The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-03

Etd0tef.
Now therefore. I. Ezra Thompson,
mayor of Salt Lake City, do hereby ap-
point the following named persons az a
committee to solicit and receive supscrip-
tions for the relief of the destitute ones in
this great calamity: John E. Doosy, A. w.
McCune, W. s. Mccormick, NJ. II. Walker
Frank Knox, L. s. Hills. T. b. Jones.
John c. Cutler, A. H. Tarbel, Thomas
Kearns. John ]. DAILY. A. w Carlson,
Simon Bamberger, John t. Dcnnellan.
James Chapman. Q. J. Salisbury. p. II.
Lannan, William Igieheart, r. c. Cham
bers, A. l.. Thomas. w. A. Nelson, DIR.
Theodore Meyer, d. II. Peery, jr
EZRA THOMPSON, Mayor"
Another Estimate of the Dend.
A special to the Tribune from Scofield.
Utah, at o'clock says the estimate OF
dead is now raised to $50. The relief is
being organized into shifts and the one
now In the mine has fifty bodies ready to
bring out.
Arriving trains are bringing relatives OF
the victims from all points.
The coal company has appointed COM
mittee to carry the dead to Salt Lake,
Ogden and other points
On account of the gas, No. mine has
been abandoned as means OF rescue and
the bodies are arriving at the mouth Of
No. l mine by the carload.
and all are burned and unacceptable.
Full Figures May Never BE Known.
A special to the Herald from Scofeld.
Utah, says:
1t seems that at least $50 men have been
killed In the mine accident. The accurate
figures cannot be given and will not be
known for some days The mine managers
say It will be impossible to secure a list
OF names until the dead bodies have been
brought out and identified.
Superintendent Sharp says there were
800 men In the mine at the time of the
explosion. OF these 1t is impossible to ae-
count for more than sixty. In the turmoil
and confusion those who escaped cannot
be seen. There is great variance between
the figures given by Superintendent Sharp
and those given by Mine Superintendent
Parmeley.
Names of Those Known to he Dead.
The following are ITS names of those
who have been recovered and of some re-
naming I'm the mine:
Edwin Street, John Jones. Dick Stew
art. John Price, tr.. John Burns, r. s.
Evans, ID. It. Evans, John Pitman. NJ.
Pitman. j. Declift. John Weber. Thorn
as Weber, William Weber, Roger Da-
Wis, M. Patterson, T. II. Kelley, T. J.
Hardee, E. Hardee. Gus Gordon. Henry
Wilson. William Samuels, A. Adamson,
w. DOuBids, Lew Jones, FRANK Strdng,
jr., Frank Strang, ST., Thomas Perish
and son. James Wilson. Alex Wilson.
jr., Willie Wilson, Adam Hunter and
son. Robert Hunter. ]. c. Hunter. J. A.
Hunter. Dave Hunter, John Hunter,
Willie Hunter, w. Wilstead, Louis Ley
shen. e. Evans. H. A. Miller. Isaac A.
Miller v. r. Miller, Dan Williams, ].
Gatherum. w. Gatherum, Thomas Gath
erum, Langstaff and son. w. Nailsen.
Joe Graves. r. Williams and son, L.
Williams. Watson, ]. ]. Jenkins, John
c. Davis. - Barns and son. Robert Will
stead. @. Coulthafd. Tom Reilley Sam
Padfield. Thomas PadfieId David Pad
field, Dan Pitman and son, Dick Thorn
as, William Powell, Valentine Lemon,
William Rees, William Jones. Edward
Jones, H. Bederson. James Wallace.
william Davis Lee Gordon, r. ID. Reese,
John Druck. II. Haikkila. John Haik-
kala, John Koski. Victor Ogan, Lee
ogan, John Keramen, Alex Ketola. Il.
Huilitala, N. Huiitala. Oscar Lindberg.
Erick Jappa, Richard Back, John Pisola,
A. Klienda. j. Klienda, w. Klienda, ].
Selien. Abram Suma and eight brothers,
William Jackasala, Mat Hindras. Oscar
Nuemi, John Hout, A. Houta. John Kerr
bella, w. Jacobson, John jacobson, ].
Lehtola, $. Mackey, III. Pinkkala, C. Pc
sola. f. Erickson, I. l. Limdgrens. ].
Anderson, NJ Kangas, John Korpi, H.
Charles Koski, NJ. Mimi. N. walkame. r.
kalso, Victor Aho, A. Mackey Mat Kos
XII. Charles Lappi, A. Penattila, NJ PEN
attila A. kongas, John Hougla, C.
Hougia, A Warrilla, M. Photographers
and ten unidentified.
Mr.. Smoot. of Provo, said there were
800 men In the mine, and II that Is cor
rect. more than 300 are among the dead.
The officials OF the coal company say
there Is no record of the miners working
from day to day.
Mine Had Besn Long Worked.
The mine had been worked for over
twenty years, and had the reputation,
according to State Mine Inspector Thorn
as, of being one OF the best ventilated
and protected in the West, He states
that he inspected II less than five weeks
ago and believed II entirely safe at that
time. IL has never had bad air and had
always been free from gas. and as the
coal Is all loaded with shovels, there
has not been a large accumulation of
dust.
Many of the Miners Americana.
Nine-tenths of the men killed are
Americans and Welsh. The former come
mostly from Utah, with a small number
from Tennessee and Colorado.
Six undertakers were sent down this
morning and the collins win go down as
soon as they can be shipped.
The special train bearing four OF the in
tured men arrived at the Rio Grande
Western depot this morning.
PitifuI Scenes of Grief.
A special to the Deseret News from SEQ
field says the appalling nature OF the dis
aster had not fully dawned on the people
of that place last night. as the company
kept the grief-stricken wives and children
away from the scene OF operations All
night long lights We're kept burning In
every home In Scofeld and winter-quar-
ters. and the means Of the mothers and
pitoaGs cries OF many orphans are heart
rcndine Tho two camps have always
been conspicuous for the large number OF
married men employed. This fact makes
the disaster more appalling ana far-reach-
ing Ia It's results. Several families have
been robbed Of all their male representa-
tives In the Hunter family seven are
missing Among the dead are about TWEEN
~ young boys who acted as couplers ana
trap boys
Procession of the Dead.
The first body taken out today Was that
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