Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-06-29
story of the Search.

,......, Pa. June e2S.-Again are the res
"a rslativeS Of the thirty-One entOmO-
,.1l ,e.-s~s doomed 10 disappointment.
gS 49, s..-.. n,,re ueu who took their lives in
,l.. tng t'-,9s when they went into the Ma
,"o'- -. ls.- ui.ht. came out this morning
he..I- b,,ir- pierced the Farm Hill mine.
~ ~. -i~i-led into, what was supposed %
..,--- of the III fated mine last night
I, -- ..',,. :, ,.~evice. The reScuers declare
.,.. .,,--.. a,, wrong. and they are as much
.l'. Bark now as at any time since the
..-'.b ,rls begun thirteen days ago. The
-gyi jar sl.it
STARTED n AGAIN
.. .,,~,fnr and the brave but dishearten-
-....,r lr,, once more searching for an entry
-rii- lead them into the burning pit.
n. ,rorl, is very dangerous. but the men
.- aband0n the search until they
.-sa,romplished their purpose and found
~. .o~r-ldes or the fierce tre forces
. ~, -o give up the task. The tre IN
. 4. nine is burning with great fierce
- fbi, morning, and immense volumes
i smoke and flames are issuing from the
4 -ol-l 0f the pit.
. 4, oae can describe the disappointment
.se INSPECTORS and officials. Had that
! m Flrm map been right. the fate OF the
-.rbcd menwOuld now be known. As
i f. rte brave fellows are digging away IN
~ dark. knowing that some time they
- strike some entry or room.
l Tie early morning hours We're tuu OF
-ra deeds That was most Impressive
-s...r, of the mine inspectors, at clock,
r- ,r the blacksmith shop. outside the
,s lines The majority Of them were
men. but they proved that they had
heads.
r5e cgestions discussed We're the aban-
rre-- at the work or the pushing ahead.
l- tae One side il meant that y days work
s
r0 BE THROWN AWAY,
s ,s ,bs other it apparently meant al
.r,.. ..,,is.resce lasted for an hour and
A arerthe decision was reached. Coolly the
rsrac-0rs. e--leerS and mine officials
.s.loct. l-c supper, and then prepared
,- -te .rlrer down the MahOning slope
.I'te glare tom the Hill Farm pit lighted
,1e ssr and only emphasized the dan-
-aar were going to face.
l-ere was scarcely a word said as the
entered the mine. Newspaper men
miners were the only ones who saw
-o iu. and were the only ones who
-.i myiouslv 10 hear the first word
- t-em. They came out this morning
keep the work up.
II Teniner who was driving the drill had
s into a crevice, and, thinking they
where they ought 10 be, theconcusion
-ached that the entry had been struck.
1sr the men came out they declared they
iee. the fire. and this was the blum
Vow the map
O., PROVED To BE WRONG,
Che men are i'm az work again. tits the
ar shift this time, and another WILL so
muorrOw.
MNramau Ofthe inspectors but was badly
rog- Watchorn's hands were blister
lui sore-s0 were those OF Inspector
uu Keighley was haggard and
rr and Supt Hill had worked Ike a
n These were the men who worked
e front rank Of danger. If the air was
on the other side, II there were gasses
-. N there Was tire-then break
gh meant death once or a headl0ng
down q narrow and low entry TO the
vav. and then 90 the fresh AIR.
H. same danger lies ahead now, and at
sine more names may be added to the
which has made the Hill Farm mine
usa.l over this country The danger
1raer catastrophe cannot be over estl-
fe- Secretary Watchorn, IN speaking
BIS experience last night, said:
twis fhe most wonderful Of my lie.
ir rs horrible, and / nearly tainted
saltues You can hit the coal with
Lei sounds ike 10000 hOrsemen
-owards YOU You shovel II up
Ga --e coal is as hard as if no
FIRE WAS RAGING
a.a hundred feet away I'm going
ga! 90 the end, and will work with
Luere great danger of the passageway
'us --au unusual disturbance would
% owu l- is SAID that the draft
'y ac tU IS sufficient 20 drag away
-e um9es from the Mahoning mine,
20 tle fal On the outside. This IS
,le dangers.
ope of finding any Of the men alive
gwen up. III their remains can Oe
o- great deal viii have been accom-
morning dense volumes Of smoke
e were pouring from the mouth OF
..- arm mine. 10 shows that the nre
as.ng way down the slope. 10 is
--, ilis makes The work Of the reScu-
l SD much safer.
clock this morning the mine IN
s and engineers
HELD A CONSULTATION,
4,ict TN nearly noon. IL was de
Peg to -o ahead with the work.
l-yiSao.lty of cutting either TO the
left was discussed in full Ii was
That the best thing TO do was 70
lgdt ahead A room will have 10
-ta some time. but when that some
IS 1e reader of this knows as well is
o1tle ground
miners who are working at the face
1'ry hold that there is no fire in the
,lcHill Farm mine 10 which they
n- IL there was. they say, the
.-ere would be much closer.