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accidents Albia Appanoose Appanoose county biennial Boonsboro Bros Centerville Cheer Coal Chicago Coal and Mining Coal Company Coal Mining company's Coroner cubic feet district double entry system ending June 30 escape shaft explosion Fall of coal Fall of slate Falling slate feet deep feet thick hereunto hoisting horse power injured Inspector Iowa Island & Pacific James Jasper County John Keokuk Keokuk county Kirkville labor Leg broken located Long wall Longwall Lucas county Mahaska county Marion county Milwaukee & St miners employed Mining company mining law Moines Muchachinock mule Mystic NAME OF COMPANY non-fatal number of mines operates a drift operates a shaft Oskaloosa Ottumwa output Paul railroad Phillips Polk county POSTOFFICE Rock Island Room and pillar safety catches shot steam power Superintendent thickness of vein Thomas trade Vein of coal ventilated by fan ventilated by furnace volume of air Wapello Coal Wapello county Webster county Whitebreast Fuel William
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Page 92 - ... mine, at least two separate outlets, separated by natural strata of not less than one hundred feet in breadth, by which shafts or outlets distinct means of ingress and egress are always available to the persons employed in the mine, but...
Page 120 - ... at the time of the accident which resulted in the death of...
Page 126 - The owner or agent of every coal mine, wh'ether it be operated bv shaft, slope, or drift, shall provide and maintain for every such mine an amount of ventilation of not less than one hundred cubic feet of air per minute for each person...
Page 152 - ... not more than one person on behalf of the miners collectively shall have such right of access, examination and inspection of scales, measures and accounts at the same time, and that such person shall make no unnecessary interference with the use of such scales, machinery or apparatus.
Page 127 - ... shall have discretion to order a separate current for a smaller number of men if special conditions render it necessary. Whenever the Inspector of mines shall find men working without sufficient air or under any unsafe conditions he shall first give the operator a...
Page 134 - ... and after the expiration of the period above mentioned should said mines not have the outlets aforesaid, they shall not be operated until made to conform to the provisions of section eight.
Page 131 - The agent of the miners as aforesaid shall, before entering upon his duties make and subscribe to an oath before some officer duly authorized to administer oaths, that he is duly qualified and will faithfully discharge the duties of check-weighman. Such oath shall be kept conspicuously posted at the place of weighing.
Page 128 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days.
Page 1 - ... employee from obtaining employment with any other person, company or corporation, such person, agent or corporation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars...
Page 133 - That if any person, agent, company or corporation, after having discharged any employe from his or its service shall prevent or attempt to prevent by word or writing of any kind such discharged employe from obtaining employment with any other person, company, or corporation, except by furnishing in writing on request a truthful statement as to the cause of his discharge, such person, agent or corporation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor...