The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-17
r;sorder Feared When Bodies
V'a Of Victims Arc Brought TO
the Surface.
|sIPES STILL BURNING IN
TNpERGR0UND WORKINGS
|gutae Attempt Made to Reach
Entombed; Positively No
\ Hope.

,..,rstrafions at the ST. Paul Goa
- rbcn bodics of the 300 men, en-
.~h,d by Saturdays disaster, ar,
s,opeht to the surface.
sheriff shogmnd OF Bureau county
.;,h authority from State 5 Attorne,
g.tbari, tcleraphcd 10 Springfield lat'
-y,,x asking Governor Dcnccn Ia scuC
'.rc,,l companies Of state militia ),
a. violence has been displayed as ;
;l, NJ Inc disaster, and State S At
,cnev rcbbaTt hopes by the presence
mail guard 20 prevent any ill-ad
,;scS move on the part of the miner:
/ .loss feelings have been wrought az
4 the loss Of their comrades.
/ -nWe want the troopS 1T once: that :
M ,hero is about it. We viii take
4 shsnccs," declared the state s at
Whom ,hc bodies will bc brought to
NJ ssrface is doubtful. None of the
'srials hclieve any OF the 800 cntomb
4 Ecu are alive.
Fire is Still Raging.
II The subtcrranean fires today were
rste intense than when The men were
,-tranpcd three days ago, aud no Ct'
t.rls could he made TO enter the NINE.
Tre Chief lloran Of Chicago arrived
Mn a supplv of hose and chCmlca rrc
,riinmishcrs. The seal over the mouth
fibe shaft was perforated. and it was
tended TO force water and chemicals
. brn through pipes 4 thermometer IN
. M sand on top of the seal showed a
|,,seraturc of 10 degrees, indicating
. ,li! the heat in the interior of the
rte was intense,
b rse, - be said. "to lift the lid today
r,zd mean that the whole mine would
/ .as M and there would be no posi-
/ Etv OF recovering the bodies. The
Il |fuldeposl,s would take fire, the timber
s5.oris would crumblc and II Is terri
~ 10 picture what would happen. Per
/ hb another shaft would have to be
/ ii 10 recover remains Of the men.
! Pstbstic Incident.
I Ia mskiug the rounds of the miners
tses. Duncan Mcdonald. president OF
farct ~. n, United Mine Workers.
Evoysred that baby had arrived AT
hams which lost father and "A sou.
n mother was kept ignorant ot the
fasisl.
Elgh,ysi1 homes visited were, with
f exception Of children without male
llzbsrs.
4 0lly toe most frantic OF the women
, 10 ogt husbands vcntured 10 visit the
esii and these had to be taken back
Lza:, forcibly.
A spenla,ion was rife as TO the loca-
hs Of the bodies IN the mine. Upon
nn vill he determined the immediate
pc Of the men s death, whether 1t
ps are. suffocati0u by smoke, or the
,elns in of parts Of tho mine 1t
he opinion Of veteran mInc work
n that in time of danger miner
\ remain near the hosting shaft I'M.
enven TO rcmotcr parts in search
z Probably Died Quickly.
he belief WAS expressed by Mine
taa2er Taylor that the men in the
k died soon after the disaster on
e'uoay. Taylor has repeatedly Tlskcd
nle 70 get into the mine, and ycster-
Almost persisted when he wandered
ie; from the main shaft and re-
od Just in time 10 see the re.
..usn hames eating their way toward
seage-h's only means OF escape,
Hoiy man N that mine died on
@y ct the FIRE, said Taylor
sW L 10 reason in The world why
ono should try 10 arouse false
&c 70 HE minds Of these poor pco-
mistaken idea that the on
miners could have hastcncd far
. ~, " 'he galleries or tho mine aud
,oun1 oxygen enough TO keep
allvc for tho dav.
y ~ showed that on the day tif the
/hL,;,' an current in the mine had Il
49,, ~ oeU feet j minute. The
I t1ri., saeery in the mine is three
} .a oi a mile. The Erc in the
"as intense and the smoke and
J /r.s gases. known TO miners as
yS yysmn. We're wbirlcd 10 every cor
II NV" :" h,ymg thing could survive it..
~, Sbich' 'nat "a pockets might be found
II ''s" INC pas did not penetrate is
oo'ld Not Escape Death.
Tl'oinpnd men all breatbed this
Arats 'ould not escape it. Caught
shon, trap. they went to sleep
"a. i, as person would taking
IA beso not painful death. I
1'bot wn H'ec overcome by gas
n, n,r nave done everything in
= tbo tb'"si 70 get into the mine TO
tIs, anxiety Of the people. We
Nat ai are dead who were there.
sn our hA emergency We have
s. suj roun "Mn hives 80 satisfy the
go Of mnllycs OF the dead. This
NJ "a hua; G;hpiorati0n has been 4 dam.
Isson lives. VIZ uoh want 70 josc
@'isIlay ! thoupht was Gone r
- 20 fee, ing about the second yeiu
|(l .syeseu rom the shaft. breathing
y Land a. IN the apparatus ON mn
&sa on my return tnv,,rd 4ba .,ao 10y
- 'SH ~ the flames. ] stnoocrSd
!, IaIl .oa discovered The renewed 6rc
'vE ion0t 1t near the cago' and my
~ Id VAL yu. was that thc rooo v.ns
70 nv 'pe9 0 ov the hent. I fbopgbt
Ela md had come, Inf wbnn +
~ IA ua, vac cage and cave III fho "icn licn !
IS h. Upward through f5c 'nr .n,eIo SLgna,' A.
% " ar above 'nc smoke to
Yet Found,
Is =. lie h,a,n"e sh@rn."e to think that seal.
4, eI, ,hye u does not. Our ,nnmn" ,,
- i0n or 'nown all alopa :, nnn5 c;r
10 fha, 'r III The Shaft. ,buf +bc
al &iOre ,6S ,S6as fatal had been done
D.N niine was sealed the
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