The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-18
UNscRUPuLous LAWYERS GATH. FER AT CHERRY TO SECURE
 CLAIMS AGAINST MINE.
Would Tie Hands of Widows and Or phans Under 50 Per Cent Con tract for Any Sum Secured
 for Husbands.
for Husbands.

1 Cherry, H., Nov. 17.-Investigation made to day by Attorneys George w. Gordon and Charles Cheney Hyde, representing the italian consul, dis closed the almost ghoulish activities of several lawyers seeking to repre- sent death claims on contingent fees.
 The consul, Guido Sabetta, and his representatives, uncovered several cases among Italian women, who, be- reft of the bread winners of their fam flies, had been approached by lawyers who had sought to impose on the ig- norance and distracted condition of the women.
 One Italian woman who lost her husband and three sons in the mine was asked by some shark to give him her case on a basis of 50 per cent" said MT. Hyde
 We uncovered similar cases with startling frequency and have been kept busy all day warning the women to seek advice of union officials. their priest or their consul to avoid being robbed by men who have not hesi- tated to descend into what is today the most sorrowful and desolate place in the world"
 In the little Knights of Pythias hall where F. P Bicknell, the Red Cross representative, dispenses charity, the sad faces of women petitioning for aii was in contrast to the bustling activi. ty of the relief agents.
 During the morning the headquar. tens were crowded to an extent which made work impossible. Mir. Bicknel was compelled to make a speech in the simplest words he could find, tell the women and children to remain at home until the official visitors" reach them.
 T know how sorely you have been tried, that you are in need, but please understand that you will have food and fire, said the Red Cross leader.
 We cannot help you when you fill the room, you can see that. The good women who call upon you will take your orders, and they will be flied Those who understand English please explain to the others"
 For few minutes there was a low ' hum ofy oices as the translations were being made in italian, Russian. German and other tongues, and the crowd slowly dispersed
 With their heavy shawls about their heads, the coarse. cumbersome shoes l of the European peasants on their feet, and their thin skirts Iashed by | the icy wind, the women presented a ! sad picture as they passed into the l street. Even the converted lodge hall l which they left was part of the pic | ture. for of it's fortyafve members only twelve remain.
 MT. Bicknell remarked the fact that | requests for supplies almost invari- ably included one for fuel despite the ! fact that the town exists because of | It's coal mines. Like everything else | here, the explanation lies in the blaz- | ing charnal house under the ground. The men who daily brought home the l needed supply in baskets, bags or even wheelbarrows, are dead in one great funeral pyre.
 A typical order was filled for Julia Dovan, sweet faced bride of six | weeks, whose husband, father and | brother all were lost. She came to | ask relief for herself, her mother. her sister-in-law and eleven children of the last two named. Shis 'siricken | home wal promptly furnished with ! sausage, four. potatoes, soup, aea, cof- fee and other food stuffs
 A walk about the streets tonight 1 disclosed many careworn woman sitting at her window alone in lone ly house.
 Consul Sahetta. returning from his | visit to his country women. showed 1