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WORK OF RESCUE
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four bodies have been buried. Twenty
two bodies have been taken to nearby
towns and twelve were placed in the new
cemetery adjoining the Catholic church.
Shortly before midnight word came
from the foot of the shaft Of the st.
Paul mine that workers on the east side
OF the second vein had distinctly heard
the voices Of two men shouting for help.
Andrew White, a driver employed at the
st. Paul mine, in Granville. who has
been brought here to work. brought up
the report
Conflict of Authority.
The charge is made that there is a con-
hict Of authority which is lessening the
chances Of the men who may be lighting
the black damp in sealed up corridors. 1t
is pointed out that the twenty men who
have come up alive virtually saved their
own lives, and all the rescuers did was
TO bring them up to the surface after
they had fought their way TO safety
Some Of the fremen charge openly that
they could penetrate into the unexplora-
bic territory II they were permitted by
their SUPERIOR 20 do So but that they
are being hello back and kept at work
snoring up the walls and putting IN sup
ports.
1t Is pointed out that fires are sull
burning below. and that the workers
must proceed with the utmost caution IN
order that a new conhagration may not
be started
The survivors spent the day quietly AT
their homes. Such OF them as were able
to sit Up were visited all day long by
friends from other towns. A number OF
the men remained all day In their beds
nursing back to life the spark OK vitality
so nearly quenched during seven days Of
thlrsting and famine in the mine.
Tell of Desperate Fight.
The story of desperate fight waged
/ i'm the depths OF the St Paul mine by one
faction Of the twenty-one entombed min
ers against another. was told to-day by
4 que Autonlese, one Of the rescued miners,
/ the man who led the imprisoned miners
out Of their sealed up gallery in the final
sortie that resulted in their escape. AC-
Icordlng to Antoniese's account the saw
/ ing Of the men was accomplished only
after one group, headed by a brawny
miner. whose name every one refused to
reveal. had been oyerpowered by another.
/ The first party adopted as its motto,
/ Might makes right" The second was
bound together by the principle that the
strong should protect the weak. In the
/ course Of this struggle some OF the men
were beaten By their companions and
cowed into submission 10 a regular form
OF government Bitter personalities were
exchanged blows were struck and finally
/ knives were drawn.
The thing over which the men Quarreled
was water. There were three sick men
in the party. France Zaunarini. Daniel
/ Walowczak. and George Eddy OF these
Eddy wss the strongest. and Walowczak.
who was the oldest man I'm the crowd,
the weakest a group OF men. headed
| by McCleIland and Waite insisted that
! these men should have the first call on
the small supply of water that seepcd into
the shallow pits which had been dug IN
the veins OF coal
When the men first found themselves
/ cooped up they turned naturally 10
/ George Eddy and Walter Waite for lead
I ership. These men are scientific miners.
They have had the advantage Of years OF
/ practical experience. The rank and file
Of the miners looked up 10 and respected
them.
THE first two or three DAYS" said
lAntonIese. were days OF constant difii-
culties Some OF the men rebelled against
the orders Of Eddy and Waite. They were
thirsty and most Of the water was going
20 Walowczak and Zannarlni. They in
| sisted that the water should be divided
/ share and share alike The first troubles
were only arguments Then the men be-
came more bitter and exchanged person
alIties. Finally. they came 10 blows.
In the midst of this trouble George Eddy
was taken sick That cut the rations Of
| water for the stronger men even shorter
than they had been.
Steal the water.
Immediately after this some OF the
men began stealing water. IN order that
the sick men might have all that they
needed. special wells were dug beside
them. They were able then 70 put their
faces into these wells and lap up with
their tongues the water that oozed down
its sides.
soon after Eddy was taken sick We
discovered that some one was crawling
Up to Walowczak. pushing him aside and
drinking his water. The poor old man
was then so far gone that he could no,
resist, and IN the darkness he could not
see who his assailant was.