The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-21

CT men alive in the south wing. In the darkness where they waited for seven days in an agony of hunger and suspense, they lost track of time and thought that today was Sunday.
 Before reporters could be allowed to personally interview the men brought to the surface doctoTs ordered that they should be given nourisAl ment. This was in the form of milk diluted with water and administered iii small portions until their stomachs could retain it.
 The next trip of the cage brought seven other survivors. They were smiling and healthy save for weak ness due to lack of food. News of the rescue of these men traveled with lightning like rapidity and the change from despair to hope which swept overthe crowd was most dramatic and impressive.
 Women, who have stood for days and nights with only the hope of re. covering the mutilated forms of hus- bands and sons fought wit hIthe na- tional guardsmen to reach the mouth of the pit. The latter, with the great est gentleness, restrained them, ex- plaining that to overrun the pit would only delay the rescue.
 AS one by one the survivors be- came visible to the multitude outside the rope barriers, the women crowd ed around them. When one would recognize kinsman the joyful meet ing moved many to tears. But saddest of all was the change again to blank despair of those who recognized no one whom they sought
 When the explorers, led by Duns Mcdonald, president of the Illinois Federation of Miners, broke into the tomb-like prison in which the men were all sealed, with the first ray ol light which shot into their prison from the lights of the searching party, they jumped to their feet and gave a fee hle cheer.
 The excitement which prevailed among the rescuers far exceeded that in evidence amongst those snatched from the jaws of death.
 The live men were first discovered by Superintendent Powell, of Brace vile, Ill When the men were reach ed some of them were talking and jok- ing, and apparently were not mentally affected by their long Imprisonment.
 News of the rescues spreak like wildfue and soon great crowds press ed in on the miners and cheers went mp from the sides. and when one of the men, with blarkened fact, thrust his head out of the car the the crowd became so demonstrative that confus- ion was feared. Sheriff Skoglund mounted the platform and said:
 Good people, please be quiet, wait till we get to the others. Any noise or too much cheering may do harm Be patient as you can while we take them out
 From the top cf the hoist. shat to the sleeping cars drawn up on the siding was a distance of about 150 feet. Here the crowd. held back by militia, formed line. It was along this TOW that the women, looking for lost ones. gazed into the faces of the survivors as they passed
 AS night drew on the whole scene revealed only pale moonlight and the fiickering lights of torches worn on the caps of the rescuers.
 A hundred feet overhead stood the skeleton framework of the mining ma Each time the signal sound ed from the hoist for the cage to come ur from the mine the noise of the crowd subsided into murmuring expec- tancy.
 Hoist her up." came from the depths. 'iHoise her up," repeated the engineers overhead.
 Then the men and women pressed forward against the line of soldiers  and ropes. determined to get as near as possible to peer into the faces of the survivors as they marched.
 Everybody be quiet please don't cheer,' whispered the guards.
 The machinery of the hoisting ap- raratus rumbled and screeched as the cage came upward Hearts beat fast CT.
 Would there be in this load a live one who had been mourned during the seven days as dead?" This question flashed through a hundred minds. The gangway narrowed as each anxi, JUS locker instinctively pressed forward.
 Here they come now. look sharp" { A woman here and there who could not see held uD a child and cautioned