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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-04

Hannaites were hustling yesterday for
proxies Of delegates to the state conven-
ton. Notwithstanding that the Brown
contingent had swept nearly evervtbire-
before 1t at the primaries Wednesdav
nlsht' this faction is making a strong bid
Tor few votes that might go to the sun
port of the Tribune's candidates for prest-
Dental nominators. On the other hand
the Lannanites are strafning every effort
TO draw some of the ex-senator's SIM
port from him. It viii be nip and tucl-
from now till the state convention. meet.
out the Brown men are not worrying over
the outcome, for they have clear sailing to
elect the ex-senator. Mayor Thompson.
Tom kearns and Banker Mccormick dele
gates to the national convention.
Local Republicans know that the fri.
uinph OF the antl-Tribune contingent is a
Dltter pill for Colonel Lannan to swallow.
ana not few of the party workers fear
that the stOrm-starter will retaIiate nv
IlShting the fight after the convention adj
louFnS and clear into the fall campaign.
Inc reason is plain. The Tribune will
never consent to Arthur Brown going &c
the senate again. A triumph for Brown
now means that he would have smoother
sailing to his objective point later on.
A peculiar feature of yesterdays hust-
Brown men gave it out cold that they
stood for the eX-senator's candidacy as
a delegate TO the presidential convention
ana Tor nothing more. BY this declaration
they meant that they would not stand
for Browns entire slate of presidential
nominators. This is why they refused to
permit the issuing of proxies by delegates
TO few who are anxious to go to the
convention TO do Browns bidding
1t developed yesterday that the party
workers are plugging for the election of
Mayor Thompson, Tom Kearns and Bank
er Mccormick IS presidential delegates on
the expectation that they will pay well
for the honor when it comes to calling for
campaign contributions in the fall OF
course Mr.. Kearns will attempt to pluck
the gubernatOrial nomination from the
Republican tree this fall if Governor Wells
concludes to run for senator, but the
party men viii rise up and declare that
THOMAS has had enough hOnOrs by going
to the Mckinley convention. There his
ambitions will be cut short,
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TAKING OUT BODIES
FROM THE TUNNELS

Especial to The Herald from staff cor
respondent)
Scofeld, Utah, May 9, 5 a. m.-There
were scenes of tragedy and pathos
about the mouths of the two tunnels all
day There were crowds awaiting anx-
iously the arrival of every car that
came bearing the dead. Women were
mixed in, just a few, for the men did
not think it the proper place for their
wives and sisters and others, and kept
them at home. The women remained
around Edwards boarding house, the
old Winter Quarters place, and they
scanned each corpse as 1t was carried
down from the tunnel mouth. At No. 4,
which is away up the gulch. making a
steep, hard climb, there were fewer
persons. The most of the bodies were
brought out of No. l, and that place
was naturally the center.
Six begrimed and blackened men were
taken from No. 4 early in the day, and
they were taken to the barn and wash
ed. These We're men from the tunnel
near where the explosion must have oc-
Cured, for they were burned fearfullz.
Their hands were charred till they were
stiff and black, and unless moved with
great care, would break off. Their facea
were burned till great masses of skin
pulled off, leaving the cold, blood red
skin exposed. The eyebrows and boards
and hair were almost burned away. But
they were handled carefully under the
supervision Of Mr.. Macintosh, washed
and clothed with undersuits, and car
ried away, down to the school house at
the bottom of the gdlch. The next lot
of eight came out later in the day.
They were as badly burned as the 9TH
ers, and they had been brought from
the came vicinity.
The vescuers had to climb over debris,
timbers and eaved walls much of the
distance.
we got in where the explosion must
have occurred, said one of the men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-04
ODD FELLOWS AND PYTHIANs.
Important Action at Joint Meeting
of the Orders.

Of the Orders.
Especial to The Herald from Staff Core
spondent)
Scofield, May 3, a. m.-The I. o. o.
r. grand lodge officers, J. ]. Thomas.
grand representative; T. J. Buckle.
grand secretary; W. o. Carbis, P. G..
NJ, arrived yesterday afternoon and a
meeting of the local lodge was held,
CONFORMITY with the Rathbone Lodge
No. 9, of the Knights of Pythias
Representatives were there from the
Castle Gate lodges, Coalville Lodge No.
% and Park Lodge No. 4. H. G. Webb
and William Featherstone represented
the Castle Gate odd Fellows, and c. c.
Cowley. of the knights of Pythias. S.
Clark and George Lindsay reD-esented
Coalville lodge. Each of the lodges
represented had members amcng the
dead. A committee was chosen from
each lodge TO make arrangements for
the caring and burial of the brothers.
J. J. Thomas and D. B. Laughlin
were chosen as chairmen of the con-
joint meeting. 1t was ordered by the
l. o. o. F. and concurred in by the
Knights of Pythians, that all brothers
belonging to the two lodges, should be
buried together and that a suitable
monument should be erected to the
memory of all.
The committee was chosen from
the members present and was appoint
ed as follows: John Sandberg, Neils
sandberg, Robert Menzies. w. L. Bur
rows, John c. Bell, Eugene Chatta, H.
G. Webb, William Palmer, Sam Krebs
and L. Smith.
1t was ordered by the joint session
that the Odd Fellows and Knights of
Pythians be buried from the new hall.
At a special meeting of Scofeld
Lodge No. 30 later in the evening a
request vas made of the grand lodge
for dispensation that regalia be worn
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same time is responsible for the escape
of the miners.
Young Jack Wilson, who was shot
out Of tunnel No. 4 distance of ace
feet, being among the wounded taken
to St Marks hospital. was in high IA
YOr with Superintendent Sharp for an
act of bravery performed at the time
Of the castlegate explosion several
months ago The boy had been suS-
pended for some violation of the rules,
but being near the mine when it was
feared many lives were imDeriled, he
was one of the first to rush into the
tunnel to the work of rescue.
superintendent Sharp noted it, put
the lad at once to work again, and
was afterwards heard to remark, That
boy can have anything in this mine
that he wants"
On every hand words of commenda-
ton for the tireless energy of SuDerin-
tendent Sharp are heard. Said one Of
his friends, His gray hairs can be
accounted for by his running these
mines"
James. a son of Thomas Naylor. was
at work in No. +. was thrown about
200 feet, 5ut escaped serious injury.
The boy went into the mine again with
the rescuers.
Miss Lizzie Clark is IN a precarious
condition through being Informed Of
her brothers death. She has scarcely
been conscious since the news was
broken to her, but she is not dead, as
was TumOred
Yesterday H. H. Earl, president of
the town board of Scofeld, issued a
proclamation. ordering all saloons to
remain closed for two days on account
Of the mine disaster The order was
strictly observed and the calm of
death that has settled over the city
remains unbrOken.
Foreman Parmley Of No. 4 was found
among the dead yesterday afternoon,
his body being terribly mangled.
II. n. WHITNEY.
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LEHIs QUICK RESPONSE.
Over $500 Raised by the Committee
Yesterday.

Especial Correspondence
Lehi, May 3.-The awful calamity at
Scofeld has opened the hearts of the
good people of Lehi and right generous
~ are they responding to the relief
committee, who are circulating sub
scriptions for the aid of the unfortun-
ate sufferers at Winter Quarters. All
ready, over $500 has been subscribed.
Hardly any individual approached
fails to respond and as the committee
has only fairly commenced it is thought
that the above amount viii be doubled.
Not only are the people responding in
a financial way, but all day bevy of
young ladies has been busy with car
riages gathering flowers from almost
every home in the city and hauling
them to the Rio Grande Western depot,
from where they were taken by the
special flower train to cheer the hearts
of those who were so suddenly called
to part with their loved ones. The
mighty embankment of flowers that
awaited the flower special at Lehi was
a tender and BETTING token of svm-
pathy from the Lehi women to theiP
ScofieId sisters in this great hour of
their affection.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-04
800 HELPLESS
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Especial to The Herald from a STAFF
Correspondent

Especial to The Herald from a Staff
Correspondent
Scofield, May 3.-Scores of families
left destitute at one crushing blow
Eight hundred at least, and probably
more women and children without
means Of support, and yet the horror
is not half told To understand the
story of this terrible visitation. a
glance at the town is necessary, but to
realize its awful extent is not within
the minds conception. There can be
nothing so pitiful as the sight of hun
dreds of widows and orphans under
circumstances such as these.
It is reasonably. certain that $50 men
are dead, and a conservative estimate
places the number Of husbands and
fathers among them at 100. over half.
The families viii average five mem
bers each, and in most cases their
bread-winners have beer stricken
down. There are instances where a
grown son has been spared to make
the living of the family, and some
homes viii be kept I'D for a time at
least on lodge benefits and other in
surance. But the great mass is desti-
tute, and are drawing now on credit
az the company's store, which refuses
them nothing. The miners deal with
the Wasatch Store company through
a coupon book system. These books
are issued to the families at. any time
during the month but are not paid for
until pay day, which is the tenth. Not
until that day do the miners pay for
the goods used up to the 1st of the
month previous, consequently many
died in debt. Money earned from April
10 to May 1 is due them, less the
amount of their merchandise bin.
What action the company viii take
with regard to the accounts has been
given no thought in this terrible hour
Of disaster. Many believe the debts
viii be cleared by the company. The
average ScofieId family lives on $40 a
month. and some on $25. Rent is about
IS, and the men earn more than the
cost Of living. but very few have put
money aside; nor are they insured.
Now and then one finds a man who has
taken out a policy, but partly through
negligence ard partly through their
inability to carry the benefit, the great
majority are Uninsured. No insurance
company has worked the town in ten
years.
Tt is a poverty-stricken popuiace
here in Seof1eld tonight. Things will
be Strengthened out eventually, and
the widows and orphans will manage
to live. But how? That is the great
question. II. n. WHITNEY.
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RESPONSIBILITY THE
AWFUL DISITER
Continued from Page u


Ieeted were A. Greenhalgh, the store
keeper; William Potter and Frank
Mayweather. They had no near rela-
tives killed, but two of them, Potter
and Mayweather, are mourners
through marriage relations.
The justice who sat in the case was
William Hurst, miner. He himself
had a narrow escape from death, being
one of those fortunate enough to reach
the mouth Of tunnel No 1 alive.
The body of William /. Hunter req
resented the army Of dead men. and
the inquest was held at the blighted
home of the Hunters. County Attor-
ney Hoffman conducted the examina-
ton, which commenced at Il a. m.
Mine Inspectors Testimony.
State Mine Inspector Thomas was
the principal witness. The chief point
IN his testimony was. of course. on the
question Of the mine. He stated that
he last inspected the property March
8 and found it in good condition. It
had always been so, he said, and the
company had, in his judgment, com
piled with all the requirements of the
law.
,Mr. Thomas was asked if he knew
the cause of the accident It do not.
he replied. My opinion is that twas
an ignition OF coal dust, caused by a
Tight shot There was no gas in the
mine"
None of the questions put to Mr.
Thomas We're calcula led to cast any
blame upon the company.
Andrew Smith, one of the witnesses,
wa. piled with questions in regard to
the cause, from the standpoint of a
long experience in coal mining. His
opinion was the same as that of the
previous witness He had not gone
into the mine any great distince since
the accident.
DR.. IsSreen of Springville, who has
been constantly on the scene, testified
20 examining bodies brought from the
mine He found that most of them had
died from breathing a poisonous gas.
which he defined as carbon monoxide
(white DAMP. while others had been
killed by an explosion, their bodies be
ing torn and mangled. Still others
were killed by black damp, he said,
and men whom he had examined, who
have been in the mine dTring the past
two days, bore symptoms of having
breathed a certain amount of poison.
The remainder Of the testimony was
unimportant, being for the purpose of
proving facts already too well known
The verdict was that the deceased,
John L. Hunter. came to his death
while employed in mine No. of the
Pleasant Valley Coal company by an
explosion. H. n. WHITNEY.
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FUNERALS AT OGDEN.
Eleven Victims to Be Buried at That
CsTv
Especial CORRESPONDENTS. )


Especial Correspondence
Ogden, May 3.-The horror of the
Scofield disaster is coming closer to
Ogden. Nineteen of the dead victims
are coming to this city tomorrow;
eight are to so on to CoalviIe and
eleven are to be buried in this city.
1t is probable that the services will be
held all together in the tabernacle.
The eight hearses and three dead
wagons, every funeral vehicle in the
city. have been engaged. Those to be
buried here are:
F. Strong. aegd 81; F. F. Strong, his
son, aged "a; Adam Hunter, aged IL;
John Hunter, his son. aged 10: John
Hunter, aged So; David Hunter, aged
%; William Hunter. aged 10: Robert
Hunter, aged 81; J. A Hunter, aged
Is; J. c. Hunter, aged IS; Richard
Stewart, aged "a.
All friends desiring to pay their re-
spects or who have carriages or flow
ers to place at the disposal of the be-
reaved relatives are requested to leave
their names with Peter Minnoek, 165
Twenty-third street.
Nineteen bodies will arrive today,
probably on the afternoon Rio Grande
Western train Eleven of them viii be
taken to Lindquist's undertaking par
lOrs and prepared for burial The other
eight are to go on to CoalVil1e The
eleven will arrive in charge of Andrew
Hunter, surviving son of the Hunter
family, who went from Kanesville to
Scofield Immediately after hearing of
the great calamity and found fourteen
of his immediate relatives dead. Three
Of the fourteen will be buried else
where
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SCENES AND INCIDENTS
OF THE CATASTROPHE
Especial to The Herald from Staff
Correspondent

Especial to The Herald from a Staff
Correspondent
Scofield, May 3.-An old Finn, who
could not speak a word of English or
even write his own name, wandered
into the dead house looking for five
sons. He could not make out the
names on the tags and could not make
the man in charge understand what he
wanted. He went from corpse to
corpse. lifting the cloths from their
faces, and weeping bitterly, until he
was advised to go and get a Finn who
could speak English The old man
an.bled away on this errand, and when
he returned with his interpreter, found
the bodies Of three of his boys. The
other two are doubtless in the mine.
A party Of twenty-five miners cleared
out or No. about three minutes be-
fore the explosion occurred, giving
place TO the surveyors. who We're led
by Bernard DougalI. The fact that
both parties could not work at the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-04
SORROW AT MT. PLEASANT.
Body of David Wilcox Arrives-Re-
lief Fund
(Special CORRESPONDENCE. B


Mt Pleasant. May 3.-The remains
Of David Wilcox, who was one of the
unfortunate victims of the terrible
Scofield disaster, arrived here today
on the noon train. The body had been
embalmed yesterday at Scofield and
was brought to Thistle Junction this
morning in time tobe transferred to
the regular passenger train coming
south.
The scene at the depot when the
corpse was met by the sisters, brothers
and other relatives, was affecting in
the extreme. The widowed mother is
almost overcome by the heavy blow
and was unable to meet the dead body
of her boy. 1t is not yet known when
the funeral will occur but it is under
stood not for several days, possibly a
week. A number of relatives and
friends of the deceased boy accom-
panied the remains here.
1t is reported this morning from
Wales. a small town of 800 people
across the valley, that the list of dead
from the awful explosion includes at
least four men whose homes are in
that little town. They are away from
a daily mail service and only learned
at noon yesterday of the occurrence.
No steps have been taken here vet
to arrange anything in regard to rails
ing funds for relief but a meeting
will probably be called this evening to
take steps in that direction. A carload
or two of flour, vegetables and other
necessaries of life viii probably be
gathered together and shipped over,
besides all the money that can be
raised The city council is already
ARRANGING for the meeting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-04
THATCHER WILL RUN.
Logan Man to Be Candidate for
Governor.

Especial Correspondence
Logan, May although George ".
Thatcher win make no public announce
ment regarding his position, with refer
ence to the gubeTnatOrial nomination, be-
ing decidedly averse to entering what he
terms a wild scramble for office it can be
positively stated that he will be a can
d1date for the Democratic nomination for
governor. that is, his friends here and in
other parts of the state have insisted upon
using his name in that connection and
1t Is known that their desires will out
weigh his own preferences. He had in
tended fOrbiddIng the use of his name put
during the past two weeks he has re-
celVed such urgent assurances from Salt
Lake, Weber and other counties, that he
has listened to the appeals of local party
men, and withheld such announcement
1t is now a certainty that his name viii
be presented to the state convention. and
that he Will likely have the unanimous
support Of the delegation from this
county.
Friends of J. H Moyle are diligently at
work in this county already In the in
terest of that gentleman's candidacy for
the Democratic nomination for governor.
A branch of the Social Democracy has
been organized here. Dr. Z. G.. GOwans is
president; J. L. Petersen, vice president;
II. p. Olsen, secretary; c. {. Goodwin
treasurer, and also organizer. It is the
intention of the new organization to place
its doctrines before the people of Cache
but no attempt will be made to enter the
political field by making nominations for
Office this year.
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SORROW AT PARK CITY.
Generous Sum Quickly Contributed
bv Citizens.
Especial Correspondence

Park City, May 3.-The news of the
awful disaster at Scofeld was received
here with profound sorrow. While
there are no Park City men killed there
is a large number Of COaIville resi-
dents who are well known here. In
the afternoon Scion SDirO, who had
just returned from the east, accom-
panied by D. c. Mclaughlin, started
a petition, and succeeded in raising
over $3.50 for the sOrrowing ones of that
stricken city. The committee are out
today and that amount will be greatly
increased.
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Jennings for Assessor.

Walter Jennings has given it out that
he will be candidate for. county asses
sor to succeed Barney 3. Quinn, who will
decline TO stand for reelection. Mr.. Jen-
nings has hundreds of friends through
out the county, who viii wish him all
kinds of good luck. He is so well known
that it is hardly necessary to say that
he will seek the Democratic nomination.
Mr.. Jennings has been a faithful party
worker and his friends say he is entitled
to some recognition
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KAYsv1LLE CONTRIBUTIONS.
Committee Appointed and Over 500
Raised Yesterday.
Especial Correspondence.)

Kaysville. May 3.-Mayor ]. G. NJ.
Barnes today appointed a committee
consisting of John ". Galley, John R.
Barnes, Hyrum Stewart, Heber J.
Sheffield, George Swan, r. w Barnes,
John H. Bonnemort and John Barker,
to receive contributions to the fund
for the relief Of Scofield sufferers.
That there viii be generous response
to the appeal for aid is expected, and
already more than 800 has been prom
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Hanson Scores Again.
fspeciaI CorrespoRdence. }

toIJt-LdI --JLl = tIUHLItIILE.J
Ogden, May 3-MOrOni Skeen has with
drawn from the race for delegate to the
national convention at Philadelphia. This
is a distinct gain for George NJ. Hanson,
as most of the Skeen men will go for
Hanson In case of formidable Opposi-
ton to Hanson, an effort will be made to
center on Glasmann. The county con-
VentiOn meets Saturday.
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ised. John r. Barnes gives SIS. Kays-
vile Coop s25. and the Barnes Bank
ing company $25. The committee only
began this afternoon to solicit sub
scriptions and the names of other
donors cannot be given.
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Denmark Will Not Sell

London, May 4.-The Copenhagen cor
respondent Of the Times says: The prof.
ect of selling the Danish West Indies to
the United States has been abandoned.
There is a strong opposition to the idea
and the king himself is against it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-04
Want Miss Faust to Run.

Miss Elsie Ada Faust is being urged BY
her Democratic friends to become a can
didate for the Office of state superintend,
ent of schools. She has many support
ers among the most prominent people in
educational and political circles, both
men and women.
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How Miners Work.

The miners, except company men.
work in different places and in pairs.
They work at the faces or the ends of
the main tunnels and at the same
places on the cross-ontries digging out
coal. They blast and pile the coal torn
down and picked out into cars which
are hauled out by horses On each car
there is check, the number on which
corresponds to the mans name as num-
bered on the books Of the company.
But the large force of men work in
the rooms which ere onshoots from
the cross entries, levels. raises or dips.
These rooms are wider and larger than
the main tunnels Or the cross entries.