Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-18
MINE REFUSES TO
YIELD UP ITS DEAD
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ian announced TIA degrees near the
top"
Mr. Rice lowered the thermometer
800 feet TO the bottom OF the shaft
and the announcer shouted to the
crowd: "l07 degrees at the bottom"
That's not bad craid chorus OF
voices.
Buried by college Men,"
James Witherell, miner. stood
over the mouth OF the shaft and adj
vsed the crowds OF weeping women
and sullen men that the miners had
been buried alive by some college
men" who knew nothing about min
ing.
These men were buried alive.
shouted Witherell. They were alive
Monday night, but they died when the
mine experts shut of their air Can
man breathe through four feet OF
5and?"
Il tell you they were crucified.'
And what are the experts doing?'
asked young man in Witherelfs
audience.
They are eating and sleeping in
the cars" replied another. Yes they
are eating while they smother the
men to death and refuse the poor
women food" said another. Withereils
oxnffipO hic hear
ers and the crowd was growing larger
when some one told Sheriff Skoglund
and he induced Witherell TO go away.
Troops Guard officials Cars.
The action of the crowd under sucn
talk showed that the soldiery was
not needed today and Sheriff Skog-
und repeated that the only object in
having troops present was to guard
the mine when bodies should be re-
covered However. the troops were
orderd to guard the sleeping cars. in
Guiding the private car of President
Arlington. of the c. NJ. & st. p. Dark
ress settledhover the mine and the
troopers took possession OF the
ground beneath which the miners
lie buried.
Sought to Sue For Women.
Investigations made today by at
torneys representing the Italian consul
at Chicago disclosed the fact that
several lawyers are already seeking to
represent both claims on contingent
fees. Consuel Guido Sabetta's aides
uncovered several cases among Italian
women, who. bereft of the bread WIN
ners OF their families. had been asked
BY lawyers who had sought to inn
pose on the ignorance and distracted
condition OF the women to be allowed
to sue for damages for 80 per cent OF
the money obtained.
In the little knights of Pythias hall
(ony l2 of the 45 members of this
lodge are alive) where f. p. Bickneli,
Req Cross representative. dispenses
charity. the sad faces OF women petit
ioning for aid was In contrast to the
busting activity of the relief agents
Many Requests for Fuel.
Mr. Bicknell remarked that re-
quests for supplies almost invariably
included one for fuel. despite the fact
that the town exists because of its
coal mine. The men who daily
brought home the needed supply OF coal
in baskets are dead in one funeral
pyre.
A typical order was fled for Julia
Dovan. bride of six weeks. whose
husband, father and brother all were
lost. She came to ask for relief for
herself, her mother. her sister-in-iaw
and eleven children of the two latter.
This stricken home was promptly FUR
nished with sausage. -four, potatoes.
soup. tea. coffee and other food sturfs.
A walk about the streets tonight
discovered many care worn women
sitting az the windows. alone In
houses in which there was no other
life.
Consul Sabetta tonight said:
Want to Stay in America
IT has been said that Italians came
here to earn money only that they
may take il back to italy. My govern
ment has offered 20 care For those who
wish to return to the mother country.
! have seen them today. mothers.
wives. children and have told them
they might go home. No one accept
ed. These women have made their
start in the new country and at any
cost to themselves are determined TO
educate their children TO American