The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-01
APPALLING LOSS
OF LIFE IN MINES
Twelve Men Done to Death
Each Day Below Ground in
This Country.
GOOD WORK OF RED CROSS
PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS Is
NOW THE BATTLE CRY.

Washington. April 2O-According to
officials OF the the United States Geo
logical survey. which has the super
vision Of coal mines throughout the
country, twelve men lose their lives
IN case mines throughout the Unit
ed States daily, while the number
of injured is unknown bat appalling.
These figures that tell story OF in
credulous horror ar official. and as
result the American National Red Cross
society has inaugurated and is sue
cessfully conducting 2 campaign to les
sen accidents in the coal fields
Since the first Of the year, when the
Red Cross society took up the task. DR..
NJ J. Shields of Scranton, Pa. an officer
IN the Medical Reserve corps of the
army, has been visiting the coal fields
and lnstructing the miners in the art of
rendering efficient aid to those who
are injured He has visited the fields
Of western Pennsylvania and Oklahoma
and is now in Alabama. During the
three months that he has been at his
Ia Sh ne has instructed 100000 miners IN
the work Of rendering first aid to the
injured. Those who have received in
structiOns are distributed among other
miners when at work One of the coal
mining companies tal or which are en-
thuSiastic for the instruction of their
mem states that since the inauguration
Of the movement. accidents, that gen
eEaIlt terminate idIaliE 10 their men,
owing to the lack of Immediate medical
attention, have increased SO per cent
Campaign of Education.
Carrying out still further the idea
OF instructiug the working classes who
are liable to injury in The rendering of
efficient first aid to the injured, the
Red Cross viii shortly start a campaign
Of education among the railroad work
erS of the country. private car fitted
out as an instruction hospital. dOnat I'd
by the Pullman company. manned by
medical experts of the United States
army Medical Reserve corps. Will tour
the country, giving instructions to
classes of railroad men at the differ
Ont railroad centers- These instruc-
tions, ii is planned, viii not be cor
fined solely to the railroad men, but
extended 10 all persons. The pre-
vention of accidents is Just as important
as taking care Of a person after In
jury" declared Secretary Charles Ma
gee today. THE work Of instructing
the workers u the country in first aid
to the injured IS most important. It
l. a new. but successful departure on
the part Of the society"
The most important work Of the |
American Red Cross at present. how |
ever is the aid il is extending In the /
war being waged on the white /
plague" The society maintains six /
camps" for consumptives They are /
located at Indianapolis, Detroit. Stock (
ton. Cal, Milwaukee. New York city ana
In Washington, y. g Aid in the way 1
OF finances is also contributed TO the /
camps" maintained by state organiza-
lions
Large Fund Raised.
In the last two years the society has
raised $3.50 O00 through the safe Of its
Christmas stamps. This money is all /
used in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. work. The |
proceeds from the sale OF stamps are /
used in the locality where the stamps /
are sold. hence the annual Christmas |
stamp campaigns have local as wei
as a national significance
Since the reorganization of the Amer
lean Red Cross in 1905 the total amount
OF funds received for various relief I
objects has been S4,Se5,459- OF this I
sum a little more than one-third Of one l
per cent has been used for admins I
trdUion purposes. The accounts are
audited annually by the war depart
ment. The society has its headquarters 4
in the State, War and Navy buildings II
here.
The society has. however. many con
tributions which are given solely Tor 4
administrative purposes II IS TINS IacI
which enables the society 10 admins n
ter the funds for relief at such small n
expense. This low percentag e compares II
favorably with the administrative eX- II
penses of many charitable societies It n
Is small compared with the opera tons
Of the Washington Associated Chari-
ties
The object of the Red Cross society, I
as stated in the charter granted by II
Congress, is to carry on system of il
national and international relief in n
time Of peace. and apply the same in \
nit gating suffering caused by peStl-
lence. famine. fire. flood or other great +
national calamities- OF course, ire So 4
ciety is ready to carry out the duty I'M
uosed on il by its charter, n duty that
caused its. creation, which IL TO furnish i
volunteer aid TO the sick and wounded I
OF armies II time Of war Il
Red Cross Relief Record. 4
Since its reorganization in 1905 the Il
nection with the following disasters;
Philippine typhoOn, Japanese famine, I
EeSuvian eruption. California earth l
Kingston earthquake. Russian famine, Il
Calabrian earthquake $500, Missis-
sippi cyclone, South Carolina ana Geor-
gia floods. Michigan forest fires, Can
adian forest fires. Italian earthquake \
190S). American massacres, MononSah II
mine disaster, Cherry, Ill. mine disas-
ter and Paris floods 4,
The work OF the society is divided
into three departments: War relief,
national relief and international relief
These departments are each controlled
by a board Miss Mabel T. Boardman,
= member of one Of WashingtOnS mil
lionaire families. is chairman of tfe
national relief board: Huntington VIII
son assistant secretary of state, is
chairman Of the war relief board.
+ The first aid work anE the national
on Red Cross nursing serv-
fee are under the war relief board. with I
Major Charles Lynch of the medical de-
partment of the United States army in | /
charge OF the former and Miss Jane A