The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Discussion on the Fitz John
Porter Bill.
Passage Of the Alaska Bill
by the House
The TranS.MisSouri Pool
Business a Failure.
Further Details Of the Coal
Mine Explosion,
arro1rrr A~rn~rrc um0 EsnO
M~1sOM ETC., ETC.
The Goal Mine Explosion.

LEN NENs ONIs. Jdu. Sc.-At ID 1uI
possible t" get only very meaYre re
ports from the scene of the Crestpf
Butte disaster, although alm"st gu
perhuman efforts have been made
The -rescuing party reached one
chamber in the mine this morning,
where the men were surprised t.
have been at the time of the explO
siou. here fifteen dead bodies were
found, but have not yet been taken
out, and their names have not been
learned. The deadly gas is a source
of imminent danger 10 t = rescueI-,
who are forced to proceed most eau
tiously. The excitement IL intense.
For thirty-six hours q force of from
twenty to thirty men have been Con-
stantIy employed searching for the
| dead bodies OF the miners buried il
the Crested Butte mines. At noon
to-day ten bodies had been found.
These were all in the main entry,
and being subject t, the full force OF
the blast, were terribly burned aud
| blackened. In several cases their
arms and legs were found broken,
and their bodies other wise mutilated.
In. this entry were also found the
carcasses of nine mules and a large
number of empty coal Cars which
had been battered out of shape.
WOrkmen gained entrance to cham
Der hunter one this morning but
found no bodies there. Searching fur
ther eighteen bodies were found al.
most in q heap in the air passage
leading to the up cast near the en-
trance. The men alarmed but not in
jured by the explosion, had evident.
:ly attem lMed to re ach the furnace
room and were overcome by the after
damp when within 2CO feet of it. Fiji
'ty feet further back 8 x more bodies
were found and all had evidently
been s%uffocated. Some had tied
ihandkercniefs over their faces. This
ma ieS total of "a bodies found up
to this time and includes all who
were at work in chamber number
one: These bodies are now being
brought out to the main entry aud
will soon be brought to the surfa e.
W0rkmen will then begin the search
for bodies In chamber number two.
The cause of the accident cannot
he definitely told. As before stated
the mine has been subject to gas, but |
the owners have done everything |
possible to overcome this by the use
If all the latest and most appro ,ed !
appliances for niue ventilation, and
it vas considered one of the Test vpn-
tilated mines in the country. It was.
by an inspector six weeks
ago, and IN his report be stated that
it had the best air and best ventila-
ton 0f any mine in the State. The
made his regular rounds yes
morning before the men went
to work, and found a small quantity
nj gas In three rOOms. In two of
these the men were warned and
given safety lamps, aud the miners
worked in the third wers told
not to 60 into it until the break in
he brattice, CAUSED by letting down
! Car the night before, could he re-
The carpenter came out
o get material TO mend the bratticp,
lud Just as he reached the ODen air
he explosion occurred 1t is thought
hat the miuers disregarded the Or
1-rs and Went into the room with
amps, causing the explosion.
VI nv 'AsV ntlACu Out III UT ulOC
rave families, but quite a number Of
'thels have families in the E ast.
A new danger Was discovered last
1t seems that there is an or
.'anization of "Molly Maguires"
here, and it is thought by some
means the mine boss. job . Gibson.
ppears to have earned the enmitv 9
t these men, aid last night threat%
7ere made against him. The trouble
oes not appear to. be be-
ause of. any blame attached
him, regarding the accident of
esterday morning, but rather an old !,
tt .ir, and the Mollies appeared to
link that the present oc.:asion pre-
'nted a good opportunity for getting
ven. However, no attempts at VIC, 7
nee so fat have yet been made. The t
lore timid ones fear trouble to night. G
Gen. Palmer, president of the |
rested Butte Coal Mining Company, t
mt q personal donation Of ST, 0O) to- !
~ for the immediate relief of the !
of the. unfor;unates. e