The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-05-03
KENTUCKY
Mine WORKERS
Will Organize Non-Union
Mines.
Union Members Will Make Efforts
to Unionizing All Coal
Mines.


erica are preparing to wage a cam.
paign for the unionizing of every Goa
mine in Kentucky. Central City be-
ing headquarters for District % will be
the point from which the campaign is
to be waged. This campaign is one of
the purposes for which an official or
gan to be issued twice a month has
been taken under consideration by the
miners.
The proposed campaign will cover
every county in the State, but is en-
pected to linger longest in Hopkins
county, heretofore a hard county for
the union to handle. Because of the
large number of men employed in Hop
kins county and the opposition met there
In the past, the National organization
has volunteered to aid in the big job.
Therefore If Hopkins county and all the
rest, including the new fields in East
ern Kentucky, are not working under
union regulations within a few months,
it will be surprising as we'll as regre.a-
BILE.
According to the last report on min
ing in Kentucky there were S,42s.752
tons of coal produced in Western Ken
lucky during the year 1910. OF this
amount 4,497.2s1 tons were produced
by union labor and 3,93l,i71 tons
by nonunion labor. In the northeast
ern and southeastern districts of Ken
lucky. both of which are nonunion,
6,29l, 25s tons were produced in 1910.
LIST OF UNION MINES.
Below will be found a complete list
of the union mines in Western Ken
lucky, given by counties, which have
closed on account of the suspension
in the soft coal fields:
Ohio County-Broadway Mining Com
pany, at Greenville; Ho,Ct GAL Company,
pany of McHenry; Rockport Coal Com
pany at Rockport; Taylor Coal Company,
at Taylor Mines; Williams Coal Com
pany, at McHenry.
Union county-Bell-Union Coal and
Coke Company, at Curlew; Crittenden
Coal and Coke Company at Sturgis;
Drury Coal Company, at Waveply;
Morganfield Coal Mining Company, at
Morganfield; Ohio Valley Coal & Min
ing Company, at Dekoven; River and
Rail Coal & Coke Company, at Morgan.
field.
Mclean county-Green River Coal
& Coke Company. at Island; Memphis
Coal Mining Company. at Island.
Muhlenberg county-Beech Greek Coal
Company, at Beech Creek; Bevier Coal
Company. at Cleaton; Black Diamond
Mining Company. at Drakesboro; Gen.
trail Coal & Iron Company. at Central
City; Crescent Coal Company. at Bevier;
Dewey Coal Company. at Mercer; Elk
Valley Coal Mining Company, at brakes
boro; Gibraltar Coal Company, at Mer-
GER; Greenville Coal Company (Powder-
ly). at Greenvile; Hillside Coal Com
pany. at Greenvile; Holt Coal Company,
at Central City; Kentucky Midland Coal
Company. at Midland; Lam Coal Com
pany, at Bevier; Nelson Creek Coal
Company. at Nelson advance Coal
& Coke Company. at Hillside; II. Nor
gan Coal & Coke Company. at Mer-
Ger; Rock Island Coal Company, at
South Carrollton; w. c. Duncan Coal
Company. at Greenville.
Daviess county-Fern Hill Coal Com
pany. at owensboro.
Henderson county-Archibald Coal Com
pany, at Bluff City; Cahaba Coal Com
pany. at Corydon; Peoples Mining Com
pany. at Henderson,; Pittsburg Coal Com
pany at Basket.
NoNUNIoN MINES.
The nonunion mines in Western Ken
lucky which the suspension does not Ell
feet. are given by counties as follows:|
Christian county-Empire Coal Company
at Empire; Petersburg Coal Company. at
Warrington.
Hopkins county--Carbondale Coal &
Coke Company. at Dawson Springs; Grab
tree Coal Mining Company. at nlsley;
Kinston Coal Company. at Mortons Gap
Nebo Consolidated Coal & Coke Company
pany. at Chesley; Reinticke; Rose Creek
Coal Co., at Madisonvllle; Rose Creek CO