Show TAPPING IS ISON HEARD ON PIPES Of I I MINE Some ome of Entombed Miners in Eureka Disaster May Still Be Alive Special to Tho The Telegram EUP EUREKA KA Sept 18 3 p p. p m. m Tap m.-Tap- Tapon Tap Tap- ping pin on the tho mine pipes indicating that someone still lives behind tho the C atthe at tho the Eureka Centennial mine was heard by members of the rescue party when I they reported to the outside at nt 3 o'clock I this afternoon The rescuers are axe straining straining strain strain- ing every evory effort to cut through the hugo huge hugo wall vall formed by tho the Their work Is 15 being made difficult by the continual fall of ot earth where they are digging but they aro gradually getting nearer aud and nearer to the place where they believe be lieve Hove the tapping tappin is being done I Special to Tho Telegram im EUREKA Sept 18 It It will be lato tonight and aud probably early tomorrow before tho minors entombed late Into yesterday yes by tho the at nt tho Eureka Centennial mine mino can cau t DO ne o reached It is is is' is nut believed d that thul any of tho men will willbe willbo bo be found alive e. e ork work ia b being carried carrie on with all ull possible speed today today to to- da day but condi conditions make progress ax- ax cec inal difficult A force of ot IGO men working in Jf minute teon-minute shifts shift is slowly making way through h tho the sort sor earth that walls of off tho the imprisoned men It is estimated esti oNti mated today that the rescuers are arc within fifty foot loot of the place where tho the took place ploce However the tho extreme difficulty of ot movin moving forward makes the tho advance slow alow Every Lvery inch of the tho tunnel has hatS to be roofed aa Us tho the rescuers go o along or Il slides dos destroy tho progress made malic Shocked almost beyond speech rola rela relatives tives and friends of oi the tho men JUon in to thomine tho thomine thomine mine arb aro gathered again today about tho the entrance overwhelmed by br y the greatest tragedy that hat has over occurred in ln tho the old camp Business is itS eua suspended ended in Eureka today No ono ont is n a at 10 to to toI I divert his mind for any length of time timo from the tho awful catastrophe which is almost sure sura to take a a. toll of twelve lives among the miners minora of ot Eureka Hundreds reds stand nd read ready and nn anxious to toland lend land assistance to the tho re rescuing c party but only experienced miners aro arc allo allowed al al- lo lowed to go fI down in ip tho the mine mina Those Thop In the Olin amine arc Edward Mien Alien I 3 32 years car married Edward single sin sin- Rh- Rh Thomas 28 ye years ra marrIed pe single Bert Lessee 38 J years year married Earl E D. D BrIson 37 31 ara married Frederick 4 42 years married Mike Rosa 43 years Sears married Jacob 35 years ears married mamed Kurt 42 Y years married The bodies of ot Jack Hewson Henson and John Knipe were found near the edge of ot tho the stops stopa last nl night ht The occurred sl rth before 4 o'clock as the miners were preparing to leave lee the ml mine The earth wirth was WIB h i rd by on on the tho tho foot 1600 level and at higher elevations but when they rushed to aid nd those they know had been trapped they were confronted by a awall awall awall wall of or dirt entirely blocking the raise ralea leading to the tho Oklahoma Indications of ot a a. further ea caused roused the miners to neo flee to the surface work- work Ings A rescue party of or all available men headed by Mine Superintendent A. A P. P Mayberry was quickly organized and preparations were Immediately begun to re-enter re the mine At S o'clock last lost night tho body of ot Jack Jaek was found near the edge of oC the and at midnight tho the body of ot Jack lieu Hewson son was found Of ot the twelve known to havo have been where the occurred these the have been beon the only bodies found Two Vo of the remaining ten are said to tobe tobe tobe be alive In tho the Inner workings and eight are thought ta to havo have perished on mine pipes from two to of ot the entombed men which was kept up continually durIng during during dur dur- ing the tho night and anthis this morning have have- furnished tho the rescuers some como Information of ot the direction upon which to continuo continue their search From tho the Immense proportions pro pra- portions of or the It was vas considered red doubtful b by mine officials this morning that the lives of t still alive 0 In the mine could be saved cd John Wick a a. Finn who w was waa with mth tho the party yesterday escaped When the tho lights went ou out ho said ho Immediately dropped his hla wheelbarrow and ran Into tho the main tunnel The Tho concussion knocked him down but ho he was wag uninjured Two of or the Ule entombed miners Bottrell and Brison went Into tho the Centennial mine with the day shift yesterday for the tho first time Both men have havo been working work work- working ing In the camp at othor other mines Edward Allen who Is a n brother of John Allen the cH city marshal of Eureka has been married two years ears Ills wife was formerly Miss Nora Nom McFate of ot Eureka The They have hove a n boy three months old Mrs Irs Allen AlIen carrying her baby w was among the crowd about the mine mino entrance all nil afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon and evening Allen has been work work- working working In ing In the camp for the post past eight years Bottrell who 1 Is a a. native of or England has hns a wife children and a mother living In Eureka William and John are brothers and como came to Eureka from British Columbia Columbia Columbia Colum Colum- bia about five years ago Tho The brothers have ha always worked In the same mine to together together to- to gether sether and always remained close to each other during durin their work BrIson clime came to Eureka Eurel o. o Cram fram St. St Geor George o about four years n ago o Ho He married a 0 aMiss Miss Mlis Brooks of oC this city Tho couple have havo a n child but a n few months old fn father ther and mother aro now living living liv liv- ing In St. St Geor George e. e Bert Lossee is s the tho former president of tho the miners' miners union and has hns been In Inthe Inthe inthe the camp for Cor a number of or years ears comIng coming coming com com- ing originally from Delta where ho lies hau three brothers Isaac brothers Isiac Jack mind and Ephraim Lo Los Lossee lie JIo has haa a 0 sister 11 living Jiving at Pabon Payson Pay Pay- son bon and his fathers father's homo home 1 is at nt Lake Shore t Is IN a n native name of oC Finland and Is 15 Isono isone one ono of or tho the old timers of oC the camp Ills wife nn and five thc children 11 live In Eureka Ka KaRosa Rosa Is lt a n. native of or Italy and his wife and two t daughters rs live lI In Oe Ozegna na at nt the present time limo HP lie has two brothers John and ami Felix living here hero Both Doth were among those who vho volunteered for tor the rescue par par- ties tips Owned by U. U S. S Company who was wao generally known knon about tho the ramp camp b by tho time name of ot Powers has 1109 a wife and three children In Eureka Eu Eu- reka relm Is 15 a n of or Germany ermany but fa came to r Eureka pome iome tim o a n go o O from Crom nn II Turk Forli His Hla wife wIre and seven ehll- ehll dion dron It 11 o ll o 13 here hare The Eureka Centennial ka mine Is IR the tho property ty of the time United II States Slates Stat 8 Smelting and Mining l company compan which ha has operated It for tor ft a number of ot years The mine which adjoins the Grand Central property has hae always been one of the tho bl biggest pro producers In tho the state and the largest In the district During tho past ton ten years tho the mine had haa furnished from one-fourth one to one half of ot tho the oro ore shipped from tho the dl district An average D. of or fifty cars a n week k has been shipped for tor years |