Evening journal., 1894-08-25


lin, near this city, in the afternoon. Sixty.
two miners wore imprisoned, and 50 were
killed. Tho fro WAS soon cxtinguished,
and the work Of taking out tho bodies be-
gan. All were recovered.
Following is list Of tho dead whose
bodies have been recovered;
Fist OF tho Dead.
Frank Willie, colored; Ed Maxwell, col
orodi II. W Jones' colored; John Fran
talli, Italian; Joe Dawson, English; IL.
r. Roberts, colored; John Irving colored;
Joo Casselli Italian; James Gibson, color
ed; I'D johnson, Swedo; Andy Engdahl,
Swede; Andy Greer, colored: John w.
Pugh, Welsh; Joe L. Bossi, Italian; Ike
Clements, colorod; Pete Harr Italian;
Robert McCoskey Pole Evan ID. Jones,
Welsh Peter Hay, SCOTCH Louis Farra,
italian; Phil dc Mari, Italian; John
Strambridge, American, John Il. Jones,
Welsh; John H. Morris, Welsh; John
Hall, English Chris Dunkor, American;
Swede; Evan Hughes, Welsh; Rocco Tet-
Il, Italian; ID. d. Jones, Welsh; A. j.
Jones, colorod; W. p Jones. colorod.
About half Of the miners wero negroes,
having been brought from the east four
years ago to replace the strikers. Tho
mine is owned by tho Oregon Improve
mcnt company and produces the best coal
in the state of Washington. The damage
to the mine 10 not large
Fought Fire For Their Lives.
Fire was FIRST noticed By some Of tho
drivers on the sixth north level, and no
tioe was given to the men inside who
were working the different places, as it
was known there was Is fire Many of the
mon rushed baok to notify the miners
farther in, while others rushed out and
reached the main shaft. 1t is certain that
all tile men IN the breast reached the gang
way IN safety.
In all about 20 men were Mt work in
tho sixth loyol north, and OF that number
about 40 fingered at breast 90 where the
Gro originated and made an attempt to
pus out the fire. Tho breast was burning
ilerooly, ana before the miners knew 1t
the fire had communicated to breasts 80
and 81, and smoke hegan to Issue from
breast 81 In that Immediate vicinity
Several OF those who had fingered at tho
burned breast go took warning and fed,
but all who remained were overcome and
asphyxiated IL IS evident that all the men
had time to come out, for those who
worked In the farther breast reached the
shaft in safety, while those who were
nearest the shaft and consequently were
removed from the danger perlshed. They
evidently believed they were in perfect
safety from the fire, but while they linz
gered smoke oozed out from outside places
farther SOUTH and the bodies were all
found south Of breast sc. They were all
found within a space of 500 feet.
Several men were badly bruised, and
one colored man was taken out with
broken mock, their wounds indicating
that they had thrown themselves against
posts and tlmbers Of the gangway in a
Wild and desperate ondeavor to escape.
But the majority of the bodies bear no
marks at all not oven scratch, and their
features were in quiet reposo, Indicating
that their death had been a speedy and
painless ono.
At the Pits Mouth.
As soon as the alarm whistle sounded
from the engine house people began to
| crowd around the mouth of the slope, and
the cry, The mine Is on fire." quickly
spread throughout the town. Among the
| first to reach the scene was Superintcnd-
ent Ramsey The first to volunteer was
George Smalley, negro, who, with two
others, was lowered down the I, 100 foot
slope to tho sixth level There they met
men from tho sixth level south, who were
doing all they could to rescue men from
tho north end. Others went down from
tho surface and found the body Of the first
man in the gangway about l. 900 feet in
from the slope.
Tho body was that Of John Q. Ander-
son and was pulled to the top Of tho slope
Its arrival on the surface was the first in
timation to the mon, women and children
there that any one had hoen killed Com
sequenty when the body oame up there
was wild scramble to discover its iden-
tity. Meanwhile the miners from the
other levels were carrying on the work OF
resone in tho mine The fan keeping all
IN the mine had been stopped at the first
Indication Of fire, but when the rescuors
won't to work the fan was started again
NJ. p. Storey, one Of the resouers who
went in from the surface, proceeded along
! the sixth gangway after finding the first
body Then the first Of the miners were
found scattered along In row. At ono
place eight men were lying together, and
! IN another one man was found under q
! mule five mules in all being dead.
. Storey says that the men were all lying
J. In the middle of the gangway, with theii
Il | hnAA III NAAt AlhAf ~ a tAfl 1du IEitN u
( bury their heads completely and thus es
capc the smoke and gas He could not be
d lieve they were dead and turned then
Z over SO they could breathe. He was soof
3 satisfied, however that they wore reall,
,r dead Nearly all the bodies were foune
south Of the burning breast
\ Rescuers Worked Like Heroes.
A. John C. Storey, brother Of NJ. D. Stor
ey, was at work in the sixth level soutl
N when boy named Chapman gave th
lt alarm that breast SO was on fire
Storey says he tried 10 escape via tn
v Green river or auxiliary slope, but indin,
- this impossible he returned, making NJ
"a his mind that he should 90 out via m
y May slope Reaching the May slope. b
an met others from tho sixth level south. VIII
{. were going onto the north level to d
~ what they could to rescue their imprison
er cd comrades and he joined them, workin
70 steadily for two and a half hours befor
\, coming to the surface. He thinks tina
on every man In line with the deadly sno
he was killed in two minutes.
ne Among tho rescuing party from I
!, south sixth level was John e. Jones,
ne gas tester, who IS now numbered amo
am the dead HIS hoy Ryan Ionns Is a