Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-25
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MINES AND MINERS.
The strike continues at Seneca, Ill

The strike continues ut Seneca, Ill.
In boring for water at the fair grounds
in Paris, ILL.,, vein Of coal was struck at
at a depth of forty feet.
Three miles from Bruceton, W. Va,
there has recently been found eleven feet
of coal, which is supposed to be the Con-
nelsyille coking coal. 1t crops out along
the banks of Little Sandy creek at an alti-
tude of 1882 feet above tide water
There are at present lO,95S coke ovens
in the Connellsville region, which are pro-
ducing 1000 carloads Of coke per week. OF
this total, SLIP are situated on the South
west Pennsylvania Railroad and branches
l523 on the Baltimore & Ohio and branches,
1884 on the Pittsburgh, McKeespOrt and
YOughiOgheny, 3O61 on both the s. W. p.
X. K. and Il. 4 q. X. r., and lS9 have no
railroad connection.
The several coal mines in Weld county,
Col, havefOrdered ventilating fans for the
better ventilation of their mines, and for
the safety of their miners in making their
escape shaft to them always available in
case of an emergency, with hosting shaft
This important matter has been caused
through the efforts of Inspector of Coal
Mines John Mcneil, who held that an es-
cape shaft Is not available where 4 yentila-
ting furnace is located and in use at the
bottom OF an escape shaft, 1t is expected
that all coal mines using furnaces will
adopt the same measure where only two
openings are used for ingresS and egress in
the mineS.-Er.
The trouble among the cOnvictS at DIde
mines, Tenn, is over. The following dis
patch expresses the situation: ''Mutiny
over; am taking cOnyictS out of StOckade
fast rs trans can be put on. All the leaders
are out but one, who says he will not go
out alive, but | have no fears OF him, rs
they will all come out rs called. Glad did
not have to kill any" This ends one Of
the most remarkable strikes ON record, and
what might have been the cause of a seri-
Gus difficulty and loss OF life. BY prudent
management and cool Judgment all trou-
BILE has been ayeTted.
The report OF work done in the mines OF
the Georges creek coal region for the week
ending Wednesday, July Ii, rs reported TO
| this paper only, is rs follows: Hoffman,
Eckhart, New Hope, Alleghaney, Blaen
, Avon, Ocean. Jackson, KingSland, New
/ DetmOld, Potomac and Hampshire, full
time; Rorden shaft and Miller, three
quarters time; Borden mine SwantOn,
PhrniX and Franklin, half time; Old Co
ney, New 'COney and KOOntz, six and Il
/ half days: Pekin, idle; Window, Elk Gar
( den REGION five days for ending last Sat
| urday. The KOOntz mine turn for June
. turn should have been $50 tons instead OF
/ ll5 rs reported in last issue.-LO Homecoming
/ RrrisiC.
The shipments from the mines Of the
Georges Creek coal region for the week
ending Saturday, July 10, lSS6, were %,
or tons, and for the year to date So, old
4 tOnS-a decrease of 4S2, 62S tons rs com
pared with the corresponding period OF lSS5.
I The shipments to the Baltimore Il Ohio
/ Railroad and local points were Tor the week
| A. 4D1 tons. and for the year 1855 tons
/ "A decreasd of 300, O7O tons rs compared
with last year The shipments to the
/ PENNSYLVANIA Railroad were for the week
/ IL .22U tons, and for the year l&i, 622 tons
a decrease of 1912 tons - compared
with last year. To the Chesapeake < Ohio
I Canal Tor the week the shipments were
/ 9.9IT tons, and for the year =, 22O tOns-a
decrease Of 81, 40 tons rs compared with
last year.
The arbitrator who were appointed by
] the miners and operators OF Mercer county,
Pa. have rendered their decision after
carefully going over the facts and eXamin-
inc the books of the firms affected. They
say that they are OF the opinion that, al
though the miners are not adequately re-
munerated for their labor, it is also true
that the operators are realizing little IT any
returns on their investments, and that the
present state of the coal trade will not
warrant any advance ut all over the prices
now paid at any OF the above mines. The
award of the arbitratOTS therefore Is that
/ the advance asked for cannot he granted,
and that the price paid for mining screened
coal remain for the coming year ut the rates
now paid ut the several mines above.