The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-11-27


nave charge of the programme.
Twenty of 21o Miners saved-one
Dies.
Cherry, Nov. 2l.-Hope that there
might still be alive some of the 1879 nl..I
known to be entombed in the ST Pau
coal mine was practically abandoned
today An exploration into what is
known as the second vein, where ii
was thought probable many miners had
! baricaded themselves and had man
| aged to exist on oats and corn pro-
vided for the mules, showed that large
| portions of the tunnels had collapsed.
1t is believed many men were buried
under the debris, and. if the obstruc-
ton is not soon cleared, at least 100
bodies may never be dug up.
Fire is still raging in these tunnels,
and the back portions where imprisoned
miners could have found a retreat, is
said to be full of the fatal black damp.
What little hope we had was given
up when we penetrated to what is
known as the overcast" said w w.
Taylor, general manager of the mine.
In that place pure air would have
been found if it could have been found
anywhere, and the miners, aware Ct
it, would have retreated there. When
we got into that place we found it
empty, both, of bodies and of live men.
We listened in vain to detect a signal
or other sign of life
Cherry continues to be a village of
mourning. The death today of one of
the survivors Brought to the surface
last Saturday reduced the total number
of those saved out of the 80 lost in
the disaster to nineteen. Almost all
the thirty-fOur bodies taken out yester-
day were identified.
Rescuers met with great obstacles
In one instance fire broke out in
tunnel, temporarily cutting off the es-
cape of twenty-five men who had ven
tured 400 feet from the hosting shaft
The smell of smoke gave the warning
above, and the rescuers were reached
and brought to safety by another rescue
party.
Following a t1l4gram sent to Gov
ernor Deneen by the executive board
of the miners organization asking that
someone be designated by the state to
take charge of the mine, Mine Inspector
Hector McAllister was placed in charge.
Despite the fire and the falling in of
the tunnels, the rescue work will be
pushed night and day.
Vermillion, S. d, Nov.-Mrs. Albert
Nelson was killed in her bedroom early
Saturday by a tramp Iaborer hired to
do some extra work on the Nelson
farm. Mrs. Nelson's husband was
aroused and killed the man, but suf-
fered probably fatal injuries himself
Duluth, Mimi, Nov-At midnight
Saturday blizzard struck the head of
the lakes district, the wind at times as
Stunning the proportions of a gale. Lake
Superior is tumbling in a way to pro-
hiblt safe navigation. A heavy snow
storm continues. Traffic on railroads
and in the city is delayed.
New Richmond, Wis. Nova severe
blizzard ragged Saturday in northern
Wisconsin
Norfolk, Neb., Nova blanket of
snow from eight to ten inches deep on
the level covered all of nothern Ne
braska and southern South Dakota,
the Black Hills and northern Wyoming
Tuesday. All trains in this territory
were late. The temperature is mod
crate.
Sioux City, Ia, Nov.-Eight inches of
snow fell throughout this section of the
state Tuesday. Railway and street car
traffic was delayed.
Trenton, N. J., Nov-Edward NJ.
Meyers of Red Bank, n. j., was fined
800 by Judge Criss in the United States
court for sending defamatory postal
cards to the members of a Kansas jury
which convicted socialist editor
Lynn, Mas, Nov.-As a result of the
controversy of labor organizations con-
nected with the shoe trade the A. R. |
Little company, shoe manufacturers. |
employing 1880 operatives, announced |
that they were looking for a location |
in some other city. The company's fac |
tory is closed on account of a strike.
Grand Junction, Colo, Nov-Snow |
has fallen constantly for twenty-four |
hours. The apple crop of the valley |
was harvested just in time to escape de-
struction.