Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-20
SAFETY FIRST MEETINGS HAVE
 ATTENDANCE 0F WIDE RESULTS
Important Bearing in Various Ways-Comment About the District Is General and of Highly Beneficial Kind-Al Are Talking of the Cooperative Spirit Which Has Been Brought About in Different Ways

While the Safety First meetings of last Friday and Saturday nights were planned solely with the idea Of furth- ering the work of the Safety First organization, through bringing all of the men of the Copper Queen mines. and other mine employees, together to receive impressions in body as to the importance ana individual worth whileness of the movement, comment on the streets since the meetings Indicates that there was much wider effect secured.
 Not only were the mine employees interested but also the general pub lie. In results the meetings not only helped with spread of the feeling of individual capacity to greatly aid with the reduction of accidents, the main. ing of men and the consequent suffer. ing of families, not to mention the loss cf life, but they also gave to the public new manner of conf dence as to the character Of citizen. ship and mine management in the district, in demonstration that there is more singleness Of purpose than ever before to make mlne employ rnent safe, desirable and permanently secure
 There has been lot of comment along the lines the last few days. It has been heard from underground and surface workers. from businees men, professional men, investors and everybody else. The sum and sub. stance of it Is that everybody takes a brighter view of things as to the outlook of the individual in the dis trict. Harmony of purpose to work all together for the benefit of each other, Is at the bottom cf this feel ing. It fits in perfectly with the greater prosperity of the district, too: with the fact that more men are em- ployed here now than ever before, that there is more being done and more planned for the future than ever before and that higher wages and steadier employment are being. and have been paid here han in any other mining district in the country.
 As for the actual work of the meet ings, there has since been sufficient street discussion to establish that they probably did mere good in be- half of the welfare of the mining company workers of the district than any previous gatherings of any kind ever had in the district. More than 1900 men attended the meetings. Not only did they attend. but their atten- tion was held and they were active participants in the thought of the gatherings. Any doubt about that can be quickly dispelled by asking any attendant as to what happened at the meetings. The reply is in- variably an interested and interesting resume cf the prominent facts, and after that they are all able to go into details, and do so eagerly. The meet ings interested them, reached a wholly responsive chord They re- member all ,about what they heard. More than that, they are going to profit by 1t through practice Of the good advice. llN
 The thing most deeply impressed. as gathered from talks with men who attended these meettes. was Ve, need. from the safety standpoint, of cutting out the taking of chances. If We do this" said one miner, i've knock the likelihood of getting hurt down to the last notch, down to a chance in 10000. Me for it. bet your life. All of us mud diggers have al ways known 1t. of course, but its