https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/8660524a80b5086c115972546580ab71.pdf 2002d9b485e4d73d9109a1c99023b9e6 PDF Text Text �EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE you will try to satisfy this craving. So do your part first, then resolve to show that patient, tactful leadP.rship of your men, that will bring them to your support. These hl'O things will turn the trick. No. 4 Mine, Rock Springs, Wins Sentinels Of Sa£ety Trophy PRESI.DENT PRYDE received advice from the V ICE Director of the United States Bureau of Mines, Dr. R. R. Sayers, under date of Thursday, May 22nd, that No. 4 Mine, Rock Springs, was the winner of the Sentinels of Safety Trophy awarded to the bituminous coal mines for the best individual mine safety record for the calendar year J 940. The record was based on performance of 360,955 man-hours of exposure with but one losttime accident, the severity rate computed on the Bureau of Mines formula, 0.108. The one accident that marred our performance record was that suffered by Antonio Ferdani, wh o received injury to the right side of his back when he was struck by some slabs of coal. This is the sixth time that the little bronze lady and child, the Sentinels of Safety Trophy, has been awarded to the men of The Union Pacific Coal Company, total number of awards made since the inception of the contest, ] 6. The statuette was previously awarded to "B" Mine, Superior, in 1933, to " C" Mine, Superior, in ]934, to " D" Mine, Super1or, in J937, and again to " B" Mine, Superior, in 1938, and Winton No. ] Mine in 1939. Individual certificates of honor will be presented by the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association to every employe contributing to the 1940 victory. 247 mendations were made to the Safety Engineer for consideration by the Ma nagement, looking toward greater safety in the Company's operations. Following this, the meetin g adj ourned and the members all ga thered at Howa rd's Cafe at 6 o'clock for dinner. During the course of the dinner, Mr. George B. Pryde, Vice President, presented keys to the two new mem bers, and reiterated the aims and purposes of the organization. Mr. I. N. Bayless, General Manager, spoke to the group, congratulating them on the splendid progress being made by the new Society, and urging them to " keep up the good wo rk." Mr. V. 0 . Murray, General Superintendent, and Mr. R. R. Knill , Safely Engi neer, also addressed the meeting briefly. ~ Progra111- First Aid Field Day June 20, 1941 All - Men's Fi rst Aid Teams. Boy Scout First Aid Tea ms. Senior Girl Scout Fi rst Aid Teams. Junior Girl Scout First Aid Teams. 8 :45 A.M. : All Men's, Boy and Girl Scout First Aid Teams taking part in the contest are to assemble in front of the old red brick mine office, · directly opposite the freight depot, promptly on the hour, form into line, where they will be led by the Rock Springs band and march through town to the Old Timers' Building. 9 :30 A.M.: Boy and Girl Scout First Aid Contest. ] 2 :00 to 2 :00 P .M.: Lunch 1/ Sig~na Tau -~Rsilo~---~-SEcoND QUARTERLY MEETI.NG l\ ln 2,i. 194,l - OLD TIMERS' BUILDING 2:15 P.M.: Starting of Men's First Aid Contest. 4 :00 P.M.: Presentation of Certificates of Honor from the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association to be awarded by Mr. E. H. Denny of the United States Bureau of Mines. Prizes to be awarded the '°'.inning teams. 6: 30 P.M.: Banquet, No. 4 Community Hall, for Boy and Girl Scout teams. SECOND quarterly meeting of SIGMA TAU T EPSILON, the Safety Honor Society, was called to order in the Old Timers' Building, Rock Springs, HE at 4 :00 P. M., May 24th, by President DeForest Nielson. Two new members. M. A. Sharp, and Anton Zupr.n cc, were accepted and assigned to committees. Mr. Sharp will work with Committee No. 6 on Electrical and Mechanical Installations, and Mr. Zupcnce will replace Milan Painovich on Committee No. 7, Proper Operation and Maintenance of Tools and Machinery. The meeting then broke up into conferences of the various committees, each committee to consider all reportable and lost-time injuries which had occurred during the past two months coming within the province of the respective committees. Several conditions which ha<l l,een observed by individual members were also pre~ented and discussed, after which several recom- Note: All participating teams should have their equipment and First Aid boxes at the Old Timers' Building not later than 4,:00 P. M. of Thursday, June 19, 1941. ldentifrcation tags must accompany each box. Tags will be sent out by the Safety Department. Two new members on each of the men's teams, without previous contest experience, will be rel(Uired. On the Scotti teams the maximum age for the Senior Scouts is 18 and for the Junior Scouts, M. - - - - -- --- ---- --------· �24,8 EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE Union Pacific Railroad Wins Safety Award NATIONAL Safety Council, sponsors of the 1940 Railroad Employes' National Safety Contest, recently announced that employes of the Union Pacific Railroad Company again were winners of the 1940 contest for safety operations. The contestants include employes of Class 1 railroads who worked 50,000,000 man-hours or more last year. This was the fifth consecutive year that Union Pacific's employes had the lowest accident frequency rate for large railroads. Because the contest's· rules prevent the same railroad from winning in two consecutive years, Union Pacific has been the technical winner in only three of those years. Col. John Stilwell, president of the council, said: "The Union Pacific led the group in the contest for 13 of the last 18 years. This record did not just happen. It has been made possible by leadership which so emphasized the importance of safety to all branches and groups of the Union Pacific organization that effective accident prevention was maintained as the first rule of the railroad's operation. To President William M. Jeffers should be given full credit for the splendid esprit des corps which so emphasized the importance of safety throughout the railroad." THE Schools Twenty-six hundred inquiries have been received at the University of Wyoming in relation to its summer session. This is many times the number received last season. Up to this writing, no person has been selected to follow in the Presidency of the Wyoming State University in the stead of Dr. A. G. Crane. The Rock Springs High School debaters met def eat at the Lexington, Kentucky, national speech tournament, the team sending them down being from Laporte, Indiana. Our · lads and lasses still stand· high in our estimation. Superior High School, on May 22nd, graduated 53 students, the largest dass in its history. The Associated Women Students of Wyoming University recently held their election, . and Marguerite Mortenson, Cheyenne, a Junior, was named as its President; Priscilla Ann McKinney, Cheyenne, Treasurer; Jennie Frolich, Superior, Vice President; Beth Hillyard, Auburn, Secretary; Billie Kennedy, Laramie, Presidential delegate-at-large; and Donna Jean Foote, Rock Springs, Vice Presidential delegate-at-large. JUNE, 19f.'i Judging from the large number of graduates from the various State Hi gh Schools, etc., all the evidence shows the teaching sta!T has been busily engaged. Rock Springs ................... J 23 State University .... ......... 3]4. {largest in history) Gillette ···············-··-········· -- 73 LaGran ge ........................ 9 Wheatland ........................ 52 Upton ................................ 19 Jackson .................. ......... 33 Sunrise ............................ 9 Of the 314 stu dents graduating from the Univers• ity of Wyomin g June 9th, Rock Sprin gs headed the list with eight, Hanna had four, Reliance two, and Superior three : Rock Springs : Geo. Veronda, Frank Rosenda le, Clayton Tholero , Robert Bunning, John C. Clark, John R. Dykes, T. N. Manalo , Vivian LaSall e. Hanna: Sarah E. Lee, Ph yllis Milliken, Frank B. Maxson, John L. Lee. Reliance: Mildred Stroud, Gertrude Burns. Superior: Michael Bara, Lawrence Bays, Frank Genetti. Jm1e, 1941 J I \ I ( J \ )· I sat by my window one evening As the sun went down in the west; I thought of the people of Europe With their war, their strife, and unrest. I thought of the people of Britain, And the horrors of war they stand; Of women and children a-weeping As England fights for her land. Then I thought of the air raids, And of the siren's sound. I could see the· people hurrying To their shelters under ground. And when the air raid is over, And the people come back in the sun To see what death and destruction Was brought by the savage Hun. But Britain's pilots are not sleeping As over the Channel they roam To bomb the German ·cities As was done to theirs back home. And then I thought of the future When the dictators' rule is o'er, I vision the people 9f Europe Happy and peaceful once more. Then as the evening grows darker And my thoughts come back to me, I think of my home in America, And what it means to be free. -Moses Boam, Tippleman, Hanna. I I l, I �EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE 26. Thos. Rimmer .. . ....... .Hanna 4, Section Section 27. R. C. Bailey .. . .. . ...... .Winton 7½, 28. Marlin Hall . .. . . . . . .. . .. Sup. D. 0. Clark, Section 29. R. A. Pritchard . . .... .. . .Sup. D. 0. Clark, Section 30. Marino Pierantoni . ,:..:_: . .. .Sup. D. 0. Clar½, Section 203 3 1 7 3 1 17,325 16,149 14,329 14,303 14,30] 0 0 0 0 0 No Injury No Injury No Injury No Injury No Injury 5 0 0 0 1 1 No Injury No Injury No Injury 28,798 24-,696 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Paul B. Cox ........ .. .. .Sup. D. 0. Clark, Section F. L. Gordon . . . .. . ..... . .Sup. D. 0. Clark, Section Chas. Kampsi . . ..... . ... Sup. D. 0. Clark, Section Ben Lewis .... .. ........ .Rock Springs 8, Section David Wilde ........ . ... Rock Springs 8, Section 6 2 4 14,30 ] 14.294 14.287 28,798 2tJ.,696 36. 37. John Valeo ....... . ..... Winton 7½, Section Dominic :Martin .. . . . .... Sup. D. 0 . Clark, Section 2 2 17,500 ] 4,336 1 1 17,500 14,336 53,007 42,7] 3 40,611 3] ,805 28,721 0 0 0 No Injury No Injury No Injury No Injury No Injury ALL DISTRICTS, 194-1. . .. ....... . .. . .......... . . .. . . . ......... 957,631 4 239,4.08 ALL DISTRICTS, 194-0 ...... . ......... .. .. .. .. ... ...... .. .. . ... 872,4,14 11 79,310 4 OUTSIDE SECTIONS Thomas Foster ... . .. . ..... .Rock Springs Port Ward . . . . . . .. .. ..... . Superior 3. E. R. Henningsen .... .. . .. . Hanna 4. William Tel ck ......... . ... Reliance 5. R. \'<.Fowkes ... . ... .. ... . Winton l. 2. Notice To J\1en1bers Of Sig1na Tau Epsilon The second regular quarterl y meeting of the SIGMA TAU EPSILON for 1941 will be held May 24, 194 ]. Committee meetings-Old Timers' Building at 2:30 P. M. Dinner & General Meeting-Howard's Cafe at 6:00 P. M. All members are urged to be present. ARTHUR J EANSELME Secretary DEFOREST NIELSON President _____ / Approaching First Aid Con!e:t bids fair before long to be the R meccaSPRINGS of First Aiders (including adult teams OCK from each mining district, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts likewise from the same territories), the date of June 20th having been set aside for this annual contest. which will be held in the Old Timers' Buildin'g. The morning is always taken up 'with the juvenile workers, the afternoon devoted to the adult teams, all awards and prizes being distributed thereafter following the decision of the Judges. The teams, the writer learns, are all dil- 0 0 igently practicing and there may be some upsets. You'll probably recall the last contest at which a "brand new" outfit, (boys from the General Office ) came in at the eleventh hour and walked off "with the bacon," much to the surprise of all. Admission is free, and you might see something or learn some wrinkle that will in after years stand you in good stead. Safety Shoes There was a time when it was news To know a' man wore safety shoes; But nowadays, all those who care About their toes will wear a pair. A mashed toe hurts and makes you feel Like the kind of a fellow who's called a " heel:" For the thinking man who really shows Respect for his feet protects his toes, And just as long as there are ways To injure feet, we know it pays To guard them well. So take your ·cue And keep each foot in a safety shoe. Quote it in poetry, set it in proseThere's really no difference. Everyone knows The worth of protection, but just to be sureRely on PREVENTION, it's better than CURE. -G. E. New!> �204, EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE March Sa£ety Awaurds awards were made at the monthly . at all meetin gs excep t Hanna. Mr. Pryde made an safety meetings held at all districts during the interesting safety talk at Hanna, urging the men of first week of April. Two sound pictures, "The Manu- the district to do their best to maintain the splendid facture of Chilled Car "heels" and "Nickel Re- record they have made thu s far. Nine of the ten mines were eligible to draw fo r fining," were shown at the meetings. The March accidents were described by the Safety Engineer the cash awards and fo r a suit of clothe each. and a general safety talk was given by Mr. Murray Followin g are the winners: THE MARCH Second Prize $10 Each Third &Fourth Prizes $5 Each Unit Foreman $10 Each " rm. Lewis fPete Bonini Dominick Ferrero J. D. Hereford Lester Williams Ray Poren ta Rodwell Sorenson I. Hattori Harold Cuthbertson Thos. Kragovi·ch Claude Thomas John V. Karlin Chas. C. Angeli John Taucher Ernest McLean Frank Uremovich Geo. Zampedri Enrico Juarez Bernard Lucas fDave Milne Hohn Campbell Wm. E. Greek Hugh McLeod John Peternell Arthur Jeanselme Clyde Rock Richard Haag Paul B. Cox George Wales First Prize $15 Each Mine Rock Springs No. 4 Philip Reliance No. 1 Reliance No. 7 Winton No. 1 Winton Nos. 3 & 7½ Superior "C" Superior "D" Superior D. 0. Clark Hanna No. 4 B. K. McLennan TOTAL Mihanovich John Sepich Dan Daniels, Jr. Clem :McLean Alfonso Ray " '· H. Gebo Geo. Savage Ed Wilkes 8135 Suits of clothes awarded: Wm. Krichbaum, Rock Springs No. 4, Mine; Wm. Griffiths, Jr., Reliance No. l Mine; John Brog, Reliance No. 7 Mine; John Dona, Winton No. 1 Mine; George French, Winton Nos. 3 & 7½ Mine; Geo. Georgelakis, Superior "C" Mine; Dave Gathercole, Sr., Su- 890 S55 $90 perior "D" Mine; Serafino DeMarco, Superior D. 0. Clark Mine; and Frank Clark, Hanna No. 4 Mine. Rock Springs No. 8 Mine was ineligible to participate. I I I ! 8-Hour-Day Celebration 1941 Vacations to possible change, for which due of Herrin, Illinois, a member of W theJ. SNEED, International Board, United Mine Work- S notice will be given, the following vacation schedule has been arranged for employes of The M. ers of Ameri·ca, was the principal speaker at the April 1st celebration of organized labor (known as 8-Hour Day). The Rialto Theatre was filled to capacity, and an overflow audience of some 500 people at the Grand Theatre also heard the address. He contrasted the conditions existing 43 years ago with those of today as to hours, wages, etc. Prior to his talk. several men with their Union service records wer~ introduced to the audience. among whom were our own John Peters and Wm: Askey, with 4,8 and 46 years Union affiliation, respectively. "Movies" and vaudeville filled out a pleasant afternoon; three free dances in the evening; a fine parade in the morning witnessed by hundreds of people notwithstanding the light sprinkle of rain, while entertainment and free treats were furnished the juveniles in the morning at the theatres. UBJECT Union Pacific Coal Company for the summer of 1941. Rock Springs, .. May 29 to June 7, inclusive Reliance, ........... June 6 to June 15, inclusive Superior, ............ June 27 to July 6, inclusive Winton, ............... . July 6 to July 15, inclusive Hanna, ................ July 13 to July 22, inclusive Past experience has shown it is sometimes necessary to make some slight changes in vacation schedules, such, however, not materially affecting the general program. Whoever has grown old enough to look back over the wasted opportunities of life-and we all of us waste more opportunities than we use-will be apt to ascribe most of his blunders to sheer indolence. BRYCE. �.'--,, 160 EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE APRIL, 1941 A Greek'. Letter Society Comes To Coal COAL, not the historic " merry monarch" title of Alpha Chapter of SIGMA TAU EPSILON . OLDwhoKli'iGspelled his name " Cole", came into his The conditions that attacl-i to meml:iership are· own for forty-three supervisory officials of The Union Pacific Coal Company at Howard's Cafe, Rock Springs, Wyoming, on Thursday evening, February 27, 194-1. W' e are explicit as to time and place because what happened there, in the years to come, will become history, real and vital. The occasion was the organization of the first Greek letter society ever established to honor men who have made for themselves an enviable position in the work of min e accident prevention. Forty-three supervisory officials of the Company became charter members of SIGMA TAU EPSILON, the Safety Honor Society, which. if it is taken up by other groups of men in the coal and metal mining industry, as we anticipate, will justify the Rock Springs organization claiming the definitely ri gid, only such Unit and Outside Foremen who have co nducted their tasks for three consecutive ca lendar years without a lost-time accident, eligible to vote and to hold office in the So'Ciety; Mine Foremen whose individual min es pass a ca lendar year wi thout a lost-time accident, and Mine Superintend ents who win the Sen tinels of Safety Troph y are also eligible to membership, bu t will not be entitled to exerci ·e the votin g privilege or lo hold office, and no honorar y rnembershi ps will be given to any one, at any time. Those who once are made members retain their co nnection with the Society th rough their remaining life. The names of the forty-th ree charter members, with mine loca ti on and qualifications, are set forth below: CHARTER MEMBERS. SIGi\IA TAU EPSILON Qualification Name Position ROCK SPRINGS NO. 8 MINE No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 194-0 George Blacker Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 194-0 DeForest Nielson Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 Matt Marshall Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 194-0 Milan Painovich Unit Foreman ROCK SPRINGS Outside No lost-lime injury, 1938, 1939 and 194-0 Thomas Foster Outside Foreman RELIANCE No lost-time injury while serving as Mine "James Law Mine Superintendent Foreman, Superior "D" Mine, 1937 RELIANCE NO. 1 MINE Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 William Benson Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 Sam Canestrini Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 194-0 Sam Evans Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 Wm. Greek No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 194-0 Unit Foreman Charles Grosso Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 Thomas Overy, Jr. RELIANCE NO. 7 MINE Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 194-0 John Bastalich WINTON Mine Superintendent Winner Sentinels of Safety Trophy, 1939 ·"F. V. Hicks \'flNTON NO. 1 MINE Winner Sentinels of Safety Trophy, 1939 ''William Wilkes Mine Foreman No lost-time injury, 1939 Ernest Besso Night Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 194-0 Wilkie Henry Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 Arthur Jeanselme Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 194-0 John Krppan Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 Pete Marinoff Unit Foreman WINTON NOS. 3 & 7½ MINE No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 R. T. Wilson Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 Unit Foreman R. C. Bailey No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 A. M. Strannigan Unit Foreman WINTON Outside No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 194-0 R. W. Fowkes Outside Foreman SUPERIOR Winner Sentinels of Safety Trophy, 1933, George A. Brown Mine Superintendent 1934, 1937 and 1938. �159 t4'· EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE Kenneth sent in a photo of ~ome of the boys, which we are pleased to in sert, and shall feel oblioed if he will procure a pi cture of th e lads who wer; absent when th e first one was taken fo r insertion in a later issue. The Scouts in to p row, left to right, are John Williams, Ernest Nigra , and Roy Busko. Those in the front, from the left, a re Max Kauzlarich , Gilbert Vigil , Kenneth Lehto. and Joe Rogers. THE UNION PACIFIC COAL COMPANY MALE CHORUS Standing, left to right: .4. T, . Elias, Dwight Jones, Haydn Williams, H. L. Jaclrson, Jllrs. V. 0. MurraJ', Milford Eversole, Adam Medill, Howard Johnson, Joseph Von Rembow. Seated, left to right: Edward Walsh, John Retforcl, Charles fTI. Croft, Harrr Croft, Reynold Blu.hm, Thomas Smith. the tremendous value and importance of working safely. Safety Engineer R. R. Knill also spoke from the stage of the Old Timers' Building, pointing out the nearly two million cumulative man hours of effort put forth during the last half of J 940, represented by this grand prize for Safety, contrasted with the probably less than thirty seconds required for the occurring of the fourteen accidents which were suffered during that period. Thomas Berta, of the Fox Rialto Theatre, Rock Springs, conducted the drawing, supervising the depositing of the capsules in the "churn" and calling the names of the winners. He was ably assisted by little Miss Shirley Dickson, who, blindfolded, drew the capsules from the "churn," and by Roy Sather and Allan Hensala, Presidents of the Rock Springs Local Unions. Messrs. Sather and Hensala mixed the capsules thoroughly, and witnessed the entire conduct of the drawing, as well as checking the names of the winners after they were drawn from the glass container by Miss Dickson. 'B oy Scout Activities I Kenneth Lehto, Scribe for Troop 92, Winton, contributes the following items: At the recent Court of Honor held in the Congregational Church, Ro-ck Springs, eight boys received their Second-Class badges, and one the Tenderfoot award. Winton has two patrols, the Coyote and the Moose. The leader for the latter is Roy Busko, the assistant Ernest Nigra. Leader of the first-named patrol is Louis Shifrar, his assistant being Lawrence French. At the last Camporee, Troop 92 was not very well equipped, and they have hopes of being in better shape before the next gathering is scheduled. The \~'inton boys are enthused to a high pitch, and their Scoutmaster, James Johnson, a teacher in the High School at Reliance, who lives at Winton, is doing diligent work amongst the boys and accomplishing results, for which he should receive the -commendation of the parents and other residents of the district. • Death Of Wm. A. Willia111s A. WILLIAMS, whose last occupation with the WM.Company was as a Machine Boss in old No. 10 Mine here many years ago, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Edith Traher, in Rock Springs after an extended illness. He was first employed in 1896. His fraternal connection was with the local Odd Fellows Lodge, and the pallbearers were selected from that organization. The funeral service was in charge of Rev. E. L. Tull, and the Episcopal choir also officiated, the remains interred in Mountain View Cemetery March 14th. The deceased was born in Wales, and was brought here by his parents at an early age. Have Faith In God "I said to a man who stood at the gate of the year: 'Give me a light, that I may tread safely into the unknown,' and he replied, 'Go out into the darkness and put thine hand into the hand of God. This shall be to thee better than light and safer than a known way.' " -King George VI \ �APR~.... , 1941 EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE ]61 SUPERIOR " B" MINE '"· F. V. Hicks R. V. Hotchkiss Grover Wiseman Mine Foreman 5Night Foreman tForeman, Jan. to August Night Foreman, Jan.-Aug., 1938 Mine Foreman, Sept.-Dec.,1938 No lost-time injury, 1933 No lost-time injury, ]933 No lost-time injury, 1938 No lost-time in jury, 1938 . Mine Foreman Night Foreman Apr.-Dec., 1934, Unit Foreman Unit Foreman No los t-time inj ury, 193.J No lost-time injury, 1934 No lost-time inj ury, 1938, 19.39 and 1940 No lost-time injury, ]938, 1939 and 1940 Mine Foreman Unit Foreman Unit Foreman Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1937 No lost-time injury, ] 938, 1939 and 1940 No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 No lost-time injury. 1938, 1939 and ]940 SUPERIOR " C" MINE " William Wilkes A. l\1. Johnson \Y. S. Fox Adam Flockhart SUPERIOR "D" MINE "·James Law Anthony B. Dixon Richard Ark le Wm. Lahti SUPERIOR D. 0. CLARK MINE Night Foreman Nick Conzatti, Sr. Apr.-Dec., 1938 George L. Addy Unit Foreman Charles Kampsi Unit Foreman Ed. Overy, Sr. Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 No lost-time injury, ]938, 1939 and 1940 HANNA NO. 4- MINE Ben Cook Gus Collins James Hearne George Wales Edward While Unit Foreman Unit Foreman Unit Foreman Unit Foreman Unit Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 HANNA OUTSIDE E. R. Henningsen Outside Foreman No lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 "·F. V. Hicks shown at ·Winton and Superior "B". James Law shown at Reliance and Superior "D". No lost-time injury, 1938 William Wilkes shown at Winton No. 1 and Superior "C". Dinner at Howard's Cafe, preceding organization SIGMA TAU EPSILON, February 27, 1941. �/.";' \ 162 APR IL', 1941 E ~IPLOYES' MAGAZ INE CHARTER MEMBERS, S IGMA TA EPSILON Left to Right: Front Row--Geo. Wales, Wm. Lahti, Richard Arkle, Charles Grosso , Wilkie HenT')', Pete Ma rino//. Second Row--Tho s. Fosler, R. T. Wilso n, R. C. Baile)', Nick Con=aUi, S r. , A. B. Dixon, James law, A. M. John son, John Krppan, Milan Painovich. Third Row--A rthur Jeanselme, Geo. l. Addy, Wm. Wilkes , Sam Canestrini, Sam Evans, Ernest Besso, A . 111. Strannigan, Thos. Overy, Jr., John Bastalich. -Fourth Row--F. V. Hicks, Charles Kampsi, Wm. Fox, Edward While, Gus Collins, Ben Cook, Wm. Greek, James Hearne, R. W. Fowkes, E. R. Henningsen. Back Row--Adam Flockhart, Ed. Overy, Sr., Grover Wiseman, R. V. Hotchkiss, DeForest Nielson, Malt JV!arshall, Wm. Benson, Geo. Blacker, Geo. A. Brown. The rules governing the conduct of the Society ,,·ere set forth in detail in the February issue of the Employes' Magazine. rvleetings will be held at Rock Springs in the months of February, May, August and November of each year, and ten committees, consisting of one man from each mining district, or five men on each committee, will be appointed by the President of SIGMA TAU EPSILON at the first quarterly meeting in ea·ch _year, each committee to diligently study accident prevention methods, the real work of the ten committees that of observing bad practice, making recommendations regarding same, thus anticipating and preventing accidents. Those who addressed the organization meeting were: Remarks by Toastmaster Mr. I. N. Bayless, General Manager, The Union Pacific Coal Co. Purpose of the Organization Mr. Eugene McAuliffe, President, The Union Pacific Coal Co. Remarks Mr. George B. Pryde, Vice President, The Union Pacific Coal Co. -- - - ----- - Remarks Remarks Mr. L. H. Brown, Attorney Mr. A. L. Taliaferro, Attorney Remarks Mr. James Sampson, Chief State Coal Mine Inspector Remarks Mr. E. H. Denny, U. S. Bureau of 11'lines Remarks Mr. James McKim, U. S. Geological Survey Remarks Mr. Geo. G. Bywater, U. S. Geological Survey Remarks Mr. R. R. Knill , Safety Engineer, The Union Pacific Coal Co. At the conclusion of the several short addresses, a nominating committee was appointed to select officers for the ensuing year, after which, by unanimous vote, the following officers were chosen for the year 1941: �' l'RI , 19-1,l EMPLOYES' M AGAZINE DeForest Nielson, Rock Springs President George L. Addy, Superior First V ice President Ben Cook, Hanna S econd Vice President Arthur Jeanselme, '\Vinton S ecretarr 163 ous chapters, with a coordinatin ° o-rand chapter, . h b b m1g t come into being. All in a ll , the evening of Thursda y, February 27, was an eventful one, marking a new high in accid_en_t prevention work, Sa fety Engineer Knill able to rnform th e members of the new society that if no accident occurred on the pro pert y in th e succeeding twenty-four hours, the Compa ny's nine mines will have passed the first two month s of the year without a lost-time acciden t. Mr. Knill 's praye r was answered, and no acciden t occurred on Februar y 28, lo mar a full l1\'0 mon ths' clear record. Our Standards Are In1proving In 1927, eleven so lid gold medals were awa rded to mine foremen for having co nducted their respective mines one year without a fa tal accident. The eleven presentation s, together with three watches, were made in the respective location s wh ere the mines are located. It will be understood° that the mine foreman was onl y required to conduct his mine for twelve months without a fatal accid ent to win an award in the year 1927. le/t to Right: Geo. l. Add1,, Ben Cook, Arthur ]ea11S1•lme, DeForest Nielson. Mr. :\lcAuliffe, in explaining the purpose of the organization. that of honoring the men who qualified for membership and still further extending the work of mine accident prevention. addsed the members that special Iy designed keys of solid gold. bearing the letters STE in the Greek alphabet. and the name, The Union Pacific Coal Company, on the face. with the name of the member and the year 1941 on the reverse side, are now being manufactured. The keys bearing the names of the forty-three charter • members will also bear the letters C:\1. indicating charter membership. Mr. McAuliffe further said that he saw no reason why other coal and metal mining companies who are anxious to further the cause of mine accident prevention should not organize chapters of SIGMA TAU EPSILON, setting up their own bylaws and qualifications for membership, in which event The Union Pacific Coal Company mother chapter might adopt the name of Alpha Chapter, it not improbable that within a few years, numer- Medal awarded D. C. Foote in 1927. Since that time, the standard of efficien·cy in accident prevention has been increased until a number of our mine foremen have proven their ability to conduct their mines for a period of twelve months without a lost-time accident, either fatal or nonfatal. The climb upward has been a slow and tedious one, and now mine safety has become an accepted requirement in the operation of our mines. Q Science vs. Chance M R. LEWIS H. BROWN, in addressing the newly organized SIGMA TAU EPSILON, Safety Honor Society, on February 27th, delivered a meaty and pertinent address. We present Mr. Brown's remarks in full: "I have been allotted five minutes for a few remarks, and I am going to retell an old story and endeavor to make some application of it to present day problems. About 1867 Mr. Mark Twain wrote a pleasant and humorous sketch entitled 'Science vs. Luck' which should per- �164- EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE haps be more properly called 'Science vs. Chance', and this story is briefly as follows: "The State of Kentucky passed very strict laws against what was termed 'games of chance' and, as is frequently the case, these laws were more honored in the breach than in the observance, with the result that some very reputable gentlemen were indicted and taken into court charged with playing a game of chance known as 'Seven Up'. Their lawyer was at somewhat of a loss to know just what defense to present, but finally the brilliant idea occurred to him ( possibly out of his own experience) , that 'Seven Up' was not a game of chance or luck but that it was a game of science, so when his clients appeared at the bar he entered a plea of not guilty on the ground that the game known as 'Seven Up' was a game of science and not a game of luck or chance. "The court was quite amused and somewhat incredulous, but was willing to try the case upon the theory presented by the defendants' counsel, so expert witnesses were called for the prosecution who testified that the game of 'Seven Up' was a game of chance or luck, pure and simple; the defense called an equal number of expert witnesses who testified and demonstrated that the game of 'Seven Up' was .a game of science, and, this sort of expert testimony getting no where, it was agreed that a more practical way would be used; it was agreed that a jury of 12 men would be selected, 6 by the prosecution and 6 by the defense, and these 12 men would be given a deck of cards, sent to the jury room, and left to make a determination of the momentous question. "The prosecution selected four deacons and two prominent church men as the 'chance' jury men and the defense selected six - old veteran 'Seven Up' professors to represent the 'Science' ,:ide of the issue. In about two hours Deacon Peters sent into Court to borrow $3.00 from a friend. This caused a sensation; in about two hours more another churchman sent in to borrow a stake (another sensation). During the next few hours other 'chance' jurymen sent in for a loan. "About daylight the following verdict was brought to the Court: VERDICT "'We, the jury in the case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky vs. John Wheeler, et al, have carefully considered the points of the case. and tested the merits of the several theorie~ advanced, and do hereby unanimously decide that the game commonly known as old sledge or seven-up is eminently a game of science and not of chance. In demonstration whereof it is hereby and herein stated, iterated, reiterated, set forth, and made manifest that, APRI<"l94I during the entire ni ght, the "chance" men never won a game or turned a jack, although both feats were common and frequent to the opposition ; and furtJ1ermore, in support of this our verdict, we call attention to the significant fact that the "chance" men are all bu ted, and the "science" men have the money . It is the deliberate opinion of thi s jury that the " chance" theory con cernin g seven-up is a pernicious doctrine, and cal culated to inflict untold suffering and p~cuni a ry loss upon any community that takes stock in it.' "This delightful and humorous story by i\Iark Twain always brings to me th is thought : In this game which we are pleased to call ' life', the man who knows the fa cts of the game, and who applies to those facts meth odical , scientific effort, will alwa ys oµt-di stance the man who depends upon chance or luck to get hy. Mr. Ju stice Hughes once said, 'If the Court can get the facts, the decision will write itself.' I say that if you know your facts, and if you will appl y to those facts practical, methodical , scientific effort, the decision will al so write itself. "The prevention of accidents, this thing called 'Safety' , both in and out of industry, is not a luck or chance problem; it is a scientific problem to be treated methodically and scientifically, and into your hands is placed this great trust and this great privilege called 'Safety' to administer for the welfare, the happiness and the benefit of yourself and your fellow workmen." Mrs. Margaret l(elley February 21st, there died in this city Mrs. F Margaret Pryde Kelley. Services were held at RIDAY, the residence, Rev. Keenan Sheldon, Pastor of the Congregational Church, officiating. Born in Scotland in 1873, she came to this section 32 years ago. Surviving are four daughters and one son; six brothers ( two, George B. Pryde and William Pryde, of this city) ; four sisters, ( one, Mrs. John Christie, residing in Rock Springs). Mrs. Kelley had been an invalid for six years past, and had borne her illness with true Christian fortitude, and her many friends and acquaintances in this vicinity extend sincere sympathy to those bereft. Her husband, Hugh Kelley, predeceased her twelve years ago. "The church may have seen its duty imperfectly, for it is made up of fallible human beings. but when all is said it has been the one power through nearly two thousand years which has ~too<l for peace, for brotherhood, for the cause of the poor and distressed."-Errzest F. Scott, D.D. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Employes' Magazine Clippings: April, May, June 1941 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1941 Subject The topic of the resource Clippings of the Employes' Magazine from the April, May, and June issues. Description An account of the resource 10.5" x 7.5" magazine clippings with a 5" x 7.75" slip of paper attached, all material has minimal damage. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Union Pacific Coal Co. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0156 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co.