The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
PITY FOR 4 LOST MINER
BEGOT THE LOVE OF HELENE
POLITZKA WHICH JOE
SHINEL CRAVED
NOW THEY WILL BE MARRIED
When the Rejected Sutton Became
EntOmDed IN a LackaVyanna
Mine, Cupid Touched
the Girls Heart.

SApAO
the Girls Heart.
Scranton Pa) Cor. New York Press.
Entombed alive for seven days and
counted as among the dead, Joe Shinel
came forth to find himself famous and a
hero in the eyes of the girl he loved.
All the happy greetings OF his friends and
fellow miners were as nothing compared
with the JOY ne felt when pretty Helene
PolitZ6a, crying with happiness at his
deliVerance, confessed her love and con-
scented to be his bride. Now, in all the
mining camps in the Lackawanna re-
gion the story of how, for seven days.
Joe ShmeI was lost in the mine and
how Helene who had thrice rejected
him, came to pity and then to love him,
IS being told and retold.
Shinel IS only eighteen years old. He
is one of the great army of Hungarians
who have come to America to earn
living in the Pennsylvania coal fields.
For one year he has been employed
in the Green Ridge colhery. He boarded
at the house of IIelene's mother. Be-
cause he had little more to offer her
than an honest mans love, and because
she had more SuitOrs than most girls,
Helene, who is one of the prettiest girls
in the Hungarian colony, wouldn't listen
to his proposals of marriage. The young
man. to whom the love of Helene was
the one bright spot in his existence. took
his rejection more deeply to heart than
the girl realized. Every one about the
oouiery knew of his devotion to Helene
and every one knew she had refused
him.
LOST, COMPLETELY LOST.
On Saturday morning, January 19, Joe
went to the mine AS usual at $50 o'clock.
1t had been his custom to go into the
mine somewhat earlier than his fellow
workmer From the hour he entered the
mine until he was discovered on Satur-
day. jan &C. exactly one week later, Joe
Shinel was as completely lost as man
can be and yet retain the spark of life
The coal mines Of Pennsylvania have
been likened to the Catacombs of Rome,
yet the mines of the Scranton region are
a thousand times moro complex and pl1z-
cling than the caVerns beneath the Eter-
nal City. In all the mines are labyrinth
ine chambers, gangWays and air cham
bers, complicated enough in themselves.
but with each succeeding vein Of coal
from the top vein all the way down
through the rock vein, the Denmora
vein, the Clark Vein. down, down,
through the Diamond vein, nearly a
quarter of a mile into the earth, the
Green Ridge mine furnishes a maze or
shafts and elevator ways, tunnels and
slopes more remarkable perhaps than
that Of any other coal property here
abOutS
Men are often by accident entombed in
mines, but Instances of miners being lost
in a mine are rare. Yet lost was Joe
Shinel, as completely lost as man can be
and yet be restored.
When he failed to appear at his board
ing house on the night of Jan. Is there
was some surprise, he being a steady
going young man of regular habits. In
CURRY was made, but no one remembered
having seen him during the day. On
Sunday his friends became convinced that
he had met with some mishap Miners
are a superstitious lot, and at times of
accident or the disappearance Of a fellow
laborer they are more than reluctant to
go into a mine. 1t was suggested that
a searching party go after the missing
miner, but the men refused to do so until
the mine officials instituted q regular
search several days later One thing
that delayed the search was the develop
ment OF labor troubles, which caused the
temporary suspension Of work.
PITY. THEN LOVE.
Early in the week the superintendent
set searchers after the missing miner
They traversed for miles the under
ground passageways, but to no avail
linen Trained MOUNDS were taken into the
mines and given a scent, which thew
seemed to take up easily enough, but
after following 1t a short time they would
abandon it as hopeless.
Day followed day, and still there was no
trace Of Joe Shinel In the meantime
pretty Helene thought more and more of
the poor fellow who had gone out of her
lie. The miners would gather at her
mothers house and talk about Joe and
nnI Vic
beIalen him. The heart of the girl was
touched by the stories the miners told
or the solitude Of the mines and of the
Ierfors from those vampires. the nina
rats, who follow doomed miners as
sharks follow doomed sailors.
rom pity the heart of the girl turned
70 IoVe Tor the man who was lost. Soor
enc was oeSeechtng the miners to search
every portion of the mine for her sweat
heart. 1t was with difficulty She NO, -
self. 'Ne miner her-
wren hve days passed and nothing Of
1ne HlsSlh| man reached the girl hone
was Almost abandoned. It was believed
tIIdI ne mad srecumbed to exhaustion and
D. D. p9'oLne the prey Of the mine rats.
put on Saturday morning. ian DC as
John Nartorisky was going tn bis 49,
aoout half mile from the foot of +ba
smart he saw a man come staeoari,,o,
coward him with his arms IN erorir,o,
ms way by the aid of the mine trolIe9
cable He recognized the gaunt f1gIre
as that OF Shinel
The miners head was cut IN savaro1
places and dried and clothed blood COW
cred his hair, face and HANDS Wish
were horribly bruised and cut Sbine1
begged for food, which was cautionsIv
given to him. Then other miners CONT,
UP, he was given a dinner Gun FIJI ~
tea, which he pressed to his lips until
not drop remained. He was taken
to the surface. Word Of his discovery
had gone ahead and a great throng hal
assembled at the entrance to the mine
The first to rush to him as he was lift
ca out into the sunlight was Helene
Amid the Thanksgiving and rejoicing Of
hundreds She pressed the poor, bruised
young man to her heart and went ovar
him. physician examined Shinel and
then he was taken home
HIS ACCOUNT OF IT.
Later in the day he told the details of
his terrible experience In attempting TO
make short cut through some aban-
ooned workings to reach his chamber
ne said, he lost his way Then he en-
deavored to retrace his steps. He wan
dered up and down chamber after cbam-