The evening Republican., 1902-07-14
FATED MINE REOPENS |
Inspectors Pronounce Rolling
Mill Workings Safe.
EXPLOSION VICTIMS NUMBER ia.
1t Is Thought That All of the Bodies
Have Now Been KecOyered-A
Day of Mourning aad Fu-
nerafS In JGhnsto,yu.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. July 14.-After a
constellation with -he four state mine
inspectors summoned here to make II
thorough inspection Of the Rolling Mill
mine of G.c Cambria Steel company
james Il. Roderch, chief Of the state
bureau of mining inspection, dictated
notice to General Manager c. $.
Price Of the Cambria Steel company
granting formal permission to resume
operations in all sections Of the mine
except the Klontike today. The KlOn-
dixie work ngs will likely be closed for
several days until perfect security is
assured through the braticing of open
lngs and repairs nccessi.ated by the
explosion.
Two more deaths Of rescued victims
have occurred. These men were among
the six living last brought out of the
mine Friday afternoon. Of which four
others have expired. These deaths
raise the total fatalities to ia, al
though the company records have it
one less. Much confusion has attended
the compilation Of the record.
,iinc Superintendent &. r. Robinson
last evening said:
IL would not like to assert that there
are no more bodies in the mine, but
do not think there are. There may be
few
1t is generally regarded aS certain
that tn" full extent OF tho disaster is
now known. State inspectors say they
are assured that all the workings are
now fire." Of gas, and the almost perfect
ventlating apparatus is rushing cur
rents of pure air into the nttellnGSt re-
cesSes of tic sIhtrrranVAn workings.
There has Nos been Il single place out
side Of the Old abandoned chambers
that has not undergone the scrutiny of
experts to pronounce everything in as
good condition as could be asked or
Demanded.
The interest Yesterday ccntcr0d in the
funeral olaeQri,s which took plncc
throughout the rity. tn" black cloud
Of mourning WAS hcnyigst over Cam
hriH city. wher, tn foreign population
! dWriie. The scenes Of Saturday IN this
section Wrr" rep Ht"d, hUt only with
/ st,rn,r force. 1t was Il grim frte day,
! in WEicM the hMWhpr of participants
was Hu~W"i4j-r hN thruUgS the morn
/ ing irt,il; jroU@At IN. Tn" outsiders
/ calHr t+nln towns within Il radius Of
! fifty miles rr Murn. These Visitors
SYrtaG th,!ut,i>"S 0ut IN squads and
| tu,k in t,'r various points Of interest
| associated t.iih T." Dr. ud ira @pdN. To
| the fuu Gt t.4' UTDNNfHN Leading up to
ti,o main pit n"Ht! all paid Il visit
! Hnll,rlS @Htin I'D there 1T Il time in
i the ruU hap" uf soc Ww newly dt%ruy-
erred u"ui'$ HauH-!N forth to -iHtity
! their cuIiutS %t.p. All the churches Of
! .IohnStuNu IuiH more or less attention
! lit th@ir lI,rI'lN@ services to IN" diSHS-
ter Collections W,r' lifted III many
for tine hrnpHt Of tlr Iev,rt families Of
the prnrrr victims. Special masses
were said in the tHtuulc churches.
The funeral Of Mike Sahot. one Of
/ the r0uSprriuuS self sacrificing heroes
of the disaster, took place from St
/ MHry'S German CATHOLIC c,.urch. The
Iar@" church was pacNeI with friends
. and thGap WHO did rot know the little
dead fellow. but who had lrirl the
nu,lc story ul the arhicyriM"Ui which
brought Linn &i,ry. but only at the OK
prnSe Of lis He Suhnt was about S"y-
! cntr"n years Old. II" was Il traphor
and knew tlr mine like n hpOk. lie
was out at the mouth Of On" of th"
/ headings when the cXplU~iun came. He
found himself nltEcuthCl and immedi
ately rushed to the r"S"tl" Of the fall
ing men beyond him. He had dragged
three into a working that til" after
damp had not reached. and to his help
they owe their lives today
Back he plunged into III" mine head
ing after more bodies. fain,l"SS over
came him, and Ii" topped over and
died. When found. his bands We're
still cltching IT," rlothug of on" man
in Il manner which showed conclusive
~ the boy was in the act Of dragging
him out to safety when overcome.