The chronicle=news., 1913-04-19
MORE. ABOUT THE
new MINING LAW
!:LIter oMrnnIrI..N Now

l.Hiitl NINuirlrH NfN.
Ia III" i..Hr ui ,Hr Chronicle New, Z
C.. 'h' 18Th inst appeared nu urtirlr I
under ihH caution Prartira! NiucIs I
Disqualified hy New Miuin- Law"
~ iur Iuii"g Niuu " Nprk,ta -. ]
America HT" responsible Tor ih" in /
Isndu"tiou aud passage UI this n-w
mining law. the Article referred inI
l. - -rriuU- reflection up.u tha, or I
saniZatlou aud leaves q falls" impr's-
ION In tine mindz 81 I,a"u'. VINO arr
not acquainted with .I- mining sit /.
ultiIu.
The facts Boo lri"i are that thI,
new mining irN viii not mUE" ru'-
lrrr uT uuiNurfii" education UuHI.a I
iirHt!UI tn o. % UIf l1Ts or Sir. bp .
?, "Ely rDni"mp'tl.s luJj pit boss"
gd siTv hD .s"s lr Mon ~ temporal,
habits: that they 90" mru ur Urdiu-
rry intelligence and puFTrHs u uidI- I
m'utlIy knowledge ,. ,u, irchui,4.
side nf mining us vel a. % practical .
Fnpwl'ur- NIj vhg shouldn't men
Hhu has" hundred. 90 Hives In tho
n I'm ui their hand undergo uu OK
rmluu'iou a. 20 their competency ~
a Fumr ru,u grave r"-pnuz. hilityf
Tia. this hats not u'nu legally u"ra,-
~ I'm The pact i"l, ,.r's uu credit 90
Colorado
o. adapting The urN mining law
iI.H a.nse Z. only fplIavilE In the
fsui' q: ~tutcF whore the hr's ines OF
saJl miriHI - Z. NHr"d ahny" that
sIvSr" STAT, Ut affairs tina, r,TyIfs
many Of the mine m Colorado. Some
of "a" m,nin4 states have In add .
Ion 10 % law providing Tor uu "S- /
animation Of pit hpts.- and fire
hIs.'a. Do further Hw providing FOR
tuu examination nl mIH"I- bvfUr' /.
ley Hrr permitted 20 90 to the mrn Z
To- mine coal
In the Anthrarit" region Of Penn .
.rlylui,. miners must also pnss Iu /.
nf yrmp", ,"uuy Thi- iEI
''k"w. .-" ira" IN the biiummuuH ruII /.
Producing stat" ct Illinois
..D death rat" a. q result % Gr,i-I /
dents b.. coal mine u u fair oasis for
the accomplishments by|
legislation to promote iEa Sufn'y Of !
'hr miners. Let ~ examine -Im" ,
figure compiled by III" government |
ihHr deal with accident. IN coal /
mine and let rs s.r where hey lead |
~. "" shall lake u" fields where |
riJ hus eos. iiIc bosses and miners are
obliged to pass examination ana I
{ tcmpuT. them with Colorado. and /
" Ntt' ''NNa''i'hN Ab'U 4'A us If- I
m.rBy. that In the eastern fields /
he uuir.al dangers 81 the mines Az !
srcuter than here.
Number killed por I.""O employed /
Colorado. 1910. 2U.3G, 1911. G.&%. /
.tc. 1910. 800. 1911. los. /
Illinois. 1910. ] -. 1911. 2.2,.
tons Of coal mined FOR each lifr'
lost:
colorado 1910, $1,000; .IfllI
900.
Anthracite. 1910. 1.ooo; 1871, !
Iiiimo S. 1910. a2I 500: lsIiI
2I2.UIu
During the period covered by these /,
figures. the United Mine Workers Of
America was cirtually In the process
Of formation in the Anthracite Reg /
tul and there was no rigid enforce /
mcnt OI the law. This In Il measure /.
accounts FOR those figures being so
much lower than those for Illinois. |
rh" latter state Is compl 'tcly organ |
i2cd. Other states. such as Iowa. In /
diana md Ohio have laws requiring
PIT uu-a. and fire bosses to pas, oN-
amiuuIious ana here. too. the death |
rate h. vastly lower thaL in colora- /
do. In the light of these facts let
ll9 h7hH - ~ WI lil lllt' " lfAFsf I
such laws.
Moreover. in states whore pit !
bosses are Obliged to UNDERGO an "N- |
amiuHl on, no such brutality as Isl
practi,Dd by Colorado rit bosses is
manife-i. For a pi, bos- to man
handle or tcrrorizc an employ" in |
those slltes. especially where the
United Mine Workers OF America !
prevails. carries with 1t the rcvoDl-I
tion OF the certificate and dismissal
of the iutimidating and brutalizine
boss.
Tnc new mining law. If properly |
enforced. will bring the mining in
dustry of this stat" on n higher plane
and the United Mine Workers have
neither excuse nor apologies to of
fer for It's introduction and passage.
ADOLPH GERBER.
ROBERT tIIilCH.
Trinidad, Colo, April H., 1913.