Tug Survivors Owe Their Lives to Stormy Swim %* Fireman Breasts Icy Waves for 75 Yards to Stretch Life Linfc- to Raft. Snult Ste Marie, Mich., Dec. 20.—A week may elapse before nil of the survivors of the UMated tug Re liance arc able to travel to their homes, so intense was their suffering from cold and hunger, after their tiny craft was disabled and abandon ed at tile Lizard islands, it was said here today. The 20 persons who reached here last night are under the care of physicians and will remain at it hospital anil hotels until they have fully recovered. Walter Longacro has both hands and feet frozen. With the arrival of these survivors the 30 on IxKtrd the Reliance when it was disabled, have lieen accounted for. Seven reached the Soo Sunday, two are In a Canadian lumber camp, three are aboard the tug Gray, which is engaged in taking off Superior* light keepers for the winter, 20 are recuperating here and four lost their lives. ,Nuinis Through ley Wafer. The first day after the wreck brought the death of three i>ersons— Capt. John McPherson, Fred Regan and Gus Jones, who were swept over board ns they tried to launch a life boat. The following day, it bet*me apparent the Reliance could not long withstand the pounding of the high j sea and a raft was constructed of ; barrel staves a.id a stairway torn I from the tug. i The storm still raged so fiercely that j little hope of landing on the raft | was entertained until William Gow, 1 a fireman, swam 75 yards to the islands through the Icy water* and 1 stretched a line along which the raft | was pulled. Fare Dangers on lainU. Only three persons could board the raft at a time, and the entire day j was required for the party to dis l embark. On land they still faced dangers as great ns those on the raging waters [of Superior. The temperature was j below zero, there was nO shelter and only the scantiest of food supplies. The survivors existed for five days on a few cans of meat, two slices of bread each and scraps of water-soaked rake brought from the tug. A fire in the open and n hut constructed of brush nfforded their only .protection from the storm that continued during their entire st y. on the island. The storm abated yesterday, but Severe cold weather continues and all craft on the upper lakes are making headway with great difficulty. Irish Rails to Be Unified. Dublin, Dec. 20.—The free-state gov ernment has decided on unification of the Irish railways in either one or two groups, legislation will be intro duced In parliament within six months. z“Berg Suita Me”— Buy Men’s Gifts Here! The Social Season Follows Christmas So why not surprise “him” with something he can wear to formal social functions? Such gifts are ‘‘something different”—we sell that kind and all the needed acces sories. • Tuxedos—A Splendid Gift Correctness in Every Detnil For the danee, banquet or opera—he’ll receive no Xmas gift he will appreciate more. Fashion accuracy and quality elegance are embodied in these garments. Special low Xmas price. Stetson, Schoble, Mallory Hats Newest styled hats for every wear—soft crush ormard felts and derbys. The very d*p A A K best makes known.to Also Newly Arrived Stetson Velours, $12.50 Practical Men Appreciate Shirts See our Star, Manhattan and other famous brands—in silk, madras or English broad- d» 1 CA tCH cloths, colored or plain.* 1 Muffler* Silk, wool nml j camel’s hair. )1 to $8.50 Gloves Perrins and llays Gloves, lined or un lined. $2 to $7.50 Hose Silk, silk ami wool and lisle. Inter woven and Everwear. 25c to $2 Belts With or with out initial buckles. Hic kok belts. $1 to $5 Neckwear Special Be.l>ut*tu*np«tt«rn. 75c to $3 Tuxedo Accessories Vests, $7.SO to $9.50 Shirt*, $3.50 to $4.50 1415 Fa mam Street Survivors of Riot at Herrin Identify Members of Mob Man Wounded in Mine Mas sacre Tells How Defendant Fired Bullets Into Bodies of Injured Men. Marion. 111.. Dec. 20.—Peter Hiller and Otis (’lark, two of the five de fendants on trial charged with mur der in connection with the Herrin riots, were pointed out in court by two of the survivors who took the stand today. Those who occupied the stand most of the'day were Will iam Cairns, J O’Rourke, Bernard Jones and Bobert Officer, the. latter a University of Pennsylvania grad uate and a bookkeeper at the "strip" mine where the riots started which resulted in the death of 21 nonunion men. Cairns testified that tlie 4S men in the mine surrendered under a white flag between 5 30 and 6 the morning of Jane 22. ami were inarched out of the pit with their hands above their heads after being told that they would not be harmed. He said he bad seen C. K. McDowell, the crippled super intendent of the mine, led away by Otis Clark, wlio had a gun, and an other man. Men Told to Kun. "We were marched on until we came to a barbed wire fence." he said, and someone shouted “utl men with guns line to the right,” and then someone else cried, "Now. you fellows run.” ✓ Then the firing started. When he was wounded and lying beside the fence with two bullets in his body, Cairns said he saw Peter Hiller come up to another wounded man who was leaning against a tree and fire Into his body after shouting: "You big-,-can't we kill you?” The witness said he saw another approach John Shoemaker, assistant superintendent at- the mine, who was lying wounded in the field and say: "Here’s that-machine gunner.” Cairns declared the speaker then drew a pistol and blew Shoemaker’s head off. The witness said lie was picked up and taken to a hospital by Sheriff Thaxton about an hour later. Shot Down In Koad. O'Rourke told of being shot twice at the fence, of fleeing through the woods until he was recaptured and marched with five other bleeding, pleading victims through Herrin to a cemetery outside the city, where all six were shot down in the road. The witness said ho remembered praying for any Christian in the crowd to bring him water, in the name of his mother, for someone to notify her of his fate. He said some one knelt over him and slashed his throat with a pocket knife. O'Rourke was picked up with seven bullet woundB in his head. Jones testified that he had raised a white flag at the mine on order of McDowell, and was told by the lead er of the attackers that those in the mine would be taken safely out of the county. He told of the march from the mine while someone in the crowd shouted: "Kill them," but oth ers cried, "We are going to put them on a train and get them out of here. They've had enough nlready.” He quoted Otis Clark as saying: “We're going through with this If I have .to shoot them all myself.” Robert Herron, chief of police of Herrin, who one of the witnesses tes lified was a spectator of the death march through the town, announced his resignation today. 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