, Swede; married. William Secor, American; married. Thirty-seven bodies have teen recov ered. 1 spread throughout the town. Among the first to reach the scene was Supt W. T. Ramsey. He tried to appear tin concerned and as though he really did not believe any lives would be lost, and a crowd of men, women and children of both colors, j who lived near the track, becomlnglreassured at the care less and good-natured manner of the superintendent., began to treat the af fair as a huge Juke, laughing and Jest-: lug with each other. In a short time, however, wnnl nnma! for help, and then when the supcrln tendent called br volunteers to go into the mine, there was great excitement The first man to volunteer was George W. Smnlley, a negro, who with two others, was lowered down tha 1100 foot slope to the sixth level. There they met the men from the sixth level south, who wore doing all they could to rescue the men on the north Bide of the same level. Other rescuers went down from the surface, and Smnlley, C. C. Todd, John Adams, and John Morgan, found the body of the first man In the gang way,, about 1000 feet from the slope. The body proved to be. that of John Q. Anderson, and was pulled to the top of the slope. The arrival of Anderson's body on the surface v.as the first Intimation to the men, women and children at the top that any one had met death Con sequently, when the. body was carried away there was a wild scramble to discover its Identity. When It wus found, the rescuers were besieged with questions from mothers, fathers, and children concerning the loved ones who were imprisontwl. But their questions were only answered bv an nmlim.m shake of the head. Meanwhile, the miners from the other levels were caiTylng on the work of rescue In the bowels of the earth. The fan keeping the current of air in the mine had been stopped at the first Indication of fire flrom the return air course, but when tfie rescuers went to work the fan was fcarted up, and then the air In that pitt of the gangway south of breast 02 on the sixth level. was kept pure.1 ? M. D. Storey, oni of the rescur-ra win iBSLOffLYIlECOVERING Cleveland's purpose on the tariff bill was tho main reason for the resolution passed In the house today for the final adjournment at 2 Pi m. next Tuesday. Representative Catchlnas called on Mr. Bratlsl ret't's Report SlatCU That, Clevela..d today, and on reuchlng the capltol conferred with Speaker Crisp as to adjournment. The resolution was thereupon framed and Introduced with Business is on tho Increase. NEWS FROM THE ORIENT; First California Shipment of Fruit to Loudon Brings Buyers From all of England. v Assoclated Press. THE BURNING MINE. Volunteers Quickly Responded to the Call for Assistance. Seattle, August 24. A special to the Post-Intelllgencer from Franklin, Wash ington, says: At 15 minutes to 12 o'clock, a fire was noticed by some of the drivers on the sixth level and notice was given to the men on the Inside who were working in the different places, some In the breast above the level, and others along the gangway, as soon as it was known that there was a fire. Many of the men In the gangways rushed back to notify the miners further In, while others rushed out and reached the main shaft It Is certain that all the men In the breasts reached the gangway In tnfety. In all about seventy men were at work In the sixth level north, and of that number about forty lingered at breast six, where .the fire originated, and made an attempt to put It out. The breast was burning fiercely, and before the miners knew It, the fire had communicated to breasts 0 and 61, and smoke began to Issue from breast 61 In that immediate vicinity. Several of those who lingered at the burning breast 62, took warning and fled, but, all who remained were overcome and asphyxiated. It Is evident that all the men had time to escape, for those at work In the further breast reached the shaft In safety, while those who were nearest the shafti and consequently more removed from danger, perished. They evidently believed they were In perfect safety at the fire, but while they lingered the smoke oozed out from some outside place further south, and the bodies were all found south of breast I. They were all found within a space of 500 feet. Several of the men were badly r.rulsed, and one colored man was taken date the date a earlier a changed 2'jth, iuatead went in from 4h? Surface, ou reaching the sixth level north, ran along the gangway. At 100 feet In he found the fir?;, bod, and then the rest of the miners were found scattered along in the road,.. InoiH'place eight men were huddled together, and In another one man was found under a mule, five mules In all being dead. Slorey says tnat the men were all lying In the mid die of the gangway with their fuces in the mud. as If they had tried to bury their heads completely and thus escape the deadly and obnoxious coal smoke. He could rot believe that they wero dead, and turned them with their faces up bo that they oould breath, but he was soon satisfied that they were dead As the bodies began to arrive at the surface of the main elope, the excite ment among the wives and mothers became uncontrollable At 3 o'clock the last of the thirty seven bodies was recovered, and then people began to quiet down. Many of them were completely prostrated with their violent grief, Superintendent Ramsey, In speaking of the disaster, said: "As soon as the alarm whistle sound ed, the men at work at the fan on top cf the hill, noticed smoke coming from the air, and not knowing Uie cause. immediately shut down the fan. He did Just what ho should have done, and had the miners not lingered so long at the nre, trying to Dut It out. thnv would all have been saved; but the smoke surrounded them and before they were aware of 1U thoy were over powered and smothered. All of those who were two hundred and three hun dred feet up in tho breast, had time to climb down to the gangway, and some of them escaped and reached the sur face, not experiencing the slightest un pleasant sensation. One of the men who stopped with the others at bresst 62, saw the danger he was In, and started on a run for the main slope, shouting to his companions "come on or you'll not get out;" tut they still lingered, and five minutes later thirty- seven men were dead New York, August 24. Bradstreet's will tomorrow say: The sirlous Industrial disturbances In New England, the drought In the central and western states, curtailing nearly all the staple crops, and a dl position In all lines to continue to buy for near by wants only, fail to greatly influence the general trade throughout the country, the trend of which Is tow ard Improvement. Northwestern states east of the Missouri and the A'tlnntlo and western states respectively, show ing gains In the volume of traffic and the spread of that better feeling and confidence In the largest volumo of business in the fall, upon which the Improvement depends. ruiiiinem among the evidences of the expansion In the general trade Is this week's bank clearings, 020,000,000, a gain over last week of about four per ten.c. ii is aiso wortn nonng. 3 a glgn of tho business movement, thut. every oays clearing total Tor the week Is larger than a week ago, except one. ine greatest increase In -volume of bus iness this week is at St. Louis, Minne apolis and San Francisco. At the larger eastern cities there Is evidence of In creased confidence that autumn will bring largely augmented 3 ;man J In eta pies, but Baltimore is the nly city In uie group announcing a decided Inr provemenU The sales of wool at Ilos. ton have fallen off Bharply, and wool Importers and dealers who have a great deal of raw product in store in bond find transactions checked because of doubt whether it will be admitted free or not under the new tarltl'. Poniand, Or., reports fall trade irood, and the Columbia- River salmon pack the authority of the rules committee. It It, understood the president ap proved this plan. Catchlngs would say little as to his talk with the president. Ho regarded it as settled that the bill would become a law next Monday at midnight without the president's signa ture. Catchlngs also Is Inclined to the belief that the president would send a mossuge to oongresu on. the subject. It Is said, that while a message on the measure If not signed or vetoed would be unusual. It would be altogether regular. BILLS APPROVED. Washington, August 21. Tho presi dent has approved the following bills: Empowering fourth-class postmasters to administer oaths to pensioners; ex tending time for the completion of the railroad bridge over the Columbia near Vancouver, Washington; providing for the opening of certain abandoned mili tary reservations. 16,000 cases larger than last year At fian Francisco, trade Is better than for six months past, chiefly due to a gain In the volume of. exports in all aireotions. DEATH IN A MINE. Creede, Col, August 24. Thomas Eversole, Archy Dowle, Hugh Ray, and Charles Prostor, miners, were killed In the Amethyst mine today by fire, which burned the shaft house and caused the skip to fall upon them. Loss by fire, 120,000. The mine Is now filling with water. MINE DISASTER. Pottsville, August 24. An explosion ST. JOHN RECALLED He Says the Railroads Have' No Such Thing as a Blacklist. " Chicago, August 24. General Mana bci ou juhii, oi -uie uock jnianu, was recalled by the strike commissioners today and asked If the general mana gers have a blacklist. "No such thing as a blacklist exists among the rail iuou iiinuugei'B i.j my Knowledge, was the answer. "There was, however, believe, a list of names prepared for the General Managers' Association. It contained names of tho most active ot the strikers, and has been, I think, submitted to the various roads by the association. It cannot properly be called a blacklist, however." St. John was asked to tell what he knew of the story that all railroads had adopted a uniform scale of wages. "Ths ru mor Is untrue," he said. MANY BUYERS WEK13 THERE. First Shipment of California Fruits to , England Creates Great Excitement London, August 24. The first large consignment of California fruit has aroused the greatest interest In Eng land. When N. W. West & Co. com menced to auction off California pro ducts today, at Convent Garden, there were at least 500 buyers present from all parts of England. Peaches arrived In poor condition, but nectarlncB In fine condition. Grapes and plums wore all rljht but buyers did not want jrrapea because their quality Is' consid ered Inferior to tho English article. Plums, laso, were not In great demand, because tke market Is already glutted. Tho pear shipment ulso struck a bad market. The first lot of pears fetched 4 to 6 shillings a box. A LAW WITHOUT SIGNATURE That Is the Reason Cotigrens Will Ad journ Next Tuesday. Washington, August 24. President WILL ADJOURN TUESDAY NEXT. WttHhlnjrton, August 24. A resolution for an adjournment next Tuesday at 2 p. in. has been adopted by the house. The senate adopted the house resolu tion providing for an adjournment on Tuesday The bli to amend the alcohol sched ule tvill not be considered. Tl'.Zi COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. Washington, August 24. The Inves tigation of C. H. J. T,ayIor, recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, was closed today. The report of the civil service commission, prepared by Proc tor, of Kentucky, urgus the president to promptly remove Taylor. ': 7. 1 SIGNED THE BILL. Washington, AuguBt 24. The presi dent today signed the general deficiency bill, tho last of the appropriation bills. THAT CHINA LOAN. London, August 24. The officers of the Ttong Kong and Shanghai Bank, this city, entirely discredit tho report that China attempted to raise a loan of 1,000,000 taels upon the security of tho China, merchants' fleet. It is re ported that China Is negotiating with Birmingham firms for a large supply of war material, and the agent Intends to ship the supplies to some Spanish or South American port and thence trans port them to China NONE HAS OCCURRED. London, August 24. Advices from Toklo assert that no serious battle has recently occurred between the Japanese and Chinese in Coreo. August 17 a skirmish took place at Cluing Hwat, in which a Japanese officer was killed and five privates Injured, PREPARING FOR A BATTLE. Yokohama, August 24. Active milita ry preparations continue upon the iart of the Japanese, reinforcements being rapluly advanced to the front. News has been received here that 10,000 Chln eso troops are about to make an ad vance upon Seoul. DEFENDED BY TORPEDOES. Yokohama, August 24. The harbor of Nagasaki Is defended by torpedoes, and submarine mines, and neutral ves sels will bo piloted In by boaU of tho Jupaneso warships, THE REPORT CONFIRMED. 1 HhanghaJ, August 21. The report that Rev, Mr. Wylla, rreslijterlan mission ary, had died from Injuries received at tiie hands of Chinese soldier at Llao Yang, Is officially confirmed. UU HAS A PULLMAN PASS. Chicago, August 24. United States Labor Commissioner Carrol D. Wright, chairman of the special labor commis sion appointed by President Cleveland to Investigate the Pullman strike, was interviewed today as to the report that he was In the habit of using a Pullman pa.-.d. He scarcely gave the. reporter time to finish Ms sentence. Yes," I have an annual pass on all Pullman cars," he said with emphasis. and I use It whenever I want to." of gas occurred In the works of the. out with a broken neck, three wounds Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Indicating that they had thrown them- jron Co at oilberton, today. Twelve' selves against, the posts and timbers mnt.rg were buried, but it is not known of the gangway in a wild and desperate how many were wiled endeavor to escape. But tne majority Highest of all In Leavening Power.Latest U. S. Gov't Report of the bodies bear no marks at all, not even a scratch, and their features were In perfect repose. Indicating their death had been speedy and. palnlew. Aa ooti aa the alarm whistle sounded from TUB CHICAGO RACES. Chicago, August 24. The 2:13 trot, purse of $3,000, Doc. S perry won In t-tralght heals. Time, 2:10; 2:11. 2:10 1-2. the engine house, people began to crowdi t trie match for J5.0CH), Robert J. around the mouth of the alope, and won, Joe PaUhen second. Time, 2:05, the cry or "the mine Is on fire" quickly, 2:06 1-2, tM 1-3. Ii C i; ir w" 1 ABSOiUiELV FIKXH of Aasat 27tli