The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11
NAN. MN
WILL ATTEND
Safety Demonstration in
Pittsburg, Where Taft
Will Be, Too.

.
burg, pa, october 81, he will find
the greatest gathering of miners
ever assembled In this country
Thirty thousand or more are ex-
pected to attend the national mine
safety demonstration under the
auspices of the United States Bureau
of Mines. the American Red Cross
and the Pittsburg Coal Operators
Association. Francis Feehan, presi-
dent of the united Mine Workers
for the Pittsburg division, recently
requested the Pittsburg operators to
declare october 81 a holiday in the
mines of this district so that all or
the miners might attend ana VII
ness the demonstrations, and TINS
has been agreed to.
II is believed that this movement
will spread all over the state ana
into west virginia, Virginia. Ohio
'Irinois and Indiana. other states
farther away will send big delega-
tions of miners, many of them ac-
comnanytng their first-aid-to-the-in-
iured teams which are to compete
for honors before the President OF
the United States and other dis
tinguished guests.
Tbe mine safety demonstration
will begin October 80, but the Die
event for the miners Will be on &c
tober 81. 49,.
throughout the country the
miners are now holding preliminary
meets to determine which teams
will represent them in this human
TARTAN tournament and much rivalry
80 befnE manifested. The first al1
teams at the mines are really hos
nital corps and are often as skilled
as surgeons in giving emergency
treatment and in the proper bandaSe
lof wounds and splinting OF fractures
Much speed, skill and clear-headeo-
ness are required in administerins
first aid to a miner injured mile
or more underground and in bring
ing him to the surface. All these
teams have been practicing for
weeks in the hope that that they
NAV bring the honors to their
mines.
Already. more than half hun
dred teams from as many mines
throughout the country have entered
the life saving exhibition, one team
/ signffying its Willingness to come
all the way from Roslyn, Wash, to
show it's skill Among the teams
that have entered are the Berwind-
White Coal Mining Company, Win
der, Pa, four teams under the d.
rection of General Superintendent
". r. Calyerley, No. in charge OF
Captain William Brownlee, No. 2
in charge of Captain George Grove
No. = in charge of Captain j. Z.
Nedrow, No. Junior Squad, Cap"
tain Edward Greyback; Cabin Greek
IN. NJ. c.. A. team, Charleston, W..
va. in charge of T. NJ. Robson; the
Consolidation Coal Company, Frost
burg, Md, two teams, No. in
charge of H. V. Hesse, superintend-
emit Georges Creek division, and No
> in charge of K. B. Moore, super
intendent of the Fairmont division;
the Delaware, Lackawana and West
ern Railroad Company Scranton
pa two teams, No. /, the British
Colliery team, under Captain John
pierce. and No. ., the Woodward
Coiliery team, under Captain BehJa-
min Lewis; Dunbar Furnace Com
pany, Dunbar, Pa, one team IN
chare of Stewart B. Marshall. gen
.eral superintendent; Ellsworth Col
lieries Company, Ellsworth Pa >
three teams, in charge of w. A.
Luce. assistant general manager
no. l, Captain f. C. Roberts, No. .
Captain Fred Gulick, and No. B.
captain George Lindsay Lehish
and WiIkesbarre Coal Company
WilKesbarre, Pa, on team, in charge
of c. p. Huber, vice president and
general manager: Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company, Lansford, Pa
one team, in charge of Baird Sny-
der, Jr.. general superintendent; Le-
high Valley Coal COMPANY Wilkes
berre, Pa. two teams, one under w.
Fl. Davies. superintendent Deringer
ICoiliery, and the other under j. NJ.
Humphrey, superintendent Centralia
mines; Miller Coal Company, Port
age. Pa, one team, under J. II.
Buckwater, superintendent; North
western Improvement Company,
Roslyn, wash, one team, in charge