The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-09-28
MINE WORKERS
ENCOURAGED BY
SIGNS OF LIFE
Rescue M.n Claim They Heard
Signal on Water Pipe In
Reply Ia llammering
FIRST AID MEN READY
Mining Company Declares
-Four or Five Days May BE
Necessary TO Reach Men

Ironwood, Mich. Sept. 28-LRD-The
fifth day Of underground imprison'
ment started today for 43 miners en-.
tombed in the Pabst Mine Friday with
four succor expeditions working deS.
pcra,ely, encouraged BY two signs OF
life last night.
The first indications came when a
distinct signal on a water pipe was
heard by crow Of workers in reply
TO hammering. Later. Alfred Maxi
dauntless rescue worker, desce ended
at the end of safety line through
wreckage and debris 10 the nearest
point to the miners yet penetrated.
Passage Way Blocked
But Maxi made another discovery
which was more disc0ncerting when
his passage was blocked 80 feet be.
yond the point where rescue party
IL working in G shaft to clear away
the wreckage which blocks the entry
to the eighth level, where the prison
ers are.
This finding determined that the
way will be long before rescue Is ef.
fected by this route. In the mean.
while. however, every available BIT
Of energy is being concentrated on
this and three other avenues. one Oi
which is the piercing Of hole by a
diamond drill to facilitate the pass.
age Of food clothing and messages
to the men.
Another is a horizontal tunnel from,
an adjoining mine while the fourth
and most hazardous is from the base
workers seek to dislodgc the load
hvA.G G;,..r thu ts~s~ lvnO tx,
the shafts bottom, clearing an open
ing to the trapped Level.
Families Sure Of Rescue
At the mouth Of the shaft, in ST.
lGncc but tense with the emotion Of
the tragedy, are groups Of the miners
families. AS workers emerge, dirty
nsSd spent after their tricks" they
smile confidently. Everyone il Ger.
tain that the rescue will be made.
Just how long 1t may take cannot
be determined with the speed of prog.
ress varying. Expectations ut first
were that possibly one expedition
would shove through late tonight. The
Oliver Iron Mining company, which
owns the mine, however, issued q
statement through its press bureau
declaring that four or five days may
still be- necessary.
With the mining colony, the rescue
is hope against hope with the first
law Of confidence rigidly observed
A total Of 40 men are engaged in the
rescue work with physicians and
nurses in reserve to receive the men
should any rescue effort be sue
cessful.
Elaborate preparations have been
made for the cure Of the miners il
they are brought out alive. The first
to enter the shaft after access is
gained to the prisoners, will be train
ed first mid men.
Ready to Care For Men
They will carry down blankets to
wrap about the miners. light soups
to start their diets, and hlindfolds for
their eyes. Every man who comes up
from the long spell In darkness will
be lindfolded. regardless of his ply
steal condition, to prevent the severe
shock of daylight on his tired eyes.
The men brought out will be taken
to the railway car Of the bureau OF
mines, which is ON "a siding less than
100 feet from the mine head. / The
car will be used ms Il receiving ward.
II has six Pullman berths and seven
cots will be placed in it. Those re-
quiring further hospital care will be
transported in ambulances and heated
trucks to hospitals in the downtown
section.