The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-17

Ihefry. ILL.,, NOV. To- troops nave
been called for to prevent any un-
toward demonstra. o;. when the
bodies Of the 200 miners entombed in
Saturdays disaster are brought to the
surface.
Sheriff Skogiand, telegraphed to
Springfield late today asking Gov,
Deneen to send several companies Of
militia. No violence mas been DIS
played and States Attorney Eskhart
hopes by the presence of small
guard to prevent any i'll advised move
by the miners whose feelings are
wrought rp by the lozs ol their com
fades.
I'VE want troops at once. We will
take no chances" tiee.ared Eckhart.
When the bodies will he brought up
is doubtful None OF the officials be-
lieve any of the men are alive. The
fire in the mine today was more in
tense than when the men were Ell,
trapped. No efforts We're made to en-,
ter today.
Chicago Fire Chic. There.
Fire Chief Horan. Of Chicago. ar
r.Vef today with assistance and hose
and chemical extinga;silers. Later a
fire engine and crew was sent from
Chicago. The seal over the mouth
OF the shaft remains intact. 1t was
intended to force water and chemicals
down through pipes. A thermometer
plunged into the sane covering the
seal showed a Temperature of 40 de-
grees, indicating that the heat in the
interior of the mine is intense. =.
Horan said:
ITO lift the lid today would mean
that the whole mine would blaze up
thef, there would ,be no possibility of
recov ering even the bodies. The coal
deposits would take fire. the timber
supports crumble AMI it would be-
terrible no picture what would hap
pen. rer1aEs another shaft may have
to I've dug to recover the bodies
District President Mcdonald of the
mine workers, in making the rounds,
discovered that a new baby had ar
rived at O home which had lost
father AMI sor The mother was kept
ignorant of the disaster Eighty.siX
homes were visited which, with the
exception Of childrec, were without
male members.
Fire Raging Fiercey.
Only the most frantic women who
lost their husbands yentured to visit
the shaft. These had to be almost
forcibly taken back. Frequently a.
puff OF smoke Issued from the creyice
in the shaft cover, evidence that fire
is raging within. , II bodies are found
near the shaft it was declared it
wolud Indicate that the men perished
by fire. If thev are found in the dis
tant galleries suifocation will be held
to have been the ca2ae. The repeated
sealing Of the mine is held to be suf-
ficieft to generate c1ough gas to kill
the men IN any part Of the mine, The
location OF the bodies will also indi
cate aho"t~ when the men died, for
gasses are not fatally dense until
after the first fire is considerably sub
dued.
Two hundred and fifty pine boxes
ir which will he buried the bodies
when recovered. arrived today and
are, stored near the mine. although
the iqct is kept from the afflicted
famiik 8. Manager Taylor said today:
Eve, man in the mine was put to
sleep oil the day the fire broke out
Thre is no reason to arouse false
hopes. ana there Is not ground for
hoping that a single soul could have
Leen ound alive an hour after the
fire.
Could Not Live.
at is a mistaken idea that the
miners cold have hurried far out in
the gal'oi les and found oxygen
enough to eep them awe for day
"The tests showed that on the day
of the fire The air cirrent had a.
velocity OF six, hundred feet a minute.
The LONGEST gal is three quarters
OF a mile. TheS1.re was intense and
the smoke and WI, tie damp whirlei
to every corner of fhe mine. No liv-
ing thing could escape 1t.