Show THE MEN ENTOMBED may Reached be by noon today wo further squeezing in the gangway and work is progressing rapidly only fifty eight men buried Wilkes barre pa june 30 another twenty four hours has rolled away and men at the win shaft pittston juntti bonare making heroic efforts to reach the men entombed and more progress was made this afternoon than has been made since work was begun i there was no further squeezing in the gangway or slope and the men not interfered with in placing the timbers and feeling their way cautiously along on account of the favorable conditions have cone about feet urther Vt into abo slope than they were he night previous and reached the edge of the cave i it is presumed that the men entombed are about feet from the edge of the cave and in order to reach tho bodies digging was begun with all vigor the timbers behind the workers showed no bigna of bending and all the officials are agreed that everything was in good to dig away the fall of feet and reach the bodies will take twelve or fifteen hours longer if everything continues favorable buethe officials and rescuers think anere spaces beyond the edge of the fall which of course would not have to be dug and in these places the men would only have to the if the roof is solidly choked up the digging would tako a couple of weeks but if the fall is not heavy and there are open spaces the men may be reached any time within the next fifteen hours this refers to the main body ot men entombed it was known that mayor dangan and some of themen were not as far in the slope as others and today it was thought probable by the officers that their bodies i might be reached at any time duricr that time the air is good and it still freely circulates amon the rescuers the company has completed a careful and systematic canvass of the names and tho number ot mea who have perished in the ill fated mine this list shows there are but eiehl men all told |