The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-17

slopes. Amy person violating or causing to
be violated the provisions of this section, etc
SEC. g. This section should read: All
boilers used in generating steam in and about
coal mines or collieries, shall be kept in good
order, and the owner or agent, as aforesaid,
shalt have said boilers examined and tested
with cold water pressure, which shall be at
least one-third higher in pounds per square
inch than the pressure Of steam used when
the works are running; this work to to done
by government inspector, at least once ev-
ery six months, and the results thereof TO be
certified in writing to the mine inspector.
And platform sufficiently strong to be fixed
Immediately under the pulley wheels Of all
coal shafts, IN case Of wheel being thrown
ont Of place or broken, which sometimes hap
pens, 50 in either case wheels could not fall
down shafts, etc.
SEC. 9. Will the Legislature please state
what is to be considered serious injuries, so
we will know what is to be reported! Will a
broken leg be worth reporting! or broken
arm or broken ribs, or the loss of a finger or
a toe, or a leg knocked out Of joint, or per-
son suffocated with damp so he has to be car
ried home and is not able to resume work for
a week? Some Of these cases have happened
and not been reported, and some of the boss
es say they are not worth reporting. Some
times person gets his hand hurt near the
thumb, but NJ bones broken, yet he takes
lock jaw and dies the same happens with a
foot being hurt, and sometimes a person gets
bruised ON the body, and no marks are to be
seen at the time and no bones are broken,
but in a few DAYS the man dies. think the
proper way will be to have all accidents re-
ported, and if not, state what kind Of bruis-
es or injuries will be considered worth re-
porting. II a person is burned, how bad
must he be burned before it is considered
worth reporting?
Section 10 all right.
SEC. IL. To have county surveyors mine
inspectors Is a humbug OF the worst kind.
Some Of them would not 90 CiDwE the mines
for fifty dollars each visit and when they do
90 down to DO any work they are 50 timid
that they cannot do the work properly. This
can voueh for as / have seen it, and even
had them admit it, and to have them in the
position Of mine inspectors Is Just throwing
a stumbling block in the way. There
should be one, two or three practical mining
engineers appointed mine inspectors for the
State, and each have power to employ an as
sistant, and their offices be located 50 as to
be near thu centre OF their boundary; that
the mining engineers have not less than three
thousand dollars per year each, aud they
should draw their pay every quarter, and
they be citizens Of the United States and liv-
ing in the State of Illinois for at least tive
years without being out Of it. That it shall
be the duty Of each and every one of them to
report every quarter to the Secretary Of
State, who shall, when he receives the re-
port, give an order on the State Treasurer
for the amount due to each and every inspec
tor for the quarter, including all travelling
and other expenses, etc, etc.
SEC H. Where the words willfully DISC
beys are used the word neglectfully should be
substituted instead for wilfully. | think the
penalty is light enough to warrant this change.
SEC H. Should read: Said inspectors or
each and every inspector may, through the
States Attorney, or any other attorney who
will act in the name and on behalf of the
State, proceed against the owner, etc, etc.
SEC IA. The word willfully should be sub
stituted by the word neglectfully.
Section Is all right.
Respectfully submitted by
JAMES BRAIDwooD