Arizona republican., 1909-11-21

Cherry. Iu. Nov. 30.-The gamut from the deepest despair to the lIysteria of hope was run here today when twenty miners. entombed in the St Paul mine -for. a week. almost to an hour. were brought to the surface alive. The story of their suffering and the heroism of their resourceful leaders is one Of the most thrilling in all the black history of mining disasters Dawn broke with the bearers of stretchers moving from the pit mouth to the tent which served as amorgue for the bodies swollen and charred almost beyond human semblance. Forty of them had been brought up and most of them identified
 The Cheering Cry.
 Then the marvellous report shot through the prostrate community: They've found them alive, They've found them alive" In a moment the morgue was deserted. scarcely to be revisited while the crowd. fairly insane with the great hope that had sprung like miraculous flame from the ashes of despair. rushed to the pit. All thought vas of the men who were alive. II took six hours to bring the survivors to the surface. Meanwhile report spread that seventy or more men were alive in the far reaches of the mine, cat off from escape by a barricade of black damp between their barricade and the main shaft.
 The Search fer the Living.
 But two oxygen helmets remained at II ne mine. the others having been start el Il back ts Pittsburg this morning. and with this scant equipment two experts began a new exploration. At g D. m. they emerged. their oxygen tanks be- ing exhausted, and they reported no further saceess. There are other re- sourceful leaders among the missing and they like Waite. Cleiland and oth- CTS. mGy have led their men to com parative safety" said States Attorney II. L. Eckert tonight. The search is now for the living"
 The Hope of Women.
 Less optimistic notes were sounded by others. but the women with hope born sfresh refused to believe anything but the best and haunted the mine far into the night. seizing frantically at every straw of encouragement offered From the top of the hoisting shaft to the sleeping cars drawn mp on the sid- ing. a distance of about 150 feet. be- tween the crowd. held back by militia. passage way was formed. It was along this line that the women looking for the loved ones gazed into the faces of the survivors as they passed through.
 As night drew on the whole scene was revealed only by pale moon, and the flickering torches worn on the caps of the rescuers. Each time the signal sounded for the hoist of the cage toI come up from the mine. the noise of the crowd subsided into a murmuring of expectancy.
 Hoist her uD." came from the depths. Hoist her uD." repeated the engineer overhead.
 An Anxious Moment.
 Then the men and women pressed forward against the line of soldiers and ropes. determined to get as near as possible to peer into the faces Of the survivors. Every body be quiet. please. don't cheer" whispered the guards. The machinery of the hoisting e apparatus rumbled and screeched asI {the cage came upward. Would there Joe n4 this load a live one who had been mOurned for seven days as dead? Ths question flashed through hund- red minds. The passage way was mar rOwed as each anxious locker instinc- tivefy pressed forward.
 Looking for Papa.
 Here they come now. look sharp" A woman here and there who could not sec held up a child and cautioned it. Look. and try if you can see papa when they pass" The machinery stopped. The cage was up and dozen torches shed a dingy light on its passeng gers. There stood the rescuers wearing shiny rubber coats and white caps Between them, wrapped in mili- tary blankets. they held the rescued men,, sume standing. others carried in arms. Slowly the procession moved. A burst of applause started from the crowd, but raised hand from the mi litiamen brought silence. It was a ~criticih moment.
 4 pitifui Moment.
 Nf5tbers and wives stretched forth their arms murmuring, Billy. or Frank" or "Oh, Andy. are you there? Srea.k to me, am here" The blankets drawn over the heads of the men hid their faces and prevented identifica- tien by the crowd. Not receiving a re- ply. the women tore toward the sleep ing cars. imploring and begging any one to give them information.
 The First Saved.
 Overcome by the appeals a rescuer -lHIled out the name of man he was es coTting. George Eddy." he shout ' iec we've got George Eddy here" ' { oh George" came womans Giercing cry from the crowd. Is it