The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-21
Many Rescued From Jaws Of
Dealt.
NEWS FROM UNDERWORLD
NNDLES FIRES OF HOPE
Victims Of Explosion Sealed IN
Galleries.
Light Tapping on wallis Of Barricade
Lead Rescuer. tn LiviaE Mea--
survivor. In sersou. condi-
tion Az Result of En-
piesssn.

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Cherry. Ill. Nov. so--The gamut
from deepest despair to- an hysteria
Of hope was run here today when
twenty miners entoinbed in the st.
Paul mine for week almost to the
hour. were brought to the surface
alive. -
The story Of the sufferings and
their heroism and their resourcefui
leaders Is one sof the most thrilling In
all the black history Of mining dis
asters. Dawn broke with the bearers
OF strstchers moving from the pit
mouth to the tent which served as a
morgue. with bodies swollen and
scorched aimost beyond human SEM
blance Forty OF them had been
brought up and most or them identi-
fled when the marvellous report shot
through the PROSTATE community;
They've found them aiive!"
They've found them aifvei"
In q moment the morgue was de-
serted. scarcely 70 be revisited. while
the crowa. fRirly insane with the
great hope which had been sprung
| like miraculous flame from the
ashes of despair, rushed to the pit
1Iope Axain lnnpfresl
Afg Thought was ct the men who.
we're alive. II took six hours to bring
| The survivors to the surface. Mean
white 4 report spread that seventy or
more men were alive in far reach
s. Ssn ~ q sIAsE stnp Sste sssns si'sss
barricade ana the lnaiushaft
But two oxygen helmets remained
at the mine the others having been
started back TO Pittsburg this morn
ing. and with this scant equipment,
two experts began new exploration.
At . p. m. they emerged. their oxygen
tanks being exhausted. and reported
no success.
There are other resourcefui leaders
among the missing and they. like
Waite. cleland and others. may have
led their men TO comparative safety"
said states Attorney NJ ID. Eckert TO-
night. THE search is now for the
living
Less optimistic notes were sounded
by others. but the women, with hope
borne afresh. refused to believe any
thing but the best and haunted the
mine far into the night. SELLING fran
tically at every straw OF encourage
ment offered.
Names OF Survivors.
The following names. some OF them
not yonched for were given out by
DIR. NJ. C.. Weeks as the official list
OF the men rescued alive:
Thomas Richards, John Lorimer.
George Eddy. mine Inspector. Walter
Waite. a pit boss, John Brown, Frank
Waite. Rogerio Banfilio. Loci Federi-
co. Vowschak. Qiacomo Pigati, Saliva
tore Pigati. w. H. cleiand. @. Antoine
G. StImac, Joe Baranoffki. 8. Emeche,
Francisco Jannarini. Brotsche.
From the top of the hoisting shaft to
the sleeping cars drawn up on the SID
ings was a distance OF, about $50 feet.
Here the crowd, held back by militia,
formed a line. 1t was along this route
that the women, looking from the lines
gazed into the faces OF the survivors
as they passed.
AS night drew on. the whole scene
was revealed only by pale moonlight
and the flickering lights of torches
worn on the caps of the rescuers. A
hundred feet overhead stood the skele-
ton frame work of the mining machi-
merry. Each time the signal sounded
from the hoist for the cage to come
up from the mine, the noise of the
crowd subsidized into murmuring expec.
fancy. @ %
Anxious 90 See Loved Ones.
The men and. women pressed for
ward against the line OF soldiers and
ropes, determined to get aa near as
possible, to peer into the faces OF the
survivors as they marched by.
Would there be in this load a live
one who had been mourned during
seven days as dead?" This question
flashed through hundred minds. The
KanKway narrowed as each anxious
locker instinctively pressed forward.
A woman who couId not see held up
a child and cautioned It, Look and
try II you can see papa when they
pass"
The machinery stopped. The cage
was up and a dozen torches shed a
dingy light on the contents of the
cage. There stood the rescuers, wear
ing shiny rubber coats and white caps.
Between them, wrapped in militia blan-
kets they held the rescued men, some
standing. others carried in arms. Slow
ly the procession moved through the
gateway. A burst of applause start
ed from the crowd. but a raised hand
from a militiaman brought silence. 1t
was a critical moment for the hopes OF
many. Mothers and wives stretched
forth their arms, murmuring billie"
or "Frank" or "Oh. Andy are you
there? Speak TO me. I'm here"
The blankets drawn over the heads
Of the men hid their faces and pre-
vented identification from the crowd.
The women moved toward the sleep
ing cars, imploring and begging every
one to give them good news.
Women Plead for News.
At the foot OF the car steps, the
crowd was kept back and the women,
almost hysterical through joy or disap-
pointment, chung to the hand rails.
plteously imploring those inside to Let
them enter.
lam Cleland was brought up. At the
news of the disaster a week ago.
Robert, a brother and also miner.
rushed here from south Wilmington.
ri He evaa Informed On arrfvfnS ,k.fI