Show WORK VORK IN fRANTIC HASTE TO fR At Midnight Twenty T venty Tons of Earth Separated Rescuers From Peterson Brothers in St Patrick Tunnel I Air and Milk Sent Through Pipe to Men Imprisoned East of Murray Stand in Two Feet of Water Two brothers Jerry and George Peterson entombed since 4 Monday y afternoon in a narrow space behind b tons to s of o earth their lives live dependant uis up a pipe until the frantic efforts of three score wilting willing workers clears cleans away the barrier without nourishment for tor over hours hour and lack lackIng lacking ek ekIng Ing frosh fresh air for nearly as long these men are the principals ls in a seem see e of tragic intensity now being enacted effected in a little mine high up on the mountainside mountain mountainside ln side six miles east of Murray Murra The two Peterson Petersons were imprisoned In th the tunnel of their mine the Ute St StPatrick StPatrick t 4 Patrick in Heughs canyon at 4 Monday Io flY and at midnight Jut night in spite of the unceasing labors of the devoted workers work who bad had spent SPeRt a night and a day in the work of rescuing the two brothers brothe it Jt was liS not believed that thet the men would pc e brought out into the world again agnin before late this morning c Jf Lf at all Their situation was exceedingly precarious Twenty tons of earth rth were still to be removed before the men could be liberated and with the con OIHI constant ii stant danger of a greater of or the tunnel To add to the horror of their position they were standing in two twe tw lest feet f t oC if c water which was gradually rising They The were confronted by another peril in lack of oC sustenance By mean irn of a Iron pipe the two men were able to obtain milk late laet their first nourishment in nearly hours bourn and as the pipe pl liets ll 11 alMe t flat on the t floor of the tunnel and in II i of such small dimension it te Is Im to provide any further nourishment The entombment of the Petersons is i in some respects one of the most re remarkable remarkable events in mining his history history tory tor Jam Jern aged 30 and George aged J 3 years ears were developing the St Patrick mine performing their own work The two brothers married sisters and each has a little toddling child the two fam families families Illes living in a little cottage cottas half a mile down the hillside from rom the mine Monday the brothers left the house I about noon for the tho mine and were due duea I at a home for supper at about 5 With the supper lying on the table and aDd the long delay dela in the return of her has hus husband band and the brother Mrs Jerry Jom Peter Peterson Peterson Peterson son grew apprehensive and about abo t 8 S started up the hill bill for the t e mine Wife Hears Appeal With Vilh the courage born of fear she entered the dark mouth of the mine and her cry of Jerry Jorr Jerry Jerr was answered with Ith a barely barel audible appeal for tor help Realizing that some act a had oc occurred occurred occurred Mrs Peterson sped to the home and then tto to o a neighbor where she secured the aid of Alono and Bess Green These two young men went to the mine and discovered the They were Joined later by Ernest and George Green and the four tour attempted the task of rescuing the miners After Atter a few hours work worle had shown the futility futilIty ity of their theil labor they gave the alarm in Murray and Butlerville and over fifty tiny men inert volunteered their services These men worked all day da and were relieved reli ved last night by fresh workers To a length of pipe is due the safety so far of the Petersons Peterson This has furnished them not only a means of communication but also of receiving fresh air and beginning last night nourishment It was through the pipe that Mrs Irs I Peterson heard her husbands voice oice and andin andin I in the same way the cause caUle of the acci accident accident dent and condition of the men were learned Caught by The tunnel had been driven about 3 O feet and Monday afternoon in their work themen had prepared a blast blasL As they fired the fuse and started to run to safety they the were halted with fear by seeing the roof and sides of the tunnel begin to slide in With an instant realization of the danger however and realizing the fatal chance of being caught beneath the falling faIlIng earth Jerry hastily threw a length of the iron pipe beneath the Then the two brothers could only on stand maybe gripping each others hand in the blackness of and trust to the pipe as their only hope of rescue Air Is Pumped In Although communication was easily ea lly had through the pipe the matter of supply supplying supplyIng supplying ing the men with food and fresh air how however however ever eer seemed for a time an insurmountable able aMe obstacle The pipe lies practically flat on the ground without providing a am means m ans of draft and it was not until yes yesterday yesterday afternoon that fresh air was wan sup supplied supplied supplied plied by bJ means of bellows It was wa also al o found impossible Impo to use the pipe to pro provide provide vide ide food until the idea of Inserting a rub rubber rubber ber her tube and in that way supplying milk was conceived The that made the miners pris prk prisoners pr pron on rs covered a distance of less las than twenty feet in the tunnel but out even een as this was being cleared away awa the quantity or of earth was increased by succeeding slides The relief party part was handicapped seriously serious in the work yesterday forenoon by b Caving no car to haul the dirt to the tile dump and it was not until afternoon that one was obtained from a mine some miles away awa The Petersons had but one car and that was on their side of the barrier Af At After Att ter t r the car was obtained however the work was necessarily slow owing to the size of the tunnel precluding more than one men man working in iR ii the loading Io bIg eC sC Ute IM car ear Water ater began to e eIng v ing lag in ht the portion of the t M le eIck the men are held and sad lest Jut Right reported report that it had bad reached a a depth of at feet teet and was Still rt their situation more dangerous and aad MI en enforcing s forcing more heroic efforts on the th wart IUt of or the workers outside We Laet Last night the distance sliP sUII approximately thirty feet teet bUt bet in of or attempting to clear it all ail away it wa warn decided deckled to confine the efforts of or the workers to boring through a gopher g hole in order to be able to supply UM tM men with what was needed until they could be released At midnight in Una tl way wa the relief party were within live five II feet of the miners and anti unless there war more slides elides In m the tile walls waDs or roof hm s g the MIlT early morning hours ours the tM II wM wi he be with a IlK hoc t break breakfast fast Almost In Despair Jerry Jell Jerl Peterson peter on has bas been the only one ous of the two to engage in conversation coad n through the pipe pine with those outside mad aad adon madon on Monday night and yesterday fore te forenoon noon expressed ed cheerfulness ch erf l He u 11 talked with his hill wife who wa was a constant con taRt at attendant attendant attendant at the mine a number of time during the Ute day and made a heave Draft at attempt attempt attempt tempt to comfort her and allay alia her fears for tor his safety When she asked him blat hi It If ithe be he was hungry and if It he was all aU right t he be answered with a 8 cheery laugh Nope we aint aln t hungry a bit hot but to tell the truth we e dont like the place very well welt Last night however the terrible mental me tal strain upon the men became b evident we t tot lit h the th change of manner of talk The heartedness and the hopeful spirit wore wee gone and the tones were those theM of ins ing in despair despite an sn apparent deter determined Jei c mined attempt to keep the stiff upper Ho MI Gathered about a huge campfire bt near the entrance to the tunnel at fifty men me sat Nt during the night aeh wait waiting ing I hi his turn to go Into the mine miRe aDd and take lake a 8 hand at the work There was no ne cea ee M MUon Uon tion of the labor and every one was hope bope hopeful ful tul that early this morning the men m ea wilt be taken out of their prison |