Evening journal., 1906-08-02
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go into other inaccessible places to make
repairs, add ornaments, etc, seem en-
dowed with the characteristics OF the
common house fly and go about with np-
parent unconcern, while the blood OF the
spectators Is chilled with the realization
of the awful risks that the men take.
The workmen In factories where high
explosives are made are also subjected to
well-known danger. Men who work
with powder, gun cotton, dynamite or
other high explosives, must be protected,
and at certain points IN their manipuIa.
tion the men stand behind a network OF
woven rope. Such q protection. being
flexible, is much better in case of an ex-
ploslon than al armor Of steel or wood
Trades Not Thought Dangerous.
There are, however, a number Of trades
believed to be entirely without risk that
are really very dangerous. Among them
are that Of furrier and tanner The in
PRODUCTION into the lungs OF fragments Of
hair results in serious injury to the health;
but the greatest danger is from malignant
poisoning. Men employed In polishing
stone run great danger Of tuberculosis
from getting fine particles OF stone into
their lungs. while sand-blast engravers
are so exposed to danger that an espe-
cially designed air-tight suit has been In
vented for their protection. This latter
trade, quite common In Europe. is com
paratively unknown IN America. The
manufacture OF white lead. too, is a dan
gerous occupation. The dangers are also
experienced by house painters, who are
subject 10 the double danger OF the possi-
! bility of a fall from a high place and the
whitehead poisoning The man who makes
the common kitchen and pocket match
frequently falls a victim to phosphoric
necrosis The polishing Of electric light
! bulbs Is exceedingly risky for the eyes of
the operator; and employees IN factories
where ammonia is used in any form are
daily subiecting themselves to the dan
/ gers OF death from diseases of the kid
neys and other organs. Employees IN Euro
| pean ammonia factories seldom attain an
| advanced age. Gases Of powerful corro-
sive strength escape from the ammonia
4 and kill vegetation for miles around Chlo-
ride of lime, too, In the process OF its
manufacture Is a very dangerous article,
and employees who make IL frequently
wear special masks. Even with this pro-
lection they are enabled to work for but
a short time.
The farmer, away from the rush and
hustle and hurry of the city, is supposed
| to live care-free and perfectly safe life /;
but with his many threshing machines
and other machinery, his spirited horses,
his mad bulls and his hives OF bees, he Is
found to be subjected TO a constant string
q dangers which seldom beset the city
nan. There are something like 275, 900
beekeepers In the United States everv-
one OF whom Is In danger Of being stung
to death every time he goes among his in
sect charges.
stiII Another Glass.
In a class by themselves, when the dan.
gers Of daily employment are being con-
sidered, are the railway employees The
nineteenth annual report of the Inter
state Commerce Commission shows that
for the year covered by the report there
were killed and injured in the railway
service 04201 persons, OF whom 10,040
were killed and 81, 155 injured. The ag-
ures look like the report of casualties
after some Of the worlds big battles.
The members Of this vast Industrial
army, fighting with steam and steel to
defeat time and space, met death and in.
Jury in various ways. Some fell from the
cars aud trains; some were run down;
some while jumping on and or cars in
motion and some by collision. While IN
the act Of coupling and uncoupling cars
3O7 were killed and 4,01e were injured
The various branches of the service suf
fered as follows:
| Trainmen-hlliedt Z,ll4s injured, 29,215
Switch Tenders and Watchmen -
Killed, 229; injured, 2,0T0.
All other Employes-Killed 1,2S9; IN
jured, 35,T22
The number OF passengers killed in the
course Of the year covered by the report
was AL, and tire number Of injured e,111
The most picturesque figure In the list
OF the railroad employees IS the locomotive
engineer-the man who. like the genera
OF an army. leads a regiment OF people
safely across a stretch of travel. The 10
comotive engineer never regards himself
particularly as a hero because he Is al
ways hero. He has long ago learned t.
look death in the face-to act quickly II
emergencies He gets his orders from tn,
train dspatchers. He reads his orders
and he obeys them. Like the hero OF tn,
Six Hundred, His not to reason why
his but to do and die" It Is an unwrit
ten law that the engineer Of the locomo
tive, like the pilot OF the boat, nevel
leaves his place Straight into the thicl
of danger he goes, his eyes to the from
and his hand on the throttle. In the sam,
category may be classed motormen of the