New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-09

the apertures On reaching the top OF the men
tainted but they were recovered wnen the people
heard OF the gas pouring In from Us and min~ al tne
had been arriving all day from M ana aown tne line and
merchants and bankers send WORD tha h' should
Later in the evenIngt men attempted 70 descend but
the foul air oyereame tns ana VENT Tno round and the
eraons were suspended until fan cou Ue Reaiea 70
and soon the powerful fan forcing great volumes OF
on Monday evening the road to Plymouth and Wilkes
barre filled with people and vehicles II was impos;
sibe to get near the ruins Young men 1,a men, ana
back Of the breaker.and looked down from above
1t had been reported that there was no re IN me smart
Tior was Burning With fearful intensity 1t seems
the action OF the fan revived the dying enpels
of water then turned and tho nre eAunsuisled
after 1t had been burning for long time IT..
At dark the scene was strange one fJa ninps nes
up and down this beautiful valley the Ralo S lhOu-
sand lights were seen The vast gnanes. OF u,
coal at the breaker were covered with shees uored
slantly and often in tears At intervals mothers wall
in the night air, as It did years ago wneh death
men guarded the hoisng rope either side while those
at their posts attended to the duties duties as as
means OF machine worked by horse power.
The hosting apparatus is located on the plane
is the mouth Of the shaft Here lines OF miners ex-
tending back some distance. When descent lsto DO
are Ioosened The order "siencew is given, aud a
thousand stand motionless. At last the rope Hack
looks at his watch One two three minutes are passed,
aud still the silence continues. Nine mlhufsa Up
Up! bOys!-and away goes the horse with man ~ ms
heels the The rope runs SLOW, ana Tue c%l ior
more speed Is heard again and again. Al last reads
appear. "All rightW Is heard, rush IS male,
and in q minute the corners fall faiatng
into the arms OF their comrades. The PROSTATE
famed and rubbed until life s restored. IL IS slHen-
ing sight but the brave men who have spent lneF Ire
beneath ground utter not word OF complaint The
OF "thngs below" is given in "a Whisper sent In
shouts 70 the men above.
All day and all night weary hours passed by but the
workers did not stop moment You sec grim creaqre
sitting on log His eyes scarcely visible, ana his
long coarse boots and his suit close Duttned,
make him look though he had been on q spree Or a
week He English MINER and he Is one OF the most
experienced in the State. He has come many miles to
his brothers. and well does he do is work iaw
him, and wondered when learned that he had ren
down the fatal shaft several times, aud staid dawn
longer than almost any other person.
RELIEF FOR THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
To tho Editor Of The tribune.
SIR: All hearts are filed with sorrow, by
reason Of the terrible calamity which has occurred in
the Coal Mine in Pennsylvania. Six hundred widows
and orphans plunged into tho deepest grief and poverty
out OF the kindness OF your kind heart do speak for
them in next and ask for the help OF the COM
passionate. The workngmen OF the land might and
would think. be induced TO give at least 81 each IL
schools respond. At held this evening,
In the CarltOnavo NJ f. Church, Brooklyn the sum OF
SIS placed In the pastors hands 10 be committed to
your for the sufferers. May IL be the beginning 81
gift equal 10 their necessity. Yours,
Sept 8, 1862 j. PARKER, Pastor