Bisbee daily review., 1913-10-15
HEADS OF INDUSTRY WILL MEET AT BIG
 MINING CONGRESS
Leaders in This Country Will
 Discuss Important Subjects at the Annual Convention in Philadelphia.

prominent mining mSn Of the coun-I try in the annual convention of theI American Mining congress to be held October 20 bo 25
 At about the same time. October IF to 25. Philadelphians win view in Horticultural Hal the first national mining exposition ever given in the
 United States. The exposition, which
 is under the auspices of the American
 Mining Congress, will emphasize iI
 an elaborate manner the Safety
 First" movement which practically
 had it's beginning in ths mining in,
 dustry and which has since spread all
 over the country. From present in
 tlications, majority of the exhibits
 will typify what has been dcne in the last few years and what is being done at the present time to reduce
 the death toll of the mines.
 Both events promise to bring 10
 Philadelphia more than 2,000 of the leading mining men of the country Already mining men from every state in the Union have notified the con
 vention headquarters of their inten ton to be present. some of then
 coming in delegations on specia
 trains, especially from the Pacific coast and the west. There will be
 delegation from far-away Alaska t9 tell the story of the bottiing up of
 the natural resources of that com try by the Federal government and the refusal of the Federal govern
 ment to grant relief There will D.
 another strong delegation from Oh cago, including F. T. Bent and Car Scholz, two of the leading coal oper ators of the middle west From Den yer, Colo, will come D. ". Bruntoc
 president of the Mining Congress an the leading draining expert of the world, heading a large delegation Washington, D. C. will send a unique trio. consisting of John Hays Ham mond. Hennen Jennings and Gardin CT Williams, aN multkmihonaires who made their fortunes in South
 Africa gold and diamond mining. The nations capitol will also send Sen ators Shofroth. Of Colorado; Walsh. { of Montana, the head of the senate committee on Mines and Mining: and Sutherland, of Utah: Representative 1 Foster, of Illinois, chairman of the | house committed on Mines and Min, , ing and other members of this com mittee; Secretary of the Interior Lane, if he recovers in health suffi- cinetly by the time for the conyen. | ton: Secretary of Labor w. B. VII
 son: pr. Joseph A. Holmes. the dt ] rector of the United States Bureau
 of Mines, who is now hurrying bact from Alaska; Dr. George Otis Smith. the director of the United States Geo | logical Survey and many others. The sister city of Pittsburgh will be rep. Presented by a delegation Of the DiS igest bituminous coal operators Of tho ! country, headed by John H. Jones
 president of the Pittsburgh-Buffalc 1 Coal company. More than fifty ol the best known mining engineers ci
 the country will come from Nsv
 York these men representing thu great mining corporations Of th' limited States. They will inciude
 Dr James Douglas, dean of the min ing engineering profession Of the Trated States, J. Parke Chasnnin.' ". R. Ingalls, and others.
 The distinguished visitors who arc canning and the Anthracite operators and mining men generally 0 Fnila ddphia are expected to constitut5 the greatest national rally of minlns men ever held in the United States IT. will be the first real attempt tHa has beep made to obtain that cooper lation in the industry that is deemed necessary for success. ! The mining industry is second oh4' .o agriculture. with an annual ouIpu of two billion dollars. It employs al
 ractIv one and one-haH million msI land another million men handle l'' -ov, nroducts. The output ot tL'
 mines constitute 65 per cent Of JH' frafght traffic of the country. An a'
 tannt is to be made at this great na ltional gathering to impress upon th' countrv the magnitude Of the indus trv and to show what progress lt a
 making. -, The mining exposition in horucuI ,uraI Hall, under the direction Q Richard L. Humphrey of Phiia1elphli
 will show in a graphic way what !.
 heinz done by the mining industry q
 reducing the number cf deaths m tA . mines. The indications now po',. toward the expositioE resolving U
 self into a safety device consEe9, The famous oxygen hemet' WhIe'
 nermits rescuers to enter mih7 ,l s1ed with deadly gases foiio''lh explosions. will be shown and it's us wiU he demonstrated by tfsihs l crew from the United States Bufea
 os ,Aaiues, The basement of the hoI lk, sailtural Han has been ftted UP .
 resemlse a coal mine. and m m 1, ,lsce the rescuers will demonstrat 7 tbeir life saving methods. In tl
 ccoi mine there will be an air tsN
 room with glass sides. This VIII ' 7 filled with smoke and the reseuei puI work in stfling yapors. U