The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-22
BY Associated Press.

Cherry. ILL.,, Nov. 22.--Two of the ex
Dloring parties in the st. Paul mine
today found indication, which let
them to believe there are large mum
ber of living men in the east work
ings. Their hopes are growing, from
the fact chat they were able to pass fai
Into the galleries early today, and no
one body was found where they ex
pected to find many
Nearly two hundred men are still
unaccounted for, dead or alive. Lave
rates also have been discovered in
the newly explored portion of the mine
this increased the hope that the rats
came from remote sections of the
cave. in which comparatively pure air
remains and that If the rats could live
there, the men also could. The rescur-
ers at first thought the Noise of the
rats scurrying over the loose dirt was
signals of men behind a wall, but soon
discovered the truth
The men have been ent0mbed nine
days and it is the belief today that un-
less they are rescued Within twenty
four hours, they will never come out
alive
There is feeling among the rela-
tives of the entombed men and even
among the maine officials that number
of Scotch miners who are among the
missing have been able to take care Of
themselves and the rest Of the miners.
Cherry, Ill, NOV. 22.--James Levi
son, a member of the rescuing party in
theSt. Paul mine. said late last night
be heard a human voice on the other
side of the eaVein He said he heard
the voice plainly, although it sounded
as though it was far away. Lewiston
Immediately called the attention of the
other workmen to the place from
which the voice came. but they could
hear nothing.
Il would swear that heard some
one calling through the cavein. . he said
1T sounded like they were far away
or were SO weak they could not shout
loudly. Those people are alive and
the sooner we get to them the bet
ter. because / do not believe they can
last much longer
Ten dead were brought to the sur
face today and more than fifty bodies
were located in the second level, but
were not brought up on account of
black damp.
A fight for the lives OF more than
one hundred miners who were entomb-
ed more than week ago
in the St. Paul mine is being made.
Fifty men are working desperately to
dig through cavein in the second
vein Of the mine. Behind this barri-
cade it is believed the entombed min
ers are struggling for life, battling
against the awful ravages Of hunger
and thirst,
The rescue of the twenty miners Sat
arday spurred the workmen to super
human efforts. All last night and to-
day they worked in S-hour shifts to dis
lodge tons of earth and stone that is
the passage way to the inn
orioned miners. Several members Of
he rescue party worked until they |
ell in exhaustion and had to be carried
rom the mine. Several members of
he rescue party are certain they have
leard signals from the east end of the
unnel where the miners are supposed
o be imprisoned.
All day Sunday the wives and chill 4
lren Of the unfortunate miners stood
bout the main shaft of the mine,
Heading with the rescuers who entered
he tunnels to renew their efforts. They
'tood shivering in the cold. waiting
md hoping for news that the entombed
nen had been found alive
Il know they are alive sobbed one
woman My man is down there. God
viii save him
While ten bodies we're brought TO
he surface Sunday, raising the total
# bodies to iifty-nine more than fifty I
lead were left lying in the tunnels be-
ow. The rescurers brought out only
hose bodies that we're in the way