Show D ClA 15 OVER JO 00 1 fIS WO VO lEAVE LAVE 1 LN oo O PANS 1 J IJ I Cherry Chery H Scene of One of Worst llor II in ii of Country Mine Aline on Fire and of Rescue Ended I 1 u J 0 C ALL HOPE IS GONE 0 C o 0 0 C 0 Cherry herr 10 Nov C 0 Co o 0 outbreak of fire In n tho St Paul 0 0 i millo this afternoon prevented CJ C o 0 tu an to take out the 0 j jc c bodies holIcs of the lire Bro vIctims The Thet C t mine was quickly sealed a again ahl 0 o 0 thus practically ending nil 0 1 rJ hope that an of the tho men 0 I Io o 0 be o rescued alive allYc 0 I Io o 0 01 0 Cherry Chern Ills I I o lie he heere ere noon hope hOlle was all but lUt ci IJ by the relatives of the OO or wore more nen as In hi the greatest mine disaster in Iii the history 01 IllinoIs That not ono one man of tho entombed In the St Sl Paul Coal corn com mine will wUl be taken from It alive wa the opinion of those on the At a m in President Newsam o of t the c state board huard of oC exam In engineers ald a rescuing anti ox cx party part had bad been to pon far Into the gallery at the hot torn tom of the main shaft because of oC th the and ancl that no bodies had been 1 I Wo are aro preparIng to start the th fan f and then expect revelations he be said The oxygen helmets of the rescuers ers erg Wel useless In the thc smoke and gas ns choked chambers rhose entering the mIne saId it was still sUll un on fire and ca caIn cay In lug in badly That every hit or of me life I f v n all air had been exhausted mm many J I ago was wa declared certain Three descents were made hut but no sl 11 of life liCe was seen and the I em rj declared no HO life liCe could exist for hundreds of feet beyond the shaft en A few minors miners caps and were wre lola ns of the tho I rush for safet b by the mIners who I escaped hut no bodleR were found Coun I This Indicates that when the min mm I ers realized the they were penned hope les lr In iii a lt from Which there thero was no they rushed to the further I l end of the vein In where some nil air I might ho found that hInt would keep alive till help came caine I Ir Richard of oC the state Etall commission declared he would hn have prevented the futile attempt or of I und and others to enter tho thomine mine mille Immediately after the I lie asserted chance of escape e by byrill rill shaft was impossible I StOle State Mine Inspector Tn raylor or I said saida nl a small of oC nil air probably exist I III el II In the tho mine and that It was a 11 I lighting fighting chance for within was 1 LW by miners who ho Im th ill openIngs I Acting Chief of Police Polk for forns cars ns Ii IL miner and ono one of the hut hutto to the mine alive said lie tho i lag Ing of the tho shaft shut off tho 1110 Yes ves i tig of for the entombed men I rh fhe party selected to make the fir l today James Taylor mine l inspector It Y of th the United States station I lit at Urbana and James Hand nod and lIen ry rv Sn th hoth of cro among tho tb men Wilo ho escaped Saturday lt wan va planned to bring the tho hollies or of Ih hIp rs to lh the late this at af aft t t rI 1011 fhe task presented many Parties ed with oxygen helmetH to guard I against the which to hear bear the tho bodies to the tho L Ca car second third thirll velm are aid to tC 1 lv J filled with and the tho ho R through the slow and Lild hard hardit it II Is too that the In their fight for Cor their crawled o the tho farthest of the tho The Tho fire which now I f to havo been burning steadily I long ate aCte It waR wan first reported to have turned itself out kept kepl driving iriving the farther and farther toward the blind ends or of the tho g Caps lanterns and dinner Were found on the tho first two descents today toda at th the Intersections or Of the galleries and It was reported o would not admit nImit It that some ur of UIO bodies were COli found 11 II there lt it win feared tho ho man friends or of the tho would In excitement break through tho th limit set b by tho officials and rush to 0 th shaft whon the first bodies ap Late last night the tho thc only opening besides the hoisting was hermetically sealed From th the time the descent to the second t vein was made by men In hu a aLor Lor torce or of laborers until near noar ht covering up the tho entrance with layers of hen heavy plank and sand At lie of the lie shaft r the top a llIe 1110 or of three feet Ii h jn gh a laid nuLl tons oi 01 the al practically air LIght tigh LIghtA A All 11 nl night ht a few n ni I the he men dul 1 the of tl mine The wonton complained Jl the scaling or of the thu f to cut of off all nr aIr While fp 1 Hit gs true the all air would Jie be shut orr oiT declared that the tho mon f would not he be b by th thI I al th t It ii would pro ably put IUt an end to the fire sun still smoldering smoldering dering In he timbers and thus leave moro necessary oxygen for the I Mrs Irs Fann Fanny Duck Buck wife or of f 1 p Buck clerk of the mine lut hH ed the th women of the little town of oC Cherry Into a society to extend roll rolland relict and comfort to those needing it At sent there IR no und am th suspenSe of th the women whose sons husbands md and fathers Cathers are arc burled JOO feet In the earth has lieen heen more mora iii evidence than LImn an physical want wantA A or of nurses from frow Chicago who arrived last night today turned Into comforters of the probably I ably Throughout the little I hamlet scattered cottages In various arieus stages of oC completion I of men are livIng In the tho small huts still needing glass for all i I the windows tt It likely that I luau of the cottages never will Ill be I finished I Officers of tile the local miners union to today ay notified President 1 IJ I Lewis of the Mine lIne Workers union that no I lives had Leen heen lost In ill the St S1 Paul PaulC C al mIne disaster I dent Lewis the local unIon f thul the contribution of the i national nal bod body will at once be placed at the disposal of th widows widow and or of oC the victims ONE THOUSAND ORPHANs Cher Cherry Ill Not o are arc J 1000 orphans In Cherry today null and lIDless fOOl food In ill large lalle quantities Is into the town ton man will ili h he hun rr I We aId and plenty of it II said Hald I Connolly 1 nigh t ani It Il must be forthcoming promPt promptly y or 01 will wll he great suffering among the dos des destitute I families o of the miners While we do 0 not to ask for outside assistance this town Is too loo to handle tile the situation alone alono I I Most lost of our cItizens are aro miners and the majority of them are arc down in ill tIle the I mine In ull probability dead We are doing thins possible to han handle le I II I h proposition but It t Is too big for fOI liS Or Dr Howl howe In char charge of the lieC OIk said th the of fOol food clothing and mono money Is great Before else Is we need food and aud lots of oC It These poor wom woin women en and children will begin hogin to face fao hunger vor very soon and then lieu the situa situation tion will be terrible gen Even now nos there I I is but little food In the town Tile The hotel here has hns run rim short and tile the I stores have havo ben been sold I Then fh ll the tho question of for wonton omon mid the tho children mil may turn out oUtto to 10 he be a big one you I that there them are arc 1000 orphans In the I town then tho magnItude o of the lie loll can call he 10 seen They will nc etl i clothes and need them badly 1 of p lodge the lie most important organization hero here had hada a of e last week Today there are only six lieis the rest ar are in Ill the mine either dead or I From the miners who were Saturday It was learned that net act of heroism as performed h by one of t I lie he men In the shaft belowa man who If is In all probability dead 1081 at If the time line lIe wa alter itc In an foreman In the Wilen lie ho got gol In the elevator the tho first tune said Isaac one of the who was fortunate enough to reach surface In tho thio thoI I first cage load Waite alto was standing near neRr lie He refused to conic come tip lip In load hut hilt said he would stay down and gi give 0 tho he other ether fellows a chance I know Mi 1 Flood tried to pull hIm into the lie cage bill bitt lie he refused to come orne comeI I Lot me 1110 sta sLy where I am II lie sall Thore are a lot of other othOl fellows who ought to got out or of here lip up that cage and get them Ill try tn and do what I can down here Maybe ilabe It I aint as bad M as It seems I asked about him after the I second load had como come up nobody knew mcw an anything about him It looks like he was overcome h by smoke and died II lOll down in the shaft Ho He diel not hare hlo to because Iw he COli could III have hao got gotI ol I 1 Into tIm tho cage caJe tile tho first time LImo If lie he had I wanted to toI I Con Continued Un 11 od on lago 0 Three MINE DISASTER CLAIMS I OVER VICTIMS WHO VHO LEA LEAVE VE 1000 ORPHANS I Continued from Page Ont One Four Hundred Dead I Cherr Ill Nov four foul hundred human beings beins men nen and atul bo boys sl It Is d are arc dead or pore per In th the St Paul mIne here though who sic In iii pene penetrating the all to Lo Lothe the depth of feet feel late tolla today re returned turned with a ray of hope holO for tho o of the entomb I ed cd men I That the thc 11 fire ra has been heen ext ed d was the tho conclusIon of mining cx I 1 pert Inspectors sent by r Go Governor I Deneen to investigate the calamity For more than LImn thirty hours the prig pris prisOners I have been hren cut off orf from aIr That life could coull exist under such conditions Is doubted doubLed but bitt as no trace of high was IS found In the tho depths of the tho mine tonight officials of the company hope Jho victims may I ha have safety In III remote o of the mine j i j i 1 I I I I I I I A J 1 president of the Chi Chicago I I cago Milwaukee nUll anil St SL Paul road who ha has nOl shout sinco arrivIng re nn an encouraging ln report after heroic efforts had been made today to the mine for the release of oft t Ilie hl nt men or 01 fur for the of the dead From the non of one onn of th lh missing ml a young named Joint John Reid Held the railroad president hoard heart a concussion of the earth had Ien hoen felt fell h by farmers hal half a mile mUe south o othe ot the main shaft The report was sent to Henry l Burke nn an offIcial of the tubing milling company compan Burke rushed to President r ali b In the office of tho th company VB heard signals from time the muon lUen ho said excitedly What do you oil mean asked the pr President What signals John Reids bo boy says say that III he and ami I whoso land Is s over oer the tho south I ern eln end of thc lie mine felt fell several con of oC the earth thIs There were several shocks and the I men nien who felt them are convinced thee tho were shots shot fired h Iv the tho mIners and lint the they wore for fol folan foran an aS lint at least some were WeN alive I Oh u I hope hopt so said Earling That Thatis Is at least I This glimmer of light to the dark cited In III Cherr Cherry tonight follow ollow followed ed cd otho encouraging though doubt douht ful theories of experts that time the omi hundreds s ma may not have been heen amid lint oxygen enough remains III the mInes to keep them alive until the shafts may he h reopened Alter After tIme thIrd attempt to explore R ll Y Williams of Urbana Ill III of time lIw States Geological who superIntended the cork orl orlof I of volunteers explorers lele telegraphed to for more rescue apparatus Is expected to arrive arrhe early arl to tomorrow tomorrow morrow and a of have UlC ol 01 to accompany the I and minIng inspectors Into InLo the air shaft opened today loda Three times Mr Ir IrI Williams and H Henry Smith one of oC I tIme the volunteers were lowered Into Inlo tho I mine mimic In a bucket Each time tho they succeeded In penetrating deeper Inlo Into tho shaft Each tIme lime they said the tho lem was beara bearable le To 10 open the sealed main inato shaft and exit of tIme the mine was Impossible today yet el state Inspectors have told i Mine iliin Superintendent Steele that thc they felt Celt certain definite results could bo be boo I o iii ed tomorrow Then ra Ions wore ahan abandoned tonight It was 1 announced that thal men fitted filled with oxygen I I I caps would resume operations earl earlI early I as The fhe list of missing Was complied today In the offices of the muting mining com company pany It reache Including the tho dead whose charred charre bodies were taken burning cages Saturday after afternoon I noon It was declared d probable that I thIs list mIght be Increased One hundred nud men inca who entered the mine mimic Saturday lug have for The corn com pany had or of tracers at work up corn com Imn officials saId the number of men inca In the mine was greater than they first had bad believed possible Amon Among the missIng arc many Amer AmerIcans leans who vImo have li lived d in the SeCtIon of for years ears Though the majority of those who mn may never he be found alive are arc foreign born yet ot oil all had theIr homes here her or 01 In the surrounding towns and vIllages Grief Grier I over Mer their fate fale has cast a 1 over time the community Cherry today Loday held thousands of per por sons sells and before noon the SI EL PattI I mIne was sas by bv an almo uncontrollable mob I OffIcials early earl lit in the day swore in a force forc of deputies to handle the tho crowd Scores of trains front from Streator I or Spring Valley la 10 laSalle I Salle Ottawa and other towns were I run nm experts had trilled drilled ft holo holot t tIme the le a at l the thc top of tho second eln and all made to lower Mr Ir Williams and hl his volun I leer explorers the thc scene at the tho mine ivas was vas dramatic Alons the railroad tracks antl In Infields folds fields on time the cast and west of the tho shaft was a Wan wall of humanity Stout I res and l kept back time the th throng It was a silent but bul not Occasion 11 ily i a womans oman broke time the stillness Four men appeared oxygen bl bags s on haiL shoulders and steel and glass co covered hOO hoods over oer theIr heads I Timer Thc were Mr Williams or of his as I lant James H i of the University of Illinois Tams 1 alii of Spring Valle Valley and Henry Smith of Peru Later Mine Jine Inspector I James Ta Taylor lor or of Peoria donned the I regalia I A score of men immen were ready to as Hist them A system of signals had I I beau prepared Two men amen were NO sin gIn honed at the top lOl of oC the shaft wm I iams and Smith to Inspector Ta Taylor lor drilled lit In their signals The Thc titan men who weme to undertake tIme I exploration nodded assent En Engineer inor Cowley Cowie nl at the hoist that controlled I Uw time Ir n bucket In which and Smith were cre standing his readiness and time the first men o 0 ent enter r the St Paul mIne since the e were slowly lowered sixt sixty feet denim time thc signal to raIse caine anti nd was at once obeyed The explorers soon re ra reappeared appeared TIme The huckel Is not nol liming hung saul ins It strikes and bounds In iii the shaft It mut ho bo l This work required sonic some time lime Meanwhile and amid Smith ex cx to the mInIng offIcIals and the tho company mon that the shaft was filled smoke and that their powerful electric lanterns would not time the gloom When rhen rep repairs rn had been heen made nn an hour later and with Hand Webb and Taylor at al the wheel the explorers d descended again For feet time the lawn down Then came caine the signal for fol ascent When the men WIlliams said We found an at U 0 feet We VC might Intro Ime got gol by bJ It but bul if we we signalled to conic come up tip wo to would undoubtedly strike It coming canting up Wo We wanted to notify time omen men above ot of the condItion so the they would woud under stand WillIam and Smith this time by dc I I I I I I I lot fat the third lime rhe were gone ten We got gOl to the tho oC 01 tIme the second i |