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According to the report of the international
auditors of the United Mine Workers, the total
amount expended in the strike in the Northern
Coalorado coal fields, for relief, from Oct. 1, 1912,
to Dec. 1, 1913, was $586,771.59 and the total amount
collected through assessments and contributions
was $621,312.90, leaving a balance on hand at the
last named date of $34,541.31.
The strike of the miners of the Central Coal &
Coke Co., at Fort Smith, Ark., involving 1,000 men,
has been settled and the men are back at work.
The strike was called on the giounds that the
operators refused to abide by the decision of the
district arbitrator, who upheld the claims of four
miners for compensation in a period of alleged
enforced idleness.
The nine mine examining hoards in the counties
of Schuylkill, Northumberland, Columbia, Carbon
and Dauphin, Pennsylvania, will hold examinations
for mine foreman certificates at Pottsville,
Pa., April 2 and 3.
President Patrick Gilday of the United Mine
Workers of Central Pennsylvania, District No. 2,
as undergone an operation for a tumor in the
stomach.
The annual convention of the United Mine
Workers of District 11, Indiana Bituminous, wiil
be held at Terre Haute, lnd., March 10.
The annual convention of the United Mine Workers
of sub-district No. 5 of District No. 6 will be
held at Wheeling, W. Va., March 12.
The Deepwater Coal & Coke Co.. with headquarters
in Evansville, lnd., has announced it will
operate its mines with union labor.
Iowa operators ancl niiners will meet at Des
Moines, la., March 10 to fix a new wage scale.
W. P. Poland, head of the Marion Coal Co.,
Scranton, Pa„ who filed the original charges
against former Judge Archbold, has laid before the
Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives
charges against Judge Charles B. Witmer,
of the U. S. Court of the Central district of Pennsylvania;
against the Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western railroad ancl against the Erie railroad,
alleging that they are trying to punish him for
his actions and testimony in the Archbold case.
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN. 45
Seidenfeld Hammond Coal Co., Columbus, O.;
capital, $10,000; incorporators, Charles Seidenfeld,
E. H. Hammond, Louis M. Seidenfeld, Mary Hammond
ancl XV. B. Cockrell, all of Columbus.
Modoc Coal Mining Co., Bramwell, W. Va.; capital,
$100,000; incorporators, J. J. Huddleston, Algoma,
W. Va., and W. H. Thomas, Edward Cooper,
W. J. Pritchard, J. B. Perry, all of Bramwell.
King-Pocahontas Coal Co., Vivian, W. Va.; capital,
$7,000,000; incorporators, Lewis H. Freedman,
Albert T. Maurice, Daniel D. Murray, William D.
Tucker and John Ferguson, all of New York.
Ruffner Coal Co., Accoville, AV. Va.; capital, $25,-
000; incorporators, Martha D. Ruffner, R. Owyn
Ruffner, Iaeger, W. Va.: C. L. Donevant, Berwind.
W. Va.; W. W. White, Welch, W. Va.
Premium Fuel Co., Parkersburg, W. Va.; capital,
$64,000; incorporators, T. E. Graham, Paulus
Resso, Charles H. Betts, L. Dayton Dunsmoor ancl
H. G. Crumley, all of Parkersburg.
Victor Coal Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; capital.
$300,000; incorporators, Joel H. De Victor, E. L.
Mohn, Thomas R. Patton, XV. H. De Victor, Philadelphia,
and L. G. McCrum, Somerset, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre Anthracite Coal Co.. New York
City; capital, $200,000; incorporators, E. J. Forhan,
F. B. Knolton and S. V. Dowling, all of New
York City.
Home Coal Co., Monongahela City, Pa.; capital.
$15,000; incorporators, George Myford, R. H. Robinson,
Jr., and John C. Rue, all of Monongahela
City'.
Clover Creek Coal Co., Providence, Ky.; capital,
$10,000; incorporators, F. V. Ruckman, D. J.
Buehman and E. B. Robinson, all of Providence.
Murray Mining Co., Columbus, O.; capital, $15,-
000; incorporators, J. C. Yountz, A. R. Jones, S. M.
Comly, C. E. Leslie, Charles E. Nixon.
Marion & Pittsburgh Coal Co., Marion, 111.; capital,
$50,000; incorporators, Hogan Willeford, Fred
Slotler, W. L. Dunston, all of Marion.
McPheeters Land & Mineral Co., Terre Haute,
lnd.; capital, $20,000; incorporators, S. A. McPheeters,
C. M. McPheeters, H. L. Cantrell.
W. S. Bogle & Co., Inc., Terre Haute, Inch; capital,
$60,000; incorporators, W. S. Bogle, C. W. Gillmore,
H. A. Stark and J. S. Shirkie.
North McAlester Coal Co., McAlester, Okla.:
capital, $5,000; incorporators, Richard E. Jones,
An eight-foot vein of coal has been found on the
Walter Cunningham, Rosie Jones.
grounds of the Inebriate hospital, Knoxville, la. Hansell Coal Co., Kokomo. lnd.: capital, $20,000;
The coal was struck by well drillers at a depth of incorporators, W. O. Bassett, XV. A. Hansell, G. A.
290 feet.
Hansell.