The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-22

easily through the pipe, with a little hook in the end to attach them to the rope
 The first thing prescribed by the Company doctor in attendance was a | little stimulant, and after that some
 milk and eggs. Liquid nourishment
 was thereafter furnished to the i'm
 prisoned miner at regular intervals
 until the time of his release.
 1 But this was far from satisfying all
 of his needs. Toshesky had left his
 coat and dinner pail in the gangway
 when he inprudently entered the l manway too soon, and presently he
 complained of the cold An army | blanket 6 by 12 feet was cut length
 wise so that each half measured 8 by
 12 feet. It was rolled spirally, like | a paper spill, bound with soft ban
 dages, greased, and he managed to
 draw the two separate halves through | the pipe. Toshesky next complained
 that his clothing was wet. A suit of
 woo1en underwear and a pair of wool en stockings were passed to him by the same method, and after that some candles. He reported the air good, there was no mine gas, and it was safe for him to light them. Tobac-. co and matches were supplied him, and then he complained that the floor, upon which he must stand or lie, was damp.
 This was a poser for a moment, and then the ingenuity of an engineer solved the problem. An inch and half rope was passed in through the pipe, Toshesky coi1ed it upon the floor of his prison, and was thus possessed of an inch and a half hemp carpet whereon to stand or lie. Thereaf- ter he slept a great part of the time, but would awaken and answer when his rescuers called to him.
 All this time one one hundred m-"- I1 tunnel, just high enough to swing a. pick in with short, sharp strokes, along the line of the pipe which led to the imprisoned man. They work ed night and day in eight hour shifts, relieving each other as fast as the man at the face of the tunnel got tir- ed. The rescuers did not dare to fire a 'sshot,'' or blast, because of their former experience inside, in spite of the fact that Toshesky who could hear the strokes of the pick and knew as a miner, exactly what they were doing, continually calling to them to Tire a shot! Fire a shot!''
 An air compressor and oil. engine were brought two miles from Centra- 1ia, but it was found impossible to find solid anchorage for the engine in the rocky bottom, of the crater. Two men worked behind the picked man swinging a pick carrying away the de- bris, and a. blacksmith shop was set up in order to keep the tools as sharp and effective as possible. The coal through which they were tunneling was very hard and dusty, and progress was not more than a foot an hour at the best. Sometimes this dwindIed Ito four inches.
 AS each length of the pipe was passed by the tunnel toward Toshes- ky it was unscrewed and laid aside A telephone line was extended to Cen tralia, and his wife was kept con stantIy informed of the progress of tine work. First-aid men, a doctor, an ambulance and an automobile were kept constantly on the scene On Thursday and Friday, after Toshesky had been imprisoned for nearly week, the rain came down in torrents There was a big, threatening overhang to the breach which was situated right on the mountainside, but the officials and miners kept desperately at work, regardless of danger. All of Friday night, as the task was nearing it's end the coal was treacherous and ''sIippy'' and fears were entertained that at any woment it might slide All that night Toshesky called to them eagerly urging them to redoub1ed efforts.
 They did not need any urging, said Fred M. Chase, vice-President and General Manager of the Company. fI never saw men work su like de- mons-'
 At 7:25 a. m., on Saturday October 4, Toshesky crawled forth from his prison, a free man. He was sur prisingly strong, and his only com plaint was that the light hurt his eyes He refused to be carried by l eager hands up the pathway of the l crater.
 You worked mighty hard to get me- he said to Division Superfnten- dent IF. J. Heffner, ''and feel mighty | good.''
 His wife was in the crater the final | night, and crawled into the tunnel to | exchange some words in Polish with | him Toshesky's English is not of | the best but he displayed splendid | nerve, and seemed much cheered bv | the conversation. His wife was the 1 first to greet him when he crawIed out | of the heading, and his first ouestior | was for their four children, who were | not there.
 All honor is due to the men who | worked so nightly to save him ana | Chase brought some Of | tF7e more exhausted ones down wifi, him last week for few days' rest and recreation in New York.