Show TAKING MEASURES TO SAfEGUARD LIFE IN COLORADO MINES Superintendents Told Welfare Welfare Wel Wei- fare of Men Must Be the First Consideration TRINIDAD Col Colo o. o Nov NoT 21 Your Your first duty is to care for the safety health and welfare of your men This is the ultimate instructions of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company delivered by General Manager E. E H. H Weitzel to a congress of all aU mine suana superintendents su- su ana and I nU otner other it A inter inter- ana and nU otner other it A inter inter- officials interested inter interested interested ested in mining who yesterday ended an all an ni night ht con congress ress here discussing prevention of f er mine accidents such as have de ted the coal coalfields fields of southern Colorado within a year The men were told that while it was desired to mine coal at low expense an any sums spent in providing more fully for the safety of the miners would be considered as creditable to the ten who authorized the expenditure The protective plans decided upon include in in- clude elude An annual cash prize for the tho safest mine wine as decided by a committee of experts i An annual cash prize for the mine i showing the lowest number of casual casual- ties A new rescue c car to be used as an adjunct to the one one now how now in use and to be equipped with three portable fans capable of accommodating any sort of I electric current in use in the coal fields Officials Officials' of the tho- th company compan- emphasized the fact that these cars while company proper y wUl bo held h ld at all an ti times es at t the tho immediate disposal 1 o of any q l in in trouble x I i c. c ventilating tans rans lims to moisten n the air in mines also WI will be bo installed although there th re some somo expert controversy as as to the value of steam go so used |