https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/266cc0520987aa03db81622e88efb69b.pdf 3c0b301d4d376b7939dde7c913e97e95 PDF Text Text SP1~CI.i\L FILE N:). 22 - - . _____ - --- - ,. -- ~ &:. - 11 - .a.. - - TiiE Or g&nization of ( Ss. f ety ICey L:en' fJ C:r g •nizc.t iOl'l) Ro ck Sp rings, \',y oming 1?0 e_,:::t!~'J~ _ 2J.L.19.!}l, a nd Gubseqnent Operation . Cut of SiP"!!l:'I. T~u E s •lon key sent ;,: r. 11:cfmliffe 4/22/42 �UDnJTES !.filETING The t,hird qu:::.rlerly BGet.ing of the Si§:;li'la Tau Epsilon nas called to order in. the Old 'rlw.e1."s i Bi:1'i 1 ~1 n__ •, --, ,.., 1 ·"' • , - o oo p oC t obe:t." L;., ~ ., !: 0 "'· ' .::ip:eu"lg'S O a:(, .!. ! o ~~ o !) l.942~ by President Go L., "-ddy 0 Uinutes appz:ovetl as 1'0a o he uas much conceI'.i.1ecl a uonc t.~ G il_c _·o2.c0d nv.nibcr of haulage accidents a.vid 2.pp ... ealed to aJ.l members to rn2.ke o. sp3ci ul ci'fort ·i.;o pz-evcnt sam.e . lost time injuries dur.mg the past th1"eo months. Corm:.,·l-'~tce rn.oill- This m3tter took up a pe:eiod of tTTo hours together uith open discusGion 1--ela.tive to the inju:ei0s. It nas th0 g-eneral feeling of the com_mittees that the increased Luulag0 accidon&s tlm"in~ t ho past three months could be traced out to nei'J em,_Dlo,.rees t ogether rti.th safety rule violations on the part of oldor employees. It ,-res agreed by ull present, that clearer and nore definite instructions be given pertaini..rig to haul~G rro:"k. Cafe at 1:00 P. u. for dinner. During the course of the dinne1--, Mr. G. B. Pryde, Vice President., uas called on i'o1• rer~rks uhich dealt rd.th the rrork of the organi- zation, the progress being ra2.de., the ne-r1 tipple at Ifanna;, and the increased difficult conditions brought about by the \Tar. He urged weryonc to better efforts during these trying times, desired to thank c.11 iwmbel--s, end asked that they enter -miolehea.rtedly into the spirit of the occasion. Mr. I. N. Bayl.ess., General tie.na.eer., spoke to the group., congratulating them on the work performed by the societ;y. Ho them talked to so.;-:1!3 length about - - the ditficulties confrontil-ig our country and the coal .industi--y. He said it had been his observation 'fflllla traveling t.hrou~ the various mines, that the mon app- eared to have a chip on their shoulder, and one hand held out., and that some men were inclined to resent instructions. . ,, �-2lie blamed the troubled tim.es for this disposit.funo He had a great deal of confidence in the unit forem,J.n, and asked that, over•;;,,-one apply himself' to his pa.rticula1. . w-ork and. concluded by saying t.hat the t,h·ings that haven 1 t been done before., a.re the tasks uort,h mu.le today. Er. Livi-1'lgsto:n and ;J;. .-, ., !iU.1'1:o.y then addrassed the gathering b:"iefly.:> touched on the present troubled t ·'l ,.:1.es s !...,efe~od t,o. nerJ men employed by the Compan.Y t> and appealed to everyone f 01-- better G:ffor· s 2-11d es pee -i,a 1 ly to be definite ln giving orders a.nd instr-uct ions. President G.L. Addy thanked all presents, and felt that rr_iuch had been done o The meeting was then adjournedo Jo Hearne, Secretm:-y �·;-'.lttoJ ·•:i1t\ll .·:e ~~.; ~ j~ · .. Ao ~?n.2 -:ovi(ft ~ ~ o :) t;!:\. ~n~":,:icu.L "·' ll "f\ L~..: 8 ~1 a: ·.;J."lcD n.r.-u~.,{)~~ -~ O 4-::rnost l:ooSO DoPoro~t Liiolson !,;:r;;1'~.:;z100 Rock �2 .,. Committee No. 6 Reeo_mm.endations on Electrical Equipment: 1 ... Seve:ral hu.rns r eported f1. .om lamp globes blorJ'ing out a nd splicing of poiimr cabi es 0- · la.. Recommend 'that, l amp e;lobes be placed where men -v1il1 not bump into t ha"':.l nic-h ·their headso 2a. Thn.t poi:Jer b0 taken off cables when cables are t o be s pliced . 3a. ·::hen l i ght @..obes a re to be replaced in a cli1•oct, cur r ent ., circuit.., s,-;itch, or wires be pulled or removed f1"om hot l i neo 4.a.. Clos e1. . ·i ;1sp0ction ma de of hand tools, such a s- coal cut t ers . , m.ush1,oom.ecl hea ds~ spread j ans on r1renches, 0tc. :i broken axhea.ds 0 Vo O. Hurray G. [',. . Bronn James Law ShandOF-1 Bac ska.y Connittee No. 7 Proper Operation and Llaintenance of Tools ~illd Machi..n ery The accidents are listed under this heading as f r om j ackpipes, drill.s, ratchets, and men green horning themselves Rock Springs 1. Falling jackpipes 2. Drilla '.3. Ratchets Reliance Superior rlinton Hanna 5 6 10 2 3 7 4 4 3 4 1 5 9 2 l 4. Greenhorn Accidents 0 6 Recommendations: 19 Total 24 18 21 0 0 28 Special attention be giyen to the digging of jackpipe holes a.~d the hundling of jackpipos. A number of _dr.i.11.ing accidents were -traceable to bi.ta catching in clothing indicating carelessnes~. Many of the ratchet accidents were due to striking the solid face uith duckbills, causing handle to kick. llore ca.re and caution should be exercised \Uth respect to handling of ratchets uith special. instructions to green men. Accidents due to men striking each other with hand tools, dropping t.ools on feet, pinching fingers and hands between tools, and props, are primarily" due to carelessness and can only be eliminated by the individuals involved. To be safe, workmen must be taught safety consciousness. Sam Canestrini M.A. Sharp Julius Reuter Wm. Fox Jack Traeger �1.. ~Jo htrve so1:..,o :::opo?tahle injm..,.ios on slippi., g nnd Zalli.1i'lg of :r=arso;1s 9 11r:r~_0 o..··~-2 1 !Jt ·t1 ~:o i r~jttri.e -s • ... ..., "' �u () ·,.· .., i' l ,_/ Rock Springs - August 18, 1942« llr. Tbos. °"17', Sr: A~tachedherew _ ~ Tau Epsilon Safe1.J' Il.ac03ll'llfDiat1ons ao subnitted - 23. 19"2. :- - these rooon:nendations arc delivered to tJ\e fal.l.otdng men in Joor di.s "'_ ~... ": Jahn Traeger· ' ·_,_, Foster Anton Zupence Cha.a. go-q DeForest. NDJ son Fl.Uk Oilovioh :~~"' Krimlba.um Pa.lllOV'ich Georse Bl.D.ckel~ :; -; i .. : , ·- :, t:'arahall One oopy ia also a.ttache<i. for your com"1111Seme. It. GW.d. be well t,o discuss these ...t.ings. cc - . I. . a.,i.. / Qt.ions at the foreman ' :. .' �" " ~ Eps1lon Satot..y HOC~mc:11~~ :lS mli;tod at our s. T. ~ ub- • 23, 1.942. rec:aJ11mnc1aMmltl are dell.Tcred to too tollodng • - 0\11::sr.v-, J.r • Batttal.inh un]Sam Greolt •T :- ,,t)l fam Bonaan • ~ • Grosso , -. �J _....ioa L:r·.7 •::-J.I.le Hem:r.1 .\I'd ur Jcam:;ru..m.0 ~--- o -. ; ~ ?o·.·s' 0;:; ~. To ~-..uum. ?c·l.-0 Ll2.:.~i ff \.=.:.!°' t!ill.,c..J ::1~.:.:.. ..,r;·::, :G...,sso V o Bn i1 GY A. :1. S t , ~ ~ • '-' • .- I.Jill:. 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"' ·1, ~~ ~ ! ... .... I .. , -- l .. • , C • • �(.,.1 �/ Rock Springs - August 17, 1942. llr. George B. Pryde: Attached hereto Sigma Tau Epsilon Safety Recommendations as submitted as the last s. T. Eo meeting of May 23 .11 1942. I' _, . t �SIDiIA TAU EP3IL0N SAFETY REC0MLQWATI0NS AS OF ;.rAY 23, 1942, ~e report of the committee on falls of roof, ribs ~d face, is as foll0t1S: .,e recommend that ,-,hen pullin[; timber that some Safety props be left in to give warning uhen the place is ·w-orl'.J.ng., and r!here collar braces are used that they be toe nailed so as to keep them from pullin& out . .Q.~j,!, te~ ifo. 2 t The committee on haulaie., after exa.minint," all haulage acci. Jents, find that about 3~ of the haulage acci-dents rrerc caused by cou_;1li.,.r;- and uncoupling of cars nhile in motion. ·.re fe~l that the notices issucc, to the foremen and unit .foremen pertaining to couplinb nnd uncoupling oi' c~rs rrhile in motion are not being lived up to . We recommend at this time that a more serious vierr be given in regards to haulage and the men be disciplined for not living up to the S&fety rules, Committee i::o .-1:z.t Due to the re petition of f .inger injuries, rre suggest that the 266 rs state 11hether men wear gloves or not., this to enlighten the conmittee, Clean travelways and ample nidth of same would reduce injuries Tihile handling face material. Committ.e_e Ho. 5~ Recommendations of che coomittee on ventitation and rock dust.inc are as foll<ms: rock dusting sl10Uld be kept up at all times. ilore attention should be given on the upkee 11 of ~-11 brattices and doors. If brottices and dcors are no longer necessary, they should be taken dorm so that they cannot b_e usec~. to change the air, -,le recommend t.hat men using krµves cut array fror.i them instead of cut i-inC toward therJ., and they should use a boarcl under the cabl0 nhcn cuting the cable instead of their knee . In s·p licinc cable, obey the rules and 3ee that pqvrer .:~ I , ., ut off. ,_I•- .._ •.., . " - •- ::.,r, :re t.hink that there should be more care exercised ·rrheri using the ' The sheave nheel should be- blocked \7hile being hancll~d! . / mery 17heel.. L-~- •1.1! ~J 1 - .. r,!i . • 1 i �- 2 . ). Committee i~o. 7: Ten accidents i:rere due to drills kicking , 13 accidents nere due to misuse of hand tools, 12 accidents r.rere duo to falling jackpipes, 14 ~ccicients i.-rere due to ratchets, c:i.nd 10 nere ) an line injuries. RecOIIlluendations: • l. Clutches on drills, together uit.11 !:lore complete instructions in regard to proper handling of drills. 2. Closer supervision and instructions nith regard to c~igging jackpipe holes, jacks of proper length, etc. 3. Less carelessness and more care civen to use of hand tools. 4. Ratchets kept in proper ,"forking order. Committee i.o. S: 1:...fter discussing 17 reportable injuries, Corranittee Ho. 11 decided that these .l.L'1juries, none being lost-timeJ and nearly all being caused from slipping and fallina, could be avoided by a little more care. Recommendation on -iurface i:~o. 1. :Gnginecr be instructed to stop the trip on the tipple knuckle until he Es·ets a. bell to cone through. Committee i'!o :....2._;_ The cor.,r,,littee rrould recoi:l!i1end men be .careful as possible in traveling the traveluays, also nen keep their travelnays clean. L'1 e::tra slick or steep places take smll ste:J:.;;; rough up the bottom as it seems that r.1ost accidents are caused by slipping an,: everythine;- possible shotu.d be kept out of the ma.mray to prevent stu.ttblin,> .\s quite a f e1i of the :.;.ccidents were in carryinc bo::rns of d1.l1Ilku.es, it is recornm.ended that just enough dtunEi.ies be carried to the face at one time th['.t cnn :.)e cnrrieci safely. �cc - . H. i: . Li.vingaton / llr. V. O. I.:urray �cg;p1ttoe r0 , . 2 'l:10 cQnnii:,tca tion nre not be.lz]g· lived up to. regarde to haulage and tho mm bo dici;:i::>llncd f rules. r Jllll st.at.a r e].OV'88 or not, tlliQ ·Lio il.ig·1 • Oil tl e c Clean tmftl.11QS and ample 1dth Of a!'\ mmld du.co injuries -,n • bend] 1n1 ~ • 11&terial. t,1.au ot 1 t.\ee an vantilation and rook dUstine are as k duat.J.nc llhOlll.d be lmpt, '1P at all t1lla • •UleupkNpotall attent.J.on ohould �no 1ongor ·nooco~"Y i ·~hey at o •d - o vJJ,.c.r-a ci.o~ 00 1.1hLt \1my cm:.not bo i.wctl w chango tho a~. Cca:nittco De . 6 . . cut ing tcr.~.i fa;_·~::_, ill :l t !aoy 2>~ a· ,j UCO La uonwl lli1d~E' tho ce.blo ri1on cv..·t .t~ • tho ca.bJ.e in~08.cl Of t! oi.,.., ~:...:..;G o olf. C929'1;toe Ne. 7 am inatructlons with. reenrd, to diaeinG j.).ckpipo h lo~,. jaclm of ropo:t' length} etc. 3 - Leso oa.relessn03s und more cn.1-ic eivon to oo of lmnd tools. l:, :tch.ets kop in proper uorW...~ order .. 8 Att. t. tb d.iscueaing 17 reportable injurioo, Ccrmlttoo no. 8 docidod J,nJur.lu, none being lost-time, and noarl:' aJ.l. bo.1z:tc'.:: cnuoed fraa ~•.MJG• oaul.d. be avoided by a llttl.e !:liOr9 care.• B..-i:a. .Cl<laUan on ~urraoe o. l... !'.)ig1Df1Ar be 1mstruc ed. to atop I ��SIGUA TAU EPSILO~J SAFETY &!!CO~'li'MJDA'l1Imm AS OF llAY 23, 1942. Committee qo. 1 are used that they be toe :i.nileF1 ri o.o to keep thera i'ro..'ljl pulling out. Co.nmittee No. 2 The comnitt~o on hnuJ..~eo, gfter ~ g a l l hn.ulugo aceidents, .tind that a.bout 30;; of the · hc.ulag0 accidents nero cm1sed by coupling and ltn- coupling of cars ,·Jhile in ttotion.. Jc 5:'Gol that t.ho notices issued to f oro- men and unit foremen perta.ining to coupling and uncoupling cars r1hilo .in 1::10tion are not being lived up to. "i.'"e recol!lllend at this t.ir,1,,.. that ~ noro serious vlm bs eivon in regards to haulage o.nd the moo bo disciplined i'o~ not living up to -th0 .:,afc;rt,y . rules. Cgp:lt,tee Ho, 4 . Due to the repetition of finger injur.ieei, r;o ::ruerrest that 266' s state 11hether men wear gloves or not, this to enllghton the ccmnittea. c1ean· tra.Telaya and ample idth or sa.mo would reduce injuries wbll.• bend] 1ng tac material. c 1ttn 1°, 5 Ree -wnd&t.Sona ot camittee on ventilation and rock dusting are as tollen1 be :WD • Bock dutine ahould be lalp1. up at all timas. \be up kNp of all. brattioes and doors. re attention should It brattioea and doors are �no longe::r nscessaTyil they sl otud h~ m..kon do:-m_cb that .\.hey cannot be used to chang<;) tho air. Ccmmti.tt.e0 I: o. 6 cuttjng tom.:rd_ them., und they s· uld use a board undo!' the cable \men cu.tt:'µlg the cabl.e instead of the~ k.ncv o l1hen splicing cablo bGJi: the RU.GS n.nd. soo that all po~:er is Ji;ukon • off. uheels, block sheave wheel uhile handl~. Cor:n:1+1,ee no . -7 10 accidents wore due to drlllo ldoldng, 13 due to rtl;;uso or hand tools, l2 duo to falling jackpipes, 14 duo to rotch<r:r~s and 10 pan1:1.n0 'inj'Ul"ieo. ·Recommendations= l - Clutches on drills, together m th rao.rc co.."rrplete instructions 1n rognrd to proper tm.ndl.in3 0£ drilln. 2 - Closer s~Jorvi::iion and instnictions with re5ll"d to digGirlG jacltpips holes, jncks of pt;Opor length, etc. 3 - Less carelessness and moro co.re e,ivon to use of hand toolo. 4 ... Rat.chats kept in proper m>rking orde~. 2smttrw Ho. a After diacusaing 17 reporta.ble .injurios, Comnittee Uo. 8 decided. that. th•• injuries, none being lost-time, and nearly all' bo1ng caused fraa el sw•nc and tel] 'nc, oaul.d. be avoided by a lltt1• more care. JIN: ta. trip • udat..ion on Surface Ho. l. I:ngineer be instructed to stop Uppl.e knuckl.e until he gets a ball to come through. �- places te.ke Sl!l!il1. stops, t"Ot1 1-; h ·''::J - tho bottom as it .s0oms tho.t r:1.ost uccidcmts • ' a.ro caused ~~ slippmg and e;i,J0~ i 1,1g poosiblo should b3 !rept out oi' the 0 ing boxes oi dummi.os D thc.t jt:nt ouou:gh dummies be Cfll4I'ied to the face ~t on~ t.ino that. can bo carricc saZoly" �.., ....1, --, • .1 · - · - ... - ...t 12 \, o l �l!r. Georeo B . Pryde _ . I. .:·. _ aylCGG Li: in~,, :~-~:. lir . Vo O. .:..:urr~::· __......,...._,.,-~ ��Rock Springs - HaJr 21 , 1942 . Mr. George B. PrYde / Mr. I. N. Bayless "r. H. c. Livingston) Ur. v. O. Murray ) There w.i.11 be a meeting of t he Sigma Tau Ensilon ~t the Cld Tiwers ' Building on Saturday, 1.~a~r 23, 10:00 <. . r-i . t 12 o'clock noon. Lunch '\'till be served c.t Fow::ird ' s �I ~ir . ':1 .iOS o -, :t S1., . u~:~. tutl~1 B. "~:5°!iC:J : 1 r . :-'. , . :·:tckn ~'.ll1 • :.:r. ~ o. i • .:..:::..,o . ~- • '1 . S:!1.:1rl"<::.. - - · 1. . �v. o. n1rrey &. John B. Hughoo :t."ir. the s~gesteJ iJ,..stculations in Noso 11 and 9 Sea.r-ual> Kr. Gx-ego:r--,. 1no .iade some very good suggestions and it is rw· reco:::.::c :;tion ·that ~:c keep thQfil in mind as the mine developaoo Of cours0D it is difficult to say i.vhere i:.re \"!ill cncounte:c" dir'Gy c,02..l and just ho-r.r much it -rdll be necessary to s:litch the units.? but tho c;en0ral plan appears to b0 \"Jorth giving serious co11Siderationo l'l[\'lD2.l .Slff~'.Jl fl, tJo t'W!.[88 �·.,. 1942 I.ir. Eugene tic A.u liffe: ::leferri;:_; to Lr. Jc_m.5m1 1s 1et ter of ii.Jril 24th, file 410-05: I HI!l returnin.::, h~.,;~ ·::H , 1 -~Le proof copy of the .Sigr:ia Tau Epsilon booklet, r.1lich has been r e v.:..se ·, ,m • 1:.1~. · Knill au.vises it i s sa.tisfn.ctory as to officers, cor.imitte e,.:sn Q;"id i~_c ir b"3rs . �lnr. R.R. Knill, --- In reply t.~ ci1,.culo.r sont. to m0rib0rs of S To Eo 0 It is nzy- opinion t,ha.t th~ Company Rules together 1,-dth the Book of Stand.ante covers nea:r_,ly eve·J''Jl phnse of the Union Pacific Ope:ration 3 however no syste:i\3.tic study Oi., f'ollon through on these tv;o books has ever been undertaken. In this connoct,ion e._7}.o·l:.hox- suggestion has been advanced by Ur. Ba.Yless relative to a stucJ.y or ~Gucational course for Unit Foremeno fJby not have .soneone in th0 General Offic0 abstract these two booka, s~mding rnirnmeographed copies each ti.·10 or three weeks to each camp of a part of these two , books for a general talk and discussion that would cover about one hour ( and thus stuoy and review the cont,en:ts of the Standards a nd Hules~ CC- Kr. Ba7le■a I �/) 9; I. A . 410-05 0 Omaha - April 24, 1942 Herewith proof copy of tm Sigma Tau Epsilon booklet, Which has b e e n revised to include the new officers, comm1tteemen 3 and members, which Y.ro McAuliffe suggested that I send t o you for checking purposeso i -,... • h i- t: ,' u . ...., - ·- -- --- ---1 ••••• ·t- . 1 •. .• • :' , L . •. - . ~- ~~ ,. ., t' t ..... . ~ - .• I i ! �Ur. Eugene t:c!\uliffe: Yours of l\:f\.Y 6th J) U C- 5: The p2.rcel c ontai ni n•:; l h6 copi e s of the revised Si ema Tau Epsilon booJ,let •:-m.s re ceJ.ved this E:orning . Or! r;ir.nl ~i g?i~d: GEO~GE u. P-WDE• .... �/ 410-05 ~ Omaha - May 6, 1942. Your letter of _pr il 30 t h~ I am sending t o ym. by r~gi s tered railroad mail toda.y 140 copies of the rev.:..e . . , d Sigma Tau Epsilon bookl e t. l' , .. :1c. r,;.:. _ :.::i -l. ! . .- -: l.. f.~. \~ .. r. .\°', ~ h ' �l l'.:r. Thor.ms hllen State Inspector of Cocl r2ines Capitol Buildinz Denver, Colorado Dear ::.Ir. Allen: Heferrinp, t o my letter of April 27th, vJith ,·;hich I sent you one of ou.• 0IGI.::A T;\U i~;'lS ILOi'J booklets: c-,~...,_.=-- - - ~ This v1us sent to you for your Oi,n ersonal information, and if you decide later on tlw.t you 1.·J.:..nt to organlze a similar society , i'1 0 -.:: ill prob D.bl ;:t want to i~cue you a char ter. Yours very trl!ly, O;ic:,::;! ~i " ~?d : .~~0.\(i: [ . ; :r.1nc �April 27, 1942 l~. Thomas Allen State Inspector of Coal dines Capitol Building Denver, Colorado Dear .t'lro Allen: Referring to your letter of April 24th: I am attaching herewith a copy of the booklet ne have prepared on Sift!A.}'AlJ"'--~~;tLQ1!-, = ~" which I believe will cive you the inforr.i.ation you desire. ~ If you have any further questions regardinJ this, please let me know, ~nd I will be gl ad to eive you additional infornation. Yours very t l"Uly, �OMy· \LLEN , OFFICE OF INSPECTOR STATE INSPECTOR OF COAL MINES CAPITOL BUILDING DENVER. COLORADO I'.1r. George B, Pryde Un i on Pacific Coel C mpany Rock Springs , ~·!yor.1 •ng Dear i':Ir. P _·yde: ~'Jould it be possibl- ~- s ecure infor-_r;;ation or 1:..ter ture or che ob j ects~ onsti ution an d ~y-l3~s of you r Si _a Tau Ep s ilon mine offici ls f r ate nity . Yours trul y , Thomas ~ llen !EV/ State I nspector o_ Coe_ ~ ines �. ... ) ~ f ,v/ ;J:~ :·•.~ THE UNIQlli PACIFIC COAL COEPi1NY Rock Springs, Wyoming April 24, 1942 ft,~~-- TO _rlEMBIIBS OF SIGEA TAU EPSILO~ I am attaching copy of letter from 1:r. Knill, Safety Engineer, which is self-explanatory~ I am somewhat disappointed but ho:pe that you will follow the suggestion made to you at your last meeting and that each of you ·will 11-rrite Er. Knill making some suggestions. Let us try thisj at least until ·the next meeting of the Society. I am expecting that lfr. Knill -will get a suggestion from each of you 1Within the next ten dayso . Gener ka!la~er INB:AB CC: Mr. Thos. Overy, Sr. Mr. John B. Hushes v. Hicks lir. F. 1:r. Geo. A. Brou,m Mr. o. G. Sharrer A > �Rock Sprines - .~pril ',!.4r 1942 Yr, I . N, ~ayl ess: When the Sigma Tau Epsilon had its last meeting, you requested the members to write the Safety Engineer a letter once a month giving some constructive ideas in r egard to 3af ety or good v1orking practices . I have failed to receive a l etter from any of t he l;1e.rnbers. To date I believe that your sucgestion followed out ,·Iould be one way that the Sc. T. E. could help our Safety program. I am enclosing a list of the raember s of t he S. T. E. in case you care to draw their attention to this a~parent oversight. (Sgd) R.R. Knill �f' R.ock Sp:rings - April 22, 1942 :.ir. Eugene !:cAuliffe: Yours of i.pril 20L1., f.'.'. l c .U0-05: I ai-n. sending you to de.y the cut of the Sigma Tau Epsilon key, used on page 163, April, 19kl, ~mpl oy0s 1 !lagazine, as requested. ~i:;2/ ::· t vif:::.;:d: • GEORGE B. PRYlk Per A. M. O. l t ,·. �410-05 Omaha - April 20, 1942 Mra Ga B. Pryde; If you have the cut of the Sigma Tau Epsilon key, used on page 163, AprilD 1941 9 issue of the magazine, will you please send it to me for use in reprin~ing the STE booklet'/ �I Rock Sprin~s - April 8, 1942 ., 1/@/ -- .,;•~- I l ,..✓ ,·;-r,, • , ~ _...-=- · I'..'x. Eugene l~cAuliffe ! Referring to yours of f\.pri1 6th, file /..i.10-05: I have di3cussed c.;.ny cha!lges in the rules with LT. Knill, and he ·.·dth the president of ·0:1e Society, D.nd they advise they h:we no changes to suggesto Sm·:c~ _ overlooke d this matter. -' . i �410-05 Omaha - April 6, 1942 Mr. G. B. Pryde: I have your list of new members to STE but you did not advis e me if any change of rules should be made. Will you h av e somebody look into this'? f \ �/ ~ Rock Sprinss - u~rch 31, i9l~ Llr. Eugene i!cAuliffe: Referring to youi>s of .:.'.'arch 25th, file /-110-05: I c.m attachin,~ her&rJith a J.ist of the mem.b0r3 of 3IG1fA TAU EPSILOU, shm7in 6 the incoming date for all except the charter r,1cmbers . • �SIG11A TAU EPSILON Nerr Members Incom.:ing Dato Anton Zupence r.11ay 24, 1941 •V • o. Muri-ay May 24, 1941 Sep·liember 27, 1941 M.A. Sharp Thoe. Overy, Sx-. Chas. Gregory John Traeger Heney Krichbaum Frank Silovich Shanda.:, Ba.cskay Julius Reuter John V. Knoll September 2 17, 1941 September 27, 1941 SeptembeX' 27, 1941 • :March 14, 194,2 March 14., 1942 March 14, 1942 March .14, l942 March 14., 1942 Lawrence Hoclc 1U.che.rd Haag mreh 14, 1942 Mareh 14, 1942 Ha i•ch 14, l 942 March 14, 1942 Marlin Hall P. J. Ward CHARTER ~'!BERS+ George L. Addy Richart\ Arkle R. C. Bail.a;r John Bast.alich •:r; JJ iam Benson Ernest Besso George Blacker George A. Brown Sam Canestrini J o.nLes Hoarno E. R. Henningsen U.U.kic Heru."y F. V. Hicks Arthur J oc1.nn0lm.e A. tl. Johnson Charl~s I~psi Wi l J :l an Lo.hti Jomes Larr Gus Cn]]4ns Pete Mar.in.off Nick Conzatti, Sr. Ben Cook Anth0D1' B. Dixon Sam Evan.a Adam Flockhart, Matt lltlrshall ThC11Ba Foster R. 11. Fowkes \'lm. s. Fox m111arn Greek A. M. Strannigan DeForest Nielson Ed. Overy, Sr. Thos. Overy, Jr. Uilan Painovich Cbarlea Qroaao + 2 Chart.er -ambers loi't Service of Coal C ~ John Krppan, October I+, 1941 R. V. Hotchkiss, Movetilber 30, 1941 George llales Edmlrdmdle William :7ilkes R. T. Wilson Grover ;;Jisaman �I <\ 1t;r. R. R. ¥.nill: (_) J R.eek Springs l!arch 27, 1942 \ Hereuith copy of letter .fror~1 Zd'. :llcAuliffe. :~·ru you please give me the revised list of v.rith the incoming rr.er.lbers e.nd the dates on ,1hich they came in, other than the charter me,11bers. In order for the list to be complete, I should like to have the churtez.. .::iambe.i."S also. �410-05 0 I' ' Omaha - March 25, l 942 Mr. G. _B. Pryde: Yours of the 23rd with roster of Sigma Tau Epsilon committees for the year 1942: We are holding the type for the Sigma Tau book and I am wondering if you should not give me a revised list of members with the in-coming dates of other than charter members, which, with the list of committees, would bring the book up to dateo change in th~ r?les, I think they should be included. I ~-- ;~,. \, ' , t°) l .• .f: •• j :. : ~ - -- ·- If there is any �' Rock Springs - t1arch 23, 1942 Mr. Eugene t~c Aulif f e: Herewith, f or y~ur iru'ormation and files, a copy of the oster of the various SIGliA TAU EPSILON committees for the year 1942, as designated by the officers . \ �• • • �• • �- --- • ■ , - 7 • F • • • • • ■ - · �.. • • • �- �-· • .. �Rock Springs - !.farch 21, 19420 l:i.r • V . O. llurray: Her817ith copy of Sigma Tau Epsilon personnel of various committees for the year 1942, as des ignated by the officers thereof. ��~ .I.. �Rock Springs - March 21, 1942. llr. H. C. Livingston: Here"ITith copy of Sil"!'ll3. Tau 'i~psilon persormel of various committees for the year 1942, as desigr..ated by the officers thereof. / \ I,, I,'_, t' - ��r.. - _. A. M. (v M lh ~ ·. 1. ,1, �Rock Springs - 11.-u-ch 21~ 1942. lli. George B. Pryde: Herewith copy of Si gm2 au E·9silon person.-riel of various committees for the year 1942, as desigr,..2..ted by t he officers ther eof. �µ ·~\)\!~ Rock/ Springs :... t~arch I ilr~ F. A. Hunter~ , Here-.1ith CO!')Y ol' lett.er i'rom Er. !!.cAuliffe regardinc; the keys for Sigma 'Iau Epsilon. T sussc:3t you b::-.y thirt:• of these keys f1."om the L. C. Bali'our Company, of :\ttl8boro, :.'.:Q.s'-"achus0tts, r;ett:trn; then :-i.n blank, as 1·,rc can have then. en3ravcd here. �410-05 Omaha - March 16, 1942 Mr. G. B. Pryde: Yours of March 13 on the , Sigma Tau Epsilon meeting of March l~: I aT!l this meeting. very sorry that I i:•.ras not able to attend We '\'ril l look forward to receiving the magazine articleo The keys were bought from the Lo C. Balfour Company of Attleboro, Masso, costing $3.44 each and 31, per letter for names engraved thereon, this in addition . to the die which the firm holds and which is really our property. I suggest you have Mr.· Hunter negotiate the purchase of additional keys, it perhaps desirable to buy 30 or more at this time. �Rock SprinJ s - March 13, 1942. Hr. Eugene r~oAuliff e : y;e nill have a Leeting of SIC-lli\ TAU EPSILON on Saturday, liarch 14th, at 9 Ao.lo, to be f ollo~1ed by a dinner at Hor;ard' s Cafe nt 12 noon. !{eu members to be addGd r,ill be: Hoch: Sprints : Reliance: ~'Jinton: Superior: I!ernr:y l'r3.chbaum and Frank Silovich Jha..ndou Bacskay and Julius Reuter John Vo I(noll Lar,-rence Rock, Hichard Haag , t~n.rlin Hall, tmd P.lr. ;·:ard. Do you think it advisable to order some additional keys, a s we have just one left in stock? Of course, ther e i s no i mmedi ate need for these, but I thought you might desire to give it conoidero..tion. he will have an article prepared of Saturday's meeting for the April Magazine. A.M .. �\. \ ·;.--.,, • Tt..os . 0 . . . . ey,, ,t_ ! ~ o l:.r . t.Tol - • LUti~:~:i 1..r. F• Vo liiC_{S I.:r. Geo . :~. B~i-~.-~ _:r. Oo plca.te not, i J r '{' .i...':C"" er.:; f t.l··i s orco.ni~ ...:.:tia l ko t?O:rl: n.t your di ctl:"lct~ uc.- l G:L1g -:r. Bi1_;1Css 9 office by noon, r r:._d~;) .i. otifictl of the ueotinG 0sc: Rock Springo Hcru·J E=ic:.b2.u::1 F1--£illlc Silov-ic!_ 1.oli~ncc ~'h:J.!_G.~7"' ..... .?.Cs -::a; ~ Jillius HE-u.t. r Su orlo:i:- r.:1.1:-., , 1.0 0 Eoe .., Rich:'.lr<l l iaag ?~t'lin i~all p . J . ,;arci l'.:ginn l S ;,~n.Jd~ ~ - R! i~LtjLL l �>o 't. ... .., (,~,2.-_,/, ~- ;') o ..-f.)~},. : '7 o '' • t..ii.::.._-~·, - · ,:, ... ,A .....'·- J .......,,. oJJ. �NEW MEMBERS - MARCH MEETlNG Henry Krichbaum, Rock Springs Noo 4 :Mine Frank Silovich, Rock Spr.ings No 8 M i n e ~ 0 Shandow Bacskay, Reliance Nao 1 Mine John Vo Knoll.., vVinton Nao 7½_ Mine Lawrence RockJi Superior 11 c11 Mine Richard Haag, Superior II D11 • Mine Marlin Hall, Superiol"' Do O. Clark Mine, 9 and 15 Seams P. J. Ward, Superior Mines, Outside. JuJ.ius Reuter, Reliance No. 1 Mine. �~. Eugene :.:cAuliffe~ '::e 2.rc hc.•.r:lr::; a. --.:c c t i n G of SIG;:.::A TAU E P S I L O'\! , t he s e s s • e n ., bei..'1.G held il: t.10 0.ld '.Li...::.:;_ s v :Cu.ilding . talked to them :r3i:::o.rdinL, ou:-;• Safety Yiork, n.nd t ho rather bad raco1°d t-:c - ~----· ____.,. and i;e vtl.11 cndcavo1,. to £0 t.1:rouch Dece.:,.b er rtl.thout a lost-ti: c injury. oonth of October \'JC have Gver ~d i:r. the hLit,or~.r of the Co:::.::--a..11J , Sc.fety., Costs, &"ld other aspects of our operntions l:(;re neGlGcted, t..ili:::; uttitu 0 cc.rryir1g over into !fovcr.fuer, vJi.th the result t hnt r:e l a,:e 11£.::1 tl: G l.nrgcst number of accidents !or tho nonth t.,o,t r:e have h2 , for several years. ~-:ith the p£:.lc production appar<mtl--~ ovci:', u~ are £Oing to use every neon::. pos:Jiblc to get back on o. better op:;ro.tini::; basis,. and have discussed all ti1 e □ e n.o.ttcr3 quito frn..rtltly ·d.th the So.fety Society, cal.line opccicl. attention "Go the fact thnt t:wsc injuries arc beL"lg incurred largely by the older and more mq)cricmced men. COPY �.,, C " Or-iginui Signed., R. !.. l(NIL~ �{l �__ ..-, ------- �' I J / /f( • /" /I • I ' / Rock Springs - November 29, 1941 Mr. Eugene McAuliffe: \"le are havin& a ae eting of SIGHA TAU EPSILOJ\J, the sessions - = . . . . , , _ ~ ~--==-- being held in the Old Timers 1 Building. Mr. Bayless and I attended the early part of the meeting, and talked to thern regarding our Safety worki, and the rather bad record v:·e are having this yearo Vle c.sked them to tighten up on the Safety work, and ,·re vd.11 endeavor to go through December vd.thout a lost-time injury. It is ver:/ evident that, ·with the largest production for the month of October we have ever had in the history of the Company, Safety, Costs, and other aspects of our operations were neglected, this attitude carrying over into November, with the result . th2.t we have had the largest .number of accidents for the month that we have had for several years. With the peak production apparently over, ,ae are going to use every means possible to get back on a better operating basis, and have discussed all these matters quite frankly with the Safety Society, calling special attention to the fact that tnese injuries are being incurred largely by the older and more experienced men. �Rock Springs - November 29, 1941 Ur. Eugene tlcAuliffe: ~-le a.re having a .r. 0EYt.ing of SIGllit 'l'AU EPSILON, the sessions. being held in the Old Timers' Building . 1:!.I" ~ Bayless and I o.ttended the early part of the meeting, and talked to t hem re rardi n. om."' 0~.fety v:or-k , and the ra.ther bad record ne .::i are havine this year . :',ie asked them to ti ghten up on the Safety work, and i.1e will endeavor to t,o 'th:rou~h Decenber without a lost-tiL1a injury. It is ver,v evident t hat, with the largest production for the month of October we have ever had in the histo ry of the Com.pan..v, Safety, Costs, and other aspects of our operations nere neglected, this attitude carrying over into November, ·aith the result that we have had the largest nu'Ilber of accidents for the month that -.Te have had for several years. ~'iith the peak production apparently over, v.re are coing to use every means possible to get back on a better operating basis, and have discussed all these matters quite frankly with the Safety Society, calling special attention to the fact that these injuries are being incurred largely by the older and moro experienced men. r l �, !! I . lr ; _,J· ., :,II; ... ... - .... .... ,7il:ml Sig-ne8.! . .... .., i. KNILL �•) ~; . ~l!l!..·:-----;:..i~· ~Q...;:;;;,.:tt ~ _,.,' ��J.. I ) l ··•· ff} -·- ... 'o ,' ' , ' 'A - •• • : • •' < - ) . _, '>"" ~ ... ....... ..._. _ _._ ~ L v L Od gin ::i.1 Signe\].; R. R. iU-,:ii..~ �.. · ;:,. - ~,ft ~ ') • ;~ _;. ., Or i;:;ina.1 Si.~ect R. R. i\NiL~ �Rock Springs - November 19, 1941 Mr. R.R. Knill: I wouJ.d suggest that we have a meeting of the Sigma Tau Epsilon Society at 9 Ao Mo, Saturday, November 29. We will endeavor to v.;ork the mines through five days straight, allowing them t o be idle on Saturday, if possible. If anything should develop which makes it impossible to hold a meeting on this Saturday, it could be postponedo I suggest, however, a meeting be called and all members and Superintendents notified. GG: Mr. Thos. Overy, Sr. Mr. Jam.es Law Mr. F. V. Hicks Mr. Geo. A. Brown Mr. o. G. ·S harrer Mr. v. o. Murray �l- 'i-c.tl Ls~.!J::.lc~.- .'.:> _c:0 -.~;- u.t - · 'I\ :.OS • f)V·:.J .... !) Jru--..cs L:;,'t:., ~'' . 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Bayless: Herewith letter of Jun3 11th sent me by DeForest Nielson, President of the Sigma Tau ~psilon, Alpha Chapter, showing reco.mJ~endations which \;ere made by t,hi;; va;:-ious committees for consideration by the management. 'l.'hey are not quite as c0mplete as I v1ould like to have them. I sent .:..:r. :•iielson ~ copy of the April, 1940 11 CoD-l i-i.~e 11 , which contained an article shmdng how recomm.endations y;ere m.."ic.le �SIGMA TAU EPSILON ALPHA CHAPTER Rock ,:jprin gs, Wyoming June ll, 1941 Mr. R.R. Knill, Safety Engineer 'I'he Union Pacific Coal Company Rock pprings, Wyoming Dear Mr. Knill: The following r ecommendations were made by the various committees of the 6i grri~ Tau i psilon for consideration by the management: Commit tee llio. 1 - The men should be told to look aft er their own safety and not wait for Foreman or Unit Foreman to come into a place and tell them they are working under unsafe conditions. • Committee No. 2 - Book of Rules should be studied more as nearly all accidents are the result of violation of safety rules. Committee No. 4 - Men should be given more thorough instruction on how to handle materials, wear safety clothing, one member of crew taking command while material is being handled. Committee No. 5 - State law should be carried out at all times, rock dusting kept up, rock dust kept within 50 feet of the face in all advance work. Committee No. 6 - Switches should be pulled before putting in fuses. Test light should be at least four feet from repair man when he is using it. Conunittee No. 7 - More caution should be exercised in handling jac~ pipes, bett~r hitches for jack pipes, pipes of proper length. Committee No. 8 - Same as No. 4. �- 2 - Committee No. 9 - Clean traveling ways and working places, good housekeeping. Committee No. 10 - Bulletin boards pertaining to safety should be observed. 9)=° c;f~ Pt~ President. ,. . �Lero ;it:. l cttc.:."' of Jun:; 11th sent ne by DeForost ~liolson~ '1 -· • ..;hf'1 ; ) .r' ·1. ,,, t F'.•··"'-~c·:r;-1~ - -v -~ - ~- 01., -~:o ;;;:.i.:._-,. ... ,., 1.L-U _,~> '1.,~):.u v;la.p er, . S!., O~TJ..i:l3 r'eCO.:::l!Jen- ~~ . l:•;y .. 'G·l!'..; -u::. .i.O'\lD co:_.plc-t.c ns I r:ould like . ..'. tl:c Huci.con Coal Cosp:i.ny • �,s~•:;~(\~'l1\U :~:Psli il • f.1I-''Hfi GiU,_~"t-l.C.? Hoc! >,)prln L...;, i\y omin r JLm::, 11., 1941 :Ji~. 1 Q . '. 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L,:, l cr1.st f er~ ~0t,;t, f1~0:.1 r"L1J~1~• :2:~11 1Jit 1 l ~ ).1~ l12ir::._.: i ~l, o Co~.ittco I•~o . 7 •· l ~::i,,.~o c,...'. :ti o·1 £hc--L. • u': cxc.1.· ~lb ·u i 1J _ec:1C1lh1;: jne:: r.:-..:_,,c sJ ~ ,.:t·:...(:r hii. c.hcs £ r ~~i pec cf propc:i.~ len3·h o j <--C!.t pi ,. · :F; , �Co.1..ut-t.1.:-c t'.oo ) - Ci..0an t1"'-~Vclin3 ,li:\ j /::; [!.l1t"1 :rnr~dnc ~-1::.c<.: s J 2:- 1 ~ t1t L:.5l"::~ c ·\ i r1~-~Q �tLo ,\.. ·- t;_ . . - �.SIGlfA TAU l:PSil,ON j LPWi. CHAPTEH CoEi;:tltt(.;C ' Jo o 1 - ~'Le ,:::~ .::houl i be told 'l:, 0 looL G.:ftcr t heir 0 : .:1 s· V ... -'"'~.,. ~ ';.(. not r.;::dt for ii'orem.a.n or· Uni t Foi·sr:~n to c ::0 2~-: il1..:., ·.zmc :l: . . uo e, pl o.cc and tell theEi t . .1.:::y Gr~ ccnci.:it i ons .. Co.:.JTJ.ittco 1ro ~ 2 - ~:co!~ : o . J,>J.lc s s!1oulti be st, nenrl;{ ull ucci a.enti::; ::-.:cG t h of s:1fct _;_ 1:t lo~:; o Q.8 Cm::.:..:.ittee Fo o L:. - :1(;;:;tl Ji~o .J rosult oi: ·vloJ.2.t:i.on ~-=n s1~v1 c.1 be 't i vcn r:: ..,.,c thorouFh i n- S'G:i:Uction on hor, to h e n Uc n:1t v L:us , .: S f' l' s;__;_fl(.Jt y clothing .ll or.c ::;.eJ. bG r' of e r~ 7 ·- ald.:n; c n,illl'- uid 1 «:: ue,tcr-i al is b0in~~ h~ndlcd o Co!:. mittee No. 5 - .State l a- shou.lu • !:.. c:.:...1°· l e•: oui, '-'-:, all tir:?.Gs, rock ducting iro _t n o, ~ c~- dust kepi, ,,ithin 50 feet of the f ace in c.i li a '. v :: . . cu r;o:c~c ~ Co. .d.ttee :<. o o 6 - ~b itches shoul b o _ u.llcd iJ ;-_· re puttin1 in fuses.. Test li~ht s 1ould be a:c, le £1st four f ect, from ropai:r r:2.:1n nhGn he i s usin; it . CoIT,Uttce l!o. 7 -- l~cr0 c;;..ution shoi-:J.<.i. c oxcrcioou. i1 hancil.ing j a ck pi p-- s, i.)ot ·· ,~ r hi:'c,c.i.e s f or j c.ck ~i pes s pipe:.; of propc? ;J..e n0 1., h . �2 Co:,;: .-, ~dttce ·lo ., 10 "'- bulletin b0c1..:.": "'Ch, 1,D".;:-,.t2.inin6 to oa.fGty s· 1 U U :::c o' 8 :! lCC:.o Jury t ruly yom: s, �✓ - I,, 1 ~ ______ _ _ • _ ,> ,. ,...- SIGMA TAU EPSILON ALPHA CHAPTER Rock Springs, Wyoming June 11, 1941 Dear Member: It has been requested that the members of the Sigma Tau Epsilon Safety Society march in both the First Aid Field Day parade and the Old Timers' parade. The First Aid Field Day parade will start at the old red b~ick mine office, opposite the freight depot, at 8:45 A.M~, June 20, 1941, ill members to be there by 8:20 A.M. so there will be no delay in forming the paradeThe Old Timersi parade, which is June 21, 1941, will start at the Blks' building at 11:15 A.Ii.I.; all members to be there by 10: 45 A, l.1. in order that there will be no delay in assembling the parade. 1"\reryone is requested to wear overalls and jumper, hard hat, safety goggles, safety lamp, _also his Sigu1a Tau Epsilon safety key. You .may contact the Mine Superintendent of your district who will furnish you with the necessary expense money for meals. Yours truly, d-to?-4L~ qJ . 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I~-':;- -· �'! -i .L: ·t::'c.L.. ~ ""' f 't'1r·-t"n - -· - ~ c~-,--,.D -·:r-... . ,1... ,..\,.jl_ _. ~Y"~ 1.J' • ·· I,, ~~'-;: · -,~~.. ,_t :.:~~:~: ,..~~t.:i,y-::::..~=·~ - -,_A ~ l:~'l..:- ~,, t~_ .._,._ _ ;.__...,...:.,. ·:~..1'0/ ttc .. :·( ,,_~ ) :/",;1.r: - -, - •. . .~_,.,11;'-lv!.1 ~ •1 f • I .-'-· ~ -~~ '- -- -- ~t,"2~'bl ~~~ ~~ ~. BAVU~$~ �Rock Springs - April 28, 194]. Mr. I. N. Bayless: Herewith are some extra copies of the Mining Congress Journal sent to me, these containing the article regarding SIG!vLJ\ TAU EPSILON. You might give a copy eac~ to the President and the Secretary of the fraternity. �! ~:. Rock Spring~ - April 28, 1941. Mr. Eugene llcAulif fe: I am in receipt of and thank you for the three copies of the Mining Congress Journal. , containing the stor-,1 of the SIGrJA TAU EPSILON. I have asked Mr. Ba;yless t o. hand a copy each to t .he President and the Secretary of the frate rnity. 0 ·i::·ir"l :·,i•.rn'.3 : Gl:O (·lGr. 5, P;J VDE �.---- l I ) ":, ! Charter members of Chapter No. I, Sigma Tau Epsilon, Rock Spring s, Wyo. ·y lEllER T HE Union Pacific Coal Company established a new milestone in coalmine accident prevention on the evening of February 27, when there was organized under the auspices of the company at Rock Springs, Wyo., Chapter No. 1 of the :first GreekLettei: Mine Safety Society established in connection with any branch of the mining industry in any ·part of the world. The Union Pacific Coal Company enjoys an enviable mine-accident record, suffering one lost-time accident in its nine Wyoming mines for each 114,700 man hours of exposure during the three calendar years 19 3 8, 19 39, and 1940, while the bituminous mines in the United States as a whole developed an average of only 15,000 man hours of exposure to each lost-time accident in the same period. Prior to the inception of the company's intensive accident-prevention campaign, the accident toll in its mines was comparable to that of the country as a whole. The new society, known as Sigma Tau Epsilon, came into existence with 45 charter members, the major number of whom qualified for membership by carrying the mine workers under their supervision for three successive calendar years without a lost-time accident. The organization will be maintained on a definitely democratic basis. Mine superintendents who receive memberAPRlL, 1941 SAFETY SOC~ ElY ORGA IZED • To P1·omote Safety the Union Pacific Coal Company Originates a Greek-Lette1· Safety Society, and Organizes Chapte1· No. 1. ship will be without voice or vote, and when any unit foreman, outside foreman, or mine foreman is promoted, he will retain his membership, with, however, loss of voice and vote. No honorary memberships will at any time be accorded higher staff officials. While the original chapter will be confined to the mines of the Union Pacific Coal Company, any other mining company, coal or metal, which wishes to organize a chapter along similar lines will be privileged to do so, making full use of the society's name, by-laws, etc., which can be amended to meet varying conditions. Qualifications for Membership as Adopted in Forming Chapter No. I The membe~ship in Sigma Tau Epsilon will be restricted to supervisory officials, who have attained a commendable standard of safety in the conduct of their work. The officials eligible for membership are: 1. Mine superintendents who were in general charge of any certain mine which has won or in the future may win the Sentinels of Safety trophy. Members qualifying under this section will not be privileged either to hold office or to vote. 61 �2. Mine foremen who were in local harge of_ any certain mine which has won. or m the future may win the entu:els of Safety trophy, or who were m charge of a mine in which no ost-time accident was suffered for a alendar . year. . Members q~alifying under this section will not be privieged either to hold office or to vote. 3. Unit foremen who have conducted a section or sections in any mine or mines for three consecutive calendar years without a lost-time accident suffered by any employe working under their direction. Unit foremen who have conducted their section or sections without a lost-time accident for the calendar years 19 3 8, 1939, and 1940 will be eligible to membership in the society. Members 6. General officers of the Union Pacific Coal Company will not be eligible to membership in the society, but any member who may be advanced to the office of president, vice president of operation, general manager, general superintendent, chief engineer or safety engineer will be privileged to retain his membership in the society without right to hold office or to vote. No honorary memberships shall at any time be established by the society. bers qualifying 1tnder this section will be privileged both to hold office and to vote. 7. Regular meetings of Sigma Tau Epsilon will be held quarterly in each year at Rock Springs, in the months of February, May, August, and November, at a time and place designated by the president, and there will be elected at the first quarterly meeting of each year a president, a senior and a junior vice president, and a secretary, who will conduct the affairs of the society in a manner app roved by the membership, 50 percent of the members who are in the employ of the Union Pacific Coal Company constituting a quorum at any meeting. Special meetings may be called by the president or, in his absence, by a vice president when necessity requires same. Members who leave the employ of the Union Pacific Coal Company will retain their membership but will not be privileged to hold office or to vote. 5. Proof of eligibility for membership will be taken from the pay roll and accident records of the Union Pacific Coal Company, certified to by the company's auditor and the safety engineer or general manager. No officer other than those covered by Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, above, will be eligible for membership in the society. 8. The duties of the president ( or in his absence a vice president) will be to arrange a suitable program for each regular and special meeting, to preside over same, and to use his best effort to inspire and promote the work of accident prevention. The secretary will maintain an accurate record of all proposed members, with qualifica- New Sound-and-Color Motion Picture Offered school showing through the du Pont Company's Motion Picture Bureau. It may be borrowed either in 16-mm size on an 800-ft. reel or 35-mm size on a 2000-ft. reel. There is no charge except the cost of returning the film. qualifying 1t11der this section will be privileged both to hold office and to vote. 4. Outside foremen who were in charge of the outside men employed in any mine or group of mines to whom no lost-time accident occurred for a period of three calendar years. Outside foremen who have conducted their foremanship without a lost-time accident during the calendar years 1938, 1939, and 1940 will be eligible to membership in the society. Mem- A new sound-and-color motion picture, "A New World Through Chemistry," has been made by the Public Relations Department of the du Pont Company. The film interprets, in 20 minutes Deep Shaft to Develop limestone of narration and ingenious photogra- Mine in Ohio phy, many of chemistry's newest developments. Nylon textile fibers and To supply raw material for the nylon hosiery, plastics, dyestuffs, manufacture of chemical products, "Zelon" durable water repellent, rayon the Columbia chemical division of the and other chemical contributions to Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company at life are shown, the picture tracing Barberton, Ohio, is starting to sink their careers from the 1ab oratory two shafts to a depth of 2,250 feet, through the process of manufacture in order to develop a deep seated and into actual use. Part of the ac- limestone deposit. The initial production was screened in Hollywood, with tion of the mine is planned at 300 tons professional actors and actresses play- an hour. The mine is expected to be in operation within two years. The ing roles. The picture is offered for club and E. J. Longyear Company, Minneapolis, --•-- tions and date of admission to ~e1:1-· '(; bership and in addition will mamtarn a rost;r of membership and keep a full record of the transactions of all regular and special meetings. No dues will be collected from members and no expenses will be incurred except with the approval of the general manager of the Union Pacific Coal Company. 9. There will be appointed by the president, at the first quarterly meeting in each year, certain committees on safe practice recommendations, each of whom will elect a chairman and a secretary. Each committee will diligently study accident-prevention methods, making due report to the society for approval, amendment, or disapproval of their recommendations; all approved recommendations to be submitted by the secretary to the safety engineer for the consideration of the management of the Union Pacific Coal Company. All committee appointments will be for one year and all vacancies will be filled by the president of the society. 10. The safety engineer will deliver promptly to the proper committee chairman a statement of all accidents that occur within and ou tside the mines for such recommendations as the certain committee may submit. It will be understood that the real work of the several committees is to observe bad practice, making recommendations regarding same, thus anticipating and attempting to prevent accidents. 11. A suitable emblem, to be worn by each member of the society, will be furnished by the Union Pacific Coal Company, upon which will be engraved the name of the member and the year of his admission to the society. will be consultant in connection with the shaft sinking, but the company will do most of the construction work direct. Only the purest part of the deposit, 40 to 50 feet thick will be mined, and the room and pillar mining method will be used. The company estimates that on this basis the reserves in the deposit will be sufficient for their needs for from 50 to 75 years, at their present 1·ate of consumption. --•- Picture Furnished By Skilling's Mine Review The interesting picture, "Contrast, A Modern Lake Cargo Carrier and the Historic Brigantine Columbia," appearing in the February JOURNAL, was published through the courtesy of Slcilling's Mining Review. MINING CONGRESS OU&NAL.- - . L - - - - - ' �'"'' in cocl-oi::: I' coro~ ouf£ccl 1939, ,-.V lo ii ng Oil [hl bt.:.liia~ L:l:ae ~u ~:..o i" C ivo :.:ic or YO't , 'Jld eny - nit .l/or ia pro 11 rc;tuiu me I: t, f.m 'fO't8: atdf o.ff ici la. • '1 tutu.a ~ hi crc...J:cn, or r,:_ino forc::mn '--cr::.hip, ".:ltb; 11 c.: to be t:1ithcmt vcicc u. ever, loo of any ti.co e oice ccoroc.d ~gher �o co CO;, ,. ·ki· e' �'t:-ort.P Blacko 'i:l,. :.BG F ,Gtcr - oi: rust_irklcm1 ~:::::tt Lr z,shnll t-:il:.1.n 'ninovich �C~•""r\;:J El0 cl-:cr S:·!:... ~~ E' trtcr. C-·?•;:)-.,c st IJk lBOi."! !.::;/·Ju L-=.:::..s. el~cll : _ _il.:_::. . 1·'r..: i twvi cb 0 �,,Jo.-r 1y st.....,lieh ,,11llio.1:i.· Bonc6n /i'rJ C: estrini S,~J 1:,VGli;:;; ,iU o • -G-4'-COk Glo;rlos G:i."OBSp "'o.r.:.o a 1o:6 tt:hov.'.3.a 0-11ocy » : J j... o -I 0- '.J ••• Orjgln:11 S·i gnod: • 0 1\. R. ,\'(r,'Ll .. t . �J' . ,.. I ~ attnchi n::o-·!> heret ith.!) Sigr:.n 1i'au ·.Bpsilon o.ooklets 1 : o ~, o =~ic: _s ~. llll.:c~.i. \ ilkco : .ur·.:.~ r:e ry . :.i'G.:1 1= C:iein.t:..e-lne J 11!1 .; ~:~_ p~n • t·\0 ~ 1·L10S:f ,,,._. o .:ils n .: g .. ... o i1-1il 'Y ;;, ' .i:. 2xmi gan .. ,, ~:'o: k,::fz �~..oc:L :i. .. t-J ,. <~o V O Springs - 1,pl'iJ. 1'7, 1941 B 1"0:Jn i v"~C:.ld..s G:(:ovo1.-=· ·. ~" sc..-::.m1 L:o ~o~ _rt~~n ~\ Q '. <> ~ o I,~o:~ ! "r..~:.__ ~-'le ekha1..,c. ~'\!1~~~10:~ r3<> Di;.ror1 Eicht.L ·c A1ltle . ·,, . L:.:1:ti !Jicl~ Con2,c.tt,i, Sro Ccor ~o Lo t.ci.dy C:.1c.... _cs i~pDi I:;cl . • ve~--y, Sr. �G:.-O Ji"---!"' ·,·,.1v 1 ---:---3Sl .~o l ~o J >l1;1s_r~ :t c! i1::1rl ~'1.. :_;."'-i :c,:.~ Be j)·~"1roLt ~'-. ~ e::z.2rd /lL·~.:lc .... "I ...!- O t :lcl ti~ [lr:o C-COX' _.-1 1y ·-: )Oi C1 ~ C �.. "' ~-:ock Sprin.10 nhich shoultl bo (I.Clivcru( c.t e:.n q::.--1.y do.to to the r..on liste;d :c.:i Co'..)l: GL..:. \Jo 1 • :tn~, tl r..: Jt1:J li .n ·- o i.?.., ~ rm111_cscn G o:.., <~o ':.ale e . __:c, .L:",j :.'1:Ue '-' o �• " A: r:oc!t Sr1x~l n~::: which L·.._..1 C,.;o!: Cw· · ie e.zili~;sc.J. .. ,::J ..1,~s ~-\.~,:,~l .. l ilo �Rock Springs - April 14, 1941 ?.1r. Eugene l!c!mliffe: Yours of April 11th , file 410-05: .'.7e have recei vcd the 59 STE keys, 43 bearing the n ames of the 1 charter members, and the 16 bl anks which have been filed f or future use. ,:e also received t he 80 copfo s of the booklet. The various committ e es have been organized, as there was a meeting held here Saturday , April 12th, and the wo:.ck is already under way, so that r;e 1·;ill have a re port for the l::ay meeting . I have tur ned the booklets over to Mr. Knill for distribution to the members . 1~'hat would you think of holding the key s to be pre s ented nt the second quarterly meeting, ,:1 hich has been scheduled f or I!.ay 24 t h ? Of all the Safety emblems r,e have got ten out over a period of years, we think this is the finest. V �410-05 Oma.ha, April 11, 1941 Niro G. B Pryde: 0 We are sending you by express the STE keys, 43 of which bear the name s~ the letters CM (Charter Member) and the year 1941, the remainder of the keys blank, one of which I am hol ding here for show, total number of keys sent to you 590 We are also ::rend i ng you 80 copies of the booklet 0 I would - suggest you ask Mro Bayless and Mr. Knill to arrange with the different committees to effect an early organization , delivering copy of the booklet and appropriate key to each of the 43 charter members, urging that they organize their committees and get the work under w~ by the May meeting so as to make some kind of an initial report. I think you will a.gree that the keys are very attractive and should be very highly prized and those unassigned should be held in the va.ul t for ~elivery to future memberso �Ilock Sp1"ings - April 9, l 94l hlr.. !:.ugene LcAuliffe: Referring to you.rs of t.p1"il 7ti1, file 410-05: I have retain d one of t he ;.,i_:.i .a Tau Epsilon hand books, and given cne each ·e,o :'.Ieosr.s . Dc:WlGss , !~urr ay, and lmill. for co]Jin: the t'cy r:ie otir1 1 ' c-S r:e riill arrange y ou suggest. ' !; ' ( :fl ' i ~::, ~,~- :_!.'~~ : ~~ t ~ nf~t. a, P;1'-r ~ 1t l- �April 9, 1941 Rock Mr. I. N. Bayless: I am attaching herewith three copies of the Si ma Tau Epsilon hand book. I wish you would hand one to Mr. Murray and one to :Mr. Knill, retaining one for your own files. files. I have retained one in my The remainder of the booklets will be along in the near future, this advance delivery sent out by Mr. McAuliffe so that we might familiarize ourselves with the contents. In writing me, Mr. McAuliffe states: 1/le should arrange a call for the May meeting in the May issue of the Employes' Magazine and I would thank Mr . Knill to discuss this matter with President DeForest Nielson and Secretary Jeanselme, preparing a formal signed notice for the meeting, stating time, date and place for inclusion in the magazine notice." 11 Will you please ask Mr. Knill to confer with Messrs. Nielson and Jeanselme, preparing the notice as requested. -:--u <'? /i- ~-~Z:?· ··· s-~ ~' C ·:- ;h ,.,q !Y' b v CJ <?_ �Rock Springs - April 9, 19lil Tix. I. X. Bayle ss: I ru,: .1-ttc.chin.; he e ,:i "i:,h thr ee copie s of the Si:3r.:a Tau Epsilon ti.and boolco I '. ~ish you ·,::.m.ld d);;.xi one to l•.ir . i1urr2.y and o n0 t o I.Tr . Knill, re·t aining one for your m· n f iles. files. I have retained Oi10 i n sy Tho r e~aindcr cf tho bookl e t s ·.-jill be along in t he nea.1" future, this advMce deliver-ff Gent ut by :·.,r . .UcAulif.fe so that rm mi 6ht familiarize ourselves 1it, the c ont ents. In nriting rr.e, L'.!' o ~CcAulifi'e stutes: ::e should a rran ge a call f or t.he May Eeeting in t he !iay i$sUe of the I:mployes 1 ~:In.0a zine und I r:ould thank i'.ir . Knill to discuss t hi s r.1at t er rrl t h President DeForest l'iielnon and Secretary Jeansell':le, prepuring n formal si gned 111 notice for t !1e .:ncc t ing, _st ~ting t.imc, date and pl n.co for inclusion in t he magazine notice. 11 '.'lill you please ask I:r. Knill to confer : ..:. th t!essr~. l)iel s on and Jeanselme, prepa.rirl[; the notice as requested. �410-05 Omaha., April 7, 1941 Mr. G B. Pryde& 0 Under sep arate cover I am sending you four copies of the Sigmffi Tau E~ s ilon hand book. Will you kindly pass one t o Mr. Bayl ess, Mr. Murray and Mr. Knill And as soon as I rec eive the keys, which ha,ve been traced for, I \"Jill send you the rema.ining stock of the booklets, this advance delivery merely a matter of letting our staff familiarize themselves with the booklet. // We should e.rrange Et call for the May meeting in the May issue of the Employes 1 Magazine and I would thank Mr. Knill to discuss this matter with President DeForest Nielson p_n d Secretary Jeanselme, preparing a notice formal. signed~ for the meeting, stating tlme, date and place for 1nclus1on in the magazine notice. .. - �•'> _ , _ i.,.-, ·, .. , ....i~ ~ ... ~ =.t ~ ,r "·· q .- __. 'I() c.,::.., f'-; r • __ ,,,_..,_ , _..., 41 ~ (llen list,ed on letters to Superintendents include all charter members~ 43, as shown on list.) \,,.,I �ALPHA CHAPTER SIGl.i:A TAU EPSILON Winton, Wyoming April 5, 1941 Dear Member: A meeting of the SIGLIA TAU EPSILON, Alpha Chapter, will be held in The Union Pacific Coal Company I s Old Timers' • Building, Rock Springs, vVyoming, at 1: 30 P ,i;., Saturday, April 12, 1941. This meeting is called for the purpos~ of organizing the committees and to get these committees started functioning as units. Yours truly, Secre �r..;· . .......... . . .___ ,;---~... ' . .?.: (: ,~ :--. <;, 'I 1-t' t;;- ,., .,_ ..,.\.....Cl • :_ . .. . .• -' ·-:-:..- -"· ..... ~•. : ...... ~J ~~- ~·....'"',\ (i,;en listed on letters to Superintendents include all cha rter members, 43 , as shm·m on list.) • ~ l ·~ l ~ietr-~. t b'! , 311VLES: �ALPHA CHAPTER SIG!liA TAU EPSILON Winton, Wyoming April 5, 1941 Dea,r Member: A meeting of the SIGUA TAU EPSil.OiJ, Alpha Chapter, will be held in The Union Pacific Coal Company's Old Timers' Building., Rock Springs, 1iiyoming, at 1:30 P,E., Saturday, April 12, 1941. This meeting is called for the purpos~ of organizing the committees and to get these committees started functioning as units. Yours truly, . ~1 ~~~ Secre,t,ary • i , ' . i I - r ��I',, ·,' , . •......... -- .. . 1~.j, .ao-.,, ... ;, _.. (l r· • ' - " ' "<'1 : ... • --... l ( • # ' - i ~-- 1t l .,..., ,..._t...,, �C'"."i!."ln a 1 Sig·.c. dt . " i.,._ �' . , , ~C~--~~ l..O ,. I r. ·•---.. •' _...,•• -vl-"' • �'Ill~• - • , .... • 1 ··~ ' \ """: ... _ ~ ~ •...1 I. I,, -V �•' i .... _,~. . . -·· -:. �'~ '-.·' ... i~·..rr ./~r • f Roe--. Spri=lLP , tyo:n i HG 1·:..pr-il ~, l 34l ..:.:::. f._:rtlnr J e:,J._:el 0.e , Secre t :.: r y Si ;._:7la. 'h ~u ~pcH --- Sr-.:te t :r .Soci•?. ty :": in ton , tyo::i in :..3 Society , to be hel d i n 'H•o U~ ion .t'ac i f i l.! 00 :..,l Co:.1_:it:n y .i~pril .i2, 1 941, c t l: 30 p . :..1. / �; -✓ f' IV Rock Springs - March 20, 1941 Mr. r. N• Bayless; I am sending you the t wo books which I~r. McAuliffe has had prepared for the use of i:>IGMA 'rAU El:';:jlLON. I suggest it would be a good idea to have the meetings of this society written up in the general office, and the books looked after, so that the meetings will in good shape and the books not be lost or damaged. I •• 2 / �Rock Springs - Uarch 19, 1941 :Mr. Eugene hlcAuliffe~ Referring to yours of i'Jarch 17th, 410-05 STE: Both books have beeil received, and they have been gotten up in very fine shape. The !TI9.t.1:.er •oill be handled as you request. �410-05 STE Omaha, March 17, 1941 Under separate cover, I Am sending you two looseleaf books for the use of Sigma Tau Epsilon. You will note I have designated our organization as the Alpha Chapter; Mro To Jo Thomas of the Burlington is giving consideration t o the organi zation of a chapter and I really believe the plan will spreado I One of these book s contains the roster of charter members which the by-laws provide for keeping e.nd the Secretary should similarly write up all additions with some provision perhaps for recording separation by death, · otherwise no separation except by resi~netion could occuro The second book is for the writing up of the minutes of the mPetings. Mro Johnson ls sending to Mr . Tallmlre a bill to cover the exoense and as soon as I can get the time, I will go to work on the small booklet which we talked about. \ r �Rock Springe - March 20, 1941 Ur. I. N. Bayless: I am sending you the t r;o books \-Jhich Hr·. McAuli£fe has had prepared for the use of 5IGDA TAU EPSILON. I suggest it -_·;ould be a good idea to have the meetings. of this society uri tten up in the gei.:leral office, and the books looked after, so that the meet ings riill be gotten up in good shape and the �I k!'C-R~~U'Vl'" II · (~_ l Rock Springs - M~rch 19, 1941 I'.2r. Eugene IicAuliffe: Refarring, to yours of ~arch 17th~ file 410-05 STE: I am attachi11g hareni th statement of employ es, other thu11 unit foremen, 1,;harter mcr.:b e rs of Si""ma Tau .B..'psilou, and thei'r earning s for the year 1940. \/ �REC E~VED a 'in0 t.!-" ,.I 'l:I i' t, 1 I111-\ ·, . ,:J V IC E FR !:iS , O FE R 1'.\·n Rock Springs 2-1423 19, 1941 1\:Ir. G. B. Pryde : Tuir. 1IcAuliffe' s letter of March 17, No. 410-05 STE, is returned herewith, together vvi th t wo copies of statement of employes, other than unit foremen, charter members of Sigma 1J.1au Epsilon, and their earning s, year 1940. �STA.'1'Ui;''.fE1'l"T OF El'.IPLOTI~S lJ 0'1.'IB;R Tffi-ll"\i U}iIT FOREMEN, CB'AR'J:ER ~t/i.BERS OF SIGMA TAU EPSILOK ~ .1ID 'l'I-iillIR EJL1~JINGS, YEAR 19L-.,O ROCK SPRINGS ours- ,11. Ou:tsicle Foreman RELIANCE James Lau ". :::.ne Superin-tendent -F. Vo Hicks PVino Superintendent UINTOI(I HO o l LITEJ Uilliam 1" ilkes Ernest Besso I1ine Foreflllil High·t Foreman 2,885 .. 16 HD:JTOl~ l~OS 3 c. ?½ R. To Ylilson Foreman 3, 006.63 tlTI'JTON OUTSIDE R. r;. ]'oukes Outside Forom.:J.n 3,600000 O SUPERIOR George A a Bro-rm lline Superint0nc101i-t SUPERIOR "Bu nn,m Ro Vo Hotchkiss 1\figh-'i.i l?ormu.an 5,100000 li'ore.ean, January .to AUf;l.1.S"'°G Night Foreman ,. JanuaryAugufft, 1938 SUPERIOR 11 cn lITTu~ A. l'I. J"olmson SUPERIOR D.O.CLARK l:Tiolc Conzatti, Sr. HAl:~ OUTSIDE E. R. Henningsen llinc Porcra.an, SeptenberDecemb0r, 19JS Night Forer.aan, April- Dec0mb0r, 1931;. l'!i~t Fore.man, A:prilDscembor, 1938 3 ,.026.00 Outside Foreman 3,540 .. 00 �410-05 STE OmahaJ March l?, 1941 Mr. Go B Frydeg 0 On March 8th you gave me list of unit foremen who are charter membe rs of STE with their earnings, for 1940, totalling 30 meno Will you please ask Mr. Ta.llmire to give me the earnings for 1940 for the remaining 13 men - those of the unit foremen very much better than I anticipated - RVeraging �-" ,A'I•.;.J! ;JiEHT OP u1:IITT J.?Olli~.ifl:J:ii- , CIW..RTER lrr:EtJIBERS OF SIG~!ff-i. TAU EPSILON :r AND 1,m1-n 1il£L"ill.UNC-S, YEAR 191:,0 . Rock Springs l'io .. S mue Da1~ingp G001~ge Bla.ck01, 02t1s5,,57 DcFoi,est fiiclson riat·t Marsor:11 • Milan Painov1ch 2,1J9ol:,6 2,166.,30 2,127045 Reliance Foo 7 Hine J"ohn Bastalich Reliance Do .. 1 lli.110 William. Bo:nso:n Sam Canectrini Sam Evans Um. Greek Charles· Grosso Thor."'13.S Overy, J:r o · VJin-t;on Nos o 3 /2::, 7-} Ro Co Bailey \'linton Ho. 1 Ilino Tillcie Renrg Ao Ho Stretnnigan Al~hur Jeanselme J"olm Krp:pan Pote t:rarinoff Su·nerior ,tan tlin0 u. s. Fox Adam l?lookhart 2,027.82 2,1)9067 Suuerior D. O.Clark 1Jline C-eo:;_,ge LO Addy Cr.i.arles IDlmpsi 2,.300074 Overy, Sr. 2, ll.,.J olJ ... a.a Ranna .1.fo. 4 Hine Bon Cook Gus Collins James Hearne George Wales Edward Vlhile 2,193.66 Superior vinv~ I.line .1mthony Bo Dixon Richard .AJ.>.t.:lCl Um.o Lahti �! / Rock Springs - March .13, 1941 Jl (!_,- Mr. Eugene llcJ.uliffe: Yours of Uarch 11th. I h~ve identified the meu in ~he two photographs, and am returning sa.u:e to you here"ith 9 nith memorandum attached to each picture. �l. Omaha - March 11, Mr. G. B. Pryde: Will you please prepare memorandum properly identifying the men in each of the two enclosed photographs, for inclusion in the April magazine, returning to me at your early convenience? �Left to Right: Geo. L. Addy, Ben Cook, J'.rthur Jeanselme, DeForest Ni0lson° �Left to Right; Front Ron -- Geo. wales, Bm. Luhti, Richard Arkle, Charles Grosso, Wilkie Henry: Pete Barinoff. 2nd R0\'1 -- 'lihos. Foster , H.,. 1 . liil::;on:, Ro c. Boiley, Wick Conw.tti, Sr ., A. B. Dixon, Jumes Le.:v1~ Ao ilo Jo hnson, John Krppan, cii lavi PEdnovich. 3rd Roi:1 -- .Arthur Jeanseloo~ Geo . 1. ~~ddy , ·,1r • ,Jilkes, Sam Canestrini, SOI!i .Bv::ns, iri1e.:it i3esso, A- r.ft o 5trunni gan , Thos. Overy, Jr., John Bastalich .. v. Hicke, Charles Kfilllpsi , 1,'Jrr.. Fox, Edward 1.'ihile, Gus Collins, Ben Cock, i:Ju1 . Cree ·~ J w:ne s 1-karne, R. ( . Foukes, E. R. Henni ngsen . 4th Row -- F. • Fl oci.d iart ~ Ed . every, Sr. , Grover ·. ;isemrui , R. v. Ho tchki ss , DeForest Niel son, G tt ~u:r sha ll, ,;·m. Benson, Geo. Blacker, Geo. A• Bro\, • Back ?.o\'J -- Ad �--,-----'I , . >.. ~ f' -~t. ~ 1: ... _..) 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Belicm ce .J &ues L a\\r till i c:..:.: iien son S c?J11 ~ '.:..Ii. e .st ri !l i S&Jt1 bv ar! s ·;,m . Green Ch:1 rlP.s vrosso \\D l 'luN 'il:oma.3 uver· , Jr . F. -v· . nicks Willian V.ilkes .l!.rn e st besso i' ilki e lienry .i-.rthur " eanaelme John .h.rppa.n Pete .aarinoJT J ohn va st&.li ch R. '.1.. 1,ilson h. C. bciiley .,..__ .;. • Strunnif:cin n. V. • lfo"!k es Ha.nm~ Ben Cook l.ius Collins i--..ei:; rne Geor?:e V.ales Ect'\'·ard V,l::ile .t:..h • .r1en!liui:=:sen .J&..TfleS Superior Geo o A. brov..n R. 11 • .1-o tchkiss Grover \.isem&n J-1.. all . j ohnson W. 3. 1-ox Aciarn }lockh&rt J->.ntr,OliY .cl . Lixon Ricb;;:.rd hrkle '.:m • .w&hti ~ick Lonzatti, Sr. ueorg e L • .h.Cidy Charles Karn psi il-d. uvery, Sr • OriaiM I Signe&! i ft BAYLESS �V V V' V V ✓ V V �/ '"-._ , ~"\' V ✓ ✓ v V . r...., ..,.....:.a,,::.,,;;;..;;:_c_ �Rock Springs - liarch 8, 1941 Mr. Eugene llcAuliffe: In accordance ·i1ith your request of t!e rch 5th, file 410-05, I 6l!l attaching here~ith the lists of Unit Foremen ~ho are charter members of STE, prepared by L~r . Tallmi.re. '\I I �:: f~ECEIVED 410-05 Omaha, March 5, MA I ? - 1941 'ICE PRE::..:. ;w '.::,JT 194.dPERA i-roN Mr. G. B. Pryde: I would suggest you ask Mro Tallm1re to draw off a 11st of unit foremen who are charter members of STE, with their earnings for last year which he can doubtless get without much trouble from his income tax statements, thereafter I would like to discuss the matter with you on my next trip out. ' �Rock Springs - March 5, 1941 llr. Eugene McAuliffe: As requested in you~ note of March 3rd, I am sending you today six additional prints of i h e g~oup picture of the charter members of SIGMA TAU EPSILON. I am 2.lso aV~aching si;l prints of the officers of the Chapter, and tvo priii-ts of the group taken in the dining room at Ho~ard's Cafe, uhich you may desir e to have in your files. j / �Rock Springs - J!arch 5, 1941 Mr. Eugene l.:!c.Auliffe: As requested in yourr not 0 of barch 3rd, I em sending you today six additiona l prii:rh, of the gx-oup picture of the charter members of SIGMA Tlill EPSILON. I ar;1 l;J.So attaching si ..t prints of the officers o.f the Cbe.pter, ruid tvo )E'iuto of the group t.i;;ken in the dining room at Houard's Cafe, obi.ch you may d0sire to have in your files. �Omaha - March 3, Mr. G. B. Pryde: Will you please obtain and send me six additional prints of the group picture of the charter members of Sigma Tau Epsilon, talren in the photograph studio, these prints to be of the same size as the one previously furnished me? -~ 1f �Ro c.lt Springs - &rch 5, 1941 lli' • Eugene c:;cP.ulit'f e; Thank you fox- the tno photogi'aphs of the STE key. I think it caILe out in ~mcell0nt shape, and am passing one photograph to 1:lr. Livingston, ruid put t:hi.; th0 othex- in my files. CC - Br. H. c. Livingston. �S IG1LJ£l.B-'.'lli.Q.N The membership in SIGMA TAU ,11:PSil,CN will be restricted to supervisory officials, who have attained a commendable standard of safety in the conduct of their work. The offici:al_e eligible for membership · are: 1. Mi?~ Superintendents who were in general charge of any certairi mine which has won or i~ the future mai win the Sentinels of Safeti trophy~ Members qualifying under this section will not be privileged either to hold office or to vote. 2. Mine Foremen who ~ere in -local charge of any certain mine which has won or in the future may win the S~ntinels of Safety trophy, or who were in charge of a mine in which no lost-t~me accident was suffered for a calendar year. M8!Xlbers qualifying under this ~~ction will not be privileged either to hold office or to vote. 3• Unit Foremert who have co~ducted a section or sections in any mine or mines for thre~ consecutive caiendar years, without a lost~time accident suffered by any employe working under their direction. Unit . Foremen who have conducted their section or sections without a lost-time accident for the calendar years 1938, 1939 and :J-940, will be eligible to mem~ership in the Society. Members gu~lifving under this section will be prixilege4 both to hold office and to·•. ~ote. ,• "': . h 4. outside Foremen who were·' in charge of the outside me~ employed in any mine or group of mines to whom no lost-time accident occurred _for a period of three ca1endar years. Outsioe Foremen who have conducted their £oremanship without a lost-time accident during the calendar years 1938, 1939, arxl 1940, will be eligible to membership in the Society. Members qualifying under this section will be privileged both to hold office and to vote. 5. Proof of eligibility for membership will be taken from the pay roll and accident records of The Union Pacific Coal Company, certified to by the Company's Auditor and the Safety Engineer or General Manager. No officer other than those covered by~~ections l, 2, 3, and 4, above, will be eligible for manbership in the Society. 6. General officers of The Union Pacific Coal Company will not be eligible to membership in the Society, but any member who may be advanced to the office of President. Vice President of Operation, General Manager, General Superintendent, Chief Engineer or Safety Engineer, will be privileged to retain hie membership in the society without right to hold office or to vote. No honorary memberships shall at any time be established by the Socie~y. 7. Regular meetings of SIGMA TAU EPSILON will be held quarterly in each year at Rock Springs in the lDOnthe of February, May, August, and November, at a time and place desisnated by the President, and there will be elected at the first quarterly meeting of each year, a President t a Senior and a Junior Vice President and a Secretary, who will conduct the affairs of the Society in a manner approved by the membership, fifty per cent of the members who are in the employ of The Union Pacific Coal Company constituting a quorum at any meeting. Special meetings may be called by the President or in his absence, by a Vice President when necessity requires same. Members who leave the employ of The Union Pacific Coal Company will retain their membership· but will not be privileged to hold office or to vote. �- 2 - . 8. The dutie~ ,:of the Prosjdent (or in his !1beence a Vice Pr!:}Sident), will be. to arrange; a . suitable program far each regular and special meeting, to preside ~ver s~~' and to use his beet effort to i~spire and promote the work of accident pr~vention • The Secretary will Iilairi.tain an accurate 1·ecord of all proposed members, with qualifications and cate of ~dmission to membership, and in addition will maintain a roster of membership and keep a full record of the transactions of all regular and special r.ieet.ings. No dues will be collected from members and no expenses will be incurred except with the approval of the General Manager of The Union Pacific Coal Company. 9 • There will be appointed by the President at the first quarterly meeting in each year., certain committees on safe practice recommendations, each of whom will elect a Chairman and a Secretary. Each committee . will : diligently atu~y accident prevention methods, making due report to the Society for approval, a.me~dment or disapproval of their recommendations; all approved recommendationa to be submitted by the Secretary to the Safety Engineer for the consida1·ation of the management of The Union Pacific Coal Company. All committee appt.>intme:1ts will be £or one ·year and all vacancies will be filled by the President of. the Society. . 10. The Safety Engineer will deliver promptly to the proper committee chairman, a statement of all accidents that occur within and outside the mines for such recommendations as the certain committee may submit. .ll will be upderstood that the · real work of the · ·. several committet:Js is to . observe bad pr!_g_~!,ce. making. r~c..9mmendatione regardin'g . same I thus anticiw ting and atte~ptipg to prevent accidents. ll. A 8\litable emblem to be worn by each member of the Society will ~e furnished by The Union Pacific Coal Company, upon which will be ~ngi-aved the name of the member and the year of his admission to the society• �SIGluA TAy__g~ILON The membership in SIGMA TAU EPSILON will be restricted to supervisory officials, who have attained a commendable standard of safety in the conduct of their work. The officials eligible for membership are: l. Mine Superintendents who were in general charge of a~y certain mine which has won or in the future mar win the Sentinels of Safety trophy. Members qualifying under this secti9n ~ill not be privileged eithe~ to hold office or to vote. 2° Mine Foremen who were in local charge of any certain mine which has won or in the future may ~in the S~ntinels of Safety trophy, or who were in charge of a mine in which no lost-time accident was suffered for a calendsr year. M8111bers qualifying under this s~ction will not be privilege<l either to hold office or to vote. = 3• Unit foremen who have conducted a section or sections in any mine or u4nes for three consecutive ca~endar years, without a lost~time accident suffered by any employe working under their direction. Unit Foremen who have conducted their section or sections without a lost-time accident for the calendar years 1938, 1939 and t940, will be eligible to membership in the Society. Members qualifying under this section will be privileged 1 both to hold of!i ce and to vote. • 4. Outside Foremen who were in charge of the outside me~ employed in any mine or group of mines to whom no lost-time accident occurred for a period of three calendar years. Outside Foremen who have conducted their foremanship without a lost-time accident during the calendar years !l938, 1939, arxi 1940, will be eligible to members~p in the Society. Members qualifying under this section will be privileged both to ·hold office and to vdte. 5. Proof of ·eligibility for membership will be taken from the pay roll and· accident records of The Union Pacific Coal Company, certified to by the Company's Auditor and the Safety Engineer or General Manager. No officer other than those covered by Sections l, 2, 3, and 4, above, will :t>e eligible for membership in the Society. 6. General officers of The Union Pacific Coal Company will not be eligi~le to membership in the Society, but any member who may be advanced to the office of President, Vice President of Operation, General Manager, General Superintendent, Chief Engineer or Safety Engineer, will be privileged to retain his membership in the society without ri&ht to hold office or to v~te. No honorary memberships shall at any time be established by the Society. 7. Regular meetings of ·SIGMA TAU EPSILON will be held quarterly in each year at Rock Springs in the months of February, May, August, and November, at a time and place desiguated by the President, and there will be elected at the first quarterly meeting of each year, a President, a Senior am a Junior Vice President and a Secretary, who will conduct the affairs of the Society in a manner approved by the membership, fifty per cent of the members who are in the employ ot The Union Pacific Coal Company constituting a quorum at any meeting. Special meetings may be called by the President or in his absence, by a Vice President when necessity requires same. Members who leave the employ of The Union Pacific Coal Company will retain their membership but will not be privileged to hold office or to vote. _____ �2 - . 8. The dut4~s of the President (or in his &'baence a Vice President), will be.to arrange a e~itable program for each regular and special meeting, to . preSJ.de ~ver same, a,nd to use his beat effort to i!l.spire and promote the work of accident prev~tiono The Secretary will main.tai..n en accur&te record of all proposed members, with qualifications and ca-te o.f .1:1.d :nissio n fo ruembership, and in addition will maintain a roster of ruember1:1hip end keep a full record of the traneacti9ns of all regular and special meetings. No dues will be collected from memb~rs and no expenses will be incurred except with the approval of the General Manager of The Union Pacific Coal Company. 9 • There will be appointed by the President at the .first quarterly meeting in each year, certain committees on safe practice recommendations, each of whom will elect a Chairman and a Secretary. Each committee will diligently study accident prevention methods, making due report to the Society for approval, rune::ldmen~ or disapproval of their recommendations; all approved recommendations to be submitted by the Secretary to the Safety Engineer for the consideration of ihe management of The Union Pacific Coal Company: All committee appoi?Jtme:its will be for one year and all vacancies will be filled by the President of t~e Society. lo. The Safety Engineer will deliver promptly to the proper com• mittee chairman, a statement of all accidents that occur within and ·outside the mines for such recommendations as the certain comnittee may sub~t, l! will be understood th~he real work of the several committees is ·to observe baa p,;-~~!,ce 1 makilJ-U-~J.5>.E>Itenda.tions regarding same, thus an·ticire ting and attemptiiy; to prevent accidents. 11. A suitable emblem to be worn by each member of the Society will be furnished by The Union Pacific Coal Company, upon which will be engraved the name of the member and the year of his admission to the society. �SIG~iA TA~ EP&ILON • . The membershiJ? in SIGMA TAU ~PSILON will be restric_ted tQ . si.lpervisory officials, who have attained a commendable stands.rd of safety in the conduct of their work. The officials eligible for membership are: l. Mine Superintendents who were in general charge of any certain mine which has won or in the future: maf win the Sentinels of Safety trophy. Members q~alifying under this section ~ill not be privileged either to hold • office or to vote. 2. Mine Foremen who ~ere in local charge of any certain mine which has won or in the future may win the Sentinels of Safety trophy, or who were in charge of a mine in which no lost~time accident was suffered for a calendRr year. Meijibers qualifying under this e~ction will not be privileged either to hold offi~e or to voteo 3• Unit Foremen ~ho have co~ducted a section or sectionij in any mine or nq.nes for three coDsecutive caiendar years, without a lost-time accident euffered by any employe working under their direction. Unit Foremen who have conducted their section or sections without a lost-time accident £or the calendar years 1938, 1939 and 1940, will be eligible to membership in the Soqiety. Members qualifying under this section will be privileged 1 both to ~ld office and to vote. 4. Outside Foremen who were in charge of the outside men employed in any mi~e or group of mines to whom no lost-time accident oocurr~d for a period of three calendar years. OutsiQe Foremen who have conducteq their foremans~p without a lost-time accident during the calendar years )938, 1939, am 1940, will be eligible to members~p in the Society. Members qualifying under this section will be privileged :poth to hold office and to vote. 5. Proof of eligibility for membership will be taken from the pa, roll and accident records of The Union Pacific Coal Company, certified to by the Company's Auditor and the Safety Engineer or General Manager. No officer other than those covered by Sections l, 2, 3, and 4, above, will be eligible for membership in the society. 6. General officers of The Union Pacific Coal Company will not be eligible to membership in the Society, but any member who· may be advanced to the office of President, Vice President of Operation, General M~nager, General Superintendent, Chief Engineer or Safety Engineer, will be privileged to retain his membership in the SOciett without right to hold office or to vote. No honorary mEmberships shall a~ any time be ·established by the Society. 7. Regular meetings of SIGMA TAU EPSILON will be held quarterly in each year at Rock Springe in the month, of February, May, August, and November, at a time and place designated by the President, and there will be elected at the first quarterly meeting of each year, a President, a Senior and a Junior Vice President and a Secretary, who will conduct the affairs of the Society in a manner approved by the membership, fifty per cent of the members who are in the employ of The Union Pacific Coal Company constituting a quorum at any meeting. Special meetings may be called by the President or in his absence, by a Vice President when necessity requires same. Members who leave the employ of The Union Pacific Coal Company will retain their membership but will not be privileged to hold office or to vote. �8 • The duties of the President ( or in his absence a Vice President}, ;will be to arrange· a·· euite._tile program ~or each regular and special meeting, to preside over same~ ·arid , to use his b~st effort to inspire and promote the work of accident preventi~n. The Secretary will maintain an accurate record of all proposed members~ w~th qualifications and date of admission to membership, and in addi tioii will maintain a ro~ter of membership and keep a full record of the traneac~ic;ne of all regular and special meetings. No d!Jes will be collected from members and no !3Xpen~es will be incurred except with the approval of the General Manager 0£ The Union Pacific Coal Company. 9. There will. b·e apPointed by the President at the first quarterly meeting in each year, .certain committe~s on safe practice recommendations, each of whom will elect a Chairman and a Secretary. Each committee will diligently stu~y accident prevention methods, making due report to the Society for approval, amendment or disapproval of their recommendations; all approved recommendations to be submitted by the Secretary to the Safety Engineer for the consideration of the management 0£ The Union Pacific Coal Company. All committee appointments will be for one year and all vacancies will be filled by the President of the · society. 10. The Safety Engineer will deliver promptly to the proper. committee chairman, a statement of all accidents that occur within and outside · the mines £or such recommendations as the certain conmittee may submit. ,ll will be understood that the real work of the several committees is to observe bad practice. making recommendations regarding same, thus anticimting and attempting to prevent accidents. ll. A suitable emblem to be worn by each member of the Society will be furnished by The Union Pacific Coal Company, upon which will be engraved the name of the member and the ye~r of his admission to the society. �SIGl\uA TAUI EP61LON The membei.'ship in SIGMA TAU ~Sn.ON will be restricted to supervisory officials- who have f!ttaiz:ied a commendELble standard of safety in the conduct of their work. The cifficials eligible for membership are: l. Mine ,superintendents who were in general charge or any certain mine w~cb bas won ·or in the future may win the Sentinels of Safety trophy. Members q~alifying under this section will not be privileged eithen to hold office or to vote. 2. Mine F~remen who were in local charge of any certain mine which has won or in the fu~ure may win the S~ntinels of Safety trophy, or who were in charge of a mine i~ which no lost time accident was suffered for a calend~r year. M~bers qualifying under this section will not be privileged either to hold off'_i~e or to voteo 0 3• Unit Foremen who have co~ucted~a section or section~ in any mine or nq.nes for three consecutive ca~endar years, without a lost~time ~c~ cident suffered by any employe working under their direction. Unit Foremen who have conducted their sectioh or sections without a lost-time accident for the cQ.lendar years 1938, 1939 and i940, will be eligible to me~bereh:Lp in the So~iety. Members qualifying under this section will be privileged both to ~ld office and to vote. ' 4. Outside Foremen who were in charge of the outside met} employed in any mi.Ile or group of mines to whom no lost•time accident oocurr~d for a period of three calendar years. Outsi~e Foremen who have conducted their foremanship without a lost-time accide~t during the calendar years 1938, 1939, am 1940, will be eligible to membership in the Society. Members ~ualifying under thi' section will be pfivileged ~oth to hold office and to vote. 5 • Proof' of eligibility for membership will be taken from the pa, roll and accident records of The Union Pacific Coal Company, certified to by the Company's Auditor and the Safety Engineer or General Manager. No officer other than those covered by Sections l, 2, 3, and 4, above, will be eligible for membership in the Soci~ty. 6. General officers of The Vnion Pacific Coal Company will not be eligible to membership in the Society, but any member who may be advanced to the office of President, Vice President of Operation, General Manager~ General Superintendent, Chief Engineer• or Safety Engineer, will be privileged to retain bis membership in the SOcietr without right to hold offiqe or to vote. No honorary memberships shall at any time be established by the Society. 7. Regular meetings of SIGMA TAU EPSILON will be held quarterly in each year at Rock Springe in the month, of February, May, August, ~ November, at a time and place deei~ated by the fresident, end there will be elected at the first quarterly meeting of each ye~r, a President, a Senior and a Junior Vice President and a Secretary, who will conduct the affairs of the Society in a manner approved by the membership, fifty per cent of the members who are in the employ of The Union Pacific Coal Company constituting a quorum at any meeting. Special meetings may be called by the President or in his absence, by a Vice President when necessity requires same. Members who leave the employ of The Union Pacific Coal Company will retain their membership but will not be privileged to hold office or to v.ote. �2 - ' . 8 • The duties of the Presid~nt (or in his absence a Vice President), will. be. to a_rrange a suitable program for each reguJ.ar and special meeting, to preside ~v~r same, and to use his b~st effort to inspire and promote the work of accident prevention. The Secretary will maintain an accurate record of ~11 proposed members, with qualifications and date of admission to membership, and in addition will maintain a roster of membership and keep a full record of the transactions of all regu+ar and special meetings. No dues will be collec'fred from members and no expen~es will be incurred except with the approval of the General Manager of The _Union Pacific Coal Company. • 9- There will be appointed ~y the President at the first quarterly meeting in each year 1 certain committees on safe practice recommendations, each of w~om will elect a Chairman and a Secretary. Each committee will diligently study accident prevention methods, making due report to the Society for approval, amendment or disapproval of their reconunendations; all approved recommendations to be submitted by the Secretary to the Safety Engineer for the consideration of the management of The Union Pacific Coal Company. · All committee appointments will be for one year and all vacancies will be filled by the President of the Society. 10. The Safety ~gineer wil~ deliver promptly to the proper committee chr;irmarit a statement of all .accidents that occur within and outside the mines for such recommendations as the certain committee may submit. l! will be u15erstood that the real work of the several committees is to obeerve bad practice. making recommendations regarding same, thus anticiwting and attempting to prevent accidents. ll. A suitable emblem to be worn by each member of the Socl;ety will be furnished by The Union Pacific Coal Company, upon which will be engraved the name of the member and the year of his admission to the Society. �Wyoming State 'lribune March 5, 1941 •Cheyenne, Wyo., \U1iique Safety Organization·· . • • , THE UNION Padfic Coal company established a new milestone in coal mine accident prevention in the organization of chapter No. 1 at Rock Springs number of whom qualified for 1 membership by carrying the mine workers under theit- supervision for three successive calendar years n-ithout a losttime accident. of the first Greek letter mine safety fraternity. The society, • known as Sigm' rrau Epsilon, came into e~ ee with 45 char_ter m e m -~i\\rq t:,t~e major --·:office Elect Safe . _ ROCK SPRINOS. Wyo.-DeForest Nelson .of Rai.k Springs was named the first pt(!sident of the newly formed safety honor society, Sigma Tau Epsilon, organized by the Union Paci!ic Coal company. , 1 He was elected at the meeting at which 45 subo1·dinate mine of- I ficials were inducted into mem- • bership. Other officers of the charter group are George L. Addy. Superior, vice president; Ben Cook, Hanna, second vice president, and Arthur Jeanselme, Winton, secre- 1 tary. President Eugene McAuliffe of, the coal company, who was in-, strumental in the formation or the unique area letter society, was the featured speaker at the induction banquet. He explained the meaning ot: the words which com-' prise the name of the society and, outlined what he hoped the group'1 would accomplish. I �Rock Springs - March 3, 1941 Mr. Eugene ~cAuliffe. I am attaching here~1i th tr10 clippings from Saturday• s and - Sunday• s St..lt LaK e Tribuiile x-ega.rdiug· SIG.MA TAU EPSILON. I have not b e en able to find anything in Saturday' a, Sundays, or today• s Tribune covering our Friday night meeting. Have called l'.ir. Reynolds, and he advisee rne he sent the write-up in for publication. V '. . �__ __ THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE March 2, 1941 • 1:<l;~-·~ig"!'!:,Epsilon SymbofiZes Safe-MiUilig >~ >' ~,,)f'' .; I Greel{ Let~ · Unit Hono~, Coal Minei Society Form To P r omote Sa£ety Drive • Tribune Intermountain •• ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. Greek letter , symbolic of s ity and college life, will s ure in t he safety of coal throughout t he nation. Eugene McAuliffe, presider Union P acific Coal comp, prediction was . made af ~· w orld's first Greek letter t,; . for coal m iners was formed • .: S prings, amon g the farer • guper intendenL~ of the cor. Sigma T au Epsilon, orgE an honor society for me working units have either !· coveted na tional award of ./f:) .~t inels of Safety for the ye Mtl •~:;,;<.~,:--...~,.~ s tanding safety w~rk in cc These coal miners are the officers of a new type dent; Ben C~ok of H anna, second v ice presiin the case of mme sup, . . enls or whoi-e units have of Greek letter honor society-Sigma Ta u dent; A rthur Jeanselmi of W inton, secret ary , for three years wi thout : Epsilon-Alpha chapter of which has been and D eF orest Nielson of R ock S11•r ings, p r esia ccidenL~ as in the cas, formed at Rock Springs, Wyo,, among U. P. den t. Insignia of coal mine safety- t h e safcfo rem en. • f or gas, and stic Ics f or testSpeaking of the org, C oa I company emp 1oyes t o h onor men w1"th t y l a mp f or testmg McAti lif!e r:aid t ha t he outstanding safety records. I,,eft to righting the soundness of mine roofs, are carried by each man. it as a much g:i-1:ater .a.c h Geo1·ge L, Addy of Superior, first vice presitconsecutive 1J oper ate aralentler mmmg umt years -wi thout company enjoys a n enviable mme - -----~--- ----loss of life or limb than to earn accident r ecord because it suffcr<'!d m embership in a i;ociety through only one lost time accident in its the pre paration of a thesis or nine Wyoming mines fo r each 114,through oul!tanjiing- athletic en700 man hours of exposur e during • d1?avor. the three ca lendar years 1938, 1939, ' and 1040. The bituminous mi nes in He pr edicted t hat t he new idea, t hi' Un ited Sta tes as a whole ricm arkin g another m ilestone in the history of e UniQ~ Pacific safety 1 ~·eloped on a n average 15,000 ma n movemeni t has ,n recent years , :h ours of exposure to 'C ach lo_ t been ran as the outsta nding time a<"cident. Prior to th e inc,,pety move of the nation of the company's int em:i\·e coa l mine tlon, wo aoon spread and that . acC'ident prevention campaign, the ~haptera ld be for med by ot her a cciden t toll in its m ines was comcoal mlnlnc companies. parable to that oC the country a s a whole. Under the plani; of t he fra ternity o! <"oal m!IWrs, past laurels are not Officers of the new honor soto be r ested upon, but each memciety <"an n ever be chosen fro m ber ii; aalgned to duty towar ds 1taff officials of a compnny, but will be operating men in rl irect accident prevention. Committees 'Will be formed t o watch oper ations contact w it h miners and outside in • e\·cry branch of the underworkers., The first officers o! Alpha g rou nd and top work. chapter are r t Niel on, o( Jn speaking of the 45 men who RO<'k Springs t: Geor~e L. fo rm Al pha chapter of STE, he Addy. Superlo e pre ident; said t hat t heFc men had earnerl Ben Cook, H n nd '1ine pres- 1 m embership through actual i;avirlent ; Arl.hut• i.nselmi, Winton, ' t .· ·-=::;;.:-;::-;------::::=::~===--=~-==~=:--==-::~-=-::::-:=-======-t===-====::::-=======.! I �THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE U. P. Miners 1 Form Safety Honor Frat Wyomi11g Men Organize At Rock Springs Tribune Int ermountain \Vire ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. -The Greek letter fraternity came to' ,the coal m ine;; Thursday when Chapter One, Sigma T a u E psilon, .w as organized among 45 employes of the Union P acific Coal company men who h ad qualified by ca rrying men w orking under t hem s afely through extended working p eriods without a lost-t ime a ccident. The step is th e latest in the company's ·safety m ove that h as red uced the lost-t ime accident rate in the company's mines to almost a t enth of t he rate of 18. years ago. Sigma T au Epsilon becomes a safety honor society for groups of m ine . officials having the most direct contact with the men under them. It is believed to be the only organization · of its kind in t he world. Unit foremen and out side- foreman having charge of groups of men who work for a three-year period w ithout lost-time accidents for the enti re group in his charge, wit h 1938 being the firs t. year to be considered, are eligible ·to membership with the right of voling and holding office. Mine superintendents in general charge of any certain mine which h as won or which m ay In the future wln the coveted Sentinels of Safety award :!or safety, or ·any mine foreman in local charge of a _mine winning that award, will be eligible for m embership, but without voling or office-holding prlvlleges. ..:..an - ---- ~ ·· - - - -- I MARCH l, 1941 Staff Named Besides the officers, several committees were named to aid in promoting better safety practice among t he company's employes, both outside and underground. DeForest Nielson of Rock Spr ings beca me the fi rst president of t he new organization, with George L. Addy of Superior as first vice president; Ben Cook of H a nna, second vice president, and Ar thur Jeanselme of Winton as secretary. Committees are named as follo ws. Roof and rib falls and timberi ng-tharles Grosso of Reliance, John Krppan of Winton, Adam Flockhar t of Superior and Edward W hile of Hanna; haul age-George Wales of Hanna, Nick Conzatti of Superior, A. M. Strannlgan of- Wfnton, William Benson of Reliance nnd Mila n P ainovich of Rock Springs; handling and use of explosives-Richard Arkle of Super ior; William Greek of Reliance, i George Blacker of Rock Springs, 1 Gus Collins of Hanna, R. C. Bailey 't of Winton. • Handling and storage of mate- f r ial, inside-Ernest Besso of Win- \ ton, John Bastalich of Reliance, Matt Marshall of Rock Springs, • James Harne of Hanna ; ventila- ; t ion and rock busting-William Wilkes .of Winton ; R. V. Hotchkiss of Superior , Thos. Overy Jr. of Re- '_ liance, Ben Cook of Hanna and George Blacker of Rock Springs. Electrical and mechan ical installations-E. R. Henningsen of H anna, A. B. Dixon of Superior, Sam Eval'!s of Reliance, P ele Marinoff of Winton and Milan P ainovich of Rock Springs; proper opera tion and maintenance of tools and macl)inery-R. T. Wilson of Wi nton, Sam Canestrini of Relian ce, Wm. S. Fox of Superior and E . R. Henningsen of Hanna. Handling and storage of mater ial, outside-R. W. F owkes of Winton, Thomas Foster· of Rock Springs, E. R. Henningsen of H anna, Wm. Lahti of Su perior, Sam 1 E vans of Reliance; preven tio n of injuries from slipping and falling of persons-A. M. Johnson of Superior, Chas. Grosso ·of Reliance. Wilkie Henry of Winton, Matt Marshall of Rock Spr ings and James Hrarne of H anna. Gener al welfar e, insid and out- 1 11;ide-Grover Wissman; Charles K amps! and E. Overy r. of SuJ_)erior, F. V. Hicks of Winton and ~~- La~___?f R~lianc.e,_.,_ _ __ _ ----- I ·Give Dinner The unusual honor society wa organized at a safety dinner Thurs day evening with I. N. BayleSt! ge·n eral manager of the coal com pany, as toastmaster, and Pres! dent Eugene McAuliffe explain ing its purposes. Other speaker, included George B. Pryde, vic1 president of operations; L. H Brown and A. L. Taliafono, Rod Springs a ttorneys for the company ; James Sa mpson, Wyomlni; st a te mine inspector ; E . H. Denn~ of the U. S. bu rea u of mines; J ames McKim a nd George G. Byw a ter of the Uni ted S tatc-s Geological survey, and R. R. Knill, company safety engineer. President McAuliffe pointed out that the .membership is composed of men who ha,·e act ually participaterl in the saving of li fe and limb in the compa ny coal mines through extension of th e !'afety program to a point that the results have commanded att<mtion not only in the United States but In Canada and Great Britnin, as well. During the first fi ve l . rs .of the safety drive, 1923-~:i, .-i 67 ' lost-time accidents occurred, r the company mines, during the i: ' !ng of 14,368,523 tons of coal. ,, • h- t he last five- year period, 1936 0, 16,468.358 tons of coal were mi ned w ith but 163 lost-time misha ps, �Mine safety fraternity is organized llnion Pacific Coal Cmnpany unit 1nay becon1e 1nodel for nation-wide organization • W I T H the founding at Rock Springs, ·wyoming, on Februa11• 27, of a mine safety fraternity, to be known as Sigma Tau Epsilon, a new conception of safety as a bond of fellowship comes into being, and a new vista is perceived of a national fraternal organization uniting in one brotherhood the foremen at mines of all kind and degree who have won conspicuous distinction in the establishment of safety records by the units under their supervision. Fittingly, for its mines have captured the Sentinels of Safety trophy on five separate occasions, The Union Pacific Coal Company and its president, Eugene McAuliffe, an indefatigable worker in the cause of mine safety, become the sponsors of the new society. The fraternity's charter specifically bars company executives from membership. The initial meeting of the fraternity held on the evening of February 27, was addressed by Eugene McAuliffe, president, I. N. Bayless, general manager, George B. Pryde, vice president, and R. R. Knill, safety engineer, all 0£ Tl1e Union Pacific Coal Company; also James Sampson, Wyoming State Coal Mines inspector, E. H. Denny of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, and others. Forty-three foremen and superintendents of the company's mines qualified for charter membership in the fraternity. Of this number, by far the majority are unit or outside foremen, who have won this honor by reason of having carried the men under their supervision for three years or longer without a single lost-time accident. These men are the backbone of the successful practice of safety by the company organization. By the same token they will form the core of the fraternity's membership and, by the exclusive privileges of voting and holding office, will guide its course and conduct its affairs. Mine foremen having local charge of any mine which has won or in the future may win the Sentinels of Safety trophy, or in which no lost-time accident has been recorded for one calendar year, are als~ eligible_ for membership b:1t have neither votmg nor office- holding rights. Mine superintendents in general charge of any mine winning the Sentinels of Safety trophy will automaticall) qualify for membership, but a rc likewise barred from voting or holding office. Foremen who subsequ ently advance to higher positions forfeit their voting privileges but retain membership. There will be no honorary members. Thus the principle of maintaining the fraternity on a th oroughly democratic basis is establi shed and implemented. Regular meetings of the fraternity will be h eld quarterly, in addition to which there will be special meetings called by the president whose duty it is to arrange suitable programs for the meetings. No dues are to be collected from any member, and no expenses may be incurred without the approval of the general management of The Union Pacific Coal Company. Committees on safe practice recommendations, appointed by the president at the first quarterly meeting of each year, will study accident prevention methods and submit reports to meetings. Approved reports will be We sl,a ll be glad to be of service to those intereste~ in obtaining furth er information on Sigma Tau Epsi/01!. Letters on the subject will be brought to the attention of tl,e sponsors of the movement. passed on to the company's safety engineer for considerati on of the management. The underlying purpose of the fraternity, to co ntribute to the advancement of safety, is perhaps best su mmed up in the by-law which outlines the function s of the committees: "It will be unders tood that the real work of the several committees is to observe bad practice, making recommendations regarding same, t1rns ant icipati ng and attempting to prevent accidents." The emblem o( the fraternity, to be donated by The Un ion Pacific Coal Company, wi ll be a h and ·ome key, engraved with the member' , name and year of election . In commenting on th e n ew fraLernity, Mr. McAuliffe paid u-ibute to the special safety society of Lh e Hudson Coal Company, organized to function locally under the name "Safety Key Men." Sigma Tau Epsilon, the new fraternity, is the first Greek-letter mine safety fraternity to be established in connection with any branch of the mining industry in any part of the world. The potentialities are intrigu- The majority of these fort y-three charter menibers, all foremen or suj1erintende11 ts, rnel the difficult requirement of having supervised th eir units for three years or longer will,oul a. losl-time accident. Page 67 �De Forest Nielson (right) was chosen to !earl th e fraternity in its firs_t )1ear's _activities. Other officers, from left to right, are: George L. Addy, first vice presulent; Ben Cool., second vice jJresident; Arthur ] eansclm e, sccrelmy. ing. The Rock Springs chapter may well become the cornerstone-the Alpha chapter-of a national organization composed of affiliated chapters at coal and metal mines from one end of the country to the other, all bound together in the common ideal of promoting mine safety. Because THE EXPLOSIVES ENGINEER wJ10Jeheartedly endorses the principle of a mine safety fraternity, and with the tlwucrht that the ob'J"ectives enuncib . ated maj' serve-as a 1nodel on wlud1-to pattern the organizing 0£ ?imi1~r chapters at coal and metal mmes m other parts 0£ the country, we are reprinting in f.u1l ~he by-1a,~s £ormu1ated at the Rock Springs meetmg. consecutiYe ca lendar years, without a lost-t ime accident su ffered b); any cmplorc \\·orking under their direction. Unit foremen who have conducted their section or sections without a Jost-time accident for the calendar years 1938, 1939, and 19,io, will be eligibl~ t? membership in the society. iliembers quaf1fym g um/er //us section will be privileged both to h old office and lo vote. ,J. Outside foremen ,rho \\·ere in charge of the outside men emplored in any mine or group of mines to whom no Jost-tim e accident BY-LA.WS OF SIGMA TAU EPSILON HE membership in SIGMA TAU EPSILON will be restricted to T supervisory officials, who have attained a commendable standard of safety in the conduct of their work. The officials eligible for membership are: 1. Mine superintendents who were in general charge o[ any certain mine which has won or in the future may win the Sentinels o( Sa[ety trophy. Members qualifying under this section will not be privileged either to hold office or to vote. 2. Mine foremen who were in local charge of any certain mine which has won or in the future may win the Sentinels ~f Sa_Eety t!·ophy, or who were in charge of a mmc 111 wluch no Jost-time accident was suffered for a calendar year. Members quali{ying under this section will not be privileged either to hold office or to vote. 3. Unit forem_en who l_iave con~ucted a section or sections 111 any m111e or m111es for three Page 68 Eugene McA uliffe, j1resident of The Union Pacifi.c Coal Company, sponsored the idea of a mine safety fratern- ity. Winning of the Sentinels of Safety troj1hy automatically qualifies superintendents and general mine foremen for non-voting membership. occurred for a period o[ three ca lenda r years. Outside foremen who ha ve conducted their forcmanship without a lost-Lime accident during the ca lendar years 1938,_ 19_39, a nd 1_9,lo, will be eli gible t.o memhersh1p 111 the s0~1ety. M embers q1wlifyil1g -imda this seclwn will be J1rivi feged both to hold office and lo vote. r,. Proof of eligibility for membe~·ship will be taken from the pay roll and accident records of The Union Pacific Coal Co mpa ny, certi fi ed to by th e compa ny's auditor and the safety engineer or genera l man ager. No officer other tha II those covered by Sections 1, 2 , _3, a nd 4, above , will be eli gible for membership in the society. 6. General officers o[ The Unio n l'a cific Coal Company wi ll not be eligible to membership in the society, but any m ember who m ay be advanced to the office of president, vice president of opera ti o n, ge neral manager, genera l superintendent, chic[ engineer or safe ty engineer, will be privileged LO retain his membership in t.he society wit hout ri ght to hold office o r to vote. No honorary memberships shall at an y time be establis hed by the socict)'· 7. Regular meetings of Sigma Tau Epsi lon ,rill be held cp1art crl y in eac h year a t Rock Spri ngs in the mont. hs o[ F ebr uary, 1\-fay, August, and l\:ove mber, a t a Lime and pla ce designated by the presiden t, and there will be elected at the fi1 t qu arterly mee tin g of each year a pres icl ent , a se nior an d a junior vice president. a nd a ecretary, who will co ndu ct the affair o f th e . ociety in a manner approved by th e member,h ip, fift y per cent of th e mem bers ll'ho arc i 1 the employ of The U n ion Pacifi c Coa l Compan ' co nst itut in g a quorum at any meetin g. Special meetings may be called by the president or in his abse nce, by a vice pres ident wh en nece sit y requires sa me. l\fembers who leave the employ of The Union Pacific Coal Company will retain their mem bership but will not be privileged to hold office or to \"0tc. 8. T he duties o[ the president (o r in his absence a Yicc president) will be to a rrange a suit able program [or each regular and special meeting. to preside over same, and to use his best effort to inspire and promote the \\'Ork o[ acc ident pre\·ent.ion. The secretary will maintain an accurate record of a ll proposed members. ll'ith qualifications and date of admission to membership, and in addition wi ll mainta in a roster of membership and keep a full record of the transact_ion~ of all regular and special 111cctings. No dues ll'ill be collcctccl from members and no expenses will be incurred except with the approval of the general manager of The Union Pacific Coal Company. 9. There will he appointed hy the president, at the first quarterly meeting in each year, certain committees on safe practice recommendations, each of whom will elect a chairman and a secretary. Each committee will diligently ~tudy accident prevention methods, making due report to the society for approval, amendment or disapproval of their recommendations ; all appro\·ed recommendations to be submitted by the secretary to the safety engineer for the consideration of the management of The Union Pacific Coal Company. All committee appointments will be for one year and all vacancies will be filled by the president of the society. 10. The safety engineer will deliver promptly to the proper committee chairman, a statement of all accidents that occur within and outside the mines for such recommendations as the certain committee may submit. It will be understood that the real work of the several committees is to observe bad practice, malting recommendations regarding same, thus anticipating and attempting to prevent accidents. 11. A suitable emblem to be worn by each member of the society will be furnished by The Union Pacific Coal Company, upon which will be engraved lhe name of the member and the year of his admission to the society. �J ' }Lrch J. , B .; l ?.1r . Ler ·i s h . Dr v.n Attoraey ~i ~s~ b~curity Ban1 Bui lding :i:tocr~ .Spr.-L _5 _;, , y0:ning t e \': lsh t o oxpre 3s our o.ppreci::::t ion f'.)r •. r:u r ut-Le::iu8 .cc wd the t,c:'l l{ you mtc e ~.t t ,~ e org 0-11iz. ,•. tio:1 0 2:· the S:i:G :J-1. 'u\U .r:PSlLO;-J Sufety Soc iety . ,,.... - . . . .~- - o.11 1:~ ppreci.:.. ted vcr/ t.u ch your interest 3s ,.•. ell a,, y 0 ..1r r r-rna rlts &t the meeting . 'Ihbllk you again . Yours v ,-,r y t,.·ul y , \. �A . 1.,. ':i,:;l L ,:f~r- o, r .ttorn ey itoCl( Gr; r:-i n .s;· , ;,J . l i Olli.:i.l 1-i enk B u - l d in z Ro c:h: .'.;p::·.:.J.:.·,; , ·,. 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[ ·y e r, :Ci s trict Engin ,··e r ~n.Ein~-: Di vi s ion, u . S . ..,.urecu of ..l ines I:ep:s.rt::.1 ei~ t c,r t:h e I nterior Salt i, e' . e -:;1 cy , t a h t.' e -. 2l) r eci a te hc.:vinc :.ie ..; srs. Eyr. ater u:_ti ..l ci;. Lt 1, :r·e se,1t a t t~. e or,;ani :zat.i .::,n o f t b e S"':..G.:li. 'iJ..U EPSIL~'.'J S ::: i' e t y .iuciety, anc c,lso at t l: e Sr:.l"ety .J Getin g L .. t i:£· vld. '.i.ima:i.·s' Building , Ho ck S_yrin t:S• Y.e u ..., ~ure you t h eir p resen c e is a l v:ayG helpfLi.l umi tlrni!' 8.<lvice is 2pprec .:. u ted . \':0 2.r e sorry yvu ;-.ere un a.bl e t o c:tteEd but ho p e ~rou .Jc:.Y i'inn tL0 ti:;1e in th •J ne 2::r· future to :::.ttena. so:ne oi' our ;1,e etings. Very truJ. y 2i0u:r-s, } �·:r•,. Ge~.:; • .J . :.::~ cr.. ter , Jm~-~ic · e1· ~ . ~~ . r: ::~l e ::i ct.._l 3u r\re:·1 Sci t L ut 8 (~i ·~ · -"' le... . .~.r-. ll ~- -•...; ,..; ..: .:.. •. i :-.:!> .:;:1.:i n. c e1· !,~c lo _·i c ~..: l Gu1·vey G~lt L~. -~ ~:Ly ~ ~ t ~ ~ v . ~; . 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S . .Lep _i r t ine11 t o r t l:'. e In t e ri or Eurcau or ~J in es Scl t L ~1k e Ci ... y , U t ah ,.e i sb to exp re ~a o ur s inc e e 1 o • / i:-li r c1tt en <i£J:.. ce ·:: tt.1 s_p eck iil '" ., , bc ti"'! r t t : ,s or;:;;(i,.i. i , Gtio;,1 of th e SI G:.~,:, T..::: J l.P.SI LU:\ .:3::'.f' e"Ly So ci ety .s.nd tte 3 c::f ety :__ 2,et in g i1'1tf-;e 0 1 d c.,1 :;, 1•E; ,.,., i ::.1.·~io :--1 ~imers ' Eui : Gi &~ , i n Hock 3pr: n ~s . \\ e uppre cietA Urn ti•~8 1:1ncl 0f fo rt ,·:h ich re quires yJu 'L o co:r, e fr o.~ .:.id t Lc:.d\e Ci. ty to our meetings ;:;,__d c~J1 &s sure y0, ;_ ·~t ; t y0·u r interest is certainly t elpful to us. �.J·'\ SA TCRDA Y, MARCH 1, -1941 . THE ROCK SPRINGS (WYO.) DAILY ROCKET SIGMA TAU EPSILON, SAFETY, SOCIETY CHARTER MEMBERS~ 1 Forty-fit'e subo1·di11ate officials of The Union Pacific Coa(company were inducted as charter mem bers of Sigma Tau Epsilon, Greek letter mine safety fraternity, at a banquet . The membershi p of the or ganization is pictm·ed below. Left to right, front row: George Wales, R. T . Wilson, R. C. Bailey, Nick Conzatii, A . B . D ixoll, James Law, A. ilf. Johnson, John lfrppan. Secolld row: W ilkie H enry, T h.amas F oster, Geor ge l J. Addy, Wi lliam Wilkes, Sam Ca11estrini, Sam Evans, William G1·eek, A. J}l. Strmm igan, 1'/wuws Over!/ .fr., Chw·l es Gr osso, Richard Arkle. Third row: William. Lahti, Frank Hicks, A dam ft' lockhar t , E d Overy Sr., Grover Wiseman , R. V . H ot ch kiss, ' DeForest Nielson, Matt Marshall, William Bensoll, George Rlacker, George A . B rown , E. R . l(emzingsen, M ilan Painovich. Back row: Arthur .leanselme, Charles l(ampsi, W. S. Fox, [Pd While, Gus Collins, B en Cook, E. B esso, James Hearne, William Fowkes, John Bastalich, Pete Marinoff.-DAJLY- ROC[(ET Staff Photo. J;_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ UAIL}' ltOCIU:T I:ni;ra,·lni; _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ ~ _ ::t1 0 0 :,::: t/) >u ;;J H i;3 Cl) ~ _ _, 1 ~ ::u li, !I ! i!,, !i '° ..... I ~ - .•-·-· - . •• • - ·-- -~--~----- - - - - - . - - .... • - . - · ··- ·- ---- ---· • • •• • -·---_-_- _ -_-_-_- -.- - --- .-_ -__- _-_-_- _ C, ~ ..... ! i I If '1 ! i \ 8 6a t-3 ..... .J>, �!WOK SPRINGS DAil.Y ROCKET Feb. 28, 1941 .f PAGE -NIN!Jl . ~ILY ROCKET • orials l 1Another First ·u nion Pacific Last night 45 "'Ub11 ·din~ te mille officials of T he Union ! Pacific Coa l compan. - beu.11110. charter membe1·s _in t h~ : world's first Gre k letter mine safety fraternity. • • l - Membershi p in ·th0 new organization can only IJe had i hy those me n with env ia ble safetJ; records during their employment in th e min",,. The instigation , ·sigma Tan Epsilon, as the organiz. ation is known, ma rk~ another first in the deYelop ment of ••mine safety methods and recognition o-f employes for safe ; conduct vvhile on t he job by Th e Union Pacific Coal com. p any. The Union ·pacific Coal com pany long has b"een a lead'1 er among bituminou. coal mi ning organizations t hrough_; out the world in in t illing safety consciousness among its "workers. ; This week also marks the ninth anniversary of another ·, safety promotion of the company, the semi-annual safety: i'. awards of an a utomobile and cash prizes. . • i The safety movements ."·ere begun b)' comp any -of-f i·! cials in an effort to make cmployes safety-minded ,in an ! occupation which at best is most hazardous and the wor k'. ers have given t heir whole-headed cooperation to the plans. ; The progress and development of the safety movement in :, the U. P . mines ha·s yielded great dividends which t he ; workei:s and their famili es have shared for the greatest ! part in impro,ed and less dangerous working conditions. Outstanding records have been compiled by employes • of the company and five t imes properties of the company have been awarded the Sentinels of Safety trophy; given an.nually to the bituminous mine compiling t he best recor d jn the entire nation of man-hours of production per lost time injury . . Safety methods and programs of The Union Pacific Coal company have been studied by other mining organizations, not only those in the United States but foreign coun tries as wel 1. • We congratulate the men honored because of t heil' outstanding safety on organization of the fraternity to _ •recognize those who compile the highest records. �So_me of tlze speakers at tire charter ,;1eeting. of Sigma T au Eps i,lon, Gl'eek- .letter mute safety fraternit y ,_ are p i ctured f1eTow at the ba11quet at wllich the orga11iz<ttion w_as launched last 11igltt with 45 chal'ter mem bers. L eft to righ_l_: Ge,<frge .fl. P ryde, vice p1·eside11t of opemtions of The U nion Pacific Coal company; Eugene ..llfcAuliffe, U. P. coal company p1·eside11t; I. N. Bayless, general manager; E. H. Denny of Salt Lake City, U.S. Bureau of Mines; J am es Sampson, Wyoming state coal mine inspector; James ·Mcl(im, TJ. S. G. S. engi neer.- DAIL Y ROCKET Staff .Photo . ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1>.'llL\' l tO CK l::T I~ni:ruvlni: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. . ~ • • ) • . ~ • ~i: I~ . ' :J ' ~ : * * ·* 8 i. D!~!~iel~~!!~tnf. * ~~!e~h~~!~,i- I !· - . __:_ _--:_ •. i~ ' into membership. -¥t I ...:.:..:__ _.:;.•- - - - - - - - - , • Other officers of the charter \• • • • ~ • group are: George L. Addy, Supe- ,_,.,"':l I rior, first ,·ice presid~nt: Be_n ) ~ 3 . Cook, Hanna , second vice prc~1ti [ <.lent. and Arthur Jeanselme, \Vmtou. secretary. President Eugene McAuliffe of , the coal company, who was instru• mental in the formation of the unique Greek letter society, was u the fea tured speaker on the pro• : gi·am which followed a ba?~uet at Howard's las t night, cxplammg the 1 mea ning of the words which comaog .!OJ r. ......... .. ,.......... s.i!hnpll . prise the name of the society and ' o utlining what he- hoped the group ( ~ ~u e': on p age fl(leen) -·· :1, z ll' ---- ltOt:KJ:;T t:u~ranui: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _....;: ~~)j: •.-~ dent of Sigma Tau Epsilon, safety honor society orgamzed ! t, last night by The Union Pacific Coal co1:1pany, ~t the i.~1i~ia- 1 . tion meeting_ held to induct 45 subordmate mme _o:f1cials J~ :p§~ JOT ~ r · .• Jf.. I . . •. _. 1.. l!.u of I the 1corlcl, elected <d.; Ute· initial •nrP'P Epsilon are 'p iclm·e below . L dt ~-~:_l_~ ·elmi, W inton~ secJ"et ary; Geoi"tiei-- -t vice p1·esident; DeForest Niel~ 1:ident; Ben Cook, H anna, second 1 (. ROCKET Staff Photo. • t Springs Man Named Flrs President Of • Mine . . 1i A * < ·· i SO' suua 9· •••• �' • ~ ROCK SPRINGS MINER ,.._ - ~- ------------ --------~- ·45 I .- c .ed InA. Union · -Mine Safety-Honor F 0 0 I I 0 T , Del<"'or1:~t Xie lson of ll o c k•t ~ 1T '. s ,prings w:is e lec t ed pre,;idP nt o_r i the n e\\ o,· a ni zntion - 'fh ur,;da y._ fC'(i n t ]l! il , ,J F ,·o m Pa;;c OnC') • night. - - - - - ~- - - - -- -- - - - Other ,xn ,.. ,:.,; l, r t ccl were: d P lli o, ·,..111·~ r () r :1 l " >J·io<l 01 , i llr<' e George L . . \d . ::r oi ::rurier ior. fir st c- a 1~· nt1 ~i 1· ye '. ~r 1 ~ . ... :, · .- l more t11:.111 l.G m iilinn l• •·J · :i1 i 11 1• ri. 1 while th e-• lo:-: t -ti n1,,!, ·c· i' i .• nls j clropp• d 10 l(j;J , lll'rl 1: 1,• !;1l· 1l i l.il's i w r0 n nl.v 1 !l. 415 Klllldlur.te1;.nib1l[O ' vi ce' pre:;j :t;·_ ~ Ueu C >Ok. Han~n ~ tJ1 1e ral pfiiC'l.•r...:, o r the-' 1·0 1n na, se.::ond ·i, • pr~~id •u!, and Ar- J1a11·, :1: · ,. Ji,'"'• l P 1' lll<' lllllf'r"hi ]l. thur Jean ,n n on , •s~r<:T, :1 ll.li,1n _1J ii' , n 1l, p, rli 11 ;:tc Ofli ('e r tal'y. i:,; pro nn,t,,cJ l \l :i i,·,,ii1• ;·,l] ntl! r:_e , l'.P :'IIemb .11 the n•~·-,v or-gani~ will 11 ., r Jn,, Iii~ 111, •mh cr,-,lnp !11 1zati on . i • ll to mill L· ,;u_perin- , th e:' :-: : ;1 ... ,:,- or,•;, Ji·~:11-in n. 1 1 tendento.: .!)'ge uf a mine Th,· ii:,l 1n·; io1 : ''"''" lw l rl Ht ,1 1 \ vh ieh e ··sentinels of dinn •--1· ;,,t H :n,-',:1 J':: th 111·:;,by I mil! <: fore m en ni i:·ht. r. '.'!. H .1~·1 •.- ~ . ge n e ral 111:1 n-l 1 of n. m ine in a~e r qf tlic 1·0,il < ~mlrn ~·. 11:·p,dd acdtl-'nt ocNl :1,; t oa,; u nu>'l !•1' , . •c:ur:; da In r ,'i·ar; unit TIH' p11r111; " r . .f f h .- or~:1111z;i. ' -who na,·e <'Onducte :l .a tion wn_~ cxril:it:,_~ J h ~- ~L· .~ 11!1 rtP. , -scctio.1 .· i n m ine or wh o to l d t_11p ,c-:rning M t he 1ilree •• 11 ·e<· Utive en!- ' G1·r cl, ktl<'r,:; , • ,11:', _ •ra u l•:11s ilon. · wi thout a Jos t-time O t h(ir "lll'.lk<' , - :111 the prngr.1m outside foremen w,ho- wer e G POI' ~\' n,. Jl yde. Vi<-_e fl!'( siof the out.sid e m en . dent or · th • <' ,.1 ,t: Olll_pnn~·; L. H. l l .J.l1Ymineo r groupof IB:!O)l'.11 ::lll(l :·'.•'t. Ta lia.t'Pr rn, at·hum· 40 ·lost-tinie acci- . 101 IH:~·s ; .rn tp•·- -~:t mps on , \\~yo med. on ·Page Four) ing i-;tate coal h1'11" iuspertol'; E. 0 ! I - - -- I 1 Forty-five si.ibordin-ate mine ollkiab of The Union ·Pacific Coal con:l)any h cl-acted :1::; chartcl' members , , into Sigma Tau Epsi t: .-,t he organiza..tion 'm eeting of the t1 c·ety Thursday • •nin-ht. ·• 0 1•• Th . , .. _ _ l in t he world, • , is unde·· the spom;orgltip of the coal cornpnny. H. 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Tb e . , ... n Pacifi c Coal - - i rompanr. 1" 1 · 1· · AdY ance • i11 r ~r,\,'J ty in T ile U n .. iGn Pnt::ifit· ·1 i, \l • 1:ompa. n y mi nes was d<'scr ihe d yestrrda~-- ! :- .\k.-\uliffe in two way,;: In tlw lil':·H, instanre. 11.'•.\nliffe po;nted ont that in 1 '• 27. g old med:1 Js w e n, a w:nd ccl .' aeh mine fo r •ma11 whose min e 1•· ; sed th e yc•ar w i,thout a fatal • ., rddent. ,\1 the pre se nt time . _,., beeome a 1n,•m her or ::,ig-111 .1 T:111 Epsilon: 110 areident,- of a1 . · ind m ay lie r egistc, r ed a,!l;a inst a min e foreman, while a unit fo1·eman m us t ha Y e u 1_~ -~1!.!.?_!:-rni ,;he~_ _ll_!U l'k~ I C1o 11 1111 it tees, ,· t,l; _~n'-; i H.!.!· i he ': 11[ tir ,~ ll• ' J'SP l! ll<' I <JL th e: 1·l1ar 1,•1· m entlwr,-, W l'l't : q 1poiu l1· d nt t ill' Th11r ~rla r ni~_h J lJH•eLin::- o r S it~lllti T a u Ep :-:ilon . Thp pu rp ose o f ,he,,:" eo mmi tt,'e;; i " 10 prorn nll' >'a i' . •1 ., · in e n <'11 of thl'ir dil•i:-:i o n~ . 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U01\·1c1i<tu·· jr1ijpam Jlltf-l .iifUill!UI tl tpn,; UJ •;:)S OU s. 1-l!Z a n~![ ; vtn II! p aflpoJ cl lll !JJa q p a3~ a tIJ. 0 [!,ll :,O U .r a tr tu O.P PilclS i)~ tm uu Jo 11M otaa.r a q 1 .IO.J ,i:epsau . -P0.\\_ IUl!tI,; 011 (l!.t:Ht u ::) ~ ll!tlt'J~l'.A\. 11: 1uam 1n .11 .,Jua.::1.1;i m ;i r-<>t.ra;:i -.to - a.L ' i'l lllt i)A~UljSllH 6<, S ·uosra!li:. ' !,.I f\' J,l llH 'Jj\: JO .\ Jj lf ~ ll !J () '. )[UC,!~ 1;10-.11:.;.\'-.i uo ·u o~ 1 X --=·- CPU!(-1O f!.1'.J.SON S,A(lP.H UJ i;:~5(~ ��(, ��•I , -; l • i • • l ��• �" ��Meeting tq Organize ~IGM.A TAU EPSILON Safety Society Dinner at Howard's 6 p . M., February 27, 1941 Remarks by Toastmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . I. N. Bayless General tle.nager, The U. P. Co al Co . Purpose of the Organization . . . . . . . . Eugene McAuliff'e President, The u. P. Coal Co. . . . . . . . George B. Pryde Vice President, The u. P. Coal Co. Remarks . . . . . . . . . . L. H. Brown Remarks . . Remarks . A. L. Taliaferro Remarks . . . . . James Sampson ~Jyoming State Coal Mine Inspector Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . E. H. Denny u. s. Bureau of Llines Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James l\:cKim u. s. G. s. Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geo. G. Bywater U. S. G. S. Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. R. Knill Safety Engineer, The u. p. Coal Co. Election of Officers Remarks by Incoming President �• • • • .. �SIGMA TAU EPSILON Officers DeForest Nielson, Rock Springs President Geo. L. Addy, Superior First Vice President Ben Cook, Hanna Second Vice President Arthur Jeanselme, .Jinton Secretary Committee Members Committee No. l - Roof and Rib Falls and Timbering Anton Zupence, Rock Springs Charles Grosso, Reliance John Krppan, Winton Adam Flockhart, Superior Edward While, Hanna Committee No. 2 - Haulage George Wales, Hanna Nick Conzatti, Superior A· M. Strannigan, ~inton William Benson, Reliance Milan Painovich, Rock Springs Committee No. 3 - Handling and Use of Explosives Richard Arkle, Superior William Greek, Reliance George Blacker, Rock Springs Gus Collins, Hanna R. C. Bailey, \'Jinton Committee No. 4 - H&lldling and Storage of ~aterial, Inside. M. A· Sharp, Superior Ernest Besso, Winton John Bastalich, Reliance Iii!att Marshall, Rock Springs James Hearne, Hanna �2 - Committee No. 5 - Ventilation and Rock Dusting William Wilkes, Winton R. v. Hotchkiss, Superior Thos. Overy, Jr., Reliance Ben Cook, Hanna Geor 5 e Blacker, Rock Springs Committee No. o - Electrical and .Mechanical Inst.a llations E. R. Henningsen, Hanna A· B. Dixon, Superior Sam Evans, Reliance f'ete Marinoff, W'inton rv;ilan Pe.inovich, Rock Springs Committee No. 7 - Proper Operation and Maintenance of Tools and Machinery R. T. Wilson, iiinton Sam Canestrini, Reliance 11/m. s. Fox, Superior .Anton Zupence, Rock Springs E. R. Henningsen, Hanna Committee No. 8 - Handling and Storage of Material, Outside R. \"/. Fowkes, ·;1 inton Thomas Foster, Rock SprinE:,s E. R. Henningsen, Hanna wm. Lahti, Superior Sam Evans, Reliance Committee No. 9 - Prevention of Injuries from Slipping and Falling of Persons M. Johnson, Superior Chas. Grosso, Reliance Wilkie Henry, Winton Matt lliarsball, Rock Springs James Hearne, Hanna A· Committee No. 10 - General 1/elfare, Inside and Outside Grover Niseman, Superior Cha.rles Kampsi, Superior E. Overy, Sr., Superior F. v. Hicks, 'Ninton James Law, Reliance �3 List of Committees: Cammi ttee No. Committee No. Committee No. Committee No. l - Roof and Rib Falla &nd Timbering 2 - Haulage 3 - H&ndling and Use of Explosives 4 - Hti.ndling and Storage of Material, Inside Committee No- 5 - Ventilation and Rock Dusting Cammi ttee No. 6 - Electrical and Mechanical Installations Committee No. 7 - Proper Operetion and Ai:aintenance of Tools and Machinery Committee No- 8 - Handling and Storage of Material, Outside Committee No. 9 - Prevention of Injuries from Slipping and Falling of Persons Committee No,10 - General V/elfare, Inside and Outside �LI ~'i: CF L:DU f>UG'·!~::C1::n '.-.' ( tG'r !IS NDI,n:~JITI HG CC:.:UIT'ill:C 'F OR SI :-::I!\ ? liG E ~ TI,;'jl'j S.4.!E'J:Y SOOI BTif 0 l~c k tipTiiag.; , ·:~yooing ,obruary 22 ~ 19~1 ,. 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Fmt, Sup0ric 1'"' /,.;l'ton Z.!p Oi:'100 t 'r-. ~Gk Sp. • 13:C::0 E. :... H01mi!"1goon~ ::r ·30. Ce:a:1ittoo 1fo . 8 R.. \.t . li cr1: koo, \ iiu~o~ Thocao fi'o ote~ , T-to ak f-:i p::r). '!3:J D. r:.. }!e:t~ -; n~ZOfl p I lo.LL C. L'i:1 . 1ol: U ~ c::o avot"io :,. ., 3c..n J...;vmi.S< ~ P:.;lirnco 1 Oorr;ittoo i:J . 9 ~ T'i'Cv3i.1rc:,io.1 of - ..1ju?lcs -Z "'.. r: 51ippi~ c.ntl Fculinrs of Poroon'.J ll.. 1.'. . Johm o_ , Su r,0?ior Chua . Gro3oo~ ! lie:.noe \'J ilkie 1:ionry, ·~;inton t':att taro} all , ~ck Springs JCI:1BO I'.:eu.x-no • kmnu �C..:\.,".-o::, _.:L.:; c ,_Q_ 0 0np::; r>-l or lc::i 1:12:,. oi , :::ut OE'i o:r ~ J., . 1> ")u~ orl c:~ ~- f J'J~~:/ !) 1· Rock S!)rings • t yomnz February 22. 1941 �__•.. l'. ',!.:!:: .... s .._, ':. ... U .."l(=:~ D V-r C!.,·~..., ·11• ¢' L1.·__ - ~ .... . .- ... . . ~ =-:.· . ::;e '""'') o . v . --J . . -~ . :__M "'"'t ) , n ~!.:~r :.·c:r ••·-e ~ ," • .l.. '\..f,: ~ �J. . (. �2 J.939 au .. ( C .., . :,.. �·'- " J.. • .J t .. ~~ lj,. ___.:. ,. -9 .0 �J., .. ��., ��., ����,;.,• II. J c:- \ ~·, "\f u .. --· · I • C: ,I • f �... �c:. ��I. _ O Jt J ;., . •• .J �Rock Springs - February 25, 1941 Mr. Eugene McAuliffe: Here~i th letter from Mr . Bayless, together vith the names of the committees end the suggested officers for SIGMA TAU EPSILON. If the lists are agreeable to you, ~ill you 60 advise me, and ~e ~ill have a number of copies duplicated so that the lists may be passed out immediately after the election of officers, so that each one t'Jill knou ilhere he is to serve, as ,1ell as knowing the names of the other members of his corr,mittee. The matter has been discussed ,Jith the Mine Superintendents and others concerned, and they are agreeable to the lists as attached. The Nominating Committee consists of Thomas Foster, E. Ro Henningsen, and R. Vo Fowkes. 'iie ,1ill probably have about sixty people at the dinner Thursday evening. In addition to the 45 members, invitations have been issued to the follo~ing: i i I J hlr. Eugene hlcAuliffe llr. George B. Pryde er. J. N. Bo.yless lir. v. o. I;:urray .Mr. R. R• Knill 11r. M. J. Grillos Hr. a. c. Livingston Mr. Frank Tallmire Mr. Thos. Overy, sr. Mr- o. G. Sharrer Mr. E. H. Denny l5r. B. ~J . Dyer Mr. L. Ho Brown Mr. A. L. Te.li c1.! erro Ur. i:1 . H. ;;Jalsh Mr. J. ll• Sam.peon Mr. Robert Reay O r: ,";-;::-, . ~ - ~:-,-,1 : G£:_, l:. '2; ,~ ~~ ' ?~: t:1 t ~· y. __.,, '{,: , ,, ·.;.'-' ~ ' ,I.J .,. \'~ �" Rock Springs, ~eb. 24, 1941 ».r. Geo. B. Pryde: I am att&ch ing h erewi t h my complete file on the SIG,IA 'lAU ItPSILuN S.AF..1'TY SC,CIE'IY. You will note t aa t vrn have su ggested a nominatin ~ com.mi ttee consisting of 'ihoir,as l·o s ter, I'.; . R. fi e rmin gsen and R. V1 . Fowkes. The suggested list of men f o r the officers for the year are: DeForest Nielson, President, Geo. L. Addy, ~irst Vice President, Ben Cook, Second Vice .President, and Arthur J e anselme, Secretary. You will also note we have listed ten sub ;j ects for co,mni ttee s, ru:,.d have Sllf:: p;ested t ~1 e men :for each committee, putting five men on ea ch. We discussed this matter quite at length at t h e Mi n e So.p erintenderits meeting and it was thou ght tha t 11\, 6 would pro bably get better results by having one man from each district for :Jach co:mni ttee. 'There is also a list headed with the officers of t h e organization, the list of com.'Tli ttee me111bers followinG. If the officers and comn.i ttee selections are satisfactory, I 'i.oula. suggest that we hc1ve a number of copies mimeo graphed, or duplicc.ted, pas..,,ing t h e li3ts out immediately after the election of officers so that everyone v:·i.i.l know O!l whioh con.mi ttee he is to serve, as well as being famili<ir v;i th the other members of his co.1i1T1i ttee. :kr.. is1urray, &ir. Knill and the r.iine Superintendents discussed this matter quite a t len gth Satu.r ay afternoon, here ir. the Gerieral ui'fice, 8.mi •:: e have made the SU,,'. !!,estions which ,, e think best suited 1'or this group of men. If there are any changes which you would su1,;gest, v:ill you pl e➔ ase l ~t r11 e know at an earl y date so th&t \·,e will be able to re-vamp t ;,e lists �- 2- a.r1cl prepare the necessary data. I h a ve arranP.;ed for the men to come in from the o.istricts early 'lhursday af ternoon an.a a group picture wi ll be tak en in :t'ront of the Old 'l iaiers' builc'ling a t t ha t time. have al s o :nad e arran g ements with the photographer to ta.."k: e a flash-li ght pi c t u re at the dinner 'lhursday ni ght. ¼e are invitinp ~uite a number of guests in addi ti on to t he 45 mer1.bers, makin g appr-::iximc· teJ.y 60 p eo µle 1'or tbe dinner. guests invited are: Lri r. 1'.ugel1_e McAuliffe Pryde Ivl r. Geo. il/l r. I. ~ - .oayless :v1 r. V. o. '-"urray i'Jlr . R. H. Knill ~h r. ~ l • F. Grilles iVlr. H. c. Livingston t~ir. :r·rank 'i'allmire ~. ,J 'l'he ou tside �LIST OF rill:N SUGGESTED TO ACT AS NOMINATING C01VIUITTEE :F'OR SIGMA TAU EPSILON SAFETY SOCIETY 'i'homa.s Ycster, .rtock j prings B. llo Henningsen, 1-anna 1 . \,' , Yowkes, Yiinton Rock ~pring'S, \,yoming February 22, 1941 ·\7 ~lt. ~ t E. •2r:.·' ·1 fl,· �SUGGESTED LIST OF' !.~EN FOR r.Flt"ICERS OF THE SIGMA TAU EPSILON SAFETY SOCIETY DeForest !aelson, Rock Springs - President Geo. L. Addy, tiuperior Jen Cook, Hanna - Vice pres. (1st) - Vice Pres. (2nd) Arthur Se e.nselme, ·.tinto n - Secretary Rock Springs, \lyoming Februar)r 22, 1941 �COMlUT'IEES - SIGMA TAU EPSTI.ON SAFETY SCCIETY Committee No. 1 - Roof and 10.b Falls and ·l'imbering Committee f-!O". 2 - Haulage Committee lW. 3 - ·Handling and Use of Explosives Committee i'~o. 4 - handling and St o rage of r.'at e rial , ins id e Committee No. 5 Ventilo.tion and Rock Dusting Committee f·!o. 6 - Electrical a nd r:echanical Installations Committee No. 7 Proper C'peraticn and Eaintenance of Tools and l·'.achine ry "\ r , : o . Handling and Storage of r.:aterial, Outside Committee 8 Prevention of Injuries from t;lipping and Falling Committee No. 9 of Persons Ue nercJ. ·.lelfare, Inside and Outside Committee l\lo.10 - - LIS'r OF MbN SUGGESTED FOR .APPOINrMEt--.1T TO ACT :Cl·! 'rHE FOLLCWnm corJMIT'l'EES Committee 1'b. 1 - Roof and Rib Falls and ·n mbering Arrton %upence, :tock ~prings Charles Gross o, Reliance John Krppan, 1:iirrton .Adam Flockhart, Superior Edward \lhile, Hanna Committee !lb. 2 - haulage George \"iales, Hanna Nick Conzatti, ~upericr A. M. Strannigan, Hinton \lilliam Benson, :teliance Milan Painovich, Rock Springs CoIIllPittee No. 3 - liandling and Use of Explosives Hi.chard Arkle, Superior \Jilliaro Greek, Reliance George Blacker, tto ck Springs Gus Collins, Hanna R. C. Bailey, '\iinton �- 2 Committee lfo. 4 - Handli"ng and .....-.!tora.ge of J'·.,a t erial, Inside M. A. Sharp, Superior Ernest Bes so, ·iJinto n John Bastalich, Relin.nce l.':att raarshall, Rock Springs Jame s nearne, Hanna Committee No. 5 - Ven-~il a tior1 and Hock Dus ting 1 i llie.ru '"fil kes , ·\/into n R. V. Hot chkiss, Superior I'hos. Overy, Jr., 1.1eliance Ben Cook , Hanna Ge o rge Bl a cker, l:{ock Springs Committee No . 6 - Electrical and Mechanical Installations E. '."l. Hennings en, Hanna A. B. Dixon, Superior Sam Evans, Reliance Pete Ifarinof f, {Jirrton l'.'iilan ? ainovich, Hook Springs Committee No. 7 - Proper Cperation and Haintenance of Tools and L:achinery R. 'l'. \;ilson, 1:/inton Sam Canestrini, Reliance \{m. S. Fox, Superior Anton Zupence, Rock Springs ~- R. Henningsen, Hanna Committee No. 8 - Handling and Storage of Llaterial, Outside R. Yi. Fowkes, Winton Thomas Foster, Rock Springs E. R. Henningsen, Hanna \inl. Lahti, Superior Sam ~vans, Reliance Committee th. 9 - Prevention of Injuries from Slipping and l!,alling of Persons A. M. Johns on, tiuperior Chas. Grosso, Ralienc e \"iilkie Henry, Uinton l!iatt Earahall I Rock Springs James Hearne, Hanna �- 3 Committee No. 10 - General \/elf are, Inside and Outside Grover 1..Iiseman, Superior Charles Kampsi, Superior E. Ove-..7, Sr., Superior 'F'. V. Hicks, \ iinton James Lr:r:1, Reliance Rock Springe, \ lyoming February 22, 1941 " 1 �~;Ir . L . .d . P:rov:n J~tt.:,:-nc:r Fi ~-c;;t Security i:ank Build ins Ro cl: Jl)l'i u ~: s p ·. , J oming \.e . :. re organi zin~ G Ll-re ek Lotter 3af'ety Societ~r f'c r a ffl.i_.,i GG:c of Sa fety h.ey ::1 e:1 of ':i t e Ur.ion Pacii'ic Co d Co.:npnny . Dinn ar v1ill bB s erved pr0mptly c.t 6:00 ?.::il . , at iio;·,ard' s Cefe, Ro el~ S_p ·iu [:;s, 'I hurs day , 'Febru:..ry 2 '1 '.;h. iOll :.,;. re co!'d i r;ll:: i :-ivi ted to be pre"'en t for tbis ~ uetin g . till you ~,lease c~..:11 my o:ffice, o r the office of ~:Tr . iliUrr ay advisinr; c'.• h 0t l:::: ::- ?0t, ,.:,i l l b ,~ 2:-escnt. Yon rs ver.:r truly , .Also t o : ..'llr. A. L. 'ialiaferro h. Walsh L·l r. .i.tobery Reay, Deputy Ins~ector Mr. ~v1 r. l!'renk 'l'allmi re - -· ,...., ,,,.. I Ur. Ji. ]!'. Grilles ;11•. H. c. .Livingston ~ w. ~n.r. 'Ihos. Overy,Sr. i'jr. v. G. 3barrer �:r'ebru::.:iry 24, 19'!:l :.~ r. ,. . ~,~ . Sa:np 00:1 State l n~J2c t ~~ ~r Co~l ~ ines Ro :::h Sp r in __: a, ·,,;; 0:1:ing t e ;,.re or·;un i z ine; e. Greeli;: Letter S::-.fety Society c-. . 6 ,·. i i l n~..ve di.:i.ner at Eo,·. ar(l' s Ce fe _pro~ptly 1 L1u r sday , ..t!'ebrua ry 27th. \i. e Y:oulci like ver~· :11uch f or ;yea t -:, b 0 p resent at t hi s meetin g . at 6:00 Po is"! . V.'e ;;ire :=ilso hc1ving our ~e.,_;_srt l saf ety mee; ting .li rid r~y eve,1in:;, , l'·ebruc:. ry 28th, e.t Id: •J u P . ~.1 . in the Old 'iimers' :buL.. d ing . V,e a:r.•e pl ac in -; you:::· n w11 0 on the progrs.:11 f or a short talk. Vii..1..i appreciate your aovisiuc me \,heth er y ou ~ill be present et these meetin i s. You rs very t~~ly, �UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Mining Division 306 Federal Bldg. Salt Lake City,Ut. February 25, 1941 Mr. I. N. Bayless General Manager The Union Pacific Coal Company Rock Springs, Viyoming Dear Mr. Bayless: This office is in receipt of your letter of February 24 to W lr. Dyer. lh-. Dyer is in California, to return about March 2 and therefore will be unable to attend your gatherings. Your letter has been forwarded to Mr. McKim and Mr. By-\'18.ter who are in the field. Very truly yours, J· ~ J. Neal, Principal Clerk. �FeLrm: ry 24 , 1941 1 .lr. B. V. . Dyer, Dist r ict /J inin r: Su pe rvisor U. S. I;e ;n,,J: t :-1s:..t 01' L! e 11.. terior 306 Federa l Puildin c S.:ilt L el.': e Cit··, v ·Lur. i' r, ere organi zinc a Greek L etter Safety So ciety c2.t Hor.ard' s-. C2fe ( c::.cro s s from the White : Io\mtain Loc r;E;, ?.o,::-k :-,9Tir. ::- s ) I 's brn:,:ry 2?tr., clinl'! l) r to b e s s rvod 7:>!'0mptly a t 6 : OD 1-:i. ~,1. r:e are also hE<-ving our semi-annual 82.f ety ~:Ioeting 1•.;h ich vill be ccndur:tcd fr.::n. th?. Old 'li:n -.:.rs' Builti.in~, Rock 8prin3 s, v.i th Superior, E•,liance, i~inton a,--id Fianna pc.rticipatinc r:i th bro ec.c2.s+ing from ea.ch district. 'I'bis mcetin r; ; :i U be beld Fri . ay eveniu.:; at B:O::) P.11 . If possible for· you to co so , r:e r:ou la like ver;,' much to huve you present fer toth of these g;,, therin~:;s and v.ould &ppreci a te your ndvisinf:, m.e y;hethcr you v:i :i. b e able tc atte::id. Should you t.ot be !.'Cl e to cc:n e to Reck Sprin 0 s you:rself' vie \'iould be ~;led t.o h~ve ~ essrs . '.-.,C:~i.l .. c..nd By,.:ater a-:-,te.ud tlrnse meetings. Yours ver~' tr..,_::._y, �,i ivr.';.: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF MINES SAFETY STATION SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH February 26, 1941 EIID :FS .Mr. I. N. Bayless General Manager Union Pacific Coal Company Rock Springs, Wyo. Dear Mr. Bayless: I am in receipt of your letter of February 24th, relative to Saf~• Society meeting to be held at Rock ~prings at 6 p.m. ~ebruary-27, and the semi-annual safety meeting to be held at Rock ~prings on February 28: In accordance witb your very kind invitation I will plan to be at both of these meetings. Very truly yours, I E~ District Engineer, Safety Division \ �~ebruary 24, 1941 ?Jr . ~ - H. !.ienny, Dis t rict :Ei'ngineer Safety Li vision, U.S . Dc 1) t . o1' the Interior Eureau of ~:', ines 35.l t Lal-: e Cit y, Utah Dear ~~r. l.i enny : \.1~!? & --e o rgani z ing a Greek Letter S~fet:,r Society. ~t I~o,:ard' a Ce:f e ( a cros3 from the Y"h itc Mountain Lodge, Ro~k Sprin ;,;s ) Jeb rua ry 27th, dinnor to be s erved :pro:nptly 2t 6:JJ P.:J. \\ e are r-:.lso tavinG our semi-aanual Ssfety Meeting vhicb ,vil:i be con ducted :fro:11 the Old 'Timers' Building, Rod: Sprin(~S, v;it h· Superio:r , Relian ce, i:inton &:d iicmna p~.rticipati11g i.,i th bro a dc5.sti ng from -each district. This -:r.eeting will be helr: F:ri ,:::. y- eve11ing at 8:00 P.M. If possible for you to ti o sc . we ~··oulo. lih: e very much to ha.ve you present for both of these gatherir:.gs an ti 1:,ould apprecil:Jte your advi8in~ me r;b ether you , ;ill be able to a t tend. Yours very truly, ( . �( . r , /] /) U-h ,, ;r " • , ,._): ,.._- -.· V l .• .,_. .r 1/.. �a fternoon, ov ~:I'ulls, j unpe r 9 h nrd hut, go t;gl es e.uci suf' ot y l m,p P21ton Zupence •-· George Blslc.k er ✓DeFores t Cielson 7Jatt Z-!larshal l•' Milan .t'::iinovich / 111. 0 :0. 0 ...: .lfo.>tc.r \/ .}·,. , . ,~i:, ~" �Rock ~prin r;s, feb. 22, 1941 You ;· i~.!.. ple2 .;"' hnve tb0 .folloi:in:_:; 1:1en r epo r t i-:d , th e at 2:00 P. t.1 . for ti:.e ,_,1.;.rpos~ oi' havin~ pi ctu ro s ta!rnn 6..i.'ld gett lng lined up 'for the S ci e "t,y ~-hich y;ill b e organi 7.etl a t no·.:ords Cd' e, ~I-he :nen list cct bdo~·. should •• rin g wi tl.J. t h e.;n 'lhu rs day ~.-ftern.oon, OV·"'ralls, ju.m.. ffr, he.re. hut, go g gl es ac.d s afet y lc1mp these for use in makin ':s the pictures. V. illiem Benson Sam Canestrini Sam Zvans kn. Greek ChGrlcs Urosso '.lhomas 07ery, .7r. Jotn Bnstalich James Lt:m �at 2:00 p. :, . fo:r t he _9urpo,,;e of having pict ures t(.:;.:,en and g e ttin c lined up f'or t L, Society r:lli ch \,ill be o rgani.-.ed at I-.;.o v. G.rds C3fe , 'I!i u m£,n li.:;tsd b0lov: shoul.J. brir.ig ;,~i th th em 'Ihur;:iday afternoon, overall.:;;, • jumper, ha.rel hat., goggles an d s afety 18.filp these f o r use in. mukin~ the pictures. F. V. Hicks -r-;:illiu.11 "i.:ilkes Ernest Besso ~;ilki 0 Ilenry Arthur .Tear.seLne Jolm Krpp81 Pete ?Jarinoff R. 'I. i':ilson R. C. Bail ey A. :iii. otrarmiewi 11.. ·~·i. ~o, kes �lined 1_;_p ·f :.r t :,s Svciety rtiich Vlill be OI'Q:Elni z e d at .iic :·. ard ' s Ce fe, these fo r us e in ::iard!i,.. '." t.h e pictures . Georg e A. Hr oi--n Ii.. \ 7 • h o tchki ss (.;rover ;·:1 se;nEu / A. '.,i. J oh~1son , .fil. S. li ox \1 ./ /\ci.c,a :i?lockhc:rt , 1,n thony J:i . Lb:on ./ Richerd J-,.ricle •.•· :.·,';11 . Le:.hti -~ . Ti 1... . jl " • ,.::•n r 1""' I l." ..., - • •- i ac,k Cun~·,e.tt.i , .::3r o Geo r c0 L • ..-.ady ✓ Clt.:.rles i~ampsi / Ld Over y , S r./ �Old 'limers' bui '-.l.in s , :.eek Sprin :~·:;, 'I'b.urs<iay , Februa ry 27, 19 41, at 2:00 ?.:1~ . f o r t l •~ i.) npose of h e.vin t5 pi cturas taLer;. ~nd gett in g lined up l'o r tllo ::;ociety ·.:ni eh \'Jill be o:resnized et Howard's Ca fe, at a dinn,-:e to be f~iven .:1.-L 5: 00 P.:J. the St::.,rn e-.,ren i ng . 'Ihe ,liEm li s t8a. belo·,: should brj_nG wi th t .Le;i1 'lhursci ay :::._fter-.a.oon, overalls, ju:up e r, he.rd h a t, gog ::Jes and ss.fety lenp these for use in mwk.ing the pi ct ur 1:is. Ber. Cook Gus Collins J B!a~s ... ~earn e George :::a.1.es l'.:d1-r nrd v;hil e E. H. lionnin gsen �1941 You \'."i l l _pl e::::se have t11e follOi :in c men r 0port a t t he at 2: QJ P. :,! o :ror i.ts .,:11"'.J,-'SG of' hnvillg p ictures t ;-ili. en u.-id getting after-...1oon, ov:: r&.lls, j ur.:1p ·: r, h · r d hat, gO£:gl ea anc.l so.::.'et y l am9 this for use in :::2.:: i nb the pictm·es. P..ntcn Zupence George BlccKer De:i:orest iHelson T:Ka t t W.&.rsha.11 1.:ilGj'1 i 1 ainovi ch 1'1:.o:n.1:1:::. ii"o'°>t er �these for u se i n mllkin; tto pictures. ~- illi r-,::1 Ben son ,,,.Sar. C2ncstrini / Se1n :i::,v12-ns ,, ,,..l°.fil . Gr eek , , .-Ch,-:,rl er; 0roa~o v 'l11or11a:s Oye:"y , Jr . John De :stali ch / J&rae.3 Law v ~ �~ r. F. V. liicks : You ·.-ii l2. ,;:ii c·. e h:--rv-0 be :f ollor;in c; men r epo rt et t te Old '.1.i..Jn8rs' :i.Juil c.in;_-- , hock 3 p r in ,e3 , 'lhursc.t:.y , :?ebruury ?. 7, 1., 41, ~t 2: 00 p . ::.1 . ro r t h e r,r..lrpo ,;c of h8 Ving p ict ures t oi.en and 1_:-c ttin c lined up .for t r,.u Sc- ci ety t:hieh ',\ ill be O!"gnni ~ed c.t i.o·."c.rds Ca1' e, '.1.b ,t men l i .:;t ed bcior: shoul:1 bring ,~•i th t he::;rr 'Inu:rn d&y z.t'terncon, ov erall ::; , ju.oil.p er, ho.rd. hat, t;Cf;fsl c-s uuri ss. ·0ty l 2::1p 0 these fer use in raak in '.~ the picturss. / F. V. Hicks i·• illia.11 i·:nk e s Ernest. Besse -✓ .,; ;;ilkie lienry ; .. • L: Pete :Jarinoff.' !i. 'I • \',ilson , R. c. Bi:i..ley ' A. d 4 • ::,trc:nni gan h. \. . .i!o,·,lces ✓ ,,,. ,/ i ':.rthu r ,J ew·: se ·:n e v John K rp i;:m / �at 2:00 P. :.~ . f o:r ·t. l o pur90 .:; c o f he.vine; pictur os taken anci g ettin g line d u p 1'.::r t h '3 ~.:.> ci ety vih ich will be organi z ed at Eo;-.a rd' s Cefe, The ::.-:e:1 li st ed bolo~-: shoulo brin 1.: t,i th t he,., 'I hurs ' ey afternoon, overa.:.l s , j 1.unp ·.,r , h e.-ru h a t, gogcl c~a o1,d s c..fe t :; l s:,rp these for use i:n makin ~ the p ictures. Ge-:,rc~e _A... Broi,_n R.V. Eotchkiss Grover ·1•:1 se:nan A. .'.1. Johnson ,,.m. s. ~-ox ./-ide.m 1710 clch ert 1,n.tbony E.:Gixon Richerd i..r}cle \',1r... Lahti LI . A . Sh nrp 1hck Con ~atti, Sr. Geor:30 L. ~dy Cha rles Eampsi La. uvery, Sr. �aftemoo::i, overall:;., ju1tper, ht: rd he.t, go ··.~le::a a nQ safety lamp th8se fer use in :~H,ikin.g the pictur0s. ✓ £en Cook .,, Gus Collins Je:;i":ls .r~earne •1 ~/ George ;· s1es Edwar:1 \':bile .,,. .-,/ E. 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Jllit [,'Or<; ...... lo e"c.,- t.iDC .1aJury, 19~, 1939 c:ad 1'940 lect- -ic-.o iojur;, 193 1 , 1939 ,,. - IN 194 ro l t:.t-t-ir::c it'lj ur.v ~ 193ti~ 1939 ood 14;40 C1&'t.sido •,-orc:..;n :~c lo st-iii~.o i h1ry 1 1930, 1939 ,;.1ld l~4v wit -Or' ..:: B "' \:-".:a o.t ;tinton •~ ..::t :·.c J.icl":.C C ..-U,l;)criOr c:J ~ur2crior •~ii '•• •_j ~ 0 • �Gcor~o El .CC.Ci? .. 0L.'\,,: ...~.: Do:r~ f'Oot Cicl.o fl tt t.:::. l"t-!:.2.J.l .c~-- t..:.:..:::.:1 Llilf: -dc.uv.ic. :c, ·-tiG:~ injua",i, t 5))8 ~ 1139 r•,,.-, ,tl l9i10 l~ot- t~o i:"lju:.-y, l')Jd, Y"jj) 0 :2 ' l~<O I:Q C 1.::' ""'t.i C •;) iuJ~!?j' , 93,u$ 1939 ._... ., lC)4fJ -~. J. c.;t.... i!":1..., .i nj uey ~ 193 '; 1939 u~:~ !1,(0 1~v ....,. :;.....i..:.;..a. tl lo_&'t....·W.1.:c iaj U'[f I." • \ l~: o"IFJi~2 (..D -~uo forrc.c . El') ·~upo:ti,f.)i• l' [:)"1 L~~c:,~ 1937 ~uu~c ;:r:..., {i.. ~ '!~0~ ~rid l,.U._.&> .i::Vlillc ,_ . Cr~ ~~rlcs Grocso ~ a CVOJ'Y, Ji' .. Eni't. _,oi-c:.:.:~ G:. rt·t ro1·et:::n unit ?JoFC:_n · iJr~t ::·orc:..'.t n ·cn1t r orc;::::.-,u U?'tit !,'lili!'C:. n l~~t- -~::-ie E.. ' tUl.J, !::li:l 1940 OG .l c;{;.t... 't-iwO .itljury ~ r .o l .o 6ati.~o injta- ;l e, 1940 l., '~,10 [J';) .t3G loct~~~u" - O. i ~Ja.,..y'\) fiO lee; -.04!1~:':._.; DjD)/~ ~D l)l4C. ar:..c :itlJtl&" : lS!l-0 eo OC't1 .. :_~r". - . m... 1 ulc.:~ *William iw'ilkes '"'me t. ;,(; • Ukie Henry ~.n.ht.r Je~ · e;~ JlmKl-pP',lll sine -~ inoit Mine Foreman .'i Unit Cnit. ror~ ira1t .For un1t or Winner Sentinels of Safety Trophy, 1939 t!" co ioJt..r',ii', l9J9• no .lo-c. -t. co ioJu.ey, 1113"·o l9l1 .. ~ 19 O· lo!.. ...... ' i;;:~ 1n_1~, 11 19 3~, 19 39 cnr 19 :o injury: ,J'.i, 1939 c.ad 1940 Co lcc~•il::.c it!Jurl', 1936, 1~39 c.ntl 1940 �.. 2 .... Ci '1,W'. U ~ ~;c_t:,lr)~li' ·f ...::1!'0':,y 11 t?Of!..;/ ; liJ.33l) 'N:Y. 111 -1,937 tm1 :w3e1 .. r~o lc q~;,~..Jir::o i Pj ~J~ -9.ll l cs~,...~:.:. --:~ ioJHiry ., 1.93) 1.D J,(Jc;t -t!mo irljta~.? Sr l~ ]t, t;> C.~f 1~}=d.:• ._ .. '°' "'lo ...~ it{1ll1c. ,. .!• L• 20 .. .~•-...J . .. ~t :-t:; .r.c1; &cc 7.:;,t~ ... . D. fo:. L l )r.r;-=-t~Let, :.'"tt~ ~?~y· ·:e~ .A .f·~r · co :,.o:::t.<,,t i ::::c ~- ajP..ri, ~ l;H4 io :. :~~ --9~9 r:o l o ot-=-tce :::-i o £nj;,~;r- ~ J.9:1J _, l') ..,, :o l t~,..t~·""ir:!'.J ;?..Q.,'ti.r:;; ' l<) ):i .~ .l 39 aod 1940 z:lQ rte. l.o;...~'i,ic:.::, i.~ u J,;. 3iuc •(; •'C!::., .:'.i ::o :,c.._/~ \~j ~:: l · U.clt :-oll"c.:~r-J. ,. .. .. )J{t (1. Unit I e:t'c::'!r! no J.OGt.,.t::. ··:, :; S:t li O~~- !:Ji ::C l c c· ... t fi.t 0 U.nc, ~c:if\..""!::c-.u -~1,,.-.-1)~-~ 193il .. ' 1,(,:: .,..,.,. .;ii...U :1.;;u· ,; .:i ,,. l::.+.....·:; (r,.!;.... .l, ~~ 1939 (l tl i..,~O 1939 (-!~ "A~'i ... o , ~ ..: ·;ci l cct .. t' Lo i. :·u.r~1 19.:f ~ r e ;., .. .t.ddi t1i(!,ht .J.: -,rc::~.u ;.~r.-D~ • , 19i ~ it. !'0:t c ...-:...t.1 rlca • e:mpai ni • G'Y £1')', ll' • UZlit - Ol'Cl:2-U tir..it rn n:::...: Lo ti -C t•\.,. . . c,,~ iDj ~!i'.lf; 1930~ 153'1 Ul' 5w r;c J.oct .. ac, iajuiry 1 .19:;0, l~39 ~'.'} 1940 ,;c .le ~~•ta'--~ iajw·,v,. 193Gt- l.~39 c~ti ~ ,t~O .. t --:c;r _s.n r'o '.l~.-t-t ii: w ~Q . clll re· 1~.t )'(.•\,i •.\J it\Jttl'i, tjj'' l9J9 ,~~i.i l14Q r.c... lo d.•t.i~ irJ'--l"i, 1918~ 1939 encl 1,t. . , <.~t. ·tag - ore:...'.!:! 'i'f": \;rl11. k'0 • ~njury, 19)'"' ll 1939 illl:l 1940 0 ' ., j 1:~ lc .... ~--ttt.,c. :a..:j~~-, 1?3 1~39 r_r::j 194~ , cc.injury., 193$~ 1939 enc 1~40 t''C Q ... L1m.t FOrt.r..u:. J. , ' I . .., lcL.1.-tii::c irJur.;; 193 ·, 193~ ~?Ul 1~40 :.int.on :~aior ~n . lien.cc £i.,J :·u.; •ricir ,,D" .. ·11illiam Wilkes shown at ~7inton No. l and Superior ncn. �Qp.lificatiop . . §fflIIIQ§ 10. 8 MINj Geo•&• Blacker D..-Or n lielao Matt lifanball. llll u fainon·eb. . ~,~ ~~. fOl'i;illla t. l'Ol~tn Ullit W?Cllf!!I@MtU• Tllo-Jton.r PP:IUQI No l.o•"•time injury bil e eeffing &5 lline ronaan, super ior "»" t.iin , 1937 -.T...• Law Hf !!Iii '9· l MINE ... ... - 'tiUi• :a.ao11 a- Ca.Me'Vini Qlarl• orouo . n.o... OTwy, Jr. Uuit ro-llft Old. t rore111,11 um.t ron.- Usait ror ~ Unit f oteJDIU\ tltli t ro r eman lllJur, , lj) 8 , 1939 1940 iDJUJ'Y , 1938, 1,39 am 1940 No l oa~tiatt iltJW"f, 1938, 1939 am 1940 No loat•t.ille inJurJ, lj38., _1939 1940 Mo lo st- tia i'IIJIU')', lj38 , 1,39 .and 1940 l o l oet--U... iaJurr , 1938~ 1939 and 1940 Ho loft•U No lost- IP1l HF5 IP· t MJMJ .,._Bui.,uu IAl19'! • 1· v. Bl•• ety Trophy, 1, 39 PP91 IP, 1 ¥JU • 'IU11 • ~ • • &Nen Beeeo l il.&1• S...., Arib11r J NAeal.M JobD itrppu i•i • Wariaott Mia• foraaJI Nipt ,..,. . . Um:t JorellNI UQit hr. . . Ud:\ 10 r uaan un11 ror.... mm wa. 3 • 'li: ¥111 a . T• 11.laoll Jl. C• 1&il•1 A. .11• lirunigan JOJ'ell&ll Unit Jvrtaan Ua1t :ro reaan No lo •t - u ... i nJ1117 , 11)38, 1939 Ho lon-u.. iDJ ury , llo lo.t•·Uae i aJury, 1938, 193, ud i.,•o 1,38 , 1939 and 1740 �- 2 - W INTONouta¼d• B. . • rowltea Outeid For man No l ost-time i aJury , . lCJ38, 1CJ39 a nd l'j 40 SUPERIOft: George A• Brow Winner Sentin l a Qf Safety Trophy , 1933, 1934 , 1937 and 1938 SUPiRIQR "B" Mllf *1 • V• Hick.a a. V. Bot chkiae Iii e ( em re to C n, .. , 1938 re GroYer Wi seman No loet-ti iDJw-y , 1933 o l oot-ti inJury, 1933 o lost•tia iDJ11r1, 1938 No lost-ti inJury, 1938 an , S p . -Dec . 0 1938 SUPpJOR "C" MINE *'iilliam Wilkes A• ».. Jobn•on 14in For man Night Foreman, w. s. r ox Unit foreman No l ost•tim inJury, 1934 No l~et-time inJury, 1934 Apr . -Dec .,1934 Adam l loc~ SU§&I(! . P" MJI~ Unit Foreman No loat•ti iaJury, 1938 , l93CJ and 1940 No l ost-time injury , 1938, 1939 and 1940 Mine ro r eaan Unit ro rem.an Unit ro reman Unit For eman No loat-ti injury , 1937 No lost-time inJury, 1938 , l93CJ and 1940 No lost•Ume injury , 1938 , 1939 and 1940 No l ost•time injury , 1938 , 1939 and 1940 11 *James Law All't:..On1 B. l)ixon Richard Arkle. • Lahti §IlfPJOl\ p. o. 91 : ♦BK lfIU W.ne For eman Apr.-Dec . ,1938 Hick Conaa'\·U, Sr. George L• .AlidJ Cbarlea lampai Unit :ro r oaan Unit l'or emu Id . O'rery , Sr . HMJl4 19· +MIMI Ben COek aua cow.. .r..-■ Hean1e ale• George W idward 'Aile If tMNt RYJ'SIPI a. .a. H•mli.a&•en • Tet.al, 45. Nig" foreman Apr.-Dec . ,1938 Olli t. ro reaan lJll1t ro reaan Ullit. J'o r ean Unit J'o r....n Unit. for e11&11 No l oat•tim inJl,ll'y , 1938 Ho l ost-ti e inJury , 1938 Mo lo at-time inJ ury , 19 38, 1939 and 1940 No l oat•time iaJ ury , 1938, 1939 and 1940 No l o at-ti■e i nJury , 19 38, 1CJ39 and 1940 Unit f o reman Ho l ost- ti• i nJUl'J , 1938, 1939 aad 1940 Ho loat.•t.iae i nj urJ , 1938, 1939 and 1940 No loet.•t.1•• iDJ ury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 No lo at-tiae injury, 1938, 1939 ~ 1940 No lo at.•time inJury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 Ollt.aide J'c»reman Ho lost-time injury, 1938, 1939 am 1940 r . V. Bick• uown at 'lint.on and Superior "B" . Juie• Law aaown at Reliance aod . Superior "I>" . 'fi l liam Wilk•• ebDwn at Winton Ho . l and Superior "C " . -;:J, , ' r,._.., ~::, L · �Rock Springs - February 22, 1941 Mr. Eugene llcAuliffe: Referring t o yo1u· le·l;tex> of February 15th, file 410-05, and my B-70 this morning; I arn attaching Eil0rtr.1i'th se,;rerel copies of the corrected lisi of charter rnembex-8 of SIGL.i\ TAU EPSILON. We have stricken the names of Shandou Bacsk~y and B. Go Thome. a, Reliance No. 1 Mine, from the list, c:..nd added .-;;m. Greek, Unit Fo rer..an~ Reliance no. l Hine; R • .T. 'Jilso~, Foreman, r;inton No. 3 trine 9 and il.dam Flockha rt, Superior "C" l'.'line, Unit Foreman. Je have also rearranged the names of F. v. Hicks and R. V. Hotchkiss, putting them mider Superior "B" hline instead of Superior "D" lline. EVerything uill be in readiness for the meeting here Thursday evening. Qr: ,· '. r.:-:.l 3 i:·=e ii : GE 'u {i l1 i: [L f' • '{ L:'"' I 0 �Roel, Springe - February 22, 1941 r.:ir. Eugene r.:ci,uli.i'£e: Refe~ring t o you~ l0tter of February 15th, file 410-05, and my B-70 this n:orning: I am attac: i ng h 0E"0·0ith several copies of the corrected list 0£ charter BE.i"Jbex-s cf ~XG~.lf~ 'i'AU EPSil.ONo Ue have stricken the nameG of Shandoti Ba.csk1:1y c:.ind Ho Go Thorraa, Reliance No. l f3ine~ from the list, um addE:d i·roo Greek , Unit li'orema.n, Reliance .Noo l tJine; Ro T. \:'iilson, .Foreman, f.'inton No o 3 Iline 9 and I1de.m Flockhart, Superior "C" Mine, Unit Foreman. :le have also rea rrunged the names of 1i' o V. I-licks and R. V. Hotchkiss, putting then under Superior "B" Bi.ne instead o.f Superior "D" Mne. Everything ~ill be in readines0 for the meeting here Thursday evening. Orl p,!!:r..1 f:ipr;: ,; : GEtiE ~: ~?. p;·/ '1 ~· �From the desk ofI. N. BAYLESS I' . ,i /,1 1-,• '--' "l ;/7 .i ·) ) '· \... .f 1, I. ,! I ~✓-<-,,..v..,f_ t,,,-' ~ , ~.....,,.,.... : t ' .. , �., / ✓✓ f/l,v/4-- },./ �. . 1;·~·· . Form 2191 . ,_ \~i\._ f- l UN ION PACIFIC RAILROAD C • MPANY. -~ i \ _.,,...- Tim; \0-ed _ _,,_ ½" ____ M TELEGRAJVi lilUG:::::r • ~ClfuLIFl•Ll Ot)\HA ( / I i t f I GEORGE B. PRYlE �. ., -~~'.. ' . Jo: - , , ,_ i. Omaha, February 15, 1941 \, •. \ Mr. G. B 0 Pryde~ I thin::: it i mportant we get together material to give to the newspapers Februs~y 27th on the occasion of the organization of Sigma Tau Epsilon4 I run having several copies of the roster of che.rte1" mem... bers, location, qualify ing position, etc.,, drawn up which I will bring out with me that we ek,.. In the meantime, I think l\fir. Bay- less should undertake to prepare a 11st of committees, with ncsme of the committee, duties to be perfo1'med and the personnel of sanie ·vhich should preferably consist of three merabers, each committee to select its own chairman and secretary. I again quote from information givenme by Mro Cadwallader Evans on his committees: 11 The membership is divided into ten committees, as follo\v s: Roof and face falls - 1st and 2nd Mining Transnortation ~ Inside Handling Material - Inside Tools and Machinery - Inside Gas and Miscellaneous - Inside Explosives and Eleotrlcity - Inside Slipped a.~d Fell M Inside Transportation, Handling Supplies and Material, and ]Hscella.neous - Outside Tools and Machinery, Handling andPreparing, Slipped and Fell, Electricity - Outside Publicity "Each committee elects its own Chairman and Secretary., They !Ileet once a month in the general office for the purpose of ,i:"'8.fting bulletins of an advisory character on the ways and means of preventing injuries. They gather their informati0n for these bulletins by reviewing the reports of all accidents of their particular classification and a:so by investigating the current eccidents of the seme class which resulted in fatal injuries. 11 �Sufficient copie s of the l i st of commit t ees, with names, etc., should be prepe r ed for the i niti al use of the President so that he can make the appo i nt ments at the organization meeting 0 We should a.lso h a~re mimeogr aphed copies of the regula tion s published on pages 62 and 63 of the February issue of the Employe s ' Magazine, so that t he mJ et i ng will have something t o wo r k from , kee~ing _in mind that it is .the privilege of the Society to am end the rules where ne c essary to do so providing they kee_p\within t h e salient organizf.tio n p P incipl es 9 Please discuss this with W.ir. Bayless, asking him to get the help -: of Messr so ~Eurray and Knill in preparing these papE'!rs. I am attaching you copy of the revised membership f r om 1.vhich the committees can be selectedo You will recall ou::- conversation r egarding havi ng a photo ... graph rr.ade during the day, the men to be equipped with clean overalls, hard hats, and a safety lamp, it very i mportant thP..t every charter member who can possibly be there a ssist in making this picture,some advance notice given the photogra9her as to the number of men, necessary lights required, etco �LIST OF NEN EMPLOYED AS MINE SUPERINTENDENTS, MINE FORfilv[EN ANL -~IGHT FOREMEN IN CH.A.B.GE OF 1.HNES, CHARTER MEMBERS, SIGMA TAU EPSILON ROCK SPRINGS NO. 4 MIH~ Pos:t tion Q,ualifioation Anton Zupence Unit Fo reman ROCK SPRINGS NO~ 8 MI NE George Blacker Unit FoPeme.n Matt Mai"shall Unit Foreman Uni t Forernet..11. ,. . DeForest Nielson Milan Painovich Uni t Fol"em l H1 No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 end 1940 No lost time injury, No lost t im:3 injury, No lost time injury, No lost time injw:•y, 1938, 1938, 19381 1938, 1939 and 1940 1939 and 1940 1939 a,."'ld 1940 1939 end 1940 ROCK SPRINGS Outside Thomae Foster RELIANCE Outsi cl.0 Foreman No lost tim_e injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 ~ve.mes Law Mine Supe~lnt~ndent No lost time injury while serving a s Mine Foreman, Superio1... 11 D11 Mine, 1937 RELIJI..HCE NO. 1 MINE No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 and. J.940 Unit .Foreman No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 ana. 1940 Sam Canestrini Unit Foreman No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 Sam Evans Unit - Foreman No lost time injury, . 1938, 1939 a..lld 1940 Charles Grosso Unit Foreman No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 ana. 1940 . Thomas Overy, Jr. Unit Foreman No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 : :f-.H. ct. 2fli;iti=aeUnit Foreman No lost time injUl"Y, 1938, 1939 end 1940 ~ ~ B a e'"if..tei.Y William Benson n~• Unit Foreman I:' e, _.IP,).,"' i&i:rANCE No. 7 hUNE t John Bastaiiob ' ' ' Unit Foreman No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 WINTON 1F. V. Hicks Mine Superintendent Winn0r Sentinels of Safety Trophy, 1939 WINTON NO. 1 MINE Ernest Besso Wilkie Henry Arthur Jeanselme John KrppEV-1 Pete Marinoff . ~ rr Night Foreman No lost time injury, 1939 Unit Foreman No lost ti:ne injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 Unit Foreman No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 a.11d 1940 Unit Foreman No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 Unit Foreman No J.ost time injury, 1938, 1939 e.nd 1940 WINTON NOS. 3 & ?,k MINE~ r r;J,,.".° C. -~~il ~y A. M. Strannigen "" (if._ . . " Unit Foreman Unit For emEi.n .I. .h., j ., . • ; - ~ ..! ;"" ..:;r , .~. .~ ~ • .b •• \ ,, ~ No lost time injury, 1938_, 1939 and 1940 No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 and 1940 / ff";li-"'V/.').. ,'\ r J • ' �..... 2 .... WINT(~ 6ut side R .. W. Fowkes Outside Foreman No lost time injury, 1 9 38, 1939 and 1940 Mine Super intendent Winner Sentinels of Safety T1 ophy, SUPERIOR George A. Brown 1 1933, 1934, 1937 and 1938 /4, .{_,.__,- ;,,._;;, r--:J No lost time injury, 1938 u .) ~ I , C Ii William Wilkes A. M. Johnson W. s. Fox Mine Foreman Night Forsman: I f ' I I ' No lost time injury, 1934 No lost time injury, 1934 Apr.-Deco ~1934 • Unit Foreman . '; ~ -l•'irl k<:J:: V. ~~ Mine For.em im NiO'ht Foreman 1, ---~NE~ r, .s, . R-.s. . . . v -·Hotc'h'l,.i "'S-' (' ~ -:tam\rs~ ftw+.-0,~ Mi~e Foreman A.~thony B. Dixon Unit Foremen Richard Arkle Unit Foremen Unit Foreman 1' Wm .. L~hti No lost time injury,1938, 1939 & 1940 \. . \ ' '· \ . No lost time lnjury, 1933 No lost time inju~y, 1933 No lost time injury, 1937 No lost time injury,1938, 1939 & 1940 No lost time injury,1938, 1939 & 1940 No lost time injury,1938, 1939 & 1940 SU?ERIOR D. o. CLARK MINE M.A. Sharp Mine Foreman A:pr.-Dec. ,1938 Nick Conzatti,Sr.Night Forema~ • eorge L . Addy • Charles Kampsi Apr.-Dec. ,:!.938 Unit Foreman Unit Foreme,n Ed Overy, Sr. Unit Foreman No lost ti~e injury, 1938 No lost time injury, 1938 No lost time inju:ry,1938, 1939 & 1940 No lost time injury, 1938,1939 & 1940 No lost time injury, 1938,1939 & 1940 HP.NNA NO. 4 rUNE Ben Cook Gus Collins J~.mes Hearne George Wal.es . 'Eel.ward While HANNA OUTSIDE Unit Foreman Unit Foreman Unit Foremen Unit Foreman Unit Foreman E.R. Hennin~en Outside Foreman ,I No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 & 1940 No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 & 1940 No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 & 1940 No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 & 1940 No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 & 1940 No lost time injury, 1938, 1939 & 1940 ':a * Total-1 .-44~ - F. V. Hicks shown at Winton and Superior 1111 D1111 • Jam.es Law shown at Relianoe and Su9er1or D • �'- t llor> Geo ·ge Blec:Ire:P De"Tox~est "':ielccn F:__~" Latt l'lE.1? shs.11. -~uan P2i :1.ov.:.e1 ~.,_;:1 ·2; _]\) ·- lo~t 'i'iiL!e i11j l.Y-Y 11 1938, 1 9 39 &'""!ti 1940 lent tine i;• jnz,y, 1938 , 1939 l'.110. 1940 I..:_it U,'irrr leHri t:1De i .-ij 2 938g 2 9?D ,.:.11d 19-r.-O .... " ... t;;,: 3 lest tiz.1e iYA j lll?Jl , 1 938 " 1 9 39 ~{id J.9t3-0 lS:::1 '.. . to:.? ::1 ~ ?. S°?.u. IJD.8 fo C~Ge~ ~ L -"JC~ ~:i: JaL~s tc.·.1 IJi e nm: I:.O. l r-~xn= p J _~ ~ ~ ~--~ on_, Sa::i C Sew l] e g~ Uni•~ ro ')e□ 81! 0021 l7N_.-:> SD ':ll?! 2 1?0Peo011 Unit - ra·JO - 1 1938, 1939 i::,,nd 1940 lost ti:..Je J.~.- - J' t'<'--~ -- Unit FOX'G:::12Xl '1 tij Ho los·t tiue -• ••-;-;y u. , 1938, 1939 and 1.9~0 1940 1:!o 1o:;(G tiue in uz,y, 1038, l.9 '"D E.L Iuo loGi tioe iii'il.jta~.,y, 19~8 , 1939 £'.l1C. 1940 J· • U:,i t onc.s ·----- '-· i:-::; i lost •tiue inj1Ji:>J7, J.938, 1 939 anB~ 1940 it Jro s>G..J.GJ,Ka s er arJ.ea G1 0SSO .. <V C v~l1i t L1 .... £l10X'0BOO u it Jroxien&U'l ·- -. r- r...r.):r:m ! '\ i.1 No l08 'G ti.BG iRlj Ul"Y 1 1938_, 1939 and 1940 No lost tioe itlj _"'f:y ' 1 93 , 1939 r:nd 194.-0 :'1 ·\ V ·:o. l t 1_0 . f1 no J.ost tine i.nju ·y., Llo 1o~t time ir1Ju.1-y, -08t ~ino iLjill."'y, 1 c'"' in.., i:.:ij1~y' ··11:1 injL.~., J..03 1939 1938, 1939 2. c.1 19-GO 1938, 1.939 211<1 1940 l.93£3, 1939 2-""1d 194'::0 19" · , 1939 Ullti 19- I �J.Ii ~1G £ ·1..\~- Q_?i D= '3e __ "" -~~ ~ :J P. '1C n ::.!JTu --=--Uillia ~ A mo lOEl'G tliJG L1 ju:r-y , 9 :;v~ =~o lost tiL e !aj PY -, 1 93...! <,n.. ·s . ro~ rnro l o Gt t ir:le 1:?lj Uk•y ~ 1 9 33 1 1939 " 1 9f0 1 ( P-:..:.~ !.·: ~- · ":~: ... =-·~' r:_i);, ,._. t:= Sl~E:1.! 0 ~:- '1 Dn u:::~~:.., i? . ·.. Hick s _7:l--- ~-• . fi_c t chki s s· -~ ,J~cn - ~,...--- .. Anthony :a. ~izo~ iaic: ai~::.. L'...x-kl e L i.no 7 oi"'e:.Jsfi o m, 108 't _.Giue in. ~'.J!. _-=-g 1 1_ ,.Ou n "" ' Uigh't 170 ~91_ og'3, -- -- ~:o ~1:Qrft t iD G i ~ J 't;z.,.Y, 1 9"13 J1n e '-J16~cnun no lo8t tis e i X j U:f;? , 193? Unit Po re:oun To lo c·-- •t i d 0 i~1j -~p~7 , 1 93• , 19 3.:: ._: 9 L}Q ·1 ◊ "l A , _9 39 210 l ont I., ' ~ i~ ·1jlia·-.--y Unit Foremen '-""' ,_._.u"-S -- 1 940 n --, 1 '"'' Unit :ror00_ 210 los·~ "• iu. . . . i ~'lj . .:. ;;J l> _ Cl ,:)(;..., , 1939 CJ 10L.!t0 6,• . :o. Le.hti t: • i \ i'Une Forenan &ho.rp Ll:9r.-Dec., 1£l38 Oonzntti , Sr .• .1.S ight Forewan - O'.i.?g e ~ . 1 I\ . ap:r .-D OC . , 19•!->r"I oo Unit J'o:»at1an Unit ro1~enan ...~ dy Oh ~ies Km si Overy , si-. e unit !?o reo •• Cox Unit Pore".w'.l0.n ·un1 t "ilor fh}. • n1t I:'or 2n Unit ifureman G s Coll.ins Jn.mes .. ~earne George \: a.1es !A a.rd W~l.l a Unit Foreuan inSIDE n.ninggen outside Foremen G ... otcl"> 44:. F. v. Hicks sho aoes La ~1o J.0:3 <>: t i;:;ie :L J m?y, 1 9 38 , 19 39 2J 1 9 10 :}o lost tine i : j -ey, 1 0 3~ ,1089 . . 19~-0 ~lo lOi:!'~ tins i n J '..: .:.. J, 19Z.::i ., 1D~9 C: 1 9~30 J :10 1 oet t ue i&_ j u?;:,·. , 1938 , 1 9 3~ C.: 1 940 i.o loo-.; t"' • 0 inj m._,,y 1 19 •.'8 , 193·v c~ 19~0 .Jo lost ti,,_e i_njv~Y, 1838, 1 9 39 t:; 184/J ~jo lont tiue inj1~1-t:,,-, 1038 ., 1939 C.: J.940 t:o 1oBt time injuey, 1938, 1939 f:; 1940 r-o lost time injury, 1938 , 1939 2; 1940 Uinton and Superior 11 !) 11 • sho~n t?.t • elianoe tmd Superior a "0 .2t �tm:BORANDU~ ON SA~ETY SOCIETY TI-'ox> the puij?oee of fu~the~ing the cause of Mcid1Jnt pl'ev~n= tion> in ··'.11d. about the .Ji3$s 01 'me u~1 i-on Paci:f ic Oocbl CcnBpcmy 'J) the1·0 ha~ been created the . uithout ,/4 loct-tiwe G..ccide-ni suff aT0c1 by o.ny $C..:') l o y0 t.. Outcdde fox-em:;a 1: ho -; er0 i e n e :,loy~d. in c.n he of ch rge of ta.a cuts id~ mine or ~®- . • of oinee to n.o lcot~tim~ ~oci.dent occ11rr~d .f or t 1oeriod '.1 0 c0,J.3M . ar years . Outa1de F0ra1:-en nho h~v~ �-a coid~nt du:?ing the calendG-1..1' yease 1939 and 19~0 11 ·::1111 bs eligible t© ch"11':tex-- memb~r~h ip in the so... cic'ty .. c otreJ:.?~ L by ft_::; ~,tio11fl 1ll- 31> 3. a nd .e, a.bo"re i> \'Jill bs elig ible i'"""" B::J t~" 3X'sriip in the Sooi.::lty" �tion1¥} of ""11 l'agu,l::.\b' and special mi?~ting00 No dues Dill bci co1.1eot0a. fx-.Oi-:,,1 ruembsI'o and. no a~p~nseo will r1a¥.\:ig e~ c f xho U:-:1iou Pacif:i.c Coal Comp~riy. So ThoA'~ '\.'Jill bo !_.:.,p·.~oifil.teci ~),t ih~ first quaI'te~ly m.~0ii ng Q. i~ e·· ch y 0@'c t0~1 comrni. ttess e11;;oh o:l v-Jhoui n ill elect Ghai~r ~:·• _ C,LOl r1 8eOl'$t'~:cy. TI!ach OOfiBlittee \75.:l.l dU.i- ~@po2:t to ·the 8~ oi0ty for npp :N)va lll" ~andaent ox> dinta,pnl'ovr1li 0,11 ~1.p:r.~oved. recomm$ncia:tions to be aubmi tt0d. tQ the S~feiy Eilgineer fo~ the conside~atiou of tho ~.anageme!(l-Q; -0-Z The Union Pacific Cex.1l COh71o~ny. All committee appointmento ,:Jill be i'oz, one yes,r and I;!,11 vac~,nci00 ;r;ill be filled by the Praoide11t of the So- ciety. The ten oor.ml'litiees vr1ll 'b0 :s~0(d..gnsd 'th~ foll owing subjeoto: Cg n1itt~e M21 0 C;) / Root and i@CqJ ft~i,lla Co- 1ittee No. T -i9 'l1ranopo1:t~ti on - i .no id@ O.o ,mi t _tae Ne, Three. ✓' HQ.nd.ling and. otorage of Comm1 tt~e ~ o, Four t· ~tC;.1r1gl - inside ✓ Ventil •t1on 1n ill ito ph'.1eee . �the os,r cf hio ei.dmicsio to the Society. Uhil@ the gan- er~.l off ie:.;}rs cf The U ion Po.-eifio Coal Company nill .ot ��~ 62 EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE _ 5. Preceding the drawing, the Auditor will put the capsules containing the names into a bowl. 6. The capsules will then be thoroughly mixed. 7 • A small girl, blindfolded, will draw one capsule from the bowl. The man whose name is written thereon will be the winner of the automobile (subject to rule No. 4,). If, for any reason, the man does not qualify, an additional capsule or capsules will he drawn until the winner is determined. The process • will be repeated to determine the winner of the second prize of $50.00, the third prize of $4-0.00, the fourth prize of $30.00, the fifth prize of $25.00 and the suit of clothes award. V FEBRUARY, 194,] ~ may win the Sentinels of Safety trophy, or who were in charge of a mine in which no losttime accident was suffered for a calendar year. Members qualifying under this section will not be privileged either to hold office or to vote. 3. Unit Foremen who have conducted a section or sections in any mine or mines for three consecutive calendar years, without a lost-time accident suffered by any employe working under their direction. Unit Foremen "ho have conducted their section or sections without a losttime accident for the calendar years 1938, 1939 and 194-0, will be eligible to membership in the Society. M.embers qualifying under this section will be privileged both lo hold of/ice and to vote. THE FOLLOWING men. on account of their hav4. Outside Foremen who were in charge of th e ing sustained a lost-time in jury durin g the peoutside men employed in an y mine or group riod July 1 to December 31, 1940. wi ll not be eligiof mines to whom no lost-time acc ident ocble to participate in the drawing for the gra nd prize, curred for a period of three calend ar year . an automobile which will be awarded at the anOutside Foremen who have conducted their nual safety meeting to be held at al I di stricts at 8 foremanship without a lost-time accident durin g P. M., February 28, 1941. the calendar years ]938, 1939 and 1940, will Antonio Ferdani, Rock Springs be eligible to membership in the ociety. 11/e mL. V. Randolph, Rock Springs bers qualifying under this sect:on. will be privileged both to hold off ice and to vo te. H. M. McComas. Reliance 5. Proof of eligibility for ·member hip wi ll be S. M. Peppinger~ Reliance taken from the payroll and accident records of Henry Verstraeten, Reliance The Union Pacific Coal Com pan} , certified lo by the Company's Auditor and the Safety EnAndy Blahota, Winton gineer or General Manager. No officer other Roman Larrabaster, Winton than those covered by Sections l , 2, 3 and 4-, above, will be eligible for membership in th e Luis Birleffi, Superior Society. Rosval W. May, Superior 6. General officers of The Union .Pacific Coal Thomas Mullen, Superior Company will not be eligible to membership in Aldo Prevedel, Superior the Society, but any member who may be advanced to the office of President, Vice President of Operation, General Manager, General Superintendent, Chief Engineer or Safety Engineer, will be privileged to retain his membership in the Society without right to hold OR THE PURPOSE of furthering the cause of acor to vote. No honorary memberships office cident prevention, in and about the mines of shall at any time be established by the Society. The Union Pacific Coal Company, arrangements 7. Regular meetings of SIGMA TAU EPSILON are going forward for the organization at Ro-ck will be held quarterly in each year at Rock Springs on February 27, 1941, of a Greek letter Springs in the months of February, May, AuSafety Honor Society, which will be known as gust and November, at a time and place desigSIGMA TAU EPSILON. nated by the President, and there will be elected The membership in SIGMA TAU EPSILON will at the first quarterly meeting of each year, a be restricted to supervisory officials, who have atPresident, a Senior and a Junior Vice Presitained a commendable standard of safety in the dent and a Secretary, who will conduct the afconduct of their work. The officials eligible for fairs of the Society in a manner approved by membership are: the membership, fifty per cent of the members l. Mine Superintendents who were in general who are in the employ of The Union Pacific charge of any certain mine which has won or Coal Company constituting a quorum at any in the future may win the Sentinels of Safety meeting. Special meetings may be -called by trophy. Members qualifying under this section the President or in his absence, by a Vice Presiwill not be privileged either to hold office or dent when necessity requires same. Members to vote. who leave the employ of The Union Pacific 2. Mine Foremen who were in local charge of any Coal Company will retain their membership certain mine which has won or in the future l(eep Your N a1ne Off This List Organization Of Sign1a Tau Epsilon F �EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE 64 Statement Showing Man Hours, Lost-Tiine Injuries, lVIan Hours Per Injury Fatalities and Man Hours Per Fatality Years 1935 To 1940, Inclusive ROCK SPRINGS: 1935 Man Hours . .. .... . .. . .. 964,182 Injuries (x) . .... . ..... .. 25 Man Hours Per Injury . . . . . 38,567 ] Fatalities . . .......... ... Man Hours Per Fatality .. . 964.182 1936 1937 ].095.3% 23 47,623 6 182,556 1,021,892 11 92,899 2 510,946 1940 1938 1939 846,196 8 105,775 0 No Fatality 901,'1~32 859,813 6 9 95,535 150,239 1 2X 901,432 429,907 RELIANCE: Man Hours ... . ... .. ... . 439,005 Injuries (x) . . .. . . . . ..... 8 Man Hours Per Injury . . . . . 54,,876 Fatalities ............ . .. 0 Man Hours Per Fatality ... No Fatality 565.684 610,512 11 3 55,50] 188,561 0 0 No Fatality No Fatality 538,797 8 67,350 1 538,797 607,894 7 86,842 0 No Fatality 685,582 5 137,116 1 685,582 623,399 612,052 6 3 103,900 204-,017 0 0 No Fatality No Fatality 564,697 4 141,174 1 564,697 578,543 2 289,272 0 No Fatality 605,402 6 100,900 3 201 ,801 WINTON: Man Hours ......... . ... 604,618 Injuries (x) .. . .. . ... . ... 18 Man Hours Per Injury .. . . . 33,590 ·Fatalities ........... . . . . 4 Man Hours Per Fatality .. . 151,155 SUPERIOR: Man Hours ... . ......... 824,418 Injuries (x) . . . .......... 7 Man Hours Per Injury .... . 117,774 2 · Fatalities ........ . . . .... Man Hours Per Fatality ... 412,209 940,856 802,221 936,789 17 8 9 55,344 117,099 89,136 0 0 0 No Fatality No Fatality No Fatality 853,797 891 ,619 6 10 142,300 89,162 1 0 853,797 No Fatality HANNA: 525,992 Man Homs .......... . .. 458,982 518,999 446,414 Injuries (x) .. .. . . ..... . . 2 7 6 5 103,800 223,207 Man Hours Per Injury .... . 76,497 0 Fatalities ... . ........... 1 0 75,142 0 Man Hours Per Fatality ... 458,982 . No Fatality No Fatality No Fatality 457,908 3 152,636 0 No Fatality 471,373 3 157,124 1 471,373 ALL DISTRICTS: Man Hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,291,205 Injuries (x) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Man Hours Per Injury... . 51,425 Fatalities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Man Hours Per Fatality... 411.40) 3,744,274 54 69,338 6 624.046 3,707,237 • 3,198,325 31 40 103,172 92,680 2 2 1,853,618 1,599,163 3,357,955 3,555,408 30 27 124,369 118,514 3X 6 1,119,318 592,568 (x)-Injuries include fatalities. X-Correction: One fatality reported for 1939, now changed to 2 which includes injury to Joseph Faigl, No. 8 Mine. Rock Springs, May 25, 1939, who died April 8, 1940. �... -54 EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE s_uc~1,. and being reassured by their evident tlm1d1ty, I was not particularly uneasy. All the same, the three days I passed in the mine were not among the most pleasant which my memory re-illumines. The patter of little feet and ~ perceptible sense of stir and scurry were ~ contmuous. Once I was waked up from a doze by one actually galloping across me. On the ·candle being lighted these beinas became in0 visible." Five days after his escape from Pretoria. Mr. Howard ~nformed him that he had developed ~ plan to get him out of the country which in substance was that of hiding him in a goods car, to gether with a supply of food consisting of two roast chickens some slices of meat, a loaf of bread, a melon , ancl three bottles of cold tea, the car loaded with wool packed in bales and destined to Komati Poort and Lourenco Marques, Portuguese territory. When the train arrived a crowd of Kaffirs advanced to unload it, .Churchill slipped out at the end of the truck between the couplings and reached the yard where he stood, his slovenly and unkempt appearance enabling him to mingle with the Kaffirs. He then made his way to the gates, reaching the streets of the town and there a man by the name of Burgener, a ·correspondent of l\'1r. Howard's, was found waiting without. After an exchange of glances, Burgener turned and walked off into the town, Churchill following twenty yards behind. Again we will quote Mr. Churchill: "\'\le walked through several streets and turned a number of corners. Presently he stopped and stood for a moment gazing up at the roof of the opposite house. I looked in the same direction, and there-blest visi~n!-I saw floating the gay colours of the Union Jack. It was the British Consulate." Returning to the army, the youth served gallantly through the remainder of the Boer war, taking part in the relief of Ladysmith, including the battle of Spion Kop. Eventually returning to England, Mr. Churchill was elected to the British parliament which was the beginning of a stormy political career which enmeshed him for many years, including the period of the Great War, a period consisting of alternate political successes and failures, his sending of the British fleet into the North Sea twentyfour hours before Germany invaded Belgium one of the high points of his ·career, the failure of the Gallipoli campaign looked upon as one of his unfortunate enterprises. Perhaps he was not to blame for this disaster. With a lifetime of military and political experience, Winston Churchill came to he looked upon as the one man most capable of defending Great Britain and the theory of free government against the Axis powers, a position now occupied by him. Few will question "Time's" designation-Man of the Year. IlR FEBRUARY, 194-1 DD. the ~line . A New Safety Society For Unit Fore1nen and Outside Fore1nen In Particular KN THE Safety Department of thi s issue of the Employes' Magazine will be found an outline of the organization of a Greek letter Safety Ho~or Society to be known as SIGMA TAU EPSILON, which will take place in Rock Springs on Februar 27, 194,1. The purpose of this organization i • to give due credit to the various Unit Foremen in ou r several mines who work continually in connection wi th the actual production of coal while the mines are in operation, the matter of adequately looking after the men in their charge their first and greates t responsibility. The new Society will be conducted by the Unit Foremen and Outside Foremen who are qualifi d for admission therein and The Union Pacific Coal Company who strives to keep dose to the head in mine safety effort, doubtless wi ll be justifi ed in saying that SIGMA TAU EPSILON will be the first Greek letter society ever organized in con nection with the work of mine safety. Regular quarterly meetings will be held four times annually, with special meetin gs when same are deemed necessary, and the governmen t of this society, including the exclusive right to hold office and vote, will rest with the Unit Foremen and Outside Foremen. Mine Superintendents and Mine Foremen will only be eligible for membership when the mines in their charge prove successful contestants for the Sentinels of Safety trophy. All managerial officers will be barred from membership, unless same has been attained before their promotion to various managerial offices and no honorary memberships shall at any time be established by this soctety. A suitable insignia, to be worn as a watch fob, is being designed and each such insignia will bear the name of the member and the date of his admission to the society. The organization of a Greek letter so·ciety and the work it will attempt is very largely patterned after The Hudson Coal Company's organization, "Safety Key Men," the key men of this very large anthracite company extremely jealous of their part in the organization with its fine record of Safety achievement which we hope will be equalled by the members of SIGMA TAU EPSILON. Not less than 44 qualified members will be taken in at the organization meeting on February 27th. �FEBRUARY, 1941 EMPLOYES' M AGAZINE "Let him give me food , a pistol, a guide, and if possible a pony, and I would make my own way to the sea, marching by night across country far away from the railway line or any habitation.• "He would not hear of it. He would fix up something. But he enjoined the utmost caution. Spies were everywhere. He had two Dutch servant-maids actuall y sleeping in the house. There were many Kaffirs employed about the mine premises and on the pumping-machinery of the mine. Sun eying these dangers he became very thoughtful. "Then: ' But you are fami shing.' " I did not contradict him. In a moment he had bustled off into the h.itchen , telling me meanwhile to help myself from a whisky bottle and the soda-water machine which I have already mentioned. He returned after an interval with the best part of a cold leg of mutton and various other delectable commodities, and, leaving me to do full justice to these, quitted the room and let himself out of the house by a back door. "Nearly an hour passed before Mr. Howard returned. In this period my physical well-being had been brought into harmony with the improvement in my prospects. I felt confident of success and equal to anything. "'It's all right,' said Mr. Howard. 'I have seen the men, and they are all for it. We must put you down the pit tonight, and there you will have to stay till we can see how to get you out of the country. One difHculty,' he said, 'will be the skoff (food). The Dutch girl sees every mouthful I eat. The cook will want to know what has happened to her leg of mutton. I shall have to think it all out during the night. You must get down the pit at once. We'll make you comfortable enough.' "Accordingly, just as the dawn was breaking, I followed my host across a little yard into the enclosure in which stood the winding-wheel of the mine. Here a stout man, introduced as Mr. Dewsnap, of Oldham, locked my hand in a grip of crushing vigour. " 'They'll all vote for you next time,' he whispered. "A door was opened and I entered the cage. Down we shot into the bowels of the earth. At the bottom of the mine were the two Scottish miners with lanterns and a big bundle which aften\fards proved to be a mattress and blankets. We walked for some time through the pitchy labyrinth, with frequent turns, twists, and ·alterations of level, and finally stopped in a sort of chamber where the air was cool and fresh. Here my guide set down his bundle, and Mr. Howard handed me a couple of 'Candles, a bottle of whisky, and a box of cigars. " 'There's no difficulty about these,' he said. 1 , 'I keep them under lock and key. Now we must plan how to feed you tomorrow.' " 'Don' t you move from here, whatever happens,' was the parting injunction. 'There will be Kaffirs about the mine after daylight, but we shall be on the look-out that none of them wanders this way. None of them has seen anything so far.' "My four friends trooped ofI with their lanterns, and I was left alone. Viewed from the velvety darkness of the pit, li fe seemed bathed in rosy light. After the perplexity and even despair through which I had passed I counted upon freedom as certain. Instead of a humiliating recapture and long months of monotono us imprisonment, probably in the common jail I saw myself once more rejoining the Army with a real exploit to my credit, and in that full enjoyment of freedom and keen pursuit of adventure dear to the heart of youth. In this comfortable mood, and speeded by intense fa tigue, I soon slept the sleep of the weary-but of the triumphant." Mr. Howard's inquiries developed th at the Pretoria government was making tremendo us efforts to re-capture Churchill , special attention given to the Middleburg mining region as a li kely place for hi s hiding as all of the people of England connected with the coal mining region were more or less susp~cted. Expressing his willingness to try to work lus way out, particularly if a Kaffir guide and pony were furnished him, Mr. Howard urcred that he remain quiet, assuring him that in due time plans for his escape would be worked out. Mr. Churchill's stay in the mine and his experience with mine rats, which before the coming of the electric locomotive were an established institution in nearly all coal mines, is best told in his own language: "'Here,' he said, ' you are absolutely safe. Mac' (by which he meant one of the Scottish miners) 'knows all the disused workings and places that no one else would dream of. There is one place here where the water actually touches the roof for a foot or two. If they searched the mine, Mac would dive under that with you into the workings cut off beyond the water. No one would ever think of looking there. We have frightened the Kaffirs with tales of ghosts, and anyhow, we are watching their movements continually.' "He stayed with me while I dined, and then departed, leaving me, among other things, half-a-dozen candles which, duly warned, I tucked under my pillow and mattress. "I slept again for a long time, and woke suddenly with a feeling of movement about me. Something seemed to he pulling at my pillow. I put out my hand quickly. There was a perfect scurry. The rats were at the candles. I rescued the candles in time, and lighted one Luckily for me, I have no horror of rats a~ �Rock Springs - February 18, 1941 Mr. Eugene 1.;cAuliffe: Rei' erring to yours of February 14th, 410-05: I am retun1ing u1'ld er separate cover the suggested design for key emblem. \7e think it is very attractive, and of sufficient quality. I understand the L. c. Balfour Company furnish the bulk of all college frateTnity pins an.cl ke;y·s, end uould no doubt furnish a very satisft..ctory ~blem. .: design. If agreeuble to you·, ue £eel \'Je should go a.long Y,i th this �f?ECE!VED Rock Springs - February 18 19/,jJj3 1 ~ HH 1 __ V IC~ F·R~i;!!JE[\J T 1u-. George B. Pryde: -- or-r-:: RA'l' ION ....__ Returning herewith coITespondence from Mr. McAuliffe together vrith suggested design for fraternity key emblem. The suggested design is very attractive, and I believe of sufficient quality. The L. G. Balfour Company furnish the bulk of all college fraternity pins and keys and ~rill probably furnish a very satisfactory emblem. ' ..,_ �Rock Spr5.ngs - February 17, 1941 Here,Ji th corirespond6Ilce from tlr. EcAuliffe: together ·ai th suggested desig.::1 fo:z- the e2plem fo r our Safety Key !"'en . so~iety. .- - -~-..y-r.PO!.."'-""-"':. ..........~ V!ill you ,..._ please look this ove:r, @'ld advise me what you think of the desii,;n and quality, retu:r11i11.; the .file to me promptly. /l \J ' �I-• ri:.- b 1. 1'•1 1..(1. . r.'; """l ; c1:: F•r..:11:::E J'JI~ r~Y·, 410-05 or-r: ! :\·1 10N Omaha, February 14, 1941 • W1r. G. B. Pryde: Herewith design of key for STE. I am asking the firm to- day if there Will be a flat space on the back for the nam e of the recipient and the year he entered the Society, which I requested in my letter o Please discuss this design with Messrs 0 Bayless and Livingston, returning to me promptly witp ~ny suggestions. I They propo se t o use lOK gold, estimated weight of 3 dwt., price $3.44 p er key wi th an initial die and cutter cher ge of $27.50. I enclose copy of the firm's letter; perhaps we should have a somewhat better deviceo \ . Cd . ·~ . r: ..,,,: 1 £ ·i 1 �COP Y L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY ATTLEBORO MASSACHUSETTS February 10, 1941 The Union Pacific Ccal Companyp 1416 Dodge Street Omruia, Nebraska Attention 0 f ~!ir. ;Eu~enP. McAul i ffe Gentlemen: Re:File 410-05 Here in our oninion is a good looking key design, but that which is f~r more important has to do with your reaction to it. The design purport·s to r.epres ent a key of one piece· construction, that is to say, the ends wi ll be modelled 1n the die, re.ther than applied and the back nf th~ key will be flat. Assuming th'.lt you wan t something of exceptionally good quality, we hRve ~igured upon the use of lOK gold, at an estimated 3 dwt. each. The price figures .. $3.44 per key so made, but at t~e out set there would bP. a die and cutter charge i: i.mounting to .. $27. 50. Because this item represents the cost of the direct labor and material without any overhead or profit, it is ma.de with the understanding that the die remains a.tall times in our possession, but available f,or your exclusive use. That has an advantage, because should at any time the die become worn, or even broken, we agree tn repair or replace it at our own exDense. Of course, we h~ve otherhualities, but we think it advisable to submit this first for your considP.ration before doin~ any more figuring. You can rely upon our assuranct'1 th4t for what WP. propose to supply, you will be ' thP. recipient of a key characterized by all the refinements of of the finest Fraternity b9_d ge. Please if you will, preservP. the sketch and let it come back to us, when it h~s served its purpose. In the meantime, tell us of any furtrer information or assistance you might require. Very truly yours, L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY ( sgd ) W. S. Robert son, Ms.nag~r Commercial Department. �Omaha - January 12, 1941a Yours 10th on new safety society: I Will ge t t he l ist of committees to gether before the meeting and mak e the suggested cha.ngeeo I think Seotion 8 ls broad enough to admit of adding to or changing the committees from time to time as required. I have a sked for a design from the manufacturers of the Hudson keys, and am hopeful that we will be able to get same together by the time of the meeting, February 27th. Mr. Livingston's larger design is very good, it perhaps needing some slight modification. �Rock Springs - Jantw.ry 13, 1941 Mr. Eugene hlcAuliffe: Referring to yours of January 9th: I am a ttaching he r e\·,i th full list of Mine Foremen and Superintendents \7hO \'Jill be eligible for charter membership in the Safety Key Men's orgam.zation . " ~ -----~- -.. . -~ The design for the emblem v;as sent you on January 8th, and I presume you now have it in your possession. �I /); > - • 't I ,. f' . - --\ . ; ·... ✓• ..,t:',· -,.. "" 1· / . t " ~ .., f ,. ~. , ~ ,I '\,:"~• • I �LI~> T OF t'!EN DiSPLOY.SD AS L1IJJIG SUP~fil N'illNDENTS, rEIHE, F·ORID!EJN... AND N1t]1T FORE. 'EN IN CHAROD OF !'!!INBS cor.PLE'l'YNG ONE 0£B1~RYi::Aa UI'TilCU'.I' I.I. 7.,·0S'I1-'1'I?:1~ INJURY . d..!:i..,.J,2J,) ~ :' CP' T,11N1~. SUPERIOR \J:Ul:LD , :LU.1:0 0 » ~·.'!ine Fo,•omaa !\.. i'. io :S 1nooo , t igM; F' O'.!:'G m mi po:dod Jl.p r . to Doo . Yi:.1J'J;.: ~;J ~ ,.'.1J)" !'.'ITNB, SUPJ.I:P.YOR JCllilOO 1o.YJ P t:i :nO l.i' O ,:'Om..'Ul " t) i1 ( tfoi.:; t'li l:10 tiupt . e.t 1Olie.ntl0) n :t\G t, S'i.J?EiUC n ~.....,......,,.......,'"":;=~=L.=:iy=:1-,-·:.::1.ght Vor;)mai'l~ J0.11 . to !tug . 1!ino li' OX'0mau p 5ept . -to Doo . }1~/11112.Ju ~ D . t'1 • CLA K r.11],F,,. SUPB1HOR. (J~) ~: . A. ~ha:&'f), 1.12.ilG For-QrnD..l'l , Apx- . to Doo . N.lel! Goneuiti , Bz- ., Night Foi~£u1, .i'.p!> . to Dec . Yt·;A 1939 - NO . l i'.ff~1E 2 . •,i INTOlJ Ernest Beo GO , NiGht l>'oromn YK/HlS 1933, 1934, 1937 and 1938 - 8ENTTI'I~LS S.flFT;;TY - :n.JP1;P.I'{)R b ~) - Un8 b0gru1 op orut,im-1 1\!?:<"11 l, 1930 and oompl eted tho Jear ,Ji thO'..rt a loo ✓~-tim0 injury . \ Roel. Gpringp , Uyom:1.ng January ll, 1 ?41 I �Omaha - January 9, 1941 Mr. G. B. Pryde: Herewith copy of nRun of Mine" article I wrote today for the February maga zine» together with copy of the rules of organization which we will publish in the Safety Department 0 "-c-· llr. Knill has prepared a list of 44 men, 31 Unit Fore- · men and 3 Outside Foremen eligible for charter membershipo I l know that Superintendents Sharrer and Hicks will be entitled to membership but I have no record of the Mine Foremen in charge of the mines receiving the Sentinels of Safety trophy at various times. It is important that this list be amplified to include the Superintendents and Mine Foremen and checked very carefully for use at the meeting to be held February 27th. --/.,,-- I would also appreciate Mr. Livingston's design for /,.., ( ?the emblem at his early convenience. In the meantime, I am { asking a manufacturing company to aubmi t a design for our \ consideration. ,/ - - z41~ �~ - -· - _.. ,,...-- r-__...----l'Sl5?1 SAFETY SOCIETY J.i' OR UNIT FOREMEt! AND OUTSIDE ~ -------FOREMEN. IIu PARTICULAR ...-----: In the S~fGJty D@ps.~trnn.1.i of this issue of the Em:oloyes• r.'Iizgazine nill be f oun . .:::.n ~utline of the ox-ge.nization of e. G:reek letter S~}f0 ty- Houo:E? Soc:l~i--1 t o be 1:monn ~\e, SIGr1A TAU EPSILOH 11 nhioh \'Jill t::1k~ p l ;._._ co i n R~ok Spx>inge o·n FebrutJ,l'y 27, lS--1-1 '.rb.Gl pu=poGe 0 ©. 0 ·Dh io ©i:rg..\A1iz1.1tion iei to givGl du0 credit to the V.'.1l'ieus Uui f; F @~eE:.,:rn. im our severzi.l mixies nho uork oc-n- the mi~eG G.l"@ in op ji;::, t i OID. 0 the mat,..i;ei.. of adequa tely l ooking after th1;; ·~1sin iID. thei~., oh:~ge theh, fimt and gI"e@.tea"c. respm1r,d.= bility. The nor· Society nill 'be con.ducted by the Unit Fox>er:16n. and Outside Fq):i:'0BS'il nho 5';l;@ quo,lified fol' admi.ssiOl1l ",her.sirni. a nd The Unio~ Pacific Co~l Compo..Taf ahc striveo to keep close to th~ head in iilin(;) safety effoz:t., doubtless)' uill rbo juatitied im. say- - - -·- /1. ing that SIGl'.'iA TAU EPSILON r1ill 'be the first G:?eGlk lettel' ecoi@ty ad the gowerillllent of thia society. inoluding the ezclueive right to hold office and vote., uill rest uith -~he Unit Foreli'!en aud Out:a ide For-.;~an. Iii ~e Super1 tend.ents ~ Ji 1.line Foremen \.7111 only be eligib le for ma erehip nl1on the niMa in their cb!';1.rg3 pro"va suooaseful c ontest' . ta f or the Santinala of S~aty trophy. mana0 erial officers ":iill b~ bar1:ed ~conue ·iberohip, All . ~ unless same ha.a been ~ttained before their pronotion to va rious o~nageTi&l offices nd no honor:.:iry 1 a lbarshipe ehaJ.l at o.ny ti ie be eat bli~hed by this society. �A aui t0:bl0 irnsig,-ni&1. ~ to be nom ~e a rratoh fob~ is being designed and ~0.eh such iXIsigm:!a. uill bes.x> the n~ma of the r.1enbsx> ~.nd the dC:.te ©f hi3 cJ.dniaeiou to the 0001.ety. The o~ganiz~,i io1n of o. G:re@~Ir let t~x> raoci$•"t:;y end. the \70rk it YI i l l C1.tte0pt is v~-gy 10.:r:ge- y µo,t terned o.ftel' The Hudson Coal Co1apany' s or~c,nia· ' t i iii ' 1 Saivty Key Men~ ii the key men of thio ve-;:y larga Gl.l'l'iGhi'~~ei t@ 01,_,:.1\, any ezt1:er~:.ely j e~ phei:r;> pc.xt in the o:rganizu.ti«h n itb h; c f 1De x-0001:tl of ~hlaveraent \'Jhioh U.;; A hops t.7ill bGi 3c)u~:t ©d by the members of SIGMA TAU EPSILOtJ. IJot �1 . ~· . . . . ,' OF SIGMA TAU EPSILON 1.<'. t \, ;·' . , For the pu?.9oee of furthering the cause .o f a ccid,e nt pre- • J vantio•n~ 1u a.ud u"bcrui th$ E.1ineB @f The Union Pa-cif lo Coal Company., on Feb:iuiil.?y 27~hb 1&11.::i o-Z c Gh:~ee1, l0t;ts:i' S:.lfaty Honor Society~ -;.7hich tJill t)f.l l.ti"H9"i -'tl r s ~!O'.·!..H-'\ TAU mPSILOlJ.. l. 1'..'.itne fh.z-L~Ei~'irr~~ndents ·'o'Jho aera in gene?a.l cho.1."g@ won of 2,ny cc~-~<,., iu mine ;;1hich h:)Ao/ or rna.:y in the rutur@ •.Jin the Sentinels o'l Sr4'ety trophy. Mambe:r@ qug,l ixy:l:ng uirl-.J:? thi3 o-eciii.on ';Jill not be pri- vile~ad. to ~ithaA' hold offioa ox- vote. a. Mine D1orer.i.--en nho 1.1 er-0 in looal cha rl~ of D.ny ceI?- . . won tain mine uhiah bc;.s; Oi' mcy in the futu~e rJ i11 th0 Sen tine lo of 80,f.e ty trophl,":; or '.7ho --:icZ?s in oha:rg~ of e ·:iin.r3 in ,.;i. 1lch no lorrt-t.ir;;.e r:ocide-nt i; 2s Guf..- der this GactiOfi \'Jill not be privileg~ci to e1 the~ hold office er vote. 3. Unit Fol,'6r1en .,ho lm,ve c on~uc ued a section or sec- tions in 2.ny 0ine- or 0i s::; for three consecutive c: lend; r ye:lrs,. \'Jithout G l e. t - t1 e uooid.ent- suf- fered by ~Y e ,1pl oye r1or ing und.,a r their diraoticm.. Unit Fore .en ,;; o h!lvo c onducted. their eeeti·o n or �- - i3 - sectio-ias ~:Ji tho-ut a .J ,.ost-time -accident fo.l.' the o~lenda.:,: ye,~ a 1938 ~- 193.9 and 19~0~ rrill b@ -e ligible to rn~ii.;1:;2;s-ship in the Society. Mem-- ~01rn q,u ali:fyitig undeJ? thin section \'Jill 'bel"~ivi ~ @~ ~ io bo'>'sh hold off ice and to v·ote. 1... 0utriit1@ F~'"' 11 :?f':on \'i'.ho ,;-;,;;:r$ in charge of the out- - ~idEii ::::s_ orn,?loyed in .1,2,ny mine or group of miner. to •.7h o _j nc l@ot-tirae aocident occurred. £or a. pe~'"ic1. of thx>ee o~. .lendBi' yeax-s. Out$.1de Fo~~- Ee11 • 110· h c.:vs C'-'na.uote·d thei~ f"or-amanship \'/j;th---- out ~ loot-i1ra@ aocident during the o&lend?2· ysnx>s 1El3S-o. 1939 ~nd 19~-0a rJ1 ll 'be eligible to m~m'b~:?ship in the. Sociat~. Membal's qllill ifyinQ; unde:t> thia ~~otion \'Jill be privileged to both hold off ice and to gote.._ 5.. Proof of -e l:1gi'bili · 7 'Z O.J!- t1snbe~ohi10 nill ·b e t~,lt®ill f~oo the payroll ~nd aco14~nt roco~s of fh@ Uniofi Puoif1o ·cou Oocr._t'leny., ce2tif1ed to- y tho Compt1Y1y•o Auditor,"' unc:l tbe SQfety Engine-er or Gancz~ai lle.nagax-. No off:'ic0- other th&.n . l:l.ose c0-v-0x>(:d bv Seot1.ono l, .2. 3 @.Jl !.I <1_,_ a.bo\Te* 'l'Jill be eli~ibls. f 0-:i? sembal'chip in the Sooiety~ and no ho orary ~mbgrzhip will be establirl ed. 6. Regular t:ij..,tin~s of SIGMA TAU EPSILON \1111 be held. gµo.rte:rly in aoob year at Roo.k Sprin&-'8 ,-n the raontho of Febru ry, 0,y• Auguot Gind irov~raber. o.t a ti-a �- 3 - G&oh ;!SJD'/~ 0 ,1.1 P~:eoi-ti~t1t ~ a. Senio~ and. t". JtmJ.-ol.' Vioe Px-esid,..,r.t t:..n ti a. Sec:re.ta:1?y, \7ho riill oonctuci t~ a·')i·,ix>c ,f tho Bec!ei.y ~n Q. m~Ymax-_u.pp:eoiYed b~ pe,i?!V a 'DG<Gr. '.tiU.tiug ~ Q.~01'Um ~t uny IZ~ct1.ngo Spso= i (;;,1 oc<J t··· ng3 -:.ay be- Outlled by tbe· President.- o~ iu Ullim1 Pe1c.i.:?ic· Coal ,Ooopany n ill retain theil' !lle□- bel'nhip but ·sill not· be privi~egGd to hold offioe o~ vote .. 7. 'the dutieB of the· _. Presiden -( Q~ i~1 hi·□ Qboe:nce n. V1a~ Pr-es1d~nt) ~ r1ill b@ to o.~r12nga ~ sui t ~'bl@. 111~0g:rao for eMh regulf.1.:t ~nd Sp$cial r~aetinfh to px-a- oid~ over oas~. i;i.a.1. to use his 'beot ef:?oi't to in- apira and p?O@ote the ....-ro~k oz @,ccid . . n.t prevention. ;tt)_.~ The Seoretal'r· \:7111 m~intain I n acctU'f;.te. ~.'ih:r~~'t of ~ ~lre/4. ail A ~embers, ,. 11th 4.11" lifi ,rt ion$ ~,nd d~tc of ~ci. ni3aion ·t o u~ri1'be;:nhipg ~nt \7ill i n G.d.1ition m:iin- tain a rooti.:J-l: of 1.-,;3moor~hip. cm.d keep Q. full r,acord of tho tranoao i>o.ne o'° ll r~Buler Q.nd ap~ci.;;,l raeet- �app-zova! ~i the G~n.;.:ra1 1fuJM:ge-&' of 'J:be Uii.iolil Paoif~<'.l C Oil Co~'!l-, ~?if?o - . 1 co.i':e p:P:actioe :&>eoon111ien<x,;..:.tiono. 9 Lii Z'ti$J @G 00,oh t"Jhou -oill @1eo ti G, Cha i:?man and a, Sec:i:et, xy. of E~.ob c o@t1~ t~oc. ;;-J i:..~ e iligtlrrt.~y study acoi,=lent p:i:'aven'tioD ~.:sit".:.C~1c.i> t~lting dua ~.eport io ths Soci.e ty fc~ ·tt1P~@v~..,:t .o iliJOndb~nt ~ t.U.sapprovE:t of their rec- OrlliT.:SP.,db.ti~lils;" [.!,)~ . . ~pp;-ov.9d r0·com~anda.tio21.s to be 1., :..J., r_' ,✓r1f." ;( ~,u· ,,,. ;:..,-,,.;: 4 , I ~---- submitted. fen... the ccneidA to th.e Safei,, . . CJ En~ineai-... ex>atioin o'Z the ma,no,g;am(}nt o.'l Th~ Union Pacific President of tha Sociaty... 9. <Ille St';fe y E~ineeF Gill dq.liv-ax- Pi> p~<j'tl.y to th@ ~rope.~ eo :imitt0e ch~i~~n~ a ste:.t@L~ni- of Q\11 eoci- dento that aocu .., 1.1ithi !:'.,_.~ cu .oide be t~1in.era x'.o~ ooEtnittees io .t~ ob0erve be i.;i,oc1dents 'before �:;;itirnui -X >ight ta hold <>i'fice os ·t@ 'f!ote . }Jo honoraey mai:1rJ31'Gb-ips. shall &t any ti.El~ be eett1bca �Rock Springs - January 10, 1941 Mr. Eu.gene McAuliffe: Rei'er ring to you:ro of Dcc ~mber 28th, 410-05: •,e gav 0 you , I thi nk , mo st of the informution t hat you requested in your l 0tt e.;.~. :-;0 have -;on e over t he different committees, and I think you have done a good job a ud a ll s ee@ to be covered a t the pres ent t ime . I discu ssed thi s r.-d..t h l'.'ies srs . Bayless, t:.urray, and Knill, and they sY ggest that it may he nec 1;;ssary to amplify tho ae committees, or create additional col1illiit t0 es t o t ho se listed in your set-up attached to your letter, for e2t0.IDple , i n "Tr r.msportation." "Roof v.nd Fa ce Fa lls " might also be amplified to t ake i n Timbering, Bethods of 'tlorking, etc. "Handling and Use of Explosives" might aloo t ake in drilling and shooting. -.1e thought you might add a clause in the by-l&\'J S to provide that in general meeting the .P.ssociation might E..w.1;-,lify or enla r ge those committees as they found necessary. By inserting this cla use, it ,;ou.ld save :?requent additions and change s t o the by-la:ns until Ti e hav e I i had a little experience with the or,e;anizaUon . tie thought that this might be accomplished by adding a clause along the follouing lines: "The J\ssociation in general meeting ..,,ill have the po~er to o~pli fy committees or odd further committees on different subjects as they find advisable ond necessary." Outside of that, ,1e have no further suggestions to make. Urh;:~:~~1 31:~-u:-1 : Gb ::..: ~ B. ,)[W) E �Rock. Sprlngs - J e.uus.ry 10, 1941 Mr• Eugene McAuliffe: ·,:;e gave you ~ I think , mo t of the information t hat you z-equested in your l tt ei' . ~-'e h£1v0 g,onc over tho dif !0:ro_u-t ccmmi. tte0s, end I think you huve done a good job~,~ a ll seem to be covcTed at the present tirue. I discussed thi s ~~.d t . t1essrs. Bayless, i;:;url"ay, and I<nill, and they sug- gest that it may be 12ecess"'-i.'Y to waplify thos e conuili. ttees, or create additional cortiwi-'~ t0es to those li:::i-ted in yom~ set-up attached to your letter, i'ox- eJmmple~ in "Tx·ansportation." "Roof a nd Face Falls" mieht also be amplified to tbks i u 'limbering , Le·thods of ~forking, etc. "Handling and Use of Explosives"' might also t ake in drilling and shooting. We thought you might atlcl a cla.uso in the by-lai:,s to provide that in general meeting the Association might 2m_plify or enlarge those conmiitteee as they :found necess0ry. B~· inserting this clause: it v.:ould save frequent e.ddi tions and chang~~ to the by-lans until -r1e have had a little experience with the or~unizetion 1Je thought thet this mi ght be, accon:plished by adding o. cleuBe along the follouing lines; "The l,ssocia.tion in general meeting \;>ill have the por,er to fl:mplify committees or add further corr.mittees on differont subjects a.s they find uclviseble and necessary." Outeide of that, °\"JCl have no furtber suggestions tc make. �Omah ~ - Dac e mber 28 , 1940 Mr. G. B . P r yd a: Hera·.-r i t h t.:10 co1- ia s of a memo d r a:rm up t o cover our Greek latt e r s a f ety soc i e ty. Benn e Ni tz to get me 1;;1• I am st i ll working wi th ~r . s uit able name, which, ·,-.r hen exp resszd him work i ng nm; on the title II Legion of Sa f ety, 11 ,.__nd I ·:rill comp lete th i s :'.n 9·l e in e. few da ys. In the r,~::.nti me ., ·iJill y ou not di 3 cus s th is m- t ter vr ith L1r. Ba yle ss , l:lr. itur r a.y a nd Hr. Knill, rnak:!.. n g a. me in o cf a ny chs n ge s in t ha positi ons e l i gib le f or mamber s hip , ~ the leng th of time se Tved without lost-ti me acc id ent, e tc. Plea se understand th::;.t this is jus t 3.- d r a ft jus t t o s t a rt from a nd v-rhen I am out aftar J a nue,r y 5th , I would. l ike to go into the thing c omp letely and fu L .y so tha t ·:_r e c sm pub 1 ish the progr a m in our ma g ··,,z ine, h c l d ing the orga n ize, t i on rr.e 3 ting sometime in Februa ry. 0.s I p icked the f ou r months off-se a son ri,onths when no other p rincip a l a ctivity Wfi.s t a king pla,ce axcep t the s e mi-a nnua l d r awings. It mi ght be practica ble to :'::old the Leg i on me ating the a.ft e rncc n of the d.ay of the dr a\'ling r!hen the mines would be idle and members 1 could be re a dily gotten together, including t h ose from Ha nna. Er. Knill sho.. l d c v,r efully work out the mimes a nd loca tion of t h ose eligible in the cla sses s h o\'m by Sections 1, 2, 3 a nd 4, ~· r any other cl a s s ifica tion tha t saems �- 2 - desi:re..ble to yourselves s o t h:1 t I can carry b2.ck from Rock Springs about J ~1.nu.a ry 9th or 10th, a ll of the info rma.ti on naces s - ry t o go a hdad wit h the organiz ation. - -·- - - - -. !1ECE~VED r, r- i'' ')- • ; ,: 1c11iQ v4 U _ u JIGS F f-H:"'. ~ 1D 1c:,,ff, ._~r:-itRt-) ": !'..::L\J �C" 'i.!CG ,c<f f.1cG'i I.:1.m1~ }f,S'0•lc)tp I l l to ..-,, <! &...... ._,c,..,r ·~ ~:;:::/r\ ... ... .. ,--1' �·:1.:l ! l '::,..:.c v :-0t17 ... .. . . .,_....... _.. ~ .:. .. :.,l.....,. �✓ �✓ ��Rock Springs - January 8, 1941 Mr. Eugene Bc.Auliffe: I am sending you today by re1;.istered baggage rmil one finished dre.uing of a proposed emblem for the ne\'J Saf_etr Key_ ~~ n' ~ o~ganization. ·ae are also Gll).closing several rough dra\·1ings of other proposed emblems, and if t he finished sketch is not 11hai; you want, we will nuke up finished sketches of the others. �LI'/l,~ . 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Gollino , u~o LJ~GtW 7 fi ~1D Gi: D oo , G wr-1.c..:J 1102.:i: :10 p J:.x--:oo \:ule:.a , Goo. "1) '.:".h:Uo ~ Ldunr-d J'..-' o .-c:1:r .~JC3 rm . 'l y;;;.u~ ,J::.1.t:ri;o.liG , .1oh!J. tlO. l i ,1"..i •; nilM.o - 18 1 <.1 L\ctlm:; 11 ")f)C~n ~ ,fo}m 1~ !'i!..OU , Pote \;Tfi'.~ •J l {J~. 3 c 1_,, niloy , :3t;i;-n L J ti . "'~..,.,. :~-:-- 1 [i~ c. ur:m, ,.. r·. t ~ri.nt,;o , ·~y ua.ry 3, 1941 /_, ~1. ,~'.. J, 1,\ 1~, 1S �LI GT CF UNI'l' } 0':i,EhEN CCt PLETIK G 'i'/REE Coi~SECU'l'IVs YE. R'-3 , 1 938 , 1 93 9 P.ND 1 940 ,; ::I·E0U'l' .A LCS'l'- TI IiE INJU RY RCC,( SP RI'i'!G-S NO . 4 _.Ii'E c,upence , nto11 Bl ~c ker , u-eo t·g3 f iel son , LJa::t"ores ~ I.:nrs i1ril. 1, i...c:.t t P m.novi ch , I:i.l c,11 'UPii:RIC:1 ''D" LI NE Dixon , Ant hony i3 . J r kl e , :lie ha rd L ah".;i , \;r:1 . SUPEPu.OR D. 0 . Pi.CC:( S?'R.Il).}S CL?i\ ID~ Addy , J-eo r ge L . F oster , Th orn us :(e1psi 1 Charles Cv0ry , i~d ., d r . LARI< JJI :-~ R.EL:i: Ai,:G.\!j l'T[: . l Li i'fB: Ba cskv_y , ohando,:: Be ;.1son, \d l lic.m l-li'.WNA NO . tf LiIN~ Cook, Be n Cenes t.ri n i, Ev a ns , oara Col l ins , L.-'u s :·ea rne , ar es ·.iales , Ge orge ., h ile , :id vu;u"Cl J&:i Gros so, Uhar les Gve r y , ·.rh ome.,9 , J r . Thoma.s , i:-l . G. REL1AN CE NO. 7 r.1 nrn Ea.s t al ich , Jo h n ·.1I N'.20N I-:0 1 EI I-:E Ee:1 ry , :Jilkie Je a ns olme, Arthur i.u-p pa.n , J ohn Ea r inof f , Pete ·,,I l:·l'rn-J NOS. 3 f..; 7,,. MI NE Eailey 1 ! t, C. St r e.nni gen, 1~. r.:. \lil-I'l'Oi~ CU'rSIDE F m·,keD, ·1. . .l . rl.OCk op rins s I 1-:yomint, Jonu c.ry 3, 1941 ➔ A~·I~:A OU'i'J IDf.' E0nni ngs e n , ~ . .rt. �u LI S'l' CF i.iEM EFP LCY:ill AS MI NE F'D~rmM tJ\iD PI GHT F C~T-'.E ~I I i.- CHARGS 01•' HI I:ES COlff1 L"S1L\ ., C;ii~ CALEi·iDAR l .0AR \;I'rHOU'l' A L'Ch3'l'-'rI ,;E IN JU RY ~"::~A~ l :); J - " B'' i.:I NE 1 SL'P ERI OR ,___ '-' . V. l:i c ks , L'.i ne F o rema n : .. V. ~o-;; c h ki s s , 18. ght Fo rem an YE :L 1 ~J_4 - " C" r,'lI N:ill , SUPE:i.10 R ui l li & ·~W i l ke s , IQne ii' ore1nan i-i\ . i'.: . Johns on , i1Ji i::h t F oren an peri od .Ap r . to Dec . p ,.: 193 7 - " D" t.:1 JB;, ,::iU?ERIOR Jame s L a\'! , I.:iY1e ? oreman V YE :•. 1 ~) - "B" ~.~IE3 . SUP ER.IO:t G1· over ·,Jiseman , !li gh t Foreman, J an . t o Au g . Grove r .,ise .1m1 , J'ii ne F oreman , Sept. t o De c . - D. 0 . ClJI RlC t: VE , Su'PE ..I CR (x ) !.'; . A. ..;h a rp, ;·_:i ne i!'orer;ian , Ap r. t o Dec . i•iic ½: Gon zatti, Sr., Hi sht F oreman , A_o r. t YEAR 1939 - NC. l De c. k: I !\'.:i; , ;;;nITnN Erne st Besso, l·li ··:ht F o Y'8 u an (x) - Mine be gan operation i,9ril 1, 1938 and completed t he y e2. r \·:ithout a lo s t-time injury. rlO ck ::i p rings, ·::yomin g Je.nuary 3, 1941 �: ;' P2~~ I 1:::?L JYF1~ .r:.~i r.1: r-~ rrr_ : i:~~:~31 ;~rr1 111( ft ► ~"l:"' .: '· 1. ~·. 1:;~~ c:~: •;rtr~: c_ ,~ t ·:tt::,:~ a,~.!~~I~l -f Yt:~ e-..;: . ~. ~:.:_~ _:(.Jl'~~ t?/~""! •,.t-~\!C?J:? A .:.l·cJ.irt, ti:· 1 :r.; ◄ "lJ ~Tinit .,) Xl .!. : /l'l t. -- :io r 1~~:t'~~i~~~~; :r~ 7::;:~14'-l~~~~~i1,.):J; ~.l o ~---\.vi: . J ,-, l_Lt:il.. r·o ~~r:t.l_ j \ · ,1 \· ;~G:et~;.r~i· ;; 0 li.~~ ~·0 'Co~~-~·j 1:2 ~us. ~ c~ (:; ) '° ~:1..J.:.~1 l:c[:u11 ~:Jc~:-~t, loi .\:;iz i u: . olctc :1 /l,L yc:.1..t 'Lr( 1 0 :.._._ ;,: lt ~1pi"'J.nco, .,'J January 3, 1941 :1 li.~/ ~ - - · ·;:: :1.0< 193t <-..- -~-~ - cJt""t±:1(.; �Mr. I. N. Bayless: I am returning herewith your file on "Safety Key Men." In accordance with Mr. McAulif'fe's suggestion, as soon as you have the figures, I wish you would extend it to take in the year 1940, dropping 1937, and using 1938, , and 1940, figures . .\ . ~-~- ~ ·, . •,, 4.. ,s "'-1 . ~. - �Rock Springs - December lo, 1940 Mr. I. N. Bayless: I am returning herevith your file on "Safety Key Men." In accordance \,ith Lir. McAuliffe' s suggestion, as soon as you ha.ve the .figures, I v1ish you \70Uld extend it to take in the year 1940, dropping 1937, and using 1938, 1939, and 1940, figures. (J...-i: "!:.1 :.• I ;~-: ,,.,"'.' "'·. : V Ei E'1; ~t B. fr1VDE �Tl-lE UNION PACIFIC COAL COMPANY UNIT FOP.Ef'r.EN :i!::t-.PLCYED AT EACH MI!'J"E Name Qualifications State Certificates Book of Standards ROCK SP RINGS NO. 4 NI NE Armstrong, John, Jr. C',as 'ilatchman 1938 43 Bluhm, Reynold 1.1.ne Foreman Gas Y{atchman Gas 7iat ch man Gas ',7atchman Gas \"lat chman lline Foreman }Fine Foreman Gas n atchman 19 36 54 1934 55 Krichbo.uri1, Henry L:c'l'ee, Chester l'.~cca, James Olson, Clarence Russell, Alfred \iilliams, Lester Zupence, .C1nton ROCK SPRII~C-S NC. 8 1ITNE Blacker, Edward Geo. Buxton, R. J. Cukale, John Forbes, Jackson Glavata., Pete Hatt, Angus J. Marshall, Matt Nielson, Derorest Painovich, I~lan 3al ve.tico, Joe oilovich, Frank Sorbie, John C. 'l.'homas , Evan "ililde, David ~:iniski, John Zupence, John Benson, Wm. .ouch an an, '\I. H. Canestrini, Sam Easton, Alex ~vans, Sam Greek, Wm. Grosso, Chas. £axy1ell, Robert every, Thomas, Jr. Reuter, Julius "\iilcox, Kenneth Zeiher, A. L. 19 38 1935 1938 1936 Gas \'latchman 1937 t a.ne Foreman Gas \-i atchman Gas :.i atchman Gas \'!at chman Gas i'latchman Mine li'oreman Gas '\iatchman Gas Y:atchman ~as \ia t c hman Gas Watchman Gas ',latchman Gas \/at chman Gas Uatchman Gas ',i at chman Gas Watchman 1913 RELIANCE NO. J. t1IINE Bacskay, Shando,1 19 36 1938 Gas Jatchman r:line Foreman Gas \·l atchmen Gas rJa t ch man Gas Vlatchman Gas \iatchman E:i.ne Foreme.n Gas \"lat chman Gas \lat chman Gas Wat c hrnan Gas ';:at chman Gas \iatchman Gas \}at chman 44 39 42 56 47 45 170 68 1936 1939 59 1938 58 172 1937 1914 52 1938 62 1937 173 1934 169 63 57 1937 1937 171 1936 64 1938 1938 1936 1937 1938 265 183 79 1939 19 36 53 1938 182 1938 85 231 1930 1935 82 76 1938 . 77 168 90 83 1929 84 1936 1937 1937 �-2Name RELIANCE"'1fo:'" 7 BINE Bastalich, John Bradley, Fred Duzik, l:.'1. J. Gaylord, Albert G-rove, b . \~ . Grove, :Eomer Fearn, Iiarvey Les lie I .1\lf red I-::cLeod, Hugh Raff arty, Ja ck Reese, Jack Qualifications state Certificates ?fd.ne Foreman 1938 1938 1938 1936 1938 1934 1922 1939 Gas //atchman 11.',ine Foreman Gas 1/atchman Gas \/at chman Gas \Yatchman r.ti.ne F oreman ¥.ine .foreman Uas State lline Inso. Gas ~'lat chman 1938 Mine Ii'oreman 1929 1 Book of Standards 86 264 89 248 81 229 272 78 271 184 \lINTON I~O. 1 l-i!lliE Harris, Geor ge Henry, \, il kie Jean.selme, Arthur Krppan, John 1-'i arinoff, Pete Matt onen, !~ester Peternell, John iyn.sky, Syl vaster C-as 1:Iatchman Gas Hatchman Hine Foreman Gas VJat chman Mine Foreman Gas 1Jatchman Gas \'/atchman iQ.ne I~ oreman 1936 1935 1938 1937 1938 1939 1936 1936 97 107 10 4 260 99 180 \HNTON NO. 3 KI!E Bailey, R. G. Herd, James Knoll, John V. Sandstrom, Carl Valeo, John Mine Foreman Hine Foreman Mine Foreman Gas Y/atchman Mi. ne Foreman 1937 1937 1938 1939 1938 259 105 258 261 113 WINTON NO. 7½ trrNE Edwards, Pete Div1ards, 'l.'hos., Jr. Spence, .Andrew st ranni gan, A. M. \'lelsh, Lawrence Gas \ia tc hman • Gas wa:t chman iid.ne Foreman Mine Foreman G s ·-.;atchman 1939 1938 1938 1932 1936 115 SUPERIOR G" t:iINE J. Clifford Anderson Flockhart, AP-am Fox, Yim. s. Kans ala, Carl A. . pelican, Frank Prevedel, Frank Riccardo, ·forn Rock, Clyde &>ck Lawrence J:.: ine Foreman ll!.d.ne Foreman Gas Watchman Wine Foreman I,Eine Foreman Gas. \iatchman Gas Uat chman r5ine Foreman I:Eine Foreman '3 110 114 95 103 92 102 11 1935 1925 1937 1932 •1921 1940 1939 1935 1935 144 136 139 149 146 147 r,. l~t. , ,;.,~: ~ iC �- 3 Qualif ic at ions State Certificates Book of Standards Name SUPERIC R""'"iij5ii MINl~ Arkle, Ri chard Dixon, A. B. Faddis, James ::i. Fedele, Fre.nk Gardner, Dan Haag, I-ti.cha rd Lahti, \,m. Lo\', , Les lie Mine Fo re man Mine Foreman Gas 'iiat chman c-as \iatchma.n Line For eman Gas \latchman rJine Foreman Mine F oreman 1938 1920 1937 1940 1923 1933 1937 1938 SU?E.~ICR D. 0. CL.'\RK !.'l D !E Nos. • 7 o:. 7{- Seams Addy, Geo. iL. Buchanan, Fr ank Gillilan, Gibso n Go1·don, F . L. 1:artin, Dominic Pie rarrt oni, !.:a ri n o Pritchard , R. A. Gas \!atchman Gas ;Jatchrnan Gas Watchman r:J.ne Foreman . G"as iatchman Gas \ at chman I.fine Foreman 1938 1938 1940 1937 1938 19 40 1940 l~os. 9 & 15 Seams Cl ark, Alex '! '. Cox, Paul B. Ha.11, J)Earlin Kampai, Chas. Overy, .i!:d,, ~r. Whalen, '! 'hos. Yi inis ki , Basil C-as \"Jatchman Eine Foreman Gas \Jatchman Gas \'iatchman rfd.ne Fore man lid.ne Foraman Gas Hatchuan 1939 1934 1938 1911 1932 1937 275 124 252 120 133 253 134 HANNA NO. 4 LUNE Collins, Au 5ustus H. Cook, ~en C. Harrison, James Hearne, Frank Hearne, James P. Jones, Joseph Rae, \iilliara B. .Himme r , 'I'homas G. ·1iales, George A. ~,' hile , li)iy1ard i:~ ne 1'oreman Mi ne F oreman Gas i atchman lline Fore man W d.ne Fo remfm l:ine Fo rema.n Mi ne Foreman Uine Foreman Gas 1:iatchrnan 15:i. ne Fo r eman 1907 1928 1928 · 1926 1924 1932 1936 1936 1935 1931 162 156 164 160 15s 163 157 166 159 165 Note: 150 132 255 128 142 138 174 148 129 127 279 1938 In most instances Unit Foremen alternate day and night shifts and are paid the rate of ~8.25 per day. Roe k ::jprings, \'lyoming November 23, 1940 , I-. . . J. ' . ., �( . THE UNION P .C1.C I F!C CO.AL COi:.~PlU'\!Y UNl'L' li'O Ri.'i.1EN i~t?LO'!ED AT E.1CH i'.1lNE Nrune r'QC{C SPV{ruF tm . 4....1_~1':i',J\; -Ari:l!J·i x-o 1J, : ·o n ~ Jr. Clao.l ii' :i.cnt ions G·t c~'t o Cerlif icat0s l3ook oz Stnndnron 43 ;_•_ o \:u:~ chl::lo.n 1938 --filull..B, Reynold I~iuC Fok~<l!HQl'l 19 36 ~ :1-.iohbc..m:i, Ga.a 1.'o:~ Ohr.:B.tl i::1a .:a:bch rn- l:1 C'as i. :n-t chlilan CL o ,at chE1at'l rri no Fo x-emo.n tine F oroi;mn CQfJ 1.:ut chrn.oa 1934 1936 1938 1938 f!a.D i.:atc:h .an 1937 f.'. l r1e •f. orG!JCUl an::i \.i ntc}m!Ql'l 1913 68 1936 1939 59 E::m:.~y ~-..:cTeo, Cbo "1;0 _ --L'..90 ca, Jcnoo -Olson , GlrLonco ---Ruo coll, .A.l ~cc.1 -'\;iJ.lis..ms , Lcs·00::· n Aupenco, !'.n-001. TI.OGK S ::iiw:s 1:0 . ' 'ill ~B ---Blackoz- , 1: ,:;::. Ceo . ...-±3uxio~'l , J . J" . ----◊.2 kal0, Johu . .foiboo , Jnclmo~1 Cas ::"a:~olman Gao ·, .'Et h ohm · r1 Gao ·-;o:t chm0.n .-Cl:.lVata, F0t0 --Hatt , Atlgu:.i .J. •JTo.roh all , t:'.::l.t t -- Ii;iolDon , DoF Ol o·~ -Poinovich, !.'!llan , ;) al vutioo , Joo . Silovich , Frun!r - Sorbi0, Joh,, c. ..,.',&o □f2Z , 0 1'::Van ~:::l lrl o, D::ivicl . .•.. il-r" old., John .,,;uponoo, John l"j;r;;LIJ\t~ill NO. l f'.ltilTI ~oolrny, Uhn..11do "J en□ ou , Y:0 . ----Huchannl'l , ·1. !-I. 4'/ 45 170 58 1'72 52 53 171 Cua t o:~olc11nn 1936 64 G:.10 ,:o.tchmn ill no ii'o ro G..1, 1938 1930 183 19 3S 1934 1938 62 1'73 169 63 5'7 265 1937 l9JB 1936 79 182 85 a M r.atolmrn ·1110 ft'Oi'Oi!:.:111 193-8 231 1930 "i :c.rtohr.1e.n 1935 '76 82 r'8a '.. o.iohrwn Oc.l.3 \ic.:'vohu.Sl.-1 . ;ucox, :{onnoc;h -Zoihcr. . L . 56 1937 1937 r~ax,joll, Robort '1outo , Juli.uo 42 1914 C:i,s !atohnan 3.,_.. . 39 1938 1937 l 9J9 C:10 10 " D , 44 Guo \ .atcllmnn Gus ', utohmm1 Gao i.;otchman Gas ,atclt ""a:i G'as i:a/i;chn::.u-1 G G 1.;ato !Jan Gus \:o:t C}l!JC\!"1 C:i□ ,o.t chndll Gx-o oo , Cha.o • 0V ry , 1938 1937 55 rlino f 0!'01!1.U'i Co.a '.,n-~ohncm ---Ounoot r.lni, 8(10 --Eas ton, 1\lo;~ --Lvans , fian . Oroek , r: :1. 1935 1938 1936 54 Ce10 \10:~chmn C:::10 -.:.a.tc.!nnn 1936 1937 1937 . C~o ,ntc il:2!:lk1 1938 Cho ' io:'vohnnn 1929 ., 168 90 03 84 �- Ibmo i'EL1A..~fCT-1rro7 r{ l:f.l:NG I aotulich, John B radl oy P J7x-etl Du.zik, r.i. J. O'.nyloi•d, !:J.b0 x ~ Grov0. ~ ~ . rj . Grov0 ~ I:Orno11, Foru- 1, H::i.::-voy 2 - (.'lual.Hico.tion::. Book oZ C0rlH 0:ie 0 ~St--crto ·- -...;.;;;,;;;..; _io _ §t anderd~ ~ 1.'.i1:10 I;'oroma.11 Cno ~it ·t chm211 f.'.l. l'lO l· 0 2'Cfil Ul'l (k'\El ,·: f?;i;ch!i m1 r>1 0 \·:E,:iioh□ a G-1 cJ 'i·:o:tohmru1 Leo lie, /'.H' - "'· I:.ine F cromw'l 2~2.G I? O~Gl, Qx1 L~cLo od , EuG:i •.. a:3 f\!.l.H Gl:"ty, Jo.01: Reeso ~ Jack Gus \Jut cJhna.n )]:i.2i0 1938 1938 1938 1936 193 1934 89 248 8 "-·1 1922 1939 272 1938 2'{1 i,o.t e i.li no ImJp. F O:.'Oman G6 264 'l G l929 184, l~)}lo 110 193.5 114 \'}Ilf'l'On w· . 1 r.:I"~·; ..,,••., ·t O ."!: 0,,,..,_~ , t'-0 l, ..•·(~V ,--;~ Eanl"y, •;;.ilki Jonnao1,i , N.:. ,hu,.' !(i')?pru1 11 Jo!1n GeatG ~.-atoh:.mn Ge1.o t\.1io!illla•l f.1i i:'10 i1 ONl!llEl.U GQ..S 'Cutohi:..mn 1938 1937 L"e.?inoi'f? Peto I'.:il'.10 For0r:J8.H 1936 I.::::rtt Ol.'iGl'l, '.lcJ-i;oz, C;as i.":atchncm Guo r, a-~chmi:n, 1939 97 107 104 260 r.:ir1e F oi, ..:1m1 1<;36 1936 I.ti.no F'o ror.;an t ii;:10 Fo:re:o i'l 1937 259 H:ird, Jv:mos 193'1 105 :<noll, John V. :'1.n0 Foi'CCfll:2 1938 258 Sandot x>orn, Ol :rl C'us t e:tclmo.n r:iine lol'enn 1939 261 113 115 Fi m F o r0oru1 1939 1938 193D ~.'.h~~ Ii' oror:Ja..n ~ 0 ':.a.-tch1.'10.tl 'p 19:6 I' -'c;o:rnell, John Tynsky, Sylvo~'iioi· ,:, Itrrmi Nn . 3 ttrns Doiloy, R. C-. Vnlco, Joh11 YJ XN'l\otl r, • _J_-!-;- t~IlIB Lduards , .Pote }9j\"JQX'(lS, 1110:J. , Jro Spoaco, /lndk'Cm $t}."£all'lni(::,(lI'l, A, l1J. ·,·1 olo h , W\Jll'O Leo GUP iT.1!<i :1 11 G" r'i!El •J J. Clifford /lm1o?Jon Flocl·hur'li, t:lmJ Fox, T:b . 3. Kana 0.lu, Ca.rl .ti . Policroi, Fron! Pi: veclol, 1"1.,anE !.Uco urtlo , Ton roc!t, Clyde i' ck Laurono o to.o \ );.\-iChr.:i "'l GaJ '.".'t.1t c :.!12i'l I.line F O!"Oi::.1::1.lil L3.Y-w Fore!;!::m (;b.G i.L\'t CIm.cm Uino FoNm;:in 1."'l no Foro□Q.1 C:i..c "i: ::.\tohillar1 Gao ·;::ato .r:an l'.'il:le Ii' o ·oru::in i..'.ino Foi'0r::u1 1938 1932 1935 1925 1937 1932 1921 99 180 95 103 92 102 M4 136 139 149 1940 1939 1935 1935 146 147 .; I, \ �3 C, Ut quul i f :l i:'1 n:t i om S.i a-li o . Ce rl ific0.·i;0s Huao SU Book of ~ ~ r oo rr,;1; 9 11 0 !'01':Yl' 1 193(3 15 0 Diaon ~ J.\. D. Fern.di□ , JQlllo u s. tii ::i.0 Fo:roman 132 fi0Gcle • ,.:':ra.ri; Gal"i:lilO,;' , Do.u (t,ac-1 1920 193'7 1940 1923 128 1 4-2 L:ii:~ _, 1~01c:.m T.'.::i.no F o ~-.0.!..!£1·1 1933 1.93'1 1.938 \;at ch,JQll 1933 14 8 Hn~1G , 'cha··J l.,2,.l "l.ii, t,!::l . Lc'O , L0o l i0 SU:,?.~Ui'F' D. 0 . (T...:.~;; : ··.:·:t:Eoc . 1 D: 7-S n<Y~~~ /' r'l G' .. -, -. l l y ) 8 0 • l., o C:"1 i::(ri; c:1 oJ:J. ~:r:.r~ctnm1 :.:ino Po:. o;::i:u1 __:a~J \.;tYGoh::1: ~11 .:'.S 255 138 174 Eu 'kl::U.lQ.';'! ' )?:;-a. J.E. G:.:is \'. atch@ll.'! G:Ulilo.n , Ci' son Go don , F . L.. 1938 (-'·· ',;0/c; c hi:1!:l.ill 1 9L';,3 1937 129 _r.:u ··tin , LJ .Ji1 • c !'.~ine F o l."8L.m1 ,2c:~s t c,.t chmnn 1938 127 ?io 1.".lr& on:1, L'.i?.:..H Pritcha:r<l , -;-> . ! . l.IiHO 1 9.10 1940 279 .~OS • .... □ -,~ti chl'Jo.n li'o _ CI!lEl'l 9 l\ 1J G.:Q.DE Q1 o. 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JQ.'il C G :.J.i:o lli:2 --3 15'1 166 1,~ 165 :.r~Q;_,.,c.., sn · ·:; ~· ,..)L:On c.1 ·o ~nQto da.y n:-~ n ii ni. ~OV' C-&7"J:)Ol"' e: , --yo • n -: 23 • l 40 ~dd -~'.:J t'Qc, 1 D ( 8. 25 p l" □:! • �Mck ::.iprings - :i:ovember 20, 1940 In regard to your lotter of November 13th and return of file cor.cerniug "Safety :(ey r:an," I am enclosing three dif fereut lists. I 'rn.ve c 1ecked ovcx- the Unit Foremen for the years 1937, 1938 er.d 1939 Et,id h:zi.v by mines, Ex>ranged one list r:hich sho\'1s the Unit Forcrr:en, ho ho.ve cor.nlc·ted the yea.rs 1937, 1935 and 193~ 1.1ithout o. lost-tin!e injury, ·i;!-lia including t,10 ou·l;side sections. :i:ou 1.·,111 11oto ..,hi:.t -!;here ia one 1m:m, m:iorGO :3pronell, \·1ho has been taken off a.s a Unh .ii'ore.. an, ulso -~hnt Paul Cox only noted as a Unit Fore1?1an for sevau months durinb .,_he year 1938. 1he second lint aho-r:s the Unit Foremen riho have completecl ~ o of the three years (1937, 1938 and 1939) n~G necessarily consecutive ithout fl lost-time_ injury. You will notice that this list only shot•;s the yee.rs :hich ·ere completed •1ithout a lost-tit!le injury. ·ihe third list show Une 7oremen and ~.i1;ht l- orern0u \,ho have coLpleted a calendar year without • n lost-tine inju:ry. all cases, '.l'iie nines, in on the sentinels ot Safety, tith tho exception of l:iuperior n. o. Clurk Line, ' ich coL1pleted .from ;tpril ( ·hen ·t,he air:e began operf:.tion) throu h December. As the year 19 1~ is not .finisheo., I have not included the en iho have hud injuries this year. If 1940 should be used as a asis for deterrninir.g three consecutive e rs, several of the men shown on the first list, as no;· having three col1sacutive yenr.J lithou-r; lost-tiite injury, will not be eligible. �LIST OF UNIT FOREJ,iEN IN CHARGE OF SAFETY SECTIONS CC!:PLETW G 'l'HREE COI,iSECUTIVE YEARS, 19 3 7, 19 38 AND 19 39 , \'/ITHOUT A VOST-TIME INJURY ROCK SP RINGS Ii!O . 4 1'.I NE Anton Zupence ROCK SPRINGS NO. 8 m :tE George Blacker Matt ?;:e.rs hall Milan Painovich Evan 'l'homas David \iilde John Zupenc~ RELIANCE NO. · l 11.iINE \Jilliam Benson Charles Grosso Robert I,laxwell WINTON NO. 1 ?!JINE George Harris Arthur Jeanselme John Krppan Pete l.'.arinof f Sylvester Tynsky 'iiilllTON NOS. SUP ERIC R D. 0 . CLARK HI N:~ Hichard Arkle Paul B. Cox(x) Hoy Huber Ed. Overy, Sr, Basil \/inis ki HANNA NO. 4 HI NE Ben Cook James Hearne 'IL B. Rae George Wales Edward While OlITSIDE SECTIO NS 'I'hos. Foster, Rock Springs R. ~l . Fowkes, Uirrton 3 & N· lJINE R. C. Bailey Joe Botero .l\ndrew Spene e George Sprcmell x A. I:!, ~trannigan John Valeo SUPERIOR "0 11 MINE Adam Flockhart \~·m. S. Fox . SUPERIOR 11 D" MINE .tsen Caine .Anthony H. Dixon Dan Gardner x - Not acting as Unit Foreman at the present time. (x) - Unit Foreman for seven months, 1938. Hote: Year 1940 not listed as figures not complete. Rock l:iprings, \;yoming November 19, 1940 �LIST OF lAEN El/iPLOYED AS MINE FOREMEN AND NIGH'.1' FORE!.'iEN IN CHARGE OF MII'-ES COl'lPLETING ONE C.ALE dDAR YEAR \'I ITHOUT A LOST-TIME INJURY YEAR 1933 - 11 B11 MINE, SUPERIOR F. V. Hicks, Mine Foreman R. V. Hotchkiss, Hight li'oreman YEAR 1934 - "C" HINE. SUPERIOR \iilliem \,ilk.es, F.1ine Foreman F. J. Stortz, l(ight Foreman period Jan. to Mar . .f\. H . Johnson, Night Foreman period Apr. to Dec. YEAR 1937 - "D" MINE, SUPERIOR Jarues LaY1, !:!l ine Foreman Sam flillile.n, Night Foreman (deceased) YEAR 1938 - HBII MINE SUPERIOR R. V. Hotchkiss, Hine Foreman, Jan. to Aug. Grove:.· s,'iseman, wine Foreman, Sept. to Dec. Grover ·,liseman, Night F·oreman, Jan. to .Aug. Riche.rd Ark.le, Night Foreman, Sept. to Dec. YEAR 1938 - D. 0. CLARK MINE, SUPERIOR x M. A. Sharp, l!d.ne Foreman, Apr. to Dec. Nick Conzatti, Sr., Night Foreman, Apr. to Dec. YEAR 1939 - NO. 1 11INE, \'iINTON Yim. Wilkes, Mine Foreman . Ernest Bes so, Night Foreman x - I.tine began operation April 1, 1938 and completed the year without a lost-time injury. ~ck Springs, '>;iyoming November 19, 1940 �LI~! OF UTNI; ..FOREHEN IN CHARGE OF SAFETY SE C'r IONS COL,. LETING I\v O YEARS (NOT NECESSARILY CO NSECUTIVE) \'J I'fHOUT A LOST-'rIME INJURY 1v10 ROCK SP RINGS NO. 4 MINE H. Krichbaum Chester Mc'l'ee John Traeger Lester \iilliams ROCK SPRINGS NO. 8 HI NE Angus Hatt DeForest Nielson Thos. Overy, Jr. Frank Silovich John Sorbie RELIANCE NO. 1 l IT NE Shandow Ba.cs kay W. H. Buchanan Sam Canes.trini Sam Evans Homer Grove Julius H.eut er Year s 1937 & 1939 1937 & 1938 1937 & 1938 1937 & 1939 1937 & 1938 1938 & 1939 19 38 & 1939 1937 & 1939 19 38 & 1939 HANNA NO. 4 MINE RELIANCE NO. 7 MINE Harvey Fearn 1937 & 1938 ";iINTON NO. l MINE \lilkie Henry John Peternell 1938 & 1939 1937 & 1939 WINTON NOS. 3 & 7-g- MINE '.i'hos. Edwards, Jr. Jrunes Herd 1937 & 1939 1937 & 1938 SUPERIOR 11 C11 MINE Carl A. Kans ala Clyde PDck 1937 & 193 9 1937 & 1939 Joe Jones 'l'hos. Rimmer OUTSIDE SEGTIO NS . SUPERIOR 11 D11 MINE 1937 & 1939 1938 & 1939 Richard Haag \'lm. Lahti Note: Year 1940 not listed as figures not complete. Rock Springs, \lyoming November 19, 1940 1938 & 1939 1937 & 1938 1938 & 1939 1937 a. 1938 . E. R. Henningsen, Hanna A. L. zeiher G. 'l'homas SUP ERIOR D. 0. CLARK ?.I\INE Geo. L. P..d dy 1936 & 1939 Chas. Kampsi 1938 & 1939 Gus Collins Frank Hearne 1938 & 1939 193 7 & 1938 1938 & 1939 1938 & 1939 1937 & 1938 1937 & 1939 1938 & 1939 1938 & 1939 H. 'l \Vo Years 1938 & 1939 �~ 0 u lo t - •..• J u M. ~- :_ . ,:.Jl~I - ~: ) ft �L r? 0 U1E'i' FCr2:I'1-1rr r Gl·Tt'\.RG::-' or 5 :t<'T·/i'Y SEO'l'I ON'" Gei:~lX!'l'l:':_ ; '?.:c T0 .'\I1'1 (EOT rr,r;cS ''l'.3.~ ,ILY co JSE'.JUTIV'.2) :,, L'HOU'I' A !:{Yi1-'l' It-".G R.Y mm -937 6 1?39 Ci1Gstor i_~c?c c J !:?n ·i·r. O;y,:;;' Las t --;\ !. ,_, . . .,li::-1_:u v - 31 l -:13l ~ 1)37 -~: 1938 ~fC3 J0'.,.%0 '£1:os . ;-1:1:-::-.:: 0~· G;.r01~y , J? . ,~il •1io!1 193[3 G: 1939 1')37 l:. 1939 l. 3o ,'.;; 1939 "' · J.• Lo1mil!lga0n , Hanua 1938 C: 1939 ~.;r. u• ,., .,.,i·~, , ~~~ f'.n..:;m, P..~tl; Join: b O!:~iG 3 ~: ut ·3·Gririi :..GJ L.va:lS ~ r:::;r :":rovs Jullus Itcut cl· H. G. '!'tlo:i~B •~\ . lOih0r 1, . rn@-J ro . 4 rn:r,.n:: Cu a Col l l i ~ F:rer~ Hc:rns 1)30 ._"; 1939 :..s };3 ~,i or0ot. T-ccs . 2938 1939 i~1c1o n .0 . 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Wi th the return of the file, pleas e give me a list of Unit Foremen who have been in cha rge of S ecti ons wh ic h have had no lost-time injuries for a consecutive t h ree year period, also for a tv10 year period. Also give me a lis t of t h e Mine .l!"oremen who have been in chare;e of mines · 1.'ree from los t tim_e injuries for s. year, or those whicb have won the Sen tinels of Safety. �Rock Springs - November 8, 1940 1£!'. I. N. Bayless: Here,:;ith copy o f letter from Mr, l>.i cAuliffe, together with the plan of The Eudson Coal Co mpany's "Safety Key Mep." It ,,ould. s eem to me the first thing to develop a t each di s trict is \·iho is eligible, and we should go back over our records in order to develop the number of yea rs we· should set up for the different foremen, also the drc..ft of the committees we should hi;.ve. I wish you would handle this, so that we will ha v e some dat a to present to Mr. N.cAuliffe when he is next out here, which will be vii thin the next week or ten days. �410-05 Omaha - November 5, 1940 Mr. G. B. Pryde: Herewith two copies of statement given me by Mr. Evans on The Hudson Coal Comp!:l.ny' s ''Safety Key Iv:en." You viill note the membership is restricted to Foremen~ the iviine Foreman the highest official eligible, I wish you \vould undertake to do some preliminary wo rk on those who are eli~ible on our p roperties. After establishinb th e positions which are eligible, see how f a r back the list can be carried in order t o start out with a fair viorking membersliip, You mi ght find it desirable to require, for examp le, a Unit Foreman to carry a clear section for two, three, or more years, depending on v:hat your records d ev elop. In the case of the Mine Foreman, who is responsible fer all men employed inside and outside, I think one year should be sufficient, It mi ght be advisable ·to require the Outside Foreman to show two or mor years freedom from accident. I have a line on the cost and manufacture of the S1:J.fety Keys, and when we have an opportunity, I would like to help work out the details of the organization, which I think will prove of great value. (sgd) copy Eugene NcAuliffe. �THE HUDSON CO.AL COMP ANY SAFETY "KEY MEN This is an. informal organ::lzatio~ without by-laws or consti tuti-on,. of supervisory officials who have attained a remarkable record in i~Jury prevention. It acts in an advisory capacity to the com- pany s Safety Department. The officials eligible for membership are: Mine Forema..n Sectional Foreman Fire Boss Driver Boss Outside Foreman Shop·, Superintendent Maintenance Foreman Foreman of Construction The qualifications fo~ membership are: (a) A Mine Fo:rema,n must win at least once the safety flag which is a,uarded each quarte:r of a yea.r to the mine having the best safety record in that quarter. This award is determined on the basis of the frequency and severity ratingo (b) The Shop Superintendent and Outside Foreman must superintend, in a period of twelve consecutive months or more, at least 100,000 man-hours without a lost~time injury on the part of their working force; the Sectional Foreman and Fire Boss 50.,000 man-hours; -the Driver Boss 75.,000 man-hours; the Maintenance Foreman and Foreman of Construction 60,000 man-hours. The membership is divided into ten ooil'.ilni ttees, as follows: Roof Fall~ 1st and 2nd Mining Transportation~ Inside Handling Material" Inside Tools and Machinery~ Inside Gaa and Miscellaneous - Inside Explosives and Electricity - Inside Slipped and Fell - Inside Transportation., Handling Supplies and Material., and Miscella,neous - Outside Tools and Machinery, Handling and Preparing, Slipp~d , and Fell, Electricity - Outside Publicity Each committee elects its own Chairman and Secretary. They meet once a month in the general office for the purpose of drafting bulletins of an advisory character on the ways and means of preventing injuries. They gather their information for these bulletins by reviewing the reports of all accidents of their particular classification and also by investigating the current accidents of the same class which resulted in fatal injuries. �Rock ;,:iprings, Nov. l~,, 1940 M:r. R. R. K.1,ill : I &"!l \ .' i t t attuch ing correspondence from :'Ji r. 1.I cAulif'fc the return of the file, plea,30 give :ne a list of' Uni t F ~reT.1.en who h cve been in ch.;.1.r13e of SecUons which have h.:.d no lo s t-ti.. e injuries for u consecutive three_year period, also f'or o t\.O-ye:..: r period. li.lso give me a. list ot' the Mine ~·ore:nen v=ho b "'ve been in chc.rce of ra ines f re0 from losttL'!le injuries for c1 y ear, or t hos e 1: 1icb l~nve v.:on t1 10 3e1"ltinels of Safety. �Rock Springs - November 8, 1940 Mr. I. N. Bayless; Hered th copy of lett er from 1lr. hlc Auli.ffe, together \tlth the plan of The Hudson Coal Company's "Safety Key Men." It ,;ould se&ll t o me t h e first thing to develop at each district is t'lho is eligible:, and \7 e should go back over our records in order to develop the number o.f y ea rs tve should set up for the different foremen, also the drc ft of the committees ~e should have. I r1ish you ,;ould handle this, so that \"Je \"Jill have some d uta to present to Mr. EcJ1uliff'e \, hen he is ne;tt out here, t1hich \'Jill be cl. thin the next \'leek or ten days. �RD ck Spi'ings - .Noveruber 8, 1940 develop r.. plE'.!'l~ c.:i oc1:1so· 11'- i:'G r.ii th you ··.hen you c.re n0:it out h ·ro. �RECEIVED NOV 7- 1940 VICE F'RE:si c1 2 :\J r , _ 0PEr➔ ,.\~ 1 410-05 Omaha - November 5,J 1940 Mr. G. B. Pryde~ Here·~vi th t \10 copies of s t a tement given me by Mr. Evans on The Hudson Coal Comp$1,ny 9 s "Safety Key Men." You will not e the membership i s re s tr icted to Foremen, the Mine Foreman the highest official eligible. I wish you would undertake to do some preliminary work on those who are eligible on our properties. After establish- ing the positions which a re eligible, see how f a r back the li s t can be carried in order to start out with a fair wor king- membership. You might find it desirable to require., for example., a Unit Foreman to carry a clear section f or t wo., thre e , or more years , depending on what your records develop . I n the case of the Mine Foreman, who is responsible for a ll men enrp loyed inside and outside , I think one year should be sufficient. It might be advisable to require the Outside Foreman to s h0\7 t wo or more years freedom from accident. I have a line on the cost and manufacture of the Safety Keys, and ,.vhen ·we have an opportunity, I would like to help work out the detai l s of the organization, which I think will prove of great value. A. . O. NO\/ g 1S10 �THE HUDSOI.~ COAL COMP ANY SAFETY KEY l'.'.iEfl ,.. . Thia is an infornml organization., 'l."Jithout by-le,ws ol' oonetitu"1on, of supervisory officio.ls nho have atte,ined a rema.rlroble record in injury . prsveiltion. It acts in an adviso:ry c ape.city to the company• s Safety Dapartm.ent. The officials eligible fo~ membeTship are: Min~ Ii' O:i:f!l1"1~ 11'! Seot io11al Fo:l'erJcs111 li'ire B©skl Driver Borom Outside Fox-aw.an Shot:r '. Sl:i.pe:eintendent. D.uainten<hnce Fo::rema.n Foreman of _Construction The qualification® :?o-:c ruambe:?ship are: {a) /J.. i:1in$ Fo:rs:mi1.u c,"Us't n in at least once the tJafety fl,:,,.g \'. jhi ch il3 '2i\ 7S..Y-dad. 0:2,ch QJ2.~ rial" of a yea.~ to the: mine having the bo~'G saf@iy reco~' in th~t quarter. This aw~rd is dete~rnined on the b~si~ of t he ir~qusncy and severity rating. {b) The Shop Supe~intendsni and Outside Foreman must superintenda in a pGx>iod of t rnJlve oonseoutive months 01~ mox>G., at le '.lst 100.,000 n'12,!1-ho'UX's . .-,: rithout a lost-tbte injuey on the pe..._ rt of their \70l'1cing i'o:1i."oe; the Sectione.l Fo~ernan and Fix-e Bos s 50.,000 me.n-hoUX's; the Drive:&> Bol!3s 75,000 r,w.n-hom:s ; th;; rfa,intelll.ance Foreman and Fo-reman of Con3truotion 60,000 r.ian-hours. The merabership is divided into ten 001Jlli1itteesa ~.e follcr:n~ : Roof Fall - 1st and 2nd Mining Transportation ·- Inside Handling Mate~ial = Inside Tools and ~!le,ohinery ... Inside Gas and. Misoellttneous - Inside. Explosives and Eleotrioity - Inside Sli~ned and Fell - Inside Transportation, R'3..ndling Supplies and r.!a,teX"ie,l., and Miscellaneous - Outside Toole e,nd Machinery, Hand.ling and Praparing, Slf.pu~cl - and Fell. Electricity - Outside Publicity Each coramittee elects its cwn Chairman and Secretary. They m~et once a month in the ganei'o.l office for the purpose of draftilllg bulletins of an advisory charao .,er on the ~1aya and means of preventing injuries. They gather thoir inforrnatio fo~ these bulletins by ~eviewing the reports of ,ll accidents of their particul~r olassifioation and also by invest igating the current accidente of the same cl.s,ss which resulted in fatal injuries. A. M. 0 . NOV g 1940 �Omaha - Augo 29, 19~0 Mr. G. B 0 Mr. I. N. Mr. R. R. Mr. Cadwallader Evans, Jr., called 'my attention to the article on 11 Saf ety Acceptance" w-fth reference to the Hudson Coal Company 0 e Safety Key )llen's Organization, pub-lished on page 60 of the April, 1940 issue of Coal Age: I think it would be well to look up this article and reread same, the pl an to my mind stirring up human interest, something that might be wg1ked out with modifications in our company, shif~ing s orne7 the educational work from ·_the Safety Engineer., or at least adding to bis efforts through the foremen. One of the things that gives me concern on the property is that we who are leading the parade, do not get very nmoh help from foremen, junior engineers and others who should be in direct line for promotion. I would like to talk with you on this matter; it might be well to discuss it at some length with Mr. Evans. A- IA- e. OC1 2 1940 �Br. G. B. Pryde 0 Mr. I. J. Ba:yl e!!H~ 0 l'!ir. R .. R. Knil ' g 0 I::ir. C:;;...cl:1all t. (.,:? -~v,·ng :> J:-i.•.J) 0-2., llGd my att ent i on t o the ....l"ticl~ on °Se.ie 'i:v Ac 'ep t ance" 1.7 1 th :reference to the Hudson Coc;.1,l C o tTi ~ v G, s';,:-e:;.i:;y~-Key r.km 1 s Organi zo.tiOi1p published on l'Jd.g 5l 60 of 'i;b0 Ap1:il.11 1 9~0 i ssue of C©2,l_ _!l~: I think it ·:: ul bg r el! to lo ok up this a rticle rrn\i rar~~d c.:"rn~ .I) t e 1 &.n i@ r,1y mind sti 1~:d.ng up hm;r n intc:r01:r t:> s c:r.:iethin~ thct mir)1t be t'JCX'i;ed out with ,rod.if ico:t i ons i :a c'lll' cornp o.::o.y .I) sh:1.:.?tin'°' eiome Jthe eduoc:,'l_,tional woi-k from·· the Sa;fety .II!ngi210,ifs.!I o:-c B.t 1ei1,0t &1do.ing to his ef.f orts t h:z-ough the fcn.~~::n1em.. 0 _e oz the things th~.t give~ ms col'lcern on the pr ox,erty is that ne ·(1h.o e:~e lead ing tbe pa r ade ; do not get very Euch he l p f~ orn f o~emen~ junior enginee~s ani othe~0 nho ehould be in d:b:>sct line f o·" prcmoti on. I r1ould like to iaih: nith you on thi!i1! rna.t ·~ex; it mi ght be ,.·;all to discus(;) it a.t some length nith r.'r~o EtvG1,n a. �SAFETY: A- CE rngle By Means ©i S~i@iry Key Men's Organozaiirn©ll71 A NEW approach Lo the problem of accident prevention was inaugurated by the Hudson Coal Co. in November, 1938. This effort is based on the formation of a group of ollicials known as the "Safety Key Men's Organization," briefly described by Daniel Harrington in the March, 1939, issue of the Mining Safety Newsletter. This article will outline the organization, operation and objectives of the new plan. The continuing trend from solid mining Lo pillar and caved-ground work has tended to increase injury hazards in recent years, highlighting the need for a better method of combating them. We have hopes that effective help will be provided by our Safety Key Men's Organization, as it is universally recognized that the most important single factor in safety success is selling the idea to the foremen in immediate charge of the workmen. The Hudson Coal Co.'s safety efforts always have been directed to that end, but we feel that the past never has produced a device to do it as simply, effectively and directly as our Safety Key Men's Organization. The company in the past has made various awards to foremen for noteworthy injury-prevention records. These are to ,be continued in conjunction with the award of membership in the Safety Key Men's Organization. Past awards have consisted of engraved certificates to sectional foremen who go 3, 6, 9 and 12 months without a lost-time injury; pocket knives and lapel buttons tu sectional foremen finishing a calendar year without a lost-time injury; presentation of the company safety flag to the mine with the best quarterly record; and an all-expense trip to the National Safety Council convention each 60 Selling safety to foremen is recognized as the most important single factor in success in accident prevention. The Hudson Coal Co. now approaches the problem .t hrough the Safety Key Men's .Organization-an organization of foremen who qualify because of good records and who take an active part in the development of safety rules and standards and the promotion of safe working habits, By CARL A. PETERSON Safely Inspector, Hudson Coal Co. Scranton, Pa. year to the colliery superintendent, mine foreman and sectional foremen with the best injury records. Attempts have been made in the past to organize foremen's safety organizations - membership generally being open to all who were interested. It is in this respect that our Safety Key Men's Organization shows a fundamental difference. Membership in the new organization is restricted to foremen with outstanding safety records and consequently is more worth striving for. In recognizing performance by officials it is a truism of good management that "results count--excuses won't pay bills." Our method of selecting members for the Key Men's Organization is merely the application of this recognized principle to injury-prevention. Requirements for membership in the Safety Key Men's Organization are that sectional foremen and other foremen in direct charge of workmen must have supervised at least one full year of work and a minimum number o[ man-hours without -a lo t-time injury. Man-hour minimums are : sectional foremen, 50,000; maintenance foremen, 60,000; dri ver bo ses, 75,000; outside foremen, 100,000. Mine foremen must have won the com• pany safety flag for the best quarterl y injury record at least once. Selection on such a basis, as might be expected, brought together an extraordinary group of men that everyone at once recognized deserved the honor. As they were not only genuinely interested in sa fety work -b ut also were well versed in gelling tangible results they found the interchange of ideas among themselves both stimulating and interesting. The result was an organization of such excellent human material that it sold itself to both members and non-members from the start. The group was formally organized in November, 1938, at a ·banquet at the Scranton Club in honor of the men qualifying for membership. The principal speaker was Mr. Harrington, chief of the health and safety branch of the U. S. Bureau of Mines. A dual function was visualized for the Safety Key Men's Organization from the start. First, it was to be a means of conferring merited honor and recognition upon foremen for outstanding achievements in injury prevention. Second, the organization was designed to take an active and continuous part in the company's safety program. Inasmuch as membership was to signify substantial progress in preventing injuries, it was felt that the insignia shoul8. be commensurate with the achievement it represented. Therefore, it was decided to present each member with an attractive gold COAL AG __:_ Vol. 45, No. 4 �\I' WH AT CINCIN A l MEANS TO C L J& lfil Th'. ill TI (C /& fill ffl Jill ~n TI 9nvitatfon Il WJ @ ~@ W~filill~ Jrom the :National Ghairman F OR 16 years the annual Coal Conventions and Expositions of the American Mining Congress have "sparked" progress in the art of mining coal, with the result that modernization of equipment and methods is forging resolutely ahead and coal is maintainipg its position as the nation's leading energy source. The momentum of this progress is allimportant and can -best be maintained through the industry's concerted support of these annual meetings. The 17th Annual Coal Convention and Exposition will be held at Cinci.nnati the week of April 29, ·and again will bring together thousands of mining men and manufacturers for their yearly review of the modern way in coal mining. Past experience has proved the tremendous influence which these gatherings exert toward improved operating conditions and practices and their effect on the general welfare of the coal industry. Each year, a nationwide committee of practical operating men selects a convention program covering coal's most pressing problems. The convention discussions ,b ring out the best thought of the industry on methods and equipment for eacli particular phase of operation by showing how our most progressive mines are turning coal out safely and efficiently. Coupled with the formal program discussions is the informal ·exchange, or "swapping," of ideas. Every year, also, the nation's leading manufacturers of mining machinery, equipment and supplies exhibit their products and services, with special emphasis on new developments and new adaptations of proved products. The far-reaching value of such an array of exhibits can hardly be overestimated. Through this medium , coal men are privileged each year to learn at first hand just what is available for every operation in producing coal fuel. April, 1940 - COAL AGE 0 • O~(s;OG:J~& 'u'O ~0(1 ~~ o / M lJ o D®cB@ Convention week each year renders still another valuable service in bringing together the coal-mining men of the nation. Their acquaintance and intimate association make for the close-knit industry personnel which is all essential in the cooperative efforts required in meeting harassing economic and operating difficulties. • The 1940 Coal Convention and Exposition promises to take its rightful place in the ascending order of these vital industry events. With the uncertainties facing the industry and the ever pressing question of successfully meeting the competition of other fuels, every operating man in the country should attend this meeting to devote serious study to means for the betterment of the industry. I sin~erely hope that every coal executive will attend, together with as many of his operating officials and key men as possible. Come out and give us the benefit of your help in setting the coal industry further along the road of modernization. National Chairman, Program Committee American Mining Congress 59 �key to be worn as a watch charm. Ea_ch member also received a memberslnp card to be framed and huna0 in his office. 0£ a total of 173 foremen, 43 qualified for membersl1ip at the time of organization. To make it possible for them to take au active part in the company' s safety program they were divided into committees of three to five men. Naturally, each man was assigned to the committee where his record and experience indicated that he could do the most good. These committees are as follows: 1. Roof Falls (Inside). 2. Transportation (Inside). 3. Handling l'.vlaterial (Inside). 4. Tools and Machinery (Inside) . 5. Gas and Miscellaneous (Inside) . 6. Explosives and Electricity (Inside). 7. Slipped and Fell (Inside). 8. Transportation, Handling Supplies. and Material, Miscellaneous (Outside). 9. Tools and Machinery, Handling and Preparation, Slipped and Fell, Electricity (Outside). 10. Publicity. The Publicity Committee edits The Safety Commentator, the company's monthly publication devoted to safety matters, and also awards a $5 prize each month for the best safety suggestion submitted by any employee in the previous month. The other committees have the following functions: 1. Study of all accidents in its particular class which occurred on company property during the past year and preparation of ·b ulletins on prevention based on that study. 2. Investigation, as a committee, of fatal accidents in its class occurring on company property and submission of reports to the management. When a committee is studying the previous year's accident record in preparation for the issuance of a bulletin it meets every Saturday morning in a private room in the company's main office. Members of the staff of the safety department are present to furnish statistics and any other aid or information desired. At the first meeting, a chairman and secretary are elected. Copies of the formal reports covering all accidents of the type being studied during the previous year are furnished "the committee, which goes over each report separately, the secretary making notes as to responsibility, cause and other pertinent factors on a ruled form provided for the purpose. When all the reports have been studied, the commit,tee analyzes the notes, selects a subject for the bulletin and prepares a ,b rief statement of their conclusions on this topic, together with recommended safe practices to be followed to prevent recurrence of the particular injury discussed. Mimeographed copies of the bulletin, over the signatures of the committee, are furni shed each sectional foreman and other supervisors. Follo\\:~ng receipt of a ,bulletin, each sectional foreman passos the contents on to his men and instructs them as to any recommendations therein. Such recommendations therea fter have the status of company safety rules. After the sectional foreman has properly instructed his men, he submits a signed statement to that effect to his mine foreman. The mine for eman then questions as many of the men as possible to determine if they correctly understand the recommendations. When he is satisfied that all men have been properly instructed he signs a statement to that effect beneath the signature of the sectional foreman and su·bmits it to the colliery superintendent. When all employees concerned have been instructed in accordance with the bulletin's recommendations, the colliery superintendent reports that fact to the management. Bulletins issued by the Key Men's committees promote safety in a number of ways. They sell ideas to a foreman in a psychologically sound way because he does not feel that a bulletin is just another dictum from some higher-up who does not have to worry about how th e job is Lo be done. Also, the bttll etin co me fr om men who have obtained re ult by a pplyin g tl1e rules they sugge t. ect ional foremen and workmen, th erefo re, ca nnot logically oppose the practica bility of the suggestions. Committee members also profit. Study of numerou accident reports and prepara tion of the ,bulletins broadens their ou tl ook on ·-•·111 THIS S.E.C' IS SUJ:>ERVIS ROBERT Ho A DERSO Cards such as this are awarded to Safety Key Men to hang in their offices or working sections. LI �Four Examples of Mining Safety Bulletins Prepared by Safety Key Men's Organization Committees SAFETY KEY :ME~ BULLETIN NO. 1G a\pril 29, 1939 ISSUED BY CO ,lIMITTEE ON EXPLOSIVES A N D ELECTRIOAL INJ UHIES TO ALL INSIDE OFFICIALS : !njurles caused by men being struck by flymg \t)ieces of coal from •blasting cnn be avoided by every miner in our mines conscientiously taking four simple precaution~ before firing a blast. •.r1tese precautions are: 1. Pr!)~erly guard the approach lo the adjo!n.ing pince when there is uny ·poss1b1llty at nlt of the shot brea king t)?rough into that pince when tnppmg or nt1out to tnp a chamber. gangway, airway, counter or crosscut. T-his precaution is of the utmos t importance. 2. Take the precaution to warn th e men in the adjoining nnd other neur•by P,laces that he Is about to fire by notifying them where and •w hen h e • Is going to fire. 3. Assure himself beyond nny poss ibility uf doubt that each nnd every one of his laborers are in a safe place before ·h e fires. 4. 'GiYe an alarm by calling "FIRE" ~1oi:1sry several times before firing If these simple precautions are observed, accidents of this character wlll be entirely eliminated. COMMITTEE 0~ ·EXPLOSIVES AND ELECTRICAL INJURIES JOHN R. PETTIGREW, Chairman Mine 'Foreman, Birdseye JOSEPH NIXON, Sec.retary Sectionnl Foreman, Olyphant Shaft THOS. L. MORGAN M~Whlf?rw:11Lsfddy Creek Shaft Sectional Foreman, Delaware Iii? SAFETY KEY MEN BULLETIN NO. 3 December 17, 1938 ISSUED BY COMMITTEE ON ROOF FALLS TO ALL INSIDE OFFIOIA.LS: Analysis of the roof-fall Injuries which occurred during the period January to September, 1938, showed that 16% of the total injuries occurred while miners were barring down loose material. It also developed thn t in most cases the fault bas been in not using the proper type bar, the one In use being either too short or bent, and the fact that the miner did not have good footing and slipped while barring down material. '£he Committee recommends tho.t o.n examination be made by inside officio.ls of all bars, wedges, etc., and tho.t they see that nil bars are nt least 6 feet long, well pointed and straight. The Sectional Foreman should take each miner and show him how he should handle hlmselt when taking down loose materlnl by the following methods: (n) Instruct him how to test his roof for sound, and •l:ly holding fingers against roof !or vibration. C,b) Instruct him that he must determine the extremities of the bad roof so as to place himself outside of the atrected area. (c) Show him how be should stand In order to have proper footing while using a bar; -h ow and where he should stand to prevent a direct fall bitting bhn and bow o.nd where he should stand to pre,·ent a slide from ·hitting him. (d) ·Instruct tbe miner that he 11hould pince blmselt in such a position so that there would be no obstacles (props, chunks of rock, boardH, chutes, etc.) In ·his way In cnHe of the necessity of a quick retreat. 62 (e) Instruct the miner that n wedge should be used when the material to be pulled down is too strong to bar down. COIDIITE·E ON ROOF FALLS WENDELL DAV•IS, -Chairman l\Iine Foreman Jermyn ELMEK 'WILLIAMS, Secretary Sectional Foreman, Delnwnre THOMA•S U. GRIFF,ITHS Sectional Foreman, Marvine EDWARD J. MYRICK Sectional Foreman, Eddy Creek FRANK LOFTUS •Sectional Foreman, Olyphant J',UfES DAV·ISON Safety Inspector SAFETY KEY MEN BULLETIN NO. 1 December 1, 1938 ISSUED BY OOMMITTEE ON ROOF FALLS 'l'O ALL INSIDE OFFICIALS: The Committee's analysis of the rooffall injuries which occurred during the period January to :September, 1938, inclusive, shows that 31 o/o of the total Injuries happened while standing props or tlmlrers. '.rhls seems to indicate co.relessness on the part of the workmen In not properly testing the roof or bringing down loose material before standing timber. • The Committee recommends that all Sectional Foremen advise their employes of these facts-then actually show them how to test the roof properly In approaching the area to be propped or timbered and o.lso the safe wo.y to trim down ali loose material before attempting to stand the prop or timber. CO~ITTEFJ ON ROOF FALLS 'ELMER WILLIAMS, Chairman Sectional Foreman, Delaware WENDELL DAVIS, Secretary Mine 'Foreman, Jermyn THOMAS H. GRIFFITHS Sectional Foreman. Marvine EDWARD J. MYRICK ,Sectional Foreman, Eddy Creek FRANK LOFTUS Sectional .Foreman, Olyphant JAMES DAVoISON Safety Inspector safety questions, stimulates th_em to continue their accident-prevention efforts and thus helps forestall the letdown that naturally follows a longsustained campaign. T·he bulletins, it is true, do not introduce new ideas on safety very often because our experie~ce has been analyzed so thoroughly in the past that we already are well acquainted with the various types of injuries and ways of preventing them. However, they do furnish a novel, timely and authoritative means of repealing safety rules already in effect, as well as an excellent method of introd ucin g new rules and modifying old ones. Forty-five bulletins were issued by the committees in 1939. Th ese have ·been reprinted in a convenient pocketsized booklet for distribution to our foremen. Upon reading these bulletins, one is impressed with the fact that they have achieved a muchneeded integration of the various safety rules applicable to the p'articular hazards with which they deal. General bulletin form and content are shown in the examples reproduced elsewhere in this article. Fatalities Investigated When a fatal accident occurs the appropriate committee is summoned to investigate. It visits the scene as soon afterward as possible, looks into attendant circumstances, questions witnesses and immediately prepares a report for transmission to the assistant general manager. This investigation and report are separate and independent of the customary investigation by the company's safety department. In initiating this practice of accident investigation ·by the Key Men's SAFETY KEY MEN committees, the management visualBULLETIN NO. 19 ized several salutary effects. First, it June 10, 1939 stimulates supervisory officials to ISSUED BY OOMMITTEE ON SLIPPED AND FELL INJURIES greater efforts in the discovery and TO A.LL COLLIERY OFFICIALS: elimination of hazards which might It ls surprising to note that out of a cause fatalities. Second, we get the total of 72 "Slipped and Fell" Injuries, 52, or 72.2%, were caused by carelessness. opinion of several disinterested yet Carelessness Is defined as follows : HEEDLESSNESS • competent observers on the cause and N·EGLECTFUL'N·E SS prevention of our fatal accidents. LACK OF ORDERLINESS Third, it broadens the viewpoint of What are you and your men guilty of? A check-up on yourself o.nd each indithe Key Men, who have shown by vidual of your orgnnizntlon o.nd your working conditions is the answer to a their records that they are the men reduction In the num'ber of slipped nnd most likely to grasp the lessons of fell injuries caused by carelessness. experience. Further, through the Key COl\fMITTEE ON SLIP.PED AND FELL IN•J URIES Men, the knowledge gained from close A. l\f. BROW'N, Chairman contact with the circumstances at'.Mine Foreman, Miles Slope PATRIOK J. BEATTY. Secretary tending fatal accidents is more widely Sectional Foreman, Olyphant Sho.ft ROBERT H. ANDERSON disseminated. In every case where a Maintenance Foreman, Olypbnnt• committee has investigated an acciEddy Creek ELMER R. WILLIAMS dent, it is worth noting that it has Ventilation Inspector gone about it zealously and exhaustively, yet with utmost fairness and COAL AGE- Vol. 45, No. 4 �impartiality. The result has been greatly enhanced ·r espect for the Safety Key Men's Organization. As_ 'it s~ll is only 18 months since ~he m~eption of the organization, it 1s obvious that we cannot say yet what permanent effect it will have on our accident record. However, as we have watched the development of the plan we have -become convinced of its soundness and merit. It will of course requir.e two or three year~ to obtai~ significant statistical results. But though the effectiveness of the program cannot yet be shown by figures, the attitude of employees and nonmember officials furnishes one means of gaging its anticipated value. The general run of our employees seem LOADER greatly impressed. Non-member officials invariably are found to be striving to make a record that will qualify them for admission to the organization. The result is an improved mental attitude and more constant attention to the accident-prevention problem. Efforts by non-member officials with records which, though excellent, still are just a little short of qualification, are particularly noteworthy. The second annual banquet of the Safety Key Men was held Oct. 28, 1939, at which time twelve additional foremen ,qualifying during the year were admitted, bringing the membership to 55. How these Safety Key Men compare in number with the total employed is shown below: Number In Totnl Safety Employed by , ,J Key Men's Clnsslflcnt!on Orgnn!znt!on Compnny Sectionnl foremen . . . 20 106 Mine foremen .... , . . 11 17 17 Mnlntennncc foremen 6 Outside foremen.... 2 11 1 7 Driver bosses..... . . Brenker foremen. . . . 1 6 Mlscellnneous . . . . . . 5 9 Totnl ... ...... 55 173 We can do no better, in conclusion, than to reiterate the two ·basic thoughts behind the plan: ( 1) to single out for deserved honor and recognition those supervisory officials who have achieved outstanding safety records and (2) to utilize the talents and prestige of such officials in the most advantageous manner in the furtherance of safety work. 0-IN. CO l Where 14 In. of Top M ust Make Possible 13.2 Tons per Man Underground INING what is termed the Eagle seam in Logan County, West Virginia, the Monitor Coal & Coke Co., Wilkinson, W. Va., now uses low-vein mobile loading machines to recover an average of 40 in. of coal under 9 to 15 in. of rash and 4 to 15 in. of drawslate. An average of 14 in. of these impurities must be handled by gobbing or loading out, and under these conditions performance per man employed undergro·und was 13.2 tons of coal per shift in August, 1939. Impurities handled brought the total output per man employed underground (coal and impurities) up to 19.3 tons per shift. The third company in Logan County to ship coal, Monitor started operations in 1905 and has been under the same management ever since. Until 1930, when the Eagle seam was opened, mining was done in the Island Creek seam. The organization has experimented with mechanical loading since 1921 and M April, 1940 - GOAL AGE With an average of 14 in. of rash and drawslale lo be handled, the Monitor Coal & Coke Co. is mining the 40-in. Eagle seam in Logan County, West Virginia, with mobile loading machines accompanied by slabbing units for cutting in the rash over the coal. Performance in Auc;rist, 1939, was 13.2 tons per man employed underground. By ARTHUR DOWNING Vice-President, Monitor Coal & Coke Co. Wilkinson, W. Va. was the first in West Virginia to load coal with a Joy machine. In 1922, a Goodman power shovel was put to work, and in 1926, over a period of six months, two power shovels load- ing into 3-ton cars averaged 275 tons per shovel per shift. In all, these shovels handled over 300,000 tons of Island Creek-seam coal. Scraper loaders also were tried by the com· pany in 1923. The Eagle-seam mine, with which this article deals, was opened in 1930 with the idea of mechanizing it from the start. Accordingly, an experimental Joy 8BU loading machine was purchased and used for about six mol}ths. But with the economic conditions prevailing in 1931, mechanical loading was abandoned for a time in favor of hand loading, which also was considered the safest in view of the physical conditions encountered in extracting the Eagle coal. Changing economic conditions, however, compelled a revision of viewpoint in 1938, with the result that the management again decided to experiment with mechanical loading to see if a system for future mining could he developed which also would 63 �• assure the requisite safety for emIn this adaptation of mechanical loading to the difficult conditions encountered underground, C. A. Cook, general superintendent, took a vital part. The first step was to thoroughly overhaul tlie 8BU machine purchased in 1930 and put it to work driving a six-heading entry two shifts a day. In the first fourteen days of work, in April, 1938, the machine averaged 165 tons per shift. In May, we decided to put the loading machine on five-days-pera two-shifts-per-day • 1 - ·ployees. week schedule. The average output over the month was 189 tons per shift or 378 tons per day of two shifts. In view of this performance, the management decided that there were great possibilities in mechanical loading and consequently ordered two more 8BU machines for delivery in July and October, the idea being to place the old machine on the spare list and use the new ones in active coal pro• duction. The new machines actually arrived in August and November, and, as they had to be coupled with Goodman slabbing machines, a new Arthur Downing Active working place in No. 3 haulage heading. Heavy broken line indicates center line of track to face 35 ft. from the camera position. Top portion of the 40-in. seam appears at the extreme left. In this heading an effort was made to hold the 40-in. immediate slate top but it came down anyway. Even so, headers will be required to support the remaining intermediate slate. Here, in No. 4 Main, 20 in. of rock is taken down. C. A. Cpok, general superin_tendent, inspects the top cut, which in this case was made in the coal .because here the frail top is principally sandstone. slabber al o was ordered, arriving late in November, 1938. Because of broken working time in December, 1938, and .January, 1939, mechanical-loading result were not good. In February and March, 1939, however, the machines worked five days a week and two shifts a day, or a total of four working shifts each day. In March, th e daily average was 798 tons, or 198 tons per machine-shift. At first glance, this doesn' t appear to be anything to brag about, as lots of Joy loaders are getting 300 tons or more per shift. However, conditions in the mine should be taken into consideration before passing judgment. All the coal came from two sets of six-heading entries with crosscuts driven 80 ft. apart. Ten of tl1e headings were 20 ft. wide and tl1e other two were 18 ft. wide. Average coal height is 40 in. and the average thickness of impurities which must be handled is 14 in. The cutting is done in the hard rash over the coal, using a Goodman 824-BA low-vei~ slabber. Rash thickness, as noted above, is 9 to 15 in. Cuttings and other material out of the top must be gobbed or loaded out. Every shift, more or less, there always are one or more places with 20 to 24 in. of rash and drawslate. Each place is timbered with four posts and halfheaders. Safety posts also are set in each place. In June and July, 1939, an average of 24 in. of impurities was encountered in each working place, and in some places the rash and drawslate aggregated 36 in. All this material was gobbed or loaded out. In August, there was an improvement in these conditions, with the result that the , �~ EM PLOY ES' MAGAZINE NOVEMBER, 1941 Sentinels of Safety Trophy Award At Scranton, Pa. ON OCTOBER 12th the Sentinels of Safety trophy . awarde~ by the Hercul es Powder Company, with the assistance of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, was presented to the workers of the Ol yphant Mine of The H~~son Coal Company, one of the leadincr anthra-cite rr'i'u1ing o perations in the State of Pemi sylvania. President Eu gene McA uliffe of The Union Pacific Coal Company, who made the presentation at the meeting held in the Olyphant hicrh school auditorium, 2 :00 P. M., Saturday, October 12th, said in part: " I feel highl y honored in being invited to appear before the empl oyes and officials of the Olyphant Mine of The Hudson Coal Company, who so far led the Anthracite Ivlinin g Industry in Safety during the yea r ] 939, as to win the Sentinels of Safety trophy awarded by the Hercules Powder Company. "This is the second time that this beautiful bronze representation of a mother and her little child has been awarded to Hudson Coal Company men, the first award made lo the men of the company's Stillwater Mine at Vandling, in ] 933. I hope that some of the men who worked in that mine in 1933 are here today. " The artist who conceived and executed this beautiful trophy, chose for his subject the most sacred relationship that exists within the human race, that of the mother to her child. It is a pity that more of us who are fathers do not accept our responsibilities toward our children in a somewhat deeper sense. Unfortunatel_y we are prone to leave to the mothers too many of the duties that we jointly owe our children, and they suffer accordingly. * * * * * "How to bring about the greatest measure of safety in and about our mines is the compelling problem confronting the industry today. This will not come through the mandates of either a Federal or State Inspection law. The facts are, that all that is worth while in our American form of life, came not from sumptuary laws but from an honest, conscientious spirit of cooperation between employer and workers, the last mentioned the class who furnish the flesh and blood, and who with their families endure the suffering that follows every accident. It is out of sincere cooperation and a spirit of working together that betterment will come, and you must have much of that on The Hudson Coal Company properties or you would not be gathered here today. " May I say a word as to the responsibility of leadership? From the very dawn of civilization some man, some class, has been compelled to take leadership. In the Old World political leadership was at one time a matter of in- heritance. The world has seen some glorious political leaders, kings, queens, emperors. It has also had its full share of murderou s rulers who claimed to be the anointed of God. Too often they received their power from Satan. The common man and woman, and their children, were to them merely chattels or serfscreatures to work, to suffer and to pay taxes. Tragic as it is, there has been a recrudescence of that kind of thing going on in the Old World for the past few years. Freedom of sou l and spirit has largely been extinguished in the Old World. After more than nineteen centuri e· of the teachings of Christ, much of Europe and Asia is again in another Dark Age. " Here in America the -common man has yet freedom of soul , the right to vote for hi choice of leadership and to worship God as he elc t , be he Roman Catholic, Eastern Orth odox Catholic, Protestant or Jew. He also has a full voice in the making of the laws th at govern bi s affairs, and in establishing the cond iti ons under which he works, including hou rs and rate of pay. There is yet opportunity in America for a workman lo select his emplO'yer. May I ay further, that there is a very definite obli gation on the part of the workers to select for their leaders men who have vision and capacity for leadership, and who wilt continuously try to do the best for their constituents rather than to _try to win higher office by creating strife. There are men in every walk of life who have depended on securing a<lvaircement, by creating for themselves a 'nuisance value.' o a o o Q " I here and now wish to accord full credit to the engineers of the United States Bureau of Mines and our State Mine Inspection forces, for the splendid guidance and assistance given us in attaining an increased measure of safetybut the fact remains, that with a willing and conscientious management, such as I know ours was, and as I am equally sure you have in Mr. Cadwallader Evans, Jr., and his staff, the credit yet belongs to the men. * * * * * " Before concluding the task that was given me to perform here in the heart of the great Pennsylvania anthracite field, for an industry that had its beginning in the Lehigh region 120 years ago with a production of 365 long tons, I wish to express my thanks to your Vice President and General Manager, Mr. Cadwallader Evans, Jr., for asking me to appear before you gentlemen who, through your fine judgment and persistent skillful effort, have made this event possible. I also appreciate the great honor accorded me in appearing before the representa- �iOVEMBER, 1940 EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE TATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF CALENDAR DAYS WORKED BY DEPARTMENTS OR MINES SINCE THE LAST LOSTTIME INJURY FIGURES TO SEPTE~113ER 30, 194-0 Underground Employes Calendar Days '. ock Springs No. 4 .. . .... ...... . ... ... 432 :ock Springs No . 8 ... .. .. . ...... . . .. . 222 '.eliance No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 :eliance No. 7 ....... . . ... .... .. ... .. . 199 ;Tinton No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Vinton No. 3 Seam ...... ........ .. .... . 236 Vinton No. 7½ Seam ... .. .... ... .. .. ... 26 uperior "C" ............ . .......... . . 167 uperior "D" ....... . ................. 404 uperior D. 0. Clark .. .... .... . ........ 105 Ianna No. 4 .......................... 130 Outside Employes Calendar Days tock Springs No. 4 Tipple ............ . 3,625 tock Springs No. 8 Tipple ......... ... . 2,205 teliance Tipple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 (1inton Tipple ...................... 3,825 ;uperior "C" Tipple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 ,uperior "D" Tipple ................ . 1,279 ,uperior D. 0. Clark Tipple . . . . . . . . . . . . 978 . Ianna No. 4 Tipple .................. 1,053 General Outside Employes Calendar Days lock Springs ........................ 2,937 leliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894 ~' inton ........................... . . 3,422 iuperior ............................ 3,694 lanna .............................. l, 797 September Injury \NoREw BLAHOTA, Hungarian, age 54, single, ma' chine man, Section No. 4, Winton No. 7½ Mine. Fracture of 4th and 5th toes, left foot. The working place was a room going up the pitch. The face was about cleaned, there remaining only two or three cars of ·coal on the right side of the face. The mining machine had been pulled into place on the left side of the room. The left hand jack pipe was in proper position but the jack pipe on the right side was too near the center of the room and Andy released the friction, holding the rope going to this pipe in order to move it. As he did so, the cutter bar of the machine started to swing around to the right. It was apparent to Andy that the cutter bar would hit the jack pipe and knock it out so he ran to the right to avoid the jack pipe but his foot was caught between the cutter bar and a safety prop which was near the center of the room. I(eep Your Na1ne Off This List men, on_ acc~u~t of th~ir havT ingF0LLO\~ING sustamed a lost-time miury dunng the H~ period July 1 to September 30, 1940, will not be eligible to participate in the drawing for the grand prize, an automobile which will be awarded at the annual safety meeting at the close of the current year. H. M. McComas, Reliance Andy Blahota, Winton Roman Larrabaster, Winton Sa£ety Council Lists Rules for Sane Winter Driving WITH the probability that fatal accidents on FACED highways will increase by as much as 40 per cent during the winter months ahead, the National Safety Council recently issued a bulletin describing the hazards of winter driving and outlining methods of avoiding them. Part of the information in the pamphl et was gleaned from more than 3,000 individual tests conducted by the winter driving hazards committee of the council. The tests were made on the frozen surface of Lake Cadillac, Cadillac, Mich., last February. Accident statistics and studies of winter driving conditions from more than a score of states supplied the other data incorporated in the bulletin. Members of the committee cited slippery pavements and longer hours of darkness as the two major causes of increased accident rates in winter. Statistics showed that 50 per cent of the ac·cidents, which occurred on snowy and icy roads, are caused by skidding. On dry roads skidding accounts for only 1 per cent of the accidents. On the basis of these tests and other information collected, the committee issued a list of rules for safe winter driving. These follow: 1. Investigate road and weather conditions before starting trips. Postpone or interrupt trips when conditions are unfavorable. 2. Keep the load of the vehicle equalized as much as possible. 3. Keep the windshield and windows dear of outside snow and ice, and inside fog and frost. Lower side windows if necessary to maintain side vision. 4-. Warm your motor before driving to avoid stalling in traffic. 5. When driving at night be particularly careful in the use of the "country" beam to avoid blinding approaching motorists. In fog and snow use the ( Please turn lo page 489) �f')OVENBER, 194() / ' EMPLOYES' MAG.~ZINE tivds J°f lthe c~urc~es in which you worship God an a so tlunk it a great privileae to appear before th~ representatives of your rown government. ~ hen these gentlemen tum out to ~ondr you they bring down honor on their own ea s, fo: honest labor rests at the very root o~ all social progress. I know also that the mine management are keenly interested in Safety or else your record might not have been what it 1S. "I also wish to say a word about our friend. lv!r. Theo_dore Marvin. Editor of The Explo: swes Engineer, published by the Hercules Powder Company, the company that inauaurated the Sentinels of Safety tropl;y for the° six great branches of the mining industry. A gentle, kind. ly and gracious gentleman, he, with his six little bronze mothers and their children. his company, and the United States Burea~ of Mines that supervises the awards, are doing a splendid work, one of growing understanding and importance. Throughout the nation there are many men coming home daily from the mines and the quarries who owe their lives and limbs to this inspiring movement. Since the inception of this splendid work in 1925, no less than 77 separate presentations of the trophy have been made to 77 groups of men. Honest competition is the life of all progress and this competition is conducted along high lines. Mr. Marvin, we are all deeply indebted to you." The second meeting of the day, in the form of a dinner given by The Hudson Coal Company to its "Safety Key Men," was held at the Scranton Club at 7 :00 P. M.; some 65 operating officials who had been presented with the company's gold Safety Key emblem were present, together with a number of the company's operating officials and guests, Mr. Cadwallader Evans, Jr., acting as toastmaster. After dinner, those present indulged in a period of singing popular songs, a number of Welsh voices adding tone and volume to the impromptu concert, Mr. McAuliffe again addressing the meeting on how to obtain the maximum measure of mine safety; altogether the event was a most momentous one. At the conclusion of the meeting, eleven new winners of the Safety Key received the emblem which has, on The Hudson Coal Company property, become a real token of superior leadership in the work of reducing mine accidents. / / Winter Driving Rules (Continued /rom page 487) passing beam. Watch for pedestrians. Drive at reduced speeds. 6. Use a high grade of sun glasses ·to · prevent • blindness due to snow glare. 7. Have your car checked for all exhaiist leaks. Keep fresh air circulating so that you will not be poisoned by carbon monoxide. 489 8. Use hand signals every time you turn or stop. When traction is poor it is important to give those behind you plenty of warning of your intended maneuvers. 9. Keep a steady foot on the accelerator. Do not try to start, stop, or accelerate quickly. On slippery surfaces start in second gear. 10. Apply chains on snowy and icy roads. 11. Try to keep out of ruts in snow and ice. If you slip into them, reduce speed immediatel y, so that you can pull out safely or proceed without danger of upsetting. 12. Avoid slippery hills and steep grades if possible. If you must pass over them apply chai n and drive in second gear. " Taking a run" for a slippery hill is a dangerous practice. Schools to the report of the Wyomin g tale A CCORDING Board of Equalization, year 1940, the large"t share of the City and County Taxpa yer's dollar goc to its schools. The City taxpayer's dollar will be expended 42.11 cents for schools, whil e that of the County toward the same cause will be 57.42 cents. The Southwestern Wyoming Education Association met in Ro-ck Springs October 3, 4, and 5. Man y prominent speakers and educators were on the program during the session which was held at the Senior High School. At the recent convention of Southwestern District of the Wyoming Education Association, held at Rock Springs, Carrie S. Sprowell, County Superintendent of Schools, was elected President; C. H. Thompson, Evanston, Vice Pre,sident. The enrollment at Wyoming University at the close of the first week in October was 2,089. Effective at the dose of the 1940-4-1 school year, Frank P. McCall, Superintendent of Schools for seven years past at Hanna, will sever his connection and remove to California, his intention being to work for a Doctor's degree along educational lines. COMPLAINT LEGITIMATE The recruits were being given clothes and kit at the barracks. They were then paraded on the square for the 1.nspection by the sergeant. Sergeant: "Any complaints?" Recruit: "Yes." Sergeant: "What is it?" Recruit: "It's my trousers." Sergeant: "What's the matter with them? I can't see anything wrong with them." Recruit: "Perhaps you can't see anything wrong with them, 'hut I can feel something wrong-they're chafing me under my arms." �490 EMPLOYES' lVIAGAZINE NOVEMBER, 19~ Poems For November FOR NoVEl\lBER we present tw~ exquisite verses by Sara Teasdale, the Amencan poetess whose work is known to all lovers of poetry. Our first ;,election: "THE LONG HILL" " I must have passed the ·c rest a while ago And now I am going downStrange to have crossed the crest and not to know, But the brambles were always catching the hem of my gown. ·'All the morning I thought how proud I should be To stand there straight as a queen, Wrapped in the wind and the sun with the world undermeBut the air was dull , there was littl e I could have seen. " It was nearly level along the beaten track And the brambles caught in my gownBut it's no use now to think of turning back, The rest of the way will be only going down." The second of Miss Teasdale's verses chosen is: " EFFIGY OF A NUN" " (Sixteenth Century)" "Infinite gentleness, infinite irony Are in this face with fast-sealed eyes, And round this mouth that learned in loneliness How useless their wisdom is to the wise. "In her nun's habit carved, patiently, lovingly, By one who knew the ways of womankind, This woman's face still keeps, in its cold wistful calm, All of the subtle pride of her mind. "These long patrician hands, clasping the crucifix, Show she had weighed the world, her will was set; These pale curved lips of hers, holding their hidden smile Once having made their choice, knew no regret. 'fShe was of those who hoard their own thoughts carefully, Feeling them far too dear to give away, Content to look at life with the high, insolent Air of an audience watching a play. "If she was curious, if she was passionate She must have told herself that love was great, But that the lacking it might be as great a thing If she held fast to it, challenging fate. "She who so loved herself and her own warring thoughts, Watchi~g their humoro\is, tragic rebound, In herthick habit's fold, sleeping, _sleeping, Is she amused at dreams she has found? " Infinite tenderness, infinite irony Are hidden forever in her closed eyes, Who must have learned too well in her long loneliness How empty wisdom is, even to the wise." In a lighter vein we have chosen a poem b Charles Edward Carry!, born in New York City, December 30, 1842, an ofTicer and director in various railroads, who wrote many lively and di v rting ballads. Mr. Carry! died in Boston in 1920. Our selection relates to that old friend of millio ns of boys and girls: " ROBINSON CRUSOE'S STORY" " The night was thick and hazy When the 'Piccadilly Daisy' Carried down the crew and captain in the sea; And I think the water drowned 'em ; For they never, never found 'em And I know they didn' t ·come ashore with me. " Oh! 'twas very sad and lonely When I found myself the only Population on this cultivated shore; But I've made a little tavern In a rocky little cavern, And I sit and watch for people at the door. "I spent no time in looking For a girl to do my cooking, As I'm quite a clever hand at making stews: But I had that fellow Friday, Just to keep the tavern tidy, And to put a Sunday polish on my shoes. "I have a little garden That I'm cultivating lard in, As the things I eat are rather tough and dry; For I live on toasted lizards, Prickly pears, and parrot gizzards, And I'm really very fond of beetle-pie. "The clothes I had were furry, And it made me fret and worry When I found the moths were eating off the hair; And I had to scrape and sand 'em, And I boiled 'em and I tanned 'em, Till I got the fine morocco suit I wear. "I sometimes seek diversion In a family excursion With the few domestic animals you see; And we take along a carrot As refreshment for the parrot, And a little can of jungleberry tea. ��lc;\-1:·=:. C:~ '_7 . , -~~{., - • I ' J- gfh~ ~ t l S le1,d[jjj t @llllll 'E=:==31 lim @ rm d;@ d@!l° ihll ~l/u.d1o,n flot1,[ {!o,. . ~~,:,t:;.n,ft,-n,JO~. 'itOVEMBER 1940 1' �1 ~ <e ~ f ~1 C@m m® 1ru {};©1 {};© lf W. G. Metzger - Editor EDITORIAL STAFF Wesley Sionebraker, Chairma" Harry Weaver, Secret:ary William R. Pierce Edwin B. Charlton Willard Apgar VOL. 4 NOVEMBER Scranl:on Office Grassy Island Scranl:on Office Olyphant: Shaft: Providence Shops 1940 NO. 2 �2 "SBNTIIU LS OF SA.17-:::TY" ~RO"?HY A\'IARIBD ~O OLYPiiA 1-~ ;iiifa<'T L D .S at a fitt ing and appropriat e gathering of mine workers and guests t n the Olyphant Hi gh School on October 12th 9 J:J;,1e;ene ;_;c.<!.uliffe 0 Preside_n t of the Un5. on ?acific Coa l Company, in a most eloqt-1ent manner 0 presen ted the "Sentinels of Safety" Trophy to Mine £ ore.man Edward Charlton and his fell ow workers of' Olyphant Shaft mineo In addition to recei~ ing the trophy~ all the employees \•;ere presented with "Certificates of Honor'' awarded by the United States Bureau o.f M.ineso The Rational Safety Com~etition 9 conceived and instituted by the Her cules Powder Company through its extremely interesting magazine ''The Explosives Engineer" 9 has functioned since 1925 and with the cooperation of The Bureau of 1lines has each year awarded the ''Sentinels of ::Jafety" Trophies to the ~.e[lders in accident prevention of six groups of mines and qu.arrieso The trophy, a small statue case in bronze 9 de2icting a young mother with her child in her arms - both awaiting the safe return of the head of the household from his employment - the child with arms extended to greet his 11 daddy 11 exemplifies the sacreci relationship of a family and serves as a very poignant reminder that safety concerns more than just the workman and that earnines lost through injuries at work will reflect hardships on the families of the workmen~ those near and dear to them as well as themselves r Winning the trophy is a symbol of excellent performance in accident pravent ;. on work ,, Followi ng the invocation by Right Reverend : Mgsr. 71. P , j{ealy of St. Patrick's ChurchP Oly- /. �3 phant, Jo Mo Reid,, Superintendent of the Olyphant and Eddy Creek Collieries, 'paid tribute to the workers of Olyphant Shaft, later followed by W• Go 1:Ietzger 9 Safety 1:.ne-ineer and E o C. '.',eichel, ;,.ssi~tant General .ll1anac er of Operations wno both congratulated the nen of Olyphant Shaft on behalf of the Hudson Coal Company. Lo il o .t.:vans. State ;::ine Inspector in the District in which the Olyphant Sha f t is locateu em1Jhasi zed the fact t:ha t the wi nn ing of the trophy was not un acc id ent beca use the physical conditions encoillltered in t he mine. opened in 1860 and worked continuously since t hat time, are an averaP,e of what occurs t hr ough the entire anthracite region. He stressed the f act th.at Olyphant Shaft has won the safety flag seven times; that Vincent Crowley, Olyphant Shaft Sectional .ii'.ore!!lail ? .:::s tablis heu a record of supervising his section 523 days witnout a losttime injury and that these records, spread over a few years and culminating in the winning of the "Sentinels of Safety" 'l'rophy show that Olyphant Shaft employees know the value of safetyo 'rri bute was also paid to the winners by So H. .Ash, District Bngineer, Uo So Bureau of Mines, who remarked that the trophy represents the highest token obtainable by anthracite mine workers .~ He urged the men to keep pushing and try and make even a better record. Bugene McAuliffe, who delivered the inspiring presentation address, a reprint of which was given you with the October issue of the Commentator 0 was introduced by c. Evans 9 Jro, Vice-President and General l.1anaeer P The Hudson Goal Company n Mro Bvans pointed out that the Union Pacific Coal Company mines of' which .ar. r r I �4 1IcAulii'fe is President have won the "Sentinels of Safety" Trophy for the bituminous region 5 ~ut o the _25 ti~es it has been awarded. w~. JiiCA.\lhf.fe, in coming to Olyphant to present th trophy 9 recipr ocated the honor bestowed upon th: Union Pacific Coal Company by Mr o ~'Vans traveling to Rock Springs 9 'l/yoming 9 to present the Bituminous trophy to their ·::inton Noo l Mine. 7 Bo B. Charlton 9 Tutine Foreman at Olyphant Shaft, was proud to accept the trophy on behalf of his fellow workers t hanking them sincerely for their efforts in making it possible to win the coveted honor. The Certificates of Honor were presented by L. Healey , Assistant Superintendent 9 to the ~ectional Foremen who later gave them emJ?lo;yes. to the mine A highlight of the entertainment program was the excellent singing an_d dancing by Miss .Ann Crowley, winsome ten year . old daughter of Vincent Crowley, Sectional Foreman at Olyphant Shaft. The i,iiner~s Double ~uartette, composed of Joseph Huray, Clement llackrell, Edward Mackrell, Robert North, Stephen Petrilak, Carl Robinson, George Robinson, and George Stefanick with Robert Dixon as acoompanis t and ';;"illard ward as song leader, sang several numbers beautifully arranged and exceedingly appropriate for representing the workers of the mineso James Parette, a former Olyphant Colliery employs, and his Orchestra provided the music for the entertainment features. several members of the quartette work at �----------=--------a.---------5 Olyphant and Eddy Creek mines ~ Also members of the families of the quurtette and orchestra work at these operations. Res-idents of the Mid Valley oan feel proud to have such talented musioians living in their mitist. I . The ceremoniei closed ~1th the singing of "God Bless .America'' and benediction by Reverend Robert w. Huoke of the Olyphant Presbyterian Church. WINNER 01,, T:aE Sil'ET't FLAG FOR THE THIRD QUARTER It is with pleasure that we announce that the winner of The Hudson Coal Company Safety Flag £or the third quarter (July 9 August and September 1940) was Bddy Creek Shaft Mine, Eddy Creek Colliery 9 which is under the supervision of Mine Foreman Tom Morgan. This ·is the third time for this mine to win . the flag and the seventh time for Tom, he having won 1 t five times before while he W'clS J.Iine Foreman at Olyphant Shaft and also for the first quarter of 1940 at Eddy Creek Shaft. We congratulate Tom on his exoellent safety performance and sincerely hope that he will be able to retain the flag for the last and present quarter.. It might be of interest to note that this was the 42nd presentation of the Safety Flago Our Olyphant abd Eddy Creek Collieries have won the flag 23 timeso Olyphant operations won it 7 times and Eddy Creek operations 16 times. �6 DISTRlBUT ION BY MAIL l!'A VO RED It is the desire of the Editorial Staff to thank the operating officials .for their kind response to tho i~quiry pertaining to the method of distribution of the Safety Commentator to our employes. The question was whether our emplo~es cl'-e- • sired receiving the magazine through the mail at their homes or whether they preferred having it passed out to them at the mineso Replies have been received from 150 operating officials at all collieries and the final result is 129 to 21 in favor of the present method of distribution through the mails. lt is gratifying to know from the remarks given with the replies to the inquiry that so many members of families have taken such an activ interest in the contents of our magazine. Also we note with pleasure the kind remarks and approval of the woman 9 s section. To all the readers of the Commentator we wish to make known that any contributions you care to make for publication will be gratefully received. We do request that any material you submit which is not original will include the author's nameo ~Editorial Sta£fw., lo Stonebraker, Chairman Love is one game that is never postponed on account ot·darkness. �7 THIRD iUrnUAL Dl:i'i!NBrt HONORING SA.i!'ETY KEY NJ.EN Safety and Accident Prevention continues on the Hudson Coal property as eleven {H) more officials are admitted to the Safety Key Men's organization at the Third AnnuaJ. Dinner tendered by the management on October 12th. In audition to these new men the organizati on now includes forty-two charter members and the twelve who ente r·ed the group in 1939. Acting as toastmaster 9 Caawallader Evans, Jr. 9 Vice-President and Gener al Manbger 9 again welcomed the new men into the organization presenting them with the coveted emblems of membership the gold key and the certificat e. 9 The pr5.ncipal s1,eaker of the evening was Eugene :.:1cAuliffe, President of the Union Pacific Coal Company• who journeyed from Omaha, 1Iebraska, to present the "Sentinels of !:5afety" '.rrophy to the men at OlyFhant Shaft. In a very inspiring address he described ti1e history, from the stand 1>oint of safety• of the Un ion Pacific Ra:ll and Goal Oom.9any since joining the org.:.nization in 1923. ~he enviable record in safety prevention, achieved by the company was attained through a vigorous program involving both physical and labor relations. i½lr. 1.1c.Auliffe stated that the biggest factor in his company's success was due to improving human relations and living conditions among the workmen and familieso .an1:>hatically he stated, "you must t;et into the heart and soul of the workman to accomplish safety"o A measure of success in accident prevention of the Union Pacific Company is the fact that ten years ago one lost-time accident occur~ �- 8 red for every 15 0 961 man hou.rs worked whereas today that figure has been i ncre~sed to 124, 369 man hours per 1ost time accident 0 Joseph J o '~Jal sh~ _.:,.cting J ecretary of the l1 ennsylvania Department of rt,ines s poke on behalf of the Commonvieo.ltb. citing s everity rat inr,s of various industries as compared w ith that obtain-• ed by the Olyphant Shaf t mine. ~heodore Marvine 0 Sd5. tor of the Explosives Bngineer 9 told of the devel opment of the idea to stimulate safety by having a l1ationl.i l Safety Competition and of the presentations of 75 "Sen,tinels of Safety•• Trophies to tia tao He stated . that the high point of all the years of safety work was the exchange of presentations of trophies by the two outstanding leaders of safety work, Cadwallader Bvans, Jro 9 and Eugene iicAuliffeo The achievements of their companies 9 he said, St~d out as inspirations to the many others in the mining industry o So Ho Ash 9 District ~ngineer 9 uo s. Bureau of IE.ines, _paid tribute to the safety accomplish-• ments of the men of the Hudson Coal Company. Edgar Co z;eichel 9 Assistant General lfi.ana8er of Operations ~ addressing the safety Key ~en and eaests congratulated the members of the organi zation for the fine work they have done during the past year o In reviewing the fatal roof fa:U. accidents occurring since the last Safety Key 1,en 9 s dinner 9 Mro VieicheJ. stated "There is onJ.y one conclusion I am able to reach, that is - we must go back to our miners and show them thut three things are happening?. l. That the miner has not fully as- �9 sumed his responsibility Qf protecting himself a.s well as his laborers from roof fall injuries. 2. That our surJervisory offioials have not as yet properly trained their miners and laborers to become aa£ety aonsoious to the Nth degree . with regards to roof falls. . That roof £all injuries huve ocCill'red because of the lack of uoe of mine timber. Of tho 10 fatal injurieo :from this cause which ooourreu uurinr, the past year, ~ were due to failure to stand sufficient timber; 2 were due to i'ui11.u·e to re-o t und IJror>s ai'tor. i'irinB'; and l was due to failure to re-stand props which hau bocome die~ lodge<i by u scoop . 3o ln addi tion 9 j11r. V/eiohol stateu the seooncl objective of the coming year's work is to develop a plan to awaken the inuiviuual employe 1 s versonul interest in our safoty }?rogram. He conc:,ludeu by saying ... ''We are de1Jending on your (Salety Key Men) help to pu.t thia eduoat1ona.l p:ror;ram aoroao ci.nd l know you win ao 1t 11 • ~he of:fioials who we:re honor.eel ao new mombera aro ao follows; Man lioure Mame and Oocueat!ru'.! Q.Q.!liery John Riohurueon 9 ~.1P Oou:i. ,Bro ~k ao,260 Jermyn 117,772 Jae. J~UBtin, ll!Uint ,.i:', Andrew I!aro? klo.o'P It William ;1:artin, s.»'• Bx1J08Ul'li.l 67,894 (W,083 �10 Name and occupation Colliery Jackson 1.'lCKinley 9 s o.l!' Thomas ~etherill, S oio John lo ?itzgerald, ~o F. Thomas Davies, !.1.F. D aenry Ho ilull, S oi. Charles Keenan • .: .io '.7ineford Shaffer. o.F . Man Hours Exposure Bddy Creek 106,713 ,, 72,776 ,, 81,337 ~Jarvine ~afe ty IHag (April-June 1940) Marvine 93,962 Delaware 103,345 P . Ridge 165,871 .i!'OUR LB.AF CLOVER I know a place where the sun is like gold, And the cherry blooms burst with snow. And down underneath is the loveliest nook, Where the four leaf clovers grow. one leaf is for hope, and one is for faith, And one is for love you know, ~nd God put another in for luck • If you search you will find where they grow. But you must have ho~e, and you must have faith, You must love and be strong - and so lf you work, if you wait, you will find the place, Where the four leaf clovers grow, -By Dlla HigginsonThe above submitted by Eugene Himchak, 11 year old son of John Himchak, an em~loye at our Olyphant Colliery. �11 THINK FIRST During the first nine months of 1940 there were 137 FATAL injuries in the .Anthracite 1.tining Industry 9 and 74~ or a little over half of that number 9 were the result of roof falls. Direct falls were responsible for 51 and indirect falls for 23 fatalities. Of tr1ese 74 fatal injuries 13 occurred in the Hudson Coal Company's mines. What will the next three months show? This we do not know - but we do know that most roof fall injuries can be prevented. A few minutes time and thought and the necessary precaution is all tha t is required. Durins- the year 1938 over 85 9 000 man-days were lost due to injuries sustained by employees of our company. This resulted in a loss of approximately $,425p000 in wages. If for no other reason 9 we should all realize that an injury avoided or prevented means more earninss. While the monetary loss is something to think about it cannot be compared with the untold suffering and misery resulting from these injuries. ~ranspo~tation injuries are all too numerous. !den engaged in this work are constantly reminded about working safely. Instructions and safety rules to cover all classes of transportation are in effect but too often they are forgotten. Forgatten until a missing member or other injuries serves as a reminder. It is too late then. • i';e should all realize that safety bulletins are for our protection and benefit. It is only by constant thought and vigilance that injuries can be prevented. -By Jack Hodgsonp Miles Slope. �12 NATIONAL SA.EETY CONGRESS 1940 The Hudson Coal Company was we 11 represented at the National $afety Congress held in Chicago, Ill., from October 7th to ll th. The mining sessions was attended by Cadwallader ~vans Jr., Vice-Presiaent and General Manager 9 and h; was honored by being e1ected chairman of the ~ining 0ection for 1941. Carl Peterson, ~afety Ins]:iector, and Robert Von ~torch, Ventilation Inspector, at te:1 uea as representatives of the Safety I;epartment. ',;,'he other mambers of the party included Karl Ru~hes, Superintendent of 11arvine, John Davison, tline Foreman at Gravity Slope, Henry Null and Jackson McKinley, sectional Foreme·n at ~arvine ar..<l Bddy Creek, respectively, were awarde<.i the trip in recognition of their having held the best safety records in their respective positions for tne year September 1939 to September 1940u Leaving ~unday afternoon the party traveled over the D. L. CG ',V. anti Nici<:el Plate arriving in Chicago on ffionday morning. The flat corn-growing prairies of the middle west, so difterent from our Pennsylvania hills, were scenes of interest to the group ad<.iing an unanticipated delight to the trip. The Stevens Hotel 9 which housed the Congress 9 is the largest in the world and it was entirely possible for a delegate to attend all meetings as well as find all of the necessities and amusements within the hotel portalso for example, he had the choice of six restaurants, all of ample size to acconmodate their diners and all available without leaving the building. When it is considered tnat over 10,000 persons attended the Congress and that the hotel had its �13 regular customers to care for and that uncomfortable crowding was not noticeable, some idea of its size may be formed. In audition to the convention meetings, an exposition which included safety exhibits from many manufacturing companies was held in the mammoth basement of the hostelry. This alone createu much absorbing interest among the members of the Congress. ~ost interesting to the Hudson Coal Company delegation were the sessions of the Mining Section. At these meetings s~ecialists in Mine Safety reaci papers expressing their views and findings over many years of experience. The spei;Jkers were drawn from various kino.s of mining and from various sections of the country. This added to the interest of t 11e listeners. Tne attending delegates liitewise represented many fields and many types of mining and this was a basis tor many interesting private conversation~ ~he largest single delegation was tlli:it of the Koppers Coal Company. jecona largest was that of tne Hudson Coal Company. Present in smaller groups were men from the bituminous fie las of Pennsylvania, '; /est Virginia Kentucky anci the wast; from ore mines in Michigan, 'Wisconsin and Minnesota; from zinc mines; from gold mines; from copper mines and one speaker announced himself from the world's largest asbestos mine in Canada. Besides, there were men revresenting the Bureau of Mines as well as from compa.TJies supplying mine safety equipment. 9 Among the p~pers presented to tne ~lining Section was one entitled ''What an A11thracite Safety Inspector Looks For'' 9 very ably delivered by Carl Peterson of our Safety Department. It �13 regular customers to care for and that uncomfortable crowding was not noticeable, some idea of its size may be formed. In audition to the convention meetings, an exposition which included safety exhibits from many manufacturing companies was held in the mammoth basement of the hostelry. This alone created much a bsorbing interest among the members of the Congress. Yost interesting to the Hudson Coal Company delegation were the sessions of the Mining Section. At these meetings s~ecialists in Mine Safety read papers expressing their views and findings over many years of experience. The spec.1kers were drawn from various kinas of mining and from various sections of the country. This added to the interest of t ne listeners. The attending delegates li~ewise represented many fields and many ty~es of mining and this was a basis ~or many interesting private conversations. The largest single delegation was . that of the Koppers Coal Com}Jany. ~econa largest was that of tne Hudson Coal Company. Present in smaller groups were men from the bi tumil!ous fie las of Pennsylvania, ';/est Virginia, Kentucky anci the west; from ore mines in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota; from zinc mines; from gold mines; from copper mines and one speaker announced himself from the world's largest asbestos mine in Canada. Besides, there were men re~resenting the Bureau of Mines as well as from companies supplying mine safety equi}_Jment. Among the ]_)apers presented to tne Mining section was one entitled '11Nhat an Anthracite ;:jai'ety Inspector Looks for ''• very ably delivereo by Carl Peterson o! our Safety Department. It �14 w3s very favorably reoeivedo .Afllong those who had journeyed to Chicago to learn more about safety was James Gray of Birmingham 9 Alao 9 formerly employed by our company and who is now Chief Inspector for the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. IvTro Gray was well known and liked by many in our region while he was here and by his subsequent success testifies to his ability. .He stated that the other men who had left here to go with the Tennessee Company were all well and advancing in their chosen occupations. In order to enliven the Congress ancl provide entertainment for the families of delegates a number of social afi'airs were provided, including a President's Dance, a Mining Section Luncheon 9 a banquet of the entire safety congress and a dance and fun-fest, whiah featured in its floor show some of the best in the country. --~ Contributed by Henry ~ull, Sectional toreman 0 marvine Colliery. "' * * ~'E~Y H:·~ UIP~T SOLD Colliery 00'.i!OBBR 1940 Safety Shoes Respi- Hard raters ~ Coal Brook 11 Jermyn 10 Gravity Slope 25 Oly-i:ddy Creek 96 Marvine 62 Delaware 25 Pine Ridge ~ Total 248 3 1 1 12 4 2 _ 1_ 24 Goggles 5 l 6 6 0 0 21 5 3 2 l 1 _g_ 29 _o_ ; 24 �15 BONS lNJuRIF.S Oct. Colliery ~ Coal Brook Jermyn Gravity !::> lope Olyphant Bddy Creek Marvine Delaware Pine Ridge Construction 2 l l 0 1 2 l 1 l Total Oct. 1940 l 0 0 0 o· 2 0 _Q_ _1_ 10 4 1 t will be seen from the above that there has been a considerable decrease in the number of bone injuries in the month of October 1940 as compared with the s ar..e month in 1939. This is u very substantial improvement and it is hoped that this good record may continue. The manner in which these injuries occurred in October 1940 is shown below: l l l l Moving prop when prop fell on his foot. Placing scoov into pile of coal when the scoov caught his foot between the scoop and roof. Handling T-iron rail when he caught his finger between the rail ana block. Passing brick to the bricklayer when the brick fell anti struck his finger. �-----· 16 IT.c].tS OF INTEREST JBRMY~~ COLLI~ Richard To Seymour 9 an employee of Jeri:cyn Colliery for the past 4..1 years II passed away at his home in Jermyn 9 Pao 9 on October 8 9 1940. "Dick'' as he was known to his :follow workers? started to work for the Company whon a boy fiJ.ling practically every job from Blate Ficke; in which and Door Boy up to Sectional Foreman 0 oapaoity he served for eleven yearao He then was placed in our now conoc;u1led pumproom anu at the time 0£ his passing away was tho pump run- ner. GRAVITY tiLOPB COLLIERY George Solomun, a former mployoe at the ooll iery 9 dieci 1qovember 3rd at the hlid--Valley Hospital, from injuries received when otruok by an automobile near his home. Mr. iJoloman was the father of eleven ohildren 0 among whom are .Berna.rd, John 9 and .Albert, emplo~ees of Gr~vity !;;).ope. DeerJest sympathy 1s expressed to the family. on the ooo~sion of tho 20th wedaing anniversary of ?,'ir~ and .tt~s. H. o. Williama of Arohbald, a group of frienao from Gravity ~lope where ll1ro 11/illiams h emplo:,red as the Retail Coal Clerk, tendered them a surprise ~arty on Satu~day evening, November 2ndo A banquet wao served, Mr. ·,·;ill:lamo feat11red with imitation radio broadaastins, a..tt<l they were proaented with several giftso �17 ITE1'tS O.I!' INT : .'. IIBST (CON.T 'D) GRAVITY SLOPE COLLIERY Congratulations to Il!ro and Mrs o Ant1rew ; . !:3isko of Simpson 9 on t11e birth of a son recently at the st. Joseph's Hos p ital. at Carbonda le. T.1ro Sisko 9 a miner at Gravity ~lope and member of the 1939 first-aid champions. has been busy "passing out" cigars in honor of their firstborn. OLYPHANT COLL IEHY i'l1artin Jo Picchil 9 a miner's laborer at Grassy Island Mine, was mar ried on Sep tember ~8th, 1940. The boys at Grassy Island offer congratulations to i\Iarty. Eugene Travis 9 a miner 0 s laborer in Grassy Island Mine, is the proud dad of a baby boy o The new son is the second child - tne first was a daughter. The boys at Grassy Island wish to congratulate Wiro and 1,irs. 'i'ravis. --Submitted by John Bo Browning, Bratticeman 9 Grassy Island. '.';ORK:,·~ N HONOR S.i::CTIONAL FORErIBH _fOR .:i.Af!'ETY A.OCOi\lPLI!:31-fi;JEN'l'S On Saturday afternoon, October 5th, the men employed in Grassy Island No. 2 Slope held an outing at the ''Old Mill" in Justus, as a testimonial in honor of the two Sectional Foremen, Franlc p. Loftus and David Williams, under whose supervision very gooti safety records have been made Q ?rank's men worked 693 days without a losttime injury and Dave's 365 days. �16 Qj_Y ? J:1. .:JIJ':1 COLL 12RY {Cont'd) ;. dinner was served at one o' clocko .&'rank Pish and Paul Chylak 9 members of the cornmi ttee on arrangements 9 acted as co -• chairmano In brief remarks they congratalated their Sectional Fore- 9 men and called attention to the fact that 9 in adciition to it being a testimonial to the leadership of their Sectional Foremen 9 it was also a celebration for the men who attained su.ch fine records. ~ number oi men present e~']_)reszed their appreciation for the keen interest taken in safety in their sectious. '.foere was a soft ball game in the afternoon. J·onn H. .:::verett 9 a member of the old "OlyJ:)hant Browns'' was the staro -- Submitted by Harold Davis 9 lline Foreman's Clerk, Grassy lslauci. DELAW.ARB C01LI...IBY The employees of Delaware Colliery were weJ.1 represented in the list of 40-year employes recently published in the ?/ilkes-.Barre Record. There are fifteen men at Delaware who have served the Hudson Coal Company for forty years or longer, most of whom started to work at very early ages in the old fashioned breakers where small pays pi eked the slate and other impurities from the coal. Congratulations to the men who have these splendid service records. * * * �19 EYE INJURIES octo· :Oct;. 1939 1940 . Collier::£ 20 lO 1 - l 0 coal Brook Jermyn Gravity Slope Olyphant .r}ddy Creak M~rvine Laflin Delaware Pine Ridge Baltimore Tuno Prov. Repair Shop i. 0 _Q_ Total 12 6 0 3 3 l 0 l l 0 l l 1 0 l 0 0 2 from the above it will be noted that the number of eye injuries that occurred during the month of October 1940 decreased 50 percent as compared with the same month last year. This 1s an excellent improvement. The manner in which these injuries .to the eye occurred in October 1940 is shown below: Dumping ·car of coal, dt:tst flew in eye. ~OJ.-!ping a car of coa.l when a chip glanced off a chunk of coal and entered his eye l Barring coal from face with a drill when a small piece of coal struck his eye. 1 Testing roof whens mechanical scraper rope struck his d1•ill and e!ld of drill struck his eyelid. l Taking down roof, piece of coal went in his eye. l 2 �20 TA~ '1PJonian's Page Charlotte G. Gillespie - Editor SHARING THANKSGIVIHG truly Someon& has said that the ones who are most thallkful are they who have most freely given,. \1/e suspect that there 1s a lot of truth in saying. Indeed, we doubt whether the man who ~ever gives 1s ever thankful at allo If he feels no obligations to share what he has with others 9 he must think that what he has is al 1 his own, that he made it himseli' 9 and so has �21 THE WOMAN'S PAGE (CONT'D) only himself to thank for. it. ·:ihich is not the -kind of thankfulness we are thinking of. As God · shares with us, so we should share with others. l:io now to our Thanksgiving. .iJay there be no bare tabJ.e in all the land 9 but such a feast spread on every one that all who gather around it may be happy. .And it will be so if only a little from ours and a l ittle from yours find their way there. out of that bit of k indness will come ha1:.piness 9 and thanksgi ving 9 for us all. Editor - Good Hoasekeep ing .Maga z ine ''SHOO-FLY" c ,;KE (Lancaster County uecipe ) 1 Cup eranulated sugar 2} Cups flour Generous lump of butter 1 Cup of boiling w'c lter l Cup of molasses of Karo syrup (in can with blue label) 1 Teaspoonful of soda. :!:lake crumbs by combininB' the flour, sugar and shortening. Line a deep l)ie pan with pastry. Dissolve the soda ip the hot water and combine with the molasses. Pour into the pastry-lined pan, top with the cr-...unbs and bake in a moderately hot oven (350° .in until firm. fast. Vie like it served with coffee for breakSubmitted by - .i1lrs e Carl Peterson . �r • •• . 22 THE \'lm.w.rP S Pli.GE (CONT'D) ':7ASH YOUR :NYLONS Lllili THIS NY LOl'l" 9 t he sensational hosiery 9 made of coal 9 air and wate r ,_, should be washed and rlnseu iu water no hotter then 100 degrees b'arenhe i t or lukewarm. This is the advice o f the .American' Inst i tute of La under 5.ngo Dunk your ny lons in rich .suds of neutral soap. ','ihis}< them abou.t f or two minutes o Don ot scrubo Dirt is wa s hed off not ~ -- which makes it easi erg Squeeze out the excess suds and water. Do not wriug. At lea st five complete changes of lukewarm water are recommended for rinsing. ;V ithout removing any of the last rinse water 9 dro1i the nylon stockings onto a. bath towel and roll up for a minute to absorb excess moisture~ If the stockings are exposed to normal room temperature 9 they will dry compAetely in 15 minutes o The Institute also reports favorably on lack of shrinkage in laundering of nylon hose and on color fastness ~- New York \'/orld Telegram Baked apples will keep their shape if a wide strip of peel is removed around the top, after the ap~le is coreu. A few drops of lemon juice added to whip~ ping cream m:istens the l_.lrocess of thickening. �23 THE V/mLlli 'S PAGE (C O?~T 'D ) TODAY 9 S FAIRY TALES Once upon a time there was a woman who went shopping and bought the very first hat she tried on. (Af t er looking at a ll the rest). Once upon a time there was a man who never complained about his wffe I s cooking . (He was a bachelor). c:·: ce upon a t i me there was a woman wh o g rew stout 9 but never said a word about go ing on a diet. (She was the fat lady i n the circus). Once upon a time t here was a mother who sat down at the table without having t o e et up once to go after something. (She was ea ting in a cafe). Once upon a time there was a husba nd wh o was always on time for his meals. (: re ha d toprepare them) . S.ru.IE DI.FF ERB.ti CE First ;E'armer: '".':hich is correct 9 'A hen is sitting' or·; 1 A. hen is setting'? Second . .c~armer: "I don't know, and I don I t care. All -I bother about is when she cackles-is she laying 'o r is she lyingi ,, Flattery is 90 percent soap 9 and soap is 90 J.)ercent lye. �HOW 1iEiU!Y HUR'r ? "Suppose,'' said 1 11 "you chanced to see A small boy tumble from a tree, How would you tell that tale to me?'' • •r;;'hy, Dad, 11 said he 9 "I'd simply say I saw a boy get hurt today And two men carried him awayo" "iiow many injured would there be?" I asked, ••Just one, of course," said he, ''The boy who tumbled from the tree." "No, no,'' I answered him, "That fall Which hurt the lad 9 crought pain to all Who knew and loved that youngster small. "His mother wept, his father sigheu, His brothers and his sisters cried. And all his friends were hurt inside. "Remember this your whole life through Whatever hurts may come to you Must hurt all who love you too. ''You cannot live your life alone, we suffer with your slightest groan And make your pain or grief our own. "If you should do one shameful thing You could not bear alone the sting, we'd spend our years in suffering. "How many hurt, we cannot state, There never falls a blow of fate But countless :people feel its weight." -M. S. A. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sigma Tau Epsilon Meeting Notes and Subsequent Operation 1941 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. February 27th 1941 Subject The topic of the resource Sigma Tau Epsilon, Operation, Meeting Notes, 1941 Description An account of the resource Documents and letters documenting the meetings and operation of Sigma Tau Epsilon in 1941. Documents are held together by a brass pin. Some documents are faded may be hard to read. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource I.N. Bayless, George B. Pryde, R.R. Knill, J. Hearne, Eugene McAuliffe, Thomas Allen Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0255 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co.