Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-24
doned. The bodies are delivered to friends
for immediate buyial ssmost off a%heser ai06wev

uOueu. Lie UUuIcS are uellVcrou 10 'ITtenub
for immediate pa burial 3snost ofatbssegbdwev
1'ef, viii occur On the 9th and 10TH and May.
or Hall, Of Scranton, has requested a general
suspension Of business on those days, Sam.
uel Sloan, ,President Of the company owning
the mine, has. also, telegraphed orders for a
general suspension of work and free trains on
these days oTbeAassonalldsp aad bdild-
ings generally are now displayed at half ma st;
as' ,'g,a4 j THE otNAoNER's INQUEST. os,.'s I
Justice Wadlhanm9s, Of Plymouth, acting
coroner, has issued ,notoosiso ho4Miners' Un-
ion. and the railroad company owning ,the
mine that testimony as to tho calamity will be
taken onrSaturday,at at ten o clock, A. 9nII;, at
Plymouth, and requesting both to be- present
with evidence as to thesoause'bf The disaster.
It is intended TO make the Investigation thor.
ough and searching, and to put the, blame Of
tho disastst whs4Ss II Belongs. Theo inquest
will occupy several days, and the testimony
will touch the whole question, of I'm mining /
oJ .t,I., Nr. "A sADDER PHASE. wDamaa aig
o1Lntor explorations ofithe mino hayo devel
oped,a ,saddey phase of the tragedy Many
Of the chuu,bers have been entered and miners
found In them Fdead the breast Of, the au,ino
showing they had teen stricken down by Poi
sonous gas IL q nYgenit, aua without aYsr"
iugss while they were at work. Roadmen
roofmeu, dt6rnien AID others were found dend
in ,diforept, ypngways. showing that taefd DE-
structQu had como, swift aud suddGn oa n
BITTER FEELlSG oF THE iMlNERs,d ia
Tho spirit eSiurcd by miners ID. .day has
been ,bittcr iii the extreme, ,anl / OF ssuaged
BY, the Offers pf assistance anl-symptthy fiij%
lug in from every side. ASA Pacsaf has tel,
egraphcc that he offers 81, 500 TO the bcreavea;
Gova Geary l,50O. Ii The. railroad company
make all exeftions possiblt, V,i,id the wishes Of
the miners in every respect are CONSULTED (;
but they renaiu obduratcp The hemcre reasoh;
ublh ute ready to listen so reason, but they
ar... u the minority sMmy are refractory aud
vicious. Trouble ,,is apprehended, aud has
bccnpvoidca only BY 80 lcoisummate IS tact.toa a
THE CROWDS OF ,vrstToks. , KITE
+ During the day the, crowds that visited the
scane Of appalling 'culnmity were even
largsfvhan On o6n eScstepd,gyy.' Hundreds of por.
sous came in oprrilges to the place; or as near
to it as they could cohviniently got, or would
be permitted to come, thousands Of mournfuI
hearts made sorrowful pilgrimage to the
mouth of the pit Of death, and painfully guzed
down toto the darkness below, whore the black
V /. =
or choke damp had deas.!ts merciless work.
+ ,m3e, ,3,,d &a,ncoRIRtRLE SCENES. aalu3 .xa
|. Another account gives the fblowipg de.
4 scriptlon oe the finding Of the bodies /; ,yi :.
b. After exploring along the vault and cham
fbcrs nearly $500 feet 'sickening sight was
fevealcd." this point about seventy Eve
dead bodies were found /; and these were lying
literally ID a, heap! Fathers were found lock-
Fed III the dying embrace Of their sons, strong
hearted mon we're discovered with their limbs
entwined about each, other. It was ghastly
spectacle, and when the men returned to the
pure air above, and stood face to face with the
thousands of anxious souls that wore impa.
tiently awaiting to hear the result, and, pm
nounccd the hideous discovery that had d;hesni
made in the regions of death, shudder vibtated
through the multitude and wall went through
Wychiihg Valley auch as had not been heard
there since the historic lnassaores which Camp
bsll fn verse, sa *3@sn ,a a y
q 4 At obbplf6,SssS seven O'Clock ons ofthe kahgs
which had josstespypea;,I ,ssid t6a4 4'they vent
up the plape,, just beyond which aharrier was
met, consisting Of car packed around With
coal, oulm y and clothing Hat GYhis vas elsarqq,
Fswey"apd after proceeding tttfe faisaSr an n
other bhrrier' Vas met, iS inSeary q soo@pIatad, oon
structcd as asshe,frst OdeHnaH was found on,
Fthe outside whefs he was &c work aaayittnggs up
I'thS.wal.ia, All was completed snve;a email
aperture just sufficient to ad9it the ,passsge
of humans yoay and u b jfaiiaffsd ttkat
ho bad bs task VIZ ssSIm psspsr, par.
,ing.o ioint NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on the opposite
side ofithe barrioado by crawling bslsk:ase The
faces ofthe dead looked ';WoRhdsrFuIIy lnataral,
there being but fsw,braises andisew laoornibss
the flesh l, to b p seer apoYl!hsaH5 Il : ''D'
CASE oE., NJ ,yspEe--A young ssga 1vyp,sn
,Elias Boyer, vasl@blhae.G oGysklsaJ,
nnesrr stream about "a, uiIss frqp the salty.
Frou, ths alat Ryf fsf opsrsoas Ills sup.