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L1 r v V GK EVENING TIM rim rt t - t r EJUXIGH, K. C, TUL - - AT, DECIUEra if, 1CC5. Lit 1,'EIIE" --'L n: nilGHTFULTALES IIUMMtL CASE CHANGES IN. lioiai tiii iTjE2cra n LLUVi'iMIJ PIECES " L'vsAc " T". FROM INTERIOR' GOES TO JURY . - r ; C::;:n!2 Ec!cta Uier wiry t!J Kct Pit Trc:pj cl b:r$c;!s , ; l A?) Cc'itse uvi;;g l 4 i I I L3 Jlnil hr::i Cjn r tin; KEAR Vi AUOnr-ASTOHU INUom s4 VmUrt'l Had sm rwi few vw um MflulIU Twt. flar rrrwj It" rr fWTy rex ArfK4 far Oiaatikai VrwW ' (U the Aaaarlated Pi aas Nw Turtk. Dm. tl -Three a r Iowa I pleraa, aerwa ebra were awn mt lea artouy hurt and the we ra pacta af IuIiVjmUi fcotela ea4 rwa Mane la ik vicinity mt Fifth Avw Bad Hth street war alert ld te-daf by an espkieloa of dynamite la an -cavalloe. for th new Ahmaa building. Fragment of th bodies of la Owed war erattered arar a, area, of aa dreda ot fat. and It waa hotfra bfvr ' tba eaert aantber of rtrtlmi of th ac cident could ba determined, , The explosion ta cauaad bjr a work Ml aaiatanttAnally atrlktnr a haanr rharr of dynamtta whu a had brra placad In a drill hole In a Mn ot rock aararal day f and ablrh dflJ at tampta lo axploda it at that tlma. a To-day tha workman autrtad to' ra drill tha Tola with no thought of tha . daadly , chart which . It conemled. i Thara wara tlfhty wn In tha axcara ' ttoa at tht tlma, but only a few of thara wcra' near -tha loaded hole whan tht atret drill planted into at irk of dyna mite. - ' ' ' Thar waa a terrific roar, tha air waa filled with partlclee of atone. , f rr manta of human flesh, pfseea of Umber, dirt and amuka. ' Scarcely a trace waa - found In tha excavation of the three I men. who h4d etood a'mont dlrectty ' over tha hole . and wheo the amnke cleared-away apven others j who had been with In ranee of the conruealon were atretched out on the ground, their faree and.bodlea torn and Beared. The aound ot tha explosion brought gueata hurrying from tha Waldorf Astoria Hotel almost directly acrona tha el roe t from the scene of tha disaster. and from many similar places In the Tlcinclty. . For a time there waa wild excitement In (the neighborhood. Portions of the .body of an Italian were found In East 34th Street nearly 2&0 feet from the point where the dyna mite exploded, and another body waa . found on top of a tool house more than 100 feet away. 'Fragments of the third body were fotnd far from the excava tion. , ' ;' ' .v r- .V Jacob Metxger, superintendent for . Poat and McCord', v contractors, and Frank Anderson, superintendent for the O'Rourge Construction Company, were arrested soon after thd accident pn a charge of criminal negligence, ' , .. WINDSOR MAN IN . NORFOLK HOSPITAL. f . (By the Associated Press.) ' e Norfolk,1 Va , Deo, :18.Whit T. -, Blackstone, prominent young citl tea ot Wkidsor, N. C... who waa shot, ' , It is Jillegedi by hla brothar-ln-law, Abnef Askew, .la patient at the ,,. Sarah Leigh Hospital here with pis- .-' tol wounds which may ' causa his ' death. Blackstone was reported this r ' aiternoon as resting easy. . , ; -One bullet entered his back and passing through the body, -lodged under the skin in the breast so that its for can now be seen. A dispute over property, is said to hare caused . toe shootings - : , FATAL COLLISION - f OF FREIGHTS. (By the Associated Press.) , Cumberland, "Md.. Dec. 19. In a rear-end collision to-day on ,the Bal ' tlmore & Ohio Railroad two freight i trains near Hedgsville, a fireman andt brakeman were killed, a conductor fatally injured and two engineers' se - v rlously injured. 4 , Fireman Haas, one ,tfl the killed, Jumped when he savf a "Collision was .impending, and was struck, and killed .by,, passenger train which passed as, the trains wer 'coming together. ' ' -.,1- . i ,r wi ... ...I- .tv ;t' '. ' 'Hungarian BuirrufF.' ' By the Associated' Presc.) i'fcudapost, Hungary; r)c.'V!i3.J-The terms' of the pronoaed universal ' suf 1 frago bill Hnade public to-day give, the franchise to al! Hutifrarlans over , 84 years of ago who are -able to read' and write.' provided that voting shall be direct and secret, and that any one en-'. titled to vote snau nio do quannea tor ' election provided he has been a Hun . garlan subject for ten years and has not been Sentenced for dishonest prac ttlces. TWa.U IWtk a I i . i tfcf the Aaa-rav o. .--. tr. j tMttf twmi ; iMrii( wm 4 la waaAWaj cwim Iin I ear. tae m a M tbe ..tet Mrti le.taa af CM tiuirwa wawaw r " m uf ' iim i f I riM aa the DHntr b.eibea a4 tbe I ! Met!o betas oUbim4. bat ibeew waa a. erJtm aketrwr irasnl the Biattaml beak, aad very Ut tie ta tbe attiwa vt Ue Hmi erUxge ttaak. A terse areel ef d.pieiiwa gitaer.d before the savtage beak about aa bear tbe time foe wawatng tbe dera. aad an af tbesa apparel ly deeliag ta be tbe Irat la ebtera trior j. Tbereiara partag la from tba waa but one pnJramaa ea duty .ta frnat ef the building, and he waa bop leealy rermati tKL He avn la a e11 tor aid, aad la a abort time Utrateaani Hartrord with a drtt af nfflrara bad arrived and (armed .he depasltare la a long Hoe. The peeking aad ahoutlng by petaoas wb watd ta be Bret through the doors bating km etnfpvd by the efflrer. quiet waa at en re re- About Ave handredSnen were ta line when the bank ntwned, aad tba work of paying them off went on rapidly. Il ai believed that by to-morrow night the greater pert of tha depolta In both tht it Ice to National and the Hume av Inge Hank will be withdrawn. United Mates District Attorney alor rlao aad State's Attoracy Healy both stated to-day that nothing In conned I km with tha operations of tha banks bad been failed to their attention. ARMED GUARDS ' " AT SIIANGIIA! (By the Associated Press.) Shanghai, Dee. 19. Armed ' guards and patrols ' are maintained v here o cope with a possible renewal ' of the disturbances..' The streets are fllleil with rowdies. The shape are open, but looting Is greatly feared. ' y The United States cruiser Baltimore will land a force to-dayr and the Brit ish cruiser Diadem la sending five nun dren men- ashore. . Other warships ure expected, and It la 'reported that Ger man troops are oomtng from Klaochou. i The Chinese newspapers say the row dies proposed to take advantage of the mixed court dispute to attack and loot the foreign settlement.. Tokio, Dec. 19. Owing ' to tba dis turbance at Shanghai the Japanese cruiser Tsushima has, been despatched from Basebo, and gunboat Uji has been ordered to sail from Kure for the same destination.' ' : '. i'' U. TWO YEARS FOR V ELECTION FRAUD. - (By the Associated Press.). ' , Norfolk, Va Dec, 19.-0. M. Baldln itt was for the second t'lmo convicted tere to-day of election fraud and sen tenced by Jury to two years" In the 3tate penitentiary. : : im; "Baldinger's offense was presenting td i .registrar of election alleged fprged lpplicntions of voters for . . transfers. from Norfolk to Newport News, Va., on the eve of a primary election here In June, in which there Was Intense Democratic factional feeling.,. After his "former.: conviction Baldln rer escured a new trial on the ground that counsel referred, in argument to the fact that Baldlnger failed to testi fyi A motlorr for another'' arrest of ludgment and new trial will, be argued Thursday, t - '''( -,. - ' . , i k , . ' t -.Mr. Coapman .Resigns. (Special to The Evening Times. V Greensboro: NV. C..' Dec.- lB.-Mr. J. Coapman has tendered; , his res ignation,' effective at . onco, as . train master on the Southern Railway in charge; of the v. Greensboro, North Wilkesboro. and Mt.- Airy-ganford branches. ; This action (a taken -by Mr. Coapman '' on account ' of - ill health, having been a sufferer from asthma ' for a long time '; He is a native or . Wisconsin, coming .from there three years ago and, taking the position or. cniei train oispatcner at this point , , Had Thirty-Seven Aunts ' N (Special! to. The Evening Times.) ' Greensboro, N. C, Dec 19.--It ia said that Louisa Cottoli, the colored woman who fell dead Friday, night as she was returning ' home, had 87 aunts, 23 uncles and 11 children. The funeral did not take place until yes terday In order to give these relatives an opportunity to attend.. . . , RD'OLTLMiaUUURITIES 1 . . ( U ttM Taaaaa 14 I I m K !- aa raaws4rai -4 CaKalry AawbaWw aad CM I p Nee. C (By tbe Aaeurlaled frees I bllUa. rrorlare of Coertlaad, 1 Ritaala aadated. by mall la 8i Ie- (erabsrg, Dec. II. FYlghtfal atortea later lor. I 4.r.i. e.kil.a k.a red bwtwaea tbe troops aad tasarg- ( , t... .i . . .i. Hevoltrag talee are told of b. barbarltle practlrod on tbe Uerman , Uadlorda, who are more doteatod by ! Ibe Laeta tbaa are ihe Ruaalaaa j la a fight near Tukum fonrteon . drtgooaa were killed and sixteen Wounded. It Is estimated that the ! Insurgecta lost three hundred Men killed. , A squadron of cnralry waa in bnthed and badly rat ut noar Oroe sabts and United into Mltsu with its wounded. ' Krmatk Calls for Troop. ' St. Petersburg, Dec. 19. Despite the statement that two army corps are being sent . to the Baltic prov-.j Inces. It la learned that no auch num abr of troops la available. Tha government has sent two regi ments from St. Petersburg in reply ta tha frantic appeals for feln force meats, but it is considered too dan gerous to deplete the garrison of the canttal any' further' during tha pres ent crisis, nnd tha government can JtuOr . t.ral ot tha Cossacks, and other troops are being hurried forward by Gancraf Linevltch from Manchuria , In (he meantime the government's fear is that the rebellion which Is extending southward to the Polish frontier may arouse the Poles to an armed uprising. Workmen in Possession of Kharkoff. Reliable details regarding tbe es tablishment of the so-called republic of Kharkoff have at last arrived. The workmen's socialistic organs. Joined by three hundred troops, took posses sion Of the city and with the aid of militia armed with pikes, revolvers and axes established a government or "federated-council," as the execu tive committee was called. This coun-1 ell Issued decrees which the author!-1 ties were perefctlyl powerless to re-1 sist ;,,:, v.- I The council turned off the elec- triclty from the houses on the ground j that it only benefited the rich, while allowing It to burn in the streets where i benefited the .people, and declared war on the thieves who had previously been terrorizing the city. When a robber was captured he was placed under a trip hammer with the threat that it would be dropped unless he revealed the whereabouts of 'the booty. This usually was ef fective In each ''case, and the recov ered plunder was -returned to its owners. Two notorious robbers were (Concluded on page two.) BURN AND KILL - . By-the, Associated Press.) - f. Constantinople, Dec. 19. tne iat- est.- dispatches received from Tlflis, Caucasia, to-day say that threo' hun dred houses in the Mussulman Quar ter were set on Are by armed Armen ians who- prevented the inmates from leaving and fired on the firemen' who attempted to extinguish the flames.., ; s The total number of Mussulmans killed is not yet ascertained,- but fifty-, seven Turkish subjects are - known to," have perished. The fighting was contlnning December 17, when the telegram was forwarded and the Turkish consulate, was overcrowded wRh refugees. - . t. ' A telegram of the same date from Batoum, Caucasia, reports a continu ance of the disorders there. Great fears oi a massacre prevailed in the Mussulman community. .The government transport Ismlr has left, Constantinople for Batoum ta take off thTurks. CALLS DCZGE A UAR l n ateesi rrlaaW l feeui S t4rmmr W Itttag ta IU4 Tbn 9"""'" l llrtM-, TKrf tkaaliad. la WtiH.-r ut N4 1 the iMtlamW llMtlgr tea IW a trie 1 TVwtb. (By tba AaaacUted I'nu ) New Tt, Dec. rt tUUim A tftinintel, the lawye b.. f..r erl cays has Uaa we tilal I" Suiriwa t'otrt Ml ctorn """I '" in roe- berttoa with tbe Ddg..-. .vrre HtlcaHoo. to-day le-ii i.. n.. hi case to go te Jury ain ..n the muhmlHml br i,,. Th. rxHMrBta ftaietH-t m. raw riu terday. aad wbea tbe trim reeum- rsi t.iay rouaaet far Humn-i an- nnunced (hat they rt. irrrMl to rt their raae. They i t not wire olfer any ertden.-, in .lefenee Hummel a rounaet cotiti i I'-.l that the Jurv should net beUerr h.- testimony of Charlea F. Dodge. bulMtnt hrlr ar gument for the drtemtm ! :unl (hla point. Itodge was the first Ini-i.nnd of Mrs. C. W Mnrea. He telf)r,l yealerday that Hummel gave blm w ral Thoua and dolhtra and that tie-iH-t Jured him self In giving leUmn t, prove Il legal hla original dlvom- from Mrs. Morse. 'There is hut One point In thla rnw for the Jury Jo decide," ald John B. gtanchfleld, of Hummel' rnunst-l. "and that Is that they believe that Dodge in the privacy of a law oftWv told Hum mel that he had beerl served with the suinmreia In his wife's illvnrre case. Dodge has admitted that ho Is a per Jftrer and I don't think tlm Jury can believe a liar whogjjimes . wltHesa for the proserutlon so as to escape go ing to prison for perjury." REFORM SCHOOL BURNS No life Lost and No Prison er Escaped' Boys' Reform School Near Washing ton Destroyed nt Three This Morn 'ing Splendid Discipline Loss Ks 1 1 mated at $.10,000 Spontaneous Combustion Believed to be Origin- (By the Associated Press.) tn ; u, bia, located some, distance outside of Washington, caught Are at 1 o'clock this morning, and the main building. In which were housed three hundred boys, was totally destroyed.- The loss is es timated at $50,000. No lives were lost. AS soon as the alarm' was sounded the guards immediately set about res cuing the boys, nt the same time sum moning to their aid the police reservt.i In the ninth precinct. It Is not believed that any of the pris oners got away from the i Institution. In fact, most of them rendered valuable aid to the members of th.e Are depart ment in the effort to stive, the. sur rounding structures, and It is said were under good contrql of their guards from the start. W ' The cause of the fire Is not definite ly known, but it isv believed to have resulted from spantaneous combustion among some goods stored, on the fouii! floor of' the building. Many Suppl'es alBO were destroyed. , ;.. . -i FREIGHT ENGINE . BOILER BLEW UP. ' , ..''-.'V!,r -,'-.' ,- S'.AV;'5'':'- , (By the Associated Press.) . Reading-, Pa-. Dec. 19.--The fireman, engineer and brakeman, were killed by the explosion of a boiler, of a freight engine on the Reading Railway between Blrdsboro and Joanna to-day..v The" ac cident occurred In a cut about -a quar ter of a mile, south of Joanna.. What caused 'thes explosion la not known. The boiler-was lifted from the, frame and hurled into the woods. , , , t. . r$. Marriage Licenses. , .y v V; . M'arriage' licenses were issued' to-day to the following: : Mr. James Matthews, of Butes Creek, and Miss Martha Stev ens, of Garner; Mr. Allen H. Jones and Miss Luia Lillian Teylor, of Wake For est; Mr. William Delmaf . Hicks and Miss Ethel Jones, of Garner; Mr. Char ley Oakley, of Raleigh, and Miss Hen rietta Evansf'.Mr. John Wtmberly Bnd Miss Monte Morris, of Apes, GATES IS PRESIDLYT W all karw bs at aa lawei ( aaln Hi i by Kreieibltr tawa a lwW-r4 gaarnilf B)t mt bv fve ( aa n IVe ( frf-n4- aad Twa (I)r the aeaurtated rreaa) N a I'm a Im It - Import a at rhaire la the utaanlaaU- ut the Ta atiaei i uet and lr-on l umpenf were madr al a mow ln of the direiture bere tu-4a. end Juhn W ilatea now beada th riwutlv iximmlllM la Wall Kiik-I II aa aald that the ronipany la imw rotilmllen by thr ftrfiubltr Iron A t;ti Ciiiiirmrr At to-day's meet Ins the following nr dlrertora of the Twini'ww oel a lrm t'many nrre elertrd f R Outhrle. I. llanna. K W Oglehay, fJt.-int R Hrhley. It. O '.per, John W Uatca. F. J Mrrwlnd and ak letirh Thottte. The old rtlrK-tora of the Tenneaaee t'ltal A lion fnmpany who remain on the boai-l are: D. H. Heron, nho rontlnuea aa (halrmaa of tha board of dlrectora, andF. H. Wllher bre, I.. T lleerher ami K L- Hrhoon maker. The executive rommlttee is now com-pua-Hl of John V. (Intra, c, . Outhrle. (J. B. 8 hley. L. t Hinni. E. W. tgle bay, I 11 Itcon and S L. Prhoon maker. The retiring direct or are: J. E. Borne. I!. F. Tracy, ("ord Meyer. J. H. Smith. Andrew Smith. H. L. Leroy. A. B. Board-nan. t'olonel William Bar bour and Jamea T. Woodward Messrs. On tea. Outhrle. Hanha and Schloy are also dlrectora of the Republic Iron & Hteel Company. The directors declared the regular (U,arterly dlvldenda oLone per oeiU on the common stock and j - i cent, on the preferred. After Ihe meeting Mr. Outhrle, wbo is rhnlrn nn of the hoard of directors of the KojHibllo Iron A Steel Company, made th'e following statement: 'The new Interests entering the board of the Tennessee Coal A Iron are In absolute control of the property. We have bought control of the corporation with the object of developing It and bringing the property up to Its high est degree of efficiency. Considerable money yvlll be spent for extension and Improvements. As to a merger of Ten nessee Con I & Iron with the Republic Iron & Suvl Corrpany, that Is a ques tion for the future." For National Soldiers' Home. (Bv the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 19. The Secre tary of War to-day transmitted to Congress, through jffie Secretary of the Treasury, an estimate for an ap propriation made by the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for $149,500. Of this amount $129,000 is for the purchase of additional land 'at the Southern branch, Hampton, Va. Tagtrart Divorce Case. (By the Associated Press.) Wooster, O., Dec. 19. The hear ing of the motion for a new trial in the Taggart divorce case began to day. Captain Taggart and Mrs. Tag gart were not present, both being rep resented by counsel. 8,970,520 BALES TO DEC. 13 (By the Associated Press.) Dallas, -Tex., Dec. 19. The Na tional Ginners' report was not com pleted at noon to-day, but; President J, A.. Taylor authorized the statement that 489,520 bales Of cotton had been ginned since ' the last report, making a total 1 of 8,976,520 bales ginned to December 13. President faylor says that the crop is 94 per cent.'r ginned., : . : ' ' The National Ginners Association meets here this afternoon to elect officers. Nominations to Senate. " v (By the Associated Press.) ' . Washington, Dec. 19. The Presi dent to-day sent -the' following nomi nations to the Senate: v :v Treasury Assistant , Treasurer at Philadelphia, Joseph Bosler, of Penn-1 sylvania, ,' i Collector of Customs Joseph B. i 'Howlett, district of Richmond," Va.'... . ' 1 mmmm mm4 aaee ASS i (y aatatew t ate larenaa a m : tswi Mrl .JXrrr.r:lHE KOUTH CAVED c; tiding lf a Ma miiu4 ua taw awl lua , I fc M-fTM!(ii .4 Agrl' MtH h Jwm ) IM aaa Mid uft la Ikl.w i , ih Stuaa. ' 'idnmM in Ml Atr H t,, aMAIH..u t.rt a- KepraMitu. iM uf Nxth . Ilaa. Rnkauii vf Tvaae. aad a nan bar af utbrr iwaku rrwta rmiun Vtalaa !) bl th nmmNlei aad argwd tb wfaat of la raaalattva. raargtng that It wee mvrrly an lrart la e!rrw th market and had already had th effort Intended b niM d Iring ta bay rot inn IwlV Ml rlVKIi Til UKATH. r'umr Yewxa (M4 Koa of Mr. 1. U Harrta, of (VMtrctrd. (Special to Tbe Evening Times.) Concord, N C . fJer. II Willie, the four-year-old of Mr. D. U. Harrta, of thla city, was playing near the fire place when hla riot hint caught fir and the little fellow waa burned so badly tlmt he died several hours afterwards. Hla mother had gone out of the houae only a few minutes, and as ahe re turned the little boy came running to her with the flame all over him. The The burial waa at Center Church. TOWNSLEY FAMILY NOT STRONG AS MXURDYS (Py thl Aaaoclated FreaStV""" " New York. Dec. 19, Henry P. Towns Icy, president of the Life Association of America, resumed hla testimony be fore the Armstrong Insurance commit tee to-day. He said that when his company started business as a stock company It had $261,000 In Its treasury, which was all obtained from the sale of stock. President Townsley receives a salary of $12.00. the treasurer $1000. the med ical director $3,000 and the general counsel $6,000. C. W. Townsley, son of the prei-'-dent, Is the secretary and acts as a general agent. He receives no salary, but receives commissions which amounted last year to $4,400. The med ical director Is George G. Van Schaick, a brother of the general counsel, who with the wltrress organized the com pany. PAYNE BILL REPORTED. Admits All Philippine Products Free Except Sugar and Tobacco. (I3v the Associated tress.) Washington, Dec. 19. By a vote of 7 to 5 the House committee on ways and means reported favorably to-day on the Payne bill admitting all Philippine products into the Uni ted States free excepting sugar and tobacco, which are to pay 25 per cent, of the Dlngley rates until 1909, when they ulao are to go on the free list. Two amendments were made to the measure originally introduced in the House by Mr. Payne. At the sugges tion of Representative Hill, of Con necticut, a provision was added that all American sugar and tobacco are to be admitted into the Philippines free of duty, and a new section was added which provides that no Phil ippine products now In warehouses in the United States shall be exempt ed from duties under the proposed measure. Many other changes In the meas ure were suggested. One offered by Mr. Babcock was that the tariff on sugar and tobacco be reduced to 50 per cent, of the Dlngley rates. This was defeated by a vote of 8 to 5. To Practice in New York. (Special to The Evening Times.) Charlotte. N. C, Dec. 18-The fol lowing notice has been received from New York: Twenty-seven William Street, "New York City. "Messrs. James W, Osborne and Otto T. Hess, composing the firm of Osborne & Hess, announce that Mr. Thomas W. Churchill and Mr. Francis L Osborne have this day become members of their firm., and that the firm' name has been changed to Osborne, Hess & Church.il,. . "November IS. 1HB." : Judge 'Osborne . will reside in New York, hereafter. As is. well known, he Is a brother of Mr. James W, Osborne. !5 Erj? lt::il:ilj t.: - Ehcr T.::U W ears- stew aW bf Cbawai 4 Air Twa tleasa 4 lHc(a Dow a "W mt Taaaat. Urn t)mmi4 i: AUww Ua m aaer lo Blaab la. (By tba iae.ra.lil ) New Tart. Dee. II Twa mt tba aa wba kU bee eerted la thm Cast river taaaal far Marly tl heer. were Lekea Mt Uts afteraaoa. Heat aai a Baas tralae) tb tseael U a boat. Works are aMU atleeapt lag ta force i koto through th ceaaeeit roof mt tha Ob ael. aad It la tkoagbt that atiii other are Ba prtao4 la tba tab, . - Wheat tha reacaed work- , is had recovered suf- . Balently to speak tatelll- , gently they aald they vera tha only men caught la tha - tuanel, aad tha . rearaers , ceased work Upon tha, abaft, which waa being pushed through tha concrete. The reecuers aald It might requlr several hours to penetrate the last aevea feet of tha tanaet root Mean while ona of tha dangers threatening ', ' the imprisoned man had been dlula lahed by tha lowering ot tha water in tha tunnel. , ,.( v ,, f Two larga steam pumps brought tha water dowa ao low that aa at tempt waa made to reach tba man la aoata, wMeh- weew laaabed' in a ' other part of the tunnel. Tbe boats however, conld hot iqnaese beneath tha roof at tha point where tha water . was highest, and this attempt waa ' given up. i . ' ' ; ' ! New Tork. Dec. H.-Two men buriel. . forty feet deep In a tunnel, facing death In three different forma, by starvation, suffocation or drowning,, and . about two hundred of their Comrades a few feet above them digging -against tlma to save their lives, was th situation to-day at ths Pennsylvania Rallroid . tunnel In Long Island City. ' For more than thirty hours theaa two workmen have been entombed in tbls tunnel by the cave-in of its mouth, and ' it Is by no means certain that there are only two men burled. The police of Long Island City say that there are . six. , . The tunnel Is being built under tha , Bast River to Manhattan Island, but ' the entombed men are not under the ' river bed. They are sealed up In tha v approach under Long Island City, and' It Is reported that tha water from the river which Alls the part of the tunnel -directly under ths river bed la kept -back from that by tha fores of the com- . , pressed air continually v pumped Into - their prison chamber. ... - - - The workers assert that th water: . must have flawed Into the part of the . tunnel where their comrades ars burled ' ': and that they have saved themselves from its rise by climbing upon a ledge - ' of rock near the roof of the tunnel. v The workers .ire sinking a forty-foot v deep shaft straight toward the roof of . ' the tunnel, as near to the place where the workmen are supposed to be, aa far es possible to estimate. It this shaft '. is not very close to the men, there la danger when it at last pierces the ce' . ', ment roof that all the work will have V; been in vain, that the compressed air A which will be released Will allow the water to engulf the men before their comrades can take them OUU . ; , The life shaft was SO feet deep to-day; ' but there was stKl about ten.fett o solid concrete forming, the roof ot the tunnel to be pierced. This was the work '. of several hours. Involving the lis of dynamite to expedite it, if, at any time ' the signals of the buried men became, faint, and indicated that something had gone wrong in their tunnel cham- u s They signalled incessantly by rapping on the Iron pipes through 411 Is bolng " pumped to them. - Watching every movement of the diggers from, the . mouth of the ' life shaft last . night was Mrs. Frank Cale, the wife , of one, of .the men. believed -to be -In the tunnel. To-day she' was Joined , by her tour children to watch the final piercing of the tunnel, j ' !v. ( -, ( , t. What will be done at fbs moment when the tunnel roof ta opened , ha caused the workers much worry. It . has been planned to have divers ready to enter the hole If tha Water rises too high, and at least be prepared to drop . a boat through tha opening in caaa the men are not near, enough to be reached -; j by any other means. 1 0