The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-07-30
TO PROBE CHICAGO HORROR.
Plans For Inquiry Go FOrward-Death
List Will Probably Reach
1900 Mark.

Chicago, July 26.-Plans for federal,
State and city Investigations to place
the blame for the Eastland disaster
were completed tonight.
IA coroner's jury will start an in
quest tomorrw, while federal depart
ment officers, headed by Secretary Red
field, and officers from the city police
department and the Office Of the States
attorney will gather evidence, holding
formal inquiry in allegiance until the
inquest has progressed as far as pos
sible.
Efforts continued today to remove
victims from the wrecked ship and to
tabulate the dead to determine Wheth-
er the total death list would remain
around 1000, as many believed, or
creep up to 1900 or more. Registra-
ton of employees by the Western Elec-
tric company showed nearly 400 miss
ing, but many of the names Of these
were included in the list of S26 bodies
identified.
1t was said that probably a goodly
number had not reported at the plant,
though safe.
More Tickets FOund.
Probability of swelling the list above
1000 was suggested by the announce
ment of detectives that they had seized
tickets taken from passengers board
ing the Eastland for the excursion to
Michigan City They asserted that
these tickets numbered 1850 and did
not account for children, musicians
and the crew of 72. Tney estimated
that the total number of persons
aboard the steamer might have been
$500 or more, instead OF 2,4S0 as pre-
viously announced by officers of tie
Indiana Transportation company. Les
sees of the ship asserted that 2,40S
passenger tickets had been collected.
Robert H. McCreary, deputy collec-
tor of customs, who with two inspect
ors counted the passengers as they
boarded the Eastland, after reading
Mr.. Hoyne's statement declared it was
impossible that $500 or more persons
boarded the ship. He also said It was
"false and ridiculous" for Hoyne to
state that children were not counted
McCree7y said that the 1850 ticket
stubs seized by States Attorney
Hoyne included some of the tickets
taken from passenges intended for the
steamer Petosky, another excursion
slip.
State Attorney Hoyne, in pursuing
his investigation, tonight seized the
correspondence which had passed be-
tween officers of the westinghouse
Electric employees organization which
gave the picnic and the Indiana Trans
portation company, operating the East
land and four other steamers set aside
to carry more than 1000 persons
across the lake.
The States attorney said that cor.
respondence showed that the steamer
company had advised that the more
tickets sold the greater would be the
rebate paid to the employees organiza-
ton. Tickets were to be sold to dae
electrict company employees for Is
cents at the'factory or 81 at the wharf.
According to the States attorney, the
letters showed there would be a re-
bate of one-third on all tickets over
4,0eO' and something less on those
above $500.
Compelled to Go.
Complaint already had been made
by some employees Of the electric COM
pany that they had been almost COM
PEELED to purchase tickets for the ex-
cursiou by fear that omcers of the en-
ployes organization who sold them
would discriminate against those who
did not go on the excursion. The pic
mic has been an: annual affair and