Show A MINE DISASTER WILKES BARBE pa june 28 while ninety laborers were at work in the red bed ash velu vein of f the lite twin at ai pittston about 3 this after upon the roof coved it ID and it it ir believed all of the men perished perie peri bea shei about forty of the imprisoned moo mn m n wore were english speaking miners minera the others other foreign toe the men were at work propping prop up UD the root when the tall fall occurred the alarm was im Modia mediately tely given by the abe ringing of iredelle Ire helle and the rescuers were put to work without delay at 3 abi afternoon the first bodies were counti in the slope some distance diat anoe from the plane in which the men had been working more than two thirds of otibe the victims atre married meo men among them were acting mayor Lo boigan igan who was wag in ue i Is superintendent superintend evit of the mine and J H lynott lynett a ward councilman about two weeks ao ago the surveyors reported to general superintendent law that the mine was squeezing and that steps were 1 named lately taken to timber it a cave to lo or fall might be looked for superintendent law lost no DO time but bun at once put a number oi 01 tim bermen at work to brace the falling root roof the squeeze aque eze continued no however wever and yesterday yesier day the be situa tion became alarming in the afternoon a slight alight fall occurred and the men w who bo were at worx bad to retreat ret mat before it A consultation ot of mine officers was wae thou iben field bold and ana it was decided that heroic measures would have to be resorted to to prevent heavy damage to the mine inside superintendent lanigan gave orders that the most moat experienced miners should kie be secured sou anu that we party wield go down the mine at 7 folck expert tim bermeD put to in so au appearance at that hour and were aad a ion loto ioto the kluge they mode their way to 10 rad ach vein eel me life sipe ane ark w rk oi proceeded edea rapidly until 11 clubb when another lall fall occurred it made a low rumbling noise and the flying coal and d ilbna drove the men 0 ck toen the I 1 squeeze aque eze ceased again and the wen men thought it was waa sale safe to reume ume work they labored on until clock jo when 9 BJ it is 18 presumed tue toe root fell feli la in without warning making u b tremendous crash it la is eup supposed posed however that the meo men were not all to gether gelber but some sear near the slope and those probably ran up the be incline when the fall occurred it I 1 the men received my warning toey they had bad time to run up the slope but not to any great dis dir lanus the falling failing rock and coal filled up the slope and the adjoining gang gan completely shutting off all avenues or of escape crowds crowd of people gathered about the mouth of the shaft abaft sod numbered thousands by daybreak stalwart men daood appalled and frantic women who bad husbands or soon in the doomed mine waited in despair one mother cried out that she bad two solos SODS below another was the wile wife or widow of ef some unfortunate ove and had bad nine helpless children at home many majoy knelt knell on the ground and in voices broken in solon implored divine providence to restore their loved ones alive when it was given out that there was little dittle or oo do loolie hope of rescuing the men alive women sod and girls fainted and were berue away at 2 o this afternoon it became nece necessary esary to iu in extra policemen to control the crowd around the mouth af the abaft it had increased to fully ropes were stretched around ile shaft abaft and only mine officials were allowed to enter toe enclosure sheridan the water boy who had such a narrow sea escape tolls tells a thrill iDe story of the catastrophe he thinks there here was an explosion of gas gaa which blow blew down the newly erected timbers anil and caused the cave in he said those inside had no apprehension of a tall fall or a everything was work I 1 g nicely and the men expected to be out of tle t le ie solos mine within an hour at 11 tool glit the situation at the abe ill fated mine was unchanged the rescuers rescue ra were hard at work but making little progress aa superintendent miller has hag given orders that abe rescuers must proceed with great caution now as the took rook they are la laboring bring under to IB working A 0 wore more or lew less there is ii danger that in hurrying the work other lives jives may be lost A conference of at prominent mine superintendents from all over the wyoming valley was hold held tonight and the he situation io in the mine discussed the conclusion wise was reached that to prevent further loss loas of life the work of the be rescue must proceed with cars care it la is also alao the me belief of too the superintendents that the he mine to in millir n w a tomb comb and that it will be vows some days day before we be rescuers can reach the bodies bod lee I 1 I 1 I 1 at 1225 there was another fall Is the jpe it 1 drove the rescuers reao ners back the twenty feet of ground they ibey had gained 1 dinue l DUO 3 8 was thereby lost loaf WILKES BABBE pa juie juas 29 the excitement at ai twin T fin abaft at pittston where nearly miners ari entombed condl nee today at the mouth of tb the abaft besides aba nivea aej of 0 the entombed me amov othere there are han 6 deeds of persona not residents of pitta ton ion alone but visitors from scranton Sor aaton and Wilkes barre the wives and children stand near the opening of the desto charick chamber bor unplug the be to greater efforts practically nothing nas loan been accomplished toward the he recovery of the men there is scarcely a man about the opening of the mine woo does doea not loe believe lieve the men are all dead the rescuing party wiloa went I 1 nto into the mine at 11 came out at 7 the foreman reports that the timbering la Is going on As a rapidly as possible po the work is necessarily slow alow owing to the danger ot 01 falling r rooks oaks loosened looe ened by the explosion it to is utterly impossible to bagi digging be ba ore late this afternoon after oooo it if the slope la is not completely choked with debris the rescuers may possibly be able to reach the men within twenty four boump otherwise it may take two or three day the rescuing party to la 2000 test leet from where the he ove cave in occurred goa continues to accumulate and the room which was weakened by bf the ibe explosion is in danger dangar of of falling any ameal m ment A survey of the interior of the mine this morning shows that the main slope is blocked worse than the officials site are willing to admit fully 60 that had been cleared up yesterday afternoon to la blocked by another fall that occurred before 4 this mornion mor fire johns said it to iti my belief that the air current in the ibio awin was shut abut off od the moment tho explosion occurred occur reo roo thou if tio were nut not killed by the ih falit falittie falia tic ii rock sod and coal they may have lived some minutes before being suffocated or it if the space where they were was left dear gas may have accumulated and plodded which would of counts have burned the men to death it Islik oly it will not be known how bow the men died until the bodies bodice are found the damage to the mine to Is estimated at and the expenses of getting the bobes out may reach the company ImA ia joen ensured aured for sending the men into the mine when tt it was waa in a dangerous condition in ID it Is ie said aid the company either had to do this or close the mine which would have meant the lose losa of all ali the capital invested water begun began pouring into the slope elope arid nd threatens to drive out the rescuers it la Is thought to be surface water and a od will soon eoon cease to flow others think the water cornea comes from the susquehanna river if it la Is river water the whole mine will be flooded ina in a short abort time and it will be months before the bodies onn can be got out |