, 1874-04-11
Fearful Fires in Coal-n1ines Of tho
Wyoming Region.
The Fires in Progress Three Months
and Still Burning.
A Fortune Expended in Endeavoring to
Stifle the Flames.

DpettH{ UfeuH ten to 1'Ne CHc1Fo 1F4oH'es
W1LKEspAnnE, Pa., April 10.-Thia evening II |
was rum orcd that tho firos at the Kidder Slope |
wore making such rapid hoadway that there
waH bu little prospect Of aubduing tho fiery oie-
1nont TINT tho coal companies Ind withdrawn
all tho mon, mud that no further efforts would bc
made toward saving tho valuable property. ow-
ing to tho
aETIoENoE OF TIE OFFICIALS
in regard to tho Btate Of AFFAIRS 1t was fmpoARi-
bic to gain any OF tho particulars
Late this evening reporter Of a local paper,
accompanied by The TRIBUNE correspondent.
wont to Dromon Hill, where tho miners congro-
gate, and succeeded In finding q party OF inc
mno mon at Iquor-atoro, whero they were
playing cartla aud punishing bad whisky at IN
astonishing ratio. at frat they know nothing
Of the rlmored stoppage, but on learning that
we wero newRpnper men tnoy % an,etly ~ toa 'a,u us
tho place, wo wero informed that We Ind 5uat
been in ore OF tho roughcat dcns OF the city,
and that they inmates wero Of the desperate eecret
Bhotr, who frequently resort to doods Of violence
rur r1nE has BEEN RAGING
at tho Kiddor Slope since Deo. 81, and, during
through several ac1oB Of honoyconb minos,
causlng tho Garth to cave in In many places, and
rendering it dangerous to all In tho locality.
There are several houses Immediately over the
AEes, hn9 IHoy AI1 etlA etanotne; t@1snou6u 'no'@
6a1aenB na7e setsleo u1aeh acot: .,a
mon who havo boen 30 faithfully battling with
the devastating element wero meeting with de-
clded euccea8, out to-ahy aotto. enoMa s4 sna'
1hE II; as AZ ch.TaoAh na ~ sgIn
consequently tno Company 4 u ~ aoan ~
drowning + With water and to estipEuis1 s1rC With
atea1n tae qrn 9ent ~ " tIu oopS ~ 4t.n ~
boon about e150, GOO, tho expense Tor tho last
week alone being $40, 600.
Tho mine is the property, OF q ooTporat1ons
pany, recent combination Or two large compa-
MICS, and this enormous dosttuoton oI pfopertS
Is sorious damper on the new o5ganizauo13. gI -,
To-day tho mon we're INFORMED t4ae noatly ~
| work would no suBpohoeo untn Monoay neA''
| thus tompoias1fHo N ,,.>, o;,n -. r,,n, ov,,,.r
| TuaoW1sd ou9 MEN OUT of ; EaILo1MEN1. a1 -,
| Only l29 men WILL bo 81 "ofR aurlhR 1no ssop,,
| page. There Will DO 1our anlite oay, anu
| thirty mon on shit, ouflng the temporary sub"
pension.
Proparhtaons "1u % mado ~ fap!aly 81 pos1Rie m.
.no wv m st,,,,,i, ~ a. Vii ao;;d
| maBonry nll passages loadlhG TO IL, huo then
/ ExTINooisnEo y T,s;es. STEM s, s,n,,a,-
forced ooMh from aooso. titia9 +%ro,,";, ~
bratt1co OF etone'"ali luz Pt9pgaou Paau ="
sweating tho lire oue WILL Propapiy ~ buccoaalat
i il the fro can bo walled In, although fraughs
\ With much danger.
q Many persons are constantly graa1Slng al tnoir
curiosity to Heo the Bubtcrranenn fues. ionr ~
correspondent made tue doscene throagn a TO gu, tne
slope WHICH hab peen buHA s4uco tao Ato D1cAs
out,
II AND FOUND THE PIT TRULY 1SFEhsAh'
You enter through ponaerona door, ma, a1to' ~
i descending d stoop n'eae u eteps, W. ~ -, -,
slope, long dark anu wat pae9age-Way 70 10y
that ono cannot atana o1ocs ous mus ototIt w..