"5dc750e6-4570-4a6e-8f61-2c8d865f226e"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2016-07-26"@en . "1914-06-27"@en . "The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/disledfer/items/1.0308970/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " -Z V-- . J--\"*i\nS1. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 . -*-<*\u00C2\u00BBK.\n,.V*.*:.\.\nI *>.\n\"*.-\n'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"-*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0,\n'i'1* -*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*..\n.///.\nv. X\n>.\nIndustrial Unity Is Strength y.\n'\u00E2\u0099\u00A6/.\nOtoe Official OruL^ uf District No. 18, U. M. W. of A.\n\"*\u00C2\u00AB,.\nPolitical Unity Is \"Victory\nNr. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nNo. 44, Vol. VH.\n'<%\nx*/.\n' THE DISTRICT. LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, JUNE 27,1914.\n:\\nERISH\n48 Men\nOut of 237\n\u00C2\u00ABr\nWorsty Calamity in History of Canada--Rescue Crews Rushed\n1 \" ' ' * * - i ' \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \\nidi Scene--Bodies Horribly Mutilated--1fS6 Dead Interred--3\nnot Recovered-6 Mutilated Beyond Recognition-Hundreds\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 * ' \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2','' -\u00E2\u0080\u00A2: , . s\nof Widows, and Orphans-Relief .Fund Started-Local Firm\nDonates $1,000.\nNumber of Men on Shift at time of Explosion\nRescued Alive ' - - - -\nBodies Identified - - -\nBodies Unidentified - -\nBodies Still in Mine - -\nTotal Death Roll - -\n- 237\n- 48\n- 182\n4\n3\n- 189\n-\u00E2\u0080\u0094Though ene^ee^espr^sedon^tU4!ides4races^of\nthe disaster and the poignancy of grief is expressed\non many a sorrowing and tear-stained face, slowly\nbut surely the village of Hillcrest is returning to\na normal condition of affairs. The bereaved were\nallowed all top short possession of their dead to\nmourn them for longhand with their interment\nmany oM*he*oatward\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 i .i\u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ..\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0,\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0-\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u0094 *f-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0-.i-m-mi-~m \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB.-\u00E2\u0080\u0094.\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u0094,,\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nstruck this western county or the Dominion of Oan*\nada.. Approximately 300 Uvea have bun lost, and\nsome hundreds of widows and orphans created.\nOf the 337 miners who want down the mint, only\nabout forty tvtnmed, Md most th*** owe their\nlives to the promptitude of the rescue ear from Ool*.\nmas. Th* fore* of th* explosion wa* sucb that all\nthoe* to the vicinity were either instantly kilted or\nrendered unconscious. Those wbo escaped instant\ndestruction were poisoned by the deadly carbon\nmonoxide, or afterdamp, that immediately arose\n**\u00C2\u00AB# flttWri' tbt* mbne\nimmediately after tbe explosion was bat natural,\naad many rushed Into the mine regardless of tbo\ngas and eonseqnenoes. Animated by the nobtast of\nperienoM, than in supplying facts. The theories\nalleged to have been advanced by survivors may be\ndisregarded, and no practical mining man will venture an opinion until an inquiry into the oondition\nof the mint previous to the explosion, and tlie last\nroport of Fire Boss W. Adlam have been heard.\nThe suddenness and stunning effect of the explosion benumbed every faculty of those who were\nin the mine at the time. The survivors In many\ncases scarcely know how they reached safety; they\ncannot even remember ths condition of th* traveling road, and in most eases their stories have discrepancies that none but those who have had pre*\nvions experienoe of such disasters oan appreciate\nor understand. Those wbo oould and would, no\ndoubt, tell us tb* reason or cause of explosion bave\niteppid over the Great Divide, from which no man\ngranted, this will not go very far in meeting the requirements of a widow vtitix a family of six children, or even two. Doled out at the rate of $25 per\nmonth, the $1800 will in a space of six years be exhausted. How many of us care to think of the suffering of a family compelled to exist upon such a\npittance. We trust that every fraternal society,\nand that every man, woman and child will add their\nmite to a fund which it is anticipated will shortly\nbe started to relieve distress, Owing to the slack\nnsss of work that has prevailed throughout the\nPass for the last six months, many of the families\nare already deeply in debt, and it is not reasonable\nS*.+# ** - \u00E2\u0080\u0094 ' ' *\ntbtt n wNf\n*,, ' \"'....,* *\u00C2\u00BB\nnamely to mene their fellow workan. Discretion\nand fear war* thrown to the wind, and a rush made\nfor Ho. 3 stop*. Here it is claimed General Man-\nagar Brown, leaBstag the perilous position of tbe\nthe omteoetnmwnmi of same. touMdiatalv rushed ta\nnme^w m^e^m^^^^^^^mt^o^i^^^^o \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ^^w . ^^^^***-^^*n^f *^^^^*^w^^^nemm^^^^mm \u00E2\u0084\u00A2 -^^^^w^^^w ^fw\nthe ftm hotwi and tiwwd tbt atr tmrrent, It\nAjm\u00C2\u00BBm ttm mmwlm)l.^xA ham that the fee* ma mm.\nswvewa -u^w \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 oxwem^mmmmmnmtngt mm^m \u00E2\u0080\u00A2^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0v -**^^^w mn^*^**^m ^w-mtmm. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2g^w\nrated aa Um \u00E2\u0080\u0094^**a| aalatitele. tint Is. valUasr oat\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^^WWe ^jtw* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2^^m^e -atenmtnt^m^wtww *^mrw-t^^w*w*m^pw^^jf ^^^^^m**w *^nT ^p^**-**^^^^***-^\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 ^m^m*w\nall tbe foul air e*d driving H oat through a shaft\nBy tbeaNmagar's prompt astim, the fresh air was\n9^_^^^tm^m_a_. m_____M Bj___. )___, ^___g_ _,ttmM m\Mt \u00E2\u0080\u0094^L%J\u00E2\u0080\u0094 mtttljm.\nIfflfflfffuaiffy jw^hhi wait tne nun*, nun tm two imi*\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0arts if tevMtl if tbe SB-irliws verify* wm the\nmwomtmm* weet ^n*~**w worn* *. ^**f no^^m ttf Wrattm v ^n*^v|vp whrv viav\nmeans of iwtviiff tho** who were on the point ef\nIW^^ tw^^a.. V^*JL \"-.aMfr aS 9a-^b \u00E2\u0080\u00A2^\u00E2\u0080\u00A2,,\nH^^^^K *f^^^^^^Wr pWBW wTmwemab a^t wwal^Kmw Wmtm\nI *W\u00C2\u00ABwWH*l|p*Mi ** aftwwm-mw v brwewtn** \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB\nThe effects of the disaster will undoubtedly be'\nmost keenly felt by the surviving families, and the\nfact that the greater number of dead had dependants, will accentuate the suffering, Quite two-\nthirds of those dead bave left dependants, in some\ncases, a wife and six children.\n'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 at* i '*\u00C2\u00BB i \u00C2\u00AB .,\u00C2\u00BB*- .*\nw 4-4'*\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB Ui' M*mHi iiwi, .am lu kit thwi' si-x^ famn,\nSO yean; Bobert, 84 yean, and Alex, 17 years, her\n'.win support, tbe wrriring memteti'of the family\nbeing mostly girls. David Murray, who, with his\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0ne,.* \u00C2\u00AB*a*mn ***** V*Ha* tm *%** jlt\u00C2\u00BB*t#f^\u00C2\u00BB M***rA m l-x+rt/s\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0WWW. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0* \u00E2\u0096\u00A0;#\u00E2\u0099\u00A6*.\"#! V !*\"\u00C2\u00AB*ii .\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB*## *\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0_ i*\"'i* \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*.,, ^ .i-.it, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2**\"&*\nfamily, white Tom Brown (who contributed to Um\ncolumns of the Ledger) leaves a wife and six chll\ndren of tender iff to mourn his loss.\nOne might continue Instanoes as above, and oc\ncupy some oolumns of spao*. but it should be our\nobject nUmr to assist and sooth the sorrows of\nthoso left, than to barrow the feelings of nH with\nthe gbasUy detail* ofthia horrible holocaust.... ,\nIn maay eases tt ts rsport*d tha Um victims had\nMIVMIVil ipWm^ieP*Bb w^^mwm wmmW \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Wp W-inw *w 99^m t&eWm Wt*\nTheasas Oerkte, H is partknkriy sad. H^badde-\nifiwd that twp to gi> m and wuwee Wt tools, at he\nwiw qefalM HUterest aad going to nbttmt to work\nstmiemetaBferous prospect* near that town.\nIbsreteoaeunfortuaateaadrsgrettabtefaatuie,\n.>.. n+...\nt $ m>*\ /#, t|v****-ws^*\nUnen tmkWit* ml mt**\nto expert local tradesmen to cany them very much]\nlonger; as a matter of fact, tbe tradesmen them-\nAel vei tsnnol ooaaiblv do so.\nThe necessity for immediate relief for the survivors of this terrible disaster has caused the Distriot officials to Issue an appeal for assistance. Ths\nInternational Union has, in spite of the many calls\nbeing made upon its treasury, sent $1,000, and\n$1,000 has been donated from tbe District funds.\nThe oity of Calgary has started a subscription list\nwhich has already reached several hundreds, wbih\nthe Mayor and residents of Lethbridge bave contributed monoy and provisions,\nMessrs. Trites-Wood have contributed the handsome sum of $1,000 towards tbe fund, while Mr, W\nB. Wilson, general manager of the Crow's Neit\nPast Ooal Co, has also contributed most handsomely.\nDonations Received or Promised\nUnited Mine Workers of America, per W;\nOreen, International Sec.-Treas $1,000\nDistrict 18, U M. W of A 1.000\nMessrs. Trites-Wood Co., Pernio 1.000\nAmount acknowledged by th* Lethbridge\nHerald of June 24th 875\nW. R. Wilson, general superintendent Crow's\nNeat Pkmhi Coal Co 150\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\u00C2\u00BB f . \u00E2\u0080\u00A2** * 9**1 \u00C2\u00AB 1 .,,.,,, 1 .\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 HV rHUHM .\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ttt, m*U,.*9,..49999.9-9, \u00C2\u00BB.^ ... \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 .*. *\n|Utt (ifiMMMW-wii** *J*i\u00C2\u00BBW.\u00C2\u00AB.*t\"li* llti J..\u00C2\u00AB< J/J-J.-^'iA. I', tt '*-'.. J,-\ning of Judge McNeill oi tb* Dtitrkt Court of\nMacleod; A. J. Carter, t#u*jUij DUtritt No. IS,\n[U. M. W. of A, and Mr. Colin McLeod. barriater.\n.\u00E2\u0080\u00A2* . ...,***. .t, ,1 ...til ,11 Xt,-, ---.\u00E2\u0099\u00A6>\u00C2\u00BB *n *\in ftr-tr.**\nbtOmW * m\u00C2\u00AB.**\u00C2\u00BB*w-*\nThe offieals of District 18 have secured the services of Mr. Norman Prater, mining engineer and\nexpert, of Edmonton, to give evidence at th* Hlllcrest disaster inquiry, as expert.\nMr. Fraser, who is one ot the best authorities on\ncoil reining in the west, hai bftrt CTmtfd earljFstageB'of development, and\n\"Crest\" refers to the position of entrance ito the mlnec, ibeing od the top\nor crest df a hill (small \"h\" here?.\nIThe Hillcrest Collieries, Limited, ls\nthe title of the company. Formerly it\nwas designated the Hillcrest Ooal and\n'Coke Co., ibut very probably the\nchange was necessitated because the\ncoke was a non-existent quantity, but\nto the fact that the coal is of so high\na grade ot bituminous that there Ib\na ready sale for it without subjecting\nit to the cooking or coking process. Its\noutput is about twelve to fifteen nun\ndred tons daily and no better evidence\nof the quality can be advanced than\nthis\u00E2\u0080\u0094the C, P. R. takes 80 .per cent of\nthe>5 amount produced, using H ex-\nexclusively for their passenger locomotives.\nHigh Class Photo plays\nSMkMGun\nfifS^!*'*** \u00E2\u0080\u00A2mem, emu* eoi**,\nthey been able to apply this latest\ninnovation of science in reviving those\nbodies recovered.\nThe following extracts are taken\nfr6m a special we published in June,\nof last year; and deal with the apparatus at the Fernie Rescue Station:\nSpeaking generally, records are\nsomething that a nation may be proud\n\"of,-reflecting upon the enterpriser\ncounage nnd endurance of her people,\nand Canada, although one of the\nyoungest nations, has many record\nachievements in which she surpasses\nother nations conHldera-bly older. But\nshe has one record of which her people are not proud, and this\u00E2\u0080\u0094the high-\nesjL death rate per 1000 among her\ncoal miners as compared with any\nother country.\nThe low death rate in all European\nconl producing countries 1ms been\ndue. In no small measure to the Introduction of protective measures as\nhave now been adopted by the Dominion. The provlnc.es of Nova Seotla,\nAlberta and British Columbia liave\nnow min* rescue stations and rescue\ntrains at all the principal mining\ntowns, but as it ls our Intention to\ndeal with Fernie only In this number,\nwe have decided to leave the description of the rescue train to some future date, when we hope to-reproduce\nphotographs of the train, Its equipment nnd crew.\nThe awful losa of life nt Cotirrlere*.\nFrance, on March 10,1006, .where more\nthan 1,100 men and boys were killed\nand tbe fact that thirteen men wore\nrescued after being entombed In the\nmino for twenty days, and one after\na lapse of twenty-five daya, demonstrated the necessity of having trained rescue men and apparatu*. continuously on hand at the mine, read)'\nIn Just such an emergency, to tbat th*\nminora who escape death ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E, \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ' ...... \"xjtKyf \u00C2\u00AB{K\" jx ,<\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nACBSRTA GOVERNMENT AE\u00C2\u00BBCUf CAR\noutlining the very merUorloup work\nthat la being done there, It may lie aa\nwell to enumerate the various Apparatus and equipment that havo bean\nInstalled.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2The station is In charge ofjpno of\nthe most capable and practical mon In\nthe Crow\u00E2\u0080\u0094<3eo. O'Brien\u00E2\u0080\u0094and -we are\nlargely indebted to hia courtesy and\nkindness in being abi* to produce thl*\narticle. Mr. O'Brien, a* pit boil at\nCoal Creek fOr some (en yeara, ha*\nAcquired a real practical knowledge of\n\nta car, shewing\npulmotor, charg.\nIng ttatlsnt r*a>\neu* appcratua.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2te. Th* raaeu*\nman at Hlllcr**t\nwar* abi* to r*.\ntlr* te gat r\u00C2\u00ABt\ndortng th* night,\nTONIGHT - THURSDAY\nEssany Feature in Two Rfeels\nThe Great Game\nA Startling Political Drama\nThe Hermit's Ruse\nKalem-A Good Western Picture\ni , Edison Comedy and Scenic\nMr. Toot's Tooth--Da{masctts-Rttins of Baalbek\nThe Girl at the Lunch Counter\n Pa*turlng Johnny Bunny and Flor* Finch, Vltagraph\nFRIDAY Sc SATURDAY\nThe Double Shadow\nA Fine Edison Drama in Two Parts\nCOMING SOOM\nJUDITH of BETHULIA\nProm tho story .ot the heroic defense of Judee by the Jew* of Bethulia\nand their final triumph over the vast army of Nabuchodonoeor after\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Judith had outwitted and. slain his general, Holofernea, Four -Part*\ntBIOGRAiPH.\nMatinee Saturday at 2.30\u00E2\u0080\u00945c aad 10c\nPrices, 10 & 20c. -:- ORPHEUM ORCHESTRA\nGET THE ORPHEUM HABI.T\nJ. T. GIDDINGS\nInitiated that th* court* la ao t)o+\near*. **p*rl*llr when It If wnttber-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2d what ha* to 4m *ocomf\u00C2\u00BBHab*d trlthta\ntwo hour*.\nllefor* b*tng granted \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 oertlftoat* of\ncomiMtDitcy, th* candidal* h** lap***\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2n oral \u00E2\u0080\u00A2tamtnatlon, and not ouly(ar*\nth* nue*tlon* *x\u00C2\u00AB**dlngly tcehnloal,\nand mil tor *n tntlnrat* knowl*\u00C2\u00ABtf* of\nlh* \u00C2\u00ABpp*r*t\u00C2\u00ABs, but ik* atod*nt mnat\n\u00C2\u00ABl*o be well posted in nia* ga*** end\nth* **n\u00C2\u00ABnit urtfflwi nf *ml -mlnln* to\n(obtain bl* diploma.\nJmi no tot.* *\u00C2\u00BB men uuu*u\u00C2\u00AB Mtur*\n*nd iretpnen on her rewwrc**, laat ao\nlent will *h\u00C2\u00AB damned ber Irlbwl*: *\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nperienee traehe*. true, bat erery dey\nwe hav* to face tretk difficult*^*, and\n* H'^cnt nt'lfttiri* ttt',*. fiivi'tivti* In tttti\nfuture to obviate or mlnlmlf* the**\nfataliile* we do not iif* to gueaa. But,\nthin me do know: Maft, with erer-\nlncr\u00C2\u00ABi\u00C2\u00BBlng activity, I* ftrlvtng to .win\nfrom nature her reaourcea and will\ndare a . lln\u00C2\u00A7 to obtain po**enlon. To\nhim nothliMT th*t k* ran potttMdy **\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n* urn kiii be regarded oiherwln* than\n'aa hl\u00C2\u00BB~-th?-*t\u00C2\u00ABpnw-.m worir |\u00C2\u00AB eontlnnoualy In\nprogram* ami all *|gn* lnd\u00C2\u00BBc*l* tbat\nwithin a fe* mm HSIh'reft will rank\nRUMNHr lh#> enmrm ot lh* \"-Trow\" **\none of the top notehera.\nTb* dally mipot it between 1.SW\nand. 1,3-ty ton*: 1 went)-five working\nd*y* \u00C2\u00ABOMtltot# a month.\nFRESH FRUIT\nShould form a large part of every person's diet\nnow that the hot weather hat attired. Don't\nforget that we as usual are always here with\nfresh Fruits and Vegetables as soon as they are\non the rtiarket\nA. I. BLAIS, Quality Grocer\nPrank, Alta; .TT\u00C2\u00BB Bellevue, Alta.\nWHIN OOOD\nFtlLOWl MII.T\ndgara am In ordw*. It will\nheighten the good feUaw*hip If\nyou offer your friend* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 smoke\nfrom 4 U\u00C2\u00BBk uf out' clgui'**. TU\n&\u00C2\u00BBor ki *o fine and nmoosb Oie\niquet *o -soothing that no\nmm wbo \u00C2\u00ABmok\u00C2\u00AB* cut withhold\nhi* appreciation. All ttun,\nnhnjmt and prteo*.\n% A. mmTf wnte, B. c.\nour corr it ii oooo ^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\n>fV\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 i.ti'r.'ts.m\ni-*-, \u00E2\u0096\u00A0' *1\nTHE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, JUNE 27,1911\nPAGE THREE\nThe District\nBELLEVUE,NOTES\nBy \"Vexatus\"\n\" The removal of the Rev. W. H. Irwin from 'Bellevue to Athabasca Is .regretted by (all who were acquainted\nwith him. Mr. Irwin has 'beeu in.\nBellevue for three years, aud duriua\nthat period has made a host of friends,\ntoy the soundness and candor of his\nopinions and his sympathy for. organized labor. Even his opponents will\nregret his departure, for the reverend\ngentleman never missed an opportunity 'to encourage debate or discussion\nupon religious or social problems.\nThat he should suffer inconvenience\nas a result of his candid and fearless\nexpression of opinion, As not to be\n\" wondered at, but he had absolutely no\nregard for himself personally, and continued hia fight on behalf of the worker in spite of every obstacle., On the\neve of his departure, there was'a record gathering of friends, who presented him with a email purse of money\n'and a fow useful articles as tokens\nof their esteem and regard, lt is with\nbest -wishes for liis future success that\nhe leaves us, and we trust that liis\nsuccessor, the Rev. Mr. Cook, will continue along the same lines.\n'Mr. Cook should have preached his\nopening sermon on Sunday, June 21st,\nbnt owing to the terrible disaster' at\nHillcrest, all services were postponed.\nIt is with pleasure that we record,\nthe practical and valuable assistance\nrendered by the 'business people of\nBellevue in tiheir effort to help relieve\ntbe -situation at Hillcrest.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0The -many exaggerated rumors cir-\ncluated throughout the Pass had the\neffect of (bringing many of Bellevue's\nformer residents to inquire\" of their\nfriends' welfare.\n,r LOCAL UNION NOTES\nAs intimated in our last notes, a\ncummittee of four went over to Hlllcrest to explain this Local's position\nto the members of that body , on\nThursday last; \* both Hillcrest and\nBellevue mines were idle, there was a\nspecial -meeting called for the purpose,\nand after the matter iwas thoroughly\ndiscussed, it was apparent that Local\n1058 recognized that this Local had\nthe best -interests of the organization\nin view all the time, and as such\nwent on .record. A most enjoyable\ntime waa spent toy both parties, who\ndeclaring that\nCORBIN NOTES\n.. By Skimps\nOn Sunday last a football game was\nplayed -between teams representing\nche -Flathead Hotel and the rest of the\ncity. During the first twenty minutes\nthe game was evenly contested, mid-\nfield play ibeing the order, until 'Walker, the city outside left, snapped up a\nbeautiful ,pase * from ' Joe Truba,\ntricked the opposing ,full-back and\nscored the only goal of the game toy\nshooting the leather into the corner\nof the Uet, far out of the reach of\nOwens, the hotel custodian.\nJust before the whistle sounded1 for\nthe first time, Johnston found the hotel net with a daisy cutter, but was\nruled off side toy Ovington, the referee. End to end play was indulged\nIn up to the interval, the City, team\nresolved on Increasing their lead ancj\ntheir opponents fighting to draw level.\nHowever, half lime arrived without\nany further scoring. In the second\nhalf, the Hotel boys played like men\npossessed, being almost continuously\nwithin their opponents' half, but their\nevery effort was frustrated by the\nCity defense, of which T. Clarke, the\ngoal keeper, and Dry-borough were the\nchoice. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 The final whistle sounded at\nthe conclusion of ninety minutes play,\nwith the Hotel men on the losing end\nof a 1-0 score.\nAs a sequel to the football game, a\n\"smoker\" was held In the evening, the\nrefreshments being provided toy J.\nJackson, the genial manager of the\nCity team, while songs and recitation's\nwere rendered by almost everyone\nwho. participated in the destruction\nof the good things that decorated' the\ntables in the club. Dave Brown filled\nthe position of chairman of the entertainment.\nA very pretty wedding was solemnized, or rather maybe solemnized as\nthe result of a yellow-haired, handsome young gentleman becoming captivated with a pair of-toeautiful brown,\neyes that -belong to one of Corbin's\nprettiest members of the gentler se:;.\nJohn Scobie says he will act in the\ncapacity of \"toest men,\" while Mrs.\nMcDonald has promised to provide' the\nwedding breakfast. All right, Pete,\nlet 'er rip, we are all ready to congratulate a June bride.\nAs a result of the distressing explosion that occurred at Hillcrest on;\nPriday, the Hosmer-Corbln football\ngame scheduled for Saturday was\npostponed, as a small mark of esteem\nfor our unfortunate fellow workers;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 were unanimous in un,.\u00C2\u00BB..UB \u00C2\u00BB-*\u00C2\u00BB - .... , . ,.,\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0meeting* of this kind .would toe pro- *\u00C2\u00A3 wive* andfamll le*. who were vie-\nductivo of good results*\ning morningr TiOwwer;\nThe follow,\n\"found\"\ninar\nmany of those with whom iwe had met\nand parted had crossed the Great Divide\u00E2\u0080\u0094and worked their last shift.\nThe alana whistle ot three blast* wa*\ntbe first intimation of the disaster,\nand upon looking across at the mine,\nnestling in the hillside,'huge volumes\nof emoke were noticed belching from\ntbe fan drift. IThe roads to HlHcreet\nImmediately became alive.with people\nhufrylng to the scene or disaster, ana\neome little confusion threatened for a\ntime. The mounted police, however,\nImmediately took charge and order\nwa* apeedily restored. On arrival of\ntbe reaoue oar, which lost no tlmo in\ngetting here, a caH waa made for\ntrained volunteer*, wblch waa immediately responded to, snd * crew from\nBellevue and HlHcreet wa* speedily\nengaged in rescue. Other teams were\nmade up of men from -Frank and other\nhelpers from 'Bellevue, who had arrived. By thia time a tew bodies had\nbeen recovered and handed over to the\ndoctors, -who immediately started to\nresuscitate thoae who showed any\nsign of life. It became apparent from\ntbe start, however, that the death toll\nwould to very heavy, aa the whole of\nthe mine had heen affected hy the explosion.\nOb arrival of rescue men from east\nand west, the men from nearby camps\nwere for/nod Into ahifta to relieve each\nother every three hour* In restoring\nthe ventilation and recovering the\ndead; tho fixing of pumps, washing of\nbodies ind preparing for burial, which\nlaat waa anything but * pleasant task,\nowing to the mutilated condition of\nthe bodies. Special mention should\nbe mndo of the manner In wblch the\nmen worked in the 'waahouse, and\nCorporal Meade of the R. N. W. *f. P.,\nwho was unstlnlng In hia efforts.\nOf the Interment little moro cnn bo\nsaid than tivat everything posslblo wai\ndone tmder the elreumftancpa to\nsooth the feeling of the bereaved,\nwhile every respect was shown to the\ndeparted. Our duty now lie* with\nthe living, and we have many who will\nrequire our assistance.\ntims of the grim reaper, aud left to.\nmeum-tkeip-icssr\nThe enow that fell here for several\nhour* on Sunday was hardly noticed,\na* the Hillcrest explosion had cast a\ngloom over this burg that seemed to\nkeep the majority ot the inhabitants\nat home, mourning the loss of some\nof' their dear friends, and wondering\ntf ever the time would arrive when\nthese distressing Industrial accidents,\nwhich are primarily a result of our\ncompetitive system, would ever be a\nthing of the past.\n*\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\nBEAVER MINE8ITEM8 X\nthe Governor-General of Canada, the\ngood King George and the wise Queen\nMary are concerned, they can all\nsleep contentedl and snore royal\nsnorts, while their enemies will tremble with dismay when they learn that\nover thirty ibrave tooys from Beaver\nhave this week joined the militia, and\nhave gone to Calgary for the usual\ntraining. Conspicuous among the recruits were Harry Pride, Dave Thompson, Denis Gutridge, Billy Brown, J.\nMurray, Wm. Sid and A. Suell'man,\nRalph and A. Vroom, with a strong\ncontingent from Gladstone valley. Of\ncourse the Canadian militia have a\nrecord. Most of us, can recollect fifteen years ago when the Boers \u00E2\u0080\u00A2conspired with -President Kruger to defend their wives, families, homes and\nhomesteads against the British army,\nwhich, at the instigation of the hooknosed goldbugs of Park Lane, London,\naided toy the renegade statesman, Joe\nChamberlain, and the Soijth African\nmillionaire, Cecil Rhodes, attempted\nto introduce yellow labor into South\nAfrica. It was admitted, at that time\nthat most of the diamond mines of\nKimberley and Several gold mines in\nthe (Transvaal were paying from 400\nto 500-per cent dividends; after paying\na decent wage to white men, but the'\ngold-bugs thought they could increase\nthe dividends toy employing Asiatics.\nHence the -war. Until hopelessly outnumbered the Boers were having the\nbetter of the game, and' were chasing\nthe British and Colonials over'the\nkopjles and capturing them toy the\nthousand. It then occurred to the\nwar office officials to wire Lord\nKitchener \"to tell them why.'.' His\nLordship replied, \"The men you sent\nme can neither ride nor shoot.\" The\nCanadian millitia were then sent out as\nthe only hope. No sooner were our\ncitizen soldiers on the Rand than they\ngot right after them. They captured\nCronjie; put a barbed wire fence\naround Generals Smuts and Botha to\nprevent them from trespassing, and oh\nlearning that General Jubert was\ntrekking toward the hinterland witb\nclose on 3,000 Burghers, 4,000 women\nand 7,000 children, they went in pursuit and overtook him at Paar-de-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2burgh, where, owing to the heavy\nrains, his overloaded wagons were\nstuck in the mud, which made it impossible for him to either fight or retreat, without sacrificing the women\nand kiddies. Here the Canadians entrenched themselves at a safe distance\nand at the end of nine days, by which\ntime they were reinforced toy 93,000\ntroops of all colors, in eluding the\nAustralian toushmen, they, on the\nanniversary of Majuba Hill, led the\nattack on \u00C2\u00ABthe 'Boer entrenchment. But\nthe crafty 'Boer general oh finding\nhimself hopelessly hemmed in, hoisted\nthe white'flag and surrendered with-\nout\"?fflng a shot. This\" broke the\nback of the .Boer war, and made lt possible for the Rand capitalists to establish, for a time at least, yellow\nslavery beneath me Union Jack. No\ndoubt want of employment rather\nthan patriotism, is the Incentive that\nurges men to join the mllltla, but\nwho can say that even the boys from\nBeaver may not in the near future *e\ncalled upon to play a similar part in\nsome Industrial struggle, to that played recently by the State militia ot\nColorado?\nMICHEL NOTES\nThe election for two checkweighmen\ntook place on Tuesday last,. John\nMarsh and Richard Jones were the\nsuccessful mnndidates.\nWe are sorry to announce that John\nPrice has to undergo an operation, for\nwhich 'purpose he went tq Calgary on\nFriday 'last. Dr. Gunn Is undertaking\nthe operation.\nMichel toand, accompanied by two\ndelegates sent by Michel Local Union,\nwere present at the funeral of some\nof the victims of the sad explosion at\nHillcrest. ' '\niThe mines were idle from Friday until Tuesday at 7 a. m.\nHarold 'White, James Touhey, Andrew Matuskey, Andrew Frew, Alex\nAlmond, Richard Beard and several\nother men from Michel took an active\npart at the Hillcrest disaster, althougn\nvery llttlo cohld toe done In the saving of lives.'\n'William Touhey, one of the fortunate survivors of the Hillcrest disaster, who, with others was in the far\nend of the work when the explosion\noccurred, is spending a few days with\nhis brother, James, in Michel.\nJohn Cockran, with wife and children, IMr. and'Mrs. B. D. Turner and\nTom Price, boarded the passenger on\nSaturday evening, en route for England. ;\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2',\nThe Rebelcahs held a very successful concert and dance, with supcpr,\nlast week, at'-whlch Mr. George Stead-\nman presided.\" Among those who contributed items to the program were\nmaster Murray, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Donaldson and '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 several others. The\nchairman expressed , appropriate sentiments on behalf of the Rebekahs. He\nrogretfed very much thai the short\nnotice ha<; not permitted of a postponement en account of the Hillcrest\ndisaster, but he tel'-.. sure thv they ul'\nfelt the deepest sympathy for those\nleft to mourn their beloved ones.\nCOALHURST\nThe stork was a visitor tn Coalhurst again on Tuesday, June 23rd,\nand his compliments were a bouncing\nbaby boy, left at the home of Mr. and\nMrs. William , Clapham. We are\nmother and son doing nicely.\nGeorge Chambers and Stephen Bell\nreturned to camp last week, after a\nsecond term otvsix months put in on\ntheir homesteads.\nTbe mine started to work at 7 a. ra.\nThe following notes were late tor\nlaat week's issue, owing to having\nmissed the mail on th* 16th.\nThe Local secretary, J. Loughran\nreturned on Saturday, the 18th, after\nbeing absent for over a month. At a\nmeeting of the Local, held on Sunday,\nth* 14th, BUI Graham, acting District\nPresident -wa* nominated for the office of president.\nOn Wednesday, 10th inat, W. T.\nHamilton, superintendent, Tom. Evans\naod Sam Kendrlck, bridge Inspectors,\nwith two Motion men, wore informed\nthat their service* were no longer required on the K. & A railway, connecting Beaver Mlnea with tb* C. P. R.\nat Pincher Station.\nBob Brown, master mechanic, who\nhad recently undergone an operation\nfor appendicitis at Pincher Creek hospital, returned to Baaver on Sunday,\nUio Hth InBt. Hob's recovery was re-\nmarkably rapid, considering tho seriousness of tho operation. Dr. Connor\nwas the medical attendant. A rumor\nla afloat that Bob la about to remove\nto Coalhurst and tbat he haa accepted\n* similar position at that camp, with\nmore remuneration. He will be miss-\n*d from Reaver, as he I* well respected by all who know him.\nShakespeare, In \"King Henry IV,\"\nmakes one hts character? say: \"Uneasy Ilea the head that wears a\nerown.\" But in our opinion ao far aa\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 TABER NOTES\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 /\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6*\nR. N. W. >M. Police, and also served\nwith distinction in the last Boxer uprising ln China. Frank was much respected by hie comrades in Coleman,\nwhere ie had worked for a considerable time 'before golnc to Hillcrest.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2William Trump, a native of Inou,\nMoutihshire, worked in Coleman about\nfive years ago, was another \u00E2\u0096\u00A0who lost\nhis life at Hillcrest.\nPeter Ackers and Jack Sands\nworked a short time at McGillivray\ntipple before going to Hillcrest.\nRobert Muir formerly belonged to\nFauldhouse, Linlithgowshire, Scotland; worked for a time York Creek,\nColeman. Some of his family are at\nBeaver Mines. He also lost his life in\nHillcrest.\nO. M. McKay 'belonged to Fort Hood,\nNova Scotia.\nR. Anderson came from Bankhead.\nJ. A. iMcColie was a native of Cape\nBreton, Nova Scotia.,\nJames Barder 'belonged to West\nReuin, Nova Scotia.\nJ. Bingham, who lost his life In\nHillcrest also came from Nova Scotia.\nOn Sunday last, the 21st, the members of the various fraternal orders\nin Coleman went to Hlllcrest and took\ncharge of the remains of the members\nof their orders; the I. O. O. F. burying those who belonged to their order and the L. O. L. doing likewise for\ntheir .brethren who had lost their lives\nin the Hillcrest disaster, the Rev.\nWatkin Jones reading the burial service at the graveside. The Masonic\norder also took charge of burial of\ndeceased members.\nTbe Rev. Father Delestre and the\nRev. Father Beason read the burial\nservice for the dead over eighty-two\nmembers of the Catholic faith. Some\nsorrowfu scenes took place as the\ncaskets containing the bodies of husbands and fathers were laid in their\ngraves, and who had crossed that\ntoourn never to return.\nThe Inhabitant of Coleman are\nglad to have Miss Shone back at the\nMiners' Hospital as matron. The hospital board granted her six months*\nleave of absence for post graduate\nqualifications ln one of the largest\ntraining schools for nurses in the\nworld, at Chicago, of which she has\nBecured efficient marks, for practical\nwork in the surgical department, 85,4;\nlectures on contagious diseases, children's diseases, 'demonstrations on\nnursing, 95 per cent. Which proves\nshe had full knowledge of her profession before going, or she would not\nhave attained such good results. We\ncongratulate ber upon the success she\nso well deserves. ~**\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 \u00E2\u0099\u00A6-\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 \u00E2\u0099\u00A6 \u00E2\u0099\u00A6 \u00E2\u0099\u00A6 \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 COAL CREEK NOTES \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\nSend/or Five Roses\nCook Book\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCOUPON\nJ'me K.m, tnd AAIkm plainly.\nuhi'i lor*tH io tncloM Ten Cent*\nin tump*\nMME.\nnunc or kjux* .\nBEING A MANUAL OF GOOD RECIPES carefully *\nchat-en from the contribution, ol ovex two thouunJ\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2ucceuful uk\u00C2\u00BB of Five Rote. Flout throughout Ctiudt.\nAlw Uefiil Note* on tlie vtriou, cU\u00C2\u00BBn of good thing*\nto cm. ill of which have been carefully checked and\nre-checked by competent authority.\nMbtu yoar Envelow to UKE OF THC WOODS HIU.IHG CO. UHITED. WIHWCS\nWestern Canada Wholesale Uo. Trites-Wood Oo.\nDISTRIBUTORS\u00E2\u0080\u0094FERNIE, B. 0.\nW. L. OUIMETTE\n9MMMIMIIMIIMI\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 o\nStore of Value and Quality\nFresh Fruits and Vegetables\n-..*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.\nThe Very Best Lines of Can-\ntied Goods and Provisions.\nSpecial Display of Summer\nmm^ te j^e^ _m mw. _^^^^g_ _\nWear and Straw Hats, Wash\nDresses and Material Suitable for same.\nW. L OUIMETTE\nI Coleman - Alberta\nA special meeting of Local 102 waa\nheld on Monday night to appoint\nscrutineer* for the election on Friday.\nW. iNodden wae elected to go to\nLethbridge at neutral scrutineer. The\nvote will ibe taken In the Miners' Hall\nfrom 6 to 9 in the evening, X motion\nwaa carried that the secretary write\nHlllcrest.Local and express our tym-\npatby to the families of our brothers\nwho met death in the eiploston, A\nresolution .was passed,that we write\nthe Provincial and Dominion Govern-\nments end atk thet they furnish financial assistance to the wives and children of the Hlllcrest miners.\nNominations were taken on 'Monday night for checkweighman; only\ntwo candidates are Inthe running,Bd\nBrown (the Incumbent) being opposed by a Nugent,\nThe annual election of officers of\nLocal 102 takes places on Sunday,\nwhen It Is expected that some new\nmen will be placed In office, as some\nof the present officials have stated\nthai they will not stand for re-election.\nThe excavation for the waterworks\nKtnrfr-d on Tuewhiy morning, and quite\na line up was seen. There was one\nhundred forty men strung out tn one\nditch, and 1.50 feet wns finished,\nready for pipe laying. The men are\nworking contract, at 28 cents per\nfoot for digging. One foreman handles\nthe Job and there is no rakeoff ra\nanyone.\nThe football team goes to Uow Island on Wednesday afternoon for a\nleague game , and the Grassy Uke\nteam play here on 'Saturday. On\nDominion Day the Lethbridge 8, O.\nB. team play here, On Thursday laat\nthe Taber boy* went io tatfebridgm\nand- were beaten by the Shamrocks,\nby the score of I to 0. So far in the\nHty league tb* Taber totttn ha* lost\nthree games and drawn one; no wins.\nThere ts a rumor to the effect tbat\nthe reduced rates on coal will go Into\neffect on the first of July. If this Is\ncorrect, It will mean the mines in\nthis District will work a little better\nthis month, which om help some, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nwe have worked bat two days thia\nM-UUIU, ,\nHOSMIft NOTtg\no*mrm^-*rmTm*r*Fmr*r*rm^\nA deep gloom settled over the\ncamp when news was received of the\nfearful catastrophe at Hlllcrest, many\nof the victims having relatives In\ncamp. The mines were idle until\n3 p. m. Monday in consequence. Our\nsympathy extends to all sufferers.\nSaturday last was pay day up here,\nand the trains carried the usual contingent of Creekites to Fernie.\n'Robert Spruston of Michel, Joe\nSpruston of Vancouver and .Mrs. Wm.\nBell of Vancouver, brothers and sis-\ntor of the late Mrs. Lowther Morton,\nwere In camp last week end, having\nattended the funeral of the late Mrs.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2MortOn. \"\nOn behalf of the Spruston family, R.\nSpruston wishes to titan* the Fernie\nC, C. Excelsior Band for their services.\nAlso W, R. Wilson for special train,\nand all who assisted In any way.\nHenry Mlard attended a business\nmeeting ot tbe B. G. Boardiof Ux-\namii.Tt at the const,\nThe late Carl Shoots, wbo died on\nSunday night, at Fernie, was well\nknown up here, having worked on the\ntipple for a number of years.\nOwing to the catastrophe at Hillcrest, the lacrosse game between Coal\nCreek Bearers and McBean'a team did\nnot take place on Saturday l*at, hut\nwill be played on Monday next. The\nadvertised basket social under the au.\neplces o'. the Football Club has been\nalso i-oitponed till a later date.\nThe Coal Creek Methodist church\nCouncillors Swan and Louggn, three i choir contemplate running a picnic to\nomlnated to fill the Klko on July lst. Fr'nuds wishing ;u\non~tne\"l8tH7*>ut~some -breakdown connected with the car loader compelled\nthe mine to knockoff at 8 a. ra. Work\nwas not resumed until the 24 tb. The\nadverse conditions that bave prevailed ln this camp for the whole of\nthis year are'telling on quite a few,\nwho would like to see things look\nbrighter before they get too far in\nthe, whole. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0**\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2> .,*\nMr. Swain, the lectrician, left Coalhurst the -latter part of last week for\nthe Yellowhead Pose, to do some work\nfor the company^ at their mines up\nthere.** \"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*..\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0.\",*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nThe Football Club looks like It intends going ahead, if it is a little late\nin the season. Better late than never,\nboys.'\nLodge 1015, I. O. O. F., entertained\nDiamond Lodge, I. O, 0. F, on Tuesday, June 23rd/ The third degree was\nput on by the Coalhurst teem, and a\nfew songs and speeches made quite\na pleasant evening.\nThe last day that the mine worked\nproved that the male population of\nCoalhurst is getting very low. Instead\nof seven cages, as formerly, only four\nwere needed to lower the men, ,*,\nStephen T. Humble\nEurniture,=HaFdw^renGhinar\nStationery, etc.\nOI.D COUNTRY PERIODICALS\nBELLEVUE\nAlberta\nGrand t/m\n> COLEMAN, Alta.\n... Best of Accommodation\nWe cater to the workingman's trade\nG. A. CLAIR :-; Proprietor\nCOLEMAN NOTM\nIn the bye-election which too* place\non Wednesday, the 17th, to fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of\ncandidates were nominated\nposition, namely, Mr., W, J. Burns, R,\nW. Parish and Mr. James Hilling,\nThe voting resulted In Mr. Burns and\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Mr, Parish 'being elected as counselors.\nMrs. C. P. Wtlllmott and children\nleft on Frldny morning for Creston, B.\nC\u00E2\u0080\u009E where she will remain for somo\ntlm*.\nAny person wishing to have stalls\non the grounds at tbe Owls sports on\nJuly 1st should apply to John /Mltchc),\nsecretary Coleman Order of Owls,\n'Mrs. Grant Downing, who underwent an operation for appendlclt|n in\nDr. Ross' private hospital left that\nInstitution on Monday, convalescent.\nOn account of all the members of\nLocal J\u00E2\u0082\u00ACS3 attending the funerals of\nthe unfortunate members of our or-\nganlsation the election of officers did\nnot take placo last Sunday. A special meeting Is called for Sunday, th<\u00C2\u00BB\n28th for the eloction of UhuI offlrir\u00C2\u00BB\nfor the ensuing year,\nMr. James Fraser. from Vancouver\nIs visiting ht* brother. William. Itt\nColeman tht* week. .,\nB. Di\u00C2\u00ABn\u00C2\u00AB*y returned from th* contt,\nwh-nre he has been for some time, He\nreports businese very dull out there.\nMr. Howie and family have rc mo veil\nfrom Coleman to Frank, where he will\nretilde In the future.\nThe fnnetwt of Mr. Patrick Kane\n\u00C2\u00BBAnV rilnj.1* triiim titt* tilt* ,,.l*t**(.\u00C2\u00BB lw\n(West Coleman on Monday. The)well.\nuou) *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB itutui-eui u\u00C2\u00BB Um ^aiuoh*. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nchurch, where the Rev. Delestre read\nthe burial service. The deceased waa\nJoin them are requ^td to give *n\nt*ja!r linmes to Mr*. G. Reid, or member* of committee.\nFrom the ublllttes shown by the\nadherents of Rugby at the recent\npractices. Coal Creek bids fair to\nbecome trhlnlng llitiitit. We are Mill\nawaiting answers to challenge.\nThf Mdlp*' AM, in eonnwtlon with\nthe Presbyterian church, aro having)\nan lee cream social, on Friday even-1\nttu\u00C2\u00BB, tho 2\u00C2\u00AB5\u00C2\u00BBh, to rnmniftii',. at 7 )\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 tn\nAdmis*!nn free. Ic\u00C2\u00AB cream mn be\\nhad at popular prices. Everybody)\nwelcome,\n\V\u00C2\u00BB. arw informed by tla> ll\u00C2\u00ABv. Mr _\nStowlley, the new pa\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BBor of thei\nMethodist church Iter*' that he In-!\nt\u00C2\u00ABmd\u00C2\u00BB to ran a series of infix air|\nservices during the *umnn r month.*.;\nttlh!i\u00C2\u00BB rla\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB held In connection with\nSunday nt-hoot at lul.during \bt> wotk j\nend, where sho has heefl ttnderffolng\ntreatment for inllsmstory trouble*.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Plwr-wwf to w\u00C2\u00BBnnH \u00C2\u00ABb\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB !\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Ante* vt*r*e *\n1\nH. G. GOODE VE CO. Ltd.\nThe Complete House Furnishers\nof the Pass\nHardware Furniture\nWe will furnish your house from cellar to garret and at bol.\ntorn prices. Call, write,'phone or wire. AH orders given\nprompt attention.\nIf you are satisfied, tell ethers. If net satisfied, tsll us.\nColeman\nAlberta\n1 ts*\nHSB-BS\nF. M. THOMPSON GO.\n\"The Qunttty Store'\nPhone 25\nBlairmore, Alta,\nune tw -f. H, Mis sent lorta worn\nthat tbt Hoeoer mine* are to be\nclosed down; tbt work of diamantllng\nnemo to bt commenced Immtdlately.\nNeedless to my, tht news ftt) on tht\ncamp like a bolt from the blot*, and\ntoottti-Mtktt rolgas Mpraae mot\nbusiness nt\u00C2\u00BB tad waat ttratrt alike.\nHowever, the main thing te not to\ntwrtt at far as tie wortttog t*ur it\nconcerned, for It only means & differ\nMt master or a vacsUoa Is tbt 0009\nas t Tig.\nTht eeeeetd, la aM of Aadrow Torek\nwill not teorotteded with. Alltbone\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"fi?* !3fi1!2L !L*P*,,w tt tbt\nparties wiw eoM uefeata\neememaemamemeemnnmetmmmmeem\n7 7/\nmmmmmmmtssn\nfollowed to the grave by a large number of sympathisers. Ht was wtll\nknown and murb respected by the In-\nthe victims of tht Hlllcrest explosion.\nDeceased was a native of Castlehtll,\nCarluke. Mnarhtblre, Scotland, Ht\nleaves a \u00C2\u00BBMow and Ave children to\nmourn nis ron* .\nWilliam limes, snother of the un-\nfortunate vlctlmt who lost bis lift ta\nItllkreat, betinged In Btgln, Scot\nland. He was iweti known ta \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 foot-\ntutti fdaver In the Pats. His mother\nand efeter eesMe It malrssore. He\nwat IS yeart of agt.\nfltgb Hotter. taUre tf StwMt\nOeek, MaaaaaaMre, won toother vie-\nUm 1ft teavee \u00C2\u00BB wMtw tad ttt ber\nto tsowra ftr hia.\nWilliam Oftortv t attlve of Brytt\nWUaui. aged &Bout tt, ateo lost tits\nlife, tit bad wttktd Itr \u00C2\u00BB t\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00ABt |\u00C2\u00BB\nColeman,\nFrank Rostock, snorter of the vie-\ntl\u00C2\u00BBt Wh*Nto nfehetter. NeftN**\nbaas. Deeetted ttfrtn it ttt Royal\nArtillery, he* bttt t atmbtr of tbt\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2**..*.. Ai,A, .Ai., ...,,.\u00C2\u00BB ,i,i \u00C2\u00AB'\u00C2\u00BB-A.'j, *\u00E2\u0080\u00A2( !\nt\u00C2\u00BBk<\u00C2\u00BB up **helr mid*-w*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 on their ranch\nIn Saskatchewan.\nMr, and Mr*, im W*\u00C2\u00BBixhmtlon earn\ndown lo Hlllcrest on fsturdty to\nawslt the finding of tbe body of Joe\nn *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 , *\u00C2\u00BB .1 .'- \u00E2\u0080\u00A2'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0- - t it-, -11*11\ncrest eiploslon. returning on WeHien-\nday swroiag-\nThe local \"deep-feMe\" sre training\nbard, conturoplst ing -rtrrylag off some\ntf tbe spoils tt Pernio et Joly lst.\nDont foi\u00C2\u00ABtt tbt iMootft plenle to\nWho ta Atgast ltd.\nITtebntt tor tb* drtxw fnr tk* fir*-\nesstetger Overtatd \u00C2\u00ABsr given gwtyl\nf Ht. Pttel t*\u00C2\u00ABg* N\u00C2\u00AB Ik, Ijeytlt\nttri*r et Mooaat, are mw on salt.\nTickets, II cents tack, eat be had\nIrVOT llw mUVOTMS**\nwsssm\nemmesmtmweem* peuaaeem***r\nwtr-mmj-t-^t***\u00E2\u0080\u0094* w ^ g^fcj^jg*.\nL\nGROCERIES, DRY GOODS, CROCKERY\nand Everything in Shoes\nOur Grocery atock it complete with only the\nchoicest brands. A full line of Fresh Fruits\nand Vegetables always on hand.\nFresh Strawberries and Pineapples For\nSaturday\nSol* *g\u00C2\u00ABntafor \"INVICTVft,\" \"R1QAL,\"\n\"K\" mall* FIN1 SHOES and LECKIS'\nMINIS SHOES\nKeep yom tiekrtt from om teA rticktnr. Thn\ngrc worth 5j?cr cent \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0tiitfi whenever jiccacatod,\nTIM Stor* That SAVES Toy Monty Sit i?\n'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0$&\nWW-\nl* r ' _ .-* * ' . ..\n^rnm^^WW^7^^\n\^-.\t^.,\"u \u00E2\u0080\u00A2.*.* c*.''*.' .--tii*** t\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*.\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 *, ~ -\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 j*..^.*..^ v ''\u00E2\u0096\u00A0?.\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*?-\u00E2\u0080\u0094, -,,. -* 14-... . \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nfWSSS'-SSSfr.\nPAGE FOUR\nTHE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, JUNE 27,1914.\na eije \u00C2\u00A9ioirijrit \u00C2\u00A3ritaer a\nPublished every Thursday evening at its office,\nPellatt Avenue, Fernie, B. C. Subscription $1.00\nper year in advance. An excellent advertising\nmedium. Largest circulation in the District. Advertising rates on application. Up-to-date facilities\nfor the execution of all kinds of book, job and\ncolor work. Mail orders receive special attention.\nAddress all communications to the District Ledger.\nF. H. NEWNHAM, Editor-Manager.\nTelephone No. 48 Post Office Box No. 380\nLABEL'.\n1\nf\n)\nI\nTHE HOLOCAUST\nK|\nThis week we bury and mourn the loss of nearly\n200 of our brothers. We offer to their survivors\nour most heartfelt sympathy; we offer them our\nevery assistance in their sorrow and anguish. No\nwords, be they uttered ever so feelingly, no pen\npicture, be it ever so graphic, can convey our feelings of sympathy. The asphodel of bitterness .and\nregret is theirs. Bitterness because they, like us,\nrealize only too well, the sacrifice that labor\nmust ever make, when used to descrate and rob nature of her wealth; regret that men by our present\ncompetitive and suicidal system of exploitation\nand competition, are compelled to continue day\nafter day, week after week, taking the awful risks\nand chances of a horrible death to secure the\nmeans of livelihood for those they love and bring\ninto existence. Respect for the sorrows of the be\nreaved will not permit us to attempt to describe\ntheir sufferings. Time, the great healer, will no\ndoubt alleviate to a certain extent their sorrows,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2and may the hand of their fellow workers be held\nout to relieve them in their distress and suffering\nthat must follow as a result of the breadwinners'\ndemise.\nThe catastrophe, one the most ghastly that has\never happened in this western country, or the Dominion of Canada, came with the characteristic unexpectedness and suddenness of all such disasters.\nThe morning broke sunny and glorious, the miners\nentered entered upon their task with usual health\nand vim, for had they not been idle two days, and\ndid not the morrow bring that remuneration for\nwhich the worker must ever toil and strive. No\nthought, no heed; the miner can never stop to think\nor dream of accidents. His occupation is such that\n\"lfhegetTcareless cQsregardlTf danger, an3Twere\"Ee\nto hesitate and consider the consequences, such hes\nitation would mean the loss of the percious job and\nmeans of sustenance.\ncondition peculiar to our present system, but is the\nnoblest ahd best of human traits, the welling and\noverflowing of a great brotherly love and desire to\nrelieve mankind in distress. From the moment the\nfirst tear was shed, from the moment humanity\nconceived a desire to propagate its specie, there\nalso sprung up that purest and holiest of desires to\nsave\u00E2\u0080\u0094to live. Call it sentiment or attempt to con.\ntradict it by the most elaborate logic\u00E2\u0080\u0094it lives and\nexpresses itself in our every action and the very\nfact that we exist today.\nINCREASED PRODUCTIVITY!\nTwo hundred thirty-seven, hale and hearty men\nand boy went down that mine\u00E2\u0080\u0094the mangled and\ncrushed bodies of one hundred eighty-nine have\nbeen returned to the widows and orphans. The\nbodies so torn, dismembered and crushed\u00E2\u0080\u0094so cor\nnipt after their exposure in the mine that the rel\natives were denied a last glimpse even, Those\none hundred eighty-nine have been offered upon\nthe sacrificial altar of labor, to a desecrated and\noutraged nature, who resents the intrusion of puny\nhumanity upon her storehouse. They are the tribute the mine worker pays for his existence. In the\nvery glow of the ruddy coal on our hearth is reflected the blood of thoge brave m en who have sacrificed their lives to recover from the bowels of the\nearth one of the greatest necessities of civilization.\nIt is not fair to attach blame or censure at this\nperiod, an dwe must certainly take exception to the\nremarks of those who have at this stage attempted\nto explain the cause of explosion. Those responsible for the management tnd welfare of the mine\nhave have always enjoyed the respect and confidence of the worker, and surely we can stay our\njudgment until the evidence is in, and then if guilt\nbe attachable let those responsible suffer accordingly.\nWe would ask in the meantime that aU temper\ntlieir feelings and remarks until a thorough investigation is made, and the pros and eons discussed\nThere ii no doubt that your officers will make arrangements Immediately to relieve such distress\nas may result, and should the workers be called\nupon to assist, we trust that they will, as on pre*\nvious occasions, be only too ready to help Uii\nneedy and distressed, frae, the obligation Is upon\nall but we naturally look to our fellow workers as\ntbe foremost helpers.\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E It is gratifying to note that the International\nnee forwarded $1,000, and were It not for the\nheavy drain at present upon the International ex-\nchequer nt a result of Colorado. Virginia and Ha-\nnateo, this would have been much greater,\nIt If meet to make mention of the efforts made\nby the rescue crews to recover survivors and the\ndead. Pernie, Ooal Creek, Hotmer, Michel and Mc\nOUlivray all seal contingents and apparatus, while\n.... . * * ,,\nmm House** titMM \u00C2\u00ABm tam *miwttMWMt% v\u00C2\u00ABm.|\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB aa.* m\nimtd. 'ibe JktitntUt A'w. i teMMS -*** J\u00C2\u00AB* /(Wmwa*\nservice and more than one survivor owea lite live to\ntbo reeeie car men. there was, however, few to\nrescue\u00E2\u0080\u0094It was mostly a question of recovering tho\nSir George Paish, editor of the London Statist,\nmay be &xx economic authority, and able to inform\nus very accurately as to what is required to relieve\ntho present existing depression, but like many\nauthorities, he is able to diagnose j;hc malady hut\nis hopeless as regards the cure. Sir George has\ntlie following to say upon conditions existing in\nCanada:\nCanada has reached that stage where it is time\nto halt expenditure on construction and to apply\nmore labor and capital to work on the land and\nto the production of wealth. The mechanism created to care for production suffices to deal with at\nleast twice the present output. The burdens of\ninterest on the capital invested will he very\nheavy until productive pow6r is greatly enhanced\nFor yeara the burden will entail stringent economy. It is of the utmost importance that direct,\nincrease of productive power through placing a\nlarge proportion of the population on the land and\nin the mines be carried out with the minimum of\ndelay. If these measures be adopted and directed\nproperly over $5,000,000,000 will be invested in\nCanada within 15 years and its population double.\nWe are aware, and any thinking individual can\nscarcely be otherwise, that \"the mechanism created to care for production suffices to deal with\nat least twice the present output.\" It is the\nA B C of the modem student of economies that\nthe present condition of unemployment is caused\nby over production./ Here in Pernie we have men\nidle, but millions of tons of coal to mine. The\ncoal is not mined for the very simple reason that\nnobody requires it\u00E2\u0080\u0094there is no market. Now, very\nmuch the same prevails throughout the whole of\nthe Pass. Some wise ones will immediately exclaim, \"This is not over production; this is under\nproduction.\"\nWell, consider for a minute: First, why is the\ncoal not required?- Because there is no need for it?\nYes. The railroads arc not moving so many trains\nbecause they have no freight to move. And the\nThose at present owning the land would look upon\nthis as a- grarid opportunity to soar land values,\nand the average ;wage earner would not be any\nbetter off than hs is today-. We.have seen land\ngiven away ,in tins country and we have seen thi?\nrancher and the farmer mortgaged and tied up so\ntightly that he dici not know, what he owned or\nwas likely to own for the next, twenty years.\nSir George may \"have the ear of the captains of\nindustry,\" but'he eannot have the ear of the toiler\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094we have heard him and his kind too often.\nPut them on the land! Why, most of tlie workers\nare tWay>, considering how they will land their\nnext meal!\nr^pn~Wey~hav power through placing a large pro-\nportion of the population on thf land and in th*\nmines.\" sound* awfully easy nnd should he t*n%y\nunder \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB>\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 system but our prevent n,vm(\u00C2\u00ABmii. hiu!\nunder the chsttlc a\n\e system or under the feudal\nsystem f|ii\u00C2\u00AB ciiM have been e\u00C2\u00BBwily neer\u00C2\u00BBmptishe\u00C2\u00ABl.\nV\u00C2\u00ABt an hoxv. for th* sirup!* w\u00C2\u00ABnn thtt onr mnl\nwould be left standing in mm nnd mir wheat in lh*\nejevnton*. N'or, strange to sny, e\u00C2\u00ABn It ho argued\nthat increased production wmild mean a ehwipen.\ning of the ****\ ot lit im. if you think it would.\ntt \u00E2\u0096\u00A0:, A. * t* *\u00C2\u00BB t ..... t ,*..,\u00C2\u00BB!,?*, *.\nOut particularly daring piece of work waa dote\nby tbe five men wbo ventured Into the mine at\n7:30 o\u00C2\u00AB Friday night to locate flit which bad catteed\nUm officials to order every man out of lbs mine.\nthese iii#m lork tfwfr fives fw their fcawN; ttm,\nthen was no lack ot volunteers, but tbey west. Ho\ntwaO played tbem to tbt pit mouth, uo gtttMly uul\nforn adorned tbem, titer* eras no bard to sing\nthen pulses, ba tbey wsat aa sorely as did\nOanhgus si* hundred, lato tbe valley ef deal*;\nInto tbs jaws ot bell/*\nHer should be forget tbat every system r/r eon*\ndltton of tortety will produce those venture!\nspirits wbo wtll be tbe pkatetf* of our specie, and\nsuffer awonUngly The week of rueeue is not a\nI.\n,\u00C2\u00AB ym-,A.\nr v.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0%'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nH.ir T.-viT^I\nIi \u00E2\u0096\u00A0!\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nmuld mil |ubl bav# to e-mwnnw em**, nt\nleast tbat is Irtjrietl. m both th\u00C2\u00ABw intelle, tnsU have\niHrir I.f iDiaui lite-ore-* shot to h*\u00C2\u00ABl< *.\nP-Wnoemnere n-nniilrlillg ill llie Urigitb. \u00C2\u00BBi\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BBH(r*(l |\u00C2\u00BBw\u00C2\u00BB-\n\u00C2\u00BBfMy el#wn!#tl. IntetleH of Sir fleorg* Faith \"n tho\niti-fo thnt kt me pmAmtA tor -tmrnrnpthm imUirnl\not |Wi\u00C2\u00AB w* might *#-{\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\u00C2\u00AB# tSMtdittttfM*. t\u00C2\u00BBWf io- iltm\n\u00C2\u00BBtd mtf 'in in-mmit himedt\nit th* #.*\u00C2\u00BB*\u00C2\u00BB*\u00C2\u00BBi,\u00C2\u00ABtt\u00C2\u00BB,*t#> wtofHi \u00C2\u00BB**r ibMtnt* pr**,,*-.*\nWill he $ntv*\u00C2\u00BB!ed worn to bn fffWl to tb* pe^te *f\nVomdit h* wrrhom Iti*! wb*t\u00C2\u00BB*\u00C2\u00BBy thejr muM rf.\ntnm tr* 'ht- \u00C2\u00AB.m|, *tm this wmM md Mf* mntit-m\nTHE FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS OF\nHILLCREST MINE DISASTER\nTHE\nThe funeral of the victims of the Hillcrest mine\ndisaster took place on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Mr. McKinnon of Coleman and Mr. Hamilton\nof Passburg, assisted by the officials of the U. M.\nW. of A., were in charge of the funeral arrangements. Over two thousand people joined in the\nprocession, including representatives from the various local unions.\nOwing to the state of the bodies, it was recognized by the relatives and those in charge that\nbuiial should take place as speedily a? possible\nThc bodies were lying in the Miners' and Masonic\nHalls, which were used as temporary morgues. The\ndifficulty of carrying the caskets down several\nflights of steep stairs can be readily appreciated.\nThe little plot of ground in the centre of the town\nbecame a scene of intense activity for the preparation of burial, the caskets' were deposited in shells\nbefore conveying them to their last resting place.\nPrinted notices were distributed setting forth the\norder of the procession. The various religious organizations came first, followed immediately by the\nfriendly societies and orders.\nDespite the adverse condition of the weather,\nwhich at times became wintry in aspect, accompanied by cyclonic winds, which raised volumes of\ndisagreeable dust, the Bellevue and Michel bands\nbravely played the Dead March in Saul at the\nhead of the procession' Interment took place in\nseveral trenches. Upwards of eighty of the Catholic faith were laid in orderly array in one of the\ntrenches, spaces being left for others yet to be\nburied. In the next long trench were buried members of the Anglican, Methodist and Baptist denominations, amongst whom five Welshmen were\nlaid side by side. The Italian brothers, six in number, were buried tn one separate trench,\nThFTrieMly^s^iettOT~mcludiBg~tire\u00E2\u0080\u0094Masoinr\nOdd Fellows and Orangemen, had their several\nburial spots, while Mr. Frank Pearson, president of\nHillcrest Local, assisted by International Board\nMember Rees, read the burial service on behalf of\nthe U. M. W. of A. Whilst we do not wish to particularize, we feel compelled to mention the impressive service which was held over the graves of the\nfive Welsh victims. The Coleman choir, assisted\nby many others, gave a very effective rendering\nof two Welsh hymns, and the well-known English\nhymn, \"Lead Kindly Light.\" The choir also assisted at the burial services, at one time singing\nmost feelingly the English hymn, \"Jesus, Lover of\nMy Soul,'' to the tune of Aberystwyth.\nThe Masonic and Orangemen also conducted im-\npresslve services, a large number of each order being in attendance.\nIt would appear that the magnitude of the disaster was paralysing in ite effect. Nevertheless,\nthere were many pathetic incident* at the grave*\nsides. It was particularly sad to see a woman lead*\ning a smalt tot by tbe hand and carrying an infant in her anas, whilst wending her way into the\ntrenches, apparently friendless. In several cakes\nwomen could ba seen standing in the trenches for\nhours, beside the remains of their loved ones, mute\nIn their grief.\nOver the grave of the Hurray family, silently\nmourning, stood the only sob witb a widowed mother of seven children. Brave Mrs. T. W. Brown,\nthe mother of six little children, stood above tbe\ntrenchee, convulsed witb suppressed grief.\nMany of tho victims ware formerly of Nova\nBeotla, amongst whom were Pius MeNeal and Angus McQuarrey, who wtrt conveyed back to Nova\nfleotla for burial, tbt Hungarian Society buried\ntheir oomradse at Blaimore, tbt Michel band leading, rendering their services. One of tbt victims\nwas buried at Coleman, aad Itoomas Oorkill was\nconveyed to Fernie.\n(The following appeared in our special edition\nof Friday night.) -\nNews was received in Fernie. about 10;30 a. m.\nFriday that a serious explosion had occurred at\nHillcrest mines, that over 200 men were entomned\nand the mine was on fire. Immediately upon receipt, of the news arrangements, were made with\nthe C, P. R. to run a special train with rescue apparatus and competent rescue men to the scene of\ndisaster. A special M. F. '&. M, train was despatched to Coal Creek to collect men and apparatus,\nw.hile George O'Brien, who had just brought a\ncrew out of the smoke chamber at the Rescue Station when he received the news, immediately packed eight sets of Draeger apparatus) eight oxygen\ncylinders and pulmotor. The C. P. R. had a special\ntrain made up and the rescue apparatus was\nspeedily shipped^aboard.\nThe Coal Creek coach arrived at 11:55 and was\nattached to C. P. R. train, which left Fernie depot\nat 12:10.\nThe whole arrangements were carried out with a\ndespatch' and methodical coolness that reflects\ngreat credit upon the training that men have received at the Rescue Station. Working with peculiar deftness that does not permit a single unnecessary movement, Geo. O'Brien, in charge of\nRescue Station, rapidly fitted and packed each\npieoe of apparatus, while the men! immediately\ncarried the boxes to the waiting train, There was\nno shouting or ordering, but speed with deadly\nearnestness.\nPARTICULARS FROM HILLCREST\nHillcrest, June 19,4:30 p. m.\u00E2\u0080\u0094(Special to District\nLedger)\u00E2\u0080\u0094An explosion occurred at the mines of\nthe Hillcrest colleries at 9:15 this morning. A special-train was made up at Fernie in charge of Conductor Doran of the Canadian Pacific Railway.\nThe British Columbia Government Draeger rescue apparatus from the Fernie station and all available apparatus of the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company at Coal Creek, also twenty-two trained men,\nacting under Instructor O'Brien, of Fernie Station,\nalso Provincial Mines Inspectors Evans and Williams, Dr. Anderson and Nurses White and Dunn of\nthe Fernie hospital were brought here on the special\ntrain. The train picked up at Hosmer and Michel\nW. R, Wilson, General Manager of the Crows Nest\nPass Ooal Company, with seven trained men and\nDr. Weldon and Nurse Brady of the Michel Hospital staff. ,*\nOn arrival at Hillcrest, no time was I6st by the\nrescue party in hurrying to the scene of the dis\naster and putting their equipment into commie\nsion., - ' \t\nOOVBRNMINT OEANTB OOMMIMtON 10\nINVBniOATB\nW*WW W \u00E2\u0096\u00A0BSRS^SWW^^w***^ wt www\n/one, 33.1014.\nHon A. L Sifton, Premier Alberta Govern-\nment, Bdmouton, Alt*.:\nOn behalf ef the mine workers of this Dis-\ntrict, me respectfully aad urgently request\nSkat ymi mtmeiin/t w intgAal UnmiUlSBJOII to in-\nar^^^^^ j ^pa* warn** W*^wm^mw \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0r w^^p*^p*^pwpw am^Fat^^^-^^^^a^mrw^ra^t m ^ w*^^\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2ateadtwotm Ihm ameWoo et the ^eemttt ewwtefdnm Ot\nIfWwrwit,, fl*fl wrcM fnttfcw wjnw* thnt, 1,W*\ncommission ad lmmtdUtely aad independently\nef tk* OmMr's Jwy.\nWM. CtftAHAM, Aeting President,\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 t fantt'TWO OtemWIewtt Teeotw***\n*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 i \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB,**\u00C2\u00AB **\u00C2\u00BB **\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB!***-'-'( l m t \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 < \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ' y J \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 f\nDtotifei 1S\u00C2\u00BB O. M. W. of A,\nPremier liftou replied tbat tbt rtqueet\nwould bt grantod and a commissi appointed\nimmediately.\nLIST OF KILLED\n(Coutlnaed from Face 4ae)\nJAMES'PORTEUS\nALEX^ PORTEU8 \"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'\nCHAS. IRONMONGER\nSAM IRONMONGER\nWM, TURNER\nTOM BARDSLEY\nGEORGE POUNDER ;\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 JOHN HOOD,-\nALEX. PETRIE\nROBERT PETRIE\nJAMES PETRIE\nH. HUNTER\nJ. DAVIDSON x\n, R. COULTER\nG. COURT\nT^ QUIGLEY\nJ. 3. QUIGLEY\nTOM TAYLOR\nEvery motor ear la tbt vMatty wm requisition\ntitt __u_ t___il ttt iUkttViMf tetuiiUL OdXtiei *.Mtt maiffi'nt\nmrwo ssww wmra opw wmimmwmje tineemtrw-^r j^******-****\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 \u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB ^^^^m* *^^*ww\u00C2\u00AB\nasssrtaaee, wbOe tbt ttlspbet wire waa beM for\nrescue wwfc euly uatll wsO lite tbe aftersae*.\nTM\u00C2\u00BB waa eaoef tbo maw why wen waste slow\nin readriag Fesarfc\nthe Pvwsiaetek HmmwmmA baa five* SvLm ftUi.\nimg, emti mme tuspeovtr wm ist miwatmm m tu\nbetta, authority to pmrtfie lev tht dependent fan\nj\u00C2\u00A3SUg^^^ -ftgg^ JLu|.^^j^-*'.-Kj*---^^Sy^^i*>ii\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 fr\nQ\nTHE DISTRiqTfoEDGER, PERNIE, B. C, JUNE 27,1914.\nPAGE FIVE\nof the fearful mental anxiety which tells in lan-\n.gnage stronger than words can portray, they who\nthis morning went, blithely to work are mourned\nby loved ones who will never see them again this\nside, of the Great.Divide. Great credit should be\naccorded the C. PR. and its employes, for the\nrapid trip that was made from, Fernie. A special\ntrain was despatched at 10 minutes past 12, and the\nfollowing time as the various stations were passed,\nis sufficient proof of the service given. Hosmer,\n12:19; Michel, 12:48; and despite the heavy grade\nafter McGillivray was passed at 1;31, the train was\n.speeding swiftly through Crows Nest and only\nforty-five minutes later the mines were reached,\nmaking a total run in the remarkably fast time of\none hour and fifty minutes.\nAs an evidence of the terrific force of the explosion, the engine house at the south entry is simply\na pile of debris, the roof of which was blown off\nand carried a distance of forty feet and the end\nwall facing the pit mouth, eight inches thick and\nsixteen feet high, was entirely demolished: A\nlarge hoisting engine was blown out of alignment\nand it crank shafts badly bent. A deposit of coal\ndust covers everything in the vicinity of one\n.hundred and fifty feet, in thickness varying from\none fo three inches and caked somewhat after the\nconsistency of swallows' daub, and another pecu<\nliarity of this dust is the fact that it was absolutely\ndry: Upon interviewing one who was fortunate\nenough to escape and asking him to give in his own\nwords a description of the explosion, he replied:\n\"It was just like the crack of a cannon, add\nwithout the slightest warning.\"\nMany willing and capable workers held themselves in readiness to do all that was humanly possible, but it was deemed advisable to suspend making any search for the bodies, because of the existence of fires. However, a company of trained men\nvolunteered to take their lives in their hands with\na view of saving others, and upon reaching the\ndeep came hack and stated that they would continue the work of mercy.\nExploring parties are at work wherever possible,\nand from time to time bodies are being recovered\nand brought out. There has been a continual surge\ninto the camp all day; some attracted by idle curi\nosity, but many on a mission of fear and hope-\nfearful that their beloved ones were among the\ndead,1 and still hoping that they might be saved.'\nA telegram has been received that President Mac-\nXie of the Hillcrest Collieries Company has left\nMontreal on a special train and is making all haste\nio reach the scene of the disaster.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\" A detail of the Lethbridge fire brigade are also\nhere to render whatever assistance needed. A\nspecial meeting of the unions in the vicinity to make\nto investigate the actual condition of the survivors.\nLate, yesterday afternoon he communicated with\nCommissioner Reid, stating over the long distance\n'phone that some of the people were absolutely des-\ntitue; The mayor gave a big order for grocreies,\nwhich was filled by the local'merchants, and an\norder for a carload of flour. The Taylor and Ellison mills both came to the rescue of the people in\nneed, and donated fifty sacks of flour each. Tbe\nremainder of the carload was guaranteed by the\ncity, and it'was sent over tbe rails last night along\nwith a full carload of groceries, handled jointly by\nthe city and the miner's relief committee. The\nshipment was the first actual and material relief\nforwarded to the scene of the disaster, and the council is now awaiting Mayor Hardie's word for more.\nIt is thought that the relief sent by the city, will\ntotal $1,000. <\nHillcrest, Alta., June 24.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Though the poignancy\nof grief caused by the disaster in the mme last.,Fri\nd\u00C2\u00BBy morning is still plainly evident in nearly every\nface met on the streets of this camp, the town i-s\nbeginning to assunw a mqre normal attuudq. Everyone is now waiting for the inquest, which comes\noff on July 7. The Miners' Union is busy gathering a mass of testimony which will be submitted at\nthe inquest, and it is generally conceded that the\noutcome of the coroner's inquest will have a distinct bearing on the future of the coal mining- industry in the Pass camps.\nThe C. P. R. is carrying food and clothing to the\nsufferers, and relief is beginning to come in from\nmany places. Relief arrived this morning from\nFernie.\nIt is expected that .an official list, the first since\nthe disaster, will be handed out by the mine officials\nthis afternoon. Heretofore, it has been impossible\nto secure a list, the officials having been too busy\nwith the work of recovering the bodies to prepare\none.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Lethbridge Herald.\nLethbridge, June 24.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Salvation Armyists of\nLethbridge havo been particularly hard hit by the\ntwo big disasters of the past month. The Empress\ncatastrophe claimed four victims from the Army in\nthis city, and it has now been learned that the late\nbandmaster, W, Galamore, was one of the unfortu\nnate 196 who lost their lives in the Hillcrest mine\ndisaster.\nMessages of Condolence\nKing Expresses Sympathy\nToday the Governor-General received the following message from King George:\n\"t am grieved to hear through the press of tbe\nterrible disaster at Hillcrest coal mine by which it\nis feared many hundreds have lost their lives.\nPlease express my deepest sympathy with the sufferers and also with the families of those who have\nperished.\"\nHon. Lewis Harcourt, Colonial Secretary, sent\nthe following message:\n\"Please convey to your ministers an expression\nof deep sympathy from His Majesty's Government\nand people of Canada in the colliery disaster. \"*\nDavid Rees, Hillcrest:\nMessage received. Deplore great disaster\nthat caused death of so many of our people,\nand hasten to extend my deepest sympathy to\nthe bereaved ones who are left to mourn.\nJOHN P. WHITE.\nDavid Rees, Fernie:\nWe are filled with sorrow on account of\nawful explosion at Hillcrest mine. Will send\none thousand dollars to aid bereaved families.\nWire answer where and to whom we should\nsend this money. Answer quick.\nWILLIAM GREEN,\nSec'y United Mine Workers.\nWm. Green, Secretary Mine Workers, Indianapolis, Ind.:\nPresident White's message of sympathy and\nyours received. Have conveyed same to Hillcrest people. I beg to extend the gratitude of\nthe bereaved families for the expression of\nsympathy received, also for your kind consideration in forwarding one thousand dollars, es:\npecially considering the heavy drain on the\nNational exchequer at this time.\nDAVID REES.\nlErangements fOr the burial of the victims will be\ncalled. Officers of District 18 are also on the\nspot! Coroner Pinkney of Blairmore has empanelled a special jury of ten which-convenes tomorrow for a preliminary hearing. The inquest is to\nbe held July 2nd. Many of the 'victims were> so\nbadly disfigured that it was only Ay trinkets that\nthey could he identified. Ohe individual was\nfound with a very large .sum .of .money on his\nbody, which he was evidently carrying for safe\nkeeping.\nThe Hillcrest Colliery Company and the Canadian Pacific Railway are employing a force of men\nin digging graves and are supplying all caskets.\ndemolished Hoist House, 100 Feet From\nMouth\nPit\nFREE TRANSPORTATION ARRANGED\nBODIES\nFOR\nHlllcrest, Alta., June 20.\u00E2\u0080\u0094One of the few surviv-\nors has had a most unusual experience, having been\nin two previous disasters, and in those as well as\nthis last one escaped without injury. William\nGuthrow, who is a miner well known throughout\nCrow's Nest Pass, as wtll as in the coal fields of\nNova Bcotia, stated this morning tbat he was working at the time of the explosion on the north side\nin north entry and it would be about 9:80 when he\nbeard a noise that sounded much like a blown-out\nshot, although he realised or rather sensed that\nsomething was wrong, but did not anticipate that\nit waa anything extraordinarily serious, because he\nwaa not knocked out. . When starting te make his\nescape, bt slipped, lost his lamp, caught his foot ia\na frog, aad in order to sxtrioate it, he was com-\npelled to take off bit shot. Scrambling along as\nbest he could in tht dark, ht mat foul air down\ntht bottom of first north, and just when he was\nntaring collapse, a breath of freeh air wafted his\nfaot, and knowing that tht air had been reversed,\nwai quickly restored to normal. After reaching\ntbt mouth of tbt mine In aaftty and reporting aim\n.Ottawa, June 23.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Arrangements were made to\nday by the Government to furnish free transportation over tbe Intercolonial to those accompanying\nbodies going to Nova Scotia from the Hillcrest disaster. The arrangements were made at the request\nof J. D.. McNiven, of the department of labor,\nwho was sent to Hillorest to represent the Government. He wired six bodies were leaving for Nova\nScotia, and the O. P, R. had arranged for transportation as far as St, John. The government at once\narranged for transportation to destination. Mr.\nMcNiven reported that the scenes at Hillcrest were\nalmost indescribable, and that liberal assistance is\nrequired.\nMedicine Hat, Alta., June 21, 1914.\nMr. A. J. Carter, Secretary U. M. W of A.,\nDist. 18, Fernie, B. C:\nDear -Sir and Erother:\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Executive Officers of the Alberta Federation of Labor are\ndeeply grieved over the distressing calamity\nwhich occurred on Friday at Hillcrest mine.\nShocking as was the loss of life in the sinking\nof the Empress of Ireland but a few days ago,\nthe Hillcrest disaster touches our hearts'to\nthT extremity of sympathetic sorrow, inasmuch\nas this holocaust has occurred under our very\neyes and the victims are of ourselves\u00E2\u0080\u0094the wage\nearners and wealth producers of Alberta.\nKindly convey to your colleagues, to the\nsurviving members of Hillcrest Local, and to\nthe families of the unfortunate victims the\nkeen sympathy of thousands of working men\nof Alberta as expressed herewith through .the\nAlberta Federation of Labor.\nPresident Jones, of the Federation, has been\nthis day instructed to proceed immediately to\nHillcrest as representative.of tbe Federation,\nto lend assistance on behalf of the Federation\nin any possible manner in this hour of sadness and distress. Fraternally yours,\nALBERTA FEDERATION OF LABOR.\nB. M. Bellamy, Secretary.\nJPete Oommiso, who was reported among the dead,\nhad the experience of reading his own obituary on\none of the coffin plates. Pete was one of the first\nout and is highly pleased with his escape.\nJ, O. Jones, President of the Alberta Federation\nof Labor, was in Hillorest on Saturday. J. 0. had\nmany friends among the Hillcreit boys and wu\nsecretary of the Local for some years. He feels\nvery keenly the catastrophe that has created so\nmany widows and orphans aad robbed bim of many\na fritnd. Mr. Jonas was present on behalf of tht\nA. P, of L. and was instructed to render all the assistance possible by that body.\nWilliam Grafton was standing oa tbe steps of\nJohn F. Stirling, Hillcrest:\nAra directed by His Royal Highness, the Governor General, to convey to the people of Hillorest the sincere sympathy of himself and the\nDuchess of Oonnaught on account of the recent\nterrible calamity. Please see that this conveyed to tbe publio in some way, as well as the\nsympathy of Mrs. Bulyea and myself.\nLIEUTENANT- GOVERNOR BULYEA.\ntbe Southern Hotel, Bellevue, when ht noticed\nself, he hastened to Vie home, where ht doffed bis I smoke issuing from tht pit mouth. Ht immediately\npit clotbee, took a bath, a short sleep and tben re-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 rang up tht HUlcreet exchange aad inquired what\nturned to do all he oould to aid others. Tbeabovelwas wrong at the mine. He was informed that all\nis practically tht experience given by all who were Iwas 0. K., but aot being satisfied, suggested that\nfortunate enough to got out alive. Ithey make Inquiries. It was not, however, until\nCoroner P. M. Pickney, of Blairmore, empanelled | tome tea minutes later that the mint whistle blew\nJohn P. Stirling, Ohlef Inspector of Mines, Hillcrest, Alta.:\nAccept sympathy in face of appalling disaster, If I can do anything let me know.\nR. W. BROOK,\nllts warning.\nArthur B. Parmer\nJohn Thomas\nJohn Sbanal\nHarry Smith\nWilliam Goodwin\nOAB IN MINES\nthe following Jury:\nJ. W. Oreeham\n(Foreman)\nCharles Puchs\nE. Boil McKensic\nThomas Duncan\nOeorte Orafton\nTm etene tmtff mmm. iim t-nmom, m piete*j\niaary to tht iaqueet, to be held on tbe 7th of July.l\nDeeming It advisable, under circumstancee, tbe ling lighter than air (sp. gr-\u00C2\u00BB,6), this gas is found\nlandlord of tbe HUlerest Hotel Is temporarily un-|t,m the roof of workings, aad Is difficult of de-\nilLa',, \u00C2\u00BB*Um* #*& \u00E2\u0080\u00A2mMkumlttotim witaout tbt aid of a lamp, owing to its ah-\nstronger than W. J. Bryea ooektaQs. Isence of color, taste, or smell. (2) Black or choke\nTht bodtee ait now being recovered much morel damp, carbon dioxide (002) is, on tbe other hand,\nrapidly than to tbe start, u egress is obtainable Ibeavier than air, and eo settles near tbe ground. It\nnow by two exits. Up to tbe present writing there |u ootMxplovitt, but will not support combustion\nart approslmataly oat bunded fifty bodies teem-Wnt Tf fe ff present iu the proportion of fourteen per\nered, bat a number of theee still await id\u00C2\u00ABtifica-|eent. in the air (S) Oarbon monoxide (00) is\nCONDOLENCE\nVancouver, B. 0., June 10,1014.\nA. J. Carter, Secretary, Miners' Headquarters,\nPenile, B. 0.:\nVancouver Trades and Labor Council, on\nbehalf of organised workera of Vancouver,\nextends deepest sympathy to District Eighteen\naad particularly to the miners of Hlllcrest\nUnion, In the terrible disaster which has fallen\nupon your District today.\nJAMBS H. MoVBTY,\nVice President.\nTbt chief danger ia ooal mines Is dot to tbt pres-|\nleaee of gases, given off by coal and other compon-\nItnti of the coal-bearing strata, or produced by thai\nI firing of explodvee. Tht most oommon of these!\njam three ia number. (1) Firedamp, or marsh]\ngat (OH) forms a highly explosive mixture with air I\nI when la proportion of about tta per oral to it Bel\nttoa.\nLethbridge, laat 34-\u00E2\u0080\u0094That tht cily of Leto\nbridge, a artaiag town, Is cogniant ef tht widows*\naid orphans' needs of the village of HOTerert, Is\norhbmt tmm tht fat thlf BlUjrur Htafr.1i tuny\ntill to tht vmnWmtn waa promptly fulfilled!when present in the afr Hi sufficient quantities, tx\nami despatched late test Bight. Ipiodet oa contact with a flame.-Nelson's Bneyelo.\nMayer HanUe waa eeat to HUJcrset ea Monday\nproduced by tbe firing of explosives, tbe spoatoa\nI tout eombntleu tf eeat or tht txaloehm of fir-*.\na tvwt wm*wm*o*eeee^^m*ww mrm wptf wo tts* VM|riweiVH wa> aa\u00C2\u00BBeP^\ndamp. It destroy* life tf la tht proportion of oat\nper ttai la tht autoepbtrt. Spontaneous corabus-\nItion takes place hi certain mines where tht eoal Is\n[peculiarly eb\u00C2\u00BBerb\u00C2\u00ABnfc *f oxygen. Ooal daft, also,\nGOVERNMENT TO PROBE DISASTER\u00E2\u0080\u0094KING\nGEORGE WIRES MESSAGE OF GRIEF\nOttawa, June 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. S. C. Hudson of the department of mines, has left for Hillcrest, Alta., at the\nrequest of Prof. R. W. Brock, deputy minister, to\nlook into the causes -of the recent disaster.\nMr. Hudson is an expert who has made a special\nstudy of mine accidents and their causes. He was\nprincipally responsible for the new law relating to\nexplosives passed by the Dominion Government.\nThe Dominion government does not propose to conduct a general inquiry into the cause of the accident, but will leave that to the Provincial Government. All possible information will be gathered\nwith the object of preventing accidents of a similar\nnature in the future.\nTHE ISLAND SITUATION\nThomas Parry and J. Hilling, who were among\nthe rescue party that came from McGillivray with\nGeneral Manager Hillock, of the McGillivray Coal\nand Coke Co., in describing their experiences to\nthe Ledger man, stated that they entered the mine\nand explored a large portion of same Down in\nthe lower levels of No. 1 slope they found the mine\nin bad shape, timbers being blown out in all directions and caves everywhere, and experienced considerable difficulty in traveling. They located one\nsmall fire, but the ventilation was good, and there\nwas no difficulty in extinguishing it. On their\njourney they passed fifty or sixty dead bodies uncovered, while they noticed many partly covered\nwith coal and debris. In some cases it was only an\narm of leg protruding, while in other cases it was\npart of the body. The dead looked as though they\nhad been covered with tar, sweat and dust. The\ncondition of those bodies where the gas had commenced to work was sickening and several of the\nparty were compelled to refrain from looking.\nGeneral Manager Hillock, however, did not permit\nanyone to linger, as they were looking for signs of\nlife; they could not succor the dead. Most Of the\ndead, said Parry, appeared to have been killed in\nstantly, and their bodies were horribly burnt and\ndisfigured.\nWilliam Touhey, shot lighter, Michel, also seen\nby our representative, stated that this was his\nfourth experience of coal mine explosions. He\ndid not think the mine was badly damaged, in spite\nof the terrific force of the explosion. Most of the\nmen appeared to have been killed by gas, although\nthere was no doubt that they had been rendered\nunconscious by the force of the explosion. Mr.\nTouhey was present at the Banfurlong (Lanes.)\nexplosion in 1906, when twenty-four men were\nkilled; the Maypole (Lanes.) explosion in 1908,\nwhen eighty-four were killed; the Preoria (Lanes.)\nWhile we have no official news,\nthere is a press rumor that the strike\non the Island has been called off.\nWhether this be true or not, we do not\ncare to venture an opinion, 'but having \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nregard to the number of men. on\nstrike and the present state of,unemployment at the coast and on the Island, we would strongly advise all\nworkers to stay away from that portion of the country, until they hear\notherwise.\nTAYLOR-STEVENS\nA very pretty wedding took place in\nthe English Church, Fernie, on Wednesday afternoon, June 24th, the Rev.\nD. V. D. Robertson officiating, when\nMiss Margaret Stevens was united in\nmarriage to -Mr. James Taylor, both o\u00C2\u00A3\nPernie. The church was very beautifully decorated iu white, and the aride\nlocked very pretty, dressed in ivory\nsatin. After the wedding ceremony,\na large number of guests assein>bled at\nthe home of the brioes parents, nni\na very enjoyable evening was spent by\nall present. The happy couple left\non the midnight train for Spokane,\nwhere they intend to spend a -week or\nso honeymooning, when they will return to Fernie and take up their future home.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2The bride was the recipient of many\nhandsome and useful gifts, which\nshows the esteem In which she Ks held\nby her many friends.\nT. CONNER'S ITINERARY\n-The following meetings have been\narranged ,for Comrade T. Conner.\nProvincial Organizer for the Socialist Pary of Canada: Hosmer, Saturday night; Coal Creek, Sunday, 3 p.\nm.; Fernie, Sunday night, 8 p. m., in\nthe hall; Michel, Monday night; Corbin, Tuesday night; Coleman Wednesday night.\nJULY FIRST CELEBRATION\nTHE TEMPORARY HOSPITAL\nexplosion, 1910, when 348 were killed, and the Hillcrest disaster. He was with tho Michel rescue contingent, and has had considerable experience in\nrescue work in the old country.\nWhile he acknowledged that the men were being\nwell trained in the use of the apparatus, Mr.\nTouhey thought they have much to learn before\nthey could be considered thoroughly proficient rescue men. The confusion that was likely to arise as\nthe result of using two different patterns of appa\nratus was also to be deplored.\nWm. Mazey, with the Ooal Creek contingent, had\na remarkable experience, and one that amplifies\nthe contention that many were instantly killed.\nSitting in one of the shelters, or manholes, in an\nentry to the north of No, 3, was a man with a piece\nof bread in his hand and his mouth agape, as\nthough in the act of biting. So real and life-like\ndid he appear that Masey could scarce believe him\ndead.\nProgram of Events\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Football.\n'Lacrosse\u00E2\u0080\u0094Fernie vs. Cranbrook.\nHalf mile bicycle race\n100 yard miners' race.\nLadles' race.\nHigh jump.\nMarried men's race\u00E2\u0080\u0094100 yards.\nSawing competition.\nOne mile open.\n100 yards open.\nChopping competition.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Broad jump. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nTwo mile motor cycle race.\nPooy race? best two of three heats.\n440 yard race. open.\nHorse race, five-eighth mile dash.\n'Boys' bicycle race.\nSquaw race.\n'Mile dash, open.\nRelay race.\n'Baseball tournament.\nThe baseball competition commences immediately on conclusion of\nlacrosse match. If four or more teams >\nare entered, first games will be of\nseven innings only; final game to be\nplayed out, , \t\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094'RetajrTjrce\u00E2\u0080\u0094fl'wo\u00E2\u0080\u0094ortnnree noraeST\"\noptional. Loop cinch to be used, saddles on the ground to start. One man\nand rider with each team.\n'Boxing contest\u00E2\u0080\u0094Middleweight chain-,\nplonshlp of Canada. BHly Weeks ot'\nVancouver, vs. Joe Uvanni, of Rome,\nX. Y. Preliminaries start 8:30 p.m.,\nat Kcrnie arena.\nThe Athletic Assoclatloil have made\narrangements with the Coal Company\nfor a special train for thc Coal Creek\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2people to-.attend the Dominion Day\ncelebration. The train will leave Coal\nCreek at 9:30 a. m.\nGlace Bay, N, 8, June 93,1014.\nA J, Carter, Secretary United Mine Workers\nof America, Fernie, B. O.r\nAt a publie matting of miners, hald her*\nlast night, following resolution was passed:\n\"Resolved that this netting of miners instruct the officers of District No. SO to Wirt\nonr deep regrets at tbe disaster and sympathy\nfor tbt bereaved farailiee at Hlllcrest; aad wt\nfurther instruct then to write the officials of\ntbe Dominion Ooal Compnny to make immediate arrangements for \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 voluntary collection\nto bt taken np from their employes for tbt benefit of the bereaved families at Hilkmt.\"\nI. B. McLAOHLW\nOlaoe Bay, E B. lane 32,1914.\nIdttor District Ledger, Fernie, B, O.:\nI join with tbt comrades of tbt Glace Bay\nLocal of tbe Socialist Party of Canada and\nmany others of Ibis vicinity In tending sympathy and condolence to the relatives and fellow erorkers of the Hillcrest disaster.\nC M. OBM1N\nThe Lethbridge oar with six rescue crews arrived\nearly in the afternoon. Everything humanly possi\nble was done and there were nurses, doctors and\nhelpers in abundance. The explosion, which must\nhave knocked everyone In the mine senseless, where\nit did not kill outright, was terrific, many men hav.\nIng limbs blown off and disemboweled, while the\nposition and condition of many of the dead would\nindicate that, rendered unconscious by the explosion, they were poisoned by the deadly oarbon\nmonoxide before regaining consciousness.\nWhole families have been wiped out, one partic-\nuplarly sad case being tbat of the Murray family,\nfather and three sons being among the dead. Three\nof tbe Petrie family are also among the dead.\nThe saddest feature about the disaster is the\nnumber of married men, Thomas William Brown,\n|tvho had contributed to the Ledger columns for\nsome time ts among the dead. He loaves a wife and\nsix children.\nAlthough special details of R N. W. M. Police\nare on the spot to maintain order, hot their services\nare a sinecure. The whole camp is too daned and\noenumoeo witn horror to think oi disorder.\nThere were many stories to tell of the dead, but\nfew rescued to give their experience, All thoie interviewed, however, were of the opinion that most\nof the men were rendered senseless by shock and\naftcrwardt poisoned hy carbon monoxide.\nBob Levett, of Bellevue, was overcome through\nthe mouthpiece of bis apparatus becoming di*\nplaced and was brought ont by T. Jewell and\nSandy Nicol. When first brought out It was\nthought he was beyond recovery, bnt after working\nKomeUme, the doctors noticed signs of life, and be\nwas event n\u00C2\u00ABHy brought back by the aid of tbe pol\nmotor. This is Bob's second experience of mint\nttmm, he having been one of tbe party engaged In\nrescue work during Uie explosion at Belltme In\n\"The Staepard of the Hills.\" tbe\ndramatization of Harold Boll Wright's\nnovel, which holds the record for tbe\nlargest sales of uny American wyk of ,\nfiction, which has been made by Mr.\nWright, with the assistance of BUbry\nW, Reynolds, will be seen at the\nGrand, .Monday, June 20th.\nThe scenes of the piny aro laid\namong tho Oaark mountain of Missouri. It Is n story of the hills and\nthe simple life, yet It has plenty of\nexcitement and an fir of mystery that\nwill hold the auditor from beginning\nto end.\nThe story has to do with th<> father\nof an artist, who, tired of city Hfo,\ngoes into tho Ozarkti for peace and\nquietude, He learns of n prlevoun \u00C2\u00ABln\ncommitted by his son, whom be\nmourns as dead. The son hnd visited\nthe hills some years before, when he\nf\u00C2\u00ABll In love with a simple country\ngirl. Ho painted her picture, and\nwhen he went back to tho city, de-\nsorting tho girl, he earned tnmo Imt*\ncitUHtt of the minus. Tho girl, desert-\nsorted and brokenhearted, dies, leaving behind her n half-witted son.\nThere are several character* whose\nquaint humor It n decided novelty.\nTaken es \u00C2\u00AB whole, the play promise*\n(o prove a refreshing rttsng-p from the\ngeneral run of dramatic attractions\nthl* f<-aaon.\nFtRNII FOOTBALL CLUB\nA dance will lm given by tlm c-Hlnr* 5>e-\nlu'-itU Hu- Imrnt'd t\u00C2\u00BBnu>\u00C2\u00BB.\nMlnl*t<\u00C2\u00ABr\u00C2\u00AB of ih<- Uomxd. bcurern of\n'. , ,*., . ......... \u00C2\u00BB.... *-..*.\u00C2\u00BB*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2.\nthe nrmed\n1910.\nl*h\u00C2\u00AB-'<\" ftp-iil *\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB<\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB> ili-'-'cti t\nI :\u00E2\u0080\u00A2.\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 cm niii wilh riir**,!\u00C2\u00AB by\nW.tiueu.\nVranilt**i iv\">* * t*'%r \u00E2\u0099\u00A6??\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00C2\u00BB !*'\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*;\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\" hud\nlit tk* tirra oi n revolution when innf\nInld the i*\u00C2\u00BBrrli to the mltt\u00C2\u00ABr'\u00C2\u00AB tent*.\ntin* iriHf'ii \u00C2\u00ABnnh' 'n -,)\u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ror wtt-h\nt*m*:t*mit*' ..im teeaitiitit* m** irhattljr\nhtittivui remain*.\nHut .? na* t\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BBo lai*.\nTlie AiiH-riCiii! '.uirkiji-K jw-ople wero\nnrowt'il\nAii .-trrwd int'\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB!on of the State of\ni,olor\u00C2\u00BB','\u00C2\u00BB for th** i\u00C2\u00BB'iriH,\u00C2\u00BB*\"\" td <*ni\u00C2\u00BBhind\nthe mil*!ist wa* imnvin'-nt and wmiM\n.* ,.,. , i* |i\u00E2\u0080\u009Ei('.. inn !uf !(!>\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ij'\u00C2\u00ABl< k in-\ntmentlun ef I'nited Statei trm>ixi\n, . . .**.,..,..\nTl,, r/i;',*t. , ii it, li*',rt*t] !(,) if* kt'O-\nn*-r, itt th* <\u00C2\u00ABt>it.il. xrowllnt.\nTic 'nttu'T* -.it* ret-nr.ldir.c 'Aalr\ni<*ti' rt,tonlf*a. *\u00C2\u00ABt\nbv Waiter II. Flftk. 4lr\u00C2\u00ABeter of ptA*\nlb !n, m\u00C2\u00BB \\u00C2\u00AB. ir., I' M. W. ,,f A.,\n!\u00C2\u00AB)>*\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0<' Ulu* r-.> .--\u00E2\u0080\u0094Tf't^1'\" * J\nft**,.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u009Er ?*-$\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 *,:\u00E2\u0096\u00A0>\u00E2\u0096\u00A0* xx t &*k ^-\ ^ / ; > '*:* ;\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 t*; .-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0** .^\u00C2\u00A3*'&.*^** \" ---\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00A3- ' sw^. .V-'*^ *\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 --> - t -! ~^ \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n' * .' !j % j - <*. nil C >./\" 1^ \"V, 'r f i i !*'* rs ^ , A-i t-S,< >y. i. I -. ' = A . *rw\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 , -J** ' - r. V S . ^ -, n _ - ' . ' . \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 , _ *. -, *\n-: **0\nFAGS SIX\nr5 ,.\n^THE DISTRICT .LEDGER, FERNIE; B. C, JUNE 27,1%4\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0St \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 , t' ' \ i *f ,\nV * <\" -J- \" ^X ' \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nf -> ,~ L_t5\" i^>\"\"-% <\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 sy-t\" \^ \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0**\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 * ff\n\ f, & 4 *, X\n^ \u00C2\u00AB 51 ^ r*, :\nLocal Dnion Directory, Dist. 18,U.M.W. A\nGLADSTONE LOCAL\nNo. 2314\nMeet first and third Fridays,\nMinere' Hall, Fernie; second and\nfourth Fridays, Club Hall, Coal\nCreek. Sick Benefit attached.\u00E2\u0080\u0094T.\nUphill. Sec, Fernie, B. C.\nHOSMER LOCAL\nNo. 2497\nite*?,t every Sunday at 2.30 in K.\nP. Hall, Main Street Sick Benefit Society attached.\u00E2\u0080\u0094W. Balderstone, Sec, Box 63, Hosmer, B. C.\nMICHEL LOCAL\nNo. 2334\nMeet every Sunday afternoon\nat 2 o'clock tn Crahan's HaU.\nSick Benefit Society attached.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nH. Elmer, Sec.\nPARK LOCAL\nNo. 138?\nMeet every Sunday. Siclr and\nAccident Benefit Society attached.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Michael Warren, S\u00C2\u00ABc. Can-\nmore, Alta.\nHILLCREST LOCAL\nNo. 1058\nMeet second and fourth Sunday\nin month. Sick and Benefit Society attached.\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. Gorton, Sec.\nCARBONDALE LOCAL\nNo. 2227\nMeet every alternate Sunday at\n2.S0 p.m. in the Opera House,\nColeman.\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. Mitchell, Sec, Box\n105, Coleman.\nBANKHEAD LOCAL\nNo. 29\nMeet every Tuesday evening at\n7 o'clock ln the Bankhead Hall.\nSick and Accident Benefit Fund\nattached.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Frank Wheatley, Fin.\nSec, Bankhead, Alta.\nCOALHURST LOCAL\n- No. 1189\nMeet every Friday evening at\n7.30 in Miners' Halt. Sick and\nAccident Benefit Society attached.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Frank Barrlngham, Sec, Box\n112, Coalhurst P. O.\nCOLEMAN LOCAL\nNo. 2633\nMeet every alternate Sunday at\n2.30 p.m. in the Opera House,\nColeman.\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. Johnstone, Sec\n, PASSBURG LOCAL\nNo. 2352\nMeet every second *d fourth\nSunday of each month at 2 p.m.\nIn Slovak Hall. Sick Benefit Society attached.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Thos. G. Harries,\nSec, Passburg, Alta.\nBURMIS LOCAL\nNo. 949\nMeet every second and fourth\nSunday of each month at 10 a.m<\nIn School House, Burmis. No Sick\nSociety.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Thos. G. Harries, Sec,\nPassburg, Alta.\nMAPLE LEAF LOCAL\nNo. 2829\nMeet every first and third Sunday of each month at 10 a.m. In\nUnion Hall. Mable Leaf. No Sick\nSociety.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Thos. G. Harries. Sec.\nPassburg, Alta.\n' LETHBRIDGE* LOCAL\nNo. 574\nMeet every Wednesday evening\nat 7.30 in Miners' Hail, 12th Avenue North.\u00E2\u0080\u0094L. Moore, Sec.-Treas.\nBELLEVUE LOCAL\nNo. 431\nMeet every Sunday at 2.30 p.m.\nIn the Socialist Hall. \u00E2\u0080\u0094James\nBurke, Sec, Box 36, Bellevue,\nAlta.\nBEAVER CREEK LOCAL\nNo. 481\nMeet every first and third Sunday at Lyric Hall, 3 p.m.\u00E2\u0080\u0094John\nLoughran, Sec\nCORBIN LOCAL\nNo. 2877\nMeet every second Sunday at 2\no'clock in the Club HaU. Sick\nBenefit Society attached.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Geo.\nElms, Sec, Corbin, B. C.\nGEORGETOWN LOCAL\nNo., 3026\nMeet every Sunday afternoon,\n2.30, at Boarding House. Sick\nand Accident. Fund attached.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nMax Hutter. Sec\nFRANK LOCAL\nNo. 1263 .\nMeet Sundays, after each pay\nday, at Miners Hall. Sick and\nBenefit Society attached.\u00E2\u0080\u0094B\nMorgan, Secretary.\nMAN KILLED ON\nTHE C.P.R. TRACK\nThe morning passenger train -from\nthe east on Monday morning brought\nIn the body of J. H. Sobdell, who was\nkilled by tjiat train at about 10:37,\ntour miles east of Fernie, The body\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2vyas (badly mutilated and was held in\nthe baggage room pending the arrival\nof the Coroner, who later permitted its\nremoval to the undertaker. The deceased was about 35 years ot age and\nof Austrian nationality. Three five-\ndollar bills and a letter to the 'Dominion Land Office of Edmonton, ln which\nthe writer iwas making a complaint\nabout 'wages owing by his previous\nemployer, were all that was found in\nhis possesion.\nOn IMonday evening Coroner Wilkes\nheld an inquiry, the following constituting the jury:\nS. Graham, John Janiceh, Joe Smith,\nPat Lynch, ..Mark Owen and Alfred\nMaynard.\nAfter hearing the evidence of the\ntrain *rew it would appear that the\ntrain was coming around a curve at\nthe spot where deceased was killed.\nThe engineer could not see the mau\nfrom his side, but the fireman happened to catch a glimpse of the man and\nshouted to the engineer. The latter\nimmediately applied the emergency,\nbrakes and the train was pulled up.\nThe conductor and engineer -went\nback and discovered the body lying\nbeside the track, apparently dead.\nAfter examining same, it was taken\naboard and brought to Fernie. The\njury, after carefully considering the\nevidence, returned the following verdict:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2We find that, the deceased, J, H.\n'Sobdell, came to his death iby ibeing\nstruck by locomotive No. 2590, C. P.\nJR., on a curve about four miles east\nof Fernie, OB. C, the time being 10:37\na. m., June 22, 1914.\niWe find from the evidence placed\nbefore us .\n1 Bo Ib.\n1*lelb.\n70o 2 lbs.\nEvery description of Sausage and potted\nMeat made on the premises by Expert\nWc Kill Thc Finest Ranch\nFed Cattle\nEckstein Blk., Fernie\nMr. R. Spruston, of Michel, who\njourneyed to Quebec to recover the\nbodies - of his sister, brother-in-law\nand their children (Mr. and Mrs. L.\n'Morton) had an experience there that\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2he n-ever wishes to repeat. Relating\nhis experiences to our correspondent,\nMr. Spruston stated that the C. P. R.\nofficials did all that lay ln their power to facilitate the recovery of bodies\nand the identification of same. The\nscenes he witnessed were heart rending ami beyond description; people\nwere distraught with grief. One case in\nparticular .where two fathers were\nclaiming the body of one child; one\nholding either end of the c\u00C2\u00A7sket. The\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0body vc!opnfem work and\nopened tbt* tmnmn from various points,\nNt tht>> bnt* al/ways etveountcred serious fault* and considerable dlffl-\n1 v\f':v, rrml\n| .\t\nFRANCE NOW TAXES\nFOREIGN D1VIDEND8\nParis, June 23.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The French Government yesterday issued regulations\nunder which a tax of S per cent. Is to\nbe collected upon incomes received fn\nFrance from foreign stocks, bonds and\nsecurities In whatever form, Including\ngovernment bonds, The regulation* go\nInto force on July 1,\nTbe law by whWh this tax Is levied\nwas passed In March, Since then\nenormous pressure from financial interests has been brought to -bear on\nthe Government to delay the amplication of the legislation, while various\nchanges have 'been proposed.\nAmong the arguments put forward\nIt haa been urged tbat tbe law would\ndrive out of Franco thousand* of\nFrenchmen and foreigner* who will\nprefer to leave the country rather\nthan lose tho twentieth tMtft of tho Income they derive from capital invested abroad. Other thousands, it is ae-\ndared, will remain In France and\nevade the law, which In aomo quarters\nis deemed Impossible of enforcement.\nThe regulations are Intricate and\ndetailed. They require the banks to\nkeep o record of nil coupons, checks\nand other Instruments of credit used\nto transfer or collect Interest from\nabroad,\neSevere penalties are to be inflicted\non periona seeking to evade the law.\nTho extreme limit Is a year's Imprisonment and there Is a series of heavy\nf1rn\u00C2\u00BBt.\nJOHN D. BLAMED FOR RIOTS\nIndtpsndtnt Miner Says He le Putting\nLittle Onee Out of Buslntss\nWanhlnfton, June 199.\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. A. Owen-\nby, representing Independent coal\notwators In Colorado, told President\nWilson today the Rockefeller and\nother large interests In the State were\nnot attempting to settle the strike\nbwnntie *mall corporation were belna\ndriven out of business. He told the\nPresident the Federal troops were be-\ninr used to assist the large operator*.\nOwenby, wbo was brought to tb*\nwhite House by Senator Owen, aald\nn;<\u00C2\u00BBt of the wall \u00C2\u00BBle*e were fwtwd\nto close at the b-mttnnlnff of fhe atrilre\nriots, and that Federal troope had pre-\nvented any mines from being \u00C2\u00AB*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nopened awl kt\u00C2\u00BBpt new miners from\neomlng Into the flold.\nWhile mch measures were Intended\nto -rmote peace, he said tbey were\nresulting to th* detriment of tb* wattl\n*ttnclm**tt:\nThe following is a list of successful\ncandidate at the examination for coal\nmine officiate held May 19th, 20th and\n21st, 1914:\nFirst Class\nRowland B. Gasceyne, Cumberland,\nE. C.\nGeorge O'Brien, Fernie. B. C.\nDavid Brown, Corbin, B. C.\n, Thomas O. Davies, Beaver Mines, Alberta.\nJames Touhey, Michel, B. C.\nHughjPennjan, Merrit, B. C.\n\"\"TJOffrKUSseir^iitfOrd,\u00E2\u0080\u0094Alberta:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\no- - '\n8eeond Class\nWilliam H. 'Moore, Nanaimo, B. C.\nFrederick W. Dennis, Lethbridge, Alberta.\nRobert X. Hamilton, Nanaimo, 8. C.\nThomas J. Wood, Nanaimo, *B, C.\nRobinson Wilson, Princeton, B. C.\nJ. A. Challoner, Nanaimo, B. C.\nEarnest H. Devlin, Nanaimo, B. C.\nWilliam W. Clarkston, Hosmer, B. C.\nJames jQulnn, Corbin, B. C.\nDavid M. Francis, Mlddlesboro, \nboHe fWNWMBKt mm after hearing art*\nd\u00C2\u00ABa*a tb* Oaiaa*r decided tbat ao\nIB^pPi-SIr WSP m^G^_mmmj\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 I9PNSSI\nborfae oa Waiaeaday *\u00C2\u00BBraiag.\nMrffniiifHini8\"\"-^'**'\"-\"\"'\"' \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\nSCOTCH PAMBNatK TWAIN\nrALLS INTO TORHSNT\nThre* Women brewed and Oaten\nOther* SupeisH Killed\nLondon, June la.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Threo women\nwere Jr>wn\u00C2\u00ABJ end It ia believed a\ndor\u00C2\u00BBn \u00C2\u00ABtl**r* pono-nt wrtsitett whim a\npass\u00C2\u00BBnT\u00C2\u00ABr train todv went through\na fttlvsit and into n t*\u00C2\u00BBrron: at Carr\nbrtijrt, it tttka nmtk ot lav*rn<\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB,\nfi-potland.\nA thunderstorm, that ravaged th*\nnorth of England and aoolJaad, was\nresponsible for tbe aeeldent. Th*\ntrain from Pwrth wat ftwMrtfif the*\nealvert and became detailed, tb* eat*\nnet, Wbleb bad -beconta uuderwluad\ncello-peed, and tbe paaseagar eoaobe*\nietMMio i*a\u00C2\u00AB entm. tt tm \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB<\u00C2\u00AB ***\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\nhr'TMir?, thr %nw?n (iPtiH, t*. 4n*wJ\notherfenmm worn eaagbt ta \u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nn*rg*d eoaeb. Moot af. tba Mopfe\n(WtH trom tb* \u00C2\u00AB*r% drifted fa tba\n*traaai and wan bMly tajatai %*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nfor* rsaeaad. Ona man, a -paaeeager\nfrrm tew Verb tmr*d hlmnattt bt\nf!SP|n!8ff Sr tfSS*\n* - \u00E2\u0080\u0094- * ,niri i_._-.i..i i ilium *\nTMS UNION LAilL\nTb* anion tab*; ca eajr arttel* la nw\nU*ae* that artlel* was toad* ia a aanf>\nta*y wart tbop bf akWad, anaait*!\nworbmett. By demaftdtag tt raa gntn*\neww w^^-^e ^**p* one v*^^iMr jbwee wt^^m/mM eetwe\nifTfnt w\u00C2\u00ABfftf.\n^FSuk wfcdmmtmm tm**^^^ Mmm\n-#\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 MWn\u00C2\u00ABr WOTB SSJ\u00C2\u00BB\niMMk^' mmmibmmmt *_^_^mfa Jfag_\u00C2\u00B1\n\u00C2\u00ABMbt of waibata ta\nHEBE IS A SQUARE DEAL\nand peeoetnl murtty a* twaU.\nWWi a policy la our oM One\ncompany, you can go off on your\nvu\u00C2\u00ABation or vielt tbo eede et tiw\nearth and yoa know jroaVa aa>\ncote. The beet In\nFIRE IN8URANCI\n1* always oheapeat. aod eapaoC*\nally ao wbm It dooeo't coat\nhigher. Dont deiay about that\nreaewal or about that extra Insurant you want but come rifbt\nla kt owt kni bnve tt nttettded\nto.\no Ai JEUflLtii 1 SwMsemL\nSOLS AOSNT POR FSftNIB\nit rKiutiB, m. e\nA low weeks' rest from Business at\nPark or the Coast\n1 .flBuajgf|y^b<\u00C2\u00A3a^.-<^ itn^miMt j^^^tm_^_^b___^_mt^^\u00E2\u0080\u0094eddt\nw^^^^^^i^Wtai^^f^^ V^m *^HIieaBpW*^^PaHN.HH.I.^v**\n1Mb* \u00E2\u0096\u00A0ithnlfHma A# btbm\nt ITW mtnrf'tTltyff off T\u00C2\u00BBW\nwitb Ita attaadaat evil*.\nPr\u00C2\u00ABv\u00C2\u00ABtitiott of ewid labor.\nrmeotetmmeet\nrfptnMk ^^A^M*t*u ___%\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 mm flvffWMi ^^\nwill give yoa a new Iim* of life, or t* tb*** whose tlm*>U be*\nIted, uke quickest rouU \u00C2\u00AB*\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB or w**L *U tb* Oro*t Nortkem\nRailway Co.\n23 Hours Fernie to Seattle\n\u00C2\u00BB Hww to Jtet**'-\n26 Hours io V&tiamver\nDir^t conn\u00C2\u00ABctioiu al R\u00C2\u00ABrford for East ft West\nnwmtmmmtnmmawmw\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2vr,., \u00E2\u0080\u009E.m 99*9.9 tttt the pmrdwrt. ad wmd meiira railroad eaai\u00C2\u00BB\ntttttfOM. Cowttwi and etwtm em/term *m mem yaat mw\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2efere p\u00C2\u00ABr\u00C2\u00ABbaela\u00C2\u00AB at*MmM\u00C2\u00BB tleketa, m m talk H war.\ntU^^m t_t___^_ii^^__n iMd^ga^dJLMn ~^u*^a^ t_n_\\nrww TV^HVr '-WWwBI^J BpfPiy em\nIt J MALONEY, At\u00C2\u00ABnt\nr.o. Mm 4#i rssuss, ac rtaa* N*^ IS!\nm\nPUNtSAL Or THOMAS COftWU.\naf tm\nOarWl, \u00C2\u00AB>b# teat ble W* at\noa tMtteittef hwt\u00C2\u00BB\n^^, MHft^^^^^^i|^p- no___t__m\nw**^mw .^^^\nfmnTSemlmUiL--\ntlm wm, n. t. Mtm\nwmpbf aim ww\nPimm etwmoemibmi, M. ou\naar no ttm. Weteea, taeUed mo WmUI\n^^-^--j^^^A^^^h ^_de 'tmb__t jemt^^m^mnttma ___et- nte^r^mmbm^m^m^M SBISb^^fc^.\njarsiimmtiii of Vreibte^batXnow v\n^g^a *^^l a*^^*-^A^p J^At Ma*^ a^^^\u00C2\u00AB^ ^^^^^^j^^b ^^n^^^^^\na^-^w ty^^^w ^^**^^0^ a^m -^Pwaw wlMMr -g^BOPabWI^g v^HIHMK\n, fe^'^%\u00C2\u00ABisw\u00C2\u00ABs^iiikji*-. 1 A\nv xM\nTHE DISTRICT LEDGER, PERNIE, B. C, JUNE 27,1914.\nPAGE SEVEN\n; The\n*\u00C2\u00BB\nOriginal\nand\nOnly\nGenuine\nBeware of\nImitations\nSold on the\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Merits of\nMinard s\nLiniment\nPassburg\nHotel\nYou're always welcome here\nClean Rooms, Best of\nFood and every\nattention ,\nt\nTHOS. DUNCAN Passburg\nCOLEMAN\nudr\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0s&tffigm\nWholesale Dealers in\nWines\n\"Liquors\nCigars\nMail Orders receive\nprompt attention\nFemie-Fort Steele -\nBrewing Co., Ltd. .\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094_^_\_mm\u00C2\u00B1_\u00E2\u0080\u0094_,_,_\u00E2\u0080\u009E_-_\u00E2\u0080\u009E_._\u00E2\u0080\u0094_\u00E2\u0080\u0094_\u00E2\u0080\u0094_'\nt\nBeer\nand\nPorter\nBottled Goods a Specialty\nHotel\nLarge Airy Rooms &\nGood Board '\nRoss & Mackay **&,\nDenver, Colo.. June 20.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Corporation ridden Colorado is trying a new\nmethod of breaking strikes.\nFor seven months the State scab-\nherding -militia was used Tor this purpose -without avail. Then came the\nmassacre of the nineteen men, women\n-and children at Ludlow and consequent attempt of the gunmen militia-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0men to slaughter all the strikers. Instead of (breaking the strike, it\ncemected the bonds of unionism more-\nsolidly and made tne striking miners\nmore determined to win. ,\nNow that prostituted State officials\nhave failed, county officers are doing their dirty work in tbe hope that\nthey may gather some of the .spoils\nfrom the hands of the operators that\nrun red with the blood of the women\nand -babies of Ludlow.\n'Fremont county has put into effect\nthe newest method, of attempting to\nbreak tlie strike.\nDuring the two weeks' fighting\nwhich followed Ludlow, one man waa\nkilled in Fremont county.\nThe grand jury met and Indicted\nfifty-three union men for murder.\nThese strikers have ibeen throw into\nJail and .bonds ln each case have been\nfixed at $5,000.\nUnion officers claim this waa done\nsolely for the purpose of tying up the\nfunds of the United 'Mine Workers.\nTHE FERNIE\nLUMBER CO.\n/.'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0=.\nManufacturers of and Dealers in all kinds of Rough\nand Dressed Lumber\nSend us your orders\nThe Latest fro^n\nColorado Fields\nJune 20.\u00E2\u0080\u0094(A. possible\nwalkout Is the latest\nColorado's industrial\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Denver, Colo.,\nstrike breakers'\n-development ln\nwar.\nThe -Colorado Fuel and Iron Company haa made a reduction ranging\nfrom 5 to 20 per cent ln the weekly\n'wage of its strike breakers.\nOperators deny tbe cut in wages\naod explain -the average wage of the\nminers,, at the Walsenburg mine in\nparticular has been reduced because of\nthe reduced tonnage put out iby each\nman ..per week. They insist the rate\nof wage has not ibeen lessened.\nIt is explained that the strike\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2breakers when first put into the\nmtae-3, were more or less inexperienced, toilers and, to mwt the demands for coal, every man was given\nrooms where coal could bo mined the\neasiest and tbe consequent output\nbrought as near to normal as possible.\nSince tbat time, it is said, tbe\nstrike, breakers* have-'become accus-1\ntomed to digging coal, the output has\nbggan -to exceed the demand and ,as\na consequence, the strike breakers\nhaye been put to work in more Inaccessible portions of the mine.\nStrike \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 breakers are'beginning to\nInsist that they be put back lu those\nportions of the mine where they can\nproduce the greatest tonnage, claiming \helr work is hazardous and because of tbeir character as etrlke\nbreakers they should be given opportunity to make as much money out\n4o?-^eir^i3*Usie\u00E2\u0084\u00A2i'-^ip]o5finw\u00C2\u00BBt\u00E2\u0080\u0094ar\npossible.\n'iThe operators admit the situation\nhas^ become embarrassing and they\nare in danger of having a walkout of\nstrike breakers unless they, agree to\ntheir employes' demands,\n, \"My employes are honest; I have\nevery reason to believe in their sincerity, integrity and honesty.\" John\nDee, Jr., gave vent to this at the same\ntime he said \"My conscience acquits\nme.''\nAnd now some of these same employes are charged with stealing\nthousands of dollars from him at his\nPueblo plants.\nIf these \"trusted\" employes would\nsteal, isn't it possible tbat they would\npad their strike reports? It mlgbt\nhav* boen well for John Dee, Jr., to\nhave visited Colorado months ago, not\nonly to investigate the grievances of\ntbe miners, but the records of his\n'^honest\" representatives,\nWith the State election but a few\nmonths *way, the usual number of\nfriends of labor are bobbing up.\nMany, of them will be left severely\nalone.\nOrgaiized labor in Colorado has\nlearned a hard lesson ln tbe past\neight months. They realize that tbe\ntime has passed when tbey can support any man wbo promises to be a\nfriend of labor before election ana\nthen starts to lick the boots of capital as soon as he is elected .\nGovernor Ammons was a good example of these pre-election friends of\nlabor who turned out to be a spineless\ntrickster.\nLabor in Colorado, has decided tbat\nlt is- to bave no more of these political crooks and, the fall election will\nsee organized labor vote more solidly\nthan ever before.\nTbe story told by Charles Ravallo,\n\"scab,\" who bas just made his escape- from the Morley mines, is a\npitiful one.\nRavallo produced statements showing that for the week ending May 31,\nin which bb put in 50 hours' work, be\nreceived $10.25. His board cost bim\n$5.40. Fifty cents went towards hos-\nipital maintenance and $2 went out in\ndrafts, leaving him 92.35 to expend in\nriotous living.\nFor the. week ending June 8, he put\nin 50 hours' work, receiving $10.25, or\n$1.70 a day. His board cost him $6.75\ntbat week and $1 was -taken from bim\nfor the-\". Hospital, leaving, hhn $2.50\nprofit.\nRavallo says tbat the treatment offered the men In the Morley mines Is\nsomething awful; the sboard is of the\ncheapest kind and the men are\nguarded at all times, to prevent them\nfrom escaping.\nHe says that the mine superintendent forces tbe men in tbe mines to\nwrite letters home to relatives and\nfriends, telling them of the good working conditions and'the high wages\npal* and begging them_ip come on,\nTaT^the sffttds over7r aiTdlbere Is\nplenty of work. '\nFull supply ef following\nfor sn appetizing meal to\ncheoio from.\nBeef, Pork, Mutton\nPoultry, Butter\nand Eggs\nTry our Cambridge l*us>\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2pi* for tomorrow's break,\nfast\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nmmammmetmmmmmmmotmmmnowm\nCALL OR FHONI\nCilgary Cattle Co.\n- Phone M Weed Street\nPMNII, S.C ,\nP. Carosella\nWholesale Liquor Dealer\nDry Goods, Oroosrkn, Boots and\nShoes, Gouts' Furnishings\nBAKER AVENUE\nBRANCH AT HOSMER, B.C.\nANGRY POSTMEN\nHOLD UP MAILS\nMob of Six Hundred Takes Possession\nof Central Office In Paris\u00E2\u0080\u0094Want\nSalaries Increased\nParis. June 21.\u00E2\u0080\u0094For seven hours\nlast night 600 angry postmen were ln\npossession of the central postoffice\nand prevented the movement of all\nIncoming and outgoing mall The trouble arose over tbe* refusal of the senate yesterday to Include tn the postal\nbudget certain Increased allowances,\nln favor of which there has been a\nstrong agitation for some tlm* past.\nTbe news of the vote In the senate\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2was received by the mon .with groans\nand hisses. They tben sallied fortn\nInto the yard and tried to prevent\nthe mall automobiles from going out.\nThe authorities had established guards\nwitb a view to possible disorders, but\nthey were unable to prevent the over-\nturning of the machines and tbe\nblocking ct ths gateway,\nThe dissatisfied postmen rapidly\nCapt. Walsh, marine superintendent of\ntbe Canadian Pacific Railway, of these\nfacts and suggested divers from the\nEssex be sent back to their ship here.\nCapt. Walsh, atter contuiting witb\nCapt. Watson of H. M. 8, Essex, reluctantly admitted that everything\npossible had bean done to secure tbe\nbodies and tbat nothing could be\ngained by* the divers remaining at\nFarther Point. They were accordingly\nordered to return to their chip.\nThis decision of the Canadian Pacific Railway does not aftect the operations of the company in attempting\nto salvage teh ship, but It Is thought\nhere that It will also be compelled to\ngive up diving operations,\nTHREE MEN SHOT\nIN BUTTE, MONT.\nTrouble Is ^Between Western Federation of Miners and Insurgents.\nMoyer There\nButte, iMont., J'ttfce 23.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Violence\nbroke out anew tonight, in the struggle between factions of the 'Butte Miners' Union, and three men were shot,\none of tk\u00C2\u00ABm being killed, by the fusillade fired by deputy sheriffs in clearing the hall.\nAn attempt had been made to dynamite the miners' hall, but the charge\nfailed to do any great amount of damage. The explosion could 'be beard\nfor blocks.\nArmed men proceeded to the Stew-\nart mine and boldly carried down\nboxes of dynamite in the attempt to\nblow up the hall, but the guns of the\ndeputies prevented effective placing\nof the charge.\nCharles H. Moyer, president ot the\nWestern Federation of Miners, a,nd\nother officers of the Union, iwho were\nto address a peace meeting in the hall,\nfled through the rear doors of the\nauditorium when the shooting began.\nTbey are said to have left because of\ntears of attacks from seceders of the\nMiners' Union, wbo several days ago\nrevolted against special assessments\nfor the Michigan copper miners and\nthe use of the card system.\ne seceders, who have planned to organize a new union under the auspices of tbe Industrial Workers of tbe\nWorld, were in and around the miners'\nheadquarters.\nCrowd Undetered by Shots\nThe insurgents started to -storm the\nhall, according to Sheriff DrtscoII's\ndeputies stationed there, and several\nshots were fired in the air to drive\nthe besiegers back. The impetus of\nthe rufeh was so great that the crowd\ncame on in spite of thp .warning shots.\niMore shots were tired and Ernest\nNoy, traveling inspector for the Montana Demurrage bureau, fell dead. He\nwas an onlooker. J. H. Brune, 52\nyears of age, who was going up the\nstairs to attend the meeting in Miners' hall, was shot through the bead\nas the deputies, desperate at the onslaught of the men, fired 'at everyone\nin sight. Brune cannot recover, lt Is\nsaid.\nTbe third man shot In the first onslaught was Charles Kreuter of Los\nAngeles, a bystander. He is not severely hurt/\nAs the three men fell the attackers\nbecame frightened and fell back. The\ndeputies then releaded their weapons\nand prepared for any renewed assaults\non the building.\nS\nBar' supplied with the best Wines,\nLiquors and Cignif\nDINING ItOOM IN CONNECTION^\nJOSEPH HICKS\nBarrister and Solicitor\nNotary Public\nMACLEOD Box 7\nVisits Bellevuo on th\u00C2\u00BB\nmonth\nALBERTA\n14th of each\nJOSEPH HICKS\nAdvokat\nVerejny Notar\nMACLEOD Box 7 ALBERTA\nNaotivuje Bellevue na 14 ka\u00C2\u00A3dy mesac\nOR. JOHN BARBER, DENTI8T\nOffice: Above Bleasdell's Drug Store\nPhone 121\nResidence: 21 Victoria Avenue\n'I Grow Hair,\nFac-slmiles of Prof,\n\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\nGarlow.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Bald at 26,\nFine hair at 55.\nPERNIE\nB. C.\nALEXANDER MACNEIL\nBarrister, Solicitor, Notary, ete.\nOffices: Eckstein Building,\nFernie, B.C.\ne. C. Lswe\nAlex. I. Piihsr\nLAWE * FISHER\nATTORNEYS\n. Fernie, a C.\nI POSITIVELY Cure all hair and\nscalp DISEASES. Prevent BALDNESS\nand premature gray ness. GROW loi-\ndies' and children's hair rapidly.\nI TAKE NO DOUBTFUL cases and\npositively cure all I do take. Hair\ncan be fully restored on all heads\nthat still show fine hair or fuzz to\nprove that the roots ur CAPILLIARY\nglands are not dead.\nI HAVE A PERFECT system ol\nHOME TREATMENT for out-ot-tho-\nCITY people wbo cannot come to me\nfor personal treatment. WRITE TODAY for Question Blank aad PARTICULARS. Enclose stamp and mention this paper.\nMY PRICES are reasonable Mr\ncures are POSITIVE and PERMANENT.\nPROF. GEO. A. GARLOW\nTbe Wtorld's Most Scientific Hair an*\nScalp Specialist\nRoom 1, Weldon Block, WINNIPEG.\nMAN.\nEMPRESS OISASTER\nALMOST DUPLICATED\nIN BRITISH ACCIDENT\nKaiser Wilhelm Escaped Tragic Fate\nOnly by Good Construction, Good\n. Management end Fair Weather\nLondon, June 18.--Fogg, wblch hue\nbeen felling and lifting intermittently over different parts or the\nBritish coast during tho past two\ndays, has caused\n 1 :\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nTHI CONSERVATIVE\nThe so-called \"conservative\" It\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Imply a human solid\u00E2\u0080\u0094 a being who\nbag on eiecpUonal allowance of tbe\nancestral reluctance to vary. The\nFiat satiety of tbe primitive Mad\nto itttid etlll. The highest virtue\namong all savages is to oopy their ancestors.\u00E2\u0080\u0094London Labor Dealer.\nAUSTRALIAN HOTEL\nMorrissey Junction\n'i ' \"i\"1 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nAb MmI wttk tnd inoit with beat ftth*\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 a-w* nraiH wwbipsw mmwme wwwemwe^ we mem* wwwmmr eww\ninf tod huntlof In tbe district First\nclan ****\"*\"\u00C2\u00AB*vigtlfm. Th* Mie hotel\n\u00C2\u00BBws^pw \u00E2\u0096\u00A0s^wip.^w.^ww^^i-^w*^^ w ^^m wF^mm^ mo^w^^tm\nlathe district.\nas unprecedented\nnumber of accidents to shipping, 'llie\nthe police were called. All doors wm|l!\u00C2\u00ABJ\u00C2\u00BBL^lfdJ\u00C2\u00BB,w \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB[!!;. w*\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\nI STEVENS\n>'.\n__M________._a_w ^ __.___*.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ivpr Mier\nclosed and barricaded. Groups of\npostmen stood at the windows aad\nshook their fists at tbe police, wbo\nhad gathered helplessly outside. The\nmen sang revolutionary hymns, Jeerisd\ntbe authorities aad continued to bold\nthe poatofftea against all attempt to\ndislodge tbem. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nThe minister of Commerce. Oeston\nThomas, accompanied by the prefect\nof police. Celcetta Heanlon. appeared\non the scene aad sought to Indue*\nthe men to withdraw. He tainted\nout that the senate had voted sa Increase In the salaries to the amount\nof ll.ooo.ooo fiaaot (\u00C2\u00A71,160.000), aad\nthat tho Government favored tha \u00C2\u00AB*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\ntta allowance*.\nA little after aldalght ths men left,\nhavtag aceompllshed their purpose of\ncompletely paralysing tbo mall service\nof the city.\t\nAtANOOM ATTtMPT\nTO MAItl MMM\nMinV-War Divers Art Ordered to\nOwH Wcri\u00C2\u00BB Oswgcre Msfco it\ne^^*^*^m*e^w^i^^mm^^Re\nW. MILLS,\nProp\nLivery, Feed\nand Sale Stables\nFirst elass Horses for Sals.\nBuys Horses tn Commlslon\nGeorge Barton Phone 78\nList of Locals District 18\ntin. Htmr \u00C2\u00A3m, jwyj j\ ft fa^y^\ntt WWtaAritMlo* Wa* Marsh. Taker, Alia,\nM UsaMwai -..jr. wtaatlor. Itatteod, Alum.\n411 MwQwt j. Loagfcrea, Bnntir Creett,via Pincher. Alta.\n411 Dsttorve lames IhnKa, fiwt N, Hellerus, Alu.\n*t*t 1^*9,9.^ . m. ... I. r*t \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nMi Ssraia T. O. Hants* Mater* AHa.\n.tWT Oarboaials I. Mitchell. <**\u00C2\u00BB*\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB. Cotamea, Attn.\nMl tkemon Michael Warm. Chaaera. AMa.\nMit OshMMa ,1. JshasMt Celesna. Alta.\nJtTt fhwMk... Geo. nma. CorUs, It c\nIMI Rmafc Ihss Mnigss, mil, ills.\n9W tlrmawr ... IT tfntH*mokt. ttwmt, fl. C.\nim tutkrom..., Jaa tiortea. Httkmb, Alta.\nin hmmnim u M*em. mi stub at\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00ABm. % hettmum\ntm LMMtldga CMHsffos^^\nt\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB Heats L*f At-0\u00C2\u00BBemm,Ptmmrt. Attn.\nmt mm,.. \u00C2\u00AB,\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB*. in**ae v'\ntw* Pnmdnmt f n, tft-m**, l^mtmrtt, JUu.\nlea* lather*...\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2.\u00C2\u00BB...\u00C2\u00BB....... A. Arttsi-sssv \"IWtev Alta.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A291* Geotiwtowa, Cwamm7, .Ma* itt\u00C2\u00ABt\u00C2\u00ABr, 0\u00C2\u00ABT\u00C2\u00ABMown. C-aaaore, AJta.\nIM7 Bnstaa Mlaee..........Harry Mefttuiw. Verfet* rla WtwAy Nm<\nsta llwe*. Alberts.\nQaehss, Isaa tl-^All atteapta to\nttt lha IM io-ftss eatsahed ta the\neuakea hull af fhe Rapreee of Iratsat\nwars ssaadoaed today, fetlswtag a\neonfereoce between Lieut-Commander\nForbes ot H. M. S. Usees sad tha\ndttnrn ot the tnan-o'-war st f!i\u00C2\u00AB sc\u00C2\u00BBn\u00C2\u00AB\nsf ths wreck, ss s rssaJt sf tht d*a\u00C2\u00ABh\nwt Mwnad tymahaaem et Wm** w\u00C2\u00AB** **\nthe company's staff at Umdon and\nSouthampton were busy docking tho\nKaiser Wilhelm II,, which was badly\nripped In a collision with the lore-\nmore yesterday, and debarking her\npassengers, tbey received a second\nshock 1a tbe asws tbat tho company's\nsteamer Buelow, from Yokohama,\nwitb mora than 300 pssttngora, had\nma aground lo tbe racks or Blacknor\nbar, and was held fast there.\nHappily tbe accident vse without\nloss ef llie, hut the iwtlow roeieted ea\nsttsmpt to help her off with threo\ntugs*, Her Inner skin Imi not -been\npenetrated, hut it was considered ad>\nvlsaWs to traosfer ths pssseagers\nsad bSfgkfe to tags.\nlis American yacht I'lswane, be-\nlonging to Addison 8t Armour, of\ntha New York Yacbt Club, hound for\nSouthampton, after aa eiitnsire tour,\nwset ashore at Chapasn'i Pool he-\ntwssa Wstterraw aad Bt Albans\nhead. A wireless call summoned toga\nto hsr ssalstaaee sal It Is etpectsd\nthat sho win he rofloetsd ieattht.\n~ British yseht dried aloe\nli the tag aear it Alhsaa\na aaval alas steeper wist\n^^ at AthevtieM .Itdfc, mot*\n_The divert* examtsailoa of iho\nKaiser Wllbela sad On psseeagars'\nstories, show that good foaetructton\nss well ss good imin\u00C2\u00ABt*M\u00C2\u00ABat aad fair\nweather saved her from I tragic fete,\ntill* dntktd with two r\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00ABu hi her oldie,,\njil sd II feet lost, helev tho uatevwJ\nROYAL\nHOTEL\nFERNIE'\nBar Unexcelled\nAll White Help\n\"Everything-\nUp-to-date\nCall in and\nsee us once\nWe Are Ready to Scratch\noft your bill any Item of lumber not,.:\nfound Just as we represented. There\"\nIs no hocus pocus ln\nThis Lumber Business\nWhen you v?aht spruce we do not\nsend you hemlock. When you buy\nfirst-class lumber we don't slip In a\nlot of culls. Those wbo buy once from\nus always come again. Those who\nJu.\u00C2\u00A5&_not\u00E2\u0080\u0094yst\u00E2\u0080\u0094Bisds\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00C2\u00A9ur\u00E2\u0080\u0094ao-Qusistssco-\nJxiAAkM\nJOHN PODBIELAJiCIK. Prop.\nare taking chances they wouldn't encounter ir they bought their lumber\nhere.\nKENNEDY & MANGAN\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Dealers In \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nLumber, Lath, Shingles, 8ash and\nDoors. SPECIALTIES\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mouldings,\nTurnings, Bracksts, and Detail Work\nOFFICE AND YARD\u00E2\u0080\u0094McPherson ave.\nOpposite O. N. Depot P.O. Boa 22,\nPhone 23.\nSteam Heated Throughout\nElectric Lighted\nTHE KING EDWARD HOTEL\nJ. L, GATES, Proprietor\nFernie, B. C.\nThe Leading Commercial Hotel of the City\nRates |2.S0 per day\nWith Private Bath $3.00\nFire Proof Sample\nRooms to Ceaaectiea\nKahwr vtixnetm tmWndtinmof, has\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Tfflmmimdfr Porhe* nm-hoi rnrtbft\nI PolM today. His lavesllfftlos shewed\nUbM thn aeddwM ImmhwwI * while the\nlitter was at low fetal, that every\n[prefuutiwi for deep *\u00C2\u00ABa alvlorf op^^ra-\nthat ao i^'-aUHlSilir mmm\noa tm wmb twSi b* oememA\nMestXfeaaader Wmmn mmm\n-ffSBHH\nsleo heea decked with htr how hodtr\n(h*msi|Nl. TIN' mUDftwi alauoH *\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\npHssted thst hH-tremn *t|\u00C2\u00BB -ft P R.\nliner Empress of Irelaad, aod thw\ntHwtanm med w^wt*\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB to ttterAtn \u00E2\u0099\u00A6*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB\ncount wMb a etmllar *t\u00C2\u00BBlrotwur to\nsettle. Tio Kelrer WUttbrn'o hosts\nwww swung oat. aad life heats woro\ndistributed to the panssofirs, so greet\nwas fhe tottn bt thc Wot.\nyWWW^W^^WWWWWA^W^^MM^*^^\nmet* a* tmt* tttr et ttdedn,\n_ kaarna t'tramtr.\u00E2\u0080\u0094e*. '\nrtawh J. enemy UMiw Mih IMI km\nt>\u00C2\u00BB tnnrtit. iiiM'in.-r .it lh.) tUw, *S V. i. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nwroM*4Stktanoisnb \g&\\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BBt*n*f*atn nn-jt if,.*, *ii t.t rtrm vv IU i-i.\nt\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB. amm *r owr miEf\u00C2\u00BBfm*f> I\u00C2\u00ABn4i,.\u00C2\u00AB.. 9 \u00C2\u00BB;\u00E2\u0080\u00A2!\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2* t'mrf *\u00C2\u00AB Ttlppfi teti't\nmm tmawama *mrtm\nplosion mutt bave found vent here. After traveling down tbe entry for some 400 feet tbe party arrived at the slope and noticed that an overcast had\nbeen blown down, and that the air was shortcut-\nting. Traveling on down Uie slope tbey noticed\nfour or five dead bodies, and from all appearance\nthey had been killed by concussion. In tbe slope\nseveral small caves had taken place and all stoppings were blown out. Several dead bodies were noticed in tbe slope. Tbe party immediately set about\nrepairing overcast and shutting off stopplnf in\nslope, but while engaged in this a fire boti appeared\nand ordered them out of the mine on account of\nfires in No. 2. They came out and were told to nro-\nceed to No. 2 and assist in extinguishing fires th*re,\nOnce again Uie Pernie contingent packed their *p\n\u00C2\u00BB ** \u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ...... 99..I ~9.9.99.9.At,A an tOn O\nJ**.-***. \u00E2\u0080\u0094 .m-m .,\u00E2\u0080\u009E,. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 .... \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ... **- , ,\u00E2\u0096\u00A0,:. E\nV^-u Mi'lvu. ,lsvy v'wrt fo Hiii fljtjirrMr-. h*,*\nfound th*t tlie ventilation of ibe mine was goad,\nand tbat the apparatus iras not reqnired J\u00C2\u00ABf! vi\nthe party were entering the mine, Mr. W. Shaw.gcn-\n\u00C2\u00A3\u00C2\u00AB..i 9\u00E2\u0080\u009E^n-rtt*tt*.*tAn*\f t*t ttnarntte i*9*fi* trot end r**\nported that tbe fire was not very serious, and tbat\na few buckets of water would extinguish same. He\nalso lead the party to tbe spot, end it was discovered\nthat there wore several email fires, which tbey\nspeedily ettinfftrished. The party entered tbe mine\nabout 10JO and came out at IM a. m. Batarday\nnwrrtfug\nWithout being too tovero upon tboee responsible\nfor the management of tbt tmm work, it wat a\nre\u00C2\u00ABT\u00C2\u00ABU*bb feature tbat m armngmeau were made\nfar tbe men te rut, as* tbty wm wmpeUed to lay\n..\u00C2\u00BB. w.tMtk am* xmtmm.waet,*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*-*\u00C2\u00BB. -*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*.*\npr*** th\u00C2\u00ABtr ttttoerw afprecSaUeo to\ntb* tcmy kind frteed* -for tbe em-\n\u00C2\u00BB$m of aymtathy aad floi\u00C2\u00ABI elfer*\nfr\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB, a!\u00C2\u00ABo the Masonic order tbt tbtdt\nkm assistance irttb funeral arrant*\nm*M>i ot our lored oa\u00C2\u00AB, C X. Lyoaa\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2MMkH^MMMMMnMigMliaiNM*\nY* J-tik* et jm\u00C2\u00BB*t we kern tH\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB t*W\niMy prMt'fi to\u00C2\u00BB\"r* fwt TWfiffd\nMm.\ thnl ihe Iwdy of a tnsn\ndi**st**| in overnlh turn jm* tmm\ntaken c\u00C2\u00BBot ot the rfirer near Wer-\nrmy. It ia thought tbat tbie may\nhm the Ikk?c nf OeoffO hytrm.\ntir\u00C2\u00BBw\u00C2\u00BB*l nwewlly. and l*\u00C2\u00AB police\nhave jr\u00C2\u00BBme tti rrrexte the tvmty Ma\nbring mme to Fernfe.\nGertrude Ritchie\n' IM\nQtHtltf * WaeVMy't tpftnOftf Wrodoe.\nflow\u00E2\u0080\u0094Dramttftatten ef\nCiassilledAds.-Centa Word\nFOR 8ALE~-tlors\u00C2\u00AB, harness tad\nboggy; gotag chiwp. Apply Mm IW.\nFerule. M.C.\nPOR HALB\u00E2\u0080\u0094lleavy toam, wagon tad\nhtrness; t\u00C2\u00ABua w might about SJft?\n(gelding aad mars); geldlag, Mack,\nt re-am old: mnrn, bay. I yeans old.\nWill eel! ehcep. Appqr Hot me, ttm*\nide, B. C.\nPOR fiALI9~if Barr** RoeK hew, *\nTw-ostefw, \u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB*> tent, tt te, Apply K\nMorrison. West Fernl*. 2M\nGreatest Success\nof Recent Yeara.\nReserved Seats-50,75, $1. Gal. 35c\nPOR ftAI.B\u00E2\u0080\u0094PBmltnr*. altar tUJi.\nAvmy .i* Muttmaem . oioom, **.\nIfOCXft-Gngr' I\u00C2\u00ABMlagl! bbmt UW\nlha, branded ft, tt eo right hip.\n. (later \u00C2\u00ABaa bat* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2**\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 mi* nmttoe*-\ntioa tt Coal Compaay'a tubles,\nJBlchel, on proving ownership, and\nPOR RRVr\u00E2\u0080\u00944 or 0 roomed bttem. Apply w Mtetea, sot III, Panda m\nRift! WMtt MfyuMttt\nborcat d*241 efg) Strata\norelo for oolo Hi tbe fol I\nWatANTROBUS\nColeman \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Alberta"@en . "Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger

Frequency: Weekly"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Fernie (B.C.)"@en . "Fernie"@en . "District_Ledger_1914_06_27"@en . "10.14288/1.0308970"@en . "English"@en . "49.504167"@en . "-115.062778"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Fernie, B.C. : F.H Newnham"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "The District Ledger"@en . "Text"@en .