New-York tribune., 1891-01-29

DerlPnccd WORKERS at tnc mouth VI 'hS S"'i' ''~>
somewhere something was wrong.
Then began the old tale OF mine horror oe
tie victims 10 or 10, except that IN this case
il ian over l0o and the scenes about the mouth
OF thc bit were 100 times greater even the iearinl
Dunbar explosion being nothing as compared TO
III, FRIGHT at pc Mammoth ,lnes last night. Inc
worst of all these things is that II falls not on
tbe Door 100 nGividual victims, but upon their
families. many, IN fact most, of the men DclhS
married. with wives and children TO add sorrow
to the shock 50 lleenly felt throughout this en-
fire rcaion to-day. At the hour named the cot
tlocs of the miners, scattered over TIE hlI!s, pre-
srnted tic Usual sccEos incident . the Dusy
Housewives duties abcm the place. Many %
thc COTTAGES faced the darG-browe1 entrance 'o
the Mammoth MLe>, and the keen eyes OF watch
ful wives and swccthcarts scented danger
in a moment when the unusual sur apout e .ne
mouth of the pit showed danger 10 them ana
theirs Women and girls flew tO the place WIN
shawls hastily thrown over their heads perhaps
to hide their white faces, winch grew Wnl.er
when il was seen that many Wiling lIeh staI'cu
down fine nit but that none came up.
dispatch 10 " The Commercial Oazette SAYS :
The Mammoth Mine Is located on spur OF tie
SeNicl<tcy branch of the southwest PthnsylNahlt
Railroad ana is one OF the largest plants In tle
(onucllsvilIe rc4lOn. In the tail OF leso IL wa,
purchased from j. w. Moore by the Flick interest
and has since been operated by that concern lo
il ton mile, from a telegraph Office ana cor
rcspondcnts were forced to secuFc special en4lhe
from Mammoth 10 YoungWoOd, where two SPECIAL
telegraph operators were awaiting oIutfs. & in iis
story is easily told. An uneNpectei now oI gas
was struck and the miners WOfklng III llie
headings connected with flats Nos. ,, } and !
ver. all killed. They went to work as usual
The fire boss rs is his duty. had been IN the mine
and examined the working places. lie Is SUPPOSED
t. 20 10 the face Of each worklng ana pS
chalk-mark indicate that he has Derh mere.
Whether this was done or not. is not known. as
the fire boss poor william Smith. cannot tell the
tale Ills man-lcd boiy lies at the lmDiollsed
morgue. The only evidence thai he attended 10
his duties alc the regular ccrtlhc4ies o! Iispec,
ton which General Superintendent Lynch ecelyeh
from smith and others Yesterday morning Whlch
guaranteed the mines rs safe. The miners Knew
these certificates had been tiled out ana went To
work They never returned.
Supcriutcudcnt kei.ulcv who was nine W.
>poctor in tie Dunbar district Whel. u"iI i,oIIoi
occurred was, ~ the mine when me eXrlDs,Cn
took place Tie immcdiarl" clllei TOR volunteer >
and Gathering "a few about him descended inc
shaft Before Nping - he notified Hrneru oup'l
iuicudcut LNncu. and that gentleman oru',td 3
al mine ruu,riutcnGpnis IN the region 10 'he
..,ue. Wien tie volunteers entered the mlh'' Il
,icnt impc>>i ipir - pic,uie m" them I@t3K r.,' :
mules, end. more terrible. than all men, were pi'9
i'm "a compact WAS, against the fli>. OF "'ii> "i
coat and not "a living t. in was IN ~" wIcrka.c.
N van almost as .l.id as the coal ilsc 50 terlihc
WIS H." force oi tine c>plosior lhiN obstruction
wa, removed with difficulty, ana ul'S t4''i'" ="
>uprr,n.endent Kciehlcy said No mar, living
knows the cause ot III" Jccidcit ana VII s
rn kuoHn for certainty. ApoHl ooV lteU liOin ~
fl,. bottom of t'Ic shaft We cncountereu Il IAN
of rock in t'- .1n-way which was caused ny 'he
e\pl,>iou. Fmpiv ears completely wrecked Wel'
nil,d no against it. We eat our way through ana
.-,i down inro thr Ulp where the men were Woth-
iuu and then Nr were constantly lalllhg over
dead bodies. Not 80 many were Killed by lHe
explosion. bat tie dreaded aier-d9mp came r,t! on
tLr poor fellow, and they succumbcd TO II. - ms
is evident from the fact that Only small pro
portion of tie dead taken ont were bruised in any
way. I never knew before That there W1S ga III
the mine This mairs the explosion al 'nc NOR
tcrrlhir' - oil,
John ". Fell. frr-bo>s a, lIccla No. |, SAID :
About t,yo years ago there was an explosion OF OF
GA, nj this mine. and man was burned 10
Jr,tb No sofe,v lamps were used here. do
uot know whether or not the tre-boss dld ms
dnty. but LET us be charitable enough to hope ne
did There was too much work here for one hre
Inss on,,ynv They discharcPd one a couple OF
weeks ago io reduce expenses, and one man haS
been forced 10 do the work