New Britain herald., 1925-02-07
TROOPS ON DUTY
 TO AID WORKERS \ DIGGING TO CAVE
Half Way Mark Reached But Cannot Possibly Get to Collins
 Before Sunday Night
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
 ARE ORDERED FROM SCENE

Brother and Volunteer Rescuer Ac-
 cused of Impedings Efforts Of
 Those Trying Their Best to Reach
 Entombed Man-Last Word Was
 Received at a. m. Thursday. By The Asso dated Press.
 Cave City. Feb. "A handful of Tennessee national guardsmen, members of the 164th engineers, ar- rived today to assist Kentucky na- fional guardsmen on duty at Sand Cave. where Floyd Collins has been penned underground for eight days. The guardsmen were sent here by order of Governor Austin Peay.
 The measured tread of the Ken- lucky troops beat staccato to the frenzied picking by miners digging away at new shaft to Sand Cave.
 Ordered Away
 Determined that no effort shall interfere In any way with the opera tions, the guardsmen, under Brig. Gen. H. H. Denhardt last night or dered Homer Collins, brother of the victim, and John Geralds away from the cave. Geralds was the leader of one of the numerous rescue parties which earlier in the week made frViflnaa nffnrte tn t~ through the cave entrance.
 Both Agree to Terms
 Both men were called to national guard headquarters and officers there told them the mine now bor- Ing downward was the last chance to reach the cavern prisoner. Their activity, especially Geralds' criticism of the means being employed, made their presence undesirable because 1t slowed the work, officers explained to them. It would be necessary, therefore, to forcibly eject either man who returned to the cave, they were warned. Both agreed not to of- fer further interference.
 Half Way Mark
 Slowly but surely the shaft, pre- coded by diamond point drill for sake of safety, was going down. Early today it had gone below the twenty foot level and had that much more to go, possibly more. Workers have been digging for forty-eight hours, d1y and night and another forty-eight hours probably will have passed before the opening is made.
 Test drilling was discontinued early today after the diamond drill had reached limestone at depth of 70 feet. Dr. W. E. Funkhonser, geoIogist of the University of Ken lucky, expressed the opinion that the drill had reached the caprock of the cave.
 Resentment Growing
 When the rescue seekers and heroes intermingled for four long days when Collins was in communi- cation with the outside world by the slimy channel, Geralds and Homer and Marshall Collins were barred from entering the cave, Since then a growing resentment against the "outsiders' who came to Sand Cave and assumed charge has been ob- served.
 Homer Collins during the night made a forbidden trip into the cave few hours before he was called 10 military headquarters. He found the light near the "squecZe" still burn ing and, by turning off all lights out side for few moments, said he de- termined that the entombed mans light still glowed.
 Munitions on Way
 A truck load of ammunition and other supplies was en route to Cave City from Frankfort by way of Louisville this morning, despite denials by national guard officials that any ammunition had been or dered. Eight hundred rounds for rifles were reported in baggage car at Frankfort. A newspaper man there climbed into the coach and says he counted 2,40O rounds in boxes, consigned to Captain J. L. Topwiller at Cave City. The ship ment was understood to have been transferred to a motor truck at Louisville.
 More soldiers on Duty
 Eleven more national guardsmen arrived last night and fourteea others were expected soon from Bowling Green. Large crowds were hampering the mine work, it was said by way of explanation for the presence of additional guardsmen.
 Andrew Collins, eldest of the Col lins' brothers, figured in two acci- dents while hurriedly driving over land from Kewanee, Ill., to reach Sand Cave. He thought yesterday he had discoveredd new crevice which