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44 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
Robert P. Burgan, president and general manager;
George M. Hosack, vice-president; Joel T. M.
Stoneroad. secretary and treasurer; Jesse H. Sanford,
director, and George W. Kline, superintendent
of construction; all of the Carnegie Coal Co.
THE COAI. TRADE BULLETIN, in a recent issue
dealt with the growing scope of the Carnegie Coal
Co.. which through its new operations and absorption
of the Chartiers Coal Co.. making it the
second largest producer of exclusively thin vein
coal in the Pittsburgh district. With the Primrose.
Carnegie and new Oakdale mines of the company
in full operation its output will be over 4,000
tons the day.
TRAVELING COAL SALESMEN ORGANIZE.
At a meeting of a number of the traveling coal
salesmen, held at the Great Northern Hotel, Chicago,
recently, the initiative was taken and by
unanimous vote of those present a temporary organization,
planned to be of national scope later,
was perfected, membership in which will be confined
to the coal trade and formed along somewhat
similar lines to the Hoo Hoos among the
lumber interests. Its object is to promote and
cultivate the welfare and happiness of its members;
to discourage the practice of "knocking" and
to encourage the habit of "boosting." Mr. George
N. Barclay was elected temporary chairman and
Mr. Arthur W. Hull was chosen as temporary secretary.
As a committee to draft the constitution
and by-laws, there was appointed Messrs. Paul F.
Irwin, Elmer Martin and H. B. Dupuy. The committee
on ritual consists of Messrs. George N.
Barclay, J. B. Foster, John N. McCabe, Elmer
Martin, M. M. Morrow, H. B. Dupuy, G. W. Mc­
Cullough, Paul F. Irwin, Ralph Hammett. Tom C.
Collins, A. F. Boos and C. F. Lemmon. Another
meeting will be called to take place within 30
days. Membership will later be extended for
other branches of the coal industry. It is desired
that all those who are in favor of the movement
correspond with the temporary secretary at
1431 Monadnock block, Chicago.
A coal mine in the frozen north was one thing
found by the Ziegler expedition. H. H. Newcombe.
Milford, Mass., and Dr. J. C. Vaughan, Newark,
N. J., have reached Canada after having accompanied
the American Ziegler expedition in the
Arctic since 1903. Mr. Newcombe told of an important
coal discovery up the side of a steep mountain
and how the men dug out a winter's supply
of coal and. on their backs, carried it to their
camp.
The miners' conciliation board met at Wilkes-
Barre September 12. In the absence of President
Connell, W. J. Richards, of the Reading company,
presided. The session was devoted to the grievances
of the employes of the Silver Brook Coal
Co.. who claimed that the sliding scale should be
computed on the basis of $1 a car. The men claim
that they receive only 19 cents a ear.
* * *
Following assertions that miners' certificates
had been sold to men who did not pass the required
examination, the court at Wilkes-Barre has
appointed an entirely new board for the Hazleton
region. They are Griffith E. Jones, Patrick Smith,
Eli Rosser, Chris Sundrock, Joshua Griffith.
Thomas Hurley, Peter Snyder, Clark Price and
Pierce Brittain.
* * *
One of the features of a miners' mass meeting
held at Priceburg, Pa., recently was the presentation
by several girls to President Mitchell of a
miniature coal car filled with birdseye coal. The
car was on a small track built for the purpose.
It was pulled by a mule, and the most peculiar
thing of all was the fact that the driver wore a
union button.
* * *
The Lytle Coal Co., Scranton. Pa., which is allied
with the Susquehanna Coal Co., has established a
relief fund for its miners. The miners will be
assessed according to the wages which they receive,
those earning $2.00 per day or over paying
$2.25 per month.
* * *
The coal conciliation board at Cardiff, Wales,
has decided in favor of the coal mine owners who
applied to have the miners' wages reduced 3%
per cent. This brings the wages down to the minimum.
* * *
About half of the 300 miners in the North Leavenworth
coal mines of Leavenworth, Kas., went
on strike August 28, alleging the weighmaster was
giving them short weights and demanding his
discharge.
* * *
The miners of the extensive coal region of the
valley of Arnabal in Spain have struck. Severe
measures have been adopted to preserve order.
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Mitchell day, which falls on Sunday this year,
will be celebrated in the anthracite regions on the
preceding Saturday, October 28.