Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-03
MINES AND MINERS.

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81 40.
Clsarfeld coal sell at Baltimore at - 20
and at New York at s. %.
Cumberland coal sells at Baltimore at
81 10 and at New York at s. %.
Kanawha gas coal sells at Newport NeTs
at 81 90; at New York at - OO.
Cannelton gas camel coal sells az Newport
News at s. %; at New York, - %.
Wes,moreland and Penn Gas, at South
Amboy, at g 80; at New York, 81 90.
Pittsburg coal sells in Chicago at s. 10
to 50 so; HocAiug Valley al - 70 to - 10.
Pittsburg coal sells in Chicago at g 40
to 50 so per ION; Hooking Valley az - %
10 - Is.
Reynoldsyille and Fairmont coal sells as
follows in Buffalo: Screened lump, - 30;
lump and nut, mixed, y 25; run OF mines,
81 66; screened nut, = 20; nut and slack,
mixed, 81 10; slack, 81 90.
At Cleveland, Ohio, the following prices
for bituminous coal are quoted Carbon
Hill and Monday Creek, - so; Massillon,
81 65; Palmyra lump, 81 90; Brisr Hill
and Pittsburg, 50 90; SsGneyiIle, - p;
Tuscsrawss, 81 10.
Thomas Bailey, miner, was crushed to
death BY a fall Of rocks in the mines at
StreatOr, III.
The Reese and Flog Hill miners, at Elk
LICK, Pa, have gone to work ct 30 cents
Yhe coke trade is in an encouraging shape,
output largely exceeding that Of March
lex. Campbell was killed and Michael
an fatally injured By tall OF top coal
No. l slope, near Harleigh, Luzerne
.ounty, last Monday.
The average wages OF the miners Of Ale
gany county, Nd, last year, were SO cents
per day at 10 cents per ton. The men have
asked for an increase in their wages.
The parties who have been boring for
coal in the vicinity OF Louisville, Boulder
county, Colorado have struck coal about
220 feet from the surface.
According to Frederick Z. Seward, editor
Of the Coal Trade Journal the production
of coal last year in the United States was
99,S5l ,SOT tons.
Bernard Mckee, miner, was instantly
killed by q tall of slate at Fosters pit Coal
Valley, Pa, last Tuesday morning. He
leaves wife and six children near Mans
field, Pa. He was 81 years OF age, and had
only been working about two weeks.
A number of the striking coal miners
from the S,auaton and Mt. Oliver mines, in
Macoupin county ILL.,, have been trying to
induce Colinsville miners to join the strike.
They succeeded, and went to Belleyille, ILL.,,
on a similar mission.
Il is reported that the Atcheson, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad has purchased the
Thornton coal mine, on the south side OF
the river, opposite Canon City, Colorado.
Ii will extend track to Coal Creek, and
put on a large force Of miners at an early
dag.
The east side of the Sterling colliery, at
Shamokin, Pa, caved in April q, lmPls-
oning twenty-five miners, who, finding their
egress hopelessly cut OIL, retreated to an
abandoned chamber and cut through into
the Burnside colhery adjoining. All es-
capped.
The miners employed atlthe Monitor col
hery, at Locust Gap, Pa, operated By the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal ndllron Co,
have struck for an advance in wages Of %
cents car. At the present rate OF wages
workmen average less than $50 per month.
A speedy settlement is not probable.
The Homecoming, Nd, Review, of last
Saturday SAYS: All reports indicate an III
creased activity in coal shipments from the
mines Of the George Creek region. The
mines are as a rule working much better.
For the week ending Wednesday, April p,
the following reports were received: Hof-
man, Eckhart. New Hope, Ocean, Old and
New Coney, Koontz, Detmold, Jackson and
Potomac, full time; Allegsny, halt time;
Old Borden, 81 Gays; Phenix has been idle
all winter, with no prospect Of starting;
franklin, three-quarter time; Hampshire,
full time.
Tie Georges Creek miners, of Maryland,
respectfully requested Of their employers
that on and after the first day OF May,
1885, the price OF mining be advanced to 80
cents per ton, and all other labor in proper
ton; that the law regarding the hours per
Gay IN and around the mines of Auegany
and Garrett counties as laid down in the
statute books OF the State Of Maryland, be
complied with" They say further: 1T is
unnecessary for US, your employees, to state
Inc cause Of this request, as your intelll-
gence will tell you that it is impossible to
sustain family at the present rate Of min
ing. We choose this method Of addressing
you IN order to avoid o cessation Of labor
curing working hours, and would be pleased
% near from you through the county press
ssgsrding the above request at your earliest
Convenience"
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