The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-19
AN. ENLIGHTENED LABOR POLICY

AN ENLIGHTENED LABOR POLICY
Saturday. W Va held The ann" Safety
responsible officials generally
Company 1t the privilege OF repre-
the dinner and meet per
hekeen and energetic men who
the natural resource Of Southern "e
Virginia
The S. Coal and Company branch the
United States Steel Association Gary it
owns some thousand acres
developing Kentucky AT and near
operation employing at the present
lime about 5000 men and producing 9OS tons Of
coal These General Edward
oTooe General Pennsylvania and received his cary
training coal production Pennsylvania fields The
development properties Coal and Coke Company
Southern almost continuously in his han anu
has made splendid and capable executive
and either employer with high concp
ton relationship and OF his duty to the public
direction the mines Of the T. $ Coal ana
Company have become mines much say
the Careful patient study has
made Of safety appliances the best mining practice High
standards constantly maintained with the u
casually Coal and Coke Company Is lar the
lowest in Virginia. and far below the general average
throughout the ra States the protection life
Improvement Of the physical cona0o oil IT'S
has the far sighted policy been manifested At Gary and
elsewhere near their provided for worken
been built sane and helpful"
provided and atmosphere has oe'n created ~
development OF social conditions
In DAYS when hear large their special armies
OF police may that there community IN west
Virginia employed by one concern without s
uniformed policeman: without special decve ana without d" S
guard cuodan acting as watchmen Two
Gary community and they find difficult 10 earn living
,hep performance of their duties
Probably remarkable feature Of the Gary organization W
Safety First Canra;cn which constantly throughout and 2
abound
elaborate all responsible employees emc" w ~
practice methods Of projecting life and limo 80 1890
tho annual Safety Dinner "hn So"e ~
foremu Inc
occasion OF annual ohncaon
coed Fellowship employees OF the l. > No anu OoN
the
come hack regularly twelfth men were present
who had yegt hours reach cary @
dinner was presided oTooe in person and the feeling NAM
the good Fellowship
snS- Of cooperation prevailing tho entire organization
significance were printed III
position on tho these figures were explained % Hoa
Eranson chief engineer record OF each OF the ee'en
Of l9 ana sno"eo
tho gradual advance practice and gradual Improvement ~
hgures
oeer and could which the figures hao on pre-
r,red was Appreciated the splendid sa'ne''
In hcf the 1908 the L. 5 Coal ana oA
uced w $50 net tons twenyfour fatal accidents
In fatal accenI We"
o- 900 tons and the tonnage fatal accident was 4Ve
Coke Company produced o9V9' net Vo"
fourteen fatal accidents serious accidents The ton
"'N times as
both serious ana a ac'N- 'o ~
,,rle more rhautw ice as l999
IN other words period between l9p ana l' s
,a down lts caS""' IVA
.o careful condltns the
@ " - f onances and cultvang splendid spiF
Of among Its men, haS S@''O ""o - " 49,
lives nd untold suffering . .,o.o-u' vii, ~
~, 1n+eroencr believes policy among employers VIII go
~ ur towards the solution labor problems Certainty IS spur"
for tho solution social questions which are arising
IN orr country today. the example OF 1n's c'u0"' " ~
.do5 from tho standpoint Of good citizenship
In its Will bear oH'oeno no why
bour,t something to better the conolon
. humanity The negncer congratulates General looe nu MS
~ IN tho pend doing In the development OF e
h se and lettering industrial conditions in West Virginia