Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-12
To the Public For the Re-
lief Of Families
OF EXPLOSION VICTIMS
Relatives of Many of the Miners Who
Were Killed at Carbonate Are in
Destitute CircumstanceS-COr0ner
is Ready For'the Investigation

Carbonado, Wash, Dec. IA relief
committee was organized here today and
the following appeal issued:
ITO the Public: We. the relief COM
mittee Of Carbonate, issued the following
appeal to the generous hearts and will
ing hands of the state of Washington:
This little mining village has been
suddenly smitten by the heavy hand of
pitiless calamity. Death has overtaken
many br%eadwinners in their toll and has
left it's wake of tears and p%rivation in
many homes. Thirty-one miners killed
is the extent of the fatality of the dis
aster of Saturday, December 8. In add
ton to the 81 dead there are seven in
jured. four of whom are badly burned.
One is with several ribs fractured, an
other is severely bruised and one is
suffering as a consequence of having
been in the explosion and subsequently
entombed in the mine all night, poisoned
with the choke damp. The deaths of 81
miners ave left a score or more of be-
reaved families and saddened homes.
THE coming Christmas will be a sor-
rowful one for Carbonado. The result
of the swift catastrophe of Saturday is
that IS widows, As children. six aged
parents and dependents, making 81 de-
pendent altogether, are deprived of a
source of support. In one case an aged
father and mother lose their two sons,
their only means of support. In an
other, a promising young man leaves
behind q widowed mother. almost desti-
tute, and now rendered completely child
less. One family mourns the loss Of a
husband and son. A young woman in
a delicate condition, married only a
short time ago, will soon become a
mother. without a husband to provide
sustenance. Bereaved of both husband
and brother is the distressful misfortune
of another woman. Several of the killed
leave widows and rather large families
of children to struggle through life.
These are the inevitable ~nsequence
of an accident, the cause of which is
unknown. Fate has blotted from the
book of the living the strongest at the
post of duty and left the virtuous, the
to the more fortunate for temporary aid.
THE various ~eWspape will call upon
you for subscriptions which are to be
forwarded to John F. Davies, secretary
and treasurer of the Carbonate Benen-
cial association, a mutual benevolent
organization of this committee, in con-
nection with which the relief committee
acts. Communications and contributions
may be sent to John F.. Davies, adj
dressed Carbonate, Wash, or to the diff
ANitIil x paEVAS
"GRIFFITH DAVIES,
Seattle.
"a. C. LITTLE,
'Tacoma.
"SEV r.. G. WATSON,
".sGV. j. j. TUNDELL,
Carbonate
GREW. MICHAEL FANFARE,
"Enumclaw."
The --,est and funerals begin tomor-
row. Une more miner turned up today.
Matt Hihilati, a Finn, who made for his
boarding house as soon as he escaped
from the mine and never emerged from
it to let anyone know whether he was
living or dead until today.
Coroner Hoska's jury OF six men, from
Tacoma. arrived on the train this even
ing. 1t consists of Judge A. t.. Law
renee. eX-City Councilman William
Scully, j. G. F. Johnson. AlI,hells Da-
wilson, George McMartin and I'rcd Eide
miller. Early tomorrow. or as soon as
all the bodies have been viewed with
that cold formality which the law re-
auires. they will begin their investisa-
ton of the circumstances and the cause
of the catastrophe.
OF the seven bodies tax n out today
five We're hauled up the inclined tram
way. muftled in burlap, as usual, shortly
after noon. They proved to be the re-
mains of Pau Curtiss, Adam Paval,
John Folta. Emil Hainaut and Jacob
Lande. After dark two more were sent
up, Ben Zeidler. ST., and Evan Richards.
II euess they have found the cause of
the explosion" said a Waterman tonight
"They found a big cave-in.'
This is all he would say. Indeed.
other than the information which comes
through the mine officials, there is a gem .
eral air % mystery about everyone else
connected with the mine.