Evening journal., 1913-10-23
THOMAS TosHEsKY.

clear They summoned him to come 1
down, begged. entreated, implored, even <
threatened, but, his nerve broken by the Z
two previous movements of the pillar /
Toshcsky refused TO leave the compare Il
tive safety Of the top Eager yolun. h
teers urged the officials to let him go ap L
and drag him out, but the latter refused I
TO further endanger additional lives.
AZ this crisis the coal in the pillar L
groaned and moved again The chance
was gone, and Toshcsky was once more
shut in. II he had seized the moment /
he would have been spared the ensuing I
week OF agonized suspense
All that night nmn was kept climb /
ing up and down. up and down the re-
naming free space in the manway while
another patrol ceaselessly walked the
gangNsay. both listening with trained
attention Tor the first sound Of fresh
movement OF the steeply pitching coal.
lt came. and during the night the whole
manway was closed up again, leaving
roshesky in space by ~ feet. Fur
ther efforts in this direction were OBJ
yiOuslv futile and dangerous. The at
tack must be made from the outside.
The next chamber to that Ia which
roshe-ky was imprisoned had cavcd in
from the top near the surface, leaving
q ragged hole in the earth like the
crater of volcano. pathway was
quickly made down its rocky, sloping
sides aud three horizontal bore holes
were started thru the intervening pillar
in the direction of Toshesky's prison.
The first two missed but the third pen
etratcd TO the right spot on Tuesday
morning and once again they heard
/ 1oshesky's voice
A two.inch pipe WIS passed thru the
bore hole. and stiff half-inch rope
pushed thru the ffty-fye feet OF inter-
vening pipe Toshesky was clamoriug
! for light. and the first object attached
to the rope for him to haul thru was an
electric loren. Tin canisters were hast
| lily made of the proper size 10 pass
easily thru the pipe, with little hook
in the end to attach them to the rope.
Tho first thing prescribed by the com
pany doctor in Attendance was little
stimulant. aud after that some milk aud
eggs. Liquid nourishment was there
after furnished to the imprisoned miner
ut regular intervah until the time OF
his release.
! But tnis<was far from satisfying all
Of his needs. Toshesky had left his coat
and dinner pail IN the gangwav when
ne imprndently entered the manway too
soon. and presently he complained of
the cold An army blanket 9 BY - feet
was cut lcngthvise to that each half
measured by l2 feet. Il was rolled
spirally. like a paper spill. bound with
soft bandages, creased and he managed
to drw the two separate halves thru the
pipe Tosheskv next complained that
his clothing was wet A suit OF wooer
underwear and pair OF woolen stock
ngs we're passed 10 him by the saint
r method. and after that some candles
a He reported the air good. there was M
mine gas. and IL was safe for him q
s light them. Tobacco and matches wea
i supplied him. and then he complainel
S that the floor upon which he must stan
g or lie, was damp.
s This vas a poser for 4 moment. an
II then the ingenuity of an engineer solve'
e the problem. An inch and a half rop
n was passed in thru the pipe, Toshesk.
e coilcd IL upon the floor Of his prison
I. and was thus possessed of an inch ant
l. half hemp carpet whereon 10 stand o
IL lie Thereafter he slept great par
n of the time. but would awaken and an
Il swer when his rescuers called 20 him.
> All this time one hundred men wer
D. driving narrow heading, OF tunne
le Just high enough to swing a pick il
l. with short. sharp strokes, along the lin
le Of the pipe which led to the imprisone'
a man. They worked night and day II
he eight-hour shifts, relieving each othe
4, as fas as the man at the face OF th
er tunnel got tired. The rescuers did no
" dare TO fire shot or blast, becaus
in of their former experience inside, II
" spite of the fact that Toshesky wit
could hear the strokes of the pick am
knew, as a miner exactly what the,
n were doing, continually called TO then
he to;
" 'Firc a shot, Fire a shot"
u An air compressor and oil engine wer
to brought two miles from Centralia, bu
he il was found impossible TO find a soil
" anchorage for the engine in the rock
N bottom Of the crater. Two men worke
is behind the picked man swinging a pic
ar carrying away the debris, and a blach
ID smith shop was set up in order 70 kee
is the tools as sharp and effective as po
in sihle The coal thru which they wei
lp ttunneling was very hard and dust
ly and progress was not more than fo'