Salt Lake Herald | 1900-05-03 | Page 2 | Interest Centers in Coroner's Inquest

EST IN INS ERS INQUEST Special to The Herald from a staff stat cor correspondent correspondent respondent SpOnd nt I Scofield May S t now ecu cen centers tern tees intha inthe ip tha coroners r inquest Things I are re In such shape that it was imI impossible Qs sible sibl to hold It today in spite of the intention inte tion of the authorities to do so County Countr Attorney Hoffman H ffman Is here herc from Price and was waE in ip consultation with the company compan officers during the day but a postponement ment of the inquest inq est was was im on account of the chaotic con condition condition Oon of ot affairs I The burning question is as to the comp y responsibility r Will WUI the j u ry b the he un der what evid r Is f a al 4 hand h d 1 P IX bi ota 1 bler le that of the t e min minG hw the hi highest h tr for their There D ero has never heed beeri any friction n them and arid Superintendent I ten dent S ha the reputation of being very op id e welfare of his men nien These The fact jac will iU have an important Bearing oh the lh case it ft Is thought fi l as the ite a ter stands a great greL gret m ni of n the here are are loth I h ito lo lame blame ethe the company y rh The men n fh sho ho W work t d k now that tp t the t wa in q condit n nAt At t lat they t e thought It 3 not noE no St Mine Inspector Thomas Thornas is said to take ke t the same view of the cause of the disaster r as a do d a am majority j kr f t the themen men namely that an explosion of giant gi nt v r caus d a flame large ignite the t A ter terrific rifle explosion followed killing V ral and adt the e g f this hJ n victims ot a