The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-11-18

CHERRY, lll.-NenrIy 4UO human De-
ings men and boys, It is now believed
are dead or perishing In the St Paul
mine here, though experts, who sue
ceeded In penetrating the smoke-fllled
air shaft to the depth Of 300 feet late
Sunday, returned with a ray Of hope
for the grief.stricken relatives of the
entombed men.
That the fire has been entinguished
was the conclusion OF mining experts
and inspectors sent here by Gov.
Deneen to investigate the clamity and
its cause.
For more than thirty hours the
miners have been cut of from fresh
and undoubtedly have been subjected
to smoke.filled veins That life could
exist under such conditions is doubted
by many, but because no trace of high
temperature was found in the depths
OF the mine, friends OF the miners, and
even officials of the company, have
hope that the victims may have been
safety in remote recesses Of the mine.
a. j. Earlng, president OF the Chi
cagu Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
company, who has not slept since ar
irving on the scene Of the catastrophe
received an encouraging report after
heroic efforts had been made to open
the mine for the release of the en-
tombed men or the discovery of the
much.feared masses of dead.
From the son of one of the missing
miners, n young man named John
Reid, the railroad president heard that
a conclusion Of the earth had been
felt by the farmers half mile south
of the main shaft. The report was
sent to Henry Burke. an official of the
mining company. Burke rushed to
President Earling in the office OF the
company.
1--WE heard signals from the men,
he said cxcitedly.
what do you mean" asked the
railroad president
what signals"
A Ray Of Hope.
"John Reid's boy says that he and
farmers whose lands Is over the
southern end of the mine felt several
conclusions Of the earth Sunday after.
noon. There were several shocks, and
the men felt them are convinced they
were shots fired by the imprisoned
miners and that they were meant for
an assurance that at least some OF
them live"
"Oh, hope So" said Earling THAT
is at least encouraging"
II. Y. Williams. experts at the gov
eminent experiment station connected
with the state college ut Urbana,
created additional hope by n late re.
port that there was a good supply OF
cold air In the second vein, located
$40 feet beneath the surface. This is
taken us an indication that the In.
terror of the mine is not so badly
aflame as was first supposed
II leads certain people to think that
at least some Of the men In the third
vein, 4Si feet deep, are still breatng
and that their lives can be saved II
they are brought TO the surface within
the next twelve hours or so.
Williams has made several descents
into the mine, but his last was the
most successful He walked some dis
lance along the second level, but a
rope attachment to his outfit limited
his exploration. He expects to dis
conect the rope on his next trip down
Crowd Becomes Unruly.
Subsequently, Edward Fellows. for
mer inspector of state mines, made an
examination OF the smoke issuing
from the main shaft and declared his
belief that 1t WIS caused from the
thinkers in the shaft and that the fire
had not spread much.
President EarlIng Is not the only Of
fetal who now expects bright things
but they are doing more hoping thar
talking.
The crowd became so large and un
ruly about the mine that Il was fount
necessary to stretch ropes and station
many special policemen to hold 1
I'm check
Along the outskirts OF the GROVE
were the Reverend Father Wenzell
pastor, and the Reverend Fathe
Ernest, assistant pastor Of the Hol.
Trinity church, and the Reverend
Thomas Gleason, pastor of the Con
gregatlonal church, consoling suffering
women and In some instances offer
ing up special prayers.
An idea of the calamity may b,
cleaned from the fact that In strinI