Coal Miners Memorial, Plummer Mine & Coke Works, Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA, U.S.A.

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Coal Miners Memorial
Plummer Mine & Coke Works,
near Connellsville,
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Oct. 26, 2008

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Plummer Mine & Coke Works

Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Plummer Mine, near Connellsville, 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 coal mines and 20,370 deaths in bituminous coal mines.

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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
PLUMMER MINE & COKE WORKS

[ A ]
Adams, Jacob
(German Miner, Pick Miner ca.1894, Plummer Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 30, married, 2 children.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of mine roof, after the first roof fall he disregarded the mine boss and continued to draw a rib, in the Plummer Mine, Oct. 3, 1894. Lived on "Nigger" Hill. Interred in Hill Grove Cemetery. [from the "Connellsville Courier," Oct. 5, 1894.].)
Alsop, Daniel
(Miner, Mine Foreman ca.1898, Plummer Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ B ]
Brunno, Michael
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1916, Plummer Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 35, married, 3 children.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by a fall of slate in a crosscut, while loading a mine car, in the Plummer Mine, Sept. 4, 1916.)
[ C ]
Cramer, Henry
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1889, Plummer Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 25.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of roof in room No. 38 on No. 2 butt whilst slabbing the side of a rib, in the Plummer Mine, Mar. 11, 1889.)
[ D ]
[ E ]
[ F ]
[ G ]
Ganier, William
(Miner, Fireboss ca.1887, Plummer Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ H ]
Hiles, Josiah, Sr.
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1917, Laborer, Plummer Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 32, married, 4 children);
(Killed. He died during a friendly wrestling match with his boss. In between a "trip" him and others would wrestle. He was thrown and his head struck on the edge of a bench. He died from a broken neck, April 30, 1917. He was 32 years old, and was survived by his wife and four children. His wife, however, was carrying twins at the time of his death. [from "Uniontown Morning Herald," April, 1917.)
Hugas, W. H.
(Superintendent, ca.1898, of the Plumer Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
[ K ]
[ L ]
Lashin, Michael
(Miner, ca.1889, Plummer Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 64, married.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of roof whilst in the act of drawing posts on the "gob side," or end of his pillar, in the Plummer Mine, Dec. 23, 1889.)
Louden, Edward
(Miner, Trackman ca.1887, Plumer Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ M ]
Munson, J. I.
(Superintendent, ca.1889, of the Plummer Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA.)
[ N ]
Nagle, Paul
(German Miner, Pick Miner ca.1887, Plummer Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 35 years, married, 3 small children.);
(Killed. Killed by after-damp from a mine fire, in the Plumer Mine, April, 1887.)
[ O ]
[ P ]
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Radar, Americus D.
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1887, Plumer Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 48, divorced, grown children.);
(Killed. Killed by after-damp from a mine fire, in the Plumer Mine, April, 1887.);
(Interred at Masontown, PA.)
Reichart, Charles
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1889, Plummer Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 32. married, 4 children.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of roof on broad side of the rib on which he was working, caused by his failure to set up posts, as advised, in the Plummer Mine, Dec. 31, 1889.)
[ S ]
Shauman, David
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1887, Plumer Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 35, married, 3 small children.);
(Killed. Killed by after-damp from a mine fire, in the Plumer Mine, April, 1887.);
(Interred at Springfield, PA.);
(See also: Showman, David.)
Showman, David
(See: Shauman, David.)
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[ U ]
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[ W ]
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A special thanks to Glen Dixon for his research in the "Connellsville Courier" newspaper and other newspapers of Fayette County, and the addition of many of the miners names from Fayette County.

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