The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-02

debris cools, OF positive information
as 10 the loss cannot be obtained. The
department withdrew from the ruins 70.
night and the search for the bodies will
begin Just as soon as II Is considered safe,
The last man Of the Tribune editorial
stalf TO leave the building was Charles
Alie Williams, managing editor, and
although himself badly burned about the
head and hands, he gave the following
statement OF how each OF those above re-
ported met with his death, having been
an eye witness Of the deaths all but one;
THE MANAGING EDITORS STORY,
Miles and NillmRn, together with a
number Of printers, started down the
Ere escape. A blast Of hot smoke and
flame struck Millman as he was startlng
and he Lost his hold, and in falling
knocked Miles oil, both falling from the
seventh floor TO the ground, and at the
sixth floor, knocking of Pickett and
Prof. Olsen, who had reached the FIRE es-
cape from that floor, The four men,
In falling, struck against the lowest
platform and bounded away from the
building, and were dead when they
struck the ground. When Williams
started down the ladder the Gre was
burning his hair and neck and he mar
roWly escaped the fate OF those who had
preceded him, the heat and smoke being
oyerpoweFing, The printers on the
ladder escaped with slight burns, Igoe
and Jenkiuson sought 10 escane
by the wires but had been weaken.
ed by the smoke and flame so
that 10th soou fell of, striking on
the roof OF the Tribune boiler room,
Jenkinson being dead when picked up,
McCutCheon jumped from the window
ledge for tho extensi lon ladder, but his
hands slipped and he fell to tho pave.
ment, A net had been stretched To
catch him, but he was too heavy for II
aud striking the ground, was seridusly
injured. He died soon after. Pickett,
Igoe, Miles aud MCCutcheSm we're mar,
ried men and Jenkinso1 was 10 have
been married in a short tlnu. il.lnan
lost bis wife by asphyxiatlalion u couple
Of weeks ago, and had just resumed
work.
Frank H. Jones, OF the Globe, who
came here from Philadelphia year ago,
and who was reported killed In some
special dispatches, was not In the build
ing and 10 safe. As far as learned the
injured are: William Lawn, printer,
burned on hands and face; George F,
Warden, printer. burned on hands aud
face; Frank Gerber, printer, hurt about
the head by falling; Charles All vii.
liams, managing editor Of the Tribune,
badly burned about tho head and face
William H. Williams, foreman OF com'
posing rooms, badly burned about face
aud hands; s. Fl. Jspes, Pioneer PreSS rG.
porter, hands aud iIce slightly burned
Frank Hoover, printer, burned about the
neck.
PLACING THE BLAME.
Minneapolis Typographical Union No,
42 met this afternoon iu Labor Temple,
to take action on the calamity. A com.
nlittee on resolutions vas appointed, and
their report tho union ordered
Secretary Raonald to collect
evidence regarding the repeated efforts
Of tho men 70 have fire escapes placed
M the building, aud to place such evi.
LepCe AT the disposition Of tho coroner,
The committee Oh resolutions then re-
ported, and the report was unanimously
adopted. After rGciting the facts Oi the
fire aud OF the death Oi their comrades
and extending sympathy to the be.
reavpl relatives. the resolutions con.
tinus US follows:
WHEREAS. In view OF the terrible
above mentioned we deem II
BUR duty TO inform the public OF the
following facts and allow the citizens OF
DUR city to Judge as To who is responsi.
BILE for the appalling sacrifice Of human
lives;
One-That records Of tho Tribune aud
Journal Chapcls will show that commit.
tees lave repeatedly been appointed TO
confer With a. B. Nettlutou, who at that
tune had charge Of tue building, and re.
uuested, even begged Of him, to furnish
the proper neans Of escape In case OF
fire.. This Mr.. Nettlcton refused to do.
4 Second-0ur case was taken up by the
Trades aud Labor Assembly ol this city,
and committee from that body labored |
long and earnestly with Mr.. Nettleton tu |
have him comply with the requests Of
tho occupants OF the building, but all
efforts failed. ft
Thifd-That there VAS (lrp escape at
tho north end Of the blllding We will
not deny, but the very position In
which 1t was placed rendered 1t pracli.
called useless, as the lives Of two Of tue
unfortunate victims ot last nights
calamity will testify.
z Ithas been reported 10 this committee
that prominent member Of the Gre de-
partment has made the statement that
he had been trying for three months to
have additional hre escapes placed on
the Tribune building.
Resolrea, That we, the members OF the
Minneapolis Typographical Union, do
most severely condemn those whose
duty II was 10 place sufficient number
Of fire escapes on the Tribune building,
for not so doing. "
Anton Dahl, q book binder was on an
upper floor, and Is believed now 10 be
among tho dead. The elevator man, who
made three trips after the hre mad
broken out, says he saw a.man come out
from an office and try to escape, but be-
fore hpCould reach him q sheet Of tlamo
struck the man and at the same time he
pulled revolver and shot himself.
Tho figures s'tu the loss which were
sent out last night have not materially
changed the total loss being about $780,
900, The INSURANCE ioots up $l50,OO0.