The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-13
AID FOR INJURED.
Bureau of Mines to Hold Field
Meet at PittsbuTg.
MANY MINERS TO ATTEND.

Trsiasd Tosns VIII Demoustrats Life
SAVING Lssiscs and Give Exhibitions
I Ct 5k.H In Firzt AID to Injured ans
asseus Work
| The bureau of mines will hold ma
! ti0uai first ala to the injured field
/ meet on saturday, Sept. IT., iii Arsenal
park. Pittsburg President Tart, Sec
fetary OF the Interior flasher aud Or.
| Joseph A Holmes, director of the BIZ
J reau Of mines. will attend aud speak
10 the miners. The bureau Of mines
will have the cooperation OF the
pittsburg Coal Operators association
and rhe American Red Cross. 1t is
e. pe,ied that between 4U,UJu and 3d.,
tsa, Ea1nerS will attend. aud many Of
the Important coal companies win
seuu ,heif trained first aid and rescue
corps 10 take part In the exhibition.
lready numhef OF teams have en-
tered and are training tor the event,
which promises to be the most inlpor-
tant gathering OF miners ever assem-
bed.
Arsenal park is the site Of the test
ing station of the bureau OF mines,
and the experts Of tie bureau are
busy arranging for unique program.
Congressman Wilson Of Pennsylvania
Il active in promoting the meeting. he
being member Of the mines commit
tee In the house of representatives. as
we'll as coal miner himself. The
teams from the various coal mines
bringing injured miners from the
mines and caring for their wounds.
Many OF these teams have been In
structed in first aid by the surgeons
OF the American Red Cross and also
In the rescue corps Of the bureau OF
mines
Between 5000 to 5000 miners are
injured each year IN the United States.
some so seriously that they die per-
haps months afterward. and others are
SO MANNED that they are cripples for
life. The work OF the first aid to the
injured" teams is to give the proper
emergency treatment so that injuries
will be iessened In seriousness and
some OF the fatalities perhaps avoided.
In the anthracite region of Pennsyl
vania the first aid work has been
highly developed through the good
work of the American Red Cross. aud
many lives have been saved through
the prompt and efficient work of the
members of the various corps. This
movement has become so popular in
the anthracite region that annual field
contests between the teams are held
each year In the presence of thousands
OF spectators. Prizes are gwen TO
The winners by the American Red
Cross, and the operators join IN with
contributions Of badges and cups. Fol
lowing the example OF the anthracite
regions and directly as the result Of
the instructions in first aid to the in
iured and in the helmet rescue work
Being introduced in all parts of the
United Suites by the rescue cars and
stations of the bureau Of mines, teams
have recently been organized In the
bituminous mining districts throughout
the country. The members of these
teams are eager to show their skill
and will take part In the exhibition.
The union miners also are giving every
assistance possible to the bureau Of
mines in its laudable efforts to con.
serve human life.
In addition to the exhibition by the
first aid teams the miners will wit
ness gas and coal dust explosions In
miniature, which will be staged in the
great explosive gallery of the bureau
Of mines. In Arsenal park there will
also be temporary gallery which will
resemble coal mine. This will be
placed at the bottom Of natural am
phitheater giving clear view to
thousands OF persons, There will be