Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-09-08
Overland Dispatches
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H WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH LINE.l
Tho Pennsylvania MinIns Disaster-Al
b Men below believed to be Dead
No Bodice Recovered Yer.

Tho Pennsylvania Mining Disaster-An
ne 4 B stss ss h ! Sslssys Yel 70 DO DEAD
SCRANTON, Pa, September SIT is. now
believed that all the Avondale miners within
the mine at the tins Of the FIRE are dead. All
efforts made so far to recover their bodies
have failed, on account Of gas and black
damp. The number believed to be lost is
200, and they leave 600 orphans and widows.
Government Departments Closed until
nftor the .Funcral Obseauies Of Score.
tary Rawlins.
WASHINGTON, September lin accord
ance with a circular from the Executive or
fce, the heads Of Departments are directed
that business is suspended in all their bu-
reaus tomorrow and Thursday, until after
the obsequies Of Secretary Rawlins are con-
cluded.
A subscriptlon of $4,000 Raised for
Mrs. Rnwllns.
New YoRx, September TAT a. meeting
Of citizens held at the Sub-Treasury to-day,
a proposition to raise $4,000 for Mrs. Raw.
Inns was carried unanimously, and $4,000
was subscribed on the spot, including $1,000
from President Grant, received by telegraph.
The public buildings will be closed to-
morrow and Thursday.
Tho Vermont s,ate Election-20,00O Re.
publican Majority.
BURLINGTON, VT, September 1.-THE Re-
publican ticket in Vermont is elected by
from 10, 900 to 10000 majority. The Repub-
lican vote falls off So and the Democratic 81
per cent.
Indian Affairs.
FoRr HARxsR, September 6.-Burnea,
Dodge and Bishop, Special Indian Commits.
sioners, are here, and held q Council, August
Sd, at Medicine Bluffs. All tho principal
chiefs Of the Comanche, Kiowas and Wetch-
clos. who oficiated with friendly bands, were
present, including Santana and many others.
Ali said they would walk in white mans
road. and wanted their Washington Father
70 send them good men to show them the
way. Medicine Arrow, chief Of the Chey-
ennes, agreed to bring in all northern Chey-
ennes to q camp on the northern fork OF the
Canadian, il the Commissioners would prom
Use protection on the way. Full protection
was promised.
New York News.
CHICAGO, September GA New York spe.
cial says Mr.. Bigelow and George Wilkes are
the principal candidates for the Chinese
mission. The friends Of each are very con.
fdent. Mr.. Bigelow has almost entirely
changed the editorial staff Of the Times, and
others Of the old force are expected to resign
this week.
The Englishman who padded a canoe up
the Rhine and down the Danube and Volga,
has started on a similar journey from New
York to New Orleans. He goes BY river and
canal to Philadelphia, Baltimore and WASH
ington; thence TO Pittsburg and down thu
Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
Death OF Secretary Rnwlins.
WASHINGTON, September 6.-Secretary
Rawlins died at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Attorney General Hoar, General Sheridan
and others sent kilograms, which were read
to Secretary Rawlins before his death, ex.
pressing respect and affection for him, and
sorrow for his dangerous condition. Secrc-
tary Rawlins expressed his gratitude for
| these manifestations Of affection and inter-
est, and said: "If the love OF my friends
| could avail, I would soon be a healthy man."
| There were present at the time Of his death
some OF our principal Generals and states
men. The body was embalmed soon after
death, and dressed in full uniform Of q Major
General. General Grant arrived BY special
train after the death Of General Rawlins.
| He was much affected while gazing upon the
remains, and expressed deep regret that
owing to the non-delivery Of kilograms at
Saratoga, he was prevented from sooner start
ing for Washington. The President sent q
dispatch to General Rawlins' wife at Dan
bury, Conn.,, informing her Of the death Of
her husband, and expressing the highest es-
- r. A.. IN.l TIKI frnaro1 k,GAo
place Thursday, when the remains will be
taken to the Congressional burying ground.
vanIa-Ovor 300 Lives Probably Lost.
PLYMOUTH, September GA Ere broke
out this morning in a fue at the bottom Of
Steubcn shaft, owned by the Delaware, Lack.
awanna and Western Company, Of this place.
In a short time the whole breaker and out
buildings were in flames, and the hosting
apparatus, the only avenue Of escape for the
miners, was destroyed. All efforts to stay
the flames were unavailing. The whole
structure fell, filling up the shaft. Over 200
men are in the shaft, and have no communi-
cation out, with no chance for air. The only
way of getting mir into the shaft was through
the main opening, and that was filled with
burning timbers and debris. 1t is feared the
whole number arc suffooated BY smoke or
oppressed for want Of air. The Fire Depart
ments Of Scranton, Wilkesbarre and Kings
ton are playing streams down the shaft for
the purpose Of quenohing the fire, so that the
rubbish can be cleared out and the condition
Of the men be ascertained. It will probably
take till tomorrow morning before tidings
can be received from them. The scenes are
hcartrcnding. Families are congrcgating in
great numbers, and the miners from all parts
Of the country are at work. The merchants,
and in fact the whole population Of tho town,
have turned out to assist. TIL loss by fire
will amount to about 100000, partially
insured. All the physicians in the vicinity
haas been summoned to attend when the
c66liiop OF the men is ascertaincd. The
affair has cast a gloom over the whole com-
munity, and business Is almost entirely sus-
pended. Tho miners only resumed work
to-day from q suspl esion OF about three
months. Among the men in the mines is
Hughes, Superintendent.
PLYMOUTH, September CATER 10 =. u.
the rubbish from the bottom of.the shaft was
cleared away and two miners descended in a
bucket. They sent word up to send down n
pick and shovel to clear the doors. With
the bucket was brought up two men. They
started down with tools as they started the
men at the bottom requested them to hurry.
Su tuclI kcaGuhl6 buC oossOhh oOtu NCic iouuu
dead. No hopes are entertained for the men
in the shaft; all are believed to have per-
i.hed. The black damp is very bad here.
SCRANTON, Pa, September 6.-The FIRE in
the Steuben coal mine began at 10 o'clock.
All reports agreed that it must have commu-
nicated from the ventilating furnace to wood
work at the bottom Of the shaft, which is 375
feet below the surface. The flames then
rushed with great violence up the shaft and
broke out in the engine room at the top.
The engineer barely escaped with his life.
The buildings covering most Of the shaft
were 100 feet high and 200 feet long, con-
structed OF wood, and dry as finder. They
were almost instantly envcloped in flames,
and it was impossible to reach the mouth OF
the shaft to help the men below. Two men
lost their lives in attempting to get down the
shaft to make further Investigations. No
further attempt will be made to 60 down un-
til a small engine is rugged. The loss BY
burning Of the mines and works Is $4,000
to 500, 600, not counting the loss by stop
page Of mining. This mine has been in
volved in n strike for three months, but re-
sumed work on Thursday, and was producing
$50 tons Of coal per day. All who have been
down say it is very hot, and loud calls have
failed to elicit any answer. The only hope
for the 202 men in the mine Is that they may
have shut themselves in a rcmote part Of the
entirely away from the draft. Several
hundred men with tools were taken from
here this evening, with the idea Of cutting a
drift from the neighborhood into the Avon
k-k Il $50 hn aAIsA Pnak Aptkfn0 /