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Show Battle Way to Within 150 Feet of ihe Im-! Im-! prisoned Miners. ' HOPE IS ABANDONED Twenty Entombed Men Believed Dead in Amsterdam, Am-sterdam, Ohio. i STBUBENVlLLEi O.. Oct. 30. After battling their way to within lot' feet of where twenty miners have been Imprisoned Im-prisoned since yesterday morning, rescue res-cue workers were ordered out of the Y. and O mine at Amsterdam, O.. this morning by mine officials and state mine inspectors, who feared an explosion explo-sion might occur, according to word received here Hope has been abandoned aban-doned thai the miners are alive Rescue parties worked all nipht in Lhe gas filled mine. At two o'clock this morning they lad reached a point I"o feet trom the entry in which the tw tttj miners are supposed to be held prisoner.-. Pi re broke out then behind the rescue res-cue party and its member; were fori ed to fight their way ihrouh flames and -miiikc. many narrowly escaping suffocation. suf-focation. Subaequeni attempts to rescue th- entombed men failing, the officials at daybreak ordered the men to leave I he-mine. he-mine. Coal was afire throughout the entire workings and the mine was filled with gas. The list of missing was officially placed at twenty today. State mine Inspectors In-spectors and mine olflcials are now In consultation and on their decision will rest whether any further attempt will be made to gel ihe bodies of the men. |