Show RESCUE WORK VERY SLOW folio Held Hehl taut out for fo tilt tile Men iett 1011 tin Un In III Ely Kly Mine Mimic MineA MimicA A dispatch from Ely says nays that th the work of 01 rescuing the entombed miners In the Alpha shaft Is II proceeding very ery slowly The work 1 Is II of 01 o such a 1 that only men of ot unquestioned nerve nerv and skill can Call be employed and ami Hs Pc a con can consequence consequence sequence the best beet men man In the entire district have been Impressed front from all the properties In la the tos district to for this work Yesterday morning the rescuers rescuer veer ere In great reat danger because of or th the grad gradual gradual ual tIlling filling In of the shaft tt b by tine perIl parti particles cles clee lI of earth and rock that sifted lCt down behind b the th timbering almost as All rapid rapidly ly I a as II the men anon could clear eler It away aw To overcome this the rescue gangs formed bulkhead bulkheads of nf straw hay ma manure m nure ours and nd rage rag In III order to gain gaila enough splice space to put pul In tn each eich separate timber Consequently th lr work as ia extreme me 14 1 slow The men who formed the first cr we wt MV i complete exhausted by byth b bito tl th ito n or rc lit rain and tho th hard work and nd have hll e ben been replaced I by bt b other othet craws The pay Is I IS I 5 for tor roh oh shift of at tout toUl hours Ito During yesterday afternoon the Ibe rM rNo cater overcame of or the s that hilt had bothered them and broke Into mno firmer ground Since Ohio that time lime their progress ha beeh mero rapid ra ld It 11 will be many man days dalI however accordIng tn 10 if the th must most optimistic o estimates be for fire th t I h ho men below can b be The Tho are a still In good spirits Th Thy 1 y are Ar taking regular watches one ott on man main being Ing kept keN constantly on watch duty dill Under orders from rom th tM the company physician J they the are eating Ung their meals meal regularly rr sleeping at st regular Intervals Interval and sic are constantly exercising In their quarters when not on watch aId duty or nr tr asleep The Tho men are still al ahl l to tn rate with a ith the urfa t b by HUMUS of or tho thu telephone and say lIa that thai none of or th them m ha has ventured to 10 the mouth of the shaft because CRUll or f the Ih tear fear of lit falling rock The Tha small particles particle of or earth and rock rook constantly sifting downward leep the theair th theair air AIled nl with heavy lust dust which is la I almost Impenetrable The Th men on the tb 1000 level Iel have hays given up all sll a that the tho Ih livis s of or th the two men In the bottom inny have hav been saved They Th say IIA that If It they escape epe death or were wore only Injured In th the tint crash h that they ther must mut have been killed by b falling rocks rok later lator If It tn ta t men sere Kere er only Injured they tb must mast have been buen n buried alive all v by bythe bythe the falling earth which haa has sifted down don the tho shaft hatt since alnee th lb the disaster dller The Tb station tUon 1 II heavily tim timbered bored nod and no fear leor Is la I felt fell that this will col rolla collapses la DM unless there trier In las I a further shift shifting tag ing ot of th Ih the formation l In which event the entIre shaft h rt be crushed 1 In like Ilk an eggshell 11 Supt K E W Walters Waiters has h been In di dl direct Feet charge of ot the rescue work since nee he ht returned from Cobre Wednesday night and Is II highly praised 1 I MIl by b th tIN the nun toon nunat at 1 the mine for tor his hi bravery and forti torU fortitude tude tuda He lie 11 has haa taken lit ken but little time to toP sleep P and nd Is Ie foremost In the most moat dan Ian dangerous where he can any aid lId to th the rescuers Owing to the distance which the UM re as refuse fuse tuN must mut be b hoisted between n MO and MM oo feet 1 the work of removing th the de ile bris Is I rendered more slow low |