The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1904, Page 5

-—— THE SAN FRANCIE SCO . CALL, | ERIDAY SLOWLY COMPLETING T PR B AR KAISER W ANTS | NAVAL STATION | iy Kears That | sState Department = . . 1 Germany Is Negotiatinz for| Coali Depot at St. Thomas | —— | COMMENCED | INQUIRY e ill Not « ou«-nl; i Unele Sam to Denmark ( gion to Anv European Power| inting Conces- — — | | STREET «—Sub- and | ern to draw from | st in <he| f 1k \ octrine, advices n d here that Ger v e making a !usinesslike eff | a nava ling station at St. i D W | h was be- | ame cur- | r State De- | e of the| k ams have | f s Minister | £ en and inquiries > at St, Thomas) story that Ger- ) ment with the N teamship Line, . naval coaling r The story The State Depa m rumors more sthing tangible. That is s doubted in some on whatever | nor. will | Francis Boughter. | terribly burned NS ON REEF OFF THE C0AST Report Is Reeceived at Manila, From Borneo, That the U. Gunboat Quiros. Is° Aground O Rl DETAILS ARE - GIVEN 5 R Linperiled Government Steamer 1s Under the Command of Lieutenant Franeis Boughter MANILA; Déec. 31.—The United States R N0 | 8unboat Quiros is reported aground on a re off the coast of. Borneo. The Quiros is a single screw. steamer of 400 tons and is commanded by Lieutenant Ricarte, an exile from Guam, who re- turned to the islands after.the Ameri- can occupancy but tefused to take the oath, has been residing at Hongkong for nine montks as the head of the Filipino junta in that city. Originally, when a member of Aguinaldo’s staff, he made an attempt to blow up the Law- ton funera! procession with dynamite in December, 1899. He returned to this city on t 16th inst., but so far has managed tb elude the authorities. The old ¥Mexican currency will be de- monetized :to-morrow. January 1, 1904, and the Spanish-Philippine peso -will then be legal tender until July 1 next at the regular Government rate. Lieutenant Elmer B. Melton of the | Philippine constabulary has committea o M. Edwards, who has been in Chicago on -a visit, identified the daughter’'s body from the cloth + ' mxtiorr re-|in her skirt, a sample of which he S inore defi- | carried in his pocket. . n! Theri is no.difficulty in ascer-| Chief of Police O'Neil to-day super- ta whot the United States would | vised the work of helping friends and a to obtain for | Telatives ‘recover their dead. Hun- he val coating sta- | d of persons, grief and anxiety t vi West Indies, es-| their faces, thronged p ¥ which is one| ief's office, seeking in- 1 jslands of the|formation.. The pressure grew S0 Ant - point of view, | Strong that Markham, eomman g as it does the entrance to | mounting a « read off ‘descriptions t ) United States Gov- | to thé multitude, ivhich listened with that Denmark is|Straining ‘ears. - Frequently persons in the Danish West »w that she has m to the United t for their hav- | for Bt Copent .after its ratif United States Senate ) n, which would pa iny European power coaling sta- t rights to the exclusion of other powen idered a stab at| th r even if the con- | =s to a private cor-| 2 essary, the Dan- | o be infe Wred that | he Un . which offered to buy he is s considers that hoid 2 them: that a e slands to any Européan! a menace to the Mon-1 and_that Denmark is ex- %een the islands herseif or | s 1 toghe United States. Shodld the I BT further it might | ATy to make some such state- | + e - +1 PILICE GUARD THEATER. SR T n 5. | | Continued From Page 4, Colu ng jealously guard- le to-day an ad- t policemen . went e burned building from top! There were fears that in the beneath ten "feet of muddy d be found more victims of smoke and flames. Big fire engines, t before had deluged the place, were weing ~ utilized to draw forth of streams of thick, murky r from the basement, while'a dozen B boots made a thorough the basement for -bodies. No ever, were found in the ds tried vainly e fire. The e, howe 3 itering on either side of The exterior of the * as before the to reach the rity of the de &tood forth from a tained by smoke or water. serene without, the lnxerlur, ¢ theaier marked it as a true ed sepuicker, Uven the marble t ths left and right within mess and confusion of the bearers of the dead. ts of bril- s shattered in the the flames lay maay. othing and occasional rred Lodies. llw! the view tc mcdi a burned cano a saldon near the thaaier was be- arded-a huge pile of garments the theater. asiets were | <:and hand- i T the fleelng mob of terror: | omen. iarrels wer to nold the ovérshoes-and shoes 5 h the pur el 3 af The greatest center of excitement to- | Aay s not at #fe theater. but at| Rols s morgue, 1o which the dead | ere (aken. Al of the morgues were | but ton's, where | s were than' to any | scenes of anguish wete most | i out the doors of the place | were mussed hundreds of men, an§ sur- rounding Jhem, iike a huge fan, syread e hundr-ds of % %eping women)and idren. The nume bus poice statidned re coull not begin to handle \he owds, and extra details were hurried the besicged morgue. On a lessiy le the same awful siege was in proy cress al the various other morgues, | E. C. Fuady *nt of the Stroh 0 Cor to-day after un d five dead ¢f a| 1eaded by his wife, | nd at o different | ng. Those m M. Frady, | rady’s sister: re oid, and 10 vears Frady's died in St. Luke's an| reaching the hospital. Mrs. William Rise, a sister of Frady, is still nissing. One of the most peculiar of the Aent : to-day was that of the { Boyer Alexander, 8 he lad’s father, Dr. W. . 475 Washingten boule- vd. had sleeplessly sougit his son ueht long, and to-day, in examin- r » headless eornse of a child, the phvsician identified his own boy by a waich., a birthday vresen' from the father. found upon the remains. A pitiful scepe attended the identi- feation of Margery Edwards, 14 years ©ld. of Clinton, Jowa. Her father, W. ntified wer ¥ J. H. Spindler, Mr. F ndier, 10 ye | fire. the crowd recognized the descriptions read by the secretary and started in horror for- the particular ~morgue named as the words fell from the sec- reta 3 lips. thé .morgue the inadequacy of the means of inspecting the bodies was evident. Only a few persons at a time weéré allowed to pass before the bodies, and places in the line -of ad- mission. were as eagerly -sought and fought for as means of. escane were when the’ th ter was burning. aersadbputi, TAKING TARDY 'PRECAUTIONS. Firemen to Be .Stationed -in All Chi- cago Theaters Hereafter. - CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—From the action of a committee of prominent architects of Chicago to-day may result a recom- mendation to Mayor Harrison to close every theatgr in Chicago until the exits and construction have been examined. This idea was suggesfed to President Beaumont of the Chicago Architects’ | Association by W. B. Pridmore, an ar- ! chitect who lost-some relatives in the President Beaumont refused per- sonally to make the recommendation to Mayor Harrison, but called an in- formal meeting of the assoclation, at which it was decided that a larger gathering of the members would be held to-morrow to take actloh. Mayor Harrison seid tg-night: “I see no more reason for closing all the theaters than for stopping all rail- way trains after a disastrous wreck. There is no necessity of becoming hys- terical about this matter, -although this horrible disaster has taken place in probably the safest theater in Chicago.” The Mayor to-night sent the follow- ing letter to all theatrical proprietors’ in Chicago: “November 2, this year, I transmitted to the City Council a report o nthe the- aters of Chicago, calling the attention of the Council to the fallure of all the theaters to comply fully with the terms of the building ordinances relative to places of amusement. The council fent the communication to the commit- tee on Judiciary for consideration and pending a report from that committee directed the commissioner of buildings to suspend enforcement -of the ordl- nanc “The city ordinance, among other things, requires each theater to em- ploy a fireman to be approved by the Chief of the Fire Department. to look after the fire protection of the house, 1 am advised by the Chief that several theaters have refused to comply with this provision of the ordinance. In view of the terrible disaster at the Iro- quois Theater and pending action of the City Council, I have directed the Chief of the Fire Department io assign one regular member of the department to each theater not complying with the ordinance relating to the. employment of a_fireman. The firenien. now em- ployed by the theaters should be as- signed- to"the-front af the house, while the. firemen. a: 'd._ 'by. .the . Chief !shnuld be assiened’'to-the stage. I have further- directed the- Chief, in cases where ‘the ordinance has.not been obeyed, to assign two regular firemen to the duty of protecting the public against fire. The wages of the firemen will be billed direct to the theaters to which they are assigned and the serv- ice will be continued until the council has finally acted on the ordinance.” After dispatching the letter, Mayor said: “If any one of the thc iter managers refuses to pay the wages of these men. as several of thm have refused in the past, 1 will close the doors of the thea- ters and keep them closed until they agree to act as they should.” —_—— BENEFITS IN NEW YORK. the Proceeds of Theaters to Be Given to \ Chicago Sufférers. WEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The news of thd Chicago disaster was followed in New® York by the announcement of sev- eral penefits for the fire sufferers. S. S. Shulkrt immediately telegraphed his manager in Chicago to devote the re- ceiptsiof next Wednesday’'s matinee of “The Rit” to the sufferers, and an- nounced that the proceeds of Wednes- day's nitinee of “Winsome Winnie," now here, would be devoted to the same cause. the “Red Feather” company also will give a benefit. A number of other managers are considering similar liberal acts. Al Hayman, Marcus Klaw and Abra- ham Erlanger, the leading members of the theatrical syndicate, who own large. interests in the Iroquois Theater, sat in their ofl!%ell 3nf the:’ew Amsterdam Theater until after dnight eagerl; awaiting the telegrams from thel:'éhl’- cago representatives. They were hor- | Sarah. Duvall, Zanes- Mrs, Dawson, ville, O, B Rosene Ernest |Herman- Edsensted. William Engles. |Morti Eldridge, Bima Erland. Evans-(Maurice. Engle. ton, 11, Emil Espen. Mrs. J. A. Eckerstein. (Miss Espen. - Natalie Eisendrath. .- [Frank B. Eberst, Long List of Victims of the Iroquois Theater Catastrophe in Stricken 3 CHICAGO,.JAanu.ar.y'l.‘—At midnight the number of identified dead was]| ‘Who Have Been Identified Chicago’s Morgues. -~~~ 485 and there are 97 bodies -awaiting identification in the morgues, while. 337 persons are reported missi ‘and failed to advise the police.. The names of the identified dead follow : - A : Annie "Andecson: - ' Mrs. ‘John Adaneck, Mrs. John Adams,' Bartlett, 11l Toia, TN). Walter D. Austrian, La Alfred Afson. | Porte. Tnd. Margare:- Armon, Son of Joseph D. Aut Mrs. John Aldrich. i trian. Bl O Miss Arnoldson. 1 Mrs. William. Bartlett. Mrs. Arthur Bergh. Consuela Byrne, Harold Brown. Charles’ Botil- cher. Helen Bickford. Mrs. Rose. Bloom, " Leon Brady. Lucien Bowman, Mrs. D. H. Batten- Mies Brown, Evanston, field. Dewware, O. Illinots. Helen Bagley, |W. W._ Boyce. Mrs. Lucille Bond, Miss Wilma Barrey. Hart, Mich Glen Beckford. Miss Beatrice Bowman.. Ethel Barker. . . Joseph Bezenek Mrs. C. D. Bartlett, Robert Battenfleld, Bartlett, I Delaware, O. Charles R. Barnhel Ruth Battenfield, Del- William C. Beutell. aware O, Mrs. W. F. Boyce. Jobn Battenfleld, Del- Helen Bryersioth. aware. 0 Walter B. Bissinger. Miss ~ Marion Byrd,/Mrs. H.'C. Berndsley. Iola, il N . Bodtice. : —. Byer_infant. M Emma Brinckiey. Rebecca Buffy. Margaret Beuhmann. Miis Bird. Miss Myra Bradwell. Mrs, Mabel L. Rosehili, But- s o le Betsford,| Rose Butler. . Racine. " Wis, {Ruth Bymfurth H__F. Bliss, Racine, Alexander Boyer. Wisconsin Julia Brewster. Mrs. S Butler, Paul Brennan, Evanston, Tl c Vernon W. Corbin, 10/¢. ¥ vears old | W, W. Cooper. Charies F. Casper,|Thomas Contell. Kenosha is. Helen Coopes L. Cooper. | Loulsa Corbin. {R. H.Coults. Miss Florence Coch-| Miss Irene Cummings. rane. |Miss L. Christopher. | Mrs. Thomas A. Cant- well. Roy A. C. Caldwell. May Curran, T.ola Copler. Charles Cooper. Keno- Agnes Chapin, sha. Wis, Vinton Clayton. Mrs, Jacob Cohn, D Margaret Dolan. Mre, Charies Doust, nston, Iil, 1 Helen 'Dyrentorth, Evan, 111 (Mrs. M Mre, C Henrietta Christian. Minnle Crocker. Sofia Cudelman, Wilils W Cooper, Wis, J. Dunleavy., Grace Dawson. 5 vears old William Dawson. Mrs. John Drychaer, St. Louls. Miss Leah Dixon, Lillian Dorre. Mamle Decker, Fdna Dixon. Eddle Dee. on, TI1. y . Dickhout. . Clara Donaldson. Miss Mary Donnegal. | Michael Dolan. Florence Dow. - Leander S Diffenderf, Lincoln, Til... Mrs_J. Dodd. H. Donaldson. Taylor Dryden. | Mrs. John Dryden. years old. of” J. /F. Delaware. 0. Mrs. Eiizabeth Duvall. W. G. Deming. Mrs. J. L. Dallely. Minnie. Engels. Marjorie Edwards. r Linda Frantzen |George Sidney Fox. son Miss Phebe Fort: of F. Morton Fox, Mary Fahey. |, Winnetteka, 111. Odessa Frack, Ottawa, Thomas .. Flanagan, o Minols. . | yndiznapoits. s _W. Forbusl {Mrs_ Lilllan Frady. Mrs. ¢ W. Forbush. |M. Leon Frady Miss Irene Fort. H._Foley. i Florence H u t chins,| Ada Folk. Waukegan, 111, \Helen Foiz Emil F John J. Fitzgibben. Miss P Fort (sup-|Miss Anna itzgerald. posed). *y |Mrs. C. O. Foltz, Gertrude Falkenstein! |Mary Fefser. Anna Fitzgibbons. @ R. Graft. Bloomington, | Miss J. Gahn, Tilinois. | Mary Doroth Mrs. Adelaide Gud-| Barbara Garts, e hardt. I Mabel Geron.- Mrs. Joseph J. Goss. _|Pauline Geary. Mrs. Relnholt, Graf,| Wilma Geary, Bloomington. Til. |d. Gohan. i Max Goodheart, |Mrs. B, E. Gould. - Mrs. Emma Getk. |Harry Gartz. © Amy Gustavson. |B. E. Gould, 1. N. Gage, Frank Garn, Sophie Gundeheft. Willla Garn Mrs, Clara Graves, Vera Goldsby. - Leon Gr Mrs. Nolle Grenny. = —— Hippach. 6 vears Miss Anna Hordy. Dy old, boy - ery Hewins, Lida Hickmen. | Petersburg, Ind, Miss Jeanette Hutch- Miss Lee Haviland. It Mrs. Harbaue, url - Nellie E. Hart,'John Holland. Atkinson, T1l. |Lillian Holland, Des Mary Hirsch | Moines lowa. F. R. Halberton. Mrs_Mary E. Howard. Charles Hickman, |E. D. Hart Bertha Harger. |Mrs. G, A. Henry. ‘Willlam Murray Owen. i a » ng.. Many of the missing must have returned home Mrs, William Rise. | Frna Retss. » Anna Reidy. W. M. Reed. Rev. H. L. Richirdson. Rose K. Rogers. Roger Higginson. James Higginson.[Allen Holst. Higd, - Gertrude Holst. Mrs. John Holmes. i George Higginson,| W. W. Hooper, Ken- | Mary Reidy. o —. Rose. e teka, 111, osha Wis, Willlam Rattey. | Thomas Remington, L. Hemmes, Helen Howard. Minnle Robertson, ~ | . | Loigh Holland. s Edith Horton, Ontona- Petersburg. Ind. - . . Hutchinson, | Ella Suliivan, Knox- Wilma Smithbarry. a4 | o e ol M 'ramu. Shepard. ¢ | ¢t | Eva Sprecht. { Burr Scott 2 e smen i e S meonh, |'Mrs. W. A Sprecht. |Myrtle Shabbara. Eddle Henning |Mra Crarles Hickman, | Clara’ Staliman. LSt Sanara; Edward Henning. | Wilitam Hennessey, Mer nahere; Sherr. Béssie L. Herron,|Mrs. Holmes, A Hammond. Ind. | Leigh Haviland. | Eivina, Sehobeck. I Mrs. J. Sawyer. tein- Mre. "Andrew Irle, Mrs. James H. Strong.| Joseph Seymour, Irene Swartz, M métz, | Warren E. Saville. . | Miss Margaret Smith. i J Miss Vera R. Jackaon,Ethel Jones. e bl e i C. D. James, Daven' I C. Johnscs. e Bere. o 2 SRR e M oty | /A e piaines, i1 [Mrs. 3. H. Stendier, e Ve /] Arlene Schreiner, | Lowell, Ind, x Mre. W, T Suetsch. | Burdith, Stendier. Mrs_ Georglana Kuh-|J, A Kochens. Donald 'Stégdard, Mi-|Mrs. Winthrop Spring. las. fc’hmu E. nonk, 11} | Donald Stoddard, Alice Kline. Louis Kisner and wie. | Mrs_ Anue Shoenbeck. Mrs. Smith, Des- Mise Lola Kuebler. |Agnes Kennedy. N. M. Spray. plaines, 111, Mrs. Frank Kochens. | Frances Kennedy. E. K. String, Olive Squier. Alice Kaufman, Ham- zn, Charles_Koll. + Miss Rosle Stafford. |Arthur Saviile. mond, Ind, Ketchum. ‘Mrs. Harry Seiser. Winthrop Spring. Otto Kelly. Mrs. Frank Kerems. - | Marie Smith, Des- Rosa Sehmidt. Miss N. D. Lee. Mrs. Sarah Kranz, Ra- | ~ plaines, 11l - A. L. Seymour, Vicia Lee. cine. Wis. Warner Sedill, Kan-|Mrs. N. M. g s kakee, T Des Molnes, Katherine' Long, Ben¥iarvey - Kisley, 8t » eva, TiL. ouls. Carrle Tierney. Walter Thacker. | willlam A. Lee. Irene Lang. Mrs, J. e Edna’ Torney, Rosa Levinson. Hortense Lang. Mi Mrs, Susan Turner. Susie Lafftman or Lash-/ Mrs. Frank Leaven- | Migs Clara Thomie. | C. V. wann, La Porte, Ind.| worth, Bloomington. | F. W. Teastor. Florefice Tobia: Margaret Love, Woed-| Iilinois. Mra, Susie Tiernan. mette, TII. stock, Il |Ellen Linden, Irene Taylor, Mrs. Grace Elizabeth Mrs. Lena Lake, | Agnes Lang. Ream Taylor. Tease. Mrs. A. Lake. [Mrs Daisy Livingston. | Ciyde O. Thompson, |W. Thatcher. E. D. Loettker, Fred W. Leaton. uth Tayson, Oak,Mrs, R H. Trask. Ot- ; Park, 1L, awa, 111 J: W. )ul\'eol. b Mr;. A, N. Meade, v a Willlam McLaughiln, Neola, Towa. Ed L. Vi {tie Vi K South America, H. Mendell. e Vanrapen Bei b Vgiigem, Koo Mendel. William Miller. Kenosha, Wis. | Mary Vanin Moore, ;grn. A Edward T. Van Zegen. sha, Martha Vaningen. Miss Bernice Valley. Anna_Menger. Traveling Passenger - < el 5 Pearl M. Milis. ASentit * Suuctintion, | e wia T Jeno-iJobh Veniugen. Kemo Lawrence McClure. | check 1825, e o e . Emma D. Mann.|Mrs. James D. Ma- : 9 D, I. Murphy. loney. Miss Alice Wilton. | Paul’ Weinder. . Benjamin' Moore. fam- J. Martin, Pullman, [11 | Mrs. Mary Ann Wag- Mrs. Leo Wolf, Ham- ily of five still miss-| W. Martin, Pullman, | _ner. AR mond, Ind. ° ing, Tliinols. Haw:rd_ J. Wilson. Helen Wundeérlich. | Mrs. ‘Mary Meade. ‘|Harold Martin, Pull- | John Washington. 8. Waldman. Pauline Mossler. 13| man T . © . .. | Ada Weimers. |Otto”. Woltmann, . vears of age. Ham-. Robert Martin, Pull.| Mrs. Carrie Webber. | H.. Willlam % mond, Ind. man,__ 11, | Mrs. Eva Wileox le A v Three Mrs. Mattie. Moore,| Helen McGaughan. Louisa Winniger. “- | Rivers Falls, Minn. “Hart. Mich | Joseph McClelland. Misa Florence White. | Danald Wells Mrs. W. .K. White. | Faul Windes. James MeC A Telland. ’,:,.,_ John J. Webster. Harriet Wolff. | Lucille Meade, Anna McCristy. Mrs. L. MeKenna.| Mrs. Merril), [ Thomas Wymer. |Mrs. Ella Wacks, Lens '~ Moak, Water- Mildred Merrie Eva Wire. - Fmina Welskop town, Wis, Eeple Moses - Miss Freda Washing- Miss Florence O. White, Elizabeth M Gill,|H. P. Morehouse, ton. Y- Plusbure. Pa, o . T Moore ; = Miss EAlf art mund Y. Morton, : " 5 Ontonagon, Mich, St. - Louls, on, | Mrs. Mary E. Zim: Miss -Viet, merman, Mississipp; Elizabeth Zimmerman.| Walter B. Z Zeisler. . Late to-night the following additional S A. Mueller. | Bernard McKenna, Edith Mshler. |Berry McClurg, Adustin, Dora lll‘t,chell.‘ Lock.| __Hling port, identifications were recorded: Miss Anna Moask, ice Maloney, " Otfa- | Melba Alexander, 8 Mabel Morris 3 llrc:_n.,l";llll Mead, wu.l (ln" o3 3‘yur- »13. -’ .| Dr. Albert J. Pakey. Earl Martin. Charles Mirray. Eptner Burneide. - .| Hosk, Bste S5 Rosa. Ester. Mamie ‘Muir, H Banner, Burlington, Rose Elkan. . . - Illinois Mre, Bdward McShale. Peoria, Lillian Meade, Berwyn, | ” . lTowa, . J 1 - Tiitnots, [Catherine Middieton, | ayron Decker. e iaepMniholand. . N Mrs. J. G. Eberstein. Mrs. L. M. Rimes_ Mrs. Luther G. New-|Mrs. Mary Newman, | Otto Helms. - Rimes. 10 years ola. Edith Norton, Evans. | Minnie Kurley, Lo-|Mrs. A, M. Segrent Mattie Norton 8 years ton 111 gansport, Ind, 5 Andrew Sheridan_ old, Edward W, Norton, s‘ years old. ium Alice Wenton. Mre, Anna Newman. | Loui Frances ILehman, lames N, Taylor. Mrs. Amalie Mueller, J: Mrs. Carrie Wil Milwaukee. . Lucille Oakey. Mrs, Willlam Owen. Marfon O(l)lKIEL Augusta Olson. Mu‘.“ French O. Owens. Amy Owens, daughter, of above. {Mrs. Murray Owens, Wheaton, 11, Mrs. Patrick P. O’'Don- nell. x e BRGNS MAY DIE FROM INJURIES. Mrs. Bessie Olinger, Mrs. Oscar Olin. " Several of Those Rescued From Thea.: Florence Oxman, t g ter Are In a Critical Condition. CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—Following - is 8 list of the persons most seriously in- jured in the Iroquois Theater fire: Effie Clingen, aged 14, Mre® Lena Mueller, Helen Poltke, Linden Polte.” Lilan Pelton, Moines, Iowa. Miss Lily Poier, Willis W. Peck, Grace E Pease. Edith Pridmore. Des — rified and bewildered by the numerous reports and had-little to say as to the causes of the fire. Klaw & Erlanger own ““Mr. Bluebeard.” Davis and Powers, managers of the Iroquois Theater, have callel a meet- ing at the llinois Theater of all mem- bers of the “Mr. Bluebeard” company and a full statement will be made after a careful investigation. Davis and FPowers emphatically deny a report that there was a fire in the Iroquois Theater three weéks ago and that the asbestos curtain then refused to work on account of being controlled by ropes instead of wires. They also assert that the curtain was controlled by the strongest wires that it was pos- sible to use. The facts are. according: to them, that the curtain swayed the moment the ten or twelve exits were thrown open, owing to the rush of air, Bl ranin St o 5 STRIKERS CALL A TRUCE. Ten Days’ Respite in Strife Between Drivers and Employers. ' CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—Possibly nothing could better typify the depth of the sympathy which is felt for those who suffered directly by the calamity than the action of the striking livery drivers. By a vote which was without a dissent- ing voice it was decided to establish a truce of ten days. President Albert Young of the union following the meet- ing issued the following decree, which was distributed broadcast: “Owing to the great disaster to the public caused by the fire at the Iro- quois Theater I do hereby declare a truce in the present strike of undertak- ers and livery drivers for ten days, and do further request that every man now on strike report at once to his place of employment and do everything in his power to assist his employver in caring for the wants of the public. Wages are to have no consideration. “ALBERT YOUNG.” In their turn the employers issued a call to their striking employes to re- turn to work “irresvective of any pre- vious affiliations with any and all or- ganizations.” and promising to protect them in all contingencies which may arise in the future. CHIEF MUSHAM'S VIEWS. l Says Firemen Should Be Stationed at Theaters During Performances. CHICAGO; Dec. 31.—Chief Musham of the fire department when asked to- day what would best prevent a repeti- tion of the horror said: . “1 do not know as 1 can answer that question until an investigation has been made as to the causes of this fire. On the whole, I suppose it would be a good -Anybody .who views the dead in the center of the balcony, toward which ERit Raeirives) RUmalla Peterscn. - | ¢ GG Dee [ aeies aduyre, ctiticai ertha Page. . . H. Pultz, - - e Nobas' ° Elizabeth Pease, 6 Walter Phacker. . TEhagh, MM Nalms. may fle. years old. Adele Phillipson, p e R b s I by o A S e P R e e e LD SR jietmon. Eacgo, N. D.| tayetts. Ind: bany. may die. Pliscn and daugh: e, Frank Persinger.| Lillian battont Cora Hascot, critical. severely burned. o T oo s Pat Earl Hennessy, may Orville Radtke, eriti- Plainwell. Mich. | Wiiliam Paulman, Flor o0 RS m,(nuzs Scamke. dant 3 = Mrs, Frances Lehman,| cal. s Mrs. Louise Rubly. |Theodore Roberts, | may dle. Nellie Staininger. Tip- Liilian Rodke. Woodford, O, Dotty ‘Marlow, ballet, ton, Towa, body and Neilie Reed. 1. Rattey. dancer, severelyl face burned, eritien] Lovise Raukin, -South Jrs. GO, Reiter. aDurned. |D. Seeley. critical, anesv! azel Regensberg. ss Marcella M IM. C. S 3 Mre. Martha Rankin. |Adele Regensbers Detrolt. Mich,. moay| dte . “chaick. ‘may M. S. Relter. B. Regensberg. die, IMrs. Wigtall, eritical thing for the department to have ac- tive, uniformed men prepared to act stationed in every theater through every performance. I understand that New York has them and that they are l;nld by the managements of the thea- era. “They had & man in the Irequols-who Was an ex-member of the Chicago fire department. He should have known what to do. It seems to me that there to open the door and thought possibly I might open it from the outside. I drop- ped to the fioor on the outside, and to my horror found that the door was locked with a padlock and hasp.. Just then a carpenter With scme tools in his hand came running up and T told him to heln me open the door. We worked and: pulled and. tugged at the | is nothing In the world, at least noth- padlock like: crazy.men, but 'Wh‘é“'!l‘?.- ily make no impression onit. ing that I can thiuk of at the present “I then told the.other man i AR moment, that can save lives when a thousand persons try to pass through one doorway at one time. It was the rushing, the crowding and-the tramp- ling that was resnonsible for the ma- Jority of the deathis that have accurred. som and. pass people out 1o him. helped me up.and-! got the ‘up, i tion of my body-through the and-looked for: my family. . The N Just: beneath' me. “but: just at moment :the: flames swept through b x;ld Ldon’t believe. t W] S5 R . ‘morgues can tell that at a glance.’ e SIGHT! SICKENS JURORS. ‘flames, lost my. hen_ : R g he hallway-outside. ‘Breat-many- more coutd ved It ‘that door -had not Work of Viewing Dead Bodies Proves Too: Much. for Their Nerves, % CHICAGO, -Dec. 3l.—Continued sight of ‘dead bodies Iving huddled on- the floors and tables of the various city morgues proved too much this afternoon for ‘some of the jurors im- paneled by Coroner Treager. Several members of the jury objected to be- ing forced to view the bodies and one Jjuror,. Joseph Cummings, practically collapsed at Rolston’s morgue, where the jury was forced tg step over the bodies in its tour of ‘inspection. A list of descriptiuns of unidentified dead girls was compiled to-day in the office of Chief of Police O'Neil. The ages of the victims range from 9 to 20 years. The number of unidentified dead girls on the list was fifty-seven. For several of the girls the sole means of identification given was the color of bits-of shoe laces, and that gen- erally mentioned was ‘“black.” Others are scheduled as “burned beyond de- scription. No age.” ] £ sl TS - STORIES OF SURVIVORS. Persons Rescued from Burning Thea- ter Tell of Miraculous Escapes. CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—Following are the experiences of several persons who escaped from the Iroquois Theater fire: James H. Strong went to the theater with his wife, his mother and his niece, "Miss Tina Strong. When the panic began Strong led the two women and the girl toward an exit in the the - {dentified dead. His mother and niece are among the miss- ing. He himself is in a critical con- dition, and may die, Miss Willma Hensey, of the Audito- rium Hotel, with Miss Rose Moody of Chicago and Miss Margaret Apgar of Raton, :N. M., were among the specta- tors on the main floor. They became separated when they tried to leave the theater and in making a turn in the aisle at the end of the row of seats in which they had been sitting Miss Hensey, in trying to avoid Stepping on a woman who had been thrown to the floor, was herself tripped and was se- verely trampled upon before she re- gained her feet. Several persons were thrown on her and two men walked over her, one stepping on her head and the other on her right hand. She re- gained her feet finally and reached the lobby, where she fainted and was car- ried to the street by firemen. Miss Moody and Miss Apgar also escaped, both of them severely bruised and with | their clothing torn to shreds. SAVES THE HAG.E FPOLK. Special Agent Peter Quinn of the San- ta Fe Rescues Scores, CHICAGO, Dec. 31. — One of the heroes of the fire was Peter Quinn, chief special agent of the Santa Fe Railway s¥stem, who assisted in sav- ing 100 or more of the performers he saw a few people hastening. On ar- | from a fate as horrible as that of the riving at the door he found it locked. victims of the theater proper. Wedged “1 jumped up,” he said, “‘caught the |so tightly in a crowd at the door of edge of the transom in my fingers, drew | the stage entrance that they could myself up and smashed the window in [ not move, the women, men and chil- the transom.’ I had found it impossible | dren, the company of per- | me a boost g0 I could reach-the. tran- | ®lon-to Banville, 1iL. Aftv- miles. away. E ROSTER OF THE DEAD FLAMES RUIN *COSTLY HOUSES Railroad Property and Carloads of Freight Are Destroyed “in _a- Southwestern Town MEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE Passenger Coaches Hurried fto . Magdalena in Northern Mexi- ! ¢o to Take Place of Station Special Dispatch to The Call. TUCSON, . Dec. 31.—The station, offices and warehouses of the Sonora Railroad at Magdalena were destroyed by a fire which broke out. at = o'clock this morning. All of the goods stored in the warehouses and severa! carloads of freight were lost. The fire started in some inflampmable goods stored in the warehouses and spread rapidiy. Several persons in the buildings narrowly escaped. The tele- graph wires are down and the railroad company is making use of the Govern- mént telegraph lines to dispatch trains until their own lines can be repaired. Three passenger coaches were at once sent to Magdalena from division head- quarters at Guaymas to serve as a pas senger station and office. The loss to the company is estimated at $50,000. - 5 % & formers, were standing helplessly and with agonizing looks in their faces. The stage door was closed. “The massive stage door of the Iro- quois,” said Quinn to-day, “is many others of its kind. The main swinging doors are used when Scenery is taken to or from °the theater, and built in the swinging structure itself is a small trapdoor used by the players in leaving or en- tering the stage. This trapdoor opened inwardly.* As I passed it I heard a commotion and saw the door was slightly open and, peering into the opening, 1 curiously asked what was the trouole.: Then, for the first time, 1 and others who had arrived outside at about the same’time learaed that the theater was on fire. The players.. men and women and children, had rushed to this small trapdoor for es- cape, got caught in a solid mass and were so.fi'inly wedged together that they could nét move. They - were banked solidly agalnst the little door and it could net be opened. Nearly all the players were in their stage ¢ tumes, and. the women_ had not even had time to remove the paint from their faces. We tried to force the door open, - but the crowd was banked up too tightly against it. g “Then came a volume of smoke and far in the rear of the crowd we could see the illumination from the flames. I had a number of small tools in my { pocket and immediately proceeded to remove the metal attachments which held the door in place. This was ac- complished with some difficulty, and then we managed to force the crowd back, probably an inch, the doer then dropped from its place and, one,’ the imprisoned players were as- sisted into the alley. I walked in upon the stage and found it a seething fur- nace. The players had been rescued just in time. ———s OURN DEAD. MANY CITIES ) | Visitors to Chicago Are Killed in the - Iroguols Theater Fire. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 31. — Harry reported among the killed at Chicago, was well known as a foot- ball player and all-around athlete, He left St. Louis last Wednesday with the World’s Fair Hockey Team for Houghton, Mich., where they played several games. Another of a St. Louis’ family lost in the Chicago fire is Kathleen, the 13- year-old daughter of John A. Middle- ton, general freight agent of the Frisco system. Out of respect to the victims of the Exchange this afternoon suspended its usual New Year frivolitics. Resolu- tions - of sympathy were adopted by both the Merchants’ Exchange and the Stock ¥Exchange. : CLINTON, -Ind., Dec.= 31 —W. E. Dee of Chicago, a tile manufacturer with” a* factory -at M ind., ‘ten miles. from. here, heard of the Chicago theater disaster by - telephone last night. The ‘list” of missing contained the names of two' members of his fam- v. He immediat=ly. started for Chi- cogo. Jumping into-a-buggy, he drove where. he at top speed: o Ciinton, hartered: a swiich engine’ A ispecial train. had beenorder telegraph, ‘which was wvaiting fo! nd-at midnight he started for: O, i ‘BLOOMINGTON, 11, De: 31.—A telegram received this afterncon by !Rhelnhnld Graff, o prominent busi ness man of Bloomington, stated thai his wife and daughter, the latter Mrs. Anna Newby: were among the theater victims, thelr bodies having just been identifies MINONK, Iil., Dec. 31.—D. M. Stod- dard, one of the wealthiest residents of this place, received a message to- day stating that his two children, Isabel, aged 27. and Donald. aged 10, had been killed in the Iroquois fire. DECATUR, I, Dec. 31. — Mrs. Frank Leavenworth, prominent In women's club work and an accom- plished woman, was fatally injured in the Chicago fire. HONOLULLU, Dec. 31.—Guy Owens of this city has received word that his mother, Frances Owens, and his sister Amy are among those who lost their lives in the theater fire at Chi- Cagon o —— FLAMES IN A HOTEL CREATE EXCITEMENT Fire Department Does Rapid Work in Extingunishing a Blaze in Lee- palmer Bullding. . An alarm of fire was sounded yes- terday afternoon from Mason and O'Farrell streets for a blaze in the Leepalmer Hotel. The depariment re- sponded quickly and averted . what might have been a serious conflagra- tion. The tlames climbed high in an ¢ air shaft and had they broken out of it sceveral large structures on the block might have been destroyed. The fire started in a ranee on the first floor and within a few seconds had ignited all the Soot in n flue that runs to the roof. Smoke and blaze filled the air and. attracted a large crowd. When Chief Sullivan arrived he immediately placed lines of hose on each floor and in a short time had the fire exi The damage is nom- like | two | one by | Chicago fire, the St. Louls Merchants’ | 3, OUIET PREVAILS INLABOR WORLD Very Few Troubles Exist in Local Cireles, and Those That | Do Exist to Be Settled Soon S g | HARMONY IS 1IN Sl AL Unions of the City Are Electing Officers to Pre- side During the Ensuing Year . — . = With the settlemert of the strike be- .tween the Restaurant-Keepers® Asso- ciation and the Cooks’ and Waiters’ | Unioni, together with the adjustment of the trouble that had existed between | the siauguter-house butchers formerly | employed by Miller & Lux, peace pre- ;\alls at the opening of the new year. There are no difficulties existing in this SIGHT | Various | city except what there is reason to | believe will be settled soon. There is | & disagreement existing between the cloakmakers and their late employers, but as this is over working hours and { not of daily pay, it can be easily ad- Jjusted® by both sides giving way om half-considered measures. It is true that Johnson's restaurant is refusing accede to the demands of the Cooks’ nd Walters' Union, but the fight ia more one of principle than of wages | and hours. Taking all these items of minor differences into consideration, there is a healthy condition existing between business znd help. The State Federation convention, which meets at Fresno next Monday, | will have a -few matters of interest to dispose of, which, it is to be hoped, will be amicably adjusted. What threatened to give some trouble be- tween the Carriage-Owners’' Associa- tion and the Stablemen’s Union has been held in abeyance with hopes of a set- tlement agreeable to both when the new rules are properly understood. Joint committees have been named to bring about gn understanding. One of the latest adjuncts to organ- izations of labor comes from the Chi- nese laundry workers. Even the slow and dull Mongolian has his eye open to better his conditioh by asking for an incr e of wages and shorter work- ing hours. The following unions have announced their choice of presiding and govern- | ing officess for the ensuing term: and Bridge Eailders’ Union— B. Jones; first vice president, ; second vice president, William secretary, J. V. Black: finan- J. Denahy: assistant record- i Dugan; assistant fnancial Slisworth: ~ treasurer, William ! conductor, G. W. MeHenry: warden, : ant at arms, T. Healy: as- sistants, R. nd G. Rounds; auditing committee, P. Whalen Spencer and P. A. Maguire; trustee, T. Pruden; delegates to the City Front Federation, T. J. Denahy, J P. B_ Jones and G. L. Monahan: delegates to Labor Council, N. H. Burnham, C. Spencer and J._ O Nell Iron Molders' Union No. 164—President, John O. Walsh; vice president, Albert Wynn; re- cording secretary, Charles Cook; financial sec- retary and business agent, I. A. Sullivan; treasurer, James De Succi: inductor, Henry Ba- ker; doorkeeper, (:eorge Schwalbe. Gas Workers' Union No. 9840—Fifty dollars was donated to the striking miners of Coio- rado. After the usual routine of business the for the ensuing term were President, John J. Baeslin; vice pres- financial secretary, H. S. recording secretary, J. V. Russell; treasurer,’ . V. Kearns: guide, Joseph Law- guardiun, T. Driscoll: sergeant at arme, es; trustees, James Nelson, Willlam Do- Ellis, John Finn and Daniel Cameron: agent, James Hester: executive board. artiey. Willlam Cooney, Henry Beate Fred Kelly and B. Cerf; delexates to ment Council, H. S. Cleveland, James Kingston and George W. Bell; delegates to Labor Council. P. V. Kearns, Edward W. Stone and Frank Plate; delegates to State Federa- tion Labor convention, H. S. Cleveland, James Hester, Jonn J. Baeslin and George W. el Laborers’ Protective Union Ne, S044—Presi- dent, E. J. P. O'Riley: vice president, C. M. Errickson: recording and corresponding secre- tary, Jobn H. Weidemann: financial secre- L. B. Hi Patrick Tier- trustee, C1 conduetor, Frank business Michael O’Leary; ser- geant at arms. Jobn J. Lynch: executive com. mittee. P. Giimartin. E. J. Deaver, Patriek Fairick Dillon, “Daniel Moriarty "Mt ase. following _office clected: M. ran, usiness 3 Fox. “Frank: Sutton, Joha | Erriefison. : . GERMANY TO GIVE UNIQUE EXHIBIT AT WORLIVS FAIR Will Show the Practical Operation of the:Rallways Under Government Countral in That’ Country. ST. LOUIS, Dec. a:.%ooflzs 5 feet has been granted by the World's Fair to the Gérman Government for a inique outdnor.transportation exhidit which:will show. the' practical opera- tion . of “the German rallways. under Government vontrol In that country. Carl “E. -Meyer of the ‘Balioon { Farm,” Frankfort, N. Y., has been ap- - | vointed. superintendent of the gero— nautic. grounds and dulldings and will report for duty February 1 Among. Mr. Meyer’s other duties he will establish and conduct a shop in the aeronautic grounds for making re- pairs to balloons and airships and any new constructions which may be re- quired. He will make and operate the signal balloons used for marking the course in the grand races; will have charge of the operations of the hy- drogen gas plant. and in general will conduct the races under the directton of the international jury. A gas plant for the manufacture of hydrogen will be built. There will be pipes and valves for the inflating of ten balloons at once. There will be a balloon-test- ing building eighty feet high and a large structure for the use of air- ships. —_—————— GUILTY IS VERDICT AGAINST GRAVELLE Montana Dynamiter Is Convicted and the Court Will Impose Sentence Monday. HELENA, Mont., Dec. 31.—The jur. this afternoon returned a verdict of guilty against Isaac Gravelle. charged with sending blackmailing letters to the Northern Pacific officials and dy- namiting its trains. Gravelle will be sentenced Monday. The trial was be- gua December 14. One hundred wit- nesses were called and in all respects it was the most notable criminal trial in the history of Montana courts. ——e—— Earthquake Shocks Felt in Ilinois. BLOOMINGTON, IIL. Dec. 31.—In Champaign County, three distinct eal uake shocks were experienced at 5:30 o'clock this morning, all in rapid sequence. Houses were shaken and eecupants aroused from sleep. No damage of consequence has beem re- morted.