The evening world. Newspaper, April 28, 1914, Page 1

“260 ‘MINERS ENTOMBED BY EXPLOSION IN W. VA, by Co. (The New York World). he Press Publishing NEW. ‘YORK, “TUESDAY, APRIL a8, fl FINSTON LANDS HIS ARMY IN MEXICO AND TAKES COMMAND Head of Army Force Confers With Admiral Badger and Troops Will Quickly Replace Bluejackets Now on Shore. MAAS’S ARMY OF 1,000 IS LOCATED BY AVIATOR. Admiral Badger Seizes DocksOwned by British Concern, Ignoring “Union _ Jack” Raised in Protest. VERA CRUZ, April 28.—Gen, Funston and his brigade of troops are bein: ed from the transports Meade, Sumner, Kilpatrick and Me- Clelian. Gen. Funston will assume command of the city at once. Brig.-Gen, Funston called on Rear-Admiral Badger and talked over with him his plans for the landing of the troops. An agreement was reached regarding the positions the soldiers were to occupy. The infantry- men will take ‘charge of the positions along the outer line. The seamen are to be relieved detachment by detachment and will return to their ships. The complete exchange between the soldiers and the sailors will not be accomplished before to-morrow. The transports bringing the Fourth, Seventh, Nineteenth and Twen- ty-eighth Infantry Regiments were made fast at the docks shortly before 40 o'clock this morning. ayo | | (1914. AMERICANS RUSH TO SAFETY WILE PEAGE 1S DISCUSSED President Wilson Not Likely to Grant Much} Time to the Consideration of Huerta Proposals. By Samuel M. Williams. (Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, April 28.—One good result of the pause in the oper- | Brig..Gen. Funston, accompanied by Capt. Harry McL. P. Huse, | ations against Mexico ts that it affords time for the hundreds of Americans | Chief of Staff of Rear-Admiral Fletcher, immediately came ashore to con- fer with Rear-Admiral Fletcher before calling on Rear-Admiral Badger, Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet. still there an opportunity to leave the country unharmed. This is believed by some to have been a@ strong factor in the President's acceptance of the proposal for mediation. Gen. Funston formally reported his arrival at Vera Cruz to the War! Capt. Huse had called after breakfast and had presented the com-| Department in a despatch which said: pliments of Rear-Admiral Fletcher, explaining that the Admiral desired “Expedition arrived without incident; much delayed by the condition of to talk with the General regarding what had already been done and to | Meade.” tell him what positions were held by the naval forces on land. Brigadier-General Funston was busily occupied after breakfast in writ-| progress toward Vera Cruz by huge collections of barnacles, Tho transport Meade, Gen, Funston's report said, was lindered in its There was no} ing despatches, most of them to the War Department. There was at least one | damage to the machinery of the transport, ho said. of them, however, which had nothing to do with the army or the Govern- ment. It wa: yesterday of a daughter. FLETCHER AND FUNSTON CONFER. Rear-Admiral Fletcher and Gen. Funston when they met went over in reply to a despatch he had received telling him of the birth | proposals the United States would submit as a basis for mediation. The White House to-day declined to make any statement as to what It was announced that nothing would be said that might in any way embarrass the mediators. At the regular Cabinet meeting at 11 o'clock the formulation of the Getail the situation In Vera Cruz, which had previously been explained t0} american proposals to the mediators was a subject of consideration, Brigadier-General Funston by Capt. Huse, Meanwhile the infantrymen on Doard the transports packed the rails, gazing at the city which their com- rades of the navy had taken possession of some days previously. ‘The arrival of the soldiers was not marked by any great ceremony. The The mediation envoys continued their morning conference until 2 o'clock, when recess was taken for an hour, No statement was made concerning the progress of the mediation few Mexican laborers working about the docks looked on at the fresh force proposals, but the general sentiment prevailed tat substantial results without displaying any interest. As tho transports steamed in among the battleships an aeroplane, ascending from the warship Mississippi, eircled over the harbor, uniting the fighting forees of the land, water and air in Uncle Sam's service. The crews of the fleet cheered Funston’s men heartily as the transports slow]; advanced, and the troops, in heavy marching order and ready to land at a moment's notice, returned the salute, A refugee train carrying 300 Mexicans left here early to-day, and it was expected that another train with Americans from Mexico City would be met ai Te. . There the passengers will be exchanged, and the train carrying out the Mexicans will bring the Amerigans to Vera Cruz, The city was quiet to-day, and in @ proclamation commending the Mexicans for the acceptance of the American occupation and compliance with orders Rear-Admiral Fletcher announced the abrogation of the order forbidding the appearance of Mexicans on the streets at night. The natives have been forced to remain indoors after 7.30 P, M Consul Canada has learned that the railroad between Vera Cruz and Mexico City is being idly destroyed between Tejerie and the capital The ties were Leng burned and the rails loaded on ears and carried away Tho Consul also has received assurances from the Braailian Minister fm Mexico City that no Americans have been killed or were in danger or none imprisoned, except one at Aguascalientes, who was delivered to the Judicial authorities, “some proofs having been found of his connivance | with the revojutionists.” Sys astra Medea a aaneaea oe Riemann oa Hoertn Moony ares a bibles ial a ea Aho el — would be accomplished, Rear-Admiral Mayo at Tampico reported to-day that the Federal forces are making further overtures to the Constitutfonalists for a combination against the United States, He said the Constitutionalists are still firing. — | First and most important of all, the Ives of Americans resident in Mexico have been saved and nearly all of them have been able to reach harbors of refuge in safety. Secondly, the Latin-American nations have faced about in their attitude toward the United States, changing from hostility to friendly regard. Up to yesterday there were demonstrations of dislike for this country in most of the South and Central American republics. News of President Wilson's prompt acceptance of the A B C offer of mediation, and his assurance that the United States was not making war on the Mexican people, or harboring designs upon Southern countries, was spread broad- cast through Latin America, The result was expressed by Minister Calderon of Bolivia, in whose capital auti-Amcrican demonstrations pre- | vailed on Sunday. . “he very people who took part in th Calderon, “are most ashamed to-day demonstrations,” sald Minister he Government newspaper this | (Continued on Fourth Page.) BERMUDA TOURS. Brooklyn Game Postponed | Sant’ Anna, Palerm of Funston’s Brigade Enjoying a Rest NATIONAL” LEAGUE AT BOSTON— i. GIANTS (0 en 0 a | BOSTON 0008 O- o 10 1 0 0O0O0O 1 FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MINE EXPLOSION ENTOMBS 280 IN WEST VIRGINIA No Estimate Can Yet Be Made of the Possible Loss of Life. ECCLES, W. Va. April 28,—Two hundred and sixty minera are report- ed entombed tn @ mine here thie af- ternoon, following an explosion. No definite news of the fate of the imprisoned men has been received. Rescue parties are being organized hastily to attempt to effect an en- trance into the shafts, The explosion occurred in shafts of the New River Collierlos Com- pany at 230 P. M, while the men were at work PITTSBURGH, April 28..-The Mittsburgh station of the Bureau of | olds and upward; | Mines within an hour started a mine rescue car from Bluefield, W. Va., to} Eccles and ordered another sent from Pittsburgh within an hour. Kecles is in Raleigh County, South | Central West Virginia, in the Kana- wah River mine district. It is # mining camp of about three hundred population and figured in the recent coal strike war which was Investi- gated by a special Congressional Committes. ——— STEAMSHIPS DUE TO-DAY. America, Naples Kaiser William II. Kaiser Wilhelm II., Bremen.. ——>— SAILING TO-DAY, | of Bryn , | Progreanive Oo- fA GAMES BASEBALL EDITION. AMERICAN LEAGUE. AT PHILADELPHIA. wasi 10000 _ ATHLETICS— 00000 Hatteries—Johnson and Ainamith; Wyckoff and Lapp. Umpires—-Evans and Egan. eee INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE, 0000 JERSEY CITY— 1000 AT NEWARK, MONTREAL— 0000 NEWARK— |Six Troops of U.S. Cavalry Rushed” WEATHER—Showe -night and Wed a ne 1 OLRM TO END MINE WAR ee President Acts After Conference’ With Cabinet at Which Reports. Are Received That the Con- flict Is Fast Spreading. STATE MILITIA ORDERED .<} WITHDRAWN FROM ZONE to Restore Order—Proclamation of President Is Federal Riot Act. SUMMARY OF MINE WAR IN COLORADO President Wilson, after a Cabinet conference to-day, ordered Federal troops Into the Colorado mine fields to end the warfare between the strikers, State militia and mine guards. The Presl dent's order was followed by a proclamation on the situation. Six troops of cavalry will be in the fighting zone or on the way > within twenty-four hours, The President has avked Gov. Ammons of Colorado to with: draw the State militia temporarily while the Federal militia ree stores order. ; Gov. Ammons has Issued » proclamation calling on all citizens to volunteer their services for the restoration of peace. Citisens are arming and forming volunteer forces to repel attacks by rioters, Fighting was continued In the coal flelds to-day and the situa: tHon fs more desperate than at any time since the tleup begam last ea September. Nine more victims have been added to the long death P. roll, F A force of 650 troops thiy afternoon was lined up for battle with 2688. strikers in Southern riot district. A bloody contlict was expected, The warfare has spread from the southern sections, the centre of the trouble zone, to the northern mine districts and strike leads ers say the situation Is getting beyond their control, Seven mine guards were killed early to-day in a clash at Walsenburg. Troops were hurried to the scene and a decisive bate tle is expected before night. There was severe fighting last night at the McNally mine, near Walsenburg, in which two men were killed. Forbes, a mine camp AT PROVIDENCE. BUFPALO— 101 PROVIDENCE— 000 HAVRE DE GRACE WINNERS. FIRST RAC Selling; three-year- furlongs. Louise Travers, ton), 7 to 1, 8 to 1 and & to 5, first Ann Tilly, (Pickett), 6 to 1, 2%) to Land 6 to Cy Racing Belle, 101 (Nathan), 30 to 12 to 1 and 6 to 1, third. Time, 1071-5, Ben Loyal, Fireside, Fanchette, Suwannee, Su- preme, Froe Trade, Scarlet Letter, Ortyx also ran. SECOND RACE--#ellin, and geldings; upward; six furlongs 108 (Taplin! mares three-year-olda_ and Briar Path, to §, 7 to 10 and 1 to 4, rat; Sack Cloth, 100 (Murphy), 2 to 1, 7 to 10 and 1 to 4, second; Parlor Boy, 122 (Burlingame) o1,4tol and & to 6, third. Tim 13 8-5, Belle Bry Dungara, Fort Sumpter, Joe Finn also ran. THIRD RACE—Selling; handica three-year-olds and up; six furlongs, M rare A., 109 (Taplin), 9 8 a first; Monocacy, 108 en, i to 2 and out, , 98 (Murphy), & Lo 1,| nd & to 6, third, Frank Hudson, Jacob Bunn, Tea Enough | Mawr, alav ran. The game scheduled for to-day at Ebbets Field between Brooklyn eras | was postponed on ~RESSERES Vy, Announced the ‘EGE reer aoe in the vieluity of Trinidad, was also the scene of bloodshed, while the warfare was carried into the north at Lafayette, Louisville and Marshall. At the Hecla mines in Louisville the fighting was still heavy to-day, " WASHINGTON, April 28—President Wilson to-day decided tm order Federal troops to Colorado to restore order in the coal strike district, where virtual civil war exists. The decision was reached after the Presk dent had gone over the Colorado situation with his Cabinet during the greater part of a two-hour session, and a proclamation will be issued later to-day ordering Federal soldiers to the scene of the industrial conflict. The number of troops were upon in conference between the President and Secretary of War Garrison this aftern At 2.80 o'clock Seer by th left the White House Department, where he order for troops to the region, Tho proclama ! Prealdent was being prepared for an nouncement later. sirable t The proclamation, which Is in ef-|the © fect @ reading of the riot act by the| next Mor Federal Government, will be inforeed White House Ned out etary ¢ son has nad the ops held in iness for two daym. question had been debated By the Cabinet to-day, the partiowlag! problem vs Whether it was not dee wait the special session @@ ” do Legislature called ger When Garrison left tha” it was to send @ tales Number Killed in Mine War to Date Estimated at 176) Known dead in Southern Colorado coal flelde since the bosinning b of the strike total 72, according to most conservative estimates, @ estimates run as high ax 175. At Ludiow 25 were killed, of whom 14 were little children women. D wry Garrison oto the War] | prepare the fy Chandler, Empire, McNally and other ued. - ay Ct oe .