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The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-06-11

The men had climbed from the 2 500
through manway to the 2,400. where
they stripped off their clothing and
bulkheaded themselves In on both
sides of section of drift, saving their
lives from the poisonous gases that
soon pervaded the entire mine They
became desperate about noon Sunday
when no hope of rescue had come to
them and broke through the temporary
bulkheads struggling to the station
from where they were taken to the
top.
Men alive on the 2.400," was the
news flashed by word of mouth along
the surface of the Spectator mine.
electrifying the group of officials and
others who were there Extraordinary
activity seized the men who had been
cast under the spell of the presence of
death. Men ran to and fro preparing
to receive the survivors. Helmet men
hurriedly donned their outfits and
made ready for the descent. The chief
operator of the telephone company was
notified and asked to apprise all of the
physicians in the city of the ioyful
turn in the gruesome catastrophe Cots
and tables were made ready to receive
the weakened men. Ambulances and
rcabs were summoned and everything
was made ready to take immediate
| care of the men who We're coming up.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-06-11

two assistants. some refused the as
sistance and walked unsteasily. their
eyes half closed. to the office to report.
Some exchanged greetings with the
men ON top and stopped to banter with
some of their friends before going to
the tmekeeper to report The names
OF the survivors. were called off as they
entered the office and immediately
telephoned to the newspaper offices in
the city. Whenever possible the rela- :
yves OF the living men We're notified
Immediately. Some OF the men pre-
Continued on Page Eight.)
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STRONG FORCE OF
GUARDSMEN NOW
STATIONED HERE
Soldiers Will Remain Indefi-
nitely-WeIl- Trained,
Capable Men.

One hundred and twenty six MEM
bers OF Company b. Second Montana
regiment. national guard. have been
transferred to Butte. in command OF
Maj. c. 8. Sargent. and are en-
camped on a site about one block west
Of the Montana School Of Mines. The
troops arrived yesterday afternoon
from Helena ON the Great Northern
to their camp site. 1t was announced
at battalion Headquarters. that the men
are taking the field in compliance with
q general order and that their stay
will be indefinite They are fully
equipped for field service and are pre-
pared to cope with any emergency
which may arise.
The troops sent to Butte last Mon
day In anticipation of a Registration
day demonstration are a part Of Com
pany b. which was organized al
Roundup. They are among the besi
drilled in the regiment and with few
have seen service on the
Mexican border.
Camp discipline and routine will bs
maintained and the men will be per-
mitted to leave camp only by spe-
ciai permit. They will be practically
under arms at all times.
Members OF Company F. who were
ordered to- Butte several weeks ago
are guarding tunnels. bridges ant
strategic points in this district Only
those engaged in the work OF forward
ing supplies and the commissioned of
ficers make their headquarters here
Major Sargent and his staff however
make hsadaA,artersiin Butte. 1t wal
Major SARGENT and Captain Perry o
Company +, who assumed, cominan,
last Tuesday night when the ant.
war demonstration was iiipped in thu
bud
These troops will be taken into tn,
regular establishment next month. I
is anticipated that the Montana regi
ment will be among the first guar
forces to be sent abroad. but on tina
score there Is nothing more than con
lecture at present.
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THE IDENTIFIED DEAD
Number of Identified Dead Number 35 as FOlIows

pform, John, 500 East Park
John j., l26 East Park
p, Mike, 500 South Utah
q, Frank G.. 629 South Main.
erty. Neil, So East Copper
|, Nick, PIP Anaconda
~, Dan
p, Albert H., 703 East Galena
Pat. 2l2s Yale
rrris, Maurice A.
feils, John, 1873 Pacific
George
John ].
N, Tony, 345 East Mercury
eh; George, l Duggan
tad, Young, 6i5 South Main
), Martin
J. B.. 426 North Alabama
Pske' Theo, 2il East Granite
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hope rekndled by the finding of 10 men alive in a
it 5000 feet from the station on the 2200foot level
Epeculator mine efforts of the army of rescue men
kploring all the accessible workings for those who
bus far escaped death from the poisonous gases in
Ito Saturday mornings fire in the Granite Noun
aft were redoubled today. Every human agency is
Employed to reach sections Of the mine where there
highest possibility that havens of refuge were af
by erection of bulkheads before nroads of gas and
This involves miles Of exploration through gas
areas, where the lives f-rescuers, even equipped
he oxygen helmets, are in jeopardy every moment.
of four of those found alive while being taken over
00 feet to the shaft through great of gas is
htive of the danger rescue work involves They
Equipped with helmets, but because of their unfa-
fly with this equipment and their crazed condition
Eailed to use them to best advantage and in their
ned condition succumbed to the gas
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McGinniss, John j., POI Toboggan
avenue, Walkerville
McAdams. Jos. H., Elwood block
0bradO, Steve
Oling, Erik, $40 East Broadway
O'Neill, Con, foreman Diamond
Perry, Jeff, 9 Seal Terrace
Roberts, Kelly
Ramsay, William, 4i5 A, South Ohio
Sangwin, Harry, l29 West Park
Stafford, Victor s., so South Main
Sullau, Ernest. 2s3 Wall
Sheridan, Peter, 626 East Granite
Smith, Irwin j., Sun View terrace,
A, married.
st. jacques, Wilfred. 81 East Front
Thomas, Vernon, 1872 North Montana
vucovich, Chris, 3l9 East wooiman
vogei, Richard, i2s West Copper
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A second group of men found entrenched against
deadly gas in the 20O level of the Speculator mine this
morning All of these in weakened condition
and four died before they could be given medical atten
ton One of them, j. B. Moore shift boss instru-
mental in saving his fellows Like Manus Duggan, who
the hero of the group of 25 saved yesterday Moore
led his little party to retreat in the of the level
under his instruction they built bukhead that stayed
the approach of the ifetang gas. This group of men,
directed by Moore remained in their bulkhead compart-
ent until helmet tapped signals upon their mpro-
vised brattce.
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TEN men FOUND ALIVE
ON 2,2O0 LEVEL; FOUR
DIE AFTER THE RESCUE
Men Under Leadership Of Shift Boss ]. B.
Moore Had Erected Bulkhead Against Gas

Moore, Called Their Savior, Gave His Life for
Them, for He Tested the Gas With His Own
Lungs and Kept the Men in Safety-He Was
Unconscious When Help Arrived-Three
Others, Unidentified, Also Died After the Re
treat of the Group Had Been Discovered.
Martin Garrity, Listed as One of the Recov-
cred Dead, Is Alive
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ONLY FIVE OF TEN
MEN RESCUED TODAY
s7s<ss SURNAME The ORDEAL.

Martin Garrity, Pacific hotel.
Ole T. Erickson, 205 s. Arizona.
Mike Sullivan, 1875 Boardmsn.
Stanley loreykeiez, 10 Clark.
Clarence Marthey, 1877 Wing ave.
Unidentified man in hospital.
j. D. Moore, shift boss, died.
Three others. unidentified, died be-
fore they could be brought to the
surface.
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Some in Good Shape.

1t looked as if alrof the preparations
were useless when the first man,
Charles Negretto. stepped from the
passageway leading from the cage.
Negretto refused assistance and
walked without a waver to the time
keepers office. He was followed by
fr1a Johnson, who looked as though
he was just coming off the regular
shift. but the third man. John wirta.
was carried from the cage on the back
of rescue man and was placed on a
cot in the rear of the office in a semi
conscious condition.
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Twenty-Five taken from the Specuaor alive another
James McAdams of the Ewood block
including Manus Duggan who saving
the still for were
ported alive on the 00 level of the Specuator
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telephone message summoning
pusgan to his home was received at
the mine on Friday at midnight. The
reply was that Duggan would he off
shift at o'clock and that If nossf;,l.
II would be better not to notify him
until then. The child was born aa,I,,
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Some Are Cheerful.

The first three men were closely fol-
lowed by the other survivors. all of
them In different stages of physical
condition. Some staggered between
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-06-11

saturday morning-whiIe the nm
showing father was riskise bis ne.
repeatedly to save his comrades.
The story of Duggan is a s,ow,- =,
n''.n -po"er' OF unstinted sacrifice and
e-lpala alelled bravery. Through his ef-
Continued on Pase Ten.)
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s Dusgan the hero who mainly responsible for the
the 70 men from the Specuator mine YESTERDAY
from the tomb of the the living he viii ,
me 1na ne is father While Duggan leading the stts ~
20 him. 80 y 's -'foo ehia was born
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r Water Into Shaft.

to the Granite Mountain
self was not possible up to
ernoon. although possibility of
of whatever fire remains in
4 is precluded in large measure
Pm Of the bulkheads erected at
tion at the time of the Modoc
5ater is still being poured down
4 and it Is probable that some
|ower levels are flooded.
Chief Fred Martin and a half
Riremen Joined in the rescue
Pdsy. The firemen are familiar
prking of oxygen helmets, and
wing of much assistance.
p incident to condition of the
such that those working about
ee yard in the immediate vicin-
Pc public morgue are equipped
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BABY is BORN TO WIFE
OF MANUS DUGGAN SINCE
THE TERRIBLE DISASTER

MINUTES Alter Outbreak of the Fire on Friday Noht Word
was Sent to the Mine That 0uggan Was Wanted at Home
a. 1ay was non m saturday Morning Brave Young Fellow
Being Made to Save Him. '''' '''''' %
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HTEEN BODIES ARE
|R0UCHT TO SURFACE
TODAY; MANY IN SIGHT
be Workers Are Still Paying Principal
Attention to Search For the Living

> That Identification Will Be Impossible.
Hers Are Given That They Be Buried as
pidly as Possible Still Pouring Water Into
Granite Mountain Shaft.
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heed Is given the bodies
about the stations and in
In the immediate vicinity of
mite Mountain shaft in the
br the living. The search is
bh. almost frantic one. for the
5ow. The dead will be found
>oved later.
|een Bodies Taken Out.
no o'clock last night Is bodies
zen taken from the mine
b of these are in a state of
>sition. which precludes all ef-
yard Identification. They are
[the public morgue, established
mine yard as a result of de-
f city and county health of
\ prepare the bodies for burial
the scene of the disaster. OF
i bodies, which It Is still pos
Identify. one has been ident-
that of J. b. Moore, a shift
no was lost
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HOPE WAS RENEWED WHEN
WORD CAME THAT Is MEN
HAD BEEN FOUND ALIVE

TWentynne Men Found Refuge in Drift Which They Bulk
headed Against Cas- Soon After the Fire Broke Out Manus
Duggan and Two Others of the Party Were Lost in the Dash
for the Shaft The Fourth Man, James H. McAdams Was
Dead When the Rescuers Reached Him.
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Continued on Page sixteen.)
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Continued on Page sevenD
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ontinued on Ps ge seven.)
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WEATHER FORECAST

MONTANA-Partiy cloudy and con-
tinued cold tonight. probably isght troS''
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
Mr.. Lehsten Appoues
Fire Auto Action

The familiar practice of misquota-
tion has placed a prominent citizen
of GrantwooG and member of the
Citizens Club in a peculiar predica-
ment. Mr.. Enrich Lehsten, of Grant
avenue, at the last meeting of the
Citizens Club, voiced his objection
to the procedure of the Cliffside Park
council in the fire apparatus action.
An out of town publication twisted
the facts.
The truth of the matter is that Mr..
Lehsten heartily approves of motor
fire apparatus for the borough and
believe it will do much to Boost the
Borough" but, under certain circum-
stances, Mr.. Lehsten believes it adj
visable to purchase apparatus to cost
from $4,000 to $4,000. He feels sure
that apparatus costing from $4,000
to $4,000 would prove too costly,
and SO voiced his opinion.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
Corker For Mayor

The "Palisadain's" front page
editorial last week on the ACCESSIBILITY
of making Sam1 Corker mayor of
Fort Lee created no end of interest,
not to say excitement. It was a
bomb in the camp of the enemy, and
they didn't know what to make of it.
A prominent Fort Lee citizen said
to "Palisadian" representative this
week:
"Say, but that = was a corking
thought of yours. 1t was the right
thing at the right time. It has them
up in he air. 1t has caused more talk
than anything that has happened in
ten or twelve years. Mind you, l do
not say l agree with your estimate
of Corker, but certainly he would do
away with sickening politics and
graft. What we want is leader; a
man with little backbone, who
would tote fair with the taxpayers.
Now, l am as sure as / ever was of
anything that a great deal more has
been going on here than we know
anything about. The time has come
when we must put men of integrity
into office. We've got to do it, if
we live here. We can't stand this.
Keep up your good work. l admire
the fight you are making for honest
government"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21

under the proper conditions, should
have been comparatively easy.
Wage Garner and Wage-Payer had
made the trip many times before.
Knowing all the dangerous eddies and
currents in the river, Wage-Payer had
always assumed the leadership. At the
same time he had come to place great
reliance on the Wage Farmers skill and
strength as rover. There was every
reason why these two men should have
continued ON the most friendly terms.
They were absolutely dependent on
each others help to get them across
stream, but in matters requiring CO.
operation human beings often show
less wisdom than some of the lower
animals.
Through one trivial cause or another
a difference had grown up between the
two men, and the ill-feeling had been
fostered by third man named Agi-
tator, who had his own ak to grind and
had found it to his advantage to pose
as Wage Farmers friend. OF course you
can't find Agitator in the boat of In
dustry. Naturally he can't waste his
time rowing when he has SO much
talking to do. Talking is pretty ardu-
GUS work. Even insurance solicitors
will admit that.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
Continued from page u

the fnalve thanks to the Freeho
all the aftermath the
htops the cis did sayAnd
don't big He's
hero, but himand him big"
this which
and talked about udg contribution the
Does he public believe there
water in the stock he took in his to represent the peop
the question of benefits the the
hydran municipal
company
before. this the whole thing like robbng Peter
Paul. for the home all The
municipality taxation and the
people The whole thing question distribution the
So far the Pasadan concerned to be fair to all
felt sitla Judge Sufert bill
because feels that Judge Seu not only deceived the people,
played them metca trick besides He has standards
all
his Association Of municipalities what earth had the Feehoders
off their The members the Board
Seuferts
friends make liars of them by making them their words?
During the the Freehodr
the would have been their publish
action And when the judge along
paid for his services the Fhodes snhed
phanhropic
thought other
He
permissible week old But subject
nassnp credit
his
ammunition He witd
further pubics
but gobbed wink him. its final
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
"This is EASY"

A parley followed, during which
Wage Garner and Wage Payer frank
ly stated their grievances against each
other and came to the inevitable con
clusion that they had allowed trifles to
estrange them. Gigantic grievances
have disconcerting way of dwindling
into pygmies when subjected to dispas
sionate scrutiny. The upshot of the
matter was that Wage Garner acknowl.
edged Wage-Payer's superior knowl-
edge of the river and permitted him to
guide the boat. The trip was made in
better time than ever before because
the spirit of cooperation lent strength
to the rowers' strokes.
When it came time for the feast on
the shore of Success, Wage Garner was
agreeably surprised to find that his
dish of profits was generous enough to
appease his appetite.
If the accompanying illustrations
showed a birdseye view of the shore
from which the rowers started you
would notice that Agitator was con
spicuous by his absence Modesty is
one of Agitator's chief virtues. He's
always willing to give Wage Garner
the credit for any trouble that has been
started.
Personally we think it would be SAT
er for Agitator to refrain from hanging
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21

There are lots of folks in this
world who imagine that all you have
to do to write poetry is to begin each
line with a capital letter.
Sunday is the longest day in the
year to the man who is used TO stand
ing on one foot in front of the bar
and enjoying his hops.
A man never discovers how igno-
rant he is until he tries to run the
house when his wife is sick.
An ordinary woman may be only
as old as she looks. But the betting
IS that a chorus girl is older.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
LEGAL NOTICE

IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY.
Between Clar p Alderman, COM
plainant and Peter Alpi ct ais, de-
PENDANTS. Fl. ia. for sale of
mortaged premises. Returnable
October 9th, 1917
James T. Alderman, SoPr
BY virtue of the above stated writ
to me directed and delivered, l have
levied upon and will expose for sale
at public vendue at the Sheriff's Of
flee, in the village Of Hackensack, on
Wednesday, August Is, 1917,
at two o'clock in the afternoon, all
that tract or parcel of land and
premises, situate, lying and being in
the borough of Fort Lee, in the coun-
ty of Bergen and state Of New
Jersey.
Beginning at a point in the north
westerly line of Center avenue, at the
intersection of the northeasterly line
of Whiteman street, and running
thence % northwesterly along the
northeastealy line of Whiteman
street 200 feet; thence (2) northeast
erly and parallel with Center avenue
200 feet; thence 60 southeasterly
and parallel with Whiteman street
200 feet to the northwesterly line of
Center avenue; thence az southwest
erly and along the northwesterly
line of Center avenue 200 feet to the
point of place of beginning, as shown
on a certain map entitled "Map OF
property in Fort Lee formerly the
estate of Benjamin B. Whiteman
surveyed and divided into plots by j.
S. Serviss, surveyor" and which map
is duly filed in the office of the Clerk
of Bergen county and state of New
Jersey as plot No. Il.
Together with all and singular the
rights, liberties, privileges, heredita-
ments and appurtenances thereunto
belonging or in anywise appertaining
John w. Courier,
51-2 $14.64 H.Rep-Palis'n Sheriff.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
Luke M'Luke Says

We have always been curious to
know why it isn't art unless the fig
ures in the painting display their
chests and some more of their an
atomy.
The difference between men shop
pers and women shoppers is that a
man shopper will pay fifty cents for
a 81 article that he needs, while a
woman shopper will pay fifty-nine
cents for a twenty nine cent article
that she doesn't need.
We wouldn't mind having more
money than brains, because we
wouldn't have brains enough to know
it.
We are proud of the American peo-
pie during this campaign of giving
that Old Glory may triumph. The
old-fashioned man whose heart was
touched through his pocketbook now
has a son whose pocketbook is
thouched through his heart.
Married men preach all the econ
omy and married women practice all
the economy.
Why not put war tax on talk and
tax man a peny for each 100 words
he uses? This would make for peace
and quiet and would soon raise a
fund of at least 100000, 100000.
Every young man thinks he under
stands women. And every old man
knows better.
When they are first married she
knows that they are going to get
along nicely because he earns twenty
five cents an hour at his work. But
a little later on she discovers that he
spends fifty cents an hour to play
pool.
When man passes the sixty mark
the bed gets harder and the steak
gets tougher, but he won't admit he
feels any older. Nh .
A woman adapts herself to a new
order of things more quickly than a
man. A bride calls her husbands
parents mother" and father" while
she is still wearing her wedding
gown.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21

way he rests on his oars and let's you
buck the tide of competition, while he
pretends to be guiding the boat. When
he reaches the shore he'll eat the lions
share of the profits and you can go
hungry. You know the eddies and cur
rents in the river by this time Go
ahead and do your own steering and
make WagePayer sweat. He needs
the exercise"
The next time the two men embarked
on the trip across the river of Competi-
ton Wage Garner decided to take the
advice of his false friend, Agitator, so
that when Wage-Payer indicated the
course they had best take to avoid the
currents and eddies Wage Garner snap
ped out:
Its waste of time and strength to
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21

The man who complains that the
leg show in the theater is too short
Is probably the same fellow who COM
plains that the sermon in church is
TOO long.
There are all sorts of men in the
world, including the fellow WnS
thinks he should have a. sbarbd
tenoe around his ffeldi--Ss4f -.sscff if4e ~!
"A man often wonders why he got
mad when the girls tried to kiss him
when he was a small boy.
The reason why any hat in the
store looks good on girl of seven
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
BETTERED CONDITIONS
DUE TO EMPLOYERS
Demagogue Deserves No Credit For
Improving the Lot OF the Wage
Garner, Says Manufacturer.

Demag ogue Deserves No Credit For
Improving the Lot of the Wage
Garner, Says Manufacturer.
Manufacturers as a rule are not op-
posed to the highest wages consistent
with personal efficiency, decent hours
and the necessary provisions Of social
legislation says prominent Milwau-
kee manufacturer. Employers as q
class have have come to realize that
the contented. healthy workman is the
most efficient workman and that in
consequence high wages, reasonable
hours, good regulation for safety, SAM
tation, welfare, etc., are splendid In
vestmentS.
1.-The trouble is that the demagogue
does not give the manufacturer credit
for bringing about better conditions,
but with silvery tongued oratory leads
the workman into pitfalls from which
he is unable to recover for years. On
doubtedly every employee can do bet
ter by stating any grievance which he
may have to his employer instead of
preaching it TO men who have no inter-
est in him or in the industry in which
he is working. "-IndustriaI C0nservG-
ton, Neao York.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
swell, you go your way and i will 60

mine"
You're a fool" whispered Agitator
to Wage Garner, Don't you see that
Wage Payer is imposing ON you. Next
time you get in the boat just watch the