The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-18
CHERRY NINE YET
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secret society meeting aud such things |
Of alarming nature | have nothing to
say
Sheriff Skoclund ordered the soldiers !
to remain quietly IN their cars. Their
presence excited no comment from the
soTrowful men and women about the
mine.
Personal Appeals,
Pcut up grief and anger were un-
checked by officers today. and. even
when an orator mounted the sand scaled
shaft of the mine, tho sheriff, single
! handed. calmcd the situation.
The climax came when James Wlthcr-
ell, a veteran miner. lcaped 10 the shaft
and harangued the crowd of weeping
women and sulleu men.
Witherell condemned acts of the
authorities since fine disaster and de.
clared the men cntombed in the mine
were buried alive. He made no threats,
but the fierce intericctlon of members
of his audience revealed their feeling
against the mine owners and state oili'
cials.
"The mon were buried alive shout
ed Withercl, "Thcy were alive Mon
da~ night, but they died when these
mine experts shut off their air.
Can man breathe through four
feet of sand!
- tell YOU they were cruci6ed. "
Arraigns Experts
Charging mine experts with ignorance
of the way to save tho mems lives
aud saying their deaths wcre due TO
carelcssncss and blundcrs, Witherell
asked his bearers:
'"Wbat does q man from n college
know about 1T except the figures they
get from the men under them. What can
a man know of n miuo from figures
and books?'i
"And what arc these experts do
lng?' asked young man in Withcrell' s
audience.
"Thay re eating and sleeping in the
cars, y replied another;
"Ycs, they're eating while they
smother these men TO death and refuse
these poor women feed - said another
ing his hearers. and the crowd surround
ing him was growing larger, when
Sheriff Skoglund induced Withercll to
leave.
WitbcreIl was not employed in the st.
Paul, but works at Ladd. He came
from England when boy and has work
ed in mines IN England, Wales and West
Virginia.
Lawyers Get Busy.
neys George w, Gordon and Charles Che
lncy Hyde. representing the Italian con
sui disclosed alleged questionable actiV-
tiles of several lawyers seeking to re-
present death claims on contingent fees,
The consul, Guido Sabetto and his aides
uncovered several cases among Italian
women who, bereft OF the bread WIN
ners of their families, were approached
by lawyers who had sought TO impose
on their ignorance.
Gone Italian woman who lost her hus.
band and three sons in the mine was
asked by a lawyer to give him her case
on basis of fifty per cent, said Mr.,
HYDE.
"'We uncovered similar cases with
startling frequency and have been kept
pretty busy all day warming women
to seek advice Of union officials, their
priest or the consul TO avoid being i'm.
posed upon bv men who have not hesi
tated TO descend into what is today the
most sorrowful aud desolate place IN
the world -
Much Need For Aid.
In the little knights of Pythias hall
where T.. Z. Bicknell. Rcd Cross repre-
sentative, dispensed charity sad faces,
dull eyes of women pctitioning for aid
were in contrast to the busting activ-
ity of the relief agents.
In the morning the headquarters were
crowded so that work was impossible.
Mr. Bicknell told the women and child
rem to remain home until the 'ofiicial
visitors reached them. 81 know how
sorely you have been tried, that Won are
in need. but please understand that
YOU shall have food and fuel, - said the
Red Cross leader.
The crowd then dispersed.
Mr.. Bicknell said that requests for
supplies almost invariably included one
for fuel, despite the fact that the town
exists because of its coal mines. Like
hes in the blazing oharnel house under
ground. The men who daily brought
home the needed supply in baskets, bags
and whcclbarrowS are dead.
i typical order was filled for julia
Dovan bride of six weeks. whose hus.
band, father and brother were lost
She came To ask relief for herself her
mother. her siStcr.iu-law and eleven
children of the last TWO.
This stricken home was promptly
furnished with food
|, Consul Sabctta. returning from his
visit 10 his country. women SAID:
Pitiful Distress.
81 have seen young women. children.
babies with no one in the world 10 lean
on One Of the dead had a wife and
such working for new homes in the
United States.
"My government has offered TO care
for those who wish 10 return TO Italy.
| have seen them today mothers wives.
children. and | have told them they
might go home Net one accented
These women have made their start
in the new country and are determined
TO educate their children to American