Show TRAGIC DEATH OF H G 6 BUTTON t t Well Known Citizen Suffocated in ina ina a Mine MineI Minet t I EAST HONERINE ACCIDENT BY BT CAVE AND AN 2 DEAD WHEN WREN POUND FOUND t Herbert G 0 Button superintendent o othe ot othe the East Honerine mine at Stockton and a well known resident of ot this olty oily was as killed by an accident yesterday afternoon at 20 while exploring th the underground workings With two or 01 three miners he started out on th the foot level to visit an old side drift from which encouraging reports had bad come He Ele preceded his companions some ills dJ tance ance when suddenly the roof root save gave away a ay and he was entombed The tragedy was doubly horrifying when it t was learned later that the superintendent was not Instantly killed He es escaped escaped escaped death from the falling failing dirt as he talked to his companions after the cave but the air was wae shut shot oft ott by b the cave and his death was wu apparently brought about by suffocation For some time after the accident in the tunnel the men heard his calls and although they worked desperately the danger was too great to make any an great mom ress res in clearing away awa the cave ave and when the body was reached four hours houn later life Ufe was as extinct These are the brief details telephoned t in from the mine yesterday esterday afternoon The announcement of or Mr Buttons tragic death will be a shock to his hun of ot friends in this city cU in paUtI political cal cat as well we as mining circles He was one of Salt Lakes well known citizens During the twelve or thirteen years of ot his residence here he was waa in public life lite as a member of ot the constitutional convention and later as a deputy sheriff sherI under Harvey Hardy The first word of the accident came caine cameby cameby by telephone from Foreman For man Mingle to Attorney W A Byers one of th the own owners owners ers era of ot the mine at about 4 The message stated only that there bad had been an accident and that Br Button had been caught in it Afterwards came the more shocking announcement that the superintendent was killed The body was not found until 6 Mr Byers Dyers was badly upset himself but he conveyed the sad word ord to Mrs irs But Button Button Button ton at her bel rooms in the Eagle Easle block bleck She was prostrated by the blow Mr Byers concluded at once to go goto goto goto to Stockton accompanied by Under Undertaker Undertaker Undertaker taker ODonnell and they will leave this morning to bring home h me the re remains remains remains mains which have been brought from the mine down into the town Mr Buttons Career Mr Button was a man 45 years ef of age He was born in Binghamton 2 N NY Y Sr He lived there until after his mar marge marage age ge to Miss Nellie McHale and in 1886 came iame west to Wichita Nan Kan where when he set up as a contractor and builder It lt w during the boom days ef of that Mr Button came to Salt Sail Lake and engaged in the same business bu He Hs became prominent as a Republican and andin andIn andin in 1894 1594 was elected a delegate to the tha constitutional convention from the Sec See Second Second ond precinct In Ia that body bod he served upon the public lands and labor Jabor cons com committees and took a prominent part In their deliberations At the beginning of Harvey Hardys administration as sheriff sherif Mr r Button became a deputy He remained an active figure In Ia local politics until a few years ago After leaving the sheriffs office Mr Ir Button returned to his former vocation that of contractor contract r and builder and followed It until six months ago when he led out In acquiring for tor a company of ot four or five the East Honerine prop property property erty erh of which he owns or shares hares Then he went to the mine as superintendent and the load loading loading ing of the first shipment of or ere ore was to begin today toda The mine is considered to be on a paying basis at present pre eRt and without doubt Mr Buttons entire In Interest Interest terest tomcat has been bequeathed to his bis widow He was vae a member of ot the Woodmen Woodmen Wood Woodmen men of the World and the Odd Pel Fel Fellows lows society He carried some insurance Insurance ance in the former Mrs Irs Buttons grief Is pitiful The happiest marital relationship existed between them There is on one child a 3 sot sort The widow is attend attended ed by her sister Mrs Agnes Mahoney The funeral arrangements will m be de tie deferred deferred erred until the arrival of ot the de do brother Edward Button Sutton Who is with the Hayes Haes Seed company any in Denver There are no other relatives of cI the dead man In the he west S |