Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-21
EASTERN intelligence.
DISASTROUS CAVE IN A BLACK
HILLS MINE.
A NUMBER or MINERS KILLED AND OTHERS
IMPRISONED.
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE
CATASTROPHE.
LATEST NEWS FROM WASH
INGTON.
Yesterdays Combinations with
Chandler Unfinished.
conkIing's Prospects Brighten
Ing at Albany.
Lawlessness in Texas and Other
Border Items.
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE
CATASTROPHE.
Yesterdays Combinations with
Chandler Unfinished.
Conkling's Prospects Brighten
ing at Albany.
Lawlessness in Texas and Other
Border Items.
Especial to the SENTINEL

out by the cltlZens. Iue cave occuTFeu az
7 O'Clock. 1t is supposed that IS men will
lose their lives. The night shift, COM
posed of GO men, were just coming on, but
only about 20 had entered the tunnel when
a large body of earth fell at a distance Of
nearly 200 feet from the mouth, tearing
and throwing the timbers down at a fearful
rate for 100 or 200 feet. One man, named
Thomas Green, was thrown by the COM
preston Of the air nearly 80 feet out of the
tunnel and against the side of the wall Of
an open cut, and killed Instantly. Two
others were blown right through the tun-
mel toward the Highland mine at Lead
City; one escaped unhurt, but the other
was struck by a timber and died last night.
Eleven were buried under the debris. The
cave is supposed to be about $50 feet long,
100 feet wide and 80 feet deep, and oc-
CURED directly over q large ore chamber,
completely filling it. Hundreds Of miners
were at once sent to work from Lead and
Central cities, and shifts were changed
every Is minutes, only five or six being
able to work on either side Of the cave at q
time. The tunnel u n entirely through
the hill, connecting the Terra and High
louO bCfCA pei oOuH CbCdPSu Wlbu
nothing more serious thar q few bruises
through the tunnel to the Lead City side
Of the hill. A large number of men are
now working from all directions, but the
cave is SO extensive that it will certainly
take considerable time to clear it away and
retimber the tunnel. Thomas Green and
Patrick King are known to be killed.
Those imprisoned in the cave are Thomas
Farley, L. Weigans, j. Wedlock, John
Miller, Thomas Thomas, p. Calvin, Angus
Mclean, Jack Beatty, Matt Plunkett, Joe
Hoskins and a man named Mccormick.
The men who were working heard Far
ley talk last night for some time. He said
the timbers had fallen on him and that
there was no hope for him. Word has just
been received that two men, Farley and
Beatty, have been taken out Of the cav e.
One was dead, and the other died a short
time after being released. Nine men still
| remain in the mine. The miners working
there can talk with them. 1t is expected
to get all Of them out alive this afternoon.
The affair has created great excitement,
n cannot be explained. There was no
fault with the timbers or workings Of the
mine.
All sorts Of Speculation About the
Conkling Vacancy.
- Anew 4Ohhs may AOs@4AC GARIC5D NJ
bany special says: The stalwarts last
night agreed to immediately learn the
wishes of Senator Conkling, and q plan Of
action was adopted to prevent further
desertion in the ranks and induce all stray
ers from the fold to return forthwith. A
committee was named to meet Conkling in
New York on Sunday, and receive in
otr14nttona p1akt o~1 Hon11;-~ vvsf1 lie
asked to visit Albany early next week.
Grants letter has no effect here. The
anti-Conklingites claim Is on the joint
ballot.
1t is understood that ex-senator Conk.
ling, Vice. President Arthur, Judge Folger,
General Sharpe, Police Commissioner
French, Senator Strahan, John r. Smythe,
and others Of Conkling's friends and sup
porters, will have q consultation in New
York tomorrow and Sunday. The strug-
gle will begin in earnest next Monday
night. Next week 10 likely to be one Of
unusual excitement and interest in politi-
cal circles. The hotels are already re-
ceiving orders for rooms in advance.
The Commercials Albany special says /:
The chances Of the stalwarts has certainly
improved, and it now appears that the
fight is not to be abandoned by any means.
The people see that the half-breeds boast
much greater than their prospects per-
init. They feel that they are losing ground,
and are connubiating with John M. Fran
els OF Troy, holding out the bait Of Sem
atorship. There is much less enthusiasm
among the half-breed Republicans. The
Presidents nominations fell like q wet
blanket among them. They supposed that
Garfield would ignore the Conkling wing
and take them up for officers. Men who
had been exalting him to the skies now
hardly c~riticise him. The Conkling men are
delighted ct their discontinue, and are
making the most OF it. Wavering ones
not have . monopoly in the State, and
the result is very apparent. The stall
warts, however, are still at Q great disad-
vantage through Conkling's silence.
The Brazilian line of steamers. known
as the American line, has been withdrawn,
foreign rivalry being too great.
Warrington and Congressional
News.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-The first silver
certificate counterfeit has been discovered.
1t is Of the $40 series, and ia easily de-
tected.
There were many callers at the White
House to-day, chiefly regarding appoint
ments.
The Senate confirmed Wallace R. White
Of Maine o. 8. Attorney for Idaho ; A. W.
Bash Of Indiana Collector OF Customs for
Puget Sound, W.. T.
The Senate ID now considering Chan
ler's nomination, the Democrats refusing
to let IL go over. Chandier's friends ad-
NIT his case almost hopeless. All Of the
Democratic and both Of the Pennsylvania
Senators sre opposing him.
Senator Van Wyck, formerly Of New
York, thinks Conkling's vent universal.
He can never recover his prestige. Two
years ago he was the unanimous choice OF
the party, but now he must fight to get
back, and will only represent . faction.
The opinion is growing among Republic
cans that Conkling does not want re-elec-
ton, and it Is reported that he will pub
hcly refuse 1t in a day or two.
The statement Is made that Stanley
AattD.ews secured many votes he could not
otner wise have had by explicit personal as
suraiaces that he would not, II confirmed,
disturb the decision Of the Supreme Court
sustaining the constitutionaiity Of the
Thurman Act. Since his confirmation he
haa repeatedly reiterated this declaration.
Jones Ia n Of the Subcommittee Of
delegated 10 act for the full
committee during recess ON Potomac river
improvems nts.
Mrs. Garfield is better still. She will
go to Mentor soon.
Lawhessness I'm Texas.
coLoRADo CRY (Texas), May 20.- VIM.
Z. Patterson, . wealthy cattle man. while
ON a big spree, was shot and killed by some
rangers who we're doing police duty. 1t Is
feared that troubls may result. There il