The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15

Cherry. ILL.,, Nov, 14.-Nearly four
hundred human beings, men and
boys, it Is now feared, are dead or
perishing inythe st. Paul mine here.
though Henry Burke, an official of
the mine, today reported to President
A. ]. Earling Of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee railway that farmers whose land
is over the southern end of the mine,
felt several conclusions of the earth
this afternoon and that the men who
felt these shocks were convinced that
the shocks were from shots fired by
the imprisoned miners to signal that
they are still alive, Burke's informant
was John Reid, son of one of the inn
prisoned men. Burke went at once to
Earring and has not slept since ar
irving on the scene or the accident.
Earring is Hopeful.
THE men report, said Burke, that
the signals were distinct and were
meant for assurance that at least
some of the men are alive
"Oh. hope So, said Earring. That
is at least encouraging"
Experts who penetrated the smoke
filled air shaft to depth of three
hundred feet late today with ray of
hope for the relatives of the en-
tombed miners.
That the fire has been extinguished
is the conclusion of the mining ex-
perts and inspectors sent here by
Gov. Deneen to investigate.
For more than thirty hours the
imprisoned men have been cut off
from fresh air and undoubtedly have
been subjected to the smoke which
filled the veins of the mine That life
could exist under such conditions an
parent Is doubted by many, but be-
cause of no trace of high temperature
was found in the depths of the mine
tonight, it is hoped the miners may
have found safety in the remote re-
cesses of the mine.
More Apparatus Ordered.
After third attempt to explore
conditions today, r. Y. Williams, of
Urbana, ILL.,, Of the United States
Geological Survey, who superintend-
ed the work of the volunteer explor-
ers, protected with oxygen caps and
apparatus, telegraphed to Urbana for
more of the apparatus.
This Is expected to arrive early to-
morrow and score of men have vol
unteered to accompany the experts
and mining inspectors into the air
shaft which was opened late today
Three times Williams and Henry
Smith, volunteer were lowered into
the mine in buckets Each time they
succeeded in penetrating deeper and
We're assured that the temperature
was bearable. Though to open the
sealed main shaft and exit of the
mine was impossible today as it
might nave famed the flames into
the smoldering embers yet remaining,
the state inspectors here, among
them James Taylor, of Peoria, David
Ross of Springfield, Henry Hudson,
of Galva, and others, announced to
Mine Inspector Steele that they felt
assured that definite results could be
secured tomorrow.
viii Explore Further.
When the explorations were aban-
doned tonight, it was announced that
men fitted with oxygen armor would
resume operations as early as posi-
bic.
A list OF the missing was compiled
today, and reached the total of 3S5,
including the dead, whose charred
bodies were taken from the burning
cages Saturday afternoon. 1t is de-
clared probable that this list might
be increased.
A hundred and seventy men who
entered the mine Saturday morning
have been accounted for. The COM
pany had scores of tracers at work
today rounding up the employees and
at nightfall the Officials admitted that
the number OF men in the mine, dead