Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-09-18
MINERS BIG
FIELD DAY
To Be Held at Knoxville on Sep
TENDER 20.

Every arrangement for the big min
ers' field day on Saturday, Sept. 30,
at the National Conservation EXPOSE
tion has been completed and there is
every indication that the crowd on
that day will be one of the largest of
any of the big exposition days. Will
liam B. Wilson, Secretary of Labor in
the cabinet of President woodrow
Wilson, and Miss Mabel Boardmap,
president of the American Red Gross
Society will be the honored guests on
the occasion. Twenty five thousand
miners and the members of their fami-
lies are expected to be in Knoxville
for the day. They will come from all
parts of the South.
The program as arranged starts the
fun at O'Clock in the afternoon with
u review of the contesting mining
teams by Secretary Wilson, Miss
Boardman, President Wright of the
exposition, and members of the execu
tive committee. At 80 O'Clock the
first aid contests open to teams in the
Southern Appalachian states will be-
gin. These. contests will be epeotacu-
lar and interesting. All the twenty
three teams entered have been trained
for this event by experts from the I'm
tied States Bureau of Mines and will
work under the strictest of rules.
During the afternoon there will be
Demonstration of the effect of carbon
monoxide gas on canary birds and
small animals. At A p. m. the shot
that will cause an explosion Of coal
dust in the big sheet steel tube Of the
Bureau of Mines will be fred. At
4:45 p. m. Secretary Wilson will pre-
sent the prizes to the winning teams
and will make short address. Other
addresses will be made by Governor
Hooper of Tennessee, Miss Mabel
Boardman and II. M. Wilson Of the
Bureau of Mines.
Following are the different teams
entered with the captains of each:
Roane Iron Company. lockwood.
Tenn, W. M. Mills, captain; Miners
Vile Coal Co., Pless, Tenn, W. E.
Wilkes. captain; Coal Creek Coal Co.,
Coal Greek. Tenn. B. E. Hendren,
captain; Knoxville Iron Co., Brice-
Vile, Tenn, John M. Wool. captain;
Piedmont Coal Co., Oliver Springs,
Tenn, George vinsant, captain; Stan
ard Jellico Coal Co., Clarified, Tenn.
L. R Eager, captain; Westbourne Coal
Co., Westbourne, Tenn, Richard Rigs
by, captain; Tennessee Coal, Iron q
Railway Co.. Whitwel1. Tenn, John
W. Smith, captain; The Virginia Lee
Co., st. Charles, Va, j. c. Martin,
captain; Wisconsin Steel Co., Benham,
KY, T. X. Johnson, captain; Stone
ga Coke and Coal Co., Imboden, Va,
George Snodgrass, captain; Wisconsin
Steel Co., Benham, KY. l.. G. Smith.
captain; Continental Coal Corpoi alton,
PineviIle, KY, William Taulber. cap
tain; Stonega Coal & Coke Co.. Big
Stone Gap, KY, William Simpson,
captain; Wisconsin Steel Co., Ben
ham, KY, Alex Patterson, captain;
Steains Coal Co., Stearns, KY,
George Humble, captain; Roane Iron
Co., lockwood, Tenn, W. Fl. Rich
ards, captain; Ducktown Copper Co.,
Ducktown, Tenn, Edward Roberts,
captain; Jellico Coal Mining Co.,
Mountain Ash, KY, Sam Marsh, cap
tain; Tennessee Coal Co.. Briceville,
Tenn, Harry r. Smith. captain; Coal
Creek Coal Co., Coal Creek, Tenn. j.
L. Jonse, captain. 81
In most of the mining towns the Gay
will be a holiday. Many Of the mines
will pay off their men on Friday SO
that they may come to Knoxville for
the big day.