New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08

Connors and Arthur Brartik, able sea
men; Jens Jensen. quartermaster; Frank
Wedekind. messroom steward; Angus
Prinz. quartermaster; A. Abelnick. quar-
termaster. Antonio Cordones and Ber-
nard Rother, iremen. Anton Alos, car
penter; Gustave schrelborn, donkeyman
and Juri Lei, able seaman.
When the men were assembled on the
Franconia's deck and Captain Miller be-
gan taking the names. Lei stood at the
rear OF the group Seeing that Captain
Miller was starting with the men in front
Lei moved around to the end OF the line.
but ne was not asked for his name until
the others had given theirs.
Your name7" asked Miller. loking UP.
How many have you got?' Lei ques-
toned.
Miller counted and announced twelve
Have you got Matthew'S
Hes dead" said the captain; Lei goes
at the end"
Put him next" said Lei; I'm not go
ing to he the thirteenth
So Matthew's name was made thlr-
tenth
or the thirteen rescued four-Drohon.
Jerser, Schieborn and Wedekind-were in
such shape they had to go to the ships
hospital" Iverson and Clos were very
much exhausted. but the ships doctor
fixed them up. All were very starey-eyed
when the tug Confidence, bearing Major
Gleason, custom officer. and DR.. Francis
Y. Crawford physician Of the port, came
out TO meet them.
Representatives OF the Leyland Line
took charge OF the men. They had some
money. 4 subscription was taken up
among the Franconias passengers. the
amount totaliing $3.50. Members of the
Cunarder's crew also came 10 bat but
with articles of clothing.
The men not in the hospital did not
seem to be interested In anything when
they got TO East Boston. Photographers
piled on board and asked them to pose.
They looked blankly at the camera men
and did not move. A photographer
walked over. srasped Abelnick by the
shoulder and half pulled MIN TO his feet.
Then the others rose: they hadn't a
definite idea what il all was for
Effect Of Hardship.
They had been this way since they we're
taken from the small boat by the Fran
coma, and Captain Miller said young Con-
nors appeared to be more dazed than the
others. He was convinced that his father,
a trimmer on the Columbian, had fallen
into the hold on the second explosion and
had been burned 10 death. The elder Con-
nors was picked up by the Manhattan, a
fact communicated by wireless TO Captain
Miller. The captain told Connors of this
Connors shook his head.
Impossible. I saw him fall into the
fire." he said. When he came ashore and
the reporters repeated the statement, his
comment was:
II only hope It's true"
The opinion OF the survivors brought
here is that the first boat-the missing
boat-was swamped soon after she was
launched. At the time the smoke made
IT impossible for the men in the second
boat TO make out anything but the burn
ing vessel, and they heard nothing after
their boat was in the water.
II can't figure It out" Iverson said.
There vas a lot OF noise, OF course, but
you'd think that II the first boat went
under the men would have yelled. I don't
know what became OF them after the boat
was lowered"
When the Phoenix Line office closed
yesterday no word had been received re-
garding the missing lifeboat OF the
burned steamship Columbian, a part OF
whose crew had been picked up i'm life
boats by the steamships Franconia and
Manhattan.
\. NJ. PentZ, a member OF the firm OF
Sanderson a. Sons agents OF the line
said he hoped the missing boat had been
picked up by some tramp steamship not