The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-22
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 Cherry. Iii., Nov. 2ls--what had promised to be cherry's real day of Thanksgiving ended in q night Of hope deferred. or despair. s < z
 All the long day the. vigil was kept. At the end Of 1t no diving man or boy had been added to the list of the :twen- ty rescued yesterday. At night fall the roll stood twenty saved: ninety-two known dead and IoS missing.
 All day iork the toiling of church bells resoundsd in Cherry and Spring Valley. EiEhteens bodies were inferred today in a neld south of the town. Al the mine coiins of a dozen victims awaited removal while . score of cas- kets were piled nearby for those who are to come. {. 4 .s ss.. s.ss
 Services for the dead were held out side the churches. into which Coroner Malm deemed 1t inadvisahle the bodiea be taken. From the yet uncovered graves In which the Roman Catholic dead were placed. the pastor hurried to the mine entrance when with a. second priest. he awaited to administer ths last. rites for iivlny should his serv- ices be needed. 4k
 The irst sestacy of Joy In Cherry. BhNct way z tOufy Nto ntHohS rsAcuuu as succeeding hours added no oue to the list of saved.
 Wires Taft of Rescue.
 Mayor Connolly hGd hurried tels. gram to President Taft at Washington last night notifying him that twenty- one men had been rescued and there was believed to be about I5o alive. The reply of the prssidenk came today when hope was at low 3bb. Each hour that passes now Is looked upon by the watchers as making the chance of es- cape pitifuily less stg
 'srhe men they brought up could not have lived more than 2 few hours longer. says one dsspairing woman. Tt, II they Y, a4 2. sstas p 'eaay tney VI, q Tisss rsacasrs worked as sf this was their belief The Are in the second level was forced back and early In the afternoon the workers could pass 1t but the black damp in the east gall iery was an obstacle that proved insur- mountabie.
 Through 1t the bodies of thirty-seyen men could be seen.
 Preparations for taking out these thirty -seven were rushed when the morbid throng about the mine had thinned.
 Might Have Recovered Boaies. 2 That the bodies might have been taken up earlier was admitted by those in charge of the work but they thought of the scenes that would nave followed. s3 I
 A crowd numbering thousands frank iy seeking sensation, careless of the grief about them and apparently thor oughiy enjoying the scene about the pit pressed against the rope barrier un- til dusk. ~
 Here and there in the cnattering groups could be seen a few whose memory of the scene would endure with life. Their silent. tense watching and eager inquiries of the guards when any unwonted stir occurred about the shaft house indicated without question their relation to those down thera"
 In the mine level the work of the rescuers went on un eeasingly. Relays of eager miners succeeded those whose strength failed, Those who sthggered from the pit mouth were surrounding instantly and babel of questions hurtr cd at them.
 J.rWe can see the bodiea There are piles of them. They. are dead. boys. ali dead" was the reply of the first and those who, followed gave no moro cheering answers.
 "But they could be living hack there, they could be alive Tom. couIdn.t thew" came 6, voice from the group about him.
 Gives Cheer to uespendent.
 No chance" began the miner, then paused as he saw >the trembling hands of the old man who had pressed to, his side. .why sure. didn't the others come out?"fwas the quick reply. Don't you worry. he'll be up soon" Rrh sxf rFn uvA - Af the only reason which led the rescuers to delay bringing bodies to the sur face Black damp was present where the dead lay in a group. just as they had fallen when their lives were snufr- ed out "Klondtke'' who, had worked among the dead in many mine dlsaE- tsrs. "Bod" Murray. who also holds black damp in considerable contempt. and others. are said to have volunteer. ed, to remove the bodies to clear the passage for 8 further search for any who may remain alive in the further reaches of the galleries .e 4
 Conservative counsel prevailed and the hoisting of the, bodies was delay ed until the. noxious gases had been sucked out by the big ventilating fan. Among those who. after yesterdays res turn to the living of men long thought dead. ciung throughout the day to the belief that additional reBcues of live ing men are probable, Is Richard New sam. president of the Illinois Board of Mine Inspectors. tt Ati
 Has Faifh En seotchmen. l,4t
 "scotchmen are the most resourcefui miners in the world and there are twenty-two of, them down there. dead or alive. can see no reason why they should not. have found soma re- fuge just as did those who came up yesterday. But we must remember that eight days have passed and we must hurry if they are not to perish Of thirst and starvation. Everything pos stble to hurry on the work of explora- ton Is being done"
 It is reported here tonight that la bor leaders who have been making q quiet investigation have called meet ing for tomorrow. Duncan Meponaid the illinois president of the Miners Union, and the latter's, attorney, Sey- mour Stedman. left here tonight but are, expected back in the morning.
 Squads relieving each other al fre- quent intervals are working frantical- iy to remove obstrretions in the east workings of the mine for here if any