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Mr. Edward Johnson, of Cleveland, 0., has resigned
his position as president of the Lorain Coai
& Dock Co., in order to be relieved of the cares of
the position. He retains his interests in the company.
Mr. D. P. Carey, of St. Paul, has been
chosen as his successor.
Mr. William L. Allen, of Peckville. Pa., who
recently was appointed general manager of the
Scranton Coal Co., was the honor guest at a banquet
in Scranton, Feb. 19, tendered him by the
Foreman's association and Outing club of the company.
Mr. W. S. Courtright, former president of the
Union National Bank. Columbus, 0., has been
elected vice president of the W. J. Hamilton Coal
Co., succeeding Mr. W. J. Hamilton, who recentlysold
his interests in the company.
Mr. D. H. McGhee, of Shamokin, Pa., superintendent
of the Buck Ridge collieries of Irish Bros.,
has been appointed general manager of all the
properties of the company in Pennsylvania and
West Virginia.
Mr. William Lamont, of Beaverdale, Pa., has
been appointed assistant superintendent of the
Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Corporation mines at
Patton, Pa.
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN. 33
TEXT OF MACHINE MINING SCALE
SIGNED FOR ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA
The following is (he text of the machine mining
scale for District No. 21, United Mine Workers,
or Arkansas and Oklahoma:
For mines in District No. 21 on the 68-cent pick
mining rate:
1. The differential shall be 7 cents per ton.
2. The mining rate, less the differential, shall
be divided as follows:
Machine runners 4; cents per ton
Machine helpers 3; cents per ton
Machine loaders 52. cents per ton
DAY WAOE SCALE FOR MACHINE MINING.
3. When machines are operated on a day wage
scale, the following prices shall be paid:
Machine runners $3.34
Machine helpers 3.05
Machine loaders 3.13
4. Machine loaders, loading coal by the day,
shall furnish their own tools, company to furnish
paper, fuse, powder and other explosives.
YARDAGE.
5. Yardage and room turning (o be two-thirds
of the price paid for pick yardage and room turn­
Mr. D. K. Kelley has been appointed coal storage ing, one-half of which is to be paid to the loader
and transfer agent of the Delaware & Hudson Co., and one-half to the machine man.
in charge of the company's several storage and
RULES FOR LOADERS, RUNNERS AND HELPERS.
transfer plants. He succeeds Mr. H. W. Harrison,
6. Loaders shall take care of all loose coal on
resigned.
the face and keep their working places securely
Mr. Charles Dorrance. Jr., formerly chief engipropped
as they do in pick mines. When machine
neer of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.. has runners are required to remove props to get the
been appointed manager of the Harwood Coal Co., machines in places, they shall do so, reset the
with office at Harwood. Pa.
props and leave the places as secure as they found
them; upon failure of the machine crew to do so.
Mr. James H. Allport. manager of the Clinchfield
the loader shall report same to the mine foreman,
Coal Corporation's operations in Virginia, has
who shall have the props set at the expense of the
resigned on account of ill health and will seek to
machine crew. If in the judgment of the ma­
recuperate in Florida.
chine runner, the removal of props would be un­
.Mr. James B. Smith, of San Francisco, Cal., has safe, they shall report said place to the mine fore­
been elected president of the Western Fuel Co., man.
operating mines at Nanaimo, B. C, to succeed the 7. Where machine runner leaves rolls or bot­
late J. L. Howard.
tom eoal in the bottom, they or it shall be taken
up at the machine helpers' and runners' expense.
The cuts should be continuous and no partitions
left between cuts.
8. The machine runners and helpers, if refusing
(o operate the machines on a tonnage basis, the
Mr. J. W. Howe has been appointed coal freight operators shall have the option of employing them
agent of the Chesapeake & Ohio railway, with by the day to operate the machines on the present
headquarters at Richmond, Va.
day wage scale until the machine runner and
helper elect, or the operators can secme other men
Four gold bonds of $500 each of the Pittsburgh to operate Hie machines on a tonnage basis.
& Southwestern Coal Co.. were sold at auction at 9. Machine shovelers shall clean up all dirt
the court house at Greensburg, Pa., recently for made by the machine and put same in gob: they
$1,600.
failing to do so, the company shall clean it up and