St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 10, 1902

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About both of the openings to the mine 8 e stro ar of the state mi-/| 5racy, Whose home is at 6112 Past ave- ’ rary TY) Op, , —At 3 o'cloce > scene rere Mein i Tagg ap rauned ~ A ty ‘ nue, | ty “— Welist n in record “tiene and Baa eet on f 87 MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE, that all in the shaft are dead. So far, Wo Rain in Sight and Excepting a/ space. Johnstown its passing again through ant Mr. Houseman was amazed when he saw , bodies have been recovered. experience which { ill tak Slight Rise in Temperature No |} the car fiash up to the-platform and Dr. | The officials of the company believe that veare to peice » = ake years and Gracy step ou , | ad. Changes Are Expected. 2 he round inf hed been wade. eins ; “ seg Phriyuntcngtbn. ne to the hor-| When the first news was heralded, the the brief stop 4 éligton, in just the tima nside the 2 Ire & y The luxurious weather of the last few consumed fra schedule run off way. , A P D ; rors of the explosion, and smoke Is slowly rumor spread broadcast that all were dead, days is to continue, ‘L want to_go back more leisurely,”’ re- ; aa f Y verage er ay issuing from the entrances. Women and children rushed to the point % pracy. =» 9 The rescuing parties have abandoned ail and gathered there, some with dry eyes and set faces, some crying, some moaning, so Dr. Hyatt said} marked Dry Thurslay. : ? ift nd | attempts to use the Westmont drift, an : ; are devoting all tneir efforts to the Mill but all gazing steadfastly at that dark = vane et THIS. BABY DRINKS - THINGS | and except for a’ : OVER LAST ; ek shaft, at the other end. opening In the hillside; that was the only slight ter perature ‘ YEAR gy Page” were found alive, but uncon- real impression that connected them with rise there will be no|A Pint of Gasoline and a Bottle of eee oo the loved ones In the dark beyond. ws heameonettghe ally Stuine Ako Wis: Latest } porate ygeltietes But already from the opening in the hille ile clinatetell apced ain aes: 5 hope to save many of side the noxious gases were beginning to at 69 degrees Thurs- Efforts. the ‘ The number of dead in the work- | POUF from an explosion that had taken day, and had not Albert Shafemeyer, 16 months old, of 1°29 nade thee penetrated 18 variously estimated place three and a half miles away, and the reached the 8 mark! park avenue, is given to drinking things Tr. by snbeeuai of the rescuing party at fr>m police of the Cambria company refused te up to 3 o'clock. Friday he drank a pint of gasoline. bs AbD VER | Ww 100 to 19, and 125 is considered a conser- allow anyone to enter. Conditions through- A week ago he drank a bottle of was) , ae 8 onak Women with blanched faces entreated out the country are] piye Few have been taken alive or dead from that they might be allowed to enter, wit® no thought of the distance, with not the generally fair, Dr. After t@#king the draught of gasoline he Bt the “Klondike,” the portion of the mine In fi s : L = pote was taken to the city dispensary. He will pWhick the explosion occurred. There ar as ee. athe por be coulennaannl cre i8 a icW over ny ; > ss 0 Lite 4 : recover. G | Oo | ' , 9 ante robabl . the Fast. and there La os eee RAND AL f repens a men entombed, and pro y to do something to rescue the loved enue eC : : g , all are dead. from death. ® Officials of the company operating the and the rescuing party adminis- has been some rain , ' ? Little chi . { fn the Middle Atlantic states. FREIGHT MEN WIN STRIKE mine assert that there were 400 men at : . children, not realizing the terrible But 8t. Louls is enjoying real summer OVER LAST - meaning of the news, but with a child's ! a. work, and that 250 escaped. es . v.itey | YEAR f th ‘ued who are able to talk vague consciousness “‘that something ‘that ? oe Z . Be aa 600 sped in the setia might hurt father’’ was going on, clung toe eay Coat tare er the skirts of the women and added to the resort conditions—more so, Dr. Hyatt de- | ; black hole, and that not more than 150 pitecustiess of the seane. | :| They Have Secured Tv Twenty Per Cent clares, than other big cities. Increase in Wages From have been accounted for. It is not belleved that more than 50 Eng- 1 SOME ESCAPE FROM MINE. It was not until news came Into the city PELEE BURST FORTH AGAIN Railroads. — CHICAGO, July 11.—At 2:30 o'clock this list ki! : nt. 7 aa morning the chances that the strike would | ish-speaking miners were caught. 1e . be settled in the morn.ng had matertal!y | . rest are foreigners, and whether there are! that many minert Sad aeeee ption Threatened Inhabitants of improved. Arthur Mixon, proprietor otf 10 or 400 may not be known for days, | creek opening, between four and five miles , go difficult is it to obtain in-| from the city, that it was knowm thag all even weeks, Dixon Transfer Co., and a member : Fort de France and Passengers senate as oe | ember Of Ane | hy hed | telligent information. ad perished. About 100, perhaps 14, men were tn the on Sloop. sag | re he that a settlement would e reached, ‘a ; : 5 -y hey oy wary geben yh ye July 11 No wet ype pee wary ase on the roacs PEO PLE Ss PO PU LAR SHAFT ee, , crowd that had escaped. ~BMONn elee as again create aA panic oO sUuUDmMIt to arbitration, jut it has been ‘ Rescuing parties composed ot determines They say they left h drefl f dead , , " ead | arranged that they will post in thetr | ray | | os , an ted ps r | say 1ey undr s\e@ here by a violent eruption, which spread freight houses a statement of what they | WANTS men wrought up wm a ays . a a : = lmen in the mines, and tell terrible stock ‘| : 3 courage by (he sxc oye nt Mave en- | of crawling over the bodies. e v | & fresh bed of mud and ashes over parts/ are. willing to do. This will not. diffe: > r f ; f . . J." ? 7 } | 7. ‘ e*¢ : ’ a : ‘> *s pL - . ef the mountain sid greatly from the schedule offered last nig.t, | | deavored in vain e . - Me aid a | General Manager Price sald that as near afts : as succeeded ! shafts, but none of them A ceeeces “PD as he can estimate not more than 100 mes The inhabitants of Fort de France were|} which amounts to about 2 per cent in-| panic-stricken and fied in all directions | crease. In the opinion of the members of ! OVER LAST :' hing bevond the recov- | valdabies ee a Lo, Soe chin, whos In ln ateced by the % YEAR accomplishing, anything hglagan he recov- | were working in the heading, known to the 7 ery of a few of the bodies of these who i aii a ‘ miner as the “Klondike,” #here the gas will accept this, when it is offered by the | he renewed activity of the volcape was; roads this morning | dropped in their tracks while feeing toward | 3 og shown by violent fumblings. Then, as; The Board of Arbitration early this morn- , i tid expicded lectric storm arose and lig tning flash-|ing decided to meet at 10 o'clock, and ar | yi ' gor i timatieeds Ak i ie one “T think,” sald he, “that as alr is heing ratticing. tanning an . 4 pi —— | forced into the heading, there ts some rea. oy seen in every direction, the belch-| range a plan of settlement of the freight alf-yeart efforts necomp 1 #0 atenee pp Ba Baga oa point where i a ssp ial od a ' bil nee th ett. sible to reach the imprisoned men and ae fl 4 re Ail we L Tr} iat’, Paar ? rr a. _— ‘* Observations of the eruption were taken ILLUSTRATED -THE ROBBERY : : sean” ell meena bring them out | o homas A. Jaggar of Harvard : ' Cay ae eer | The center of aréa of deastruction tg about Vriversity. : @ MINE’ S INTERIOR WRECKED. a mile and a half from the main entrance : ‘ : , : ‘maped from the mine} of the Rolling Mill mine. Outside of thw Three Men Rob James Woods While wenn ‘ tne! ares NEW LINE 10 PACT FIC LIKELY Showing Him How Another 4 nad who wel abl o tell a connected | aren there is. no destruction. ‘ory it was learn iat within the limits The miners a mile away knew of the exe» Job Was Done. . ‘ef the area estimate: he mine was com-'§ plesion only by a deadened sound reach- Bt. Paul System Gives Evidence of In- James Weeds of 618 Elm street was the | . pletely wrecked ing them at the time. Even should ft Be ri Tv . f f the mine were shattered possible to reach the “Kiondike’ soon rae = ty) tention to Carry Out Extension victim of robbers at 1 o'clock Friday morn- ing and the modus ope r&ndi was ve ry sim- | ‘reat walls of »| nasonry three feet there is actually little or no hope that the ‘het all the doors were | reecuing parties wlll find anyone allve. Threat. llar to that of Phineas Fletcher when he | . tole were demo CHICAGO, July 11.—Everything indicates rescued Eliza from the slave chasers in | TH E FOR EGO! NG FIGU R ES AR E b! | down, at tid seem impossible The destruction was so complete, accord- Gn intention on the part of the Chicago, | “Uncl Tom's Cabin.”’ . hat a s working within ,ing to those who were In the mine just Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway to make); Woods dropped into a saloon at Ninth! ? e e th snd e alive outside of the fatal limits, that nearly, ig Ms threat to extend its line to the! and’Walnut streets and met three men > : 60 000 Sunda Circulalion iron the stor.es told by some it must/notall, must have been killed outright, ~e ty reat Tebaoteda aves] Tee we sim shat there had been a higi Igges 9 y . be that Unie great mine, running In all it} Even tf some of them survived for the ramification, galleries, drifts and chambers, time, ft is the bellef of old miners that ven to it by the great northwestern sys-| way robbery in the alley a few minut: concerned in the recent merger he before. Woods was invited to step out and | honeycombing | (hey must have died soon after from the ro oe — reas —_ ee | — $ 0,- ax the pia ‘’ wre re the eee rv oce age j 1757 C | hd oa ‘ | may miles under tne earth. : extension, an ts con- ‘it was here.” one of the three men sai W O umns O ver ISIn | 3 me ogg a , 4 Pig 0 Bigncot | ction forces are now in the field as the > dhanned and surrounded Ww oods | est of the the hilis hereabout, } Aa Vast cham b« r o' | eaae Ss, es no pur alr could reach them for mot mee spe. Fowl pose r aap « ~~ “They gave him the wan ey just | ; ’ | death | hours eatipent irom the line® jike this,’ said One of the trio, as i°) rarer RR Sbout to aoe “toy mer fed, it announeed iis) wr; ipped his arm around Woods’ neck ened | Mi ° . ° CO e S O ul ar an S a # . pei packiaare ts ‘ drec } | RESCUERS’ EXPERIENCES. ih . gay ing ita own lines inte tne he “hal him as in a vise. sal ISSISSIPpI! 9 } in rulleries | | rhe experience of thee a aaa west. announcement is understood ‘And they robbed him just like this," | | By the time the rescuing parties shall to get into the mine. and who ese @seuee thave reached them even those who mays | out gasping ond. nearly dead In a few min- have been considered no be na more thi an is into | . said another r, as he reac he his hands into ‘ and | | be yet a . . . Mave perimner jutes, rhows conelusively that these who are ; onfusion about the mine is | os Some ration was given it. ate) Thy Woods was released the maentime the St. Paul went to ms wateh me “+ . e men secapered away. The general s! a | and provided the means, fvhich was the oota told his troubles to thé police. A. in the center of the disturbance must “can a difficult thing for a road in its finan- Dave Murphy. Edward Cufran and Edwara | SRST NS. CRE rere nave been suffocated. . Engineers were sen: Reilly were arrested on a description fur- > for the eo gy nished ky A all a deat Seba Post-Dispaten will accept all ad~- lof everyone, who ought to be able to give | tui there is reafon to believe that ri tty. Sound country “ine chawen robbery In the first ur uaran ee vertising with the distinct and unequiv™ specific information and all Johnstown | figures will much exceed that nd p w ts wala ‘hat the survey has been degree were | issued Friday. seems to be shivered by the shock. Only 1 men at the outside of all theee rts to Boulder, Mont., ocal GUARANTEE that its PAID Sun- SHOCK DAZES RELATIVES. who are working to the mine—about ou have come to the surface, und at the time | , pulder rough the Rocky Moun. peattie. SWIFT GETS LONDON PLANTS. mM or Daily circulation in the city of St. Louis and suburbs is greater than tven the disconsvlate women and chil- | nding thie dispateh there are ee a » . at he 7 . Loft ne dren wzathered abcut the mine entries near | about 0 men who have not been RES Stockholders in Fowler Concerns Vote " VY FAILU IN PARIS. to Accept Terms. that of any TWO other morning or evening newspapers COMBINED; and, their homes—a sad featuro of all mine dtg- asters—have cea-ed to scream for husbands, fo ohageger> oe onda Be $40, LIVERPOOL. July 1.—At meetings of that it has a larger PAID circulation, SUNDAY or DAILY, THAN ANY fe isihers and sone audinadtiome ined aa re ts Beyer er. satay” RS nif; yo oe Pe a é em “y — « b-The tribunal of .com-| Fowler\Bon & Co. just held here, OTHE zR NEWSPAPER WEST OF THE. 1 SISSIPPI. . = = ij men *) b~ . 3 es ir bus . eras « > Sade 9 2 “ 2: - * =A : ©. ea 4 a 4 : ee cw 4 ‘448 a Mer ox ae 4 53 ; x 2 AE hy ee Pa 3: P yates ee a a 00 ces DEI A stupor seems to have taken poesession [t may be that only 10 to me are a >