The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-21
Communicated
KILLING A GOOD RIIr,
me SAD Lake Herald:

To The Salt Lake Herald:
The object of this letter is TO call the
! attention of the miners of the state of
- ian n TO the disregard shown TO the will
OF the governor of this state and also
TO the miners therein, in the Seeming in
dlfference or opposition TO the passage of
lature.
| read in the paper today of the killing
OF (. = Larsons bill No. SO. Having a
copy of this bill | know something a bout
It. and must say that better bill for
the protection of miners was never rre-
scented TO any body of men for consider
dlloh, ana II IS absolutely in line with
the great mining states in placing the
mines under one head-metai and coal
milnes-with one inspector over all. ana
Whatever number Of deputies he NAV
need The bill also provided that the in
spector shall have a knowledge of both
classes OF mines. 1t is the only BIZ that
proNl9es Tor two openings after a Ger
tain depth has been reached. hut II was
turned down, and don't suppose we shall
SDeI nave such q law upon our statute
DOCKS unless a disaster overtakes some
mine. as II did the Oaks mine in York
SHIRE England. which was worked with
only one opening. Some tinbers were
dropped down the shaft which knocked
out the shaft timberS and caved the
snaft, leaving $50 men there to die. 1t
seems pity that so many sons of toll
must be sacrificed in order TO brine these
things about. Thirty-follr miners had n,
be sacrificed in the Daly-West mine last
summer IN order to teach the lesson thar
II IS wrong to store powder underground
VIII a Dill preventing such a thing II, the
future become law? If so. we know
now much II mas cost in human lives
how many lives will it cost to teach orr
legislators that it is wrong 10 work a
mine with only one opening? Time alone
VIII tell How many lives viii it cost TO
teach them that it is wrong to work a
mine over the mouth of which stands 2 n
lnflamma bic structure? How many ia
II cost to teach the lesson at Avondale
RAJ Two hundred and sixty Fire broke
out IN building near the mouth of the
mine, and the smoke poured into the
mine and killed all. That. too. was done
with muscle; TO brains. The c. p I,arso,,
OH mas clause forbidding such strlc-
lures at the entrance of a mine If is q
Dill which would be the means Of saving
many. lawsuit TO the companies. as 1t
provides that no inexperienced man shall
Work, except he be in charge of an ez
perienced man, who shall do all neces-
Sary ttmbSrlng. whether tempcra riIv or
permanently. as the case REQUIRES. AMI
It provides that all places shall have tim
Der placed within easy reach 1t IS a
shame that a bin like c. P. Larson's
should meet such an ignOminious death
While other bills governing metal mines
such as the Brink BILL can live on The
Brink bill protects no one but the in
SpectCr of mines. he and his family will
be protected with S2.090 a year For nv
part l would much rather see them 40
nothing unless they do something besides
create an office. Only last Monday we
learned that tenders on street cars were
good. The papers did some hard work an
that proposition and won out in the end
and last Monday the fender was vindf-
Gated but L see no way for the miners
to get legislation for metal miners nm
less they see to it that miners not on
orators, are sent to the legislature With
mlttee on mines. If any action on their
part would create a wrinkle in their
pocketbooks.
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