The evening world. Newspaper, December 2, 1907, Page 1

BURNS-M Haat EK 21ICE ONE | “HAT Likely Tons of Rock FAYETTE CITY, Pa., Dec. 2 ‘¢Mhe Naomi mine of the United Coa 4 Seek a OIrR cece nan reat EVEN TRA CENT. -BlG EXPLOSION =; “No Hope of Sane Workers in Penn- sylvania Colliery, Who Were. Very -Either—Buried Under or Sutfocated. —The number of men entombel in 1 Company at this place is now esti-| Fmmaited at fifty, and no hope is entertained that any will be saved. Asa / mater of fact, all have probably been. dead for hours. This afternoon a , force of 1,000 rescuers had only succegded in reaching the nineteenth (eny, and no sign of the entombed men had been found. thirty- seven entries in all, and the “amine when the explosion occurred. 8s owing to the poisonous gas fum: The scenes about the mine ar. Quicf have been impeding the work urrived to keep them away from the ‘The big air fan tn still coin. but lit- We relief 1s Ubtainad owing to the heavy Wolume of the after-damp, Under the supervision of Deputy State (Mine Inaptctoc Henry Loutitt, a score of expert miners of the Pittsburz = Company and the Monongahela River| Consolidared Coal Comnany ‘are max- + ing evory effort to reach the entombed S ieaiel Inspector Loutitt, speaking this aftor- noon of the chances of saving the vic- ms, sald: “The force of the explosion was ter- yifto and I cannot think that any man 4n the Naom! mine escaped with life. The mine was practically « . tered, and I believe we will eventuaiiy = find thousands of tons of earth’ bidck- ing the way to the entombed men. We fave been unable to ect into the mi: to any «reat distance. Yards has been about the limit. “It 1s impossible to say fust-wh: caused the explosion. The mine wi remarkably free of gas. but yoo can| fever teil about auch a thing. Gas 1s} Ukely to be found in the most unex- pected places. “There were about fifty eolliary whgn the crash fnq to the latest estimate Had the explosion occurred’ on any night except Sunday, between 2 } 900 men would have been burle hole. The men who were off duty were not slow in -getting to work to release ee comrades when the news spread there had been an explosion and that the shaft yas closed. 1,000 Rescuers at Work. The news soon spread to Mononga- hela City, to Bellvernon and to sur: founding mining towns, and men with pick and shovel were soon scurrying facrona the country to help in the work | et rescue. By midnight the rescuers} fumbered more than « thousand men. ‘The explosion occurred when a mmer with a lighted lantern entered an old men in the me, accord- an unidentified foreigner, = aged to climb to the top of the irat Kirsbatt, but dropped dead there: Just after the night force entered the ehaft there was a flash which lxhted up ‘the mine and nll around it. Taere was a roar as tons of goal and slate crashed down {nto the entries ctowdsd with workmen. Then utter darkness followed, the explosion putting out of -busfness completely the lighting and air facilities ef the mine, ‘The mine immediately filed with gases, and sev- eral not hurt by the explosidn perished ‘wrblie running to get Into the fresh alr. Explosion Heard Miles. The report of the explosion shook pulldings tte City, and could explosion fell like a death signal and emptied every cottage in the vicinity. Tho oc- + oupante—men, women and children ' Fushed to the mine. The women and children cry contin wally and stare with hope at-the seem ingly, fruitless work off resciyn “Not miore than thirty men were work: | jng in the mine &t the time of the ex- { plosion, so far ax { can estimate, ‘ Bupt. J.D, O'Nel), of tt to-day, “I have receiv rttculara of the disaster myself ees my estimate of the number of men there by the usual working card whieca } we ordinarily follow. “The rescuers are working he. tayo their comrades. Mine Inspector Henry Loutttt was on the xryund smn- Mediately after the explosion and orgin: [tued a relief’ corps. He soon brought order out of chaos, and dividéd his mon into crews, fone or two hours each, In this way we will be able to make'the beat progress ally The work of rescue is ‘Progressing slowly "in the entries more than fifteen minutes at a time. * fhe relief crews are in a precarious condition from inhaling the deadly “after-damp, and Supt. James Henderson had to be taken to his home. The fact that the after-damp prevents rescue work is taken as an M4ndication that every man in the mine has perished. Relatives in an agony of | of the rescuers, and at, noon ene Seven hundred | and | which were ordered to wo: x! There are) men were working far back in the} with much difficulty, és, the rescuers are una able to remain | Several members of pitiful. pit mouth, | the work up, and at the same time save the resources of the rescuers.” A great crowd spent all nicht about the mouth of the shaft desnite the cold. Mine superintendents “of all “the mines along. the Monongatola River | | volunteered their help in the work of reacug Their efforts, ho®ever, were impeded by the throng of relatives and Hee who are in an agony of sus- onge, Panecai outs “with many pp and undertakers are present to-day. om, mine i$ owned by the! | Unttea Coal Company, of this city. Of- | |ficiala here say he regular Sunday night shift ty elghty bien, Machine Bos. Hopwood. of the mine, Is positive taere arp at least thirty men in the mine with the probability of more. PITTSBURG, Dec. 2—The operating | | Menartment of the United Coat Com- | pany left here to-day fc scene of th ter at Fay- City. Nothing definite concerning fon could be obtained from. ithe oMcn, and a clerk said there waa; 30 Ey: to pSV SROUE IA out WILDE W CHAIR ~FOR 17 CENTS Murderer Faints as Death Sentence Is Pronounced. Nicola Zarcona fainted Judge Dike,” In the County Court, Brookiyn: sentenced him to aeath, + “To death! To death!" screamed zar-| ne tell arora, Sennen in ieee of the court-room rushed forward, re- peating the cry {To death! To death," ‘Their es, + vent was Intense, ( shed the relatives out! ‘ona was carried | ng transferred to He will be sen jt fa to § ght, to die in the eloc- | tle! Ga suring the week bexinning Jan, 15 next. Zarcona shot and kiied Frank Far- rilo June 17 jast, following a dispute. Tue men were in partnership in a small business, and a difference of 17 cents in the adjustment of thelr duily accounts | resulted in the murder, “There are too many repetitions of shooting and stabbing cases among your jeduntrymen,” aid Judge Dike In pass-| {Ing sentence, “and 1 propose to show! |no mercy. You committed deliberate! | murder over a trific.” | ee | |NATION’S NEEDS FOR YEAR dons roquited June ob 4 euse or oF 47, iY over’ the for 198) and an increase over the appropriations for 190s, This }iawt Item. however, includes deficiencies land permanent annual appropriati ‘Phe tohtal for next yeur ly $196.00: and. for 1908 $710,287,628, De | sictans Zarcona Shrieks and) to-day when] 4 “ TOTAL $756,508,273, | 1 WASHINGTON, Dec, 2—The Secre-| ¢ fy of the Trenwury to-day: sont tol. yngress the estimites of appropri “ Circulation Books Open to Ail.” | NEW YOR ADIN MINE. BURNS. TERED BY A K, remem eit remy meni EREATS ‘MOIR ROUND FOR WORLD'S inoue Burn and Gunner Moir, Who Fought To-Nig ht, and Interior of National Sporting Club. AM, AT 20 101 FIRST WINER AT NEW ORLEANS ched horses was run off here The weather was clear, but the McDanlel has ar- N Nan to-day opening. i betWeen nim gnd | Jockey honors of the) for the Nutter oun uihartt FIRST RACE. cwo-yearoin, five furtones, Weleht: Jockey 1 Rurte: ter) 30 & 10 | and upward; five ren «Sockeye, a i cl ; Oteneea 1051. Balle: iT W & Razonie. et os J. lee set oquctor 4 Ralivert ‘Stountain i TURD: RACH, geiitng; fourvearolds ani upwart: one mile, Welght. Jockeys, Bettin, 2 ul 65 eS a8 3 bes 2. Bumter ...., 6&2 ara yallee 12 r 3 : ira as Was S2al FOURTH RACE. three-year-olds and upward: seven Welgnt, Jockeys, sees: Finn Juggler hese iso FAN Lucky Faust Colloquy You Xokaowbreese Pmergency + Tileing> «+ i i SEA sand upward; one Bettirs: | Annie M. Bradley c ve | Utah, was given to the jury late this afternogn. ‘in the trial by Judge Powers for the prisoner and District-Attorney ; The AS COURT } MRS. BRADLEY DAZED GIVES HER CASE TO THE JURY ‘Lie Passed by Dist-Atty. Baker to Judge Powers, the Prisoner's Counsel, Dur- ing Dramatic Summing Up at Close of Sensational Trial. WASHINGTON, varged with th 1 to The Ey Dee, 2.—Dram: World.) ic to the end the case of Mrs. e killing of ex-Senator Brown,’ of. The final summing up | Baker for the Government was marked by bitter interchanges between Powers. | the two men, Mr, Baker at one time deliberately giving the lie to Judge Throughout the proceedings Mrs. Bradley sat aera motionless, {silently weeping and apparently on Stafford’ charged the jury, she stirre into a stupor, as with listle: room-to-decide-her. fate. Justice Stafford began the charge to the —jury—at—3.5—o'ctack, “Setting om the points nec twelyé men, the Court sald: ] “First you must find that this defend— ant fired the bullet into the body of | Arthur Brown; second, that the wounds recelved caused death; third, how she came to do it" x Justice Stafford ald the jury must| consider wh r the shooting 0 re in self-defense, in which ca Bradley would’ be Innocent, “It she drew the revolver to menace Brown, and it waa afterwani discharged accidentally, it would be manslaughter, and the crime would te the same if| she was attempting suicide and Brown | received the wounds while trying to prevent the act.’ he continued, Justicn Stafford gave the case to the jury at 417, In his oloaing address for the Govern- ment, District-Attorney Baker made | vtroug argument against the fi unwrilteh law and against sentim returning a verdict whicn might involve a death penalty upon a womsa, “In sanity Js the only plea of Whish Mra, Bratiley. could hope to esctpo the pén- aty of ‘her act,” sald Mr. Maker, “and | within this court-room there as been no more brilliant-x*peech “than was made} by Judge Powers In support of that In- tangibly defe The District 80." torney 4 much hy time to te | thetle ny whic answers Of the nists for) the dh that Airs. Bradley was In-| nae Ww yasod. Ho, declared that as none of the witnosscs who raw M Bradley immedi lv after her urrest { had seen reason to form an opinion | concerning her sanity was the best evidence that she was sane. : “The great question in this case,” sald Mr, Baker, ‘1a whether the rela- tions between this defendant and Sen- ater wore to make ssarg_ to be found by the | the verge of collapse. As Justice d herself'a bit, but telapsed almost eyes she watched the jurors file out of the hor {nsane, and in answer I have to yaek-yout-onty—When-did-ahe-beconie Th | sane and when did she cease to be tnsans for the defense, had it beginning pos- |-slbly fo 1dre—she—seft—Utah.~ Attorney: Hoover said nothing about when it began, Judge Powers in ‘his address to- day had’ it beginning when she read the Annie Adatns letter the day of the shooting, thus directly oontradicting (Continued on Second Page.) ———_»____ AUTOIST WHO RAN INTO WOMAN HELD IN BAIL. Magistrate Changes Ruling in Oli- ver's Case When He—Leams Miss Ray Will Recover, Magistrate Crane ih Harlem Police Court ‘to-day held Herbert G. Oliver, of No, 1299 Pacific street, Brooklyn, in $1,000 ball to await the result of the injuries recelved by Misa Anna Ray, Who was knocked down last night by} therduty young Oliver was driving. At first Magistrate Crane announced that Oliver would be held without bail, but later he learned that the patrolman who made the arrest had been tncor- testified that the, woman Oltver, wi ts father, who fs a con- «two sisters, wan driving rih on Broadway, At and Thirty-afth xt ching Knocked down Miss I 14 West One Hundred and m hittyen'xth street. ‘The Olivers placed ot oman in Jr automobile: and hurried to the J. Hood Wright Hospital, The senior Oliver had Milas Ray, who Ix forty/two years old, placed In, a private room’ and announced his intention of paying all the costs, ; { Ball wes curnlshed by P, J, Conway, 22D 1, -ene—-of -the-experts} 5 TO 4 WAGERED ON | BURNS BEFORE THE Winner Receives $4, CHampionship, and BURNS-MOIR _ FIGHT EXTRA Notable Cio. of Englishmen and Americans at the Historic Ring- side of the National Sport- ing Club. BATTLE BEGAN. deo 500 and the World’s Loser Gets $1,000— Both Men in Splendid Condition for the Struggle. : HEGEMAN FREE OF SIK FORGERY Justice Dowling Dismisses the Charges Against Insur- ance Man. & Justice Victor J. Dowling, In the Crim- Inal Branch of the Supreme Court, this afternoon handéd down a long drcialon + dismissing the six {ndictmenta for for- |wery found by the Grand Jury against Jolin R, -Hegeman, president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,' This decision of Justice Dowling Is far reaching and caused much discus- sion in wal and Jnsurance ciroles, It was openly agreed around the Criminal Courts that this decision wili apply in the case of forgery against George W. Perkins and ex-Secretary of the Treasury Charles A. Fai, child “the indictments against these two men were founded on the same acts-ae those resuying in the Indictment of the matter:of year-end transactions, May Amount to Nothing. ‘The same case will undoubtedly affect former Comptroller Jordan of the Equitable and Dr, Robert A. Grannis of the Mutual Life. I[t looks as if the inv gations into the insurance evils, at least as far as criminal prosecu- |tlon 1s concerned, has all been for | naught, However, in dismissing the forgory indictments against Hegeman Justice Dowilng: sustains the threo perjury in- Gictments that’ were filed against the MetrWpolitan Life Preatdent, Mr, Hoge- will have to stand trial for these of- fonses, The motion to dlamias the forgery Indictments was made by former Clie Justice of the/ Court of Appeals Mor- wan J. O'Brien. > The decision of Justice Dowting In the Hegeman cas¢ Ja an exhaustive one. (Continued on Second Page.) —s>—- BAPTIST MISSIONARY DEAD. The Rey. Dr. Chivers, Nelda secretary of the Bapuat Home Missionary So. ciety, died to-day at his home in Ridse wood, N. J. He had been engaged in missionary work In New Mex bu ttor a few w had been out of com: munteation with his relatives. Ho re turned home unexpectedly last Wodnes day exhausted and brokea down, Sunday ;World Wants Work Monday: Morning -Wonders.—aca2's alas aut Ala INDICTMENTS! Hageman. — Tints; they were found oli | LONDON, Dec. 2-—Tommy Moi , the English champion. nent. Burns had the best of the first Moir was cautioned twice in round. Majr claimed a fgul, but it was not America; to-night successtully-detended-his tithe ina bate with, Gui Moir, who ‘had the advantage of height and weight, was outclassed in speed and science by his American oppo- : j Fourth Round—Moir forced the fighting from the start and ‘dro Burns about the ring with hard rights and Jefts. Bums, champion heavy-welght of round, which was a light one. the second round. It was Bums's Burns sent Moir to the ropes in the third round with « heavy blow. allowed. Burns won by a knockout in the tenth round. | began, side. There were many Americans ting was 5 to 4 on Burns. miration went up from pit to gallery but Burns looked up at him with a relax. Burns was first to enter, and those Gunner. taking the American's presti tion rather than their looks. was_a lull, and some of the visitors s 2 to 1. that the championship battle would ants -had-agreed-upon-the-rules,-and on the outside. FACTS ABOUT BIG FIGHT IN ENGLAND. Principals—Tommy Burns (Noah Bruswe), of Detroit, and! Jim "Gun ner Moir of England. Battleground — National Sporting Zlub of London. ~ Distance of rounds. {f Incentive—A purse of %,t00, a side det of $5,000./and the world’s-heavy- |] welght title. Victor to recelve $1,800 of the purno, and loser $1.00). ‘Retereo—Eugene Corri, of London, Conditions — Straight Marquis of Queensberry rul Gloves to be used—five ounces “Weight of the men—Molr, about 183 pounds; Burns, 171, Time of battle? P, M. London time, (4 P. M. New York time.) Favorite in betting—Burns, odds tok Contest — Twenty Facts About the | Men Who Battle ; tor the Titie.'\«:. olr BY ROBERT EDGREN: ‘Tommy’ Burns's right to the cham; plonship of; America ts By knocking’ out Bili Squires, champion of Resse he fell heir to the Antpo- too, As champion of clear, The National Sporting Club held a notable Some ef the most prominent men in England were-at the ring” looked a magnificent pair of gladiators, ditional hand shake, Moir towered several inches*above his chunky rival, gathering when the fight present to cheer Burns on. The bet- When Burns and Moir entered the ring a murmur of surprise and ad- Both in the pink of condition, they When they met for the trae smile, , Moir wore an expression of determination and his mouth was drawn in a thin line’ which refused to Moir looked the British bulldog, while the Yankee, with his smil-” ing manner and light, quick movements, showed absolute confidence in his own ability to control the situation. There Was much betting at the ringside when the men appeared, who had not seen him before were surprised to find him so much smaller in appearance than the rangy The Americans present seemed satisfied to risk their coin liberally, e and the records of the men into considera- American and before the first bell rang the odds of the early evening had been backed down to 10 to 7 in Burns's favor, instead of 10 to 8, Here there mone, appeared everywhere, in their enthusiasm offered as much While waiting for the single preliminary to go on it was announced go twenty rounds, that the contest- that-there-woukt-be-no-delay.— The clubhouse was, packed ani the police were kept busy handling the crowd “Amuricn“and=Australla “he “needed onty: the English champlonship added to give him the worJd's honors, held by big Jim\ Jeffries Betore ‘his retirement. Jeff- ries was a world's champion because he beat a world's champlon, Fitzstm- mons, who “ad wrested the honor from James J, Corbett, who had wrested the honor years before that from John Ly Sullivan, who, in ‘his turn, had beaten je best men of the fist fighting na» ‘ons to establish hjs right to the belt. Without the chance of beating Jeff jes the new champlon muat necessarily do Sullivan's work all over again, ‘Tommy Burns recognized that fact. wanted to call himself world's cham- pion. So he went to England. Molr- Unknown Here, " ~ Gunner Molr ts the firat great heavy- weight England has owned e the tay of Charlle Mitcheil—and that w. long ago. In speaking of him great hea Anas cen OE OO English estimation of his ability, In America Molr is uiknown. | We can judge of his (ighting power nly by his record. He has done little work in the ring, compart ¢a.Burna, who fights often. But his recent fights, notably vo with Jack Palmer and Tiger Smith, have ende dently in quick nockouts id when everything fs fact ret of the ring (a the “man ur had advantage over Burne wizeand Welght. He ty nearly six feet tall, and welghs about 20 pounds. lfe has a reach as long as that of Bob Fitzsimmons, Jeffries, Ruolin and other ee heavywelght fixhters in Amers ica. He is powerfully bullt, His mase- ive head and axgresslvely rounded jam (Coatinud, on Tenth Page) He. 2 eae ot eavaaaieaere een