The chronicle=news., 1913-08-20
niitiHe MEN TO
MEET m RIT1sDule


Wsshiaxtoa. August sO.-Aiu1
operators. mining engineers as4
ms1c surgeons. representing prseej
esiiy every Important sniains cor.
pasy II tho Usissd States. viii sash,
~ Ut Pittsburgh. Pa. On 8eptembs,
~ 70 discuss methods fer reduci.s
the death toll u aiaes sad qussriss
Thsss mes srs nembsrs Of the Am.
ssseas Aias ssftey Asaoe eissioa which
held iss first meeting oas year ago
In Pittsburgh.
Here b the problem they have o.
hand. 10 the year 1871. 3.sss men
were killed 10 the minss asd qusrsics
OF tho Cnit~d States. Sixty.shrsc
ihoussnd three hundred aad ous
were Injured dusiss the Hsas time.
The death rate for all minins that
Year reached 3.as msa in every 1000
employed.
The men who will mse, arc the
leaders In what u known a. the
Safety First" movement which be.
san In the united States aboas five
years ago through the iniiurncc Of
the Federal bureau Of Mise.. In
that time several huadred miues
have been cquippci with rescue crews
. sara life following disast.rs. and
firs,-aid crews TO give sueeor to the
men who are injured.
The development Of this humaui.
'arian work has led 10 q confusion
ot methods and the object Of the
Min" Safety Association L. TO discuss
the different methods and recon mend
the nee OF only the best. In disrus,.
inG the object Of the Association, Mr..
u. ~. Wilson Of the Bureau Of Mines
said today In the hope Of scdueiss
tho number Of these accidcnss and
shortchtnk the period Of disability
OF the injured. Il was felt that there
should he greater uniformity In the
methods Of conducting rescue opera.
stons In mtncs after explosions, fircs.
or other dtsastcrs. and to xive fist
so" w suv suJutCV.
'Worsinsmcn's compcuss lion acts
have In recent ycars been passed In
fifteen states. Of which ten were
enacted In the year 1911 alone. The
rapid spread OF legislation COMPEL.
Ing employers to care for Injured
workmen clearly shows the import
aaec to the employer OF reducing the
liabilities by every means At hts dis.
posal. These are Of two kinds nsmc-
". safety or preventive measures and
protective or rescue aud first aid
methods.
mine operators now realize that
II is more expensive to restore
wrecked mines. more costly to fight
damage auits through the courts and
less profitable to pay regulated liza
biltty charges or even workmcn's
compensation. than II 10 to bear the
cost involved In reducing these
charges by means OF diminishing the
number OF accidents and the dura-
tion Of the resulting disability by the
adoption OF improved safety. rescue
and first aid methods.
"since fifty-cisht per cent Of all
Industrial accidents are shown by
statistics 10 be due to negligence.
carelcsancss or lack Of knowledge Of
employers. or employees. the vital ne
ccssity Of learning everything possi-
bic about the causes and means OF
preventing these accidents must be
evident to every man concerned In
mining. To the operators It spells
business success or failure: to the
miner. life or the physical ability to
work and support family
The meeting at Pittsburgh. which
will include September :2. 80, and
"a. will open with mine-rescue and
first aid contest in Arsenal Park,
Pittsburgh. The next day the mem.
hers will visit the experimental mine
OF the Bureau Of Mines at Bruceton,
Pa, where q coal dust explosion will
be made in order to show the men,
bers that coal dust Is even more dan
gerous. to the miner than gas. On
September "a there will he various
meetinGs to discuss methods and in
the afternoon visit to the Expert.
ment Station OF the Bureau of Mines
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