The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-22
DESPAIR AGAIN COMES AT MINE
(Continued From Page one.)

Dd emDelllBneO Hltn a, uEAnb UAn0s . One of the most touching was writ ten by John Lorimer to his wife,. Sa- die.
 Lcrimer is young scotchman from Ayrshire. which country he left ten years ago. He is an experienced miner. and like his wife. constant attendant at church,
 .IIe just laughs and says he will ga back to the mine when he Is well, ai- though I'd be willing. after what has happened. to support him myself If he would only get safer work" said Mrs. Lorimer before producing the letter.
 That was the case at the house Of each of the score of men rescued alive yesterday. Lorimer received in his bed many callers. some of them relatives and others who wished to congratu- late himself on his escape. Lorimer's letter, written In the face of death, as were the others. follows: reeis Death Approachfng. Dear wife--I am sttiil living. al- though 1t Is now $ o'clock Sunday lparnipg apd theFf iss littls thops as the black daHps As xastips ips esst os us. here. Dear wife. do not grieve. We will meet again. God bless you: be- lieve in Him. He will take care of you; He will take care of you. guess we will meet in better land. When you get over this let them know at home (Scetland.) That is all dear. God bless you.
 ''Ycur Loving Husband"
 One of the Pigsti letters signed by the two brothers. concludes with this wish:
 we desire band ct our funeral and we wish to be buried one by the side af fhA 0tharn
 Another portion of the letter re- fers to tour miserable tomb where five of us still live, although without knowing whether we shall ever emerge alive"
 wrftten On Note Book Pages. F All of the farewell letters written were on pages torn from the time books carried by Walter Waite. Waite had the only pencil in the group and 1t was passed from hand to hand.
 One instance of the seIf-sacrifice of the more sturdy prisoners was re- lated by Lorimer today:
 "Waiczinsiki--I think that was his name, was 60 years old, and the weak est among us," said Lorimer.
 "Our greatest suffering came from thirst, for only thimblefuis could be got from the seepage. Walczinslki grew so exhausted that he could not stoop over. but had to lie on his face to drink. We made holes In the ground with our fingers and then waited for the slow seepage of the water into them. It kept us busy. but we always were feverish with thirst. tell you that when . little water filled into hole there was not a man but .crayed it. But the stronger men frequently passed their turns to let the old men drink"
 Desperate Fight Underground.
 The story of desperate fight waged in the depths of the mine by one fac- who were rescued against another was told here today by Inc Antoniesc. one of the rescued party.
 According to Antoniese's account. the saving of the sick men was &C., complained only after one group. head. ed by q brawny miner. whose name all refuse to divulge. had been over. powered by the others. The defeated faction apparently adopted the motto, Might makes right" while the sec ond was bound together by the princi- pie that the strong should protect the weak. Ritter personalities were ex- changed, blows were struck and finally knives were drawn.
 Antoniese's story is confirmed in part by w. H. Cleland and Walter Waite two of the leaders of the rescued men. Both refused to tell the. name of the leader of the other faction or the number of men composing 1t. The men ouarreled over the water. There were three sick men, Franco Zannarani. Daniel Walowczak and George Eddy group headed by Cieiand and Waite insisted that the sick men should have the first call upon the small supply of water that seeped Into the shallow pits dug in the veins of coal.
 ,.. SLet Sick. Men Die"
 At least one other man, physically stronger than his fellows, tried to take the water from the sick. His plea was "let the sick men die. Nothing but & miracle can save us anyway. Why should we sacrifice our own lives who nave a fighting chance, by giving our precious water to those who are doomedF' s..f-t
 For the first three days there was trouble over the division of the scant struck, according to Antoniese.
 'sWe found" continued Antoniese. some one was pushing Walowazak, k, the weakest of the party. away from the water and stealing 1t. He was too weak to resist and at first did not 'tell any one of his loss.
 After he told us, a secret guard was established over him and we soon found the man who was stealing the water. We gave htH bad beating and he resisted. finally drawing a knife and slashing about him. Then n.a IA k n..a NnE. ma