[ A ]
Alexander, John
(Superintendent, ca.1916, of the Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, for W.J.
Rainey Company.)
[ B ]
Batty, James
(Superintendent, ca.1906, of the Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, for W.
J. Rainey Coal Company.);
(See also: Beatty, J. C.)
Beatty, J. C.
(Superintendent, of the Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, ca.1909, for W.
J. Rainey Coal Company.);
(See also: Batty, James.)
[ C ]
Cooley, Elmer
(American Miner Boy, Company Man ca.1904, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA,
Age 18, single.);
(Injured. Bruised in general by shaft hoisting cage, in the Acme Mine,
Aug. 10, 1904.)
[ D ]
Demio, Louis
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
46, married.);
(Injured. Body injured by fall of roof coal, in the Acme Mine, Dec.8,
1906.)
Depts, Michael
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1903, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
39, married);
(Killed. Killed in the Acme Mine, August 14, 1903.);
(Fatally injured in the cme Mine, August 14, 1903. He was drawing a
rib in company with John Vasko. The first fall in the place occurred
during the night, when only the lower roof had fallen. The mine foreman had
visited the place and instructed them to place a row of posts at the end
of the rib, cut across again a few feet from the corner, and mine back toward
the fall. They placed the posts but Michael Depts went back inside
of the posts to mine a slab up from the corner, when a portion of roof fell
and caught him, inflicting injuries from which he died.)
Duncan, Wm. G.
(Superintendent, ca.1900, of the Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, for W.
J. Rainey Company.)
[ E ]
[ F ]
[ G ]
Gartland, John
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1900, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
23, single.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by being caught between a mine wagon and a
coal pillar, in the Acme Mine, March 8, 1900.)
[ H ]
Harr, Clara
(See: Yothers, Israel; wife of Israel Yothers.)
Hongas, Joseph
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1907, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
24, married, 3 children.);
(Killed. Killed by fall of slate at face of a pillar while knocking
out a post, in the Acme Mine, Dec. 10, 1907.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
[ K ]
Katera, Frank
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1903, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Klein, Peter
(Coal Miner, Coal Car Tipper on the Tipple, Acme Coal Works, Westmoreland
Co., PA, ca.1910.);
(Peter Klein lived on Acme St., Acme Mines, PA, d. 1918.)
Klaus, Theopil
(See: Klause, Theopil.)
Klause, Theopil
(German Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 60,
married.);
(Injured. Body injured; caught between shaft hoisting cage and shaft
timber, in the Acme Mine, June 25, 1906.);
(See also: Klaus, Theopil.)
Kolaski, John
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1902, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 23,
single.);
(Injured. Body bruised and back lacerated by fall of coal and slate
in the Acme Mine, Sept. 1, 1902.)
Kominsky, Frank
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 38,
married, 6 children.);
(Killed. Killed instantly by fall of roof. He was working on
a pillar when the roof fell on him. The cut-through was only
14 feet wide and the rib 20 feet thick. In the cut-through there was a middle
row of posts, leaving a space of only 7 feet, where the fall occurred, in
the Acme Mine, Oct. 20, 1905.)
Kovack, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1903, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co.,
PA, Age 31, married, 4 children.);
(Killed. Killed instantly, May 14, 1903 by falling roof, in the Acme
Mine. He was employed drawing a rib in company with Frank Katera, who
was present at the time. They had finished the rib with the exception of
making the last fall of roof, and Kovack was engaged cutting out the coal
stump for that prupose. It began to work heavily and he retreated to the
room neck where he stopped to listen, when the roof broke very suddenly,
and a slip in the slate a few feet from the corner of the stump permitted
the lower roof to tail out to that point and caught him.)
[ L ]
Layton, Charles
(American Miner, Company Man ca.1907, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
22, single.);
(Injured. Foot bruised between shaft hoisting cage and cage seat, in
the Acme Mine, June 1, 1907.)
Levick, John
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, for W.
J. Rainey Company.)
[ M ]
Mitchell, A. A.
(Superintendent, ca.1913, of the Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, for W.
J. Rainey Company.)
Mitchell, T. J.
(General Superintendent, ca.1900, ca.1901, ca.1903, ca.1905, ca.1906, ca.1909,
for W.J. Rainey Company, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
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[ N ]
[ O ]
[ P ]
Patula, Joseph
(Miner, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Katherine Pochron
Patula.)
Pekovosky, Joseph
(Slavonian Miner, Company Man ca.1904, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
38, married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by falling slate, in the Acme Mine, Aug. 20,
1904.)
Pochron, Katherine
(See: Patula, Joseph; wife of Joseph Patula.)
Polser, Henry
(German Miner, Mule Driver ca.1913, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
40, married, 6 children.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of roof on an entry while passing a mine
car, in the Acme Mine, March 27, 1913.)
Popovitch, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1903, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
24, single.);
(Injured. Bruised in general by fall of roof, in the Acme Mine, Nov.
27, 1903.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Rauch, Michael
(German Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 43,
married.);
(Injured. Arm cut off by fall of slate in the Acme Mine, Dec.28, 1906.)
Romancheck, William
(Slavonian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1905, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
21, single.);
(Killed. Killed in the Acme Mine, July 16, 1905);
(Fatally injured by fall of slate, in the Acme Mine, July 16, 1905. He
died July 28, 1906. He was bringing out a loaded mine wagon on front
of which he was riding. A piece of slate fell from the roof crushing
him down on the mine wagon.)
Ross, Hugh
(Superintendent, ca.1901, ca.1903, ca.1905, of the Acme Mine, Westmoreland
Co., PA, for W.J. Rainey Company.)
[ S ]
Shina, Stephen
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
21, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Killed instantly by fall of roof in the Acme Mine, July 2,
1904.)
Sibelle, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1910, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Prosecuted for Violations of the Mining Laws: June, 1910. Information
was made against Joseph Sibelle, miner, employed at the Acme Mine of the
W.J. Rainey Company, charged with taking tobacco and matches into the mine.
He is a fugitive from justice.)
Steffel, Joseph
(Bohemian Miner Boy, Mule Driver ca.1905, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA,
Age 18, single.);
(Killed. Killed instantly by mine cars, in the Acme Mine, Aug. 25,
1905. The mine wagon jumped the track and caught him against the rib.
The width of the entry at point where accident occurred is 10 feet 3 inches
and distance from rail to rib on side where he was crushed is 4 feet 11
inches.)
[ T ]
Thompson, James
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1906, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
32, married.);
(Injured. Body injured; caught between mine car and entry pilar in
the Acme Mine, Jan.16, 1906.)
[ U ]
Urban, Martin
(Slovak Miner, Acme Mines & Coke Works, Westmoreland Co, PA, married,
wife Maria Puhala Urban.);
(Killed. Killed by a rockfall, in the Hecla Mines, Aug, 18, 1915.);
(born 23 Oct 1856 in Hranovnica, Slovakia. Maria Puhala Urban,
1857-1917.);
(Martin Urban also worked at Lemont Furnace Mines, Fayette Co., PA, Buckeye
Mine, Donnelly Mines and Hecla Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ V ]
Vashko, John
(Miner, ca.1903, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Vrable, George
(Slavonian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1902, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
30, married.);
(Injured. Ribs fractures by mine cars in the Acme Mine, Aug 6.,
1902.)
[ W ]
Ward, John
(American Miner, Company Man ca.1913, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age
56, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of slate at the face of entry
stumps, in the Acme Mine, Sept. 21, 1913.)
Willard, L. L.
(General Superintendent, ca.1913, ca.1916, ca.1917, W. J. Rainey Company,
Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
Yothers, Israel
(Miner, ca.1903, Acme Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Clara Harr
Yothers.)
[ Z ]
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