Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-10

their work Also AS none OF these are in
operation at the present time no positive
test could be made but on the evidence of
intelligent workmen they must work dur
ing the warmer months in q temperature
averaging at least 100 degrees. As they
work steadily Tor six hours-"a turn
without a rest the endurance OF the men Is
something remarkable. In the window
glass house the heat is considerably greater
and the work is very heavy and laborious.
The setting of the pots in which the glass
is melted is, without doubt the warmest
part of the whole business. When one Of
these cracks it is taken out and another put
in its place in the furnace. The fires are
kept going to prevent chilling and the heat
that must be endured bv the men while the
remains of pot weighing, perhaps. .
couple of tons, are removed and another of
the same kind is put in its place, must be
terrific. All of this is done within a few
feet of the blazing hot furnace from which
the side has been removed.
CLOTHES BURST INTO FLAME.
Sometimes the breaking of the pots lets
out some of the glass on the platform or
bench on which they rest in the furnace.
Before the fresh one can be put In all of
them must be removed. generally with an
iron bar in the hands of the workmen. What
is the temperature at that time? It is no
uncommon thing for the clothes of the work
men to burst into blaze while doing this
work.
. There are q number of other trades in
which the heat ex experienced by the workmen
is very great. Japanners usually toll IN very
warm rooms. The ovens with which the
ware they finish is baked have an opening
in the rooms and all air is excluded to pre-
vent dust from settling on the surface of the
smooth varnish and marring its finish. The
writer can speak from experience in this
case, having worked for ten hours day for
nine weeks in a iapanning room in which
the temperature never registered less than
from 125 to 1876 degrees. It is admitted
right here that at the end OF the period
mentioned the writer fled. And there are
many other situations that would throw
Aden's remarkable temperature away out OF
sight.
NICE MID-sUMMER JOB.
Carrying almost cherry red bars OF iron
across cinder banks in the broiling sun of
last week and lifting them to the top piles
of iron bars in the same condition is not a
very refreshing occupation. Although
opinions vary as to the amount of heat that
human beings can endure, there is no ques-
tlon tnat tney can exist IN almost any STATE
so long as thev can maintain their blood in
a cool state. This the workmen can accom-
plish by the use of cool liquids in great
quantities, which are Immediately sweated
out and keeps the body away below the
temperature of the surrounding atmosphere.
Icewater is considered poor article for the
purpose, but with good wellwater, and
plenty Of 1t and oatmeal worked in it, a
man can endure tremendous heat
In this connection it might be well to
state that in the iopinion OF many veteran
workmen,, among them Mr.. Miles Hum
phries, boss at Oliver Bros & Phillips
mill, who has been working in mill for
over 40 years, this is the warmest season
ever experienced here. The general and
deadly heat has had a most depressing and
exhausting effect on the workmen, and
many have been overcome Of late.
W. G. KAUFMANN.