18 10 352 https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/848fa545d038cbbf489ba56d8f53a6f0.pdf 716b273a364d1e076b45b7ad23d4877b PDF Text Text ., IJ.hkon froI:1 "tanoa and W.nornla," *1• 1908 .. .., THB HAmA1 ffIOlll.NG, lIII:iB DISASTER An Ao~ount of the Twa EXplosions, tho ~obo.blo Co.usoa and the Conditiom ding Up to 'ibm • (\'l"ittm tor " ?.U.n and !.!inoral.s, n by n.L, Herrick) lluma,- th& soon& ot a doublo mno tragedy on SAturday, t!tu-ch 28, in situated, aa eh0\121 in Fig. 3, 134 nllas wost of Cheyanno, on the main line o1 tho Union Pacit:la Railroad. It is ono of tho ooat iq)oriant ot ' 1 ~ c coal CBI:lP& $J1ll 1s said to ~ve an mmu.al output of about 4$01 000 tozw. 1ho Union Pacitia Coa.l Gcr.:ipany hero op at thrco mines, about l.8 YGnl"S • • No. 2 in 1904. and no. 3 1D ljo6 . Ho. 1 mine haa baen the aceno or tb.ree cap&l'ftt~ d1 fir , a mnOI" o.ne, occurring the year it ~· opo 30. 1903, llhen 169 llvos 'ftre lost,. md t.-ha l b II tors, tho d, tho eooond on Jum the ono described No.•• 2 and 3 m.&.>e boe th11• tar bad m dis oter • ow. 'lbe Hanna coal aa::.oo ram a bauin or oynclinrll treugh.. 'lbo coal outcropping on tbe urtace •1 be llkonod to the rim. at on at'alahaped bOlll, w:s it dip• at angl Teeying from l4 to 22 dogeos t ow-~d ::. ce%l'tr41 ulo-. rwm.mg opprcx!astal.7 nortbi:roGt to 11outhet1ct. All throe openod. on the ~ctorn aide of tb.t.a oval outcrop; mine Ho .. a !.·~tbs utrcxno • cm p ltion, mine No. l l ocatod c cUo euat or tt, vhUo mlno :tb . 3 1a mar]¥ 3 mlos oe.et ~r no. 1 . buin -t I The ocnl is rougbly e=o 6 r:dl.on alona ita l Ol'lgeat dimomion (in eut to nat) extent and about. 2 clles w1d• troa outcrop 'to outcrap. U1ne Ro. 1 • • first opouod on tae wost aide bJ a al.ope from tho outcrop in the at an 1ncl..lnir'i.ion of e?,out 14 dogrooa. In the tv-st 1.4 7 s �1/ of operat1m an menmivo ten-itory wao opened ap troo tbia oide reaob1ng to tbo bo·ttom of· the basin and ate.rting to eso-onci the auatorn Bide, which na found to l"in q,proximately 22 dogt'oea. To taoilltate tbe mrking ot the o08l on thio aide• the east aide al.ope we atartod to carmoot in n atraight lino with the wost alQJ,h'3• t1t0 A't tho tima of tho 1903 di aster, tho opo boadingo woro ~ parated by an intervening ~oo feet or oaal. 1'hie ea.i .elope '7na provided on the aurtaoe with ceroly a hoict nnd ·tan. as no coal uus pulled to tho ourtaco oxoopt c:nougb to 011pply tho boUort:1. 'lbe mino output WllG. pullod up the 11eat elope to tbe tipple located at t.h1e place on aoc awxt. ot .tr wdm.ty to tho railroad. The coal m.ned in t.be en-trios dri.•ven on the east al.opo of the ·baain weo lau;.red to th& bottcc 1fhero the tripo wore ma.de up and pulled to the wost sldo tipplo. 'ibe coal eecu::i vorkoo. bf mm No. l vo.riaa frOtl l2 to J5 foet 1n tbiclmess and avorages about 12 feet of \iDrkablo coal.. The coal ia c:am::ilODJJ kuovm aa a llgolto, al thauJb closood by the Un1.ted stataa Geo- lo al SurTay as a seaibituminouo. raiher triablo. It .ia high in volatile 1he t.ollo ing onaqats ot tbiu coal. ia atven: iter u.nd oisturo, 6.38; Vol til.e Comb'I.USlible, 48.43; Fixed Ct\r'bon, 3'.37; Am, 8.82; Tote.a. 100.00. Coking Pl"·llfHIIPt.i..ea, Sli@ltly; 'lotal SUlphur. o.66 pei" cent.; Aab Slillpbur, o. 33 per cent .. ; Volat.ilo &llpaur, o. 33 per oent.; B. T. u• a, 11399.4. ?.tine, lb. 1 baa &1.IID,JII been PNow.,, fQedera being ~ontly traken J.ato. Aa ios ot l mne firoa roaulti.ng ob!.atl.J from apoma- nooua ~Cllllbuation of gab consiltut a an -on 'MNl"J• Coal dust, it is olaJ.x!od• lid uot. 'be• r o.■ tbe m1no 1a cleoidedl.7 4 :t pal"'t of this mina'e hia■lblo tor tho fires, in all seotiona md all the emriea have �pipe 11 B in thaa for etting d0m1. For GQmo yoors ~e_oeding the dia.utor of 1903 ~ tho nim, h action ot -said to bavo amdldered bohind o.:lr-tigbt bulkbendc. Tho e.xplonon rooulting i.n the loss of 16?- Diner.a ia said to havo b_een onused by ·:.;~ eaking out of gaa and itn ignition by n bl ll"'Oat shot., ooilo aoal dust raised by tho gaa. explosion, l:Utwioo rosultod 1n a .oerloa o! local explosions. and op Tho ml.no llllS opened up ahortly attor thia diatlst ted continuously up to the prooon-t time. Recently bat throe coq>are.Uvel.y limited aoctiom of the rd.no have bem operated, one ou No. 9 entry wost de, ono da'Livering ita coal throu No. 23 rock cut, and lut the eaat aido. ing to the mlne map. Fi envies & • 8 and Iio~ 10 ext of about 1.o00 ton. d 4, i i will bo noted th.~t uth tron tba ean slope t«- a dis.tones llo rocx:is bnd us y- been tertod frori th .se lltri .- wben on Friday, uarob 20, tbe lnoe ot the upper entry ot lb. 10 (tho haulage \Jl:,) wao aet on tire, pro ly by n obot.. 1be true ca:.ao ot thle th•e -.:U.l probably never b, k1'101m, as llO 111.tnesaes ero now left. Fir ot th.is aon. had bGooos sucb a b-oqu,ol'lt. oocurranao 'Ulat no Qpeo-ial appr aion 1186 felt, ho11DTer, and en-try !b. 10 waa prQIPtJ.¥ walled up with atopp1.11ge pl.a~ed Just inside ot the first el.ant at (a) cd (b), Fis. 4. en Tburodaf, the 26th, tho :baulage-wl\V top- pl-s (a) • • adYonoed 200 feet to a point (c) Just beyoat th" .first or-oaa-out. '!be m1De force ot 200 odd minors -.is idlo on tha follow.1rlg 1\luday• the 24th: 11wreday iba 26th; llZUl Slt.urduy, the afith, the d&J of tbe d.uaator. 11:le demand tOI' coal. this wiater hu bem ~ and aa a nault tbo mines ba:re uaualq been idlo 011 ~ - • • and 'lhtlradaya �1 I tar t.lOftr'al months past. The reports of tba v£rioua irmJst1gating cm.i,.. ce of td.x m.tt-eoa tdU doubtless .oholi ubat J?l"oportion at tbG iotal t f1ro. bo!UlGS IIB8 or..ployed. on thoeo idle &lya. ibldng advantage of the idlooeaa an SaUl"day-,. tho 28th, su.por- lnt.emont Brigga with a p1oltod l orca of 17 !!lOn proceeded. 'to attack tho fire aaol.dering behind tllo topPines in the No. lO try. This toroa eaapriaed beuides Joaepb. Burton. Alfred Dodda" end J'amos Knox, f.cri.'GQn of L:2. jr:: Na. 1. lb. a, and No.. 3. r-oopectively. tivo gas wtomon nnd nine nb.an, notod tor tbcdr ak.Ul. norva, am e.xparience 1n firo figtiting. It 'tbua connt:ltuted tho no er ot the aoq, ot nanrii contribut od by all thl'so at the cs mr,'a m.noo . Just what not.hod ot attack on tho fire "- • adoptod •U l probably ~er be knorm. •of the disavtor through a fortunet.e cireuaatS11ce, baa supplied the writer with the datniled •P• ~ 4. The roturn a!r-courao t1rmin&t.es in an ul)CU't ahaf't loe.ding to a 20-toot ! l ~ tan on the Tb" east elq,511 from Which , face .. ry Bo.. 10 was turnet11 111 'thlUI a douo- out. i'lle mum airway ot o.nv:, No. 10 cozmaeta Id.th the o.ir-cour'ae io ttie tan llhial'l puaee un:ler the baul.age my ot oniry Ji). 10 by ,m ~ . era1;rJ lo. 10 blld the croas-cuta and elm• a.a anon IJPa.aod at 200-taol imOl"'f'ale tor the first 800 feet in froo the alope. Beyond. tbat point oroao-cuts woro ,paced at 100-focn interYalB for tho ra,aini:ag 800 teat ot the mtry. Ur-. Cb.riatianaen tnlnko tbe tollowlng mthod wu ad. .04. lMa:hg b1e ap:Jn:SoWl on tbe d1acuaa1on of plana tho mg :t l>efore tho di.. -... llllen JIH.n. Drigga1 Dotldaa .and Bunon were pl"NODi. �'.l'ho otopping (c) 1n the haulage wuy waa p-obably tiret taken om and advanced to {d) Ju.at ooyond the aocond alant • . thon ths olant nq;,p1rig ( o) o.:i.s r-emovod and_the air-coiree stopping (b) reooved to L - point (r) bo:,ond the slant, ol.10\ling tbe trcah cur to elear out the ~c.w,!J botoocm (~) mid (f) nnd t.ha alop0. In this wey it is probable that tho fire fighters. bad ad.Vmlood :to Just boyo?J1 tho uoond slmlt, 800 fM in froa the Dl~o. wh&n the catastrapbe, ~tever it vu. oCGU.rrad. Po 1.bly in the .PNCSSS of Q ~ the atoppih~ (d) fonsrd tbo mJor'l.ty of" th.e po.rty tvere owrcone with witedaql ~lowing the air to coaa in cents.ct. uit!l the gn:s in t-co great a qasnt1ty and tb.ua f~m.ng -en ox- ploaift m.xtve.. It aca:1s probable, bo'lfOVor, tbnt at loaGt tour ot touzn at poim (g) on the No. 10 entry- puotin3- tmy 1181"0 juat. going in w Joi.a tbe oth aocoq,azwblg t)la explosion. thqy tbr th l t aoms P"ObAblG that s. llhon leolin,g tho air blast ol.voa ta.co domnrd. Lew J'tlnbl1"3 aound.a au~od by a Jaz-.ring or tho that. abook the town announoed tbe oxplo ion at 3;0S .P.n- t!1 Im,estip:tion ko:l a:ncl bopelea-oly aavad in. w'hil• the 11:)odon fiap ol the air-ab.aft '1ae- blom otf. the tan itsalf wau llld.llJl1l"Oei -.d tho- aft cs quiokly rapdred witti --attico oloth. . ~ \. del&OG 880LlS to ahOII that the f 611 w.a •ioppod, llOV\'#81:"1 &md mt ¢artod until Wi,PPed liJ' Inepeotor Elia, upon~• .-rinl.11 $(D(l 1c1ea of the f crae of the OJrplo:alo.n on thG 'lfeat al.do :1s pilLed fNr:l the tiDding of tll_e al.ope tlmva blom out of tho pit muth toard the tipple. Sneral 12-f~t t.lmbera, a foot in diamter, �wero blown aga1nat the t1ppl& at di taneea of' fl-on 300 to 400 tGet, and ono 15 ~choo 1n dirmotor fall oloao to the boile pl it.. attar- o. flight ot noro than SO!>: to 'l1le Met al.090 gus Utt.le ujurocl by this • • firat o~ocion, although tho mouth or tho oo?tcr.i wost lcpo ia 6,200 bile tho. noutn or tb.e- eut alope ls but feet dlstar.xt from en y No. 10, 2 . 000 teet d atnnt.. Doubtleos -tb.o rsparts ot tho invo igoting com- will tundoh data in &lrplanation ot tbis poim. m.it 1 In the 0>an tiae Id.th wr,ry co111>etent uitn e either dead, er in l'lO condition to olearly reaao:n. it aoems idlo to theodze-. the :alne vontilation are not At this ting clata on aUtt>l.e. bat will be a 'lbe root ot the Aflt ed laial". ir-sbatt aloping to the tan houoe wna· blo11:n otf in a •nner dmilar to tba't at tbe wen ai.d • but nld.thar the fan ncr the al.ope 1lllB :m:n::,mo:1ally a.:q,a. 11118 .U.f#lt. A8 SOOD as th ve :t.od about tho ock telt on tbia side tacts booomo known to tho rooeaoro con..: ockod •art el.op ,. tb. th& ea.st al.ope, 1¼ ml.es d 'lbe tant. rushed across the bU1 to Gl"e their f'irst eftorta flt'G upended 1n r&plllring t.he ran. Iru.qteotor Spri.:~ rid. 11. Elia WO on Vain )b. 3 going to Bock a'\ th9 tiz:le ot the e:zploaion am waa handed a telo amoanoins it. abortly aft« it oocurrod. Ha arr1Ted at Ur.m.a aborlly ctt 4 P.U. lurclq till !lour after tbe firri diearier. Dt.-y person ot authorit.-7 1n tbe • ,, bad been wip out by the fJrst. uploaion and. up to ths tlzia ot tu arrival. at lnaponor ~as. thar'e aoocm to ma been m lead8r • .Prerioua tr> bis •rlnl, bownv, i~ sea.:is that. Jo e.pb 1ioo48,, ia• sale nrrtv1n& tire oou out of ab, attcpted aor.io _. ml.on of tile llilliag �but GXClted rascuero... l.iOaviug a ~ nt tho fu,Gt 04try to ~ °'hero- fron fallo~ behint'l till eollil~ions woro aaear atf- nod, i1oocls riod out. ib.o d lett by t:-oods at the first entry, bo avai:-, ovid ]a ~a not oqual to the ooo.aaion. for b.o· bilrcolf •ant bmlw 0nd 'ila& k1U ~Y t-b.e socond upl.oeiQn.. \:.'hsn ho arri'fe c.t the ~ut.b ot t~• east elope sveey ono looked to I.n eater Zliaa aa the l.ondar at t~ resouarn. Hitt task 'J!lD 1 ditfic1llt b1 tae los1 ot all p sons ot eutho ty know to Brigg • the foremen of tho , flhilo t be sixth bad Jut bee ..-riod out l's.Ting !roe tho ettGCt;s ot the sae onoouut;rGcl Mlo. ord lluspoctOl" Elioo wldentlJ n.aoded n mmi Who would enforce bu s 111th a club it meoaz E'fl'Y., but the mn be pickod no~ ~ :fa.Uoct him. 'but lost bi.a own Ufe through di1obodiellCo ot (rdora... Aftel" atartb& the r o4 wet alopai f•• ~o oast clop& f .an bav11l3 beat run eai.lm q, tu:,e=or mJ.aa wl-tb • party ot ta »A •wted da-n ~he -.at al.01>0 pra.ul.y a.boat 5 ;JO P. U. 'DL$ rat rnd to ta. . ~-·- of th• al.ope, m.th strict s.n.tnJqtiona b-Olll ~ .:Uiaa to allow m oaa olN ~ go bolo • '?lae pariy oool.cl m~ b:lv~ ~n gcme laag. boar r , ?Jefore the ~ d ybldect to tho pree..-o of exoit.;Jd. ~i.lld-be fl'fery on. pauecl at willt up uJ down the al.op~~ the Jld.u. If. 1• now �- 8&l1'1tGl"•CU that .more thon ;o mon mst- have follo :od the :imapect.or•t1 PIS°'ty into tho mine atl"eaming along dow the _lope in groupo. ot 'lhroe or m.ora, without n leader. m.thau:t o: c,,, • _,....Uon aud \lithout a plan.of con- cer-tc •• action. In tho anouing o-ontuaion each zroup aeocs -to have taken euch pr-ecaut ionn ar1 done by at.hare. oOtled Qoot to it, \7ithout- kllCkling whd nns bai113 Fl"OCl m at- hna b.oon thus fQr an1d 1 it gill bo soon that it ls natural to expoct conflicting . uta:ient.o from tho t ow who went c.town the op-e and a.arr 'Ibe. .ta~ ~ o OCl)ad do.ath nt or an cgi. in tbo an uing oooond ojjpl oeion .. r. trained io obsorvo Qnd tslk acctll"ately is • t.hefffore of eepod.el vul.ue at, tbls t In tho first . - y of t.a mn with Im:pectox- li!l~& wao E.. O. ~ •1~~.-. Chr1.at~e._ the c:~ , = ~•s who furnished 'tho Wliet' with the t ollom.nz stai e.mit.: "As 1-hia party went down tho slo. , it brattica:1 up the ontrieo an b!>th oidos u.d vaa en by ~ :i about 6 .P.. ll. d. 1n this wm.-k on tho tll1rd enti,- wbon Joined Xnapoaor m1!l here was afraid t.oo m= air \JUB oo1dng in and sent rJO to -tb\l weat olope fan t o alo'.!I 11. do;:m to about 20 rffolutiOAe pE!I" m.nute abo-n half ita t1.aual eed. !J,etumi.J\1 to tbe alop I joimd tho lnopoattr' a pvt, ot t.bo 8th im.tr.r about 8:~ P.?;. ud FOOHdod wi~h it to tb.il U>th entry• ,... ore tho bodia's of the tbroo mn and t he rope rumiort W.i'e found in the pcu"tbg at (g). 0!:11.ng to the JlteG1Paes• of tho al.ope each body raqdrad at least six w,m to Otll"r'J it o•• ao tba'l from 24 t.o 30 mn imn taw ataried back from th:la palm 11ltl1 the ~dle1. 11th Iupeator SU.as WB · - back t o 'tho 8th ent.l'J and hero renod a few mlmrtoa u i ilun wont tu.rt.her up t o elll,ry lo. 5 aa the air &'l 'lu 10th aD4 8th bad bee bad anit w-.k•ixlg. �"Br. llOi" n llriffitbe,, genm"al foreoa,n of tho company, wao ed to .arrivo ti'om Rock Springe, at nbout 8:30 P.u. llnd tako charge of the It. lnspootor El.ins therefore aitocl his arrival. at the 5th Up to thiQ ..,- f cr aoce t.imo. comantari.:11 OJCPeoting to bo relloved. time all. the antr-les ~jte()pt No. 8 bud been lrattiaod up. 5 '::_ . te.s\ becoming • 1bo air u:t •rb . rse !111d .feal.!nu its affect.a. I triad to purauade the 'Izi119octor to acc01?1pafV me to the aurfe.ca. Failing in 't hia, I started In p __,r RU.aa. was hat m~n at tho point., mm-ked (a). Old. "General. Tier 2:30 :.... M., after tb.e Gri.tfiths did not trrive at muina till about oond uplo ion ortq after lO P.JI. GQZ'rying the body ot the rope rurm~ , ~ the first envy llb.en I P-..u- it. , wae r •lf41.,._ turnod buck. in at a point. near Jun abova ttrl.s point I uu. Sibtola coming down the Glops, and uae ih:.! party, W!lS mst by autod out by ~ 11hen hG Ho could bordly have reached tbs first entry 400 te• . down When tho torritlc 89COl1d .xplo ion OCClrrGd Id 10:25 p .. u•• blowing hie body up to a poiBt op aaito tho knuckle . .. Hwitala cust have boen following close behind Tezmmxt, tor tho 'boq ot the latter wns pi~Gc:l up at (1) near th~ mouth ot t~o slope tho nm _.t mDPning . Theoo two ball.es 1n addition to those or ·the t!reo gas Al'rlod out Just beforo the second exploai.on were tne only anos rNOnred up to tbie c;ri .. 1:Dg (Aprll 2)ened 117 tbe 1aat dlanater, entoA' 'lbo east al.ope was bop&leaalJ all 'Who were below. A howso-to-bouae canYoas by 1be ooq,any official.a next a1q edUliab.ed tbe tac\ tbo.t. 41 aen wro mlaaing in addition to the 18 loat ill the tirat uploalon, miking a total of 5'J tatal.itiaa. Altboash the bo4iea bad not been. l"NO.,..ed at. the Ume tho. �-10 date wsro secured it 1a probable that in addition to the tour bodies al.ready found at (g) and tbo two at (1), tbo 14 bodioQ or tho cr1ginal party will be foU?ld be~\lOon (g) antl stopping (d) nnd that 48 mre are ca-ttersd along the elope. Ubilo tb~ cruao of the aocond explosion cnnnot be dotorminod until M elln'!:li.nation oan bo made of the rki»gs l0',11, nnd prob ly •not. ~hon, it scoca probable t.hat the atata:iGnt o! a oinGr, wbo oacaped. up the pe just before the e.xpl.onion, and bnediately after Cbriatintwen• wUl be found ~rNOt. He tatoa that· throe oon tsSro just. atart1ng to lra.t.t1oa up try llo., 8 ao be otartod tor tho a.irtnae. A3 Christians 1.eft Imp crtcr fill.ia at -the ,5th 8llU'7, it w~ remain tor evidence oaretul.ly coll.octed frora tnes o to show other tbis done by his crdara or not. Xn any went it now seeps llkeq that tbo bra~ticin of entry No. 8 Md the efteot ot for~d.ztg an inm-mu,ed aircurrent into entry llo. 10 driving u 'body of gns on to the tiro there :ragl.ng. with outt:lci~ air~- pro,,1.d an e~losive m.xtura. It uould take sox:io JS minutoo for a E2li!l to wol.k fl'OC entry Ho. 8 to tho rurfo.ce. AllOlriztg 10 minutes for tho placing of the brattice aftel" the witn3SO ataa-'I tcr tbe mrtaoe nnd 5 mimtes tor the inareaaod air-cur1·ent 1n Bo. 10 to pGDO'h'a"t ~e flre acme, aa,y 1,000 teet 111. it is. soen whJ it la ,Pl"O ble that the uploa1on troa this ~au,e toot plaoe Ji.a altal"' the wltnea11 gs out .or the mins. 'lb.la point wUl probably be 4efild:t.ol.J detertd.nod and reported upon b7 tbe varioua oommiaaiona no.1 ill'reatipt111g. 1'tleir rtpcrta wUl be ptl.)liped at o. later date. Jll a'\tempta at rescma ..-k wore aba.ladoned ahorUy after 'the �.... / -11- nd co ozploalon, \tdeb orockad and cavod the east alopo. I:l6.n llorgan Griffiths tmd Genaral Superintendent. o. L. Blac!t arrivad a-t Hannn from Rook Springn at 2:30 Sunday mrning. paz,y of'fialala soon on hand 1.1ero tbo !ollodng: and gen Oonoral Foro- other p.raxdnmt c;oo- o. o. Clnrlt, vioe"1)1"eaidant el mnna.gor. mid J. J .. BArt, asaist.mit t.o tbo vico-preaiden:t, frou Omaha; Aseiato.nt Oon al anager A. E. Brndbtry, from Cheyenne i SUperin'tendont J'~ Uoedbo.o and Foreosn Jolln llatcs, fl"vo Gumborlnnd, tyo. , and David G. Joaoo, li-lt . Uadlll, tUld Jobn Dykes, formen at Rock 3irings1 W.,o.• GeDGl"al U:,n:in.y.., ager D. o. Cl.ark arrived at Hruim f:ron <nahn on Uith thooo ot tioiol.a was o. piekod fcrce of n _ly 30 non, noted f'or their ekil.l, nervo. and oxperl azsoe 1n coal mine disaotero. Undor tho ltdon of these otf ic.isl • the om attaokod the debria at tbo muth aup of the ck011 eut al.ope and dmvo a twmol thl"DlltPl tho cave-in fer a . d1otuneo of 20 toot. At thie point aftord p drova them baok; teelins suro that nll within bad met tholr deaih._ the o;ening was eol.ed ath timbers overlaid with din. Not till irednead~, Apr-U 1,. ne another attmi,t •de to reopen tho east. alope. Afterdaq;, pravented pODQVaHon t.o c p ~ more .than 3,. toai 1n, •~al men boing overcome in tbe 11tteqrt. 'lo ~ furl.h..-, A nopping wus t.herotore put. up ,3() feet in .and t.he mi again aealod. 'Dia debris in front or the at.op-ping wns ibon UCaYa'led. Ii 1a propoae4 to slowly ad'fanoe atoppi.Daa clom the a1ope in thin Damlel"• .clewrlng up u progress i ■ •de. Every pr-ecmat1cu1 ia belng tokon to pNWOU a furiber loss ot lite. C a ~ to \be cx,urae aonotimee 1)111'mad at ahlUar diea.atel"B �ti -12 - I- 1t7 other .Ocmpaniea•. tho Union I'a.cii'ic Cool Co . officiola havo ulloued ttle triter ovoey privilegG ot inapection and grcat ]J easiatod in the col• labQration ot this article. At tb.e the dieaater to at.tompt oqum.e d esa1t writ. orlptions and it ls too JY.>on attar , t °' accurate data. lmmedio.toly after the disaster. Ol>v~nor ·Brooks 1.!ppoint.ed Inap~or !{Ollh Y ~ or the northan Di.atr-lct, · meted by u. FilmB». miJ1e forancw o.t tho Sharl d~ C.,:u ~o. . ~i.et:, t)'o. , tmd J'oeoph ~'thgo, o.saistmm t~· Gm1n of al.cm-oek, ::yo. , to iweatige.1 o ui l r oport on th<:> 1 diosoter. Thia r ort, toge~h3r with 'thoee o! ttio T ioua ath iarm. will be pu."oll (id at a lat-Or de.to. aoo:-Jis- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0116 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource R. L. Herrick Title A name given to the resource An Account of the Two Explosions, the Probable Causes and the Conditions Leading Up to Them Subject The topic of the resource An account of the Hanna explosions intended to be used for "Mines and Minerals." The Hanna, Wyoming, Mine Disaster Description An account of the resource Several 10.5" x 8" papers held together with clip. Pages are in good condition with minimal damage. Some pages are faded may be hard to read. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1908-05 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Mines and Minerals https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/38bf4147913a99a25f3d4628aa5f6e5f.pdf 2d9994576b87c181691a9313c8e94790 PDF Text Text r-t j SAFETY HONOR SOCIETY 01-ganized Rock.,Spri11gs, Wyoming Febmary 27, 1941 �! SIGffiA TAU fPSllOn SAFETY HONOR SOCIETY Orga11ized Rock.,Springs, WJ1omi11g Febmary 27, 1941 l I I �SIGMA TAU EPSILON For the purpo c of furth ering the cause of accident prevention in and about the coal The way to accident prevention is through thoughtful plauning, rigid observa11ce of safety rules, a11d eternal vigi!a11ce. mines of T he Union Pacific Coal Company, che fi r t Greek letter afety H onor Society known co the mining indu t ry was organized at R ock Sp r.uws, Wyoming, on February 27, 1941. The name of the Society, SIGMA TAU EPSILON, represents the three initial letters of the Greek words, SOTERIA TIME ET AIREIA, which, translated into English, reads, Safety Honor Association, Club or Brotherhood. Forty-three charter members were admitted to the Society at the Rock Springs meeting, and ~dditional members will be added from time to time when qualified. �RULES GOVERNING THE SOCIETY Requirements for lHembership The ~embership in SIGMA TA U EPSILON will be restricted to supervisory officials, wh o have at• tamed a commendable standard of sa fety in th e co nduct of their work. The o ffi cials el igible fo r mem• bersh1p are: Mine Superintendents Mine sup~rintendents_who were jn general charge of any certain mme which h as won or in the futur e may_ w!n the Sentin_els of Safety T roph y. Members qualifying under thlS section will n o t be. privileged either to hold office or to vote. Mine Foremen Mi_ne f<;:iremen. who were in local charge o f any ce_rtam mme . which has won or in the future may wm the Sentmels of Safety troph y, o r wh o were ir• charge of a mine in which no lost-tim e accident was suffered for a calendar year. Members qualifying under this section will not be privileged either to hold office or to vote. Unit Foremen Unit foremen who have conducted a section ur 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 sectio n or sections without a lost-time accident for the three preceding calendar years, will be eligible to member· ship in the Society. Members qualifying under this section will be privileged both to hold office and to vote. Outside Foremen ::::::, Outside foremen who were in charge of the out· side men employed in any mine or group of mines to whom no lost•time accident occurred for a period of three consecutive calendar years. Outside foremen who have conducted their foremanship without a lost-time accident during the three preceding cal• endar years, will be eligible to membership in the Society. Members qualifying under this section will be privileged both to hold office and to vote. Proof of eligibility for membership will be taken from the payroll and accident records of The U n1on Pacific Coal Company, certified to by the Com· pany·s Auditor and the Safety Engineer or Gener.ii Manager. No officer other than th ose covered by the above four sect ions will be eligible for member· ship in th e Society. Proof of Eligibility Genera l officers o f The Union Pacifi c Coal Co m• General _0_lbflicers . not b e e11g1 · "bl e to mem b ers h tp . in • t h e notexcept e 1,g, e, !?any will Soc iety, but an y mem ber who may be adva nced to by promotion th e office o f P resident, V ice President of Oper, ation , General Manager, G eneral Superi ntcnd<.>nt, Chief En gin eer, or Safety En gineer, will be privi• Ieged to retai n his membe rship in the Society with• out ri ght to hold oflice or to vote. No hon orary ruember; hip sh all at any tim e be established by t h Society. Honorc'.li;y mcmU crship Th ere will be ele cted at the fi rst quarterl y meet• in g of each year, a President, a Senior and a Ju nior Vice President a nd a Secretary, who will co ndu ct th e affairs of th e Society in a manner a pp roved by the membership, fifty per cent of the members wh are in th e employ of Th e Union Pacific Coal C orn• pany constituting a quorum at any meeting . Election of Office rs Nominations for each office, not to exceed five in number, may be made from the floor, each nom· ination to receive a second. When all nomination s are completed the President or other presiding mem • ber will appoint two tellers who will proceed to can· vass the votes of the members present by written ballot. On the completion of the count by the tel· lers, the presiding officer will announce the names of the officers elected for the ensuing year. Officers, how elected The duties of the President ( or in his absence a Duties 0£ Officers Vice President) , will be to arrange a suitable pro, g_ram for each regular and special meeting, to pre• side 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 pro• posed members, with qualifications and date of ad, mission to membership, and in addition will main, tain a roster 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 ap, proval of the General Manager of The Union Pa, cific Coal Company. Meetings, When held Regular meetings of the SIGMA TAU EPSI, LON will be held quarterly in each year at Rock Springs in the months of February, May, Augu st and November, at a time and place designated by the President. Special meetings may be called by th e P resident or in his absence, by a Vice Presid ent wh en necessity requires same. Non-employe members Members who leave the employ of T he Un ion Pacific Coal Company will retain th eir mem be rshi p but will not be privileged to hold office or to vo te. Committees on There will be appointed by the P resident at th e recom~!~1ations fir~t quarterly meeting .in each ye ar, crtain com• m It tees on safe practice recom mend au ns, ea ch of whom will elect a Chairman and a ecre tary . Each committee will diligently stud y acciden t pre· vention methods, making due report to the Society for approval, amendment or disappro val of th eir recommendations; all approved reco mmen dati ons to be submitted by the Secretary to th e Safety En gineer for the consideration of the man agem ent o f 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. The Safety Engineer will deliver promptly to th e 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, making recommendations regarding same, thus anticipating and attempting to prevent accidents. Society Emblem =:::, 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 ad, mission to the Society. COMMITTEES ON SAFE PRACTICE (Revised M ay 1, 19 49) 1949 Th e promotio n of safe pra cti ce is primarily th e fu nction of th e Compan y's su pervisory officials, an d accident preve n tion can best be accompl ished by an, ticip ating and rem oving the cause of acc id ents be• fore th ey occur. T o that end SIGMA TAU EPSILON will maintain ten standing committees whose duty will be to observe bad conditions and bad workin g practi ce , making recommendations to the mana gement for th e correction of sam e. The ten stand in g comm ittee , to serve for one yea r, with the curren t assignm e nts of th e seve ral committees, are set forth below. List of Committees: Com mittee No. 1- Roof and Rib Falls and Timber, ing Committee No . 2- Haulagc Committee No. 3-Handling and Use of Explosives Committee No. 4--Handling and Storage of Ma, terial, Inside Committee No . 5-Ventilation and Rock Dusting Committee No. 6-Electrical and Mechanical stallations In, Committee No. 7-Proper Operation and Mainte, nance of Tools and Machinery Committee No . 8-Handling and Storage of Mate, rial, Outside Committee No. 9-Prevention of Injuries from Slipping and Falling of Persons Committee No. 10-General Welfare, Inside and Outside �Committee Members Committee No. Committee No . Committee No. Committee No. 1-Roof and Rib Falls and Timbering DeForest Nielso n, Sta nsbury John . Zupence, Rock Springs Maunce R. Messersmith, R eliance Kenneth \Vilcox, Reliance Robert H end erso n, Sta nsbury Attilio Gucrri, Winton Frank Subic, Superior Richard H aag , $upe rio r John D eMark, H an na 2-Haulage John Cu ka le, R ock pri ngs Shandow Bacskay, R eliance Barton G rosso, Jr. R •liancc Eugene A shby, tans bury Thomas O very, Jr., ta nsbu ry Jam es E . Kn o ll, W into n Joseph G o rnik, Superior Cecil B. Waters, Superior Thomas Lu cas, H an na Louis Scarp elli, H anna 3-Handling a nd U se o f Expl osives George Blacker, Rock Spri ngs Alex Easton , R elia nce Fernand M arcy , R el iance C . Clark R ussell , Sta nsbury Pete Marinoff, Stansbury A . M. Stra nnigan, Winton Ben Dona, Winton William S. Fox, Superior Richard Arkle, Superio r Frank Hearne, Hanna Robert Norris, Hanna 4-Handling and Storage of Material, Inside Joe Salvatico, Rock Springs Carl F. Nelson, Reliance James Herd, Reliance Alex T. Clark, Stansbury David G. Wilde, Stansbury Joe Kosovich, Winton George Harris, Winton Edward A. Forsell, Superior John J . Balogh, Superi_or Louis Kladianos, Supenor Jam es Hearne, Hanna C ommittee No. 5- V entil ation and Rock Dusting R. J. Bu xton, Rock Springs Sam Eva ns, R eliance Frank Smith, Reliance James Nob le, Reliance Geo rge Wilcox, Stan sbury Primo Gatti, Stansbury Frank Silovich , Stansbury Albert S. Cu rl e, Winto n John V. Knoll, Winton Stanley Fabian , Superior Rud oloh J. Battista, Superior Jake H ysell, Supe rior W ilbur H . Moffitt, H anna Co mm ittee 6- Electrical a nd Mechanical Install ati ons W illiam C reek, Rock Sprin gs Fe rrel ildc, R el iance R onald N oble, Rel ian ce Albert Gaylo rd , Rel ia nce Charles Han ley, Stansbury \Vil lia m Benson, Stansbury Milan Painovich, Stansbury Paul Hribar, \Vinton James 0 . Canaday, Superior Frank Prcvcdel, Superior Anthony B. Dixo n, Superior E. R. Henn ingse n, Hann a o. Committee N o. 1 I Committee No, 7- P ro per Operation and Maintenance of T ools and Machin ery Jo hn C. Sorbie, R ock Springs Andrew J. Havrillo, Reliance R. C. Bailey, Reliance Leo Kozola, Reliance Max Hartle, Stansbury Ern est Besso, Stansbury Jack Rafferty, Stansbury Thomas Edwards, Jr., Winton Bernard Woodhead, Superior Frank Fedele, Superior George Wales, Hanna 8-Handling and Storage of Material, Outside James F. Zelenka, Reliance John A . Armstrong, Stansbury John G. Marushack, Stansbury Harry P. Warinner, Winton Lawrence Rock, Superior Isaac C. Berry, Superior Vincent B. Lucas, Hanna �Committee No. 9-Prevention of Injuries fro m Slippin g and Falling of Persons Alvin Christian, Reliance Charles Clark, R elia nce P aul F. Petro, Reliance G eorge Fabiny , Stansbury Alon zo M. Searles, Stansbury Anto n Zupence, Stansb ury Andrew Spence, Winton Arthur Billin gto n, Su peri or Edward O ve ry, Jr., Superio r Ben C . Coo k, H anna C o mmittee No. 10-General W elfar e, I nside an d Ou tside V . 0 . Murray, R ock prings William Wil kes, R ock pri n g Charles G rosso, Stansbu ry Lawrence W elsh, R diance Jam es Law, Wi nton Tony Ta ucher, J r., upe rior Juliu s Reuter, H anna SIGMA TAU EPSILON Officers 1948-1949 G eorge Blac ker, Rock Springs .. . . .. . . . ... Presid ent Tho mas O very, Jr. , Stansbury .. . . Senior V ice Presiden t Jul ius Reu ter, Hann a . . . . . . .. . . Junior Vice President Richard Ar kl e, Superior .. .. . . .. . ... . . .. Secretary Ch arter M embers February 27 , 194 1 ,:,George L. A dd y E. R. H enn ingsen '' W ilkie Henry Richard A rkl e -' F. V. Hi cks R. C. Bailey '' R. V . H otchkiss '-' John Ba talich ,:, Anhur Jea nselme Wi ll iam Bema n Ern e t Besso " A. M . Johnso n George Blac ker " Ch arles Kam psi '" G eo rge A . Brown "'John Krppan ~' Sam Canestrini -' W ill iam La hti '"Gus Coll ins James Law Pete Ma rin off -'Nick Co nza tti, Sr. ,:,Matt M arshall Ben Coo k Anth ony B. Di xo n D eForest N ielson ,:,Ed . Overy, Sr. (d eceased) Sa m Evans ,:,Ad am Flockh art Th o mas Overy, Jr. ''Thomas Foster Milan Painovich A. M . Strannigan *R. W . Fowkes George Wales Wm . S. Fox William Greek '" Edward While William Wilkes Charles Gro sso ,:,R. T . Wilson Ja mes Hearne '-' Grover Wiseman Members received May 24, 1941 Anton Zupence *M. A. Sharp Members received September 27, 1941 *Charles Gregory V . 0. Murray ''Thomas Overy, Sr. ,:,John Traeger *Left service J �Members received March 14, 1942 Julius Reuter Shandow Bacskay Lawrence Rock Richard Haag Frank Silovich ,:, Marlin Hall ,:,p_ J. Ward John V. Knoll ,:,Henry Krichbaum (deceased) Members received December 19, 1943 John Cukale Alex Easton Thomas Edwards, Jr. Albert Gaylord Jack Rafferty ,:, Alf red Russell Members received July 2, 1944 ,:, Frank Buchanan ,:,Benjamin Caine Frank Fedele ,:, Foster Leroy Gordon George Harris ,:,Colin Hodgson Frank Prevedcl •>Tom Riccardo J oc Salvatico Ar.drew Spence Kenneth \Vilcox ,:, Basil \\/isnicuski Members received August 19, 1945" John J. Balogh Rudolph J. Battista ,:'\\/. H . Buchanan ,:,James B. Caine Alex T. Clark Ben Dona Barton Grosso, Jr. Frank Hearne James Herd Thomas Lucas ,:,Arthur Munn ,:,Clyde Rock Frank Subic James I'. Zelenka Members received September 15", 1946 Albert S. Curle Primo Gatti Joseph Gornik Joe Kosovich Carl F. Nelson Robert Norris Members received year 1947 Eugene Ashby Isaac C. Berry C. Clark Russell Tony Taucher, Jr. Ralph J. Buxton Robert Henderson Leo Kozola James Noble Harry P . Warinner Cecil B. Waters David G . Wilde Jo hn Zupence Members received Nov ember 14, 1948 John A . Armstron g, Jr. John D eMark ,:,William C. Gerh ardt Attilio Gucrri Paul Hribar Jake Hysell Louis Kladia nos James E. Knoll Fernand Marcy John G. Maru hack Maurice R. M essersmith Wilbur H . Mo ffitt Ro nald N obl e Paul F . P etro, Jr. ,:, Jack R eese Louis carpell i r\ lo nzo M . cari es ,:, Earl G . mith orb ie John Lawre nce W elsh Members rec.:ived year I 9 -1 9 Arthur Billin gto n James 0 . Canaday Alvin Christian Charles Clark Stanley Fabian George Fabiny Edward A . Forsell Charles Hanley M ax H artle And rew J. H av rillo V incent B. Lucas Edward Overy , Jr. Frank Smith G eo rge Wilco x Ferrel Wilde Bernard W oodh ead � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sigma Tau Epsilon Safety Honor Society Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1941 Subject The topic of the resource A booklet, the Sigma Tau Epsilon group, 1941 Description An account of the resource 7" x 4" bright yellow booklet with black text. A booklet containing the requirements for membership, committees, etc for the Sigma Tau Epsilon group. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Safety Honor Society Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0051 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/54215802ad94c7b821867c0b2bf4b1b7.pdf bbd31c36b29cd70065adc92600202b04 PDF Text Text -...__ __, 7 / '- - ' ✓·i/ ~ /\ / ' / __.,.,,/ ; /' (_. _ ~ ;. �l•'orm 100 B·o-29--07-5)1 T HE UNION P ACIFIC COAL COMPANY. MINING DEPARTMENT . -·················· ································--- ·······································································190 ......... . I J/ I •• _,,, -,. f I ,., '/..' , ,_ ,. . Ii. I I -: .~~ .t ... . .. . -:..:::... . ~ ,.... ;;: <+'!\ :· /► -~ 1) .l_/ :-#- ·-- -' ~ I · f , ,I \.J' I l ..., . ' I �THE UNION PACIFIC COAL COMPANY ( Mr . F. p. Briscoe ~ Audi t or o Union P a eif i c CofJ. 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Evan~:> Mrs. P erl.0 He rrin; tlzts. • El.l.on Evans; 32 . 25 , Pot.o lfons on, 4059 4098 4.l.00 4101 4102 4 105 4 107 4 1.J.4: 4115 4l30 4.137 , 4181 5 29 l) 0 3 9 09 2 :, 31. 25 , , 9.45 , ~ -44:p 5 00 5 :, .28 066 l) 4365 .• 41 .o 2n, 4 358 4:561 5 .0 5 1) 9 o70o 4 36 2 4 3. 44 p 4 434 4401 3 .10 , 4 . 50 P J n oo Tat,O:, Gns R~ moyl) Robt o Warburton s, Al OlC TOI!lllazl t ~ Chaa ~ HlU'~ ~ s> AJ.:f Do dds p Wm o Johnson :> J E.1s o Smoaton ll Anthony Dodds:, Di el{ t:lll s on:, Thos . Fl.in t, lf:.rs • Mary E. Collins ; Ii!iss Mtiry Hughes; Lyti Jok iJ Mrs. Jos. Burton; ~o Lyon ; Mrs. Ann1o Tato; Mrs • H1,.lma lions on; Mrs. Molli e Raimey; Mt-s. E. TTarbut'tonJ Mary Tennant ; . Jli~s • Willi o Rat>ri s; Mias. /\lf Dodds; Mrs. Macy Johnson; Ml.U'iy Smeaton J Mz,s. E •. A. Dodds; Esther Wilson;" Mrs. T. Flint. Roc ei pts f Q~ oach check i n poth or tho above lists al'e c n c10s0d hcro:n.i.th . Tho110 .ar-e a voz-y fe w moro of' th ose checks d Gl.:1vor and vio v.r.11.l. £orwurd rocoip ts o.s soon as possible. Yom:-s 'truly v • ~ ti-3 , ,LY- G,,_ • ' 2 ); !Iino ·Su! orj, ntondont. 'fJOJ to �r'\ ' -. : Hanna, Wyo. , ,fon e 1 s t • I!an.na Stor e No. 2 8 Hanna Mine 42 The amoun t of Merchandise furnished Mr□ Bills a t t a ched J1 e t er Tr avis per 32 75 1 64 L es s 5% I Department A. 27 17 B. 3 94 31 11 31 11 �,·. i. I r. ' ' " . ' 'I ) i: I" • I I I i D ~ I :II ------.:::=-::--:.- :.= ... .:: ::.. :. :.-.:..=-....:.·--- - - ~ • .. • 1• .., - I ,:_: r 1 /.. tt,1 eii_,~ I ,Ji' L \ '-"" ... ✓,.,. ' I L f �•t' I • ' f ( )AT l Hanna ,._'.'!yo . • June 30 _,.1908 . !Iannfl /fa l Store Ar.10unt of ~us o.rurnished widous during the tj!onth o~ June 1908.ns follous; ' lt6,.9Q,P 121 ' (,74 85 rk.rs.Jos.Burton • . 75 251,. ~:iiss·. E . A .. Birchnll ~ 21 25 ... <rs.~•ron.J.t Collins~ 50 71 50 , / •! t:rs . A .. C. Corley ~ 35 2C · :\irs . t1lfrod Dod,o. s .... 50 25v 8!, 45 :?.rs . Tony Dodds • i! =~ .d() ':':rs . J . B. £vnnn ,p ':.~rti . Thos . Flint :.!rs. :.:n rJ HUgh es , • :.:rs . !:at .Jol:i ::rs . :JT!l.Johnnon ~6 85•· !-:rs . ::..n t . HuhtA.lR ♦ ~2 85 • r:rs . Chn s. Hnrris • r.:rs . Poter :1onson 22 65 29 11.,, ,;-v ;".Jrs . :,c .. i'as coc ~ r.Srs . Jack Rimmer 51 0~ ~:rs . ~,loer Johnson • l;~ 55 "' ?.~rs. }Jarry I..yons ti :.:rs.~cn ?.nrry r.: •trS• • m; • D o ? • enn 65 tt.c • t:.r.s . Gus .'.rtnir.:iey , ~41 19 10;✓ 63 lO .,.,, 88 5 5:.1 135 -,0 l.0 25: ..... 55 10 "-6 .30 ✓ 97:J30 '!""' r•' ,,, 38 25...,, 51 8C ..... 65 ./ 67 30 :37 Oq:...., 66 ilp it/! ,,,, .,, 28 85/ 90 25 ..,. !.'.:rs.J.:tr.iez SrneRton 11 tt7 70 .,, ?-.'.:rs .John Tn te Iii55 80;.......- l03 (iC. -.,, i'.'.:rs • ..Jick ·,; 11smn ,. 61. 10....--- !-.! rs .Robt . \7n rburt.on ~ 1'2 50..-- 103 a·c ' 111(0. 50 166 pi3 9.-13 92 ,, I r I Dep:t.A· I'I 528 • .l!g ' --- - . ' Dept.)3 • ll~- _O~ __I_ Dept.c __ June 1908 Acct. 502 34 AP?ROH.ll: r1 �ACCOUNTS A OU I :1 I, i I· ;i 'I I.,, • ' '• .,.t l "I• !l l ,! 3 ;: C ;/I D E I. i ., 11 i: I I! ----- :,ii .,lj :1 ·' 1 1-'t(_~a::-;nnt \ 1.L; t":,· j, r 1Jck Spr·,1g~ Stor-=- 1· I'. 1-l ann~ ~. tore _ o . ;; I -;,;: Q. L. t-1it::~,1~an i V , U tt)' S fo i:c... S t . r. 1 t; } '1>f2,,iri ~· '.·.1 i11t.· i "!".,.....,, I I I: �... __ AUDIT N~-7 LooAL 'l'JU-:ASURlrn's No. - - - ·" ·····---··- ,' ~ .Omaha, Neb•.,~ ~.,. ... ..tL~~t90..8-. The Union Pacific Coa.1Company, ·, . J· _ RltUISTIUUtJ> tN To ...Mt'•·•··•·sil:i ~ - n ··-\•····Dodtl-e--;-·-J\1.lel.1,c•••Ot• Ad<ht.~... _.~1... ~:t~~...~4.tJ:~.l~~.!4 ; .... } __,,_ (DUPLICATE ) - -~-···············---- Ji'or ~ 9unt·· 3r,;reec.l ·upon in eettle'1'11ent ~ • . claim for inJu:ri eo reoeivad by Anthony .Dodds~ eeul t;n,~ in hi 8 •de!Atn. , Whil~ . ~n tilne lit) 1 a.t r Hanna, 'li:>rominr~ ,· with roliet · party , ~t1.~seo. · by 9.ll explo !Ilion i1_1 ea.id 'IT'i ne _ ~Atiroh: •20th , 1·9':)8;. • and. 1n f \lll •.or· a.11 o l.ai.ma ana de-n!:.\:-id$ of 6 wnn.tr-.oa-ter on~rn.~t.er • . Sett led ·for . ?hin aettle:neztt i e me.d e under · and :~y ti"le authori:t;Y ·and a.J)prov:.u o.f the J'Ud.A:e of t:1 e Di 9tric t •. Court of t~e 'rt1;lrd J'udi oia.l Di atrict, in Hnd for t h e State Ctf.' \Jyoll'in r:- i ·County o f c _1·bon. APl'ROVIW: .Arl'ROVB D: -··-- Muii.SUptrlnUlldcm, • A.rt•HOYEII: APPROVED: • A t f ,. n:<> ,. N O '/ .~ 4. A. D. l9().8 ··-• of THE U.moN PACU!1<1 CoAL CoMPANY, ··~ - -- f-, ·...:,.:·'p--'...:.·· · •-·•··· ~ .,1~1~·';.~ ~,.· ~- -'.'~ · :~:.-,. (.,:',•;: .,, ~ ... ◄.•:\. '°' -J:,.)r-'\ f II • f h • .. ·-·•·-'-'·-~·-··-~··-·············•l<k ......... ....,=c.,.~ •• - ••./.,.,._•....,. ••••• .1..1\>I,LARB, in u payment o t e nbo~e aL'COUnt. . . . A . ~ re; Elim11beth A. Dodds .Aim •x estate In <.'tlnsideratlon o! the payD1ent of said s.J,J of money, Ic>r-Ant';<tony••·Doud.-tt·;Deo·~······Ram a-, J l· ··· · ····· ····- . ( ~ ~ R ~t:~1:>', .....,:. • •••-:,1. . . .. '-·· ·· . A -·---······ •••• ,,_ •••• I ~ , l ' 1 ·.'~ _./ n l • in the County of.. .. f'-!,,....,.;""l:'l''l·······················and State,,,....,...~·······~·.:.:;;········ ............. her1Jby rem.iae, releue IIDd forever dleeharp Wm Bald Company, Its 01Mir-Mlift~ Jll!ilf!r. coulrolled nnd auxlllllry , ••1 1111~-IIIA•· froJU nil nmnnor of 11.dloo11, cauae of IM!ltor,e, ;mlt& debti, 11114 IIUJII■ uf mone)', duee, clalmll IUld 11e11111nds wbnhioover, ln law or e<111lty. 11 !1lcl1 1 O'fl)t hud or now bavo llll3lo&t said l'Ollll!IW.)' or ('.01111lflDIW1, by retl80Jl of llllY SllllUt't. <!nUllll or ll11Dgwhaterur, wh~ther the same arose upon con~rnd M 111100 tort from the belllnnl!l.lt of the world IO tliJ,i clay. Ju es&e the IIWd Kum Of._,. ii;~ ·.1 (or or OD w,cowit of nny c~1lm 11imluut ony other Company, or for ,r on aoconnt of an)' IP-ltlll obupclon or llablllt)' ot 11oy otbllr l,'11m1iaoy, or for or oo IMtOOUli! o1 sums of mone)·, due!l clalrus and uenumda wlultsoe-rer In law or cqultv, which l e-rer l iad or now ha,·e ai:alwit any suoh o~ COlllp&ny, I expre.l) a.la 1. and a•m,e t1111t •rhe buton Pacific Coul eomp:mv Is fully Bnthorlzed lo ti11lke ~11ch J~'Jl1011t for and on behlllf or ijllch other (!OIDtllUl.1-. and to ..Yiial .,,;1 settlemy cllum 11Plnst If, and r horeh)· remll!e, relellse 111111 forever dlseltargo the <~ DIJ'IIIIIY for and OD boholt ur wl1lch tbfl ,;ahl ~um u( mouey I• Jlllki n-- •i11 elll,lms uod demands whl\tsoon-r 1:~ horolnliefore more ruUy Ket (orth. • WJTlOIII~: IN Tx!ITDIOY)· WUKIIP.OF, I hnve hl'n!IIUlo set my bnnd th h! .............. -·· �THE illTIOM PACIFIC COAL COi8?.AHY. Accounting Department. ,cheye1111e, Wyominr;, February 12th, 1909. r . Butl er , JD.· . T . T'.-Tine Superintendent 1> Hanna , r,i yominc; . Dear Si r :,rouch ers have been is sued in favor of the administr2tors of the estates of the f ollowing persons, who v,ere killed in the explo s ion i n Emma 1:ine I:o .1, L.Tarch 28th, 1908: Ge org e H. Case ~~800 .oo l'" Frank T~ . Collins 797.40 \/ Alfreu :Dodds 899.35 Anthony I>o dcls 796.10 Aaron J.1adden 329.00 Peter 1-:anson 754 .. 10 v ' Pascoe 783.45 James Smeaton 721.85 John Tate 694.60 Richard Wilson 687.20 1,'/ . 1T ..1 . ,/ Yours truly, #~' ' ' ~ �T H E UNION P .A.CIFIC CO.AL COMPANY 'MAKE IT SAFE" J. A, SM ITli, G.t.FL:7'T EKOJ1f..?J:U October 28th, 1925. Mr . Recently Nr. llcAuli ff e wrote asking that I develop the amount of compensation p ai d t he heir s of th a victims of the second exp1osion at No. 1 Uine in Mar ch, 1908. In goirg back over the old records, I have found the names a nd amounts paid iin 56 cases of the 59 viet i ns but I fa il to find where claims of Alex Briggs, B. F. Frink and J wncs Tymer wero ever paid. Hav e you any r e cords in the Hanna office of these claims? i n each case. cb If so, plea se l et m kno w the a~ounts paid �C \ -- Hanna , Wyoming, Nov. 9, lGB5 fur . J . A . Slliith : / At t a o hed~heie to. ·: riud oo-;,,y o f l e tt .. r r ega.rcting ~~ttl e~e nt s with th e catat 6 c f v iotiffis ~f the two exp .1.oaiona of Hanna No . l Mine, Ma r ch 28th , 1908 , I ali, a ble to lOt:k"-t e . Thia ia the only re cord that I t n 1glit b e p oa a lble tha.t . 'lr~r . T3..1..l. 11, i r s or I ·J udge Ie,cey rrould have a r~ oor~ cf the oases wenti oned in your lette r . .._ �I. ,I '- , ! ,, /;.. ,, ( , (' ,. , I_ I ( / , ,., y.. .. / t' L l t -·1 I I / I • ., /' t • ,,; - ,, ✓, / '1,· ~.:-(< ( �I < THE UNION PACIFIC CO.AI; COTI!m NYCHEYENNE, November 9th, 1911". • i• Mr. T. H. Butler• Mine Sµ:perintendent, H8.Illla, Wyomi ng o Dear Sir:- Following is a co rrected list of all settlements, of which we have a reoord, to· date, with the estates o:f -victin:s o'f tb.e two ex- plosions of HBllna No. l Mine , March 28th, 1908: KILLED IN FIRST EXPLOSION. Alfred Dodds Wm. H. Pas co e Robert- Herrin P. A. Boy d John Rimmer Ha rry Lyon Peter ·Monson James Knox Gabe (or Gabriel) Lahti John Ikonen Gus 'Rai!,lley :Sen Parry Robert Warburton Mine For eman Gas viatohman Gas Watchman Pumpman Gas Watchman· Gas Watchman Pi:peman Gas Watchman December 24th, 1908 December ,23rd, 1908 September 4th, 1908 October 8th, 1908 March 3rd, 1909 March 3rd, 1909 January 23rd, 1909 January 29_th, 1909 $ s9g·.z5-- Timberman Rollerman Rope Runner Gas Watchman July July 900.00 850·.oo 900.00 2380.95 2380.95 Boss Driver, 12th; 1909 12th, 1909 April 5th, 1910 .August 2~th, 1°911 August 30th, 1911 7B3.46 983.10 350.00 843.05..,. 79s·.70 ... 754.10 850.00 XILI.ED IN SECOND EXPLOSIOllf December 23rd, 1908 Sa~tember 4th, 1908 September 4th, 1908 Nov.en:ber 5th , 1908 529~00 '1'75.56 719.40 726.30 240·.oo . 796.10 .Alfred Halliday ilbe rt Riley October 31st, 1908 December 24th, 1908 Miner September 17th 1908 Inside Laborer November 11th 1908 Inside Laborer November 11th, 1908 Driver November 24th, 1908 nm. Johnson John M. Hoy Shot Firer Miner .Aaron Madden T. D. · Penn A . c. Corley Chas. Harris . Ja.lnier Ollila alias John Jalmer Ollila .Anthony Dodds Chae. x.Hughes Harry Foster (alias Albert Still) Andrew Hoy 8amuel .rlicCio rmick Shot Firer Miner MinerPumpma.n Mine-~·'·~ --Boss Driver September 4th, 1908 Nove~ber 11th, 1908 Miner November ll th, 1908 Inside Laborer September 4th, 1908 soo.oo 226.00 860.00 aoo.oo 746.55 1100.00 800.oo 350.00 �- r -.. ~ .H. :B. -2- ~., j I ' ( Peter Travis· Trackman Septembe~ 4th, 1908 $ 884.50 William Burns alias William Byrne Inside Lab o-r er October -8th, 1908 225.00 John Tully lnside Lab or er October 8th, · 1908 225 . 00 Geo. H. Case Boilerman January 12th, 1909 800 ~00 F. E. Collins I\'l.iner January 797.40 6th~ _1909 John Tate Shot Firer January 15th, 1909 694.60 1024 . 85 F. G.. Burton Trackman March 16th , 1909 721 . 85 James Smeaton J anuary 13th, 1909 Shot .Direr 55orno Alex. Tennant Dri ver Februar y 13th, 1909 Abel Pur a Dri ver 1i1aroh 3rd, 1909 225.oo Elmer Johnson alias H. Jalmer Salin Mi ner February 13th, 1909 777 .90 Miner 6th, 1909 975 . 85 Henry G. Birchall A:pr i1 Miner A)?r il 6th, 1909 225 . 00 .Andrew Birchall May , 27th, 1909 366 . 00 Driver John Cookson June , 2nd, 1909 350 . 00 Shot ·Firer James Larson July 12th, 1909 850 . 00 Miner August Lakson August 24th, 1911 2380 .95. Miner Wm. Joki August 24th, 1911 1190 . 47 Driver Emil Hendrickson Jonas Lindman Augusi, 24th, 1911 · 1190'.4'1 al i as Jonas A. Lynn · Mine r Ernest (Enst i) August · 1190.4'1 24th, 1911 Mi ne r Ka:rri kka KILLED IN SECOND EXPLOSION BUT NOT IN EMPLOY OF THE COMPANY R. w. Armstrong Richard Wilson David M. Elias Railroa d Signal Man October 8, 1908 January 6, 1909 Ranche r State Coal Mine May 2nd, 1910 Inspector 600.00 68't.20 1500.00 Total Numbe r fatalities ......... . ..... . ...•.. 59 tr n settlemen~s -t·o --date-.-.--~-••• •• • ••• • 50 -unsettled at :p:resent • ... . .• . •--;-'9 cases Numbe r of List of the 9 cases remaining unsettled at present, according t _o our re co rds , follows: ) KILLED nt FIRST En>LOSION I Mine Superintendent ' Mine Fore.man Gas Watchman . Mason Timber Relper Alex Briggs , Joseph Burton, John B. Evans, Thomae Flintr Emil Si1fast, KILLED IN SECOND EXPLOSION . J am~s T~er. Matt Joki , Matt Huhtala, B. L. ·Frillk, - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - -- Miner Miner Timbe rmail Pumper - - - --·--·-- -- • -· � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0121 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource T. H. Butler Title A name given to the resource Miscellaneous Settlement Documents Subject The topic of the resource Various documents regarding the settlements resulting from the Hanna explosion. Description An account of the resource An 11" x 8" papers and a, 8" x 5" slip of notebook paper. There is minimal damage but text is faded and difficult to read on some documents. Some pages are faded may be hard to read. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1908-1925 https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/1dd369c16446b542297f26939e583f00.pdf 8891dcf241662c6ef22883401f11e437 PDF Text Text - 1 / Foru1 2011 J-+2:1-117-ViPf. UN ION PACIF IC RAILROAD COMPANY . REPORT OF PERSONAL INJURY TO EMPLOYES, PASSENGERS OR OTHER PERSONS. .. 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Artstrone wus k1J.l.od in tho EX!dtt socc.nd ox_plosion of' t:~rch . 20th, in our lfo • One lrine • lio ,;-w.s 1n tho empl.oy or tho Sir,nw. Der ' t. of the Union Pacific Rail.ro ad Co. at the time and "!cnt into tho mine us n voltmtoor af'tor the first OY.flosion of' the above date. Urs . Anr.stronr, livos in Cedaz. Rar:1.ds, I o·.Yu, uncl wus noti fied of her husbuncl ' s death the :nex.t day, E.1S soon tlS •.10 can v erifl' thtl 11st of those kil.led. Yours trul.y, !tine Sl.lJ'cr:tnt-on<lcnt.. f'ICJ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0123 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource T. H. Butler Title A name given to the resource R. W. Armstrong Documents Subject The topic of the resource Various documents regarding the explosion victim, R. W. Armstrong. Description An account of the resource A 10.5" x 8" letter and a 14" x 8.5" form. There's no obvious damage to the letter but some staining and tearing to the form. Some pages are faded may be hard to read. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1908 https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/572632ad9663f747bd1aad1b33f80588.pdf 8f2cdfa8c4300c5db336e7c28092c35a PDF Text Text '1'l!E U!HOi' }'ACIFIO C.QAL GCr.lPANY .......,,. :-"' • Sp0ciel Filo No. 184. t,..:J~- 231·d. Logisla:turo of the ;;:; t :::.to of ·,:fyom::.ng 193,5_ ~ • ·., • i.~ (J. 34. .AI~ l~ct tu ar.,er1d a nd re-enact Sect i on • L9-2101, \.' y .:nning ·Revised Sta:cutes, 1 931 , relating to l• 1\ , TRI.t:.LS: and S1,J ecifyi1'!g the causee or grouncis ·i; ::.e rc of, o. ,1d proving -;;r1a:t , no pet it ior,. ruGt ion or a r plication J;or e. :n0v1 -~ria l • n1;on t h0 ground of ·uev1ly discovered evid.ence shall be. filed more than one yeu.r 1;1,Ner the final judgmen-'.; \:as r0ndered . . �S. F. No. 34 ·:Jntro4uced ·by Mr.:- Ed;ward T. Lazear . •, 't FOR AN ACT to amend and r e-enact Section 89-:.nol , Wy ommg Revised Statutes, 1931, re; latmg to new trials and specifying the causes or grounds thereof, and providing that no petition, motion or application fo r a new trial ·upon the ' ground of newly di~;co,rcred evidence alu;.il be file d mon than one year after -the final judgment was 1 render ed. J an: 21, 1935. lutrocluced, Read first tii>1e, Referred to Committee No. 1, Delivered 1 t~ Printing. Committee No. 19. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State· o{Wyo~ing: 1 Section 1. That Section 89-2101, Wyom i11g ·Revised Statutes;·1931, •be amended an~J 1:ti-enacted to read as follows: S Section 89-2101. A new .trial is ·a: re-e:x:a.inination ill the same ~-ourt of an issue Qfr fuct, afte~· a verdict by ~ jury, a report of a 1·ef~ree· or m as t e r, or ~ decision by tb.~: 5 ~oui·t ; and the former verdict, report or decision . shall be vacated, and a new tr i a-1t.:. e granted, on the applicat1011 •of the party a·g gr'i eved, fo~· any of the following causes affecJ~. 8 9 1. Irregularity in the proceedings of the court, jury, referee, master . or prevailing • party, or any order of the court or referee, or abuse of discretion, by which the party S. F. No. 84-Page 1 �1 ,,·as preYeritcd from havihg u fair trial; 2 2. • i\fiscouduct of the jury 01· prevailing pm·ty; 3 a. Accident or surprise, which ordinu1·y prudence could not· have guarded against; 4 4. ExcessiYc damages appearing to ha vc becu gi,•cn under the infl.ueucc of passion 5 or prejudice; 6 5. Error in th e assessment of th e amount of r ec overy, whether too large or too 7 small, when the action is upon a contract or fur th e iujnry to or detentio:i;i of property; 8 . li. .That th 13 Yerdict, r cpol·t- or decision is 11o1" sustained b.r _snffi cicnt evidence 01: is 9 eo11trary to law; 10 7, Newly discovered evidence, material foi· th pa1ty applyin 6·, which he could not, 11 with rca sonnb1e diligence, haYe discovered a nd prod uced at. the tTia l ; p ro vided when the 12 grounds for a- n ew trial coulcl n ot with reasonable chMgc·11cc have been discovered bef01·e, 13 but arc di.scoi-cred afto-1· lhc term at 'W h-icli 1/ir, v erdict, rcpo1·t 01· d ecis·i on '!Vas rende1·ed 14 or made, the a.ppl1:cati'on may be made by pet ition. fi led as m other ca.ses, not later than 15 th e second tenn, after the d·iscovery; wherc upo11 a snnwwns shall iss1ie, and be return- 16 a-bl,e a11rl .~crued, or p1tbl1'.catfon rnade, a.s p1· cscr ib ed ,1'.n S ect·ion 89-820; the facts stated 1'1 i11 the p etition shall be considered a.s denied uJithont a.11swer; i f the sel'vice be co-niplete 18 19 •1 111 1·acatio11, the case shall be. heard and snnuna.rily d ecided a-t the e11s11ing term,, a,nd if in term, it shall be lieu.rd ancl decided afte·1· th o e:rpira.tion of twenty days fro-m such serv- 20 frc; and the case shall be placed on the trial dock et, and the witnesses shall be examined, 21 hi open co11rt, or their depositions taken as in other cases, b1tt no petition shall be filed 22 23 24 25 more tha.n one yewr after tke fona1, judgment was rende1·ed. 8. Error of law occurring at the trial, and excepted to by the party making the application. Section 2. This Act shall take effect and lie in force from and after its passage. S. F. No. 34-Page 2 �. \ COPY Cheyemie, Wyoming, Jan. l6t 19.35. Mr. Eugme McAulirte, ·Pres.• Union Pacific Goal Co., Qnaha, 1'1ebraaka. Dear !tr. ~Aulif fe : Yr. Prydo haD come to Chey8Jlne to-day and , we have gone over the bills· which Ur. Taliaferro has prepared r,Hh reference to the compensat ion ,. law. ~ - ... - - - - 1~ • . .. Copy o! my letter to l~. tazoar tJhicb ie enclosed herewith will in- dic ate tho action tie have taken. In addition t ~er~o vie have furnished copies of llr .. Taliaferro' s let-t,er to :oe explainil'lg th e bills and copies or the bills themoolvos to llr. 1!ull en and Mr. O'Leary . It aeoms to me that Ur. Talio.ferro has i'ully and carefully covered the instructions which ' you gave him, t.n:l I have no suggestions to make except to ·suggest the possibility that the amendc.ent to section 124-120 R. s. 1931, . as amended . by Chapter 129 Saesion Laws of Wyming, 1933, occurring in the last paragraph or sub-aeetion (a) thareort may not be entirely clear. I have not, however, at ,. empted to make 8JlY change in this s:iended provision, thinking t.hat it will be better to take this up in connection with other po.ssible amendments to be discussed with tbe Senate Committee to which the bills are referred. I rill advise you when tho matt er is .set tor hearing before the Senate Committee. Very truly yours, JUL-T cc - !Ir. T. s. Taliaferro, Jr. �GOPY Gheyonne, \'i yoming, Jan. 16, 1935.· lli". Eduard T. Lazoar, Buildin g . Dear -~. Luzeer: I hand you .iercm.t h the throe bills px-epa:.-ed by Mr. Taliaferro oith ref0ronc0 to ·c.he \7ol'"kfilen; o Cor:ip ensa.tion Lao; the catastrophe fund and tbe la\7 V!ith ir0r'erence to mo.t.iono for netJ ·trial.'- I also enclose copy of t :x-. Toliaferro 0 s lettox- t o rae in oxp-lanation of these bills. 1.?ith particular raforonce to the bill 000:::tding the. le.o -tJith reference to n00 trials, t he purpose of this amendE!e:rr~ ia .to placo a limitation upon the time t1ithin ohich s otions f oi· nen trial upon ·bhe ground of neuly diecov0red evidoncv can be filed. 11!3 the lari non mdot0 0 at le.1st as interpirotetl by Judge ':i'idllo.11, ·~ i:!6ll' 0 is :10 au.ch H mi :bat ion and ·this has an i.mp ortnnt bearing, n s qill be a pparent t o you, of c as es under ·the. c.cm-· poosation lo.1.1. Ir -~hero is no such lim-'i ;ation an injured norlmlan r:iey years aftcl' the oceu1,ronce of t ho injury file a r1otion for neu trial in a proc eeding i'or m1 cuard upon t ho grouiD.d of neDly di s covered evidence a nd open the oholo eaoe. • X have spoken ·c.o Sena.tor Pearson about these bills and he understands t he:~ y ou oill introduce ·2;hem. . I ouggest ·l;hat you speak to him, telling hir1 you l1ovo the bills in youir posoesoion) and be c·ertai.vi that he is in t he c i1aii·· -oh~n they aI"e introduced so that he oil1 refer t~em to the proper co::mt ·t 0e. He advised me t i1a:t he t:0uld refer the bills to the judi1.1100 , the .bills h~vo b0 en refe rred to that comr.litteeD· of' uhicil you. ru ·e n rn9Iib er, t ho coal opora-C oro and ot!-n,rs oould like t _o have a date foE" he::.rin,; ~.J fore ihe em nitteo set i'ax- e:aoua;h in advance so that . ~~le notice can be given to all i nt ereoted and tho matter can be carefully cia?y co r:-! illit·tco. considered by t h0 committee. ~ill you kindly advise ma of tho action you hose t a!t on in this cor,nection. V-~z-y truly yours, JUL-T JJr . T. S. Taliaferro, Ji'. Mr. Eugene McAuliffe. I • �i Origina1. Oompe ns ation 'r uo #J.84 ~ Jantar, 14th• 193S llr. J'obn U. Loomis Cheyenn , Wyomi-ng Dear Sir: · •••••••••••••••• In this conneotion, I em al.so seming a Bill for an ",.knendrnent" to Section S'l•f02, of Article 7, Wyoming Rev.Leed Statutes, : 1931-, which the anployere of extra•haza.rdoue labor havo OB.Tefully ' oon• sidered, and with to be enacted • ./m eioo senling you a Bill to amend Section 89-2101, 'Wlch ' I consider to be of very first importance 'lhe whole subject ot "N&'l" __t,IUleS-" much garbled bf the revision of 1931.. , No sonse o=--att -· .:::5 .;;-- - -- made out of it I but especially is it dangerous beoauao no limitation is placed upon tm time when applioations for "NEW TRIAL" !or "newly discovered ov.tdenoO", must be mad • In other words, under the law as it no,r: exist , there is no such thing ae "res Mjudioata"', aape~~.JJ.r__,, in compensation 0_8:9es; 1tlen al.l the facto aro_forgotten. some workman. can oocio in and si1g that be has Just recently discovered thn\ he is aut'f oring from an inJ\U7 happeni»g then years .ago • end there is no ate.tut ·barr~ •tho Inllldng of eny auoh cl . • 'l'he "'Amendment" that I have pi"Opooed is tm o~at ~ of the statv.to shown in 1920, Wyoming CoJJpiled Statutes, Section $8f4. This statut , of ooune. • ie the Ohio, Nebraalra, Kansas, ~alloma. Statutes.. It has be adj'tidic~te4 for a half oenturr or mor , and ms a fbecl, definite Md certain •aning• and ot oourse, tJ;a "mist.one~" Wl\Jitt.i.ngly el :imnated • thia weoti.on in t11µig to impro·JG the law of "HEW TRIAIB' t but the reYisiomrs nm far idield. • I would suggest 1hat sone lawyer of the Semte, 1lho has tJe • apirii to gei bthing these ~ amel'.li:aems, be requested to introduce -them. It this. is done, I wiah you ftUld. le'\ me kna11 "lho will introduoe thl Bills, and if I can help in a:, manner in making fUJ.",t.ber e~luation, I would gladly cod to Cheyenne, and appear before the Collldttea ha'Ying ·the ~ill# in oharge. I vtould. like aleo to know ti~ Co.111111:ttee to whoa the three bill• are referred. • . Tours 1.NlJ', , • �AU - Cf ta a &Ud ron- itlU\ot ·s0 ction 83.-f l Ol, $L ---- --- 1•yomin..J Re'\l'iscd Statute , 1931 , --r •l &t!ng to new trials and sptl)cl.fylng th!t ct.u,es • cir ground s , tb.~r ~of, anu pro i 1ng thnt. no prb't tit1on, motion or ppl 1 ¢e t1.-on ·tor • nelli· t t i ai u pon the .,J round at' ne1.~l.y- di soovsred ~'1Jid0noe ahall. be tU d ~o~e tho.n ons y ~r aft er th~· fin al jud1~~nt r.2 s r~nd9r ed. B~ I·.r £1!i.M:T£L fH xa,I.\, L~- t LAfUR~ Oi' '.tB-S ST AT.El OF ~lOlU:i G: Section 1 . bl.t Tb.ti t $action 89- 1:'l Ol; i;yomi ns Revise<.\ Statut\9s, 1 931 , onded and .re- ~ P.tctod t o r ead as folloill:s: J, n lnl t rial 11! ~ r0- e:,,.aldnstl o:n in t.h~ s~e blect ion eo- :;::101 . court of .en i s~u~ of f11 ct, $.ft or a verdic t by e- Jury, a r ep_or t of a r f' i;ree 01• w~f-t,,r, or ,. d ei aiou b:; tb .i:J court ; cna th~ fo.i. .roer v~r-d1 et, r e.port or d~cision • f.l.l. 1>0 v~ee tE-i<i. 1 an~ a nov: t.ri!!l gr nnt..~d, appli c,tt ion 0~ 1. $ihII'ie vtii , !er any of th~ f'ollo ·.:1.na C.B.US l)6 t.ni:: ~Arty atfe9 i lltl ·m~t •.ri Ot:i..the ly the iubu t1!.&t1Al ri~l1t ~ of such JJarty l 1"l"8g~l a i-1ty in th~ ii:roee ecU:nt ~ ot tho court , Jury,. r et er~e, m~st~r or prevaillD.1 va~ty, or sny or der or tbe eourt or :r re - 91: or ~bu s~ of d.l. :Jcr t l on., by wW.cll th&; ; ,-~ ty Wi!!.8 pr even ted f:r01:4 v.ing ~ f &ir t ri&l; • 2~ ~isconuuct of thu 3ury ~r Pf0Va111n p~r~y; .. ·, • ,. ' ~ceu_:.ive ,QC£n~li 5 .evp•u.i:,nc. to :l.Ul ,.,~ bean given 1 tmoer tbe I • 1.nnueuc ' • • , •• • j • o.f' piil a&ion 01::' ~r • ~· .• _icf.§,t b e;.. t Q! tht?· ~~ouu t ot 1·~eov or1 t tlhutb.ei- £rror in tilf! £-:ss·e ~b.14E , too l nr ~~ or too St,a 11; r;hf-il :th~ .n~~i on 1~ u&i.on ~ contre ct or for ·the . .1.n~ui-y to er 40tf>1"· tloJ?.. o.t. . pro~"J't1. J ' . 6. 1111. . ' l:Aet.t th.e ·, v• rdiat, · t;pCrt .or <l•c1s'ion i~. :0.0'- ,uet:iined by . ., . . ··'f .. ••11 ~ • QOTl)~ Eld ~ h• coul. no • crJ.al. J ' •fd.a.~c;•* ltia t r J._al !or tho pa t y appl7- �c tion !§4 stated. in th sp;p .' be heard &nd tnimti;ii\l"ilY; d.ecidGd ..t vaoo.t1on 4 in ter m• . it s.~ 11 ~o h eard M~d dee1 . ~d- al te r tb the ~i1rat1on ot t ~ op th.• t,:-ial docket, Y$ f ro.m such s~rvieei and t be ca~a sh~il ba plac d o w1tnes.su s sli.all be e;>tami nred in op~n eourt.t sin Qth~r c~ ~ ~ « but no peti t ion ib 11 ·be tu 8. Error of l&l-' oocurJ"in.i r.i.t th~ tri al , en<l >i.\Xc ep ted ,to by the ~arty making the a~,l1cat1oo . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Act to Amend and Re-enact Section 89-2101 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1935 Subject The topic of the resource Act, Revised Statutes, 1935,1931 Description An account of the resource Letters and documents for the proceedings of trying to re-enact section 89-2021. It is held together by a brass pin and stored in an orange file. Some pages 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 T.S. Taliaferro Jr., Eugene McAuliffe Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0241 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/8166bb9a06b227983e96c5fdeb811d47.pdf a0bdddba0e974f987ccf27da71f8f04a PDF Text Text �������� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Act to Amend Wyoming Revised Statues 1931 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1935 Subject The topic of the resource Act, Revised Statutes, 1935 Description An account of the resource Letters and documents on the proceedings of revising some of Wyoming's revised statues. Papers are held together by a brass pin and stored in an orange folder. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource T.S. Taliaferro Jr., Eugene McAuliffe Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0242 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/c2baf3b317d061bc6aa369b34e5c4c3f.pdf 8b1a251089fd0acc7aa0fbbf0854809c PDF Text Text Special file No. 184 J!orkmen • a Compensation Individual cases involv:i.ng - Mezeath Coal Company_ 1933 - �August 19 9 1938 I Rouoro.blo B. 1 • Ch ri str.!S.o EGm,.lo "C • 9 ., yor,rir1 l!B: 'l'H.C .';Om{1.2J\N h In tl-10 llitter of the CluiE of Reno Eo retti 11 iliployee of The Union Facific Coal Company 0 11 11 B lli.ne 9 Sup0rior 11 Gyorning 0 r:-:ade under the --:'o rkmen 9 s COic,Pe11sation Lan. !JOT b Rl.!MJE~TLY TuTuLLY DIS-'.3LED. PorL.- nent totul diGo.bility is definitely fi,wd by tho statute, to-ui.t: Section 124-120 (B). uPora:::ment tota l disabilit y" mcuns t ho lo~ ::, of both legs or oot l: c.rr:.s 11 iotol loso of eyesight, purnl • sis or- otho r co:1d itions per o,unently incapacitatin._: the 'u"Orkr::!m fro rJ perforcinr, uny c:ork ut any r;uiuful occup:.tiou." ( Underscoring supplied) 'l'hc '.:.iO?l.u:.:c.n's nur , con-Dr. R. H. :2e:.nders- t1ho vo.s ol£o the °'·;orlman'a oitne::io , G.!'1 i 1e only nit1:1om:i, except t l:c cla.i ~e:nt himself, t estif'ic;o. on his direct cxoo: nation tta t t ~e DCTk, n na o not "perc.snently tote..l ly disabled ". The r,ork:-i:an hi1us0lf' testified t _;::.t Le: J-:e.tl Gought el:;lployncnt since the o.ccidon'i, e.nd ubout a· conth or t -1ro 0 ueeks e.r:o, fro o the Union Pacific C~o.l Conp::my . Since the n orlur:an throu6 h his ovn surg eon, us his o,m oitnoso, cntl i'rozi hio oun lip:, disclains that h e is p err;:c.nently totally dicubl~ll this phnoo of tho cc se r.:c.y b e disfilisscd from furt .ilex- considera tioap e.nd 'JC n:ust vie·a t hi o r:.att er cs a pcrsoual injui'y, rceul t ing in "permanent partial dioubi - ity,." and that o.lone. !Joo i n 11 pern.unent partial disability", \7.bicb Dr. Sc.nders testified to Your Honor .:Jt.S in fact the pbysicc.l condition of the ,1or;,.~&n, tb~ question urises, io there any statute, or e.ny lo.u, "Judo;e c.ude", or ctheroise 9 u:.ich directs t he employer of extra hazardous labor to pay u uorlrn:en , .-bo ,J cH.J ·:. om blind in one eye, or uho uas born o-it b e;o ,._ e other deformity, or v},o in pursuit of hio 0\1?1 pleasure, . ith gun or rod, and rr.a.ims hi mself, to pay for auch d efonnty or ptysical lose? It seemo to the auttor of this letter that not only uould th e affirmative be illogical and unrca :;onable, but thet tl:e stutute le.\, and the court decisions ansoer tne query in the ne~ative. fJ'hat is "periwnent partial disability", as defined by the statute? �£QEr Section 124=106=7 (L~ Tho words "injurioo sustainsd in extra-hazardous employment" 11 na usGd in. this chupter, shc.ll include * -:t- ·:i- injuries to employo03, e s o. reoult of their eroplo:yernent and ·ahile ut vork in O? about the promises occu) ied, used or controlled by the cmployo&9'.:- ~,- -;; o Tbo n orlrni.an tocti fi ed t hat the los s of hie right urm above the elbou dia not oc cuX':) "as 0 r ooul t o f bis employment und r,bile at ,., ork in or about t he pr emi..,es occupied, uocd o r controlled b·, the employer," end therefore neither dirG:ctly o. indirectly ee n the loss of the ri ght erm be impugned to th0 er plc yer 11 nny _ore t hm-i it could be im ugned that in "perCJ£.nen"t parti al disa bility" that t h e employer is responsible to an employee 9 \, ho ·llas born bli!'.ld in one eye. r'ercanent parti a ldisability covers no s uch physicc l deficiency. Th0 ctatute says: Section 124-12~ (~) 11 .Ferrw.nent pa rtia l di:;.;nbi l ity" ::rirnno t h e l os s of citi.1 e r one foot 9 one leg , one b '.u'ld 9 0.-10 a r m, on e c:vc, or th e si s)1t of one eye, o, e or n:;or-o fin1- oi's 11 one or rr.ore toeo, o.nd disloco.tion w'.· cr-0 the ligpMents are severed, or nay other inj ur y kno'l:m to 01.A:'£ 0ry t o be perrr.cment partial disability . ·:Em Sche::dules for t h0 los nco of s evera l f ingers, pa lm, hand, ariiJ, foot~ und e:,+ e 9 or s ight t hereof O n. re t hen set forth v.nd then tho stetute conti21-uos: For c..ny "otl~o r inj ury'' kno un to our[;e.FJ to bo per:,:enoni partial dis= a bility ~ t ~e :o rirr:an sha ll rec ei vE: e. sue in t e o.rr.Ou!lt pro po:rt ional to t h e ext .:-.!'.lt o f rm.ch pcrmS'..nent p:;1. r t i e l d i ::0.bility b~o€d as near uo may be upen tbe forogoiug schedule .. " It oe 2Qo to t he uriter of' tbio lc.tter thc.t t 2:o things t-;.re quite appr3.:r= cn.t~ fro m the last quoted excerpt o.f the statute. To-nit: 0 Fi.rot: The ''injury" can mean no other injury than the injury recehed by the vork£ano In the language of the statute, to-uit: Sustuined in extra-hazardouo e@ploymeni 11 "uhile at 11ork in or about the premiseo occupicd 9 used or controlled by the enployer." Second: The "injury" so received cannot be conjoined in "permanent partial disa bility 12 , ..:;ith some physicul defect con[:; enitul in the -:;orkman or received by him uhen engaged in ''his 0\711 sports end plea.sures"o To construe the statute in e: n:;r such ,·an!lcr ,:ould be equivalent to mleint tl:ot every emplo:;cr of extr'"'•ta:,, a!'dous labor is un insurer of his cm-ployoes a r;oinst accidento, <7hich is contra ry to tbe very funda.:nentul theory of ell ~orkmen's Compensation Acts, rmd ~ould probably render every net both of State and Federal Co•1ern~ento unconstitutional end void us divesting �QQIT ..: ,I l- the employer of bis proporty vithout compensation. Jin ornployeir can con~titut io nully be rr.ad e to insure a n employee u-=-ainst a ccidents occurring in and upon the employers pr0rai ~eG 9 and in t he employers occupation, just e;,xa ctly O.G a hct0l keeper or a ctore keeper may b e comp0lled t o inSi.'. re the se.f et y c f a. [ Uest or v. cust o!:er 1:Jbile in the hotel or store, ,,ut neit her :::rr.~ loyer, or hot el ke -c,_per or store keeper cc.n be compelled t o ins . re those ·J aO ·•re not o..t tho iimc employees or guests or cutoc ers. Ho1; he claill:!lnt, nhile in the employment snd upon the prcrni ses of The L'tli o;;i F cific Cowl CO!:ip3Uy O Wl s " p e 1·.:mr1e11tly pnriia;lly: diso.bled " 7 rmd uotr..ing r;;ore . 'i.'} ero i s no ot her evi dence before th e Court\) end there io no othel'" evide ~e in the record o f this cc. s e\) a s · t ~l: en by t e reporter 9 thun tl': e.t of the clui :n2.nto surgeon, iJro R. H. Sanders , n ho both upon direct u.nd cross o;.:um. nation, st c-.t ed pooiti,rely, c e rt e inl y, ~nd ·.?ithout quc.li£icc.ticm., thv.t U,e ap plicent Y/Cl S not "per:-·£-r. cr.:t l :1 t ·llt lly disc. led" o This boin~ t. hc truth, the \,ho le trut h , e nd t1 thing but t he truth, the Court is ':':ithout ri ght to con sider t h- r i ._lht ar□ 9 YJ iich t he cldrn3nt testified he lost n hen not in th e e!!lplo y o ;~ ? he Uni on fo.cifi c Co:;;l Co!'.:pany, but ,:hem ~ na. s out hi.mting , cn:_: ng cd in t i s Oun s port s c.ncl plm.1. s ureso 0 Tl c u riter of tti o leti or i s n t unBindful o f t h~ i'uct that considero.blo ·.-;>uo ~a id to the Court on !\u p 10t 18 ut this hco.riue ~ by Er. G.t? licich und the s;-;rit m· about "por n:Sl!lcnt t otal d isc.bi . :.ity" . Some o f t h2 r etc.c. rks nros€:l b0ct.:.uo0 or ol> j ection s t:n c :<. cc. tions. r·ore r ef erence ,r s ,r.ad e t o "poxrr:;.::.ncnt .1- t :.:..l d i a::lbilit y ", nhc the filing of b riefs e nd t he citat ion of n utl::ori ~i oo i n support o f tl~ o briefs 9 :;o.s ' r.ing d iscussed. r.f-t c_ .furth er consi deTaticn of --:. ,... t est i r..1 ony and the stc.tutes~ the vrit0x> of.' t his lotter l:ae cor.1e t o the concluoion the.t it 7.'0 uld te "ultruYi I"e s'' for hlr,1 to discus s , ·ith tee Cour-t 9 a s e.t f irst he hnd thou cht t o do 9 t.!ly uection mwep1. tho.t ·,;bich -::;·~e c0,id ence -ohovis to be the issue 9 to-oit~ "Perr.:crn.ont pari:fol disability;: becauoo the evidence s t .. \,s ..:e ncl us.:. vely , 2nd 1.7i thout contridiction 9 t hat "peri.:-..c.ncut pur-'i:.iul disability" 5..s the onl:: is sue in the case. If there had been conflictins evidence or ev::.dence lees positive and dired sub mi tt ed b y t se clo.in;riint 11 l:i ms 0lf II o different situation rn:Lght arise in the mind of the s- ritero 0 The vrite:r subcits tl',et the only is , ue before the Court is im emard £or the injury ouf'fer e-<.i b y the s.:~plicant ,,l.i lc oagagcd in extra-hazardous uork for Tne Union Pacific Coal Co~po.oy, that the injury uas to the fingeYG and palm of the applicants left hand, is uncontradicted and undisputE:do The stetuta provides a schedulep the conclusion io for the court, and the ccurt aloneo B0i'ore submitting the n;utter 9 \?e feel that i -': ..rould be only foir to �i$.!1 .,1J ~-✓ ,,/ t he C~u:tD to cull e;t t ent i on "iio In Ro Ko proi:,ski 11 (r!y.o:') 46 Pe.c (2nd.) 85° ihilo t ,o nritcr bcms i i.'l Gubmissi on t o t he ruling of the Supreme Cou?t in th0 Kopirou01d cas8 ~ h e i s fu r .from being' convinced with the logic and ! ' thoj osgw:ic.m'i cf i c do ci oion . If l'oprov s,,,._~f lmd injuries as sug~ested • . ~ 11 b Y -~r_, _u.• oor t o hin okull 11 ? or to his 11 bruin " or to his "spine", v,hich uere o f n _o. rtiu l JPO!?'i'"•" 1iJ0nt nature 9 the e"i;ntut e·'' in exnress terms reauired the Court t b ... oe ' ucb i ju!'y O or ouch i ni ur.i"es 0 • 0 t,; / / f s €tu· s n;e.y b upon tho norogoing oched ule. not upon o.n ana.rd ( no scbGdulo ut all) fi xc.=:d t her ecftcr1> and dec ling ,;;i th an euth~el y di ffere,rt rr;attor o 'l'h ere is c e rtc ~.nly no lo gica l rea son u hy an inj ury to the "skull " ~ to t he "br ui n" or to t he " 02)i n0u , or to a ll of them9could ot c b sed upon t t at which the statute fi xes as t he "forcwoing ochc~ule 9 " vr.ct hoi' i t be 25'/, or 751-, or 1 25~ O i' 200~ 9 of t he high est fi gure i n the ochcdulo 0 s vel l as 25~ of an a r;;ount 0 aot ''h0r0tofore" but t h erea fter montioncd und er an o:atirel y diff erent pa:r-ag:raph . 1i0 n re not sugr_ osti ng to t hin Court by the obo erv,,tion to depart from a rulins k i d dom1 by the .:upre::uo. Court in the Kopronsld ca se. The ,1:dter n ill l'. l i,;ni n n r c;uo t hG propo sition 9 if e.r. opportuni iy ever ufforos its elf. ut !) what th0 i:1rit 0r insists upon i s t ha t t his Court give full f orce nml effect to the Supre□e Court. n s ru1:'..t1£ in t h e Kopro·,rnki ca.sell 1:1hi ch says: .,.t7e thi nl~ it d sducibl e fro□ th£ _'languo.ge of section 124-120, supra» tckou as a uhole 9 tlm t nhen £!. ,10 ·ltr: an su f ers on injury kno,,n to om'gory a s p0r rr.enent p:ar-tie. l di sabil ity ond ';, hich is not listed in the s chedule of ihe statut e, e.nd i t i s of s uch a character a s not t o be proporc.ionally r cf e:r.;;.tle to any i njuries s pecifically named t herein, the district court is aut horiz€d 9 upon substantial evidence 9 t o do a u 1.'10.s done i n t he ca s e a t ba r 9 ioe. ~ to allocr ~ proportional uc m.u1t of t he statut or y sun f or a tota l perwflne nt disability anard." Uor,1 in t he case c.t bar t h e fe.cte a re in ox.act juzta=position to tl:ose that the Court 9 by the above excerpt authoriz ed in the case then before it. Respectfully submitted . THE UNION PACIFIC CO.I\L COL~P_l\l1Y By (scd) T. S. Ta liaferro, Jr. Its attorney TST;vk �'l _1 ATiENT\ON MR. BAYLESS r3r. T. s. Taliafe:rro, Jr. : I tho.nk yo u vory U i. ch for youi' l otter of April 27th, i1~tl ic ating that Ju.tl[;O 'i:'idbnl l h"' o deaicd per r;inmnt di o::i.bili'i:,y t o Jllbort I<opronski. Buck injurio£J cro cooin~ to b0 a. 0odous queotion ,:,i·th all coal op 0rr:rto?o in thiG fiel d , 2.0 D:ro. LG.uzer and 3D.nciors havo r;one to extremes, I -think , ::.n di 05no si nJ th ose • 2c.: i n jurio;:; . I no.s vory cl ad i ndeed to · see tl:'.1t Jud~o 'i'idbull hM rulGc.1 o. ' v ors ol y in this case, oci it ulll have u sor:::o•.,'1~t oo.lutory of _oct. Ol"\itlnr.l SiP.oed.: GEORGE B. PRYDE V �tHOMAS 5EODON TALIAF'ERRO,JR . ATTORNEY AND Cc:;>UNSELOR AT LAW ROCK SPRINGS , WYOMING April 27th, 19330 Mr. Georg e H. Pryde City Dea? Sir: You will be inter est ed to know that Judge •ridball has denied permanent ciisability to . Albert Koprowski, employee of Meg e ~~~ ~_9al Company. Of course> ii" it should be demonstrated at any time in the future that Koprowski was actual ly permanently injured while working for the Megeath L:oa.l Company.s, the Megeath Coal Company itself will be first to ask the court for reconsideration. I think this de cision shows great care and judicial equipoise on t he part of Judge •r idball. You will recall that the amenclment made by the last Legislature iimits the unconscionable cost entailed upon the employer in the Koprov1ski case. 'rhe court .s> under the amendment J> now has control oi" the number of' witnesses that the Prosecuting .Attorney can subpoena at the cost of the employer. Yours truly, i · TS'f :ga �i I I \ - liook SpriDJs - Jc.nut~ 27, 1933 1re,f· -~ .. .. __,,.... could ________ .. octor 1 - ---· 1" • "-" \/ • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Workmans Compensation Megeath Coal Company 1933 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1933 Subject The topic of the resource Workman's Compensation, 1933, Megeath Coal Company Description An account of the resource Letters documenting Workman's Compensation involving the Megeath Coal Company in 1933. Papers are held together by a brass pin. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource T.S. Taliaferro Jr., George B. Pryde Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0213 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/52981a0cc578a23277ada3debfff2421.pdf 8a96c9d73ac0c587f4bddb35c89fceaa PDF Text Text r ( l/!~1//. 1- / :/~ .-7;_,-.,1 ,;r~c u-4.,.,£(_,, 1 ......,. .......=-~i==~~ ~ = = -.,• · I I i oo muc!J urn:oco::rneli:'y t :ccwoL i nJ by comrc.:,,- offico:t'c.i, ; I ,/ I I / r G i:· e;fu.:Jctl to nppro- �FOit..'\I 2103 , THE UNRON IPACllFRC COAL ,,, OFFICE OF Attorney Rock Spring s, Wyoming. December 26th, 1931. IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO NO. Mr. George B. Pryde city Dear Sir, I inclose you a letter t h at I have written lvlr. w. A. Muir. This may seem a small t hing , but the reason taxe s are so high is because we have not watch ed s mall t hi ng s, whi ch through the years have developed into large t h ing s. The conting ent exp enses of County orf icers and St a te Ori icers have soared since 1912. We are paying monthly salar i es to Consta ble s, who have never done one lick of work in consia er a tion of th eir s al ari es. The Coroner's office is a needless expense, and t h e work couj_d be a s TTell and better performed by J~stices of t he Peac e . If the custom should be t hat County and Prosecuting Attorneys can be pai d. out of public i"unds, i'or making inve stigations, in compensation cases, they woulQ be taking t heir s easonable vacations f rom t he Atlanti c to t h e Pa ci f ic, inspir ed e§=:::::;:::s,e, in the hope to establish meritorious claims tor- compensation, Hth e curtailment of public expens e s sh ould. not be consia eredt1 • But little consideration is now exercised because the expens es oi· investigations are saddled onto the employer, and what public oi'i'icer cares as long as a coal company or an oil company is chargeable with the expenses? In a recent case, the County and Prosecuting Attorney of this county brought an osteopath to Green Riv er, and he was allowed expert witness fees oi· $10.00 a day, ana. his mileage. This was done while I was away in Denver, but it seems to make no dii"f erence to . public oi'i"icials what the expenses are as long as they are chargeable to private enterprise. The dii'ficulty is not 1·undamentally that public officers do _not care. I am not charging that. But, the public o1Ticer is generally nothing more than a man· in the street, and he cioes not recognize or know t.he awful struggle that the business man has to make in order to meet his payroll, and to keep the wheels of industry turning. 'l'ne man in the street, who is out 01· a job, sympathizes with himself,. but put him to v,ork tomorrow, he would not speed up his own motions, or his own activity a hair's breadth because in so doing, he could help his employer. 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PRYDE �Uovemb0r 14:th, 1931 .. I.Jr.. William Redshav,, Superintendent Megeath Coal Company Rock Springs, Vlyomi~ig Dear Sir, The above is a case that needs solilu e.xplw.1.atio11,o anu I think it might be well that· our Omaha oi'ficials should be made f amiliar with the facts. '!he ,'. Ol'kman v,2.s unu.oubi:;-e Uy_ ::,uf':fering from lumbago and arthritis, which caused pa1.n in his back. Ile Vient to Doctor Arbogast on -the 4th of F~bruary, 19~.;1 i'o1• treatruent., but said nothing to Doctor Arbogast about being injured in the llline. On the 15th or 16th of Feb:euary, Arbogast discharged him a s convalesce:nt. This was done at the 1"'equ0st of the workman, thG ·;,orl~,a.u claiming tho.t he desired to go to t'Joi-1-i: in an automobile repair shop . The portion of the mine shere Jche workman was employed was sllut dow.ci oz., the Gth of Ft';bl'Uary, 1931., and the tmrkman informed that there was no further viork 1n the mine for him at present. • Still suffering from arthritis, the y-;or1crnan went to an ostdopath (E. :a. Sturges), who cla:.i.m~ci an injury· to his hip below the point that Doctor Al•bogast found affected vrlth lumbago. The osteopath appears to hu.ve burnE:Jd hilil severely v,i th an electric appliance, and to have gotten from him,. •as fees, .ull of his money. It seems that he then went to the Veterans' Hospital at Denver (fitzsimons), huving been s0nt there by the American Legion, he bei11g a11 ex-soldier , Upon his 'd ischar·ge from Fi tzoimons, he became a patient of Doctors Lauze1~ and Sanders oi' Rock Springs. I do not no\'l recall i',heth\C,1· Doctor LauzBr hatl seen him before h~ ,wnt to F'i tzsimons Hospital, or not, but it is iilll!laterial. Doctor Lauzer :reported that he had his back .fractured at or about th8 twe_lfth dorstl verteb:r:3, and took i:;everaJ. X-ray pictures of the wol"kman. The osteopath, Sturges, claimed he uad some injury to his thigh, or his spine, below the place of fracture, as reported by Doctor Lauzar. The result VIas that Doctor Arbogast had X-ray nict.u:res tru~en at the Uyoming General Hospital at Rock Sprir-4gs, and coulu discover no injury or fracture whatsoever. �During this time., t~1e 1;orkman had talked to one Dan Pallie., uho undertakes to make investigations for the mine workers, and to advise them in their compensation claims, mid Pallie told the workman that he had a crac~ed bone in his back,9 which it appears caused the ir10rkman to consult Doctor Lauzero The dispute b0tv1e1;m Doctor .Arbogast,9 who could find no injury, and the os-teop~th., \,ho found a hip brokan., and Docto:r Lauzer., who found n spine fr~otu r e, and some chips of spine bones ·flonting e..round in the workman's nnatoray, created a contro~rersy, tjhich caused Mr<? W. A. Muir, the -County ~.nd Prosecuting .Att orney, without notice, or consult~tion YJi th tha company, or Vii th tho writ o:r, to bri~ a sul t f m.~ the workman in -the District Court, a:..u. to have a partial hearing when the writer v1~s out of the State. At that hearing held on October 15th., 1931," Doctor Lauzer stateo. that th e :i.ujury to the workman t'Ya s equivalent to one half of permanont totcl disability, r.:hich r;ould involve some (~2500. 00 in an ffVJF.:1?d. In or•dt:1· i.,o :S."~co:ncilE: this dispute between the doctors, I paid the expen$eS _of the uorkmnn going to Salt Leke City, where he was excmined b y five doctors, ~d ne~ X-ray pictures teken, all of which shor1ed :no f!'a,cture, no injury, c'.nci. the c:octor s who mrnmined him all J/1:I report that there ~as, and is no injury, as claimed by Doctor Lauzer, . 1 I i and the osteopath, Stu:rges. i i1.nother he,; tr.i.h g ·;:;J,':").S had before Judge Tidba ll on the 9tp. of November, ana it ~~pGa~s from the attitude of the County Attorney, and his ad.visers, v:ihich .include Doctor L2.uzer, th2.t ~- dep~rtur-e is to be made froti their former position, and that now they are going to claim that the r-.rthritis r:cs nfired u;:n and broueht ou in its sflvei--ity, by the v.-orlcrna.n straining his back on the 3rd of February, 1931, i:1hile rolling D rock out of' the \"!u.Y in the :."'oom in \1hich he was working in the mine. There aro many reason why this case must bJcontested to its very limit; among the chief' res.sons is thct s. p1·ecedent lt.1ill be set if the employer lays down., introduci11g into our com;::-~nsation system z-esponsibili ty on our pert for "diseczes", ,,;hich may be ag[;l'avated or ."fired up", as the doctors call it, beccuse of some pretended mu$cula:r- strain. You v1ill appreciate how far this riou1d go if the 1.·,orlcmrm, in dull times, such a~ rre are now having, should be alloF.ed to claim that every ill that the body has is the result of some :ln~ury. This also \1ould make a !air field for osteopaths, and chiropractors,. and other GUack peddlers, to oper~te in. I received this morning ~n ordar from the Judge of the District Court, requiring tbe surgeons of tho Fitzsimons Hos,itnl to stcte in a deposi t1on whe.t they found to be the matter with the ·workman, atter which I will talce the depositions of the five doctors 1n· Salt Lake c:tty, goin~ both to Denver and to Salt Lal-:::e City for this purpose. �It is true the ~itness fees for these doctors, and the expenses of tc;Jdng these dcpositi.on s , together vdth expenses already paid by me, ~111 ~mount to several hundred dollars, but it · is one of these cases that must ·be cl0r-..n0d up, or un.les8 it is cleaned up, will grow into a real caucer, for vihich the:-ce will probably be no healing. That this case should be defended to its full conclusion, is to themt€rest of every employ0r of labor in the State of Tiyoming. The 'ti1·iter f0cls t11~t t he si tuation should be mD:cle kr.ow11 to our Oma...'1.a o_f ficitil. s as tho fa.ctn :.ctnally cxi s·t. Your~ t.ruly, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters regarding matters of law and compensation Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1932 Subject The topic of the resource Taxes, Law, Injury, Compensation Description An account of the resource Small stack of thin paper attached with a metal binding. Letters discussing recent legislation, taxes, injury, compensation, legal matters, etc. Most of the pages 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 T.S. Taliaferro, George B. Pryde, Eugene McAuliffe, Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0202 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/add362374d99e5ce3a6c6a1c4b198f32.pdf c81c25642bf0655811156348e78c7bc5 PDF Text Text THE UPC OOMPANY li'ILE NO. 184 f I AGREill.1EUT between \ . T!ll•; STEARNS..:iWGER .MANUFACTURING co. ' and Dr. E. s. "'La.u zer Also AGRr~r:1\f~!rJT bet ween TB:E ST~1UUJS- ROGER ?w\l'l1ff'AC:L'URING CO. ---~-- - - and p T, S, Taliaferro, Jr. l t '\ Ir ~ j BOTH REL.4TDTE TO HANDL ING ACCIDENT chsES O~CURUJG IN CONNECTION WITH , • C O'NSTRUOTION .fl! EXTENSION TO POWER ~ . J . !10~_S.f_R_INGS �ijo ck Springe - May 9, 1936 -~- . Euzene : ..:J.ul.i ffe: ilic .>teai-ns-Roger people o.re co?.!l.plying v71 th t;tie contract . ith Dr . Lauzer , for hi.;. services . ayinG the s ti ulated amount montbly �COPY Mar • 2? , 19 36 • CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT, Green River, Wy oming. Dear Sir:Should any State Compensation matters arise, after we have completed the work which we are doing for The Union Pacific Coal Company, at Rock Springs, Wyoming, - we would appreciate it if you would refer such ma t t ers to MR. T. S . TALIAFERRO, Jr., a t Rock Springs. Very truly y ours, THE STEARNS ROGER ?i1FG . CO., By H.C . MOREY : AH CC - MGB Assistant Treasurer �Rock Springs - March 23rd, 1936. Mr. George B. Pryde: Herewith copy of letter received from Mr. Morey, with reference to the matter of Mr. Taliaferro acting as our agent. Herewith, also, copy of letter written to the State Treasurer on this subjeot. ~0/~,~~ A. M. <l . MAR 24: 1936 �C OP Y THE STEARNS-ROGER MFG. CO. Interoffice Correspondence March 21, 1936. Mr. F. T. Lacy, The Stearns Roger Mfg. Co., Park Hotel, Rook Springs, Wy o. Dear Sir: We are writing the State T-reasurer xegatding using Taliaferro as our Agent after we leave the job. This is the understanding we had with Mr. MoAuliffe and we see no reason why there should be any other arrangement at this time. We are returning copies of paP3rs in regard to this, and keeping the originals for our files. Yours truly, ( H. c. Morey) HOM: JC Enolos. �COP Y M.aroh 21, 1936 • State of Wyoming, Treasurer's Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming Gentlemen: We have a contract for the Union Paci.fii. c Coal Company at Rock Springs, Wyoming," and while we have no accident cases at present, should aIW develop which would drag on after we leave Rook Springs, we would appreciate it if you would consider Mr. T~ s. Taliaferro, Jr. as our agent of record at Rock Springs for compensation oases. Very truly yours, THE STEARNS ROGER MFG. CO. HCM: JC H. C. MOREY CC: FT Laoy A. M. 0, MAR 2t 1936 �Ro ck Springs - Ltarch 20, 1936 ' I ] /' . Mr . Eugene McAuli :ff'e: Referring to yours of liarch 1_3 th, 434-2: Here,d th copy of letter from Mr . Taliaferro to Hr. Ilorey i o :f the Stearns-Roger llenuf'ac.tur~ng Company, on the subject. A. M. 0. MAR 21 ·1935 �RE CEI VED MAR~ 0 1936 GENERAL MANAGER Ua . ch U), 19.:i6 ?be St earns- R er uanufacturing lA> . Venvc::r, L;Olo :rado . Gon:tl 0:.1 en: Your l ott~r of . larch 16 has b een recei VE::d. I sh· l be - l ad to attend f o r any uatt~r . • 1ntlico.ts:cl in your l etter ana. in the corl espondence whi ch I have received froco Cr. l!:ugene t! cAulif I President, and !lr. Geor· e B. Pry<le, V1ce-Pr~s1<..ont., Tho Union r-ac1fi c l,;o al l lj():: p any . Yours truly, A. M. 0. MAR 21· Ht36 �Ro ch: Springe - !Jaroh l 'l , 1936 Mr • ll . G. Br enna.11 : I hand you hereiii th two signed oo:pic a of ugr ccm.ent be~ween your Co1n1-1ar ruid Dr . :m. s. Lauzer, cover n medical care of your e.m.ployes . I . a.i also attachi ng oovY or letter from ~r . hlcAuliffe to me regar in,; 11:" . Ta1in:fcrro 'r; looking after your accident caoes, tot;;ether with cop of my letter to ::ir . Tal:i.afer:ro . I would suggest that , V1hen you have an oppo rtuni cysome time, you. call upon !Ir . Tc1.lia.ferro and ciis.}ues this matter with him , but there i e no q ueotion re arding his acting ~s lir . ]1cAuli ffe di aoussed this with Ur . 'i'a.liaferro \ilen he was here l aet eek. However, I think it woul d ba well for you to at least contact :.:_. Taliaf'erro, so that , 111 the event any accident occur s , you 111 feel :f'ree to call upon him as indicated by Ur . llo ulirfe's letter. I pr,eau::ne that you have already G1 ven the State Treasurer notification that you c.re working u der the Compen ua~ion Law. OrlKinal ~l!."nl'W\ : J GEORGE B. PRYDl '\ \ \ A, M.u. MAR' 1~ 1936 �Rock Sprillge - lAarmi 17 . 1936 Ur. T. s. Taliaf'orro, J'r.: nueui th copy o t letter from llr. McAUli fte regarding your acting as the Joint agent of the Coal Com11nny nnd the Dtearn Bo ,- _ ·: _: acturina Company in eonncction w1 th any coml)anoatiou 'enees that may cone up in the oonotruation of the ad• uition to our vo er AJlent. A;lso attached 1a copy of at;reement between the Dteo.m 11-ri.0t;er Com,1>nny nucl Dr. Le.uzel" . As tu-. MCAulitte advised you, the ~tee.rne-Roser lJOOPle \'Jill re1:iort· _,. thei:- o~n aooidenta. but wo will have to pf4Y the comp.enaation~ Orlginr.l ~lvnl'd: GEORl..it b. PRYDl �. Ro ck Springs - March 17 , . 19 36 ., .:Ir • •Eugene llo.Auli ff e: You~ s o! ilarch 13th, 434-2: 1he ag;reement he.a been· aigned QY D.r. Lauzer, and the . m.c.tte:r taken Uj,l witb.llr . Tali erro as indicate~ in your letter, '21: . Talia!' rrois being furnished with a copy of the agreement . Oriiclni.l !i I>; ur.e: GEORGE B, PRYOl ,... I .t .,I I A. M. 0. MAR 18 1936 �Omaha, March 13, I I · Mr. G. B. Pryde: Nil'. Taliaferro I is entirely a~eeable to looking afte the Stearns Roger Company•s accident cases insofar as hisservices may be required under his general arrangement with The Union Pacific Coal Compa...11.y. As soon as Dr. La.u.zer•s contract is signed, please advise Mr. Taliaferro that Stearns-Rogers and our company desire him to act as ov~ representative, and if any advice is to be given the state Treasurer, have Stearns Roger arrange for that also. - )i �THE STE.ARNS-ROGER M.ANlJFAC'lUBING CO. Established 1885 . Engineers, Contractors & Manufacturers Denver At Rock Springs, Wyoming :March 11, 1936 Dr. E. s. Lauzer Elks Building Ro ck Springs, Wyoming Dear Sir: Confirming our verbal agreement date, tlli s 1 etter will serve as a contract covering the surgical care only of the men employed in extra-hazardous occupations as defined by the Workmen's Compensation Law of the State of Wyoming, and receiving injuries wbil e in our employ and working in connection with the extension of the Ro ck Springs Power Plant, the property of The Union Facif ic Coal Company, located at Rock Springs, Wyoming. Certain items shall be covered by this agreement as follows: 1. Agreement to take effect as of March l, 1936, and continuing until July 31, 1936, and thereafter, commencing August 1, 1936, and continuing until the work is completed. Estimated date of completion and testing, AUgust 15, 1936. 2. The agreement will cover surgical care either on the premises of The Union Pacific Coal Company or in the Doctor's office, and includes necessary drugs, medicines, bandages, etc., used either on The Union Pacific Coal Company's premises or in the Doctor's o ffioe. 3. In the event that an employe, or employee, are inJured to such an extent as to require hospitalization, the responsibility of the Doctor will extend only to medical and surgical care while in the hospital.; all other hoapi tal expenses, including medicines, bandages, appliances, etc., will be absorbed by this Company. 4. This Company will aubmi t to the Doctor immediately a list with the names of all employee entitled to surgical care, and will, through subsequent lists furnished the Doctor semi-monthly, show all additions and subtractions of names of employee set forth on the initial list. 5. For medical services rendered by Dr. E. S. Lauzer under the pn>visions of the foregoing paragraphs Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, �2 - this Company will pay to Dr. E. s. Lauzer the sum of $1.00 per month for each employe engaged in the construction of the extension to the Power Plant firet referred to, such payments to be baaed on the total number of men em;ployed during the month, whether for one or mo re days during the month. In the event that the number of employee' names returned to said Dr. Lauzer do es not equal or exceed forty during each of the mon tha March to August, incluai.ve, 19 36, a minimum payment of. $40 .00 will be paid for each of said months. 6. The compensation paid by this Company to Dr. E. S. Lauzer shall be considered as :payment in full for the services rendered, and no additional bills will be rendered by said Dr. Lauzer either again st this Company, The Union Pacific Coal Company, or the Workmen's Compensation Fund of the State of Vlyoming for the men employed by thi.s Compacy during the period covered by this agreement . THE STE:.ARNS-ROGER M.AlmFACTURING CO. By ( sgd) H. C. Morey Secy. I Accepted thi a _1__6_t__h___ day of March, 1936. Dr. E. s. Lauzer. Dr. E. s. Lauzer. Csgd) COPY .1 �Rook Springe - March 12, 1936 Yr . I . N. Bayl ess : I hand you herewith four copies oi' letter ag:reement between the Stea.me-Roger Manufacturing Company and Dr . E .___§_. Lauzer, ooTering med!ca.1. caz·e of employee on· the new power l an t addition. Will you please arr&nga for the execution of this agreement by Dr . Lauzer , filling in the date of acceptance, leaving one copy with Dr . Le.u~ r , retaining one copy for your oun f ile a , and returning the o tb.er two oop1 es to me for furtb.81;' handling . ,/ Ol-l g1nal ~ll!"!!N': GEORG£ B, PRYOl J A. M. 0. MAR 13 1936 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Agreement Between The Strarns-Roger Manufacturing Co. and Dr. E.S. Lauzer 1936 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. March 11th 1936 Subject The topic of the resource Agreement, The Sterns-Roger Manufacturing Co., March, 1936 Description An account of the resource Letters documenting the agreement between The Strarns-Roger Manufacturing Co., Dr. E.S. Lauzer and T.S. Taliaferro on March 11th 1936. The letters are held together by a brass pin. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource T.S. Taliaferro, George B. Pryde, F.T. Lacy, H.C. Morey, Eugene McAgliffe, Dr. E.S. Lauzer Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0246 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/7d750aff7530195a224ef89ce9570039.pdf 491adfb061606a10349e5ee555ee4bd8 PDF Text Text Special File No. 184 WORKMEN'S COMPENSATICtf Individual cases involving - Rook Springs Electric Qgmpany ~loyee - Malcolm T. JohDaton 1936 �, • Rock Springs Miner Nov. 27, 1936 •/ ( ~ Court Uph~lds Prior:::;. Compensation Award To Mac T. Johnston # - t-- ~ . _ 4 - -;--1_ _ _"""-"'o.: The district court has affirmed the l prl-or award of $7-50 compensation to Malcolm T. Johnston of Rock I Springs. The decision was announced , by Judge V. J. Tidball early this week. The district court formerly order- ' ed the state treasurer to pay Johnton ·compensation for injuries in- ' curred to his f.o ot while In the employ of the Rock Springs Electric. J. Kirk ·B aldwin, state treasurer, contested the payment and petitioned the court to reopen the case which Judge Tidball did. Baldwin contested the case on its constitutionality. In compliance with the decision of the district court, Johnston has received the amount of the reward. Ienn G. Stanton represented Johnson. - - ___ ___ __ --·~·:::~~ ~ - ... ~ / �I Rocle Springs I;ti.rier 6-19-36 Briefs Required In 1 • ~~!?i~e!s,~~i~?i,9~s! I ! A Johnston compensation case was - -· heardin district court at Green River yesterday. Lawyers for Johnsto~ and the compensatiqn department -0f, the ,state that is fighting the case after the court- previously awarded the' compensation presented arguments with the result that Judge V. J. Tid'ball ordered both sides to present' written briefs. Johnston was awarded $750 for • injuries he incurred while in the employ -0f the Rock Springs Electric. The compensation was allowed after three Rock !Springs doctors made a second e.xamination of Johnston and reported that his Injuries justified I the claim. J. Kirk Baldwin, state treasurer, Is attempting to have the section of the state compensation law under which the claim was made declared unconstitutional. �Rock Springs Rocket Julle 10, 0 I I 1936 ohns @m1 w~rr~· for Co I{De to r ~ftn@fill eRehear~ @@fill .---- Treasurer's Office Tells Reasons for Making Protests "It is the duty of the Workmen's Compensation Department to protect the interest of the fund" Is the comment made by J . Kirk Bald,vin, state· tr'~asurer, in support of the department's reopening of the case of Malcolm T. Johnston of this city. . Johnston was on Feb. 21, 1936, granted an order of award of $750 for permanent partial disability covering an injury sustained on the 15th day of July, 1931, while in the employ of the Roel~' Springs Electric company. The compensation department, under the direction of P . J. Coady, manager, has filed an appeal in the district court at Green River in an effort to set aside the order of award on the grounds that ''The Rock Springs Electric company is no longer in existence and, of course, has no interest in the Workmen's Compensation Fund when . Johncconunued on pai;e !our) Workmen's Compensation fund an~ the State Workmen's Compens~t1on Department was not notified of the hearing, we felt it the further duty of this department as custodian of the fund to mak~ a full investigation of the case 1 ~eri:fore, felt it the duty and ~bllgatio~ of the Workmen's Compensation Department to appeal the order of award passed by the court. . "I would, therefore, say that a.f. tel: a complete investigation of this case that r do not question • the n~atter of disability. However I ~o feel there is a very important point of law involved, concerning the amount of time an injured employe has to make final claim in case of injury. • "I feel that in view of it being ah_nos t five years from the time th1s emp~oye was injured until he I ·· - - v - • made claim _fo_r permanent partial -JOHNSTON A W A R D award that 1t 1s questionable as to . ~he!her or not his present disabilcconunued rrom pni;e one> 1ty IS the result of a direct outston made his final claim for tern- growth of the injury sustained on porary total disability on Oct. 23 July 15, 1931. In having this case 1931." ' :eopened and set down for rehearIn defense of the department's mg by the court, which has been action requesting that the order granted, I feel that we can have , of award be set aside, Coady of- th e question of law involved , fers the followinO': cleared up in an equitable manner "On Feb. 24, 1936, this depart- bo~ to the injured workman's ment received the $750 order of claim and to the industrial acciaward in favor of Johnston and' _ent fund." . upon referring to the Workmen's _The case has been set by Judge Compensation file in the case we Tidball for rehearing during the found that Johnston had made his week of June 18. final claims for temporary total - - - - ~ -- -- d~bility on Oct. 23, 1931. The claim at that time stated that the workman had fully recovered. Naturally, we thought it a case that warranted our full investigation and finding the above related facts and particularly keeping in mind that in October, 1931, the claim recited that he had fully recovered and then approximately five years after Ip.a.king further claims that he was permanently p_artially disabled and compensation award claimed to the amount of $750. "It was also determined that when the district court had a hearing on the case on the 21st day of February, 1936, that the employer, the Rock Springs Electric company, had ceased to do business and had no particular interest in the claims and particularly no financial interest in the �Ro ck Springe Miner Jtme 5, 1936 l .( I Compensation Case Of Mac Johnston Is Set JFor Re-Hearing, ., 1 _..i,....:_ There will ~e a rehearing of the Malcolm T. Johnston compensation case Thursday, 'June 18, ·before Judge V. J. Tidball in Green River. 'S:tate Treasurer J. Kirk Baldwin, who is contesting the case, petitioned the court for tlie rehearing. Judge Tidball heard the first arguments in the case in April w•h en he took th·..!m under advisement. It ls understood that attorneys for J,ohnston will introduce additional evidence at the rehearing, which is regarded as favorable to his contentions. Johnston was awarded $750, compensation in district court in Februs ary for Injuries incurred In 1931 while in the em1>loy of the Rock •Springs Electric. Baldwin, custodian of compensation funds by vll-tue of his state of.flee. failed to comply with the court's ',)rder and Instead asked the ·d istrict •court to reopen the case. This was done after three Rock Springs p-hysiclans, Doctors Lauzer, Chambers and McCrann, at the request of Baldwin, rirexamined Johnston and reported that "he (J•o hnston) Is entitled to a permanent partial d,isa'bi!ity of 50 percent of the loss of the leg below the knee." :Baldwin is attempttng to prove that the ,s ection of the state's com:. pensation -laws which entitles John- ' ston to -the award is unconstitu- . tionail. This particular • section was pa,s sed by the last legislature and i was considered by the 193,5 leglsla-, tors as especially beneficial t!o Wyo-· m,lng workm·en. '--I) i) �Rock Springe M;iner 4-24-36 State Treasurer :···eontests Legality Of Compensation Arter tihe ,c~~sa~ion cl.epartment of Wyoming was- successful in reope_n!ng the compensation case of _M~ lcolm T. Johnston, of Rock , Springs, attorneys for both the state . and J•o hnston appeared before Judge V. J. Tidiball in dstirict C0u\rt a.t Green River Wednesday to argue th'e case. Judge Tidball took the case under adv:isement. A compensation1 award of $750 was granted Johnston !n district -court !Feb. 25, 1936, and the state .ordered to pay him for injuries incurred in 1931 while In the employ of the Rock Springs Electric. Instead of complying w:ith the court's order J . Kirk Baldwin, state treasurer wlio by virtue of his office, is In C'harge of compensation funds, filed a petition in dh1trlct court to re-open the case on grounds .tha,t section 124-113 of the Wyoming Compensation law is unconstitu,tionnl. This · particular section was passed by the last legislature a.ncl was considered by, the 1935 legislators as important i lld b~nefl<'al;to w::omiug workmen. • While legality of the entire sec- , tion is to be t ested the following , portion pa1•ticularly is ,to come to th·e.· attention of the judiciary of Wyo-ming: ..,. "Where an award of compensa-· tion has been made in favor of ~ Injured employe, an application may ·be made to the court by either ,p arty any time after one year from -da,te of award, for a modification of the amount of the award on groun,d of Increase or decrease ot Incapacity due solely to the injury or- upon the ground of m1stake or fraud.'' Arter the compensation department was successful In reopening the ca.se It commissioned three Rock Springs- doctors, Dr. E. S. Lauzer, I Dr. Oliver Cliambers and Dr. P. M . . McCrann, to make a. thorough ex- I aminatlon! of Johnston's injuries and · report their findings to the department. Their report was: "We feel that as a. result of the injury received :Jie (Johnston) is en•t ltled to a permanent partial •df.s,. abillty of fifty percent of the loss of the leg below th'e knee." The doctors designated Johnston',s injury as a. Po_tt.s fracture 01 th~ right an~le. 1 • 1 Baldwin contends that: . 1 The court was wi.thout jurisdiction and lbases claim of la<:.k of j i diction on the following. ur(!) Section •. 124-113, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1936, 1s unco:; . stltutional in that the title to 1~0 a mended Act, .to-wit, ,chapter • Lo/ in-c omplete and makes no reference to amended Section 124-130, 'Wyoming Revised 1Statutes, 1931, "'i h in effect ' said amendment Wiu C , attempts to amend. . ('b) The amendment 1n ques- ' tton ·which undertakes -to remove the statute limitations on opening up awi rds is not retroactive and only applies to accidents happening subsequent to the passage of sa'id amendment of 1936. (c) Because the court did not 'X'equire any showdng on the part of the em<ployee of diUgence :before ,consentlng·fo open up the orlgina\ award. ·:· • ·2. iBecause ,t he evidence fails to show that the present alleged ag.g regate inj~ry was due to the accident. 1 WHEREFORE, petitioner prays that the said awards may 'be stay- : ed and that the matter 1be •set \ do~ for hearing upon due notice i to the employer a.nd employee._ /j £ ·-. - -- �Rock Sp.r.i.iJ 4-23-36 gs RocJcet - v - - - - - -- - J udge Considers Motion to S'et Aside ~ohn~ton Award A motion made in district court yesterday to set aside an award 1 previously issued by the court in 1 the compensation case of Malcolm 1 T. Johnston, former employe of the Rock Springs Electric company, was taken under advisement by Judge V. J. Tidball. Assistant Attorney General Snow represented the state while , Glenn Stanton, Rock Springs attorney, represented the plaintiff. During court yesterday a divorce was granted Zelda Roundy from Ivor S. Roundy on the grounds of non-support. �I /, ( Rock springs Miner !-'arch 27, I \ \; / 1936 • Rehearing of Johnston Compensation Case Is i Set for A p r ii 2 2: The compensation case of Malcolm T. Johnston was set for hearing , April 22 in district court by Judge• V. J. Tidball, in a one-day session of court held Thursday. Johnston was previously awarded · permanent partially disability in district court and given an award of $750 for injuries incurred while in the employ of the Rock Springs Electric. The casl:l was considered settled until J. Kirk Baldwin, state treasurer, objected to the ?,,S fijtd ··a nd called for a rehearinR,.,~y.'l!'· . ~ -- - - -- / I - \ l �_h;_·(, r ----o---t~_,.. , Ro ck Springs Rocket ~~arch 24, 1936, ' Compensation to Springs Man is • Fought by State The state compensation department is appealing an award recently allowed by the district court to Malcolm Johnston for permanent-· or ·pa.rttar-a!sabillty suffered by Johnston while an etnploye of the Rock Springs Electric company and is disputing the award made to Dr. B. V. McDermott and Elizabeth Wendt in the hearing. The department objects to . the claim previously filed by Johnston approximately four years after the injury. The state claims that the court did not require any showing on the part of the employe of diligence before consenting to open up the original award. . The .c ompensation department also claims that the evidence failed to show that the present .alleged aggravated injury was due to the • accident. The state · has asked that the matter be set down for hearing at the earliest possible ·.convenience of the court. •. Johnston was awarded $750 by the district court on Feb. 21. The sum was based on 50 per cent of the amount awarded for the loss of a leg . below the knee. �T. s. Taliafex>ro, Jr.: Thank you fo::r the copy of your letter to Mr. Balduin of ~ebruary 26th. I he.d noticed this compensation award by the papers, and i JG is certainly strange that this boy has not :presented· llis cla:lra in the five yearo he has been di.sabled. / I / _I Orl " h • 1 <' 1- , ~ : GEUt1 uL o, fRY DE A. M. 0 . FEB 281936 �f<ECEIVED FEB 2 n1936 _ _g,NE"RJI.L r.MNAGER :: -~coll:1 T. 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FEB 261936 ... f �'HE ROCK SPRINQS ROCKET, ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1936 ~-------------- -----Johnston Given Compensation by • District Court Malcolm T. Johnston of Rock Springs, former employe of the Rock Springs Electric company, was awarded compensation. for injuries to his ankle equal to 50 per cent of the loss of a leg below the knee, in district court at Green River yesterday by Judge V. J. Tidball. Johnston was injured July 15, 1931, while taking down an electric sign in Green River. A rod holding the sign broke, causing Johnston to fall to the sidewalk breaking his right leg above the ankle. Compensation had been paid the workman for temporary total dis- I ability up to Sept. 10, 1931. Later I his ankle became stiff as the re- 1 suit of the injury, causing a per- ' manent disability. ' While there was no dispute on the part of the company as to • Johnston's claim for compensation, it was necessary for the court to determine whether he was now entitled to compensation under the law, which does not provide directly for such cases. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Workman's Compensation Rock Springs Electric Company 1936 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1936 Subject The topic of the resource Workman's Compensation, Rock Springs Electric Company, 1936 Description An account of the resource Newspaper clippings and letters regarding Workman's Compensation involving Malcolm T. Johnston and the Rock Springs Electric Company. The papers are held together by a brass pin. Some pages 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 T.S. Taliaferro. Jr. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0215 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co.