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V’O*- 45. NO. 8109
CHARLOTTE N. C., TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 12, 191 1
PU XC*T? I In Charlotte 2' Cent* • Copy Dally—i CMita Stoaday.
I Outside Charlotte S Cents a Copy Daily and Sunday.
Coast Line Twin
Id Up and Robbed
Neai Hardeevtlle
^ n^rtAifc Qfnh JTirt/' ficials of the Atlantic Coast Line here
,ll!0 1 “ Damns Oiop rirsi, leaving Hardeevllle he
Irnm nnd AfflU-hooked around and the two men had
$(cmn or uam, ana mgn t^e cab and had him cov
to Secure Several Sacky ^ revolvers TJ>ey ordered
I him to go ahead and kfter getting
I just north of North Switch ordered
I him to stop.
They made him atid his fireman
get down on the ground on the lett
side of the engine. One of them
stood guard over them w^hile the
other looked after the others.
age
oj Registered Mail
Special Tram Load of Detec-
uikS Hurried Jo Scene—
r,i •' nrt Trnif I Conductor Damon went up to the
BlGOCnOUnaS rui on I } engine on the right side and was shot
Graphic Story oj Robbery,
.’Ot'
riatcd Press.
, I, Oa., Dec. 12.—Atlantic
r train No. 80, northbound,
; ft Savannah twenty minutes
; - mornins at 12:45 o’clock,
. ' uj) t>y robbers a short dls-
. I Hardeevllle, B. C., Just
This morning. The tram
u .11^ lu two sections because
h :'vy passenger traffic and
iried the express car which
. w t re believed to be after
a on the second section and
...j robbers, however, cap-
m:.ll oar and secured sev-
. of registered mall.
..: 'Koy, the night operator at
at by one of the men and made to
go to the postal car and have the
postal clerks come out, the robbers
threatening to blow up the car if they
did not do so.
Ed Dozier, the colored porter, came
up shortly after this and he was
also held up by the robbers. The
engineer and the postal clerks were
put on the engine and Farris was
made to pull ahead a short distance
with the postal car. The clerks were
then made to put all the registered
mail into bags. A large -stout man
appeared to be the leader.
Fifty-Five Packages Stolen.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 12.—George Sut
ton, post offlce Inspector in charge of
this district, said that fifty-five regis
tered packages were stolen by the rob
bers who held up. Atlantic Coast
Ikite Fixid as June Eighteenth
—Program of Republican
National Committu Almost
Wholly Agreed Upon in Ad
vance.
SAMUEL GOMPERS
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, who
has become the storm center of criti
cism through his statement upholding
the McNamara brothers before they
confessed their guilt as dynamiters.
Gompers, after hearing of the confes
sion readily characterized the brothers
as "traitors” to Union Labor.
V -tales that the train Une passenger train at Hardeevllle,
) ~ station In good condition g this morning. The government
f,, ve It the signal to go ^ ^ standing reward of 1,000 for the
• lort y after the train got'capture of any one who robs a mail
■I. r his Station and before JtJcar
^ n out of sight it stopped.
.surprised to see this as it
!■ id no signal to stop at thAt
t ;.; oiit that time the sec-
b Ction of the train arrived from
and McRoy advised the
10 ftO ahead and find out what
trc; was with the first sec-
ti ‘ r-ving at the spot where the
f,i-; iton had stopped the train
- ^ found the utmost confusion
Old McOeaiy Gmjds
''Come Back” Also
By Associated Jt^ess
Frankfort, Ky., E>ec. 12.—Next to
Kentucky’s incoming democratic gov-
robbers, two in num-'cn^or, James B. McCreary, and the re-
> -d forcod the engineer to stop tiring republican governor, Augustus
'  ri iDil covering the flagman E. Willson, positions of honor at the
ror tor with pistols they made inauguration today were occupied by
uaD open the mall car after the 12 surviving members of the old
J l-«.u detached from the train McCreary guards. This was a mi^
run some distance. Here tw^o tary company organized m Frankfort
* ' ‘M re found at work and in 1877 during Gov. McCreary s first
V ■ fi'i u;;'.de to give up two bags i administration. Six on a side these
■ mall. The robbers then veterans escorted the governors carri-
:■ t . r .ftcape. today In the parade that led from
cui* kly as possible Savannah the governor’s mansion to the capitol.
- noii'ipd of the robbery and a Gov. McCreary, mort of whose life
■ tr-^n consisting of an engine has been spent in public offi^, vaca-
• . r:.rs with several Co^t Line,ted the chair he re-occupied today
years ago. Now he is over 70.
Pension Bill
Taken Up in House
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 12.—Th© Sher
... , v..^ ^ ^ wood service pension bill, establishing
K: .'in !'r Rawls, both jumped and * an Increase of civil war pensions based
on the length of service in that war
was taken up in the house today with
the expectation of leaders that It
would be passed late this afternoon. It
is estimated to involve expenditures
from 140,000,000 upward.
' :.d deticUves were en route
-ene within an hour. The
' I '-3 in ciiarge of Engineer L*.
K Is and a conductor. The Coast
L :-- ar.d tlie Southern use the same
'■ out of Savannah to Hardevllie
■ ! «hii- en route to the scene o*:
■ robbery the train with the detec-
' on board ran into a freight
n ■ the Southern Railway.
Reddy, the negro fireman,
• !'«(I (ierious injury although
• - o V . , painfully hurt.
• ■ k i»'avt»d the arrival of
- ;ind the detectives for
•ime nd they did not reach the
I'' hf robbery until several
‘ t'ti ’t had occurred. The
" , !T believed, boarded the
■•.t Hardeevllle as the dispatch-
- hn saw two suspicious look-
cl^ifartors get aboard at that
V He ihlnks they got between
■’'0 front coaches and from there
' • > way to the tender and to
Panic Among Passengers.
• r ftaiure of the robbery was
^ *st‘ :ia sengers on the local
'r iin leaving here at 5.4U
Tioming got Just this
Fifteen Freight
Cats Derailed
Special to The News
Statesville, Dec. 12.—Fifteen cars
of eastbound freight train No.
were derailed about five miles east
of Statesville, this morning.
Many of the cars are badly demol
„ ... , ished, the track is torn up for some
Hurrieeville. The train was distance, and traffic on the Western
road will be blocked most of the day.
Derricks are being rushed to the
scene to clear the debris. Passen
ger trains Nos. 11 and 36 have been
n-1 the passengers de-j annulled between Salisbury and Ashe-
prntert themselves at ail, ville. Fortunately no one was hurt in
■r was almost a panic j the wreck.
'■* ntil it was iound that j
!' '1 been made by a torpe-j biG MASONIC MEETING
li'sd been placed on the
rn the train of the delay
section of No. 80. Some
pf a good rate of speed
nly there was a loud re-
Tybody jumped up be
hold up, too. Pistols
Tajt Forces Won First Serious
Fight-Resignation of Chaii-
man Hitchcock Accepted and
Former Governor Hill of
Maine Elected Bis Successor,
♦ CHICAGO
WON
TION.
COKVEN-
Searchers Directed
By Chalk Math, on
WallsOf The Mine
STITESVILLE NEWS.
WEATHER FORECAST
North Carolina:
Rain tonight ancr tVednesday.
Moderate easterly winds.
Want Sugai Creek
Drained At Once
Messrs. John H. Me Aden, Joe Wads
worth, W. S. Dorr, H. M. Irwin, J. W.
McClung and others who have proper
ty along Irwin’s creek, have petitioned
the Drainage Commission of Meck
lenburg countdy to dredge Irwin’s
creek as early as possible according
to the specifications mapped out by
the government expert who spent sev
eral weeks in the city last spring for
mulating a detailed report.
The delegation above mentioned ap
peared before the commission Satur
day and made the request and was
assured that the wwk of dredging that
creek would be taken up as early as
possible, but there is litUe probability
that it can be done right away as it
will take a year or more to dredge
Little Sugar creek to the South Caro
lina fine as called for.. All who have
seen the operations of the dredge on
Sugar creek .
the work it is doing.
SENATOR PERCY DENOUNCES
^ AUtHOR OF ARTICLE.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 12.—Senator Per
cy, of Mississippi, rose to a question
of personal privilege in the senate to
day and delivered a scathing denunci
ation of an article relating to his elec
tion published in the November issue
of a popular magazine. He als obitter-
ly attacked William R. Hearst, who he
said, owned the magazine and inspired
the article, and former Governor Var-
daman, nominated by the Mississippi
democratic primary to succeed Percy.
♦ By Aaoclated Press.
♦
♦ Washington, Dec. 12.—Chi-
♦ cago won the convention. The ♦
♦ date is .fixed as June 18. ♦
♦ ♦
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 12.—^TS’^ith the pro
gram almost wholly agreed upon in ad
vance, the republican, national com
mittee met here today in quadrennial
session.
While it was conceded Chicago un
doubtedly would win the convention
city honor, St. Louis, Denver, Cincin
natt, Philadelphia and Baltimore press
ed their claims to the committee. The
time of the convention also was to be
fixed today, the probabilities favoring
the last week of June.
Taft Forces Drew First Blood.
The Taft forces, directed by Charles
D. Hilles, secretary to the president,
had won the first serious fight attend
ing the committee meeting when that
body went into session today. The ad
ministration’s friends had insisted that
Col. Han'y S. New, of Indiana, be
named as chairman of the sub-commit
tee to take charge of the convention
arrang^^me^^. The Taft peop^
.Bt^thafln adaitlon to Colonel
New they should naine a majority of
the sub-committee. - ■ ■
Sharp Fight Developed.
A sharp fight developed with Post
master General Hitchcock and other
friends of Vice-Chairman Hill of the
committee, insisting that Mr. Hill be
given the authority to constitute the
committee as he saw fit. Mr. Hilles
At the
FRANK M. RYAN
Frank M. Ryan, president of the
Bridge and Structural Iron Worker’s
Union with which the McNamara
brothers were affiliated, and who has
been hiding to escape the newspaper
men, according to liis counsel in Jn-
dianapolis, where he haiis from.
Jud^e Ward Has
Not Resigned
Special to The News.
Raleigh, Dec. 12.—Instead of the ex
pected resignation as judge of the first
superior court district from Judge Geo.
W. Ward, as newspaper specials from
Elizabeth City foreshadowed last
night, there came a letter from Judge
Ward with merely a request to be re _ _
lieved of holding special terms of 1 marked finger prints at the mouth o|
We Have Gone to 23^* Magic
Message Found at Entry of
a Ooss Section in Cross
Mountam MinC'—Hope Re-
vived.
Seven Additional Bodies Re*
moved Ih^is Moming--Lisi
Of Bead Now Totals Ihtrtu
—Graphic Story lold by a
Survivor.
By Associated Press. '
Briceville, Tenn., De6. 12.—The sen
tence, “We haye gone to 23,” wafl
found inscribed in chalk on the wall
within the entry to cross section No,
23 in the Cross Mountain mine this
morning. The rescuers had been di
rected into this cross section by chalk
Bot rowed Baby
For Use in Court
court during the remainder of the win
ter recess season on amount of poor
health. Especially he asked to be re
lieved of the ppecial term that the
governor had directed that he hold one
week in Perquimins county, beginning
Jan. 1st.
The governor directs Judge Fergu
son to hold this court.
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, Dec. 12.—District At
torney St. Clair Adams is now said to
be hunting for the parents of a baby
alleged to have been borrowed from
an orphanage for the purpose of being
used in a suit la court. In connection
with xthe case, Mrs. Marceline Ever-
hardt and Ollie Mann, white and col
ored respectively, were arraigned yes
terday charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses. An estate of
$10,000 is involved. It ^s charged that
the baby was to have been passed oft
as the child of Ollie Mann.
Funeral Seivice of Mrs,
Raynal Largely Attended
Special to The News.
Statesville, t)ec. 12.—The funeral
service of Mrs. Mary Morrison Kay-
nal, wife of Rev. C. E. Raynal, who
died Sunday noon, were conducted at
the First Presbyterian church yea
would hear of no compromise. At tae i afternoon by Dr. C. M. Rich
end of a long series of conferences the Da-idson, assisted by Dr.
administration forces won a complete. j ^ gcott, of Statesville College,
victory, it being generally agreed that t
woro nttpnripd hv a laree congre-
Colonel New would head the commit
tee and that the four other members
would be National Committeemen
RUSSIA WILL WITHDRAW
DEMAND FOR EXPULSION.
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Dec. 12.—A Russo-Perslan
compromise is probable, according to
a telegram from Teheran to the Ger
man Cable Company. It is reported
that Russia is satisfied with Persia’s
apology* and that the Russian govern
ment will withdraw its demand for the
dismissal of W. Morgan Shuster.
IN CHARLESTON.
the train that was stop- By Associated Press. •
Charleston, S. C., Dec. 12.—At noon
r". of New York; T. G.Uhe annual Ga^
■ Baltimore; W. A. Gll- Grand Lodge of Masons ^
rinti-ndetit of bridges ot olina was ^ j Mflstpr
• ■a^f I.ine at Revenel, ture was the in
Williatns, Savannah, and James R. Joh^hsons anntial re^rt in
■- Atinnt!. Irpview of the past yeai. ueorge ».
I ’n. officials said early Mower, of Newberry, ®
I > •« they did not know grancj master tomorrow
t.-.. booty secured by the custom of
"it that their advlcee cipal officers. Matters ^ consld
' - away with all the terest to the craft are being consld-
' 1(10 tram contained, lered.
*ri. an employe of the ZTmZT*: riub
at AuKusto, who' O’Day to Manage Cincinnati
II 'topped by the tor- By Associated Press. ci’nav
i! was and dm I New York, l^.-Henry OIW.
■= v;iid biopping the umpire of the National »
toned for a time, today appointed manager
•' ou vis on Trail clnnatl National League Club for tne
'H been dispatchei coming season.
’roui iJeauiort, and
Juror Still Lost.
By Associated Press.
Kansas City, Mo., Deft. 12. Henry
W. Waldron, who disappeared while
serving as a member of the jury
that is trying Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, on
a charge of murdering Col. Thomas
H. Swope, has not been found.
The police today searched the Mis
souri river front for miles on the the-
oi-y that Waldron might have, thrown
himself into the stream.
Judge Porterfield says Waldron
must appear by tongiht or the jury
will be discharged, r •
ma\ sm on''
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 12.—Fourteen teams
left’in the six-day bicycle race were
more than two miles ahead of the re
cord at 8 o’clock this, morning, the
end of the 32d hour. At that time 12
teams had covered 667 miles 3 laps.
The best previous record. 665 miles
fiat, was made last year by McFarland
and Clark.
0.
f Mte.'
ijisiii*** '
ith officers, A
'..^irving the special
''Man tic Coast Line,
tl inspectors and
' bf on sent from
’ ne of the rob-
also been issued
oflicials to prevent
' -oiu^ about the place,
until after the blood-
cu'hod the scene.
• I YiMnassee with spec-
I' Irom Charleston,
House Committee To-day Un
animously Agreed Upon
7he Sulzer Resolution
house
By Associated Pres».
-w. .coiuu, Washington, Dec. 12.--ine
n hurried to the scene committee on foreign aiiairs
; : ; ; • ' unanimously agreed upon t^ Su zer
i charge of Engl- resolution directing the
' f)r I,. Charleston, Con- abrogation of the 1832 treaty
" ‘and Fire- the United States
®olor«id. Engineer cause of the discriminntion ^
m hl8 report to tue oi- ala American J©wist citlie«»
in the recognition of passports. The
committee will urge congress to take
quick action on the resolution.
—Mr. Harvey Topp, of Spai;:tanburg,
is spending the day in the city. Mr.
Topp was with the Southern Bell Co.
here for several-months last sununer,
and is wjsd known bei%
Vorys, of Ohio; Murphy, of New Jer-
Mulbane, of Kansas, and Vviii-
iams, of Oregon. Today the New for
ces agreed that two more members of
the committee might be named, mak
ing seven in all instead of five as usu
al. The additions, it was said, would
be" Messrs. Rose water, of Nebraska,
and Duncan, of North Carolina.
The southern embers of the com
mittee were in session again today
planning to resist any attempt at the
next convention to cut dd^fn the rep
resentation from the south.
There was no cessation today of the
talk about Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
The executive committee named the
following sub-committee to formulate
the call for delegates: Lowden, Illi
nois; Borah, of Idaho; Ward, of New
York; Rose water, of Nebraska, and
Caper» of South Carolina. •
Fear’of n fight in the next conven
tion to curtail the Southern represen
tation seems well founded. Representa
tive Burke of Pennsylvania, who led
the reduction fight in 1908 a,nd lost
by a narrow margin has again been
called upon to lead the movement.
Arizona a Real State Now.
By Associated Press.
Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 12.—By elect
ing its own governor and acquiring
for the first time,-twoifederal senators
and one congressman, Arizona today
assumed full sovereignty of a com
monwealth. , i ,,
The democrats hope to elect Mart
Smith and Henry Ashurst as Senators
but the republicans think Ralph Cam
eron is suri to win one of the seats.
and were attended by a large congre
gation of mourning friends and rela
tives. The service was very pathetic
and impressive because of its sim
plicity. The States ministers and vis
iting ministers attended in a body
and the officers of the church acted
as honorary pall bearer. The floral
tributes were numerous and beautiful
The interment was in a grave in
Oakwood cemetery beside that of the
infant baby which preceded its moth
er three iJays. The death of Mrs
Raynal, following that of the little
son, one of twin sons, the first born,
is peculiarly sad and Mr, Raynal has
the heartfelt sympathy of the entire
community in his great sorrow.
Pnzes jol Southern
Corn Growejs
By Associated Press
W’^ashington, Dec. 12.—James Wil
TODAY IN CONGRESS. ♦
— :
By Associated Press. ♦
Washington, D. C., Dec. 12. ♦
♦
SENATE. ♦
In sessibn at 2 p. m. ♦
Lorimer investigating com- ^
mjttee again hearl witnesses for ^
the defense. ♦
A national corporation com- ♦
mission was urged before in- ♦
terstate -xommerce committee ♦
and trust hearing. ♦
HOUSE.
Met at noon.
Sherwood dollar-a-d?iy pension
bill debate continued.
Foreign aflfairs committee
agreed to favorably report Sut-
zer resolution for abrogation of
Russian treaty.
Col H Watterson
To Speak Here
Great Editor Comes in The In
terest Of The Pending Arbi
ttaiion Treaties With the U,
S. Great Britian andFrance,
A big mass meeting in the interest
of the ratification of the ]|endjng arbi
tration treaties between the Jnited
States and Great Britain 4nd France
will be held in Charlotte, December
30th.
Col. Henry Watterson, the editor of
the Louis ville Courier-Journal, one of
the most notable and unique charac
ters in modem journali&m, will be the
principal speaker of the ocacsiqn.
“Marse Henry” is coming from
Louisville on that day to pay a visit
to Charlotte, which he has promi^d
himself for the past 10 years. Since
the death of Pulitzer there is probably
no one left who occupies quite the
place in the American newspaper field
as that filled by Henry Watterson,
and he will, no doubt, be greeted in
Charlotte by a large audience.
Mr. Watterson will make 12 speech
es in favor of these peace pacts, and
Charlotte is to be one of the favored
points. He deliver his first address at
Cooper Union, in New York last night
when Andrew Carnegie spoke with
him in favor of ratii.cation.
There is a nation-wide movement in
favor of the ratification of these trea
ties and prominently identified with
it are Judge Alton B. Parker,. William
Jennings Bryan, Dr. Eliot, of Harvard,
Cardinal Gibbons, President Alderman,
of the University of Virg^ia" and
leaders of thought to every profession
and xjalling. The forces behind these
treaties believe they constitute by
far the most important step yet tak
en by civilized nations to make re
mote the possibility of war in .the fu
ture.
The two arbitration treaties have
already rec^ved the approval of the
- governments of France and Great Bri-
the entry to ‘‘23.’
Following these piarks they came to
the interior of the chamber. However
none of the miners was there but ad*
ditional directions wero inscribed on
the wall giving the rescuers the route
that was being takep by the miners
w'ho presumably^ were compelled to
change air conditions in the mine.
A party of rescuers was assigned to
follow this trail in the hope of finding
more men alive. Four empty dinner
pjails also marked the trail indicated
by the chalk marks.
Seven Additional Bodies.
. Seven additional bodies were
brought out of the Cross Mountain
mine this morning, making a total of
thirty dead nowr recovered. The names
of these dead are:
MONROE VANDERGRIFF, aged 25
years, leaves widow.
CHARLES WHITED, 22, leaves wid*
son, secretary of agriculture,,.. today tain, and they
presented diplomas of merit to 21 tion of the senate of the United States
Southern boys who won prizes in before they become effective,
corn raising contests. Junius Hill, or It is the contention of the advo-
Alabama raised 212 bushels on one cates of these treaties that they will
acre at a cost of 8\l-2 cents a bush- bring to the pl^ne of discussion most
el Ben Beeson, of Monticello, Miss., of the causes of war.
ipad in the amount of production per Mr. Thos. J. Pence correspondent in
arrp with 227 bushels. It cost him Washington of the afternoon Courier-
fourteen cents a bushel.
FREIGHT TRAIN RUNS AWAy
FIVE MEN ARE KILLED.
Journal, and the Raleigh News and
Observer and other well-known papers,
and an all-roUnd good newspaper man,
is here today to arange for Colonel
Watterscn’s visit.
Rv Asosciated Press. • ' | Mr. Pence, in former years, was fre
Scranton Pa., Dec. 12.—A freight * quently in Charlotte, and la pleasantly
train ran away in the Carbondale remembered,
vards of the Delaware and Hudson. ~ _
railroad this forenoon. Five MONUMENT TO WOM^^
killed. Five w'ere-hurt. - Two.willCONFEDERACY.
The railroad'machine shops were burn-J . . , '
ed' Five locomotives were destroy- By Associated Pres^ « i * a
ed Most of the wreck victims are‘ Charleston. S. C., Dec. 12.^ol. ^ S
u t .T debris • Horne, a prominent resident of Dur
tuned beneath det>n». ^
Roal Estate Transfers. erection of a monument to the women
R E Doster and wife have of the Confederacy at Raleigh, N. C.,
^old to Mr. Charles Baber, of .Chero- according ta a telegram received here
kee county, an'attractive lot at the from Gen.'Julian S. Carr by Gen. C
intersection of the'Lawyer’s road find Irvine Walker, chairman of the U. C
C»icent Circle for $2,500. . •, jV. committee on women’s monumeiits
Mayw^hank of Indianapolis
Now Selling Chiistmas
Ttees to Public “of Cosf\
9y Associated Pr«ss.
Indianapolis, fnd., Dec. 12.—Mayor
Shank, who recently sold several car
loads of potatoes and more than one
thousand Thanksgiving turkeys to the
public at cost, Is now planning to im
port Christmas ' trees wbich he will
ItbA low«9t j^oiMble pricei*
“I am told,” said the mayor yester
day, “that it is possible to get Christ
mas trees in Michigan for practically
npthing, and that about all they would
cost us wOold be the labor for haiid-
llng them and freight. If this Is true
we may bring in a few^ carloads and
let^very person nave a Xmas tree at
' a reasoo^bto price.'* . _
MICHAEL MARLOW, 23, single.
B. F. THOMAS, 45, master mechanic
ViTidow and adopted child.
JOSEPH McQUEEN, widower.
TATE VALLALBE,, oO, Reaves wid
ow and four children.
The bodies were found near side
track No. 3. They arc in a badly de
composed condition and prompt bu
rial is necessary.
Governfnent Officials Enter IVline.
Government and state officials this
morning entered the mine on an ex*
ploring trip.
They expect to go itito every cross
entry todav. The party is headed by
Dr. J. A. Holmes, chief of the bureau,
of mines and Dr. J. J. Rutledge, of the
mine rescue station. They were ac
companied by 12 men. It Is thought
they will not return before dark.
Dr. 'Holmes made the following
statement thig morning before enter
ing the mine, which is the first given
out by him:
Upon the high intelligence of the
Cross Mountain miners I base my
hopes of recovering many men alive.’!
Have Trouble With Relatives. ?
Oflicials going into the mine have
had much trouble in keeping relatives
of imprisoned men from entering with
them. Some are frantic over the trag
ic misfortune of relatives and many
have threatened to tear up the mines
if not allowed to enter and engage in
the hunt for friends and loved ones.
This morning the officials permitted
a few miners to accompany them. The
finding of five men alive last night hat
made the people more anxious to scour
every entry in the hope of finding llv*
ing men.
Ghostly Chase With Death.
“A ghostly chase v/ith death” is thi
ghostly chase with death,” is the
ddscrlptfon of an experience the res
cue party in the Cross Mountain
mine had last night and today, ac-J
cording to the statement of one ot
the members.
Two miners, thought to be John
Duff and John Smith, have been on
a wild run in the farthest recesses
of the mine since 11 o’clock last
night and at 9 o’clock this mornin®
the rescuep arty had been unable to
capture them, despite the fact thejs
had been on their trail several
hours.
The men have been running fran
tically up and down the main chan
nel, now and then entering cross en
tries that have not been bratticed uP,
and thus they escape the rescuers.
The stillness of'the dark recesses i*
only broken by the wild screams ot
the men who have apparently los%
mental control of themselves and
are wandering helplessly in the chan*
nel, unable to find their way to Us
exit. It is believed that perhaps''
these are the men who escaped from
the party headed by William Hender
son that was rescued last night when
the explosion occurred last Saturday.
President Bears AH Expenses.
Upon the rescue of five living men,
from the ill-fated mine last night, T..
I. Stephenson, president of the Knox
ville Iron Compsmy, which operates;;
the mine, announced to the families"
jof the rescued party that the men^
could be removed to any hospital in;
the United States for care during
their convalescence and that thef
company stood ready to bear all ex- j-
pense. This announcement brought-
generous words of appreciation from -,
the families. - -
Mr. Stephenson spent the entire ,
night at the mine. A telephone has
been placed In the/main channel back
about two miles and the latest in
formation as to the findings of the,
rescue party is being conveyed to-
him over this wire.
CContinued on Nine.)
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