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12 THE COAL TRADE Bl'LLETIX.
management of the mine, and the direction of the
working forces are vested exclusively in the opera­
tor, and the United Mine Workers of America shall
not abridge that right," the Mine Workers have
absolutely disregarded this rule in that they have
at numerous times served notices on substantially
every operator belonging to our association, that
unless all of the employes working for such opera­
tor should become members of the union on or liefore
certain dates mentioned in said notices that
they, the Mine Workers, would close or shut down
the Operators' respective mines, and in many in­
stances did close the mines for this reason, and
refused to return to* work unless such non-union
employes were discharged. This conduct is in
direct violation of your contract and specifically
interferes with and abridges the right of the Opera­
tor to hire and discharge, of the management of
the mine and of the direction of the working
forces; this conduct and violation of contract on
part of the Mine Workers, as well as that mentioned
in the preceding paragraph, has resulted
in more than 100 strikes during the life of our
scale agreement, and
Whereas, these violations of contract have be­
come so notoriously defiant and continued that the
membership of this association have frequentlj and
determinedly notified its executive board, that un­
less this conduct ceased at once, they would with­
draw from this association on the ground that it
was useless to contract with a body that absolutely
refused to carry out their contract and with no
person sufficiently in control of the Mine Workers
to enforce the performance of the same, lie it there­
for.
Resolved, that the Operators inter a vigorous pro­
test against the line of conduct hereinbefore mentioned,
and demand of Patrick Gilday, president,
and the executive board of the Mine Workers of
this district, an immediate cessation of the conduct
hereinbefore recited, and that they strictly enforce
on the part of the Mine Workers their covenants
contained in said contract, and in event of the
failure to cease such conduct within tlie next ten
days, that the president and secretary oi the
Operators' Association shall call a special meeting
of the members thereof for the purpose of consid­
ering the final dissolution of its association on the
specific ground that it is useless to enter into contract
obligations with a body that steadfastly re­
fuses to fulfill the same and which no official apparently
has power to enforce.
Yours truly,
W. R. ROBERTS, Secretary.
The mine of the Providence Coal & Coke Co.,
Kelly Station. Pa., is Iieing electrified, the West
Penn Power Co. furnishing the current.
"Room Hoists" is the title of a catalogue just
issued by the Pneumeleetric Machine Co., Syracuse,
N. Y. The room hoist is made with one or two
drums, and has been designed and constructed
that the demand upon men, live stock and gather­
ing locomotives might lie reduced to a minimum.
The service for which it is provided is such that
it finds a place in almost every mine, as well as
at various locations on the surface. It is indis­
pensable where the practice exists of having the
cars pushed in and out of the rooms by men, as
it is applied to this class of work to great advan­
tage, relieving the men of the very laborious and
objectionable work. It finds ready application
where mules or horses have been used in handling
cats in and out of rooms, as it eliminates the neces­
sity tor a rapidly depreciating and hazardous in­
vestment. It provides a substitute for gathering
locomotives where they have been used for room
work and represents a smaller investment, as well
as a very efficient means for performing work, as
it is always ready when the cars are to be handled
and is operated by the men who do the loading.
"Story of the Imperial'' is the title of a 9x12
booklet just issued by the Ingei'soll-Rand Co., 11
Broadway, New York City. Novel ancl exceed­
ingly attractive in design, it features, in brief and
simplified form, the superior points of design and
construction maintained in the Imperial line of
air compressors. Page for page it carries the
reader through the various stages of construction,
giving" a very concise and elaborate idea as to just
bow the machines are built. Every user or con­
templated user of compressors should not be without
a copy of this booklet.
The I'nion Supply Co. had its annual Christinas
treats at its 63 stores, scattered throughout West­
moreland, Fayette and Allegheny counties. Pa. On
the* list of gilts for the children of Frick company
employes were 21 tons of candies and 11 tons of
nuts. Tbe distribution was made at each store
Christmas morning.
Exports of coal from Germany during the first
lu months of 1913 amounted to 28,671,000 cons,
an increase of 2,947,000 tons over the same period
of 1912, The gain is due to the very aggressive
campaign which the German coal producers have
been making to build up their export trade.
The Nicola Building Co., of Pittsburgh, has been
awarded the contract for all the buildings of the
Consolidation Coal Co. in the Beaver creek field
of Kentucky, and work is now under way at Wayland,
Weeksburg and Allen.