Arizona republican., 1909-11-18
St. Paul Mine Retains Its
 Victims Bodies AN INCREASE OF ANGER
But the Authorities Though Supported By Troops,
 Have Made No Effort to
 Hold in Check the Rising Resentment of Survivors

Cherry. III, Nov. 17.-After claiming them for four days. the St. Paul coal mine. in which are entombed the bodies of 300 or more miners as a result of Saturdays disaster, today refused to yield up it's dead. Utter failure to devise any satisfactory method of re- - covering the bodies attended the work of the rescuers. Tonight the interior of the mine is burning almost as fiercely as ever. the lifting of the seal over the mouth of the hoisting shaft indicating by frequent puffs of smoke the fury of the smothered flames.
 While two companies of state troops were sent to prevent possible disorder, they remained idle in their cars except for guard duty about the mine and the sleeping cars at night.
 An important conference lasting five hours was held. Federal, state and To- cal mining experts were present A meeting was called in response to the feeling that efforts should be made to penetrate the mine and bring up the bodies at all hazards. But at it's con clusion it was found that no immediate descend could be made into the gas and heat-filied cavern without the risk of killing the rescuers.
 Various schemes were proposed Among them was one to open up an air shaft distant from the hoisting shaft. which hitherto has been worked and by means. of a gigantic fan pro- d-.ce false air current that would carry the gas and heat away from the shaft down which it was intended to send the rescuers. Those who opposed this declared that the entire project of rescue would have to be indefinitely postponed. IL was asserted that the internal fires are so intense that it would be useless to risk more lives. and that in fact. the mine would have to be sealed up for weeks and possibly for months before it cooled off
 Scores of women continue to finger about the ground. So great has been the mental strain of the last four days that it is feared that many women are on the verge of insanity. A demon- stration of feeling on the part of sur vivors has created much uneasiness among the mine officials, experts. charity workers and others who have business here. This led Sheriff Skog- lund to take immediate. action. and at dusk he asked the railroad officials to move the troop cars. stationed several hundred feet from the mine, up beside the special cars. which are serving as a temporary hotel Sheriff Kogiund ordered the soldiers to remain quietly in their cars.
 Their presence excited no comment from the sorrowful men and women about the mine. Their pent up grief and anger were unehecI d by the of ficers today. and even when an orator mounted the sand-sealed shaft of the mine. the sheriff. single handed calmed the situation. The climax came when James Witherell. a veteran miner leaped to the shaft and harangped the crowd of weeping women and sullen men. Witherell condemned the acts of the authorities since the disaster and declared that the men entombbd in the mine were buried alive He made no threats. but fierce interjec- tions by members of the a<iience re- vealed their feelings against the mine owners and state officials
 For the first time since Sunday two men tonight descended the ventilating shaft of the St Paul mine. in the blocked and fiery galleries of which more than 900 men and boys lie dead. The exploit was successfully carried out by Thomas Morris and R Y. Williams gof~the United States geological survey. They were nearly exhausted when hauled to the top. but quickly revived under the admin istration of stimulants. From what they discovered 1t is believed that the fire has moved back from the main shaft and that it may be pos- sible to enter it soon. They did not see any bodies
 That boys below the legal age limit are among the dead in the St. Paul mine was proved to his own belief today by Edgar Davies. state factory inspector. In one case the mother Of a child victim has apparently lost her reason and the state officials are in- vestigating the case, with view of fixing the responsibility for the vio-