The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1900, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1900. HARD FIGHTING RENEWED IN THE ORANGE FREE STATE Lord Roberts Decides to Clear the Boers From His Road, and Appears to Be Driving Them Back. AR P TS Epecial Cablo to The Call and the Now Yerk Herald. Copyrighted, 1900, by the New Ycrk Herald Company. € - D T R A R S S s ) 4 ot 5 = R * £ - ®| . E . ¢ 23! . pe . . @ . - * DS % 5 b A i e * . 4 | : | . { - | . - “ . - B ® ° . . bt é « . * @ P 3 . > P . 4 R4 . ® P . * 3 . b¢ $ 5 * * $ be « . © +o e b e e OF THE TRANSVAAL. bjccts in the viel y of Pretoria and on the s taken on sccount of the blowing up of was suspected to have been done by 30. ‘ ohenneshurg a short time ago, ishers. Some of the refugees will of course go by rail to Lourenzo Marguez, but quite ve to trek out of the country to the nearest point under British protection. The above the Illustrated London News, shows a party of Britishers on the trek at the beginning of T i R e R = S ST PSSP AP ONDON, May 3.—Hard fighting is reported at several points in the Orange Free State, but de- tails are meager and it is impossible to form a general idea of the scope of operations. The Boers appear to be concentrated in considerable force along the hills which stretch like an arc or bent bow from the neighborhood of Karee Siding to Thaba Nchu, to cover the main road from Bloemfon- tein to Winburg. Lord Roberts decided on Tuesday to clear the Boers out of three kopjes to the east of Karee Siding. This was done by mounted infantry, in co-operation with General Maxwell’s brigade moving from Viakfontein, which had been besieged on the previous day. General Tucker was in com- mand. The Boers abandoned their hide-and-seek tactics, came out in the open plain and suffered severe losses. On the same day the Britich forces at Hout Nek, twelve miles north of Thaba Nchu, gained possession of a pass commanded on both sides by the Boers. The Canadians and Gordons stormed a hill to the left and the Shropshires and Marshall's Horse attacked in front, driving the Boers in confusion to the north. The object of these movements is evidently to try to thrust the Boers back far to the east and make their intrenchments at Brandfort untenable, thus clearing the way for the troops moving up from Bloemfontein. Some desultory shelling and sniping at Warrenton, which has been daily reported, continues. Gen- eral Sir Frederick Carrington has arrived at Marandella depot on the B:ira-Selisbury Railway, where stores have been collected for his expedition. Colonel Plumer is once more said to be moving cautiously along the line of the railway toward Mafeking. .MOHHO}MW# 4444444444440 @O+ o0 @—o o f bo e @w@o—‘o—o [ e R e e e a eSS e s e a s a I Aok o o S A dh S S S S ONDON mediate i t what they have said of their purposes and | guard was heavily fired on. This retreat hopes draw British attention to American | compromised General Hamilton, who Siows of s Sy lhen]furle collected his forces and fell back To-day's Chronicle says: “The men who | WaTily into Theba Nchu, . after sharply with | count 15 the United States ¢ ghecking the advancing enemy with mus- | May 3, 4 & m.—The imA‘ objective of Lord Roberts ablish a line of British posts State | Kketry a 111 southwa tial 'heNfOl’" that | and Wessels 1n19nd h: [ll-l(‘P before them.” | the losses were lntlgnlflcant the fighting the Boers ghould be expelled from the - ‘betr;: at great ranges. The result is that rugged Thaba Nehu district and be forced | the Boers are willing to retreat, but it fs | not in the power of the present force to CAPTIVE BRITISH | B0t e o of OFFICERS WELL TREATED weior: el Ui ol | MINOR REPULSES OF BOERS REPORTED the resuit of | onday and Tues- s were pushed back a few thing definite appears to have T The Boers continue One | Copy- ssing tactics . io, operating in - k >od s Post, interferes | States and Great Britai Bri ros gu-;‘u; from| pRETORIA. May 1T« - | tSpecial Cale to the New York Herald, Copy . \u. The enemy . < : | right v New York Herall Come | ' ©ReMY | mitted to visit the British officers who are pmty. - Republigktio . “’;” they Were | ymprisoned here. 1 found them all in good | :\r W gy e L s v heaith. They were playing cricket and | ates and Great Britain,) advance continue | were quite rejoicing over the new rule al- i LO\D'!\, May 3.—The special corre- | d Milner has |lowing them beer. Their chief complaint | spondent of the Daily Telegraph sends the | imberley assur- the relief of Mafeking has | upy his attention and | sthorities and that | rned to raise the | was delayed letters. All spoke highly of | dispatch: the services of the American Consul, BLOEMFONTEIN, May 1.—The Boers Adelbe S. Hay. They are very angry lon Sunday attacked with guns a convoy with Winston Churchill for giving awa)y |of fifty wagons on the Dewetsdorp-Thaba his means of escape. | Nchu road, but were repulsed. The Boers Lord Rosslyn, it is claimed, was not an 1 were handsomely repulsed yesterday and officer, but a correspondent. His dairy has | to-day to the north of Thaba Nchu, the tish garrisons along the rail- ton have been | disproved this. He is starting a typewrit- ]Gordon Highlanders and Shropshire light lies are going for- | ten newspaper in prison. Infantry driving the enemy from the hills force hes gone to| The Irish-American ambulance corps be- | in disorder. They fled northward. Col- onsequence of the |fore leaving for the front was received by | onel Broadwood's cavalry engaged while ied Windsorton. A | President Krus“!’ | advancing in three separate columns in a reaten the communica- | Rossberg of New Orleans, who served | northerly direction a body of Boers who »f and ‘Kimberley. the dynamite gun in Cuba, was command- | were proceeding toward Thaba Nchu to Taungs, has in- |INE the artillery at Sannas Post. He Was | reinforce the enemy near there. The foe wounded in four places, but is returning | to the front again. He was formerly an | officer in the Emperor's Guards in Ger- | many. he Boers are pre- | k at Phikowani, rren. spondent at Lourenzo Marques esdey that a large part of the Mafeking had been General Buller continues were checked and driven back on Brand- ford, General Tucker also had a skirmish, repulsing the Boers. Reports have hesn received here to the effect that lhe Boer- are anxiously nsking for terms o E BENNET BURLBIGH. cabied investing withdrawn RXCHARD HARDI NG DAVIS, DICKSON’S REAR GUARD force phs > ONE B.OAID SECURED. qulet. | - The Boers assert that they are st delaying = tack upon him in the hnpeE HEAVILY F'RED ON THABA NCHU, May 1.—The Boers that rses of the British will dle | Adi have three guns on the hill to the east- ward of this place, outside the range of the British artillery. The Boer shelling of K Aecording to t LONDON, May has the followlng from Winston Churchill, | .—The Mornin, e correspondent of the | e oEit g Dafly " Telegraph, with Lord RobeTts, | gared Thaba Nchu, April 20: “When Gen- |18 Rnot doing any damage. The e emy Président ‘Kruger is again asking Peace | org) Dickson retired in the circumstances :‘?‘m:(::flr .’,{’;",'S“Ex:{:,a"l‘ eu?:m' ‘terms related in my last telegram, his own mess | General The departure of the Boer declegates | from the fatal afterdamp, | perished. | dear ones, when the lurking damp GREATER GROWS THE DEATH ROLL IN UTAH MINE HORROR More Than Half of the Four Hundred Odd Men in the Exploding Coal Shafts Have found. nitely known on that point. to bring out. burned and unrecognizable. ALT LAKE, the little town of Scofleld is a house of mourning. The awful scene of yesterday had passed away when the day dawned this morning and D+ +4 4444445440044 44440 the awful calm of despair had taken | the | its place. The agonized shrieks of idows and the moans of the fatherless were no longer heard. The stricken ones were beyond all that and their grief could find no utterance. When the removal of the bodies from the mine becan yesterday hundreds of men volunteered their serv for the | purpose. These rescuers came from other ies and towns surrounding, and work- ed incessantly to bring out the burned and mangled remains of the dead miners. The bodies were taken to the company buildings as soon as they were brought out of the mine, and were there dressed and laid out preparatory to the Coroner’s Inquest and for identification. Many of the rescuers came near losing their lives but the work was continued in the face of all danger; and most of the brave fellows remained at their posts until they were almost ready to drop from physical exhaustion and the deadly effects of the poisonous fumes. John Kirton was the st m brought to the surface. He was still alive, but presented a terrible sight. His scalp was burned to a cinder and his face was al- most unrecognizable. In his horrible pain he cried out to his companious, begging hem to end his misery by taking his lite. sent his valiant and was him Superintendent Sharp workers to their peds, ast to leave. " As he came down ttired in a rough miner face blackencd with coal glus ost starting from move tola of the party \lhd: s he found w ersonally known to him, and trembled as he deseribed V\“ Yet he kept h a quiet word o d‘d \‘ cted y ints out in the fm- ers were stretchec provised morgue, just as v were found » the mine, the touch of rough but loving hands to compose their limbs, wash the g their t me their faces and close According to the closest estimate there were about 400 men all told employed at these two mines, which = practically one mine. About fifty of these were work- ing in what is known as the No. 1 back vel and raise, so far from the explosion that it had spent its force before the shock could reach them and they all got out. eard the report, but did not grasp atfon at on, one of the men continuing to load a caf after it oc | curred. The terrible sweep that death has made strik- may be jllustrated by a few of the | Ing incidents that have so far deve Muir, one of the ol known miner, - with Bjor law, Only G on. the two x,\u]u\\e are left as the broken remnants of this family circl Of another family They were Robert Hunter, sons and four nephews. Of course, death was a pathetic but the climax of sadne: John James w accompanied inside by They were trying to escape to the mouth of the tunnel when the deadly damp overtook them and a moment later they were dead. When found by the res- cuers their arms were tightly clasped about each other in an embrace that death could not loosen. WI1ll Clark, an employe of the company, was working outside, and with hundreds of others rushed to the mouth of the tun- nel. His father and brother were both inside, and, wild with grief, he joined the first party of rescuers. When the word to enter was given he dashed recklessly ahead to commence the search for his en- veloped him as in a winding sheet and he was dead before aid could reach him Three men were found by the rescuers near the mouth alive, but unconscious. They were hurried outside and it was hoped all were saved. John Lloyd died as they were carrying him to the board- ing-house. John Kirton is not. expected to live and only one, Willlam Boweter, was able to walk away. eight three were found by the latter’s brother, Evan Jones, who was in Torrey's Rough Riders. Evan says that when he came upon them they were locked in each other's arms. He dropped down by them, called them May 2.—Every house in | David Padfield and Wil Jones, chums. | Perished. ALT LAKE, Utah, May 2.—Rescue work has been going on steadily all day at the Scofield mine and reports as to the dead are conflicting. According to the latest advices the claim is made that 149 bodies have been taken out and identified. Twenty or more bodies are said to be mangled be- yond recognition and every hour is adding further victims to the list. No one seems to know just how many were in the mine at the time of the accident, but it is estimated that between 300 and 400 were at work when the accident occurred, and that the list of dead may reach 250 when all the bodies are While numerous theories have been advanced as to the cause of the explosion nothing is yet defl- The relief is being organized into two shifts, and the one now in the mine has flfty bodies ready Arriving trains are bringing relatives of the victims from all points. The coal company has ap- pointed a committee to carry the dead to Salt Lake, Ogden and other points. On account of the gas No. 4 mine has been abandoned as a means of rescue and bodies are arriv- ing at the mouth of No. 1 mine by the carload. Ferrish level has been cleared of dead and all are by name and says both opened their eyes | and looked at him and then died Former Mine Inspector Forrester had a | very close call. He was found near the | outh of the tunnel, having just gone in. | | and was quickly rescued. A% soon as he recovered he went right back in the mine to aid the rellef party and was again ! | brought out in an unconscious condition. { He was carried to his room and upon re- covering once more returned to aid in| directing the work. | Superintendent Parmeley headed one resculng party. He was the first one in | the mine and the last to leave it. His | | brother, Foreman Willlam Parmeley, per- ished in No. 4. One of the miners sent Gate to aid in the res interestingly when he came tunnel. ‘“This explosion is the most disastrous so far as loss of life is concerned, that has | ever occurred in America,” said he. ““There will be more than 200 dead found before we are through work. In the great | wp'nsmn at Almy, Wyo., a few years ago, even were killed. We had some hard & xperiences to-day going through the mine. Several times membe our party were overcome b but we got m d the bodies of the men In every conceivable shape, but generally they were l\!m: on their stom- chs with their arms about their faces. astle | talked | | | 3 | out of the | | The men died almost ir struck by the damp and T just beca unconscious and were | Chey s ated. The men in No. have escaped 8 goon as the explosion in N connected with it, occurred. they did not apre ate as they 1 might pos- rted to run | 0. 4 hich is Evidently fact until too ts and ar- before starting. The me to meet the . however, f way. The found near | the entrance are badly crushed and bruis- | ed they got the full force of the ex- | . plosion. T are few in number, how- | ever Min tively little, Dan Da n, is .1 18 ¢ . 4 s ma badly d to Utah Welsh- | David T. actor here m! he three Ga! s of Provo have been take ed comy m amor favorite th a per in erum brothe out dead. Superintendent work with a will cuing party re: Mine Inspec | cluding M s | & rintendent at Castle Gate, and James | on, entered the tunnel of No. 1. It ot long before the bodies commenced to come out All efforts now are being concentrated | | to bring out a rge number of hodles { known to be in No. 4. where eighty-five men perished. Here the force of the ex-| plosion broke down the timbers, and the | bodies can only be got at throug out | “A" saa pictire was presented at the | | mouth of No. 4 tunnel, with drawn features and haggard face sat young John Miller of Helper waiting fc - | bodies of h brothers, | Rance and I | brought o Roe a 3 . bears frightt s of ).lcf‘rn ned of bis is a m erson the evic | perience. His fa | tlons from the flying {1s cut and his hud. bruised, but he is alive and thankful. When 'the damp struck him he was literally knocked out of immediate danger and some instinct | gulded the blinded and almost Senmless“ man to the pure air. Sam Wycherly, the well-known volun- | teer who served in Battery M, had an | ever more thrilling experience. The force of the explosion from the No. 6 raise car- ried him clear beyond the damp zone, and to-day he is pluckily serving with a res- | cue party. 1 The theory of Bishop Parmeley is that some of the Finns recently imported se- | cretly took glant powder down into_the | mine to assist them in their work. They | | were exceedingly anxious to malke a good | showing and as much money as poseible, and it is thought that this form of ex- plosive was used in order that great bod- es of coal could be more easily dislodged. 1t is thought that when the giant powder was touched off it ignited some of the | dust of which every coal mine in the country has more or less. Inquiry among the miners disclosed the | fact that they entertained various opin- ons regarding the terrible affair, some being exceedingly bitter In their denun- | ciation of the company and others took a | more conservative view of the matter and i said it was one of those things over | which no man has control and for which no man or men should be held responsi- | ble. .LA curious fact connected with the af- a- | K L9 ¥ Up to noon 149 bodies had been brought | T slack, while his head | ; QHH 444444444 4444444444440 fair is that flve men—Thomas Sellers, Al- | exander C. Wilson, John Wllson, Harry | Taylor and John Beddoes—who were working outside of the mine were very sevetely hurt. John Wilson was blown with his horse a distance of 200, yards across the bottom of the canyon. The | ack of his skull was crushed and some- hing had_been_ driven_ inte his abdomss. | He is | a terrible plight. Thomas o was fifty vards away from the mouth of the tunnel, but he had his right foot crushed, shoulder knocked out of place i his'back badly hurt. Harry Tayler ad his jaw broken. John Beddoes was erely brulsed. Three hundred and ninety-eight men en- tered the mine for work yesterday morn- ing and a great majority of these have perished. It will not be surprising if the total death figures aggregate 300. The Mayor of this city has issued the | following proclamatio ! hereas, The terrible mi disaster which oc- | 1 yesterday, May 1, 1900, at Scoville, Utah, n& in great loss of lité and thereby leav- mothers, widows and orphans in mpson, Mayor of bint the f liowins | | e | X | s | e | James Chipman, Lannan, Willlam_ Igle- nbers, Thomas, W. A re Meyer, D. H. Peery Jr SZRA THOMPSON, Mayor. VICTIMS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED A special to the { Dinnelian, P. H Utah; says: It g men_have been | illed in t mmv accident. The accurate | gures cannot be given and will not nown for some day The mine mana ers say it will be impossible to secure a | list of names until the dead bodies have bl identified Supe: 300 men In th plosion. Of count for were | > ex- notl | nnot o 178 names of those | covered and some re- | Tunter, J Mr. Barns Coulthard, Thomas Padfield, Dick Thomas ‘Willstead, Padfield Dan Pitman and son, William Valentine Teézzon. Witliam | Rees, Wil Edward Jones, F. Beder- son, 'James ace, Lee Gordon, Willlam Davis, R. D, a Reese, John Druck, H. Haikkila, John Haikklla, John Koski, Victor Ogan. Lee John Keramen, Alex Kétola, B. Hulli- Hutlitala, Oscar Lindberg, Erick Jappa. Back, John Pisola, Kiienda, J. . W. Klienda, J Abram Suma. | and eight brothers, "W ackasala, Mat Hindras, Oscar Nuemi, John Houta, A. Houta, John Kerbella, W. Jacobson, John Jacobson. J, Lehtola, S. Mackey, H. Pinkkala, C. Pesola, Erickson, I. 1. Limdgrens, J. Anderson, M Kangas, John Korpi, H. Erickson, A kala, C. Lackso, Charles Koski, Walkame. F. Kalso, Victor Aho, A. Mat Koski Charles Lappi, A. Penattila, Penattila, A, Kongas, John ‘Hougla, C. Hougla, A. Warrflla, M. Pottogankas and ten unidenti- fled Mr. Smoot of Provo sald there were 3% men in the mine, and if that is correct more than 300 aré among the dead. The officials of the coal company say | there ig no record of the miners working | from day to day. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, May 2-Dr. C. E. Cooper of San Francisco is at the Ebbitt; E. M. Lion and Leon 8. Hirsch of San Jose and Louis Glass of San Franecisco | are at the Willard. i THIS cause. your veins. \DR. M. A. McLAUGHLIN: to severe drug treatment, stomach v 8 "algl ton Ryhaenchlnx Hgaxmsy ter a full day's fighting, secured the Thnbl Nchu-Bloemfontein road. cart and the the hands of de water carts fell !nto frow Holland to. the United States and his enemy and WILL CURE YOU! ‘Fheumatism and Stomach Catarrh. 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