The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-27
THE MEN WILL RECOVER
Hepnessy Building Victims Are
Slowly Improving
AND WILL PULL THROUGH
Fitch Thinks That an Injustice Has
Been Done the Ironworkers An
Inquest Will Be Held by the
Coroner Soon.

The four unfortunates who sustained
terrible injuries in the accident at the
new Hennessy block Saturday still
survive their injuries and all are some
what improved. Two of them. W. ].
Harrison and II. M. Maser. who are
at the Sisters hospital. were consider
ably better off than their companions in
misery. ]. b.. Brown and John McNutt,
who. though improving slowly. were
still very low, their injuries having
been of a more serious nature The
physicians at Murray & Freund's.
where the latter two are being cared
for, stated asst evening that their pa
tients had passed a fairly good day, and
while their condition is still critical.
there was ground for strong hope that
they would pull through. McNutt. who
was supposed to be the most seriously
injured of any of the -four unfortun-
ates. seemed to be improving faster
han Brown. who lay in a sort of
stupor all day.
Harrison, the colored man, has made
much the best progress of any of the
injured. He was so far advanced as
to be able to sit up, and when seen
last evening, was sitting on the side
of his bed reading the Standards ac-
count of the accident. When he real
ICED what a close call he had he vas
disposed to be very cheerful over the
thought that he escaped as fortunately
as he did. Maser was also doing very
well. but suffered a great deal of pain.
There was hardly a spot or his limbs
or body that had not received a bruise.
These had naturally grown very sore.
and every attempt TO move caused in
tense pain. Both he and Harrison are
regarded by the hospital people as out
of danger.
Sherman's undertaking establish
ment. where the bodies of Frank AL
bert n John Cunningham lay, was
thronged throughout the day by
friends. acquaintance and others
actuated by curiosity who called 10
view the remains of the unfortunate
fellows. During the day Undertaken
Sherman received a telegram from the
city marshal of Baraboo. wis. to whom
he had .telegraphed for information
concerning Cunningham's relatives.
stating he had been unable 20 find any
relatives there and suggesting that an
inquiry be sent to Belvidere. Ill. A
telegram was sent. but up to a late hour
no reply had been received.
Albert appears to have been entirely
alone in this country, If not in the
world. so far as relatives are con-
cerned. II has been impossible to learn
anything about his connections. n no
one seems to know anything abou him.
1t is thought he was from Berlin, Ger
many, al a receipt for a bank draft
payable at Berlin was found among his
effects. but nothing was found to show
he had any relatives. He was a Mason
and will be buried by the Masons this
afternoon from Masonic Temple at 2
o'clock.
There will be the regular Masonic
funeral services only.
Coroner m will imnaneI a tury
this morning and the inquest will be
held this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
II. A. Fitch, the local representative
of the Gillette-HerZog company. thinks
an injustice has been done the iron
workers in attributing the RESPONSE
bility for the accident to them. "Our
men walked on the scaffolding." said
he, "as any men will do that are en-
ployed on a building, the superstition
being hat when a scaffold Is put up ii
is put there to walk on. Our men were
ordered to work at that particular
place. and as the scaffold was in their
way. they could not work without get
ting on IL. / see II is a the men were
warned not to get on the scaffold. If
that is the case, the man must have
known II was not safe, otherwise he
would have warned them. II he knew
II was not safe. IL was his place TO
make il so. For these reasons l don't
consider our men were at all to
blame"
The matter will be fully investigated
at the inquest TODAY.