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Show INCREASE IS SHOWN IN . BITUMINOUS COAL OUTPUT H AVERAGE VALUE PER TON DUR- H 1NG YEAR $2.58. H Miners Throughout AU the Districts H of Colorado Asking For Better H Conditions For Everyone Employed H About tho Collcries Around the H Camps of tho Carbon District. H rVtrreapoHilem Tho Mun H WASHINGTON', 1). ('., Kept. 1. H TiupniTod demand wh general in the H wwk of Augial HHIi. nearly every H ilWrlot ruiHirlitiff ! mo lo nn ao- M Hitit nr tut market than in the pre- H rd i wwk. The general average H Air the ewmlry of lim I1 heeauae nr H luck nf tHwintM declined fn.in 8.8 mt H MMl in the wwk ir Aiignat tllii I" 1.8 H nf aval the wk nf Apt 10th. H Wlllwaal rrpori Tmrn the Hniilhweat, m wham Mnkrn have (imaiM fr acv- H Mint weeks. the limp hwt Imtnuw of fl labor traable inrrpaawl from 1.1) t 0.-I Mr rrtit. IllinnU miw lt a H UlirH of the week Ihthuw of lahor InwhW S..ullnrn Ohio, Wealem fl l'HrlvatA ami Kairtwttit wen thf H only tllalrirt In ntmrt imiirovwaetit Ih wr Nly, every llr thalriet n- 1 parting dinar ih change or greater M Imm of time thnmgh lack of ram. M The average for thf ctuiilr,v of mine operating time hart 'ti account nf H tnrwHtrtaliin diaahilily wa 'ift.T H par mil In the wl, nr Angtit loth, H mmmimiwI with 22JI mt mil in Ih? M wwd prflinK. B Thf final figntf nf coal produc- H thm for 1013, rum piled fmrn reiirla B ftirtti all nMralnnt in tin country. M mn Jttat hmi rotapleted liy the geo-H geo-H ' iBgiiwi survey. Thw official figure H afcnw rtr the year 1108 a Inlal output 1 nf flTUA8fl.llll net ton nf hiluiniiiou 1 eoal, a figure li h 1.1 mt will thmt H ihtt tlimalt tMihliolH'il i'IkIiI iin)iillw B agii. Thti tntal imiliii'lmii nf rnal, HiitlirHiiti,( liilimiiiKiii and liKtiilc in H 1018 Hiia itTflri.000 lift Iniix. lVim- H aylvHtiiH ranked fiil in uttlnul, vrilh Wwt VirRima M-entid and lllinnia h M lKwt third. The iminlwr f tnn cm- M l4nvel in llit. tinHliii'tiiiii nr liitiiiniii- H him Ptml in 1018 ua 0ir;ilHI, .tun- H tHirvd with IHi:t.li:t ill 11)17. The itver- M fe niinitier nf ilayit wmkvd, the IiikIi- M ot iXHHirded, wna tun hundred and furl nine, ennimred with t" him- H ilrwi and rirly-thre in 1017. The B IoImI viilne nf the product inn of the H UllHmlmttm enal iiiiueil in 1U1U a H ' iiHMrly l!lilM).llH).(IU() and or Imlh hi- M iMmlimw anil Hiilliracile etwl, IS'JS,- H lltll.UIKI. The average value per Inn H rmlleii for hitiiminnua el who WJV8, H n.niWivd with fJ-nd, the etiniHled H wttinhtHl aseraite of the etHlillfthed H pnveriiiHeut uice in elTecl thrniuh H oat I he year. H Thti inereHM in prodiielinu or In- H liimlnuiiD etml in the week of AiiKUt H Wd tti 1II,I71,000 loiia I mm O.DSII.IMlll H the provioux week rttprctent n ftin H of 17.11 ht rt'iil. WheruiiH pmductiun H In the week nf AiiKiit llllh wiih .'I.- H OlMMHIO lihiw Ihe iorriwHindiii: week H f luxt ,,,lr llml r,ir ""' Mll'' "' u H Kiitt U:fd i hut 'J.IIIID.OOII helou the H blli level or 11118 at tint time. The H riMtivery to n new lilli lew! for the m ywir U'liltrilmted to u ipiuheniui.' ol' H demniid mid Hie nliiileineiil of Inlior H trotihlo mainly on I lie ruilrnmlx. 1 llcdine nike prodtietinu rnntllllliMt H In inrnxiM', the entimuted nutput in H the weik of AliKilnt J.ll !i"iiik' -tl H UMitril nt -111.(18.1 net tnim ii.iii.iire(l Kith .'187,0110 tnmt the preeediuK uk H and fill'JIXI luiik in Hie currti.MiiiiliiiK' H wintk nf IrtMt ear. Alllniunh prndue- H tliin nf hiHhie eoke thin eur to date, H ltf,lll)0,OIKI Iniix, u 8,(100,(111(1 toiiH nr -10 H tir etiut helow lant ear, the xupply B ipMwr In lie ample In aupply the tie- H The drop in production nf liitiiiuiu- H mm wwl the !'n I half or Auicul i H nfteetetl in the lake imiemeut. The H JiiHinliup ot Uiwer Uike Krie porta in th wetik nl Ako1 lOHi aie reHiriu H ac fM0,l)'jr Inn eoiiimred with "!,- H UI7 tniM the pHTwlniK wiek mid 821,- H 0!i tona tlio eomiMiiidinr week of H laat uar. H The pmoiiflinn nf iiulhraeili-, like H tftat of liilllimnoiiN eoul, reeoi'dtni n H mmmI iiierMM ill the week t( Aiiku' H 3U thtf .tlMil heiuir entii'inU-1 at Hf tifi8,UO0 mi mil, emupareil with 1,- H 111,000 tnnmlit! wwk nl Vuimt 1(1.1,. COLORADO QOINQ AFTER m SEVERAL OF THE DEALERS H fnluradn Fuel ami Iron enmpiiny m H takintc eniwtHiitly itiereatunK profit) H fjwn thjiH)iile nf Dinner. The mm- H iwuy'a omeiaU admit tin. In i'o H yar lU profita, Kir tun linve iluuli'.nd. H In llllft the retail dejmitiiumt nt the H wimimiiy in I)ener, Colo., h.ui'llwl H 7f)87 tun of cml nt a profit of -Jl'j H eit u ton. In 101(1 the dt'puitmii.t M humlltjil 80,'UO Ions nt iv pr-iHt nl m", Vt)l-Jt iimU a ton. In 1017 llw de- ' partmiiut humlled 107,022 Iuiih m u l profit of !)2 1-6 eunta u ton. In HUH H tha ilupiirtmout humlled 100,210 tun H nt u profit nf 80.0 teiita u ton. H Thtwo figurua wuru uivun liy roin- H (muy offiuinlK to II. .1. I.uddy, oHitif 1' H wiuiiinurH in the office of Statu Aiuii- M tor Arthur Jl. Stronj,'. The figure H wuru givun to thu 'ovunmr'H liiu'li emit H I ,,f living commigtfinii hy Amlitur H , Mi-nng hiHl week. Thuy hIiow thu H ' pn1ti of thu company in Dmixer u'l- H vufliiul from twenty evatu to thiriy- H uiiih ruta u ton in 'vu o.ii. Tlio j I auditur's rcpoit shows tint I'oloiu- do's cont compnnit" nro not givlnf, thoir buslines rciMirts to the piimmia ion pminptly. A Bhert iTgo npo Auditor HlrotiR acnt fjiiosttonmilrcs tfi eighty uicrntori nud u hundrbd and Iwtnty-five rulnllora tin-uitjiiiJut thu stute. Only five hnve nntwcrtil thu f(t.( ntlotin nnd r"iurnf.i tlie.r reM'rl t- ! no nudilor. .liter the mil 'flniH Ini'e l.edi grin a renann.ihla lcmlh tiT llm in i. ch to nm- " i l.oin.i.lri'a, llui iinniM nf thine finiH nnd donlura which fail to do no will he hamled to the attorney jjenernl for proicculiMi, nnd tho W will nho ho pen to the ncwupnpora an that the people ot Colorado Colo-rado may know whnt companiM re holding thoir rrjiorls accrot. COLORADO COAL MINERS ASK BETTER CONDITIONS Colorado coal minora were rcpro-aenled rcpro-aenled nt the i-onfereiiee at which an HKn-ement waa nwehetl na lo the tunim of the deuiiind mnde hy ropro-M'titntluia ropro-M'titntluia or the United Mine W'nrk ura In Hie aniale inleratntu eomnierro Mih-enininittn' in WnxhitHjilnn, 1). C, laat weak, aeetinliiHT In a statument iaaued Vtlnewlay lat liy l'rililinl Ueorjre 0. .lohiiMiii or 1'uelilo, of Dia-trirl Dia-trirl No. 15 whirh it.miiriaca Culnrado, New Mexii-o and 1'lali. Tlio lainera ak iiationalDtation of roal lainea, a nix hour ihn. a five-day wwk and a wajre inrmiMt to lai Vidl upon later. What lejw will lie lakwi liy the ininrra to etifnrrti their datnand will Ih- ileeideil iiam at tin IntaniM-litnial IntaniM-litnial roiivrnlion of thu union whirh Iwiiia Sertiwhr Dili III nevelaiid. ()., and at whieh Colorado miner will he reprewnted. Dntlriel l'rwMilonl .IuIi'ihhiii, in ill-euamiiK ill-euamiiK llie deuianda of the eoal miu-era, miu-era, charged thai nt leant mrt of the lilauie for the laet of demand Tor coal during the aummcr ia due lo the mi-riainahle mi-riainahle price. "Stnliatiea on Tile in Wiiwlutiglon, I). ('.," he aaiil, "xhuw that the average eot for iroilueiug eoal nud pulling it in the car in llncrlmin county ta i?iol a ton. That coal ia retailed in l'uehlu, fifly-aix mile dintant, for apiiroximately nine lollara a ton. Cnnaidering the wage taid the miner, t lint iirice ia too high nnd ixiiiichnily ia making Inn much profit. Here in Colorado day moil in the coal mint are wid $n.'jr diiv. Hut llic hae heen able lo work only hIhuiI half lime Ihia auuiuiur hcenuxe the eoal couldn't he Mild. We want an arrangement whereby the coal min er mill be iiMtured nf n living wnge. "Il uationalixalion, n wirl of gov-eminent gov-eminent control it meant. Minera working in auiall vein miiiui, can 'I produce an much coiil n thoe in large vein mine. Our idea i u (tooling aya-t aya-t tni whereby u uniform wage twite will be mid nil over Hie i-uiliitry, unit it htaudiird price for cnnl v,'ill be fixed by the government, inxuring the oMir-nlors oMir-nlors u t'uir return on thuir money and niaiiring the coal miner n fair wne for hi work." L00ATIN0 WATER FOR NEW PROPERTY NEAR SUNNYSIDB ' Duncan MaeViclue, preaidenl of the I'lah CmI ami Coke coniMiiv Hull lm mil aa : I ltd arlirlei ol ineorMiiii. tliin with 'In eeretarx nf M He, i making application Willi the Hliile engineer en-gineer lor the line of nic rtiiniil-nait ot wilier In be cnllccled f mill u killing urea in Carbon count v nnd lo he nil-lixed nil-lixed in a new I'luh coal ininin; cnipp. Ojicuing up n new coiil uiilui ic the intention in-tention of MiicVichie and U I'. I.'nlim Hint to connect it with a bniuch mil-run mil-run d to (lie Kiiuu,ide iirm nf the Denver Den-ver mid llio (Ininilc. The new mine i lo he within a conimnilively abort iliHlauce or the SuuuyHlde working or the I'lnli Fuel compiiuy and the coke oven of that corporation muy bo lined to pnnlme cuke for the new concern for u tune. The water on which tiling I mnde will he conveyed hy pipe into a concrete box and theme tmiiHt'cricd by a aix-iuch miiiii to u roKcrvoir upjimximattdy llirce milua itwn.v. Kmni the rtervoir the vvntur I tit he ilihtrilmted tit Hie Imwmild yard nnd iniuea nf thu npplieiiut, wheie it villi he uwil fur all purt'iHea neiHiMtary mid incidcutal lo coal mining min-ing and niainlemiiice nf it camp imi-di'iitnl imi-di'iitnl I herein. Charters Revoked. KIMIIX(IKIKM), Ilk, Sept. 2. Churtvra ol twenty-lour eoal mine hi-eal hi-eal in lllinoi on ktiikd in lehulliou itgiuimt hIiiIu official of the I'niled Mine Wurkera have heen ret'okixl, Frank Furrmgtnn, atule miner' ptea-ideut, ptea-ideut, uiimuiuced today. Furriiigt.m mi id iiienaure would he taken at iiuee tu weed nut the louder and ugiliitor of the rebellion where they are not touched h,v the chillier revocation. Famnglon Miid loeala expelled would ho rcorgiiUMod. "In each ih," ho dccluieiT, "xteji will ho tnktiu to pro-vent pro-vent member nf the liiiliutiiiil Woik-ei- of the Wuilil anil other iiuiiruhia-tic iiuiiruhia-tic orgaumalioiw trom hecomiug nfl'il-lated." nfl'il-lated." Engineers On Ground. President I'red .1. Lonniird of the Mutiiiil Cuiil compauy lupuita Hint uu-gineera uu-gineera mo now on the grtiund up Spring Can) on laying out plant nud operating locution mi that in n short time the iiimpiiny will bo mining mini. Tho miimigemeiil ha iiublihed u pio-pectua pio-pectua which alalea Hint "the Mutual Coiil company is orgunued primarily to liieak t'lm conl tuiKl nud It glip upon thu fuel auiiply of tho inter-iiKiiintiuu inter-iiKiiintiuu region. Our object Is plain and of great necessity. Wo know full well Huh country cannot develop its mitnnil rosoiircoa urtd take ndvantugo of its geographical locution with ita fuel supply mined, marketed mid con- (Cnntlnuoil on Jiauo eight ) IN0REA8E IS SHOWN IN BITUMINOUS BITU-MINOUS COAL OUTPUT. 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