Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-26
No News From the 1874 En-
tombed Men.
RESCUERS AT WORK
BUT LITTLE CHANGE FOR THOSE
BELOW.
Women and Children he Only Ones
Who Still Cling to
Hope.

PITTSBURG, Pa, January .6-Ihe can
for aid in clearing the wreckage vi .he
Hartwick mine issued at o CLOCK this
morning by Manager Scheetz and inspector
Cunningham has borne good results. h"'
still at O'Clock this afternoon no woro mas
been received from any one CT the ISL men
entombed below. Volunteers have pressed
about the ropes from mining towns In TIE
neighborkood waiting for suitable clothing
for the work they had to undergo, ana as
fast as the little bucket could take them
down they went with willing but deter
mined faces. In all the group of expert
enced miners who gathered there thls
morning, and only the best were wanted
not one could be found who would say that
he believed that one more living man would
be brought from the darkness beyond the
bottom of the sha #.
There 10 little apparent excitement in the
hamlet above the mine although nearly
every husband and father in the place mas
rot been heard from for thirty-six hours
Women Watching for Loved Ones.
Now and then group of women with
shawls about their heads would gather
silently at the mouth of the shaft and
watch the work there. 1t was always men
"gong down." and their eyes were looking
for the upward load of the dreaded bucket
Two three trips seemed to satisfy them
the time had not yet come, ana with
strange words in a strange tongue, would
turn away.
There were stalwart fellows there, black
and white both, who went down to do the
work of bratticing up the mine, or any
other work that came to them to do ana
then about II o'clock some of the best
known miners in the district started down
the shaft, two at a time.
The search party is being directed by w.
F. Cunningham. mine inspector OF this dls-
trict
No news has yet come from the little
party cropping their way into the headings,
but few above the ground believe that they
will have much good cheer TO give.
Al the hospital in the little school house
on the hill the day was almost the same as
the night had been. Adolph Conf. the only
one of the miners found who passed
through the explosion, is still living but
the doctors can give no absolute assurance
of his recovery: George Horvath, the men,
Der of the Taylor rescuing party who was
rescued alive, has fair chance for recov-
cry. The body of Selwyn M. Taylor was
taken away at 1890 am. in a sleigh and
shipped to Pittsburg.
Detectives on the Scene.
In expectation of the bringing up of the
bodies, eight Pittsburg detectives are pa
trolling the ropes at the pit mouth, but
so far have experienced no trouble.
If it is once settled beyond doubt that
all the men in the mine are dead. the work
of ventilating the mine can proceed more
rapidly. but that is the trouble, and has
been since the work of rescue began. To
work the fan in a way to quickly clear the
mine of the foul air would drive the after
damp in onto the men who have found a
temporary place of refuge, and 1t would
mean almost Instant death to them The
only hopeful persons about the mine are
the women and children. and they will
never he convinced that their husbands or
their fathers have persisted until the corpse
is brought from the opening. Their hope
fulness is sublime, but it is none the less
pathetic and doomed, it is feared, to the
direst disappointment.
Contributions to aid the families of the
entombed miners are already coming in.
There are more than 100 widows and prob
ably 400 800 orphans
They have been living on the scanty
wages of the average coal miner. That
income is now cut off from them, and it is
said immediate assistance will be needed
to prevent suffering for the necessaries Of
life.
The coroner's jury was brought to the
scene of the accident this afternoon under
the charge of Deputy Coroner Campbell