THE MORNING CMREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANTTABY 27 1901.
LI
Rescuers at Mine Have
to Be Rescued.
ARE NUMBED BY THE GOLD
Cage Sticks on the Side of
Shaft for Several Hours.
MEN STAND IN THE WATER
They Make a Short Tour of Pennsyl
vania Property, In Which 184 Em
ployes Are Entombed, but Are
Unable to Find Many.
PITTSBURG. Jan. 26. Almost zero
weather and a biting wind -late in the
afternoon swept down over the little val
ley where the Harwlck mine is located,
and nearly added another list of dead to
the long black table already measured
off. Not-only -was the work of search for
the 18i men who -went down yesterday.
If any are" still alive, rudely Interrupted,
but cold and Ice and wind combined nearly
cost the lives of 1C .more good men. At 3
o'clock this, afternoon these men went
down Into the shaft to do the work of
brattlclng, bolstering, tunneling and re
moving the debris that has so far barred
their progress into the workings where
the men were at labor when the explo
sion came. - Their shift was supposed to
be of thrde hours only. Even at that, it
, was a hard task. Even before the bucket
reached the bottom they were drenched
with water, which the cold draught
through the shaft soon turned to Ice.
Shortly after they were let down, two
at a time, In the bucket, a temporary
hoist that had been rigged up to bring
up the debris and the dead was started
down the shaft. Then came the snow and
cold wind again, and again efforts were
made to reach the living men at the bot
tom of the shaft, but the wooden sides
of the hoist, swollen by water, stuck to
the iron guide glides, and then came hours
of maneuvering to reach the bottom. ;
The men below had no means of warmth
and many of them were standing in deep
water. Every effort was made to lower
the cage and Anally it was loosened and
got within 12 feet of the bottom. A tim
ber blown across the way by the explo
sion was In the path. Then men were
within easy reach of a rope, but their
Angers, numbed and almost frozen by the
cold, were unable to. grasp the offered
help. It was S o'clock when the first
three men of the party who went down
at 3 o'clock were brought to the surface.
Not one of them was able to walk.
Honry Beckert said:
A Frightful Experience.
"It was a frightful experience. "We
Were too cold to work. There Is appar
ently no one to rescue. We had a hard
time to find many of the dead. A shred
of clothing here and another there, a
jacket, a pair of overalls, but few bodies.
"When we left the bottom of the shaft
there were 12 bodies lying there ready
to be brought up. There are many others
there and the bodies of many will never
be found.
"The south main drift, in which we
worked, gives little chance for many
men who will be recognized.
"In tho north main drift the way has
been cleared for some distance, but we
could not tell what was found there."
-Just after 10 o'clock the last of the res
cuers were brought to the surface. Some
bodies will probably be brought out before
daybreak.
U. G. Hatch, of Cleveland, one of the
principal owners of the mine, together
with a number of other Cleveland men
associated with him. arrived here this
morning. Mr. Hatch said he believed
they had as safe a mine as any in which
gas is found. They had taken every pre
caution known to mining engineering,
but, he said, "something unforeseen llred
tho gas, and the lives of the men wore
snuffed out."
On reaching the mine Mr. Hatch added
to the urgent appeals for the aid of skilled
men to penetrate the mine to rescue the
living and to recover the dead bodies.
That ts Indeed, the crying need of the
hour. Doctors and oxygen are on the
ground ready for the fanning to a
flamo any feeble spark of life that
may be found In any of the bodies.
uBt they are almost hopeless. They
say the death of Engineer Tay
lor, who was overcome before he reached
the main body of men, proves that it will
be almost impossible for the imprisoned
men to keep alive. Some of the older
miners say there is only one chance in a
thousand that there is a life in the mine
beyond the rescuing party.
Up to 10 o'clock no further attempt had
been made to enter the mine, and no
bodies have been recovered since that of
Taylor, which was brought up last night.
In the temporary hospital which has
been roado of tho schoolhouse nearby are
two men. Adolph Gonla, the only miner
of those caught In the explosion who has
been rescued, being one. His face and up
per part of his body are badly burned.
Gonla says that at the time of the explo
sion he was between the sixth and seventh
headings on the south stope, and managed
to get to the bottom of tho shaft. He did
not know "the fate of the others.
P. W. Cunningham, an inspector of
mines for tho Fourteenth district. Penn
sylvania, made this statement as he came
from the mine at 5 o'clock this morning:
i oxpiorea me mine ror a quarter of
a mile- I am positive that of all those
who entered for work yesterday morning'
not one will be taken out alive. Scat
tered about arc dead bodies of miners,
dead mules, wrecked cars, tons of loose
coal and slack. The force of the explo
sion was terrific It will take days to
clear away the wreckage. Until this is
accomplished we will not know how many
met death I repeat that there Is no
chance of any of the entombed men be
ing saved."
"When pressed for what he thought was
the cause of the explosion, he said:
"Fire damp caused the men to lose their
lives. As to the cause I do not care to
xnako any Jrtatemont at this hour."
Theories for the Explosion.
G. W. Scheetze, general manager, is
sued this statement at the same hour,
calling for experienced men to help in the
work of rescue.
The explosion seems to have been a
double one, making one long, continuous
rumble and the second blast was heard
rolling back under the hills toward the
south end of the mine, which contains
by far the largest part of the workings.
The mine is at the head of what is known
as Snoop's Run. The "highest officials of
the Harwlck mine, and nearly every
miner who is alive in the little mining
village are at a loss to give the cause for
the terrible dlsastei. It is the opinion of
the majority, however, that the explo
sion was caused by some green miner
striking a match to ll$ht his pipe, which
set off the heavy charge of gas that was
always present in the mine. Another the
ory for the explosion is that It was
caused by a blast In the mine whereby a
new pocket of gas was struck and Im
mediately ignited. There are still others
who Insist that the gaseous substances
were set on fire by a broken safety lamp
In the bands of one of the miners.
In the opinion of the rescuers around
the top of the Harwlck mine shaft the
real cause of the explosion will never
be known, and they give as their reason
that the miner or miners who were prob
ably responsible for the catastrophe are
very likely dead.
There is little apparent excitement in
the hamlet about the mine, although near
ly every husband and father In the place
has not been heard from for 35 hours.
But to the men who heard the walling in
the early hours Just before dawn, when
the wives and mothers believed that some
sews would come, the grief that has
now become more intense is better un
derstood. Now and then a group of
women with shawls about their heads
would gather silently at the mouth of the
shaft and watch the work there. It was
always men "going down," and their
eyes were looking for the upward load of
the dreaded bucket. Two or three trips
seemed to satisfy them the time had not
yet come, and with strange words in
strange languages, they would turn away.
Contributions to aid the families of the
entombed miners are already coming in.
There are more than 100 widows and prob
ably 400 orphans, who have been living
on the scanty wages of the average coal
miner.
At 3 P. M. the working force In the
Harwlck mine had made an air passage
through the end of the souh entry, pre
paratory to an attempt to rescue the men
In the "Butt" entrances. Twenty men
sarted down the mine.
At 3:30 P. M. Mike McQualde, one of
the leaders of the rescuers, came up from
the shaft and said:
"We have seen at the bottom of the
shaft," said he, "a pile of legs and arms
and trunks that resemble anything but
the remains of human beings. It Is the
most gruesome sight I ever witnessed."
"When do you expect to reach the
place- where the most of the men are?"
he was asked.
"There is no such place," replied he.
"They -are scattered all over the mine,
some of them, poor fellows. In fragments.
Tou can have but a faint conception of
the awful .force of this explosion. It
tore the men tapleces. It did not leave
enough of some' of them to tell what
they were."
U. C. Hatch, a director in the coal com
pany, says the damage to the mine will
not amount to more than $5000.
FOURTEEN MEN RIDE TO DEATH
Cage and Engine at Colorado Mine
Get Beyond Control.
VICTOR, Colo.. Jan. 26. As a result of
an accident which occurred about 3 o'clock
this morning at the Stratton Indepen
dence mine, located near the center of
this city, 14 men arc dead and one se
verely injured. The list of the dead Is as
follows
The dead:
TV. R. FRAZIER.
JOHN SEBECK.
JOE SaUTHERUM. ,
EDWARD TWIGGS. .
L. A, WAGONER.
H. A. TEOMAN.
JOB OVERT. -
H. F. BROWN.
W. B. COLLINS. .
J. L. STEWARD.
FRANK COCHRANE.
X. P. JACKSON.
HARRY GOEGEN.
a c. STATEN.
Injured: James Bullbek, body bruised and
scalp wounds.
In the main shaft of the mine 16 men
were being hoisted in the cage from the
sixth, seventh and eighth levels. When
the cage got to the surface of the shaft
house the engineer, for some reason un
explained, was unable to atop the engine
and the cage, with its load of human
freight, was drawn up into the ballows,
xrame, wnere it oecame lodged tempo
rarily. The strain on the cable caused it
to part, releasing the cage which went
down the shaft at a terrific momentum.
Two of the occupants of the cage, how
ever, had become entangled with the tim
ber rods near the top of the gallows
frame and one of them, L. P. Jackson,
was crushed to death by the sheave wheel
falling upon him. The other, James Bull
bek, had a marvelous escape from death,
but received painful Injuries. He was res
cued from his perilous position by men in.
the shafthouse.
The shift boss and a number of miners
later went down into the mine through
another compartment of the shaft and
found that all the 14 men who started
with the cage on its wild flight of 1500 feet
to the bottom of the -shaft were dead,
their bodies being scattered at the sta
tions at different points. Their arms and
bodies were mangled, their heads crushed
and' their clothing stripped from their
bodies. From the 700-foot level to the bot
tom the shaft Is spattered with blood,
with here and there pieces of flesh-clinging
to projections. At tho bottom of tho
shaft stands 25 feet of water, and into
this the cage plunged. Some of the men
were carried with the cage into this dump.
Manager Thomas Cornish was prostrated
by the news of the accident, and is unable
as yet to offer any explanation of the
affair. v
A squad of military has taken charge of
the property and citizens will not be al
lowed to enter the mine or shafthouse
until after a thorough examination of tho
machinery has been made by competent
engineers.
Frank Gellese, the engineer in charge of
the machinery when the accident occurred,
surrendered himself to the military and
was locked up In the bullpen. He would
not express any opinion as to how the
cage got beyond control. Gellese Is a new
comer In the district, but is said to have
been strongly recommended as a compe
tent engineer.
Most of the victims of the disaster were
strangers in the district, having come
from the Coeur d'Alenes, the Lake Supe
rior mines and other districts to take the
places of strikers In Cripple Creek.
The bodies burled under the cage at the
bottom of the dump have not yet been, re
covered. Nearly all the men killed leave widows
and children. Harry Goegen has a wife
and three children, who are In Michigan.
W. B. Collins was a Baptist minister.
and preached on Sundays at Goldfleld. He
was 3S years old and came from Cornwall,
England, a few months ago.
Edward Twiggs and Frank Cochrane
were from the Coeur d'Alenesl
The accident Is believed to have been
due to a defect in the hoisting
engine brake connections, which are
controlled by air. The engine is
first-motion, double-reel, and the two
cages, work as counterbalances. The cages
each weigh nearly two tons. In starting
the cage from the G00-ioot level this morn
ing with the 16 miners aboard, steam was
used; but after the cage had gone upward
a certain distance under steam pressure
the steam was shut off by Engineer Frank
Gellese and the weight of the counter
balancing descending cage in the other
shaff compartment was allowed to bring
the load of miners to the surface, as is
the custom.
When the cage, with the 16 miners, ar
rived at the surface in the shafthouse.
Engineer Gellese, to his horror, discov
ered that the air brakes would not work.
Similar accidents, in which no lives were
lost, have occurred twice before at the
Independence, with the same engine now
In use there. Expert engineers will be
secured to examine the engine and deter
mine tha actual cause, it possible, for
its failure to do its work.
At a late hour tonight only one body,
that could be Identified, had been taken
from the shaft. It was that of Harry
Goegen, and was terribly mutilated. Frag
ments of Tour or more bodies were re
covered from the various levels.
An investigation is In progress tonight,
three expert engineers having been called
in to examine the machinery, but news
paper representatives, as well as the pub
lic, hav been rigidly excluded by the mil
itary officers in control.
EGLINES MORE PAY
Mitchell Will Not Accept In
crease Voted by. Miners.
ARBITRARY IN HIS RULINGS
j
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Division Is Called For .on Motion .to j
Make President's Salary $5000, j
Instead of $3000, but He
Ignores It. J
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 26. The United
Mlneworkers completed the work of the
15th annual convention today. The Joint
wage conference with the operators will
begin tomorrow. The operators will make
the assertion that while the miners are
not asking for an increase in the mining
scale now In effect, the run of mine basis
and the differential' of 7 cents flat would
mean a heavy Increase. Tho present min
ing contraqt, covering all operations in
four districts, will expire- April 1.
President' Mitchell practically declined
JUMPED OVER THE HEADS OF SEVERAL HUNDRED
OFFICERS '
BRIGADIER-GENERAIi ALBERT . MILLS.
Albert Leopold 21111s, who was recently appointed a brigadier-general by Presi
dent Roosevelt, is superintendent of the United States military academy at West
Point, and until his promotion held tho rank of colonel. He waa born in New
Tork city May 7, 1854, and graduated from the West PoJnt Academy in 1870. Ho
has served in Indian campaigns and in the Spanish War" was wounded' at Santiago.
For gallantry in Cuba he was brevetted major and lieutenant-colonel. He has
been chief at West Point since August 22, 1S9S. He was jumped over several
hundred officers by his promotion.
an Increase of $2000 a year In his salary,
when a resolution was introduced to In
crease it from $3000 to $5000. When put to
a vote It seemed that fully two-thirds of
the house voted aye. He declared the res
olution lost, and when there was call for
division he ignored it. With a rap of his
gavel, he declared the motion lost and
closed the debate.
Indianapolis was chosen for the con
vention next year, and President Mitchell,
Vice-President Lewis and Secretary Wil
son were unanimously re-elected. Mitchell
received 92,633 votes, Lewis 91,810 and Wil
son 91,575.
The mlneworkers authorized the levying
of 15 cents a month in addition to the
present ten cents per capita tax for the
support of strikes. This increase will go
into effect at once, and on a basis of mem
bership of 290,000 in good standing should
bring into the National treasury approxi
mately $70,000 a month.
SNOW MADE LIGHTS INVISIBLE
Three Persons Killed and a Number
Injured in Train Collision.
ST. LOUIS, JanT 26. Following is a
list of the dead and injured as the result
of an accommodation train crashing into
the Denver Express at a water tank 40
miles north of here early this morning.
The dead:
WILLIAM CONOVER. Denver, 45 years
old. en route to Hot Springs.
ELMER ENGLISH. Macon, Mo.
BENJAMIN BENNETT, negro porter,
St. Louis.
Injured:
George Seeberger, Quincy, I1L, scalp
wound.
J. II. Barbee, address not known, bruised
and Internally injured.
William Davis, Cincinnati, injured in
ternally. Dr. Edward B. Clements, Macon, Mo.,
ankle fractured and internal injuries.
W. O. Mendlge, St. Pul, contuslonof
head and knees.
1 C P. Hughes, Pullman conductor, St.
Louis, scalp wound.
Missing:
Engineer John Nunns, of the accommo
dation, Hannibal, Mo.
The rear end of the Denver Express was
standing on the bridge over Gardeen Creek,
when tne crasn came, xne onoge ana
accommodation train took Are from the
demolished locomotive and burned, the
loss of the bridge temporarily blockading
traffic
The rear car of the Denver Express was
the Denver sleeper. It Is said that most of
those killed and seriously injured were in
this car.
Dr. Edwards B. Clements was taken by
his friend. Mr. John W. Moore, of this
city, to the Terminal Hotel.
Dr. Clements, who was badly injured,
made the following statement soon after
arriving4here:
"I was seated with English, and after
the crash came I knew nothing until res
cuers picked me out of the wreckage. I
awoke with a start, but was not conscious
of any great pain. I was lying over the
top of a eat. Underneath was English's
dead body."
Next but one to tho Denver sleeper was
a Portland, or., sleeper, picked up at
Cameron Junction. None of the passen
gers in this car was hurt. The conductor
of the express was Henry Walker.
Mr. Moore also took charge of English's
body. The other dead were taken to the
morgue
The express train was running behind
time because of the blizzard weather. It
is stated that because of so much extra
steam being used it was found necessary
to stop at the Gardeen tank for water.
' The snow was falling and the wind,
whirling It in sheets around the train, cut
off the signal lights from the view of the
engineer on the local train, which plowed
its way. through the storm in the rear.
The seven injured, who- were not brought
to St. Louis, were not seriously hurt, and
were cared for elsewhere- A corps of men
and .several physicians remained at the
wreck all night searching the. debris for
possible dead or injured persons.
MAHY SUITER FEOK COLD.
St. Louis Also Reports Its Street-Car
Traffic Badly Paralyzed.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26. The thermometer
dropped to 2 degrees below zero before
sunrise today, and a fine, sifting "snow,
driven by a heavy wind, fell all day. In
four days over ten inches of snow has
fallen here, ana or mat amount six moaes
f unf " .? 7;
Kt-.t - traffic was at times almost
blockaded.
Cars left the tracks and crews were
kent working all night to keep the owl
j cars running even very Irregularly. Trains
arrived from one to five hours late today.
Much suffering Is reported over the city,
and missions have been thrown open and
every effort i3 being made to succor dis
tress and want.
WARNING BY WEATHER BUREAU
.
Many States Can Expect a Severe
CoId'Snap.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The Weather
Bureau today Issued the following special
forecast:
"Cold wave warnings have been Issued
for the Middle and South Atlantic and
East Gulf States, Eastern Tennessee,
Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio,
Western Pennsylvania and Western New
Tork.
"Storm warnings are displayed from
Jacksonville, Fla., to New Tork."
Kansas Tempeartures Moderating.
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 26. The coldest
weather Tor three years In this section of
Kansas was that of last night and today.
The lowest was 10 degrees below at S
o'clock this morning. The temperature is
rapidly moderating.
Ohio Railroads Handicapped.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 26. A furious
snow storm has been raging throughout
nearly the entire state for more than 24
hours. The railroads are greatly .handi
capped by the deep snow.
Worst Storm of the Winter.
DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 26. Detroit and
the lower part of Michigan today experi
enced the most severe snow storm of
the season. Trains are late on all the
trunk lines.
Eight Below at Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 26. The mercury
was 8 below today, the maximum for the
past 24 hours, with sllgStly moderating
temperature predicted.
Twenty-Two Below Zero.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 16. From zero Jn
Milwaukee to 22 below in the western
portion of Wisconsin were the weather
conditions today In this state.
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ERL!N IS GAY'fOBAY
Birthday of Emperor' William
Is Beifrg Celebrated.
CITY IS GAILY DECORATED
King Leopold Arrives for the Festiv
ities, and Is Cordially Welcomed
Other Royal Personages Will
Be in Attendance.
BERLIN, Jan. 26. The .general rejoicing
over the recovery of Emperor William
from his recent throat trouble is expressed
in the unexampled preparations that are
being made for the celebration of his
birthday tomorrow.
King Leopold, of Belgium, arrived here
tonight, and was welcomed at the railroad
station by the Emperor and the Crown
Prince.
The streets are filled tonight with people
who have come out to witness the Illumi
nations, and the crowd Is probably more
enthusiastic and greater than upon any
other occasion of the present reign. The
palaces are overcrowded with., visiting
royal personages, and numerous"' royal
guests are quartered at the hotels.
Among the guests Expected to arrive to
morrow are King George, and Prince Jo
hann George of Saxony, Prince and Prin
cess Frederich Karl of Hesse; Prince Ho
henzollern. the Grand Duke of Mecklen
burgrSchwerln, the Duke of Coburg-Gotha
and the Grand Duko..and Grand Duchess
of Saxony.
distress-Was terrible.
Details of the Fire Which Wiped Out
Norway City to Hand.
AALESUND. Jan. 26. Now that the
wild sea which has been raging round this
coast has subsided . sufficiently to permit
relief to reach the sufferers from the fire
which wiped, out the city, the extent of
the calamity .can be realized. About 3000
people have been, removed to Molde and
other places on the coast and In the In
terior, but more than 11,000 are still ex
posed to hardships, being only partially
clothed, fed and sheltered. The Are de
stroyed not only all provisions, money,
clothing and valuables, but also most c-t
the boatft and lines on which the popu
lation depended for existence. The Joss
jn excess of insurance is at least 20,000,000
kroner ($5,360,000).
It is impossible to ascertain accurately
the number of dead and Injured. Up to
date, the amount of money subscribed
for relief is 300,000 kroner, a sum entirely
inadequate. The telegraph office, post
office and government bureap hav;e been
stationed In vessels In the harbor. The
Credits-Bank lost money, securities and
property In .Its vaults to the value" ot
50.000,000 kroner ($13,400,000). The vaults of'
the Norway State Bank were also de
stroyed, and the safes failed to withstand
the heat.
It Is alleged that the flro was started
by dissatisfied workmen in the employ
ment of the Aalesund Preserving Com
pany. The outbreak was first observed
by tha skipper of a smack in the harbor
but before he could get ashore half the
town, which was mainly constructed of
timber, was In flames. The panic was In
describable, yet most of the men kept
their heads and bore the sick and faint
ing B3 well as children to safety.
People who saw tho whole city fleeing
before the gale-lashed sea of fire describe
the,s!ghtas terrible beyond words. In the
confusion, even members of the same
family failed to Tecognlze each other and
parents hurried about distracted and
weeping in search of their children. Hours
passed before a semblance of order was
restored. Then followed the building of
campflres and rude shelters to protect
sick bablesv from the storm. After 4S
hours of cold and famine relief began to
arrive and the most acute suffering Is
over. Neighboring Europe is generously
coming to the aid of the victims. All that
was endured by the homeless thousands
an the hillside In the storm the night be
fore relief arrived can never be told. Many
of the old and weak died. Babies, prema
turely born, perished in the cold. Succor
was delayed for hours by the stormy
weather. Dozens of vessels, however, have
now arrived and today the distress is
mitigated but it will be long before the
worst effects of the sudden eviction of a
population of 14,000 will be removed.
CHARGES CRUEL TREATMENT.
Ex-Congressman in Bullpen Says His
Wound Is Neglected.
DENVER, Jan. 26.-John M. Glover, ex
.Congressman from Missouri, who is a
prisoner In the military bullpen at Cripple
Creek, In a letter to the Denver Times,
published today, says the wound which he
received in a fight with the soldiers a
month ago has been neglected since he
was locked up on January 15, and that the
inflammation resulting "causes a constant
and almost unendurable pain."
"I am held Incommunicado" Glover
writes. "This unexpected turn has made
It Impossible for me to arrange to apply
for a writ. I will never be released, no
matter what informations are to be filed,
until a writ is sought."
HAS TO ARREST HIS OWN BOY
French Magistrate Finds He Is the
One Who Stole $80,000.
PARIS, Jan. 26. M. Bacot, a magis-
No. 2807 Locust Street,
St. Louis, Mo.t March 29, 1903.
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woman, had fled to Brussels with the
money. Ho was formerly a pupil at the
college. The father followed his son to
Brussels, found him and Induced him to
return to French soil, where he was
promptly arrested. The money has been
returned to the Christian Brothers, who
declare they will jiot prosecute young
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FUNDS FOR NEW ARMY PLANS.
China Will Impose Taxes and Prac
tice Strict Economy.
PEKIN, Jan. 26. An Imperial edict re
lating to the raising of funds necessary
for the new army plans was published
today. It orders- the taxation of wines
and tobacco, decrees that all official per
quisites shall be-applied to the army fund;
enjoins the reduction of the expenses of
the imperial household: order the Public
Works Department to stop all unimport
ant work, anil appeals to officials and
merchants to contribute, promising to re
ward the contributors. Officials every
where are exhorted to show loyalty In
supporting the government. In conclu
sion, the edict threatens punishment for
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Rebels in German Africa Commit
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