| Show THE ALMY MINN MINE DAMAGES on saturday evening the pub limbed a statement of the controversy contro veny between the rocky mountain coal and iron company and the me bereaved families of the men killed in the red canyon mine disaster at almy wyoming relative to the amount of dam ages which the company should pay for the lives of the men lost loat in ito service and today there la in a further statement of proceedings in the mat ter the company offered jor for each man killed hilled then in ild crossed to 1600 this offet was rejected by the families who asked and of security tg the she same came the company refused to grant the last named figure and the families miliea la have combined to 90 institute suits or for the amount it to la a pity this altair could not have been fettled without into jouit for whatever the outcome as ai to toe the amount of cf damages awarded the th contestants are ours eure to suffer bufler loaa and detoy delby in settlement the only oner ona sale ing by the litigation being bein the lawyers and others othen to whom fees era must be paid an to the amount of damage it might seem that was waa mali for the death of the bond bead of Is a family even in 1 a case where abo killing was accidental but the bereaved have expressed as aa content to settle on that basis alter after having considered all the without being put to further trouble falling to secure this settlement amicably they will ed endeavor to collect that and more through the 0 urte in its ito response the company denies all legal responsibility for the fatality and I 1 kusisto that its her fleron of becom i oust is pure magnanimity however that my be an we have no reason to in doubt that the company desires to do the fair thing it will hardly be oon conceded ceded by the that its ito offer to pay to the be bereaved familet fa milice s if each of the 61 persons killed ta is include d lb is mide mede without a conviction that there re Is 1 a measure of legal obligation attached thereto ii 11 there were wafe no responsibility recognized for the condition or of the mine sucha aoh aai produced the fatality it Is i hardly probable its owners owner would be coo 09 tent to pay over aoh such a large lare sum gum for more mere charlt chari yB bake asks the tender of the amount therefore la Is virtually a con of lenal legal responsibility which will have its it effect in the aggregate double that sumi um and way may reach ranch considerably higher if suits auito are entered it ie fit to be hoped that the efforts at pmj amicable able settlement will not be allowed to co be stopped where they are bythe by the arbitrary action of either ot of the partle parties concer tied in looking at the me two features will present themselves to the public mind aa as follow follows first abe men were killed kille fl and the company was waa in a measure melaure not criminally so ao tor for wo condition of the nine aa t the time of the and to met an exorbitant aum sum as a recompense for the taking away st f the support of a family VOD oven when ab bueb deprivation was wa moisten tiou sit leaving out all 11 II consideration of mental menial a fit fil lotion earned caused by the bereavement at the same ame time in consider ing the elalaih for damages in an instance like able the extejt t of the list should coald be con considered eldered which her here would swell the amount to neatly nearly for the sixty one killed and juato this thib is ia double doable what the company expresses a willingness to pay there may be arguments argument on both sides ot of the issue it would not be wise to insist on damages damage that are impossible ot cancellation by the company on the other hand band it would not be just abt to make every come rom from the bereaved who have suffered irreparable lotte already looking a the matter from an outside pol t of view it might seem that the 11 j ared parties have reduced their claim to a minimum now dow yet neither thaw nor the company should be averse to efforts at settlement by a reputable board of arbitration without going bios to the expense of lawsuits if an adjustment could be thus made at either limit or any point between so 10 that all would consent and avoid litigation it would be a sou procedure for both parties to make overtures over turea to that end we hope that the terrible catastrophe of march last will riot nut be a bluee of irritation in the courts but that the magnanimity and justice of the I 1 te rested parties will cause it to be bottled by a friendly and satisfactory arrangement |
