https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/e03372ac45e08d6262fda13871d9a22b.pdf 435779dc46acd367613f6ae83679194f PDF Text Text ~~~~~~ ~@~l I ~~N~~~~~ ~~E~ State to Bring Action Against Workmen's Compensasation Delinquent Suit against the .)3lazon Coal ; .90,., a p:tah corporation, opei ating • mines at Kemmerer and Rock , Springs, charging to failure to . comply with the state's compensation law, was ordered today by , State Treasurer J. Kirk Baldwin. Attorney General Ray E . Lee this afternoon was drawing up 1 th~; papers in the case, Baldwin sa1a. The state will charge that the Blazon company h as t aken out of the state treasury $25 ,000 more than it has paid in to sa:tisfy compensation claims. The firm now is delinquent more than $4,000, Baldwin said, and efforts by the , state to collect have been unavailing. • Last week there was a fatality , in the mines of the company in western Wyoming. Settlement of .this suit alone may involve cost I: to the state's compensation fund s of about $4,000, Baldwin said. Action against the Blazon com- I: pa,ny is in line with the policy of r .the state's compensation depart- t ment to compel 11,ll firms in Wyo- t 1 ming to "get square" with this l bureau and to keep up with their t payments in the _fut~e. __ ~ ~ �Blazon Company May Be Heavily Penalized if State Wins Suit Steps for filing suit against a large coal company charged with evasion of compensation fund payments to the state were taken today when the attorney general's office was asked to take action against the Blazon Coal Company 1of Kemmerer, I The move came following warnings sent out to delinquent industries and other concerns coming under compensation department regulations of the state treasurer's office. Charge that the Blazon Company, a Utah concern, owes the state $4,000 in payments to the compensation fund, t-hat it has not contributed anything since early . last year and disregarded an agreement made in 1933 to make monthly payments that; would have satisfied the state's demands, are being filed by the treasurer's office. . If the state wins the action it is expected that it will cost the company at least $9,000. In addition to having to pay the $4,000 it is now said to be in arrears, the firm would be assessed a penalty, which will double the amount. In addition disregard of the state law calls for a fine of $500. Added to these sums would be costs of the suit and the company's own at• torney fees. State TreClSUrer J. Kirk Bald• :win authorized direct action against the company following a conference here two days ago with Clair M. Senior of Salt Lake City, attorney for the Blazon Co. He said the company gave no assurance that it would pay up. During the time it has fallen behind in its monthly payments to the state compensation fund, the Blazon co. has d1·awn out $20,000 more than it has paid in to meet accident demands, records in the treasurer's office show. Papers in the suit were being drawn up today bY tho attorney general's office. The Blazon co. has a monthly payroll of $11,000, the state treas• urer's office said their figures showed today. Duplicates of the pay roll are sent in regularly to qualify employes of the concern for compensation in the event of disability. _ L _ �I j 0( l/ ~ ~ ~ j ~ ~ ~ ~ij~ ~ij~~EN~~ l~~N: Aggressive action against busi1ness firms and industries of the state that have not been meeting, their ·compensation payments has : resulted i'n more than 100 com, panies "coming into the fold" this ' month. Receipts by the compensation· ' department last month increased1 ' $13,000 above the immediately preceding 30-day- perrod. Recent di• rect action against a large com- ' pany that was $4,000 in arrears and a vigorous drive throughout the state has brought still bigger increases · this month. Business firms of the state are requh'ed to pay a percentage of their payrolls into the state's compensation bureau in order to provide a fund from which workmen , are given compensation in the I event of accident. � 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/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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/. Title A name given to the resource Wyo State Clippings - May to April, 1935 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1935 Subject The topic of the resource Various news paper clippings regarding the suit against the Workmen's Compensation Act. Description An account of the resource A 5.5" x 2", 9" x 2.25", and 4.5" x 2" news paper clippings glued to three separate 11" x 8.5" lines paper stapled together. 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 1-0169 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co.