New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20

effects OF the vitiated air. They became feeble and ex
haused Several OF them tainted and were carried un
conscious to the surface After the compressor was
brought into air forced through the pipes at
pressure Of sixty pounds the square inch and thus
some circulation obtained
All through the night they toiled in gangs or sixty
working four hours at shift. They labored with all
their might up to their knees in water and mud stripped
the waist. black the coal with which they were
surrounded aud streaming with perspiraiOn from head
to foot IL was scene at once horrible ana 70
those strong and hardy men working Tor lie anu
death the long black OF the gangway, their
their heads against the side OF the passage Inc OF
aeiAls Of the company were active ana treless d
thing necessary TO advance the work:
To-day tho work was pushed at the same rae ns as ye
is not exactly KNOWN and all that can be done
push confident that they are working IN the
right direction. Every possible means of opening COM
muncaton with the entombed men mas been tried Inc
sounded but no response is heard. Explorations and
experimental workings have been made in other direc-
encountered. 1t ia, indeed well nigh hopeless effort
but will not be stopped fora moment until the late o
Another party is working from the direction HIon
have further to but have better facilities. The air IS
pure and they have powerful holstng engines 10 carry
out tie excavated material Whether the men can
be reached In time to save any ives cannot De aetey @
told There Is little ground tor hope but the efforts VIII
not he abandoned until the fate OF the imprisoned men
is determined
The question. " Can tho imprisoned men bc reached
III time 10 save uclf lVcS SuppOslug
IL a ked by every Many different opinions are
given The oldest miners shake their heals. what Is
feared IL suffOcaton The Imprisoned men would soon
exhaust what little air they had aud then death wohd
be certain unless there exists some opening some
communication by which fresh air get IN ana not
sgn of such communication can be discovered Id G
Qucksand has sealed every opening and passage ,
Mine Inspector Williams. of the best miners IN the
State, said to-day that If the men were not tound before
tomorrow morning they must, beyond AL DOUBT De
dead aud he much afraid that they could not i've
until them
The officials at the Office OF the Susquehanna Coal
Company state this evening that there are twenyOur
In the slope. They state further that the disaster
was prrcpitIted by collapse Of the passagcway OF
the tunnel the OF five feet, causing depres
which brought down into he tunnel twenty root
vein OF lake quicksaud This created an arch ana
through heavy fissure in the roof mass OF
cun estimated five sand tons with the contents
OF "a pond ot water overhead containing over tewnty
mi ion gallons poured IN, flooding both No. and 80
slopes choking mp tne tunnel and carrying with II
the nfty-tWO miners VINO were at work there. Ot
these men t0cntyfour IN all probability caught
before they could gain the chambers that ptched up
ward aud they supposed to bO in this qUlcksand
ana cum, not having been able to reach a place OF
safety in time.
The peop'c OF Nautcokc in the greatest excitement
and nothing thought or talked or but the
disaster. Business /, partially suspended ana
collie;y il surrounded by hundreds
of persons, among whom are many relatives or the I'M
prlsoncl men, eager to learn now the work goes on
below and to gain hope that their friends may be res
ctlrd.