The Mena star., 1899-07-27
Seventy Men Came Near Losing Their Lives in Mine at
 Grindstone, Pa.
cALY SIX WERE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Decatur and Early Counties, Ga, Excited Over the Recent Lynching of Negroes and Crowds Are Still Hunting for Five other Negroes Implicated by Con- fession of One of the Men Lynched.

Brownsville, Pa., July 25.-An ex- plosion of gas and firedamp occurred to-day in the mine of the Redstone Coal, Oil and Gas company at Grind stone, five miles from here, in which 70 men were entombed. The explosion occurred in entry No. 10, and the force was so great that eight men who had just descended into the shaft were knocked down and seriously injured. All escaped, however, but a boy named Solomon, who had an ugly cut across the throat, but went back, refus- ing to leave the mine until his father and brother could be gotten out. The mine is operated by windlass and there is no other way of escape for the en- tombed miners. The work of rescue is being pushed vigorously. There is in- tense excitement about the mine and the walls of the wives, mothers and children who surround the mouth of the pit are frightfulto hear. The seven men who escaped were sent to the Con- nellsville hospital They were badly burned.
 Later-Four men have been taken from the Grindstone mine, two dead and two injured. All but two of the remaining men in the pit when the ex- plosion occurred were about to make their escape, so that the total list of dead and injured numbers six. All are Hungarians. The injured men have been sent to the hospital at Councils vile. The two men still in the mine are supposed to be dead. The explo- sion occurred just as the miners were entering the pit by way of the shaft, which is 240 feet deep. Those who were in the mine, except the six killed and injured, made their escape 0y way of two other entrances. There was great excitement when the explo- sion occurred and large crowd of women and children quickly collected about the pit mouth, wailing for those in the mine who might be dead. It was several hours before the extent of the disaster was known, as the miners who escaped by the two exits had to walk several miles to return to the pit mouth. The explosion was caused by fall which drove an accumulation of gas into another entry where it was ignited by a digger's open lamp.
 The Lynchings in Georgia.
 Bainbridge, Ky, July 25.-Decatur and Early counties, Ga, are still great ly excited over the recent lynchings of negroes. One negro has been lynched by hanging after his body had been mutilated. two have been found dead and their scalps reported to be on ex- hibition at Saffold, Ga., while the bodies of two others were found lying near railroad track in the disturbed district. The cause of their death is in doubt. Crowds are still hunting for the five other negroes who were implicated by Louis Sammons one of the men lynched in the assault on the Ogletree family. The trouble is believed to have been caused by a gang of negroes who escaped from jail last June at Augusta and have terrorized this part of the state for several weeks. It is not like lv quiet will be restored until the other five negroes are disposed of, if they are still in this part of the country.
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 Health Conditions I'm Havana.
 Havana, July 25. -The health report
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