Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-03-23
RELUCTANTLY 1IiS III .%!!NE ~ GIVES
FORTH ITS NUTILAIIiID Victims

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as one Of the men still in the mine.
How did you get out?"
well, they amt got my right num-
| ber," rejoined Oyasis. He then ex-
planned that he was one of the party
Of fourteen which was rescued alive
Thursday morning after having spent
the night in the pump room, where
they hovered around a broken fresh
air pipe. He was brought up with
his thirteen companions but when the
top was reached, oyasis jumped over
the side of the car.
Onlookers thought he was one OF
the rescuers, while those who had
found the man thought they had been
mistaken in the number they found.
Oyasis went home Immediately. He
said the reason he had not come back
to the mine any sooner was that he
felt so good in the bosom Of his family
and the night had been so horrible.
that he even dreaded the thought OF
the mines appearance.
An Old Mans sorrow.
Sam Phillips-"Old Man" Phillips
everybody in McCurtain calls him-is
perhaps the most afflicted by the
disaster of any in town. Three OF his
boys, Sam, Jim and Hgle, perlshed in
the mine, as did his grandson and SON
in-law. Their burials We're the last
of the day today, and in this instance
services We're rendered both at the
home and grave Four wagons backed
up to the Phillips home and when the
first reached the graveyard, the last
vehicle containing mourners. stretched
backward for over half a mile.
The odd Fellows had charge Of sew
eral services at the cemetery. but In
the majority of cases no ceremonies
We're had.
Fifteen new graves had been dug
at nightfall today, and all who were
not otherwise busy helped in the dig.
ging. For a long time several cof.
fins were at the cemetery, waiting
for graves to be dug Late this ev-
ening twenty pine boxes on the depot
platform added grewsomeness to the
dismal day.
Schools all Closed.
There has been no school since the
accident occurred and there has beer
very little business done The pos
office and the hotels and restaurant:
are about the only places that have
not been locked much of tNe tim.
since Wednesday noon.
There are men in McCurtain who
have not been in bed since .Wednes.
day, and there are some who have not
even had the chance to catch a bi'
of sleep. Chief among these are MON
bers of the rescuing parties and mcr
who are caring for the dead lmmedi-
ately after they are brought mp
County Judge A. l.. Beckett, IF Has.
lell county. Is conducting one of the
most strenuous of working campaigns
and his assistance has been the mos
valuable.
''The San Bois company has not re-
fused me a single thing / have asked
them for" said Judge Beckett today
EVERY demand for assistance in the
way of caring for the dead and in re.
lieving suffering has been freely
maintained.
PitcOus Sights are Seen.
The scenes at the cemetery all day
rivalled those at the mouth Of the
mine on the first day of the acoldent
Mothers and sisters tainted, and the
speech and cries Of widows We're pit.
iful In the extreme. The large crowd
looked on in abject horror.
Tonight men working in the wash.
room where bodies are prepared fol
coffins stated that over half of thu
last twenty they had taken care o.
had had their necks broken, and at
tribute this, as well as many of thu
broken arms and legs, to the force o.
the explosion. Every hour is adding
to the decomposition of the dead, ant
the stencil is sickening. yet the helper!
go about their work as though Ions
accustomed to it,
People usually look upon miners a.
rough and tough citizens. but wher
put to the test, as In this instance
they prove to be the most consideratt
of tender humantarians.
San BOis Employs 500.
The San Bois company operates
three mines here, employing over 50'
men. The company extends worl
throughout Oklahoma, Arkansas anC
Texas. in what is known as district No
81. Negotiations between Genera
Manager Crane and the miners hav'
ceased since the accident. The min
ers are asking a 10 per cent increase
In wages.
Can't Pay His Pensions.
THEN TSIN China March %