The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-29
PLENTY OF ASSISTANCE PROFfERED
Mine Workers from All Over This
ReaiOn ON the Scene.

XuAuC VVGACUS uIO" All OSCI uAp
Region on the scene.
There has been a spontaneous offer
Of assistance to aid in the work Of res
cue from all the individual operators
Of the region and the large companies
have also been prompt in coming for
ward to lend a helping hand.
While Inspector Mcdonald has
general supervision Of the relief work,
I. X. Moisler, Of Wilkes-Barre. division
Railroad company, has general charge
and Is on the surface directing the
work. The men are employed in a most
systematic manner.
There are three shifts Of 70 men each.
The first went to work at o'clock in
the morning and was in charge Of Su-
perintendent Aikman, of the Old Forge
Coal company, Harry Mcmillan and
Patrick Maloney, the two latter being
inside forenen Of the Ravine and Par
sonage mines respectively Of the New
ton Coal company. They worked un-
til 3 o'clock in the afternoon and were
replaced by shift IN charge Of David
Evans, superintendent Of the Stevens
Coal company; Mine Foreman Gilbert
Jones and Superintendent Mccartney,
Of the Babylon Coal company.
The II o'clock shift last night was
in charge Of w. D. Owens, superintend-
ent Of the Lehigh Valley Coal company.
and Mine Foremen John Joyce and
Robert Hines. The men on the shifts
work in relays a half-hour at a time
and the whole force Is engaged in tim
bering. Besides the men at work in
the mines there are forces at work on
the surface handling timber and props
and cutting them into required lengths
and sending them down the shaft.
About 300 men are altogether employed
in and around the shaft.
Secretary f. l.. Fuller Is the only
officer of the company on the scene and
with Superintendent Law worked un-
tiringly all day. Some of the men who
were down in consultation with him
were: w. A. Lathrope, general super
intendent Of the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road company; Morgan r. Williams.
general inside superintendent of the
Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal COM
pany; William X. Richards, chief en-
gineer Of the same company; r. s.
Mercur division superintendent Of the
Lchigh Valley Railroad company;
Patrick Blewitt, inspector Of the Sec
ond district, and Edward Roderick, in
spector of the First district of Lacka-
wanna county; Superintendent w. G.
Thomas, of the Annora Coal company;
Joseph Cake, foreman of the Clear
Spring Coal Co., and Superintendent
Hollister and Baumann. General Man
ager w. F. Hallstead, Superintendent
Garrett Bogart, General Coal Agent
W. r. Storrs, Assistant General Coal
Agent William H. StOrrs, and Assist
| ant Superintendent Arthur H. Storrs
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western; Thomas Phillips, superin.
tendent of the Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western mines; Superintendent
Evan Evans; Foreman Thomas ]. Will
liams, of the Manville: Thomas Arch.
bald. of the surveying department OF
the Delaware. Lackawanna and West.
ern: Richard H. Williams. foreman
Of the Continental; Foreman James
A. Evans, and Harry Davis
Foreman Evan Davis Of the Dia
mond mines; Colonel Reese A
Phillips, of the Oxford shaft; Henr,
Harris, assistant foreman of the Hamp
ton shaft; General Superintendent
Samuel T. Jones, of the William Connel
Coal company; c. d. Simpson, Harr!
P. Simpson, T. H. Watkins, and Super
intendent j. L. Crawford, Of Simpson
& Watkins; William Abbott, of tn
Pennsylvania Coal company; Richart
Mainwaring, of the Babylon Coal com
pany, and Superintendent Dryden, o
the Pennsylvania Coal company.
A force of sixty men from the VIM
A., Mt. Lookout. Stevens, Langcliffe
and Pittston collieries went with tn