The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-11-18

The International Typographical
Union has 1922 2,225.G2 in its treasury
or this amount $90,9s2 belongs to the
old age pension fund.
The International Typographical
Union paid out $2,775 to bury its dead
last month. 1t has also paid pen
sions TO the amount of s6,35S for Sep
tember
Members of the International Ty
biographical Union are advocating the
adoption of an insurance feature tc
Its other laudable efforts.
AT the annual meeting of the Penn
sylvania Mothers Congress held al
Old City last week, paper by Prof
Mussey OF Bryn Mawr College was
read, In which he said Pennsylvania
uses more child labor than any Other
or the Middle States, having as many
children under 16 years at work In
manufactures as Massachusetts. New
York and Illinois combined. He de
clared there is greater proportion
OF illiterate children in Pennsylvania
than in all the New England and Mid
die States together, besides the mos
Inadequate and most weakly enforced
laws for the protection of women and
children in industry to be found ir
any Northern State. This is the ef
feet of having politician as factory
inspector instead of workingmar
like Jim" Campbell.
A revolt against the continuation oi
Tom Lewis as president of the United
Mine Workers has broken out In
some districts and some unions arc
nominating John Walker for the pres
idency. In few districts John
MltchelPs name has been indorsed for
the presidency, but Mitchell says he
VIII positively decline to run.
w. d. Ryan will retire to become
commissioner for the Southwestern
Operators Association.
Vice President ]. p. White will re
tire because of his health"
Rya and White are Mitchell men,
and their retirement will remove al.
most the last of the old Mitchell
crowd.
Conservative leaders In the United
Mine Workers in all parts Of the
country are reported as realizing that
a crisis has been reached in the his
tory OF the standardization
(Mo) Trade Unionist.
The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
has issued orders to have its big
mines at Mosgrove, Pa, placed in full
operation as quickly as possible. The
plant has been closed down for
months and several hundred men are
employed.
A special from Birmingham, Ala,
says Alabama iron manufacturers
sold $4,000 tons of pig iron in the
first "a hours after the election and
inquiry for large tonnage is in
hand.
The iron sold is to be delivered dur
ing the first quarter of the coming
year.
Having saved the life of Harry
Jones, General Manager of the Hazel
mine of :he Pittsburg & Buffalo Coal
Company at Canonsburg, and proved
the practical utility of oxygen he'll
NETS in fighting mine fires, Govern
ment mine and explosive experts at
tached 10 the arsenal testing plant
returned to Pittsburg last Friday.
Wearing the recently invented he'll
NETS, the experts carried the uneon-
scious form of Mr.. Jones several hun.
dred feet, until a point in the mine
was reached where the air was fairly
pure. For 80 minutes they gave him
the oxygen treatment, finally resus-
citating him. It was the first practi-
cal test Of the method. They carried
with them trunk containing the
proper appliances.
So close did the experts approach
the seat of fire that solder on their
helmets was melted and their necks
were blistered under the protection.
Miners gained confidence by the ex-
ample and soon rivaled their instruc
tors in advancing far into the mine
wearing the new appliances.
Thousands of dollars to workmen
and operators have been saved by
prompt action Of the experts in two
mine fires within the last 10 days.
They lent their aid in subduing the
fire which broke out in the mine OF
the Washington Coal & Coke Compa-
ny at Star Junction on October 20,
and have won a second victory at
Canonsburg. In each case under old
methods it is believed the fire would
have burned for weeks.
Smokeless coal mined in Somerset
county was given a thorough test
which proved successful in Pittsburg
last week. The coal was taken from
the new Somerset mine of the Fisher
Coal Company and is handled by the
Rex Carbon Coal Company, of Pitts
burg. The coal is brittle and cannot
be taken out In lump form.
On account of the poor facilities
for ventilation there has been consid-
cradle trouble in using bituminous
coal in the furnaces Of some of the