The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-03
Witness Held for Murder.


1t was announced today that the
mine workers had decided not to per
NIT the testimony of Louis Zancanelli
to be taken before the congressional
committee, on the ground that he is
IN Jail on a charge of murder and that
his testimony previous to this trial
might jeopardize his liberty or even his
life.
zancanelli is charged with the kill
ing of G. ". Belcher, a private dctec.
The final Trinidad session of the in
vestigation occupied about ten minutes.
The committee will 90 to Walsenburg
tomorrow, and begin hearings lmme-
diately.
Before the brief closing session to-
day, Representatives Byrnes, Sutherland
and Evans made a personal inspection
of the workings of the Delagua mine,
the largest producing property in Colo
RADIO.
The three congressman were accom-
panied by two interpreters, whose com
bined powers suhiced to negotiate the
fifteen or twenty languages spoken by
the Delagla miners, and by reporter,
death Special Used.
The now peaceful "death special -
the machine gun bearing automobile
used BY mine guards at the Ludlow
battle, divcstcd OF it's steel plate armor
and with no machine gun frowning from
its toDneau, carried the party through
tho district where a few months ago
| its appearance was signal for alarm
and even bloodshcd. Cheers greeted
| the machine as it raced past the Lud
! low tent colony and into Hastings can
| yon.
At the mine Office, the whole party
was taken to the company store, where
Superintendent B. W. Snodgrass fitted
ers and miners caps with lamps on
the fronts. Then the party returned
| to the office, where each man was given
| a brass Identification check, with a
number corresponding to his name,
carefully preserved at the office, The
| congressman were then led into the
mouth Of the mine in which, IN 1910
an explosion killed scores of miners
All in Good Humor.
Glow much coal do YOU think you
can get outl' grnned a mipo Off
| cial,
''Better get a few extra cars into
the mine, retorted a congressman
"We'll have the coal coming out in a
| few minutes
With no light but that shown by
| the torches on each man s cap, the
party trudgcd down the long main en-
| try, with Snodgrass in the lead. At
times the roof was too low to permit
the shortest man TO stand erect.
| After some time the men reached
the rooms where the miners were work
ing. AT one place the congressman
were roundly cursed in emphatic Slav.
ish by Bosnian miner who did not
know who the visitors were and wanted
| TO know what the various things those
diversely described fellows were COM
ing in TO bother him for.
Miners interviewed.
The congressman interviewed a num-
ber of the men, asking them searching
questions regarding working conditions,
| Most Of the miners interviewed pro-
fesscd to be content with their con
dition, None would admit that he
wanted TO leave, nor would one say
that he ever had tried to get away
and been restrained by mine guards
or militiamen.
On the way out the congressman were
loaded into two empty coal cars on tbe
electric tram track. lluddled on the
oal-littered floor, they ducked their
heads to avoid roof timbers and elec.
trio wires as the cars jostled rapidly
from the cross entry into the main
entry and toward the distant daylight.
At one point the tram train was met
by 4 company mine inspector. He
took one look at the grimv statesmen
in overalls, sprawled on the bottom
Of the cars and his fGec turned pale.
Glow many arc burt'' he shouted
to Superintendent Spodgrass
For ono Of the safety regulations laid
down by W. j. Murray. general super
intendeGt OF the Victor American com
pany, is that no man. unless he is dead
or seriously injured. shall be permitted
to ride in a coal car. An explanation
somewhat Modified the inspector.
Emerging from the mine, the con
gressmeD returned to Trinidad. In the
meantime DR.. Foster, the chairman. had
paid a visit 10 the county jail. where
he interviewed several of the military