The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-23
Bars Busy in
Mining Town
Reporter Moore Lands job and Gets Ready to Go
Bclow With Rescue Cre,U

! walked down the hill. back 20
my room.
A crowd Of miners were Sitting
out In front OF the house when
arrived. They were talking about
man named Ross. I sat down
close and listened.
A stout iriahman. called Suily.
was talking In a bread North Ire.
land hrcsue.
IF Il wasn't for them guys down
thcre | would quit right now. We're
just working down there IN cir.
elcs. Them officials don't know
whern they are going. We may
never strike IN. Arsonaut. They
don't know what they arc doing.
Now M In Montana----'
what do you think about the
outfit. panr" sully asked. Dan
was sour little irkhman.
why don't they let Ross
take tho rcseuo crew down. lie
knows moro about them drifts than
anyone else. lie could find a drifs
and 80 thru without all this damn
digging"
who Il this man Rossr' I
asked.
''iis used 10 m tho foreman OF
tho Kennedy mine" tho man called
Dan annwered. ~ think he II
working ON tho state highway now.
They won't let him 20 down be.
cause Of the lawsuit going on be
tween the Argonaut and tho Ken
nedy people"
! told them ! did not quite un.
derstand. suiiy explained;
They used 20 have drifts right
up close 20 tho ArgonatN boundary
line. Tho Argonaut did the same.
Ross knows all about where tho
drifts 40. The dope Il that i's
only few feet between tho az.
f~rcnt drifts. He could have found
tho way thru In a few days. He
offered 20 so down. but they
wouldn't let him. They wers afraid
he would lind out too much"
Them guys don't know the lay"
81tt{ F8ta 80 ~ tAtHn 10 UftAA@
fast after his morning shift IN the
Kennedy.
They don't know where they
arc NJ. We may break thru in
day. II may b. a month";
lie was tired and disrustsd. I
told him had JOB and wss 80.
inT up TO the mine then TO find
out when WAS 20 70 TO work.
When 20, 20 tho ArEcnaut the
foreman had not arrived. waited
around Reporters came. had
to keep out OF sight.
! stayed around for two houru.
Finally the foreman came. lie
told mo 10 come hack later.
Another day Of lodging familiar
faces. IL was not easy. II was n
strain to keep constantly on the
lookout. 5oinri tho Irtshmen at
tho lodging house. They were more
sociable now.
We had . few drinks sossfher.
We talked Of tho old country. II
other Jobs. Of other parts OF tho
country. Thsy rot very friendly.
Next morning again went 10
ths Auvnaut mine
Up on tho shaft mouth I met
tho foreman Hs wanted to know
why ! had not turned up before.
Then he ordered mo TO report for
work on the TO .. m. shift the
following morning.
! could have shouted for Joy. A
Job at last.
whats your namers He pro
tuoed a book and pencil. gave
him a name. He looked nj me sus-
psciousiy and asked mo again 4
repeated thu name.
Report 10 Morovich." he said.
stu looking AZ me questIoninxiy.
repeated Morovfch slowly and
stupidity. For several NH. sics he
looked at me. All the tiins kept
repeating tho name slowly. indls-
sinrtly.
He turned and walked off with
tho statement:
''You can get lamp ana cap
from the storeman."
OF coursc was eiated. sent
tho editor 4 note telling him Of
my success. Then began the long
wait until ! n. m, and time 10 so
on shift.
ITO BE Continually