The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-21
INDUSTRIAL NEWS.


A slight misunderstanding between the
miners Of the Alabama Consolidated Coal
and Iron company and the company at
the Mary Lee mines at Lewisburg caused
the miners to suspend work on Thursday
National Executive Board Member w.
r. Farley and Vice President B. L.
Greer of the Alabama division, United
Mine Workers of America, went to Lewis
burg on Thursday. however. and sue
ceeded In arranging the differences, and
the men resumed work yesterday morn
ing.
vice President b. l.. Greer will go to
Aldrich this morning to look over the
situation there A strike has been on at
the Aldrich mines for several MONTHS
which originally affected nearly hun
dred men, but there are only about forty
remaining.
President Edward Flynn and District
Organizer Joe Hailier returned yesterday
from Shoot Creek where they went to
perfect local organization among the
miners at that point. The new body start
ed with about seventy-five members.
The mines at that point are owned by
the Tutwiler Coal, Coke and Iron COM
pany which company is paying the full
scale, but local organization has never
existed there.
President Flynn will go to Birmont, in
Shelby county, this morning and Will
make an effort to sign contract with
the operators at that point.
Secretary ]. L. Clemo returned yester-
day morning from Palos, where he went
to adjust some slight differences.
The Wall Street Journal says: Interest
in the recent formation of the Sheffield
Coal and Iron company, organized in
January last under the New Jersey laws,
is still keen because of the fact that two
prominent members of the United States
Steel corporation are officials of the new
company.
William Edenborn Of the steel corpora
ton directorate, is president, chairman
of the executive committee and treasurer
of the new company, while James Gay
ley, acting president of United States
Steel is a director and member of the
executive committee.
The new company owns a furnace site
and sixty acres at Sheffield, Ala, with
three blast furnaces whose combined ca
pacity is 800 tons; 6246 acres of brown
ore lands in Alabama and Tennessee, all
the slack OF the Stonegap Colllery COM
pany of Virginia and the Wise Terminal
company of Virginia.
1t has ore mines in operation near Law
renceburg and West Point, Tenn, Harris
and Hargett mines near Russellville,
Ala. where two new mines are being
opened.
The first annual stockholders meeting
will be held June 9, when a report of the
operations for the first half of the year
will be made AS yet none of the stock
has been offered for public subscription.
Independent steel and iron interests
profess to see in the new company tam
gible development of the United States
Steel corporations plan for ultimately
controlling the ore lands, coal lands a.
available material supply of the south
Directors of the company state that it
is private investment and that 1t Is not
controlled by the United States Steel cor
poration.
A contract has been signed by the
miners and the Galloway Coal company,
which owns and operates the mines at
Carbon Hill and Galloway in Walker
county, giving the miners a general In
crease of 10 per cent for the next twelve
months.
This makes the price paid the miners 55
cents per ton instead of so, as formerly
and Is equal to the scale required By the
United Mine Workers of America. The
miners of the Galloway company do not
belong to the United Mine Workers OF
America, but are members of the Knights
of Labor.
The contract extends from April l. 1903
to March 81 1904.
A declaration of incorporation was filed
in the probate office yesterday by the
Sayre Mining and Manufacturing COM
pany. the capital stock being named as
sl5o.ooo The stock is divided into 1900
shares at the par value of 500 each.
Permission is asked for the company to
be allowed to increase the capital stock
to 81, 900. 900.
The incorporators of the company are
r. H. Sayre of Bethlehem, Penn, James
Weisel of Birmingham, and J. H. Adams
of Birmingham.
The principal place of business will be
In Birmingham. The company will do a
general mining and manufacturing BUSH
ness. 1t has one of the most valuable
bodies of coal land in Jefferson county,
on the line of the Louisville and NASH
ville's North Alabama railroad. now be-
ing constructed from the main line of the
Louisville and Nashville near Hughes
siding. into the undeveloped mineral fields