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Jed Mine disaster Documents Jed Mine
Jed Coal & Coke Company Jed, WV
Accident date: March 26, 1912 Number of items: 34 correspondence, 2 maps, 13 newspaper clippings, 3 reports,
20 telegrams Material types: letters, telegrams, reports, maps, newspaper clippings
Important persons mentioned: George Garwood, Sturgill, Pleasant, Cox, Charley Haynes, Stokes Bradley, Judge Perry, HP Collier, Fleur Deuhaun, John Norton,
Joe Whittaker, JW Cameron Historical note: An explosion occurred at 7:25 am when 91 men were in the mine when methane gas was ignited by an open lamp light. The mine was gassy and ventilation did not keep the gas below the danger point. The explosion fed by dust and gas traveled toward the shaft but died out on damp ground. Within
half an hour men with flame safety lamps began erecting temporary stoppings, soon after, rescue crews and cars arrived and worked on the ventilation system.
In total, 81 men were killed. The list of names in this file is incomplete. Special note: Inspectors notes and maps were not added to Digital Library due to
their fragile nature but are available for viewing in hard copy only Scanned into digital library: July 19th, 2010
Document ID: 20419
Correspondence Date To/from Subject Size
3/28/1912 Norton coal company/director
Thank you for responding
quickly to appeal for help at mine
1 page
3/28/1912 Stonega Colliery Company/director
of BOM
Thank you for responding
quickly to appeal for help at mine
1 page
4/9/1912 James Paul/William Leckie
Thank you for excellent recovery
efforts at mine
1 page
4/12/1912 James Paul/William Buche
List of names of rescue workers
2 pages
4/13/1912 William Leckie/mining
engineer
Thanks for the letter
1 page
4/13/1912 Director/mining engineer
Forward of thank you note
1 page
4/15/1912 Stonegap collieries company/ engineer
in charge
Detailed statement
showing amounts due
1 page
4/15/1912 A G Edwards/Director
Letter accompanying
preliminary report of accident
3/28/1912 WD Maher/Director Thanks for prompt assistance
1 page
4/16/1912 Webb Willits/ Engineer in charge
Regarding the payment of
messrs. Norton, Whittaker,
Denham, Collier and Camerson
1 page
4/16/1912 George Rice/unknown
Correction on preliminary
report
1 page
4/16/1912 Observer/chief mining engineer
Request for record of
barometric changes
1 page
4/18/1912 BOM/ General superintendent
Request for address of Mr.
Burke in exchange for forwarding
information
1 page
4/20/1912 JS Cheyney/engineer
in charge
Dates in which rescue men were
employed
2 pages
4/20/1912 George Rice/Superintendent
of Norfolk & western railway
company
Reply stating that no barometer was in use at the times
requested
1 page
4/22/1912 William McCarthy/Chief mining engineer
Request for barometric readings
1 page
4/22/1912 Director/chief mining engineer
Fan relief doors observation
1 page
4/23/1912 BOM/general superintendent
Concerning the payment of rescue
workers
1 page
4/24/1912 Willie Moore/Director
Request for barometric readings
1 page
4/27/1912 JS Cheyney/engineer
in charge
Letter accompanying 8
sets of employment
agreements for rescue workers
1 page
5/3/1912 Director/chief mining engineer
Referring to the May issue of Mines and Minerals
1 page
5/3/1912 George Price/McCarthy
No barometric records, only a
mercury column
2 pages
5/7/1912 HM Wilson/general superintendent
Employment sheets from
rescue workers
1 page
5/10/1912 Willis Moore/Director
Correction on request date for
barometric readings and
update on findings
1 page
5/11/1912 HM Wilson/General superintendent
Neglect to send expense account
1 page
5/18/1912 A H Storrs/Director Submission of accounts
presented to BOM for payment
2 pages
5/20/1912 Holmes/A H Storrs Regarding bills for labor and railroad fares
1 page
5/24/1912 Chief of US Weather Bureau/director
Enclosing copy of barometric
records
2 pages
7/9/1912 William Burke/engineer in
charge
Miner claims balance due to
him
1 page
6/28/1912 Holmes/Cameron Concerning balance paid
2 pages
7/9/1912 Wilson/William Burke
Never told relief workers what they would be
paid
2 pages
7/16/1912 JW Cameron/engineer
in charge
Refusal to pay claimed balance
1 page
3/27/1912 Engineer in charge/Norton Coal
Company
Sending 5 men to help with rescue
efforts
1 page
Reports
Date Type Filed by Subject Size 3/26/1912 Inspectors
notes Bureau of
Mines Inspectors notes on accident
2 notebooks
3/26/1912 Preliminary report
Bureau of Mines
Preliminary report on the explosion at
Jed mine
7 pages
3/26/1912 Abstract Bureau of Mines
Abstract of Report of
explosion at Jed mine
4 pages
Maps
Map number Subject 1 Jed mine 2 Area of explosion
Newspaper Clippings
Date Paper Author Title/Subject 3/27/1912 n/a n/a 83 Men Killed by
Explosion 4/5/1912 Bluefield n/a State Ends Inquiry
into Jed Disaster 3/29/1912 Bluefield n/a Broken Bodies
Pinned Under Tons of Slate
3/27/1912 Bluefield n/a 83 lives lost in coal
mine explosion 5/6/1912 Gazette-Times,
Pittsburgh n/a President Storrs
Appointed at his own request
3/30/1912 Bluefield n/a The Jed Mine Yields Up 14 More
Bodies n/a n/a n/a Criticism of
Rescue Car Brings Reply
4/6/1912 n/a n/a $473.50 added to Jed Miners’ Relief
Fund n/a Bluefield n/a 3 bodies taken
from under the slate
4/2/1012 n/a n/a Paull Replies to Criticism
n/a n/a n/a Movement for Relief of Mine
Victims 4/3/1912 n/a n/a 7 bodies still
remain in Jed mine
n/a n/a n/a Jed relief fund awards are made
Telegrams
Date To/from Subject Size 3/26/1912 Engineer in
charge/Norton Coal Company
Notification of receipt of
telegram, sending 5 men to help
1 page
3/26/1912 Stone Gap Colliery Company/Engineer
in charge
Please authorize expenses
1 page
3/26/1912 Norton Coal Company
/Engineer in Charge
Please authorize expenses
1 page
3/26/1912 Engineer in charge/ND Maher
Car 7 enroute 1 page
3/26/1912 Wilson/Manning Rice and Paul leave at 5 for mine
disaster
1 page
3/26/1912 Engineer in charge/Stonega
Colliery Co
6 or 8 men will reach Welch 2
o’clock Wednesday
1 page
3/26/1912 Bureau of Mines/Burke
Rush help at once answer.
1 page
3/26/1912 Bureau of Mines/Burke
Mine explosion near Welch reported 80 entombed
1 page
3/26/1912 Bureau of mines/burke
93 men entered 11 came out
1 page
3/26/1912 Bureau of Mines/Sutten
Reported explosion; wire
instructions
1 page
3/26/1912 Vice President Maher/Engineer in
Charge
Authorization 1 page
3/26/1912 Bureau of Mines/Wilson
Car 6 leave Irwin and arrives at Jed
in the morning carrying people
and supplies
1 page
3/26/1912 Sutton/Wilson Do not go to Welch; cars 6 and
7 due there tonight
1 page
3/26/1912 Paul/Wilson Burrell suggests collect samples afterdamp at
every opportunity
1 page
3/27/1912 Wilson/Holmes Send first aid 1 page 3/28/1912 Bureau of
Mines/Rice 45 bodies
discovered so far 1 page
3/30/1912 Bureau of Mines/Rice
Mine explored 69 bodies
1 page
4/2/1912 Bureau of Mines/Rice
All but 5 bodies discovered
1 page
4/5/1912 Bureau of Expect to 1 page
Mines/Paul complete investigation
Saturday 4/4/1912 Government Safety
Car/Rice Take full face
section sample in one of butt entries off second main
1 page
10.07
PFTLIRINArli 11:70:51' .TO IJINY rie.DOSIELL CL,11.:7n,
')Ireatorl-
have the lleOlte vrells4na37 report to Oak* of the explosion it the Ard tiio4 WINN, Y. on Utyah 410,0 1912 (1*nes4;.4 ) t Yord eipm4
As a result et the espleetor el omm lost their lives; 91 mien were said to have been in the sloe st the ttatt of the exple-Olot: 11 tem eseaved, hut este Of he Sebseleortly died frosithe
acts: 5 or 6 were on the Mir bettee nenr the shaft, ei 4 or the second and third rich butt aattries not tred t slot 71,*„Those nen WOTO Ot t3 -
It to evident from the investigstion tt h!$ expimAer etzlrtod Ii one of the left butt entries off tho seconl mzthz;.1.1i.v; (In which ors it has cot bees fully dwtelmined; (atm. all tho rattle
ben darefally platted it may be pecsitlq to 4etermI .- or ex- '1'rom that:Kt left butt entries rrt of tht explosie •raveiled •
cr4tWard trosard the Shaft, VW. 4IedL sway On free fr laeue o. 1 ust, an the dise:onnl road. leadinr to th- bottm,: nncl
of thr rroui Of mart at or near tho ' te- of xn t&ft "len
The other braneh of the explosIs,n - 7ea left blAt tIstrise on the seocaul ti howlin anti
4 parn11Q1 entries, are. ther passed C Into ,a. I min hen4in;? sn%ries. It Ma to
1-;th An1 6th rigtt entries ' in .(111oh the were workint7, The enae,rion :.sseed eutwardi .,:, on ?yet Aiol on %ht: dunr troun4 neer the not-At Si
befor ,.. it reftobed thc , ditonal 'heeAing whloh
ajlow,a14411
InTv.rd the fpref t throh tht
r"'r etr100 1 , rgNai
ry-,ority the :1,on f.,t e
1 4n e1i
:pleuter aftrflr,
iUtOn r:onlit!on
w;-6
O f tho mot strlItit - things -1J:A the: dzIn uw ftforo It renohed tha shaft b rrmvm
conAltIon e' t.tv, ries. le.d It not been rnof, rib. end floor It Ir probable
fuvo wraited both the hoieting !And hf) ".710lence ,- -Alren at the 7lict tcn t'acIre
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vie a oantIon
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'Dll"ft'OI" -
i Ju' '.~loøl~ i. ,,.('1uL'91 tit 1.¥
ft to .. 01 theem __ .. 1912~
Aa ..91 me~ WV .14 tot-lon; 11 um ..10.e!'r"ta; I) ôi , ..ii ..O'ri the lillOD im til" ii'pl\).h:'t~ ~Te.. fhe ""W!'
loñ \btr 1iYØl'U.. Of the17 Ued
th.. aba, ~ .( tiro 5llot tP&flt'M 'by tM n-
It 1a mu_ ~ .. 11ltigfktlGn tñ.t-t ~h~ ~lr¡dtil!t.art3d in ~. ot __ i.e ~ât -":r" ott tbo l'~(m,,! ~ln ìiila(d~1(in "'h1ch O'~ It l".. ., ¡'Wi! . '_.ned; ..tt@)l" a11. \"1," no'"~);.Ytl b\'en c~rirwi)' plaltlJ 1t .. p~"'lblf! t? tint~n.i;d::o ~,,;tl!'e _-t.ct 1;(1. ""1"_ too.. lef nü _t1". Tã" of \htJ u;lodOt¡ tnoT~liedo~t"Ylu"d i~ri tha ga. \Jut l18á ~ ou d.~i: .!'l"uni. frú tro~ i;)o~eC~,;i ':\1\. on t'bo 4latul ~ iaUq 1~ th~ ':làln bot\~,¡; tor"; t, "'.t.~+ê 11 Yù~ of thr gr-up .t ee .. ø,. t'diF -i~ botto r,j f. r th~t ~lff:in "e-"
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~Q lJ~l" b~1i Of tbe ûiilø.hm 'Pent h!Wli~l trot, the10f'tbîJtt 'imri. 00 thé ..00 -h.. ~.iar, ~. ..p~d. ì.bf"tN~b the4, I)~rtlll'l artrleti, ~C tb,Gt! J.G'01K tb.N~;!h ¡¡,":~dr' Ør C,¡t aff er¡trlee
hi:t.ö ,jQ.. 1 _In hctid.lult nlr1... U M1 to til,)' ht¡;lf,l;i\ü ßl'1'Ilí1d tl'ri:,u.;b""'I 1th. Bib, aAil 61.li l"lgl\ _ide_. lu ~cb thii ~JOl' t¡ "r th0' r~W¡;i-i: ~r1tir~;. ~ ~lG-d. ~._~r411 0ntlQ. i. ,~in Ìie~iì1iitlbi tHe.d ~wa.Jrm 'th~ l.-¡! J'l'1lnd ~Bl' \.h. ~u.t.!ì of ~tLrm: ~l'..;;/t. 1&,'lHtf'':l'f' H; NaebBr! th" 4!~ h,,""llna wb!ch llj,,\tl t.ll th~ ".r,.nbottt"rn.
ûn~ of 'bû ~øt .i.l""r~ te'htnp a~)ut ~"hrj (';;;ploden ~..tho ~i n .m~ b~øJ"G i Îì ~~ tM ....fib;i J"i;..$on o,~ tJu,. an.~t'c.¡nJ. t T,hm ei! m", ..ri'ioiu. ~ti ", fl.\' "I)& ran \hh d:up ocrntJ,tlQDôr'th(' root ,rlbfi ä'i1tlt;.t'rr Uh l'!"ba~i. thFit ~h'" ":raJ.oiolofj .;'Vt¡ld
h.1itV.Ø 11~k.d bot.h thfl nobtb.1li lli ~li- ",h~¡!'b. ~. it ~. th;;T(l W,fjj
no ,.i()lf.OOO ~~O" at t.be hehUü!r !tÌH....~~ t.ih'H"l' wris ~ ¡¡or.oundon !lt
the air shaft, slightly 4r1 th but not eufficiert1 to torrent with itu woetin. Lftor tvi b-,en TIe.
The Ms n boieting shaft I th intsice, and the ir tho roturt4 There i$ :,lutbal f, onyablv of producinl a voluic! of snout 125,004 cubic feet of sir rir minute t arrrorumtely h tiioh
enter mere.
.he tre the chief fewtnree noticeci! fna thtt %he hoisting abaft end moan bottom was an th!1 Intse
mved the men who were working on thg bottom fro" ovnrooe firedszr• The monwho stem in the senord tArd right butt ei.tries wore also On the intate, hence were &Ile to seosse.
• fl the met wh-:; 'vere it the aren treverveci by tho on -lotion were kille. 1,11;3. thcwed burns, vo probb1;, they dieA iftwidiately and ti-nre twig no c:mortian or tav rf t'neo tiftl Ow ovriattioA.
The follotthyr we 1) A ohtex fou
t1.0
Of the imweeticIntioni (1) vfxys, tio !.ot in-samlat
'hnt the workings were Irrelf-ri ltil out: (;!-) :ha htmlace r5aio &Prre too rfic, voll
to be heft olcant c4)
4re, tho !Arno/Argot= .T.7erv tOtl, 444- 10 In vl falls thr.t oauld ;lot 'ao
Thst vs.110 tho roof It.1 rorutr: -tin-n o=" 4, it Tte'S ftr.Turtgratl-4,tn tstA ..-13.0r:Vri t cte f,triec • -768 71-1f r4 ni fen t 120
(6) U. while the concerti= ic oixellmt f!.v1h4 tmo sots of main headAns sorAresta,b 71:.1 tho wivsnxece of V-At: ittutflx,,1 ito1:.tionre ntirol, IAA baritr, tva or nomer.I.ionP ii 1e Ii.i thoso orott 002,aocti.l.nr ha4 not br= =iri'W, it is :or* than probable that :ho 4 -.; or liars .zsen ho':lorn working on tho vide = , not hr -v_.1 1t toir lives.
(7) .The ventllatimt curreritv wero :.bot Lafficient. stilt to keel- thr te blow the dttr.;_:or reint. ',"for 04- ninT 1 0, tho o trios r%e 'Ten nt t1u7
boadinv t!,ere h cominuOuk ou -re vat"toug:n, • of mo% Lhe imtri 41,1.1e lev5 -An.
Hoor, vT.: t, ,.m.e4 in ol. t;!to 1:trit crofonut tt4 veTtilotin ourre -ets ror.7.!aote,, to ttv.7 hafkaa o th (!!trirw roovT by l'orntticaz whilt turnInu, tht rom:A in '-',Ivan.tv_t(' tive c:rnf4neat iL not forbidden
,hs .eet inwt rw10- 7,-rr.ctle..t is rorbiAd n in ot:1,:!r oat, It car:not 1.:;?! eonrAl'Ior-
od a oafs Tmatioo. Pm.11 f4 11 mAirkil4 e;ontm thtl oot of 1-Jr -Attii- cb-mo :,ccArft31:.-
tl)Ch tD ;.x5, tn
1,don
Jed Po--4'"
tiulf41" ebat. sli.ptq ~Xl \~ l... in\ riot inttchm:\lirir. lia""ten... 'fth u.. w0n1nr~ l"n.-r ~_ ftp11"& h."lå b~~.JU.
'Ie .in holeUfi .àaf\ b th~ lnt.*e, ~ 'he t4~ ~r:o.tttíì~ !"t.~ '!a)"o 1. eo Gtd.i ~. oapti1I1.( f/t p~d.d~ a. ~1Ui,~ t¡t$Jm.U5.00Q i:l\i)ic fM'Ìof .1J' ~r mimt~ -.t a,pl".d_tllq a 0nl 1J:h~t4tr p_t.
'!k. lo11o-~ln~ $.," t.bl obI"" f'_ti;Jì1J nfjt1(l.n~
11'£0 t~ th..t t~ h1,l.i1~ eh.aft aiñ -.iro bOttom wa on th~ lnti¡i;C3,ßV~ Llte me whO were wo~ on t'N ~ottøi fro,'l ll"d,~J oftnome b-;¡n ~~ 'l"ù. wm .0 W'l" In t. ~M"Öii,d ~'lî iM!' rlRh\ b1nt lìl~trl&e\'.~ ü,l.o ~n ih'l iftt<e. h~e ":t Ç.bl'i to ..ea-;p.
All the me 1!1.m ~re 1~ tii. a.~ tmYl~.4 b, th(; ~~1~$1~ Wll"klll1d. Mid ~b.owed bie, iio ~1;¡, tMg t'tied. l~di~\ely tk~ t!:llt'tllWff¡ ,'l(i öPJ~.:'t,inl"t;, 0: r:'&'ilbl.J ~b~"! ~l'~~1fi!' l¡ht¡ ~-.i,ledp:t.
';_§ tol.ior'f~ ..N t¡liß fthì ltt f~lt.;rl"@ii :fi;,'t i Gi1à it1 eo\u'~cI)t ~,. l;ahà.I.'li)u.
(11 '!v t,hAia;qil)l't~tl '1~. ff."fltA'1 \,1~'J tñ~ ..~'(t ~'t_ùl(2) 'lll '$b: .tX~ Ri'l' t~i:..il:.rll lldd imt;t;$l "ha~ tit. h~ll:~ ~.dø ~.~ too WU.A'~'~Å. \1011 ~~
to \I~ 'kerpt eloiuti
(4) ' a'l tMi Ml"Ottf'$ll_t'e£jg;w,,~oo 'HdQ tn 'ftt~ (if tohl\. 'iifli¡T.tR.li. th~\ 00014 t~.t li~cloon"~tl i.i";
(fl) Z't~,nt' tih,. l"vt tl1l! :t'lt~iU.itf! of' bt'ii€~t ñ$â., 1\:
._ ~rir,.~\l)' il' ~hl! wid. ~ .l..tl dfó ""r.trolllD \t,~jtt.ilø ..~;t_.t~~t tcìiè :r.a~t'~ei"l':. l\1¡(í~J.l "f.l~ \'¥!Jllt
(G) _" "hi i. 'th$ e:o."'Ptloo h o.itGeU~t Qt.ht.,,,1~.O $et$'Ct _ ti h.d.t~.~ft~tl,,lbj /1 '':id€' lha:t 'loot 'liø~d.Yl\iii~~ or thl~ !nWnd.~ .1¡;QlL.t1~n W'i\. euth't)l~/ lOf)\h~vi'tl5 _e~e~ßQ=~e;1ti.\)n~\ Gut thr~.1r;h ~li-hrint\~ if\hè~lt ørtli~ .00",4)."1 Ô'Dt, htiii not ~~t.i, ~i.~ti 1 to l$; ;~!"
t.h.'in 1'1"'bl.e tnat tñl\ 40 Or' ~n ìltln ~ WQrt wÖ:fktngon the rl~bt ê1.d~ Qf t'fi~ ~1n~:c;.("jdJl nl,f. Ì"£''VfJ la$' tb~'ít'HYe,.
(7) 4y"iiU.a"n~ êu.!r~s or i~ r.d.~' '!'fH"(¡ ,ict .,arl101~tl3apl1 'lo l1eç .'th8 ,,'~eb~!Q' i~ dir4le r point.. 'for .:i-
i~l... in \h~ ~ lQ'\~r11"1$.e ~ø ~iiii nÐ th4 ~ih:ihM4~I~ th$fta:, ~ eoot¡.1~ll~ ou~'"ri~ <~h th~fI_dß (lfßl()h, orth.e ~~tTh~(ò lt.ai1e ,'(vr" Qi- ltUUI;'7t\!h
(S) O~ 'W~ tu~a~ l.ì4 ~i"i"~ltll;¡ or tb~ larr Q:pfJn O~fH~outt~':$ T~.U"hIUqr t'urH:n'è bfl l.HH\'iu,t)t¡(¡tl to th~ 'hadGof t.lh1 ø:itd~.I ~nd ~Ott~¡£ liy brr.t t1 OQlí t '$i lfl t:um! t'~
thø rooms tn al¡'ÌMte ;:;1 t~ ùuri e.~t:fiO"'tt h not tò"rl~'Ðy t..Ì1ò'J;'ee t Vl~ln:t $ l~ ßvrh 1:~.ot1",~ iei !orbi Mci: 1 n$';,n1 oth\t~ Iltm,t.~".. ~jl .~ It.i,,,U Q$t.UCft bij øa.ndd~r-Dd .~cat~ rm,e.'l(¡(h. ¡', l'~ll tull "1J!lt11"1~ ti~trn~thJ¡' ~tfo(¡t or l:1:l;t.l..f tCC'li!eti;:UHl k, dI'l';'''t~;IU(i :!~cøW-i'h,,.
t.l tin 0 t~,r.¡.. " flttØtl e. h"... b flØ th;", i; !,;t~ R 1 r'Olí
l'HI:n ~11~ thl) lnv~'M,,~~" t1t11' l\ilf¡ ':.
Jed
(0) The otopringo tor Teritil-ntion splear tn hare been manly loose dirt nr roe k wells, eseilli diaTiow, by m oxploolOn aM also Worths- oTportit; for leakage of the air under norme1 condition**
(11) s done by electric breast mahineo* The powers** obtained frier the trolley wire by hookirc a 171,o4 6 or to. 8 bare wire table to oars end onrryinit! it int* the tato of the- entr7. Those payer tablet wort) strone, along the 'props, woparently„ insulators col-Aer belh employed; in pore cases we found the ba.ro wire nallod to the prop. flo selto?Jet wore eN:ao:yet thnt when the current es* on at ail it sae on throughout mtnes honest ir n gaseous condition **teW in ow of entries and it a t) -,iort circuit, ichw.kok .cntirely likely to Ooour, it :14(ot 11ts tho he prto- tice io therefore reprehensible in not havinfT prorilrly inenlatod rower omb1e, and in not naviar: wmittes would. OUt out the poser sables er zrollo vl)on the ',too wore rot in use.
(12) i10 1arRow smeunts or inflammblo z:?ao (lethano)wers not given er i t1 of tht inspection, telors vas coffloiert 11-111-re heads of thll b7ltt ;entries end the mite entries, 1,t. I3.1 .0 tha 6th k‘al 6th .041t, butt entries Eal . ;-,.tir—r. strong sapsi s orx*t :„ lanN *44 in n number of *ales alltortn Cht h-oiAr, Of the entries nantioned or tho lhot robas off with
a si,kfety lutp on sconent of Its with flals, re (miring, the use of 1.11. inv
,70 were rAdvised b .,y the . ,:"Cate Ineroztora thrA %hif, :42le Nto,Ae r7;ort vbf7511 .1.0Ainr7 totivel duo to broaki: ur the arm," 1r view cr mucL tondltIons it to be for et4for if wt.s orL:7 1 0:;jA
.he mine. c_lren to 1,ho tire or th(.: iv 1n woro used,. foty INmy.s wv0-3. not only' 1.:,reet t.4Ainst ipsillon but ounblo ent ctti tobt;.nio If there WAD outblIrst en that rower linoocibo ort orff Imre -o"or oorstituto a menet° i.z.1 that mtke !, 7.hero wore lar out tho mine; and exteT. 2w.tar tat f7.14t tottoN the was very finely diviaeel (Irv, atA 446i rrtir
Into tho air. Tb frr tgo sources: (a) Prom tho"bug doW or !'io4Ine lust; (0) 'Prom the tool ground t:P‘a101) th Thor* were Iarv quantitits of coal :lust in the tbilr wOrkinTe„ ind,ontinf; ths to ohi duet 'rut no!, wall ahOrcled u; beforo shootinq, >r svtm tkftr,r !!ottr4, 7aohine fluct onttin4 ahnul: to ,vrovent dwer from it in caoe out shot, and aloe to rrevont torin'l it trrowq.•Thout, Cho .1,2.ob whera it emnot tathftatorily Olw,41a1
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25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on condit'uns limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message bad' te the se ding station for comparison, and the Company w ill not hold itself liable for errors or delays in trans-
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THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER
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H. N. Wilson. 7nginc'er in Clialwe,
March 26, 1912.
one Gap Colliery Company, Glen. Moran, Va.
Please authorize following join Bureau Mlnes
Rescue Car, our expense, ealariee and travel, attached
Norfolk and Western train four leaving Kenova midnight
for disaster near Welch, eighty men entombed, namely:
J. C. Sturgill; Walker Cox; T. D. Fannon; Geo. W.
Ganwood; L. B. Kelgore; Stokes Bradley; A. T. Blevins;
F. H. Sturgill; Chas. R. Haines; H. P. Collier; Judge
perry. Wire how many go.
Engineer in Charge, Bureau Mines.
Vieatern Union
H. If. Wilson Eng ineer 1n Chil.i"ge,
'March 26, 1912.
Stone Gap Colliery Company, Glen Yorgt?.:, Va.
'Please authorize foiiowing Join Bureau IUnes
Resoue Car, our expense, 8.larles and travel, attaohed
Norfolk and Western train four leaving Kenova midnle~t
for d1saøter near Weloh, eighty men entombed, namely:
:r. C. Sturgill; Walker Cox; '1'. D. 'Fannon; Geo. .
Ganwood; L. R. Kalgore; StokeÐ Bradley; j\. T. Blevins;IJ. H. Sturgill; Chas. R. Halnes; H. P. Collier. Judge
perry. \11re how nmny f~.
Engineer in Charge,Bureau lUnes.
Western Union Telegraph
H. 1,7. 711so T.inr in Charre
March 26, 1912.
Norton Coal Company, No 'oi. Va.
Please authorize fo11ov.thç join Bureau Miee
Rescue Car, our expense salarie and travel, attached
Norfolk. and Western train four leaving Eenova midnight
for disaster near Welch eighty men ento7bed, namely:
W. T. Hopkins; R. Barrowman; R. Bolton; S. L.
noney; Flom Denham; T. P. Justice; 'John Pruitt; X. many
W. Cameron; J. W. Norton. Wire how mug co.
neer in Charge,
Bureau Mines.
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Western Union Telegraph
H. ~,~. Wilson ~tine~r in Charge,
March 26 l 1912.
norton C,ial Compan. Jrorton. Va..
'Please a:uthorize following join Bureau lir1nes
Rescue Car. our expense. sø.ariea Md travel. attrichedNortoiic and '''1estern trl'iin f'auX' leavirig Kenova midnight
for d1se.oter nSi\1' Welch. eighty mon entoIi'lbed l n~imely:
tf. T. Hopkins ¡ 1~. Barro'WM; R.!). )301 ton; B.
!.Ioney; :Flam DenhM1j T. P. Justioe; . John 'Pruitt; J.
yW. Cameron; J. . norton. Wire hO?l go.
l'iigin eel' in Charf;o.
Bureau ianes.
CHECK SENT BY
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Nil 1912—
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RECEIVED AT
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Form No. 16S.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH GODIPANY., INCORP`RATED
24,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. C. ILE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays
In transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount bi tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager,
8152 PFMN nIr7 RECEIVED at
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28G. WR. 15 DH DH
Roanoke, Va., Mar26th-1912,
Encineer in Charge; Bureau Mines,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Message received Car seven now enroute Jed mines will move car six
there from Columbus.
N. D. Maher.
5:10PM.
Form 1
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPOR )
25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CASLL SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending - station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in trans-
mission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has beenvalued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER
rorm No. 16S.
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Roanoke, Va., Mar2ôth-1912.
EnGineer in Charge j Bureau Mines,
Pi t tsbu rgh, Pøi.
Message received Car seven now enroii te .Ted mines wi.ll mO"llj car six
the re from Columbus.
N. D. Maher.
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THE WESTERN UNION TI:LEGRAPH COMPANYINCORPOR
25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CASL~ SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLDThis Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability. which have been assented to by the sender of the following mesagErrors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sendinir-,itation for comparison. and the Compay will not hold itself liable tor errors OT delays intra:n'd
mission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, thismessage has been'valued by the sender thereof. nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty da:vs after the messag is filed with tbeCo-mpany tOl trlimisaioD.
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGI"
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THE WESTERN UNION TELFr lAPH COMPANY INC, ?RA
25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on condi Ions Ii Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the , 'ding
mission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tollarpaVethe message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is n
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of t
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT
RECEIVED AT No. no 5th Aie., near_Wo
1230 .0cl i ‘/\ DUPLICATE OF TELEPHO
PREVIO
Glamorgan Va Mar 26, 11.
Engineer in charge Bureau. of mince
ng its Ii tioh fore
•n. nor in esented
TO ALL THE WORLD zve been assented to by the sender of the following message.
• d the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in trans-ond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this
ithin sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. 'tions named above.
BELVIDERE/BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER
wednesday
d St., Pittsburg, Pa. AS
:1- ELEGR S TEL
Pittsburgh,
Six or eight men from here will reach Welch two °clock
afternoon.
Form 168
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCOR 'TED
25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on coni7(itions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can Dv 5uxrdcd e.gainse only by repeating a message bask to the4ending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in trans-
niissi o. or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this ..teSsage has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in anycase where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER
RECEIVED AT No. 249 5th Ave., near Wood St., Pittsburg, Pa. A'61s
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Form 168
THE WESTERN UNION, TEL-F'r ~APH"RA ¥'
COMPANY25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA.
This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messagsonly on con.df lODS Ii ing its Ii
DliS8i:r::~~~e~; ~~~::~;::~~~ :~~s~~~~e;:~~~da t~:~=~~ ::ll:i\i~J:g n.~~~ it;r cmessage has been valued by the sender thereof. nor in any cae where the cia.im is n esented.
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered .by r-equest of t e n
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT
;E TO ALL THE WORLD....- :ve been assented to by the sender of the following message.'~ d the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in trans-
e ond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which. unless otherwise stated below, thisn ithin sixty days after the message is filed \\'ith the Company for transmission.on itions named above.
BELVIDERE/BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER
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Glan:organ Va Mar 26 t If.~J
Eig1neer in ch$;rge Burøl.U ôf id....ee t:PItt sburgh t .Pa.
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THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY25.000 OFFICES IN A'MERICA.
INCOR iTEDCABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD
This Company TRANŠMITS and DELIVERSnrssages only on conLyitioii limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following- message.Errors can be ~~rded~"fimit only by repeating-a message baak to the4ending statioafor:eomparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in trans-
mig.s.ioa or deli very of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon. nor in any case beyon~ the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which. unless otherwise stated below. this-ø$sage has been-valued by the sender thereof'. nor inanycaBewhere the claia1 is not presented in writing within sixty days after the niessage is filed with the Company for transmission.
This"I' an UNREPEATED MESSA.GE, and is delivered by request of. the sender, under,the conditions named above.
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER
RECEIVED AT No. 249 5th Ave., near Wood St., Pittsburg,Pa.
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Form No. 16S.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED
24,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CAE E SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors call be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays
In transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager.
RECEIVED at 3152 PENN ..0.yr
27G. WP. 18 GR
Welch, TVA., Mar26th-12.
Bureau of Mines;
Pittsburgh, Pa. entered.
93 men/in mire 11 came out after explosion. F 1
Burke.
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Form No. 165.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED
24,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CAB? SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays
In transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of ioils paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager,
RECEIVED at 6-2 PIZNN AV F p,-
16G. R. 20 GOVT:
Graham, Va., Mar26th-12.
Bureau Mines;
Pittsburgh,. Pa.
Mine explosion at Zed WA near Welch reported eighty entombed car goirr:
washington notified.
Burke.
1:21 PM.
"orm No. 16&.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANYIiINOORPOR4TED
24,00 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CAr 1: SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD.Th Company TRANSMITS and DELIVE,RS mes only on conditi0D: lim~g irs libilty, which have ben llnte ,to by the sender,?f the followig meBErrors ca be guared agaist only by repetig a mese back to th sendmg station for compan, and the Compay wil not hold itslf lible for errrs or dely.
In transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Meo.age.. beyond the amount., of toll pad thereon, nor m any ca where the cl is not presnte in wrtig within si dar-after the messge is tled with the Company for tnison.
Thi is an UNREJ?EATED MESSAGE, and is delver by reues of the sender, under the conditions D&ed aboveROBERT C. CLOWRY. President and General Manager.
RECEIVED It3152 PENI\' .:.r:.i,~. c''',','- -..'-'i~,.,.I \ Viii; ; : ' : ; i: i 'i~~~~_C'/'I
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Bureau of Mines ¡
Pittsburgh, Pa.entered r"93 men7in mine 11 came out after explosion.
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TilE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.INOORPORATED ~24,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CAB' ~ SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD.
This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS mes only on conditions limtig irs libilty, which have been llnte to by the sender of the followig m-iErrors ca be guarded against only by repetig a mese back to the sending s,tation for comi;arn, and the Compa,Y '!l not hold itslt lib,l" for "",r8 ,?r delay.
In trnsmisson or delivery of Unrepeated Meø.ag... beyond the amounto:t ,lOll pad theren, nor m any ca wher the cla IS not presnte m wntig withm si dar-after the messe is fied with the Company for tnison.
Thi is an UNREJ?EATED MESSAGE, and is delver by reues of the sender, under the conditions D&ed aboveROBERT C. CLOWRY. President and General Manager.
RECEIVED itd'; 5'".. PENN AVE
l6G. "f. 20 (lOVT:P f -:.. e-. f t ..BURr,
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reported eighty entombed ca.r gc-ir;c
i,'-"~¡~-. çC u'-t ,.~ ~ (~ -!! f' . i'!i Ii:...!i. MAR ..2~ /' 6 )l92 .li-e ~~c/~, 'I:L". '~~~'5~":~~'~~":~"--'-:;;;'~-:
Mine explosion at ~.d WVA near .e1ch
wa3hington notified.
1 :21 PM.
Form 168
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
INCOMPORATCD
24,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CA' E SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only oa conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the s inding station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays
in transmission or delivery of Durepeated Messages, beyond the amount c,J. tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager.
RECEIVED at 3152 PENN AVE. PITT
12G, MR, 14 GOVT:
WS: Knoxville, Tenn., Mar26th 1912,
Paul; Rureau Mines;
Pittsburgh, Pa,
Reported explosion at Welsh WVA wire instructiens.
Sutton,
1211 PM.
Form 168
THE WESTERN' UNION TELEGlUPII COMPANY'.~
I
INCORPORATeD
24,0 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CAr E SERVICE TO ALL THE \NORLD.Th Copany TRANSMITS and DELIVERS mesge only OR conditions limtig its libilty, which have ben aBnte to by the sender of the followigmesErrs ca 00 guared ag ony by repetig a meBe bak to the nndin sttion for compan, and the Compay wil not hold itæ lible for errrs or delays
in trisson or delivery of Unrepeated Mßtøa, beyond the wnount(,~'toll pad thern, nor in any ca whe the cla is not preæ1e in wrti within siy daysafter the mee is tied with the Company for trision.
Thi is an UNREPEATED lISAGE, and is delver by re of the sender, under the conditions naed aboveROBERT C. CLOWRY. President and General Manager.
31'-2 PENN AVE. P\TTSBUHeRECEIVEDat 0
12G. iI. 14 GOVT:
ws: Knoxvill., Tenn., Mar26th-19l2.
Paul i ~ur~au Mines;
Pi t tsburgh, Pa.
Reported .xp1081~n at Welsh WVA wire inetruct~.n8.
sutton.1211 PM.
Western Union
R. V. Wilson
7ngineer in Charge,
March 26, 19121
Vice Prenident Maher, Norfolk & Western, Roanoke, Virginia.
Your authorization November fifteenth, nineteen
ten, Bureau Mines car seven enroute St. Paul, Virginia,
to disaster Jed Mine between Welch and Gary. Please
handle. Carries annual pass A-eleven ninetyseven.in
addition Bureau Mines car six will arrive Columbus Ohio
seven fifteen. Penneylvania Lines Plopule Wt order at
Colurbue Superintendent attach trAn four/eight forty-
five and haul to Welch and Jed 711 ,1e ackno71.edre.
rNGINYTP IN CHATIGT,
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Westem Union
H. 1;. Wilson Engineer in Charge,
ltarch 26, 19121
Vice Preø.1dent Haner, Rorfolk & Western,
Roanoke, Virginia.
Your authorization November fifteenth, ninete"en
ten, Bureau Uines car seven enroute St. Paui, Virginia,
to disaster Jed Yine between Welch and Gary. Please
handle. Carries annua paBs A-eleven ninety.even. In
add! tion Bureau Uine. car six \'1111 arrive Columbus Ohio
Beven fifteen l'ennaylvnnia I,ines l'leaße ti o:rderat
COllLTbua Guperint,mdant attli.ch tr'dn fo1t/eii;:ht forty-
five a.nd haul to Welch and Jed ~i."1e ackno'~~ledee.
JiTG ntFrJ'iH IN CHA nCF J
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Postal Telegraph
H. N. Wilson Yngineer in Charge,
March 26, 1912.
Bureau Mines, Washington, D. C.
Car six leaves Irwin twelve-forty, Pittsburgh one-
thirty, today. Arrive Jed eight tomorrow morning, carrying
Deike, Raudenbush, Roberts, Davis, and extra Westphalia
Draeger and Flews supplies and apparatus. Will wire
ten trained men to join party in addition to ten you will
have Burke collect.
Wilepn.
Postal Telegraph
H. M. 'ililson ~ngineer in Charge.
March 26. 1912.
Ðuroau Hines, Washington, D. C.
Car six leavee Irw~n twelTe~torty, Pittsburgh one-
thirty l today. Arrive Jed eight tomorrow morning l oarrying
Deike l Raudenbush, Roberts, Davis. and extra Westphalia.
Draeger and Fleuøø supplies and apparlitus. Will wire
ten trained men to join paty in addition to ten you will
have Burke oolleot.
Wilson.
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H.. M.. Willion Enineer in Ch.
l)lttøbu.rgn, Fa., Muo 26. 1912.SuttonlBu:rea~" ~Hnes. Knoxville, Tenn.
:Do not go to Welchoarø 81x and seven due th&Z'9 tonight..
Illsan.
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Postal Telegraph
H. M. 17 1 on Engineer in Charge.
March 26, 1912.
Paul, 3ureau Mines, Washington, D. C.
Burrell aaggests collect samples afterdamp Jed nimo at
every opportunity to obtain complete series. Please communicate
Rice or Burke.
Yil son.
Postal Tole F,,ratlh
H. M. Wlilson I';nginecr in Charge.
March 26, 1912..Paul, Bueau Mire s, Washington9 D. C.
Burrell i3uge;ests collect samples: afterdamp Jed min atever..l opporttl.nit:i to obtain comDlete series. Please cornlU1icate
Hice or 3urke.
Filson.
Pittsburgh, Pa., March 23, 1912.
Associated Press Report on Jed, W. Va.,
Mine Disaster.
Welch, W. ra., 1:30 P.M.: - An explosion in the mine of the Jed
Coal & Coke Company at Jed. six miles south or here today
prisoned 79 men of whom, up to noon, 10 had been taken out alive
and one dead. Rescue parties are making frantic efforts to reach
the other miners, and there are high hopes that, with a few ex-
ceptions, the remaining 68 may be recovered alive. The cause of
the explosion is not yet known. The state mine inspector is
already on the scene.
Pittsburgh, pa., 'March 26, 1912.
Associated Press Report on Jed, W. Va.,
Mine Disaster.
Welch, W. va., 1:30 P.M.: - An explosion in the mine of the Jed
Coal & Coke Company at Jed, six miles south o~ here today i~-
prisoned 79 men of whom, up to noon, 10 had been taken out alive
and one dead. Rescue parties are making frantic efforts to reach
the other miners, and there are high hopes that, witli E few ex-
ceptions. the remaining 68 may be recovered alive. The cause of
~~he explosion is not yet lmown. The state mine inspector is
already on the scene.
Received from
Associated Press at 3:30 P LI I:arch 26, 1912.
The bodies of four miners have been taken from the Jed coal
company mine up to 3 o'cloc-k this afternoon, and ten men have been
rescued alive. It was reported at this hour that there were
93 men in the mine at the time of tie explosion. Government
rescue men arrived here late today. 3elieved that few of the
remaining nen in the mine are now live.
Recei ved fro m .3
Associated" Press at 3:30 P II Earch 26, 1912.
Tl:e bodies of four miners bave been taken from the Jeel coal
company mine uI' to 3 0'c10c1: this efter:noon, anc) ten men have lJOen
rescueel alive. It was re¡'orted at tl~ is hour that tt'.,e re were
93 men in the mine at the time of t 1~ exp losi on. Government
rescue men arrived here late toda~r. Believeel the,t few of the
remaining men in the mine are nOll live.
VCC14---iL
Form 1
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORF ?RATED
25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditio Is limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sem lug station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in trans-
mission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid tilereon, nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS. GENERAL MANAGER
NUMBER -§ENT BY R D BY
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THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED
24,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CAB' E SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messa ges only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented be by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sc -.ding station f or comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays
In transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of 'oils paid thereon, nor in any ease where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an UNREPEA TED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager.
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Form 1
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANYINCOFil:)RATED
This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditio iS limiting its liability. which have been assented to by the sender of the following message.Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the senc,;ng- station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in tram;-
mission or delivery of Unrepeated Massages, beyond the amount of tolls paid tllereon, nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below. thismessage has been valued by the sender thereof. nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty åays after
the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER
25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD
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THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.INCORPORI\TED
24,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CAB' E SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD.pis Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS meses only on conditions limitig its libility, which have ben asnte to by the sender of the!ollowi m
In tr )'ors can be dguarded against only by repetig a mese back to the S( ,ding station for comparn, and the Compay will not hold itslf liable for errJ or ~y.
at ansmission or ,elivery o,f Unrepeated Me8RageR, beyond the amount of" "oil pad thereon, nor in any ca where the cla is not presnte' wrti 'th. "'.. dater the messe 18 fied with the Company for tranison, il g WI il ~.J Y8Thi 18 an UNREPEA TED MESSAGE, and is delivere by reues of the sender, under the conditions naed above
ROBERT C. CLOWRY. President and General Manager"
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RECEIVED at 3152 PE" AVE
10 --,G. WR. 14 GOVT:
Form 168
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED-
24,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CAI E SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to th sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays
in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Comfiany for transmission.
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager.
RECEIVED at 3152 PLINN Ay:. p 22G, WP. 3 GOVT.
rT
Welch WA., Ma.r3Oth-12.
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Z16 0 g tiVIN of
Bureau/Mines 9
, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mine explored 69 bodies out 11 missing probelly under fall We will
not finish examination till Tuesday and return via Washington notify
our people have wired washington.
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Worm No. 16S.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. INCORPORATED
24,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CAB SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented-to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a mecco ge back to the S.mding station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays
In transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount tolls paid thereon, nor in any cam where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
ROBERT C. CLOWRY, President and General Manager.
Welch, WA., April 5th-1912.
Bureau of Mires;
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Expect tc co te_ irme-s-tigatiOn SatIrdrzy arrive Pitter,uncTin s117 --id;v7. _ )
Paul.
1209PM. \` APR 5 1-912
rormiTHE WESTERN N TELEGRAPH COMPANY.INC:RPORATcn
24,00 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CAl E SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD.Th Copany TRANSHITSand DELIVE,RS meses only OR conditionslimt¡ng its libilty, which have ben aænte to by the sender of the followig mesgeErrrs ca be gu'!ed agai only by repeting a mese bak to th, ,sendin sttion for comlJn, and the Compay .wl not hold itslf lible for errors or delays
in trsson or delivery of Unrepeated Meøsa., beyond the amountm toll pad thern, nor in any ca wher the cla is not prent in wrti within si daysafter the mee is fied with the ComPay for tranison.
Thi is an UNREPEATED llSAGE, and is delver by re of tJe sender, under the conditions naed aboV6ROBERT C. CLOWRY. President and General Manager.
RECEIVEDat35' GO'VT.
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Welch WVA., .Mar30th-12.of
En reau/M ines,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mine expiored 69 1:odies out 11 missing probably under fall we will
not finish examination till Tuesday and r.turn via Wash1 ngton notify
cur people have wired Washington.
Rice.
2:32PM.
"oru No. 16S.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.INCORPORATED
24,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CAB\.E SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD.This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS mes only on conditions limitig its libilty, which have ben aænte'to by the sender of the followig melErrors can be guarded agaist only by repeg a mese bak to the ~:nding station for coinlJn. and the Coinpa! '!i not hold itslt lib,i~ for ~",rs ,?r dely.
In trnsinisson or delivery of Unrepeated Meø.ai. beyond tJe amount 0' toll pad theren, nor il any ca wher the cla isnot presnte il wntig within ii dayaafter the messge is fied with the Company for trison.
Thi is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE. and is delver by reues of tJe sender, under tJe conditions naed aboV6, ROBERT C. CLOWRY. President and General Manager.
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:Bu reau of Mirw15 å
- "I ...e..cl:, ~A., April 5th-l9l2.
Pit te burgh, pa.
E?:pect tc CO~.r~--1~...-t=~~,o\n sat~Jrd:iy
l' F-1----".EUqC I- ~- \ Paul.i, ,-:-, '.: i' i L ì \\ __
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arrive Pittsburgh Sti.:'ld~L.7.
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TELEGR1,7:.
Velch, — Va. April 2. 1912
Bureau of vines,
Fittsburgh,
Ail but 5 bodies reuovered. I leave tonint for Tiashinton. each
Pittcbur7h 7rida;; morninF7. 'Paul and others remain for few aas.
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Burea.u of ':ine s,
::i ttsbu~'r,h,
~,7elch, Va. April 2. 1912
All but 5 bOdies revovereù. I leave toni~:'ht for 2;"lurihinr:torL. Reacr.:
l)i ttLburr~h 17'rida:,r !:0rni!1f:- ra1.11 an.:l o~l~lors re::ir~in :or fe\'l df'..~TÐ.
10; ~'\G a.r1.
Rice.
The Company
Geo. E. Rice, Chief Mining Engr
OFFICIAL TELEGRAM
Charge:
[Setaag's nsna: iii frill.1
Time 'riled. Receiver's No,
LTitleil
words, PAID. Government Rates, at rate, (-:
To Ilianagar of -Telegraph Co.: . This message should he sent "Paid Gov't" Rate and forwarded with your monthly report as voucher for your credit.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF MINES
WILL SEND THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE SUBJECT TO THE RATES FIXED BY THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL
April 4, 1912
To . lovernmera Zafoly CaT,
Welch, T. 7a.
Take full face section s&10pi in one of butt entries off second
main. When will Paul and Deike reach FittsburE;h.
Rice.
, 191
tt—'2:tOt
To )lanager of -Telettraph ('0.:This mc:;sagc shedd be sent i~Paid
Goo't" Rate and fonvClrdcd with yourmonthly l'ct.ort as voucher for your credit.
6--': .~ OFFICIAL TELEGRAM
Charge:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBUREAU OF M! NEG
The ~~Jt_k_..__¡ l
___________ Company
WILL SEND THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE SUBJECT TO THE RATES FIXED BY THE POSTMASTER-GENERAi.
Goo. S. Rice. Chi et Dining Engr(:-(,lid,_'r':~ lJ:¡JllC iii tii 11.1 llitl",J
Receiver's No.
words, PA I D" Government Rates, at rate.
Ap,r_g ii_~___l_~1_2___ -, -------- ---- , 191
To ____ GDYß.1I\enLßatQty_CJu...,_________(j-'2:-;O:i
Welch. ;:. 7a.
Take full fnce sect ion eao~'le ø in one of butt entries off second
main. ¡¥hen will Paul and Deike reach Pittsburgh.
Rice.
.
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Maron 2B. 1912"
norton Coal ao~anyi
Norton. 7fth
Dear '3irs:
I bave just bean informed by the '"Pitts~burgh
01f1os of the bureau, of tñ$ prom,tness with whioh
you responded to their iippeal for help at the Jed ~
mine di sastel'.
?lenae aooept m1than~8 for the assistance
you rendered. It is lareely by suoh oooperation
that the burea.u is able to imooesfJ:fully oorry on i te
work.
yours very einoere17.
Director..
~$ro'h 28. 1912.
stonega Col114Jry C')mpan1.
Glamor ga. . V$..
Dear \:"11'6:
I 'have just been informed by the ?1tt9Durgh
offioe of the bureau. of the promptn~sß with whioh
you responded to their aJPf.u'll for help a.t the Jedmine at easter.
Please aooept my tban~6 for the assistanoe
you rander~d. It is largely by auoh ooop$rat1on
that the burea.u is able to ß11ooeeafl111y oarry on ita
work.
Yo~irs very ainoÐrely,
Direotor.
T
COPY .
JET eeAi. 2,111 COL:: COlJP;L,~Y.
?!elch, ,I. -:a. !~l)ril 9, 1912.
IIr. Ja~,es F"aul,
United. ,jtates Bureau of lIines,
Pi ttsburC,h, rae
I.Iy ~2.r 3ir:
Premi t mE to heartily thanl: '.lac anù your corps of
efficient e.ncL conscientious insJ:ectors for the ver,:i LTeat
aiel anù ass istance rendered b:r you ancl ;;0':,1' inspectors
foilowing tho disaster in t:~ie ¡nines of the .Tecl Coal and
Coko '2o;:lJjany, I,~arch 26tJi.
The prompt anrl efficient work done by you and you.r
inspectors aided greatly in the recovering of the bodies
of those killed a.YJd in making COlldi tions in the nine s'Jch
that the work of recovering the bodies coulcl eo on speedily
anil safely anti viork in the mine for restoring norral conc1:-
tions could progress snd I eSl,ecialiy f;~=-¡preciate and thanI\:
you and your ::ien for =70ur sy:-npathy to me ancl your sy::ipathet-
ic co-one ration Fi th ne foilowinG the ,iisester.
Again thankinc yO'_l for your kind :::nc1 most rr¡aterial aid
aml assistance, I ain,
'lery respectFully :i0-eirs,
(Sirned) "in. Le ckie
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBUREAU OF MINES
No.7r/7 ,
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Mr. William Leclde, General Maner.Jed Coal & Ooke Compa.
Welch, W. Va.
My dear Mr. Leek! e:
J\VP /ß-4/1'./12.
April 13, 1912.
Please périt ine to aclmowled. the :roeipt of your
very kind letter of April 9.
I have forwarded your letter to Dr. J. A. Holmes,
Direotor of the B1lreau of Mlnes, wa8h1ngtonl.~;. C., tor hie
l.n:formtlon.
Yours Tery truly.
~neer.
J' /B-4/13/l2
A"flrl1 13, 1912.
Direotori
Herewith tina letter reeived trom William Leckie,
General Manger, Jed Coal & Coke Compay. WelGh, W. Va., 1n
whioh he acknowledgs the work done by the erl018eø of the
Bureau of Mines at the recent JGd mine disaster.
Yours very truly,
J¡,Mining Engineer.
i Enol.
GAB !IS
April 10, 1912.
Messrs. Wilsnice Paul
Regarding two samples of blood si;brr;i tted to this lc.¡bor'd~tory
by jil. J. W. Paul anà taken from men ki lIed at the Jed mino where ~n
explosion recently occurred:
Sample i, Dike J. Patt, 4th butt right, No. 12 room" 2, Tony Harendol, IIThese two samples Vie!' subrr.i ttad to the color irnetr 1 c test
for carbon monoxide and showed unmistakable evidence of the mer. hnv-
ing breathed an atmosphere containint, c~æbon monoxide. The blood
sari:ples, upon comparison wi th a sample of normal hlood si=turated with
carbon monoxide, showed but slight aiffdrencB in color. At a rough
estimc.tio'. the blood. was probably ES per cent satura.ted with carhon
mCY',oxide.
Very truly yours,77 :;~;rz~0AA/Le~¿1
Assistant Ghemiat.
Ain"~"l 15~ 1912.
-¡,;onega,p Coll:i~ürioß Compan;r t
GltJ'l()rean. Virginía..
:)e:.i. ,~; i1' ß :
_)lol1~r¡Ð Bunni t to ~h off::i.oo adota11eä
S.t;l;ìtiJ~wnt 811ow1.nr the a.l"10uiitJo due each of the eig'ht
110n sent by your com!)any to J eel, \,''O Va., "Ln oonnoo-
tion ~ith tho minD disaster at at pla.ce. This
Btutor:ient to inolurle both s 1J1t; e=i:pOl1l. u B.
~'ettlerncnt of tLif: ai; GOirnt _11 be made
as soon as this neo6eaa:,';,r int on ib receive'.
fj Y C trul~' ,
0~~rf"'; -;or J.n \.j~~ 60.~ ~
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Apzo1 15. 1912..
Ur. Fa C. Ed\a1". ~;80Jfet.$17,.Jod Coal and Cok$ C(mat~r l
916 Whte nûia:ulldln¡!h!j~_ 'Ot'k Cit:,-
71012,1" S11"~'"
11eterrilng to tbe r&GEìntexplosion st ;tur ..Tftd li1r\$, it 1s
'the OU8t_ 01 t.he Ð\1 t.o iubøl t ~ oontitloiital it.ate.nt to the
oren.tor or the i:l1'e e.tel" 1nv.Uttatlo1i nU ~H,¡ll ~d. of' fJuo1i $.
fiiaaøter. pointing out theprobAblra cause or cnu.... &M othe dan(J'or-
o-.is :Pi'tioOfi dhclo..i by the lnveeUrttttioi. mth il view tC' their
t\it'wN oorNOtloi¡ or pNlTontlon. I thol"rortl e'Wmi t hOl'owi th l.n;a"i
t'ì prel1viiJ: NllOrt rr'i~ the Cbhd" i51ni:~t~¡ili~1neQr,~hot toget~ier
with :,~r. J. 1:'.1 l'wl '1r. 'Xilø. il:ii¡j athonri.1a-h bV",~liit¡~1't1tiQ'l¡ of
the mine.
The rEp,-rt 18 l:uJb'ig f;u't:ml tted in dupUcf~tet li.$ ;¡OU i:.y
dÐÐlre to &ubmlt a cOPS'~ ofeiamc to tho loOl~~l
Ve'! r&'l"it~tull~,.
fn~1 .c (!OJ
~~¡:br~~~)r&otor.
Y"l\ì S:i 4..16-12
5720 April 16, 1912.
Mr. Webb J. Willits. Vice P~ee1d6nt.Norton Coal Company,
Norton, VirRfnia.Dear Sir:-
Referring to your letter Of Maoh 27,advising that Messr~. Norton, Whittaker, Denr~, Collie;and Camerson of your oompany, had been sent to the Beeneof the Mine disaster at Jed, West Virginia:
It is understood that these men were retainedon your payroll during the time spent at Jed. and thatrem1 ttanoea to oover amounts due for their servicesshould therefore be made to the oompany. As the Govern-ment oan only make paymnt to the men who rendereã theservice, it will be neoeosary to formally employ eaoh ofthese men and have ohecks made out in their favor.
Kindly Bubmi t to this offioe e. statement of theamoun~t due eeoh for salary a.nd expenses during tl~e periodof their employment at Jed. Remi ttano6a to cover willbe sent direct to your office in order that the properendorsements on the cl1ecks may be secured and the fundsthus transferred to the Norton Coal Company_
Yours very truly,
~~~~ge.\
J~JD COAL AND OOKE COMPANYHINJjJRS AND SHIPPERS OF
POOAHONTAS COAL AND COKEW. A. LATHROP. PRIi:si:oEN1'
487 CHESTNUT RTREl!T, PHILADliLPßIA
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tb€ bottorn or tIie -rortrt1ri pc1£(;. cl~"'_Ã~~i:; 10, ~rorl.~~tat,8: inl~:.ere ".V:~;,~:~, "';0
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;¡r,its hE¡(i boen cut in one of the pLit~?i3 011 tj-.,,; top cf t1't' fan di'i.t"t
SO tf'iat it could be lifted 'by tte foree of a.: t) À'Tlo 3 ion t æ1d undor-
s tU'1: it Wi:"'; sO 11 f'te() :.t tL,': t ir.:2- of the d~ (d:~:y('t. It 'I rut
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iprll iS, 1912.10.87
Observer,United. states ';'1eather Buiu,
Bluefield, '~". Va.
Dear Sir:-
It will be of gres.t aøshtance in mting 'U nport as to
the ,;red. mine explosion it you wUl be kind. enow;rh to :ttu"ni$h me ,rith a
record of the b9.ometrl0 ohaiee. whioh oocurred about one week prior
aDd one weelt siibeequent to the øxrlos1on. It ooourred íJt about 7:40 a.m.
l;,aroh 26. I would like to Mve the figures a.t about 1 hour Inte'c'Viiùs
~ avor as frequently ä8 you uiay have them during the low hours prior to
~"'
tho time of the exploelon. 60 that i ea pls.t tho ourve&.
if you desi re tha.t it should. be taken up formally 1
wi 11 ask thnt requèKt be Bubmi ttad b~' thoD! ri:mtu:r of' tho Bureau of
!!lnes. 1 thoui:rht, hOti¡eVéìr. t:Mt it m1r",ht be :bpcniUed iUreotly and eave
tlnê.
Yourø very t~:. ti í/í ?
Chief "lntng ~lneer.
Stator:ent of El!ercreno~1' fmployncnt of . :inera atJed, ,",. Va., ~Iine JiÐa.etc r.
M:ar 26 l 191~; l
27 l li
John norton,
Joe rlli1 ttn,lter'~'lem ~ellham
. CollierJ. 7/. CaL!lCrOn
~')~irty from :torton :';00.1 Gonpany left :.1orton, Va. l 8 11.m.,l)arty reported for ètu ty at ,ied, W. Va.
:-_eft ;rctl at C:~ p Lrl. ::ar(-,h 28 for !Tor ton"- . lf"l dti:,rs ;',"', ') 60 'p(~r d~" ..
7 50~) ~,( "" . , - - - - 'l .I,eft ,"-ed n.t C" p
,. .. 28 3 r'T 8 @IlJ :50- 7 60t, . m. iLJ.ror~ , (I ~~ ,~, . .
." eft ,,' at 2 p r:: ..uxch ~~8 3 cin..;ro t:-' C) 50- 7 50t.i en. . , "-'ji ... . .
~- eft "t '1 at 2 p m l&aroh 2B 3 t-. aYß £j 'Í,) 50- 7 50'" OCl . . . \'l. l.._.'. .IJoft ,.led at 6 p in .larch 27 t' do.,yo @
C:l 50- 5 00. . , ¡:' ó__,. .
llar 27, 1912, :)a.rty from tono(\ap ()o;~l i ori(;t:: Co.. Glrnorr;a.n, 'ta.,arrived at ;ted. 8 a. :t.
~ J1. '"turgi1i ",oft ,"fod :J.t ~, 1~ m. :/Tarcn 28 :3 days ",li 2. 50- 7 60li . ..-~ g,:~ . . .George Garwo ad 'i If !I 2 I). i: .
1\ ~,8 3 " @ 2 60- r, 50, . .3. 1~ ?lo:.sant 11 IT l! ~) p. m. fl m3
~.. ~l 9 !so- 7 50. '" , .;) .. . .J. C e"turgi1i !l n it
:,~ p. ri. !l 28 3 !l - 2. 50- 7 50. , ~'" .W. 1,' ,. OX 11 ii H ()
l'¡ii l~8 .3 n
~.i1 2 50- 7 50J'~'.. \J , " ;",;. . . , . .elia-rles ";0 Ha.ynuR " Tl '.f 2 p. lJ H 28 :3
n 2 bO- 7 50"'.~, . . , 't"lf . .ftokes a(ile:r ii H n ç' ~..,; lJ.. n
?~8 /)r-~' n 50- '7 50, l.f ., . r~. . .
Jud¡te :.)erry ~, 11 H 2 p. r.~. ;i 2el 3 ii @ 2. 60- 7 50, .~?~)f.ÖO
Subsistenoe of 13 men onro eeach, 39 meals at ~O. 75 e~ch, - - - -
:;;nd return, 3 i:ieals .- - - - - - - - -$29.25
~aie8.e ; rr orton to Graliiiri,rahar:: to~elch t
'~,elch to'Tetl,
100 miles33 If!1
:3
136 ,I
At :5 clSnts:cr
20tnid tri.p
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28.16
1324481315
î6MBTotal - - - -
106.08 136.33- - - .. t230.33
17um1)or of lion
'.:otal fareS
Account ßubiiiittnd by c'Y.:'toncg'u.p !~ol11criec ';on~'1a.n:r,
Che;;mo:r. ~cncral "H.per intündent!"la::ìrru.n, Y5"l"f"ini,ù.
TIu11road :durc. :Norlíon to ~Qd, \,27.50.:e;:üs enroute 4.5030ard,nd Tod¡:ing at .Ied, lE.25;:131 róa.cl :fare t,elch to ~nno.lie Id 7.27~uilrond fare, Blue ield to
:~orton, ~C. 41 *71.93$302.26
STONEGAP CO IERY COMPANY,GL.AMORGA'i\, VIRGiNIA
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J. s~ eM EYN EY,GENERAl. SWPEiiINTENOENT
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.Jr. J. ('. Oheyney, Goner ai ;~'~1.pt.,StonegaI' Colliert Company,
Glamore~~, V1rtinia.
Dear (;'ir:
In repl~r tio ~Tour 101; tnr of .'\IJril 18!,
cone crnin~ the :'1at": or ot rcimbtll'SCl1cnt ~or f30r-
'¡ices rendered b;;,r men from :.four oor:pa,ny in oon-
r.eetion th the mine di Gaster ~t Jed. J. Va.:
I have sccuro(l froEi.lr. 3urke t ~who ii:
in'i. ttf3burr;h today, a stamant of the dates on
wl1ich these Juen \'¡eri:c employed. I ar olil1Bod to
trouble you i'\trther, ho\lovcr, for informa.tion as
to the ar:iount of E!..¡~ ary drawn by thoso I'lon, inar;-
i!luch as it iF. umLi:l'stìood trj, ey wore reta.:1.ned
on tlHJ payro iis 0 f the company; '-1.1 co for a fJt:~tu-
mcnt of t:'1€ tbilpcnsef~ curred b~r c'3ch i::a.n for traYol
and subsistenoe in oonnection wi th tho trip to Jed
and return.YourE ver'i truly, /
. vV~'ltCA)Enr~ncer in CharGe.
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April 22, 1912.
Ur. Wiiliam ~oCarthy. Bupt.,Bluefield Water ï'lorti &: Improvement Co.,
Bluefield, W. Va.
Dear Sir:-
I have been en:eavori~" to get a reoord of' the barometric
changes yihich ocourred about the time of the Jad explosion. l\Tr. '.-r~ ('~i. ~f.
Becker advises L.'l that you.. mad.e 50mû records at that time. 1
would be very much );Jleased to know if you om') gi va us somo poi;i ti va in-
Îormet1on oovering e. few days prior and a fe-v days subsequent to the
time of the explosion. Aleo whet the nature of the records are tha.t
you have.
Yours vory
Chief Mining Bngineer.
GSR: AiIE
Apr! 1 22, 1912.
.nm EXPLOSION - Fan Relief "r,oors.
Director: -
Re¡rarding letter from T'r. ). H. storrs ahout relief door for
the fan at Jed, 1 noticed on one of the side rlates that fOome rivets had
been cut. I did not look to eee whether any of the plates on the top had
been similarly looiened. However. even if this had been done 1 do not
consider that there wa sufficient provision to take care of a violent
explosion if' it reached the tor of the air shaft. The fan conduit was
plaoed On top of' a platform exteriding over the shaft, but the arra:qement
was such that had a violent pre.eure reaohed the top of the shaft ltv/auld
have blown away the c ond u1 t . The on1~ satiefaetory i:rrgerænt 18 to hnve
the relief doore of the full area of the shaft, with no proJeotions that
lllj" b e oarried aWa).
The oonclusion is tr,&t the statement in rJ report would r8-
quille Bome modifioation, but the fact remains that the arrntY~9inent at the
top of the shaft was not such as to have saved the tan conduit if the
force of the 9Y.tllosion ha reaohed it instead of dying awa3 on the 'llet
ground.
Very reeT1f.ctfull:ir, L- fMÆri/!/~C (, G~//" Chief 11ining EIL:p neer.
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April 24. 1912.
7¡r1'. \'Ull.t.O' Moore,Chiet. Un1 ted stat.es Wtuithel" l3ureau.
'¡1e.lSl nrtt on It 1). o.
Deal' Sir:-
The Ohi.' Mbilne: ~~ngnoor Or ~th '9uroau of' Min.. 18 anou
to obtain ba!"6t:tic r1aol"e sho;r¡jnp; the cond.ltiQn8 nt or near the Jed
minei whioh h l~)oc.ted about ~) mlloe south of Welob. \'l. 'le.O' i!!d1ately
prior to the e:.ploilcm.. w'Meh ocour%"Cld on tla1" 21 It at '7 .~,i a.m. in
Whioh 8S (nen loet their livei.
It _8 Claimed looally thiit th!l!" had been 3 i1rOl\ in the
bar,eter ot over one inoh on the n 1 ~praCe(Unilj' tñ.o 100ion. We
have b6tm unebln to O'bti.ln conn rnJr1;!on 0 thi f'O' :tfave :1011 Bn~! l'OOOro-
lng instr'U..nente loe~ted. eut!:loirMtt ntu:rr thü ptrhlt thi'!.tí.1'JUld. Oti
oomidêi'CQ indio~~tlye of b~n"ometr!c co:cdHionr &t Sèd'?
'lours ve1"Yè r;;d.;¡' It
tJiroctor.
Ap1.'il 27, 1912.
Mr. J. 2. Cheyney, General ;,~R;)cl'in~;endont.::toncr;ap Colliey'!.¡ ComDarç',
Glui!lOrean, .. Va..
Dear f:ir:
Henewi th please find eieht r;ets of eroi')loy-
:'wnt agreements iBsucd to cover tho ernplO¡rrinnt of the
o iRhtmen f140m ;,rour company in conneotion \ii th the
ruine disaster at Jed, ~¡eßt Virginia..
Kindly have the be Llcn LiGn c ¡ich 0= tho four
copies boaring their name OJ1(\ re-Girn the Lane to this
o :~fic e in the enclosed ::=ankcd envelope 1'1: ioll roc:tli~8
no postage.
InclosuTcr:-.
Ma 3, 1912.
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Mines & !~lnerale. on Jed Disaster.
Direotor: -
Referring to the Ma issue of Hines &: t!ineralø just receivedthe artiole on the Jad mine was evidently wrltten by the Editor, Mr.E. Ð. Wilson from other descriptions and not fran personal knowledg.
It baB probeb 1y beei brought to your at t ention that on page580 he quotes a statoment from the publio press attributed to you, evi-dently a garbled quotation,(that 1£ if it was issued by you at al~~The matter 1.l' not re la-ted to tho fjxrilosion. At the end of the arti-
ole'Lon raee 583) there is a very mean statement with reference to theFedoral Bureau of Mines. The oha.:re is $0 direct that i questionit it ehould pot be answered by a brief', dignified letter.I Ifrtrlicularls feel thl1t the followi~~ atatemont if harmul:t1None of the orew as f'ar as we are able to learn, have saved a
"&.i T.iG lei lJ¿1:r Or-'f ~Do you not think that a letter shouli be prepared, poulbly over !:r.Pool' e fIignature, whioh 'lonld f;tate ths.t the chi ef purpose of thebureau r~ been to enoourage a systemtio exploration atter an explo-aion, tho recovery of the 11 v lug before time WÐ.e lost in reooveringbOdies (Whioh haa bee be of the chief content ious at ,Jed and else-where 1 'rhen tho bureau ente:t"d OU the YfOl'k thtH'e were only a rowsets of breathing apparatus in use, whereas now there are about 1,OOO(?)Tllft r(ll.oue :,l.n3~ til'e fightiIíL~ C01"'ilB haV(4 been established throughoutthe country; suoh rescue oorpe are oalled on many times at mine fireswhich i:: 'not :ri:sCUt,'york; finall,;; to c;i'Va lS l1t:t of the men who havebeen rescued by the bureau men, about whioh there could be no contro-versy.
Twill, ot oourse, take no nctïon in the wattøT UJüass I re-oel ve some word from you.
1 wac very muoh intereste(l ln seein¡~ that there was a veryfairly worded. article on the MeCurtsiri explosion, written by TrofeeeorA.r'~.Steol, Who I understand was .ith you at St. T~ouis.
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BLUEFIELD. w. VAjl.(~ 3, 1912.
Geo. S. Price t ~sq. J
Chief Mining EnGineer J
40 and Butler Streets JP1~ttøbnre, Pa.
Dea.r 1ir:-
I ha're your esteemed fa.vor" of the 22nd. ult. J and
in r8ply beg to sa.y th-it I have no barometric records and,in fact J do not keep any. I ha.ve a mercury column in nv
of rice which 1s usually observed daily by me. In this
connection J however, I might say that on Saturday evening
preceeding the Jed explosion I noted that my mercury column
stood at 26.1 inches, a drop ofl.l inches beiow normal, the
greatest amount of drop that I have noted in three or four
years. I considered it ve~T significant as almost immediate-
~r precee,iine; the two exploslonøat the J..ick Branch Coiiery
of tIie PocatlOntn.S Con~.wlidated Company I noted a drol1 in the
mercury of ahout 1 inch.
I think possibly that Mr. Becker's reference to
this matter Brew out of nw conversation with him along the
above lines. Th'it is the only informa.tion that I am able
to give at this tiiie not lL1ving Ð. recording barometer in use.
Regrt"'tt1ng that I have not had such an instrnment
and th::t I i:'l una.ble t.o give you data along the line8 you
Geo. S. Price Jpage 2nd.
suggest but hoping that this memorandu riG\ serve you J I beg
to be J
Very respectfully yours,
WMcC;W
STONEGAP C IERY COMPANY.GLAMOR..AI". VIRGINIA
May 7th. 1912.... S. CH EYN EY,
GENERAl. SUF"£iiINTENDENT
Bureau of Mines,
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Mr. H. m. ~ïVilson, hngineer in Charge,
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Dear ÒJir;-
GornpliTi~ wi th iiours of .dpri 1 27th, I hancl you here-
wi th emplo:,ment sheets signed by the men who went from here to
Jed, W. Va., at the call of your Bureau.
They loft here March 26th at 6;30~. M. and reached
here March 29th at 4;30 I'. M. Under such circumstances we
would pay them for the ent ire time they were away from the plant,
and I believe it wiii be wise for your Bureau to do the same
thing. so as to have men who are satisfied to go if another call
should come.
Yours very truly,
;;tonegap Colliery Company,
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t!8¥ 10, 1912.
l~r. ',nilis T". !!oore.
C!ieÎ of U. f~. Weather !hireau,'lJa&hinß1on, D. C.
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'!r. 'tJl1liMl8 lotter of i\pril 27 reueived in 7't;,£01"Or100 to
baroB'!'pli records trom ~l1dnr,. and l'arln3røburr:. . y(~. La:dnr'on. )ty.and '~'T)'ethT111et VB.. for the 24 hours !)reoedill't"arch 2~¡. 1912, at r¡.25a.m. It hi now l10ticed that; there W'1:..ø t¡ t;vgra.phio error in the £'1 rot
letter iuant you, dated April 24. The exploolon occurred 1rt 7.25 (¡.m,.;~arch ?...
Since writing you p:"ovioUßly there hai hoan ft letter %"6001 VGìÌl'rOtt: tIl'. ';'¡'!~. Uocarthy, fYuperinteruÁent lHuefield'Jat,;!" '~70rkt; M'l IMprove-ment Company, dated 1'Hklef1ei,i. . yo,. ~$.Ke ~tatai:-
Ii! lmve no barom at 1"10 1"900 rd.! . r"nd hi fact, do not køGI' (l,n:.
I have a meI'ury colurmi in m:i ofti co "/hioh is i.uninlly obel'J"Ved
di'illy by me. In thh connection, however, 1 'ni:rht E:3Y that on ~:'mtur-d.~' evening yireoedlng ,Jed. 61Cploldoîl noti:ìd th:Ctt my mercury col-um stood at 26.1 Inchefl, $i~ d.:rop or 1.1 lnc,"ìl,,a bnlO'w nOl"InfÜ, the.'¡:l'oateit ~imout, o~t dTOY' that 1 OOVt\ notarl in tri~ree or fa,i:r ~ei.il.S.I COr)fidared~ it "lê1".l d~lfH"i.Cfi,rit l.S alinoi"t Li~i¡!taiUii¡ttÜ;ii i)recedirtEd
tho tyro explodoyH" ßt tho ',10k t1.~,nch GOl11.'ljl of the :Focol,ontf)"sCont olidated COmr¡l\n~ 1 notl'~d f~:lror intìiu 1'0!'CUY';j of ,~,bout 1 h:,,: "
OnG of our t:iinin!~ ElL,:lnrH)NJ W'(tf infof'lE'Hl tjg¡t on th~1.t ovnnin.t~~'iero '\S 8' hL7h wind ir" the "tlctnity of' 31tH'jfield tmcl;delch c"hich bl(W;dmm t(~h:Tf~ar1: and tel(;~)hone i,-tireii, aLd thtlt t;'lere Wf.i6 a anow ntorrn ('it,Eluet"eld. Thil' '''oull hftve lH~en 60 hcnu"c ¿revloue to ,thö i:nq~lOf;ioru
In view oí~ tht~ 6t'ror Íll d.nte ~ñ the P'f£IVlo'18 h,tter 1 '~'nibe rleaeeü to hl'vO ~dou inquire 1 l' there H., real"f¡ to bt:Vflth'H~rl an;i lit;,,((J-phe:.id âhiturbnnce fUCh. as indiciited. G.t Blui~ti(iLl on t:nturdtl~J7'.arch 23, or bet\"oen that time and Tuesd.t: marnin!;'" "arch 26.
In viow of th.o ll'ìorlw'lc:ø o~the oco:hnt~Lfl ooal field, andthe tact that ;many Or thf) l1in0fi are r':'r.eQuc, L £114,;geet t118t it böa \';J"lSt;¡ !)lta~ for the '\;,?aatlior Bu:~ef~tl to ttix71i.s.;',i L,;l)ífif30!;;O like !'. ;'/¡O,c;a.rthi/',vith fJ.b::il'ograph on oon(Ution that he '''ould in t:oueh wit)) tl¡.š ¡'O"cords. ~¡nü rel'Ort unfuvort\Dlu oond1~tloni, tCl the o!¡,;;n'üt0l"e L¡ tlH; 'Victh:tour;h thn dell;; firet" o~. '1110 a'\(;i:\c~; of' tho teloi;hone 0':" telo-
Graph cOirrpü;:n;y. 1 rjL:lve no d.cmbt but thht (men an ~ì rr*nr;'0!1(frl'; woi("l beheart!l;r 8lvrO'led, and f'ac~Jl"ùílcI the min,' OT:w;ittors in tbo
vfJr if¡é~c;rit1f~. ld.~fj t UJ (~ ~: h:cerel;¡,\ Direotor.
STONEGAP CI .IERY COMPANY,GLAMOR\.~N, VIRGINIA
l;ray 11th, 1912.oJ. S. eM EYN EY.
GENERAL. SUF"ERINTENOENT
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Bur ear.. of Mines, '
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Dec.r ~ir:-
In writing yuu on the 7th, I neglected to send
~1()U our e:xrense account in connection with the eight 10.Cn
who went from here to Jed after the accident at that place.
The Jtonegat Co lliery Company advanced this money,
and I will thank you to draw the check to our order.
Yours v cry truly,
dtonegap Coilier~i COr!y.any, /
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iJtatement of exrenses of the eight men who went from
Glamorgan to Jed, W. Va.. after the accident at the latter
place.Railroad fare Norton to Jed ~t27.50
Iieals enroute
Board and Lodging at Jed
4.50
12.25Rai lroad fare Welch to Bluefi eld 7.27
" " Bluefield to Norton 20.4171.93
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p'tovidu,L tl:"6 "b'u-
ubGic ted on the nino
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I will be gl¿~i to O.~_l1: (~\, ~7 01
YOUX" cmnpa.:ny ii: hi tJ, t 't" f: U '~ 1 f:;r¡ffn "t¡ 01:' eo
,::'C(~ou.l~tSt in vi(J1l Qi" the Lorv:iolS rmHlt,ro(ÌlHl an :J Iiortion
r.:t the n~;c irnrolveLt uonnco on w: t h tho x'ooovet'¡
operattonÐ. If for r()i,,i;¡\:r êl l' 1.t iOd,blu
to do ~jO, e'1t:H: Cì n' "' 'h t c.iio; ;(' at
r mi:J cOd!H.d, d~or(I'i. u:,v;;.111¡.i)10 tl 0-
priat lon tho ,~¿~1!mtcna.nQC o:! J.U for t.'~i() pU.r-
POSß of i.:¡ettlin¡t tr;e f;;iu:ie.¡W r t~ be 1;0 :i :.h
,:our (;torn1:) 1:,1,t\ hoen put thiD di~aLtor, - ho t.u.tut1
bi.JLnp:lnfl th1 h O'!' iiI' ;,Lttøntl ün only ÚO fW
inthe belief that you (l.,iJi¡~e to Ctr"c in
tho ~:;ei~vjf;e by ce I:H:t?1.
tru ;:OHJ'S t
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JED COAL f. COKE COLPLNY, Jed, "'I. Va.,
l\!.ny 20 , lìß;¡~~~ -~ ii ~! 'I
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My dear Holrres: LEave your f~vor of the 18th inst. i r8~arding bills
for l~bor & railroad fares for the men that were bra ght to the
Jed frorr other mines by your rescue cars.
This beinr a bill previous to the receivership, I cannot
pay it as such. I will however treat it all as labor, putting it
on the April roll and will send checks direct to the two companies.
We very greatly appreciate the work which these men did
for the Jed and their readiness to volunteer for such dangerous work.
I think I h~ve already expressed to you my personal appre-
c iat i on 0 f the wark a f your Bureau men at that time but if not des i re
n 011: to d 0 so.
The emergency was great and your De~artment and employees
rose to it in a very fine mann r. I sincerely trust that it may re-
sult in convincing some of the doubting T)¡oyr,~~ses of this region of
the necessity of concerted action and the establishment of a nunbAr of
stations and the systematic training thereat of men from all of the
collieries in rescue work. If so, the lesson, while a dear onem
will not have been in vain.
What succeSs h",s the laska cos.l L~nd bill' ad in Congress?
I have been so stec.òily on the move and out of touch with L:e pce ers
that I have not seen any reference to it. We are making good headwayhere with cleaning up the mine & hope soon to pr oduce so~e coal again.Early next month hope to get a d,~y in Yiash, 8; trust I me.y have pleasureof seeing you.
': SIGtJED) A. F. STORRS.
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l':æ,~r 2,4 ~ 191~ .
Ohief,U. S. WeAther Bure.
Waai~rtQn, . C.
Deal" S1r: 8
I .. in receipt of ;your lotter of '!!i;y 1£';. ancloaln,'t COiW of
barograph NOOMIl in the vioitd.t;¡' ot Bluefield. W. Va. Miil"oh. 23 to 27,
lncli;slve. TlieBG btT& boen ro:terl:#ld to tho Chil! ;lîni~ri,:i1r~ine,r WO
øaY$ that 1 t '¡'ould :not a.prfla.r tht.it the condit ious.eN abno!'l imm-
lately preeding the Jed e~plosion.
I tha you ve17 n:h for the :1nrorr~tlon oontidnod.
Very respectfully,
:?ir$ctor.
Foriu No. 10'28 B-Metl.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU.
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REMARKS.
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July 16, 1912.
Mr. J. V,'. camron,Box 361,
Norton, Va.
Dear Sir:
In tuther reply to your letter of June 28, ad-dressed to the Ileau ot Mies, \;1ashingon, D. O. l inwhich you claim a balance ot :J1l.00, due you on account ofservices rendered at the ~ed, ,!;,,,!~~,J-~~,,~UJi~~1,~i:i,,
Your statemnt that you v/ere to receive ;~e. 00per day'Wae raterred to Mr. William Buke who states thathe made no mention ot the rate tha.t would De raid b:, thebureau tor mine :rscue work. Howver, the sottletnent l1ideyou w:is at the same rate as was tendered an accepted bythe other men who renered assistance at the Jed dieseter.
I assure you that the bureau thoroughly appre-ciates the service you rendered 808 along with all otherswho tOOk part in resoue operations at the Jed mine. In.Iew, however, of the faot that settlemnt was aoceptedat the leeser rate by all others conoerned, I regret thatit does not seem praotioable to mske any exception in yourcase.
Hoping that this explanation 1s satisfaotory, Iem,
Very truly ~~ours,
~~-~Ennoor in c~.
WARRENJ~WILLITS~ PRE.S.WEBB ,J~WILLITS,.VICE PRES~
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..~F'.. BOH.ANNAN., GENL.ME_H..HENDERSON~ .9ECY_
NORTON COAL COMPAN,MINERS &: SUIPPEHS OF NORTON COAL & COKE,
NORTON,VA.l":ardi 27.
~;.-Tng inc;cr i n C;iH~rge.
i b'lRf ,0~ ,(,~~ .,., FIT -:~SEl;G'G i= __. -
r ~ \ 'L \ i ~~~ -.~_ _ _, ~ ~ JBurea~ 0 f ~inCB. MAR 2 9 1912
Pi ttsburgh. Pu..L
G en ;;1 E:nu~ :
tie l~c:cci''led ~/our rness~ige J'eGtcrda.:l ;...a~lisir1g; us CJ.f 'tric
mine disHs'..er nc:i.l ~¡jelch and askinG us t.o c,cnd f 1'0::-: Jif'CC some
men who r~ad triken :~nstr...u::tions ir miné res";u.e work anà ',¡( 'tired
you last night Rt~ting that ~H were sending five from our
opt:ration :ind that eight were leSi~vin(~ ht the sa,;GE' ~:.inje from
Gtorcgnp Colliery Comn~ny. \¡e~dsl) t.o ad'JiBe ;you that the L&W
R!lil.','lR;:' 'lniived their ruling in reference to passengcrs on
freight trains and by authOìl'ity from their Superintendent Mr.
w. S. Hecker we were able to get these men started l~Ðt nißht
Ht b :CQ 0' i.'lock rind they also swi t..::llCd ort "J. passenger coach so
that the men r~aiul d be mo re C::tS ily 8. (;iJommo day cd. ~ìliCY 0x:Guld
niake close conrc(;ticnr; at:.:raham and should arrive at the
Dct:~ne of the dis:;.uJter en"~rl~/ tJiis morning. '.i'Ì1 e lYj,e n \'1110 \"¡en. t
from here were as follows:John Dorton.Joe ',Jhittaker.J;'lcm Denham.
. r . p . Co 11 i e r.J. ",J. Cä.n:ero n,.
Had it not b~;en for t:r,e IJ&\~ H~'. -:Ìlpsc; inen r:o..ld not Ìi~¡vi:
left untIl t? is morning cwd eould not h~,vc ¿otten to Welch u.ntil
sho rtly af ternoon. \ie tlioiÁght the aetlon of the r&Vi Offici:i~ln
hi ,ülowing theGt: neii to tr::ivel on :;" fr(di~ht was Vf.~'Y lH'l~5.sc';m~r'th.:'
::nd thought tr'¡it .your off icC' s;~o...üd be ~idv~iGcd of tJ:f:il' !3ction
ótnd believe that Uie.y f\;hould 1;(; ¡;iven a. vote of tha,nJuJ ùJ" :;io¡;rde oar tment. Yo urs very truly.liO It '00 Ii CO j,1. CC' E:r A~UY
; ì' ViCf'_1'''CS'ì ;...' - J" '''.
UlOb 28, 191~.
~. 'tV. D. W~,2a V16$ ì?esld.nt ~ Ge~ Ml~.
lIoi.folk ~ Wet;¡~ n~iiWliu GO...
RQ8''W1t, va
it De.i Ìè~. ~~.!î'(l:i1ti'bt~tt orriOO ot the lnu bU Jut
i;r~ me of yow ~t aø81.~ bi th. moem'k
of .ti_ oa ItOS. 6 .4 7. tQ ~ 10" of' th Jed
mi.. dlsøWr..
pi-i& &co.,, th ~ of tbe b'u torthe &Ølllltae you M'V ~. III well as ll0W.
porøOD~l Mo appeciation of 1'ou~ Vlomvt coopration
It 18 in a wee U8$8.. due tohOh qel.~. tbfi
th 'l 18 able W iroe8ØtQq ~ on it. m:lt.
YO'a ~ Ilbioerøl,.
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DU,L~~ OF 'f!m nt!!cRIOllBUB.?,Ati O? Mnr:::S1:'it t a 'bU" 3b. Fa ••
ABS~BAOf W REPOB~orItltploaiOU
AtJed. Ooal and COka COlTiPUll.y '8 Mine,
Jed. 'We~i Virginia.Karch 12th. 1912.
aepo:rt by G.a.Rice snd • J. W. J?aulAbatr.t _ if .J.J\UI8.
Jl1Jl8 # lei.Op&l'aW1'. Jed Ooal &lid. (Joke OOJ''i'f;\1J3'-Looatlon: Jed" 1leDoweU Ooun'Y. West Virginia. 0Jl _ •••rtol1t ad Western
llatlroaA.Date of Dli$8tel"; :war~}h .2Gt,h.1912. !!bo'llt a~30 A.•IT.b.ve8~lgattWa: Gao. S.Rice and fl. 'W. Pa.'!1l.
_HZ lUlled, .ugh,,'!'wO. novell. &:loapU uo.b1Feg..Ign1\lia d\le to ~ Pr,i~abl.,. tOO;I:en. 1ig'ht ••~E-tto •. dU& to" Gaa and ooal dust.ht&l'tt 01 Jropaga;t.1Onl thr011gbO\1t Jlo,l timd"0.2 _in beadiXag$ a1ld lm.tt
entries.
Co$.l Bed. l>oeahontii>$ 110. i :seM\. a.n'f&S&s a.bout 63 ino.b.ea in thiCll:Afiaa.,The t'oot consist. of a'bout 18 iaehes tit draw slate~ 2 i:DDba-aofeoal. abo¥'&which "a 6 incho-S of. bls.akslate; than a. goodsandston. root. tXt the entries tje entire Vi t••t of' coal androot material is r~t lmt iU tba ):'Oqnls t1'1$ roof materialis ItGld in plaoe 'Oil pr01Js ••
An aver&gG analyais of the coal is s,,$ f.ollowa:
KolatDrtt ~ _ - - -- - ••.~ ••.- - ~ - 1.01Vc~atil&1iatter- - - - ••.- - - - - -18.8~
11ud Oar'h(YA.•. - -- ••.... -- - ••.•• - .•. -74.99Ash. - _ ~ - ~ - ~ - - - ~ ~ - ~ - - - ~ 6.198ulr~- _ - ...- - ...- - - - - - ~ - ...- 0.78
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llolstlU'$l ~:M m.1ne.• in g9w.::ra.l. is quite c1I7. howe.•.•r. tiOt3epat't.of t11amine s.rG liui"t,e 'oot, d,:e to ••;)a~ :t1"fJlI:J ,?,~ :Fork River\ih1Oh flow8 OWl!' the prOp8l"ti ••
Gut thie 1s 4istinctl3' So ga8~ou6mie" tl:ie sa. being liha.t'atadfromt_coal.
DtmI10pment _4 Jiua.1ng, :{IllG mine io develo:ped from a ~tt ~85 fee'4ee;p, ad is worD{!_, thopaael.,.-. !\to mala bcta41nsentrlea Bo.1 aDd. Ro.E aN~H .., •. pillar 200 teett.hiclt, diViding tu min-e into \We panel •• Saolt.'lbf the mainb$ad.1ng entrie. ~. composedof four entrrie• .20" x'.5 t. t!iema1nwa:faaWl ha\1l~ "1311 1a~ &lid. tM otbetwo •• 'ria. l'$tlU"D a.l~e. 01'0$4bt:tletJ tU'O t1U'n6d em tbe _t"to the nsJd from Bo.l baa41D& and to the lett from Do. 2-hea41D1a\lntel'vala of 400 Iee.l. h<a the. btlt' .l1t1"1_rocrna •• 1;\U'n$d ~ worked to the :tho ~Ul theI break~ to the Mxt pall" of balt e:ntrlee •.All coal 1s •• ~ _ JettJre, &lM1 ,Ioodmea mb11Dg maoh1nea.
lhplos! •• ", 1'etmlaalble<ploaive. are tUreil·tlwougho\tttbo m.1M.Rol•• are chuflOd aXJd ~ with c1q _ the m1no»'under~ dlJ'GOtietlot tbe abot flMr... !1u'ee Ibot t1rera aNemglo,ea. who t1retbo ahots\Ylib. e100t1"10 ba.twr, l1hil&ibe men are sa. ~ba·au-.
~l .a, mate. mld.eleo'l'le looomo'tlve ••'fentllat1R. Ven:t11&;:;icm. ia 111d.u.ced })7- 6 tJt ~'.'$.1Gt.lbalfan
whichie equ1pp$dwith a .teel &1nq ad att1tab1e oxplo#loa 4GOrir't-v''he :aa)1"". 1.25.000 _b10 t_'o'l air per m1Jltltewith "a.wate1" •• of it 1••• 4. !be air Qtlt""nt wu split t-.tii 1 i8s.Olae·a)lit soins to.~· 41p eDtl"lea. ·ou to tl!8 '10.11ta.1Jl -a41Dc am De thin to_ 50. ,2 JlaiAbea41Jll.
Ll.tl:Dg, 0,pe1l1ilbte .a;re 'WI&db;v 1ilIs 1ld.ner.1UIm1dlt.vtas aet.h04#1 CQna:l4arable dust _s found b1 the m;!. fW.d 111
placea._ quite 4t7. Wawrcar•• ere ued to clampea \be Qatbitt the "' __ $ said to be b1eftooti"t$.
Jbra!rJage: ~o t&1aIcarGot ·the· water sa the mt-. two Jea1le.,.111e plDpahIW& __ iut$1).ed._ .ha"fiJJI a oapael'J' Of ·500sal1_·per mill.,. and··tlw othsr 1000 gallonc :$r m1__ • !Mae areat tbe ~ltom of \he llpOaat.· ~ $he asller 0138 belql.tJed ••.•.• &1lXU1aJl7.Ill" ·_buttbere aI'8 two pthGZ'1JICpIIlnp&which del1Ter '$te~ to t.heebatt ~. In tMupeaat ·Shaft there ia a water i"lJlC and a pump0'1 2iO galloaCQ11MltJ' wh10kauppl1e. ,. ,_ with _ter.
A.s a. re8lllt of ~he explozlon. 61 ~n 10at thaiX" l1ft8;tl menwere said to have b$t'tJl 1n the m1Jlct at the UrpeO! the ex:r)loslon,U •• eaoa;ped ., ODe ot\hem aubMqwmU;r died trotp t. e:tfeots.
i'hae%plosioa 113&11•• cl ~ baTe originated m 0.-ot the l.n _ft. eue1U otttbe 50.2 headiDB1>1an acewm:dat1on01 au MtDc igaited. lW a ainer t15 ~ 11cht. r:romtheA lett 1m;tenU-l•• pertot the, ezploaioaVaveled. towutl the abatt hi diedout •. 4amp~ tree trom looHcoal dUBt ••. the diagonal 1"0a4lead1. to tile shaft bot.... ad thua the 11ft8 of the group of menat orDeal' the '&to'tome't~ Qatt .r. _.d.
!be othe1" bJ:"tmoh of theexploatoa went iIlward from tbelett _tt .entr!•••• ll'o. Z headiUC aad Gp~u.dth:tough tbe f()\U'p&1"allel eatri.. and oeD. j:&saed. thrOllgha eut-orl' to ih$ Ifo.1 head1AgfrOJIWheN 1t spread to the it~ 5th au4 ftb right Rtt entr! •• _
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!he'iJkllcatt(la& 021 the. autaee-of _ explosioa l'f&8 ••ntO of all" and '••• from the II• .-tnsa. !laterial tor e:reot1ngtem-po.%'1U'7))1'&\t10 •••• qulc1d7 u.embled ud 1a abou.\ oae •••halt hmu'mea I'll th .afat;r lampe be:gu ereot1J.lg tempora.rJ .topphlp. fheJ l"eac1Je4the door at the f1l*a' maa ea\q S2ld fOund tho clOQ1" DOl allT •• Athed:ied Shortt7 atte:r J"e&ohlDg tha 8lU'f •••
Ia the -aatt&rie. word of the disaster ••• nt to theU.S. Ooal an4 eo_ O~. the St&ie ml.ne inspeetoJits. tbB tI.S.Bureau oflUne.s aad 11elghborl»geollie~l.a.
!'be work of' reet.oJ"h1g YGt:11atlon •• carrig OIl in a.,.tematic maaner a.ud by the follOWing da1 the entire mine bad beenexplQre4 and InaDy of the bodi•• recovered.. bu' qui t.e a number •••relocated that c01lld not - ea.l17 removed Oil acoount of" rOtl! falla.
(I) iUtat the haulage r'Oads were too Wide. aa well asirngc.Wuo to 'be kept clean.
(2) fhat the a11"0our•• were too w1. in view Of theh$&V7fall.. tbat could not be cleaned Up.
(3) lihUe 1t is excellent practice Of bs.:"ing two setaof _ia headlngs aepltrated b7 a wiQ pillar. the M'nmtage of thisintended laolat 1_ as entirell 108t OJ'b.a:.,l1'1S two or088 cOlUl.eetioucut tlu'ougll the pl11ll:r'; if these oro.s C01UJecUOU .b84 J'lOt lteellc1l'bea it 1. more tbaa probable that tl1e .fD 01' more mea who _re..-king on the right.ide ot tlJe ml•• wou141lOt have lost their l1as.
(4) ~he TentHatiu! currents of the ms. were notautficlen tllapl1t to keep' tbe ga. below the ~r potat.
(5) Roomswere *arne4 in advance of tl3e last Opell C1"e••cut. the TeJ1tllatiJlg be1118 eoDliuo$e4 W the face of \. entrIes aa4roomabJ orat\lcea. !hi$ 18 Ter1 dangel"OUil pqctice, eSp«Jola117
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ttH l108t Of' thft .toppinga _ro nWttt ot 100•• 411'''m atone wall.. which are- ••• 117 d18p'l.a.ce4 __ •. 8&1>10 81011and alae>otter o}>poI'WU1\" tor leakage· .•.••.•1" .ermal ooad1tlon ••
(11 p~~ t.~ ope3t1Dl JdJ.WtB -.eh1-. _. el»talne4 trem~. Q,-olle7 Wire 1W h<XJ1t1nC a ba1"e wIre 0&)1& to •• aDd (JaRJu.,1\ iato t:be ta.. ot the \'fO~ place. 1fo6W1tebell wre em,plo,.a.., thatWba. tbs Qwrent _$ OIl.' all it •• -.tbr0118hOut tbemiMI 118•• , if a gaseous eoJ1d1ti,o.eslsted. CU'J!1'fIith a tth01"t eircult.1\ mightipi'. tbe pa.
(8) 1.\ is l'acui»m:ttended tbat the: .,.. 1.- 8C>\VbebIC••• d 19 _ JP;ae"$ ".. re:plfi4EHt wi th a,pl"OMcl saf&t, 18lDp1.
(~l Wh4meld. eu\UX1.Ps1'wtlld baremoviMl _t~-.ootlJagitOpr••••t~r 'bou its ))l'$u" ta cue· of a 'N.e--., •••
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{Ii) the OQ&~al''t'~rrm1t. at tlle abeat:t;are in•..•••.• tQ&w for l'w1411q >lenat ' •• of :Q!iJ08sstt7t theftshf:)\l1( eitb&r be•• '.goOcJ. hObt with • eaa- or .goGd .tal~ •
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NOCHANCf fOR LIVES/
Vletlm.. Siieeuibiid to tlie Dea
GOII.. Bef.~ Reøeuerø CoutuReach .Them aOd Oniy Ele"eo llIe,.. 'Who lIappened to Be at the I1'oo#-of the S~lltt lllanaglld' to E!laiie.~
Wekh. W.' Va;, ' March 26.-Elghty..two men were kiled to-day byi a gaii
i explosion in theJek Coal & Coke Co:g.!
mine at Jed,. W.' Va., a half dozeTÍi miles frpin here. Only clevQl menescaped alive' and one of, those diedwithin an hour ¡lfter being brought tothe surface.' "To-night tlirty-three bodies had
been locatedand the. reB~uera hoped. t,)have them C'utshortIy.ExPloring J)Ø~',ties Wil. hava covered all of the mine~ip:~tt~OCitJr~ne~~:YlJ~di~1nitt aRi noon. . .Who en. the expll)~ion occurred. pro!:",!ably only the eleveninen working at!the foot of the shaft had u chance f()~their !iYf'B.. T.h. by r.eadlly made t. hei3way l1p the . cages, which wera' nodamaged. Though SOme of the bladet the
fans were ,shattertltl,-they C()n",,:tlnued to operate, wlththe fort:inat~result that enoug-hair was preent.tQadmit :saárchJng parties iinmediateiir. i
Less than. half an hour after th.,news of the explosion'had been. com-im¡;nicatedto this placereUef meås-¡ures. ~. ~ere . .in orde. '1'.' oxy.gen.. he.im'!tS'¡and ether appliances ,were ruiihedfrom the plant of! the UnHerl StatelfCO¡i & Coke Co., a United 8tateæ~~~~rn.. .;:::l. r:i~~~¡ re.::;:c~;al~n~)~outto Huntington, .W. . Va:. was ¡ turnedback ontelegraphieOrdel's from Wa.ll.-:
iiigton and 'another cal' was started' from Pittsbiirg. Tha'firstci:. rea.h'~d.here~hcrtJJ"after'noon. " Tpe experts
linmedjateJy cqnceded. thä.t ~.il in them¡ne~wel'edead. . -Stateinineil1SIHl.)tors .'.promptly or-
ga:')iiiediii*iie ..lìa.rtieir and. beg-an the¡øXPiQratipflo~"le:ve;ls, As the ga,seslereclea,re'd'gut . a..Id they begantearçhE'Ìl Of: thelo\"".er' jeo'E'li; they in,.-meÓlately ¡. be,aJltoCOllV', UMn' inine,..~,kU;Wpii~:in )Y.' Otiier lllnes.S(nt, . 't'l'e.lân
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¡J..'I., ,'No ifnU-ph:iw(io(j 'abollt.th&:~)"limen haVekêptw thih t'he'ir,d1ín'leS' fiyercoinewitn
' gr~ af a¡lÕ distJ:action: .... . ...' 'lhe mine was inspected l'lsth'ridaY"fii!g pr,üIl()unçedisa:fe, .iJ;J'~liminnry, in.nistigaticais tO~da:Vha,ve. not dlv,jJgtdthe 'Cåi.se o.!.th,e.;eiplog;on..'. i'omelocaL. mine inen. ¡1'jì¡cjlnc.'d LOi:e~rárdit as. a .PIi:vsical prenOInl'/lon. T~a~ol1''''('tel'S in L.hisvicinitYhave, been show-ing uii'sually IowreaàhigS fol' thCl,la¡it week without the. usual. atmos~'phel'IC clianges:
The famiJ;e$ôftlie ')-:p.d iiieiiñndtheilJse:ves in; g.)Ì'c "tr;iil S. ìVork has
I b'een \eryslackiLI the 'niil1e. O'HsIdoai,l willi", iisked. .. . .....
The State j'lßpiì:nient ()! . Mines 'ìvasinotified to-iiig:ht.b~' thédl.øtrict mineinspectors,.whoal'e.heJ\e. tbatno ei"fort to ascerta.ln. ttt initial point ofthE'. explosion Or thecaúsewouJd beinade before' 'all . of. the. hod!cs ha vbiJeen recovered. .
The Jed niille is. ()rdlnariJy workeilbJ" 125 men ontlie'day shift. ~'1iefarit that the 'mine 'has not beenwo:rked regula,í'yacêountérl for
nInety _three, men only-being in. the mine at
the time of the eXPlOSion, the otherthirty-tWQ notha.ving put in an ap..'pearance for.y,.ol'K i thlg .rii::rning.
Chief StateM.ine. Ins:Pector Lainl"accoinpanied' by.. District InspectorsMartin, Mulra;nd ROlid.?y are eX~jpected to arrive durfn.ir tlie nIght;frOn1Ch:l.rlp:~t:r,. T ..'1_ __ '.~ _
STATE ENDS
INDUlHY ,INTO
JED mSAsnn¡Evidence Adduced Not Suff-cient to Fiix the Blame for
Death Dealing Explosion.
ACCUMULATION OF GAS INROOM NO.8 FOUND
Cuiise of Ig'liiHoll Xot' Ascerhihieil.
'I~X31l¡iliatioii eoiiilnded liy ('hiefIAlilig', Who I'laceil l'ive 'Distl'ct
InSI)ectors on the Stand.~WOUK 'OF SEAnCHING lIINE
,FOJ~ BODIES eON'rNlJES
~1.le . ~tate has completed its inve~ti-I'gatlOn into the cause of the Jed mine..explosion. The evidence submitted' tothe coroner's jury was not suficientto place the ,blame, but. the cause isattributed to a gas ex.plosion, which'ignited the dust. The original explos-ion \\'as found to have occurred inroom No.8, off No. i butt entry, onNo. 2 main, as was predicted in theDaily Telegraph several days ago.
The ,examination was conducted byChief John Laing, of the department.of mines, who placed InspectorsNicholson, Grady, Henry, Martin,Hollday and IMiii. on the stan~ and
'i questioned ".them regarding their find-ings. Prosecuting' Attorney R. H.Smith representeæ the state, while
'Strother, Anderson & Hughes appear_ed for the mining company, andStokes & Sale for the Fidelity and Cas~ualty Company.
Guido de V,incenzo, secretary of thelegal bureau of the royal Italian em-bassy, with headquarters at Philadel-.phia, was present. to represent hiscountrymen who were Idled in theex¡;fõsion. He had affdavits ancJnes.es,bUtit apj)!larsi,a¡¡r.. ,.,..l'a,.,~.;f"~i'~P'.iiAft
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abolit. 11 o'cloi;k on '\Vednesd'ay night.,commenced about 10 o'clock in the molnlng and stenographers t.OOk. down,
t.he entire testimony. Chief Laing and,inspect.ors left yesterday for theirhomes.
The .Jed' Coal and Cbke Company isnow dearing up ,the mine, under thedirection of a special man sent to themine by t.he 'state mine department.It is' expected. by the. companythat woi\kcan be resumed with-in a compm'atively short. time, but.men who have been in themine and exaiÌined the wòrkings donot believe .i wil be possible to com-mence wor:k for three or four weeks.The work of looking for bodier; st.ilcontinues, but progress is necessar,ilyIvery slow ibecause of the slate in themine.
I The verdict of the coroner's jury was 'as follows:Stat.e of West Virgini1a,
McDowell county, to-wit:iAn inquisition take1i at Weì'ch, in
tlrecounty of McDowell, on t.he 3 I'd!J day of 'A'pril, 1912, 'before Dr. J. H.¡McCulloch, corO,ner of said county,upon the view of body of Frank Hilthere lying dead, alid others kiled att.he same time, same place and bysame mei'lnS, tow it :Georg'e Smith, .James Haynes, Steve
S. Szatmari,R. E. Pendington, JaC'obSow solski, Samuel B. Jefferson, SteveHowat, Berta Selidia, Robert. Giles- pie, ,Ad.am Mimsick, Steve Motto,
GiovanniSovanni, Alec SolaS!ki, Miario Guidolotti, Steve Sosnowski GUiSeppe.Caparali, Steve Yankeviich, Annibale
1, Giargi, Romeo Giargi, Andrew Ziavoc-F. Hilon, Jno. Motto. Chas. Chandler,
Wm. Chandler, Jas. Leoper, Samski Fran'l( Golya, Alissaiidra Tiatan- teiia, Bruno Chriicosta, James .S. ,Par-
; sons, Wiliam Bell, Lee Giìmer VictorSteele, Volley Lash, Frank Rice, 1. C.Gilman, E. Ð. McClure WL.ll Harris, Wiliam Greene, .Jack Chandler, Wni. Ham Ghandler,.Taniep Leeper, Sam Hampton, Henry Harris, Greent Terry, ,P. D. Saunders, W. .I. Woodward" SolAngew, Houston Jones, Wilie Den-ton, Alec Sabl,Sterling Martin, EJd.Johnson, Kalman Pap,p, John Agach,'Em dis Flex, RinaldI F'lex, Paul Mar-tee, Nick Golya, sr., MatteI Petta,Domenico Perri, settimil Flex, MikeGil'lia, 'Alex Kissavick Frank MaIner,Ted S\viabey, .Johil Gre,gly, Joe ißuroazi,F'rancisco SpágÌlttola, Garrr.elo Spa-gunola, Peter, Sowlaski, Mike Wil-liams, Paul 'Bodis, Alex Solaski, Em-
,meU Te1i,f,. .Jam~s Cip'ory, MiikeLynytor, Mike Gogo~:ky, lVercu, Ag-new, Wilson Terryal" there lying dead.'lhe jurors sworn to inquIie when,
how and by what. means the saidFrank Hil and those numerated abovecame tD' their death, upon their oat.hs',say that the above named parties,came to t.heir deaths at ahout 8 o'clocka. r,"." on March 26, 1912 in the mine'operated by the Jed Coal and CokeCo., at 'Jed, W. Va., as a result of agas and 'dust explosion, 'the origin ofwhich wa,s an accumulation of gasnear the facecf No.8 room off No. 1butt left ent.ry, ~o. 2 main," the causeof ignition of said gas we are unableto a,scertàin from the evidence suh- mitte£!i ~
In testim. ony whereof, tho e said coron-al' and jurors hereto set their hands.
GEORGE ;V'O, Lfi'E, . juror. ~H. H. PINKNEY, Jnror.Q. W. DIXON, juror.C. D. BREWSTER, juror. 'D. C, HUFFMAN, juror.T. F. HENTRITZE, juror..T. .H. M'CULLOCH, Goroner.
-I d' ',I" a I'll ~('h-e'~d i'i-le~- il u;;íX~j1Il ri3Iile.li ey~v¡Jj¡corecraa¡¡- iíulpeop e ie, " c . ~~ 'k' " h' 0 b' d .maintained and that means hurry. In ina ~ a relJor: ,:v icn cal~l1ot, e Ilia e Id' t. '11'0' 'L '¡atl"j'11S' iieople are iiubli,c. They will d",termine the ('amie,s,an, rai a" s 'c . I l' d" 'bl',. " 't trains and if a delay of of t ie ex,)) OEion an It is POSSi eII aiting or .', d tlatsome of .¡he featull~s may be em-a momel1, occurs l'ornplaintbare ma e, l 'd' 'd' d' t t t to yarious
'.1' ; These people are only satis.fied with lc. ie il, a a sen (~U n' , d. "',', ,I' 't1 h,' .¡ 0" d tail~, of a,l1 mine 0 wnLrs aud SIlI,iellULIlJeri" S j ioniI reai in~ iie ariü\\ n", e "0 ti'ne to time so ¡hey may gl',3rd
I explosion. The~ do, not wal,it to SU1- w:ainsdanger in their mines.I j er a m?ments, inc0n,venience. To '" t Few About JIilies.
I them, ariiine. expiosion ls but an in- There were very few meu about theciden~ ot their day's wo!'~. It mea,ns mines yesterday. . In fact, the Jed ex-i bii lule more. How, many o~. thum plosion has presented features which
I will ~,eS)l~~,I~ to the ap,peaol fo: aid for no other explosion in this field has
I~he \\I,dO\\" a, nd orPha,ns,remalis to be ever, brought o,ut. AS, a uS,ual thing tIie'.,eeu. people from the entire field Hock toI, ,Uariy, Hiled hr Ail.el' n.iiriii. '0 the scene of au explosion and reinain
. ", ", i Some oj the bodies r eco, ered ) e,~- there for days. Hereto.fore explOSionsahoni.as I t~rday sho\~ed mai the i;en hadb(~en have occurred in the coldest andy", the i'kiiied. by alter damp. 'I here was not most disagreeable weather, but inirpany, ,a bruis~ or a scrMcI~ ou Hieri. T,hey spite of this the people have remain-
',from¡ nad, faliim, ~owri ~hile they were ',lUt ed at the mine, waiting to see some-tor Ar- work or wIiiie trying toTget out. Ten thing.
ßp,ecto,rs.i n:en w~re found on the ,No.1 main en- In the present case the usual, large. of the i tiy )e,;terday by the rescue lorces. crowd did appear on the first d3Y.k~,Çom~ I It isbelievei, these men were trying Tbey went to .Ted on every train andçpJ, u,tas! to work -rJeir way O,lU when over- crowded around the wOrkin,gs. There)op Coal, (:ome. were none of the usual scenes of dis-k of re- The rescue crew which went into tress. The women remained at home;
the mine 'Wednesday night was in the men were cool, sober, and inelin-chal'g€ of Inspector ,Arthur Mitchell, ed to depend entirely on the mine in-who, was accon~panied by Inspe0~ors spectors and watch the llen with theHolliday and Muil', who spent the night oxygen helmets as they went to andin the mine. Inspectors Nicholson and from the cars. or to and from theMartin remained in ,i he mine until cages leading into the mines. On the,) 0 o'clock. This crew of men located morning of the second day a crowdeight bodies which were sent up. collected but it dispersed and duringThey experienced considemble trouble the afternoon of the second day therein working through the mine and had were but few people at the mine, whileto move carefully . They went out, yesterday the crowd dwindled downfrom the NO.2 main to the NO.1 main to the hundreds who came iii onorwand pas,('1ie ~o. 6 butt entry, which train oniy to leaye on the next. Veryhas no rooms on it. Two bodies were few 'were at the mine in the after.,found in that section and the men noon anci even the fan house, insideworked on to ~o. 5 butt, di&covering which the fan was ¡being repaired,five more bodies which were also did not draw a large crowd,sent to the surfa,ce. Before the crew It may have been, that contrary tocompleted its work for the nigJi it past practice, the people depended en-had bratticecl an the way to No. 5 tirely on the newspapers for their re-butt and when the ail' had been car- ports of the explosion. The paperrieid, to that point they quIt for ithe sales were unusually heavy at anynight. Before leaving, however, the rate, the Daily Telegraph alone send-air was directed into the NO.5 butt ing out between 8,000 and 9,000 papersso thai: it could be partially v eIi-t i- each day,lated by the time the day force wentinto the mine.
Ten Bodies Picked Up.The day force, headed by Chief
Laing, Inspectors, Nicholson, Martin, Even if you have a luxuriant head-Grady and lLarl Henry and Manager of hair you may want to kno,v whetherLeckie, Superintendent Kunuff, of the, it is in a healthy condition or not.J eel Company and Robert Wallace, 98 per cent of the people need a hai i'inspector 1'01' the Pocahontas Consoli- tonic.dated Colleries Company, entered tbe Pull a hair out of your head; if themine with forty-eight men shortly bulb at the end of the root is white,aftei' the niglic force harl fin- and shrunken, it proves that the hairished work and atter discus- is diseased, and requires prompt
treatment if its loss would be avoid_sing the conditions found by d If h b 11' . IT l d f'iill tliee . t e u,) ls pm, 1 U' , , . ,the night force decided to pUish ,
,heir way down the NO.1 main entry. hair is healthy. , , IWe want everyone whose had' re-Along this entry no less than ten . tti t to ti'y Rexall "fj3"quires rea n en .bodies were pkked up within a short. Hair Tonic. We promise that it shall
distanice from where the night force not cost anything if it does not givestopped work, and these men were satisfactory results. It is designed to'Sent ba;ck, a dis,tance of about a mile overcome dandruff, relieve scalp irri-~~dj a h~1fd tri:?ugh Tt~ie mf ,iu,e, o~er all tation, to stimulate the bail' roots,
, in s 0 .e ll1s. e oree?f men tighten the hair aiready in tbe head~~en ,~:attl:oed ,al.ong, c~mpleting t:h: I grow hair and
prevent baldness. , "ail' Ci, CUlt snorLl) .after Il?on. .It was It is because of what Rexall . 93then that ;vIr. Laing decided H was Hair Touic has done and our sincerenec.es:sary to haye a greai.er a~d more faith in its goodness that we want YOIlsatisfactory vO,iume of air", and to try it at our risk. Two sizes, ¡¡Oc,ordered. the fan :;0 be stoi;ped and $1.00. Sold only at our st:res-until it ,could be .repaired. The Rexal1 Stores. C. H. GoodykoontzAll t.he men ,If.,ft .the mine and Drug Co., opemting the Ea"t E:udroiiaiued out Uiltil tliis wonk was com- Pharmacy and Bluelleld Pharmacy.rJ1eted.
eye Coal' aUld Cokewith men from ltheand, Jed CO¡i1 ,Cos,ide the mine tlrider:the mine in~pectòrB
On the' previous,bhe plants of the' Uand Coke Company.Consolidated Colleripowhatan Coal andthe i\ing Coal CoIEclmanwor keduntlthur Mitchell~nd ,4Today men from tlr~Uniteid Slrates ,Coalpaily, the West VirGocal Company and,th'eCompamy wil push, '!covering bodies.
Falls ,of Slllt.'Before going into th
Chief Laing said he!would be impeded tòthe reported heaVi)"fthe No.1, 2, 3 and 4the rooms leading prfconditon. is generaLitigng' said it was useless to ex- bodies are covered ,wUlr
any men could be found covery of them 'maybhe mine, as k is positive all somEl days. ', and it was risky business: Odors Make Wo,rkiances with so many rescue ,1e mine, when the fan might Because of the heatget out of commission, with before ventilation wai:rs results.' of the bodies are Uíro 'ief said the explosion seem- whièh make it easy fQr,.Jve the g,reaiiest foric'e at the to loc,ate theu_, butt.he entries and at the faces much mòre distasteti1.)Oms!' This condition wias rats in the mine hav'eexist througho,Ult. the mine, the surface as yet.'
that it could not. have been Spend Da,y Difor men to have existed in During ithe, aftern men,long after the explosion. sent to help by tlæ',,' stàtes
~o l'uneral Senices. Coal iand Coke Co.mp~~ir,;¡: ;.~d . wlio inen spent yes'~erday digging were not needed act t 'splint:rid many of the bodies were the ,day dig,ging gravl'; unfor~ iLOrtly after they were taken tunate men who 'lives.mine. This was made neces- These me'l went at', , rk 'asause of their condition, brought energetically as théy r','Uenlaying in the hot mine since ,had worked insIde,t helpThe relai~ives and friends to locate and carry"óui who
ien füllowed the corpses, to wil be placed inithe' i whiching g'rounds and they were wil in many ,ca!sesl'e rkedinto their las,t resting pll3Jces 1 as is the (:ase in 'êteriesmy of the, usual ceremonies"., throughout the coun:t ¡menpIe have hardly recoverød; without relatives or'irieh"ds,shock of the expiosionand:lhàve :be'en laid to :& . lhialie advice and guidance of bugie-call. " i:who have è1irected the res- To 'l'horoughly V~ 'I
'offins Await Trains. Afteritoday then1Inè 'ye:bßßnat the litle waitng station, thoroughly ventiaitèd, ,',' ",' Wpr);,e is no rail road stat/on ai, of reih,abiltaticm wW CW~iillcai; :Tlieiniber of eoffns await tbe ar- work under the stateti~ßidepart-'!
trains. Nearly every. pas- ment wil be prosecUit~tl:",A~,tpe id,ea.:rain wMch stops, and all of lear!ning the 'cause Qf ittilosj9ni'e now because of the crowds and für the p,ullpÜ'se ,of '. " g,e-vii-H on a!nd o-ff, takes sonie of dence to present "tÓìlèrIS'~s iiüward Welch, from, wliich jury, and for sp8-iaI , .' .'to .lli:¡~y are sent. out into the great madefiQ the deDartm' ~.tô, 't4\,¡
. g' overho-r, who istakiactive i,where, only the men who di-shipping and the relatives interest in tile w9fkat "e. '
Ac Welch an exlera fìr~e of Work Of Clearing; been put on to handle the T,p.e .Ted Coal and Ooke-hich go o'ult on every, tfa,in. now employing men wh-,cannot s,top long, as, a sched- to work cleaning ,uP arl,be maintaineid and these men mine back in shape,ll:,hurry. As soon as a train be resullH!d as soon"from Jed a truck is pushed up partment sia~s thèyçLgTgage car door and theooxes with'safety. Jt is u:Jaded. The truclq; contain- :ive mining wil ,bè c,bound coffns are pushed to .some time, when, depwhile uhe trueks with :bodies on the state departIIè
d to westbound pointJs are Report for' Go-vt another convenieut point, so IAfter the state d~; Ibe 'saved when the throngo1i pletes its work tihvfe
von 1\ urai cion.i i 1'cn:nb.a.D
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id wooden blades put iIlere were none, with the i1e-130,000 feet of air is now
o the mine, instewd of 60,000s been all the rescue crewsto work wHh. The fan wasp about 5: 30 :odock andlng headed a party of ment into the mine about 7
it., .'
'last night, 'Pr'ogressxtent hyslate in
tries' andIf'ihis
ble many I'and re-yed for
'uL.e mine,, \tns
odorS.0 men
workorts ofugM tn
-- IMAKE THIS Tl~ST.How to Tell if 'Your Hair is Diseased. ¡
i
'rite Rescue "'or)¡ei's.Last night men from ;,he plants of
the l'nited States Coal and Coke Com-pany, the )lew River and Pocahontas
; ConsoHdated Coal Company, the Davy-Pocahontas Company, and the Buek-
Auction sale Friday, MarCh 29th,at 121 Campbell avenue, Roanoke,Va. Six pool tabi~sarid fixtrul'es;four-chair barber shop, all compiete.Also cigar and tobacco show cases. .T.,B. Greenaway, auctioneer. 3-263t.!
Morning March 29i 1912.
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YestenlSAMOREKALRlDYALÐDOMSTIDRlWILL'HENH,ED. .10HOLTSW. J.'CHAll.T,AMF.WILLSi )I
T t f' V' I ::~as il is taken fiam ::e mine, wen y~ ive ie~ anti a record of all finds malle sot,heye Disaster at Jed
can be 1Jl:sented beTore the jury, FLw,_ long the inquest wiil :,ake cannot be
et Been Brought foretold. It ÜL likely that it will lastI,' . d.a a great deal of evidence willKingS. ' be present.ed. The mine de-, I part wil take speial pain'3 wi;,h
I its invsligation, as it may be neces-ED CROSS sary to make an exhaustive investi-. ib'Jtion into ,the canses leading' to ieheEAU OFFERS AID expkision. I
uiig'erously Hiisty iii ,Jan nary. I In this eonnection the døpartment, ¡
ltoll to Lend Hl'ping thnii"n Ins,pectors Nicholson and, '., G,rady, made an inspedion of the mineOws mid Oriihans of .on January 29. Ai: that time the mine
'by Explosion, One.! was found to ,be dangerous;'y díity- 'and tnaices of gas wero found. The
lI left Deiiendents. general safety of the mine was re-
o Have Taken Proii_ I ported as poor owing to dusty con-I, . . S ' d D . ditions. Over 100 men were order to'~eSCl1t PUi U) cease work until the workings had
s in ¡Attie Cemetery, been we-I down thoroug;hly so as i~ü'. ,maike the conditions, more safe. TheBoilies "ere ßiirwd inspeetors made an inspection on
!Being' Brought to the t;'1e sec.nd or third of :Webruary, atdition Pi'cventing ~e~i~l~v~~¡¡~O~~i;V:~df~~~dmt~; \~n~~lee ,~~~~
,:ni, ted ,to go back to work, as thedangerous condition had been remov-ed.
Gas ('oIleded iii ,,0. 2 -"lain,As far as can be learilPd at this time
the explosion was due to a liberati,cnor collection of gas in ;'o 2 main,!near ;-;0. 1 butt entry. How ,this ',2,'3Swas ignited ,is nr: lmown, hilt the lie- ¡lid is that I.hü ::33 caused an explo-sion which in turn ignited and ex- ploded tlieeoal dust and a. general,comLiinatic,'li gas-dust explosion waG the result. , I
Sunday the barometer in this city s,liowed a drc.;J3f over .nl .inc'h anda quarter, an\! within an hour a ~ieavy I,snow storm visited the city. Mbnday
,i the barometer was. stil low and Tues-day 1l0tning' it stood over a quarter
Lief an inch below normail. Some 'Of theo¡iemr.ors cOmr\ented on this f.act inconnection with the l1i.ino expI6Gjon.
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ig Aiiril,iE.~:dt"~;S lü!tcl. ti~)~ird;cigi:rtJi(r~1S
il.:uI andnesil1ent
H eOHJ-1Joal'd~s
on ;~-h(l:iiwl na-110 l(-!(;..
o ¡Ji¡.,;"sI(.)\ i:i'iJ--ase~, IdsI:ll'JtiOfi
diffu'.I ltonie
ua'::¡::rd.tl'JB,
.ìa..y byDrs,
Uh'~:l'e-'~ei's toodei' inC!(~lslGn
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HltlJl'-'n ns-IJidil-trial
ng itonly
f~¡netY~three
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siXTE£~J BOOiSHOUGHTOUT UP TO OiìlE O~CLOCK
--_":,,,~~,,~,,Conditio!l .(li 1'11081' jt,'cOH'H'd Shows
rrHea' Im¡Jossilimt,liixiY.ScHm
WOr1íIng's, .Most
Bpi'l Iioe:rted,Ow lÜJIIII",¡üllAJ'I;\'.d¡¡mil 1'1;,,1;
¡¡'I'll of WiiJ¡¡:ns
mit", of Yiciims,Î"l'iim Uiind te, jflYlIt!1 1Icf';ilisc ofSIWl'tiig'C of WÜ:'Ir~ ¡~ !'itjah!c aiid
Help JJust. he TC:~~'-~H!(!d to i'IH'IL
PiSPlì("!'OE ~HmOliWN,
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II:
ally some man broke ,thro1lght Ithe 001'-' HaI'old BelJ Wright's book, the Sbep-don tlirown 'airound the pit mouth and herd of the Hills, one might weJI 100iksliook the hand of one of the mine in- at tliese men amd say," Oh, what~,¡ectors and then went back satisfied meii! ,. Oh powerful build, hardened ithat he could nôt have done better if museles and hardy '8lppearance tlie Ii'e had met a preSidl'iitial :'.'ll'u'da"E. men who coin¡irisl'd the rescue cre.wsWilliani ¡Burke. of the mine rescue would, COiil¡i,U.P witli the gladialtors 01'
I car, came in for his share Of, the (i't- old.lenlion, hnt he S1.'CJ,1l a good .part ul . The. valu,e of good l'"ails aó; a pre-bis lillie Irom 4 0 cloek llllUI al't,,-i' i ven',mivle tOl' l'i1llrQfI:l occulrnis 10HI o'clock in ihl? mi1le. 'llie federal I j n'''~iia,:,ers was IH'OVf'Ii. COIlV.lni-mine res~ue car spelled confidence 'tivelv few ILf'l walkr,d from ìVelch to _Somehow thi' miners have tl¡e l:'ee.lín".!Jf~d fihmg. tiìr' niilroacî tracì¡, pret,,!'- ¡rhut tI1t::.rp j~;:, hf'l"p in sighL ,,,hen i)11ng rathpi' 1"0 Take ;...If' HHJC'/11:1111 rncirl.
oXJ'gPIl lielmets and orher apparD"1Ió'Tt(, lasi tiine ¡iic'!'e was o-oubli; 'c'1(Continuprt From Page One.) arrive on tiie scene and they alii sef'll, .reclihe . iie¡)pl~, cr'c1wdccl thn raili'mHt
---- -- ------------.---------- 10 hl:1'VI; ,fai'th in the goverl1went 10 dlJ' tri:icks, but this tinie .there Wi,'!'C tiill ifrom the UnitertStates Coal ':ud Coke I nwny things for them. I f~w tr,ack wal,kers.. With good \'ailsCompaiiy wines. These men forty The ear itself was visited by some aU over 1Ví'cDoweJ I and adjoiningf3tloiig, Jed by General O'Toole, H. N. of the curio'U.ß. Foreman Burke said eounties it would bE-possible t.o haveE'aveiison, chief eiigineer; C. M. Gates, thai, w!len ,the cal' was at Brieevilie, I aiitomobile reliefs,tations from whichcompany minc insrJ4ct,or, of Gary, and Tenn., nieu would visit the car, 'get Irescue alljJ'a~',al:'ls and trained meiiSnperintendeiit Kuniiff of J8Id, wenlt something. to ea't, a iiair of overalls, IClJilldbe rushed by au'tomobiles tointo :,he mines to work. Amiong them several electric flashlights and other Iscenes of such 'clisasters as that ofwere trained rescue 'crews, first aid t1iing,s" hut thøC':1'r ex'perienced noll yesterday, which it appears cannotmen, siqierintendents, mine foremen, ,~L¡.h bri,gaiwlage yesterd,ay. At 1 be iirevel1ted, in spite of increasedanrl the picl¡ Of the husl¡iset miners o'c!JcJ¡ when lVr. Burke was re3chl?c\ vigilan'ce on Ihe part of the mine in-who were reac\y ai1(l willing lro do over iihe 'phone, 'his car 1iaving heen Eiie,ctors and an incrr:isJ;(l inlere~i: inhard work. They wpre .also aiderliiy connected lip wi,th lJoth elpctricHy the preven1tioli of i1ccidellts on tlH'.i. M. Vest, Of the Stanc\ard~Poc3hon- and tele'¡ihone wires, he said Ihe res- ji,in 01, ¡he ii'(~n ""1111 opri'ators.tas Coin¡iilllY'S niirws, which were riie WOJk w,is progressiiig sa:isl':ie- Y¡dim Has Brot,j¡"i' Hert'~elosed down s.o as 110 leml alI the I torily and "li'JI,he iiirendprl ros;o baik .T. H. Bowling fliidiiis ,orothi:r, ofi:aleiy lallllJS possible to the stl'lcLel1 Liilo 111e minp again. ihis city, (':IIlli' to l!ie D:iily Tl'egrapliiJIInf'. SOlle 01' tll,e Uniterl Staltes l1Pn 1\11'. Bnl',e said yestenl::y Iliat e:i¡' la~,t night, inCiiiil'ilig alioui thi:ir'Lall oxygf'lI hf'linHs and ihey worlw'j _r-o.l had IWPli di:!' .lclied fic)1t Pills.. I¡ror.hei, neilnrd U. l1owling, who \\:1:.;iii iil" I,'ad, iiialliiig lests or 'ili" ail'. Iiiii'g, and ilint Ill' f'XPPCll'd til" ('Iiipl :1 tnll'le Liypr in 1111' .Ti.'¡ miil(. Ii b
Utlli'l' I'rli!llil1l'lll IlliliC lorpiiwn (!Ill I 01' tile iiilH':: I¡¡irpan, IlL J A IJi,Jlilf':J, 11¡r:lI~;it iliill :\11' liowlllIg i:i 111-,' ILL.
,.IiI"'riiitent1eiils. lroll all ¡ia"t,c;. or the I'rom vVashington, niie! .J¡¡IIICf; ,I'. ¡'aiii, IIII' i¡eims, :iiid liis 1)ITllier~ will gillipid. wPlit to gii'e aid, among thern formerly chief mJle imqJector of rlw 10 j('d (otlay. 1J", loiiiwrly \\orlei'tlJieing Rubprt Wallace, ilJspeclor fol' stdle of West Virgini;i, whii is no\\ ar. tiie roiiiicj !ioiise iii this city, andIhe Pocahontas Co:Jieries COl1'iali.\', in the government miiie si;I''ice :iid is wi;lI !¡1I0Wn hcre. His homc i:ò atWiLli::m Williams, or nlnefieliJ, in, stationed at PiltsIJnr.c;, and vVJshing_ Cliatliam Hill, SiiitJi coiin(y, Va.spc('lor rOl the Pocahontas Coal aiid LOlL The arrival of anotlier car will 'lJiirtceii Caskets I'..nj: to Jeu.Co!;i: COniIYJny, and R.\V. I"arqnli:i.r- !Jot assist matters at the mine as IiiI' The Hawldns lJndertal¡ing esta1i-son, or LanelgTai' men wlll all have been 1'!r:overed by jishinent in this city sliipped Ihirtp8n
I:. x pert ell~(I: ricians, linemen, ti-ack- the limlJ it arr.ves, cë.skets and tifty buri:11 robes to Jelln'f'n. anel other skilled meC'ianic.s Cilief Mine Inspector John Laing yesterday 'aftprnoon.r1l0m all parts of ¡he field nJohed to left Charleston yesterday for .Jed and Shipperl First ('flal iii 1!J07.give assisi,ance aud many of the minen is expected to ':Jring more district mine The ,Jl~li mine shipped its first cioalwerp cJowd down 'by reason of the im'riectors with him. Upon his arri- in 1907, the shi¡iments for that yeargreot outflow of worl¡ers, all of whom val Mr, Laing will 113ve fnJl chi1rge of Iw'ng- 1,:JGS tons, In H111 it shipped\V'anted to get to the miiie where the all the wo¡:i¡, and will takecompiete 128,S()f; tons. Thc mine was n3medexplosion hod taken nìa'ce. charge of the nlne until after the of- iii honor of the late Jed HotchllisH, of
vVillam Lecl¡ie, general supei-_ fici3.l examination has been made. He Staunton, Va., who was tüe originalintendenl 'of the Jpd Coal n,nd Coke and his men will collect evirlenc8 :mel cli",coverer and ex,plolter of the field.Company, was at VVilljamson the prp- the vDrious inspectors wil file eitli!'r He was an engineer aiid g'a\'e his bestvioiis nigM and oould no.i be located sejJarate or combined reports. efforts to the dl~velopiienL of the iia(-Iin1iil 11 o'clock, yestenlay n:ornin;' I':videncp will be takelJ 10 cleter- i ural re,nurces of the VirgiiihL':.w11pn hr' was I'oiind at Borderland. He Iminp the cause of tlle explosiol1 :.,11,( Well Er111i¡ipeu Operatioii.ruslied 10 Ihe mine DS nviltly f1SPOS-1 ail. will be presented l)éfol.1' the ('01'011- The Jed mine operates the l'o. 3silil!'. takiiig freight Irains"mLl final- el"d inqiiesi, wliieli probably cannot scam, and has a.lways been a gaseousIy ,Hlivf'ii at Jeri alioiit G: F; o'eliock. be Iielü before loil.Orl'lw. mine, but good rare bas been t~keIl
lip wns bl1niedly acqiiaiiilpcl wiLli I)I',.J. 1-I. McCulloch, (~oroner fDr to ,conform to the rules and regula- id,'\'elopmellb ,I" tlip mine of wl,ieh till clistfcL in which Jed is located, tions of ,he department aiid the su-he lind not heanL A DaiJy TelegrnjJh was ar. thp mine yesterday and maJe pel'intendeiit, \V. M. Lecl¡je, who is 'innii wia,s ~liiJ(rig(lil- l1lst to llElet him examinations of Ihe men as they were oiie of themose com!Jetent iien in the i1I110n his al'i\'iiJ, ailer he lwei ialked taken fi'om the miiie tor the- purposc region, h.as personally given it his at- il'lll' situation iove, ,IHidl". He ap- of spcnring. inlol'ialion. Dr, Kell. tli€ tciiLion. It is also a weB equipped ijlearelJ 'lÌumloimdecl and J~is lil'St ex- eom¡mny surgeon, WJS also present, operation, there bein:: concrete stop_ f¡ircssion showed how he was Ieeling, (Jut he had but little opportunity to pings all a.long the main entries, and iwhen he told a rellow operator ~chat render any assistance. It WDS a. place the ventilation is oil what is known 'he ha:l! been w,orl¡ing- in ihe mines for tor nndertokers, instead of doctors. as sevaratc splits, large fans :beinglortY-ceven years and this is the Undertal,el" from nearby towns uSeà to force fresh air into tiie wGrk-worst thing tli,1!. he has eier lieen in. were rushed to lJ18 5C~.;-,;c of (he elis- liigs, and the mine reports show that I:
To the Daily Telegl';lpli man hf' astel awi ¡ireparecl the hodies iakeii the ventilatioIl was good, that no gas I.,air1 the worst pai',. 01' the bliOw woiiid ¡rrom the mine during the day for eould be detected on the worlüng tfall upon. thos.e who were. dependenl..IIH~riai.. . Last I.¡¡::ht t.hey ~p.ent tIle. eJJ- faces in the safety l"m¡is whi;n ,tbe IIljlOn the mii,'rs. ¡\IL Leck10 1¡¡lOWS liie ¡¡,ghl. HI tlie dyn,lllo slciUOtl, tests were made. Safety pow dei iswhat ibcse people will have to go wliere the bodies ì.ay, preparing them used, and rules and mining- laws inIhrongli becal!se w.or'k has been slack I so th':y can !ifi sent lO lbe lioii?s of se'¡eral language iJ.le posted and dis-"I the minI'S. due to car shortage, and relatÌl'es on tbe iùiiside today. Thurs_ tributed amoIlg the men to I¡eep thl'lI:n; !,J, rl'suII: Hiev kiye bepn liiing day and Ii'rida.v will be the daY3 Jor acquainted with condit ons.
I, hand to 1l0lHh .ill manr GIS,es. 11llerals and tiiere will IJl: some lEir- Regarùing a, shaft mine a ",I'llMi._ LpcÌ\ic gave 1J1';¡ers t.l1ai rhl' r~\'iug sights "" rhe i:iglity-thi";' f"n- keown and eXIJel"ieneeLl operator in;itor!' lllJ'li,;h ttieri evprytliiiig .tle) Nab \Vend t1icil. way, cilh81' 10 thc vil- ~.h- .. . A\:è¡,:iVI'
I IIN'd iiiitil sOlle olher alTang~menr:c; 10\::.8 cemetery or the l;iilro~ici station pi-saA AlP aai oi ,ionS!" ssaUlsnq E SEAl_caii Iw nlide. He "i1id the' blow where trains will ill' hoarded to C3rl'y f ()~.'snGoH SSO.L~) s"ailoo~) Jc, '1m-i s,¡aki¡IJack. tiie. cie.ac1 ¡Joely 01 ~uiie inollii-rs I in! I.:_ I woii.d l:li 'lleeJl'ily on '11e company, 1
- i which h,is been mining 'coal since IJl"om.sin;' 110)'. i,,
.J, M. '.'est. with fO.llY meu, was.' one.' i\J'---- 1!IOï, Jiiir which hiis iie\,e)' ml'd ft of the first to arrJ\'e 011 t.ie ~iccii8 Ii1il'hleiid. 1)('c;1ii8P all money made has of the explosion in Ihe lJonlin,c;. IL\'-
~~ 11)1''11 )llll Iiac!, in:,o Ihe plant 1'01' erv liii1n with him c;lniEc1 a sc\fet\'saú.'iy i1i:vtC'.es .eJlId ini¡ir.ovemeTJts. .:l1r. lci;ii¡i and Mr. Vest look his men iii-tL(lciupw.ü; asl(eil tl rhe laniilie~J 01 I,
i Uin eighi:v-th¡-p(l Diìiiel'S would lìP(1(Ì the 11line :c., their ::;crvicr:-is wpre j"f'- -_.¿help aiid lie s:iid l1e was sure ihe)' CllIirecl. Tlip..,' 111:1 e"cel12nl. work, !iiaiiy Iwould. oj tliem haviiig hud receiit expe'rienee
.n a gas explosion.!""¡Jm Ill" ~Iore hp llisberl to the Fol"hinate Cha'ii¡.(' oi I'lalì~,
min!' iv1Il'l(' woi.k li:id been carried Stale Mine In2pectors i\ichol,',ol1.ii Ion all day by men from neighboring. 2.ndGrac1y narrowly escaped being iLl :i.u;nlnr'.~. led b)' the minE' inspectors. thre m¡ue at the Lime of the explosion. ,coIL" ""iri Il/è owe:1 a debt to these men They had i1rrange:i to insped the Jed tli,¡iviiicii it woli'lrl he han1 for him to re- mine yesterc1ay morning, but Mr. el'lP~IY if such a i,hing could be possible. Grady ~si,ej rlwt Mr, ;\icilolson, wl\O pOi
AllJie nlilws hp Mok charge of the is inspector in the eleventh district., tliiiight forces and organized them Jlre- change his plans, so as to jiermit of n~iliminan to Iheir visit to the depth" Ihe Mic1dlestates miiie being examined POi
1f or thr,' ;iiine wherr~ all men, eveii the yesterday and the Jed mine tH1 the frigovernlüent re'E'cne men, ':Gl¡e orders I'ollowing day, beeause the Jed minr~ fr,~ lrom ttie mine inspclLors in charge. workings are not so extens've by com_ wd.
Last niglll ~1l. Gr'ady was in charge, parison with other mines and. it would Piaic10liliv ArUiur ;VlitcJiell. William be impossible to get through earlier Oti."ii, Iiols~n was sLill asleeii from the thel"eby ¡iermitting lV.l. Grady to re- :lo'effects -or 1he aHpr dam¡i iviiich had turn to Williamson, the headCliiarters th:ovprconie him in the ¡ltlerJloon. of his district. Tile changEd plans in'
Scver,al thousand ILen from all took the two men to Hnger and they ecpart, Of : 'he field rii3lied on foot, by were about to deseend the Mic1rlle_ c!(¡iassen'gpr trains anô by freight trains, states shalt wlieii news of the Jed ex- in''0 tlw .Ied Jliiiie. All d''!Y ye.ste!'clay plosion was Cèirried to them. 1-2evcry '1':11 h ivar; ,10ttpc1 wil h meii goiug Securing horses both rushed. (or ,1110 the scene or tlie ,¡¡sasICl. Maiiy Jeri o\'ei' the liills :iiid they arr:\'ed K:wer(' c;i'l'i('l! thcre by r.ltliostir, all )ir there a)Jour an hour lat.er to talie la'eagcl,l"SS to sre the Jii~alle, aJtlioligl1 charge ol til(' rescue work. Although m11:1; ina.iol'ii~' 01 1'llcl1 liaye had so botli Dre experienced iiwn it can l)e I til:11111Ph ''''llel'iE'nce ac explosioiiS 11Ial: seen tliat tlJl)' ldlOW wiiies are.rl:in- ol
tliei'p is liltle 10f'e(' and mucli ¡p,,, to g.eroiis unless ete.llal iii.ig.':ince i~ the I ni.11":11', i'"cc'pl ivlieii oecasiolli11ly a \\:itcliword aud sateLY Ilie 111',,1 con- Ii,
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EIGHTY-THREE
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I 'lj¡e above list bring's the total num.bel",/, men taken out and iden:ilìed
i to fifty-,!ìve. Id,mtificaLion is e,:omçara-tively easy,becau3e the comiiany
i llsed acheç_king__,sYStl~lp. :1 n soine --,-_._-~-------,------- -----.-.----.-i cases, Lo.wever, .the chc("ks had IJCell
I, lost ani some l:me had to be spentIidore identific:,lion could be posi-
itiveiy inade. __i NumJJ(~r of BodIes I.ocatedc\t 2::~O o'clock a lltnnber of bodies,',ad beeHI 'located and the rescue crewswere ('arrying them to '.hp foot of the1;'111e siiaft wlwre they \V,iJ remainii'ntil (j o'clc,ck wi'ien Dr. McCulloch,'Iic coroner, wil arrive at Jed fromWelch, where he spent the night. Af-11'1' rlw corüner examines i:he bodiesthey will be turned over to the un-dertake" for buriaL. It now appear3c1: at the prediction of Chief Laing: Jiat all ilodies above the slate wouldbe IJroughtcutbefore morning wil: Icome true. It is likely that :VIr. Laing'.viI return to Charle~t,on and remain Idierc iintil the insTl('c'ors have ex- MEANS fA DEC'amined the mine, and are rea::ly to 'imake a report. He wil retmrn to Jed FIRE' (\1(.in tkne to attend iJie hearings 'Lieforø Ith~ (oroner's jury.
-- I w. ," Wnrks (;0,Piniied bencaUi tons of slate the i 0bodies Of a numt)er~f men are stillin the ,J eel mine, Eighteen were taken(Jul yes,terday, leaving twenty-fivestil entombed, l"ifty-tlve ha ve been
~~~i~n iv~\¿t ~~tr~f'~i~~~" tl:~h~l1i;i~rcei~~ In.Jl~,i~JJ~iißiil.irilE:fu~gl1'r~;;.t'',,
niglitu'nder the leadPl'sliip of Chief I I Cause Not Determined.! JOh,n ,Laing a. ne! W,i11~~ ,NiChoiSOn, I. The chief Gf the s,tute dep"artnientì eXlJecTed to recoi'er .¡J i the. liod,ies ! 0" ¡Lines, John Laing, sakI y(,~teI'layalJc,ye, the slate by 'ch,IS iior~i,iii,g, and ¡ ,i
a., ttc,. rne,: 0, n d,I,è1t" he had not be,en ablei as soon as the 'CotOlwr arrives from L 0 ye to deiPlmil1e the cause of the,Welch they wil be taken out and ex- of an pio~ion at'the Jed mine, It a,p-
i wncinec1 !Jefore being placed iii 'caskets vel' ~~ars tliat it wil take a week orI ilnd buned. more before the cause can be deter-_ pei . " " ,th'" mined, because from ,ihe genera, Ul!-RED CROSS 01"f'E,ns SERVICES iir~ p3rance of the mine detailed e,xaiii-me nation wi 11 be necessary, ai;d~liis c.li:wil on i y be made aRer ventilatlOn hasrec beeii thoroiighly restored . a:nd therat workinGS put in siKbcc:ndition. that
'" a.1i parts of ,:,he n;ine can Iie visitedadc with ',:afety. .' '.' .
Iii order to assist in rest011iig ,the~~~ best drcula lion Chief, Laing ~¡,:iere~
six the niine fan stopped J "stei d.a.) .iHe"all noo.n at 1:;\0 o'clock. Two blades,~'g which it was known were ìamagedTh a: thetimp 0,( the explo,sion, w~I'!.E.e.thE - --(Cuntinued ~~i:~¡;;-s-ix.)thefoithi
.J O'Hi!j.'¥ili"-T, D. SANDEl1S.
(~o,eriiol' fllasscuek i,tsks (;ol'()iier llAid, is Neetlcd~J1Itlr lie Usctl
l,atcl".Governor GI,asC'c\Jck yesterday tele-
phoned to Dr. 'Y¡,cCul1c'Cli, the coroner,
ilSkilig if any aid was needed. He saidthe National Red Crciss bureau had\ende~red its se.rvJ,ces i! they wereneeded, but Dr. McCnlloch said every-thing that could ,be dOlJ'" this timewas being done, but/;se. )gested thatthe National Red Ci'P.ê 'might laler,be ot assi3tance, iu extendiiig a help-,,' '", 1i'lnJ tf' .the wi,dows and orphans
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I iiecessaly to speed II ¡i c;l'ans" to '''''Vè with barometric condftions,and to keep continuallycert,aiIi 0 E::uc:h lmromctric changes it wil beiiecessary to "lace a barometer ineach fan hoi:'se EO weather '2haiigescan be watc1:ed and el:e:'iial v¡'iganc
INGRUSfD
PRUTECT;
IS PRO~1
City's Water ÍVr,
largei;al1dBou
!I1Jl311Y Wil Sllliltl
l.-,''f
U'-J' Vliil V1:: ;:Uh,o........~_~_iladelphla betore she will'c.!\. Pharo Gagge, of Pocahontas, wascc on business yesterday.VIrs. W. \V. Hamilton has been in-.rosed for Eeveral days. ' The ve~y. s,ad deat~i occurred MO,n- lai
C. Padk Is In Lynchburg on busi- day II Willian~son of
Robert, the lit- la1
. ' ,_ I tle son of Mr. an~'r' Mrs. J. C.üley of Goodwill is nere. Brown. wlio was takr,n ~...k about threeof Ìiis father A.' J. Dud- i weeks ago with ,pneumonia. The
, I:emains were brought to this city for~ was a business visitor iiterment.terday. I L-Htle Robert was three years old;'atterson of Bluefield 'He, like his twin broi~her whom herday as' the guest of leavcs behind, was a vøry bright andC. Hunt. I affectionai.e child. The two had at
Jefferson Smith is very grown to ,an age where they were 8.0 qu
iilan has returned from ~~~eresting arid now they are separat- cowhEre he has been for Beside
his little twin brothel' he co.s on business. leaves an olier bro~.her, and his ofolle and Dora Craft were stricken father and mothe-r to mourn Ni
H1iiefield Wednesday. I their lo~s. The sympathy of theira business visitor, many friends and acquaintances goes'F. ¡out to them in this theii: sad bereave-the giiest of her I ii!enL Funel1al services were con- aI"cQuail, at Ennis.¡ dncted from the home of Mrs. ¡Brown's hoJf Eckman, was parents, :WI'. and Mrs. A. Tanner, of m(
,nest of Rev. and: Allen street, by J, L. MldKinney of the OtI' Oh ristian church, assisted at the graveis expected, to. by Rev, H. S. Mabie, of the Fir~(_
Bristol, Tenn., I Baptist church, intermen¡t talking kufor a few days. place in 'Walnut Grove cemetery. sÍ2Jm El ,Paso, \ WHO WILL IT BE?rei; u,rned froT
u'-". . I _.. . i. _laTLI:,L,-e " iniaD
\IiSon of Mr. iind Mrs. J. C. Brown Dies
at Wiliamson-l'uneral lIere.
catoth.onshsa
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hit
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miiany lVil Spend
BISIIOP GRAVATT COlliNG.
II wm Ooiiduct Service at Christ Eiiis_co'iml lhnl'..h 1m '"...'C,~-"
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~ô'"èOiLcßrlPANflfC£lvER 11
~rp~esident Storrs Appointed at Hisii Own Request. 1s ROANOKE, VA., May 5.-The Jed Coalr ¡and Coke Company of McDowell, W. Va.,
i: where 73 miners and the former president Gii" were killed recently, is in the hands ofe i A. H. Storrs as receiver, the new presi-rdent of the concern having bcen appointecl
I to that position yesterday. The actionof the court in appointing the receiverI was due to the request of President
II Storrs. 'rhe receivership \vas opposed by,Viliam Lookie, formerly general man-¡ ager and a stockholder. The mines are aUF
capitalized at $600,000 and have never paid erEa dividend. ha
~~R~~;~~;'~Ö~~;~3" C~~';A;;!i
State Issues Permits to Firn/ii/,aClarion River Power Pro1t'
. 81'HARRISBURG, PA., May 5'-'hict"¡have been issued to 13 companin.....,~are embraced in thp f:lr;rilìn Ph'A'!
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Morning, Marcíi 30, 1912.
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, It i
'J th
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l tar
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in tl
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Bad
ly ll
ama!
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,IIlEil!, l!ie mine the c.Diiditions,
,¡;¡'cUv Liil. Little if anr track is::
lu;;,
,I;ii
ila:l
the
wir
ing
'!ias
1Jee
n,~
I dow
.n. C
OIl'
crel
e st
o¡iii
ings
have
.'0,
',.,,'
blow
n ilo
wn
and
the
siat
e fa
llS \'
so h
(~r,
.vy
that
in s
ome
plac
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reac
h to
'.vi
thiii
a s
hort
cl:s
tane
e ol
!ro
ot, a
nd a
t tin
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resc
ue m
en h
acu
t the
ir w
ay d
hroi
igh.
It is
jlo!
ll,,
tliat part Of the mine may lJe a1JaÎl,d¡
ell :
ittei
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18 1
iodi
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t bee
n re
cûl
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mi t
aken
out
S'O
they
oan
be
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INE
~YIElDS UP
URTEEN!
'IMORE BODIE
"
0:
Shuit anlÌ
,. J ~ ¡ -"~~~'~-'::::iOll:~~ a:
,'" i;,ate lia", ime;)2engers were suit into L1ic' iiine
¡ne and All
Ito
l'(';a
l1 ll
w f
eÙN
JI m
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liuru
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en,
;, ., I !:í'o~n the \~'~l'k'i~gt-:, ~~~h('.~.e Jnen \v?re
rkings Are i inside maKing invesicgatlOns, which
't :1 wil be embodied in 1118ir se,,;ret report
a e. for the buie:l1L ,AS soon as tlwy ~elt
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\vas iiot nn~il night Uin,,~ nìOl(~ JlH~n
f,:ut
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the
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iii )
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IThe crews wliieh went jnto Uie
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lsoi
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yest
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of I
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lour
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bod
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: .of
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I be
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on th
e pr
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om th
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Ilt fouiii he ¡WhO, had gone~o Welch. In ~pit~ of
tiie
incr
ease
ù ai
l' cn
rren
t cac
ried
llto
i;ouglit eii ¡he the miiie as a result of røpairs to ;¡he
to F
iliim
'-1 f
an o
ll, ti
lt; p
re"
ious
day
the
men
ha,
d. poor air and progress, \vas slo\v on
account of the slate falls and debris
in the mine.
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CH
e W
orl.
Jhm
g('l'
ouS
Dotli crews experienced trouble
FA
I,1,1
' I 'w
ith th
e E
ilate
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ls, w
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wer
e es
-I T
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ally
hea
vy in
thi.s
par
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¡he
min
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I r1CI811. ~rhü (luy 'crew, led b~\' Inspector i
:Nie
hols
uii,
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ns a
ccûi
11pa
nied
l)y
¡Ins
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ors
1'. A
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nd J
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of N
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late
ù C
ollie
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CO
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ilen
abou
t 300
feet
from
I chI
' fan
on
the
fonr
:h 'b
Et(
of N
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mai
n, n
iet w
ith s
uch
a vi
olen
tly e
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i II
plos
ivc
nre
(lam
p an
d ex
pios
ivo
gasa
,s,
¡1V.!liCh woiild not be dis~)ersed by 11~()
air current, that they discarded their
safety laniil:'s, füaring troll'ble~, and j
usin
g ei
lecl
rie
i-as
lilig
lits,
w b
ich
are
Idecmeclsafc in suchg'ases, crawleü
Kl. 10V2T slatr" falls Inio t!ie inner part3
of It
e w
orki
~lg
S' f
ully
500
feet
and
re-
reco
vere
d I
cove
red
i;ix:
bod
ies,
whj
¡li w
ere
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mor
e br
a, g
ht o
ut. .
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wor
k ""
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lJ ':i'"._ _... p:
Uoi
!ies
Qiij
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J B
uri"
dStrangers at Jed Comine
metho.d used to carry tlw
the
mor
gue
and
from
tii
the
tra,
ins
and
to th
e ee
m\'/
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whe
ii lh
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'!ll. t1l() comlitlo'
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oiue
1:
(Con
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õ on
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UP FOURTEEN
MORE DOmES(Continued From Page Oue.)
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even in Bluefield. One northernerwas sUl'prised to find 'IKt' liodies wp.ie 'buried within twenty-foul" and forty-eight hours after their re(,i'very. HeeXjJressed slwjJrise when .told ihat in
I nearly every case.in this section peo-,pIe are buried within forty-ei?"Mhours of their death. In the northernstates funerals are rarely held until
I the third or fourth day fo;lowing a,de:lh. ,It is merely tHe differenic e in I 'cus.tom in ,the two sections.
l,ike Sister M eliarily., Aii'ong tliosie who have had to wo:'k II under an unusual strain since the ex-.I nlosion occurred has been Miss Baker,i who is empIoyed in the Jed store.i This pretty girl was at all times pleas-ant, ki,id, obliging, and ready to doevery,:liing' she could ':'0 help every-one. 'I was nndoubtedly the bigge8tnnderta king she had ever witnes.s~d,'ÌJut no one would have known it.
Y("s,terri'ay and on thc prev'ious day,\iiss Ilalter went among the holll'sand talked to ihe familii"s of ,iherii~adminers, found out their wants, minis-tered to them like a sister ot charity,comfol'tedrhÐlll as they cried andweT'~', helùtheir litte olles and sympa-thized in every way possible. She was
Loa rnessen'ger of mercy and when herkind sweet fa,~e was seen at the door-I way of the homes the faces of those
I women who had been weeping ,brdght-ened up a little, just because this girlhad called and been kind and sweet
I '.0 ,hem.
, The chi'ldren watclied her. To ihemen at the Jftce she was an assistant,but to the people back on the hilsShi; was an angel of 'charity and hername will long be remembered 'bythose on whom she called. MissPaker's ltiJld~y visit of yes,:erday!,would make i, appear that in addi-!tion to the m.Înp rescne 'crews and Iother methods for getting IJOdies out
'i
a Her an explos!ion, an auxiliaryliandOf women who couU visit dlese wives,and mothers in their time of needwould be a good thing. Their ownn,eighibors help them and C~'lT!lo~t -------~--------- -----------.--....-tiiem but these people appreciate the CJinch Valley and Wise eounty coal tilcailis' of kind hearted women like Miiss :ldds, oj~al"er Wl1O, yisit them (0 see if there The sentiment in favor of a car is 0;isn t sOJl;:;t1ning that can be (!one. ':i) f:tnnic tLat if the government OJ
N' SIX yef.ìiIL . IbiHa.ßs. l~ea(l. ~ ; ~"solIld otrer a ,çar or equip a ear ibe \\', YbterdtJ GlIdo du VlI.,enzo, SPCI'- 'Leai coal operators woultl not only iIi;ary.to t 1(: legal. burea,u 01 .\Ilen l~a.l- keep up the equi1ll,nent ani,') iniün!:ain ll,"m,.onsulate, wi,h oftces. lil ., Iulu- the cal', but also imiplov all the as- h:delphia, Jl,a.s'sed through t~,is ,city, en s;r,:taiice needed to carry' out thn work W
I route 10, ,Jed~ where Iie wi.1 uo wha,: Df the mine bU'Teau in this sectioii. nhe üan 101' his coun:irymen. The seere- c!I tary of the legat!on said the infarma- , nen,em .fo~ )~ine Siifi'ere.i'''. ,_ c ji tlOn at the lega,ion was to t:1e_ clfect~, ;:h,e A.I (a~\i~~,., a ~,IULi ,,;vhich ,sue J'I that sixteen Italians had lost their j :';~,~t~l,IIYu Jl,I e:"cll,ted:, ,?ui N,:w lVinis- I ""¡lives ,in, ,t,h. e disasler, ar,11 he was ,on 1 ,',e, r. ,"!" "Ie E,h~ O¡,f." );ou~e on two Ih,is \vay to the mi.ne to see what as- I CJ:c.~sions, ;nd once at ~he 'püc~~on+t,as i
i si~.:lèlCe ,the leg'atlOn Giuld offer ,.the I :pe. a hO,u~e. for t?e benefit )f ,~ie, ,.~ .. ... _. la, ri'~s " I 1t ("\ll-~'l'Aii T-l'-'Y'"" ,,,,1,11 I""~faniiìies l)f t!"lP T1tpi; 1~h(.: C:'l"~,ni'ot~l""-~ L.. .~,i.."' u. -" Z ~':..j'., " " ' - ..
!I ...
" i~\:~':,~\:t':_~~~ iI..ji~i¥ii "~1~~ri..
c.;U;ìl, ~Hke rt1iL U!U'eau ~il llHUUQj'e.~.~ et~~rS', arc 'exrierieu.;'ed rniners., iLr);dJi~
e! i,n res~ ue work, and wear helrr,ets. They worked in entire harmony wi:ch.~he bureau of mines ioescuers an,!diJjllaye¡J as much bravery. Any criti-cism leveled against the bUre3..ll'3 res-eitel'S falls in the same manner UPOllthe men ,from Norton, Glamorgan andClary~nien who did iiet have to re-spond to ilie call for aid, but whodid ,',0 from pUirely hiimani:arian mo-tives. The critcism likewise reflectsil lion tIre whole bOdy of minerstl:1'0 U::'llOllt the Uiiited States, forthe lJureau Sf m.ines men are praetd-cal miners of years experieiice andinen who were selected for 'chese dif-fl~ult podticns bf'cause of theirspecial fitness."'Undoubtedly the criticism of the
trained miners eng aged in rescuework arises from 'a misconeeption of,be aims a.nld p\lriio~ed Of the bureau(,f mines anl :he proneness of those',"/ho do not ta:ke ,.'art in iescu.e work,,to criticise i¡,Every new m:ivementis nü,iinderstood aiid of course suchcriticism is to be expected. TheI 'Jlreau of mines, in its endeavors toi redu,ce nie loss of lile in the mines,
is engaged firs!. of an in atten¡ptingi t-i prevønl such disasters as this mostrecent one at Jed. At the '3ame timej, realizes that -coal mining is ahazardous Dcbi¡iation and thaL underthe safEst conditions men will be kill-ed in .the mines. The bureau hastherefore made thø rescue of men apart of its work, In carrying outthis work, Ilh) bc;reau found a chaoticcondition a', many mines fo'¡owingdisas,ters with an extremely heavyloss of life among the volunteer res-cuers. The moM notable instance ofthis Wtc:3 at Hanua, Wyo" two yearsag'o, wiien for.y men rushø:i into ¡,hemine to rescue sixteøn entombed men.The forty rescuers were kiiled, In a
'less deg'l'ee (his has been the sHua-: ti =na,t a great many mine disasters.I The bureau felt 'chat if the resTuers '
could be properi'y safeguarded, theiri lives mig,ht be spa:ed and that en-'tombed men niigLt alsü be rescued,'for a dead rescuer isn't of any valuein life saving,! ''It was, determined, at any rate,thai, the deatb roli of rescuers mustbe reduced. The bureau began to in-tre,juce system into res,cue work an.!furnishedsucb aids as the oxygenhelme~, which periirits -tie res.cuer tobreathe artificiaily in an ar mospbel')of mine gases that would kil withina few moments, Resusdtation appar-¡¡tus for restoring miners to conscious-ness was al'20 introduced. The resu\:,.has been the orgånization of minerescue corps and first aid corps inhunclreds of mines throughout thecountry. These corps, entirely inde-pendent .Qf ,the bureau of mines, havea.lready saved many lives, A fnrtherresui' is 'lat the work of 'saving: lifefollo'wing an explosion has been sys-tematized; the rcckless bra very of theminer has been turned into braverythat counts in lives actually saved.
"The most recent disasl.ers in theUnited States attest the great value ofintellgent rescue work. Five en-!oinbel men were save,d at Brkeville,Tenn"and no re3cuers were lost. Attbe exilIosion at :.vIi:Guwlain, Okla"lw~ weeks ago, twenty-five men weresaved out of 100 in the mine. I havenot yet received a rep or:: on t!ie sav-ing- of these men, but the bureau'"rescuers W(jre there and undoubtedlydid their ,::art. !\o rescuers w(~re IUN.
"At the di,asl.er at .Jed, the lJlreau(Continued on Page. 3)
CRITCISM Of
RESCUECAH
DAINGS REPlYJ. W. Paul Tells of the Purposes
anti Benefits of Bureauof Mines.
DEATH RATE LOWEREDBY THE NEW SERIVCE
Í'Jl)'s the f'ritdsm Arose l"i'om aRe.fusal to f'arry 1)e11(1 Bodies "'rom
the JJiiie, Wili('1 ís N lit the I'ur.
iiose of the Reseue Crews.
mIEAT (WOD Al('O",IPLISIIEDBY imUf'A'I'ING MINERS
James W. Paul, in charge of the: rescue work of the federal bureau of¡ mine? and formerly 'chief ~tate mineinspectür of West Virginia, takesserio113 exee¡ition ,0 the ,s,tiatementsmade in yesterday's Daily Teleg'ra¡ihcritiCIzingÙie bureani of mines res-
i eners in their work at J~d. Said Mr.',I'aiíl last night:
"This is not a tiiie for eontroversywhen an entire coiniiunitýis deeii insor-row over the unfortnnai.o disasterat ,le,1, but it is opportunø at anytime ro ccme to the defense of a bodyof hrave men who a r'e mtilig-neJ whileriwtormiug taithfnlly' their Iiost huz-ardou's duty. The s:ateiiuit in touay's'1eiegT!lI¡")¡ to the ffecr that the miueres('lle men of the United Stateshureau, cf mines, through overcaii-!ion, would not g-p into places in theniine where other miners weut with-~ut helmets, is entirely un warrantedand is an injustice, not only to themen of the bureau of mines, liul~ also.to those brave vol.,unteer rescuers,,fifteen in number, who càme fromthe mines at ""--'Íon fin i .ni~~,~_c~ IIV1õ" --, ,,'- , .. ...
! lUen and the other volunteer rescuers
C n ITI C I 5 M 0 fan this 'l).int and ¡,hat this red tocriticisill.i Ai.:,l 1ir me ,ay, tiie primary ob-
. . -"~i ,: - i .h-c t c.1 l~ l(:.sCd\:~ cr'r-\VS of the bureau
nfSCUE CAn (ci ...i 1;18 ".¡¡,ions mining COlU-' ,', "" ,. ' ~j~'~:Ilit :(_ S ~l :~J it~:Jch Lìj(~ rniners th-e use
, L1' :J',:CI':~:'cf.\_:~e apparatus, with" ," _,' , ' " - l:. F ~"J. ;j!'. Lni,\:(\ssin~- Ur~CJl.l e-'i.reryoiie
B n I N G 5 n E PlY ,:~;in~;,i';~i~;:;:,;"\~,i:i::~;:i~;:~~":,,:i;~:,c~f~ii ü siit IS 0/ ruu:ch more value insaving lmman life than one, 100, 2'Ü0,or :LÜO n,iles away. Never'clheless, nomat.ter where we are, we arc willing
___!Contlnu~d Fro~age _One.) _ to respond to any disastEr and giveour bes.t eltorts toward rescue,
"The resisuers 01' the burean of I'mines need no encomiums from me.If any fair minded man questions theirbravery, he only needs to know thai:in ,a. little n'ore than one year's time,two out of the twenty-four rescuersemployed by the hu~'ea1J have g~venup tlheir lives to the cause-J. E.I£vans, a' the Pancoast disaster,Throop, Pa" and John ji'errell, at theCherry Va Iley mine in Pennsylvania,
"The average number of deaths inthe mines of the United States eachyear is between three and four in
1,OOÜ men employed. The deatJhrate among the bureall of mines res-cuers, on the same basis, would beeighty au:, of 1,000, which ILakes res-cue work the most hazardous of alloccupations known to man."(The Daily Telegraph made no
criticism of the work of the rescuerswith tIie federal mines bureau caL Itsimply stated the fact that their aLleged "overcaution" was the subjectof criticism ,)i. other rescuers whoworked in the ill-fated mine on Wed-nesday.)
of 'fines !leu repoi'ted immediatelyupon :irrival to District :vliiie Inspec-tors Nicholson and Grady, who hadcharge of the work. This was foIlow-
i ing ant the usual eustom 01 'the bu-I rea II wriich simply offers its servÎCe
I'to the state authorities. What. ever the
bun,aii has done h:ce been under ¡¡hegeneral dire(:Hon of the state inspec-
I tors. who appreciate the aid giventhem and wiio work in entire harmonyI with t/ielHireails men, In passing,II canna' refrain from expressing mycommendation of the bravery andability shown Jiy the district inspec-tors iii the ,conduct ot the recovervwonk. Under their wise direciion thework lll"Ceeded rail!dly and system-ati('ally aiid if there had ever beenany chance TO save a single life itwoiild have been acoomplished by just'such methods. The district inspec-tors deserve '¡he greatest' possible,credit for their generalship in thisfigllL to save life.
"At (¡his clisaster, ten men escapedfrom the mine foLowing ..he explosionaiid Iwl'ore the bureau's rescuers ar-rived, No man since has beenbroiight from the mine alive. NO res-CllE'rs have berm kiled. T'he firstexamination of (he mine, as soon asoiit first ear arrived, made it qnite¡¡ppareil'L that all the men in themine had been killed ainiost instant-ly, However, we never allow such anopinion to be 'C'onc1usive nntil we ,haveseen everybo.y in the mine and havein th'is manner satisfied ourselvesthat life is extineL. The bureai¡'s res-eiiers and the helmeted iiiners from-"orton, Glamorgan and Gary havepushed ahead nighi: and day and have''ì,enetl',atec1 every part of tihe mine in!the hope that some one niight be sav-¡ed. At thiis time there is practicalJyno hope that any miner wil be broiight,uut alive. 1 am satisfied that had Ithere been a rescue corps right onttieg'loiiud when the accident happen-ed, the sitiia:lon would no" have beE'ndiffereut, as the bodies already re-cove: ed give every evidence of in-juries which wGiilû have caused death."Fortunately these ex.treme condi-
tious do not obtain at every mine dis-as',er. 1"01' instance, at the Cherrymine fire in Ulinuis, twenty men werei'esciied after 'having been in the minelUI' seven days, The five men savedal 'BrÏleville had been entombed twoclays. At evèry disastel it is. neces-sary to explain that the rescuers of¡the bureau are not present for the IpiirlJose of carrying dead bOlj,ies from ilihe mine, !Yut tor rC8'cuing live men.j aii told there was some little mis-,
$473.50 ADDED TO JED
rash fllMi~~T~~~:S :~a~~I~f~ ~~~~ $l.:?is"~lrf'rtiii¡!,' ofCommHtrl'
Hf'ti lit W('kJi.
A meeting of the Jed Relief Fiincl Coiiiiiitee was Ilt'1d at Welch yes-trrrlay morning'. There were present
I W. D. On1 L. C, Eenirlon, D. J, F':"tl'ut!H';, \,. U. Peery. Harry Olmsted,H.1\, H:avenson, W. J. McClaren and
i J, F. .Johnson.
After a discussion, mid upon motionduly seconded, the following gentle-lIen were appointed members of theexecntive committee which was em"powered to act for the geiwral conLiiiittee and to have t1w, jJower to filany vacancies wliicb iiay occur ini i:
L, E. Tierney,Herndon, JamesPeery, .Jolin .1.l-avensoii.Upou motion, Harry Olmsted was
made vice chairman of ihe generalcommittee.
Afier a discussion of the work beingdone and to be dOll~, and urging upon:iJl mpU1ìiers of the committee and ofthe conimiinity the necessity for fur-ther and liberal eontl'ibutions" th,'general, eomniitlee adjourned.
The pxeeutive eommittee is to meNiu the' direetors' roo,,Ql of the l~jrsti'ational Banl¡ building; at Wplch onMonday aHernoon at 2 o'clock,
The casli on hand in the relief fundhas now reached a total of $4,2líSJ)ÍI.Cash on hand, previoilsly
ac'knowledged ....,',..,.. $3,785.20Contributions since last report:
J. F. Banner, Gary, \1/. Va. .. $ 2.00Smith-Briscoe Shoe Co., Lynch-
burg, Va. .. ',' . . . . . . . . , , . , . .Watts -Bros. Co" Lynehbiii;e .. ,Henry Howell, Welch ,. '1' N iv. 0,'. Stuart ............. ;; 1.1\Velch 'I'he.atre .......... '-1 ~.75'1. .J. Fmiott ,....,...,. ',.
I.T. oeIVemo ..............K C. Bralley ........... CDW. J. I\cClarml ....,.,.J. vV;alton Thoinas ...... ~l'~. MeG. Phelps, Pocahonu c:(:llicit Grocery Co. ....(1, H. Kent, :\ew york."....Thomson &. Burton, Ch'cago..W. Va, Rail Co. ......,.......Daniels and Hall, W'eleh ..".R. R. Smith ."......,."....Queen City Supply Co" Cincin-
nati, Ohio ".......,."..., 2;;,00fIen ry C. Wf''IH~r Co" Coliini-IJllS, Ohio ..........,.,...,.. 10.00
Harry oinistpd, 1. C.Elwood Jones, W, O.Lineoln and H. N.
10.00F),OO
1.0010,00
1.00.S;.
10,001;;.00
;;.00G.OO
W.OO2líO,O\,l
:iO.OO2lí.OO10.002F,.OO
ToUil ..,.....,..."......, $47:,30In the Daily Telegraph of Thursday
dckuowledgement was made of a con-tribution of $50 from the PocahontasConsolidated 'Collieries Co. 'lhis was a mistal,e. The contribiit'on shouldhave been credited ,to Wiliam Leckie,manager of the ill-fated mine.
i II (Continued J'om ,'age 1.) I
I Welch. "'. \'a.. Miirdi 26.-.Eighty.three men were entombed in the mine of the United States Coal and Cokecompany at Jed, three miles from here.by an explosion of gas, :FJighty.slxmen were at work. Only three of thenumber escaped,l'ollowing the explosion afterdamp
pervaded t.he entire workings, and itwas impossible for any Immediate res-cue work to be beguu.
Deput.y State Mine Inspector Arthur
I Mitchell arrved from Bluefield an hourafter the crash, Miners who hadv,'rked durIng the night and werethen in their homes were brou¡rbt to Ithe mine aud organized into ~escl1e II. ..uaL Heparties. ""ne real miners die'
Because of the deadly afterdamp, In bf being led hy a ma:vh1ch no human b.elng can I1ve for au ~d to have bee'n a smstant. It was impossible for the resnJt. it is said, thawould 1:e rescuers to get farther than a fO p~ay practical jot _ ,il ",1.tew hundred feet from the openJng. t earsihat t~ie me,n passed t,ieWives of the buried mIners wept blt- long to have sorne tun out of the fterly near the mouth of tlie pit, urging . ral man and judging from the,repcthe rescuers on. hich have ¡come to the surf'ace
A.n appeal for help to the ünited ien did send the men on variousSt.ates bureau of mines is to be sent. nds, . h' h '. I j' dThe report w iC was circu aeIt Is expected that ChIef Holmes of rding the foreman of No,. 7 car the bureau of mines w1H be rushed orked against the other federal menhere wlth the government rescue crew, hen they arrived on the scene, thatwhich Is equipped with an apparatus all except Mr. Paul, Chief Engineerto enable men to enter all parts of the ':ice and As,sistant En/lineer Deikeworkings. hese men and. the knowledge they
Whether any of the eighty-three men ave of mining are highly regardeIs al1ve Is problematIcal. Experienc- y the mining community. a,nd ted miners say that there is a chance l~n8'rs iheniselves.that some ro~y have escaped the ex- It is likely tha.t there would ~~v,
. een a different sTürv to toll if itploslon and reached a part of the rome ,ld h, ' l' 'b-¡ t rescue aiiy, 'on ave ieen pOSSI eo"not penetrated by the afterdamp. nd' c, ')"'1' It' ,~'as,kJloWniiracti-,.. hi ~ " . D' . Ju ie, ,i i. , ' .,'. as ngton, i,larch ..6.- irector J. "all v frOm the stan. thaT none could
'i A. Holmes of the bureau of mines Jil- 'ie ~live.liecaiise hath air coursesmediately upon I;arnlng of the explo- ",ere filled with fiui.es, and the w,or!t-
I slon In the Jed mile took steps to have ngs were so sir,all th,at there was llt-i rescue eRrs rushed to Jed. Mine r,es- i.echance i:E anyone being alive in-
I cue car NO.7. located at St. Paul. '\ a" ide. On rlus a,ccount the men ül theon the Norfolk and Western railroad, l:eSClle 'Cl':ws lOok advantage of the,ii not more than 150 miles awa:v was 01'- federal .mine men. .. !
. , D d l' local J\'ine ("11' .i dered to Jed. It carrIes four expert. I eman or ~ ", ..I _ i The presence of the federal men, mlne rescue men, ,headed IJ:i Foreman h.'h '" 'ted a, dp.mand for '3, '\"11' U 1 ~f' '" as. 0" evei, crea ,~ i iam ö1Jl ,4', "me rescue (,al' . o. I !Idcal mine ¡car. The opportunj'ty
G, at Il'y1D, P~.. 3"J, so was ,ordered tu ¡' icrewted,:bY the, emer,gency ShOU, ld ,g'iVe
proccec1 mimediat~lr to Jed the mine bureau a chance to placeitself on a firm foundation among the
1 local Ilen if a ear ,could ,be placed inI B,iuefield, from which noint it COUK'oiiveniently reaeh ,the pocahontas.!Tug River, Thacker" Winding Gulf,
eVolume XX. No. 77.
THREE 'BODIES j.vc ation into the cau,sesÍl:,; ¡IP to Ilie explo'siol1.
Chief J~~lJr,jnec)' HieE'..r. W,. . cn¡d¡ l' in chargeJf the l'e
work; Assistant 1~l1gineeç D
TlKEN FAOM 'Po1'E'm BUl'Ìle, Roiic1(:nbiisJi, I:, ' and t r as¿istants, Messrs Heyn
and Hc1Jcrts Kpcnt ltriday and yc,
UN, DER Sl~TE i ~r~~(/i~(,.:~'i;~:Cf;'~~~I'~,:;t::.)i~,',i:.~~:i,icl,l~~!~Mr. Fa ul wa s. certa,in last nIl~'Jit
, i,llVcstigalioli will have 'been c;niieJ on M'Jl1day,
The VCJ1lil¡i'Uon in the wiiie Itas 1One Unknown to Rescuers and 1'CE'tD)'e(1 10 l,lJe COJ1diüo.lI it was
pl'eviou:j 10 ,he explosion a uriIdentity May Nevel' be worJ¡:.;¡g p1aCf'slrc beini; cl',arcd
. :IS r¡¡~t "8 he gases can be forcedDiscovered. or the ':;'rldngs by tiie ,pure air.
SPECiAL PRAYERS TO BEREAD IN CHURCHES TODAY ¡
l'jiidiiig flf Jlutiliit:oil Corp~(. iii /loom';\ o. 8 011 :N o. i Butt Eutl'J of No. 2
ilIiiiil Iii(li('uites H"Jiere Original
Explosj()u OC('llTcd.
.FIWmUJ, iiJ~S(,UJì V.\i~ TOLEAVE JED THIS JlOmO\1)
Three liodif)8 were recovere(1 yes-tel,:,ay from the .Jed mine. The re-mains of two of the men-Mike Wil-liauis, a Slav, and Paui 13o(las--~wel'eidentifiørj, while tiie otlwr Gtil: r8iiain~;
niiiden ified ilnd perh1.1.ps the ideutity
will neyer be rlisc':yered. The menwere found under,' the slate which
isbeing removed so the bodies can betaken out and turned oyer to lelatíve3and jriend~ for burial.
~Vla,¡y of the bodies in the lline an'so cOleleJ with s~ate and debris thatit will be SCrUe Ume before they aretaken out. The company has 'a forcec'¡ men at work elea:''Iig. Oiit the mineand pushing the wbrk of recovering'bodies but ~-the obstacle,s wbidi ar~presented are so great that consider-ab18 àelay will be eX,I)erienced beforealJ arc taken ou, Yesterday thefUll'Jls of those t:iiken from the mineW£',e lield and the last 'Jf the ':Jo(Ueswhich have been reCovered will havebeen bu,ried by ,today.
In all Catholie' churcÌJes throiigli-ou~ the field today special ¡¡ravel'swill be read for the ri:pose of the ô~Il!S
of 'the dead men, who were given nowarning of the fate whicli uve,ookthem,
The,re all¡HJars to be but little doubtGU:, tWa,t' tlú.\ Original explOsionCurred hi roifm Ro.".~, I',blJtt
'c'tmn\it._ ,¡Mi.,~tiThFooiiì tiirDQ:lY òf a man was found, the clo:,hes
rn lrom his body and burned bytefire which was caused by the ex-ilosion. Notliing bi:: the man's SIiOH(ore ìert on his fee't and his bodyas hCllTibly burned, No ollier bod-s sliowedEigns 0 t ha iing '20me in)nt;H~¡( with SUiC.1i a fierce flame and is (Juiie certain the explosion origi-'atc:1 in the roan! into which .this iilanad gone with an open lani¡i. The
:i:i¡iearaiices iiidie¡¡e a gas explosion.The fire hoss re¡ior~ed the mine, ex-
cept l01'slighttra,ees of gas, "'JS 'satefJr wQrking on the morning of theexplosion, It is ibelieved tlta,( a.ferl;e left the 'foom where the ex¡ilo-sion must Mwe originated a fall, ofsiate oecurre:l which short circuitecl:'ì;e air by teari'ng down brattces anclp,~r1litted the gas to hang in tho 1"; :im, 'hi SUi: h a cina:nHty that an eXlllc.,jon Io"curred as soon as it earne incon-k ot with 'J flame, 11 is also IJelievedj ¡at there must havc bef'll cons,irler-;'. "Ie gas in the mine on the morning(;t Oie explosion, as til(' face of the'''';ies and rooms aV8li:ll'cd '10 baveheen most affected dJY the expJo3io,n,!wlilch WG'uld he natural if gas wasprf')sent. In Very few ¡i!:I!.i'S wastlierü any f'¡gn 01' coking, Tlw ,'!e!leralali'lJüaranee uf th0 minp would lJ~'ilciH ÐiiiieJ.r that there might bav," Iieenconf''¡deralJle dust in the niiilf,
The iniun (h~J_HI'1'1n:ic!lt vdl t ("on. Iiicnee its itnestiga'jo!l tlicf,,';,t ¡iartof the week and wil covel' all thepoints which will he of vallIe in dnter-mirriiig t,h e calise (1f lite exp'!osion and,the Jìxing 01' tlw l'pspOllliìiiJ it,\' Chif'fLa,iii',, wit:., l'~llIl'ied tD eil') rbstoii. iwil returii iii:iine to eundnct the ex- .aii'Ination Of witnssses bf'orc tIiecoroner's ji/,ry, whidi wi-J Ji:irdJyconvene for several (/,1)"8,
l11'Tcrcst in tlte Tiu,',iJey h iimidiner,
wiiicli is giving satisf'ac'ti(Hl at the,Powhatan Coal and Col(( COinpH1JYmines, !ias increased since the eXjllll-sion at .Jed, The tlieJTe i(i~il priiw"i-pic on whieli this h niiidifer workshas shown in pradice that it is cor-rect. The mine de¡iartment recentlymade a l'eIJ0l' on the humidifier andChief 'Laing said it was tlie büst wp-pailcltus for moistening mine¡. Uia t iH~has even 'inveEüg,ated and said hewished there was onc in everv mine:in tlw state. The !Jrinci¡ple, or; which
:'he hiiiiidifier works was explainedin detail in the Daily Telegraph SOlletime ag'rJ, and Hie rOjJo'!'t of ChiefLaing Oil tiie wDrking Of Chi,' !iuiiiidifìerwas als:) printed. It is possible ill/Hi.the lJine bureau oftcials who are inthe lieldniay viEit the Powha:an J1jneand investigate the w:;rking;:õ or niOhUl;iIditier, whleh was inventedliy OJ!'L, E;, Tiei:ney, 'general manlager ofseveral mines in the field, and whohas been fortunate eiwii.gli to so farescape an explosion in a,l1Y of hismines, ai,though all are clnsry if pre-icau,ions are not talken to ¡reei) the dustdown. Col. Tierney has grëit con ii-dence iii the aLiilityL' H(' hUllidiIjpltJ do lhi:,
This !I'ol'lliIl; fe::'eraJ mine re~ciienil' ;\0. ,ti ""ill leave, ,Jed for Pitlsl)urg, 'i.\11th ',he '~'a';' w111 go As¡.istan',jl'Pg'í1l8Cr Deike. P~orernail Houc1eubush.FOJ'lllJan Da"l."js) and !A'~si~:ta,nt Ho/)erl::.Car :\0, 7, wi h W. M. Burke i:i charge, ¡w ill remain until iv'onday night 01'1T!~esday, 'at wlJieh time it is believed
Ihe mine bureau will l!3ve eompleteel.
~Q ~if PAULL REPLIES
il TO CRITICISMIi .II Pitsburgher Defines the Posi-1 tion of the Fedei'al Bureau of
I Mines in Work of Rescue.11
í PREVENTiON FtHST OBJECTil ---1 Organization Seeks to Avert Such
I. I' Disasters as That at Jed, and Sav~ing of Lives Is Only Part of work.i
I A l1AZARDOUS PROFESSION
i... Bluefield, "T. V,L, April 1.-James 'V.I fJaull, in charge of the rescue work ofI the Federal Bureau of Mines, of Pitts-J ìrurgh, P"a,., and fOrIYierly chief state mine! in;-.pector of this state. made answer,! here, to the eriticitìff inade against theI government rescuers in their work at
i .1 ed, "rhole 8:J ~niners lost their li\~es last iweek. It \VHS charged. the lescue rnen of!the LTniterl Slates Bureau of l\:1nes,through over caution, ,vould not go intoplac"esin the inino where other m-inerswent WìthOEt. helmets.
"This critici.srn," sairl Pauii, "reflects,on the "'1101e budy of ininers throughoutthe Unit,,,j States, for the Bureau ofIVIines nien are practical miners of years'f::xperiel1ce and men ".vho were' selectedfor the::e diffieult po.sitlOn3 because oftheir spceíal 1i tness.
"'iac l"ü,óii".uf .~lJL\,:':, ;:1 tnJ'~'L:C;Jr.to'l'~~ idlH'(' tll.." hi.:~ 01 life in m¡ues is el1- Ig;agi'd first of all in attemvting to prevent!such disasters as this üne at Jed. The crities !ha\"e a ii:isconception of the aiuh and PUt-lioseH of th(~ bureau of mines. The bureaun;alize:' that coal mining iH a hazardons occu-imtion and that under safest conditions menwilI be killed in the mines. The bureau has,therefore, made the rescue of men part of the\vork.
.'In ca:Tying out the work, the bureau ofmines found a chaotic condition at manymine3 following clisasters with an extremelyhtavy loss of life among the rescuers. The
mo:~t notable instaneewas at Hanna, Wyo.,
I tVd) ,f'an; ago, when 40 men ru.shed intothe mmt: to save 16 entombed TIiine,rs. TheI ~O were killed. In a lew; degree this has
i heen a situation at a great many mine dís- asters. The hureau felt that if the rescuerscoulet lie propel'y safeguarded, their livesmight ))e saved and the ontombed TIien alsolCf'cucd. f01' a dead rescuer is not of anyvalue in life-saving.uIt\vas c1eterminE~d at any rate that the
death roll Of rc'scuers inust be redueed. Thehult:3.u began to introduce system into rescue,,'ork and fl,rnished such aids as the oxygenhelmet. \vhkh pennits the reseuer to breatlieartilkiallv in an atmospheTE~ of mine gas thatwould kill within a fe,"" ,minutes. Resuscita-tirii apparatus for restoring miners to con-sc10usncss also was introduced. The resulthas been the organization of mine rescuecorps and first. aid corps in hundreds of minesthroughout the eountry. These corps, entirE'lyintlependi:'nt of the bureau of mines, have al-ready saved many lives. A further result isthat the work of savIng life follO\:\"ing anP:'ì)lo::ion has bel'n s~'stematízeIJ: thn l'ech::lessbn:n'I'''ry or the minpr has been turned intobl:.ner,y that counts in lives actually saved,
. 'Thf~ most recent (lísasters in the UnitedStates attf'st to the great value of intelligent I1'('scup \vork, Five entoiiibed 111en 'were savedat Brice'dUe, TpJ",n.. and no rescuers \Vere lost.At the (~xjJlosio'1 at. 1\-IcCurtain, Ok1a.l ~;) menwere sa ved ou L of 100 in the mine."Thi:~ primary object of the rescue crews
of lhe bureau is to visit the- various miningcommunities and U:'3ch the miners t.he use01' the mO(Ü'Tn n'sciw apparatus ,vith the ideaof impressing on everyone th~ ncces,Q,ity ofmaintaining corps and stations at the mines.It ccom 0asily be seen that a reSCUe corps onthe spot is of much marc value than onc from100 to 3(JO miles away. Nevertheless, no ii::t-t!?t "hC'rn thes' are, we are willing to respondto any (ljs3~tel" and give out the best effort to-ward rescue.
"The rescuers of the. Burea 11 of ivtines neNlno encomiums Í1orn me. If any fair-mindedman qUèt'tions their hravery he only needs to!-:noìv that iii a little more than a year's time two out' of ~4 re.scuprs employed by the bureauhave given up their liyes to the cause-.J. F.En:in~ at the Panco:ist disaster, Throop, Fa.,:~nd JOhE Ferrell at the Cherry Valley minein Illinois. I
"Th(' av('rag!~ nunìher of deaths in the minesin the C"ni~ed States each :--ear is Î
loul' in every 1,000 menrate n.mong the Bureau
the same basis. wouldinal\8,c.
all
t, 1912
n1;111."
~owor1r tlie
known to
;t THE
(By ASSOCIATED PUESS TO GAZET1'E TnlE:~i'.)VvELCH, ,'I. VA., March 26.-Eighty-
two men were kiled today by a gas ex-plosion in the Jed Coal and Coke Com-pany's mine at Jed, 'V. Va., a half dozenmiles from here. Only 11 men escapedalive and one of those died witliIn anhour after being brought to the surface.
Tonight 33 bodies had been located andthe rescuers hoped to get them out short-ly. Exploring parties wil have coveredall of the mine by 3 o'clock in the morn-ing and expect to have all the bodies outby noon tomòrrow.
,Yhen the explosion took place probablyonly the 11 men working at the foot ofthe shaft had a chance for their lives.They readily made their way up in thecages, which 'Vvere not damaged. Thoughsome of the blades of the fans were shat- cinity have been showing unusuallytered, they continued to operate, with thefortunate i-esult that enough air was pres- readings for the last week, without
usual atmospheric changes.ent to admit searching parties imme- The families of the dead men find them-diately. selves in sore straits. Work has been
Less than half an hour after the news very slack at the mine. Outside aid wilof the explosion h:id been communicated be asked.to this plaee relief mea.sures were in I The. Jed mine i.S 150 feet deep. It isorder. / owned by the Jed Coal and Coke Com-
Rescue lV01'7~ Starts. pany, of which 'Villam Leckie is gen-Oxygen helmets and other appliances eral manager. The mine is on the Gary
were rushed from the plant of the United branch of the Norfolk & 'Vestern Rail-States Coai and Coke Company, a United rO~d. TStates Steel Corporation mine nearby. A I' InTe rescue car No.7, the first to ar-government min\? rescue car en route to : v:d carrJ~d four exper~. ~iine rescue menHuntington, ''1. Va., was turned bacl: on n,e ed b, For,eman \ì il,¡a~ Burke. Cartelegraphic orders from "\Vashingtoii, and l\ o. 1, from Pittsb~rgh, is. in. charge ofanother car was started from Pittsburgh. Foreman D. D. Davis and Engineer G. H.The first car reaehed here shortly after Deike.noon. The experts immediately concededthat all in the mine were dead.State mine Inspectors promptly organ-
ized rescue parties and began the ex-ploration (If levels.
As the gases were cleared out and theybegan to search lower levels they cameupon miners kiled almost instantly.Other mines nearby sent experienced fore-men to lead hundreds of volunteer res-cuers, who flocked to the scene as thenews spread about the countryside.
The usual scenes of horror and griefwhich attend mine disasters were'iack-ing here today. "'0 familes of the min-ers crowded about the mouth of theshaft. 'Vomen have kept within theirhomes, overcome with grief and distrac-tion.
EIGHH - TWO MEN'I
MEET DEATH
IN MINE
A Mysterious Explosion
Catches All But 11
men at Jed, VV. Va.
:MANY BODIES FOUND
Cal/se Is n J.lystery.The mine was lnspecte(l last Friday
and pronounced. safe, Preliminary in-vestigations today have not divulged thecause of the explosion. Some local minemen are inclined to regard it as a physi-cal phenomenon. Barometers in this vi.
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MO~EMENT
rOA REliEF OF
MINE~ICTIM~Contributions Being Made to
Fund in Aid of Widows andOrphans.
BOTH WELCH BANKSRECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS
('OiiiiiHet üf ('oaItil'M PI'OI,le 8ii!:.ge~tl'll iiiit! AIIIIOllUeClllllit of Boardoi Tnult' ('oliliHtee lersoiiiiel
Mrutlü to Aitl Good Work.
SHOULD AJ)VISE WllHIlEAi) OF OARNEGU: l'U~J)
. t.1..1. ~.' Sii~~.l;.'i~.~~:e~ci.~~ ~~~la.t~.;~. ~~i)e.í~~f~~;~.severaL. mDveim\lts,.arç,\~,1 toot. to+l't:a ,:;jl:,"~'(:'J,lrJ.F':~ ':t'l,. ,c";C "fTd:'í-~~y-'-~i L1 nnlJü.¡:: oj" tho" vic1.i;¡s"oÌ' tÌll'Jed disaster.i There are l1lèiny' widows and'orphans left destitute, the num-b¡ r being eHtillutel at twenty-Ii I'e widow,; aiid thirty or tortyHl!!all cliildl'eii, all oj whom wered(:l1enucnt 111)on t1ie hiishands and1:1 t1wls Idlled iii this disast2r, aiidmost. or 11¡em are in consideral'le lJles-
"¡Ü iieiiJ ot the Ili'cessaries of lifeand liecausè ot the very great lossand dest ructiun, the '(Oii¡;aiiy will
ro):1IiJy ¡;,.,r he a1ile ,.0 care ior the¡,Jli( red people in the iianrwr inwhieti It woiiid like to.
The need is immediare and to that('IHI the DJily TelEgraph a¡i¡ipals toiu~ readels ái1d Ult~ j)liblì(: generally to:':;h"crilie to :i relief fUEd.
it .~, boped that the movüiient \vi!lLu;olle field-widi". '1'11£, tollc,wingcommittee is suggHsted, and a meet-ing. urged for 10 :¡, ni. Satiir:lay:
John .J. Liacoln, H. N. ¡';avenson,i,'ather G'lsüiiaii, Judge 1. C. Heriiilou,.:. K .J DlHèS, Harry Olmstead, Mrs. LK Tierney, Mrs. W. D. 01"d. !Vrs. D..T. F. Strother, Mrs. i. .T. Rhodes, Mrs.L. C. Anderson, Mrs. Hürin Jose¡ihy,lVI'S. B. O. Swope.The Fir¡;t National Baiil( at vVelch
will receive contributions.Assurances were made y£st2rday
that two Hubscript.ons of $1,000 eachamI two 01 $500 üach would be madüby uoii_resident ¡iarties interesTed inthe tield. ¡The following snbsrript.ous were'reporte:! yesterday: I
First Na ional Bank of Wdc:h $iOO.OÜDaily Teiegraph ............. 25.00D. J. F. Strother ............ 25.00K R Smith ................. 25.00
A llEèssag(~ 11'011 W'elch Jast nightconVEyed the pleasant informatioiithat steps had been ta,'keu immedi-ately after the explosion to renderrelief to the sufferers, and that iüanycontributions were lieing ¡'eceived. Acommittee was appointed several (Llys,igG liy the \V'eleh i'.ioard of trade, con-s sting 01 W. J.. McLaren, J. F. John-son, Joseph Herzbriin, F. D. Cook, S.G. Walker, P. D. Bre.wster, F'. W. Hut-son and othürs, who are Endeavoringto raise snliscriptions, and who areconfident a large amount will be con-tri1iuted. The McDowell County "'a-tiona i Hank will r:,eei Vi' siiliscrip_tlOiu;.
The Daily Telegraph invites thecommittees to report the eontriliutionsso that they Ilay be jJn1ilished, andalso des:res to publish any niatü,r ofinterest in counection with the rais-ing; of the fund.
In unioii thcre is strength, and itwould be well if all thusE' interestedin this good work would eombine, andtake the mattcr up with F'. ¡VI. W'ilinot, iseoretary of the C;irn"gie fund. It is,understood that the oftc.als of the: Jed COIl¡i~wy arc in hearty accordi with the relief movPllfmL.
~r.nN 8 1£5 !: 1~lll R lIN;lilN JE, INf..1; "~_..~~
Siate Falls !mpe~ Work ofRescue and Pf~!'ess is
N ecessarily,tiow.
~
CORPSE OF l\N l'P~Ul\I\jRECOVEHEDd¥l:STERDAY
i"latp JHiw n('lJiH.tm~'ii.t is Ex¡¡wctcíl
to i¡"tr¡n !ís IlllPiltig,Jti'Oll 'I'M!ay.111;',' fo¡¡dHSIoli (¡l'lýliidi CorUll-
('¡'~ liH!He!~t tv il C'JIHlWllCC"
VEt'i'l'UA!¡'JÜX nni,isj'w p:¡~:itUJTI'EXh'UmJ'i!W~ OlJ"iìi,i, p.mTS- ,1',.., .
üne body \vas11JinO :i'_;st.::rdclY,
'hose or an Italian,mules werE) taken trcri
tercia y: aftel'tioon,i
wer" in tho mine at th e. time of theexplosiün.
'flit:, federal inine bureau rnen \vere~11ini? y€~:;~ci'day nia.idng- Ü¡\l(:¡:,-
lion¡, Oil So. 1 main. It is bei:8v-ell they will complete their work to-
~.ind lca\.'e for PittsbuI',s".
\vorl;~ of rccovC'linb' thc.~ se-/GH
bodies :::;tiJJinsi(~e t:ie n1ine is pro-grn;~::i;1g- SlD\vly because of t.he slate;
lh:, v/liicll inij)cdo th,::\ 'lv'ork. Tll(~
l;i;r1 ie" ha v" iiièCll in the J1.lie lor cl\V~~t:lì: HOW ant! the íh.:sh has -deea)rudto sl1ch a,fl ext.8.nt that cUDsiùerable~daL'_; JUN to lJ(~ l'en!o~'uü :)efoì.'c- body
lo;.,:,ttr\cl. l)uring thE-; f"rsL f(;'.\,'v/o:rl.; \V~t::) iila(Ìe easier' br::--
or t):ie decayln~; 1'l(:s11k:l()\V11 i,htl¡ l)lC~.ien('(J
tll(:; ¡Judy. Tliü t,cI.)nt h.as beC0i11e sogClwra! nov¡ tlwl it is diilir;ulty toi.;et at. Ili '3 c-xaet localión of the do,vl.
It is (~Xi)cr_:ted the state lllÌllC d8-p,lrlllHnl will eomnwnee its ìiivc-sli_
lion today, ,an u Cìrcf Laing is ex-p('cted to be nn~scnt and talco cliar.q;e01' til(J wOlk.1"1'11e ventilation is now of Buell
a clmraett'l that the mine ca;iIw ex,plorecl in every SCCtiOiiwitboi!t an~y dr~ng,'er, It is thought thünlnc ,ic.'!~ai'tnic:it 'v\rill take t,vo orHiore ('~'::i ;'5 to c0111ph:te its inv2stlg:i-tiom" ,üter wliieh the ccronc-r's in-quest into tbe cause of the dIsastervi.-ili coiHiiiC'uce.
Th2 ni gh r: and day forces of lab-orers U1e cotupany has had cleani!lgup the mine have cleared the No, 1main to th(~ foiirth l11!tt anL! the, trackin I.Jitìi mains is Jlretty welì cleared.This \VGl_t\ is b(~ing pushed aìong sosatshctorily that trips of mine car:;can t~e run iii ~.~oniü soctiDns as soonas the tl'oìü'v ì\'j.rC'-; can he l'ei)laced.The ti.:i,cl( ii~' tho 1n1no \V~S d2:niageûielY little by tlie exiilosion, ,'¡.nt tJw
trc!1uy wires weI'" torn down allthrough the workings.
The company is !Julting in a four-inch line of vipe \vhieh is connu-etüdto tl)(~ exhaust from the steam ,iJamp.The sic-am wil be dnjected into thciitak(~ aii' COlírse 'awl it is exp2ctedthis will assist materially in mois,-ten inc,.' the ill inc 'so as to inake it t;afern th~ future. B~i the tÏlnc tho rnois_tpning ~lvpar1tus is coinpleted ~2-ndlJ~ dnc,t we'l. down 't is believed the
mine ìviIi he reaöy fOl' operation, ateast in ~)onic sections. No datø forlw leojJ('niiig of the mine has as yet
been set.
AWAROS'ARišMAUE
Ratio Upon Which
tribution Will be
termined at MCommittee at W
Dis-De-
af
. commit-ffe' :
was held at vVelch Thursday, there,
'being present Harry Olmsted, W. O.Perry, J. J. Lincoln and H. X. Eaven-son. i
The secretary showed the foìlowingletter received from F. M. W;Iln~ot,iiianager, Carne.gie Hero l?und Cani-mission, under date or July 3, andstated that it had been accepted by,Ibe committee under date of July 6:
Pittsburg, lOa., July 3, 1912. Mi'. Howard N. E'avenson, Secretary
and ,Treasurer, Jed Relief FundCommittee, Gary, West Virginia.
:Vly dear Mr. EavensO'n:! have mi.'ch pleasure in inforn~ing.
you that at a meeting of the CarnegieHero Fund Commissi'Ül held yesterdayafternoon, the sum of $10,000 was'awarded to the sufferers from the Jed.,in ine disaster of March 26, 1912, sucr.a.l1ount to be paid to the Jed Relief
I Fund Comrr.ittee, to be distributed byit in s\H:h ma'lUl€r, and upon suchbasis as it may finally determine.
Upon rcceipt of your committee'sa~:c:()iitance of the comnüssion's award,I sliaJJ he pleased to send you a,vou2hel' in payment thereof. II If I can be of any fLTther servicei to your corr,mittee, I shall be only tooI gla'd to do whatever I can, and II thank you and your colleagues. forall the courtesies extended to me on
I the. occasion of my visit to Wclch last. week. I remain, I'i Yours very truly,, (Signed) F. M. WILMOT,i l\1:anager.I . The tr,e,a~~rer" reported .1'eceipts to
I d.ate ot ,.2b" 39.,9, of which amount$226.99 Lad been expended, divided asi loJ1ows:I Traveling expenses investigat-I ing dependents of victims
I and securing information
\ ab.out.. them ................$ 75.24Stationary -(at cost) for per-
I mane,it recorels ............. 18.7:;Advances to dependants ..... 133.00
I Tot.al..................... .$220.99The following resolutions wer:,, adopted: . ~
! ReE:ilved. That the final distributionof the fund be rr"ade in the ratio of
i Uie following amolnts:ìVidow (each) ................. $200Childre:i, under sixteen years of
age, average amoiint (()a~r \. $1:;0This amount being that 'Payable
to diildren of the average afe(six years), amounts for childyounger than this, to be increased$10 t:ir each year's differenc;e inage and for childreii older tlianthe avera:ge, the amounts to be
'i decreased
$10 for each year's dif-ference in age.
i Widowed mother .............. $200, Clther dependents, whose depend-i aiicy is total................ $150'Other deiiuidents, whose depend-, ancy is iJanial ...........:.. '$75
i The total amount to be paid eachpprson will be in the ratio of these
I figures and will depend upon the final, amou at collected.I Resolved, That the arr.ounts assign-ed to each of the dependants may bepaid to them either in .a lump sum orin monthly installments, covering apc ri od of three years, it bei:g thei opinion of tbe executive committee,
i however, that in all dOll.esticcases'(u:nless the amount is tJ De used toestalilish a home) the installment plan"hmild li:' a(lOlited. aml that in case".where the deiicndcnls live in forci¡;iicuuutries, ,the lunip SHIll I11c't1ioc1 lipadoptce). Tiie cliairiiian :iml Fc,I."¡ary.1howc:vcr, arc: anthorizi d 1.1) 1I1:ik" 1';()paYILents in "iich maimer ae L,. in IIllC'ir jud,gment. ¡iest siiili'd tl) liH' iii.(Jivifiial ease. iResolved, Tliat tiie chairman awl'
Eei retary are anUJOriz, d to mak(' aii'agJ')(Jlcnt with tl:() 2\1cJJO\V(,1l County I
Nati::nal !Jank aiil ti'c' :Wirst National IIlank of ìVelcli covering the. liaymmi'.1of siicliino,wy at lJay l)c tleposi'(,: Iwi tii t!ICUl to th () de;H'lJ(Ìc!its of the.
"iCUlLS of tliu cxplocioii, on ,¡liC:! IjelllW as wiJ be satisfactory awl willmiet UIU a¡oioval of Judge Ì. C. Herii-i'don awl èl1r. D. J.W. Strother. 8,..ii,\2 ree;iimit miist inclntic the paymc:i( lIl the m:in:y in monthly instaJlmcntsoVl~r a perior! of three year" and IEUS I
i!lCl.lIde. the payment of i'ü¡;r()st at t.lie Irati' of three ¡ier~ent. jJ'r amIUi!!,eomjlDundel1 ,emi-aniiualJy, on ,ticavm'a;e balance in cae II bank. I
T)ie Jist of all domesUe eas,'s wactten taken Ujl aiicl the awards of tlwcomiuiLtc)e n'adi~. The tina I jJa pcrs lortIi() foreign cases liave not .Yet beenr()ceived, and no tiiial distributioJl oj't1icflJiel caii b() made uiiUl tlieoe 1iaV()
Iie()ii retr:rned. For all d()velliaiitJi iiitlii~ country, hOIVUVl'l, t1i" ¡iaymentof cue 11linclrecl èUld ten pcr ceiit. ofthe base raU's \VaJi ilireeted a:, ¡ininitial distriliution, the remaiiill~r tolJe divided wh: n all information aIHIan cDlJtribntions have been rcceived.
Howard N. IGavenson,of Gary, i:,
I secretary o~_~e conimittee.
. ~~i~-'~~~o~"".-~,,,'--'~'~i'-", . '"', "",' ULi".:i.. ''''''-;m1'3'i 1'icrO,'eFéd"1 å~i,¡;canâ it ccitaì,ni thatl iiwx-i')f-I' up to date linf, ¡:eachcd sixty-ni:ie. peri8nced men lNl.d plunged iuto n~is Ie:~i,f- How soon tlie ¡,,,liainderOf .the ihodies i ).Judy of gas all would havrl been lolÌ- tedi,- i willÌJe l'èCüv€n,d dep'".ni;Js altogetller I ed, The men braved the giwe~ and ~31
Ion i¡hü tiii(" wlJich will ¡Jü consumed I wok nil' c1idr,¡,e because they felt that, iJJ!ncleaning out 'Jie miiw, an.d reniov-, unless tiiis pa;'t of the i,liinc was ex- f~l im;,\' the slate ~Tom the bodies. TIie I ¡ilored at 0;1U' it 1111ght ,1," S,'ilc ,t¡ilJO lJ,
O. N i C0!lPI111y win ,~i);iinen.ce t? ele,,?-. np ! 'liefore liL: d1e hollies in t!i('ro could faI : :it mider tiJe directlOn ci tJi,~ ¡ Lc 1''aclwd, if they ever would be hi
i r1te .liiirie dr;ll::.Ldrr,ent. i.Last' nigJir ¡ h~;;_tclic:~.ion ¡ "I' nwii iI', llHll',gie oj' In,pec.Uirs i A,: of 0"'11 8:1 id aIlerwanl ther¡; I to¡.".J.t,ni.,' 1I¡itc!1i!J, Earl ¡kil.\ JiW":,; i w.,ere '.1.. 1l1l1ni)(.,r. (Jr. women. i¡nil cliild- ~~l
¡,Marti", 1( Y. ':'jnii and L. B. f1(11)- '¡en wai:t"g for ILI'lêC hudtes ru 1)( re- c.iJay. aCf'Ò)IlJ;I'¡'H,J by SU1Jel'iiiteiidr:IlL I :~ci\'lll'i"i ';ind ('iey eOil¡' nut han' ¡¡"eii' 81'
ut !i':m:n''f, wcnt'iilo U"1 llÍ11e to P,UPIJ~- :.'~'ccn.,vprCd \\."¡t,hout..SOîlie liSk._L..i.,,_~e1l1Ig:1 ti",,_I ,i Ihe ,L '111':1 oj tile aii' IJl! taJ,I'l1. 11 Illl'y IWll beelJ JJl''¡')ltif'¡J .to
"'r,iilH, cuurses I ",'¡i"d lJefore ilw ,':x-freiliaiii iii ii", miii" :idditioiial 1;1a!"liig.:~ i ):,to::hn '"'ecun' Tlie old nJ':"'od! f"ihi lLiglit. iillil'COV''''dì lhew wili'l !-::~i'I!Wa.';tos¡iiill ,::' so tlia.i' iI.w,'ii.d/.,¡W ¡',suIt it;;: it 'l!ig,!i! iw wP,'k,; 1)('-11.,''r'\, i dO!HI. IiO¡li ri:!1it and i¡,i', 1lHilH"¡ rOl'~ coliL! ,hi, U'''''ii to ilw wai(- .0'_1 L.'i,.:cnlay a i :ic,m aboih 2 o'clock i jng , it;1 I he' e iii' ,ducic'ed to n:-¡ ,I n..i1J (!. F:nJl Hi'lO H(le(JH'l'I'(! .111:
' i ,,'Uli'e old IW'1 of veii(.lJatJHg Lh,i Thc iast rcco\'c!'eù YOSLel',:ay *,',- \\01"111;,,. HJ tiiat the air eoulel work I w,ls Fpdrly Uw lie¡'o ut tüe Ud I Um,I'~;1i tlw nJiue ¡!lHi tliOI'OugiiJy I Stfiudanl-Pocaliontas explosion atl:(~ i venLiL"p it... '.I'.'Ìlj,0. ,.vas done co. work. i I1-'al.'ï1J. iSw~lbie's safety. L.L.lUP i.ay, be~ ~.,:"i,. !~clll i;e. co,u:",,:,'.ri liy ,lhe, COWP.D,Jn I sid" him. IJís íJody aViJ""ired to ii!~ve ,,:i.. lOw:ir,.,,: )'i:n,oviiig'. tiW . E'Ull,' ¡ ¡'e,'n tlii'own some distancp by the i (I'! '.ell ili" ()"'hl ìJùc1ie', in;c,ji!ë Hi", 'i'n,,', I ror(',~ Of ¡lle t'xplm:Ì(n. vViwn his body 1I to
..it.; I ;~.:~;~~~~;~;~~~z"~;~ I :~:~;;'I;'il:GI~~-'(~Ji:~:.;'_ls,,-. :~~(';~)h J~~,,~l,~ü:.~,l~L~~.tje tÏ(~rbl::i~ I' ~.'¡~.:.11 1::1 il¡ ¡ by iidlniccnJ oj' j ilC coinage cii:,jil;iyi,''¡ . ,i- 1;1\;\ n .\'n¡~"~::j"rHY' CHADITV ~(j Ly hïiii at F';irIu. 'V\'h:tt .Svirabiü cbd i,i~~"I"' !J J.Un. rtl I ('i. " "Ji,- II' \'); wil i, Hie warch ;H not iol(Wl1! as tiH' I ",'I' "J í~\'~ i,' Oil1y \vnteh \\rllich he jcarrieu at the I (-:,_~:,I The. ap;¡;'ai rOi' eoniTi1iutiO!J:ô i I jIii, t.llf: ¡,I.,í I, I.klt" or jiis d(,'llIli '-.illS i; nic.k,.,l. allair. '~l'I tnr tiie iUIJ.:l-i,\((::l.te reìief of ,::, ., I J t ~,t 'ii' iii ¡ , . !m,¡¡edOl'S is. itow A J¡ i y. , nH
i.!(' uiftt'l'r:rs Lù)lJ the Jed mine ex- i/ I D:iring tho progress of th.e reSCue¡ '''I',
I ~ ¡ 110S1011, 1:1;,'):/ have brought 1'8- ill i 1 -. ' "f' i ~ I \:r¡:, l1ac' of I..i ,\) iiiw..l'¡( ¡nsiW,:.Ol'S '-OJc~'i 'vi, ~ P acl
- ¡Ii; I""'us..',.: bii: Liiey ¡Hue not lwpn ía .:j.i.(~.poealiol1lras Coiisolid::tf"d COl1H;r- \.ve.
¡ II 1'.'¡!lJrl c'il t'T public'! Lion. Th" ¡h i il,,' ('rJlljlaiiy an,i C. M. (TIL,es, ot (de Hi! I( li'.' giv!;; li,1 )esrerd:iy in()rniii,,~', (Ii liTiiilcci Scaws COill ,'nd Coke COlU1HUlY, I C1'(:
I ii' ",,(1 wliI'li "jiows no additions ((II";..'c(v..".' SIII.JIV.ri u.n.USH1I. è¡'IJil.i..!Y' .l\L".".'V.111:. '.
II? f:Ì1lC'c',:8 HC' ¡'OJ10\'VS:¡ '1') 1 lac(\ who lsnu:ntioiiea ;\~~ t.\' e(u1l1.id~u.i.~, ¡ of( ¡ ~ 11'1 for chief of the V:rg-iiii(J inlHlJ~gl' 1..1i.,iíl:~t :\~:j kina.: IJ:Uik "-!, ,\ "1)( (10! 'í i blirf'llU, .rpillêl.lllY CI""I1..I)(1. li.as made,a I coi
It or IV"I,,), ..........p ( J.. '. I. ."i i¡ ,., p:;jjy 2fí.OO L í ¡ecord IeI' hiiiself, )¡is da l'ng tor,e,i;-i,¡ n T Ii'. 2G.O(J 11(l' with thar. of other m'iwCfors ",nln(I " ' , ~-)( .li! yeSler.c.lay, showing ihe extent to ".'hi.eh I UI) I? i( ~;".ii! li ;''J.( i . .((I d, , ¡), i iil' '\U! go. .hikf, Ben!'y, the ,leil Jline i
,. I ¡(i ~ l~- (In ii¡ i t'orrn¡aii, wiJO eseape~ rlc'atli al ,I hi"i)i Toial ............... iti.' I"'.) ¡"lI.,iie. of tlll ICXPIO.SlOll iiec.,ause., he hd.iJ-1 Co
'- ! í¡ i' meeting of Ow committee ::) i jlpii¡iCÌ ,to be. a¡ ,r1ie ÌiJDt at' rìH~ shaft i . :1'- iii Ih:¡i; wac. yestenLly (i I when the niiiie blew ltV, has also Ii,.! ( ¡!leiil" :,,! today at Welch J) i worked hard every day aud has stuck
'. i L I'.iid 1m ol"ganization verfected. II wit.h.. the m. ine il1S1.,'e-eors' through allI '''hel'P i8 iwilii;ig Ute organiza- 11, jc:.ij,Li 01' trouble in the mhw. f
g ( tion ! 0 ma:l", nilCli iiovemenw ¡ii i . (.'iiief (~oes. Bad, to Charleston nth( "Ii('c(I~"fpl l! I ClJicf John Uaing returned to Cliii.- Hoc
" ¡ , TI;¡s" i~,~u('ìi a good thing that ) ¡leston yes,terday mUl'ing, 1mt leL six \1"1l- I( everyone s!lCullÌ have It part in 1)1' mine, inspectors at the mine. ~Vi'I' lOn,¡ I' it. It will gin, every contributor ¡ ¡Laing. WÜl. retl.1rii to Jed,iIl ti~iie forl"r.'
¡ ¡ileasui'u to 'cnow that he aided 1¡lthe) (oro,npr's il1Quest. 'I
he mspec-lilVii. I in si:cha. worthy cai:s¡;. Long (I I,¡ors left. at t. he .,iti,in.e wil si;'perin,en~ i,.Il...'
(;lter theni0XiC\," is sp(~nt tlìe joy (( . 1 ld tl d t¡( tll e res:oratwn of t ie () me 10 0 ¡¡Jillcf be"ng riJ)!(~. ~:l:ld \villing to \a.id ii i' 't' t t .1i "11 c. ".enUia. tiDn I i.cugn. ne wo . en ries s.iie'the needy aili the distressed Vi i I ,¡ il t
d li\". 1'1 fact spell d2'xls of Ch'lL (:i and ia:e 'iVonrüi;y or Tuesr ay wi ~;oit-, H,.I
~. ¡i itv and kinlÌness are more en- iI,! :ii:.e.';i~i:~.e.o. ¡,.;..)lll.ecOI:;:,cil~ilil..~~..~.I~.m~~itl.~j~lt,e~'~.i~,i;,~ I ~~:eli
' ci;¡ring than riches or the enjoy- ¡. I 1O' ¡nent of ph:ce and power. II ¡ ille e.l a~e or the exV¡'ü~8i()li. Tdliis ~'i?r ¡ MiAn
. \ ,oili: ake ,;evenli (".aYE" ep. en, i.n~ I _,ri II V-l;iir" SOl~¡G mgy think the Ii I largely on ¡hP. co. ll,ltOJis. met, witn CeCl,I pii,:JliealÌo!J ol their contribLltioiis í inside. With n fu.J supply of ail" andmay in, va'n Ilnd 8r,lf seeking, yd, i i 1(11 fiE.,J¡, PIl.liliC,.UOllS.: ¡liflu~n(!G Oth-. )¡ l'r;'8rYLLi.iig SJ.W.Uld.mo. ve along ,siiontl. ~f~~.'.
( ('r.s to gJ','- ¿;.rd aii pud 1.S att~in~ II y. Wil Noi Work 'l'oiiiu'Ji. .A(I lid Uio-it aLJìl('~': for an, S¡l8t;leb of i I '. .".. ~ .' ._ " ....\ ii"iJ"~Y: r11" puhh"ll i~m may in-- i¡ 'I'OlÜgh.t the ll)e,n. \V.JlI (lUll. .work irai'¡ I.~. I", c . . , ¡. i a'ir) take one night off. Thev will be uf' Y')iVf' ) i ..,,~ . , _, ~ .l' Iii ' . ) ihwk ug:iin::n Sunday and wiìl ('on- mia'~-:.-'.-::~. ~--""~~_::J I"'inue, tti lead .the ICOlI,jlaliy m~ri III ie- 8lJc,¡--'-..-.----.---..-.-----.-...------ storbg vent!latwn and get,'iiig' ihü
iniue in shape, and in l'CSeniiig thelI ~: * * * * * * * * * * * * ~ Il'eni2iuiug bodies in tlw mine. Pi
- *. ~-~' I Jlmi.y Beail Jlii!es. Iirsta :¡ WEAlinm¡"OItECAST. _".d ~: * In a lal"ge:rieas¡;Tc ,the l?eation of mept
Vi,',-! y'ir; id',; l-ai r Satiil'- ':' Itlll ¡'odiüs will \ie eO!ijJill'ati\'dy e:isy FojH
. I I'ec,';",' t::¡,y ciin Jie i\'adily dd(èCI"d here
day, c(d(l(~i" in ('(lsi' 1)ort'ons; , ) 'i,', (.,lr).ll..,',l.rj(-~lC...,'L,... ~., en :lCCOUli' of t.JWir (,~O.'llf1LjOli.. (lJ. '1"'1.'1- l (-~\rO~;lIl!(j¡¡yoo day Tli'ilit the Te:',Ctie lltii used di:;- n':ive',' Vin~iiiiii: :md ('oleIel' . ¡nee",tEl~U' eil rhi, 1J:dies (¡f riil( mules ics 0
iiI't1tLY ~~'T':~,~tay 1':-,.;1', Hio3cr.. I1tci'iL ar:d rH)~'lll.c:-(st \v.lndt:. j in the niif¡C~ui:l cov;:;rec1 ih¡_~nL "It rJ1L
~-~ \vas the üHf':n.t¡on of tì:(:_' ii.en '0 coin~ A'lJ.H')
: * * * * * * * * * * * * * ~ I menee J'l1lOv¡ii¡; til( hodies or :the duad sevei
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aC!:IUi-g j\jl' hi g g-(5.'tÜ'n iDe;-(T; '~7 _.. ~: Three Brothers lUlled.
Tl;e bodies of ,~k ChandlerCharles Chandler and Wil Chandler:th,'eebrothers, wlio were kiled inthe ex¡i:osionat .Jed, were carried~hr~,ug~ ,this city yesterday en routeLO Coe,mrn, Va., w her8 they wil beburied. Bowed down with grief theaged father of the boys wen, 'Jaekhome with them. While here :\lr.('¡iandi"r said he Iiad lost his thr88boys in this explosion, and his tworia l1'g'hter,!'. both married w minen,recently lest their husbands in an ex- ,\rp) ClilIdren )(ad" "plosion, ,thereby wiping out the entirem~ie line Of the Chandler family, TheV:',ith the exception of the aged fa~h.er, ¡Pictur.'I ne lather said yesterday that his Jed ITname woiild disappear wich htm, and haveh8 seemed ovenvlielmed wHh pain Lib; Jand grief. The Chandlers are Ameri- where('ans. ing in
MIne Bureau Doing' Good Worl. bring;Oommenting on the federal mine
rescue service and .,he federal minebn.leau. ,operators and O'illTS who are r-iii ,the .co.ai business uppe. ar to regret '. "I ~..exceediigly the differe.nce-s. whieharose between the men in the mines Iand the rescue me1Í. They seem ,tofe~1 that the federail mine, bl.l.f.eau ..is .' _.'doing a gOOd work, ann ye" in Ìès in-fancy. The Op~fatoi,s. especially a 12,- ,pear to apJlle'ciate ¡the presenc~ \ChiefE;,ngineer RieeJ ASRist,an ,"~ 'I \F'''~'ineer Deike, an,i ".0 ¡
pl'é¡eli the playàtthe'i Welcìi"Öpera ¡ Iihouse onilie night of Thursday, April I ..11. The p:oceeds of the eniertain-!ment wil be c-ontrilmted to ,the fund i B:ol the benefit ~f the wJdows and 01'-1iihans, Ie+ rJestitine by the explosion: LJLet the Jed ~;oal and Coke Company. It i¡nay be said for the company, which I b;s, coii¡ios,ed of Blllüfìe,ld .¡ople, that l:i
its "vork J.8 of a very 111gh ord(~r andunusually good fO~ amateurs. I p
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~~ibof the miners, one tliil'clveonle dC':'cnd 01 \Vl1vllJ. 1l;;1 \, I, C. ,'. ent upon thpii' I "
"'horoiier's IIl(ll1est Long' 'n."¡iv Of' of, e ,coronel"z' '. C . J I. eellJeld for at least i~quest '1111 not be, ni'CI.ll.loC.li .S¡¡id ve'st' edn days, Dr. Mc-I' cr'. 'J . l.l ay the i 'canno:. eonim\mce u t'i . nque3t ' tad~j)'lrt!lent coniPJet~sl itt,he ~tat.e m!IH~ I Wi
01 the mine. E'ver , ~ exainlliatlOIII of- _ " Y ,~ody 'R being I wi
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