The evening world. Newspaper, July 10, 1902, Page 1

IGHT EDITION. GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 6. PRICE ON E CENT. che “ Circulation Books Open to All.”’ | __ NEW YORK, THU RSD. AY, LST ea nee " . . , iiss gi. ” flit i ebeit RACING-BASEBALL GENERAL % SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 6. wy ‘ Circulation Books Open to All.”’ os PRICE ONE CENT, aw LY 10, 1902. BIGGEST MINE DISASTER EVER KNOWN IN UNITED STATES. -—— ODO 1,200 CAUGHT IN HUGE EXPLOSION: 700 MINERS THOUGHT TO BE : KILLED! GIANTS. WIN SAW MEN RUN AFTER FROM THE LATIMER WAS SHOT Evening World Finds Three Witnesses to Es- cape of Murderers—Mrs, Latimer’s Story. Despised New Yorkers Spring a Surprise on Their Chesty Pitts- burg Opponents, Evening World reporters have discovered three more witnesses who saw men running from the Latimer house after the shooting of Albert C. Latimer. These are Joseph S, Elwell, his wife and their son Walter, who live at No. 247 Halsey street, directly in the rear of the house occupied by the Latimer family. Low board fences, along which grow small bushes, Score by Iinings. Ry 1] separate the backyards of all the residences in that block. [Sen ork eoozooraoesl elition io En t | * ALTHOUGH THE ELWELLS LIVE CLOSE TO THE LATIMER = Hi says ali the HOMESTEAD, AND WOULD BE VERY LIKPLY TO HAVE TESTIMONY Er wee re elabare = OF VALUE, THEY HAVE NOT REEN VISITED BY A POLICEMAN OR A le, of. ere inti tt. THE SHOOTING, EIGHT DAYS AGO. nes umont, ¢ [DETECTIVE SINCE sare Mr. Blwell and his family were awakened early in the morning of Ouiaan’ ab. M July 2 by the screams of a woman and the sound of shots, They ran to| Dunn’ 3p, noch. 3b, sig the rei: windows and from the swishing of the bushes along the fences | Bethe) Z Bo aoters: mpire—Emslie iggy became convinced that two men were running away from the Latimer hoy (Special to Tha Evening Worl.) GROUNDS, PITTSBURG, July 5 Glants wn all -- e BAL Latimer came | yo” A case somewhat similar to that of the shooting of Mr. CHAMPIONS.) crn. accs an ‘ereee, Disaster at the Refliny (Mo Kem Mill Mine of the Cambria Steel Works at Johnstown—Entrance to Colliery Choked Up and No Help Reaches Entombed Victims—Survivors Reach Surface Miles from Scene of Catastrophe—Intense Excitement Increased by Stories of the Rescued Men— Would-Be Rescuers Perish. arrrived home from JOHNSTOWN, July 10.—Probably seven hundred men lost their lives inean 3,-,explosion in the rolling mill mine of the Cambria Steel Works at Johnstown, Pa. this sof ej afternoon. The explosion occurred at 1 o'clock. Masia It happened in the mine some distance from the entrance to the plant of the Cambria WS O°" St Steel Company, inside the city limits. There were 1,200 men in the mine at the time, a de . |few vf them Americans. At first it was thought that the loss of life was confined to the immediate scene of the explosion, but two miners who have just come to the surface say that the damage was widespread and that men were killed all over the mine. QD aalecks t al mine, only seventy-five men Detailed by Long-Distance Telephone. of dead will not be as large as is| “We are hopeful of having rem to light to-day in Long Island City. There were so many points of simi-| right, but nett w nor JOHNSTOWN, July 10.— Jarity that it seems probable that at least one of the men was concerned in | 4ny, vf the expec 3 were on hand ar G 7. i Th . ag ; o bri feared. cuers at work near the scene of the the Latimer shooting. tolmreet cnr. 80. thei same old losing IN waa he entrance at the Cambria! sqhe fact that but a few miners " f % team Ined uy against the hustll {I owe No a explosion in a few hours. Three men broke into the house of Henry Dickstein, in Long Island casmpione thie atcrnoon gh ZIN"O LL. LL Steel Company plant is choked | have escaped through the Mill Creek From the tone ot the Superintend- opening does not signify that many |4"t of the Cambria works it was ap- One of them carried his re-| Looked bard for tie New Yorks, They |appeared to have the same chance of winning that the sun had of plereing through the heavy laden rain clouds and City. All were masks and carried pistols. volver in his LEFT HAND. Mrs. Latimer, in the exclusive story given The Evening World of how her husband was shot, says the burglar carried his revolver inihia\ LENT HAND, the dense clouds of smoke. The schedule —_—- Hh 2 called for the game, and so long as rain aaa 0 rfere the clouds made no MRS. LATIMER’S FIRST STORY iterencetna'it waked as thou Ane innings woulw be gone through before =e | the falling of the wet baie But it was not the safest thing In the world to speculate on the Giants losing. The teams that can play the best ball OF HOW HUSBAND WAS SHOT, Herewith Is Presented the First Story of Mrs. Albert Cs Latimer of the | nave aiveGaineayeilihataasiactuceinemt ies , Shcoting of Hor Husband, as Told Exelus:vely to The Evening Worid, | Vhat ts because they know they have to Sh ne Latimer’ iti | play hard to save themselves a very bad This is ihe First Time that Mrs. Latimer's Conilition Has Enabled tori inc ana in doing that they. often- | Her tu Tell a Connected Story, times come out on top. Third Race— Another thing which spurred them on Ea BY MRS. ALBERT C. LATIMER. to supreme efforts was the reported HB “Copyright by the Press Publishing Company, Re-publicantion for- | comlng of great ball players, ' bidden.) | New confidence has been born in the T was avakened by a glare of light in my eyes. My husband and 1) Giants singe they beat Chicago ts the core e boyd all have i were sleeping side by side. Back of the glare I saw dimly the form of @| money and talk of forming a pool to strange nan. He stood near the closet door, which was partly open. bet on themselves, In the games which A Mathewson and Taylor will plich, which will Hkely be to-morrow and Saturday, several hundred dollars will likely be bet and if they recelve the usual odds of § to 1 the New Yorkers may win con- siderable spending money, George Smith in the absence of Me- 1 lay on the side of the bed nearest the closet. The burglar was only @ few feet away from me. Involuntarily I put my hand over on my husbasd and whispered, “Bert, there's some one in the room.” Immediately the light went out. parent that he was not hopeful that exploration would show a smaller loss of life ahan commgn report fixes, PY up. : = . more will not come out. It takes 9} Miners are escaping through time for the men who have survived the entrance at Mill Creek, five |to find their way to safety. OLD ENGLAND'S | IROQUOIS STAKES. miles away. Ambulances and all the doc- tors in this region have been sent there. 2 S. Not many of the miners have LOUIS. come out. Most of those who have es-}Hurst Park Takes the Two-Year-Old Race— caped thus far are injured. One Irene Lindsey Wins at 4 to I. ro miners who came to town of two miners who came t (Special (o The Prening World.) a few minutes ago was dragged} BRIGHTON BECAH RACE TRACK, | ®et v — ; 8 Fae Ix ¥,, July 1W.—Threatening weather) Tyra park jammed aman tif half a mile to safety by his com-|ana a’ card that wan not over-attrac-| Ho made ‘the ‘running with Athelroy 09h; A tive kept the attendance down to low-| half a length away and Invincible and panion. waer mark this afternoon, ‘The races |Afticander a length and a half back ae a A r on even terms, ‘There w. hang There is intense excitement in! for ie maeet aa looked ke one and {n' this order until, mearue’ the. streten. wo horse affairs, i F which meant poor |turn, where Africander began to close the neighborhood of the mine. | speculation | lind, He took second place in the Interest in the Iroquois Stakes waa| Park. who won denen teen lene | killed by the withdrawal of Goldsmith . who won cley was the single stake of the day. fridander was thr avanraralhiy nti In front. of Invincible, Athelroy r-olds in the third rac to make the most interesting Atholroy, 108, Landry... 2 2% 4# Rel RelencionWondedy 6 ee ak TE Thousands of women and ehil- 1 stopped badly in the run YOURTH RACE, The Iroquois Stakes; for three-year-olds; mile ving to the seene, Graw is still the Giants’ leader, and it 1 thought I was} 4s his plan to have Frank “parks Frank was on) Gave Warning to Husband. “Bert, there's a burglar in the room! MRS. ’ I exclaimed. O'MALLEY RELEASED 2 home, | Many Killed Outright. 4 The miners who have escaped say | “ontest of the day, there being con- |Slderable quality aliout them: that all the men working within |", The track was dry and fast before and « furlong, Batt! forks, GUTIWPia, Btn Piss, 5 ee” 15 ~ screaming, but my voice was frozen in my throat. I shook my husband. | een REe ier eres i . el! : ; : a ate eraw/ and since he : the immediate effects of , Cutter tH Nonsense!" he grunted, and turned over and went to sleep. ceased to be such he has always «:-| FROM PRISON ON $ | ,200 BAIL. reach of ' aw ‘ Pa eeu Freyesualpaey Pees 15 % I could not take my eyes off the spot where the burglar stood. In th / tertained a desire to work against tacm the explosion are dead. purposes, They are to ryt | darkness I could see only dimly, but I could make out that he entered the| #e,has, too, on several ocetsl 9 \s, due +++ They say that not over one- aN; swceay wold. tails Bb 6s closet and did not draw the door after him. had no practice for several days, A 7 ; s A fourth of the men in the mine can} Rya Pia homeee: Fe TE iat gs She Hoped to Trap Him was as likely aa not thar he would avo | Crowd at Hearing, in Philadelphia, of YQuNg_ possibly get out alive. mated” but tt Im benioved ta lant went to che front etd x was on hand for and so were . ) Foreman Har Harris, | the pair RT fon ee. eer It flashed across my mind that he had mistaken the closet with the| Hob Blewett and Jack Burke, ‘In fact, Wife Accused of Theft. Mee a aes fg Finst Ric ut sit elle when Gon, Gare te it f hb the entire pitching corps, uding brother of Chief of Police Harris; RACE, half a mile, when Gold Ou open door for an exit from the room. May and tay Ae aNare fepared for Se , | esistant Foreman William Blanch ng, eereasvolds an upward; mile | 30a oy ten tanta ot fo eho eager work, and the fina sion of. W ; | infront. “Old axain went to the and Fire Bosses John Thomas and Felting, d showed the d way The door of the closet is in such a position that when opened and Y ‘ thrown back it touches the portieres betwees our sleeping room and the Bint, GU ras ie aR up 2 (Special to The Evening 4 PHILADELPHIA, July 10 sitting room beyond, cia cease carats Quiet didnot FEDADRLEHIA, Luly AD=Ay | In a moment I knew that I could trap the burglar and I slid quietly | 424 Philipp! were candidaces, hut the | O° OCR ENB PRIMES PARIRED Ss out of bed, walked across the room and passed through the portieres into| pire asked him. moee mehon the Ue | Daly, Breaident (of the) Continental) th bathroom, I Mstened, heard no stir, and took some matches from the Firat Inning. Mile and ‘Truat ‘Company, of tn! hanging safe near the gas Jet. Brodie cut qutiacme: amoke’ if) nial Cet) vepeeaned), before Maxgistiats Slipping back through the portleres, I found the closet door in the same| {hie lunges at the ball. Kocheraperger and signed the bal position, I grabbed the handle and swiftly closed the door. I felt that| second wan an. awfil fo! bond for Mrs. Allne Ellis O'Malley the man was still in the closct. I was sure of it, Ticked ue genesis boundarand: abot Jb} rolease. ' 4 I struck a match and lighted the gas full blaze. Then I walked across | eas, bounced the all io teva om The sum of $1,200 was pledged fo the room and pulled down the three shades of the windows opening on the | tun before hr got Clarke's. foul ee | Be" Appearance in court, District street. Wagner fot Beaumont's gram clipper | Attorney. Weaver directed that Mrs. ‘The sudden illumination, the noise of my pulling down the shades and | al pears O'Majley’s trunks be released by the @ few words that I spoke awakened my husband, He rubbed his eyes and| Bowerman fouled a authosities, and this was accordingly looked at me as | again recrossed the room. . f( ene ert iF «| done. , oe Stepping to the closet door | swung it open and sald; ltor we base, Dunn tell wood and hard | Ome! Rov end,” Ln \ i ; ” Jwhon he went i's bunt. | William J. Heavin, with whom, it 1 "pest, there's your burglar and so the Fr they" | alleged, she was planning > lay The man stepped quickly out of the closet. My husband jumped up in| "hy ft teil | SH vag elsaa ie handing da conliall ath bed in a sitting position, For a second the two men looked at each other, | Smith ot is 1» A hire ert ePrice CPC Oa, 1¢ was then I saw the man clearly. He wore a black peaked cap, In his |oie “Yhe nikon wets “tile ea rfl an jew ASSAF [lool right hand was the lantern that had flashed in my eyes and in his left was| Were if} s knock to Wagner |S eRUae Jewols Monging | e revolver, I was aure It was the loft hand, because the revolver was on | tte tte ett nei ay wan hear! “tr the side furthest away from me. The burglar edged coolly off to the corner) funn reached tret hla drive over |g: Matic haldan $1 vitwet eri of the room. where he stood, Jrecond, Wagner apanked i sutocy in | O Malley was helt is Mt tr 1» Clarke's uit |eharge of larceny Bert gathered up the bedclothes in a ball, leaped from the bed and. ity Maid, with Hearin was held in a similar threw himself on the burglar, At that moment I screamed and the burglar | Brodie was the man amount fired. AE Ore aouirtp lie ver vant punn |" No attention was pald to the war He Fought with the Intruder. Fdie Mtl dst which weltohee drape | runt charging conspiracy Bert fell against the burglar and they struggled, but my husband was! purposely. Clark Was aufe, hit Joneses | Jove and mystery combined to attra sinking to his kneos, The man levelled his revolver again, but I sprang | iit iin! Wie Me Undolnk al second: | 4 crowd of men and women to the 4 forward and knocked down his arm, He fires again just as my husband) Brodie wax on hand to take Payiss | hill at aie oloak, thls aLterne ay fell heavily to the floor at the closet door, \ (Continued on Bixth Page.) aia gaa Magtste " vl I saw. the burglar drop his lantern and look about for a means of es- Great efforta were f court oMeers toexclude the room all Then 1 ran screaming from the room gnd tumbled out upon the feat of aha por. aes a, Apsela res ‘boure beee than ry ALS spoctators not directly interested in the, prise you still more. case, But even then the room was op-| pose to show vur hand now," while in the waiting: ita vast throng John Whitney are belleved to be dead Fire damp, following the main ex- plosion, killed scores of miners who side were bravely endeavoring to rescue hen their injured companions, ve Homestead and sect was dying fast at the mestead was waiting on n #hot Gold Cure the three bones heads apart, with fomestead second rd. Homestead was ree and was in hand Inasmuch as no declsna- n ull eyes were centred ( girl-bride and tne 108, Conley 598. Mice, ie sale The mine was one of the largest z , ; 4s To lou in this region and was the principal) **" fi Won « Time=1.03 4-5 Metre Mae ch Gen entaca Caan a thiaee y the Pre” source of the fuel supply of the Came | netalt and wa went t front wt | vioiat t 7 2 pay rf pinch vria Steel Company jeasil m Courtenay: | was ‘a be S. * r ere close | manded. € tt ke ney tps The Superintendent of the Cam-| a hav aledtamaye aun aor toke ‘down and , serie yesntt FIFTH RACE, had just dec bria Steel Company, at 5 o'clock ‘ this afternoon, said er: Eatoee reas9i miimtie end g ertang: extradition I would be afraid to venture a Se Plate the e had there at- few her husbe guess on how many are dead hearing re 1 itself into “The main heading of the mine fs! ay. Dattin Sotween Aasiatant (Dts closed, and we have been unable to A inythy and Harry Boots, the i ; Me BD Ret anybouy in. 1 rate to hold them under bail | “AM our information comes from Mie Chane 5 * s. ry wees Shaw rode Bonn: " i h rae men who have escaped at Mill 4n‘ie iy, but the mare held fer ured ann ar Creek, five miles trom bh maadily by a head. Bons . lengt in front of Haey and recelvick | Wwe have heard all sorts of re- SIXTH RACE, 5 t ; ports about great loss of life, but Moe more eviden in view of our lack of information o and ups mile and. 6 man 4 *e! i!) | cannot Indorse or deny them, Un- 7 Netting. j mspiracy Warrant hat Wf fi a w ‘\doubtedly a great many men haye Viana trlog had been held on duly {been killed ; Ilo also objected to the presence of | “We are getting ready rescue par- anes ti easily \ if Distriet-Attorney in iles here at the works and will en-! wi rales court, referring to Smythe | joay aaa ia a length in front of Ondurdia, who was Ky himself dnto the \’ jtleayor to ender the mine before ss Ty nraughout. ‘The favorite, Sweet Clover, was and had tie dark of poorly t only sua, fou Vommonwea “No Information has come to Leal] At ov _|regarding the cause of the explosion.’ yor ymooyearoidy: Ave furlong Amythe nald: “We will inject some e mine was extensive and the| a Lining Ante thle cane fater that will aut ihe min . | arters, natn, Jocks SLANE Pin men were scattered over a wide area, | Park Shaw et \ which makes ua hopeful that the list | fiviasibie 10, Ce ie hi ! j 4 We do not pro-