Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-10

lost his life while using the Pancoast disaster
Throop, Pa, but that he did not cal
culate that man working hard would consume much
more oxygen than while at rest. -
One end of each of the rescue cars is fitted up
as tight room to be used in training men in the
use of helmets This room is filled with noxious
fumes and cases. in which the miners wearing the
helmets stay for two hours The atmosphere is such
that would die without the helmets Similar air
tight rooms have been put up at the various sta
tons, and of these have been made resemble
miniature coal mine after it has been wrecked by
explosion.
Will Make Dead Man Breathe.
Another interesting apparatus which these
fitted is which pumps oxygen into the
lungs of a man, making him breathe whether he be
conscious not. Indeed it is said it will make
a corpse breathe although it cannot, of course,
store life. 1t forces the oxygen in and sucks it out
making continuous breathing very much like nature
l shown this machine by John L. Coch-
of the bureau of mines. who allowed me to
test it upon myself The apparatus fitted closely
face covering my chin and nostrils; then by
touching button the oxygen turned and
found my lungs pumped full and sucked empty in a
natural operation of breathing. I first asked,
however, whether heart all right, althou9N
Mr.. Cochrane assured me that there no great
danger even though it were weak. He said that the
machine should be in every hospital, and in every
at seaside resorts where drownngs are frequent
In place OF lifting the back and forth and
trying to pump air into the body the machine does
the work better and with regularity On one
occasion four men, who had been in a mine for
twenty-six hours after explosion we're left for
dead by those who discovered them. Later it OBJ
served that of the bodies felt little warm under
the arms. The others cold the grave
This machine brought into action and It soon
brought life back to the slightly warm il was
then tried the other three with the result that
all four are alive today
Miners Mine Owners and Public.
DR.. Holmes believes that his bureau will do much
to bring about closer relations between the miners
and the owners. They mutually interested in
these movements to prevent accidents and to save
life, and are working together. He says that our
mines are operated at comparatively small profit
and that the European owners, owing to low wages
and the high price they for their coal can af-
ford to mine better and give Their workmen better
conditions OF safety He estimates that we lose over
100000 900 tons of coal year by our wasteful
methods Of mining. and that this Of life and
money could be greatly reduced by government in
specton and by the cooperation of the mine owners
and miners. and perhaps Of the public as we'll. He
tells me that Of the SO So per ton that is paid for
coal only ST. it is estimated, goes back to the mine
to be divided between the miner the operator and the
land owner, and that 81 pays for the equipment and
development OF the mine. all the labor and costs and
dangers OF mining operators and the loading Of the
coal pn the ready for shipment The balance
which is from twohirds TO five-sxths OF the price
We pay for our coal, to the railroads and the
mddlemen, who handle IT. This is manifesty an un-
fair division the part OF both the consumer and
the miner, and enough should be taken out to war
rant the latter the best of protection
FRANK @. CARPENTER.