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Show FIRST DUTY IS TO CARE FOR WORKMEN Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 21. "Your first duty is to care for the safety, health and welfare of your men." This is the ultimate Instructions of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company, delivered de-livered by Gen. Mgr. E. H. Weitzel. to a congress of all mine superintendents and other otllcials interested in mining, min-ing, who, yesterday ended r.u all night n ngress here, discussing prevention of further mines accident- such as have desloated the coal fields of Colorado within a year. The men we re told that while it was defired to mine coal at low expense, vry sums spe-at In providing more fully ful-ly for the safety of the minors would bo considered as credible to the superintendent su-perintendent who authorized tho expenditure. ex-penditure. The protective plans decided de-cided upon include: An annual cash prize for the safest 11 ne, as decided b ya cr.mmlttee of experts. An annual ca.sh prize for the mine showing the lowest number of casualties. cas-ualties. A new rescue car, to be used as an adjunct to the one now In use and to bo eqpipped with three portable fans, capable of accommodating any sort of electric current in use in the coal fields. Officials of tho company emphasized the fact that these curs, while com-j com-j puny property, will be hold at all 1 times at the immediate disposal of any I ir.'ne in trouble. Steam Jets, to be used In connection j with ventilating fans to moisten tho air in mines, also will bo installed, nl though there exists some: expert cou-tioversy cou-tioversy as to the value of steam so used. |