Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-02

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water the whole mine will be flooded
in& short time and months would
elapse before the bodies could be gotten
out.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, June 80. The
situation ut the Twin Shaft, this morn
ing, had undergone no change since
midnight. The rescuers continued to
work nnder great difiicultieH. The
squeeze WAS general and at tho foot of
the shaft thu loud, rumblipg noise Of
falling rock in distant parts OF the
mine could be heard. At 8 o'clock
there was another slight fall, which
drove the men back. Double timber
ing is nov being resorted to. 1t is
very GLOW and tedious work, and even
under the most favorable conditions
the workers cannot hope TO clear a
gangway to where the. entombed men
are in less than month.
The cave-in at Jeanesvile two years
ago offers a precedent for the officials
OF the Twin Shaft. As long as thNe is
a possibility of any OF the men being
alive, they feel it their duty to con-
tinue the work of attempted rescue,
In the Jeanesville caye-in six men we're
imprisoned in breast in the mine for
10 days. Five men were dead and one
was alive. Ths living man was "Big
Joe, " a Polander. One by one his COM
panions died at his side, but he con-
tinued to hope for rescue and was at
last rewarded. lHe is now employed as
carpenter at Hazleton and is as we'll
and healthy as the ordinary man. He
has been interviewed on the probable
fate Of the men in the Pittston mine
and says il they are alive. and the air
is pure where they are, they will be
able to live for 10 days at least. 1t ia
taken for granted that there is water
where they are, and all of them carried
a good supply of food, which can be
used sparingly during their imprison.
ment.
Another large crowd gathered about
the mouth of the shaft this morning.
In the crowd were 12 grief-stricken
women, wives OF entombed men. They
still have hopes that their loved ones
will be brought out OF the mine alive.
Superintendent Law says there is
nothing new to report. All ID being
done that it is possible to do. more
than this the company cannot do.
Tho appeal sent out by the Board OF
Trade is already meeting with liberal
responses. A gentleman from New
York, who does not want his name
made public, has sent $1,000. Smaller
subscriptions, ranging from s5 to S25,
have been received 1t is expected the
whole country will respond to the ap-
peal. With the exception of Superin,
tendent Langan's family all the fami,
| lies OF the imprisoned miners are in
destitute circumstances. Some OF them
have received temporary aid from the
town authorities.
General Superintendent laval ol
| the Lehigh & WilkeHbarre Coal Co.,
Morgan R. Morgans, outside superin
tepdent of the same company, Super
intendent Law and other prominent
mine officials and experts held con
ference at IL o'clock at Pittston.
They received reports of the men il
charge of the rescue work and, aftel
discussing them, decided that thu
work OF clearing the mine shoult
| go on.
At noon it was claimed that thu
rescuers were making considerable
headwsy. 1t was said that they hat
made more headway from 10 to /:
O'Clock than they did all last night.
| Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 1.--Anothe
caye-in occurred in the Twin Shaft,
at Pittston. shortly after s o'clock thil
morning. The rescuera were in spo
near where the original fall took plac,
when tho crash came. The CAVERN il
said to be an immense one, composst
mostly of rock. The rescuers hav
been driven back nearly 200 feet ant
the outlook, this morning, toward
reaching the men was very dis
couraging. The roof continues to shoy
signs Of cracking and more falls ar
looked for during the day.