The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Programme Is Announced.
Moving Pictures by the
Bureau of Mines
ALL DETAILS HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED
Special Train VIII Take Operators to
Marvel-Barbecue to Be Served.
Miners VIII See Pic
lures at Night

The programme for the annual meeting
of the Alabama Coal Operators associa-
tion which will take place next Saturday
at Marvel has been announced. The pro-
gramme shows that the bureau of mines
of Washington is evidencing unusual in
terest in the local district. The bureau
proposes to show in mining pictures in
struction of the mine officials three sub
jects vitally connected with local mining.
They include the showing of a reel en-
titled, THE Explosibility of Coal Dust
and "The Preparation and Dispatch of
Men and Rescue Car to the Scene of an
Explosion The final picture will be
"rhe Miner at Work. The three reels
have been made at a large cost by the
federal government. No detail of the
subjects treated has been neglected and
from them it is possible for the very best
ideas to be secured
Will Be Held at Marvel
The annual meeting will be held at the
Marvel mines, owned by B. F. Roden.
The officials in order to provide some en-
tertainment for the miners of that camp
propose to show the three reels at the
Auditorium next Saturday night after the
meeting has been concluded.
The operators will invite only their
suRerintendents. mine bosses and repre-
sentatives of the press. Secretary James
L. Davidson has arranged all the details
for the meeting and anticipates an un-
usually interesting meeting.
A special train will leave the Louis
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at o'clock. At 10 o'clock the party viii
arrive at Marvel An inspection of the
twin haulage' system there and the
miners homes win be made. The meet
ing and speeches will take place in the
Auditorium which is guaranteed to be
unusually cool by Mr. Roden as there are
A windows in the building. The opera
tors and their guests will be served with
barbecue in the building and on the
surrounding lawn.
Unusually elaborate preparations ara
being made by Mr.. Roden. president of
the company; B. R. Smith, his sales man
ager, and the company staff to provide
an attractive and instructive meeting
for the association.
Tickets to the special train are being
given to those invited, says Secretary
Davidson, and only those with a ticket
and badge will be permitted to board the
train.
Programme of Outing
The programme will be as follows;
MORNING SESSION.
Inspection of mine operations, town ana
eommissary.
Assemble at hall.
Moving Picture: "Explosibility of coal
dust" United States Bureau of Mines.
'What Coal Operator Can Do to Pro-
vide for the Welfare of Employees ana
Their Families" Morris W. Bush. general
superintendent Woodward Iron company.
1.-The Commissary; It's 1ndspensability
and Purposes" b. f. Roden, president
Roden Coal company.
Prevention of Haulage Way Acct
dents" L. M Jones, United States bureau
of mines.
Moving Picture: Preparation and Dis
patch Of Men and Rescue Car of Bureau
of Mines to an Explosion" United States
Bureau of Mines.
Lunch.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Reassemble at hall.
Moving Picture: miner at Work."
United States Bureau of Mines
Value of a Safety Inspector and In
structor for Each Coal Mine," c. II. Mes
bitt, chief mine inspector
Lantern Slides: Practical Mine Subjects,
United States Bureau of Mines.
Coal Mine Ventilation and Removal of
Gas" DIR. j. j. Rutledge. United States
Bureau of Mines.
Moving Picture: Comedy subject.
General discussion after each subject,
but each such talk will be limited to five
minutes.