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FIFTH DISTRICT MINERS
HOLD THEIR CONVENTION.
The sixteenth annual convention of the United
Mine Workers of the Fifth district of Pennsylvania
was held last week in Pittsburgh. On all
questions of importance the proceedings were harmonious
and what little sentiment against employers
was manifested during the discussion of
grievances was changed by evidence and assurance
that no occasion existed for hostile action.
The high personal esteem in which President Patrick
Dolan and the other principal officers are
held, and the general confidence in their ability
and integrity, was amply shown by the fact that
they were re-elected without a dissenting vote in
a poll of over 7,000. It was Mr. Dolan's ninth reelection.
The annual report and address of President
Dolan embodied a review of the principal events
and incidents of the year. Mr. Dolan took advantage
of the occasion to point out the unvarying
benefit derived during the year through following
the advice of the leaders and settling all disputes
with employers without recourse to strikes
or hostile manifestations.
The secretary's report showed that the membership
in the district had grown to 23,844, a gain of
nearly 3,400 in the last year. A satisfactory balance
in the treasury was announced and the only
unpleasant feature of the report was the revelation
that some dishonesty had existed among those
handling the funds of local unions. The losses
were not of sufficient extent to cause embarrassment.
The election of officers resulted as follows:
President, Patrick Dolan; vice-president, Uriah
Bellingham; secretary-treasurer, William Dodds;
national executive board member, William Little.
District executive board, J. W. Fisher. John
Dwyer, A. J. Kwaterski. Frank McKenna, Thomas
Dean, John McCartney, Matthew Kerrigan,
Thomas Phillips, Thomas Sheehan. Auditor, John
Stephard. District tellers, Daniel Laughlin,
Thomas Feeney.
The scale committee submitted the following report:
"We, the scale committee, find no violation of
the interstate agreement and recommend that the
following matters be taken up:
"First—Scale for outside day labor.
"Second—That thick slate should be paid for
and price inserted in the scale.
"Third—House coal for employes.
"Fourth—Company store question.
"We recommend that a committee and our district
officials meet the operators after the convention
and adjust these matters."
Secretary Dodds. speaking to a resolution, declared
the district president, Patrick Dolan, was
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a receptive candidate for nomination for the legislature
from Washington county, and asked the
convention to place itself squarely on record in
the support of their district president. The resolution
had unanimous endorsement.
Chicago Coal Statistics.
ANTHRACITE RECEIPTS.
1904, Tons. 1903, Tons.
By lake 939,035 1,176,306
By rail S47.134 993,083
Totals 1,786,169 2,169,399
Shipments to outside points. 519,349 606,711
BITUMINOUS RECEIPTS.
Source of Supply. 1904, Tons. 1903, Tons.
Pennsylvania 478,489 617,521
Ohio 571,776 666,265
West Virginia 961,395 908,154
Illinois 4,044,626 4,301,803
Indiana 2,668,381 2,610,716
Totals 8,724,667 9,104,459
Coke received 367,596 591,125
Total bituminous coal & coke.9,092,263 9.695,584
BITUMINOUS SHIPMENTS.
1904, Tons. 1903, Tons.
Coal 2,092,161 2,184,193
Coke 245,052 375,942
NEW COAL LINE FOR NOVA SCOTIA.
The Mabou & Gulf Railway Co., composed of
Boston and Nova Scotia capitalists, are making
preparations to commence the construction of a
railway line from their collieries at Mabou to
Orangedale, on the Intercolonial Railway, a distance
of forty miles. The purpose of this is to
secure an outlet for the supply of the local markets
throughout the province during the close season.
The company has a large pier, where it will ship
.he coal in the summer months. Only one or two
cargoes were shipped last summer, but next year
i large output is expected, as several important
orders have been booked, both in the provinces
and along the St. Lawrence. The company has
three seams of coal, seven, eight and fifteen feet
in depth respectively.
Tennessee's Coal Production.
Tennessee's coal production during 1904 was
4,500,000 short tons, valued at $5,620,000. This is
an increase of more than half a million dollars
over the output of 1903. More than 16,500 persons
are employed in the mining industries of the
state, whose aggregate wages for the year 1904
amounted to $6,550,000.