Show HERO MINERS T TO RECEIVE MEDALS MEALS Holmes Washington June 29 The The Joseph A. A Safety association tho the hero commission for tho the mining Industry today announced the awards to minors miners for tor special deeds dees of oC bravery braver In the caving of ot human life Ute during tho the l last t three tee years yea In the tho United States The Tho gold old hero her medal meda I I. I is to bo be presented to t four ur western miners wester and and to the tho nearest net surviving relatives of ot three others other who sacrificed their lives In their attempts to rescue other other- from de death h It I Is expected that tt the tho formal tonal award of the tho medals will be made mado by Dr D Fed Frederick to G. G Cottel director ot of the te bureau of oC mines aud nud president of or the tho to association durin during the International first aid and and mine ro rescue contest at Denver Cob Colo ce Colo September September Sep Sep- 9 9 10 and 11 1 at which miners will count bo be present from all 01 parts part of ot the te I Thoman The man who will be b awarded gold I hero her medals and diplomas and tho the deeds deeda they performed are arc ro as follows I John ohn L L. L Boardman of or Butte Bute Mont Mont safety engineer or for the An Anaconda onda Copper Cop Cop- CP- CP per company who lone-handed lone saved saved three miners miner from terrible death th de In the W West st Colusa Colus mine of ot the tho company and ad assisted In the rescue reso of or a a. a fourth A tire fire tre In the L Leonard nard copper four mine adJoining ad- ad J Joining Joining- jining tho the West Colusa mine filled Clus the latter latter- mine with poisonous gases tlc Boardman Boa wearing the tho to oxygen rescue apparatus familiar talar to t rescuers at the risk of ot his life entered the gas filled a mine four tour separate times Ures to savo life The rhe Te next to receive the gold Kold hero her medal mea will wi bo ho Daniel of or Minn Mian an o ot the I Balkan Mining company A fire re C. C broke out In iii the Belgrade mine of or the company company com corn pany In which one life ilfe was w lost and many many others other Jeopardized Three Treo times drove his electric locomotive through h smoke and thuS soke gases gass S. S bringing out helpless men and finally a a fourth time he brought out a n a follow work worker r. r A third and nd fourth medal will wi bo ho awarded to ames Collins and James Ine both of o Mullen Id Ida Ide and ad em em- of oC the Gold Hunter Smelting company of or that tat place While endeavoring g to reach two to entombed m men n In the tho mine th they themselves w wore re caught by a cave In cave and and Imprisoned for tor fifteen hours when rescued they were burled buried burle to t shoulders The Tho Te two men they were endeavoring to rescue Peter V. V 1 Grant and ad Emil Emi ayko Syko were finally from the mine alive alve after ater having hn been entombed for more than fourteen days day Fellow tl took seven ds to drill a hole through h to the tho Imprisoned men and ad by this means mean furnished them thorn with too food water light and nd silk clothing after the they had been without food for five days and ad without water for tor four days day Three other heroes miners for tho North Butte Butto Dute Mining c company mp nY at t Butte Dule Mont sacrificed their lives U c in trying to save savo savo others The Tho nc nearest rest living relative e of or each of oC the three men Will Willbe Willbe be at Denv Denver r during the first aid and mine Inc rescue contest and will wil receive from Crom Dr Cottrell Cotrel the gold old medals and I Ithe the tho diplomas detailing the deeds I of the tho dead men I IOne One te June June 8 S. S 1917 a fire fre occurred In Inthe I the Ie e Speculator p shaft of ohe the No North n Butte Mining company When w nen me the lire fire lre started Michael Ichael Conroy and Peter Sheridan of Dute Butte h both th of or orthe the company started down dOn Into the mine to save saxe their fellow men but be- be foro they reached them the fresh air which had had been coming coing down the shaft i reversed allowing hot and ad poisonous poisonous' gases gaes to come up the shaft shaf When the c cage e was waa w hoisted to to the surface sure the tho bodied bt of or tho the two brave men were found on an tho the ca go ca-go o burned to a crisp crP The Te relatives of t these e two t men will 11 receive tho medals James James D D. Moore More meas another miner at the tho same same fire tire went through the mine at attemptIng attempting at- at t- t tempting to bring the tho miners miner to the tho surface After he had collected seven men he h was driven back bak by the sok smoke and decided that the only would be to build a bulkhead as a a protection against the gases and remain behind e reman It until rescued Under his direction the bulkhead was wn erected requiring requiring five hours for completion and Inclosing In ing the party part of eight men Thc They obtained air from a compressed line lne nearby With nothing to do but wait Moore cheered the men and In the meantime wrote rote a a. farewell vel letter to hi his wife Sixty hours hour after the completion completion com corn of or the bulkhead rescuers wearing wearIng wear- wear In Ing found round the tho barricade and apparatus to broke through and found round six men alive alve and two dead the tho latter Including Moore The six men were brought t safely to o the surface they all al give gave have I credit to Moore doore for saving a their lives since without his guidance and direction tion ton the they thel would have been heen suffocated I |