The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-10-27
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dusky diamonds whose rudy glow cheers
the hearthstone parties In many homes"
When drinking your soda water or your
pop you seldom stop to think that with
every bottle Of the Misunderstanding duid
that was put up the operator faced q
danger as gre6t as that of the soldier
who marches into battle. The bottling
Of carbonated or any highly charged min
eral water or, in other words, drink that
has a f1zz to It, liz highly dangerous. II
the bottle or siphon is weak at any point
an explosion is almost inevitable. FIRE.
quently employees at these places have
been blinded or otherwise terribly in
jured by these accidents. A carboy Of
soda water, charged tosa pressure Of
something like 400 pounds to the square
inch, burst In Buffalo two or three years
ago while it was being carted over a
cobble-stone street on delivery wagon.
Both horse and driver were killed in
stantly and the windows in houses for
blocks around were broken. In up-to-
date establishments for the manufacture
Of these charged waters every precaution
is taken and the employees who Ill the
bottles, as we'll as those who put on the
labels and handle them In the early
stages, are protected by an iron mask,
which shields the eyes. The hands and
arms are protected by gloves made Of
thick wool. Formerly leather or rubber
| was used. but It has now been found
| that the first mentioned material an
| swers the purpose better.
Recognised Dangerous Trades.
| There are certain trades that are recog-
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! that Of structural ironworkers. Thanks
to the erection Of many steel-frame build
ings all over the country this trade has
come into prominence during tho past
few years. Everybody knows that these
| men, crawling about at great heights, are
in constant danger; that is, everyone
knows 1t, but the men themselves. Dur
ing the erection Of the great cantilever
bridge over the Niagara Gorge, below
Niagara Falls, certain workman was
chided by the gang foreman for the need
less risks he took while working In his
elevated position. take chance like
that again and I'll fire you," said the
foreman after some particularly fool
hardy piece Of climbing.
"Fire away" responded the workman,
and to show his contempt both for dan
ger and the foreman, he ran nimbly to
the end of a two-foot plant and stood on
his head, kicking his feet tn the air
over a chasm 100 feet deep. He was dis
charged, but, being particularly vaiu-
| able workman, was reinstated after day
or two. During the erection of the cleo
| trio tower for the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton a structural tronworker fell from the
very tin of the tower-4O7 feet from the
earth. He spread out his arms, instinc-
lively, and, as luck would have 1t, they
caught on projecting piece of scaffold-
ing and his journey was stopped when he
had still over $50 feet to 60. He crawled
SLOWLY over the beam to the tower and
went backsto work, not even shaken or
unnerved by his miraculous escape.
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 fne particles OF stone into
their lungs, while sand-blast engravers
are so exposed to danger that an espe-
cially designed alright suit has been in
vented for their protection. This latter
trade. quite common In Europe, 10 COM
| paratively unknown In America. The
manufacture of white lead, too, 10 dan
experienced by house painters, who are
| subject to the double danger of the posi-
hility of a fall from high place and the
whitehead poisoning. The. man who makes
I the common kitchen and pocket match
frequently falls victim to phosphoric
necrosis The polishing Of electric light
bulbs is exceedingly risky for the eyes of
where ammonia 10 used In any form are
daily subjecting themselves, to the dan.
gers of death from diseases of the kid
neys and other organs. Employees in Euro
| mean ammonia factories seldom attain an
advanced age. Gases Of powerful corro'
siye strength escape from the ammonia
and kill vegetation for miles around. Chic
ride Of lime, too, in the process Of its
manufacture is a very dangerous article,
| and employees who make 1t frequently
wear special masks. Even with this pro-
lection they are enabled to work for but
short time % GIa-.:.. . = i -
The farmer, away from the rush and
hustle and hurry Of the city. 10 supposed
to live care-free and perfectly safe life;
and other machinery, his spirited horses,
his mad bulls and his hives OF bees, he IL
found to be subjected to a constant string
:; :of dangers which seldom beset the city
man. There are something like 276,OOO
beekeepers in the United States, every
one Of whom 10 in danger Of being stung
to death every time he goes among bis In
sect charges.
= SIN Another Olas.. l.! H. L.,
/ 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
i, for, the year covered by the report there
were killed and injured in the railway
service 94,2ol persons. of whom l0,04d
i were killed and s4,166 injured. The as-
ures look like the report Of casualtiss
after some Of the worlds big battles,
The members eof this vast Industrial
army. nghting with steam. and steeis.t o
defeat time and spacs, met sth ma Y.
q Jury IN various Ways eome tell from me
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