TETLOW, Percy, labor union official, was born in Leetonia, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1875, son of William and Ann (Hadfield) Tetlow. His father was a coal miner. Percy Tetlow received his preliminary education at public schools in his native town through the eighth grade, and in 1900-01 he took a special course in mine engineering through the Scranton (Pa.) School of Mines. Meanwhile, he went to work at the age of twelve in the soft-coal mines at Washingtonville, Ohio. Becoming an early member of the Knights of Labor, Tetlow subsequently devoted his career to the mine industry and its organizations, and in 1890 he was a charter member of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW). Continuing for several years as a mine worker, he served the UMW as president of a sub-district of District 6 from 1901 to 1911 and as a special representative of the international union of the UMW during 1911-15. He then served for various periods as UMW statistician and again as a special representative of that organization. Following the Second World War he was instrumental in the establishment of the miners' pioneering welfare and retirement fund, and he served thereafter until his death as special representative on the international staff of the UMW, working in close association with John L. Lewis, long-time president of the UMW. Active also in various state and federal posts, Tetlow was a member of the Ohio Mine Commission in 1909 and during this period helped draft a model mine-safety law, a member of the 4th Constitutional Convention of that state in 1912, and a member of the state's house of representatives in the following year. In the last named capacity he was active in the passage of a workmen's compensation law that was later followed by many other legislatures. He was an organizer and in 1921-22 first director of the industrial relations affairs for the State of Ohio. In 1935 he was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, then President, as a member of the National Bituminous Coal Commission, serving in that post for the following eight years and as chairman during 1938-43. In 1927 he was a member of the International Mining Congress held in Paris, France. During the Spanish-American War, Tetlow saw service in Puerto Rico as a private in Co. B. 16th Volunteer Infantry, and during the First World War he served in France and Belgium as a captain in the U.S. Army, stationed with the 134th Machine Gun Battery, 37th Division, AEF. He attended a caucus in Paris, France, in 1919 that led to the establishment of the American Legion organization in this country at a convention held in the following year in St. Louis, Mo., to which he was a delegate. He held further membership in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spanish-American War Veterans, and the Knights of Pythias. His religious affiliation was with Riverside Methodist Church, Columbus, Ohio. In politics he was a Republican. His leisure-time activities included reading, hunting, fishing, playing baseball, and spectator sports, and he was considered an accomplished public speaker. He was married in Washingtonville, July 3, 1900, to Sadie M., daughter of Lambert Carrier of that place, a barber, and had three children: Harry Lee; Percy William; and Jessie Chadwick, who married John Brede. Percy Tetlow died in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 19, 1960.