The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-11
FIRST SESSION Of
MINE INSPECTORS
INSTITUTE IS HELD
Delegates Are Welcomed to
Birmingham by Exum
and Harding
MEETINGS TODAY
TO BE EXECUTIVE
Institute Will Probably Meet Next in
Pittsburg-Adams May Be: Asked
to Serve Another Term
as President

The meeting today of the Mine Inspec-
tors institute will be executive, accord
ing to the programme outlined last night
At the meetings this morning and this
afternoon topics OF general nature relat-
Ing almost wholly to the work of mine in
spectors will be taken up and thorough
ly discussed by the members who are AT
tending the institute In it's fifth annual
meeting here.
The inspectors will be little In evidence,
but tomorrow the real big day of the
meeting will come when the special train
will leave the Louisville. and Nashville
station for Bayview. where barbecue
will be served and where he inspectors
will be given an opportunity of seeing the
fastest mine in this district of the Tennes-
see Coal. Iron and Railroad company.
Following the trip tomorrow to Bayview,
the inspectors will be entertained at thea
tre parties tomorrow night and the last
session will be held at the Hillman hotel
Friday morning. At this meeting the city
of Pittsburg will be designated as the
next meeting place, according to the pre-
arranged plan, while 1t is entirely probable
that Thomas X. ADAMS will be asked to
serve sanother term ar president of the
institute. Ii ne should not be elected his
successor will PROBABLY be ID. j. Roderiok
of Pennsylvania, who is first vice presi
der4 The general idea seems to be llrat
Mr.. Adams will be asked to serve another
year.
Delegates Welcomed to Birmingham
The meetings yesterday consisted of
f1I
-um of the commission and w p. G. Hard
ing of the Chamber of Commerce well
coined the mine inspectors to the CITY.
Unthoughtedly the invocation was over
looked, although Rev. L. C. Branscombe
was on hand to ask the guidance OF the
Almighty over the deliberations of tfe as
sembly.
Charles II. Nesbitt, chief miEe inspector
for this state. opened the formal meeting
yesterday, saying that he was urpre-
pared to make any set speech and there
fore would ask Mr.. Exum of the commits
sion to deliver the first address.
President Exunl, amid a round of APP
splause, e,-said- that~.t- was--il-~ xerya 'welcoms
duty that he han bern called upon to
discharge. He said that the mine institute
stood for preservation and progressiveness
and that he was delighted to welcome
them on behalf of the city.
your mission. | take it, said Mr.. EX-
um, "is primarily the safeguarding OF
thousands of lives. Your work of preser-
walton is necessarily one of personal dam
ger and one that requires poise and cour-
age. In this district. therefore, it Is
real pleasure to welcome you. Attendance
upon these meetings means great deal
to you. From place to place you gather
information as 10 mine operations and
tit,trc yhar is as
sembled, discussed and vast good springs
therefrom In order that you may absorb
all the good of these meetings your vis.
must be pleasant.
IL want to say that If Mr. Nesbitt and
his committee fails in any way to
make You stay as pleasant as he
should l want you to come over to the
city hall where you will find me and
I shall invoke appropriate punishment
upon him and see to it personally that
you are properly entertained. l want
again to say that I am in close touch
with the men Oh TINS ate engaged III
your work and that esteem it rare
privilege and pleasure to welcome
YOU in our midst"
Harding Speaks
The remarks of President Exum were
received with much pleasure by the in
spectors. He was followed by Presi-
dent w. p G. Harding of the Cham
ber of Commerce. Mr. Harding said
that he wished to second all that Mr..
Exum had said on the part of the city,
and continued:
4, 'In this district we have unfortu
hately had too many explosions in our
mines Too many lives have been
needless1y sacrificed 1t is your work
\ to safeguard these men and to ade-
quately protect them. Therefore at this
time and in this district your coming is
- rfn aud INN uy,f .ir,1-
your gatheNng and the exchange of
information will go long way toward
lessening these fatalities that we know
about and for that reason your work is
one of exceeding Importance"
Following the remarks or Mr.. Hard
ing the annual address Of President
Adams was delivered.
Following the address OF President
Adams the first business of the session
was handled. 1t seemed to be the pre-
vailing opinion that the papers that are
to be discussed should be written and
printed some days in advance of the
meetings in order that all the inspect
ors could prepare themselves upon the
topics to be handled. The members
seemed to think that such proposi-
tion was timely and 1t was ruled that
hereafter sufficient notice of papers
should be given the members of the In
stitute through the secretary ]. w
Paul, of the bureau of mines. Pittsburg
The first days session was taken
up with the discussion Of routine mat
ters and the real business will not be
considered until this morning when tho
session will be executive. At the after
noon meeting 1t seemed to be favored
that the fatalities of American mines
should not be published In comparison
with those of the European countries
for the reason that such comparisons
were in a measure unfair to the mines
Of this country.
Subsequently a question-of mailing