The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-18
CHERRY NINE YET
| CLAIMS ITS DEAD
In Plans TO Remove Bodies of
Victims Are So Far Com
plete Failure.
FIRE IS STILL RAGING
IN NINE WORKINGS
|noubtfuI if Widows and Or
nhaus Will Ever See Re
mains of the Lost.

nine, 10 WHICH ais Su''''"N' Wv
q aoo or more miners rs result Of
s,n,day's disaster. today refused TO
ned up its dead.
l-t,cr failure TO devise any satlsfac'
,o,v methods Of recovering the bodies
,,,suded she work OF rescucrs.
Topieht the interior of the msne was
Agruire almost rs freely as ever, the
r;,iuc Of tue seal over the mouth of
a, hosting shaft indicating by fro
ceeu, puss Of smoke The fury Of smoth-
,rel Games.
Little Use for Troops.
While thc two companies OF state
,ools sen; here to prevent possible
di.or,er, remained idle in their cars.
,yrout for. guard duty about the mine
spj sleeping ears nj night, an impor-
,.uf conference lasting iyc hours was
kea Federal. state and local mining
alerts worc present. The meeting was
rllel in response to feeling that cf-
forts should he made 10 penetrate the
nisc and bring up the bodies at all
hiards. But at its conclusion it was
isund ,hat no immediate descent conld
ls made into the gas and bcat-dllcd
zyeir without risk Of killing tho res
leE.
TIE conference WAS attended by
Pleidcpt Earling OF the Chicago Mil
vaukoc 81. Paul railroad: George :.
Rics OF Pilisburg. of the United States
biological survey; J. ". Paul. in charge
u the government mine rescue work,
. lad MANY mine luSDcctOTS
Some Plans Suggested.
Various schemes were proposed.
auorg them was one To open up an
/ III shaft. distant from the hosting
'a1i,. which hitherto has been worked.
rn, BY means of Il gigantic fan. pro-
tste su air current that would carry
lae Gas and heat away from the shaft.
cmr which il was intended 10 send the
4 Tscycrs
4 Some, Of those who opposed this do
tnird the entire project for rescue
Foya nave to be indefinitely postponed.
lpey asserted that the internal fires
reie Intense. that. it would be useless
nsk more lives. and that. in fact.
~ nine would have Ia be sealed M
! ~ NecEs and possibly for months be.
'pe thc mlnc could be cooled Off.
Al Bereaved Nearly Insane.
Il SoTes Of women continue to lingcr
.su' the grounJ. SO great has been
q mental strain the last four davs.
reared many women arc on the
Ky OF INSANITY. One woman. who
el,lcG she bad dreams and visions Of
4. husband and brother still living in
mhc. piirously implorcd officials
Hn h.tf 4
s,selese heap.
peermlucd 10 show the people that
E sniuing possible WAS being done, au-
'S lp'ow open the mine com.
IN grounds and allowed crowds 10
NIaer near the shaft.
n walls Of what was being done were
= reounsod. AS Mining Engineer Rice
gsTed Thermometer through a bore
wy 'he nd Of the shaft To test the de.
~ oi heat another man announced
y ""Sgn ncgaphone:
n vGe hundred aud fourteen degreeh
4. ~; soo hlee lowered the thermometer
ovV icct depth OF the shaft. and
4 vneht Later the voice rang out
''eGga the megaphope;
L. Iov Io,,an INJURED and seven degrees at
! DA,,..Y NY cried chorus Of voices.
Iih, wd, GOOD, :hey can 20 down in
sIl.e we car stand lli degrees IN
Z Is; 'StA' surely they'll 20 down in
III Hopes Are Blasted.
n tst,ardoli' t% .oi' burst Of confidence WIS soon
& n, u %s - explained that, owing 10 the
Iao 'Te "nne oxygen helmets would
n Ila pe worn by rbe rcscecrs. and
% I;isre hnucn lower degree Of temper.
j. "a, ,cco1 aan ,hat IN ordinary conditions
tf Ilst 'aIy Tor those who wore hcl.
~ H. ,e,l %prcovcr. it was said that. if
.ss i yoaIa a"eEs opened, fresh air rushing
I,ssuersS ian the fire, and, bcfcye the
rs !, lran;r,ap ,pGll get down, flames might
Is Iea h. ~ IRE continues, will! the bodies
n pa 'eeoycred!'' was asked on all
Ijbs - men 1t heclmc known thaf q
~ |t.ttIS IVY wv up The mine for veerg o,
~ bWe wa DecD talked Of.
81 II a g,n.,9ye Iaye gone over every detail oi
fir II 10 ;rue said Commissioner Tr2cr
llr k.jsr,sf ga'iong board. N'We have
t.yo oycF the maps Of fine nine
.JA ~ n,,yoeard "eard the opinion and advic,
ia aE,t. nne Wno IS familiar with tn,
staF H 5Sd;c1 Soiy thought is TO get ou,
90 le;s M IL 1t IS within human mower
" "c can loo!S forward to-"
T,SI Violence Is Feared.
a. leg ~ y;4gr ~ inr troops 10 guard In,
smEl of paAeepIhe cars and the priyat,
: - sie,;rr rTrS'Sident Earring was river
~ ~ ii. iin.. nEoginrg. after repeated ml
1 Nr p'9''eFa would blow up th,
~ II H.
s7o1t tae day il became known
-Rls n Z LsId ;'i company OF militia is be
IL aay n iessryc NJ Monmoulh read,
A. n If snDI;s.fation Of feeling or Tn,
- aporn ltorS created much uncusi
E Eso1css. mi0e officials, experts. char
: X S,dial,e.e lee Sheriff skoglund 10 TAX
NJ laiifoodi diot!Gu: and at dusk hc askc,
4 srz|th siaTa o1icials TO move the troOl
y n Tho 'vel V" several hundred fee
n% nNr, t s6i.t" t"'lne. up beside the spccia
nSlt XII Ia "" a'e serving Us temporar.
e fesrAs fesr IT, 70 assure overyonc Who ha
" Tih,ed - ms safety tlat he wi}l b
sp.s,d;, said The sheriff.
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