6:30 – 7:00 am
Inside #8
Fire Boss P.J. McGraw leaves his fire boss shift after filling out his report.
Outside #8
Pat Kerns comes out of the mines and talks with P.J. McGraw for a bit. (Inquiry)
Carl Meredith arrives to work as Tipple Foreman. (Inquiry)
Inside #6
Andrew Daran arrives for work and proceeds to F face, 4th right, rooms #12 & #13. Despite seeing no mark to indicate that either Fire Boss had been in that area and inspected it prior, he proceeds to work. (McAteer, Inquiry)
Outside #6
Lester Trader has finished cleaning himself up and stops by the Post Office to mail the letter to his father in Pennsylvania that he finished during his lunch break before walking home. (McAteer, Inquiry) ◊
Will Jenkins gets called down to the mine to shoe a horse. He leaves the blacksmith shop, walks over to #6 pit mouth and rides one of the motors down. (Inquiry) ◊
7:00 – 7:30 am
In Monongah:
Several men leave their homes for work at the mines. (FWV 12.9.07 pg. 7)
These men are not paid according to the tonnage they mine, like the diggers who showed up hours earlier. Rather, they are paid a flat wage for a special job or skill performed through the day.
A miner says goodbye to his family and walks off to the mines singing ‘Nearer My God to Thee’. They can hear him singing “as far’s it carried.” (Kellogg) ◊
Lester Trader arrives home and eats the breakfast that Mayme, his wife, has prepared. (McAteer, Inquiry) ◊
Inside #6
Will Jenkins arrives to 2nd left, east heading to shoe a horse. (Inquiry) ◊
7:30 – 8:00 am
In Monongah:
Fire Boss Trader checks on his 2-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, then heads to bed himself. (McAteer) ◊
8:00 – 8:30 am
Inside #8:
The DePetris brothers are working in 2nd right south, room #15, when they are told by a boss, one they are not familiar with, to stop working and move elsewhere. The brothers tell this boss they want to go to a section where they can “start the room” and work the 100’ long wall (a.k.a. the “long-ton”). (Inquiry) ◊
Leo Dominico is working alone in south, 2nd right, 1st south but changes his location to 3rd left south. (Inquiry) ◊
Inside #6
Andrew Daran is still working at F face, 4th right, rooms #12 & #13 and has occasionally noticed a little gas in his area throughout the morning. (Inquiry) ◊
8:30 – 9:00 am
Inside #6
Andrew Daran is still working at F face, but is starting to feel ill. (Inquiry)
9:00 – 9:30 am
A life insurance salesman enters one of the mines to sell insurance policies, a common practice of the day. (McAteer) ◊
Outside #8
Hyre Stalnaker is working in the shop across the river from the mine opening. (Inquiry)
Lee Curry is running the hoist in the engine house. (Inquiry)
Inside #6
Andrew Daran leaves work for the day, feeling too sick to continue on. (Inquiry)
Will Jenkins is called to 4th left by Frank Moon to check on shoeing another horse. (Inquiry)
In Fairmont:
FCC offices are open and running.
General Manager L.J. Malone is working in the general offices on 12th street.
J.O. Watson II, a company officer, is in Downtown Fairmont along with S.L. Watson, company treasurer.
◊ = Time of event is ‘best guess’ by author based on available information
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