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Mr. Ratchford is unswerving in his devotion to the Republican party, and has ably discussed the issues for which his party stands in many states of the Union during' national and state campaigns.
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THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
T HE Commissioner of Labor Statistics is appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of two years. The Chief Clerk and office force of the Bureau are appointed by the Commissioner with the consent of the Governor. The superintendents and clerks of the five Free Public Employment Offices, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo, which are under the direction and supervision of the Bureau, are also appointed by the Commissioner, with consent of the Governor, in the same manner for a term of two years.
The Bureau, under the law-Section 308 of the Revised Statutes -- collects, arranges and systematizes all statistics relating to the various branches of labor in the state, and especially those relating to the com- mercial, industrial, social, educational and sanitary conditions of the labor- ing classes.
COMMISSIONERS OF LABOR STATISTICS.
Appointive by the Governor, and Term of Office for Two Years.
Incumbents.
Years of Service.
Terms.
Henry J. Wall's
Four
1877-1881
Henry Lusky
Four
1881-1885
Larkin McHugh
Two
1885-1887
Alonzo D. Fassett
Three
1887-1890
John McBride
Two
1890-1892
Wm. T. Lewis
Four
1892-1896
Wm. Ruehrwein
Two
1896-1898
J. P. Jones
Two
1898-1900
M. D. Ratchford
Incumbent
1900-1902
M. D. Ratchford
Incumbent
1902-1904
M. D. Ratchford
Incumbent
1904-1906
Note-Commissioner Fassett was legislated out of office in 1890, and was succeeded by Mr. McBride, who resigned before his term expired.
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GEORGE HARRISON.
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G EORGE HARRISON, Chief Inspector of Mines, was born in Greenhead, Northumberland County, England, April 30, 1846, and went to work in the mines at the age of eight years and passed through all the stages of labor connected with mines from trapper boy up to superintendent and man- ager. Was a trade unionist from boyhood, and having removed to Durham County in 1863, was an active worker in the establishment and maintenance of the Durham Mines Union, and for many years was one of its representa- tives and a member of its Executive Board in the seventies. Came to Amer- ica in 1880, and located in Byesville, Guernsey County, Ohio, and has resided in the state ever since. During these years he was connected with the prac- tical mine workers and since 1887, has had charge of the management of mines located in Guernsey, Portage, Mahoning, Jefferson, Jackson and Perry Counties. He was president of the Miners' Union in the Cambridge District for a number of years and a state organizer and secretary of the Miners' State Executive Board, and was one of the fearless advocates of conciliation and arbitration in the councils of the miners in the eighties, when the National Federation first assumed great powers. He has always been an active worker in mining matters, and his admonitions were always listened to by that or- ganization which is so powerful in the coal-producing districts of the United States.
From April, 1895, to August, 1903, he was in charge of mining properties in Jackson County, owned by the Wainwright Coal Company, and is still a resident of Wellston of that county. From July, 1903, up to the time he was appointed Chief Inspector of Mines, by Governor Myron T. Herrick, on May 25, 1904, he was associated with W. A. Gosline & Co., of Toledo, Ohio, open- ing up mining property in Perry County.
Since assuming the office of Chief Inspector of Mines Mr. Harrison has conducted the affairs of his department without fear or favor, devoting his whole time and attention to his duties, and seeing that the mining laws are strictly observed and the health and lives of the miners protected as pro- vided for by statutory law.
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THE INSPECTOR OF MINES.
A REVIEW OF THE OHIO STATE MINING DEPARTMENT.
I N the year 1871, owing to a catastrophe occurring in the Avondale Mine, located in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania, in which one hundred and nine persons lost their lives for the want of a second opening, the miners of this State held meetings and signed petitions re- questing that laws be enacted to regulate and ventilate mines, and that an authorized official supervisor be appointed. These petitions were presented to the Senate by Senator Woodworth, of Mahoning County, and were re- ferred to a select committee of seven senators from the mining regions of the State. This committee authorized Senator Daugherty to prepare a bill on the subject. Six of the seven senators recommended the passage of the bill, but it was met with persistent opposition from interested par- ties.
Senator Woodworth thereupon introduced a joint resolution in the Senate, authorizing the Governor to appoint a commission of three com- petent persons, one or more of whom should be practical miners, to in- spect the leading coal mines of the State in regard to ventilation, means of ingress and egress, and all other matters affecting the lives and health of the miners ; and also to inquire into the cause of strikes and report to the Governor, for the use of the Legislature, the facts found in the prem- ises, recommending such legislation as in the judgment of the commission the facts might demand. Governor Hayes appointed a board composed of the following members: Charles Reemelin, of Cincinnati ; B. F. Skin- ner, of Pomeroy; and Andrew Roy, of Glen Roy, Ohio. This board was on duty four months. In the month of January of the following year (1872) the report of the commissioners was laid before the Legislature. Senator Jones, of Trumbull County, chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining in the Senate, introduced the bill for the ventilation and in- spection of mines at this session, which, although passing the Senate by a unanimous vote, failed to secure a constitutional majority in the House, and a substitute by Representative Conrad, of Portage County, was made a law. This substitute contained all the provisions of the Senate bill, except as to the official supervision of the mines by the State. Owing to the fact that it failed to provide for the inspection of mines, its precepts and provisions were disregarded by nearly every mine owner in the State. Accordingly Governor Hayes, in his next annual message to the Legis- lature, called attention to its defects, and urged the Legislature to so amend the law as to provide for authorized official supervision ; otherwise it would continue to be for the most part inoperative. Mr. Sterling, of the House, introduced a bill supplementary to and amendatory of the law, as enacted, providing for a State inspector of mines, and prescribing his duties, but this failed to become a law.
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The Inspector of Mines.
However, during the early part of the session of the Legislature, two bills were introduced in the House of Representatives for the inspec- tion of mines, one by Mr. McLain, of Trumbull County, the other by Mr. Baker, of Perry County. The McLain bill was amendatory to the act in force, and had the same object in view as the bill introduced by Mr. Baker, but the Baker bill, containing the whole act, was adopted in coni- mittee as being simpler than the other, and it became a law.
On April 6, 1874, Wm. Allen, Governor of Ohio, appointed Andrew Roy, Dell Roy, Ohio, to be the first, Inspector of Mines. On April 18, 1881, a law was enacted by the General Assembly providing for the ap- pointment of an assistant Inspector of Mines, and on June 4, of the same year, Jacob I. Klein, of Stark County, was appointed to fill that posi- tion by State Mine Inspector Andrew Roy, by and with the approval of the Governor. 1
On April II, 1884, a bill was introduced in the House, which was subsequently amended by the Senate, and passed in its amended form, creating the office of Chief Inspector of Mines, with an assistant desig- nated as a District Inspector in each district. The State was divided into three districts and three District Inspectors appointed. This was due to the rapid growth of the mining industry, and the great increase in the number of mines, which in turn increased the amount of work to be done in the office, making it impossible for the Inspector, with one as- sistant, to perform these duties in a satisfactory manner.
- On March 24, 1888, the General Assembly amended Section 290 of the IRevised Statutes, providing for the appointment of five District In- spectors instead of three. Again on April 18, 1892, Section 290 of the Revised Statutes was revised and supplemented by an additional sec- tion, by the General Assembly, which provided for the appointment of seven District Inspectors. This number has been maintained up to the present time. The following is a list of the Chief Inspector of Mines, and the term of office served by each, since the creation of the department, together with a list of the Deputy Mine Inspectors, and the time served by each :
It might be of interest in connection with the history of the Mining Department to note the following facts: When the Department was first created there were in operation about two hundred mines. The statistics received for the year 1903 disclose the following: Nine hundred and eleven mines in operation, employing forty-one thousand three hundred and ninety-six men; amount of coal produced, twenty-four million five hundred and seventy-three thousand two hundred and sixty-six tons; number of mining machines in use, seven hundred and seventy-four; amount of coal produced by mining machines, fourteen million five hun- dred and sixty thousand nine hundred and thirty-one tons ; tons of fire clay mined, one million five hundred and sixty-seven thousand six hundred and three.
APPOINTMENTS SINCE THE CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Name of Inspector.
County.
Governor by whom appointed.
Term began.
Term expired.
Time served.
Remarks.
[Chief Inspectors.
Andrew Roy, D
Trumbull .
Wm. Allen, D
Jos. D. Poston, D. . ·
Hocking .
R. M. Bishop, D.
David Owens,D.
Trumbull .
R. M. Bishop, D.
April 6, 1874 April 6, 1878 Nov. 16, 1879
April 6, 1878 Nov. 15, 1879 Feb. 12, 1880
4 years . .. . . 1 yr. 7 mos .. 3 months .. .
Resigned. Not confirmed by Senate.
Andrew Roy, R
Chas. Foster, R.
Feb. 12, 1880
Feb. 16, 1884
4 years .
Thos. B. Bancroft, D.
Jackson .. Gallia .
Geo. Hoadley, D
Feb. 16, 1884
April 1,1888
4 yrs. 1} mos.
Robt. M. Haseltine, R.
Mahoning
Joseph B. Foraker, R. . Joseph B. Foraker, R. . | Wm. McKinley, Jr., R. . | May 1,1892 May
1,1888
April 30, 1892
4 years . .. ·
4 years . ·
Robt. M. Haseltine, R.
Mahoning
Asa S. Bushnell, R ..... Geo. K. Nash, R .. .
May
1,1900
April 30, 1904 April 30, 1908
District Inspectors.
Jacob J. Klein, R. ... John P.Williams, R ... Austin P. King, Jr., D Wm. Dalrymple, D ...
Stark
Chas. Foster, R. .
June 4, 1881
Trumbull .
Chas. Foster, R.
Jan. 26, 1883
Geo. Hoadley, D. .
Feb. 16, 1884
May 1,1884
Jan. 26, 1883 Feb. 16, 1884 April 30, 1886 Mar. 1, 1884
2 yrs. 72 mos. 1 yr. 21 days 2 yrs. 22 mos. 3 yrs. 10 mos.
Resigned. Resigned, held
over, as no ap- pointment was made at expi- ration of term, May 1, 1887.
Wm. A. Davis, D. .. Joseph L. Morris, R ...
D. J. Harry, R. .. . . .
Jackson ..
Jackson ..
May 1,1888
April 30, 1891
3 years . .. .
Meigs .
May 1,1888
April 30, 1891
3 years . .. .
Athens ..
Geo. Hoadley, D .. Joseph B. Foraker, R. . Joseph B. Foraker, R. . Joseph B. Foraker, R. Joseph B. Foraker, R. . Joseph B. Foraker, R. . | May
May 1,1884
Feb. 15, 1886 June 1,1889 April 30, 1888
1 yr. 9} mos. 3 yrs. 2} mos.
Coshocton
Feb. 15, 1886 April 1,1888
1 month .. ... .
D. J. Harry, R .. .. David E. Evans, R ... Jas. W. Haughee, R .. |
3 years ·
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The Inspector of Mines.
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Resigned. Reappointed. Reappointed. Reappointed.
Robt. M. Haseltine, R.
Mahoning
May
1,1896
April 30, 1900
4 years . ·
Elmer G. Biddison, R. George Harrison, R ...
Athens
Jackson .
Myron T. Herrick, R .. .
May 1,1904
April 30, 1888
1 month .
Robt. M. Haseltine, R.
Mahòning
April 30, 1896
Incumbent. Incumbent.
Resigned.
Columbiana . Athens ..
Geo. Hoadley, D.
Guernsey ..
Resigned. Resigned. Reappointed.
1,1888
April 30, 1891
.
April 1, 1888
39-B. A.
APPOINTMENTS SINCE THE CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT .- Continued.
.
Name of Inspector.
County.
Governor by whom appointed.
Term began.
Term expired.
Time served.
Remarks.
District Inspectors- Continued.
Robert Bell, R ..
Stark
Joseph B. Foraker, R. .
May 8,1886
April 30, 1887
11 mos. 23 d .
Robert Bell, R ..
Stark .
Joseph B. Foraker, R.
May
1,1887
April 30, 1888
Robert Bell, R .. ..
Stark
Joseph B. Foraker, R. .
May 1,1888
Aug. 11, 1890
Ebenezer Lewis, D.
Summit
Jas. E. Campbell, D. ..
Aug. 11, 1890
April 30, 1891
Ebenezer Lewis, D.
Summit .
Jas. E. Campbell, D. ..
May 1,1891
June 1,1889
Aug. 1, 1891
2 yrs. 2 mos. . |
Reappointed.
Thos. H. Love, R.
Carroll
1 y. 9 m. 15 d. | Reappointed.
Thos. H. Love, R.
Carroll .
Jas. E. Campbell, D ... .
Aug. 1,1891
July 15, 1892
Jno. E. Short, D.
Hocking
Jas. E. Campbell, D. .. . May 1,1891
May 7,1894
Adam P.McDonald, D. Wm. H. Turner, D ... Jas. W. Haughee, R ..
Perry .
Jas. E. Campbell, D. .
May 1,1891
July 15, 1892
Guernsey ..
Jas. E. Campbell, D.
May 1,1891
April 30, 1894
Athens . .
Wm. McKinley, R ...
June 17, 1892
June 28, 1892
Apptd., resg.
Robt. H. Miller, R. .. Robt. H. Miller, R. ..
Perry ..
Wm. McKinley, R .. .
July 15, 1892
April 30, 1894
1 yr. 92 mos. .. 4 yrs. 2} mos.
Perry .. ·
Wm. McKinley, R ... . .
May 1,1894
July 15, 1898
Athens . . ·
Wm. McKinley, R .. . .
July 15, 1892. .
July 15, 1895
3 years . ..
Athens .. .
Wm. Mc Kinley, R .. .
July 15, 1895
July 15, 1898
Stark
Wm. McKinley, R
July 15,1892
July 15, 1895
Stark ..
Wm. McKinley, R.
July 15,1895
May
9,1894
May 21, 1897
2 yrs. 53 mos. 3 yrs. 12 days | 2 y. 11 m.28 d 3 years ..
Belmont . ..
Wm. McKinley, R .. .
May 1,1894
May 19, 1900 April 30, 1897 June 1, 1900 April 30, 1903
3 yrs. 1 mo. . . 2 yrs. 11 mos.
Thos. McGough
Belmont
Geo. K. Nash, R.
May
1,1903
3 years . .
Rees T. Davis
Columbiana . .
Wm. McKinley, R
May
1,1894
April 30, 1906 April 30, 1897
3 years . .. .
The Inspector of Mines.
THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
To take effect July 15, before entering on his duties.
Reappointed.
Reappointed.
3 years . 3 years .
Jackson .. ..
Wm. Mc Kinley, R .. Asa S. Bushnell, R.
May 21,1897
.
Asa S. Bushnell, R ... . May 1,1897
Thos. McGough ..
Belmont .
Geo. K. Nash, R. .. June 1,1900
Reappointed. Reappointed. Reappointed. Incumbent. Reappointed.
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Reappointed. Reappointed. Resigned. Reappointed.
Thos. H. Love, R.
Carroll
Joseph B. Foraker, R. July 15, 1892 Wm. McKinley, Jr., R .. Wm. McKinley, Jr., R .. May 1,1894
April 30, 1894
Feb. 15, 1898
3 yrs. 9} mos. 11 mos. 15 d. [ Resigned.
Wm. B. Rennie, D. ..
Tuscarawas
3 yrs. 7 days . 1 yr. 2} mos. . 3 years .
Resigned.
Alexander Beattie, R . Alexander Beattie, R . Jno. P. Jones, R. ... . Jno. P. Jones, R. . Saml. Llewellyn, R .. Saml. Llewellyn, R .. Thos. McGough .. Thos. McGough
Dec. 31, 1897
Jackson .. ·
Reappointed. Resigned. Reappointed.
Belmont . . ·
1 year . . . . 2 y. 3 m. 11 d. 8 mos. 20 d .. 3 years . .. .
April 30, 1894
APPOINTMENTS SINCE THE CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT .- Concluded.
Name of Inspector.
County.
Governor by whom appointed.
Term began.
Term expired.
Time served.
Remarks.
District Inspectors- Concluded.
Rees T. Davis
Columbiana .
Asa S. Bushnell, R ... .
May 1,1897
May 31, 1900
Wm. K. Moore .
Stark
Asa S. Bushnell, R ...
Jan. 17, 1898
July 15, 1898
Wm. K. Morre ..
Stark
Asa S. Bushnell, R ...
July 15,1898
July 1, 1900
Jas. P. Davis
Carroll Asa S. Bushnell, R .. . .
Feb. 15, 1898
April 30, 1900
Lucius W. Hull.
Athens ..
Asa S. Bushnell, R. ..
July 15, 1898
July 15, 1899 May 30, 1900 July 15, 1901
1 y. 10 m. 15 d.
David H. Williams.
Athens ..
Asa S. Bushnell, R.
July 15, 1899
R. M. Mason
Hocking .
Geo. K. Nash, R .
May 19,1900
April 30, 1903
Thos. McGough .
Belmont
Geo. K. Nash, R.
June 1,1900
April 30, 1903
Perry . . . .
Geo. K. Nash, R ..
June 1,1900
June 9, 1903
W. H. Turner . ·
Guernsey ... . ·
Geo. K. Nash, R. ..
June 1,1900
April 30, 1903
Wm. D. Miller ..
Stark
Geo. K. Nash, R .. ...
July
1,1900
Jas. P. Davis.
Carroll .. .
Geo. K. Nash, R ...
Jan. 1,1901
David H. Williams. .
Athens .. .
Geo. K. Nash, R. . ..
July 15,1901
W. H. Turner
Stark ·
Geo. K. Nash, R. . ..
July May
1,1903
July 15, 1904 April 30, 1906
R. M. Mason .
Hocking . ... .
Geo. K. Nash, R ..
May
1,1903
Aug. 15, 1903
W. H. Turner
Guernsey .. . ·
Geo. K. Nash, R .. ..
May 1,1903
April 30, 1906
Jas. P. Davis. ..
Carroll
Geo. K. Nash, R. ..
May 1,1903
John Winefordner .
Muskingum . .
Geo. K. Nash, R. .
June 9,1903
Ed. S. Smith
Hocking ..
·
Geo. K. Nash, R. .
Aug. 15, 1903
Thos. Waters ..
Jackson ... .
Myron T. Herrick, R . ..
June 1,1903
L. W. Hull
Hocking .....
Myron T. Herrick ..
. . June 1, 1903
April 30, 1906
D. H. Williams
Athens . . ...
Myron T. Herrick
July 15, 1904
W. H. Miller
Stark
Myron T. Herrick
July 15, 1904
July 15, 1907 July 15, 1907
Reappointed. Resigned. Reappointed. Resigned. Reappointed. Reappointed. Reappointed. Reappointed. Resigned.
The Inspector of Mines.
Reappointed. Reappointed. Reappointed. Incumbent.
Thos. McGough
Belmont . .. .
Geo. K. Nash, R. . ..
3 years . 3 m. 15 days.
Resigned. Incumbent. Incumbent.
11 m. 21 days 9 m. 15 days .
Resigned. Resigned.
Incumbent. . Incumbent. Reappointed. Reappointed.
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.
.. ·
July 15, 1901 April 30, 1903 July 15, 1904
3 yrs. 9 days . 2 yr. 10 m29d 1 yr. 14 days . 2 y. 3 m. 29 d.
Reappointed. !
Reappointed.
David B. Wilson ..
Perry
Asa S. Bushnell, R.
July 15,1898
3 yrs. 1 mo .. . months 1 y. 10 m.15d. 2 y. 2 m. 15 d. 1 year .
2 years ... . 2 y. 11 m. 11d 2 y. 10 m. 29d
·
15,1901
April 30, 1906 May 30, 1904 May 30, 1904 April 30, 1906
David B. Wilson ..
SAM HUSTON.
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AM HUSTON, the present State Highway Commissioner, was born in Island Creek township, Jefferson County, Ohio, February 28th, 1850, and spent his early years upon a farm. He was educated in common schools, acad- emy and college, graduating and receiving his diploma in the Scientific and Engineering Course. Served as a member of Board of Education and as Town- ship Clerk. Was elected County Surveyor of Jefferson County in 1885, and re-elected in 1888, 1391, 1894 and 1897, serving from January, 1886, to Sep- tember, 1901, a period of fifteen years and eight months. The Legislature, during his incumbency, changed the beginning of the official year of the office of County Surveyor from January to September, causing an interim of eight months to which he was appointed by the County Commissioners.
During his service as County Surveyor and Engineer he had charge of the construction of a large number of miles of improved roads in Jefferson County, costing in the aggregate upward of $800,000. One system included 78 miles. Included in the work under his charge was about 120 miles of stone and brick surfaced roads, together with about 30 miles which were graded without sur- facing. Mr. Huston has studied, investigated and promoted good roads for thirty-three years, beginning his work of promotion of good roads in 1874, and in doing so has visited forty-one states and territories, traveling from Maine to California.
Mr. Huston was appointed State Highway Commissioner June 30th, 1904, by Governor Herrick, for the term ending June 30th, 1908.
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STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
T HE Highway Department was created by the 76th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, at its regular session, the act being entitled "An act to establish a state highway department by the appoint- ment of a state highway commissioner and assistants, and defining the du- ties of the office, and to provide for a system of state, county and township co-operation in the permanent improvement of public highways." The act was passed April 18, 1904. On the same day another act was passed "Providing for the operations of the State Highway Department and pro- viding for investigating the chemical and physical character of road making material, etc." The intention of the department is indicated in Bulletin No. I, issued March 14, 1905.
Section 2 of the bill "To establish a state highway department" pro- vides, that the Highway Commissioner may make inquiries in regard to the best methods of road making throughout the United States. This recognizes that the science of road building is one of advancement, and that the Department of Highways is to be a progressive one, and that it shall keep in touch with whatever is new in road building, and make it available for the benefit of the State. Along the same line is the provision that the Commissioner may "make investigations and experiments in re- gard to the best methods of road making and the best kinds of road material and investigate the chemical and physical character of road materials."
The Department is to be a school for the dissemination of informa- tion to the people of the State as to the needs and developments in the science and practice of road building, and in carrying out the evident intent of the Legislature, the Commissioner of Highways expects to take part in meetings and conventions in the interest of good roads through- out the state, and aid local authorities to the economical and effective expenditure of the funds at their command for road construction and maintenance.
The work of the Department will not in any manner interfere with, nor supersede the local authorities in their work of road construction and maintenance under former laws, but hopes to co-operate in a friendly way and to mutual benefit.
The second purpose of the acts of the Seventy-sixth General As- sembly is to provide that the State Highway Department should have the direction of the construction and future maintenance of such roads as might be built under any State appropriation for aid, or from any appro- priation from the federal government.
The Department is organized as follows :
Commissioner Sam Houston Jefferson County.
Assistant Commissioner D. W. Seitz. Putnam County.
Chief Clerk
L. A. Alcock. Lucas County.
Stenographer
Miss Hannah Jones Franklin County.
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THE INSPECTOR OF WORKSHOPS AND FACTORIES.
J. H. MORGAN, present Chief Inspector of the Department of Workshops and Factories, was born in Wales, February 14, 1862. With his parents he came to this country in 1869, locating at Newark, Ohio. Attended the public schools until fourteen years of age, when he went to work in the glass factory. Two years later removed to Cleveland, where he worked in the sheet rolling department of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Co .; removed to Bridgeport in the autumn of 1885, and in 1890 removed to Cambridge, where he still resides.
A sheet and tin roller by occupation, he always took an active interest in labor organizations; has been national vice-president and national trustee of the A. A. of S. I. and T. W. In; 1895 he was elected State Senator to repre- sent the 19th District in the Seventy-second General Assembly. On December 1, 1901, was appointed Chief Inspector of Workshops and Factories.
T HE department originated from the urgent appeals of organized labor throughout the State to the General Assembly, and its pur- pose is to save life and limb by ordering safeguards to be thrown around all dangerous machinery and looking after sanitary conditions in workshops and factories and ordering fire escapes on such shops where necessary, and causing all owners of buildings used for the assemblage of people to supply them with proper means of egress and fire protection.
The act of 1884 creating the Department of Workshops and Fac- tories, provided for the appointment of one inspector by the Governor, but did not specify the term of office or make any provisions for office room. Henry Dorn, of Cleveland, was appointed Inspector, and entered on the duties of his office April 14, 1884, establishing headquarters at Cleve- land. April 29, 1885, the act was amended creating the office of Chief Inspector, and providing for the appointment of three District Inspectors, and locating the department in the State Capitol. Henry Dorn was ap- pointed Chief Inspector, serving from April 29, 1885, to April 29, 1889.
W. Z. McDonald, of Akron, was appointed Chief Inspector April 29, 1889, and served one full term to April 29, 1893. March 23, 1892, the law was amended empowering the Chief Inspector to appoint eight addi- tional District Inspectors. Mr. McDonald was reappointed for a second term and served until June 12, 1893, when removed.
E. M. Slack, of Columbus, the chief clerk, was placed in charge of the department, as acting Chief Inspector, June 12, 1893, and served until December 7, 1893, in that capacity.
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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.
The Inspector of Workshops and Factories.
J. W. Knaub, of Dayton, was appointed Chief Inspector to fill the vacancy occasioned by removal of W. Z. McDonald, December 7, 1893, and served until April 29, 1897; reappointed for a term of four years, term ending April 29, 1901, and served until December 1, 1901, when the present incumbent was appointed.
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