Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-29
Pennsylvania
G(lLLERY HORROR.
.rs Hundred Miners Caughtin
a Mine 'CaY0. "
ri PROBABLE ALL PERISHED.
~ Disaster Occurred at a PittSton
Nine, Which
s.13z2N SQUEEZING FOR DAYS.
iii Lung Mayor and a Councilman
Among the Dead.

%
Among the Dead.
-seP5og OF a Big Mine in the Red
Vein Had Exhibited a Ten
fv % Come Down for Some
D and Il Big Force Of Expert
TIM oormen Were at Work in the
Hope Of Averting the Accident
When the Crash Camo, at Three
O'Clock Yesterday Morning.
Two Thirds Of the Victims For
e.rers - Sad Scene About the
Mouth Of the Shaft.
uL barre. Pa. June 2S.-While
miners were at work in the Red
t1 Vi the Twin shaft, at Pi,Jston,
. -t-=e O'Clock this morning. the
.rsI in. and it is believed that all
n. men persisted. About forty Of the
m oced men were English-speaking
s. the others foreigners. The
q following: w. J. Langan. in
u1erin,endent married, 40 years
N.J. Lynott, inside foreman. mar
aged 43 years; Alexander McCor-
s AGED - years; Thomas Murphy
boss. aged SO years; James Cos
I'D. married, aged a years; Michael
cghau. single. aged - years; John
H-, single. aged 30 years; James Dali
single. aged 20; Michael Connell,
e. 81: Daniel Ward. single, 49,;
-a1k 6sboe single. Is; John Kehoe,
- @. 40: James Mcdonald, married,
Ed Delaney. married, SS; Cornelius
MCGUIRE married, "a; James Golden,
carried 50: Michael O'Brien. married.
Michael Hughes. married. 30; Ed.
ny, married, So; James Burke, sin
~ ...i.rick Tenpenny, fire boss, mar
5. 81: Thomas Gafney; John Gaff-
-r,. l.a. .-0. SO. Thomas Doing, single,
90. Anthony Kane. single. 81; J. W.
Murphy. single. 2S: James Wall, mar
ned. 85. owen Lee single. %; Anthony
Gordon. m1rried Is; Thomas Wall, sin
a. Is: Dominick ONalley, single, so;
Peter Martin. married, 35; Michael
ford. married. 60; Timothy Durbrick.
s1g'e. 26. Thomas Cardin, married. IS;
Patrick Gibbons; John Oberle, married,
Peter Joyce. married. %; Daniel Ga
r1. single. John Gill. single, %: P. $.
kelly. single. 95; Patrick Bolsnd; An
-g Jordan. married; John Holster.
married Hungarian labOrer; joseph
lefs1La. married. Hungarian; Toney
-sl,.. married. Hungarian; Pete Sa-
osE; married, Hungarian; Andrew
-l-i, married. Hungarian: Iunan-
-l Nashoyitz. married, Hungarian;
JOHN Cadamiski. single. Hungarian.
Aao1, twenty other Hungarians ard
a5ers. whose names could not be
s.red
ASIDE from these. there may be other
I-g sl-speaking miners among the
r,,ruuates. Thirty Polanders and
Hr0eariaus were entombed, and it is
sh- chat the total number of bodies
q -ts m.oe
WILL REACH ONE HUNDRED.
Tbs men were at work propping up
ls r1r when the fan occurred. The
s2 vas Immediately glven by the
,- M cf the FIRE bells and rescuers
se,s ga, 20 work without delay.
More than two-thirds of the victims
r.-e married men and leave families.
Among them were Acting Mayor Ian
s-1. who was inside superintendent OF
.-e u ne. and J. H. Lynott, a Council
--l.
a3ou. two weeks ago the surveyors
,s9a-sd to General Superintendent
Law ,1lt he mine was squeezing
aat thar unless steps were Immediately
'a.ea 20 timber #. a cave-in or fall
c-a. be looked for. Superintendent
-.e los, no time. but at once put q
'-7a- Of t!mbermen at work to brace
2s aI.0s roof. The squeeze" con-
however, and yesterday the sit
a,o1
BECAME ALARMING.
q. t1e afternoon a slight fall occurred.
.ae men who were az work had 10
before il. A consultation OF
-a o1ic.ais was then held and it was
,ha- hVrOic measures would
-.. -. De resOrted 70 TO prevent heavy
,o the mine.
superintendent Langan gave
'.-.ocs chat the most experienced
should be secured and that me
would 90 down the mine a. seven
b. Expert ,im5ermen put in an
rance at that hour and We're soon
t into the workings. They made
way 20 the r q Ash vein. 1880
own the slope The work of
I2g proceeded rapidly until eleven
Is. when another fall occurred. It
--~ s. .ow rGmbling noise and the fly
zeal and debris drove The men
.-'c Tie 'sqUeeZe" ceased again ani
~ 1sr thought it was safe to resume
wye Nhey lahored on until S:2O