Show r t IUE OLATH ROLL nAS REACtlED 250 rs If i u j i h < 1 i J 1 1Awfuin ss of the Terrible Affliction Begtnning to I j r > Davvn on People of Scofield i r 7 ti i 1l NEArRl i YEVERY S o t w 1 n UOMEM5 STRiCKEN I I Ii I Weeping Women and Children are Met Everywhere Mourning for Loed Ones Lost in the Mine + f I J4 T f 4 II u n The Coroner Holds First Inquest Over Body of John Hunter Mine Inspector Gomer Thomas TestifiesHe Also Denies a Sensational StoryMessage of feL Condolence fr0111 President Mc Kinley and Also from President tI t I of French Republic I TRIBUNE SPECIAL Scoflcld Utah May 3Thls has been the most sorrowful day here since the great disaster of Tuesday The people have apparently just begun to realize after the effects of the first flhock the magnitude of the calamity which has befallen them The trains of today brought In hundreds of peo TIle near relatives or friends of the 230 ll1il killed All day Jung there have been streams I I of people on trains and walking the I Ilf railroad track from town to the scenes l L of the oxposlon lining all the avenues I of getting there from daylight until I 4 midnight t REALIZE THEIR AFFLICTION tIt e People seem to have gathered their second senses and the awfulness of the terrible aflllction which has entered en-tered almost every home In the town has apparently dawned upon them In Ito horrible reality The sorrow today Is of that kind that Is real and pet as caches deep down Iff vo HUNDRED AND FIFTY DEAD fJ I 1h Two hundred and fifty bodies In the ii lplgi disaster ot Tuesday will not miss thu iiU41 number of the dead by ton cither way ut L i4 i snore or less Up to 5 oclock this afternoon m af-ternoon the officials and others In authority IL t I 1 1 thority of the company admitted there r 0 t Irad been 223 bodies recovered and Unit os f fthe remains of Dhk Reese John Pltt dry nan Samuel Padtleld Edwurd Street d1 dt Lrrt and two Kluluml i immi unknown ere In the > ruin hick ln No I 1 hcre 20 the explosion o urn I r J According to their flgum as well as j those of Assistant Superintendent Williams Wil-liams these men yet imprisoned would mako 229 Superintendent Williams ts certainly honest In his belief and conscientious con-scientious In his statements but It must be remembered and the fact taken ta-ken into consideration that he Is a stranger to mine No I MAY EXCEED FIRST ESTIMATE After talking with dozens of men true not so high in authority as Mr l Williams but equally well posted your correspondent cannot figure It other than that there arc no less than 250 dead perhaps more There were twen lyscvcn bodies taken from the two mines today ten of which came from No1 and the balance from No 1 r At noon there had been 211 recovered according ac-cording to Robert Forrester the surveyor sur-veyor and expert for the company OFFICIALS RETICENT For some unknown reason the ofli class at the companys offices were more reticent than heretofore probably ow ing to the viKlt lost night of the com panys attorney While importers were i treated with courtesy at all unjcg all the talk of all the ofllcials was noticeably notice-ably guarded and very little In reality was said saidMPk MPk SHARP WORN OUT W GShnlJlma bn la n and out of i the mine nil 1 dnj mt j l1lht is I ncur the point oi nVoMratfon1 II Th bud > of Ben LloU was recov i frd from noir th point of the oxplo 1 aloe today by ills tuo brothers They Mere at first refused admittance on account of the unsafe condition of the mine but after much persuasion were allowed to enter FOUND BROTHERS BODY After being In for hours and chancing their lives through in and under the great masses of debris finally came out with the body of their brother horribly mangled and scarcely recognizable except ex-cept to those familiar with the dead man Of the four Lloyd brothers two were killed In the explosion FIRED THE FATAL SHOT I It Is the general opinion here tonight that the two Philanders who are yet In the debris of No 4 with the four I Americans known to be there arc the ones that put off the alaI shot of giant PYTHIAN DEAD The dead of the Knights of Pythias are Robert rorrlsh James Jenkins John Hunter John X Lloyd Daniel PItmann John PHmann John R Price William Parmley William C Reese Frank Sitting Joseph S Thomas Thom-as John Webber James Ferrlns Webber Web-ber Hunter Reese and Jenkins each had 1000 Insurance In tho endowment rank Ralhbone lodge had fortyfour members of hlch there are thirty left I ODD FELLOWS DEAD Tho Odd Follows killed were William Parmley John James C Edwards S j Pndtlelil J T Tardy T Pfl field Joe Sutherland 1 > Indfiplil William Pugh I ISd Strech Lee Gordon Alex Wilson George Wilson J Deljcllf T H R IUey len Lloyd D IllhiKSworth T Brndon William Goode and brother given name unknown Parties who arrived here tonight oh J the special train bringing flowers from Salt Lake say that all along the route at almost every station there arc plain wooden boxes which contain the remains re-mains of the victims awaiting the coming of the train which shall bear them to their destination there to be received by relatives or friends Each box bears the name of the deceased usually his birthplace and the cause of death certified to by a physician Several of the survivors who have worked manfully from the moment they recovered from the effects of tho accident have left for various towns Henry Gardner who had been in the employ of the company about two months was one of these FEAUED FOR HIS SANITY No said he I do not want any coal mining here or anywhere else in fact for omc time to come I have Just shipped my partner Peter Sutherland l Suther-land whom I came West with to his home In Canyon City Colo and when that last act was completed I threw up the Job of a further hunt for the victims vic-tims for fear that I would become mentally unbalanced It was an experience I ex-perience that I would not care to go through again even fC death was the penalty 1 for a I refusal to cIo so WEEPING WOMEN r In front of the houses where the bodies arc received and being prepared pre-pared for burial by the corps of undertakers under-takers there have been all day long crowds of I cro weeping women and children or relatives awaiting and anxious to I know when the body of a loved husband hus-band a father brother or some one else dear would be ready to be delivered deliv-ered over to those nearest and dearest the family remaining BRAWNY MIJN BREAK DOWN The scene has been one that will remain re-main with those witnessing it as long aa they shall live and many have been the stout hiurlh of bruvmy men 10 turn away with a tear ndown their J I checpktf At the house where the i bodice of the dead are raceveil It is most dlHlcult to remain for more than a second beyond the door landing thereto The bodies of the dead became early I this morning offensive and many were the Instances of people becoming sick and having to leave the place because they could r not longer stand the offensive offen-sive odors from the bodies therein contained The undertakers began work early yesterday evening on those the worst mutilated and as fast as these could be prepared and disposed of It was done MUTILATED BEYOND RECOGNITION RECOGNI-TION But when these had left tho several repositories there began to arrive from away back In the bowels of the two mines tho bodies of men who were brought mutilated beyond recognition J to the entrance and later deposited in the charnel house 1 The undertakers had hoped to dispose i j dis-pose of those the worst mutilated at I JO l 4f ot J I 1 t iI f 1 1 7 > S W m L c I l r 4 Fr TfBrfc gjSffisi v wu ijf wcAtuKyxd ENGINE HOUsE 1 l 1 = t I 1 S r I z 7 i 4 r > L 3 I I r L A QI o REMOVING BODIES FROM MINE NO 4 1 i This was the mine in which the explosion occurred and so far as known but four men escaped from this property alive This in the tunnel from which John Wilson now lying In a precarious condition at St Marks hospjtal In this city was blown across the gulch with his two horses Wilsons body being f picked up at a point more than 150 yards from the tunnel John BeddoeS electrician In charge of the switchboard of the mine was standIng stand-Ing at the point Indicated by the cross This circumstance undoubtedly saved his life ns his regular post was within the enginebouse the wreck of which la shown to the left Beddoes had only left tho building temporarily but that fact permitted him to escape with only some severe cuts about the face and a general shaking up first and in this they had reckoned well but for the fact that there were no other places to receive them and the latter ones recovered had to betaken be-taken where the first had gone I EMBALMING THE DEAD Embalming fluid la here In meat quantities and had tho Salt Lake undertakers I dertakers had not the foresight for thIs condition today arising It would have been a most horrible situation Late lost night the greater portion I of the dead were In proper shape to be sent to the homes of their families I and today there has been a steady stream of wagons up and down the I canyon hauling off the dead Those who have homes here are taken to residences resi-dences while those going away from town were carried to the depot or to the lodgeroom church or elsewhere to be sent away when the bodies can be I finally disposed of ALL OUT OF MINE NO 1 At mine No 1 there were ten bodies taken out since the last report sent The Tribune last night This completes com-pletes the recovery of bodies In that mine and at 3 oclock this afternoon it was said by Foreman Andrew Hood that there was not a dead miner remaining re-maining In Its workings BROUGHT OUT IN SACKS At No J they have boon taking out bodies all day but as to tho Identity of the dead ltls dlfllcult to get anything any-thing accurate as the men are badly mutilated and in most Instances arc I brought down in tacks Up to today there have ben fuw that were mutilated muti-lated rUuthe sight of those from No i 1 toduy wary enough to make the cold esl heart turn away DRESSED FOR BURLVL The dead arc all being dressed for r burial at the expense of the Pleasant Valley Coal company At the store of I the Wasalch Coal company the clothing cloth-ing ordered from Salt Lake arrived today I to-day and is being turned over to the undertaker un-dertaker as required by a large force i of the regular and extra clerks Each i i i of the dead Is provided with a suit of black clothes white gloves white shirts slippers white tie and suitable underclothing sl CORPORATIONS HAVE SOULS To the credit of the Pleasant Valley Coal company it must be said that tho funeral dressings are better more appropriate I ap-propriate and liberal than could have been expected of any corporation There Is not a man but will have all that could have been expected had he been in circumstances above the average aver-age run of those who are not classed as rich In purse HELP FROM MINERS Referring to the disagreeable side of this awful calamity it must be said inJustice in-Justice to all that the people here are I more than surprised at the willingness of all clashes to render any help In their power aside from the Flnlan ers At Castle Gate the great majority of I the miners are Italians When the news of the accident reached there the mine was shut down Ninetenths of the men came here to do what they could They volunteered for rescuing parties and offered their services In any capacity they might be wanted FINLANDERS WERE HEARTLESS It was so with nil others but the Fin landers Wages food clothing another an-other Incidentals was no object They would not so much as care for their own dead saying that the company should provide men to explore the mine bring out the remains of those inside and do many things which was entirely out ot the question under the circumstances circum-stances attending the conditions here I for the past three days DISGUSTED WITHFINNS The people of the camp as well as the company and men arc disgusted with their actions and when matters are finally cleaned up it will undoubtedly undoubt-edly be many a day before they will have the standing they did up to the time of this dlnaatcr which has been calculated to try mens souls PROVIDING FOR THE NEEDY 4 The force of clerks at the Wasatoh store was doubled yesterday and today to-day and those who have not been engaged en-gaged In handling the supply of clothing cloth-ing for the dead worked up to a late I hour tonight In handing out groceries Inn I-nn other necessaries to the families of dead men The store has standing orders or-ders from the coal company to give tho e families of every man dead or alive In tho employ anything necessary to their comfort At tho other stores of which there arc six In the two towns nothing Is refused any one Except for tho supplying the necessaries of life business has been practically cuppsnded I for two days WIPED OFF THE BOOKS H A Earls one of the oldest merchants mer-chants in lit town of Scofleldt eay3 the accident here Tuesday will foil heavily upon all those engaged In merchandising 4 I mer-chandising and he believes all accounts ac-counts of miners for merchandise Wlll be wiped off the books lie will ben be-n heavy loser as well as the others But said he we cant expect to collect from dead men even If we i I wanted to Mr Earll has probably I 5000 en his books among the dead miners r mi-ners MANY OFFERS OF AID During the day many messages were received from the outside by ofllcials of the coal company Mayor Earls and private citizens und lodge men One I came from St Anns orphan asylum at or Salt Lake saying that Institution would < i 1 take care of all the motherless or fa therlesa of the town until such time another J an-other disposition could or would bo made of the children dependent MESSAGE TOLD VOLUMES A telegram came from Argcnta lodge Masonic of Salt Lake It was worded briefly but told volumes It said j What can Argenta lodge do for Wil y liam Parmley or family There were others of like import from all sections I of tho country Parmley was a foreman fore-man in ono of the mines and his body which was recovered yesterday was 1 among the worst mutilated of those recovered I re-covered Lodges in Colorado Idaho Montana and other States have sent messages of like kind by the hundreds PROFFERS OF PROVISIONS Chief Clerk Nelson of the coal company com-pany and manager of the four stores of the Wasalch Coal company today had messages from Armour 8 Co Swift Packing company and others asking if their products would be acceptable As yet there Is no organization for the disposition I position of these things but later they will be taken for distress will undoubtedly undoubt-edly increase i 1 MANY ARE IN NEED W G Sharp also has received many proffers of money from friends and s mining men particularly throughout the country Mayor H II Earll has also been wired by many people from the outside There will It may be said a place for every dollar sent here and every pound of food or provisions People on the outside need not fear J I donating more than will be needed t < COUNTY MAY AID ° County Commissioner II A Nelson la identified with the coal company and also Is manager of the Wasatch stores r By reason of this he hesitates about r having the county Carbon donate for J t r I the relief of the people licror but nMHpo 1 91 to Price the county sent Satiuciay y where a special meeting of the commls 4 sloners Is to be held If the sentiment of the people appears to be that llv county should do something he and the other Commissioner G G Frand sen will act The thIrd Commissioner John Jamca was killed in the explosion > TAXPAYERS URGE DONATION i The coal company and the towns of Scofield and Winter Quarters arc tho heaviest taxpayers of Carbon county I Telegrams have been sent to Price to the leading citizens and taxpayers there and it is expected a citizens meeting has been held before now Castle Gate Is practically depopulated and the people there have enough to do I In taking care of dead relatives and friends hero without being asked for raid r-aid It is estimated there are 200 of her cItizens in Scofield tonight Helper will undoubtedly Join In with whatever action ac-tion Price town takes as will also Spring Glen Wellington and other precincts pre-cincts of the county THIRTY GRAVES READY Mayor H IL Earll had headed a forco of men at tho cemetery all day and at dark tonight had thirty graves ready for the reception of the bodies He has had forty section men at work sent here by Superintendent Wei by A large force will be employed tomorrow when there will be some bodies Interred The greater number will boplaced under un-der the sod on Saturday owing to the limited number of men to dig in the hard formation and tho scarcity of cofllna CARLOAD OF COFFINS A carload of coffins came In this morning and more on trains this afternoon after-noon and night There will bo 150 graves made and if I they are not used the remainder will be filled up If more are needed they will be prepared Mayor Earll will extend his proclamation proclama-tion of closing saloons until next Monday Mon-day though If It were not In force tonight to-night It Is doubtful if the drlnUlns places would not be depopulated There Is no desire nor the time for carousal ca-rousal In this griefstricken town now MONET FOR RELIEF FUND There will bo no meetings of the Town Council for at least another week The members of the board are too busy looking after the dead and needy to consider matters of business p Mayor Ear had telegrams tonlgli from Sadler Mercantile company I donating do-nating 5100 to the rollcf fund and W from the Salt Lake Soda Water com pnny SEARCH FOR VICTIMS Andrew Hood foreman In No 1 reported re-ported at 3 oclock this afternoon Chat all men were out of mine No 1 It and he eras at that lime heading a rfcaich Ing party to go Into No4 through No 1 where he had been told there were supposed to be sIx or coven men Ho expected to have to go to s distance ot 7000 feet to reach these who were thought to be 1000 to 1600 feot back in No 1 1MINE MINE UADLY WRECKED This portion of the mine where tlia explo3l9n first occurred J fa oats t < j fa J by the badly wreckedas Is evidenced going In act Hint the rescuing parties Umbers fallen climb over have had to broken down coal and debris In general have been res to reach what few men properly Tho condl cued from this I I j lion of the mine Is I told best by the 0 partial remains of the few men brought p were received I They out during the day I ceived at the charnal houses In gunnysacks j I gunny-sacks i 1 MINISTERS ARRIVE I missionary Fowler State Rev 12 C or the American Sundayschool union I Rev Alfred S Henry i for Utah and pastor of the First M E church of I I They this afternoon Salt Lake arrived 1 I In their capacity aro hero to do whatever j pacity as ministers of the gospel they I tonight Rev Henry stated I I can do other ministers would I I that ho thought I arrive later to assist at the funerals I Salt Lalce next Sun In his church at I for I day collections would be taken up I the sufferers here and ho had every belief be-lief the fund would be one of which I I his congregation would be proud Rev I services here Sun Henry will conduct i day 1 WILL ERECT MONUMENT and the Odd Tho Knights of Pythias Fellows had another meeting here this decided to erect a afternoon It woij j I I monument at the cemetery There will c bo room on the lot selected for seventy burials The graves will be arranged of maltose cross In the in the shape o a center of which will be erected the monument to the dead of the two lodges The Joint committee expects to got the bodies of the dead at a distance dis-tance olf on the trains tomorrow K OF P AND ODD FELLOWS Then the remainder of their membership mem-bership some thirtysix will be interred I terred here John James and son George will be burled at Coalville also I Edwards and D nolllngswortb Odd R Wlllstead at Price Alex yellows I Colorado Wilson Salt Lake P Sutherland orado W and J Goode not yet 10 calod Thomas Boyden Iowa A E Watsdn Eureka D D Evans at Provo and S Pad field at American Fork belonged to both orders These Knights oC Pythias aro to be Interred at Ogdcn Frank Strang Adam Hunter John Hunter and Richard Rich-ard Stewart The statement published in a number of papers that there Is no Jnghts of Pythias lodge here or at has Castli Gate your correspondent I been asked to correct WHAT INQUEST DEVELOPED By far the most important feature tho Cor of todays developments was onprs inquest State Mine Inspector Comer Thomas came out of the mines at 10 oclock this morning attend the Inquest A futile effort had boon made to hold It last night but the Inspector o was at the head of a rescuing party and was Inaccessible Each day since the calamity the reporters have sought to get an expression from him as to his version of the explosion Very wisely Mr Thomas refrained from committing himself until called upon r officially But as he was to testify today to-day the gentleman talked freely to a I Tribune rcprcscnlatlvc A on the way i clown to the Inquest CAUSE OF EXPLOSION The theories heretofore advanced re cpectlve of the cause of the disaster were laid bare by his clearcut opinion I as to giant powder and the accumulation accumula-tion of dust being the responsible agencies And on crossexamination the witness further evidenced his conclusions con-clusions by reference to tho effecls at the point where the explosion started I and that it was undoubtedly caused by FInlander igniting giant powder his remains moro charged than those of other victims telling the story of thor tho-r awful consequences of probable carey care-y lessness in language stronger than words ONLY RECENTLY INSPECTED I I Previous to the examination Mr 1 Thqmas said the mlno owners made every effort to keep their mines In good shape and that the Pleasant Valley Val-ley Coal company had recently employed em-ployed an Inspector for their own protection pro-tection and that this Inspector had but a few days previous to the catastrophe I Inspected No 4 1 mine i MINE A NEW ONE j But he said It was a new mine and thero not being sufficient moisture the i presence oJ dust was therefore responsible respon-sible Ho then referred to the position oC State Mine Inspector not occupying the 1 Importance Jn Dip eyes of the Legislature k Legisla-ture the salary having been reduced to i d 10QOj from vWhlch certain expenses re dycetl It to jibput onehalf INQUEST HELD Tho Inquest t was held by Coroner W II Hurpt at the late residence of John Hunter whose remains lay In an adjoinIng ad-Joining room and tho examination was I conducted by L O Hoffman The Jury I was composed of W H Potter Frank Il > Mayweather and A Grocnhalgh The jury found as follows i FINDING OF JURY State of Utah Scofield precinct Carbon county An Inquest having y been held at Scoficld in Scofield precinct r I i pre-cinct Cnrbpn county Uah on the 3rd day of May WOO before Vllllam II I Hurat JUt lIoo of the Peace of Sco field precinct in said county upon tho T body of John Hunter there lying dead I we the Jurors whose names are here Ito I-to subscribed declare the said John I Hunter came to his death through the 1 explosion of mlno No I in Winter Quarters precinct while In the employ r of the P V Coal company L r r WHAT TESTIMONY DISCLOSED The first witness was Andrew Smith who said he thought tho explosion was J cauccd in his opinion b by heavy shot igniting I ig-niting the dust t i l GORIER THOMASS STORY i Corner Thomas said I am State i Mine Inspector and have held that position for two yqars I Impeded tho mines flare on March Slh and found them Jn fair condition Thb ventilation ven-tilation Tvaa good and < the mine Xrea I from gas In my estimation thy disaster dis-aster was caused by a heavy shot of r giant powder or loose powder explod frigv Tho giant Bowder > vent off caught IIi I tho dust and exploded being In the I end nothing but a dust explosion I went to a place where It was claimed they had powder stowed away nnd the place showed that the explosion had started there and showed further by the action of the explosion and by the body that was found there that It wan burned more than the other bodies which we found In March at tho time of the examinations of the mine as regards re-gards ventilation I found the company had complied with the law GAS CAUSED DEATH Dr D B Isgrccn lives In Scofield and has practiced for two years IJc knew John Hunter but was not present when the body was brought out though ho examined It I soon after He saw the body when taken from the car but could not recognize It not being positive which Hunter it was He said suffocation bv gas may have caused the deaths of those examined Ho noticed In treating some who went into the mine later as rescuers that thero was a smell of poisonous odor Some seemed to have struggled before death came as the bodies showed great bodily violence LIFE NOT EXTINCT J PI Eccles lives at Scofield and Is a carpenter On becoming aware of the explosion he hurried to the openIng open-Ing of No j and assisted In rescuing the victims He was one of the four who carried John Hunter from tho tun nol Recognized John Hunter and on examination found life not extinct though his appearance wan as one dead WHAT A RESCUER SAID J M Jamison resides at Scofield and was at Winter Quarters mine at the time of the explosion HQ helped carry car-ry John Hunter from the tunnel to tho barn Found him thirty feet back from the opening Being alive John Hunter was carried down to the boardinghouse boarding-house where a few moments later he was pronounced dead by Dr Fisher Later Mr Jamison took him home In a wagon BROTHER OF DEAD MAN HEARD Hugh Hunter testifIed ho was at d l j tE1 ft 1 c iin j U LJLj4 J CARRYING BODIES TO THE EDWARDS BOARDINGHOUSE ONE OP THE REPOSITORIES Tho women are not allowed lo soo the remains until they have been washed but It Is a difficult matter to keep somo of tho frantic widows awav from the stretchers 4 Winter Quarters at 1230 that he was a brother to John Hunter He did not go to the scene of the accident but paw tho body of Ills dead brother at fi oclock that same evening In life his brother was a strong ablebodied man AR the testimony pf Hugh Hunter wan given tears silently fell from his oyca nnd his voice was low and husky revealing l re-vealing mental anguish and deep emotion emo-tion for the fatality had wrought awful aw-ful havoc in tho homes of the Hunters and In Immediate kindred HUNTER FAMILY GONE The selection of the remains of John Hunter over which to4ld an inquest awakens now Interest In this unfor tunato family bereft of all male representatives repre-sentatives save on < r two brothers i John and David Tlunlor one nephew 1 William Patterson two brothersin law Richard Stewart and Alex Wilson fatherinlaw Robert Hunter and two j sons John A and Jamco C one cousin cou-sin Adam Hunter and hIs son John att uncle Francis Strantr and Francis Jr tho untimely end of whom are sufficient to malco oven a strong causes man like Hugh Hunter bow his head humbled brokenhearted by in sorrow this exercise of the will of Providence WILD WITH GRIEF In this family there are mothers and wives so wild with grief that they arc I benumbed In feeling and move about in a dazed manner apparently not comprehending com-prehending the awfulness of their loss and children too young to now realize tho gravity of their condition Friday In a special train which shall convey other victims the remains of the Hunters Hun-ters and their relatives will be carried to Ogden where tho Interment will occur oc-cur ALL HOMES AFFLICTED But what has befallen these families related by tics of blood and marriage Is in a loss degree shared by almost every homo here As one walks along from the depot to the mines a distance of nearly two miles along which are dotted tumbleddown shacks box houses and log cabins and Is I told that Sfl I i i rIt Lb7 TRANSFERRING BODIES FROM WAGONS TO ONE OF THE DEAD HOUSES The bodies are first taken to one of several small buildings and washed being then clad In underdonine and taken to one of the larger buildings where It is open to tim Inspection of those who are seeking iclatlves In this houso a father son arc gone In the next tho loss perhaps is greater and on and on each humble home effected ef-fected scarcely one being missed In tho doorway or at Jhe gale are the mother and the children seemingly awaiting news deadened by suspense and suffering until they scarcely answer an-swer when addressed r HAVE YOU SEEN PAPA One of the men while engaged In washing a body In front of mine No 1 was approached by a little boy who asked Have you seen my papa yet The man looked up from the mangled and blackened corpse upon which he was working and replied no The body ho then had In hand was that of the boys father but the man felt It would be better not to tell the child the truth THERES PAPA NOW A woman leading a little girl was passing through one of the enamel houses looking for the husband and father The child pointed to one corpse a blackened hand of which projected pro-jected from beneath the white and I covering and paid Mmmna theres papa now I The mother hastily ro pllod Oh no5 and raised the sheet It was her husbands diocolorcd and disfigured fnco that she saw nml which the child had probably recognized recog-nized by l some peculiarity oC lie hand HAD THRILLING EXPERIENCE Joremlah Davis oC Spanish Fork was one of those who had a most hrlll ing experience In the mines and came I out allvo Ho wa working well Into mine No 3 1 In company with another man when the dust suddenly obscured his partner Davis shouted to the man and In reply the man asked wheio Davis was Davis shouted for his partner to follow and rushed toward tho entry After running a considerable consider-able distance he waa overcome and fell forward on his face His face lay In a pool oC the poisonous water that wns trickling down tho entry Davis who had become thoroughly exhausted and partially delirious swallowed some of the water It at onco caused him to I vomit and no far cleansed bin system I I f1 I I I r C k Uj yJ I Z iIII IIII l vAi I 2 4 k I j 4si6 i LM 1 1 9r 17 Iq A I rh Jfj j f 4i 6 I I J in i4 I i I 7 4iiW I I f I I I I V I t REMOVING BODIES FROM MINE NO J I From a photograph by a member of The Tilbune staff r of the deadly gas that he was enabled to reach the pure air outside LIVING AMONG THE DEAD I Roderick Davis a brother of Jeremiah Jere-miah also had a terrible experience He managed to escape from the mine 1 after the explosion and Joined one of the rescuing parties He was overcome by the gas and believed to be dead I He was thrown Into one of the cars with a number of dead bodies and later placed among a IOW of corpses in one of the dead houses After lying I I there for u lime unconscious he revived re-vived one walked out and Is now fully recovered FIVE VICTIMS IN ONE FAMILY Five bodies were taken out of Sco Held on the special at 7 oclock yesterday I yes-terday morning The bodies were those of John Mulr George and Dan Mull I sons of George Guilder Bearnson of Richfield and Dave Wilcox of Ml Pleasant The bodies were placed on I the Rio Grande Western through train at Colton and transferred at Thistle to be sent to the homes of the victims I for Interment Passengers on the train were much Interested In the five COllins and also In a young girl apparently not more than IS years of age who became almost hysterical with grief at sight of the collins when they Aerve transferred She had a sufficient excuse certainly for four of those coffins contained all her male relatives John Mulr vas her father George and Dan her brothers and Gunder Bcarn L spn her husband She had been married mar-ried only about three months THIRTYTWO DEAD Over the door of the Edwards boardinghouse board-inghouse wns placed a motto reading God bless our family and under the motto Iqy thirtytwo bodies Across the room wns the picture of a little child with uome amply dishes till picture pic-ture being entitled < After dinner rest a while PROTECTING TII1J3IR FACES Almost all the bodies are found with the hands raised as If to protect the face the eyes generally being closed and turned t away from the hands in < dlcnllni that tho men wore either Coil ncloua of the Hash of the explosion or tried during their last moments to fight away the deadly sns that was destroying them THIRTEEN DEAD IN TWO FAMILIES FAM-ILIES Two Finn families contributed thirteen thir-teen victims tho eight Loumas broth I era and tho five Aho brothers all being be-ing dead COFFINS FOR THE DEAD Up to this evening 207 colllns had been received at Scoficld Considering tho trouble surrounding the gathering gather-ing of HO many and the fact that manor man-or them had to bo lined and fixed for use thin Is quick work FUNERAL OF ODD FELLOWS The funeral of tho Odd FellowS who were victims of the Scofield disaster will be held at Scofleld tomorrow at 130 p m The grnud lodge oiUqcrs Kill be present and will officiate at the services X AWFUL SCENE JN ONE HOME Over ont back street a Mrs Tom Rellly has been frantically crying for her husbands body to be brought home and It wns impossible to pacify her Kindly disposed friends yielded to her wild bcsecchlngs and Ibis afternoon after-noon a coffin was carried into the house containing the body of her late I husband The HCCIIC that followed Is a pitiful ono An hour ago the wife i gave birth to a child which is I now I lying The mother Is i In a precarious condition and her I soul Is likely to depart de-part Ibis life and with ho I little l t one I born to live I but a few hours Join the husband who had gone before COFFINS EVERYWHERE Across the street families of the Givens Giv-ens brothers live who were among the casual In front of one house tonight to-night Is a coffin at the gate of the other lay two coffin5 Next door Is a poor family who came here Iwo week ago from Iowa The house Is a small affair and the door is nailed up The window serves as a I door and has an old piece of carpet suspended over It There is no carpet on the floor No food has been In that lono homo for several days Today samaritans relieved their wants and so the misery goes within home after I home MISSION OF MERCY 1 The ladles who came down from Salt Lake with a wealth of flowers to quiet I and soolh as well as necessities for the afflicted will face a serious proposition propo-sition In the morning They will be toll to go Into homes on their mission of mercy supply lie empty larder cook the meals wash the children and perform such servlc > as will really relieve re-lieve the mother In her great stress of mind It Is quiet comfort that Is needed need-ed that which flows from the lips as well as tho substantial sort which rc I Iloves household duties at such an hour YOUNG HERO I James Strung a cousin to the Hunters j Hun-ters Is I a hid of 17 He was In mine No 1 driving for a force of thirty II workmen Realizing that an explosion hud occurred he stopped the horse and rushed back to warn the unsuspecting unsuspect-ing men As they passed tho car on their mad flight to the entrance It was observed that tho hoiao was nearly blind and fast suffocating The men escaped and James Strang Is i a hero although he does not know It I SELECTING FUNERAL APPAREL An Incident now common but always I pathetic Is I tho selcctlhg of funeral apparel I ap-parel at the companys store The men who aro left are working night and day in tho relief yhlfts and at olher1 duties hence the matter of selecting devolves upon the heartbroken Tho listless manner in which tho poor omen o-men attend to this necessity Is touching touch-ing to the extreme It only demonstrates I demon-strates again the parnllxcd nature of I I their feollnca for thvy poriorm the I function with a faraway cant of the eyes accepting In almost every case what the clerks suggest LITTLE ONES WAILING Generally the women are accompanied accom-panied by little ones who look on In wonder for they cry only when the older ores weep Occasionally a woman wo-man breaks down and her lamentations i lamenta-tions arouse the t children to crying lustily The limited accommodations of this afflictod village la Inadequate to the rush from abroad Although beds I will be made on the floor tonight many men Mill riot enjoy even that sort of an accommodation NINETY READY FOR INTERMENT So far as known ninety men will be burled here Saturday The remains of the other victims will be shipped to various destinations The food supply ia i being tested Last night bread was not served at the I com pan H table AID FROM PRICE I A message was received tonight from L M Olson of Price saying action I would be taken there at a meeting of I j the Council next Monday night when a liberal appropriation of money for I the relief of sufferers would no doubt be made Rev lIenry will remain over Sunday at tho Instance of the lodges hero to officiate at the funeral Bishop Parm icy l and his counselors will conduct those of the Mormon faith I FUNERAL TRAIN A special train will leave here In the I f j4 POt c r r r r j F frI L I I CTY S V < J i JS ix T SCENE AT THE MOUTH OF THE MAIN ENTRY AT MINE NO 1 A car containing five bodies 1ms Just 1 arrived and the I crowd has closed In I about it for the nurnoin nf identify lag tho bodies The bodies in this car were those of tho two Clark brothers Ellensworth Hoi fL nMoitn owthoni and a Finn hot Identified From a photograph by a member of rue Tribune staff morning from Scofleld at S oclock bearing tho bodies of those whose homes are In the State and at a distance dis-tance It will be in charge of W II Mcintosh an employee of the com I pan ALL NOT TOLD Vlen the t statement of the coal ctfn pan officials afi lo death rate was giv Ion I-on out it was questioned by citizens generally the idea being with many that all had not been told Tho assertion asser-tion that there were only three men remaining 5n tho mine Is not generally credited the belief being that many more perhaps thirty i0 forty are yet unaccounted for it in J i explained that It is not the purpose of officials of the company to overestimate tho number remaining but 1C anything to put It as low as it will stand MANY YET ENTOMBED It Is with no mr ose oC misrepre e sentation to say that foreman shift bosses and mon Anally familiar with the mine who have been here for ears have better Ideas of the number or men yet ° l ° nbcrt than havo 0111 clals who reside away from here and soine or whom have never bn under ground oC these properties It will I take the lime maybe months to determine exact number or lives lost In this I IltaStor ll Scollcld r SEARCHERS WORN OUT I Rescuers Forced to Retire from Their I Work to Rest TRIBUNE SPKCIAL I Scoflold Utah May SSh0rtly aftor the 8 oclock shift the rescuers went i Jc to work yesterday morning one large 0 r party found that they were headed by pac t IJi l a man who was Incompetent to direct 1 Or their efforts and quit work after a lit rtlt1 or G 0 tie time fearing that they were w ot tIng t > t-Ing their own exhaustive labors ana st t e r much valuable time The matter looked eJder co for a time ao if I it might develop Into serious trouble but it with finally adJusted tat tt 1 ad-Justed 1 nnd throughout the day all tnQ ll t to f available men In the camp were engaged lrccun en-gaged < in the work of bringing out ctJP b bodies 1J J t t FORCED TO REST Io rAt J r-At 2 oclock this morning all ot the to e several rcsculrrg parties were completely rrv 1 tbS pletely worn out and were forced again to retire for rest At S operations were resumed In shifts of from four to ten men working from four to five hours Is each e AIDING THE RECUERS I The mines at Clear Creek recently I opened employing some 200 are shutdown r d shut-down and there is but ono man gp it t > Is I said left In the camp Tho balance 1 t arc here doing everything that can be f done to assist in the work I J FIUENDS OF LONG STANDING The men at both camps or lather many of them arc personal friends oC long standing = and many are relat j fj I by marriage and ties of blood At the c1 t other property of the company at Sunny Sun-ny side and but recently opened up t J there is a small force of men working e i1 Tho men there or the majority of them arc strangers in the country E However many of thorn have friends here and several have come in on late l trains SUPPLIES FOR STRICKEN PEOPLE FtVi At the coal companys store Manager Nelson Is handing out everything free c of charge that the families of tho dead t me In Immediate need of He Is also supplying those engaged In the ex f plollalion of the mine with all necessaries neces-saries required such as miners clothIng cloth-Ing lamps and the like A force of five ti or six clerks have been kept busy for these two days In this manner and the store Is not closed at any hour to those ii i in need mon woman or child c SIMPLY MATTER OF SEARCH t1 The bodies continued to be brought lout l-out at regular intervals all day Tho T caving In the mine was not at all general W oral In Its nature and tho finding of I the bodies was simply a matter of s searching The bodies were collected t In the mine and placed in one of the f coal cars several bodies being placed In each car without regard to their position po-sition and when the car was filled it was hauled out Arriving at the mouth of the tunnel the car was at onco it closely examined by thc crowd which 1 remained about tho spot all day and the names of such of the victims as were Identified were noted by a clerk of the company BODIES BADLY MUTILATED The bodies recovered today aro In many cases badly mutllaled Most of those ought out yesterday were victims vic-tims of the gas hut the majority oC the bodies now being taken out bear unmistakable evidences of having been within reach of the explosion Somo of the faces are terribly disfigured and all the bodies are covered thickly with grimy dust and smoke t PREPARED FOR BURIAL After the bodies In the cars have been examined they arc placed on stretchers I stretch-ers and borne by four men each down i the slope to be prepared for burIal Most of the bodies are not covered s 4 when taken away on the stretchers J but some of the remains are in such a ri condition that even the hardy miners accustomed as they now arc to the fearful scenes throw canvas over the bodies MUTE WITNESSES OF DEAD The bodies from mine No1 are first taken to a small frame house almost directly across the gulch from the moulh of the tunnel and are washed They are then taken to the old company r pany boardinghouse the present occupant oc-cupant of which a oman is I now almost jQ most utterly distracted by thc fearful experiences she has been through and arc there stripped A pile of blackened black-ened clothing about four feel high outside iii out-side the building and a long row of f rough shoes on the porch of the bulU J Ing arc mute witnesses to the number X of bodies that have been disrobed In S the house PLACED IN CHARNELllOrSES Underclothing Is placed on the bodies In lie old boardinghouse and the remains G re-mains arc then taken out and piled In which to an empty freight car in front lakes them to the different charnel houses further down the canyon The same process with slight modifications Is gone through with at mine No 4 I I and It almost seems as If the dicary t 4 procession would never end RANCES CONDOLENCE n 11 Full Text of the Embassadors Letter to President McKinley WnbhiwUon May 3Th French I t Ambassador called on President Mi Ha today and Kinley and Secretary Hay 1 conveyed the condolence of the French l Republic to the President of the United Slates over the mine disaster at SCO tic handed the Secretary field Utah He I the following personal letter on Iho iQ subject f I Embassy of the French Republic In I the United < States Washington D C k May 3rdMr Secretary of State I I The President of the French Republic I I has heard of the terrible catastiopho D which has taken place near Salt Lake iI He has instructed to be his interpreter Inter-preter near tho President of the United States of America and to assure him of the sympathy which be feels on account ac-count of this sad event tit In transmitting to me the expression of the sentiments JVnsIdcnt ToubM t L i Goy Tayjbr has gone buck to Kentucky I Ken-tucky Tho Indianapolis Journal saya that he goes with the full knowledge I that a desperate and determined gang controlling the political machinery and courts of the State and with ample means at their control arc determined I to prosecute him to the death for alleged al-leged complicity in the murder of Goe i bel l And atlll he goes back to face his i accusers without a shadow of chance ci In getting Justice and fall play leI le-I 0 went away on ImslneSs und remained I II away until tho Democratic papers be I jjan to taunt him with c9wnnllco and I l to publlh to the world hat he must be conscious of wrongdoing or ho would not thus seek to evade a trial The chancqs are he thought It allover t all-over and decided that he would rather y die than to llv under the imputation i that he was afraid ot ihpse asHpssjns I So ho went back into the lions den and by the act he talcop more risk than Daniol did because according to tho II I I I account the Lord closed the mouths of the lions whllo thero 18 no assurance that tho Lord will InterpoBO and stop the rapacity of those Democrats In Kentucky who arc determined to control con-trol that Stato even at the expense of hanging Innocent men 1C I necessary |