The evening world. Newspaper, December 19, 1907, Page 1

Cloudy to-night; Friday snow flurr! RESULTS EDITION. TNA BLAZING Workers in the Dare Colliery in Penn- sylvania Cut Off by Fire Which Followed an Explosion in Work- ings Far Underground. 22,840 MEN HAVE BEEN KILLED ses BY MINE EXPLOSIONS IN 17 YEARS. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—The coal mines of the United States are killing threé times as-many men per 1,000 employed as those of most European countries. é In the last seventeen years 22,840 men haye given up their lives in the mines of this country, one-half of these deaths occurring in the last six years. ; i The number of fatal accidents each year !s now double that of the yenr 1895. S 1411906 6,861 mon were Killed or injured in the mines, the killed numtering 2,061, and the injured 4,800. s These’ terrible facts have been gleaned by Governinent experts acting under orders from Secretary Garfield. of the Interior Department and they are presented by Joseph A. Holmes, chief of the Technological Branch of the Department, in a bulletin issued on “Coal Mine Accitienta; Their Causes and Preventions.” PITTSBURG, Dec. 19—Four-hundred men ‘are entombed in the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, near here.” The mine is burning, escape is cut off andit is believed all the men are dead. | x CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., Dec. 19.—Four hundred miners are en- Greek, on the Youghiogheny River, eighteen miles west of here. Of these four hundred fully one hundred are Americans, the rest being principally Hungarians. A terrific explosion shook the vicinity of the mine at 11.30 A. M. to-day, and announced to all the surrounding community that a great ‘convulsion of some kind had occurred down under!the surface. * Shortly after smoke began to issue in heavy columns from the mouth of the mine, which is of the slope variety. The mouth of the mine was wrecked, and this circumstance, in connection with the fire which wy discovered to be raging inside, prevented effectually any immediate attempt) at’rescue of the imprisaned men. ‘Phe building of the Federal Supply) 10 men were likely In the mine at the Company, adjacent to the entrance lo| time of the aceldent. the mine, waa slightly damaged by the| Immediately upon the receipt of th force of the shook, causing the buildlt:z| news of the explosion. the omciain ar t¢ rock and some of its windows to] the companfty here took essen shel break, ‘ ures for rellef.: Orders were sent to the ‘Among ‘those Imprisoned in the mine] surrounding mines requesting that are Pit Boss O'Connel! and two fire] pert men be rushed to the mcenee co bosses. a : ne | PTVAE I the work of rescue ¥ On account of the violence of the}} dlhyaiciang were pc) explosion wien it rent the interior of ti firat-tratna Pah a es the mine and the presence of fire, Witt towns adjncent to Jacob's Cr: ane ane the blocked condition of the mouth Of) ‘The Pittsburg Coal Compare” mi the slope, It Ix not thought theee !8!are on both aldea of the Yousviones much chance for the men Inside. River. ughlogheny ‘Whether they have survived or will | used for coking purpoven, survive in One of the uncertainties of | of the originalyConnellaville coke feta the hour. The mines tn this section are’ sald to There is no means yet of doing more/conwuin considerable gas; than guess whether Jt was gas or coal) The acene of the explosion is on th Gust that exploded, Pittsburg and Lake Erle Raflroad, ite Frantic Throng at Mine. of the Youghiogheny River, Jao te Within a fow minuten after the ex- | CTeCK, on the main tine dr the Hi, plosion thp’mouth of the pit was aur- | Ore and Ohio Railroad, ts acrose the rounded by relatives and friends of ;TVer It In forty miles east of Pitts- the entombed men, The scenes were |PUFE And elghtcen miles west of Con. most pitiful.’ Tho tsmoke and fames | Dellaville, {asuing from the slope made it impos-| The mine was one of the large sYblo' to enter, and the wives and chil- piby eta with the most dren were frantic. fy mees for ininii if: Every effort {s being made late to-dax,|_ TH Js tha third blg mine catastrop-6 to subdue the fire, Aut it was burning wach has occurred tn this vicinity dure no fiercely that no headway could bb)i% the vast three wooks. The first partir, occurred at: the Naqm! Mine, of the It In atated that the superintendent of| United Coal Compan the mine ia ono of those imprisoned: | men MacriNced thelr lives. Two weeks It ie sald he''went :Into the mine this| “8° 8" explosion of dust at Mononguh afternoon to Investigate its condition | *PUted out the lives: of 30 more. and was caught In the explosion, May Be 500 In Mine, Little Hope of Saving Any, WEST NEWTON, Pa., Dec, 19,—Re- t and modern -\nate mon, ab the mouth of the shaft there are more nearly Ave hundred me: fa filled with rocks and earth, and the Beh Jn the mine than four hundred. Jarger jthan 1 men, Some of the], coal company officials regard the mine as one of the ‘safest owned by-thom, and cxpress- the hops that the ex- COATS GO CHEAP At King's Cor. Uth Av, and 43d s¢, {A chance seldom offered to Ket-a nwell still allve, and probably could be saved. LV and sat street, Open’ evenings Vico-President Woodford stated that Christmas, * keh Seen (ct Circulation Books Open to All.” MINERS ARE ENTOMBED Darr Mine of the Pittsburg Coal Company at Jacob's Creek, on the | tombed in the Darr Mines of the Pittsburg Coal Company, at Jacob's} The coal mined in this fleld is} It {s a part) And thirty-four Ahearn Again Sworn In as President of the Borough Congressmen in Fierce Fist Fight on Floor of House ~~ 400 Men Trapped By Flames In Mine After Explosion MOEN) UNIV BELLE AHN WINNER AT NeW OFLEN Dunne’s Good Filly Now Has Long Siring of Straight Victories. COLLICRY HALA MILLION UNDER ONE ARM RIDE ON OTHE \That’s the Way the Klondike King Came Back from His Honeymoon Trip. GAMBRINUS 1S SECOND: Financier Is Best of Two-Year- Olds in the Second | - Race. ; (Special to The Evening World.) SW ORLEANS, La., Dee. 19 The racing offered to-day was just fair: e trick was steadily improving and bearer belng fast {to-day than at previous time during the meeting. : [As a result the feet, hung together | With her nose dripping salt feicles, the |almost as framed, ahd that meant they Majestic of the White Star line came|were strong numerically !f. there was lin‘to-day, Two days this week she had | but little quality represented. The -star | very = eent was a mile condition race for two- Nery rough going. On last Tuesday @) carols. It was a good enough fea slapped up the -mainmast so far ture, but pop! opinion seemed to that it slammed two lookouts about the !concede it a sure thing for the Burlew crow's neat and left them bruised and|and O\Well! La Juenesse. Among the slunnel. ‘The men were carried down | Prominent arrivaln to-day were Ier- hhult-sénselexe, man ‘Duryea, and Thomas Hitchcock, On board were the passengers of the) J* : easy . Kcsoonland. of the Hed Sat lie, whieh |G ciung: ve anda halt furlong broke her shaft two weeks ago com-| 0108; Belling! Bye ab , 106 (V, Powers), 15 to 1 and ;ing out of Liverpoo!, and had to put) Bitter Sir back. There were 60 of these Kroon- wea 6 to 1, frat; Sylvia G., 104 (Mountaln), 5 st Cauct 2% |landers—39 steerage, 18 necona cabin | 2,00} and 5 20). seconds Chee Oe land S first-class passengers, | ALD 3 Chall ae {1113-5, Sliver Cup, Auspictous, Géo, H. Among the Majostic’s re 7 & the Majesties regular passen-/ Witte, sundart. C, 11, Sblling, Benrose, era Were Mr: and Sirs, George G.|\. : 3 Aaron wholiare! just! finishing2acfourt Wild Irish Honta, trimmer, Carasco, Mhomtie’ beldal tours The, ite wan, flocidasen and Taskmaster also ran, Ge tied nla aes oad ie wahi SECOND RACE — Purse $400; two- Deanne Hs: of Seattler! Deore livenr-ol seMing; five and one-half fen Rah > peasant who Is known) furiongs. — Financler, 108, (Mountatn) Ii aie yteisis os he iti une 9 to 5 and 7 to 10, firat; Sabado, 112, jor one of the several hun-|(v. powers) 15 to 1 and 6 to 1, second; | “K Si 5 7 Z * | jasedettiondiie Kings." He went North | Pedigree, 100, (J, Sumpter) 3 to 1 and} hirteen yeara ago, He buried three! 2 to 1, tind. ‘Tehest {partners and lived one whole year on} Padrone, Saltram, De, Stovall, Mama- rabbits, bot he struck the rich dix-|roneck, Guernavaca, Tea Leaf, Os-| j Rings at St, Michael's betore the rush/ muda, Divorcee, Ora, Sudduth, Kitty came, and he cleaned up several mil-| gmiti; and sainsaw Molin th read money, THIRD RACE b; three- Mr. Lhmpns, who is a ble man with | year-olds and upwards; seven furlongs, | | chest Ike a pianola, wore a double} " painty Belle, 105, (Mountain) 6 to 5| watch cliain of nuggets across chis| ing 1 -to first; mbrinus, 108, Walstcoat, ith ta e size af out, with « diamond the size df tact) 7401 and 3 to 1, second; Da- a filbert In the endmost nugget. He 5 iso had a lump of virgin gold in hin | DA IO A ate ARE ere Ne that would have filed a small coal} sive \yeoer, Tivolinl, Hancock, Snow-! od. ' ball, Jack Dolan, Abteroid, Moadow- | braze also ran. FOURTH RACE.—Miss Mazzoni (11 to 3 and ov Sullario (1 to 4 place) 2; Laje See this," sald Mr. Lemons to the reporters, drawing from under hls arm [what looked Ike a loaf ot bread wrapped In brown paper, “That's naif a million doliars that I brought trom the other side. During the panic I trled to send a million to Seattle acid it got ted up In a New York bunk. It's still ted up, Well, ‘I'm going to put thix through by’ express, ‘This chap! American Prima Donna Attacked! here is helping me to look after It z } HN Sj. ! “phis chap here" was a lusky per Ly Influenza, but Will Sing son who lurked ever at his omployer's v e ye! 3 elbow. The Klondiker. called him a Nite OG De valet. but he‘had-marq the ear marks| Mari Garden, the’ American: cinger, ¢ Manhattan Opera ————_— MARY GARDEN, ILL, “LOUISE” IS POSTPONED. | Me of a bodyguard. now appearing at i | There waa an old man in the steerage} House, is contiied’ toner bed with an |who attracted a lot of attention. He te attack nfluenza, but Is expec- na few days and be “Louise? on the night 7. She wax to hi earance in that oper: to recover ted able to sing in was Nicholas Streot. axed seventy-five, who haa been to his hirthplace In Siit- | werland for ‘the ‘Nhwy, visit he had paid lin nfty-one yeardi~ "The patriarch now Dee. { Friday, bade her first ap) jlives In Kansas, where he votes the aoTADEO WRI Petes Bard 2 P rat {twas feared Miss Gardes) Democratic tUcket with the utmoat|..At ITM Jf i medmonia, and. tm: regularity, pressarlo | Hammerstein greatly i 7 ried. He eileved to receive the | ‘ om. Drs, Fran /CORTELYOU NOT SO WELL; PR CE aR | y held a consultation. this | METCALF AT HIS OFFICE. singer's condition: | : te suffering from an | f epident! influenza aod} Several days of restuin bed will control the attack jind | to appear about Friday, neliths badly wher mi. Re ESET i WIFE OF MILLIONAIRE | WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Secretary Cortelyou Was reported to-day to be not H quite so well. He has been confined 10 [dus hay for some days with an et. [tack of grip. ; { Secretary Metoalf 1s slowly recover. ling from an attack of grip. He way able to spend a short tine In his office to-day, and expects:to be himself again by the end of tho wee Major-Gen, Bell, Chief of Staff, in still confined to his home with an attuck of TELLS COURT HE IS INSANE. | PONTIAC, Mich, Dec, 19.—The wife of Henry Clay Ward, a well-known; millionaire of this city and non of the | tas: David Ward, « ploneer lumberman, who wax sald at the time of his death | al years #g0 to be the reheat man] The mine officlais express but little] ports of the disaster at the Darr ¥ , it is = Mine, | grip and will no® be able to go to New]in Michigan, bas filed a petition with | hope of saving the lives of the unfortu-| rocely. q Lau B ae eon ° vecher fuss Nehope elved here, are to ithb! efect that| York to welcome Secretary Taft to-| the probate court here to huve her hus: | band d a a sanicarium at Flint. The hearing on morrow, although he 4s mending stead- the petition was set for Friday after- fly, Capt. Davis, assistant, to the Chiet pasnagowayr are said to be badly ob-| Phypiciana were rushed to the sc F ae as oon. structed. trom! here: ee aa aly Pi Kaa ai yall ; or Want in nald to have heen, notin 4 - ‘Arrangements have been made to have] pemiiariy for nome UMéeHe in wet GRAS eras uu Gan AGN ae aD EI Te one af the tugs of the-Quartermaster'a|kiown {1 Callfornti, where he hus at the time of the accident ts not ee at ment ma down. the bay tovimeat | Mpene considerublo time known, It in sald tho shifts are not] SILK LINED OVER- P ee pectin Ni the President Grant to-morrow, carry Ing a& passengers Henry Taft and small party of personal friends of Boc- retary Ta Rich, CHicagon \ CHICAGO, Dec, 19.—Perry’ Didblee, a | Dea Soe e ® brotner-in-Inw of the late Marshal) plosion did not reach all of tho work-|wilk lined overcoat at $12. Meltons, ve i ae vhic Moules and Fancy Grays inclu \ Field, died here to-day. ing, in which event many would he eg and) Fancy. Grays. included. tp Sunday World Wants Work KALIL'S Restaurant downt'a, Open Uli midn' — an 4-18 Park Pl Finest Monday Morning Wonders. te nt oe Seen he) 1 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, AHEAR j Missouri engaged in a fist fight over the pa: twere (Mr. ‘uyes and attendants following sult, ef- calthy husinery man of this city and | BLACK: music feats iOOde* st. Open evenings until Xmbs, %°* { “ Circulation Books Open to AIL” ] (1907s _ CONGRESSMEN IN. BLOODY FIGHT ON FLOOR OF HOUSE De Armond of Missouri Batters Up John Sharp Williams, the Mi- nority Leader, After the Lie Is Passed. “ WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Joon Sharpe Willianis, of Mississippi, leader, of the minority, and Representative David A. De Armond, of de of the House of Representatives this afternoon immediately after 4 2.21 P. M. journment at Mr. Williams struck the first blow,-and Mr. De Armond-refaliated vigorously with clenched fists. i When the combatants were separated blood was flowing down Mr. Mr. De Armond bore no marks of the fray. . PYAN TRICK TO. GRAB 3D AVE, COUNSEL Sa Met. Application ito Drop Lease Combatted as in Bad Faith. and abrased. The encounter was witnessed by more than one hundred members of the House and by as many more person® in the among, them a score of gallerion, women. The House having Just broken up, groups of Itopresentatives were ftanding discussing the commit had been an- or ait! out, tee appoinments that nounced by the Speaker. Among then Wjitlams, ‘seated at Repre- rentative \Wallace’s desk on the centre aisle of the Democratic wide, and Mr, De’ Armoid.! who. ipiedRepresenta- tive Bartlett's desk adjoining, They were engaged In very talk, but their voices were low and they attracted no especia! attention, — Sud deniy both. men sprang to their feet and began king each other De Armond Draws Blocd. So startled and ao astounded were the members of tho House and the oft cial that for a moment no one cvered the earnes: © hearing before Judge* Lacombe in the United States Circult Colirt to-day het f to interfere, and the len o! jon the motion of the reseyiérs for the De from Mix: AY minority, and the member een Baba eshin ea mul tunged back and forth between Fopolitan Street Itaijway Company. desks, both swaying wildly and trough thelr attorney, Arthur 5 Mas- tex, for permission to drop the lease of the Third Avenfo many diverse expressions {rom stockholders, bondhio! each In aparent danger of going down} Rlood was flowing freely from a kash In Mr. Williams's cheek when) Asnist= ant Sergeant-at-Arms Sinnott | sprang between them, Kkrasped Mr. De Arjpond | and held him back, while Representa- Railroad, of br opinion K, ctudl- tors and others Recelvers Adrian H las Joline and Doug- Robinson were in court with thelr fected a separation. manne ( 3 ‘In another moment overy other eec- | Go. at did not take part in the tion of the chamber was deserted, andj ne — all those on the floor were massrd In ‘i Solimarosan wo it nted an eager tiptosing crowd arotnd the pd allie favor 0} appoint- elligerents of new recelvers oy the United ome si Attncked the motives back Friends Separate Them. ij pean yak sald the Ryan tn Were anxlous to foreclose and » the systei. Mr. ney “Non't eet excited.” punted De Armond, “golng at Mr. Wil and straiihig to free his pinioned arnia und ~ HUGHES IS FLOUTED ing of the lie on the floor Williams's face from a gash in the left cheek, and his forehead was red |) PR IGE 0 NE CENT.) Z ED, Aldermen by a Vote of 24 to 12 Over- turn the Executive's Action in Removing the Borough President. TAKES OATH OF OFFICE | AS HIS FOLLOWERS CHEER Remarkable Demonstration in the Aldermanic Chamber When Its Vote is Announcei— ,Return to Office Like ‘a March of Triumph. Gov. Hughes was informed of the re-clection of John F. Ahearn over lomg-distance ‘phone ‘by The Eveniug World shortly alter the [vote by, the Aldermen ‘way anngsnced. tccimment, but inuy mule a atatcmen( later, | Goy. Hughes was flouted this afternoon by the Manhattan members! fof the Board of Aldermen when John F. Ahearn was re-elected President of Manhattan Borough. The vote was twenty-four to twelye, and fol- lowed a demonstration in the Aldermanic Chamber the like of which thas never before been equalled. “Make it unanimous!” shouted a man irom the ga Hery, and the cheers which followed figuratively raised the roof of the building. Mayor McClellan presided and on mo | tion of Alderman Sutlivan: he appointed can Governor, and we, as. Democrata, Propose.:to re-elect him."" E the Alderman a committee of one to| Cheers in the gallery followed this escort President Ahearn to the cham- | declaration, ber to revelve the oath of office. When} “Would any one questlo; : tlie re-clectod, Borough President at- | ity of the EN asta ex othe autho rived th was no confining the nolay Ton trial and remove him?" ask ayor plaudits of the crowd in gallery an" In| derman Sullivan, owen key ee Ae S Bedlam broke loose and the prea No. Any one can Aisi crowd -hooted Itaelf hoarse, The oath wa administered by Mayor McCle'lan jp a dignified style that endeared him trump’ np" charges, and any man in dal: office might eartly be found-neg- gent for the acts of his subordiates, econ te the wegricved Taw many men. |CoUld not the. Governor hold Mayor ‘Ahearn was surrounded and fairly litt-} MeClellan responsible for act of ed from his feet. His return to bis office lereliction on the part of the Health {was a march of triumph. / Department or any other departmea McClellan's Comment. ‘| No one disputes the Govornor's au- therity, but the Governor should take {to consideration the large number of Yoters who have repeatedly elected Joan F. Ahearn, and whom President Ahearn has served faithtully, < Attacks Cutting, ‘Only one man has ask rt Aliearn .hem: to-day, and that Presumed on my acquaintance, © sR. Fulton Cutting, who holds tho ens’ Unlon as a political asset to Ko to the highest bidg “Charges wero mado against. Prest- Ahearn by a body of men who no reason for existence except to be professional agitators—men who have Kot to do something thelr contributors know alive, After administering the onth of of- fice in which President Ahearn swore jto support the Constitution, Mayor Mc- [Clellan sald: “In ‘ndm{niatering the loath of office the chair does so without : ther an passing upon your eligibility, hairman, Mayor or as citizen. It In understood that Ahearn will hold his oMco until such time as it is deemed | an politic that he shall resign, This will | depend entirely on: the attitude of Gov. Hugher oth toward Ahearn himself and prospective legislation affecting the culasty? with “reference | dent tien Itwelt. | have is J me to not elty chal to the deflant Bourd of Aldernie The Charter Revision Commission still in existence and easily controllable by the Mayor. Thix commdssion, work- ‘ing In harmony with the powers that be at Albany, can effect such changes™ in the government of the city as to radi- cally effect the Board of Aldermen and even the offices of Borough Presidents, The four M. O. L. members and M Att, tton and Jacobson, Ri voted with the Tammany mon der, « Republican, promised to support ‘Ahearn, it ts said, but switched at the last mgment When word was telephoned to Charles} F. Murphy that Ahearn had been re-| to make that they are “I appeal to vou~ail you members of this Board—trrewpective of politics, to support this manz who hay been fulthfut to his trust. He {x our colleague and we, who know him as a just man and @ falthful servant of the people, muat and will support him,” | i Tears were- in Alderman eyes when he finishe: The gallery again brofe out in a+ tu- mult of cheers. Mayor McClellan ald the situation was so serious and of «uch great Import Sullivan's hi rush Into court, ‘and oie Tam pot excited |p the lenat,” | demand-the rlgit to be relleved of vd Mected he expressed himselt leased | that he would be derelict In. his duty answered Mr. Williams, wiping the {lene of the read, ‘although (ie interest over the result, and said that It waslif he did not rile at once on she ques- bobd from bis face with hin handker-| is not due until Jan, 2, und the terms not only « vindication of Ahenrn. but) tion of re-electing Ahearn chief, For a minute: toni Mr Dejof the mortgage provide that sixty that the action of the Hoard would be The Mayor's Ruling, Armond elared and Mr. Williams con- | days be taken pay the thterest. applauded by the large body of voters! Reading from a propared statement (inuéd dabbing with his handkerchtet. {1 Wie inean tine the trusteeaiitp for tie | Who had repeatedly elected Aheam tO) the Maxori-nuld: ” - Then friends led Uh In opposite dj- | 20D lHeiders Of the Metropolitan Street | Mes. ‘John F, Ahearn was elected on the Iulway Company is to pass from rections, McClellan in the Chair, 7th day of November, 1905, President of ‘While the battle lasted the excited) Morton Trust Company to anoth When Mayor McClellan went to the! th Borough of Manhattan of the Ci apentztorn in the gnileiles pressed osure of the entire system Hiay be! Aidermanic Chamber to. preside over| of New York, for a term of four years i, “he rails. [undertaken @s soon as the Thint avenue; the election he |was accompanted by} beginning Jan’ 1, 186, on whioh tast Meh and ‘women leaned far over, ap-|road lease is dropped and, the payment! john H1, O'Brien and several other Com-j mentioned date he ‘enteral upon the parently holding thelr breath, as blow sof interest Is permunentis! repudiated.” |Tilemlonera, He had been nrecededs by | dutles. of sald office. In July, 1907, after blow waa struck and returned and| Judge Lacombe sald that he would! iany liv oMecials and. politicians. oharge re presented against him to the combatants lunged forward and] take the suggestions under advisement] After the roll had been called the t Of the State of New York. awayed back, } and ‘receive briefs, \ Mao rr referred to the removal of Mr. After affording the accused officer an Ahern Mr) Ni iiamne waa) rol SS ‘and aaid the purpose of the opportunity to be heard in his. own de- MEN'S MELTON OVERCOATS went tthmediatelytaty the Demi (Continued on Second Page.) aonh emer the great thiers, corne. THIBET SUITS, $9.80. And “ad street, have made E a nome lucky purchwses lately and will A new low: lovel in prices for these| nell all day, to-day and to-morrow ele- elegant sults, silk lined, any size, worth! gant silk ‘lined Melton and Kersey $20; latest cut. Try one on ant you'l: Overcoats at $9.80, value $20, also gray take ‘it... KING'S, cor, 6th ay, and 23d) shades.) KING'S, cor, 6th ay, and 2a at, Open evenings uni!l Christmas, ** 4 Ah : % AT.HALF PRICE AND LEss.| | Ahearn, v. Ty {yen meeting was to clect.a new Borough fense, G by. an order Preskdent under his h and the seal of the Ajderman “Sullivan promptly tite of New York on Dec, 9, 1901, found the name of John F. Ahearn in nom{- said John F, Ahearn gullty of the nation. The Alderma reviewed the, charges made against him, and ‘onlered political career of President Ahearn, |that tie public interests required. that are-here to re-elect him to-| said John Ahearn be removed from sald Aiuerman Sullivan, “It Is office. h partisan move, I admit, but-te wan “Of these facta the chair must take selected for slaughter by a Republi- cognizance, ‘Tho removal proceedings) ies 5 » e + 4 “We He @eclined to make any . 4