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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20
Perils Constantly Surround
Underground w or kers.
Disasters Of aDecade Have
Cost 10000 Lives In the
United States = How a
Mine Is Operated---Mem-
orable Strikes.

N TITLE do we realize the cost of
our annual coal supply--not in
~ money, but, what is more i'm
Portant, in lives. Deaths toll
In the United States alone during the
last ten years was 10000, men sacri-
need that the world might have fuel.
The hundreds Of thousands of toilers
employed In coal mines are fully aware
OF The dangers that face them from the
moment they enter the shaft until they
are out OF 1t and again in Gods pure
air and sunshine. Their calm philoso-
ply Is that they elect to lead this haz-
ardous life to earn their bread, and
that Is all there Is to it. Coal dust or
poisonous gases or combination of
both ever menaces them, and electric
sparks and the lamps attached to their
hats are the chief causes Of accidents.
Entombed In the bowels of the earth
these venturesome workers may have
liberty within their grasp when death
dealing gases spread by an explosion
reach and overpower them. Again.
they may be pursued to their end by
onrushing sheets Of flame. A more
terrible fate than to perish in a blaz-
Ing mine cannot be conceived. And
yet these are the risks the miner takes,
and only when the world is appalled,
by news Of great disaster does il
stop to think of them.
BUREAU OF MINES
The bureau Of mines, a branch of the
interior department at Washington,
was established to teach preventive
measures to miners and mine owners.
A number of mine rescue cars are be-
ing constantly sent out to important
coal fields by the bureau. Each car
has a mining engineer, who conducts
Investigations Of the conditions found
at the objective point and gives to the
miners in each camp visited illustrated
lectures on the methods of preventing
accidents. In case of q disaster in a
coal field the most available rescue car
r. Immediately rushed to the scene, and
the engineer and his assistants help in
the rescue of victims and in the devel-
opment Of more efficient rescue work.
The uses Of the oxygen helmet and the
oxygen reviving apparatus are explain
ed, as also is first aid to the injured.
As rule, when the miner is danger
ously wounded he is far within the
mine. He may be crushed by fall of
coal a mile or more from the shaft.
There Is only faint flicker Of smoky
lamps to throw light on the wound, and
there is a long, dark. uneven and dan
yerous mile Of underground passages
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20
The Height Of the Ridiculous
Ramsmbsrina HI. Manners.

Being unable to find a seat on the
overcrowded train, large woman
went into the smoking car and sat
down by the door.
The man next to her, absorbed in his
newspaper, kept on smoking.
II was foolish enough to suppose"
said she, glowering at him, that some
Of the men in here at least were gen
tlemen."
Pardon me, madam" he answered,
politely Offering her a cigar.-House-
keeper.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20
PARKER'S PROPOSAL.
By EUGENE NORRIS

"rArHY didn't We ever marry
NV Mr.. Parker? II yed a
w taken q wife ten years ago
ye'd "a had nice family
now instead of livin' alone on yer fine
farm"
81 came very near marryin' onct
Sally. / mismanaged the thing at the
start"
Flows thatw
81 was workin' fur Mr.. Noble at the
time, and one day he said to me, says
he: Parker, i wish ye'd git married,
cause woman would be handy about
the place. / don't mean servant; one
to call on occasionally for job
~ was Jest a-startin' out to trim the
hedge and stood with the shears in my
hand thinkin' on what he'd said
"T reckon that's a good idee, Mr..
Noble tole him. AN idee that's oc-
CURED to me quite frequent of late.
Fact is, thurs young gal been
thinkin' of askin' to marry me fur
some time
"'Have We done any courtin'Y he
asked.
"'why, no. hain't no good at court
in nohow. Anybody marries me II
hev to do 1t without courtin''
well, Parker, In some cases where
practical women are concerned don't
know but it's just as well to tell yer
story offhand as to beat about the
bush. Who's the grip
1.-THE young schoolteacher that start
ed In last fall-NIiss Field
What! he says, surprised-like Miss
Fieldy
"'Yes,' I says. Dye think she's too
good fur meT
kerr 1t wouldn't be right fur me to
express an opinion. The only way We
can do is to put the case to her and
let her tell We herself"
He went into the house lookin' sort
o. queer, and I worked on the hedge
all day. That evenin' concluded to
try my luck with the schoolteacher.
So l puts on my store clothes and
starts roun' to Deacon Weeks, where
she was boardin'. The twilight was
still on. and she was a-sittin' on the
porch all alone. Thur was a smell o.
roses In the air and half moon in the
sky. She was a-readin' book, but
when she see me she laid 1t down and
give me a welcomin' smile.
"'How d do, Mr.. ParkerT she said,
with the sweetest voice in the world.
II stood kind o. awkward-like, and to
help me on she asked who I'd come to
see, and when tole her I'd come to
see her she asked me to sit down.
Then, rememberin' what Mr.. Noble
said about not beatin' round the bush,
begun.
miss Field says, Il was a-talkin'
with Mr.. Noble bout my takin' wife.
He thinks one d be handy bout the
place. He advised me to go right to
the girl l wanted and tell her. I tole
him that you was my choice, but that
thought you might be too good fur
me. He said you would decide that
"Fust Off she turned sort o. pale;
then the color come rushin' up into
her cheeks. Gurus, I thought, how
some wimmen II be taken aback by
anything student. After all, 1t might
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20

to be traversed before he can be
brought to the surface. In some mines
these passages are merely dark holes
through which the men have to crawl
on their hands and knees, dragging the
wounded man as gently as possible on
q hastily improvised stretcher. There
is never lack Of volunteers on such
occasions. No one ever saw miner
hesitate to go back to the rescue of a
comrade.
No miner can think Of the terrible
disasters of Hanna, Wyo., and Cherry,
Ill, without tear for the men who
gave up their own lives in attempt
sixteen men in the mine at Hanna
when an explosion occurred. Forty
volunteers went down to bring out the
victims when second explosion came.
The would be rescuers were all kill
ed. The list included state mine in
spector and all the superintendent Of
| mines from the vicinity.
At Cherry twelve rescuers went
down to the aid of the entombed min
ers. When the cage finally came up
the whole twelve were piled up dead
within 1t.
WORKING UNDERGROUND
More coal is produced in Pennsylva-
MIA each year than in any other area of
equal size In the world. The coal there
Is found in the Blue or North noun
tain range, and the mining Is done
anywhere between the surface, where
there is an outcropping, down to the
depth Of 1900 feet. Some Of the veins
lie nearly fat In the mines, while
others are at steep inclines, approach
ing the vertical. Generally the coal
deposited will be In the form Of
great basin, with the base quite hori-
zontal toward the bottom, while at the
rim II Is almost vertical.
After shaft has been sunk there
are cut right and left into the vein a
gangway (the highway of the mine)
and an air shaft, tunnel parallel to
the gangway and above 1t. Then at
right angles to the air shaft are driven
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20
Unnecessary Apology.

Mr.. Green-Now I'm going to tell
you something, Ethel. Do you know
that last night, at your party, your
sister promised to marry me7 hope
you'll forgive me for taking her away?
Little Ethel-Forgive you, Mr.. Green
of course I will. Why, that's what
the party was for!-St. Louis Post Dis
patch.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20
unhssdsd Pstitions.

Harold, dear, can't you mind man,
ma? What makes you SO naughty !?
Don't you ask God every night to
make you a good boyT
Yes; I ask him all right, night after
night, but he don't seem to pay no
'tention to me."-Nattonal Monthly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20

wages were low until the use of an
thracite for the purpose Of smelling
and the opening of new railroads gave
them an upward tendency, which was
materially advanced until the civil war
Toward the close of the war contract
miners made as high as 500 to SOC
a month, when decrease In wages be
gan, which finally led the miners to
strike.
MINE STRIKES
The strike was ordered on April 20,
1869, to go into effect on May 10. In
the upper Pennsylvania coal regions
the strike continued from April to Au-
gust, Eve months. In the lower 1t
lasted but six weeks. Its main object
was stated TO be the restriction OF the
output.
Sliding scales were established In
the Lehigh and Schuylkill districts in
1869. When the operators found that
these scales worked to their disadvan-
tage they lowered the "bases," where
upon the next year there was another
Strlke, the Iueu TeIudiuiuS iuiS AoA ooN-
eral months. Meanwhile the operators
in the northern field, by paying better
wages, kept their men at work and
secured permanently much Of the
trade of the upper regions.
Disastrous strikes In 1871 brought
arbitration into existence In the
Schuylkill district, where provision
was made for the regular boards Of
arbitration to decide future disputes.
In this year was the first combination
of the railroad companies to compel
operators to pay the COM
panies scale Of wages. In 1873 oper-
ators and companies combined to
prices and to restrict produc
ton.
The strike of 1875. which was order
ed in 1875 by the Miners and Labor
ers' Benevolent association against a
reduction Of wages, lasted for six
months. On Jan. /, 1888, the Knights
If Labor ordered strike. The min
,rs went back to work inside of two |
months at the old rate Of wages. The
,ext strike was the six weeks Of con-
lict of 1900, and later came the long |
lrawn out conflict Of 1902.
The British coal strike this year az |
ected 100000 workers Immediately |
was declared.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20
A Thorn IN IN. Flesh.

Mistress-So you've decided to re-
main with me, Mary?
Maid-Yes'm. A lady friend said I'd
better stay. She said was to look
upon you us my thorn and bear It,
Boston Transcript.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20
Patience Rewarded.

Householder dn pajamas)-By Jove.
a real burglar! say, Just a minute,
will you?
Burglar-While you call q copper7 I
don't think!
Householder-No. Only while I call
my wife. She's heard you every night
for twenty years, and it'll be real
pleasure to. her to see you at last.-Ex-
change.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20
Friendship.

II let my house furnished and they
have had measles there. or course we
have had the place disinfected, SO
suppose it's quite safe. What do you
thinkT II fancy 1t would be all right,
dear, but l think perhaps it would be
safer to lend 1t to friend FIRST
Punch.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20

what are called breasts" chambers
which are worked for the coal
Through the breasts run buggy roads
upon which travel small cars. The
track follows the development Of the
breast and when this Is worked out is
removed.
The inside foreman and his assist
ants direct the entire workings under
ground. The fire boss, under the direc-
ton Of the foreman, must see that all
the working places are free from in
furious gases and must inspect all used
places in the mine before the work
men get there and after they leave.
The door and fan boys guard the heavy
wooden doors dividing the gangway,
opening and closing them as cars and
men pass in and out. These doors are
for the purpose of carrying air cur
rents into the proper breasts where
the men are at work. In some mines
automatic doors have been provided.
The drivers employed underground
have charge Of from one to four mules
hauling empty and loaded cars. to and
from the miners working places. The
mules are usually cared for in under
ground stables. Where mules are not
used men called runners are employed.
or the vast number employed in the
mines only comparatively few are
really engaged in mining.
The breaker boy Of the anthracite
coal regions is In class by himself.
Nowhere else In the world can you
find boys Of such tender age who work
so hard as the boys In the great black
dust clouded breakers. They stay in
the breakers until they are about fif-
teen; then they follow the footsteps
Of their fathers, leaving the coal clean
Ing structure and going into the coal
producing depths.
THE BREAKER
To one who has never been in the
coal region the word breaker conveys
no idea Of the real structure. 1t Is
from 100 to $50 feet high and covers
an area larger than the average city
block. Its size, black color, peculiar
shape and adjoining hill Of refuse call
ed the culm pile, all make It an object
to challenge attention. 1t is built OF
both wood and iron and contains count
less windows. To the top Of the nam
moth structure the coal is taken fresh
from the mine in carloads and dumped
into the crushers, which swallow tons
ut time. Leaving the crushers, the
coal passes by gradual stages down
between rollers where the various
sizes drop through into chutes arrang.
ed for them and into the care Of the
boys whose duty II is to pick out pieces
Of slate, so that the coal reaches the
cars waiting below free and clear from
all alloy. These lads sit in the coal
bins all day. About 200 boys are en-
ployed to breaker.
While the existence of hard coal has
been traced back to 176S, the earliest
record Of Its use as a fuel is in 1701,
although 1t did not become an industry
until 1920, the first shipment being
made by rail In 1912 from Pennsylva-
MIA.
In the early days Of the industry
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20
Professional Rsassuranes,

Professional Rsassurancs,
doctor, want you to look after my
Office while I'm on vacation"
"But I've just graduated, doctor.
Have had no experience"
"That's all right, my boy. My prac-
tice is strictly fashionable. Tell the
men to play golf and ship the lady pa
tients of to Europe. "-Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20
RscoIIsctions.

RsooIIsotions.
With emotion he gazed on her slipper.
1t held him as though by a spell.
In his tenderest spot II had touched him
And caused his young bosom to swell.
Neither dainty nor small were its outlines
Twas sturdily fashioned and made,
For the slipper belonged to his nd Aer
And often on Johnny was laid. N
New H0R d.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20

Life In . Flat.
There was an old woman
Who lived In shoe,
And that she was crowded
Is certainly true.
She lived with her children.
But even at that
They found II more roomy
Than many a nat.
Judge.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20
Proof Of Pisty.

"Is she of religious turn Of mind -
"yery. She never misses a church
unprecedented. Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20
Askina che lmpossibIs.

King Arthur had just invented the
round table.
Can you invent bureau that a
mans wife will let him have two draw
ers Off" we asked.-New York Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-20

1T TITLE do we realize the cost of
b our annual coal supply--not in
money, but. what is more i'm
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-06

through the jammed aisies and
up to the platform to shake his
hand.
Chairman Beverage tried to
restore order. When he found the
effort futile, he called Z on Jane
Adams of Hull House to come
to the platform.
Miss Adams rose from her
seat in front of the Illinois dele
cation, and was escorted to the
platform.
Roosevelt pushed his way to-
ward her land shook her hand as
if he never would quit.
Delegates and galleries went /
wild, yelling both Roosevelt's and
Miss Adams names.
Miss Adams took a seat be-
hind Roosevelt, and Chairman
Beveridge again tried to restore
order.
It was no use. The delegates
and galleries would not stop yell
ing. There was mo- questioning
MAKING MOOSES TO
q (.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-06

the sincerity of their enthusiasm:
After 20 minutes the cheering
began to die down. Then some
one discovered Mrs. Roosevelt
sitting in box just to the right
of the stuffed bull moose head
that decorated the balcony rail.
A wild cheer went up for MRS,
Bull Moose" In the middle of it
Roosevelt stepped to the front
and threw Mrs. Roosevelt kiss.
The cheering redoubled.
Just as the cheering began to
die down again, dozen Confed-
crate veterans climbed over the
press railing and up to the stage.
Roosevelt greeted each of them
with a handshake and a "bullyp
or ''fne businessp
Then Mrs. M. E. Ferdinand, of
Detroit, rose in the middle of the
Michigan delegation. She was
wearing huge ''Votes for Wom-
en-" flag across her breast.
The Michigan delegation did
ORDER AT CHICAGO
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-03-29
IS BACK HOME
FROM KLONDIKE
CLIFTON NEGRESS ADORNED
WITH GOLD PINS AND o.
Almonds.

CLIFTON, Tenn, Mar. 2S.-Ann
tennessee, a Clifton negress, born
here thirty-fve years ago, returned
today from the Klondike. Ann has
been four years in Alaska, and re-
turns in a Marco Polo fashion, plas-
tered over with wrought gold pins
and diamonds, and full of Nome City
slang and hair breadth tales. The
only other negress in Uncle Sans
''furthest north" was one named
Thompson, who owned boat and fur
traded with the Esquimos. Ann took
a flyer across Behring Sea into Rus
sian territory. The Cossacks attack
ed their party, killed one of the men
and Ann became discouraged and
came back.
Ann leaves here Sunday for Peru,
where she will look into the Peru
Wan silver mines. She goes by Pan
ana. In appearance Ann is squat,
very black and carries herself with
a sort of Esquimo air.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-03-29
TAFT RAPED
BY BIG STICK
NEW YORK PRiMA.
RY USED AS SUBJECT
FOR SPEECH.

CHICAGO, Mar. 2S.-Col. Roose-
velt's most singing campaign speech
thus ia rwas delivered here tonight.
re dashed his opponents and charged
some of them with using fraud ana
trickery to defeat him.
Col. Roosevelt said it was a fight
ing speech. 1t was delivered before
a thrcng which packed the audito-
rum and cheered him enthusiasticaI-
ly. The primaries in New York yes
terday furnished the text for the
speech, and he cited a number Of In
stances in which he said his oppon-
ents had resorted to improper practic-
es to defeat him.
He expressed belief that in great
majority of the districts of the coun-
try the people were with him and
that the opposition was attempting
to defeat him by methods which he
characterized as Infamous"
Part of Col Roosevelt's speech was
devoted to "big business" He oppos-
ed "our present policy of chaos" and
gave his own ideas of the methods
which should be pursued to insure
strict regulation Of large corpora
tions
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-03-29
WILL RIDE OUT
ON L & N TRAIN
UT WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNI.
~ TO IMPROVE MAURY CouN-
TY ROADS FIRST.

Special officers apprehended Fred
buck, who claims his home as Pensa-
[pIa, Fla, and his destination New
sork, Wednesday Afternoon for tres
[assing on railroad property, hcbo-
hg. He was brought to the court
(ouse and was told that if he would
(gree to leave town afoot he would
be set free, but he declined He is
bout eighteen years Of age and is
'trong and robust, and gave some in
locations of giving the officials troub-
e, but finally cooled off. When he
VAS carried to the Jail he was again
old that he would be released on
conditions that he depart afoot To
his he replied with an oath that he
Intended riding out of town on a train
Is he came in. When this def was
he was put in cell and
Will be sent to the county road.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-03-29
DEMAND FOR
ECCS EASIER
5LUMP EXPECTED BEFORE SAT-.
uRDAY NIGHT, AND CHICK.
EMS MAY &C LOWER.
Hogs Make New Two Year Record
Wednesday When They
Reach S7.75.

Chicken and egg dealers in Column
5ia are cheerful lot, and although
hey stand for good losses in the
slump of the chicken prices, they are
smiling and happy because it will be
no worse. The demand for chickens
continues weak and the egg market
is easing up with a threatened de-
cline within the next twenty-four
hours. The receipts are heavy local
ly and getting hard to sell, the big
markets having an abundant supply,
and when the receipts of the first of
the week begin arriving in Chicago
and New York, down will go the
prices. SO dealers predict.
Hogs set a new record Wednesday,
and went to within a quarter Of So,
which is the highest for the past two
years, on the Nashville market.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-03-29
COURT HOUSE
A DULL PLACE
OFFICIALS ABSENT FOR vARI-
Gus REASONS AND NO coUN-
TRY PEOPLE HERE.

The court house is about the dull
est place in town today, there being
no country people there at all, and a
number of the officials usually found
there being absent.
Hardin Thomas, county court clerk,
is at home looking after some farm
work. Esq Fariss is also at his
nome looking after his garden farm on
South Main street Sheriff Claude
Godwin is at home being kept there
on account of the operation perform
ed on MIN on Tuesday. Harris Pur-
year seems to be the only one that
has really answered the call of
spring and hied himself to the stream
with rod and reel. He has not been
heard of today and it is supposed that
is the reason for his absence, for he
was heard humming this rhyme as
he went to he train Tuesday after
noon
| want to go fishing.
And with the fishers stand,
A rninnow on my fish hook.
A rod within my hand
And when the fish are biting,
I'm happy as can be,
The merry fishing time can't come
Too quickly to please me.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-03-29
TEDDY BOLTS
in INDIANA
TAFT WINS INSTRUCTIONS AND
ROOSEVELT FORCES HOLD
INDEPENDENT SESSION.

INDIANAPOLIS, March 2S,.-Con-
trolling the Indiana Republican con-
tion by a majority of los of The L.
439 delegates, supporters of Presi-
dent Taft to-day elected their four
candidates for delegates-at-large to
the national convention, and in
structed them to vote for the rcnom-
nation of the President. National
Committeeman Harry S. New, form
er Vice President Charles w. Fair
banks, James E. Watson and Joseph
.. oliver were elected delegates.
Advocates of the nomination of
Col. Roosevelt, charging they had a
of the delegates, made in
effective because of the road roll
er" methods of the Taft organiza-
ton, had an Independent convention,
while the crowd was pressing from
the hall, and elected four delegates
at large, instructed for the former
President The contest will be car
ried to the Chicago convention, the
Roosevelt campaign managers said.
Fourteen members of the Indiana
delegation of thirty to the national
convention have been instructed to
vote for the denomination of Taft,
and the Roosevelt forces have two.
Seven district conventions are yet
70 DE held, and a roll of the delega-
tions to-day indicated that Roosevelt
Would carry five and Taft two, max
ing the final Lewiston of the Indiana
representation IS for Taft and u for