New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
Eslgut of Hard
rs,I Is Short
h IGIlion Tons
s,.rs' Steady Opera.
'Ss e. Will Be Required ! q
= l''I Eliminate the Deficit
els,a.ed = by 5.MOnth Strike
MARX SILL Is Hindered
,.,I,rwaIk. .OuisC Continues ,1
'S,l'1o,c ~ 400 Men to Quit N Mon
iv'' w. IN Piiision Mines


~. anthracite mines 70
fsilsis sv = sppresisble part Si oi rue rue
T. lie p ~ since mining was E
<sI shsliag.s ,Sree months ago Is III
Inei s'sess srures on hard eoal Pr
A ,s,si u tne tne..sS :. by the United Sta.es ,s
':lsa. ':.....i - survsy for tne ~ssS news that
pr,nssl =, :, i,s issuance sS tS,OVO;ggg'v ,g'v
~ 70 1aie .;,s 81 we're produeea th's ms
a. q antnr..'ssei ant. I'd ocO. 900 tons ior the ,.
rsaf .s .s..sS h 1921, making 1901 pro.
~ csooo tors from ,s' when min
dsrsion. U.na-.s5 W = following tns ssrS s,r;Tc
inr vas Tss.',ss s ,ssve-nonths eoal doo S'r,n ,ons
~ 10, h, 4 has taken w. S.seit s by l.5OO.-
n'hs % c''i, |, Tsts which wa s.,,brseite isSSc
~ op,rs''.o.aa o.. than Eve years = 70 !,
WIe up the deae's
.ks; be. =, ri, gain va, m s'd, d,.i0meS. ~ unf
.,,, month after .s.,Ssrsed sS,Id TO the pits
N ra the miner, ~, heir long lay on
u hat 4 time. th. .,;o5slv nsoa.l curtaiied
Ioftioa si si' ,,,.sss ss Sporadic strikss sss'
III several seye.,i, I''siss sipss have been ire
n indivl,asvs.s Zone much 20 cut down
nt ara nss ssee mining was resumed
Mduetion. - more than fifteen
n ~ sssSertInc anywhere from rev, rev
y several thousand miners
re- .,,sg down the weekly output
4 mssy thopsand tons
1 v. ...,.,, wsIk-Out Scheduled
NO.. s'a-sst Of these strikes has been
i, lhs ,vondsy. when II is expected
& lee 80 men employed In the Bliss
w Ear PIttston will leave their
g g I', y a,l,r Efforts now being made oy
Z. II nine officials TO bring aponI
loa speeessful. The miners have
ses !, against their foremen and
lo ,nded what is known as a
shake-up, or genera
4 ,hisI q the foremen, in order that
4 - 1,r will have a new BOSS.
"a. i~iaes affected in the strike
. y, ss s,re for many years virtually
4 u p;ts in the hard coal region
zee H. miners were not members
= n. FITTED Mine Workers. The en men
fr.rifed in the strike OF lsZO
Z; H. then have become the
!. s.,,i ndical element in the union
-. Their leader, Cappelini, has
s = / odds with the officials Of the
Il i, 4 several OCCASIONS, and with MS
LlIoTh led the move to prevent the
-l,ls,1m Of the settlement which
a dsJ a. strike in September. =,
7Iislss the strike move Is thwarted
a suk.itr OF work OF 10000 miners
IN nhn . loss Of about 100000 tons
i he weekly production.
Inst nov much coal production has
Nsn kn By the numerous smaller
4rikes.esnnos be computed. II is safe
4 asssns. however, that the failure
4 mad up the huge deficit or any sub
tantiaI part o. Il is traceable to this
= use, 3cr the most part. The men
i We ofif in most instances, on what
I knovn IN the anthracite region as
: iutt0a strike" and have returned TO
<Drk sfssr three or four days with the
'tution' restored as inviolate.
Alihtpgh restrained by law from
q npedihg men 10 join the union the
rIpstd thpp has been effectively main
a neitby the men refusing TO work
" d sby miner who is not a member
u, As BE miners put It, does not wear
4 bgilah Buttons are changed upon
>sck faynent OF union dues, on q
.irsn )ay "button day." when all Of
Do ntr must have Ine new button,
q one miner fails 10 pay his dues and
u fptsrI without the button a strike is
!. led thd continues, usually, until he
~ pa himself in good standing once
J, pre- Many Of the mine superintend-
: Is WI discharge q workman or COM
4 bio 70 pay his dues rather than
'lys Asir mines closed down by
BIKE.
Holidays Cut Production.
The gong drought in the section ef
te region around Shamokin also has
y pedf production, and in around
n 1niln several Of the larger col
"A uss have been forced to suspend by
"a kqlu nine cave law prohibiting
entPri Under the city.
ae4 various causes have resulted
~ netnors than 10000, ,000-ton short
~ Dqng made up at a rate Of less
- l'aeeo tons a week and have
@ : extremely difFicult to get even
8 Sgeey Quantities Of domestic size
liaiie into New York. The diff
aIua q the Fuel Distributor have
es adtsd to by the shutting down
Y .m pines on Election Day and Ar
iues Dsy, cutting production an aG-
.ont s.. sVe,oOO tons, and a further loss
,,sfW tons Tor Thanksgiving Day.
l@ operating schedule in the an
~ held calls for an output Of 53,-
Lo'Iy IONS for the year ending De
ICY 81, which is $4,000 900 tons or
~ per cent short of last years
AEylon. In order 10 keep up 10
49, per cent schedule Of production
efts must now turn out and load
~ tsn 1000 000 g.. t.