The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-09-15

ed a sadder phase of the tragedy.
Many chambers have been entered;
and miners found in them dead, the |
breasts of nine showing that they |
have been stricken down by poison
GUS gas in moment without q |
warning, while they were at work.
Roadmen, roOfmen, doOrmen, and
others were found dead in different
gangWays, showing that the destruc-
tion must. have come swift and sud-
den. The spirit evidenced by the
miners, to-day, has been bitter in the
extreme, and are not assuaged by the
offers of assistance and sympathy
flowing in from every side. Asa
Packer has telegraphed that he offers
$2,500 to the bereaved; Governor
Geary, $500; the Railroad Company
make all exertions possible, and the
wishes of the miners in every sspect
are consulted, but they remain Obdu-
rate. The more reasonable are ready
to listen to reason, but they are in
aminority; many are refractory and
vicious. Trouble is apDrehended,
and has been averted only by con-
summate tact. ..-s-. 81 ..-
AvoNDALE, PA, September o.
ThOs. Carson and George Morgan,
very experienced miners, with tWen-
ty men, have just returned from the
mine, and report that they have ex-
| plored every part of the mines, and
are satisfied that all the bodies haYe
been recovered. Outside parties say
that John Davis of Plymouth, and
Jas. "A. Kerr, of Avondale, are still
missing. They must be mistaken.
One hundred and eight is the number
of hndiAS taken --.1-r --a ..+-.
More About the AVOndaIe Disas.
Ler-FuneraI of FOrty-fInreG
nIiners-A Large Crowd -iIs al
/ tendance-COntrOY About
Who is to Blaine, Sc, p
NEW YORK, September 1O,-A
Scranton dispatch says: Mr.. Benja
more bodies remain below, and II
this opinion he is indorsed by thi
best authorities. Nevertheless, t.
satisfy everybody, the work ofsearch
though temporarily stopped, TO
thoroughly ventilating, the explnra
ton will be carried on again tO-mor
row with additional gangs of men
and every possible nook and cOrne
explored. ,.r .-.-.--.
| The funeral of forty-three miner
to-day was an event OF unusual i'm
pressmeIt. A solemn requiem wa
tolled by the city bells; flags yer
hung at half-maSt, Stoles were CLOS
ed, the principal streets deserted, tn
numerous locomotives were drape'
in mourning, and all the working
population of Scranton appeared 3
betaken themselves to AVondale
, On one train of thirty-seven platform
ears, carrying three thousand fiV
hundred passengers to the scene c
the late disaster so great was the crus
that two men were knocked off tn
, cars and cut to pieces. The throng 9
AVondale was immense, and extend
ed down the railroad track for miles
A vast majority of those presen
, came purely from motives of curios
ty. There were hundreds of Wome
: dressed in costumes more betting
picnic than a funeral, and anon
! many of the men there was Levitt
and rudeness of manner better adap
/ ed to the neighborhood of a prize rim
than solemn scene Of such gret
grief. -
A great deal of controversy is G,
: ing on in town on the question
J who is to blame for the present il
: efficient way of ventilating the mine
and giving protection to the miner
;, One side insists that the miners al
, to blame, for if they chose to say
We viii not work in any mine whic
. is unprovided with means of escal
in case of accident TO the shaft, Il
owners of the mines would quick
j. sec that it was to their interest
y adopt the proper precautions again
! the dangers that are noWso apparer
i The miners, they say, will take Il
i risk of working anywhere provide
y they are paid, and are as utterly
= different to palpable danger as Il
= sailor who goes to sea in a Ieal
4 ship. .a-. ot