The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-11-26

head ana shouted: We'll. then. By cor
l I'M not going out OF the mine until
get the Others
I'VE demonstrated and said: I'VE
will toke you up to get fresh MIR and
warm food, and then maybe let You
help u: but Waite protested. We
actually had to force him into the
cage. he shouting: Let me help get
the others
UP LIKE A SHOT
"All the time those on the surface
had not conceived the possibility Of
recovering any OF the men alive. When
we called: We have got some men
alive. hoist quick we went up like a
shot and rushed the men into q Pull
man car. where they we're cared for"
Across $50 feet Of space between
the mouth OF the shaft and the sleep
ing cars the survivors we're taken
through a gangway massed with pep
pie and lined with troops. The wo-
men especially scrutinized the faces
OF the survivors "a they passed.
AZ night fell the flicker OF the
torches at a height Of a hundred feet
reared the framework ofthe shaft ma
chinery. Each time the signal sound
ed to hoist the cage. there was a
murmur of expectancy and q press to-
ward the line OF ropes.
WIVES AND MOTHERS PLEAD
When the cage reached the top a
dozen torches lighted the rescuers,
who wore rubber coats. Between them
wrapped In blankets. they held the
rescued men. some standing, others
they carried. The procession novel
through the gangway and was greeted
sometimes by mothers and wives,
murmuring Billie" Frank" "Oh.
Andy. are you there"
Blankets drawn over the heads of
the men prevented identification. The
women tore toward the sleeping cars,
imploring anyone to give them good
new One man, overcome by the ap-
peals. called out the name of the man
he was escorting. shouting: We have
George Eddy here"
HEARD CRY OF HIS WIFE
"Oh, George" came a woman's cry,
rs 1t your Come here. / am waiting
for you"
Eddy. who was the mine inspector,
was too weak to reply. At the car
steps the crowd was kept back.
In a little fOur-room cottage. "three
doors from the livery stable across the
street." Mrs. George Subacus this ev-
ening became envied by all. for her
husband was the first to be taken
home. Subacus. and his brother John.
were among the first survivors out. In
a bedroom lay Subacus, with his three
peering at his b~lackened
arms and face through the bars at the
foot OF the bed. A Catholic sister was
watching the patient that he did not
STORY BY A VICTIM
Subacus said: 'The fire was burn
Ing an hour before l knew of 1t.
started to run, and met 20 others. We
tried to throw up a barrier, but It
was dark and we did not get along
we'll. All the time we were breath
ing gas. l had nothing to eat, but
chewed bark and drank water from
little holes in the bottom OF the ent-
ry. We made five holes. and there
was always someone at them. It was
our principal food"
What did you do all the days you
were penned ing'
I'VE all said goodbye to each other.
At first the English sang songs. and
the Italians were praying: after while
we were all too weak to more than
crawl about.
Nobody reached us today we
reached them. We wanted more wa
ter; w crawled over one barrier, start
ed and walked ten feet apart 50 as
not to fall on each other. The last
'fall-in' nearly blocked the passage.
We wormed through a long aperture
q big enough hole for us. We
were dreadfully weak. for we breathed
80 much poison. Then we saw our
rescuers. There was no cheering, we
just let them take care of us. No
body had voice enough to cheer"
Subacus was the only man allowed
to 90 home for several hours, the doc
tors fearing they would eat too much.
But the Lithuanian was 80 excited he
was allowed to have his way.
Francisco Zannarini said:
W. managed to get enough water
from he sides {. the gallery for the
few days: then we thought we
die Of thirst. One man said:
There is lots of water In this loose
coal II we could only squeeze II out
men tried sucking hands-ful
Of coal OIL the floor and thus moisten-
their lips and tongues.
After while VIZ all quenched our
thirst the same way
I'VE made twenty attemnts to es-
cape. This morning seven OF us start
ed out Of the room. when we vent a
distance the smell was awful.
We passed a lot of dead burros. prob
ably forty. ] think the burros fran
tic with thirst. stamr eded. and got
In a heap and died.
Our courage diminished Sunday
night when n fellow diel. Since
we had alternately gloom and
rerriment. When someone was de-
sDoDdenf the others would try to
cheer him
Joe Picati. while being revived. rro.
duced q letter written to his wife