Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-05-11

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, .--.a i.., * ai~l..,iS' !. MATHEW North
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aIt hl@ A.'l i'A''.: h' demanded
hH>H;.N.
IL" wafer has bust into the Ten
/ ~ ilIlN".
W NY Nv" men caught there. Jack
M"rt'i Wa~ III" Only one who escaped.
~ who'd Ike rd'7 III tab.
al. IL 10! ty now. iuor fellows. If
Tho halkhcAd had rcon prt MP, tins
coul.!u have hari.!.ed.
What does Matthew North say 10
that: It was him as edged Us on.
The nA-,.r wanted to buiId the
hulkh"ad. Matthew North wouldn't
have IT,"
JA' lives Ui - -" IAcn are az his
q Ur.
Er~" Matthew h.
Down with Matih - North. Him
and his me speecA's has lost iic Il
brother tins day.
send hin t" join The others. Throw
him d"wn the shaft.
lh"r" VIZ rIsh "t iniurlated men,
ana"i.t whom the qnondam leader rec
"@nl2' Il some VII" hut week before had
h'eh ms most ardent supporters. A
dom i'fawny HANDS seiz'd him; he was
pushed and dragged To and fro, with IN
hnlte insult and icrlslon. Ills clothing
was torn; blood s'reanied from Dozen
cuts ana bruises. Yet he uttered no
WORD OF protest; ne MADE no attempt 10
defend himself. with dull'ye and nag
gard cheek he submitted passiveiy TO
'heir VIII: ih'nSh MS nohresistance
was 'n7 erect ot MS own remorse ana
oespair-Ior at that moment ne would
eiauiy nave welcomed death as an e1-
piation ana an escape from the tortures
VI cohsclence-lt was the means OF saw
ing MS HE. NO man, except one Ut
terry gwen over 10 the nena' can 90
murucr on Vlctim VINO voluntarily
stretcheS out MS neck 10 receive the
blow. therefore the mob hesitaIed' and
Is more than probable that the greater
number OF the would be e4ecutloners
te't sense or relief as halph Monck-
Ton, followed by Miss Duke, rode up.
ana throwing himself from his morse
MADE ms way hastily 10 the spot.
hat are you doing herer ne said
IN abrupt commanding tones. ne
lease that man and fall back-fall back,
say!
he was promptly oDeyed. Inere was
something In his voice and manner,
evoked by the terrible exigency OF the
hour, that quelled the most turbulent.
Matthew North remained where he
had been dragged, with dropping head,
hands hanging at his side, apparently
taking no heed Of what was passing
around him.
Gail hither the engineer and the su-
perintendents, said Monckton. Let
no more time be lost"
The subordinates gathered around
their principal, and hurried council
was held. The miner Morton, the only
one of those in the inundated section
who had escaped, told the story Of the
disaster in few agitated words. The
men, he said. were fully aware Of the
danger which threatened them, but with
the recklessness which becomes Sec
ond nature with miners they ignored
1t. The positive order to abandon the
cutting sent them through John Turner
was never delivered, owing to that per-
sons delay in returning to the village.
A moment before the rupture Of the
wall Morton noticed a new seam in the
breast from which the water was flow
ing. He gave the alarm and started for
the shaft, but he had not taken 10 steps
before there was dull report, and the
water was boiling about his feet. He
had been at work near the entrance.
while the remainder OF the men were at
the farther end, and 1t was only after a
desperate struggle that he himself had
escaped.
Inc scene or the catastrophe, called
by the miners the Ten Foot Drive, was
In one OF the lowermost levels OF the
works. 1t was one OF number OF tun-
nels ramifylng from the main chambe
at the bottom OF the shaft. Out OF this
tunnel other smaller cuttings, galleries
and pits opened, following the various
seams and deposits OF coal. At the far
thermost end OF the Ten Foot Drive was
the wall or breast which had given way
to the f1ood-a mass OF slate and shale
where the supply OF coal had ended, and
where, in consequence, the excavation
had ceased. AS we have seen, month,
before some OF the more experienced
men had detected the existence OF sub
terranean stream behind this barrier.
winch from Its frlable nature could moi
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