Evening journal., 1891-01-28
DEATH IN A NINE.
Terrible Loss Of Life Near Mount
Pleasant, Pa.
OVER ONBHUNDRED KILLED.
An Explosion Was the Cause OF the
Holocaust.

An Explosion Was the Cause Of the
Holocaust.
1t Is Believed That One Hundred and Ten
Of the Men Who Were in the III Fated
Mine Were KiIled-Nearly One Hundred
Bodies Have Already Been Recovered,
and Fears are Entertained That the
Others WIN BE Burned by the Fierce
Flames-An Army Of Laburers at work
At the Scene, which Is the II. c. Fricl.
Mammoth Coke works.
PITTsBuRG, Jan. 2s-Another mine hor-
ror has been added to the awful list of the
keystone state, and the loss Of life bids
| fair to equal, if not exceed. the most terri
bic holocausts Of similar nature in this
| state that have shocked the world in the
past. The scene Of the terrible accident is
the II. +. Frick mammoth coke works near
Mount Pleasant At least 100 and prob
ably 40 or even more lives have been sacri-
feed, and the works are surrounded by
hundreds Of wailing widows and fatherless
children. A special representative OF The
Times and United Press. now at the scene
of the accident, telegraphs from Young
wood, Pa, as follows One hundred and
ten men were killed in the mine explosion
at Mammoth mine No. l. Sixty Of the
bodies have already been recovered.
The Mine Is Afre.
The mine is afire and it is thought that
many Of the unfortunates will be burned
before it is possible to reach them. An
army Of men are at work in the pit en-
deavoring to stay the fire and recover the
dead bodies. They are making but little
headwayp
The news Of the explosion was received
by Mr H. G. Prick ia Pittsburg Mr..
Frick was filed with CONSERVATION 1T the
extent Of the disaster He said 1--WE have
never had an accident like this in any of
our mines. The Mammoth plant was
thought To be in the safest of hands when
we gave il in charge 81 Mine Inspector
Frederick keighley No expense has been
spared 70 make our mines as safe Is DOS
sible.n
One Hundred COfans shipped.
One hundred cofIins have been shipped
from Pittshnrg to Mount Pleasant.
Mine Boss Eaton, who escaped about ons.
minute before the fatal explosion. is said
to be the only individual remaining to re-
late the story.
John Boles, whose brother Is in the fatal
shaft, relates the following story: about
9o'clock this morning we heard loud re-
port III the direction Of the shaft. We inn
Flla III f1nt ta1r q
find a suifocating volume Of smoke and
gas gushing therefrom and at once knew
what was wrong We began the work of
subduing the flames and clearing the shaft
Of gas. This we accomplished by starting
the large fans am convinced that every
man who was in the shaft at the time was
killed, either by falling timbers or by the
after-dampH
where the Works are Located.
The Mammoth works are on the Sewick-
ley branch OF the Southwest branch rail.
road and are about half way between La
trobe aud Mount Pleasant The telegraph
and telephone wires are in trouble. and
even the Frick employees were at first with
out definite information. The shaft is not
very deep. There was a sudden explosion
OF gas nj the point where the 200 men were
AZ work, and from present indications il
looks as though nearly all had been Killed |
The machinery which runs the fans was |
not damaged, and plenty OF fresh air was |
forced into the mine to sustain the living
and TO allow rescuing parties to enter in /
safety and bring out the bodies The mine /
was badly wrecked in places, and it is not
possible to get an accurate idea Of the
number Of the killed and injured who NAV
be buried or imprisoned
1t is said that most Of the killed are either
English speaking or German miners. The
shaft is about 100 feet deep and has number
Of galleries. Superintendent Keighley. who
was the inspector in charge at the Dunbar
mine after its accident, has charge of these
works He has organized relief parties and
IS busily engaged in trying to penetrate
The entrances.
An Appeal for Aid.
District Master Workman Wise has Is
sued an appeal to the miners and coke
workers throughout the coke regions for
prompt contributions in aid OF the fam
lies Of the unfortunate victims OF the
disaster
The appeal is as follows:
ScoTrDALE, Pa, Jan. "a, 1891
The sad news OF a disastrous explosion Al
Mammoth mines has just reached me- and /
ear many families have been left destitute /
therefore appeal TO you to promptly render
what aid you can to assist the families OF your
brethren who have been killed.
The master workman and committees at each
works viii kindly take the matter in hand and
vet as a relief committee Let the committee
elect cheek member and each miner run
ls many wagons as he under the circum.
tances contribute, and arrangements will be
made with the companies to pay the amount /
md thus prompt aid can be giyenf
adf ffsa
men can contribute from their days work and
lave the same deducted in the office This ala
viii be separated and set apart from anv public
and will be forwarded to district
Ulcers, who viii apply it to the relief Of those
or whom it is contributed. PETER WISE
District Master Workman
Twenty-Five of the Dead.
Those who have been taken out and
Identified are:
August Lunk, Jr., Mike Stonyek. Sr.. Mike ,
tonyek- Jr, Steve Swartz William Burchil
teve Horen, James Duple, James Dori. VIII |
nm Snaitt, Patrick Lumbley, Prinz Newell.
,ouis Lewis, William Lewis James Murphy.
acob Meyers, John k0chers Martin Brannou 4
eorge Wilson, Mike Kelly, Frank Keskey |
ohm Eaton. David Gorden.
Bodies Horribly MutiIated.
The other bodies taken from the mines '
re so horribly mutilated that they cannot i
e identified. The bodies as they were car I
led from the shaft were taken to one Of :
be company's houses, where they are be | i
lg prepared for burial Undertakers fromI
ireensburg, Scottdale and Mount Pleasant
re at work looking after the dead
Not One Escaped Alive. y
Another account Of the disaster SAYS that | 5
y men were employed in that part Of the
line in which the explosion occurred and 5