The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-01-24
UNFORTUNATE CONvICTc
WHOSE HEALTH ~ NoY PROPERLY
PROTECTED,
tho Necessity Of Improving tho oondi.
ton of Some Of tho Prison shops he'
yaaisd by q VISIT Consumption rro-
duoinG Machinery,
colunnus. O. January 20.

%c0LunRpsf o. January g
Qualla have their warienh, fishes have
their commissioners but the Ohio conyiop
are without proper protection while In The
employ Of prison contractors No eiiorl %
made by aome prison contractors 10 ellhel
preserve tho hte or protect the limb Of thell
unfortunate employe
The Holmes bill pending In the House,
provides that tho State Inspector OF Shop
aud factories shall be permitted 10 Inspect
the shops Of public institutions, On last
Thursday Mr. Laylin, OF Huron moved tc
amend the bill 10 ~ 10 exclude tho peni
tentlary on the ground that tho bill ~
originally introduced would reflect on the
Hoard Of Managers OF that institution,
Before q vote was reached, a motion 70
postpone further consideration until next
thursday prevailed
While attending the chapel services AT
the peniRnuary last Sunday a pres TO-
porter was iorclbly impressed With the In
eeaaant coughing Of tho convict oongrega'
ton. II seemed that a big portion Of them
were In tho early stages Of consumption,
Dr. ClemmeE the prison physician when
approached on the subject simply inyited
the representative 10 makea tour through
some of the prison shops, The milling
rooms Of Colonel Patton, hollow ware CON
tractor we're first visited, II ID In this de-
partment that the big umbling
barrels used In pollHhing iroa cook
Ing utensils we're Ia operation,
The air was 10 dense with iron and emery
dust that the oonylots could scarcely BIO
seen ata distance Of thirty feet Az close
quarters II was dinioult 10 determine
whether they were white Or black, such
work on the outside n performed by an
improved mmbllng barrel, provided with
a hood and exhaust fan, and practically
does away with tho dust
In the chair faotory, wood dust dnor than
-four arose In oloads from the sand bolts
and wheels that royolyed with lightning
rapidly, over these deadly pieces " ma
ehlnery, used to polish wood, the c6nylots
stood, inhalIng the consumption producing
dust, Just because the contractor II not
humane enough 70 supplement- the ma
ohlnory with q s5 hood aud fan
Some Of tho sand wheels were running In u
horizontal instead OF a vertical position
By such an arrangement three oonyiots are
able 10 work At q single wheel two and %
half feet In diameter whereas but one
could work alta wheel running In q yorti'
cal position,
Not only the lives Of the o]onyIcs are
thus placed In jeopardy, but also the liyos
OF the guards aud lotomon,
About a year ago, Dr. Clemmer entered
a protest against the conyiots working amid
such surroundings, whom foreman william
lugraham repliodj wyo been working In
these shops twelve years and have folt no
evil rcsultsn Last June lnmaham died Of
consumption, Wheels and betting two
feet from the floor run without any pro-
lection Whatever 10 the conylots, whose
clothing coIl easily DO caught by Me ro'
yolvinR mach merry, A colorod convict Ia
lying In l' hospital today from the
effects Of Ging ontoa circular saw that
larceratod the muscles OF his loft arm In q
horrible manner from shoulder TO wrist