Show r J ACCIDENTS AND DAMAGES John Mitchell S says SS S 'S that more nore than w work work- rk- rk mien nhen are arc killed in this this country e every ery day that that the number of killed or 01 maimed a amounts to upwards of annually True to his own perverseness perverse perverse- ness he lie says S If we were to clo do away iway wa with ol one one- e- e third of the he judges and nd pay par the money saved to injured injured in in- workmen instead of retaining the present system of lien Hen proceedings to collect damages for H I injuries received in the various industries of the United States we would come conic nearer to arriving nt at t some some equitable means of compensation H That is exactly in accordance with th th the perverse mind of J John Mitchell 1 If he wanted to go froth f New ew York to Chicago if f possible he lie would insist the twentieth c century limited If on the way San aD jI axle r should break under a car ear the train and kill a dozen passengers John Mitchell would want ant full damages for the calamity Without out any would if he could fix it so that the property prop prop- elt erty eity of the company should be levied on anywhere although it is the demand of just just- such iueli men elJ as us he that causes tLc twentieth century limited hunted to be run sAn AJ engineer r runs the thc hoist in a mine ten years q j ho is thoroughly competent the machinery of the thc mine is in perfect condition but some morning he stands by his engine his hand on the lever sees seCs ci a 1 cage come U up out of the mine watches it while it goes up and is smashed in the thc sheaves Yes The men in the cage arc killed and John Mitchell l would if necessary sell the mine and all the tho works to pay triple damages damage's because those men were killed The judge in in a U court Gourt simply has hus the law to guide him and f the Ilie evidence in ni a case to lay before him the facts He lie rend renders rs a judgment accordingly His Ills is the most important work vork in the tho land most lund most important important im im- for the time poor and the rich alike and alike and a man manlike manlike manlike like John Mitchell l who would lessen tho the confidence of the people in their judges in their ability and int grit is a public enemy of all the poor men in inthe inthe inthe the country In ln the last last- fifty years cars the tho world his has s been filled with dangerous machinery but the desire desire de de- sire of mankind has made the use of this dangerous danger danger- ous oils machinery universal all aU over tho the cO country The rhe object of a man when he replaces second hand b by first class machinery is to do more effective and ond while through any accident a mans man's life is lost we are glad to see the men who are arc responsible for forthe forthe the accident made to pa pay for at lea least t a small part of the damage done we do not believe in tion While the Comstock was in its bonanza days days- t there re was on an average of one man every we week k killed in one or the other of the mines on that lode As AB a rule they were competent men and most were killed by bj their carelessness But the mines I I nad a to go o ont and so t the e work of th the world has Ims hasto hasto I to go on The work that the miners performed was easier casiel than the work on the surface for if they received received received re re- re- re double pay the reason was because it was more or less dangerous work and the he extra pay was an insurance against that danger or compensation if the danger finally culminated in an acci acci- dent When a man works yorks for a company and because because because be be- cause of lack of care thi on on his own part he suffers an accident while it may be good to give him a compensation compensation com com- there is no equity equit in it because that is exactly what he hc bargained for when he lic took the place |