The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-02-14
The Miner

The Coal Company at Mason, Mich,
have at last, after sinking sound shafts,
found a vein of good coal forty inches thick.
They have leased 800 acres of land will pro-
coed at once to develop their field
THE price now paid for digging coal ON
the kanawha river, West Virginia, is from
three to four cents for eighty pounds of coal
screened over inch screen. The coal
is weighed. About nine thousand bushels
per day is the present output.
We are pleased to learn from our old and
CUMBERLAND county, (Pa) that a spirit of
revival is appearing among the miners of
that district. He writes hopefully Of the
situation.
IT is believed that the Pennsylvania Coal
Company which broke faith with the GOAL
combination last year, will this year enter
into the arrangement for fixing prices, and
remain true to its promises.
THE employees Of the Pittston & Elmira
Coal Company, that have suspended work
in consequence Of the company not paying
them wages for the past two months, expect
to be paid next week, when work will be
resumed as usual.
The following parties were drawn to fur
nish prices for fixing wages to be paid in
February, 1874:
Otto Colliery, Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company, William Penn
Coal Company, George w. Cole, Thomas
Coal Company. Girard Mammoth Coal
Company. b. f. TKoUTMAN,
JOHN SINEY,
Committee.
The West Mascoutah (llL) Coal Mine,
formerly operated by the late John Lines
is about ruined. Some Of the rock over
the rooms, and which served az a roof for
them, caved in last Sunday and Monday,
thus letting the water in from above, and
the engine becoming impaired they were
not able to draw it out fast enough. This
Is the Oldest mine in this vicinity and has
been one Of Mascoutah's greatest enter
prIses. Its loss will be no small affair to
the people Of Mascoutah.
The miners Of Gardner, III, are nearly
all idle, and have been ever since the
shaft stopped-ncarly six weeks ago. The
miners and citizens % that place have
offered to give g, 900 10 the Chicago &
Wilmington Coal Company provided they
sink new shast but they are unwilling
to offer this bonus to q cooperative com
pany, because, they say, it could not sue
cessfully compete in the market against
the wealth, power and influence of the
above mentioned corporation. Is comment
Necessary?
TIE puddlers Of the Glen iron works,
at Reading, now on . strike, say they will
stick out for q year, and then if they don't
obtain work, they will leave for other
parts.
TIVE Workingmens Union of New York
city resolved to demand the removal of
Mr.. Mullett, supervisor and architect Of
the new Post Office, on account of his OPP
position to the Eight Hour law
FOREIGN
THE ship building trade on the Clyde
for the year Just ended shows no falling of
in that branch of industry. The actual
number of vessels built was smaller than
some proceeding years, but the aggregate
tonnage launched was much larger Last
year the aggregate tonnage launched was
81, 500 tons above 1870. The foreign
services for which the larger vessels have
been built, are the following: East India
trade, 80 China 10 ; South America, 10
New York, 20; Canadian, /; Spanish, 3;
Mediterranean, O.; French, 9; Baltic, 4;
Australian, 10.