The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-16
FIRE ADDS 10
MINING HORROR


fCsutinuea fren PaGe One.)
Meanwhile the fire ragged IN the
mine and some experts fear that u
win spread through the coal veins,
thus burning out all the timber sup
ports ana causing further caving IN
Inspector Taylor. who was one OF
the discoverers Of the renewed IRE.
announced that the flames nad not
she mine. This caused President A. J.
rarlinr OF the Chicago. Milwaukee and
ST Paul Raflroad to sexciaim:
.rf that IL 70. then the men. II they
ara aliye. are Just az we'll off as they
were had the second outbreak not oc-
Cured"
The plan to perforate the lid or seal
over the mouth and force steam and
carbolic gas through pipes to the bot
tom of the pit may be tried. tomorrow.
Various opinions are expressed a. 70
the probable effect. Chief ]. W. Paui
Of the governments mine rescue WORK
said the chemicals would have 2 ten
dency to quickly smother out the Llre
ana would penetrate to every corner.
Mr.. McDonald Of the Miners Union
was OF the opinion that . quantity OF
carbolic acid gas sufficient to put out
fire certainly would extinguisn
human life, If any existed In the mine.
Funerals Of two of the men who died
In an attempt to rescue the miners
Saturday and OF one boy. employe who
tried to escape by climbing into the
lowered cage but who later died. were
held today. The men were Jonn
Szbranski and Dominick Fremento
The boy was John Tuhy. szbranski
was an alderman In the village as well
a. .cager" on the second vein. be
was leader among the Lthuanians ana
was popular. His bravery In sacrific-
ing his life In the attempt ct rescue
made him q hero in the opinion of his
fellow countrymen and all OF his fol-
lowers who could go. attended his
funeral In Spring Valley. His body
was buried at Mount Olive cemetery.
Spring Valley. q Catholic burying
ground. Fremento was Q grocer. He
was an italian. He was among the
first to enter the cage In which he
lost his life. He and Tuhy were buried
,at Cherry.
Governor Harmon. of Ohio. offered
the services OF the Ohio mine inspec-
tors in q telegram tonight from
Columbus to Chairman Richard New
sam, of the Illinois State Mine Com
mission. Mr.. Newsam thanked Cover
nor Harmon In telegram, but In
formed him their services were not
needed
It was learned that the renewed fire
In the mine reached the timbers at the
bottom of the hosting shaft. The
fire had jumped along the sides and
roof OF a passage connecting the air
shaft with the hosting shaft.
There are no water works at the
mine capable Of supplying the neces-
sary quantity Of water Therefore
tanks Of water and additional two
inch hose were sent for tonight,
The fire with the air cut off, was re-
ported to be making slow Roadway to-
night.
Begin Charity Work.
Cherry. ILL.,. Nov. 15--Just before
dark officials of the Miners Union be-
gan taking an official roll call of the
widows and orphans to each Of whom
Is to be given charity.
The women. some OF whom had as
many as three or four small children
tugging at their skirts, roamed over
the fields crying out piteously the
names OF the sons or husbands. Many
when questioned for data for the roll
call were so incoherent as to be unable
to tell who they were or for whom
they were searching
Albert. Albert" cried one. beating
| her breast and walking away. as
The charity work on the ground
hereohas been taken charge of by Dun
can Mcdonald OF Springfield, ILL.,,
president of District IL. Mine Work.
ers; Edwin Perry. secretary and
treasurer Of the United Mine Workers
OF America: E. p. BickneIl. OF WASH
ington, director OF the National Red
Cross and Professor Graham Taylor OF
the state mine investigating commit
tee.
Many widows And Orphans.
Up to late hour tonight no definite
list of the number OF widows and
orphans was obtained. Roughly esti-
mated. Mr.. Mcdonald said there would
be 1000 orphans and 200 widows. All
of these practically have no provisions
for the future and Will be dependent
upon charity. For each death the
State Miners Union. win pay $50.
In addition this Organization will con-
tribute for distribution $4,000 and the
National Union will give like
amount, Whatever other help there
is probably will come from public
funds.
Almost two- thirds OF the men leave
widows" said Mr. Mcdonald. Zach
of these widows have from three to
five children. I saw one woman who
has nine children. all under ~ years
old. She has not enough ahead to pay
for weeks provisions.
In a month from now the distress
OF these families will be pitiabIe.
Whatever the public has to give should
be offered now. so we can plan ahead
to take care of these poor people for
the winter"
During the afternoon. children play
ed on the streets as usual.
The one school of the town has not
held session since Friday and prob
ably will not hold one until the end OF
the week.
Since Saturday night not a saloon
has been opened to the public There
has been no sign of drunkenness
among the men.
Edwin Perry, secretary and treas
urer OF the United Mine Workers. who
is here. received today from Secretary
Frank Morrison of the American
Federation OF Labor telegram ex-
tending the sympathy OF the delegates
now In session at Toronto.
AMENDMENT SPEECHES.
Cunningham and Seed VIII Make Ad-