The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
In Coal Mines of Ala
 bama. RESUMPTION OF WORK
 WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY Production by End of Week Promises to Be Healthy. Operators Have Announced That There wm Be No III Feeling Maintained And Cheek weiEhmen
 win Be Allowed At
 Mines.

Birmingham, Sept. 6.-(Special.)-- Ten thousand men will return to work in the coal mines of Alabama tomor- row. according to the expectations.
 According to the calendar of events for the future there will be no less than thirteen thousand men who have been Idle for the past eight weeks who should be given work In the coal mines .jn this district Monday or Tues day. By the end of another fortnight the balance will have either been given work or will have been informed that their services cannot be used. The coal production by the end of the pres ent week in Alabama promises to pc as healthy as 1t ever was in this State.
 The men are resuming work with the best of feelings. Announcements made by the companies operating the mines that there will be no i'll feeling maintained and that check weighmen will be allowed at the mines has brought much encouragement into the hearts of the miners who are return ing to work.
 Alabama produced during the past two years more than twelve million tons of coal per annum. Tho year before that the production was over eleven million tons. This year 1t is hardly believed there will be ten rnil- lion tons produced. However, some of the more optimistic prognosttcators and fgure makers do not believe that there is going to be as great q dif- vided, of course. that the remaining three months and three weeks sees healthy operation of the mines.
 Demand for Coal.
 There should be no hesitation in the operations when the. miners who have been out on strike do return to woFk, for there is need for all the coal that can be mined. Tn addition to cutting off the supply Of both coal and coke that has been coming in from Tennes- see and other States for use at blaas trnn furnaces while the strike was on, there ia d good demand for Coal being received by the commercial operators.
 When the general resumpeion of operations does take place during Inis week some mines which have not at- tempted q lick of work since July s, viii start up again At numerous places extensive improvements have been made about the mines and everything ia in readiness for lengthy and large oufput of coal Much coal mined in this State Is bound for lower Ms sissippi and Louisiana points, the New orleans market alone to receive eflousands and thousands of tons of LHG QEOQuCI Jd0t 9o 4A@Se~-S same can be mined and shipped.
 The resumption of work on the part of 10000 men can hardly be estimated. After being Idle for two months and longer, 1t is expected that the men will work hard and with the mine ma chinery working well. there will be a big output and each and every man will make good wages. It has been ofncially announced that there Is to be no cutting of the mining wage, and the only difference that will be noted now from what has been on in many parts of the mining district is that there will be no recognition of the union among the miners and the mines will be operated as an open shop.
 There is considerable rejoicing among the railroad men as already orders are being placed for empty cars with which to handle the coal that is looked for immediately after the general resumption. which is scheduled for Monday. By Tuesday or Wednes- day there should be need for a resto- ration of train crews. which have been practically idle since the great strike began, the first week in July.