The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-09

produce at the rate of little over
eleven million tons week during
The remainder OF the year
III ~e get busy right away can
we save the situation in timer" de-
handed Senator Frelinghuysen.
Absolutely ~e cam" said Mr..
Taylor This confidence Oh his
port was shared IN bv all the wit
nesses who appeared before The
senate sub committee during the
trst dav OF The coal hearing But
all agreed with him that it would
take the most intelligent kind of CO.
operation on the part of the Rail-
road Administration and an imme-
dthte reduction of the car shortag e
That II haId'no np production ut the
mines tn $ave that part of the pub
ic which has DELAYED in huvine its
coal from suffering from the cold
tins winter All agreed. too. that il
the radical element which is ST.
FNAta''iA- w wv He If0UDfF among
the organized bitnminous coal
tntners ut the country succeeds in
calling general strike this fall or
N'ntc- the result would be calami-
tons
Miners to Meet
he o'tumInous miners have call
ed convention in September ut
'cveland and according to Mr..
aylor thew plan to formulate de-
roand> there similar To the demands
made hv the English miners on the
English coal operators According
I" the proposed demands the pres
en' contract for an eight hour dav
Nh"ulf be cut down to 3 six hour
day and instead ot working six DAYS
d week they intend onlv 10 work FIVE
DAYS . week y Substantial in
cr"aSc IN the present wage will also
be t-ct1ded in the demands
In compliance with request
from N" Committee Concerning the
present wages paid to the .ccal
niners OF this country. Mr. TAYLOR
mid that the day wage scale paid y
'he man who drives a mule is prac
,icallr uniform all over the country
md thst the men who work hv the
'ac who "rr known around the coal
mines IA day men" get med
rate n"r dar n eight hours
The miner ho,cevcr." said Mr.
Tavlor gets = hxcd number Of
e"nis. nes ton for producing the
coal NJ his working place. md that
n1tnrai'v varies in accrrIanre with
his ability and accor,li-r to the
thicknrSs ~ the scam That is, in
til" 'hickcSt seams who're he can get
da"~o ",0re coe' with less endcavor
ht GETS naid Ices rur,her ~ cents
Ter ton and in the thinner seams
'he r1tc ner ton ie HIGHER. because
the "ndca~nv 10 Get The coal IA
greater Those men are sunposed
10 work oi~h' h"n-e . dav. .he same
~ he day r,cn' work but fire.
oucntlv il is almost imnoeSihle IN
l"en man working EIGHT hours
Nv fact 7 could COW 'ha, shrSninere
fo not work ~icht hours -~r1lerlv
because tl,cv regulate tteir own
earnings bat 'hcv produce
The Wage Scale.
WHIT do tho miners make on mn
avcrHr ," asked Senator Myers OF
Montana.
We'll" saif Nr TAYLOR. as the
rams range up their wages range
m There arc some miners that
make as much as fifteen dollars a
a1~ md thcrc nre osher miners that
duke nc low 10 five dollars dav
because thew ar" the tvpe that conld
oc' make any more money in mine
3'~rino coa! than they could pick
inc slate of car. and thrv get
e." dollars dor doing that"
In response ~ question cor-
corning The n"tionaiitv ut the men
ennloved in the mines Mr.. Taylor
said:
"Tha, varies in I;Ferent sections
NJ The country We have almost
III nationa|itiee There are +. great
many Italians. Anstrians. Slovaks.
T-ithnanians. English and Scotch"
care any Of them what you wonId
call distinctivelv American. with
ont hvrhens" asked Senator
Frrlinrhuvsen.
yes" answered Mr. TAYLOR.
and want to saw this-that some
of the hrainiest md most unrioht
men have ever known were coal
riners:-men NJ the hest American
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