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Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

Mr.. W. I. Van Brunt, who strides a puny
world like a colossus" made a little ex-
cursion from st. Joseph to Chicago the
other day, and at once the pipe .wreaths
began to take the form Of a Western
league team on Comiskey's White Stocking
park. Probably the next time Mr.. Van
Brunt goes to New York we will hear of
the Western league invading Gotham. But
right here The Bee wants to enter a pro-
test against the statement that comes out
every time Van Brunt's name Is mentioned,
that he financed" the Western league last
summer and made 1t possible to fight the
American association. AS a matter of fact.
the Western league needed no financing.
Mr.. Van Brunt and Mr.. Burns of Colorado
Springs promised that they would foot the
bills II the league failed to pay out. AS
every team in the league except Kansas
City paid out, no bills were left over to
foot. And as the expenses OF the league
we're met by the teams, there was no need
Of financial assistance from any source.
Omaha and Denver paid the expenses Of the
Western league last season by their mag
nincent support. More people paid their
way into one Sunday game at Omaha than
went through the pay gates in any one
month at st. Joseph. This talk about w. 7.
Van Brunt financing" the Western league
makes the real supporters Of the game
tired. And then It doesn't give Tom Burns
q show, either, and that's wrong. Tom is
certainly entitled to something for the talk
he put up last summer. Meantime, it's up
to Omaha and Denver to turn out the
crowds again.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04

Suddenly the talk about the raids that
Joe Cantillion was making on the Cali
fornia league has ceased. Here's a tip on
those lads: IN offer from IN eastern
magnate is a good thing to Haunt in the
face OF a coast manager once in a while.
Some of these times the coast managers
will get "wised up proper" and then some
alleged stars of the game in California
will have to work or walk.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22

ing arms. as they were all pCaceably in
cliued and good citizens. He told me that
he had conferred with union headquar-
tiers at Denver I'm regard TO the govern
same ultil he had instructions from that
source ! afterwards went 10 the mine
and had talk with the men who were
working in regard to the strike. They
said that there were cighty-fivc men
working and that they had no grievances
and were satisfied with the company 8
way Of doing business. The output on thC
18th was $50 tons. which was ample to
keep the coke ovens going. From there /
went % the company's office and made
inquiries as TO the condition Of things. |
found that on the morning before the
strike there were $50 men on the payroll
and on the morning Of the strike there
They have been increasing daily and to-
day there are between eighty and ninety
men al work in the. Sunnysidc mines. All
the outside men are working. to the num-
Der Of about 115. ] find the majority of
the strikers arc Italians. All the Old resi-
a work saw there have been no threats
made against them working and quiet
prevails I'm the camp. There were only
tWenty-fOur men worked IN Castle Gaze
today, but Winter Quarters and Clear
Creek mines arc working with fu!l
Fuel company and Pleasant Valley coal
company at present is 1900 tons per day.
The companies have Increased the wag aS
of an their employees p cents per day
and the miners before the advance were
mining 2240 pounds 60 the ton and now
they are mining 2.0O0 pounds to the ION.
Hoping the above report will be salts
factory. respectfully yours.
CONFER THOMAS.
State Coal Mine Inspector.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
BOARDING SHANTY HOLOCAUST
over One Hundred Italian Railroad Laborers Caught in
Death Trap and Over a Score of Them perished
in the Flames

TOHNSTOWN, Pa, Nov. 2t.-While
over 100 Italian railroad labOrers
= ,vere asleep in a shanty near Lilly.
Pa. on the Pennsylvania railroad early
today. the building caught fire and be-
fore the men could escape at least
twenty-seVen were burned to death and
a score or more were seriously injured
The men were employed by McMenamin
& Sims or the Pennsylvania railroad
Improvements between Lilly and Pert
age. There were 500 on the Job all
Italians. and iu the shanty which
burned were 125 of these. The shanty
was about 100 feet long. one story in
height and built IN the usual style Of
such quarters. The eastern end was
devoted TO the cooking and eating room
while the men slept in hunks. like sai j.
dimes in a can. I'm the western end.
There was only one door at each end
and the windows We're few and small
The fire IS supposed 10 have started
from an overheated stove in the eastern.
end. The building burned like finder
and the flames were upon the men be
fore any OF them were aroused. Then
began a struggle for the outside and
life They fought and scrambled for
the doors. and the weaker were crushed
down and trampled. Others were roast
ed 10 death there
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
INTERNAL MACHINE IN A MINE
Superintendent Mccormick and Manager Beck the Vic
Tins of a DiabOlicaI Plot While Descending
Shaft at Cripple Creek.

Internal machine, containing many
pounds of dynamite, was placed i'm the
sixth level. which is part of the abau-
duned workings of the mine. within a
few inches of the shaft. Then a loaded
revolver was fixed i'm the shaft. with
its muzzle pointing directly toward The
internal machine.
Cunning Device.
To the trigger of the revolver was
attached a string. which was thrown
across the shaft in such a manner that
when the cage came down and encoun-
tered the string the revolver would
explode, the bullet striking the infer
nal machine Pieces of this revolver
have been recovered from the bottom
of the shaft, but not a Vestige of the
Internal machine can be found
Major Naylor and a detail Of soldiers
were despatched from Camp GOldheld
to the mine and took charge Of the
property. No one is allowed to APP
proacb the mine and no one is permit
ted to leave. Superintendent McCOr-
mick was one of the best known min
ing men in the cripple Creek district.
After receiving news of the eXplO-
sion Governor Peabody ordered the
troops in Cripple Greek who were 90
proceed 10 Telluride tonight to remain
i'm cripple Creek The force now there
numbers nearly 400 men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
MINERS MEET DEATH
Ten Men Killed in Explosion
Nine Others Seriously
Injured.

COnnellsvilie Pa. Nov. 2f.-The i'll
fated Hill Farm district tonight added
ten more victims to it's black record.
Just as the day shift had nearly COM
pIeted ito IabOrs and were about TO
leave the Ferguson mine at $50 o'clock
a terrific explosion rent the whole mine
and nineteen miners who were work
ing in the vicinity were thrown in all
directions. The roof came tumbHng
down. and the close air OF the whine
became Supplying. The men rushed
in every direction, seeking means Of
escape. but only nine succeeded in
reaching place of safety. The bodies
of the other ten were found horribly
burned when the rescuing party reach
ed them shortly after TO o'clock
The explosion occurred in the Fergu
son mine Of the Dunbar Furnace com
pany, which adjoins the Hill Farm
mine. 1t IS believed by mining ex-
perts that the fire which had been
raging in the Hill Farm mine since the
disaster Of 1890, broke through the
walls which had been erected between
the Hill Farm mine and the Fersu-
son mine and caused an explosion.
The dead are all foreigners, except
ing James McGUiTCue. son Of Pit Boss
John McGuirque. The pit boss was in
The mine al the time Of the explosion,
but escaped by crawling into an aban-
dOned room. where -, remained until
the flames swept by The other eight
injured men escaped in a like manner.
The injured were brought TO the Cot
tage state hospital here. All are Sc
riouSlv burned. and il is thought
doubtful II more than four survive
from the explosion
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22

deal through: James McCoH. Peter
Depagter Jacob Ellen, NJ. Kinney,
John T. Donovan, jacob Mol, Abraham
Chisells. Charles Johnson. Ryner stone
house, Daniel Losier, John McLachlan,
Clark Slocum, John Muir and Adrian
Shriver.
The amounts the respondents are
charged with having received Gus OF
The alleged bOodie funds taage from SEQ
to S3.333.
Mayor Got Lions Share.
Revelations of the morning. in the
service of warrants show that the com
mon council was controlled. during the
attempt to put through the water
scheme, with fourteen votes, which in
Guided both Democrats and Republic
ans. The aldermen are charged with
having received $500 to $500 each. May
or Perry's share. it is charged i'm the
warrant, was 1888, and Corey p. Bis
sell is charged with receiving $780,
while State Senator Burns is alleged
to have received $500 for his support
II has developed that SalsbUry's first
confession, made last week. was not
SO complete as the prosecution had
EoDed for.
Prosecutor Ward went to work at
once upon the leverage offered by the
incomplete statement and secured
enough additional evidence SO that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22

Those who strove Tor the doors wer-
IN the widest sort Of paric. They
fought and kicked and among those
who escapeu there are many who bear
marks Of the fierce strife which took
place in this battle for life A few gor
out OF the small windows. minus
clothes, and with their bodies cut from
broken glass.
Went Back and Perished.
Many Of those who did manage to
get out had their savings Of years in
their trunks which they lefs behind
them in the building. Renemberlrg
this fact as soon as they got outside.
they fought just as fercely to get back.
A few succeeded, but for the sake 90
their boarded treasur- they gave up
their lives.
One eyewitness says he does not he
lleVe that a single man OF those who
returned succeeded in getting ouf
again. In the ruins today some of the
corpses were close beside the hoope I
bands Of their trunks and melted gold
and silver. which had been kent in
those receptacles. indicated that they
had fallen and died with their treasure
I'm their arms. The bodies were an
practically burned 10 pieces. An Ttaf-
ian who looked at them today and who
knew every man in the shanty. wa
unable TO identify a single one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
WOMEN LEADING FIGHT
War Upon Senator Smoot Seems
to Be Growing Inter.
eSti1g,
Especial to The Heraid0

Washington, d. c., Nov 217Women
an great numbers threaten to make
Washington their headquarters next
week to take up the propaganda against
senator SmoOt. Mrs. SchOef, president
of the Mothers Congress. and other
leaders of women's organizations have
reached here ard have called meetings
Of W. c.. r. T.. Interdenom-
national Society OF Women and other
organizations, ten or twelve in number.
TO be held here within the next week or
ten days They have invited pastors of
various churches to meet with them and
intend to make a determined fight
against Smoot. not on the ground that
he is polygamist. but that he repre-
sents an organization which toierates
poiygamy. Ample funds are apparently
at the disposal of the opponents OF
Smoot, and as soon as Headquarters are
established a large amount of literature
will be disseminated IN an effort to
work up public opinion throughout the
country against Mormonism.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
TIME FIXED FOR VOTE
Cuban Bill Will Be Disposed of
by the Senate at the Req
uIar Session.

Washington Nov. 21.-The Repub-
lican and Democrats leaders of the
senate were in conference much Of the
time today over the question of fixing
a time for a vote on the Cuban recip-
rocity bin and, so far as they were en-
powered to DO 50, entered into an
agreement to take the final vote on
Dec is, or little more than a week
after converting of the regular session
Of congress. There was no opportun-
ity to consult some of the Democratic
senator's who desire TO speak on the
bill, but 1t is not doubted that they
VIII assent to the arrangement.
Very little progress was made dur
ms the day in the effort to secure an
agreement between the senate and
house for final adjournment of the
called session before Thanksgiving and
there were no conferences between SEN
ators and members. The senator's are
quite hopeful that an understanding to
that effect viii be reached. but they
say that if it is not they intend to ac-
compiish the same purpose by taking
several adjOurnments for three days at
a time the maximum time which one
house can refrain from meeting with
out the consent Of the other.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
LIFE SENTENCE
FOR HAWORTH
PardOning Board Believes He May
Not Have Killed Sandal.
ROBERTSON IS RELEASED
TWO OTHER CoNVICTs GIVEN
THEIR FREEDOM.

NJ f. C''Nick') Haworth, who was to
N. have been executed on Dec. II
for the murder Of Thomas Sandal
in the Farmers Union store at Layton
on the night Of March %. 1899, had his
death sentence committed to life inn
prisonment late yesterday afternoon
by the state board Of pardons. The
board was actuated in its course by
the showing made by Attorneys A. J.
Weber and 7. NJ. Hamilton that &c was
impossible for the condemned man to
have committed the crime.
So overwhelming was the evidence
adduced in the form of statements and
afttdavits that Governor II. NJ. Wells
was constrained to interrupt Attorney
Weber before he had more thar gotten
half through with his statement. and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
SOME OF THEM WERE CHEAp MEN
Seventeen Former City Officials Rapids Michigan
Charged with Accepting Brides the Mayor
Got the Long End.

n RAND RAPIDS, Mich, Nov. IL
IT Warrants were issued today for
seventeen former city officials.
charging them with accepting a bride
in connection with the famous Garman-
Cameron scheme for supplying the city
with water from Lake Michigan. All
OF the warrants are the result OF the
confession made by former city At
tcrney Salisbury on his return last
week from serving a tWO-year term in
the Detroit house of correction for
breaking the federal banking law i'm
connection with the scneme- While in
prison Salsbury's conviction on a bib
cry charge in the state. courts in con-
pectou with the same matter was af-
fiTmed by the supreme court of the
United states and. with the prospect
OF being returned to prison. Salisbury
went to the prosecutors Office and
made lengthy confession. which re-
suited in today's issuance of warrants.
Following are those indicted.
List of the Indicted.
Former Mayor George r. Perry.
State Senator David Burns, Corey P
Bissell. former member of the board
Of public works, and the following ex-
aldermen, who were in office when the
attempt was made to put the water
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22

Salisbury was summoned again last
night for a conference. The result
the prosecutor says. was a statement
V hich is regarded as complete.
Mayor Surrenders.
Ex-BIayor Ferry. heard Of the warrant
issued against him and wandered into
police headquarters and gave himself
up. State Senator Burns and ex-Al-
derman Kinney came in next. They
were in the custody of the officers.
Alderman Jacob Mot. Charles Ryley
StonehOuse, John McLachlan. Jacob
Ellen Peter Depagter, Malachi Kenny,
Adrian Shriver and Abraham c. Ghy-
sells, il is charged received $3.50 each
Alderman Daniel r. Lozier, Clark Slo-
cum, James O. McCou John Muir and
John Donovan received $500, it is
charged.
Four Of the men arrested are mem
bers Of the council as follows: Depag-
ter, Ellen, Mot and Shriver.
Only Got $500.
EX-Aiderman Ghysels after hearing
the complaint at his arTaignment
charging him with receiving $3.50, hest
lated and then said TO Judge Hag-
gerty: II did not take $3.50, but j did
get $500"
Then his attorney pulled him to one
'iN-N' e'4it liN many dih'u-tNCN tAtqtt fhe
wanted an examination. EX-Mayor
Perry at first waived examination and
was bound over to the superior court.
The bail was fixed at $1,000 Perry
said that he would not furnish any
such bail but would go to Jail first.
He then changed his mind, demanding
an examination, which was set for Nov.
IS. All the other alleged cOnspira tors.
with the exception of Muir. who is
sick. and Schriver. whose wherea bouts
are not known to the officers. were
arraigned during the day and their
examinations set for Nov. 80.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
CRIPPLE GREEK. Colo. Nov. q.
Charles Mccormick, superintent

CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo, Nov. 81
Charles Mccormick, superinteud-
ent of the vindicator mine. and
Melvin H. Beck. miner. were killed
shortly before noon today by an ex-
plosion in the sixth level Of the Vindi-
Gator mine.
The explosion occurred while Super
intendent Mccormick and Miner Beck
were in the cage. They were the only
passengers. Just as the cage reached
the sixth level the explosion occurred.
IT wrecked the level. cage and shaft
a that point and Instantly killed bCth
men. The explosion was heard at the
surface and many persons thought f.
was an earthquake. The engineer
hastily reversed the hoist, but could
not pull up the cage
Bodies Recovered.
The bodies OF Mccormick and Beck
We're recovered and brought to the sur
face through the second compartment
Of the shaft this afternoon.
1t is believed no others were killed or
injured tt is positively asserted by
officers of the indicator Mining COM
pany thar the explosion was caused BY
an Internal machine. This statement
was made after a thorough examina-
ton had been made OF the shaft The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
ROAST FOR GOVERNOR BLISS
Michigan Executive Done Turn by Judge Chittender
in His Charge TO the Jury in the Thomas
Perjury Case.

FRANKFORT Mich. Nov. 21.-Judge
Chittenden's charge to the jury in
the Thomas perjury case in the
circuit court has caused sensation
because of the courts caustic criticism
Of Governor A. T. Bliss. The governor
recently pardOned Deputy Game War
den Spafford of Cadillac, who was con-
victed of manslaUghter at Frankfort
The case arose from The shooting OF a
fisherman who, it is claimed had re-
sisted arrest when Spanord caught him
in an alleged violation of the state fish
and game laws Spafford's pardon was
practically simultaneous with his con-
victiOn. His friends followed 10 their
advantage by charging that Thomas
had perjured himself TO qualify rs n
juror in the SpaffOrd case, and Govern
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
SHERIFF ASKS Gov. WELLS
TO CALL OUT THE TROOPS
Carbon County Official Says He Is PowerIeSS to
Cope With Disorder in the Coal Camps.
General O. Cannon Goes to Investigate NscessissSuston
Is Shown More Serious Than First Reported

o.
~
The local police authority and deputy sh sufficient and are pow
law and he his MY
O.
a
%
Thomas
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
BLEW TOP OF HEAD OFF.
Suicide of a Ranchman Near Dillon
Mont

Dillon. Mont, Nov. 21.-Lars Hansen,
% years old, committed suicide at his
ranch near Dillon this morning by
blowing the entire top OF his head off
with a shotgun. He had been dead for
several, hours before the body was
found, ard every indication proved that
the suicide was deliberate. He had
stood in front OF a mirror. fixed the butt
of the gun firmly on the floor. placed
his ear over the muzzle, reached down
and pulled the trigger. The suicide is
not much Of surprise to his friends, as
the statement is made that ne had been
going daft for some time past
brother committed suicide in the Mus
selshell country some years ago i'm the
same manner. Hansen was divorced
and had lived here twenty years Four
children survive him and he was reput-
ed wealthy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22

or Bliss, in extending cIemency. alleged
that it was a packed jury that had
convicted SDaffOrd In the Thomas
case Judge Chittenden ordered the jury
70 bring in a verdict Of not guilty.
This whole proce eding so far as the
pardOning of SpaffOrd is concerned ard
the arrest and detention of this respon-
dent, Thomas. is a burlesQue upon de-
cency, justice and fair play" said
Judge Chittenden. Il consider this cas-
an act Of persecution rather than pros
ecuuQn, pl9cing the administration OF
justice at disadvantage in this coun-
Try and rendering pOweriess the func-
ton of the court by the blind interfer-
ence Of the states chief executive"
Judge Chittenden mas disregarded the
pardon of the governor and has or
dered Spafford to appear in his court
today for sentence
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
MAY SHUT DOWN MINES.
Prospects Are Reported Serious at
Castle Gate.
So b - -

Especial to The Herald
Price. Utah, Nov. 2L-At Castle
GATE this afternoon all the strik-
ing element were paid off in full.
about $4,000 going out from the
company's strong box. The money is
in full for all obligations of the COM
pany up to the time the men went
out Good order prevailed. and there
was no disturbance of any kind. due.
no doubt to the fact that no liquors
are being sold in the camp. the only
saloon having closed voluntarily. The
miners had a parade in the afternoon,
There are rumOTs that the company
intends to bring in Japanese or ne
groes. or both. but as yet nothing to
prove the correctness of the rumor has
been announced by the company Off
Cials. If the men do not return TO
work 81 is not altogether unlikely that
the Castle Gate mine viii be closed
down indefinitely and the men who are
willing to work sent to the other
camps Of the company. where they
could be utilized to better advantage
than under present conditions at Cas-
tie Cate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22
EARTHQuAKE sHoCK.

Rome, Nov. 21.-A heavy shock Of
earthquake was felt in eastern Sicily
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