Frostburg mining journal., 1882-03-11

up at the mines tne following circular
to their employees
10 the Mlnesr and Nine Liborns Of Mt
Georges Greek and Cumberland Region
The undersigned mining companies Of
the Georges Creek anc Cumberland re-
gion, after a careful consideration of the
situation of their trade, have determined
1pon reduction Of the cost Of production
for the season of 1882, and the adoption OF
such rules and regu atoms as may be nee
esssry for the proper control Of their
aroperiy, in which they have Of late been
g. eatly embarrassed ty the arbitrary and
unjust rules instituted by the labor orpani.
zatien Of the region, regulations that have
been most unjust to the companies and
really advantageous to no one
With this object in view the companies
have deci ed to Hx tho price Of m ming /, I
so cents per ton the wages of drivers at
| $1.85 per day, and other labor In proper
tion to make days work twelve hours,
rs is customary elsewhere, viz: from Ia.
m. to 8p. m. with one hour for dinner
and tn adopt such regulations and rules as
are nec' ssary and just-slike for owners
and employees the change TO take eject
! On the 18th of March, 1889.
II any one can doubt the absolrt lie neces-
sity OF these changes, = necessity admitted
by the published statement of those su
thorized 10 speak for the men in our
employ, Tor majority Of tbemJ they
need but consider the condition of the
Cumberland trade as compared with that
of its competitors, to be convinced that
the changes now determined upon should
long ago have been made. While the
Cumberland region wss formerly the lar
gest producer and tho leader In the trade
it now occupies secondary position.
While its Clearfie con petitor has each
year largely increased its output, Cumber-
land las barely maintained its business
and in rome years has largely decreased.
And even this unsatisfactory result has
beap obtained by the sacrifice each year
oftEe large bodies of valuable coal prop
erty without any return above the cost of
production TIE semi-bituminous trade of
the Att ntic sea board has more tLan
doubled in the lest few years. Cun.ber-
land has obtained none of this increase
but has made large decrease. Our re-
gion has also this year an additional con-
petitor in the Elk Garden basin, recently
opened in our imm. diale vicinity, while
the competition from some of the other
basins will be moro active this year by
reason of improved railway facilities.
That the only cause for this being the
situation of the Cumberland trade is the
higher cost of production In that region is
well known by all who have fairly ami
impariisliy looked into the subject The
companies have long hoped that the con-
servative element smol & their employee
would recognize the ultimately disastrous
effect of this upon their trade, and would
have aided the companies in correcting
tie evil. This, however, they have not
done, and the companies now undertake
the necessary measure TO place the cost OF
production and the rules and regulations
in oIr region upon the same Gt s.s with
that of compete 6 regions.
A. H. STUMP. Tor Georges Creek coal
and iron com any.
3. LEE s. Son, for ewanton mines
JAMES BoYcE, for MARYLAND Union COM
pany.
G. P. LLOYD, for American company.
H. LovERIDsE, for Maryan company.
]. GKoroE REPPLIER, fol Hampshire
and Baltimore company.
@. F. MAYER, for Consolidation cor-
pnny.
W. s. JACQUES, for New Central COM
pany.
WILLIAM BORDEN, for Borden company.
A. G.. GRIZZLY for Potomac company.
A. @. TAYLOR, for Atlantic and Georges
Geek company.
A. sPIER, ,or Blaen Avon company.
GEORGES CREEK Coal Weekly
Statistics Of Sh,pments.-Ths record
of shipments from the mines of the
Georges Greek coal region for the week
ending Saturday, March 4, 1882,
closed as follows
To al tons for week .......... 4S,419
year ''.''. see. ooo, ,SOS
Increase over corresponding Pc
riod last year. r................ 124, $40
Total tons to B. & o R. for week 39,132
year 2o5, ,541
Inc rease over corresponding per-
iod last year ................ s8,S43
Total tons to CO D Canal for week 1874
year. 1874
Increase over corresponding per-
iod last year. ......... 49,. 1874
Total tons to Pa. r. for week.. 1897
year. -. s3,467
Increase over corresponding per-
iod last year. ..........,....... s4,94s
Total tons shipped over O. & P. r.
for week. observation-disclosures. 38 SS1
Over same for year ....... -. 300,798
Total tons shipped over G. G. Il
G. II for week. ................ 5.537
Over same for year. r..........,,. 86,343
Heaviest shil pers last week
l, Consolidation. .(tons) ..... 12,0l7