The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-09-10

ing the commission 3 award was sign.
ed the previous Wednesday by rep.
reseutatives of the operators aud en-
ploves.
". q. Williams, consulting engineer
of the Utah Fuel company. is back at
the salt Lake City offices after a
trip 20 California. His health is veyy
much improved
State Mine Inspector John Craw-
ford reports the Carbon district short
of railroad ears with the miners worb.
ing but about four DAYS weekly. lie
last week visited most of the local
properties.
Thousands Of men are included in
the wage advance announced ur Tues.
day last by the Frick Coke interests
m notices posted ut Greensburg. Pa.
Some receive rs much as $50 day
more pay. This is the first increase
since April LIST.
Utah Mine Of the Utah Fuel COM
pany is working the last few weeks
at fulltime capacity. Some of the
miners laid off at Sunnyside because
of the fire in the No. property have
gone there. Others were sent 10 the
three other camps of the company in
Carbon county
Minneapolis, MINI, consumers will
hae TO pay 1855 ton for nnthra-
cite coal. nut size, and siS45 q ton
for stove size NJ result of the recent
increase IN freight rates. The price
before the rutcs were advanced was
$1,000 for stove coal Similar in !
crcascs are imposed on the price Of
soft coal.
Reopcuing of the wage scale signed
month ago by operators and coal
miners Of Northern Wyoming is cX-
pccted at a meeting 10 be- held at |
Billings, Mont, next Wednesday. ALL
though mo- trouble has occurred in the |
voal fields of that section. the miners
have asked for conference with the |
view of making certain adjustments
an The scale.
Names Of the Spring Canyon mine
rescue team. which will contest 40 thcl
national first aid mat In D,nsDt.I
Colo, this week arr james ". Binr |
ham. rupiain; Gu, Guodart, Willinml
q. Williams, Thomas Davis, &. Ill
Huscmyor and Andy Eustcrbrook. Y. /
W. Clark has been training the trnu.
lie h a member of the instructors oil
Car No. IL, which Is teaching first
aid mine work in Utah.
Representative of the Italian gov
crnmcut nro seeking Ia Immediately
increase the shipments of coal from
thc United States 10 Italy IN order
10 alleviate coal shortage there aud
remedy industrial conditions. ON
cials of the Italian embassy a. Wash,
ingion, d. G., state that the lack oil
coal and the consequent closing of M
dusirics is largely responsible for the
present disorders In Italy Increased
shipments of coal will prevent further
outbreaks.
The executive committee of the
miners federation, which IN attending
the trades union congress at Ports
mouth, Eng, this week, has decided to
accept the invitation Of Sir Robert
Horne, the minister of labor, 10 meet
him regarding the threatened big coal
strike The committee will proceed
" London for conference with the
labor minister Thursday next. In an
address 10 the congress last Tuesday,
i. II. Thomas, general secretary of
the railwaymen's organization, point
ed out that the railwaymen aud the
transport workers had unanimously
decided 10 support the miners. in their
claims
In addition 10 the convention of
safety workers az Denver. Colo, this
week, two other gatherings will bel
held there which will be attended by
many Ulnhns. The Rocky Mountain
Coal Mining Institute holds its an
nuul session September OH 10 llth,
inclusive, as does also the Colorado
Metal Miners association. The form-
er body is composed of producers.
John Crawford, state mine inspector,
and q. W. Grove, of the bureau Of
mines rescue work, accompany the
Utah teams. Among other Utahns
are Carl A, Allen, state mine inspec-
tor for the Utah industrial commits
sion; DR.. A, l., Murray, in charge of
Mine Rescue Car No. II which works
in this territory; George A. Murphy,
superintendent of the Spring Canyon
Coal company, and Il. NJ. Magrdw,
general superintendent of the United
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