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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-03
1888 LIVES LOST
IN MINE DISASTER
Explosion Wrecks Model Coal
Mine of World at Mariana,
Near Pittsburg.
DEATH ROLL MAY REACH 200
Fifty-two Bodies Are Recovered,
Most of Them Horribly Mutilated
and Dismembered.

P%ittsburg, Dec. l. At least 1879
men lost their lives Saturday in an
explosion which wrecked the mine of
the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal company at
Mariana forty miles south of here,
and cast into gloom what was until
then considered the model mining
town of the world.
Fifty-two bodies were taken from
the mine yesterday, all but two of
them being horribly mutilated and "a
number of them dismembered.
There is no doubt that the death
list will reach 1873 men. Officials of
the company admit that 1873 men vent
down the shaft to work Saturday
morning. According to miners and
others familiar with the number of
men generally employed in the mine
the death list will exceed the compa-
ny's estimate by at least fifty.
Horribly MutiIated.
Up to darkness last night twenty
five bodies had been brought to the
surface in an iron bucket. Arms, legs
or heads were missing from some, and
the trunks of others were burned,
bruised and cut.
Two of the men taken from the
mine yesterday had been s~uffocated
and their bodies were not even
scratched. One of these was John
will, a cousin of John H. Jones, presi-
dent of the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal
company, owners OF the mine, who
was employed as head t~imekeeper.
wills body was found beneath a coal
digging machine and it was apparent
that the young man had crawled there
fumes.
Will Not Be Cleared for Days.
The body of the other man was
found near will. The unfortunate had
placed his face in a pool of water,
which all miners are advised to do
when an explosions occurs, in a des-
Eerate attempt to fight off suffocatiOn
until rescued.
During yesterday afternoon the cor
oner Of Washington county held a
meeting to organize a jury and then
adjourned until all of the bodies have
been taken from the mine. The Opir-
ion was expressed yesterday by a
number Of expert miners that the
nine will not be cleared of victims for
several days. Early yesterday a small
fire broke out in the mine, but was ex-
tingui he'd.
Rescue Work Being Pushed.
Conditions about the mouth of the
mine were disagreeable yesterday. A
drizzling rain fell and the weather
grew cold. Many relatives of the vic
Tins stood all day close to the ropes
around the shaft, but there were few
Of the narrowing scenes usually assoc
ciated with a mine explosion. Most
of the relatives are English-speaking
people, who bear their grief in 81,
lence. 1t is estimated that one-fourth
of the victims are Americans. AS rap.
idly as possible the work of rescue is
being carried on. At short intervals
new men are sent into the mine to re,
lieve others searching for the dead.
Owing to the dangerous gases and the
mass of wreckage in the mine the res.
cue work is slow and is being carried
on with a great deal of precaution. Elk.
perts from Pennsylvania and West
Virginia are in charge of the work Of
exploration.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-03
Train Kills Section Men,

Train Kills Section Men.
Winnipeg, Nov. 2S.-A local train
on the Canadian Pacific railway from
Brandon to Winnipeg yesterday struck
and instantly killed w. McMaster and
John Gregg, section men.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-29
NO FAILURES IN CHINA.

Mir. Walter wellmsn turns from con.
 compilation of the unsttainable pole to
 discoufse upon the candidacy of Mr.
 Bryan. N'. Wellman, looking down
 from dizzy height, thinks he sees proof that Mir. Bryan has increased his strength wonderfully in the west by advocating the plan to guarantee bank depositors against loss. The farmers are eaptivated by this plan, we are told, and they are ready to vote for
 MT. Bryan if they cannot have MT Roosevelt.
 MT. Bryan is far behind tho times in his plan to secure bank depositors against loss. If he had utilized his time properly while in China he might have brought nome and applied the Chinese system, which far exceeds any. thing suggested by any Occidental nation. There has not been a bank failure in China in 900 years. No Celestial dspositor has ever lost a cent in Chinese financial institutions since the days of Richard Occur de Lion and his Chinese contemporary, the Emcpr. or Hi Hung. Authentic history in, forms us that Hi Hung was advised one day of the failure of a bank within his dominions, and that, AS n benevo. lent and paternal ruler, he took i'm. mediate action. Finding that the bank had failed because of the reckless and conduct of the officers and directors, who had indulged in over rSpeculation in rice, Hi Hung at once issued an edict ordering that in ease of a bank failure, the heads of the president and directors be cut oh. This adiet has never been revoked, and to it's simple, whole. some influence the world renowned sta. bility of Chinese financial institutions Is credited.
 The Japanese are not quite as pro. zressive in those mstters, being com. parstively young at the business, but sven they could give MT. Bryan . few pointers in the safeguarding of bank deposits. The Shanghai New of . re. ient dAts publishes the fact that sI
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-29
NOTES FROM THE LABOR WORLD

The union movemen, is reported to be making rapid strides among the farm laborers of Ireland.
 Representatives of 80 labor orpanixa. ,ions have launched the Chicago Equity Exchange. which proposes to distribute farm products direct from the grower to the consumer.
 Not until the workingmen of Pitts. burg have contributed more money to the project will a labor temple be ob tained. Al present only 25,0OO worth of stock has been subscribed and less than half of this has been paid in.
 Under the constitution as revised by President Robert Hungerford and Sec. ret"ry'Treasursr Brinkbam, of the In. ternational Carriage and Wagon Work. ers' union, death benefits will be paid the members of that organization in future.
 Organized labor has two representa-. tives in Congress who hold membsrship e"rdS in the Te'cgraphers' union. One IS Representative Carey of Milwaukee. Republican, and the other Represen. t"tive NcDernott of Chicago, a Demo. crat.
 The offeer of the Boot and Shoe Workers International Union report that the organization 's moving picture show, advertising the union stamp and showing the process of shoemaking, is being well received in the sections of tho country it has toured.
 Dental mechanics of Greater New fork, said to number about 1000 have organized a union, and if . uniform wage scale and other fair conditions are not conceded they threaten a strike The dental 'mechanics manufacture bridges, plates, etc.
 Tho Cigarmaksrs' union will vote on an amendment 10 the general con. "itss'os providing that . member of
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-29

the 'nternationAl for twentysy, v.... may draw apsn any local upIss s3oo, the aarns to be deducted ,,o.. ,' "' death benefit. S
 An ehort to standardire ,bs M of engineers employed by th. vs' departments and institutions of N,... ehuse.'s is to be made by the Bo.,s. Engineers union, working i. son,,". s' ton with the state branch of the An. ican Federation of Labor
 All indications point to the a,.... convention at Boston, next A0s.'. that has ever gathered since in. I.., tuition Of the International Typov,,,.' cal union. Many unions ,ha. hay. A... tofors failed of representation AT. ,, ranging to send delegates.
 By a referendum vote tn. s,,.. Msustsn asd Steel Rang, worl.,,. International Union has decided ,o A,,. e general convention this yss, in C,, eago the third wsek in July.
 The Austrian printers and m.,., vorksrs are nearly all working ,I,, hocrs Q dsy. The textile and. s.,A workers lave still longer hour. T.. wsnss, ss -s ssIa,, even loaess ls.. than the mea, but this is suppes.d ]. be mode up by loaees sest ., .Os,. time. ....... 4-t,...
 Cardinal oibhoaA ths. hisAss. dis,.. tary In the Catholic church ia tl. United States, ursss the pu,ehssi.s 4, union'labeled goods ss the best ,aA most practical method of sboliaAI,. sveatshops. In serpon to his so,. gregatiop recently in Baltimors I. urged them to discriminate in u.lI,. purchases h favor of such empls,.r as treated their employees with jus,io,
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-29
SHOULD DE CARED FOR.


 If the man Risden who was on Thurs. day turned loose on tho community is a resident of this county he should be cared for by the proper authorities and not permitted to be a nuisance to the business houses of Prescott. and worse still, c menace in his very looks to the mothers of tho city. The man is helpless cripple, walking vita n erutch, or rather dragging himself about the streets from saloon to saloon, subject to fits, and entirely dependent upon charity to hold his pitiful body and stunted soul together. If he be. longs in Phoenix, from wherc he was shipped here, he should be shipped back and the authorities of that county made to care for him. If he really belongs here, it is up to the Yavapai authorities to get him off the streets and care for him.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-29
APACHES CLAIM
 ALL EASTERN ... ARIZONA

LAwTON, Okla., April e5 - Al, the new chief of the Apache Indisss lays claim to $50, 900, 900 worth of lasl in New Me1ico and Arizona which, k says, belongs to taen and is held ty, the government since they were tsia prisoners of war nearly twsntytw years ago. rAis lsud is now cut 70 into small tracts. as Aomestssds of ussl by the ranchmsu e sheep farms. e
 "R it is true that the govsransa, has s~fussd .to send us beck to Nsa. Mexico; 2 aaid Cbjsf AAA. today, r<Asy, will have to pay us the heiS. for tiss country. There must be t5o,Oo0,ow worth of this land taAt. belongs to q, tribe. We have not . foot of land hen now. Tho government got possssaioa of this New Mexico and Arizona lssa by forcing us off at the time we wsN made pyisoners of war. Portions d this $50, 900, 900 tract belonging to ,As Apaches Is located in the southeastern part of Arizona. Four different tribw of the Apaehes lay claim to this eOss' try. ,t...t ... ,..t,. ...
 "Col. Scott, who was here to hold . council with me last week, said taAs President Roosevelt had refused to per init us 10 90 back to our western hons and had said, No to all our plesdiaF for liberty and removal from the PaH Sill Military Reservation. But tAs Apaehes are a persistent tribe, and vsu not give up, as they are very eager 1" have something done at once in sAn matter. There is no division in 0w ranks relative to Q desire to go bssi to New Mexieo, except Jason, a Uni'ss States scout, who wants to remain h Oklahoma and receive an allotmsa' herc.''
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-29
lGK. HEYNZE AND THE
 AMERICAN SPIRIT.

In the announcement that r. Angus tus Hcin2c Is coming west 70 seek his fortune anew the Denver Republican sees another demonstration of that ip. domitable hpsisess spirit that snimates the average American.
 There is no other country in the world h which the words "business faulure" mean so little as in America. In The older and more cautious nations of Europe, where all business Is along nsore conservative lines, the man who fails is usually "down and ont" He either blows out his brains or takes to drink, and makes himsclf bore to his friends telling about the days of his prosperity. Europe is full of "shabby Genteci" persons who have seen better days and who have not the faintest idea of going 10 worh to make those days come back again,
 Such miserable exhibition of COW. ardiee does not sppeal to the Anericas. All tne Ameriean business man asks is good health and fair field, and he will consider failure as mere incident that gives one valuable experience 10 be utilized In the future. The man who is bowed over today Is up and on his feet and in the center of the struggling throng tomorrow.
 No doubt it Is in this spiri, that My. iicinze is coming west. He has had no exeuses to offes for his defest at the dangerous game he tried to play in Wall street -- whien is an indication of good nerve. Hs hes simply "taken his medicine" like c true westerner, and now he Is coming back to generous old Mother West to make his fortune again. N.
 II is the good old, never. say die spirit that has made America great.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-29
A FREED COMPLIMENT.

The Journal Miner has received many compliments from all classes of eiti. zens in regard to the excellence Of it's Industrial and Mining edition recently issued. One of the expressions of ap' preeia,ion most highly prized was re- ceived yesterday from W. C. Dear mond. president of the Rincon Mines company, of Philadelphia, which is given below:
 Philadelphia, April 20, 1908. Mr. !. W. Mines, Editor and Manager,
 Arizona Journal Miner,
 Prescott, Arizona. My dear sir
 It affords me much pleasure to ae- knowledge receipt of copy of tnc really splendid issue of your Industrial md Mining Edition. Not only is this edition valuable as q work of art from the printers standpoint, but for the additional reason that n reliably pre-. sents in an especially attractive man nor to Capital, the many great indus tries and the marvellous resources of your wonderful Territory. A copy of the paper should be found on tho desk of everyone interested, not only in Ysvspai county, but in tho great Ter ritory of Arizona itself. shall care. fully preserve my copy for future ns" as . reliable reference record.
 Trusting that your efforts may be appreciated as they deserve, believe nc,
 Very truly yours,
 W. C. D'ARMOND,
 PYesideut.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-29
Editorial Comment

hind her every vestige of auimosity born of the ioss of the colonies in the Revelation and, at tho outbreak of hos. tilitics betveea the United States and Spain, gave notice to the other world powers 10 keep hands on.
 The battleships are the advance guard of the great commercial army which is to try and teach to China the gospel of higher maternal and spirit. usl life. The line up for tho conflict between the yellow and the white rsee- hes begun. and tho United States is ip the van.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-29


 committee representing the 1000 de positors in the Cbiyods bank of Ja' pan, after frpitless efforts 10 get their money out of the institution. have sent n formal letter to viscount Hori, presi. dent of the defunet bank, requesting him to commit harakri in e1piation of his failure to maintain the solvenry of the bauk.
 While the Chinese method may be a little too paternalis,ic of this eoun' try at the prescn, state of develop ment, and tho Japanese scheme may not appeal to bankers generally, there is much in both of ,nesc plans for MT Bryan to consider.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-29
UNFORTUNATE nIsDEN IS SENT
 TO ASH FORK.
lF'rom Sundays Daily)


 With the unpleasant experiences @ his confinement in the Yavapsi saa Marieopa county jails, charged with or ing insane, still fresh in his memoy' James Risdcn, helpless cripple, h" here yesterday for Ash Fork, hoping he says, Co find refuge there from 'a' reference by officers. .
 "I know that am curiosity" |" accused lunatie said, when seated oA the northbound train, "but hate l" be interfered with by officers and i& quisitive folks. have hard fim' enough 10 get along without beng thrown in jail every day or two. V" told today that there are no depu" snerihs in Ash Fork. l do not kn0" that I will remain there, but hop' to be let alone, at least for time
 "I am subject to fits," the unfor'uA ate man continued, "but dp not ." lieve that I should be thrown in ]sn because am afflicted that way heard some of them talk of sena'Hs me to the asylum. This is nonsense !" l nm not crazy"
 Risden lives on aims of the chsff able people of the communities "hi'. he visits. He drags himself along w''' the aid of a erutch from door to aos' and from saloon Co saloon. He genef" ly has three or four attacks of ePhePv daily, h which be m . very p''is''' object.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-29

tsT . T for the treasures which undoubtedly arc awaiting to reward the capital which seeks them. The hills about Prescott fairly bristlc with invitations to como and find out wbst riehes they contain. tt ,S
 And the present attitude of capital all over the country is full of promise for a season of mining development and prosperity such as Yayapsi, and all Arizona, for that matter has never yet known. No less an authority than the Wall Street Journal publishes the following signiAcan. statement;
 During tho past year large nun Der of men prominent in financial cir. cles have interested themselves in mines in various ways. One reason for this might be that the many investigs. tions and laws affecting corporations havc induced these gentlemen to place capital in mining ventures. The names of several railroad men osd corpora. tios officials are on the direetosates of mining eompanies, and sevsrA of tbsso ofiesrs have launched their own pro. perties. Furthermore, the; great rail. road systems of the country have be come more kindly disposed toward some of the smaller mining districts and spurs arc being pushed for~ard rspidly into many of theSe new camps 4 we'll. known mining promoter recently stated that ne found that many sf tho cspi' talists and 6nanciers of thc country who would not listen 10 ,s mining seheme a year or 50 ago, gre ipvesti. gating properties he has fot sale In Aissks and mining districts of Ne. vada."
 Commenting on the above Profit and Loss, one of the most reliable and con. servstive mining journals in the Unit. cd States says:
 "Of eoursc capitalists and investors generally arc turning 10 misina. We pointed out, when the recent npsncisl furry struck the country, that it would be minina's opportunity, and the cor rcctneSs of this forecast is evidenced by just soeh statements as the fore going.
 "There never was a panic In the nistory of tho country that Sae not fol. lowed by mining boom. It is inter. | cstins nt this time 70 turn. back, say 6ftees or twenty yean, aBd stop and consider what was then. tho outlook for the discovery of new mining camps in America. We'll they thought then just the same AS some people are promo to think sow. that all the good things had been discovered But what have American miners found sipees "Cripple Greek, Creede, tas K,onAyke. Bisbee, Cananea,. Searehlignt, Tonopah, Ely, Bullfrog and other Nc. vada camps, to say nothing of lesser ands and the opening of new mines and new orc bodies in the older districts.
 "btop and contemplate the total sum from the precious metal mines of lhe new wealth that has been created during the fifteen or twenty years per iod which we are considering. Stop And contemplate the profits which have resulted from this enormous recovery From the treasure vaults of nature.
 "Is there any wonder that capital. sts and investors generally are turn. ng 10 miningt"
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-29
LE0rTIlGArH CAPITAL
 TU3NINo TO MINING

When the now almost dissipsted fin.
 sncial furry struck the country las.
 fell, far seeing men saw in it a great
 opportunity for mining. Thousa.ds of Sisall fortunes. and isrgs oses. too, were
 destroyed in a day or weeh, by the
 collapse ef 6ctitioas values for indust. sisl stocks msiotained by gamblers for
 ycsrs on the eastern exchanges. The
 American people are intensely speeuls.
 tive. The undeveloped resources of tAe country, agricultural. napufaetur.
 'sg. rsilroading and mising, have of.
 fcred opportunities to sebemipg minds which have built fov them great for,
 tunes in day, some of them legiti.. 'sate, most of them speculative and st the expense In the end of hundreds and
 taousands who trusted their. little all
 sct wisely but Co we'll in the vsia hope sf sharing with the arch sehemers on aton, of the millions which could Pour into tho pockets of the schemers ouiy sy the emptyine of their own.
 With the collapse of tho inflated in. dustrisls came no lessenins of the great desire to speculate Hut tao col lapse. turned their minds isto other channels, seeking for some other and safer form of speculative investment for their savings. For years the term wildcattins has been snesrinsly applied almost exclusively 10 mining enter. prises, often justly. often uSjustly. The collapse of the industrial stocks opened the eyes of the public at last to the fact that no greater wiidvntting schemes were ever unloaded, on the public than the Street Railroad stock enterprises of Thomas Fortune Ryan snd August Belmont in New York and the more general ones of F. H. Harri nan. A calm and deliberate study of speculative conditions by the invest ncnt public have revealed that mining offers an opportunity for legitimate in. vestment, with promise of greater re turns. than any other form of Ameri | rsa industry. Every prospect h not niae, but many are, and great mines. l and the returns, when one strikes tho right property, justify every previous chance which may have been taken with barren results.
 Besides there is a fascination in the hunt for the commercial and precious metals which appeals 70 the man or woman with real blood in his or her veins possessed by no other form of speculative investment. History is full of records of millions made from a hole in the ground without practically dollars investment 10 get tho mil.
 lions out. Such opportunities still CT. 'St' and undoubtedly right here in favaPai county, but 1t Is the tireless prospector Co whom rewards from this source will largely 70. To the invest. menf public 1t is the uudeveloped mines of Ysvapai which ofYer golden properties wnich have been superheially worked on and on Tor the past forty years, but whose feh surface eroppings have not been explored into the bowels of the earth