The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-01-08
DAY Arrra - DIsAsTEh
Chicago Stunaed by thr Enormiry
~ the Calamity.

~ the Calamity.
Chicae1 Jan Thurs ay brought
only the .-iry ~ Wsilesiays monu-
mental calamity. and tire prediction
that The -s- OF fatalities IN The IrO-
cuois Gre vili rul 0ver r1 when ia
forma-o1 S complete The lates-
stzreme-- az dead AZ various mcrSues
Is 55s. and Il IS stated d The various
hospitals and hotels ID which The il-
jured we're removed. thar ~ he 81
people Tho were injured. probably one
third can not live TIE missing are
estimated 2. 3l4. sut Il IS expected
that many u these vili bs accounted
for, probably a lar-e majority u lhe4l
The cts stunned.
II IS no e-1-ravaganrR Of language 70
say thar the civ Is stunned By he
oyerEhslmlrg tragedy which vas
enzrtei when he thearer which housed
~Mr. Blrebearir became q chamber Of
horrors. indeed There is the 6eepes.
woe IL hundreds % homes deep sor-
rOw in thousands % others And a pity
beyond the potency OF words 10 coz
yey. in all
The first streak % daylight which
shone on he snow-covered streets
found he u0rguss still the sorrow
haunted center - many q saarrher
There were hrshants SEARCHING Tor
their wives wives searching fc- tus-
bands. frerzei parents seeking their
children 80 many ~ whom lost their
lives. and 2 some .lsta- ss wide-eyed
children. s-ii dazsi from The horror
CT their experience rrorel dis-r@saIlv
about m se3-ch ~ father and mother
n Depth Of sympathy.
Possibly n0thlnr could better ypfy
TIRE dep-h ~ sympathy which IS felt
b. those directly affected hy The disas-
ter than -le action Of the livery drir-
err b G vote That vls u.-h1u- a dis
sentinE voice ir was decided TO estah-
lish a truce ~ Ten DAYS President AZ
bert Y0lrE 50 r1e union following the
meetins -he follow nr decree.
which was Distributed trol-as
OWNS fo the great disaster 10 the
public caused tg me FIRE az the Iro-
cuois thHa-e- DO hereby declare a
truce iu -he rre=sut strike % under
takers AMI livery drivers for ten days.
and Go further request that every man
nov on strike report az once IS their
respective places u employment. and
90 everything in his power 10 assist his
employer 10 caring for the wants OF
the public WAGES are TO have no con
Siderauon
ISigned ALBERT YOUNG"
Employers Not 90 IL
IN their turn the employers issued a
call 20 their striking employees to re-
turn 10 work" irrespective OF any pre-
vious Affiliations with any and all or
ganizati0rs and promising to protect
them In an contingencies which may
arise in the future
AL night long the crowds came and
wen an1lnd the morzues where the
bodies u the victims % the disaster
lay. There we're the heads OF fam lies
brothers. sisters and men and women
looking for thoes from outside cities
who had been their guests For hours
they passei lp and down before the
lorg rows u dead. searching for the
faces q their missing
Opinions OF Theatrical Men.
Among many 81 the theatrical men
employ in the other Chicago theaters.
the respousihIiity Tor re fire Is as
erhed 90 The careless placing o. cleo
tric arr Light apparatus too close to
one % the hanging borders OF the
scenery The electrician Of 4 leading
Chicago theater expressed great sur
prise on hearing that this was consid-
cred a possible cause 81 the fire.
There never would have been any
mr. Re said u proper care had been
exercised ia handling the lights The