The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-27
HOPE GONE FOR
HARWICK MINERS
Belief General That 1874 Men
Entombed Are Dead.
REsCUERs GO TO DEATH
CAN'T VENTILATE MINE WHILE
CHANCE REMAINS.

CAN'T VENTILATE MINE WHILE
CHANCE REMAINS.
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! = Pittsburg. Pa, Jan. 26.-Aln0st =
, zero weather nearly added anoth- =
er list of dead TO the long black =
table already measured of. The =
> cold, ice and wind combined al :
most cost the lives Of sixteen more :
y good men. =
At 3 o'clock this afternoon these =
? men went down into the shaft &c :
> do the work of removing the debris =
? that has so far barred their prog
> ress into the workings where the =
men were at labor when the explo- :
> sion came. Their shift was sup =
= posed to be of three hours only. =
= Before the bucket reached the bot =
= tom they were arenehed with wa :
, ter, which soon turned to ice. =
Shortly after they were let down =
> q. temporary moist was started =
= down the shaft, but the wooden =
, sides of the hoist, swollen by wa =
y ter. stuck 70 the iron guide slide, :
> and then came hours of maneuVer- =
= ing to reach the bottom. The men =
> below had no means Of warmth and :
= many Of them were standing in :
deep wafer =
Every effort was made to lower =
= the cage. and finally it was loos- >
ened and got within twelve feet Of =
p the bottom. \ timber blown across =
= the way by the explosion was in >
= the path. The men were within =
= easy reach Of a rope, but their =
= fingers, numbed and almost frozen =
> by the cold, were unable to grasp =
. the offered help =
= 1t was o'clock wher the first =
> three men of the party who went =
> down at o'clock were brought to =
> the surface. Not one Of them was =
able TO walk. :
y Just after 10 O'Clock the last of =
= the reseuers were brought to the >
= surface. Some bodies VIII probably =
= be brought cut before daybTeak. =
= = = = = = = = = = = , = >
Pittsburg, Jan. 26.-The last hope for
the lives of any of the 1S4 men en-
tombed in the Harwick mine Of the
Allegheny Coal company, two miles
from Cheswick. Pa, was given up to-
day when George ". Scheetz, man
ager of the mine, admitted that he
believed that not one of them would
be brought up alive. Now the cry is
for more men to come to the work OF
rescue. Volunteers ara needed to work
back through the debris TO where the
miners are imprisoned and where pos
sibly some may have managed to sur
vivs.
Already four men are known to be
dead. among them Selwyn NJ. Taylor
Of this city, who was the first OF the
rescue party 10 reach the bottom Of the
shaft. His body was brought to the
top this morning.
Taylor, who was one Of the best
known mining engineers IN western
Pennsylvania. lost his life in an ef-
fort to save the lives Of the entombed
men. He mad planned and plotted the
mine, and was called by the Allegheny
Coal company as the man best fitted
to lead the forIorn hope. He went down
into the mine bravely, and with him
went four other men. One of them.
George Harvath, was brought from the
pit a short time before Taylor's life
less body came TO the surface. An
other of the rescue party, Tom Wood
tried desperately to save his compan-
ions, but felt the deadly nausea com
to their fate. Then others took up the
work, two az a time. All night they
went up and down in the temporarily
rugged bucket. The main hoists were
both blown out by the force ,cf the ex-
plosion, but there were no living ones
10 save. Adolph Gums, the only one
OF the miners in the pit when the ex-
plosion occurred to be brought to the
surface alive, was rescued by Selwyn
Taylor. But If there were no lives to
save, there were dead to be found,
and all night long the volunteers
toiled, gaining Roadway here and there
until they were forced by exhaustion
10 quit their labors.
Believed the Mine Safe.
L. G. Hatch Of Cleveland. one Of the
principal owners OF the mine. together
with a number of other Cleveland men
associated with him, arrived here this
morning. AIr. Hatch said he could not
talk about the terrible disaster until
he learned the facts on the ground He
said he believed they had as safe a
mine as any in whiea gas IS found.
They had taken every precaution
known to mining engineers but, he said,
something unforeseen fired the gas
and the lives OF the men we're snuffed
OUT
On reaching the mine Mr.. Hatch add
ed to the Urgent appeals for the aid
OF skilled men to penetrate the mine
TO rescue Jhe living and TO recover the
dead bodies. That Is, indeed the cry
ing need Of the hour. Doctors and oxy-
gen are on the ground ready for the
tanning to q flame of any feeble spark
OF life THAI may be found 10 any OF
the bodies. But they are almost hope
less. They say the death OF aIr. Tay-
Tor. who vas overcome before he
reached the main body Of men. proves
thal it will be almost impossible for
the imprisoned men TO keep alive. Some
OF the older miners say there IS only
one chance IN n thousand that there
is q life in the mine beyond the res
cuing party.
Up to 10 o'clock 70 further attempt
has been made to enter the mine, and
no bodies have been recovered since
that of Taylor was brought up last
night
There were this morning only q dozen
experienced men who might DO relief
work. and they were exhausted In
the temporary hospital which has been
made Of the school house nearby. axe
two men, AdOlph Coma, the only miner
OF those caught in the explosion, who
has been rescued. His face and upper
part Of his body is badly burned. Coma
says that at the time of the explosion
ne was between the sixth and seventh
headings on the south slope. and man
aged 10 get to the bottom OF the shafc.
He did not know the fate Of the others.
\ committee from the United Mine
Workers is at the mire 20 represent the
Tft4le Eor~a FOR Me-,