The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-01
MeEor - Action.


,,. .lsstsler mas taken place IN prob
10y me safest theatre in Chicago"
Mayor Takes Action.
The mayor tonight sent the following
esser &c all theatrisal Droprietors in
nov : Of this year I transmitted
- the CITY council a report on the the
sstes OF Chicago, calling the attention
~ me council 10 the failure of all the
tteatfes 10 comply fully with the terms
- the building ordinances relative to
giaces OF Amusement. The council sent
tiae communication TO the committee
aa judiciary for consideration. and,
pending report from that committee.
directed the commissioner Of buildings
nance.
The city ordinance. among other
thl+lgs, requires each theatre to employ
nrenaan, 10 be approved by the chief
p the IRE department, to look after
me FIRE protection Of the house. I am
advised by the chief that several the
btres have refused 20 comply with this
provision of the ordinances. In view
p the terrible disaster at the IroqIOis
tHeatre, and pending action Of the city
tauncn, L have directed the chief OF
ne IRE department to assign one Fegu-
sr member Of the department to each
Theatre not complying with the 0rdi-
kaDee relating to The employment Of a
fireman. The fremen now employed
~ the theatres should be assigned to
the front Of the house, while the fire.
man assigned by the chief should be
assigned 10 the stage. I have further
directed the chief, in cases where the
ordnance has not Deen 0beyed, to as
sign two regular firemen to the duty Of
protecting the public against fire. The
wages Of these fremen VIII be billed
cire9t 10 the theatres to which they
ere assigned, and the service viii be
continued until the council has finally
acted on the ordnance
VIII Enforce Orders
after despatching this letter, the
mayor said.
If any one of the theatrical man
tgefs refuses to pay the wages Of these
Plen. as several Of them have refused
b the past. ] viii close the doors Of the
theatres and keep them closed until
they agree 20 act as they should"
All during the day kilograms Of sym
bathy 20 the people Of Chicago and
bffeFs of aid poured in by telegraph on
the mayor. He announced tonight:
It have received many offers Of aid.
It may be that before we get through
with this trouble a few persons VIII be
he able To give that aid herself. Most
hf those killed and injured, now iden-
lined, can be sbuEdantly cared Tor
Condolences.
Among the kilograms of coincidence
received from abroad by the mayor,
Mere the following:
Hefiin-MayOr Harrison: Wish to
express deepest sympathy on account
y terrible catastrophe at IrOquOis the
ttre. Please let me know of missing,
ana II some of my acquaintance among
them What a terrible beginning of
hew year many good citizens OF Chi
fago viii have.
PRINCE HENRY Of Prussia"
From p. 5. Willard, actor. London,
has received the following: Deepest
sympathy with citizens mourning"
4 message of coincidence was also re-
seiTed from Mayor Collins of Boston,
'nd from dozens OF the chief executives
Df cities between St. Louis and New
York.
Day of Sorrow,
n addition 10 the proclamation fs-
! 1sed during the afternoon suggesting
That the usual New Years festivities
be abandoned, Mayor Harrison tonight
announced that all departments of the
tity would be closed on Saturday. Jan. I
=. on account Of the calamity at thu
lrOqu0is theatre.
He made the request that all bust
ness houses throughout Chicago also
close on that day, making il a day Of
general mourning.
On every train which arrived in Chi
cage today came relatives OF persons
who are thought to have been killed or
injured ia the ere. The Hobbies of the
downtown hotels were scenes of manH
unhappy meetings IS well as of anxious
Inquiries On the part of fathers, moth
ers. and more distant relatives Of per
sons Of whom no trace could be found /
Many Of these people returned TO the
hotels late in the evening after either
g fruitless search for their loved Ores
or after finding in "a CharTed and dis /
figured body lying IN Q mOrgue all that
remained OF the relative or friend fer
whom they had searched.
Heartbroken Husband.
T. A. F'reer. postmaster of GalesburC,
BIS. arrived tSday In response to a tel /
fs1am saying that his wife and daugh- /