The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Helping the Sufferers.

Cherry, ILL.,. November 1s-"Shoes, un-
derclothing and quantities of women
and children's garments are urgently
needed for the families of the victims OF
the mine disaster Also money Is necess
sary to take care of these poor people
during the coming winter" declared e.
P. Bicknell of Washington. D. c.. d.
rector Of the National Red Cross society,
today after a conference with the charity
workers gathered here
The appeal was telegraphed to various
cities In surrounding states and soon af-
forwards responses came that supplies
would soon be on the way
Headquarters were established here
from which charity will be distributed
systematically. Each widow of miner
was required to give data as to her cir
cumstances.
One of the reports, typical of others, as
filed out by widow, read:
Name-Marie Bohm.
Victims of Disaster-Husband and one
son.
Nativity-Austria
Number of Children-Four: ages 8
months, g. and Z years, respectively.
Economic Conditions-Without funds;
needs clothing and household supplies
Plans for Future-Would like to return
to Austria. docs not speak English)
Pathetic Incidents.
Outside of the scenes at the mouth of
the mine today the most pathetic Incl
dents occurred at the place where the
heirs of the dead miners were paid off
What is your Manner one little orphan
girl was asked.
Mary Maelmer"
We'll, what relation are you to Joe
Maelmer?'
Hes my father
And is Louis Maelmer your brother ?"
Yes"
isn't either of them up?'
mo, they're both down"
Mayor Charles Connolly acted in the ca
paeity OF bank cashier and paymaster for
the st. Paul mine.
Among the line of people drawn up be-
fore the pay window were women bearing
In their arms their smallest babies while
other wide-eyed children toddled with
them. Once in a while a woman would
appear at the window whose face be-
trayed no sadness, because her husband
was up"
She had been sent to the bank because
he was busy at the mine.
Perhaps the saddest case was that of
young bride, native of Brittany The
girl, not more than 10 years old. carried
infant. Another native of France was
called to act as interpreter. Her husband.
to marry whom she came to America a
year ago, was not up" she reported.
Wild Rumors Start.
Despite Sheriff Skoglund's assurance
that no apprehension prompted the call
for troops, many wild rumors were cir
culated. One was that a crowd of men
from points outside of Cherry had de-
termined to take the situation into their
own hands and carry out the work of
rescue themselves. Another said a plot
had been formed to blow up a number
of private cars on the switches here.
One of them is the private car of Pres
ident Darling Of the Chicago, Milwauk ee
and st. Paul railroad, who remains night
and day on the ground. All of tese ru-
mors were scoffed at by the officials
and branded as abuse.
State Inspector Edgar T. Davies OF Chi
cago arrived tonight to look into child
labor conditions.
A fire engine with other fire-fghting
apparatus from Chicago also arrived and
was soon afterward set up at the mouth
of the mine. The taking of the tenn
perature of the interior of the mine at
late hour tonight showed the heat was
increasing.