The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-26
WEEKS COAL YIELD
DROPS 5OB,1SS TONS
Heav, Decrease in Output of
Mines Despite Presidents
Urgent Appeal.
SMALLEST SINCE SPRING
Tonnage Larger Than a Year
AGO. hut Demand Has Grown
20 Per Cent.
SMALLEST SINCE SPRING
sptriai nespatch To Tur srx..

wAsHlEGToN. Aug 25.--Heavy de-
e-esses in the production OF anthracite
and bituminous coal during the week
ended August 1.-THE week Immediately
following the urgent appeal of Presi.
cent Wilson for a greater output from
tn. mines-are shown In reports issued
to-day by the Geological Survey. The
loss IN production as compared with the
week Immediately preceding the Pre-i-
DENTS message is 12T.133 tons Mt the
anthracite mines and 379.noo tons nj
the bitumlnous mines, and marking the
loves, point in the mine tonnage since
the spring months.
The output of the anthracite mines
for the week was l ,924,soo tons, agains,
sO5l.sS3 tons during the previous
week The bituminous mines produced
I1sl0.000 tons. For the first time since
June % the production of soft coal In
below the weekly mark of 1900. 900
IONS
An indication or the seriousness of tn,
SITUATION il presented in the ststemen,
Of the Geological Survey that for the
mines to meet the estimated coal re-
ouirements of the year as figured by the
Fuel Administration. an output OF IA
10000 IONS, equal to 81 per cent. In ex-
cess ~ the average weekly production
inr this year, will he necessary during
the remainder OF the summer
Pennsylvania Worst Stacker.
The creates. loss for the walk n,
August u occurred In the central Penn.
srlvania district, where the decline was
$500 carloads-126,0 900 tons--and in
southwest Virginia, Illinois, Indiana and
western Kentucky
The average daily production of the
bituminoue mines for that week was
l.ss5.0h6 tons while the daily TONNAGE
which the Fuel Administration est
mates must come from these mines this
summer liz 100000 tons The daily ont
pu; OF the anthracite mines was $40 900
tons which Is 1888 tons behind the av-
eraEe weekly production of this year.
shipments of coal during the week
INTO New England amounted TO 5ss.e1S
IONS against 567, 4S0 tons during the
previous week. Tidewater shipments
from Hampton Roads to New York CITY
and philadelphia were 42s14S tons
sssinst 404.517 tons during the week
before
The limiting factor during the week
nas cai shortage" says the renort "the
operators reporting loss OF s.S per cent
Of ful, time from this cause, as against
- per cent during the week preceding
Shsht Improvement is reported in labor
Conditions
steel MIL Situation Serious.
The bY-products coke situation, which
i having serious effect upon the out
Pat Of the steel mills and causing con.
cern among the officials of the War
IenRrtment and War Industries Board
shows ii more unsatisfactory condition
man in several weeks. loss of &
per cent. in the output of the ovens is
snuwn by the report, Notwithstanding
'he fact that ftfty-one new ovens were
pu' III operation at the first OF the
week nj Youngstown. Ohio.
Beehive coke Increased per cent
n production over the previous week
which is d negative quantity In con-
Sderation of the fact that the beehive
ovens are running at only II per cent
o. their capacity.
officials of the Fuel Administration
we're unable to explain to-day the con-
tinted decrease in the production at
INC mines. especially In view OF the
exclamation of President Wilson. which
mas heen distributed among the work.
e-E a every mine. Although the mine
OUTPUT is considerably In excess of that
NJ last year the demand for coal. due
In wa manufacturing, has incre ased
approximately 20 per cent. over that
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