The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-07

Tie train. which was running slowly,
was brought to a sudden stop by the
engineer and members of the train
crew ran hastily forward TO investigate
They were horror-st icken at the ght
which greeted their eyes. the spectacle
being made all the mo e grewsome by
the sickly fiickering lights from the
readers had. II took but a few min
utes for the trainmen to appreciate
the te rible results OF the explosion and
messengers were rushed off for assist
ance.
Charles Recto-. of the shurtleff mine,
dascr bes the explosion as failows:
There were about fifty or xty OF
us waiting for the train, which wa~
corning up the track a few hundre
feet distant. number of miners who
had not yet reached the depot wer,
unning toward IL with their Dime
buckets in hand The train app cached
the depot at a mode ate rate ard the
crowd on the platform began to move
around so as to secure points of van
'age In getting aboard as soon IS the
train stopped. At this moment a gr
explosion occurred right under ou
feet. The impact shook the buildings II
the town and everything became alb.
solutely dark A few moments late
groans of nen were heard and peo
pie came running from residences ane
stores to the scene found myself
un'njul ed. The depot, the platform anc
the surrounding objects were rent into
splinte s. Tie work of rescue was
begun at once. Six badly wounded
miners were picked up at d fife en-.
points near the scene. The dead were
found after much difficulty. There
vas almost total darkness n the vicin
lty."
The whole district is up in arms over
the catastrophe and danger of furthe
trouble is feared
OF the miners murde ed seve al are
fsom this city, while some reside II
7 ctor. Most Of them have familie
ard the crime is enhanced for tina,
reason into the most stupendous die
1ster n the history of the district.
not even excepting that of the Inde
endence mine last January. whereby
lteen men lost their lives.
That the diabolical crime was care
ally hatehed and delibe ately perpe
tiated. there is now not the shadow OF
! doubt.
a large quantity OF unreeognizabl,
emGins Of human beings was uncov.
cd this morning al II o'clock. she H.
3u. ton and " lson and Unde wood
s.ood qua oyer the pile OF debris
ON eally morning, In the hope tina.
pom the arrival of the railroad work.
,. s some definite clue to the nature OF
.-e machine might be discove. cd Mott.
was found. however. except the
ear end of tie wi which was used
explode the gun.
Bloodhounds have been requisltioneo
ION Trinidad, Paine. Lake and canon
ity.
II would seem Ike a futile attemp
} apprehe. d the assassins who pullee
ne string. The tail would be LOST
Iter the end OF the spur is reached
t is no near the town OF Independ-
snce that immune. able pes hav1
ave. sed the e.. ound in that vicinity
I would seen that the only hope /.
,Jf the a rest Of eye.y suspicious per
soa IN the dist.ict and forcing OF
~ach pc sons TO p.ove aliois. The
rin.e as such a te4.lble one that near
~ all the authorities a.e al sea for
/ theo.y TO account Tor tie identity
ii the mu. de er or murde. eIs.
Excitement p.eNails to such an eX-
.oDI that most couse. vat.ve citizens
would not in,e.ie II tney felt sure
-.at the .Ignt pc. sons would Le ap-
srenenaed A-any citizens exp. ess the
pll.lon that Du.n-hg woaid be the
punishment me,eu out 10 tne c.imiia.s
:. oaugnt. 'li.e county wlii De at no
s~pe..se tor a nang.n .ng this ..lIe. saia
:. y. ointment cit zen. u.oups OF dete.
cen IN all po.tions ot Independence
lne Iol.oMnig IS INST oi tue deau
..vw loentineu:
ALIEN M LAIN,
wlLL4A.d SnANKLIN.
j. l., IAItISOCh.
SOo AONDolA4>n
AaInUn MlCnELSEN,
W iLLlAM DELANO
A.. }. JOnNaON.
4AA1.Nr.i J. IiAAG,
IlEI.bEnl IA 10y,
~A.Aa.i-1ss, ~. ioTAAABER,
Ae lilJu4 eu.
Joan ~. Iiali. Phillip Chandler. j. A.
,e~ne., JOAN fointe, & ia. eilce Allen,
Jonn oa.Ney. EDNA q holland.
a he inju. ed were taken To the Victor
..osp tails aud tie managed podies OF
The dead. patched togeihe. as well as
oysbie, We removed to the coro-
.ers office at Victor.
A meeting of the Mine Owners Asso-
ciation has been called. Rewards ag-
z esat ng many thousand dollars viii
= G offered for appi ehension of the Grim
lnals and Cove nor Peabody will be pc