The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-20
GREAT REJOICING BY
 WHOLE POPULATION
Three Miners Were Caught at the Bot tom of Mine by Cave-in and Received Their Food Through
 1000 Feet of Pipe.

Ely, Nev,E January 19.-After having been entombed 46 days in the Alpha shaft of the Giroux mine, A. D. Bailey, P. J. Brown and Fred Mcdonald have been rescued.
 At S:3O last night Bailey was brought out. Fourteen minutes later Mcdonald came to the surface, while ten minutes later Brown was brought up Whistles all over the district blew loudly, while crowds cheered in the streets of Ely and every bell in the town was ringing.
 An this was the first exclamation of Bailey. when he reached the outer air. Without another word he tottered for ward into the arms of comrades who stood ready to assist him and was led to the change room of the Alpha shop. where in few minutes he recuperated
 By George, it certainly seems fine to be out of that hen-hole," said Fred Me- Donald, as he was led away, telling his brother in high pitched voice of his terrible experience.
 Say, somebody give me chew of tobacco,' said Brown, I'm on the bum all right"
 All Of the men were supremely happy
 Everybody Happy. News that an early escape would he afforded the men reached Ely shortly after Il o'clock yesterday. About o'clock last night the fact that an entry to the surface of the debris in the main way had been effected was telephoned to the men anxiously waiting at the top. The entombed men had been working several hours in digging their way to freedom from the 1OO0-foot level The res- cuers at the same time doing all in their power to remove the earth that was blocking the mouth of the 10OO-foot tun- l nel
 | To the anxious crowd awaiting around | the shaft mouth, the bell signalled, One. | Two. Three, Hoist Awayr' and upon realizing this a loud cheer went up. Sud- | denly the basket rose to the surface. In it was one of the rescue party, sup porting Bailey. His first coherent ques- | ton, as he was being half led, half car ried to the shaft house, was about his wife. Mrs. Bailey was not present, one of her children being i'll, and she pre- | ferred to meet her husband at their home, where no throng of the curious | would be present
 | Bailey soon declared himself sufficient | ly rested to make the trip nome, where he went soon afterward, supported on either side by a friend. Another shout of joy echoed when Fred Mcdonald was brought out and given to the care of those anxiously awaiting, a brother and
 
 great an ovation from the crowd as either of the others.
 Story of Accident. On the morning of December Brown. Bailey and Mcdonald and two Creeks, were working in the bottom of the three compartment shaft S5 feet below tho pump station and 1885 feet below the sur face The cave in occurred at g o'clock.
 The cable used to haul the cage from the third compartment of the shaft snap- ped and thousands of tons of rock, debris and tmbers fell down into the shaft From the bottom of the compartment in which the men were working to the pumping station. a distance of S5 feet series of rickety ladders offered the only means of escape
 With falling rocks and timbers stream- ing down upon them the five men strug- gled up these ladders. Half way m falling timbers knocked the two Greeks from the ladders, killing them Bailey Mcdonald and Brown managed to reach the pump station. Its well timbered roof withstood the rock and timber that came down the shaft and offered them shelter and safety. Here for the first day after the cave-in the men crouched while at intervals they could hear the rocks and tlmbers crashing above them.
 Pipe Saved Men.
 At first it was thought that all the men had perished, but 24 hours after the cave-in the three men who occupied the pumping station managed to make themselves heard by tapping upon the six-inch water pipe that stretched from the pumping station to the surface It was this pipe that was the means of say ing the lives of the three men. When communication was once established with the world above and the man had made known the fact that they. were still alive food and drink was immediately lowered through the pipe. large supply was sent down, as it was thought that the pipe communication might be cut off be- fore the rescuing party could reach the imprisoned men, but throughout their weeks of Imprisonment this pipe has been in daily use. A portable telephone was with the people above This telephone has been in almost constant use, friends sending to them by it the news of the outside world and messages of cheer.
 
 Want White Postmaster.
 Washington, January 1s.-senator Till