The bee., 1896-12-10
DOWN In THE MINES.

The miners of Kentucky will reap their
share in the revival of business which can
already be seen in many places.
Agent Ethridge informs US that about
1000 cars of coal we're shipped from Earl
ington last month
Mr.. ]. E. Day, Of the ST, Bernard ma
chine force, has been quite i'll the past
week With an attack of neuralgia.
To meet and resolve in favor of free sill
yer coinage is only an expression favoring
the silver mine owners and can not posi-
bly, help coal miner in the State of Ken
lucky
Superintendent CrutchheId came over
last week and friend ventured to call him
free silver man when he became indig-
nant and an apology was necessary.
Mr. Hanson, one of the ST. Bernard d.
rectors spent several days in Darlington
last week.
Mr.. Blanks. of the South Diamond
mines gave the BEE Office business call
last week and reports the mines running at
full time
A decided improvement can already be
seen in the coke business here and pros
poets are bright for still greater demand
for this fuel
Governor Johnston was inaugurated De
cember 1, and if his inaugural address and
bis message to the State legislature can be
taken as indicative of his policy, he evi-
IDENTIFY means to work increasingly to de-
velop the industrial resources of the State.
In the course of his address Governor
Governor Johnston said in part:
With an area of but little more than
so, 900 square miles, there is no territory
of like size in the known world so prolific
in the variety of its resources; were wall
erected around our State, cutting off all
access, we could produce within our bord-
ers everything necessary for the comfort
or convenience of man. Great veins oI
iron ore and seams of coal put at our com.
mand almost boundless resources in fuel,
iron and steel. Splendid forests OF yellow
pine here stand ready 10 build homes fol
millions o. people. Building stone and
marble, ireclay. .kaolin and lime exist in
great abundance; wslnut maple, oak,
cherry, ash and other hardwoods avail
the hand of man for manufacture or the
adornment of our homes.
In the production of pig iron we take
rank as the the fourth State in the Union
in iron ore. third: in coal we stand fifth
in the production OF cotton, fourth, and in
lis manufacture, fourth
T. L. Lewis, Secretary of the Ohio
Miners Union, has received word from
headquarters at Columbus that the Ohio
miners are preparing for a general strike
for restoration Of wages, which were cut a
few weeks ago The strike is TO start by
miners in Pennsylvania and to be followed
by sympathy strike Of miners in Ohio
An increase of Ioc ton has been allowed
the miners employed at the Ashland Goa
and Iron Railway Compauy's mine.
II is announced that the coal miners o
the Pittsburgh district have decided tC
work till January Ist, and then will ask ar
advance from 54 to o. cents, as contracts
for coal expire then.
The many friends of Mr.. Hiram Biveni
are glad to see him on the streets again,
The Western States are Sighting the hare
coal trust, which had been advancing
prices. and over in Iowa particularly they
are making the fight eifsctual by substitut
ing soft coal burners for hard coal burners
BY decreasing the consumption the demand
is decreased and the hard coal trust |.
finding itself with big stock ofeoal OF
hand. Peoria, III,
The coal miners at tbs Cumberland
mines, rear Sturgs. are on strike The
Sturgis People says The mines have
been shut down for a week undergoing re-
pairs and It was intended to resume op
erations again, but paper was sent ia
signed by all the miners demanding that
that they receive settlement and the
wages due them on the 10th Of every
month, For some time past pay day has
failed to appear, and the miners nov de-