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Coal Miners Memorial
Colonial No. 1 Mine & Coke Works,
Colonial No. 2 Mine,
Colonial No. 3 Mine,
Colonial No. 4 Mine,
Smock (Colonial No. 1 Mine),
Colonial No. 2 (Colonial No. 2 Mine),
Rowes Run (Colonial No. 3 Mine),
Grindstone (Colonial No. 4 Mine),
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Colonial Mines, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian, Editor,
Ryan P. Washlaski, Technical Editor,

Updated Oct. 14, 2010

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Colonial Mines & Coke Works
Colonial No. 1 Mine (Smock), Colonial No. 2 Mine (Colonial No. 2), Colonial No. 3 Mine (Rowes Run),
Colonial No. 4 Mine (Grindstone),

Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Colonial Mines & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA.   The coal miners names have been researched and complied from various sources by Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian: newspaper obits, newspaper articles, Pennsylvania Bureau of Mines Reports, township histories, and names of coal miners submitted by various people, etc..
The Nationalities listed for various miners, are taken directly from "Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA" as reported for the various years.  Those listed as American, could be either native born or naturalized citizens.
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Since 1870, Pennsylvania's Annual Report on Mining Activities has recorded 51,483 deaths from mining accidents-- 31,113 deaths in anthracite mines and 20,370 deaths in bituminous mines.

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PA Rt. 119, P.O. Box 519, Uniontown, PA 15401

COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
COLONIAL MINES & COKE WORKS
[ A ]
Addis, Al
(Miner, Link ca.1930's, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1221.);
(Miner, Railroad Car Dumper, Colonial No. 4 Mine Colonial Belt Line.)
Addis, W. C.
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 91, Grindstone, PA, ca.1913.)
Albright, R.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine team ca.1936.)
Amici, Vincent
(Italian Miner, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, married, 3 children; 3 daughters.)
Antonia, Ezola
(Italian Miner, Company Man ca.1904, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 30, single.);
(Injured.  Suffered a broken collar bone, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, ca.1904.)
Arrington, W.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Ashman, Thos. H.
(English Miner, Rope Rider ca.1901, Colonial Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 25, single.);
(Killed.  Killed by a fall of mine roof, in the Colonial Mine, Oct.2, 1901.)
[ B ]
Backey, Joe
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Baker, Joseph
(Superintendent, ca.1900, ca.1901, of the Colonial Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, for Colonial Coke Company.)
Balko, Casmire
(Hungarian Miner, Machine Scraper ca.1903, Grindstone Mine [Colonial No. 4 Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 44, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by a fall of slate, in the Grindstone Mine [Colonial No. 4 Mine], Fayette Co., PA, ca.1903.)
Barhart, Mr.
(Miner, Dumpman, Hoisting Engineer, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.)
Barnes, Herbert
(Miner, Mine Scraper ca.1925, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed while working as a mine scraper in the H. C. Frick Coke Co. Colonial No. 3 Mine in Fayette County, PA. He and another miner named John Slosar died together from a fall of roof slate while cutting coal on the face of a mine pillar. Mine officials recorded or discovered the bodies at 11:30 PM., in the Colonial No. 3 Mine, Feb. 10, 1925.)
Barry, R. H.
(Superintendent, ca.1919, ca.1924, of the Colonial No. 1 Mine, Smock, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
Batovsky, John
(Slovak Miner, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Beasley, A.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Beasley, O.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Beasley, W.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Belford, Pasquale
(Miner, ca.1910, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Injured. Severely injured, both eyes blown out, leg fractured, face and chest burned, by an explosion of carbonite placed in the boarding house oven to thaw, at Colonial No. 3 Mine, Jan. 23, 1910.)
Bennett, Mr.
(Miner, ca.1929, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(During the 1933 miners strike, he ran the mine pumps and fed the mine horses, in the mine).
Berger, Andrew
(Slavonian Miner Boy, Mule Driver ca.1916, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 19, single.);
(Injured.  Foot injured.  Caught between the bumpers of two loaded mine cars when one of the mine cars became derailed, in the Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Feb. 28, 1916.)
Bill, Andy
(Miner, Bottom Man, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.)
Bloom, Lee
(Miner, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Anna Walko Bloom, 7 children.);
(He was a World War I Vet.)
Boco, Jacob
(Slav. Miner, ca.1899, Grindstone Mine, on the Redstone Branch, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Injured. Badly burned by an explosion while he and Charles Tultacob Boco were drilling out a charge of dynamite which they had loaded for a shot when a spark made by the drill exploded the charge, in the Grindstone Mine, Feb. 22, 1899.  [from "The Connelsville Courier," Connellsville, PA, Feb. 24, 1899.].)
Bokoli, Charles
(Russian Miner, Roadman ca.1917, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 47, married.);
(Injured. Arm fractured.  Struck by a fall of slate near the face, in the Colonial No. 3 Mine, Oct. 26, 1917.)
Boplarcheck, Frank
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine  [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 190, Smock, PA, ca.1913.)
Borchin, John
(Miner, Assistant Roadman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1280.)
Bortz, M.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine team ca.1936.)
Bougovich, G.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Brocco, Frank Martin
(Miner, Mule Driver ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1148.)
Brothers, J.C.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Bryant, P.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Burke, T.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
[ C ]
Calloway, A.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Campbell, Mr.
(Miner, Foreman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Carroll, J. A.
(Miner, Mine Foreman ca.1914, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Carter, W.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Canterbury, Oscar L.
(Manager, ca.1924, Franklin House, Boarding house for Colonial No. 1 Mine, at Smock, Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Jerusha Canterbury.)
Castell, H. M.
(Employee, Manager, ca.1936, Union Supply Company Store, Smock, Fayette Co., PA.)
Cenky, Andrew "Slick"
(Miner Boy, ca.1927, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, Age 17.);
(Miner, Colonial No. 4 Mine, married, wife Mary Starzyk Cenky.);
(b. Sept. 12,1909 - d. March 1, 1998.);
(Buried at LaFayette Memorial Park.)
Cenky, Frank Andrew
(Miner, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Miner, ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Mine Check No. 91.);
(Moved to Ohio.)
Cenky, Joe "Fonzie"
(Employee, Union Supply Company, Colonial No. 4 Store [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Moved to Ohio.)
Cenky, Mike "Pug"
(Miner, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Moved to Ohio.)
Cenky, Mr.
(Miner, ca.1922, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived on New Hill Patch, coal Company House No. 298, Grindstone, PA.]
Cenky, Pete
(Miner, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.);
Cenky, Steve Paul
(Miner, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Miner, Motorman & Brakeman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Mine Check No. 1232.)
Chovan, Peter
(Miner, ca.1943, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Crushed under a fall of coal, in the Colonial No. 3 Mine, August 21, 1943.);
(Lived in coal Company House No. 332, Rowes Run, PA, ca.1943.)
Clingerman, W. H.
(General Superintendent, ca.1912, H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA, Colonial No. 1, No. 3 & No. 4 Mines, Fayette Co., PA.)
Craft, Edward
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1917, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 23, married.);
(Injured.  Leg fractured and shoulder bruised.  Caught between a mine and a rib on an entry, in the Colonial No. 3 Mine, April 24, 1917.)
[ D ]
Davidson, John H.
(Miner, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Edna Moore Davidson.)
Decar, Samuel
(Italian Miner Boy, Pick Miner ca.1916, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 18, single.);
(Killed.  Instantly killed by a fall of roof in a crosscut, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], March 23, 1916.)
Decker, D.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Dedinsky, John
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 85, Smock, PA, ca.1913.)
Delp, Warren "Curly"
(Miner, ca.1920's - 1930's, Colonial No. 3 or No. 4 Mines, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Was a member of the Mine safety team.)
Demeter, Andy
(Slavish Miner, Coke Worker ca.1919, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No.157, Smock, PA, ca.1919.)
Desoinini, Louis
(Italian Miner, Machine Scraper ca.1917, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 30, married, 6 children.);
(Killed.  Fatally injured by a fall of slate at the face of an entry, in the Colonial No. 4 Mine, Sept. 21, 1917.)
Donad, Mike
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1900, Grindstone Mine [Colonial No. 4 Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 42, married, 1 child.);
(Killed.  Killed by a fall of slate in his working place, in the Grindstone Mine, Nov. 10, 1900.)
Dornedio, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1910, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Ran a boarding house for the miners in the Red Hill Section, at Rowes Run, PA.)
Doyle, Rita
(Employee, Office, Union Supply Company, Company Store, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.)
Doyle, Thomas "Tommy"
(Miner, Horse Driver ca.1930's, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1442.);
(Miner, Horse Driver ca.1940's, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Miner, Mule Driver ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1352.);
(Suffered a heart attack in the Colonial No. 3 Mine, April 1947.)
Doyle, Thomas "Rusty"
(Miner Boy, ca.1942, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, Age 18.)
Dumbraski, D.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
[ E ]
Edwards, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
English, T. W.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, of the Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
Evans, John W.
(Miner, Electrician ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine, [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No.222,  [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1917.)
[ F ]
Falco, Joe
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 95, [Colonial No. 4] Grindstone, PA, ca.1913.)
Falcone, John B.
(Italian Miner, Bricklayer ca.1916, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 25, married.);
(Injured.  Inguinal hernia.  Caused by strain in attempting to move an "I" bean while repairing the motor barn, at the Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Feb. 29, 1916.)
Fast, Harold
(Employee, Clerk, in charge of Service Dept., ca.1936, Union Supply Company Store, Smock, , Fayette Co., PA.)
Felderwar, Alex
(Miner, ca.1919, Smock Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in coal company House No.224, [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1919.)
Fernandez, J.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Fortney, E.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Beasball team ca.1936.)
Fowler, Walter
(Miner, ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 772.)
Franks, Mr.
(Miner, Foreman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
[ G ]
Gaber, Martin
(Miner, Pumper ca.1914, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 103, Colonial No. 3 [Rowes Run], PA, ca.1914.)
Gallis, M.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Gibboney, J. H.
(Miner, Master Mechanic ca.1913, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Gibson, Robert "Mooch"
(Miner, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A Baseball player on the Rowes Run [Colonial No. 3 Mine] Baseball team.)
Gildy, George
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Gilleland, Edward
(Miner, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, married, 7 Children.);
(Worked at the Grindstone Mine all his life.);
(b.1909- d.1989.)
Glamp, S.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Goodfellow, William
(Superintendent, ca.1912, of the Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA, for H. C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA.)
Grimbel, Bobby
(Miner, Inside Stable Hand ca.1931, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Guesman, Lawrence
(Miner, Pumper ca.1930-1950, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 148, Grindstone, PA.]
[ H ]
Haney, Victor
(American Miner Boy, Company Man ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 17, single.);
(Injured.  Body injured by a fall of slate at the face of a pillar, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, April 25, 1913.)
Hanan, William
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Member of the Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine] First Aid Team, ca.1913.)
Hannan, William
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Harris, E.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Harshman, Harry P.
(Miner, ca.1934, Colonial No. 4 Mine, Grindstone, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in a mining accident, in the Colonial No. 4 Mine, ca.1934.)
Havlicheck, Edith
(Employee, Clerk in charge of the Dry Goods and Notions, ca.1936, Union Supply Company Store, Smock, Fayette Co., PA.)
Heavner, Herb
(Employee, Union Supply Company, Colonial No. 4 Mine Company Store [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.)
Hesse, Calvin
(Superintendent, ca.1913, of the Colonial No. 4 Mine, [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
Hill, Elmer
(Contractor, In Charge of the Bee-Hive Coke Oven Construction at Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, ca.1913.)
Hillen, Ray
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A manager of the Smock Mine baseball team ca.1936.)
Hill, W.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Hills, Joe
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Hilofsky, Mike
(Slavonian Miner Mule Driver ca.1906, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 25, married.);
(Killed.  Fatally injured by a mule falling over on him, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mne], Nov. 22, 1906.)
Hisnanick, Martin
(Slovak Miner, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Hodson, F.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Hohicick, Joseph, Sr.
(Miner, Timberman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1198.)
Holiday, Benjamin
(Superintendent, ca.1903, ca.1905, of the Colonial No. 1 & 2 Mines, & Grindstone, Fayette Co., PA, for Pittsburg Coal Company.)
Hood, W. C.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, of the Colonial No. 3 & No. 4 Mines, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
Hoke, John
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Hooper, S. J.
(Miner, Assistant Mine Foreman ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine, [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Prosecuted for Violation of the Mining Laws:  August 29, 1913.  S. J. Hooper, Assistant mine foreman at Colonial No 1 Mine of H.C. Frick Coke Company.  Charge:  Drunkenness.  Citation issued, but defendent has so far avoided the service of papers on him.)
Hornick, Joe
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 36, single.);
(Injured. Ribs fractured.  Caught between a mine car and a rib in a room, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, Aug. 4, 1917.)
Hozdic, C.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Hroblak, John "Horseback"
(Miner, Driver ca.1930's, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Fired during a Miners Strike ca.1933.)
Hubbard, Jim
(Miner, Loader ca.1930's, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 76.)
Hudik, Andrew
(Bohemian Miner, ca.1919, Smock Mine [Colonial No. 1 Mine], Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in coal company House No.213,  [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1919.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
Janes, E.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Janoska, Michael
(Slavonian Miner, Coke Drawer ca.1914, Colonial No. 2 Mine & Coke Works, [Colonial No. 2 Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 38, married, 6 children.);
(Killed.  Crushed between a coke car and the retaining wall of the coke yard.  Janoska and Radavich stepped to one side to allow the coke car to pass and were caught.   Outside Colonial No. 1 Mine, March 23, 1914.)
Jesse, Sam
(Miner, Loader ca.1930's, Colonial No. 4 Mine, [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 49.)
Johney, James
(Italian Minerm Cager ca.1912, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, Age 27, single.);
(Injured.  Foot bruised by being caught between mine cars when they left the track at the bottom of the mine shaft, in the Colonial No. 4 Mine, Nov. 26, 1912.)
Johnson, Joe
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 84, [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1913.)
Johnson, Mr.
(Miner, Boss in the Mine ca.1940's, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.) 
Jones, Clarence "Honey"
(Black Miner, Company Man ca.1932, Stable Hand ca.1934, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.)
Jones, Gene
(Black Miner, ca.1932, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived at coal Company House No. 250 in Grindstone, PA, ca.1932.);
(Come up from Alabama by train in 1922.);
(He also worked at Continental No. 3 Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Jumbo, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Colonial No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 18, single.);
(Injured.  Burned about the face and breast by a premature blast, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, Feb. 5, 1906.)
[ K ]
Kearns, Patrick
(Irish Miner, Laborer ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 33, single.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of slate while timbering on an entry, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, Jan. 9, 1917.)
Keefer, W. W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1903, for Pittsburg Coal Company, Grindstone Mine, Fayette Co., PA)
Keita, John
(Slavonian Miner, Scraper ca.1916, Colonial No. 1 Mine, [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 22, single.);
(Injured.  Thumb cut off. Caught in the sprocket wheel of a mining machine in pillar workings, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mne], May 26, 1916.)
Kelley, H. H.
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Member of the Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine] First Aid Team, ca.1913.)
Kelly, J. W.
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 25, [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1913.)
Kereszi, Joe "Hogan"
(Miner, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Kereszi, John
(Miner, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Kerfoot, Richard
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1912, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, Age 26, married.);
(Injured.  Back broken by a fall of slate on an entry, in the Colonial No. 4 Mine, July 16, 1912.)
Kerns, C.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Kiefer, Moe
(Miner, Bottom Cager ca.1931, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Kirk, Ralph
(Superintendent, ca.1929, of the Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co.,PA.)
Klare, R.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Kopachko, Joseph “Shorty”
(Slavonian Miner, Colonial Mines, Fayette Co., PA, married, 11 children.);
(born Sept. 7, 1889 in Mihalov-Bardejov, Slovakia, d. Dec. 18, 1977, interred at the Smock Cemetery.)
Korolavich, John
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 99, [Colonial No. 4] Grindstone, PA, ca.1913.)
Kossack, George
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 88, [Colonial No. 3] Rowes Run, PA, ca.1913.)
Kossack, John
(Miner, Blacksmith ca.1914, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 88, [Colonial No. 3] Rowes Run, PA, ca.1914.)
Kostehick, Joseph(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], married.)
Kurtz, K.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
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Landymore, J.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Laughrey, George
(Miner, ca.1913, Grindstone, Colonial No. 4 Mine, [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Passed the examination for Fire Boss ca.1913, Certificate issued.)
Laund, A.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Leakins, Mr.
(Miner, Foreman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Lightcap, H. G.
(Superintendent, ca.1912, ca.1913, ca.1914, of the Colonial No. 3 Mine, [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
Lilley, Taylor
(Miner, Stableman ca.1913, ca.1914, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 76, Rowes Run, PA, ca.1913.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 101, Colonial No. 3 [Rowes Run Mine], PA, ca.1914.)
Lilly, Taylor
(See: Lilley, Taylor.)
Lipchinsky, Mike
(Miner, ca.1926, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Mary Regula Lipchinsky.)
Lowatsky, Martin
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Lowder, Shell
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 39, [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1913.)
Lowery, John W. "Snooks"
(Scotch-Irish Miner, ca.1941-1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Lowther, George
(Miner, ca.1899, Grindstone Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Lowther, Shall
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Member of the Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine] First Aid Team, ca.1913.)
Lynch, Clay F.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, H.C. Frick Coke Company, Colonial Mines, Fayette Co., PA.)
Lyons, E.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Lyons, H. J.
(General Superintendent, ca.1905, Colonial Coal & Coke Company, Colonial Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
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Madison, L.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Magrey, Michael
(Miner, ca.1938, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Also worked at the Marguerite Mine, Westmoreland Co.)
Maleta, J.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine team ca.1936.)
Mallory, John
(Miner, Foreman, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Malloy, Lawrence
(American Miner Boy, Company Man ca.1912, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 18.);
(Killed.  Killed by a fall of of slate at the face of an entry, in the Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Aug. 21, 1912. They were pulling down the slate when it fell.)
Malone, E. J.
(Miner, Fire Boss ca.1912, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Prosecuted for Violations of the Mining Laws:  September 11, 1912.  E. J. Malone, fire boss at Colonial No. 4 mine of H. C. Frick Coke Company.  Charge:  Failure to erect danger boards and not reporting dangers in the report book. Plead guilty and was ordered to pay costs.)
Malosky, F.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Manascheck, Martin
(Slavonian Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 30, married.);
(Injured.  Leg broken by a fall of slate at the face of pillar work, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, June 9, 1913.)
Marciniak, Frederick "Eggie"
(Miner, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Marciniak, Mr.
(Miner, Foreman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Marcozzi, Louis
(Miner, Outside Laborer ca.1940's and after World War II, Colonial No. 3 Mie, [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Marcozzi, Steve
(Miner, Worked in the Stables inside the mine ca.1930's - 1940's, Colonial Ni, 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co. PA, married.)
Marhifsky, John
(Slavish Miner, Timberman ca.1919, [Colonial No. 1 Mine] Smock Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No.97, [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1919.)
Marks, Nick
(Italian Miner Boy, Runner ca.1914, Colonial No. 4 Mine, [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 19, single.);
(Injured.  Arm broken by mine cars on an entry when his lamp was extingiished, in the Colonial No. 4 Mine, April 17, 1914.)
Martin, John
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No 78, Rowes Run, PA, ca.1913.)
Masian, Dominick
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1900, Grindstone Mine [Colonial No. 4 Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 53, married, 1 child.);
(Killed.  Killed by a fall of slate in his working place, in the Grindstone Mine [Colonial No. 4 Mine].)
Matlock, Fred
(Miner, Motorman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1271.)
Matty, Charles John
(Miner, Shotfireman, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Miner, ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Mine Check No. 245.)
Matty, Paul Peter
(Miner, Shotfire ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 63.)
Matsko, Anna
(Employee, Chief Bookkeeper ca.1936, Union Supply Company Store, Smock, Fayette Co., PA.)
Mazurek, John J.
(Miner, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
McCabe, Mr.
(Miner, Foreman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
McCann, Carl
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1916, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 22, married, 3 children.);
(Killed.  Fatally injured by a fall of roof at the face of a room, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Jan. 8, 1916.)
McCann, Frank
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA, married.)
McCann, M.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA. );
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
McClendon, Mr. "Big Dude"
(Miner, ca.1930's, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.);
(He was also manager of a black baseball team at Colonial No. 4 Mine.)
McClintock, Melvin
(Miner, ca.1927, Colonial No. 4 Mine, Grindstone, Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Anna F. Walko McClintock.)
McGurgan, Harry
(American Miner, Brakeman ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 25, single.);
(Killed.  Fatelly injured.  Squeezed between a mine car and a post on an entry, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, Oct. 22, 1917.  He died November 6, 1917.)
McKolky, John
(Slavonian Miner, Trip Runner ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine, [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 22, single.);
(Injured.  Arm broken by mine cars on the slope.  The haulage rope tripped him, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, Feb. 6, 1913.)
McMaster, Eugene
(mployee, Clerk, in charge of Confectionery Dept., ca.1936, Union Supply Company Store, Smock, PA.)
Melago, John
(Miner, ca.1929, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone]Baseball team ca.1929.)
Menscher, Mr.
(Miner, Foreman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Merinko, Paul
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 77, [Colonial No. 4] Grindstone, PA, ca.1913.)
Merwin, William "Bill"
(Superintendent, ca.1933, of the Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, for the H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA.)
Milan, Benjamin Thomas
(Miner, ca.1913, until ca.1940, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Milan, John B.
(Miner, ca.1920's - 1940's, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Son of Benjamin Milan.)
Milan, Noah
(Miner, ca.1920's - 1940's, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Son of Benjamin Milan.)
Miller, J. H.
(Employee, Clerk, Head of the Shoes and Clothing Dept. ca.1936, Union Supply Company Store, Smock, PA.)
Miller, Lenzie Earl
(Miner, Stableman 3, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1236.)
Miner, Clyde
(Miner, Foreman, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.)
Mitchell, George
(Miner, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.);
(d. July 1, 1936, Age 71.);
(Lived at coal Company House No. 76, Grindstone, PA.)
Mitchell, William E.
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Passed the Examination for Mine Foreman ca.1913.  Received his certificate ca.1913.)
Monskie, Julius
(Miner, ca.1901, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Bessie Wable Monskie.)
Moore, J.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Moore, Jess
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Morefield, F.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Morefield, W.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Mulligan, Frank
(Miner, Assistant Boss, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.)
Mullin, Frank
(See: Mulligan, Frank.)
Murphy, B. J.
(Superintendent, ca.1913, of the Colonial No. 1 Mine, [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
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Newman, John Lynn
(Miner, ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1343.)
Nichols, J.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Nichols, James
(Miner, Trackman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1227.)
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Olear, Paul
(American Miner Boy, Trip Rider ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 17, single.);
(Killed.  Fatally injured. Caught between a mine car and a rib on an entry, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, Jan. 3, 1917.)
Olexa, F.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Ondrish, Steve
(Miner, Colonial Mines, Fayette Co., PA, married.)
Oneska, Mike J.
(Slavonian Miner, Machine Scraper ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 20, single.);
(Injured. Leg crushed. Caught in the chain of the mining machine, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, Jan. 16, 1917.)
Overak, Steve
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1916, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 28, married.);
(Injured.  Ankle fractured and injured internally by a fall of slate while drawing a room pillar, in the Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], March 30, 1916.)
Owens, Patrick
(Miner, Mine Foreman ca.1912, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Prosecuted for Violations of the Mining Laws:  September 11, 1912.  Patrick Owens, mine foreman at Colonial No. 4 mine of H.C. Frick Coke Company.  Charge:  Failure to report violations of the mining laws and neglecting to direct and see that a dangerous place was properly fenced off.  Plead guilty and was ordered to pay the costs.)
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Padorsky, Louis
(Miner, ca.1933, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Age 38, married, 3 children.);
(Killed.  Killed during a coal miners strike ca.1933 by Frick's Coal & Iron Police, at Colonial No. 3 Mine.)
Palonits, Gust
(Miner, ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine, [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 63, [Colonial No. 1] Smock, pa, ca.1917.)
Panzone, Jim
(Miner, Inside Stable Hand ca.1931, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Panzone, Tony
(Miner, Inside Stable Boss ca.1931, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Patton, Mr.
(Miner, Foreman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Pavick, John
(Miner, Shotfire ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1176.)
Pelleck, Mike
(Austiran - Hungarian Miner, ca.1900, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Ada Pelleck.);
(Father-in-law of John Hroblak, ca.1933.)
Pellick, Duke
(Miner, Bottom Man, Colonial No 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.)
Peori, John
(Miner, ca.1910, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Injured. Eyes and face burned, by an explosion of carbonite placed in the boarding house oven to thaw, at Colonial No. 3 Mine, Jan. 23, 1910. )
Perazzolo, Mr.
(Miner, Dumpman on the slate dump, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.)
Pesky, Charles
(Employee, Clerk, Manager Furniture Dept., ca.1936, Union Supply Company Store, Smock, PA.)
Peters, E. B.
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Member of the Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine] First Aid Team, ca.1913.)
Petrock, Mike
(Slavonian Miner, Machine Runner ca.1916, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 26, married.);
(Injured.  Leg fractured.  Caught in the chain of the mining machine at the face of an entry, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, Aug. 26, 1916.);
(This is probably the same Mike Petrock listed below.)
Petrock, Mike
(Slavonian Miner, Machine Runner ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 28, married.);
(Injured.  Leg fractured.  Struck by a skid in a room, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, Sept. 1, 1917.);
(This is probably the same Mike Petrock listed above.)
Petrus, Mike
(Miner, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], married, wife Anna Petrus, 10 children.)
Phillips, James
(Miner, ca.1917, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss ca.1917.  Received his Certificate ca.1917.)
Pike, Mr.
(Miner, Foreman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Pizzano, Angelo
(Miner, ca.1911, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Margaret Pizzano.)
Planky, E.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Plesko, Frank
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1913, Colonial No. 4 Mine, [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 41, single.);
(Killed.  Killed near the bottom of the shaft by the hoisting cage that was hoisted up the mine shaft without being signaled for by the cager, in the Colonial No. 4 Mine, April 7, 1913.)
Polack, John
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1912, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 30.);
(Injured.  Contusions of the back and thigh, in the Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Sept. 9, 1912.)
Ponzurik, Andy
(Miner, Smock Mine [Colonial No. 1 Mine], Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Mary Ponzurik, 4 children.);
(Their son Andrew, Jr. was killed in World War II..)
Ponzurik, P.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Prescott, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine, [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 44, married.);
(Injured.  Hip dislocated by a fall of slate at the face of a pillar, in the Colonial No.1 Mine, April 25, 1913.)
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Quinn, Mr.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
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Radavich, Miller
(Horwat Miner, Coke Drawer ca.1914, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 37, married, 2 children.);
(Killed.  Crushed between a  railroad coke car and retaining wall of the coke yard.  Radavich and Janoska stepped to one side to allow the coke car to pass and were caught.   Outside Colonial No. 1 Mine, March 23, 1914.)
Ralic, Miola
(Austrian Miner, Company Man ca.1912, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 21.);
(Killed.  Killed by a fall of of slate at the face of an entry, in the Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Aug. 21, 1912. They were pulling down the slate when it fell.)
Ramsey, J. A.
(Superintendent, ca1917, of the Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowers Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
Reskovac, Michael
(Miner, ca.1937, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Son of Yanos Reskovac.)
Reskovac, Yanos "John"
(Miner, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Amelia Zubovich [Zubovic] Reskovac.);
(Miner, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowers Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Yanos Reskovac also worked at the Leisenring No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Both are interred in St. Stephen's Cemetery in Leisenring, PA.)
Riggan, Mike
(Russian Miner, Shot Firer ca.1916, Colonial No. 1 Mine, [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 32, married.);
(Injured.  Burned about arms and groin by an explosion of powder detonators that he was carrying in his pockets, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], July 16, 1916.)
Rimmel, R. F.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Ringer, Samuel
(American Miner, Stable Boss ca.1916, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 41, married.);
(Injured.  Shoulder dislocated and collar bone fractured.  A horse that he was about to send down the shaft became frightened by steam and reared.  Ringer held to the horse and was lifted off his feet.  Outside the Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], June 14, 1916.)
Risbeck, Paul
(Employee, Clerk, Manager, Grocery Division, ca.1936, Union Supply Company Store, Smock, PA.)
Risbeck, Robert
(American Miner, ca.1919, Smock Mine [Colonail No. 1 Mine], Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in coal company House No.229, [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1919.)
Robbins, Joe
(Miner, Hoisting Emgineer ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine, [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No.221, [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1917.)
Robbins, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Member of the Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine] First Aid Team, ca.1913.)
Robinson, George
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 4 Mine, [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Prosecuted for Violation of the Mining Laws:  December 3,  1913, George Robinson, miner at Colonial No. 4 Mine of the H.C. Frick Coke Company. Charge:  Tampering with signal apparatus at the shaft.  Plead guilty after being confined, pending a hearing, and paid costs.)
Rodiquidez, R.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Rogers, J. S.
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Rohaley, John David
(American Miner of Hungarian descent, ca.1917 - 1962 Colonial Beltline Mechanic, Colonial No. 3 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Started working in the mine at age 18 in ca.1917.);
(Lived in Grindstone, PA, died ca.1967.);
(Wired most of the Grindstone coal company patch houses for electricity.)
Rolace [Roloce], Nicholas
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1912, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 36.);
(Killed.  Caught in a fall of slate in the Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Aug. 21, 1912.)
Roloce, Nicholas
(See: Rolace, Nicholas.)
Roscoe, T.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Rose, George Wm.
(Miner, Mule Driver ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1094.)
Rosendale, Robert R. "Bob"
(Miner, Trackman ca.1930's Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Miner, Trackman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1474.)
Ross, D.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Rotoni, R.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Rumak, Andrew
(Miner, ca.1919, Smock Mine [Colonial No. 1 Mine], Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in coal company House No.216, Smock, PA, ca.1919.)
Rupon, Mike
(Miner, Railroad Car Dumper, Colonial No. 4 Mine Colonial Belt Line, Fayette Co., PA.)
Ryan, Martin F.
(Miner, Check Weightman ca.1933, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.)
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Sagen, H.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Salitrick, W.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Sanky, F. A.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Saunders, C.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Schwartz, Robert
(Employee, Clerk, Head of the Meat Dept., ca.1936, Union Suply Company Store, Smock, PA.)
Secora, George
(Slavish Mine, Coke Worker ca.1919, Smock Mine [Colonial No. 1 Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 258, [Colonail No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1919.)
Seksay, James
(Miner, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Semock, Nick
(Slavonian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1917, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 23, single.);
(Injured.  Ankle fractured. Caught between mine cars in a room, in the Colonial No. 3 Mine, May 22, 1917.)
Setchik, Andy John
(Miner, Timberman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1083.)
Scadonia, Patrick
(Miner, ca.1910, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Injured. Face and breast burned, by an explosion of carbonite placed in the boarding house oven to thaw, at Colonial No. 3 Mine, Jan. 23, 1910.)
Scatonia, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1910, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Injured. Fatally injured, both arms blown off, burned about the head and face, cheast lacerated and internally injured, by an explosion of carbonite placed in the boarding house oven to thaw, at Colonial No. 3 Mine, Jan. 23, 1910.  Will likely die.)
Schluederberg, Geo. W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1903, Pittsburg Coal Company, Colonial Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Seman, John
(Miner, Timberman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1394.)
Shaw, Ira W.
(Miner, Hoisting Engineer, ca.1913, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Shelby, E. F.
(Superintendent, ca.1912, of the Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA.)
Shina, Joesph
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Shina, John
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Shoaf, Joseph Leroy
(Miner, ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 989.);
(Injured.  Injured in the Colonial No. 3 Mine, ca.1945.)
Shultz, A.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine team ca.1936.)
Shultz, J.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Sideharner, Albert
(Supply Clerk ca.1914, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Simpson, Jas. N.
(American Miner, Boss Haular ca.1901, Colonial Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 35, married, 4 children.);
(Killed.  Killed by a fall of mine roof, in the Colonial Mine, Oct. 2, 1901.)
Singleton, W.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.)
Sirdoko, John
(Slavonian Miner, Company Man ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine, [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 22, single.);
(Injured.  Leg broken by a mine car on the slope.  He was moving the mine car contrary to orders, in the Colonial No.1 Mine, June 28, 1913.)
Skonezney, W.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Slosar, John
(Czechoslovak Miner, Mine Scraper ca.1925, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Age 38, married, 5 children.);
(Killed.  Killed while working as a mine scraper in the H. C. Frick Coke Co. Colonial No. 3 Mine in Fayette County, PA. He and another miner named Herbert Barnes died together from a fall of roof slate while cutting coal on the face of a mine pillar. Mine officials recorded or discovered the bodies at 11:30 PM., in the Colonial No. 3 Mine, Feb. 10, 1925.);
(John Slosar had 3 ½ years experience working in mines, and 6 months working as a mine scraper.);
(Interred at St Procopius Cemetary in New Salem, PA.)
Smith, Jack
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Manager of  the Colonial No. 3 Mine baseball team ca.1936.)
Smith, S.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Snyder, John
(Miner ca.1912, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Assistant Mine Foreman, ca.1912.  Certificate issued ca.1912.)
Sobeck, Stanley
(Miner, ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1309.)
Sofeheck, Mike
(Miner, Foreman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine, [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Spankin, W.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Speal, D.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Stark, Joe
(Miner, Bottom Cager ca.1931, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Startsula, John
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1912, Colonial No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 34, married.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by being caught between a mine car and the side of a pillar near the face of the pillar, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, March 8, 1912.  Died three days afterwards.)
Statfire, J.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Steech, John
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Stifka, Mike
(Slavish Miner, ca.1919, Smock Mine [Colonial No. 1 Mine], Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in coal company House No.166, [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1919.)
Stimaker, Frank
(Miner, ca.1916, Colonial No. 4 Mine, Grindstone, Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Mary Petchina Stimaker.)
Stoviak, R.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Stroka, Emanuel
(Miner, ca.1912, Colonial No. 4 Mine, Grindstone, Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Marie Steish Stroka.)
Strouse, A. F.
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
Stutnik, George
(Slavonian Miner, Timberman ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 35, married.);
(Injured.  Foot fractured by a fall of slate while drawing pillars, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, Aug. 17, 1917.)
Sulky, Louis
(Miner, ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine, [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No.57, [Colonial No. 1 ] Smock, PA, ca.1917.)
Swob, John
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1914, Colonial No. 1 Mine, [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 52, married, 5 children.);
(Killed.  Electrocuted while removing a trailing cable of the mining machine, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, Jan. 5, 1914.  Voltage 550 at generating plant.)
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Tarasky, Anthony G.
(Miner, ca.1934, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Irma Hahula Tarasky.)
Thomas, Ralph
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Thompson, Hiney
(Miner, Bottom Man, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.)
Thompson, Mr.
(Miner, Foreman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Todd, Jack
(Miner, Loader ca.1930's, Colonial No. 4 Mine, [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 43.)
Toner, G.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Topeka, Charles
(Miner, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Charles Topeka also worked at the Hostetter Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA and the Wilpen Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Toytella, Mr.
(Miner, Foreman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Tremba, Jacob
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 66, [Colonial No. 4] Grindstone, PA, ca.1913.)
Tullio, Antonio [Tony]
(Miner, ca.1939, Colonial No. 4 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 46, married, 3 children.);
(Killed.  Instantly killed while loading slate, the roof collapsed covering him, in the Colonial No. 4 Mine, Oct. 10, 1939.);
(From the Uniontown Newspaper: "Buried under a slate fall at Red Lion, a part of the Colonial system, Tony Tullio, 46, Mt. Pleasant, died instantly as the heavy mass crushed his body almost to a jelly. Fellow miners, horrified as they saw him buried under the fall, worked for three hours before they could extricate the body...Funeral services for Tullio, who is survived by his wife and three sons, Michael, Paul and Anthony, will be held at St. Bernadine's Church, Mt. Pleasant, at 9 a.m Friday, with burial in St. Joseph's cemetary.")
Tult, Charles
(Slav. Miner, ca.1899, Grindstone Mine, on the Redstone Branch, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Injured. Badly burned by an explosion while he and Jacob Boco were drilling out a charge of dynamite which they had loaded for a shot when a spark made by the drill exploded the charge, in the Grindstone Mine, Feb. 22, 1899.  [from "The Connelsville Courier," Connellsville, PA, Feb. 24, 1899.].)
Turosak, Tom
(Miner, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.)
Twardesky, W.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
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Ulery, C.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Ungor, Louis
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 46, married.);
(Injured.  Ribs fractured.  Caught between a mine car and a rib near the face of a room, in the Colonial No. 1 Mine, Sept. 18, 1917.)
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Vasapapple, Mr.
(Miner, Foreman ca.1945, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Visnesky, Frank
(Miner, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, married.)
Vocalish, Joseph
(Horwat Mine [Croatian Miner], Coke Yard Employee ca.1912, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Fatelly injured by being caught between the coke extractor and the coke oven wall.  Outside the Colonial No. 4 Mine, Oct. 21, 1912.)
Vohar, George
(Miner, ca.1913, ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No.178, [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1917.)
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Waite, F.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Walsh, Joseph A.
(Miner from Grindstone [Colonial No. 4], Fayette Co., PA.  Passed his examination for Fire Boss ca.1916, received his certificate.)
Wargo, John
(Lithuanian Miner, Machine Runner ca.1916, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 52, single.);
(Killed.  Killed by being run over by a machine.  He was riding on the front end of a self moving machine and fell off, in the Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], June 15, 1916.)
Warner, W. H.
(General Superintendent, ca.1900, ca.1901, Colonial Coke Company, Colonial Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.)
Watson, Vernon R.
(Miner, Horse Driver ca.1921, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA, Age 19.);
(Miner, Mine Car Washer ca.1941, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Age 27, married, 1 child.);
(Injured.  Multiple contusions and abrasions to head, face, arms and over body, severe contusion to calf of left leg.  He fell backwards into the coal bin, at the Rotary car dump, and then head first into the feeder unto the conveyor belt, in the Colonial No. 3 Mine, Nov. 14, 1941.)
Weil, Joe
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 106, [Colonial No. 4] Grindstone, PA, ca.1913.)
White, Mr.
(Miner, Cutter ca.1930's, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1400.)
Williams, A. J.
(Superintendent, ca.1905, of the Colonial Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Colonial Coal & Coke Company.)
Williams, Henry, Jr.
(Black Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Manager of the Colonial No. 1 Mine Smock Giants Baseball team ca.1936.);
(Killed.  Fatally injured when caught beneath the wreckage of a grandstand on the Smock baseball diamond, blown down by a terrific windstorm, July 28, 1936.)
Williams, Tony
(Italian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1900, Grindstone Mine [Colonial No. 4 Mine], Fayette Co., PA, Age 21, single.);
(Injured.  Hip dislocated and arm broken;  caught between a mine car and a rib, in the Grindstone Mine, April 11, 1900.)
Willson, Bob
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine team ca.1936.)
Wohar, George, Jr.
(Slavish Miner, ca.1919, Smock Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in coal company House No.180, [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1919.)
Wohar, George, Sr.
(Slavish Miner, ca.1919, Smock Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in coal company House No.178, Smock, PA, ca.1919.)
Woitas, John
(Miner, Shifter ca.1914, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 82, Colonial No. 3 [Rowes Run Mine], PA, ca.1914.)
Woodill, A.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Smock Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Woodward, Paul
(Miner, Driver ca.1930's, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone], Fayette Co., PA, Mine Check No. 1443.)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
Yellownik, John
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 100, [Colonial No. 4] Grindstone, PA, ca.1913.)
Yenson, T.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Yoakum, Jim
(Miner, ca.1929, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.)
Yonkers, James
(Miner, Roadman ca.1917, Colonial No. 1 Mine, [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No.233, [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1917.)
Yonkers, John
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 1 Mine [Smock Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 32, [Colonial No. 1] Smock, PA, ca.1913.)
Yorkison, G.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Yorkison, J.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Youboud, W.
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 3 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Yourko, M. "Bucket"
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(A baseball player on the Colonial No. 4 Mine Baseball team ca.1936.)
Yozie, John
(Miner, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run], Fayette Co., PA.);
(John Yozie also worked at the Lemont Mines, Gates Mine, and Maxwell Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ Z ]
Zelanak, George
(Miner, ca.1913, Colonial No. 3 Mine [Rowes Run Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 70, [Colonial No. 3] Rowes Run, PA, ca.1913.)
Zenboy, Roger
(Miner, ca.1936, Colonial No. 4 Mine [Grindstone Mine], Fayette Co., PA.);
(Manager of the Colonial No. 4 Mine baseball team ca.1936.)

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