The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-20

sauce out Of the proceedings That's
what the boss says-and he ought to
know.
Slavs and Scandinavians FREEDOM
mate among the natOnaities em-
ployed in the mine. About the only
expression in English they ever master
is All right" and they make it work
overtime. No matter whether one Of
them is called a liar. or told that din
ner is ready: in either case his answer
will be "Au right Their inability 20
understand what is said to them often
gets the men into trouble. One day a
new boss was experimenting big
blast and rs a couple of WOrkmen APP
preached he told shem, Don't so that
way or yOuu get your heads blowed
on" One OF them answered, "All
right" and the boss, suppOsing from
their answer that they understood
English. made a break for cover. They
had not understood him at all and
walked right into the blast, receiving
the full force Of it. There WASH
enough left of them 10 hold an inquest
over
Working with powder is always a
dangerous job. and il is particularly
so for these ignorant foreigners. The
principal blasts are made at noon and
at o'clock An elevator goes down IN
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thing is ready but the lighting OF the
fuse. which is followed by the flight
upward to safety Sometimes the men
complete their work before the elevator
is due In order to get to the surface
end loaf little while before the whis-
tie blows. they light their fuses and
climb the ladders that lead from one
level to another II takes lively scram-
bling 70 get out of harms way before
the giant charge eXplodes. one day
three men touched on their fuses and
ran for the ladders. Two of them
mounted to safety. but the third one
missed his first step, and IL ratified him
so that he couldn't make his feet stick
TO the rounds of the ladder. The blast
went off with a resOunding report. and
about all they were able to find of the
poor devil were the buttons Of his
breeches and the buckles from his sus-
penders.
Probably the most remarkable acct
dent that ever happened at the Tread
well was when a Swede fell down a
shaft 256 feet deep. into ten feet Of
water. without killing him. Whenever
this story is told the hearer is naturally
skeptical but, remarkable as it was,
he actually fell that distance and is
alive and working in the mine today
| When he fell lie had on a sliCker coat
and a pair of gum boots. Both his
boots came off, one of them being
found at the 1lO-foot level the other
at the 200 landing He maintained an
upright position during the whole OF
his awful fall and struck the water
feet first. When the cage was sent
down after him it was not with the in
tention of performing a rescue-merely
to get ready for a funeral. BE was
not even unconscious. When taken
out he complained Of being chilly. AT
examination revealed the astOundinS
fact that not a bone was broken by
the terrible plunge, but his nerves sus-
( tanned a very severe shock. He was
confined to the hospital for eight
months and did not do any heavy work
for two years. In referring to his eX-
i perience he said. 1T one big Jumper
\ Few Of the men who work IN the
Treadweu are married. They SET f-on1
s. to $3.50 per day and their board and
lodging. Many Of them come direct
I from Europe to enter the employ of
the company. The most of them save
Z their money. They spend very little.
They cut their own hair, do their own
washing, and, in fact, get along so
/ cheaply as only Europeans can. Their
only regular expenditure seems to be
/ the purchase Of cigarettes. of which
they are excessive consumers. Many
Of them leave their money with the
company. The books show that over
! 100000 salary is uncalled for. The