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Show WORK AMID DANGER EMPLOYES IN DYNAMITE FACTORY FAC-TORY IN CONSTANT PERIL. Trivial Accident Likely at Any Time to Cause Fearful Explosion Men 8eem to Become Used to Their Surroundings. Sur-roundings. Dynamlto factories nro In ' full swing near Dover and Farmlngdale, N. J., nnd tho men who work In thotn seem well content with their dangerous danger-ous occupation. They wear rubber soled shoes, and their tools are covered cov-ered with rubber or nro made of wood, so ns to avoid tho possibility of friction and consequent accident. As n further safeguard, tho various utensils In which tho dendly explosive explo-sive Is mixed or manipulated aro lined with lead, nnd a mlshup Is of rnro occurrence. Nevertheless, those men know that tho fabrication of dynamite constitutes a wont of danger, dan-ger, nnd many of them develop "nerves" when they nro new nt tho business. This trouble wenrs oft quickly, or, ns in somo Instances, not at all, and tho victim Is Bcized with nervous chills and tremors whenover a loud nolso Is heard In tho fnctory. Flnnlly ho Is obliged to glvo up his position and seek work of a moro congenial nature. Tho men aro paid from $2 to J2.25 per day, and tho labor Is not particularly particu-larly heavy, nor nro tho hours ns long ns thoso of other workmen. No smoking smok-ing Is allowed from the moment they ontcr tho factory until thoy leave, and only men of quiet, steady habits nro engaged. A spirit of good comradeship com-radeship seems to exist between tho workers, and when opportunity presents pre-sents Itself they talk to each other In tho most friendly way. But woe betide be-tide ono of their number who earns for himself the sobriquet of "Butter Fingers," a term applied to individuals individu-als who allow things to slip from their hands to the floor. Ho Is sure to earn tho enmity of his companions. This Is duo to the fact that sometimes some-times a slight jar, such as Is caused by tho dropping of even a small substance, sub-stance, will precipitate nn accident, and tho culprit who evinces such carelessness more thnn once may as well resign gracefully before he Is frozen out by his fellows. Tho dynamite workers are a very Intelligent body of men. Many of thorn possess a comprehensive knowledge knowl-edge of chemistry and can tell visitors visit-ors to the factory all about the destructive des-tructive agent which they handlo under the direction of scientists. One of theso workmen, a middle- aged Swede, claims Alfred Nobel, the Inventor of dynamite, as a relative. What ho does not know about explosives explo-sives Is not worth knowing. Ho talks of tho properties of nltro-glycerlno with tho fluency of one who has mado an cxhaustlvo Investigation of tho subject, and ho says that he devotes ovory sparo moment to experimental physics. Why a man of his typo should elect to remain In a dynamlto factory In tho role of an ordinary workman Is a problem which ho alone enn solve. But evidently ho likes his Job In tho nltro-glyccrlno department, and ho talks enthusiastically enthusi-astically of tho results achieved by his distinguished relatvo's Invention, In-vention, not only In warfare, war-fare, but In the works of peace, such as tho mining operations of New York's rapid transit underground system, which will presently do so much to facilitate travel and traffic. Men of various nationalities work side by side In these Now Jersey factories, fac-tories, and when representatives of the different countries wore asked if they minded the element of danger In their dally labors they answered In the negative, and a few of the more communicative workers expressed the opinion that there was more chance of being killed In Philadelphia by a trolley car or automobile than by an explosion at their post of duty, Philadelphia Ledger. . I |