Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29
HOPE IS ABANDONED
FOR MEN ENTO|NBED
IN COAL MINE BLAST

SHANKTOWN, Pa, Jan. 26.-
Hope for the lives of some forty
miners entombed late Saturday by
an explosion in the Lancashire mine
of the Barnes and Tucker Coal COM
pany here was practically given up
when rescue workers reported that
the wrecked mine was dense with
BLACK damp" and that water was
rising rapidly in the underground
pasSageWays.
The farmhouse Of the mine was
wrecked by the terrific blast, and the
fan was put out of commission.
The poison gas, the water, the
lack of fresh air and a heavy fall Of
rock, impeded the progress of volun-
teer rescue workers, who dug valiant
ly in an effort to reach the entomb-
ed men.
"WINDY-SHOT" KILLS MINER;
RESCUERS ARE OVERCOME
PETERSBURG, Ind, Jan. 20
John Burt, so years old, shot-firer at
the Atlas No. coal mine here, was
killed, and Ling Abel, was slightly
injured by a "windy-shot" at the
mine last night. Twenty miners who
attempted to bring Burt's body to the
surface were overcome by gas. They
were rescued by other miners. Their
condition is said to be not serious.
Abel made his way to the head of
the mine unassisted. Burt's body has
not been recovered.
DEATH TOLL IN ILLINOIS
EXPLOSION PUT AT 80
JOHNSTON CITY, ILL.,, Jan. &c.
(By the Associated Press 1.-THE def
mite number of dead in the explosion
at East mine of the Cerar- Clinch
Coal company yesterday is 80, it was
announced late today after a thor
ough inspection of the colliery. A
previous report that six men were
still in the mine was found to be
incorrect.
chairman shall do this. In the event
of tie in the county unit vote of
the state, then the one of these two
candidates receiving the highest
popular vote in the state as ascer-
tanned from the certified returns
filed with the secretary of this com
mittee shall be declared to have car
ried the state and entitled to name
the delegates from each county as
Eereinbefore provided
ninth: The delegates to the ma
tional convention shall be chosen
from among the friends and support
ers of that candidate for president
receiving the highest county unit
vote of the counties actually holding
a primary election. and the returns
thereof duly filed with the secretary
of this committee as herein provided.
Tenth Each candidate for the
Democratic nomination for president
shall qualify by filing with the Sec
rotary of the state democratic eX-
ecutive committee notice of his can
didacy by - o'clock noon, central
time, on the fourth day of March,
1924, and paying to the secretary of
said committee on or before said date
the sum of $500. The name of any
Democrat qualified for the presiden-
cy of the United States may be
placed upon the ballot to be used in
said presidential primary, provided
five hundred or more registered
white Democrats of he state of Geor-
gia qualified to vote in said primary
shall petition said state Democratic
committee through its sec
rotary to have his name thus placed
on said ballot, and the sum of $500
is paid to the secretary of said COM
mittee therefor, said petition to be
filed with and said payment to. be
made to the secretary of the said
Democratic committee by - o'clock
noon, central time, on the fourth day
of March, 1924.
Eleventh: That the county Demo-
cratic executive committee of each
county in the state, insofar as is pos
sible, is urged to call and hold their
respective primary elections for coun-
ty officers along with the presiden-
tial primary on the nineteenth day Of