Evening journal., 1890-06-28
HJ?1 LEAD AT CvEEs3sit...ss I E
Flames Burst from the Farm
Hill Mine.
rHE PE0PLE FEEL VERY BITTER

DUNBAR, fa., June @sN--Ali hope is lost
Of finding alive the thirty-two men i'm
prisoned in the Farm Hin mine AT $50
o'clock last night the sky was Illuminated
by lame which burst from the mouth of
the shaft. 1t was the signal of triumph
and victory waved by death to the anxious
watchers who have hoped SO long AGAINST
what was almost a certainty Efforts are
still being made to enter the Farm Hil
mine from the drift that has been run
| from the Mahoning mine.
Bitter Disappointment.
Almost at the moment that the aaanas
burst from the Farm Hin Jesse l.esen-
ring, one Of the workers IN the other niine.
pushed his drill through into tie entry
the miners have been so steadily working
toward for the last ten days The rcscn-
ers' lamps began to burn brighter, shoy-
ing that the mir wns getting better
The men were 40 once ordered OUT of the
mine, while the inspectors remained boz
hind 10 decide what was best 70 90. They
did not desire that any one should BE exl
posed to unnecessary danger "Ir Is he'll
when we expected heaven said Secretary
Watehorn, who was sent here by tho
Knights Of Labor. Near him when he
made this remerk sat the four inspectors
VINO were oil duty. They were Adams,
Evans, King and Loutt They were dis
eassing the gravity of the situation ia nn-
dertones. TO their left stood Mr. Hazard.
vice president OF the company, who quietly
watched The evidence that the Farm Hill
was gone perhaps beyond recall
All Hope Abandoned.
The inspectors said they had never seen
such sight IN all their experience They
were badly worried, for the question which
stared them in the face was the abandon
ment Of the work Of rescue. EVERY hope
Of finding the men alive is gone, said ono
of them, and the remaining three agreed.
Are you going to continue the work,
gentlemenY asked Secretary Watthorn, as
he rose from his scat.
'That is the question we are disen g,
was the answer, and the consultation if.,-
ceeded.
II think 1t "a absolutely dangerous ~
proceed at present, said the seeretary t
we could have made an opening before Ais
occurred said Inspector Evans, 'wc than
could have known the fHae of tho nen
The consultation then broke up. to DO r-
newed at the mouth OF .ae Mahcning pii
where the other inspectors la9 besn aug
: riedly called from the inside Of the mine.
Into the Turning Mine.
Inspectors Keighley, Evans, Adams,
I.outtit, Jenkins and BliclS when they aY-
} peared said the men had struck the point
3 aimed 40 within six inches, and had ao-
! compllshed almost an impossiblity They
8 said it would be some hours before the air
I could be tested and decision arrived at as
2 70 what Is TO be done They said they had
gone through over five hundred feet Of
Z "gob packed together in the most COM
7 pact manner AT II o'clock the Inspectors
: said they had decided to 90 into the Hill
: Farm mine. They would not ask a man
70 run any risk, They faced the danger
themselves Il will be consolation 70 re-
cover the bodies Of the men, il nothing else.
Thor Lives in Their Hands.
As an Illustration Of the danger 20 be en-
countered Secretary Watchorn said: n
fear that the draught Is 50 great that when
the hole is broken through IL will pull all
the tmhers after IL The tunnel which is
/. driven TO the coal Is filed with the slightest
T. kind Of timbers and draught Of any kind
L OF an explosion would bring down the en-
tire weight Of the hill on the men, Each
man who enters the mine at this time
takes his life ia his hand He may never
g see daylight again. It il feared the mine
4 is on tirs all through or else filed with
\ smoke. In either case the danger IS very
~ HANftp- ~ hiiA "ti VIM hFAo Va
y them, false step or any kind Of o move
might bring death IN an Instant
Spread of tho Flames.
In FIVE minutes after the fire had broken
e out the crowd had deserted the mouth OF
I the Mahoning mine and had climbed to
7. the Hin Farm pit. Men at once went to
q work 70 keep the flames from the blnck-
5. smith shop aud the hesurrounding buildings.
q Another gang was at work digging "A
n trench 20 run water from the tanks to the
mouth Of the pit in the hope of extinguish-
ing the flames But all this was of no
avail. The blacksmith shop soon had 20
be torn down How soon the timbers will
be burned away and the slope cave in can.
not be told There are COO feet Of timber
saturated with oil, and empty wagons and
trucks TO feed the flames. IL was a terrible
sight as the flames leaped thirty feet into
il the air and lighted up the country for miles
Ie around.
ir The People Very Bitter.
The suspension Of work just when ths
!. unfortunate miners are almost withir
/. reach has been great disappointment
:. here and has still further enraged the peo
pie. The false reports sent out daily b.
s, the mine inspectors had led them TO hops
against themselves, and when the hrs
started the feeling was intensely bitter
y against those whom they would hold re
sponsible for the delay
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