The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-02-14


employed therein at any one time
The mine foreman and his assistan.
or assistants snail be deemed to be
the agents Of the company, firm, cor
pcration or individual for which
they are employed.
For violation of this section the
operator, agent or mine foreman
shall, upon conviction, be fined not
less Than fifty nor more than fiv,
hundred dollars. or be imprisonn,
IN the county jail not less than ten
nor more than ninety days, in III,
discretion of the court
Machinery 10 be Inspected Certain,
Safety appliances to be Provid-
ed. Mctal Speaking Tubes
Sec. 0. The operator or agent Of
every coal mine worked by shaft
shall forwith provide, and hereaftel
maintain, metal tube from the top
to the bottom Of such shaft suitably
adapted to the free passage of sound
through which conversation may BIZ
held between persons at the top and
at the bottom of the shaft, also the
ordinary means Of signalling, and
an approved &afety catch and a sutfi-
cient cover overhead on every car
riage used for lowering or hosting
persons, and at the top of the shaft
an approved safety gate, and an ade-
quate brake on the drum of every
machine, used TO lower or hoist per-
sons in such shaft; and the said op-
orator or agent shall have the ma
chinery used for lowering or hoist
ing persons into or out of the mine
kept in safe condition and inspected
once in each twcntv-four hours by
some competent person. And there
shall be cut out or around the side
of hosting shaft or driven through
the solid strata at the bottom there
of travelling way not less than five
feet high and three feet wide to en-
able person to pass the shaft in GO
ing from one side of it to the other
without passing over or under the
cage or other hosting apparatus.
Any operator or agent who shall
fail or refuse to comply with the
requirements Of this section shall be
guilty of misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined not less
than fifty nor more than five hun
dred dollars, or be imprisoned in the
county Jail not less than thirty DAYS
nor more than one year, in the dis
erection of the court.
Machinery to be in Charge of Conn.,
petent and Sober Engineers. No
More Than Ten Persons to
Ride on Cage or Car
Refuge Holes.
Sec. 10. No operator or agent Of
any coal mine, worked by shaft or
slope, shall place in charge of any
engine, used for lowering into or
hosting out of said mine persons
employed therein, any but compe-
tent and sober engineers: and no
engineer in charge of such machin-
cry shall allow. any persons except
such as may be deputed for that
purpose by the operator or agent, 10
Interfere with any part of the ma
chlnerE: and no person shall inter
tere with or intirnidatc the engineer
IN the discharge Of his duties: and
II no case shall more than ten per-
sons ride on any cage or car at one
time, and no person shall ride on a
loaded cage or car in any shaft or
slope.
All slopes, engine-planes or mo-
tor-roads used by persons in any
mine, shall he made OF sufficient
width to permit persons to pass mor-
ing cars with safety, or refuge holes
OF ample dimensions, and not more
than sixty feet apart, shall be made
on one side of said slope, engine
plane or motor-roads. Such refuge
holes shall be kept free from OBJ
structlons. and the roof and each
side thereof shall be made secure.
and be kept white washed at all
times. No person shall travel on
foot to or from his work upon an
slope, engine-plane or motor-roads
when other good roads are provided
for that purpose.
For violation Of the foregoing
provisions Of this section the oper-
ator or agent or miner shall, upon
conviction, be fined not less than
fifty nor more than five hundred
dollars, or lie imprisoned in the