Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-03-19

MARsHALLrowN, la, March 12.-Fire at Bloomfield last night laid waste the entire south side of the public square, including the opera house and many fine stone buildings. The loss will prob-
 ably reach S2O0,O00.
 SALT LAKE, March 12.-Jas. Frees,
 the: MCrTnon high councillor, has been
 arrested by the United States marshal for unlawful cohabitation and held to
 wait the grand jury's action. The arrest
 of such an exalted ruler has created
 consternation m church circles.
 SACRAMENTO, Cal. March 12.-H. R Palmer, formerly manager of Senator Fairs GolO county ranch, today shot and killed Charles w. Phleger, whom
 Palmer had been denouncirg because of matters growing out of embezzle~ ment cases brought some time ago by Senator Fair against Palmer, in con
 nectiOn with the management of the Yolo ranch.
 WASHINGTON, March 12.-Speaking of tte Boring sea controversy, Senator Sherman said to an Associated Press re- porter today: ''l regard the treaty now pending with the highest favor. It is honorable 70 both nations, and an ex- ample of arbitration which ought to be adopted in every controversy between two countries bound by so many ties as Great Britain and the United States. War pnnfanfInn haf them for cause so trivial as the one years fishing for seals would be crime against civilization"
 BRUSSELS, March 12.-In the Andec- luis colIIery, fire is still burning in low CT gallery. Debris and carcdses of for " horses block the approach to the gal- lery where the bodies are known to be. It Is ascertalned that 270 persons were at work Tn the mine at the time of the explosion.
 Mining experts Say that probably every person working in the lower gal lrry must be dead, and few are expected to be rescued from the upper gallery, which Is filled with deadly gases. Thirty bodies have been recovered. Many women and children employed in the mine met death by the explosion.
 BRUSSELS, March 14.--There has been out little if any, abatement Ia the ex- citement about Charlero, near which place the explosion took place yesterday morning in the hnderlius colliery. All night long. buudreds of men and wo- men have kept up their dreary watch at ohe pit, yet almost moving their hope vas without reason. The fire which vas caused by the explosion, is still burning in the lower gallery, where the explosion occurred. The shock of the explosion detached large masses of rock and Searth, and the galleries are so blocked with debris that it is impossible 10 approach to within nearer than 1CO yards to where the miners were working, besides the rock the carcasses of forty horses are in the approach and these nave to be cut up and removed before the rescuers can proceed any further ln the direction of the gallery where the bodies are known to be. It has been as- ;ertained that 200 persons were working n the mines in the two galleries where be greatest damage was done. One of
 hese galleries is 450 and the other j0O yards below the surface. Mining
 xperts acquainted with the Anderluis ;olliery say that every person who was working in the lower galleries must be lead and few are expected to be rescued dive as the upper galleries is filled with deadly gas. Altogether B bodies have Oeen recovered.
 The fire in the mine grew fercer and iercer and since ? o'clock this morning the heat has been so intense that it has been impossible for the rescuing parties so remain in the pit. They have been compelled for the present to abandon all heir efforts to reach tie galleries. After t was found that the fire was gaining in strength, consultation was held between he mine owners and engineers, and It vas decided that as there was Lot the hghtest doubt that verybody that was n the mine was dead, the only course eft open for them to follow, if they hoped | O recover the bodies, was to flood the | nine. Preparations were being made l O carry out this plan, but before any water could be pumped ln it, cries of fire" were heard on all sides and at | clock flames ascended the pits mouth l nd sparks were scattered in every dI- | ectlon. 4 few minutes later aD immense | lame shot through the ventilation | hafts, pitching out thick clouds of | moke. The scene was grandly magnifi- | ;ent as the mass of flame shot upward, | ut it meant the certain death of every | ,erson in the mines The engines and | Ither buildings near by began to show | he effects of heat. The glass broke, | he woodwork began to warp, and then | an instant they were wrapped in a | ,heet of flame. The iremen had been | working heroically to prevent the spread | f the fire, but their efforts were entirely 1 iruitless. In the meantime water had | commenced to be thrown into the burn- ng pit. Before 1t had desceeded any dis | ance it was converted into steam and escaped with tremendous roaring noise, which added to the horror of the scene. The scene has seldom if eyer been qualled in the mining disasters ot Bell gium. The destruction of the buildings | jn the surface proceeded without oppo- sltion, and by 2 o'clock only the walls of she buildings were standing. All the heavy machinery at the mouth of the pit was destroyed and fell crashing into the shaft The total of the death roll IS 2I5. Of this number 1t is estimated 175 were buried and burned alive.
 LONDON, March 1.-The great coal miners strike was inaugurated today in accordance with ne plan of the Miners whichsin it's manifesto issued | few days ago, declared that the holi- lay that the men proposed to take was ,or the purpose of clearing tte market