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Herald Special Reports from the French Capital. Proclamation of MacMahon for the Re- establishment. of Order. EVERYTHING QUIET IN THE CITY. Thiers’ Government Considered Too Weak to Last. WOUNDED MEN BURIED ALIVE. ‘Attempted Assassinations of Prom- inent Officers, SURRENDER OF VINCENNES. Victor Hugo Expelled from Belgium. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. We have received the following despatch from our special correspondent in Paris :— Paris, May 29—Night, Via Boutoane, May 80, 1871. All is quiet in the city. ORDER. The victorious troops of the government occupy all the barracks, and Marshal MacMa- hon has issued a proclamation, looking to the ,somplete re-establishment of order. THIERS’ GOVERNMENT TOO WEAK, Already a strong feeling exists in Paris that tho Versailles government is too weak to last, jand that It must soon give way to stronger authority, AWEUL MASSAORES, Awful massacres of insurgents continue at the barricades. In Rue Rochechouart is a ditch full of wounded persons buried alive. They shrieked and groaned dreadfully all might, AN EPIDEMIO FEARED. An epidemio in the city is feared on account of the putrefying of the great number of dead bodies still unburied. FATE OF THE INSURGENT LEADERS, MM. Vidal and Freilherd have both been shot. The body of the latter was claimed by his widow. of the Communal republic, were found in the cellar of his house. Forty thousand francs, the spoils Mathicr, another mem- arrested and upon him. He The Ver- saillists placed him with his back against the ber of 150,0:0 francs were found was accused of selling game (?). the Commune, was statue of Ienri Quatre and shot him, after which his body was thrown into the Seine. General Okolouski, who was wounded, was discovered in an ambulance, taken out and shot. Millitre, another member of the Com- (mune, was arrested at the Luxemboarg. He resisted violently and fired six shots from his revolver before the troops secured him. He was taken out and immediately shot. AN INCIDENT. A notable incident occurred when the Ver- gaillists attacked the barricades in the Place es Fetes. An insurgent lost his way and got in the midst of the government forces, from whom he asked a rifle with which to attack pnd capture the Versaillisis. “Where do you think you are ?” demanded ithe troops. " «with the Communists,” was the reply. “You are mistaken,” said one of the sol- iers, ' am 1?” he rejoined ; ‘then shoot me.” It is not stated that his request was com- 'pliea with, but Iam inclined to believe that dt. was. VERSAILLISTS SHOT. The insurgents shot about fifty Versaillists whom they took prisoners during the fighting atthe barricades, The men were shot imme- Mdiately after they were taken, [Pisarming the Nationals—The Departments Compromised—A Sword Declined=Sum- mary Executions. Paris, May 30—Evening. The troops still hold the Mayoralties and public buildings, DISARMING THE NATIONALS. ' The disarmament of the National Guards is roceeding. They are forbidden to wear uni- forms. ¥ A THREAT. ‘ General Cissey threatens to proceed with pigor against the inhabitants who fire from windows. THE DEPARTMENTS COMPROMISED. The archives of the International Society ave been discovered, and also other docu- ents in Delescluzo’s house compromising the lepartments. A SWORD DKOLINED, Marshal MacMahon has declined the aword of honor offered him after the battle of Reichs- offen. SUMMARY EXECUTIONS, Summary executions of insurgent prisoners Pontinue, PMacMaton’s Proclamation—Losses of * [nsurgonts—Cecelia’s Itulation—Loss of Donal’s Corps—Attempta Assassination Tho Commune Ohiofs All Dead, Lonvon, May 80, 1871, The London Daily News says trains for Paria will run to-morrow. MAOMAIION’S PROCLAMATION, A proclamation from Marshal MacMahon NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 187L.—TRIPLE SHEKT. the people of Paris announces their deliver- ance from the reign of terror of the Com- munisis, and that.order, security and labor are about being re-established. INSURGENT LOSSES. The insurgent losses, previous to May when the Versailles troops entered Paris, are estimated at 12,000 killed and wounded and 25,000 prisoners; and since May 22 at 10,000 killed and wounded and 20,000 prisoners. The prisoners have all been sent to Versailles. CECELIA’S CAPITULATION, General la Cecelia, with a few followers, fled to the castle of Vincennes, but upon the commencement of the erection of siege works by the Versaillists he at once surrendered. L088 OF DOUAY'S CORPS. General Douay officially reports having lost forty officers and 600 men during all the en- gagements in which his troops have partipated since the Versailles army entered Paris, MEROY DEMANDED. The Paris journals demand the cessation of summary executions. ATTEMPTS AT ASSASSINATION. Several attempts were made yesterday to 29, assassinate officers of the army. THE MURDERED PRIESTS. The bodies of the murdered priests are to lie in state for a week. THE COMMUNE CHIEFS. With the exception of Pyat and Grousset all the Commune chiefs have been killed or taken prisoners, MacMahon’s Proclam: m—Irritation Against Foreigners. Paris, May 29—Night. Marshal MacMahon issued a proclamation last night announcing that the contest had ended; that the last position of the Com- munists was carried at four o'clock in the afternoon. IRRITATION AGAINST FOREIGNERS, Great irritation prevails in Paris against foreigners in the Communist ranks. It is alleged the English Communists alone num- bered eight thousand. The mistake arose probably from the thany Communists who have ledrned the English language in America. VICTOR HUGO. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The Novelist Expelied from Belgium—He ts Regarded Dangerous. BrussEzs, May 80, 1871, In the Belgian Senate to-day the Baron d’Anethan, in reply to M. Rodes, stated that the government, having become convinced that the recent letter of Victor Hugo was compro- mising to Belgium, had requested M. Hugo to leave the country, and that upon his refusal todo so the King signed a decree, the object of which was to force his departure from the country, The Prime Minister added that the decree would be enforced. Hugo Expected tn London—His Windows in Brussels Smashed. Lonpon, May 80, 1871. Victor Hugo, having been driven out of Belgium, is coming to London. HIS WINDOWS SMASHED. The people of Brussels have smashed the windows ic Victor Hugo’s house. The police now guard the house. —_—+* Rochefort Reperted Condemned to Death. Paris, Tuesday Night. Tlearn from a sure source that M. Roche- fort has been condemned to death by a Ver- sailles court martial. He has been probably executed already. VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN ASIA. Earthquake, Loss of Life and Destruction on the Island of Rua, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, SINGAPORE, May 26, 1871. A volcanic eruption, accompanied by an carth- quake, has made fearful havoc on the Island of Rua. The country bas been completely devastated, and the loss of lives is terrible. Four hundred dead bodies have thus far been recovered. ‘The eruption was preceded by a rumbling sound which was heard for hundreds of miles. The earth in @ large part of the island was rent open and bodies of molten matter streamed down, carrying everything before it. The velocity of the streams was so great that the natives, who feg before it, were caught and buried by the lava, F The outflow from the craters attained great dimensions, fliling up the country toa depth of one hundred feet for miles around. Disrupted frag- ments that were thrown high into the air aided the work of destruction. After the shock had passed there were still eruptions of volumes of steam and hot water. THE POPE’S PROTEST, Giving the Lie to the Italian Government, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. VIENNA, May 80, 1871, The Pope has issued an encyclical letter which doe- Clares that the Italian guarantees are a tissue of Iles and hypocrisy, and formally protesting against thom, THE STEAMER CITY OF BOSTON. ‘Tho Fate of the Lost Steamer Determined at Last—Tidings from the Wreck. Hatirax, N, 8., May 80, 1871, The writing found in bottles washed ashore at Bhediac, N. B., and Newport, N, 8. containing re- ports ofthe Oity of Boston, has been pronounced genuine, the nandwriting having been recognized. EUROPEAN MARKETS. Loxpox MONEY MARKET—LonnoN, May 30—4 P, M.— Console closed $8 for money and the account, Americ wre Tariien toe ty bonds, "62's, Wg; "6's, Og; "67's, tjpOx BUOAR MARKET—LONDON, May 80 P.M Bugar, on the spot, 86s. 6d. = 87s. ; afloat, His. 64. Lonoon Propoog M. 2T—Lonvon, May 80,—Tallow, hes * 6d, per owt, . RV EBTOO) BRRADSTUYT® MARKET—LiveRPoon, May 1:80 P. ti. Wheat, 12s, 2d. per oénta: for California White, Reoeipte of wheat (or the past three days have 92,600 quarters, of which 17,600 are American. Corn, cw Sr ye. Fe 430. Gd, per quarver for LIVERPOOL PROVIOION® MARKET-LIVERPOOL, May 30,~ Beet 104s, ver tierce of 904 ive, for gxtre prime GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS. |POSTSCRIP T.| THE MINE DISASTER, Herald Special Reports from Versailles. Proposition to Admit the Orleans Princes’ into the Assembly. DISCOVERIES OF PETROLEUM. An Incendfarist Conspiracy Re- ported in Marseilles. Dreadful State of the Prisoners at Sartory. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Our special correspondent’in Versailles sends us the following report: — VERSAILLES, May 29—Night, Via Bov.oang, May 80, 1871, It has been discovered that the insurgents murdered nine priests of the order of Do- minicans, DEFENCE OF BAZAINE. In the Assembly to-day General Changarniey spoke at length about the siege of Metz, de- fending Marshal Bazaine from the charges which had been made against him. M. Thiers replied, eulogizing Bazaine and calling him an “illustrious warrior.” THE ORLEANS PRINCES. Duke Audifret Pasquier proposed the ad- mittance of the Orleans Princes into the National Assembly. M. Picard replied that he would be happy to consider the subject, CLINCHAMP’S CORPS. General Clinchamp’s corps, 20,000 strong, has returned triumphantly to Versailles, The men were enthusiastically received. MORE PRISONERS. Six thousand more prisoners arrived from Paris to-day. leum—The Orleans Princes—Paris to be Disarmed—Congratulations—Soldiers Feted— Arrests, ‘VeErRsAILies, May 30, 1871. The inhabitants of Belleville have openly announced that they will make reprisals, and a secret system of arson and assassination is apprehended. DIBCOVERY OF PETROLEUM, There are constant discoveries of stores of petroleum in Paris, SURRENDER OF VINCENNES, The insurgents in Fort Vincennes have sur- rendered unconditionally to the Versailles troops, , THE ORLEANS PRINCES. The G@aulois announces that tho Orleans Princes will be allowed to live in France, PARIS TO BE DISARMED M. Thiers has ordered the disarmament of Paris and the dissolution of the National Guards in the Department of the Seine. CONGRATULATIONS, Marshal MacMahon has {issued a congratu- latory proclamation to the army. TRANQUILLITY AND TRADE. Paris is tranquil and trade already shows signs of reviving. SOLDIERS FETED. The soldiers have been féted by the inhab- ftants, ARRESTS, Arrests of insurgents continue, QONDITION OF PUBLIO BUILDINGS. The official journal of the republi} an- nouncés that the National Archives, National Library, National Arsenal and Museum of the Louvre are safe, La Fabrique des Gobelins and the Observatoire. are badly damaged, Ao [ncendiurist Plot in Marseillos—Insur- gents Killed-The Prisoners at Sartory— Military Executions—Fort Vincennes. VeErsAILLEs, May 29—Night, An incendiarist conspiracy fs reported to have been discovered at Marseilles, Naguet, Gambetta’s Prefect of Corsica, hag been firrested as the principal conspirator, His wife tried to shoot the General who iade the arrest. INSURGENTS KILLED. Tt is calculated that 40,000 insurgents were killed during last week. THE PRISONERS. Thirty-six thousand prisoners have been taken. The prisoners at Satory are in a dreadful state. The Soir says thousands sleep without shelter and in the mud, There is no food but black bread, and the water is insufficient, The women are huddled with the men, MILITARY EXROUTIONS. The people cease to count the executions, 80 many are shot summarily at Satory, FORT VINCENNES. Fort Vincennes was. taken to-day. The garrison, which was numerous, was obliged to surrender unconditionally. Lesses of the Versailliste—Rifles Collected Members of the Commune Surrendered—No Changes in tho Ministry. Virsanies—Tuesday Evening, Since their entrance into Paris the Yersail. list troops have lost 3,000 killed and Woutided and the authorities have collected $75,000 rifles, MORE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNE SURREN- DERED, Fifteen members of the Commune surren- dered in Vincennes. _ © OMANGE IN THE MINISTRY. The reports of changes in the Ministry are semi-offolally dented, i Herald Special Reports from Paris. Important Ministerial Changes---Picard and Leflo Superseded. GENERAL CLUSERET SHOT. A Large Garrison to Remain in Paris for the Present. TELEGRAM TQ THE KEW YOAK HERALD. Our special correspondent in Paris sends us the following despatch :— Panis, Tuesday Afternoon, May 80, Via Bounoayg, May 31, 1871, Last night I visited Belleville, The streets were filled with troops, and the ground was covered with débris, Ruins of buildings met the eye everywhere. OLUSERET SHOT. General Cluseret was shot on Saturday last in the Barracks of Prince Eugene, AN EXECUTIONER EXECUTED, A prisoner named Dofil, having boasted that he ordered the execution of Generals Thomas and Lecomte, he was taken towards Chatelete, when he attempted to escape, The captain of the troops which guarded Dufil fired his revolver at the fleeing prisoner and the bullet struck him in the head. He fell but immediately attempted to rise upon his elbows, when a sergeant and four men fired upon him, killing him instantly. TROOPS MARCHING THROUGH. At this writing large masses of troops are passing down Rue Lafayette bearing twenty- Bands dre playing and the streets are crowded. There is much two insurgent standards, cheering—in fact the people are afraid to look sad lest they be arrested as sympathizers with the Commune, FEROOITIES. A girl seventeen years of age was shot this morning for firing at an officer, A number of persons detected throwing petroleum in the cellars of the Faubourg Montmartre, and also in firing upon the troops in Rue Havre, were all arrested, SHOPS OPENING. All the shops in the city are opening once more and Paris begins to wear again an ani- mated appearance. MINISTERIAL CHANGES. M. Picard has resigned and is succeeded by M. Lefranc, General Cissey supersedes General Leflo as Minister of War. M. Favre remains in the Ministry at the special request of M, Thiers, Piard will be made Governor of the Bank of France. THE SURRENDER OF VINCENNES, Vincennes surrendered unconditionally this morning. It contained three hundred men, among whom were eighteen chiefs of the de- funct Commune. THE GARRISON. General Cissey’s, L’Admirault’s and Vinoy’s corps have completely occupied Paris and will remain until the city is thoroughly pacified. BARRAL GOVERNOR. General Barral has been named Governor of the city, but without the title, THE TURF IN MARYLAND. Bavtmmore, May 90, 1871. ‘The annual spring meeting of the Maryland Trot- ting Association, over Herring Run course, com- mnenced to-day. THE FIRST RACE was for & purse of $1,600 fur horses which never beat three minutes; mile heats; best three in five; $750 to first, $400 to second, $200 to third and $150 to fourth. Four started running, as follows:— Lady Snotwell -1ld Bridget... 222 pee erberg 83 8 an.. eee 4 4 dis Time 2:35, 2:36 and 2:37. Dunderberg was tho favorite, THE SECOND RACB was & run of one mile and repeat, for a purse of $250, Four started and O, W, Willis’ three-year-old mare won in two straight heats. Time, 1:55 and 1:56, In the first heat Tucker was second, Jim third and Jersey fourtn, Inthe second heat Jersey withdrew and the others came Jn as in the first heat, THE THIRD RACE ‘was fora purse of $1,000, mile heats, best three in five; $500 to the first, $360 to the second and $160 to the third. Three started, running as follows:— Flash....... ery . White Mountain Boromatness + A MAN TORN BY DOGS. Savage Conduct of Two Bu Hill, N. J. Two butchers of Union Hill, named Augast Raisch and Hermann Stratbaum, were arrested last evening and brought before Justice Volhardt, of Hoboken, en the "". of setting four dogs on & man named Jacob Vogel. it appears that on Wednes- aay last, while Vogel was returning to his home along Palisade avenue, he was attacked by a wicked oe ee to Raisch. Vogel picked upastone and huried it at the animal in self-de- fence, whereupon Ratsoh rushed ont and get the dog with three other dogs at Vogel, who was terrribly torn and lacerated. Raisch and Stratbaum, not satisfied with this, helped the dogs and struck the man several heavy blows. They were held to bail in $1,000 each to await t Pa TENTH WARD TENEMENT TROUBLES, A RuMlan Stabs a Father and Attempts te Murder His Infant Ohild. For some time past a feud has existed between Anselm Eschbocker and Philip Pasquez, residents of the house No, 110 Chryeté@ street, on account of their children. Last night, at fifteen minutes past nino o clock, as the former was passing through the hallway with his wife and daugliter Aana, aged eighteen mouths, in his arms, he was met by Pas- quez, who was lying in wait for him, and who stab- bed him severely in two difereni places in the back and once in the head, During the a the infuriated Pasqnoz stabbed the infant cnild near the jet eye, The assailant was arrested by officer O'Brien, of the Tenth pre- cinct, aud will be arraigned before Justice Ledwith at Essex Market this morning. The wounded par- ties were also removed to the station house and attended by Dr, Saville, KILLED ON A JERSEY RAILROAD. A respectable man, named Samuel Durand, was ran over and killed yesterday morning at the Mount Holly depot of the Wamden and Amboy a Oe the train running from Philadeipoia to New ‘The mad was rather deaf, and was, rte’ unable to hear the warning given to hua wi ‘Was Walking om the tracks FUNERAL SERVICESEOF THE VICTIMS. An Impressive Scene at West Pittston. Continuation of the Investigation Before the Coroner. Slack Oiling of the Journals the Appa- rent Origin of the Fire. The District Inspector Lex ia the Perform- ance of Tis Duties. Prrrston, Pa., May 30, 1871. The thermometer indicates ninety-two in the shade, and a gentle breeze ts prevailing. Not a business house 1s open to-day, and but now and then a proprietor of some saloon dares to Naunt in the face of the mourning populace the symbols of his avaricious nature, regardless of THE DEATIC SCENES of the past few days. This morning at ten o'clock thousands of people assembled in the grove near the shaft to listen to the solemn ceremontes of the burial of eight dead miners with Protestant services:—John Burroughs, single, aged twenty- one; R. Davis, leaves a wife and two children, aged thirty-two; Benjamm Jones, aged twenty-six, leaves wife; David Edwards, aged thirty, leaves wife and one child; John Lloyd, aged twenty-seven, leaves wife and two children; Aaron Smaicombe, aged fifty-six, leaves wife and six chil- dren; Peter Davis, aged twenty-three, single; Geo. Cull, leaves a wife and two children, The coMins containing the bodies of the victins were rested side by side under the branches of an apple tree near the stand, upon which were many representatives of the clergy of this region. ADDRESS OF REV. DR, THOMAS. After prayer by the Rev, Mr. Gregory, the Rey, B. D. Thomas, pastor of the First Baptist church, ad- dressed the large concourse as foliows:— I know not what or how to speak on this occasion, My heart 14 jull. The terrible and heart-rending scenes that we have witnessed during the past lew days cannot be described. Silence is far more elo- quent than the finest oratory to-day. If ever my heart has gone forth in deep and living sympa- thy with human suffering, if ever my soul was penetrated with the grief of others, if I ever had any knowledge of the intense anguish of sym- pathetic anxiety, 1t was during the last few eventfal days. When the ery was heard that the West Pitts- ton shaft was vurning J was thunderstruck. I could hardly credit the possibility of such a dire calamity; |. but when I came with the excited multitude within. view of the fearful sight and saw the tongues of fire reaching the lurid sky, 1m heart sank within me. I was overwhelmed wit mingled feelings of anxiety and apprehension, There were some working in that shaft whom I Knew, some whom I had learned to love, | knew their wives aud families. My heart fainted within me as I thought of them, and If I ever prayed in my life it was then that God would gra- ciously espouse the cause of those wio had been stricken with this calamity, I feel thank- ful that the result was not so widespread and mo- mentous as it first appeared to be. 1 rejoice that there were so many snatched forth from the very Jaws of death, tat so many wives and mothers were made to experience the delirious joy, twofold, of having their friends restored as it were from the dead—a joy intensified by the anxiety and grief which had preceded it. I thank God that there were some restored to fife whoin ft had given up to the cold and silent tomb. They will never forget the experience of those hours of anxiety. The Lord make it the means of their salvation! To you, whose hearts have been well nigh broken by this shock, what can 1 sayy There is a balm ip Gilead. ‘There is One who is able to succour you; who can be to you more than @ husband, father, brother or child, One wko is abundantly merciful and gracious, ‘Trust in Him, my friends, ‘here are times in the changes, in the mysteries of life. when none but God can help us, when human consolation and syin- athy are vain, Such is the present. Uh! then, Husband of the wiaow and Father of tne tatherless, visit the bereaved and broken heartea with Thy mercy. My friends, this visitation bas a voice to us, and these unburied bodies, that make this the most deeply solemn occasion that I have ever withessed. Learn each a sorrow/ul lesson, and may the terrible solemnity of the occasion have a desirable and lasting effect upon the whole of our fuvure lives, Rev. J. W. James followed in a Welsh discourse. Rev. Mr. Marple, Episcopal clergyman of Scranton, Rev. Messrs. Davis, Parkes and Williams, of Pittston, and Rev. 4. Evans, of Hyde Park, each in turn made appropriate remarks on the occasion, Mr. Evans said he had atvended the funerals of SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED MEN KILLED IN MINES in a residence of thirty-nine years in this and Schuylkill county. Around the coMns were standing and reclining on the turf the nearof kin tothe unfortunate vic- tims, The lid of one coMn was flooded with the tears of a bereaved wife. After the ceremonies a spectal train conveyed four of the bodies to Hyde Park for burial. ‘his aiternoon the funeral of eight others was held at the Cathoife Church, with the usual solemn ceremonies of the church, Rev, Father Finnay officiating. Martin Crahan, age fourteen; Danlel Connor, nineteen; Timotny Walsh, age thirty, leaves a wife and three children; M. Cooney, age nineteen, single; Charlies McGin- nis, age twenty-three, single; Pat Cardan, ago twenty-six, leaves wife and two children; Thomas Ruan, age thirty-nine, leaves wife and ubree chil- dren; Pat Farley, age twenty-seven, single. The funeral of Owen Mackin will be held to-morrow. He was forty-two years of age and leaves a wife and five children. Thomas Prosser, it 13 said, hag no family. He was buried to-day. William James died thts afternoon. He leaves a wife and six cnil- dren. in consideration of the condition of the sufer- ers the following appeal lo the* charitabie public is to be issued at once:— To THR BENEVOLENT Powtto:— In bebalf of a g ken community, paralyzed by a repetition of the great disaster in Avouvale, We appeal to you fo antial aid. Of sixty-five miners who entered the nia place on the morning of Saturday forty-five e been taken out alive, many of whom cannot long sur- ‘ive thoss who bave already died and been buried to-day by a mourning community, leaving behind them twelve & widows thirty-six Orphaned children. In their behalf ask your charity, Six months of {dieness—enforced idleiess—has made this community poor. ‘Those who had the wherewithal to ven all last winter, until their benefactions have e: d their ability. Many, very many, are sti on the verge of starvation, and now, just as renewed ad begun to cheer the heart, we are ‘stricken down wit! ty. Will you give Us your mite to relieve the widow and fatherless ? Ail con- tributions may be sent to Theodore Strong, Esq., President of the First National Bank, Pittston, Pa, A. HEFFERAN, By order of . 3. GOLIGHTLY, ABEL BUYNON, TH CORONER'S INQUEST. The Coroner's tiquest Was continued to-day. Dr. O, R. Gorman testilea that the men came to their death from the inhalation of carbonte gas. pr. N.G. Nusent corroborated tue testimony of Dr. Gorman, Mr. &. H. Brown sworn—I am the general agent for Blake & Co., coal operators; reside in New York; T, Willtams asked me in the presence of Mr, Ken- rick if Lever went tn the mine; 1 told him ‘No, [ did not consider it my business;” that 1 had gone to much trouble to t a first class superintendent and — tha he js capable of attending to his business; he said he understood we were going to put on a new fan and J told him we were constructing the largest jan in this country; he urged me to gut it into operation as 800n a8 possibie; the firia of Blake & Co. is not an incorporated one; the amount of capital invested Nas not exceeded $6,000; the breaker was not in- sured (hat | know of; I suggested Wo the tron com- pany that they would have to staud the loss it 16 should burn; they differed with me; Williams never made any compiatnt to me of improper ventilation; Wuliains did not first suggest the erection of the fan. David Reese sworn—Am breacker poss in the West ttston mine; keep the screen in running order; 1 have no business in the fan room; the first I saw of the fire was when it was coming up the rope between me and the fan; oil journals three times in the fore- noon aud twice in the afternoon; the fan ts thirty or thirty-five fect below the breaker; first smelled the smoke and immediately saw the fire; had beard the alarm before I saw the fire; Sandy Shirly and Andrew Kintz frst gave the alarm; this was about twenty minutes past two; ordered every man in my Jurisdiction out; think the fre onginated in. the journals of the tan; always Vs water on the jour- ‘als to Keep therm from burning. John Edwards sworn—Work for Blake & Co.; Saw some smoke near two o'clock; ordered to go down to shoe horees;.satd I had no natis; did not go down; at that moment I saw a viaze; Kendrick and I went out of the engine house to the other side and saw @ lal viasze; the top of tue backer was on fire then; thought we fire was —e down; commenced throwing water on the ropes; the fire came tn the engine house; think the fire was above the fan; think tne fire started tn the journals of the cog Whoels of the breaker; tuey are above the fan about six or seven yards. ‘Thomas G. Brooks eworn—Was down in the mine Bt the time of the fire; was at the bottom and could not 96 how the fire originated; came out while the fire waa burning on the SA shaft, Several other Wiynastes, wera ax: iis you'll Gud RNY S 7 timony mainly corroborating that of those giver above, THE VERDICT OF THE JURY. PirrsroN, May 81—3:20 A. Me We, the undersigned jurors of the Coroner's ime quest upon the bodies of John Burroughs, B. Re Davis, Benjamin Jones, David Edwards aud others, being duly sworn and obligated as to our duties, as required by law, respectfully enbmit that the cause of the death of the persons above mentioned Was from the effects of impure air, caused by 1m proper ventilation in the West Pittston mine, operated by Blake & Co., aad from the inhalation of carbonic gas, the result of the conflagration of the breaker over the head of the shaft of said mine; that when the breaker took fire there was no means for supplying the men with fresh air, and they were subjected to oreathe foul and poisonous gas. The air in the mine continued its natural courses from ten to twenty minutes, when neither fresh air came into the mine nor foul air was expelled, and amoke and carbonic gas was forced clear through the shart into the geugways and breasts; that the fire was communicated to the breaker from friction of one of the journals of the fan in the breaker, above the engine room; that Blake & Co. took charge of the West Pittston mine on or about January 1, 1871. And furthermore, there 1s but one air passage for fresh alr to descend to the mune and but one pasmge for the escape of gad and obnoxious air, and that the said down cast and up cast passage of fresh alr and foul atr were through a shaft of 20 feet In depth, having ita out. let directly under the breaker, and that no work was in progress atthe time of the flreupon any con- templated second shaft, tunnel, slope or any other constrachon, above or below ground, for the supply of fresh air to the mine. Fourth, that re- peated attempts to lmprove the quantity aud quali of the air were made by the sald Blake & Co., an that each and every one of the successive attempts were inadequate for the proper ventilation, aa re- quired by law, in ab act providing for the healt. und salety of persons employed m coat mines, section three. article seven, ap proved March 90, 1871, Furthermore, there was negligence on the part of the emplc pany In not keeping the journals of the fan properly oiled, Furthermore, that Blake & Co, were Work- ing in the mine atone shift and at one time more thdn twenty men, and that upon Saturday, May eng: at of the com- Blake & Co. did have in their employ anc in mining and producing coal upon one shift an one Lime in the mine not less than forty-three mea in violation of the act of the Legislature of said State hereinbefore referred to, entitied ‘An act to provide for the health and safety of persous employed im coal mines.” And furthermore, that Thomas M. Williams, Mining Inspector for and in the dis trict on which said shaft of Blake & Ca is situared, since the ist day of Jane ary, 1871, visited the mine at least twi the'last time being Wednesday, May 24, 1871, am that he has gone through the mines and Inspected the operations of said Blake & Co, in producing coal in the said mine, and the said Williams suggested improvements in the ventilation of the mine; and furthermore, nat T. M. Williams was aware of the violation of the laws of the State im reference to the ventilation of the mines in the anthracite coal elas by satd Blake & Co., a8 spect- fled by section 3 of said law referred to above, and the sald Williams has not protested or inti- mated @ protest against the said violation. against the said law; and furthermore, the said T. . Willams has failed to perform his duty in exers cising due dliligence in ascertaining the number of men engaged at one time upon Work inthe said mine, and that the said Williams neglected ta exercise his duty, required by law, to order the reduction of force employed at work, or apply to the courts for Injunctions to the said ope- ratora, Blake & Co., from empioying more men than required by law inthe production of coal, as seb forth in the said act, section 5, JAMES WELSH, M. BOLIN, J. FITZPATRICK, J. W. FREEMAN, 8. T. BARREST, MORGAN JONES, Jurors. A.—For a Stylish and Elegant summer Hag go to ESPENSCHEID'S, Manufacturer, 118 Nassau street, A.—Perfect Fitting and Elegant Boots and Shoes for ladies, gentlemen, boys and coildren; the largess assortinent of Ane work in the city. New Store and New Styles, BROOKS’, 575 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel, and new atore, 1,195 Broadway, corner Twenty-ninth street A. Gente’ PEARL OASSIMERE HATS, ; le WARNOCK & CO., 619 Broadway. N. 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