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30 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
MINERS CENSURE THE LEGISLATURE.
At a recent meeting of the executive board of
sub-district No. 1 of district No. 2. of the United
Mine Workers of Pennsylvania, the following resolution
was passed:
WHEREAS, the late legislature of Pennsylvania
refused to enact legislation along the lines demanded
by organized labor for the relief of the
working classes, thereby continuing conditions that
are a disgrace to civilization and humanity, insulting
the intelligence of the workers and endorsing
the position of the unfair and unscrupulous
employers of labor to the disadvantage of those
who would be fair as well as the workers; therefore
be it
Resolved, that we in common with the representatives
of other organized bodies, condemn the
action of said legislature for such action; and,
further, be it
Resolved, that we recognize the fact that politi­
cal action by the workers is a necessity, and we
recommend that labor candidates be placed in
the field and supported by the laboring classes to
the end that we may get laws enacted that will be
of benefit to us as workers.
David Irvine, president; James Vallery, vicepresident;
J. W. Marsden, secretary-treasurer;
Mike Flynn, John E. Jones, Terrence McDermott,
Joseph McCoy. Samuel Mitchell, John Farrel, board
members.
THE HALF YEAR'S COKE PRODUCTION.
The first half of 1905 broke all previous records
in coke. In round numbers more man 7,000,000
tons of the silvery fuel were manufactured in
the Connellsville and Lower Connellsville regions.
The total for the year is expected to be well over
14,000,000 tons. In the history of the trade tonnage
never reached such an enormous total. The
weekly average for the Connellsville region during
the first six months of this year was 250,000
tons, or over 1,000,000 tons a month. Shipments
have been correspondingly large. For n^any
weeks they averaged over 14,000 cars a week. In
recent weeks they have fallen off owing to the
summer dullness, but the average is sustained by
excessive shipments in the earlier months of the
year.
Production in the second half of 1905 will not
fall much short of the total for the first six
months. In July and August estimated tonnage
will fall short, but September, October, November
and December are always big months. Just as
soon as the heated period is over furnaces will
blow in and demand for coke will increase accordingly.
Another feature of the fall production will
be the fact that a number of new ovens aggregat­
ing upwards of 1,500 ovens will be fired and making
coke. A year hence it is expected that the
tonnage of the Connellsville region alone will be
275,000 tons a week while the production in the
Lower Connellsville region by that time will reach
almost 100,000 tons weekly. Works are under
construction and planned in that district now
which will add at least 1.000 ovens to the total
now in the producing column.
JUNE OUTPUT OF ANTHRACITE.
The production of anthracite in June was 5,-
844,052 tons, against 5,728,795 tons in June, 1904,
an increase of 115,257 tons. The total anthracite
production for the half year ended June 30
was 30,716,997 tons, against 29,257,207 tons during
the corresponding period of 1904, an increase of
1,459,790 tons. The anthracite coal tonnage by
the different railroads for the month of June was
as follows:
1905. 1904.
Philadelphia & Reading 1,161,603 1,131,896
Lehigh Valley 986,461 916,306
Jersey Central 700,917 728,185
Del., Lack. & Western 888,273 893,061
Delaware & Hudson 537,450 518,127
Pennsylvania R. R 460,926 473,948
Erie 701,943 682,497
N. Y., O. & W 271,841 250,699
D. S. & S 140,638 134,076
Totals 5,844,052 5,728,795
ILLINOIS MINES REDISTRICTED.
The Illinois state board of labor statistics at a
meeting held at Springfield, June 27, re-districted
the state in mine inspection districts, under the
new law, providing for ten districts instead of
seven. The new districts are composed of the
following counties:
First district—Grundy, Kankakee, LaSalle, Will.
Second district—Bureau, Henry, Knox, Mercer,
Rock Island, Warren.
Third district—Livingstone, Marshall, Peoria,
Putnam, Stark, Woodford.
Fourth district—Fulton, Hancock, McDonough.
McLean, Tazewell.
Fifth district—Edgar, Macon, Vermillion.
Sixth district—Brown, Cass, Logan, Menard,
Sangamon, Schuyler.
Seventh district—Calhoun, Christian, Green, Jersey,
Macoupin, Montgomery, Morgan, Scott, Shelby.
Eighth district—Bond, Madison, St. Clair.
Ninth district—Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson,
Marion, Perry, Randolph, Washington.
Tenth district—Gallatin, Jackson, Johnston, Saline,
Williamson.