The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-06-15
the MINER.

1t is certainly gratifying to know there il
one section in the West where the miners
are alive to their best interests We refer
to the block coal region Of Indiana. A
correspondent, writing from Alexander
town, June 9th, says
I'VE have made a division Of our
district. We commenced, in 1870, with
eight lodges; now we number 20, all in
good condition. So we have Districts No.
l and 2 at the present time, and hope we
will not stop progressing until the whole
mining population is organized into one az
ISOLATION in Indiana"
ON the third of June, 1871, the Anthra-
cite production was 3, OPS, 439 tons behind
that OF the previous year, while the Btu
minous was PAS, 600 tons ahead Of the year
1869
The coal shipped from Pittsburgh is put
into barges generally feet deep, "a feet
wide and 100 feet long. The barges con
tanning the annual shipment would extend,
If placed in q line, l25 miles.
SOLOMON SNYDER, a miner who was in
jured by the falling of large portion OF
rock from the roof Of the Kentucky coal
mine, in March last, died Of his injuries on
Tuesday last. One of his legs was broken,
one half of him paralyzed, and his suffer
ings have been inconceivably terrible. He
leaves q wife and three children in indi-
gence.-Ld Sale Press
THE miners Of Murphysboro, Illinois. who
have been on strike for some time, have had
to submit to the Company's terms, after a
hard struggle. Fifty Of the old hands have
been discharged, and their places have been
filled by negroes imported for that purpose
from Richmond, Virginia
A miner, referring to the fact, says, that
there is no need to import negroes to work
the st. Clair county mines, because for
obsequious and willing slaves, the white
miners Of this county can beat the negroes,
and give them half the game, all the time
HUNDREDS Of Ohio miners are leaving
Mercer county to seek a more remunerative
investment Of their labor A statement Of
their grievances can be found in our cor
respondence columns. We find them all
ready to Join the Nj. & L. B. A. ca nasse,
but are only waiting for the organization TO
reduce the initiation fee to accommodate
the crowd.-Ee.
If the operators of the Shenango effect a
reduction in that valley the miners ON this
side will be reduced likewise. The miners
overthere are standing firm for the advance,
and appeal to the working miners for help
Collections must be made for them for UNI
less they win we all lose. Give them sub
stantial encouragement in 1.-THE way Of funds
MINERS SrRIKE-A dispatch from Ham
ilton, New, 4th inst, says: about $50
miners, employed by the Treasure Hill
companies, struck this morning for four
dollars per day. Their demand having
been refused, the men formed into line and
marched to Hamilton, and then quietly
dispersed. Nearly all the mines in this vi
cinity are closed, in consequence of the
strike" A dispatch dated the 9th inst,
says: Three or four Of the principal min
ing companies have acceded to the demand
of the miners and consent to pay all skilled
miners "a per day
THE Coal FIELDS OF TExAs.-From a
paper by Professor A. E. Rosseler on the
mineral resources of Texas 1.-The coal
bearing rocks Of Texas occupy an area of
not less than GOO square miles, embracing
the counties of Young, Jack, Palo, Pinto,
Eastland, Brown, Comanche, Callahan,
Coleman, and extending to the Territory Of
Begar. The rocks contain the characters
tics belonging to the coal measures of Mis-
sour and other Western States. In gen
eral appearance this coal resembles that
from Belleville, Illinois The analysis says
Fixed Carbon, 50 per cent, Volatile mat
ter, 80, Ashes. .. This coal cokes with a
great flame without changing its form, and
the development Of this valuable mineral
is destined to be Of the greatest importance
to the State. Anthracite oal,-hghter
and more brittle than the anthracites Of
Pennsylvania, has been found in various
parts Of the State, but have had no OPP
portnnity to visit these localities. Lignites
tertiary, and other Goals of more recent or
igin, occupy an area of some 10000 square
miles-in connection with the true coal for
mation-on many points of the Rio Grande,
in Webb, Atascosa, and Frio counties
They are mostly soft, sulphurous and ashy,
but superior to German brown Goals