The following year, as a result of the Cherry Mine disaster, the Illinois legislature established stronger mine safety regulations and in 1911, Illinois passed a separate law, which would later develop into the Illinois Workmen's Compensation Act.
A monument to those who lost their lives was erected May 15, 1971, by the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Historical Society.
The centennial commemoration of the Cherry Mine disaster was held in Cherry, November 14–15, 2009. A new monument, located at the Cherry Village Hall, was dedicated to the miners who lost their lives in the disaster.
