Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-13
NOWO " aOio6'~PH
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. CAUSE OF THE COLLISION. Statements By The Engineer u And An Official. CHICAGO STRIKERS YIELDING. Man Arrested For The
 WhitechapeI Murders. THE INDIANA CAMPAIGN. One Hundred Men Killed
 In Hayti.
THE MUD RUN COLLISION.

THE MUD RUN COLLISION Statement Of she BnEIneer-He Saw a Signal but 1t was Too Late-TAe Su- perintendenr Says All Possible Pre- cautions Were Adopted.
 WnKEsBARRE, Penn, Got. 12.-Now that the excitement over the great railway disas- ter has begun to abate work of impartially investigating the causes of the catastrophe is being carried out in earnest. An important statement was made tonight by Engineer Henry Cooke, which will be used before the coroner's jury. It was Cooke's engine that crashed into the section ahead. After ex plaining his train orders, Engineer Cooke says;
 Run shut off steam, as our instructions were to come into stations with engine under control, and allowed my engine to creep along. Tom Major, the engineer of No. 466, whose helper I was and who had charge of the train, blew one blast of his whistle for signals at Mud Run and as the target showed white, Gall right" he immediately blew two blasts for "up-brakes, go ahead" I supposed of course Tom had applied the air
 brakes sufficiently to control the train and do not know that he did not, but at all events we were then running about twelve miles an hour. I was on the alert for sig nals, as is customary when nearing a station, but saw none. To see the station flag at the point where we should be able to see it, it was necessary for me to climb upon the ratchet, which did, and saw no signal on
 the pole where such signals should hang. Had there been Hsgman there with signal lantern we should both certainly have seen it and If not both it is reasonable to suppose that at least one of us would have seen it, as
 there is certainly no cause for excitement
 until there is signal of some kind of dan no iona 1onf a cap east of Mud Run station.
 SAW SIGNAL roo LATE.
 When we were about one hundred and fifty feet from the station was leaning out of the cab window and saW white signal being swung on the station platform, In the manner
 usually employed to stop trains or engines.
 The lantern was being swung much more
 violently than when brakemen are signalling
 for switching eneiues, and I immediately whistled down brakes and applied my steam
 brake. This extended no farther than my engine, as the other engine had charge of the train and the air brake, and again looked out for the cause of the signal, and saw the
 red signal lanterns on the platform, and pulled my lever back as far as possible to
 reverse. but too late to avoid the catastrophe. had done all that l possibly could with brake and steam, and could only await re- suits, which did, remaining on my engine until she stopped in the wreck, and then I started to pull the fire from under the boiler. As the target showed at Mud River, and with no signal by lantern or cap east of the station, we were right in running to two rail lengths
 beyond the station by our instructions" STATEMENT OF THE ROAD SUPERINTENDENT. PHILADELPH1A, Got. 12.-A special from Bethlehem says: Rolin H. Wilbur, assistant superintendent of the Lehigh Valley road
 has made the following statsment concerning the catastrophe on that road on Wednesday
 night at Mud Run. After describing the system of road signals and train orders he says:
 When the seventh section reached Mud Run the engineer found the signals turned against him, signifying that the ten minutes to intervene between the passage of the train ahead of him and his train was not up and he brought his train to a stop, the rear car being about three hundred yards from the station. The train was stopped on a curve, but an SD. preaching train in the rear could be seen for half mile. Red lights were displayed on the rear of train and the hagman went back with his lantern toward the eighth section. Despite these signals and also the one at the depot the last section, drawn by two power ful engines came along and crashed into the train, telescoping the rear car completely. In reply to an inquiry as to who was to blame for the accident Mir. Wilbur said that it would only be known by an investigation. The report telegraphed from Wilkesbarre that the last section was not euppled with the air brakes is incorrect. The report probably originated from the fact that the head engi- neer had the air brakes and it's hose was con nected with that on the cars. When two \ engines draw an excursion train 1t is not considered necessary for both to be supplied with the air brakes, one being sufficient. TOWN IN MOURNING.
 The town of Pleasant Valley, where twenty one of the dead made their homes, presents I a mournful appearance. On one square in | Chestnut street nine of the dead find 6 rest