Arizona silver belt., 1890-03-08
HIS LAST SHIFT.
John Isaac Meets Death in the
 Globe Copper Mine.
No one to Blame for the Accident.


 , John Isaac had been fatally injured il
 the Globe mine. Dr. Largent wen
 post haste to the mine, but found
 upon his arrival there, that his ser
 vices were not required as Isaac wa already dead. Pending the arrival 0 authentic news of the accident, various rumors were af1oat in town as to thu manner in which the unfortunate mar met his death, and it was some timt before the exact facts, as given below could be ascertalned.
 A few minutes before one o'clock Thursday, John Isaac and Josie Kins man, timbermen, were at the sixth lev el station in the Interloper shaft Kinsman had just crossed over from the pump station to the opposite slde in the sinking compartment of the shaft where Isaac stood, and had his back turned to Isaac when the latter attempted to cross to the pump sta tion to get tool, probably d square. They were in the habit of crossing the shaft (tour feet wide) at this point by grasping the guide at the side and springing across, and did not consider it especially hazardous; but Isaac, probably, like many others accustomed to working in dangerous places, re- faxed his caution, and without looking to see if the cage was moving or not, started to cross the shaft, when the shoe or else the upper cross bar of the ascending cage caught hlm and car ried him upwards. Evidently he at tempted to escape by sliding into the recess between the cage and wall of the shaft, but before he could do this he was carried up and crushed between the cage and the next set of timbers above.
 Kinsman testified that the first in- timation he had of the accident was hearing Isaac exclaim, My God My God Kinsman turned quickly and pulled the bell rope, and tke cage was immediatel y stopped, after It had gone up about two sets of timbers, or 12 feet above the station. After the cage had cleared the first set of timberS, the crushed body of Isaac was released and rolled over the side of the cage and fell to the bottom of the shaft, about 70 feet below, and was picked up by Messrs. Dillon, Sturgeon and Davis, employed at sinking the shaft They testified that Isaac lived about one minute after they reached hm, but It is not probable that he was con- scious after falling from the cage.
 The body was badly crushed and disfgured; large gash was cut in the skull near the forehead, exposing the brain, and the neck. the lower ribs on both sides, one leg and an arm we're broken. The body was immediately hoisted to the surface, and after being washed and made, in a measure, pre- sentable, was conveyed to his room in Mrs. MOore's lodging house, and an inquest held by acting coroner, Job Atkins, at which the evidence adduced agrees with the facts here given.
 John Isaac was native of St. Aus tell, Cornwall, S8years of age, and had been resident of Gila county for up- wards of ten years. He was first em- ployed at the Hoosier mine. and when operations ceased there he went to Pioneer where he remained some time, and returned to Globe in 1883, and was employed in the Globe mine almost constantly up to the time of his death.
 The deceased was a worthy citizen, of quiet disposition and gentlemanly demeanor, and his tragic death is greatly deplored by the entire com munity. He was a member of Globe Lodge No. 6, I. o. o. F., White Mouh- tam Lodge No. 3, A. F. & A. M., (in which he held the office of W. M.) and of White Mountain Chapter o. E. S.
 The funeral took place yesterday at ? o'clock D. m. from the NJ. E. Church and was probably the largest and most imposing ever witnessed in Globe. The cortege, composed of members of Globe Lodge No. 6, I. 0. o. F., White Mountain Chapter, No. ?, o. E. S., and White Mountain Lodge, No. 3, A. F. < A. M., met at the Masonic lodge room and accompa- med the hearse to the church, where the funeral sermon was delivered by Rev. N F. Norton. At the conclusion of the services at the church, the funeral procession, comprising mem- bers of the different societies, employ es of the Old Dominion Copper Com pany, and friends and acquantances of the deceased, numbering Tn all more than 200 persons, on foot and III car rages, proceeded to the cemetery where the impressive burial rites of the Masons and Odd Fellow were per formed, which closed the ceremony.