The Oklahoma Miner. (Krebs, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 21, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 24, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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KREBS OKLAHOMA THURSDAY JULY 24 1913
Number 21
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What Ex-Chief Mine Inspector
Hanraty Says About the
New Law.
An answer to the unsigned shall be one-half mined for the
garbled and misleading state- full length of the hole and no
ments regarding extracts from person shall fire any shot in any
my report issued while I was room in any coal mine in this
Chief Mine Inspector and other state until the same has been
statements regarding mining prepared as above specified
conditions which are ablolutely Any person firm corporation
a'se or association violating any pro-
These statements are being vision of Section 18 of this act
sent to all the newspapers of the ' shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
stale by the Coal Trust and their demeanor and upon conviction
hirelings and are for the pur- shall be fined in the sum of not
pose of deceiving the public and less than $50.00 nor more than
to get the voters to vote with $200; provided that this section
them on the following section: ! shall not become effective until
Section 18. ' 'The shooting of July 31 1914. ' '
coal off the solid except as here- These unsigned statements are
in provided is hereby declared to that if this section is adopted
be unlawful. In the preparation the public would get cheaper and
of every shot to ho fired in any better coal. The miners would
slope plane air course cross-
cut entry of room neck in any
coal mine in this state the coal
to be shot down shall be cut to
a depth at least six inches great-
er than the depth of the hole in
which the explosive is to be
placed. No shot shall be fired
by any person in any slope plane
cross-cut entry or room neck in
any coal mine in this state un-
less the coal "has been first cut
a-depth of at least six inches
greater than the depth of the
Miole prepared for the shot.
In the preparation of the shots
to be fired in any room or rooms
in any coal mine in this state
no shot shall be prepared or
made when the block of coal
sought to be removed is
greater in width than the per-
pendicular height of coal and it
make more money and the mi-
ners would be better protected.
Let Us See
The miners receive 7Sc per ton
to mine a ton of coal. If he
gave his labor free to the Coal
Trust the farmer and other small
consumers would still have to
pay from seven to nine dollars
per ton for coal.
Who Gets the Money?
Pi-iny nrrJ nri tv-i- A i-inVl " 1 OffVfM
(at which time we were forced
to accept a reduction of 27c per
ton) the miners of this state re-
ceived 87 l-2c per ton for the
same kind of coal.
ceive foe per ion lor tne same
kind of coal. At that time the
best coal could be bought by any
one at the mine for $2.00 per
ton. They paid the miner bet-
ter wages and sold the coal from
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McAIcstcr Okla.
Most Modern Woman's Store in
Eastern Oklahoma.
DISTRIBUTORS OF
Ladies' Ready-to-wear Gar-
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Shoes Fine Dress
Goods and Dress
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$1 to $2 cheaper than they do
now. Can't you sec the Trust
is getting the money?
Since 1900 the cost of living
has increased 52 per cent while
the miners wages have only ii -creased
23 per cent. But the
Trust has advanced the price of
coal to the consumer nearly 200
percent and still the miner (the
man who produces the coal) is
worse off today than he ever was
in the history of the State.
If Sec. 18 is allowed to be-
come a law to make a living
wage the miner would have to
receive from 50c to $1 per ton
more than they now receive for
the reason it would require one-
third more labor to produce a
ton of coal than it does under
the present system and in many
mines it would be impossible to
comply with the law at all.
The Trust seems to be very so-
licitous of the miners lives all at
once. If they turn to the Mine
Inspector's report of last year
they will find there were 100
miners lost their lives in 1912.
According to the evidence taken
by the committee appointed by
the Legislature to investigate
the McCurtain explosion seventy-three
of those lives were
snuffed out through no other
cause than"that the Coal Com-
pany violated the mining laws in
every particular. The cemeta-
ries of the counties in the East-.
erh part of our state are filled
with miners whose lives were
destroyed through violation of
our laws and through the care-
lessness and indifirnrpnp.f In t.ho
We now -protection of human life
for the same AinT.ovnun
licitous of the miners lives as
they pretend to be why do they
not quote my reports correctly
and tell the people that the sys-
tem I advocated is a system for
the protection of htffhan lives
and the conservation of our na-
tural resources a system where-
by no powder would be used
therefore no shots would be fired
a system wherein explosions
would be impossible. Therefore
great disasters would be un-
known. A system wherein all
the coal taken from the mine
would be lump cosl.
If the Coal Trust would adopt
the system I advocated in my re-
portall the coal would be taken
from the mine and not one-half
left to go to waste as at present.
The system advocated by the coal
trust is a system centuries old.
There is no advanced theory of
mining advocated by them.
What would the progressive
farmers of the United States say
of the farmers of Oklahoma if
they still plowed w ith crooked
sticks?
Is it any wonder the price of
coal is so high and human life
is so cheap?
Fellow citizens when you go
to the polls to vote on the 5th
day of August vote "YES" on
State Question No. 47 for re-
member that is the small coal
trust that when O. S. Daws was
president of the Farmers' .Union
he deposited $25000.00 in the
banks to buy coal for the mem-
bers of the Farmers' Union. He
went to president of the trust to
Chief Mine Inspector Ed. Boyle
Says the Law Should
Be Repealed.
Oklahoma City Okla. July 8th 1913.
Mr. P. R. Stewart McAlester Okla.
Dear Sir: It has been called to my attention that the coal
companies of this state are circulating and causing to be circu-
lated statements to the effect that Sec. 18 of the recent mining
bill passed by the Legislature has my approval. I take this
method of notifying you and the public in general that I do not
approve of the action of the legislature in passing this piece of
mining legislation. It is an absolute injustice to ask the miners
to undercut coal oi the heavy pitching veins which will greatly
increase the danger over the present method of mining. It is
not fair to enact a law that says to the miner he must lay down
in the mud and water and under-cut his coal before it is shot in
order that he may earn a living in the mines in our state.
I do not know what is the real object sought by the coal com-
panies in seeking this legislation but I feel sure that if Section
18 is permitted to remain upon the statutes of our state the real
reasons will later develop which will not be to the best interest
of our state or its people.
Assuring you that I will assist you all in my power to repeal
this piece of legislation I remain with best wishes
Yours very truly
ED. BOYLE
Chief Mine Inspector State of Oklahoma.
buy tne coal and was told to take
their $25000.00 and go to h-1
with it and no farmer business
man or small consumer up until
this hour can buy coal from this
trust only through the trusts'
agents. Yours truly
PETE HANRATY
Ex-Chief Mine Inspector.
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Why is Wm. A. Durant taking
such an active part in behalf of
the Coal Barons of this State?
Possibiy Bill can answer this to
his constitutencs satisfactory but
if he does he will have to make
a better showing than he did at
the banquet given by the Coal
Corporations at the Skirvin
Hotel Saturday night July 5tb
when he attempted to tell the
drummers what a bad set the
miners were. But Bill's failure
was due p his having imbibed
too much "joy water".
A. P. Watson of the "Burbank"
variety and State Corporation
Commission is having a delight-
ful time travleing over the state
at the expense of the Tax Payers
telling the people how they
should vote for the Coal Trust
and put the miners out of busi-
ness. If "Potatoe" knew how
small he stands before the
people he" would pull in his horns.
Vote "yes" on mining bill.
Big Money-Raising
Sale
30
worth of Dry
Goods Clothing Hats Shoes
Groceries Hardware etc.
To go at unheard-of prices.
New "Goods
Arriving Daily
And the Prices Will Astonish You.
PAUL G. SAFFA
Krebs Okla.
Free wagon yard for farmers back of
store. Water free.
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