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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
WORST MINE
D Asst Err
IN STATES
HISTORY
UNDERGROUND PRISON
PACKED WITH DEAD
Explosion Caused by Dust
Takes Awful Toll in West
Virginia Coal FieIdS--De
List May Reach 100,
Especial Dispatch to the Morning Journal.l

Especial Dispatch to the Morning journal. l
Charleston, w. Va, Jan. 29.-With'
a detonation heard for miles and hurl-
ing debris hundreds of feet in the air,
dust in the Stuart mine near Fayette-
vile, exploded this afternoon, bring
ing terrible death to eighty or more
men, who were at work 600 feet be-
low the surface. There is no chance
that any will be taken out alive, for
1t is thought that the terrific force of
the explosion snuffed out their lives
instantly 1t will not be possible for
.rescuers to reach the bottom of the
shaft for forty-eight hours
The disaster is perhaps the worst
in the number of killed. in the his
tory of this state. Most of the men
we're Americans and many of them
were married and had large families.
There We're a dozen or more colored
men and about twenty aliens among
the victims. The rescue work was be-
gun as soon as the shaft house could
be repaired. About two hours after
the explosion three men were lowered
into the shaft in a bucket Before
descending sixty feet two were over
come and the third was barely able to
give the signal to hoist Further at
ltlhplS WtAt dDdHuOuGQ.
Air was supplied to the mine by
several large fans but the mechanism
was damaged and the fans were idle
about two hours. The fans have been
again sks& 8s 9ss-4s4s@ es,8Af. i5ss
all killed it may be that they will have
air enough to survive until the res
cuers reach them The Stuart mine
has only one opening, although an en-
try has been driven to connect with a
parallel mine a short distance away.
The shaft has three compartments,
two for the cages and one for air.
Smoke and dust poured into the air
shaft for hundreds of feet from the
ventilating compartment and it was
wrecked. | is stated that nearly all
the men were at work in the work.
ings near the bottom of the shaft. No
official announcement of the disaster
or its cause has yet been made by the
officers of the company. That dust
caused the explosion is stated by per-
sons at the scene but the investigation
may prove otherwise 1t is stated that
little or no gas has been encountered.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
SOLUTION OF JAPANESE
BELIEVED IN SIGHT
San Francisco school Officials Invited
TO Washington After White
House Conference.

Washington, Jan. 30,-After two
hours conference at the White House
tonight regarding the Japanese ques-
tion on the Pacific coast the Califor-
MIA delegation in congress authorized
the following statement.
THE California delegation had a
very full and harmonious discussion
with the president, the secretary of
state and the secretary Of the navy on
the serious questions relating to the
Japanese on the Pacific coast. The
character of the discussion leads US to
feel confident that a solution will be
reached satisfactory to all concerned.
The result of the meeting is that
the delegation has tonight telegraphed
10 the president Of the San Francisco
board of education and the superin-
tendent of schools to come to Wash
lngton at once for conference with
TIE president and the secretary of
state"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
DEATH LIST MAY REACH
ONE HUNDRED, is BELIEF

Charleston, w. Va, Jan. 29.-At
least eighty to one hundred persons
are thought to be dead as a result of
an explosion in the Stewart mine near
Fayetteville, Fayette county, tonight.
according to the last reports received. :.
The death list may total rs. y
The explosion was caused by dust.
Every effort is being made to reach
the entombed men, but there is little
hope that any of them is alive. At the
time of the explosion about 200 men
were in the shaft.
The Stewart mine is a shaft 56S
feet deep The mine is located on the
White Oak Fuel company's private
line, about four miles from Fayette-
vile. 1t has been in operation for
three years.
OF the unknown dead sixty-six are
whites and ten negroes
In addition a number OF white
Americans had taken employment at
the mines so recently that their
names were not known to their fellow
workmen. About twenty foreigners.
whose names have not been ascer-
tanned, were also killed, 1t is thought.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
BILL TO REMOVE THE
COU NTY SEAT
TO TORRANCE
BIG PETITION PRESENTED
IN FAVOR OF WILLARD
Flood of Bills in the House by
BaCa and Abbott All Aimed
to Improve Santa Fe at the
Territory'S Expense,
The Morning Journal Bureau.
Santa Fe, y. NJ. Jan. 30.

Councilman Dalies. Of Torrance
county, this morning introduced in the
council his bin for the removal of the
county seat Of Torrance county from
Estanca TO Willard. As a prelude to
the bill, Mr.. Dalies introduced a petit
tion signed by 9S6 people, all residents
Of Torrance county asking for the
change in the county seat. The bill,
in order to comply with the law.
changes the boundaries, and this
change takes in Chilli and Escobosa
precincts Of Bernalillo county. other
wise the bill makes no changes In the
present situation of the county. The
bill went to committee on counties
and county lines, Of which Mr.. Dalies
is chairman. He proposes to push the
matter as rapidly as possible and has
hopes Of securing its early passage.
After the Introduction of several
minor bills, the council adjourned un-
I'll 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
SOLDIERS ON TRIAL
FOR KILLING CIVILIAN
Lieutenant Drury Denies Ordering Al
legged Thief Shot at Plttsburg.

Pittsburg. Jan. 29.-At the second
days session of the trial of Lieutenant
Ralph Drury and Private John Dowd,
of the Ninth United States infantry,
charged with the murder of William
Fl. Crowley September 10, 1908, FOR
the alleged robbing of copper from the
roofs of arsenal buildings, the gov
ernment attempted to vindicate the
soldiers by placing Lieutenant Drury
on the stand to refute testimony given
by the commonwealth yesterday, that
Dowd had shot at Drury's command
after Crowley had surrendered.
Lieutenant Drury testified that on
the morning in question he had re-
ceived a telephone message from a SOL
dier In the lower portion of the
grounds that several men were cutting
copper from the roof of one of the
buildings.
II Immediately dispatched Private
Dowd and several other soldiers, in
structing them to gain the lower por-
t!on of the arsenal from Thirty-Nlnth
street | started for the same place,
but took the Fortieth street route.
When half way down / heard a shot.
When reached the tracks of the Alle-
ghenv Valley railroad | saw Private
Dowd and Crowley walking toward
each other. Crowley had been shot.
After ! had helped lay him in com
Portable position | went to summon an
ambulance.
81 gave no instructions or order TO
shoot anybody | refused to surrender
the soldier who shot Crowley for the
simple reason that | did not know
then what man had done the shoot
ing"
The case will be continued tomor-
row.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
CRITICISM OF FOREST
RESERVE POLICY IN WEST
Representative Mondcll of Wyoming
Calls II Disagrccable Form
of Paternalism.

Washington. Jan. 29.-Represcnta-
tive Mondell Of Wyoming In discuss
ing the forest reserve policy today In
the house, said no one can deny that
IL was policy Of paternalism and
Capitalization land a policy which
should not be extended In this nation
further than Is absolutely necessary.
There must and there will be hard
ship and irritation incident to pater-
nallsm," he said. I'VE cannot get
away from them, and we of the west
object 10 having the reserves used as
means for the increase OF the prod
ucts of the reserves to the people OF
that region
II do not intend to criticize gem
orally the forest service. ] have the
highest regard for the gentleman at
the head OF that service.
81 believe that In the main they are
administering these reserves in a fair
and reasonable way, but It all Illus
trates the tendency Of this sort Of
thnig. the inevitable effect of bureau
cratic government"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
HITCH OCCURS IN
THE LUCERO
CONTEST
F allure to Get the Necessary
Votes Causes Aggravating
Delay in Attempt to UnSeat
BernaIiIIo County Man.
The Morning Journal Bure1usl
Sanln Fo. \. M. Inn. 30. l


A hitch has occurred in the scheme
to unseat Representative Francisco
Lucero Y Montoya Of Bernalillo cOun-
ty, and to seat Modesto Ortiz, Frank
a. Hubbells man. The hitch Is chiefly
the result of the failure Of he oppo-
nents Of Lucero to get the necessary
votes. Man after man in the house
has declared himself against unseat-
ing a man with 1900 majority and a
clean record. and the sentiment Is
strongly against any such action. The
contest has not been abandoned, and
it will be brought up before the end
Of the week II enough votes can be
had to make a showing. The number
Of members who have rallied to Luz
cero's support, however, show that
the house Is not going to allow itself
to run wild without some better cause
than that furnished by this contest
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
FIVE DEAD IN WRECK
ON BOSTON AND MAINE

Shelbourne Falls, Mass, jan %
In a collision between an express train
and an extra freight on the Fitch
burg division of the Boston & Maine
railroad at South River today, five
employees of the railroad were killed.
The injured included several passen-
gers and employees, one of the former
seriously. The rolling stock was badly
smashed and traffic is badly delayed.
AS the express was running at It's
usual speed the stop signal was blown
and the express come TO sudden
stop. Before the brakemen could
place signals to protect the train a
freight came along and crashed into
the rear of the express. The rear car
was a "deadhead" coach in Which sew
eral employees We're riding and these
were the ones killed and injured.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
IS
TAKEN NEAR
Ell PASO
BAD MAN WANTED IN
LINCOLN FOR MURDER
Charged With Wanton Killing
of Sheepherder Whose Camp
Fire He Desired to Use Has
Long Criminal Record, -

EBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire.l
I'll Paso, Tex, Jan. 29.-After be-
ing chased for four years, f. Gomez,
one of the most brutal and reckless
of all the desperadoes that years ago
made the border notorious, was cap
tured near El Paso today by Sheriff
j. W. owen, of Lincoln county, New
Mexico. A long list of murders Is
charged against Gomez. who, a mix
ture OF Indian, Negro and Mexican, on
both sides of the line. The crime for
which he was arrested was the most
atrocious Of all He slipped up behind
and killed sheepherder in Lincoln
county. and kicking the body to one
side. took possession of the newly
made fire. cooked and ate his break
fast and went his way. Three other
murders are charged against him In
New Mexico and more in Mexico.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
Bodies of FIremen Recovered.

Buffalo. Jan. 29.-The bodies of
Lieutenant James B. Naughton and
Pipemen John ]. Hinkey and Stephen
]. Meegan, the three firemen caught
by the falling walls in yesterdays
fire, were recovered today. The bod
les when found were frozen solid In
the debris, and were badly crushed
and mangled.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
ARRANGING FOR THE
BROWNSVILLE HEARING

Washington. Jan. 30.--Senator War
rem. chairman Of the senate commit
tee on military affairs Senator For
ker and Secretary Of War Taft today
conferred In regard TO the investlga-
tion of the Brownsville affair. waifh
begins next Monday. The purpose vas
an agreement SO that the demand I II
certain witnesses would not conflict
with a similar demand for testimony
al court martial of officers of the
battalion. which court win he in ses-
sion at the same time II was finally
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
@salomen Taken OFF Stage.

New York Jan. BOA decision to
discontinue the present rendition of
the Strauss opera. "Salome," at the
Metropolitan opera house was reached
today at a conference between the di-
rectors of the company owning the
house and representatives of the Con
ried Opera company. The conference
was the result Of a letter sent by the
directors of the owning company pro-
testing against further presentation Df
the opera.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
orc ExtractIon PIant Burns.

Colorado Springs, Colo, Jan. SO.--
The mill Of the Economic Gold Ex-
traction company, located In Eclipse
Gulch, near Victor, Colo. was de-
.stroyed by fire this morning. The
plant was installed at cost of $685.
600. and was owned by the Woods
Investment company Of Colorado
Springs. The mill had not been In
operation the past year
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31

ROWING YAQU|S
NUMBERING
SETTLERS
MEXICO SURPRISES
NEWS OF MASSACRES
Small Camps and Lonely.
Ranches Attacked by Indians
in Sonora-TWo MexiCanS
Killed in AmbUScade,
IBy Morning Journal Special Leased wlreI

FL Paso. Texas. JaJn. 30-A party
of MeXicans was ambuscaded by Yaqui
Indians at Suqui, Sonora. Mexico, sun
day Two Mexicans were killed and
several wounded Small bands Of
Yaquis are roaming over lower Sono-
ra. attacking Mexican camps and ha-
ciendas. since the battle with the Mex
lean troops Wednesday Of last week,
when twenty-five Mexican soldiers
were killed and the Yaqui indians dls-
persed. The policy Of the Mexsan
officials is to carefully suppress all
news of encounters with the Yaquls
and of the outrages they perpetrate,
because Of the adverse effect on tn
vestments in sonora Hence the diff
ficulty experienced IN securing details
of last weeks battle.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
FIVE TRAINMEN HURT
IN WRECK ON SUNSET

El Paso, Texas. Jan. t0.-Five train
men We're seriously but not fatally in
iured in q freight wreck near Galgo.
a station on the Galveston, Harris.
burg & San Antonio (Sodthern Pa
cific systeml, abeet 100 miles east Of
ders tliis AFTERNOON 5',yvirty ears
were demolished and the track was
Sc badly torn UP that no train has yet
been able to pass the wreck,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
IN No Danger. Son Saws.

Moscow. Jan. ga son Of Leo Toll
stOi said today regarding the rumored
dangerous Illness Of his father, that
the famous author had an attack Of
Influenza last December but that he
recovered. Since then he contracted
a bronchial trouble b1t this illness Is
taking It's normal course, ana the pa-
ticnt Is not IN danger.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
JAIL DYNAMITED BY
MEXICAN MALC0NTENTS
Twenty-thrcc RcvoIutlonlsts Undergo.
ing Imprisonment at Monterey
Released by Sympathizcrs. y

El Paso, Texas, Jan. 30.-TwcntySs
three Mexican revolutionists unde"
sentences of Imprisonment from five
to eight years, were released from
jail at Monterey, Mexico, Monday
night by sympathizers. A letter TO-
ceived here today by a member Of the
local junta tells of the escape The
Jail was dynamited, tearing away
portion of the wall, and through he
opening thus made the prisoners IS
capped They were to have been taken
to Mexico City the next day
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
Chess Championship.

New York. Jan. 29.-The second
game of the match for the chess
championship of the world between
Champion DIR. Emanuel Lasker and
Frank j. Marshall which was played
at the Everett house in Manhattan to-
day, was won by Lasker, the latter
thus increasing his lead to two points.
Marshall resigned after fifty-two
moves had been made.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
BIG GUNS ARE
NEEDED FOR
HAWAII
SHOULD Be READY
FOR WAR, TAFT DECLARES
War Secretary Demands Large
Appropriation for Purpose,
But Fails to Give Reason for
Haste,


Washington, Jan. 30.-"There is
every reason why the Notifications at
Hawaii should be made ready"
Secretary Taft thus expressed him
self today in an urgent letter to Sem
ator Allison, chairman Of the com
mittee on appropriations renewing his
request for an additional appropriation
Of SS50,000 for the purpose of foru .
Tying Pearl harbor, Hawaii.
Late Yesterday the senate passed an
appropriation bill for Notifications
which contained an allowance Of but
100000, which is S250,00O less than
the secretary asked for, There is now
$2600 available under last years
appropriations. and it is said to be the
secretary's desire 10 expend at least
100000 for Notifications in Hawaii
But the secretary refrains from stat
ing in his letter any reason why he
deems II necessary to Immediately
fOrtify the Hawaiian Islands.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
TRUST
AMYTHSAYS
c | A R X
NO COMBINE AND NEVER
WAS, DECUARES SENATOR
Believes Complaints Filed With
Attorney General Fake Born
of Desire to FIuctuate Metal
Market,
IBy Morning Journal Special Leased wlre.l

Washington, Jan. 30. Senator
Clark today emphatically dcuied that
copper producing companies are ac-
cumulating stocks Of copper for spec
ulative or other purposes. as charged
by James Norton, president of The
Northeastern Metal Dealers associa
ton IN a letter sent by him to the at
torney general
Senator Clark says he has adyices
from New York TO the effect that
Norton and his company are unknown
70 th9 coppar World 1n3 odds
'i 5vievs tne wdoie nfattri' d iaAS
started to fluctuate the copper MARI
ke.."
"The demand for copper" the sem
ator continued, lis largely in excess
of the output Of the mines, and ii is
impossible to store or accumulate
copper without breaking into regular
trade orders, which are in course of
being filled. It takes 80 days to pre-
pare and refine the product from the
time it leaves the mines until 1t
reaches the market, and it is prepos-
ferrous to assert that any Of II is be-
ing stored In fact, the entire copper
product of the country for the next
three months is sold There is not
now, and never has been, among the
copper producing companies Of this
country any combination to control or
restrict the output Of copper
The stories OF an ALLEGED meeting Of
the Northwestern Metal Dealers asso-
citation In New York and an appeal by
that meeting to Attorney General
Bonaparte charging the larger cop
per interests with storing metal to-.
force an increase in price, printed In
the Morning Journal on January 26,
and 2S, prove to be wholly untrue, and
seem to be the result of cleverly de-
vised scheme to use the newspapers
TO affect the stock market No such
organization as the Northwestern Met
al Dealers association exists, and no
such meeting was held The matter
was furnished the Associated Press by
the New York City News association,
which is accounted a thoroughly re'il-
Bile institution. II came in The regular
course Of business. and there was
nothing about II TO rouse any suspi
cion as TO its accuracy
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
Be A BOOSTER TONIGHT.

Northern Pacific railroads comes in
formation about stalled trains and des-
erted engines.
Hundreds of cars of coal and gro-
ceries started westward in the wake
of the snow plows may not reach their
destination for days or weeks.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
Big Santa Fe Bond Issue.

Topeka, Kas., Jan. ga meeting
Of the stockholders of the Atchison..
Topeka & Santa Fe railway will be
held in Topeka Wednesday for the
purpose of authorizing a bond issue of
S9s,OO0 600 for needed Improvements
and line extensions.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
FUEL FAMINE CONTINUES
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT

Minneapolis, jan. 29.-The snow
blockade and fuel famine in the north
west continues and relief seems about
as remote as ever.
During the last twenty-four hours
another snow storm has swept North
Dakota and Minneapolis. From points
along the 500. Great Northern and
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
Be ABOOSTER TONIGHT.

arranged that the witnesses for the
court martial should first testify at
Brownsville and then come to Wash
instOn.
The inquiry here will begin with the
testimony Of enlisted men of the dis
charged negro battalion.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
Senate Votes Appropriation to
Wipe Out Troublesome Sal
ton Sea in Southern Califor-
MIA Desert,
TO VOTE ON SHOOTS
FATE IN FEBRUARY
Western Senators Condemn
Executive Order Requiring
Actual Examination Before
Patent Issues to Public
Land,

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire I
Washington. Jan. 30.-Beside fixing
February 20 as the day to vote ON the
declaration that Senator Reed Smoot,
of Utah, is not entitled to his saar.
passing a bill appropriating 100000
to confine the Colorado river to ta
banks, and another placing the man
agement of the Panama railway un Ter
the lsthmian canal commission. the
senate today listened to an extended
speech by Senator Calder. of Montana,
in criticism Of the secretary of the in
terror, and another by Senator Hey
burn to the same end
The recent order of the secretaly
preventing the issuance of patents so
the public lands until after an exam
inatlon on the ground by a special
agent was the subject of the criticism,
and many senators from western
states, by casual Interruptions, show
ed their approval Of the sentiments
expressed.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31

Omaha, Jan. 3O.-The government
thermometer today registered below
zero. This Is the c0ldest weather so
far this winter. There is no wind
and the temperature is rising.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
vote to Abolish Dlspensary system,

Columbia, S. G., Jan. 30.--The house
today. by q vote OF Ga to AS, passed a
bill abollshing the state liquor dis
pensary The senate Is committed to
the same policy by a majority of
three.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
The House.

Washington. Jan 30-The house
completed the agricultural appropia-
ton bill today after adopting sun 1ry
amendments. The feature was a
speech made with a view to iustifica-
tion of the present meat inspection
law by Representative Wadsw0rth, uf
New York, who retires from congress
with the close Of the session. He ldGl.
the psesiafnt serb1asly 20 task fgisslln
latter's letter OF last summer in Sc
we're criticism Of the bill
The diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill was sent to conference,
the managers on the part of the house
being Messrs. Cousin. of iowa; c. 3
Lands. Of Indiana, and Howard Of
Georgia.
The river and harbor appropriation
bill. carrying $S4.000,000 in round
numbers, was taken up. no time being
agreed upon for the close of general
debate At Sis p. m The house adj
iourned.