Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-08-18
Mine SAFETY
DEMONSTRATIONS
TO BE HELD At PITTS8URG
PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER
rs AND ~
President Taft viii Make an Address
on the 27th-Thirty Thousand Min
ers to be Present.

WASHINGTON, D. c., August 49,
Thirty thousand miners are expected
to attend the great national mine
safety demonstration to be held in
Pittsburg, Pa, October 26 and q
under the auspices of the Federal
Bureau of Mines, the American Red
Cross the Pittsburg Coal Operators
Association and the United Mine
Workers of America.
The date. which was originally set
for September Is, has been changed
so that President Taft may be present
on the second day, October q. to
witness a mimic mine explosion in a
temporary steel gallery on Forbes
field, an exhibition of rescue work
by helmeted miners following an ex-
plosion, and to review the parade of
The president will make an ad-
dress and will present souvenir prizes
to the miners taking part in the first
aid-tothe-injured and rescue work ex-
hibitions. Walter L. Fisher, secret
tary Of the Interior, Governor Tenor,
of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Joseph A.
Holmes, the director of the bureau of
mines will also be present. The gen.
eral arrangements. for the demonstra.
ton are in charge of H. M. Wilson,
engineer-in-charge of the bureau Of
mines.
The demonstration the purpose of
which is to teach greater safety in
mining. will begin the morning of DC.
tober rs, at the experiment station
of the bureau of mines Fortieth and
Butler streets. The first day will be
devoted to the interest of the mine
operators, mine owners, mining en-.
gineers and superintendent of mines.
There will be an explosion of coal
dust in the experiment gallery and
tests of mine safety lamps In gas.
The dangers Of electric sparks in gas
and coal dust will be shown in one
of the galleries.
A class of miners will be trained
in the use of the oxygen helmet which
permits breathing in poisonous gases
for period of two hours. The oxy-
gen helmet has proved valuable
aid in entering mines filled with fire
damp following an explosion.
In the afternoon the operators, en-.
gineers and superintendent will wit
ness an actual mine explosion in the
experimental mine of the bureau art
Bruceton, Pa, twelve miles from Pitts
burg. Coal dust will be allowed to
accumulate in the mine and black
powder, the. use of which is strongly
urged against by the bureau of mines
where there are dangerous conditions
will be used. In other words, the
bureaus experts will carry out in this
mine all the bad practices which they
believe lead to explosions.
The next morning, October 81, the
demonstration will take place on For.
bes field. the Pittsburg baseball park
in the presence of the president OF
the United States and other distin
guished visitors. A temporary steel
gallery will be erected on the play.
ing field and the cause of the recent
great explosions in coal mines will
be shown in an explosion of coal dust
Immediately following the explosion
members of one of the rescue corps
of the bureau, in their oxygen he'll
NETS. will rush into the smoke filled
gallery and go through the work OF
rescue. Supposed victims of the ex
plosion will be brought forth and Civ
en- Observation-Disclosures.
Expert rescue teams from the prin
cipal coal mines of the country will
give friendly exhibitions and then the
miners will pass in review of the
president. The parade of the miners
will continue downtown to the river
front where special pier has been
assigned them to witness the marine
parade in honor of the centenary OF
the beginning of steam navigation
on the Ohio river.
The miners demonstration will con
clude at noon and the remainder OF
the day will be taken up with the
river centennial.
TALLEST MAN so FAR
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