Show TOO MANY COAL MINERS KILLED The approach of o 1927 finds the thet t United States still stilt faced with a problem which well welt might call for lor a most earnest New Years Year's resolution It is a problem of ot the tho coal mining Industry That doesn't refer to coal coat prices ices or labor troubles It II refers lefers to the toll toil of ot lives Ih-es which the Industry annual annually exacts In Ia 1926 more than 2150 coal miners lost their lives the fed fE-d federal eral government estimates O Of course were killed In major e accidents The rest died singly or In groups ot or two or three Neatly Nearly sixths five ot or the deaths In bituminous coal coalmines coalmines coalmines mines the fatality late lale however howe based on tons of ot coal produced was as considerably higher among anthracite workers How many of these deaths can be called honestly as una unas oid old able It Is hard to say At all events it would it seem as If Amer Amer- America America ica lea could make no New ew Year res zes much better than toe to re- re re resolve e solve to cut down own the death toll tollof tollof tollof of its coal mines Here is a list of major coal coalmine coalmine mine accident of ot the year acci acci- accidents acci- acci accidents accidents dents In which more than titan lour four men were killed Wilburton Okla Okia Jan 1391 1311 Farmington W Va Jan H 14 19 Vest West Frankfort ill Jan 29 5 Helena Ala Jan 29 2327 27 Horning Pa Feb 3 21 Kelson Creek K Ky Feb 16 8 Eccles W Va March alch 8 19 Port Carbon Pa May 6 5 Kingston Pa July 3 1 7 Moffat Ala JuI July 21 9 I Clymer Pa la Aug 26 2644 44 Tahona Okla Okia Sept 3 16 16 Rockwood Tenn Tean Oct 1 Pa Oct 3 9 e W Va Nov Iov 15 5 Francisco Ind lad Dec 9 28 The men who go down into the mines are risking their lives lives dally daily In the production of an essential The toll of o 2150 lives Ilves in a year ear Is too high for anyone any one commod commodity ity no matter how bow essential it Is ls |