Floyd v. Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.

The plaintiff in error was plaintiff, and the defendant in error, defendant, below. The complaint *154alleged that on the 6th day of June, 1893, the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant in the converting department of the defendant’s works, and had charge, with others, during his working hours, of the practical operation of melting the iron in the cupolas preparatory to its conversion into steal; that each of the cupolas was fitted with a device called a runner, which was used for the purpose of carrying-off the slag or refuse material forming in the cupolas during the process of melting-…