The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-07-11
first AIDS TO INJURED.
H0WMINERS PERFORM HEROIC
I TASKS IN DAILY LIFE
Great Saving Of Humanity BY
= Men Receiving Right ~
in+ Instruction
Especial to The Free Press.)

H. s,(Special to The Free Press.)
Washington ID. c., July 3.-That
| America can bind her wounds as
skillfuily as she can fight will be
shown in the great national first aid
and mine9rescue contest to be held
under the auspices Of the bureau OF
mines. department of interior. al
Pittsburgh, Pa, September 80 to Oc-
tober 1.
With the event still more than
three months away, 1t reaches the
bureau Of mines that coal and metal
| miners all over the country, are en-
gaging in first laid and mine rescue
contests to fit themselves for the
4 national demonstration. In sixteen
different mining states, local or state
meets have already been held or will
be. held in the near future.
| 81. Many Miners Are Trained.
| 1t is estimated that out of the
million miners in the United States
more than "a hundred thousand are
well trained in emergency {, first aid
!
in : saving anyolives in and around
, mines. 1t lis said to be a frequent
occurrence for hospital surgeons up
on receiving an injured miner to de-
clare that gthe first-aid treatment
received in 1.-THE mine from the min
ers had undoubtedly saved the mans
life. sDt 'siStJ. giUs g1Er..s.f..s' NJ. :.
THESE first aid teams are scatter
ed ii throughout, the United States
where mines ares found. and are the
results Of : the pioneer work of the
bureau of mines in maintaining a
mine rescue car or station in each
of, the mining fields for the purpose
Of training these men. "a
In addition to this work, the bu-
reaus experts teach the miners how
to save life in mines, and especially
the use of the oxygen mine rescue
apparatus that permits the wearer,
after mine. explosion or disaster to
enter the deadly atmosphere there
with comparative safety. and sue
cor possible = LYING, miners These
mine rescue leans, located at tne
various mines care also. to paruci-
pate, iaiItha NATIONAL demonstration,
ga pl,utMine Rescue Contests.
|LoAirealy. stats, irst aid and mine
rescue: contests have been held At
fMcAiester, Okla and LexingtQn,
KyLis;T The Colorado Fuel and Iron
company viii hold such q contest at
Prinidade Colo. July a. there VIII
be, a. state meet, at Merton. Va; on
Julyn4; the Alabama Fuel and Iron
company will bold a similar meet at
Birmingham. Ala, on July 4; and
there win be q meet, OF the Big Sandy
District at Pikeyille, KY, !, on the
same day. d AT Butte, Mont, on July,
Isl minerspwiil hold "a state meet and
also on August 80 at Trinidad, Colo.
Utah and southern Wyoming will be
represented at first aid and mine.
rescue meet at Salt Lake City, Utah,
August %. Arrangements have been
made for the California state meet
at Sacramento early in September;
New Mexico is arranging for SINH
lar. meet about September 1 but has
not yet selected the place. There
will also be a state wide meet for
Washington on August at one OF
the coal mining centers in western.
washington I'm Pennsylyania, some1
time duringo the summer, there will
be a number Of first laid meets for
different coalL mining companies. At
St. Benedict, the Rembrandt Peale,
Coal company will. hold it's meet
during the summer = also at Green's
burg the Argyle, Coal company Will
hold meet; the Richmond Hill Goal
company atlsIHastings, Pa, and 6the
West End uCoalD company at Moean-
aqua, will hold aneet of the local
coal companies at Barnesboro. II Pa,
Tennessee will have a meet at Jeln-
co sometime in September, and I'LL
nois will hold aistate wide first aid
and mine rescue meet at Springfield
at time to be announced later.
:, Saving of Life.
whether or not it is the reaction
from the killing of men in the re-
cent world orgie, or the release from
the strain of the tremendous war
production of COAL said Van. H.
Manning, director of the bureau or
mines, ''the miner today is bending
his best interest to the saving of
life. !; From the reports that come to
me, there is the utmost enthusiasm
in these trial first-aid a'd rescue
meets and almost as much interest
as II the national meet were a great,
country wide athletic contest, IN
yolving the whole people. The ma !
tional meet promises to break all
events. in number ahd en- Z
thusiasm. It is to be the miners
own field day, in their own way. and
the honors are to go to the most eff
ficietft, the most, skillful in the saw
ing of. human life. expect that this
national miners, tournament will
have wholesome effect. on the in
dustries of tfiee country generally.