The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-22
OFFERS FLOW IN
UPON BURIED
MINER
Hicks Sudden Fame Gives
Him a Value That Opens
Up Golden Future to Him
Is LOWERED
INTO DARK PRISON
Warned About Eyes, Buried
Man Says Vision Of Light
Is Worth One of Them

the imminent rescue of Hicks alone
that is arousing interest here now.
What he is going to do when he gets
out is question that is taking the
attention of the people Hicks. sud-
den leap to fame has made him as
valuable as new strike and all sorts
OF people want to get in on the ground
floor. He is being offered opportunities
OF many kinds, from going on the
vaudeville stage in cave-in scene to
selling waff1es. Hicks himself is said
to be awaiting an offer from some
tobacco firm to chew its plug product
exclusively at SO much per week
The theatrical circuit man is here
in person and while waiting to get a
chance at Hicks is figuring up his
additional day that the buried man
lies in the hole.
LIGHT GIVES HICKS JOY
The first ray of light that has en-
tered the tomb in which Hicks lies
pierced 1T tonight. A lighted candle
was lowered at the end of string to
the side Of Hicks. and by its fickering
jet the dazed man, his eyes squirting
like those Of an owl In daytime, gazed
about him with seeing orbs for the
first time since his last poor match
went sputtering out, fourteen days
ago.
was struck tonight. For a time it
bafned the engineers and will delay the
rescue several hopvs but at the. same
time II has affo- led EEi0ssss tho sweetest
message OF light and freedom that he
has yet received While driving
through the debris of the caved-in tun
mel the miners came upon group of
crevices. apparently just over where
Hicks lay. 1t was not thought advis-
able to allow these to stand, for they
might have afforded means for rock
and dirt to seep on Hicks during the
last few hours of the task of rescue.
so with the caution that has marked
every move, the rescuers decided to de-
fer the happy moment of release and
spend some time in filing and tamping
the crevices with soft dirt
Proof positive that the holes led to
Hicks recess was had when it was
found an easy matter to hold CONVEX
sation with the buried man through
them. On further investigation the
candle was lighted and dropped
through the largest of the cracks. A
joyful exclamation came from the
earth below. Il sees I see,'' the buried
man said.
BE careful of your eyes, Hicks
shouted DR.. Stinchfield.
81 would sacrifice one of my eyes
for this moment" came the reply.
VAUDEVILLE MAN ARRIVES
The man with an idea and the ex-
carpet bag in hand. Manager Brown
of San Francisco, known to the vaude-
vile world" stepped from the morn
ing train at Bakersfield and asked un-
how he could find his way
to Edison camp No. 1. There Brown
is camped tonight. Under his pillow
is a blank contract needing only a
name at the bottom, "L4 B. Hicks" to
bring Browns dream of sudden wealth
true.
In the local telegraph ONCE is lying
this dispatch:
IL. B. Hicks: 'will offer you $500 a
month to act as noorwalker in our es-
1t Is signed by one OF the leading
clothing houses OF San Francisco
1t has become almost absurd to haz-
ard guess as to when the climax to
the rescue work will come. so many
disappointments have already been re-
corded and the great mountain having
time and again presented unsuspected
obstacles to the work of rescue. To-
night the miners are sinking under
the ore car, and their single task now is
to excavate a hole sufficiently large to
enable Hicks to crawl out or be
dragged forth. The day was occupied
In driving tagging all about the car
and the whole of the drift about the
car has been firmly secured SO that a
cave-in is impossible