Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-18
flGHTlNG FOR THE DEAD.
Heroic ard sad Scenes at tho burning
nnnnarlrnnla WING.


DUNBAR, PENN. Juno l7.-AH night long res
r4iue partie, remained AZ tho mouth q the
mauuo!e 90 the Tarm-iiul mino, hut their ei-
forts we're fru4tle-s. and wnen daylight broke
uQon them they were ue nearer tho uhiortlual'
mon eutomb0I IN fhc burning mine. At3 ocl *
lss: evening al hope oi res"ulng tho Imprisoned
miners Gl.se wa- abandoned.
Efforts Wcre made 70 eater Tho burning l1pe
through the Nnh0ney ahd Ferguson mines 1t
va. found impossible 20 gDtncor the men through
tho former owing % ne formation ~ the slolo,
ana in tn Ferguson p'- ne air wa - bai mat
10 was impossible go travel Guy distance. tLdcr
these conditions the most salsuinc Of the WurA-
crs Welded, anu 70 was then determined % cut
of Al fresh cir anl Jet tie mine Ulrh itssii OUT.
The bodies " 500 men might TO rec.FtftJ. ~
tho FIRST drift solid wall II trlcS, vel plaster
Of. WAS blllt ACROSS tho openiug Material va.
wheeled down the entrance 10 where ne men
Wer5 ~ WORK. Gni TIC Rir-fan VAS GET ~ Worf'
supplying fre-t aIl % the rc--lofs. As "tik't
flo Aas0. iatcd Plfss correspondent Nas eLhu-el
10 reach the point where tue men we're working.
Traces u nre-damp sui remained In Ne ar.
AMI Sc effects were felt lu q larlal loss ot
ste.ch There Va little 60 he seer. The ineL
Ecrs woralnr Ike beavers o. finish the Wall.
The only IgLt was obta from ceVy
lamps. Il,rs was 10 wasting OF hrsaih 10 llle
talk All tus strength oi fhe mon w-e needed 10
building the barrier Through tho lnic!rl'rs
o. no Wa1, far,l 20 tie loft. could DO -een 70
nravv cloud 81 smoke. orr1si n4iiy pierrff Ny
danes Back % this Tail u dic lay inc toiles
OF the woTEmcu relatives and com anions.
81 Do o'cl0tE this morning theIe vas very Little
change al the mine, * cpl That tue nfo Was
Gefcar the SMOKE 1lack-r. all the despair * no
survivors deeper than ever before. lhe IghL
f0r the dead vas kept up by Tie living an nisni'
blt ITO rarly gay % morning ciHy leuL4 SIC
res.uiuz party driven farther back from the
dca.h chamber. AMI they could not penetrai.
within ono hundred feet OF tle piA-e iAgy Ahh
rcacnoi last might. Ea;ly this morning - arm
Markey. a pit b as Of DE Anchor mines. malc
daring attempt o. reach tho night drifting ~ The
uul-farm mines from the Ashoney entrance
enc aud one half miles hcross tho mis-. ne
crawlci over drills and fallen slate 70 Niilln on
hundred yards % The fatal chsmtor. and S1IuI-
ed adm and again, bat listened for response Do
vain The men rre either fmothcred or were
lighting Ere that vas now steadily encroarhins
on their narrow territory, ana Marley, CT AZ b
bruised, abandoned the hopeless quest Of sock
ing an w-r from one hundred Yards VI soli-
inc sitht about the PITS mouth is all tho moro
piuso.6 because Of the twenty-iour houfs q
anguish that have rolled over the heads % t'
reiauves aui friends Of the eut0mbed miner,
and hundreds stand steadily AZ the NOUN
"a 1ing wreichedly a. The black columns Z
smoke tlaf seem % grow thicker every h0ur, n
dfc4riug mat il Is coal now burning instead ~
rteber aud roofing Cries for volunteers 70 -
leye the workers were constant, AID respons .
came before The sentences hal been hnishe !,
for there were no iilers.
Tpey are telling sad stories about the mino -
day ami one % Tue most touching Is that III e
man named Kelly aud an Oil man named Hayes
Tue latter, IL seems. has safely carried helJ
from pits ia Lancashire, England. three succf =
-lyr taBs, and Hayes bore terrible scars !"
show ths r,ht he had with the IRE for the "a ze
q his friend. When Hayes rushed into ile
mine after the explosion yesterday 20 find ls
sOr, whose unguGrIc lamp had set the DAMP
on Ore ne fell dead within stones throw q 80
boys body. Then there came craving IN '."r
hin gaunt, blackened spectre, who gGtner rel
his scorchei form teldeTly IN his arms, nal
Kelly carried ali that was mortal ~ his n -
times saviour 70 the open air and fell burned anl
blino.
Later reports say the mine l. In entire charge
of Miue-insprct0r hoogh,cy. aud he Is max nI
strenuous efforts % enter from the AahOIey
drifts. They tell the women and children 'n -
tf.eir people maY be alive Ia the distant chim-
Der, but tloy scarcely hope and certainly d. nci
believe 10 themselves.
Coroner HoIbrook IS here his morning SUI
viewed two dead bodies, bat refuses 20 holl an
| lnsuest ar render a verdict until the cher
bodies are recovered, aud no one seems o. ue
able 70 guoss when that will be. An sir-fan y
| ,urrish Veuulaion will be put In operation MS
afternoon IN tie ferguson pit. 40 WORK Will also
BE- commenced there.
The Au.S NAY VII De LIVING.
DUNBAR. Pa, June i7-Ttere seem 70 70
May Views ~ 10 tho cause OF tho FIRE ami ne
proper place. n any, FOR placing tie blame.
| Coroner HolbroOk has appointed three milers
er1 Two citzsns on the jury. he placed inr
| miners there because hey we're TIE gEeoissi
| suRnrors and because they wanted d shOE u 8
| remedy could he applied. Tie m.ne & 20 C.
| Gated that flooding the IRE - impossib.s and
I smO.hsri1g It means certain death "
The men below. provided any ara
| living. Nearly al tho mines Ia this region srs
| clossd doWa and men. msDey, and provisions
| are pouring in on every train. he rescIins
PARTY a. the Ferguson mine reports the chsM-
| bers Of that drift rapidly hling with smoke.
| his delays, II Il does not entirely cat %. al
hopes Of reaching the Imprisoned men from that
| SIDE. some eight hope was raised AZ uocn ~
the return Of one o. tie rescuing Yarty. VIZ re-
| Eorfrd that far down the slope be heard q mule
oraylug. as II Ia great distress. This leads &c
/ the belief that tue men may yet be living
Great crowds are arriving on every train aud
nocklng 10 the scene Of the disaster.