Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-10
~ Jonn o sEAToe

Sessatou. ga. March ESPECIAL
CORES p1adrucc fla the absence ~
some aefuit~ bfudinE legal decision
or some new act o. ths legislature %
r'reusvlvaujs. far people % Scranton
and tlT school children % the clty
have tsr privilege o. fleeing 90 the
bills r frrr au1Id escape th~ danger
of mtrr eav~5as
Or took dreadful breaker Gre and
rlr loss 90 hundreds 90 lives tth~
Nvpadslr Disaster t1 obsaiu frEisfa-
r.er f1 pFoatbr tte erection % coal
breakers over mtr~ shafts ard rD pro
vide for s~coaI 1r~linE from under
Froanl pits
Do faas ts~ terrible Faacoast mine
disaster. claiming a tulf % over srV~u-
fv lives. tG obtain protection Tor fh~
90. 900 anthracite nine uorE~rs
against iarammEbir structures under
Ero1ad
lt took tl~ destruction % o. lives
before tEe isamaksrs could see the
need Of steel instead rf wooden mine
carnage
90 may take a dtE. caiamity-say
gar KILLING OF a school house fun %
cEirdrCu before fh@ Law can see the
need Of p-1sectinE ERE lives 90 che
thousands 90 requires 60 attend tHr
pablfe schools % Scrautoa that are ln-
safe oF are t1 b. made unsafe
Always calamity hrsf- and lu the
era % ~safrtF frsf
OF course ir ts fair t1 ask why rhs
teE stature of Pennsylvania eiT u1E
devise some p,as.
on ta~ comritfees ~ mines and
mtaisE ~ ts~ present session OF fhr
legislature there ts not a man who
has had anT practical experience Boz
rinisE ard f Ia not because there
are no such members % che house and
senate
De- is slEuiaeaat ttnt nos a Fcuaror
from tls tea c6gutirs 90 the state.
where aataractte cosl ts produced
has been assigned 90 th~ committee
chat FagGf@s an mining legislation.
also tHaE the house committee cos.
taias tsr uaras of no practical miaius
aan Ueu far removed from the Co.
cas.stes where hard coal BE- minsd and
who have co kaoulsaEs % conditions
ir tl~ coal bsif have beea placed az
the bead 90 these committees
Nss armbeFs % tho legislature are
uisffai % shat hagpeasd 90 tneuheFs
or the 1914 session uho fought for
places oe thS miaSs and miuiuE com
mtrte~ WhfIc the house az that ses-
sfen acted favorsbig On mine and ruiu-
irE b5Ils. tE~ senate. a. always. came
Co ter rescue % ths coal companies
and either smosh-rcd - committee or
81 fed co the aooF % the senate pro
posed isEis,atfoa-
Albert Davis % i.ac&aszuna Coanty
" as chairman % tho mines and mining
eoa1mifts~ a. the last session. Davis
wras home. ran for state senator and
vas defeated TIE coal companies. i
Ok factors Co. determining elections 60
t-acsasaana. had men 90 ths polls 20
make sure that Davis vas not sent I
sacE
RspTrsSntattvss MzaniSn % Lacka- /
saura. Good % Lgxerrs. Reese 20
Mckay % Luz-sn-. and I
..enksr % uaaphtn. al n~ubsrs % the I
1913 committee. UsFs unsuccessful IN /
~tr aEkts Tor reelection Represent
alive = T. Jones % Susau-hannz. uno 4
saa q separate nine Inspection dis
.stet created so "a 60 take care % bcu-
Asia Naxsy. % Forest city. A. = Il
nias Inspector. T. the oniy member %
10 1913 ouuffts~ Who f. on the
uia~s ard rniHizE COMMITTEES this So
si0u-
~ " Jones Of L4eka~anaa. q
uan familiar wish mining conditions
IA = rsS member. asked 20 b. placed
ie the corumitts~ aud Nas turned
town While Representative Dawson
sho has q l-aniaE toward the miners
s~eauss % hasinE Ftscn frua the
aaks was made = member OF the com
asft~s Whsa 10 ~snt over the list
"a fssna be a. tao oaiy mining man
- hasssned 20 b. relieved
\ f-w DAYS ago Il wss broakht 20
So ats@ntion Of The city eouncii of
serantou that certain property o~u-
90. acting on the assumption that
hsv osnsG the coal 90 the center %
be streets on which their properties
batsse. hze sold sHs coal beneath the