Scofield, Utah - History (part 2 of 4)

The services concluded by the singing of the old Mormon hymn, "Oh My Father, Thou that dwellest," after which the closing prayer was. offered by Counselor W. J. Newman. The coffins, literally covered with flowers, were literally borne to the hearses outside by the following pall-bearers: A. W. Chiverall R. E. Currie, Thomas Marnane, Hyrum Myers, F. D. R. Gray, J. W. Sug-den for the local I. O. O. F. Lodge; A. Wilson, J. and James Barrell, Charles Dalton, Otto Kurt and R. Norman; J. H. James, D. Fletcher, J. H. Shelley, Stephen Ried, Andrew Benson, and James Davis, the sextettes bearing respectively the remains of Alex, James and Willie Wilson. A cortege consisting of twenty-five carriages, the Utah brake, containing the Ladies Auxiliary Caledonian Club, and the pall bearers of Salt Lake drag followed the hearses to the burial ground in the cily cemetery, where the dedicatory prayer was offered, and a quartette consisting of G. VV. Tipson, Alma Vincent, Joseph Winter and C. J. Winter sang a hymn.

Burial Of The Italians At Salt Lake

Headed by Held's band and accompanied by the Societa Italiana Christofaro Columbo, 150 strong, together with twentythree carriages, bearing relatives and close friends of the deceased, the bodies of Joseph Maio, G. Funari, Ansehno Nocolo and Antonio Rollo, victims of the Scofield disaster, were taken from the undertaking parlors of S. D. Evans yesterday afternoon and laid to rest in Mt. Calvary. Rev. Father Keenan of the Catholic Church officiated, while the funeral arrangements were made and the expenses borne by Antanio Jachetta, Joseph Notti, John Maio, a son of Joseph Maio's; R. Jachetta. and Luigi Barberie, the latter gentleman bearing the expense of the band individually. Ten relatives from Scofield, with friends from that place, Castle Gate, Helper and Tucker, about twenty in all, made up the party of chief mourners. A large gathering of sympathizing people was present at the undertaking parlors, and hundreds of them viewed the remains prior to and at the close of the service At 1:30 the funeral cortege formed on State street, moved west on Second South to Main, up Main to South Temple, going east to the cemetery. Mr. Antonio Jachetta called at the Herald office last evening and asked to have the greatful thanks of himself and other members of his committe tendered to all who had so kindly assisted them, and particularly to the Italian society for turning out in a body in respect to their departed countrymen. The committee, friends and relatives of the deceased, who came up with the bodies, will leave for their homes this morning.

Burial Of Chris Johnson

Another of the victims of the Scofield disaster. Chris Johnson was laid to rest in the city cemetery yesterday afternoon. Funeral services were held at the Eighth ward meeting- house. Addresses in eulogy of the deceased were given by Bishop Sheets. N. C. Christensen, Carl Jensen, and John Cartwright. The casket was almost hidden in a profusion of lilacs, gathered b3- the children of the Sunday school, of which one of the dead man's little daughters is a member. At the conclusion of the services all present joined in singing the hymn, "Sweet Rest in Heaven." The pall bearers, John Olsen, John A. Hellstrom, P. H. Berquist, and John S. Erickson, then carried the casket from the meeting house to the hearse, and the funeral cortege made its, way to the cemeterj', where the grave was consecrated by Bishop Sheets.

Ogden Burial Services

The funeral services over the remains of the ten victims of the Scofield disaster were held today in the Tabernacle. Bistiop Peter B. Peterson of Knightsville presiding. The Tabernacle was crowded to its utmost capacity-, while hundreds were unable to gain admission. All the undertakers of the city assisted and every funeral vehicle available was used. The funeral procession reached almost from the Tabernacle to the cemetery, being nearly a mile in length. Music was furnished by the Tabernacle Choir under the direction of Squire Coop, assisted by Miss Luella Ferrin who sang a solo. The speakers were Joseph Small and President C. F. Middleton. The invocation was delivered by Elder Joseph Perry, and the benediction by Bishop David McKay. The coffins were ranged in front of the pulpit in two rows of five, and were covered with a profusion of flowers donated by the people from all over the country. Some 200 relatives were present and formed part of the cortege to the cemetery. The procession was arranged with six hearses containing members of the Hunter and Strang families, followed by the mourners and immediate relatives of the dead. Then came another hearse, followed by the near relatives. The scenes about the caskets in the Tabernacle and at the {jrave side were pathetic in the extreme. Several of the widows fainted and had to be carried from the grave. Following are the names of those buried here: Adam Hunter, John Hunter, Robert Hunter, James A. Hunter, William Hunter, David Hunter, John Hunter. F. Stang, F. F. Strang, Richard Stewart.

Provo Burial Services

The entire city is weeping for the survivors of the Scofield explosion. Provo has never experienced so sad a scene. The melancholy tones of the tabernacle organ as the six corpses were borne into the building brought tears from every eye, a sigh of sadness and intense grief from every heart. Forsooth, the streets of our city are sprinkled with tears, and everything is still, not a sound of business life can be heard, public offices are closed, and the daily orders of the courts are silenced. Thousands of people are with bowed heads and grief stricken hearts and still they assemble to pay the last respect to the dead. Oh! this awful calamity. Why should it be? Whj' should thousands be brought to grief, children left fatherless, and wives without support in life? It would rend the heart of any man to see the flowing tears of the Gatherums, the LangstafFs, the Evan's and the Parmleys' in Provo to-day.

Funeral services were held at the Stake Tabernacle at 2 o'clock p. m., with the large building packed to overflowing, and hundreds standing on the grounds outside. There were fully four thousand people present. President Partridge opened the services at 2:10 p. m., and the Provo choir sang a beautiful hymn, "Rest for the Aching Soul, Rest, Rest, for the Weary Head." Prayer was ofiFered by Patriarch Evans of Payson. The building was draped in white crape, intertwined with lilacs. The six caskets were buried beneath a bevy of flower wreaths. The corpses were placed side by side just in front of the rostrum and immediately confronting them were the mourners, numbering about fifty people. Bishop Keeler said, "Oh we do feel and sense the heart ache of the wives and children, fathers, brothers, and sisters who are called to mourn, and we would gladly share their sorrow if we could." Prof. Brim hall spoke in a spontaneous outburst of kind sentiment. He said, "There was a time when the human heart was not so big- as it is now; a time when men gloated over calamity to others, but that is changed now. Christ brought the spirit of love and kindness. The entire mass of humanitj' is afflicted over this calamity in this little mountain country. There is 'no lesson in God's school but what is valuable to us." He closed his remarks by invoking the blessings of God on the sorrowing friends.

Mayor Taylor thanked the relief committee for their action in giving aid in this calamity. Prof. Walton said, "One year ago the first of May, Robert Langstaflf made his advent onto American soil from England. He celebrated the anniversary of hi.s advent into this country by his death in the mines of the Pleasant Valley Coal Company, having been there only a few months." Mr. Walton pitifully depicted the scenes at the mines in rescuing the dead bodies, which brought the whole house to tears. He closed his reuiarks by appealing to the people to not let the surviving widows and orphans want for clothing, food or education. Other speakers addressed the assembly giving words of condolence and encouragement to those in mourning. The rain began to fall heavily about four o'clock, which prevented many people from going to the cemetery, but a large procession was, nevertheless, in attendance.

Bukiai, Sekvices At Spkingville

There took place here todaj^ one of the saddest as well as one of the most remarkable funerals in the State. The remains of the Miller boys, and also the remains of John Davis and his two sons, all victims of the Scotield disaster, were buried here this afternoon. The remains of the deceased arrived here last night and were taken to the homes of the relatives. There were three Miller boys, who leave a widowed mother, and John Davis, and his two sons, age 19 and 20. Mr. Davis leaves a widow and ten small children without any means of support. The funeral of the

Davis's was held under the direction of the Latter-day Saints' church. John Davis was born in Wales in 1850, came here in 1875, and has lived in Scofield twenty years, where all his children were born. P. H. Boyer was director, and the speakers were: Thomas R. Jones of Ivehi, John S. Boyer, and Joseph Hull. The floral decorations were beautiful and the caskets were buried in flowers. The Miller boys were buried under the direction of the Presbyterian church, with the Rev. Baily as director. Morgan Miller was born in 1867, William in 1869, and John in 1870. Rev. Theodore L,ee, of Spanish Fork, read the obituary, and Rev. Baily made the funeral address. Bishop Hull pronounced the benediction. The music was appropriate. The K. O. T. M. acted as pall bearers at both funerals, and their band led the procession. Business was entirely suspended and everyone turned out to pay their last respects to the deceased.

Bukiai. Services At American Fork

The funeral services over the remains of Samuel and David Padfield were held today in the Mormon meeting house. The bodies arrived at 2:30 p. m., each casket being borne by six pall bearers, followed by a large body of mourners and friends. There was also a large delegation of the members of the I. O. O. F. lodge No. 26, of Lehi, numbering twenty-two, including a representation of the Daughters of the Rebekah Ivodge No. 13. All three boys were members of the I. O. O. F. The house was completely filled, and many were unable to gain admission. After singing by the choir, and prayer, a few consoling remarks were made by Stephen L. Chipman, followed by Emil Anderson. Thomas Barratt, Geo. Cunningham, and D. J. Thurman, member of Lodge No. 26, I. O. O. F., at Lehi. During the services the grief of the bereaved Was very touching. Mr. and Mrs. Padfield bore up wonderfully well under the circumstances, but the grief of the wives of Samuel and Thomas was almost unbearable. Up to the present time the body of Thomas Padfield had not been found, but his wife attended the funeral of the other two brothers. It was the saddest funeral ever witnessed in

American Fork, and the whole Town was in niourniiig^. The services came to a close at 3:40 p. m., by the choir singing- "Farewell All Earthly Honors." Seventy carriages followed the remains to the cemetery. Flags were all at half mast, aiid business houses were all closed during the funeral services.

Hukial Sekvicks At Kukeka

The funeral services over the remains of Al E. Watson, one of the victims of the recent mine explosion at Scofield will be conducted from the Odd Fellows' hall tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 1 o'clock under the auspices of Tintic Lodge No. 12, I. O. O. F. of which the deceased was a member. The deceased is a brother oi Superintendent Joe Watson of the Eureka Hill mine, and Eph. Watson, Justice of the Peace, and was a resident of this place about nine months ago. The body will be interred at the city cemetery. Al. E. Watson was 33 years of age at the time of his death, and leaves a wife and three small children. Joe Watson returned last evening from Scofield, where he went to care for his brother's wife and family, and have the remains sent to Eureka. Mr. Watson said that everything possible was being done by the mining company, and also by the outside people who were at Scofield. The rescue was still going on when he left the grief-stricken coal camp; Mr. Watson was very enthusiastic in praise of many people who, ever since the first, have continued the awful work of getting the bodies out of the mine. Mr. Watson says that Superintendent G. W. Sharp is especially deserving the praise for his faithful labor. Mr. Sharp has, he said, scarcely taken time to eat or sleep while the rescue work progressed, and did everything in his power to console and care for the unfortunate families who are left without sustenance by the awful calamity.

Kukial Skkvices Ax Kichfielo

The funeral services and interrment of Richfield's four victims of the Scofield catastrophe were held here this afternoon. The tabernacle was nearly filled by the sorrowing crowd of relatives and friends of the deceased and their families. The caskets were covered with many floral decorations, among them being a large cross of natural flowers on each. Appropriate consoling remarks were made by President Seegtniller, H. N. Hayes, J. S. Home, W. H. Clark and Simon Christensen. The funeral procession which formed afterwards was over four blocks long in carriages alone. The bereaved families have been remembered in a substantial way also. Subscription papers were circulated yesterday and over $100 raised for the assistance which they need. Nearly $20 was also contributed to the widow of Joseph City's victim, V. R. Miller. The body and face of Mr. Muir was not crushed in any way. The face of one of his sons, and of his son-in-law, Mr. Bjornson, showed a few bruises, while the other son was considerably bruised, and his casket was not opened. They were all no doubtedly killed by the concussion of the explosion, or by being hurled against the walls of the mine. The blow is a severe and trying one to the family, especially to Mrs. Muir, but friends are doing all that is prossible to comfort and aid her. The young widow was a bride of only three months. The body of V. R. Miller of Joseph was sent home yesterday and services will be held today. Richfield, at the time of the disaster, had other of her citizens employed at the mines, but fortunately were working in the timber.

A large number of Price people went to Spring Glen today to attend the last sad rites to be paid to the remains of the three sons of William Miller, who were victims of the Scofield disaster. Two of them were heads of families, leaving several small children to be cared for by mothers. The Price subscription list is still being augmented by her generous citizens. On Tuesday next week, a benefit will be given by local talent at the Town hall, the proceeds of which will be added to the list.

BURLAI. SERVICES AT SCOFIEI,D. In the succession of dreadful days that have passed since Scofield and Winter Quarters were engulfed in tragedy, there has been no sadder one than this: The final parting's of the bereft from their dead and quickened the minds of the afflicted from the stupor of grief to keei:, sharp realization of Avhat it all meant to them. The shrieks and moans had died away and given place to a settled and less demonstrative grief. Eight more bodies were interred in the little cemetervon the hillside, making: the total number buried here 114, The first g'eneral funeral service took place this afternoon, as there was no meeting- house here, the Apostles accepted the tender of the Odd Fellows' hall. one of the largest in Scofield. While the meeting- was held by the Latter-da3' Saints and presided over by the Apostles, its scope was broadened to take in all who mourned, and at one o'clock the hall was crowded with people of all denominations and no denomination at all.

A draped flag was hung back of the platform and the hall was draped. Prof. Giles officiated at the organ and a large choir rendered exquisite music. The attendance was large, numbering over three hundred, of whom two hundred and fifty were residents, their number no larger than the dead for whom they mourned. Apostle Teasdale offered the opening prayer in which he gave thanks for the S3'mpathy which had come to those people from all over the world. He ask^d God's blessing upon those who extended it, especially upon the President of the United States and his associates, and upon those who had worked so hard amid the closing scenes of the awful tragedy; upon the Superintendency of the mine and his associates, who had done so much to make possible a Christian burial for the dead. He asked the Almightj' to comfort the widows and orphans, and returned thanks to God that the hearts had been opened and subscriptions made to aid the stricken ones. He felt grateful that the holy Gospel had been restored to the earth, bringing with it truth and light and the hope of a glorious resurrection. He asked that grace might be given all to overcome and endure until the end. The choir sang the hymn, "Hark, From Afar, a Funeral Knell." Apostle Heber J. Grant followed, and said he desired that the words he might utter would comfort the hearts of all who mourned and strengthen the faith of the Saints. "On occasions of this kind, we realize that words fail and that we have not the power to express the full sentiments of our hearts and the sympathy we have for those who mourn. There is no desire on our parts except to comfort them. Truly it is better to visit the house of mourning^ than the house of feasting-, for it is then that our hearts are drawn out to God. In the hour of revelry and feasting- we forget our Father in heaven and the responsibilities resting- upon us. While there is sorrow upon occasions of this kind, yet our hearts are drawn together in love and sympathy. 1 have had some experience in the battle of life, and can say that there is no joy equal to that which comes when we are laboring- for the souls of men. VV^e, as L/atter-day Saints, do not mourn as do people who have no hope; that hope robs death of its frightful horror. From my own experience I know that God can comfort us in such an hour as this. I have experienced it. If we keep the commandments of God we know we shall have our loved ones who have g^one before through all the countless ages of eternity." Apostle Grant bore a powerful testimony to the divinity of Christ, the divine mission of Joseph Smith and to the truth of the Gospel. Continuing, he told how his faith in God had strengthened him in the hour of affliction. When his wife and son died, he was supported by the absolute knowledge he had and did not shed a tear. When his wife was dying, his daughter called upon him to restore her mother. He had her leave the room and then bowed in prayer to God asking Him to g-ive to his daughter a witness, and it was done. When she returned to her dead mother she had received a testimony. Elder Seymour B. Young said that this occasion was one calling for the deepest sympathy. He could not express how he felt for the grief-stricken people here. If he was without faith, or they had none in the Gospel of the L/ord, and His power to heal and control, the speaker would feel grief-stricken indeed. On the anniversary of the great day when our navy, under Admiral Dewey, was victorious, came this calamity, and the sun, instead of setting here, went down in gloom and sorrow. The blow had been felt throughout this great nation. The sad tidings swept across the ocean and other nations extended their sympathy to us.

If we could feel thus deeply for our fellow-men, how sure mig-ht we feel that God looked down in great cumpassion upon the afflicted ones. Many scenes of sorrow had followed the Latter-day Saints, and in 18+4, he remembered seeing- the Saints stricken throug-h the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum. The saints had come to look upon then) as above the shafts of death, but in an hour they were taken, and the Saints learned that there was nothing- be^'ond death's shaft upon the earth. In 1836, in achievinjjr the independence of Texas, a little band of Texans were hemmed in at Alamo under Col. Crockett. All of them were slain on March 6th of that year, and their bodies were burned by the cruel Mexicans, jet out of the ashes blossomed the roses of liberty. So in all the dispensations of God, He found that He would work out ultimate g-ood to us all." In closing, Elder Young read a beautiful poem. The choir sang-, "Rest for the Weary Soul." .\postle Reed Smoot next addressed the audience and said that after witnessing- the scenes of the past few days, he was more than ever convinced that this life was not a life in reality, but that the true life would be found beyond the veil, where so manj' of the friends and relatives of the audience had gone. There may be those that believe that death has a sting-, a grave a victorj', but the speaker urged his hearers to the belief that in the loss of mortalitj- we gain immortality. Religion is no good unless one receives some benefit b}' it. Relig^ion means that we should do good to each other. "I ask the widows to stop and consider that though their loved ones are dead, thej- have simply gone back to mother earth, and all that was Godlike in them, all that made you love them. lives and will live forever." The speaker related an experience of his own, when his mother was on her death bed. She asked each of her children to express themselves before she passed awa\' as to whether she had done all she should have done for them. In all his weakness at the time, his last request was if she could come back, she would come and tell him that he was doing the will of the Father, and whether the Gospel was true or not. "And I want to testify," he continued, "that that mother of mine appeared to me, not when I was asleep, not when I was dreaming.

that was pleasing^ in His sight." There was nothing to be compared with a testimony that Jesus was the Christ, but they could not have that testimony unless they did the will of the Father. It could be had only by exertion, by effort. His hope and desire was that every young man born under the covenant of the everlasting Gospel should live such a life that he might do whatever was wanted at an3' time. If religion does not make j'ou a better citizen in all respects then religion is doing you no especial good. You who have it should extend a helping hand. The next month will be a very trying time for those who have lost their dear ones. In the excitement of the present, you have been held up, but in the days that are coming, go to your God. Let those left behind say no rash words, do no rash act. Take no especial steps towards demanding what 3'ou may think is right from the Companj-, don't let men come among you to harrow up your souls; take counsel of each other, so that whatever is done may not be for one but for all. There is a bishopric here that loves j'ou and we hope the conditions of each family may be learned. If we do not get excited, we will be better off than if we go about it haphazard, I give you this advice with all the love I would give to a dear brother or father. "I hope that in this great bereavement everyone will extend a helping hand in the spirit of brotherly love."

Apostle George Teasdale was the last speaker. He said that he and his associates were present at the request of President Lorenzo Snow. The word of the disaster had come to them while they were in counsel, and they had came as quickly as possible to offer what help and consolation they could. He referred to the faithful labors of the men who had come to aid and had gone down to the bowels of the earth to rescue the bodies. "My heart is out to those men," he said, "I want to meet them all and take by the hand those who have shown by their labors their nobility and their manhood, and I am pleased to be associated with them, whatever their religion is." Those who died in the i>i*s had worked out their salvation. The men who went into the bowels of the earth, worked, came home, slept and returned to work, scarcely seeing the glory of the sun and the skies. These men did -not have the opportunities of temples. "But," he asked.

"when they died and were behind the veil, do you think there is uo salvation for them? You cannot make me believe that. That is why we are here to get their names and this information about them. Who was it that put up our temples and performed other g^reat works? It was not the millionaires, overflowing- with money, but working men, upon whom, after all, we all have to depend." According to the prophecies calamities might be expected, and they were growing more and more frequent. *'Wt are all equally the children of God, the gates are wide open for those who loved the Ivord and kept his commandments. When our spirits return to God who gave them, we shall receive our reward in accordance with our works. That is justice. It is not those who cry "Lord, Lord," and go about doing lip service but those who work. The wives who had lost husbands could be sealed to them for eternity. He prayed that the tens of thousands being raised for the afflicted ones, might not be wasted, but that it would g-otothe widow and the orphan. These men and women don't want charity. Thej' have said: 'Give us something to do, that we niay be independent in our manhood.' That is the nobility of labjr. Give these people a homestead with a pig sty and a place for a cow and some chickens. These widows want a home and a shelter. "I praj' God that He will sanctify this affliction unto us. We mourn with you, our tears mingle with yours. May peace be in all your habitations." The choir sang, "Wanted on the Other Side," and after benediction, the services were concluded.

Bukiai, Services At Winter Quarters

The Latter-Daj' Saints meeting- house at Winter Quarters where the bodies were laid after being brought out of the mines until the room was no longer adequate to shelter the growing- list, had been thoroughlj' cleaned on Saturday, and this uiorning the Sunday School met there as usual. But what a change there in less than a weekl

Last Sunday the room was filled with happy children and contented iteachers. Today there was a great falling off in attendance and all was sadness. The parents, worn out with tneir exertions, could not, in many cases, j^et the little ones ready for the service. And those who came shed tears when they saw the new secretary in the place of L<ewis I^eybhon, the secretary, who perished in the mine on Tuesd;iy. They missed the voice of their chiiir leader, Richard T. Evans, the sweet singer in Israe', another of the victims. There were other thinj^s that reminded them all too strongly of the tragedy. Throughout the week, since the accident, Andrew Hood, that sturdy', brave Scot, had been a familiar figure at the tunnels, as he went in vrith the rescuing parties and came out with bodies of hi.s late comrades. Tcjday he occupied his old place as Superintendent. The services were brief. Apostle Teasdale was the first speaker, and after a consoling address, in which he dwelt upon the lesson taught by partaking the Sacrament and invoking a blessing upon the children, he introduced Apostle Heber J. Grant. It had always been a pleasure, to meet with the Sabbath schools, and he looked back with extreme pleasure upon his own Sunday school days. The necessity of keeping the commandments was referred to, and the influence of the teachers upon the children brought out. To illustrate this, he related the circumstance of a Sunday school teacher who went with an excursion to Saltair. He met a number of old companions, and while at the table with them was urged to take a glass of beer. He had always kept the word of wisdom but thought that when in Rome he might do as the Romans did and was about to drink it, when he saw a little girl, one of his Sunday school class, looking at him. He pushed the glass away, and that night the little girl said .she saw the men offer her teacher a glass of beer, but she knew he would not take it, and was not surprised when he pushed it away from him. If that man would have drunk the beer, the confidence of that girl in him would have been destroyed forever. T'.iis was a time that called for the love of all, and in closing he recited "Abou Ben Adhem," which he said illustrated what loving kindness would do. Apostle Reed Smbot followed and spoke of the good influence exerted by the Sunday schools, and which followed a man through his life. He urged the children to be regular in attendance. All the commandments of the Ivord must be kept. He hoped that the spirit of the lyord would be poured out iu ^reat abundance upon all the afflicted ones, and those who had been spared should not forget the Ivord and His mercy. In the great calamity that had come over them he prayed that by prayer and humility they might see the hand of the Ivord in it. If they went to the Lord iu that spirit, it would be given to them to see and to know. Apostle Teasdale said the L<ord was displeased with none except those who refused to acknowledge His hand iu all thing^^s. It had been prophecied that calamities would come in the last days and would commence in His own house. He referred feelingly to those who had been called away, but the Lord wanted them, they had finished their work here. Superintendent Andrew Hood explained the comparatively small attendance and said that the school had earnest and devoted teachers. After singing, the benediction was pronounced by Apostle Smoot.

The last sad rites over the last of the Ogden victims of the Scofield disaster were performed over the remains of James C. Hunter. The remains of Mr. Hunter were found on Saturday morning and removed to the surface, where thej' were prepared and placed in a casket and shipped to Ogden, arriving at 10 o'clbcV on Saturday evening. The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with a large attendance of sorrowing- relatives and friends. A very impressive and appropriate sermon was preached by elder Joseph Hall. The hearse containing the body was followed by many vehicles to the city cemetery, where the remains were laid to rest in the family burial ground by the side of his father, Robert Hunter, who met his death in the same disaster. The grave was covered with beautiful flowers.

-'One <jf the saddest and largest funerals ever witnessed in the <jarden citj' was that over the remains of the six victims of the coal mine explosion at Winter Quarters, who were brought to this city for interment. They were William Parmley, D. D. Evans, George I^angstaff, Thomas Gatherum, James Gatherum and Wil- liam Gatherum. When their remains arrived last evening-, there was an immense crowd at the R. G. W. depot to receive them, and all p'aces of business are todaj' closed during- the funeral. Preparations for the funeral commenced early this morningf. It was desired to keep all the remains tog-ether, and though William Parmley was buried under I. O. O. F., and D. D. Evans under K. of P. auspices, while the Gatherum brothers, and Langstaff were buried bj* the Mormon church, they were all treated alike. In the absence of enough hearses in the city, six buggies were suitably draped in white mull with black bows. Even the pall bearers wore similar bows, the regalia of the orders being omitted in order that no distinction might be shown.

-'The Tabernacle had been beautifully and impressivel)' decorated in white, while man3' school children furnished flowers in abundance to Le suitably placed in the building.

"The six coffins were placed side by side in front of the stand and covered with rich floral tributes, tenderh' placed on them by a committee of j-oung ladies. It was a sight which brought <ears to many eyes, and nearly all the vast audience wept with the man)' mourners.

"President Partridge had charge of the services and the Tabernacle choir, with nearly all members present, furnished the singing. The first hymn was 'Rest, Rest for the Weary Soul," etc.

"President Partridge announced that there were several speakers named for the occasion but their remarks would have to be brief, and in fact some could not be heard, on account of it being necessary to cut the sei^nces somewhat short.

"Bishop Keeler spoke first on the vastness of the calamit)'. the news of which had spread throughout the civilized world and broug-ht back expressions of sympathj- from many States, from the President of the United States, and the head of the great French Republic. The lesson of the sad event show that humanity is coming nearer and nearer to God-like perfection and have a common interest in each other's welfare. It shows that God i* working- in the interest of His children. In conclusion he spoke of the hopes of a common resurrection for all mankind. V "Prof. Georg:e H. Brimhall followed in somewhat the same strain. There was a time when the hunian heart was not so large as at present; when it was more of an animal heart, and one race preyed upon the misfortunes of another. But when One came and gave Himself a sacrifice for others, it taught the message of love. Since then there has been a revolution in the hearts of humanity. Mankind is also learning, as it was eloquently portrayed, that the dead will yet live.

"Mayor Taylor spoke brieflj' his gratitude for the manner in which the public had responded to aid the afflicted, but it was suggested that the sympathy be continued to the widows and orphans through their lives. The mayor closed with a fervent benediction.

1/ "Prof. J. B. Walton and Judge Booth followed, and closing remarks were made by President Partridge, but the report was cut short by the Enquirer having to go to press.

"The cortege, which was one of the longest ever formed in Provo, was headed by the bishops of the four wards, and then followed the bodies, pall-bearers, mourners and the general public.

"The train bearing the dead and the sorrowing relatives and friends which came into Provo from the scene of the great disaster yesterday, brought the bodies of the following for Provo: William'Parmley, Thomas Gatherum, James Gatherum, William Gatherum, D. P. Evans, and George Langstaff. The remains of the father of the last named, Robert LangstafF, had not been identified when the train left but it is reported that the body will be brought to Provo for interment today.

"Responding to the announcement of the Enquirer bulletin, which appeared upon the board about one o'clock, large crowds of citizens and vehicles gathered at the depot at four o'clock and remained in waiting until the arrival of the train, which slowly steamed in at five o'clock. The scene, on the transfer of the six caskets, bearing- the dead, to the platform, and the long procession of widowed women, orphaned and fatherless children, was a harrowing- one. Convej'ances were on hand, under the direction of the bishops of the respective wards to convey the bodies and the relatives into town. The local organization of I. O. O. F. was represented and took charge of the remains of William Parmle3'. "The bodies were tak3n to the undertaking parlors respectivel)' of H. Cluflf & Co., Graham & Jones, and O. H. Berg-, where they have remained until the hour named for commencing- the funeral services at the Tabernacle today."

Obsequies Over W. B. Dougall At Spkixgvili.E.

Among- the first to be brought to the surface from the inside of Number Four, was W. B. Dougall, a bright young surveyor from Springville. At the head of his corps of assistants he entered the mine about thirty minutes before the explosion, and was found with his instrument set, not far from the outside.

William Barnard Dougall, one of the victims of the Scofield mine calamitj-, was buried at Spring-ville on Friday', the funeral services being held under the auspices of the Maccabees, deceased being a member of the local tent. The remains were conveyed from the residence of deceased's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Dougall, to the Latter-day Saint's meeting house. Rev. W. H. Huff read the Episcopal funeral service. Bishop George S. Hill and Don C. Johnson of the Maccabees delivered funeral sermons. The Springville choir and theProvo quartette rendered selections. The benediction was delivered by Rev. R. C. Baily. A large procession followed the remains to the cemetery.

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Every one of the huudred and more men who have g^one into those chambers of death and horror, mines Number One and Four, has proven himself a hero. The avyful calamity that has wellnigh destroyed this community has of course overshadowed everything-else and deeds have been done here since the morning' of May first that called f jr as hi<,'h a degree of heroism as the world has ever seen. In ordinary times and under ordinary circumstances these acts would be blazoned around the world; now they seem natural and ordinary. When right after the explosion volunteers were called for it meant any man who dared step into those tunnels took his life in his hands, it meant that he would certainly meet the fire-damp, to what extent no one knew, and it meant that every step would be fought with danger. And j^et, no one hesitated. "When the miners from Clear Creek, Castle Gate and Sunny side arrived they were divided into parties, then into shifts, and quickl3- reinforced the handful ot home miners who are left. As to what the3' have done all the world knows and perhaps the world would be interested also in learning what the experiences of those rescuers were. Here is the story of it from the lips of one of the bravest of the brave, a man who was in the mine when the explosion occurred, and joined the first relief party and has taken his regular shift ever since. He was in Number One in the first raise, when the explosion occurred, but so far away from it that the sound did not reach him. He noticed a movement in the air but thought it the result of a cave and worked on a quarter of an hour when his miners' instinct told him that something was wrong- and he came on down to the main entry. A door had been fitted in here to keep the current of good air from going above and to direct it into the main workinj^s where it would meet the damp and either weaken it very much or drive it back. This door was guarded on the other side. Passing- on to the mouth of the tunnel this miner, with others, joined Superintendent T. J. Parmley and went to Number Four, where the greatest danger existed. Those working outside of the mine had all been injured so the party was small. "Going in," said the miner, "we saw a number of dead, but of course our object was to find if any were alive first. I simply stopped to see if these men were alive and passed in. We only found three alive and one of them has since died. Number Four was so blocked that progress was slow and very dangerous and we had to carry the men out on stretchers, as the cars could not be used. A good many in Number Four were badly bruised and mutilated. When a man was caught by the full force of the explosion he was hurled against the wall or floor with the same effect that would follow the throwing of a piece of dough against the wall. After working a while in Number Four we went to Number One, where nearly all the men who died from the after-damp were asphyxiated. A great many people have asked if the men who were killed from the damp suffered much. I can say that they did not, and know that to be the case, because I have gone through the experience to the stage of unconsciousness during the past two days. Many of us in the rescue parties were overcome by the damp and were carried back into the purer air by our companions. This damp contains carbon-dioxide and is very poisonous. A whiff of it almost paralyzes a man, and a good breath of it renders him unconscious. Then he falls as if in a sleep and dies unless instantly carried into the purer air. What stuggles take place after that first breath are the struggles that nature puts forth automatically, I have seen our men fall and struggle but they knew nothing of it. Going along in the workings we would hear one of our party commence to cry out and waver. We knew at once he had the damp and were generally to him before he fell. So far we have not lost a man of the rescuers, but when we first commenced work before the ventilation was restored it was a desperate game. We found the dead in every conceivable attitude. One man had filled his pipe and sat down to light it. The damp stri'ck him - and he died then and there, with the filled pipe in his outstretched hand. On a box where a dead Finlander was picked up was his watch. It had stopped when the explosion occurred and the hands marked 10:28 o'clock. We found men in groups who had evidently sat down to consult. Other groups had been overtaken as they rushed ahead of the damp. In these groups the men were lying mostly on their backs; but where the single men were found scattered throughout the workings they were face downward. "The men who led our parties were Superintendent T. J. Parmley; H. B. Williams, of Clear Creek; Mr. Frank Cameron of Castle Gate, Andrew Hood, Gomer Thomas, Andrew Gilbert, W. G, Sharp, and perhaps some others with whom I was not associated. The men who formed the parties aside from our own miners came from Clear Creek, Sunnyside and Castle Gate.

Castile Gate

"How can we go through the ordeal of picking up the dead shift after shift? Well I've thought of that, too, made up our minds not to give way to our feelings, to stifle them and ignore our thought of everything except the work in hand, otherwise we could not do a thing. Why, when I have gone through there and turned over a man who was a friend and intimate associate, perhaps of year's standing, the sentiments of grief stirred in all my being, but I repressed them. It was either that or else drop down by the side of my chum, take hold of his cold hand, and just cry my heart out, for we have hearts just the same as the rest. But it would not do, we have to stifle and go forward with the work. Some of our men were nervous at first, for the scenes, in spite ol all resolution, did excite and move us; but when the death list grew to fifty, then to a hundred, then to a hundred and fifty, and now to away over two hundred, all got over it. But when the last body is out of the mine you will see more of us break down. You have seen us here for two days working as though we were machines, but there is going to be an end to that. Nature is going to assert itself and that very soon." CASTILE GATE.

morning- has brought a heavy gloom to the inhabitants of this town. There are a great many here who are called to mourn the loss of a brother, son or relative of some kind. News was eag^erly sought for regarding their safety, but the anxiety became greater than their patience, and a number went up on last evening's train. No one was allowed to go before, only those officials who were sent for, and this morning no one would go into the mines, as the majority of the miners had relatives killed, and had gone to Scofield. When No. 1 passenger train rolled in about 7:30 a. m., the platform of the depot was crowded with people, who, apparently, had not slept through the terrible night, hoping in vain for aome ray of hope. At 10 o'clock a. m., a special was chartered, and about fifty more went up, and a number will follow on this evening's train. All the fraternal lodges will be numerously represented, and it seems that only enough will be left in town to look after things in general. One young man, after the explosion here, said he Avould never work in this mine again, as it was too dangerous; so he left, and" had only worked a few days in Number Four mine when he, along with a brother, was killed.

Here are a few incidents that have transpired and are daily transpiring in this town of desolation and misery. A volume larger than the Bible would be required to chronicle them all.

On the day of the explosion, while the turmoil and excitement was at its height, a couple of young men appeared at the mouth of tunnel Number Four, and asked permission to go in and search for their brother, Ben Lloyd. At that time it was considered madness to venture on the inside, and the management refused to let the boys go to what seemed certain death. They persevered, however, finally going in under protest. After a search of two hours they came upon the place where Ben was last seen alive, and together they dug out his remains.

Einer B. Bearnson, related to a family that was wiped out, received a dispatch while working on the railroad in Wyoming, to come home at once. He arrived here Friday evening, to learn that the dead ones he sought, accompanied by relatives, were on the funeral train, which he had passed on the way. The young man was determined to get down to Sevier in time to see them buried, and first procuring- an order for transportation from the company officials, that would carry him from Colton to Richfield, he started at midnight to walk to the junction, a distance of fifteen miles, in order to make an early connection.

An Instance Of Bravery Among The Boys

The instances of bravery among the boys employed in the mines are remarkable for their number. Young James Naylor was at a door at the Number Six raise in Number One, when a gust of wind, as he supposed, blew it open. He promptly closed it, but the usual performance was repeated. For the third tirat he shut and braced his shoulder against it, but then Cttme the terrible blast, and he was carried over two cars and landed in the tunnel ditch. He got up, thinking an explosion had Ov^curred in the air shaft, or else there was an earthquake. He felt that he had remained at his post long enough at any rate, and he made his way through the dark tunnel and out into the open, a distance of 3,000 feet. He was unhurt.

Phil. Thomas came in from Spanish Fork, Friday afternoon, looking for dead relatives. He walked up and down the street making inquiries for them; searched the meeting house and school house for them without result, and had concluded that they were still in the mine, when he heard that they, the four Thomases, his brothers and nephews, had been buried while he was around town in search of them.

One of the six Evans brothers (two of whom are killed) was at work on the face of the new branch of Number One, which spurs off to the right of the tunnel about 1,500 feet. ''First I heard a terrible roar," he says, "lasting all of two minutes, and I suspected an earthquake. I called to Owen Rowe, who was working with me, and we run out in time, but my ears are affected so that I can scarcely hear."

A telegram came from the Argenta lodge, Masonic, of Salt L,ake. It was worded briefly, but told volumes. It said: "What can Argenta lodge do for William Parmley or family?" There were others of like importance from all sections of the country. Parmley was a foreman in one of the mines, and his body was recovered yesterday.

Chief Clerk Nelson, of the Coal Company, and manager of the four stores of the Wasatch Store Co., today had messages from Armour & Co., Swift Packing Company, and others, asking if their products wovtld be acceptable. As yet there is no organization for the disposition of these things, but later they will be taken, for distress will undoubtedly increase.

John I.. Wilson

Jack Wilson, the Scofield miner who was blown from the mouth of the mine by the explosion and thrown, it is said, eight I hundred twenty feet by actual measurement, will be the first man out of the hospital of all the unfortunates who escaped with their lives from the fearful accident. With others of the injured, Mr. Wilson was brought to Salt Lake and placed in St, Marks hospital for care and medical attendance. His skull was fractured and a hole was torn in his side that made it seem impossible at first to save his life, to say nothing of the terrible shock caused by the explosion. In spite of all this he was up yesterday and the attendants affirm that he will be the first out of all those who ; were brought here for attention. Mr. Wilson was rational yes- , terday for the first time, but he has no recollection whatever of the accident. From the time of the explosion till his reason returned yesterday his mind was an absolute blank. While he will soon be out of the care of the doctors and will be in a condition to be discharged from the hjspltal if he gets no back-set, he will

A Ministering Angei, At Wokk

By some chance Miss Daisy Haroon, the professional nurse from Salt Lake, happened to be in Scofield at the time of the explosion, having- come down to assist the local physician in some case. Today ever^' woman in Scofield thinks gratefully of how Miss Haroon has worked incessantly in the stricken families since the great disaster and has carried to them comfort as well as healing. There are so few who are not overcome with personal sorrows that Miss Haroon's labor has been unceasing and her strength severely taxed. She has truly been a ministering angel in these dark and trying hours.

William Clark'S Heroic Sacrifice

What could be more pathetic; and tragic as well; than the death of young Will Clark? He was an employee of the company working outside, and with hundreds of others rushed to the mouth of the tunnel. His father and brother were both inside, and, wild with grief, he joined the first party of rescuers. When the word to enter was given, he dashed recklessly ahead to commence the search for his dear ones, when the lurking damp enveloped him as in a winding sheet and he was dead before aid could reach him. Three men were found by the rescuers near the mouth of the tunnel alive, but unconscious. They were hurried outside and it was hoped all were saved.

This afternoon six of as fine horses as are to be seen in the whole state of Utah came rushing out of the tunnel of Number One, and the mystery of their being alive is one that puzzles every one connected with the mine. They had their harness and trappings peculiar to mine horses intact, and there was not a scar or scratch on one of them. They were turned down the hill and cavorted away in the direction of the stable as if justoff for a feed. But there was not a man alive to tell at what point in the mine they had been stationed last.

Willie Davis' Heroism

Here was one of the most pathetic stories of that fatal Ma)' day. A lad by the name of William Davis started for the mouth of the tunnel, covering- his mouth with his cap, but seeing a miner in distress, the little hero removed his cap to use both hands to assist the man to rise. By doing- so he was caug-nt by the fatal afterdamp, and both shared the same fate. When found the two were together, with the boy's arms locked around the man's waist, showing- that the lad had attemped to rescue his elder.

Thomas Pugh

Tom Pugh, fifteen years old, did not lose his head in the terrible hour. When he heard the detonation he seized his hat in his teeth and kept his nostrils covered while he ran through the tunnel. He was in as far as the fifth raise which is about a mile and a half from the entrance, but he reached the outside in safety while his father, with whom he was working, perished. The boy fainted on reaching the end of his long run. The remarkable part of it is that he had no light.

William Mcintosh, Book-Keeper For Wasatch Stoke Co

The esteem in which "Billy" Mcintosh is held was demonstrated when a rumor gained credence that he was in Number Four. This was at the very beginning, when to go in was almost certain death. One of the men who heard the words, "Mc. is in there," threw oflf his coat in the twinkling of an eye. "Then I'll go in and bring him out," he said. He would have kept his word, too, had not the supposed victim at that moment appeared. He was over at the stable, several rods away, and had been missed.

Here is a sample of hundreds of telegrams that have poured in from all over the country: "Andrew Smith: Answer quick if you are alive." There was usually no answer, but in this case, Andrew Smith was alive.

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Zeph Thomas, of Logan, was ou his way here to visit his brother, Joseph, Tuesday evening-. He had heard rumors at Salt I/ake of an accident, but nobody at that time knew anything- of its extent. His horror upon going to the Thomas home and finding an anguish stricken widow and children, was intensified when he learned that both his brothers and two nephews had perished.

ESCAPE OF THOMAS BELt. The rescue of Thomas Bell was singular. He was a long distance back in the mine, waiting for a car to come along. His partner, Thomas Farrish, remarked: '*You might as well go on and walk out; that car isn't coming for half an hour." Bell did walk out, and had gone half way down the hill when the catastrophe came. Less than two hours later he was bringing out the corpse of the man who had, though indirectl)', saved him from an awful death.

Abercarn Horror

"I went through the Abercarn horror in Wales in 1882, when 2->0 were killed. It was a gas explosion in a coal mine, but the scenes were tame compared with these," was the statement of one of the Evans brothers, as he gazed on the mangled bodies in the boarding house.

Former Mine Inspector Forrester had a very close call. He was found near the mouth of the tunnel, having just gone in, and was quickly rescued. As soon as he recovered, he went right back in the mine to aid the relief party and was again brought out in an unconscious condition. He was carried to his room, and upon recovering once more, returned to aid in directing the work.

Superintendent Parmley headed one rescuing party. He was the first one in the mine and the last one to leave it. His brother, Foreman William Parmley, perished in Number Four.

John Beddoes, the eng-ineer at Number Four, had a narrow escape. He had just stepped outside to lift on a car when the explosion occurred. He escaped with a few slight scratches.

Nearly all of the bereaved families are facing hard problems. Take that of Mrs. Davis, for instance. Her husband, John T. Davis, and her two sons, aged 19 and 21, respectively, were killed. That leaves the widow with eight children to care for. This is only one instance of a great many similarly situated.

It would be a work of mercy if a few energetic, sympathetic men and women would take hold of this urgent work. The women who have come in from outside have been a Godsend to the half frantic, utterly dazed widows. Just one case will show what I mean: Mrs. William "White and Miss Elizabeth Silverwood came from Salt Lake this afternoon. Tonight they are in a widow's home making such needed clothing for her orphaned babies and comforting the mother as only women can comfort bereaved womanhood. The fact that whole families of little ones are suffering for food - not because the food is lacking, but because their mothers are too much burdened with grief to think of domestic cares - tells the story of the disorganization of the community. Two little g"irls, one 7, the other 9, followed one of the Herald staff to a hotel today and got some warm food. When their guide asked them what they had had to eat for the past three days, they answered: '"Crackers, from the store." A dozen strong, motherly women who know how to cuddle children and soothe grief, would be worth more to this camp tonight than any $10,000 that could be subscribed.

Eph Rowe'S Experience

EPH ROWE'S EXPERIENCE. The story of the experiences of Ephraim Rowe, of Spanish Fork, is of unusual interest even here at this time. Young Rowe was a driver in the mine, and was working in the sixth raise of mine Number One. He says: "I never heard a sound. I was stooping over and putting in sprags. The first thing I knew my horse fell over and I felt the gust of wind. I went with the wind along the raise for a distance of fully 300 feet. I was not overcome >et, but crawled along- and shouted back to Sam Wycherly, who I knew was following me in the dark. He shouted that Roger Davis was under the trip. I replied that we had better get out, and we went fully 1,200 feet on our hands and knees, and came to another trip at the bottom of the raise. I got out into the main entry where I got fresh air. It occurred to me to go back for my uncle, Owen Rowe, whom it now appears, was on the main entry hunting me. My uncle was working beyond the eiglit raise in the main entry. I then became unconscious and remained so until three o'clock or after yesterday afternoon, having known nothing for almost thirty hours. Had I been there ten minutes longer, I would have died. The consciousness of an explosion came so suddenly that I can't really tell how I did feel, only a current of fresh air. My horse was found dead today. I had worked there for eight years, and many is the time that I have looked purposely for gas in the mine, but never was there any. Poor Davis, we could not have saved him, and my greatest regret today is that the public in reading this statement might form the conclusion that we left him there to perish."

"Whereas, The town of Scofi^ld has been visited with one of the direst calamities that has ever befallen the State of Utahj wherein nearly 200 of our citizens have lost their lives by an explosion in the Pleasant Valley Coal Company's mine at this place; and,

"Whereas, The people of the United States have tendered their labor, means and tenderest of sympathies to the bereaved and grief-stricken friends and relatives of the deceased;

that the Town Board of Scofield Town do hereby, upon behalf of ourselves and the widows and orphans, exteqd our thanks and heartfelt gratitude to each and every one who has

A party of rescuers dug through a wall of coal and into a room in the Farrish level before daylight this morning, and in addition to recovering the remains of Edwin Street, found traces of the other three bodies supposed to be there. The work today was the most difficult of all that has been done. It was impracticable to clear away the mountain of rock that closed the entrance to the room in which the bodies were, because of the danger of another and larger cave-in. The only course that lay open was to run a drift through the wall. This was done by A. Smith and W. Davis, two other miners carrying away the coal as fast as it was dug- out, and these four men in less than five hours, drove through the barrier for a distance of fifteen feet. This is a remarkable record, the men say, especially when it is considered that the coal had to be carried back sixty feet. Once through the wall, the remains of Street, lying under a large pile of rocks, were discovered. He leaves a wife and two children, who were permitted to look at the remains. Street's remains were taken to his mother's home, and will be interred at two o'clock tomorrow, with Odd Fellows' rites, from the home of the late Dan Davis. The rescuers found bits of Ja.mes C. Hunter's clothing near the spot where Street was located, and it is believed that only a short time will elapse before the three are brought out.

Young Kowe's face is badly scratched, and this, with some slight soreness, is the only injury he sustained, his escape being regarded as truly remarkable. Owen Rowe, the uncle of the young man, was working at the end of the main entry in Number One mine, and describes the sensation of the explosion when it came, as that of the drum of the ear falling- inward. He describes his first thoLij^ht as being- that of the safety of his nephew, and after running down the main entry toward the mouth of the mine, came upon the young man lying unconscious, and assisted him to the open air. The thing all came so quickly, says Mr. Rowe, that to attempt any description of it would be fruitless. He had nothing to add that is not contained in the interview with his nephew. These two men are among the very few who got out of the mine alive, and in no other part of the two properties did one man escape, except the two boj's in the sixth raise and the men who were in the main entry proper.

Odd Capers Of Coal Dust

Captain Benjamin Tibbey yesterday stated, in reference to an interview published in the Herald Thursday morning that he had not "warned" State Mine Inspector Gomer Thomas in regard to the Scofield horror. In speaking of the matter, he said: "It was some thirty-six hours before the explosion at Castle Gate, io March, that I met Mr. Thomas upon the streets of Salt Lake^ when I talked the matter regarding that mine. I did not warn him, but simpU' told him that by firing so many shots at one time it would naturally raise the dust and some blow-out shot make a flame and ignite the dust, thereby causing an explosion equal to that of a gas explosion. Dust explosions occur in mines where gas is never seen and in the best of ventilated mines. It was not my intention to criticise Mr. Thomas for he is one of the best posted men on the subject of coal mining that I have met in the west. This conversation was not in any way in reference to the Scofield mine. Referring to the conversation which Captain Tibbey had with certain miners in Scofield two weeks ago as to the condition of the mine there, he said: "I did not personally visit any of the mines at Winter Quarters, but when talking about the dust in the mines there I told them that an explosion was liable to happen at any time in any mine where there was diist in evidence, and told them about the same thing which I told Mr.

Thomas on the previous occasion. They told me tliat there was no gas in the mine to amount to anything-. I told them that if there were it would have the effect of making- the explosion so much the worse, as I have known it to happen in mines where no g-as was ever seen." In speaking- of the use of a crepe veil in the case of an explosion, Captain Tibbey said that when a miner is caught in that predicament the veil, if wet, has the effect of keeping the dust particles out of the lungs of the man and thereby saving his life, and if he is overcome by after-damp that the nozzle of a pair of bellows placed in the nostrils of one overcome by the g-as has the effect of expelling the fumes from the lung-s and bringing him back to life. He said that he had seen this simple remedy used frequently during his experience, with success.

Living Victims Of The Diaster Reach Sai.T Lake

Their bodies swathed in handag-es, Thomas Livsay and William Livsay were brought to St. Marks hospital from Scofield yesterday morning-. Only the charred lips of the injured coal miners were visible and but for their feeble breathing- they might have been taken for dead. The wounded miners were made as comforlable as possible at the hospital and the hope is entertained that they will recover. Last midnight all the injured miners at the hospital were reported in slightly better conditions.

Coffins Everywhere

COFFINS EVERYWHERE. Across the street the families of the Evans brothers lived who were among the casualities. In front of one house tonight is a coffin; at the gate of the other lay two coffins. Next door is a poor family who came here two weeks ago from Iowa. The house is a small affair and the door is nailed up. The window serves as a door and has an old piece of carpet suspended over it. There is no carpet on the floor. No food has been in that lone home for

Richfield, Utah, May 3. - A large crowd of people with heavy hearts went to the depot this evening to meet the southbound train in hopes that the reports from Scofield had been exaggerated. They, however, came back with hanging heads. Four bodies were unloaded at Richfield, John Muir, his two sons, and son-inlaw. This leaves only^ the wife of John Muir and two married daughters remaining in the family. Sevier county is generally in mourning. The train had on board one corpse for TSlsinore and one for Joseph.

Winter Quarters After The Explosion

Scofield, May 12. - It is generally believed here that in a short time, work will be resumed at the Winter Quarter's mines. The big contract for supplying the United States navy with 2,000 tons of coal per day, which began on May l&t, requires that there should be as little delay as possible, and according to all accounts, a hundred men could be put to work right now at Number One, while the work of repairing Number Four is going on.

When the accident occurred all of those who escaped, practically declared they would never work in the mine again, but most of them have now changed their minds and are ready to resume operations.

''That is a peculiarity of coal miners the world over," said a Salt Lake man, now visiting here, who formerly worked in Wy^oming. "I was in the big explosion at Almy, and every man who survived vowed he would never go into that mine again. I was one of the loudest, and yet, after the shock had worn off, I was about the first to accept work and return to the mine. They will always do that."

This explosion does not appear to have had any effect upon coal miners located elsewhere, either, because since the first day of the explosion, the company has been receiving applications from all over the country from miners who want work. It is safe to say at this time that whenever the Pleasant Valley Coal Company sees fit to resume operations, it will not experietvce the slightest trouble in obtaining- all the labor required.

Jeremiah Davis is one of the lucky men who escaped from the mine on May 1. He was about half way in the mine when the explosion occurred, and at once started for the main exit. There were five boys behind him, and thej' impeded his progress considerably. One of these boys, Evan Williams, was blown through the door of the fourth raise, but came out alright. Davis fell down in the ditch in the mine, and this may have been his salvation. He had received a little of the damp and was about gone when he fell. He took a big swallow of water, and this revived him sufficiently to press on until the pure air was reached. The other boys were Tommy Reese, Gus Hoagland. Harry Knight. Fred Hirst, and Dave Pugh.

One of the most pitiful sights witnessed here since the explosion is the return of the widows and orphans, who have Leen to other parts of the State burying their dead. Every train from the junction brings in some of these. As they near the town and begin to recognize familiar objects, their suffering begins anew and when they reach their old homes, where in their honest, hardworking way, they have known so much happiness, they all breakdown. The days ahead for these stricken, ones are truly dark ones.

The effect of the explosion," said a Castle Gate miner as he came out of Number One "was to burn up all the oxygen in the air, leaving only poison to breathe. That constitutes after-damp air full of carbondioxide. If a man gets the full force of it, he's gone. If the after-damp is mixed with better air, he may live long enough to get to a place of safety. Breathing after-damp is quite suffocating, and yet the stomach suffers more than the lungs. However, it's all over very soon and there is very little suffering connected with death from after-damp.

Little has been said abuut it, but during the week following the explosion the closing of the saloons contributed not a little to the perfect order maintained in Scofield. This action was taken at the suggestion of Superintendent W. G. Sharp, and the order was obeyed to the letter. There was no "back door" business, nor any attempt to evade, and as a result, not a single intoxicated man was seen at the mines or on the streets.

Gomek Thomas Expi.Ains The Scofield Disaster

June 3. - Without attaching blame to anyone specially, and, in fact, without fixing the responsibility in any manner for the terrible disaster at the Winter Quarters mine on May 1, when 199 coal miners lost their lives and seven others were injured. State Coal Mine Inspector Gomer Thomas yesterday reported to Governor Wells what he terms the nearest ascertainable cause of the explosion, the results and the warnings to be heeded in the future.

The Inspector's official report contains a list of the names of the dead victims and of the injured ones, reported to him by Assistant Mine Superintendent H. G. Williams, together with an opinion from the Assistant Superintendent as to the cause of the explosion which brought such great sorrow to hundreds of families in Utah.

Inspector Thomas ascribes the cause of the disaster to the accidental exploding of a keg of powder, the flame from which ignited the kegs of powder and the explosive coal dust. While he believes that the dust is not explosive under ordinary conditions, he has recommended that the Coal Company keep the dust wet. Since the reopening of the mine the Company has followed the Inspector's advice. In the Inspector's report his declaration is cited that no explosive coal gas exists in the Winter Quarters mine.

-'At about 10:25 on the morning- of May 1, 19C0, an explosion occurred at the Winter Quarters coal mine, apparantly originating- in Number Four mine, by which, according-- to the latest count after the most careful checking, 199 men lost their lives and seven were injured. One man came out of Number Four mine uninjured, and 103 came out of Nunber One uninjured. Most of the men in Number Four mine were killed by force and heat of the explosion. All the men in the first rise were suffocated by afterdamp, and more than 100 men in Number One mine were suffocated by the after-damp which swept down from Number Four mine.

"It seems, from all the evidence available, that some person (Isaac Macki) accidently ignited a keg of powder which caused the dust to rise, thus igniting the dust and carrying the flames from room to room from a point known as 'Pike's Peak,' and the immediate vicinity thereof. I find that nine kegs of powder were exploded near this place. Fourteen kegs of black powder exploded in other parts of the mine, making a total of twenty-four keg-s of black powder exploded, thus adding great force to the explosion.

"Along the line where the powder exploded, all the bodies were badly burned, more so than in any other part of the mine. From this place the blast shot down along the main and main back entries, and through all the rooms and entries of Number Four mine, gathering all the combustibles, such as dust, powder, etc., within reach. Part of the blast shot out to the surface, through Number Four mine tunnel and air shaft, and part went through Number One mine. The part of the blast that went into Number One mine soon lost its force, the heat only reaching as far down as room No. 11, fourth rise, and room No. 7 of the sixth rise, bnt did not reach the eighth rise.

"There were sixty men smothered by after-damp. These men were found between the seventh and eighth rises. They were not burned and only a short distance from fresh air.

Many Could Have Saved Themselves

"All the men working- below the fourth level of the eighth rise entries escaped and scarcely felt the shock. Only two men, working above this point came out alive. Thej' were David Uro and one other, and were rescued three and one-half hours after the explosion occurred. T ro, was working in room No. 11 of the eighth rise. He remained in his room, not knowing an explosion had occurred, and there being sufficient air in his place, his life was saved. All the other men on this level hearing the explosion ran, trying to make their escape, and encountered the after-damp, to which they succumbed. I am of the opinion that had they remained in their working plices, or if they had gone down the eighth rise entry, many of them would have been saved.

"The mine Foreman having been killed and all those who were acquainted with the location of the places where the men in Number Four inine were working, having been killed, made it difficult to rescue the men, as many places had caved and buried them up, and also made it difficult to gain information as to the cause of the explosion.

No Explosive Gas In Mine

"At no time has there been known to exist in any of the Winter Quarters mines, any explosive g^ases, before or since the explosion, were the same as have been in existence for the past twenty years in the Winter Quarters mines Numbers One, Two, Three, and Four. These mines are all on the same vein of coal.

"In the 3'ear 1899, four thousand four hundred kegs of black powder were used in mining coal in the Winter Quarters mines. It has always been a practice for each miner to take his powder into the mine by the keg. Not alone in these mines has this been the practice, but in nearly all of the mines of the different states, and this has been done regardless of dust or other surrounding dangers.

"It is my opinion that the dust in the Winter Quarters mine is not of a very explosive nature, as we find that there have been hundreds of \vind3' or blownout shots in the mines, witli no serious results heretofore. In one case John D. Jones accidentaly exploded three quarters of a kei,'' of black powder, and the dust did not ig-nite. This was in mine number three, which mine developed as much dust as the one that exploded. It is connected with Number four, beinj,-- a continuation of the same seam of coal.

"For the safety of the miners in the future I have recommended that not more than six and a quarter pounds of powder be allowed to be taken into the mine by any one miner.

"I have also sug'iifested to the company that they put a waterinK' system in all the Winter Quarters mines, so that every place can be sprinkled. This the company has done, and Number One mine has started to work under the new rules which I have recommended. This will make the work safer, as the sprinkling lays the dust, and there will be a great deal less quantity of powder in the mine.

"I have submitted samples of coal and dust taken from these mines for analj'sis, but have not received the returns. I will, however, submit the returns later."

In Inspector Thomas' report reference is made to the statements of Assistant Mine Superintendent Williams, under date of May 25, as follows:

"The cause and origin of the explosion are not yet definitely known. Investigation is still pending. The fact that the mine foreman and most of the men who were in Number Four mine at the time of the explosion were killed, makes it difficult to get exact evidence. No explosion gas is known to have been seen in arty of the Winter Quarter mines, either before or since the explosion. The methods of mining at the time of the explosion were the same as have been in practice for the past twenty years in Winter Quarters Numbers One, Two, Three, and Four mines, «7hich are all on the same vein of cial.

"Investig-ation thus tar leads to the supposition that the explosion probably orig'inated from an accidental discharge of black powder, and was augmented by coal dust. The explosion seems to have spread from the upper part of Number Four mine entirely through that naine and through into the rise entries of Number One mine, the afterdamp extending some distance be3'ond the force of the explosion. Many of the deaths in Number One resulted from this after-damp. From the lower levels in Number One mine about one hundred three workmen escaped uninjured.'"

Results Of Examination

Supplemental to the state inspsct jr"s report is a lengthy typewritten recital of the examination of the damaged coal mine by Inspector Thomas, Mine Superintendent Thomas J. Parmley, Assistant Superintendent Williams, and Robert Forrester and Georg-e W. Snow, expert mining engineers. The supplemental report made of the mine details the condition in which every part of the mine was found after the explosion. Every room and opening- was explored and the effects of explosion and fire noted.

At several designated places it was found that the flame produced by the burning coal dust, ignited by the explosion of powder in the first instance, had exploded kegs of powder in rooms long- distances from the originating point. In such places and along the path of fatal flame and heat, accompanied by terrific force, had coked the coal, charred the timber props or stewed the latent sap to the surfaces and had caused a mighty overturning and wrecking of thing's movable and the caving- of unsupported ground.

In the rises, crosscuts and levels off the main and back entries the examiners found, invariably, undisputed evidences of explosive forces having been at work, with occasional demonstrations of flame and excessive heat, but as a rule the keg-s of powder stored in the rooms not connected directly with the main entry were not exploded, although they had been touched by the heat and flame.

Giant Powder Found The Sco Field

had also exploded, but Inspector Thomas j-esterday received a telegram from Scofield saying the dynamite sticks had been found, thus upsetting the theory' that the giant had contributed to the awful force of the explosion.

The Sco Field

On September 24, 1898, Grand Master John M. Breeze, accompanied by. Grand Secretary W. J. Moore and C. A. Walker of Mystic Lodge twenty-two of Salt Lake, arrived in Scoiield for the purpose of instituting a lodge of I. O. O. F.

With this beginning- Scofield Lodg-e thrity-two I. O. O. F. was launched to join the innumerable lodges of the order that are found in nearly every hamlet, town, and city of these United States. The first officers elected were, John James, N. G.; Robert Menzies, V. G.; Alex J. Wilson, Secretary; George Fitzsimmons, Treasurer; James P. Curtin was appointed D. D. G. M.

Charter Members First Officers

After lodge closed, a banquet was served at the French Hotel, then run by Brother Robert Menzies and wife. After the banquet was served many were the toasts and responses that were made bj' the Grand Eodge Officers, and the new members all felt that the work of the evening was a grand success, and that Odd Fellowship as taught in the different degrees was grand and ennobling and that by following the principles and charges one could not help but be raised to a higher sense of duty to our fellow man.

The charg'e to care for the widows and educate the orphans, however .yraiid, did not at that time arouse within us the same sense of duty that is now brouyht home to us. How prone we were to consider this char;^e as an easy duty, for the members were all youtii^ healthy specimens of true manhood, who thoug-ht a long life of usefuUness lay before them. But now, alas, all is chang'ed. The brothers who went into the mitie on May 1, so lii^ht hearted and merry were destined to never look upon the brig-ht face of mother earth again in this life. Their life work was finished and who can say their work was not done well. Could we but pierce the veil that stands between lis and our beloved brothers and behold them as they must now appear in the spirit world. Could we have the heart to wish them back with us ag'ain, and though we now stand aghast, stunned by the calamitj', cannot we still say "The Lord's will be done." They hove solved the mystery that stands between the living and the dead, they have solved the question of true fraternity. But while we revere and honor the names of the departed brothers let us not forg'et that the life work of those who are left is not yet finished. Let us not forg'et those solemn obligations that we have, as brothers, all taken. Let us not forget the widows wh )have been left with us as a trust b^' our deceased brothers. Let us not forget the tears of the fatherless, the orphans who are confided to our care. Let us not forg-et that we will be called upon at some time in the not far distant future to render up an account of our stewardship, and shall it be said that we have been remiss, that we have in any way betrayed our solemn obligations. Brothers, the time for action is today, tomorrow does not belong to us, then let us be up and doing- for there are words of comfort and cheer to be spoken to the lonely widow who sits by her fireside, heart-broken and alone, words of comfort and cheer to her who is left to fight life's battles for herself and her little ones, words of comfort and cheer to the fathers and mothers, who are now sitting- in the twilig-ht of the evening that is fast coming- on; they having- lost the support and prop of their declining years.

open to the enquiring- mind, and in what does fraternal feeling^s exist? Does it mean to stand in the lodge room and listen to the words that are read from our ritual, to mechanically repeal obligations that bind us together in a single Brotherhood, or does it not rather mean that we are not bound for this life alone, but yea, even for eternity? Does it not mean that we must stretch forth a hand to those who may have fallen by the waj-side too weak to battle alone with the temptations of this world, to lay away in the silent tomb the body of a departed brother with honor and respect, to bury his imperfections and frailties with his dust, and to remember all that was true, good and noble in his life, to make his family our especial care, to teach his orphans not only in matters pertaining to the noise and turmoil of this life, but to point them to a higher, a nobler sphere, to so live that they may say in the words of the immortal poet, William Cullen Bryant:

"So live that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death. Thou go not like the quarry slave at night. Scourged to his dungeon; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams."

Scofield Lodf^e No. 32, was instituted on the second fioor of an old log- house that is generally called ''The Valley House." The lodge prospered from its institution, and initation of one or more candidates occurred at almost every regular meeting. The first loss we were called upon to bear was George Fitzsiramons, He being Vice Grand at the time of his death. Brother Fitzsimmons had joined the I. O. O. F. sometime before No. 32 was started, and united with us on a card from Crested Buttes. Colorado. While working at Leadville he became leaded in one of the mines at that place, and although his work here was in the open air, recurring attacks of the poison would occur. It was during one of these attacks, in the month of April following our institution, that he bursted a blood vessel and died immediately, not having recovered consciousness from the time the attack commenced in the morning untill he died in the afternoon. He left a wife and three children to mourn his loss. He was buried in the Odd Fellows' lot in the cemetery in this place. Brother Fitzsimmons was much respected in the community on account of his sterling qualities, and was especially endeared to the Brothers on account of his love for the order, and his untiring labor and zeal in building up No. 32.

The little room in which No. 32 was instituted being very small, every means was tried to better ourselves until a building committee was appointed, with power to act, to build a hall suitable for lodge purposes upstairs, while the downstairs was to be fitted for a public hall. Articles of Incorporation were filed and the hall commenced, and was nearing completion on the anniversary of I. O. O. F. in Utah, so that we were able to give a ball in the evening. Over one hundred and fifty couples took part and the event was a great success. This ball occurred the Thursday evening before the explosion of May 1st, and was attended and thoroughly enjoyed by nearly all the members that we have been called upon to lay away on the hillside. On the evening of May 1, after the explosion, D. D. G. M. Menzies telegraphed Brother J. J. Thomas, Grand Representative, to see the Grand Master, A. T.

McCanne, and advise us what to do. This was answered the next day by the appearance of Brothers J. J. Thomas, W. O. Carbis and John Buckle. We arranged to have a joint meeting of the Knights of Pythias, Rathbone lodge No. 9. and the I. O. O. F. lodge No. 32.

When the two lodg^es met in joint session on the evening of May 2nd, the I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge ofificers, J. J. Thomas,: Grand Representative, John Buckle, Past Grand Master, and P. G. M. W. O. Carbis were present. Representatives were there from the Castle Gate lodges, Coalville lodge No. 28, and Park City lodge No. 4. H. G. Webb and William Featherstone represented the Odd Fellows of Castle Gate, Chancellor Commander Cowley of the Knights of Pythias of Castle Gate, S. Clark and George Lindsay represented the Coalville Odd Fellows.

Each of the lodges represented had members among the dead. A committee was chosen from each lodge to make arrangements for the caring and burial of the brothers.

J. J. Thomas, Grand Representative, and David B. Laughlin, Chancellor Commander, were chosen chairmen of the conjoint meeting. It was ordered by the Odd Fellows and concurred in by the Knights of Pythias, that all brothers belonging to the two lodges should be buried together and that a monument should be erected to the memory of all.

The committee was chosen from the members present and was appointed as follows: John Sandberg, Neils Sandberg, Robert Menzies, W. L. Burrows, John C. Bell, Eugene Chatta, H. G. Webb, William Featherstone, Sam Krebs and L. Smith.

It was ordered by the joint session that the Odd Fellows aiid Knights of Pythias, be buried from the new hall. At a late* special meeting a dispensation was asked for and granted, that the regalia of the order be worn on the day of the funeral. A motion was also passed that requested the Grand Lodge Officers to come to Scofield on the day of the funeral and conduct the services according to the ritual of the order. The officers desired il to be announced that tioral contributions for the funeral could be left at the I. O. O. F. hall on Market Street, Salt Lake, Friday aftenioon. The flowers were for the use of all not necessarily for thic lodg'e members. On Saturday afternoon the following members arrived on the afternoon train and conducted the funeral ceremonies over the bodies of Odd Fellows that were interred here. S. W. Darke, Acting- Grand Master; W. O. Carbis, Past Grand; Master, Acting- Deputy Grand Mast^; E. Homer, Grand Warden; F. M. Ullmer, Grand Secretary; John L,. Buckle, Past Grand master, Acting- Grand Chaplain; M. M. Beaver, Past Grand Master, Acting- Grand Conductor; John M. Breeze, Past Grand Master; A. L. Heaston, Past Grand, Acting- Grand Herald; J. J. Xhomas, Grand Representative; W. L. Witt, Acting- Grand Guardian. Besides the grand officers there are a number of visitors from a distance. Charles M. Orth, treasurer of Olympia lodge No. 8, of Diamondville, and Richard Dennaid, Warden of the same lodge, are among them. W. A. Holman of lodge No. IS, accompained the Grand Ivodge officers. Castle Gate lodge -was here with all its members for the funeral.

Pennsylvania seems to be the banner Odd Fellow State, and Philadelphia seems to be the banner city. Philadelphia alone has 47,000 Odd Fellows in good standing, and Pennsylvania has 106,000. The growth of that order is something wonderful. In April 18.19, five young men organized in Baltimore the first lodge of Odd Fellows. Now there are prosperous orders in every State and Territory in the Union and beyond the sea. It is about the only religion that a great many men have, and it is enough, for when an Odd Fellow is sick or in trouble, he is ministered unto; when he is dead he is buried, and the fraternal feeling emanates from every lodge, and surrounds every member with an atmosphere of aftection and solicitude. And according to the command that is Christianity, it is visiting the sick, burying the dead, and binding up the broken hearts in a way to serve the Master by trying to serve the Master's children who are in distress and despair.

Grand Lodge Selects Committee To Solicit For Funds

All Odd Fellows wishing to contribute flowers can leave them at the I. O. O. F. temple, Market street, this afternoon, between the hours of 3 and 5, they will be taken to Scofield tomorrow by the Grand Lodge officers.

Grand Master A. T. McCanne of the I. O. O. F. received word yesterday that about twenty members of Scofield lodg-e had been killed in the mine disaster. He at once appointed a committee, consisting- of J. J. Thomas, W. O. Carbis, and John Buckle, who left on the 2:15 train for Scofield, with instructions to take such action as thej' deemed necessary upon their arrival there.

There is some talk of the grand lodge of Utah taking action toward securing national aid for the sufferers. The Odd Fellows' organization showed its power and benevolence during the Johnstown disaster, when over 5500,000 were raised for the sufferers. If it is decided to make an appeal in the present case, it is said that the families of the members who were killed will be nobly provided for.

It was also reported that the A. O. U. W. was heavily interested, that the Knights of Pythias lost many members, and that forty of the dead were Woodmen of the World. In this latter instance, with S2000 to go to the families of each of the deceased, it was figured that the treasury of the order would be very heavily drawn upon.