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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1896
Page
3
August Hobinson sailed yesterday for Cyrsbad Germany. William Jamison of Washburn Street had returned from Stroudsburg State Normal School to spend his vacation at home.
Ezra H Ripple urges abandoning Scranton celebration to aid Pittston storm victims but the Fourth of July Celebration executive committee decides the plans are too far progressed to cancel. Ripple notes widows and orphans and cites the need to direct surplus funds to relief.
An old ad lists Kellys ice cream daily at Nay Aug park alongside a dealer prompt for MacGarrah’s Insect Powder 25 and 10 cent boxes. It states never sold in bulk and to take no other.
A Tribune tour of Caxton farm reveals a few small fissures along the river edge, not widening since discovery, with one opening near the river bank. Rescue operations at the mine continue with shifts led by Superintendent Law and night supervisor Mostier, as Lynott and workers assess progress and safety while considering a deeper push if conditions allow.
The Clear Spring operation revises its approach after a bore hole at 25 feet deviates toward rock. A second angled hole is set to reach the Twin shaft opening with H. P. Simpson directing the drill and Foreman Thomas supervising workers. The drill needs about 36 hours to pass the pillar and three days to complete a manhole, with about 2,500 feet to the Twin workings from the planned manhole.
Michael Murphy of the Phoenix colliery, a veteran Scranton area miner, says there is a strong possibility entombed workers may be alive. He notes no cave in to fully block a roadway and that air may reach them, citing Sugar Notch as a precedent for possible rescue within days.
A Tribune reporter investigated city rumors about openings on Scoville's island. The findings show openings existed only on maps and none reach adjoining mines. Only the main shaft and air shaft connect to the Twin mine.
John Lynott, a tracklayer at Old Forge, proposes a genetic rescue theory that imprisoned miners may survive in the fifth vein. He notes the entrance to the vein is 150 feet long from the sixth vein and could be reached via the short incline and No. 3 slope. He questions why Langan would not flee to the fifth vein at danger.
In a joint interview Frank Patterson of Newton Coal Co and John B Law general manager express skepticism about sensational mine disaster reports. They say rescue work is dangerous but not as perilous as press coverage implies and emphasize rescuers safety and steady progress over cost concerns. Both executives show somber spirits over the tragedy.
The Twin shaft, after exhausting its first, second and third veins the Marey, Pittston and small veins, caved in and the mine faced renewed collapse. Langan, superintendent for eleven years, redirected miners to the fifth vein above the sixth, using pillars from the sixth to accommodate workers, leading to reduced overhead work and rampant pillar robbing over eight months.
Men and women footwear sale features Regular Bal and Tan Bal styles in multiple sizes. Prices drop from five to two dollars with discounts on Ladies and Children's lines, including Oxfords and Yan Shoes, limited stock.
The fifth vein mine faced a collapse after blasting bottom rock to load cars, causing six caving sites last Tuesday and continual movement near No 3 slope. Workers stopped on Saturday, foremen and officials moved to salvage the mine as pumps and machinery were removed. Mine Inspector McDonald notes no warning a month earlier and says delay in notification worsened the disaster.
Liberal subscriptions from local families and townsmen followed a mass meeting at Music Hall Pittston where $1 068 was subscribed quickly. A further meeting is planned for tomorrow night as circulation notices go out. The joint councils meeting scheduled for last night did not occur due to attendees at the mass meeting.
The Vitascope company performs in Wilkes-Barre for Treller fund relief. Pittston Catholic Fourth of July plans are canceled. Fire boss Alexander T. McCormack, son of a victim, breaks his collarbone. Fireman promotion for Thomas O'Brien, with Superintendent Langan. A man named Hannigan detained for intoxication. A Philadelphia reporter tracked mine events but is barred from the shaft. Michael Hughes’s mother arrives from Kansas City after learning of the calamity.
The report recalls a single young man who wore a beard and was photographed after the mine explosion. Insurance officials offer a policy presentation to families of dead workers while authorities decide on giving early chimes to claimants. The piece notes questions about charity versus exploitation and vows full reporting of victims.
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