The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-31

portrait which the papers published,
and, as consequence, the largest of
the suits left something to be wanted
in several essentials to becoming
garment General Wilson never looked
Drawer in the fullest dress uni
form that he might have ever worn
at the SWEETEST military function, than
he did in his miners garb. When all
were duly uniformed in the miners
habiliments they presented truly
striking" appearance.
Man Was Killed. :.
AS the party was preparing to de-
scend the shaft, the mangled body of a
Polish miner, Anthony Budoff,was TAX
en- from the adjoining Clifford coll
liery. TIe had been instantly killed by
fall of roof The flame of his lamp
was not extinguished by the fall, and
his face, neck and breast were badly
roasted before the accident was dis
covered. Word of the tragedy was
kept from the commissioners, that they
might not be unnecessarily alarmed.
Each Of the commissioners and the
others Of the party not familiar with
mines, was supplied with guide thor
oughly acquainted with the mine. At
ter being lowered to the foot of the
125-foot shaft, the party assembled in
the emergency" hospital and listened
while Captain May pointed out the few
immediate dangers that had to be care
fully guarded against.
Principal among these was to avoid
coming in contact with the overhead
| trolley wires which supply power for
| tba a1a cfTic mr. SnpnOllv TO
! watch out for slow" roof
A train of five cars drawn by a.
ton motor took the party mile or
! more down the main gangway to where
mining was being carried on. The
ride was thrilling one to those un-
accustomed to such an experience, but
the commissioners all declared they
enjoyed it. The cars We're the ordin-
ary ones used in the mines. Low seats
were built along the sides and hay
placed in the bottom. Those who sat
on the seats had to almost constantly
keep bent forward with their heads
within foot of their knees to escape
the low places in the roof. Mr.. Wat
kins, Captain May and the other eX-
| perenced mining men Of the party
scattered themselves among the cars
and kept continually reminding the
others to "bend low" and "look out
for the trolley Wire"
Visited Low Vein.
Arrived at the pre-arranged destina-
| tion the party alighted and prepared to
first go into one of the big veins and
then into smaller one, but after
consultation, in which the miners rep
,f1}; ~
gestions, the plans We're changed and
it was decided to visit the lower thin
vein first
The party again boarded the train
and went back to a plane leading into
the lower vein. Only the commissions
ers. the miners representatives, Cen
eral Manager May and the guides went
into the slope. Half an hour was spent
watching the men working in the two
and three-foot veins, and then another
half-hour was put in watching the
work in the upper vein, ranging in
thickness from five to eight feet, with
a rock "split" five or six inches. After
that, the party discussed the desirable
ity OF visiting other better and worse
places. but as it was then nearly 9
o'clock and luncheon waiting an hours
journey away, it was agreed all around
that enough had been seen for one day,
in one mine, and it was decided to go
out.
The general plan of the investigation
was not to go into a minute study OF
mining but to get a general idea of the
physical features" of the mining in
dustry. The commissioners went along
in single file, accompanied by guides |
and preceded or followed by the other |
members of the party. Each commits
sioner talked with his guide or with one |
of the operators or miners representa-
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