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48 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
Governon Pennypacker, of Pennsylvan a, has
appointed Mr. William Duncan, superintendent of
the Rainey works at Alverton, to be mine irspector
of the Eleventh district, to succeed Mr. W. J.
Mollison, of Scottdale, who resigned to become an
inspector of mines for the H. C. Frick Coke Co.
The appointment continues until May 1 when the
result of the recent examinations held in Pittsburgh
will be announced. Mr. Duncan was one
of the 88 persons examined for the sixteen places.
Mr. D. B. Stauft, formerly assistant general superintendent
of the Pittsburgh Terminal Railroad
Co.'s properties, has been made general superintendent
of the Federal Coal & Coke Co., whose
properties, consisting of more than 5,000 acres of
gas, steam and domestic coal are located along the
Paw Paw branch of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
The Robinson Machine Co., with works at Monongahela,
Pa., announces that it has moved its
general offices to suite 322, Frick building, Pittsburgh,
Pa. Mr. J. R. Robinson, the head of the
conipany, will make those offices his headquarters.
Mr. Addison Boren has been elected treasurer of
the company and will be located there.
Mr. J. V. Thompson, of Uniontown, Pa., as a
result of a recent large sale of Washington county
coal land, will endow the president's chair at
Washington & Jefferson College with $100,000.
The donor is a graduate of that institution.
Mr. D. H. Carpenter has resigned his position
as manager of the branch office of the Sullivan
Machinery Co., at El Paso. Tex., and has been
elected first vice-president of the Humphreys Manufacturing
Co., at Mansfield, Ohio.
Mr. W. J. Richards, general manager of the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co., was
elected by the coal operators of the Schuylkill
district to succeed the late R. C. Luther as a member
of the conciliation board.
The coal men of Columbus, O., are to have a
social organization which will be commensurate
with the importance of the business in that city.
Plans looking toward its formation have progressed
so far that success is assured and it will
not be long until the organization is in working
order. It will be composed of all persons actively
engaged in the coal business in Columbus, including
clerks in the various offices.
The result of the vote for officials of the Michigan
mine workers for the next official year resulted
as follows: For president, John Harris,
of Saginaw; vice-president, Humphreys Lewis, of
St. Charles; secretary-treasurer, Robert Brown,
of Saginaw; national executive board member,
Elsie McCullough, of St. Charles; district board
members, Joseph Clemmons, Saginaw; S. N. Moore,
St. Charles; John Tameron and Michael Berry,
of Bay County. A gold watch, chain and charm
were presented to James Corven, the retiring president.
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The Vigilant and Crescent mines of the Jones
& Laughlins Co., near California, Pa., have resumed
work after a shut down caused by a strike
of the drivers. These men, who numbered 34,
struck when they were informed that they must
stop the practice of riding back into the mine on
tne cars which carry the coal, which was ii violation
of the regulations of the mines. After being
out about a week the men returned to work, agreeing
to obey the rule.
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Through the failure of the miners to learn that
a settlement of the Central Pennsylvania bituminous
district scale had been effected, a strike
took place at Crust, near Indiana, Pa., on April 5.
Rioting followed the closing of the mines and it
was necessary for the sheriff to send a party of 15
deputies to preserve order until the miners were
persuaded that there was no ground for a strike.
* * *
Between 85 and 100 miners are idle as the result
of a strike at the Pipe Creek mines of the
Johnson Coal Co. near Bellaire, O. The men allege
that the company has violated the Ohio mining
law, which prohibits employers compelling employes
to deal at stores owned and controlled by
the company, and to live in houses erected and
rented by the company.
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The reports presented at the annual convention
of the United Mine Workers, District No. 11, the
Indiana bituminous fields, which met at Terre
Haute on March 14, show that the membership is
about 14,000 and that the funds on hand aggregate
nearly $100,000. In both respects the figures are
larger than ever before.
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President Samuel Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, has issueo a statement to
labor organizations affiliated with his organization,
announcing that the United Metal Workers'
International Union is no longer affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor.