The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-03-22
EXAMINATION OF MINERS.
An Effort Being Made to Repeal tho
Existing Law.

An Effort Being Made TO Repeal tho
Existing Law
Representative Flannery of Luzerne
county, who represents a mining constituency
and is closely identified with the mine
workers of his district, has introduced a bill
in the Pennsylvania Legislature to rePea.
| the Anthracite Miners Examination Act
The Act that Mr.. Flannery desires to have
repealed was intended to keep ignorant
Hungarian and Italian labor out Of tho
anthracite Mines and thus lessen the number
of accidents, In this it failed, and it has in-
creased the number of Huns and Italians
working in the mines Instead Of being a
safeguard to English speaking miners, It
imposes on them an unnecessary tax and fills
| the mines with men ignorant of the language
and the dangers attending mining. Its effect
is to increase the trouble it was to relieve,
The law makes it impossible for an Amer,
can, Englishman, Irishmau, Welshman,
! Scotchman, or German to secure work as
miner in any anthracite mine in Pennsyl-
vauia unless he win work two years as s.
| aborer, 10 matter what qualifications as
miner he may possess No American, Eng
lish Irish, Welsh. Scotch or German miner
will submit TO this two years extra appreu,
ticcship and as % result the undesirable
classes have the field all to themselves.
Sometimes these people serve two years as
labmers before asking for miners certificates
but not often. Usually they either use Jho
sane certificate for d number of men, or they
lie about their experience. Even after
serving two years as laborcrs many of them
are too ignorant to he uuthIlly eallel
miners.
"An instance of the peculiar operation of
this law" says the CoRiay Eagmer. 'clmo
under our notice shortly after its passage. A
, certifcated English colliery manager moved
into Luzerne county. He held, not only
first-class government certificates but also
recommendations Of the highest order as re-
CARDS character and ability from bis former
employers who were among the most promi-
neut of the British colliery owners, He
naturally first sought employment as am
official but such an opening not presenting
itself at once, he determined to seek en-
ployment as a miner feeling sure that his
skill and ability would soon earn for him
pIOlloUlOH 10 all OluCldi rpOSlJlOn. Nnen ne
sought employment as a miner, he found that
the Examination Act would not permit any
/ superintendent to employ him. He then
called on us, introduced himself, showed his
papers, and asked if we could help him t.,
, secure employment in some other field, Just
T at that time, one of our subscribers, an
operator in the West, asked us to assist him
in securing thoroughly competent under
G ground superintendent. We placed him in
communication with the Englishman, and
the result is the latter is now underground
manager of the several collieres operated bv
the Western man, and is giving satisfaction.
Uuder the provisions of This law, which Mr..
Flannery is endeavoring to have repealed.
this man could not secure work at any an
thracite colliery in Pennsylvania as miner
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