The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-10-09
.FA|RN0NT FIELD
WILL !. HAVE: .H|:IA|||lI|E|:: TEAM. I
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LOCAL MEN TO TAKE PART in,
THE LIFE SAVING DEMoNsTRA.
5TloN AT3tTHE MINERS MEET.
ING AT PlTTsBuRG. 10000 MIN.
ING MEN ARE EXPECTED TO
ATTEND.

Falrmont field will have team in
the first aid contest to be given by
the various coal companies at the big
miners meeting to be held in Pitts.
burg on the last two days OF this
month. The contest will be held on
Forbes Field, Pittsburghs Base Bail
Park.
u James W. PAUL, former state mine
inspector OF West Virginia, Is in
charge and 1t Is his opinion that there
will be 10000 miners and mining men
attend the meeting.
Z The life saving demonstrations will
be OF the greatest value to the men
that work in the mines and to the op-
orators OF the plants. So much is
dependent upon the demonstrations
that 1t Is thought that after the Octo-
Der meeting that life saving stations
will be distributed SO that every mine
will have one.
In the contest there will be first.
aid crews from Pennsylvania, Mary
land and West Virginia. These men
will show what can be done in the
mines after an accident has occurred
until the doctor arrives. The demon
stratlon cars that have traversed the
mining regions have done much to
educate the miners along these lines
and this knowledge will be dissemIn.
ated SO that all Of the miners will he
come conversant with the methods
employed to reduce a fracture, to re-
vive man that has been overcome
by gas, and other necessary attention
to be given the victim that has met
with other kinds of accidents.
The local team that will enter the
contest Is composed OF Messrs. a. w.
Hesse. Frank K. Day, L. A. Riggs. G.
~ SAllstetter.i +. = s. Bennett, Homer
Bell. These men are being drilled BY
E. B. Moore, engineer OF the West
Virginia division of the Consolidation
Coal Company.
Among the squads that will contest
at Pittsburg, will be the following:
Berwind.Whlte Coal Mining Co..
Wlndber, Pa. W. h. Calverly, general
superintendent: Squad No. l, captain
William Brownlee; Squad No. 2. cap
tain George Grove; squad No. 3, cap
tain. J. C. Nedrow; Junior Squad.
captain, Edward Greyback.
Cabin Creek, Y. NJ. C. A. team,
Charleston ". Va. T. ]. Robson in
charge.
Consolidation Coal Co., H. v: Hes:
Sc, superintendent, Frostburg, Md.
Georges Creek Division; E. B. Moore
superintendent. Fairmont, W. Va,
Fairmont. Division.
The Delaware Luckawanna and
Western Railroad Co., Scranton, Pa,
r. A. yPhilles. superintendent, coal
mining department. iBrlsbin Colllery
team, captain, John, Pierce; Woodward
Colliery team, captain, Benjamin
LOWS.
/. Burban Furnace Co.. Dunbar, Pa,
w A. Luce, assistant general mana.
! ger: squad No. l. captain E. &C. Rob.
erts; squad No. 2, captain, Fred Ga.
lick: squad. No. 3, captain George E,
Lindsay.
| Lehlgh and Wilkes.Barr Coal Co.,
Wilkes.Barre. Pa, c. F. Huber, vice
president and general manager.
Lehigh, Pa. Baird Snyder, Jr.,. gen
eral superintendent.
Lehign Valley Coal Co., Wilkes
Barre, Pa, W. H.. Davies. superinten
dent, Darlington colllery; J. NJ. Hum
phrey, superintendent, Centralia
mines.
i Miller Coal Co.. Portage. Pa, ]. II
Buckwalter, superintendent.
Northwestern Improvement Co
Roslyn, Washington. c. R. Claohorn
general manager.
oliver and Snyder Steel Co.. Unior
town, Pa, F. c. KeIghley, general su
! perlntendent.
Pennsylvania Coal Co., Scranton
Pa, Capt, W. A. May. general man
ager. a
Parrish. Coal Co. Plymouth. Pa, W
G. Thomas, general manager.
!, Philadelphia and Reading Coal nn'
Iron Co., Pottsville. Pa, Geo. Rich
ards. general manager.
Pittsburg.Buffalo Go, Mariana, Pa
s. c. Reynolds, superintendent.
Plttsburg Coal Co., Pittsbnrg, Pa
G. W. Schullerberg. general manager
Mcdonald district, Supt. L. C. Sarver
Flnleyvllle district, Supt.. James Por
!; ter; West Newton district, Supt. Johl
!, Hauser; Carnegie district, Supt. H
Cattley; Whltsett district supt. "
, Kelvlngton. ~
Plttsburg Terminal Railroad AM
/, Coal Co, Pittsburg, Pa, Wv. Keel
. er, PRESIDENT q :.
Portage Coal Mine CO, ~ Portage
i Pa. II. a., Tompkins, superintendent
Republic Ironland Steel Coz Repu
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