The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23

rescuers 10 shown by remarkable in-
 cident this afternoon. A man who
 proved to have been dead many days,
 was believed to be alive when brought
 to the surface and was rushed to the
 hospital car. The mistake. however.
 soon became apparent.
 Men May he Livings Cherry. H.. Nov. 22.--Two expior- Ing parties in the St Paul mine today found indications which lead them to believe that there are . large num- Der of living men sfill in the last workings.
 The searchers at : a. m. were able to pass far into the galleries and their they expected 10 nnd . large number of dead. none were found. Nearly 200 mon gre still unaccounted for. dead or alive. Their bodies have not
 been found nor of course. have they been seen alive. Many of them may be furnishing, awaiting rescue. Tidings of discovery was relayed
 rapidly to those waiting in the rain and snow above the shaft and the hope which had receded to the lowest ebb was revived
 A woman. wife of one of the men brought out alive Saturday evening II ing. placed her arms about one of the pathetic shawl-draped women at the | mouth of the pit.
 Cheer up. dear" she whispered Didn't tell you John would come up There are Scotchmen down there. They'll take care of them. When the men get to the end they'll fnd them walled in and ready for another week of it.'s
 Faith Tn Canny Scotch. Faith in the Scotch miners and their ability to care not only for them selves but their companions. is now held by the mine oflcials as well as the relatives of those miners still in the mine,
 Rumors of hearing voices or signals from the east gallery. which had spread about the town today. were discredited by mine oficials. No indi- cations. save the absence of the dead from the east gallery has pointed to the existence of other living men. Daybreak today came with . steady downpour of rain and snow and chill ing winds that banished the morbid throngs from the scene.
 Close to the dimly outlined shaft structure women huddled together as if seeking consolation In community The unvarying earb of coarse shawls. wrapped closely about the wearers. leaving view only of peering eyes and unkempt wisps of hair blowing about. marked the waiting women of Cherry.
 The discovery of live rats in remote veins of the mine gave added hope at noon of finding more miners alive. Areport that the rescue work is re- tarded by disputes between the coal | company forces and state officials was denied Manager w. w. Taylor of the mine said that the only conflicts were of technical nature.
 A mine official declared that if any more men are brought out alive. the | work must be done within twenty-four | starved
 survivors Regain Strength. All the survivors taken out Satur- day are recovered, but 1t is still con- | sidered inadvisable to give the pa-
 tients other than the lightest food. The death of the mother of one of | the victims came today as the result | of the disaster. Mrs Charles Dovan. whose son still remains in the mine, living or dead. visited the mouth of | the shaft soon after daybreak. and as had been her custom for Q week. ineit down ana prayed. Later she
 I wandered over the field toward her
 home. where she died shortly after Il from grief. F. :. sf.s = is,3s7s,>s
 Three times the one hearss of the I town made slow trips past the mine | entrance, over half formed trails of l clay and mud to the field outside the | town which has become Its cemetery. | No vehicles, accompanied 1t on the l lonely Journeys. Twice a knot of mourners, numbering less than doz- | en, followed 1t and knelt about the hastily opened. but half water fiied I graves as the bodies were lowered in- | to them. No church services have at- | tended any of the funerals held In the | town for sevral days. because of an
 edict from the coroner forbidding them. The work of taking out thirty-one bodies began this afternoon. The car cases of four mules were first carried | out to open a passage for removal of the bodies. Reports that many of the | bodies stiil were warm and that death 1 had occurred only few hours before I were denied by those who found them | At thirteen minutes after five today another man was taken from the St. l Paul coal mine. He was in an uncon- scious condition and was immediate | ly rushed to the hospital train. The man was unidentified. It is believed more live men will be found In the same place.
 The man was found among a lot l Of dead bodies and was at first | thought to be dead but movement of his arm revealed that he still lived. 1 The doctor said he was in dying 1 condition. The man had existed in the mine nine days and few hours. A new force of rescuers has been sent
 down in the hope of recovering more live men.
 Shortly after being taken to the hospital car the man was pro- nounced dead.
 Died In the Morgue. The man after being taken to the hospital car was pronounced dead by the physicians in charge and the body removed to the morgue. The bo iy was yet warm. and this fact leads to l the belief of the rescuers that he was alive. One of the rescuers excitedly told Of hearing the man moan after he | had been placed on the stretcher. but | this was pronounced a mistake by the l physicians.
 While uncertain as to the time of
 death, they believe it had occurred at | least twelve hours before being placed | on the stretcher. The temperature of the mine. which is higher than sixty 1 degrees, caused by the fire as yet un- | extinguished, undoubtedly was the cause of the warmth of the body. | Wild scenes followed the carrying of
 the ma nto the hospital car. "They are alive" came the cry from | all sides, and rush that almost car | ried the bearers off their feet be-