New-York tribune., 1909-11-17
NINE A FURNACE
TROOPS CALLED OUT.
No Hope of Rescucs-Fu-
morals Of Eight Victims.

cherry. III. Nov is--IIope Tor any OF
the three hundred men buried I'm the s..
Paul mine ny Saturdays disaster was
s,rs~ficallv abandoned to-dav when the
Temperature ~ tho entrance of The shaft
was found 10 he 10 degrees. State troops
were called out. as the authorities fear
iiotins when the truth beoomes known.
President A J. Earring snd tho suthori-
ties declared this morning that they would
rot think ~ calling troops. To-day, how
s>er. evidence az in feeling became 50
pronounced among the miners that the
officials were persuaded not 10 trust 70 the
slerin and his deputies. A riot on top of
ihe catastrophe. they feit. would he mex
crssble.
Despite sheriff Skoglund's assurance that
no apprehension prompted the cnl for
troops. many via rarnors were circulated.
one wss that = crowd = men from points
outside o. Cherry had determined 20 take
the situation into their cTn hands ~
csrrv out the rescue N0rk themselves
Another said plot had been formed -
blow ND . numhe~ q private cars on iie
switches here. one ~ them Is the pirate
osr Of President Esrling. who remains night
and dsv on tho ground. AL these rlmors
were soored ~ by The ofh-ials ana brand
cd IS absurd
Governor Deneen sent three oonlpanies
cf militia So FAR there has bern no vio-
lenoe. and n - hoped ~ Ths presence II
smsn gu.rd 70 prevent any Demonstration
~ the miners. whose feelings have beer
wrought Nd hv the loss - their comrades.
When the bodies win be brought 20 the
surface Is problemstcsl Nonc ~ the on
rers believe that an ~ the men sre alive.
tut nothing more is nov actually known
n-@ =
of the socident. The intensity OF the fire
precluded any attempt 10 enter the shatt
to-dsy.
Pre- chef Horsn ~ Chicago arrived
TO-DAY with sSsis-sure and = supply ~
hose ana chemical hre extinguishers. The
seal over the mouth of the shaft vas Per
fors-es. end n ~-ss intended 20 force water
End chez,icsis down through pipes
shsrmorlster plunged into tire sand scat
fered on top - the seal showed tenn
rersture % 10 degrees. indicating that the
heat in the interior of the mine must have
heen intense.
It's NJ use~ ssid chief Horan TO
Nft the 10 to-sa- would mesn that the
Whole rnins vould blaze up and there would
re ~ possibility ~ recovering even the
hodies"
George Rice. ~ FittrAr-e chief If the
red work n the United States Geologlcal
eurvsy. slEo vas positive tha; the reopen
inE of the mine rou.d have 70 he post
poned
COAL VEINS OK FIRE
Tt seems assured" ssid Air. Rice. that
shs cosl in the mine Is on FIRE The gaseous
doors arising from the shaft indicate this o.
Judging from the heat ~ the surface.
Mine Inspector James r Tavlor declares
that the Eest ~ the bottom NJ the shaft
must be intense. As there e. nothing IN
ths shaft 20 burn ths heat comes from
within she nlins proper three hundred feet
below rhe surface Tire smell ~ gas e
apparent near the shaft and this seems =
osrtein ineicstion that hre hhs spread from
the stables ~ the coal veins The fem
persture hsd increa sed a. late hour to-
night
The only TroSress made TO-DAY vss IN
: UfCauizin- relief work for the many des-
rlfufe remnants - families
y making the rounds n the miners
hores. Duncan McDcnald. president #
District 80 - United Mine Workers dis
covered TO-DAY that eichtv-eix of the homes
visited rere. with the exception Of snal
children. without male occupants.
Feniv -he most frantic % the women Who
lost husbands veutgred 70 visit tho Shaft
fo-dsy. snd these had 10 ho almost forcihly
taken hack Frequently pun Of smoke
N issped from = creyioo In the cover over the
Mshaft This was taken - an evidence Of
Vfhe ire raging within. n Was cold enough
outside. an iCy wind sweeping over iha
prsiri"s and whistling mourufullv through
the EuUsrStruoture Of tla mine.
HaEesr5 and almost worn into oNhsus-
flon by tho terror of three slcerlcss nights.
tho women approached The officials. i'm
p.oriuE for some glimmer Of hope.
There rs stin q chance. aiu't there. mis-
ter pleaded one woman who spoke some
English Don't say they are dead for Ger
tain"
The attention of the populsce here was
rsken from tho operations ~ tie mine to-
dsy 70 fne funerals of eight of the men
whose bodies were recovered last SATURDAY..
Two ~ these died while engaged in rescue
work. Several ~ the miners on duty al
the shaft left their work 10 follow the pro-
-sssi,Ds 70 the cemetery. and then hur-
riedly returned 20 the mine
The opinion Was expressed tonight b,
a.. TAYLOR. tho mine manager. that the
rnon in the mine were dead soon after the
Ere started ~ Saturday. Taylor has re-
pestedly risked his life 20 get into the
mine. ana yesterday he vas sH but lost
she main shsf' and returned Just in time
20 see the rekindied flames eating their
way toward the cage which vas his only
means AZ escape
DEAD AS HOUR AFTER FIRE
10. men IN the mine sre dead. sid Tsy-
tor tonight They cannot be alive. In
Der snv process % scientific reasoning there
cen exist no ground for hope that a single
sonl could have been found alive an hour
smsr ne hrst IRE. To make these poor
psorla think that when the mine is opened
fhsir loved ones vii ~ found IN some re-
srots portion ~ fhs mine is cruel
II is . mistsken ieea that the entoTnbed
uinsrs could have fastened far out IN the
galleries - the mine ana there found oNy-
etr enough 20 keep them alive. The tests
in rhe mine showed that on tie dsy of the
frs the sir current IN the mine hso q We
locfty II six hundred feet q minute Tie
lrurerf gallery IN rhe mine r. three -ausr
tsrs II . mile. and The draft could pene-
tra.e thst distance IN less than seven min
Utss The ere m m mine was intense, and
sh. sroke aul che poisonous gases. known
4, miners as white dsmr. were vhirled 20
every corner 80 The mine 10 living fhing
could s-cape if To argue that pockets