Show OF f TH THE fI fIT FIRE NOT T ASCERTAINED C TM m Many Statements St as to LO it But mt Definite is isAs As Yet Ye OF MANAGERS of or the thc Iroquois I A All MI the c 1 of the Law Seen 1 I Complied With ngI THC best liest en wi ChI Ch ag hIth U Is 1 at nt present the lire fire was started by byU 1 M IG that nrc light striking the theof thear f on an pat ar U of Ot th tb drop troP curtain but this ti hns ge There jer are nrc BO many nJ Tt n R to the tIP I cause nt ut present t tR U f fO O widely that It In III Im diM theY tho the exact truth ot of Ible I to th ht thOUgh matter maller th Iroquois theater us as in Chicago It Jt be Le Lem IS AS IllY city build today the m Cp i nt had ThI not strictly NI en NII n no I 11 ed one or r two o of ot Iho 0 build M If j I TiU D TUB Jm William tm ran a IL building Inspector theater only a few fow moments the aJ a m In uhre the catastrophe anti went vent that Ihal everything was WIlS as In good goad goodSon g Mire Son dillon H II I reported r this tact fact this t to l D I pul ut Ier The deputy this morning In company with sIth Bon wr er ami Dalton Ballon H i in to the Ihl th to make rill 1111 u t t on hH hl hiI return to 10 the tho city dl hall he lie Mid WITHIN THE LAW IA W theater and Its Is management The me the tho law In W I shall tre r re Jot ot ol go to into Inlo details until 1 have ho e com coin NY report 1 hIS 3 ot at the l al provides that Hint In tn building of ot the rim chin since to which the tho Iroquois belongs there U haIt ahall h H 10 h ft a system ot oe r Th ro were no sprinklers In Inthe Inthe the Iroquois theater and when this MI Ls 11 called called to hla lI attention Mr Air Stan v t re e wU wid There here wn ho sprinkler intern In the theater but tim tho provision bOul the Iron Iroll doors mado It ml ian for or the theater to havo vo them n I IS ot of the tho ordinance provides thit th thester Ura Iw hO equipped with lire tire with w hit the Iho city lire fire Mr Ir Stanhope wild Th ih tire Oro I dill did not Fee Fe the box boic but hul that thatIs IS B my Information City Electrician said laid The lieu no fire Ore alarm con ton tt wIth the this city niacin alarm Ni Nt UP ration Is on tile Ille for tor any mich ton cnn tertian IClon The alarm of ot tire W was H R turned to m from Irom a il lox box lox more than half bali a I block tn r the theater n The Uw law la provides that tha t thieve there shall be ho shaft at tho rent cm end of oe prage tie to conduct Damon mid smoke in my from rom the In just such mich cies HH OH nr se yesterday Tho rho l no such fell hL I J CT aldermen today Inspected 11 tho the Inter antI anil an returned to the tho city hall hail trI irl on the tho department TH ThIs to 10 he le shown the plans Ilan of ot M 04 r theater th ler und Mr Ir pro Iro them How about aboul sprinklers demanded i ennan Jones The way nay Ia th Ih hi theater la Is built they tin un be lie left let out Mr replied l lAnil And Anil the so 80 11 that no lie sprinkler system would tm at avail anything Alderman then ten remarked ll that tho the ordinance ners all SQ 11 exits to 10 ho bo marked That will Mill br b looked Into lr Ir Stan hiie ift If said raid lt however h that I lights wen Wr out anti that pee peo Ie fe m re killed in Jn thou their seats Feats DARKNESS A GleBA HINDRANCE t I Hie th of ot the thea thear theaIr tr Ir r Herman said Hero here IB is isI L I aua OD on 01 the south side of oe tho the hut Int It balcony bakony looks looka ns liS though It W mh t to a y Hut In the darkness t eie P ugh It were wele will taught like rt in lii n a trap They could t I l st It t i way Ill The Tho confusion of ot t suh su u Ii h that no tio one Oll mild w LI Wd r y In it th lark dark If U those things ma il is s i 1 do not know bl eon M an 1111 n exit that would ho he f In u i Ir T r t tOld M tho the that lint LI 11 had hi m i n II Inspection of ot the lie ii r url r i structurally It was as t IT J I IN YiU T u rann fann t convince me declared U m fl It If you yon talk for toi lO I w fin r 11 that pc pl 11 could got get et nut out of ot that I 1 tr I d dOl n H i 5 are what they tho called im Ih h l I not Ilot work nork there thier wan Willi t I ugh i bi open Oll n nIl and tho the lICO I OHM qui n got gt out nut These plans hilans I i Mii t I I he ul enil nil of ot the first hoot I hp r w s t vr Ir thero mil mut the tha i run us i 1 Up ui r lie tho railing fi no ut t III nil Now 01 what I J t 1 to ka i dm ilk these In III Ir thIs thi i live hive up 10 to the I Mh I they r to tho lie city elt build h fd uhl uric lIero there seemed to r H a f n but n II number II t I H ii 1 1 me inc got badly bUIll scorched ett l t san A 1 VAS VASsi S t In th the Or fl tl they got out said r si I Li b Uy hy fUrn frI re fl on o tho ho first tines tt hit I y r I on th h ju f l sum Alderman Herman re em ibi ILI i I n dt I A I ili Ih ul balcony l there wan ns Hr III tM time seatS kl down dOlln t I Mw LiW any one ono to walk tn n th Ih i A r and f 1 ih the y took look 0 k from frum the tho lions sto taC i M of ot curtain nono of oe be b 1 h i to th Ib 1 Ii H I titan n thio palm of ot It n it 1 itCy ot of nn asbestos com coni U I Th m l wro vero liow to tn bo ho of h tue tho examiner pro pros l cl t I 0 or j I grade WA n mAP Th hi y I I I 5 jl l they 1 mu lEKI u It It Cautious OilS cleric re ic roo bonot hyt II instantly hushed up th I of ot the iho bo company edINI t l lit lucy 1 dill thit hot ot wl h to ton kij Ih I ns as they It on n i the curtain ot of tho the I C bar t bM h ten ell rejected if r 10 11 Ir From Ih the l II a II ot n It o of Dt tu I III lIe f today toll Y may amy result fult n a recommendation to 10 Mayor harrison to 10 close clo e every ef theater In Chi Chicago Chiello cago ello until the tho exits and the lie construe lion Ion have hn been heen examined O td This Thill Idas ha vas to tit bt if tho Iho Chicago Architects association today oday lodl ty liy W A A nn an architect Who ho lost lo t some relatives In the lire fIre resident President refused ly I to 10 make the th recommendation lC to Mayor MArUI Harrison on hut but railed called an on Informal meeting of the association at nt which It vas decided that a it 1 larger gathering Blithering of ot ho tho members member would be 00 held tomorrow to 10 o take action Mayor MIor Harrison said Bald tonight WILL NOT CLOSE CLOSI I see lIeo no more moro reason for closing nil ho time theater than for stopping all au rail rati Wily vay 11 truing trains after n it 1 disastrous wreck There here IH is no necessity of ot becoming hys h hysterical about this this horrible disaster hits has taken place In probably tho the safest theater In Chicago The maor mayor tonight sent ent the following letter otter to 10 nil all theatrical proprietors proprietary In Chicago Nov No 2 Z thin year eRr I 1 transmitted to 10 he city council a report on tho the theaters I t culling tho the attention of ot the to 10 the failure of ot nil all the theaters theater to o comply fully tullY with the terms of the building Ordinance relative to places pieces of ot amusement The council sent ent the tho communication to the committee on ju itt dietary for tor or consideration and pending a n report from rein tint that committee com nil tiel directed ho tho commissioner of ot buildings ll to sue BUS pond pend enforcement of tho the ordinance EMPLOYED B NO FIREMEN The Tho city Ill ordinance among other othor timings things requires each elch cli theater to 10 employ n a fireman to be he approved by the thc chief of fit iso tho fire department to look titter litter the tho lire Hrc protection of ot the tho ti house I am stin ad nIl advised leei ty bY the tho chief that several theaters have to comply with its ItH ito no visions vision In n view of the terrible disaster nt lit the tho Iroquois theater and lending adieu action of ot the city cl council I have di dl directed the limo chief of ot tho the lire Ire department to assign one ono regular member m mb r of ot thc lie de do department to each theater not nol complying with the thc ordinance relating to the tho cm era of ot a n fireman Tho TIme firemen now 1101 employed by b the tho theaters should IM hl assigned to the thc front of ot it the thc house while the thc fireman assigned by y tho tim chief should bo he unsigned assigned to the tho stage I have further directed the chile chief lii In n cases callIS the ordinance has not mint been obeyed to assign two regular inch 11 11 to the duty of protecting the thc against lire Ire Tho The wages of ot these the e firemen will be ho billed sheet direct ct to the theaters to which they are to tho the service will Ill bo be continued until the tho council has hM finally acted on the ordinance After dispatching this letter lettel the tho mayor sail said MUST MIsT EMPLOY E FIREMEN If It any one of ot time the theatrical managers refuses to pay lied 1111 tho ho Willies wages of ot these thies men mush menns ns nit several of or them have refused In lii the tho past I J will close chose the lIme doors of ot tho the theaters theater nOd and keep them closed until they the agree lureo to act a aK they should All 11 during durin tho the day telegrams of ot sym sympathy sni 1111 pathy to the thc people ot of Chicago and of ot tore furs of ot poured In by b telegraph on the tho mayor Ho He announced tonight I 1 have received ninny many otters of ot old mild It ht t may n be bo that hint bernie before we ve get lIet through this trouble a II few tew will 1111 be 15 found to bo b In need hut hint Chicago will iII he be able to kite give that aid herself Most Mo t of ot those hose killed and l Injured now Identified CUll can be bo abundantly cored for far WHAT THEATRICAL MEN m SAY SAt Chicago Dec ninny many ol or ortho tho time theatrical men mien employed In the theother lie other Chicago theaters the Ity m for tor tho limo Iroquois theater fire was as nA ascribed today to the cureless of ot el lire arc light apparatus too no close to 10 toone toone one of or th this thi hanging borders of ot tho the teen ny N The rho electrician of oe a i leading lel Chi Chicago cago theater expressed great grat surprise considered 1 n II on 01 that hut thin lila was Ins con possible cause causo of ot the time lire fire Thoro never nevot would have ucon any Ore fire he ho paid If It proper care carl hint had beets beci 1 ell exercised In lit h handling tIme the lights The electric plant of ot the theater was I In InKin Installed stalled Kin liNt on ns I happen to know kno tram from per ler observation oh In accordance every modern requirement for tor safety TIme Tho ho plant was wnM not tint to If II I I tho lie 1 I have given 11 are the I whole blamo vests rests Oil on tho ho person who ho I placed or 05 who was operating n a light I BO so close chose to o the tho ho curtain I time Thc failure of ot tho ho expected lire fire yin pro I l is b attributed by II Insurance O met men metto I Ito to trouble with time tho asbestos curtain curIa In InThe The Hinge tago Is 18 always recognized as nR the danger point In lii the lie theater mind tho time do de 10 Biro alto IH III to 0 have It cut oft off at train from the ho audi auditorium na as thoroughly OH OR possible 1 The he Insurance m m declare that hut the he curtail curious i at lit time the Iroquois never neer lund hAil worked per pH perfectly teeth and that time tho mechanism m had not beets been repaired E I It Ii of ot tIme the flin which placed tho time Iroquois theater di tie d today that limit tho the loss Iou would not ex cx exceed x reed Ho Ito also milso asserted n that hint tho tue of oC lie tho homeS to the lie title duo to tn the tho failure nf ot the limo II curtain to tn 0 v work properly Early last InKt summer n 0 prominent Journal I of ot Chicago o criticised tha tho h con on mm of ot the tho Iroquois I 0 I theater bo cause It Il lacked a 1 or Hue ut at tho time back of ot tho time for tor carrying tho tim flames and moko upward amid nI from tho time auditorium In Iii the tho event of ot tire Ire Suds Such shafts were built In Mad soi Sunni Harden and the lie opera Opell house In lii New Now York and n a provision Is l nt tho lImo Chicago Au Atm The Tho method of ot the th hal hll cony and alit gallery Wins was also idso declared l lw by thin magazine to a ho hB defective because laths lath used In Iii what In Is l Imon ns Re exposed construction where lien heat h nt would easily affect erot It In modern lire Ire proof built this his lath Is l burled h lit In concrete It was wan the tho buckling out o ot of this laths lath and nd iron lion roll rods giving limo tho Impression that tho tue them irons falling failing thirst that IH Is l believed by hY h Koino lorR orn to 10 h been beds p responsible for tOl Os the tue th panic There Willi no criticism nf ot tho the strength of ot tho lie gui gal galry III ier ry and balcony arches which were built In tho the usual manner |