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i Thousands ot Accidents I Kill and Injure Child Toilers h Three States ,aa y : i.3hw v ^ a im t x a t . ^ Washington, D. C., Sept.. 18.— Seven thousand four hundred and •seventy-eight industrial accidents to young workers under 21 years of age occurred in one year in three States, occording to a study just completed by the Children's Bureau of the United States De partment of Labor, j Thirty-eight of -these accidents f resulted in death and 920 in par tial disablement for life. . Wisconsin, Massachusetts and jNew Jersey , were the states in deluded in the study. The.cases of industrial accidents to minors .were only those in which compen sation had been paid; that is, in .Wisconsin, accidents causing dis ability of-more than seven days' duration; in IVfcassachusetts and New Jersey, accidents causing disability of moi^e than ten days’ duration. The smallest number of acci dents and the lowest accident rate occurred in the case of children under 16. Each of the states studied had attempted to protect children of this age by prohibiting them from employment ih certain occupations, chiefly in the opera tion of the more dangerous ma chinery, which is the source of greatest industrial hazard to £he young worker. Children of 16 and 17 were pro hibited from some employments in Massachusetts and Wisconsin but in all three states were per mitted to operate many of the dangerous machines. Accident figures reflected this difference in legal protection. Power-working machinery caused a larger percentage of the acci dents to the 16 and 17 year olds than to children under 16—pro tected by law—or to young work ers between 18 and 21—better able to protect themselves. Accidents were also more se rious to the 16 and 17 year group than to either the younger or old er workers. Of the injuries to workers under 16, 10.7 per cent resulted in death or partial dis ablement for life. For those 16 and 17 years old who were in jured the rate was 13.4 per% cent killed or permanently disabled; for the group 18-21 years the rate was 12.7 per cent. BROTHERHOOD AND MINERS FIGHT Q.V E R O N 1.0 N o r her:; f jsarti-g'j. oe bisd ojfcfr m-: t ^Gontindedr/ from!* Fag®-11^)s rfj 1 .-^Vr ■: 'tv1 • *' and the men have been involved in a strike in the same manner as exists at the properties of other coal companies in West Virginia. , There has never been a day since the first 'of April when your mines coujd not have started im mediately if you had but attached your signature to an agreement based upon the Jacksonville policy. You are evidently familiaf with this policy inasmuch as you refer to it in your communication. In orders to be. perfectly clear about the matter I will say that the Jacksonville policy means an agreement for three years with no reduction in .wages. You refer to the cost of produc tion at your West Virginia ^prop erties. Your company occupies no different position in this matter than any other of the thousands of coal companies which have agreements with our organization. The United Mine Wprkers can not be responsible for problems of management in which they Orie Dollar Gash i One dollar will ihake the initial payments on any. ; ; . .. ; "V /V; ' l floor or bridge lamp in our store during week of; * September 15th to 21st. ,,, Now is your chance to brighten your home fox the long winter evenings ahead with a beautiful; * ' ; Floor or Reading Lamp. , ^ ^ Many different styles to select from. SOUTHERN PUBLIC UTILITIES Phone 2700 have no voice. The question of efficient management and low cost production to enable you to re main in the market with compet ing coaj companies is one that I must be dealt with by your cor poration. It is. a problem that j forever confronts one who elects I have paid Particular attention your letter to the effect that you [knew of no one'doing as much as I to support the Coal Operators Association in their fight against our union in that field. I scarcely expected to see such a stereotyped statement from the pen of a trade unionist. I hear it every day from the coal operators in various parts of the country, and I will be fair enough to presume that you were speaking as a coal operator and not as a trade unionist. It must be interesting to have such a dual personality^ You doubtless mean I that the employes of „ the Coal River Collieries must accept a re you are, therefore, supporting the claims which have been made by the West Virginia representatives of your corporation ever since April 1st. I regret that your po sition is such that I must disagree with you,, and , yet it is true that I have disagreed with many people in this country and that precise subject. ^ An international convention of the United Mine Workers of America, with more than 2,000 ,delegates participating, has de fined the wage policies of our or ganization, and I can not deviate therefrom at the pleasure of the Coal River Collieries any more than at the request of other coal companies which have made simi lar demands. stripped of all subsidiary is sues, the question that remains is whether the Coal River Collieries will make an agreement with, the United Mine Workqrsf of America oil the basis of the Jacksonville settlement. There need be no equivocation of any character. For nearly five months you have closed the four mines of this com pany and maintained them m idle ness rather than make such dn agreement. For nearly five months the United Mine Workers I of America has been obliged to provide food and,other-assistance for your striking employes. Will you settle or will you Continue to fight? ^ If you electvto te#aij|ate tfjis strike I shaj\ by1 glad in<leed to: meet you ai ^ce to arrange* tjie details. „ff elect the fight, ip is obvious thlat such a meeting would accomplish noth ing. ^ I shall await your reply. Yours fraternally, -A .- President. Stone Stops. Warren S. Stone* Chairman* Board of. Directors, j. j/. i | Coal River. Collieries, 4 ’ Cleveland, Ohio* rv. I have po reply to my letter of August twenty-seventh.: In.tbat communication I asked whether Coal River Collieries would make agreement, with United Mine Workers of America on basis of Jacksonville settlement. For five -months your corporation has join ed with other coal operators in West Virginia in attempt to starve your employes into accepts ance of a wage reduction. Please advise me at once whether it is your intention to terminate this fight -• lo ' * jiL ■ ■ it somArLmm* La Follette Leads In Newspaper Poll Hjearst’s string of daily news papers are taking a secret poll . of presidential preferences in the fifteen cities where published. Ballots are cast by mail, in office buildings, railway stations, in factories and in theaters. The , result at close of the tenth day shows La Follette leading Cool idge by 1,327 voces, and with - more than double the vote cast for Davis. Cities and totals are as follows: ‘ y • La Fol- Coql ette idge Davis New York __ 2,814 3,627 1,832 Baltimore_, 835 979 834 Chicago _,6,681 8,199 4,137 Rochester_ 928 1,761 5T*L ^Milwaukee __ 1,940 539 137 Seattle __ 2,008 1,819 252 Boston 252 310 , 132 Washington _ 472 203 148 S. Francisco.- 4,108 3,433 690 Los Angeles— 7,274 5,202 1,314 Fort Worth _ 96 101 310 Syracuse_ 250 234 .94 Albany__ 69 153 86 Atlanta--—433 263 1,312 San Antonio- 478 486 907 - -\ -4 Totals —28,636 27,309 12,696 SEES FISH FAMINE. Atlantic City, Sept. 18.—Ad dressing the United States Fisher ies Association here, Herbert Hoover,, secretary of commerce, urged action against “blind and reckless” destruction of fish and shellfish in inland waters. He pointed out that salmon on the Atlantic coast have disappeared as a food supply and they have diminished one-half on the Pacific coast. In 40 years, he said, the sturgeon fisheries of the great lakes have decreased 98 ^)er cent. The shad yield has <ieer£.asftdL70 cent.Z In 20 years* the ^hesai. peake oyster fisheries output has decreased 50 per cent. . \ | Mr. Hoover pointed out that J;he waters of the ocean and ini ||and waters are nqt art: inexhausi vtible supply for the present ah4 for alj future time. ’ \ 1 “Nothing is inexhaustible wh< matched against the mechanic genius of 'man,” he said. fc New York Cafe 49 W. TRAPE STREET SERVICE AND FOOD “The Best Money Can Purchase” World Dominion Being Transferred Never Die” Lecture By Mr. V. C. RICE, 4$ Brooklyn, N. Y., at . IMPERIAL THEATER Sunday Night, September 21, 7:30 O’clock SEATS FREE NO COLLECTIONS ■
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