The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18
THE MINER

an extensive addition to their breaker. We
were shown through the works by the gen
tlemanly outside official VIM A. Sauer-
brey, Esq, who informs us that there are
about 10000 tons Of coal, already mined
III the slope, but the capacity of their
breaker heretofore has not been sufficient
to prepare the coal as fast it could be
mined, and were also compelled to make
the addition i'll order To nil the orders of
their patrons promptly The works of
the company have long been noted for the
superior quality of coal produced, and,
with its better facilities for cleaning and
preparing the coal, they will undoubtedly
enjoy a good reputation for years to come.
-Tdmdqua Courier.
Henry Trego, who had his leg crushed
in the mrIes on the 18th ult., died Friday
night last The leg proved to be very bad
ly crushed, and it was amputated on Thurs
day, in the hope of saving the unfortunate
mans life, but his system was unable TO
stand the shock. Deceased was 33 years
Of aye and leaves wife and four children.
-Shdmoin Herald.
Our correspondent at Summit Hill,
(Ashton) Carbon county, without date,
writes as follows "A dreadful accident
happened to a man named George Thomas
in tunnel No. 6, Summit Hill, while en-
gagged III blasting coal. The shot missed
fire and he went back to fix il, when it
went off. hitting him in the breast and
mangling him III fearful manner. He is
in precarious condition. Miner
NORTHUMBERLAND County CoAL TRADE
The shipments from our county during
L., hut
We presume the panic in the money mar
ket will lessen them considerably. We
learn that number Of heavy orders in the
Lackawanna region have been counter
manded on this account. and we doubt not
but what our trade viii he more or less
affected from the same cause.
The prices put out for October average
10 cents Of an advance.
At the meeting Of the Joint committee
held at Shamokin on Monday, Sept. 2Sth,
the following prices were presented
Buck Ridgl q Monitor, AIg ..--..-.2 "a
Greenbaek ..-..-...-2 81 Stuartville ...--2 ~
Monitor, Sept. , -
Average 2 -
This will give the miners an advance Of
81 per ent.-HerdH.
From the Glasgow sentinel sept. 2a)
Foreign.
AT four o'clock on Saturday morning the
last of the POO men and boys, who for 10
hours were Imprisoned in the Stand Lane
Colliery Companys pit, Radcliffe, were
wound to the surface A little before noon
on the day previous a cage containing two
wagons filed with coal was being wound
up the shaft, and when it was some ten
yards from the surface the triangular iron
bar to which the rope was attached at the
top Of the cage broke, and the cage and its
contents were precipitated into the Iii phole
at the bottom of the shaft, distance Of
800 yards. In its rapid descent the cage
did great deal Of damage in the shaft,
carrying away the guiding rods, smashing
portions Of the brickwork, and putting an
end for the time to all connection with the
workings. The 200 men and boys who
were in the pit were, of course, obliged to
remain there till the machiney could be got
into proper trim to bring them to bank.
The first man did not reach the surface till
half-past ten O'Clock on Friday night. The
work of winding them out proceeded very
slowly, as great precautions had to be used
in consequence of the absence of the guild
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ENGINEERS AND THE MINES REGULATION
AcT.-In various districts of the country
agitation has for some time been going on
among colhery engnemen in reference to a
duty imposed upon them under the new
Mines Regulation Act, Of reporting in
books on the state Of the engines, boilers,
and connections. The enginemen hold that
as the Act states such examination is to be
made "by competent person or persons
appointed for the purpose" they are not
bound to do it. A meeting Of the engine
men Of Glasgow and delegates from other
districts was held on Saturday, in the Gar
rick Hall, Stockwell street, when, after this
matter had been fully discussed, it was
unanimously resolved to appoint two com
mittees to wait upon Mr.. Alexander and
Mr.. Moore, the Government inspectors, in
theft respective districts, and state the
views of the engine-keepers on the subject
The committee were empowered to do 30
and it was agreed, if the answer of the in
spectors was unfavorable to the men, that
they should either get opinion Of counsel
or petition the Home Secretary on the SUBJ
iect. 1t was recommended that district
agitation against the signing OF the report
books should be continued
NORTH OF ENGLAND IRON AND Coal
TRADEs.-There has been q considerable
advance in the prices of pig-iron in the
North o. England during the present week,
the chief operating cause being. no doubt,
the upward movement early in the week I'm
Scotch iron. The improving aspect Of the
finished iron trade Is also n considerable
factor in the increase ofrases- Pig-iron TO-
quotsd-No. l, ll2s Cd No. 8, loss No