The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-21
MANY MINERS ARE
FOUND LIVING
Story of Suffering and HerOism
Thrills With Interest
WIVES ARE MADE HAPPY
Numbers Who Believed Their Hus-
bands Dead Are Rejoicing, But
Others Are Waiting and
Hoping For Rescues.

Cherry. H., November 20.-The gamut
from deepest despair to a hysteria Of
hope was run here today when 20 miners.
entombed In the ST. Paul mine for
week. almost to the hour, were brought to
the surface alive.
The story OF their sufferings and the
heroism Of their resourceful leaders Is
one OF tho 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 a morgue, with bodies swollen
and scorched almost beyond human sem
blance. Forty of them had been brought
up and most of them identified when the
marvellous report shot through the pros
trate community: They've found them
anvei They've found them aliyel"
In a moment the morgue was deserted,
scarcely to be revisited, while the crowd,
fairly insane with the great hope which
had sprung like miraculous flame from
the ashes Of despair, rushed to the pit
All thought was of the men who were
alive. 1t took six hours to bring the
survivors to the surface A report spread
that 10 or more men were alive In g. far
reach of the mine cut off by bank OF
black damp.
But two oxygen helmets remained at
the mine, the others having been started
back to Pittsburg this morning, and with
this scant equipment two experts began
new exploitation. AT a. M, they
emerged. their oxygen tanks being ex-
hausted, and reported no success.
There are other resourceful leaders
among the missing and they. like Waite,
Cleland and others, may have led their
men to comparative safety" said States
Attorney Eckert tonight
''The search is now for the living"
Less optimisl1 notes were sounded by
others, but the women, with hope born
afresh, refused to believe anything but the
best and haunted the mine far into the
night. Selling frantically at every straw
of encouragement offered.
Talk With Survivors.
At q late hourt tonight DR.. Weeks, one
of the physicians In charge of the sur
vivors, said:
1T have talked with all of the rescued
men. They say they are convinced many
are still alive, but 1t would be impos-
Btble to estimate how many. There may
be 30 OF 100, or there may be less. 1t
seems that the men are scattered In all
parts of the mine. II the others have
barricaded themselves as these did. they
are still safe.
"At 10 o'clock the men coming up from
below said they had heard signals in dis
tant parts, but these sections are still
cut Off by distractions. Some, however,
are within reach and are being given
medical attention. They will be brought
up as rapidly as possible"
The following names. some of them
not vounched for. were given out by DR..
NJ G. Weeks, as the official list of the
men rescued alive:
Thomas Richards.
John Lorimer.
Thomas White.
George Eddy, mine inspecto
Walter Waite, pit boss.
John Brown.
Frank Waite.
Rodgerio Banfilio.
Lozi Federico.
Vowschak
Giaeomo Pigati.
w. H. Cleland.
Q. Antoine.
g. Stimac.
Joe Baranoffld.
s. Emeche.
Francisco Jannarini.
Brotsche.