The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-30

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uurk ~ turn II the szperfnseadeut uans<s
70 inecssr the sgrxe 81 min<rs. assi nsner,
WEIR rs.sna huzsktng work; the miners YER
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fnstde msae uerS seuf ga 70 dig coal.
seAfe Of afa1fy thai neFe< uu ~ ferr b<xrt
Of tn m{n3ng camp The lat nfx~mt o.
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shcr5sy Was naef By : stop. az fhrea: - st0p
til eventually. IL The mine krn~ assesupsex
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ing has ttosr without p<ru.fs<fnss, he Hozzfx
b very likely 80 sesars ~Ysn kzd b~fixs
s>sk ysss ~ ] wiz tell the work eosasnl fsse
and khey win stop the mime II wGs,M B.
utterly i.rp<ssahfe 10 sanme-xse The
FIFTY sHIKvAxcrs axD Axx0rasexs
To which the management Of the rasr,,
wss subsrrtrd- TIE uosk essaniffer WEIR
k<Jf dsExed ~ the heels II the saprrsn
tend<nf - ntsrk that ssens1xily shey BE-
came ssaAsnrd and told the men that shey
were urrd hfreanx fhe employees Of tbs
csm psny and boseinx the mine. aaAIas
that they believed that Mr. Asrxzn "a,
eaesged By the eomr2ay 10 aaarnxx a.
mine and - fhrf considered hira % b.
qaise capable Of iosktax after the inferrsss
u the eDnspaay without their assistance
they bad decided 70 resign in his faver A
here 10 wisid thai power that prnperiy -.
longs 10 Mr. Morgan h e0nss0erlhie ~ :
factor In the present compsscnfiosaS. Tsx
greater portion IT the psspuiafica here,
hearing In mind the fact that they have
only had breathing spell since sh1y we're
released from tue d~sp.stic sway Of those
same parties. naturally hesitate when
asked % come unsies the iass, Of their form.
Ct tysxnss again suppose they figures!
out thst thai little scheIac of bringing thu
men from Sqnak and Cedar Mountain.
would be quite . succe~s In the war of NV.
citing oa the letters that were east aside
sosne time sgo- would call the attention
o. ne people Of these distr.cts to the fact
that there mast be something radically
wrong with some of these people
In some way whxn the greater
PORTION OF the community In which
they have resided for years refuse TO meet
with, or In any. way asseriafe with them.
shall here relate some hitherto unput-
iished fsrts in connection with the mine
hre q this place ~ near e. possibte as ne.
lated To mys.if and others by eye VII.
nessrs Who up 10 this time could safely be
set down ~ the inset blinf followers si
that PaUy. On the discovery al the fisr by
the mine foreman. and seeing that nothing
could BE- done without assistance, he b..
thought himself that ~ Terrace was the
head and front Of Newcastle In the eyes OF
the people the lest step he could take
would be No send for Terrace 10 help put
out the fre, and accordingly he sent q mes
senser for him You wiil naturally e1n-
Glade that he
RESPONDED WITH ALAcRiIY
And did everything In his power 10 helr,
sussiue the Ere in the interest OF tbr com
pany and the employees Bat he didus.
go innk. !" said he 20 the messenger, ssgnd
tell George Davis. the pit boss. thss |
wvaid not come to.heip put out that fire
for one thousand doiinrs." and that he
wcuid not 60 Down the mine then for the
Amount named. I was out at a ranch with
. friend After our return the following
!, took Place on top Of the
Inspector. and others beiag Present NJ.
Morgan said: well. Penma1, would yoa
Be afraid 10 go 70 work down the mine-''
NO, cir" How many men do yosi
think you could get 10 GU along with you.f'
Il think csn assure you Of four" "wlil
you go down 10 Newcastle and gst them 10
conie 20 work along with you At 3 o'clock
this afternoony'' II will" A siay or two
aftsrward Mr. Morgan anneanccd that
Mr.. Watkins. Mr.. Miner aud himself had
iecided-a: a meeting held the previous
eyeuing-to drive place through q breast
On the east side Of the mine. said breast
BET ng partially SLED mp with sand At
their meeting they had selected eight men
10 do the work | Was one of the eight.
and We were all perfectly aware that we
we're
TAKING coxsipxrssLE CHANCES
In agreeing TO attempt the accomplishment
Of the purpose In view. however, We sue
eeestcd In putting through the place. As
s.Non as this fact became known to a few of
these parties they. secingvhai the danger
was past a. far as the work in that parttcu-
lar part of the mine was concerned. began
annoying the work committee by ciamor.
Ing for a share 81 the work. at the same
time threatening 10 suspend all operations
thea Ia progress II II II were not granted
them The snperinteudent did not appFe-
ciafe the idea Of laying OF the parties who
had cytuccd disposition IA assist through
the difsicalty. hut on orders being issued
for all hands 10 quit he naturally Goa
cluded that the
ONLY way To SAVE THE NINE
was to give way. Therefore, he reluctantly
rscedef from The position he had taken.
Who would you suppose Was ore Of the
arst men 10 enter the mine In the place of
the rcn laid ufff The very man who few
days previous had stated that he would not
eater the mine ios cue thousand dollars,
Further. he and few Others went
Around the mine about this time to
examine a. TO its condition. more espe-
ciaily in the yicinity of the FIRE The com
mittee were shown aroand by the Supcrin-
,endent. accompanied BY the mine inspee'
saf. The portion where the ere was
located WAS brxiticed around by order 0t
Mr.. Morgan.
on the arrival OF the party al portion
% the bratties surrounding the fire. The
party stopped opposite where the party
sere stationed There was ss aueaT hole
la the bzxfiiee with y plug In IL. fsts
nngnr hole had been drilled under the d.
rrcsiou OF Mr. Morgan in order tn enable
him o. fest the gas with a safety lamp.
Ia order 10 satisfy the parties
present Mr.. Morgan Withdrew tae
plug from the ttattiec. Mr.. Terrace
light up to the hole. The superintendent
pushed The light back from the plug hole.
al the sans time cauti ming him 10 be very
careful how ne acted. He took 10 notice
II the Injunction. but assip thrust TIE
lizhi forward tn be agsta pISsaes: back.
W ith the remark that they did nnf need 10
Dc frightened. he knew all abou; the gas
aud there was ~ danger. he a thiri time
attempted 10 pat bis light % tae hole. Nj.
Morgan asain pushed him away. The mine
Inspector set tute the scTape Through eoan-
ssifag him that he was supposed Ia act AZ
corsiing - the orders OF the naiac snperir-
feBdeut v hfie thcsV. When everything was
in readiness 10 60 10 work again, ere ws-
discovered In one Of the breasts. for work
Ing p,arrsi and on the hevs starting WORK
10 full the coal olt before the IRE eeisilsrsi
too much al hold. Terrace could not and
LANGUAGE VILE Esocsu
To brand them with fo- their auliacsty In
work before he reported 10 them
that everything Was sh!rshApc. This Is
auiy sii ght sketch 81 tss detaxs sc haFe
; al at Newcastle daring The LASS two wears
II Was mol because n any laoor troao.f,
bat 10 help those people u resa'ne ,he
,hcsn ~ ride rough sas.a over the uiaasse-
ineut and the majority al their srliosx
,,,rk racf, herS.-tais sad nothing else vas
The csuse If the pesspac Of heAiisfer and
l,sfnnn h<sing eall<szs 10 this place | Be.
li.xc have f-esn cuuocrscsi 9stA the sAfsss
.,,aVrissesat ~ hang ~ esther Of the parties
~, me other sis.e. ard | believe they VII
aiinit have stood ar hsr ray Ft<atS a
lirsniy aud Extraordinarily ~ Any II tnrss'
.ssrst DO when considered We Bad TIE
-is,i.t aide "a the sursfiaa. NJ opinisa,
a ht.s l. tbs otsinion hef2 By a iesge Eas
Iozssy OF the enPlsyes here, s tssat