Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-07-18
THE SITUATION
Among the Several Coal Mining Camps
in Jefferson and Walker Counties as
Compiled by Labor Advocate.

In view of the unsettled condition of
matters pertaining TO the mining of coal
in jefferson and Walker counties and
thinking the RAIDERS Of the State Herald
might be at.e to learn something of the
situation the following Is reproduced from
the Labor Advocate of yesterday:
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
Watts mines; steady. y
Malene, three and four days.
Irondale, no days.
Imogene, two days.
Sloss ore mines worked three days;
conditions fair,
Dolomite, 29% cents for car Weighing
$500 pounds; keep away. Slow.
Belle Ellen, near B4oct0n, working four
days; coal is weighed; no man wanted.
Aldrich, Shelby Co., works two days;
hard coal, IS cents ton; no men wanted.
Patterson's, at Blossburg, worked six
days.
Henryellen, shut down.
Maryfee, twenty-five men are at work
days.
Majahs, suspension; keep away.
5 New Work. No. 8, six days; No. 4, six
days.
Brookside. Brazeal, suspension; keep
away.
New Castle is working five days. The
veins two feat eight inches thick. The
price for mining is on sliding scale, to-
wit: SO, 471a and As cents per ton. No
men wanted.
Hargrove. three days; no men wanted.
Blocton, Blue Greek, suspension; keep
away
Warrior, Harrisor's mine shut down
Moss mine, six days a week; ATE cents
per ton, thirty inches coal.
Pearson's mine, six days week; 47R
cents ton; turn fair
Pratt mines, No. 3 slope worked six
days; No. A, six days; No. six days: No.
6. six days; No. Z, SIX days; drift six d ays; ;
turn slow; no men wanted.
WALKER COUNTY NOTES.
Gashght two days.
Chickasaw, three days; conditions bad
Black. Diamond. one and one-haH days
Ivy Leaf Is working three days week
con3itions bad.
Carbon Hill, McDonald's, two days; re-
duction
Galloway, working two days; keep
away; strike reported
Victor mines, so cents a ton for forked
coal; two days week.
Dora mires. 80 cents a ton, shovel coal;
the coal is seven feet high and mines
work five days.
works every day; single men wanted; re-
duction
Patton. working slow.
Lockhart, five days.
Corona. No. 2. five days. and No. five
days: a few good men wanted
Nauveo. SO cents per ton: thirty inches
coal; air bad: so for day labor
Mountain Valley No. 8, slow; No. s.
slow: no men wanted.
Horse Creek, Magellen, shut down
America, six days; As cents a ton;
rough and tumble.
The convention of delegates from the
coal and ore mines and coke pullers met
again yesterday morning with fair rep
7resenta ton present.
The principal business transacted was
tbs adoption of the following resolution:
That the subject of settlement be left
to a committee of five. Said committee
to be termed an executive committee.
The duty of the committee shall be to try
and bring about uniformity In the de-
mands of the miners and mine laborers
and to arrange a scale of wages to govern
coal miners, ore miners and coke workers.
and also to arrange for a call for a con-
vention.
The chairman named the following on
the committee. A Fl. Gentry Blocton
p Smith. Belle Tllen: John Ramsden,
Cardiff; Rance Smith, Blue Creek; N
l., Matthews. Hargrove; John S. Lloyd
.ex-officio. chairman; r. A. Stratham, ex-
officio secretary
Thus 1t will be seen the entire matter
Is n7the hands of five mine workers.
Mass meetings will be held throughout
the district as soon as possible and re-
suits reported to the committee for for
their guidance.
The convention adjourned al II a. M