1900 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

xxx ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc.
Following is the same line of inquiry in the Bituminous region,
namely to ascertain the nationalities of employes in and about the
mines in 1900, but the result was not crowned with complete success,
as returns were received from only 439 of more than 800 mines
in that region, which gave the number of English speaking people
employed as 31,154, and of non-English speaking races as 36,371, a
total of G7,525, which equals 61.94 per cent, of the total number of
employes as reported by the Mine Inspectors in their annual report
for 1900.
Taking the above percentage as a fair ratio, it will be seen that
the English speaking people were 46.13 per cent, of the total, and the
non-English races 53.87 per cent.
The fatal accidents that happened to the English speaking people
were 40.35 per cent, and to the non-English speaking people 59.65
per cent, of the total number.
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If the ratio as received from the returns would hold good as to
the employes, the number of English speaking people would be
50,390 and non-English speaking 58,628, which equals the total of
109,018 employed in 1900 in the Bituminous region. If the employes
were all of the English speaking races, the number of fatal accidents
would have been 456 in place of 523, the actual number for 1899
and 1900, a reduction of 67, or 13 per cent., in the two years.