<p>A wire saw for cutting a work at a plurality of points arranged in the axial direction simultaneously by winding a cutting wire around a plurality of rollers to form a wire line, driving the cutting wire reciprocatingly in the axial direction, and then cut feeding the work to the wire line while supplying slurry to the cutting wire, characterized in that the wire saw is controlled to pull up the work while the wire is run at a speed of 2 m/min or less when the work is pilled up from the wire line after the work is cut. A wire saw which can pull up a cut work cut by the wire line of the wire saw from the wire line through a simple arrangement without having adverse effect on the section of the work can thereby be provided.</p>
