Evening journal., 1891-02-25
THOSE RESCUED MINERS.
Still Too Weak to Tell Their
Story.
ONk or THEM MAY NOT SURVIVE

Farth~- Details Of the Remarkable oe-
onrrence at the IN Fatod Jeansvilt.
hine-A'o Traces Of Cannibalism Fonna.
Only Fonr Of the Entambed Men saved.
IIAziEToS Pa. Feb. %. The four miners
rescued FROM the Jeansville mine after an
imprisonment Of nineteen days are resting
quietly The pulse q all but Joe Mnstns-
kowiteh bas improved lie appears 10 b,
growing weaker The men are receiving
the best Of care, and twoprofessional nurses
are looking after them When the rescu
ers, az the peril OF their own lives. succeeded
IN reaching the entombed men they FOUND
them haddled together as II trying q keep
warm. Limbs and heads were So mingled
that with difficulty only were they sepa.
rated llrs. y. w. Mears and J w 8ow.
man were hastily summoned from Au,ien
reid and Howard Mcclure from Ha9letou.
They, with Rev j. w Cummigkey, were
at once lowered down into the mine. Then
the men were moved to the pump house at
the bottom Of the slope 10 do this they
were compelled 10 bring them up 20 the
manway and through the dog hole
n Was an Awfal journey.
II was an awful journey down through
the black damp Of the breast through
mud and water for 200 feet, where the men
were compelled 30 walk in a stopping nos
tion. At length they reached the pnmI
house and the men were placed on bcis q
straw, wralAied in blankets aud cared COY
by the physicians and miners They we're
very weak, but all conscious They
were taken 70 sons Of Temperance Hall n
Jeansville where lime water. beef ten
milk and wine were given to them in small
quantities When the four men wer.
brought up from the mine IL was n straun,
but glad hearted procession Many If th,
miners had not hnd their clothes oF for
days and weeks SO vigorously was th,
search progressing
They Sang the Doxology.
The hal IS about one mile away from
the slope and the road passes tie resiaens,
af J. &. Hayden, the operator uf the mime
When the procession Of men arrived IL
front Of their employers home some start
ed 70 sing the doNology, and the COMPANY
Of miners and people joined ia the refrain.
IN the excitement of the moment Mr.
S%aydon took from her own body heavy
camel's hair shawl and wrapped il around
one of the men A rag moistened Will
lime juice was placed to their lips. and
they eagerly grasped il. Then small doses
81 brandy and milk were given them. but
only BY a spoonful az 4 time In 4 short
time the four men were quietly sleeping
Tumaskusly TaIks.
a few hours later Bosco Frinko openes
his eyes, but was unable to speak John
herno was IN the same condition Across
the upper end Of the room lay the body oi
the big boss, Joe Mustuskowitch II was
he and Tumaskusky that responded I,
the call from MacFarlane in The breast.
lumaskusky seemed to be In better con
dition than the others, although at time.
his mind wandered Tumaskusky looked
half starved, but was bright and chipper.
When spoken 70 he said big boss (inean-
ing MacFarlane) he find Hungary man
very sick ia breast; soon get well. me 10
hungry, and then asked piteously, "IBig
boss, give me piece fried meat measuring
with his fingers the size be wanted His
wish, Of course, was not gratified lie then
said:
Me get well, all right. doctor saw no
get well; the big boss send money to wife
and babies in Hungary, but me like 10 get
we'll" His savings amount to 1896. ana
this he referred in his request "a send II
TO his wife OF course it is simply impos
sible to get statement from any Of the
men. Their weakened condition prevents
i, and the physician IN charge has posi-.
lively forbidden any more conversation
With them. An the men are so weak that
Q simple movement OF the head is impos-
sible How they lived through these long
weary days and nights Is mystery. The
flf -, Nft.4s.. 4 1
cient to sustain life for eight days. per
haps, II dealt out sparingly What they
lived on the remainder OF the time IS vaii.
ously conjectnred The oil in some 81
their lamps was not entirely consumed
but in the terrible torture of hunger they
overlooked that fact
Dime Museum Men After Thcm.
The terrible tale OF their nineteen davs'
suffering will hardly be made public for
several days, as with the most favorable
Improvement hoped for, none OF the men
will be strong enough 10 talk. Much com
ment is heard as to the future movements
Of the rescued men should they be returned
to health and strength Already parties
are eager 20 secure them and exhibit them
rom place to place and have thsm relate
me sufierings Of that awful time Super
intendent Mackarlane was the happiest
man OF the many happy men at jeans
vile To him is due the credit for prose
cutting SO vigorously the work Of empty
ing the mine reaching the mine and res
euing the four men.
The men had no exact idea OF the time
hey were entombed, but think it must
have been several weeks. There were no
traces Of any cannibalism, and the men.
who were all Of hard constitution, weak.
ened and became exhausted gradually.
II IS evident that the idea of subsistence
on any one Of their number never entered
their minds