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THE ANACONDA STANDARD. WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY 18. 1892. TOLDBY THE WITNESSES Continuationof the Investigation Into^the Anaconda line Accident. IN REGARD TO TIMBERING Testimonyof borne Who Wore In^^jured by the Cave-In What Is^Said by tho One Who Did^the Timbering. Bi'iTK.May 17. Act hit* Coroner Mul- ffltXHI^-^^llUl|!M^^| lllp ilH|licsl Oil til*' All.l- coutlamine disaster tfcfci inortiiiur. At 11^o'clock, together with Juror* Tlitnnas l'u-^ItPMM*. (icocyu L. Lupp. Fred Rels*r. Ku*^IP*ne Sullivan, John M^^Cormi^*k and Pat^t onUmi. the coroner repaired to the Sisters'^li^m|(ital to secure iho testimony of the* in-^jured, under treatment at that institution. Tin*first to In- examined wan Mn li.n l^J. I^iuuln.in, w ho wfts out of IknI to re*^ct'ivo litem. Ho testified that In wuk a^practical miner and had followed that^(ullitiu for eight or lime years. In re-^KjMiiiMJ to Acting ^ orouer Muldoon's s*jsjs^^tioii as to hi* version of thocaHtalty, he^replied: OnSuiurduy evening 1 was working on^the cast side of the west end of the stsjssj^on the ftMM'ool level, fourth Moor. I m^Mocking a nl of UintM is at the time with^my panm i . KolM^rt Works. 1 mi holding^n hi.h k of t.nils i UKlll and Is inches long^between the |^oat and the ground, while he^was driv iny a uedgtr in order to make tho^timher Seta I thought 1 noticed the^ground give away over my head and I ran^along the hanging wall for two or three^steps, w lien a piece of rock struck mc on^the head and 1 fell down. When I tried^to move I found that 1 was hound last hy^h piece of timber right across my *hotii-^tlcrs. My head tin mil down on my breast,^and 1 did not know anything mitre until I^heard the people talking around me. FiremanJack O'Neill came to the res^^cue first ami 1 talked to him for several^minutes alsiut my position. He didn't^take more than JO minutes to got mo out.^hut 1 thought it was two hours, (was^taken to the oil ice ami my wounds dressed^und then I was brought here. **llowlong have you been working in^the Anaconda mine'/ ' ^Since the 1st of^May. hut 1 worked then- Is loi-e. \Vhendid you work there lieforo'.'^^^From Dee* *. last year, to Jan.!^. 1HH^. Fromthe first of this month have you^worked on this level'.''* ^From May ti. Whatwas the condition of tho timbers^from the time you eoinmeneed to work un^^til the accident occurred^*' ^The tirulxr*^looked all right. I couldn't notice an\-^tlung. Howlong was it after the blast was^IIml that you returned to your placeV* ^1^should judge 1,~^ or minute*, as u was a^hruv y hlast.*' Afteryou returned did the ground give^tiy warning of ihu cavingV* ^I didn't Kob- atiywarning or the caving .^notice any. ' Who was with mm at tho time^Mi Work, my partner. Whatis tho custom in a mmo. in your^e\|^ericiioe, in reference to the return after^a HMt Do you use your ow n discretion 7^^^lusoiuyown iuilgment. I ^an never^told anything.'* Haveyou over heard any complaints^while you were working in the mine, of^unv jM-rson or poi -on- eoiuplaiiiing of a^lack ol timltcrV^ ^No. Whatis the rule in reference to miner*^renaming a set of timbers^^ ^We gen-^Muq find enough on the Moor, if not wo^go to the top and got them. When^oii wen-working at that time,^did you notice at any time where the tim-^ls^rs were taking any extra weightV^^^No. If11 icy had. would you have noticed^it V^ ^I think I would. Whatis the custom in that mill* when^tlie^ notice that the jimttor* arc taking^weight '.'^ ^I never saw any take weight^nmwiiete around where 1 worked. I've^seen llmMM** taking weight in had ground^in other mines, hut not here. Dillyou consider thv ground where you^were working at tho time |ierfeotly safe^^^^ The place w MM) I worked that day 1 con^^sider d was very bad ground. Dtd) on place a sot of limbers in that^ground7^ ^Yes. I was blocking a set^w hen the fall came. Tinu the set was not completely in 7^^^'No; my partner was putting the wodgo^in w hen the ground gave wa^. Weremm propping up the ground to^^eve It from falling. ^ou thinking it un^^safe^^ ^Certainly, that was the object. Youdid not notice any signs MMMI^thai 7^ ^Not anv . Hadyou considered thai ground unsafe^to work in. you would not have worked in^n would you^^ ^(Vrlainh noi, if 1 had^thought it was dangerous to life. I have^seen ground us had and have w orketl in it. Thenvou consider that ground a.* safe^a* others ihat you have worked in^^^^Yes. I've worked in ground just a* had ;^all miners have to. Didii giveau.v w nrning w hntevcr until^the cr.cdi came^^ ^No. if it gave au^ 1^didn't notice. Asa rule til large cave* of ground, is it^^ait a fad that Uiii1mi^ indicate it by^cracking preparatorv to a ca^^c^^ ^Yes,^I've had grounds c.ive Is-fore ami ihe tim-^Is'is indicate ft by cracking all along the^line.'* Dilithis cave give any of these signs^^^^No. I don't think it did. Doyou think that the cave, by auv^foresight, could have been avoided^^^^No. 1 don't think it could. JAMF* ItIO I N * HTUKY. ThoC'syp Or^urr*^l Without Warning^Timli*ring 111 ''o' Mine. Thehospital surgeon* did not deem it^adv ImMM to allow young Work to t^c^|ucs-^tinned, mi the jury next rc|tu.irril to the^loom (,f 'lames Itieeu. w ho w as MMJIMM1^up in Iwd to MMM his \ hsssVsV Here the^acting coroner again cv |sjgs*J his Technical^knowledge of mining b^ NMcMbh]^MtMetlMMt 'lames lireen g.ive his^occupation as that of a mi ter. Mowlong have MM MM a MMJM^TM^QIMftMl the acting coroner. ^Iteallv. 1^don't know . hut I think M or 17 MM, * Howlong have vou worked in th^ Ana^^conda^^ ^MX 11 a v | in la-/ mouth and up^to t he i lino of the caV e-ili. DidMMJ work continually on the wit.^foot h \el^^ **TMU Fromvour experienco a-a miner did^MM eoMMMf MMl MMMMl Ml safe dial da^^as w MM ^oh went to front 7^ ^Ye*:^w here I w a- it was a- s.if - as the first tlav^I bill I went lut there wan nothing rot 11 u inthe '.illllwrs. Atwhat time did vou go on shift that^da\ 7^ ^ At 7 o'clock. I^:l .vim notice ativlhiug unusual at^that tune, in relation to limhf n crush^^ing^'* ^No, sir. Atwhat tune did they Slu*l 7^ ^I^couldn't sav. WhatHim if did MM work IMMJI 7^ ^Tfie^fifth. MHtMllong ttd '.on remain MM after the^bfaMl ^1 eoiildn'i sa.v .Ihu 1 gin ss shout fiveimUUtCk.*' \Yci^' yoll mining or shoveling^^ ^I^w.i* b|kmcling. \\I mi ^i u reMunt d. alter (he hlasi..| d^\ou notice .tiiwluiig uio.'e uuu^ual titan^what mi urs allei anv oih-.r blast^^ ^Ni^^kit. *I^d thelilllheri surr^^irndmg lauigitiff^groun.l ittdica.c .mvtluug ddfeicut than ofmny other MmH ^ ^No, mN IMM I llOlhl i| mWmp1 the liibt iMMMtlMI that MM hadof tlio ground ea\r^** ^A wnall piece^of ruck led ImM the hanging to the sixth^Hour. A^ auoii uk that occurred I n:adc a^jump to get out of the niad. 1 was then^knocked m ^^ by the tiuibcnv and MMl ^^knew- nothing. *It gave but very little warning^^^It gave none at all. 1 wouldn't call it^any at all. Y*ouunderstand timhering V^ ^I ^^^you think that tfie linil^cring of the^Anaconda has ln-n followisl as rlowlv up^to the breast as |mwsiIiIo7^ ^Ye^. they^couldn't get it MB MMi [^^^you think that thev us^' cvei^ pre^^caution, by timlwring. to hold MMT or^weak ground ^^ ^Yes. if the IxMUtoscomc^aroliuil and sec the least weak |n^tut at^all. they put new iMMMf in. iMff insiruc-^tions an* that no matter w hat is left, the^IMMMMM must Is- put in.'* HowMMi tlw timbering of the Ana-'^MMMI mines compute wiih other nunc,^that you have I sen working in^^ ^The^timbering M ejand* Whowas MMf |Mirtncr7^ ^1 don't |^know . Washe hull 7^ **No, Ml helpcil me^out. 1 think his name was Thomas MM) {^crt Doyou think that the eMM/MW took^every precaution for tho snfct^ of its em- I^p|o^ es ^'* ^Yes. AlterI blast then- is no |^crson to^MMM you in ugain 7^ ^^No. sir: no one. HI THK AFT MBMMMVi WhatU MM MJT NM MMJ uho IM^I MB^MMMMMMi^The Imtuest was ^ oiitiiuuil at JoVlock. '^(i. H. KMM MM the first tiMMMMMMJ^and tcstdird as follows: ^1 have MMM a :^miii* i for the fast five or *i^ ^oarH and j^have worked all the lime in the Anaconda |^mine since j came to Hutte. which was I^November 10 last. I was limberhig for^about live weeks before the accident. ]^went on shift about 7 o'clock Sit unlay^morning and went to work on the fourth ^^floor of the .-ic-ioot level ami pill up eight |^sets of timls-rs. There were somegirt-sets j^around the chuti-s that I u-ed to double }^up ami this man Clark was saying that !^the timhers wcte M iluck that ho hadn't I^room to work. I told Inin that 1 would go ^^ilowu on some ol the other II*sirs and see^if 1 couldn't find some n!a^ e to put up :^timbers there, mid MMMMl hack MM |^Sunday afternoon. I went dow n then and^went into th*' west side of ihcaun-fnot lev^^l^on the first floor, and took measure* there^for seven sets of timber. Thou 1 wont up^and cut my timbers and put them in.^Then I weut all through (he suMoot level^on Isith the cast ami west sides and^couldn't Hud room for eight sets of tim^^bers. After I had the iflMMMi up I met^the shift MMI and told him thai 1 had the^SM^ all cat* hod up and asked him where I^would go to take measures fur the next^day. He told me if I had it all cat died up^there to go dow n on the Hi Mi, and to hike^measures there on the first floor on the^w est side. I t^sik niv measures and on go^^ing into tho station I heard some* kind of^an explosion that sounded like powder,^but I couldn't locate it. 1 waited for the^cage to MMM dow n to go on top to out my^timbers, and waited a half an hour, but^the cage didn't comedown and I told my^partner to ring (ho change hell ami see if^that wouldn't bring the cage. We rang^t M or t h roe t i men for 11 it* cage and^I told my partner that there^was something wrong and that^I the cages wen* not running. About^I o'clock Mike Connors, the shift fx***,^came flow n on the cage and told us to go^up to the HUH where then* wen* 14 men^killed. Wc went up to the tot and went^onto the third floor and started to work to^dig out the moil tiiat had lieen killed and^hurt there. 1 helped to dig out Smith and^Clark and then 1 went on top mmm *^o'clock and went home. Howlong have MM been limlwritig m^the Anaconda mine 7^ ^In Si arch they^put mi' on putting up square sets ami I^had worked al that about two weeks w lieu^they put mo at what is called doubling^up. Stateto the jury what you mean bv^douhling up^^ ^Itotihling up is where you^go alone and take MMMMM under I he^girts and caps ami also the |Mists. The^MMl are in hv 10. as are also the girts and^caps. These doubling up sets are also lu^In to timbers and are put under the others^to support them ami hold them in their^places. Thc^ consider thai a man ami his^partner can put in hi of these sets a day.^He has all the help he wants in setting^them up and he is supposed to wedge^them in tight, i hi Thursdav afternoon I^was timbering on the fourth floor of the^level. I put ill seven MMMTtlMjMM^there in t he afternoon w hen I ought to have^put in eight, but I couldn't find room for^the eighth set any where on the Moor. It^was all doubled up evervwhere. Friday^MM ning I wei i up MMM the fif th floor ami^took MMMMM there and doubled it up. I^tried io lind MMI there to put in seven^MM on Sal MMM morning, hut J couldn't^do it. I looked MM the MMf and^couldn't find auv place to put in anv more^timbers, so mv partner and I went bnck^onto the fourth floor again. When we got^dow u there this man ^ lark spoke up and^said: 'Can't you find an^ w Ia n else to^put up timbers bin hen1^' ami 1 said:^'This is th*-oldv place that there is room^for tiddlers on this level. J am going to^finish up this MMf^ and MMMfMM I w ill^go seniew hen-else. If MM want to kick^w hy don't vou go to Mike t minor-, he is^the I miss,^ I finished up those two ffooi*^up to the MMMti a in I the men w ere kicking^Is'cause I don bhi I up so close, t*uinn^l.oarv and Jerry Harrington said that thev^didn't double up so close up on the hill. |^had iwo |s^sts standing then', and LmsT)^asked MB if I would h ave that set MM so^thai he Mould have more room 1o shovel. I^told him if I could find a place to put imhm^I would accommodate him. I looked^MMM and Ion ml a place, mid w as^going to MMM MMM when he^said ihat he and Ins paitm-r^would move them for Mti The^ idoomI^them over to atioth u place and I left that^| Ml out that Mt| and IMMM Frida\. th^^^next da.v. 1 v ent hack and put it m ami^also put m some other sets. Thev also^kicki-d at mc that tlav for tmils-rmg so^close, ami I told them that when I WM^timhering on a floor I wanted to finish it^ami go setnew hoi-e MM I had the two^Boon th.it c o ed in douIiled np clear to^the MMl M IsmIi sides. Then 1 went^' dow u to t he limit thmir and Molted for a^place IMBM to tlMMsfi bin I i ouldn't find^! anv piacc. 'I he lifth. fourth and third^Moors Mtl idl timls red up. During the^! last five weeks I worked e\er\ da^ on^MM M IMM MMSj WtM* IMtf I w cut oo r^^ onto the west sitle of t lie MU and onto the^Mel s' eond ami tfiinl ffoM, but e^iuld't^lind anv place to put in iMMefU except on^the fir-' MMfi 1 I ouldn't lind MM for^' MR than MMM BMSt so bmj p it liMM np^and ^ MMI then told ustegoSKlSrU ti^the^H. So far as the tiuilsving oli the^| third, fotirth and floor*, of I tie tMMV^eMKMMMl^ you coiild't get anv nt ire line^! iMfM in there and do anv w uk a^ all. Howefosc are IMMM MMltt) c.ir*^j rieil to the MMMl^** ^Mj as soon as^; thev MMlU get room for a Ml of iMMfl it wi^ | ut in.^^, ^W l.at is the object in doing Ml^** ^ The^I men Ml wheeling and shoveling all the^, time ami the dirt would keen droptiiug on^them w here tt had MMI broken at d it uu-^kept inn* erod up HoM M th.tt it anv th ug^hou'd tall it would fall onto the lagging ilain that you were timbering t^w close to^them7^ don't know exactly MfsMk^but for the Ust three or four days thai I^was mm then* thoy won* complaining every^da.v. Whiletimltcring. did you ever MM*^miners knock out tlmhew M MMM t^ hacr^[MM r^H^ni7^ ^1 noticed a couple of sets^knwkiil out ono day and I spoke to the^men about it. When 1 noticed the timbers^gone I took ihe measures ami put them in^again. Didyou consider that ground safe on^ihodnyof tho ai-cidoul^** ^Yes; I MM^^MiMMJ it as safe as any MMl of the mine. **luyour experience as a tiuilierman U^it not a fact that ground that indicates^cracking or sliding w ill indicate it by the^cracking of the UMMli ^In that^groimd about two mouths ag^^ ^oii could^hoar Ihe IMMfl crack, but during the^last live weeks we MMM) no cracking near^whepe the cave is-curretl. .1(111% IIAMliT M TK^TIMllXY. H Rollrvril tUe Mln* t^ !^* IVrfeetly MJMs JohnHanlov was next sworn anil testi^^fied as follow s : ^I have MMI working in^the Anaconda nunc since last November.^I have been working on the fifth floor of^, the fJM since the |sj of April. It was kept^j well timbered up and seemed just as safo^I as any part of the mine, tin Friday night^| 1 was working on night shift.** Whattime did you hlast on Friday^night 7^ ^Just MMMMftMMW**1^^Ditl you clean all the ore out before^I MM left in the morning^^ ^Part of it.^^I ^Dill you notice anv thing unusual w hen^I MM went in after ilr* blast 7^ ^No, notle^| ^ik. H^mlong have vou hMM workiiitfon^i that level^' ^Sinee last November.^^^Had then* Immui any signs of a cave in^tint level would MM have MMMMl it ^'*^1 ^Yes; then* were siffiis of a cave therein^| March some time, hut it was all caught^I up. I^idyou consider that place perfectly^| safe to work in^^ ^I did. Duringthe time that you worked on^I the HOO-foot level MM all tho flisirs tilled^I with waste^^ ^Yes: they wen* all lllled^| up wherever you could get waste in. The^fourth ii*sir was filled up with waste fmm^I the fifth.*' Throughhow many floors did this cave^break ^^ ^Fnim the llflh to the third. p. mmi hi 1 TfMTtrifM. andnot i ejto the iih n, Whowas MMf assistau: in tinds rnigT^*'Oii Ibis p. rtii HUM da\ it was a MM tun^at that vv ork. His Mtitles s John I MMM* Didv on notice nej NsitUM*M) anv MMM*^i^n! or ^ rai laiig of slgtui of lliubi r^ tovkUUf^v^eght'.^ ^Not auv MM than tbe.v Wultld^in ^inv of t he ^it hi r lev e|s of the MlitM* The^thwhers imi the level srMHre the cave was^v arteil less than on ati^ MMtf iet'M of the mil'*. Howoften h ivc ^o.i laani men t^ip- ll la Our of tlte MMMMM Almut the^MNfrly of Ihv MMM I..F. Mitt* hell uas next examined and^testified es follows: ^I nm a minor anil^at MMMMl I nm timbering. I have worked^underground since If-74, and off and on in^Hutte since Ismi. I was on the night^shift on Friday. Ma.v ht. ami was working^on the fourth floor of the Htro-fisit level of^the Anaconda mine. 1 was putiing in^square sets. After -upper we wen* hed-^dmg caps and girts on the foot wall. We^did this the nunaiuder of the shift.^Shortl.v after I o'clock Satunlay evening I^was waked and noticed I MM) A MM MM^taken place. I got there a little after *i^o'clock, two hours after tho MM hsd^tekcu plaeo. ami went right down and^went to work helping to get l!|c men out.^After we had got Stewart out I got some^timbers up from the level ami went to^work setting MMM up. Howlong hav e MM w orked in the^Anaconda mine^^ ^In the iiciglihorliouil^of MM ^ears. 'Howlong have you MMMMl on the^Hli^^ ^J worked then' four shifts last mouthand Ithen up to the time of thecave. Onthe night of Mav hi did MM have to^do any extra timlHuing to hold up the^ground ^^ ^No sir. Did.vou notice at anv time during that^night any weight or extra pressure on tho^timhtire ^I did not. Ifthere hud been would you have^noticed i( ^** ^Yes sir. In,vour examination ef ihe timlM*rs^made on Friday evening ilid you notice^anv thing ihat would give vou reason to^fear a cave^^ ^No. sir. Whatare MMf MMM in rcganl to tmi^^ls-ring ns to the MMM M the breast,^etc. 7^ ^I alwavs go to tin* place when' I^think they need it the most and keep tun-^luting up as close to the breast as | |^os-^sibly call. Whenyou went off shift that night did^you MMMMM the ground as safe as at anv^other time^^ ^Yes. sir: when 1 heant of^the isave I did not think it was in that |^o i^of tho mine. DidMM ever hear any complaints from^miners a (suit tiiubering up so dose to^them that they could not work^^ ^Yes.^sir: I did. The men I was liiulicring be^hind -poke to me about this. Havepm ever heard the foreman or^anv of the shift Ihmssos rushing the men in^to get out ore heft ire tin* smoke was out of^the slopes^^ *No. sir: as long as the chutes^were full nothing was said. Whatis vour objeol in pulling the tun^lw^rs -o ^-losel.v to the minors^^ ^For M^tcctioii to MMtMsMJ i*'!*! to MMI them^from falling MM* Hvtimbering closclv to the breast, is it^not safer than if it were loft two or three^sets o|ien 7^ ^Certaiiil.v it is.*' Thisclosed the evidenen for lonl.iv ami^ihe MM sTM continued until lo o'clock to^^morrow .at w Inch time the committee fnun^the Miners' union who went thnaigh the^mine to-da^ vv ill In- ssj lh^d MMM to testif v ItAII.KOAIIXOTKM. Wsll-KiMiwnlion IhIs In Tnw n Montsns^Iniirsl siiadsy MMMM^Bi nr. r*Js^ 17. - (.. W. Dickinson, as^^sistant general MMMMMMMMl W^ the^Northern Pacific, arrived from the West^to-dav. K.H. lk*Yoe. traveling auditor of the^I'liion I'anfic for the Pacific div isiou. was^ill the citv tonlav. Mr. DcYoc formei Iv^had the Mountain division ns his territory^and ti-ct|ueuil^ visiletl Hutte, but last MMf^was tratistern^d ami now very ran Iv gets^farther east than Huntington, tils visit of^to-duv was purelv of a social nature. Hegtuniugnext Satunlav ihe Montana^' eiitral w ill Iw'giii running its summer^j SuiKM* excursions. A rate of one fare for^i thi' n^iind trip io all naintfl within 100^. miles of the itiitiaf tsiint. Tickets will be^I limited to t out inuous pas^ nx*' going mid^I returning. Helena tickets w :ll he on MfM^j every Satunlav. and will lie good for re^^turning until I ho following Momlav. For^I intcrnuHhate |Miiiits tickets w ill he issued^gtiotl mm% on da^ of sale. Tin*MMMff firm IMMMMM known us^(^illigati A Keuueilv. doing a fMMMf| MM^i mess in f entcrv die. is this da.v dissolveil.^Mr. GilUgen miring. J'he business will ihen-after l^e coliductiil at ihe same place hvl\ciin#ilv BmMMM* win-frill receipt |or^mm MMMMM and pav all bills of ihe |;it^*^1 firm.^^nin v\^t Ki nmi^ . Kix\ ; ni Htau ui i:s.^Cl.M I.KVM i.i;. May 1*1. BMMMMMMM take notice flu- MsM^and ftx'uies of the l.xchauge n*stauntm i*^lot sale cheap. Applv to I'm hen llroih-^e|s. No. 17 Mouth Main MMM^ Hutte.^^ ^ *' *^^^- tnlv first-class stock m w.u#^s. Ihmors^undt iguisat MfsMjMl lhigiies. Finediamond woik MM at I. M. Cam-^i ion -. H MM Park MMM* UIMtI**\'% MMMM hM MMMMl '^^*limm I Hreet ^' MMMM MMMs IfMM waul vour Jm bM| r pa i roil go to^^ ana n^n. *o Wcm rmtk MMtE A.ft. l\ W puis. ^I^eys.^ the jewclrr. , PMMMMsouvenir MMMM at Leys. | D.J. NENNESSY MERCANTILECO. BUTTECITY, MONTANA, Haveiu-t received by ExpfSM FreshNovelties in Ladies' Wraps. NEWMARKETS: Charmingand Choice;^Striking in Style, Faultlessin Fit Fashionableto a Fj Theywill be ready for you to examine any time this week. 50per cent 07F RegularPrice. SO PERCENT OFF- RegularPrice. 50per cent OFF RegularPrice. o so PERCENT -OFF- RegularPrice. Therearr about 75 of these EXCEEDINGLYSTYLISH NEWMARKETS. PerfectGems of Artistic Taste.^Textures as Varied as the Colorings. tri/a/aimgsas tasteful as art cam make the/a. NothingI ncr in the Land All are Marked at 50l\r Cent Less Than Regular Prices. Thisis your opportunity to secure the best the market affords. Asthett^Bargains will be bought up quickly, it will be Io your interest to look through^them as e.iriv a-. | o^ible. DJ.HennessyMerca BUTTECITY. MONTANA.