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breass Of the drift there was another
drift that went west into No 3 stope.
IL was customary when Moore and
Banchel blasted any holes In the drift.
one was to go 10 No. 2 shaft and the
other to No shaft Ia keep men from
going towards their drift while they
were blasting.
Moore and Bantchel mad missed
hole to blast and Moore told Bantchel
TO 20 to No 2 shaft while he Moore liz
the fuse to blast the hole and then
Moore would go TO No l shaft. In
order for Bantchel TO 20 10 No 2 shaft
r&xhad togo thru this west drift and
" Or bench Of ground that was on the
east end Of No 3 stope. This bench of
ground Ii about 20 feet long and there
Is wire rope placed along the side Of
this bench for guard against men
from falling down into No stop. This
rope was fastened 10 the south side Of
the west drift and from there along
the side OF the bench. which goes to-
ward No 2 shaft. which shaft is south
OF No 3 stope. From the bench Of
ground there Is drift that leads 10
No shaft.
A few minutes after Bantchel was in
the drift that leads 10 No. 2 shaft he
heard the blast go off. He then
walked from this drift back 10 No l
shaft but he couldn't find George
Moore there, so thinking that Moore
had gone 10 surface he also went 10
surface. When Banrchel got 10 surface
John A. johnson the shift-bos asked
him where Moore was and Banchel
said that he thought ne had come up
TO surface johnson said that he hadn /
come up yet.
SO they went down In seaych OF
Moore and found him lying in No 3
stope After George Moore spit the
fuse. no one WAS with him. 50 il is not
lust clear how the accident occurred,
but he was found lying in No 3 stope.
After finding George Moore in the
stope they took him 10 surface He
died the next day
George Moore was Of Irish descent.
a single man about 81 or ~ years OF
age.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-10-05

act Of sounding II. the ground came
down on top OF him. killing him. This
stope is Of back stope system and
the hack OF the stope wac about or Q
feet high from the dirt on which Frank
schricsa was standing. and the stope
was from 10 to 10 feet wide. the chunk
that came down on Franz Schriscs was
from 10 10 ~ feet from tns breast "
the stope.
Frank schrisca was Of pplsh dssent
and single man.
Nos XVI. XVII s.d XVIII.
Three fatal accidents occurred ~ the
Dober mine April "a. about 0 p n
William Erickson. Frank Roseland and
William Lind came to their deaths by
the explosion of powder in the Dober
mine. VIM. Erickson. Frank Rose
land. VIM. Lind and waino Lind mad
been working IN No 8 stope be-
tween the 3rd and 4th levels Of the
Dober mine. This stope is worked by
an underhand system.
VIM. Erickson and Frank Roseland
had hole down la the neighborhood
Of IA feet deep. Six feet below the
bench of ground where Erickson
and Roseland had been drilling,
Vim. and Waino Linz had hole down
about Ia feet deep.
The ore in this No stope is Of a
hard nature and il is necessary o'shake
the holes before blasting. 80 when they
charge the holes with powder to blast
they can get the powder well down
into the bottom OF the holes so that
the ground will break better.
They had just shooK these two holes
and were in the act OF charging the
holes with powder TO blast.
Frank Roseland was charging the
hole on the top bench. and VIM Lind
was charging the hole on the bottom
bench. They were pushing the powder
down with charge stick. FRANK
Roseland had about thirty sticks of
powder in his hole when suddenly the
powder exploded. and broke
off about or feet, Of the collar of
the hole, killing Frank Roseland.
VIM. Erickson. VIM. Lind who was
on the bench below was instantly kill
ed, while Waino Lind came out unin-
jured.
VIM. Lind and VIM. Erickson were
married while Frank Roseland was a
single man. They were all Of Finnish
descent.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-10-05

In most cases consumption results
from neglected or improperly treated
cold. Foley's Honey and Tar cures
the most obstinate coughs and prevents
serious results. IL costs you no more
than the unknown preparations and
you should insist upon having the
genuine in the yellow package.
Sam Bridges.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-10-05
NO XIX.

A fatal accident occurred at the
Youngs mine May 20, about 8 a. IN.
Walter weiiupsky. a traminer came tc
his death by falling down the shaft.
Walter Weiupsky had beer
tramming from drift about 800 feet
from the shaft at the End level Of the
Youngs mine. Just before 8 90 o'clock
he said 10 the partner that he was
tramming with that he was going Il
quit He went from his place ot work
ing close to the shaft nj the 2nd leve
and sat down in the station.
VIM. Duffy the skip-tender. noticed
Weitupsky sitting down in the
station but didn't pay much attention
to IL az he had work to attend TO- Sc
Duffy took the skip and went
down To the Bird level to get pip,
wrench. While Duffy was at the
Bird level looking for the pipe wrench
they had hoisted 3 or slxips from the
/ Bird level When Duffy found the
wrench he took the skip and went back
to the 2nd level again. Arriving at the
End level he noticed that Walter Wei.
/ tupsky had left the station. Every.
thing went on until IL O'clock when
all the men went up 10 dinner.
Weitupskys partner noticed that
Walters wearing clothes were still
hanging in.the dry. He went and in.
formed Captain Looney that
Weitupsky had quit at 900 O'Clock
but his clothes were still in the dry
and he didn't know where he was.
Captain Looney and some other men
went and investigated ana found
Walter weitupsky lying 10 the skip pit
below the Bird level dead. While in
the absence OF Vim. Duffy, who was al
the Bird level looking for a pipe wrench
Weitupky must have taken the
skip from the End level 10 ride &c
surface and in going up had fell of
or else he took the ladder road
and fell there from ~ the bottom
OF the shaft. There Is good
ladder-road in the mine from the bot
tom OF the shaft 10 surface.
Walter Weitupsky was single man
and Polish descent.
NO. Xxx.
An accident occurred Mt the Baltic
mine In No 2 shaft May 81, about
n m. wiano Riihonen. Walter Polich.
John Inyvenor and Sam Riihoner
were working in No shaft about AZ
feet below the . level OF the
mine. They had eight holes charged
up in the bottom of the shaft and they
had set fire 10 the fuse and all -four
men got on the bucket and rode az
10 the level. at when point the buc.
ket stopped.
The four men came to the conclus-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-10-05

ion that they would 20 TO surface
wiano Riihonen rang TO the engineer
70 "hoist up When the bucket start
cd 10 ascend and got about : feet above
the level Sam Riihonen let go his
hold and fell down the shaft. Walter
Polich noticed that Sam Riihonen had
let go his hold and had fallen back into
the shaft and Walter Polich told Wiano
Riihonen to ring "stop the bucket"
and the bucket was stopped. Then
they rang 10 the engineer to Clover
the bucket 10 the 3 level at which
place the bucket stopped. Wiano
Riihonen, Walter Polich and John
Inyvenor called 10 Sam Riihonen, but
they received no answer. While they
were calling to Sam Riihonen the holes
started TO 20 off. After the holes went
Oft Wiano Riihonen. Walter Pollen and
John Inyvenor went down TO the bot
tom of the shaft and found Sam
Riinonen lying there dead What caus-
ed Sam Riihonen TO let go his hold and
fall into the shaft, no one can tell.
Walter Polich. standing next TO Sam
Riihonen. didn't notice anything strike
Sam X. and didn't notice Sam X.
strike against anything. The shaft is
well timbered with good runners and
crosshead 20 steer the bucket mp and
down the shaft, II also has a good lad
der-road.
Sam Riihonen was miner, single
man OF q years OF age and OF Finnish
descent.
NO. XXI
A fatal accident occurred az the Bris-
tol mine June about 6 80 p. IN. John
A. Anderson, miner. was instantly
killed by fall of ground about ~ feet
north OF the shaft nj the \ level
Of the mine. This accident &C.
CURED in the north end OF the
station this station was closely timber
ed within feet to the north end OF the
station.
On this north end OF the station there
IL drift that turns of to the north
east and another drift that turns off to
the north west
the month of the northeast drift
was about \ feet from the last set OF
timber that was put in the station.
and between the mouth OF this north
east drift and the timber was where
the accident occurred The timbermen
had been there on the day-shift and put
in set OF timbers and when they left
work, just before 0 p. IN. they thought
everything was secure until they came
on the next day-shift again when
they could put in another set OF tim
bers and that would complete timber
ing the station In the first part OF
the shift. the timber men had 10 drill
short hole In the back OF the station
10 take down piece Of ground, in or
der 10 make room for the cap and lag
ging. They trimmed the ground all
down around where they had blasted.
and.then went 10 work and put up
their sat Of timber. From the time
that the timberman had trimmed his
ground down till the time chat John
Anderson came 10 WORK piece Of
ground mist have winded OH by mois-
ture
John Anderson came from his place
u working back thru this north least
drift for an empty tram car aud not
noticing that there was anything
oose above his head, he leaned in over
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-10-05

Tony and Charlie yenslaps and went
in the east drift A short time after
John Bataties had left Tony and Char.
lie vensIaps. the shift boss came along
and asked where John Bataties was.
The men said that they thought ne
had gone into the east drift. Then the
sniff boss went into the east drift and
asked those men II John Batatiea was
there and they said ne wasn't Then
the shift-boss asked the cage-tender IL
John Bataties had gone up and he said
ma" The shitf-boss then went and
told Capt Roberts that he couldn't
find John Bataties and they suspected
that lie walked in over the
timbers that was on top OF the raise
and had fallen down the raise,
ON the bottom of this raise was q
chute; they opened the chute and ran
out some dirt and John Batatie's body
came out with the dirt. What caused
Bataties to leave Tony and Char
lie venslaps and 20 into the east drift
and get over the timbers that were on
top of the raise and fall down the raise
no one can tell
He was OF Polish descent. single
man, about 20 years of age
No. XIII.
A fatal accident occurred at the Cas-
plan mine March sth. about 40 a.
IN. Joe Malta. miner. came to his
death. In the Caspian mine by being
suffocated with loose dirt.
Joe MALTA had been working In
No 80 stope between the 2nd and Bird
levels. This stope was OF a back stope
system. The loose dirt in this No ~
stope was about feet high above the
back OF the chute 1t is necessary in
this back stope system TO run out some
Of the loose dirt in order for the men
10 have room TO work IN.
On the night of the 9TH the tram
mers had ran out little dirt out OF
one of the chutes On the morning OF
TIE OH Mhiid INV
and instead OF walking along on one
side OF the stope by the pillar, where
there was space about sixteen feet
wide on top of the lose dirt TO go TO
the breast of the stope, he left that
side of the stope and walked across 70
the other side of the stope by the other
pillar Of the stope. where the trammers
had run out some Of the dirt the night
before. MALTA tell into the chute
a distance OF about eight feet he
gave the alarm and his partner went to
his assistance and handed him pick
to catch hold Of. he tried TO get mp
and the dirt being loose he slipped his
hold and the dirt started 10 cave IN
around him.
His partner went down TO the Bird
level to open the chute. but before he
Gould get Joe MALTA ont Joe was sun
ocated by the loose dirt.
Joe Malta was an Austrian by des-
cent, single man of about 20 years OF
age.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-10-05

the side Of the empty car. While in
this position The piece of ground came
down ON his head and neck. killing
him instantly The ground that came
down on Anderson was about o or
Z feet high from where he was stand
ing.
John Anderson was Of Swedish DIES
cent, single man of "a years of age
The coroner's jury rendered verdict
OF accidental death.
NO. XXI.
A fatal accident occurred at the
Great Western mine June about 5 80
p. m. Matt Lindimaiki, miner. was
killed by the explosion Of cutting-in
hole no the sub between the l2 and i3
levels OF the Great Western mine
Lindimaiki and his partner had drilled
round Of holes during the day. A
couple of hours before o'clock Lindi
maiki's partner went home, and Lindi
maiki said that he could.do the blast.
ing alone. At O O'Clock wnen the men
were changing In the dry some of the
men noticed Lindimaiki's clothes hang
ing in the dry. The shift-boss and
some OF the men went down TO Lindi-
maiki's place OF working and found
him lying about 20 feet from the breast
Of the drift-dead.
! examined the place right after the
accident and found that all the holes
were charged and the cutting-in hole
was exploded. Lindimaiki being alone
no one knows what caused the explos-
ion of only the cuttingin hole.
Matt Lindimaiki was of Finish des
cent, single man OF, about 30 years Of
age,
NO XIII.
An accident occurred at the Dunn
mine June II, about 3 80 D. m. John
Berg timekeeper, came TO his death
from injuries received at the Dunn
mine by jumping Oft the skip at sur.
face. Captain Roberts notified John
Berg not TO ride mp on the skip because
there was n good ladder-road 10 go 10
surface or, il he waited until o clock
the skip would be taken off and the
cage put on 70 moist up the men. He
took no heed OF captain Roberts and
when he got at the 5 level be- got on
the crosshead OF the skip and told the
skip-tender to ring TO the engineer TO
hoist to surface. The six bells failed
20 ring to the engineer and when John
Berg got 10 surface he saw that he was
going to the dump and no he jumped
of Mt surface and received injuries
from which he died few hours later.
There IL good ladder-roa from the
bottom Of the mine 10 surface.
John Berg was of Swedish descent,
single man OF about 20 years of age.
NO. XIV
A fatal accident occurred mt the
Youngs mine June "a. about 2 100 n m.
John FinniIar miner came TO his
death by fall of ground In drift at
the level, 700 feet north west OF the
shaft in the Youngs mine.
Caumo Secondg. Anton Skie, Alex
Sicketo. and John Finnilar had been
working in this drift They
drilled two cundrad holes or two Hat
holes and tive side holes and blasted
them before supper When they came
down after supper Caumo secondg,
Anton Skie. Alex Sicketo and John
Finnilar noticed piece Of ground IN
the back OF the drift that was loose
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-10-05
NO. XIV

A fatal accident occurred at the
Bristol mine March 18th, about II 30
.. m. Oscar Macky, trammer. came
TO his death in that mine by
falling down the shaft distnnce OF
600 feet. This shaft consists of com
partments... hosting compartments
and ladder road.
On the night of the 18th Oscar
Macky with several other men rode
upon the skip To the surface ON the
west compartment in order TO get
their supper. When the skip stopped
at the surface, Mscky instead of fol-
lowing the other men off the skip.
crawled in between the runner and the
post of the shaft -nouse, and whether
he tried to jump across the east com
partment or whether he tried TO walk
over the wall-plate on the south side OF
the shaft no one can tell He fell down
the shaft and vas instantly killed.
Oscar Macky was of Finnish descent,
a single man. about 23 years OF age.
NO. XIV.
A fatal accident occurred at the
Great Western mine April 92, about
10 a. m. Frank Schrisca miner.
came 10 his death in the Great Western
mine by fall of ground.
Frank Schrisca and three other men
had been working in No. 4 stope
between the 18th and 18th levels of the
Great Western mine. just before the
accident occurred Herman Skurr the
shift boss came into No. stope, and
in examining the stope. he noticed a
piece OF loose ground In the back Of
the stope. He told Frank Schrisca aud
Andrew Aho To 20 back and take
down the loose ground. Schrisca
and Aho went back and start
ed at one end OF the loose ground to
trim IL down Andrew Aho noticed a
crack In over this piece of loose
ground and he told Frank Schrisca that
he would 20 mp and get some powder
10 put In this crack 10 blast down this
loose ground. While Andrew Aho went
10 the l2 level 10 get some powder.
Frank Schrlsca went In under this
loose ground and started to sound II
with a pick. and while he was In the
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-10-05
NO. XII

A fatal accident occurred at the
Hemlock mine February 20, about
ii.45p m. Isaac Wirtava, miner.
came TO his death in that mine
by falling of the SKIP and down the
shaft distance of 300 feet.
Isaac Wirtava got on the skip at the
sth level. He stood across on the top
Of the skip. Henry Thompson and A.
Kovalgick were in the skip at the same
time. When they got TO the seventh
level where there is chute projecting
ont at the hanging side OF the shaft.
rtava either leaned too far over the
Kip and wasstruck by the chute or
else he stumbled and fell off the skip
He fell down TO the 18th level dis
lance Of 3O0-feet and was killed.
This is an underlay shaft OF 90 de-
gree and the men have been strictly
forbidden to ride on the skip, there is
a good ladder road from the bottom of
the shaft TO surface.
Isaac Wirtava was Of Finnish des-
cent. married man Of about ~ years
of age,
NO. XII.
A fatal accident occurred at the
Dunn mine March 4th about 4 y. m.
John Bataties trammer, came TO bis
death in the Dunn mine by falling
down "A raise; distance OF little
over a hundred feet
AT the time that the accident occur
red John Bataties had been work
ing IN the second level, $50 feet east of
the new level.
About 90 feet east OF there John
Bataties had been working on the
2nd level, there was a raise that came
up from the level below.
This raise had holed thru on the
south side OF this east drift. On the
north side Of this east drift across from
where the raise came mp there was
drift that went north. 80 1t gave plenty
OF room around on the top part OF this
raise 10 go TO and from this east
and west drift. On top of this raise
there were some timbers built around
aud some plank was put ON the
timbers. A short time before the ac-
cident occurred Bataties took the
planks off the timbers that were on
top Of the raise and took them into the
east drift, east of where the ralse came
mp, a distance Of little over 100 feet.
where two men were working and
laid them along In the bottom of the
drift In order TO wheel over them.
AT the time that the accident occur
red Bataties was tramming the
dirt from Tony and Charlie Ven
slaps When Tony and Charlie Ven
slaps hadnt any dirt TO tram
Bataties would go into the east
lift where there were two other men
krking and wheel their dirt away.
bout p. m. Bataties left
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city to the fact shat there were TWEEN.
ty-two eagles WITH the company.
Mr.. McKenna who told the Incl
dent to Mr. Cohan was standing near
the box office window shortly before
the performance, when one Of the
townsmen approached the window.
Say said he to the treasurer,
"gimme a two-bit seat for the show
tonight. Our newspaper man says
no one should miss it, for besides a
troop of trained dogs they have a
flock Of couple o. dozen eagles"
"Twenty-two'' corrected the treas
urer, whose conscience would not per-
NIT MIN to allow the performance to
be misrepresented by ever so small a
difference as two eagles.
"Well, twenty-five is a plenty to
raise a hell Of time with that troop
o. dawgs- III bet the trainer had a
lively time trainin' them dawgs an
birds together.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-18
SETTLING STATE BONDS MAT
TER.
Treasurer Jennings Informed Of his
Liability.

News and Courier.
Columbia, Oct. 12!-State Treas
urer R. II. Jennings today wrote At
torney General Lyon a letter ask
ing the Attorney General to let him
know the amount Of Mr.. Jennings
liability for the purloined bonds, and
indicating his probable intention to
make good the amount without suit.
AS previously stated, Mr.. Jennings
some time ago purchased state
bond worth $1,000, and placed it on
deposit to cover his liability in this
matter if it should be found that he
is liable.
Mr.. Lyon informed Mr.. Jennings
that he was liable on his bond for
$1,292.50, being the amount Of the
bonds stolen under Mr.. Jennings s
administration, with interest to date.
The Attorney General stated further
that if Mr.. Jennings desired to. set
tie dithout suit he would be glad to
be apprised Of that fact, as it would
relieve thd Attorney Generals Of
fee Of considerable work at time
when the force is very much press
ed.
The Attorney General also write
today to the two former treasurers
who are neld to be liable for the
shortages caused by the theft Of
bonds by Clerk Zimmerman. To DR..
". H. Zimmerman the Attorney Gen.
eral stated that his liability on his
bond is for $14,71S,75, being $10.50O
withinterest amounting to $4,213.57
to date. The largest portion Of the
steal was during the administration
of DR.. Zimmerman, which extended
over four years.
To DR.. ". T. Bates, the Attorney
General wrote, stateing tnat DR..
Bates's liability is sl,5l7.50 being
$1,000 with S517.5O interest. The
amount taken from the treasurary IN
bonds during the administrations OF
Messrs. Bates and Jennings is the
same. but the interest on the theft
under DR.. Bates runs up to a larger
amount.
The Attorney General in his COM
munications to DR.. Bates and DR..
Zimmerman stated that they were Ia
miliar with the circumstances under
which these bonds were improperly
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-18
"Yea, Yea, Couple O. Doxea Eagles

Gus Qohan, the popular German
comedian Of "The Hoosier CARP
company, relates the following story:
IA friend Of mine was travelling
through the northwest with a min
strel company three years ago. About
that time the Order of Eagles was or
ganized, and lodges we're being locat-
ed in the different towns in which the
company PLAYED engagements. Many
of the company were. made members
Of the new order, and "yea, yea" be-
gan to be the usual greeting among
them. On reaching the town Of
Vinita, Ind. Ter, they found a fine
advance notice written by the editor
of the local paper. This gentleman
had recently returned from Hot
Springs, where during his stay there,
he had joined the popular order, the
Eagles. So, when he heard that there
were a number Of that order in the
minstrel company about to play MS
town, his fraternal instincts moved
him to write voluminous and favor
able notices concerning them. The
company carried a fine troupe Of
trained dogs which appeared in the
parades and in the olio, and these
the editor also exploited in plenty of
print, at the same time giving publ
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reissued and recirculated and that he
would request them 10 make good
the amounts. Of course if they dc
not do so the Attorney General will
bring suit to recover the amounts on
their bonds. It is not known wheth.
er or not they will pay without suit.
The letter from Capt. Jennings is
as follows:
Columbia, October IL, 1907.
Hon. J. Fraser Lyon, Attorney
General, Columbia, S.. C.-Dear Sir:
Please furnish me at your convent
ence an appeal statement Of my LA
bility to the State Of South Carolina
on account of the stolen bonds. My
reason for asking this information is
that [ may make some arrangement
to pay up without suit if I so decide.
I have given much thought to this
matter and have about determined on
this couse. Very respectfully,
R. Il. Jennings.
There were in all nineteen bonds
stolen under the three administra-
tions, the face value Of the bonds
amounting to $l2,5O0. With inter-
est to date the total amount is $l7,-
52S.75.