Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-14

HthU' ufd'H 10 inc feSonerS- som
say that 100 more bodies lie beyon
the impenetrahle region of death. bu
at this hour it is safe to say the los
of life will aggregate one hundred an,
nifty and may reach two hundred
Men worked in the black hell al
Yesterday and last night and vhel
daylight revealed The mouth of tn.
horrible pit, it also showed the agon
lied faces of hundreds OF harefootet
women gathered upoa the emlnenct
whore the dead wagons wore lined III
ready to remove the victims of III,
explosion. Most OF the dead ar,
Slavs, with n Hungarian here ant
there. The faces OF the dead where
ever visible were of deep scarlet
All the poor fellows had uplifted
hands close to their faces. Generally
the bodies were in fair state OF
preservation. The head of one had
been completely blown of
The disaster is generally attributed
to the carelessness of party of Slavs
engaged in drawing pillars in worked.
out rooms along the seventh heading
The work had always been accompan.
led by more or less gas let in from
three openings in the roof caused by
breakage. None of the Slavs had
lamps. it is asserted
JOHNSOTOwN. Pa. July IL
Scenes around Stony creek and Cam
bria Steel company's property are ter
rihly pathetic at noon today. The
weeping women and children the dead
miners being carried to the armory at
Mill Creek every few minutes and the
gruesome professions with the MAIN
ed and dying going to the hospital, are
among the sorry features. No one
seems to know Just how many dead
are coming out of the tremendous
grave. Already there are nearly one
hundred which have been taken from
the cavern, and as many more. it is
feared are inside The work of res
cuing is slow and difficult. and the
wailing families of the miners who are
surely dead or on the list of missing
makes scene to touch every heart
Some of the women appear to be on
the verge of insanity. They are all
or nearly all, foreigners. Slavs prin-
cipally, and their wild expressions in
an unknown tongue, their prayers to
heaven and their cries for their
loved ones are heartrendng beyond
| expression As the bodies come out.
they show the fearful agonies the un-
fortunates suffered before death re-
leased them. Several We're mutilated
by falling timbers and rocks, while
others are purple and wld-eyed show
ing their mad search for air. There
are several instances of great bray
cry, especially the work of Mine
Foreman Rodgers and his three assist
ants. Powell Griffith and Thomas Fos
ter are other men who risked their
lives in their efforts to save their fel
low men.
But for them the death list would
have been longer. The mine is the
largest coal mine In the United
States. 1t is four miles long. and
this is the first serious accident that
has occurred in it for over thirty
years 1t is believed that the accident
was caused by carelessness in allow
ing gas to escape from the fifth head
| ING, WHICH ndu Deen CLOSED on ac'
count of its unfitness for work. Only
last week the state examiners had
been through the property and de-
clared 1t safe.
SEATTLE. Wash. July l0-Con-
vict Tracy made his appearance at
Green Lake. a suburb last night He
entered the residence of man named
/ Holman ufh Ia. . b. tnI
posse with bloodhounds were i'm
mediately put on his trail, but the
chase was abandoned, as the dogs
We're worn out
SEATTLE, Wash, July 11.-Once
more Harry Tracy has given the Off
GERS the slip. although apparently
trapped. Instead of entrenching him
self on the knoll near Auburn Tracy
fled to the mouth of Sluice creek near
Covington, passing the line of deputies
without trouble, although they were
stationed fifty feet apart.
CHICAGO H.. July 1.-THE strike
situation here and throughout the
country is clearing today and indica-
tions point to a general settlement of
labor difficulties. Arbitration has
practically settled the freight han
dlers trouble here and railroads are
showing a disposition to give reasona-
BILE terms to men. They had all the
labor they wanted this morning and
the roads are having little difficulty in
disposing of accumulated freight. Dis.
patches from Pittsburg this morning
and those from Omaha are clso en-.
couraging. The terrible catastrophe
at Johnstown had the effect of show
ing the public how grave the danger
is that besets the coal miners and T.
creating a feeling of sympathy fol
them which the operators recognize
1t is said that President Mitchell
has assurances that the strike will be
settled shortly.
! President O'Connell of Omaha. who
is the head of the international Asso
citation OF Machinists, wires that the
trouble with the Union Pacific is In
course of settlement and that the men
will win. getting a decided increase In
wages, although they may concede
the working plan which the road IA
yors. There seems to be spirit oi
general Cancellation about
ROME. July 1.-THE American
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